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Nero Prutah
Kongu Cheras, circa 1200-1400s, a palm tree on the left, a lamp and pellets in the center with bow to its right.

 

4.55 g 16.7 mm

Zeugitania, Carthage; Sicilian mint, c. late 4th - early 3rd cent. BC, SNG Cop-102, Sear-6531. Obv: Palm tree with two bunches of dates. Rv: Horse's head and neck

 

Enviable collection of prutot, @Deacon Ray, and a great idea for a Palm Sunday thread!

Palm fronds are often used as a design element, such as on these prutot:


Antonius Felix, Procurator under Claudius, AD 52-60.
Judean Æ Prutah, 2.42 g, 17.2 mm.
Caesaria mint, AD 54.
Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ (Julia Agrippina, wife of Claudius) within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X.
Rev: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΓΕΡΜ, two crossed palm fronds, LΙΔ (year 14) below.
Refs: Hendin 651; Meshorer TJC 342.


Porcius Festus, Procurator under Nero, AD 59-62.
Judean Æ Prutah, 2.51 g, 16.2 mm.
Caesarea mint, AD 58-59.
Obv: NЄPѠNOC in 3 lines, surrounded by wreath.
Rev: Palm branch surrounded by KAICAPO, LЄ (year 5).
Refs: Hendin 653; Meshorer TJC 345.

Or a palm frond may be used as a mark in the field, such as on the obverse of this coin:


Philistis, wife of Hieron II.
Greek AR 5 litrae.
Syracuse 270-230 BCE, 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm.
Obv: Diademed and veiled head, l., palm branch behind.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ, Nike driving biga to left, E in l. field.
Refs: SNG ANS 893; SNG III (Lockett) 1017; Forrer 196.

Palm fronds are often attributes of various personifications and goddesses.

Hilaritas:


Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.
Roman Æ as, 9.72 g, 25.7 mm, 5 h.
Rome, AD 148-152.
Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust wearing band of pearls around the head, right.
Rev: HILARITAS S C, Hilaritas standing right, adjusting veil and holding long palm.
Refs: RIC 1396b; BMCRE 2151-52; Cohen 115; RCV 4725.

Nike/Victoria:


Julia Domna AD 193-217.
Roman provincial AE triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm, 6 h.
Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE, bare-headed and draped bust, r.
Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing l., holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left.
Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811.

Venus Victrix:


Julia Domna, AD 193-217
Roman oricalchum sestertius, 21.41 g, 28.8 mm.
Rome, AD 194, issue 4.
Obv: JULIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, r.
Rev: VENERI VICTR SC, Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding apple and palm, resting l. elbow on column.
Refs: RIC-842; BMCRE-488; Cohen-195; Sear-6631; Hill-113.

Even birds can hold them!


Mysia, Pergamon, 200-133 BC.
Bronze Æ 15.7 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h.
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with star.
Rev: AΘΗ-ΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, owl standing facing on palm, with wings spread,TK monogram left and ΠΛ right.
Refs: SNG Copenhagen 388 (same); c.f. SNG von Aulock 1375-6, BMC 197-199, SNG France 1920-2, SNG BN 1913-6 (various monograms).

 

2 palms=2 victories? at what? RRRRR

Palm behind Owl. An attribute of Dionysos?

 

Great coins @Deacon Ray and a nice thread for Palm Sunday.

 

Phoenicia
Pseudo-Autonomous Issue, temp Hadrian, 117-138 A.D. (121/2 A.D.)
Tyre Mint, AE17, 16.80 mm x 4.4 grams
Obv.: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right, Palm frond to left
Rev.: Palm tree; ZM C (date) across field
Ref.: SGCV 5923 (SNG Cop 351)

 

Impressive array of Judaeans, Deacon Ray. And as always beautifully displayed.

Here's a palm on a horse, with new and improved attribution thanks to Donna:


Roman Republic Denarius
C. Piso L.f. Frugi
(67 B.C.) Rome Mint
Laureate head of Apollo right, h-S behind / C·PISO·L·F· FRV[G?] below, horseman right holding palm-branch; X above.
Crawford 408/1a; Calpurnia 24; Hersh corpus 54; BM 3786; DA 6398; CF 761.
(3.53 grams / 17 mm)

Palm Sunday and the Apostate - this Julian II has a palm as part of the mintmark, bottom right reverse:



Julian II the Apostate Æ 18
(361-363 A.D.)
Constantinople Mint
DN FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG helmeted & cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath, dot CONSPΔ palm branch below.
RIC VIII Constantinople 167
(1.61 grams / 18 mm)

 

VOLOGASES I (AD 51-78), Tetradrachm
Seleucia, AD 63-64
S.70.4 - 12.28 g - 27 mm
Obv. Diademed bust left
Rev. Vologases seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a palm.

 

Two Victorinus with palm:


Victory holding palm in left hand.


Pax with palm in right field. (Symbol of victory) https://www.cointalk.com/threads/victorinus-with-hieroglyph.376044/

 

I hope this finds you well, @Deacon Ray ! Thinking of you during this Holy Time.


Carthage - Zeugitana AV 1/10th Stater-Shekel 350-320 BCE 0.94g 7.5mm Palm- Horse Head SNG COP 132

 

IONIA, Ephesos
AR Drachm. 4.17g, 17.8mm. IONIA, Ephesos, circa 202-150 BC, Ekatokles as magistrate. Kinns, The Attic Weight Drachms of Ephesos, NC 1999, S.86; SNG von Aulock 7826. O: Bee between E-Φ. R: Stag standing right, in front of palm tree, EKATOKΛHΣ to right.

 

Octavian Ar Denarius Rome? 30 BC Obv. Victory standing right holding wreath and palm on prow of galley. Rv. Octavian driving triumphal chariot right. CRI 416 RIC 264 3.43 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen.

This coin is likely to have been a part of the celebratory coinage to mark the naval victories of Octavian over both Sextus Pompey as well as Cleopatra VII of Egypt. I think most Romans would have been pleased that the long and destructive series of civil wars was now finally over. If one is tempted to see this and other related coinages as a version of a "victory lap" by Octavian they would not be far wrong. However, it is interesting how quickly this coinage ends. What replaces it is the numismatic commentary on the web of political and social conventions that Octavian/Augustus surrounds himself with to keep effective control of the empire. Ooops Fixed it. Everything is good

 

Here's a Carthaginian palm to add to the thread - with best wishes, @Deacon Ray. (as always, a fan of the presentation!)

Carthage, First Punic War, Circa 264-241 BC, BI Dishekel, Carthage mint
Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left; linear border
Rev: Horse standing right; palm tree in background

 

Quite a nice palm grove building in this thread!



Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.10 g, 12h). Antioch mint, Seleucis Pieria, Syria. Dated year 29 of the Actian Era and Cos. XII = October-December 3 BC. ΚAIΣAPOΣ ΣΕ-BAΣTOY (‘of Augustus Caesar’), laureate head of Augustus right, bead and reel border / ETOYΣ ΘΚ NIKHΣ ( 'Year 29 of the victory'), Tyche, holding palm frond in right hand, seated right on rocky outcropping; at her feet, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field two monograms and IB (consular date) to right, border of dots.

 

Great coins and thread DR!
Palms, huh. Am I doing this right?

Scarpus Denarius
Contemporary Copy - 27 BC
Obv: CAES [ ] legend with open hand PALM design. Rev: bull(?) left with inscriptions above and below. 1.25 grams. Fair.
Provenance
From an old Hampshire collection; found near Colchester, UK, 2000s. Purchased from Timeline Auctions Feb 2021
L. Pinarius Scarpus commanded four legions for Marc Antony in Cyrenaica against Octavian's African army, which was under the command of Cornelius Gallus. Scarpus changed his allegiance to Octavian after the defeat of Antony at the Battle of Actium and this issue was minted shortly afterward, the open hand signalizing a gesture of friendship toward Octavian. This issue is the last denarius of the Roman Republic in Crawford.

 

You have to look for the palm tree on the under strike of this RR Sextans struck on a Punic coin.

 

Does a palmet, on the helmet's bowl, qualify?



Edit

I found one more palm (actually two), on the reverse of this tetradrachm of Eukratides I:



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Here's a middle bronze, Bar Kochba Revolt, that's in the mail. These are the seller's photos. I will take better pics once it arrives. The reverse is especially nice for this issue.