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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.

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Macrinus Augustus and Diadumenian Caesar, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 217-218 AD, Marcianopolis Mint, Moesia Inferior [now Devnya, Bulgaria] (Pontianus, consular legate). Obv. Confronted heads of Macrinus, laureate, right, and Diadumenian, bareheaded, left, [AVT K OΠE]Λ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC [bracketed portion off flan][ = Imperator, Caesar, Opellius Augustus Macrinus, Caesar Marcus Opellius Antoninus ] / Rev. Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse in extended right hand and caduceus in left hand; chlamys hanging over left arm; E [mark of value for “5”] in right field, VΠ Macrinus ΠONTIANOV MAP-KIANOΠOΛEITΩN (ΩN ligate) [ = Consular Legate Pontianus, (coin) of the people of Markianopolis]. AMNG I/I 740 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at pp. 240-241]; BMC 3 Thrace 35 [R.S. Poole, ed. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 3, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc. (London, 1877) at p. 32]; Hristova & Jekov 6.24.10.3 [Nina Hristova & Gospodin Jekov, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III c. A.D., MARCIANOPOLIS (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 2006)]; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol. I, 1192 var. (E to left) [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; Diadumenian.com /marcianopolis5.html, No. Mar5.33d. 25 mm, 12.89 g. Purchased from Kirk Davis, Cat # 75, Fall 2020, Lot 62; ex. Dr. Paul Rynearson (ca. 2003). (Coin is double die match to Lot 696, CNG Triton XII Auction, Jan. 5, 2009.)




Next: an Imperial coin of Diadumenian.

 

Agreed, @Ignoramus Maximus ...


RR Sicinius Coponius 49 BCE Apollo Club Pompey's Moneyer when in Exile Sear 413 Craw 444-1

 

Diadumenian Ar Denarius Rome 217-218 AD Obv Bareheaded bust right laureate. Rv Caesar standing left head reverted among three military standards RIC 102 3.10 grms 18 mm Photo W. Hansen Next coin Macrinus

 

Next up: holed coin

 

Lydia, Apollonoshieron. AE16. Nero(A.D. 54-68).
Obv. NERON KAICAP, laureate head right.
Rev. [A]ΠOΛΛWNI EPEI - TW[N], Apollo, standing facing, holding patera and resting hand on lyre. Patera in inscription.

Next: Deity standing and facing

 

Yaudheya republican confederacy, circa 200-300 AD, with the Hindu god of war Kartikeya holding a spear with rooster/peacock under him, he's also the Indian representation of Mars, reverse has a goddess with a conch shell.
The Brahmi script reads, Yaudheya Janasya Jaya "Victory to the the people of Yaudheya''.
Although they were eventually subjugated by the Guptas by the 4th century.

Next- a republic other than Roman.

 

Here is a coin minted by the Venetian Republic.

Next: A coin from the Italian peninsula not associated with Rome, either Empire or Republic.

 

Next up: another coin of Magna Graecia

 

Ryro goes west, I go east.
Next: easternmost regions of the Greek world.

 

Indo-Greek Kingdom. Menander I (155-130 BC). Diademed head of Menander right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗPΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Athena advanding left, thunderbolt in hand, Maharajasa tratasara Menamdrasa in Kharosthi.
19 mm, 2.46 g. Bopearachchi-Series 13, 85Q.



Next: Another Indo-Greek coin

 

Here is my drachm of Menander.

Next: Another Indo-Greek coin

 

Next up: another square Greek

 

BAKTRIA


Baktria Indo Greco-Baktrian Kingdom Eukratides I Megas 170-145 BCE Dioscuri AE Quadruple Unit

Next: More Squares!

 

Next up: more Indo greek squares

 

Lol, good tie-in!

 

Agathokleia and Strato I, Indo-Greek Kingdom
AE square unit
Obv: BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ / ΘEOTPOΠOY / AΓAΘOKΛEIAΣ, Helmeted bust of Athena (or Agathokleia) right
Rev: "Maharajasa / tratarasa dhra / mikasa stratasa" in Kharoshthi, Herakles seated left on rock, holding club in right hand, monogram to left
Mint: ? (Bactria)
Date: 128-123 BC
Ref: MIG 307



Next: Saladin (Salah ad-Din)

 

12 hour rule.

Asido (Medina Sidonia), an Iberian settlement which may have been founded by the Phoenicians, hence the later name Sidonia reflecting its foundation by Sidon. Its earliest phase is known through its coinage with its 2nd and 1st centuries BC issues bearing the Latin inscription Asido and also in Punic inscriptions such as 'sdn or b'b'l, with Herakles and Dolphins being notable obverse and reverse designs.


1st one:
Asido
Ancient Spain 110 BC.
Present day Medina Sidonia.
Phonecian and Punic.
Obv: Melkart head facing
forward.
Rev: Two tunny fish right
Libio-Phoenician legend
( B B L ) Semis 3.68 grams

2nd one:
Asido
Ancient Spain 110 BC.
Phonecian and Punic.
Obv: Melkart head facing
forward.
Rev: Two tunny fish right
Libio-Phoenician legend
( B B L ) Semis 3.68 grams
Found by me metal detecting
in 1988 close to present day
Medina Sidonia.

Next: Another coin with Melkart / Hercules facing forward

 

12 hours

Kingdom of Hungary
Issued under Bela III
1172-1196 AD
AE Imitation, copying contemporary Arabic coinage
1.34 grams / 22.5mm wide
See it on Zeno.ru, #278858

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Next: Something that isn't what it looks like

 

Here's a Macedonian shield coin... that's not from Macedon:

Next up: artistic rendering of a thunderbolt