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Aes Grave Uncia

Mine was a star in the Frogger Game back in the 80's... he made it across the highway!!!






Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograde L T-V 285


Next: Another Aes Grave Uncia, Sextans, or Quadrans

 

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My "pink" aes grave sextans of RR.

next - any aes grave you like.

 

Yeah, I thought it looked a bit flat...
Seriously: nice coin!

Here's a quatrunx: (try that in Scrabble!)

HNItaly 671; ICC 339.

Next: more aes grave, or another 'difficult' or exotic denomination.

 

QUINCUNX


Larinum Frentani 210-175 BCE AE Quincunx 22mm 9.8g Mars or Athena corinthian helmet- Galloping Horseman spear sheild tbolt 5 pellets NH Italy 625 BMC 2 SCARCE

Next: Another difficult or exotic denomination

 

This is a pretty unusual denomination; the tiny gold coin is a 1/16 massa coin (1/16 of 2.4g). I'll include some of the larger denominations for reference. The silver types are from Java while the gold coin was minted in Sumatra, the neighboring island. They shared a common weight system at the time so their coins were interchangeable to a degree. Notice that all the smaller denominations are in clear 1/2 of the previous denomination (I'm missing a 1/8 massa). The 1/16 massa (also called 1/4 kupang: kupang = 1/4 massa) is pretty rarely seen and is just tiny: only 5mm wide and 0.16 grams of unpure gold (other examples have been XRF tested to ~70% gold, ~15% silver, trace others. The larger coins are fairly common and can be found without much trouble but the smaller denominations, only struck in gold, are not often seen.

Mataram Kingdom of Java
c. 800 to 850 AD
AR Massa | 2.44 grams | 12mm wide
Obv: Sandalwood flower
Rev: Ma character in Nagari script



Mataram Kingdom of Java or successor states
c. 930 to 1300 AD
AR Atak (1/2 massa) | 1.04 grams
Obv: Sandalwood flower
Rev: Ma character in Nagari script



Mataram Kingdom of Java or successor states
c. 930 to 1300 AD
AR Kupang (1/4 massa) | 0.59 grams
Obv: Sandalwood flower
Rev: Ma character in Nagari script



Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatra
c. 960 to 1300 AD
AV 1/4 Kupang (1/16 massa) | 0.16 grams | 5mm wide
Obv: Sandalwood flower
Rev: Ma character in Nagari script in Sumatran style

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Next: Matching or connected gold/silver coin set

 

Matching set of gold and silver - aureus and denarius of young Nero with reverse of sacrificial implements...

next - a denarius of a fat Nero.

 

next: Nero denarius

 

Nero denarius / Salus.

next Nero As...

 

Nero, AE As, 65 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, [NER]O CAESAR • AVG • GERM IMP / Rev. Temple of Janus with closed double doors on right, garland hanging above doors, latticed windows and wall to left [flan flaw at wall], PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, S|C across fields. RIC I Nero 306, BMCRE 227, Sear RCV I 1974 (ill.), Cohen 171. 27 mm., 9.61 g., 7 h.



Next: Janus or his temple.

 

next: galley

 

Constans


Next: barbarous galley imitations

 

12 hour rule



next: LRB with a protrusion

 

Claudius II





NEXT: Undersized flan

 

eighter clipped or undersized:



next: Marcus Aurelius Denarius

 

Marcus Aurelius
AR Denar, Rome
Obv.: AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG PII F, head bare
Rev.: TR POT XIII COS II, Spes advancing left, holding flower, raising skirt
Ag, 3.32g, 16.2mm
Ref.: RIC III (A.P.) 479

Next: His wife

 

next: their son, who became emperor

 

You can't expect me to ignore a call for a Faustina II coin, can you?


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman AR denarius, 3.10 g, 17.7 mm, 5 h.
Rome, AD 161.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: TEMPOR FELIC, female figure, standing left, holding an infant in each arm; at either side, two children standing.
Refs: RIC 719; BMC 156-157; RSC 221; RCV 5263; CRE 179; MIR 31-4/10a.
Note: The coin well illustrates the "all-round legends" as used December 160 - 163.

Next: Child of Faustina and Marcus issued when s/he was an adult.

Edit: D'oh!! Too late.

Here's a Commodus.


Commodus, AD 177-192.
Roman AR denarius, 3.42 g, 18 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 180.
Obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: LIB AVG TR P V IMP IIII COS II P P, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 10a; Cohen 301; BMC 4.

Next: curly hair.

 

Lucius Verus's 'fro.

NEXT: A bigger Philippopolis bronze (25mm+ pls)

 

Darn! I was just about to post hehe. Philippopolis bronze it is!

 

12 hour rule. I'll continue the path of curly hair!

Republican Provincials. Antioch. Aulus Gabinius, proconsul, 57-55 BC. AR Tetradrachm in the name and type of Philip I Philadelphos. Diademed head of Philip I right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and scepter in his left, monogram of Aulus Gabinius in the inner left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠΟΥ - EΠIΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦΟΥ. 26 mm, 14.94 g.
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