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Poemenius in the name of Constantius II, Western Roman Empire
AE2
Obv: D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: SALVS AVG NOSTRI, large Chi-Rho flanked by A-W
Mint: Trier
Mintmark: TRP
Date: 352 AD
Ref: RIC VIII 332



Next: Chi-Rho

 

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Next up: another rare emperor of Rome

 

Libius Severus, Western Roman Empire
AE nummus
Obv: [D N LIBIVS SEVERVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped bust right
Rev: Monogram of Ricimer within wreath
Mint: Rome
Date: 461-467 AD (Libius Severus reigned 461-465 AD)
Ref: RIC X 2715



Next: Rare Byzantine emperor

 

Michael II Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Epiros, 1237-1271. BI Aspron Trachy (14mm, 0.64 g, 6h). Arta mint. Half-length figure of St. Theodore facing, holding shield in each hand / Half-length figures of [Michael[ and St. Demetrius, holding sword between them; manus Dei above. S. Bendall, “The Coinage of Michael II, Angelos of Epirus, 1231-1265,” in NumCircCIV.1 (February 1996), 3a (this coin); DOC –; LBC –; SB 2233. Brown surfaces, severe striking perforations. VF. Extremely rare.


next up: an interesting fractional

 

John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine Empire
AR half-stavraton
Obv: IC-XC, Facing bust of Christ
Rev: IWANHC DECPOTIC Q PALEOLOGOC, nimbate facing bust of the emperor
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1425-1448
Ref: SB 2565
Size: 3.3 gr.



Next: coin minted in the twilight years of its issuing authority (kingdom, empire, tribal group, etc.)

 

Waiting for that Julius Nepos to pop up

 

Not quite ancient, but struck via ancient method and appearing more weathered than half the coins on this page. This coin was struck under Sahin Giray, the last Khan of the Crimean Khanate, in the middle of geopolitical tensions between the Ottoman Empire and Russia which would eventually tear apart the Crimean Khanate and have Sahin Giray executed by the Ottoman.

Crimean Khanate
Issued under Shahin Giray
1777-1783 AD
AE Denga | 4.12 grams | 20mm wide

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Next: Coinage of the last ruler of a polity

 

Here's mine! Nepos was usurped and technically still claimed to be emperor after the West "fell", so I think it counts still.

Next: A coin of a ruler who was challenged by a usurper.

 

Roman Empire. Nero (54-68). Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, struck AD 67. Laureate bust of Nero right, IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT P P / Nero, togate and bare-headed, standing to left on low platform, raising right hand in act of address, praetorian prefect behind, togate and bare-headed; standing before, three soldiers, the two foremost holding standards, the praetorian camp in the background, ADLOCVT COH. 26.17g, 35mm. RIC I 564
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Next: Sestertius of Galba

 

next: As/dupondius Galba

 

Next up: another emperor from 69 CE

 

Vespasian, AD 69-79.
Roman AR denarius, 3.18 g, 18.4 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 73.
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CEN, laureate head, right.
Rev: SALVS AVG, Salus seated left, holding patera, left hand at side.
Refs: RIC 58; RIC 2.1 522; BMCRE 87-89; Cohen/RSC 432; CBN 76; RCV 2307.

Next: Throne with decorations.

 

Throne with decorative lion


NEXT: throne with nobody on it

 

Kilikia, Olbia
Æ 22
Pseudo-autonomous (Late 1st century BC).
Obv.: Empty throne of Zeus Olbios facing slightly right; EP to left
Rev.: OΛBEΩN. Winged thunderbolt; Z above.
Æ, 7.50g, 22mm
Ref.: RPC I 3723; Ziegler -; SNG BN 839; SNG Levante 645.

Next: Throne with thunderbolt on it

 

12 hour rule



next: Athens new style Tetradrachma

 

Here's my latest new style owl.

Thompson 483

16.85 grams



Next: A transitional owl, any period.

 

I'll invoke the 12-hour rule but keep the theme of new style tetradrachms going.

Athens AR New Style Tetradrachm 120-119 B.C. 16.632g, 29.0mm
Obv: helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right, triple-crested helmet decorated with curvilinear ornament on the shell, a griffin right above the raised earpiece, and protomes of horses above the visor. Rev: A−ΘE / AΦPO−∆IΣI / ∆IO/ΓE / OΠA/ΣY, owl standing right on amphora on its side, filleted double cornucopia on right, B on amphora, ΣΦ below, all within olive wreath.
Thompson Athens 546a
Next: Another new style tetradrachm from Athens

 

12 hour rule



next: coin from Pamphylia

 

Bronze version from Pamphylia


Pamphylia-Side 190-36 BCE AE 15mm Minerva R - Nike L wreath Sear Grk 5440 SNG Cop 408ff

next: Nike

 

Nike, and an Amazon in wolfskin:


Next: another Amazon.