First coin I bought for myself in a while. Just saw a really pretty portrait and the winged thunderbolt- very cool style. Lucania, Thurium Circa 280 BC Obverse: Laureate portrait of Apollo left Reverse: QOURIWN Winged thunderbolt References: SNG Cop. 1509. Rutter, HN Italy 1927 Size: 14mm, 3.40g R1 POST YOUR THUNDERBOLTS!
I like that thunderbolt! This is my favorite thunderbolts: Antoninus Pius Denarius Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP Laureate head right Reverse: COS IIII Thunderbolt on decorated altar
Beautiful portrait! Love that reddish brown patina. Looks like leather. Here are a couple of very worn but interesting winged thunderbolts: ELIS, Olympia. 87th Olympiad, 432 BCE AR hemidrachm, 16 mm, 2.7 gm Obv: eagle, with wings displayed above, flying left, holding hare by its back and tearing at it with his beak Rev: thunderbolt, with wings above and volutes below, within circular incuse; to right, A. Ref: BCD Olympia -; BCD Peloponnesos -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Traité -; SNG Delepierre -; Pozzi -; Weber -; McClean -. The obverse type, combined with the form of the thunderbolt, with its broad, splayed wings, and the A on the reverse, is most similar to the stater of BCD 50. ELIS, Olympia. 95th Olympiad, 400 BCE AR hemidrachm, 16 mm, 2.6 gm Obv: head and neck of eagle right; F below Rev: thunderbolt, volutes above, wings below, F-A across fields Ref: BCD Olympia 85/84 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 372
Tbolt, biggun! RR Aes Grave Anon 280-276 BCE Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick Tbolt-Dolphin Rome Crawford 14-3 T Vecchi 3
SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Adelphoi Demi (Tetrapolis). Mid 2nd century BC. Æ (22mm, 8.26 gm, 9h). Dated SE 165 (149/8 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: Winged thunderbolt; EΞP with Monogram(date) to right of it and ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ above thunderbolt; ΔΗΜΩΝ and monogram below, all within wreath. SNG Copenhagen 397; BMC 7; HGC 9, 1396
Here's my winged t-bolt. Depending on the lighting this coin either looks great or looks more pitted than the surface of Mars.
I'm not sure, but on your coin, I'd probably prefer vertical. If the bolt is horizontal, then the lower part of the legend reads from right to left (ΝΩΝΟΔEΚΑΜ, if I ID'd your coin correctly). Not very comfortable reading.
On 4th century bronzes, Jupiter is usually depicted holding Victory on globe, presenting wreath. This coin is an exception: Constantine I ("the Great") A.D. 307-337 AE Nummus Thessalonica mint, A.D. 311-313 RIC 47b Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Rev: IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG - Jupiter leaning on scepter and holding thunderbolt; eagle with wreath at feet •SM•TS• in exergue; E in right field 22 mm, 4.7 g.
This is an unappetizing winged thunderbolt, like the one @hotwheelsearl shared, I think: Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius (c. 140-144 A.D.) Rome Mint [ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS P P TRP COS I[II], laureate head r. / [PROVI]DENTIAE DE[ORVM] S C, winged thunderbolt vertical. RIC III 618a; BMCRE 1267; Cohen 682. (20.07 grams / 30 mm) eBay May 2020
Here is one with a thunderbolt on both sides: Epirus, The Molossi, circa 360-330/25 BC, AE17, 2.39g Shield with thunderbolt boss / thunderbolt in wreath Sear GCV 1979 Note: low-weight specimen ... half the weight of any other example I could find.
The @Ed Snible post above inspired me to look a little harder at the Greeks. Here's a winged thunderbolt, from Pisidia: Pisidia, Selge Æ 14 (c. 200 - 10 B.C.) Bare head of Herakles to right; before, K. / CΕΛΓΕ Winged thunderbolt; to right, bow (topped with a griffin head?). SNG BN 1998; Paris 764 var.; SNG France 1988; BMC 50; Sear 5412. (2.10 grams / 14 mm) eBay April 2021 Lot @ $1.24 Attribution Notes: Type with K on obverse rather scarce (three auctions found). Possible die match with: Nomos Obolos Web Auction 17 Lot 334, 20.12.2020, which notes SNG BN 1998 (same dies) In this auction, bow is described as being topped with a griffin head, but I do not see it. Here's another one, from Metropolis, where dwelleth Superman: Ionia, Metropolis Æ 15 (c. 100-50 B.C.) Diogenes magistrate Helmeted head of Ares right / ΔIOΓENHΣ, Winged thunderbolt; monogram above. SNG Copenhagen 904. (4.19 grams / 15 mm) eBay June 2020 This is one of my favorites because of the patina. It is from Philadelphia, home of Rocky Balboa: Lydia, Philadelphia Æ 14 (Semi-) Autonomous Issue (c. 100 B.C. - 14 A.D.) Macedonian shield, star in center / ΦIΛAΔEΛ-ΦEωN above and beneath winged thunderbolt, (Ρ?)ΠME monogram above, all within wreath. BMC 2-3; SNG Tuebingen 3738. (5.28 grams / 14 mm) eBay Oct. 2018
Commodus: Zeus Mint of Alexandria, Egypt. Commodus (180-192. A.D.) Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 11.06 grams Obverse: M AVΡ KOMMO ANTΩNINOC CE, Laureate bust of Commodus right Reverse: VΠAT OCTOΔ, Zeus seated left, holding scepter and thunderbolt, K theta in field Reference: Emmett 2567
Beautiful Hemis with bolts. Yes, patination can really make a coin attractive. It is like the coin is singing over the millenia.