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Next.....An abstract portrait...

 

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Here's my Gadhaiya Paisa from a later period, the face has been even more abstracted and stylized

Gadhaiya Paisa of India
4.25 grams, 11x14mm wide

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Next: More abstract portraits

 

I got lots....really ugly one!

Another abstract design on reverse....

 

Both faces of this little tin bead are abstract geometry of unknown, if any, meaning.

Srivijaya of Sumatra
c. 800-1300 AD
Tin Bead | 0.25g | 5.5mm wide | 2mm thick
Obv: Five dots aligned as an 'X'
Rev: Three concentric rings

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Next: Another coin which has a portion that is not yet understood

 

Billon drachms of the Paramaras of Malwa..
Why the different symbols?...


Next......A symbol that has yet to be clarified.

 

This coin is a mystery....from Ionia/ uncertain

EL Trite ND 600BC MS 5/5 5/5
Unknown mint
Unknown City State
obverse: ??????/
More mysterious coins

 

hmmmm.... I see a boot, gnome, dragon, sailboat​

This coin has a mysterious symbol

perhaps MAR for Maroneia? or a magistrates name?

Thrace, Maroneia, Æ 26mm, Circa 168-145 BC
Obv: Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy-wreath
Rev: ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN, Dionysos standing to left holding grape bunch and spears; monogram to lower left
Ref: Schönert-Geiss 1354-1405

Next: a similar obverse in silver

 

Similar being subjective I'll go with they have a similar crown wreath on their heads:

Next up: Thunderbolt

 

Roman Republic. Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51g, 6h). Rome mint. Obv: Head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right; scepter behind. Rev: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; lituus on left, capis on right, Q·CASSIVS below. Ref: Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Cassia 7. Good Very Fine, toned, a few light marks on cheek, small test cut on edge. From the Bruce R. Brace Collection. Ex CNG eAuction 279 (16 May 2012), Lot: 376.

Next: Another Thunderbolt.

 

Tbolt


RI
Civil War Revolt of Vindex
CE 68-69 AR Denarius
ROMA RESTITVTA -
IVPITER LIBERATOR Jupiter seated r Tbolt Scepter
17mm 3.02g
RIC I 62 RSC 374-RARE

Next: Roma Restituta

 

interesting coin @Alegandron, it seems to be rare on CT as well as a ROMA RESTITVTA has not appeared in more than 12 hours. Here's a new theme:

Kushan Empire, Huvishka, circa AD 151-190, AE Tetradrachm, 24mm, 15.86g, Elephant rider series, Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?), Early phase
Obv: Huvishka on elephant right, holding ankuśa (elephant goad
Rev: MIIPO to right, Miiro standing left, extending right hand in benediction and holding filleted scepter; tamgha to left
Ref: MK 820; ANS Kushan 777-80

Next: more Kushan

 

For the pushin'

Next up: Horned animal

 

Next: Syracuse

 

Haha! very good @lordmarcovan ...


Syracuse
304-289 BC
22.5mm, 7.03g
Artemis bust right (quiver over her shoulder)
Winged thunderbolt

NEXT: Thunderbolt

 

Elis, Olympia. 131st-135th Olympiad. 256-240 BC. Fouree Hemidrachm
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: Thunderbolt within olive wreath.
AR(fourre) Hemidrachm

Next: Elis

 

ELIS, Olympia
AR Hemidrachm (Holed). 2.33g, 16mm. ELIS, Olympia, 97th-100th Olympiad, 392-380 BC. Obverse die signed by Polykaon. BCD Olympia 95; HGC 5, 433 (R2); Seltman, Temple pl. VIII, 20. O: Head and neck of eagle right; ΠO below. R: F-A, Thunderbolt, with volutes above and wings below, within wreath.

Next: Hemidrachm

 

Ptolemy III HEMIDRACHM


Egypt Ptolemy III 245-222 BC AE 34mm 31g HemiDrachm Zeus-Ammon Eagle Tbolt Cornucopia XP Chi-Rho SV 965

Next: AR Zeus Ammon

 

I think this coin may have enough silver in it to qualify:

Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (148-149 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝ(Ɛ)ΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (beginning at 2:00) / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, crowned with disk [partially off flan], L ΔѠΔƐ - ΚΑΤΟV [Year 12 spelled out] (clockwise from lower left). RPC IV.4 Online 13625 [temporary number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625) [this coin is Specimen 13, ex. Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 186; see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517] ; Emmett 1442.12; Milne 1972 at p. 47 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; Dattari (Savio) 2408; Köln (Geissen) 1588; Sear RCV II 4360. 23 mm., 12.60 g. (Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, Sept 2020).

Next: another Antoninus Pius from Roman Alexandria.