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MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow REVERSE: LEG II, eagle between standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.75g, 17mm
Crawford 544/14; CRI 349; RSC 27

Next: Galley

 

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Postumus, Double-Sestertius, Trier, 260-9, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. galley left with four rowers, 18.92g (RIC 143; Banti 29; Holmes 612).

Next another Imperial Usurper with a Galley.

 

Antiochos IV was the son of Antiochos III but was apparently still seen by some as having usurped his brother Demetrius I. Galley prow behind elephant.

Seleukid Kings of Syria, Antiochos IV Epiphanes & Laodike IV AE Serrate (4.3g, 17.5mm, 1h), Ptolemaïs-Ake mint, 175-172 BCE.
Obv: Veiled and diademed bust of Laodike IV right.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (ANTI·X·Y) in two lines, above & below. Head of elephant left; galley prow behind.
Ref: SC 1477; HGC 9, 686.
Prov: Uncertain group lot, c. 2000-2013.

NEXT: SERRATED EDGE, ANY KIND​

 

C. SULPICIUS C.f. GALBA
AR Serrate Denarius
OBVERSE: Conjoined laureate heads of the Dei Penates left
REVERSE: Two soldiers swearing oath over a sow; F above; C SVLPICI C F in ex
Struck at Rome, 106 BC
3.8g, 19mm
Cr312/1; Syd 572; Sulpicia 1

Next: Hog (sow or boar)

 

Probably my favorite boar, a little obol from Caria, Euromos:


Caria, Euromos AR Hemiobol (8 mm, 0.50 g, 10 h).
Obv: Forepart of a boar to right.
Rev: Bearded head of Lepsynos to right.
Ref: SNG Keckman 863-4 (uncertain mint). SNG von Aulock 2521.
Prov: Dr. P. Vogl collection, privately acquired from E. Beckenbauer in 1984 (with collector's ticket).

NEXT: OBOL (OR SMALLER) ​

 

TROAS KEBREN
AR Obol
OBVERSE: Archaic head of Apollo left
REVERSE: Ram's head left within an incuse square
Struck at Troas, Kebren Circa 450 BC
.56g, 7mm
Rosen 534; Traité pl. xxxix, 25, SNG Ashmolean 1086
ex. Aegean Numismaics

Next: Ram

 

Next: Ram



Caria, Hekatomnos (?) AR Hemitetartemorion (Milesian standard, 4mm, 0.12g), Uncertain mint, c. 392-377 BCE.
Obv: Head of ram right.
Rev: Head of young male right. ΕΚ to right (for Hekatomnos).
References: HNO Caria 1922 (as Kasolaba); SNG Keckman 867; SNG Kayhan II, 1674; Konuk, Kasolaba 14 (as Kasolaba); Konuk, Identities 7 (as Mylasa?).
Published (online): HN Online n° 1922 (temporary) 1922 (this coin = example 3).
Provenance: Ex-Elvira Clain-Stefanlli (1914-2001) Collection


Also comes in the "jumbo size" (!) 0.31 gram Hemiobol!

NEXT: Any coin that comes in 2 or more sizes with more-or-less the same design
(e.g., OBOL, DRACHM, TETRADRACHM; or, AE FOLLIS, AR SILIQUA, AV SOLIDUS, etc.)​

 

Three sizes of Alexander and Zeus. Obol, drachm (of Philip Arrhidaeus) and tetradrachm.

Next up : Alexander the Great

 

Hemidrachm

Drachm

Tetradrachm

Stater

Not shown: 3 AE "Unit," half unit, quarter unit of Herakles/bow & club case type...
Still need the obol, hemiobol, didrachm, "1/5 tetradrachm" (tetrobol?)...

Next up:
Hemidrachm​

 

THESSALY, TRIKKA
AR Hemidrachm
OBV: Youth, petasos and cloak tied at neck, wrestling forepart of bull right
REV: Forepart of horse galloping right; T-PI-KK-A-I around; all within concave incuse
Circa 420-400 BC
2.7g, 17mm
SNG Cop 265
ex: JAZ Numismatics

Next: Fore or aft part of animal

 

Bull and horse... And another from Thessaly, at that!

NEXT: ANY ALEXANDER BESIDES
# III, "THE GREAT"​

 

Severus Alexander. AE 37 of Tarsus, Cilicia.

Next up : a very large coin

 

Don't know what you class as very large, this is 28mm

NEXT: Green patina

 

BRUTTIUM. Rhegion (260 - 215 B.C.)
Æ23
O: Helmeted head of Athena left.
R: Athena Nikephoros standing left.
5.7g
Reference: SNG ANS 756-760; Rutter, HN 2554

Next A coin with a shield of some sort

 

Next: something from Antioch

 

Oooh, can't let that pass without comment! Spiral-decorated shield on an FH!!! Love that one.

Does it matter which Antioch?

Lucius Verus from Caria, Antioch (ex-Lindgren, but not in the books). Rare type with Nemesis standing left on the reverse (Lindgren or another author of the tag incorrectly IDed it as Commodus, but it's still correct that the coin is absent from all those refs listed EXCEPT Imhoof-Blumer, who donated the only published specimen to Winterthur):

NEXT: ANTIOCH​

 

Follis of Justinian
Obv.: DN IYƧTINI-ANVƧ PP AVC, Justinian seated facing, holding long sceptre and globus cruciger.
Rev.: Large M flanked by star and crescent; cross above; Γ//+THEЧP.

Next : Justin I

 

Well, I think it's been about 36 hours, so how about Justin II?


"The Last Constantinopolis."
Byzantine / E. Roman Empire. Justin II AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47g, 6h), Constantinople, c. 567-578.
Obv: D N IVSTINVS P P AVI. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justin facing, holding Victory on globe in right hand & shield with horseman motif over his left shoulder.
Rev: VICTORIA AVCCCH / CONOB. Constantinopolis seated facing, head turned to right, holding spear in right hand & globus cruciger in left.
Ref: SB 345; DOC 4g; MIBE 5.
Prov: Ex-Agora Auctions Auction 36 (Online [NYC], 14 Jul 2015), Lot 240; Ex-Spartan Numismatics.

This Justin II AV Solidus is the last type to show Constantinopolis. Grierson (1999: 32) writes: “When Constantinopolis appeared for the last time, on Solidi of Justin II, she was already so unfamiliar that some users thought her to represent the goddess Venus.”

NEXT: ANCIENT GOLD
including electrum & plated coins​

 

Solidus of Theodosius II (408-450), minted in Constantinople 441-450.
Obv.: D N THEODOSI-VSׂ‧ P‧ P‧ AVG, pearl diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right; graffito in l. and r. field
Rev.: IMP. XXXXII‧ COS XVII‧ P‧ P ‧// CONOB, Constantinople enthroned left foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and long sceptre, star in l. field.

NEXT : a coin with a graffito

 

Here's a Marcian AV Solidus with a nice big cross graffito in the right field:

Next:
A coin that's been modified, damaged, altered, etc. --
whether in antiquity or recently​