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TRALLES, LYDIA CITY COINAGE
AE18
OBVERSE: Laureate head of Zeus Larasios right
REVERSE: DIOS TRAL-LIANWN, thunderbolt, all in wreath
Struck at Tralles 200-1 BC
6.51g, 17.86 mm
Mionnet 661

Next: Head of Zeus

 

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Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE). AE31 Egyptian style.
Obv.: head of Zeus right.
rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ("of the king Antiochos, the Visible God"), eagle, wings closed, standing r. on thunderbolt.
This Seleucid king had launched a special military operation to deptolemize Egypt, and decided to annex it, so he started minting Egyptian coins (bevelled edges and central hole) with his name on reverse. But, just when he was going to enter Alexandria, the Romans sent an ambassador who told him to immediately withdraw his forces from Egypt and Antiochus complied.

Next up : an annexation coin

 

Annexation is indeed in the news these days.....

This is a very interesting challenge, one that actually made me think, which I am not terribly accustomed to do, but here is what I think might qualify as a coin associated with an annexation. It is Roman, and since the Romans made a specialty of annexing other people's lands, it is probably not a terribly unusual one.

Trajan, tetradrachm, Bosra, 112-114 AD.
11.11 grams



Here's an excerpt from a webpage on the city of Bosra:

"The Nabateans however, soon gave way to another dominant culture — the Romans. Originally, the Nabateans were Roman clients, but in 106AD, Cornelius Palma seized direct control of Syria in the name of Emperor Trajan and Rome. Palma declared the region Provincia Arabia: the Roman province of Arabia.

The Romans immediately annexed Bosra and renamed Nova Trajana Bostra. The city was quite a prize. Its strategic position on the Syrian road system made it the perfect home for a Roman garrison. Very quickly, the Roman authorities installed 5000 legionnaires in a camp outside the northern gate of Bosra and in 106 AD the city became the Roman capital of the new province."

Here's a ink: https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-history-of-bosra/

Next: Another provincial coin of Trajan

 

Very nice specimen ! But it was surely not minted in Bostra. These tridrachms or light tetradrachms (there is still a debate) are part of what numismatists call "Trajan's Arabian mint". There are also drachms with the same type (Arabia standing, tiny camel at feet), drachms with a two-humped bactrian camel, and some other tridrachms.
Initially numismatists attributed these coins to Caesarea of Cappadocia. The discovery of a hoard near Amman, the "Tell Kalakh hoard", full of coins like these, some Arabia drachms being even overstruck on Rabbel II Nabataean silver sela'im, drew new theories : this Arabian mint must have been in Bostra. This is what Kindler assumed in his "Coinage of Bostra"
But it does not fit with the style : the tridrachms like yours look too different from the drachms. Now, the new doxa is that the tridrachms or light tetradrachms were minted in Rome especially for Arabia. They were shipped to Arabia, for circulation there. Their style is obviously Roman. The drachms were minted in Antioch, and shipped to Arabia as well. Under Trajan there was no mint at all in Bostra, the first coins of Bostra are city-coins of Antoninus Pius.



Laodicaea (Lattakieh, Syria) - Trajan AE 25 mm
Obv.: [AYTOKP. NEP.] TPAIANOC APICT. [KAIC. CEB. ΓEP. ΔAK. ΠAP.] , laureate bust right
Rev.: IOYΛIEωN TωN KAI ΛAO[ΔIKEωN BΞP] , turreted bust of Tyche right


Next : A provincial Hadrian

 

True, I know that these coins of Trajan for Bosra were likely produced in Rome, but at least they were made for a city that was annexed by Rome. Also, regarding the "tridrachm" versus "tetradrachm" designation, I've seen both used. I previously used tridrachm, but I read somewhere (I forget the source) that coins of this size are now called tetradrachms.

 

HADRIAN
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: AΔΡIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate draped bust right
REVERSE: YΠATOC Γ ΠATHΡ ΠATΡIAOC, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae
Struck at Caesarea, Cappadocia, 121-122 AD
2.6g, 18mm
Sydenham, Caesarea -; Metcalf, Caesarea105
ex JAZ Coins

Next: Any coin purchased from JAZ Numismatics

 

So what topic is next?

 

Sorry, senior moment.
Next: Any AE Dupondius

 

Faustina Jr. (146 - 175 A.D.)
Dupondius
O:FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, Draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA/SC, Concordia seated left leaning on chair with left and flower in right. By chair, cornucopia on globe.
Rome
27.5mm
13.9g
RCV 4724 RIC 1393

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Next: Another Dupondius

 

GALBA
AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P legend with laureate bust right
REVERSE: PAX AVGVST legend with Pax standing left holding olive-branch and caduceus; S - C in fields
Struck at Rome, July-August 68 AD
13.2g, 27mm
RIC 284; BMC 127; Sear 2129

Next: Lets stick with the same theme. Another dupondius

 

Next: Nerva with a great nose.....

 

Nerva (96 -98 A.D.)
Cappadocia, Caesarea
AR Didrachm
O AVTOKPAT NEPOYAC KAICAP CEBACTOC YΠATΔ, Laurate head right.
R: CEBACTOY TYXH, Tyche standing left holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left.
Cappadocia, Caesarea 97 A.D.
20mm
6.7g
Sydenham 150, SNG von Aulock 6380

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Next: Any Animal that is NOT an eagle.

 

Here's a two-in-one, hare and mule, quite a combination!

Sicily, Messana, Tetradrachm, 480-461 BC.



Next: A bidding war trophy, or an incredibly inexpensive auction acquisition (you pick).

 

Is there still a 24 hours rule?

Let's try for a large Ptolemaic bronze, any king.

 

Way past 24hrs, I have no Ptolemaic bronze of any sort nor is any high on my list.

Since there is so few of us left, we should stick to slightly easier instead of obscure.

Random, Julia Paula


Julia Paula (219 - 220 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, Draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated left, patera in right, left elbow resting on arm of throne, star in left field.
Rome
3.1g
18.3mm
RSC 6a , RIC 211

Next: Concordia

 

L. MUSSIDIUS LONGUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: CONCORDIA, diademed and veiled bust of Concordia right, crescent below chin
REVERSE: Shrine of Venus Cloacina: Circular platform surmounted by two statues of the goddess, each resting right hand on cippus, the platform inscribed CLOACIN and ornamented with trellis-pattern balustrade, flight of steps and portico on left; L • MVSSIDIVS • LONGVS around above
Rome 42BC
3.5g, 19mm
Crawford 494/42C; CRI 188; Sydenham 1093b; Kestner 3753-4; BMCRR Rome 4242-3, Mussidia 6a

Next: Roman Republic example of your choice

 

Roman Republic, AR Denarius, L. Julius L.F., Caesar, Rome, 103 BC.
Crawford 320-1
3.84 grams



Next: Athens, any period.

 

Athens, AE 13mm, 2.94 g. Pseudo-autonomous, c. 120-175 AD.

Next : goddess Athena

 

Attica, Athens (353 - 294 B.C)
AR Tetradrachm
O: Helmeted head of Athena right. Pi Style 3
R: AΘE Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square.
16.59g
21 mm
Kroll -; HGC 4, 1599

Ex. Numismatik-Naumann, Auction 52, Lot 126

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