Very interesting the symbol on the obverse @panzerman do you know if it stands for the eye of God or for Masons?
A little early as I am busy tonight Salute with your glasses of something sparkly, say sayonara to another Thanksgiving. Supplement the special occasion by selecting some shiny, spherical objects showing deities connected to successful harvests. Maybe Seleucid to Spanish or Sullas to Sols is more your style. Share your spectacular or even sub-par silvers or silvered specimens of S
Emperor Septimius Severus: Emperor Septimius Severus - Denarius - PM TRP III COS II PP - Rome mint Empress Salonina: Empress Salonina - Antoninianus - VESTA - Rome mint
S for Siscia CONSTAN - TINUS AVG head laureated right Providen - tiae avgg // .rSIS. campgate with 2 turrets, star in between, no doors, 7 layers of stones numus, RIC VII 200 p 499, A.D. 326 - 327
S for Simium FL IVL CONSTANTIUS NOB C bust laureated left, drapped and cuirassed PROVIDEN - TIAE CAESS // SIRM campgate with 2 turrets, star above, no door, 8 layers of stones numus, RIC VII 53 p 475 , A.D. 324 - 325
I think its the "Eye of God". Many coins from German States/ Poland/ Holy Roman Empire have this feature.
Sigismund of Luxemburg 1 Forint Sigismund’s gold forints fall into two groups: early issues (1387 – 1401) bear a royal coat of arms quartering the horizontal stripes of the Hungary shield with the German eagle, later issues (1402 – 1437) quartering the stripes of Hungary with the lion of Bohemia. 20 mm, 3.520 g Körmöcbánya (Kremnitz), not dated, struck between 1387 – 1389; no mintmark; Monogram G = Royal Treasurer Jakcs György. A royal treasurer was a person responsible for the income, at least for some type of income, of the kingdom. This position was held by those who were in charge of the royal and imperial mines; the supreme authority of the Hungarian mining towns is still called this way. Pohl D1-1; HMC (Lengyel) 17/7; Unger (ÉH) II 445a; Huszár 572; Frynas H.27.1; The best reference for attributing Hungarian gold coins are Pohl and Lengyel (300 pages only for gold). Lengyel number 17 has the Brandenburg eagle in the second and third shields without a mintmark. Ob.: +SIGISMVNDI•D•G•R•VnGARIE Fourfold shield of Hungary and Bohemia with Árpád stripes twice and Brandenburg eagles twice in inner pearl circle Rv.: S• LADIS LAVS•REX Saint King László of Hungary crowned and with glory standing with light helbard and orb; monogram G at right The eagle on the lower left seems to be peeking out of the last Árpád stripe above - or it is trying to hang itself
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS I-I laureate head right REVERSE: SAECVL FELICIT dot, seven stars & crescent Struck at Emesa, 194-195 AD 2.95g, 17.5mm RIC 417 VOLUSIAN AE30 OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right REVERSE: ANTIOXEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-e, SC below, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-god Orontes swimming beneath her, ram leaping right above Struck at Syria-Antioch, 251-253 AD 17.1g, 30mm SNGCop 295
The first, struck by the Schoonvorst-Sichem Lordship. Schoonvorst mint. The second, struck by Julich-Berg Duchy. Schoonvorst mint.
Salzburg/ Erzbistum AV 2 Dukaten 1582 Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi/ under HRE Rudolf II ex: Popken Coll. from a famous collection to a modest one....
AR Denarius ND Roma Mint struck 200/1AD Septimus Severus 193-211AD from famous Annemarie& Gerd Kohlmoos Coll.