Alphabet game

S=Swastika/ Stater

Ionia/ uncertain City State
EL 1/24 Stater ND (625-600BC)

The "swastika" was one of the first ever designs on archaic coinage/ since it was a good luck symbol.
The Stater was also one of the earliest used denominations in coin making.

 

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S=Spain/ Sardinia/ Scudo d'oro
AV Scudo d'oro 1703
Caligari Mint
Sardinia/ under Spanish Rulers
Philip V of Spain

 

Siam Money, (thats what they were described when I bought them)
Khmer Kingdom of Angkor, in what is now Cambodia, c. 802-1450 AD.
The larger one 4.4g and 1.75 cm
The smaller one 1.1 g and 1.43 cm

 

Shekels of Tyre

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Full Shekel. Dated CY 113 = 14/13 BC. Laureate head of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ [ΙΕΡΑΣ] ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, PIΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Beth between legs.

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Half Shekel. Dated CY 137 = 11/12 AD. Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck. / TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣ[Y]Λ[OY] Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΛZ (civic year date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B, signifying officina, between legs.

 

S for Saloninus

SALON VALERIANUS CAES
bust rad., drap. r.
PIETAS AVG
Sacificial implements
A.D.256, 3.50 gr, 19.82 mm
Antoninianus, Lugdunum, Va 9 p.124

 

S for Severina
SEVERI NA AVG
Diademed, draped bust r., on cresent
CONCOR DIAE MILITVM // TXXT
Concordia stg. l., holding two ensigns
A.D. 270 – 275, 4.41 gr, 20.22 mm
Antoninianus, Ticinum, RIC Va 8 p.316

 

S for Julia Soaemias


IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG
bust r. draped
VENUS CAELESTIS
Venus, diad., seated, l. holding apple and sceptre; at feet , a child
A.D.222, 3.40 gr, 19.46 mm
Denarius, Rome, RIC IVb 243 p.48

 

SIKYONIA SIKYON
AR Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Chimaera standing left, with heads of snake, lion & goat, raising forepaw, ΣΙ below
REVERSE: Dove flying left
Struck at Skyon, Fourth Century BC
2.6g, 17mm
SNGCop 57, BMC 111
Ex Doug Smith

 

Tighten your belts, hold tight for a thrilling trip back in time. Thesolonika to Trier, Tanit to Theodosius. The task is to tantalise us totally with your types of total titillation. T is here

 

"T"-rrific Reverse: Trunk with Torch to Tusks & Tail


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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. Serrate Æ (20.5mm, 8.04 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Radiate and diademed head right / Elephant advancing left, holding torch in trunk; to right, ΣTA above cornucopia.​

 

Both of these from Trier Archbishopric
Coblenz mint

 

THASOS
AR Stater
OBVERSE: Naked ithyphallic satyr carrying off a nymph who raises her arm in protest
REVERSE: Quadripartite incluse Square
Struck at Thasos, 525-463 BC
8.69g, 21mm
SNGCop 1008

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

THRACE, ABDERA
Tetrobol
OBVERSE: Griffin springing left
REVERSE: Magistrate's name around linear border, within which head of Hermes l., caduceus before; all in incuse square
Struck at Abdera 411-385 BC
2.780g, 15mm
May 279

 

Thrace
AV Stater ND Istros Mint
Mithradates Eupator 120-63BC

 

I have a few from Troas:

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

TROAS, ASSOS
AE10
OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Athena left
REVERSE: AΣ-ΣI, Bucranium
Struck at Assos 400-300 BC
1.18 g, 10.2 mm
SNG Cop 241; BMC 8

ALEXANDRIA TROAS CIVIC ISSUE
AE 19
OBVERSE: CO-L TRO, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right; vexillum behind
REVERSE: CO-L AVG, TRO in exergue, eagle standing right on the forepart of a bull
Struck at Alexandria Troas, Third Century AD
5.06g, 19mm
SNG Cop 117

ALEXANDER TROAS CIVIC ISSUE
AE25
OBVERSE: COL ALEX TRO, Turreted & draped bust of city goddess or Tyche right; vexillum behind
REVERSE: COL AL [EX TRO], Horse feeding right, tree behind; beside the horse, a herdsman wearing chlamys, holding pedum in right hand, standing right
Struck at Alexandria Troas, 250-70 AD
5.6g, 24.9mm
BMC 52

VALERIAN I
AE20
OBVERSE: IMP LICI VALERIAN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: VCOL AVG TRO, horse grazing right
Struck at Alexandria Troas, 253-60 AD
4.86g, 21mm
SNGCop 191v

 

Countermarks are from the city of Tournai
Different host coins, both from Holland county.
First host coin: III-271a
Second host coin: III-271b

 

Transylvania
AV Dukat 1646 A-I
Alia Julia Mint
Georg Rakozki I 1630-46

 

Deutsches Ostafrika
AV 15 Rupien 1916-T
Tabora Mint

 

Theodosius II
Thessalonika Mint
AV Solidus ND

 

Britannia
Trinovantes & Catevellauni
AV Quarter Stater ND
Tasciovanus 20BC-20AD
Tasciovanus "Acorn"

 

Oh wow! I've always liked that type. Far out of my reach though!