Amisos, Pontos, time of Mithridates VI AE 18mm; 4.6g, circa 120-63 BC. Obv.: Bust of Mithridates as Perseus right, wing at his temple. Rev.:...
Antioch ad Orontes, Semi-Autonomous AE23, 10.77g, 12h, Denomination A; Antioch: after 47 BC Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark of...
Apollonis, Lydia Æ16, 3.74g, 12h; Apollonis, 2nd-1st century BC. Obv.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Obv.: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN;...
Pontic Kingdom, Amisos AE21, 6.95g, 12h; 85-65 BC. Obv.: Aegis with gorgon head at center. Rev.: Nike advancing right with palm branch; monograms...
Seleucid Kingdom, Alexander Balas AE18, Antioch mint, 150-146 BC. Obv.: Helmeted head of Alexander right. Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEXANΔPOY; Nike...
Troas, Antandros Æ12, 1.54g; c. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev.: ANTAN; lion's head right. Reference: SNG von...
Phoenicia, Arados AE22, 6.88g, 12h; 130/29 BC. Obv.: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. Rev.: Poseidon on prow left; date in Phoenician...
It's cities brother. The Agrippa was struck in Rome. :) Also, Aeolis is a region, Kyme the city. Or is that OK with Zumbly?
Mine is Theodosius II. This series is a bit comical. Are they emperors or monkeys? [ATTACH]
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I have looked for a giraffe on any sort of ancient coin, but have never found one.
To keep up with the Joneses, why else?
No giraffes in the Gallienus series, sorry. The animals are associated with deities, so these are in fact, religious themes. I don't know of a...
Well, if we're going to post brokage errors, I have a Nabataean of Rabbel II... [ATTACH]
Yeah well, you're in good company. Here's one of my average ones... [ATTACH] This is actually a GOOD coin, as most everything's there.
Superb brokage. Nice find!
Me too, but decent examples are rare because the quality of minting was so poor during the later part of Gallienus' reign. And the "nice"...
The bust style and size make it late Roman. Looks like a Victory reverse to me as well. Could be any of a handful of emperors: Valentinian,...
That is a VERY interesting follis, Martin. You have just added a type to my wish list.
Great history lesson and great coin. :)
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