ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

Antiochos VII
Eros/Headdress of Isis




Antiochos I/Apollo seated on omphalos

 

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Augustus sestertius:


Augustus denarius:


Augustus aureus:

 

Man o man. Some beautiful examples being posted here.

 

AELIA FLACCILLA AE2 from Antiochia
OBV: AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG, diademed & draped bust right
REV: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Empress standing left, holding scroll, ANTЄ in ex.
Struck 379-85 AD
5.4g, 23mm
RIC 62

 

Macedonian Kingdom
Alexander III (The Great)
AR Tetradrachm
Babylon mint ca. 325-323 B.C.

17.06 grams, 26 mm diameter
Head of young Herakles facing right clad in lion’s skin
Rev: Zeus enthroned facing left with legs parallel holding eagle and scepter. Serpent in a bowl to left, AΛΕΞΑΝΑΡΟΥ to right
Grade: GVF with attractive old toning and lustrous details in the protected areas. Slightly off center on small flan
Other: Coveted lifetime issue coin with snake monogram from the Babylon mint. Similar to Sear 6724, Price 3665 Variant. From private sale June 2013.

 

ARCADIUS

1. AE4 from Antiochia
OBV: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuiriassed bust right
REV: VOT X MVLT XX in laurel wreath, AN(delta) in ex
Struck 383-88 AD
1.3g, 8mm
RIC 65c (IX, Antioch)


2. AE3 from Cyzicus
OBV: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, helmeted, diademed & cuirassed bust facing, holding spear & shield
REV: CONCORDIA AVGG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding Victory on globe & sceptre, right foot on stern of a galley, SMKA in ex.
Struck 401-3 AD
2.6g, 18mm
RIC X 94


3. AE4 from Alexandria
OBV: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped bust right
REV: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, trophy over shoulder in right, dragging captive with left, chi-rho left field, ALE Gamma in ex
Struck 392
1.1g, 13mm
RIC IX 20c (also posted on Wildwinds.com)


4. AE3 from Constantinople
OBV: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
REV: VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing facing, holding spear & sheild, being crowned by Victory standing left, CONSB in ex.
Struck 383-88 AD
2.7g, 17mm
RIC X 60

 

ANASTASIUS
Follis from Constantinople
OBV: DN ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
REV: Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, officina letter below, mintmark CON
Struck 512-17 AD
17.2g, 30mm
SB 19

 

Alexander (the Great) is listed here because his first name begins with the letter A.

Abraham Lincoln's first name also begins with the letter A.

 

ANTIOCHUS VII (Seleukid Kingdom)
Prutah
OBV: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ; Anchor, date below, ΑΠΡ (year 181)
REV: Lily
Struck by John Hyrcanus I 132-130 BC
5.2g, 16mm

 

Agrippa/Neptune 40 AD -

 

Anastasius I, Byzantine emperor ( from 491-517 AD)
AV Tremissis
Obv: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right with head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, CONOB in ex, Constantinople mint
Ref: SB 8

16mm wide, 1.5 gr

 

Hey, speakin' of Anastasius ...

Yah okay, this is a bit of a combo-play ...

=> here is a cool countermark coin ... it has Heraclius overstruck on an "Anastasius" Follis (ummm, eh-heh-heh ... you may also see this baby when we get to "H")

 

Not sure how Roman Republicans figure into this thread, but here is one beginning with an "A"

MN. AUILLIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS AQUILLIA
AR Denarius from Rome
OBV: VIRTVS III VIR ; Helmeted bust of Virtus right
REV: MN AQVIL M N F MN N SICIL in ex.; The consul Man. Aquillius raising Sicilia
Struck 71 BC
3.3g, 19mm
RSC/Aquillia-2, SYD-798

 

Awesome!! => well, that opens-up the flood gates!! ..... at least I have a "B" for the next round!!

Thanks, ya ol' fuss-pot ... you gave me another life!!

 

And another:

M. AEMILIUS (POMPEY Victory v ARETAS ); GENS AEMILIA
AR Denarius from Rome
OBV: M . SCAVR / AED CVR above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel r., EX on ,S . C on right, REX ARETAS in ex.
REV: HYPSAE (vs) / AED CVR above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTVM on right, c. HYPSAEVS cos PREIV (ER) in ex. scorpion below horses
Struck 58 BC
Cr422/1a; Syd 912


M. Aemilius Scaurus & Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. When M. Aemilius was Governor of Syria, he repressed the incursions of the Nabathean Arabians, compelling their king, Aretas, to submit and pay a fine of 300 talents to Pompey. Pub. Plautius was curule aedile with him in B.C. 58.

 

MAN ACILIUS GLABRIO ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS ACILIA
AR Denarius from Rome
OBV: SALVTIS, head of Salus right
REV: MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV, Salus standing left holding serpent
Struck 49 BC
3.37g, 20mm
Cr442/1a, Acilia 8

 

ALEXANDER II ZABINAS
AE22 from Antioch
OBV: Radiate and diademed head right
REV: �'ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ�"ΡΟΥ, Double cornucopia; A-Π flanking, star to lower left
Struck 125-22 BC
8.2g, 22mm
SC 2237

 

Huh? ... you're correct ... you did give me another life (thanks, Chief!!)

 

Augustus, a provincial from Julia Traducta (in Spain):

 

Arcadius, Gloria Romanorvm, from Constantinople



Arcadius, Concordia Avgg, from Nicomedia



Arcadius, Gloria Romanorvm, from Heraclea