ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

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iamtiberius => "Please" read Bing's message ... my computer almost chugs to a halt trying to deal with your black photos!! (dude, you're gonna end-up unintentionally killing this thread)

 

Yeah, I gave up on that last page. Folks, please be aware of the size of your images.

Also, according to WC's schedule, I believe we start B today.

 

Azez II 35 BC - 5 AD King of Bactria. Sent the Magi to seek Christ.

 

HAPPY "B-DAY"

=> it's time to post your B-rulers!!

 

Pretty sure I only have one, maybe two B-rulers ... and even these are a tad suspect!!



How 'bout Thorius Balbus (plus, a brockage error of Thorius Balbus):

 

That's a beautiful Balbus brockage.

I have a coin of the famous and illustrious Blank!



Ancient unstruck flan, AE.

 

I wish I had something like a Balbinus from Imperial Rome, but all I have are RR's.

CN. BLASIO C. F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CORNELIA
AR Denarius
OBV: Helmeted head of Scipio Africanus the Elder right., CN. BLASIO CN.F. before, palm behind
REV: Juno, Jupiter being crowned by Minerva; monogram in field, ROMA in ex.
Struck at Rome, 112-111 BC
3.8g, 18mm
Crawford 296/1; Cornelia 19

 

L. THORIUS BALBUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS THORIA
AR Denarius
OBV: Head of Juno wearing goat-skin headdress, acronym I. S. M. R. behind
REV: Bull charging right, F. above, L THORIVS below, BALBVS in exergue
Struck at Rome, 105 BC
3.92g, 19mm
Cr 316/1, Sydenham 598, Thoria 1

 

Sorry guys, I have a pretty current computer, 24 MP camera, and a 75 mbps upload 10 mbps download speed. It loads without a hitch on my computer. I compressed them to half the size already. I'll compress them to 1/8 for future images

 

Brutus but no EID MAR from me! Yes, both are fourrees.

 

I'd take either one Doug

 

Straight from the Crusades:

King Bohemond III (ruled 1149-1201), Principality of Antioch
AR Denier (fun fact: "denier", a French word, comes from the Roman "denarius", which has also become the origin of the word for money in several of today's Romance languages: dinero in Spanish, dinheiro in Portuguese, and denaro in Italian)

Obv:+BOAMVNDVS, Helmeted head left and wearing chainmail, crescent to left, star to right
Rev: +ANTIOCHIA around cross and downward crescent in second quarter, three annulets between I and O of ANTIOCH
Antioch mint, struck 1163-1201 AD, 17 mm wide

 

Very interesting coin VK and a very interesting period of time.

 

Nice VK! I knew you would come through with something for B. I've come up empty-handed. Not interested in Balbinus at the moment, and although I am looking for a specific type of bronze issued by Alexander Bala, nothing on the market wows me right now. Gonna hold out.

 

Basilews Roimhtalkoy the King of Thrace 11 AD. Octavian on the other side a kinda 2 fer.

 

That's cheating Ripley! Basilews isn't a name.

 

Wow, Ripley ... hey, JA is callin' you out!!

=> point right, and then swing left!! (kapooowww!!)

 

LOL just trying to find something to post with a B. Yeah its a strech. I suppose its Agrippa.