Ancients A-Z

I'm not too much of a Ancients collector, but thought I would start an A-Z list. First reply, list a popular ancient coin starting with A, next person B, Next C
Can we get all the way to Z?

 

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How do you want to define the list? By emperor? (Been done, but we could do it again) By city? (been done, but we could do it again) By deity? (Been done, but we could do it again) By animal? (Been done, but we could do it again) ... etc

Although, those were all pile-on threads rather than a just-one-per-letter thread. I wonder if that has ever been tried on the Ancients board (a "one example per x" thread). Make whatever rules you want... it will turn into a pile on thread because that's how we roll, lol.

 

haha!.. i'm still wore out from Alegandron's thread

 

My new Attica owl featuring Athena!



Attica,Athens.Ca480-
460BC.ARObol(9mm,
0.62g).Helmetedhead of
Athenaright/Owl
standingright,head
facing,olivesprigbehind,
AΘEtoright.Kroll13;
Svoronos pl.8,
42.Former Kairos
Numismatik

 

I'm just curious whats out there!!!

 

Okay. So, here's B. What will be posted for C... so many C possibilities out there!

B is for Bosporus


KINGS OF BOSPORUS, Sauromates II
Bosporan Era 495 (CE 198/9)
EL stater, 19 mm, 7.72 gm, 12h
Obv: BACIΛЄωC CAVPOMATOV; diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right
Rev: laureate head of Septimius Severus right; pellet to right; ЄЧV (date) below
Ref: Frolova p. 177 and pl. XXXIII, 9-10 (same dies as illustrations); Anokhin 576a; MacDonald 506/2
ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams collection
ex Buddy Ebsen Collection (Superior, 7 June 1987, lot 4114). Perhaps better known as Jed Clampett

 

Here's Alegandalf's thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/famous-rulers-alphabetically-lets-do-our-abcs.314284/

 

It would be nice to have an index of such threads but I and others have expressed a preference to not have those "sticky notes" that clutter up the top of so many forums. Maybe I'll work on a list, post links on a page on my website, and put the link in my signature line.

If anyone wants to help, PM me the link to threads you think should populate such a list.

 

I rushed to get "A" to see if we can do the alphabet without duplication. And in doing so I posted the first cruddy lil coin that I'd recently bought from the Kairos auction...and then to follow up on "B" @TIF posts a masterpiece...

 

kaBOOM!

 

C is for CAESAR:


RImp Julius Caesar Lifetime P Sepullius Macer AR Den Jan-Mar 44 BCE 4.03g. CAESAR – DICT PERPETVO Veiled - Venus Victory sceptre star Syd 1074a Sear Imperators 107e Cr 480-14 Rare

 

D is for Diadumenian, AD 217-218
AE, 28mm, 11.4g; 12h; Nikopolis ad Istrum
Obv.: K M OΠΕΛ ΔΙΑΔΟUMENIANOC AV; draped bust right
Rev.: UΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ICTΠ; city gate with three crenulated towers

 

E is for Eravisci. This is an imitation of a Roman Republic Denarius struck by the Eravisci Celts in what is now Hungary

Imitations of Roman Republic, Eravisci, AR Denarius(18.6mm, 3.31g, 6h), circa 50-20 B.C., mint in modern-day Hungary. Imitating types of C. Postumius. Bust of diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder / Hound running right, spear below. POSTVMI TA(in ligature) in exergue. Freeman 24(this coin), dies 17/P; Davis Class B, Group II Pannonian, Eraviscan E15; cf. Crawford 394/1a for prototype
Ex RBW Collection(Agora 69, 9/26/2017, lot 1). From a hoard partially published in 1998 in "A group of Eraviscan denarii" by Robert Freeman in "Coins of Macedonia and Rome: Essays in Honour of Charles Hersh".

More information in my original post here

 

E for Etenna

 

E for Elagabalus, Syrian AR Tet:

 

F is for Faustina (I) :

 

Hey! We made it all the way to D without duplication!

 

G is for Gallienus:

 

H is for Henry...in this case Henry II

 

..well i'll be shucked!...i didn't know Buddy(Jed) was a coin collector.. i watch the Beverly Hillbillies everyday and Buddy is one of me favorite actors..(and that's spelled "Purdy" btw^^) he was slated to be the tin man in the original Wizard of Oz, but was allergic to the silver paint and was replaced.