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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 7932561, member: 83845&quot;]Great post [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] .&nbsp; I have started using a black background recently as well. I’ll pile on with some of my Antioch coins running from the Hellenistic age to the Crusades.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371805[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Seleukid Kingdom</font></p><p><font size="3">Diodotos Tryphon</font></p><p><font size="3">AE17, Antioch mint, struck ca. 142-139 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 17 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 4.8 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.:&nbsp; Diademed head of Tryphon right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ TPYФΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ to right and left of a Macedonian helmet left, adorned with ibex horn. Star in lower left field</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: BMC Vol. IV 11-12; Babelon 1052; Hoover HGC 1061; Houghton SC 2034.2e</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Ryro Collection, Ex David@PCC</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371806[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch</font></p><p><font size="3">Trebonianus Gallus</font></p><p><font size="3">AR tetradrachm, struck ca. 251-253, 1st officina</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; A between legs. SC in exergue</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: McAlee 1173a; Prieur 657</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Tenbobbit Collection; Purchased privately from the collection of an English gentleman in 2005; Ex AMCC 2, Lot 434 (Nov. 9, 2019)</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371807[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Severus Alexander</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Antioch mint, struck ca. AD 222-235</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 18 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.35 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP C AVR ALEXAND AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: PROVID DEORVM; Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and sceptre</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC 294</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex arnoldoe Collection, Ex Otto Helbing Nachfolger 86, Lot 1585 (Nov. 25, 1942)</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371808[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Julian II (AD 360-363)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE1, Antioch mint, struck ca. AD 361-363</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 28 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 8.7 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG: Diademed, cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: SECVRITAS REI PVB; Bull, head facing, standing right. Two starts above</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VIII 216, pg 532</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Frank S. Robinson Collection, Purchased from David Micheals (Palladium) in the 1990s, ex FSR Auction 107 lot 389 (Jan. 2019), ex FSR Jan. 2010 sale. </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371809[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Crusader Antioch</font></p><p><font size="3">Bohemond III (Minority 1149-1163, Majority 1163-1201)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denier, Antioch mint, struck ca. 1163-1188</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 1.06 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 17 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: +BOAHVHDVS; Helmeted head left marked with cross pattee, coif mail composed of crescents, five pointed star right, crescent left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: +ANTIOCNIA; cross pattee, with crescent pointing downward in second angle.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Malloy 65/Class A to B cf. Metcalf</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex AMCC 2, Lot 289 (Nov. 9, 2019)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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