COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

I am happy to be corrected

Ruler: Herod Agrippa
State, City: Judea, Jerusalem
Coin: Bronze Prutah
AΓΡIΠA BACIΛEWC - Umbrella canopy with fringes
- Three ears of Barley
Mint: (42-43 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 2.31g / 17mm / -

 

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Sure, go right on ahead with "J"!
I think we're done with "I" anyway, and as ancientnut says, no strict rules apply. This is Cointalk afterall .

 

Any other J's? If not, I wouldn't mind posting my only K as I will be getting offline soon and by the time I log on in the morning, we might already be into the L's! It starts with KA..., too!

 

I was wondering about "J" myself, but I think Jerusalem will do since we seem to be using city names commonly used in numismatic references rather than what they were actually called 'back then' anyway.

 

Go ahead, but let's hold off on "L" for now. You never know what surprises some other members may have for us for "J" and "K". I've been quite surprised a number of times already.

 

Crusader State
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Baldwin III (AD 1143-1163)
BI Denier 16 mm x 0.87 grams
Obv: Tower of David with glacis, circle of large pellets around +De IERVSALEM
Rev: Cross Pattee, circle of large pellets around BALDVINVS REX
Ref: CCS 15

 

India, Jammu mint
Chauhans of Ranastambhapura
Jaitra Simha
AR Drachm struck c.1275 AD
13.7 mm x 4.47 g
Obv. Lion standing left within double dot border.
Rev.Within circle of dots, three line Devanagari legend- JAI/TA SI DE/VA sun and moon flanking the letter on the third line.
ref: Deyell 366

 

A lot of my coins are region only. I have a K in the mail and will post the sellers pic tomorrow, it is my bedtime now.....

 

India, Jammu
Indo-Scythians
Rujuvula as Satrap of Chach (10 BC -10 AD)
Billon Drachm 14 mm x 2.39 grams
Obv. Diademed bust of Rujuvula right. Crude BASILWS SWTPOS
Rev. Athena Pallas Standing Gorgon shield and hurling thunderbolt (imitation Indo-Greek Issues)-Kharoshti legend around Chatrapasa apratihatachabrasa, control marks in field.
Ref: MACW 2501

 

Kavad I - Jayy? mint

 

Persia,
Iran, Jay
AR Drachm 29 mm x 3.92 grams
Dated. r.yr. 1, AD 590
Obverse: Bust of Mehrbandak (Bahram VI) wearing mural crown.
Reverse: Zoroastrian Fire Altar flanked by two attendants.
ref:Sunrise Collection #975

 

Doug I was thinking Jay also!

 

But our letters are different...

 

Raay? Gay?

 

Jerusalem is spelled with yod in Hebrew, which is generally transliterated as J, so it works. Here's a recent handful of prutoh I acquired as a set...

 

Rats, I'm away from home and don't have prutot pictures on this computer. Tomorrow...

There have been some excellent coins posted in the last couple of days! @ancientnut, your Itanos is fantastic

 

I have a couple of Prutoh examples (ummm, so we're counting them as Jerusalem?)

 

I think I'll wait and do my K-coins, tomorrow (it's a pretty big list)

Cheers, gang

 

Have to admit I wasn't expecting to see those Indian and Persian coins... nice!

The only offering I have for "J" is a Jerusalem issue from an uncleaned lot that was a gift in my early days of collecting. While cleaning coins never caught on with me, the collecting part is turning out to be rather addictive!

JERUSALEM

JUDEAN KINGDOM, Herodian Dynasty
HEROD ARCHELAUS
AE Prutah
1.43g, 14.7mmm
Jerusalem mint, circa 4 BC - AD 6
Hendin 1197
O: Prow of galley facing left; HPW (for "Herod") around.
R: EΘN (for "Ethnarch") in wreath.
Notes: Herod Archelaus received the title of Ethnarch (national leader) of Samaria, Judea and Idumea from Augustus in Rome. Never secure in his rule, he presided over the notorious massacre of 3,000 Jewish worshippers at the Temple of Jerusalem during Passover and the crucifixion of more when Roman legions from Syria were called in to quell the ensuing riots.

 

Z-bro, so we're allowed to post our K-coins? (ummm, is that correct?)



.... I'll just wait patiently for a response