COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

=> ooops, I see that Z-bro already gave us the green-light to start posting our "K" coins ... okay, well I don't have to be told twice!! (again)



Caria, Kindya AR Tetrobol
circa 510-480 BC
Size: 12.6 mm
Weight: 2 grams
Obverse: Head of Ketos sea monster left
Reverse: Latticework pattern in incuse
Reference: SNG Keckman 920



TROAS, Kebren, Æ9
Circa 400-387 BC
Diameter: 9 mm
Weight: 0.69 grams
Obverse: Head of female right (or Apollo?)
Reverse: Head of ram right



TROAS, Kebren, AR Diobol
5th century BC
Diameter: 8 mm
Weight: 1.16 grams
Obverse: Archaic head (of Apollo?) left
Reverse: Head of ram left within incuse square



TROAS, Kebren, AR Obol
5th century BC
Diameter: 7 mm
Weight: 0.61 grams
Obverse: Archaic head (of Apollo?) left
Reverse: Head of ram left within incuse square

 

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Kamarina, Sicily, Ca. 425-405 BC. AE Uncia, 13.48 mm, 1.4 g.

Head of gorgoneion facing.
KAMA, owl standing right, head facing, grasping lizard;
one dot (mark of value) in exergue.

Calciati 13.

 

SICILY, KAMARINA
Æ Tetras
OBV: Helmeted head of Athena left
REV: KAMA, owl standing left, head facing, grasping lizard; three pellets in exergue
Struck at Kamarina, Sicily, 420-405 BC
2.9g; 15.2 mm
Calciati 33; BMC 40; SNG ANS 1229; SNG Cop 169

 

The K's have been unleashed! Gogogo!!

 

Ionia, Klazomenai. Æ19
Mid-late 4th century B.C.
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 4.63 grams
Obverse: Bust of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet
Reverse: KLAΖOME/NIΩN in two lines above, ram walking right; in right field, trophy




Sicily, Kainon, AE22
mid 4th Century BC (365-360 BC)
Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 11.08 grams
Obverse: Griffin springing left over irregular ground (“club”)
Reverse: Horse prancing left, trailing rein; below, KAINON



MYSIA, Kisthene, Orontes, Satrap of Mysia, AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol
Circa 357-352 BC
Diameter: 13 mm
Weight: 2.75 grams
Obverse: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready
Reverse: Forepart of winged boar right

 

K is for Katane:



Katane, Sicily,AR tetradrachm, c 461-450 BC, 26 mm, 17.31 g, 9h. OBV: River god Amenanos, represented as man-headed bull, crouching right (“the right foreleg bent to indicate that he is 'swimming' …The fish under the river god and the lack of exergue line…emphasize the idea of water”, Carmen Arnold-Biucchi: The Randazzo Hoard 1980 and Sicilian Chronology in the Early Fifth Century B.C., ANS, 1990); pine branch above; below, fish right / REV: Nike advancing left, holding tainia in extended right hand; KAT-ANE to left. Mirone 13 (same obverse die); Randazzo hoard, Plate 3, 50 (this coin); HGC 2, 559 (R2, 3-24 known); SNG ANS 1235 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 175 (same dies); Gulbenkian 175; Hunt II 225 (same dies); C. Boehringer, Rekonstruktion des Schatzfundes von Ognina 1923, SNR 57, 1978, plate 30, 75; Jameson 1891 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 29; Rizzo pl. IX, 3 (same dies); SGC 766v (£7,500). Among the finest of less than 20 specimens known.

 

KLAZOMENAI

assorted denominations and metals, each with a winged boar


AE18

KINDYA

KARIA, Kindya
510-480 BCE
AR tetrobol, 2.18 gm, 11 mm, Samian standard
Obv: head of ketos right
Rev: geometric pattern within incuse square
Ref: Kagan and Kritt, 'The Coinage of Kindya,' NC 1995, 1 var. (head left); SNG Keckman 920 var. (same); SNG Kayhan 815; "Asyut Hoard" 688
from Roma, Auction VII lot 690, March 2014
ex Goldberg auction 69 lot 3156, 15 May 2012

KONYA

SELJUKS OF RUM, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II bin Kay Qubadh
Konya mint, CE 1241/2 (AH 639)
Silver Dirhem
Obv: lion advancing right; facing sun and star above, two stars below
Rev: legend across field
Ref: Broome 243G; Izmirlier 403; Album 1218

 

Java, Bali and the Eastern Archipelago
Java, Kalasan or Kelurak (Empire of the Sailendra)
AR Masa 11 mm x 2.32 grams
Struck 778-782 AD.
Obverse:MA (Massa) - Early Nagari Script
Reverse: Irregular Sandalwood Flower place in Incuse square.

 

VasuDeva of Zabulistan Turko-Hephthalite
Hunnic Afghanistan after AD 685
Afghanistan, Kabul
AR Drachm Senmerv Crown Type. Tri-lingual.
Nezak (Nspk) Huns Kingdom of Zabul
Vakhu (Vasu)-Deva, Sub-ruler of Shahi Tigin
Circa 720-738 AD
Ref. Gobl Hunnen Em. 244
31.8 mm x 3.28g.
Die position=12h
Obverse: Bust of Vasu Deva right in Persian style. Bull head above crown ; 'thunderbolt' countermark, Gold plug countermark. Brahmi legend in field. Cursive Bactrian Greek Legend around.
Reverse: Zoroastrian fire altar and attendants. Pahlavi legend in fields, Cursive Bactrian Greek Legend around.
Note: Holed. Gold Plugged in antiquity.

 

India, Kannauj
Harshavardhana b. AD 590 (r.606-647)
Vardhanas of Thanesar and Kannauj
AR Drachm 14mm x 2.25 grams
Obverse:Head left Crescent above, elongated earlobes.
Reverse: Peacock Brahmi legend around: vijitavanir avanapati sri siladitya

 

Gee... "K" is, shall we say, killing it? Super coins, folks .

My humble little pigasus hasn't taken flight recently, so it's time he gets an airing...

KLAZOMENAI

IONIA, Klazomenai
Circa 499 - 494 BC
AR Diobol
1.35g, 10.5mm
SNG Kayhan 334–5; SNG von Aulock 198
O: Forepart of winged boar right.
R: Quadripartite incuse square.

And here are four rams' heads on three coins from KEBREN...

 

KYME

AEOLIS, Kyme
Circa 250 - 190 BC
AE21
8.62g, 20.7mm.
SNG von Aulock 1635; SNG München 498.
O: Diademed head of the Amazon Kyme right.
R: KVMAI/QN, Horse standing right with left foreleg raised over one-handled vase, ΠVΘAΣ in ex.

KIERION

THESSALY, Kierion
Circa 350 - 325 BC
AR Trihemiobol
1.18g, 13.5mm
BCD Thessaly II 104.1
O: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
R: Nymph Arne kneeling right, head left, playing with astragaloi; ΚΙΕΡΙΕ-IΩΝ / Φ.

 

KNIDOS

CARIA, Knidos
Circa 300 - 225 BC
AR Hemidrachm
1.25g, 11.1mm
SNG Copenhagen 295–6 var. (magistrate)
O: Head of Aphrodite right.
R: Bull's head facing.

 

KNOSSOS?


I'm having a little trouble identifying this large silver coin. Anyone wanna help?

AR 36 mm, 26.2 gm
Obv: labyrinth; ΩBEPΛOOK below
Rev: HIK EΣT IOHNNY; crossed axes

 

LOL!

 

Finished product?

 

An early attempt. My materials and methods have since improved

 

Seljuqs of Rum, Kaykhusraw II Silver Dirham
Konya Mint
1241-1242 A.D. (AH639)
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 2.9 grams
Obverse: Sun and Lion
Reverse: God only knows?




Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Siglos Bull
340-320 BC
Bull standing on corn ear (incuse square)




Mysia, Kyzikos, AE24
200-100 BC
Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 5.44 grams
Obverse: KYZI-KHWN to left and right of lit torch
Reverse: Bull butting right




INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Punjab)
Kunindas. Amoghabuti, AR Drachm
Circa 150-80 BC
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 2.10 grams
Obverse: Stag standing right; to right, Lakshmi standing facing, holding flower; vase(?) and naga symbol above stag
Reverse: Six-arched hill; triratana above, to left, swastika above Indra-dhvaja; to right, tree within railing; snake or wave symbol below




Eh-heh-heh ... I truly expect TIF to come at me with a challenge (fingers crossed)

 

Well then I'd hate to disappoint you . Kuninda was a Himalayan kingdom. I have no idea if your Kuninda coin was struck in a K city or not.

But since I posted my "Knossos", I should shut up .