COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

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I don't suppose we have any more "U" city coins? How about "V"?

 

VELIA

LUCANIA, Velia
305-290 BCE
AR didrachm, 17.5 mm, 7.3 gm
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left, A
Rev: YEΛHTΩN; lion standing on exergual line; above dolphin between I and Φ
Ref: SNG ANS 1375-6

 

GORDIAN III
AE 25
OBVERSE: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
REVERSE: PMSC OLVIM. ANXII, Moesia standing L, arms extended w/palla hanging from shoulder between advancing bull and lion
Struck at Viminacuum, 238-244AD
8.1g, 25mm
Moushmov 34

 

FRANCE, FEUDAL, Valence, Bishops of Valence and Die,
Denier
OBVERSE: Stylized angel facing, +VRBS VALENTIAI
REVERSE: Cross annulet in fourth quadrant, +S APOLLI NARS
Struck at Valence, FR, 1157-1276
1.18g, 19mm
Boudeau 1021

 

My only 'V' is another coin of Hostilian from Viminacium---this one has full reverse legends and the lion and bull are a tad more detailed--at least in hand--than the other version I posted for the 'Lions' thread.

Bronze AE-27
13.86gm, 27.1mm; mint as Caesar
O: C VAL HOST M QVINTVS CAE, Draped and cuirassed bust right

R: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing head facing left, extending hands over bull on left, standing right and lion on right standing left. AN XII (year 12 of the Vininacium colonial era) in ex

 

T

Kingdom of France
Tours, France
Philip IV The Fair "le Bel" (r. AD 1268-1314)
AR Gros Tournois 25 mm x 4.00 grams (s. AD 1304-1307)
Obverse: +BHDICTV SIT HOME DHI nRI DEI IhV .XPI/ +PhILIPPVS REX, short cross pattee; 3-pellet stops.
Reverse: +TVRONVS CIVIS, châtel tournois; border of twelve fleur-de-lis, pellets flanking first lis.
Ref: Duplessy 213; Ciani 201; Roberts 2463.
Note: Awesome coin.

 

U
India, Ujjain
Empire of the Satavahana
Anonymous Potin Karshapana
S.37 BC to 107 AD
19 mm x 2.64 g
Obverse: Jeweled Elephant right.Brahmi- Sa Ta Ka Ni Sa
Revers: Ujjain Symbol
Ref: Mitchiner ACW 4941ff

 

Velia, Lucania:



Ex: Dr. Athos D. Moretti Collection.
Ex: Conte Alessandro Magnaguti collection, Santamaria, Rome, October 14, 1949, Lot 229.

 

V
India, Gujarat, Valabi
Maitrakas of Valabi (470-800 AD)
In the name of Bhattaraka (470-492)
BI Drachm 12mm x 1.80 grams
Obverse Bust of Bhattaraka wearing satrapal cap, right.-No Legend
Reverse: Trident with curved prongs and side arm, Brahmi legend- RAJNO MAHAKSATRAPA RAMADITYA BHAKTA MAHASAMANTA SRI SARVVA BHATTARAKASA.
Ref: Mitchiner ACW 4892-4896
Note: Rare. Good quality early type, naming Bhattaraka.
ex. Fishman 2013

 

Rainer Zeno ..1253-1268 AD.
Ar, Grosso..
Mint Venice ...hope this is not his name..
22mm x 2.17g.

 

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My only coin for "V", one from the first lot of ancients I ever bought.

VIMINACIUM

PHILIP I
AE Provincial Sestertius
19.42g, 30.5mm
MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium, 244 AD
Varbanov 132
O: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
R: P M S C-OL VIM, Moesia standing facing, arms outstretched over a bull and a lion, AN V (Year 5) in exergue.

 

LUCANIA. VELIA, AR NOMOS
Date: 300-280 BC
Size: 21.65 mm
Weight: 7.29 grams
Obverse: Head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet decorated with Griffin, Θ behind neck
Reverse: YEΛHTΩN, Lion right, tearing at prey; above, grasshopper between Φ-I
Attribution: SNG ANS 1364

 

venice

 

Sooooo.... anyone have any "W" city coins?

 

Hmm. I think I'm done for the rest of this thread-- at least for coins I have readily organized and on my website.



Time to buy more coins!

 

Nope, nor X, Y or Z.

 

I'm out.

 

I'm finished: V was my last letter...