well, this is a modern coin, but it's cool and it was minted in yekaterinbug (ekaterinburg, E. M. mint mark). 5 kopek, russia. this coin is 48.3 g and 44 mm in size! also a 5 kopek, 44 mm and 52.3g.
Yup, I think I'm out as well ... *sigh* Oh well => great thread, Z-Bro Awesome coins, gang => we should give ourselves a huge round of applause!! CoinTalk Ancients "ROCK"
Anyone have anything from Xanthus, Zeugma, or Zeugitania? My last coin for this thread is this little one from ZELEIA. TROAS, Zeleia Circa 4th century BC AE10 1.24g, 10.5mm SNG Cop. 503-504; Babelon, Traite, (Mysia) pl. 172, 31-32 O: Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane. R: Z-Ε/Λ-Ε around a snake staff (?) within a grain-wreath. Notes: A little known town mentioned by Homer as being allied to Troy during the Trojan War. Their coins are scarce and not often seen.
Fantastic thread, lot of fun and entertainment, very nice stuff to look at Thannks for a brilliant idea Q
Well, I guess this thread is a wrap! Thanks to everyone for the participation... it was tremendous fun to see all of your coins. Collectively, we showed a whopping 838 coins from 276 different cities! These are the Top 11 most popular cities visited, in terms of number of coins from them shown: Rome (33) Amisos, Pontos (25) Syracuse, Sicily (25) Alexandria, Egypt (21) Carthage (19) Lugdunum (18) Siscia (15) Nicomedia (14) Nikopolis ad Istrum (14) Heraclea (13) Mediolanum/Milan (13) The next post will contain a list of all the different cities. Let's do this again in, oh, a few years .
COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage LIST OF CITIES Abakainon, Sicily Abdera, Thrace Abydos, Troas Aegae, Aeolis Aegina Aigai, Macedonia Ainos, Thrace Aitna, Sicily Akanthos, Macedonia Ake-Ptolemais Akragas, Sicily Alexandria Troas, Troas Alexandria, Egypt Amastris, Paphlagonia Ambrakia, Epeiros Amiens Amisos, Pontos Amphipolis Anaktorium, Akarnania Anazarbus, Cilicia Anchialus, Thrace Antandros, Troas Antioch Apamea, Phrygia Apollonia Antika, Thrace Apollonis, Lydia Aquileia Arados, Phoenicia Argos Amphilochikon, Akarnania Argos, Argolis Arles Ascalon, Phoenicia Assos, Troas Athens Augusta Traiana, Thrace Augusta, Cilicia Babylon Baghdad, Iraq Barke, Kyrenaika Beikthano, Pyu Beroea, Syria Berytos/Berytus, Phoenicia Birytis, Troas Bolskan, Iberia Bostra, Provincia Arabia Bristol Bukhara Byblos/Byblus, Phoenicia Byzantion, Thrace Caesarea, Cappadocia Calagurris, Spain Camulodunum Carthage Castulo, Iberia Catania Celsa, Spain Chalkis Euboea Chersonesos, Thrace Clunia, Spain Cologne Colonia Patricia (Cordoba) Commagene Constantinople Corinth Cyrene, Cyrenaica Cyzicus Damascus Dardanos, Troas Deultum, Thrace Dionysopolis, Phrygia Dyrrhachion, Illyria Ebusus, Spain Ecbatana, Parthia Edessa, Mesopotamia Eion, Macedonia Ekualaos, Spain Elaia, Aeolis Elaiussa, Cilicia Elche (Ilici), Spain Emerita, Spain Emesa Entella, Sicily Ephesos, Ionia Epidauros, Argolis Eretria, Euboia Erythrai, Ionia Flaviopolis, Cilicia Gadara, Syria Gargara, Troas Gela, Sicily Gergis, Troas Grynion, Aeolis Hadrianopolis, Thrace Hamaxitos, Troas Hecatompylos, Parthia Heraclea (Perinthus) Herakleia Pontika, Bithynia Herakleia Trachinia, Thessaly Hierocaesarea, Lydia Himera, Sicily Histiaia, Euboia Homolion, Thessaly Ilium, Troas Iol-Caesarea, Mauretania Irenopolis, Cilicia Isinda, Pisidia Istros, Moesia Itanos, Crete Jammu, India Jayy (?), Persia Jerusalem Kabul, Afghanistan Kainon, Sicily Kalasan (or Kelurak), Java Kalchedon, Bithynia Kamarina, Sicily Kannauj, India Katane, Sicily Kebren, Troas Kierion, Thessaly Kindya, Caria Kisthene, Mysia Klazomenai, Ionia Knidos, Caria Kolophon Konya Kyme, Aeolis Kyzikos, Mysia Lamia, Thessaly Lampsakos Laodicea ad Mare Laodikeia, Phrygia Larisa, Troas Larissa, Thessaly Leontini, Sicily Lete Leukai Leukas, Akarnania Lincoln, England Lokris, Lokri Opuntii Londinium (London) Lucania, Laos Lugdunum (Lyons) Madytos, Thrace Magnesia ad Maeandrum Magnesia ad Sipylum Mallos, Cilicia Mandhata, Malwa Marathus Marcianopolis Margiane, Parthia Maroneia, Thrace Massalia, Gaul Medinat al-Salam Mediolanum/Milan Megalopolis (Arkadian League) Megalopolis, Arcadia Megaris, Megara Mende, Macedon Mesembria, Thrace Messana, Sicily Metapontum, Lucania Metellum, West Francia Miletos Mirbud Mithradatkart, Parthia Mylasa, Caria Myrina, Aeolis Myrleia, Bithynia Mytilene, Lesbos Nagidos, Cilicia Neapolis, Campania Nemausus, Gaul Neocaesarea, Pontus Nicomedia Nikopolis ad Istrum Ninica-Claudiopolis, Cilicia Nisibis, Mesopotamia Obulco, Spain Odessos, Thrace Olbia Olympia, Elis Ophryneion, Troas Ostia Pallantion Pantikapaion, Cimmerian Bosporus Paphos Parion, Mysia Patrae Patraos, Paeonia Patricia (Colonia Patricia) Pautalia, Thrace Pella Pergamon, Mysia Petra Pharkadon, Thessaly Pharsalos, Thessaly Phaselis, Lycia Philippi, Macedonia Philippopolis, Thrace Phlius, Phliasia Phokaia, Ionia Phokis Pitane, Mysia Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka Poseidonia, Lucania Psophis, Arkadia Pushkalavati, India Raidan, Arabia Rayy Rhagae Rhegion, Bruttium Rhodes Rome Samos, Ionia Samosata Sardes, Lydia Segesta, Sicily Seleukia Pieria, Syria Selge, Pisidia Selinos, Sicily Semirech'e, Sogd Serdica Sestus, Thrace Shirajan, Persia Side, Pamphylia Sidon, Phoenicia Sigeion, Troas Sikyon, Sikyonia Sinope, Paphlagonia Sirmium Siscia Sistan, Persia Skotoussa, Thessaly Smyrna, Ionia Soloi, Cilicia Sparta, Laconia Sri Ksetra, Pyu Stamford, Anglia Susa Sylhet, Bangladesh Syracuse, Sicily Tanagra, Boeotia Taras, Calabria Tarentum, Calabria Tarsos, Cilicia Teano, Campania Teos, Ionia Terina, Bruttium Termessos Minor, Lycia Thanjavur, India Thasos, Thrace Thebes, Boeotia Theopolis Thespiae, Boeotia Thessalonica Thourioi (Thurium), Lucania Thyatira, Lydia Thymbra, Troas Ticinum Tours, France Trajanopolis, Thrace Tralles, Lydia Trévoux, Dombes Trier (Treveri) Trikka, Thessaly Tyre, Phoenicia Ujjain, India Utica Valabi, India Valence, France Velia, Lucania Venice Viminacium Yekaterinburg, Russia Zeleia, Troas
I agree => it was a good time (thanks again, Z-Bro) I was shut-out on "8" of the 24 letters in our alphabet: F O (I was caught trying to slide Oitaioi passed the coin-goalie) Q U ... and then it all went downhill at the end of the alphabet ... W X Y Z
Sorry I can't live online so I miss many letters but I'll throw in two from Zeugma (Antoninus Pius and Philip I) with temple grove reverse. The trees in front of the temple were surrounded by a colonnade. The type was used by many emperors but Philip seems easiest to find. Excavations of the city made the news about 20 years ago when construction for a new dam uncovered a lot of things that would have been lost forever under the new waters. My Pius has been shown here before when first acquired with mention of its die clash.
a-nut hasn't post after V. I'm sure some people have tetra from zancle as for Y I can think of Yamboli, Balaklava, but we don't seem to have many that specialize in medieval era.