COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

Reshoot needed big time!
Africa. Carthage
AR Silver Shekel 21 mm x 6.90 grams
BC 264-241
Obverse: Tanit Left.
Reverse: Horse looking back, Palm Tree
Rare!

 

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CALAGURRIS

AUGUSTUS
AE As
10.64g, 27.7mm
SPAIN, Calagurris. 27 BC-AD 14. L. Baebius Priscus and C. Gran. Brocchus, duoviri.
ACIP 3122a; RPC I 441b
O: MVCAL IVLIA AVGVSTVS, laureate head right.
R: L BAEB PRISCO C GRAN BROC II VIR, Bull standing right, head facing.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection

 

CONSTANTINOPLE
One of my favorite LRBs...

HANNIBALLIANUS, as Rex Regum
AE4
1.48g, 16.3mm
Constantinople mint, 6th officina, AD 336-337
RIC VII 147
O: FL HANNIBALLIANO REGI, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates reclining right on ground, leaning upon scepter and urn to left; reed behind; CONSS.


COLOGNE
Postumus issues from this city are quite a bit scarcer than those from Trier. This is my only one... I really need more.

POSTUMUS
AE Antoninianus
2.4g, 20.2mm
Cologne mint, 268 AD
RIC V 311
O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate draped bust right.
R: IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter standing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre.

 

Woo! Thar it is! Still a fantastic piece.

 

Snap!

 

Anoob - very nice for sure. Nice coins all.

 

Cherronesos

 

IBERIAN
AE As
OBVERSE: Diademed male head right.
REVERSE: Sphinx standing right, raising forepaw; star above paw, letter below
Struck at Castulo Early 2d century BC
33mm, 25.3g
CNH pg. 332, 9; Burgos 697

IBERIAN
AE Semis
OBVERSE: Young male head right, Phoenician letter before
REVERSE: Bull right, crescent above, two Phoenicial letters below
Struck at Castulo Late 1st century BC
15.6mm, 1.8g
Burgos 897

 

CARTHAGE/SICILY-PUNIC

 

I think this one belongs here. It is from modern day Cordoba
AUGUSTUS
Æ 31 Dupondius
OBVERSE: PERMISSV CAESARIS AVGVSTI, bare head left
REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA, aquila between legionary standards
Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain) 15-14 BC
18g, 31 mm
RPC 128, SNG Cop 464

 

And another from Cordoba:

AUGUSTUS
AE Semis
OBVERSE: PERM CAES AVG, bare head left
REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA, apex & simpulum
Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain)
19/18-2 B.C
4.08g, 20 mm
RPC 130

 

NERO
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERM, laureate head of Nero right.
REVERSE: DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PATER AVG, Claudius' laureate head right
Struck at Caesarea, Cappodocia, 63/4AD
3.6g, 17mm
RIC 621, RSC 3, RPC 3648

 

ANTONIUS PIUS
AR Didrachm
OBVERSE: ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right
REVERSE: YPAT B PAT PATR, Helios, holding globe and sceptre, standing atop Mt. Argaeus; * in exergue
Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 139 AD
6.2g, 21mm
Syd 301c

 

CARAUSIUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP C CARAVSIVS PF I AVG, draped, cuirassed, and radiate bust r
REVERSE: PAX AVG, Pax stg. l. holding olive branch & vertical scepter, S P in l. & r. fields
Struck at Camulodunum 290-3 AD
3.58g, 23.8 mm
RIC 482

 

CONSTANTIUS GALLUS Centenionalis
OBVERSE: D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Helmeted soldier to left, shield on left arm, spearing fallen horseman; shield on ground at right. Horseman turns to face soldier and raises right arm, dot SMKA in ex.
Struck at Cyzicus 351-354 AD
5.40 g, 23.9 mm
RIC-VIII, 97

 

Awesome coins Folks,

Diocletian
From Carthage.

 

A Gold Byzantine of Christ..
From Constantinople..

 

Great photography, Eng! Fantastic coin too

 

I would love to have taken this picture of the Dioletian coin, but i stole it from our very own Matt from the Lost Dutchman auction.

 

wow gang => fantastic coins c-coins!!

Man, I'm scared to death that I'm gonna drop the ball again and post a few losers!! (I admit that I was poised to unload all of my Caria coins!!) ... phew, dodged a bullet there!!

Brutal => TIF takes shots at everybody, eh Pish?