Coins of yours that no one else on CT has and other hijinks;)-

That's a nice Seleukos Susa victory drachm!

I can match the Pyrrhos coin though.


KINGS OF MACEDON. Pyrrhos (of Epiros), 287-285 BC and 274-273 BC. (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.42 g, 5 h), Pella. Macedonian shield with monogram of Pyrrhos on boss. Rev. BAΣI Plain Macedonian helmet within oak wreath. AMNG III/2, -. HGC 3, 272. SNG Alpha Bank 970.
Ex Nomos.

 

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I have not seen this reference. Does she show the overdate? I have seen two.

 

..i don't remember anyone showing a Hadrian denarius with a Modius reverse.. Hadrian AR, bust right obv., Annona/ Modius rev., 17mm, 2.85gms

 

Nice one, Inspector!

I also have a Constantius II follis that I believe no one else on CT has. It’s looking rather common, but the officina mark B in the reverse field has, according to David Sear, only been observed on 3 coins. Mine is (at least) number 4.


Constantius II, as Caesar AD 324-337.
BI Centenionalis, Thessaloniki 328 AD

Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Reverse: Two-turreted gateway of military camp. Star above, B in right field. Mintmark: SM TS

Reference: RIC VII 527/172, RCV 17640


I also challenge any CT’er to come up with a sample of this issue:


RPC Online Volume: IV.2 №: 362 (temporary)

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Lucius Verus (Augustus)Magistrate:Pherekydes (strategos)
City: Aegae Region: Aeolis Province: Asia (conventus of Smyrna)
Denomination: Æ (33 mm) Average weight: 24.13 g. Issue: Marcus and Verus, co-emperors (c. 161-163)
Obverse: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΟVΗΡΟϹ; bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from front
Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΦΕΡΕΚΥΔΟΥ ΤΙΤΝΑΙΟϹ ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ; river-god Titnaios reclining, l., holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Reference: BMC 23–4 Specimens: 3

 

@svessien Very nice coins. Do you clean your own coins? All of mine are from uncleaned lots. So, I never know what I am going to get.

 

This thread is a great excuse to show off some of your less common coins
A couple more I’m not sure I’ve seen here on CT





ISLAMIC
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid) . Nur al-Din Muhammad. AH 570-581 / AD 1174-1185.
Æ Dirhem
28mm
11.72
Unlisted (Hisn Kayfa or Amid) mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6).
Angel with right wing raised standing facing, holding serpent; AH date to right and left / Name, title, and genealogy of Nur al-Din Muhammad in five lines; name of Abbasid caliph in left and right outer margins.
Whelan Type I, 135-6; S&S Type 9; Album 1821.1.
VF, brown patina.
Acquired from the collection of Edgar L Owen





India, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.22 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Siva standing left, holding thunderbolt, diadem, trident, and flask; tamgha to left. MK 781; ANS Kushan 553-60; Donum Burns 164. Dark brown and dark green patina, worn at high points, traces of earthen encrustation on edge, minor cleaning marks and smoothing.
VF. From the BLS Collection.





Troas, Alexandreia, 164 - 135 BC
AE20,
5.24 grams
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing.
Reverse: Lyre and grain ear within laurel wreath, monogram below.
Bellinger A141 // SNGCop93 // BMC Troas p12,29 // SNGvonAulock1461
Ex Tom Cederlind, acquired from Ken Dorney

 

Great point and spread of unique coins
Here are a few from far off lands:

GAULE BELGIQUE, Remi,
AE bronze. 12MM, 1.8 gr, Obv, Head to r, With a prominent nose, the hair formed by eight lines surmounted by five globules. Rev, Horse galloping to the left, the head formed by a centered ringlet. Above, a centered ringlet. Below, three centered rings. Scheers, Treatise, 529 var .; L.T. 7739; DT - (cfr 232). Rare. Green patina.


Jaga Deva (ruled 1199-1213)
Hindu rajas of Kashmir
Vuppadeva dynasty
AE stater (19 mm, 5.81 g)
Obverse: Goddess Lakshmi seated facing, flanked by Nagari letters Ja/Ga
Reverse: King standing sacrificing at altar, with Nagari legend Deva to right
Ref: Mitchiner, Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies (AD 600-1979), 195-196
A CHOICE specimen boldly struck on a full flan.


ULM, REICHSSTADT
Unilateral Pfennig oJ after the Riedlinger Treaty (from 1423 and 1501/03). Semicircular city sign in pearl circle. In addition, pennies from the 16th century. Semicircular city sign in pearl or pearl and thread circle. Nau 8, 11 (2). 14 MM, 0,23 gr. Ex Savoca

 

I'll tempt fate and try a few more...

Does anyone have the EX A.P. obverse legend Fonteia Genius/Cupid on a goat?




Moneyer: Mn. Fonteius C.f.
Obv.: EX•A•P• - Laureate head of Vejovis (or Apollo) right
Rev.: Infant winged Genius (or Cupid) seated on goat standing right; pilei of the Dioscuri to left and right, thyrsus with fillet in exergue; all within laurel wreath
Mint: Rome (85 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.76g / 18mm / 10h
References:

• RSC 12 (Fonteia)
• Sydenham 726
• Crawford 353/2
• RBW 1353

Acquisition: Leu Numismatik Online auction Web Auction 17 #2188 15-Aug-2021


I posted this a while ago - my best bes - the only time the denomination was minted (8 unciae).




Moneyer: C. Cassius Longinus
Obv.: S : - Head of Liber right, wearing ivy-wreath
Rev.: C.CASSI / S : / ROMA - Prow of galley right
Mint: Rome (126 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 11.12g / 23mm / -
References:

• Sydenham 504
• Crawford 266/3

Acquisition: Christoph Kistenich Facebook 15-Jul-2021


Like the Fonteia denarius above, this looks like a common coin, but the variety without the obverse legend is much scarcer than the other types.




Moneyer: C. Publicius Malleolus
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: C·MALL - Roma seated left on shields, holding sceptre, crowned by Victory standing behind her
Exergue: ROMA
Mint: Rome (96 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.91g / 19mm / -
References:

• RSC 4 (Poblicia)
• Sydenham 614
• Crawford 335/2

Provenances:

• "From a European Collection"

Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online auction NN Live 66 #316 27-Jun-2021


Here's one that made my list of 2020 coins - I bought it in 2013 but only got around to photographing it last year, when I realised that it falls into the "Not in RIC" category. It is in BMC.



Obv.: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA - Veiled bust of Faustina I right
Rev.: Ceres, veiled, standing right, holding sceptre and corn-ears
Mint: Roma (After 141 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.41g / 18mm / 7h
References:

• BMC 328 (A. Pius)
• RIC 404B var (A. Pius)

Acquisition: Gitbud & Naumann Pecunem Auction 10 #503 1-Dec-2013
Notes: May 2, 20 - The veiled bust obverse isn't in RIC.

ATB,
Aidan.

 

5-Asses: (Similar to a Roman AR Quinarius)

ETRURIA, POPULONIA.
Etruria Populonia
AR 5 Asses 2.0g
3rd C BCE
Obv: Young Head L, V (denomination) behind
Rev: blank
HN 173 Vecchi Rasna III 52 ex NAC 29 No 9 RARE

AR-5 Asses, 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.; 2.00 g. Jünglingskopf l. dahinter Wertangabe//Glatt. Rutter, Historia Numorum 173; Vecchi, The coinage of the Rasna III, 52; Vecchi, Etruscan Coinage 91.6 (dies Exemplar).

Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, winz. Kratzer, sehr schön
Exemplar der Auktion NAC 29, Zürich 2005, Nr. 9.

Das Stück ist abgebildet bei Christian Gliwitzky, Aus Etruskern werden Römer - Geprägte Gold- und Silbermünzen, in: Jörg Gebauer (Hrsg.) u. a. Die Etrusker - Von Villanova bis Rom, München 2015, S. 282, Abb. 6.4

Ex: Künker Auction 295 Lot 124


2-1/2 Asses: (Similar to a Roman AR Sestertius)

2-½ asses , AR 0.85 g
3rd century BC
Obv: Radiate female head r.; behind, CII.
Rev: Blank.
Ref: EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.
NAC Comment: Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Dark patina and about very fine.
Ex: From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli


1-As: (Similar to a Roman AR - nothing - only Bronze in Roman Currency)

Etruria Populonia
AR 1 As 0.60g 10.0mm
after 211 BCE
Obv: Male Head Left
Rev: Plain Rev
Ref: Vecchi 3 68-70 HN Italy 181
Seller/Auction comment: EXTREMELY RARE

 

Roman Republic


RR Anon 210 BCEAE 23 Quincunx 6.96g Apollo P behind Dioscuri Luceria 5 pellets Cr 99-4 Syd 309 S 910 Very Rare

 

This being the Ancients board, we could probably easily take this thread to a hundred pages, particularly if things like officinas, blundered legends, and minor device differences are sufficient to meet the "no one else has" benchmark . Gotta love ancients .

I'll try to resist the Alexandrian parade. Well, maybe just a few, but I'll start with some non-Alexandrians.


MACEDONIA, uncertain
c. 500 BCE
AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm
Obv: monkey squatting left
Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square
Ref: "Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II", Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67


THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III
AE 18 mm, 2.59 gm
Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓORΔIANOC AVΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN; ostrich running like stevex6 is chasing it with a basting brush
Ref: Varbanov 3833, rare
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/


MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Hadrian
After CE 123
Æ 16 mm, 2.30 gm
Obv: AΔPIANOC AYΓOYCTOC; bare head right
Rev: AΔPIANOΘHPITN; head of she-bear left
Ref: AMNG 565; SNG France 1091; RPC 1629. Rare.


Indo-Greek. Telephos, circa 80-70 BCE
Drachm, North Chach 89-70, AR 18 mm, 2.13 gm, 12h
Obv: BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYEPΓETOΥ THΛEΦOY (Basileos Evergetou Telephou ... of King Telephos, the benefactor); Anguipede monster, the limbs terminating in lotus blossoms
Rev: Radiate Helios (sun god) and lunate Selene (moon goddess) standing facing, Kharoshthi legend around: maharajasa kalanakramasa / teliphasa; in lower right field, monogram
Ref: SNG ANS –. Bopearachchi, Series 1A. MIG type 451
NAC notes: Very rare. Light iridescent tone, surface somewhat rough, otherwise very fine
Ex CNG sale 87, 2011, 747
This coin is shown on CoinIndia


MYSIA, Kisthene
Orontes, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE
AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm
Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready
Rev: Forepart of winged boar right
Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock
Very rare.
ex X6 Collection


LYDIA, Philadelphia. Caracalla
Ioulianos, strategos
Æ 31, 16.7 gm, CE 198-217
Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: ЄΠI CTPA IOVΛIANOV A ΠOΛ ΦIΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΩN; horse prancing left surmounted by serpent coiled left
Ref: BMC 85. Rare.



IONIA, Klazomenai
4th century BC
AE10.7, 1.53 gm.
Obv: head of Athena right
Rev: ram lying left, winged boar above, phi-ANOK
Ref: Not in literature consulted.



(same general description as above, not sure of the legends or other letters)


IONIA, Klazomenai. 190-130 BC. AE, 16 mm. Forepart of winged boar right, ΣΙΜ-Ω-Ν / ΚΛΑ-ZΟ-ΜΕΝΙ-ΩΝ in cross-divided square, monogram to left.


APULIA, Salapia
c. 225-210 BCE
AE 14mm, 2.04 gm
Obv: head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet; [unlegible]Λ below left
Rev: owl standing right, head facing; club to upper left; ΠΛΩ downward right field
Ref: not recorded in reference literature but two prior examples are found, CNG E-auction 327 lot 123, 28 May 2014 and Bertolami E-auction 60 lot 23, 9 July 2018.
ex BCD, acquired by him from Dan Clark, MBS 88, 24 May 93/ lot 77, total cost $22.

 

C.T.B.H.

Kashmir, Lohara dynasty, Jagadeva 1198-1213 AD, bronze 6.0g AE18.5
obv: Ardoxsho=Lakshmi; Nagari legend: 'Ja' left and 'Ga' right.,
rev: Standing king.

 

Excellent coin! Yes, I have the Trajan version of this one, purchased in my first months of collecting. The obverse really caught my eye. I thought it was unusual for the emperor to be depicted in a secondary or almost subservient manner. A demonstration of piety??


PHOENICIA, Arados. Trajan
CY 375 (CE 116/7)
Æ22, 9.65 g
Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan
Rev: bull charging left
Reference: SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374

 

Yes, I always have a tray of uncleaned coins to work with, but I have quit buying new lots of them. They tend to pile up

 

A pair of unique Saxon pieces.
Edward the Elder (899-924) 2 line penny by the moneyer Thurlac. ex Vatican Hoard and Lockett.


Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) Pointed Helmet penny of Langport by the moneyer Aegelwine. When this coin appeared it extended the operation of this small Somerset mint by one issue, or up to 3 years from 1053 to 1056, the previous latest known issue from the mint being Expanding Cross.

 

I have a quincunx, a fairly grotty one




ATB,
Aidan.

 

Nvb, I agree, the similarity is more than casual. With both tribes living in close proximity there must have been cultural exchanges, or your coin is indeed made by the Veneti Tribe, but at a later date. With so many Celtic tribes having no written language the best we can do is make educated guesses about these coins...

 

About 2 years ago I knew nothing about the ancients. My US coin collection was at the point where I couldn't do much more without spending mega bucks. I started getting uncleaned lots. I made up my mind to clean, identify and catalog 100 ancients. I got to about 120 and stopped. I may do more, but, they too are getting expensive and difficult to find decent coins to work with.

 

I think this one was already CTBS'd but it took me a while to find mine. Guess I forgot to post it when I got it a couple of years ago !

CTBS, although mine is a later copy . I saw yours and just had to have my own . Forgot to take a picture and I think it may have since been spent .

...

A few more I don't recall seeing from others on CT, some I haven't posted before:





SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ (26 mm, 12.57 gm, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Female figure (Ambrosia?) facing, head right, metamorphosing into grape vine. De Saulcy 8; Rosenberger –; BMC –; SNG München –; SNG Hunterian –; SNG Copenhagen –. Very rare.



EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AE drachm (33mm, 20.23 gm, 1h). Dated Regnal Year 8 (AD 144/5). ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ-ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟС СЄΒ ЄVС, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / H/L (date), Milesian Apollo holding stag out to Eusebeia, tripod between them. Emmett 1517.
Ex Kerry K Wetterstrom collection. (CNA XII, 26 September 1990), lot 192.


PHRYGIA. Dionysopolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Hemiassarion (Bronze, 17 mm, 3.36 g, 6 h), time of the Severans, 193-235. Draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. ΔIONYCOΠOΛЄITΩN Pan advancing right, dancing, holding grape bunch in his right hand and pedum over his left shoulder. SNG Copenhagen 345. Very rare.



EGYPT, Alexandria. Caracalla as Caesar
RY 9 of Septimius Severus, 200/1 CE
Diobol
Obv: [illegible but probably AVT] KMAVPHΛANTωNINOCCEB; laureate draped bust right
Rev: Agathodaemon standing erect right, "holding" grain ear; atop horse galloping right; LΘ below
Ref: Dattari 4050; Emmett 2774. This rare type was previously known only for Caracalla’s 10th regnal year.

 

Amazing group of coins, @Finn235 !