picked up a couple coins at a coin show yesterday. there were a couple guy selling ancients. one fellow has some pricey high end stuff, the other guy and the budget coins. ya'll know who i got my coins off of. this one may not technically be ancient..but i needed one of the type.. chalkukyas of gujarat 11th century ad (ish) gandhaiya paisa o: bust r: file altar 16mm 4.4g this one has a pretty patina, but doesn't photograph well. does anyone know why it has the strange "checkering" pattern on the shoulder? i saw a coin on vcoins of the type with the same thing...but most don't have it. septimus severus 193-211 ad anchialus, thrace o: sep serve r:eagle with wreat in beak 28x26 mm 13.1g 27mm 13.1g
Sweet!! ... I like 'em both, but the big chunky Sep-Sev eagle looks like it probably feels pretty awesome in-hand, eh? (good score, brother!!) ... man, you dudes are all bailing-off of the stupid wagon!! (now it's just Bing and I staring across at each other ... ummm yah, I have a feeling that I'm gonna jump-off before that wiley ol' comrade!!) ... eh-heh-heh ... I've already been sniffing around a bit!! (*yikes*) ... oh but, once again => "2" awesome new coins!! (congrats chrsmat71)
I am liking the nonclassical ancients and medievals that you, Noob, and others show. The Gujarat coin looks very well struck, nicely centered, and wonderfully alien and abstract. And the Septimius, well, that's a nice big chunk of bronze with a big fat eagle, so yeah Buh bye stupid wagon!
I don't know much (actually anything at all) about indian coinage, but that is one interesting design. The obverse actually depicts a bust, you say? The Septimius Severus is much closer to home, a nice coin with nice patina.
thanks all, yeah...i jumped off that wagon...got another one incoming. stupid wagon. eduad: if you look at the overse, the nose is pointing right with mouth right , the main head is the central oval and the right side "dents" are the eyes. i didn't see it the first time i looked at one of these either. yeah, the sep serve feels nice in hand...it's going to stay on my desk for a while so i can play with it. the obverse lend is:AV K L CETI CEVHPOC and the reverse:OVLPIANWN AGCIALEWN i have no idea what it means...but would love to know.
The reverse of many Provincial coins is the genitive plural of the city name here meaning "of the (people of) Ulpian Anchialus". Ulpian refers to the family name of the emperor Trajan who proclaimed it to be a city. Before that I guess it was considered a village? I assume the shoulder work is cuirass or armor. It almost looks like chain mail and considering that the earliest known example of chain mail is from Romania, perhaps the die cutter decided to give Septimius some local duds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_(armour) My coin below shares the obverse die with the OP coin. It is a common obverse die from this city. I won't comment on the other except to say that it is a nice example. Those who were here when last discussed may have read my page on that coin and its relatives: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gadpaisa.html The design makes a lot more sense if you start at the top and follow how it developed into the last few examples.
Nice coins, I like the severus especially. I have a chalkukyas of gujarat, its been posted here before.
thanks all! you know, mail armor for the should did cross my mind, but i could figure out the retangular shape. must be a cape/cest peice covering up all but the shoulder, kind of liek this guy. the pic is from here.. http://www.legionsix.org/Equipment/equipment.htm a reinactment group, neat page. has several pictures of real pieces of arms and armor plus pics of the neat replica stuff they wear.
That Provincial is a very strong piece: abundant detail, full inscriptions, and an excellent, clean patina. Bravo!
