Researching this coin as I'm transferring from 2x2 cardboard to paper envelopes, I discovered I had a flower I didn't even know I had. Apparently this coin has a flower below the horse. I always assumed it was a few blades of grass, but the catalogs say flower. Is it a barely there miniature flower or something else? You the judge! . Philippus 113-112 B.C. AR Denarius 19mm. 3.80g. Rome Mint Head of Philip V of Macedon r., wearing royal Macedonian helmet; (phi) under chin, ROMA monogram behind. Equestrian statue r., base inscribed L.PHILIPPV, flower below horse; In ex.: X Craw 293/1; RSC I Marcia 12
Ah yes. The equinox. The only day of the year a coin can be expected to come down on its edge when you toss it.
D-Ray => congrats on adding that very sweet OP-coin (I love it) ... the Anchor & Lily combo is very cool Okay, thanks for the coin-invite ...
CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea. Hadrian Ae 16 126-27 AD grain ears Reference. RPC III, 3149; SNG Leypold 2770 Issue Year 11 ( ΕΤ ΙΑ) Obv. AYT TPAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CEBAC Laureate head of Hadrian, right Rev. KAIC Tω[N ΠPOC T]ω APΓAIω ET IA (in field, l. and r.) Three grain-ears bundled 5.11 gr 16 mm 12h
Cool posts!! I seem to have very few that apply but I'll throw in a Punic issue with a tree---a 'Palm tree' which seems appropriate and much longed after for this still shivering North East resident.
Oh, you can expect it any day of the year. It's just that you'll be frustrated and disappointed any day of the year.
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Another lovely presentation, DR! Okay Here's the extinct silphium plant on a rare coin from Barke. It's tragically ugly but I'm happy to have it. KYRENAIKA, Barke 480-450 BCE AR hemidrachm, 13 mm, 1.57 gm Obv: silphium plant Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right within linear frame, B A P K around Ref: Müller MAA 301. Very rare. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/ Here's a much better rendering of silphium on an electrotype replica made by Robert Ready (original coin is in the British Museum): KYRENAIKA, Kyrene modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872 AR "tetradrachm", 27 mm, 16.64 gm Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K) Edge: initials R R Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype, London. 1880. Period III C #44 Celery leaf (and bunches of other interesting devices ) SICILY, Selinos Circa 410 BCE AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare. ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich; ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404; ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript A couple of palm trees: PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus CE 218-222 AE29, 13.4 gm Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, [below, a man digging with pick]; murex shell in upper field, palm tree to right Ref: Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price & Trell 748 PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus CE 251-253 Æ dichalkon, 25 mm, 13.39 gm, 6h Obv: IMP C C VIBIVS TREBO GALLVS AVG; laureate and draped bust right Rev: COL TYRO METR[O?]; serpent-entwined baetyl; murex shell to left, palm tree to right Ref: RPC IX online 1961; Rouvier 2476; Babelon 2296; AUB –; BMC – A flower, held by Elpis: EGYPT, Alexandria. Constantius I year 1, CE 292/3 potin tetradrachm, 19 mm, 6.7 gm Obv: ΦΛAKωCTANTIOCK; laureate draped bust right Rev: Elpis standing left, holding flower, raising hem; L - Α Ref: Emmett 4185(3), R3; Milne 5165 Trees: Julia Domna AR denarius, 19.5mm, 3.17 gm, 6h. Rome mint Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 207-211 Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA; draped bust right Rev: Fecunditas or Tellus (Earth) reclining left under tree, resting arm on basket of fruit and placing hand on celestial orb; standing before her are four children representing the Four Seasons Ref: RIC IV 549 (Septimius Severus); RSC 35 ex R.H. Collection MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis. AE 28, 13.05 gm Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: VΠA OOVI TEPTOVΛΛOV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι; Apollo Sauroktonos standing right, holding laurel branch and leaning hand upon a tree stump with a lizard climbing up it. Ref: H&J 8.18.7.1; Varbanov -.
Thanks, TIF! Thank you for posting your excellent coins! The extinct plant and the ostrich from last year are tragic but the amazing fact is that they were not extinct at the time the coins were made. You're one of my Ancients Collecting Heroes!
