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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2686604, member: 56859"]Another lovely presentation, DR!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the extinct silphium plant on a rare coin from Barke. It's tragically ugly but I'm happy to have it.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_aa9fb54868fa49aaa29fcbae56aafc25.jpg_srb_p_850_424_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%26hash%3D955b5f5897a6db1634557af6ba8e1231&hash=99ab6d6aaa62dd296bc38ce7417c2d2a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Barke</b></p><p>480-450 BCE</p><p>AR hemidrachm, 13 mm, 1.57 gm</p><p>Obv: silphium plant</p><p>Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right within linear frame, B A P K around</p><p>Ref: Müller MAA 301. Very rare.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a much better rendering of silphium on an electrotype replica made by Robert Ready (original coin is in the British Museum):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KYRENAIKA, Kyrene</b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/">modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready</a></b></p><p><b>host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872</b></p><p>AR "tetradrachm", 27 mm, 16.64 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon, wearing tainia with uraeus-like ornament at forehead, facing slightly left within laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: silphium plant; K V P A N A (split between fields, retrograde K)</p><p>Edge: initials R R</p><p>Ref: BMC 77 (host coin); B.V. Head. <i>A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270</i>. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. <i>A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype</i>, London. 1880. Period III C #44</p><p><br /></p><p>Celery leaf (and bunches of other interesting devices <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%25252525252Fv1%25252525252Ffit%25252525252Fw_1702%25252525252Ch_1064%25252525252Cq_90%25252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%25252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252526hash%252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%25252526hash%2525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%252526hash%25253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%2526hash%253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%26hash%3Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31&hash=200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/selinos-litra-this-tiny-coin-has-it-all.258915/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/selinos-litra-this-tiny-coin-has-it-all.258915/">SICILY, Selinos</a></b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>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</p><p>Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: <b>Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin)</b>; 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.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>A couple of palm trees:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/">PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus</a></b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE29, 13.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>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</p><p>Ref: Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price & Trell 748</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_f1c7411f7da140f1b37c8bba69f5a189.jpg_srb_p_1000_509_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%252526hash%25253D886f2f8ecf1244ee353b4096aadfbfea%2526hash%253Df35c0094a03d9dd9b842912aab3ffc32%26hash%3Dc415bced685b5f4163e4bd9fec799019&hash=e340fcbd89360b8469c168c2072dbe2d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus</b></p><p>CE 251-253</p><p>Æ dichalkon, 25 mm, 13.39 gm, 6h</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIBIVS TREBO GALLVS AVG; laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: COL TYRO METR[O?]; serpent-entwined baetyl; murex shell to left, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref: RPC IX online 1961; Rouvier 2476; Babelon 2296; AUB –; BMC –</p><p><br /></p><p>A flower, held by Elpis:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_bcfe8f4571484546a09c2b43a055a253.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Constantius I</b></p><p>year 1, CE 292/3</p><p>potin tetradrachm, 19 mm, 6.7 gm</p><p>Obv: ΦΛAKωCTANTIOCK; laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Elpis standing left, holding flower, raising hem; L - Α</p><p>Ref: Emmett 4185(3), R3; Milne 5165</p><p><br /></p><p>Trees:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domnafecunditasreshoot-rt-jpg.533804/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Julia Domna</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.5mm, 3.17 gm, 6h. Rome mint</p><p>Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 207-211</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>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</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 549 (Septimius Severus); RSC 35</p><p><i>ex R.H. Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D152bd713d0f8bc62715c408ad6c19592&hash=7c9ccb452ab762b2b53057c0b07240e6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla</b></p><p>Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis.</p><p>AE 28, 13.05 gm</p><p>Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>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.</p><p>Ref: H&J 8.18.7.1; Varbanov -.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2686604, member: 56859"]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. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_aa9fb54868fa49aaa29fcbae56aafc25.jpg_srb_p_850_424_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%26hash%3D955b5f5897a6db1634557af6ba8e1231&hash=99ab6d6aaa62dd296bc38ce7417c2d2a[/IMG] [B]KYRENAIKA, Barke[/B] 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. [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-kyrenaikas-silphium-plant.245537/[/url] Here's a much better rendering of silphium on an electrotype replica made by Robert Ready (original coin is in the British Museum): [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/readyelectrotype-rt-jpg.463688/[/IMG] [B]KYRENAIKA, Kyrene [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-copy-will-have-to-suffice.272376/']modern copy by electrotypist Robert Ready[/URL] host coin, c. 410-400 BCE, acquired by the British Museum in 1872[/B] 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. [I]A guide to the principal coins of the Greeks, from circ. 700 B.C. to A.D. 270[/I]. London. 1965 pl. 20, 61 (host coin); host coin BM accession number 1872,0709.361; B.V. Head. [I]A Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins Exhibited in Electrotype[/I], London. 1880. Period III C #44 Celery leaf (and bunches of other interesting devices :)) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%25252525252Fv1%25252525252Ffit%25252525252Fw_1702%25252525252Ch_1064%25252525252Cq_90%25252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%25252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252526hash%252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%25252526hash%2525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%252526hash%25253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%2526hash%253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%26hash%3Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31&hash=200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d[/IMG] [B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/selinos-litra-this-tiny-coin-has-it-all.258915/']SICILY, Selinos[/URL][/B] 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: [B]Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin)[/B]; 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. [I]ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich; ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404; ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript [/I] A couple of palm trees: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/[/IMG] [B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/']PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus[/URL][/B] 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 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_f1c7411f7da140f1b37c8bba69f5a189.jpg_srb_p_1000_509_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%252526hash%25253D886f2f8ecf1244ee353b4096aadfbfea%2526hash%253Df35c0094a03d9dd9b842912aab3ffc32%26hash%3Dc415bced685b5f4163e4bd9fec799019&hash=e340fcbd89360b8469c168c2072dbe2d[/IMG] [B]PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus[/B] 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: [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_bcfe8f4571484546a09c2b43a055a253.jpg[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Constantius I[/B] 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: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domnafecunditasreshoot-rt-jpg.533804/[/IMG] [B]Julia Domna[/B] 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 [I]ex R.H. Collection[/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca%257Emv2.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3D152bd713d0f8bc62715c408ad6c19592&hash=7c9ccb452ab762b2b53057c0b07240e6[/IMG] [B]MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla[/B] 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 -.[/QUOTE]
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