TODAY you can post ANY Leader or a COOL FEATURE that start with the letter W,X,Y, and Z! COOL FEATURE... Xoanon Campania CAPUA AE Semuncia 216-211 Obv: Head of Juno - Rev: Xoanon Capua was Hannibal's promised capital of Italia if Rome was destroyed SCARCE What is a Xoanon? "Plank figure" of chalk, Early Cypriot III to Middle Cypriot I, 1900-1800 BCE (Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens). A xoanon (/ˈzoʊ.ənɒn/ ( listen),[1] Greek: ξόανον; plural: ξόανα xoana, from the verb ξέειν, xeein, to carve or scrape [wood][2]) was an Archaic wooden cult image of Ancient Greece. Classical Greeks associated such cult objects, whether aniconic or effigy, with the legendary Daedalus. Many such cult images were preserved into historical times, though none are known to have survived to the modern day, except where their image was copied in stone or marble. In the 2nd century CE, Pausanias described numerous xoana in his Description of Greece, notably the image of Hera in her temple at Samos. "The statue of Samian Hera, as Aethilos [sic!] says, was a wooden beam at first, but afterwards, when Prokles was ruler, it was humanized in form".[3] In Pausanias' travels he never mentions seeing a xoanon of a mortal man. - Wikipedia
"X" is for Xerxes 500-380 BCE Siglos, silver ("dagger type"). AR 16 MM5.52 g. The Great King running r., wearing kidaris, holding bow in his outstretched l. hand, dagger in his r. hand. Rv.Countermarked Rectangular incuse. Babelon, Perses pl. 2, 26. SNG Cop. 284.Rare. Previous: Savoca Coins "Z" is for Zeno Zeno 474-491 CE Æ (8 mm, 1.1 g, 7h). Uncertain mint. Pearl- diademed and draped bust r. R/ Monogram within wreath. Cf. RIC X 961 (Constantinople) Now I know my ancient ABCs next time won't you please send me some sestertii!
The coin was enough to make me like her, but hockey as well? How can you not like a woman that likes hockey. Go Wings! I guess this year it's Go Bolts!
Z is for ZENO! RI Zeno 476-491 CE 2nd reign AE 10mm Monogram Z is for ZOILOS II ! INDO-GREEK KINGDOM Zoilos II Circa 50-40 BCE AR drachm 17mm 2.3g Athena Alkidemos l monograms Antony Actium SNG ANS 1654-1658 Reportedly he and his troops fought alongside Marcus Antony (against Octavian) at the Naval Battle of Actium with Cleo-Baby / Marky-Boy fleeing the battle...
Man, I wish I could have hit this thread more...cool idea @Alegandron Well, I'll finish strong with a double Z score! Emperor Zhe Zong! Northern Song Dynasty, yuan you tong bao, seal script, 1087-1100 AD Emperor Zhe Zong, AE cash, 25 mm, 3.4 g, reverse blank. Hartill 16.261
She is a Bolts fan and former Tampa resident to boot. To make this legal: Wang Mang purchased from @Ken Dorney
I nearly bought a Wenceslas once... I think I ended up forgetting to bid (this happens with surprising regularity...) Norman Italy - Sicily William II, r. 1166-1189 A.D. Messina Mint, AE Follaro, 17.23mm x 1.7 grams Obv.: + [OPERATAT IN VR]BE MESSANE outside ᵒ / REX W / SCOVS in center (OV ligate) Rev.: Arabic legend "al'malik / Ghulyalim / al-thani" (King William 2nd) in center, "bi-amr al-malik al-musta'izz" around edge Ref.: NCKS 366a, De Witt 3811, [MEC 14, 401] French Feudal, Toulouse William IX of Aquitaine, second reign r. 1109-1117 AR Denier, 18.82 mm x 1.1 grams Obv.: VVILELMO COME, Cross Pattee in center, S in second quarter Rev.: +TOLOSA CIVI around, PAX in center Ref.: Duplessy 1210 (as William IV), Roberts 4225 (As William IX), De Wit 439 (as William IV)
@ F.N. The obverse of your coin from Sicily under William II has an Arabic ligature,I think. It's LA (LamAlef) instead of OV ligate, in the word SCOUS. So it becomes SCLAS instead of SCOUS. Please check it. NOW: Z Z for Zeus as a cool feature, on reverse of this life -time coin under Alexander the Great.
Zeus is seated on the flip-side. SELEUKID KINGDOM Philip I (Philadelphus) AR Tetradrachm 95-75 B.C. 15.67 grams, 28 mm Obv: Diademed bust right with fillet border Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΦIΛIΠΠOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY Zeus seated left holding Nike and scepter Grade: A good Extra Fine. Beautifully made including many precision details. Other: Philip I ruled 95-83 B.C. during this frozen date coin of 95-75 B.C. Coin shows many precision details including Zeus beard and Nike’s crown of laurel & berries. Obverse is only slightly off center with reverse perfectly centered on tight flan.
If that is the case, what would ‘SCLAS’ mean? As it is, the latin legend would stand for REX W[illelmus] S[e]CO[nd]US, or ‘King William the Second.’ It could be that instead of a ligature it is an abbreviation mark.
I think you're right @ F.N. But what a coincidence. This Arabic ligature (LamAlef) is the only one that I know, and it's considered as an independent and basic letter by itself, as one letter of the Arabic Alphabet which is comprised of 29 letters. It ranks 28th, just before the last letter "Yah" (Y). Thanks for checking this matter. I also suspected it that way because the reverse included Arabic legend. I'm a translator by the way. LOL..
Z- Zebinas Alexander. Seleucid usurper also known as Alexander II of Seleucia. Kingdom of Syria. 129= 123 BC. Bronze in raw crude state. King heading right with lion head dress. Nike standing left on reverse, holding wreath. Sear 7128.