Famous Rulers Alphabetically, Let's do our ABC's!

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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    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 Juno Xoanon Hannibal capital Italia SCARCE.JPG

    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
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    What is a Xoanon?

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    "Plank figure" of chalk, Early Cypriot III to Middle Cypriot I, 1900-1800 BCE (Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens).
    A xoanon (/ˈzoʊ.ənɒn/ ([​IMG] 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
     
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  3. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    "X" is for Xerxes
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    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

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    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!
     
  4. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    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!
     
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  5. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Z is for ZENO!

    RI Zeno 476-491 CE 2nd reign AE 10mm Monogram.JPG
    RI Zeno 476-491 CE 2nd reign AE 10mm Monogram


    Z is for ZOILOS II !
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    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...
     
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  6. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    I'm late to the V party, but here is a Victorinus ant...

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  7. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    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!

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    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
     
  8. TheRed

    TheRed Well-Known Member

    She is a Bolts fan and former Tampa resident to boot.

    To make this legal: Wang Mang purchased from @Ken Dorney
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  9. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Anybody have a Wenceslas? As in "good king Wenceslas went out...."
     
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  10. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    No but I have a photo of one, a modern ducat.
    Wenceslas1.jpg
     
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  11. FitzNigel

    FitzNigel Medievalist

    I nearly bought a Wenceslas once... I think I ended up forgetting to bid (this happens with surprising regularity...)

    Med-14-ISic-1166-William II-Fol-Messina-3811.jpg
    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]

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    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)
     
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  12. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    @ 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. AlexL R            Monog ANI.JPG AlexLife O       Price3038.JPG
     
  13. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    Zeus is seated on the flip-side.
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    photo 1.JPG
    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.
     
  14. FitzNigel

    FitzNigel Medievalist

    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.
     
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  15. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    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..
     
  16. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    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. Zebinas O.JPG ZebinAlex R.JPG
     
  17. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Whoops I missed quite a few. Here are a few from the end.

    Vima Takto
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    Xerxes II
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