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PERSIA Achaemenid
Darius I-Xerxes II 485-420 BCE
AV Daric 14mm 8.3g
Lydomelisian Sardes king wearing kidaris kandys quiver spear bow
Incuse
Carr Type IIIb Group A-B pl XIII 27

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Aurelian Aureus Rv Victory adv left Sorry My info is in the bank Read it wrong Next coin BCE gold

 

Ptolemy I pentadrachm Sv 208 Alexandria Next coin another gold

 

Lets try something else

 

Ok, what is the opposite of a large, shiny gold coin? A small, unimpressive bronze coin. Here it is:



Antandros
Asia Minor, Troas
Ae10, 350-250 BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: ANTAN , Head of a roaring lion right, grapes above A
AE, 0.99g, 9.60mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 218 var. (no grapes), BMC Troas pg. 34, 8

Next: greek bronze smaller than 10mm

 

Why did they make them so tiny in Troas?


TROAS, Gargara
AE9. 0.62g, 9.1mm. TROAS, Gargara, circa 350 BC. BMC p. 53, 14; SNG Cop 330. O: Laureate head of Apollo right. R: Horse trotting right; GAP above, bunch of grapes below.

While I appreciate that @shanxi changed his requirement from <9mm to <10mm, let's see if anyone has one anyway...

Next: Greek bronze smaller than 9mm

 

OK, here are 8mm



Mysia, Pergamon
AE8, 420-400 BC
Early small bronze coin. This is among the first bronze coins of Pergamon.
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: Confronted bull’s heads; club above, ΠΕΡΓA below.
AE, 0.73g, 8mm
Ref.: BMC Mysia, Pergamon 3

let's see how small we get

Next: Greek bronze smaller than 8mm (if there is no answer in the next 6 hours: smaller than 8mm from wherever)

 

Man those are smaller than LRB's! Curious to see what comes next!

 

APOLLONIA PONTIKA
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Anchor, A in field
REVERSE: Swastika with two parallel lines in each quadrant
Struck at Apollonia Pontika, circa 500BC
.28g, 6.54mm
SNG BM 149; Moushmov 3146
ex. Aegean Numismaics

Next: Smaller than 6.54 mm

 

Ionia. Ephesos
circa 550-500 BC.
Hemiobol AR
5mm., 0,37g.
Bee / Quadripartite incuse square.
very fine
Karwiese Series III; Rosen 572.

Next up: bee(s) please

 

IONIA, Ephesos
AR Drachm. 4.17g, 17.8mm. IONIA, Ephesos, circa 202-162 BC, Ekatokles as magistrate. Kinns, The Attic Weight Drachms of Ephesos, NC 1999, S.86; SNG von Aulock 7826. O: Bee between E-Φ. R: Stag standing right, in front of palm tree, EKATOKΛHΣ to right.

Next: Another Greek coin bearing the name of a random, insignificant magistrate otherwise unknown and forgotten by History.

 

Mine starts ALA and ends RATOY. Who has the list of possibilities?

Still: Another Greek coin bearing the name of a random, insignificant magistrate otherwise unknown and forgotten by History.

 

Abdera, Ar Drachm
Obv:– Griffin seated left
Rev:– PO-MN-EM-ON, Kantharos in square.
Minted in Abdera, Period VII c. 386/5 - 375 B.C.
Reference:– May 440, Group CXVI. Magistrate Romnemon. Same dies citing 3 examples, Oxford (ex May, ex Spink (1947) ex Kedros (1938)), Berlin, Lischine
2.39g, 14.44mm, 180o



Next:- Kantharos

 

Taras AR obol two K for the price of one


Next: another coin with reverse very like the obverse

 

Well perhaps this qualifies... I received this small Greek coin in a small lot and have not been able to attribute yet..



Next: a mystery coin in your collection... or a coin that holds some sort of mystery to you.

 

Hint hint: Aiolis Kyme circa 190-0 BC.

 

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Mystery: why is this coin facing left (the first coin to show Roma facing left on obverse), could it be a populist message or Roma turning away from the senate or turning away from the general disharmony of the res publica as discussed in this Celator article?

Next: any left facing coin

 

Domitian, Seleucis and Pieria, SC stands for Coele-Syria





Next: Any other Domitian

 

Domitian, 81 - 96 AD
AE Sestertius, Rome Mint, 35mm, 30.75 grams
Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GER M COS XIII CENS PER P P, Laureate head of Domitian right.
Reverse: IOVI VICTORI S C, Jupiter seated left holding Victory and scepter.
RIC526

Next: a coin 35mm or larger

 

Lysimachos, Kingdom of Thrace

Obv:– Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.
Rev:– Athena enthroned l., holding Nike on extended r. hand and spear, and resting l. elbow on shield propped against throne; LUSIMACOU in l. field; KP monogram in inner field; BY on throne, BASILEWS in r. field; ornamented trident in exergue
Minted in Byzantium, circa 2nd Century B.C. (Posthumous Issue)

Weight 16.97g. Size 37.11 mm



Next:- Another silver over 35mm