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SICILY Kamarina Æ Onkia 13mm 1.5g 420-405 BC-OLDEST Gorgon tongue - KAMA owl r lizard in claw pellet in ex SNG Münch 411

 

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Struck on a Greek island (Ok @zumbly BARELY beat my posting!... but, hey! Those turtles are COOL!)


Thrace Thasos 146-50 BCE AR Tet Dionysos Herakles Club Lion skin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thasos

Next Theme: OCTOPUS

 

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Syracuse AR litra - I always wanted to upgrade this with a coin with clear legends and smooth surfaces. Many have a short city abbreviation.


Animal of the seas

 

Pantikapeon, Black Sea, Thrace ca. 350 BC. Head of Pan left, wreathed with ivy, countermarked with a star of 12 rays in circular incuse / Π-A-N legend, lion's head left overstruck with a bowcase, sturgeon (fish) left below. Next theme: BOWCASE

 

Caria, Kos
AR Tetradrachm

Next: Square border

 

Apparently medieval is OK, so...

Alfonso X el Sabio, Castile (1252-1284), billon obolo. Castle in square/Lion in square.

Next: any large, impressive building (castle, basilica, theatre, etc.)

 

calling @Ancient Aussie...

 

Cult statue within temple seen in perspective, shield in pediment trees in background. Elagabel. Nicopolis. Next theme SHIELD.

 

Thebes, AR Stater Boetian shield/amphora

Stater

 

STATER:


Carthage Zeugitana 310-270 BCE EL Dekadrachm-Stater 18.5mm 7.27g Tanit Horse 3 pellets in ex MAA 12 SNG COP 136

Next theme: CARNYX

 

L COSCONIUS MF ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius Serratus
OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Roma right, L . COSCO . M . F around, X behind
REVERSE: naked Celtic warrior (Bituitus), brandishing a spear & holding a shield & carnyx, driving a racing biga right, L LIC CN DOM in ex.
Struck at Rome, 118 BC
3.72g, 19.13mm
Cosconia.1. Cr.282 / 2

Next: Serratus

 

Thanks I was asleep at the wheel.....must have been on holiday when this thread started..

 

Roman Republic
L. Scipio Asiagenus
AR Serrate Denarius
106 B.C.
3.68 gms, 18 mm
Obv: Head of Jupiter facing left with the letter A below chin.
Rev: Mirror brockage of obverse.
Grade: EF. Only slight wear on the obverse devices. Perfectly centered & preserved incuse brockage on reverse.

Next theme is Jupiter r. or l.

 

Serratus

Roman Republic
AR serrate denarius 3.91 g, 20 mm
A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus
Rome mint, 81 BC
Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; bucranium above / Priest and bull with lighted altar between them.
Crawford 372/1; Sydenham 745; RSC Postumia 7.

Altar

 

Jupiter/Zeus:


Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII.
AR tetradrachm. 15.85 gm. 27 mm.
Antioch mint, 125-121 B.C.E.
Obv: Jugate busts, r.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne.
Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135. Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren.

Next: Conjugate busts

 

edit. too slow

 

That is an especially lovely brockage. Incredible toning!

 

BRUTTIUM, Rhegion
AE Triens. 11.82g, 27.6mm. BRUTTIUM, Rhegion, circa 215 - 150 BC. SNG München 1673; HN Italy 2550. O: Jugate heads right of Apollo, laureate, and Artemis, wearing stephane; [Θ] or [phiale] behind. R: PHΓI-NΩN, Tripod, •••• to outer right.

Next: Tripod

 

Septimius Severus denarius

Obv:– L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, laureate head right
Rev:– RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Severus in military garb standing left sacrificing over a tripod
Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 198-202
Reference:– BMCRE 671. RIC 512A (S). RSC 600

Last T in RESTITVTOR re-engraved from an O.



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