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  1. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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  3. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    This little one of Marcianopolis has an eagle and it's pretty green:

    Severus Markianopolis Eagle.jpg
    Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
    Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 16.4 mm, 2.34 g.
    Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis.
    Obv: ΑV Κ Λ CΕ|CΕVΗΡΟ[C], laureate and draped bust right.
    Rev: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟ|ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, eagle standing facing, head right.
    Refs: Moushmov 391a var. (obv. legend); AMNG 593.

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  4. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COSII - Laureate head right
    REVERSE: FELICITAS TEMPOR - Grain ear between crossed cornucopia
    Struck at Emesa, 194-195 AD
    2.3g, 17mm
    RIC 374a

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  5. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I disagree with calling Latin language denarii made a a branch mint to pay soldiers 'Provincials'. Provincials were made for local circulation and not necessarily spendable elsewhere. These denarii could go everywhere with the soldiers.
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  6. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    Double cornucopia

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    next: another coin from the holy land
     
  7. Alegandron

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

    HOLY LAND

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    India- Shakya Janapada AR 5-Shana 6th-5th C BCE Buddha Ref-Hiramo-I-8-29 RARE 19 known

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  8. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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    next: Coin of Pompey the great
     
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  9. Alegandron

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

    While Pompey in Exile

    RR Sicinius Coponius 49 BCE Apollo Club Pompey Moneyer Exile S 413 Cr 444-1.jpg
    RR Sicinius Coponius 49 BCE Apollo Club Pompey Moneyer Exile S 413 Cr 444-1

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  10. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    As it's been more than 12 hours, perhaps a repeat is acceptable.
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    Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius, 49 BC, AR Denarius, Military mint traveling with Pompey
    Obv: Q SICINIVS/III VIR, diademed head of Apollo right; star below
    Rev: C COPONIVS PR S C, club of Hercules surmounted by lion's skin; arrow to left, bow to right
    Ref: Crawford 444/1a; Sydenham 939; Sicinia 1
    Notes: Sicinius struck this issue for Pompey's eastern fleet, which Coponius commanded. Struck somewhere in the East where Sicinius fled along with the rest of the Pompeian senators following Caesar's invasion. The club and lion’s skin on the reverse resembles half- and quarter-cistophori that were struck in a number of eastern cities, including Apamea, Ephesus, Pergamum, Sardes and Tralles. The Roman proconsul held residence at Ephesus and perhaps this issue was struck there.

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  11. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

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    This victoriatus was struck by a traveling mitary mint in Southern Italy

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  12. Alegandron

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

    Victoriatus

    RR Anon 211-206 BCE Victoriatus STAR Very Rare Sear 49 Syd 233a Craw 105-1.JPG
    RR Anon 211-206 BCE Victoriatus STAR / Pentagram R Sear 49 Syd 233a Craw 105-1

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  13. geekpryde

    geekpryde Husband and Father Moderator

    Around again. I wasn't for a long time, but I am in the process of updating all the stats.

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    You Ancient guys are putting up some serious numbers.
     
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  14. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    Sear lists this one as a double victoriatus of the Thessalian League, following the victory of the Romans over Philip V of Macedon in 197 BC, at which time the freedom of the Greeks was proclaimed.

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    Sear 2231. 22 mm. 6.02 grams.
    Zeus head right/Athena striding right with spear and shield.
    ΘΕΣΣΑ ΛΩΝ around "Probably struck at Larissa". "196-146 BC"

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  15. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Koinon of Macedonia:

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    Time of Severus Alexander, AD 231-235.
    Quasi-autonomous AE 25.1 mm, 11.60 g, 7 h.
    Koinon of Macedon.
    Obv: AΛЄΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander the Great with flowing hair, right.
    Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ, Alexander, his cloak fluttering behind him and raising right arm, galloping his horse, right.
    Refs: AMNG III 388; cf. BMC Macedonia p.24, 120; cf. Lindgren II 1374.

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  16. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    @Roman Collector what makes your coin part of a league/ confederacy? Honest question. :oops:
     
  17. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    How about half a horse?
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    THESSALY, TRIKKA
    AR Hemidrachm
    OBV: Youth, petasos and cloak tied at neck, wrestling forepart of bull right
    REV: Forepart of horse galloping right; T-PI-KK-A-I around; all within concave incuse
    Circa 420-400 BC
    2.7g, 17mm
    SNG Cop 265
    ex: JAZ Numismatics

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  18. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    The word κοινόν, which means "league" or "federation." The reverse legend means "league of the Macedonians."
     
  19. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Thank you for the explanation!
     
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  20. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I was avoiding posting this since it was so much like Bing's but rather that let the thread time out I'll show my ignorance on the matter here it is.
    THESSALY, TRIKKA
    AR Hemidrachm
    OBV: Youth, petasos and cloak tied at neck, wrestling forepart of bull right
    REV: Forepart of horse galloping right; TPIK(K)AION around; all within incuse square
    Circa 420-400 BC
    2.7g, 17mm
    Sear 2229

    When I bought mine in 1992, Wayne Phillips listed it as "of more advanced style" but dated it the same as Bing gave for his coin. The difference is the way the bull's head is turned to the front and the reverse being set down in an incuse square. Sear (Greek Coins and their values) introduced the separation by style numbering Bing's coin S2226 and dating it earlier at 480-420 BC. When Sear published in 1978, the coin was a bit expensive (at 140 and 165 pounds) but when CNG sold eight from the BCD collection three days ago, someone bought six of Bing's type and two of mine for $225 + fees against an estimate of $100. Worn coins get no respect from CNG these days but I have to wonder if a hoard appeared in the last 40 years that accounts for some of the price difference. Sear lists my coin as having an omega in place of the omicron in the ethnic but my coin does not confirm that due at least partly to striking/centering.
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    I know it is just my opinion but:
    This thread will die if we keep posting subjects that very few people will be able to fulfill and those who do will resort to showing the same coin they did a few pages back in this thread. That said, I will try something a bit more general:
    Next: Post a coin you consider to have "advanced" style (read that as better - fine style - or just later in date showing development of the type) compared to the coins we usually see of the general type. This does not require a coin of high grade since ugly dies struck mint state coins and great dies struck coins that wore and corroded. Show a coin that has interest due to its style.
     
  21. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    I consider this one to be "advanced" as the style is much better than normal, as is the execution by the engraver in carving out the goat on the die. It also was more expensive than other examples of this type...

    Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams

    Struck: 257-258, Cologne.

    Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right

    Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, the child Jupiter sitting right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding the goat's horn.

    Reference: RIC 3 (Lyons); Cohen 26 (Saloninus); Elmer 67a; Goebl 0907e; Sear 10731.

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