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Here are two, both c. 700:





Next: a mythical beast

 

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Here's a female Centaur for you of Gallienus's extensive series of interesting reverses.
Gallienus (253-268), antoninianus. Obv. Radiate bust right. GALLIENVS AVG. Rev. Female Centaur, walking left, holding globe in right hand and trophy in left hand. H in exergue. APOLLINI CONS AVG.



Next: another fable animal.

 

Pegasus:


Caligula, AD 37-41.
Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g.
Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38.
Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right.
Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right.
Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.

Next: a coin referring to a duumvirate or triumvirate.

 

Co-Emperors
Marcus Aurelius/ Lucius Verus on Bosphoran coin
next up: another coin depicting three joint rulers

 

Here is Constantine IV on the obverse with his sons Heraclius and Tiberius on the reverse.



Next: a clear monogram post 400 CE

 

MONOGRAM post 400 CE


RI Marcian 450-457 CE AE4 11mm monogram

Next: Scythian

 

Scythian:


Scythia, Olbia. Circa 310-280 BC. (AE, 28 mm, 9.07 g). Horned head of river god Borysthenes to left./ Rev. OΛBIO , Axe and bow in bowcase.

Next: River god

 

River God swimming left at the goddess's feet:


Gordian III and Tranquillina, AD 241-244.
Roman provincial Æ 31.3 mm, 20.16 g, 12 h.
Mesopotamia, Singara.
Obv: AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right.
Rev: AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming left below.
Refs: BMC 8-12; SNG Copenhagen 256; Lindgren 2627, Sear 3804.

Next: Coin from Mesopotamia.

 

AKARNANIA, FEDERAL COINAGE
AE20
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion's skin headdress
REVERSE: Head of the river god Archelous r.; magistrate's name AGHTWP
Struck at Leukas 200-167 BC
4.6g, 20 mm
BCD Akarnania 38; Gross-McClean 5394; MSP I, 464.
Ex Failla Numismatics

Next: Too Late Coin from Mesopotamia

 

Mesopotamia


RI Philip II 244-249 Nisibis Mesopotamia-farthest EAST Temple sinister left

Next: Babylon

 

Seleukos I Nikator as Satrap Ar Tetradrachm 311-305In the name and types of Alexander III Babylon MintSC 82/3 17.03 grms 28 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Alexander III

 

Same as anove

Next: deity seated on throne

 

Seleukos I Nicator not as satrap but now as king:



next: Ptolemy I tet

 

P1 Tet


Egypt Ptolemy I Soter Tet Delta bankers marks

Next: Diadochi

 

next: Philip III tet (Alexander's III brother)

 

PHILIP III


Makedon Philip III Arrhidaeus-Alex IV Drachm Amphipolis mint 259g 13mm Apollo-Youth horse RARE SNG ANS 621 Le Rider123


Next: (EDIT: Ooops! Mine is a Drachm) - @Andres2 's Philip III TET

 

Yesterday having been Friday the 13th, I think I'll bring this bad boy back from the dead



MOESIA INFERIOR. Callatis. Pseudo-autonome
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 3.28gr
Diameter: 16.78mm
From a Private German Collection.
Ex Ares

Next up: 3 or more weapons on coin

 

AV Ducato ND Milan Mint
Filippo Maria Visconti Duke di Milan
Broad Sword
Dagger
Armored War Horse
ex: MDC/ Monaco
next: Medieval Italian States coin....

 

Gregory XI, Papal States
AR bolognino
Obv: ·S· PETRVS· P, mitred bust facing
Rev: +DE·ROMA·, in center: ·V·R·B·I· in angles, in pattern of short cross
Mint: Rome
Date: 1370-1378
Ref: Berman 209



Next theme: Coin depicting a Christian religious official (Pope, priest, archbishop, etc.)

 

Here we have an archbishop, one of those power-hungry medieval military politicians wearing the chasuble.

AR Pfennig, Cologne, Archbishop Philip von Heinsberg (1167-1191). Obv. The Archbishop frontal, seated, with crozier and Bible. …HILIPVS? Rev. A building with towers. COLONIA PAI… 17.5 mm, 1.45 gr. Hävernick 509. See this recent thread.

Next: a medieval coin with a cross.