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The practical purpose of the cross on English pennies was to guide in the cutting the coins into halves or quarters for change. This one is Richard I (Lionheart) / Roperd on Cant(erbury).


Next: another coin of a ruler well known for his nickname ("the wise", "the Bulgar slayer" etc.)

 

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Antigonus the One-Eyed:


Antigonus I Monophthalmos, AR Drachm, (19 mm, 4.18 g), in the name of Alexander III ‘the Great’, Kolophon, c. 310-301. Head of Herakles in lion's skin headdress to right. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne, holding scepter in his left hand and eagle in his right; to left, Φ; below throne, AP monogram. Price 1828.

Next: Another ruler with an interesting nickname

 

The son of of Antigonus I was nicknamed the taker of cities:

 

Pedro IV "the Cruel"
Spain/ Aragon
AV Dobla of 35 Maravedis
next: same topic "Rulers with famous nicknames"

 

CALIGULA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT, bare head right
REVERSE: DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus right
Struck at Lugdunum, 37/8AD
3.5g, 18mm
RIC I 10

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There is, of course, Antoninus the Pious:


Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.
Roman AR denarius, 2.88 g, 18.0 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 149.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head, right.
Rev: COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and resting left hand on anchor.
Refs: RIC 175; BMCRE 657-60; Cohen 284; RCV --; Strack 191.

Next: Annona.

 

Annona


RI Fouree Denarius Severus Alexander with Annona Avg reverse

next: Celtic God

 

Dear @Alegandron, did you have an idea about coins depicting Celtic gods? Celtic coins mention rulers and depict mythical figures, animals, humans. But how to identify one as a Celtic god?
This coin is an early Celtic imitation (300 BC?) of a Macedonian coin of Philippus II, with Zeus on the obverse. But is it a Celtic god? Can you say: this is Taranis?



Eastern Celts, Lower Danube. Uncertain tribe. Early 3rd century BC. Early imitation of a Philip II tetradrachm of Amphipolis. Obv. Laureate head of Zeus t.r., behind it, a leaf. Rev. Jockey and horse riding t.r. Under it, labda over a bucranium. Under the prancing leg of the horse, an A. 24.5 mm, 13.85 gr. Flesche -. Cf. Göbl Ostkeltischer Typenatlas 10 1 and 2.

And this is a coin of the emperor of the Gallic world, Postumus (259-268). Was Postumus a Gaul or did he belong to a German tribe? In any case, he issued coins featuring two gods or heroic figures, Hercules Magusanus and Hercules Deusoniensis. Here is a coin with Deusoniensis.



Antoninianus of Postumus, 19 mm, 3.52 gr.

Well - now I'd like a Celtic coin with an animal.

 

Iceni FO12 with horse

Next: a fourree coin that is neither Greek nor Roman (not Provincial; not Byzantine)

 

Just checked Iron Age Celtic Coinage by Chris Rudd.
There are lots of Tribes like the Iceni that featured "Gods" on their coins.

 

Here is a "plated" AV Stater Westerham North Type
Next up: Celtic coin imitating Macedonia coinage

 

This is a rare Hunnic coin of the 'Yabghu of Tokharestan' type, an imitation of a Sasanian drachm of Hormizd IV (579-590). I have a few of these, but this is the only fourrée. Look at the nose!



AR drachm, 'Yabghu of Tokharestan' type, 7th century. Fourré silver imitation of a drachm of Hormizd IV. Obv. 'Hormizd IV' to the right, his name coarsely written, his crown altered. Countermark: winged camel at 2 o'clock. Rev. Fire altar with attendants, unreadable text. With fourrée-like patches. 31.5 mm, 2.82 gr. Göbl? Zeno #168929.

 

Sorry, that was a mistake! But I'll mend it immediately.
This is a Celtic coin imitating the Macedon example that also led to the Lower Danube tetradrachm I showed before.
But it is also a coin with a well-identified Celtic god on it. And my only (low-alloy) gold Celtic coin, it has a strange coppery aspect, and it is very heavy in your hand.


Pictones (around Poitiers). Electrum stater 120-60 BC. Obv. Head of the god Ogmius. Rev. Rider on a human-faced horse. Under it, a hand. 20 mm, 6.23 gr. Latour 4395.

Next: a (formerly) silvered coin that is neither Greek nor Roman (not Provincial; not Byzantine).

 

WOW! That is an interesting coin, never seen that type before.
John

 

Well it looks like no one has done anything for a while So... Vetranio Ae Centenionalis Siscia RIC 285 350 A.D. Rv Emperor standing holding 2 standards each bearing a Chi Rho 5.29 grms 23 mm Next coin In terms of date minted your most recent ancient coin

 

Although it pushes any reasonable boundary of "ancient" this coin sits happily with it's much older neighbors - it is round, struck, has legends in Latin, his father-in-law was "Holy Roman Emperor", and it was minted in a city that was established in the 2nd century BC by the Romans as a settlement, "Matrice", on the banks of the Manzanares river. Perhaps that is enough to justify calling this a recent ancient coin?

Spain, Castille y Leon, Philip IV, 1621-1665, BI 8 maravedis, Madrid mint, AD 1661
Obv: PHILIPPVS * IIII * D* G*, bare-headed, bust right
Rev: HISPANIARVM REX 1661, crowned arms of Castille and Leon

The sickly heir Charles II of Spain was born in 1661 to Philip and his second wife, also niece, Mariana, the year this coin was minted.

Next: a coin from the Iberian peninsula

 

AV Ducato ND Valencia Mint struck 1495
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Spain/ Valencia
Another coin from Iberian Peni nsula

 

My Spanish coin is mite older .... OK a millennium and a half or so.
Castulo, AE22 1st-2nd century BC


Next: a Spanish coin from the 1st century AD

 

Augustus
Hispania, Julia Traducta. 27 B.C.-A.D. 14 Æ 25 (24.9 mm, 10.27 g, 4 h). PERM CAES AVG, bare head left / IVLIA TRAD, in two lines within wreath.
Countermarked “DD” (DecretoDecurionum) RPC 108; SNG Copenhagen 459

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