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The real heros of the Trojan War where the Trojans. The Greeks where the bad guys, esp. Ulysses/ Achilles/ Menalaus.

 

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By rear part of shield do you mean the inside?



RIC 0507 Domitian denariius
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VI
Laureate head right

IMP XIIII COS XIII CENS P P P
Minerva standing on capital of rostral colum, with spear and shield; to right owl

Rome mint
January 1- September 13, 87 AD

3.46g

RIC 507 (C)

Next: A coin with a fully visible Aegis

 

Holy smakrel, Doug! That's the first time I recall seeing that beauty. I love the snake inside the shield...

Lokris Opuntia
Hemidrachm around 350 BCE 2.60 g. Head of a nymph with reed wreath, simple ear pendants and necklace to the right / Ajax in the Corinthian helmet with drawn short sword storming to the right, holding above the left arm oval shield with a lion as inner jewelry, spear lying on the grounder.
Next up: I need to refresh every half an hour or so: ( and what Jay said)

 

As of Domitian - bust with Aegis.

Next up RR with Fides.

 

PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHOS
AR Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Ptolemy II right, wearing aegis around neck
REVERSE: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ], eagle standing left on thunderbolt, to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram
Tyre 285-260 BC
25 mm., 14.14 grams
Svoronos 644; SNG Copenhagen 482-3
ex. JAZ Numismatics

Next: Too late - what Octavius said

 

A. Licinius Nerva, 47 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint
Obv: Laureate head of Fides right; FIDES downward to right; NERVA downward to left
Rev: Horseman galloping right, dragging Celtic warrior by the hair; III V[IR] across fields; A • LICINI... below
Ref: Crawford 454/1; CRI 30; Sydenham 954; Licinia 24

Next: another horseman

 

Low Countries/ Barbant
AV Cavalier d'or ND Brussels Mint
Philip Le Bon 1415-47
next: Another horseman

 

Horseman:


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.

Next: Quasi-autonomous minted in the Roman empire.

 

Roman Collector: You where lucky I had as theme another horseman/ you came in 4 secs after me. Glad that worked out well for both of us. I was so much in a hurry, I got the date of reign wrong, but its on my slab. I am after a same type for Louis de Male/ Flanders
John

 

Tomis, Severan period, AE16, KTICTHC TOMOC Founder / grapes TOMOC


Next: A coin you have never seen posted on CT before

 

This one arrived on New Year's eve. It was a type new to me. A search doesn't show any coin of this particular ruler posted on CT before either.

BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom
Hippostratos, circa 65-66 BC
AE Square Unit. 19.36g, 28.5 x 27.2mm. Uncertain mint in eastern Gandhara or the western Punjab, circa 65-55 BC. Bopearachchi 12A. HGC 12, 456. O: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ – ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ, Triton facing, holding dolphin in his right hand and rudder in his left. R: 'Maharajasa tratarasa Hipusratasa' (in Karoshti), Tyche standing front, head to left, holding lotus flower in her right hand and palm frond in her left; to left, monogram.

Next: Another coin you've never seen posted on CT before.

 

I don’t think I’ve seen this
A Visigoth nummus
650ish Ad
Emerita

next: dark age Germanic coin

 

Odoacer, Kingdom of Italy
AE nummus
Obv: OD[O-VAC], bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: Odoacer's monogram (letters ODOVA) within wreath
Mint: Ravenna
Date: 476-493 AD
Ref: RIC X 3502



Next theme: King of Italy/Rome

 

King Henry III-V
Italy, Lucca. 1039-1125. AR denaro (16 mm, 0.96 g, 12 h). + IMPERATOR, monogram of Otto / + EИRICVS, LVCA around central pellet. Biaggi1056; Metcalf 10-15. Very fine. Ex Time line 34 (March 2019),

Next up: crusader Coinage

These small deniers from Luca often turn up in the Levant, indicating their extensive use by crusaders. Ex: Timeline Auc

 

Achaia
Robert D'Anjou of Taranto
AV Zecchino
next up: Norman Rulers of Sicily

 

Tancred,King of Sicily reigned 1189-1194, Æ Follaro
Obv: +ROGERIVS:; in center, REX; dots above and below
Rev: Arabic (Kufic) legend on two lines - المالك تنقرير (al-malik Tanqrir; the King, Tancred)
Next: Ear of Wheat or Grain

 

Briton/ Catuvellauni
AV Stater ND Colchester Mint circa 35AD
Cunobelinus 8-41AD
next up: Ear of Corn/or Wheat/or Barley

 

Lucania, Metapontom stater

Raised barley corn

Incuse barley corn

Metapontom, 440-510 BC

7.72g

Tight flan series NOE 243-256; HN Italy 1485

Ex-DM collection, Ex-HJB, Ex-Calgary coin

Next: a coin with a building or structure that is still around today.

 

The shell of this building still survives in the Roman Forum, enclosing the church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda. You may see photos and read about it here.


Faustina I, AD 138-141.
Roman AR denarius, 3.44 g, 18.7 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 143.
Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: DEDICATIO AEDIS, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria.
Refs: RIC 388; BMCRE 306; Cohen 191; Strack 426; RCV 4596; UCR 434; CRE 127.

Next: Another building that is still around today.

 

next: a Roman building that is long gone