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Nice!!! Here's a Severan provincial:


Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman provincial Æ (1 assarion?) 17.6 mm, 3.78 g.
Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Right: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, eagle standing right.
Refs: Recueil Général --; BMC --; Sear --; Lindgren I --; SNG von Aulock --; SNG Copenhagen --; Mionnet Suppl 5 --.

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Empire of Nicea
Theodore II 1254-58
Magnesia Mint
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same city, a millenium earlier



Severus Alexander
Bithynia, Nicaea
Æ 20
Obv.: M AVP CEV AΛEXANΔPOC A, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: NIKAIEΩN, three standards
Æ, 20.4mm, 5.17g
Ref.: SNG Tübingen 2122-3; SNG von Aulock 623 var. (obv. legend); SNG Copenhagen 520 var.

next: provincial standards, not Nicaea

 

PHILIP I
AE25
OBVERSE: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: ANTIO-C H-ICOL to left and right of vexilium surmounted by eagle, between two legionary eagles, SR in exergue
Struck at Pisidia, Antiochia, 244-249 AD
6.91g, 24mm
SNG France 1259/1262

Next: another coin from Antiochia

 

Here's a coin with standards of Antioch in Pisidia that also comes with a mystery - Valerian or Volusian? I have purchased the coin as Valerian I - but attempting to read the blundered legend and looking at others in auction databases (a mix of attributions) I have concluded, for now, Volusian.

Roman Provincial
PISIDIA, Antiochia, Volusian, AD 251-253, Æ
Size: 21mm, 4.36g
Obv: IMP CAE RΛSLLO VNAHIAC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: ANTIO-CHIOC, SR in exergue, aquila flanked by two signa
Ref: SNG BN 1294-6
I'd like to know what Krzyzanowska pl. XLVIII, 7 and 31 look like.
[Monnaies coloniales d'Antioche de Pisidie / Aleksandra Krzyżanowska]

Next: continuing with Antioch

 

Minted in Antioch:


Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.
Roman AR antoninianus, 3.82 g, 19.7 mm, 11 h.
Antioch, second series, AD 251-252.
Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor on horseback, left, raising right hand and holding scepter.
Refs: RIC 79; Cohen 2; RCV 9622; Hunter 56; ERIC II 44.

Next: ADVENTVS

 

Here's one:



currently on Forum. Great coin. Next: another Adventus

 

Same coin/ Trajan Decius

Next up: another Adventus

 

Septimius Severus Ae 35 Sillyum Obv. Laureate bust right RvTyche standing left BMC 10 Lindgrin A 1182 D 27.84 grms Photo by W. Hansen Sorry out of order Another adventus

 

Aurelian Ant.

Obv:– IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right
Rev:– ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor on rearing horse, riding right, brandishing spear at two enemies beneath the horse, one is prostate with arm raised, the other is kneeling with hands raised.
Minted in Rome, 4th emission (Q or inverted Q in exe). Autumn A.D. 273
Reference:– RIC 42 corr. Bust Type F. RIC temp #1648 (16 ex.). LV 163-5



Next:- Horse trampling more that one person

 

There are probably quite a few late Roman bronzes that fit this category, however, I will share this RR denarius:

P. Fonteius P.f. Capito, 55 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint
Obv: P. FONTEIVS. P. F. CAPTIO. III. VIR, helmeted and draped bust of Mars right; trophy behind
Rev: MN. FONT. TR. MIL, warrior on horseback galloping right, thrusting spear downwards at kneeling enemy in Gallic helmet, who holds sword and shield; to lower left, another enemy warrior, wearing helmet, kneeling right; Gallic helmet and shield to lower right
Ref: Crawford 429/1

Next: A Roman imperial coin with any combination of warriors on foot and horseback

 

I'm anxious to see this one. I am not able to think of an Imperial with multiple warriors on each side battling. One killing one or two not fighting back is easy but two horses and two way fighting is harder.

 

Ooops not what I intended - just looking for any combination of horse and foot soldiers - will edit the request.

 

12 hour rule

Northern Song Dynasty of China
Emperor Renzong
1023-1031 CE
Tian Sheng Yuan Bao (Seal Script)
AE Cash
Hartill#16.73

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Next theme: Coin from East Asia

 

Rajas of Thanjuvar
Tanjore Mint
Raja Sarabhaji I 1712-28
AV Fanam
0.41g. 6mm.
obv. Peacock Headed Lion
rev. Sri Sarabhaji/ Nagari Script

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Here is my Sogdian cash imitation from the Silk Road

AE Cash | 15/16mm | 1.19g
Tutuks of Ferghana
7th and 8th Centuries (Hartill possibly 627-649 AD)
Ref.: Smirnova 1445, Hartill GCC 4.28
Cf. Zeno 77707, 76210, 51129, 5463, or 36668

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Next: Coin with no script

 

Gallia/ Senones
AV Stater/ Cross globular type"
struck during Gallic Wars
next: another no script coin....

 

Anonymous Southeast Asia
Commonly attributed to the Srivijaya Empire of Sumatra
Tin Piece - Circa 1300s perhaps
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Next: another anonymous coin that is not positively attributed to a ruling authority or peoples

 

Ionia
uncertain City State/ Mint/ King
EL Trite ND struck 650-600BC
next: same deal/ topic

 

Semirechie/Sogdia, anepigraphic local AE cash-like coin
AD 600-800, 14mm, 0.44g, Kamishev 32, Zeno 243065 etc

Next: Another coin with uncertain attribution