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Abdera Tetradrachm 321-320 B.C. Obv. Eagle griffen recumbent left. Rv. Head of Apollo right May 543 10.68 grms 24 mm This coin was bought on 22 October 2017 and I did not get it until the middle of February 2018 Photo by W Hansen Next coin one that took forever to get to you

 

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This one took months to arrive. It wasn't because it was tied up in customs overseas or because of post-office delays, but because of some shenanigans at the auction house (claimed they didn't receive payment though I paid the day the auction closed, then the auction house didn't actually have it in their possession but had to get it from the consignor).



Next: die-clash.

 

Die-clash which you can see in the photo on the obverse with the "S" (from Reverse "CORDIVS") and incuse border of dots to the right near the obverse border of dots. M from the reverse and part of Minerva's Aegis also less visible in the photo, but present from the die-clash.

Mn. Cordius Rufus, AR denarius, (3.9g) c. 46 BC
Obv: RVFVS Corinthian helmet with crest, owl standing above / MN CORDIVS
Rev: Aegis of Minerva, head of Medusa at center
Ref: Cordia 4; Syd. 978; C463/2
Note: only 51 obverse dies according to Crawford

Next: a Corinthian helmet

 

ANTIGONOS GONATAS, King of Macedonia
AE 19
OBVERSE: Head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet
REVERSE: BA above, ANTI monogram below, Pan advancing right, erecting trophy
Struck at Macedonia, 277-239 BC
4.58g, 19mm
Lindgren III, 105, Sear #6786 (var)
Countermarked on obverse

Next: trophy of arms

 

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Trophy


RR AR Quinarius 16mm 1.77g P Sabinus Rome 99 BCE Jupiter r E 3 pellets - P SABINE Q in ex Victory trophy E 3 pellets Cr 331-1

next: Another trophy

 

AV 1/2 Friedrich's d'or 1832-A Berlin Mint
Friedrich Wilhelm III
Preussen
Eagle standing on battle flags/ cannon won in battles vs France/ Austria/ Russia
Next up: sacrifical altars

 

Kushano-Sasanian Kings, Hormizd I Kushanshah, c.275-300 AD
16mm, 2.37g
Obv:Bust in lion headdress, "King Hormizd" in Pahlavi.
Rev:Facing bust of goddess on altar, "Exalted god" in Pahlavi.
Cribb type 24; Göbl MK 1075.

Next:lion

 

MYSIA
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish behind upward
REVERSE: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square, star above
Struck at Kyzikos, 480-450BC
0.41 g, 9.5 mm
Sear 3850

Next: any porker

 

My newest porker just got it today in the mail.



CASTULO (CIRCA 200BC)
ANCIENT IBERIAN SPAIN
OBV: Laureate male head right, (Looks like a Wowan to me )
VOC S T F before, CN behind.
REV: Boar standing right,
Iberian legend KaSTiLO.
CN FVL above, CNF before.
Quadrans - Quarter Unit
Burgos 744 , CNH pg. 333, 21
4.15 GRAMS


Next up another porker.

 

Roman Republic
Ti. Veturius (Moneyer), AR Denarius, Rome, 137 BC.
3.89g, 20mm, 3h.
Obv:Helmeted and draped bust of Mars right; TI•VET downwards and X behind.
Rev:Two soldiers face each other, one bearded and without armour, one bearded and in armour; each holds a spear in left hand and with sword in right hand touches pig held by figure kneeling between them; above, ROMA.
Crawford 234/1

Next:2 or 3 persons on one side

 

AU Aureus of Vespasian with sons Titus and Domitian on horseback...

next ... Pegasus.

 

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 up: Caligula!

 

The only Caligula in my collection is also a provincial one.

Roman Provincial Coins
PHRYGIA, Aezanis, Caligula, 37-41 AD, AE, Medeos (magistrate)
18-20mm, 4.89g.
Obv:Laureate head of Caligula right. ΓAIOΣ KAIΣAP.
Rev:Zeus standing left with eagle and sceptre. AIZANITΩN EΠI ΣTPATWNOΣ MHΔHOY.
RPC I 3076.

Next:Standing Zeus

 

Nicomedes lV Bithynia tetradrachm 88/87. He was in Rome at the time asking for his country back. Rumour has it that Julius Caesar was to be his boyfriend!

Next Snakes/Serpents

 

Two snakes on a tripod from kroton
Next: another incuse from kroton

 

Later in the 5th century the flans became thicker and a stork was added. This one is unusual because the die axes were not aligned exactly 12H (0 degrees) but rotated about 1/8 turn (1-2H) and somewhat off center. This would not have worked for a very thin flan.



Next: a coin with two different animals; one alive; one dead

 

I paused at "one dead", elephant and lion skin head-dresses came to mind. Here's an Alexander III drachm - one dead lion, one live eagle - and the gremlin (Artemis) under the chair, Zeus, and Alexander are all extra "animals".

Macedon, Alexander III, Drachm, 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (4.22 gm), Lampsakos mint, Struck 323-317 BC.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress
Rev: ALEXANDROY, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; Artemis left with torch beneath throne.
Ref: Price 1379 var. Unpublished, as of 2004, variant without symbol in left field. ex CNG 725215.

Next: another Macedonian coin

 

AV Quarter Stater ND Amphipolis Mint
Philip III / Kassander
a coin from Thrace

 

A didrachm from maroneia, my first coin for 2020, won at a ridiculously low price... Unfortunately I have had a very bad success rate ever since that magic auction.
Next: a coin from methymna