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I've got one for this! Just sold it a couple weeks ago.

Roman Empire
Gordian III
Singara Mint
AE | 27mm | 13.27g
Obv: Laureate draped bust right
Rev: Turretted head of Tyche right, centaur Sagittarius leaping right, wielding bow
BMC 1​

Next up: Small Sagittarius or other mythical creature as a small motif like the one above Tyche.

 

Here's a little carpricorn (a swimmy dragon thing):


Philip II, 247-249 AD
AE29, Commagene, Zeugma
Obverse: AVTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: ZЄYΓM-ATЄΩN, Tetrastyle temple, draped figure within, atop peribolos containing grove of trees; in exergue, capricorn to left.
References: BMC 35, SNG Copenhagen 35
Size: 29mm, 15.8g

Next: Tretrastyle temple

 

VOLUSIAN
AE30
OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right
REVERSE: ANTIOXEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-e, SC below, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-god Orontes swimming beneath her, ram leaping right above
Struck at Syria-Antioch, 251-253 AD
17.1g, 30mm
SNGCop 295

NEXT: Volusian

 

Mysia, Lampsacus. AE21. Volusian
Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΙΒΙ ΟΛΟССΙΑΝ. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, r.
Rev: ΛΑΝΨΑΚΗΝ. Tyche standing l., holding rudder and cornucopia.
RPC Online 389, #6

Next: A coin listed in RPC or RPC Online.

 

Trajan AR Drachm, 115-Feb. 116 AD, Arabia Bostra (or Rome*) Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, with paludamentum, seen from rear, AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANѠ APICTѠ CƐB ΓƐPM ΔAK [equivalent of IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM DAC] / Rev. Bactrian (two-humped) camel, walking left, ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO ς [equivalent of TR P COS VI (sixth consulship)]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 4076 (2015); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=3&number=4076, SNG ANS VI 1158; Sydenham 205 [E. Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933)]. 19 mm., 3.10 g. Ex: Kenneth W. Dorney. (Coin is double die match to Roma Numismatics Auction, May 21, 2013, Lot 767 [https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=474&lot=767]; image of that coin is reproduced as Plate 14, No. 7 in Woytek & Butcher article cited in note below.)

* See Bernhard E. Woytek and Kevin Butcher, The Camel Drachms of Trajan in Context: Old Problems and a New Overstrike, The Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 175 (2015), pp. 117-136 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859784).



Next: another coin from Arabia Bostra.

 

OK, if nobody has another coin from Arabia Bostra -- or from the whole province of Arabia Petraea -- then I'll change the category a little to another Roman Provincial coin from Arabia, Cappadocia, or Cilicia. Including Syria would make it too easy!

 

next; coin from Lesbos

 

Lesbos, Mytilene. AE19. Zeus Ammon / herm of Dionysos.
Obv: Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon r.
Rev: M-Y/T-I, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing facing on prow of ship; grape bunch to left, apluster to r.
ca 2nd-1st century BC. AE19, 5.8g.
SNG von Aulock -; SNG Cop. 393.

Next: Herm

 

Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 151/0 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
32 3 mm 17.20 g Thompson Issue 14
Thompson catalogue: Obs 87 : Rev NEW
Rev : AΘE ethnic
Owl Standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark M/B
2 magistrates monograms in both fields
LF symbol : Term of Hermes
All within a surrounding olive wreath




NEXT: Your favourite coin for today whether you own it or not!

 

My favorite for today for two reasons:
1) It's the coin I acquired most recently.
2) It might be the only example in the world.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ 5.84 g, 22.0 mm, 7 h.
Bithynia-Pontus, Apamea.
Obv: FAUST[INAC AUG], draped bust of Faustina II, right.
Rev: UЄNU[S ... C]ICA dd, Venus seated right, head left, on dolphin swimming left, resting right arm on dolphin, uncertain object in left hand.
Refs: RPC --; Waddington RG --; BMC --; Sear --; Mionnet Suppl 5 --; Lindgren --; Wiczay --.
Notes: Apparently unpublished. Obverse die match to RPC IV.1 4729.

Next: Dolphin

 

Saguntum Spain, 2nd Cent. BC
AE Sextans, 3.76 grams
Obv: Scallop shell.
Rev: Dolphin, crescent above,three
dots and Iberian letter A below.
The Siege of Saguntum was a battle
which took place 219 BC with the
Carthaginians and the Saguntines
at the town of Saguntum, near the
modern town of Sagunto in Spain. The
battle is remembered because it
triggered one of the most important
wars of antiquity, the Second Punic War.

Next: Iberian coin with a Dolphin

 

Here's an uncut Emporion drachm

Obv. Head of Persephone right, surrounded by three dolphins
Rev. ΕΜΠΟΡΙΤΩΝ - Pegasus-Chrysaor flying right
Wt./Size/Axis: 4.80g / - / 10h
References:

• AB-1108

Next - another Iberian coin

 

Carthaginian 237-209 BC
Barcids In Spain
PHOENICIAN AND PUNIC
Obv: Wreathed head of
Tanit left
Rev: Horse’s head right,
Phoenician letter'aleph'
below chin.
AE, Unit. 9.69 grams
Reference CNH pg. 69, 45
Burgos 515

Another Iberian

 

Kingdom of Navarre
Minted under King Carlos (Charles V)
1516 - 1566 AD
Pamplona Mint
AE Dinero | 0.72g | 18mm

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Hope this isn't too late to count. If it's okay, next a single letter center on both obverse and reverse.

 

I guess the dolphin drowned.
Ferdinand and Isabella blanca crownef F / crowned Y

Next: The dolphin requested by Roman Collector (make it something not shown on any thread on CT today)

 

Dolphin


Thrace, Byzantion
AR Half-Siglos, c. 340-320 BC
Obv.: Bull standing left on dolphin / ΠY
Rev.: Incuse granulated mill-sail pattern.
Reference: SNG BM Black Sea 21; SNG Copenhagen 476.
EX: @John Anthony
Comment: Byzantion was an ancient Greek colony that would eventually become Constantinople. According to legend, it was settled by Byzas, king of the Megarans, sometime around 657 BC.
This coin is a half-siglos that features a bull, dolphin, and interesting incuse stamp. These types are difficult to find with perfect centering, but this one comes pretty close - only one stem of the Y and bull’s tail are off the flan

Next: Archaic Ram or Sheep

 

The Dolphin that was requested by @Roman Collector was shown already. The problem is dougsmit , you have put me on your ignore list therefore you do not see my posts. This is the second time in a week there has been a problem with you and your ignore list with me and this thread.

Can someone please repost this for dougsmit to see please.

 

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@dougsmit said:
I guess the dolphin drowned.
Ferdinand and Isabella blanca crownef F / crowned Y
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Next: The dolphin requested by Roman Collector (make it something not shown on any thread on CT today)

@bcuda responds to @dougsmit :The Dolphin that was requested by @Roman Collector was shown already. The problem is dougsmit , you have put me on your ignore list therefore you do not see my posts. This is the second time in a week there has been a problem with you and your ignore list with me and this thread.

Can someone please repost this for dougsmit to see please

Doug: You are missing posts, and that is why you are mis-policing the thread a couple times.

I will post to keep the thread moving:


Kebren AR Obol Archaic hd Apollo Left - Hd Ram in Incuse sq 5th C BCE 7.65mm 0.64g SNG Ash 1086

Next: Archaic BULL, OX, STEER, or COW...Hey, even an AUROCHS would be cool!