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We'll go double. Here is a double rupee, Mysore, Tipu Sutan, dated AM 1216, RY 6.

22.7 grams



Next: A tetradrachm of Sulla

 

It's about time for a new topic @robinjojo

 

Okay,

Next: Any coin that has Asclepius with a serpent. The rod or staff of Asclepius would also qualify.

 

Next: medicine-related but not Aesculapius

 

Sort of medicine & health related. Cleanliness is next to godliness Hygiae is the personification of personal cleanliness. I picked up this extremely rare very late New Style for peanuts.

Athens New Style Tetradrachm c47 BC
bs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet with tr-partite earings
27mm 17.04gm Thompson (new) issue 105
Thompson catalogue: Obs: I260 Rev:NEW
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on
which month mark A: control ΣΩ below
2 magistrates : DIOKLES TO DEY MEDEIOS
RF symbol : Hygieia
All within a surrounding olive wreath


This is how it looked when I bought it.


This is how it is now.


NEXT- Another bargain rare coin

 

and next?

 

So what is the next topic?

 

NEXT- Another bargain rare coin

I get soooo carried away. Soz.

 

Here is one of my more rare pieces that I got for about $1 in a small group lot off of eBay. The coin has seen tons of damage and wear but it seems like almost all surviving examples are rough off, mine is especially low quality though. Luckily enough of the legend is intact to ID it.

Ghaznavid Empire
Bust Mint
Issued under Mahmud
1012 CE | 403 AH
AE Broad Fals | 30mm | 5.61g
Ref: Album# 1614

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Next: Another bargain rare coin

 

difficult to say, part of a lot of 8 , guestimate $ 15

next: Nero Claudius Drusus

 

NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS
AE Sestertius
OBVERSE: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP - Bare head left
REVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP Exe: SC - Claudius seated left, holding branch; weapons on floor
Rome 41BC-2 AD
28.6g, 36mm
RIC 93

Next: A sestertius of your choice

 

Never before posted on CT:


Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.44 g, 29.75 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 211-217.
Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, bust of Julia Domna, draped and wearing stephane, right.
Rev: VESTA S C, Vesta seated left, holding simpulum in right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand.
Refs: RIC 593; BMCRE 217-219; Cohen 228; RCV 7123; Hill 1460.

Next: "Tiber" patina.

 

Sestertius of Nero with decursio reverse. Tiber Patina,

next, different sestertius of Nero..,

 

Also fits the 'Tiber patina' theme.

Next: an arch

 

Roman Empire
Constantine I
328-329 CE
AE Follis | 3.08g
Siscia Mint, 2nd officina​

Next: Star with a clear field immediately around it

 

I think this star has the clearest field immediately around it of any ancient coin I have:

Elagabalus AR Denarius, 221-222 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, horned & draped bust right, bearded, IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG/ Rev. Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left, SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG. RIC IV-2 146, RSC III 276 (bearded), Sear RCV II 7549. 17.71 mm., 3.97 g.


Next, changing the subject completely: a depiction of Apollo or another Olympian god or goddess on one side of a coin on which that deity has a specific relationship to what's depicted on the other side, as on this coin:

Roman Republic, Lucius Marcius Censorinus, AR Denarius, 82 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right, traces of control mark (unidentifiable) behind / Rev. The satyr Marsyas standing left, gazing upwards, raising right hand and holding wineskin over left shoulder; tall column behind him, surmounted by statue of draped figure (Minerva [RSC] or Victory [Crawford]); L. CENSOR downwards before him. Crawford 363/1d, RSC I Marcia 24d, Sear RCV I 281 (ill.), BMCRR 2657. 18 mm, 3.80 g, 5 h.


(The coin refers to the legend of the satyr Marsyas challenging Apollo to a flute-playing contest. As the winner, Apollo got to choose the punishment for the loser -- namely, skinning Marsyas alive. Traditionally, the gens Marcia was descended from Marsyas; hence the reference.)

 

Nero and Apollo both played the cithara , according to the audience Nero was not good at all playing it.

Next: Cithara

 

Phrygia, Hierapolis. Pseudo-autonomous AE26. Apollo Lairbenos/Apollo Kitharoedos LAIRBHNO C; Bust of Apollo Lairbenos r., radiate, shoulders draped.
IERAPO LEITWN; Apollo Kitharoedos (Archegetes) in long chiton and mantle, standing r., holding in lowered r. plectrum, and carrying lyre with l.
26mm. 12.0 gm.
Time of Caracalla (?) and later.

Next: Epithet

 

Antoninus "Pius", sestertius.

next , another Antoninus.