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Augustus and Agrippa Dupondius
Obv:– Heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral wreath, and Augustus, wearing laurel wreath, back to back, P-P, [IMP] DIVI [F].
Rev:– [COL] NEM, Crocodile chained to palm branch
Minted in Nemausus Mint, Gaul, struck after 10 AD.



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Here are two dolphins:

Hemiobol - Thrace, Thasos
Obv. Head of satyr right, with full head of hair
Rev. ΘΑΣΙ - Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions, legend around; all within shallow incuse square
Mint: Thasos (ca 411-404 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 0.40g / 7mm / 10h
References:

• Le Rider, Thasiennes 12

Next - another small coin, say less than 10mm.

 

TROAS KEBREN
AR Obol
OBVERSE: Archaic head of Apollo left
REVERSE: Ram'S head left within an incuse square
Struck at Troas, Kebren Circa 450 BC
.56g, 7mm
Rosen 534; Traité pl. xxxix, 25, SNG Ashmolean 1086
ex. Aegean Numismaics

Next: Ram

 

RAM


RR L Rustius 76 BCE AR Den 19mm 3.6g Mars SC Rome - Ram L RVSTI Cr 389-1 Sear 320

Next: Another Ram

 

Typical Ram, where according to Thompson there is some poop behind it. The earlier coins have a Ram that is unidentifiable with this latter rendition-I have only ever seen one for sale.

Next a coin over 35 mm

 

Here's a good-sized cast bronze of the Roman Republic that should fit the bill, easily.

Roman Republic, 280-276 BC
Aes Grave
Quadrans



Next: A coin featuring Theseus and the Minotaur.

 

I know that 12 hours have not lapsed since my previous post, but to move the game along, here's another challenge:

Next: The one coin in your collection that always gives you joy and wonder.

 

That's easy, my avatar coin. This was the coin I always thought would cap my collecting. I got it only after 10 years or so of active collecting. Sweet.



∎ References: Svoronos 1509, pl lii, 11-12 [4 listed, specimen δ subaeratum]. Three obverse die links known, per J Olivier.
∎ Hoard: Keneh, 1923 (IGCH 1708), Newell (1927), pl iii, 3.

The date should be read across both fields, as L?C KAI A. This double date appears in two other Ptolemaic documents, a demotic papyrus (P. Dem. Fouad) and a stela (I.G. Fayum 198); in both cases it takes the form "year 36, which corresponds to year 1," a standard dating convention in Ptolemaic texts. [NB: This system of double dating is known from papyri also and is now known to have been used only between July & August 145 BCE.] RS Poole (1883, pp. lxvii-lxviii) interpreted the double date as referring to a brief coregency at the end of the reign of Ptolemy Philometor, and he identified the newly elevated heir with Ptolemy Eupator and numbered him Ptolemy VII. This historical reconstruction, or an alternative involving Philometor's younger son, has been accepted by most Ptolemaic historians. O Mørkholm (ANS MN 20 1975, pp 9) submitted that subtle evidence of obverse die wear established this issue to be earlier than the year 36 issue of Philometor alone (CPE 1121) and hypothesized that the double date was used only at the moment of the elevation of Ptolemy VII. More recent scholarship has argued that there is no real evidence for this brief joint reign in the dating formularies of documents. M Chauveau (1990; 1991) suggested that the double dates on the coin and in the inscription may reflect a new set of regnal years for Ptolemy VI in Syria, exactly as can be seen on the Syrian coinage of Cleopatra VII more than a century later. W Huss (2001, p 588 n 409) expressed the belief that Ptolemy VI was already dead at the time of this coin issue; in litteris, he interpreted the double date as equating the last year of Ptolemy Philometor with the first year of Ptolemy Euergetes.


ACCS #51EO/GK/CO/OC: 21-Dec-1993. Same dies as ET Newell (Standard Ptolemaic Silver, 1946), pp 9 & pl v, 3. Sixth known specimen of this type; Don Doswell has #7 (ex-Spink). ANS specimen is ANS 1944-100-78775. BMC lists coin as "not in British Museum Collection."

Ex-COLOSSEUM COIN EXCHANGE, Inc (NJ, USA): Auction 72 (13 Oct 1993), Lot #20

 

What is next?

 

Ooooops! Next, Let’s get an Islamic coin from a mint in Egypt.

 

Where is the Ram on this coin? I have looked all over, and cannot see what you are referring. Can you circle it?
Thanks,

 

Ditto

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I thought there was something wrong with me, because I couldn't find it anywhere on the coin.

 

I dunno!

 

LOL, good one!

 

I take it @NewStyleKing’s “ram” is to be found on the prow that serves as the control device on his coin. Do you also see the “poop” he refers to?

 

Miss Thompson said there is one, ( I can't see it either) and I'm not going to argue with the lady. It must be in front of the large poop!

 

Well over 12 hours without an Islamic coin from a mint in Egypt, so I'll post this one.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman Æ as, 9.38 g, 26.5 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 152-153.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: IVNO S C, Juno, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and vertical scepter in left hand.
Refs: RIC 1328; BMCRE 2188; Cohen 124; Strack 1319; RCV 4726.

Next: Juno.

 

next: another Juno