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ANTONINUS PIUS
Billon Tetradrachm. 11.83g, 24.7mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 2 = AD 138/9. Dattari 2179; Emmett 1373.1; RPC Online 13409. O: Bare head right, with trace of drapery on shoulder. R: ETO-VC B, Osiris-Canopus, crowned with horns, disk, plumes and uraei, standing on cushion, right.
Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.445)

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Antoninus Pius Alexandria drachm / Athena(Minerva)

Next: a coin of Athena or Minerva from a date later than Pius

 

Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 195 AD, Rome mint. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: P M TR P III COS II P P; Minerva, helmeted, draped to feet, standing l., holding spear downward in r. hand and round shield at side in l. hand. 18mm, 3.15g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 61. Ex AMCC 2, lot 451.

Next: Pluto

 

12-hour rule. (I'm surprised nobody posted the Disney character. Or the planet, or whatever they're calling it these days.)

Changing the subject completely, I don't think I've ever posted this coin before, probably because it's nothing to write home about given how much is missing from the flan:

Islands of Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, AR Didrachm, ca. 340-316 BCE. Obv. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side [rays off flan] / Rev. Rose with bud to right and grape bunch to left [stem connecting bud to rose on right is off flan, as is “E” beneath grape bunch on left], POΔION [RODION] above, all within incuse square. Ashton 98 [Ashton, R., "The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC" in Money and its Uses in the Ancient Greek World (Oxford, 2001), pp. 79 - 115, pls. 6.1 - 6.6.], HGC 6, 1433 [Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus), 6th to 1st Centuries BC, Vol 6 (Lancaster/London, 2010)]. 16 mm., 6.55 g., 12 h.



Still, I like the rose and Helios's face. (Perhaps because it's more difficult to do a face straight on or slightly to one side than it is to do a good profile, I find some of the Helios faces on coins from Rhodes to be rather strange-looking.)

Next: another coin from Rhodes.

 

CARION ISLANDS: RHODES
Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Radiate head of Helios 3/4 facing
REVERSE: Rose with magistrates name above, caduceous left all within uncuse square
Struck at Rhodes 167-88 BC
1.6g; 12mm
Sear 5065v

Next: Incuse square

 

Incuse Aquare


MAKEDON
Perdikkos II 454-413 BCE
AR heavy tetrobol 2.4g 15mm 12h mint 437-431 BC
horseman holding two spears prancing
Forepart Lion in incuse square
Raymond 184ff SNG ANS 47ff

Next: Another Incuse Square

 

Coin of the father of Perdikkas II and founder of the Macedonian Kingdom:

 

I recognize three classes of incuse squares. The Perdikkos is a fine example of a square enclosing a full reverse type. Most common are the rough punches that are more or less square but have no design. My coin for this thread has an 'intermediate' situation with a textured design but nothing representational.
Acanthus, Macedon, AR tetrobol / incuse square with dots in four part frame


Next: another 'intermediate' incuse square design

I see Andres beat me to the post but failed to give a Next: Follow as you wish.

 

Sorry Doug, Next: another incuse coin.

 

ATTICA, AEGINA
AR Stater
OBVERSE: Sea-turtle (T-backed); head in profile
REVERSE: Large square incuse with skew pattern
Struck at Aegina, 480-457BC
11.96g, 20mm
SNG Cop 507

Next: Turtle/tortoise

 

City of Palembang, Sumatra
Attributed to the Srivijaya Kingdom
Present-day Indonesia
c. 830 - 1300 CE
Tin Ingot | 0.44 grams | 6mm wide | 2.5mm thick
Obv: Turtle
Rev: Eight Ray Star
Unpublished

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Next: another "off" metal or material not often seen with ancient coins

 

Ishvakus, c300 AD, PB13 Elephant rt / Stavahana symbol Mitchiner MAW 5075


Next: a whole or part of an elephant as the main type on a coin

 

Much like yours, only billon and perhaps older.

Satavahana Dynasty of India
200 - 100 BCE
BI Karshapana
Obv: Ujjain symbol
Rev: Elephant right

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Next: Second century BCE coin with one side a geometric symbol

 

DYNASTS OF LYKIA, MITARAPATA
AR Diobol
OBV: Facing lion's scalp
REV: Triskeles, Lycian script around; all within incuse square (possible arrow in field)
Struck at Lycia, 425 BC - 360 BC
1.25g; 14mm
Müseler VI, 86-90 var. (legend)

Next: Another coin from Lycia

 

Lycia, Phaselis.
Obv: Prow of galley right.
Rev: Athena standing right, wielding thunderbolt and aegis.

Next: Prow or galley (not Republic or Imperial)

 

Here's a nice little hemidrachm

Bithynia, Kios silver Hemidrachm
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev. ΟΗΝ / ΔΩΡΟΣ - Prow of galley left
Mint: (ca 350-300)
Wt./Size/Axis: 2.50g / - / 6h
References:

• SG 3757
• BMC Pontus pg. 131, 4
• Hunterian pg. 242, 1

Acquisition/Sale: Mark Rasmussen Irish International Coin Fair 27-Feb-2010


Next - another silver hemidrachm

 

PHOENICIA TYRE AE20 7g 76 BCE Turret hd Tyche palm branch - Galley prow volute aphlaston at stern Phoenican letters BMC 26 Ex: @Bing

Next: ANOTHER Prow or galley (NOT Republic or Imperial)

 

A hemidrachm and a galley.

Aradus, Phoenicia. AE21. 135-112 BC.
Obv: Bust of Tyche right, wearing turreted crown; palm behind.
Rev: Poseidon, naked to waist, seated left on prow of galley, holding wreath in right hand and resting left on trident; as figure-head, Athena left, holding spear (or thunderbolt) and shield; date and letter in exergue.

Stratoniceia, Caria. AR Hemidrachm. Hekate/Nike
Obv: ANTIOXOC, Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent above.
Rev: STPA around Nike advancing right; all in incuse square.
Antiochos, magistrate.
14mm., 1.5g.
Rusopulos n. 3924 Tf. XLIV

Next: Stratoniceia

 

Are you sure he is not on a SEA-DOO???

 

Thrace, Hadrianopolis (formerly Stratoniceia, not the one in Caria), Caracalla. AD 198-217, AE
Obv: AVT K M AVP CEP ANTΩΝΕΙΝΟC, laureate head of Caracalla right
Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Homonoia (Concordia), modius on head, standing facing, head left, holding patera over altar and cornucopiae
Ref: Varbanov 3554 - no altar on Rx

On his way from Pergamum to Sardes, in the Autumn of AD 123, Hadrian visited Stratoniceia. In gratitude for favors he conferred upon them, they acknowledged him as Founder and adopted the title Hadrianopolis in place of their older name.

Next: a coin from a town named for an emperor or empress