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Philip I. This coin's reverse inscription is translated "Peace established with Persia."


Philip I, AD 244-249.
Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.51 g, 21.4 mm, 1 h.
Antioch, AD 244.
Obv: IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PF AVG PM, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: PAX FVNDATA CVM PERSIS, Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse scepter.
Refs: RIC 69; Cohen 113; RCV 8941; Hunter 120.

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CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS
AE Antoninianus. Very rare. 2.98g, 19.8mm. Mediolanum mint, mid AD 269 - spring 270. New RIC V/1 Online temp #58 (this coin cited). O: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, seen from rear. R: PAX AVGVSTI, Pax running left, holding olive branch and long transverse sceptre; T in exergue.
Ex Finn Johannessen Collection (purchased from Carsley Whetstone & Co, 10 Sep 2003)

Next: Another from Milan

 

AURELIAN
Pre-reform Antoninianus (AE20)
OBVERSE: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG; radiate, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: ROMAE AETERNAE; Emperor togate stg. r., receiving Victory from Roma std. l. on shield holding a long sceptre (or a spear) in l. hand, EXE: Q
Struck at 4th officina, Milan mint, autumn 271 – autumn 272AD
3.80g, 20mm
RIC V-1 142
EX. Marc Walter, Vienna, Austria

Next: Aurelian

 

One with Aurelian on the obverse, and one with Aurelian on the reverse:

Aurelian, silvered AE Antoninianus, 274-75 AD, Cyzicus Mint. Obv. Radiate cuirassed bust right, IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG/ Rev. woman stdg. right presents wreath to Aurelian standing left, RESTITVTOR ORBIS. In exergue: A C (Officina 1). RIC V-1 368, Cohen 210, Sear RCV III 11592. 24.15 mm., 3.68 g.


Vabalathus with Aurelian, billon Antoninianus, 270-272 AD, Antioch Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus right, VABALATHVS V C R IM D R [Vir Clarissimus, Rex, Imperator, Dux Romanorum ] / Rev. Radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian right, Γ [gamma] (Antioch, Officina 3) below, IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG. RIC V-1 Aurelian 381, Sear RCV III 11718, Cohen 1. 21 mm., 3.43 g.
Next: a coin of Vabalathus without Aurelian.

 

Vaballathus/Helios - Alexandrian Tetradrachm



Next: coin with Zenobia

 

Mine does not count because it is a fake trying to be an Alexandrian tetradrachm. It was tooled from a Flavian as with Spes reverse. I love how the SC on the as was modified into LE for year five. I'll be interested in seeing how many people here own a genuine Zenobia and post within the 12 hour limit.

 

12 hour rule

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Next: A coin you had to have help identifying

 

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Alfonso XI,
(1312 - 1350 A.D.)
Spain, Leon
Billon Cornado
Obv: +ALFON S REX, crowned bust left
Rev: CASTELE LEGION•, castle with three towers;
ME 1182; Burgos 289.

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Next up: coin that's probably not from where most people think it's from

 

This demi-esterlin of Edward III is usually considered an Anglo-Gallic coin but all of the evidence suggests that it was minted in the Low Countries or England itself.

Next: A ruler with a name that starts with the letter E.

 

CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Epaticcus. Circa AD 35-43. AR Unit (13mm, 1.11 g, 6h). Epaticcus Eagle (Atrebatic L) type. Head of Hercules right; pellet-in-annulet to left / Eagle standing facing on snake, head left, with wings displayed; pellet-in-annulet above. Van Arsdell 580-1; ABC 1346; SCBC 356.

Next: Another Celtic coin minted in Britain

 

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Malacca Sultanate
1446-1459 CE
Issued under Muzaffar Shah
Tin Pitis | 2.01 grams
Ref: SS01

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Next: A coin listed as "1" in the reference book by whatever categorization method used by the author. For example, Saran Singh lists this as the first coin issued by the Malacca Sultanate in his The Encyclopaedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei 1400 – 1967, and so the reference is SS01.

 

@TuckHard: Time for a different topic.

 

Not the most impressive number one, but this type is listed as #1 in von Fritze's 1917 article/small catalogue on the copper coinage of Kyzikos:


Mysia, Kyzikos, AE10, c. 400–300 BC. Obv: head of Kore soteira wearing sphendone, wreath, and earring r. Rev: K-Y/Z-I; tripod with three handles over tunny fish. 10mm, 1,25g. Ref: see BMC 141–142; von Fritze 1917, no. 1; SNG France 429.

Next: Greek microbronze (smaller than 10mm).

 

Greek microbronze (smaller than 10mm).

Troas Birytis 350-300 BCE Æ 9mm 1.21g Hd Kabeiros L pileos - two stars above Club within wreath SNG Cop 249 Left

Next: Another Greek microbronze (smaller than 10mm).

 

Whoops was composing when the talk got hijacked-This is surely more interesting!


The interesting and somewhat mysterious and controversial Roman coinage of Aesillas.

Aesillas Macedonian Tetradrachm c 95-65 BC
Obv: Head of Alexander the Great with horns of Ammon
behind Θ mint of Thessaloniki
MAKEΔONlΩN below
Rev: AESILLAS ; below Q (Quaestor)
Left ;Money Chest ; middle, Club of Hercules, ; right, Quaestor's Chair
All surrounded by a wreath
Obs 37 Reverse not in plates
Bauslaugh group VI c 80 BC
29mm 17.02gm



Who was Aesillas? He was a financial figure cos he was a quaestor, that what is says. His name is otherwise unknown and it's not a Roman name apparently.
It is a most unusual coin having a Greek side and a Roman side; The Greek side having the Ammon horned head of Alexander and the legend MAKEDONION in Greek and a probable mint mark for Thessaloniki, while the reverse has the Roman quaestor's name Aesillas and the tools of his trade, a celler to sit on-his chair of office, a cista- a basket or coffer for collecting tax offerings and a club of Herakles to encourage the recalcitrant ones.
These coins are mainly found in Thracian coin hoards in Bulgaria/Roumania type regions, often in mixed hoards with First Meris,Thasos imitatives, NewStyles and other types. All the former are associated with payments to Thracian mercenaries.
Their dating is imprecise but seem to have started c 95 BC and been produced as a type immoblier to c 65BC as an intermittent coinage-when the need seems to have arisen.
Obviously when someone gets used to a type they might demand the same type again and even just like daddy had 20 years ago! The portrait of Alexander might be a sop to the last Lysimachi lovers or a propaganda fillip to the native Greeks suffering from Celtic ravages-who knows.
Some types replace Makedonanian with CAE PR-which Caesar praetor is still controversial and some replaced Aesillas with SURA LEG PRO Q who appeared also on some rare Thasos immatives. This is surely the famous Brutius Sura. There are a few other variations that are even rarer and adds to the mystery of the coinage.
Overstrikes of the coinage with New Styles added to the confusion of dating both coinages producing circular arguments until the NewStyle low chronology was generally accepted and work by Mattingly,MacDonald,deCallatay and finally Bauslaugh has settled the age range of the coinage into which overstrikes can be fitted.

NEXT-MORE AESILLAS and Aesillas and Associated coin talk

 

Aesillas


Roman Republic
Province of Macedonia
Thessalonika Mint
Quaestor Aesillas (BC 90-70)
AR Tetradrachm 28 mm x 16.50 grams
Obverse: Flowing hair bust of Alexander the Great, Greek legend, MAKEDONWN (Macedonians) TH mint mark behind bust
Reverse: Club of Hercules center, Coin Chest left field, Quaestor's chair right field. Surround be a wreath.
Ref:BMC 81-83; Dewing 1224-1225

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Next: Another Greek microbronze (smaller than 10mm).

 

Aeolis, Autokane. Æ8 (3rd century BC).
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev: AYTOKA / Helmeted head of Athena left.
8mm., 0.58g.

Next: More Greek Micro bronze.

 

THRACE Cherronesos Æ10 1.0g 386-309 BCE Roaring lion head - Star of five rays SNG BM Black Sea 726 SNG Stancomb 463

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