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I feel this one falls into the "what neck??" category.

MAXIMIANUS
AE Follis. 10.17g, 29.6mm. Abdication Issue. Aquileia mint, AD 305-306. RIC VI Aquileia 63b (Scarce). O: D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa. R: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing right, receiving olive branch from Quies standing left, holding scepter; S - F in fields, AQS in exergue.

Next: Two gods on the reverse

 

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Two gods:


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ 22.7 mm, 6.54 g, 7 h.
Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 161-176.
Obv: ·I·AVCTEINA CEBACTH, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera, and Asklepios, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing facing one-another.
Refs: RPC IV (temp) 10453; SNG Cop 560; Jurukova 84-87; Varbanov 3219; Moushmov 2521; Mionnet suppl. 2, 636.

Next: Asklepios.

 

next: snake

 

Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 97/6 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
28 mm 16.8 gm Thompson issue 70
Thompson catalogue: Obs NEW: Rev 1019 (altered) NEW
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark Ζ/Γ control ΣΟ/ΠΕ below
2 magistrates : XENOCLES HARMOXENOS
RF symbol : Coiled Serpent
All surrounded by an olive wreath




One of 3 issues signed by Xenocles and Harmoxenos who are pro-Roman magistrates during the Rome-Pontic times. The others are Dolphin & Trident and Roma. Interestingly that era normally tries to have 3 magistrates on the coins but they never bothered.

NEXT: Trident

 

Arabian Himyarites of modern-day Yemen, circa 1st century AD. Famous for trading myrrh and frankincense with the Romans.
A scyphate coin with male heads on both sides, shows a trident on obv and Himyar script on the rev (idk what it says!)
Next, post another non-Byzantine scyphate coin!

 

Bella III of Hungary 1172-1196AD AE sycphate 2.61g
Mariae Sancta / Rex Bella Rex StS (Saint Stephen)
The idea must have come from the Byzantines but the Hungarian pieces are consistently well struck and round in comparison. ex FSR 2011


Next: a coin showing a Christian saint with at least an abbreviation for 'Saint' in the legend

 

Here's a Martinusdaalder, County of Horn, Philip de Montmorency, 1540-56.

The obverse of this coin depicts St. Martin and the beggar, a popular theme on coinage of the 16th-17th centuries, especially with the coinage of the Republic of Lucca.

The obverse legend includes ...SANCTVS MARTIN....

28.41 grams
41 mm, 1h.




Next: A coin that has a ram.

 

next: another coin with a ram

 

Here's my shekel, Bybos, 435-425 BC, with a ram on the reverse, incused, beneath a vulture.


Next: A coin with a goat.

 

Aeolis, Aegae. Apollo/goat
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: AIΓAE, head of goat right.
Æ8
3rd cent. BC

Next: Æ 10mm or under.

 

RI Zeno 476-491 CE 2nd reign AE 10mm Monogram

Next: Another AE 10mm or less

 

A tiny Herakles and Athena...

Pergamon, Mysia
AE10 Chalkous, Circa 310-282 BC
Obverse: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lionskin headdress.
Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena to right, ΠEP below neck.
References: SNG France 1595-6, SNG Copenhagen 323-324
Size: 10mm, 0.9 g

Next: A tiny, yet nicely rendered head on any metal.

 

Hi All,

Ptolemy I (294 BCE) from Jerusalem.



Reference: Gitler & Lorber (2006), Group 4, #6 [8 listed]; TJC 32b. Die study by J-P Fontanille: YHD-37 Dies O5/R36 Workshop A (THIS) - as per Menorah Coin Project: https://www.menorahcoinproject.com/yhd-37.htm [06 Sep 2020].

NEXT: Another coin from the Judean region

- Broucheion

 

Porcius Festus Procurator under Nero AE Prutah. 58/59 C.E.
Next, post a coin most likely used by Jesus himself!

 

Apparently, these were still in circulation at the time.


Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103-76 BC.
Judean Æ Prutah, 1.85 g, 13.7 mm.
Jerusalem mint.
Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ around anchor.
Rev: Star of eight rays between which Hebrew legend, "Yehonatan the King," all surrounded by diadem.
Refs: Meshorer Group K; Sear 6087; Hendin 1150.

Next:anchor.

 

Ae. aes grave from Tuder..

next, aes grave from Luceria...

 

Aes Grave from Luceria


Luceria
AES Grave
Anonymous
217-215 BCE
Uncia
7.35g
Frog from above-
Corn Ear pellet retrograde L
Thurlow & Vecchi 285
Ex: Stephen Album Auction

Next: More Aes Grave

 

semis aes grave...
next ...more aes grave...

 

Here's my Aes Grave, 241-325 BC.



Next: In honor of Labor Day, how about a coin with a labor theme, such as the Labors of Hercules, or a food vendor flipping burgers outside the Circus Maximus? Any coin showing labor or the fruits of labor qualifies.

 

The 11th labor saw Herakles ordered to steal golden apples from Zeus guarded by the Hesperides.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/apples.html


Maximianus, Ruled 286-305 AD (First Reign)
AE Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria
Struck Year 7, 291/292 AD
Obverse: ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: Hercules standing facing, head left, leaning on club with right hand, apples of the Hesperides in left hand, lion’s skin over left arm, date L-Z (year 7 = 291/292 AD) across fields, B in exergue (officina).
References: Emmett 4131, Milne 5027 var, Curtis 2086 var
Size: 19mm, 8.2g

Next: More labor related coins