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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    GOOGLE it.
     
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  3. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    Not much left on this one except some winged serpents.

    triptolemos.jpg Alexandria AE33 Drachm. Triptolemos
    Triptolemos riding in biga of winged serpents.
    Sold.

    Next: The Heptanese.
     
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  4. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    I LOVE HIM!!!
    Bes is my boy. And I recently/finally recieved this fella that I'd shared previously, along with my first legit scarab! IMG_4426.JPG

    Pardon the interruption. Game on!
     

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  5. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    [EDIT: oops, I have botched this. These are from Anatolian area, rather that the islands on the Ionian Sea on the WEST side of Greece]

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    Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare

    Next: Another of the Heptanese
     
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  6. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    That is the coolest gorgon/flying pig!

    SamosGeta.jpg Ionia, Island of Samos. Geta Æ19

    Obv: Bare-headed and draped bust right
    Rev: Cult statue of Samian Hera facing between two peacocks.
    SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 2309 (same dies); BMC 266.

    Next: More Ionian islands.

    Edit: whoops! Ionian Islands/Heptanese are not next to Ionia. Here's one.
    zacynthus.jpg Achaea. Zacynthus, Island off Elis. Marcus Aurelius AE20. Pan with infant Dionysus


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  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Thank you. I believe @TIF has some of these also, but not in my denomination.
     
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  8. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    @ancientone, just winged serpents! What, and not a kraken is sight?!
     
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  9. Edessa

    Edessa Well-Known Member

    Ionian Sea: Islands off Epeiros. Korkyra, under Roman rule. Circa 229-48 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 4,49g, 5h). Obv: Wreathed head of Dionysus right. Rev: Pegasus flying right, monograms below. Ref: HGC 6, 65; SNG Copenhagen (Epirus) 199; BMC Thessaly pg. 136, 356.

    Hoover says "Korkyra was captured by the Romans late in the First Illyrian War (230-228 BC) and became and important naval station for the Roman fleet."

    Next: Roman Fleet

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  10. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    Allectus quinarius, struck at Camulodunum(?)
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    I'm not sure a single boat qualifies as 'Roman Fleet', but if it does.............
    Next - a Chi Rho reverse. If not, as you were with Roman Fleet
     
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  11. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    @Edessa, the very Roman style on that is Cool. A chapter of history I was completely unfamiliar with.
     
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  12. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    Truly awesome Allectus, @robp. I know I'd be hoping Camulodunum was (became) the real Camelot.
     
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  13. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    XP

    Poemenius

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    RI Poemenius in name of Constantius II
    summer 353
    AE1-2 22mm 5.14g
    Maiorina-Double Maiorina
    Trier mint
    XP
    RIC VIII Trier 332 R

    Next: Non-Greek, Non-Roman God (ess)
     
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  14. dougsmit

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  15. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    @dougsmit, I was looking forward to what someone would come up with for this. You did not disappoint! Like the merging of Hellenistic and Kushan elements very much. A nice progression from Baktria.
     
  16. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Non-Kushan mint with Tamgha

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    Sogdiana silk road 700-800 CE AE Cash Tamga Samitan RARE

    Next: Another non-Kushan mint Tamgha
     
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  17. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    and still on-track...
    I've seen the monograms on indo-scythian coins of Azes referred to as "Tamgha" (monogram of emblem) but am not at all confident as the character in front of the rider on horseback is in my view a letter, and there are letters and mintmarks on the reverse.

    I think I am on solid ground with this Tamgha of Elymais kings or the well-known Elymaean anchor motif, that may have been inspired by anchors as a dynastic insignia on Seleucid coins.
    Elymais AE.jpg
    Kings of Elymais, Phraates, c. AD 100-150, Æ Drachm
    Obv: Facing bust wearing tiara; anchor to right, crescent with dot above
    Rev: Artemis standing right, holding bow and plucking arrow from quiver

    and I like this option:
    Himyar Mdn Byn Yhqbd.jpg AR Quinarius South Arabia, Himyar
    Ruler: Amdān Bayān Yuhaqbiḍ
    Date: Circa AD 100-120.
    Mint: RYDN
    Obv: Head within circular torque; monogram (tangha?) to left
    Rev: Head right; MDN BYN ‘scepter’ to right, mint signature RYDN in exergue.
    Size: 12.3mm and 1.41g
    Ref: Munro-Hay 3.4i

    Next: more insignia, monograms or tanghas (is this plural of tangha? being a romano-centric I lean toward tanghae but that doesn't seem like the right way to go)
     
  18. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    @Sulla80, the coins are great, especially the exceptional one of Elymais. But you're on a really serious line of inquiry.
    Notably in the case of pre-Christian Aksumites, the crescent and star motif is still mysterious. Along with Sasanian issues (associated with Zoroastrianism), I was hoping to find some numismatic precedent in the Himyarite ones. That didn't pan out. ...Even though Phillipson notes that "prior to the [...] advent of Christianity, it seems that a form or forms of polytheistic belief-system analogous -- but by no means identical -- to that known [...] in southern Arabia prevailed also in the northern Horn" (Foundations of an African Civilization, 2012/4, p. 91).
    Independently of whether that was on your agenda, you're Onto some stuff here.
     
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  19. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the note - although I am now curious about star and crescent motifs from Askumites to Sasanians to Elymais to Parthia and across the red sea to the northern horn, it wasn't on my agenda, and my literacy fades quickly as I get further from Rome and further from 1st century BC :)

    Next (unchanged): more insignia, monograms or tanghas
     
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  20. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    (...Well, it's like, no rush!)
     
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  21. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Monogram:

    [​IMG] Mysia, Pergamon, 133 BC - 27 BC.
    Greek Æ 19.2 mm, 6.43 g, 11 h.
    Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
    Rev: ΑΘΗΝΑΣ / ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, either side of trophy; mint monogram of Pergamon (ΠΕΡΓ) in lower right field.
    Refs: Sear 3960; BMC 15.130, 172-175; SNG BnF 1880-1884; SNG Cop 393-395.

    Next: trophy.
     
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