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  1. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    Made within the final 15 years of the Western Roman Empire (ended 476 AD).

    Libius Severus, Western Roman Empire
    AE nummus
    Obv: D N LIBIVS SEVERVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
    Rev: Monogram of Ricimer within wreath
    Mint: Rome
    Date: 461-467 AD (Libius Severus reigned 461-465 AD)
    Ref: RIC X 2715

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    Next: small diameter (less than 15 mm) but very thick/heavy for its size
     
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  3. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Aigina AR obol 7mm diameter 3mm thick
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    Next: another turtle
     
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  4. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

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    Srivijaya Empire of Sumatra
    c. 800-1100 CE
    Irregular Tin Unit | 5.11 grams
    Obv: Turtle
    Rev: Flowing Vase
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    Next: Anything from Asia
     
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  5. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    23775F91-0382-43D2-8E03-96386C382142.jpeg Pallava potin coin, 7th century, South India.
    Obv-humped bull
    Rev-Dharmachakra wheel
    Next, post a coin with Wheel as the main focus.
     
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  6. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    A quick stop in Syracuse for a wheel:
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    Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I, 478-466 BC, AR Obol, struck circa 475-470 BC
    Obv: Diademed head of Arethousa right
    Rev: Wheel with four spokes

    and back to "Asia":
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    Baktria, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Hermaios Soter, Circa 105-90 BC, CU Tetradrachm, Posthumous issue struck by Indo-Skythians, circa 50-5 BC
    Obv: Diademed and draped bust right
    Rev: Zeus seated slightly left, raising hand and holding scepter; monogram to left; dhra in Kharosthi to right

    Next: Anything from Asia
     
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  7. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    1446-1459 CE Tin Pitis Muzaffar Shah SS01 2.01g 19mm S2 Combined.png
    Malacca Sultanate
    1446-1459 CE
    Tin Pitis
    Muzaffar Shah

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    Next: coin from any sultanate
     
    TuckHard, Oct 14, 2020
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  8. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    Rum Sultanate, Kaykhusraw I ibn Qilij Arslan.
    looks like we're on page 344, how about post a coin from around the year 344 BC or AD?! horse.png
     
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  9. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Syracuse Hemi drachm 344-339/8 B.C. Obv Head of Zeus right. Rv. Thunderbolt HGC 1440 16.58 grms 23mm Photo by W. Hansen syracusea10.jpg Next coin 340's AD
     
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  10. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    340 CE AE4 Constans Trier Mint.png
    Roman Empire
    Constans | 340 CE
    AE4 | 1.49g | 16mm
    Trier Mint, 1st Off.
    Obv: Bust right
    Rev: GLORI-A EXER-CITVS, two soldiers with one standard, M and dot on banner, TRP crescent below
    Ref: RIC VIII#111 1

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    Next: Coin from the 430's AD or BC
     
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  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I don't have any from the 430's AD. This one's date range overlaps the 430s BC, but since it can't be pinned to that specific decade, perhaps it's an invalid play.

    For that reason, I'll leave your same theme in play.

    Next: Coin from the 430s AD or BC.


    Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, ca. 478-387 BC
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    Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, dolphin (partially off flan) swimming left below.
    Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
    Issuer: Phokaia (Phocaea) in Ionia.
    Specifications: Electrum, 9 mm, 2.53 g.
    Grade: NGC VF; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5; cert. #4280918-001. Purchased raw.
    Reference: Bodenstedt Ph.91.
    Provenance: Ex-Germania Inferior Numismatics, Netherlands, via VCoins store, 9 June 2017.*
    Notes: the world's earliest coinage was struck in electrum, and many had simple punch mark designs like the reverse of this one.
    Comments: This was my first electrum coin. It is a tiny masterpiece.
    Additional images    ​
     
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  12. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

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    I also have several coins that encompass the decade of the 430s BCE, but I won't post any of them, because I'm very curious to know if anyone has something that can be reliably attributed to that specific decade.
     
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  13. Herodotus

    Herodotus Well-Known Member

    Ooh, that's especially nice. @Terence Cheesman

    More and more I'm finding myself really enjoying the coinage from Sicily as some of my personal favorites, and it would be a top choice if I were to every choose a specialty area to focus on.
     
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  14. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Ditto, if I were to specialize in anything. I love the ancient (and medieval!) coins of Sicily.

    If I could only focus on one geographic region for metal detecting, it would be Sicily as well.

    But that’s only a daydream, since I am about the farthest thing there is from a specialized collector, and metal detecting is probably highly illegal in most of Sicily (not that I could afford the journey anyway).
     
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  15. Herodotus

    Herodotus Well-Known Member

    Also not a coin that can definitively be dated from the 430s, but the date range assigned to this coin is 449-413 BC.

    So, there's a 1 in 4 chance that it's from the '30s;).
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    Attica, Athens. AR tetradrachm. Circa 449-413 BC. 24mm 16.8g
    O: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye
    R: Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square.
    HGC 4, 1597

    Let's keep it going...

    NEXT: A coin from the 430s AD or BC
     
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  16. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    P1230518a best.jpg

    next: coin from around 430 AD
     
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  17. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Since you said from around 430 AD, without specifying that decade exclusively, I suppose this crusty little AE4 of Theodosius II might do, as he ruled from 402-450.

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    Next: another Late Roman bronze coin with Christian iconography.

    Edit-     no, not just bronze. If you want to drop a siliqua, tremissis, semissis, or solidus in here, go right on ahead! ;)
     
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  18. Orielensis

    Orielensis Well-Known Member

    Tau-Rho in field:

    Rom – Theodosius, AE4, Salus Reipublicae, Kyzikos.png
    Theodosius I, Roman Empire, AE4, 388–392 AD, Cyzicus mint. Obv: DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG; bust of Theodosius I, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, r. Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE; Victory advancing l., carrying trophy over shoulder with r. hand, and dragging captive with l.; in l. field, Tau-Rho; in exergue, SMKB. 13mm, 1.40g. Ref: RIC IX Cyzicus 26B.

    Next: A larger Theodosius I
     
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  19. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I had to Google tau-rho, though I did already have some inkling of what it was. Wikipedia link there for anyone else like me who wasn't completely cognizant of the history. The "staurogram" term that the article mentions was previously unfamiliar to me.
     
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  20. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    This is an AE2 size of the Alexandria mint. I used to have a (now lost) clipping from the Numismatist showing this coin before I owned it but that failed to mention the spelling error on the reverse GLORAI RO MANORVM. I dropped my membership in ANA before I turned 21 (had a J number) because they had so little on ancient coins beyond occasional very beginner oriented pieces.
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    Next: another coin that appeared in an ink on paper publication other than a sale catalog
     
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  21. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    This one is only half way there. This obverse (along with a few more from my collection) were used as plate examples in ERIC II. This coin obverse (previous image) is on Page 690, #84.

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    Next:- Since I am not sure my coin fully answers the request - another coin that appeared in an ink on paper publication other than a sale catalog
     
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