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Here's a coin that arrived today.

It has a decent portrait of the old boy, and pretty well centered as well for this type.

Syria: Seleukia, Pieria and Antioch
Nero
AR tetradrachm
Year 10 (AD 63-4)
14.5 grams



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ATB,
Aidan.

 

From GC Miles NNM 118 pl VI, #103: "I am aware of only one other specimen of this humble but remarkable fals [In the Odessa Museum, first published by Otto Blau in NZ, VI-VII (1874-1875), under the title "Nachleseorientalischer Münzen," pp. 9-10, and subsequently in Die orientalischen Münzen des Museums der KaiserlichenHistorisch-Archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Odessa, 1876]. In almost all respects, other than the critical reverse area, it is identical with several known copper issues of the last Umayyad Finance Director of Egypt, 'Adb al-Malik b. Marwān b. Mūsā, struck at Fusṭāṭ, Fayyūm and, perhaps, Iskandarīyah. These all bear Miṣr (Egypt) on the obverse, and the name of the specific mint on the reverse. Although the final letter of the word in the reverse area of the present piece looks more like J, H, KH, I believe B is intended and that the reading ATRĪB is almost certainly correct.

Atrīb, sometimes more correctly rendered Athrīb, is the Arabic form of 'Aθpιβís, capital of the voμòς 'Aθριβíτης, in Lower Egypt, an important town in early Arab, Byzantine and ancient times, situated north of Cairo near modern Benha, in the delta. The Arabs, in their best etymological tradition, ascribed the name to an eponymous Atrīb, son of Miṣr, son of Bayṣar, son of Ḥām, son of Nūḥ (Noah); Atrīb's brothers, among whom the rest of Egypt was divided, were Qubṭ (Copt), Ashmūn and Ṣā. This is, to say the least, an oversimplification: we cannot fail to reckon with ancient Egyptian Ḥat-te-ḥer-êbe (or Ha-to-heri-ab), and Assyrian Ḥatẖariba.

Atrīb had a pre-Arab numismatic history: we know, for example, of bronze issues of Trajan and Hadrian for the nome AΘPIBITHC, and of leaden tokens of the third century, inscribed AΘϤIBIC. It is, I think, of more than passing interest and perhaps suggestive of further profitable study to Byzantinist and Arabist alike, that Atrīb and Fayyūm (Arsinoe), which along with Fusṭāṭ (old Cairo) and Alexandria (?) appear as the earliest specific Arab mints in Egypt, were two of four towns (Memphis and Oxyrhynchus being the others) whose names occur on the leaden tokens."

- Broucheion

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Here's a fairly fun Barbarian coin of emperor Saxltaxius:

Next up: anything barbaric or imitation

 

Imitative issue:


Faustina I, AD 138-140.
Unofficial imitative issue, 3.19 g, 17.6 mm, 6 h.
Ca. AD 140-160?
Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETATI AVG, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand onto lighted altar and holding box in left hand.
Refs: Cf. BMC p. 67, † note, RSC 234b, CRE 113 and Strack 462 (Budapest), all of which read PIETAS AVG.

Next: yet another imitative or ancient counterfeit.

 

Celtic RR imitation:

Next up: another imitative or counterfeit

 

CELTS IN EASTERN EUROPE
AR Tetradrachm. 16.92g, 25.2mm. Eastern European Celtic imitation of Alexander III tetradrachm, copying Amphipolis mint, circa 3rd century BC. Price B6 (p. 507). O: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. R: AΛEΞAN∆POY / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; no controls.

Next: Amphipolis mint tetradrachm of Alexander III

 

Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; shield in left field, pellet-in-Π below throne.

Price 136; Troxell, Studies, issue L8.


NEXT: A shield, view from the side

 

Here's an Æ Trichalkon from the Thessalian League, that depicts Athena Itonia, advancing right with a raised shield on its side.

This coin came as part of a lot of nice Thessalian League bronzes from a past Roma Auction earlier this year.

Thessaly, late 2nd-mid 1st centuries BC
Æ Trichalkon
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Reverse: Athena Itonia right.

6.5 grams



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I like the portrait



next: your favorite Sabina, wife of Hadrian

 

I just love this left-facing bust of Sabina with her detailed diadem and Mona-Lisa-like smile:


Sabina, AD 117-137.
Roman AR denarius, 3.28 g, 19.4 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 128-134.
Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust, left.
Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter.
Refs: RIC 401b; BMCRE 909 note; RSC 37a; RCV --; Strack 370; CRE 56.

Next: Woman on a coin of the 1st century CE.

 

Ooops: Wrong Century

 

I hope this counts Nero and Agrippina Denarius 54 AD Obv Bust of Nero facing bust of Agrippina Jnr. Rv Oak wreath enclosing EX. SC RIC 2 3.54 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin what the heck Wild Card put what ever you think would be nice

 

Constantius II. Circa 351-355 CE. AE2. 24mm, 6.29g. Mint mark off flan but probably Thessalonica. Obverse: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG. Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Emperor in military dress standing left on a galley, holding phoenix on globe and a chi-rho standard. Victory at helm steering the ship. Γ in left field. Star above victory in right field. Mintmark star ?. Probably RIC VIII Thessalonica 174.

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next; Theodosius II

 

RI Theodosius II 402-450 CE AE4 11mm Cross in Wreath

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Anonymous Ar Denarius 214-213 BC Obv. Helmeted head of Roma right Rv. Dioscuri on horseback charging right. Crawford 44/5 4.82 grms 21mm Photo by W. Hansen Next Coin Roman Republic after 180 BC

 

Roman Republic
123 BCE | C. Porcius Cato
AR Denarius
Ref: RRC 274 1

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Your favorite coin from any issuing kingdom or sovereign-ish state; this is my favorite Roman Republic coin that I have owned

 

Gandhara Janapanda from modern-day Afghanistan,
This scyphate/punch-mark coin is one of my favourite coin and the oldest in my collection with the upper date range of 600bc that I could get without breaking the bank!
This region already was minting metallic coins even before the Achaemenids invaded them in the 6th century bc, and it was under the control of Alexader III for a brief time before coming under the Mauryas and these punch-mark patterns were further expanded under the Mauryan punch-marked silver coinage.
Next, post a coin from once a rich and prosperous region, but now poor and war-torn.

 

That description certainly applies to Emesa, the modern city of Homs in Syria:



Julia Domna was from the city of Emesa. This coin has been traditionally attributed to Emesa, but modern scholarship recognizes this has not been established with certainty and modern numismatists typically state it was produced by an unknown mint in Syria. In any event, Syria is war-torn and suffering.


Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman AR denarius, 3.40 g, 17 mm, 12 h.
Eastern mint, AD 194-195.
Obv: IVLIA DO MNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: BONA SPES, Spes standing left, holding flower and lifting fold of skirt.
Refs: RIC 614; BMCRE 412-13; Cohen/RSC 8; RCV 6575; CRE 387.

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