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AV Dinara Balhk Mint (Baktria)
Kushano-Sasanian Empire (conquered Kushan lands now under Sasanian control)
Ardashir I 270-90AD
Coin imitates Kushan AV Dinara struck under Vasu Deva II
From Adams Collection/ ANS Plate coin.
Next up: Same theme

 

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I guess I'll post again,
Pandya dynasty, 1268-1308 AD under Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I. They were under the control of Cholas since the 10th century but at the turn of 13th century, the weakened Cholas lost their control of Pandyas. But Pandyas came back with vengence, and on 1279 AD they defeated and conquered the Cholas.
On the first look this looks like a typical 'octopus man' Chola stater (and often misattributed, that's how I got this on ebay for cheap), but the Pandyas copied the Chola coinage, and under the king's arm they added their royal fish symbol and a scepter to its right to denote sovereignty.

Next, post a coin from a kingdom that conquered back its conquerors!

 

How about this tied in to your piece? The Srivijaya of Sumatra ruled the seas between the naval Indian <-> Chinese trade routes, notably the Malacca Straits and the Sunda Strait, from around 670 AD until the early 1200s or so. In 1025 AD the Cholas attacked and raided numerous Srivijayan ports around the area including the Srivijayan capital city Palembang where my coin was found. Despite apparently sweeping the Srivijayan navy and port cities, the Chola appeared to have left the region fairly quickly and the Srivijaya rebuilt, although weaker. It's thought by some that the Chola raid even led the Srivijayans to shift the palace and center of power to another site on Sumatra, Jambi. The date range for my coin is quite wide but one type was discovered in the Intan Shipwreck dated to around 960 AD. They appeared to be used in similar manner to the contemporary Javanese coins that were a similar weight standard until around 1300 AD when the use of Chinese copper cash coins dominated and were eventually used as official coinages.

Srivijaya of Sumatra
c. 960 - 1300 AD
AV 1/16 Massa | 0.16g
Obv: Incused sandalwood motif
Rev: Ma in Nagari script
Ex. Recovered from Musi River of Palembang

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Edit: I just reread the previous request, the Srivijaya never reconquered the Chola in their home territory and it's not even clear if the Chola were driven out of Sumatra because of the Srivijayan forces or if they left on their own so the previous go still stands; a kingdom that conquered back its conquerors!

 

The Roman Empire lost its western half by the late 5th century AD to the Germanic tribes. But eastern emperor Justinian retook a good portion of it in by the mid-6th century, including the city of Rome itself (most of these reconquests did not last relatively long, however). The Byzantine Empire continued for another thousand years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Justinian I, Byzantine Empire
AE follis
Obv: D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, bust right
Rev: Large M, cross above, cross to left, star to right, all within wreath
Mint: Rome
Mintmark: ROMA (in exergue)
Date: 537-542 AD
Ref: SB 293



Next theme: a siege coin (made while the mint city was under attack/besieged)

 

Austria

In 1526 Sulieman the Magnificent, after taking Belgrade/ faced the Hungarian/ Allied Armies at Mohacs. The Ottomans won the day, Lajos II and most of the nobility lay dead on the Battlefield. Sulieman, then made Transylvania a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. Janos I Zapolya claimed the vacant Hungarian throne/ pledging allegiance too Sulieman. Later Ferdinand I of Habsburg lay claim to same throne. Sulieman fed with with Habsburg intrigue, invaded Austria, laid seige to Vienna in 1529. Eventually, Sulieman overstretched/ bad weather ended the campaign. Here is one of these "siege coins"

Another "siege" coin....

 

On the attack, though per his commentaries on the gallic war he'd have us believe he was in under siege:

Julius Caesar 49-48 BCE AR denarius (18 mm, 3.43 g, 2 h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. CAESAR in exergue, elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by a dog's head), and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Banker's mark on obverse, porous. Near fine. From the Expatriate Collection.

From the Expatriate Collection.
The Expatriate Collection Expatriate comes from the Latin roots ex-, ""away from,"" and patria, ""one's native country."" The Expatriate Collection was formed by an American who has lived abroad for nearly fourteen years in Japan, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East. His collection was formed almost exclusively while living outside the United States.

Next up: anything Julius Ceasar

 

Julius Caesar Ar Denarius 46-45 BC Obv Diademed bust of Venus right Small cupid on shoulder. Rv Trophy of Gallic arms flanked by two bound captives.Crawford 468/1 CRI 58 Spanish mint 3.93 grms 18 mm. Photo by W. Hansen Next coin another victory denarius

 

Lucius Verus, Armenia capta.

Next, a coin from Armenia.

 

12 hours and no coin from Armenia

Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt
8.67g | 20mm wide | 4mm thick

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Next: Another coin from Egypt or a kingdom that ruled Egypt for a time

 

Bahri/ Mamluks
AV Dinar ND Alexandria Mint
Baybars I 1260-77
Nest up: coin from Syria

 

next: elephant scalp

 

Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 BC. Head of Alexander the Great wearing elephant skin / Eagle on thunderbolt. Alexandria Mint

Next, another bust of Alexander III himself.

 

another bronze Alexander III

 

Caria, Kaunos. AE10
Obv: Diademed head of Alexander the Great r.
Rev: Filleted cornucopia, K-AY(ligate).
309-189 BC.

Next: 10mm or less.

 

Still working on identification, if possible, of this tiny thing. It came as a freebie in a lot from a Russian metal detector and I think I have it narrowed down to an AR akce from the Crimean Khanate. The design looks similar to the ones from the start of the 17th century.

Crimean Khanate
c. 1600 - 1650 CE
AR Akce | 0.25g | 9.5mm

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Next: Metal detected coin

 

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The bottum of The Netherlands is no good place for ancient copper and bronze coins:



next another MD found coin

 

LICINIUS I
AE2 Follis
OBVERSE: IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: GENIO POP ROM S-F, Genius standing left, modius on head, loins draped, holding patera & cornucopia, PLN in ex.
Struck at London 313-4 AD
3.1g, 21mm
RIC VII 3
Metal Detector find, St Andrews, GB

Next: Coin minted in Britain

 

Britannia/ Catuvellauni
Cunobelinus 10-45AD
AV Stater ND Colchester Mint
next: coin minted in Gaul

 

Minted in Gaul:


Augustus with Agrippa, 27 BC - AD 14.
Roman Æ as, 12.99 g, 26.3 mm, 4 h.
Nemausus, after 16/15 BC.
Obv: IMP/DIVI F, heads back to back of Augustus, right, bare, and Agrippa, left, wearing rostral crown.
Rev: COL-NEM to left and right of palm shoot, its tip to right, behind chained crocodile; two wreaths above palm tip.
Refs: RIC 155; RPC 523; Cohen 7; AMC 411; RCV 1729.
Notes: Sear (p. 338) notes this initial revival of the Nemausian series on a lighter weight standard is probably to be associated with Augustus' visit to Gaul in 16 BC.

Next: Palm branch(es).