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Beautiful coin, but I have a feeling that a crocodile isn't an amphibian.

 

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Philip II, as Augustus, AE23 of Pamphylia, Perga. AV K M IOV CEOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped bust right, set on globe / ΠEΡ-ΓAI-ΩN, three prize purses set on three-legged chest with folding doors.

Next: Globe

 

Victory, just STOMPIN' on that Globe!


RI GALBA 68-69 BCE AR Quinarius Lugdunum mint laureate r Victory globe stdng left 15mm 1.5g RIC 131 scarce

Next: NON-Roman GLOBE

 

Lydia. Silandos. Pseudo-autonomous issue AD 163-169.
Bronze Æ

17 mm., 3,17 g.

very fine
Next up: more Silenus

 

Next theme,
Sabina with Pudicitia reverse.

next, Antinous

 

Alright,
Hadrian with Pietas reverse.

next, a bronze Hadrian!

 

Hadrian (AD 117-138).
AE drachm
Struck year 16 = 131/2 AD.
Obv.: AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate, draped bust of Hadrian right
Rev.: Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia, crocodile below, LIϚ (year 16) in left field.
AE, 26.43g, 34mm
Ref.: Cologne 1056. Dattari-Savio pl. 87, 1794. Emmett 1016/16, KG 32.517

Next: Drachm from Alexandria

 

Next: Hadrianus As

 

Too late, heres a Drachma from Alexandria



Next a large bronze from Alexandria

 

Ptolemy III Ae drachm 246-227 BC Obv Head of Zeus Ammon right Rv Eagle standing left on thunderbolt Chi Ro monogram between legs. Svorones 964 Lorber B 395 68. 76 grms 42 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Another Ptolemy

 

I hope this counts. Here's a Ptolemaic queen, Lysimachos's wife, Arsinoe II. She was the daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice. Lysimachos divorced Amastris to marry her and then bequeathed to her all the territories that had belonged to Amastris! She then brought about the murder of her stepson, Agathocles, the elder son of Lysimachus by his first marriage, to secure the succession for her own children!

In her honor, Lysimachos renamed the city of Ephesus to Arsinoeia! This was struck there.


Arsinoe II, wife of Lysimachus, born c. 316 BC.
Greek Æ 15.5 mm, 4.16 g, 12 h.
Ionia, Ephesos (as Arsinoeia), c. 290-281 BC.
Obv: Head of Arsinoe, r., veiled.
Rev: Stag kneeling l., head r.; ΑΡ-ΣΙ flanking stag's neck; magistrate's name ΜΕΛΑΙΝΕΥΣ before; Astragalus in upper r. field.
Refs: BMC 14.56, 72 var. (magistrate); SNG Cop 258-59 var. (magistrate); Forrer 14.

Next: someone who murdered a family member to rise to power.

 

Caracalla.

MACEDON, Thessalonica

Caracalla. 198-217 A.D. AE 26, 14.9 grams, 7h

Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right, in

scale armor

Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding a small Cabeirus and palm

Reference: Touratsoglou Em, II:a

ex: JAZ Numismatics





Next: Another coin of Thessalonica

 

Caracalla did not kill Septimius and was already in power when he had Geta killed. What we need here is a coin of Thessalonika by someone who murdered a family member to rise to power. I suppose you could say the sons of Constantine did a lot of relative killing but that is not what brought them to power any more than Caracalla. I'm stumped.

 

Theodosius II

Next up: coin struck at Arelate Mint

 

ROMAN EMPIRE, CONSTANTIUS II, Light miliarense RIC 252, Ferrando II plate coin
Arles mint (Arelate), 3d officina
DN CONSTAN TIVS PF AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantius right
VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Constantius (soldier) facing holding spear and shield. TCON at exergue
4,54 gr ; 22,6 mm
Ref : RIC VII # 252, Ferrando II # 1026 (this coin), Cohen #326, RC #3993v


Next another "plate coin"

Q

 

This is the plate coin in ANS "Kushan Coinage" formerly Adams Collection....

Next: Another plate coin...

 

Next up: more Euboia Histatia

 

nice Euboia plate coin @Ryro!
Euboia, AR Tetrobol, Histiaia, 3rd-2nd century BC
Size: 2.30g, 15mm
Obv: Head of nymph right, with dotted necklace
Rev: IΣTI - AIEΩN, Nymph seated to right on the stern of a galley, holding a naval standard with her left hand, her right hand resting on the stern. She wears a sleeveless chiton, with a himation over her crossed legs, there is a wing on the prow; below a trident and monogram AΛ(?)

Next: another coin from the same general area (Euboia, Thessaly, Boetia, Attica,...)

 

Next up: cartoonish Greek

 

Mysia. Kyzikos circa 480-400 BC.
Hemiobol AR

9 mm., 0,40 g. - Rosen 522


I started learning bout Greek coins from CT and I find Greek coinage fascinating, especially the very small denominations.

Next - an oblong flan.