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Valentinian I Chi-Rho

Next, cross on a non-Christian coin.

 

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Does a "cross" of man and goat count?

If so, next up: more pentagram

 

Pentagram


MYSIA. Pitane.
Æ10, 0.9g; Circa 4th-3rd century BC.
Obv.: Head of Zeus Ammon right.
Rev.: Pentagram, ΠITAN around.
Comments: Pitane was a city in the bay of Elaea, one of the eleven ancient Aeolian settlements. It enjoyed considerable prosperity during the Hellenistic Period owing to abundant trade facilitated by two harbors. Pentagrams occur frequently on almost all Greek coinage and some Roman Republican types, but only as field marks. On the coinage of Pitane, we find these ancient symbols as bona fide devices. Their significance in relationship to the city is unclear.
Reference: SNG France 2349; SNG von Aulock -
From the DePew Collection.
Ex: @John Anthony

Next: Pentagram again

 

This is maybe a little loose for a pentagram but hopefully it works.

Srivijaya of Sumatra
Present-day Indonesia
c. 830-1100 AD
Tin Ingot Coin | 0.48g | 7mm wide | 3mm thick
Obv: Fish
Rev: Star with five rays

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Next: Another island coinage

 

next: Arethusa

 

Syracuse






Next: A coin of Kamarina.

 

SICILY KAMARINA
ONKIA GORGONEION OWL LIZARD EULE LIZARD BRONZE 17 MM 2.6 gr
AE°SXD1990
Former: lorddeibi6
Next up: more Sicily

 

SICILY Frederick II, Emperor and King of Sicily, 1197-1250.
Ae Denar, IPR ligated. Cross, in the recesses of crescents.

Next: Medieval Sicily

 

Haven't dropped in on this thread for a while! Here's a medieval Sicilian coin:


Roger II (1105-1154) follaro

Next: Something that looks Byzantine but isn't.

 

Principality of Antioch, Tancred, AE follis, 1104–1112 AD. Obv: [KE BO TANKR or similar; as usual not struck]; bust of Tancred, bearded, wearing 'turban,' holding raised sword in r. hand. Rev: Cross as the Tree of Life; in quadrants, IC-XC / NI-KA. 22 mm, 2.45g. Ref: Schlumberger II.7, Metcalf 63-70, CCS 4a. Overstruck on Schlumberger II.6; Metcalf 49-62.

Next: another crusader follis

 

Here's my terrible Tancred (...well, okay, except that I like the chain mail):

(I have a St. Peter one, too, but alas, no pics.)
Next: more East /West adaptations --any time, any two cultures, either direction!

 

The Artuguids of Mardin produced bronze coinage that is remarkable for the incorporation of Western design elements and motifs. Here is one such example, which as a portrait stylized along the lines of the coins of Constantine I, notably his multiple gold solidus.

Qutb al-Din II-Ghazi II, AH 572-580 (1176-1184 AD)
AE Dirham
SS 31, 11.8 grams



Next: Any ancient Arabian or Turkoman coin, imitation or not, any denomination.

 

12 hrs
Henry III (half) penny.

Next, another medieval coin cut in half.

 

King John, moneyer Adam on [/in] Lunde.

Next, a medieval from somewhere across the Channel.

 

FRANCE, territory in the Low Countries/Florennes: Gaucher de Châtillon, Constable of France (1302–1329), AR Sterling, issued 1313-1322. 1.14g, 17mm.
Obv: +GALCHS COMES PORC, Crowned bust of Edward facing.
Rev: MON ETN OVA YVE, Long cross, three pellets in each corner.
Mayhew 247.
From the Orfew collection.
Wavy flan, scarce. This coin poaches on the good reputation of contemporary English pennies by copying their design.

Next: a coin from Gaul/Frankia/France

 

Western Celts: Volcae Arecomici, AE quadrans, ca. 42–40 BC, minted in the region around Nîmes (Nemausus). Obv: [VOLCAE], diademed female head r.; in field r., wreath. Rev: AREC, standing togate figure l.; in field l., palm branch. 14.5mm, 2.54g. Ref: de la Tour 2677.

Next: Celtic AE

 

Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but they are Hellenized Celts.


Kings of Galatia. Amyntas. AE Bronze. 39-25 BC.
Obverse: Head of bearded Herakles to right with club over his shoulder; behind E, C.
Reverse: Lion walking to right with open jaws; B above, monogram of Amyntas in the exergue.
Reference: SNG France 2378. RPC I 3505.
12.34g

Next: Other Hellenized 'Barbarians'.
Note: When thinking of Barbarians, in modern times most people will think about uncultured Celts or Gauls, but in Ancient times a Barbarian is anyone not part of the Greco-Roman civilization, so it also includes Persians, Egyptians, and Phoenicians, which were quite sophisticated for their time as well. I think it had to do that 'kings' and 'emperors' were old-fashioned and Barbaric, democracy was the new fashion during that time, both for Greeks and the Romans. The whole reason why Makedonians and Epeirotes, eventhough they were Greeks, were not fully considered that in Ancient times since they did not know what democracy was, it was still barbaric to be ruled by a king.
So in other words, next is a coin from Hellenized non-Greeks aka 'Barbarians' .

 

Resonantly cool coin, @Pavlos. But you did what I've done about four times on this thread, and forgot to name what the next coin is!

 

I mentioned the next 2 times in my post

 

I think this guy probably qualifies as "Hellenized Barbarian" by the standards of the Greeks - for that matter all of us in this CT thread probably qualify as Hellenized Barbarians as well.
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC, Æ Chalkous, struck 70-66 BC
Obv: Head of Tigranes right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with star between two eagles
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - BAΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY Tyche seated right, holding palm; below, river-god swimming right

I am reminded of this poem "Waiting for the Barbarians" written in Greek November 1898 and first published in 1904 ...I'll only quote the concluding lines:

...
Now what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?
Those people were a kind of solution.
-C.P. Cavafy, Waiting for the Barbarians​

Next: Another Armenian Coin