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The die-engraver omitted the P in TR P from this one.


Domitian, AD 81-96.
Roman AR denarius, 3.44 g, 17.2 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 91.
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR XI (error; should read TR P XI), laureate head, right.
Rev: IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva advancing right, brandishing a javelin and holding a shield.
Refs: RIC 156; RIC² 724; BMCRE p. 336, note; Cohen 269; RCV --.

Next: Snake heads visible on Athena/Minerva's aegis.

 

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Hi All,

AR STATER (TETRADRACHM)
Ptolemy II Philadelphos

Third Phase Of Currency Reform: Latter 260s BCE to End Of Reign -
X Series Silver Tetradrachms of Ptolemy Soter, latter 260s-256/5 BCE.
Troxell Group 2: Unmarked to control letter I, 263/2 or 261/0-255/4 BCE. Δ behind head Issue



Size: 26x27 mm
Weight: 12.11 g
Die Axis: 01:00

OBV: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly aegis tied by snakes. Letter Δ behind head. NO LEGEND. Dotted border not visible.
REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Between eagle's legs: X. Dotted border not visible.

References: LORBER: CPE-382; Svoronos 436, pl xvi, 19 [6 listed]; SNG Copenhagen 138; BMC p 51, 47, pl. x, 5.
Certification: This coin has been certified by NGC ( #4283624-012) as "Grade: Ch VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5. Notes: Rev grafitti and punch mark"

NEXT: Tripods on your coins.

- Broucheion

 

Domitian. 81-96 AR Denarius (3.17 gm, 18mm). Rome mint. Struck 81 AD.
Obv.: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M, laureate head right.
Rev.: TR P COS VII DES VIII P P, tripod surmounted by a dolphin right. RIC II 74.


Next......Another COS VII Bronze.

 

12 hours

Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt
Issued under Ptolemy VI
180-145 BCE
AE Chalkon | 8.67 grams | 20mm wide | 4mm thick

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Next: Another Egyptian coin

 

next: Ptolemy III

 

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Seleucid Empire
Issued under Antiochus IV Epiphanes
175-164 BCE
AE Dichalkon | Scalloped Shape | 2.43 grams
Obv: Radiate head facing right
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, goddess standing front and holding long staff

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Next: Another unusual shaped coin/money

 

Next up: another lion and boar

 

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Mihara Bhoja I, from the Gurjara Pratiharas, 836-890 AD.
Boar headed incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, aka Varaha. Reverse reads 'Shrimad Adivaraha'.

Next, half human-half animal

 

Next: more Bes

 

Hi All,

12 Hour Rule. Overstruck Coin and its undertype.



Æ Hemiobol Ptolemy I Soter (306/305-283 BCE), Egypt, Alexandria / Cyprus? Series 2A: ca 306-294 BCE

Size: 17x15 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Die Axis: 1:00

OBV: Alexander the Great, diademmed and horned bare head with long, curly hair, facing right. No border visible. Overstruck on coin of Demetrius with reverse prow of ship. Monogram AP and labris below chin (reverse undertype) showing through at base of Alexander's head.
Æ Hemiobol Εagle facing left, wings spread. In right field: ΚΛ above Corinthian helmet. Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; to right: [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] off flan. No border visible.
References: Lorber: CPE-B0022; Sv-0171, pl A, 26 [9 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-43 var: different monogram.
Undertype: (Æ 17mm; 2.63g; Die Axis:00:00): ET Newell, "The Coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes," pl. II, 9 & 10. Neither example shows the curving tip of the prow all the way up to the ornament, but 10 shows enough to assure the identification of the undertype. See also Newell 163; SNG München 1056; SNG Alpha Bank 956.
Provenances: David Hendin (Ptolemaic) Praefectus Coins (Demetrious)

From CC Lorber - CPE: "Ptolemy’s final currency reform can be dated with precision. The overstriking of bronze coins of Demetrius Poliorcetes with the types of B22 establishes that the reform can be dated no earlier than the Ptolemaic recovery of Cyprus in 294, while the overstriking of Demetrian bronzes with the types of B78 indicates that the process of overstriking the enemy’s coinage continued after the currency reform. The evidence of the overstrikes can be supplemented by control links between the reformed precious metal coinage of Alexandria and issues of Cyprus, Sidon, and Tyre. The earliest Cypriote issues share four of the above-mentioned controls (CPE 217-218, 221-222, 230, 234-236), while the earliest issue of Sidon and the second of Tyre share one of them (CPE 241-242, 244-245). The first Ptolemaic tetradrachm of Tyre (CPE 243), though not involved in this nexus of control links, was closely related to the coinage of Demetrian Tyre but struck on the weight standard of the reformed coinage. The currency reform is thus fixed between the Ptolemaic reconquest of Cyprus and the surrender of Tyre. CC Lorber (2012) has now demonstrated that the latter event must be situated in the immediate aftermath of the victory on Cyprus."


NEXT: Overstruck coin (and if possible) the undertype.

- Broucheion

 

Faustina Sr, AD 138-141
Roman AR denarius; 3.83 g, 18.2 mm
Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust, right
Rev: AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing left, holding globe and rudder
Refs: RIC 348; BMCRE 360; Cohen 6; RCV 4577.
Note: Overstruck on previous issue, perhaps a CONCORDIA seated issue of Sabina.

If I rotate the reverse 90 degrees counterclockwise, you can see a throne and what is likely a cornucopiae beneath it. Coming down from Fortuna's face is a roughly spiral-shaped vertical object I think is a goddess's shin:



I postulate it was a CONCORDIA AVG issue of Sabina:



Next: Empress with a Concordia reverse.

 

Faustina II Junior Silver Denarius 3.36g.,17mm, Rome mint, A.D. 154-156,
Obverse. FAVSTINA AVG-PIIAVGFIL Draped bust of Faustina right,
Reverse. CONC-O-RDIA, Concordia seated left, holding flower & resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat.
(RCV 4704; RIC 502a)


Next...Concordia standing

 

next: another Sabina As/Dupondius

 

Here's a fairly bad as of Sabina.

Obv.: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P - Draped bust right
Rev.: Vesta enthroned left holding palladium
Exergue:
Mint: Rome
Wt./Size/Axis: 10.42g / 26mm / 6h
Rarity: R2
References:

• RIC 2477 (Hadrian - new RIC II.3)
• Cohen 40
• Strack 847
• RIC 1024 (Hadrian - Old RIC II)

Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Vcoins 15-Jan-2012


Next - Vesta

 

Extra credit for that Sabrina hair style. It is less common than the other.
Vesta was the other common Julia Domna type from the early period at Rome.


Next: another Julia Domna coin with Domna in the legend

 

Julia Domna
(193-217 AD). AE Sestertius (27 mm, 14,60 g), Roma (Rome), 193-194 AD.
Obv. IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right.
Rev. VENERI VICTR / S - C, Venus, naked to waist, standing right, holding apple and palm and leaning on column.
RIC IV, 1, p. 207, 842 (R). Per Curtis Clay new die comb., o400/r578

Next up: Venus

 

Venus:


Crispina, AD 177-182.
Roman Æ As, 11.64 g, 23.6 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 180-182.
Obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right
Rev: VENVS FELIX SC, Venus seated left, holding Victory and scepter
Refs: RIC 686; BMCRE 440; Cohen 41; RCV 6021; MIR 21-7/3c.

Next: wife of a despot.

 

Poor ol Plautilla...



Next....Another Plautilla.

 

Plautilla and her husband:



Next, another Imperial (not Provincial) coin showing Emperor and Empress on the same side, whether obverse or reverse.

 

Orbiana, wife of Severus Alexander, Augusta AD 225-227.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 20.02 g, 28.6 mm, 12 h.
Rome, special marriage issue, AD 225.
Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM S C, Severus Alexander, togate, standing right, holding scroll in left hand and clasping right hands with Orbiana, veiled and draped, standing left.
Refs: RIC 657; BMCRE 301; Cohen 6; RCV 8194; Banti 3.

Next: S C in the exergue.