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Trajan dupondius with mourning Dacia among the tropies.

Next, a capta sestertius

 

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Of course there's no evidence beyond later scurrilous gossip and character assassination for Commodus and his twin brother having been born out of wedlock, or for Faustina being a notorious adulteress. It's a big mistake to assume that such gossip is true.

 

Cyrène, Dichalque (Bronze) - frappé sous le règne de Magas - 4,28 g - 15/16 mm - SNG Copenhagen 1266 - BMC Cyrénaica 319-325 - Asolati 46 A - tranche épaisse 2/3 mm

A/ tète laurée d'Apollon à droite (couronne de Myrte)
R/ K-Y / P-A, Lyre (Kithara)

Cyrénaique - Magas, Roi de Cyrène, fils de Berenice I et de Philip (son 1er mari), gouverneur c. 300 BC et roi autoproclamé de Cyrène (c. 282 à 261/258 BC), se marie à Apama fille d' Antiochus I et Stratonice I vers 275 BC, reconnue comme Arsinoe, mère de sa fille unique Berenice II; mort en 250 [en raison d'excès de table répétés]

Perhaps too late? (first time)

 

Hello Al, nice coin.
But the current request is a Sestertius with Capta theme.

 

That is a nice coin, indeed. And it has now been 12 hours without a Capta sestertius, so I'm going to go with a lyre, as on @Al.cofribas' lovely coin.


Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Roman orichalcum semis, 4.12 g, 18.3 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 124-25, possibly for use in Syria.
Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right.
Rev: COS III S C, lyre.
Refs: RIC 688; RIC 2.3, 758; BMC 1359-61; Cohen 443; Strack 625; RCV 3701; McAlee 547a.

Next: Low-denomination Hadrian.

 

Didn't realize 12 hours have passed. Living on a very different timezone doesn't help


Hadrian AD 117-138. Rome Quadrans Æ 18 mm., 2,52 g. (described as Quadrans by the auction house)
Found it as Semis on OCRE
RIC II Hadrian 624
Æ SEMIS . Rome mint. Struck AD 121-122. Eagle standing facing, head right / Winged thunderbolt.
Obverse Legend: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Eagle standing right
Reverse Legend: P M TR P COS III // S C (in field)
Type: Thunderbolt

Next - thunderbolt on a non Roman coin

 

Athena holding thunder bolt on an Indo-Greek Menander drachm.

Next-Athena

 

Claudius, AE19 of Attalea, Pamphylia. 41.54 AD. 4.44 gr.

Bare head of Claudius left / ATTAΛEωN, helmeted head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet.

Reference: RPC I 3366; BMC 13; Baydur 157; Istanbul 7726.

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/claudius/RPC_3366.jpg (This coin.)



Next: Another Corinthian Helmet

 

Mysia, Pergamon . Circa 2nd Century BC. AE 18mm (5.31 gm).
Obv.: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian Egret helmet.

Next....
a Petasos

 

next: Kausia hat

 

KAUSIA


Kingdom of Macedon
Philip II 382-336 BCE (Reign 359-336 BCE)
AR Tetradrachm.
Mint: Pella, lifetime issue, struck circa 353-349 BC.
25 mm. 14.4 g
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ,
Rev: Philip on horseback left, wearing kausia and raising right hand; spearhead below, star below horse's raised foreleg.
Le Rider 102 (D58/R82); SNG ANS 357
EF.
EX: Praefectus Coins


Next: MAKEDON SUN

 

There are 7 on the obverse around the edge:



next: Macedonian king which ruled before Philip II

 

Perdikkos


MAKEDON
Perdikkos II 454-413 BCE
AR heavy tetrobol 2.4g 15mm 12h mint 437-431 BC
horseman holding two spears prancing
Forepart Lion in incuse square
Raymond 184ff SNG ANS 47ff

Next: Another Makedon King before Phillip II

 

next: Lion's head

 

Ionia. Miletos circa 525-475 BC.
7 mm, 1,07 g
Late 6th-early 5th century BC. Twelfth stater or diobol
Head of lion turned back to right. Rev. Star-shaped floral ornament within incuse square. Klein 426-427. SNG Kayhan 468-475. SNG Von Aulock 2082

Next - a coin from the same era

 

next: coin with a shell

 

A small Murex:
One the most beautiful coins I know of.
If only I could get my hands on a truly nice example...
One day...

Next: lion attacking another animal.

 

12 hours

Satavahana Dynasty of India
c. 200 to 100 BCE
BI Karshapana

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Next: Ancient Indian (before 500 AD)

 

Sangam Chola, circa 1st-2nd century AD
Tiger and Elephant

Next, an empire that made a comeback (other than Rome/Byzantine)!

 

The leading power of Java (present-day Indonesia) was the Mataram Kingdom (alt called Medang, Shailendra, others) who built the great Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist place of worship in the world. They inhabited Central Java in the holy volcanic valleys for centuries until a great eruption of Mount Merapi in or around 929 AD made the lands completely uninhabitable. The kingdom abandoned their homelands entirely and shifted to the river valleys of East Java in response where they existed for another century and were apparently quite successful until civil war split the kingdom. The following kingdoms and dynasties all minted the same silver coins, indistinguishable between issuers, as a type of regional currency. My coin is from the East Java period, c. 930 to 1300 AD. Perhaps the most famous of all Indonesian powers, and certainly of Java, were the Majapahit who rose in East Java in the 1200's. They quickly abandoned the native silver coins for imported Chinese copper cash coins which had less value per coin than the silver pieces, and thus were more readily useful for day-to-day market activity.

Buddhist and Hindu Kingdoms of East Java
c. 930 to 1300 AD
AR Kupang (1/4 Massa) | 0.59 grams | 10mm wide
Scyphate (cup-shaped) flan
Obv: Sandalwood flower motif
Rev: Nagari script ma character, deformed in usual East Javanese style

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Next: Another kingdom/dynasty that was faced with a disruptive natural disaster