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RI Vespasian 69-79 CE AE Dupondius Felicitas stdg caduceus cornucopia sinister left


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Satavahana Dynasty of India
Issued c. 200-100 BCE
Potin Karshapana
Obv: Ujjain symbol with inner dots
Rev: Elephant standing right
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A uniface Gandhara Janapada 1/8th Satamana. 1.2g. 600-300 BC.

Next- Archaic India.

 

That's a great one, I have to get myself one of the early Gandhara coins.

Mauryan Empire of India
322-184 BCE
AR PMC Karshapana

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Here is my archaic lion.

Next: A Lion

 

Kings of Thrace. Uncertain mint. Macedonian. Lysimachos 305-281 BC.
Bronze Æ 18 mm., 4,26 g
Attribution: SNG Copenhagen 1153
Date: 323-281 BC
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
Lion springing right; caduceus, monogram, and spearhead below

Next - helmeted Athena

 

Telesphorus of Pergamum with helmeted Athena.

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Trajan Decius Abundantia:





Another cloaked figure with a "veil"

 

next: Pudicitia

 

Pudicitia.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.03 g, 25.1 mm, 12 h.
Rome, early AD 148-March AD 149.
Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bust of Faustina II, draped, with band of pearls, right.
Rev: PVDICITIA S C, Pudicitia seated left, arranging drapery on should with right hand and resting left hand on lap; flower below seat.
Refs: RIC 1404b; BMCRE 2159; Cohen 187; Strack 1302; RCV 4732.

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Faustina the Younger


RI Faustina Jr 161-175 CE Ar Denarius m Marcus Aurelius 17mm 3g AVGVSTI – PII FIL Spes stndg L flower and raising skirt RIC 93

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I have always really liked that coin

 

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Ghaznavid Empire
403 AH | 1012-1013 AD
AE Broad Fals | 5.61 grams | 30mm wide
Issued under Mahmud
Bust Mint (today Lashkargah of Afghanistan)
Ref: Album#1614

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Next: A 'large' variety or type of a more common smaller coin

 

These go as heavy as 100 gram+



next: Eagle on thunderbolt

 

Ptolemy II, Ptolemaic Kingdom
AE drachm
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus Ammon right, within dotted border
Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, two eagles (believed to represent Ptolemy II and his adopted son Ptolemy Nios) standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, Λ between left eagle's legs
Mint: Alexandria
Date: Struck c.267-259 BC
Ref: Svoronos 479
Size: 73 grams



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ASIA MINOR.
Mysia. Lampsakos circa 500-450 BC.


Male head (of Apollo?) to left, wearing taenia.
Rev: Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square.
another example sold in CNG E-Auction 378 (2016), lot 161.
Asia Minor Coins, #12762.
Tetartemorion 0,14 g, 7 mm

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