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Next up: tough looking Herakles

 

This tough Herakles has been in a terrible fight!


Carthage-LIBYAN UPRISING - Mercenaries issue
Mercenary War 241-238 BCE
7.36g AR DiShekel
Herakles Head in Lion's Head-
Lion walking; Punic M above; LIBYA below
R SNG Cop 240f
Overstrike
Coins were struck in the name of Libya and "M", which has been taken as either "machanat" - the Camp (of the mercenaries), or perhaps Matho, their leader

Next: Another Herakles

 

Lydia, Nakrasaionia
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Time of Trajan and Hadrian, 98-138 AD
Obv.: EΠΙ CΤΡΑ - ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΝΙΑΝΟΥ, bearded head of Herakles right
Rev.: NAKRA-CITΩN; snake encircling omphalos
AE, 16 mm, 2.8 g
Ref.: SNG München 335, SNG Copenhagen 295, Lindgren III 496

Next: Omphalos

 

next: another omphalos

 

Thrace. Pautalia. Caracalla AD 211-217.

AV K MA ANTΩNEI, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Omphalos entwined by serpent erect right, set on garlanded altar. Varbanov 4975

Next - Caracalla provincial

 

This is my new favorite Caracalla provincial, thanks to @PeteB of Akropolis Ancient Coins.


Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman Provincial tetrassarion, 14.78 g, 29.6 mm, 1 h.
Thrace, Pautalia, c. AD 198-205.
Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, beardless, laureate head of Caracalla, right.
Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAV | TAΛIAC. Asklepios cradling serpent-entwined staff, reclining left, head right, on winged, coiled, and bearded Glykon flying right.
Refs: BMC 3.145,34; Ruzicka 612; Varbanov II 5008; Moushmov 4235, Mionnet Suppl. 2, p. 384, 1084; Vaillant n. Gr. 1074.

Next: Asklepios.

 

Philip I
AE28
Bizya, Thrace
Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: ΒΙΖΥΗΝΩΝ, Asclepius standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff.


Next: Head full of snakes (Medusa)

 

next: Seleukos I

 

Next up: elephant

 

next: Tetradrachma Seleukid

 

Seleucid bottle cap with an elephant! This one is ex-Houghton:


Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV.
Selucia in Pieria, 175-164 BC.
AE 3.33 gm; 15 mm.
Obv: Veiled bust of Laodike IV, r.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant head l.; prow.
Refs: Houghton, CSE 113 (plate coin); Forrer 183.

Next: more bottlecaps.

 

next: Demetrios I

 

12 hours

Safavid Dynasty of Persia
Abbas I
1596-1629 AD
AR Abbasi | 7.62 grams | 20mm wide
Qazvin Mint

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12 hour rule




next: Nerva bronze

 

Nerva AD 96-98. Rome
As Æ
27 mm, 9,76 g
RIC II Nerva 100 (as)
Date: AD 97
Obv: [IMP NERVA] CAES AVG P M TR [P II COS III P P], Head of Nerva, laureate, right / LIBERT[AS PVBLICA] S C, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and short sceptre, pointing up slightly to right, in left hand

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