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Given your oft-expressed opinion about Carthage being lumped with Greeks, I think you're begging for this type of coin to be posted


ZEUGITANA, Carthage
early 2nd century BCE
AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm
Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei (or is that the Flying Spaghetti Monster?) above
Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12

Next: Tanit

 

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India, Medieval Shahis AR Jital
India, Medieval Shahis AR Jital
Obv: Recumbent zebu left; star, pellet, and upside-down crescent to left.
Rev: Horseman right, holding banner.

 

Next: North African ancient coin

 

NAILED IT!!!

 

I could post one of my hundred or so coins of Roman Egypt but instead will stretch a bit. I bought this coin from @Valentinian with the intention of giving it away (I bought a few coins for a contest/giveway) but ended up keeping this one .


Numidia (North Africa, southwest of Carthage)
King Masinissa or his son King Micipsa
203-148 BCE or 148-118 BCE
AE 26 mm, 11.0 gm
Obv: Laureate head left
Rev: Unicorn Horse prancing left
Ref: Sear 6597

Next: a non-Roman prancing horse

 

Non-Roman PRANCING Horse


Makedon Perdikkos II 454-413 BC AR heavy tetrobol 2-4g 15mm 12h Makedon mint 437-431 BC horseman holding two spears mounted on prancing horse Raymond 184ff SNG ANS 47ff

Next: Half a Lion

 

Thrace, Chersonesos
400-350 BC
AR hemidrachm, 13mm, 2.3gm
Obv: forepart of a lion right, head reverted
Rev: quadripartite; incuse; dot AΓ (ligate) and pentagram in opposing depressions
Ref: (I don't have a reference for this reverse combination)

Next: A different animal chopped in half

 

THESSALY, TRIKKA
AR Hemidrachm
OBV: Youth, petasos and cloak tied at neck, wrestling forepart of bull right
REV: Forepart of horse galloping right; T-PI-KK-A-I around; all within concave incuse
Circa 420-400 BC
2.7g, 17mm
SNG Cop 265
ex: JAZ Numismatics

Next: wrestling theme

 

Next up: a different one of Herakles 12 labors

 

Hercules combats the Hydra.
28 mm. 11.61 grams.
Geta (198-209-212) at Hadrianopolis
BMC Thrace 119.
ex CNG e-auction in 2003.

Next: Hercules on a coin of the tetrarchy (Diocletian, Maximian, etc.)

 

MAXIMIANUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, Jupiter standing right holding scepter & orb facing Hercules standing left holding Victory & club, S in lower center, XXI dot in ex.
Struck at Antioch 286-95 AD
4.3g, 22mm
RIC 622
crescent S

Next: Any coin with a crescent

 

Diva Mariniana, Antoninianus - Viminacum mint, AD 253-254
DIVAE MARINIANAE, veiled, diademed and draped bust right, above a crescent
CONSECRATIO, peacock walking right, its tail in splendor
4.0 gr
Ref : Cohen # 11, RCV # 10069, RIC # 5, Eauze Hoard #1429, 3 specimens
Thanks to Curtisclay for additionnnal informations

Next : Another Viminacum coin

Q

 

next: another coin minted in Viminacium

 

VIMINACIUM


RI Aemilianus 253 CE AE24 Viminacium mint Moesia Bull-Lion - Damnatio Memoriae

Next: Bull

 

Julian II AD 360-363. Heraclea
Double Maiorina Æ
28 mm, 7,71 g
RIC VIII Heraclea 104
Obv: D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, bust of Julian, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, Bull, standing right, head facing; above, two stars. Mintmark •HER(A on •)CL•A

Next - another double maiorina from Julian, perhaps one with a portrait engraved by somebody with more talent.

 

I like the portrait on this one. Purchased from Frank Robinson.

Julian II, AE Double Maiorina, 361-363 AD, Sirmium [Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia] Mint, 2nd Officina. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG / Bull standing right, two stars above, SECVRITAS REIPVB; in exergue: mintmark star-BSIRM-palm branch. RIC VIII Sirmium 107B (p. 392), Sear RCV V 19152 (ill.), Cohen 38. 28 mm., 8.48 g.




Next: another bull, this time on a Roman Provincial (including Republican Provincial) coin from any part of Hispania.*

*The three provinces in Roman Spain under the Empire were Hispania Tarraconensis (the largest), Hispania Baetica, and Lusitania. Under the Republic, before Augustus's reorganization in 27 BCE, there were two provinces in Roman Spain: Hispania Citerior (Nearer Iberia, i.e., closer to Rome), and Hispania Ulterior.

 

This coin of Tiberius comes with a story about Tiberius' favorite food: Tiberius' Cucumbers
Hispania Citerior, Calagurris, C. Celer and C. Rectus duoviri, AE As, 14-37 AD
Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right
Rev: C CELERE M C I RECTO, bull right; to right, II / VIR

Next: An ancient coin from as far away from Spain as you can get

 

......
Kashmir.....
6,336 km
Distance from Jammu & Kashmir to Barcelona

Next.....A coin closer to Barcelona

 

It shouldn't be too hard to get closer to Barcelona than Jammu & Kashmir. Here's one from Rome: Barcelona is 1336km from Rome (according to Google) or about 1/5th the distance between Barcelona and Jammu & Kashmir.

L. Cassius Longinus, moneyer, AR Denarius minted at Rome, 63 BC.
Obv: Draped bust of Vesta veiled left, kylix behind, letter before
Rev: Male figure left, dropping inscribed tablet into a cista
Ref: Crawford 413/1; Syd. 935; Cassia 10

This coin is about 1000 years away from Didda-Kshemagupta....

Next: a coin minted somewhere near Rome (not Rome)

 

Near Rome

ETRURIA
Rasenna, Fufluna, (Etruria, Populonia)
1-As: (Similar to a Roman AR - nothing - only an As is Bronze in Roman Currency)

Etruria Populonia
AR 1 As 0.60g 10.0mm
after 211 BCE
Obv: Male Head Left
Rev: Plain Rev
Ref: Vecchi 3 68-70 HN Italy 181
Seller/Auction comment: RARE

Next: Italia, North of Magna Graecia, not Rome, BCE