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Halved dupondius struck in Nemausus, after 10 BC
3rd type
IM[P] DI[VI F] , Laureate head of Agrippa left
COL [NEM], Crocodile chained to palm tree
4,60 gr
Ref : RPC #524, RCV # 1730, Cohen # 10

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next: RR As

 

RR As ... Roma wearing Phrygian helmet / Wheel rev. c. 230 BCE.

next... any Roman Rep. bronze with wheel reverse...

 

There's a wheel in the back of the biga:


Next up: RR with dramatic portrait

 

This portrait is so dramatic, it's been known to turn some people to stone!

next up - your favorite RR denarius.

 

I don’t collect Roman Republic coinage, but that is a denarius type I want for sure for that beautiful reverse type. Like something out of a painting.

 

Next up: RR with a Macedonian tie in

 

Nobody gets a reverse type that cherry. Usually they are mangled and hard to understand what's being portrayed.
WONDERFUL example @octavius

 

Here's a Macedonian tie-in:

Roman Republic, M. Caecilius Q.f. Metelllus, AR Denarius, 127 BC (Crawford, RSC, Sear), ca. 126 BCE (Mattingly, op. cit. at p. 258, Table 3), Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Roma right in winged helmet, star on helmet flap, ROMA upwards behind, * (XVI ligature, mark of value = 16 asses) below chin / Rev. Macedonian shield, decorated with elephant head in center wearing bell, M METELLVS Q F around beginning at 6:00, all within laurel wreath. Crawford 263/1(a), Sydenham 480, RSC I Caecilia 29, Russo RBW 1064, Sear RCV I 139 (ill.). 19.5 mm., 3.80 g., 9 hr.



That's a bell the elephant's wearing, not a cigar he's smoking. So, next: another elephant with a bell.

 

Elephant with Bell and Clapper...

ETRURIA, Arretium (?).
The Chiana Valley.
Circa 208-207 BC.
Æ Quartunica .
Head of African right; monogram to left /
Indian elephant standing right, bell around neck; monogram below.
HN Italy 69; SNG ANS 41 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 48 var. (no monogram on obv.). rare

Next: Zebu

 

Zebu
Is that cattle?

 

Brahmans - a breed of cattle, originally from India. Zebu.

INDIA



AMERICAN BRAHMAN

 

Lydia, Hierokaisareia
Pseudo-autonomous issue
1st century AD
Obv: ΠΕΡCΙΚΗ , draped bust of Artemis Persica right, quiver at shoulder, holding bow and arrow at breasr.,
Rev.: IEPOKAI-CAP-EΩN, humped bull (Zebu) standing right
AE, 2.72g, 15mm
Ref.: RPC III 1861

Next: Artemis Persica

 

12 hrs
Gratian siliqua

Next, A roman silver coin from 5th century AD.

 

Jovinus, Western Roman Empire
AR siliqua
Obv: D N IOVIN-VS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTOR-IA AVGG, Roma seated left on stylized cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reversed spear
Mint: Lugdunum
Mintmark: SMLDV
Date: 411-413 AD
Ref: RIC X 1717



Next: clipped non-Roman/Byzantine silver

 

Clipped (and restored) dirham of Sassanian Iran.
Khosrow II (590-628), dirham. Year 28, mint AW.

NEXT : Parthian

 

Orodes I drachm

Next, Islamic Persia.

 

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

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Next: Another Islamic or Arabic coin

 

next: another Persian coin

 

I had this tiny silver sitting for a year or two before someone was finally able to help ID it for me.

Safavid Dynasty of Persia
Issued under Tahmasp I
1552-1564 AD
AR Bisti | 1.16 grams | 13mm wide
Iravan Mint (present-day Yerevan, Armenia)

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