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Round was clearly not a requirement that the mint took seriously. This took a bit of work - the deviation on this coin measured with is negligible.

Lydia, Acrasus, Æ 14mm, Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
Obv: Head of Herakles to right, lion-skin around neck
Rev: AKPAC-IΩ-TΩN, lion to right
Ref: GRPC (Dane Kurth) Lydia 6

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This is basically a hexagon

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Republic of Venice
Late 1200s to early 1300s AD
AR Grosso clipped to the weight of a Denaro (1.07 grams)

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An AE frog and barley ear from Apulia, Luceria, circa 225-217 BC.

45.7 grams




Next: A Roman drachm or denarius minted in a province.

 

Faustina II
Alexandria
Æ Drachm
Obv.: ΦΑVСΤΙΝΑ СƐΒΑС(С)ΤΗ (legend starting at 1 o'clock), draped bust right
Rev.. Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining, l., holding reed and cornucopia; (below, water plants)
L IZ= year 17 of Antoninus Pius (153/154).
Æ, 22.11g, 34mm
Ref.: RPC IV online 14755 (temporary)

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next: eagle on thunderbolt

 

How about double that? Here is my humble Ptolemaic coin.

Ptolemaic Egypt
Issued under Ptolemy VI
180 to 145 BCE
AE Chalkon | 8.67 grams | 20mm wide | 4mm thick
Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right
Rev: Two eagles standing left on a thunderbolt; cornucopia left
Ref: Svoronos #1426

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next: 2 of the same animals but no eagles or horses

 

France
Ecu d'or au Porcupines ND Lyon Mint
Louis XII 1498-1515
NEXT/ animals on both obv./rev.

 

Syracuse, circa 480-475 BC
Tetradrachm
Deinomenid Tyranny


Next: Arethusa

 

next: 2 or more dolphins

 

Each side has a dolphin on it


Next up: Proto Money

 

LOL, awesome!

 

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Proto-Money:


Oscan-Latin Aes Formatum scallop shell with Ribs 4th BCE



Oscan-Latin Aes Formatum shell 25mm 12.8g

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Here's an Iberian Celt
SPAIN, Bilbilis. Late 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. Æ Unit (26mm, 12.59 g, 2h)
Obv: Male head right; dolphin before
Rev: Horseman right, holding spear.
Ref: CNH 8; SNG BM Spain 861

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MAKEDON Philip II 1/5th Stater Apollo head r - Horseman r trident below as Sear 6691

next: BCE Female head Left

 

Moneyer: L. Cassius Caecianus
Obv.: CAEICIAN - Bust of Ceres left, draped; above, control mark (C.)
Rev.: Yoke of oxen left; above, control mark (Γ.)
Exergue: L. CASSI
Mint: Rome (102 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.54g / - / -
References:

• RSC 4 (Cassia)
• Sydenham 594
• Crawford 321/1

Acquisition: Chris Rudd Online sale Quidenham Hoard List, #6 8-Jun-2018

This coin is coin no. 6 in this P.A.S. report -
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/634521



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From Roma XX, lot 334

Baktria, 'Athenian Series' AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 261-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; monogram behind / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig, crescent and grape bunch behind, AΘE before. Roma E-67, 583 (same dies); cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; Mitchiner -; N&A -, cf. 13-17 (different monogram); SNG ANS -. 16.64g, 22mm, 6h.

About Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; one of only four known examples.

From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA.



This hoard must be the main source for these coins.

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Hi All,

This one is from Egyptian Hoards #96, The Iraq Al-Amir Hoard, 1993 (CH 9.497, 10.268), "Mygind's stock" (pl 16.5): pl 45, #826B. Bought from Sydney Mygind (UK) in 1995.



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- Broucheion