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Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ assarion, 6.04 g, 19.2 mm, 1 h.
Koinon of Thessaly, Larissa, AD 158-165.
Obv: ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ; bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina II, right.
Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΘЄϹϹΑΛⲰΝ; Athena Itonia in snake-adorned aegis, striding right, brandishing spear and holding shield.
Refs: RPC IV.1 4570 (temporary); Rogers 98a, SNG Cop 349; SNG Evelpidis 1685; BCD Thessaly II 966.1 & 966.2.
Notes: Ex-BCD collection. Issued in three denominations: tetrassarion (RPC 4569), diassarion (RPC 4568), and assarion (such as this coin).

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DOMITIAN
AE23
OBVERSE: AVT KAISAR DOMITAINOS SEB, laureate head right
REVERSE: KIONON MAKEDONWN, Macedonian shield
Struck at Koinon of Macedonia, 81-96AD
8.2g, 23mm
RPC 336, SNG Cop 1337, Moushmov 5881

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Gordian III and Tranquillina, Singara (Mesopotamia).

Next : two busts looking at each other

 

JULIA DOMNA
AR Denarius. 3.0g, 19.5mm. Rome mint, AD 201. RIC 540; Vagi 1723; BMC 4. O: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; hair elaborately waved. R: AETERNIT IMPERI, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right, vis-à-vis bareheaded and draped bust of Geta left.

Next: Two faces turned away from each other

 

next: same, 2 faces turned away from each other

 

Get thee behind me o evil one...


RI Augustus oak crown Agrippa rostral crown L AE Dupondius 26mm 12.6g Type III 9-3 BCE Nemausus chained Croc wreaths RIC I 158

Next: Possums or Crocodile

 

I guess crocodile is the easy route


Augustus & Agrippa, Nemausus (Nîmes) Dupondius - type IV - Nemausus mint, after AD 10
4th type
IMP DIVI F PP, Laureate heads of Augustus looking right and Agrippa looking left, back to back
COL NEM, Crocodile chained to palm tree
13,52 gr
Ref : RPC # 525, RCV #1731, Cohen #8

Next : let's come more crocs...

Q

 

No possum to offer, but here's a Nilus with croc:

Egypt, Alexandria, Hadrian, AD 117-138, AE Tetradrachm, dated RY 22 (AD 137/8)
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: Nilus seated, facing left, holding reed and cornucopiae; crocodile right below; LKB (date) in upper left field
Ref: Dattari 1438

Next: more North African

 

North Africa


Carthage - Zeugitana
AV 1/10th Stater-Shekel
350-320 BCE
0.94g 7.5mm
Palm-
Horse Head
SNG COP 132

Next: North Africa again

 

next; more North Africa

 

Not minted in North Africa, but a North African related theme: when the emperor(s) pardoned the tax debts of Carthage

Caracalla, AR denarius (Rome, 201-206)
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, Dea Caelestis (Tanit), in elaborate headdress, riding to right on lion, holding thunderbolt and transverse sceptre, water gushing from rock below to left; IN CARTH in exergue.

NEXT : legend in Punic

 

Punic


Carthage - Libyan Revolt
Sardinia mint 241-238 BCE
AE Shekel
9.63g, 24mm
Obv: Head of Tanit left
Rev: Three grain ears, two Punic letters between (Punic M & G?), downturn crescent with pellet above
Ref: SNG Cop 248 (Africa)
Comment: After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, its allies rebelled. This issue was struck by the rebels. Uncertain mint in Sardinia

Next: More Punic Legend / Lettering

 

Gades (Cadix, Spain) - AE 19 mm (late IIIrd C. BC)
Head of young Melqart-Heracles left, wearing lion's skin
Punic legend : MP'L / HGDR , tuna-fish left (HGDR : Ha Gadir = Gades. The modern Moroccan city of Agadir has the same name).

NEXT : Spain !

 

and more ancient

Roman Republican, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, 81 BC. Denarius, Rome
Obv: HISPAN, Veiled head of Hispania to right
Rev: Rev. A• - POST•A•F - •S•N / AL BIN Togate figure standing left, raising his right hand; to left, aquila; to right, fasces with axe
Ref: Crawford 372/2

Next: Iberian Peninsula

 

Recent pick up....
Spain - Castulo, Cazlona (Jaen), Ae Semis - 19 mm / 3.45 gr.
Obverse..Beardless male head right Pinocchio type., diademed with letter Ka before.
Reverse...Bull standing r.,L crescent above; on exergue line city name..'CaSTeLE'.

Next....Nandi Bull.

 

Kushan Dynasty



KUSHAN DYNASTY

Vima Kadphises, 95-127 AD.

AE Tetradrachm, 28mm, 16.5g, 2h.

Obv. BACIΛEΥC BACIΛEωN OOHMO MEΓAC OOHM KAΔΦICHC; Kadphises, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar to left and holding hand on hilt; to left, filleted trident behind, tamgha and club to right.

Rev: Shiva with three heads standing facing, holding trident in raised right hand and resting lowered left hand on bull Nandi standing to right, behind; tamgha above to left.with kharoshthi legend maharaja rajadhiraja sarvaloga isvarasa mahesvarasa.
Mitchner 3040

ex-JAZ Numismatics

Next: Shiva

 

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