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EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander
year 12, CE 232/3
tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.87 gm
Obv: AKAIMAAVPCEVAΛEΞANΔPOCEV; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and grain ears; palm frond to left, L IB (date) to right
Ref: Emmett 3088.12 (R4); Köln 2474 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4264; K&G 62.172 var. (same)

Next: a provincial tetradrachm

 

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RProv Valeria Messalina m-Claudius 41-54 CE Alexandria BI Tet yr 42-43 13.1g 25mm RPC I 5131

NEXT UP: MAKEDON King earlier than Philip II

 

Alexander I oktradrachm492-48o B.C. Sometimes these coins are associated with the Bisaltai a Thraco-Macedonian tribe but now they seem to have been given to Alexander I. Next coin...... Archaic

 

Archaic ? Can you be more specific. Thanks..

 

LYDIAN KINGDOM. Kroisos.
AR Siglos. 5.31g, 19.1mm. LYDIA, Sardes, circa 560-546 BC. Rosen 663; SNG Kayhan 1024-1026. O: Confronted foreparts of a lion and a bull. R: Two incuse squares, one larger than the other; to left, countermark: head wearing crested helmet right.

Next: Countermark

 

This "brass as" of Trajan has a countermark:


Trajan. A.D. 98-117.
Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h.
Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16.
Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch.
Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC.
Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: Pangerl 63; Howgego 294.

Next: Wreath surrounding an inscription

 

Hadrian- Antioch. Wreath surrounding SC inscription. C/M laurel branch. Next : Tetradrachm with Hang Nail.

 

Here's a Tetradrachm of Elagabalus with the so-called Hang Nail which was used after cutting the coin for many purposes. The cut to the upper left was deliberate to hang the coin or to utilize it for other possible reasons.Next: Fatimid Coin.

 

Interesting.

 

I can read " Ali Waliy" Holy Ali on the obverse of this Islamic silver coin. I suppose it's Fatimid. Next : Vulcan

 

VULCAN


Samnium Aesernia 263-240 BC AE 20 Vulcan Pilos Tongs Jupiter Biga

Next up: COIN OF ITALIA (NOT of Magna Graecia!)

 

HADRIAN
AR Denarius. 3.38g, 17.9mm. Rome mint, circa AD 134-138. RIC 307; Cohen 867. O: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right. R: ITALIA, Italia standing left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae.
Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection

Probably not what you were hoping for, @Alegandron. I'm not sure if this next one works better...

ETRURIA, Populonia
AR 20 Asses. 8.55g, 20.5mm. ETRURIA, Populonia, 3rd century BC. EC Group XII, Series 52; HN Italy 142. O: Diademed facing head of Metus as Gorgoneion; X:X (mark of value) below. R: Blank.

Next: Facing head

 

next facing heads

 

Lesbos. Uncertain mint circa 500-450 BC.

Obol BI

8mm., 0,89g.

Confronted boars' heads / Quadripartite incuse square.

very fine

Klein 348

Next up :Lesbian coin.

 

Hey-ho! Woah! Nice Etruria Metus, my friend! Well done, and LOL, ya got me! I am on the iphone now (not the big-as boom box version), and your post only showed the first coin, til I scrolled. Well done!

BTW, that is a cool Hadrian ITALIA! I need one now!

 

Perhaps not what @Ryro was hoping for...
LESBOS, Mytilene
Rare. AE16. 2.11g, 15.8mm. LESBOS, Mytilene, 2nd-1st centuries BC. SNG Cop 396; BMC 122; HGC 6, 1053. O: Head of Zeus-Ammon right. R: MYTI, facing herm of Dionysos; thyrsos above mask to left, monogram to right.

The poet Sappho of Lesbos was said to have committed suicide by jumping off the cliffs of...
Next: Leukas

 

Stater from Leukas 470-450 B.C.Okay next stop.... silver sestertius

 

AR Sestertius


RRAR Sestertius After 211 BCE 12mm 1.0g Rome mint Roma r IIS - Dioscuri riding, stars in ex ROMA Sear 46 Craw 44-7 RSC 4

Next up: AR Quinarius from BCE.

 

Roman Republic, AR Quinarius
Issued by Q. Titius in 90 BC, Rome mint
Obverse: Draped and winged bust of Victory right.
Reverse: Pegasus springing right, Q•TITI below.
References: Crawford 341/3
Size: 14mm, 1.6g

Next: Pegasus

 

Pegasus!!!


Caligula, AD 37-41.
Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g.
Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38.
Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right.
Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right.
Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.

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