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Eastern Roman okay?

Eastern Roman Empire
Heraclius
610-641 AD
AE 40 Nummi | 6.08g | 27mm

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PARTHIA
"Unknown King", drachm
S.83.1

Next: another unknown king, from anywhere

 

Anonymous
Chavdas of Gujarat, 760-940 A.D?
Obverse-Stylized head right
Reverse-Stylized fire altar

Next ....Same theme.

 

Next up: labyrs

 

Next: Phrygia

 

Phrygia, Laodikeia. Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus. AE 15mm (3.53 gm). Struck circa 5 AD under the magistrate Antonius Polemon Philopatris.
Obv.: ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ (GAIOS KAISAR), bare head right.
Rev.: Eagle with spread wings between two monograms ΠΟΛΕ (left),ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤ (right),("Polemon" and "Philopatris"). ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ (LAODIKEON) below. RPC I 2900; BMC 154. VF

Next...An Emperor with Gaius in his name.

 

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus:



Next: another imperial Julio/Claudian

 

Drusus Minor or the Younger, full name Drusus Julius Caesar (13 BCE-23 AD, son of Tiberius and Vipsiana), AE As, 23 AD, Rome Mint, issued by Tiberius. Obv. Bare head left, DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N / Rev. PONTIF TRIBVN POTEST ITER around large SC. RIC I Tiberius 45, Sear RCV I 1794 (ill. p. 353), BMCRE Tiberius 99, Cohen 2. 28 mm., 10.4 g.



Next, a provincial coin of Drusus's father Tiberius

 

Next:Helios

 

Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 14 (129/130 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Radiate and draped bust of Helios right, L - ΙΔ (Year 14) across fields. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 5737 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5737 ; Emmett 852.14 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Milne 1280 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 584 at p. 71 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)] (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_CR-1075); Sear RCV II 3735; K&G 32.478 (ill. p. 136) [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008)]. Purchased Jan. 14, 2022 from Pars Coins at 2022 NYINC; ex. Pegasus Numismatics (Nick Economopoulos). 26x23 mm., 10.51 g.



Next, another Roman Provincial coin depicting Helios. No Sols here, please!

 

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Gallienus, AD 253-268. Potin Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 8.91g, 11h). Dated RY 14 (AD 266/267). Obv: Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Helios right; palm frond before, [L]-IΔ (date) across field. Ref: Köln 2936; Dattari (Savio) 5239; K&G 90.92; Emmett 3813.14 (R2). Good Very Fine, brown surfaces with iridescent toning. Ex CNG eAuction 445 (5 June 2019), Lot 314. From the New Orleans Collection, originally purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd.
Next: Another Potin.

 

Satavahana Dynasty of India
c. 200-100 BCE
Potin Karshapana
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Next: An elephant

 

Next: Seleukid

 

Nothing says "Seleucid" like a bottle cap with an elephant! This one is ex-Houghton:


Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV.
Selucia in Pieria, 175-164 BC.
AE 3.33 gm; 15 mm.
Obv: Veiled bust of Laodike IV, r.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant head l.; prow.
Refs: Houghton, CSE 113 (plate coin); Forrer 183.

Next: Woman after whom a city is named.

 

Alright, how about a city named after a woman, such as Laodicea or Plotinopolis? How about Marcianopolis, named after Marciana??

 

Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis. Julia Domna Æ18.
Obv: Draped bust right.
Rev: Herakles wrestling Nemean lion.

Next: A labor of Hercules.

 

next: turtle

 

Srivijaya Empire
c. 800-1100 AD
Tin two massa | 5.10g | 13mm wide | 6.5mm thick
Obv: Turtle
Rev: Anku with a crescent moon to the left
Ex. Andi of Palembang, reported from the Musi River
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Next: Another "off" metal -no copper/bronze/billon/silver/gold

 

made of pewter:



next: pewter coin

 

Palembang Sultanate
c. 1600-1720 AD
Tin Pitis | 0.71g | 19mm
Possibly private cash for local Chinese community in south Sumatra
Obv: Shi Dan Li Bao (top-bottom-right-left)
Rev: Plain
Ref: R#1, Z#293202
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