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AV Quarter Stater ND
Celtic Briton
Catevellauni
Tasciovanus 10-25AD
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Caracalla as Caesar / Sacrificial impliments (bucranium center)


too late for Bucranium so here is a Messana rabbit litra


Next: a coin showing silver reticulation

 

THESSALY, Kierion
AR Trihemiobol. 1.27g, 13.3mm. THESSALY, Kierion, circa 350 BC. BCD 1053; SNG Cop 32; Traité IV, 509. O: Laureate head of Zeus to right. R: ΚΙΕΡΙ-ΕIΩΝ, The nymph Arne, wearing earring, necklace and full robes, kneeling right, her head turned to left, playing with knucklebones (astragaloi) tossed from her right hand; to right, magistrate’s initial Φ.
Ex BCD Collection

Next: Any coin together with it's old collector's tag/s

 

Next: Any coin together with it's old collector's tag/s
L. Procilius, Roman Republican AR Denarius, Rome, 80 B.C.

Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right; behind, S C downwards
Rev: Juno Sospita standing right, holding shield in left hand and hurling spear with right hand; below, snake; behind, L PROCILI F in exergue
Ref: Procilia 2

Next: any coin with dark toning

 

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next , coin with a red patina.

 

Does reddish brown patina count?




Next up, post a coin from one of Hannibal's allies!

 

Traitorous Capua! Next... Ally of Rome.

 

Stater of Rhodes 250-238 B.C. Not a ally at this point? but later Next coin Pergamon

 

Mysia, Pergamon, ca. 133-27 B.C.
Greek Æ dichalkon, 16.4 mm, 3.74 g, 2 h.
Obv: Laureate head of Asklepios right.
Rev: AΣKΛHPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, serpent-entwined staff.
Refs: BMC 154-157; SNG Cop 368 ff; SNG France 1828-48; SNG von Aulock 1373.

Next up: Asklepios.

 

Laureate head of Asklepios right

ΡHΓINΩN
Hygieia standing left, holding serpent; III to left

Rhegium, 203-150 BC

6.28g Æ 23

(R2) Very rare

HN Italy 2560; SNG ANS 786-8, MIAMG.3645

Next up...a crustacean!

 

Akragas tetradrachm circa 430 B.c. Crab has human features next coin Italian nomos

 

Taras, Calabria Didrachm
Naked youth galloping right on horseback left, crowning horse with right hand, monogram ΣY in field behind youth and ΛΥK INOΣ below horse

Taras seated on dolphin left, holding chalmys and thrusting trident in right hand, owl behind TAPAS in Exergue

Calabria 272-235 BC

6.62g

Vlasto 836

Next up a didrachm not from Italy

 

DiDrachm not from Italy


GELA AR Didrachm 490-480 BCE Horseman with spear r - Forepart of man-headed bull r

Next up: Half-Shekel

 

Half Shekel

Tyre half shekel
Laureate bust of Melkart right

ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (of Tyre the holy and inviolable)
Eagle standing left on prow; palm over shoulder, club to the left, flanked by date LM (40) and monogram ΔP to the right.

Tyre; Year 40= 87/86 BC
6.98g

Sear 5921; BMC 225

Ex-HJB Buy or Bid Sale 206, lot 103 (Nov 15, 2018); Ex-Calgary Coin

Next full shekel

 

Tyrian shekel 114-113 B.C. Cohen DCA Tyre 2.13 This coin Next coin Tetradrachm minted from 40 B.C. to 260 A.D

 

Nero, Roman Empire
Billon tetradrachm
Obv: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, radiate head right
Rev: AYTO-KPA, draped bust of Serapis right, LI ([year] 10) before
Mint: Alexandria
Date: 63-64 AD
Ref: Milne 222



Next theme: 1st century AD Roman tetradrachm that isn't Nero.

 

1st century AD Roman tetradrachm that isn't Nero



IMP CAES DOMITIANVS
Laureate head of Domitian right

AVG GERM
Six ears of corn; P in exergue

Minted in Rome for circulation in Asia

circa 95 AD

10.17g

RPC 874/1, RIC 853 (R)

RPC lists 9 examples but only one with the P in exergue


Next up a coin featuring someones father...

 

Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm In the name of Seleukos I. Pergamon mint, circa 280 BC. ; 29.5mm, 17.12 g
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev: Zeus Aëtophorus seated left; in left field, helmeted head of Athena right; crescent below throne.
SC 308b;

Next coin: Head of Athena

 

TROAS, ASSOS
AE10
OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Athena left
REVERSE: AΣ-ΣI, Bucranium
Struck at Assos 400-300 BC
1.18 g, 10.2 mm
SNG Cop 241; BMC 8

Next: Bucranium

 

MYSIA, Kyzikos
AE29, overstruck on earlier issue of Kyzikos (Kore/Tripod or Kore/Wreath). 14.43g, 29.3mm. MYSIA, Kyzikos, circa 3rd century BC. SNG France 438; SNG von Aulock 1231. O: Prow right. R: K-Y / Z-I, bucranium facing within wreath.

Next: Another coin from this city, but from the 3rd century AD