Spent the day at the FUN show. Saw some very interesting and rare ancients, none of which I could afford, but I did come away with some nice coins. Here's a few of them: Antioch Pisidia : Gordian III : 32mm Ox: Laureate head right Rx: CAES AN-TIOC-H COL, S R in exergue; Gordian standing right on low basis, holding Genius, clasping hands with Antiochia standing left on low basis, holding sceptre; lighted altar between Heraclea Pontica : Balbinus : 20mm Ox: AYTO K Δ BAΛBINOC AYΓ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust rt Rx: HPAK – Λ – EΩTAN ΠONTΩ Goddess wearing long robe, polos and veil, standing facing and holding two corn ears in left hand and apple in right Anastasius Ae Pentanummium : Constantinople Mint An interesting type. Never saw one without an officina to the right of the reverse epsilon. And finally this one which I'm not 100% sure of. Maybe a coin of Seleukos the something. It's a larger 25mm bronze. Any ideas?
I think I saw some of those a few years ago. James Beach's table? Pretty sure that was the first aes grave I've ever touched
Nice coin mix! Those two big provincial are especially cool! I posted my big provincial quite a bit recently, so here is an "E" pentanummium with the more standard mark to the right. JUSTINIAN I, 527-565, Pentanummium, Theoupolis (Antioch) Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. DIademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: Large E with central cross; star to right. Sear 244. 16 mm 2.4 g
I was bummed I missed it this year, so when I went shopping today with my fiancé I stopped into a local coin store that I had never visited before. I asked the normal do you have any ancients? They produced a binder with mostly mis attributed coins but yes ancient, This caught my attention right away, they said Roman coin but I knew it was more than likely Islamic. This portrait made me smile right away and I bought this worn bargain.
Geez Brian making me jealous with all these rare Seleucid bronzes. How many do I have to buy from you Antiochus VII Quasi municipal Seleukeia in Pieria Year 174 139/8 BC Antiochus VII right ZEUS enthroned holding Nike and scepter Date below SC 2074 Rated R2 - 2 to 10 examples known Once my Seleucid identification site is up, it will be a breeze to find out this info.
Very impressive you know your dates! Actually that date is also know to the first reign of Demetrios II. He was captured in 138 after reclaiming Seleukeia.
Quick question: I know the Greek system of dating is based on the following: The Seleucid coin I showed has a three letter date of ΔOP (shown below the seated figure) which equated to Δ=4 + O=70 + P=100 for a total of 174. Using this number it appears that the Seleucid dating system started in 313BC, so when you add -313 (year 0) + 174 (date on this coin) you get 139BC. I know that the coins from Ascalon use the same Greek dating system as above but their year 0 was 104BC so the same "174" date would equate to -104 + 174 = 70AD + 1 (for year 0 adjustment) gives you 71AD. Is this correct? And if so, is this dating system used on other Greek issues using a different year 0?
Thanks. It appears the Aradian year zero is 260BC. One thing about ancients, you are always learning something new.
