I bought a large job lot of mixed world coins yesterday. I found these 12 ancients that I would like your help to ID. First pic shows obverse and reverse numbered 1-4 Second pic shows obverse and reverse numbered 5-8 Third pic shows obverse and reverse A,B,C. Last one is a single coin. All have a Dime as for size comparison.
Hi @daveydempsey, Numbers 1 - 8 and A are Ptolemaic. Coins B and C are Seleucid. Last is Byzantine. - Broucheion
The Byzantine specifically, is an anonymous follis attributed to Romanus III I believe. From wildwinds: Romanus III. 1028-1034 AD. Class B anonymous follis, 1028-1034 AD. Constantinople. IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in centre of dotted square on book / IS-XS BAS-ILE BAS-ILE to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps. SB 1823.
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I think 1-4 are all likely Ptolemy VI-VIII Sv1424b if they are all around 28mm. Edit… noticing the dime, they may be smaller so I may be wrong. What’s the size and weight of 1-4?
B is not Seleukid, it is an autonomous coin from Antioch. Date is off the flan so I can't see if it has a Seleukid, Pompeian or Caesarean date, the weight might let me narrow it down further. C is from Antiochos VIII. Other than that, +1 to @Ryro and @furryfrog02.
