It's two months until I take the family to Topsail Island for our yearly vacation. It's all I can think about so I'm creating a post for ancient coins from islands. Feel free to show any coins you may have. Achaea. Zacynthus, Island off Elis. Marcus Aurelius AE20. Pan with infant Dionysus. Caria, Rhodes. AE18 Crete, Koinon of Crete. Hadrian AE Ionia, Island of Samos. Marcus Aurelius Æ32. Samian Hera Lesbos, Mytilene. AE20, ca AD 250-268 Thrace, Island of Thasos. 200-1 BC. Æ20
I keep this picture of Zakynthos in my coin photofile. It's a lot prettier to look at than the coin itself... Have a great island holiday!
I bet you will have a great time! How about a RR coin over a Sicilian coin? Maybe someone can post their sea turtle coin. I only have a cast, land one. Maybe you can pick up some shells, and see dolphin.
Someone called for a sea turtle! ISLANDS OFF ATTICA, Aegina AR Stater. 11.98g, 20.6mm. ATTICA, Aegina, circa 520-480 BC, SNG Cop 501. O: Sea turtle with collar; Countermark: cross within square incuse. R: “Proto-skew” incuse pattern.
Sicily, Syracuse, c. 425-415 BC. Æ Onkia (12mm, 1.47g, 6h). Head of Arethusa r. R/ Octopus; pellet below. CNS II, 9; SNG ANS 383; HGC 2, 1434. Dark green patina
Here's one from Syracuse! Philistis, wife of Hieron II AR 5 Litrae; 4.46 gm, 18.1 mm Syracuse, Sicily, 270-230 B.C.E Obv: Diademed and veiled head, l., palm branch behind. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑΣ ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΔΟΣ, Nike driving biga to left, E (=5) in l. field. Refs: SNG ANS-893; SNG III (Lockett)-1017; Forrer 196; Burnett pl. 4, 50.
Here's an island that I don't think has been posted yet: Sardinia. This type comes from a series struck by the praetors of Sardinia in 211, 210 and 209 B.C.. This particular type was struck under the praetor Aurunculeius in 209 B.C. The coin has evidence of overstriking and is probably overstruck on an earlier Sardinian type but there simply isn't enough evidence left to tell exactly what it is.
Ancient coins from island cities? I'm gonna unload on this thread à la @stevex6 SICILY: Syracuse. Agathokles tetradrachm, 310-305 BCE Syracuse. Dionysios I hemilitron, c. 390 BCE Syracuse. Dionysios I tetras, c. 390 BCE Syracuse. Second Democracy tetras, c. 425 BCE Syracuse. Hieron II AE23, c. 275-216 BCE Selinos. AR litra, c. 410 BCE Himera. AR litra, c. 410-420 BCE Messana. AR litra. c. 420-413 BCE Kamarina. AE tetras, 420-405 BCE Kamarina. AE tetras, 420-405 BCE
ARADUS (ARADOS): Alexander III tetradrachm, late lifetime issue Trajan. AE 22 EUBOIA: Histiaia. AR tetrobol Eretria. AR drachm, 357-267 BCE AEGINA: AR stater, c. 456/45-431 BCE LESBOS: Mytilene. EL hekte, c. 521-478 BCE SAMOS: AR drachm, c. 510-500 BCE RHODOS: Ialysos. AR obol, c. 480-408 BCE
A coin not from an island, but photographed with an island in the background Massive 15-shekel bronze from Carthage Carthage 15-shekel; early 2nd century BCE
Wow, this is a great thread ... congrats on posting such awesome examples!! Whoa, TIF => tough act to follow!! Oh well, here are a bunch of my cool island examples ... => go play with the other sweet coins, kids!! Lesbos Rhodes Islands off Thrace, Thasos Islands off Iberia, Ebusus Messana Syracuse
This on took a trip to an island and got a souvenir 285-265 BC Ptolemy II AE 27 mm. Head of Zeus, laureate, right / Eagle l., wings open; to l., shield; inscription. Trident countermark (Cyprusca. 265 BC.)
Nice coins @TIF. Amazing even! Out of curiousity did you photograph that bronze on vacation or a local island? I'd be so nervous to take one of my coins overseas for fear customs somewhere would seize it from me Cool idea for a thread @ancientone!
I do travel with a few coins, usually. Not the higher end coins, but a few pocket pieces (purse pieces) and occasionally more coins for specific reasons, such as wanting to show them to someone, or sometimes just because I want to gaze at them while away