My coins through the centuries (6th BC - 21st AD) - dougsmit

I thought this seemed like a great idea for a thread so I stole it. Crime does not pay. I had almost all the first third typed and accidentally erased it. This time, you get the images and the text will fill in as edits. It requires three posts to comply with the CT limit of ten images per post. While I'm working on the labels, anyone who wishes can play the ID game with the pictures. Selecting coins that are firmly dated and not overlapping centuries made some periods hard. Not having coins of interest in some periods did not help either. I tried to mix it up a bit but someone will be offended because I left out their favorites.

6th century BC
Sybaria, Lucania
AR Nomos
Obv: bull
Rev: bull incuse
Date: 530-510 BC


5th century BC
Athens, Attica
AR obol
Obv: Athena
Rev: owl
Date: 480-460 BC?



4th century BC
Alexander the Great
AR tetradrachm
Obv: Herakles
Rev: Zeus
Date: 334-323 BC



3rd century BC
Rome
AE Aes Grave sextans
Obv: Turtle
Rev: wheel
Date: 265-242 BC



2nd century BC
Pergamum, Eumenes II
AR tetradrachm
Obv: Philetairos
Rev: Athena
Date: 197-159 BC



1st century BC
C. Marius Capito
AR denarius
Obv: Ceres
Rev: plowing scene
Date: 81 BC



1st century AD
Nero
AE dupondius
Obv: head left
Rev: Securitas
Date: 54-68 AD



2nd century AD
Caesarea, Commodus
AR didrachm
Obv: hd rt
Rev: Mt. Argaeus
Date: 183-185 AD



3rd century AD
Julia Maesa
AR denarius
Obv: bust rt
Rev: Fecunditas
Date: 218-220 AD


The next 18 centuries will follow later.

 

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Part two:
4th Century AD
Constantine the Great (posthumous)
AE3
Obv: veiled bust rt
Rev: Hand of God receiving Constantine in chariot
Date: c.337 AD



5th Century AD
Theodosius II
AV solidus
Obv: military bust
Rev: Roma
Date: 402-450 AD




6th Century AD
Byzantine, Justinian I
AE 40 nummi
Obv: facing bust
Rev: M
Date: 540 AD



7th Century AD
Sasanian, Ardashir III
AR drachm
Obv: bust
Rev: M
Date: 629 AD


8th Century AD
Bukhara Hudat, Al Mahdi
AR drachm
Obv: head rt
Rev: fire altar
Date: 775-785 AD


9th Century AD
Shahi, Khudarayaka
AR jital
Obv: bull
Rev: horseman
Date: 870-875 AD


10th Century AD
Kashmir, Ksemagupta & Didda Rani
AE unit
Obv: Ardoxsho facing
Rev: ruler? facing
Date: 950-958 AD


11th Century AD
Byzantine, Michael VII
EL Histamenon Nomisma
Obv: Christ
Rev: Emperor
Date: 1071-1078 AD


12th Century AD
Zengid, Sayf Al Din Ghazi
AE dirham
Obv: head facing
Rev: text
Date: 1173 AD

 

awesome ... but you know that I'm gonna have to do this too, eh? (again)

 

Part three will take longer to edit because I am less familiar with these modern coins.

13th Century AD
Kaykhushraw III
AE dirham
Obv: lion, sun
Rev: text
Date: 1243 AD


14th Century AD
TIMURIDS, TIMUR WITH SUYURGHATMISH
SAMARQAND
AR miri
Obv: text in square
Rev: text in circle
1370-1388 AD




15th Century AD
Byzantine, John VIII
AR hyperpyron
Obv: John facing
Rev: Christ facing
Date: 1423-1448 AD



16th Century AD
England, Elizabeth I
AR sixpence (milled)
Obv: bust left
Rev: coat of arms
Date: 1567 AD



17th Century AD
Russia, Mikhail
AR kopeck
Obv: horseman
Rev: text
Date: 1613-1645 AD



18th Century AD
England, George III
AE tupence
Obv: head right
Rev: Britannia
Date: 1797 AD



19th Century AD
USA
AR half dollar
Obv: bust rt
Rev: eagle
Date: 1834 AD


20th Century AD
USA
AR quarter dollar
Obv: Liberty standing
Rev: eagle
Date: 1917 AD


21st Century AD
USA
Cu/Zn cent
Obv: bust rt
Rev: Log Cabin
Date: 2009 AD

 

It will be good for you, Steve. I wish I had included the reasons I selected each one to represent the century but I got lazy. I wish I did not end with three USA coins but I have relatively few others from recent years that are at all attractive. Since I had to remove the only Chinese coin due to a last minute discovered error, I guess I could delete the half dollar in favor of a late cash ... or not. Who is next?

 

Well, okay then ... if you insist

6th Century BC
Lydia AR Siglos


5th Century BC
MACEDON Eion


4th Century BC
Thessaly, Pherai, Alexander


3rd Century BC
Lucania, Velia AR Nomos



2nd Century BC
Anonymous Roman Republic AE As - Fly


1st Century BC
Lucius Axius L.f. Naso



1st Century AD
Nero AE As


2nd century AD
Hadrian AE Alexandria Obol

 

3rd Century AD
Otacilia Severa AE Sestertius



4th Century AD
Constantius I AE Follis


5th Century AD
Arcadius Siliqua


6th Century AD
Maurice Tiberius AE Follis


7th Century AD
Khusro II, Sassanian occupation of Egypt


8th Century AD
Constantine V with Leo IV & Leo III Folles

 

9th Century AD
Carolingians, Charles le Chauve AR Denar


10th Century AD
Fourree => Nicephorus-II Phocas, w Basil-II



11th Century AD
Anonymous Folles, Basil II & Constantine VIII


12th Century AD
Seljuqs of Rum, Ghiyath Al-Din Kai Khusro


13th Century AD
Armenia, Cilician Armenia (Coronation Issue)


14th Century AD
Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine, Theobald II

 

15th Century AD
Lorraine, Charles-II


16th Century AD
Lorraine, Antoine the Good


17th Century AD
Duke of Lorraine. Charles IV, 2nd reign


18th Century AD
Anhalt-Bernburg, Alexius Friedrich Christian


19th Century AD
Sweet Vickie

 

20th Century AD
George V


21st Century AD
Liz-II


Ummm, Mentor ... "hopefully" you meant for me to unload in your thread?

 

the wire money looks most out of place doesn't it? looks like it should be switched the the elizabeth coin.

interesting how the style of stevex Lorraine coins stays very consistant over a long period of time.

 

GREAT Hijack!

 

Wow!!!!

 

Very nice!

 

Doug, I can't help but think to your choices represent each century extremely well. At least until the 5th century, anyway, beyond which I know virtually nothing about coins and wouldn't be able to say.

 

Nice coins, Mentor ... they're all winners

Ummm, I guess nobody else is ready to go next?

 

I would, but I have very few past the 5th Century until the 20th Century.

 

Maybe 2017 is gonna be your break-out year into those rare centuries?

 

Wow, just Wow. Every coin shown is awesome. Excellent choices for the period intended.

 

That is part of the reason those were chosen. The milled Elizabeth was ahead of her time and, after the experiment, they returned to hammered coins. Russia was really slow to enter the modern era. The last wire was at the beginning of the reign of Peter the Great who made the old ways (like beards - anyone have a beard token?) illegal and switched from medieval wires to round rubles. I could have used a Peter for the next century since he crossed the border but I liked the Mikhail coin better.