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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4791444, member: 56859"]Another fun post, Ryro! Love the puns <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like most of us I have many coins of the lovely and often effeminate (by today's standards) Apollo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Full body:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antigonosiiidosontet-rt-jpg.949881/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE</b></p><p>struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint?</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm</p><p>Obv: wreathed head of Poseidon right</p><p>Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.</p><p>Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f76e3a591954457d9da4c80c34eaeefa%7Emv2.jpg&hash=3cfcda10e1557d4a2dcd4f98000eecf4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus</b></p><p>CE 251-253</p><p>AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: COL AV / TROA; Apollo, head right and holding kithara, seated facing on griffin springing right, head left</p><p>Ref: RPC IX 407; Bellinger A403</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-apollodidymeustet-rt-jpg.907157/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>regnal year 11 (147/8 CE)</p><p>billon tetradrachm, 23 mm, 14 gm</p><p>Obv: ANTωNEINOCCEB EVCEB; laureate draped bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev: Apollo Didymeus standing facing, holding quiver and stag; LENΔEKATOV around</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1358.11; RPC Online 14267; Dattari-Savio Pl. 108, 8084.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-tetradrachm-with-an-unusual-deity.335154/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-tetradrachm-with-an-unusual-deity.335154/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-tetradrachm-with-an-unusual-deity.335154/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla</b></p><p>Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis.</p><p>AE 28, 13.05 gm</p><p>Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: VΠA OOVI TEPTOVΛΛOV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι; Apollo Sauroktonos standing right, holding laurel branch and leaning hand upon a tree stump with a lizard climbing up it.</p><p>Ref: H&J 8.18.7.1; Varbanov -.</p><p><br /></p><p>Head or bust only:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/grynionmussel-rt-jpg.496246/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>AEOLIS, Grynion (alt. spellings: Gryneion, Gyrnion, Grynium, others)</b></p><p>4th century BC</p><p>Æ 17 mm, 3.7 gm</p><p>Obi: laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left</p><p>Rev: ΓΥΡΝΗΙΩΝ; mussel shell</p><p>Ref: SNG Ashmolean 1445-6; SNG Copenhagen 202-4</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugiquinarius-rt_edited-jpg.838861/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi</b></p><p>90 BCE, Rome</p><p>AR quinarius, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Apollo right; R behind head</p><p>Rev: L PI - SO / FRVGI; Victory standing right, holding palm frond and wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 340/2e</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_28ad1301dda144a398dbec33bc190353.jpg_srz_p_1000_491_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero</b></p><p>year 13, CE 66/7</p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv: NEPΩKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEP; radiate head right</p><p>Rev: Laureate bust of Apollo right; AYTOKPA; LIΓ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 110(13) R1, Milne 248</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe Apollo, depending on who you ask:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_04191219db7c4261a8b0a07719d5d5a7.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_511,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_04191219db7c4261a8b0a07719d5d5a7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, L. Caesius</b></p><p>112-111 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 3.92 gm</p><p>Obv: bust of Vejovis (some references say Apollo?) from behind, head turned left, holding a thunderbolt, legend AP; dotted border.</p><p>Rev: Lares praestites seated with heads left, dog between, bust of Vulcan above, with tongs behind; legend LA-RE; dotted border.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 298/1. Sydenham 564. RSC Caesia 1</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/massaliaobol-amccimages-rt-jpg.852429/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>GAUL, Massalia</b></p><p>c. 350-150 BCE</p><p>AR obol; 0.59 gm, 10mm</p><p>Obv: youthful male head left (Apollo?)</p><p>Rev: wheel with four spokes; M A within two quarters</p><p>Ref: Depeyrot, Hellénistiques, Type 18; SNG Leipzig 13.</p><p><i>AMCC Auction 1, lot 1, 1 December 2018</i></p><p><i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1-1-1-1-1-won.327885/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1-1-1-1-1-won.327885/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1-1-1-1-1-won.327885/</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sa-3-jpg.819945/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Magnesia ad Maeandrum under Themistocles, 465-459 BCE</p><p>AR hemiobol, 0.35g 7.5mm</p><p>Obv: Barley grain with Θ to left, E to right</p><p>Rev: Male head right (Apollo?), (flanked by M A?)</p><p>Reference: Nollé and Wenninger Th 5c</p><p>(Sev's images; I still haven't taken decent pictures of this teensie coin)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4791444, member: 56859"]Another fun post, Ryro! Love the puns :D. Like most of us I have many coins of the lovely and often effeminate (by today's standards) Apollo. Full body: [I][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antigonosiiidosontet-rt-jpg.949881/[/IMG][/I] [B]KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE[/B] struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint? AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm Obv: wreathed head of Poseidon right Rev: Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below. Ref: Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f76e3a591954457d9da4c80c34eaeefa%7Emv2.jpg&hash=3cfcda10e1557d4a2dcd4f98000eecf4[/IMG] [B]TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus[/B] CE 251-253 AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: COL AV / TROA; Apollo, head right and holding kithara, seated facing on griffin springing right, head left Ref: RPC IX 407; Bellinger A403 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-apollodidymeustet-rt-jpg.907157/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] regnal year 11 (147/8 CE) billon tetradrachm, 23 mm, 14 gm Obv: ANTωNEINOCCEB EVCEB; laureate draped bust right, seen from behind Rev: Apollo Didymeus standing facing, holding quiver and stag; LENΔEKATOV around Ref: Emmett 1358.11; RPC Online 14267; Dattari-Savio Pl. 108, 8084. [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/alexandrian-tetradrachm-with-an-unusual-deity.335154/[/URL] [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_41ed639c24504f398f0257a9cf90a0ca~mv2.jpg[/IMG] [B]MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla[/B] Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis. AE 28, 13.05 gm Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: VΠA OOVI TEPTOVΛΛOV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι; Apollo Sauroktonos standing right, holding laurel branch and leaning hand upon a tree stump with a lizard climbing up it. Ref: H&J 8.18.7.1; Varbanov -. Head or bust only: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/grynionmussel-rt-jpg.496246/[/IMG] [B]AEOLIS, Grynion (alt. spellings: Gryneion, Gyrnion, Grynium, others)[/B] 4th century BC Æ 17 mm, 3.7 gm Obi: laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left Rev: ΓΥΡΝΗΙΩΝ; mussel shell Ref: SNG Ashmolean 1445-6; SNG Copenhagen 202-4 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugiquinarius-rt_edited-jpg.838861/[/IMG] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC, L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi[/B] 90 BCE, Rome AR quinarius, 13 mm, 1.9 gm Obv: laureate head of Apollo right; R behind head Rev: L PI - SO / FRVGI; Victory standing right, holding palm frond and wreath Ref: Crawford 340/2e [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_28ad1301dda144a398dbec33bc190353.jpg_srz_p_1000_491_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero[/B] year 13, CE 66/7 tetradrachm Obv: NEPΩKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEP; radiate head right Rev: Laureate bust of Apollo right; AYTOKPA; LIΓ Ref: Emmett 110(13) R1, Milne 248 Maybe Apollo, depending on who you ask: [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_04191219db7c4261a8b0a07719d5d5a7.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_511,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_04191219db7c4261a8b0a07719d5d5a7.jpg[/IMG] [B]Roman Republic, L. Caesius[/B] 112-111 BCE AR denarius, 3.92 gm Obv: bust of Vejovis (some references say Apollo?) from behind, head turned left, holding a thunderbolt, legend AP; dotted border. Rev: Lares praestites seated with heads left, dog between, bust of Vulcan above, with tongs behind; legend LA-RE; dotted border. Ref: Crawford 298/1. Sydenham 564. RSC Caesia 1 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/massaliaobol-amccimages-rt-jpg.852429/[/IMG] [B]GAUL, Massalia[/B] c. 350-150 BCE AR obol; 0.59 gm, 10mm Obv: youthful male head left (Apollo?) Rev: wheel with four spokes; M A within two quarters Ref: Depeyrot, Hellénistiques, Type 18; SNG Leipzig 13. [I]AMCC Auction 1, lot 1, 1 December 2018 [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1-1-1-1-1-won.327885/[/URL][/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sa-3-jpg.819945/[/IMG] Magnesia ad Maeandrum under Themistocles, 465-459 BCE AR hemiobol, 0.35g 7.5mm Obv: Barley grain with Θ to left, E to right Rev: Male head right (Apollo?), (flanked by M A?) Reference: Nollé and Wenninger Th 5c (Sev's images; I still haven't taken decent pictures of this teensie coin)[/QUOTE]
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