Not exactly Round ...

Post your less-than-circular coins! Here are a few of mine:

 

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Nice set of Sestertii.

 

The usual 3rd century sestertii shape!

I like them all.

 

My theory on these shapes is that the metal was rolled out in long strips, then a circular punch was used to cut off individual flans. Occasionally the width of the strip was less than the diameter of the punch, hence the odd shape. Something like this perhaps...

 

Oval:








Square:







Rectangle:



*Does anyone know if ancients made any coins with triangle shapes? If I can get that then I'll have all the basic shapes complete, as I also have round coins which I didn't mention here as this is a "less than round" thread.

 

All are nice

 

here's some of my roman "should be round but aren't" group

 

Tooth from Akragas


Squashed overstrike from Apollonia Pontica


Nugget from Aegina


Oval from Athens


Oval from Arados


Square Widow's Mite


Two handled Widow's Mite


Byzantine overstrike of 1/4 of earlier round coin

 

Not round is common for RR coins -

 

@dougsmit love that Oval from Athens. Is it an early issue? fraction? Athena looks much less feminine than usual.

 

MYSIA. Kyzikos. Obol (Circa 450-400 BC).

 

My favourite spectacular failure to be round is this follis of Theodosius III of Adramytium, 715-717. My rarest piece of absolute junk.

 

Lucilla Sestertius

 

That is one irregular flan!

 

neat idea for a thread! I'll just stick with ones that should short of be round....

 

Commodus
Coin: Bronze Dupondis
M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT - Laureate head right
MINER VIC (...) TR P VIII COS V DES VI S-C - Minerva standing left, holding Victory and reversed spear; shield leaning before against her leg; trophy behind
Mint: Rome? (177-192 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 20.54g / 29mm / -
References:

• RIC III 546 (Dupondius)
• cf. MIR 18
• 786-6/27 (Securitas)
• Cohen 372.

 

Aigina, Aegina
Coin: Silver Stater
None - Land tortoise viewed from above
None - Geometric incuse skew pattern with 5 segments
Mint: Aegina (456-431BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 11.89g / 22mm / -
References:

• Similar to SNGCop 516
• Similar to Dewing 1683
• Similar to BMC 146

 

Drinking sho earely in the day...hic...

 

What's coin #3 there, @chrsmat71? Central Asian (looks like a tamgha on the rev.)?