Post your Ancient Coins here

Post all of your (Ancient Coins) of your collection here. This is for people to look at ancient coins and show there coins. Only ancient coins can be shown. If you have questions about ancient coins you can post them here as well. Post as many times as you want.
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Noah

 

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Gee, if only we had a separate forum for ancients...

 

What do you call a forum with a specific section for ancients?

 

AWESOME is what I call it

 

No way I could fit them all in a single post... here's just the first half of this year:

 

if I could smash a like for every coin!!! LOL

 

Some funny replies in this thread

Noah picked up his first ancient for a buck and now he's hooked and understandably enthusiastic . Welcome aboard, @Noah Finney!

For my coins, rather than post hundreds in this thread, just click the link in my signature line.

 

Same, all of my collection is in my sig link. Frequently updated.

 

Great collection @TIF and my compliments on an excellent website.

 

welcome @Noah Finney, you might like to see recent posts by clicking the Ancient Coins link at the top of the page. You can find some really neat stuff!
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A few of mine -

 

Thanks For the kind comment.

 

Well, I'll indulge your enthusiasm and post a new coin:


Septimius Severus, 193 - 211 AD
Æ 8 Assaria, 32mm, 15.31g, 8h; Thrace, Pautalia Mint.
Obv.: AV K A CEΠTI CEVHPOC ΠEP; Laureate head of Septimius right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC; Fourfold coiled serpent with erect head right.

 

I'll balance Jwt and post a coin I have owned for over 50 years.

Julia Domna denarius Rome mint overstruck on earlier coin:

 

Guess I'll post a new coin as well. I'll come up with a thread for it soon.

The Mamertinoi, Sicily
AE pentonkion
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev: MAMEPTINΩN, nude warrior advancing right wearing crested helmet, holding shield and spear, Π in right field.
Mint: Messina
Ref: SNG ANS 447ff

 

Finally figured out how to post pictures to a reply.... Some of my more recent 2017 aqusitions from John Anthony.



SASANIAN KINGS. Hormizd II. AD. 302-309.
AR Drachm, 25mm, 4.2g, 3h.
Obv.: Bust right, wearing eagle crown with korymbos.
Rev.: Fire altar with ribbon and bust left in flames; flanked by two attendants, the left wearing winged crown, the other wearing mural crown, both with korymbos; two pellets to left of flames.



Sasanian Kings. Ardashir I (224-240 AD).
AR Drachm, 27mm, 4.2g, 5h, Mint C ('Ctesiphon').
Obv.: 'The Mazda-worshiper, the divine Ardashir, the king of kings of Iran who is descended from the gods' in Pahlavi; Diademed and draped bust right, hair gathered within spherical ornament on head.
Rev.: 'The fire of Ardashir' in Pahlavi; fire altar without attendants.



Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC Æ Hemidrachm (Triobol), 39mm, 44.8g, 12h; Alexandria mint.
Obv.: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia.
Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right; filleted cornucopia to right, monogram between legs.



China, Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Hui Zong, 1101 - 1125 AD
Æ 10 Cash,12.77g
Obv.: Chong Ning Tong Bao.
Rev.: Blank as made.
Reference: Hartill 16.400

 

Y'all have excellent taste in dealers, lol.

 

I'll help move this along a bit by posting my two last purchases:



CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 10.93 g, 6h). Baaltars seated left, holding eagle, grain ear, grapes, and scepter; TR (in Aramaic) to lower left, M (in Aramaic) below throne / Lion attacking bull left; monogram below. Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG BN –; SNG Levante 106. EF, toned.




Mark Antony & Julius Caesar. 43 B.C. AR denarius (17 mm, 3.44 g, 5 h). Mint traveling with Antony in Cisalpine Gaul. CAESAR [DIC], bare head of Julius Caesar right; behind, capis / M A[NT(Conjoined letters)]O IMP R P C (= ReiPublicae Constituendae---Regulation of the Republic), bare head of Marc Antony right; behind, lituus. Crawford 488/1; HCRI 118; Sydenham 1165; RSC 2. Lightly toned. Good metal. Nearly very fine.

 

Never need an excuse to show new coins:

Trebonianus Gallus (251-253 AD). Æ Sestertius (19.26 g). Rome.
Obv. IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. IVNONI MARTIALI, Juno seated front, holding wheat ears, within round, garlanded temple showing two columns.
RIC 110a.


Traianus (98-117 AD). AE Sestertius (33-34 mm, 26.57 g), Rome, 114-116 AD.
Obv. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, S C across field, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left.
RIC 672; Woytek 534f.

 

My first of 760 coins purchased 36 years ago:

MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: LEG XI, eagle between standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.05g, 16mm
RSC 27

Edit: I didn't mean for it to sound like I purchased 760 coins 36 years ago. My entire collection is now 760 coins.