Qcumbor Posted January 7 · Supporter Share Posted January 7 2 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Next: a coin from Elisabeth... Since you don't mention which Elisabeth ... Next : Elisabeth 1st Q 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 8 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 8 6 Next: Artemis/ Diana 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 8 · Member Share Posted January 8 7 hours ago, Ryro said: Next: Artemis/ Diana The type presented here seems to be extremely rare. I know of one specimen in the Freiburg Museum Baden Württemberg (Germany) and one specimen at SNG, plus this specimen. I have not found any other pieces during my internet research, nor any pieces at auctions in the last 20 years. Addendum: the coin type has now been added to RPC Online (SNG type, Freiburg Museum Baden Württemberg type and this coin). Perge is an ancient city 14 kilometres inland from the south coast of Turkey and 16 kilometres northeast of Antalya (ancient Attaleia) in Aksu. Along with Side, it was the most important city in Pamphylia. The ruins still standing today give a good impression of a city complex of the late Hellenistic-Roman period. Coming from the coast or from Antalya, the ancient theatre of Perge is located to the west (left). It had a capacity of 14,000 spectators, making it one of the largest of its kind. Between the theatre and the city is a large, well-preserved stadium with 15,000 seats and 50 vaults supporting the still well-preserved rows of seats. Some of them served as shops, every third one as an entrance. Towards the city, there are palace ruins from the imperial period and the large Palaestra, which is part of a large gymnasium. At the west gate are the thermal baths – an aqueduct can also be seen – and behind them the necropolis. The strategically located table mountain in the north has been called the Acropolis since the work of Karl Graf Lanckoronski (1890), because the main street of the city runs right up to it. On the south-eastern edge of the Acropolis was the extensive sanctuary of Artemis (known as Artemis Pergaia), whose cult – as in Ephesus – shaped the arts and the economy. Not least, this is evident on many an ancient coin (such as the one presented here). In Greek mythology, Artemis is the goddess of hunting, virginity, the forest, birth and the moon, as well as the guardian of women and children. She is one of the twelve great Olympian gods. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. She corresponds to Diana in Roman mythology. Perge, the hometown of Artemis Pergaia and her cult, stamped the image of the goddess on coins almost continuously, beginning in Hellenistic times (2nd century BC). At the same time, Artemis Pergaia was also the patron goddess of the entire regional centre of Perge – and was often closely related to the other Pamphylian and Pisidian communities through personal and commercial ties. Thus, the cult later spread far beyond the regional borders. From Hellenistic times, various sources contain references to temples, priests and institutionalised or private cult of the goddess from Perge. In ancient times, Artemis Pergaia was conceived and understood in two different image forms: Once as the huntress Artemis in long or short garb in a purely Greek iconography with bow or torch, the other time in an “ancient” appearance as aniconic cult icon, idol or baitylos with human head. The most important and most detailed study on the image of Artemis on the city coins of Perge was presented by Th. S. MacKay in 1990. It is the first to discuss in detail the divergent representations and to attempt to interpret them. Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Reign: Commodus Mint: Perge, Pamphylia Date: 180/192 AD Nominal: Bronze Material: AE Diameter: 17mm Weight: 4.80g Reference: RPC IV.3 17562 (this coin) Reference: SNG France 3 419 RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/17562 SNG Online: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41781168m BaWü Online: https://bawue.museum-digital.de/object/64046?navlang=de Special: 3rd known example, RPC Online Plate coin Obverse: Laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right Inscription: AVTO KAI KOMMO Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Kommodos Translation: Imperator Caesar Commodus Reverse: Artemis Pergaia standing left, quiver at shoulder, holding bow Inscription: ПEPΓAIΩN Translation: Pergaion Translation: City of Perge Next: a tree on a coin please... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 8 · Supporter Share Posted January 8 (edited) Aphrodisias Asia Minor, Caria Assarion, AD 209-211 Ti Cl. Zenon magistrate Obv: IEPA CYNKΛHTOC; diademed and draped bust of Senate right Rev: KΛ ZHNΩN PXAΦPOΔICIEΩN, tree with three branches growing up from altar AE, 24 mm, 8.95 g Ref.: David MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias, Type 104, O152/R269 (same dies) Next: Senate Edited January 8 by shanxi 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted January 8 · Member Share Posted January 8 Mysia, Lampsacus. Uncertain reign, Augustus AE16 Obv: ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟΥ ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗ / laureate head of Augustus (?), r. Rev: ΙƐΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ / draped bust of Senate, r. RPC I, 2278 Next: Lampsacus 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 8 · Member Share Posted January 8 32 minutes ago, AncientOne said: Next: Lampsacus Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia (320-306/5 BC), or king (306/5-301 BC) In the name and types of Alexander III; Drachm of the Kings of Macedon 310/301 BC Material: Silver; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 4.5g; Mint: Lampsacus (Lampsakos), Mysia Reference: Price 1965 corr. (owl facing right, not left) Obverse: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; Reverse: Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; in left field, owl standing right, head facing; monogram below throne. The Inscription reads: AΛEΞANΔPOY for Alexandrou (Alexander III the Great). Next: a coin with a Mountain please... 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 8 · Supporter Share Posted January 8 Mount Fuji, Japan NEXT: Blossom of flowers as main design 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 8 · Supporter Share Posted January 8 Mandschukuo "Emperor": 大同, Da Tong (Pu Yi) Year: 3 (1934) Av: 大满洲国 flag of Mandschukuo 大同三年 Rv: 五釐, 5 Li, Flowers AE, 21mm, 3.5g KM Y#1 Next: flag 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted January 8 · Supporter Share Posted January 8 Here's a coin with a flag: Country: El Salvador Edge: BANCO CENTRAL DE RES Coin: 1971 5 Colones REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR AMERICA CENTRAL 1971 - Flags flank triangular arms within wreath, date below 150° ANIVERSARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CENTRO AMERICA 1821-1971 josé Siméon Cañas y Villacorta 5 COLONES - Liberty statue, Cañas bust at right, dates at left, denomination below Shape: Round. Wt./Size/Axis: 11.50g / 29.8mm / 6h References: KM 142 Acquisition: Artemide Aste Online auction 19.1E #884 (part of) 21-Oct-2012 Notes: Nov 17, 12 - Proof in 0.999 fine silver - pity about the fingerprints! Next - another shiny silver coin (preferably not with fingerprints!) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 8 · Supporter Share Posted January 8 Commemorative issue Simón Bolívar Obverse National coat of arms Lettering: REPUBLICA DE PANAMA ********* PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO LEY 0.925 FM · · 20 BALBOAS · · Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World Silver 0.925 FM 20 Balboas Reverse Head Simon Bolivar right SIMON BOLIVAR 1783-1830 Composition Silver (.925) Weight 129.59 g Diameter 61 mm Thickness 4.7 mm Shape Round Technique Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Number N# 23893 References KM# 31 NEXT: Large coin, bigger than 60mm 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted January 8 · Supporter Share Posted January 8 I posted this recently, but what the hell - it is bigger than 60mm in diameter... Gens: Anonymous Coin: Bronze As I - Laureate head of bearded Janus I - Prow of galley right Mint: Rome (ca. 225-217 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 249.20g / 64mm / 12h References: Sydenham 71 Crawford 35/1 HN Italy 337 ICC 74 BMCRR Rome 1-9 Provenances: Ex. S & S Collection Acquisition: CNG Online auction Triton XXVI #598 10-Jan-2023 Next - a cast coin 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 9 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 9 ROMAN REPUBLIC. Anonymous. AE Aes Grave Triens (47mm, 92.37 gms), Rome Mint, ca. 225-217 B.C. VERY FINE. Cr-35/3a; TV-53. Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva left; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk; Reverse: Prow right; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk. A pleasing specimen despite its crudeness, with charming green surfaces. Next: coin from one of the wars against Carthage *Roman or Cartheginian 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 9 · Member Share Posted January 9 9 hours ago, Ryro said: Next: coin from one of the wars against Carthage *Roman or Cartheginian A coin from the time of the Second Punic War between 218 and 202 BC... Anonymous Moneyer; Victoriatus of the Roman Republic Period 211/210 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 16.20mm; Weight: 3.06g; Mint: Apulia; Reference: Crawford RRC 102/1; Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter, right. Border of dots; Reverse: Victory, right, crowning trophy. Line border. Controlmark Q. The Inscription reads: ROMA for Roma, the city goddess of Rome. Next: another "anonymous" issue... 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted January 9 · Supporter Share Posted January 9 9 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Next: another "anonymous" issue... Anonymous, Denarius - Rome mint, 115/114 BCE Head of Roma right in winged and crested corinthian helmet, X behind, [ROMA] below Helmeted Roma seated right on pile of shields, holding spear, two birds flying in field, she-wolf to right suckling twins at Roma's feet. 3,93 gr Ref : RCV # 164, RSC # 176, Crawford # 287/1 Next : corinthian helmet Q 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 9 · Member Share Posted January 9 Syracuse, Reign of Dionysius I 405-367 BC (struck circa 380 BC) Æ Drachm (32mm, 30.12g) O: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with olive wreath; ΣYPA before. R: Sea-star between two dolphins. CNS II, 62-9; HGC 2, 1436; SNG ANS 455-469; Sear 1189 (Timoleon) ex Saint Paul Antiques Next: monster 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 10 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 10 One of my all time favorite ancient monsters, the Ketos monster! CARIA, Halikarnassos (reassigned from Kindya) 499-497 BCE AR hektai, 1.78 gm, 11 mm, Milesian standard Obv: head of ketos right Rev: geometric pattern within incuse square Ref: Konuk Next: more mythological creatures 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 10 · Member Share Posted January 10 Teos, Ionia 320-294 BC AR Diobol (10mm, 0.92g) Mentor magistrate. O: Griffin seated right, with left forepaw raised. R: Lyre; MENTΩP (magistrate) downward to right. Kinns 95; SNG Kayhan 611v; Imhoof 126A ex MRB Coins Next: let's continue 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted January 10 · Member Share Posted January 10 Continuing with mythological creatures, here's a capricorn. Next, another Octavian/Augustus or another capricorn. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 10 · Member Share Posted January 10 4 hours ago, lordmarcovan said: Next, another Octavian/Augustus This example is shown in Friedhelm Prayon "Projected buildings on Roman coins" and Dietrich Mannsperger "Annos undeviginti natus" (Hausmann-Festschrift 1982, p. 322, 332) on plate 71.6 Octavian is here firmly cementing his connection to the now 'divine' Julius Caesar, thinly disguised as the more traditional fulfilment of pietas, in the minds of the Roman people. The bearded portrait on the obverse, the typical attitude of mourning for the male Roman citizen, recalls the assassination of his patron and adoptive father eight years before, but it is with the reverse type that the message is made clear. Depicting a structure that had not yet been built was a calculated move from Octavian that in part renewed his commitment to the project, which had been agreed six years earlier. Finally dedicated in 29 BC, construction having started only after the Battle of Actium, the Temple of Divus Julius was built on the site in the forum where Caesar's body had been cremated fifteen years previously. Gaius Octavius, Gaius Iulius C. f. Caesar Reign: Roman Republic, Civil War Mint: mint moving with Octavian in central or southern Italy Date: 36 BC; Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.93g Reference: Sydenham 1338; Reference: Babelon Julia 139; Reference: Crawford RRC 540/2 Obverse: Head of Octavian, right, bearded. Border of dots Inscription: IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR ITER R P C Translation: Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Triumvir Iterum Rei Publicae Constituandae Translation: The emperor Octavian son of the divine Caesar, triumvir for the second time for the restoration of the Republic Reverse: Tetrastyle temple; within, figure wearing veil and holding lituus in right hand; on architrave, DIVO·IVL; within pediment, star; on left, lighted altar. Border of dots Inscription: COS ITER ET TER DESIG Translation: Consul Iterum et Tertium Designatus Divo Iulio Translation: Consul for the second time and designated for the third time, to the divine Jules Next: another ancient coin with a building at the reverse... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 10 · Supporter Share Posted January 10 GALLIENUS Antoninianus. 259-260 Lugdunum mint. GALLIENVS (dot) P (dot) F (dot) AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / DEO MARTI, distyle temple with Mars standing left within, left hand holding inverse spear and resting right hand on shield. RIC 10 var (dots in legend). Goebl 889g. Elmer 85; RSC 149; Cohen 615. Sear5 10195. 2,2 g - 21 mm NEXT: More buildings/Temples 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 11 · Patron Share Posted January 11 Maxentius as Augustus, AD 307-312. Roman billon follis, 6.53 g, 24.6 mm, 10 h. Rome, AD 307-308. Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, radiate head right. Rev: CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, head left, globe in right hand, scepter in left, shield at side behind, Victories as acroteria, wreath on pediment, H left, R S in exergue. Refs: RIC 202a; Cohen 21; RCV 14986. Next: Someone holding a globe. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 11 · Supporter Share Posted January 11 Gallienus AE Antoninianus. Sole reign 260-268AD. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, Centaur walking left, holding globe and trophy. Mintmark H in exergue. RIC 164a, Cohen 74, RSC 74. Sear 10177. NEXT: Centaur 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted January 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 11 (edited) In 241 Tranquillina's father Timesitheus was appointed the head of the Praetorian Guard by the Roman Emperor Gordian III. In May that year, Tranquillina married Gordian. She became a Roman Empress and received the honorific title of Augusta. Her marriage to Gordian was an admission by the young emperor of both Timesitheus' political indispensability and Tranquillina’s suitability as an empress. Tranquillina Augusta, 241-244 C.E. AE25, 10.7g MESOPOTAMIA, Singara (modern Sinjar, Iraq) Obverse: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right Reverse: Veiled Bust of Tyche Right; Centaur Sagittarius leaping right and discharging bow above Reference: BMC Arabia p. 136, 14; SNG Copenhagen 258 Next: coin of another Mesopotamian city Edited January 11 by Ancient Coin Hunter 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 11 · Member Share Posted January 11 4 hours ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said: Next: coin of another Mesopotamian city Urfa is believed to be identical to the Hurrian Urshu, which is mentioned around 2000 BC in Sumerian, Akkadian and later in Hittite cuneiform texts. Ephräm the Syrian preserves the legend that King Nimrod founded the city. The city was conquered by Alexander. For reasons of power politics, Seleucus I refounded the city under the Macedonian name of Edessa. The date of foundation is usually given as 303 BC. After the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire, the independent petty kingdom of Osrhoene arose around Edessa. Under Roman dominance, the city initially retained its independence. Pompey confirmed Abgar II of Edessa in office after 67 BC. The latter then seems, according to Plutarch, to have played an important role in the defeat of Crassus in 53 BC. Thereafter, Edessa, together with the Osrhoene, became a dependent Parthian client kingdom under its own princes. In 49 AD, Abgar V is mentioned by Tacitus (Annals XI,12) as “King of the Arabs”. When Emperor Trajan stayed in Antioch in 114 AD, the king of Edessa, also named Abgar, brought him gifts, including over 200 horses. But already in 116 AD Abgar fell away from the Romans and the city was destroyed. Trajan’s successor Hadrian had to vacate the area again and installed a Parthian prince as ruler of Edessa in 117 AD. A short time later, the Osrhoene was once again firmly part of the Parthian sphere of influence. Then in 123 AD a native dynasty under Manu VII came to rule. Until 160 AD, there were no coins by which a “Kingdom of Edessa” could be proven. The oldest coins survive from King Wael bar Sahru (163-165 AD), who was installed by the Parthians. From King Manu VIII (139-163 AD, 165-176/9 AD) a coin is preserved showing him with the tiara. In 165 AD, during another Roman-Parthian war, the city rebelled against the Parthians and opened the gates to Roman troops, the ruler became a Roman client king; but still the emperors refrained from annexation. In 194 AD, Edessa rebelled against the Romans and was subsequently subjugated by Emperor Septimius Severus. Abgar IX (212-214 AD) briefly succeeded his predecessor on the throne. However, the new emperor Caracalla had him deposed and killed, ending the rule of the Edessian kings and making the city a Roman colonia and the capital of the Roman province of Osrhoene in 214 AD. However, local princes seem to have continued to exist; for example, an Edessian phylarch named Abgar moved to Rome with his family in 243 AD. Abgar X minted the last coins with the Greek circumscription Abgaros Basileus (“King Abgar”) under Emperor Gordian. In 260 AD, the Romans under Valerian were defeated by the Persian Sassanids under Shapur I near Edessa, and the emperor fell into captivity. Edessa had long competed with the cult of the moon god Sin in nearby Harran. The worship of the goddess Taratha was significant. On the other hand, under the tolerant King Abgar VIII (176/9-212 AD), of whom a large number of coins have survived, the first Christian churches were allegedly built. Abgar VIII (Lucius Aelius Septimius Abgar VIII, the Great) was a son of Manu VIII and king of Edessa from about AD 176/9. He took the name Lucius Aelius in 191/192 AD in honour of the Roman Emperor Commodus. After Commodus’ assassination, he supported the counter-emperor Pescennius Niger. In 194 AD, he was defeated by the emperor Septimius Severus, then submitted to him the following year, took the additional name Septimius in his honour and handed over his sons as hostages. From then on, he loyally stood by the Roman emperor and therefore did not support the Parthians. Septimius Severus recognised him for this as a client king and “king of kings” in 198 AD. Abgar had coins minted with the portrait of Septimius Severus on one side and his portrait on the other. Abgar’s palace fell victim to a flood in 201, according to the Chronicle of Edessa. Later, Abgar VIII is said to have paid a visit to the city of Rome. His son Abgar IX succeeded him on the throne in 212 AD. Among Abgar VIII’s childhood friends was the Syrian Christian Gnostic Bardesanes. It is possible that Abgar VIII converted to Christianity, but the church father Eusebius of Caesarea reports nothing of a conversion of Abgar in his church history. Bardesanes, on the other hand, relates in his Book of the Laws of the Lands that Abgar VIII, after his conversion, pronounced a prohibition against future emasculations in honour of the Semitic deity Atargatis; perhaps, however, this news is a subsequent orthodox revision of the original text. The early Christian chronicler Sextus Iulius Africanus paid his respects to Abgar VIII around 195 AD and classified him as a “holy man”, but whether he meant that the king was a Christian is not certain. At any rate, Christians lived in Edessa at the time of the king and Abgar VIII himself was at least open to Christianity. Abgar VIII probably had Roman citizenship. Lucius Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Reign: Abgar VIII; under Marcus Aurelius or Commodus Mint: Edessa, Mesopotamia Date: 177/192 AD Nominal: Bronze Material: AE Diameter: 16mm Weight: 2.10g Reference: RPC IV.3 6491 Reference: BMC 11–13 Reference: SNG Copenhagen 193 and 195 RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6491 Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right Inscription: [AVT ΚΑΙϹΑΡ] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Komodos Translation: Imperator Caesar Commodus Reverse: Draped bust of Abgar VIII (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right Inscription: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ [ΒΑϹΙΛЄVϹ] Translation: Abgaros Basileus Translation: King Abgar [VIII] Next: a ancient Bosporus / Bosporos coin... 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 11 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 11 CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 310-304/3 BC. Æ (11mm, 1.40g, 12h). Beardless head of satyr right / Bow in bowcase. Anokhin 1025; MacDonald 72; HGC 4, 135. Good VF, Next: satyr 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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