Postvmvs Posted Friday at 04:52 PM · Member Share Posted Friday at 04:52 PM Victorinus 269-271AD antoninianus IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate cuirassed draped bust right Obverse brockage Next: reverse brockage 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted Saturday at 01:44 AM · Supporter Author Share Posted Saturday at 01:44 AM Despite the auction houses photographer having the reverse staring upwards, here's a brockage Coele-Syria, Antiochia Elagabalus, 218-222 Bronze brockage 218-222, Æ 19.00 mm., 3.90 g. VF Next: Elagabalus 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted Saturday at 05:51 AM · Supporter Share Posted Saturday at 05:51 AM (edited) Nikoolis ad Istrum AE22 Obv.: AVT KM AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust Rev.: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON, Serpent coiled AE, 7.22g, 22.65mm Ref.: Hristova-Jekov 8.26.22.11 Next: Ancient coin from a town on the Danube Edited Saturday at 05:52 AM by shanxi 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted Sunday at 02:10 PM · Supporter Author Share Posted Sunday at 02:10 PM 6+ Next: Helios 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted Sunday at 02:41 PM · Member Share Posted Sunday at 02:41 PM Macedonian Kingdom, Reign of Philip V 221-179 BC AE Double Unit (26.3mm, 10.175g, 270o) O: Radiate head of Helios right. R: Winged thunderbolt; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, ΔΙ monogram above, AI monogram below left , P with pellet in center below right, all within oak wreath. Mamroth Bronzemünzen 24b, pl. VII, 13; SNG Alpha Bank 1110 ff. var (monograms below); SNG Cop 1258 ff. var (same); AMNG III/2 25 var (same); Sear 6795v ex Forvm Ancient Coins Next: Aphrodite 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted Sunday at 04:15 PM · Supporter Author Share Posted Sunday at 04:15 PM Corinthia, Corinth. AR Hemidrachm, 400-375 BC. Obv. Forepart of Pegasus left. Rev. Head of Aphrodite left. BMC pl. IX. fig. 13. AR. 1.23 g. 11.00 mm. About VF/VF. Next: Pegasos 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted Sunday at 05:09 PM · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted Sunday at 05:09 PM I will always take the opportunity to post one of my very favorite ancient coins, Greek though it may be: Corinth AR Stater. Circa 375-345 BC. Obv: Pegasos [Pegasus] flying left, Q below / Rev: Helmeted head of Athena left. Control-symbols behind head: Retrograde N and Ares standing left holding shield and spear. Pegasi 376 var. [“N” not retrograde] [Calciati, R., Pegasi Vol. I (Mortara, 1990)]; Ravel 1056 [Ravel, O.E., Les "Poulains" de Corinthe, I - II (Basel, 1936; London, 1948)]; BCD Corinth 121 [Numismatik Lanz, Münzen von Korinth: Sammlung B, Auction 105 (Munich, 26 Nov. 2001)]; SNG Copenhagen 121 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 15, Corinth (Copenhagen 1944)]. 21mm, 8.46 g., 6h. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction IX, 22 March 2015, Lot 168. Note that I have yet to see another example of this type with the retrograde "N," or find a reference to it in any catalog. It does make me wonder a bit. Next: Corinth. 5 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted Sunday at 08:46 PM · Member Share Posted Sunday at 08:46 PM 13 mm, 1,87 g. Corinthia, Corinth. AR drachm. Circa 345-307 BC. Pegasos flying left, wings curled, Koppa below / Head of Aphrodite left, hair in a sakkos. ΠA monogram behind head. BCD Corinth 162; SNG Fitzwilliam 3455-3456; SNG Cop. 136. Next - Aphrodite 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted 19 hours ago · Member Share Posted 19 hours ago This is 6+, so here is a new coin I am excited about Kingdom of Srivijaya Island of Sumatra, today's Indonesia AV Quarter Kupang c. 1000-1300 AD O: Quatrefoil flower perhaps sandalwood R: 'Ma' Weight: 0.15 grams Size: 5.0mm - 0.6mm Posted to Zeno.ru 342223 Next: most recent gold purchase, old or modern 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted 18 hours ago · Supporter Share Posted 18 hours ago Ludwig II Kingdom of Bavaria 1876 Next: Modern standard circulation gold coin 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted 18 hours ago · Member Share Posted 18 hours ago I've always wanted an American gold and recently acquired this one. Next- pre-33 US gold. 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted 18 hours ago · Member Share Posted 18 hours ago 30 minutes ago, shanxi said: Ludwig II Kingdom of Bavaria 1876 Next: Modern standard circulation gold coin Shield, on an eagle, on a shield, on an eagle 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted 14 hours ago · Supporter Share Posted 14 hours ago @zanzi The coat of arms of the German Empire consists of a single-headed eagle with the Prussian eagle in a shield on the breast; the coat of arms of Hohenzollern on the heart of this eagle; above the whole is the golden imperial crown with golden ribbons. Don't ask me why 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted 4 hours ago · Supporter Author Share Posted 4 hours ago 6+ LYCAONIA, Dalisandus. Philip I. 244-249 AD. AE. (30mm, 20.2 g) Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev. Hercules standing facing, head right, holding apples, club, and lion's skin. Next: favorite god/goddess/hero from Greek mythology 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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