Spaniard Posted November 25, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2022 S...Salus Standing, Serpent, Sceptre. Caracalla 198-217 AD. AR Denarius (2.82 gm, 19mm). Laodicea mint. Struck 200/1 AD.Obv.: ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.Rev.: SAL GEN HVM, Salus standing left, holding serpent-entwined scepter, and raising kneeling figure personifying the human race. RIC 350; BMC 701; RSC 558a. gVF. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted November 25, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 25, 2022 Hi All, S ... For Ptolemy I as Satrap. PTOLEMY I SOTER (SATRAP: 323-305/4 BCE) EGYPT, MEMPHIS,ca 323/322 BCE Ar STATER (TETRADRACHM) Size: 27x29 mm Weight: 17.03 g Die Axis:00:00 Broucheion Collection P-2015-03-14.001 OBV: Heracles head, facing right wearing lion skin tied at neck and Ammon horn. Dotted border.REV: Zeus Aetophoros seated on throne, feet crossed and on footrest, facing left. Holds eagle in outstreached right hand and staff in left. In left field: Amun-Ra head with double feathered plumes; To right: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Below throne ΔA monogram. Dotted border.Refs: Lorber CPE-4; Price-3964; Zervos (1974), Issue 3 [94 recorded, from 8 obverse dies]; SNG Copenhagen-9; Zervos (1967), Issue III (dated 324 BCE).Provenance: Ex Jean Elsen Sept 1984 and Auction 124 (14 Mar 2015), Lot# 139. - Broucheion 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 25, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2022 S for Sower Q 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 26, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 26, 2022 Skepsis TROAS. Skepsis Circa 400-310 BCE AE 11 mm, 1.23 g Forepart of Pegasos to left Rev. Σ-Κ Palm tree; all within linear square SNG Copenhagen 477. SNG München 329 Ex Savoca 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 S is for Sinope Sinope Ar Drachm 410-350 BC Obv Head of Nymph left Rv Sea eagle flying left carrying dolphin HGC 390 4.99 grms 16 mm Photo by W. HansenT Those Black Sea eagles must be big birds or somebody had better lay off of the fermented grape juice 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted November 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 26, 2022 Double Stellate pattern on the reverse of this Stater from Corcyra (modern day Corfu), c. 400 BC. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 S for Shu Kingdom Kingdom: Shu Obv: Wu Zhu Rev: blank Material: AE, 2.25g, 21.6mm Literature: Hartill 10.10, FD 525 Identifying Characteristics: Size, inner rim back and front 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 S for Sui Dynasty Emperor: Wen Obv: Wu Zhu, border in inner hole right only Rev: blank Year: from 581 Material: AE, 2.49g, 23.3mm Literature: Hartill 10.26, FD650 This is the last Wu Zhu coin 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 S for Southern Tang Dynasty Kingdom: Southern Tang, 南 唐 Emperor: Yuan Zu 元宗 (943-961). Obv: 唐國通寶, Tang Guo Tong Bao, Regular Script (Tang Guo = Tang Kingdom). Rev: blank Year: 959 Material: AE, 2.88g, 24mm Literature: Hartill 15.93, FD815 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 S is for Stater. Celtic Britain. Durotriges. Uninscribed series, struck circa 80-50 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 5.92g, 6h). Durotrigan A (Chute) type. Obv: Head of Apollo right, devolved to wreath and crescents. Rev: Disjointed horse left; pellets above, 'crab' below, [pellet in lozenge above tail]; below, zigzag and pellet pattern between two parallel lines. Ref: Hobbs 35-76; Van Arsdell 1205-5; ABC 746; SCBC 22. Nearly Very Fine, striking flatness on edge. Ex Stacks Coin Galleries Sale, August 2009 (18 Aug 2009), Lot 4001. Note from a CNG lot: Hoard evidence suggests that the usual attribution of these staters to the Durotriges may not be correct. The authors of ABC point out that these staters are not found in Durotrigan territory and instead attribute them the Belgae, although with some reservations. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 Tighten your belts, hold tight for a thrilling trip back in time. Thesolonika to Trier, Tanit to Theodosius. The task is to tantalise us totally with your types of total titillation. T is here 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 T for Two pence Q 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 T for Clodius Turrinus and torch P. Clodius Turrinus Rome mint, 42 BC; Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre to left / Diana Lucifera standing facing, head right, bow and quiver on her shoulder, holding lighted torch in each hand; M • F at left, P • CLODIVS at right 3.5 g, 19 mm Crawford 494/23; Syd 1117 T for Clementia Temp(orum) Probus AE Antoninianus. Siscia, 281 AD. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate draped bust right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Probus standing right, holding sceptre, receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre. Officina letter in lower centre. Mintmark XXI. Cohen 87, Ric 644. T for Thessalonika (TESΓ ) Julian II (360 - 363) AE1 (BI Maiorina); Thessalonika Mint; Obv: DN FL CL IVLIANUS PF AUG; Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVB; Bull standing right, two stars above;*TESΓ in exergue; Ref: RIC 226; NGC Graded Ch. XF T for Theophilus Michael II the Amorian (AD 820-829) with Theophilus Æ Follis; Constantinople mint; Obv: MIXAHL S ΘЄOFILOS, crowned facing busts of Michael (on left) and Theophilus (on right); cross above; Rev: Large M, X/X/X to left, cross above, N/N/N to right, Θ below; 29.12mm; 6.21 grams; Sear 1642 Theophilus (AD 829-842) Æ Follis; Constantinople mint; AD 830-842; Obv: ΘEOFIL bASIL; Half-length figure standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger; Rev: ΘEO / FILE AVG / OVSTE SV / hICAS in four lines; 27.66mm; 7.46 grams; Sear 1667 T for Tournois (TVRONVS) Philppe IV Silver Denier Tournois, 18mm, 1285 - 1310; Obv: + PhILIPPVS REX, Rev: + TVRONVS CIVIS T for Thing (???) Mittelalter Deutschland. Pfennig (1441). Leichte Prägeschwäche. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Augsburg-Bistum u. Stadt (gemeinschaftlich). T for Taisho (大正) - 1 Yen 1914 & 5 Rin 1919 T for Civil War Token, Toys, and Tackle 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted November 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 26, 2022 T is for Tropaeum 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenfool Posted November 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 26, 2022 T for Trier 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) T...Trajan & Thyateira Went for this coin because of the portrait...For me it shows a man who wanted to go places and he certainly did! Lydia. Thyateira. Trajan. 98-117 AD. AE 25mm (9.14 gm). Obv.: ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ CΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ , laureate head right. Rev.: ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ; Athena in long chiton standing facing, head left, holding patera in her extended right hand, resting with left on shield placed on ground beside her, behind which upright spear. RPC III 1823. VF. Edited November 26, 2022 by Spaniard 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 26, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Trajan Trajan ae dupondius AD 98-117 27mm, 13.15g, Struck Rome AD 104 IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVE GER DAC P M TRP COS V PP radiate bust right with aegis on left shoulder SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC trophy with two shields at base. RIC 586 Cohen 573 Woytek 196cA Natural emerald green toning with earthy hues Edited November 26, 2022 by expat 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 T is for Tabaristan hemidrachms in Threes (OK I know these all look like Sassanian Khusraw II, CE 591-628, but if you look a bit closer...). Early eastern Islamic coinage followed Sasanian models for silver and copper coinage. Tabaristan coins are half the weight of a Sasanian drachm aka hemi-drachms of ~2.08g. governor's name in Pahlavi before bust & in Arabic in margin, both languages citing the patronymic (ibn al-'alâ) Tabaristan DABWAYHID ISPAHBADS : Khurshid, CE 740-761, AR ½ drachm, according to Album the actual issuer of these coins was probably Rawh b. Hatim as ‘Abbasid governor Tabaristan ‘ABBASID GOVERNOR: 'Umar, CE 771-780, AR ½ drachm Tabaristan ‘ABBASID GOVERNOR: Sa'id b. Da'laj, CE 776-778, AR ½ drachm Tabaristan ‘ABBASID GOVERNOR: Jarir, 786-788, CE AR ½ drachm Tabaristan ‘ABBASID GOVERNOR: Sulayman, CE 787-789, AR ½ drachm Tabaristan (Central Asia) Anonymous (AFZUT 'may increase' or 'strong' in Pahlawi in place of name before the bust, GDH 'kingship' in Pahlawi behind head), CE 780-793, AR ½ drachm MALEK, HODGE MEHDI. “A Hoard Group Of Drachms of the Dābūyid Ispahbads and Early ’Abbāsid Governors of Ṭabaristān.” The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), vol. 156, 1996, pp. 175–91. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 Tetradrachm: 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted November 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 27, 2022 Hi All, T ... for Tarsus under Ptolemy II. PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHOS (285-246 BCE) ASIA MINOR, CILICIA, TARSUS, ca 261/0 - 259 BCE SILVER COINAGE WITH PORTRAIT OF PTOLEMY II, c 261/0-259 BCE Ar Drachm Size: 15 mm Weight: 3.39 g Die Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection P-1996-12-14.001 OBV: Ptolemy II diademed head facing right, wearing aegis. Border not visible.REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings spread. ΔΡΚ monogram monogram to left with Gallic shield with a thunderbolt (?) on it; to right below eagle's tail Ҥ monogram. Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕ[ΜΑΙΟΥ] ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Dotted border.Refs: Lorber CPE-401 (This coin); AD Philippidis coll (P-1996-12-00.001 [renumbered to P-1996-12-14.001]), ex Elsen 47, 14 Dec 1996, lot 213, & Sternberg 27, 7-8 Nov 1994, lot 46. Note (CC Lorber CPE): "ET Newell (1941, pp 222-223) attributed this series to Tarsus during the Ptolemaic occupation of 246-243. He identified the portrait as that of Ptolemy III and pointed out control links to the Seleucid coinage of Antiochus II. The portrait was more convincingly identified as that of Ptolemy II by A Davesne (1999, pp 129-131). Davesne redated the series to the Second Syrian War, specifically to the short period from the end of 261 to 259. Davesne 's reattribution is persuasive, because there is a break in the Tarsian coinage of Antiochus II that is filled by the following series, which displays control links to both the preceding and subsequent coinage. Concerning the anomalous combination of Philadelphus' portrait and the Galatian shield with the Soter legend on the first emission of the series (CPE 400-401), Davesne suggested that the shield and the epiklesis Soter had the same function: the shield recalled an earlier military success, while the epithet glorified recent victories in Syria and Phoenicia. The pairing of the shield and epithet on CPE 399 suggests the possibility of local savior cults, an hypothesis that receives support from the Asia Minor coinage of Ptolemy III, whose portrait is associated with Soter legends at particular mints (CPE 751, 770-776, 779-780, 783-786)." - Broucheion 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 T is for Trajan, Tetradrachm, and Tyre and Tyrian Purple https://www.sullacoins.com/post/purple-of-tyre 6,6'-dibromoindigo 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 T for Trajan Lydia. Hierocaesaraea Trajan Bronze, AE 21 Obv.: ΑΥ ΝΕΡΒΑΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ, laureate head right Rev: ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙСΑΡΕΩΝ, Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm. Æ, 21mm, 7.01g Ref.: RPC III online 1845A-3 (this coin) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 T for Thessaly Larissa, Thessaly AE Dichalkon Obv.: Head of nymph Larissa facing, head turned slightly to left, wreathed with grain, wearing double strand plain necklace Rev: ΛAPIΣAIΩN, Cavalrymen on horse prancing right, lance in right, wearing Boiotian helmet, ∆A monogram AE, 5.45g, 17.1mm Ref.: BCD Thessaly I 1171.1, BCD Thessaly II 393.3, SNG Cop 140, cf. Rogers 285 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 T for Thrace Faustina Junior Thrace, Augusta Traiana AE25 Obv.: ΦΑVСΤΕΙΝΑ СΕΒΑСΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II right. Rev.: ΑVΓΟVСΤΗС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗС, veiled Demeter standing, facing, head, l., holding two ears of corn and long torch Ae, 7.87g, 25 mm Ref.: RPC Vol. 4, № 9375 (temporary) 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted November 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2022 T.....Thrace, Thyrsus Thrace, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE Assarion (3.94 gm, 18mm). Obv.: [ΑΥ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ, laureate head right. Rev.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛEΙΤΩΝ, nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 66-70 and 75, BMC 9: RPC Online 7441. VF. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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