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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Geography||View Options:   | | | Every ancient coin is associated with a place, at the least where it was minted. Rarely, but occasionally, we learn where a coin was found. Many ancient coins depict the personification of a nation, province, city, or river. Every coin has some tie to geography. Of course collecting every coin is not a theme, so geography must be narrowed down in some way. Collecting the coins of one mint, city or region is popular. Hadrian's famous "travel series" would make an excellent geography theme collection. Another is the travels of Paul. Or you could collect coins from all places you simply find captivating. |
Please note that if you order 3 or more books and our shopping cart shipping charges add up to an excessive amount, we will reduce the shipping charge and only charge the actual cost of postage!BL43187. Romano-British Coins by Augustus Brown, published by the author c. 1960, 8vo, paperback, 28 pages plus one plate, NEW, priced at FORVM's cost!; $2.50 (€2.35)
Coins of the First British Empire A.D. 287 - 296
Please note that if you order 3 or more books and our shopping cart shipping charges add up to an excessive amount, we will reduce the shipping charge and only charge the actual cost of postage!BL43188. Coins of the First British Empire AD 287 - 296 by Augustus Brown, published by the author c. 1960, 8vo, paperback, 12 pages plus one plate, priced at FORVM's cost!; $2.50 (€2.35)
Egyptian Art: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free on request with any order. Don't put it in the shopping cart, just put "BL43197 Free" in the checkout comments.BL43197. Egyptian Art: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a small booklet with over 30 black and white photographs and descriptions of superb Egyptian pieces from the museum collection; perfect for throne room reading; $2.00 (€1.88)
Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt
BK40305. Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt by W. M. Flinders Petrie, 1910 edition, Attic Books reprint, paperback, 157 pages, black and white photographs and line drawings; shelf-worn and stained, new - "like used"; $4.00 (€3.76)
Monnaies and Numismatique, Paris, 10 Catalogs 1971 - 1978, Expert M Emile Bourgey
Auctions of Greek, Roman, French & Foreign Currencies, held in Paris. M. Emile Bourgey, expert in currencies and medals. Includes 14-25 June 1971; 18 June 1974; 29 Oct. 1974; R Castaing Collection Part 1, 30 June 1976; Histoire Numismatique Du Protestantisme, 21-23 Nov. 1977; Jetons Mureaux, 14 June 1977; 5-6 Dec. 1977; 14 Nov. 1980; Numismatique, 18 May 1984; Numismatique, 12 Mar. 1985.BC23659. Monnaies and Numismatique, Paris, 10 Catalogs 1971 - 1978, Expert M Emile Bourgey, in French, soft cover, age and cover wear, some with markings, musty, international shipping at the actual cost of postage ;
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246 - 222 B.C.
Ptolemy III Euergetes was the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. He promoted the translation of Jewish scriptures into Greek as the Septuagint. Due to a falling out at the Seleucid court, his eldest sister Berenice Phernophorus was murdered along with her infant son. In response, he invaded Syria, occupied Antioch, and even reached Babylon. This war, the Third Syrian War, is cryptically alluded to in Daniel XI 7-9. The Ptolemaic kingdom reached the height of its power during his reign.GP115041. Bronze dichalkon, Lorber CPE B471; Svoronos 711; Weiser 58; Hosking 28; BMC Ptolemies p. 53, 72; SNG Milan 181; SNG Cop -; Noeske -, VF, well centered on a broad flan, earthen encrusted, weight 3.164 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 0o, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, c. 230 - 222 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy), eagle standing left on thunderbolt, club left, no control letter; from Shawn Caza, former diplomat, author of A Handbook of Late Roman Coins (Spink, 2021), collection assembled during postings and international travel; ex uncleaned lot; $60.00 (€56.40)
France, Bishopric and City of Cahors, 1150 - 1260 A.D.
Cahors is in the western part of Southern France. It was notorious in the 14th century for financiers widely known as Cahorsins, Christians who charged interest on their loans. The church in these times said that using money as an end in itself (usury) was a sin. Because of this Cahors became synonymous with this sin, and was mentioned in Dante's Inferno (XI.50) alongside Sodom as wicked. Today it is a popular tourist center with people coming to enjoy its medieval quarter and the 14th-century fortified Valentré bridge.ME114580. Billon denier, Duplessy féodales 1158, Roberts 4662, Boudeau 782 (2 f.), Poey d'Avant 3921, VF, toned, a few light scratches/marks, weight 0.726 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 180o, Cahors mint, anonymous bishops, 1150 - 1260 A.D.; obverse + CIVITAS (City, S laying down), crozier with crossed shaft (Chrismon) dividing legend, two crosslets, and A (all combined form PAX monogram, the final letter X formed by combining all elements within inner border); reverse + CATVRCIS (of Cahors, S laying down), cross pattée; $120.00 (€112.80)
Maximus, Caesar, 235 or 236 - 24 June 238 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
Handsome and accomplished, but ill mannered, Maximus was declared caesar at eighteen years of age. He became so proud, insolent, and vicious, that he was soon detested as much as his father. After a short time in Rome, he was obliged to join his father in Germany. Betrothed to Junia Fadilla, he was on the verge uniting his barbarian blood to that of the illustrious family of Antoninus Pius, when he was assassinated alongside his father by disgruntled soldiers.RX114957. Billon tetradrachm, RPC Online VI 10722, Dattari-Savio 4630, Geissen 2592, Kampmann-Ganschow 67.18, Milne 3240, Emmett 3324/3 (R4), F, scratches, weight 11.075 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, as caesar, 236 - 237 A.D.; obverse Γ IOYΛ OYHP MAΞIMOC KAI, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Nike advancing left, raising wreath in right hand, palm frond in left hand, L Γ (year 3) lower left; first specimen of the type handled by FORVM, only two sales of this type listed on Coin Archives in the last two decades; rare; $80.00 (€75.20)
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros), 116 - c. 110 B.C.
This is the scarce Kyrene mint version of the very common Svoronos 1426, struck at Alexandria.GP114958. Bronze obol, Asolati 80 (Ptolemy VI-VIII); SNG Cop 455 (as Ptolemy VIII-Ptolemy Apion); Svoronos 1158 (as Ptolemy IV), F, near black patina, earthen deposits, obv. edge beveled, central depressions, weight 6.229 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 0o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, 116 - c. 110 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right; reverse two eagles standing left on fulmen (thunderbolt), heads left, wings closed, silphium plant to left; $90.00 (€84.60)
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros), 116 - c. 110 B.C.
After Ptolemy VIII died in 116 B.C., Cleopatra III ruled with her mother Cleopatra II and son Ptolemy IX. In 110 B.C., she replaced Ptolemy IX as co-regent with her second son Ptolemy X. Ptolemy IX regained the throne in 109 but was again replaced in 107 B.C. In 101 B.C., Ptolemy X had his mother Cleopatra III murdered and then ruled alone or with his niece and wife, Berenice III.GP114747. Bronze AE 15, cf. Svoronos 1845; Buttrey Cyrene 378; SNG Cop 685, Noeske 392, Weiser -, F, dark green patina, earthen deposits, obv. edge beveled, small edge splits, weight 2.480 g, maximum diameter 15.0 mm, die axis 0o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, 116 - c. 110 B.C.; obverse horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing diadem; reverse ΠTOΛE BAΣIΛE ΣΩ (or similar), headdress of Isis; $60.00 (€56.40)
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