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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. |
Salamis was a maritime town on the east coast of Cyprus, at the end of a fertile plain between two mountains, near the River Pediaeus. GS43445. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 1461 (citing only 2 examples); BMC Ptolemies p. 90, 16; Noeske 225; SNG Cop -; Hosking -; Malter -, aVF, porous, weight 13.446 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 0o, Cyprus, Salamis mint, 153 - 152 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, LKΘ (year 29) left, ΣA (Salamis) right; rare; SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
RX43494. Billon tetradrachm, Geissen 1026, Milne 1294, Emmett 845, VF, weight 12.814 g, maximum diameter 23.3 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 130 - 28 Aug 131 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis; reverse Africa standing right, scepter in left, ears of grain in extended right hand, clasping hands with Hadrian, who stands left, scepter in left, L IE (year 15) across fields; rare; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X, 110 - 109 B.C. and 107 - 101 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.GS51580. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 1668; BMC Ptolemies p. 105, 19; Cohen DCA 60; SNG Cop -; SNG Milan -; Noeske -; Hosking -, gVF, weight 13.667 g, maximum diameter 24.8 mm, die axis 0o, Paphos mint, 110 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, head left, L I (year 10) left, ΠA right; rare; SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provinicial Egypt
Commemorates Hadrian's arrival in Egypt in 130 A.D. Alexandria kissing the emperor's hand to welcome him in her city!RX54636. Bronze drachm, Dattari pl. 75, 1610; Milne 1315; Geissen 1034; BMC Alexandria 870; Kampmann-Ganschow 32.509; Emmett 964; SRCV II 3716, aVF, over-cleaned, areas of corrosion, weight 25.558 g, maximum diameter 35.6 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 130 - 131 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right with aegis; reverse Alexandria, wearing elephant-skin headdress, steps right towards the emperor, grasps and kisses his right hand, wheat ears and poppy in her left hand, he is togate with scepter in left; L - I E (left and middle field); huge 35 mm bronze!; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C.
Ptolemy II was the richest monarch of his age. He encouraged education, commerce, industry, immigration and trade resulting in a prosperous growing economy. His fleet of 112 ships was the most powerful that had ever existed. His splendid court in Alexandria has been compared with the Versailles of Louis XIV.SH56808. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 713; SNG Cop 506; Noeske 98; SNG Milan 141, BMC Ptolemies p. 27, 32; Hosking -; Malter -, aVF, toned, weight 13.893 g, maximum diameter 25.9 mm, die axis 0o, Sidon (Saida, Lebanon) mint, 266 - 265 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, ΣI in left field; SOLD
Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt, Ancient Counterfeit or Imitative
Known unofficial imitative published in Savio Dattari plates.SH58653. Billon tetradrachm, Savio pl. 318; cf. MFA 1985.1277 (same rev die, year 14), Savio pl. 319 (same), RPC I 5299 (Hera right, not retrograde), Milne 266 (same), F, weight 12.467 g, maximum diameter 23.8 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, Sep 67 A.D.; obverse NEPO KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY, radiate bust left, wearing aegis, L IΓ (year 3) before; reverse HPA APΓEIA (retrograde), veiled and draped bust of Hera Argeia left (also retrograde, normally right on the type); SOLD
Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
The "looking upwards" portraits of Constantine are often described as "gazing to Heaven (or God)."RL67990. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Constantinople 31 (R4), LRBC I 994, SRCV IV 16191, VF, weight 2.725 g, maximum diameter 19.1 mm, die axis 180o, 3rd officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 328 A.D.; obverse CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, diademed head right, plain diadem, gazing to Heaven; reverse CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE, Victory seated left on cippus, head right, palm frond in each hand, trophy and captive before, Γ left, CONS in exergue; very rare; SOLD
Great Britain, George III, 25 October 1760 - 29 January 1820, Modified Into a "Secret" Box
Similar boxes made from American silver dollars are sometimes called "Opium Dollars."
In 1797, at the Soho Mint, James Watt and Matthew Boulton used their steam powered presses to strike 50 tons of the new "cartwheel" twopence, at 2 ounces of copper per coin. The twopence was found to be too heavy for regular use and was only struck for that single year.SH65394. Copper twopence, SCBC 3776, VF, well crafted, with threaded "lid", maximum diameter 40.68 mm, die axis 0o, Soho mint, 1797; obverse GEORGIUS III D G REX (George III, by the Grace of God, King), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse BRITANNIA 1797, Britannia seated left on rocks, olive branch in right hand, trident in left, Union shield at side, tiny SOHO on rock below, sailing ship on water at a distance on left, diving whale right, waves in exergue; SOLD
France, Duchy of Normandy, William the Conqueror - Henry Beauclerc, c . 1076 - 1135 A.D.
The obverse legend for the similar coins has also been read as NORMANDVS, NORMANNIA and other variations, but all readings are likely only guesses of intent since the legends apparently are always blundered and incomplete. This coin was found in southern Italy. Other examples of similar degenerate temple type deniers have been found in the Holyland.ME68179. Silver denier, cf. Metcalf Crusades 598; Dumas, Group C, pl. XX, 6 and 27; Poey-dAvant -, F, crude, clipped (as typical), weight 0.722 g, maximum diameter 19.3 mm, die axis 0o, Rouen(?) mint, obverse +NORMAN DVX (or similar, blundered, much off flan), cross pattee, pellet in each angle, thick inner border; reverse degenerate Carolingian temple type (degenerated to triangles, pellets, circles and arcs); very rare; SOLD
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
Shhhhh! quiet!... In Greek mythology, Harpocrates is the god of silence. Harpocrates was very popular in Egypt during the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, as evidenced by his numerous terracotta household idols.RX59024. Bronze diobol, Dattari 1718, VF, weight 8.372 g, maximum diameter 24.1 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 133 - 28 Aug 134 A.D.; obverse AVT KAI TPAIAN AΔPIANOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right; reverse L IH (year 18), half-length bust of Harpokrates Heracleopolis, wearing Hemhem crown, finger to mouth, club behind; rare; SOLD
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