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Justin I - Æ follis - Mint of Thessalonica - Sear 78Xerxes King of KingsOct 30, 2011

Sauromates I (AD 93-123) 48 Units - Bosporus KingdomObverse:
Diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I right,
'BACIΛΕωC CAYPOMATOV'

Reverse:
MH (mark of value) in laurel wreath

Diameter: 27mm

Ref: MacDonald 398/5

Notes:
Struck, 108-115 ADXerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Gros tournois of Philip IV, King of FranceObverse:
+PHILIPPVS REX in the inner circle. BENEDICTV:SIT:NOMEN:DNI:NRI:DEI:REXPI, outer circle, cross in the center

Reverse:
TRONVS CIVIS, tournois in the center

Diameter: 25mm

Notes:
Philip IV le Bel ("The Fair") ruled France from 1268 until 1314 AD. In league with the current Pope, Philip oversaw the arrest, torture, and execution of hundreds of Knights Templar.
He challenged Pope Bonifice VIII and suppressed the wealthy and powerful Knights Templar with the support of 'his' captive pope, Clement V. As he was being burned, Jacques de Molay, KT, cursed both Clement and Philip. Clement died within a month and Philip within the year. Horne's characterization: he "prove(d) one of France's most unpleasant and disastrous kings, leaving in his wake catastrophe for the country and misery in Paris. Under him a new depth of savagery manifested itself in the life of Paris, a dark retreat from the enlightenment of Sugur and Philippe Auguste." Xerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Valerian I bronze of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, CiliciaObverse:
Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
'AVT K P OLIK OVALEPIAN-OC'

Reverse:
Confronted busts of Apollo, laureate, facing right, laurel branch before, and Artemis-Tyche, wearing small modius and facing left, cornucopiae behind
'CELE-VKEWN TWN PPOC KAL-VKAD-NW'

Diameter: 33mm

Ref: SNGLev 786Xerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Prusias II (180-149 BC) Kingdom of BithyniaObverse:
Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy

Reverse:
The Centaur Chiron right, playing lyre; wears wreath, and chlamys of animal skin
'BASILEWS PROUSIOU'
HY monogram right.

Diameter: 21mm

Ref: SNG Cop 635, Aulock 255

Notes:
A great healer, astrologer, and respected oracle, Chiron was said to be the first among centaurs and highly revered as a teacher and tutor. Among his pupils were many heroes: Asclepius, Aristaeus, Ajax, Aeneas, Actaeon, Caeneus, Theseus, Achilles, Jason, Peleus, Telamon, Perseus, sometimes Heracles, Oileus, Phoenix, and in one Byzantine tradition, even Dionysos. Xerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Hieron II (274-216 BC)- Tyrant of Syracuse, Magna Græcia æObverse:
Head of Poseidon left, wearing diadem, border of dots

Reverse:
Ornamental trident head (with scroll decoration between prongs) dolphins to the left and right,
'HIERON' across, below

Diameter: 19mm

Weight: 6.50gXerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Kanishka I - Ã† tetradrachm / Unit, Athsho reverseObverse:
King standing facing, sacrificing at altar at left, holding sceptre in left hand,
Bactrian legend around: ÞAO KANIÞKI (Shao Kanishki)

Reverse:
God of metals Athsho standing left (not nimbate), holding out diadem, left hand on hip,
Bactrian legend at right: 'AÎ˜ÞO' - tamgha at left

Date: c. AD127-150

Weight: 16.43 gm.

Diameter: 25-26 mm.

Die axis: 12 o'clock

Ref: Göbl 772, MAC 3082-84

Notes:
Tad over-cleaned perhaps, but a decent specimen of a scarcer type.
The reverse legend demonstrates one of the extra Bactrian characters that was added to the original Greek alphabet 'Þ' (sh)
Athsho - the eastern equivalent of Hephaistos/VulcanXerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Azes II - AR tetradrachm - Indo-Scythian Kingdom, c.60BC - c.AD5 Obverse:
King on horseback riding right, holding whip - 'BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MAΓAΛOΥ AZOΥ'

Reverse:
Zeus/Poseidon standing right, trident in left over shoulder, right extended, monogram left, Kharosthi letter "SI"
- 'Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa' (in Kharosthi)

Ref: Mitchiner vol. 6, p. 541, type 828; Smithsonian 237; BMC 1001 commentsXerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Didius Julianus SestertiusObverse:
Laureate head right - 'IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG'

Reverse:
Concordia standing left, holding two standards - 'CONCORDIA MILIT S-C'

Ref: RIC 14, Cohen 3, BMC 7

Notes:
Concord stands holding a legionary eagle and standard, in an ironic appeal to the troops for their loyalty that was doomed to failure. Struck during his brief reign, 28th March – 1st June AD193Xerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Elagabalus ProvincialComments (according to forvm discussion)
'...buried in near mint condition, found corroded and fixed as well as the practitioner could, by removing some of the corrosion on the reverse and then re-patinating. It is, however, still a rather nice Elagabalus with Apollo / Bonus Eventus (probably Apollo, with a laurel twig) of Nicopolis ad Istrum issued by Novius Rufus. See AMNG I, 1, p. 480, no. 1909 or 1910 and look for your die pair among those in HrJ 8.26.7.1—7, on pp. 387—389.'

Courtesy of SlokindXerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

Gadahara Kushan or Kidarite æ unit - from the Kashmir-Smast CaveObverse:
Bust of King (Sasanian style), wearing complex crown with turret, artichoke ornament and ram's horn; crescent before

Reverse:
Ardochsho (Lakshmi) seated facing on recumbent lion left, holding diadem and cornucopia, Brahmi letters at right:
gada, at left: hara; monogram tam above left

Date: c. late 4th AD

Weight: 2.08 gm.

Diameter: 16-20 mm.

Die axis: 11 o'clock

Ref: Tandon, JONS 200

Notes:
Supposedly a very rare and important coin type published in JONS 200. Who exactly issued this coin is still not entirely clear. It may have been the Kidarite king Peroz III or a late Kushan king "Gadahara."Xerxes King of KingsOct 06, 2011

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