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Best of Type!


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Add your superb coins to the BOT Gallery. Only the very best example of each type (RIC number for example) with above a four star rating after 10 votes will stay in BOT. A challenge begins when two coins of the same type are listed. The highest rated coin after both have sufficient votes wins. Challenge defeats will be removed from the gallery. If your coin is posted here, you get bragging rights and perhaps even a higher price if you sell (list it as "Best of the Type in FORVM's Gallery!").

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Superb and Masterpiece Portraits Gallery


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A superb portrait appears that it could come to life. Many or most coin portraits actually lack this trait. A masterpiece portrait not only appears that it could come to life, but also makes an impression of what the subject was like, what they were thinking or how they felt. It's not about the grade; it's about the art.

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Unlisted and Unpublished Coins


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Post unpublished coins to identify them to collectors, scholars, authors, and publishers. Also post coins unlisted in major references but perhaps included in a scarce publication. Before uploading here, we recommend posting your coin on the discussion board for possible identification of a published example. Please identify the references checked.

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Plate Coins


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Please post your coins illustrated in popular references, and scholarly books or articles here. Also, please post your coin if it is the exact coin (not the same type, the exact same coin) described by a reference, even if the coin is not illustrated. In addition to the usual attribution, description, weight, and diameter of the coin, please identify the book, its author, the page and/or plate number, and the item number.

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Monumental Coins - Campgates and Other Architecture


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Campgates, city gates, temples, etc., post your monumental coins here.

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Ancient Women


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Women of the ancient world portrayed on ancient coins.

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Coin Zoo - Animals


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Express your wild side and help populate the greatest classical numismatic zoo on earth with every possible variety of real and mythical animals.

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The Pantheon - Gods, Goddesses and Personifications


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A gallery of mythology. Please include information about the deity and their attributes.

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Historical Coins


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Share your historically significant coins. Along with posting photos of the coin, please describe the historic event related to the coin.

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Ancient Counterfeits and Barbarous Imitations


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Ancient but not official.

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Roman Mint Style Examples


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Each Roman mint had its own style. Learning about these styles will help with attribution and authentication. Discussion board members please share your knowledge here. Along with posting photos of the coin, please explain the features that distinguish the mint.

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Countermarks


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We hope this gallery will become a great reference for countermarks. Please add your countermarked coins to this gallery with as much reference information as possible.

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Viminacium and Dacia - Lion and Bull


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Lead Seals


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The vast array of ancient lead seal types makes their attribution and study complex. It also means there is still tremendous opportunity for new discovery. While there are some published collections, most references are rare and expensive. Most online references for seals are not in English. This gallery is intended to be a useful resource for the attribution and better understanding of ancient seals.

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Coins from Members' Personal Ancient Coin Galleries


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If you want to remove coin photos from your gallery, please don't delete them - move them here. Forum staff will move photos here from the galleries of members that unregister.

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Places and Things Depicted on Coins


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Statues, temples, mountains and other things that were depicted on ancient coins.

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Ancient Sites Photo Gallery


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Did you go on a vacation to an ancient site or do you live near one? Upload your pictures here to share views of ancient cities, buildings, ruins, etc. Please state where the pictures were taken and give a brief description of the site.

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Last additions - Coin Collecting Theme Galleries
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Domitian, AE Quadrans, RIC II 250DOMITIAN, AD 81-96
AE Quadrans (17.62mm, 2.58g, 6h)
Struck AD 84/5. Rome mint
Obverse: African rhinoceros, head down, charging left
Reverse: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around large S C
References: RIC II 250, RCV 2835

A choice specimen, perfectly centered and well-struck from artistic dies.
7 commentsCPKMar 10, 2024
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Turkey, Sart - Sardis, Lydia, Remains of the Temple of Artemis with the acropolis visible in the backgroundTurkey, Sart - Sardis, Lydia, Remains of the Temple of Artemis with the Acropolis visible in the background.

The Temple of Artemis, originally built in 300 B.C., renovated by the Romans in the 2nd century A.D., Sardis, Lydia.
Photo by Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, 2 April 2015.
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Joe SermariniFeb 29, 2024
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Turkey, Dinar - Ruins of Apamea Cibotus (Apameia ad Maeandrum)Ruins of Apamea Cibotus (Apameia ad Maeandrum)
Apameia in Phrygia (or Apamea, Apamea Cibotus, Apamea Kibotos, or Apamea ad Maeandrum) was an ancient city founded in the 3rd century B.C. by Antiochus I Soter, who named it after his mother Apama. It was in Hellenistic Phrygia, but became part of the Roman province of Pisidia. Apamea is mentioned in the Talmud (Ber. 62a, Niddah, 30b and Yeb. 115b). Christianity was very likely established early in the city. Saint Paul probably visited the place when he went throughout Phrygia. The mid third century A.D. coins of Apamea Kibotos with scenes of Noah and his ark are among the earliest biblical scenes in Roman art. Apamea continued to be a prosperous town under the Roman Empire. Its decline began with the local disorganization of the empire in the 3rd century and when trade routes were diverted to Constantinople. Although a bishopric, it was not an important military or commercial center in Byzantine times. Its ruin was completed by an earthquake.

Photo by Haubi Gerhard Haubold, 20 October 1994, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Joe SermariniFeb 25, 2024
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Greek, Italy, CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 460-443 BC. AR Nomos7,83 gm.
Phalantos seated l. on dolphin, holding file in r. hand, shrimp below.
Rev. TAPAΣ Taras seated to l. holding spindle and staff.
Vlasto 201. Flan large. Rare.
Good very fine.
1 commentsLeoJan 27, 2024
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Greek, Italy, CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 455-450 BC. AR Nomos7,34 gm.
Taras rode a dolphin to the right, holding an octopus in his right hand, and below was a scallop.
R/Taras œ kiste sat on the left, with his right arm extended, holding a stick, and his left arm behind him holding a stick.
Vlasto 175, HGC 753.
Old cleaning marks and metal fitting marks. Extremely rare.
LeoJan 27, 2024
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Greek, Italy, CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Nomos19.5mm, 7.76 g, 12h
Nude youth, shield on arm, on horse standing left; tiny Λ below.
Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin left; tiny tiny H on dolphin, P below.
Fischer-Bossert Group 30, 440 (V194/R335); Vlasto 376 (same dies); HN Italy 869; SNG ANS 899 (same dies); SNG Lockett 156 (same dies).
Deeply toned, slightly off center on reverse. VF.
1 commentsLeoJan 27, 2024
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Roman Empire, Sextus Pompeius, DenariusObv. MAG • PIVS • IMP • ITER,
Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right.
Rev. CLAS • ET • OR[Æ]/(MAR)IT • EX • S • C,
Neptune, naked but for chlamys on left arm, holding apluster and resting right foot on prow, standing left between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders; PRÆF above.
Mint: Uncertain Sicilian mint, 37/6 BC.

19mm 3.81g

Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); BMCRR Sicily 7-10; Kestner 3783-4; RBW 1785.

Provenance:
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 35 (1967), lot 7.
Ex Paul-Francis Jacquier, Auction 51, 15th September 2023, Lot 455.

The brothers Anapias and Amphinomus carried their parents upon their shoulder to safety during an eruption of Mt. Aetna near their home in Sicily. Familial fidelity was highly valued in Roman society, and was used on this issue along with the obverse depicting the head of Pompey the Great to show his son's, Sextus Pompey, fidelity to his memory (written by New York Sale).
10 commentskcJan 19, 2024
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Roman Empire, Agrippa, AsObv. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, Head left, wearing rostral crown.
Rev. S C, Neptune standing left, holding small dolphin and trident.
Mint: Rome, 37-41 AD.

29mm 11.34g

RIC Gaius 58; BMC Tiberius 161; RCV 1812.

Provenance:
Ex Dr. Eugen Merzbacher, Auction 15th November 1910, lot 1339.
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG, Auction 43, 12th November 1970, lot 282.
Ex Frank Sternberg AG, Auction 3, 30th November 1973, lot 48.
Ex Sotheby's, Auction 7th March 1996, lot 151.
Ex Collection M.F. Price
Ex Stack's, Auction 3rd December 1996, lot 114.
Ex Noonans, Auction 5th December 2023, lot 253.

The very talented and ambitious Agrippa held high state positions at a young age. In his lightning career, he won important victories at the age of 27 as fleet chief for his closest friend Augustus. In the year 21 B.C. He married Julia, daughter of Augustus, who then declared him his co-regent and successor. Through his designated buildings - e.g. B. water pipes and thermal baths - Agrippa contributed significantly to the infrastructure of ancient Rome. The Pantheon in Rome is still admired today. At the age of only 51, he died due to an injury, a well-respected man in Campania.
6 commentskcJan 18, 2024
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Owl of AthenaThe little owl (Athene noctua) and Athenian owl tetradrachm (reverse).

The little owl (Athene noctua), also known as the owl of Athena or owl of Minerva, is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, the Palearctic east to Korea, and North Africa. It was introduced into Britain at the end of the 19th century and into the South Island of New Zealand in the early 20th century.
4 commentsSerendipityJan 18, 2024
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Christ PantokratorDetail from the deesis mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul and histamenon (obverse) of Romanus III Argyrus with Christ enthroned.SerendipityJan 18, 2024
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Sudan, Island of Meroe - Archaeological Site - Pyramids of Meroe - Northern CemeterySudan, Island of Meroe - Archaeological Site - Pyramids of Meroe - Northern Cemetery
by Ron Van Oers, 2017 © UNESCO
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/114973
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mero%C3%AB
1 commentsJoe SermariniJan 17, 2024
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Medieval, Hungary, CÁC II. 18.11.1.2./a3.03./11., Anonymous I. (Béla II., (Béla II. the Blind), King of Hungary, (1131-1141 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-097, CNH I.-083, U-049, EK I.-11/13, #01CÁC II. 18.11.1.2./a3.03./11., Anonymous I. (Béla II., (Béla II. the Blind), King of Hungary, (1131-1141 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-097, CNH I.-083, U-049, EK I.-11/13, #01
avers: Horizontally oriented crosses within crescents above and below the line.
reverse: Lines instead of a legend with two crescents, cross with wedges.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,5-10,0mm, weight: 0,25g, axis: 3h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D.,
ref: Huszár-097, CNH I.-083, Unger-049, EK I.-11/13,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 18.11.1.2./a3.03./11.,
Q-001
quadransJan 16, 2024

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Byzantine Lead Seal: Anonymous Iconographic Seal (ca. 10-12th Century)Obv: Bust of St. John Prodromos with cross nimbus
Rev: In a wreath, a cross with curved arms and serifs
2 commentsQuant.Geek
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Laurel branch with four leavesSYRIA: SELEUCIS & PIERIA. Antiochia ad Orontem. Hadrian. Æ 26. A.D. 117-138. Obv: AVT.KAIC.Θ.TP.Π.YI.Θ.NEP.YIW.T(P.AΔPIANOC.CEBAC) or similar. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark to right, before bust. Rev: Large SC, small Θ below, all within laurel-wreath. Ref: BMC 295-299v. Axis: 30°. Weight: 13.67 g. CM: Laurel branch with four leaves, in rectangular punch, 4.5 x 6 mm. Howgego 378 (69 pcs). Note: The countermark was applied before A.D. 132-135. Collection Automan2 commentsAutoman
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Gold aureusSH21931. Gold aureus, RIC III 229 var., Cohen II 520 var., Choice gVF, weight 7.276 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 152 - 153 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate bust right, very slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse LIBERALITAS VII COS IIII, Lictor standing facing, head left, wearing cap and chlamys, fasces (rods bundled with an axe) in right, tessera in left; nice style, full circle centering on both obverse and reverse; very rareJoe Sermarini

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