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Septimus Severus Victoriae Brit DenariusSeptimus Severus
AR Denarius
210 AD
Rome
SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT
Laureate head right
VICTORIAE BRIT
Victory standing facing, head right, holding long palm and placing small round shield on palm
3.3g
20mm
VF
RIC IV 336; BMCRE 57; RSC 730WindchildPunicoSep 01, 2013
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Gallienus BI AntoninianusGallienus
Billon Antoninianus
255 - 256 A.D
Samosata or Antioch Mint
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind
VIRTVS AVGG
Emperors standing confronted; Valerian on left, scepter in right, globe in left; Gallienus on right, offering Victory, transverse spear in left; pellet in wreath above
21.7mm
3.118g
Die axis 0*
Göbl MIR 1703m (Samosata), RIC V 456 (Antioch)
VF, flan cracks
RIC assigns this issue to Antioch but MIR gives the issue to a second Eastern mint located at Samosata. Samosata was an ancient city on the west bank of the Euphrates whose ruins existed at the modern city of Samsat, Adiyaman Province, Turkey until the site was flooded by the newly-constructed Atatürk Dam.WindchildPunicoAug 14, 2013
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Turco-Hephthalite DrachmTurco-Hephthalite
AR/BI Drachm
Sogd script
Bust Style of Sasanian king Vahran V
(no legend)
Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by ribbons and attendents. Bust of Ahura Mazda right in flames
25.4mm
2.67g WindchildPunicoJul 19, 2013
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ANA Summer Seminar 2013 Banquet TokenAmerican Numismatic Association
2013
Badger Mint
Three rings surrounding
AMERICAN∙NUMISMATIC∙ASSOCIATION∙SUMMER∙SEMINAR
Three rings surrounding, DE PROFUNDIS ANNO MMXIII
Lamp of the ANA on a stand
Based on a Byzantine Miliaresion of Leo VI, 9th Century AD.WindchildPunicoJul 15, 2013
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Nero Orichalcum AsNero
Reduced module Orichalcum As
64 A.D
Rome
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Laureate head right
GENIO AVGVSTI
S - C
Genius standing left, nude to the waist, sacrificing from patera in right over altar at feet on left, cornucopia in right
I in exergue
22mm
RIC I 219
From the same year as the Great Fire of Rome!WindchildPunicoJul 11, 2013
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Kushanshah Hormizd I AE DrachmKushanshah Hormizd (Hormazd) I
AE Drachm
270 - 295 AD
Baktrian Mint
Pahlavi legend - AUHRaMaZDI MaLKA
Bearded bust right wearing lion headdress with segmented ball; crescent and two dots behind. Long ribbons flow upward from ball of hair
Pahlavi legend - BWRZ'Y NDY YZTY
Ahura-Mazda rising from altar, holding wreath and trident.
14.8mm
1.91 g
Cribb SI 19, #24 (Bactrian issues); Mitchiner ACW 1280; Gobl Kushan 1071v; Zeymal p.257, T. 30, 31 (rare)
This coin is listed on Zeno as #48442.WindchildPunicoJul 09, 2013
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Geta AE15, Nikopolis ad Istrum Geta as Caesar
AE15
AD 195-198
Nikopolis ad Istrum
L AVR K - GETAC
Bare head right
NIKOPOLITWN PROC I.
Crescent with 1 6-pointed star in the cavity with dots at the points
15mm
2.0g
ref. a) not in AMNG:
rev. AMNG I/1, 1648
obv. AMNG I/1, 1649
b) cf. Varbanov (engl.) 3236 (= AMNG 1648)
c) not in Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2012):
rev. No. 8.22.48.5 (same die)
obv. e.g. No. 8.22.6.3 (central coin, same die)
Nikopolis Addenda II #216WindchildPunicoJul 01, 2013
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Counterstamped Khurso II AR DrachmShahanshah Khurso II
AR Drachm
RY 25 (615/616 AD)
Ohrmazd-ArdaxšÄ«r (AW) mint
Two rings surrounding, Pahlavi Script
Right facing, crowned bust of Khurso II
Three rings surrounding, Pahlavi Script
Fire Altar with two attendants
Hepthalite Counterstamp
Extra: Contemporary Hepthalite gouge in the reverse margin WindchildPunicoMay 29, 2013
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Nero Sestertius, RomeNero
AE Sestertius
65 AD
Rome
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Laureate bust right
S | C
Roma with parazonium and victory, seated left
ROMA in exergue
34mm
26.53g
RIC 273
Extra: No Tooling or Smoothing, much better surfaces in handWindchildPunicoMay 29, 2013
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Ashoka AR DrachmAshoka
AR Drachm
272-232 BC
Punchmarks
Mitchiner 4227-4228WindchildPunicoMar 25, 2013
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Ashoka AR DrachmAshoka
AR Drachm
272-232 BC
Punchmarks
Mitchiner 4173-4174WindchildPunicoMar 25, 2013
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1917C Newfoundland 50 CentsNewfoundland
1917
Royal Mint- Ottawa Branch
50 Cents
Saved by a Dory FishermanWindchildPunicoMar 08, 2013
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Alexander III, the GreatMacedonian Kingdom
Alexander (III) the Great
AE13
c.323-315 BC
Salamis, Cyprus
(no legend)
Facing gorgon at center of ornamented Macedonian shield
B | A
Macedonian helmet
Caduceus in exergue
13mm
Price 3158; Müller --WindchildPunico
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Gallienus BI AntoninianusGallienus
Billon Antoninianus
255 - 256 A.D
Samosata or Antioch Mint
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind
VIRTVS AVGG
Emperors standing confronted; Valerian on left, scepter in right, globe in left; Gallienus on right, offering Victory, transverse spear in left; pellet in wreath above
21.7mm
3.118g
Die axis 0*
Göbl MIR 1703m (Samosata), RIC V 456 (Antioch)
VF, flan cracks
RIC assigns this issue to Antioch but MIR gives the issue to a second Eastern mint located at Samosata. Samosata was an ancient city on the west bank of the Euphrates whose ruins existed at the modern city of Samsat, Adiyaman Province, Turkey until the site was flooded by the newly-constructed Atatürk Dam.WindchildPunico
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Siculo-Punic AE Horse GallopingCarthage
AE17
370-325BC
Siculo-Punic Mint
(no legend)
Wreathed head of Tanit left
(no legend)
Horse galloping right
17mm
5.5g
gVF
Sassari 56-136, Holleman Munten List 106
Forvm Best of Type: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-93939WindchildPunico
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