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Moriaseis, Thrace185-168 B.C
Bronze Æ 19
5.89 gm, 19 mm
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev.: Six-rayed star; M-OP-IA-ΣE-Ω-N between rays
Katalog Münzauktion Essen 64 (1992) no. 47;
P.R. Franke, MOPIAΣEΩN - Die erste Münze eines bislang unbekannten thrakisch-makedonischen Stammes, in: V. Spinoi - L. Munteanu, Miscellanea numismatica antiquitatis in honorem septagenarii magistri Virgilii Mihailescu, Bucarest 2008, p. 67-68.Jaimelai09/21/20 at 00:52Jaimelai: An updated picture showing the blue-green patina
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Alexander the Great - Bronze Half Unit336-323 B.C.
4.03 gm, 17 mm
Obv.: Macedonian shield with head of Herakles wearing lion skin facing slightly right in center
Rev.: Macedonian helmet; B A to either side
grain ear (or rose bud) below left
Price 2807Jaimelai07/03/20 at 04:02Jaimelai: Took another pic and another look and decided that...
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Apollonia Pontica150 Years of Medusa!
480 - 324 B.C.Jaimelai04/22/20 at 00:40Jaimelai: updated with some new coins
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Apollonia Pontica Topalov 44 - Silver Drachm450 – 424 B.C.
3.31 gm, 13.2 mm
Obv.: Anchor; A to right, crayfish to left.
Rev: Archaic Ionian Gorgon head facing with straight vertical hair with wavy bangs; elaborate design with pronounced face wrinkles and spoked wheel/star pattern ear-rings, on a webbed aegis shield tipped with coiled snakes.
Topalov Apollonia p. 588, 44; Sear 1655;
BMC 15, p. 8 5-7& 9; SNG BM Black Sea 156
Certified Authentic by David R. Sear (A.C.C.S. Ref. 501CR/GC/CO/CD)
Topalov Type: "Upright Anchor, a crab as an additional symbol and the letter A on the left or on the right - Full-face Gorgon's Head" Last Late Issues (450-425 B.C.)
Obv.: Upright anchor with large flukes and solid stock. An additional symbol of a crab viewed from above left and the letter A right (or visa versa) between the fluke and the stock.
Rev.: Full-face of a noble Gorgon's head with a low narrow forehead, projecting eyebrows and eyes, a short flat nose, abnormaly open mouth, long teeth and toungue. Human hair mixed with snakes with thin bodies. The image in a concave circle.
Jaimelai04/01/20 at 01:23Jaimelai: I went with the "human hair mixed with snakes" par...
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Kyzikos, Mysia525 – 475 B.C.
Silver tetartemorion
0.20 gm, 7.0 mm
Obv.: Forepart of boar right, tunny to left
Rev.: Head of roaring lion left in incuse square
BMC Mysia p.35, 120v; Sear 3851v;
SNG Keckman 150v.
ex-Forum AuctionsJaimelai02/22/20 at 20:32Jaimelai: At least that's my guess - coin's a little...
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Sikyon, Sikyonia330-280 B.C.
Silver Hemidrachm (or Triobol)
2.67 gm, 16.3 mm
Obv.: Chimaera standing left, right forepaw raised; ΣI beneath
Rev.: Dove flying left; ΔI in field to right.
HGC 5, 213; SNGuk_0300_2338;
BMC 112 var. (initials); Sear 2767 var. (intials);
[SNG Copenhagen 61; BCD Peloponnesos 299]
NGC certified (94282063-009 Ch VF), but removed from holder.
Jaimelai07/09/19 at 23:43Jaimelai: Thanks, been looking for one of these for a while.
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Amisos, Pontos300 – 125 B.C.
Silver Siglos (reduced)
3.83 gm, 15 mm
Obv.: Draped bust of Hera-Tyche right, wearing turreted stephane
Rev.: Owl facing with spread wings standing on shield; monogram to lower left.
SNG Black Sea 1110 var. (monogram);
HGC 7, 233
Jaimelai10/24/18 at 04:10Jaimelai: Thanks!
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Dynasts of Lycia, Mithrapata390 – 370 B.C.
1/6 Stater
1.28 gm, 14 mm
Obv.: Lion scalp facing
Rev.: Triskeles with labrys in one section, Mithrapata in Lycian around, all within incuse square. Rare symbol.
Sear 5228 var.;
B.M.C. 19. 32, 136 var.;
cf. SNG Copenhagen Supp. -;
SNG von Aulock -Jaimelai10/23/18 at 01:16Jaimelai: Thanks!
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Phistelia, Campania310 - 300 B.C.
Silver Obol
0.56 gm, 10 mm
Obv.: Head of young male facing slightly right
Rev.: Barley grain and mussel shell; above, dolphin right; below, FISTLVIS (in Oscan).
Sear 316;
BMC 1 p.12, 4/6
[Campana, Agg. Fistelia 4a; HN Italy 613]
Jaimelai10/20/17 at 02:33Jaimelai: Thanks!
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Lycian League48 – 25 B.C.
Silver Hemidrachm
1.57 gm, 16 mm
Obv.: Head of Apollo right; Λ – Î¥ to either side of neck
Rev.: Kithara; M to left, A to right; tripod lower right
Troxell 110 Period IV, Series 6
Sear 5295
BMC Lycia p. 64, 14-18
SNG Cop. 84
Masicytus District mint
c. 28/27 to 19/18 B.C.Jaimelai04/20/17 at 18:04Jaimelai: Thanks!
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APOLLONIA PONTIKA AR HemiobolOBVERSE: Anchor, A in field
REVERSE: Swastika with two parallel lines in each quadrant
Struck at Apollonia Pontika, circa 500BC
.28g, 6.54mm
SNG BM 149; Moushmov 3146
ex. Aegean NumismaicsLegatus12/22/16 at 02:43Jaimelai: Nice!
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Istros, Thrace400 - 350 B.C.
Silver drachm
4.77 gm, 17 mm
Obverse: facing male heads, left inverted
Reverse: IΣTPIH, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons facing right, Δ I - I below dolphin
BMC No.1905,0305.12;
SNGuk_0901_0251;
Sear 1669 var;
[AMNG 441]
Jaimelai05/26/16 at 00:44Jaimelai: Rarer right facing type.
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Methymna, Lesbos500/480-460 B.C.
Silver Hemiobol
0.32 gm, 5 mm
Obv: Facing head of Silenos.
Rev: Rough quadripartite incuse square.
CNG E-348, lot 268; CNG 94, lot 484; CNG 86, lot 621; CNG E-321, lot 99; Gorny & Mosch 176, lot 1279; G. Hirsch 256, lot 159 = Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, lot 75;
Otherwise unpublished in standard references.Jaimelai02/11/16 at 02:40Jaimelai: Silenos in black.
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Aegina, Attica510 - 485 B.C.
Silver Stater
12.35 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Sea turtle with collar
Rev.: “Proto-skew” incuse pattern, round test punch near center
Sear 1851;
BMC 11, p.128, 28
HGC 6, 430
[Meadows, Groups IIa-IIb]
[SNG Copenhagen 501]Jaimelai01/30/16 at 16:53Jaimelai: Comparison of single f/18 vs stacked (5) f/5.6 sho...
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Aegina, Attica510 - 485 B.C.
Silver Stater
12.35 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Sea turtle with collar
Rev.: “Proto-skew” incuse pattern, round test punch near center
Sear 1851;
BMC 11, p.128, 28
HGC 6, 430
[Meadows, Groups IIa-IIb]
[SNG Copenhagen 501]Jaimelai01/30/16 at 16:46Jaimelai: My turtle in black.
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Mazaios, Satrap of Cilicia AR StaterCILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC., 10.78g. AR Stater
O: Baaltars seated left, head and torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, and grape bunch in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; TN (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) below throne, B’LTRZ ("Baal of Tarsos" or "Baaltars" in Aramaic) to right
R: Lion attacking bull left; MZDY (Mazaeus in Aramaic) above, monogram below.
- Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG France –; SNG Levante 106. -Ex Walter M. Shandruk Collection
The obverse of this coin depicts the Baal of Tarsos.
"Baal" is a Semitic word for "Lord" or "God." The symbols of an eagle, wheat stalk, grapes, and a scepter may represent Baal’s capacity as a god involved in the seasonal cycles of life and death.
The reverse features a lion-and-bull motif as did earlier Anatolian coins of Kroisos/Croesus. But here, on the reverse, the full bodies of both lion and bull are shown, and the lion is ferociously jumping on the back of the bull, who's kneeling.
If you assume that a kneeling bull (without a lion) on the scores of later Greek and Roman coins is symbolic of Zeus, a position that Marvin Tameanko has persuasively argued for (Celator, Jan. 1995, pp. 6-11), and that the lion is symbolic of the supreme god, or Baal, of the Celicians, the symbolism of this coin, may be direct and simple: Our god is more powerful than your god.
The Baal obverse of Mazaios' coinage may have been used as the model for the Zeus reverse of Alexander the Great's huge output of silver coinage, though Martin Price believed that both coinages were based on similar models. Price did feel, however, that the celator who engraved the latter Mazaios staters also engraved Alexander III's Tarsos tetradrachms.
Mazaios (also referred to as "Mazaeus" and "Mazday") was the Persian satrap of Celicia beginning c. 361 BC, then the satrap of both Celicia and the larger territory of Transeuphratesia/Transeuphrates (Syria and Palestine, also known as Abar Nahara) beginning c. 345 BC.
Mazaios fought Alexander the Great at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC. After this loss, he fled to Babylon. With the Great King Darius III of Persia also fleeing Alexander's army, Mazaios was the person who surrendered the capital of the Persian Empire, Babylon, to Alexander later in 331 BC, which prevented the sack of the city. For doing this without a fight, Alexander appointed him governor of Babylon, which at the time was the world's largest city. Mazaios died in 328 BC.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=baal
Nemonater12/24/15 at 21:17Jaimelai: WOW!
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Thebes, Boiotia363 - 338 B.C.
Bronze AE 13
1.82 gm, 13 mm
Obv.: Youthful head of Herakles left wearing Nemean Lion skin headdress
Rev.: Club left laying on top of strung recurve bow with string down, APIΣ above
HGC 4, 1393; BMC Central p. 85, 178/9; Head Boeotia p. 70, type c;
[BCD Boiotia 564b; SNG Cop 360; SNG Christomanos 792]
Ex Forvm GB74946, ex BCD Collection - "Procured near Thebes"
Jaimelai12/21/15 at 22:29Jaimelai: Picture modified from Forvm sales pic as I couldn&...
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Phokaia, Ionia521-478 B.C.
Silver Obol
0.71 gm, 8.9 mm
Obv.: Head of griffin left
Rev.: Rough irregular quadripartite incuse square
BMC Ionia p.215, 84;
[SNGvA 2118; Klein 449]
Ex-Forvm GA71688
Jaimelai08/21/15 at 02:09Jaimelai: a little toned!
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Macedonia, Kings, 016 Alexander III., (The Great, 356-323 B.C.), Price 0311, Macedonian, AE-18, (Unit), Bow in bow-case and club, #1Macedonia, Kings, 016 Alexander III., (The Great, 356-323 B.C.), Price 0311, Macedonian, AE-18, (Unit), Bow in bow-case and club, #1
avers: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion-skin headdress.
reverse: AΛEΞAN(Δ)POY, (Legend error "Δ" are missing) Quiver on bow and club, Π below.
exergue: -/-//Π, diameter: 18mm, weight:6,01 g, axes:6h,
mint: Macedonian mint, date: 336-323 B.C., ref:Price 311,
Q-001quadrans07/10/15 at 23:47Jaimelai: Nice one!
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Apollonia Pontica Topalov 45 - Silver Drachm450 – 404 B.C.
Silver drachm
2.61 gm, 14 mm
Obv: Attic Gorgon head facing with human hair surrounded by snakes
Rev.: Anchor; A to left, crayfish to right with large chelipeds folded back
Topalov Apollonia p.588, 45; p.347, 6;
Sear 1655var
Topalov Type: "Full-Face Gorgon's Head – Upright Anchor, a crab on the right, the letter A on the left or the letter A on the right and a crab on the left" Main Issue (450-424 or 410/404 B.C.)
Obv.: Full-face Gorgon's head in the classical Attic style. Gorgon's features are noble in conformity with the Attic manner of portraying her and Gorgon has more human hair in addition to the snakes.
Rev.: Upright anchor with large flukes, the letter A on one side, a crab as an additional symbol viewed from above on the other side. The image in a concave circle.Jaimelai05/10/15 at 02:37Jaimelai: Silver brittle and chipped may account for lower w...
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Parion, Mysia480 B.C.
Silver hemidrachm
(Parion Archaic type)
3.05 gm, 12.5 mm
Obv.: Gorgon facing, surrounded by snakes
Rev.: cruciform incuse square: pellet in center of cross within incuse square
Pockmarked from fire damage?
Sear 3918;
BMC Mysia p. 95, 10
Jaimelai03/31/15 at 15:59Jaimelai: Yes, I see that. I'm trying to get a hold of ...
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Calabria, Tarentum, 334-330 BC, AR Didrachm Naked horseman crowning himself on stationary horse right, small ΣA and large Ionic capital beneath.
Taras holding sea snake and whip astride dolphin facing left, KO in lower right.
Fischer-Bossert group 75, 960-973; HN Italy 941-942; SNG ANS 1026; Vlasto 654-8; Evans V, E1 and McGill II, 57-58.
(20 mm, 12h).
Spink & Son Ltd, July 1988.n.igma01/31/15 at 15:49Jaimelai: Beautiful!
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GREEKAR hemidrachm. Neapolis ( Macedon). c. 424-350 BC. 1,70 grs. Facing gorgoneion, protruding tongue /
Head of Artemis Parthenos right, hair rolled up and tied in taenia. N-E / Π-O around. All within circular incuse.
SNG ANS 430-459.
benito01/15/15 at 20:41Jaimelai: Nice one!
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Syracuse, SicilyDionysios I
406 - 367 B.C.
Bronze Hemilitron
3.52 gm, 16 mm
Obv.: Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone signed EY on the front; grain ear behind
Rev.: Wheel of four spokes; ΣY– PA in above quarters, dolphins in lower quarters
Minted 405-400 B.C.
BMC Sicily p. 183, 247; Cf. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 25; Calciati Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 21
* Obverse die signed by the artist Eukleidas *Jaimelai12/29/14 at 02:50Jaimelai: Yep, condemned as cast fake 
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Apollonia Pontica480 - 324 B.C.
150 years of Apollonia Pontica Medusa!Jaimelai12/22/14 at 22:48Jaimelai: Thanks, to be honest, one is actually a pic of a G...
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Apollonia Pontica450-424 or 410/404 B.C.
Silver DrachmJaimelai10/26/14 at 01:27Jaimelai: Full coin are in my Apollonia Pontica gallery
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Neapolis, Macedonia500 - 480 B.C.
Silver Obol
1.07 gm, 9 mm
Obv.: Facing Gorgon head
Rev.: Quadripartite incuse square
Rosen 381;
[SNG ANS 423]
Jaimelai09/22/14 at 23:01Jaimelai: Yes, I thought Medusa looked a little Ethiopian (G...
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Arados, Phoenicia 140 - 139 B.C.
Bronze AE16
3.75 gm, 16 mm
Obv.: Bust of Zeus right, boarder of dots
Rev.: Triple-pointed ram of galley left; Phoenician script (AN) above galley, Phoenician date (city year 120) below; boarder of dots
Sear 6001, BMC Phoenicia 104 var.
Dating tenative - please let me know if you have a better interpretationJaimelai11/16/13 at 13:53Jaimelai: Thanks for the confirmation Arados!
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Athens, Attica307 - 300 B.C.
Bronze AE14
4.16 gm, 14 mm
Obv.: Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet with three crests, adorned with serpent
Rev.: Owl standing left, head facing, wings closed
A to right, H Θ to left, all in olive wreath
Kroll 50; [SNG Copenhagen 94]
BMC 11, p.22, 240
HGC 4, 1719
Jaimelai09/26/13 at 12:53Jaimelai: Thanks Lloyd! I really like this coin! Wish I co...
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Apollonia Pontica Topalov 45 - Silver Drachm450 – 404 B.C.
Silver drachm
2.85 gm, 13-15 mm
Obv: Attic Gorgon head facing, snaky ringlets circle face.
Rev.: Anchor; crayfish to left, A to right
Topalov Apollonia p. 588, 45; p.348, 9;
Sear 1655var; BMC Mysia p.9, 11
Topalov Type: Gorgon's Head – Upright Anchor: Basic (Main) Issue (450-424 or 410/404 B.C.)
Obv.: Full-face Gorgon's head in the classical Attic style. Gorgon's features are noble in conformity with the Attic manner of portraying her and Gorgon has more human hair in addition to the snakes.
Rev.: Upright anchor with large flukes, the letter A on one side, a crab as an additional symbol viewed from above on the other side. The image in a concave circle.
Die match to another of my coins and to CNG 806828Jaimelai07/12/13 at 01:57Jaimelai: Thanks - interesting that the reverse on this one ...
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Alexander III ‘the Great’336-323 B.C.
Silver Drachm
4.19 gm, 18 mm
Obv.: Head of Alexander as Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Rev.: Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left holding large eagle and scepter; star in left field, spearhead in right field, AΛEΞANΔΡOÎ¥ to right
Colophon mint, 322-319 B.C.
Price 1759; Müller 317Jaimelai06/26/13 at 20:44Jaimelai: a little toned 
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GREEK, Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, Moriaseis, Zeus / Six-rayed star, 185-168 B.C*Bronze Æ 19
5.89 gm, 19 mm
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev.: Six-rayed star; M-OP-IA-ΣE-Ω-N between rays
Katalog Münzauktion Essen 64 (1992) no. 47;
P.R. Franke, MOPIAΣEΩN - Die erste Münze eines bislang unbekannten thrakisch-makedonischen Stammes, in: V. Spinoi - L. Munteanu, Miscellanea numismatica antiquitatis in honorem septagenarii magistri Virgilii Mihailescu, Bucarest 2008, p. 67-68.
* One of two coins (same dies) known from this obscure tribe - see P.R. Franke's paper for additional details.
** The other known coin recently went to auction: Heidelberger Münzhandlung Auction 64 Lot 150
*** A third coin has surfaced: CNG eAuction 346 Lot 27
Jaimelai09/20/12 at 01:17Jaimelai: WOW! I am greatly honored! Thank you!
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Adramytteion, Mysia, 187 - 133 B. C.AE12; (Weber 4949); weight 2.1g, max. diameter 12.83mm; Obv.laureate head of Zeus, facing slightly right, Rev. ΑΔΡΑ above, M-Y(in retrograde) below bird, eagle standing left on rock; grain ear before. Green patina.
The city is said to have been named after its founder, Adramys (also Adromos, Adromon or Adromus), notable for being a brother of king Kroisos of Lydia. Sear GCV II p. 355
Ex. Aegean NumismaticsSteve E01/17/12 at 00:16Jaimelai: Nice!
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Thessalian League196-146 B.C.
Silver Drachm
4.15 gm, 18.5 mm
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, ΓAYANA (magistrate) behind
Rev: Athena Itonia standing right, with shield and about to hurl spear, ΘEΣΣA - ΛΩN to sides, bunch of grapes on vine right, Π-O / Λ-Y (magistrate) across lower fields
Sear 2234 var.; BMC Thessaly p.4, 36-37; (SNG Cop 300)Jaimelai01/08/12 at 23:03Jaimelai: Thanks!
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Kolophon, tetartemorion5mm, 0.12g
obv: archaic head of Apollo left
rev: quadripartite incuse squareareich12/31/11 at 15:21Jaimelai: Great little coin!
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Chalkidian league, Olynthos, hemiobolChalkidian league (432-348 BC)
8mm, 0.24g
obv: laureate head of Apollo left
rev: XAΛKI; tripodareich12/31/11 at 15:16Jaimelai: Amazing for such a tiny coin!
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Kelenderis obolca. 5th century BC
10mm, 0.76g
obv: gorgoneion facing
rev: forepart of horse rightareich12/27/11 at 21:24Jaimelai: Cool coin!
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Ionia, Kolophon, diobolca 375-360 BC, Posis, magistrate
11mm, 0.97g
obv: laureate head of Apollo left
rev: lyre
(Milne, Colophon 57a; SNG Copenhagen 142)
ex CNGareich12/27/11 at 21:23Jaimelai: That is a nice Apollo!
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Caria, Mylasa, tetartemorion9mm, 0.24g
obv: lion's head left and forepaw
rev: facing head of Apollo(?), E below?
Klein 504
areich12/27/11 at 21:22Jaimelai: Another cool coin!
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Greece, Mycenae - The Lion GateI waited a long time for this shot, the nanosecond when any one of the thousands of visitors swarming over the site wasn't visible in the frame. Sometimes you get lucky!12/20/11 at 14:04Jaimelai: That is a nice picture - must be quite a trip!
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Larissa drachmca. 355-342 BC
20mm, 5.98g, 11h
obv: head of nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in sphendone
rev: ΛAPIΣ - AIΩN, horse kneeling to right, about to roll, plant below
(Lorber (SNR 79) 61; SNG Copenhagen 121)
ex ROMA Numismatics
ex Rockefeller University / Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collectionareich12/02/11 at 01:28Jaimelai: Nice!
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Pisidia, Selge, BMC 20-25Pisidia, Selge, Obol, 400-333 BC AR, 10mm 0.68g, BMC 20-25
O: facing head of Gorgon with flowing hair
R: head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, astragalos behind
casata137ec11/05/11 at 16:45Jaimelai: Nice one!
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GREEK, Pisidia, Selge, 2nd-1st Century BC, AR Triobol Head of Herakles wreathed with styrax facing slightly right, lion's skin draped around neck, club in left field. / ΣEΛΓEΩN between club and sacred styrax plant on an altar, bucranium in right field.
SNG BN 1959; BMC 19, 260, 37; Sear GCV 5484.
(15 mm, 2.41 g, 12h)
ex- David P. Herman Collection
This facing head of Herakles is a miniature masterpiece of the engraver’s art, including such small details as the Adam’s apple of Herakles. The tilt of Herakles head and his semi-skyward gaze is reminiscent of the preferred portraiture of Alexander the Great for whom Herakles was a patron God. Following the death of Alexander the Great, Herakles became a favored subject for the facing head portrayal on Hellenistic coinage in contrast to the preceding period in which Athena dominated.10/08/11 at 16:10Jaimelai: Beautiful!
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Thessaly, Larissa mint, BMC Thessaly to Aetolia pg. 31, 83 var Thessaly, Larissa mint, 400-344 B.C. AE, 19mm 7.57g, SNG Cop 141 var (rev legend), BMC Thessaly to Aetolia pg. 31, 83 var (rev legend)
O: Head of nymph Larissa facing slightly left, crowned with corn
R: ΛAPIΣ[AIΩN] (or similar), Horseman r. wearing petasus and chiton, holding lance, horse prancing
casata137ec09/28/11 at 00:20Jaimelai: Nice!
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Mysia, Lampsakos, diobol12mm, 1.27g
obv: janiform female head
rev: helmeted head of Athena rightareich08/08/11 at 03:13Jaimelai: Nice!
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Macedonian Kingdom, Phillip II, 359 - 336 B.C. Amphipolis mint?AE unit; SNG ANS 8 872 (symbol identified as: Helios head?by H. A. Troxell), Lindgren 1274. Weight 4.7 gr., max diameter 17.1 mm; Amphipolis mint? (per Dr. Thomas Gibson) Obv. Apollo facing left, wearing taenia; Rev. Φ Ι Λ Ι Π Π O Υ above; boy riding horse prancing left; with above mentioned unidentifiable symbol below (some describe as a left facing lion's head); Beautiful turquoise patina! Scarce type with both obv. & rev. facing left. Extra fine style!Steve E07/04/11 at 15:45Jaimelai: Beautiful!
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Syracuse, Sicily; AE 16; Reign of Agathokles, 317 - 289 B. C.AE 16; Lindgren 571, (Calciati II 101 or 102). Weight 3.2g. diam.16mm; Obv. head of Persephone left, hair rolled, wearing earring and necklace, cornucopiae right? (too worn to be sure), Ε Y P A K Ω Ε I Ω N on left (partially off flan); Rev. butting bull left, dolphin above, monogram in ex.(mostly off flan); Splendid blue-green patina and finely engraved dies.
Ex. Dr. Paul Rynearson
Photo by: Dr. Paul Rynearson
Background info.: Quote from Dr. Rynearson's book "Collecting Ancient Greek Coins" p.123. "At times, Sicily's volcanic soil produces some of the most remarkable blues and greens ever seen in numismatics". He reiterated this statement in his listing of this coin.Steve E05/25/11 at 19:37Jaimelai: Very pretty!
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Cilicia, Tarsos, Balakros, staterBalakros (333 - 323 BC)
25mm, 10.95g
obv: draped bust of Athena, wearing Attic helmet, facing
rev: Baaltars enthroned left, holding lotus scepter, ear of grain and bunch of grapes left, B over ivy leaf right, T under throne
(SNG BN 367)areich03/31/11 at 19:35Jaimelai: Really nice!
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Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos I Nikator, 312 - 280 BC21mm, 4.98g
obv: winged head of Medusa right, snakes in hair
rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Indian humped bull butting to right
areich03/31/11 at 19:12Jaimelai: Cool coin!
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Teos, Ionia475 - 450 B.C.
Silver Tetartemorion
0.19 gm, 7 mm
Obv.: Head of griffin right
Rev.: Quadripartite incuse square
SNG Kayhan 603; Rosen 393Jaimelai03/04/11 at 14:49Jaimelai: Thanks, I like this griffin which combines an eagl...
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Diocletian ArgenteusDenomination : Silver Argenteus. Mint : Rome.
Size : 17.5 x 18.6 mm. Weight : 3.34 grams.
Reference : RIC VI 43a. RSC-516fm. Sear-3503 var.
Obverse : Head of Diocletian right, with DIOCLETIANVS AVG around.
Reverse : Diocletian, Maximianus, Constantiuus and Galerius, standing in front of a camp gate, sacrificing, with VIRTVS MILITVM around. TLP03/04/11 at 00:11Jaimelai: Wow!
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Syracuse, SicilyDionysios I
406 - 367 B.C.
Bronze Hemilitron
3.52 gm, 16 mm
Obv.: Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone signed EY on the front; grain ear behind
Rev.: Wheel of four spokes; ΣY– PA in above quarters, dolphins in lower quarters
Minted 405-400 B.C.
BMC Sicily p. 183, 247; Cf. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 25; Calciati Corpus Nummorum Siculorum 21
* Obverse die signed by the artist Eukleidas *Jaimelai12/25/10 at 12:38Jaimelai: Thanks rover! It is much nicer in hand then my poo...
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GallienusAugust 253 - 24 March 268 A.D.
Bronze antoninianus
2.27 g, 19.8 mm
Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
Rev.: IOVI PROPVGNAT, Jupiter standing facing, head right, thunderbolt in right, cloak flying from left, XI left
RIC V-1 214; Göbl 641a; Sear 10244; Rome mint, 260 - 268 A.D.
Ex Forvm; Ex John Quincy Adams Collection, 6th President of the United States, and His Descendants, ex Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, ex Stack’s Sale , 5-6 March 1971, Coin No. 907Jaimelai12/12/10 at 20:04Jaimelai: I was very fortunate to get this one. I tried whe...
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RRC383/1 (Ti. Claudius Ti. f. Ap. N.)Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, stag-shaped bow and quiver over shoulder, S.C. before;
Rev. Victory in biga right, holding palm and wreath, control numeral XXXX below, TI CLAVD TI. F. AP.N. (VD and AP in monogram) in exergue;
19 mm; 3,80 gr.
Rome, 79 B.C.
Refs: RRC383/1, Sear 310, RSC Claudia 5
[Research in progress]
Syltorian11/17/10 at 00:04Jaimelai: Wow!
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Miletos, Ionia550 B.C.
Silver 1/96 Stater
0.13 gm, 4 mm
Obv.: Eye-like pinwheel/rosette design
Rev.: Five-dot incuse quincunx pattern
SNG von Aulock 1807; Klein 433; SNG Kayhan 740
Ex - R.J. O'HaraJaimelai11/15/10 at 20:37Jaimelai: No kidding! Already dropped it once despite the w...
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Syracuse, Sicily405-400 B.C.
Slavey Replica of Kimon Signed Silver Tetradrachm
16.78 gm, 28 mm
Obv.: Head of Arethusa facing three-quarters left wearing pearl earrings and necklace; hair flowing in loose tresses; across her forehead ampyx with the signature KIMΩN. Around her, four dolphins emerging from curls. APEΘOSA above, outside linear border. In field left, ΣΩ (savior).
Rev.: Quadriga at speed with prancing horses driven left by chiton-clad charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left; above, Nike flying right to crown him.
ΣYPAKOΣIΩN in exergue.
Stamped СЛАВЕИ (Slavey in Cyrillic) on edge.
Ancients.info Slavey GK-0944Jaimelai11/14/10 at 16:12Jaimelai: That's for sure! I don't even know why I ...
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Constantius IICONSTAN-TIVS AVG, pearl-diademed head right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with one standard between them, dot on banner, dot to left and right of top of banner. SMANtheta in ex Antoich (thanks for the help Doug :) )Randygeki(h2)11/08/10 at 02:19Jaimelai: Nice!
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Apollonia Pontica450-400 B.C.
Silver drachm,
2.50 g., 14 mm.
Rev: Gorgoneion head facing, straight vertical hair with horizontal lines on her forehead
Obv.: Anchor; crayfish to left, A to right
As featured in Forvm's Fake Coin Reports :-(Jaimelai11/01/10 at 02:48Jaimelai: It was one of my favorites too!
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Apollonia Pontica Drachm"fool me once..."Jaimelai10/29/10 at 18:26Jaimelai: The top one is for sale on eBay, the middle one is...
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ApolloApollo
20 mm 6.89 gm
O: Laureate head of Apollo right
R: The poet Homer seated left, holding scroll
Provincial of Ionia, SmyrnaKoffy08/14/10 at 03:13Jaimelai: really nice!
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AmisosAnother shot
Pontos, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC.
Æ 21 mm
Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolfskin headdress / AMISOU, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165.
Randygeki(h2)07/07/10 at 23:36Jaimelai: That is cool!
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Barbarous, Constantine I VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP
with what looks like CONSTNNT-NSNNG on obv. and E?SIS in ex
Randygeki(h2)07/07/10 at 23:31Jaimelai: Nice coin!
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Alexander IIIAlexander III AR Tetradrachm. ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; shield in left field, pellet-in-Î below throne. 17.1 g.
Price 136; Troxell, Studies, issue L8.
Thanks for the atribution Lloyd!
Most lifetime issues of Alexander the Great were usualy bulky/thick, which did not alow for the entire design of the die to imprint on the coin. IMO looked better then the wide thin flan. (edit: though this one is Struck under Kassander)
The coin was hand stuck with a die/avil. Dies were usually made of Bronze because it was sofeter and easier to work with then iron, (though some were made of iron as well) then the was anealed to make it stronger and less brittle.
The planchets were made by pouring molten metal into a mold and saved until needed. When it was ready to be used, they heated it just below melting point and placed it between the dies and the punch die was struck with a hammer.
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"Building upon his father's success in Greece, Alexander III (Alexander the Great, reigned 336-323 BC) set about the conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. By the time of his death at the age of 31, he ruled most of the known world from Greece to Afghanistan. Initially Alexander continued to mint Philip's gold and silver coins. Soon, however, the need for a silver coinage that could be widely used in Greece caused him to begin a new coinage on the Athenian weight-standard. His new silver coins, with the head of Herakles on one side and a seated figure of Zeus on the other, also became one of the staple coinages of the Greek world. They were widely imitated within the empire he had forged."
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"......Alexander seems to have liked Amphipolis, because one of his last plans was to spend no less than 315 ton silver for a splendid new temple in the city that was to be dedicated to Artemis Tauropolus. It was never built, but after Alexander's death on 11 June 323 in Babylon, his wife queen Roxane settled in Amphipolis, which appears to have become one of the residences of the Macedonian royals. In 179, king Philip V died in the town."
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Amphipolis , ancient city of Macedonia, on the Strymon (Struma) River near the sea and NE of later Thessaloníki. The place was known as Ennea Hodoi [nine ways] before it was settled and was of interest because of the gold and silver and timber of Mt. Pangaeus (Pangaion), to which it gave access. Athenian colonists were driven out (c.464 BC) by Thracians, but a colony was established in 437 BC Amphipolis became one of the major Greek cities on the N Aegean. This colony was captured by Sparta, and Brasidas and Cleon were both killed in a battle there in 422 BC After it was returned to Athens in 421 BC, it actually had virtual independence until captured (357 BC) by Philip II of Macedon. He had promised to restore it to Athens, and his retention of Amphipolis was a major cause of the war with Athens. In 148 BC it became the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia. Paul, Silas, and Timothy passed through Amphipolis (Acts 17.1). Nearby is the modern Greek village of Amfípolis."
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"A quick look at the WildWinds database( http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/alexander_III/t.html ) indicates that the style and monograms are consistent with an Amphipolis issue, with perhaps a little less care than usual in the engraving of the reverse. The closest I could locate with a quick look is Price 133 (variant), although yours appears to have a shield rather than dolphin in the left field reverse."
Randygeki(h2)05/04/10 at 21:34Jaimelai: Very nice!
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MinuciaMinucius Thermus Mf Denarius. 103 BC. Helmeted head of Mars left / Q*TERM*MF below two warriors in combat, one on left protecting a fallen man. Syd 592, Cr319/1.
Ex. Aureo auction, 25/10/2006, 16.03/25/10 at 20:48Jaimelai: Great coin!
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Crispus317-326 A.D.
AE3, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left
3.23 gm, 20 mm
FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES
PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS
Campgate with two turrets and star above
Six layers
SMANT Є in ex.,
RIC VII Antioch 64
Antioch mint
325-326 A.D.Jaimelai01/30/10 at 15:03Jaimelai: Thanks, this coin is actually a lot more dark gree...
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