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CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 188-125 BC. AR drachm (15mm, 11h). NGC XF★CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 188-125 BC. AR drachm (15mm, 11h). NGC XF★ , Fine Style. Plinthophoric series, Anaxidicus, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / ANAΞIΔIΚOΣ, rose with bud to right; hook to left, P-O flanking bloom, all within incuse square. BMC 246.Mark R105/25/21 at 20:42Lee S: Absolutely stunning!! A perfectly centered obverse...
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123 - VOLVSIANVSVolusianus was a Roman Emperor from November 251 to August 253.
for obverse, reverse and coin details click hereshanxi03/27/19 at 22:28Lee S: Where is the reverse?
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Tetricus I AntoninianusTetricus I Antoninianus
Obverse:
IMP TETRICVS PF AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Reverse:
LAETITIA AVGG
Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and anchor
RIC Vii 88
In the portraits gallery: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153436Harry G02/26/19 at 15:03Lee S: Nice!!
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Celtic, Danube Region, Uncertain Tribe. Imitating Type of Alexander III of MacedonCCCBM I 215; Göbl, OTA Table 43, Type 577-578; Sammlung Lanz 896-897
AR drachm; struck in the Danube region circa second to first centuries B.C.; 3.24 g., 18.48 mm. max., 0°
Obv: Stylized head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Rev: Stylized Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; amphora in inner left field.Stkp08/30/18 at 14:33Lee S: Nice!
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Lysimachos, 323-281 BC ThraceAR - Tetradrachm struck in Lampsakos, 286-281 BC
Obv. Head of Alexander the Great, wearing taenia and horn of Ammon
Rev. BASILEWS – LYSIMAXOY Athena, wearing Corinthian helmet, in long robe, seated facing left on throne, left arm resting on shield decorated with lion's-head, spear pointing downwards behind her right shoulder, holding in outstretched right hand winged Nike who is crowning the name with wreath. In left field monogram HP (ligate); in exergue, crescent with cavity left.
28.8mm, 16.85g
Ref. Thompson 47; Müller 401; SNG Paris 2542
   AlexB06/15/15 at 17:25Lee S: Absolutely stunning!!!
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Aurelian antoninianus, 270-275 AD, RIC 64I love Aurelian. I just do. The man knew what he was doing, had the appropriate force of personality to do what he was doing, and was an overall beast, reuniting the empire. And thanks to Mike Duncan from the History of Rome podcast, I will always remember that Aurelian is the Sandy Koufax of Roman Emperors: peak value.
I made have made mildly unhuman noises upon handling this coin the first time. It is ridiculous in hand. Pretty sure I can count the hairs in his beard.EvaJupiterSkies01/25/15 at 18:18Lee S: Nice coin, and I love your enthusiasm in the descr...
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IONIA, Ephesos AR Tetradrachm.Circa 405-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 14.95 g, 12h). Aristainetos, magistrate. Hecatomnus 53b (O11/R48 – this coin); SNG Kayhan –; Winterthur 2904 (same obverse die). Obverse: bee with curved wings. Reverse: forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left (off flan), APIΣTAINETO[Σ] to right. Toned, VF. Struck on a tight flan.
Ex Hecatomnus Hoard (CH V, 17; CH VIII, 96; and CH IX, 387)
Ex CNG Electronic Auction 338, lot 85
The bee, palm tree and the stag are emblems of Ephesos. This city was an important center of worship of the Greek goddess Artemis, and the images on Ephesian coinage represent her. Ephesos also used the bee on its coins since it was a producer of honey, so the bee advertised their most famous product. The bee was also mythologically connected to Ephesos because, according to Philostratos, the colonizing Athenians were led to Ephesos in Ionia by the Muses who took the form of bees. Ephesos occupied the alluvial plain of the lower Cayster, but it owed its chief wealth and renown less to the produce of its soil than to the illustrious sanctuary of the old Anatolian nature-goddess, whom the Ionian Greeks identified with Artemis, the Goddess of Hunt. It is noteworthy that the high-priest of the temple of Artemis was called Ηεσσην, ‘the king bee,’ while the virgin priestesses bore the name of “melissai” or Honey-Bees. The stag was regarded as sacred to her and stag figures were said to have flanked the cult statue of Artemis in her temple at Ephesos. The palm tree alludes to Artemis’ birthplace, the island of Delos, where the goddess Leto gave birth to Artemis and her twin brother Apollo underneath a palm tree. Therefore, the coin might represent the city’s origin as well.
The earlier type tetradrachmai of Ephesos could be identified by the curved pair of wings of the bee on the obverse side of these coins. It is roughly estimated that a total of about less than a hundred of these tetradrachmai exist as compared to the straight wing bee variant of later emissions, which are believed to be seven to eight times more common than the former. These estimates are based on the findings and studies made after the discovery of the Hecatomnus and Pixodarus hoards in 1977 and 1978, respectively. Prior to their discovery, there were only about 35 of these curved wing tetradrachmai recorded in existence.
Jason T11/06/14 at 11:50Lee S: Fantastic coin!!
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Mylasa, Caria450-400 B.C.
Silver Hemiobol
0.58 gm, 8 mm
Obv: Forepart of lion facing, seen from above.
Rev: Scorpion within incuse square.
SNG Kayhan 934-8;
Rosen 403;
SNG Keckman 917-918 var.
Jaimelai10/09/14 at 19:01Lee S: wonderfull!
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038b Faustina (II) Filia (128-175 A.D.), RIC III 0677 (Marc.Aur.), Rome, AR-Denarius, FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, #1038b Faustina (II) Filia (128-175 A.D.), RIC III 0677 (Marc.Aur.), Rome, AR-Denarius, FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, #1
"Daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Sr. and wife of Marcus Aurelius. She was also the mother of Commodus and Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus."
avers:- FAVSTINA_AVGVSTA, Draped bust right, chignon behind head, hair waved.
revers: FECVN-DITAS, Fecunditas standing right holding scepter in right and infant in left.
exerg:-/-//--, diameter: mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, date: A.D., ref: RIC-III-RIC 677, (Marcus Aurelius), Sear , RSC II 99, BMCRE IV 91
Q-001quadrans08/26/14 at 19:00Lee S: Now DATS a nose!!! 
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Caria - RhodesAR Diobol
c.230-205 BC
O - Radiate head of Helios right
R - P O, two rose buds with symbol between
cf SNG Kayhan 916-7mauseus05/12/14 at 20:12Lee S: Nice unusual coin from Rhodes... I had my eye on i...
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Barbarous Imitation, AE-3, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP type, #19Barbarous Imitation, AE-3, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP type, #19
avers:- Confusing text, Laureate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left, with shield the left arm and spear over the right shoulder.
revers:- Confusing text, Two Victories standing, facing each other, together holding shield reading VOT/PR on cippus.
exerg: -/-// TIT, diameter: 18-19mm, weight:2,94g, axis:5h,
mint: Siscia, date: , ref: ,
Q-019quadrans03/08/14 at 12:08Lee S: agreed!!! very nice!
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Barbarous Imitation, AE-3, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP type, #19Barbarous Imitation, AE-3, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP type, #19
avers:- Confusing text, Laureate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left, with shield the left arm and spear over the right shoulder.
revers:- Confusing text, Two Victories standing, facing each other, together holding shield reading VOT/PR on cippus.
exerg: -/-// TIT, diameter: 18-19mm, weight:2,94g, axis:5h,
mint: Siscia, date: , ref: ,
Q-019quadrans03/08/14 at 12:08Lee S: agreed!!! very nice!
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02. Iceni.AR unit, ca 10 BC - 60 AD (time of Prasutagus and Boudicea).
Obverse: stylized head.
Reverse: stylized horse.
1.17 gm., 13 mm.
Seaby #434 (old #74).Callimachus11/23/13 at 07:47Lee S: What a wonderful example of an Iceni unit... I can...
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Anglo-Saxon Sceatta - East AngliaAnglo-Saxon secondary sceatta, series R, group 1. AR Sceat (1.11 g, 12 mm). Minted in East Anglia circa 710-750. Obverse: Radiate bust right; runic EPA to right, A-like ornament behind. Reverse: "Standard" with TOT II, triangle with pellets above, cross below, pseudo-legend around. Metcalf 391-393; North 157; SCBC 832.
Jan11/07/13 at 11:02Lee S: Wonderful coin Jan!
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SYRIA, SELEUCIS AND PIERIA, APAMEIA1st Century BC
AE 20 X 24 mm 8.13 g
O: HEAD OF YOUNG DIONYSOS RIGHT, WEARING IVY WREATH; TYCHE COUNTERMARK IN ROUND PUNCH
R: THYRSOS, LEGEND ON EITHER SIDE
cf. SNG Cop 301laney10/11/13 at 06:39Lee S: Wonderful countermark!!!
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Rhodos, Islands of CariaObv: No legend, radiate three-quarter bust of Helios, facing to the right.
Rev: P and O on either side of a rose, magistrate's name: ΞENΦANTOΣ above, all within a shallow incuse square, star in lower left corner.
Silver Hemidrachm, Rhodos mint, c. 170 - 150 BC
1.28 grams, 11.65 mm, 0°
GCV 5065, Jenkins Plinthophoric Group B, 41
(Very special thanks to rover1.3 for his help with attribution)Matt Inglima09/26/13 at 14:53Lee S: Nice coin!!
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Greek, Taras, DidrachmUnlisted with the letters in front of the horse.Philoromaos09/14/13 at 12:40Lee S: Wonderful coin!!!
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Silver duckOrnamental part of a silver fibulaTibsi08/12/13 at 15:23Lee S: Nice!!!
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Egypt, Alexandria, Hadrian, Dattari 7901Hadrian, AD 117-138
AE33, drachm, 22.10g
Alexandria, AD 133/134 (year 18)
obv. AVT KAIC TRAIAN - ADRIANOC CEB
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. Agathodaimon, bearded, erected r., and Uraeus-Snake, erected l., confronted;
Agathodaimon, representing Osiris, wearing shkent (double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt) and
holding kerykeion with his tail; Uraeus-Snake, representing Isis, wearing crown of Isis (sundisk
between horns) and holding sistrum.
across field L IH (year 18)
Ref.: Dattari 7901
Very rare, VF
Thanks to Salem!
For more information please look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'.
Jochen05/29/13 at 14:37Lee S: Quite wonderful !
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