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LYDIA, Philadelphia. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ (17mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Epikrates, magistrate. Bare head of Caligula right / Jugate laureate busts of the Dioscuri right.Joe Geranio Collection- LYDIA, Philadelphia. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ (17mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Epikrates, magistrate. Bare head of Caligula right / Jugate laureate busts of the Dioscuri right. RPC I 3022. Anyone May Use as Long as Credit is Given.Joe Geranio

Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos)SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos). 225/4-222 BC. Æ . Antioch on the Orontes mint. Draped bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow, resting hand on bow; Cf. SC 922; HGC 9, 421.2 commentsecoli

#Lydia, Philadelphia. Claudius AE18Obv: T KLAYDIOS GERMANIKOS KAISAR. Laureate bust r.
Rev: P'ILADELP'EWN NEOKAISAREWN C'ONDROS. Four grain-ears bundled together.ancientone

PHILIPPINES, Insular Government. 1901-1935.
Proof CU Half Centavo (18mm, 2.63 g, 6h)
Philadelphia mint. Dated 1903.
· UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · 1903
Eagle standing facing atop shield, head left, with wings spread, clutching a palm branch and bundle of arrows
HALF CENTAVO FILIPINAS
Male figure seated against anvil, resting hammer; in distance, Mt. Mayon
Allen 1.01; cf. Basso 110 (for business strike)

Ex Cookie Jar Collectibles MBS X (31 July 2007), lot 2701 commentsArdatirion

(06) NERO54-68 AD
AE 16.5 mm; 3.88 g
O:Draped bust right.
R: Hekate standing facing, wearing polos and holding long torch in each hand.
Lydia, Philadelphia; RPC 3041.
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003c01. Gemellus Æ16. 15.2mm, 3.11 g. Philadelphia, Lydia. ca 37 AD. Obv: TIBEÎ¡ION CEBACTION, bare head of Tiberius Gemellus right. Rev: N[EO]KECAÎ¡EIÎ£, Winged thunderbolt. A FORUM coin.lawrence c

005c2. Agrippina JuniorAE 14.8mm, 2.93 g. Philadelphia, Lydia. 54-59 AD.
Obv: AΓΡIΠΠEINAN ΣEBAΣTHN, draped bust right.
Rev: ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN NEIKANΩΡ, cornucopiae full of fruit. RPC 3042; BMC 59.
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025p Domitia Longina, (Augusta, 81-96 A.D.), Lydia, Philadelphia, RPC II 1340, AE-18, ΦIΛA/ΔЄΛ/ΦЄω/N, in wreath, #1025p Domitia Longina, (Augusta, 81-96 A.D.), Lydia, Philadelphia, RPC II 1340, AE-18, ΦIΛA/ΔЄΛ/ΦЄω/N, in wreath, #1
avers: ΔOMITIA AYΓOYCTA, draped bust right.
reverse: ΦIΛA ΔЄΛ ΦЄω N, in four lines within laurel-wreath.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0mm, weight: 5,61g, axis: h,
mint: Lydia, Philadelphia, date: 82-96 A.D.,
ref: SNG Cop. 378, RPC II 1340, SNG von Aulock 3075, BMC 63,
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

032a11. Maximinus ThraxCILICIA. Philadelphia. Ae. 27mm, 12.44 g. Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Ι ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜЄΙΝΟΝ. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate. Rev: ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄωΝ ΚΗΤΙΔΟϹ. Zeus standing left, holding patera and long sceptre. RPC VI online 6893; SNG BN 762; SNG Levante Suppl. 146. Naumann Auction 137, lot 463lawrence c

1781. Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, Birth of the Dauphin.Obv. Conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette LUDOVICO XVI ET M ANT AUSTR FR ET NAV REGI ET REGINAE LUTETIA signed DUVIVIER.
Rev. King and Queen between a kneeling Paris, holding a shield, and Trade (Abundance), holding a cornucopia and Hermes’ staff. SOLEMNIA DELPHINI NATALITIA REGE ET REGINA URBEM INVISENTIBUS XXI. JANU. MDCCLXXXII signed DV.

Commemorates the birth of Louis-Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France from 1781 to his death in 1789.1 commentsLordBest

1853 Seated Liberty Silver QuarterUSA, Seated Liberty, Silver 1/4 (Quarter) Dollar, 25 Cents, 1853, Breen 3989, SCWC KM 78, Type 3, Arrows & Rays (1853), gEF, cleaned in the past, some light surface marks, engraved by third Chief Engraver of the US Mint, Christian Gobrecht, edge milled, weight 6.22g (ASW 0.18oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 24.3mm, thickness 1.75mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1853; obverse Liberty, draped, seated right on rock, head left, right hand resting on grounded Union Shield, striped vertically and horizontally across top bar with diagonal banner inscribed LIBERTY, pileus on transverse pole in left, flanked by thirteen stars (seven left, six right) arcing above, 1853 in exergue, with opposed arrowheads at either side, toothed border surrounding; reverse UNITED STATES OF AMERICA arcing above and QUAR.DOL. arcing below, bald eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread with Union Shield on breast, striped vertically and horizontally across top bar, clutching olive branch in right talon, three arrows in left, with glory of rays around, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Timothy Medhurst Coins & Antiquities (27 Aug 2023); £130.00.1 commentsSerendipity

1856 Seated Liberty Silver QuarterUSA, Seated Liberty, Silver 1/4 (Quarter) Dollar, 25 Cents, 1856, Breen 4006, SCWC KM A64.2, Briggs 1-A, Type 2, No Motto (1840-65), gVF, engraved by third Chief Engraver of the US Mint, Christian Gobrecht, edge milled, weight 6.22g (ASW 0.18oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 24.3mm, thickness 1.75mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1856; obverse Liberty, draped, seated right on rock, head left, right hand resting on grounded Union Shield, striped vertically and horizontally across top bar with diagonal banner inscribed LIBERTY, pileus on transverse pole in left, flanked by thirteen stars (seven left, six right) arcing above, 1856 in exergue, toothed border surrounding; reverse UNITED STATES OF AMERICA arcing above and QUAR.DOL. arcing below, bald eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread with Union Shield on breast, striped vertically and horizontally across top bar, clutching olive branch in right talon, three arrows in left, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Saltford Coins (25 Apr 2023); £70.00.Serendipity

1868 Sheild Nickel - aG./G.United States of America
1868 - Philadelphia Mint - 5 Cents (Sheild Nickel)rexesq

1885 Morgan Silver DollarUSA, Morgan Silver Dollar, 1885, Breen 5581, SCWC KM 110, BU, edge milled, weight 26.73g (ASW 0.7734oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 38.1mm, thickness 2.4mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1885; obverse E • PLURIBUS • UNUM (Out of Many, One) arcing above and 1885 arcing below flanked by thirteen stars (seven left, six right), laureate and diademed Liberty head left, wearing Phrygian cap encircled by diadem inscribed LIBERTY, cotton and wheat wreath above diadem, tiny M incuse on truncation for engraver George T. Morgan, toothed border surrounding; reverse UNITED-STATES OF-AMERICA arcing above and * ONE DOLLAR * arcing below, ℑ𝔫 𝔊𝔬𝔡 𝔴𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔱 in one line over bald eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, clutching olive branch in right talon, three arrows in left, within half-circle laurel wreath tied with bow at base, tiny M incuse in left bow loop for engraver George T. Morgan, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Cambridgeshire Coins (12 Dec 2021); £55.00.Serendipity

1886 Morgan Silver DollarUSA, Morgan Silver Dollar, 1886, Breen 5586, SCWC KM 110, BU, edge milled, weight 26.73g (ASW 0.7734oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 38.1mm, thickness 2.4mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1886; obverse E • PLURIBUS • UNUM (Out of Many, One) arcing above and 1886 arcing below flanked by thirteen stars (seven left, six right), laureate and diademed Liberty head left, wearing Phrygian cap encircled by diadem inscribed LIBERTY, cotton and wheat wreath above diadem, tiny M incuse on truncation for engraver George T. Morgan, toothed border surrounding; reverse UNITED-STATES OF-AMERICA arcing above and * ONE DOLLAR * arcing below, ℑ𝔫 𝔊𝔬𝔡 𝔴𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔱 in one line over bald eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, clutching olive branch in right talon, three arrows in left, within half-circle laurel wreath tied with bow at base, tiny M incuse in left bow loop for engraver George T. Morgan, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex London Coin Company (26 Sep 2020); £149.95.Serendipity

1888 Morgan Silver DollarUSA, Morgan Silver Dollar, 1888, Breen 5599, SCWC KM 110, BU, edge milled, weight 26.73g (ASW 0.7734oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 38.1mm, thickness 2.4mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1888; obverse E • PLURIBUS • UNUM (Out of Many, One) arcing above and 1888 arcing below flanked by thirteen stars (seven left, six right), laureate and diademed Liberty head left, wearing Phrygian cap encircled by diadem inscribed LIBERTY, cotton and wheat wreath above diadem, tiny M incuse on truncation for engraver George T. Morgan, toothed border surrounding; reverse UNITED-STATES OF-AMERICA arcing above and * ONE DOLLAR * arcing below, ℑ𝔫 𝔊𝔬𝔡 𝔴𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔱 in one line over bald eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, clutching olive branch in right talon, three arrows in left, within half-circle laurel wreath tied with bow at base, tiny M incuse in left bow loop for engraver George T. Morgan, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Saltford Coins (2022); £65.00.Serendipity

1891 Seated Liberty Silver QuarterUSA, Seated Liberty, Silver 1/4 (Quarter) Dollar, 25 Cents, 1891, Breen 4120, SCWC KM A98, Briggs 2-B, Type 5, With Motto (1866-91), aEF, nicely toned, engraved by third Chief Engraver of the US Mint, Christian Gobrecht, edge milled, weight 6.18g (ASW 0.18oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 24.3mm, thickness 1.75mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1891; obverse Liberty, draped, seated right on rock, head left, right hand resting on grounded Union Shield, striped vertically and horizontally across top bar with diagonal banner inscribed LIBERTY, pileus on transverse pole in left, flanked by thirteen stars (seven left, six right) arcing above, 1891 in exergue, toothed border surrounding; reverse UNITED STATES OF AMERICA arcing above and QUAR.DOL. arcing below, IN GOD WE TRUST on scroll over bald eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread with Union Shield on breast, striped vertically and horizontally across top bar, clutching olive branch in right talon, three arrows in left, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Baldwin's (23 Apr 2023); £150.00.Serendipity

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USA - ' Barber Dime ' 1907 - Struck at the Philadelphia Mint in Pennsylvania.
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1916 Dime - NGC Certified & Graded~
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US 1916 'Mercury Dime' Struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
Certified and Graded: NGC AG 3
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1916 Dime - NGC Certified & Graded~
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US 1916 'Mercury Dime' Struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
Certified and Graded: NGC AG 3
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1923 Peace Silver DollarUSA, Peace Silver Dollar, 1923, Breen 5717, SCWC KM 150, UNC, interesting toning, edge milled, weight 26.73g (ASW 0.7734oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 38.1mm, thickness 2.4mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1923; obverse LIBERTY arcing above and 1923 arcing below, radiate Liberty head left, ·IN·GOD·WE-TRVST· divided by Liberty's slender neck across lower fields, AF raised below truncation for engraver Anthony de Francisci, raised border surrounding; reverse UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA/E • PLURIBUS-UNUM (Out of Many, One) arcing above in two lines, bald eagle standing right atop mountain, wings folded, seen from back, clutching olive branch in talons, distant hills at bottom right of mountain, rays behind, ONE-DOLLAR divided by eagle across lower fields, PEACE arcing at base of mountain below, engraved by Anthony de Francisci, raised border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Baldwin's (6 Oct 2023); £100.00.Serendipity

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USA, 1929 'Mercury Dime'. Struck at the Philadelphia Mint in Pennsylvania.
A gift from an elderly man I worked for who collected coins and was a professor of the classics at Princeton University. You can see quite a bit of good detail on this coin remaining, the dark toning kinda makes it less noticeable, but I really like this little guy!
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1945-P Silver Wartime Nickel - Jefferson NickelUnited States of America
35% Silver Wartime Alloy 5 Cent Piece. The mintmark, in this case a 'P' for Philadelphia, is put above the dome of Monticello on the reverse to show that these are 'Wartime Alloy Nickels' and not regular Nickel Nickels.rexesq

1964 - PROOF Roosevelt Dime - NGC PR 68 DCAM ( Deep Cameo )~
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US Roosevelt Dime 1964 - PROOF Roosevelt Dime - Philadelphia Mint.
Graded by PCGS; PCGS PR 68 DCAM ( Deep Cameo )
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1bd PlotinaWife of Trajan. Died 129

AE 19, Philadelphia, Lydia

Diademed and draped bust, right, PLWTEINA CEBACTH
Worn, FI-LADE-LFE-WN in four lines within wreath

Plotina is credited with having influenced Trajan to select Hadrian as his successor.

BMC 70Blindado

2003 American 1/4oz Platinum EagleUSA, American 1/4oz Platinum Eagle, 25 Dollars, 2003, SCWC KM 284, UNC, edge milled, weight 7.78g (APW 0.25oz), composition 0.9995 Pt, diameter 22.0mm, thickness 1.32mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 2003; obverse LIBERTY arcing above, behind seven rays of diademed and draped Statue of Liberty bust facing, E PLURIBUS UNUM (Out of Many, One) incuse arcing along Liberty's raised arm below left, 2003/IN GOD/WE/TRUST in four lines to right, JM (John Mercanti) monogram over Liberty's shoulder to left, raised border surrounding; reverse UNITED STATES/OF AMERICA in two lines above, .9995/PLATINUM/1/4 OZ. in three lines to right, bald eagle soaring right, wings outstretched, with seven-rayed sun rising on horizon in background to lower left, $25 incuse in exergue, tiny TDR (Thomas D. Rogers) incuse monogram at bottom right of exergue, raised border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Suisse Gold (14 Aug 2023); £328.46.Serendipity

22-20 - Philadelphia en Lydia - DOMICIA (81 - 96 D.C.)AE15 - 1/2 Assarión (Provincial)
14 mm 2,86 gr 0 hr.

Anv: Busto a derecha
Rev: EÎ I Î›AÎ“ETA Î¦IÎ›AÎ”EÎ›Î¦,-[EWN], Racimo de uvas.

Domicia Longina (siglo I) fue una emperatriz romana, esposa del emperador Domiciano a quien dio en 73 D.C. su primer hijo Vespasiano, muere joven.
El emperador la repudia al enterarse de que mantenía relaciones con un comediógrafo de nombre Paris, pero sin embargo años más tarde la vuelve a llamar a su lado y tienen un segundo hijo, en el 90 D.C., al que también llaman Vespasiano, lamentablemente muere muy tempranamente, a los cinco años de edad.
Tras la muerte de este segundo hijo, Domicia encabezó la conjura que acabó con la vida de su marido y llevó al poder a Nerva. Domicia murió en tiempos de Trajano. (Fuente Wikipedia)

Acuñada 82 - 96 D.C.
Ceca: Philadelphia en Lydia - Lagetas Magistrado

Referencias: RPC II #1336; SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen # 379; BMC Lydia # 64 pag. 198,
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4096 SYRIA Philadelphia. Hadrian DemeterReference.
RPC III, 4096; Spijkerman 15; SNG ANS 1384; Rosenberger 16; Sofaer 17.

Obv: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEBACTOC.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.

Rev: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ.
Veiled and draped bust of Demeter right, holding grain ears.

7.05 gr.
20 mm.

Note.
Philadelphia is now Amman (Jordan)okidoki

A. Centering Dimple: Philip II AE26 of Thessalonica, 2nd Pythian Games Issue, c. 246 CEPhoto Credit: CNG [LINK]
Roman Provincial / Greek Imperial. Philip II (Caesar), under Philip I (Augustus). Macedon, Thessalonica AE Tetrassarion (26.5mm, 11.23g, 7h), Second Pythian Games issue, struck circa 246 CE.
Obv: · ΜΑΡ · ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ · ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ · ΚƐ (·) – Mar(cus) Julius Philippus Ca(esar). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II facing right, seen from rear.
Rev: ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚƐΩΝ ΝƐΩ / ·ΠΥΘΙΑΔΙ· / ·Β· – Of the Thessalonians, Neo(korate) / Pythian Games / #2. Temple (of Kabeiros?) with four side columns, on podium, seen in 3/4 perspective to right.
Ref: RPC VIII (Temp.) 69113, ex. 6 (this coin) [LINK]; Touratsoglou (Thessaloniki, 1988) 62 (Philip II); Varbanov (vol III, 2007) 4740; Moushmov –. See also: Jean Hourmouziadis “Virtual Collection” SHH v3964 (this coin) [LINK].
Provenance: Ex-Dix, Noonan, Webb A7 (17 Mar 2009), Lot 1235; Pegasi MBS 22 (20 Apr 2010), Lot 383 (unsold, and numerous later Pegasi/VAuctions sales through 2020); CNG e-Auction 489 (7 Apr 2021), Lot 272 [LINK]

Notes: Historical issue celebrating the local Pythian Games in honor of Kabeiros at Thessalonica (not the Pythian Games at Delphi). But for this album I am sharing it for the extra-large incuse circular formation on the reverse.

While opinions long differed over the function of these "centration dimples" (or "centering divots" or "flan preparation marks") -- found on bronze coins of many Roman Provincial mints, some Ptolemaic bronzes, and a few other Greek types -- they are now generally accepted as having been using in the lathing of the flans prior to striking. The rotational marks sometimes seen inside the divots indicate they were used to center to the coin or apparatus while mechanically smoothing the flan. Whether any progress has been made in determining exactly what these apparatus looked like or how exactly they worked, I am unsure.

See Nurpetlian (NC 2018, p. 241, "central holes," & pl. 20, 17-19 [LINK]). One popular source discussing the topic is Doug Smith's 1999 webpage: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pit.html, reproduced in Numiswiki: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Centration%20Dimples. For a dissenting view, see Marvin Tameanko's controversial article in The Celator, Oct 1992 (vol 6, No 10): https://social.vcoins.com/files/file/65-vol-06-no-10-october-1992/
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Abraham Lincoln 1862 Indian Peace MedalObv: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, draped bust of Abraham Lincoln (16th President) facing right, 1862 below.

Rev: In the center, within a circle is a village scene including children playing baseball in front of a school and a church steeple; in the foreground an Indian, wearing full chief's feathered head-dress, operates a horse-drawn plough; in the outer ring, an Indian pulls the hair of a foe, preparing to scalp him with a knife; below and to the left is a quiver of arrows, on the right is a crossed bow and a peace pipe; below center is the head of an Indian princess with eyes closed.

Engravers: Salathiel Ellis (obverse), Joseph Willson (reverse).

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1862 (20th Century Restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 76 mm1 commentsMatt Inglima

Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant MedalObv: Bust of Lincoln facing right

Rev: Bust of Grant facing right.

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: (20th Century restrike), BronzeMatt Inglima

Abraham Lincoln Centennial Grand Army of the Republic Medal 1909Obv: Portrait of Lincoln facing left, inscription: "WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE WITH CHARITY FOR ALL" 1809 - 1909

Rev: Wreath of laurel and oak leaves, inscription: "THIS MEDAL WAS STRUCK FOR THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

Medal made by Davison's Sons of Philadelphia, PAMatt Inglima

Abraham Lincoln Emancipation MedalObv: ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENT UNITED STATES, bust of Lincoln facing right.

Rev: A circle of tulips with the inscription: "MARCH 4, 1861 TO APRIL 15, 1865. - EMANCIPATION PROCLAIMED JAN. 1, 1863 - MEDAL SERIES OF THE U. S. MINT - J. POLLOCK DIRECTOR 1871."

Engraver: William Barber

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1871 (20th Century restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 45 mmMatt Inglima

Abraham Lincoln Presidential MedalObv: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, bust of the 16th President facing right.

Rev: A wreath of oak and laurel with a pearled border with the inscription: "INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 4, 1861. SECOND TERM MARCH 4, 1865. ASSASSINATED APRIL 14, 1865." Within the wreath is a spray of pine and cedar, circled by a serpent with its tail in its mouth – the Egyptian symbol of eternity and immortality.

Engraver: George T. Morgan

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1886 (20th Century Restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 76 mmMatt Inglima

Andrew Jackson 1815 Battle of New Orleans Obv: MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON, bust of Jackson, in military dress, facing left.

Rev: RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS FEBRUARY 27, 1815, Liberty kneeling on a plinth beside Victory who is inscribing "ORLEANS" on a shield. BATTLE OF NEW-ORLEANS / JANUARY 8, 1815.

Designer/Engraver: Moritz Furst

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 20th Century restrike, Bronze, 65 mmMatt Inglima

Andrew Jackson, 1829 Indian Peace MedalObv: ANDREW JACKSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, draped bust of Andrew Jackson (7th President) facing right, A.D. 1829 below.

Rev: PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP, two clasped hands, crossed peace pipe and tomahawk above.

Engravers: Mortiz Furst (obverse), John Reich (reverse)

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1829 (20th Century Restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 76 mmMatt Inglima

Andrew Johnson, 1865 Indian Peace MedalObv: ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, bust of Andrew Johnson (17th President) facing right, 1865 below.

Rev: Columbia, holding an American flag, clasping hands with an Indian Chief, before a tomb surmounted by a bust of George Washington. At the feet of the Indian are the attributes of native life, and behind him is a buffalo hunt; at the feet of Columbia and behind her are the emblems of maritime and industrial progress.

Engraver: Anthony Paquet

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1865 (20th Century restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 76 mmMatt Inglima

Antigonos II Gonatas, 277 - 239 BC. AE20. Struck at an uncertain mint in MacedoniaObverse: No legend. Head of Athena, in crested Corinthian helmet, facing right.
Reverse: Pan advancing right, erecting trophy of Gallic arms. B - A across upper field; ANTI monogram of Antigonos between Pan's feet; helmet symbol in field to left.
Diameter: 18mm | Weight: 4.82gms | Die Axis: 12
SNG Alpha Bank 1017 | Sear GCV 6786

Antigonos II Gonatas was the son of Demetrios Poliorketes, himself the son of Antigonos I Monophthalmus, who then controlled much of Asia. The origin of the nickname Gonatas is unknown. Antigonos' mother was Phila, the daughter of Antipater, who had controlled Macedonia and the rest of Greece since 334 BC and was recognized as regent of the empire, which in theory remained united. In the year of Antigonos Gonatas' birth, however, Antipater died, leading to further struggles for dominance. After coming closer than anyone to reuniting the empire of Alexander, Antigonos Monophthalmus was defeated and killed in the great Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC and the territory he formerly controlled was divided among his enemies, which included Kassander, Ptolemy and Lysimachus.
The fate of Antigonos Gonatas was closely tied with that of his father Demetrios, who had escaped from the battle with 9,000 troops. Jealousy among the victors eventually allowed Demetrios to regain part of the power his father had lost. He conquered Athens and, in 294 BC, he seized the throne of Macedonia from Alexander, the son of Kassander. Because Antigonos Gonatas was the grandson of Antipater and the nephew of Kassander through his mother, his presence helped to reconcile the supporters of these former kings to the rule of his father.
In the winter of 279 BC, a great horde of Gauls under their leader Brennus descended on Macedonia from the north. After plundering Macedonia, the Gauls invaded further regions of Greece, moving southwards. Antigonos cooperated in the defence of Greece, but the Aetolians took the lead in defeating the Gauls. In 278 BC a Greek army with a large Aetolian contingent checked the Gauls at Thermopylae and Delphi, inflicting heavy casualties and forcing them to retreat.
The next year (277 BC), Antigonos sailed to the Hellespont, landing near Lysimachia at the neck of the Thracian Chersonese. When an army of Gauls under the command of Cerethrius appeared, Antigonos laid an ambush. He abandoned his camp, beached his ships and concealed his men. The Gauls looted the camp but, when they started to attack the ships, Antigonos's army appeared, trapping them with the sea to their backs. The Gauls were utterly defeated at the Battle of Lysimachia, and, after this resounding victory, Antigonos claimed the Macedonian throne.
In 239 BC, at the age of 80, Antigonos II Gonatas died and left his kingdom to his son Demetrios II Aetolicus, who was to reign for the next 10 years. Except for a short period when he defeated the Gauls, Antigonos was not a heroic or successful military leader. His skills were mainly political and he preferred to rely on cunning, patience, and persistence to achieve his goals.1 comments*Alex

Antiochos Hierax. Apollo Delphios Tetradrachm of Alexandreia Troas.Seleukids. Antiochos Hierax. 246-227 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.73 gm, 32.8mm, 1h), Alexandreia Troas Diademed head of Antiochos I Sotor right, with wing above ear. Pedigree issue. / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow, arm resting on grounded bow. Mintmarks ΠΛ∀ and ΚΑ to left. Ex: grazing horse right. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. VF. Bt. Louis di Lauro, Coral Gables, 2000. SC I #875.4 (Series I, group A); HGC 9 #399g; Houghton CSE I #641 (same obv. die); Newell WSM 1571α (same dies); SNG Spaer - .Anaximander

Antiochos I Soter, AE 15, Apollo on omphalosAntiochos I Soter - Apollo on omphalos. Antioch Mint, 280-261 BCE. Size and weight: 15mm, 3.86g.  Obverse: Head of Antiochos I right with elderly features.  Reverse: Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrows in left hand, resting right hand on bow. Monograms to left and right.  BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY  Reference: Sear GCV 6878. A coin of the Seleukid kingdom with a black patina. On the reverse, Apollo is seated on the Omphalos, a mystical stone said to be at the navel of the world, in his famous shrine at Delphi. Apollo was famed for his skill with his silver bow and, among other attributes, was a god of archery. Ex MoremothPodiceps

Antiochos I Soter. Apollo Delphios Tetradrachm of Seleukeia.Seleukids. Antiochos I Soter. 280-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.74 gm, 27.9mm, 9h) Seleukeia on Tigris Diademed head of Antiochos I, right. / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, drapery on right thigh, holding arrow and bow, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. ΑΡ to left & ΔΩΡ to right. VF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 6 #200. SC I #379.3d; Newell ESM 157; SNG Spaer 291; SNG Cop 7 (Seleucid Kings) #52; HGC 9 #128g; McClean #9249 (pl.335 #15). Cf. Triton XXV #313; CNG EA 515 #158.Anaximander

Antiochos I Soter. Apollo Delphios Tetradrachm of Seleukeia.Seleukids. Antiochos I Soter. 280-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.25 gm, 27.4mm, 7h) Seleukeia on Tigris Diademed head of Antiochos Ieft. / Apollo seated left on omphalos, drapery on thigh, holding two arrows and bow, monograms left & right. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. gVF/nEF. CNG 51 #501. R. Bement Jr. Coll. SC I #378.3; Newell ESM 140-142; HGC 9 #128g; SNG Spaer 287; SNG Cop 7 (Seleucid Kings) #48.Anaximander

Antiochos I Soter (281 - 261 B.C.)SELEUKID EMPIRE
AR Tetradrachm
O: Diademed head right
R: Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and right. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY within.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint
29mm
16.78g
SC 379 2 commentsMat

Antiochos II Theos261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.17 g, 7h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head of Antiochos I right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing bow in his right hand, left hand resting on omphalos; monograms to outer left and right. SC 587.1c; ESM 180; HGC 9, 236g.
From the RJM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 891.

My first coin from Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris
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Antiochos II TheosAR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.90 g, 1h). Lysimacheia mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; monograms to outer left and in exergue. SC 483.7; Le Rider, Lysimachie, Group 2, dies D1/R4; HGC 9, 236a; CSE 660 (same dies).ThatParthianGuy

Antiochos II Theos. Apollo Delphios Tetradrachm of Seleukeia.Seleukids. Antiochos II Theos 261-243 BC AR Tetradrachm (17.073 gm, 29.3mm, 9h) of Seleukeia on Tigris. Diademed head of Antiochos I, right. / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on thigh, holding arrow and bow, controls to left & right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2003. SC I #587.1a; Newell ESM 178; SNG Spaer 382-383; SNG Cop 7 #80; ACNAC Houghton CSE I #455; HGC 9 #236g; SNG Cop 7 (Seleucid Kings) #80.Anaximander

Antiochos III MegasAR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.04 g, 12h). ΔI mint, in Southern or Eastern Syria. Struck circa 197-187 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; ΔI in exergue. SC 1112; HGC 9, 447y. 2 commentsThatParthianGuy

Antiochos III Megas. Apollo Delphios Tetradrachm of Antioch.Seleukids. Antiochos III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.90 gm, 32.0mm, 12h) of Antioch on the Orontes, c. 204-197 BC. Diademed head right of Antiochos III with horn and large eye. / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on thigh, holding arrow, arm resting on bow. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. ⍋I to left. gVF. Bt. Louis di Lauro, Coral Gables, 2000. SC I #1044.4a (type Cii); HGC 9 #447u; Le Rider Antioch de Syrie Series III p.138 (same obv. die as #128-135, A11/P?, plate 14 #21-23); Newell WSM 1091b ι and κ (same obv. die, plate XXIX #14); SNG Spaer 540-541.Anaximander

Antiochos III Megas. Apollo Delphios Tetradrachm of Damascus "Wreath" mint.Seleukids. Antiochos III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.06 gm, 28.2mm, 12h) "Damascus" ∆Ι mint of S or SE Syria. Diademed head of Antiochos III right, middle-aged & without horn. / Apollo Delphios seated left. on omphalos, holding arrow, arm resting on grounded bow. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ex.: ΔI. EF. Bt. Louis di Lauro, Coral Gables, 2000. SC I #1112 (type D); HGC 9 #447y; Houghton CSE I #1172-1173 (Media); Newell ESM 608 (Ekbatana, Series III, Plate XLV #4-8); SNG Spaer 773-774 (Ekbatana).Anaximander

Antiochos VI Dionysos. Apollo Delphios Drachm of Antioch.Seleukids. Antiochos VI. 145-142 BC. AR Drachm (4.04 gm, 18.8mm, 1h), Antioch on the Orontes, 143/2 BC. Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI Dionysos right. / Apollo seated left on omphalos testing arrow, hand resting on grounded bow. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ | ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ, Φ b/w legs. ΟΡ (SE 170) ΣΤΑ in ex. gVF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, FUN Show, 2017. SC 2002.2a; HGC 9 #1036a; BMC 12; BnF Babelon 1001A; DCA 182; Newell SMA 249 =IGCH 1813. cf CNG 505 #256.Anaximander

Antiochus I (Soter) * Apollo, 280-261 BC
Antiochus I * Apollo,* 280-261 BC
Æ hemidrachm (?)

Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus right
Rev: Apollo seated on omphalos (Delphi), holding arrow in right hand, leaning on strung bow with his left hand, left-facing.
BASILEOS to the right, [A]NTIOXOY to the left. Monograms to left and right, omitted by strike from the right, effaced by wear from the left.

Weight: ca. 4.0 grams
Die axis: 190 degs.

Patina: Quite lovely 'desert-patina.'

Sear, GCATV * (SG) Number 6866v (This example appears to be bronze, not silver: I have been unable to date to find any reference to an Æ variant of SG #6866).
BMC, 4.9, 10

This coin bears portrait of the middle-aged Antiochus I 'Soter,' from the time of his sole reign (280-261 BC.), following the death of his father, Seleukos I.
The reverse depicts Delphian Apollo holding a single arrow, as opposed to the two arrows as seen on the coins dating from his joint-reign with his father.

* Olympian

Tiathena

Antoninus Pius, RIC 598b, Sestertius of AD 140-143 (Apollo)Æ Sestertius (26.1g, Ø33mm, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 140-143.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, wearing paludamentum.
Rev.: APOLLINI AVGVSTO (around) S C (in field), Apollo, standing left, holding a lyre and a patera.
RIC 598b; Cohen 63; BMCRE IV 1231; Strack 822 (5 coll.); Banti (I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali II-3) 35 (2 spec.); Sear (Roman Coins & Their Values II) 4149
ex Alex Kalman (Philadelphia, 2003)Charles S

Apollo DelphiosApollo seated on the omphalos (Apollo Delphios) was the patron god of the Seleukids from the time of Antiochos I Soter who established this reverse coin image, which was to become emblematic of the early Seleukid dynasty.

This coin was issued by Antiochos II Theos 261-241 BC and is a previously undocumented emission of Antioch on the Orontes

Further background and attribution http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-621071 comments

Artemis, Lydia, PhiladelphiaLydia, Philadelphia

Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, with bow and quiver over her shoulder.
AE, 21mm, 8.88g, 12 h

for obverse, reverse and coin details click hereshanxi

Asia Minor, Lydia, Philadelphia, Artemis, ApolloLYDIA. Philadelphia.
Hermippos, son of Hermogenes, archieros.
2nd-1st century BC.
Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, with bow and quiver over her shoulder.
Rev. ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ - ΑΡΧΙΕΡΩΣ - EPMIΠΠΩΣ / EPMOΓΕΝΟΥΣ, Apollo seated left, holding patera in his right hand and leaning left on lyre; above, owl seated right on back of the throne.
AE, 21mm, 8.88g, 12 h
Ref.: BMC 10. SNG Copenhagen 337-338.
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Asia Minor, Lydia, Philadelphia, DomitiaDomitia
Lydia, Philadelphia
Obv.: ΔOMITIA AYΓΟΥCΤΑ Draped bust right
Rev.: EΠΙ ΛΑΓΕT ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωN, Bunch of grapes
AE, 3.14g, 15.1mm
Ref.: SNG München 1336shanxi

Asia Minor, Lydia, Philadelphia, PlotinaPlotina
Lydia, Philadelphia
AE 19
Obv.: ΠΛΩΤΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust of Plotina right
Rev.: ΦI/ΛAΔE/ΛΦE/ΩN within wreath
AE, 4.71 g, 19 mm
Ref.: BMC 70, SNG Cop. 382, BMC 68, SNG München 421
Ex Helios Numismatikshanxi

Babylonia, Seleukeia ad Tigris, Antiochos I, SC 379, 6aAntiochos I. Soter, 281-261 BC
AR - tetradrachm, 16.92g, 29.04mm, 315°
struck 264-263 BC
obv. Head of Antiochos I., diademed, r.
rev. BASILEWS - ANTIOXOV
Apollo Delphios, nude, std. r. on omphalos, holding with l. hand bow set on ground behind and checking
arrow in extended r. hand; chlamys over omphalos covered with agrenon and r. thigh
in outer l. and r. field monogram
ref. Newell ESM 166, pl. XV, 2; SC 379, 6a
VF
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Bearded male head8895. Bronze AE 18, Spijkerman 1a, VF, Decapolis, Philadelphia mint, 7.45g, 18.0mm, 315o, 80 - 81 A.D.; obverse FILADELFEWN, diademed, draped and veiled bust of Demeter left, countermarked with a bearded male head; reverse G - M / L- P ( = Year 143 = 80 / 81 A.D. ), five ears of corn, leaf on either side; $70.00. Forum catalog.
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Benjamin FranklinObv: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN above a bust of Benjamin Franklin facing right; 1706 1790 with crossing branches underneath.

Rev: PHILOSOPHY - LITERATURE - SCIENCE - PATRIOTISM, a depiction of four muses standing, placing olive branches on a memorial inscribed "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN."

Engraver: John R. Sinnock

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1932 (or later restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 76 mmMatt Inglima

Benjamin Harrison, 1889 Indian Peace MedalObv: BENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENT, bearded bust of Benjamin Harrison (23rd President) facing left; U.S.A. 1889 below.

Rev: PEACE within a sunburst, above; scene of a farmer showing a Native American chief the benefit of civilization; in exergue: crossed peace pipe and tomahawk, encircled by laurel wreath.

Engravers: Charles E. Barber (obverse), George Morgan (reverse)

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1889 (20th Century Restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 59 x 76 mmMatt Inglima

BOEOTIA, ThebesIn the late 6th century BC the Thebans were brought for the first time into hostile contact with the Athenians, who helped the small village of Plataea to maintain its independence against them, and in 506 repelled an inroad into Attica. The aversion to Athens best serves to explain the unpatriotic attitude which Thebes displayed during the Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). Though a contingent of 700 was sent to Thermopylae and remained there with Leonidas until just before the last stand when they surrendered to the Persians[1], the governing aristocracy soon after joined King Xerxes I of Persia with great readiness and fought zealously on his behalf at the battle of Plataea in 479 BC. The victorious Greeks subsequently punished Thebes by depriving it of the presidency of the Boeotian League, and an attempt by the Spartans to expel it from the Delphic amphictyony was only frustrated by the intercession of Athens.

In 457 Sparta, needing a counterpoise against Athens in central Greece, reversed her policy and reinstated Thebes as the dominant power in Boeotia. The great citadel of Cadmea served this purpose well by holding out as a base of resistance when the Athenians overran and occupied the rest of the country (457–447). In the Peloponnesian War the Thebans, embittered by the support which Athens gave to the smaller Boeotian towns, and especially to Plataea, which they vainly attempted to reduce in 431, were firm allies of Sparta, which in turn helped them to besiege Plataea and allowed them to destroy the town after its capture in 427 BC. In 424 at the head of the Boeotian levy they inflicted a severe defeat upon an invading force of Athenians at the Battle of Delium, and for the first time displayed the effects of that firm military organization which eventually raised them to predominant power in Greece.

After the downfall of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War the Thebans, finding that Sparta intended to protect the states which they desired to annex, broke off the alliance. In 404 they had urged the complete destruction of Athens, yet in 403 they secretly supported the restoration of its democracy in order to find in it a counterpoise against Sparta. A few years later, influenced perhaps in part by Persian gold, they formed the nucleus of the league against Sparta. At the battles of Haliartus (395) and Coronea (394) they again proved their rising military capacity by standing their ground against the Spartans. The result of the war was especially disastrous to Thebes, as the general settlement of 387 stipulated the complete autonomy of all Greek towns and so withdrew the other Boeotians from its political control. Its power was further curtailed in 382, when a Spartan force occupied the citadel by a treacherous coup-de-main. Three years later the Spartan garrison was expelled, and a democratic constitution definitely set up in place of the traditional oligarchy. In the consequent wars with Sparta the Theban army, trained and led by Epaminondas and Pelopidas, proved itself the best in Greece. Some years of desultory fighting, in which Thebes established its control over all Boeotia, culminated in 371 in a remarkable victory over the pick of the Spartans at Leuctra. The winners were hailed throughout Greece as champions of the oppressed. They carried their arms into Peloponnesus and at the head of a large coalition permanently crippled the power of Sparta. Similar expeditions were sent to Thessaly and Macedon to regulate the affairs of those regions.

However the predominance of Thebes was short-lived; the states which she protected refused to subject themselves permanently to her control, and the renewed rivalry of Athens, which had joined with Thebes in 395 in a common fear of Sparta, but since 387 had endeavoured to maintain the balance of power against her ally, prevented the formation of a Theban empire. With the death of Epaminondas at Mantinea in 362 the city sank again to the position of a secondary power. In a war with the neighbouring state of Phocis (356–346) it could not even maintain its predominance in central Greece, and by inviting Philip II of Macedon to crush the Phocians it extended that monarch's power within dangerous proximity to its frontiers. A revulsion of feeling was completed in 338 by the orator Demosthenes, who persuaded Thebes to join Athens in a final attempt to bar Philip's advance upon Attica. The Theban contingent lost the decisive battle of Chaeronea and along with it every hope of reassuming control over Greece. Philip was content to deprive Thebes of her dominion over Boeotia; but an unsuccessful revolt in 335 against his son Alexander was punished by Macedon and other Greek states by the severe sacking of the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar.

BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.98 gm). Boeotian shield / Amphora; magistrate AM-FI. Hepworth, "The 4th Century BC Magistrate Coinage of the Boiotian Confederacy," in Nomismatika Xronika (1998), 2; BMC Central Greece -. Fine.

Ex-Cng eAuction 105, Lot: 34 225/200

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Brandon, Mississippi: Mississippi & Alabama Rail Road Company $5 Jan. 2, 1837 (Kraus-10110)Payable at the Girard Bank In Philadelphia, some 1100 miles distant from Brandon, this note appropriately enough bears two portraits of Stephen Girard as well as a vignette of Moneta that would eventually appear on T14 $50 Confederate Treasury Notes nearly 25 years later. Quant.Geek

Bruttium, Kroton (Circa 425-350 BC)AR Stater

7.73 g

Obverse: Eagle standing left, head right, on stag’s head

Reverse: Tripod; ivy leaf to left, QPO to right.

HN Italy 2146; SNG ANS 351-2

Obeying a directive of the oracle of Delphi, A group of Achaean settlers founded Kroton around 710 BC. Like its neighbor to the north, Sybaris, it soon became a city of power and wealth. Kroton was especially celebrated for its successes in the Olympic Games from 588 BC onward (Milo of Kroton being the most famous of its athletes).

The philosopher Pythagoras established himself there about 530 BC and formed a society of 300 disciples who were sympathetic toward aristocratic government. In 510 BC Kroton was strong enough to defeat the Sybarites and raze their city to the ground. However, shortly after the sack of Sybaris the disciples of Pythagoras were driven out, and a democracy established.

The obverse was comparable with similar types on probably contemporary coins from Elis (which put on the Olympic games at the nearby sanctuary of Olympia) The coins of both cities were thus likely issued for athletic festivals in honor of Zeus. In Kroton’s case the coins probably commemorated its citizens’ Olympic victories with the eagle representing Zeus who presided over Olympia and the games themselves. The tripod (reverse) represented the divine sanction for the town's founding from the Oracle of Delphi (who sat on a three legged stool when producing her oracles).
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Bruttium, Kroton (Circa 530-500 BC)AR Nomos

28 mm, 7.82 g

Obverse: Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents rising from the bowl, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted, koppa-P-O (KRO - short for Kroton) to left

Reverse: Incuse tripod as obverse, but wreaths and serpents in outline.

HN Italy 2075; SNG ANS 231; Bement 272.

The importance of the Delphic oracle to the founding of Kroton was celebrated on its coinage from the earliest days. Despite later myths ascribing the founding of Kroton to Herakles, the city's historical oikist is recorded as Myskellos of Rhypai who, on consulting the Delphic oracle about his lack of children was given the response that Apollo would grant children, but that first Myskellos should found the city of Kroton 'among fair fields'. After being given directions on how to locate the site, Myskellos travelled to southern Italy to explore the land that he had been assigned, but seeing the territory of the Sybarites and thinking it superior, he returned once more to the oracle to ask whether he would be allowed to change. The answer came back that he should accept the gifts that the god gave him. A further element of the story is that Myskellos was accompanied on his expedition by Archias of Corinth; the Delphic oracle gave the pair the choice between health and wealth. Archias elected wealth, and was assigned the site of Syracuse, while Myskellos chose health: the favourable climate of Kroton, the eminent skill of its physicians and the prowess of its athletes later earned its citizens this reputation for good health.1 commentsNathan P

Bruttium, Kroton. Delphic Tripod Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 480-430 BC AR Stater (8.05 gm, 19mm, 12h) of Kroton. Tripod w/ three lion's foot legs, ⤹ϘPO in left field, heron in right field standing left. / Incuse tripod in sunken border. VF. Bt. Coral Gables 1999. ACNAC 6 Dewing #497 (same dies); SNG ANS 3 #273-274 (same); HGC 1 #1449; SNG Cop 1 (Italy) #1753 (same). cf. Gorini 29-30 (different orientation of ethnic).Anaximander

Bruttium, Kroton. Eagle and Tripod Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 425-380 BC AR Stater (7.68 gm, 22mm, 4h) of Kroton. Eagle standing right on olive branch, wings spread, BOI to left. (Boiskos magistrate). / Delphic tripod adorned with fillet, laurel branch behind. ϘPOTΩ to left. VF/ gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 122, #41. Rare. SNG ANS 3 #346 (same dies); SNG Cop - ; SNG Fitzwilliam I #775 (same dies); HN Italy 2151; HGC 1 #1460.Anaximander

Bruttium, Kroton. Tripod and Incuse Eagle Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 500-450 BC AR Stater (6.78 gm, 22 mm, 3h). Medium flan incuse type of Kroton. Delphic tripod with three lion's foot legs, set on basis, ⭯ ϘPO-TOИ (inward, N retrograde). / Incuse eagle flying right. gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction VI #87. Unusually complete legend. Well centered. Possibly unpublished. ACNAC 6 Dewing 499 var (legend ⭮Ϙ𐤭O-TON); HGC 1 #1447; HN Italy 2084 var (⭮Ϙ𐤭O-⭯TO); SNG ANS 3 284-285 (same); SNG Ashmolean 1469 (same); Gorini 8 (same). cf. Heritage 3089 #32012 (same dies).1 commentsAnaximander

Bruttium, Kroton. Tripod Stater.Greek Italy. Bruttium. 480-430 BC AR Stater (7.80 gm, 22 mm, 1h) of Kroton. Delphic tripod with lion's feet. Stork in field to left and ↑ϘPO to right. Strung bow in exergue. / Tripod incuse, sunken border. VF. CNG EA 1999. ex-CNG XXII (1992-09-02). SNG ANS 3 #310; HN Italy 2106; HGC 1 #1449; cf. SNG Cop 1 (Italy) #1762 (no bow in ex.); SNG München 1430 (same). Same dies: Bertolami Auction 7 #106.Anaximander

Bruttium, Rhegion, 415-387 B.C., Drachm 14mm, 3.89 grams
Reference: Sear 502; B.M.C.1.38
Lion's scalp facing.
PHÎ“INON, Laureate head of Apollo right, olive-sprig behind.

"Dionysios I, after concluding a peace with the Carthaginians, went about securing his power in the island of Sicily. His troops, however, rebelled against him and sought help from, among others, the city of Rhegion (Diod. Sic. 14.8.2). In the ensuing campaigns, Dionyios I proceeded to enslave the citizens of Naxos and Katane, with whom the Rhegians shared a common history and identity (Diod. Sic. 14.40.1). This association was a source of anger and fear for the inhabitants of Rhegion. The Syracusan exiles living there also encouraged the Rhegians to go to war with Syracuse (Diod. Sic. 14.40.3). The overarching strategy of Dionysios I included extending his power into Italy by using Rhegion as a stepping stone to the rest of the peninsula. In 387 BC, after a siege that lasted eleven months, the Rhegians, on the brink of starvation, surrendered to Dionysus. Indeed, we are told that by the end of the siege, a medimnos of wheat cost about five minai (Diod. Sic. 14.111.2). Strabo remarks that, following Dionysios' capture of the city, the Syracusan “destroyed the illustrious city” (Strabo 6.1.6).

The next decade or so of the history of Rhegion is unclear, but sometime during his reign, Dionysios II, who succeeded his father in 367 BC, rebuilt the city, giving it the new name of Phoibia (Strabo 6.1.6). Herzfelder argues that this issue was struck by Dionysios II of Syracuse after he rebuilt the city, and dates it to the period that Dionysios II is thought to have lived in the city. Due to civil strife at Syracuse, Dionysios II was forced to garrison Region, but was ejected from the city by two of his rivals circa 351 BC (Diod. Sic. 16.45.9).

The coin types of Rhegion, founded as a colony of Chalcis, are related to its founding mythology. Some of the earliest tetradrachms of the city, from the mid-5th century BC, depict a lion’s head on the obverse, and a seated figure on the reverse. J.P. Six (in NC 1898, pp. 281-5) identified the figure as Iokastos, the oikistes (founder) of Rhegion (Diod. Sic. 5.8.1; Callimachus fr. 202). Head (in HN), suggested Aristaios, son of Apollo. Iokastos was one of six sons of Aiolos, ruler of the Aeolian Islands. All of the sons of Aiolos secured their own realms in Italy and Sicily, with Iokastos taking the region around Rhegion. Aristaios, born in Libya, discovered the silphium plant, and was the patron of beekeepers (mentioned by Virgil), shepherds, vintners, and olive growers. He also protected Dionysos as a child, and was the lover of Eurydike. The replacement of the seated figure type with the head of Apollo circa 420 BC also suggests the figure could be Aristaios. An anecdote from the first-century BC geographer Strabo (6.1.6 and 6.1.9), which connects Rhegion’s founding to the orders of the Delphic Oracle and Apollo, as the reason for the advent of the new type could be simply serendipitous.

Different theories exist for the lion’s head on the coins of Rhegion. The lion’s head (or mask as it is sometimes described) first appeared on the coinage of Rhegion at the start of the reign of Anaxilas, in about 494 BC. E.S.G. Robinson, in his article “Rhegion, Zankle-Messana and the Samians” (JHS vol. 66, 1946) argues that the lion was a symbol of Apollo. He makes a comparison to the coinage of the nearby city of Kaulonia, “At Kaulonia Apollo’s animal was the deer; if at Rhegion it was the lion, the early appearance and persistence of that type is explained. The lion is a certain, though infrequent, associate of Apollo at all periods.” The link, he suggests, is that the lion was associated with the sun, as was Apollo himself.

The lion’s head could also relate to the exploits of Herakles, who had some significance for the city. The extant sources tell us that Herakles stopped at southern Italy near Rhegion on his return with the cattle of Geryon (Diod. Sic. 4.22.5). It was here that supposedly a bull broke away from the rest of the herd and swam to Sicily (Apollod. 2.5.10). Though but a passing reference in Apollodorus, it is very possible that the Rhegians venerated Herakles. Indeed, Herakles was a very important figure throughout the entire area. Dionysios of Halicarnassus says that “in many other places also in Italy [besides Rome] precincts are dedicated to this god [Herakles] and altars erected to him, both in cities and along highways; and one could scarcely find any place in Italy in which the god is not honoured” (I.40.6). As the skin of the Nemean Lion was one of the main attributes of Herakles, the lion’s head may refer to him through metonymic association."1 commentsLeo

BRUTTIUM. Kroton. AR StaterCirca 530-500 BC. 7.98 g, 28mm, 12h. Obverse: tripod-lebes, legs terminating in lion's paws, two serpents at base; QPO to left field. Reverse: incuse tripod. Attianese 4; SNG ANS 238-241; HN Italy 2075. Good Very Fine.

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The tripod seen on most coins of Kroton might allude to the Oracle of Delphi's involvement in the founding of the city of Kroton by the legendary Myskelos of Rhypes in 710 BC. According to one variant of the tradition, after Myskelos had surveyed the area of southern Italy, he was much better pleased with the site of Sybaris as the place of settlement for the colonist as opposed to the place sanctioned by the Oracle. This proved to be prophetic since after exactly 200 years later in 510 BC Kroton defeated and destroyed Sybaris. It could have been this old time envy and grudge rooted from this tradition that Sybaris' fate was sealed.1 commentsJason T

Calabria Italy Taras on DolphinTaras, Calabria, Italy, c. 272 - 240 B.C., Silver nomos, Unpublished(?); Vlasto 932 var. (different controls), SNG ANS 1239 var. (same), HN Italy 1044 var. (same), SNG Cop -, BMC Italy -, VF, 6.520g, 19.7mm, die axis 180°,
OBV: Nude warrior wearing crested helmet on horse standing left, holding shield on left arm, horse raising right foreleg, ET (control) before horse, API-Î£Tâ„¦N below divided by horse's left foreleg;
REV: Taras on dolphin left, kantharos in extended right hand, trident nearly vertical in left, Î“Y (control) behind upper right, TAPAÎ£ below;

Very Rare variant. EX: Forum Ancient Coins

Taras, the only Spartan colony, was founded in 706 B.C. The founders were Partheniae ("sons of virgins"), sons of unmarried Spartan women and Perioeci (free men, but not citizens of Sparta).
These out-of-wedlock unions were permitted to increase the prospective number of soldiers (only the citizens could be soldiers) during the bloody Messenian wars. Later, however, when they were no longer
needed, their citizenship was retroactively nullified and the sons were obliged to leave Greece forever. Their leader, Phalanthus, consulted the oracle at Delphi and was told to make the harbor of Taranto
their home. They named the city Taras after the son of Poseidon, and of a local nymph, Satyrion. The reverse depicts Taras being saved from a shipwreck by a dolphin sent to him by Poseidon.
This symbol of the ancient Greek city is still the symbol of modern Taranto today.

1 commentsSRukke

Calabria, Taras didrachmHorseman riding left, holding shield and bridle.

Taras seated on dolphin left TAPAΣ beneath.

Tarentum, Calabria 390-385 BC

7.40g

Scarce

Vlasto 384, Period III, 380-345 BC (Age of Archytas); ; Fischer-Bossert 428, gives date of 390-380 and corresponds to SNG ANS 901.

Ex-Calgary Coin; Ex-Alberta Coin;

Tarentum, the only Spartan colony ever to be established, was founded in 706 BC by the Partheniae - Spartan children born to unmarried women as a product of Spartan desperation to ensure the survival and continuation of their demographic during the bloody Messenian wars, who were later disowned and expelled by the state - and Perioeci (subjects, but not citizens of Sparta), under the leadership of the Parthenian Phalanthos. According to legend, Phalanthos consulted the oracle at Delphi, and was told that he should found his new city 'where rain fell from a clear sky'. After much searching, and despairing of finding a suitable location for a city, Phalanthos was consoled by his wife Aethra who laid his head in her lap, and as her tears splashed upon his forehead he understood the oracle's words for his wife's name itself meant 'clear sky', and thus he determined to make the nearby harbour the site of their new home, which they named after Taras, the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion.5 commentsJay GT4

CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 510-500 BC. AR Incuse Nomos8,03 g; 24 mm; 11 h
Phalanthos riding dolphin right, extending left arm, holding dolphin with right hand; crowning Nike to left; shell below
Rv. Incuse of obverse, but ethnic in relief.
HNItaly 826; Vlasto 68. The first issue of Tarentine coinage. Very rare. Lightly toned and in fine archaic style, extremely fine.

I got this great piece from an auction last fall and it was the most important acquisition for me.
Taras incuse stater is more compact and thicker than Kaulonia and Sybaris incuse stater. It was dibble (or triple) striked and the details were hard to detect. We can found slight trace on the Taras’s head and his left hand. I believe this is the reason that the pattern looks very sharp while the high points (such as dolphin’s eyes and tail ) are flat.

Dating from the late sixth century, this nomos shows Phalantus naked, riding a dolphin, expressing a motif destined for popular success in the coins of Taras: the dolphin brings Phalantus safe and sound across the sea (also evidenced by the presence of a pecten in the lower field of the coin), and conveys him to Italy, according to the dictate of the Delphic oracle. We learn from the Periegesis of Greece of Pausania (II cent. A.D.) that statues of Taras, Phalantus, and Phalantus’ dolphin (cf. Paus. X 13) were among the votive offerings (anathemata) presented to Delphi by the Tarantines with a fifth of the spoils taken from the Peucetii and the Iapygians. The reverse has the same representation as the obverse, in incuse, using a well-known technique of early coinage that was deployed at many other Southern Italian cities besides Taras1 commentsLeo

CALABRIA, TarentumTaranto was founded in 706 BC by Dorian immigrants as the only Spartan colony, and its origin is peculiar: the founders were Partheniae, sons of unmarried Spartan women and perioeci (free men, but not citizens of Sparta); these unions were decreed by the Spartans to increase the number of soldiers (only the citizens of Sparta could become soldiers) during the bloody Messenian Wars, but later they were nullified, and the sons were forced to leave. According to the legend Phalanthus, the Parthenian leader, went to Delphi to consult the oracle and received the puzzling answer that he should found a city where rain fell from a clear sky. After all attempts to capture a suitable place to found a colony failed, he became despondent, convinced that the oracle had told him something that was impossible, and was consoled by his wife. She laid his head in her lap and herself became disconsolate. When Phalanthus felt her tears splash onto his forehead he at last grasped the meaning of the oracle, for his wife's name meant clear sky. The harbour of Taranto in Apulia was nearby and he decided this must be the new home for the exiles. The Partheniae arrived and founded the city, naming it Taras after the son of the Greek sea god, Poseidon, and the local nymph Satyrion. A variation says Taras was founded in 707 BC by some Spartans, who, the sons of free women and enslaved fathers, were born during the Messenian War. According to other sources, Heracles founded the city. Another tradition indicates Taras himself as the founder of the city; the symbol of the Greek city (as well as of the modern city) is Taras riding a dolphin. Taranto increased its power, becoming a commercial power and a sovereign city of Magna Graecia, ruling over the Greek colonies in southern Italy.

In its beginning, Taranto was a monarchy, probably modelled on the one ruling over Sparta; according to Herodotus (iii 136), around 492 BC king Aristophilides ruled over the city. The expansion of Taranto was limited to the coast because of the resistance of the populations of inner Apulia. In 472 BC, Taranto signed an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapii, Peuceti, and Lucanians (see Iapygian-Tarentine Wars), but the joint armies of the Tarentines and Rhegines were defeated near Kailìa (modern Ceglie), in what Herodotus claims to be the greatest slaughter of Greeks in his knowledge, with 3,000 Reggians and uncountable Tarentines killed. In 466 BC, Taranto was again defeated by the Iapyges; according to Aristotle, who praises its government, there were so many aristocrats killed that the democratic party was able to get the power, to remove the monarchy, inaugurate a democracy, and expel the Pythagoreans. Like Sparta, Tarentum was an aristocratic republic, but became democratic when the ancient nobility dwindled.

However, the rise of the democratic party did not weaken the bonds of Taranto and her mother-city Sparta. In fact, Taranto supported the Peloponnesian side against Athens in the Peloponnesian War, refused anchorage and water to Athens in 415 BC, and even sent ships to help the Peloponnesians, after the Athenian disaster in Sicily. On the other side, Athens supported the Messapians, in order to counter Taranto's power.

In 432 BC, after several years of war, Taranto signed a peace treaty with the Greek colony of Thurii; both cities contributed to the foundation of the colony of Heraclea, which rapidly fell under Taranto's control. In 367 BC Carthage and the Etruscans signed a pact to counter Taranto's power in southern Italy.

Under the rule of its greatest statesman, strategist and army commander-in-chief, the philosopher and mathematician Archytas, Taranto reached its peak power and wealth; it was the most important city of the Magna Graecia, the main commercial port of southern Italy, it produced and exported goods to and from motherland Greece and it had the biggest army and the largest fleet in southern Italy. However, with the death of Archytas in 347 BC, the city started a slow, but ineluctable decline; the first sign of the city's decreased power was its inability to field an army, since the Tarentines preferred to use their large wealth to hire mercenaries, rather than leave their lucrative trades.

In 343 BC Taranto appealed for aid against the barbarians to its mother city Sparta, in the face of aggression by the Brutian League. In 342 BC, Archidamus III, king of Sparta, arrived in Italy with an army and a fleet to fight the Lucanians and their allies. In 338 BC, during the Battle of Manduria, the Spartan and Tarentine armies were defeated in front of the walls of Manduria (nowadays in province of Taranto), and Archidamus was killed.

In 333 BC, still troubled by their Italic neighbours, the Tarentines called the Epirotic king Alexander Molossus to fight the Bruttii, Samnites, and Lucanians, but he was later (331 BC) defeated and killed in the battle of Pandosia (near Cosenza). In 320 BC, a peace treaty was signed between Taranto and the Samnites. In 304 BC, Taranto was attacked by the Lucanians and asked for the help of Agathocles tyrant of Syracuse, king of Sicily. Agathocles arrived in southern Italy and took control of Bruttium (present-day Calabria), but was later called back to Syracuse. In 303 BC-302 BC Cleonymus of Sparta established an alliance with Taranto against the Lucanians, and fought against them.

Arnold J. Toynbee, a classical scholar who taught at Oxford and other prestigious English universities and who did original and definitive work on Sparta (e.g. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. xxxiii 1913 p. 246-275) seemed to have some doubts about Tarentum (Taranto) being of Spartan origin.

In his book The Study of History vol. iii p. 52 he wrote: "...Tarentum, which claimed a Spartan origin; but, even if this claim was in accordance with historical fact..." The tentative phrasing seems to imply that the evidence is neither conclusive or even establishes a high degree of probability of the truth that Tarentum (Taranto) was a Spartan colony.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 302-281 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.91 gm). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone / Owl standing right head facing, on olive branch; Vlasto 1058; SNG ANS 1312; HN Italy 1015. VF.

Ex-Cng eAuction 103 Lot 2 190/1502 commentsecoli

Caligula AD 37-41AE17, 3.6g, 12h; Philadelphia, Lydia. Magistrate Moschion Moschionos.
Obv. ΓAIOY KAICAP; bare head right.
Rev. ΦIΛOKAICAP ΦIΛOΔЄΛΦЄWN MOCXIWN MOCXIWNOC; Capricorn left.
Reference: RPC I, 3027.John Anthony

Charles A. Lindbergh, 1928 Medal of CongressObv: LINDBERGH above, bust of Charles Lindbergh, wearing a flier's helmet, facing right; MEDAL OF THE CONGRESS in field, ACT MAY 4 1928, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA below.

Rev: A lone eagle flying above a horizon with a rising sun, clouds and stars in the sky.

Sculptor: Laura Gardin Fraser, Mint: Philadelphia

Bronze, 69.33 mmMatt Inglima

Chester A. Arthur, 1881 Indian Peace MedalObv: CHESTER A. ARTHUR - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1881, bust of Chester Arthur (21st President) facing left.

Rev: PEACE within a sunburst, above; scene of a farmer showing a Native American chief the benefit of civilization; in exergue: crossed peace pipe and tomahawk, encircled by laurel wreath.

Engravers: Charles E. Barber (obverse), George Morgan (reverse)

Mint: Philadelphia, Date: 1881 (20th Century Restrike), Bronze, Diameter: 59 x 76 mmMatt Inglima

Cilicia, Coropissos, Maximinus I SNG Paris 770Maximinus I AD 235-238
AE 32, 15.62g
obv. AVT KG IOVH - MAXIMEINOC
bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, r.
rev. KOROPICCEWN THC KHTWN MHTROPOLEW
Perseus, nude except chlamys, stg. l., holding harpe and head of Medusa in his
l. hand, clasping hands with Andromeda, stg. r. in long chiton, holding with her
l. hand fold of her garment under her chin; below the sea-monster Ketos.
SNG Levant 590; SNG Levante Supp. 157 (this ex.); SNG Paris 770; this obv. die was used in Philadelphia too, see SNG Levante 580
rare, about VF, brown-green patina

For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'4 commentsJochen

Cilicia, Mallos, Valerian I SNG Lev. 1298Valerian I AD 252-260
AE 31, 19.89g
obv. IMP C LIC VALERIANVS PI FE AVG (lat.)
bust, cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. MALLO COLONIA (lat.)
Amphilochos, naked except chlamys, stg. l., holding laurel branch, boar below. Behind him tripod on podium with globe above, snake winding around.
S C in exergue
SNG Levante 1298 (same obv. die); SNG Paris 1933 (same obv. die); BMC 13; SGIC 4498
Rare (only 13 coins of Valerian's time known!), about VF, light roughness, small casting spots (from making)
added to www.wildwinds.com

MALLOS was one of the oldest cities in Cilicia. The hero AMPHILOCHOS is said to be the founder. He was fighting before in Thebes and Troy. He and his brother Mopsus were the most famous seers in Greece. They decided to rule Mallos alternately. Mopsus was first. But when he should give the rule to Amphilochos it came to a deadly duel where both were killed. After their death their souls got along peacefully and temples were built to celebrate them. The oracle of Mallos was said to be more real than that of Delphi!
Under Severus Alexander Mallos became a Roman Colonia. Therefore the Latin inscriptions.

For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'
2 commentsJochen

Confederate States of America: CSA Watermarked Paper - Single Block (Unattributed)On April 27, 1862 the Confederate blockade runner Bermuda was captured by the USS Mercedita and taken to Philadelphia. Her cargo, which included a shipment of banknote paper bound for the Confederacy, was ordered sold by the Federal Courts. The Treasury Department purchased most of the CSA watermarked banknote paper and used it for a number of purposes, including Fractional Currency Specimen Notes of the second and third issues. Graded PCGS-66PPQ.Quant.Geek

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