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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (17mm, 3.95 g)
Murex shell, flanked by dolphin swimming upwards and eel
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Gülbay & Kireç –Ardatirion
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0 - Caracalla #00 Tetradrachm - Tyre, Phoenicia - Murex Shell between Eagle's legsRoman Empire
Emperor Caracalla (212 - 217 AD)
Silver Tetradrachm, Tyre, Phoenicia.
Struck 213 - 217 A.D. - Tyre Mint (Murex Shell between Eagle's legs as mintmark)
(titles in Greek)
obv: Laureate bust of Emperor right, cuirassed. Seen from the front.
rev: Eagle standing on club facing, wings spread, tail and head left, wreath in beak, murex shell between legs
Weight: 13.79 Grams
Diameter 26.4 mm
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0 - Caracalla #00 Tetradrachm - Tyre, Phoenicia - Murex Shell between Eagle's legs - 01Roman Empire
Emperor Caracalla (212 - 217 AD)
Silver Tetradrachm, Tyre, Phoenicia.
Struck 213 - 217 A.D. - Tyre Mint (Murex Shell between Eagle's legs as mintmark)
(titles in Greek)
obv: Laureate bust of Emperor right, cuirassed. Seen from the front.
rev: Eagle standing on club facing, wings spread, tail and head left, wreath in beak, murex shell between legs
Weight: 13.79 Grams
Diameter 26.4 mm
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0 - Caracalla - Tetradrachm #5Roman Empire
AR Tetradrachm. Emperor Caracalla (212 - 217 AD)
obv: Laureate head of Emperor, right.
rev: Eagle, spread wings, facing left with wreath in beak. Something between legs. rexesq
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Aeolis, Grynion, (c. 4th. century B.C.), SNG Cop 205,206, AE-10, -/-//--, ΓYP/NH, Mussel-shell, Scarce! #1Aeolis, Grynion, (c. 4th. century B.C.), SNG Cop 205,206, AE-10, -/-//--, ΓYP/NH, Mussel-shell, Scarce! #1
avers: Laureate head of Apollo, 3/4 facing left.
reverse: ΓYP/NH, Mussel-shell.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 10,0-11,0 mm, weight: 2,04g, axes: 6h,
mint: Aeolis, Grynion, date: c. 4th. century B.C., ref: SNG Cop 205,206, SNG Ashm 1447–8,
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Aes Grave Sextans Circa 269-266 BCThe sextans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic valued at one-sixth of an as (2 unciae). The most common design for the sextans was the bust of Mercury and two pellets (indicating two unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a galley on the reverse. Earlier types depicted a scallop shell, a caduceus, or other symbols on the obverse.
ROME. Circa 269-266 BC. Æ Aes Grave Sextans (31mm, 20.40 g). Exterior of cockle shell; two pellets / Interior of cockle shell. Thurlow-Vecchi 20; Crawford 21/5; Haeberlin pl. 28, 3-8. Fine, rough green patina.
Ex-CNG 125, lot 166, 88/100
Checkecoli
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Akragas HemilitronSicily, Akragas, c. 415-406 BC. Hemilitron Æ 20.15g.
O/ AKPAΓAN TI NON ; Eagle right head straight upwards, on hare ; cicada in r. field.
R/ Crab with slooping sides in shallow incuse ; below Triton to r., blowing a conch-shell, 6 pellets
HGC Sicily 131 ; CNS I p.174 32 ; Westermark, The Coinage of Akragas, 618 (O6/R5)Brennos
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BCC 49Murex shell, source of Royal Purple Dye,
and the symbol of Tyre-Phoenicia
6.30cm. From the beach at Caesareav-drome
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BCC rgp17 Valerian I TyreRoman Provincial - Tyre
Valerian I 253-260 CE
Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG
Laureate bust right.
Rev: COL TYR[O METR]
Cadmus standing before edifice, holding
patera and hasta. Before him, murex shell,
and cow, at his feet. Greek letters in field:
ΘΗ/ΒΕ [THEBE]
AE 26x27mm. 14.42gm. Axis:0
Possible reference: Rouvier 2500 Extremely Rare.
See Rouvier 2532, BMC 487, and AUB 311 for this
reverse on coins of Gallienus
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
This coin commemorates the mythological figure of Cadmus on his quest for his sister, Europa, founding the city of Thebes as a colony of ancient Phoenicia-Tyre in the place where the sacred cow lay down. I love this coin for its connection to ancient mythology and history. Stevenson's Dictionary of Roman Coins gives an excellent description of this same reverse for a coin of Gallienus, on page 825v-drome
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bronze shell, romanroman bronze shell
date: AD ca. 1. century
19,43g, ∅ 26-30mm Laurentius
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Calabria, Taras, (c.520-473 B.C.), AR-Litra, HN Italy 831, -/-//Scallop-shell, TAPA (retrograde), Dolphin, below, Scallop-shell,Calabria, Taras, (c.520-473 B.C.), AR-Litra, HN Italy 831, -/-//Scallop-shell, TAPA (retrograde), Dolphin, below, Scallop-shell,
avers: Scallop-shell, linear border.
reverse: TAPA (retrograde), Dolphin, below, Scallop-shell, linear border.
exergue: -/-//Scallop-shell, diameter: 9,0-10,2mm, weight: 0,63g, axes: 6h,
mint: Calabria, Taras, date: c.520-473 B.C., ref: HN Italy 831, Vlasto 1136, Cote 102,
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 470-425 BC. AR Nomos7,87g, 22mm, 12h.
Oecist riding dolphin l., both arms extended; below, shell,
Rv. TAPAΣ (retrograde), oecist seated l., holding distaff and scepter.
HNItaly 844; Vlasto 186.Leo
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Furius Purpurio - AR denariusRome
170-158 BC
head of Roma right wearing winged helmet
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Luna in biga right, crescent above head; murex shell above
PVR
ROMA
Furia SRCV I 75, Crawford 187/1, Sydenham 424, RSC I Furius 13
4,2g 18mm
ex Aurea
Murex shell, from which Purple dye was made, is pun for moneyer's name. Moneyer apparently was son or grandson of Lucius Furius Purpurio, consul 196 BC.J. B.
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Phoenicia, Tyros, Julia Maesa, Rouvier 2408 #1Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 30, 9.05g
obv. IVLIA MAE - SA AVGV
bust, draped, diademed, r.
rev. TVRIORVM
Galley with ten oars advancing r., on the stern-post hanging a shield. Ram of prow shaped as dolphin. On the ship Dido, draped, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and sceptre(?) in outstretched r. hand. At her l. side a male figur, ducked, throwing a sack with sand overboard; at her r. side standing a sailor with an unknown object in hand (damaged by cleaning) . Below ship on the left side Murex shell, on the r. side prawn., l.
Rouvier 2408
very rare, F/F+
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'Jochen
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Provincial, Tyre, Phoenicia, AE25, SEP TYRYS METROAE25
AE
Roman Provincial: Tyre, Phoenicia
Caracalla
Caesar: 195 - 197AD
Augustus: 197 - 217AD
Issued: ?
25.00mm x 24.00mm 8.13gr 6h
O: IMP M AVR ANTONINVS; Laureate head, right.
SEP TYRYS METRO; Bull, right; vexillum behind with LEG/III/GAL in 3 lines.
Exergue: COLONI, below; Murex shell, right field.
Tyre, Phoenicia Mint
SNG Cop -; BMC 377; AUB 208; Rouvier 2320.
Allan Berman ANA Show
8/18/22 8/30/22
Nicholas Z
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Schjöth 120, Hartill (2007) 9.1, Fisher’s Ding 417Xin Dynasty. Wang Mang (7 23 A.D.)
50 cash (cast bonze), 7-14 A.D, 27 mm.
Obv: Da Quan Wu Shi.
Rev: Blank.
Wang Mang was the regent for the last two infant emperors of the (western) Han Dynasty who usurped the thrown and founded the Xin Dynasty (meaning New Dynasty), of which he was the only emperor. He was a radical visionary reformer, but his reign resulted in chaos and rebellion.
Wang Mang’s reforms of the currency began in 7 A.D., and included the introduction of the Da Quan Wu Shi, with a nominal value of fifty. In 9 A.D. he introduced an impossibly complex system involving tortoise shell, gold, silver, six round bronze coins, and a reintroduction of the spade money in ten denominations. The Da Quan Wu Shi (= large coin fifty) was the largest denomination within “The Six Coins” series of fiduciary round coins. The public rejected this fiat coinage, and secretly continued to use the former Wu Zhu coins, despite an imperial decree threatening exile to those caught using the former coinage. In 14 A.D. the “Six Coins” were abolished and replaced by new round coins (the Huo Quan).
Hartill (2007) rarity 13.Stkp
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Septimius Severus, Legate Iulius Faustinianus, Marcianopolis, 4 assarion Obv. AV L CEPTI - CEVHROC Laureate curaissed bust right
Rev. V I FAVCTINIANO - V MARKIANOPOLITW Kybele with kalathos between two lions first enthroned, in right hand extended a shell, left arm resting on tympanum
Hristova/Jekov (2011) 6.14.31.13; AMNG I/1, 565 var
Skyler
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Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 415-25, ΣYPA, Dolphin, and shell,Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 415-25, ΣYPA, Dolphin, and shell,
avers: No legend, Head of Arethusa left, wearing a necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone, olive leaves behind.
reverse: Dolphin swimming right, Σ Y P A and cockle shell below.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 15,5-18,0mm, weight: 3,20g, axes: 6h,
mint: Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I., date: 405-367 B.C., ref: SNG Ans 415-25, SNG Cop 697-699, CNS 24/1-7, HGC 2, 1480,
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Taras, Calabria480-470 BC
AR Litra (8mm, 0.84g)
O: Scallop shell with seven teeth, within dotted border.
R: Four spoked wheel.
D'Andrea IV, 77; Vlasto 1110-14; Cote 7-9; McGill II, 140; SNG France 1613-14; SNG ANS 1328; Sear 228; BMC 1, 56
Scarce
ex Alex Malloy
Founded by Spartan refugees in 706 BC, Taras quickly became the major port on the Tarentine Gulf.
Renowned for its purple cloth made from the superior local wool and dye from the abundant murex shell, Taras thrived during the fifth and fourth centuries BC, establishing a democratic government in 473.Enodia
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Taras, Tarentum, Silver Litra c. 500-430 B.C.Taras, Tarentum, Calabria, Italy Silver Diobol c. 500-430 B.C.,
Taras mint, 9.9mm, 0.816 grams, die axis 135 degrees.
Obv: Cockle shell, linear border.
Rev: Head of Taras(?) left, in round incuse.
Ref: Vlasto 1160 (same dies).
Very Rare. VF.
mjabrial
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Tibet, c. 1850-1948AR Ga-den Tangka, 27mm, 4.3g, 12h.
Obv.: Eight auspicious symbols arrayed around lotus: umbrella of sovereignty, two golden fish of good fortune, amphora of ambrosia, lotus, conch shell, emblem of endless rebirth, banner of victory, and wheel of empire.
Rev.: dga'-ldan pho-brang-phyod-las-rnam-rgyal, within eight circles. (The Palace of Ga-den is victorious in all directions)
16-343-23John Anthony
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