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Offline cmcdon0923

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2012, 12:58:19 pm »
You are correct.

The grain stalk does more closely match those used by Gratus.  The one on prutot of Festus is more like a branch than a stalk of wheat.

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #26 on: July 14, 2012, 10:33:17 am »
Here are my minimas of head-animal type. All are coming from the Caesarea vicinity. Diamteter of smallest coin is 6mm.

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #27 on: July 23, 2012, 06:42:41 pm »
Here are my minimas of head-animal type. All are coming from the Caesarea vicinity. Diamteter of smallest coin is 6mm.

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Nice!  These small coins are quite interesting. 

Thanks to v-drome  :), I got my first minima here (it's incredibly small!):



The picture does not do justice to the coin.

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #28 on: November 25, 2012, 02:23:11 pm »
Caesarea Minima BCC m42-BCC m45
Date and Mint unidentified
Obv: Imperial? bust rt. (partial)
Rev: One to four busts facing right.
AE 7-9mm. 0.34-0.58g. Axes:345 or 0
These very tiny coins are similar to Hamburger #119-124, Atiqot English Series,
Vol.1, 1954. “Minute Coins from Caesarea Maritima”. Dr. Hamburger published six
coins with similar motifs. These coins bear either a male or female head on the obverse,
and anywhere from 2-4 heads or busts, often crudely rendered, on the reverse.  He was
unable to assign a date or a place of minting based on the style of the designs,
and these coins remain a mystery. (click on photo for higher resolution)

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #29 on: November 25, 2012, 02:33:03 pm »
Very interesting!  It is clear that minimae are quite diverse - much more so then I had initially thought.  I am always interested to see your new (?) coins!
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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #30 on: December 02, 2012, 01:38:16 pm »
BCC m46-m49
Here are four more minimae from Caesarea, similar to Hamburger #91-94.
These coins range in size from 8.0mm.-10.5 mm.  The heaviest is number 3, at
0.90 gm. The other three are 0.64, 0.59, and 0.53 gm.  They bear various dates:
LI A (year 11), LI :Greek_Gamma: or S (year 13 or 16), and L A?(year 1).  
Dr. Hamburger assigned these coin types to the mint of Alexandria, during
the reigns of Hadrian 117-138CE and Trajan 96-117CE.  The coin on the left is a
possible die match for his #93).  For his #92 he references BMC Alexandria no.896.  

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #31 on: December 02, 2012, 02:21:53 pm »
Why these are not Alexandrian chalkon/dichalcon?

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #32 on: December 02, 2012, 04:25:07 pm »
That is a good question.  I think Dr. Hamburger's original article meant to refer to "minute coins" found at Caesarea, not necessarily minted at Caesarea.  There is some controversy regarding other coins he published, such as the coins with Tyrian motifs of similar size and weight.  Some scholars believe these must have been minted in Caesarea because they are commonly found there and not in Tyre.  I am not convinced that this is the case, since, as Hamburger mentions, these tiny coins are easy to overlook and rarely preserved, except in conditions similar to the sand dunes near Caesarea.  He mentions other sites like Palmyra where, after storms, the locals gather tiny coins from the dunes, "by the handful".  We find very tiny coins as well as large ones from around the empire at Caesarea.  My personal feeling is that each city minted small coins for their own use, according to local designs.  These coins ended up at Caesarea through its position as a commercial and military center.  My primary goal right now is to catalog all the small module coins we found there so many years ago.  I am not qualified to say where the coins were minted, but I know for certain where they were spent!  Thank you for your interest, and I appreciate any comments or ideas.  

V-drome  

(P.S. there is also the question of tiny coins that seem to be crude examples of the more common minimae.  I do not know if these were local imitations or just later, carelessly produced variations from the official sites).

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Re: Minimas of Caesarea
« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2019, 05:20:26 pm »
an interesting topic,

Uncertain second century AD Ae 10 Lyre
Reference.
RPC --

Obv. no legend
Laureate head right Pius

Rev. no legend
Lyre circle around lyre?

0.56 gr
10 mm

this one is also one i guess

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