https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=31399&page=1I have been updating my
gallery off and on for months but haven't really posted about it in quite awhile. I
had no clue that you guys were doing featured galleries. That's a great idea for sure. Congrats to the winners and runner-ups.
I just received this last batch of coins over the
Christmas holiday which I am in the progress of integrating into my
collection.
A few featured coins from this lot.
Roman Provincial Adramytion
Mysia,
Philip II (244-249 AD), AE
Obverse: M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC, Bareheaded, draped and
cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: ΕΠΙ
CTP AVP ΦABIANOV + city, EITΩN,
Tyche standing left, wearing
mural crown, holding
patera and
cornucopia.
Reference: Fritze
Mysien 172,
Kraft Systeme p.30 no.13,
Waddington 629
Ex: Kayser-i Rum
Numismatics +photo
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Ancient Middle-East Arab-Sasanian, Abbassid Governors of Tabaristan, AR
Hemidrachm, 136 PYE (Post Yazdgard Era = AH 170 = 786/787 AD)
Obverse: AFZWT, Right facing
bust imitating Khusru II, wearing winged crown surmounted by
star and crescent, inside single-dotted
border, crescents with stars at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. Pahlavi date and
mintmark in lower left and right margins.
Reverse:
Sasanian style fire
altar with two attendants standing facing, crescents on their heads, both
hands on sword hilt, inside triple dotted-border, crescents with stars at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock, three pellets at the diagonals.
Reference:
Album 73,
Malek 175
Ex: Kayser-i Rum
Numismatics +photo
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Byzantine Empire,
Maurice Tiberius (582-602 AD) AE
Follis, Theopolis
mintObverse: DN MAV G I CN P AVG, Crowned and mantled facing
bust, holding
mappa and eagle-tipped
sceptre.
Reverse: Large M, ANNO to left,
cross above, regnal year to right,
officina letter below. THEUO in
exergue.
Reference: SB 533
Ex: Kayser-i Rum
Numismatics +photo
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Roman Imperial,
Constantius II (347-348 AD) AE 3/4,
Antioch mintObverse: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, Pearl diademed
head right.
Reverse:
VOT XX MVdotLT
XXX within
wreath.
Mintmark SMANA
Reference:
RIC VIII Antioch 113
varEx: Kayser-i Rum Numisamtics +photo