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Please post your coins illustrated in popular references, and scholarly books or articles here. Also, please post your coin if it is the exact coin (not the same type, the exact same coin) described by a reference, even if the coin is not illustrated. In addition to the usual attribution, description, weight, and diameter of the coin, please identify the book, its author, the page and/or plate number, and the item number.
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Syria, Arwad / Ruad (Arados, Phoenicia)0 viewsArwad, an island about 800 m long by 500 m wide, about 50 km north of Tripolis, was settled in the early 2nd millennium B.C. by the Phoenicians. Ancient Arados was an important trading city surrounded by a massive wall and an artificial harbor on the east side toward the mainland. Its powerful navy and ships are mentioned in the monuments of Egypt and Assyria. In the Bible, an "Arvad" is noted as the forefather of the "Arvadites," a Canaanite people. Arados ruled some neighboring cities on the mainland, such as Marat (present-day Amrit) and Sumur, the former nearly opposite the island and the latter some kilometers to the south and held hegemony over the northern Phoenician cities from the mouth of the Orontes to the northern limits of Lebanon, something like that of Sidon in the south. Under the Persians, Arwad was allowed to unite in a confederation with Sidon and Tyre, with a common council at Tripolis. When Alexander the Great invaded Syria in 332 B.C., Arados submitted without a struggle under her king Strato, who sent his navy to aid Alexander in the reduction of Tyre. The city received the favor of the Seleucid kings of Syria and enjoyed the right of asylum for political refugees. It is mentioned in a rescript from Rome about 138 B.C. in connection with other cities and rulers of the East, to show favor to the Jews. This was after Rome had begun to interfere in the affairs of Judea and Syria and indicates that Arwad was still of considerable importance at that time.
Photo by NASA.Joe SermariniJan 16, 2019
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Turkey, Sanliurfa Province, Urfa - Roman Columns of Edessa0 viewsThe heritage of Roman Edessa survives today in these columns at the site of Urfa Castle, dominating the skyline of the modern city of Urfa.
Photo by Bernard Gagnon, 24 May 2014.Joe SermariniJan 15, 2019
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Roman Empire, Trajan, Quadrans Struck 114-117 A.D.21 views22077 Trajan/Wolf at Bay
Trajan/Wolf at Bay
Obv:IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG
Head of Trajan, laureate, right
Rev:S C
She-wolf walking left, at Bay
Rome 17mm 3.03g
RIC 694; Woytek 600b.
Ex Triskeles Auction sale 334Blayne WJan 12, 2019
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Byzantine, MANUEL Comnenus, AE Half Tetarteron SBCV-1979 DOC 22 CLBC 4.4.11 3 viewsOBV Large, often ill formed letters
REV Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece ( Most frequently decorated with 6 jewels) and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft and in l. Globus cruciger.
Size 17.33mm
Weight 2.59 gm
This is a Thessalonica minted coin, it contains no silver. It is believed to be valued at 1/864 Hyperpyron and the Metropolitan (Constantinople) issues at 1/288 Hyperpyron.The half tetartera at 1/1728 Hyperpyron. These coins are much more common than Metropolitan coins and very abundant in today’s marketplace.
This coin is good Very fine, lightly circulated. I believe this to be a perfect example.
DOC lists 27 examples with weights ranging from 1.10gm to 2.96 gm with sizes from 14mm to 18mm.SimonJan 10, 2019
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Greek, Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto #14010 viewsCALABRIA, Taras. Circa 470-465 BC. AR Nomos
18.5mm, 8.05 g, 7h
Taras, nude, raising left hand and supporting himself with his right, riding dolphin right; TARAS (retrograde) to left, scallop shell below / Head of nymph (Satyra?) left in linear circle within concave incuse. Fischer-Bossert Group 5, 91b (V41/R60) = Vlasto 140 (this coin, illustrated in both references); HN Italy 838; Berlin 65 (same dies). VF, old cabinet tone, a few marks.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex M. L. Collection of Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily (Numismatica Ars Classica 82, 20 May 2015), lot 4; A. D. Moretti Collection; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 575; Hess-Leu [11] (24 March 1959), lot 5; Kricheldorf IV (7 October 1957), lot 26; Münzen und Medaillen AG VIII (8 December 1949), lot 696; Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection; Maddalena Collection (Sambon & Canessa, 7 May 1903), lot 244.LeoJan 08, 2019
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Turkey, Istanbul - the Column of Marcian7 viewsThe column of emperor Marcian, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Column of Marcian was dedicated to Marcian, built by the praefectus urbi Tatianus, sometime between 450 and 452. It still stands in modern Istanbul, though the statue of Marcian which originally topped it has been lost. Marcian also had a statue in the Forum of Arcadius, which contained the statues of several of Arcadius' successors.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20111224_Flavius_Marcianus_Augustus_Column_Fatih_Istanbul_Turkey.jpgJoe SermariniJan 06, 2019
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Rondanini Medusa2 viewsSo-called “Rondanini Medusa”. Marble, Roman copy after a 5th-century BC Greek original by Phidias, which was set on the shield of Athena Parthenos.
Homer wrote about the Gorgon on four occasions, but only about the head, as if the creature had no body. Up to the 5th century B.C., the head depicted was very ugly, with her tongue sticking out, boar tusks, puffy cheeks, her eyeballs staring straight ahead and the snakes twisting all around her. The direct frontal stare was highly unusual in ancient Greek art. In some cases a beard, (probably representing streaks of blood) was added to her chin, making her appear as a wild. Gorgoneia painted on the shields of warriors on mid-5th century Greek vases, however, are not as ugly, strange or frightening. By that time, the Gorgon had lost her tusks and the snakes were rather stylized. The Hellenistic marble known as the Medusa Rondanini shows how the Gorgon changed over time into a beautiful woman.Joe SermariniJan 02, 2019
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Roman Empire, Constantius II, AE24. Thessalonica61 viewsObv: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, A behind
Rev: FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier spearing fallen horseman who is sitting on
ground, arms up.
Mintmark: TS epsilon 1028;; A in left field.
RIC VIII Thessalonica 129, rated scarce
BritanikusDec 27, 2018
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Roman Empire, Constans, AE2, Antioch. AD 348-350.32 viewsDN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPA-RATIO, Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, walking right, looking left; leading a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree with branches like sprays of millet. The spear points downwards, between the soldier's legs. Star in upper centre. Mintmark AN&Delta. RIC VIII Antioch 128; Sear 18700.BritanikusDec 27, 2018
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Roman Empire, Constantius II, Antioch 29 views324 - 337 AD (as Caesar) 337 - 361 AD (as Augustus)
D N CONSTAN TIVS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding globe in right hand.
FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor in military dress standing left, holding labarum and resting left hand on shield; two captives kneeling before; ANA in exe
Antioch mint; RIC VIII 125
4.41gm 21-22mm.BritanikusDec 27, 2018
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constans, RIC VIII Siscia 21163 viewsObverse: D N CONSTANS P F AVG. Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constans
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO.Soldier spearing fallen horseman. GammaSIS in exergue.
agordDec 24, 2018
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Turkey, Kizilcakuyu (Euromus, Caria) The Temple of Zeus Lepsinos16 viewsThe Temple of Zeus Lepsinos at Euromus was built on the site of an earlier Carian temple in the 2nd century AD during the reign of the emperor Hadrian.Joe SermariniDec 15, 2018
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Greece, Kos, Gymnasium of Kos, archaeologic site in Kos city, Kos island 9 viewsGymnasium of Kos, archaeologic site in Kos city, Kos island.Joe SermariniDec 15, 2018
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Turkey, Dalyan - The rock tombs of Kaunos15 viewsOutside the official Kaunos archeological site, near Dalyan, Turkey there are six rock tombs on the Dalyan river (4th – 2nd century BC). The façades of the rock tombs resemble the fronts of Hellenistic temples with two Ionian pillars, a triangular pediment, an architrave with toothed friezes, and acroterions shaped like palm leaves.Joe SermariniDec 14, 2018
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GREEK, SILVER OBOL OF AIOLIS KYME FROM 480 - 450 BC 10 viewsOBVERSE – Head of Eagle Right, KY below
REVERSE – Incuse square punch
9.8 MM AND 1.01 GRAMS.
Extremly rare eagle to right(Third known) , no other example found with the same weight, unpublished in any known reference!!!
CanaanDec 14, 2018
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, hadrian MYSIA. Lampsacus, Priapus standing8 viewscf RPC III, -- 1550 Trajan; same SNG France 1272; BMC Mysia -, SNG BnF -, SNG Cop
Obv. AΔIANOC KAICAP
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right
Rev. ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗΝωΝ
ithyphallic Priapus standing left, right hand raised, left hand on hip
1.55 gr
15 mm
6h
FORVM coinokidokiDec 03, 2018
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Roman Empire, Faustina II SAECVLI FELICIT As24 viewsFaustina II
AE As 161-176
26mm, 10,8g
obv.: FAVSTINA – AVGVSTA Draped bust r.,
rev.: SAECVLI FELICIT Pulvinar on which are seated Commodus and Antoninus; at sides S – C,
ref.: BMC M. Aurelius 991, RIC M. Aurelius 1666Mithras.de
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POST MEDIEVAL, SWITZERLAND, 1 TALER, 1620463 viewssilver coin with 27,69 grams
City of Saint Gallen, Switzerland
Obv.:MO:NO:CIVITA:SANGALLENSIS 1620
Rev.:SOLI:DEO:OPT:MAX:LAVSET:GLORIA
Ref.: KM#61, Dav.: 4677lincon r2
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Fausta AE3 Nicomedia31 viewsAE3 18.6x20.1mm
Obv. FLAV MAX_FAVSTA AVG
Bust right.
Rev. SPES REIP_VBLICAE
Fausta standing facing,
nursing two babies.
Ex. N gamma
Nicomedia mint, 3rd officina
ca. 326 ADgparch
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Philip I, P M TR P II COS P P97 viewsPhilip I, AR antoninianus, 245 A.D., Rome.
OBV: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
REV: P M TR P II COS P P, Philip seated left on curule chair, holding globe and scepter.
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