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Decentius AE Barbarous Imitation (Victories/wreath) v.1MAGNUS DECENTIUS as Caesar, AD 350-3
AE Barbarous Imitation (22.14mm, 5.06g, 6h)
Likely struck AD 350-3
Imitation of the Lugdunum mint
Obverse: [D N D]ECENTI-VS CAESAR, bare-headed, draped and/or cuirassed bust of Decentius right
Reverse: VICT[? ? ? ? ?] VG ET CES, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them wreath encircling VOT [? ?] [MVLT] X which is resting on short column; [?]PLG in exergue
These 'unofficial' issues were struck to help alleviate severe local shortages of coinage.
From the collection of Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), naval veteran of the War of 1812 and later captain of the USS Constitution.
The son of a naval officer, Daniel Turner (born 1794, Staten Island, New York) began his own career in the United States Navy as a midshipman on January 1, 1808, at the age of fourteen. Following brief duty at the New York Naval Station, he served aboard the USS Constitution on the North Atlantic Station. On June 17, 1810, he transferred to the frigate President and remained there until June 1812, when he was ordered to Norwich, Connecticut to command the gunboats there. On March 12, 1813, Turner received his commission as a lieutenant.
On March 14, two days later, Turner was sent to Sackett's Harbor, New York, located on the shores of Lake Erie. There, he took command of Niagara, a brig in Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron. However, just before the Battle of Lake Erie, he relinquished command to Captain Jesse D. Elliott and assumed command of Caledonia. The little brig played an important role in the battle on September 10, 1813, because, at one point in the action, her two 24-pounder long guns were the only ones in Perry's flotilla capable of returning the distant fire of the three heaviest Royal Navy ships then in the process of pounding Perry's flagship Lawrence. For his part in the American victory at Lake Erie, Lt. Turner received the praise of Perry, a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress, and a sword from the state of New York.
In the summer of 1814, Turner succeeded to the command of schooner Scorpion, and he cruised Lakes Erie and Huron in her supporting army operations around Detroit and blockading British forces at the Nottawasaga River and Lake Simcoe. On September 6, 1814, Turner and his command were captured by the British when he brought Scorpion alongside the former American schooner Tigress which, unbeknownst to him, had been captured a few days earlier. After a period of imprisonment at Fort Mackinac, Lt. Turner returned to the United States in exchange for a British prisoner of war.
Between 1815 and 1817, Turner cruised the Mediterranean in the frigate Java commanded by his old superior on the Great Lakes, Oliver Hazard Perry. During that deployment, Java visited Algiers and Tripoli in a show of American naval strength calculated to impress the Barbary pirates and intimidate them into honoring their treaties with the United States. In 1817, Java returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to be laid up.
Between 1819 and 1824, Turner returned to sea in the schooner Nonsuch attached to a squadron commanded again by Oliver Hazard Perry. In addition to hunting West Indian pirates, his ship sailed up the Orinoco River to carry Perry on a diplomatic mission to the Venezuelan government under Simon Bolivar. During the return downriver, Perry and many of the crew contracted yellow fever. Turner was close at hand when his mentor died at Trinidad on August 23, 1819. During the remaining years of Turner's assignment to Nonsuch, his ship worked along the east coast of the United States, patrolled in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and made a brief cruise to the Mediterranean in 1824.
Following shore duty at Boston, Massachusetts, Turner returned to sea in 1827 for a three-year assignment with the West India Squadron, as the commanding officer of Erie. In 1830, he came ashore again for three years at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Promoted to captain on March 3, 1835, Turner spent a long period waiting orders before returning to sea in 1839 in command of USS Constitution. He sailed the Pacific Squadron in "Old Ironsides," until he was relieved in 1841. From 1843 to 1846, he commanded the American squadron which operated along the Brazilian coast. From that duty, he reported ashore again as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Captain Daniel Turner died suddenly on February 4, 1850 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.
(Adapted and compiled from the Foster History and the USS Constitution Museum websites)
In addition to being a competent naval commander, Daniel Turner was also a keen coin collector, and during his career he accumulated a large collection of nearly three hundred ancient coins, which he stored in a wooden chest along with his own handwritten labels. In 2015, 165 years after the Commodore's death, the Turner descendants consigned this collection to Cowan’s Auction house of Cincinnati, Ohio.CPK03/26/24 at 04:32wileyc: I like having the coin tags added in as a photo.
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Valois, Charles VI le Bien-Aimé. Gros aux lis sous couronne of Rouen. France. Valois, Charles VI le Bien-Aimé. 1380-1422 AD. AR Gros aux lis sous couronne (3.71ᵍᵐ 27.5ᵐᵐ 3ʰ) of Rouen. Cross pattée. ✠KL’⠇DI’: Ϭ’: FRACORV REX ✠SIT⦂ ȠOᙏЄИ⦂ DOᙏIȠI⦂ BЄИEDICTVᙏ. / Three lis surmounted by crown, border of one cross (✠ above crown) and 11 lis. GROSVS ⠇TVROИVS. nEF. Issue authorized 3 Nov. 1413. Pellet under 15ᵗʰ obverse letter, Ḅ, is diagnostic for Rouen. Scarce. CNG EA 557 #721. Ex CGB Live (27 Oct. 2020) #239. Duplessy Royales I #384A; Ciani 521; Conbrouse (4ᵉ série) 171; Erslev 3038; Hoffman (Charles VI) 11; Lafaurie 388; Roberts SCMF 2874.Anaximander03/26/24 at 04:30wileyc: really nice
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Geta Denarius (Providentia, RIC IV 81) v.1GETA as Augustus, AD 209-211
AR Denarius (19.14mm, 3.39g, 7h)
Struck AD 211. Rome mint
Obverse: P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate and bearded bust of Geta right
Reverse: TR P II-I COS II P P, Providentia (?), standing facing, head left, holding torch in right hand and globe in left
References: RIC IV 81 (S), RCV 7252
Lightly toned. A scarce type, featuring an outstanding late-style portrait of the ill-fated young Augustus.CPK03/26/24 at 04:28wileyc: wonderful coin, I really like your photography.
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Front:
Line: 1 ]•δο σιδο ασο ασταρ̣[
Line: 2 ] ναμαγο ϕαρ̣ο •[
Line: 3 ο]δο σιδασο̣ ι̣ χοηνα̣γ̣[γο
Line: 4 ]ζδ̣διναδο α̣βο̣ ϸαυρο̣[
Line: 5 ι]ω̣λανο ποσο γʹ ασο χ[
Line: 6 ]•ιωγο ποσο γʹ ασ[ο]
Line: 7 [ ]ζ̣ο ποσο βʹ ασο παπ̣[ο]
Line: 8 []π̣οσο γʹ ασο *νατο-
Line: 9 [••]νδο ποσο βʹ ασο ο[]-
Line: 10 [αρα]ζοαραυρανο ποσο̣
Line: 11 []•ʹ ασο βαγοιηϸανο π-
Line: 12 [οσ]ο̣ αʹ ασο ιωλοιηϸα̣-
Line: 13 [ν]ο ποσο βʹ ασο μι-
Line: 14 υροβαμανο ποσο
Line: 15 αʹ ασο βαγομαρη-
Line: 16 γο ποσο αʹ ασο ο-
Line: 17 ινδοϕρομανο̣-
Line: 18 ιαμϸο αλο̣ π̣ιια̣-
Line: 19 ροιαμϸο ποσο
Line: 20 αʹ α̣σ̣ο βα̣χαρ-
Line: 21 αγο πο̣[σο ]•ʹ
Back:
Line: 22-23 traces
Line: 24 [ ]μ̣α̣ν̣ο̣ π̣ο̣σ̣ο̣
Line: 25 αʹ α̣σ̣ο̣ β[ι]βοσ-
Line: 26 ηνο π̣[οσ]ο̣ α̣ʹ
Quant.Geek03/05/24 at 03:14wileyc: interesting, what is the material, and dating?
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Byzantine Empire: Constans II (641-668) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY1 (Unpublished in Normal Sources)Obv: Constans II, wearing chlamys and crown with pendilia, standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, around: ЄNTϪT-ONIKA
Rev: Large m with cross above, either side and ending in exergue: ANA-NЄO-CIC, officina A, regal year 1
Dim: 24 mm; 4.23 g
Classified as the first follis of Constans II as noted by Goodwin & Donald. See:
‘Ananeosis’ and the Earliest Folles of Constans II, by Peter Donald
The Early Folles of Constans II, by Tony Goodwin
Quant.Geek03/01/24 at 04:28wileyc: really nice
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BCC LW13Lead Weight
Caesarea Maritima
Hellenistic Roman, 2nd Century CE?
1/4 libra (3 oungia) on the heavier 360 gram
standard, probably manufactured in Judaea.
Obv: Four leaf clover? quartrefoil? design
with central raised pellet, within circle.
Raised border and rounded beveled edges.
Rev: Quartrefoil design with four petals
interspersed with bifurcated leaves, within
circle and slightly raised border. Remnants
of handle or hanging loop at top.
PB 55 x 47 x 6mm. Weight: 90.87 grams
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1973
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome01/04/24 at 02:50wileyc: interesting weight
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BCC B37 Justinian I Follis ConstantinopleByzantine Period
Justinian I 527-565 CE
AE Follis, Constantinople
Obv: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG
Diademed, draped and cuirassed
bust right.
Rev: Large M, with cross above,
star to left, and cross to right.
Below, Γ In exergue: CON
34.5mm. 19.14gm. Axis:180
SB 158 third officina; DOC 28c.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1978
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome12/11/23 at 03:18wileyc: interesting flan.
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BCC BW15-BW184 Bronze Weights, square with diamond shape
on upper sides. All are blank on the reverse.
BW15: 7.25x7.25mm. 1.15gm.
No marks visible, worn, cleaned.
BW16: 9.0x9.25mm. 1.64gm. Three punch
marks on diamond. Intact, uncleaned.
BW17: 14x14.75mm. 5.87gm. No marks
visible, very worn, heavily cleaned.
BW18: 18.5x18.75mm. 13.17gm. One punch
mark in corner of square, worn, cleaned.
Surface finds from Caesarea Maritima, but not
found together. The cleaned specimens may have
lost an estimated 5-20% of their original mass.
Age and weight standard remain uncertain.
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection v-drome12/10/23 at 23:08wileyc: interesting, I have seen a similar "weight" before...
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RIC 184 TitusÆ Sestertius, 24.48g
Rome mint, 80-81 AD
Obv: No legend; Flavian amphitheatre; to l., Meta Sudans; to r., porticoed building
Rev: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR PPP COS VIII; Titus std. l. on curule chair with branch and roll; around, arms; S C in field
RIC 184 (R2). BMC 190. BNC 189. Hendin 1594.
Ex Harlan J Berk BBS 225, 30 November 2023, lot 456. Ex Harlan J Berk BBS 35, 12 February 1985, lot 361.
In June of 80 AD Titus spectacularly opened the Flavian amphitheatre with a series of inaugural games lasting 100 days. This rare sestertius commemorates the event in a no less impressive fashion. Vespasian had begun construction nearly a decade before, but it was Titus who virtually completed it. The obverse* features an inventive bird's eye view of the structure from the Temple of Claudius on the Caelian Hill, with the Meta Sudans to the left and the porticoes of the Baths of Titus to the right. The depiction of the three structures on the obverse is strong evidence the Romans viewed the amphitheatre as part of a larger entertainment complex. The reverse features Titus seated surrounded by a pile of captured arms, identical to sestertii struck for Claudius. Taken together both obverse and reverse pays homage to Claudius, an emperor highly regarded by the Flavians. At the same time, the captured arms on the reverse and the decorative motif of the amphitheatre featuring palm trees and triumphal imagery commemorate the Jewish War which was still a major theme of Titus' coinage. Also, a recently discovered inscription which originally adorned one of the entrances proclaims the Flavian amphitheatre was built from the spoils of the Jewish War. Nathan T. Elkins believes the rarity of these coins today may hint that they were issued primarily for distribution at the opening games as souvenirs of the occasion. Ben Lee Damsky has convincingly argued Titus' extensive pulvinar precious metal coinage commemorates the inaugural games as well. If that is the case, a large portion of Titus' coinage was devoted to these opening games and the fantastic venue in which they were held, emphasising the prominent place it held for Titus and the Flavian dynasty. The fact that it still serves as a symbol of the Roman Empire today shows that Titus was correct in his estimation of its importance. Like the Eid Mar denarii, the Colosseum sestertii are seen today as one of the most well known and iconic coin types struck by the Roman Empire.
*Older references place the Colosseum on the reverse, but this is incorrect. Reverse dies at the Rome mint typically have concave flans. The seated Titus side is concave on these sestertii, therefore it was almost certainly intended as the reverse. David Atherton11/09/23 at 03:51wileyc: very nice, was not aware even of this type, a uniq...
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Anastasius, 491 - 518 ADAV Solidus
Constantinople mint
Obv. - Diademed and helmeted three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over
shoulder and shield decorated with horseman
Rev. - Victory standing left, holding long cross surmounted by christogram; * in left field; CONOB in exurge
21.2 mm / 3.97 gramscmcdon092308/26/23 at 04:48wileyc: really nice, I like your collection.
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BCC BW14 Islamic Weight 1 DinarIslamic Weight
Caesarea Maritima
Abbasid Caliphate 750-1258 CE
Disk Shape Bronze - 1 Dinar
Obv: Arabic inscription: لله
"LILLAH”, late Abbasid calligraphy.
Rev: One punch mark within
incuse concentric circle.
AE Dia: 11.0mm. Ht:6.25mm.
Weight: 4.03gm.
cf. Holland, "W.W.O.C.M." #154
(different inscription, "Imran")
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome01/12/23 at 23:05wileyc: nice.have not seen many with such intact inscripti...
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Quant.Geek11/30/22 at 03:15wileyc: nice, have read some history of these do you know ...
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Quant.Geek11/21/22 at 04:39wileyc: rather odd, do you have a opnion on what it is?
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Seleukid Empire: Antiochos III the Great (222-187 BCE) AR drachm, Apameia on the Orontes (SC 1065.2; HGC 9.453a)Obv: Diademed head to right
Rev: Elephant standing to right; monograms above and below; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in exergue
A neglected coin that needed a good home...Quant.Geek11/21/22 at 04:37wileyc: nice coin though, interesting how the metal is tri...
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Byzantine Empire: Constans II, AE Half Follis,Carthage 647-659 A.D. 4.18g - 19mm, Axis 6h.
Obv: DN CONSTANTN - Crowned, mantled bust facing with short beard, trefoil on crown, holding mappa and cross on globe.
Rev: •✶•/ C-T / X-X - Large cross with C-T to left and right over X-X to left and right, ♰ and •✶• above.
Ref: Sear 1059; DOC 144.
Rated Scarce.
Provenance: Ex Jim Squares (seller). From a 10,000 coin private collection of a deceased estate. Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli11/14/22 at 04:55wileyc: I agree scarce coin, nice strike.
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas, AE Half Follis.Carthage Year 5 = 606-607 A.D. 7.11g - 21mm, Axis 2h.
Obv: DN FOCAS PERP AVG - Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and cruciform sceptre.
Rev: * X•X Є / KRTς - Large X•X; cross above, * to left, Є (date) to right; Mintmark KRTς.
Ref: DOC 116; MIBE 98a; SB 686. Rated Rare.
Provenance: Ex Jim Squares (seller). From a 10,000 coin private collection of a deceased estate. Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli11/14/22 at 04:54wileyc: nice.
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000981 Bull Leaping Right, Horse and Rider Galloping RightThessaly Greece, the City of Larissa
Obv: ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙON above, bull leaping r., horizontal groundline. All within a border of dots.
Rev: Thessalian horseman (Thessalos?) wearing a tunic, petasos, and a chlamys fluttering to the l., holding a goad in his r. hand on a horse galloping r.
Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Larissa; Date: c. 370 - 356 BC; Weight: 6.05g; Diameter: 20mm: Die axis: 0º; References, for example: BMC Thessaly p. 29 no. 54, pl. V, 13 var. Ω instead of O in legend; Pozzi 1229; Weber 2856, p. 110 var. Ω instead of O in legend; Hermann Group VI, pl. IV, 17 and 18 var. Ω instead of O in legend; McClean 4610, pl. on p. 173, 6; Traité IV 698, pl. CCXCVIII, 9; SNG Lockett 1566, var. Ω instead of O in legend; SNG Cop 118; SNG Ashmolean 3871; Lorber 2008, pl. 46, 101; BCD Thessaly I 1136; BCD Thessaly II 186 var. Ω instead of O in legend; HGC 4, 449.
Provenance: Ex. CNG Feature Auction 121 October 6, 2022, Lot 234, from the Weise Collection; Ex. Daniel Koppersmith Collection CNG Triton XVII January 7, 2014, Lot 195; Ex. BCD Collection Classical Numismatic Group Auction 90 May 23, 2012, Lot 94; Ex. Leu 30 April 28, 1982, Lot 100.
Photo Credits: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC.
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Tracy Aiello10/31/22 at 03:11wileyc: wonderful coin, the artist really captured the bul...
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1918 Alexius I Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy. Constantinople, AD 1092-1118. SBCV-1918Nimbate Christ enthroned facing, wearing pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels in left hand; IC-XC across fields / + ΑΛ ΔЄC, bust facing, wearing crown and jewelled chlamys, holding cruciform sceptre and globus cruciger. DOC 25b; Sear 1918. 4.92g, 29mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; toned and lustrous ROMA AcquisitionSimon07/05/22 at 05:39wileyc: is it as silver in hand, very nice.
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Calabria, Taras; c. 272-235 BC, StaterAR. 6.46 g. 21.50 mm.
Obv. The Dioskouroi riding right; [Ν]ΙΚΥΛΟΣ below.
Rev. Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding trident and kantharos; AP monogram behind, ΤΑΡΑΣ below.
HN Italy 1046; Vlasto 935-7. R. Rare.
Well centred on a broad flan, brilliant with underlyng luster, with a very lively scene of the Dioskouroi. Minor area of striking weakness on reverse, otherwise about FDC.Leo05/02/21 at 05:01wileyc: quite the detail on Phalanthos face, impressive co...
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RPC 2097 Titus Gadara, DecapolisTITOΣ KAIΣAP
Laureate head right
ΓΑΔΑΡΑ L ΖΛΡ (year 137)
Turreted head of Tyche right
Gadara, Decapolis
73-74 CE
3.96g, 16mm
RPC II 2097
Ex-ZurqiehJay GT405/02/21 at 04:59wileyc: great contrast with patina and the photography.
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Byzantine Empire: Nicephorus I (802-811) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1607; DOC III.5)Obv: Facing busts of Nicephorus on the left, with short beard, and Stauracius on the right, beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys; between their heads, cross.
Rev: Large M between XXX and NNN; above, cross; beneath, A.
Dim: 25 mm; 3.97 g
A Flipover Double Strike of Sear 1607...Quant.Geek12/21/20 at 03:47wileyc: nice.
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MYSIA,Pergamon (200 - 133 B.C.)Æ16
O: Helmeted head of Athena right.
R: AΘΗ-ΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, owl standing facing on palm, with wings spread, A monogram left and AP right.
3.6g
16mm
SNG von Aulock 1375-6 var; SNG Copenhagen 388 varMat06/03/20 at 01:46wileyc: Really nice coin, not familiar with these.
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Bohemond III 1149-1163.Obv: +BOAIIVHCVS Helmeted headL., not bearded, in chain mail, with long nose guard.
Cross pattered on helmet, crescent upwards r., five-pointed star L. Mail composed of
upward crescents.
Rev: + AHTIOCHIA Cross patty, crescent downward in second angle.
Mint: Antioch
Date- 1163-1201
18mm
.95g
Malloy 62,p213wileyc05/07/20 at 04:33wileyc: Thanks
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SBVC 1053; Constans II; AE follisObv: EN TVTO NIKA, Constans standing facing, crowned, cloaked and cuirassed, holding long cross and cross on globe
Rev: large M, cross to left, cross above, cross to right; mintmark CRTS
Mint: Carthage
Date: 641-668 AD
SBVC 1053
28mm
12.36gwileyc12/13/18 at 12:40wileyc: Coin is in question/ consider fake at this time. W...
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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Theoupolis/Antioch (Sear 215A; MIB 127)Obv: D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVS; Justinian enthroned facing, holding long scepter with his right hand and globus cruciger in his left
Rev: Large M between stars; above, cross; below, Γ; in exergue, +THЄЧṖ+
Quant.Geek12/10/18 at 03:27wileyc: Nice Justinian I.
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Byzantine Empire: Tiberius II Constantine (578-582 CE) Æ Pentanummium, Constantinople (Sear 438A; DOC 22; MIBE 33a)Obv: d m TIb PP AVI; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Tiberius II, Constantine right
Rev: Large Ч
Dim: 18 mm, 1.79 g, 1 h
Quant.Geek12/10/18 at 03:19wileyc: nice
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Byzantine, MANUEL Comnenus I, METROPOLITIAN TETARTERON SBCV-1969 DOC 16 CLBC 4.4.3
OBV Full length figure of Christ standing on a dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; right hand raised high in benediction holds Gospels in l. hand. Pellets in each limb of nimbus cross.
REV Full length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece, jeweled loros of a simplified type and Saigon; holds in right a labrum on a long shaft. On which X and in l. globus cruciger
Size 19.6mm
Weight 3.0
DOC lists 11 examples with weights from 2.76 to 4.14 gm and sizes from 18mm to 20mmSimon12/01/18 at 03:49wileyc: I agree nice strike, great detail really nice stri...
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Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius, sestertius
32 mm, 25.66 g, Rome
Obv. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right
Rev. TR POT XX IMP III COS III S C, Providentia, draped, standing left, pointing wand in right hand at globe at her feet and holding vertical sceptre in left hand
RIC III 923.Marsman09/16/18 at 16:29wileyc: nice
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Sear 0342Justinian I (527 – 565 CE) Nummus, weight 0.76g, diameter 10 mm. Mint of Carthage. Abu Galyon05/01/18 at 04:19wileyc: interesting
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Byzantine Empire: Leo V the Armenian (813-820) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1630; DOC 7)Obv: LЄOÒº S C-OÒºSC; Crowned facing busts of Leo and Constantine, each wearing chlamys
Rev: Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, A below
Quant.Geek02/26/18 at 01:58wileyc: wonderful coin.
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16.15. Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.), Cu-27, CÁC I. 16.15./a10.01./183., H-072, CNH I.-098, U-114, #0116.15. Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.), Cu-27, CÁC I. 16.15./a10.01./183., H-072, CNH I.-098, U-114, #01
avers: REX BELA REX STS, Two kings enthroned facing, holding scepter with lily and orb, column between the thrones with a cross on the top. The line of dots under the feet, three lines within crescent below, a border of dots.
reverse: SANCTA MARIA, Mary enthroned facing, with nimbus, holding Jesus and scepter with lily, cross on each side of her head, a border of dots.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 26,0 mm, weight: 2,56g, axis: 4h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-072, CNH I.-098, Unger-114, Tóth-Kiss-Fekete: CÁC I.(Catalog of Árpadian Coinage I./Opitz I.), Privy-Mark/Szigla: 16.15./a10.01./183.,
Q-001quadrans01/17/18 at 00:19wileyc: What interesting iconography
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Antoninus Pius, AD Sestertius, ITALIA seatedAncient Rome, 2nd Century AD, 'ITALIA'
AE Sestertius, weight: 22.1 Grams.
Titles in Latin:
obv: " ANTONINUS AUG PIUS PP " - Laureate crowned bust of Emperor facing right.
rev: " TR POT COS III " - Italia, facing left, seated on globe, holding caduceus and spear. " S C " in each field, " ITALIA " below, in exergue.rexesq11/07/17 at 22:49wileyc: Nice looking coin, reflecting a sense of what it i...
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Byzantine, JOHN II, METROPOLITIAN TETARTERON SBCV-1945 DOC 12 CLBC 3.4.1
OBV Full length figure of Christ standing on a dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand.
REV Full length figure of Emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece and jeweled loros of a simplified type. Holds in r. hand scepter cruciger and in l. hand gl. cr.
Size 21mm
Weight 4.03.gm
Simon10/29/17 at 20:07wileyc: Remarkable coin, thanks for sharing
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Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear 2385; DOC V 745-8; LPC 220.24; PCPC 221; Lianta 673-674)Obv: Two wings with six-pointed star above and below
Rev: Three-quarter length figure of emperor in portico, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in right hand , and in left hand anexikakia
Quant.Geek10/27/17 at 01:35wileyc: nice coin, wonderful obverse.
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Maria Di Medici JetonMARIA. D. GR. FRANC. AND. NAVA. REG, 16 NB 08 in exergue.
Coat of arms half of France and quartered of Medici, and of Austria, surrounded by a crown half of laurel and half of palm
SERVAT DATAM 1608 in exergue
Two intertwined hands as a sign of trust between a palm and an olive branch. Above, the name JEHOVAH in Hebrew (YHWH) , whose rays penetrate dense clouds.
5.24g, 28mm
"Mary of God's Grace Queen of France and Navarre"
"He protects those who trust him."
Maria was born at the Palazzo Pitti of Florence, Italy, the sixth daughter of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Archduchess Joanna of Austria. Marie was one of seven children, but only she and her sister Eleonora survived to adulthood.
Maria is not a male-line descendant of Lorenzo the Magnificent but from Lorenzo the Elder, a branch of the Medici family referred to as the 'cadet' branch. She does descend from Lorenzo in the female-line however, through his daughter Lucrezia de' Medici. Nonetheless this 'cadet' branch produced every Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1537 to 1737, and the kings of France from Louis XIII in 1601 to Louis XVI in 1793.
She married Henry IV of France in October 1600 following the annulment of his marriage to Margaret of Valois. The wedding ceremony in Florence, Italy (to which Henry did not turn up, marrying her by proxy) was celebrated with 4,000 guests and lavish entertainments. She brought as part of her dowry 600,000 crowns. Her eldest son, the future King Louis XIII, was born at Fontainebleau the following year.
Maria was crowned Queen of France on 13 May 1610, a day before her husband's death. Hours after Henry's assassination, she was confirmed as regent by the Parliament of Paris. She immediately banished his mistress, Catherine Henriette de Balzac, from the court.
Her daughter, Henrietta Maria was queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. Henrietta Maria, in turn, was mother of two immediate successors, Charles II and James II.
Jay GT405/12/17 at 01:50wileyc: Interesting 
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1979A MANUEL AE HALF TETARTERON S-1979 DOC 22 CLBC 4.4.11 Imitation ?OBV 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 12.54mm
Weight 1.1gm
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.
DOC lists 27 examples with weights ranging from 1.10gm to 2.96 gm with sizes from 14mm to 18mm.
Simon04/21/17 at 02:01wileyc: nice, just saw this, do not see many monogram 57 c...
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AE weight (4 nomismata), marked with Golden color Chi-Rho #51,AE weight (4 nomismata), marked with Golden color Chi-Rho #51,
type: AE four-cornered weight, engraved square inside Christogram (Chi-Rho, marked with golden color), both side unredable symbols (hope Α-Ω ). In addition to the ich lines outside the 4 points (mean 4 nomismata ?).
size: 27x25x4mm,
weight: 17,83g, (4 nomismata, exactly 17.84g; 4x4,46 = 17.84g).
date: 6th-8th cent. A.D.,
ref: Not official, may be hommade,
distribution: Byzatine ?,
Q-051
"This is really a beautiful and rare weight. Congratulations!
From my point of view it is a nominal to 4 nomismata, exactly 17.83 g (4x4,46 = 17.84 g). Each side of the weight is separately punched with 4 points which means lettering for 4 nomismata.
Within the Christogram the letters Α-Ω are to be read. These were engraved faulty. No official weight, but a homemade version (see Simon Bendall). The Christogam was marked with golden color no gold inlay!
dated approx. 6th-8th cent. AD
similar weights were found in Bulgaria. by Basil, Thanks "
quadrans02/22/17 at 00:16wileyc: nice weight, never seen one attributed as homemade...
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AE weight, 1 Nomisma, dotted pattern both side, dotted cross left down, and dotted rosette (?) etc..#35AE weight, 1 Nomisma, dotted pattern both side, dotted cross left down, and dotted rosette (?) etc..#35
type: Byzantine AE weight, There is a coin weight to 1 Nomisma = 4 Scripula.
The lettering N with rosette = No is clearly Greek, cross with 4 points stylized 4 scripula.
size: 13x13x3mm,
weight: 3,95g,
date: 5th.-7th. centuries A.D.,
ref: ???
distribution: Byzantine,
Q-035quadrans02/22/17 at 00:14wileyc: nice, interesting rosette.
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Set of "Chip" like weight,Set of "Chip" like weight,
Q-001quadrans01/30/17 at 01:10wileyc: the circle with dots are Islamic "birds eye" weigh...
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Byzantine coin (AE-Follis, 40 Nummia), prepared to weight, measuring wight, 1 Nomisma ?Byzantine coin (AE-Follis, 40 Nummia), prepared to weight, measuring wight, 1 Nomisma ?
avers: Bust right,
revers: "M" and E below
exe: ,size: 13,6 x15,7x2,8mm, weight: 4,032, axis: h,
mint: , date: A.D., ref: ,
Q-001quadrans01/30/17 at 01:06wileyc: Nice example.
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Byzantine Empire: Tiberius II Constantine (578–582 CE) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch/Theoupolis (Sear-459; MIBE 61)Obv: Sear Monogram 18 of Tiberius II Constantine
Rev: Large Ч; cross above
Quant.Geek12/10/16 at 20:36wileyc: Very nice, well stuck and with excellent Monogram!
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Roman Republic, Q. Marcius Libo Denarius - Dioscuri Galloping (Syd 395)AR Denarius
Rome, 148 BC
3.65g
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma R, behind, LIBO and below chin, X
Rev: The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollox, galloping R below horses,
Q·MARC and ROMA in partial tablet.
Sydenham 395. Crawford215/1. RBW 915
ex. Elvira Clain Stefanelli (1914-2001) collection, curator of the National Numismatics Collection at the Smithsonian
Stacks 1979 LOT 1113
Bequeathed to James Madison University after Sawhill's death and sold again by Stacks.
Stacks March 5/6 1971 LOT 409 sold to John A. Sawhill (1892-1976) of James Madison University.
ex. Massachusetts Historical Society
ex. Adams Presidential Family Numismatic CollectionOptimo Principi11/30/16 at 01:32wileyc: yes, this one really caught my eye!
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SICILY, SYRACUSEca 409 BC
Time of Dionysius I (The Tyrant)
AE HEMILITRON 20 mm 7.07 g
O: Head of Athena, left, STRA before
R: Hippocamp, left
Syracuse
Calciata-34
(ex HJBerk)
laney11/06/16 at 23:59wileyc: lovely color, nice Hippocamp.
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BYZANTINE, Justinian I, Anonymous Half-Siliqua, Struck at Constantinople (c.530AD), Bendall Type 8cObverse: Helmeted and draped bust of Constantinople facing right.
Reverse: Large K in a pearl border.
S. Bendall made an attempt at the classification and chronology of these types. He accepted the general conclusion that the oldest issues, of very fine style, were struck during the inauguration of the new capital of the empire on May 11th, A.D.330. Bendall, having analyzed the changes in style, suggested that some issues were struck on the anniversaries of the founding of Constantinople in A.D.430 and A.D.530, and that other variants might have been issued during the reign of Justinian I to celebrate the reconquest of Italy.
Atelier : Constantinople (Istanbul en Turquie) - Ref : Bendall Type 8c - Sommer 7.109 (Maurice), Tolstoï 28, 612 - Rare
0,80 g / 13-15 mm - Etat presque Extremely Fine02/04/16 at 02:13wileyc: very nice>
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Commodus Sestertius Roma w/VictoryObv.
M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT
Radiate head right
Rev.
PM TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P
S C
Roma standing left holding Victory & sceptre
RIC 461
29mmancientdave02/03/16 at 03:05wileyc: nice example
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168 - Constantius II - AE3 - RIC VII Rome 236 AE3
Obv:– CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right
Rev:– CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT / • / V
Minted in Rome (//RS).
Reference:– RIC VII Rome 236 (C1)maridvnvm01/28/16 at 02:49wileyc: nice example with great portrait. great color refl...
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Normans in Sicily: William I (1154-1166) AR Ducale, Palermo (Spahr-94; MEC-290; MIR-435)Obv: IC XC; Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing
Rev: R DVX FI LI VS EIVS; King William, on right, and his son, Duke Roger, on left, both standing facing and holding a long patriarchal cross between them; the King also holds globus cruciger, while his son holds his sword by the hilt
This issue commemorates the investiture of William as King of Sicily and Roger as Duke of Puglia by Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear, the only Englishman to have occupied the papal throne)Quant.Geek01/24/16 at 02:56wileyc: wow, very nice coin.
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Byzantine Empire: Phocas (602-610) AE 40 Nummia, Constantinople Mint (Sear-640)Quant.Geek10/27/15 at 02:38wileyc: nice example example with great portrait.
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4 Glass pearls4 Glass pearls
Q-001quadrans08/18/15 at 09:43wileyc: Nice job with the photography.
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Sear 0808Heraclius (610 – 641 CE) Follis, weight 6.83g, diameter 27mm. Mint of Constantinople, third officina, struck in 625/6 [= regnal year X ζ].Abu Galyon12/29/14 at 02:02wileyc: nice!
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160 - Constantine the Great - AE3 - RIC VII Ticinum 087Obv:- IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX AVG, Laureate helmeted cuirassed bust right
Rev:- VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR over Altar. Star on Altar
Minted in Ticinum, (//ST). A.D. 319
Reference:- RIC VII Ticinum 87 (Rated R4)maridvnvm10/10/14 at 02:50wileyc: wow, very nice, Have never noted south a nose on C...
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Licinius IAE Follis, 21mm, 3.18g Siscia mint: 315-316.
Obv.:IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG; Laureate head right.
Reverse.: IOVI CON-SERVATORI; Jupiter standing facing, head left, nude but for chlamys across left shoulder, Victory on globe in right hand, scepter in left, eagle with wreath at feet to left; Γ in right field; • SIS • in exergue
Reference: RIC VII, 17.
Ex Harlan Berk, CICF Show, April 2013.John Anthony10/10/14 at 02:49wileyc: very nice.
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Roman Plate, Geometric Plate, Round Plate Fibula #124,Roman Plate, Geometric Plate, Round Plate Fibula #124,
type: Round Plate Fibulae, The surface is decorated with a series of small leaves (Niello inlaid disc brooch), with the central knob. Around the edge are eight small peripherial lugs. The hinge pin is missing.
size: 26x26mm, weight: 5,79g,
date: mid and late 1st. centuries A.D., Claudian - Flavian, c. A.D. 30/40-60/80
ref: Riha 7.2.1; Ettlinger 39; Feugere 24a; Genceva 25b, Hattatt 1007 ???.,
distribution: Western Empire, especially Gaul (?),
Q-124
"It is made of a stamped bronze disc. The disc is silvered. Then the design, usually leaves/vines, is filled in with niello - a cu/ar/pb sulphide paste. This gives a black-on-silver design which was stunning when new."quadrans04/05/14 at 02:30wileyc: interesting, I have not seen many of these!
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Valentinian II Valentinian II AE4 D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, Pearl-Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.VOT X MVLT XX. ALE[B?] in wreath, in ex Alexandria RIC?Randygeki(h2)03/30/14 at 03:17wileyc: I like this reverse
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Roman Macedonian TetradrachmA Roman Macedonian Tetradrachm, minted at a Roman provincial or military mint between 148-80 BC. 30.4 mm, 16.667 g.
Obverse: head of Dionysos right, wearing taenia and wreathed in ivy and grapes
Reverse: HRAKLEOUS SWTHROS QASIWN, Herakles standing half left, nude but for Nemean lion's skin on left arm, resting right hand on grounded club before him, left on hip, MH monogram inner left
Attribution: Prokopov Thasos, group XIX, monogram 6, 1802 (O GB2 / R 1422); SNG Cop 1040 ff.chuy153002/22/14 at 03:45wileyc: Very nice bust on obverse!
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BCC BW13Islamic Weight
Caesarea Maritima
Bronze - 10 Dirham
Obv: Incuse circle with four punch-marks
creating a flower? design, surrounding a
crescent moon, and inlaid with gold leaf.
Rev: Three incuse concentric circles.
AE Barrel shape: Dia.: 19.25mm.
Ht.:13.5mm. Weight: 29.58gm.
Extremely rare.
cf. Holland, "Weights and Weight-Like
Objects from Caesarea Maritima" #115
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome02/01/14 at 03:12wileyc: nice! wonderful detail
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Knightia EocaenaThe Knightia Eocaena is an extinct species of fresh water schooling fish that swam during the Eocene epoch (56 to 33.9 million years ago) in North America. They are similar to herrings. Since they are schooling fish, there are tons of them and are one of the more common fish fossils that are found. This particular specimen was from the Great River Formation in Wyoming. Note that the Knightia Eocaena is the state fossil of Wyoming.Quant.Geek12/09/13 at 02:08wileyc: nice example
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Bulgaria, Second Empire: Mihail Asen III Šišman (1323–1330) Æ Trachy, Veliko Turnovo (Raduchev & Zhekov 1.11.16; Youroukova & Penchev 68; Dobrinić & Dimnik 8.2.3; Dochev 1890-1910)Obv: Cross with suppendaneum; IC XC in upper quarters, stars in lower quarters
Rev: Šišman tamgha; stars and dots flanking base
Dim: 19mm, 1.67 g, 6h
This particular retrograde IC XC variation and dot placement between tamgha is not present in Dochev. Quant.Geek12/05/13 at 02:37wileyc: nice example
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus CN MAG
Lead sling shot reportedly from the battle of Munda.
Found in Estepa, Spain
74.19g
49x28mm
The Battle of Munda took place on March 17, 45 BC in the plains of Munda, which is in modern southern Spain. This was the last great battle of Julius Caesar's civil war against the republican armies. After this victory, and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey's oldest son), Caesar was free to return to Rome and govern as dictator. Tens of thousands of Romans died at Munda. About one month after defeat, Gnaeus was captured and executed. His brother Sextus survived to initiate another rebellion, on Sicily, where he was finally defeated by Marcus Agrippa and executed in Asia in 35 BC by Mark Antony, ten years after Munda.
Eitan Hirsch, a ballistics expert with the Israeli Defense Forces calculated that an expert slinger could hit a target from 35 meters away. According to his calculations a projectile could be hurled at a velocity of 34 meters per second. Equivalent to a modern day handgun.Jay GT412/04/13 at 22:59wileyc: interesting piece.
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1) The Caesarians: ClodiusP. Clodius M.f. Turrinus
42 B.C. AR denarius (19.4 mm, 3.51 g, 2 h). Rome.
Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre behind / ·M·F·, P·CLODIVS, Diana Lucifera standing right, holding two long torches.
Crawford 494/23; CRI 184; Sydenham 1117; RSC 15. gFine.
Ex Agora Auctions #1 - Nov 2013Sosius11/26/13 at 16:54wileyc: nice toning, really classic looking piece.
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Sear 1813Anonymous Class A2 follis, weight 14.39g, diameter 33mm. Type 5 ornamentation, one of the putative ‘central Greek’ varieties, which appear frequently among the Athens and Corinth finds.Abu Galyon11/26/13 at 16:52wileyc: nice firm strike, great condition of flan.
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Kingdom of JERUSALEM. Amaury, 1163-1174 AD. AR Denier .Kingdom of JERUSALEM. Amaury, 1163-1174 AD. AR Denier .
obverse : AMALRICVS REX, cross pattée, annulets in upper right and lower left quarters;
reverse : + DE IERVSALEM, Church of the Holy Sepulchre
CCS 25-31Vladislav D11/20/13 at 04:00wileyc: very nice.
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160 Crispusobv: DN FL IVL CRISPVS NOB C laur. drp. cuir. bust r. holding scepter and mappa
rev: PROVIDEN_TIAE CAESS campgate with three turrents no star
ex: .SMHrhill13210/27/13 at 02:30wileyc: Nicely done photos, nice coin
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Byzantine Lead Seal, IVSTINIANVS-I, (527-565 A.D.), Pb Imperial Seal (Zacos–Veglery 3a, BZS.1958.106.563), #01Byzantine Lead Seal, IVSTINIANVS-I, (527-565 A.D.), Pb Imperial Seal (Zacos–Veglery 3a, BZS.1958.106.563), #01
avers: - D N IVSTINI ANVS PP AVG - (Dominus noster Iustinianus perpetuus augustus (Our lord Justinian, eternal augustus)), Nimbate, beardless bust of Justinian I, facing forward, wearing both a helmet with diadem, trefoil ornament, and pendilia, and a chlamys. A circular inscription beginning at left. Border of dots.
revers:- Winged Victory advancing, wearing a long chiton and holding a victory wreath in each hand. A small byzatian cross visible at left and right. No epigraphy. Border of dots.
diameter: 17-19,5 mm,
weight: 5,49 g,
mint:
date:
ref:Zacos–Veglery 3a, BZS.1958.106.563
Q-001
quadrans11/12/12 at 19:45wileyc: very nice.
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE -- Basil IBYZANTINE EMPIRE -- Basil I (867-886 AD) AE 17 mm Cherson Mint. Large B on exergual line / Cross floriate on two steps, dot on each side. SB 1719; DO 20.dpaul710/06/12 at 02:40wileyc: very nice!
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Sear 1512 - Miliaresion - 720-741 AD - Constantinople mintEmperor: Leo III (the Isaurian) (r. 717-741 AD)
Date: 720-741 AD
Condition: aVF
Denomination: Miliaresion
Obverse:       -    
Cross potent on base and three steps, in a triple border of dots.
Reverse:    ///  / in a triple border of dots.
Constantinople mint
DO 22c; Sear 1512
1.86g; 20.6mm; 345°Pep06/10/12 at 23:49wileyc: nice toning, great example and character.
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AUGUSTUSAR denarius. Lugdunum 15 BC. 3,80 grs. 5h. Bare head right. AVGVSTVS DIVI F / Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, standing left, holding plectrum in right hand and and lyre in left. IMP X. In exergue ACT.
RIC 171a. RSC 144.
Ex NAC 15 . Lot 266benito06/04/12 at 22:00wileyc: very nice.
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Maximianus Siscia XXIBKOY RIC 580 varMaximian, Antoninianus, Siscia, 289 - 290 AD, RIC 580 var. (not in RIC)
OBV: IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate & cuirassed bust right
REV: CONSERVATOR AVG, Emperor, holding sceptre, and Hercules,
leaning on club, standing face to face, sacrificing at altar, XXIBKOY in exergue
This mintmark is unlisted in RIC. RIC V Siscia, 580, rated scarce
From Doug Smith's website:
Issued before the currency reform of c.294 AD, this Siscia mint antoninianus of Maximianus I bears, in exergue, the XXI followed by an even stranger code sequence.
The mint was divided into only three workshops using Greek numerals A, B and (here) G. To the right of G is LI. Conveniently, dots separate the sections of the mark.
To make sense of this marking, one must find an example from workshops A and B. These coins read XXIAHP and XXIBKOY.
Combining the fragments in officina order gives HPKOYLI or the Greek letter spelling of the Roman name Hercules. This is our code word.
A matching series by Diocletian used I+O+BI or the Greek letter spelling of Jupiter (IOVI not Zeus!).
SRukke05/21/12 at 02:55wileyc: Interesting coin, remarkably nice strike.
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Manuel I Comnenus, Constantinople, Billon Aspron Trachy Obv. IC-XC to left and right of Christ bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back, holds Gospels in left hand. Dot in each limb of nimbus cross. No stars
Rev. MANUHL DECP, Manuel on the left, holding labarum and cross on globe, being crowned by Mary, both standing facing; M between their heads. One jewel on emperor's loros between waist and collar piece. Loros waist has 5 pellets in diagonal cross. Collar has 3 jewels.Skyler05/02/12 at 18:25wileyc: nice.
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Side image of the cabinet I constructed for my coins, showing two of the trays.
www.CabinetsByCraig.net
cmcdon092302/15/12 at 22:34wileyc: I agree.
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Roman Empire, MAGNENTIUSAE centenionalis. Arelate, 350-351 AD. 4.84 grs. Bare-headed,draped and cuirassed bust rigtht. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG. A behind. / Magnentius on horseback galloping right,spearing enemy,broken spear and shield below horse. Star above. GLORIA ROMANORVM In exergue SAR.
Not in RIC,Cohen,BMC.benito01/14/12 at 16:15wileyc: That is quite the coin!
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John II, Trachy 1118-1143 A.D.Thessalonica mint, Variation A
Obverse: Bust of Christ facing on footstool wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium.
Reverse: IWAECIIOT T II(theta)VPgammaNT or similar, John standing facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding cruciform sceptre and bar on shaft with additional bar. Dk0311USMC01/08/12 at 16:28wileyc: John II SB 1944 Variation A (with additional bar o...
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Heraclius Gold Solidus SB 749Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine, Gold solidus, Constantinople, 7th officina, 610 - 641, 20mm, 4.34g, 6h, Struck 629-632 DOC 26g var., (Z not retrograde), MIB 29, SB 749
20mm, 4.34g, 6h, Struck 629-632 DOC 26g var., (Z not retrograde), MIB 29, SB 749
OBV: ddNNhERACLIYSEThERACONSPPA, Crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, cross above
REV: VICTORIA-AVGUZ, Cross potent set on three steps; retrograde Z//CONOB
EX: CNG ESALE 270, Lot 364SRukke12/19/11 at 03:21wileyc: Very nice bust of Heraclius.
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Constantine IIConstantine II - Sisicia Mint - Officina 5 - AE3 Follis - RIC VII 194
O: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head right
R: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, campgate with 10 layers and pellets in upper row, 2 turrets, star above, εSIS double crescent in exergue
3.1g, 18.4mm, 0 degree die axis, 325ADBiancasDad12/11/11 at 03:42wileyc: very nice!
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Sear 1262 - Half Follis - 687-688 AD (Year 3) - Constantinople mint - 3rd officinaEmperor: Justinian II (First Reign: 685-695 AD)
Date: 687-688 AD (Year 3)
Condition: VF
Denomination: Half Follis
Obverse: No legend
Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger; in field to right, cross.
Reverse: Large " "; Above, cross; To left, / //; To right, ; Beneath,  .
Constantinople mint, third officina
Sear 1262
3.71g; 25.2mm; 15°Pep12/10/11 at 02:39wileyc: interesting coin, remarkably nice strike.
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BCC 5Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Amalricus Rex 1162-1174 CE
Rev: [D]E IER[VSALEM+]
Octastyle temple (Dome of the Rock)
10mm approx 0.9 g.
I have seen fragments with the same reverse
issued by his brother, Baldwin III 1144-1162 CE.
(or perhaps his son Baldwin IV)
I think all of these are extremely rare.v-drome12/06/11 at 02:49wileyc: interesting, I have not seen many of these!
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Civil War Era LetterI have copied the letter verbatim, so the misspellings are as they were originally written. I got this letter from an abandoned farmhouse in Kansas that belonged to my paternal grandfather's father. No one I asked was able to give me information as to who these people were. Perhaps they are related to me, but I have yet to corroborate this. The letter was in the original envelope.
Treasurer’s Office, Wood County, Ohio
Perrysburg, March 12, 1864
Cousin Dwight,
Dear Sir
I have expressed you this day
at New Haven one hundred and
Twenty five dollars to apply
on Charles Smiths note.
He would like to hold the
balance for another year, should
it suit you, We have been very
much afflickted for the past
three weeks, three of our children
having the Scarlet fever, in its worst
form. The two babies two and a ½
years old, and your name sake
Dwight who is five and a ½ years old.
Two of them are much better (Dwight
and Mary) Howard we have but
little hope of at this time, he is
very sick. You will please acknowle(dge)
the amount received and Ably yours
John A. NorsterNoah11/24/11 at 04:11wileyc: wow, that's pretty neat Noah, glad you saved i...
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BYZANTINE, Romanus IV, AE Follis, 1068-1071 AD, Romanus IV Diogenes, AE Follis, 1068-1071, Constantinople. doublestruck
IC-XC over NI-KA to left and right of bust of Christ facing, dotted cross behind head, holding book of Gospels with both hands
C-R P-Delta in the four angles of a cross with globe and two dots at each extremity, X in the centre.
Ref Sear: 186610/20/11 at 15:42wileyc: nice obverse
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Sear 0849Heraclius (610 – 641 CE) Follis, weight 5.7g, diameter 24mm. Mint in Cyprus, officina Γ, struck in regnal year 17 ( [X] / U / I I = 626/7 CE). This example has a Heraclian monogram (monogram 23) in place of the normal cross above the large M.
The Cyprus mint, presumably located at Constantia (Salamis), was active between 626 and 629, very possibly as a military mint to serve the army Heraclius was gathering to dislodge the Persians from the Levant. Coins struck at this mint are found much more frequently in Syria and Palestine than on the island of Cyprus, which suggests that the bulk of the coinage was transferred with the troops after the Persian withdrawal and Byzantine reoccupation in 629.
Abu Galyon10/13/11 at 12:59wileyc: Interesting comment, the robes have a nice flow, a...
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Sear 0991 - Hexagram - 647-651 AD - Constantinople mintEmperor: Constans II (r. 641-668 AD)
Date: 647-651 AD
Condition: VF/Fine
Denomination: Hexagram
Obverse: ] - [
Bust facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet. In right hand, globus cruciger.
Reverse:    
Cross potent on base above globe and three steps.
Constantinople mint
DO 50; Sear 991
6.41g; 26.4mm; 180°Pep09/23/11 at 03:19wileyc: very nice pep!
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KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR TetradrachmKINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.79 g, 12h). Abydos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; griffin head to outer left, monogram to inner left. Thompson 70; Müller 126. Near VF, lightly toned, a few minor scratches.
Ex CNG Auction 264 Lot 19Philoromaos09/21/11 at 22:02wileyc: I agree, the reverse has very lovely sense of styl...
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Trajan Denarius - Trajan's Column (RIC II 356)AR Denarius
Rome 113-117AD
3.33g
Obv: Laureate draped bust of Trajan (R)
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AUG GER DAC
Rev: TRAJAN'S COLUMN surmounted by statue of Trajan and two eagles at base.
PM TRPCOS VI PP SPQR
Trajan's Column commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. Completed in 113 CE, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, that artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern. The structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in height, 35 metres (125 ft) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of ca. 34 m.
RIC II 356 RSC 284Optimo Principi09/14/11 at 21:08wileyc: I enjoy reading your info, nice coin, great histor...
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Roman Glass AmuletDate: Circa 2nd-3rd century AD
Size: 16 mm
This tear drop shaped glass amulet has a lovely blue color. "It is even sweeter since I gave it to my wife on this nice silver chain!"Noah08/26/11 at 02:12wileyc: very nice color!
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Sear 1007 - Follis - 654-655 AD (Year 14) - Constantinople mint - 5th officinaEmperor: Constans II (r. 641-668 AD)
Date: 654-655 AD (Year 14)
Condition: Fine/aVF
Denomination: Follis
Obverse: ]  [ ]
Constans standing, facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In right hand, long cross; in left, globus cruciger.
Reverse: Large " "; To left, //; To right, /// ; Above, star; Beneath, .
Exergue:
Constantinople mint, fifth officina
Sear 1007
3.53g; 22.6mm; 225°Pep07/31/11 at 14:55wileyc: nice example
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Sear 1110Constans II (641 – 668 CE) Follis, weight 4.7g, diameter 22mm. Mint of Syracuse. Abu Galyon07/22/11 at 04:05wileyc: interesting squared beard
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Roman Empire, Licinius I, FollisFollis de Licinius, Héraclée, 313/314 – RIC.6 (R3).
Avers: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG buste lauré à droite.
Revers: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG Jupiter nu debout à gauche tenant une victoire sur un globe et un sceptre long ; à ses pieds à gauche un aigle tient une couronne dans son bec, B dans le champ, SMHT à l’exergue.06/22/11 at 22:28wileyc: nice silvering, and condition!
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Marcus Aurelius River GodMarcus Aurelius, Pautalia; Thrace, 147 – 161 AD, 24.06mm, 9.65g, Ruzicka Pautalia 24-5
OBV: Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΟΥΗΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ, bare headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
REV: ΟΥΛΠΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑΣ, river god (Strymon, bearded) reclining, l., holding ears of corn (or branch) and long reed
(some specs with rudder?); resting on rock; next to rock, water-urn
SRukke05/15/11 at 03:47wileyc: something about this coin is quite nice, I think t...
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Kings of Aksum, Ezanas (Struck after his conversion to Christianity in 330 A.D.), BMC Aksum 90Kings of Aksum, Ezanas (Struck after his conversion to Christianity in 330 A.D.) c 330-350 A.D. AE, 0.60g 12mm, Munro-Hay 52; BMC Aksum 90
O: BACI ΛEΨC, draped bust right wearing headcloth
R: +TOV TO APECH TH XWPA (May This [the cross] Please the Country), small cross in circle (generally the interiors of the circle and cross were gilt with gold, but none is evident on this example)
Aksum was the first civilization anywhere to use the cross of Christ on its coins (Pankhurst 27), even before the Romans. King Ezana (also known as Abreha) was the first to do so around 330 CE (Pankhurst 27). Ezana became king sometime between 320-325 CE and as a child, he and his court, were converted to Christianity by Frumentius (Prouty and Rosenfeld 65). Ezana began to use the coins as propaganda to spread his religion by replacing the crescent symbols with the cross. Later rulers from late 4th and 5th centuries incorporated on the coins phrases such as ‘By the grace of God’ and ‘Christ is with us (Munro-Ray 190-2).’
The establishment of Christianity in Aksum saw the beginning of an active pilgrimage traffic between Ethiopia and the Holy Land. Pilgrims traveled down the Nile valley and then across to Palestine and Jerusalem. The pilgrims of course brought their coins with them, and the overt Christian symbolism appealed to the local communities through which they passed. As a result, Axumite bronze coins and local imitations of them saw considerable circulation in Egypt and Palestine. They have been found at numerous 4th to 6th century sites, circulating alongside the regular Roman and Byzantine nummi. A settlement of Coptic Ethiopian monks remains in Jerusalem to this day, their main shrine being on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre church, the only location permitted them by the more numerous Christian sects.
Aksum is the purported home of the Ark of the Covenant. According to regional tradition, the Ark is housed in the Church of Mary of Zion. The Ark, according to legends, was brought to Aksum by King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba's son and placed under guard. No one but the one guard priest is allowed in, and thus no one can verify the Ark's existence. According to the Kebra Nagast, when Menelik, came to visit his father in Jerusalem, his father gave him a copy of the Ark, and commanded the first-born sons of the elders of his kingdom to go to Ethiopia and settle there. The sons of the elders did not want to live away from the presence of the Ark, so they switched the copy with the original and smuggled the Ark out of the country. Menelik only learned that the original was with his group during the journey home.
casata137ec05/04/11 at 22:36wileyc: I like your write up! I was not familiar with this...
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Sear 1109 - Follis - 654-659 AD - Syracuse mintEmperor: Constans II (r. 641-668 AD)
Date: 654-659 AD
Condition: aEF
Denomination: Follis
Obverse: No legend
To left, Constans standing, facing, with long beard, wearing cuirass and crown with cross. In right hand, long staff; left hand on hip. To right, Constantine, standing, facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In right hand, globus cruciger.
Reverse: Large ""; Above, 
Exergue:
Syracuse mint
DO 180; Sear 1109
4.18g; 23.9mm; 165°Pep02/04/11 at 01:40wileyc: Nice example of Constans long beard.
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