20101221

Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus VI Epiphanes Dionysos BCE 144-142/1

AE 17 mm serratus, 4.22 g, perhaps Ptolemaïs Ake mint

SC 2024, SNG Spaer 1785

O: rad and diad., hd r. diad ends waving up behind behind, dotted border. 

R: [BA]ΣIΛΕΩΣ/ ANTIOXOY in two lines on the r.,  EΠΙΦANOYΣ/ ΔIONYΣOY in two lines on the l., Nike stg l crowing epithet

20101214

Roman Empire/Constantine II, as Caesar CE 317-337

AE 3 18mm, 2.25 g Constantinople mint ca. CE 330-335


RIC VII 60 (R4)

O: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C. Laureate bust right

R: GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS Two helmeted soldiers facing, heads turned towards each other; each holds an inverted spear and rests on a shield; between them,two standards. CONSI in ex.

EX: John F. Lhotka Collection (1921-1993)

EX: American Numismatic Society Collection Duplicate

20101211

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius I Soter BCE 162-150

AE 15 mm, 2.21g, Tyre mint SE 160=BCE 152/1
SC 1676.4, SNG Spaer 1337-1342v
O : diad hd of Demetrius r., one diadem end flying up behind, the other falling straight behind, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ ΔHMH]TPIOY around, palm tree
Date above stern: Ξ-Ρ

Controls: none

20101203

Greek/Seleucid; Antiochus VII Sidetes BCE 138-129




AR Drachm, 17mm,  3.94 g, Uncertain Mint 101, in Syria, N. Mesopotamia or Cilicia

SC 2078.2, HSC 1080c (R2)

O: diad. Hd of king r.

R: Nike adv. L holding wreath and palm branch. Monogrammatic HP on lower left presumably above o/c Δ. BAΣIΛΕΩΣ  ANTIOXOY in two lines on right, EYEPΓETO[Y] on left