GREECE/Lucania; Paestum Second Punic War BCE 218-201

 AE Sextans; 16 mm, 3.81 g

Sear Greek I, 633 

Lindgren III 291

Crawford CMRR p. 71ff.

O: hd of Demeter r. 

R: forepart of boar, two pellets below and ΠAIS

Ex: W. Esty

Ruins at Paestum courtesy of Wikipedia

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos IX BCE 114-95

 AE 19 mm, 6.31 g, Antioch mint, SE 200=BCE 113-112

SC 2364.2g

O: diad hd of Antiochos IX r, with short curly beard, one diad end waving up behind, the other falling forward over shoulder, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ on l., winged thunderbolt placed vertically.

Σ = SE 200 on inner left

On outer left:

Controls: N with line above.

Symbol: star

Ex: Ephesus (Paul Landsberg)

ISLAMIC/Syria; Arab Byzantine Hims c. 670-690 CE Two examples

 AE Fals; 18 mm, 3.99 g, 7h Hims (Emesa) mint.

Album 3524

Wilkes 133

O: facing bust. To right بحمص to left KAΛON

R: Cursive M dividing EMI on left and CHC on right and طيب in exergue.

AE Fals; 22 mm, 4.3 g, 6h, Hims (Emesa) mint.

Album 3524

Wilkes 133

O: facing bust. To right بحمص to left KAΛON

R: Cursive M dividing EMI on left and CHC on right and طيب in exergue.

GREEK/Seleucid; Alexander II Zabinas BCE 128-122

 AE 18 mm, 6.31 g, Antioch mint BCE 129/8 (SE 184)

SC 2229.1 variety

O: diademed hd of Alexander II r. diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on the r., AΛΕΞANΔPOY on l., young Dionysus stg., l., holding cantharus and thyrsus.

Date; inner left reading downward: ΔΠP

Control IΣI to outer left with any symbols off flan.

UK Polymer Currency 2014-2022

 Five Pounds signed by Victoria Cleland 2014-2018, depicting Churchill

Ten Pounds signed by Victoria Cleland 2014-2018, depicting Jane Austen

Twenty Pounds signed by Sarah John 2018-present, depicting J.M.W. Turner

ROMAN EGYPT/Salonina CE 253-268

Potin Tetradrachm; 9.91 g, 21-22 mm, Alexandria mint, RY 4= CE 256/7

Köln 2961

RPC X Online 75346 (this coin illustrated)

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/472296

Emmett –n/a

Curtis 1542 (this coin)

Dattari 5307

BMC 2259

Milne 3934

Demetrio 3122

RCV 10698

O: draped bust r wearing stephane; KOPNEΛIA CAΛωNEINA CEB

R: Nike adv r with wreath L to the outer left field and Δ to outer right field

EX: Musa Numismatic Art/Glen Lindwall (CA)

EX: CNG 556 (21 Feb 2024) lot 412

Ex: Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection purchased from CNG 8 March 1991

Ex: Hans M. F. Schulman Auction 17 June 1958, portion of lot 504 from the Curtis Collection

Ex: Col. James W. Curtis Collection, 1542 

 

ROMAN PROVINCIAL/Pisidia; Antioch; Julia Domna CE 193-217

 AE 22 mm, 5.69 g, 6h, c. CE 205

SNG Paris 1134

RPC 74362 (3 examples noted with this coin illustrating type)

O: draped bust r, IVLIA AV-GVSTI

R: Mên stg facing hd to the right, left foot on bucranium, chicken at rt foot and holding nike, COL MEN ANTIOC

Ex: FSR

Ex: Eid Mar Auctions (Germany) 1 lot 262 (16 December 2023)

ROMAN PROVINCIAL/Pisidia, Antioch; Caracalla CE 198-217

 AE 22 mm, 5.62 g, 12h, c. CE 205

SNG Von Aulock 4934

RPC 74368

O: laur draped and cuirassed bust r, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG

R: Genius stg facing hd l, holding cornucopia, ANTIOCH G-EN COL CA

Ex: FSR

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ENGLAND/Plantagenet; Edward III CE 1327-1377

 AR Penny, 18 mm, 1.04 g, London mint c. CE 1356

SCBC 1587

N 1176

Fourth coinage, Series F, i.m. coronet

O: facing crowned portrait of king, EDWARDVS REX ANGLI

R: Long cross, three pellets in each angle, CIVITAS LONDON

Ex: Aegean

Ex: Pegasi (-2020) SKU 9720966

ROMAN PROVINCIAL/Cilicia; Tarsos; Salonina CE 253-268

 AE 30.2 mm, 13.5 g, Tarsos' third neokoria was granted during the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus so this piece dates to sometime between CE 253-260. The third neokoria is referred to by lower right gamma of the two gammas in the right field. 

SNG France 2 Cilicie 1837

SNG Levante 1198 (plate 80)

RPC unassigned ID 60634 (12 specimens) [this coin illustrated in text cf. Bay Numismatics reference]

O: KOPNHLIAN CA-ΛΩNINAN CE, bust of empress r on a crescent, surrounded by oak wreath

R: TAPCOV M-HTPOΠOΛC ΩC in left field AMK and right field Γ Γ, Cybele std r, feet between two lions. 

from RPC online: 

Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate)

Ex: W. Esty

Ex: N & N London Online Auction 50 (29.06. 2024) lot 362

Ex: Bay Numismatics (Rotterdam, NL) EA 2, (11 April 2024) lot 285  

appears to be same coin as that Auctioned by Solidus EA 9, 8 Oct. 2016, lot 353 except for the weight which could be an error. 

ROMAN/Theodosius II CE 402-450

 AE 17-16 mm, 2.3 g, Antioch mint c. CE 402-403

RIC X 100 variety

Esty Type 47

O: facing bust helmeted cuir with shield and spear lg cross on shield DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG

R: Constantinopolis std holding victory facing left with rt foot on prow CONCORDI-A AVGG/in ex ANTI

Ex: W. Esty

ROMAN/Constantius I, as Caesar issued by Domitius Domitianus c. CE 296-297

 AE Follis, 9,94 g, 25-24 mm, Alexandria mint.

RIC VI Alexandria 21a

RCV 14073

O: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laur bust r

R: Genius standing l, eagle at feet to the left  A in the right field, GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI in ex ALE

Ex: W. Esty

Ex: Demeter Coins 6 (14 April 2024) lot 704

ROMAN/Aelia Eudoxia CE 400-404

 AE Centenionalis; 16 mm, 1.94 g, Antioch mint CE 402-404

RCV 20895

O: diad draped bust right, AEL EVDO-XIA AVG

R: Victory stg r inscribing a chi-rho on a shield set on a cippus, SALVS REI-PVBLICAE in ex ANTΓ

ex: W. Esty

Japan/Tokugawa Shogunate period 1600-1868

AE Kanei Tsuho, 23 mm, 2.37 g. 

Hartill 4.144

Reverse: plain

Jumantsubo, Fukagawa, Musashi  CE 1736-1739

 

ROMAN/Maximianus CE 286-310 abdication issue

AE Half Follis, 19.6 - 18.7 mm. 2.62 g,  c. CE 306, Alexandria mint

RIC 87b

RCV 13419

O: laur draped bust r, DN MAXIMIANO FELISSIM

R:  Providentia and Quies stg facing each other holding branch, A in lower field between, PROVIDENTIA DEORVM in ex ALE

 

Ex: W. Esty

AUSTRIA/County of Tyrol/Leopold V 1626-1632

 AR 10 Kreuzer 28 mm, 3.85 g, mint of Hall in Austrian Tyrol 1632

KM 589

MT 479

O: Armored portrait of Leopold V. of Habsburg, value below, date in front of the bust.  LEOPOLDVS D G ARC D AVSTRI (10) in right field 1632

R: Crowned coat-of-arms with Hungary, Bohemia, Austria and Tyrol, at bottom ancient Austria, surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. DVX BVRGVND COMES TYROL

ROMAN/Honorius CE 393-423

 AE 4   11 mm, 0.92 g, 6h, Roma mint c. CE 410-423

RCV 21048

O:  diad drap bust r [DN]HONOR[IVS PF AVG]

R: Victory adv l holding wreath and palm, P in field [VICTORIA AVGG] in ex [RM].

ex: W. Esty