FRANCE/ Napoleon I 1804-1815

AR 5 Francs, Bayonne mint, 1813, Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, General Coin Engraver Paris (1803-1815) and Pierre-Boniface Darripe, Mint Master Bayonne (1810-1828).

KM 694.9 mintage 1,161,000

O: laur bust r NAPOLEON EMPEREUR

R: 5 Francs within wreath EMPIRE FRANÇAIS around, 1813 below and L to lower right.

Views of Bayonne:

View of the Nive 1990

Facade of the Cathedral showing that the statuary was robbed out during the French Revolution as was common practice at that time. 

a stroll along the old city walls

the cathedral cloisters

all taken in Bayonne, 1990. 

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius III BCE 97/6-88/7

 Æ 19 mm, 6.81g Damascus mint. c. BCE 95-94

SC 2454.5

SNG Spaer 2836

 O: Radiate diad. bust r.

R: BACΙΛΕΩC ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΘΕΟV on rt., ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟC CΩΤHPOC, on left. Nike walking r holding wreath and palm branch. dotted border. NI above ΦΙ on outer left field.

In ex. monogram on rt, not visible, and date not fully visible on this piece. Though much nicer reverse than the example acquired in 2008.

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius II Nikator (First Reign) BCE 146-138

 AE24, 10.55 g, 24mm, Antioch mint, BCE 145-144

 SC 1912.1d

 O: laur. Hd of Zeus r. dotted border.

 R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMHTPIOY in two lines on the r., ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦOY NIKATOPOΣ in three lines on l., Apollo std l on omphalos, controls in ex.