AE 14 mm, -- g, --h, Antioch mint, BCE 113-112
SC 2365 var
O: hd of bearded Herakles r. in lion skin headress, dotted border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ANTIOX[OY] in two lines on r., ΦΙΛΟΠAT on l., club.
20130316
Greek/Seleucid; Antiochus IX Philopator BCE 114/3-95
AE 14 mm, -- g, --h, Antioch mint, BCE 113-112
SC 2365 var
O: hd of bearded Herakles r. in lion skin headress, dotted border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ANTIOX[OY] in two lines on r., ΦΙΛΟΠAT on l., club.
20130308
Cappadocian Tetradrachms in the name of Antiochus VII
An RNS offprint of the famous Lorber/Houghton/Vesely article from NC166:
http://www.royalnumismaticsociety.org/NC_Offprints/NC166/NC166_07_Lorber_Houghton_Vesely.pdf
http://www.royalnumismaticsociety.org/NC_Offprints/NC166/NC166_07_Lorber_Houghton_Vesely.pdf
20121026
Greek/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-144
AE 20 mm Serratus, 8.04g,
Antioch
SC 1793.4, CSE 195, HSC 900 (R1-2)
O: Diademed hd of Alexander I r, dotted border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ on l. Athena stg l holding Nike and grounded shield, spear behind.
SC 1793.4, CSE 195, HSC 900 (R1-2)
O: Diademed hd of Alexander I r, dotted border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ on l. Athena stg l holding Nike and grounded shield, spear behind.
Controls inner left monogram K above star and Δ
Anglo-Saxon England/Northumbria; Eanred CE 810-841
North 186; SCBC 860.
O: + EANRED REX, short cross pattée
R: + HVAETRE[D], short cross pattée.
England; Plantagenet/Richard II CE 1377-1399
Halfpenny, intermediate style, London Mint, facing crowned bust within circle, rev. long cross pattee, trefoils of pellets in angles, g., S.1699
GREECE/Seleucid; Antiochus VIII Grypus BCE 121/0-96
AR
Tetradrachm, 30.43 mm, 16.47 g, Sidon
SC 2330.2, SNG Spaer 2577-78, HSC 1197g (R2), BMC 8,
Babelon 1387-8
O: diad hd r, diad ends falling straight behind, fillet border.
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on rt EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ on left, Zeus Uranios standing left, crescent above head, holding scepter in left hand, star above extended right hand, slightly double struck. Mintmark on outer left ΣΙΔΩ/IEP/AΣ, above control with date in ex.
O: diad hd r, diad ends falling straight behind, fillet border.
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on rt EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ on left, Zeus Uranios standing left, crescent above head, holding scepter in left hand, star above extended right hand, slightly double struck. Mintmark on outer left ΣΙΔΩ/IEP/AΣ, above control with date in ex.
Pennies from the Collection of Andrew Wayne
From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 69 (15 March 2006), lot 1343 (part of).
Ex CNG EA 279:889 (16-05-12)
PLANTAGENET. Edward II. 1307-1327. AR Penny (19mm,
1.34 g, 1h). Class XIa1. London
mint. Struck circa late 1310-circa 1314. Crowned facing bust / Long cross
pattée, with three pellets in angles. SCBI 39 (North), 768-71; North 1060/1;
SCBC 1455.
From the Andrew Wayne
Collection (purchased privately from Mike Vosper, August 1997).
Ex CNG EA 279:950 (16-05-12)
20120710
20120708
Archaeologists Uncover Gold Treasure Near Herzliya (Israel)
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/157609#.T_nIpGukd8E
I first visited Apollonia/Arsuf , 25 years ago and remember picking up small shards of polished emerald green glass in the surf that proved to be waste products from a Byzantine glass factory active in the 5th-8th centuries CE (or thereabouts). Also, climbing on the Crusader era breakers in the surf was fun as well. It would've been nice finding 101 gold coins, but better the archaeologists found it. I've been back to this beach area a few times since and hope that the Mosque of Sidna 'Ali is undergoing preservation work as well.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/10/gold-coins-from-time-crusades-found-in-israeli-ruins/?intcmp=features update with great pix of the hoard and hoard in situ despite the numerous typos and the fact that it hails from Faux News. The pix are the best part.
I first visited Apollonia/Arsuf , 25 years ago and remember picking up small shards of polished emerald green glass in the surf that proved to be waste products from a Byzantine glass factory active in the 5th-8th centuries CE (or thereabouts). Also, climbing on the Crusader era breakers in the surf was fun as well. It would've been nice finding 101 gold coins, but better the archaeologists found it. I've been back to this beach area a few times since and hope that the Mosque of Sidna 'Ali is undergoing preservation work as well.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/07/10/gold-coins-from-time-crusades-found-in-israeli-ruins/?intcmp=features update with great pix of the hoard and hoard in situ despite the numerous typos and the fact that it hails from Faux News. The pix are the best part.
20120626
20120613
England; Henry III CE 1216-1272
AR Penny, 1.48 g, IIIb, Moneyer: Willem Mint: Oxford, c. CE 1248-1250
North 987, S. 1363
O: henricvs Rex III
R: WILLEM ON OXON [William Sarsorius]
Regarding the moneyer, Charles Lewis Stainer writes in his Oxford Silver Pennies from AD 925-AD 1272, Vol. 46, p. xxvi (1904) "Of William Sarsorius I have not much information. He is evidently the same person as William Le Saucer, who was Mayor of Oxford about AD 1258-1259, and signs in that capacity to a deed (St. Aldate, 49) of the Hospital of St. John, now among the monuments of Magdalen College."
Islamic; Umayyad CE 661-750
AR Dirham, 2.74 g, Damascus mint AH 80 (CE 699-700)
W.353, Album 128
20120611
Byzantine; Justinian CE 527-565
AE 40 Nummia; 38 mm, 20.96 g, Constantinople mint, 3rd Officina, Anno XIII= CE 539-540
S. 163
O: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVC
R: see above.
Seleucid; Antiochus IV Epiphanes BCE 175-164
SC 1476.2d, SNG Spaer 1154
O: diad hd of Antiochus IV r., fillet border, primary control behind head
R: [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ A]NTIOXOY in two lines on r., ΘEO[Y E]ΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ [NI]KHΦOPOY in three lines on l, Zeus enthroned l, resting on sceptre and holding Nike who crowns him.
In ex. [--] AГ
20120323
Hoard of Roman coins found near Roman Baths in Bath
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-17480016
http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/whats_on/beau_street_hoard.aspx
from the photos it appears that coins date prior to CE 270 which may be the date of deposition. The coins are Valerian, the Philips and Otacilia and Gordian III. It may be a typical mixed hoard from this period (inclusive of denarii) though the photo only depicts antoniniani from what I can see.
http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/whats_on/beau_street_hoard.aspx
from the photos it appears that coins date prior to CE 270 which may be the date of deposition. The coins are Valerian, the Philips and Otacilia and Gordian III. It may be a typical mixed hoard from this period (inclusive of denarii) though the photo only depicts antoniniani from what I can see.
20120321
Lithuania under Sigismund I Jagiello CE 1506-1548
Sigismund I Jagiello CE 1506-1548
AR Half Gross, 1.03 g, 20 mm, minted in Vilnius 1512
Kopicki 3136
O: +moneta:sigismvndi:IZ: Knight "Vytis" mounted riding left with sword raised
R: +magni: Dvcis: LITVAnIe Polish Eagle
20120130
Greece; Seleucid, Demetrius II (1st Reign) BCE 146-138
SC 1980 var.
O: diad. Hd of Demetrius II r, with short beard, fillet border
R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY in two lines on r, NIKATOPOΣ on l., Agathos Daimon and Agathe Tyche stg confronted, each wearing calathus and holding cornucopiae, holding hands.
Ex: J.S. Wagner Collection
Ex: CNG EA 236, portion Lot: 339 (07 July 2010)
20120126
Colonial Brazil
D. Pedro II of Portugal CE 1683-1706
AR 320 Reis (30mm, 9.65 g.), 1701 Pernambuco mint
KM 89.2
O: NATA-STAB-SVBQ-SIGN around with large P in center of globe
R: PETRVS II DG PORT REX ET BD around, to left of COA 320 and to left of crown 17 and to right 01.
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