GREECE/Seleucid; Antiochos VII Sidetes BCE 138-129

AE 15 mm, 2.74 g, 9 h, Antioch mint, SE 175/BCE 138-137

SC 2068.3a  (S)

O: lion hd r. dotted border.

R: ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r, EYEPГETOY on l. vertical club. control on outer left above aphlaston symbol below it. Date across lower field EOP


Ex: MNL Collection
 

GREECE/Seleucid: Alexander I Balas BCE 152-145

AE 22 mm, 7.85 g, 1h, Antioch mint c. BCE 147/6

SC 1793.3b (R1-2)

O: Alexander I r. dotted border serrated flan.

R:

ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ on r,  AΛEΞANΔPOY on l., Athena stg l., primary and secondary controls on inner left

defects on obs & rev indicative of tong marks from the minting process.

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington, ON, this coin illustrated in SC Vol II Part II as "fig. 12" on page 61 illustrating a coin with "apparent tong impressions".

ex: MNL Collection
 

GREECE/Seleucid; Antiochos IX Philopator BCE 114/3-95

AE 18 mm, 6.31 g, 12h, probably a mint in N. Syria, Phoenicia or Coele Syria

SC 2379 (R2)

O: laur hd of Apollo r dotted border

R: ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r, ΦΙΛΟΠATOPOΣ on l. Artemis stg facing holding spear in r hand and bow in left hand. control on outer left is unclear.  
 
 

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org)

ex: MNL Collection

ISLAMIC/Spain; Al-Murabitun المرابطون‎, (al-Moravides); Ishaq ibn ‘Ali اسحاق ابن علي AH 540-541/CE 1145-1146

AR Qirat (11mm, 0.95gm, 3h), Qurtuba (Cordoba, Spain), undated.

Vives 1894;

Hazard 1052;

Album 475A (RR).

O:

امير

المسلمين

و ناصر الدين اسحاق

بن علي

 

R:

   لا اله الا الله

محمد رسول الله

قرطبة   

 

ex: David Tranbarger

IBERIA; Sekaisa c. BCE 100-50

AE Unit, 23 mm, 8.17 g, 9 h.

ACIP 1564 var.

O: bare male hd r, flanked by dolphins

R: warrior holding spear on horseback r, Iberian inscription in ex indicating Sekaisa (in Zaragossa region) as the mint.

Prototype for the obverse of this coin issued by the Franco dictatorship in 1940.

ISLAMIC/Umayyad Spain; al-Hakam II CE 961-976/AH 350-366

AR Dirham 22mm, 3.25g, Madinat az-Zahra (Cordoba) mint, AH 354/CE 965 (citing 'Abdar-Rahman on reverse) 
Album 352.2

 

O: (center)

لا اله الا

 الله وحده

لا شريك له

(outer)

بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بمدينة الزهراء سنة اربع و خمسين و ثلثماءة

R: (center)

عبد

الامام الحكم

امير الممنين

المستنصر بالله

الرحمن

(outer)

محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدي ودين الحق ليظره على الدين كله

SPAIN; Felipe VI 2014-date

1 Euro, 2018 Madrid mint
Leuchtturm 2018 Catalogue Euro #LV-K7.4 (no mintage figures noted)

obtained in change during a trip to Barcelona and environs in August 2018.

While in Catalunya, we encountered Euro coins from nine different issuing countries; Belgium, Germany, Spain of course being the majority content usually, Ireland, France, Greece, Italy, Austria, and Portugal. France, Germany and Italy came in next in the quantity of types and denominations available.

The following list is an unscientific list of available values that we encountered in BCN:

Belgium: 50c and 2 euro
Germany: 5c to 2 euro
Spain: 1c to 2 euro
Ireland: 20c to 1 euro
France: 1c to 2 euro
Greece: 20c and 2 euro
Italy: 1c to 2 euro
Austria: 20 c and 2 euro
Portugal: 5c, 20c, and 1 euro

Spain was available 45-60% of the time, with the rest being French, German or Italian and a smattering of the other countries named. I would say the latter three were available in equal measure most of the time. We found it strange that when we traveled to Girona about 60km from France we noticed a greater availability of Spanish euro coins in our change than in other locations we had traveled to. One would think that there would be a greater availability of French euro coins that close to France but there wasn't in our unscientific observations.

We noted a number of 2 euro commemorative coins available in our change such as the proclamation of Felipe VI as king in 2014 which is a dual portrait coin with Juan Carlos (LV-G275). The other was an Italian 2 euro commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Verdi in 2013 (LS-G112).

A favorite of ours by design was the Italian 2 euro depicting Dante. Of all the euro designs this coin in our opinion is a masterpiece and likely the stand alone stand out of the circulating euro coins. It is indeed a beautiful coin in our opinion.

SPAIN/Catalunya; Jaume I of Aragon CE 1213-1276

Billon Dinero (Diner) 0.68g. 18mm. Barcelona mint

CR-308

O: Crowned bust, l., +BARQINO

R: Long cross quartered with pellets and annulets. IA/CO/BR/EX


Purchased at the regular Sunday Stamp and Coin Bourse at the Plaça Reial in Barcelona's Barri Gotic
on 26 August 2018. The bourse runs from around 9 am until 2 pm. There are maybe a dozen or more dealers and it appears to be an active well attended event. I found everything I was looking for and for very reasonable prices as well.

Every Sunday Stamp and Coin Bourse on 26 August 2018 at Plaça Reial  in the Barri Gotic off of La Rambla in Barcelona.
 

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos III BCE 223-187

AE 23 mm, ---g, Ecbatana mint, c. BCE 220-187
SC 1252

HSC 481 (R2)

ESM 600-601

O: diad. hd of Antiochus III r.
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ANTIOXOY on l., Tripod ornamented with horse foreparts, control to left.

Great Britain/Hanover; Victoria 1837-1901

AR Crown; 38 mm, 28.23g, Jubilee bust

SCBC 3921

O: Jubilee bust l.

R: Pistrucci St. George & Dragon with date in ex. 1889

a number of dings along the rim.

ANNAM/Vietnam; Rebel Coin; Cam Giang Vuong 1509

AE Cash 1.33 g, 20 mm

Toda 166
Schj. 89

O: Dai/Binh/Thanh/Bao

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos II Theos BCE 261-246

AE 15 mm, 3.17 g,  12h, Perhaps Tralles mint c. BCE 250-246 per Newell

SC 537

CSE 599

O: laureate head of Apollo r.

R: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ on r. ANTIOXOY on l., tripod stg on symbol (in this case an Anchor r.) primary control outer r. is the same as CSE 599, secondary controls outer l but not visible.

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org)

ex: MNL Coll

ex: CNG

GREEK/Seleucid; Seleucus II BCE 246-226

AE 16 mm, 4.81g, 12h, Sardes mint, before c. 242 BCE

SC 660 (no controls visible)

O:  hd of Athena r. in crested Attic helmet dotted border

R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ on r., ΣEΛEYKOY on l., Apollo stg l., testing arrow and resting l. hand on grounded bow.  no visible controls.

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org)

ex: MNL Coll

ex: CNG

GREEK/Seleucid; Seleucus I BCE 312-280

AE 18 x 19 mm, 6.82g,  12h Antioch mint

 SC 21.2 variety (poss. cmk on obs indeterminate, control in round punch on rev across hindquarters of bull)

 O: winged hd of Medusa r., dotted border.

 R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΣEΛEYKOY below, bull butting r., dotted border. no visible controls.

 

ex: MNL Coll

ex: CNG

GREEK/Selucid; Antiochos I Soter BCE 281-261

AE 15 mm, 3.81 g, 5h, Antioch mint

SC 351.1

WSM 961

O: diad hd of Antiochos r.

R: Apollo std l on omphalos testing arrow and resting l hand on grounded bow.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on the r, ANTIOXOY on l controls not fully visible but anchor countermark in round punch in left center field.

 

ex: MNL Coll

ex: CNG

EUROS First Generation 2002

 

 

2002 Size 120 x 62 mm
Motif: Classical Architecture. The gate is a style element from Greco-Roman antiquity.
Signed by W. Duisenberg
Leuchtturm Catalogue Euro #LN-B1 Du
Printing Code=N (Oesterreichische Banknoten und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH, Vienna)

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos VI BCE 144-142

AE 18 mm, 7.94 g, 12h, possibly Apamea mint

SC 2015.2d (S) this exact coin is mentioned in SC

O: rad hd of Antiochos VI r.

R: kantharus, BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ANTIOXOY on right EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ/ΔIONYΣOY on left, control below Kantharus and palm branch to right of Kantharus

Ding likely from the tongs used at the mint?

 

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org/Ant6coins.html) this coin is also mentioned in SC for 2015.2d as a variety found in the Hoover Collection at that time cf. page 329 of Vol. II part I of SC.
ex: MNL Coll
ex: CNG

GREEK/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-145

AE 13mm, 2.02 g, 12h, Tyre mint BCE 147-146

SC 1838.1  R1

O: diad hd of Alexander I r.

R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ curving on r  AΛΕΞANΔPOY curving on the left,  in the field CΞ—P (SE 166)

No controls.

ex: Oliver Hoover Collection, Burlington ON c. 2003 (www.seleukidempire.org)
ex: MNL Coll
ex: CNG