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chrsmat71
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 Posted 02/20/2025 9:39 pm
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Here's an attractive little Caesarean era dated coin I recently picked up.
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch.(Time of Hadrian). 117-138 AD. AE Dichalkon (3.56 gm, 15mm). Dated Caesarean Era 177 (128/9 AD). ANTIOX#1028;ΩN [MHTPOΠOΛ#1028; C], laureate and draped bust of Apollo left. ETOY ZOP (date), Γ, branch.
The date is the Z (7) O (70) P (100), starting from 48 BC with a victory Julius C. had over Pompey .
Any other CE dated coins or pseudo-autonomous coins from the Hadrian years? I'd love to see them.
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| Porcelain Notgeld Coins
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chrsmat71
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Posted 02/18/2025 10:05 pm
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A few more porcelain pieces from Weimar Germany.
This medallic piece (about 40 mm) commemorates political and military unrest between Poland and Germany in Silesia post World War I. The obverse shows children being taken from their mother, with a legend that reads something like...""Those who separate us from the German hearth remain a disgrace, unworthy of any love."
This 25 mm piece is from Stadtlengsfeld in central Germany has a cool eagle, a strange shape and kind of strange color for porcelain German coins. This is also not made by Meissen porcelain, I'm trying to get a few coins my other manufacturers.
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| Show Me Your Fun Overstrikes
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chrsmat71
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Posted 01/16/2025 9:42 pm
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Cool overstrike coins, Victor that Islamic coin with a LRB undertype is awesome!
Here is a coin of Heraclius from Sicily struck on top of another (I think) Heraclius 40 nummi.
On the obverse you can see Heraclius and his son Heraclius Constantine facing, but below is a horizontal figure that was a standing son or Empress on the original type. The large M on the reverse is the original coin, what looks like an R S on the lower reverse is the overstrike, the monogram on Constantine (partially off flan) with an SC the right.
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| Axumite Kingdom Bronze Coin
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chrsmat71
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Posted 01/11/2025 4:49 pm
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I've wanted a coin from the Kingdom of Axum for quite a while, and finally picked one up!
Axum, Armah 7th century AD, AE unit
O:Crowned king seated right holding a long cross. "King Armah" in Ge'ez
R: Cross with gilt center, grain ear to each side. "Let there be joy to the people" around in Ge'ez
18 mm, 1.9 g
Munro Hay type 153
I've always liked the interesting art style of these coins and really wanted on that was bimetallic, note the gilt spot on the reverse. Also note the "Ge'ez" legend, I didn't even know about this language. I think it is still used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church for ceremonial purposed.
If you don't know about the Axumites, they worth a look up for sure. They were a kingdom that spread over areas of what is today Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan and into southern Arabia. Rose in the first half of the first millennium and kind of fizzled out in the second half. They were very wealthy and powerful at their peak and were early adopters of Christianity, you'll see lots of crosses on all but the earliest Axumite coins.
If anyone else has any Axumite coins I would love to see them! |
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| Porcelain Notgeld Coins
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chrsmat71
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United States
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Posted 11/10/2024 3:08 pm
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Hey thanks Hondo!
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Wow - that is a huge coin, no matter the material. A piece of porcelain that large surviving this many years is amazing!
Yeah, I guess most of these didn't actually enter circulation but kind of went straight to the collector market, so many are in great condition.
hfjacinto those coins are very cool, I didn't know they existed. I just added one of those to my "get list"! |
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