Unidentified AE Nummus facing bust / cross in wreath - is this Maurice?

Unidentified AE Nummus facing bust / cross in wreath - is this Maurice?

Found with mostly AE4s from a Sol Numismatics job lot - Legend almost looks like it says MAU, but I can't find a match online. Does not seem to match anything from either Justinian or Maurice, e.g. cross instead of Tau-Rho, or missing the Alpha-Omega below the cross arms.

u/Finn235 — 6 days ago

"I'm going to collect every emperor as Caesar, as Augustus, and as Divus. How hard could it be?"

u/Finn235 — 15 days ago

At last - confirmation on a hunch I've had for 10 years! Proof that the Sri Ha drachms did in fact totally lose the sun and moon above the fire altar on the reverse, proving Maheshwari's reconstruction of their evolution was backwards!

u/Finn235 — 1 month ago

[WTS] - "Be There or Be Square!" Affordable, interesting, and mostly squarish coins from ancient India! 500 BC - 100 AD. Indo Greek, Indo Scythian, Indo Parthian, Early Kushan, Gandhara, and Maurya PMC!

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List of coins:

  1. Indo-Greek Menander 165-135 BC: Head of Athena / Nike standing left - $15

  2. Indo-Greek Philoxenos 100-95 BC: Demeter Standing / Humped bull - $25

  3. Indo-Greek Amyntas 80-65 BC: Head of Zeus-Mithras / Athena standing - $20

  4. Indo Scythian, Vonones 1/2 unit: Herakles standing facing / Athena standing left - $25

  5. Indo Scythian, Vonones unit: Herakles standing facing / Athena standing left - $50

  6. Indo Scythian, Vonones unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Lion - $30

  7. Indo Scythian, Karahostes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Lion - $30

  8. Indo Scythian, Karahostes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Herakles seated - $40

  9. Indo Scythian, Azes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $30

  10. Indo Scythian, Azes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $25

  11. Indo Scythian, Azes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $25

  12. Indo Scythian, Azes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $20

  13. Indo Scythian, Azes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $15

  14. Indo Scythian, Azes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $30

  15. Indo Scythian, Azes unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $30

  16. Indo Scythian, Azes 1/4 unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $20

  17. Indo Scythian, Azes 1/4 unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $20

  18. Indo Scythian, Azilises 1/4 unit: King on horseback, lance pointed downward / Humped bull - $25

  19. Indo Scythian, Azes II 1/4 unit: King on horseback, raising wreath / Uncertain deity standing - $30

  20. Yueh-chi or early Kushans, Sapalbizes hemidrachm: Helmeted head right, CAPALBHZC behind / Lion, NANAIA - NANAIA flanking - $40

  21. Yueh-chi or early Kushans, Sapalbizes hemidrachm: Helmeted head right, CAPALBHZC behind / Lion, NANAIA - NANAIA flanking - $20

  22. Yueh-chi or early Kushans, Sapalbizes hemidrachm: Helmeted head right, CAPALBHZC behind / Lion, NANAIA - NANAIA flanking - Possible fourree? $15

  23. Yueh-chi or early Kushans, Sapalbizes hemidrachm: Helmeted head right, CAPALBHZC behind / Lion, NANAIA - NANAIA flanking - $40

  24. Yueh-chi or early Kushans, Sapalbizes hemidrachm: Helmeted head right, CAPALBHZC behind / Lion, NANAIA - NANAIA flanking - $30

  25. Yueh-chi or early Kushans, Sapalbizes hemidrachm: Helmeted head right, CAPALBHZC behind / Lion, NANAIA - NANAIA flanking - $30

  26. Yueh-chi or early Kushans, Sapalbizes hemidrachm: Helmeted head right, CAPALBHZC behind / Lion, NANAIA - NANAIA flanking - Fourree $10

  27. Eastern / Indo-Parthians, Sanabares AE Drachm: Bearded bust right, wearing diadem / Arsakes seated with bow atop table - $30

  28. Eastern / Indo-Parthians, Sanabares AE Drachm: Bearded bust right, wearing diadem / Arsakes seated with bow atop table - $20

  29. Eastern / Indo-Parthians, Sanabares AE Drachm: Bearded bust right, wearing diadem / Arsakes seated with bow atop table - $15

  30. Eastern / Indo-Parthians, Sanabares AE Drachm: Bearded bust right, wearing diadem / Arsakes seated with bow atop table - $15

  31. Gandhara AR "Bent bar" shatamana: Two "flower" punches / Blank - Early thin type $75

  32. Gandhara AR "Bent bar" shatamana: Two "flower" punches / Blank - Early thin type $70

  33. Gandhara AR "Bent bar" shatamana: Two "flower" punches / Blank - Intermediate type $70

  34. Gandhara AR "Bent bar" shatamana: Two "flower" punches / Blank - Late chonky type $60

  35. Gandhara AR "Bent bar" shatamana: Two "flower" punches / Blank - Late chonky type $65

  36. Gandhara AR "Bent bar" shatamana: Two "flower" punches / Blank - Late chonky type $65

  37. Gandhara AR "Bent bar" shatamana: Two "flower" punches / Blank - Late chonky type $60

  38. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  39. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  40. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  41. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  42. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  43. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  44. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  45. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  46. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

  47. Maurya AR punchmarked karshapana: Various symbols / Singular "bale" punch - $15

u/Finn235 — 2 months ago

From a job lot of mostly Vandal coins - one of the strangest monograms I've ever seen!

Never seen one like it - any ideas what this one could be? Obverse legend almost looks like "DN ANA-"

u/Finn235 — 2 months ago

[Funny trope] The "family tradition" with a recent and silly/inconsequential origin

  1. Simpsons S10 E13, Homer to the Max

Homer decides on a whim to change his name to Max Power, prompting a lecture from Grandpa Simpson: "The family name is my legacy to you. I got it from my father, and he got it from his father, and he traded a mule for it. That mule went on to save spring break."

  1. Kung Fu Panda

Po lies to his dad about having the "noodle dream", prompting his dad to excitedly tell him that he is almost ready to learn the secret ingredient in the secret ingredient soup and take over the restaurant, just like he took it over from his father, who took it over from his father, who won it from a friend in a game of Mahjong.

u/Finn235 — 2 months ago

Part 2? An almost-complete set of every Roman Caesar, 50 out of 54

While "Caesar" was a family name for the Julio-Claudian family, designated heirs would normally be named X Julius Caesar upon being deemed ready to inherit the throne. In AD 70, Vespasian gave his sons Titus and Domitian the name Caesar to continue this tradition, and from that point "Caesar" was synonymous with "heir apparent". Due to their generally young age and the hazards that came with imperial office, many Caesars never lived outlived their Augustus, and thus never became emperors. These are marked with an asterisk (*).

All coins are issued during the individual's lifetime and tenure as Caesar, so Nero Claudius Drusus sadly is omitted (all of his coins are posthumous, minted by his son Claudius).

u/Finn235 — 2 months ago
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It took over 10 years, but... every official Roman emperor (Senate-recognized, or recognized by the Senate-recognized emperor) from the foundation of the Principate until the permanent division in 395. 77 emperors by my reckoning.

u/Finn235 — 2 months ago

Early WWI medal celebrating Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf for his initial successes in repulsing the Russian invasion from the Carpathian Mountains, Winter 1914-15. The campaign ended in disaster for the Austro-Hungarian forces with nearly 1 million dead on both sides. [2582x1257]

u/Finn235 — 3 months ago
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*Small* change! Was suddenly possessed to do a lineup photo of some of the smallest AE coins in my collection. Sadly, we have no idea what the purchasing power would have been for most of these. (A few modern "small" coins for scale)

u/Finn235 — 3 months ago

Arrius Aper provides proof of life for Numerianus to the troops (he died weeks ago) (November 284, colorized)

u/Finn235 — 3 months ago
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Amazon returns are trash.

This is the second time I purchased a return. It felt super lightweight getting out of the package. I tried to slip in an SD card, and there was no place for it to go. So then I opened it up…
The last time this happened was with an Everdrive for N64. They had attached the front of the everdrive plastic to a real N64 cartridge.
So much fraud.

u/Finn235 — 3 months ago

Coin of a usurper who would become emperor: Vespasian Year 1 (L A, at neck) tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt, struck July-August 69. Vespasian would not oust Vitellius until 20 December 69. [3945x1928]

u/Finn235 — 3 months ago

Enjoying this one in hand a lot more than I thought I would. Late Roman PB seal, two emperors / Victory advancing front, holding two wreaths. IMO, likely issued for Valentinian III and Theodosius II, given the reverse.

u/Finn235 — 3 months ago

Bucket list coin! SANCT DEO SOLI ELAGABAL - Elagabalus moves the Black Stone of Emesa to Rome atop a driverless chariot

u/Finn235 — 4 months ago

New add to my compendium of "really weird coins". An Islamic AE fals, epigraphic only, but inscribed in Greek to write Arabic! OMEΛΗKIC ПACHC PωMANIAC / KAI ANATOΛHC MAXAMATIC "Great king of the land of the Romans / and Anatolia, Muhammad". Danishmendids, Malik Muhammad, AD 1134-42

u/Finn235 — 4 months ago

ID help on two coins from a lot - Crusader tokens?

1st - Facing bust with (spear? standard?) over shoulder / cross with pellets in quadrants. 12mm / 0.95g

2nd - Uncertain monogram / cross with pellets in 2 quadrants. 17mm / 1.36g

Both found in mixed lot containing mostly late Roman and Palmyrene coins.

u/Finn235 — 4 months ago

A delightfully odd find - Achaemenid siglos (Carradice type IV, King running with bow and dagger) AE fourree core, presumably discovered when cut to make change

u/Finn235 — 4 months ago