Monogram
A typographic symbol composed of one or more letters, typically the ligate initials of a name. Ancient rulers, magistrates, moneyers and even die engravers would sometimes include their monograms on coins.
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Bactria, Apollodotos I, square AR Drachm. Elephant standing right, monogram beneath / humped bull standing right, monogram beneath. Mitchiner 207a.
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Monogram
A device on a coin consisting of a letter or letters, often intertwined in an ornate fashion as to be almost illegible. Many Scandinavian coins, for example, use a monogram rather than a coat of arms or portrait, to symbolize the monarch.
Monograms. Most monograms are of the emperor's name. The other monograms are listed first.
"Polis" (city); "Polis"; "Polis Cherson";
"Cherson"; genitive: "Of Cherson", the "E" prominant as a mark of value (according to Grierson); ...
MONOGRAM
A signature usually consisting of one or two initials superimposed on one another, or in some similar manner, to represent a personal mark.
MOTTO ...
Monogram
Monograms were used on coins for various purposes. Like minor types and spelled out magistrate names, monograms identifying responsible mint officials were common. Many were so complex that they are difficult to decipher.
Monogram in wreath; beneath, ΚΥ.
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Tunny in corn-wreath.
RIC Monogram 1
For more illustrations of the monograms found on some of the Late Roman Bronzes, please click here to visit John McIntosh's site at Ancient Artifacts & Treasures.
Morelos monogram counterstamp on KM-233.4.
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Elberfeld. 1817 Bread token.
"AMR" monogram in ligature for Amorium. likely on a Claudius AE of 19mm, (countermark Howgego 604) ...
That $ is a monogram of U and S, which was used as a mark on money bags issued by the United States Mint.
the Christian monogram, consisting of the Greek letters Chi and Rho (XP = Chr{ist}).
Cippus
a short round pillar.
Letter, symbol, monogram punched on a coin's side - for example, to change his value or, frequently, to guarantee its weight and fineness - by the State or by private persons.
Description : Monogramme altéré d'Herbert Ier, comte du Mans.
REVERS
Légende : DON CASTELLVM, (légende commençant à 9 heures).
CROSS (YORK) ACORN (YORK) 1526-1532 CROSS PATONCE (CANTERBURY) T (CANTERBURY) UNCERTAIN MARK (CANTERBURY) 1530-1544 KEY (YORK) 1533-1544 CATHERINE WHEEL (CANTERBURY) 1544-1547 LIS ANNULET-WITH-PELLET S LOMBARDIC E ROMAN E 1546-1547 WS MONOGRAM ...
All the Apollodotos coins with the countermarks are so far of just the one type and monogram, BN4 series 6 C,D. These are associated with a mint in Hazara, east of Taxila.
Obverse: Roman consul accompanied by two lictors; monogram to left. Reverse: Eagle standing left on sceptre, holding wreath. RPC I 1701A. Marcus Junius Brutus and C.
in skin of Nemean lion/Zeus seated left, monogram left, AT monogram below throne, Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, ca 319-305 BC, Price 1961. Near centered, light tone, nice sharp portrait and rev., attractive example, Extremely Fine....$375 Photo ...
There was no mention of the moneyer's name, although occasionally coins featured control marks such as small symbols, letters, or monograms which might have been used to indicate who was responsible for a particular coin.
Crosses may or may not be present, the Carlovingian "temple" is common and monograms abound. However, most of this early coinage is rare. True French coinage began with Hugh Capet and the denier was struck, later the gros appeared.
Comments: The obverse give the monogram PVS with dots on either side of the superscript V and a quatrefoil below the monogram. The P and S are joined by a line extending from the bottom of the bow of the P through the center of the S.
It features a three-quarter view of the queen on horseback, flanked by two crowned and monogrammed EIIR. Her titles are separarted from the value FIVE SHILLINGS by English roses.
Mintmarks on more modern world coins may be letters, or monograms, with the familiar Mexican M(super)o mintmark, signifying Mexico City, being an example of the latter.
You forgot the 1944-D half, where somebody accidentally polished the designer's monogram off of the reverse die and then hand cut it back into the die. THAT is a cool variety.
Many early Greek and Roman coins bear the monograms or logos of rulers or towns.
Reverse: Zeus seated left on a backless throne, holding an eagle in his outstretched hand, with Greek monogram by his knee (the same monogram as on Price-3540), another Greek monogram (a type not recorded by Price) below the throne, ...
These small subsidiary markings, typically abbreviations, monograms, or symbols on the reverse, may refer to the city or mint where the coin originated, the ruling authority of that city or the larger region in which the city is situated, ...
on beak of galley, palm-branch in backround; in field to left, monogram above club; to right, K monogram above Seleucid date; between eagle's legs, monogram ...
The mintmark is a little monogram, letter, or other symbol that shows which facility struck a coin. Mintmarks go back to ancient times.
Obverse with ABRAHAM LINCOLN around high relief bust of same, to left, birth and death dates divided by bust, designer's name at truncation, Medallic Art Company monogram in field.
1945-P, LIBERTY WALKING TYPE, Rare Variety, NO "AW" Monogram, Breen 5211, cited it as "Presently Ex. Rare" only 4 reported. From rev. die excessively relapped to remove clash marks." VF, See Jeffery LaRose, Coin World, 3/22/78, p. 38. POR ...
-- Monogram
Sear 4412; LRBC 2288 VF
These late Roman nummi had become so small that it became impractical to handle them individually in making change. They were instead bound up in sacks of uniform weight.
Anthony De Francisci designed this coin which bears his monogram under the neck of Liberty. Peace Silver Dollars were silver coins struck intermittently from 1921 to 1935 for a total of only ten years and in limited mintages.
The designer's monogram (ASG) appears below the date. The coin's reverse depicts a breathtaking eagle in flight-perhaps the most spectacular likeness of the nation's official emblem ever to grace a U. S. coin or medal.
50274--- Maroneia. 400-350 BCV. AE15 (4.11) . Horse prancing right, monogram beneath/Legend around 3 sides of linear square containing vine, monogram beneath. SG-1636. aF/F. $30 ...
Bosporous Kingdom, King Kotys I. Monogram of Kotys in the left field of the reverse.
A national panel made up of leading Belgian officials, artists and experts in numismatics chose the motif used on all the coins. It depicts King Albert II and a monogram - a capital "A" underneath a crown - among 12 stars, symbolising Europe.
Rectangular plates of copper with clipped corners and stamped with the crowned royal monogram and the date were struck in various denominations from the one daler up to the ten daler which measures over 2 ft. x 1 ft. and weighs nearly 40 1b.
He immediately ordered his troops to paint the monogram of Jesus, the labarum, on their shields and this extra strength enabled their victory and gave Constantine control of the West as well as the East, ...
Inscriptions
Monograms & Devices
"Mule" Coins
Overstrikes & Countermarks
Parthian Coins in the ANS Database
Sellwood Type Numbers Index
Unattributed Coins - Help identify these uncataloged coins ...
Obv: [--TPAI]ANOC APICT KAIC CEB Î"EP Î"AK Î AP
Laureate head right.
Rev: IOVΛIEΩN TΩN KAI ΛAOÎ"IKEΩN BΞP
Veiled and turreted bust of City-goddess right. Monogram in fieldto right.
(GIC 1080) ...
The Morgan Dollar is named after its designer, George T. Morgan, who designed the obverse and reverse of the coin. Morgan's monogram appears near Lady Liberty's neck on the obverse. The dollar was authorized by the Bland-Allison Act of 1878.
Weinman was also the winning designer in the competition for the half-dollar with his Walking Liberty design. Weinman's monogram style initials A over W appears on the obverse in the field to the right of Liberty's neck.
Thus, from the later half of the first century AD onwards, the mint monogram of Ekbatana becomes a standard element in the design of the Parthian drachms.
Barber's initial B was on all dimes, quarters, and half dollars minted since 1892, and the elaborate ASG monogram of Augustus Saint-Gaudens was prominent on the obverse of double eagles made 1907 and later, to mention just three examples. The 1909 V.
 See also: Coinage, Revers, Reverse, Struck, Coin
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