Tetradrachm of Leontinoi
Struck in Leontinoi, Sicily, about 470 B.C. This coin represents the earliest of the Demareteion series and forms a link between the coins of Syracuse and those of Leontinoi.
Syro-Phoenician AR Tetradrachms and Fractions
This collection is assembled to display the progression of silver tetradrachms and their fractions, produced in the East, during the period of Roman influence and occupation.
BACTRIA Tetradrachm of Heliokles
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Tetradrachm of Alexander I (Balas)
The two coins shown above are both tetradrachma of Alexander I (Balas) of the Seleukid Kingdom.
Tetradrachm
A medium-sized ancient Greek silver coin, valued at four drachms. Issued by many Greek city-states and kingdoms.
tetradrachm - a four-drachma coin.
togate - wearing a toga, the cloak worn by Roman males on formal occasions.
trecennalia - thirtieth anniversary of rule.
Tetradrachma - An ancient Greek silver coin weighing about 13 to 17 grams, roughly the same size as a U.S. quarter but three times thicker.
Thumbing - The rubbing of skin oil onto a coin in an attempt to hide contact marks.
Tetradrachm of Athens, fifth century B.C.
The ancient coins of Greece represent the highest form of the coiner's art.
Tetradrachm. 30 mm. 10:00.
An amazing broken coin. Looking at the reverse, you can see the silver foil of the obverse behind the left hand of Apollo, which corresponds to the hair over the ear on the obverse.
Tetradrachm - A silver coin, weighing c. 14 grams, equal to four drachms.
{From Greek tetra four + drachm drachm.}
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Tetradrachm of Athens, fifth century BCE. On the obverse, a portrait of Athena, patron goddess of the city. On the reverse, the owl of Athens ...
Tetradrachms of Alexander. Num. Chron., 1868 and 1883.
Unpublished Coins of the Kings of Syria. Num. Chron., 1883.
Unpublished Cistophori. Num. Chron., 1883.
tetradrachms with the bust of Ptolemy IV, and one or two AV octadrachms of Arsinoë III similar to Fig. 380 but with ΝΙ in the field.
The tetradrachm pictured was struck at the Amphipolis mint sometime between 315 BC and 294 BC and was the equivalent of about two weeks' labor by a mason.
Silver tetradrachms and drachms of Alexander III of Macedon
As has become common on these weekly Features, this week's coin brought several 'friends'.
(Billon Tetradrachm)
(Minted 9 June - 28 August AD 68)
Obv: ΛOYK ΛIB ΣOYΛ[Î Î"AΛBA KAIΣ ΣEB AY]
Laureate head right, LA before.
Rev: EΛEYΘEPIA
Eleutheria leaning on column holding wreath & scepter.
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Thracian tetradrachm from the first century BC. Literature about these coins has appeared in German, French, Bulgarian, Romanian, and English, undoubtedly among other languages.
Syracuse Tetradrachm signed by Kimon
Below = Kind of a time lapse of the carving process. The image above is of the final piece prior to some final touch-ups ...
Archaic Owl tetradrachm (16.24g, 22mm), Athens, c. 490-482 BC, Sear 1842v., Seltman Group Gi, Price and Waggoner Group IVg, SNG München 29, Szego 3. Archaic Owls were the first Owls, minted c. 510 to 480 BC. That the first Owls were issued c.
This Syrian tetradrachm (shekel) was issued by the Romans in 46-40 B.C. copying the design issued under Philip Philadelphos, 93-83 B.C., but on a smaller coin. On the back side Zeus is holding Nike.
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The Athenian tetradrachm of the Fifth century is probably the most-well known ancient coin. On the Obverse is the goddess Athena in a crested helmet adorned with a garland of three olive leaves. Athena wears earrings and a pearl necklace.
All Parthian tetradrachms, it is currently believed, were produced at the Seleucia mint. In place of the archer used on the reverse of silver drachms, these larger coins usually show other scenes such as the goddess Tyche giving a diadem to the king.
The Siculo-Punic tetradrachm depicted below was struck circa 320 BC during a period in which Carthage was locked in a desperate struggle with the Greek colony of Syracuse for supremacy over the island.
64 (Poppaea) Billon Tetradrachm
Obverse Legend:
ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ ...
later in style than the earliest Athenian tetradrachms, it may be confidently asserted that Athens could not have issued from her single mint
so many various series of coins simultaneously with her own well-known
'Owls'.
territorial gold coins pieces of various shapes, denominations and intrinsic worth privately struck in the general area of recently discovered gold deposits for the needs of local commerce tetradrachma An ancient Greek silver coin weighing ...
Morkholm; The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Magnesia-on-Maeander, N. Jones; The Second Reign of Demetrius II of Syria at Tarsus, A. Houghton; The Coinage of Saloninus as Augustus, N. Shiel; Roman Aurei from India, W.
Zenobia and her son Vabalathus had been issuing billon tetradrachms from the mint of Alexandria in Egypt, and antoniniani from Syrian Antioch.
Silver tetradrachm
Weight: 9.09 gm
Most likely Nicias was junior colleague of Theophilos who might have succeded to the kingdom of Gandhara. Coins of Nicias are found mostly in Jhelum valley (modern Pakistan).
One of the most treasured coins of Collectors worldwide is an ancient silver coin from Greece known as the Athenian Owl tetradrachm.
G0750 1428 Sicily, Akragas: AR Tetradrachm
$2,200.00
Obv. -- Quadriga r, Nike crowning charioteer
Rev. Two eagles stg. r. on hare, locust in field l.
Sear G0750: Seltman, NC 1948, p.2 #2
dark tone, good F, Extremely rare. ...
26. Elagabalus? AE23 billon tetradrachm. Provincial bronze. Maybe Antioch. Bold portrait. Obverse off-center a bit to right, losing most of the inscription at right. Reverse is eagle, with some inscription present at right. VF. $60 ...
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II 359-336 BC, AR Silver Tetradrachm (14.39 gm). Pella circa 323-315, Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus facing left.
AR Tetradrachm of Akko (16.48). Head of Hercules with lion's skin right. Scarce Holyland mint/Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter, Aramaic date to left, Year 37 (c. 310-9 BC). Pr-3292, Hen-401.
This large group served as a bit of a reminder for me that the shekels and half shekels of Tyre (together with some Seleucid tetradrachms and didrachms often struck in Tyre, Sidon, or Antioch) were certainly the most commonly circulated silver coins ...
XVI, 84 var. - R. Fischer, Aesillas Tetradrachms, MN.30, p. 69-88, pl. 30-31 -R. A. Bauslaugh, Silver Coinage with the Types of Aesillas the Quaestor, NS. 22, New-York 2000, p. 37 (A/ 6A - R/ 16) (1 ex.).
Struck over a different denomination (tetradrachm?).
Type:
1505-1509 (Henry VII) Angel ...
The coinage consisted very largely of silver tetradrachms which were commonly known as `owls' for obvious reasons and since the coins were of such fine quality, they were readily acceptable to traders in all parts of the Greek world, ...
On the other hand, if you're considering an Egyptian gold Octadrachm, someone may have tried to golden fleece you while you counted the animals two by two. These are replicas and not worth the $375 of a Meredates AE Tetradrachm in Very Fine condition.
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