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  AE Fals from Jalal al din Firoz II (AH689-AH695 = 1290-1296), Sultans of Delhi - Mitchiner#2539 Obverse: Kalime Reverse: "JALAL..." |
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I'm seeing a lot of Justinian coins here, and a couple of Justin II coins - but we're curiously missing a Justin I; someone else might well have a better example and/or a different type, but, well, here's mine...   Obverse: DN IVSTINVS PP AV, bust right Reverse: Tyche seated, reverse epsilon left, river god swimming below, all in a temple (?) Justin I (518-527), pentanummium (5 nummi), Antioch mint To be honest, the obverse photo don't really do much justice to it - that's a just about fully legible obverse legend you're looking at here, and the bust isn't too bad either - and the reverse photo only blurs the actual strike problems (which are worse than you'd think from seeing the obverse only). Still, a cool type - one occasionally referred to as the "last pagan Roman coin", in fact (which is kind of true, if we ignore the fact that Justin I was not the last ruler to issue it). |
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I found only one coin for J in my meager bunch.  Julia Mamaea, Augusta 13 March 222 - February or March 235 A.D., Bostra, Decapolis. AE 20mm, 5.4g obv: IVLIA MAMAEA - AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing stephane. rev: COLONIA - BOSTRA, bust of Zeus Ammon right, draped, ram's horn and disk on top of head. |
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  AE Half Dams from Jalal al din Akbar (AH983-AH1014 = 1556-1605), Moghul Empire, minted in Kabul and dated 'Ilahi 32' (1587) - cf.Mitchiner#3149 Obverse: "Kabul" Reverse: "Ilahi 32" |
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Julia Domna AD 193-217 AR Denarius, Rome mint. AD194. 2.95g Obv. IVLIA DOMNA AVG - Bareheaded bust right, draped. Rev. VENERI VICTR - Venus standing back to viewer and right, naked to below buttocks and holding apple and palm, leaning left elbow on column on her left. RIC IVi, 536D, Cohen 194 - SEAR RCV II (2002), 6608  |
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Nice Julia Domna Valecrucis!
It looks like the engraver had the ability to create perspective on the reverse of this coin.... over a thousand years before it was officially discovered.
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Thanks Doucet. Yes, he must have had a natural sense for it. It is a beautiful reverse.
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It looks like the engraver had the ability to create perspective on the reverse of this coin.... over a thousand years before it was officially discovered.  , you are right with that one. They have an interesting series on one of the TV channels here, dealing with the 'Treasures of the Roman Empire'. Last night they showed amongst others mosaics from Roman Lybia, which had perspective in them as well. The commentator made a comment similar to yours, saying that it would be a long time before something similar was created. |
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Here a double 'J' mixed with 'E':   AE 5 Assaria issued by governor Julius Antonius Seleucus for Elagabalus & Julia Maesa in Marcianopolis - Pick#944 / Moushmov#688 Obverse: AVT KM AVP ANTONEINOS AVG IOVIA MAISA A... laureate head of Elagabalus right, facing draped bust of Julia Maesa Reverse: VP IOVL[ANT CELE]KOV MARKIANOPOLITWN Hera standing left, holding bowl and sceptre, E in right field |
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Sorry for the late J entries (my RL name starts with J!). Research paper and work taking up most of my free time atm. Justinian(Rome)  (Rome, struck by Athalaric)  (Ravenna)  The following four are from Constantinople:     |
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  AE 18 from Kassander (319BC-297BC), Macedonian Kingdom - Sear(G)#6753 Obverse: Head of young Herakles right, clad in lion's skin Reverse: KASSAN above lion seated right, DROU below and A to the right Edited by Medieval
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  AR Drachm from Kumaragupta I (414-455) - Mitchiner#4845+ Obverse: Head facing right Reverse: Inscription including name around garuda |
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A Kushan coin - Vima Kadphises c.90-100 AD  |
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All of my K's have recently been posted in other threads here. Kushan Kujula Kadphises 1st century AD   Kushan Wima Kadphises 1st century AD   Kushan Kanishka 1 1st Century AD   Sasanian Khusro II 6th century AD   |
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