Alphabetic Ancients Game.

Lots of nice L coins posted!

I have a few, most of which someone has already posted a nice example of, but here's one you don't see too often.




Larrisa Kremaste, Thessaly, Trichalkon (3rd century BC), 16mm, 5.7g

Obv: Bare head of Achilles left.

Rev: Thetis riding left on hippocamp, holding shield bearing the monogram of Achilles.

Nice coin Kev.

Aren't we still a few hours away from 'M'?

That Sri Lanka is off the hizzy.

Sorry about that 'Ancientnoob', don't like the extra glare produced when scanning myself, but rather leave them in if they don't need (re-) cleaning. Those which are not 'settled' yet (or others when I 'resettle') I make scans before I do.

I missed a few days, but here are a couple Ls. First a Licinius I



Silvered Bronze Follis of Licinius I
A silvered bronze follis of Licinius I, minted in Alexandria between 316-317 AD. 21.3 mm, 3.596 g.

Obverse: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head right

Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, Victory on globe in right, long scepter vertical in left, eagle at feet, K left, wreath / X / B right, ALE in ex

Attribution: RIC VII 18, VF, ex Marcel Jungfleisch Collection

And a dichalkon minted in Larissa (which not so incidentally is a variation of my wife's name)



A bronze dichalkon minted in Larissa, Thessaly between 344-300 BC. 17 mm, 4 g.

Obverse: head of the nymph Larissa right, hair rolled

Reverse: LARI-SAIWN (starting in exergue), horse crouching right, right foreleg raised, preparing to roll

Attribution: BCD Thessaly 2012 390.2; Rogers 288

Menander I. I particularly like how different the shape of this coin is compared to anything else in my collection.

Menander started off as a Bactrian king and then went a-conquering and started an empire in the Indian sub-continent. He either was a patron of Buddhism or a Buddhist himself (a Buddhist Greek king in India. History is a strange place) and was a very successful king in longevity and area conquered.



Indo-Greek Bronze 4-Cholkoi of Menander I Soter
Indo-Greek Bronze 4-Cholkoi of Menander I Soter minted between 155-130 BC.

Obverse: BASILEWS SWTHROS MENANDROS, helmeted and draped bust right;

Reverse: Kharosthi legend: Maharajasa Tratarasa Menandrasa (Great King Savior Menander), Nike advancing right, wreath in extended right, palm frond over shoulder in left, monogram lower right

Attribution: Bopearachchi Série 32C; Mitchiner IGIS Type 244b; Mitchiner ACW 1821; SNG ANS 945 ff; SNG Cop 306 var (monogram)