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Obv. bust of Trajan r. draped with diadem; around IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GERM
Rev. soldier standing r. holding spear and parazonium; around PARTH[...] PM CAP COS V
Weight: 2.7g
Diameter: 18.7mm

Trajan’s campaign against the Parthian…

Obv. bust of Athena (helmeted?) r. with large circular earring; potential hair ornamentation near neck
Rev. in incuse square, owl standing r. facing out; olive branch behind; ΑΘΕ in front
Weight: 4.2g
Diameter: 13.6mm

A drachm was the…

Obv. Boeotian shield
Rev. volute krater; on either side [Β]Ο/Ι[Ω] (=BOIO)
Weight: 2.5g
Diameter: 12.9mm

Thespiae was founded sometime in the Archaic Period before 750 BCE. Its founding is associated with the nymph Thespia as in Pausanias, or…

Obv. bust of Athena with helmet facing r.
Rev. owl standing r. facing out; ΑΘΕ in front
Weight: 0.6g
Diameter: 7.8mm

Much survives from Athens in the fifth century BCE, including inscriptions, speeches, comedies, treatises, coins, and the…

Obv. sea turtle
Rev. rough incuse square with design of lines
Weight: 11.4g
Diameter: 17.0mm

Aegina is a mountainous island off the coasts of Attica and the Peloponnese. By the sixth century BCE, they were a great naval power due to trade…

Obv. Pegasus flying l.; below, Λ (=L)
Rev. bust of Athena (?) with Corinthian helmet l.; behind, Λ (=L)
Weight: 8.4g
Diameter: 19.4mm

Corinthian helmets are an iconic part of Greek archaeology, portrayed throughout the Archaic and Classical…

Obv. bust of Persephone (?) l.
Rev. sheaf of wheat or barley; at l. META
Weight: 2.1g
Diameter: 15.5mm

Metapontum was a Greek colony established in the late eighth century BCE, located in southeast Italy above Sicily. This land was located…

Obv. bust of Alexander the Great as Heracles with lion skin r.
Rev. Zeus seated l. holding eagle in r. and sceptre in l.; at r. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ] (=ALEXANDROU); border of dots
Weight: 16.2g
Diameter: 23.9mm

Alexander III of Macedon, better known as…

Obv. bust of Philippus I radiate r. draped; around Α[VΤ]ΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC C[Ε]Β (=ANTOK K M IOUL PHILIPPOS SEB); border of dots
Rev. eagle with wings spread standing l. holding olive branch; around ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥCIAC (=DEMARCH EXOUSIAS); below,…

Obv. bust of Ptolemy I with diadem r.; border of dots
Rev. (poor condition) eagle standing l. holding thunderbolts; unclear marks on either side, perhaps mint marks; at left ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] (=PTOLEMAIOU BASILEOS)
Weight: 13.1g
Diameter:…