Coins Collection (#35)

Gold coins showing heads of Roman emperors Constantine the Great (c274-337) and Diocletian (245-313)

Hoard of Roman gold coins found in England

AMERICAN COINS AND PAPER MONEY: 1. American 20 Dollar Bill (1775); 2. Maryland Shilling, 1788 (from the British Museum); 3. George the Third American Half-penny (from the British Museum); 4

World War I 1914-1918: German 7th War Loan poster, 1917. Putti pours gold coins out of a cornucopia, in background results of previous loans. Text says subscribe at your local bank

A very bountiful harvest of incredibly robust grapes
United States: c. 1900. A very bountiful harvest of incredibly robust grapes. For size comparison, the white spot at center right is a U.S. Barber Half Dollar with a diameter of 1.2 inches

Chinese Tree of Cash
United States: c. 1960 A woman takes a look at a Chinese Tree of Cash. Cast in China between 1862 and 1878, the coins were broken off for use and the trunk was melted to be recast

Buffalo Nickel Portait
South Dakota: 1898 A portrait of Iron Tail, Oglala Sioux Chief, who was one of the three Native American chiefs used to create the composite profile on the Buffalo nickel

Buffalo Nickel Portrait
South Dakota: 1898 A portrait of Iron Tail, Oglala Sioux Chief, who was one of the three Native American chiefs used to create the composite profile on the Buffalo nickel

A Mail Box Bank
United States: c. 1955. A personal savings bank in the form of a mailbox given away by The San Francisco Bank to customers to encourage savings

Louis D or Au Soleil, En Sanguine Engraving 1705, Louis Xiv Sitting Next To A Table, Head Resting On His Left Elbow Which Rests On His Left Knee; He Is Asleep

Louis D or, [1705], 1 Print : Etching. Print Shows Louis Xiv Sitting At A Table, Resting On His Left Elbow. He Appears To Be Asleep, But May Be Reading A Letter

De Ridder Der Louisen Doende De Revu Over Zyne Troupen, Goldsmit, Fredrich, Artist, En Sanguine Engraving 1705, On The Left, Louis, The Duke Of Burgundy, Identified As Louis Le Petit

A New Way To Pay The National-debt, Cartoon Shows King George Iii And Queen Charlotte Standing Before The Treasury, Moneybags Under Their Arms

The Property Tax, Williams, C. Artist, Engraving 1814, Cartoon Shows A Prosperous John Bull Seated In A Chair As A Blue Demon Hovers Above Him Using A Magnet To Withdraw Coins From Bulls Waistcoat

State Physicians Bleeding John Bull To Death!!, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Artist, Engraving 1816. Vansittart And Castlereagh, As Surgeons, Bleeding Coins From The Arms Of John Bull

Monstrous Craws, At A New Coalition Feast, Cartoon Shows King George, Dressed As An Old Woman, The Queen, And The Prince Of Wales Seated Around A Basin Perched On The Laps Of The King And Queen; They

Didcot Hoard 160 A. D
Didcot Hoard 160 A.D. Hoard of Roman coins found in Didcot Oxfordshire. British Museum

Collar with Medallions 225 A. D
Collar with Medallions 225 A.D. Contains coins of Emperors Lucius Verus and Alexander Severus and of Julia Domna, wife of Emperor Septimius Severus. British Museum

Gold foil-wrapped chocolate coins in a red net bag, close up

Republic of Cuba, Coins left as a tip on bill next to a coffee cup

Pound coin, SEM
Pound coin. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the embossed writing on the side of an English one pound coin. Magnification: x8 at 6x7cm size

Ancient metal coin C017 / 0718
Ancient metal coin with engraved male profile. Engraved lettering forms a border around the coin. Date unknown

Global economy, conceptual artwork F006 / 8795
Global economy, conceptual computer artwork

Ancient Greek coins 1st - 3rd century BCE. Left to Right 1. Patraos 340-315 BCE. 2. Calabria, Taras, 3rd Century BCE. 3. Euboia. Histiaia 3rd Century BCE. 4.Thessaly 196-146 BCE 5

Herod the Great bronze coins 1st century BCE

set of 5 Phoenician Coins from Sidon and Tyre (private collection)

Ancient bronze coin depicting Ptolemy III 246-221 BCE. Left Head of Zeus Ammon. Right Eagle standing on thunderbolt

Coins from the Shimon Bar Kokhba revol
8 silver coins from the Shimon Bar Kokhba revolt 132-135 AD

Widows Mites
Lot of Widows Mites

Ancient Greek gold coin C014 / 6300
Ancient Greek gold coin 297-281 BCE. depicting Alexander the Great and Athena

Ancient Greek coins 3rd - 5th century BCE. Left to right. 1. Kroisos 560-546BCE, 2. Aegina 510-490 BCE, 3. Sicily Akragas 510-472 BCE, 4. Lydia 450-330 BCE, 5. Sikyon 430-390 BCE

Bronze prutot from the Jewish revolt against Rome

Ancient Greek coins 3rd century BCE. C014 / 6293
Ancient Greek coins 3rd century BCE. Left to Right 1. Philip II Father of Alexander Gold 2. Philip II Father of Alexander Gold 3. Philip II Father of Alexander Silver 4

ancient Greek coin 560-546 BCE
Croesus (Kroisos) ancient Greek coin 560-546 BCE. Silver Half-Stater Lion and Bull

Coins from Phoenicia and Philisti
set of 6 coins from Phoenicia Tarsos and Philistia

Ancient Greek coins 3rd -4th century BCE
Ancient Greek coins 3rd - 4th century BCE. Left to right. 1. Athena 5th Century BCE. 2. Athena 4th Century BCE. 3. Athena 4th Century BCE. 4. Pamphilia Asoendos 385-370 BCE 5

Hashmonean Prutot coins

30 Islamic coins 8-10th century CE

Silver Drachm 3. 4 gr from Philstia
Silver Drachm 3.4 gr from Philstia

Ancient Roman Coins
Assortment of Ancient Roman Coins 1st century BCE both sides depicted here (private collection)

Nabatean Bronze coins
A collection of 211 Nabatean Bronze coins

Bronze Prutot from the 1st century CE

4th Century BCE coins from Philstia and Judea C014 / 6309
4th Century BCE coins from Philstia and Judea

19 Greek, Phoenician and Roman coins 4th century BCE - 4th century CE

55 late roman bronze coins 3rd - 4th century CE

Philip II Silver Tetradrachm
Philip II 359-336 BCE (Father of Alexander) Silver Tetradrachm 14.3 gr. Left Head of Philip Right horseman

12 bronze Roman city coins

Coining, 19th century C015 / 6069
Coining. 19th-century artwork of workers manufacturing coins. The coins are being produced by a method involving stamping the coins from a soft metal, rather than casting from a molten metal

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