In the year 284 This Tetradrachm was issued under Roman Emperor Numerian. I am constantly amazed that a coin minted nearly 2,000 years ago can be dated to the year! For that, and much more on this period and coin, including the wisdom of @phistorians please check out: https://coinofnote.com/284-rome-numerian-tetradrachm/
If that hasn't tempted you already, then maybe the threat of my poetry will?
I'm not late for #SaturdayNightCoinShow, it turns out time is an illusion (Lunchtime doubly so). Since I've started whimsical, I'll go with the fun piece I just wrote up - an Imitation Spade Guinea "In memory of the good old days". You should definitely read:https://coinofnote.com/imitation-spade-guinea-good-old-days-uk/ - it talks of #gold#coins I can't afford, imitations of which there are many, garden implements & late 1800s #theatre! Enjoy :)
One new coin for me this week, but it's a neat, old, #USA cent - the 1857 Flying Eagle cent. Yes, a coin with a #Bird on it! I know you never expected that from me :D
When I looked at Yugoslavia as Y for the #AtoZChallenge, the first coin I liked was the 1955 50 dinara. I love how that series of coins work together. I wrote up the earlier 1931 10 dinara first, to break up the history of the country a bit, so today here is that 1955 #coin: https://coinofnote.com/1955-yugoslavia-50-dinara/
As per the boost of @phistorians's post, today is the traditional date celebrated as the founding of Rome by Remus and Romulus, raised by a she-wolf and pictured on this coin issued by Constantine I (the Great) in 333-334 A.D. (Roma on obverse). Minted in Treveri (Germany), if I'd thought of the date when planning this weekend's #AtoZChallenge posts I probably would have written it up for today.
Since Sunday is a day of rest and there is no #AtoZChallenge letter for today, let's have a #bonus "R" coin. Again, we are in Ancient #Rome. Actually, more like #Hispania, and a very rough denarius issued by the first Roman Emperor, Augustus. Or is it? Once again, so much history in such a small piece of metal! Find out more here:
For today's "R" coin for the #AtoZChallenge, let's travel to ancient Rome. I picked a piece I find fascinating - not the highest grade piece in my collection, but there is so much history and information in this coin I wanted to share it: https://coinofnote.com/360-a-d-rome-ae-3-fel-temp-reparatio/
The RMS Titanic set sail on its maiden, and only, voyage on April 10, 1912, hitting an iceberg at 23:40 on the 14th and sinking at 2:20 AM on the 15th. 2012 was the centenary of this event so no less than 41 legal tender coins were issue (though none circulating). This is not one of them, alas, but a cheap copy, I assume is intended to be based on the Canadian 50c
Ok #AtoZChallenge people, I did it again - here is a bonus "L" coin! This time featuring beautiful African scenes from an altruistically-founded country, which answers the question: "Did the USA have any African colonies?"
I hope you enjoy this piece, the information and the coin: