John Conduitt Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 Doesn't he always have curly hair? Marcus Aurelius (under Antoninus Pius) Denarius, 158-159 Rome. Silver, 17mm, 2.73g. Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right; AVRELIVS CAES-AVG PII F. Virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing right, left foot on helmet, holding inverted vertical spear in right hand and parazonium upright in left; TR POT XIII COS II (RIC III, 480E). Found in Hertfordshire. Next: a Caesar before he became Augustus. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 10 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Next: a Caesar before he became Augustus. This coin features Caesar's heir, Octavian, before he became the Augustus (first emperor) - issued by his rival and co-ruler, Mark Antony Next: more Caesar before becoming Augustus 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 Maximinus II as Caesar Nummus, 305-307 Londinium. Bronze, 29mm, 11.17g. Bust of Maximinus Daia, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from front; MAXIMINVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES. Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (RIC VI, 59b). From the Rauceby (Lincolnshire) Hoard 2017. Next: more Caesar before becoming Augustus. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 16, 2023 Julian II “The Philosopher” (as Caesar) 355-360 AD AE3 (18mm, 2.68g) O: Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; D N IVLIANVS NOB C. R: Soldier spearing fallen horseman; FEL TEMP REPARATIO, M in left field, ∆SISL in ex. Siscia mint, 4th Officina RIC VIII Siscia 382; Sear 4063v Next: chaemera 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 20 minutes ago, Phil Anthos said: Julian II “The Philosopher” (as Caesar) 355-360 AD AE3 (18mm, 2.68g) O: Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; D N IVLIANVS NOB C. R: Soldier spearing fallen horseman; FEL TEMP REPARATIO, M in left field, ∆SISL in ex. Siscia mint, 4th Officina RIC VIII Siscia 382; Sear 4063v Next: chaemera Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Hemidrachm. Circa 330-280 BC. Chimaera standing left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying left Next: a bird that is not an eagle 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 Series U Type 23c Secondary Sceatta, 710-760 Upper Thames. Silver, 0.64g. Figure standing facing on a crescent boat, holding two crosses. Pecking bird in vine right (S 816A). Next: fantastical creature 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Next: fantastical creature https://www.sullacoins.com/post/salacia-amphitrite Roman Republican, Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus, AR serrate denarius (3.87g, 19 mm), 69 BC, Rome Obv: Draped bust of Salacia/Amphitrite right, seen from behind; fish to left, H to right. Rev: Q CREPEREI / [ROCVS], Neptune, holding reins and brandishing trident, driving sea-chariot drawn by two hippocamps right; H above. Ref: Crawford 399/1a. Next: a creature that you might encounter in the real world 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 Pidcock Halfpenny Conder Token Birmingham. Copper, 29mm, 7.04g. Toucan; TO THE CURIOUS OBSERVERS OF NATURAL PHENOMENA. Two-headed cow standing right; EXETER CHANGE LONDON STRAND (D&H Middlesex 454). Issuer Gilbert Pidcock was a menagerist and showman. He exhibited the two-headed cow in January 1791 at the Lyceum in the Strand in London. Next: unusual animals 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Next: unusual animals Does a hippo count as unusual? Otacilia Severa, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 248 AD, Rome mint. Obv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG; bust of Otacilia Severa, diademed, draped, r. Rev: SAECULARES AVGG SC; Hippopotamus walking r. 28mm, 17.39g. Ref: Ref: RIC IV, Philip I 200. Next: more unusual animals 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 (edited) Little mouse Time of Alexander III - Philip III. Ca. 325-310 B.C. AE unit (16.4 mm, 4.91 g). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield with boss decorated with thunderbolt / B-A, crested Macedonian helmet; mouse right below. Price -; SNG Alpha Bank -; cf. Leu 17, lot 347. Near VF, earthen green patina. Very rare, unpublished. next: an area you specialize in Edited September 16, 2023 by Ryro 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 16, 2023 (edited) Taras, Calabria 281-272 BC (Period VII - The Pyrrhic Hegemony) AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.34g) Sostratos magistrate. O: Warrior on horseback right, holding shield and spears in left hand and thrusting spear downward with right; [E]Y behind, ΣΩΣTP - ATOΣ (magistrate) in two lines below. R: Taras riding dolphin left, holding cornucopia in left hand and Nike with laurel wreath in right; ΠOΛY to left, thunderbolt to right, T-APA[Σ] below. Vlasto 713; Evans VII, A2; Cote 371-72; HGC I, 883; SNG ANS 1084; SNG Cop 874; HN Italy 1001 Next: Antioch Edited September 16, 2023 by Phil Anthos 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 Raymond Roupen Denier, 1216-1219 Antioch. Billion, 18mm, 0.98g. Bust to left, wearing helmet with chin guard and chain mail armour; crescent to left, star to right; ✠ RVPINVS. Cross pattée, inward facing crescent in upper right quadrant; ✠ A•ITIOCHIA (cf Metcalf, Crusades 1995, class L). Next: crusade 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 41 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Next: crusade https://www.sullacoins.com/post/crusader-dirhems-forbidden-by-the-pope Next: crusades 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted September 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2023 Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III, BI Denier, 1142–1163 AD, Jerusalem mint. Obv: BALDVINVS REX; cross pattée. Rev: + DE IERVSALEM; Tower of David. 16mm, 0.97g. Ref: CCS 21. Next: Tower 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 17, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 17, 2023 Cybele wearing towered crown: Julia Domna (under Caracalla), AR Denarius ca. 212 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun in back, six horizontal ridges, IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG / Rev. Cybele, towered, standing half-left, head left, legs crossed, resting left arm on column, holding drum in outstretched right hand and scepter, nearly vertical, in left; at feet to left, lion, half visible, seated left, MATRI – DEVM. RIC IV-1 382 (p. 273), RSC III 137 (ill. p. 56), Sear RCV II 7104 (ill. p. 553), BMCRE V 18 (p. 433). 17x19 mm., 3.54 g., 12 h. Purchased from Sphinx Numismatics; ex CNG Triton XX Auction, Jan. 10, 2017, part of Lot # 614 (consisting of 59 silver denarii of Julia Domna), No. E051; ex A.K. Collection. Next: another coin depicting Cybele. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2023 Ref Caracalla AR Denarius, Rome 19 mm. 2,94 g. RIC 130a, RSC 97, BMC 280 Caracalla 196-198 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH below, Dea Caelestis (Cybele) riding lion springing right over water gushing from rocks on left, holding thunderbolt & sceptre, and wearing ”City Wall” crown. Purchased from Aeternitas Numismaticas 12th Aug. 2023. Ex, Solidus Numismatik auction 106, Lot # 1580 11th Oct. 2022 NEXT: Caracalla 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 17, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 17, 2023 Caracalla / Salus 212 AD AR Denarius (18mm, 2.83g) O: Laureate head right; ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. R: Salus seated left, feeding snake from patera and holding cornucopia; PM TR P XV COS III P P. RSC 206 / RIC 196 / BMC 45 / Sear 6826 Next: Man-faced bull 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 17, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 17, 2023 22 mm, 4,78 g. Akarnania, Oeniadae. Ӕ. Circa 219-211 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right, Λ below, eagle behind head / OINIAΔAN, head of the river-god Acheloös right, trident above. BCD Akarnania 349; BMC 12; SNG Copenhagen 403. Next - 3rd century BC 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) ALEXANDER III the Great AE16 Obverse: Macedonian shield with thunderbolt on boss. Reverse: B – A either side of Macedonian helmet with chinstrap. ^E Monogram upper right. Price 404 var (monogram upper instead of lower). Uncertain mint in Macedon, ca. 326 BC. 4,65 g - 16 mm. Next: Macedonian Edited September 17, 2023 by expat 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2023 Alexander the Great Unit, 336-323BC Macedon. Bronze, 17.8mm, 6.00g. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin. Club above bow inside bowcase; AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ (SNG Copenhagen 1059). Next: Alexander 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 17, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 17, 2023 Alexander, but deified 18 mm, 4,2 g. Kings of Thrace. Lysimachos 305-281 BC. AR drachm. Ephesos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left on the throne, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head, transverse spear with point below, lyre to the inner left field, A under the throne. Thompson 174; Müller 355. Next - Athena holding Nike. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 17, 2023 · Patron Share Posted September 17, 2023 One Athena Nikephoros coming up! Diocletian, AD 284-305 Roman billon tetradrachm, 19.2 mm, 7.24 g, 12:00 Egypt, Alexandria, AD 285-6 Obv: Α Κ Γ ΟVΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust, right Rev: Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting on scepter, shield at side; L B (= regnal year 2) in field Refs: Dattari 5638; BMCG 2485; Milne 4765; Cologne 3211; RCV 12856. Next: Diocletian. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2023 Diocletianus Æ Follis, Heraclea mint Obv.: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right Rev.: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI / Genius standing front, head left, wearing modius on head, chlamys over shoulder, holding patera (from which liquor flows) and cornucopiae AE, 11.69g, 26.8mm Ref.: RIC VI, Heraclea S. 531, 17a Next: Heraclea 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2023 Honorius, 408-423 Heraclea. Bronze, 1.77g. Bust of Honorius, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right, star behind; D N HONORI-VS P F AVG. Honorius and Theodosius II standing facing, heads toward one another, each holding a spear in outer hand and holding a globe between them with inner hands; GLORIA RO-MANORVM; SMHA in exergue (RIC X Theodosius II (East), 407). Found in Britain. Next: late empire 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 17, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 Spithridates Satraps of Lycia & Ionia 334 BC, AE10 1.05g Head of Spithridates right, wearing a Persian headress Forepart of a horse right, monogram above SNG Cop 1538 Ex: Aegean Numismatics Killed by Cleitus the Black while attempting to kill Alexander the Great. Arrian reports that Spithridates, who followed his father Rhosakes as the Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia, died in the Battle of Granikos in 334 BC after Kleitos cut his arm off to keep him from shooting Alexander in the back with an arrow amidst the battle. Next up: coin from the lifetime of Alexander the Great 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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