Phil Anthos Posted September 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) I love that reverse! Chalkis, Euboia 340-294 BC AR Drachm (18mm, 3.46g) O: Head of nymph Chalkis (or Hera?) right, hair rolled. R: Eagle flying right, holding serpent in his talons and beak; trophy of arms below. SNG Cop 432; Sear 2482 From the Wallace and BCD collections. Next: Iberian Edited September 28, 2023 by Phil Anthos 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 28, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 IBERIA, Gadir. Circa 150-100 BC. Æ Quarter Unit (17.5mm, 2.04 g, 6h). Head of Melqart left, wearing lion skin; club over shoulder / Dolphin over trident left. ACIP 681. Earthen dark green patina, area of weak strike on reverse. VF. From El Iberico Collection next: dolphin 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 28, 2023 Taras, Calabria 315-302 BC (Period V - From Alexander the Molossian to Kleonymos) AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.63g, 4h) O: Warrior, preparing to throw spear and holding shield and two more spears, on horse rearing right; ΣA below. R: Phalanthos, holding arrow and bow, astride dolphin right; |-HP and HP monogram below, TAPAΣ to left. D'Andrea XXXVII, 777; Vlasto 631; Fischer-Bossert Group 68, 818; Evans V, B18; SNG ANS 1011; HN Italy 938 Next: spear 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 28, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Next: shield 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 28, 2023 Taras, Calabria 302-281 BC (Period VI - From Kleonymos to Pyrrhus) AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.68g) Nikon magistrate. O: Naked ephebe vaulting from horse galloping left, holding javelin and small shield in left hand; EY above, [NI]KΩN (magistrate) below. R: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding ear of grain; API to left, TAPAΣ to right, spearhead below. Vlasto 703; Evans VI, E2; Cote 342; HGC I, 817; HN Italy 969 Next: riderless horse 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2023 NEXT: Punic war, I or II 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) Taras, Calabria 212-209 BC (Period X - The Punic Occupation) AR Half-Shekel (Reduced Nomos) (22mm, 3.94g) Sokannos magistrate. O: Warrior on horseback right, holding filleted palm frond in right hand, rein in left; ΣΩKAN-NA below. R: Taras on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended right hand, trident in left; eagle with open wings standing left behind, TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 984-86; Cote 605-06; SNG ANS 1272; HN Italy 1082; SNG Ashmolean 420-1; Sear 383v (drachm) Next: more Punic War issues Edited September 28, 2023 by Phil Anthos 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted September 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) 6 hrs, A denarius of Aurelian Next- an unusual denomination for its time. Edited September 29, 2023 by JayAg47 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 30, 2023 · Patron Share Posted September 30, 2023 It has been more than 24 hours. Time to move on. Phrygia, Eumeneia, c. 133-130 BC. Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 6.66 g, 1 h. Menekrates, son of Askle-, magistrate. Obv: Head of young Dionysos wreathed with ivy, right. Rev: Tripod-lebes with three handles surmounted by flat cover fringed with spikes, star above and on either side; to right, EYMENE and filleted laurel branch (thyrsos?); to left, MENEKΡA/AΣKΛH and bipennis (double axe) with serpent-entwined handle. Refs: BMC 25.212,14; SNG Copenhagen 382; SNG Tübingen 4008; Paris 1095; Mionnet IV, 563; SNG Oxford 1024-1025; Lindgren I 950; Istanbul 14718; Afyon 2973. Next: Tripod. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted September 30, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 30, 2023 Cassius, 42 BC NEXT : more Cassius 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 30, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 6 Sicily, Akragas. Tetras 10.35 g), ca. 420-406 BC. AKPA, eagle right, head lowered to devour hare held in talons; in left field, crab right. Reverse Crab; below, three pellets above crayfish left. CNS 50; SNG ANS 1037; HGC 2, 140. Glossy dark chocolate brown patina. Purchased at Salt Lake coin show 2017. Next: crab 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 30, 2023 Taras, Calabria 290-281 BC AR Diobol (12mm, 1.13g) O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla. R: Herakles kneeling right, wrestling the Nemean lion; crab above, club behind. D'Andrea XL, 956; HN Italy 976; Vlasto ----; Cote ---; SNG France ----; McGill --- Scarce Next: Underworld 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 30, 2023 Underworld as in "in mythology, a place under the earth where the spirits of the dead go." - 2nd definition in https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/underworld One of the terrifying creatures in the mythologic underworld - Cerberus 25 mm, 12,71 g. Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian 117-138. Billon tetradrachm. 133-134 AD. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ, laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear / L ΙΗ, Sarapis seated, l., holding sceptre; to l., Cerberus. RPC III, 5871; BMC 620-623. Next - let's see a Serapis. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 30, 2023 Yep, that's a gooder. Anything underworld-ish would've worked. ~ Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted October 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 1, 2023 Serapis-Agathodaemon riding a horse! Next- Serpentarium Mundi 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted October 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2023 Roman Republic - L. Roscius Fabatus. Silver denarius (4,00 g. 18 mm.) minted in Rome, 64 B.C. Head of Juno Sospita right behind, control symbol (Gladius), L ROSCI / Girl standing right, feeding serpent to right on left, control symbol (fasces ?); in exergue FABATI. Crawford 412/1; Sydenham 915; Next Salus 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 1, 2023 22,4 mm, 3 g. Gallienus 253-268 AD. Ӕ antoninianus, Siscia. 260-268. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing left, holding sceptre and feeding serpent rising from altar, I in right field. RIC 581K Siscia; Goebl 1462; Sear -. Next - Gallienus, not a Zoo series coin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted October 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2023 GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SOLI INVICTO. Sol, radiate, standing right, head left, with raised right hand and holding globe Next More Sol. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2023 NEXT: Oriens 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 1, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 1, 2023 Gallienus, 253-268 CE. Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.56 g, 22.0 mm, 6 h. Samosata(?), 260 CE (?). Obv: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ORIENS AVG, turreted female (the Orient) standing right, presenting wreath to Gallienus standing left in military dress and holding a spear; wreath above. RIC V 445; Göbl 1698b; RSC 705a; RCV 10298; Hunter 71. Next: Gallienus -- joint reign with Valerian. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 1, 2023 20,1 mm, 2,28 g. Gallienus 253-268. Billon antoninanus. Asian mint, 255-256. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, bust of Gallienus, radiate, draped, right / VIRTVS AVGG, Gallienus and Valerian, in military attire, standing face to face, one holding Victory and the other holding globe. RIC V Gallienus (joint reign) 456. Next - a coin showing two rulers 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2023 Philip I and II on reverse Philip II, AR antoninianus. 22.4 mm, 4.91 g.(Thick flan), Rome mint, 249AD. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / LIBERALITAS AVGG III, Philip I, holding short sceptre, and Philip II seated left on curule chairs, extending right hands. RIC 230; RSC 17, Sear 9265. Appears to be reverse die match to example held by American Numismatic Society NEXT: Father and Son together 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 1, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 Next: provincial Severan 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted October 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Ryro said: Next: provincial Severan Caracalla, AE 30 - Serdica, Thrace, AD 216 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC AVTK M AVP CEV, laureate heroic bust left, seen from behind, with sword belt and Aegis on left shoulder OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Hermes, naked, standing left, holding purse and caduceus 17,14 gr - 30/28 mm Ref : Moushmov 4804 (obv), Varbanov 2372 (rev) See Agora auction #62/102, same dies Next : Aegis Q Edited October 1, 2023 by Qcumbor 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 1, 2023 What about an aegis as main design element? 22 mm, 6,37 g. Pontic Kingdom, Amisos. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. Local civic issue of common type under Mithradates VI. 100-85 BC. Ӕ. Facing Gorgonion as boss of fleece (aegis)-covered, octagonal shield / AMI-ΣOY, ethnic across fields divided by Nike, walking right, holding wreath and palm-branch; monograms in lower fields. SNG Cop.167 var; SNG BM Black Sea 1177-91; HGC 7, 242. Next - a coin where Medusa/gorgon are the main theme 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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