Prieure de Sion Posted October 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) 22 hours ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said: Edited 22 hours ago by Ancient Coin Hunter Too bad 😞 sorry 6 hours rule... Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; Reign: Nero; Mint: Lugdunum, Gaul; Date: 62/68 AD; Nominal: Sestertius; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 26.28g; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Nero 392; Obverse: Head of Nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck; Inscription: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P; Translation: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae; Translation: Nero Claudius, Caesar, Augustus, victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, Imperator, father of the country; Reverse: View of triumphal arch, showing front and left hand side; above, the Emperor in a quadriga escorted by Victory; arch is heavily ornamented and decorated with statues of Pax, Mars and two soldiers; Inscription: S C; Translation: Senatus Consultum; Translation: Decree of the senate This monumental triumphal arch was erected by Nero to commemorate Roman military campaigns against the Parthians in Mesopotamia and Armenia. Although not particularly successful in a military sense (Paetus lost almost his entire army at Randeia in Armenia), the war did end with a peace treaty favorable to Rome that was upheld for nearly fifty years. This coin type is vitally important for architectural historians, for the arch was dismantled after Nero's ignominious end in AD 68, and is only known through its depiction on the coins. Next: another ancient coin with an building, that today exists... Edited October 13, 2023 by Prieure de Sion 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 Trajan's Column. 19 mm, 2,60 g. Trajan AD 98-117. AR denarius. Rome. 112-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Column of Trajan surmounted with a statue of Trajan; two eagles at base and a wreath with spirals and dots on column. RIC II Trajan 292; RSC 558. Next - a coin related to the Dacian wars. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2023 NEXT: SPQR other than on a Trajan coin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 14, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 14, 2023 I am a bit surprised to realize that I have only one non-Trajan SPQR: Nero, AE As, 65 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, NERO CAESAR AV-G • GERM IMP / Rev. Victory alighting left, wings spread, holding shield inscribed SPQR, S|C across fields. RIC I Nero 312, BMCRE I Nero 241, Sear RCV I 1976 (ill. p. 391), Cohen 288. 28 mm., 11.9 g., 12 h. Purchased from Robert Morris (Numi Numismatic), Brighton MI, 29 Oct. 2022, ex. Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger Auction 375, 22 Sep 2022, Lot 1310. Next, another Imperial coin depicting Victory, issued prior to Trajan -- i.e., from Augustus through Nerva. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted October 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2023 4 hours ago, DonnaML said: Next, another Imperial coin depicting Victory, issued prior to Trajan -- i.e., from Augustus through Nerva. Titus as ceasar, As - 77 CE T CAES IMP AVG F TR P COS VI CENSOR, Laureate head of Titus right VICTORIA NAVALIS, Victory standing right, on a prow of galley. S C in field 10.14 gr Ref : Cohen #390, RCV #2485 var Next : First century CE bronze coin Q 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted October 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2023 Galba, 68-69 As Tarraco (?) September to December 68, Æ 27mm., 11.17g. Laureate head r., with globe at point of the bust. Rev. Libertas standing l., holding pileus in r. hand and rod in l. C #. RIC 73. Next , any Galba 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, Dafydd said: Next , any Galba Okeeeee 😉 Publius Sulpicius Galba; Denarius of the Roman Republican Period 69 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 3.76g; Mint: Rome; Reference: Crawford RRC 406/1; Obverse: Veiled head of Vesta right; behind, inscription. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: SC for Senatus Consulto (By Decree of the Senate); Reverse: Emblems of the pontificate: Knife, simpulum (or culullus) and ornamented axe; in fields, inscription. Moneyer mark in exergue. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: AE CVR P GALB for Curule Aedile Publius [Sulpicius] Galba. Next: something with gold again for the weekend, please. A modern gold coin with a restrike of an older coin.... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted October 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2023 KM 1002 Elizabeth II Millennium Sovereign, you can trace Benedetto Pistrucci's famous George and the Dragon back to 1817. Next any Dragon any century. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2023 Type Non-circulating coin Years 1957-1968 Value 1 Sovereign Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970) Composition Gold (.9167) Weight 7.99 g Diameter 22.05 mm Thickness 1.5 mm Shape Round Technique Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Number N# 11461 References KM# 908, Sp# 4124, Sp# 4125 NEXT: More gold 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, expat said: NEXT: More gold Imperator Caesar Flavius Anastasius Augustus; Reign: Anastasius I (Anastasios I); Mint: Constantinople; Date: 491/498 AD; Nominal: Solidus; Material: Gold; Diameter: 21mm; Weight: 4.49g; Reference: Sear 3; Reference: MIBE 4a; Reference: DOC 4 (unlisted officina); Pedigree: Ex Naumann Numimsatik Vienna, Austria; Pedigree: Ex Leu Numismatik Winterthur, Switzerland; Obverse: Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, cross on helmet, holding spear and shield with horseman motif; Inscription: D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG; Translation: Dominus Noster Anastasius Perpetuus Augustus; Translation: Our Lord Anastasius, Perpetual Augustus; Reverse: Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field; Inscription: VICTORIA AVGGG A CONOB; Translation: Victoria Augustorum, Constantinopoli obryzum; Translation: Victory of the Augusts, Constantinople 1/72 pound pure gold Next: more more more Gold please 😉 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted October 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2023 Here's a modern Irish €50 gold coin, just a NCLT. Next: ancient gold. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 37 minutes ago, akeady said: Next: ancient gold. Professor Alois Matthias Memmesheimer placed this coin as the first piece in his collection of Trier coins. Remer (lat. Remi), Belgica, Gaul; Reign: Belgian-Celtic tribes; Mint: Probably Durocortorum Remorum (modern Reims), Gaul; Date: 60/25 BC; Nominal: Stater; Material: Gold; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 6.01g; Reference: Delestrée & Tache DT 59; Reference: Scheers, Gaule Belgique Tf. VIII, 227. Slg. LT Tf. XXXVI, 8823; Pedigree: From the Collection "Trierer Münzen" of Professor Alois Matthias Memmesheimer; Obverse: Stylized head right, simplified to an eye, legend in right field; Inscription: VOCARANT; Translation: -; Reverse: Horse left; below, annulet within dotted circle; before horse, a pentacle; and above, legend; Inscription: VOCARANT; Translation: - Next: another ancient Celtic coin of the Julius Caesar time... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted October 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2023 Region, Tribe: Gaul, Ambiani Coin: Gold Stater - Blank - Sinuous horse right, long spurs on horse's hindlegs Mint: (ca 58-55 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 6.11g / 16mm / - References: ABC 16 var VA 52 LT 8710 var Sills class 2a Provenances: Linda Banfield collection Acquisition: Chris Rudd Online 8-Apr-2013 Next - another Celtic coin. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 15, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 15, 2023 No Celtics, I guess, after 10+ hours. On to something completely different! Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 CE. Roman provincial Æ 22.05 mm, 9.66 g, 7 h. Samaria, Caesarea Maritima, 251-253 CE. Obv: IMP C C VIB GALLVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust, right, seen from front. Rev: COL P F AVG F C CAES METR P, Fortuna standing left, parazonium at waist, foot on uncertain object (prow or rock?), holding human bust and long scepter; at her feet, right, swimming river god. Refs: RPC IX, 2122; BMC 27.39,204-206; Lindgren III, 1501; Kadman 198; Rosenberger II, 162; SNG ANS 850; SNG Cop 13. Next: swimming river god. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2023 Roman Provincial Coins CILICIA. Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Severus Alexander (222-235). Ae. Obv: ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ СЄΟVΗΡ ΑΛЄΞΑ, with remaining part of legend ΝΔΡΟС right field inside legend. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: СЄΛЄVΚЄΩΝ ΚΑΛVΚΑΔΝ, with remaining Ω of legend in upper right field. Tyche, holding branch, seated left on rocks between two columns; river god Calycadnum to lower left. RPC VI online 7034. Weight: 13.99 g. Diameter: 29 mm. Plate coin: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Severus Alexander&page=109 (AC Search) ex Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann). Auction 79, Lot# 439, 07/07/2019. Purchased from Marti Classical Numismatics, Spain, 2023 NEXT: Tyche 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 15, 2023 4 hours ago, expat said: NEXT: Tyche Seleucid Autonom; Tetradrachm of the Autonom Seleucia Period after 109 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 30mm; Weight: 14.82g; Mint: Seleucia, Syria; Reference: S. 5887, Cohen DCA 697 var, HGC 9 1382 var, SNG Fitz. 5960 var; Obverse: Veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; Reverse: Thunderbolt resting atop draped throne, ϛ (date - stigma?) below, Δ to lower right, all within wreath. The Inscription reads: ΣEΛEYKEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY. Next: A coin with a reverse depiction that has a direct historical background... 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 15, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 Next: a coin type that is hard to get but you were intrigued to hunt down and buy 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted October 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 16, 2023 18 hours ago, Ryro said: Next: a coin type that is hard to get but you were intrigued to hunt down and buy I was on the look for a 'fat' Hercules for more than a year. These types were minted in the later period with some of the biggest flan for a silver coin in the ancient world. While not necessarily rare, it's definitely not common within my budget at a reasonable condition. In name of Alexander III, Aeolis, Temnos mint circa 188-170 BC, 35mm. 15.2 g. Obv: Head of Heracles wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated holding eagle and sceptre; monogram and E above knee, oinochoe within vine tendril at feet. Price 1676. Here are my varying sizes of Alexanders, a drachm and a Babylonian lifetime tetradrachm compared with the Temnos tetradrachm. Next- A coin that you've waited long for the right specimen. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 16, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 16, 2023 That's easy! C. Numitorius, Crawford 246/1, 133 BC. I posted about my excitement in receiving this coin here: https://www.numisforums.com/topic/1717-my-new-favorite-coin-yes-really/#comment-29489 Next: Same theme. 12 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted October 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 16, 2023 9 hours ago, JayAg47 said: Next- A coin that you've waited long for the right specimen. When a coin is so common you think you're not in a rush to get one, years later you realize you still don't have any specimen and it's not that easy to get the right one at a decent price L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Denarius - Rome mint, 90 BCE Laureate head of Apollo right, Δ below chin Naked horseman galloping right, holding whip; above swan (I rather see an ibis though...). L.PISO.FRUGI / ROMA at exergue 3,93 gr - 18,8 mm Ref : RCV # 235, RSC # 12b, RRC # 340/1-Calpurnia 12b-symbol 166 Ex. Naville Numismatics Next : horse riding left Q 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 16, 2023 Alaisa, Sicily circa 340 BC AE22 (22mm, 9.06g) O: Griffin springing left. R: Horse prancing left; [KAINON] in ex.(?) HGC 2, 509 (as Kainon); SNG ANS 1169; Hunter 165,1; Sear 1048; BMC 2 29,6 ex Jack H. Beymer My first ancient coin. Next: Griffin 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted October 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 16, 2023 Just now, Phil Anthos said: Next: Griffin Gallienus, antoninianus - Rome mint IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right APOLLINI CONS AVG, Griffin left. Delta at exergue 3.18 gr Ref : Cohen # 77, RCV # 10180v, Göbl # 718z, CMR Gallien # 4aa4 Next : Gallienus zoo series Q 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 16, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 next: mythological creature 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2023 Lydia, Sardeis AE 17, after 133 BC Obv.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right Rev.: Mmythical creature walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monogram below. AE, 17 mm, 4.47g Ref.: SNG Cop 464-465var, (monogram) Next: head/bust of Dionysos 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 17, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 17, 2023 11 mm, 0,56 g. Cilicia, Nagidos. AR obol. Circa 400-380 BC. Head of Aphrodite facing slightly right; [N] to left / Wreathed head of young Dionysos facing slightly left; [N] to left. Göktürk 2; SNG France –; SNG Levante 6. Next - Aphrodite (not Venus, if 6 hours pass, go for Venus) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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