Roman Collector Posted October 21, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 21, 2023 This is one of the cooler helmets in my collection. Troas, Sigeion, c. 335 BCE. Greek Æ 12.2 mm, 2.37 g, 5 h. Obv: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace. Rev: ΣΙΓΕ, owl standing right, head facing; crescent to left. Refs: BMC 17.86,7-10; SNG von Aulock 7637; SNG Ashmolean 1214–6; SNG Copenhagen 496–8; Sear 4145. Next: Tiny coin that makes you marvel at its artistry because it's so tiny. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 21, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 21, 2023 Taras, Calabria 281-228 BC AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.24g) O: Scallop shell with nine teeth. R: Dolphin right; Π (tripod?) below. Vlasto 1531v; SNG ANS 785v; HN Italy 979v; Sear 359v Scarce ex Jencek Historical Enterprise "New moons swell the slippery shell-fish, but it is not every sea that yields the choicest kind. The Lucrine mussel is better than the Baian cockle. Oysters come from Circeii, sea-urchins from Misenum, luxurious Tarentum plumes herself on her broad scallops." ~ Horace Next: Pegasos with curled wings 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 21, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Phil Anthos said: Pegasos with curled wings I know these depictions but all my Pegasos coins have straight wings. Except one where Pegasos is not a main motif, it's an ornament on Athena's helmet Next - Medusa Edited October 21, 2023 by ambr0zie 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 21, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 next: shield 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 21, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 21, 2023 Two for the price of one! Next: Carnyx 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 21, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 L. Cosconius M.f. 118 BCE. AR Serrate Denarius (17 MM, 3.53g, 6h). Narbo mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left / Gallic warrior (Bituitus, king of the Averni?)driving galloping biga right, hurling spear and holding shield and carnyx. Crawford 282/2; Sydenham 521; Cosconia 1. Next: depiction of a barbarian 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 21, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 21, 2023 Head of female Gaul, Crawford 448/3. Next: Artemis/Diana & her faithful stag companion 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 21, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 21, 2023 A portrait of repression. ~ Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 21, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 Next: interesting hair 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 21, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) Plotina, c. AD 105-122. Roman provincial Æ 20.0 mm, 5.43 g, 6 h. Caria, Tabae, AD 105-122. Obv: ΠΛΩΤЄΙΝ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust, right, hair in plait behind Rev: ΤΑΒΗ-ΝΩΝ, stag standing right. Refs: RPC III 2292; BMC 18. 170, 79; SNG von Aulock 2720; SNG München 455-6; Robert 143. Notes: Reverse die match to SNG von Aulock 2720. "Plate" coin at Austin College's Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins. Next: Stag. Edited October 21, 2023 by Roman Collector 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 21, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) 19 mm, 4,44 g. Ionia, Ephesos. Marcus Aurelius 161-180 AD. Ӕ. Struck 161-165. Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝ, laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, r., seen from rear / ƐΦƐϹΙΩΝ, stag standing, r. RPC IV.2, 1132 (temporary); Karwiese 306; Cop 401. Next - Ephesos Edited October 21, 2023 by ambr0zie 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 21, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 21, 2023 Ephesus, Ionia 390-320 BC AR Diobol (10mm, 1.02g) O: Bee with straight wings, within dotted border. R: Confronted heads of two stags; EΦ above. SNG Cop 242-43; SNG von Aulock 1835; SNG München 32; Sear 4375v; BMC Ionia 53, 53; ex Forvm Ancient Coins The bee was sacred to the goddess Artemis, whose famous sanctuary at Ephesus was tended by Her priestesses, known collectively as Melissae, a word which translates as ‘bee’, or by some accounts ‘honey gatherer’. It is no surprise then that the coins of this city should feature the bee on their obverse. Next: Taras (Tarentum) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 22, 2023 Quote 6h rule, sorry Aelia Pulcheria Augusta; Reign: Marcian; Mint: Constantinopolis; Date: 450/457 AD; Nominal: Tremissis; Material: Gold; Diameter: 14.5mm; Weight: 1.36g; Reference: Depeyrot 72/4; Reference: RIC X Marcian 521; Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped bust of Aelia Pulcheria right, seen from front, wearing necklace and earring, hair elaborately weaved with long plait up the back of head and tucked under diadem; Inscription: AEL PVLCHERIA AVG; Translation: Aelia Pulcheria Augusta; Reverse: Cross within wreath, mintmark in exergue; Inscription: CONOB; Translation: Constantinopoli obryzum; Translation: Constantinople, 1/72 pound pure gold Variants are known, under this reference along with other references, given the types of ties of the wreath on reverse. This Gold Tremissis presented here should be variant 14. Next: another woman from the last years of the Western Roman Empire 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted October 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 22, 2023 Western Roman Empire AV Tremissis ND (450-55AD) Ravenna Mint 1.38g. 13mm. 12h Galla Placidia/ Augusta 421-55AD Next: coin from her husband Constantius III 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 22, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 22, 2023 6 next: a common type in great shape 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 22, 2023 6th rule??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 22, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Phil Anthos said: 6th rule??? Wow. Three question marks. But yeah, there is a 6 hour rule. It's written in the OP. In cases like this where nobody posts what is requested we continue the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) Don't know if this is a great shape, but it's surely better in terms of preservation than the "average" ancient coin. And it is very common. 17,7 mm, 3,6 g. Faustina II. Augusta 147-175. AR denarius. Rome. 161-176. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair waved with two braided bands / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, holding scepter and nude male child. BMC 91; C. 99; RIC 677; RSC 99. Next - a scarce/rare coin in modest condition. Edited October 22, 2023 by ambr0zie 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 22, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 22, 2023 Posthumous Coinage of Augustus Julia Daughter of Augustus by his first wife Scribonia. Born 39 BC, she was the wife of Marcellus, Agrippa and Tiberius, respectively. Banished by her father to the island of Pandataria in 2 BC, she remained there 5 years and then was allowed to reside in Rhegium, where she died in 14 AD. Livia and Julia under Augustus. Bronze 10-2 BC, Pergamum/Mysia. LIBIAN HPAN XAPINOS Draped bust of Livia (as Hera) to r. Rev.( IO)YLIAN (AFP)ODIT(HN) Draped bust of Julia (as Venus) to r 18 mm,. 3,79 g. BMC 248. RPC 2359. Vagi 370. Very rare Ex: Savoca Blue 89 next: another rarity that you are fond of 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 22, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) The only known example (so far as I've been able to determine) of this particular variety from this particular officina: Valentinian I, AV Solidus, 365 AD [Sear, Depeyrot] (reigned 364-375 AD), Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina. Obv. Rosette-diademed (with square & round rosettes separated by ovoid pearls), draped, & cuirassed bust right, D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG [Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus] / Rev. Valentinian, in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum or vexillum ornamented with “T” [probably a Greek Tau cross] in right hand* and, in outstretched left hand, Victory standing left on globe, holding up crowning wreath towards emperor, RESTITVTOR – REIPVBLICAE around; in exergue, ANTΓ [Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina**]. RIC IX (1951) Antioch 2b (var. unlisted) ***; Sear RCV V 19267 at p. 294 (rosette-diademed, with no cross in the reverse left field, no stars or dots in the reverse exergue, and known from Officina 3, as well as Officina 10) (citing Depeyrot); Depeyrot II Antioch 23/1 Valentinian I (p. 281) (examples with this mint-mark, without stars or dots, & monogrammed cross in labarum rather than Chi-Ro, known from Officinas 3 & 10) (citing 1966 sale of this coin as the one example from 3rd Officina, with one other from 10th Officina) [Depeyrot, George, Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]. 21.2 mm., 4.44 g. Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique [Julien Cougnard], Montpellier, France, Feb. 2022, “from an old Parisian collection”; ex Maison Vinchon Auction Sale, Mon. 25 April 1966, Hotel Drouot, Paris, Lot 257 (sold for 780 French francs, = $159.16 in 1966 U.S. dollars). Next: Another Victory -- not an angel -- on a Roman coin minted after the death of Constantine I by an emperor who professed Christianity as his religion. Edited October 22, 2023 by DonnaML 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 23, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) Since it's been considerably more than 6 hours, I'll answer my own prompt with these examples: Constantius II: Valens: Gratian: Arcadius: Honorius: I have no idea who was the last Emperor to depict a pagan Victory or Nike on his coins. Next, something easier: one of Constantine I's sons. Edited October 23, 2023 by DonnaML 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 23, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 23, 2023 19 mm, 2,06 g . Constans 337-350. Æ follis. Siscia. 348-350. D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, bust of Constans, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right / FEL•TEMP•REPARATIO, Phoenix, radiate, standing right on rocky mound. Mintmark ΓSIS•. RIC VIII Siscia 232. Next - another one of Constantine I's sons. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted October 23, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, ambr0zie said: Next - another one of Constantine I's sons. Constantius II, Siliqua - Sirmium mint D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Diademed bust of Constantius right VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX, in a wreath. SIRM at exergue. 2.07 gr Ref : Cohen #342, RC #3997 Next : after Constans and Constantius II, let's see Constantine II Q 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 23, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 23, 2023 I have a fair number of Constantine II coins, but many are not particularly photogenic. Here's my favorite one: Constantine II, Caesar 316-337 CE. Roman billon centenionalis, 3.04 g, 19.2 mm, 11 h. Trier, 2nd officina, 320 CE. Obv: CONSTANTI-NVS IVN N C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, left. Rev: VIRTVS EXERCIT, trophy with bound captives seated to left and right; STR in exergue. Refs: RIC vii, p. 187, 265; Cohen 262; RCV 17285. Next: Trophy and captive(s). 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 23, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) Constantius II 324-337 AD AE3/4 (17.5mm, 1.69g) O: Dude with headband right; FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C. R: Two guys wearing barrels and holding skateboards, feeding two parking meters between them; GLORIA EXERCITVS, some letters in ex. Sear 3986 From the X. Er Citus collection; ex Sidd Finch. Edited October 23, 2023 by Phil Anthos 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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