Post it and pick it!

[Prieure de Sion]

1 hour ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Nero

 

 

 

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; Reign: Nero; Mint: Lugdunum, Gaul; Date: circa 65 AD; Nominal: Dupondius; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 12.99g; Reference: BMC 351; Reference: Cohen 446; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Nero 412; Provenance: Künker Numismatik Osnabrück, Germany; Provenance: Lanz Numismatics Munich, Germany (Auction 109, Lot 312, 2002); Obverse: Head of Nero, laureate, left; 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: Victory walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left; Inscription: VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C II; Translation: Victoria Augusti, Senatus Consultum; Translation: Victory of the Augustus. Decree of the senate.

 
Next: Britannicus … 

[expat]

Don´t have a coin with an image of Britannicus, but one struck in his name and his Father.

ANTONIUS FELIX AE Prutah. Roman Procurator of Judaea under Claudius. AD 54.
Obverse: NЄP(Ѡ) KΛAY KAICAP. Two oblong shields crossed, two crossed spears behind.
Reverse: Palm tree with dot and star and with L ΙΔ in field under branches either side of tree; BPIT above, K AI either side of tree across bottom.
Issue struck in the name of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus.
 
RPC-4971, Sofaer 59-61. Jerusalem mint, RY 14 = 54 AD. 2,49 g - 17 mm
Volume: RPC I №: 4971
Reign: Claudius Persons: Britannicus (Caesar)
City: Jerusalem  Region: Judaea Province: Judaea
Denomination: Æ Average weight: 2.41 g. Issue: Year 14 (AD 54)
Obverse: ΒΡΙΤ ΚΑΙ, LΙΔ (in field); palm tree
Reverse: ΝƐΡW ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; two crossed spears and shields
Reference: Meshorer 29 Specimens: 12
Not too much known about Britannicus, son of Claudius. He was named after his Father´s exploits in Britain around 50 AD. The sudden death of Britannicus shortly before his fourteenth birthday is reported by all extant sources as being the result of poisoning on Nero's orders; as Claudius' biological son, he represented a threat to Nero's claim to the throne.

NEXT: More Britannicus

[DonnaML]

No Britannicus I'm afraid, so next will be a youthful Nero before he lost his chin. Something like this one:

Nero AR Drachm, AD 56/57 (Year 3), Syria, Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate head of young Nero right, ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑ (beginning at upper right) / Rev. Tripod altar (supporting cauldron or lebes) with serpent entwined around center leg; ΔΡΑ-ΧΜΗ to sides (ΔΡΑ upwards on left; ΧΜΗ downwards on right), forming single word ΔΡΑΧΜΗ (“drachma”); above tripod, EP [for Year 105 of Caesarean Era) and Γ [for Nero’s Regnal Year 3]. McAlee 278(a) at p. 140 & n. 214 (ill. p. 141); Prieur 78; RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 4179 (1992); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4179.  18 mm., 3.65 g., 1 h. Purchased at CNG [Classical Numismatic Group, LLC] E-Auction 512, 23 March 2022, Lot 399.*

*See @Roman Collector's post at https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tripod-and-serpent.358347/: "This reverse type, of a serpent entwined around a tripod, appears on numerous provincial coins of Moesia Inferior and Thrace in the third century AD. You may think it mundane, but when one dives into the iconography or the historical background of a coin, it usually turns out to be more interesting than it appears.The word tripod derives from the Greek word τρίπους (τρίποδος in the genitive, transliterated as tripodos), meaning three-footed, and refers to a three-legged structure.[1] It is one of the oldest words in Greek. In fact, no word in that language can be demonstrated to be older, for it appears in the Linear B script, dating to the 13th century BC! The word appears on a clay tablet with Linear B script discovered in Pylos, Greece, and which now resides in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.[2] The word ti-ri-po-de appears in syllabic characters along with a drawing of a three-legged vessel on the tablet.

Used as a seat or stand, the form of the tripod is the most stable furniture construction for uneven ground, hence its ancient and widespread existence. In antiquity, tripods were most frequently used as a support for a lebes (cauldron) or as a base for other vases, although they could also function as ornaments, trophies, and sacrificial altars. 

A Serpent coiled round a tripod is typically referable to Apollo, or indicates the Delphic oracles.[4] This iconography stems from the myth of how Apollo chased the serpent-god Python from Mount Parnassus, slew the creature with his arrow, placed his bones into a tripod cauldron and deposited them into his new temple."

Edited November 1, 2023 by DonnaML

[Ryro]

Next: wings

[expat]

NEXT: Victory over the Parthians

[JayAg47]

Trajan's sestertius commemorating his conquest of Parthia and expanding Roman empire all the way to the gulf of Iran.

IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P 

Next- More Optimus Princeps. 

 

Edited November 1, 2023 by JayAg47

[Prieure de Sion]

14 hours ago, JayAg47 said:

Next- More Optimus Princeps. 

 

 
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Reign: Trajanus; Mint: Rome; Date: 113/114 AD
Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.23g
Reference: MIR. 419v1
Reference: Spink 3170
Reference: Sydenham 577a
Reference: RIC II Trajan 294 (denarius)
OCRE Online: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.294_denarius

Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right
Inscription: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
Translation: Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae
Translation: Imperator, of Trajan, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation

Reverse: Aquila between vexillum on left and standard on right
Inscription: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi
Translation: The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes

 

Next: I would like to have a coin of the Western Roman Empire from the time 400-476 AD.

[AncientOne]

1 hour ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Next: I would like to have a coin of the Western Roman Empire from the time 400-476 AD.

Johannes. 423-425 AD. AE 12mm

Rome mint. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding trophy over shoulder and dragging captive; christogram in left field.

 

Next: Same theme.

[expat]

A very worn example of Western Emperor Honorius

Honorius, AE3. Constantinople. AD 408-423. DN HONORI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, star behind head / GLORI-A ROMA-NORVM, two emperors standing facing, looking at each other, holding a globe between them. Mintmark CONS and officina letter A, B, Gamma or Δ RIC X Constantinople 409; Sear 2102. 15mm, 1.47gr

NEXT: One or both of his Parents, Theodosius or Aelia Flaccilla

[DonnaML]

Here's one of each parent:

Theodosius I, AR reduced Siliqua, AD 379-383 (Aquileia Mint) [Emperor AD 379-395). Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, D N THEODO-SIUS P F AVG / Rev. Constantinopolis, crowned, seated facing on thorne, head to right, holding long scepter in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left, right foot resting on prow, CONCOR-DIA AVGGG; in exergue, AQPS [AQ = Aquileia Mint; PS = pusulatum (struck from pure silver); see Sear RCV V, Introduction p. 70]. 17 mm., 1.71 g., 12 h. RIC IX Aquileia 25 (p. 99), RSC V 4c (ill. p. 172), Sear RCV V 20448 (ill. p. 403). Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 25, 14 Mar 2023, Lot 2729. 

Aelia Flaccilla (first wife of Theodosius I and mother of Arcadius & Honorius), AE maiorina, AD 383-386, Alexandria mint, 2nd Officina. Obv. Draped bust of Aelia Flaccilla right, wearing necklace, earrings, and elaborate headdress with diadem, AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG / Rev. Empress standing facing, head right, her arms crossed on her breast, SALVS REI-PVBLICAE; in exergue, ALEB [mint mark ALE = Alexandria; B = 2nd Officina]. 24 mm., 6.62 g. RIC IX 17 (p. 302); Sear RCV V 20622; Cohen 6; LRBC II 2897 [R.A.G. Carson, P.V. Hill, & J.P.C. Kent, Late Roman Bronze Coinage, A.D. 324-498 (London 1972)]. Purchased Nov. 2022 from Kirk Davis, Claremont, CA, Cat. No. 80, Fall 2022, Lot 79; ex Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Auction 75, 09.24.2013, Lot 2652.

Next, another Roman empress, after the death of Constantine I. 

[AncientOne]

7 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Next, another Roman empress, after the death of Constantine I. 

This one probably should have gone in Ocatarinetabellatchitchix's 50 Shades of Blue post.

Aelia Eudoxia AE 18mm.

AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, diademed draped bust right being crowned by hand of god / Victory seated right, supporting shield on column.

 

Next: Another Empress after Constantine I. 

[Qcumbor]

1 hour ago, AncientOne said:

Next: Another Empress after Constantine I. 

Different from the last one, but back to the one before, even though it's not as tremendous as @DonnaML's

Aelia Flaccilla, AE2 - Constantinople mint, 5th officina
AEL FLAC CILLA, diademed and draped bust right
SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing ChiRo on a shield. CON epsilon at exergue
4.75 gr
Ref : Cohen # 4, LRBC # 2167*

Next : Constantinople mint

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Edited November 2, 2023 by Qcumbor

[ambr0zie]

17 mm, 0,87 g.
Byzantine Empire. Romanus IV Diogenes 1068-1071. AR 2/3 miliaresion. Constantinople.
MHP-ΘV (barred), nimbate facing bust of the Virgin Mary, wearing pallium and maphorium, holding with both hands medallion of nimbate bust of infant Christ; dotted single border / + ΘKЄ / BΘ, PΩMA/NΩ ΔЄCΠO/TH TΩ ΔΙΟ/ΓЄΝЄΙ, legend in five lines; three pellets below, linear single border. Sear 1865.

Next - an unpopular denomination. 

[akeady]

I suppose the bes was an unpopular denomination, as it was minted just once, in 126 BC.

Gens:	Cassia
Moneyer:	C. Cassius Longinus
Coin:	Bronze Bes S : - Head of Liber right, wearing ivy-wreath C.CASSI / S : / ROMA - Prow of galley right
Mint:	Rome (126 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	11.12g / 23mm / 1h
References:	Sydenham 504 Crawford 266/3
Acquisition:	Christoph Kistenich Facebook 15-Jul-2021

Next - some other unusual denomination.

[DonnaML]

I think this 1881 AE third-farthing (Spink 3960) is a rather unusual denomination; it was minted for use only in Malta. Only 2,880 of them to the pound!

Next, another AE coin of Victoria, pre-1887.

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by DonnaML

[Edessa]

1876 Penny

Next: More British Copper

 

 

[DonnaML]

Here's another penny:

George III AE Penny 1806, S. 3780 (variety with no incuse hair curl by tie knot), by Conrad Heinrich Küchler, Soho Mint. Obv. Short-haired, laureate, and draped bust right, GEORGIUS III • D : G • REX., date 1806 below / Rev. Seated figure of Britannia facing left, with olive branch in raised right hand, left hand holding trident and resting on shield bearing Union flag, sea behind with ship to left, legend BRITANNIA above; the word SOHO engraved below lower right of shield, at 45 degrees. 34 mm., 19.27 g. Purchased from Noonans Mayfair (formerly Dix Noonan Webb), London, UK, Auction 271, 4 Apr. 2023, Lot 415.

Next, more Britannia. The personification and/or the legend (whether in full or abbreviated form).

[Qcumbor]

2 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Next, more Britannia. The personification and/or the legend (whether in full or abbreviated form).

Two pence, dit "cartwheel", 1797
Atelier de Soho, Birmingham
Ref : Spink # 3776

 

Next : trident

Q

[ambr0zie]

11 mm, 1,68 g.
Caria, Mylasa. Ӕ. Circa 210-30 BC.
Forepart of horse right / MYΛΑΣΕΩΝ, ornate trident head.
SNG Keckman 225.

Next - forepart. 

[Phil Anthos]

Taras, Calabria

473-450 BC AR Drachm (Half Nomos) (16mm, 3.53g) O: Forepart of hippocamp with pointed wings right; TAPAΣ (retrograde) counterclockwise behind, scallop shell below. R: Head of nymph Satyra right; TA clockwise behind, all within incuse circle. D'Andrea IX, 115; Vlasto 157-59; Cote 60; SNG France 1610; HGC I, 822; SNG ANS 846; HN Italy 839 Rare ex Savoca Coins A rare early drachm, sometimes referred to as a 'half nomos'. The hippocamp could be seen as a Pegasus, but that device was unknown in Tarentine coinage while the hippocamp was quite common, and the scallop shell certainly lends credibility to that idea. Alfred Hands places this type much earlier, perhaps as early as 520 BC, while Ratto (the Cote catalog) suggests that the nymph is actually the obverse due to the retrograde ethnic. Next: mule

[Prieure de Sion]

15 hours ago, Phil Anthos said:

Next: mule

 

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula for Vipsania Agrippina (or Agrippina Senior, Agrippina Maior, Agrippina the Elder), Mother of Gaius Caligula
Reign: Caligula; Mint: Rome; Date: 37/41 AD; Nominal: Sestertius
Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 24.94g
Reference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 55
OCRE Online: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).gai.55

Obverse: Bust of Agrippina the Elder, right, her hair falling in queue down her neck
Inscription: AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI
Translation: Agrippina Marci Filia Matron Caius Caesaris Augusti
Translation: Agrippina, daughter of Marcus [Agrippa], mother of emperor (Augustus) Gaius Caesar

Reverse: Carpentum, with ornamented cover and sides, drawn right by two mules
Inscription: S P Q R MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE
Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus Memoriae Agrippinae
Translation: The senate and Roman people to the memory of Agrippina

 

Next: Diva Augusta ...

[ambr0zie]

Diva Augusta ... Faustina. (Totally unexpected, right?)

26 mm, 14,80 g.
Diva Faustina I. Died 140-141. Æ as. Rome. Circa 141-146.
DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust r., wearing pearls bound on top of her head / PIETAS AVG SC, Pietas standing l., dropping incense onto lighted candelabrum-altar and holding acerrum.
RIC III 1192a (Pius); BMCRE 1468; C 241.

Next - Pietas

 

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Trebonianus Gallus (251-253 C.E.)

AR Antoninanus, 23mm 3.9 grams Milan mint, AD 251-253.

Obverse: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right

Reverse: PIETAS AVGG, Pietas veiled, standing left by altar, raising both hands.

Reference: RIC 72; RSC 88; Sear (1998) 2790; Sear 9643. 

 

Next: Another Gallus or Volusian

[Prieure de Sion]

15 hours ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said:

Next: Another Gallus or Volusian

Here comes a very rare Volusianus as Caesar...

 

 
Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus as Caesar; Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 251 AD; Material: Billon Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 3.56g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Volusian 134; Provenance: Ex Dr. Gernot Heinrich Collection; Obverse: Bust of Volusian, radiate, draped, right. The Inscription reads: C VIBIO VOLVSIANO CAES for Caius Vibius Volusianus, Caesar; Reverse: Volusian, draped, standing left, holding wand in right hand and reversed spear in left hand. The Inscription reads: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS for Principi Juventutis (To the prince of the youth).

 

Next: a rare coin from 300-400 AD please...

[DonnaML]

This coin is "rare," albeit only in the flyspecking sense that as far as I can tell, it's the only known example from the 3rd Officina of Antioch for this particular variant -- which happens to be one of at least 38 different variants of the Valentinian I “RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE” solidus from the Antioch mint alone! 

Valentinian I, AV Solidus, 365 AD [Sear, Depeyrot] (reigned 364-375 AD), Antioch Mint, 3^rd 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, 3^rd 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 3^rd Officina, with one other from 10^th 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 Valentinian I in AV or AR.