Roman Collector Posted November 28, 2023 · Patron Share Posted November 28, 2023 26 hours and no triumphal arch, it seems. Let's move on to something else Roman. C Servilius Mf, 136 BCE. Roman AR denarius, 3.76 g, 21.0 mm, 5 h. Rome, 135 BCE. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; behind, wreath and denominational mark; below, ROMA. Rev: The Dioscuri galloping in opposite directions, holding inverted spears; in exergue, C·SERVEILI·M·F. Refs: Crawford RRC 239/1; Sydenham CRR 525; Sear RCV 116; RSC Servilia 1. Next: Someone holding a spear. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted November 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 28, 2023 Next- your most expensive coin. 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2023 (edited) Probably this one, but I always forget very quickly what a coin cost. Plotina Augusta AR Denarius Obv.: PLOTINA AVG IMP TRAIANI, Draped bust right. Rev.: CAES AVG GERMA DAC COS VI PP, Vesta seated left on throne, holding palladium and sceptre. Ag, 3.57g, 19mm Ref.: RIC II 730 [R3], CRE 15 [R2] Next: same theme Edited November 28, 2023 by shanxi 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 28, 2023 2 hours ago, shanxi said: Next: same theme Tiberius Iulius Caesar Augustus; Aureus of the Roman Imperial Period 14/37 AD; Material: Gold; Diameter: 17/18mm; Weight: 7.84g; Mint: Lugdunum, Gallia; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 25; Obverse:; Head of Tiberius, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS for Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti Filius Augustus (Tiberius Caesar, son of divine Augustus, Augustus); Reverse: Female figure (Livia as Pax?), draped, right, seated, right on chair with plain legs, holding branch and long sceptre; below chair, a double line. The Inscription reads: PONTIF MAXIM for Pontifex Maximus (High priest). Next: A coin that you were given as a gift and then, to everyone's surprise, turned out to be much more valuable. 10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 28, 2023 Note - I know about (and I salute) Secret Saturnalia but I am not participating not because I am an old, cheap and grumpy man (even if I am) - for me customs/shipping can be a major pain so it's best to avoid this. 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 28, 2023 2 hours ago, ambr0zie said: Note - I know about (and I salute) Secret Saturnalia but I am not participating not because I am an old, cheap and grumpy man (even if I am) - for me customs/shipping can be a major pain so it's best to avoid this. I am correcting my wish slightly 😄 Next: A coin that you were given as a gift or that you bought very cheaply - and then, to everyone's surprise, turned out to be much more valuable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Next: A coin that you were given as a gift or that you bought very cheaply - and then, to everyone's surprise, turned out to be much more valuable. This shilling was bought as the regular thing : But under magnification turned out to be a rare "D over B" variety, more than ten times more valuable Next : overstruck Q Edited November 28, 2023 by Qcumbor 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 28, 2023 19 minutes ago, Qcumbor said: Next : overstruck This coin appears to have been overstruck - remnants of the under type are visible on the reverse of the coin, where a triangular feature appears from behind the left hand corner of the temple roof, and what looks like a chimney stands above the right slope. Marcus Aurelius Probus, as Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus; Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 276/282 AD; Material: BI; Diameter: 21mm; Weight: 3.43g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC V Probus 183; Provenance: Ex Roma Numismatics London Great Britain; Obverse: Bust of Probus, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle in right hand. The Inscription reads: IMP PROBVS P F AVG for Imperator Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus; Reverse: Hexastyle temple, Roma seated in centre, holding Victory in right hand and sceptre in left hand. R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. The Inscription reads: ROMAE AETER for Romae Aeternae (Everlasting Rome). Next: same theme... 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted November 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 28, 2023 Attribution: RPC I 129 Date: 27 BC-14 AD Obverse: AVG, Bare head of Augustus left Reverse: COLONIA / PATRICIA in two lines within wreath Size: 26.13 mm Weight: 9 grams Description: VF. Off center reverse stike with visible undertype at edge. Ex Wayne C Phillips Next; same theme 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted November 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2023 I bought a lot of three of these and have picked up a couple more since. Gens: Anonymous Coin: Bronze Sextans - Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; • • above ROMA - Prow of galley right; •• below Mint: Sicilian Mint (ca. 211-208 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.78g / 17mm / 7h References: Sydenham 310d var Crawford 69/6 var Provenances: Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection Ex. RBW Collection 2013 Acquisition: CNG Online auction E-Sale 432 #211 (part) 14-Nov-2018 Notes: Jun 6, 20 - This is a Second Punic War overstrike; this is an anonymous type. The standard references refer to a type with corn-ear and KA symbol. The obverse shows a bent horse’s leg and is likely a bronze assigned to the mint of Carthage of similar Tanit/Horse type, but with a bent foreleg. These anonymous types probably represent a different mint location in Sicily than the corn-ear and KA types. [Andrew McCabe] Next - another fraction of an as. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2023 Semis = 1/2 As Tiberius as Caesar Semis, Lugdunum, AD 12-14 Obv.: TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, Laureate head right Rev.: ROM ET AVG Altar of Lugdunum AE, 3.7g, 17.5mm Ref.: Cohen 38, RIC 246 Next: Semis 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2023 Roman Republic. Anonymous. Circa 215-212 BC. AE Semis (40mm, 51.03g, 12h). Rome mint. Obv: Laureate head of Saturn left; S (mark of value) to right; all on a raised disk. Rev: Prow of galley left; S (mark of value) above; all on a raised disk. Ref: Crawford 41/6a; ICC 107; Sydenham Aes Grave 102. Green patina. Good Very Fine. Ex Astarte Web Auction 1 (July 31, 2023), Lot 84. Next: More Roman Republic. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2023 NEXT: Janus 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 29, 2023 Lampsakos, Mysia 390-330 BC AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 1.32g) O: Janiform female head, wearing tainia and earring. R: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. SNG France 1195; Sear 3893; BMC 15 83,43 Next: multiple dolphins 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2023 Only coin I have with dolphins on NEXT: Same again, multiple dolphins 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted November 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2023 Here I have four dolphins State, City: Sicily, Entella Coin: Silver Tetradrachm - Wreathed head of Arethousa left; four dolphins around - Head of horse left; palm tree to right, [‘]MMḤNT (in Punic) below Mint: Entella (ca. 320/15-300 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 16.78g / 26mm / 11h References: Jenkins, Punic, Series 3a CNP 267 HGC 2, 284 Provenances: Ex. CGB Live Auction June 2021, lot 19 Acquisition: CNG Online auction Triton XXV Session V #5015 25-Jan-2022 Next - Sicily. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 29, 2023 Can't match the previous beauty, but... Syracuse, Reign of Dionysius I 405-367 BC AE Hemilitron (18mm, 3.05g) O: Head of Arethusa (Artemis?) left, wearing ampyx and sphendone; laurel branch behind R: Dolphin jumping right over scallop shell; ΣYPA between. HGC 2, 1480; SNG ANS 417; Sear 1187 ex Forvm Auctions Next: Octopus 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted November 30, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 Sicily, Tetras, Syracuse Second Democracy (466-405) c. 425 BC, AE (g 1,1"; mm 11; h 4), ΣYPA, head of nymph Arethusa r., wearing necklace and hair loosely gathered at the top of her head; at sides, two dolphins. Linear border, Rv. Octopus; around, three pellets. CNS II, n. 1; SNG Copenhagen 653;" SNG ANS 376 ff. Next: BCE Sicily 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted November 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 30, 2023 Ruler: Timoleon Third Democracy State, City: Sicily, Syracuse Coin: Gold Hemidrachm ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ - Laureate head of Zeus left ΣYPAKOΣIΩN - Pegasus flying left, A in left field, three pellets beneath Mint: Syracuse (344-335 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.10g / 12mm / 0h References: SNG ANS 493 HGC 2, 1284 Acquisition: Gitbud & Naumann Online Auction Pecunem 5 #32 7-Jul-2013 This photo' was quite blurred so I ran it through the Topaz Sharpen AI - it's sharper, but I should just take new photos. Next - Pegasus 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 30, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 30, 2023 Domitian Caesar (son of Vespasian), AR Denarius 76 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, bearded, CAESAR AVG F • DOMITIANVS (Counter-clockwise beginning at 5:00) / Rev. Pegasus stepping right with left foreleg raised, wings curling to right, COS IIII above (with line above IIII to signify numerals) [Domitian COS IIII = AD 76; see table at Sear RCV I p. 308]. 19 mm., 3.43 g. RIC II.1 Vespasian 921 (2007 ed.), old RIC II 238 (1926 ed.), RSC II 47, Sear RCV I 2637 (ill. p. 485), BMCRE 193. Purchased from cgb.fr, March 2022.* *See Sear RCV I 2637 at p. 485 fn.: “The reverse type is copied from the coinage of Augustus (see [RCV I] no. 1629).” Next, another Roman Imperial coin of Domitian with something or someone other than Minerva on the reverse. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted November 30, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 Domitian Circa 81-161 AD. Æ Rome Quadrans (14 mm, 1.34 gm). Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Dove standing right. RIC II 24; Cohen 10. Near VF next: bird 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) Bird... Cales, Campania 265-240 BC AE 22 (22mm, 6.32g) O: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, all within dotted border. R: Cock standing right, star behind; CALENΩ downward to right, all within dotted border. Sambon 916; HN Italy 435; SNG ANS 188; SNG Cop 322; Sear 548 ex Forvm Ancient Coins This very common type, with Athena left and the cock/star reverse, was minted throughout the region, including Cales, Suessa Aurunca, Teanum Sinicinum in Campania and Aquinum in Latium, with only the ethnic varying. Speculation is that this suggests a monetary alliance between the various cities, but given the history of Campanian coining I wonder if a common mint may have produced them all, as we have seen with the MFB coins of Nola, Hyria and Neapolis? Next: Another Corinthian helmet Edited November 30, 2023 by Phil Anthos 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 30, 2023 · Patron Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, shanxi said: Semis = 1/2 As Carry on -- we're on Corinthian helmet Edited November 30, 2023 by Roman Collector 3 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted November 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 30, 2023 Mesembria Thrace Corinthian helmet diobol (450-350 BC)- 1.16g Next- sloppy centering 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordoba Posted November 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 30, 2023 Datames stater with sloppy centering. luckily baaltars was unscathed Satrap of Cilicia. Datames, 384-361/0 BC. Stater (Silver, 25 mm, 10.22 g, 9 h), Tarsos. Obv: [𐡁𐡏𐡋𐡕𐡓𐡆] ('b'ltrs' in Aramaic) Baaltars seated right on throne, with torso facing, holding grain ear, grape bunch and eagle-tipped sceptre; below throne, forepart of a bull right; all within crenellated wall. Rev: 𐡕𐡓𐡊𐡌𐡅 ('trkmw' in Aramaic) Datames seated right on throne, holding arrow; winged solar disk to upper right, [bow to lower right]. Reference: Casabonne Series 2; SNG Levante 87; SNG BN 289. next: cilician stater 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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