Phil Anthos Posted January 4 · Member Share Posted January 4 Taras, Calabria 480-470 BC AR Hexas (5mm, 0.08g) O: Scallop shell with 7 teeth, within linear border. R: Wheel with four spokes. D'Andrea IV, 78; Vlasto 1118; SNG France 1617; HN Italy 836 Very scarce From the E.E. Clain-Stephanelli collection. ex Naville Numismatics Next: non-portrait republican 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 4 · Member Share Posted January 4 (edited) Quote Next: non-portrait republican Legio III Gallica was deployed by Caesar in 49 BC in the civil war and fought at Pharsalus and Munda. It later sided with Marc Antony at Actium. After his defeat, the legion was stationed in Syria. The legion was also significantly involved in another Roman civil war, the Four Emperors' War of 69 BC, and helped the Flavians to victory at the Battle of Cremona. Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony); Reign: Roman Republic, Civil War; Mint: Military mint, uncertain, possibly Patrae; Date: 32/31 BC; Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.35g; Reference: Sydenham 1217; Reference: Sear Imperators 350; Reference: Crawford RRC 544/15; Obverse: Ship, right, with sceptre tied with fillet on prow. Border of dots; Inscription: ANT AVG III VIR R P C; Translation: Antonius Augurus Triumvir Rei Publicae Constituandae; Translation: The augur Antonius, Triumvir for the restoration of the Republic; Reverse: Aquila between two standards. Border of dots; Inscription: LEG III; Translation: Legio III; Translation: Legio III Gallica. Next: a coin with a depiction that has some connection to Homer's Ilias... Edited January 4 by Prieure de Sion 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 4 · Supporter Share Posted January 4 (edited) Homer (the author is of course connected to his work) Smyrna, 105-95 BC magistrate Kratinos, son of Kratinos Obv.: laureate head of Apollo right Rev.: IMΥΡNAIΩN / ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ / ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟY, Homer seated left, clad in himation, right raised to his chin, volume on his knees in left Ref.. Milne.290a AE, 18.2 mm, 7.83 g Next: poet Edited January 4 by shanxi 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted January 4 · Supporter Share Posted January 4 Here's William Butler Yeats. This is the second one of these I bought as I hadn't added the first to Tantalus and thought I didn't have it - I need to add the two of them. WB's brother, Jack, was a well-known painter and was also commemorated on a coin - perhaps this is a first - two brothers commemorated for different achievements on coins? Next - some other modern commemorative. ATB, Aidan. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 4 · Supporter Share Posted January 4 A modern commemorative, well, 3 actually NEXT: Anything to do with water 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted January 4 · Supporter Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, expat said: NEXT: Anything to do with water Back to ancients 😉 Marcus Antonius, Denarius - Mint travelling with Marcus Antonius, c.32-31 BCE ANT AVG III VIR RPC, Galley right LEG III, Legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards 2,83 gr Ref : HCRI #350, Cohen #28 Next : Aquila Q 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 4 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 4 (edited) Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AR Denarius [Restored Issue of Mark Antony Legionary Denarius Leg. VI, probably issued for 200th anniversary of Battle of Actium], 168-169 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Praetorian galley moving left over waves with four crew members, ANTONIVS AVGVR around from 8 o’clock, IIIVIR R P C across below galley / Rev. Legionary eagle (aquila) facing left between two standards, ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST [ = Restituit] around from 8 o’clock, LEG - VI across lower field. RIC III M. Aurelius 443 (at p. 248), RSC I Mark Antony 83 (ill. at p. 127), Sear RCV II 5236 (ill. at p. 341), BMCRE 500. 19 mm., 2.86 g. *See Sear RCV II at p. 340: “Issue of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus restoring the ‘Legionary’ Coinage of Mark Antony. The reasons for this remarkable restoration remain obscure. Mattingly (BMCRE, p. cxxiii) suggests that Legio VI Ferrata, which had fought for Antony at Philippi in 42 BC, may have played a leading role in the Parthian War of AD 164, the exceptional commemoration of this achievement on the coinage being prompted both by the the legion’s long and distinguished history and the similarity of the names ‘Antonius” and ‘Antoninus.” The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Actium [in 31 BC] perhaps provides a more obvious reason for the issue.” (Emphasis added.) See also https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Restitutions for a discussion of restored coinage in general, defining it as “a name given to pieces of money copied from other pieces struck in the past,” from the verb restituo. This type of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus is the only restored coinage mentioned that was issued after the restored Republican coinage issued by Trajan, and the earlier restored issues minted under Titus, Domitian, and Nerva. (The “Divi” issues of Trajan Decius were intended to honor certain previous emperors, but are not copied from specific coins of those emperors.) The original “LEG VI” Mark Antony legionary denarius on which this restoration issue was modeled is Crawford 544/19; see also David Sear's The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators 356 at p. 232 (1998). Notable differences from the restored coin’s design include the fact that the galley on the obverse and the eagle on the reverse of the original both face right (as opposed to facing left on the restored coin), and that the obverse inscription on the original reads “ANT AVG,” whereas on the restored coin those abbreviations are fully spelled out as “ANTONIVS AVGVR,” presumably to avoid confusion. (Had the original obverse inscription been used on this coin, it would likely have been misread by most people as “ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS” -- a potential ambiguity not present when the original was issued 200 years earlier.) Next, another galley. Edited January 4 by DonnaML 7 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted January 4 · Member Share Posted January 4 3 hours ago, DonnaML said: Next, another galley. Been a while since i posted this coin: Next: Another coin from the Gallic Empire 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 5 · Patron Share Posted January 5 Victorinus, AD 269-271. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.1 mm. Cologne (though CNG attributes this coin to Treveri), AD 269/70. Obv: IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS PF AVG, radiate, draped bust, r. Rev: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing l., holding two standards. RIC-109; Cohen-36; AGK-5b; De Witte pl. XXVI, 22; Sear-unlisted. Next: Encrusted with verdigris. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 5 · Supporter Share Posted January 5 Just a little orichalcum showing through, otherwise almost completely covered with verdigris Faustina II Orichalcum Dupondius, 13.55g, 27mm. Rome 161-164 CE. RIC 1671, Sear 5303, BMCRE 995, Cohen 201. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed draped bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTAE, SC below, Salus seated left on a low decorative chair, feeding from a patera a serpent coiled around and raising up from altar. NEXT: Empress, Goddess or Deity seated left feeding snake 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 5 · Member Share Posted January 5 Also a Salus reverse. 17 mm, 3,31 g. Commodus 180-192. AR denarius. Rome. 187-188. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, head of Commodus, laureate, right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar. RIC III Commodus 169; RSC 544. Next - your first example of a denarius from an emperor (and you bought other denarii in the future) 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted January 5 · Member Share Posted January 5 (edited) 20 minutes ago, ambr0zie said: Next - your first example of a denarius from an emperor (and you bought other denarii in the future) My first imperial denarius was funny enough a Commodus.. and I bought a different example last month for a friend as well.. Commodus A.D. 181- 182 AR denarius 17mm 3.4g M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG; laureate head right. LIB AVG V TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P; Liberalitas stg. l., holding counting board and cornucopiae. RIC III Rome 36 Next; Same theme Edited January 5 by AETHER 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 5 · Supporter Share Posted January 5 I had a few bronzes and decided to buy a denarius of Antoninus Pius And then I bought another denarius of AP NEXT: Quadripart incuse reverse 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 5 · Supporter Share Posted January 5 Thrace, Byzantion AR Drachm Circa 387/6-340 BCE Obv.: ΠΓ, bull standing left, dolphin below, trident below raised foreleg Rev.: Stippled quadripartite incuse square in mill-sail pattern. AR, 15.5 mm, 3.74 g Ref.: SNG BM Black Sea 9 Next: Bull standing left 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 5 · Member Share Posted January 5 Sybaris, Lucania 550-510 BC AR Obol (10mm, 0.44g) O: Bull (Ox?) standing left, head turned back to right; VM in exergue. R: Large MV monogram; four pellets around. SNG ANS 853; HN Italy 1739; Hands Type I, IV ex Tom Vossen This coin dates from the original Greek colony, Sybaris I, before its destruction by the Krotones in 511-510 BC. The MV monogram on the reverse actually reads 'SY' for Sybaris, and I believe the VM in exergue on the obverse is 'MV' retrograde. The bull device seen on all early types from Sybaris, and later on the coins of her colonies at Poseidonia and Thurii, may in fact be a white ox at the mother city. Next: bird in flight 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 5 · Supporter Share Posted January 5 Bird in flight NEXT: Same theme 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 6 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 6 6 Next: barbarous 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 6 · Patron Share Posted January 6 (edited) Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Plated imitative Roman denarius, 2.75 g, 17.5 mm, 6 h. Unknown mint, after 169 CE. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann Type 10 hairstyle). Rev: HILARITAS, Hilaritas stand left, holding long palm branch and cornucopiae. Refs: cf. RIC 686; cf. BMCRE 100. Notes: Barbarous style. Plated copper core. Reverse type of 166 CE and hairstyle of 169-175 CE, consistent with imitative issue/ancient forgery. Next: Another barbarous imitation. Edited January 6 by Roman Collector 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 6 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 6 next: more barbarous imitations 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted January 6 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 6 (edited) Indo-Scythians, circa 1st century BC, Imitating Heliokles, AE Tetradrachm, Balkh Mint. Obverse: Diademed head facing right. Reverse: Zeus standing, facing left, holding a staff and ?, monogram to left. MIG 504b 16.18 grams Next: A "Limes" denarius or other denomination. Edited January 6 by robinjojo 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 6 · Patron Share Posted January 6 Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman limes falsum Æ denarius, 2.26 g, 18.2 mm, 1 h. Uncertain mint but of "Laodicea" style, AD 196-202 (or later). Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: CERERI FRVGIF, Ceres seated left, holding corn-ears in right hand and long vertical torch in left hand. Refs: Cohen 16; cf. RIC 636; cf. BMCRE 592. Next: Laodicea. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 6 · Member Share Posted January 6 8 hours ago, Ryro said: next: more barbarous imitations This Tremissis is struck on a broad, slightly irregular flan with a burst extending in the form of a crack above the right shoulder (Justin I's left shoulder). The treatment of the victory is very particular; this example is close to n°677 to 684 from the Kapamadji collection, which has the legends degenerated and described as being in the name of Anastasius and in the name of Justinian. For many imitations of Roman imperial coinage, it is impossible to attribute them precisely to the Burgundians or the Visigoths. Very detailed and interesting information about barbaric tremissis in Spain and Southern France can be found here on the following website: http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan67399 COINAGE OF THE BURGUNDIANS OR VISIGOTHS Reign: Imitates a gold coin of the Byzantine Emperor Justin I Mint: barbaric tremissis in Spain or Southern France; Date: 6th century AD Nominal: Tremissis; Material: Gold; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 1.15g Reference: Tomasini 305 Reference: http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan67399 Obverse: Draped, diademed bust of Justin I on the right, a cross on the bust and a fibula on the shoulder Inscription: DN IVSTININVS P P AVG Translation: Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus Translation: Our Lord Justin, perpetual August Reverse: Stylized Victory walking right, in a line of exergue, holding a crown in her right hand; a spike of corn in the field, below the crown, and another above the wing Inscription: VICTORIA AVGVSTI CONOB Translation: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM CONOB Translation: Victory of the Augusts, Constantinopoli obryzum (Constantinople, 1/72 pound pure gold) Next: more barbaric imitations please... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 6 · Member Share Posted January 6 21 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Laodicea. Argh - i dont see the last page - ok, a new try with Laodicea. Laodicea Combusta, later known as Claudiolaodicea, was a Hellenistic city in central Anatolia. Laodicea was one of the five cities built by Seleucus I Nicator and named after his mother Laodice. Its surname (Latin: Combusta) is derived by Strabo (from the volcanic nature of the surrounding country), but Hamilton asserts that there is not a particle of volcanic or igneous rock in the neighbourhood, and it may be added that, if such were the case, the town would rather have been called, in Greek, Laodikeia tês katakekaumenês. The most probable solution undoubtedly is that the town was at one time destroyed by fire, and that on being rebuilt it received the distinguishing surname. It was situated to the northwest of Iconium (now Konya), on the high road leading from the west coast to Melitene on the Euphrates. Some ancient authors describe it as situated in Lycaonia and others as a town of Pisidia, and Ptolemy places it in Galatia, but this discrepancy is easily explained by recollecting that the territories just mentioned were often extended or reduced in extent, so that at one time the town belonged to Lycaonia, while at another it formed part of Pisidia. Its foundation is not mentioned by any ancient writer. It was restored by Claudius and received the name Claudiolaodicea. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, as Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus; Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 69/79 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 10.42g; Mint: Laodicea Combusta, Lycaonia; Reference: RPC II. 1612 (Specimens 19, 7 in the core collections), vA Lyk. 141–50; Obverse: Laureate head of Vespasian, right. The Inscription reads: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤⲰΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ for Autokrator Kaisaras Vespasianos (Imperator Augustus Vespasianus); Reverse: Nike holding wreath and palm, standing, left. The Inscription reads: ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ ΝƐΙΚΗ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΛΑΟΔΙΚƐⲰΝ for Sebasti Neiki Klaudiolaodikeon (Augustus Victorious Claudiolaodicea). Next: Laodicea or Emessa Silver coinage... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 6 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 6 Next: coin type outside of your normal area that another member got you interested in 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 7 · Member Share Posted January 7 On 1/6/2024 at 1:30 PM, Ryro said: Next: coin type outside of your normal area that another member got you interested in @JeandAcre and @John Conduitt always post such beautiful medieval coins. That's not my area at all (Roman coins). But they always post such great coins that every now and then I find myself bidding on one coin or another - and winning. Aethelred II (Aethelred the Unready), House of Wessex; Reign: Aethelred, Kings of All England; Moneyer: Oswulf; Mint: London; Date: 978/1016 AD; Nominal: Penny (long cross type); Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 1.65g; Reference: Seaby 1151; Reference: North 774; Reference: Hildebrand 288; Obverse: Draped and cuirassed bust left; Inscription: +AEDELRAED REX ANGLO; Translation: Aethelred, King of England; Reverse: Long cross voided with each limb terminating in three crescents; Inscription: +OSVLF MO LVND; Translation: Os(w)ulf, moneyor (at) London. Next: a coin from Elisabeth... 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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