Prieure de Sion Posted January 12 · Member Share Posted January 12 11 hours ago, Ryro said: Next: satyr Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Reign: Marcus Aurelius Mint: Tripolis ad Maeandrum, Lydia Date: 177/180 AD Nominal: Bronze Medallion Material: AE Diameter: 37mm Weight: 23.53g Reference: RPC IV.2 17452 (this coin) RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/17452 Rare: Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections) Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre Inscription: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΟΔΟϹ Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Lucios Aurelios Komodos Translation: Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Reverse: Dionysus (youthful) standing, facing, head, right, placing hand on top of his head, being supported by Satyr; to left, panther jumping, left Inscription: ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Translation: Tripoleiton Translation: City and People of Tripolis (ad Maeandrum) Next: big ancient provincial bronze coin, more than 37mm diameter... 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted January 13 · Member Share Posted January 13 On 1/12/2024 at 11:18 AM, Prieure de Sion said: Next: big ancient provincial bronze coin, more than 37mm diameter... No other big provincial bronze? Common 😉 ... ok, after 6h... Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Reign: Commodus Mint: Verbe (Ourbianon), Pisidia Date: 180/191 AD Nominal: Bronze Medallion Material: AE Diameter: 35mm Weight: 34.85g Reference: RPC IV.3 17565 (this coin) Reference: SNG von Aulock Pisidiens I 1399 (same obverse die, but different reverse) RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/17565 Rare: Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections) Provenance: Leu Numismatik Winterthur, Switzerland (Auktion 14, Lot 1022) Provenance: CNG Classical Numismatics Lancaster, USA (Auction 120, Lot 632) Provenance: Comptoir des Monnaies Anciennes Lille, France Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, seen from behind Inscription: [AV KAI KOMMOΔOC] ANTΩNЄINOC Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Kommodos Antoneinos Translation: Imperator Caesar Commodus Antoninus Reverse: Hades in quadriga to right, holding scepter and carrying off Persephone; above, small Eros flying right, holding torch and guiding the horses’ reins; below, overturned kalathos containing flowers Inscription: OYЄPBIANΩN Translation: Ouerbianon Translation: City of Verbe Next: another ancient coin with a mythological scene... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 13 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 13 Here mom is searching for her: Maximus (Caesar, 235/6-238). PHRYGIA. Bruzus. Ae. 5.94 g. 24 mm. Obv: Γ IOY OYH MAΞIMOC K. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ΒΡΟVΖΗΝΩΝ. Demeter, holding torch in each hand, in biga right drawn by winged serpents searching for daughter Persephone. RPC 5626; SNG von Aulock 3526. Very fine. From the Tareq Hani collection. Purchased from Savoca April 2023 Next: a non horse drawn biga 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 13 · Supporter Share Posted January 13 AR denarius (3,87 g. 17 mm.). Rome, 138 B.C. C Renius Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and 5 drop earring; behind, X designating value/ C•RENI below, ROMA in exergue, Juno Caprotina, holding crook, reins and scepter, driving biga of goats right. Crawford 231/1; Sydenham 432; Renia 1. Caprotina is an epithet of Juno in Her aspect as a fertility Goddess. As Juno Caprotina She is associated with goats (Latin capra, "she-goat", caper, "he-goat") and with figs, both of which are symbolic of fertility: the fig fruit bears many seeds, and goats are well-known for their randiness. Her festival was called the Nonae Caprotina, or the "Nones of Caprotina", held on the nones or 7th day of July, and it was exclusively celebrated by women, especially slave-women. The Roman explanation of the Nonae Caprotina is thus: after Rome had survived a siege by the Gauls (historically in the 4th century BCE), some of the less-friendly neighboring Latin tribes decided to take advantage of Rome's weakened position and demanded Roman women in marriage, under the threat of destroying the city. While the Senate debated what to do, a slave-woman named Tutela took the matter into her own hands: with a group of other slave-women dressed as free women, she went to the amassed enemy army, and under the guise of celebrating a wedding feast, got the Latins quite drunk. After they had fallen asleep the slave-girls took their weapons, and Tutela climbed a nearby wild fig tree (caproficus in the Latin) and waved a torch as signal for the Romans to attack. This they did, and as a reward for the resulting victory, the Senate gave each slave-woman who participated her freedom, as well as a generous dowry. After that, in remembrance of the victory, the Nonae Caprotina were celebrated. Fig-branches and the milky sap of the fig-tree were offered to Juno, and festivities, feasts and rites were held in the fig-grove of the Campus Martius (the Plain of Mars). NEXT: BIGA, Triga or quadriga not of horses 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 13 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 13 Next: another non horse drawn vehicle 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 13 · Patron Share Posted January 13 The quadriga of lions design is so cool ... Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 19 mm, 6 h. Rome, 21st emission, AD 205. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: MATER AVGG, Julia Domna, as Cybele, seated left in quadriga of lions and holding branch in her right hand. Refs: RIC 562; BMCRE 48; Cohen/RSC 117; RCV 6592; Hill 759; CRE 354. ... that the Italians re-released it as a reverse design! Next: Ancient coin design reused on a modern coin. 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 13 · Supporter Share Posted January 13 I guess the classic owl re-done on a modern coin is this 2 Euro from Greece NEXT: Another old theme on a modern coin 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 14 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 14 Next: Concordia 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 14 · Member Share Posted January 14 23 mm, 3,54 g. Otacilia Severa 244-249. AR antoninianus. Rome. 246-248. M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, bust of Otacilia Severa, diademed, draped, on crescent, right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and double cornucopiae in left hand. RIC IV Philip I 125. Next - somebody related to Otacilia Severa 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 14 · Patron Share Posted January 14 Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247. Roman provincial Æ 25 mm, 7.7 g. Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop,[5] AD 244-247. Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front. Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other. Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID 20777; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678. Next: Wolf or boar. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted January 14 · Supporter Share Posted January 14 6 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Wolf or boar. P. Satrienus, Denarius - Rome mint, 77 BCE Head of helmeted Mars right, XXX behind ROMA, She wolf passing left, [P] SATRI[E/NUS] at exergue 3.79 gr Ref : RCV #319, RSC, Satriena # 1 Next : mammal Q 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 14 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 14 Next: Pyrrhos 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 15 · Member Share Posted January 15 I do not have a Pyrrhos but here is a coin from the same period.... but AD 20 mm, 3,22 g. Claudius II (Gothicus) 268-270. Billon antoninianus. Rome. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, draped, right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter, nude, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand. RIC V Claudius Gothicus 52. Next - Jupiter on the reverse of a Roman imperial coin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 15 · Member Share Posted January 15 Severus Alexander / Jupiter 222-231 AD AE Sestertius (27mm, 19.30g) O: Laureate head right, slight drapery over left shoulder; IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG. R: Jupiter standing left, holding lightning bolt and sceptre, Alexander at his feet; IOVI CONSERVATORI, S-C. RIC 558 / Cohen 74 / BMC 692 / Sear 2246 "What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others." Next: Athena 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 16 · Patron Share Posted January 16 Diocletian, AD 284-305. Roman billon tetradrachm, 19.2 mm, 7.24 g, 12 h. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 285-6. Obv: Α Κ Γ ΟVΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting on scepter, shield at side; L B (= regnal year 2) in field. Refs: Dattari 5638; BMCG 2485; Milne 4765; Cologne 3211; RCV 12856. Next: Diocletian. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 16 · Member Share Posted January 16 Diocletian 284-305 AD AE Antoninianus (22mm, 2.83g) O: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG. R: Diocletian receiving Victory from Hercules; IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, XXI in ex. RIC 275v ex M&R Coins Next: Julian II 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 16 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 16 Next: LRB in better than normal condition 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted January 16 · Supporter Share Posted January 16 (edited) I think this qualifies as an LRB (it's in pretty decent shape, so hopefully it meets the other criteria as well). And it also brings us back to Julian Il. Julian II (360 - 363) AE1 (BI Maiorina); Thessalonika Mint; Obv: DN FL CL IVLIANUS PF AUG; Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVB; Bull standing right, two stars above;*TESΓ in exergue; Ref: RIC 226 Next: an obol, preferably with a gorgon Edited January 16 by ewomack 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 16 · Member Share Posted January 16 10 mm, 0,88 g. Pisidia, Selge. AR obol (or trihemiobol). Circa 350-300 BC. Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet; behind, astragalos. SNG France 1928; SNG von Aulock 5281. Archaic style and a scarce variety with Athena portrait left. Possibly pre-dating the usual date of 350-300 BC typically assigned to this type. Next - strong archaic style 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 16 · Member Share Posted January 16 Velia, Lucania 465-440 BC (Period II: Pre-Athena Group) AR Drachm (15mm, 3.52g) O: Head of nymph with frontal eye right, wearing beaded necklace. R: Owl with closed wing perched right on olive branch, head facing; YEΛH behind. Williams 78; HGC I, 1328; Hands Class VI; HN Italy 1265; Sear 251 ex Munzen & Medaillen GmbH The first coins minted at Velia in the late 6th century BC were archaic drachms featuring a feeding lion on the obverse and a simple incuse square on the reverse. The nymph head drachms such as this example, which Williams designates as ‘pre-Athena types‘, can be dated fairly accurately to the period immediately following the Battle of Cumae in 474 BC. The combined fleet of Cyme and Syracuse defeated the Etruscans in a great naval battle off the coast of southern Italy, greatly weakening Etruscan influence in the region and thereby empowering Rome. The resulting economic boost allowed Poseidonia to begin coining again circa 470, followed by Terina in Bruttium and finally Velia. It was also around this time that Velia’s famous lion series of didrachms first appeared, and would continue for the next two centuries. Next: lion 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 16 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 16 Lion: Philip I, AE 23 (Dupondius), Viminacium, Moesia Superior (Provincial capital) [nr. Kostolac, Serbia], Mar-Jul 244 AD [City Year 5].* Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG PM [PM = Persicus Maximus] [= Emperor Iulius Philippus dutiful and fortunate Augustus, greatest conquerer of the Persians] / Rev. Moesia standing facing, head left; to left, bull standing right; to right, lion standing left; P M S C – OL VIM [Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium] around; in exergue, AN V [Year 5]. 23 mm., 8.11 g., 1 h. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. VIII Online 2383 [temporary ID number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2383) ; AMNG I/I 97 (p. 39) [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898)]; Varbanov 131 Varbanov 5781 [Varbanov, Ivan, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; H & J 25 [Hristova, Nina and Gospodin Jekov, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Superior, VIMINACIUM (Blagoevgrad, 2004)]. Purchased from Nomos AG Obolos Auction 23, 12 Jun 2022, Lot 576. *See http://www.viminacium.nl/English Philippus I.html (“AN V, used from february/march 244 until july 244”). See also https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Viminacium: “Viminacium, a Roman Colony founded by Gordian III in 239 A.D. and the capital of the Roman province of Moesia Superior, was located about 20 km to the east of modern Kostolac, Serbia. Coins are known of the emperors from Gordian III with dates AN I, Anno Primo, (year 1, autumn 239 - autumn 240 A.D.) to Valerian and Gallienus AN XVI, Anno Sexto Decimo, (year 16, autumn 254 - autumn 255 A.D.). The usual reverse legend on the colonial coinage is P. M. S. COL. VIM., abbreviating Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium. The usual reverse type is a female personification of Moesia standing between a lion and a bull, and sometimes holding standards inscribed VII and IIII. The bull and the lion were symbols of the Legions VII Claudia and IV Flavia Felix, which were quartered in the province.” Next, another Roman Provincial coin depicting a bull. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted January 16 · Supporter Share Posted January 16 Here's an Augustus provincial from Augusta Emerita (Merida) Ruler: Augustus Region, City: Hispania, Emerita Coin: Bronze [AVGVSTVS] DIVI F - Laureate head right BA[GGIO] C VICEL [MVN]FES[TO] [II VIR] - Bull standing right Mint: (ca. 27 BC - 14 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 6.88g / 28mm / 6h References: RPC 273 Acquisition: Jon Moller AP Auction 19-Apr-2020 Next - a cut coin 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 16 · Supporter Author Share Posted January 16 Augustus with Agrippa, Halved Dupondius, 24x15mm, 5.25 gr, 10-14 AD, Nemausus, VF, Bronze, RIC:157, Back-to-back heads of Agrippa, in rostral crown, and Augustus, bare, Palm shoot, crocodile before, two wreaths with long ties trailing above palm tip, IMP / DIVI.F, COL - NEM Next: Augustus 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted January 17 · Member Share Posted January 17 Augustus AR Denarius - CAESARES - 17 mm / 3.54 gr. Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE Laureate head of Augustus facing right. Rev: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT Gaius and Lucius Caesar togate stands facing, flanking two shields and scepters, lituus at left, simpulum at right and X below in between scepters, "C L CAESARES" in exergue. Small clipping on edge C 43; RIC 210 Next; more Augustus 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 17 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 17 Divus Augustus (issued by Tiberius), AE As, AD 34-37, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate head of Augustus left, DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER / Rev. Winged thunderbolt upright between large S – C across left and right fields. RIC I Tiberius 83; BMCRE I Tiberius 157-158 (ill. Pl. 26 no. 4); Sear RCV I 1791 (ill. p. 352); Cohen, Augustus 249. 28 mm., 11.47 g. Purchased Nov. 2023 from Kirk Davis, Claremont, CA, Catalogue No. 82, Fall 2023, Lot 65 (ill. p. 15), ex York Coins (Antony Wilson), Red Hook, NY, No. R6189, retail purchase Oct. 2013 (see https://web.archive.org/web/20131206225713/http://yorkcoins.com/augustus.htm for listing). Next, another Divus Augustus coin, but a different type. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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