Roman Collector Posted July 6 · Patron Share Posted July 6 (edited) Some folks believe the figure on this coin is Livia or Livilla. If it isn't simply supposed to be a representation of Pietas, I believe this coin depicts Vipsania, the mother of Drusus. I find @Jasper Burns' 2004 article in The Celator convincing (reprinted online). Tiberius, 14-37 CE. Roman orichalcum Dupondius, 14.32 g, 29.15 mm, 1 h. Rome, 22/23 CE. Obv: PIETAS, veiled, diademed and draped bust of (Vipsania? as) Pietas, right. Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC. Refs: RIC Tiberius 43; BMCRE Tiberius 98; CBN Tiberius 74; Cohen 1; RCV 1741. Next: Pietas. Edited July 6 by Roman Collector Remove defunct link. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 6 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 6 Since my last coin posted was Saserna, here's another of his with, maybe, Pietas Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.6 g, 7h). Rome mint. Diademed female head (Pietas or Clementia?) right, wearing oak wreath / Victory advancing right, holding winged caduceus and trophy. Crawford 448/1a; CRI 17; Sydenham 951; Hostilia 5; BMCRR Rome 3989-92; RBW 1567. "Nothing certain is known about Lucius Hostilius Saserna, one of the tresviri monetales for 48 BC, except that he was evidently a supporter of Julius Caesar. His coin types all celebrate Caesar's conquests in Gaul and the civil war with Pompey, as well as his clemency to former enemies. The female head on this type closely resembles two issues of Caesar himself and is thought to represent Clementia (Clemency). Two relations named Gaius and Publius Hostilius Saserna, possibly brothers or sons, served under Caesar in Africa in 46 BC, but history is silent about the later careers of all the Hostilia Sasernae." Next: winged caduceus 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted July 6 · Member Share Posted July 6 Postumus 260-269 antoninianus Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: SAECVLO FRVGIFERO, winged caduceus. Next: something else winged 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted July 6 · Supporter Share Posted July 6 Winged Nemesis... Hadrian (117-138AD) AE sestertius- 20,83 gram- 30 mm, Rome mint, struck 134-138AD obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right rev: Nemesis standing right, holding fold of dress and olive branch BMC 475, 1549 RIC 2288 next , more wings... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted July 6 · Member Share Posted July 6 (edited) Winged Eros... Taras, Calabria 240/35-212 BC AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.28g) O: Scallop shell with five teeth. R: Winged Eros riding dolphin left, holding kantharos; ΦI(?) below. Vlasto 1606-07; SNG France 2181 Rare ex Aphrodite Coins Next: more wings Edited July 6 by Phil Anthos 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 6 · Supporter Share Posted July 6 Vespasian Denarius Obv.: laureate head right, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Rev.: winged caduceus, PON MAX [TR P COS V] Ag, 3.38g Ref.: RIC² 703, RIC¹ 75, RSC 362 Next: another winged object 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted July 6 · Member Share Posted July 6 Syracuse, Fourth Democracy 289-288 BC AE Litra (21mm, 9.57g, 7h) O: Head of Artemis Soteira right, quiver over shoulder; ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ before. R: Winged thunderbolt; ΣΥΡΑΚ−ΟΣΙΩΝ above and below. HGC 2, 1461; Calciati 138; SNG ANS 749; Sear 1207v Scarce ex Roma Numismatics Somewhat scarcer than the earlier ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ−ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ types, this coin was struck during the Agathokles-mandated but short lived Fourth Democracy. Next: a rare variety of an otherwise common coin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 7 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 7 (edited) Hint: it's the spearhead in the lower left on the reverse Next: Macedonian shield coin Edited July 7 by Ryro 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 Apollonis, Lydia AE20, Late 2nd-1st century BC Obv: Macedonian shield ornamented with five stars. Rev: AΠOΛΛΩ / NIΔEΩN, Club. AE, 5.66 g, 20.4 mm Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 16, GRPC Vol. 2, Apollonis 4 Next: club as main element 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 NEXT: 4th century BCE 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 7 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 7 Next: a Diadochi 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted July 7 · Member Share Posted July 7 18 mm, 4,2 g. Kings of Thrace. Lysimachos 305-281 BC. AR drachm. Ephesos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left on the throne, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head, transverse spear with point below, lyre to the inner left field, A under the throne. Thompson 174; Müller 355. Next - a Greek drachm 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 7 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 7 Next: Nike 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted July 7 · Member Share Posted July 7 15 mm, 2,74 g. Ionia, Smyrna. Caligula 37-41 AD. Aviola, proconsul and Menophanes, magistrate. Ӕ. ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ƐΠΙ ΑΟΥ(Ι)ΟΛΑ, laureate head of Caligula, r. / ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ, Nike, r., with palm and wreath. RPC I 2473. Next - Caligula 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted July 8 · Supporter Share Posted July 8 Sestertius of Caligula with wreath reverse.... next, more Caligula... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 8 · Supporter Share Posted July 8 RPC Volume: I №: 400 Reign: Caligula Persons: Caligula (Augustus) Magistrate: Gaius Cornelius Refec— (duovir); Marcus Helvius Fronto (duovir) City: Bilbilis Region: Hispania Province: Tarraconensis Denomination: Leaded bronze (27 mm) 11.92gr Obverse: G CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP; laureate head of Caligula, right Reverse: MVN AVG BILBIL C COR(N) REF(EC) M HELV FRO(NTO); oak wreath containing II VIR Reference: Vives 139–10, GMI 552, NAH 1131 NEXT: 1st century colonial 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted July 9 · Member Share Posted July 9 Next post a coin from Cyprus (Greek or Roman Provincial) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 9 · Supporter Share Posted July 9 Cyprus, Salamis. Circa 331-310 BC. Æ Half Unit Obv.: Macedonian shield decorated with gorngoneion on the boss Rev.: Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left. Ref.: Price 3158. AE, 3.09g, 15.9mm Next: Macedonian shield 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted July 9 · Member Share Posted July 9 I can't resist betraying Ryro. 14 mm, 4,54 g. Kings of Macedon. Philip III Arrhidaeus 323-317 BC or Antigonus Gonatas 288-277 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. Ӕ. Three-quarter-front head (Herakles?) to the right placed in the center of a Macedonian shield / Macedonian helmet; in the field on the right, a caduceus; monogram in the left field. No. 110 in the reference books: Cop.- - Price 2803 pl. 110 Next - oh well. Macedonian shield. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 9 · Patron Share Posted July 9 Perseus, 179-168 BCE. Greek AE 14.8 mm, 2.77 g. Macedonia. Obv: Macedonian shield; wheel-ornament in center. Rev: ΒΑ-ΠΕ above and below harpa, star below. Refs: Sear Greek 6809; Historia Numorum, p. 235; SNG Cop 1281; Lindgren II (Europe) 1339; Gaebler 12.5.36. Next: harpa. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted July 9 · Supporter Share Posted July 9 Roman Republic. M. Nonius Sufenas. 57 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.01g, 3h). Rome mint. Obv: Head of Saturn right; to left, harpa above baetylus (conical stone). Rev: Roma seated left on pile of arms, holding spear and sword, being crowned by Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond. Ref: Crawford 421/1; Sydenham 885; Nonia 1; RBW 1517. Deeply toned, iridescence on reverse. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Noonans 253 (13 April 2022), Lot 1311. Ex CNG e546 (13 Sept 2023), Lot 287. Next: Saturn 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 10 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 10 Next: looking crazy 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted July 10 · Member Share Posted July 10 Marius. 269 AD. AE Silvered Antoninianus (3.26g, 23mm). Cologne mint. Obv.: IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing front, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. Next: more crazy eyes 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 10 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 10 Next: exaggerated feature 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted July 10 · Supporter Share Posted July 10 Denarius of Nerva with his extended proboscis. next, another large nose... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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