Ryro Posted August 2 · Supporter Author Share Posted August 2 Next: radiate 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 2 · Supporter Share Posted August 2 NEXT: Either of his siblings 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 3 · Supporter Author Share Posted August 3 2 hours ago, expat said: NEXT: Either of his siblings A little help on who it is, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 3 · Patron Share Posted August 3 Saloninus, Caesar AD 258-260. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.39 g, 22.2 mm, 12 h. Cologne, AD 258-260. Obv: SALON VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust, right. Rev: PIETAS AVG, lituus, jug, simpulum and sprinkler. Refs: RIC 9; Göbl 914e; Cohen 41; RCV 10767; Cunetio 744; Hunter 8. Next: Ragged flan. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted August 3 · Member Share Posted August 3 Taras, Calabria 281-228 BC AR Obol (9mm, 0.31g) O: Kantharos; three pellets around. R: Kantharos; tripod to right. Vlasto 1642v; SNG ANS 1549v; SNG Cop 1075; HN Italy 1076; Sear 356v (K to left) ex ECIN Next: holed 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 3 · Supporter Share Posted August 3 holed and repaired Freiburg im Breisgau Groschen 16th cent. AD Obv.: *MON: NOVA. FRIBVRG. EN: BRISGO, raven or eagle (the coat of arms of Freiburg) Rev.: AVE MARIA. GRATIA. PLENA, Madonna seated with child AR, 2.36 g Ref.: Berst. 141a var., Schulten 897, Rommel 17. Next: Madonna 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 3 · Supporter Author Share Posted August 3 No material girl in my collection, but past 6 hours. Next: triskeles 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted August 3 · Member Share Posted August 3 Triskeles, barely visible to lower left... Syracuse, Reign of Agathokles 317-289 BC AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.14g) O: Wreathed head of Kore (Persephone) right, wearing pendant earring and necklace; KOPAΣ behind. R: Nike standing right, hammer in right hand, erecting trophy; triskeles to lower left, [ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΟΣ] behind, all within dotted border. Struck between 313–295 BC. HGC 2, 1536; SNG ANS 670-76; SNG Cop 766ff; Sear 972v; BMC 388v ex Museum Surplus Next: a celestial event 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 3 · Supporter Share Posted August 3 The star and the latin word caelestis obviously have a celestial meaning, but at the moment I have no idea what. Julia Soaemias Denarius. 220-222 AD. IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus standing half-left, holding apple and sceptre, star in right or left field. RIC 241; Sear 7719; RSC 8a. Julia Soaemias Bassiana was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218 to 222. She was one of his chief advisors, initially with the support and accompaniment of her mother Julia Maesa. Born: 180 AD, Homs, Syria Died: March 11, 222 AD (age 42 years), Rome, Italy Children: Elagabalus Grandchild: Severus Alexander Siblings: Julia Avita Mamaea Partner: Sextus Varius Marcellus Parents: Julia Maesa, Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus NEXT: More celestial imagery 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted August 3 · Supporter Share Posted August 3 Ar denarius of Titus as Caesar with prow on reverse and star above. next, more stars... 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 4 · Supporter Author Share Posted August 4 Next: isis 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 12 minutes ago, Ryro said: Next: isis I must've missed when you got this coin, Ryro. Can you tell me about it? (going on my GET list 🙂). Isis Sothis, seated on Sirius: From a CNG blurb about the type: This coin represents Isis as the Egyptian Sepdet (Sothis in Greek), a personification of Sirius, the brightest star in the firmament. Sirius' heliacal rising in mid-July heralded the coming of the Nile inundation, without which civilized life would be impossible in the scorching sands of Egypt. So important was this event to the Egyptians that the start of their civil calendar originally coincided with the heliacal rising of Sirius. However, although the Egyptian civil calendar only lasted 365 days, there are 365.25 days between two successive heliacal risings of Sirius. In other words, every four years, the civil calendar shifted by one day versus the “Sothic year”. After 1460 Sothic years, or 1461 civil years, the heliacal rising of Sirius again took place on the first day of the month Thoth (Egyptian New Year), and a Sothic cycle was completed. According to Censorinus (De Die Natali 21.10) such a cycle was completed in 139 CE, at the start of Antoninus Pius' reign. Next: more Isis 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 4 · Supporter Author Share Posted August 4 14 minutes ago, TIF said: I must've missed when you got this coin, Ryro. Can you tell me about it? (going on my GET list 🙂). Isis Sothis, seated on Sirius: From a CNG blurb about the type: This coin represents Isis as the Egyptian Sepdet (Sothis in Greek), a personification of Sirius, the brightest star in the firmament. Sirius' heliacal rising in mid-July heralded the coming of the Nile inundation, without which civilized life would be impossible in the scorching sands of Egypt. So important was this event to the Egyptians that the start of their civil calendar originally coincided with the heliacal rising of Sirius. However, although the Egyptian civil calendar only lasted 365 days, there are 365.25 days between two successive heliacal risings of Sirius. In other words, every four years, the civil calendar shifted by one day versus the “Sothic year”. After 1460 Sothic years, or 1461 civil years, the heliacal rising of Sirius again took place on the first day of the month Thoth (Egyptian New Year), and a Sothic cycle was completed. According to Censorinus (De Die Natali 21.10) such a cycle was completed in 139 CE, at the start of Antoninus Pius' reign. Next: more Isis Thanks, TIF! We can thank our friend @Ed Snible for a heads up to me on this particularly spooky/wicked looking coin. MYSIA. Pitane. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Domitian (81-96). Ae. Obv: ΘЄA PΩMH. Turreted head of Roma right. Rev: ΠITANAIΩN. Pentagram within shield. RPC II -; RPC Supp. II 956B var. (obv. legend); SNG von Aulock 1431; SNG Copenhagen 539. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 2.03 g. Diameter: 17 mm. Purchased from Savoca Feb 2022 My other version of the type has a half-assed countermark left on obverse: And here is an Isis that I blame @TIF for teaching me why I must have one: Melita - Mummy of Osiris Bronze 218-175 BC Obv: veiled and diademed female head right, wearing earring. Rev: Mummy of Osiris standing facing, head left, holding flail and sceptre, between winged figures of Isis and Nephtys, each with sun disk on their heads and one wing angled inwards; Punic ‘NN above. 12.78 grams. Fair. Provenance Property of a Hertfordshire, UK gentleman; with old envelope. Literature CNS 2; SG Cop (Vol. 😎 458-459; Mayr 2; Sear 6584. Next: more coins referencing Egypt not from Egypt 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted August 4 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 4 Octavian, minted in Italy NEXT - more Octavian 6 1 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted August 4 · Member Share Posted August 4 5 hours ago, jdmKY said: Octavian, minted in Italy You coin die is linked with the eastern mint of Pergamum and not Rome in this case. The Rome ones have the Lituus behind the back. Still a sick coin though 😄! 4,00 g;18,90 mm; Uncertain mint in Italy; Head of Lepidus, right., Head of Octavian, right., Rare and nice denarius, struck in a military mint travelling with Lepidus in Italy. The strike is off-centre, particularly on the side where Octavian appears. We note a small graffito in the form of a cross behind the head of Lepidus. A specimen that has been carefully cleaned in the past and is now covered with a beautiful grey patina with bluish tones!, LEPIDVS·PONT·MAX·III·V·R·P·C, C·CAESAR·IMP·III·VIR·R·P·C Next: countermark of an animal or deity 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 Mysia, Pergamon AE 21, 200-133 BC Obv.: laureate head of bearded Asklepios Rev.: ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, snake coiled around omphalos, without monogram, countermark owl Next: another animal countermark 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 4 · Supporter Author Share Posted August 4 Next: club 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Æ Diobol (31mm, 23.83g). Alexandria Tyre mint. Struck circa 246-222 BC. Obv: Horned head of Zeus Ammon r. wearing taenia. Rev: Eagle with closed wings standing l. on thunderbolt; club to l. Ref: CPE B467; Svoronos 707. Dark tone and Good Very fine. Ex Naville Numis, Live Auction 72 (27 Mar 2022), Lot 174. Next: Ptolemaic Egypt 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 My largest Ptolemaic bronze, 48 mm and 91.8 gm: EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus 285-246 BCE AE48 mm, 91.8 gm Obv: laureate head of Zeus Ammon right Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle's legs Ref: Sear 7782, Svoronos 446 ex Professor James Eaton Collection; from Stack's Bowers August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money NEXT: a small Ptolemaic bronze 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted August 4 · Supporter Author Share Posted August 4 Lol! All coins are small compared to that man-hole cover! Ptolemy Apion. King of Kyrenaika, c. 104/1–96 BC. Æ Chalkous (13mm, 2.1 g, 12h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Headdress of Isis. Svoronos 1845 (Ptolemy XIII–Alexandreia); Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen 685-90 (Uncertain mint in Cyprus); Noeske 392-4 (Indeterminate mint in Cyprus or Alexandria); Asolati 113. VF, dark brown patina with earthen highlights/deposits. Rare. Next: Zeus 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 4 · Patron Share Posted August 4 Lydia, Philadelphia, early-mid 2nd century BCE. Greek Æ 17 mm, 5.84 g, 12 h. Obv: Head of Zeus, right, wearing tainia. Rev: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ / ΦΕⲰΝ either side of lyre (or kithara), monogram above, plectrum below; all within laurel-wreath. Refs: BMC 22.187, 5-7; Sear 4720; cf. SNG Cop 348-50; cf. SNG von Aulock 3061. Next: Philadelphia. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 LYDIA, Philadelphia. Caracalla Ioulianos, strategos Æ 31, 16.7 gm, CE 198-217 Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: ЄΠI CTPA IOVΛIANOV A ΠOΛ ΦIΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΩN; horse prancing left surmounted by serpent coiled left Ref: BMC 85. Rare. Next: Caracalla provincial 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 57 minutes ago, TIF said: Next: Caracalla provincial Caracalla, AE 30 - Serdica, Thrace, AD 216 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC AVTK M AVP CEV, laureate heroic bust left, seen from behind, with sword belt and Aegis on left shoulder OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Hermes, naked, standing left, holding purse and caduceus 17,14 gr - 30/28 mm Ref : Moushmov 4804 (obv), Varbanov 2372 (rev) See Agora auction #62/102, same dies Next : aegis Q 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 (edited) Here's a very obvious aegis from Pontos: Next: another coin from the Black Sea coastal region. Edited August 4 by TIF 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 6 minutes ago, TIF said: Next: another coin from the Black Sea coastal region. Bosporan kingdom – El stater, dated 513 (216-217 CE) BACIΛΕωC ΡHCKOΥΠOΡIΔOC (anticlockwise). Draped and diademed bust of Rhescuporis II right, before, trident. Laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right. ΓΙΦ at exergue (year 513) 7,63 gr – 18 mm Ref : MacDonald # 556/3 Next follow up with Bosporan kingdom 😉 Q 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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