Victrix Posted September 10 · Member Share Posted September 10 Not sure if this counts but this is a bronze unit either of the Eburones or Atuatuci who dwelled here before caesar came and annihilated them. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 10 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 10 Next? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted September 10 · Member Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, DonnaML said: Next? Oops my bad I forgot! An anglo saxon coin 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 11 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 11 ANGLO-SAXON. Continental Sceattas. Circa AD 715/20-740. AR Sceatt. Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, sub-variety d. Mint in southern Frisia. Obv: 'Porcupine' right, three lines in body, two annulets to lower right. Rev: Standard with corrupted TOTII legend. EMC 2012.0213; M&OdV variety C, sub-variety d; Abramson 94-10; MEC 8 Series Eg; SCBC 790. Condition: Very fine, dark toning. Weight: 1,19g. Diameter: 11mm next: cool design 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 To me , this RR denarius of Plancus with Medusa on obverse and the Aurora , or dawn breaking, is very cool. Next , again, a coin you consider to be subjectively "cool". 9 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 I like mythological themes on Roman Republic denarii. This example references one of the founding myths of Rome: Next, post your favorite Republican denarius 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 My favorite, because of the two serpents M. Volteius M.F. AR Denarius, 75 BC Obv.: Head of Liber right wearing wreath of ivy and grapes Rev.: M. VOLTEI. M.F. in exergue, Ceres in biga right driven by two serpents; rudder behind. Ag, 18mm, 3.9g Ref.: Crawford 385/3, Sydenham 776, Volteia 3 Next: Ceres 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 VESPASIAN Denarius Ephesus, AD 71 IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right. CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopiae; EPHE (ligate) in exergue. S 2269 - C 67 - RIC II 1428 Next: Roman coin from Ephesus 12 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 Roman Asia Minor. Ionia, Ephesus. The Triumvirs. Octavian, 28 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.51g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Obv: IMP • CAESAR • DIVI • F • COS • VI • LIBERTATIS • P • R • VINDEX •; Laureate head right. Rev: Pax, draped, standing left, holding caduceus with her right hand; behind her, in right field, a snake emerging from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath; PAX in left field. Ref: CRI 433; RIC I 476; RPC I 2203; RSC 218; BMCRE 691 = BMCRR East 248; BN 905. Good Very Fine. Ex Nilus Coins, Jan 2001. Note from Andrew McCabe for a similar CNG lot: LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX means Champion of Liberty and the People of Rome, referring to the victory over Antony and Cleopatra; the addition of Pax to the usual cistophoric type referring to the upcoming peace. Next: Another Octavian. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 11 The better of my two Octavian coins, which certainly isn't saying much. Although the portrait isn't too bad. Octavian denarii aren't exactly rare, so I'm not sure why they're all so expensive. The Triumvirs, Octavian, AR Denarius, Autumn 30-Summer 29 BC, Italian (Rome?) Mint. Obv. Bare head right, anepigraphic / Rev. Naval and military trophy, composed of helmet, cuirass, shield to right, and crossed spears to left, set on prow of galley right, crossed rudder and anchor at base, IMP – CAESAR across fields. CRI 419 (ill. p. 256) [D. Sear, The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators 49-27 BC (1998)]; RIC I Augustus 265a; RSC I [Babelon] Augustus 119 (ill. p. 139); Sear RCV I 1556 (Octavian) (ill. p. 300); BMCRR II (East) 4352 (= BMCRE I Augustus 625). 20 mm., 3.73 g. Purchased from Kölner Münzkabinett, Feb. 2022.* *David Sear states at CRI p. 256 that given the image’s lack of specificity, “it may be taken as a general reference to the various naval victories achieved by Octavian (or rather by Marcus Agrippa), most notably at Naulochus [off Sicily] in 36 BC [over Sextus Pompey,] and at Actium in 31.” Next, more Octavian. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 (edited) I like this denarius oif Octavian because it revives a Republican issue (Cr. 407/2 of Hosidius C.f. Geta). Also, it's presumably overstruck on a Republican denarius serratus. Ruler: Augustus (Augustus) Coin: Silver Denarius AVGVSTVS - CAESAR - Bare head right M DVRMIVS / III VIR - Calydonian boar right, spear in shoulder Mint: Rome (19-18 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.88g / - / - References: RIC 317 Provenances: Ex. T.R. Hardaker Collection Acquisition: Baldwin's Online auction BSJ Auction 48 #592 24-Sep-2020 Next - a boar on a coin. Edited September 11 by akeady 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 M. VOLTEIUS M.F. Denarius (78 BC). Rome.Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion skin / Erymanthian Boar right, M VOLTEI M F in exergue. Volteia 2 Sear5 #313, Syd 775, Cr385/2. ( 3.48 g. 17.8 mm ). NEXT: More boar(S) 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelouch Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-400 BC. AR Obol (13mm, 0.8 g) Forepart of boar left, E (retrograde) on shoulder; tunny behind / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square GCV# 3848, SNG Copenhagen# 48, SNG France# 378, Von Fritze# 11 Next: Less than a gram 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 11 1 hour ago, akeady said: I like this denarius oif Octavian because it revives a Republican issue (Cr. 407/2 of Hosidius C.f. Geta). Also, it's presumably overstruck on a Republican denarius serratus. Ruler: Augustus (Augustus) Coin: Silver Denarius AVGVSTVS - CAESAR - Bare head right M DVRMIVS / III VIR - Calydonian boar right, spear in shoulder Mint: Rome (19-18 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.88g / - / - References: RIC 317 Provenances: Ex. T.R. Hardaker Collection Acquisition: Baldwin's Online auction BSJ Auction 48 #592 24-Sep-2020 Next - a boar on a coin. A great coin and a type I'd never seen before. Interesting that they took the dog out from the Hosidius Geta design. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 (edited) 32 minutes ago, DonnaML said: A great coin and a type I'd never seen before. Interesting that they took the dog out from the Hosidius Geta design. Yes - not sure why the dog was dropped! I went to a conference at UCD in 2015 or 2016 on RR stuff and there was a paper on the coin types of Durmius, but can't remember what was said, would need to find the proceedings (I recently got a fourrée example of the crab reverse denarius). Hardaker, an authority on Asian (Indian?) coins had an Interesting collection of Augustan denarii with a lot of scarce types, not all in pristine condition, but good enough for me and I got a few of them. This one also revives an RR type - https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/129815.php (https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/111144.php) Sorry - back to "Less than a gram" Edited September 12 by akeady 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted September 12 · Supporter Share Posted September 12 SICILY, Selinos Circa 410 BCE AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare. ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich; ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404; ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript Next: man-faced bull 12 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 12 · Supporter Share Posted September 12 Neapolis Didrachm Obv.: Head of Nymph Parthenope, wearing broad headband, earring and necklace, ΣTA below, behind, bunch of grapes. Rev.: Man-headed bull walking r., crowned by Nike, K below, in exergue, NEOPOLIT[HS]. Ref.: SNG ANS 354 Ex-CNG Next: Nike flying 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted September 12 · Member Share Posted September 12 Does Victory count? Nero - AE As - 62 to 68 AD - Rome Mint Copied from Numista Obverse: Head of Nero, laureate, right. NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP Translation: Nero Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator - Nero, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans, supreme commander (Imperator) Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, moving left, holding in both hands shield inscribed S P Q R, surrounded by S C Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus, Senatus Consultum - The Senate and the Roman People, Decree of the senate Next: more Nike or Victory 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted September 12 · Member Share Posted September 12 (edited) Obv: Head of Pompey the Great right; A behind. Rev: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ. Nike advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath; two monograms to right. Countermark in the center. 4.62g. Circa 64/63 BC to 48 BC Next- Any first triumvir Edited Thursday at 03:00 PM by JayAg47 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcuda Posted Thursday at 04:02 PM · Member Share Posted Thursday at 04:02 PM (edited) I have another of this same type of coin in the Coin Uno thread right now also. Gnaeus Pompeius Also known as Pompey the Younger Elder son of Pompey the Great minted 46-45 BC 14.45 grams CN.MAG above prow. Crawford 471/1. Excellent quality for this type Obv: Janus with two faces: one looking right (forward into the future), the other looking left (backward, into the past) Rev: Roman galley proa Gnaeus Pompeius (ca. 75 BC – 12 April 45 BC), also known as Pompey the Younger (sometimes spelled Cneius, Gneius), was a Roman politician and general from the late Republic (1st century BC). Next: Janus Edited Thursday at 04:04 PM by bcuda 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Posted Thursday at 04:39 PM · Member Share Posted Thursday at 04:39 PM (edited) Roman Republic M. Furius L. f. Philus Denarius Rom, 119 B.C. Laureate head of Janus, M•FOVRI•L•F around Roma standing left erecting trophy, gallic arms around; ROMA to right; PHILI (ligate) in exergue. Crawford 281/1 - S 156 Next: Trophy Edited Thursday at 04:44 PM by Alwin 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted Thursday at 04:53 PM · Supporter Share Posted Thursday at 04:53 PM TRAJAN AE dupondius. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate bust right, drapery on far shoulder. Reverse - S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C; trophy, two shields at base. Cohen 573, RCV 3224. 28mm, 12.0g. next , more trophies... 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted Thursday at 04:59 PM · Member Share Posted Thursday at 04:59 PM Arabia Petraea, Petra. Septimius Severus. AE22 Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right. Rev: Tyche seated left on rocks, extending hand with stele and holding trophy, within distyle shrine. Next: Stele 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted Friday at 10:32 AM · Patron Share Posted Friday at 10:32 AM Faustina Jr, 147-175 CE. Roman provincial Æ 21.1 mm, 6.94 g. Thrace, Pautalia, 161-175 CE. Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝ Α CΕΒΑCΤΗ, bare headed and draped bust, r. Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΑC, Hygieia standing r., holding patera in l. hand, feeding snake wound around stele and extending head l. Refs: RPC IV.1, 8823 (temporary); Ruzicka 127; Moushmov 4116. Next: Hygieia. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted Friday at 11:26 AM · Supporter Share Posted Friday at 11:26 AM Mysia, Pergamon AE15, ca 133-27 BC Obv.: ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΟΥ, draped bust of Hygieia right Rev.: ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ, snake coiled around omphalos AE, 3.21g, 15mm Ref.: SNG France 1938-1940; BMC 163; SNG Cop. 380 Next: Omphalos 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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