JayAg47 Posted Monday at 08:16 AM · Member Share Posted Monday at 08:16 AM An anaemic Commodus at just 1.94g. Obv: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head right. Rev: CONC COM P M TR P XVI COS VI, Concordia standing left, holding patera and sceptre. 1.94g. 191 AD Next- Commodus as Hercules 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted Monday at 06:40 PM · Member Share Posted Monday at 06:40 PM 22,9 mm, 10,26 g. Commodus 180-192 AD. Ӕ as. Rome. 192 AD. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, head of Commodus wearing lion skin, right / HERCVL ROMAN AVGV SC, legend flanking club, all within laurel-wreath. RIC III 644; C. 193; BMC 722. Next - Nerva-Antonine imperial bronze 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted Monday at 07:57 PM · Supporter Share Posted Monday at 07:57 PM The beginning of the dynasty Nerva Rome mint 97 AD AE As, 10.15gr, 27mm RIC 77, Cohen 7, BMC 127 IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / AEQVITAS AVGVST S-C, Equitas standing left with scales & cornucopiae. NEXT: Any of the other 6 Emperoros from the Nerva- Antonine dynasty 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodman86 Posted Monday at 10:48 PM · Member Share Posted Monday at 10:48 PM On 5/24/2022 at 4:59 PM, Ryro said: Next: a coin someone harmed 🤩 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted Monday at 11:24 PM · Supporter Author Share Posted Monday at 11:24 PM (edited) Marcus Aurelius (161-180), Dupondius, Rome c. AD 179-180. Æ (g 9.52; mm 25,6); M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXXIIII, radiate head r. / IMP X COS III P P, Victory advancing l., holding wreath and palm; SC across field. RIC 1244; C 382. Next: a coin that you bought with impressive patination Edited Monday at 11:27 PM by Ryro 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted Tuesday at 12:03 AM · Member Share Posted Tuesday at 12:03 AM Thebai, Thessaly 302-286 BC AE 19 (19 mm, 5.53g) O: Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter left, within dotted border. R: Bridled horse prancing right; ΘHBAIΩN above, X below. Rogers 552; BCD Thessaly II, 762.1-2; SNG Munchen 185 From the BCD collection; ex Aegean Numismatics Next: a coin with high relief 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted Tuesday at 12:34 AM · Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 12:34 AM KINGS of PERGAMON, Eumenes I 263-241 BCE AR tetradrachm 29 mm, 16.94 gm Obv: head of Philetairos right, wearing laurel wreath Rev: ΦIΛETAIPOY; Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, gorgon on shield; left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right Ref: BMC Greek (Mysia) 31, p.115; SNG France 1606–9 Formerly slabbed, NGC Ch AU 5/5 3/5, Fine Style Ex Dr. Spencer Paterson Collection of Ancient coins, Great Collections 15 Sept 2019 Next: a Hellenistic portrait of fine style 6 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted Tuesday at 03:02 AM · Supporter Author Share Posted Tuesday at 03:02 AM Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323). Ae. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ. Bow in bowcase (lion's head countermark on bowcase) and club; torch below. Price 2799. Condition: Extremely fine. Weight: 5.7 g. Diameter: 20 mm. Next: favorite portrait of favorite god/goddess/hero? 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted Tuesday at 04:05 AM · Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 04:05 AM RR aes grave semis of Saturn, c. 225-217 BCE. IO SATVRNALIA ! next , more Saturn... 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted Tuesday at 07:26 AM · Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 07:26 AM Gallienus Billon-Antoninian, Antiochia Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right Rev.: AETERNITAS AVG, Saturn standing l., holding harpa; PXV. Billon, 3.07g, 19.2mm Ref.: Kamp. 90.41.2, RIC 606, Göbl 1662k Next: silvered Gallienus 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigginSicilia Posted Tuesday at 10:13 AM · Member Share Posted Tuesday at 10:13 AM On 7/30/2024 at 1:22 AM, Ryro said: Pyrrhus (278-276 BCE) Sicily, Syracuse, AE 23mm 10.25 gr, head of young Herakles left, wearing lion's skin, rev. Athena Promachos advancing right w/owl to right of foot Next: Pyrrhos Nice! Just dug this one up last week 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted Tuesday at 12:11 PM · Patron Share Posted Tuesday at 12:11 PM Silvered Gallienus: Gallienus, 253-268 CE. Roman billon Antoninianus, 2.68 g, 18.6 mm, 11h. Rome, 265-267 CE. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right. Rev: SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing left, legs crossed, holding scepter and leaning on column, H in right field. Refs: RIC 280K, Göbl 595a, RCV 10359; Cohen 961. Next: Leaning on a column. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted Tuesday at 12:12 PM · Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 12:12 PM (edited) Silvered Antoninianus of Gallienus with Virtus reverse. next, something from Gallienus' zoo collection... never mind - beaten to the punch by Roman Collector. Edited Tuesday at 12:13 PM by Octavius 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted Tuesday at 01:25 PM · Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 01:25 PM Gens: Pomponia Moneyer: Q. Pomponius Musa Coin: Silver Denarius - Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, scroll MVSA \ Q·POMPONI - Clio, left, holding scroll in right hand and resting left elbow on column Mint: Rome (66 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.78g / 19mm / - References: RSC 10 (Pomponia) Sydenham 812 Crawford 410/3 FFC-1035 Acquisition: Jesús Vico Online auction Subasta Online 19 #262 4-Oct-2022 Next - another Muse 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted Wednesday at 12:58 PM · Member Share Posted Wednesday at 12:58 PM 6+ Here's a coin that arrived recently which took awhile to ID. The reverse character on the bottom did not seem to match anything in the standard catalog Cast Chinese Coins by David Hartill. There also were no matches on Numista. I looked through Zeno.ru to find it was an unpublished-by-Hartill variety called "Sleeping Liang" because the reverse character is lying on its side on the bottom. Almost half of the coins from this mint on Zeno have this variety, so it is not rare. It surprises me that Hartill missed this variety. Tang Dynasty of China Huichang issue of the Liangzhou Mint, present-day Kaifeng region AE cash 841 to 846 AD O: Kai Yuan Tong Bao R: So-called "Sleeping Liang" character bottom, lying on its side Weight: 4.1 grams Size: 23.1mm - 23.3mm - 1.3mm Hartill #14.76v, posted to Zeno.ru 342992 Next: a coin which took a long time to ID 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted Wednesday at 01:33 PM · Supporter Share Posted Wednesday at 01:33 PM (edited) ID'ing is still going on for this one. My last idea is Thuria but Mantinea is another possibilty: Septimius Severus Thuria, Pelopponesos AD 193-211 Obv.: Laureate and draped bust right. Rev.: Θ[OYΡIA]TΩN Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver.; hunting dog at her side. AE, 3.76 g, 20 mm Ref.: - Next: A coin that you could not identify Edited Wednesday at 01:35 PM by shanxi 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted Wednesday at 01:44 PM · Member Share Posted Wednesday at 01:44 PM 3 minutes ago, shanxi said: ID'ing is still going on for this one. My last idea is Thuria but Mantinea is another possibilty: Septimius Severus Thuria, Pelopponesos AD 193-211 Obv.: Laureate and draped bust right. Rev.: Θ[OYΡIA]TΩN Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver.; hunting dog at her side. AE, 3.76 g, 20 mm Ref.: - Next: missing attribution I have no attribution advice, but it always amazes me how many rare and unpublished Roman provincial coins there are. In a way, it draws me more towards them than the imperial series, although Roman coins are typically outside my budget compared to Eastern coins. Anyways, cool coin! I got a group lot of mid-poor level Arabic bronze coins thinking most could be easily ID'd. Most have not been, unfortunately. Someday I will try to get sharped picture but I have been surprised this coin was not ID'd on Zeno, it has pretty unique characteristics which one user said pointed maybe to Ilkhanid or Akkoyunlu, but looking through both of those states I found no match. I should do more looking for I may have missed something Some Islamic kingdom or state Maybe c. 1200-1400s AD Weight: 1.8 grams Size: 16.4mm - 17.8mm - 1.0mm Posted to Zeno.ru 329116 Next: same theme, something you have not concretely identified 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted Thursday at 12:49 PM · Supporter Share Posted Thursday at 12:49 PM (edited) This coin My guess is "Amirs of Sind", but I may be wrong. I don't even know what's up and down here, or if it's real or not (casting pearls?). Next: Another riddle you never solved Edited 23 hours ago by shanxi 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted Thursday at 02:01 PM · Member Share Posted Thursday at 02:01 PM This little AE should be EASY to identify! Yea right. Uncertain Empress AE16 Obv: Empress facing r. Rev: Athena standing left, wearing Corinthian helm, holding transverse spear and resting hand on shield. Next: Same theme. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted 22 hours ago · Member Share Posted 22 hours ago This East Asian charm is still not identified fully. There's a question if it is Chinese or Japanese, and another one which is how old it could be. The themes of the charm are generally Chinese but the workmanship seems more like Japanese. The calligraphy seems to poor to be either, but it is intentionally poor which is odd. It appears first, and maybe only, in some Japanese charm catalogs of the late 1800s but this is not indicative as they contain mixed Chinese and Japanese charms. I have yet to find it in a Chinese catalog, but the Japanese catalogs are more abundant, more accessible online, and more comprehensive than Chinese catalogs of the same age. So, shortly, I think it is Japanese but it is not really proven. For the age, I presume something in the 1700s/1800s, early 1800s maybe most likely. I really like this piece. Japan (probably) or China (maybe) AE cast charm - amulet Asian collectors old red ink on obverse Circa 1700s to 1800s O: Ri Xing Qian Li (日行千里), meaning 'travelling one thousand li in a day', Li is a distance unit = ~0.5 km R: Emperor riding left on a galloping horse with weapon drawn behind Weight: 2.9 grams Size: 23.0mm - 23.1mm - 1.1mm Posted to Zeno.ru 334259 Next: Horseback person wielding a weapon 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted 21 hours ago · Patron Share Posted 21 hours ago 17 hours ago, AncientOne said: This little AE should be EASY to identify! Yea right. Uncertain Empress AE16 Obv: Empress facing r. Rev: Athena standing left, wearing Corinthian helm, holding transverse spear and resting hand on shield. Next: Same theme. Probably Plautilla, based upon the obverse inscription. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted 20 hours ago · Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 49 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Probably Plautilla, based upon the obverse inscription. That was my first guess too, but the three letters are probably ΠAV, not ΠΛAV. So Julia Paula could be a possibility, but I can't find an example with this reverse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted 20 hours ago · Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, zanzi said: Next: Horseback person wielding a weapon Magnentius Centenionalis Obv.: D N MAGNENTIVS PF AVG, draped and cuirassed bust right. A behind Rev.: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Magnentius on horseback right, thrusting spear at man kneeling; TRS crescent. RIC 271, Bastien 32 Next: big head 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted 19 hours ago · Supporter Share Posted 19 hours ago 47 minutes ago, shanxi said: Next: big head Constantine the great, AE 3 - Rome, 2nd officina CONSTANTINVS AVG, Laureate head of Constantine right D N CONSTANTINI MAX AV, VOT XXX in a laurel wreath, RS at exergue 2.93 gr Ref : Cohen #129, RC #3874 var Next : Vota Q 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted 16 hours ago · Member Share Posted 16 hours ago 3 hours ago, Qcumbor said: Next : Vota Constantine II AE 20mm Follis. 320-321 AD. Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head right. Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT-V within wreath. Mintmark Gamma SIS star. Next: Constantine II 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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