Post it and pick it!

[ambr0zie]

Anonymous follis. AE 10.35gr
Romanus III or Michael IV, 12 November 1028 - 10 December 1041 A.D.
Bronze anonymous follis, class B; SBCV 1823, Constantinople mint, obverse EMMANOVHL, facing bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding gospels with both hands, to left IC, to right XC; reverse cross on three steps with pellet at each extremity, in fields IS - XS / BAS-ILE / BAS-ILE (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)

Next - Byzantine follis

[TuckHard]

Byzantine Empire
610-641 AD
Issued under Emperor Heraclius
AE 40 Nummi | 6.08 grams | 27mm wide
Obv: Three emperors standing forward
Rev: Large M center, cross above

Next: more Byzantine

[Steve]

"more Byzantine"

 

Andronicus II BI Trachy

Date: 1282-1328 AD

Diameter: 24.2 mm.

Weight: 1.5 gr

Obverse: Six pointed star.

Reverse: Andronicus flanked by two large B

Ex-stevex6 

 

 

Next => Byzantine with a non-human animal (is there such a thing?)

Edited August 3, 2022 by Steve

[Steve]

Again, did they make Byzy-coins with animals on them?

 

If not, then => NEXT => A Raven/Crow coin ... if not, then a cool brown coin ... if not, then a coin, or a raison

[DonnaML]

I don't know the answer to your question about Byzantine coins with animals (surely there must be an occasional horse??), but here's a raven on my denarius of Vitellius:

Vitellius AR Denarius, Jul 18-Dec 69 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TRP / Rev. Tripod-lebes (cauldron) surmounted by dolphin lying right on top, with raven standing right below, XV VIR SACR FAC. RIC I 109, RSC II 111 (ill.), Sear RCV I 2201 (ill.), BMCRE 39. 18.5 mm., 3.1 g. [See Sear RCV I at p. 421, explaining that the reverse “refers to Vitellius’ membership in the priestly college of the Quindecimviri Sacris Faciundis, ‘fifteen men for the conduct of sacred matters.’ This body had care of the Sibylline prophecies and were famous for the opulence of their banquets ,a feature of the priesthood which particularly appealed to the gluttonous emperor.”]

Next, another coin of Vitellius on which his name is legible (the primary reason I bought my otherwise mediocre example)!

Edited August 4, 2022 by DonnaML

[shanxi]

Here the name is legible but abbreviated as OYIT (OYITEΛΛΙOΣ). Hopefully this counts.

 

Vitellius
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachme, year1, AD 69
Obv.: ΩΛOY OYIT KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEPM AYT Head laureate right.
Rev.: Nike advancing left holding wreath and palm, date LA in left field
Billon, 12,73g, 23mm
Ref.: RPC 5372 (18 spec.), Oxford 372, Dattari 340, Geißen 260 ff., Emmett 196/1

 

Next: Nike 

[Steve]

"Nike"

 

=> BOOM!!

 

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm

(240 Onkia)

478-466 BC

Struck circa 478-475 BC

Diameter: 24 mm

Weight: 16.90 grams

Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses

Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around

Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)

Other: 2h, sweetly toned, test cut on reverse … so fricken cool, right?

Ex-stevex6 … from the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132

 

 

NEXT => a Hieron coin

 

... ummm, but if 3 hours goes-by without one of the Hieron guy's coins, then a dolphin-example would be great as well 

 

... after 5 hours, then a brown coin would also be acceptable 

Hi

 

Edited August 4, 2022 by Steve

[Spaniard]

Poseidon

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II. 274-216 BC. Æ-Litra (19mm, 6.38g). Obverse..Diademed head of Poseidon left with border of dots. Reverse..ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ, Ornate scroll decorated trident with lotiform shaft flanked by dolphins. Ref:for type SNG Cop 844-856. Next...More Poseidon

[DonnaML]

6 hours.

I have no coins depicting Poseidon, I'm afraid. But how about Neptune?

Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, IIIIXXX [34?]* above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia 3, Sear RCV I 322 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 16 at pp. 98, 100-103 [Michael Harlan, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (Vol. I) (2012)], BMCRR Rome 3247. 19 mm., 3.9 g.

Next, more Neptune.

*Am I correctly reading the obverse control number as 34? Is there perhaps another X on the far right, which would make it 44?

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by DonnaML

[Octavius]

 As of Agrippa with Neptune on reverse.

next ,  more Agrippa.

[Roman Collector]

Augustus with Agrippa, 27 BC - AD 14.
Roman Æ dupondius, 12.99 g, 26.3 mm, 4 h.
Nemausus, after 16/15 BC.
Obv: IMP/DIVI F, heads back to back of Augustus, right, bare, and Agrippa, left, wearing rostral crown.
Rev: COL-NEM to left and right of palm shoot, its tip to right, behind chained crocodile; two wreaths above palm tip.
Refs: RIC 155; RPC 523; Cohen 7; AMC 411; RCV 1729.
Notes: Sear (p. 338) notes this initial revival of the Nemausian series on a lighter weight standard is probably to be associated with Augustus' visit to Gaul in 16 BC.

Next: Crocodile!

[shanxi]

Nilus with crocodile

Faustina II
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: ΦAYCTIN CEBACTH (legend starting at 1 o'clock), draped bust right
Rev.. Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; crocodile below
L IH= year 18 of Antoninus Pius (154/155).
Billon, 13.54g, 23x24mm
Ref.: Dattari 3258, Milne -, Curtis -, BMC -, RPC IV.4, 14410-9 (this coin)

 

Next: Faustina II provincial

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by shanxi

[ambr0zie]

Bronze AE
Lydia, Saitta, Faustina II, AD 147-175
16 mm, 3 g

Obv : ΦΑVϹΤƐΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, r. / ƐΠ Φ ΗΡΚΛΑΝΟV ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ, Artemis standing, r., drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow; to r., dog

RPC IV.2, 11561

Next - Artemis on a provincial coin

[Roman Collector]

Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 9.53 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h.
Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 238-244.
Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; stag at side.
Refs: BMC 30; RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID 67278); Moushmov 2685; Varbanov 3888; Jurukova 476; SNG Cop --; Lindgren --; GIC --.
Notes: Obverse die match to Varbanov plate coin. This specimen illustrated in RPC VII.2.

Next: Gordian provincial

[Prieure de Sion]

50 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Gordian provincial

Gordianus III from Antiochia Pisidia. Next please his wife ... minting Rome or Provincial.

 

[shanxi]

Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA CEB, diademed, draped bust right
Rev.: Eagle standing left, L-S= Year 6 = (242/243)
12,47g, 23mm
Ref.: Geißen 2685, Dattari 4848

 

Next: eagle with wreath in beak

[ambr0zie]

 

Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan Decius AD 249-251.
Billon-Tetradrachm
26 mm, 12,18 g
ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ϹƐΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear; below bust: ••••• / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C, eagle standing on palm, l., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Group 3, officina 5
RPC IX, 1745, Prieur 584 (15), McAlee 1126e

Next - a provincial tetradrachm but not with an eagle.

[Prieure de Sion]

17 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

Next - a provincial tetradrachm but not with an eagle.

 

Nero, Laodicea ad Mare, Syria Phoenice, Tetradrachm 63/64 AD, Prieur 1104

 

 

Next - a woman with reference to Nero

[Ryro]

Next: another red head

[DonnaML]

Nero had red hair? Cue everyone googling other "famous redheads in history." But I won't believe what anyone posts without a color photograph! I know King David supposedly had red hair (emphasis on supposedly), but I don't think he was on any ancient coins. And I had two different direct ancestors in the 1600s referred to in documents as "the Red Jew," but I have no coins for them either.

[ambr0zie]

Faustina looks like a true ginger on this coin (in fact the entire coin is a ginger) but I am not sure if this qualifies.

[ambr0zie]

Since 6 hours have passed, let's consider my Faustina a true red haired lady and let's continue with the theme - Faustina I bronze coin.

[shanxi]

 

Lydia, Hierocaesarea
Faustina I
Obv: ΦΑVСΤЄΙΝΑ СЄΒΑСΤΗ, Draped bust right.
Rev: IЄPOKAICAPЄΩN, Artemis standing right, drawing bow; behind, stag standing right.
AE, 5.91g, 22mm
Ref.: RPC IV.2 online 1269-7 - This coin
Ex Plankenhorn Collection

 

Next: Faustina I provincial

[Ryro]

Too bad so sad, I beat @Roman Collector!

Next: cult statue

[Ryro]

2 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Nero had red hair? Cue everyone googling other "famous redheads in history." But I won't believe what anyone posts without a color photograph! I know King David supposedly had red hair (emphasis on supposedly), but I don't think he was on any ancient coins. And I had two different direct ancestors in the 1600s referred to in documents as "the Red Jew," but I have no coins for them either.

I thought Nero was blonde. A boy named Suetonius said, "Nero's hair was 'subflavo', which translates roughly as the yellow or blonde of a lion's mane."

I was referring to Poppaea. Supposedly, after he kicked her to death while pregnant with his child, he found another red head that looked just like her. Unfortunately, it was a young teenage boy and Nero had him castrated. Supposedly, even had a mock wedding and married the guy and called him Poppaea thereafter. 

Just normal Julio-Claudi emperor kinda stuff.