AncientOne Posted August 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Alexandria, Egypt. Gallienus tetradrachm Obv: AVT K P LIK GALLIHNOC CEB, laureate, draped bust right. Rev: L-IG, eagle standing right with wreath in its beak, palm branch behind. Regnal year 13. Next: Shadow emperor or another barracks. Edited August 10, 2022 by AncientOne 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, AncientOne said: Next: Shadow emperor or another barracks Philip I Antoninianus AD 244 / 249 Obverse..IMP M IVL PHILIPPUS AVG.... radiate, draped bust right. Reverse..LIBERALITAS AVGGII... liberalitus standing right holding abacua and cornucopiae. RIC 38b 4th Issue 5th Officina...This donative was given to celebrate the arrival of the Royal Family in Rome AD245 Next...Money counter/ abacus 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis JJ Posted August 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Next...Money counter/ abacus Edward Cohen (2011) made an argument I found interesting that these were not actually abacuses (Dated Coins of Antiquity: p 608): "Perhaps it is just a box for dispensing or receiving coins." I can't say with any confidence myself, just something I always remember and think about with these. Here's one of mine: [And a thumbnail of Severus Alexander "abacus" denarius, prob. struck in Antioch, which I think is highly unusual for a Liberalitas type; top one has five dots, this one two] NEXT: Third Century Sestertius Edited August 10, 2022 by Curtis JJ 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 Julia Mamaea Æ-Sestertius, Rome Mint Obv.: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. Rev. FELICITAS PVBLICA / S - C, Felicitas standing left, legs crossed, holding caduceus and leaning on column. AE, 17.78g, 28.6mm Ref.: RIC 676, C21 Next: Julia Mamaea 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 10, 2022 Julia Mamaea. Augusta AD 222-235. Rome Sestertius Æ 30 mm, 19,80 g Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, bust of Julia Mamaea, diademed, draped, right / VENERI FELICI SC, Venus, draped, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and Cupid in left hand RIC IV Severus Alexander 694; RCV II 8232; BMCRE 190 Next - Julia Soaemias 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis JJ Posted August 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2022 An over-cleaned, not-so-pretty denarius of Julia Soaemias with VENVS CAELESTIS reverse. There's a small child (or cupid) barely visible to the left on this one (maybe too young to be Elagabalus, I wonder if the child represented a particular royal): NEXT: VENUS 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 Faustina II Denarius, 145-161Rome. Silver, 18mm, 2.68g. Bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, right; FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL. Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and rudder set on dove, in left; VENVS (RIC III, Antoninus Pius 515A (denarius)). Found Rossington, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Portable Antiquities Scheme: SWYOR-D8E6A8. Next: fruit 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 11, 2022 · Patron Share Posted August 11, 2022 Julia Domna, AD 193-211. Roman AR Denarius, 2.52 g, 16.2 mm, 1 h. Uncertain eastern mint (Cappadocia?) formerly attributed to Emesa, AD 193-196. Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: BONI EVENTVS, Fides (?) standing left, holding basket of fruit and corn ears. Refs: RIC 616; BMC --; Cohen 10; RCV --; CRE 328. Next: Severan from an eastern mint. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) AR Denarius, Laodicea ad Mare Mint Obv.: L - SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, Laureate head of Severus right Rev.: COS II PP, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm Ag, 3.40g, 18.7mm Ref.: RIC 503a; RSC 96. Next: same theme 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 27 minutes ago, shanxi said: Next: same theme Plautilla, Denarius - Laodicea mint, AD 202 PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust right HIL - A - RITAS, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and cornucopia. 3.7 gr Ref : RIC # 371, Cohen # 14, RCV # 7071 Ex Qcumbor's collection Next : Hilaritas Q 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 After 6 hours still no Hilaritas. That is not possible. Lucilla Denar, Rome Obv.: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right Rev.: HILARITAS, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and cornucopia. Ag, 17.7mm, 2.73g Ref.: RIC III, p.275, 769, CRE 251 [S] Next: Lucilla 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 11, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 11, 2022 Lucilla (wife of Lucius Verus & daughter of Marcus Aurelius) AR Denarius 164-66 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, draped, LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F/ Rev. Concordia seated left, holding patera & leaning left forearm against statuette of Spes, CONCORDIA. RIC III 758, RSC II 6a, Sear RCV II 5479. 17.1 mm., 3.4 g ' Next, her husband Lucius Verus. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 Lucius Verus, 161 - 169 AD. Silver Denarius, Rome Mint 161 AD, 18mm, 3.11 grams Obverse: IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, Bare head of Lucius right. Reverse: PROV DEOR TR P COS II, Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopia. RIC#463 Next..Big beard. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Spaniard said: Next..Big beard. Macrinus, Bronze struck in Nicopolis AVT KM .... H MAKRINOC, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right V M AGRIPPA NIKOPOLITWNPROC IC TR, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder 14.26 gr Ref : ANMG #1710 Next : another provincial Macrinus, from a city other than Nicopolis Q Edited August 11, 2022 by Qcumbor 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 11, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 11, 2022 Macrinus Augustus and Diadumenian Caesar, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 217-218 AD, Marcianopolis Mint, Moesia Inferior [now Devnya, Bulgaria] (Pontianus, consular legate). Obv. Confronted heads of Macrinus, laureate, right, and Diadumenian, bareheaded, left, [AVT K OΠE]Λ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC [bracketed portion off flan][ = Imperator, Caesar, Opellius Augustus Macrinus, Caesar Marcus Opellius Antoninus ] / Rev. Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse in extended right hand and caduceus in left hand; chlamys hanging over left arm; E [mark of value for “5”] in right field, VΠ Macrinus ΠONTIANOV MAP-KIANOΠOΛEITΩN (ΩN ligate) [ = Consular Legate Pontianus, (coin) of the people of Markianopolis]. AMNG I/I 740 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at pp. 240-241]; BMC 3 Thrace 35 [R.S. Poole, ed. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 3, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc. (London, 1877) at p. 32]; Hristova & Jekov 6.24.10.3 [Nina Hristova & Gospodin Jekov, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III c. A.D., MARCIANOPOLIS (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 2006)]; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol. I, 1192 var. (E to left) [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; Diadumenian.com /marcianopolis5.html, No. Mar5.33d. 25 mm, 12.89 g. Purchased from Kirk Davis, Cat # 75, Fall 2020, Lot 62; ex.: Dr. Paul Rynearson (ca. 2003). (Coin is double die match to Lot 696, CNG Triton XII Auction, Jan. 5, 2009.) Next, a Provincial coin of Diadumenian alone, without Macrinus. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 Diadumenian (As Caesar, AD 217-218) Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis Æ Triassaria Obv.: Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛΛΙOC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC / Draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: MAPKIANOΠΟΛITΩN / Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; at feet to right, hound springing right; Γ (mark of value) to left. AE, 7.92g, 23.7mm Ref.: AMNG I 787; Mouchmov 588; Varbanov 1311. Next: Artemis 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) CILICIA. Soloi (ca 1st century BC) AE19 Obv: Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane. Rev: ΣΟΛΕΩΝ - Double cornucopia; to left, Є above Θ. Ziegler -; SNG BN 1209-10 var. (controls); SNG Levante 865 var. (same) 5,68 g, 19 mm Next - cornucopia as a major design element. It can be a double one, I won't complain. Edited August 11, 2022 by ambr0zie 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted August 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2022 Ae As of Antoninus Pius with double cornucopia reverse. next... more Antoninus Pius... 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis JJ Posted August 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Wow, that's a heck of a double-cornucopia, and a great looking Antoninus... I've shown my Alexandrian Antoninus Griffin Drachm and Sarapis Tetradrachm too much already, but here's an Alexandrian Antoninus I haven't shown yet (at least here). Antoninus Pius & Pharos of Alexandria Drachm. Ex "Rhakotis Collection formed in the 1960s & 1970s" (I'm looking forward to when some more information comes out about that collection, as I'm sure it will). Egypt, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius AE Drachm (32mm, 22.69g, 1h), struck in Year 12 = 148/9 CE.Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟC CЄΒ ЄΥC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: L / ΔⲰΔЄΚΑT/O Isis Pharia standing, holding billowing sail and sistrum; Pharos of Alexandria to r., surmounted by statue and two Tritons.Ref: Dattari 2677; Emmett 1592.12; K&G 35.434; RPC IV.4 13640 (apparently the only known specimen not cited!).Prov: Ex Rhakotis Collection (1960s-1970s), Leu WA 16 (23 May 2021), 2337 NEXT: Another coin with a NAUTICAL THEME (including more lighthouses if you got em) Edited August 12, 2022 by Curtis JJ 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2022 Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Dated RY 13 (66/7) Obv.: NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV / L IΓ, Radiate bust left Rev.: ΣEBAΣTOΦOPOΣ, Ship sailing right. Billon, 12.07g, 24mm Ref.: RPC I 5296 Next: Sailing ship 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2022 6 hours ago, shanxi said: Next: Sailing ship Sextus Pompeius and Q. Nasidius, Denarius - Mint moving with Sextus Pompeius, Sicily, 42-39 BC NEPTVNI, head of Pompey the great right, trident before head, dolphin below Q.NASIDIVS at exergue, galley sailing right, star in upper field 3.92 gr Ref : HCRI # 235, RCV # 1390, Crawford # 483/2, Sydenham # 1350, Cohen # 20Ex Freeman & Sear, Ex Barry Feirstein collection (NAC auction # 42/279) Ex Roma Numismatics Next : trident Q 5 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, Qcumbor said: Next : trident Jaga Deva..1199-1213 AD.....19mm/5.70gr...Die axis 12 o'clock. Obverse...Ardochsho (Lakshmi) seated cross-legged facing in lalitasana (with right leg folded under and left leg hanging down), holding diadem in right hand and long-stemmed lotus in left hand, legend in Sharada script, to the left: 'Ja', to the right 'ga'. Reverse...Highly stylized King standing facing, sacrificing at an altar to the left. Holding trident in left hand. Bottom right legend in Sharada script 'Deva'....Ex-William Spengler collection. MNI..195-96.. Next...Decorative headwear. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamnaskires Posted August 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, Spaniard said: Decorative headwear. Orodes II (wearing crested tiara) AE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD Van't Haaff 13.3.1-2 Next: chocolate-y patina. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, Kamnaskires said: Next: chocolate-y patina. Julia Mamaea, Sestertius - Rome mint, AD 224 IVLIA MAMA EA AVGVSTA, Draped and diademed bust right VENERI FELICI, Venus standing right, holding Cupid and a sceptre. SC in field 17.85 gr Ref : RIC # 694, RCV # 8232, Cohen # 62 Next : another Julia's sestertius Q 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 12, 2022 Julia Domna. Augusta AD 193-217. Rome Sestertius Æ. AD 193-196 30 mm, 25,51 g IVLIA DOMNA AVG, bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right / VENERI VICTR S C, Venus, naked to waist, standing left, holding apple in extended right hand and palm sloped over left shoulder in left hand, resting left elbow on column RIC IV Septimius Severus 842; Cohen 195; BMC 488. Next - another Severan dynasty sestertius 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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