Post it and pick it!

[Phil Davis]

Heh. I was just fetching that coin. Since the pic is ready, here it is.

Next: Same theme

[akeady]

4 minutes ago, Phil Davis said:

Heh. I was just fetching that coin. Since the pic is ready, here it is.

Next: Same theme

Great minds and all that 😄

[shanxi]

M. Junius Brutus
AR Denarius, 42BC, Rome
Obv.: LIBERTAS, Head of Libertas right.
Rev.: BRVTVS, Consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors, carrying fasces over shoulder; accensus to left.
Ag, 19mm, 3.87g
Ref.: Crawford 433/1

 

Next: 4 people or deities on the reverse

[ambr0zie]

Commodus. 180-192. AR Denarius 2.66gr. Rome
A.D. 186. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head of Commodus right / FID EXERC P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P: Commodus standing, left on platform, three soldiers standing, right holding legionary eagles. RIC II 130; RSC 143

Next - 4 or more people on a reverse.

[DonnaML]

Not 4 but 7 people on the reverse of this sestertius: Faustina II as Felicitas with six children.

Next, another sestertius of an Antonine empress.

[shanxi]

@DonnaML beautiful patina !!

[Prieure de Sion]

20 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Next, another sestertius of an Antonine empress.

Diva Faustina I Senior (the Elder) under Antoninus Pius
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial period 141/146 AD
Material: AE
Diameter: 32mm
Weight: 25.29g
Mint: Rome
Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 1146a
Provenance: Ex Peter Corcoran Collection, Ex CNG E245 (1 December 2010) 337

 

Next please: A lady on the obverse of a coin (ancient, medieval, modern) who was murdered... 😱

 

 

 

Edited August 22, 2022 by Prieure de Sion

[Curtis JJ]

Well, I thought I had already posted my Julia Mamaea Sestertius, but searching around, I don't think I have, so I'm considering it fresh enough to share.

Mamaea was killed alongside her son Severus Alexander in 235. My understanding of events is that the army felt Alexander had appeased the Germanic tribes with whom they'd been engaged in frontier battles, and ended the war without enough fighting. So they killed them in their tent in the military encampment. (I recall that they were actually physically together when both killed, but feel free to correct me.) Don't remember if Maximinus Thrax was part of the assassination plot, or if the idea to proclaim him emperor may have come up only after the Severans were killed.

 

Incidentally, Julia Mamaea is a rare Roman woman with captives on the reverse of some coins of Alexandria; unfortunately I don't have hers yet, but I have her son's captives Tetradrachm of Alexandria, and their killer's. They all used the same reverse types, depicting the Germanic captives over whom all the killing happened.

 

NEXT: ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ENDING A DYNASTY
Edit: Just realized, "assassination" could be narrower than I meant, substitute in "killing"...

EDIT:

NEXT: A KILLING (WARFARE, MURDER, EXECUTION, BARFIGHT, "MYSTERIOUS"/UNKNOWN) &
A DYNASTY CHANGE
(or changing/ending the dynasty at least for the moment)

Edited August 22, 2022 by Curtis JJ

[Spaniard]

End of the Severan dynasty..235AD

Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AR Denarius (3.12 gm, 20mm). Antioch mint. Struck 222 AD.
Obv.: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right.
Rev.: P M TR P COS P P, Fortuna standing left holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae; star in left field.
RIC #267. gVF.

Next...Antioch mint Denarius.

[Curtis JJ]

4 hours ago, Spaniard said:

Next...Antioch mint Denarius.

That's an interesting portrait on Sev Alex there!

Here's a Severus Alexander of Antioch. Interestingly, a LIBERALITAS type, unusual since the LIBERALITAS redistributions were done in Rome not Antioch, as I understand.

 

Roman Imperial. Severus Alexander AR Denarius (2.69g, 18mm, 6h), struck in Antioch, 223 CE.
Obv: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG. Laureate, cuirassed & draped bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: LIBERALITAS AVG. Liberalitas draped, standing & holding abacus (?) and cornucopia.
Ref: RIC IV 281; BMCRE 1043; RSC 108b.
Prov: Ex AK Collection, purchased from Munzen & Medaillen AG, Basel, 1970; CNG Triton XXI (7 January 2019), lot 805 (part of 94 coins, coin no. B083, illustrated in AK Supplement only); encapsulated by NGC, c. 2019-2021 (corr.); CNG EA 485 (10 Feb 2021), Lot 559, (Corr., misdescribed & incorrect NGC label).
Notes: Cohen (2011) argues in Dated Coins of Antiquity that whatever Liberalitas is holding, it cannot be an abacus. (Perhaps a coin box? Although I don't know why that would be on a stick.)
 

The first time CNG sold this one (Triton XXI AK Supplement) they called it Antioch. But then the provenance to the previous sale was lost (it was also submitted to NGC, who accidentally switched the tag with a Rome mint Severus Alexander denarius, also from the AK Collection)! So when CNG sold it again 2 years later, and didn't know about their original listing (until I called LH during the auction and gave the details), they cataloged it as Rome for whatever reason. (Also mistakenly downgraded it from AU to XF -- probably much to my benefit.)

 

NEXT: EASTERN MINT DENARIUS, BUST "SEEN FROM BEHIND"

One Hour Passed -- Now Accepting Antoniniani Too!
Two Hours -- Now Accepting Tetradrachms (any AR/BI)!

Edited August 23, 2022 by Curtis JJ

[Edessa]

Roman Cappadocia, Caesaraea-Eusebia. Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. AR Didrachm (21mm, 6.76g, 12h). Dated Cos. III (AD 161-166). Obv:  AYTOKP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB; Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: VΠATOC Γ; Mt. Argaeus, with trees, surmounted by star. Ref: Metcalf 130f; Sydenham 330. Very Fine. 

Next: Another Marcus Aurelius Provencial.

[Curtis JJ]

37 minutes ago, Edessa said:

Next: Another Marcus Aurelius Provencial.

 

Roman Provincial Corinth, Marcus Aurelius AE Diassarion (23mm, 8.15g, 9h).
Obv: I M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: C L I COR. Turreted Concordia/Homonoia (or Fortuna/Tyche?) seated left, holding patera and cornucopia.
Ref: BCD Corinth 721 = RPC Online 7589.2 (this coin).
Prov: BCD Collection, Lanz 105 (26 November 2001), Lot 721; Naville Numismatics 47 (2 March 2019), Lot 122; Savoca Numismatik, Munich (VCoins Shop, 13 October 2021), SKU G0507.

 

NEXT: Another coin of Corinth (any metal, any time)

[Roman Collector]

Caligula, AD 37-41.
Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g.
Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38.
Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right.
Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right.
Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.

 

Next: More Corinth.

[ambr0zie]

Corinthia. Corinth circa 345-307 BC.
Drachm  AR (uncertain due to low weight)
13 mm, 1,87 g
Pegasos flying left, wings curled, Koppa below. / Head of Aphrodite left, hair in a sakkos. ΠA monogram behind head. BCD Corinth 162; SNG Fitzwilliam 3455-3456; SNG Cop. 136.

Next- Aphrodite.

[shanxi]

After 8 hours a small change from Aphrodite to Venus:

 

Faustina Minor
AR-Denar, Rome, AD 147-150
Obv.: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, Draped bust of Faustina II to right with band of pearls, her hair bound with pearls
Rev.: VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple in her right hand and rudder set on dolphin, which coils around it
Ag, 3.52g
Ref.: RIC 517a, CRE 233 [C]
Ex Künker

 

Next: Venus

[John Conduitt]

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: rudder

[expat]

 

 

Next. Another rudder

Edited August 23, 2022 by expat

[shanxi]

7 minutes ago, expat said:

Next. Another rudder

Lydia, Hierocaesarea
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Time of the Severans (193-235)
Obv: IЄPOKAICAPЄIA, Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right.
Rev: IЄPOKAICAPЄΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
AE, 4.7g, 21mm
Ref.: BMC 21

 

Next: Hierocaesarea

[Steve]

Curtis JJ asked => "(Where's TIF?)"

 

TIF is busy with work and/or trying to get her new/old house up and running ... ummm, she's is as busy as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest!! (as they say in those ol' bad-taste days gone by)

... but don't worry, for she is out there, lurking ... like a cool ol' cat-fish, waiting to strike!! (yup, the Coin-Princess is one stealth and savvy coin-biotch!! ... she's my favourite)

 

 

[Roman Collector]

Quasi-autononymous issue, time of Nero.
Roman provincial Æ 14.6 mm, 3.24 g, 6h.
Lydia, Hierocaesarea; Magistrate Capito, AD 54-68.
Obv: ЄΠΙ ΚΑΠΙΤѠΝΟC, draped bust of Artemis Persica, right, with bow and quiver at her back.
Rev: ΙЄΡΟ-ΚΑICΑΡ-ЄΩΝ, Artemis in short chiton, right, with one knee on back of stag, which she pulls down by the antlers.
Refs: RPC I 2391; BMC v.22, p.102, 3.

Next: Artemis and stag.

[shanxi]

Severus Alexander, AD 222 - 235
Asia Minor, Pisida, Selge
Obv: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, Artemis drawing arrow, stag and tree left
AE, 18mm, 4.18g
Ref.: BMC 79; SNG PfPS 460
Ex Collection E.L. (Erwin Link, Stuttgart)
Ex Gorny&Mosch, Auction 271, Lot 729

 

Next: Severus Alexander provincial coin

[Edessa]

Egypt, Alexandria. Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.40 g, 11h). Dated RY 5 (AD 225/6). Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and scales; LЄ (date) to left. Ref: Köln 2428-9; Dattari (Savio) 4293; K&G 62.58; RPC VI Online 10298; Emmett 3096.5. Very Fine. Dark brown patina, a few light scratches in fields but excellent eye appeal. Ex CNG eAuction 411 (9 Mar 2022), Lot 301.

 

Next: Severus Alexander Roman Egypt issue.

Edited August 24, 2022 by Edessa
Late reply.

[Broucheion]

Hi All,

SEVERUS ALEXANDER (Caesar 221 - 11 Mar 222 CE), ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 11, Bi TETRADRACHM

Size: 23x24 mm
Weight: 12.5 g
Axis: 1:00

Obv: Severus Alexander laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Legend: AKAIMAPAYPCЄYAΛЄXANΔPOC. Dotted border.
Rev: Zeus seated on throne, facing left and holding patera and long sceptre. At his feet, eagle facing left, head turned back. In left field: LIA. In right field: palm branch. Solid border.
Provenance: Ex-Dattari Collection.
Refs: Emmett-3146.11; Geissen-Unlisted; Dattari-Savio 9973, pl 236 (THIS); RPC Online 10534.13 .

Next: A Provincial Julia Mamea

- Broucheion

 

Edited August 24, 2022 by Broucheion

[shanxi]

Julia Mamaea (222-235).
Thrace, Deultum
Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; at feet, hound advancing right.
AE, 8.95g, 23.7mm
Ref.: Varbanov 2341

 

Next: Provincial of Severus Alexanders successor

Edited August 24, 2022 by shanxi

[Curtis JJ]

5 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Next: Provincial of Severus Alexanders successor

 

Roman Provincial. Egypt, Alexandria. Maximinus Billon Tetradrachm (13.80g, 22mm, 12h), dated RY 3 = 236/7 CE.
Obv: ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ƐΥϹ ϹƐΒ. Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind.
Rev:  L - Γ. Trophy of arms, at base, two bound captives seated back to back.
Ref: RPC VI 10711; Dattari 4613; Emmett 3301.3 (R3); Coin Project ID = 79000742 (this coin).
Prov: Ex Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian; CNG Feature MBS 79 (17 Sep 2008), Lot 742.

 

NEXT: ANY PROVINCIAL FROM MAXIMUS
OR
ONE OF THE NEXT FIVE SUCCESSORS
(who all started in 238, most also finished then)