Post it and pick it!

[Steve]

"distinct nose (other than Nerva)"

 

Ummm, here are 3 pretty distinctive snouts from my ol' collection ...

=> Frugi, Pan and Castulo 

 

 

NEXT => more distinctive snouts!!

 

 

Edited August 27, 2022 by Steve

[John Conduitt]

Interlace Cross Type Continental Phase Anglo Saxon Sceat, 695-740Northern Europe. Silver, 1.14g. Diademed bust left, exaggerated features, with striated hair and beaded neck, pellets before and in field, cross below, beaded border. Interlaced cross with pellet in each loop, beaded border (S 795; Abramson IV, 1062 this coin; SCBI 69, 307 this coin). Ex Tony Abramson; found with a metal detector in Essex, 2005 (EMC 2006.0270).

Next: big chin.

[Roman Collector]

Is there a bigger chin than Maximinus's?

Maximinus I, AD 235-238.
Roman Æ Sestertius, 26.7 mm, 18.01 gm.
Rome, AD 236-238.
Obv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: SALVS AVGVSTI SC, Salus enthroned left, feeding snake arising from altar.
Refs: RIC-85; BMCRE-175, Sear-8338; Cohen-92.

 

Next: Salus/Hygieia.

[Prieure de Sion]

2 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Salus/Hygieia.

Titus Flavius Domitianus as Caesar

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 79 AD

Material: Silver

Diameter: 19mm

Weight: 3.43g

Mint: Rome

Reference: RIC II Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 1084

 

Obverse:

Laureate head of Domitian to right. The Inscription reads: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI for Caesar Augustus Filius Domitianus Consul VI (Caesar, son of the emperor Augustus, Domitianus, Consul for the sixth time).

 

Reverse:

Salus standing right with her legs crossed, resting her left arm on column, holding serpent in her right hand and patera in her left. The Inscription reads: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS for Principes Iuventutis (Prince of the youth)

 

"A most puzzling reverse type issued during the last months of Vespasian's reign before he died on June 24th. Perhaps a reference to Vespasian's illness and his hopeful recovery." (from @David Atherton)

 

 

Next: let me see one Flavian-Woman please...

 

 

Edited August 27, 2022 by Prieure de Sion

[ambr0zie]

Ionia. Magnesia ad Sipylum. Domitia AD 82-96.
Bronze Æ
15 mm, 2,86 g
ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Domitia, right / ΜΑΓΝΗ ϹΙΠΥ, river god reclining l., holding branch of plant and cornucopia over inverted pot from which flows water
RPC II, 986; BMC 56; Cop 259

Next - another coin with a Flavian lady.

[Prieure de Sion]

30 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

Next - another coin with a Flavian lady.

Iulia Flavia Titi filia

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 80/81 AD

Material: Silver

Diameter: 19mm

Weight: 3.39g

Mint: Rome, struck under Titus

Reference: RIC II Part 1 (second edition) Titus 388, BMC 141, Cohen 14

 

Obverse:

Diademed and draped bust of Julia Titi to right, her hair in a plait down the back of her neck. The Inscription reads: IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F for Iulia Augusta Titi Augusti Filia.

 

Reverse:

Venus standing right, half draped, nude to the hips and leaning on a column to her right, holding a helmet in her left hand and a long transverse scepter in her right. The Inscription reads: VENVS AVGVST for Venus Augusta.

 

@David Atherton writes: writes: "The most 'common' variant of Julia Titi's Venus denarii. However, I think RIC's frequency rating of 'C2' overstates the case. The same reverse type is also shared with Titus. Stylistic note - many of Julia's portraits have the facial features of either Titus or Domitian Caesar, this example is no exception."

 

 

Next: please another woman (no goddess) before the Flavians dynasty ruled ...

 

 

Edited August 27, 2022 by Prieure de Sion

[Steve]

"please another woman (no goddess) before the Flavians dynasty ruled "

 

Shuqailat was a queen of the Nabataeans

 

NABATAEAN, ARETAS IV & SHUQAILAT, AE17

9BC – 40 AD

Diameter: 17 mm

Weight: 4.11 grams

Obverse:  jugate busts of Aretas IV & Shuqailat

Reverse: Crossed Cornucopias, Petra

Reference: SNG Part 6 #1438

 

 

NEXT => a coin prior to 400 BC 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2022 by Steve

[Ryro]

Next: more archaic

[ambr0zie]

ASIA MINOR.
Mysia. Lampsakos circa 500-450 BC. Tetartemorion  0,14 g, 7 mm
Male head (of Apollo?) to left, wearing taenia.
Rev: Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square.
Asia Minor Coins, #12762; similar to CNG E-Auction 378 (2016), 161; Pecunem Online Auctions Auction 39  3 January 2016, lot 257;  otherwise unpublished in the standard references

Next - helmeted Athena

[shanxi]

Elaia
Asia Minor, Aiolis
340-300 BC
Obv.: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet
Rev.: Ε - Λ, Corn grain within olive wreath.
Æ, 1.25g, 11.7mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 171-172, BMC 126 11, SNG Muenchen 386

 

Next: another Athena

Edited August 27, 2022 by shanxi

[Ryro]

Next: facing portrait

[Phil Davis]

Next: Anything bathroom related.

[John Conduitt]

Too late. But in Britain, going to the bathroom is 'spending a penny'. So I will have it anyway 😂

William II Rufus Voided Cross Penny, 1092-1095

London. Silver, 1.38g. Crowned bust facing, star either side; + þillelm rei. Voided short cross potent over cross pommée; + þvlfþord on lv (moneyer Wulfword (Wulfweard) on London) (S 1260).

Next: medieval

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[Prieure de Sion]

9 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Next: medieval

Crusaders * BOHÉMOND III * Antiochia * 1163-1201 AD * Silver * 17.3mm * 0.97gramm

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[Prieure de Sion]

Oh sorry.. next Crusader again please 😉 

[DonnaML]

19 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Too late. But in Britain, going to the bathroom is 'spending a penny'. So I will have it anyway 😂

That's really a phrase in current usage? It comes from pay toilets? I didn't realize they were sufficiently common back in the day to give rise to such a term. In the surviving letters my mother wrote during the five-year period from late 1938 to late 1943 when she lived in England as a refugee, she does mention having to feed coins to the radiator in her room to keep somewhat warm in winter, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. 

[John Conduitt]

8 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

That's really a phrase in current usage? It comes from pay toilets? I didn't realize they were sufficiently common back in the day to give rise to such a term. In the surviving letters my mother wrote during the five-year period from late 1938 to late 1943 when she lived in England as a refugee, she does mention having to feed coins to the radiator in her room to keep somewhat warm in winter, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. 

Yes it's still common (and would be understood by everyone), although only if you're trying to be extra polite. Ironically, almost all British public toilets have been free for the best part of 50 years, unlike in Europe. They cost a penny when they were introduced in the mid 1800s.

[John Conduitt]

Raymond Roupen Denier, 1216-1219Antioch. Billion, 18mm, 0.98g. Bust to left, wearing helmet with chin guard and chain mail armour; crescent to left, star to right; ✠ RVPINVS. Cross pattée, inward facing crescent in upper right quadrant; ✠ A•ITIOCHIA (cf Metcalf, Crusades 1995, class L).

Next: cross pattée

[DonnaML]

England, Elizabeth I, AR Sixpence 1562 (Milled), by Eloye Mestrelle.* Obv. Crowned and mantled bust left [large broad bust, frosted crown], with elaborately decorated dress, small Tudor Rose behind, ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG.FRA.ET.HIB.REGINA [Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland; curly “Z” in Elizabeth] around; after legend, mm. Star  / Rev. Quartered shield over long cross pattée with divided date 15-62 above shield; POSVI-DEVM.AD-IVTORE-M·MEVM [I have made God my helper] around; before legend, mm. Star. 26 mm., 3.43 g.  S. 2597 [Spink, Standard Catalogue of British Coins, Coins of England & the United Kingdom, Pre-Decimal Issues, 57^th Edition, 2022]. Purchased at St. James’s Auctions No. 62, 14 Jun 2022, Lot 600; ex Spink 1976 (from Spink Numismatic Circular[?], Jan. 1976, with two old coin tickets).

*See Spink p. 261: “Coins of exceedingly fine workmanship were produced in a screw press introduced by Eloye Mestrelle, a French moneyer, in 1561. With parts of the machinery powered by a horse-drawn mill, the coins produced came to be known as ‘mill money.” Despite the superior quality of the coins produced, the machinery was slow and inefficient compared to striking by hand. Mestrelle’s dismissal was engineered in 1572 and six years later he was hanged for counterfeiting.” After 1571, milled coinage was not reintroduced until the reign of Charles I in 1631, by Nicholas Briot (see Spink p. 288)), and did not entirely supercede the minting of hammered coinage until 1663, under Charles II, after Peter Blondeau’s machinery was introduced (see id. p. 344).

Next, another English milled coin from Charles II or earlier.

[John Conduitt]

Charles II Undated Milled Twopence, 1660-1662Tower. Silver, 12mm, 1.01g. Bust left to bottom of coin, single arched crown, II behind, toothed border; legend from lower left, CAROLVS. II. D. G. M. B. F. &. H. REX. Long cross fourchée over quartered shield of arms, initial mark crown on reverse only; legend from upper right, CHRISTO. AVSPICE. REGNO (S 3318). Ex William Christopher Boyd.

Next: more milled before 1685

[DonnaML]

Charles I, AR Shilling, Second Milled issue, by Nicholas Briot, 1638-1639, mm. anchor, dies unsigned. 5.91 g., 6 h.  SCBI Brooker 728 (same dies) [North, J.J. and Preston-Morley, P.J., Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 33, The John G. Brooker Collection, Coins of Charles I, 1625-1649 (London 1984)]; S. 2859 (ill. p. 299). Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb (now Noonans), Auction 251, 8 Mar. 2022, Lot 219.

Next, another shilling, milled or hammered, before George III.

[John Conduitt]

William III Shilling, 1700Tower. Silver, 26mm, 5.98g. Laureate and draped Type V bust right; GVLIELMVS·III·DEI·GRATIA. Four undivided cruciform shields around lion of Nassau with surmounting crowns of similar width, plain angles; MAG·BR·FRA·ET·HIB·REX·. Edge diagonally milled (S 3516).

Next: more monarchs pretending to be emperors.

Edited August 27, 2022 by John Conduitt

[akeady]

Here's a Gunmoney shilling - June 1690.

Obv.: IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA - Laureate and draped bust left Rev.: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 1690 / XII / June - Crown over sceptres dividing J R
Mint:	Dublin
Wt./Size/Axis:	5.34g / - / -
References:	Spink 6582G
Acquisition:	Triskeles Auctions Vauctions 305 #649 (part of) 17-Apr-2014
Notes:	Jul 13, 14 - Small Gunmoney shilling - the last issue in Dublin before the mint moved to Limerick after Dublin taken by Williamite forces.

Whoops! - I didn't see the above post as it was on a new page (though James was mostly pretending to be a king himself by this stage!) - back to:

Next: more monarchs pretending to be emperors.

 

Edited August 28, 2022 by akeady

[John Conduitt]

He was mad as an emperor too.

George III Eighteenpence Bank of England Token, 1815London. Silver, 27mm, 7.31g. Head 2; GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX.BANK TOKEN 1s 6d, 1815, within wreath of oak leaves (S 3772). Issued by the Bank of England during the Napoleonic Wars, prior to the 1816 British Currency Act. As these coins were not Crown coinage, they were classed as bank tokens.

Next: token

[Roman Collector]

Conder token.

Great Britain (Conder) Warwickshire, Coventry Halfpenny 1792

 

Next: Equestrian.