Post it and pick it!

[Furryfrog02]

13 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

Best as in highest grade? Most valuable? The one you like the most? This one's my favorite, so it's my "best Hadrian."

Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.78 g, , 26.1 mm, 7 h.
Rome, ca. AD 119-124.
Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing facing right before a lighted altar, raising her right hand and holding a box of incense in her left.
Refs: RIC 601c; BMCRE 1233-34; Cohen 1044; Strack 542; RCV 3665; Hill 257.

Next: more Pietas/Eusebeia.

That's a great one!
Best is subjective. Whatever you think makes it your best 🙂

[Prieure de Sion]

6 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Next: another coin with an "wedding" scene of an emperor and his augusta at the reverse making a handshake.

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caracalla

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 202/205 AD

Material: Silver

Diameter: 19mm

Weight: 3.20g

Mint: Rome

Reference: RIC IV Caracalla 124b

 

Obverse:

You can see the right-facing draped bust of Caracalla with a laurel wreath. The inscription reads: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG for Antoninus Pius Augustus.

 

Reverse:

Shown are Plautilla to the left and toga-clad Caracalla to the right, both standing facing each other holding hands. The inscription reads: CONCORDIA FELIX for Concordia felix (the fortunate harmony).

 

 

 

Six hours gone. Do I have to do everything myself? 😄 

Ok next: a woman who (probably) murdered her husband or was at least involved in the murder.

[shanxi]

Lydia. Hierocaesaraea
Agrippina Junior (Augusta, 50-59)
Bronze, AE 19
Obv.: AΓPIΠΠINAN ΘЄAN CЄBACTHN, draped bust right, hair in long plait down back of neck and looped at end, long loosely curled lock down side of neck;
Rev.: IЄPOKAICAPЄΩN ЄΠI KAΠITΩNOC, Artemis Persica standing facing, wearing long chiton, with right hand
drawing arrow from quiver on right shoulder, left hand on hip, stag at her side on left
AE, 5.93g, maximum diameter 18.8mm, die axis 0o
Ref.: RPC I 2387; BMC Lydia p. 106, 22

Next: Agrippina

[Octavius]

 Agrippina senior - Mother of Caligula.

next - her daughter...

 

[ambr0zie]

Phrygia. Aizanis. Agrippina II AD 50-59.
Bronze Æ
17 mm, 2,91 g
ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗΝ, draped bust of Agrippina II, right / ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ, draped bust of Persephone with ears of corn before
RPC I, 3102; BMC 91, Cop 91

Next - Aizanis

[akeady]

Here's a Claudius provincial from Aizanis.

Phrygia, Aezanis
Coin:	Bronze AE19 KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP - Laureate head right AIZANITΩN - Zeus standing left with eagle and sceptre.
Mint:	(ca 41-54 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis:	4.14g / 19mm / -
References:	RPC 3100
Acquisition:	Naville Numismatics Online Auction NN Live Auction 24 #335 17-Jul-2016

 

Next - another eagle being held (probably by Zeus!)

 

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by akeady

[Ryro]

next: tetradrachm 

[Roman Collector]

Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII.
AR tetradrachm; 15.85 gm, 27 mm.
Antioch mint, 125-121 BC.
Obv: Jugate busts, right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne.
Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135.
Notes: Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren.

Next: Someone named Cleopatra.

[Steve]

ahaha ... ooops, I was way too slow (I was eating dinner ... my bad)

 

=> Tetradrachm (eh-heh-heh)

 

* awkward *

"Someone named Cleopatra"

Ummm, Cleopatra, eh? ... hmmmm

 

Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII

Seleukid Kings of Syria

125-121 BC 

Antioch Mint

Diam:19 mm

Weght: 7.21 grams

obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right

reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, on fallen amphora; IE to inner right, P(retrograde)P (date) and piloi in exergue

reference: SC 2263.2g; HGC 9, 1189; DCA 264

other: 1h, VF, black patina with some earthen highlights

 

 

NEXT => "Someone named Cleopatra"

Carry-on

 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Steve

[Phil Davis]

Next: Anything Imperatorial.

[Octavius]

 Imperatorial denarius of Brutus.

next... more imperatorial...

[DonnaML]

Roman Republic, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, 47/46 BCE, N. Africa, Utica (provincial capital 30 mi. NW of site of Carthage) or mobile military mint traveling with Scipio’s camp [see Sear Imperatorial (CRI), infra at p. 34]. Obv. Laureate head of Jupiter right, Q. METEL around to right, PIVS in exergue (PI ligate)/ Rev. African elephant walking right, SCIPIO above, IMP in exergue. Crawford 459/1, Sear Imperatorial (CRI) 45 (pp. 33-34) [David Sear, The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators 49-27 BC (1998)], RSC I Caecilia [Babelon] 47 (ill. p. 21), Sear RCV I 1379 (ill. p. 262), RBW Collection 1601 (ill. p. 337), BMCRR Africa 1, Claire Rowan, From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC - AD 14), Using Coins as Sources (Cambridge 2019) at pp. 44-45 & Fig. 2.22. 19.5 mm., 3.78 g. Purchased from Germania Inferior Numismatics, Netherlands, Dec. 2021.*

 

*Issued by Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (ca. 95-46 BCE), a great-great-great-grandson of Scipio Africanus [see Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Pius_Scipio], and also a member of the Caecilii Metelli family by testamentary adoption [id.]. He issued this coin as the commander-in-chief of the remaining Pompeian forces in North Africa after Pompey’s defeat at Pharsalus and subsequent assassination, leading up to their defeat by Caesar at the Battle of Thapsus (in present-day Tunisia) on 6 Feb. 46 BCE. In CRI at p. 34, Sear states as follows about this coin: “Both stylistically and in volume this coinage stands apart from the rather limited issues in Scipio’s name which can safely be attributed to the provincial capital of Utica (nos. 40-43)/ The inescapable conclusion is that this type, which is in the sole name of the commander-in-chief, is a product of the military mint operating within the security of Scipio’s camp. It would appear to belong to the latter stages of the campaign as the Pompeian army was moving around the province prior to being enticed into the fatal engagement at Thapsus.” [Remainder of footnote omitted.]

Next, another coin issued by the Caecilii Metelli family, preferably also depicting an elephant.

Edited August 30, 2022 by DonnaML

[shanxi]

M. Caecilius Metellus
Denarius, 127 BC, Rome
Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma right, star on helmet, star below, ROMA upward behind.
Rev.: M.METELLVS.Q.F., Macedonian shield with elephant's head in central boss, surrounded by laurel wreath.
Ag, 3,90g, 18 mm
Ref.: Crawford 263/1a, Syd. 480.

Next: shield

[John Conduitt]

Commonwealth Sixpence, 1660Tower. Silver, 2.98g. Arms of England surrounded by a wreath, anchor mintmark above; · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND. Arms of England and Ireland, topped with mark of value in Roman numerals; · GOD · WITH · VS · 1660 · VI · (S 3220). Ex Samuel Birchall of Leeds (1761-1814), author of A Descriptive List of the Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens issued between the Years 1786 and 1796, arranged Alphabetically.

Next: Sixpence

[Prieure de Sion]

Quintus Fufius Calenus and Publius Mucius Scaevola (Cordus)

Denarius of the Roman Republic Period 70 BC

Material: Silver

Diameter: 19mm

Weight: 3.79g

Mint: Rome

Reference: Crawford RRC 403/1

 

Obverse:

Jugate heads of Honos and Virtus, right. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: HO VIRT KALENI for Honos Virtus Calenus.

  

Reverse:

Italia on left and Roma on right clasping hands; between clasped hands, cornucopia; Roma wears diadem, holds fasces in left hand and places right foot on globe. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: ITAL RO CORDI for ITALIA ROMA CORDUS.

 

The minting of this Roman denarius, which was issued jointly by the mint masters Q. Fufius Calenus and P. Mucius Scaevola. In this year a census took place, a census in which all eligible voters with Roman citizenship were recorded, which since the so-called Confederate War of 91-88 BC no longer included only the inhabitants of the city of Rome, but the entire population of the Italic peninsula. The now prevailing harmony and legal equality of old and new citizens is symbolised on the reverse of the denarius by the handshake between the divine personifications Roma and Italia, whereby Roma, standing on the right, places her foot on a globe as a sign of her supremacy. The heads of Honos and Virtus depicted on the obverse, which embody military glory and bravery, perhaps refer to the successful campaigns of Pompey, who took up his first consulship in 70 BC and was responsible for carrying out the Census. Thus, the image programme of the denarius could be understood as a tribute to an individual politician and general, which gives an indication of the further development of republican coinage (Sonja Kitzberger).

 

 

Six hours ago... yeah. A new coin... ok, next please - give me a coin with 2 heads on the obverse.

[shanxi]

Pisidia Komama
AE15, 100 BC
Obv.: Laureate heads of two bearded men right
Rev.: Lion springing right, KO in exergue.
AE, 2.97g, 15.06mm
Ref.: SNG Cop. 125, SNG von Aulock 5064

 

Next: Pisidia

[IanG]

 

Pisidia, Termessos.

Circa 100 BC.

Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of horse left, thunderbolt behind.

BMC 18.

3.79g, 16mm.

 

Next: Forepart of animal other than horse.

[ambr0zie]

Aeolis, Aigai Æ12. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of goat right; monograms above and to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen 14; SNG von Aulock -.

Next - goat.

[Phil Davis]

Next: Another goat

[Steve]

"Another goat"

Aeolis, Aegae: AE18

3rd Cent. BC

Diameter: 18.1mm

Weight: 3.64 grams

Obverse: Head of Apollo right

Reverse: Goat's head right, AI in circle monogram behind

Reference: SNG von Aulock 1492v (legend, not monogram); SNG Copenhagen 1v (legend, not monogram)

Other: much clearer, more sharply struck, much finer style goat image than usually found on Aeolis Apollo/Goat bronze issues

Ex-stevex6

 

NEXT => ummm, are there still more goat-coins out there??

... but after 3 hours, an Apollo coin will do ... 

... after 4 hours, a good ol' brown coin would be a winna

Edited August 30, 2022 by Steve

[ambr0zie]

CILICIA, Kelenderis (ca 425-400) AR Obol
Horse prancing right
Rev: KE,  Goat crouching left, looking backwards.
SNG von Aulock 5643; Göktürk 9; SNG France 116 var. (goat left);  Demeester 143.
0,55 g, 9 mm

Next - another domestic animal, but not a horse or a goat

[shanxi]

Cow and calf

Illyria, Apollonia
AR drachm
Obv.: AΓIAΣ, cow left, head turned, suckling calf right
Rev.: AΠOΛ EΠI [KA] [Δ]OΥ around double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards
Ag, 3.29g, 17.9x16.6mm
Ref.: BMC 15

Next: Illyria

After 2 hours: Balkan

After 4 hours: Greek

Edited August 30, 2022 by shanxi

[Phil Davis]

Crawford 445/2, struck by the Pompeian forces in Apollonia in 49 BC

Next; An altar without a flame

[ambr0zie]

Diva Faustina II after AD 175-176. Rome
Denarius AR

18 mm, 2,71 g

176-180

DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, Bust of Diva Faustina II, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right / CONSECRATIO, Rectangular altar, with horns at left and right, and door on front (sometimes decorated with palms)

RIC III Marcus Aurelius 746; RSC 75

 

Next - Diva Faustina II

[Steve]

"Diva Faustina II"

 

Diva Faustina Senior. Æ As

Died AD 140/1

Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146

Diameter: 26 mm

Weight: 19.43 grams

Obverse: Veiled and draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head

Reverse: Garlanded altar with closed doors

Reference: RIC III 1191A (Pius)

Other: 6h … Near VF, brown patina

Ex-stevex6 … from the David Wray Collection

(purchased from Colosseum Coin Exchange)

 

 

NEXT => Diva Julia Titi (or even plain ol' Julia Titi)

After 3 hours, any ol' Julia coin will do

After 4 hours, a sweet ol' brown coin is good nuff

Hi

 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Steve