Roman Collector Posted February 23 · Patron Share Posted February 23 Link: as of Antoninus Pius. Antoninus Pius, AD 138 – 161. Roman Æ as, 11.13 g, 27.0 mm, 12 h. Rome, December, AD 142-143. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head, right. Rev: IMPERATOR II, Spes, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and lifting drapery of skirt with left hand. Refs: RIC 730; BMCRE 1619; Cohen 444; Strack 938; RCV --. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 24 · Member Share Posted February 24 Spes: 19 mm, 3,28 g. Geta as Caesar 198-209 AD. AR denarius. Laodicea ad Mare. 198-200 AD. L SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SPEI PERPETVAE, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 96; BMC 688; RSC 192a. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 24 · Supporter Share Posted February 24 Geta ROMAN EMPIRE, Geta, as Caesar. AR Denarius.. Rome, AD 200-202. 21mm, 3.34gr. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRIT IMPERII, Securitas seated left, holding globe in right hand. RIC 20b, BMCRE 240-243, RSC 183a, Cohen 183 - SEAR RCV II (2002), #7200, page 565 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 25 · Member Share Posted February 25 Vespasian / Securitas 75 AD AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36g) O: Laureate bust right; IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG. R: Securitas seated left with foot on stool and left arm on chair; PON MAX TR P COS VI. RSC 367 / RIC 774 / BMC 165 ex Bart Lewis "It becomes an emperor to die standing." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 25 · Patron Share Posted February 25 Link: Vespasian. Vespasian, AD 69-79. Roman AR denarius, 3.18 g, 18.4 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 73. Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CEN, laureate head, right. Rev: SALVS AVG, Salus seated left, holding patera, left hand at side. Refs: RIC 58; RIC 2.1 522; BMCRE 87-89; Cohen/RSC 432; CBN 76; RCV 2307. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted February 25 · Member Share Posted February 25 4 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Link: Vespasian. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 25 · Supporter Share Posted February 25 Titus RPC Volume: II №: 1605 Reign: Vespasian Persons: Titus (Caesar) City: Antioch Region: Pisidia Province: Galatia-Cappadocia Denomination: Copper 6.80gr, 20mm. Issue: AD 76 Obverse: T CAES IMP PONT; laureate head of Titus, right Reverse: ANT COL; priest holding vexillum ploughing with two oxen, right; above, crescent Reference: Krzyżanowska pp. 136–7, SNG France 1076–7 Specimens: 22 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 26 · Member Share Posted February 26 Oxen 18 mm, 2,67 g. Vespasian 69-79. AR denarius. Rome. 77-78. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / Pair of oxen under yoke left, In exergue, COS VIII. C 133; BMC 206; RIC 943; CBN 184; Old RIC 107 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 26 · Supporter Share Posted February 26 More oxen AUGUSTUS. Æ. As. (Caesaraugusta, Zaragoza, Spain) 25-11 BC Magistrates: Gnaeus Domitius Ampianus, Gaius Vettius Lancianus Obverse: IMP. AVGVSTVS. TRIB. POTS. XX., laureate head of Augustus to the right. Reverse: CAES. AVGVS (clockwise from 10-1). CN. DOM. AMP. C. VET. LANC (anti clockwise from 8-2). Priest ploughing with pair of oxen to the right. Below II (with horizontal line above) VIR. (*) RPC volume I, #320 Leaded bronze,12.85g. 31mm. Reference: Vives 148–10, GMI 328, Beltrán 16, NAH 982, AB. 327. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 27 · Patron Share Posted February 27 (edited) Link: Roman provincial issue under Augustus depicting a bovine. Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14. Roman provincial AE 23. Macedon, Amphipolis, 10.25 g, 23.3 mm, 1 h. Obv: ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, bare-head, right. Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis Tauropolos with inflated veil, riding on bull galloping right. Refs: BMC 5, p. 52, 73; Sear Greek Imperial 29. Edited February 27 by Roman Collector 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 27 · Member Share Posted February 27 Bull 23 mm, 10,8 g. Cilicia, Tarsos. Mazaios 361-334 BC. AR stater. Baaltars seated left on throne, head facing, holding lotus-tipped sceptre, grain ear, grape bunch and eagle; 'BLTRZ' Aramaic legend to right / Lion left attacking bull left; Aramaic legend above 'MZDI' = Mazaios, Aramaic letters below. Casabonne Series 2A; SNG France 338-347 (controls); SNG Levante 101 var. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 28 · Patron Share Posted February 28 Link: Tarsus. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Roman provincial Æ 32.5 mm, 18.74 g, 6 h. Cilicia, Tarsus, AD 249-251. Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚVΙΝ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ, Π Π, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ΤΑΡϹΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ. Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow and arrow; at feet on either side, deer standing left and dog running right with raised paws, head left. Refs: RPC 1346; SNG Levante 1156 ; SNG France 1754; SNG von Aulock 6065; SNG Cop 33; Ziegler 808.16.33; Lindgren III, 926. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 28 · Member Share Posted February 28 Artemis... Syracuse, Fourth Democracy 289-288 BC AE Litra (21mm, 9.57g, 7h) O: Head of Artemis Soteira right, quiver over shoulder; ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ before. R: Winged thunderbolt; ΣΥΡΑΚ−ΟΣΙΩΝ above and below. HGC 2, 1461; Calciati 138; SNG ANS 749; Sear 1207v Scarce ex Roma Numismatics Somewhat scarcer than the earlier ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ−ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ types, this coin was struck during the Agathokles-mandated but short lived Fourth Democracy. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 29 · Member Share Posted February 29 Agathokles 16,6 mm, 4,58 g. Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles 317-289 BC. Ӕ litra. Period I, circa 317-295 BC. ΣYPAKOΣION, head of Kore-Persephone / Bull butting, club and T, IE. SNG ANS 586-589. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 29 · Member Share Posted February 29 (edited) Agathokles... Syracuse, Reign of Agathokles 317-289 BC AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.14g) O: Wreathed head of Kore (Persephone) right, wearing pendant earring and necklace; KOPAΣ behind. R: Nike standing right, hammer in right hand, erecting trophy; triskeles to lower left, [ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΟΣ] behind, all within dotted border. Struck between 313–295 BC. HGC 2, 1536; SNG ANS 670-76; SNG Cop 766ff; Sear 972v; BMC 388v ex Museum Surplus “Kore, the Girl, is so intimately associated with her mother Demeter that they are often referred to simply as the Two Goddesses or even as Demeteres. Kore’s own enigmatic name is Persephone, or Phersephone, and in Attic Pherrephatta. In Homer she is mentioned alone and also in conjunction with her husband, Hades-Aidoneus, the personification of the underworld; her Homeric epithets are venerable, agaue, and awesome, epaine. Her two aspects, girl-like daughter of the Corn Goddess and Mistress of the Dead, are linked in the myth which, though ignored in heroic epic, is responsible almost exclusively for defining the picture of Demeter. The earliest extended version is the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, but Hesiod already alludes to it in the Theogony as an ancient and well known story, and aspects of the later tradition seem to preserve very ancient material.” ~ Walter Burkert (Greek Religion, 1985) Edited February 29 by Phil Anthos 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 29 · Supporter Share Posted February 29 Pontos, Amisos, AE.Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, Circa 85-65 BC. Obv: Aegis with Gorgon facing. Rev: AMI-ΣO[Y], Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch; on each side, monogram. Weight: 6.04 gr. Diameter: 19.4 mm. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 29 · Member Share Posted February 29 Aegis with Medusa in centre 17 mm, 3,35 g. Mn. Cordius Rufus. AR denarius. Rome. 46 BC. Corinthian helmet with crest on which an owl stands; RVFVS left / The aegis of Minerva with head of Medusa in the centre; MN CORDIVS around. Crawford 463/2; Sydenham 978; Cordia 4; BMC 4042. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 1 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 1 The Mn. Cordius Rufus with owl and Medusa, etc. is a type that's been on my mental "want list" for a while, but I rarely see examples offered in decent condition. To get this thread going again: link, owl. Trajan AR Drachm, AD 98/99, Koinon of Lycia. Obv. Laureate head of Trajan right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓƐΡΜ / Rev. Two lyres with owl perched on top of them, standing to right, ΔΗΜ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ • Β [COS II]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 2676 (2015); RPC III Online 2676 at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2676; SNG von Aulock 4268 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin, 1962)]; BMC 19 Lycia 9-11 at p. 39 (ill. Pl. IX No. 11) [Hill, G.F., A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Lycia, Pamphylia, and Pisidia (London, 1897)]. Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 at Roma Numismatics E-Sale 93, Lot 717. 18 mm., 2.87 g., 6 h. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 2 · Patron Share Posted March 2 Link: lyre. Hadrian, AD 117-138. Roman orichalcum semis, 4.12 g, 18.3 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 124-25, possibly for use in Syria. Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right. Rev: COS III S C, lyre. Refs: RIC 688; RIC 2.3, 758; BMC 1359-61; Cohen 443; Strack 625; RCV 3701; McAlee 547a. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 2 · Member Share Posted March 2 (edited) Taras, Calabria 276-272 BC AE 14 (13.5mm, 1.85g) O: Scallop shell with 11 teeth. R: Kithara with six strings; olive branch to left. D'Andrea 1309; Vlasto 1850; HN Italy 1092; SNG France- ---; McGill ---; Cote --- Very Rare ex Agora Auctions This very rare bronze is the last 'official' Tarentine coin listed in Vlasto's collection. The lyre is, of course, symbolic of Apollo, and while such a reference is not typically seen on the more common coins of Taras, the cult of Apollo Hyakanthus was strong in the city (as well as in the mother city of Sparta) and may be seen represented on the earliest and very rare incuse coinage struck here, as well as various gold issues. While not stunning in its beauty, I have only found two other specimens online, and so was very glad to find one for myself. Edited March 2 by Phil Anthos 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 2 · Member Share Posted March 2 (edited) Very similar reverse 16 mm, 3,84 g. Thrace, Sestos. Domitian 81-96. Ӕ. ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ-ΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate head of Domitian, right / ϹΗϹΤΙWΝ, lyre. RPC II, 359; SNG Cop 948; Moushmov 5542; Mionnet 93; BMC 16. I posted with Phil, in the same time, but my coin fits. However, for all the audience eagerly waiting to join this game, we have a special offer: 2 coins linked 7 mm, 0.65 g. Korkyra, Korkyra. AR Obol. Circa 525-490 BC. Scallop shell / Floral-stellate pattern within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 149; HGC 6, 57. Edited March 2 by ambr0zie 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 2 · Member Share Posted March 2 Taras, Calabria 276-272 BC AR Litra (10mm, 0.57g) O: Scallop shell with nine teeth. R: Dolphin right; bunch of grapes and I below. D'Andrea XLII, 1254; Vlasto 1527; cf Cote 417; SNG ANS 1512v (letter) ex Forvm Ancient Coins "Tarentum is a colony of the Lakedaimonians... They say that Taras the hero was a son of Poseidon by a Nymphe of the country, and that after this hero were named both the city and the river. For the river, just like the city, is called Taras." ~ Pausanias 10.10.8 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 2 · Member Share Posted March 2 Dolphin 12 mm, 0,77 g. Moesia, Istrus. AR obol or trihemiobol. 280-256/255 BC. Facing male heads, the left one inverted / IΣTΡIH, Sea-eagle left on dolphin, ΔI beneath dolphin. Dima, Tabelul III, Grupa IV, Subgrupa VII, II – Pl XXI, 10. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 3 · Member Share Posted March 3 Eagle 11 mm, 1,19 g. Aeolis, Kyme. Ӕ. Circa 350-320 BC. Eagle standing right / K-Y to left and right of cup with one handle. BMC 16-20; SNG von Aulock 1625. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 3 · Patron Share Posted March 3 Link: standing eagle. Titus as Caesar, AD 69-79. Roman AR Denarius, 3.27 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 76. Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, laureate head right. Rev: COS V, Eagle standing front on garlanded altar, thunderbolt in claws, wings open, head left. Refs: RIC.191a; RIC2.861; BMCRE 191; CBN 166; RSC.59a; RCV 2438. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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