Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

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Link; Juno and peacock

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Orichalcum Dupondius
Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6.
Obv. FAUSTINA AUGUSTA. Draped bust right. Hair curls down cheek, hair in low chignon fastened with band of pearls.
Rev. JUNO standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet to left, peacock standing left, head right. SC across fields.
 (25mm, 11.53 g.) RIC III 1647 (Aurelius)

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Faustina II, imperial bronze 

32,9 mm, 23,53 g.
Faustina II. Augusta 147-175. Ӕ sestertius. Rome. 161-176.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas holding child on each arm, two more children standing right and left; S-C across fields.
RIC 1635 (Aurelius); Banti 56; BMCRE 902 (Aurelius).

[shanxi]

Link: FECVND AVGVSTAE

 

Faustina Minor
AR-Denar, Rome
Obv.: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair tied in bun with pearls
Rev.: FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas standing left between two children, holding two more in arms
Ag, 18.5mm, 3.3g.
Ref.: RIC III 676, CRE 178 [C]

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Faustina the younger

Faustina II AR Denarius, 18mm, 3.27g. RIC 495a, RSC 15, BMC 1099
Rome mint 156/7 CE
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / AVGVSTI PII FIL, Venus standing left holding Victory and resting hand on shield set on a helmet.

[Prieure de Sion]

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4 hours ago, expat said:

Venus

 

 
Iulia Flavia Titi; Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 80/81 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.39g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Part 1 (second edition) Titus 388; Provenance: Nomos Numismatics Zurich, Switzerland; Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Julia Titi to right, her hair in a plait down the back of her neck. Inscription: IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F for Iulia Augusta Titi Augusti Filia (Julia the venerable, daughter of Augustus); Reverse: Venus (Aphrodite Kallipygos ?) 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. Inscription: VENVS AVGVST for Venus Augusta (Venus the venerable).

 

Edited October 18, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[ambr0zie]

Link - same reverse 

17 mm, 2,53 g.
Titus 79-81 AD. AR denarius. Rome. 79 AD.
IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, head of Titus, laureate, right / TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, Venus standing right, resting on column, holding helmet and spear.
RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Titus 34; Old RIC II Titus 9; RSC 268.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Titus.


Titus and Domitian, Caesares, AD 69-81.
Roman provincial Æ 18.5 mm, 5.14 g, 5 h.
Lycaonia, Laodicea Combusta (Laodikeia Katakekaumene / Claudio-Laodicea).
Obv: TITOC KAI ΔOMITIANOC KAICAΡEC, bare head of Titus right, facing bare head of Domitian left.
Rev: KΛAYΔIO ΛAOΔIKЄѠN, Cybele, polos on head, seated left, holding patera and tympanum; lion beneath throne.
Refs: RPC II 1613; von Aulock Lykaoniens 151; SNG von Aulock 8416; Waddington 4779; SNG France III 2322.

[shanxi]

Link Cybele

Gallienus
Kilikia, Eirenopolis-Neronias
AE28, AD 258-59
Obv.: ΠOΥ ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: IΡHNOΠOΛE ZS, Cybele seated right, resting arm on tympanum, lion seated to either side
AE, 15.03g, 28mm
Ref.: SNG Von Aulock 5600, Karbach 147, SNG Levante 1629

[Prieure de Sion]

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5 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Kilikia

 

 
Marcus Antonius Gordianus III; Reign: Roman Imperial; Mint: Pompeiopolis, Cilicia; Date: 240/241 AD; Nominal: Provincial sestertius size; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 17.41g; Reference: SNG BnF 1243; Reference: RPC VII.2 2955 (#20 this coin); Obverse: Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from front, with gorgoneion; Inscription: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ Π Π; Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordianos Sebastos Pateras Patridas; Translation: Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus Pater Patriae; Reverse: Apollo standing left, quiver at shoulder, holding branch and chlamys; Inscription: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ϚΤ ΑϚ; Translation: Pompeiopoleiton, Stigma Tau (6 + 300); Translation: City of Pompeiopolis, Year 306 (240/1)

 

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Apollo seated on chair left, holding lyre and branch:

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Gordian III and Apollo.

Gordian III, 238-244 CE.
Roman Æ Sestertius, 20.01 gm, 28.2 mm, 11 h.
Rome, 5th officina. 9th emission, 241 CE.
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: PM TRP IIII COS II PP SC, Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and resting left arm on lyre.
Refs: RIC 302; Cohen 252; Sear --; Banti 72.

[shanxi]

Link: Gordian

 

Gordianus III
Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria
Obv.: A K M ANT Γ-OPΔIANOC ЄV , laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right
Rev.: Eagle with wings displayed standing facing with wreath, head turned to right; date L - Z = year 7, 243-244
Billon, 11.83g, 22mm
Ref.: Emmett 3402

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Link: Eagle

Kings of Mauretania. Juba II, 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.22g, 5h). Caesarea mint. Obv: Diademed head right. Rev: Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; scepter to right. Ref: Mazard 205; MAA 87; SNG Copenhagen 583. Iridescent tone, minor cleaning marks, deposits on reverse. Near Extremely Fine. Well centered. From the Weise Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2003. Ex CNG 124 (20 Sept 2023), Lot 351.

 

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Eagle 

21 mm, 4,95 g.
Moesia Inferior, Tomis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Ӕ. Circa 1-100 AD.
Laureate head of Zeus right / TOMEI-TѠN outwards around eagle facing right on thunderbolt, head reverted.
RPC II, 411; AMNG I.2, 2509.

[Prieure de Sion]

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2 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Tomis

 

Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix; Reign: Commodus; Mint: Tomis, Moesia Inferior; Date: 191/192 AD; Nominal: Bronze Trissarion; Material: AE; Diameter: 26mm; Weight: 6.58g; Reference: RPC IV.1 7138 (this coin); Rare: Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections); Provenance: InAsta Numismatica, San Marino (Auction 105, Lot 1120); Provenance: Lanz Numismatik Munich, Germany (Auction 92, Lot 714, June 1999); Special: 2nd known example, RPC Online Plate coin; Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right; Inscription: ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ; Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Lucios Ailios Komodos; Translation: Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Commodus; Reverse: Poseidon standing with left foot on prow, right, holding trident and dolphin; Inscription: ΜΗΙΤΡοΠ(sic) ΠΟΝΤοΥ ΤοΜƐΩϹ Γ; Translation: Meitrop Pontou Tomeos, Gamma; Translation: City of Tomis, Trissarion (3 Assarion)

 

[Phil Anthos]

Marcus Aurelius / Poseidon

Cassandreia, Macedonia 161-180 AD AE21 (21mm, 6.78g) O: Laureate head right; M AVR ANTON AVG. R: Poseidon nude, standing slightly right; trident in right hand, dolphin in extended left hand; COL IVL AVG CASS. RPC Online IV 10319; Leake HN 3722 corr. (same coin); Varbanov III 2791 (R6) var. (Poseidon left) Extremely Rare ex Forvm Ancient Coins One of only two known examples with Poseidon standing right. “The noble acceptance of the prison of oneself is the ultimate, and only, duty of man.” ~ Peter

[Roman Collector]

Marcus Aurelius:

Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.36 g, 29.5 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 173.
Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.
Rev: RESTITVTORI ITALIAE IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Italia kneeling right before him, holding globe in left hand; SC in exergue.
Refs: RIC 1077; BMCRE 1449-1450; Cohen 538; RCV 4997; MIR 259.

[Phil Anthos]

Was there ever better casting in a Hollywood movie than Alec Guiness as Marcus Aurelius?

Marcus Aurelius / Victory

163-164 AD AE As (26mm, 10.1g) O: Laureate head right; M ANTONINUS AUG P M R: Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm; TR P XVIII IMP II COS III, S C RIC III, 884 ex Newgate Numismatics “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”

~ Peter 

Edited October 21, 2023 by Phil Anthos

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I agree, Alec Guiness was an exceptional casting choice, and played the role wonderfully.

Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar. AE As. 151-152 AD. Struck under Antoninus Pius.

Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare head right.
Rev: TR POT VI COS II. VIR-TVS and S-C across fields. Virtus standing
left, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium (A parazonium is a long triangular dagger, wide at the hilt end and coming to a point. In Roman mythology, it is frequently carried by Virtus, particularly in early representations. It is also sometimes carried by Mars, Roma, or the emperor, giving them the aura of courage).

RIC 1307; Cohen 1013.13,0 g - 26,5 mm

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7 minutes ago, expat said:

Antoninus Pius

 

Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius; Reign: Antoninus Pius; Mint: Rome; Date: 140/144 AD; Nominal: Sestertius; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 25.01g; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 643b; Obverse: Bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, draped, right; Inscription: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III; Translation: Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium; Translation: Antoninus Pius, emperor (Augustus) father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time; Reverse: Tiber, crowned with reeds, reclining left, resting left elbow on rock, from which water flows and resting right hand on forepart of boat, on left; in left hand, a reed; Inscription: TIBERIS S C; Translation: Tiberis. Senatus Consultum; Translation: Of Tiber. Decree of the senate.

 

 

Tiberinus (also Tiberinus pater) is the river god of the Tiber in Roman mythology. Tiberinus is actually an adjectival form and can be added to Tiberinus deus (“God Tiber”) or Tiberinus pater (“Father Tiber”). According to Servius, the river is called Tiberinus in a religious context, Tibris poetically and Tiberis in everyday life. The cult of Tiberinus is said to have been introduced by Romulus, but the name Tiberinus does not appear in connection with the very old festival of Volturnalia on the Tiber on August 27th. The feast of Tiberinus on December 8th is the founding festival of the god's sanctuary on a Tiber island. There was another sanctuary in Ostia. It is unclear whether the fishing festival (ludi piscatorii) celebrated on June 7th had any connection to the cult of Tiberinus. Tiberinus also appears at a central point in the founding myth of the city of Rome. In Virgil's Aeneid, Tiberinus speaks in a dream to Aeneas, who is sleeping on the bank of the river, and promises him that the city will be founded on the spot where he will find a wild sow with 30 offspring in the morning, and he tells him to meet with Euandros , the leader of a colony of Arcadians who had founded the city of Palatium (on what is now Palatine Hill) nearby. Virgil describes the river god wearing a grass cloak and carrying a wreath of reeds on his head. In Ovid, Tiberinus, also crowned with reeds, explains to the poet the origin of the Argei ritual, in which straw men were thrown into the river from the Pons Sublicius on the Ides of May. According to a recent tradition, the name of the river goes back to Tiberinus Silvius, king of Alba Longa, who fell into the river during a battle and drowned. Previously the river was said to have been called Albula. According to a story by Ennius, Ilia was sentenced to drown in the Tiber by Amulius, king of Alba Longa, because as a Vestal she had become the mother of Romulus and Remus. Ilia is identified with Rhea Silvia, but is considered the daughter of Aeneas and Lavinia. The river god saved Ilia from drowning and made the goddess his wife. He also saved the twins who were abandoned on the Tiber from drowning.

 

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Antoninus Pius. Æ. As. TIBERIS. 140-143 AD
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP, laureate head right / T R POT COS III, Tiber reclining left with elbow on rock, holding reed, arm resting on boat, TIBERIS SC below.
8.95g 25mm. scarce.
C-822. Cohen 824, RIC. 706 a-S.
Tiberinus is a figure in Roman mythology. He was the god of the Tiber River. He was added to the 3,000 rivers as the genius of the Tiber

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Antoninus Pius

Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.46 g, 32.3 mm, 12 h.
Rome, December 159 - December 160.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head, right.
Rev: PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas, standing facing, head left, holding globe in extended right hand and child on left arm; on either side of her, small girl standing, raising one hand.
Refs: RIC 1031; BMCRE 2088-90; Cohen 621; Strack 1192; RCV 4205.

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Antoninus Pius

ANTONINUS PIUS AR Denarius CONSECRATIO
 DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing right on garlanded altar, head turned left. RSC 156. BMC 48. SEAR 5192.
RIC 431 (Aurelius). Rome mint, after AD 161. 3,0 g - 18,5 mm

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Consecratio

18 mm, 2,71 g.
Diva Faustina II. Died 175-176. AR Denarius. Rome. 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.

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Diva Faustina

Faustina Sr AR Denarius, RIC 361, RSC 101a, BMC 417, SEAR 4583. DIVA FAVSTINA, with elaborate hairstyle and draped bust right / AVGV-STA, Ceres standing left, long hair tied behind, raising right hand & holding long torch with left.
Rome mint, A.D. 145-7.  3,0 g - 15 mm

Edited October 22, 2023 by expat
Date produced corrected. Thanks for the info @Roman Collector