Prieure de Sion Posted October 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 Link: Quote Horse, Horsemen... Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Reign: under Marcus Aurelius Strategos: Lucios Aurelios Demostratos Mint: Thyateira, Lydia Date: 178/179 AD Nominal: Bronze Medaillon Material: AE Diameter: 44mm Weight: 31.10g Reference: SNG Mysia 2167 (under Pergamum) Reference: RPC IV.2 11379 (#2 this coin) Rare: Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections) RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11379 RPC Online Plate: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/463738 Obverse: Laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front Inscription: ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟC Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Lucios Aurelios Komodos Translation: Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Reverse: In centre, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) on horseback, right, wearing military dress, holding spear; to left, Nike advancing, right, crowning emperor; to right, trophy in front of which a bound captive sits, left Inscription: ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ Λ ΑYΡΗ ΔΗΜΟCΤΡΑΤΟY ΘYΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ Translation: Epi Strategos Lucios Aurelios Demostratou, Thyateireon Translation: Under Strategos Lucios Aurelios Demostratos, City of Thyateira 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 Link Nike crowning - in this case, the emperor's name 18 mm, 4,2 g. Kings of Thrace. Lysimachos 305-281 BC. AR drachm. Ephesos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left on the throne, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head, transverse spear with point below, lyre to the inner left field, A under the throne. Thompson 174; Müller 355. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 31, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) Link: Helmeted female figure, enthroned, left, holding Nike. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman provincial Æ triassarion, 6.57 g, 21.7 mm, 8 h. Thrace, Pautalia, 161-175 CE. Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝΑ-CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, right; band of pearls around head. Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC-ΠΑV-ΤΑΛΙΑC, Roma (or Athena Nikephoros?) enthroned left, wearing a Corinthian helmet, holding Nike in outstretched right hand and spear in left arm. Refs: RPC IV.1 8814 (temporary); Ruzicka 112. Edited October 31, 2023 by Roman Collector 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salomons Cat Posted October 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: spear in left arm. Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. Denarius. Rome mint. Struck AD 154-155. Rev: Minerva standing left, holding owl and shield set on ground, cradling spear in left arm. RIC III 463a On 10/30/2023 at 1:02 AM, Ryro said: Link: Gordy lll Thrace, Hadrianopolis, Gordian III (238-244 AD), AE26, Herakles capturing Cretan Bull. A rare mythological subject, the seventh labour of Herakles. The Cretan Bull was the same bull which Pasiphaë fell in love with, and it became the father of the Minotaur. VF, somewhat rough surfaces with irregular patination. Rare. Varbanov 3706 Purchased from Bermonsey Coins Ltd Oct 2023 That's a very interesting reverse! I had to read the story of the bull. Minos was king in Crete. In order to confirm his right to rule, rather than any of his brothers, he prayed Poseidon send him a snow-white bull as a sign. Poseidon sent Minos the bull, with the understanding that bull would be sacrificed to the god. Deciding that Poseidon's bull was too fine of a specimen to kill, Minos sent the bull to his herds and substituted another, inferior bull for sacrifice. Enraged, Poseidon had Aphrodite curse Pasiphaë, the wife of Minos, causing her to fall in love with the bull. She subsequently gave birth to the half-man, half-bull, Minotaur. Poseidon passed on his rage to the bull, causing him to lay waste to the land Hercules, made temporarily insane by the goddess Hera, murdered his wife and children. Once recovered, and distressed by his actions, Hercules consulted the Delphic Oracle to find a means of expiating his sin. As a punishment, Apollo replied that the hero would have to serve his cousin Eurystheus, the king Tiryns, a man whom Hercules despised, for a period of twelve years. Because Eurystheus also hated Hercules, he devised a series of ten feats of such difficulty that they would be either insurmountable, or Hercules would die in the attempt. Because Hercules received assistance in completing two of the tasks, Eurystheus added two more. Each labor became more fantastic, and eventually Hercules was compelled to break the bonds of the supernatural in order to complete his task. Once he accomplished the Labors, Hercules was absolved of his guilt, and preceded to perform many other heroic feats. Hercules seventh labor was to capture the Cretan Bull. Minos, the king of Crete, gave the hero permission to take the bull away, as it had been causing destruction on the island. Hercules subdued the Bull with his bare hands, and shipped it back to Athens. Although Eurystheus wished to sacrifice the bull to Hera, the goddess refused the sacrifice because it reflected glory on her sworn enemy. The bull was released and wandered into the town of Marathon, where it became known as the Marathonian Bull. Androgeus, a son of Minos and Pasiphaë, competed in the games held by Aegeus, King of Athens. He won all the games, but the bull, which broke free from his pen, rampaged through the city and trampled Androgeus. Devastated, Minos went to war with Athens and won. As punishment, the Athenians had to send several youths every 9 years to be devoured by the Minotaur. Theseus set to try to capture the bull. On the way to Marathon, Theseus sought shelter from a storm in the shack owned by an old lady named Hecale. She swore to make a sacrifice to Zeus if Theseus was successful in capturing the bull. Theseus did capture the bull, but when he returned to Hecale's hut, she was dead. Theseus built a deme in her honour. He then dragged the bull to Athens where he sacrificed him to Athena and/or Apollo. Theseus then went to Crete where he killed the Minotaur with the help of Minos' daughter Ariadne. Edited October 31, 2023 by Salomons Cat 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 Link: 1 hour ago, Salomons Cat said: Minerva Marcus Aurelius as Caesar; Reign: Antoninus Pius; Mint: Rome; Date: 153/154 AD; Nominal: Sestertius; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 32mm; Weight: 24.74g; Reference: BMC 1955; Reference: Cohen 666; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 1312; Obverse: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, right; Inscription: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL; Translation: Aurelius Caesar, Augusti Pii Filius; Translation: [Marcus] Aurelius Caesar, son of Augustus [Antoninus] Pius; Reverse: Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing, right, holding spear, nearly vertical, in extended right hand and owl in left; Inscription: TR POT VIII COS II S C; Translation: Tribunicia Potestate Octava, Consul Secundum. Senatus Consultum; Translation: Holder of tribunician power for the eighth time, consul for the second time. Decree of the senate. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 31, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2023 Marcus Aurelius as Caesar 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 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 31, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 31, 2023 Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 CE. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.20 g, 29.2 mm, 12 h. Rome, 22nd emission, June-September 171 CE. Obv: IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head, right. Rev: VOTA SOL DECENN COS III S C, emperor, veiled and togate, standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of patera held in right hand over tripod-altar; behind altar, prostrate bull. Refs: RIC 1014; BMCRE 1400; Cohen 1032; Sear RCV 5019; MIR 221-6/30; Banti 525. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 Link - similar reverse (but not the same term) on a Marcus Aurelius coin 17,1 mm, 2,7 g. Marcus Aurelius 161-180 AD. AR denarius. Rome. 170-171. IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head right / VOTA SVSCEP DECENN II COS III, Marcus Aurelius, veiled, standing l., sacrificing at a tripod. RIC III Marcus Aurelius 251. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 31, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 31, 2023 Link: Emperor sacrificing. Elagabalus AR Denarius, 221-222 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate & draped bust right, bearded, with horn (or bull phallus) extending above laurel wreath, IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG/ Rev. Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left, SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG. RIC IV-2 146, RSC III 276 (bearded), Sear RCV II 7549. 17.71 mm., 3.97 g. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2023 Link: Elagabalus Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Billon Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.86g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 218/219). Obv: A KAICAP MA AVP ANTωNINOC EVCEB; Laureate head right. Rev: Zeus Ammon bust right with horn and disc; L-B (date) across field. Ref: Geissen 2309; Dattari 4148; Milne 2753; Emmett 2961.2 (R3); RPC VI Online 10022 (temporary, 18 examples). About Very Fine, nice thick flan, chocolate patina. Ex Stacks Nov 2011 Baltimore Auction (16 Nov 2011), Lot 20902 (part of multiple coin lot). 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) Link: Zeus Ammon. Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (148-149 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝ(Ɛ)ΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (beginning at 2:00) / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, crowned with disk [partially off flan], L ΔѠΔƐ - ΚΑΤΟV [Year 12 spelled out] (clockwise from lower left). RPC IV.4 Online 13625 [temporary number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625) [this coin is Specimen 13, ex. Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 186; see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517] ; Emmett 1442.12; Milne 1972 at p. 47 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; Dattari (Savio) 2408; Köln (Geissen) 1588; Sear RCV II 4360. 23 mm., 12.60 g. (Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, Sept 2020). Edited November 1, 2023 by DonnaML 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2023 A Pius Antoninus Pius AR denarius, Rome, AD 152-153. 18 mm, 3.35 g. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XVI, laureate head right. / COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in left hand and resting right hand on modius set on prow to right. RIC 221; RSC 290; BMCRE 520. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted November 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 1, 2023 Link: Antoninus Pius Antoninus Pius, Laodicaea ad Mare Obverse: Portrait of AP right Reverse: Portrait of Tyche left, with city represented on her head 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 Apameia, Phrygia 3rd Century AD Pseudo-autonomous AE15 (15mm, 2.27g) O: Draped and turreted bust of Tyche right; AΠA-MEIA. R: Hekate Triformis standing facing, wearing polos and double chiton, and holding 4 torches and 2 patera; CΩTEI-PA. SNG von Aulock 3475; SNG Cop 195-96; BMC 110-13 ex Gert Boersema ~ Peter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Edessa said: Link: Elagabalus Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Billon Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.86g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 218/219). Obv: A KAICAP MA AVP ANTωNINOC EVCEB; Laureate head right. Rev: Zeus Ammon bust right with horn and disc; L-B (date) across field. Ref: Geissen 2309; Dattari 4148; Milne 2753; Emmett 2961.2 (R3); RPC VI Online 10022 (temporary, 18 examples). About Very Fine, nice thick flan, chocolate patina. Ex Stacks Nov 2011 Baltimore Auction (16 Nov 2011), Lot 20902 (part of multiple coin lot). Oh thats a lovely example! Gratulation! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 Link: 12 minutes ago, Phil Anthos said: Apameia Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus and his Mother Iulia Agrippina Reign: Nero, under Magistrate Marius Cordus Mint: Apameia, Phrygia; Date: 54/59 AD Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 25mm; Weight: 10.73g Reference: RPC I 3136 (#22 this coin) Reference: Sydenham Copenhagen 209 Reference: BMC 143 RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3136 Rare: Specimens 22 (15 in the core collections) Special: RPC Online Plate coin Obverse: Draped bust of Agrippina II, right, facing bare bust of Nero wearing aegis, left Inscription: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ Translation: Neron Kaisaros Sebastos Agrippina Sebaste Translation: Nero Caesar Augustus Agrippina Augusta Reverse: Eagle standing, left, on wreath Inscription: ΕΠΙ ΜΑΡΙΟΥ ΚΟΡΔΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ Translation: Epi Marious Kordou Koinon Phrygias Apameis Translation: Under Marius Cordus, Community Phrygia, City of Apameia 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 What's going on here? No link to Nero or the eagle? Then I'll just quote myself - in the hope that someone else will take over the baton... 😄 Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 62/68 AD Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 32mm; Weight: 24.03g; Mint: Rome Reference: RIC I (second edition) Nero 178 Obverse: Head of Nero, laureate, right, with aegis on neck. The Inscription reads: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P for Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae (Nero Claudius, Caesar, Augustus, victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, Imperator, father of the country). Reverse: View of the harbor at Ostia; Statue of Neptune set on pharos, above; Tiber reclining left, below. The Inscription reads: AVGVSTI S POR OST C for Augusti Portus Ostiensis, Senatus Consultum (To the venerable port of Ostia. Decree of the Senate). 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 Not sure how many coins with harbors are there to be linked, so I will link with Neptune ... 19 mm, 2,8 g. Septimius Severus 193-211. AR denarius. Rome. 209. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head of Septimius Severus right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Neptune standing left, leaning on raised right leg set on rocks and holding trident in left hand. BMC 3; RSC 529; RIC 228. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 2, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 2, 2023 Link: Neptune. Great Britain, Admiral Lord Exmouth and the Bombardment of Algiers by the British Fleet, 1816 (struck 1820). Obv. Uniformed bust of Lord Exmouth, right, ADMIRAL LORD EXMOUTH / Rev. Neptune with trident pointing downwards, subduing and pacifying a hippocamp (sea-horse) beneath him, which he stands upon while it swims left on surface of ocean, with its head turned back towards him; in exergue, ALGIERS AUGUST 18 / 1816. By L. Brenet and F.-P. Gerard. AE 41 mm. Mudie 39, Eimer 1085 & Pl. 117, BHM 921. Purchased February 2022.* *Issued in 1820 as part of James Mudie’s series of 40 medals commemorating British Military and Naval Victories, this medal is one of the few in the series that does not directly relate to the Napoleonic Wars. Instead, it commemorates the British attack on Algiers in 1816 to free European slaves from captivity. See BHM at p. 223: “The city of Algiers continued to support piracy and was used as refuge for those engaged in the slave trade. The British fleet under Lord Exmouth successfully bombarded the city upon the refusal of the city to abolish Christian slavery, a new treaty with the Dey abolishing this followed and Exmouth received honors from most of the states of Christendom.” Concerning the reverse design, Mudie states as follows at p. 149 of in his book An Historical and Critical Account of A Grand Series of National Medals, published in 1820 simultaneously with the medals (I own a copy of the original edition): “The superiority and grandeur of Britain on the Ocean, are here typified by Neptune controuling [sic] a Sea-Horse, which, from the inscription on the exergue. . ., more immediately relates to the successful attack on the chief piratical state of Barbary.” 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2023 Neptune with long trident Agrippa. Struck under his Grandson Caligula, 37-41 AD. M . AGRIPPA . L . F . COS . III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C in field flanking Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left. AE As 12.62gr, 28mm. RIC 58,Cohen 3. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman general, statesman and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the first Roman emperor Augustus. Agrippa is well known for his important military victories, notably the Battle of Actium in 31 BC against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. He was born in 63 BC and died in 12 BC in his villa. He was just 51. Augustus gave the eulogy at his friend's funeral and spent a month in mourning. Even though Agrippa had his own mausoleum built, as a last honor to his closest friend and companion, Augustus buried the ashes of Agrippa in his own mausoleum. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 Poseidon (and yes, He has been released)... Byzantion, Thrace late 3rd - 2nd century BC AE 25 (25mm, 11.45g) O: Veiled head of Demeter right, wreathed in grain. R: Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston in raised right hand and trident over shoulder in left; KAΛXA to left and BYΞAN to right. SNG COP 530 ex Heritage Auctions; ex Forvm Ancient Coins ~ Peter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 3, 2023 · Patron Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) Link: Demeter. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman provincial Æ 26.4, 11.24 g, 7 h. Thrace, Philippopolis, 157-175 CE. Obv: ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠOΠOΛΕΙΤΩΝ, veiled Demeter standing facing, head left, short torch downwards with right hand and short torch upwards in left hand. Refs: RPC IV.1, 7499 (temporary); Varbanov 886. Edited May 5 by Roman Collector Update link to RPC 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 3, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 3, 2023 More Demeter... Metapontum, Lucania 330-300 BC AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.76g) O: Head of Demeter right, wreathed in grain and wearing triple earring and necklace; ΔAI under chin. R: Ear of barley with seven grains, leaf to right; plow above leaf, MAX below, META to left. Johnston C-1; SNG ANS 470; SNG Cop 1227; HN Italy 1581; Sear 416 ex Windsor Antiquities ~ Peter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 3, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2023 Link: Grain Ears Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian, AD 117-138. Billon Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.24g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (AD 136/137). Obv: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ(Α)(Ν) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ; Laureate head right. Rev: Demeter standing left, holding grain-ears, poppies and torch; L-KA (date) in fields. Ref: Köln 1209 var. (bust); Dattari (Savio) 1334; K&G 32.720; RPC III 6136; Emmett 832.21. Very Fine. Ex CNG e125 (26 Oct, 2005), Lot 154. From the John F. Sullivan Collection. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 3, 2023 · Member Share Posted November 3, 2023 Demeter... Metapontum, Lucania 225-200 BC AE17 (17.5mm, 6.13g) O: Head of Leukippos right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with running wolf. R: Demeter standing facing, holding long crossed torch in right hand, left hand on hip; META to right. Johnson Bronze 66; SNG ANS 561; SNG Cop 2249; HGC I, 1099 ex Pavlos Palou ~ Peter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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