porphyrogenita Posted August 12 · Member Share Posted August 12 link = Greek pottery types + incuse reverse Thebes, Boeotia (368-364 BC) AR stater (12.0 g) obv: Boeotian shield rev: amphora with two ivy leaves on each handle, KA–BI in field, all within incuse circle ref = Hepworth 61 / SNG Copenhagen 339 (fun fact: this coin was sold as being "[f]rom the collection of a Southern Pathologist", which is incredibly vague!) 7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted August 12 · Supporter Share Posted August 12 Link: Boeotia - this coin a hemidrachm Boeotia, Federal Coinage, circa 395-340 BC, hemidrachm (Silver, 14mm, 2.59g) Obv: Boeotian shield Rev: BO-I Kantharos; above, club; to right, bunch of grapes Ref: BCD Boiotia 31 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted August 12 · Member Share Posted August 12 Thebes, Boeotia 426-395 BC AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.51g) O: Boeotian shield. R: 0E - BH on either side of kantharos, club above, all within incuse square. SNG Cop 296; SNG Delepierre 1359; Sear 2385; BMC 8,78 ex Vaughn Rare Coin Gallery "The god commands us to expel from the land of Thebes An old defilement we are sheltering. It is a deathly thing, beyond cure; We must not let it feed upon us longer." ~ Kreon (Aeschylus, Oedipus Rex) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 12 · Supporter Share Posted August 12 Link: hemidrachm Thessaly, Lamia AR Hemidrachm, 400-344 BC Obv.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos left . Rev.: ΛΑΜΙΕ-ΩΝ, Amphora; ivy leaf above, prochous to right. Ag, 2.59g, 15.9mm Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 77 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted August 12 · Member Share Posted August 12 Pherai, Thessaly 302-286 BC AR Hemidrachm (14-16mm, 2.44g) O: Head of Hekate left, wearing laurel wreath, triple-pendant earring and plain necklace; torch over shoulder. R: The nymph Hypereia standing left, placing right hand on lion-headed fountain from which water pours; [A]Σ/TO in two lines in wreath to left; ΦEPAIOYN to right. SNG Cop 239; BCD Thessaly 714; Sear 2204; BMC 7, 20-21 From the BCD collection. ex Auctiones GmbH 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted August 12 · Member Share Posted August 12 Thessaly, Larissa, Drachm Obv:– Youth wrestling or restraining bull, both to right, cloak and petasos flying out behind. Rev:– LAR/ISAI, bridled horse galloping right, all in incuse square Minted in Thessaly, Larissa from 440-400 B.C. Reference:– SNG Oxford - (vgl. 3865). SNG Cop. -. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 12 · Supporter Share Posted August 12 Link: petasos THRACE, Sestos (Sestus) c. 3rd-2nd century BCE AE 16.6, 2.35 gm Obv: Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos; dotted border Rev: chelys; ΣH downward in right field; dotted border Ref: von Fritz, Nomisma 1, 15 (coin 29 on plate 1 in that book) ex Stevex6 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 12 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 12 Link: petasos. Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BCE) (posthumous), AE 19. Obv. Head of Apollo right, hair bound with taenia [diadem] / Rev. Youth on horseback right wearing petasos, vertical thunderbolt below, ΦIΛIΠΠOY above. SNG ANS 839, 880-882 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 8: Macedonia 2 (Alexander I-Philip II) (New York 1994)]; http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=183292; cf. SNG Alpha Bank 427 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece 2, The Alpha Bank Collection. Macedonia I: Alexander I - Perseus (Athens, 2000)]. 19 mm., 6.19 g., 12 h. Purchased from JAZ Numismatics; ex Savoca Coins, DePew Collection. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porphyrogenita Posted August 12 · Member Share Posted August 12 link = taenia Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-204 BC) AE triobol (34.2 g) obv: horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae bound with royal diadem to left, ΛΙ in exergue ref = Svoronos 1128 / Lorber I.II #B494 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 12 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 12 Link: Taenia. Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 10 (AD 63/64), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate head right, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ / Rev. Draped bust of Sarapis right, crowned with modius (kalathos) adorned with laurel leaves, wearing taenia (fillet) and himation, ΑVΤΟ-ΚΡΑ around, LI [Year 10] in right field. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 5274 (1992)]; RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5274; Emmett 133.10 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (1901 ed.) 251-252 p. 15 [Dattari, Giovanni, Monete imperiali greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Catalogo della collezione (Cairo 1901)]; Milne 223 p. 7 (ill. as RPC I 5274 Specimen 2) [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; K&G 14.77 (ill. p. 59) [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 124 p. 19 (ill. as RPC I 5274 Specimen 3) [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London 1892)]; SNG France 4, Alexandrie I 333-353 (all same type) (ill. Planches 25-26) [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France Vol. 4, Alexandrie I, Auguste-Trajan (Zurich 1998)]; Curtis 159-168 (all same type) p. 5 [James W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt (1969)]; Köln 160-161 [Geissen, A., Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen, Köln, Band I (Augustus-Trajan) (Cologne, 1974); Förschner 114 (ill. p. 53) [Förschner, Gisela, Die Münzen der Römischen Kaiser in Alexandrien, Historisches Museum Frankfurt (1987)]. 26 mm., 12.52 g., 12 h. Purchased Jan. 12, 2024 from Keith Candiotti (Miami, FL) at NYINC 2024; ex Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 16, 22-24 May 2021, Lot 1993, described as “somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine,” from “Rhakotis Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s,” with old German-language coin envelope.* *The coin envelope must date to sometime no earlier than 1974, because among the catalog references it cites is Köln (Geissen) Band I, which was published in 1974. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 12 · Supporter Share Posted August 12 EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero Contemporary counterfeit billon tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 12.14 gm c. 66-67 Regnal year 13 (66/7 CE) Obv: radiate bust right, wearing aegis Rev: AYTOKPA; helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right.; LIΓ in right field Ref: RPC 5293; Dattari-Savio Pl. 316, 34 (this coin); Metcalf, Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor," (Revue Belge de Numismatique Vol. CXXII, 1976, pp. 65-69) Obv. IV/Rev. 4 ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923) 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 13 · Supporter Share Posted August 13 Link: Alexandria Nero Nero Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP, radiate head right Rev.: AY[T]O KPA, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing taenia and calathus; L I (date) before. Billon, 11.7g, 23mm Ref.: RPC I 5274 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 13 · Member Share Posted August 13 Serapis 21 mm, 3,33 g. Postumus. Usurper in Gaul 260-269. AR antoninianus. Cologne. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right / SERAPI COMITI AVG, Serapis, draped, standing left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left hand. RIC V Postumus 329; RSC 360a. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 13 · Supporter Share Posted August 13 link: Serapis EGYPT, Antinoöpolis. Antinous 2nd-3rd centuries CE PB tessera, 25 mm, 7.63 gm, 11h Obv: draped bust of Antinous right, wearing hem-hem crown; crescent before, AN behind Rev: Serapis standing right, head left, raising hand and holding scepter; to left, ЄYC/YBA/[...] Ref: Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 759 (same dies); Milne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln – 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 13 · Patron Share Posted August 13 Link: Serapis raising right arm and holding scepter. Philip I and Otacilia Severa, 244-249 CE. Roman Provincial Æ Pentassarion; 12.53 g, 27 mm, 7 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Legate Prastina Messallinus, 244-246 CE. Obv: ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΑVΓ Μ | WΤΑΚ CЄΒ-ΗΡΑ CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Otacilia left. Rev: VΠ ΠΡΑCΤ ΜΕCCΑΛΛΕΙΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟ | ΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Sarapis wearing kalathos, standing left, extending arm and holding scepter; E (denomination) in left field. Refs: RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27764); AMNG I 1194; Moushmov 852; Varbanov 2082 (die match); Hristova & Jekov 6.41.6.1; SNRIS Marcianopolis 75. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 14 · Supporter Share Posted August 14 Link: Moesia Inferior MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus AE 18 mm, 2.8 gm Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩ NΠPOCICTPO N, Priapus standing left, drawing back his cloak to expose his phallus, bowl of fruit balanced on phallus, right hand extended pouring from patera Ref: Varbanov 3811 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted August 14 · Member Share Posted August 14 4 minutes ago, TIF said: Priapus standing left, drawing back his cloak to expose his phallus, bowl of fruit balanced on phallus, right hand extended pouring from patera okay, now that's just bragging! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted August 14 · Supporter Share Posted August 14 Elagabalus the Phallus: Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.01g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 220/1). Obv: Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ; Laureate head right. Rev: Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; L-Δ (date) to left. Ref: Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; RPC VI Online 10084 (12 specimens, this coin 10084.12 used as illustration); Emmett 2940.4 (R4). Brown patina. Very Fine. Very rare variety. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from CNG Web, Sept 2008, Inventory 819223. Ex CNG e567 (31 July 2024), Lot 411. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 14 · Member Share Posted August 14 Alexandria, RY 4 24 mm, 11,01 g. Egypt, Alexandria. Claudius 41-54. AR tetradrachm. Dated RY 4 – 43-44 AD. ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚ(Ρ), laureate head of Claudius, right, L Δ (date) below chin / [MEΣΣAΛINA] KAIΣ ΣEBAΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing left, leaning on column, holding two children in outstretched right hand, grain ears with left. Köln 81; Dattari (Savio) 125; K&G 12.35; RPC I 5145; Emmett 74.4. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 14 · Supporter Share Posted August 14 Link: Alexandria, Claudius Claudius Alexandria, year 2, AD 41-42 Billon Tetradrachm Obv.: TI KΛAYΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI, laureate head right, date LB before Rev.: ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH, bust of Antonia right Billlon, 24mm Ref.: Dattari 114 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 14 · Supporter Share Posted August 14 Link: Claudius Late Alexandrians are generally rather crude in both fabric and artistry, but the reverse of this Claudius II is very well done. The drapes of Tyche's stolla are luxuriously detailed and I love her cocked-hip pose :). EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus year 3, CE 269/70 tetradrachm, 20 mm, 10.2 gm Obv: AVTKKΛAVΔIOCCEB (In theory: what I can read on this coin doesn't quite match what the legend is supposed to be. Probably just engraver error or die deterioration); laureate head right Rev: Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; L Γ in left field Ref: Emmett 3896.3, R4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 14 · Patron Share Posted August 14 Link: Claudius II. Claudius II Gothicus, 268-270 CE. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.07 g, 22.4 mm, 5 h. Antioch, officina 5, issue 1, end 268-end 269 CE. Obv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: SALVS AVG, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla; Є in exergue. Refs: RIC 217A; MER/RIC temp 1024; Cohen 256; RCV 11370; Huvelin 1990, 10; Normanby 1109. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 14 · Supporter Share Posted August 14 Link: Isis (maybe 😄) ISLANDS BETWEEN SICILY AND AFRICA, Melita. c. 160 BCE. Æ 27 mm, 11.88 gm Obv: Head of Isis (?) left; Tanit symbol with Kerykeion to left; MEΛΙΤΑΙΩΝ around right Rev: Winged male deity (Osiris?) wearing the double crown of Egypt, kneeling left and holding a crook (or sceptre) and a flail Ref: CNP 949; Coleiro in NC 1971, 3; SNRIS 2.15 (this coin) ex David Freedman collection; Triton V, New York 2002, no. 292 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 14 · Supporter Share Posted August 14 Link: Isis Julia Domna AR Denarius. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Isis, wearing polos on head, standing right, left foot on prow, holding Horus; behind, rudder. RIC 577, RSC 174, BMC 75 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porphyrogenita Posted August 15 · Member Share Posted August 15 link = Julia Domna Roman Empire, Julia Domna (193-211) AE sestertius (27.1 g) obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust right rev: VENERI VICT S-C, Venus leaning on column, nude to below waist, seen from behind standing right, holding palm branch & globe ref = Sear (Roman) 6631 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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