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ASIA MINOR. Uncertain. 2nd-3rd centuries. Tessera (Lead, 16 mm, 2.54 g), Axi.... AΞI Composite head of Silenos on the left and horned youthful Pan on the right. Rev. Blank. Gülbay & Kireç 140-142. Vossen col. 78. Leu Numismatik Web Auction 14 (12 Dec 2020), 1068. Good very fine.
From a collection of lead tesserae from Asia Minor.

The letters on this tessera probably refer to an official named Axianax or Axiochos.

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More Pan...

Pantikapaion, Thrace

304-250 BC AE 20 (20mm, 5.81g) O: Head of Pan left, wreathed in ivy. R: Bow and arrow, ΠAN below. MacDonald 116.1; SNG Poland II; NM Warsaw 178-79 ex Forvm Auctions (Bartosz Awianowicz)

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian
RY 11 (126/7 CE), AE dichalkon, 14.8 mm, 2.63 gm
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: Pan advancing left, holding lagobolon (books say pedum, but I think it's a lagobolon... or maybe they are the same thing?); LI-A across field
Ref: Emmett 1196.11; Milne 1238; Dattari (Savio) 1815-7; RPC III 5701

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Gordianus III
Macedonia, Pella
Æ 23
Obv.: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: COL IVL AVG PELLA, Pan, naked, seated left on rock, right hand over his head, left arm resting on a syrinx
Æ, 23mm, 6.29g
Ref.: Varbanov 3755 var.; Sear GIC 3640 var.; BMC 43 var.

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MACEDON, Pella. Julia Mamaea
Triassarion; 27 mm, 12.46 gm
Obv: IVL MAMAEA AVG; draped bust of Julia Mamaea to right, wearing stephane
Rev: COL IA AVS PELLA; nude Pan seated right on rocks, the left arm around his head and holding lagobolon in his right arm; in right field, large syrinx
AMNG -. Varbanov -. One in RPC (this coin), RPC IV, 117 (temporary)

Pan doesn't look very Panny on this coin.  No goaty legs or hoofs.  

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Link: Mamaea provincial. This one is a funky hybrid!

Julia Mamaea, 222-235 CE.
Roman Provincial Æ tetrassarion, 22.4 mm, 8.92 g, 1 h.
Hybrid of coins of Deultum and Marcianopolis, 227-228/229 CE.
Obv: IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG; draped bust, right, wearing stephane.
Rev: VΠ TIB IOVΛ ΦHCTȢ MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak.
Refs: Unpublished; see Varbanov II, 2333 (Mamaea) and AMNG I-1, 1018-21 (Severus Alexander). 

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Julia  Mamaea Denarius. IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right / VESTA, Vesta standing half-left, holding palladium and sceptre.  
RIC 360, Sear 8217,  RSC 81.
 Augusta AD 225-235. Rome
Denarius AR 20 mm, 3,43 g

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Link: Julia Mamaea.

Julia Mamaea (mother of Severus Alexander), AR Denarius, AD 228, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right wearing diadem (or stephane), IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG/ Rev. Felicitas standing front, head to left, legs crossed, resting left elbow on column and holding long caduceus* transversely in right hand, FELICI-TAS PVBLICA. RIC IV-2 335, RSC III Julia Mamaea 17 (ill. p. 148), Sear RCV II 8209 (ill. p. 678), BMCRE VI (Severus Alexander) 483. 20 mm., 2.64 g. Purchased 8 Mar 2024 from Gert Boersma Ancient Coins, Hasselt, Netherlands.

 

*See John Melville Jones, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (London, Seaby, 1999) at p. 166 (entry for “Felicitas”), explaining that Felicitas signified “joy” in the sense of the prosperity and success of the Roman state. The formulation “Felicitas Publica” emphasizes that aspect. See also id p. 43 (entry for “Caduceus”), noting that the caduceus “often … appears as an attribute of . . . personifications suggesting peace, stability, and concert,” including Felicitas.

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Gordian III
AR-Antoninianus
Obv.: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate and draped bust right
Rev.: FELICIT TEMP, Felicitas standing left holding a long caduceus and cornucopia
Ag, 4.71g, 23mm
Ref.: RIC 140, RSC 71

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Trajan 109 AD Rome .
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP, laureate bust right, draped left shoulder / COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and leaning on column. RIC 120s, RSC 81b. Woytek 286a.
AR Denarius, 3.61gr, 19mm.

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LInk: Trajan.

Trajan, 98-117 CE.
Roman AR denarius, 3.45 g, 17.5 mm, 7 h.
Rome, 114-116 CE.
Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right.
Rev: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Bonus Eventus (or Genius) standing left, holding patera in right hand and corn-ears in left hand.
Refs: RIC II 347; BMCRE 549-554; Cohen/RSC 276; RCV 3149: Hill UCR 711; Woytek 518v.

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Egypt, Alexandria. Trajan
AE drachm, 34.73 mm, 21.18 gm
Regnal year 12 (108/9 CE)
Obv: [AVT TRAIAN] CEB ΓE[PM ΔA]KIK, laureate and draped bust of Trajan right, seen from behind
Rev: Trajan, raising hand and holding scepter, driving biga of centaurs right; above, L IB
Ref: Emmett 464.12 (R4).
Ex Tom Buggey Collection
Ex Jean Elsen

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Link: Trajan.

Trajan, AE Drachm, Year 15 (111/112 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder, ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ / Rev. Emperor (Trajan), laureate and togate, standing in elephant quadriga, right. holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch; first three elephants with trunks turned down at end and fourth elephant with trunk turned up; in exergue, L IƐ (Year 15). RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 4605.4 (2015); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4605.4 ; Emmett 462.15 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (Savio) 769 [Savio, A. ed., Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 2007)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 512 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)]; Milne 669 at p. 19 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]. 33.5 mm., 21.26 g. Purchased from Odysseus- Numismatique, Montpellier, France, June 2021.

 

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Link: elephant-drawn cart.

Faustina I, 138-140 CE.
Roman Æ as, 11.09 g, 27.5 mm, 6 h.
Rome, 150 CE.
Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: Faustina I, veiled and draped, seated on chair on car drawn left by two elephants with riders; S C in exergue.
Refs: RIC 1198(a); BMCRE 1603; Cohen 270; Strack 1278; RCV –.

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Trajan / Quadriga of Elephants

Alexandria, Egypt 116-117 AD (Year 20) AE Drachm (30-32mm, 13.19g) O: Laureate head of Trajan right; AVT TPAIAN API CEB GERM DAKIK PAR. R: Emperor driving quadriga of elephants right, holding laurel branch and sceptre; LK above. Koln 715; cf Milne 814; cf BMC 514

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Trajan/"Harpodile"

Egypt, Alexandria. Trajan
AE drachm, 32.07 mm, 18.28 gm, 1 h
Regnal year 15 (111/12 CE)
Obv: [AVT T]PAIAN C-ЄB ΓЄ[PM ΔAKIK]; laureate bust of Trajan right, drapery on left shoulder
Rev: Harpocrates of Canopus with hindparts of a crocodile, standing left, pointing finger at mouth and holding cornucopiae; LI - E across field
Ref: Emmett 500.15; Milne 659
ex Tom Buggey Collection

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Link: Alexandria, Trajan

Trajan
Alexandria, Egypt, AD 109-110
Obv: head of Trajan
Rev: L ΙΓ, cornucopia
RPC III, 4490
AE, 1.29g, 11 mm.

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Link:  Trajan, Alexandria, cornucopia

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan
Regnal year 18 (114/5 CE)
billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 12.8 gm
Obv: AVTTPAIANAPICEBΓEPMΔAKIK; laureate bust right, star in right field
Rev: draped bust of Nilus right, crowned with taenia and lotus bud; cornucopia at left shoulder; LI-H
Ref: Dattari 670 (this coin); Dattari-Savio plate 26 #670 (this coin); RPC 4851.16 (this coin cited); Emmett 387.18, R4.
ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)
 

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Faustina II
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: ΦAYCTIN CEBACTH (legend starting at 1 o'clock), diademed, draped bust right
Rev.. L - I - Θ = year19 (155/156), bust of Nilus right, cornucopiae with small genius in front
Billon, 12.0g, 22mm
Ref.: Dattari 3257

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina II
Regnal year 14 of Antoninus Pius (150/1 CE)
AE drachm, 33 mm, 18.2 gm
Obv: draped bust right
Rev: Triptolemos, wearing an elephant head cap and chlamys, driving a biga of winged serpents right; LIΔ above
Ref: Emmett 2004.14; Dattari 3926
 

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17 mm, 3,36 g.
Roman Republic. M. Volteius M. f. AR denarius. Rome. 75 BC.
Head of Bacchus (or Liber) right, wearing ivy wreath / Ceres driving biga of snakes right, holding torch in each hand; dolphin behind.
Crawford 385/3; Sydenham 776; RSC Volteia 3.

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Link: Snake biga.

Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 21 (AD 136/137), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust left, slight drapery on far shoulder, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Triptolemus standing right, wearing chlamys, in biga drawn by two winged serpents crowned with pschents/skhents [the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt], his left hand holding up front of chlamys to form a pouch filled with seeds, and his right hand raised to scatter the seeds, L KA (Year 21) above serpents to right. RPC Vol. III 6135 (2015) & RPC III Online 6135 at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6135 (date placement var.; no example with this coin’s date placement in RPC or found in acsearch); Milne 1531 (same date placement, “above to right,” as this coin); SNG France 4, Alexandrie II 2007 (ill. Pl. an 21/1) (date placement var.); Emmett 900.21; K&G 32.723; Dattari (Savio) 1485 (obv. bust var. [right], date placement var., same specimen as Staffieri 90 [Triton XXI, 9 Jan 2018], ill. p. 52); BMC 16 Alexandria 582 (ill. Pl. II) (obv. bust var. [right], date placement var.); Sear RCV II 3746 (obv. bust var. [right], date placement var.). 23 mm., 12.90 g., 11 h. Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, LLC [CNG] Electronic Auction 531, 25 Jan 2023, Lot 710.*

*See https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Triptolemus: “Triptolemus was a demi-god of the Eleusinian mysteries who presided over the sowing of grain-seed and the milling of wheat. His name means "He who Pounds the Husks."  In myth, Triptolemos was one of the Eleusinian princes who kindly received Demeter [Ceres] when she came mourning the loss of her daughter Persephone [Proserpina]. The young goddess was eventually returned to her from the Underworld, and Demeter in her munificence, instructed Triptolemos in the art of agriculture, and gave him a winged chariot drawn by serpents so that he might travel the world spreading her gift. 
Source: http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/EleusiniosTriptolemos.html.”

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Hadrian Denarius. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate, right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing left sacrificing from patera over flaming altar, holding sceptre. 18mm, 3.30gr
RIC 268, RSC 1329.

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Link: Salus.

Roman Republic, Manius Acilius Glabrio, AR Denarius, 50 BCE (Harlan and BMCRR) or 49 BCE (Crawford), Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Salus right, wearing necklace and earring, with hair collected behind in knot ornamented with jewels, SALVTIS upwards behind head / Rev. Valetudo [an alternate manifestation of Salus]* [Harlan says portrayal is of a statue of Valetudo] standing left, holding snake with right hand and resting left arm on column, MN•ACILIVS [downwards on right] III•VIR•VALETV [upwards on left] [MN and TV monogrammed].  RSC I Acilia 8, Crawford 442/1a, Sydenham 922, Sear RCV I 412 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 30 at pp. 229-238, BMCRR Rome 3945. 17.5 mm., 3.98 g. 

* Valetudo was essentially another manifestation of Salus (portrayed on the obverse), the goddess of health and well-being -- a concept sometimes “extended to include not only physical health but also the general welfare of the Roman people, the army and the state.” John Melville Jones, Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (London, 1990) at p. 276.  This is the only Roman coin to depict a personification of Valetudo. See id. at p. 314.  Crawford (Vol. I at p. 461) says that “perhaps” these types refer to the story that the first Greek doctor to come to Rome practiced on the gens Acilia’s street, and that “it is also possible” that “expectations of a Caesarian victory influenced the choice of types.”