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Domitian, Antioch, AE 'Semis' (21 mm, 7.26g), DOMITI[ANVS CAE]SAR Laureate head of Domitian to left. Rev. Large S•C within wreath. McAlee 403e. RPC II 2017

Julia Maesa, Augusta, AR Denarius (19mm, 2.27 g), Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus, AD 218-220. Draped bust of Julia Maesa to right / Pietas standing left, holding acerrum and extending hand over lighted altar to left. RIC IV 263

Next: Pietas

Great post, RC!  A few more sun/moon pairings:

Decius and Herennia:

Philip and Otacilia

Aurelian and Severina:

Link: Marcianopolis

Septimius Severus, Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis. AE Pentassarion (27mm, 9.94 g). Struck 201-202 AD. Aurelius Gallus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. / Fortuna Redux (Tyche Soterios)standing l., holding rudder set on ground and cornucopia.

Jupiter:

Severus Alexander. AR denarius (20.6 mm, 3.18 g). Rome, A.D. 232. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding eagle. RIC 238

Next: Thunderbolt 

That’s a beauty @CPK!  This one is my favorite Sev. Alexander portrait.

Severus Alexander, AR Denarius, 232 A.D., Rome,  (19 mm, 3.29 g), IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right./ Rev. SPES PVBLICA Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. RIC 254

Link: Apollo

Seleucid Kings of Syria, Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. AR Drachm (16.5 mm, 4.00 g), Ekbatana. Diademed head of Demetrios I to r./Rev.[B]AΣIΛEΩΣ - [ΔH]MHTPIOY / ΣΩTHPOΣ Apollo seated l. on omphalos, holding arrow in his r. hand and resting his l. on grounded bow

Bonus Eventus:

Antoninus Pius, AR Denarius (19mm, 3.83 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 150-151. Laureate head right / Bonus Eventus, naked, standing left, holding patera and two grain ears. RIC III 196.  From the Phil Peck (Morris) Collection.

Next: Fortuna 

Link: Spes

Valerian I, Antoninianus (22 mm, 3.00 g) Viminacium, 255 A.D., IMP VALERIANVS P AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I to r./ Rev. SPES PVBLICA Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left.  RIC 257.

Geta, Pisidia, Antiochia. 209-211 AD. AE 'Sestertius' (32 mm, 28.68 g). IMP CAES P SEPT GETA AVG Laureate head of Geta to r./ Rev. Emperor on horseback galloping to right, hurling spear.

Next: Another emperor on a horse

Link:  Animal whose head didn’t quite fit on the left side of the reverse

Sicily, Syracuse, circa 275-269 BC, (AE 20mm., 5.45g.), Wreathed head of Persephone (Kore) to left,/ Rev. Bull butting left; above, club above T; IE in exergue. Calciati 191.

So sorry to hear this news.  I’ve spoken with Terence many times at the NYINC shows over the years, such a great guy.  Very sad, he will be missed.

Link: Standing over altar

Victorinus, Antoninianus, 269-270 AD, BI (22 mm, 3.90 g.), Radiate and cuirassed bust r./Rev. PIETAS AVG Pietas, veiled, standing l. sacrificing out of patera over altar at her feet. RIC 57

Link: Marcianopolis/Confronted busts

Caracalla, Moesia, Marcianopolis, (AE, 26.5mm., 10.33g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed busts of Caracalla and Geta facing each another/ Rev. Homonoia standing l., wearing kalathos, holding patera and cornucopia;in l. field, Є.

Wow!  Impossible to pick a favorite from this group, but I guess I’d have to go with #3, that Poseidon reverse is incredible.

Great group!  My favorite is the reverse on that Marcus Aurelius sestertius, love that Hadrian too.

Link:  Lion

Julia Domna, Phyrgia, Prymnessus., AE Diassarion (23 mm, 6.84 g). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ CЄΒΑCTH Draped bust of Julia Domna to right./ Rev. ΠΡΥΜΝΗCCЄΩΝ Kybele seated left, holding patera in her right hand and leaning left on tympanon; at feet to left, lion. 

My favorites are 1,2, and 7 (I don’t know anything about bracteates, but that’s a very cool-looking coin, I like it).  
 

Congrats on the little one, enjoy!

Very nice new pickups.  I don’t have an eastern denarius of Septimius, but I can share this Macrinus tet from Emesa.

Macrinus, Syria, Emesa mint, BI Tetradrachm (26 mm, 14.47 g). AYT K M OΠ CЄ•••MAKPINOC CЄ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus to r../ Rev. Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to l. and holding wreath in beak; between the eagle's legs, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. Prieur 974

20 hours ago, El Cazador said:

I chose 1 and 11, I know how hard it can be to get a quality Valerian portrait- really well done!!

here is mine for comparison- took me 5 years… cc @savitale

Thanks!  Yours is one of the best Valerian portraits I’ve seen, great coin.

I got lucky on mine…I got it on the last day of one of those 4-day marathon Leu auctions for very cheap (I think most bidders had lost interest by the time it got to Valerian 😁)

Great list…I LOVE that Nero denarius, amazing portrait and great surfaces.  The Vetranio is excellent too.

Fantastic list! The Nero, Augustus and Vespasian are all beautiful, and that Gordian I(!) is amazing.  I think my favorite is actually the Aemilian…I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in that condition with a great portrait AND a full legend, great find!

Link: Fides

Probus, Antoninianus (23 mm, 3.65 g), Rome, 276. Radiate and cuirassed bust of Probus to r./ Rev.FIDES MILIT / XXIЄ Fides standing l., holding long scepter in her r. hand and transverse signum with her l. RIC 151 var. (published on Wildwinds)

Great group!  The Titus aureus and the Syracuse octopus litra are my favorites, but they’re all great.

On 12/25/2023 at 6:22 PM, DonnaML said:

These are all wonderful, and it's great to hear from you. My two favorites: #'s 1 (of course!) and 7 (I like the earlier Nero portrait style).

Thanks Donna, hope to be around the site more this year.  I really like the earlier portrait style of Nero as well…the other Nero tet was a bit more expensive,  but I think I may actually like the earlier style better.  Very happy to have both! 😁