Never again will she be demanding riches for her betrayal

L. TITURIUS L. F. SABINUS. Denarius (89 BC). Rome.
Head of Tatius right, SABIN behind, A.PV before / L TITVRI in exergue, Tarpeia buried to her waist in shields, fending off two soldiers about to throw their shields on her. Tituria 5
sear5 #252,Cr344/2c, Syd 699a.
( 3.69 g. 19.4 mm ).
In Roman legend, Tarpeia, daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women's abduction for what she thought would be a reward of jewelry. She was instead crushed to death by Sabine shields and her body cast from the southern cliff of Rome's Capitoline Hill, thereafter called after her the Tarpeian Rock (Rupes Tarpeia).

Domitian and owl

DOMITIAN (92 AD). Denarius. Rome.

Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI.
Laureate head right.
Rev: IMP XXI COS XVI CENS P P P.
Minerva advancing right on rostral column, with chlamys blowing backwards, brandishing spear and holding shield; to right, owl standing left, head facing.

RIC² 730,  RSC 274. Weight: 3.23 g. Diameter: 19 mm.

Lovely example of a hard to find issue. I had a Titus under Vespasian pulvinar issue. The coin is no longer mine.

TITUS (79-81). Denarius. Rome.

Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M.
Laureate head right.
Rev: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P.
Pulvinar (throne) of Jupiter and Juno: square seat, draped, with tassels, with triangular frame, on which are eight corn ears and one palmette.

RIC² 124. Weight: 3.13 g. Diameter: 17 mm.

Great examples from everyone, thanks for showing them.

Julia Mamaea. Augusta AD 225-235. Rome
Denarius AR 20 mm, 3,43 g
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.

Post your Mammaea´s or anything Severan

Only my second Medieval era coin.

Obverse

Cross pattée.

Lettering: ✠ ⚜ PhS • P • TAR • DESP ⚜

Unabridged legend: Philippus, princeps Tarenti, despotes.

Translation: Philippus princeps Taranti, despatus
Reverse

Castle tournois.

Lettering: ✠ +NEPANTI CIVIS+

Nice package of acquisitions.

Another case of the auction house copy and pasting the "attribution" that came with the coin. This was the description on the auction page

Roman Empire (Provincial) - Elagabalus (218-222 AD).
Potin Tetradrachm (11,63 g., 23 mm.) Egypt, Alexandria. Dated year 2 (218-219).

A KAICAP MA AVP ANTWNINOC EVCEB, Laureate head to right. /

Bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos; L - B across fields.

Geissen 2334; Dattari 4139.

Thanks for spending some time on this @DonnaML I am afraid I might have worded my request wrongly. I am trying to find examples of earlier ownership for some of my coins. Maybe the only realistic option is to look through old auction catalogues. Yes you are correct in assuming the coin type. I, maybe misguidedly, though it would be an interesting exercise, but it looks to be long winded and repetitive operation.

14 hours ago, DonnaML said:

As a Roman Provincial coin, it wouldn't be listed in RIC. You could try doing a search on ACSearch for previous auction sales of the same type (ACSearch goes back 15-20 years) to see if any of the photos match. One needs to buy a membership to see previous prices, but I'm pretty sure it's free to the extent you're just trying to find a match. @rasiel's database, Coryssa.org, also covers Provincial coins (sold on Ebay and elsewhere) and is free, so you could try a search there as well.

Sorry, meant to say Wildwinds not RIC. Mine is dated year 2, Wildwinds entries start at year 3. Not in r-Numis or Coryssa. It has a ref. Geissen 2334; Dattari 4139

You will be very satisfied in future photography sessions if your first effort is anything to go by. Incredible detail, look forward to seeing more.

I only have one provincial Claudius

RPC Volume: I №: 3062
Reign: Claudius Persons: Claudius (Augustus) Magistrate: Artemas, son of Demetrios (stephanephoros)
City: Cadi  Region: Phrygia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)
Denomination: Brass AE 20
Obverse: ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse: ΕΠΙ ΑΡΤΕΜΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ, ϹΤΕΦΑΝ; Zeus standing, left, with eagle and sceptre. ΡTΛΩ monogram in left field.
Specimens: 33
RPC I 3062; SNG Copenhagen 246-7; SNG von Aulock 3685; BMC 18-19

NEXT: Provincial Caligula

4 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

It can depend on what the coins are - where they are from and how expensive they are.

The first one I want to research seems to be a relatively scarce Elagabalus from Alexandria, Egypt. It is not listed in RIC, RPC has 27 examples with 10 in Museums.

I would like to start trying to find provenances( going back further than the last few auctions/sales) for some of my coins. Where is the best place to start. I am limited to on-line info at the moment as I have no literature to reference. A beginners guide of how to go about it from you knowledgeable people would be great. Any tips or directions you can offer would be great. Thanks in advance

Today marks the Birthday of my Wife´s Great, Great Grandfather. When he built a house in the late 1800´s, in Norway, he always said that he buried two small denomination coins in the kitchen wall to mark the year and a half it took to build. Moving forward in time, a few years back one of her cousins who now owns the house, decided to extend the rear of the property. When he demolished the rear wall he found the coins in a metal tin. He sent them to me as I inherited the collection of her Father a few years back, being the only person to show any interest in his vast collection of World and American coinage. Was looking at them today and old yellowing images of her distant relatives. Anyway, enough preamble, here are the coins

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And an apt tune for the occasion

RPC Volume: I №: 1568
Reign: Tiberius Persons: Tiberius (Augustus)
City: Thessalonica  Region: Macedonia Province: Macedonia
Denomination: Leaded bronze (22 mm) Average weight: 9.26 g.
Obverse: ΤΙ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ; laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ; bust of Livia, right
Reference: Touratsoglou, Tiberius 1–32 (c. 14–20/23)

NEXT: Same theme

Link: Hadrian

Portraying a displeased expression, I think this is an excellent portrait

RPC Volume: IX №: 1701
Reign: Trajan Decius Persons: Trajan Decius (Augustus)
City: Antioch  Region: Syria Province: Syria Coele
Denomination: Tetradrachm Average weight: 11.69 g. Issue: Group 3, officina 2
Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear; below bust: •• (Officina 2)
Reverse: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C; eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Reference: Prieur 578, McAlee 1126b. Specimens: 16

26mm, 11.48g.

NEXT:Antioch tetradrachm

can you see this version @JeandAcre

Very nice acquisition @DonnaML 

I only have one example of BRIT on obverse legend

Commodus, AR Denarius, 187-188 AD. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Hercules naked, standing front, holding patera and club. RSC 534; RIC 162. 17 mm, 2,91 g

The opposite to you really as I mainly collect Roman. But, like you I cannot help myself when I see a cute coin.

PERGAMON (Mysia) AE16.

Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with 8 pointed star.
Reverse: AΘHNAΣ / NIKHΦOPOY. Owl standing facing on palm frond right, with wings spread. Monograms ΓΑ and ΑΡ either sides of owl in fields.

Wildwinds online “plate” coin 

SNG Leipzig 1102-1103. Pergamon mint, ca. 200-133 BC.  2,9 g - 16 mm.

Link: Serratus

Hi @Dusktaker welcome to the forum. If you are querying the upright of the P in PESOS. Over 200 million of these were produced. The dies are regularly maintained and cleaned to prolong their usage. When an operator wipes the surface of the die, often grease and debris will clog up in the incuse parts. The result is parts of lettering, and often whole letters and details will not strike up properly. If you are not aware of the details of the coin issue, I have added a link for you to compare your coin with.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces131213.html

Regardless of your and others investigations into previous ownership etc. you have a marvelous new collection of acquisitions. Good luck with the sleuthing.

I use MIB (Moneda Iberia) but it is quite limited with details, just like ACIP and FAB. These three seem to be the most commonly used references. For more in-depth literary journals, publications or sites, I cannot help, sorry.

Good idea for a thread. I have only two from Alexandria

Diocletian AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.38 g.)
Egypt, Alexandria mint, dated RY 6 (AD 290/1).
Obv. A K G OYA ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev. Eirene looking left, holding branch and scepter, SL (date) across field. No reverse legend.
Scarce variety with unusual date order,SL instead of LS

RPC Volume: VI №: 10032 (temporary)
Reign: Elagabalus Persons: Elagabalus (Augustus)
City: Alexandria  Region: Egypt Province: Egypt
Denomination: Tetradrachm Average weight: 12.63 g. Issue: L B = 2 (218/9)
Obverse: Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ; laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse: L Β; Sarapis bust right, draped and wearing kalathos. 23mm, 11.64g.
Reference: D 4137, Ο 2757, Geissen 2313, E 2952 (2) Specimens: 27