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ROMAN EMPIRE, Geta, as Caesar. AR Denarius.. Rome, AD 200-202. 21mm, 3.34gr. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRIT IMPERII, Securitas seated left, holding globe in right hand. RIC 20b, BMCRE 240-243, RSC 183a,  Cohen 183 - SEAR RCV II (2002), #7200, page 565

Wonderful examples shown above. I have one I am very fond of. A lot of wear, attractive toning but still recognisable for what it is after 2000+ years.

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).

Diocletian needed someone with military brawn to compliment his organisational brain

Maximianus, AE radiate fraction. 295-299 AD. Cyzicus. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA MI-LITVM, Emperor standing right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing left and holding sceptre. KΔ in lower centre. 2.74g, 24mm. RIC VI Cyzicus 16B.
Maximian was nicknamed Herculius due to his military strength and brawn. He reigned as Co-Emperor with Diocletian, in the East, for 20 years,

2 minutes ago, JeandAcre said:

Yowie, @expat, that's what we needed all this time!  It's been dormant a while, but I'm a Crusaders fan.  But only c. mid-late '70's, along with one cassette maybe all the way back to the '60's, when they were still the Jazz Crusaders.  Love the horns.  But who is the singer on this?!!!?  ...Think I'll just have to look it up.

Congrats on the very solid Hetoum & Zabel; I can't not be impressed how comprehensively you arrived at the attribution, outside your usual collecting field.

Thanks, but Numista is a great place to start on just about anything. I didn´t actually listen to that one before I posted. I assumed it would be Randy Crawford.

A coin gifted to me by you @Sulla80

NEXT: Tetradrachm

Not ancient but Medieval

Crusaders is the theme for this

Cilician Armenia. Royal. King Hetoum I, with Queen Zabel AD 1226-1270.
1Tram AR
Obverse
Crowned lion standing right with a long cross in its paw.
Lettering: ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ
Translation: Hetoum king of the Armenians
Reverse
Queen Zabel and king Hetoum holding a long cross.
Lettering: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹ ԻԻՆՆ ԱՅ Ե
Translation: By the will of God

21 mm, 2,97 g
Issuer    Cilician Armenia (Crusader and Christian states in the Eastern Mediterranean)  

King    Hethum I (Հեթում Ա) (1226-1270)

Type    Standard circulation coin
Years    1226-1270
Value    1 Tram
Currency    Tram (1080-1301)
Composition    Silver
Weight    3.2 g
Diameter    21 mm
Shape    Round (irregular)
Technique    Hammered

Demonetized    Yes
Number    N#
45836

I have frequently seen this reverse with Husband ans Wife on the obverse, but I have rarely seen this type with only Tranquillina on the obverse.

RPC Volume: VII.2 №: 767
Reign: Gordian III Persons: Tranquillina (Augusta)  241-244 CE
City: Hadrianopolis  Region: Thrace Province: Thrace
Denomination: Æ (24 mm) Average weight: 7.47 g.
Obverse: ϹΑΒ(Ι) ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ; diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, right
Reverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; galley with sail hoisted, right; on board, rowers.
7.59g. 24mm
Reference: Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 686–7, 698 Specimens: 23

Post your galleys with raised sails

This (arrived today) was from a friend who is currently traveling Europe. It is not part of my collecting focuses even though it is a beautiful coin.

I think I have attributed it correctly but any additional insights to this type would be gratefully received.

Cilician Armenia. Royal. King Hetoum I, with Queen Zabel AD 1226-1270.
1Tram AR
Obverse
Crowned lion standing right with a long cross in its paw.
Lettering: ՀԵԹՈՒՄ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ
Translation: Hetoum king of the Armenians
Reverse
Queen Zabel and king Hetoum holding a long cross.
Lettering: ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹ ԻԻՆՆ ԱՅ Ե
Translation: By the will of God

21 mm, 2,97 g
Issuer    Cilician Armenia (Crusader and Christian states in the Eastern Mediterranean)  

King    Hethum I (Հեթում Ա) (1226-1270)

Type    Standard circulation coin
Years    1226-1270
Value    1 Tram
Currency    Tram (1080-1301)
Composition    Silver
Weight    3.2 g
Diameter    21 mm
Shape    Round (irregular)
Technique    Hammered

Demonetized    Yes
Number    N#
45836

I will join in.

I got this coin a couple of weeks ago as a birthday present. My friend who bought it was not aware that Sasanian coinage is not in my collection interests. Apparently, there were a number of coins from this King and the one before him that had similar obverse die damage. I actually like it.

SASANIAN KINGS. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) IV (579-590). Drachm.
( 4.11 g. 32.8 mm ). .900 Silver
Obverse
A portrait of the king facing right wearing a crown with two teeth, a crescent and a globe. To the left of the crown there is a star, and to the right a crescentwith a star. "Royal ribbons" flow from his shoulders. Above his left shoulder there is a crescent. His hair is in a bun and his face bearded. There is a necklace around his neck. There is a single rim around the portrait. Behind the rim are three crescents with star.
Pahlavi legend
Reverse
A fire altar "atasdan" with two straight standing figures. The column of the fire altar is covered with ribbons with the ends upwards. To the left of the fire there is a star, to the right a crescent. There is a single rim around the portrait.

I guess we are seeing part of the results of his plea bargain agreement to avoid a custodial sentence.

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

NEXT: and more Alexandrian of any type

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

NEXT: More Alexandrian tetradrachms

Biga of goats

AR denarius (3,87 g. 17 mm.). Rome, 138 B.C. C Renius
Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and 5 drop earring; behind, X designating value/
C•RENI below, ROMA in exergue, Juno Caprotina, holding crook, reins and scepter, driving biga of goats right.
Crawford 231/1; Sydenham 432; Renia 1.

Link. Thunderbolt

Antoninus Pius, AE Dupondius, Rome 140-144 CE.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, radiate head right
 PROVIDENTIAE DEORUM, S-C, winged thunderbolt upright. RIC 663; Cohen 685
Scarce. Green patina with small erosions. 11.72g. 28mm.

EDIT: John beat me to it, carry on with Chi Rho

Same issue as above, but a poor quality example

Constans, AE follis, Siscia. 15 x 18mm. DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL dot TEMP dot REPARATIO, phoenix, radiate, standing right on rocky mound. Mintmark ASIS dot. RIC VIII Siscia 232

NEXT: Phoenix

Alexander III of Macedon, AE15. Salamis Mint, Cyprus, struck c. 323 - 315 BC, Facing gorgon with lolling tongue at center of ornamented Macedonian shield with alternate 5 pellets and double crescents. / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, caduceus below left. Price 3158

Nice acquisition. Obverse struck in a good relief and the video shows the patina to its best advantage. Lovely coin.

Certainly food for thought. Like the mythological bird Phoenix, it could be readying for regeneration, rebranding and re-emerging as a new entity.

To carry the theme of prophetism

Troas, Gergis. Circa 4th-3rd Century BC. AE 12mm, 1.28 g. Head of Sibyl Herophile right, three-quarters facing / ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting right. SNG von Aulock 1515; SNG Ashmolean 1147; SNG Cop 338.

Maximianus

Maximianus, AE radiate fraction. 295-299 AD. Cyzicus. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA MI-LITVM, Emperor standing right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing left and holding sceptre. KΔ in lower centre. RIC VI Cyzicus 16B.

NEXT: Emperor receiving victory

Here is an Antoninus Pius with numerous die cracks forming on the reverse between legend and border. The most striking though starts at the last O of CONSECRATIO, up to the altar, then from the top of alter to the underside of the eagle, and continues from the top of the eagles shoulder to its beak.

ANTONINUS PIUS AR Denarius CONSECRATIO
 DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing right on garlanded altar, head turned left. RSC 156. BMC 48. SEAR 5192.
RIC 431 (Aurelius). Rome mint, after AD 161. 3,0 g - 18,5 mm

The engraving of his dies was certainly impressive. Certainly not surprising that they are collectible.

To my understanding I believe I have 1 fake. I base this on the extensive list of images of this type, even though there is not an example that exactly matches a die shown on the list of fakes.

Histiaia. Tetrobol circa III-II century BC, Euboia. AR 10.5mm, 1.55 g.
Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia.
Rev. IΣT – AIEΩN Nymph seated r. on galley; below, trident. BCD Euboia 387.

Roma, helmeted.