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Left facing portraits are severely lacking in my collection. So I made some amends to the situation by winning a cheap coin at a recent auction. Probus AE Antoninianus. Siscia, 279 AD. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, trophy standing between two captives. RIC 820, Cohen 942. 22 mm, 4,87 g Post your left facing portraits or captives reverses

Couldn´t decide which son, so here is two NEXT: Septimus Severus

Another first for my collection. Short reign of 2 years Volusian, AR Antoninianus, Antioch.. AD 251-253. 22 mm, 4,30 g IMP C V AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, three dots beneath bust / ADVENTVS AVG, Volusian on horseback, riding left, holding spear and raising right hand. RIC IV 224a; RSC 2a.

To get back on track 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 NEXT: Decorated altar

Hercules 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 word ADVENTUS on coins in Roman times was almost exclusively used for Caesars, to celebrate the ceremony of welcoming a Caesar when he arrives at a city. So, we will combine a coin with a song recognising celebration. Volusian, AR Antoninianus, Antioch.. AD 251-253. 22 mm, 4,30 g IMP C V AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, three dots beneath bust / ADVENTVS AVG, Volusian on horseback, riding left, holding spear and raising right hand. RIC IV 224a; RSC 2a.

A fantastic pick up. Amazing engraving showing his very Roman nose and his protruding upper lip. Great addition for your collection.

Austro Hungarian. 1892 Value 8 Florins = 20 Francs Currency Austro-Hungarian gulden (decimalized, 1857-1892) Composition Gold (.900) Weight 6.4516 g Diameter 21 mm Thickness 1.2 mm Laureate head of Emperor Franz Joseph I, wearing a moustache and dense sideburns going down to the neck. Around this bust the inscription "Franz Joseph I by the grace of God, emperor and king". Austrian imperial symbol, namely a crowned double-headed eagle with its mouth open, tongues outwards, wings spread, stamped with a shield surrounded by the collar of the Golden Fleece. He holds a sword in his right hand and a crown in his left. In the arc of a circle an inscription "Empire of Austria"; the motto is written in Francs and in florin "8 Fl - 20 Fr". At the very bottom in the middle of the coin, the year of issue.

Lovely write up and great coin examples. I have only one coin related to Carthage, 2nd Punic War

Cybele and lion Caracalla 196-198 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH below, Dea Caelestis (Cybele) riding lion springing right over water gushing from rocks on left, holding thunderbolt & sceptre, and wearing ”City Wall” crown.

Algeria, N. Africa. Lion, left.

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

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)

I have only purchased once from Portugal, coins via an auction. Delivery was slow even though it borders us here in Spain. Doesn´t really relate to your question, but the point was there was no delay with customs probably because it was EU to EU. If you reside in a country outside of the EU it could be vastly different.

Ref Augustus AE As, RIC 233, Cohen 237, BMC 567 Augustus, AE as, Lugdunum Mint, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRAE, laureate head right / Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica, between laurels and stylized figures. Flanked by columns supporting facing Victories holding wreathe and palm. ROM ET AVG below. 26mm, 11.07gr

A subject I know @Ryro will appreciate. A Roman Republican coin depicting a Greek mythological tale. M. VOLTEIUS M.F. Denarius (75 BC). Rome.Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion skin / Erymanthian Boar right, M VOLTEI M F in exergue. Volteia 2 sear5 #313, Syd 775, Cr385/2. ( 3.48 g. 17.8 mm ). In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian boar (Greek: ὁ Ἐρυμάνθιος κάπρος; Latin: aper Erymanthius) was a mythical creature that took the form of a shaggy and wild tameless boar of vast weight and foaming jaws. It was a Tegeaean, Maenalusianor Erymanthian boar that lived in the glens of Lampeia beside the vast marsh of Erymanthus. It would sally from the thick-wooded, cypress-bearing heights of Erymanthus to harry the groves of Arcady and abuse the land of Psophis. Mythology The fourth labour of Heracles was to bring the Erymanthian boar alive to Eurystheus in Mycenae. To capture the boar, Heracles first chased the boar with shouts and thereby routed it from a certain thicket and then drove the exhausted animal into deep snow. He then trapped it, bound it in chains, and lifted it, still breathing from the dust, and returning with the boar on his left shoulder, staining his back with blood from the stricken wound, he cast it down in the entrance to the assembly of the Mycenaeans, thus completing his fourth labour. When the king [Eurystheus] saw him carrying the boar on his shoulders, he was terrified and hid himself in a bronze vessel. Please post your coins with mythological references, the labours of Herakles/Hercules

Gold sovereign NEXT: Dragon or Kraken

Thanks for your knowledgeable answer and for the Birthday wishes. Much appreciated.

Interestingly, on Todays Savoca Blue Auction, there were a number of Hormazd IV and Kusro II drachms with shattered or broken obverse die strikes.

@ambr0zie and @Ryro thanks for sharing your wonderful examples. As mentioned, a truly iconic image. And as also mentioned above, it is incredible to think that the misguided deeds of their past are forever struck into the coinage. But the stories and mythology are great reading.

Interesting. Any help is greatly appreciated as coins of this type are completely unknown to me.

At Saturnalia my Santa sent me a coin of King Tatius. As I was not aware of this character some reading was needed. The coin I was gifted alluded to the rape of the Sabine women According to the Roman foundation myth, Titus Tatius, also called Tatius Sabinus, was king of the Sabines from Cures and joint-ruler of the Kingdom of Rome for several years. During the reign of Romulus, the first king of Rome, Tatius declared war on Rome in response to the incident known as The Rape of the Sabine Women. After he captured the stronghold atop the Capitoline Hill through the treachery of Tarpeia, the Sabines and Romans fought an epic battle that concluded when the abducted Sabine women intervened to convince the two sides to reconcile and end the war. The two kingdoms were joined and the two kings ruled jointly until Tatius' murder five years later. The joint kingdom was still called Rome and the citizens of the city were still called Romans, but as a community, they were to be called Quirites. Painting of the Sabine women intervening So, enchanted as I was with the story, I purchased another Tatius issue. This one is related to the story and the greed of a woman who saw riches in her future. 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). Please feel free to comment, show your Tatius coins or anything mythological related.

I looked at a selection of Sasanian coins on Numista. This appears to be closest. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces409337.html

Received a coin today for my Birthday which was Tuesday. My friend was travelling around Europe and acquired a coin. He posted it to me but I have no clue at to what I am looking at. I have measured and weighed it, 4.11 g, 32.8mm. It appears to be silver and a very generous flan. Please help or give me some research references. Many thanks.