Roman Collector Posted March 14 · Patron Share Posted March 14 Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 CE. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.20 g, 29.2 mm, 12 h. Rome, 22nd emission, June-September 171 CE. Obv: IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head, right. Rev: VOTA SOL DECENN COS III S C, emperor, veiled and togate, standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of patera held in right hand over tripod-altar; behind altar, prostrate bull. Refs: RIC 1014; BMCRE 1400; Cohen 1032; Sear RCV 5019; MIR 221-6/30; Banti 525. Next: Vows taken. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 14 · Member Share Posted March 14 Vows taken, but not fulfilled... Julian II 'The Philosopher' (as Augustus) 361-363 AD AE3 (19mm, 2.65g) O: Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear; DN FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG. R: VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; BSISC· below. Siscia mint RIC VIII 421; Sear 4074v ex Munzen Sann “Are you not aware that all offerings whether great or small that are brought to the gods with piety have equal value, whereas without piety, I will not say hecatombs, but, by the gods, even the Olympian sacrifice of a thousand oxen is merely empty expenditure and nothing else?” ~ Julian Next: Underworld reference 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 14 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 14 Next: another one of Zeus's siblings 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 14 · Member Share Posted March 14 I'll presume that is Hades. Here's Poseidon... Marcus Aurelius / Poseidon Cassandreia, Macedonia 161-180 AD AE21 (21mm, 6.78g) O: Laureate head right; M AVR ANTON AVG. R: Poseidon nude, standing slightly right; trident in right hand, dolphin in extended left hand; COL IVL AVG CASS. RPC Online IV 10319; Leake HN 3722 corr. (same coin); Varbanov III 2791 (R6) var. (Poseidon left) Extremely Rare ex Forvm Ancient Coins One of only two known examples with Poseidon standing right. Next: a dolphin rider not from Taras (this one might go the full six hours) 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 14 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 14 Correct. It's Hades abduction of Persephone. Caria, Iasos 250-190 BCE AE 17 mm, 5.78 gm Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right (looking remarkably like the remarkable Ryro) Rev: Hermias swimming with dolphin Ref: SNG Tubingen 3397; Klein 520. Saturnalia 2021 gift from @TIF Next: Great head of hair 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 14 · Member Share Posted March 14 That abduction reverse is terrific! I want to post this one before we move on, because when is this category ever going to come up again?... Corinth, Corinthia 14-37 AD (Reign of Tiberius) AE Semis (14mm, 3.03g) O: Pegasus flying right. R: Melikertes naked, swimming with dolphin left, left hand holding dorsal fin. Amandry XVI63 ex Agora Auctions Melikertes was the mortal son of Ino who, while fleeing from her insane husband, flung herself and her son into the ocean from a high cliff near Megara. The two were immediately transformed into sea dieties, and Melikertes was brought ashore to Corinth by a dolphin. Melikertes became Palaimon the patron of sailors, and identified with the Roman god of harbors Portunus. Melikertes is sometimes depicted with a fish tail and has been associated with the Phoenician god Malquart. It is very easy to see an iconographic similarity between Melikertes and Arion of Corinth or Phalanthos of Taras. Next: ryro's great head of hair. (well not actually his head of hair, but...) 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 15 · Patron Share Posted March 15 Aelia Flaccilla has quite the coiffure! Aelia Flaccilla, AD 379-386. Roman AE Maiorina (AE 2), 4.78 gm, 21.55 mm, 6 h. Antioch, AD 383-386. Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated r., inscribing chi-rho onto shield set on cippus. T in field r, ANTЄ in exergue. Next: Antiochene LRB. Refs: RIC 61.3; Sear 20616; Cohen 4; c.f. LRBC II 2747. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 15 · Member Share Posted March 15 I don't think I could marry a woman named Flacilla. Antioch LRB... Julian II "The Philosopher" (as Augustus) 361-363 AD AE3 (18mm, 2.32g) O: Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield; D N FL CL IVLI ANVS P F AVG. R: VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; palm branch ANTB [palm branch] below. Antioch mint RIC VIII Antioch 219; Sear 4074v ex Andre Cichos Julian anticipated a successful trip to Antioch, but his experience there was a disappointment to him. The people chided him for his appearance, causing him to write ‘The Misopogon’ (or ‘Beard Hater’), a satire on himself but also a scathing indictment of the people of Antioch, whom he considered soft and degenerate, and wrote mockingly… “I say that you are liars and dancers, well skilled to dance in a chorus". The relationship declined even more after the locals burned the temple of Apollo at Daphne, and further still after Julian’s efforts to make economic reforms designed to end government corruption and ease famine in the city caused by years of drought. Julian finally left Antioch to march east and fulfill his plan to conquer Persia, but met his death in the attempt. Some say that the spearhead removed from his liver was actually Roman, but we will probably never know for certain. Next: a battle scene 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 15 · Member Share Posted March 15 (edited) Okay then, more Julian. Funny though, here he looks more like a televangelist than a Pagan... Julian II “The Philosopher” (as Caesar) 355-360 AD AE3 (18mm, 2.68g) O: Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; D N IVLIANVS NOB C. R: Soldier spearing fallen horseman; FEL TEMP REPARATIO, M in left field, ∆SISL in ex. Siscia mint, 4th Officina RIC VIII Siscia 382; Sear 4063v ex Forvm Ancient Coins Nothing says "Happy Days" quite like spearing a man while he's down. Next: member's choice Edited March 15 by Phil Anthos atroshus speeling 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 15 · Supporter Share Posted March 15 Members choice 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. NEXT: Person or deity leaning on column 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 15 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 15 Next: Venus 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 15 · Supporter Share Posted March 15 Julia Domna AR Denarius. Rome, 215-7 AD. 19.8mm, 3.12gr. IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right / VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated left, holding sceptre and apple, Cupid standing right, legs crossed, resting his right hand on her right knee. RIC IV-1 389b. Rome mint. RSC 205; Sear 7099. NEXT: FELIX in obverse legend 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Qcumbor Posted March 16 · Supporter Share Posted March 16 12 hours ago, expat said: NEXT: FELIX in obverse legend Julia Domna, Denarius - Rome mint, AD 214 IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana Lucifera standing left holding long torch in hands 3.32 gr, 18 mm Ref : RCV # 7100, RSC # 32, RIC IV-1 # 375a Next: Diana Lucifera Q 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 P. Clodius M.f. Turrinus 42 BC AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86g) O: Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre behind. R: Diana Lucifera standing facing, holding two long torches, bow and quiver on her shoulder; M.F - CLODIVS flanking. RSC Claudia 15; Crawford 424-23; Sydenham 1117; CRI 184; RSC Claudia 15; BMC 4290 ex Sayles & Lavender TO APOLLO AND DIANA Virgins, sing the Virgin Huntress; Youths, the youthful Phoebus sing; Sing Latona, she who bore them Dearest to the eternal King: Sing the heavenly maid who roves Joyous, through the mountain groves; She who winding waters loves; Let her haunts her praises ring! Sing the vale of Peneus’ river; Sing the Delian deity; The shoulder glorious with its quiver’ And the lyre of Mercury. From our country, at our prayer - Famine, plague, and tearful war These, benign, shall drive afar To Persia’s plains or Britain’s sea. ~ Horace (Odes 1,21) Next: bull butting 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 16 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 16 Next: anything with wings that's not a bird 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 Terina, Bruttium circa 300 BC AR Drachm (16mm, 2.21g) O: Head of nymph Terina left; triskeles behind, TEPINAIΩN left. R: Winged Nike seated left on cippus, holding bird in extended right hand; star to left. Holloway & Jenkins 111; HN Italy 2642 ex Bertolami Fine Arts Next: facing head 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 16 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 16 Next: Obol 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 Taras, Calabria 272-240/35 BC AR Obol (8mm, 0.42g) O: Kantharos; 3 pellets around. R: Kantharos; 2 pellets, owl with folded wings in field to right. D'Andrea XLIV, 1542; Vlasto 1660; SNG France 2216; HN Italy 1076 ex London Ancient Coins Next: omphalos 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 20 mm, 4,6 g, Thrace, Pautalia. Caracalla 211-217. Ӕ. AV K MA ANTΩNEI, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Omphalos entwined by serpent erect right, set on garlanded altar. Varbanov 4975 var. (legends). Next - Caracalla provincial 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 16 · Patron Share Posted March 16 Caracalla, AD 198-217. Roman Provincial tetrassarion, 14.78 g, 29.6 mm, 1 h. Thrace, Pautalia, c. AD 198-205. Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, beardless, laureate head of Caracalla, right. Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAV | TAΛIAC. Asklepios cradling serpent-entwined staff, reclining left, head right, on winged, coiled, and bearded Glykon flying right. Refs: BMC 3.145,34; Ruzicka 612; Varbanov II 5008; Moushmov 4235, Mionnet Suppl. 2, p. 384, 1084; Vaillant n. Gr. 1074. Next: Pautalia. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 16 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Pautalia. Plautilla, Provincial bronze - Pautalia (Tracia) PHOYL TTLAVTILLA CEBA, diademed and draped bust right HTE CIKI KLAPOV OVATTI TTAUTALIAC, river god seated left 12,4 gr Ref : Ruzicka, Pautalia # 771a, G&M #134/1849, same obverse die Next : river god Q 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 CILICIA. Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Severus Alexander (222-235). Ae. Obv: ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ СЄΟVΗΡ ΑΛЄΞΑ, with remaining part of legend ΝΔΡΟС right field inside legend. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: СЄΛЄVΚЄΩΝ ΚΑΛVΚΑΔΝ, with remaining Ω of legend in upper right field. Tyche, holding branch, seated left on rocks between two columns; river god Calycadnum to lower left. RPC VI online 7034. Weight: 13.99 g. Diameter: 29 mm. Online Plate coin: NEXT: Another river god 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted March 17 · Member Share Posted March 17 Lydia, Bagis. Pseudo-autonomous Æ21. 190-240 AD. Obv: ΔHMOC, youthful, laureate bust of Demos right, drapery on left shoulder. Rev: EΠI ΓAIOY AΡC A BAΓHNΩN (HN ligate), River-god Hermos, himation over lower limbs, reclining left, holding reed over right shoulder, resting left arm on urn from which waters flow, EΡMOC below. Archon Gaius Next: Demos 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 I do like a nice portrait of ΔHMOC: Next: Boule or a coin related to voting.... 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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