Post it and pick it!

[Spaniard]

8 minutes ago, TuckHard said:

Next: another coin produced in an unusual method

Sunga Dynasty 1/4 Karshapana 185-173 BC
Cast Copper approx 14mm diameter 1.6gr
Obverse..Elephant without (top coin) with (bottom coin) rider.
Reverse..Chaitya, with crescent above.
Mitchiner ACW-4366

The coins are cast and minted in serial so most have a fusion rest...on my coin you can see this at the right of the elephants tail and the base of the chaiyta.

 

Next......Stupa.

[TuckHard]

The nine dots within the reverse srivatsa (sometimes referred to in older references as a temple) are sometimes called stupas by some authors, although they are rounded out on my example.

Pyu city-state of Sriksetra
c. 600s AD
AR full unit | 9.87 grams | 30mm wide
Obv: Bhadrapitha center, above five lanterns, surrounded by a solid line border with outer dots
Rev: Srivatsa center with nine stupas (or dots), to the left a vajra, to the right a conch, above a crescent moon left and eight-rayed sun right, below a wavy line symbolizing water, surely the Irrawaddy River
Ref: Mahlo#14a.1, Z#293471
One expert called it a cast contemporary counterfeit but another person suggested horn silver, which I think may be more accurate
 

Next: another 9+ gram silver coin from 400AD or later

[shanxi]

3 hours ago, TuckHard said:

or later

Cook Islands
Two Dollars, 2oz 999 Silver
Year 2017, Mintage 1000
Engraver: Raphael David Maklouf, *1937

Obverse: The Effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II, ELIZABETH II • COOK ISLANDS
• 2oz 999 SILVER • 2017 • TWO DOLLARS •

Reverse: Artemis in the forest at night time with stars and a large stag in the background. She is featured drawing her bow and arrow and aiming into the distance, ARTEMIS

Edge: Plain/smooth

AR, 62.27 g, 40.5 mm

 

Next: Another modern coin or medal depicting an ancient goddess in modern style. (not a depiction of an ancient statue..)

[expat]

18 minutes ago, shanxi said:

 

 

 

Next: Another modern coin or medal depicting an ancient goddess in modern style. (not a depiction of an ancient statue..)

In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres".

Obverse

Head of Ceres facing left, date left, cornucopia right, designer below

Reverse

Crowned oak branch dividing value. Legend in Dutch below.

NEXT: Poisedon

[Spaniard]

2 minutes ago, expat said:

NEXT: Poisedon

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II. 274-216 BC. Æ-Litra (19mm, 6.38g).
Obverse..Diademed head of Poseidon left with border of dots.
Reverse..ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ, Ornate scroll decorated trident with lotiform shaft flanked by dolphins.
Ref:for type SNG Cop 844-856

Next...Trident

[expat]

17 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

 

Next...Trident

Obverse
National Arms

Lettering:
BARBADOS 1973
PRIDE AND INDUSTRY

Reverse
Neptune, God of the Sea sitting at the left facing right with his left arm extended straight out holding his trident and his right arm down by his side with his hand placed on a whale.

Lettering: TEN DOLLARS

NEXT: Sun God, any type

Edited December 18, 2022 by expat

[Prieure de Sion]

22 minutes ago, expat said:

NEXT: Sun God, any type

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 232 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 2.82g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Severus Alexander 120; Obverse: You can see the draped bust of Severus Alexander facing right, wearing a laurel wreath. The inscription reads: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG für Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus; Reverse: You can see the god Sol with a crown of rays advancing to the left, dressed naked except for a cloak that lies over his left shoulder. The right arm is raised while in the left hand he holds a whip. The inscription reads: P M TR P XII COS III P P for Pontifex Maximus Tribunitia Potestas (for the twelfth time) Consul (for the third time) Pater Patriae.

 

 

 

Next: Personification of Annona please...

[Spaniard]

2 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Next: Personification of Annona please...

Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE As (9.86 gm, 25.5mm). Rome mint. Struck 140-144 AD.
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PI VS PP TRP COS III, laureate head right.
Reverse: ANNONA AVG, S-C, Annona standing right, holding grain ears over modius in right hand, cornucopia in left; at feet to right, prow right.
RIC III 675. VF.

Next...Antoninus Pius Denarius. 

[Prieure de Sion]

2 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

Next...Antoninus Pius Denarius. 

 

 

Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 138 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.21g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 12a; Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right. The Inscription reads: IMP T AEL CAES HADRI ANTONINVS for Imperator Titus Aelius Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus; Reverse: Fides standing right, holding corn-ears in right hand and fruit basket in left. The Inscription reads: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS DES II for Augustus Pius, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Designatus Secundum ((Augustus [Antoninus] Pius, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul elect for the second time).

 

 

 

 

Next: Emperors directly before or directly after Antoninus Pius...

[Spaniard]

1 hour ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Next: Emperors directly before or directly after Antoninus Pius...

Lucius Verus, 161 - 169 AD
Silver Denarius, Rome Mint 161 AD, 18mm, 3.11 grams
Obverse: IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, Bare head of Lucius right.
Reverse: PROV DEOR TR P COS II, Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopia.
RIC#463 (Purchased from Ken Dorney, Vcoins, July 2021).
 

Next....His co-emperor.

[shanxi]

Marcus Aurelius
Pamphylia, Perge
AE19
Obv: AVT KAI M AVP ANTΩNINOC CЄ, Laureate head right.
Rev: ΠЄΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Artemis standing right, holding bow and arrow, with quiver over shoulder.
AE, 4.58g, 19 mm

RPC IV online 10659

 

Next: Pamphylia

[Roman Collector]

Here's a big one from Side in Pamphylia.

Cornelia Salonina, AD 253-268.
Roman provincial Æ decassarion, 18.56 g, 28.8 mm, 12 h.
Pamphylia, Side AD 260-268.
Obv: ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑ CΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ CЄΒΑ, diademed and draped bust, r., I (=10) before
Rev: CΙΔΗΤΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Apollo standing, facing, head l., holding patera and resting on scepter surmounted by flower(?)
Refs: Lindgren III 669; SNG von Aulock 4861 (same obv. die); SNG PFPS 872; BMC --; Sear GIC 4647 var.

Next: Apollo on a Roman provincial.

[DonnaML]

A much beefier Apollo than the typical portrayal on Republican and Imperial coins:

Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ clockwise around; border of dots. RPC Online VII.2 48961; Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula (1912)], Varbanov II 668 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II, Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)], AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer & M. Strack, Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g.

Next, Tranquillina on an Imperial or Provincial coin.

Edited December 18, 2022 by DonnaML

[Prieure de Sion]

20 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Next, Tranquillina on an Imperial or Provincial coin.

Furia Sabinia Tranquillina under Gordianus III

Diassarion of the Roman Imperial Period 241/2444 AD

Material: AE Bronze

Diameter: 19mm

Weight: 5.5g

Mint: Cremna, Pisidia

Reference: RPC VII.2 20906, SNG von Aulock 5111

 

Obverse:

Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina to right, resting on a crescent. The Inscription reads: SAB TRANQVILLINAM AVG for Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta.

 

Reverse:

Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsos in left; at feet to left, panther. The Inscription reads: COL CREMNENSIVM for Colonia Cremnensium.

 

 

Next: another coin from the region Pisidia 

[Roman Collector]

Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 25.0 mm, 8.56 g, 6 h.
Pisidia, Isinda.
Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, bare-headed and draped bust of Annia Faustina, right.
Rev: Confronted heads of Serapis and Isis, Ι(CI)Ν-ΔΕΩΝ.
Refs: Ex Lindgren I A1322A (Plate coin); von Aulock, Pisidia I 833.
Notes: Busso Peus, Auction 366, lot 888, 29 Oct 2000; ex- Marcel Burstein (Nevada) collection; ex- Lindgren collection.

Next: More Pisidia.

 

[DonnaML]

Here's my only coin from Pisidia, a very unusual portrayal of Hadrian in martial aspect, as a warrior on horseback, albeit attacking a serpent rather than a human being!

Hadrian, AE 18, Baris, Pisidia (SW Anatolia N of Lycia, near today’s Farı mevkii, Kılıç, Turkey), 118-138 AD. Obv. Laureate and draped bust right, AYT TRAI AΔPIANOC / Rev. Emperor in military dress, on horseback galloping right, brandishing javelin at serpent beneath horse’s hooves, BAPHNΩN. RPC III Online 2776 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2776) (4 specimens; 14 on acsearch); Von Aulock, Pisidiens II 236-7 corr.; SNG Copenhagen Part 32 107-108 var. (obv. legend); SNG von Aulock Vol. 3 5009 var. (same). Purchased at JAZ Numismatics Auction 195, Lot 10, 2 Dec. 2021; ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 103, Lot 107, 23 March 2017.  18 mm., 3.9 g., 6 h.

Next, another Roman coin with a reverse depicting the reigning emperor as a warrior on horseback.

[Prieure de Sion]

41 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Next, another Roman coin with a reverse depicting the reigning emperor as a warrior on horseback.

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Bronze Medaillon of the Roman Imperial Period 238/244 AD
Material: AE
Diameter: 35mm
Weight: 22.24g
Mint: Tomis, Moesia Inferior
Reference: RPC Online VII.2 1676
Provenance: Ex Nilus Coins, private sale with old dealer tag

Obverse:
Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, left, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass, raising right hand, in left hand holding globe. The inscription reads: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟⳞ ΑΥΓ for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordianos Augustos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus).

Reverse:
Gordian III, laureate, riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing enemy on ground, left. The inscription reads: ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩⳞ for Metropoleon Pontoupolis Tomeon (Metropolitan Pentapolis Tomis).

 

 

Next: a coin from Moesia. 

[AETHER]

@Prieure de Sionwow, that obverse is unique and cool. Nice coin.

[DonnaML]

I don't think I've posted this one very recently:

Elagabalus and Julia Maesa [his grandmother], AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 218-222 AD, Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior [now Devnya, Bulgaria] (Iulius Antonius Seleucus, Consular Legate). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, facing draped bust of Julia Maesa left, wearing stephane, AVT K M AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOYΛIA MAICA AVΓ / Rev. Hera standing, head left, holding patera downwards in right hand and staff in left hand, VΠ IOVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩ, E [mark of value for “5”] in right field. Moushmov 688 [see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/moushmov/markianopolis.html for English translation of H. Moushmov, Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula (1912)]; Varbanov I 1651 [[Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; AMNG I/I 944 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at p. 272] [available at https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/271/mode/1up]; H&J 6.28.1.2.  26 mm., 9.45 g.

Next, another Elagabalus Provincial coin.

[shanxi]

Elagabalus
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: MA KAICAP MA AYP ANTωNINOC EYCEB, laureate head right
Rev.: Bust of Zeus left, L - Γ (date), LΓ= year 3 = AD 219/220
Billon, 12.69g, 23mm
Ref.: Dattari 4145

Next: Bust of Zeus

[TuckHard]

Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt
180 to 145 BC
AE chalkon | 8.67 grams | 20mm wide | 4mm thick
Obv: Zeus-Ammon right
Rev: Two eagles standing left
Ref: Svoronos #1426
 

Next: more double animals of the same kind

[AncientOne]

Two lions

Caria, Trapezopolis. c. 150-200. Æ19

Obv: ΙƐΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ / Veiled and draped bust of the Boule, r. Rev: ΤΡΑΠƐΖΟΠΟΛΙ / Cybele standing, facing, wearing kalathos, resting hands on two lions seated beside her. Time of the Severans, 193-217.   Next: Cybele

[Spaniard]

7 hours ago, AncientOne said:

Next: Cybele

Phrygia, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey). Domitia, 81-96 AD. Bronze AE 15mm (2.47 gm).
Obv.: ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, Draped bust right. Hair rolled in front and in que behind,
Rev.: ΚΛ• ΤEΡEΝΤΥΛΛΑ ΑΡΧΙE /EΥΜE-ΝE-ΩΝ, Kybele enthroned to left, Patera in extended right hand, resting left forearm and hand on Tympanum (drum) at near side
RPC II 1388. Rare. gVF.

Next....Her husband on a provincial. 

[Roman Collector]

Two elephants!

C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, 125 BC.
Roman AR denarius, 3.89 g, 18.4 mm, 1 h.
Rome, 125 BC.
Obv: Head of Roma, right, wearing Phrygian helmet; XVI monogram below chin, ROMA behind.
Rev: Jupiter, crowned by flying Victory, in biga of elephants left, holding thunderbolt in left hand and reins in right hand; C METELLVS in exergue.
Refs: Crawford RRC 269/1; Sydenham CRR 485; RCV 145; RSC Caecilia 14.

Next: Another elephant-drawn vehicle.

[shanxi]

Domitia was married to two elephants? 

5 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Another elephant-drawn vehicle.

Trajan
Egypt, Alexandria
Æ Drachm
Obv.: Laureate bust right, with slight drapery and aegis, AVT TPAIAN CEB ΓEPM ΔAKIK
Rev.: Emperor, holding palm and scepter, driving quadriga of elephants, L IΔ (14)
Ae, 35mm, 23.68 g, 12h
Ref.: Köln 551, Dattari 766

 

Next: female relative of Trajan

Edited December 20, 2022 by shanxi