Roman Collector Posted December 20, 2022 · Patron Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 hours ago, shanxi said: Domitia was married to two elephants? 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 Well, here's a female relative of Trajan. Yeah, it doesn't exactly have 5/5 surfaces, but I'm not exactly Clio, either. Marciana, Augusta, c. AD 105-112/4. Roman AR Denarius, 2.72 g, 19 mm. Rome Mint, AD 112. Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust right. Rev: CONSECRATIO, eagle standing left, head right. Refs: RIC II 743; BMC 650 (Trajan); Hill 562; RSC 4; RCV 3328. Next: More female relatives of Trajan. 9 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted December 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2022 6 hours Private cash of Vietnamc. 1575 to 1585 ADLocal Vietnamese trade coin copying a Chinese inscription from the Northern Song DynastyLead cash | 2.03 grams | 21.5mm wideObv: Tong Nguyen Thong BaoRev: BlankRef: Z#259619 Next: crusty patina 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2022 Emperor: Wu Zong Obv: Kai Yuan Tong Bao 開元通寶 Rev: top 洛 Luo (Luoyang, Henan). Year: 845-846 Material: AE, 4.08g, 24mm Literature: Hartill 14.77 Next: Tang Dynasty 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted December 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2022 Tang Dynasty of China845 to 907 ADLate period issue, blue-gray patinaAE Cash | 3.09 grams | 25mm wideObv: Kai Yuan Tong BaoRev: Crescent moon above pointed upwardRef: Hartill#14.8u, Z#293454 Next: crescent moon 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2022 Kingdom of Elymais Unidentified King uncertain date Æ Drachm Obv.: Bust facing right Rev.: wreath, three dots, upturned crescent Æ, 2.1g, 11.4 mm Ref.: Van´t Haaff Type 21.2, Subtype 1-1 Next: Elymais 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted December 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2022 41 minutes ago, shanxi said: Next: Elymais Prince A ...11-13mm/2.2gr Late 2nd to early 3rd centuries AD Van’t Haaff 19.1.1-1A Obv: Bust left, wearing diadem, beard as two rows of dots Rev: Artemis standing right, holding bow in one hand, plucking arrow from her quiver with the other hand Attributed by BobL Next. More Elymais. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted December 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 21, 2022 Elymais KingdomCirca 150 ADIssued under Phraates (one of them)AE drachm | 3.79 gramsObv: Bearded bust facing, crescent moon with pellet right and anchorRev: Eagle facing left with four crescent moons around Next: another non-Roman coin from 100-200 AD 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamnaskires Posted December 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 21, 2022 1 hour ago, TuckHard said: Next: another non-Roman coin from 100-200 AD I'll keep the Elymais string going. Kamnaskires-Orodes AE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD Van't Haaff 12.1.1-3E Next: Featuring an anchor. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 21, 2022 · Patron Share Posted December 21, 2022 Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Roman AR denarius, 2.95 g, 19.4 mm, 1 h. Rome, issue 12, AD 231. Obv: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head, right, with drapery on left shoulder. Rev: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius at feet and holding anchor in left hand. Refs: RIC 188; BMCRE 674-76; RSC 29a; RCV 7859. Next: Severus Alexander. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted December 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2022 Ae sestertius of Severus Alexander with Mars Ultor reverse. next, Mars... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted December 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 21, 2022 Tacitus AD 275-276. Ticinum Antoninianus Æ silvered 24 mm, 2,86 g IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, bust of Tacitus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right or bust of Tacitus, radiate, cuirassed, right / MARTI PACIF, Mars, walking left, holding olive-branch in right hand and spear and shield in left hand RIC V Tacitus 145 Next - Tacitus 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 21, 2022 · Patron Share Posted December 21, 2022 Tacitus, AD 275-276. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.57 g, 22.1 mm, 12 h. Ticinum, AD 275-276, issue 2. Obv: IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI, Annona standing left, holding ears of corn over modius and cornucopiae; T (third officina) in exergue. Refs: MER/RIC temp #3647; RIC 123; Cohen --; Estiot 2149.56; RCV 11767; La Venera hoard 1673. Next: Annona 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2022 Macrinus Denarius, 218 AD Obv.: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG Rev.: Annona standing, grain ears in left, cornucopia in right, altar at feet, PM TR P II COS P P Ag, 3.65g, 19.4mm Ref.: RIC IV 26c, RSC III 47 Next: Macrinus 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted December 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 21, 2022 3 hours ago, shanxi said: Next: Macrinus Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 217/218 AD Material: Silver Diameter: 23mm Weight: 4.30g Mint: Rome Reference: RIC IV Macrinus 63e Obverse: Visible is the draped bust of Macrinus, facing right, with a radiant crown. The inscription reads: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus. Reverse: You can see the personification of Felicitas standing to the left. In her right hand she holds a short caduceus (caduceus) and in her left hand a scepter (or hasta pura?). The inscription reads: FELICITAS TEMPORVM for Felicitas Temporum (fortunate, successful times). Next: a another coin with Felicitas, please. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted December 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2022 Antoninus Pius As, 154-155Rome. Bronze, 26mm, 10.41g. Laureate bust of Pius right, no drapery on left shoulder; ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII. Felicitas standing left, holding corn ears and winged caduceus; FELICITAS COS IIII / S C (cf RIC III, 937). 'Coin of British Association'. Next: winged caduceus. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 21, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 21, 2022 Fresh from my top Republican coins list, a winged caduceus: Roman Republic, C. Annius T.f. T.n Luscus and L. Fabius L.f. Hispaniensis, AR Denarius, 82-81 BCE, minted in N. Italy (or Spain). Obv. Female bust right, unidentified [according to Crawford & Sear RCV] but possibly Anna Perenna [see BMCRR & RSC],* draped, wearing diadem, earring of three drops and necklace; hair rolled back and collected into a knot behind, and falling in one lock down the neck; before, scales; behind, winged caduceus; C•ANNI•T•F•T•N• - PRO•COS•EX•S•C around counter-clockwise from 4:00; below bust, control-letter R between two dots / Rev. Victory leaning forward in quadriga of galloping horses right, holding reins in left hand and palm-branch in extended right hand; horse on far right turns head back towards the other three horses; Q above horses; in exergue, [L]•FABI•L•F•HISP. 21 mm., 3.78 g., 4 h. Crawford 366/1b; BMCRR II Spain 13-18 var. [different control-letters]; RSC I Annia 2b & Fabia 17; Sear RCV I 289 (ill. p. 126), RBW Collection 1376 (ill. p. 283). Purchased from Roma Numismatics Ltd. E-Sale 98, 16 Jun 2022, Lot 1071; “from the collection of Z.P., Austria” (with old coin ticket in English on one side and in Italian on other side).** [Footnotes omitted.] Next, another Victory in a quadriga. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted December 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2022 1 hour ago, DonnaML said: Next: Another Victory in a quadriga. L. JULIUS BURSIO. Denarius (85 BC). Rome. Apollo Vejovis right/Victory driving quadriga right Crawford 352/1 Next: Victory in Biga? 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted December 21, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 21, 2022 Roman Republic123 BC Issued under C. Porcius CatoAR DenariusRef: RRC 274 Next: a coin you sold, traded, or gifted 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted December 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, TuckHard said: Next: a coin you sold, traded, or gifted Recently gifted. Next...Genius 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted December 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2022 Trajan AE Drachm Year 4 Alexandria, Egypt Obverse: TΡAIAN CEB ΓEΡM AVT KAIC NEΡ, laureate head right Reverse: Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae from which emerges a Genius, crocodile below. Year LΔ in left field; IS (flood level of Nile) above ex: @CPK Next: a coin with a reptile on it. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted December 22, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 22, 2022 Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatra c. 700 to 1300 AD Issued anonymouslyTin two massa | 5.11 grams Obv: Turtle Rev: Anku with a crescent moon left Next: a pure animal design, no script or other elements 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted December 22, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, TuckHard said: Next: a pure animal design, no script or other elements This is definitely a funny looking bird - looks more like a narwhal to me: Paphlagonia, Sinope, circa 490-425 BC, AR Drachm (17mm 6g)Obv: Stylized head of sea-eagle leftRev: Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled Next: an eagle that looks more eagle-like Edited December 22, 2022 by Sulla80 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted December 22, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2022 Denarius of Octavian with eagle standard reverse. Next, more Octavian... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted December 22, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 22, 2022 An Octavian I got from the junk bin. Ar denarius. 2.86g 40 BC Obv: C CAESAR III VIR R P C, Bare head of Octavian right Rev: Q SALVIVS IMP COS DESIG around winged thunderbolt Next- a coin only you could love/like. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted December 22, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 22, 2022 I got new photos of this zinc Vietnamese coin this week and was really amazed by it, although it probably wouldn't impress too many. Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam 1848-1883 ADIssued under Tu DucZinc cash | 2.34 grams | 23mm wideObv: Tu Duc Thong BaoRev: BlankRef: Z#253878 Next: an unusual metal coin (anything not gold, silver, or copper) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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