Prieure de Sion Posted February 24, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 24, 2023 28 minutes ago, IanG said: Next: Another Tanit Greek CarthageBronze Unit of the Carthage Period 400/350 BC; Material: AE; Diameter: 16mm; Weight: 3.10g; Mint: Carthago, North Africa; Reference: SNG Copenhagen 118 var. (same), CNP 194s, MAA 18 var. (one pellet); Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left; pellet to right; Reverse: Horse standing right; palm tree, with pellet at top of trunk, in background; three pellets to right. Next: a ancient coin with a tree (or many trees) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted February 24, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 24, 2023 Sorry for the awful pic of this one. Here Phoebus Apollo has just ripped this tree in half. Thrace, Deultum. Gordian III. Phoebus Apollo Thrace, Deultum. Gordian III. 20mm. Obv: Gordian bust l., IMP GORDIANVS FEL AVG. Rev: Phoebus Apollo stg. r., holding branch in l. arm, bow under r., serpent coiled round stump of tree to l., COL FLP A C DEVLTVM. Varbanov (Eng.) 2617, R5. Next: Apollo 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted February 24, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 24, 2023 55 minutes ago, AncientOne said: Next: Apollo I have two Apollo coins from Alexandria Troas. And since I can't decide and I like them both - I'm posting both 🙂 Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 180/183 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 24.5mm; Weight: 6.79g; Mint: Alexandria, Troas; Reference: RPC IV.2 154; Rare: Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections); Provenance: Comptoir des Monnaies Anciennes Lille, France; Pedigree: -; Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right; Inscription: IMP CAI(sic) M AVR COMMOD AVG; Translate: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus; Reverse: To left, cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on column, right, having quiver at shoulder, holding patera and bow; to right, Alexander on horseback, left, wearing military dress, raising arm; Inscription: COL AVG TROA; Translate: Colonia Augusta Troad (Troas) Comment: On the reverse, shown on the right, we see Alexander the Great, in military dress, on a horse. The depiction thus refers to the alleged (and unhistorical) founding of the city of Alexandria Troas by Alexander the Great himself. However, the city was founded and named Antigonia shortly after 310 BC by Antigonos I Monophthalmos (general and one of Alexander the Great's most important diadochi) and then renamed Alexandria Troas by Lysimachus only around 301/300 BC. The new city name resulted on the one hand from the honouring of Alexander the Great, but also to distinguish it by name from the cities of Alexandria ad Issum and Alexandria in Egypt. Also visible on the left is the cult status of Apollo Smintheus. Homer refers to Apollo in the Iliad as Smintheus. The etymology of the non-Greek word is not certain. It is derived from the Cretan or Phrygian word sminthos for "mouse" or "rat" and can be translated as "mouse exterminator". To what extent Apollo Smintheus can be equated with Apollo as a plague god is unclear. Mice or rats may indicate plagues, which according to Greek mythology emanated from Apollo. But the epiklese was also chosen for the expulsion of mice that had ravaged the vineyards. The temple of Apollo Smintheus is the only one of its kind in the Troas region due to its architectural design in the Hellenistic period. The sanctuary of Smintheus was one of the most important cult centres in antiquity. The reliefs on the temple take up themes from Homer's Iliad epic. It was probably built in the Hellenistic period around 150 BC. The temple housed a large marble statue of the god, of which only a leg section has survived. At the feet of the statue, according to tradition, sat a mouse, which may symbolize the role of this god. Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 184/190 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 23mm; Weight: 6.33g; Mint: Alexandria, Troas; Reference: RPC IV.2 3172; Rare: Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections); Provenance: Sol Numismatics Maribor, Slowenia (Auction X, Lot 126); Pedigree: -; Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus to right; Inscription: IMP CAI M AV COMMODO [AVG] [ANTONINVS?]; Translate: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus Antoninus; Reverse: Temple with four columns in perspective enclosing statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on short column, right, having quiver at shoulder, holding patera over lighted tripod and bow; Inscription: COL AVG TROAD; Translate: Colonia Augusta Troad (Troas) Comment: The reverse shows the temple of "Apollo Smintheus". Homer refers to Apollo in the Iliad as Smintheus. The etymology of the non-Greek word is not certain. It is derived from the Cretan or Phrygian word sminthos for "mouse" or "rat" and can be translated as "mouse exterminator". To what extent Apollo Smintheus can be equated with Apollo as a plague god is unclear. Mice or rats may indicate plagues, which according to Greek mythology emanated from Apollo. But the epiklese was also chosen for the expulsion of mice that had ravaged the vineyards. The temple of Apollo Smintheus is the only one of its kind in the Troas region due to its architectural design in the Hellenistic period. The sanctuary of Smintheus was one of the most important cult centres in antiquity. The reliefs on the temple take up themes from Homer's Iliad epic. It was probably built in the Hellenistic period around 150 BC. The temple housed a large marble statue of the god, of which only a leg section has survived. At the feet of the statue, according to tradition, sat a mouse, which may symbolize the role of this god. On the grounds of the sanctuary, besides the temple, there are ruins of buildings that were necessary for the organisation of everyday life, even in a sanctuary. For example, a bath. More information and pictures you can find here: https://www.antike-orte.de/apollon-smyntheion/ Next: a ancient coin from any Alexandria. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted February 24, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 24, 2023 Diocletian and Athena on the reverse Potin. A nice coin. I like the feel and the district look of Alexandria coins. They are also good at dating their coins! Next ancient coin with Chi ro 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted February 24, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 24, 2023 Aelia Eudoxia AE 18mm. AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, diademed draped bust right being crowned by hand of god / Victory seated right, inscribing a chi-rho on shield set on narrow column. Next: Pentagram 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted February 24, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 24, 2023 Alexander III posthumous issue, 4 grams. Lysimachus, 305-281 BC, KINGDOM OF THRACE. Forepart of lion and pentagram under throne. Also, I've never seen Zeus's legs positioned like this in any coin (neither parallel nor crossed). Next- forepart of an animal. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted February 25, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 25, 2023 (edited) 6 hours... 8 hours ago, JayAg47 said: Next- forepart of an animal. Why not try this one again! Edited February 25, 2023 by Hughie Dwyer 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted February 25, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2023 Aiolis, Kyme AE 16 Eubios, magistrate Obv.: KY, Forepart of horse, EYBIOΣ below Rev.: Single-handeled vase, EYB monogram left AE, 16.2 mm, 3.50g Ref.: BMC 45 Next: Vase 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted February 25, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 25, 2023 Phrygia, Hyrgaleis. Æ24, ca AD 198-235. Obv: IEΡA BOYΛH, veiled and draped bust of Boule right. Rev: YΡΓAΛΛEΩN MAIANΔΡOC, river-god Maeander reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae, and resting on vase from which water flows. Next: Boule 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 25, 2023 · Patron Share Posted February 25, 2023 I have but one coin of Boule, purchased for the Ephesian Artemis reverse. It is from Antiocheia ad Maeandrum in Caria. Pseudo-autonomous issue, Antonine period, AD 138-192. Roman provincial Æ diassarion, 8.02 g, 26.1 mm, 7 h. Caria, Antiocheia ad Maeandrum. Obv: BOY-ΛH, veiled and draped bust of Boule, right. Rev: ANTIO-XЄΩN, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus facing, wearing kalathos, having supports, between two stags. Refs: SNG Cop 35; Martin Antiochia 15; Mionnet III.315,69; cf. RPC VI 10952 (temp). Notes: Some numismatists date to the Severan period or even the reign of Gallienus. Next: Ephesian-style Artemis. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted February 25, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 25, 2023 Lydia, Gordus-Julia. AE16. Tyche/Artemis Ephesia Obv: IOVΛI ΓOΡΔOC, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. Rev: IOVΛI ΓOΡΔHNΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing (later style). Next: Another cult statue not Artemis 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted February 25, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 25, 2023 6 hours - Here is one of my bronzes that I have attributed - with some help. 😀👍 Next - Same theme as before 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 25, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 25, 2023 Mysia. Pergamon circa 310-282 BC. Diobol AR 11 mm, 1,00 g Head of Alexander as Hercules right wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied around his neck / ΠEPΓAM , ethnic vertical upwards to left of cult statue of Athena (a.k.a. "The Palladium") standing facing, wearing kalathos and aegis, brandishing spear and holding shield from which fillet hangs . BMC 9; v. Aulock 1350; SNG France 5, 1559-66; Klein 27 Next - Mysia 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 26, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) MYSIA. Pitane. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Domitian (81-96). Ae. Obv: ΘЄA PΩMH. Turreted head of Roma right. Rev: ΠITANAIΩN. Pentagram within shield. RPC II -; RPC Supp. II 956B var. (obv. legend); SNG von Aulock 1431; SNG Copenhagen 539. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 2.03 g. Diameter: 17 mm. Purchased from Savoca Feb 2022 Next: something that makes you say "Hail Satan" Edited February 26, 2023 by Ryro 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 26, 2023 · Patron Share Posted February 26, 2023 Another pentagram from Pitane. Don't laugh -- it may well be the finest known! Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 16.4 mm, 2.77 g, 6 h. Mysia, Pitane, AD 147-161. Obv: ΦΑV-ϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄ•, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΠΙΤΑΝ-ΑΙⲰΝ, cornucopia; to left, pentagram. Refs: RPC IV.2, 8132 (temp); Leypold, MÖNG 25 (1985), 87, no. 18. Next: Low grade but still better than most of the type. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted February 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Low grade but still better than most of the type. Probably the only one known: Septimius Severus Arkadia, Orchomenos Diassarion (2 Assaria) Æ Obv.: [...]CEOVHP[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: [ΟΡΧΟ]ΜΕΝ[ΙΩΝ], Artemis expels Callisto: Artemis standing facing left, her head to right, holding bow (?) with her right hand and extending her left to Callisto right, who holds a bow. AE, 23 mm, 5,50 g Ref.: - Next: Artemis together with another person or deity. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted February 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 27, 2023 6h rule... Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla under Marcus AureliusDenarius of the Roman Imperial Period 164/169 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.34g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 765; Obverse: Bust of Lucilla, bare-headed, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right. The Inscription reads: LVCILLA AVGVSTA for Lucilla Augusta; Reverse: Fecunditas, draped, seated right on low seat, holding a child on her lap; to right at feet, a child. The Inscription reads: FECVNDITAS for Fecunditas (Fertility). Next: another ancient coin with an child on the reverse. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted February 27, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2023 50 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said: Next: another ancient coin with an child on the reverse. ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.75 g.) Struck 159/160 AD. Obverse..ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head right Rev. PIETATI AVG COS IIII SC, Pietas standing left holding globe, Faustina Junior as Pietas standing left, between Faustina Minima, Lucilla & holding baby Fadilla. RIC III 1031 Next....Pietas. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted February 27, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 27, 2023 Next: Anything relating to a natural disaster. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 28, 2023 · Patron Share Posted February 28, 2023 > 6 hours. Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman provincial Æ 26.2 mm, 10.80 g, 12 h. Moesia Superior, Viminacium, AD 251/2. Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, with hands outstretched; to left, bull standing right; to right, lion standing left; AN XIII in exergue. Refs: RPC IX, 58; AMNG I.1, 163; BMC 41; Moushmov 56; SNG Hungary 509; Wiczay 2099. Next: Roman Colonial. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 28, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 28, 2023 Anonymous colonial civic issue, AE 23, 251 - 260 AD (Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I), Troas, Alexandria Troas Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown, vexillum inscribed CO AV over right shoulder, CO ALEX TR / Rev. Horse (of Erichthonius?)* grazing to right, COL AVG, TROAD in exergue. RPC IX 505 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/505 ); Bellinger A486 [Alfred A. Bellinger, Troy, The Coins (Princeton 1961)]; BMC 17 Troas, 46 var. [diff. legends]; see also id. 45, 47-50 var. [Warwick Wroth, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 17, Troas, Aeolis, and Lesbos (London 1894)]; SNG Copenhagen 108-113 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 20, Troas (1945)]. 23 mm., 5.80 g. Ex: Pars Coins; Ex: Kenneth W. Dorney. * See BMC 17 Troas at xviii, citing Cavedoni (Spicil., p. 151) for the suggestion that the grazing horse, first depicted on the coins of Alexandria Troas ca. 300 BCE, is one of the horses of Erichthonius, father of Tros, after whom Troas was named. Next: Another horse that has no rider and isn't attached to a vehicle or other horses. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted February 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2023 Carthage Trishekel, circa 201-195 BC Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing grain wreath. Rev.: Horse prancing right; pellet between forelegs. AE, 19.4g, 29mm Ref.: MAA A.105c; SNG Copenhagen 409-10 var. (pellet). Next: Carthage 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted February 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2023 40 minutes ago, shanxi said: Next: Carthage Still haven't got around to photographing this one .. ZEUGITANIA. Carthage.Æ16, 2.8g, 2h; Circa 400-350 BC.Obv.: Wreathed head of Tanit left.Rev.: Horse standing right before palm tree.Ref.: SNG Cop 109-119. Next...Tanit 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 28, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Damnit Tanit... I'm in love; Next: Carthage coin without Tanit 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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