Post it and pick it!

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

I guess legend overlay is tracing over the original legend? Or perhaps something like a Byzantine overstrike?

[Roman Collector]

I have a Perseus around here somewhere ...

 

I bought it because it's got a cool harpa on the reverse:

Perseus, 179-168 BC
Greek AE 14.8 mm; 2.77 g
Macedonia
Obv: Macedonian shield; wheel-ornament in center.
Rev: ΒΑ-ΠΕ above and below harpa, star below.
Refs: Sear Greek 6809; Historia Numorum, p. 235; SNG Cop 1281; Lindgren II (Europe) 1339; Gaebler 12.5.36.

Next: harpa.

 

 

[DonnaML]

Roman Republic, M. Nonius Sufenas*, AR Denarius, 59 BCE (or 57 BCE according to Hersh and Walker & Harlan), Rome Mint. Obv. Bearded head of Saturn right, with long hair; behind head, harpa with conical stone (baetyl)** beneath it* and S•C upwards above it; before, SVFENAS downwards / Rev. Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding scepter in right hand and sword in left hand; behind, Victory left, crowning Roma with wreath and holding palm-branch extending behind her over right shoulder; around to left from 4:00, PR•L• - V• - P•F; in exergue, SEX•NONI [The two parts of the reverse legend, together, stand for Sex. Noni[us] pr[aetor] L[udi] V[ictoriae] p[rimus] f[ecit, meaning Sex. Nonius, praetor, first held the games of Victory.].*** Crawford 421/1, RSC Nonia1(ill.), BMCRR 3820, Sear RCV I 377 (ill.), Sydenham 885, Harlan, RRM II Ch. 13 at pp. 104-111 [Harlan, Michael, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins 63 BCE - 49 BCE (2d ed. 2015)], RBW Collection 1517. 19 mm., 3.95 g. [Footnotes omitted except for footnote re harpa, etc.]

** See Harlan RRM II at p. 107: "The head of Saturn clearly identified by the harpa and the conical stone beside his head is on the obverse of the coin. The harpa recalls the castration of his father Uranus that resulted in the birth of Venus and the conical stone recalls that Saturn swallowed a stone thinking it was his infant son Jupiter whom he was trying to keep from growing up to replace him.

Saturn, always identified by the harpa, appeared five times on Republican denarii." Harlan suggests (id. pp. 107-108) that, as on other coins on which Saturn appears, his image was intended to signal the moneyer’s past or present position holding office as urban quaestor, and, as such, “responsible for the treasury located in Saturn’s temple.”

Next: Saturn.
 

[shanxi]

Gallienus
Billon-Antoninian, Antiochia
Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: AETERNITAS AVG, Saturn standing l., holding harpa; PXV.
Billon, 3.07g, 19.2mm
Ref.: Kamp. 90.41.2, RIC 606, Göbl 1662k

 

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[Ryro]

Next: someone being killed

[expat]

NEXT: Captive(s)

[Ryro]

next: a coin given to you by a friend (missing you @Curtisimo)

[Furryfrog02]

This coin was technically given to my youngest tadpole on the event of his birth. But I am the caretaker for now, until he is big enough to not put things in his mouth 😛
It was given by @Theodosius

Pharaates III 
69-57 BC
Drachm
Obverse: Long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T39ii) decorated on side with horn and stags with prominent antlers around crest; circular border of pellets.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ - Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; above bow, no border; six-line Greek inscription.

 

 

Next: Mars

[Ryro]

next: a Roman Republic portrait that you like

[DonnaML]

I can't decide which one is my favorite Mars portrait from the Republic:

Chubby Mars (Q. Thermus M.f.)?

or young, handsome, slightly bearded Mars (Fonteius Capito)?

Next, more Mars, whether Republican, Provincial, or Imperial.

[Ryro]

next: Severus Alexander 

[Furryfrog02]

Severus Alexander 
AE24
Alexandria Troas
Obverse: M AVR SEVERVS ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped cuirassed bust right
Reverse: COL ALEXA, TROA below, horse grazing right

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[shanxi]

Asia Minor
Alexandria, Troas
Year 253-268, Time of Gallienus
Obv: CO ALE AV , Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; to left, vexillum inscribed CO/AV in two lines.
Rev: COL AVG TROA , Marsyas standing right, on pedestal, right hand raised and holding wine-skin over his shoulder
Æ, 7.4 g, 22-23mm
Ref.: Bellinger A497, SNG Copenhagen 103, SNG von Aulock 1463.

 

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[Roman Collector]

Tranquillina AD 241-244.
Roman provincial Æ 24.1 mm, 8.06 g.
Thrace, Deultum, AD 241-244.
Obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Marsyas as Silenus facing right, carrying wine skin over left shoulder and raising right arm.
Refs: Moushmov 3757; Youroukova 425, 4/II; cf. SNG Cop 549.

Next: Deultum.

Edited March 5, 2023 by Roman Collector

[Ryro]

6 and no Deultum coins here, my man

next: a coin that is toning nicely in your collection

[Spaniard]

Next...TRP VII

[Roman Collector]

> 14 hours. How about another Severus Alexander denarius?

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: Anchor.

[Prieure de Sion]

53 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Anchor.

 

Titus Flavius Domitianus, Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 82 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.18g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 96; Provenance: Leu Numismatics Winterthur, Switzerland; Obverse: Laureate head of Domitian to right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M for Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus (Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus, High priest); Reverse: Dolphin coiled around anchor. The Inscription reads: TR POT COS VIII P P for Tribunicia Potestate Consul VIII Pater Patriae (Tribunician power, Consul for the eighth time, Father of the Country).

@David Atherton writes: A fairly common early pulvinar of Neptune reverse of Domitian which is a carry over from an issue of Titus' before his death the previous year. Most likely the reverse is part of a religious series commemorating the opening of the Colosseum. This reverse and the series it comes from would be discontinued later the same year when Domitian radically changed the coinage by introducing new types and increasing the fineness of the denarius.

 

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[Ryro]

I purchased this to commemorate the upcoming birth of my twins

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[shanxi]

19 hours, what about "more dolphins"

Thrace, Olbia
500 - 300 BCE
Cast pieces in the form of a two-sided dolphin
Ref.: Sear 1684.

 

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Edited March 7, 2023 by shanxi

[Ryro]

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[filolif]

Gela Tetradrachm
 

 

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[Ryro]

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[TuckHard]

German States
Circa 1850 to 1900 AD (?)
Issued anonymously and privately
AE jeton | 0.35 grams | 13.5x14mm wide | 0.25mm thick
Obv: Shield with stars and stripes center, behind a double-headed crowned eagle holding sword and a cross atop globe
Rev: SPIEL MARKE center within a weath

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[Roman Collector]

Conder token:


Great Britain (Conder) Warwickshire, Coventry Halfpenny 1792.

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