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Phrygia, Synaus. Æ18. Asklepios facing

Obv.: ΘЄOΝ CΥΝ - ΚΛΗΤΟN, draped bust of Senate right.
Rev.: CΥΝΑ - ЄΙΤΩΝ , Asklepios standing facing, raising himation with his right hand and holding serpent-entwined staff in his left hand.
18mm., 3.92 g.
Late 1st Century.
Forni 514, SNG Leypold II 1749

 

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Ionia, Smyrna. Marcus Aurelius AE32. Alliance with Laodicea in Phrygia.

Obv: AY K M AY ANTWNINOC, Bust of Marcus Aurelius r., laur., wearing cuirass and paludementum.
Rev: ΑΤΤΑΛΟС СΟΦΙСΤΗС ΤΑΙС ΠΑΤΡΙСΙ СΜVΡ ΛΑΟ(Δ), Zeus Laodikeus holding eagle and scepter, the two Nemeses of Smyrna standing, facing each other, one holding cubit, the other holding bridle.
32mm., 20g.
Magistrate: P. Kl. Attalos, the sophist.
BMC 514

 

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2 hours ago, AncientOne said:

two deities on reverse

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LYDIA, Conventus of Apamea, Tripolis.
Pseudo-autonomous: Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obv: IЄPA CYNKΛHTOC, Draped bust of Senate left.
Rev: ΤΡΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, To left, Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow; to right, Apollo standing left, holding laurel-branch and chlamys.
Æ, 17.54g, 30mm
Ref.: RPC IV.2 online 1644; BMC 12-3; SNG von Aulock 3301

 

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Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.65 g, 30.4 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 161.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT SC, draped throne on which there are twin infant boys, Antoninus and Commodus, with stars above their heads.
Refs: RIC 1665; BMCRE 936; Cohen 193; RCV 5282; MIR27-6/10a.

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1 hour ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Antonine sestertius.

 

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Antoninus Pius as Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 140/144 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 26.22g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 597a, Sear 4147; Provenance: Ex UBS Auction No. 82, Lot 0312, 20-22 Jan. 2009; Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III for Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium (Antoninus Pius, Augustus father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time); Reverse: Annona, draped, standing right, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and corn-ears and cornucopiae in left; at feet right, prow right. The Inscription reads: ANNONA AVG S C for Annona Augusti. Senatus Consultum (Imperial grain supply. Decree of the senate).
 
 

 

 

Next: a Sestertius after 200 AD please.

 

 
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6 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Next: a Sestertius after 200 AD please.

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Otacilia Severa, Sestertius - Rome, 248 CE
MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia right
SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus, SC in field
22.44 gr
Ref : Cohen #68, RCV #9171

 

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Philip I AE Sestertius, 248 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG / Stag walking right, SAECVLARES AVGG; S C in exergue. RIC IV-3 160a (p. 89), Sear RCV III 9012. 27x29 mm., 16 g.  (Games commemorating 1,000th  anniversary of founding of Rome.)

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Next, another ancient coin depicting one or more stags or other members of the various deer, antelope, or gazelle species.

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23 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

 Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding arshin (rod) and sling, wheel at feet; Δ - < (denomination) in fields.

Just to digress for a moment, I am reasonably certain that the diamond-shaped object in Nemesis's left hand is a bridle, one of that deity's typical attributes, symbolizing her control of excess; see https://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/curations/c13-nemesis-goddess-of-retribution.html and https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/tools/dictionary.php?method=did&regexp=608&setcard=0&link=0&media=0 . See also my write-up of my own example of a similar Nemesis depiction on a coin of Philip I and Otacilia Severa from Mesembria, at https://www.numisforums.com/topic/10-post-it-and-pick-it/page/118/#comment-36751 .

Looking closely at your coin, I also think that although they aren't clear, there may be measurement markings on the rod she holds in her right hand, which would make it a cubit rule. I've never heard of the word "arshin" before; it seems to be a Russian or Turkish unit of measurement.

 

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10 hours ago, Ryro said:

Next: Artemis

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Galatia, Amyntas
Kings of Galatia
37-25 BC
Obv.: Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder, Є to left, ς to right (meaning unknown)
Rev.: Stag standing right; B above; monogram in exergue
AE, 22mm, 7.09g
Ref.: RPC I 3506 (Series II)

 

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3 hours ago, shanxi said:

Next: Stag

 

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Marcus Iulius Philippus I Arabs
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 248 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 4.00g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Philip I 20; Obverse: Bust of Philip the Arab, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG for Imperator Philippus Augustus; Reverse: Stag, walking left. The Inscription reads: SAECVLARES AVGG for Saeculares Duorum Augustorum (Secular Games of the two Augusti).

 

Next: an ancient coin with an animal (which can also be found in a zoo today).

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Here's a zoo animal!
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Gallienus, 253-268 AD.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.8 mm, 5 h.
Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, tiger walking left, B in exergue.
Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112.

Next: Chocolate-brown patina.

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Faustina II, AD 145-146
Sestertius
Obv.: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, right, hair is elaborately dressed in horizontal lines with ringlets down front; band of pearls round head
Rev.: VENVS, Venus standing l. holding apple and rudder, around which a dolphin is coiled
Ref.: RIC III Antoninus Pius 1388C
Æ, 30.2mm, 24.00g

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For some reason these 'broad fals' of seem to always be scratched extensively, although most are not holed!

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Ghaznavid Empire
403AH = 1012-1013 AD
Issued under Mahmud
Bust Mint
AE broad fals | 5.61 grams | 30mm wide
Ref: Album #1614

Next: another broad/wide coin, 30mm+ please

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39 minutes ago, AncientOne said:

Next: Phrygia

 

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Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Under the Magistrate Sergios Hephaistion; Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period ca. 55 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 4.25g; Mint: Iulia, Phrygia; Reference: RPC I. 3191 (Specimens 17, 1 in the core collections), vA Phryg. I 404–14; Obverse: Draped bust of Nero, right. The Inscription reads: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ for Neron Kaisaras (Nero Augustus); Reverse: Mên on horseback with spear, right. The Inscription reads: ΣΕΡΓΙΟΣ ΗΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ for Sergios Iphaistion Ioulieon (Magistrate Sergios Hephaistion, City of Iulia).

 

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10 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Next: Galatia

Very nice @Prieure de Sion

 

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Galatia, Koinon of Galatia. Trajan (98-117). Ae32

Obv: ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕ ΓΕΡΜ / Laureate head right.
Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ / Demeter seated left on throne, holding grain ears and sceptre.
24.3g. 32.8mm.
T. Pomponius Bassus, presbeutes.

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Next: Koinon

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Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, Æ35, Koinon of Cyprus, ca 147-161 CE
ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ Ɛ(V), laureate head of Antoninus Pius right
Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ VΙΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹ, laureate, draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right wearing paludamentum
27 gr, 35 mm
Ref : RPC vol IV.3 # 5041 or 5042 (temporary), Sear #1523

 

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Thrace, Philippopolis. Marcus Aurelius AE30. Q. Tullius Maximus Magistrate

Obv: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ / bare head of Marcus Aurelius, r.
Rev: ΗΓΕ ΤΟΥΛ ΜΑZIΜΟΥ ΑΠΟΔ ΥΠΑ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙ / Zeus seated, l., holding patera and long scepter.
Magistrate Quintus Tullius Maximus, Legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae.
30mm., 17.4g.

 

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Big Marcus Aurelius.

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Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.15 g, 31.0 mm, 11 h.
Rome, AD 166-167.
Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.
Rev: TR POT XXI IMP IIII COS III S C, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand over left shoulder.
Refs: RIC 948; BMCRE 1318-20; Cohen 815; RCV 5011; MIR 151-6/30.

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21, Circa 133-27 BC
Choreios, magistrate
Obv.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet; XOPEIOY (magistrate) below
Rev.: ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm.
AE, 7.11g, 21mm
Ref.: SNG France 1800-2

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Magistrate's name in legend:

Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, AR Drachm (Attic weight standard, ca. 88/42 BCE – AD 14).* Obv. Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly to the right / Rev. Rose of six petals seen from above; corn- ear beneath rose to left; Ρ – O [= “RO”] flanking rose; above, magistrate’s name ΚΡΙΤΟΚΛΗΣ [Kritiokles/Kritokles**]; all within circle of large dots. Ashton & Weiss No. 142a-c at p. 8 (die catalog A36/P140) (ill. Pl. 6) [Ashton, Richard & Arnold-Peter Weiss, "The Post-Plinthophoric Silver Drachms of Rhodes" in Numismatic Chronicle 1997 pp. 1-39 & pls. 1-16]; BMC 18 Caria 337-338 (same obverse die; ΚΡΙΤΟΚΛΗΣ on reverse) [Head, Barclay V., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Caria, Cos, Rhodes, etc. (London 1897)]; SNG Keckman 742 (same obverse die) [Westermark U. and Ashton R., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland, The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki, Part 1: Karia (Helsinki, 1994); SNG Lockett 2971 (same dies, ΚΡΙΤΟΚΛΗΣ on reverse) [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain III, R.C. Lockett Collection Part III (Macedonia - Aegina) (London 1942)] [see description & ill. of specimen at http://www.s391106508.websitehome.co.uk/PHP/SNG_PHP/04_03_Reply.php?Series=SNGuk&AccessionNo=0300_2971 ]; Sear Greek Coins II 5069 (ΚΡΙΤΟΚΛΗΣ on reverse; see p. 460) [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979)]. 19 mm, 4.13 g, 6 h. Purchased from Nomos AG, Zürich, Switzerland, Fixed Price List 15, 12 Jan. 2023, Lot 69 [picked up at NYINC 2023]; ex Nomos Obolos Auction 15, 24 May 2020, Lot 398; from Collection of Dr. Arnold-Peter Weiss (partner in Nomos AG).*** [Footnotes omitted.]

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Next, Helios on obverse, from Rhodes or elsewhere.

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Islands off Caria. Rhodos.
Peisikrates, magistrate, circa 205-188 BCE.
AR Drachm
Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right
Rev.: ΠEIΣIKPATHΣ above and P-O flanking rose with bud to right, to left, Athena standing right, holding shield and spear.
AR, 2.66 g
Ref.: SNG Keckman 579; HGC 6, 1453.

 

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3 hours ago, shanxi said:

Next: Athena, but not as the main character/depiction

 

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Ariarathes VII Philometor, posthum in the name and types of Antiochos VII Euergetes Sidetes
Tetradrachm of the Cappadocia / Seleucid Empire Period 107/100 BC
Material: Silver, Diameter: 29mm, Weight: 16.61g
Mint: Ariaratheia or Eusebia-Tyana, Reference: SC 2148
Obverse: Diademed bust of Antiochos VII to right.
Reverse: Athena Nikephoros standing left; monogram above A to outer left, O to inner left, Λ to inner right; all within laurel wreath. The Inscription reads: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYEPΓETOY.

 

Next: another ancient coin from Cappadocia.

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