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[Roman Collector]

Is this one worn enough??

Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.05 g, 31.7 mm, 6 h.
Rome, mid AD 152-Autumn 154.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann type 2 hairstyle).
Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter.
Refs: RIC 1387(3); BMCRE 2185-86; Cohen 252; RCV 4719; Strack 1322.

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[Nerosmyfavorite68]

L. Rubrius Dossenus Denarius RCV 258

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[Ryro]

next: extravagant hair

[Roman Collector]

It's hard to get more extravagant hair than Faustina II.

Faustina II, 147-175 CE.
Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.17 g, 25.4 mm, 5 h.
Rome, 153-154 CE.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann Type 2 coiffure).
Rev: S C, Diana standing left, holding arrow and resting hand on bow set on ground.
Refs: RIC 1505a; BMCRE 2191-92; Cohen 207; Strack 1325; RCV 4733.

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[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

 

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[Ryro]

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[shanxi]

Cyprus, Salamis.
Circa 331-310 BC. Æ Half Unit
Obv.: Macedonian shield decorated with gorngoneion on the boss
Rev.: Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left.
Ref.: Price 3158.
AE, 3.09g, 15.9mm

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[Ryro]

MYSIA, SYRIA or CYPRUS (Bronze, 13.24, 27mm) Ephesus, Pergamum, Antioch or Paphos(?) Augustus. 27 (BC-AD 14) AE dupondius, struck ca. 25 BC

Obv: AVGVSTVS - name clockwise behind bare head of Augustus right, all within dotted border

Rev: large CA within rostral wreath (ships' beaks and laurel-branches) between dotted inner and outer borders; between wreath ties, a large pellet.

RPC 2234; BMC 721; Howgego 2b

 

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[Qcumbor]

50 minutes ago, Ryro said:

Next: provincial Augustus

Augustus and Rhoemetalkes, Bronze - Semi autonomous coinage of Thracia, c11BC-12AD
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Head of Augustus right
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ, Jugate heads of Rhoemetalkes and his wife Pythodoris right
9.82 gr
Ref : RPC vol I #1711, Sear #5396

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[Ryro]

next: person on Roman coin that isn't Augustus nor family

[shanxi]

Vaballathus, not yet Ausgustus, and not family

 

Aurelianus + Vabalathus
Antoninian Antiochia
Obv.: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust right., Δ below
Rs.: VABALATHVS VCRIMDR, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
AE, 4.60g, 20.5mm
Ref.: Kamp. 109.3, RIC 381

 

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[Prieure de Sion]

6 hours ago, shanxi said:

Next: Palmyra

6h rule...

 

Lucius Domitius Aurelianus and Lucius Iulius Aurelius Septimius Vabalathus Athenodorus
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 270/275 AD; Material: BI; Diameter: 21mm; Weight: 4.10g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: RIC V Aurelian 381

Obverse: Bust of Aurelian, radiate, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG for Imperator, Caesar, Aurelianus Augustus; Reverse: Bust of Vabalathus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: VABALATHVS VCRIMDR for Vabalathus Vir Clarissimus Rex Imperator Dux Romanorum (Vabalathus, most illustrious (senatorial rank), king, Imperator, duke of Rome).

 

Nest: another coin from Aurelian...

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

AE Reduced Sestertius

Attribution: RIC Vi 80 S
Date: 270-275 AD
Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: CONCOR-DI-A AVG, Emperor and empress clasping hands, in field above them radiate bust of Sol right
Size: 25.98 mm
Weight: 7.9 grams

From 2009.  Wow, I guess it's been that long since I've bought a non-Vabalathus Aurelian, not counting uncleaneds.

Next: Alexandria Vabalathus.  These are my favorite of the Alexandrian late Tets.  Vabalathus looks like he's wearing an 18th c. powdered wig.

[Ryro]

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Next: Sicily

[DonnaML]

Close enough, I think (or, alternatively, the 6-hour rule):

Roman Republic, Mn. Aquillius Mn.f. Mn.n. [Manius Aquillius, son of Manius and grandson of Manius], AR Serrate Denarius, 71 BCE [Harlan: 67 BCE], Rome Mint. Obv. Helmeted and draped bust of Virtus right; III VIR downwards behind, VIRTVS upwards in front / Rev. Manius Aquillius [the moneyer’s grandfather, Consul 101 BCE] standing facing, head right, bearing shield on his left side, raising with his right hand a prostrate Sicilia [personification of Sicily], kneeling left at his feet; MN. AQVIL. upwards to right, MN. F. MN. N. [each MN in monogram] downwards to left; SICIL in exergue. Crawford 401/1, RSC I Aquillia 2 (ill.), Sear RCV I 336 (ill.), Sydenham 798, Harlan RRM I Ch. 31, pp. 183-188 [Harlan, Michael, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)]. 18x20 mm., 3.76 g.*

*See Sear RCV I at p. 135, noting that this coin has the “first appearance on the coinage of the triumviral title of a moneyer (III VIR = tresvir).”  This is also one of only two Republican coins to depict Virtus on the obverse. The reverse design on the coin commemorates the moneyer’s grandfather, Manius Aquillius (identified in the legend), and his successful suppression in 101 BCE of a slave revolt in Sicily that had begun in 104 BCE. Sicily is portrayed as an under-nourished, helpless girl shielded and uplifted by Mn Aquillius and the military might of Rome. See Harlan at pp. 183-188. Harlan notes that although the moneyer’s grandfather was awarded an ovation in 100 BCE after his victory (a lesser form of triumph, awarded for defeating slaves, pirates, etc.), he was later charged with having engaged in extortion and bribe-taking in Sicily (although he was acquitted because of his bravery in the war), and ultimately, while serving as ambassador on a mission to Asia, was defeated and captured by Mithridates VI of Pontus, who ordered his execution in 88 BCE by the method of having molten gold poured down his throat.  In issuing this coin, the moneyer obviously chose to focus on his grandfather’s earlier successes in Sicily rather than his unfortunate end, perhaps (according to Harlan) trying to equate his grandfather’s successes with the recent suppression of the Spartacus slave revolt -- ironically enough by Crassus, given his supposed execution by the Parthians after Carrhae by exactly the same method.
 

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[Roman Collector]

Here you go, @DonnaML!

Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.36 g, 29.5 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 173.
Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.
Rev: RESTITVTORI ITALIAE IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Italia kneeling right before him, holding globe in left hand; SC in exergue.
Refs: RIC 1077; BMCRE 1449-1450; Cohen 538; RCV 4997; MIR 259.

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[shanxi]

Marcus Aurelius
Lydia, Maionia
AD 161-180
Obv.: M AVPЄΛIOC HPOC KAI, head right.
Rev.: : MAIO NΩN, statue of Artemis Ephesia
AE, 3.5g, 17.5mm
Ref.: BMC 39

 

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[Edessa]

Roman Asia Minor, Lydia, Sardes. Hadrian, AD 117-138. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (28mm, 10.57g, 7h). Sardes mint. Struck after AD 128. Obv: HADRIANVS-AVGVSTVS P P; Bare head of Hadrian right. Rev: COS-III; Cult statue of Kore facing, robe falling to feet and veil draped over wrists; corn ears at left, corn ear and poppy to right. Ref: RIC II 510; Metcalf Type 47 (16 examples); RPC II 1386. NGC Choice Fine 5/5-3/5 overstruck on a Marc Antony and Octavia issue of Ephesus with III•VIR. Remnants of the snakes showing in the reverse field and some evidence of letters below portrait. Ex Heritage Weekly Auction 25 July 2019, Lot 64089. 

Next: Another Cistophoric Tetradrachm.

[Prieure de Sion]

1 hour ago, Edessa said:

Next: Another Cistophoric Tetradrachm.

 

Titus Flavius Domitianus as Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus
Cistophoric of the Roman Imperial Period 82 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 26mm; Weight: 10.52g; Mint: Uncertain mint Asia (Ephesus ?) or Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 843, RPC II 865; Provenance: Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich Numismatique Genf, Switzerland; Provenance: From the J. M. A. L. collection formed between 1970 and 2000

Obverse: Head of Domitian, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII for Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Consul Octavum (Imperator, Caesar, Domitian, Augustus, high priest, consul for the eighth time); Reverse: Aquila between two standards; one decorated with banner, the other decorated with hand.

 

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[Ryro]

next: Elephant

[akeady]

A modern elephant - recreation of a coin of Hannibal from Spain.

Country:	Spain
Coin:	2011 10 Euro ESPANA 2011 10 EURO - Laureate head of Melqart with features of Hannibal left - Elephant walking right
Shape:	Round.
Mint:	Madrid (10,000)
Wt./Size/Axis:	27.00g / 33.0mm / 0h
Acquisition:	Real Casa de la Moneda Madrid 20-Sep-2012
Notes:	Nov 15, 12 - Reproduction of Hispano-Punic coin of Hannibal

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[Qcumbor]

1 hour ago, akeady said:

Next - something else minted in Spain

Castulo, Spain, AE As - 2nd century BC -
Virile head right, a hand before
Sphinx walking right. Iberian for KASTILO at exergue
15.9 gr
Ref : Sear GIC #15, Catalogue 38 and 39 CNH (CORPVS NVMMUM HISPANIAE, L. Villaronga)

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[jdmKY]

T Carisius, 45 BC

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[Qcumbor]

3 minutes ago, jdmKY said:

NEXT: Another mythical creature

 

Amisos, AE23 -

Head of Perseus right wearing phrygian helmet
AMISOS, Pegasus left, drinking
12.12 gr, 23 mm
Ref : Sear #3639

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[expat]

Amisos, Pontos. AE20. Time of Mithradates VI. Ca 120-63 BC. AE 19mm. Helmeted head of Ares right / AMI-ΣOY across fields, sword in sheath, star in crescent at upper left, IB at upper right, ΦΠA monogram at lower left, no monogram at lower right.
19mm, 7.68g
Malloy 32a. Not in SNG BMC Black Sea

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