akeady Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 Forked beard... Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) Coin: Brass Sestertius DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS - Bare head right CONSECRATIO - Eagle standing right on garlanded altar Exergue: http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/symbols/imperial/symbol18.gif http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/symbols/imperial/symbol3.gif http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/spacer.gif Mint: Rome (180 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 24.63g / 31mm / 6h References: RIC 657 (Commodus) Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online Auction E-Sale 11 #252 23-Aug-2014 Next - eagle 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 13, 2023 Roman Empire270 to 275 ADIssued under Claudius II, DivusAE antoninianus | 2.59 grams | 17mm wide Obv: DIVO CLAVDIO, Radiate bust rightRev: CONSECRATIO, Eagle facing forward with head right Next: more third century coinage 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 One of my more recent purchases. Next: more captives under trophies. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 13, 2023 · Patron Share Posted May 13, 2023 Aurelian, AD 270-275. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.82 g, 22.1 mm, 5 h. Cyzicus, early – summer 272. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: VICTORIA AVG, Trophy of arms (helmet l.); on each side, a bound and seated captive in oriental dress; C* in exergue. Refs: RIC 354; MER/RIC temp 2948; CBN 1156; RCV 11621; MIR 321. Next: Pre-reform Aurelian. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 14, 2023 6 hours Northern Song Dynasty of China1068 to 1077 ADAE cash | 3.05 grams | 25.1mm wide | 1.0mm thick Obv: Xi Ning Yuan BaoRev: Nailmark aboveRef: Hartill #16.171, Gorny NS#24a.03, Z#312626 Next: more green patina 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted May 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2023 Green patina and ancient Chinese! Next: more Chinese cash coins B.C. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted May 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) Chinese Cash. Ex Sallent and Ex AMCC Qin to Western Han AE Ban Liang, cast ca. 220-180 BC Next: A coin bought from a AMCC auction Edited May 14, 2023 by Curtisimo 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 14, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 T. Quinctius Flamininus, 126 BCE, AR denarius. Rome, 3.91g, 18mm. Obv: Helmeted bust of Roma right; flamen's cap behind; XVI ligate below chin Rev: The Dioscuri riding right, each holding a couched lance, stars above; Macedonian shield between T-Q below; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 267/1 The key feature of the type – the Macedonian shield on the reverse – is very clear on this example. Issued by a descendant of the more famous Flamininus, a philhellene who prosecuted the second Macedonian War against Philip V and proclaimed freedom for Greece. Purchased from AMCC 2 Next: Dioscuri 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted May 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 14, 2023 31 minutes ago, Ryro said: Next: Dioscuri Publius Aelius Paetus Denarius of the Roman Republican Period 138 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.85g; Mint: Rome; Reference:; Crawford RRC 233/1; Provenance: Soler y Llach Numismatica, Barcelona, Spain; Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, right. Border of dots; Reverse: Dioscuri galloping right. Line border. The Inscription reads: P PAETVS ROMA for Publius Paetus, Roma. Next: a bronze mint of the Roman Republic 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted May 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 14, 2023 M. Atillius Saranus - 148 BC Rome - AE As 34mm, 35.15g 12h gf dark patina Craw 214-2a ex LAC Next: coin of the Roman republic, from the period 80-50 B.C. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted May 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) From the time of Sulla Obverse: Bearded male head right. Iberian sign BON behind Reverse: Helmeted rider with lance in right hand, galloping to the right. Below on line, Iberian inscription BOLSKAN. AR, 3.44gr. 22mm (VG +). Jenkis Palenzuela type. Huesca province, Spain. ACIP. 1423. The "Palenzuela" type coins correspond to the Sertorian war of the years 80-72 BC NEXT: Sphynx, Egyptian version Edited May 14, 2023 by expat 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted May 14, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 14, 2023 Well, here's a coin minted in Egypt with a sphinx, even though it's actually a Greek-type sphinx (i.e., with a human head): Hadrian, AE Drachm, Year 18 (133/134 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right wearing cloak (paladumentum) and cuirass, seen from behind, AVT KAIC TPAIAN - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Sphinx with female human head and body of lioness, seated left, crowned with kalathos, wearing long drop earrings, wings curled upwards, tail erect, right forepaw resting on wheel, LI - H (Year 18) across fields. RPC III Online 5915 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5915 ), Emmett 1053.18, Milne 1427 at p. 34, BMC 16 Alexandria 848 at p. 99, K&G 32.603 (ill. p. 145), Dattari (Savio) 1996, Köln (Geissen) 1134 (same obverse die). Ex. Economopoulos Numismatics, Holicong PA, Oct. 2021 (Nick Economopoulos, formerly of Pegasi Numismatics); ex. CNG (Classical Numismatic Group), Mail Bid Sale 58, Lot 976, Sep. 19, 2001 (ill. at Catalog p. 108). 33 mm., 26.23 g. Next, sphinx on coin not minted in Egypt. 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, DonnaML said: Next, sphinx on coin not minted in Egypt 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) Next : Spain Q 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcuda Posted May 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 14, 2023 As requested all from Spain Next more Spain. 12 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted May 14, 2023 · Supporter Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 Next: more from Spain 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcuda Posted May 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 14, 2023 More Spain 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 14, 2023 Next: more Spain or Spanish related 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted May 14, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2023 Ferdinand V and Isabella I Blanca, 1497-1566Casa Vieja de Segovia. Billon, 18mm, 0.84g. Crowned Y monogram of Isabella I of Castile; pellet in left field, A in right field, castle below Y; + REX : ET : REGINA : CAST : LEGI (King and queen of Castile and Leon and Aragon and Sicily and Granada). Crowned F monogram of Ferdinand V of Aragon; pellets in left and right fields and below F; + FERNANDVS · ET · ELISABET · (Calico e Trigo 625). Found Digby, Lincolnshire, England. Next: Spanish Empire 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted May 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 15, 2023 Next: more countermarked coinage 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 15, 2023 · Patron Share Posted May 15, 2023 Severus Alexander, 222-235 CE. Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g. Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon. Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse. Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670. Next: Confronted busts 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted May 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 15, 2023 5 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Confronted busts Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus minor), son of TiberiusSestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 22/23 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 27.24g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 42; Provenance: from the famous Lottie and Mark Salton Collection incl. original Collectors Ticket; Provenance: Ex Auction M. Etienne Bourgey, Paris 1923, No. 69; Provenance: Ex Auction Ars Classica 12, Luzern 1926, No. 2747 Obverse: Confronted heads of Drusus twin sons Tiberius Gemellus and Germanicus on crossed cornuacopiae, with caduceus between; Reverse: Legend surrounding large S C. The Inscription reads: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N PONT TR POT II for Drusus Caesar Tiberii Augusti Filius, Divi Augusti Nepos, Pontifex, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda (Drusus Caesar, son of Augustus Tiberius, grandson of the divine Augustus, [high] priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time). Next: a bronze coin from a Julian-Claudian Woman... 12 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted May 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Next: a bronze coin from a Julian-Claudian Woman... Antonia, As - Restitution of Claudius ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bust of Antonia right TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP, Claudius standing left, holding simpulum. SC in field 11,37 gr Ref : RCV #1902, Cohen #6 Next : Claudius Q 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted May 15, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 15, 2023 Sear 1846. Next any denomination Agrippina. 12 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted May 15, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 15, 2023 How about Agrippina Jr.? Alexandria AE24 Diobol. Agrippina Jr/Euthenia Agrippina Jr AE Diobol of Alexandria. AGPIPPINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right, wreathed with corn, hair bound in plait behind / Draped bust of Euthenia right, wreathed with corn, holding ears of corn, ЄYQH-NIA across fields, L-IB below. Next: Early pre 50AD provincial. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 16, 2023 · Patron Share Posted May 16, 2023 Augustus and Livia, issued under Tiberius, AD 14-29. Roman provincial Æ 31 mm, 21.48 g. Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29. Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus right; thunderbolt before, star above. Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, left; globe beneath, crescent above. Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35. Next: Livia. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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