Post it and pick it!

[DonnaML]

18 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Jovian Solidus, 363-364
Constantinople. Gold, 21mm, 4.51g. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; D N IOVIA-NVS P F PERP AVG. Roma, holding spear, seated facing and supporting shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines with Constantinopolis, holding sceptre and seated to left with foot on prow; SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE; CONSP in exergue (RIC VIII, 170). From the West Norfolk Hoard 2020 (also known as Grimston), Portable Antiquities Scheme: NMS-669388.

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So now we know that Jovian actually died of the bubonic plague?

Valens (younger brother of Valentinian I, reigned as Emperor in East AD 364-378), AV Solidus, Treveri (Trier) Mint, 1st Officina, issued 376 - mid-377 AD after death of Valentinian I [see Depeyrot pp. 77, 121]. Obv. Pearl-diademed (with double band of pearls held by single rosette gem at top), draped, and cuirassed bust right, DN VALENS – PF AVG / Rev. Valens & Gratian enthroned facing in single large throne, each with left leg uncovered and right hand on a globe between them; above and behind, Victory facing with wings spread; palm-branch on ground between them; VICTOR – IA AVGG around; in exergue, mintmark TROBC [TR = Treveri Mint; OB = “obryzum, which means refined or pure gold, and is the Greek numeral 72. Thus the . . . OB . . . may be read ‘1/72 pound pure gold’” (see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=CONOB); C = Capita, for 1st Officina (see Depeyrot p. 52)]. 19.5 mm., 4.42 g., 6 h.  Depeyrot, Trèves [Trier] 45/1 Valens at p. 121 (45th emission for city since AD 337) (26 examples of type from 1st Officina; 33 overall) [Depeyrot, George, Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]; RIC IX 39(d)1 at p. 21; Sear RCV V 19578 (obv. ill. p. 324). Purchased from CNG (Classical Numismatic Group, LLC) Electronic Auction 525, 20 Oct. 2022, Lot 1319; ex. “Conti Collection.”*

*This is my only example of a solidus bearing the reverse legend “VICTORIA AVGG” (“To the Victory of the Two Emperors,” see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=VICTORIA AVGG), depicting two reigning emperors enthroned together on the reverse. This type was “for more than a quarter of a century . . . the main gold currency of the western empire,” issued in the names of all the co-emperors during that period, beginning with Valentinian I and Valens in the 360s AD. See RIC IX p. 5 (introduction to Treveri Mint section.)

Despite relying on Depeyrot and correctly describing the obverse as depicting Valens with a pearl-diademed bust, CNG’s lot description for this coin was erroneous in several respects. Thus, CNG identified the coin as Depeyrot 43/2 rather than the correct 45/1, even though the obverse of 43/2 is identified in Depeyrot (see p. 119) with a code signifying a rosette-diademed bust rather than the code for a pearl diadem, used for 45/1 (see p. 121). As a result of this relatively minor error, and because 43/2 was issued before the death of Valentinian I, CNG incorrectly dates the coin to the period from mid-373 to April 375 AD, and incorrectly identifies the two emperors on the reverse of the coin as Valentinian I and Valens, rather than Valens and Gratian.

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[Ryro]

Next: too slow Ryro, two emperors

Edited June 3, 2023 by Ryro

[Ryro]

... if no one else does, then with pleasure

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[Roman Collector]

Totally dope!!


Faustina II, 147-175 CE.
Roman AR denarius, 2.88 g, 17.4 mm, 6 h.
Rome, 162-164 CE.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right (Beckmann type 8 hairstyle).
Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter, peacock at feet.
Refs: RIC 694; BMCRE 118 n.; Cohen 141; RCV 5256; MIR 19-4/10a; CRE 194.

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[akeady]

This is my most recent silver coin acquisition:

Gens:	Claudia
Moneyer:	Appius Claudius Pulcher
Coin:	Silver Denarius - Helmeted head of Roma right - Incuse version of obverse
Mint:	Roma (112-111 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	3.90g / 19mm / 0h
References:	cf. Crawford 299/1a or /1b
Acquisition:	Naville Numismatics Online auction NN Live 80 #491 2-Apr-2023
Notes:	May 13, 23 - Obverse brockage

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[Roman Collector]

Brokage:

Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman Æ dupondius, 13.10 g, 24.8 mm, 12 h.
Rome, c. AD 161-165.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust, right, wearing stephane.
Rev: Brockage of obverse.

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[John Conduitt]

Brockage of a Licinia 7 Denarius, 113-112BC

Rome. Silver, 3.25g. Publius Licinius Nerva. Helmeted bust of Roma left, holding shield in left hand and spear over shoulder in right; * in left field, crescent above helmet, ROMA in right field. Original reverse: Voting scene: three citizens in the comitium; one of them placing ballot in cista. In middle field above, a tabella inscribed P; below, P·NERVA (Babelon Licinia 7). Found near Peterborough.

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[expat]

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[Alwin]

THRACE - Chersonesos (386-338 B.C.)
Hemidrachm
2.37 g - 12 mm
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted.
Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters, pellet and wreath in opposite sunken quarters.
McClean 4076-77

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[Roman Collector]

Greek Ionia, Miletos.
AE Hemiobol, 3.35 g, 18.3 mm, 12 h.
Aeschylinos, magistrate, ca. 200 BC.
Obv: Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding small stag and bow; monogram below.
Rev: Lion seated right with head turned to left, star above, monogram right, ΑIΣXΥΛΙΝΟΥ in exergue.
Refs: Deppert 941-56 var; Marcellesi 56.

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[DonnaML]

Macedon, Alexander III (under  Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field,  AΛEΞANΔPOY. Price 2121 [Price, M., The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (London, 1991)]; Pella database at http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en; Müller 847 [Müller, L., Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, 21 Feb. 1986. 

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[Prieure de Sion]

Link: 

31 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

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Ptolemaios I Soter, as Satrap (323-305 BC)
In the name and types of Alexander III; Tetradrachm of the Ptolemaic Kingdom 316/315 BC (Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos); Material: Silver; Diameter: 27mm; Weight: 17.10g; Mint: Sidon, Phoenicia; Reference: Price 3504, Newell Dated 50 (unlisted dies), Rouvier 1150, DCA 877; Provenance: Superior Galleries Numismatics New York; Obverse: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; Reverse: Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; Σ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. The Inscription reads: AΛEΞANΔPOY for Alexandrou (Alexander III the Great).

 

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[akeady]

Here are Roma and Victory...

Gens:	Poblicia
Moneyer:	C. Publius Malleolus
Coin:	Silver Denarius - Laureate head of Apollo right C·MALL - Roma seated left on shields, holding sceptre, crowned by Victory standing behind her
Exergue:	ROMA
Mint:	Rome (96 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	3.91g / 19mm / -
References:	RSC 4 (Poblicia) Sydenham 614 Crawford 335/2
Provenances:	"From a European Collection"
Acquisition:	Naville Numismatics Online auction NN Live 66 #316 27-Jun-2021

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[Prieure de Sion]

 

52 minutes ago, akeady said:

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Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Reign: Commodus
Mint: Alexandria, Troas
Date: 180/191 AD
Nominal: Bronze
Material: AE
Diameter: 23mm
Weight: 6.33g

Reference: Yothr CRP.28.2a
Reference: RPC IV.2 3172
RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3172
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?]
Translation: 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
Translation: Colonia Augusta Troad (Troas)

Comment: Alexandria Troas is an ancient city in the Asia Minor landscape of Troas, which today belongs to the Turkish province of Çanakkale. It is located about 30 km south of Troy in the district of Ezine on the Aegean coast. The city was founded shortly after 310 BC by Antigonos I Monophthalmos and named Antigonia, but was renamed Alexandria Troas by Lysimachus as early as 301/300 BC. The decisive factor was a distinction by name from Alexandria ad Issum (today İskenderun) and Alexandria. It is not clear whether this Hellenistic foundation was a new foundation or the renaming of an older settlement. However, the city only experienced its heyday in Roman times, as documented by written sources and buildings. Constantine the Great considered making it the capital of the Roman Empire, but chose Byzantium. Alexandria Troas also played a role in the spread of early Christianity. On three journeys, Paul visited Alexandria Troas. In his second letter to the Corinthians he refers to Troas by name (2 Cor 2:12-13 EU). Likewise, Ignatius of Antioch stayed in Alexandria Troas on his extradition journey to Rome, where he wrote three of the Epistles of Ignatius named after him. In 2003, a team of archaeologists from the Asia Minor Research Centre of the University of Münster, led by Elmar Schwertheim, found a stone slab in the city with a 90-line inscription from the time of Hadrian. It contains three letters from the emperor to the supra-regional association of competitors with regulations for various agons, specifying among other things the distribution of prize money to the winners as well as sanctions against those responsible for violations.

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

 

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Edited June 3, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[Ryro]

next: Silenos

[DonnaML]

> 6 hours, so I'll go with a coin that may depict Silenus:

Roman Republic/Imperatorial Period, C. Vibius Varus, AR Denarius, 42 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Bacchus (or Liber)* right, wearing earring and wreath of ivy and grapes / Rev. Spotted panther [leopard]** springing left towards garlanded altar on top of which lies a bearded mask of Silenus or Pan,*** and against which leans a thyrsus with fillet (ribbon); C • VIBIVS in exergue, VARVS upwards to right. Crawford 494/36, RSC I Vibia 24, Sear RCV I 496, Sear Roman Imperators 192 (ill. p. 116), Sydenham 1138, BMCRR 4295. 17 mm., 3.60 g. Purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Nov. 2020; ex Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 83, May 20, 2015, Lot 83; ex Frank Sternberg Auction 17, Zurich, May 1986, Lot 519. [First two fns. omitted as not relevant to Silenus vs. Pan issue.]

***The mask has more frequently been identified with Pan than with Silenus, but because the moneyer’s branch of the gens Vibia lacks the cognomen “Pansa” (a reason for the appearance of Pan on the coins of moneyers with that cognomen, as a pun), Silenus appears to be a more likely identification, given the association of Silenus with Bacchus. See Jones, John Melville, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (Seaby, London, 1990) at p, 289, identifying Silenus as “[a]n elderly attendant of Bacchus.” See also id. at p. 234 (entry for “Pan”), noting that “[a] bearded head which appears on [the obverse of] a silver sestertius of T. Carisius [46 BC), with a reverse type of a panther bearing a thyrsus, has been identified as Pan but is more likely to be a Silenus, matching the Bacchic reverse type.”

Next, panther (a/k/a leopard), preferably with spots. But one with no spots is fine too!

Edited June 6, 2023 by DonnaML

[Roman Collector]

Here's a panther. It's hard to say whether or not spots are depicted.

Gallienus, 253-268 AD.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.65 g, 20.1 mm, 5 h.
Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, panther walking left, B in exergue.
Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112.

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[Ryro]

next: mythological creature

[Prieure de Sion]

9 hours ago, Ryro said:

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Quintius Titius
Denarius of the Roman Republic Period 90 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.65g; Mint: Rome; Reference:; Crawford RRC 341/1; Provenance: Ex Stacks & Bowers Numismatics USA; Provenance: From the Martineit Family Collection of Ancient and World Coins; Obverse: Bearded head of Mutinus Titinus right, wearing winged diadem. Line border; Reverse: Pegasus, right; below, in linear frame, inscription. Line border. The Inscription reads: Q TITI for Quintius Titius.

 

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[John Conduitt]

Technically, from the time of Hannibal.

Ban Liang from the time of Qin Shi Huangdi, 1st Emperor of China, 221-210BC

China. Bronze, 33mm, 9.40g. Ban / Liang (Half an ounce); square hole, no rims. Uniface (Hartill 7.7).

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[Ryro]

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[John Conduitt]

I get to post this again. My only byzantine.

Justinian Half Follis, 541-542

Nicomedia. Bronze, 29mm, 11.00g. Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and shield with his left; D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVI. A/N/N/O to left, XЧ (regnal year 15) to right, Large K; above, Christogram; below, mintmark NI (BCV 203).

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[Edessa]

Don't really collect "modern" coins but I thought this was interesting for the obvious reasons.

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[John Conduitt]

This doesn't even fit in a capsule.

Akragas Trias, 440-430BC

Sicily. Cast bronze, 17.5mm, 15.33g. Eagle standing left. Crab. Four pellets (mark of value) on base (CNS I, 1).

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[expat]

Not something I would look for, but was in with a LRB lot

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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