Post it and pick it!

[JayAg47]

Definitely this one!

Next- horrible seller's pic

[Curtisimo]

An FSR photo should fit the bill.

Next: Your favorite Hercules coin.

 

[Qcumbor]

35 minutes ago, Curtisimo said:

Next: Your favorite Hercules coin.

That's an easy one, and as a plus, one that @Curtisimo loves, AFAIK

 

Next : Remus and Romulus

Q

[expat]

NEXT: Diana

[Roman Collector]

"Happy Diana"!

Gallienus, 153-268 CE.
Roman billon antoninianus.
Mediolanum, 264-265 CE.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, Narrow radiate head right, both ribbons behind.
Rev: DIANA FELIX, Diana standing right, holding spear and bow; at foot, hound.
Refs: RIC 473K; Göbl 1146m(2): Cohen/RSC 173; RCV 10197; Hunter pl. lxvi.

Next: Mortal or god described as "felix."

[Qcumbor]

1 hour ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Mortal or god described as "felix."

Julia Domna, Denarius - Rome mint, 215 CE
IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust of Julia Domna right
LVNA LVCIFERA, Luna in biga of horses left, a crescent above her head and drapery billowing in semi circle behind
2.95 gr, 19-20 mm
Ref : RCV # 7101, Cohen # 105 , RIC IV, I # 379c, Hill # 1477
Ex A. Lynn Collection ; Manhattan sale I #358
Ex Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 6 # 538.

Next : biga on an imperial coin (no RR or imperatorial please)

Q

[DonnaML]

Six hours. The only Imperial coin I have depicting a biga is the same Julia Domna/Luna Lucifera type that @Qcumbor posted. But, especially since he didn't specifically exclude Roman Provincials from his request, I'll post this instead -- my one Roman Provincial with a biga:

Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 21 (AD 136/137), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust left, slight drapery on far shoulder, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Triptolemus standing right, wearing chlamys, in biga drawn by two winged serpents crowned with pschents/skhents [the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt], his left hand holding up front of chlamys to form a pouch filled with seeds, and his right hand raised to scatter the seeds, L KA (Year 21) above serpents to right. RPC Vol. III 6135 (2015) & RPC III Online 6135 at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6135 (date placement var.; no example with this coin’s date placement in RPC or found in acsearch); Milne 1531 (same date placement, “above to right,” as this coin); SNG France 4, Alexandrie II 2007 (ill. Pl. an 21/1) (date placement var.); Emmett 900.21; K&G 32.723; Dattari (Savio) 1485 (obv. bust var. [right], date placement var., same specimen as Staffieri 90 [Triton XXI, 9 Jan 2018], ill. p. 52); BMC 16 Alexandria 582 (ill. Pl. II) (obv. bust var. [right], date placement var.); Sear RCV II 3746 (obv. bust var. [right], date placement var.). 23 mm., 12.90 g., 11 h. Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, LLC [CNG] Electronic Auction 531, 25 Jan 2023, Lot 710.*

*See https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Triptolemus: “Triptolemus was a demi-god of the Eleusinian mysteries who presided over the sowing of grain-seed and the milling of wheat. His name means "He who Pounds the Husks."  In myth, Triptolemos was one of the Eleusinian princes who kindly received Demeter [Ceres] when she came mourning the loss of her daughter Persephone [Proserpina]. The young goddess was eventually returned to her from the Underworld, and Demeter in her munificence, instructed Triptolemos in the art of agriculture, and gave him a winged chariot drawn by serpents so that he might travel the world spreading her gift. 
Source: http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/EleusiniosTriptolemos.html.”

Next, another Roman Alexandrian coin depicting a snake or snakes.
 

[DonnaML]

It's been way more than 6 hours, so I'll try something different: 

Roman Republic, L. Procilius L.f., AR Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Jupiter R., S C behind/ Rev. Juno Sospita advancing R., wearing Etruscan shoes turned up at the toe, holding figure-eight shield [prob. an allusion to the mythological Shield of the Salii priests, or ancilia] in left hand and hurling spear with right hand; snake before; behind, L. PROCILI/F downwards.  RSC I Procilia 1 (ill.), Crawford 379/1, Sydenham 771, Sear RCV I 306 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 4 at pp. 19-22 [Michael Harlan, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)], BMCRR I Rome 3147. 19.5 mm., 3.6 g. (Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., NYINC Jan. 2020.)* 

*See Crawford at p.396, stating that the moneyer, Lucius Procilius son of Lucius, “is presumably to be identified with the Senator attested in 56 [citing Cicero] and with the man later condemned for misconduct in that year [also citing Cicero].” The reverse type “doubtless portrays the cult statue of Juno Sospita” (id., citing Cicero, De Natura Deorum 1.82), and her presence on the coin “reveals the moneyer’s Lanuvine origin” (id.). The serpent does so as well; its presence “alludes to a sacred ritual performed at Lanuvium.” Harlan, RRM 1, Ch. 4 at p. 20.

Next, a snake/serpent on any kind of ancient coin.

[KenDorney]

Septimius Severus, 193 - 211 AD
Æ21, 5.88 grams, Bithynia, Tium Mint
Obverse:  Laureate head of Septimius right.

Reverse:  TIANΩN, Snake coiled atop garlanded altar.

References:
Imhoof-Blumer pp. 36

Perhaps three known.
 

Next up, any platform scene.

[Curtisimo]

6 hour rule. This is a pons not a platform but it’s close.

Next: Fine style Roma

[akeady]

We're over 6 hours anyway, so this Roma will have to do!

Moneyer:	C. Servilius Vatia
Coin:	Silver Denarius ROMA - Helmeted head of Roma right; below chin, *; behind, lituus - Battle on horseback between two warriors; horseman's shield on right inscribed M
Exergue:	C·SERVEIL
Mint:	Rome (127 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis:	3.96g / 18mm / -
References:	RSC 6 (Servilia) Sydenham 483 Crawford 264/1 BMCRR Rome 1166 RBW 1069
Provenances:	"From a European Collection"
Acquisition:	Naville Numismatics Online auction NN Live 61 #289 8-Nov-2020

Next - lituus

[Roman Collector]

Nerva, AD 96-98.
Roman AR denarius, 3.37 g, 16.6 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 97.
Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT, laureate head, right.
Rev: COS III PATER PATRIAE, Priestly implements (simpulum, aspergillum, jug, lituus).
Refs: RIC 24, BMCRE 33-35; Cohen 48; RCV 3023; CBN 24.

Next: Nerva.

[Curtisimo]

Nerva

Next: Salus

[Prieure de Sion]

7 hours ago, Curtisimo said:

Next: Salus

 

Titus Flavius Domitianus as Caesar
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 79 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.43g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 1084; Provenance: Ex Leu Numismatic Winterthur, Switzerland; Obverse: Head of Domitian, laureate, right. The Inscripotion reads: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI for Caesar Augustus Filius Domitianus Consul VI (Caesar, son of the emperor, Domitianus, Consul for the sixth time); Reverse: Salus standing right with her legs crossed, resting her left arm on column, holding serpent in her right hand and patera in her left. The Inscription reads: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS for Principes Iuventutis (Prince of the youth).

 

Next: A coin with two holes made by human hands.

[expat]

1/4 Anna 1835

Either made to be a button, or a game for children involving a string and stick.

NEXT: Shield

[DonnaML]

Boeotia (Boeotian League, including Thebes), AR Stater 379-338 BC. Obv. Boeotian shield / Rev. Amphora, ΔΑ-IM (Daim-, magistrate [=Daimachus?]) across fields. BCD Boiotia 523 [Classical Numismatic Group, The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia, Triton IX Auction, Session 1, Lot 523 (not this coin) (10 Jan. 2006, New York)]; Hepworth 18 [Hepworth, R., "The 4th Century BC Magistrate Coinage of the Boiotian Confederacy" in NK 17 (Hungarian Numismatic Society, Numismatic Gazette (Budapest)) (1998)]; BMC 8 Central Greece 126 (at p. 81) [Head, B., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boeotia, and Euboea) (London, 1884)]; Head, Boeotia p. 64 [Head, B.V., On the chronological sequence of the coins of Boeotia (London, 1881)]; SNG Copenhagen 323 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum (Copenhagen, 1942-1979)]. 18.5 mm., 12.19 g. [Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 214th Buy or Bid Sale, Dec. 2020, Lot 59.]
Link to Vimeo video of this coin: https://vimeo.com/487429280.

Next, another coin depicting an amphora (or other form of ancient vase).
 

 

[Captch]

7 hours ago, DonnaML said:

another coin depicting an amphora

Myrina (Aeolis) AE unit, 2nd-1st C. BCE.

Laureate head of Apollo, facing right.

Amphora center, lyre in right field. MY-PI at base of amphora.

3.393 gr, 16.7 mm, 12h.

SNG Copenhagen part 21 #224 & 225 (plate 5)

Next: the coin in your collection minted closest to your hometown.

Edited June 16, 2023 by Captch

[expat]

I live in SE Spain and the  closest I can get is from a travelling mint during the Sertorian War from Huesca, the capital of Aragon now, bordering the Pyreneese mountains in the North East, where much of the action took place.

NEXT: Any coin from Imperatorial Rome

[John Conduitt]

Mark Antony Legionary Denarius, 32-31BC

Travelling mint. Silver, 16mm, 3.0g. Galley, ANT AVG above, III VIR RPC below. Aquila between two standards, LEG (Legion number) (RSC 27). From the Westbury Sub Mendip (Somerset) Hoard 2016.

Next: galley

[Alwin]

C. FONTEIUS (114-113 B.C.)
Denarius
S 167 - Cr 290/1
Laureate, janiform heads of the Dioscuri, I to left and mark of value to right
Galley left with three rowers, gubernator at stern; C•FONT above, ROMA below

Next: Janus

[John Conduitt]

Roman Republic A. Caecilius As, 169-158BC

Rome. Bronze, 31-33mm, 28g. Laureate 2-faced Janus, I (value) above. Prow of galley right, I before, A CÆ above, (ROMA below) (Syd 355; Cr174/1). Purportedly found on farmland in East Anglia in 1948.

Next: two heads

[Prieure de Sion]

1 hour ago, Alwin said:

C. FONTEIUS (114-113 B.C.)
Denarius
S 167 - Cr 290/1
Laureate, janiform heads of the Dioscuri, I to left and mark of value to right
Galley left with three rowers, gubernator at stern; C•FONT above, ROMA below

Next: Janus

That’s a nice example oft this type ❤️

[DonnaML]

Here are two separate heads, since you didn't specify that they need to be attached to each other:

Elagabalus and Julia Maesa [his grandmother], AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 218-222 AD, Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior [now Devnya, Bulgaria] (Iulius Antonius Seleucus, Consular Legate). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, facing draped bust of Julia Maesa left, wearing stephane, AVT K M AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ IOYΛIA MAICA AVΓ / Rev. Hera standing, head left, holding patera downwards in right hand and staff in left hand, VΠ IOVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩ, E [mark of value for “5”] in right field. Moushmov 688 [see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/moushmov/markianopolis.html for English translation of H. Moushmov, Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula (1912)]; Varbanov I 1651 [[Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; AMNG I/I 944 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at p. 272] [available at https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/271/mode/1up]; H&J 6.28.1.2.  26 mm., 9.45 g.

Next, another Roman Provincial coin from Moesia Inferior.

[Ryro]

MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus (193-211). Ae.

Obv: AV [...]Π CEVHPOC.

Laureate head right.

Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC.

Ithyphallic Priapus standing left, revealing himself. Cf. Varbanov 2366.

Condition: Near very fine

Weight: 2.74 g.

Diameter: 19

 next:Priapus 

[DonnaML]

6 hours.

Sorry, no Priapus. But for a contrast, here's the Genius of the Roman People with his very little weenie on display:

Diocletian, silvered AE Follis, 294-295 AD, Nicomedia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG/ Rev. Genius standing left, pouring out patera & holding cornucopiae, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, mintmark SMN (Nicomedia). RIC VI 27a p. 556), Sear RCV IV 12788, ERIC II 539, Cohen 106.  27.8 mm., 8.6 g.

Next, Diocletian.

Edited June 17, 2023 by DonnaML