Prieure de Sion Posted November 18 · Member Share Posted November 18 56 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Diana/Artemis Greek Ancient Coins; Mint: Massalia (modern-day Marseille), Gallia; Date: 70/50 BC; Nominal: Drachm; Material: Silver; Diameter: 15mm; Weight: 2.70g; Reference: Feugère-Py DRM 56-7; Obverse: Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; monogram before; Reverse: Lion walking right; Π in front; Inscription: MAΣΣA KΠA. Next: Ancient Greek coin from colonies (Gallia, Italy, Sicilia or Sardinia)... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 18 · Member Share Posted November 18 Syracuse, Fourth Democracy 289-288 BC AE Litra (21mm, 9.57g, 7h) O: Head of Artemis Soteira right, quiver over shoulder; ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ before. R: Winged thunderbolt; ΣΥΡΑΚ−ΟΣΙΩΝ above and below. HGC 2, 1461; Calciati 138; SNG ANS 749; Sear 1207v Scarce ex Roma Numismatics Next: Dionysus 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted November 18 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 18 next: Roman Republic 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 18 · Member Share Posted November 18 4 minutes ago, Ryro said: Roman Republic Gaius Julius Caesar; Reign: Roman Republic, Civil War; Mint: Military mint, uncertain, Utica in North Africa or Sicily; Date: 46 BC; Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.90g; Reference: Sydenham 1023; Reference: Babelon Julia 16; Reference: Crawford RRC 467/1a; Pedigree: Ex Niels Bro-Rasmussen Collection; Pedigree: Ex Geremia Bisceglia Collection; Obverse: Head of Ceres right, wreathed with corn ears; around inscription. Border of dots; Inscription: DICT ITER COS TERT; Translation: Dictator Iterum Consul Tertium; Translation: Dictator for the second time, Consul for the third time; Reverse: Emblems of the augurate and the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, jug and lituus; above and below, inscription; on right, letter D or M. Border of dots; Inscription: AVGVR PONT MAX D; Translation: Augurus Pontifex Maximus Donativum; Translation: Augur, Greatest Priest, Largesse issue. For this type, Crawford recorded an estimate of 123 right corners and 137 reverse corners for two varieties (M and D). This type was certainly struck after Caesar's victory over Cato of Utica's Pompeians at Thapsus in 46 BC. On the right, the legend indicates that Caesar is Dictator for the second time. On the other hand, the head of Ceres is often used to symbolize Africa and the grain wealth of the Province. On the reverse, the D in the right field, "donativum" translates to largesse. There is another reverse which differs only by the presence of the letter M, "munus" which means present and indicates the rewards that Caesar paid after his victory in Africa. The reverse also reminds us that Caesar became Pontifex Maximus (Great Pontiff), head of the Roman religion, as early as 63 BC. This office makes its holder sacred like that of tribune of the plebs. Next: a sceat / sceatta coin from England... 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted November 19 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 19 ANGLO-SAXON. Continental Sceattas. Circa AD 715/20-740. AR Sceatt. Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, sub-variety d. Mint in southern Frisia. Obv: 'Porcupine' right, three lines in body, two annulets to lower right. Rev: Standard with corrupted TOTII legend. EMC 2012.0213; M&OdV variety C, sub-variety d; Abramson 94-10; MEC 8 Series Eg; SCBC 790.Condition: Very fine, dark toning.Weight: 1,19g.Diameter: 11mm. Next: impressionistic art on an ancient 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 19 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 19 8 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: For this type, Crawford recorded an estimate of 123 right corners and 137 reverse corners for two varieties (M and D). This type was certainly struck after Caesar's victory over Cato of Utica's Pompeians at Thapsus in 46 BC. On the right, the legend indicates that Caesar is Dictator for the second time. On the other hand, the head of Ceres is often used to symbolize Africa and the grain wealth of the Province. On the reverse, the D in the right field, "donativum" translates to largesse. There is another reverse which differs only by the presence of the letter M, "munus" which means present and indicates the rewards that Caesar paid after his victory in Africa. The reverse also reminds us that Caesar became Pontifex Maximus (Great Pontiff), head of the Roman religion, as early as 63 BC. This office makes its holder sacred like that of tribune of the plebs. Next: a sceat / sceatta coin from England... "Corners"? Is that how Google translates the German word for "dies"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 19 · Member Share Posted November 19 6 hours ago, DonnaML said: "Corners"? Is that how Google translates the German word for "dies"? ...no - the first Part is copy & paste from CNG description 😄 from CNG USA. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 19 · Member Share Posted November 19 I was using a translator once to read an old coin book and was wondering why it kept referring to custard. I finally realized that was the auto-translation for 'flan'. 😄 ~ Peter 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted November 19 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 19 6 hours Next: facing portrait 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted November 19 · Member Share Posted November 19 Taras, Calabria 281-276 BC AR Diobol (12mm, 1.05g, 10h) O: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet decorated with Skylla. R: Herakles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion; club above amphora to left, ΕΥP between legs. D'Andrea XLI, 1066; D'Andrea Diobols G, 318 (this coin); Vlasto 1437; SNG France 2135; Cote 597; SNG Cop 1004; HN Italy 1062 Very Scarce From the Frank James collection. ex Spinks; ex Walter Holt; ex Roma Numismatics D'Andrea Diobols plate coin, Series G, 218. Facing heads do not occur often on Tarentine coinage, and the Athena with triple-crested helmet motif has always captivated me, so i am very happy to add this scarce type to my collection. Next: 6th century BC 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted November 20 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 20 Kroisos circa 560-546 BC. 1/6 Stater (Silver, 11 mm, 1.67 g), Sardes. Confronted foreparts of a lion and a bull. Rev. Two incuse squares, one larger than the other. Berk 25. Rosen 667. SNG Kayhan 1019. Porous, otherwise, very fine. Purchased from Leu Numismatik Dec 2021 Next: lion 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted November 20 · Member Share Posted November 20 Caracalla Silver Tetradrachm Obv:- AYT K M A - ANTWNINOC - CEN, Laureate head right Rev:- DHMARX EX Y PATOCTO D, Eagle standing facing, head right, wings open, wreath in beak, lion walking right between legs Minted in Hierapolis (modern day Membij). A.D. 215-217 (Prieur) Reference:- Prieur 926 (18 examples cited) Next:- Caracalla 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 20 · Patron Share Posted November 20 Caracalla, AD 198-217. Roman Provincial tetrassarion, 14.78 g, 29.6 mm, 1 h. Thrace, Pautalia, c. AD 198-205. Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, beardless, laureate head of Caracalla, right. Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAV | TAΛIAC. Asklepios cradling serpent-entwined staff, reclining left, head right, on winged, coiled, and bearded Glykon flying right. Refs: BMC 3.145,34; Ruzicka 612; Varbanov II 5008; Moushmov 4235, Mionnet Suppl. 2, p. 384, 1084; Vaillant n. Gr. 1074. Next: Pautalia. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 20 · Member Share Posted November 20 (edited) 28 minutes ago, maridvnvm said: Next:- Caracalla Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, known as Caracalla Reign: Caracalla; Mint: Rome; Date: 214 AD Nominal: Sestertius (Medallion-like); Material: Bimetallic Diameter: 32mm; Weight: 32.71g Reference: Banti 59; Reference: cf. RIC IV Caracalla 525c var. (draped bust) Obverse: Bust of Caracalla, laureate and cuirassed, right; Inscription: M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG; Translation: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Reverse: Caracalla, in military attire, standing right on platform, accompanied by two officers, and haranguing officer and two soldiers, all standing left; behind, vexillum; Inscription: P M TR P XVII IMP III COS IIII P P S C; Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Septima Decima, Imperator Tertium, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum; Translation: High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 17th time, Imperator for the third time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate Next: Ancient Medaillon... Edited November 20 by Prieure de Sion 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 20 · Member Share Posted November 20 1 minute ago, Roman Collector said: Caracalla, AD 198-217. Roman Provincial tetrassarion, 14.78 g, 29.6 mm, 1 h. Thrace, Pautalia, c. AD 198-205. Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, beardless, laureate head of Caracalla, right. Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAV | TAΛIAC. Asklepios cradling serpent-entwined staff, reclining left, head right, on winged, coiled, and bearded Glykon flying right. Refs: BMC 3.145,34; Ruzicka 612; Varbanov II 5008; Moushmov 4235, Mionnet Suppl. 2, p. 384, 1084; Vaillant n. Gr. 1074. Next: Pautalia. Argh - I am too late... next Roman Collector says 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted November 20 · Supporter Share Posted November 20 Not an entry, only a digression... @maridvnvm, looks like our tetradrachms from Hierapolis share the same obverse die Follow up with 2 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Pautalia. Q 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 20 · Member Share Posted November 20 Pautalia, bonus - also a Caracalla 20 mm, 4,6 g, Thrace, Pautalia. Caracalla 211-217. Ӕ. AV K MA ANTΩNEI, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Omphalos entwined by serpent erect right, set on garlanded altar. Varbanov 4975 var. (legends). Next - another provincial Caracalla (only to annoy @Prieure de Sion as his magnificent sestertius does not meet this requirement, but I wouldn't be surprise to see another show stopper from him) 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted November 20 · Member Share Posted November 20 (edited) Caracalla AE34 of Antioch, Pisidia. AD 193-211. 26.20 g. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Men standing front, head right, crescent behind shoulders, holding Nike on globe and sceptre, left foot on bucranium, rooster at foot left. BMC 38; SNG France III, 1173-1174; Paris 94; SNG von Aulock 4933; SNG Fitz. 5126; Lockett 2947; SNG Lewis 1682. Next; Geta bronze Edited November 20 by AETHER 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted November 21 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 21 MESOPOTAMIA. Edessa. Septimius Severus, with Caracalla and Geta, 193-211. Ae (bronze, 3.66 g, 20 mm). [...] Laureate head of Septimius to right, facing laureate and draped bust of Caracalla to left. Rev. [..]AVP[..], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right; before, crescent on filleted globe. Lindgren II, 2559; cf. Nomos obolos 17, lot 550; Roma 88, lot 638. Nearly very fine. Extremely rare Next: brothers on same coin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 21 · Patron Share Posted November 21 Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus and his younger twin Commodus on a coin celebrating their birth. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.65 g, 30.4 mm, 12 h. Rome, 161 CE. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann Type 5 hairstyle). Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT SC, draped throne on which there are two infant boys, Antoninus and Commodus, with stars above their heads. Refs: RIC 1665; BMCRE 936; Cohen 193; RCV 5282; MIR27-6/10a. Note: Issued to commemorate the birth of Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus and his twin brother, Commodus, in AD 161. See here for a discussion of the type. Next: Pulvinar. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 21 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 21 (edited) The only two pulvinars I have are the denarius and dupondius of the same type as @Roman Collector's sestertius: Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 161 AD. Obv. Draped bust right, hair in chignon behind, wearing stephane, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Two infant boys seated on draped throne (pulvinar), each raising an arm towards the other, with hands touching [compass dot between them], SAECVLI FELICIT. RIC III [Marcus Aurelius] 712, RSC II 191 [variety without stars above boys’ heads], Sear RCV II 5260 (ill.), BMCRE IV Marcus Aurelius 139, Dinsdale 005600(a) [Dinsdale, Paul H., The Imperial Coinage of the Middle Antonines: Marcus Aurelius with Lucius Verus and Commodus, Ch. 4, Faustina II - Undated, 158-176 (2020) at p. 57; photo at p. 62 (see http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04 - Faustina II - Undated, 158-176 (med_res).pdf ). 17.5 mm., 3.39 g., 12h.* *The two infant boys are Faustina II’s twin sons b. 31 Aug 161 AD: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (the older twin, d. 165 AD) and Commodus, the ninth and tenth children of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II. Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AE As or orichalcum Dupondius, Rome Mint, 161 AD. Obv. Draped bust right, hair in chignon behind, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Two infant boys seated on draped throne (pulvinar), each raising an arm towards the other, with hands touching, SAECVLI FELICIT; S - C across fields. RIC III [Marcus Aurelius] 1666, BMCRE IV Marcus Aurelius 991, Cohen 194, RCV II 5302, Dinsdale 006660 [variety without stars above boys’ heads] [Dinsdale, Paul H., The Imperial Coinage of the Middle Antonines: Marcus Aurelius with Lucius Verus and Commodus, Ch. 4, Faustina II - Undated, 158-176 (2020) at p. 69; photo at p. 75 (see http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04%20-%20Faustina%20II%20-%20Undated,%20158-176%20%28med_res%29.pdf )]. 25 mm., 11.5 g. Purchased from Incitatus Coins (Steve McBride), St. Johns, NL, Canada, May 2022.* *See footnote to previous coin. Next, more twins, real or mythological. Edited November 21 by DonnaML 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 21 · Member Share Posted November 21 8 hours ago, DonnaML said: Next, more twins, real or mythological. Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus minor), son of Tiberius Sestertius 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: more twins please... 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 21 · Patron Share Posted November 21 (edited) Twin gods, Artemis and her younger twin Apollo. 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: RPC Online VI, 7043 (temporary); Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009 = RG 4468; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Lindgren III 898. Countermark: Howgego 670. Next: Countermarked. Edited November 21 by Roman Collector 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 21 · Supporter Share Posted November 21 Attica. Athens. Circa 449-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.01g, 10h). Mid-mass coinage issue, struck circa 440-430 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right, with frontal eye. Rev: Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Ref: Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Very Fine, major test cuts on obverse and reverse, countermarks on Athena's cheek. Next: Athens. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted November 21 · Member Share Posted November 21 7 minutes ago, Edessa said: Next: Athens. Attica Owl, Contemporary imitation Tetradrachm of the Attica Period 454/404 BC Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 16.77g; Mint: imitating Athen For prototype see: HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Kroll 8 Provenance: Ex Auctiones Numismatics Bern, Switzerland Provenance: Ex CNG Classical Numismatic Group Lancaster, USA Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace with pendants, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Next: another ancient contemporary imitation... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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