John Conduitt Posted April 12 · Supporter Share Posted April 12 Fausta Nummus, 324-325 London. Bronze, 19mm, 3.56g. Mantled bust right; FLAV MAX FAVSTA AG. Fausta standing facing, looking left, head veiled, with two children (Constantine II and Constantius II) in her arms; SALVS REIPVBLICAE; mintmark PLON (RIC VI, 300). Next: 4th century empress 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 12 · Member Share Posted April 12 23 mm, 4,80 g. Aelia Flaccilla. Augusta 383-386. Æ follis. Constantinople. AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG, bust of Aelia Flaccilla, with elaborate head-dress, draped, necklace, and mantle / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Emperor, head right, standing facing, arms folded on breast, Christogram to right. Mintmark CONSϵ. RIC IX Constantinople 82. Next - another Roman empress, on any Imperial bronze coin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 12 · Supporter Share Posted April 12 Helena Follis, 324-325 Londinium. Bronze, 20mm, 2.93g. Bust of Helena, wearing necklace and mantle, right; FL HELENA - AVGVSTA. Securitas, draped, standing left, raising pallium with right hand and lowering branch with left hand; SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICE; PLON in exergue (RIC VII, 299). Next: late empire empress 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 12 · Member Share Posted April 12 The latest empress I have is Aelia Eudoxia, wife of Arcadius, 395-404. Obverse: (AEL EVDO) XIA AVG Reverse: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on a low column a shield inscribed with christogram Not sure if she qualifies as "late empire" or not... Coin has some good details, but unfortunately missing a good chunk and the mint mark is mostly off the flan. Based on my notes, I got it at a local coin show 25 years ago for 5 USD. Next: your best Spes 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 12 · Supporter Share Posted April 12 Spes doesn't come in best, does she? Tetricus II Antoninianus, 273-274 Cologne or Trier. Bronze, 2.56g. Radiate, draped Bust A right; C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES. Spes walking left, holding flower and raising skirt; SPES AVGG (RIC V.2, 270). From the Beachy Head Hoard 1973, 5,540 third century antoniniani in a bronze bucket, a few yards from finds in 1961 and 1964. Next: Gallic 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 13 · Member Share Posted April 13 Victorinus Æ Antoninianus. Colonia Agrippinensis, AD 270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing to left, sacrificing over altar Next: another Spes 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 13 · Patron Share Posted April 13 Antoninus Pius, AD 138 – 161. Roman Æ as, 11.13 g, 27.0 mm, 12 h. Rome, December, AD 142-143. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head, right. Rev: IMPERATOR II, Spes, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and lifting drapery of skirt with left hand. Refs: RIC 730; BMCRE 1619; Cohen 444; Strack 938; RCV --. Next: Antoninus Pius. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 13 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 13 Next: chocolate toning 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 13 · Member Share Posted April 13 Gordian III / Pax 238-244 AD AE Sestertius (32mm, 26.38g) O: Laureate bust right; IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG. R: Pax standing facing, head left; PAX AVGVSTI, S-C. RIC 256a / Cohen 175 / Sear 2493 ex Francis J. Rath Next: portrait framed by dolphins 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 13 · Supporter Share Posted April 13 6 hours ago, Phil Anthos said: Next: portrait framed by dolphins That is very specific. 🤣 With the 6 hour rule, I'll get as close as I can. Either Olbia or this. French Dauphin Jeton, 14-15th Century Vienne, France. Leaping dolphin (badge of the Counts of Alban, Dauphins of Viennois); +LE NOBLE ET FIER PO (Noble and proud fish). Voided floriate cross; A V E M. Found Romney Marsh. Next: French 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Posted April 13 · Member Share Posted April 13 + 7 h "French coin" GAUL, Massalia, c. 125-90 B.C. Tetrobol, 2.75 g Head of Artemis to right MAΣΣA-ΛIHTΩN, Lion standing left, raising foreleg; Ф at left, Δ - A between legs Next: more Massalia 5 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 13 · Supporter Share Posted April 13 Massalia Hemiobolion, 150-120BC Massalia. Bronze, 15mm, 3.92g. Head of Apollo left. Bull butting right, MA above (for Massalia, usually ΜΑΣΣΑ) (ABC 115). Found in Dover, Kent on 25 Sep 2018. Next: Greek colony 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 15 · Member Share Posted April 15 Panormos, Sicily AE as Aucilius, Quaestor ca. 120BC Obverse: Janus Reverse: MAN (ligate) / ACIL / Q within wreath Next: another Janus 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 15 · Patron Share Posted April 15 Anonymous, Second Punic War, 218-202 BCE. Roman Republican Æ as, 27.8 g, 31.1 mm, 1 h. Uncertain mint south of Rome (Campania?). Obv: Laureate head of bearded Janus, I above. Rev: Prow of galley, right; I above, ROMA below. Refs: Group D1, McCabe, Andrew. "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic" in Essays in honour of Roberto Russo / ed. by Peter G. van Alfen and Richard B. Witschonke. - Zürich ; London : Numismatica Ars Classica NAC, 2013, pp. 141-144. Next: Anonymous issue. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 15 · Supporter Share Posted April 15 RR denarius , anonymous issue c. 211 BCE with dioscuri reverse... next, another dioscuri denarius. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 15 · Supporter Share Posted April 15 L Sempronius Pitio Roman Republic Denarius, 148BC Rome. Silver, 20mm, 3.63g. Helmeted head of Roma, right, X before, PITIO behind. The Dioscuri riding right with spears, L SEMP below; ROMA in exergue (RRC 216/1). Found in Staffordshire. Next: 2nd Century BC 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted April 15 · Supporter Share Posted April 15 33 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Next: 2nd Century BC Ptolemy VIII Evergetes II “Physcon”, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, AE30, ca. 145–116 BC, Alexandreia mint. Obv: diademed head of Zeus-Ammon r. Rev: BA[ΣIΛEΩΣ] ΠTOΛEMAIOY; two eagles with wings closed standing l. on thunderbolt; in field l, cornucopia. 30mm, 27,7g. Ref: Svoronos 1424b; Lorber/Faucher series 7. Next: Egypt 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 15 · Supporter Share Posted April 15 Probus Tetradrachm, 278-279 Alexandria. Copper, 19mm, 8.00g. Laureate and cuirassed bust right; A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CEB (Αυτοκράτωρ Καίσαρ Μάρκου Αυρήλιου Πρόβος Σεβαστός, Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus, Venerable). Eagle standing left with closed wings, head right, with wreath in beak; lettering: L Δ (Alexandria year 4) (Milne 4546). Next: tetradrachm 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 15 · Member Share Posted April 15 26 mm, 11,75 g. Lydia, Tralleis. Magistrate Time. Cistophoric AR tetradrachm. Circa 133 BC. Cista mystica with serpent, within ivy wreath / TΡAΛ to left of bowcase between two coiled serpents, TIME above, cult image of Artemis Anaitis standing front in right field. BMC 31-32; SNG von Aulock 8287; SNG Cop 661; Paris 2700-2701; SNG Leipzig 1269; Mionnet IV, 1026; Pinder 160; Whittall sale 1325b; GRPC Lydia S470. Next - coiled serpent 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 15 · Supporter Share Posted April 15 Series BI A/C Type 27 Primary Sceatta, 675-690 Essex or East Anglia. Silver, 13mm, 1.12g. Diademed and draped bust right within ouroboros (symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail). Dove standing right on cross pattée, annulets flanking all within ouroboros; three annulets below (SCBC 777). Next: Germanic 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 15 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 15 6+ Next: modern coin with ancient mythology or iconography 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 15 · Supporter Share Posted April 15 George IV Farthing, 1821 London. Bronze, 22mm, 4.67g. Laureate head 1 left; GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA. Britannia seated with shield right, holding trident and spray; date in exergue below; BRITANNIAR REX FID DEF (S 3822). More ancient on modern. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted April 16 · Supporter Share Posted April 16 12 hours ago, John Conduitt said: More ancient on modern. And here's what it refers to : Next : follow up with ancient design on modern coins Q 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 16 · Supporter Share Posted April 16 Old design, new coin NEXT: Same theme 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 16 · Patron Share Posted April 16 Next: vehicle drawn by non-equine animals. 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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