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...
Phil Anthos Posted April 16 · Member Share Posted April 16 Chariot drawn by snakes... Athens, Attica Eleusinian Festival Coinage 340-335 BC AE 16 (16mm, 3.65g) O: Triptolemos seated left in winged chariot drawn by two serpents, holding grain ear in right hand. R: Pig standing right on mystic staff; EΛEYΣI above, bucranium in ex. SNG Cop 415; Agora 38h; Sear 2586v Next: anything Greek 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 16 · Supporter Share Posted April 16 Greek appears to be hard to define, so I will play safe. Attica Tetradrachm, 454-404BC Athens. Silver, 24mm, 17.19g. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye. Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers; olive sprig and crescent to left; all within incuse square (Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597). Next: birds 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 16 · Member Share Posted April 16 19,7 mm, 3,79 g. Anonymous. AR denarius. Rome. 115-114 BC. ROMA, head of Roma, right, wearing winged Corinthian helmet with curl on left shoulder. Border of dots; X (mark of value) behind / Roma, wearing Corinthian helmet, seated right on pile of shields, holding spear in left hand; at feet, helmet; before, she-wolf, right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus; on either side, birds flying. Border of dots. Crawford 287/1; Sydenham 530; RSC 176; RBW 1117. Next - anything anonymous 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted April 16 · Member Share Posted April 16 Roman Republican Coinage, Anonymous, Sicily mint,staff,seriesDenarius, 209-08, head of Roma right wearing winged helmet, x behind, rev. Dioscuri riding right, staff and roma with linear frame below, 4.05g (Craw. 78/1; BMCRR 300ff; RSC 20bb). Next: a quadran 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 16 · Member Share Posted April 16 Augustus (27 BC - AD 14) AE quadrans Obverse: LAMIA SILIVS ANNIVS, round simpulum and lituus Reverse: III VIR A A A F F, around S C Next: semis 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Republic Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus Semis, 128BC Rome. Bronze, 23mm, 8.27g. Laureate head of Saturn right. Prow of galley right; CN. DOMI above, S, ROMA below (RRC 261/2). Next: Saturn 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 17 · Patron Share Posted April 17 Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.26 g, 18.8 mm, 12 h. Antioch, 15th emission, AD 266-268. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: AETERNITAS AVG, Saturn standing right, holding harpa in left hand; PXV in exergue. Refs: RIC 606; Göbl 1662i; Cohen 44; RCV 10170. Next: Weak strike. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 17 · Member Share Posted April 17 This coin is the weakest strike I have, although admittedly more than just a weak strike is going on... Victorinus Obverse: obliterated Reverse: INVICTVS, Sol radiate running left, nude, mantle floating over left shoulder, raising right hand and holding whip with left Next: another ancient error 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 17 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 17 (edited) A most epic error to leave any mint: MACEDON, THESSALONICA Nero, Bronze. 54-68 A.D. 5,12 g // 17 mm Obv: ΝƐΡWΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Nero, l. Rev: ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ; Nike on globe, l. RPC I, 1595. VF Next: Nero Edited April 17 by Ryro 3 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Aureus of Nero with his colossus as Sol on reverse. Next , more Nero... 5 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 17 · Patron Share Posted April 17 33 minutes ago, Ryro said: A most epic error to leave any mint: MACEDON, THESSALONICA Nero, Bronze. 54-68 A.D. 5,12 g // 17 mm Obv: ΝƐΡWΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Nero, l. Rev: ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ; Nike on globe, l. RPC I, 1595. VF Next: Nero Biggest Stannard scoop I've ever seen!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 17 · Patron Share Posted April 17 Nero, 54-68 CE. Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 18.1 mm 5 h. Rome, 66-67 CE. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, head of Nero, bearded and laureate, right. Rev: IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long scepter in left hand. Refs: RIC 64; BMCRE p. 210 n.; Cohen/RSC 121; RCV --; Giard BNC II, 233-35. Next: Jupiter. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shea19 Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Jupiter: Severus Alexander. AR denarius (20.6 mm, 3.18 g). Rome, A.D. 232. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding eagle. RIC 238 Next: Thunderbolt 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Roman Republic. Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51g, 6h). Rome mint. Obv: Head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani) right; scepter behind. Rev: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; lituus on left, capis on right, Q·CASSIVS below. Ref: Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Cassia 7. From the Bruce R. Brace Collection. Ex CNG e279 (16 May 2012), Lot: 376. Next: More Roman Republic 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 (edited) Anonymous AR didrachm, 280-211 BC, 6.53gm, 19.2mm. Obv: Helmeted head of beardless Mars right; behind, club. Rev. Horse galloping right; above, club; below, ROMA. Crawford 27/1; Sydenham 23; Historia Numorum Italy 314. next, 1st century BCE Roman Republic... Edited April 17 by Octavius 4 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted April 17 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 17 2 hours ago, Ryro said: A most epic error to leave any mint: MACEDON, THESSALONICA Nero, Bronze. 54-68 A.D. 5,12 g // 17 mm Obv: ΝƐΡWΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Nero, l. Rev: ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ; Nike on globe, l. RPC I, 1595. VF Next: Nero Obviously a wormhole to another galaxy. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted April 17 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 17 (edited) 1st Century BCE Roman Republic; one of my favorites: Roman Republic, Publius Fonteius P.f. Capito, AR Denarius 55 BCE [Harlan: 54 BCE], Rome mint. Obv. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars with slight beard, right, with trophy over far shoulder, P•FONTEIVS•P•F•CAPITO•III•VIR counter-clockwise around / Rev. Helmeted and caped Roman soldier on horseback galloping right, thrusting his spear down at helmeted Gallic warrior crouching beneath horse, holding his shield up with left hand to try to fend off horse, and thrusting sword with his right hand at unarmed captive to left; the captive’s Gallic helmet [and shield, off flan] sailing off to lower right; MN•FONT•TR•MIL clockwise above. Crawford 429/1, RSC I Fonteia 17, Sear RCV I 392 (ill.), Sydenham 900, Harlan RRM II Ch, 22 at pp. 174-175 [Harlan, Michael, Roman Republican Moneyers and Their Coins 63 BCE-49 BCE (2nd Revised Edition 2015)]. 17.8 mm., 3.97 g. Purchased from Zuzim Inc., Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 2020. Ex: Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 54, Feb. 28, 2019, Lot 558 [see https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5704785]; ex: Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, May 29, 2017, Lot 329 [see https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nac/browse?a=131&l=114088]; ex: Gerhard Hirsch Auction 168, Nov. 22-24, 1990, Munich, Lot 434. Formerly in NGC slab, Cert. No. 4629554-001, Graded Ch. AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface 4/5.* *The moneyer is usually identified as either (1) the Publius Fonteius who became the adoptive father of the famous Publius Clodius Pulcher when the latter changed his patrician status to plebeian; or (2) a friend of Cicero named Fonteius, mentioned in a letter to his brother Atticus. However, both Crawford (Vol. I at p. 453) and, at greater length, Harlan (Ch. 22 at pp. 171-173) point out the lack of evidence for either theory. The scene on the reverse of this coin is believed to record the exploits of the moneyer’s ancestor, the military tribune Manius Fonteius (identified as such in the reverse legend), who may have been on the staff of Marcus Fonteius, governor of Narbonese (Transalpine) Gaul from 76-73 BCE. See RSC I at p. 49, Crawford Vol. I at p. 453, Harlan RRM II at pp. 174-175. Next, another ancient coin with a reverse depicting a soldier or warrior galloping on horseback. Edited April 17 by DonnaML 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 NEXT: More ancient riders on a galloping horse 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Numismatics Posted April 17 · Member Share Posted April 17 One of my favorite small Greek bronzes... MYSIA. Adramyteion. 3rd-2nd century BC. AE16, 4.7g, 12h. Obv.: Laureate bust of Zeus right. Rev.: AΔPYMTHNΩN; Horseman riding right with hand raised. Ref.: SNG France 5 Next: anything else from Adramyteion. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 6 hour rule. Tasciovanus 1st Coinage Unit, 25-20BC Verlamion. Bronze, 16mm, 1.85g. Conjoined bearded heads right, elaborate hair arranged in two rows of crescents; VER(I) in front. Ram left, pellets and rosettes in front and below, rosette flanked by two pellets above; TA(SC) above (Spink 242; ABC 2655; VA 1705-01 ‘Trinovantian M’). Next: Beards. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Beards (plural) NEXT: Excessive facial hair 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Vologases IV Drachm, 147-191 Ekbatana. Silver, 21mm, 3.12g. Bearded bust left wearing tiara, ear flap and hooked appendages, diadem ends as three lines; border of dots. Archer wearing kyrbasia and cloak, seated right on throne; in right hand, bow; in front, no pellet above bow, below bow monogram 26; Pahlavi inscription: VoLGaŠI MaLKa (Sellwood 84.132). Next: Archer. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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