Octavius Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Denarius of Augustus with reverse of Diana holding her bow and drawing an arrow from her quiver... next, more Augustus... 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Augustus As, 16BC Rome. Bronze, 26mm, 6.72g. Augustus head right; CAESAR AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC (POTEST). S C; C CASSI(VS CELER) III VIR A A A F F around (RIC I, 376). Found in Britain. Next: bare head 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 As of Tiberius with his bare head... next , his son , Drusus... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 17 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 17 Next: another son who didn't make it to be Augustus 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 17 · Member Share Posted April 17 15 minutes ago, Ryro said: Next: another son who didn't make it to be Augustus Other than me? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 17 · Supporter Share Posted April 17 Flavius Victor Clipped Siliqua, 387-388 Milan. Silver, 10mm, 0.68g (cut down from 16-17mm, 1.25-1.8g). Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; D N FL VIC-(TOR P F AVG). Roma seated left, holding globe in right hand, reversed spear in left, (VIRTVS RO-M)ANORVM; mintmark MDPS (RIC IX, 19b). From the South Ferriby (Lincolnshire) Hoard 1909. Portable Antiquities Scheme IARCH-1C7D3F. Next: Magnus Maximus 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 18 · Member Share Posted April 18 Magnus Maximus AE4 383-388AD DN MAG MAXIMVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust r. rev., SPES ROMANORVM, campgate, star above Based on my notes a $2 pick bin find years ago. Next: a Byzantine bronze from an Italian mint 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 18 · Member Share Posted April 18 18,6 mm, 2,8 g. Byzantine Empire, Syracuse. Theophilus 829-842. Ӕ follis. + ΘEOFI / LOSbASI, diademed bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding globe cruciger / Large M at l., XXX, at r., NNN, above, cross, below, Θ. DOC 30; Anastasi 548; Spahr 431; Sear 1681. Next - follis 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted April 19 · Supporter Share Posted April 19 4 hours ago, ambr0zie said: 18,6 mm, 2,8 g. Byzantine Empire, Syracuse. Theophilus 829-842. Ӕ follis. + ΘEOFI / LOSbASI, diademed bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding globe cruciger / Large M at l., XXX, at r., NNN, above, cross, below, Θ. DOC 30; Anastasi 548; Spahr 431; Sear 1681. Next - follis follis Licinius Next : any AE with nice silvering. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 19 · Supporter Share Posted April 19 Antoninianus of Diocletian with full silvering... next, another Diocletian... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 19 · Member Share Posted April 19 Diocletian 284-305 AD AE Antoninianus (22mm, 2.83g) O: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG. R: Diocletian receiving Victory from Hercules; IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, XXI in ex. RIC 275v ex M&R Coins Next: any forepart 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 19 · Member Share Posted April 19 21 mm, 7,17 g. Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion. Ӕ tetrachalkon. Circa 325-310 BC. Head of Pan right (or head of Silenos right with ass's ear) / Π-A-N, forepart of griffin crouching left, right front paw raised, sturgeon swimming left below. Anokhin 111; SNG BM Black Sea 869-871; SNG Munich 19; MacDonald 69; SNG Cop 30. Next - griffin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 19 · Patron Share Posted April 19 Hadrian 117-138 CE. Roman orichalcum as, 8.88 g, 22.1 mm, 5 h. Rome mint for use in Syria, 124-125 CE. Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, seen from rear. Rev: COS III S C, Griffin leaping right. Refs: RIC II.3, 754; RPC III, 3759; BMCRE --; Strack 624; McAlee 549; Sear --. Notes: Some numismatists attribute this to a mint in Antioch. Next: Hadrian bronze. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 19 · Member Share Posted April 19 Hadrian / Salus 119-138 AD Orichalcum Dupondius (25mm, 13.39g) O: Radiate bust right, slightly draped; IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANUS AVG PM TR P COS III. R: Salus standing left, foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; SALVS PVBLICA, S-C. RIC 604a / Cohen 1358 / van Meter 110 / BMC 1237 ex Francis J. Rath Next: water nymph 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted April 19 · Supporter Share Posted April 19 5 minutes ago, Phil Anthos said: water nymph Fountains count as water, don't they? Thessaly, Pherai, hemidrachm, ca. 302–286 BC. Obv: Head of Ennodia left, torch behind. Rev: ΦΕΡΑΙΟΥΝ, the nymph Hypereia left, touching the top of lion's head fountain right, from which water pours forth, ΑΣ/TΟ within wreath to lower left. 15mm, 2.72g. Ref: BCD Thessaly I, 1321; BCD Thessaly II, 714; SNG Copenhagen 239; BMC 20. Ex CNG, e-auction 432, lot 27; ex BCD collection. Next: fire 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 19 · Member Share Posted April 19 How about torches?... Apameia, Phrygia 3rd Century AD Pseudo-autonomous AE15 (15mm, 2.27g) O: Draped and turreted bust of Tyche right; AΠA-MEIA. R: Hekate Triformis standing facing, wearing polos and double chiton, and holding 4 torches and 2 patera; CΩTEI-PA. SNG von Aulock 3475; SNG Cop 195-96; BMC 110-13 ex Gert Boersema "O Nox, Mother of Mysteries, and all ye golden Astra who with Luna succeed the fires of day, and thou, divine three-formed Hecate, who knowest all my enterprises and dost fortify the arts of magic." ~ Ovid, The Metamorphoses Next: veiled Demeter 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted April 19 · Member Share Posted April 19 Veiled Demeter. Thrace, Byzantion. Æ26. Matrikontos, magistrate. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right. Rev: BYZANTIΩΝ / ΕΠΙ / MATPIKONTOΣ . Cornucopia between legend. Countermarks: Grapes and Dolphin. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC Next: Countermarks both sides. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 19 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 19 Next: insect 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 19 · Member Share Posted April 19 Taras, Calabria 272-240/35 BC (Period VIII - The Roman Alliance I) AR Didrachm (18.5mm, 6.50g) Iopyros magistrate. O: Nude youth on horseback right, placing wreath on horse's head; ΦI behind, I-ΩΠ-YPO-[Σ] (magistrate) below. R: Taras riding dolphin left, holding cornucopiae and trident; bee behind, Τ-ΑΡΑΣ below. D'Andrea XLIV, 1371; cfVlasto 855; Evans VIII, B2; McGill II, 99; Cote 490-92; cf HGC I, 889; HN Italy 1029; SNG Cop 919; SNG Cop 919 ex Dr. Busso Peus; ex Germania Inferior Numismatics Evans calls the insect on this reverse a cicada, a very important symbol in ancient times (see J.C.B Petropolous’ marvelous work ‘Heat and Lust; Hesiod’s Midsummer Festival Scene Revisited’, a very insightful look at ancient agricultural and fertility practices). However Vlasto lists this as a bee, and I tend to think this is likely. It sure looks more like a bee to me. It’s a real pity that the obverse is struck off-center here, as the artistic and natural rendering of the horse is not typical of these late period didrachms. Next: fish 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 19 · Supporter Share Posted April 19 5 Laari, 1990 Maldives. Aluminium, 20.32mm, 1.00g; scalloped (8 notches). Two Bonito fish swimming upward left (KM 69). Next: multi-sided. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted April 20 · Supporter Share Posted April 20 I'm not 100% sure what you meant by "multi-sided" but I figured that this was the most "multi-sided" coin I could possibly share. Granted, it looks more "round"....but there are most definitely multiple sides... 😛 Seleukos IV Philopater. AE Serratus. Head of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder / BAΣIΛIEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Artemis in short chiton standing left, holding spear in left hand, deer at foot left. Next: Artemis 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 20 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 20 Next: tetradrachm 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted April 20 · Supporter Share Posted April 20 LYSIMACHOS, 306-281 BC AR Tetradrachm (28.30mm, 16.15g, 12h) Struck 297 - 281 BC. Alexandreia Troas mint Obverse: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with the horn of Ammon Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; cornucopia to inner left, Λ under throne References: SNG Stockholm 845 (same dies) A rare variant. Toned with scratches on reverse. Well centered portrait of Alexander the Great in fine style. Next: another Diadochi tetradrachm 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 20 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 20 Next: a coin you regret selling 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 20 · Patron Share Posted April 20 10 hours ago, Ryro said: Next: a coin you regret selling What's this "selling" activity you're talking about? > 6 hours. Time for something else. Phrygia, Eumeneia, c. 133-130 BC. Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 6.66 g, 1 h. Menekrates, son of Askle-, magistrate. Obv: Head of young Dionysos wreathed with ivy, right. Rev: Tripod-lebes with three handles surmounted by flat cover fringed with spikes, star above and on either side; to right, EYMENE and filleted laurel branch (thyrsos?); to left, MENEKΡA/AΣKΛH and bipennis (double axe) with serpent-entwined handle. Refs: BMC 25.212,14; SNG Copenhagen 382; SNG Tübingen 4008; Paris 1095; Mionnet IV, 563; SNG Oxford 1024-1025; Lindgren I 950; Istanbul 14718; Afyon 2973. Next: a reverse design you feel is too "busy." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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