AncientOne Posted September 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 26, 2022 Thanks to @shanxi for identifing this one! Cilicia, Mallus. Marcus Aurelius Æ22. Athena Megarsis Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝ ϹƐΒ. Laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r. Rev: ΜΑΛΛⲰΤⲰΝ. Athena Magarsis standing, facing, head, extending arms, holding spear. RPC IV.3, 5816 (temporary) Next: standing, facing. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, AncientOne said: Next: standing, facing. Ananta deva 1028-1076 AD (1st Lohara dynasty) Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 18mm (5.92gr) Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated Reverse- King standing facing. Next...Goddess seated. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Spaniard said: Goddess seated Kings of Pergamon Attalos I, 241-197 BC AR Tetradrachm Obv.: Laureate head of Philetairos right. Rev.: ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena seated left, holding spear, left elbow on shield, wreath held in right hand; in right field, bow; in left, bunch of grapes, between monogram A Ag, 16.96g, 27.6mm Ref.: Westermark, Ph. 62, Gruppe IV:B, Winterthur 2617 Next: Mysia 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted September 26, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) "Mysia" => here are several of my ol' ex-stevex6 Mysia-examples ... MYSIA, Kisthene, Orontes, Satrap of Mysia, AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol (below) Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol (below) MYSIA PARION AR Hemidrachm (below) Mysia – PERGAMON, Cistophoric Tetradrachm (below) Mysia, Kyzikos, AE24 (below) NEXT => another Mysia animal-coin Hi Edited September 26, 2022 by Steve 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted September 26, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) 🙃 Ummm, or maybe just a tunny-fish example?? Edited September 26, 2022 by Steve 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 26, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 These poor fellas often end up in our "tuna". It's as close as I could make it😊 *I bought this archaic beauty of the two playing dolphins just before my twins were born. After they were this was waiting in my hold Mail! Next: a coin bought in celebration 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) After winning my first ever ancient in a competition, I celebrated by buying one for myself Trajan ae dupondius AD 98-11727mm, 13.15g, Struck AD 104IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVE GER DAC P M TRP COS V PPradiate bust right with aegis on left shoulderSPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPISC trophy with two shields at base.RIC 586 Cohen 573 Woytek 196cANatural emerald green toning with earthy hues NEXT: Captive(s) Edited September 26, 2022 by expat 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted September 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2022 @expat that’s a yummy patina on that Coin. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Etcherdude said: @expat that’s a yummy patina on that Coin. Thanks, I was a little worried that when I recieved it I would find it all powdery and flaky. But it is rock hard all over 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 26, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) I wonder if many would be able to identify this coin as quickly as my pal did. Thanks @Roman Collector! Next: a coin a buddy identified for you Edited September 26, 2022 by Ryro 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted September 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 26, 2022 38 minutes ago, Ryro said: Next: a coin a buddy identified for you … perfect 😞 I have no buddy’s 2 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted September 28, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 28, 2022 This was gifted to me by a collector friend who gave me the tip that they believed it was a private mint's contemporary counterfeit, rather than an official issue. Without that info I surely would have just assumed it to be a very low-end official issue. Instead, it is a much cooler very low-end private issue. Interesting perhaps only to me, but it's one of my cash I will hold onto for a long time, I imagine. The Southern Song Dynasty of ChinaIssued under Emperor GaozongContemporary counterfeit from a private mintc. 1127 to 1131 ADAE cash | 2.61 grams | 25.5x26mm wideObv: Jian Yan Tong Bao (top-bottom-right-left)Rev: BlankRef: H#17.15-22, Z#293447 Next: another contemporary counterfeit or private mint's issue 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbly Posted September 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2022 NERO Billon Tetradrachm. 12.37g, 24.3mm. Contemporary imitation copying EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 11 (AD 64/5). RPC 5283; Dattari-Savio Pl. 316, 43 (this coin); Metcalf, Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor," (Revue Belge de Numismatique Vol. CXXII, 1976, pp. 65-69) Obv V/Rev 6. O: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΛV ΚΛΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕ, retrograde from lower right, radiate bust right, wearing aegis. R: AYTOKPA, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm over far wing; in left field, LIA.Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, probably from the E.T. Newell Luxor Hoard (1908) Next: Nero provincial 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 46 minutes ago, zumbly said: Next: Nero provincial ydia. Hierocaesaraea Nero, AD 54-68 Kapitonos, magistrate Bronze, AE 17 Obv.: NEPWωN KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP CEBACTOC, bare-headed and draped bust right Rev: IЄPOKAICAPЄωN ЄΠI KAΠITωNOC, Artemis Persica standing facing, drawing arrow from quiver on shoulder; stag to left. Æ, 17mm, 5.90g Ref.: RPC I 2385 Next: stag Edited September 28, 2022 by shanxi 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted September 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 28, 2022 Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.79g, 3h). Rome mint. Obv: Bare head of Gallia right; carnyx (Gallic trumpet) to left. Rev: Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus standing facing, placing hand on head of stag leaping left and holding spear; SASERNA upwards to left; L•HOSTILIVS, downwards to right. Ref: Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Hostilia 4; RBW 1570. Ex Herakles Numismatics. Next: Gaul. 12 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted September 29, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2022 RR denarius of Hostilius with Gallic warrior reverse , ? Vercingetorix himself obverse. next, another warrior... 12 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 29, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2022 Herennia Etruscilla Ionia, Samos AE28 Obv.: ЄΡЄΝ ЄΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹЄB, Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set upon crescent. Rev.: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ, Warrior advancing right, head left, with foot set upon prow right, extending hand and holding shield. Ae, 12.41g, 28 mm Ref.: RPC IX 682; BMC 363 Next: Herennia Etruscilla 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 30, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 30, 2022 Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 14.04 gm, 28.3 mm. Rome, AD 250-251. Obv: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: FECVNDITAS AVG SC, Fecunditas standing left, right hand extended to child standing at her feet; holding cornucopiae. Refs: RIC 134a; Sear 9504; Cohen 9; Hunter 12. Next: Fecunditas. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 30, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) Faustina II (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, ca. 162/163 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. draped bust right with hair in chignon behind, wearing double strand of pearls, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Fecunditas (or Faustina as Fecunditas) standing facing, head right, holding long scepter in right hand and, with left hand and arm, infant with its arms raised towards its mother (representing Marcus Annius Verus, b. ca. 162 AD*), FECVNDITAS. RIC III MA 677, RSC II Faustina II 99c (Faustina with double strand of pearls)**, Sear RCV II 5252, BMCRE Marcus Aurelius 92 (var. with Faustina wearing single strand of pearls***). 18.46 mm., 3.54 g. [Footnotes omittted.] Next, another ancient coin with at least one infant or young child on the reverse. Edited September 30, 2022 by DonnaML 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted September 30, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) "another ancient coin with at least one infant or young child on the reverse" Fausta. Augusta, AE Follis Trier mint Date: 326 AD Diameter: 18.63 mm Weight: 2.71 grams Obverse: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG - Draped bust of Fausta right, wearing pearl necklace Reverse: SPES REIPVBLICAE - Fausta standing facing, holding two infants. PTR [Dot in crescent] in exergue Reference: RIC 484 Ex-stevex6 NEXT => Trier Mint Edited September 30, 2022 by Steve 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 30, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) . Edited September 30, 2022 by DonnaML 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbly Posted September 30, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 30, 2022 CONSTANTINE I, as Caesar AE Quarter-Follis. 1.82g, 16.7mm. Trier mint, AD 306-307. RIC VI Trier 750; Mazzini 748 (this coin). O: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. R: VO/TIS/X in three lines within wreath.Ex Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (1883-1961) Next: another Constantine I as Caesar 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 30, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) Error. I answered to the wrong request. Edited September 30, 2022 by shanxi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 30, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) Error. Edited September 30, 2022 by Roman Collector Misread "Constantine" as "Constantius." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted September 30, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 30, 2022 I missed what happened?? ... ummm, did I accidentally screw-over Donna once again??? 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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