Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 30, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Steve said: I missed what happened?? ... ummm, did I accidentally screw-over Donna once again??? 🙄 Not I -- I had nothing to do with it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 30, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 30, 2022 It's been more than 6 hours, so now for something completely different: Julian II (nephew of Constantine I), AR reduced Siliqua, AD 362-363, Antioch Mint. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, bearded, FL CL IVLIA-NVS PF AVG / Rev. VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; in exergue, ANT [Antioch]. 2.17 g., 19.33 x 18.40 mm., 6 h. RIC VIII 213 (p. 531), RSC V 147a, Sear RCV V 19128 (p. 279), Ghey 22 (this coin) [Ghey, E., “Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire,” unpublished catalogue held by British Museum]. Purchased 17 May 2022 from Noonans (f/k/a Dix Noonan Webb) Auction, “The Vale of Pewsey Hoard of Late Roman Silver Coins,” Lot 11; ex Vale of Pewsey Hoard, discovered in Wiltshire 12-13 Sep. 2020, Portable Antiquities Scheme Hoard ID BM-7D34D9 (see https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/3305) [Footnotes omitted.] Next, another siliqua. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 30, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Next: holed 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted October 1, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2022 Here's a holed Severus Alexander medallion: From Cyzicus, BMC 263. 29.19g, 41mm. Next - medallion. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 1, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2022 6 hours ago, akeady said: Next - medallion. You didn't say ancient Henri II Obv.: + HENRICVS. II. GALLIAR - REX CHRISTIANISS. PP, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Henry II facing right. Rev.: .NOMEN. AD *ASTRA. 1552, Diana walking left front, arrow in right hand, bow in left hand, building and tree in background. From the collection of Baron Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (1779-1857) Possibly an old restrike Ref.: Mazerolle, Medailleurs francais. No. 112, Appel (HENRICVS II) 3 Next: bow 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted October 1, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2022 39 minutes ago, shanxi said: Next: bow The archer shown on most Parthian drachms - perhaps derived from earlier coins of the western satraps of the Achaemenid Empire (see : Robert L3) next: eagle 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 1, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 1, 2022 Mark Antony, Crawford489/4, 43 BC. Next: Another Imperatorial quinarius. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted October 1, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 1, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Phil Davis said: Next: Another Imperatorial quinarius. Fulvia with Marc Anton, Silver Quinarius Next please another wife from Marc Anton please. Edited October 1, 2022 by Prieure de Sion 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted October 1, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2022 33 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said: Fulvia with Marc Anton, Silver Quinarius Next please another wife from Marc Anton please. Here's Octavia, the dutiful wife of Mark Antony and sister of Octavian. Next: another coin from this unstable triumvirate 13 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 1, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, Sulla80 said: Next: another coin from this unstable triumvirate Marc Anton and his Brother Lucius Antonius Next - the same wish "another coin from this unstable triumvirate" 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 1, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 1, 2022 Next: One more Mark Antony. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted October 1, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 1, 2022 Mark Antony. 42 B.C. AR denarius (18 mm, 3.28 g, 11 h). Military mint traveling with Antony in Italy. Bare head of Mark Antony right, with beard; behind, lituus / Radiate head of Sol right. Crawford 496/2; HCRI 127; Sydenham 1170; RSC 68. Fine, porous. Next: a Sextus Pompey coin. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 1, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Next: coin with father and son 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 2, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2022 Aureus of Vespasian with reverse of both of his sons - Titus and Domitian Caesars... Next - imperial bronze of Vespasian... 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 2, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 next: a recent win that you are excited about 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted October 2, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 2, 2022 I always wanted one of these and around my birthday, I treated myself to several long-time wants at the same time. Savoca also had an affordable satrap seated stater, but it was so decrepit that I stayed away from it. Next; another lion (or Mazaios). 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 2, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 2, 2022 My littlest lion, looking very proud of himself nonetheless: Divus Maximian (issued under Constantine I), AE Half Follis, 317-318 AD, Rome Mint (1st Officina). Obv. Laureate, veiled head of Maximian right, DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP / Rev. Lion advancing right, MEMORIAE AETERNAE; in exergue, R P [Rome, 1st Officina]. RIC VII Rome 123 (p. 311), Sear RCV IV 16403, Cohen (Maximian) 400. 14x15 mm., 1.8 g. Next, another Imperial Divus coin from the 4th century AD. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 2, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Next: quadriga 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 3, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 3, 2022 Next: Unusual border treatment. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 3, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 next: a coin that you've yet to identify 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted October 3, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 3, 2022 This one has alluded me for years. I imagine it is a token or jeton from some European country, probably 1800s or so, but beyond that I've been at a loss. I've tried so many Numista searches that I do not think it's a circulation coin. I'd appreciate any help very much for this one. Next: more unattributed/unidentified coins 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 3, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Next: more anonymous coins 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 3, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 3, 2022 This coin is technically anonymous: Roman Republic, Anonymous [probably Caecilius Metellus Diadematus or Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus], 128 BCE, AR Denarius . Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet, * [monogram for value: XVI asses] behind; otherwise anepigraphic / Rev. Pax or Juno driving biga galloping right, holding reins and long scepter in left hand and branch (olive or laurel) in right hand; elephant head under horses, facing right with trunk curving down, wearing bell dangling from neck; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 262/1, RSC I Caecilia 38 (ill.), BMCRR 1044, Sear RCV I 138, Sydenham 496. 18.5 mm., 3.89 g., 11 h.* *One of only four anonymous Roman Republican denarii after ca. 154 BCE (see also Crawford 222/1, 287/1, & 350A/2), and the only one of the four that can be identified with near-certainty. See Crawford Vol. I at p. 287, explaining that the elephant head with dangling bell depicted on the reverse signals that the moneyer belonged to the Caecilii Metelli family, and recalls the victory of L. Caecilius Metellus, Cos. 251, over Hasdrubal at Panormus in 250 BCE, and the capture of Hasdrubal’s elephants. (See also the denarii depicting elephants or elephant heads issued by, e.g., M. Metellus Q.f. [127 BCE, Crawford 263/1a-1b], C. Caecilius Metullus Caprarius [125 BCE, Crawford 269/1]; Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius [81 BCE, Crawford 374/1]; and Q. Caecilius Metullus Pius Scipio [47-46 BCE, Crawford 459/1].) Therefore, it is generally accepted that this denarius was issued by either L. Caecilius Metellus Diadematus (Cos. 117), or L. Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus (Cos. 119), with the authorities seemingly preferring the former, given that his three brothers all held the moneyership. (Id.; see also Sear RCV I at p. 99; Harold B. Mattingly, “Roman Republican Coinage ca. 150-90 B.C.,” in From Coins to History (2004), pp. 199-226 at p. 219 n. 75.) The uncertainty in identifying the goddess in the biga arises from the inability to identify definitively the branch she holds: an olive branch would mean that the goddess is Pax, and a laurel branch would mean that she is Juno Regina. (See Crawford at p. 287.) Grueber (in BMCRR) and Seaby (in RSC) identify the goddess as Pax; Crawford and Sear note both possible identifications. Next, one of my favorite themes: elephant(s)! 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted October 3, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 3, 2022 Next: Another Imperatorial coin from the Pompeian forces in North Africa. 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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