Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[Edessa]

Link: Eagle

Sicily, Akragas. Circa 425-410 BC. Æ Hemilitra (26mm, 12.68g, 12h). Obv: [AKPA]; Eagle standing left, head lowered, on hare held in its talons, R is field to right, Rev: Crab, three pellets and crayfish below, three pelets above, Ref: CNS 24-26; SNG ANS 1028; HGC 2, 137.

 

[DonnaML]

47 minutes ago, expat said:

Alexandria

 

Wrong Alexandria!

[John Conduitt]

1 hour ago, DonnaML said:

Wrong Alexandria!

Compared to when people call uno on 'bronze', any Alexandria isn't bad 🤣

[DonnaML]

Link: another eagle.

Roman Republic, Q. Cassius Longinus, AR Denarius, 55 BCE [Crawford] or 53 BCE [Harlan], Rome Mint. Obv. Young male head of Genius Populi Romani [Crawford & RCV] or Bonus Eventus [RSC & RRM II] right, with flowing hair, scepter behind, border of dots / Rev. Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt, lituus [curved augural staff used in reading auspices] to left and capis [jug used in same rituals] to right, border of dots; Q • CASSIVS in exergue. Crawford 428/3, RSC I Cassia 7 (ill.), Sydenham 916, Sear RCV I 391 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 23 at pp. 180-187, BMCRR Rome 3868. 19 mm., 3.77 g., 6 h.*

*    Harlan argues that the auspicial symbols on the reverse signal Bonus Eventus rather than Apollo. According to Crawford (Vol. I at p. 452), the eagle, lituus, and capis together symbolized imperium. He suggests that they refer to the Lex Cassia of 104 BCE, introduced by L. Cassius Longinus, under which individuals who had been deprived of imperium by popular vote, or had been convicted of a crime in a popular assembly, were excluded from the Senate. This coin is also discussed in Roberta Stewart, The Jug and Lituus on Roman Republican Coin Types: Ritual Symbols and Political Power, in Phoenix Vol. 51, No. 2 (Summer, 1997), pp. 170-189 at pp. 181-182 (DOI: 10.2307/1088493, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1088493). The author notes that the eagle and thunderbolt were “auspicial signs associated with Jupiter, the god of the auspices,” and that both moneyers in 55 BCE were adherents of Pompey, “whose position in 56-55 was problematical.” Thus, the coin’s allusion to these traditional symbols of political power -- reading auspices was a predicate to the conduct of public business -- “identif[ied] Pompey’s desire for political and military prestige with the political and religious values of Rome.”

Edited July 3, 2023 by DonnaML

[Prieure de Sion]

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9 hours ago, DonnaML said:

associated with Jupiter

 

Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus

Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 95/96 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 33/34mm; Weight: 24.21g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 794; Pedigree: Ex Gerhard Hirsch Sale 336, 7 February 2018, Lot 2436; Pedigree: from the Collection of Armand Trampitsch, Vinchon, 15-17 November 1986, Lot 681; Pedigree: from the Collection of René Baron

 

Obverse: Head of Domitian, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVII CENS PER P P for Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Consul Septimum Decimum, Censor Perpetuus, Pater Patriae (Imperator, Caesar, Domitian, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, consul for the 17th time, censor for life, father of the nation); Reverse: Jupiter seated left, holding Victory in right and vertical sceptre in left. The Inscription reads: IOVI VICTORI S C for Iovi Victori, Senatus Consultum (To Jupiter the Victorious. Decree of the senate).

 

[ambr0zie]

Link - seated left holding Victory 

Hadrian AD 117-138. Rome
Semis Æ
20 mm, 4,03 g
AD 124-125
HADRIANVS AVGVSTUS, bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, viewed from rear or side / COS III SC, Roma seated left on cuirass, resting foot on helmet, holding Victory and spear; behind, shield
RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 760; RIC II Hadrian 685 (semis)

[expat]

Hadrian

[Prieure de Sion]

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Galley

 

Marcus Antonius
Denarius of the Roman Republican Period 32/31 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.57g; Mint: Military Mint in the East; Reference: Crawford 544/36, CRI 380, BMCRR East 215, RSC 57; Provenance: Ex Cayón Numismática Spain

Obverse: Galley right, with sceptre tied with fillet on prow; above and below, inscription. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: ANT·AVG III·VIR·R·P·C for Antonius Augurus Triumviri Rei Publicae Constituandae ([Mark] Antony, Triumvirate for the Restoration of the Government); Reverse: Aquila (legionary eagle) between two standards; across eagle, inscription. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: LEG XX for legio vicesima (twentieth legion).

 

[John Conduitt]

Galley

Allectus Quinarius, 293-296

Londinium. Bronze, 19mm, 2.28g. Bust of Allectus, radiate, cuirassed, right; IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG. Galley with mast, rowing left; VIRTVS AVG; QL in exergue (RIC V.1, 55). Found in Kent in the 1980s.

[Pellinore]

That despicable Allectus! 

He murdered  Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius, who was (possibly) the only Low-Lands-Born Emperor (286-293) of his own Northwest Roman Empire.  Carausius could have brought about something great, an Anglo-Dutch Empire, everything could have been different, but alas - there was the treacherous Allectus with his murderous backstab dagger.

A barbarous Carausius from his own faraway barbarous regions:  2682 RB. Carausius 287-293. AE Antoninianus. Obv. Radiate head right. Readable text IMPCCA ... VG. Rev. Salus? with a text that I can't read, but there's a cross at the end. 15-17.5 mm (oval), 2.41 gr.

 

[DonnaML]

Link: Allectus, the successor to Carausius!

Allectus, Billon “Quinarius” [1/2 Antoninianus or Aurelianus; see fn.], 293-295/96 AD, London Mint. Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG / Rev. Galley left with mast and rigging (no rowers), waves below, VIRTVS AVG above; in exergue, mintmark Q L [L = London Mint]. 19 mm., 3.16 g. RIC V-2 55 (p. 563) [erroneously identified by dealer as RIC 128, which has Q C mintmark for Camulodunum mint]; Sear RCV IV 13870; Burnett 111 [this variety] (App. 2, p. 34) [Andrew Burnett, “The Coinage of Allectus: Chronology and Interpretation,” British Numismatic Journal Vol. 54 (1984) pp. 21-40, available at https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital BNJ/pdfs/1984_BNJ_54_5.pdf]. Purchased from Noonans (Noonans Mayfair Ltd., London, UK), Auction 269, 8 March 2023, Lot 736.* [Footnote omitted.]

Edited July 3, 2023 by DonnaML

[Roman Collector]

Link: Quinarius.

Gaius Egnatuleius, c.f. 97 BCE.
Roman Republican AR quinarius, 1.68 g, 14.6 mm, 11 h.
Rome, 97 BCE.
Obv: C·EGNATVLEI·C·F·Q, Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Rev: Victory left, inscribing shield attached to trophy; beside trophy, carnyx; Q in center field; ROMA in exergue.
Refs: Crawford RRC 333/1; Sydenham CRR 588; BMCRR1 1076-77; Sear RCV 213.

 

 

[John Conduitt]

Laureate head of Apollo, right

Cranbourne Chase Stater, 50-10BC

Durotriges tribe, Dorset. Silver, 19mm, 4.78g. Crude head of Apollo with wreath, cloak and crescents. Disjointed horse left with rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three lines for tail; pellet below; twelve pellets above; wheel of biga behind (ABC 2157; VA 1235-1; M 317; S 366). From the Winterborne Stickland (Dorset) Hoard 2013 of 75 staters, Portable Antiquities Scheme: WILT-DF1BB7.

[Prieure de Sion]

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28 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Apollo

 

Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi
Denarius of the Roman Republic Period 90 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.56g; Mint: Rome; Reference: Crawford RRC 340/1; Provenance: Ex Collection Patrick Guillard

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right or left; control-mark below chin, behind, or both. Border of dots; Reverse: Horseman, right or left, with palm-branch, torch, or whip; control-mark above, below, or both. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: L PISO FRVGI for Lucius Piso Frugi.

 

[John Conduitt]

More Apollo

Antiochos II Theos Æ18, 261-246BC

Sardis, Seleucid Empire. Bronze, 18mm, 3.96g. Laureate head of Apollo right. Tripod of Delphi; to left, monogram of HAP; to right, ΜIΛ; in exergue, anchor; (Β)ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Α)ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (SC 522.1).

[Prieure de Sion]

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3 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Seleucid Empire

 

Antiochos VII Euergetes Sidetes
Tetradrachm of the Seleucid Empire Period 138/137 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 27.5mm; Weight: 14.45g; Mint: Tyros, Syria; Reference: SC 2109.3d; Provenance: Ex Leu Numismatic Winterthur Switzerland

Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VII to right; Reverse: Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by monogram; above club, A/PE; to right, monogram above EΟΡ (date SE 175 = 138/7); between the eagle's legs, monogram. The Inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY.

 

[Edessa]

Seleucids

Seleukid Empire. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Æ19 (6.08g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint, late 280's BC. Obv: Winged head of Medusa to right. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚOY; Bull butting right. Ref: SC 24.1; HGC 9, 117a corr. (denomination).

[John Conduitt]

Bull butting right.

Thurrock Potin, 120-100BC

Cantii or Trinovantes tribe, imitating a hemiobolion from the Greek colony Massalia. Cast bronze, 17mm, 3.09g. Head of Apollo left. Bull butting right, traces of MA above (S 62; ABC 120; VA 1402). Found in Dover, Kent 2013.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Bull butting right.

Macedonia, Amphipolis, ca. 187-131 BCE.
AE 21.4 mm 7.57 gm.
Obv: Head of Artemis Tauropolis, r.
Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull bounding r.
SNG ANS-113; Lindgren Europe-933; BMC-35; SNG Cop-72.

[John Conduitt]

Artemis (without bull).

Caracalla AE18, 198-217

Tralles, Lydia. Bronze, 18-19mm, 4.60g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; AYT KA ANTΩN. Artemis walking right, looking left, holding bow and reaching for arrow from quiver at her shoulder, hound at foot; TΡAΛΛIANΩN (SNG France 1696). Found in Lincolnshire.

[Prieure de Sion]

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21 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Caracalla

 

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caracalla
Stater of the Cimmerian Bosporus Empire Period 216/217 AD; Material: Gold Elektron; Diameter:19mm; Weight: 7.70g; Mint: Pantikapaion, Kingdom of the Bosporus; Reference: MacDonald 556/2; Provenance: Ex Naumann Vienna Collection; Obverse: Draped bust of Rhescuporis II with diadema to the right. In front of it a club (attribute of Heracles). Inscription: ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ · PHCKOVΠOPIΔOC for Basileos Rheskouporis (King Rhescuporis); Reverse: Draped bust of Caracalla with laurel wreath to the right. Inscription: ΓIΦ for Gamma (3) + Iota (10) + Phi (500) = 513 (Dated year 513 of the Bosporan era = 216/217 AD).

  

[John Conduitt]

Crimea

Töde Möngke Dang, 1283-1287

Qrim (formerly Solkhat, Crimea). Silver, 22mm, 1.87g. Batu’s tamga in triangle / Coin of Qrim outside triangle. Töde Möngke in square, Equitable / Silver / Legal in segments (Sagdeeva 40; Zeno 270295, this coin). 

[Prieure de Sion]

53 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Töde Möngke Dang, 1283-1287

Töde Möde Döde ... triangles, squares... by all the gods of the underworld, how am I supposed to get a link to another coin? 

😜😂

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

57 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Crimea

Töde Möngke Dang, 1283-1287

Qrim (formerly Solkhat, Crimea). Silver, 22mm, 1.87g. Batu’s tamga in triangle / Coin of Qrim outside triangle. Töde Möngke in square, Equitable / Silver / Legal in segments (Sagdeeva 40; Zeno 270295, this coin). 

Mongol ruler Mongke?

[Roman Collector]

Link: Triangle with a design inside it.

Severus Alexander AD 222-235.
Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g.
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon.
Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse.
Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670.