Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[John Conduitt]

56 minutes ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said:

Mongol ruler Mongke?

Yes, Golden Horde.

[DonnaML]

Link: Artemis.

Antoninus Pius, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 5 (AD 141/142), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ / Rev. Artemis advancing right, wearing diplois (cloak) and boots, with short chiton and short peplos which flies behind, right breast bare, raising right hand to pluck arrow from quiver and holding out bow in left hand; in left field, L beneath E (Year 5). 23 mm., 13.52 g., 12 h. Emmett 1362.5, RPC IV.4 Online 14247 (temporary) (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14247); Milne 1693 at p. 41 (detailed description of Artemis at p. 134); BMC 16 Alexandria 938 (at p. 109 & Pl. III) (rev. var. in placement of year). Purchased at CNG [Classical Numismatic Group, LLC] E-Auction 512, 23 March 2022, Lot 454.

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2023 by DonnaML

[John Conduitt]

Archer

Phraates IV Drachm, 37-2BC

Mithradatkart. Silver, 21mm, 4.16g. Diademed bust left, wart on forehead; behind, eagle flying left, crowning Phraates with wreath. Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow (Sellwood 52.32-3 var).

[Dafydd]

Bow = Archer.

Roman Empire

Aemilian (Jul-Oct 253)

Antoninianus, Rome

Obv: IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Rev: ERCVL VICTORI, Hercules standing r., resting on club and holding bow and lion's skin on left arm.

3.06g, 21-22mm dia.

RCV 9832, RSC 13.

Good Very Fine..  Ex Baldwin, October 2005.

[John Conduitt]

Hercules

Postumus Antoninianus, 260-265

Cologne or Trier. Billon, 24mm, 3.32g. Radiate draped bust of Postumus right; IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG. Hercules standing left leaning on club with lion's skin on rock; HERC PACIFERO (RIC V, 67). NGC 2083747-038. From the South Petherton (Somerset) Hoard 2013, Portable Antiquities Scheme IARCH-BD8431.

[Dafydd]

Postumus

Roman Imperial Coinage, Postumus, Double-Sestertius, Trier, 260-9, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Fides standing left, holding two standards, 20.94g (RIC 123; Banti 12; Holmes 604)

 

[John Conduitt]

Fides.

Postumus Antoninianus, struck under Aureolus, 267

Milan. Billon, 22mm, 3.84g. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; IMP POSTVMVS AVG. Fides seated left, holding patera and standard; FIDES AEQVIT (RIC V.2, 376). From the Pamphill (Dorset) Hoard 2011.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: 

1 hour ago, John Conduitt said:

FIDES

 

Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 138 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.21g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 12a; Provenance: Ex Aureo & Calico Numismatico Barcelona Spain

Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right. The Inscription reads: IMP T AEL CAES HADRI ANTONINVS for Imperator Titus Aelius Caesar Hadrianus Antoninus; Reverse: Fides standing right, holding corn-ears in right hand and fruit basket in left. The Inscription reads: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS DES II for Augustus Pius, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Designatus Secundum ((Augustus [Antoninus] Pius, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul elect for the second time).

 

[John Conduitt]

Corn ears and Pius

Antoninus Pius As, 154-155

Rome. Bronze, 26mm, 10.41g. Laureate bust of Pius right, no drapery on left shoulder; ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII. Felicitas standing left, holding corn ears and winged caduceus; FELICITAS COS IIII / S C (cf RIC III, 937). 'Coin of British Association'.

[expat]

Antoninus Pius

 

[John Conduitt]

Elephant

Phraates II Chalkous, 132-127BC

Ekbatana, Parthian Kingdom. Bronze, 15mm, 1.68g. Diademed, short-bearded bust left, no symbols, circular border of pellets. Elephant advancing right on exergual line; no border; legends to left and right, four-line Greek inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ (Of Great King Arsaces, of Divine Descent) (Sellwood 16.29).

[Roman Collector]

Link: elephant! This one is ex-Houghton:


Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV.
Selucia in Pieria, 175-164 BC.
AE 3.33 gm; 15 mm.
Obv: Veiled bust of Laodike IV, r.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant head l.; prow.
Refs: Houghton, CSE 113 (plate coin); Forrer 183.

[Edessa]

Another Elephant Head

Roman Republic. M. Caecilius Q.f. Q.n. Metellus. Restored issue, 82-80 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia; mark of value below chin / Macedonian shield with elephant's head on central boss; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 369/1; Sydenham 719; Caecilia 30; RBW 1389. Trace die rust and minor nick on obverse. Good Very Fine. Ex CNG e537 (26 Apr 2023), Lot 406.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Head of Apollo, right.

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BCE.
Roman AR denarius, 3.68 g, 18.1 mm, 8 h.
Rome, 90 BCE.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΨXXXVIII behind.
Rev: Horseman right with palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; CVII above, L·PISO FRVGI / ROMA monogram below.
Refs: Ghey, Leins & Crawford 340.1.84; RSC Calpurnia 11; Sydenham (CRR) 664b; BMCRR 1928; Sear 235.
Notes: Double die match to BMC specimen.
 

[ambr0zie]

Link horseman right 

Thessaly. Larissa circa 356-320 BC. Trihemiobol AR. 11 mm, 0,93 g
Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to left, wearing ampyx and necklace / Thessalian horseman charging to right; ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ around.
BCD Thessaly II 341; HGC 4, 515.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: 

2 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Thessaly. Larissa

 

Magistrates Philozenides and Damothoinos
Stater (Double Victoriate) of the Thessalian League Period 196/146 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 23mm; Weight: 5.89g; Mint: Larissa, Thessalia; Reference: Sear 2231-3; BMC 33; Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right; Reverse: Athena Itonia advancing right; [ΦIΛ]OXE-NIΔH[Σ] above spear, [ΔA]MOΘOINO[Σ] in exergue

 

[John Conduitt]

Athena

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).

[Pellinore]

Link: Owl(s)

1016. AE13 Athens, 340-317 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Athens t.r. Two-bodied owl peering at you, above Eleusinian ring. Α / Θ – Ε. Kroll 41. HGC 4, 1736. 13 mm, 1.95 gr. 

[ambr0zie]

Link helmeted head of Athena right 

Aiolis. Myrina circa 400-300 BC. Bronze Æ 10 mm, 0,69 g.

Helmeted head of Athena right / Amphora "MY-PI".

SNG Cop 216-220; SNG Munich 570

[Pellinore]

Link: Amphora, but also an owl. 

5034. Himyarites (Arabia Felix), Shahar-Hilal. 1st century BC-1st century AD. AR Unit. Obv. Laureate male head right (the Emperor Augustus?) within olive wreath. Rev. Owl standing to the right on amphora (looks like a prehistoric bicycle pump); text and monograms. 6h, 25 mm, 5.44 gr. ‘Malcom-Hay, pl. II, 34; SNG ANS 1464’. Zeno 22563. 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Augustus.

Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14.
Roman provincial AE 23.
Macedon, Amphipolis, 10.25 g, 23.3 mm, 1 h.
Obv: ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, bare-head, right.
Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis Tauropolos with inflated veil, riding on bull galloping right.
Refs: RPC I, 1626; BMC 5, p. 52, 73; Sear GIC 29.
Note: Double die match to BMC specimen.

[DonnaML]

Link: an Augustus bronze.

Augustus, Æ As, 11-12 AD Rome Mint. Obv. IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS IMP XX Bare head of Augustus left / Rev. PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII around large S•C. RIC I 471, BMCRE 275, Sear RCV I 1689, Cohen 226. 27 mm., 9.98 g, 7 h.  Ex Nomos Obolos Auction 11, 8 Dec. 2018, Lot 489.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: 

12 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Augustus

 

Augustus, Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus
Dupondius of the Roman Imperial Period 9/14 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 25mm; Weight: 12.66g; Mint: Lugdunum, Gallia; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Augustus 232

Obverse: Head of Augustus, right, laureate. The Inscription reads: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE for Caesar Augustus Divi Filius Pater Patriae (Caesar Augustus, son of the divine, father of the nation); Reverse: Altar of the three Gauls in Lugdunum, flanked by Victory holding wreath on column on each side, front decorated with corona civica flanked by nude male on each side. The Inscription reads: ROM ET AVG for Romae et Augusto (To Rome and the Augustus).

Comments: After the reorganisation of the Roman provinces by Emperor Augustus, Lugdunum was the centre of the three Gallic provinces (Gallia Lugdunensis, Gallia Aquitania and Gallia Belgica). Therefore, the Provincial Diet (concilium provinciae), at which the representatives of the 60 Gallic districts (civitates) met annually on 1 August, met there. Drusus, Augustus' stepson, had the Ara trium Galliarum set up as the venue for these meetings as part of the preparations for his large-scale Germanic offensive in the 2nd decade of the 1st century BC. The task of the Diet was, among other things, the practice of the imperial cult. This included the payment of the sacrifice to the emperor as well as the organisation of games in honour of the ruler and the goddess Roma. In this way, the subjugated Gallic tribes expressed their loyalty to Rome. A provincial priest presided over the ceremony; the participating envoys were usually chosen by the senate of their city from among the local aristocracy, the decurion class. The religious festivities consisted of sacrifices, processions, games, eloquence and poetry competitions. In addition, the assembly also played a political role, as it could, if necessary, address the emperor as the representative of the Gallic provinces and convey official messages to him. It is disputed whether the annual Gallic provincial assemblies were in the tradition of older religious rituals of the pre-Roman period. Among other things, this also depends on the question of whether the date of 1 August refers to a festival in honour of the Celtic sun god Lugus or whether it simply refers to the date of Augustus' conquest of Alexandria and thus an important event of his accession to power.

 

[Pellinore]

Link: Augustus as with the altar of Lugdunum

2117 C. Augustus, AE as but smallish. Obv. obliterated and countermarked TIB. Rev. Altar of Lugdunum with Victories on top, facing each other, and a wreath at the center, flanked by palm branches and little men. Underneath ROM ET AVG. 20/21 mm, 7.30 gr. Found in the Netherlands. See discussion on another forum. 

This is the probable original aspect of the obverse: 

 

[Edessa]

Yet another Augustus As with the Altar of Lugdunum.

Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (26mm, 7.47g, 9h) Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, the "Altar I" series. Struck circa 10-7 BC. Obv: CAESAR PONT MAX; Laureate bust of Augustus right. Rev: ROM ET AVG; Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. Ref: RIC 230; Cohen 240; BMC 550. Good Fine/ about Fine, nice apple green patina.