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[DonnaML]

Artemis again!

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.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Alexandrian tetradrachm of Antoninus Pius.

Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.
Roman provincial billion tetradrachm, 11.60 g, 23.7 mm, 11 h.
Egypt, Alexandria, year 5, AD 141/2.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ; laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
Rev: ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ΘЄΑ,empress (Faustina I) as Eusebeia, veiled, standing left, dropping incense on lighted altar and holding long scepter; L-Є in lower fields.
Refs: RPC IV.4, 13464 (temporary); Dattari 2102; Milne 1686; SNG France 2205; Köln 1369; Emmett 1393.5.

[Spaniard]

Link.....Alexandria, Antoninus pius.

Antoninus Pius, 138 - 161 AD, AE Drachm, Egypt, Alexandria Mint, 34mm, 29.55 grams
Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus right.
Reverse: L DEKATOV, Zeus holding patera and scetpre reclining left on open wings of eagle.
Emmett1699 // Dattari2933 // Koln1560 // Milne1905

 

[shanxi]

Link Alexandria Drachm

Hadrian (AD 117-138).
AE drachm
Struck year 16 = 131/2 AD.
Obv.: AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate, draped bust of Hadrian right
Rev.: Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia, crocodile below, LIϚ (year 16) in left field.
AE, 26.43g, 34mm
Ref.: Cologne 1056. Dattari-Savio pl. 87, 1794. Emmett 1016/16, KG 32.517

[Roman Collector]

Link: Hadrian

Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.78 g, , 26.1 mm, 7 h.
Rome, ca. AD 119-124.
Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing facing right before a lighted altar, raising her right hand and holding a box of incense in her left.
Refs: RIC 601c; BMCRE 1233-34; Cohen 1044; Strack 542; RCV 3665; Hill 257.

[ambr0zie]

Link Pietas

M. Herennius. 108-107 BC. Rome. Denarius AR .18 mm, 3,77 g
PIETAS, head of Pietas r., wearing diadem; hair twisted around lower part of diadem; single drop earring; beaded necklace; tendrils falling down the back of her neck / M•HERENNI, nude male figure bearing a man on his shoulder, r. (one of the Catanaean brothers, Amphinomus, carrying his father Nisos on his shoulder); M.HERENNI downwards l.; control mark on r.
RRC 308/1b; Herennia 1a; B.M.C, 1258-85; Syd. 567a

Note: the second interpretation for the reverse reaches back to the mythological founding of Rome; Aeneas, during the fall of Troy, carried his father Anchises from the burning ruins of the city. Romulus and Remus, the founders of the city of Rome, through their descendence from him, made Aeneas progenitor of the Roman people. Long before Virgil makes reference to ‘pious Aeneas’ in his Aeneid, the Roman concept of piety was threefold; duty to the gods, to one’s homeland and to one’s family, which neatly links the reverse type with the obverse on this coin.

Edited September 20, 2022 by ambr0zie

[dougsmit]

Link: Carrying a person

This Caesar type does refer to the Aeneas/Anchises story referred to by ambr0zie  the second interpretation with the Herrenius coin. 

Julius Caesar AR denarius Venus/Aeneas 48 BC bought from Frank Robinson in 1987

Note this opens up options for the next link like coins you have had for 35 years, coins from FSR (infamous for coins showing 'carrying' scenes), coins with bankers' marks etc.

[kirispupis]

Link: has a banker's mark

India, Magadha Series 1 AR punchmarked
c. 6th-5th century BCE, time of kings Bimbisara and Ajatashatru
23-27mm 3.34g
Five official punches plus one banker's mark
GH 128
Ex CoinIndia

[shanxi]

Link: 3.34g

Faustina Minor
AR-Denar, Rome
Obv.: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. Draped bust right.
Rev.: MATRI MAGNAE, Cybele seated left with branch and drum, behind her a lion.
Ag, 3.34g, 18mm
Ref.: RIC III 706, CRE 173 [S]

[Spaniard]

Link...Cybele.

Phrygia, Eumeneia (near Civril, Turkey). Domitia, 81-96 AD. Bronze AE 15mm (2.47 gm).
Obv.: ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, Draped bust right. Hair rolled in front and in que behind,
Rev.: ΚΛ• ΤEΡEΝΤΥΛΛΑ ΑΡΧΙE /EΥΜE-ΝE-ΩΝ, Kybele enthroned to left, Patera in extended right hand, resting left forearm and hand on Tympanum (drum) at near side
RPC II 1388. Rare. gVF.

[happy_collector]

Link: Domitia  🙂

Domitia (Augusta, 82-96). Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum.
Æ (20mm, 4.89g, 6h). Kornelios Dioskourides, magistrate.
Obv: Draped bust right.
Rev: Tetrastyle temple.
RPC II 1290; SNG von Aulock 3846; BMC 188.
London Ancient Coins. Jan 2022.

Edited September 20, 2022 by happy_collector

[Roman Collector]

Link: tetrastyle temple.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ 17.2 mm, 3.73 g, 6 h.
Lydia, Nacrasa, likely issued under Strategos Milon, AD 161-163.
Obv: ΦΑVϹΤΕΙ-ΝΑ ϹЄΒΑ, bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina, right.
Rev: ΝΑΚΡ-ΑϹЄ-ΩΝ, tetrastyle temple enclosing statue of Artemis standing left, holding bow, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder.
Refs: BMC 22.169, 26; RPC IV.2 1353 temp; Imhoff-Blumer LS 106 no. 5.
 

[shanxi]

Link: tetrastyle temple enclosing statue of Artemis standing 

LYDIA. Hierocaesaraea. Commodus, 177-192. Tetrassarion
A. Io. Artemidoros, first archon, circa 179-180
Obv: ΑYΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑYΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from front
Rev. ЄΠ ΙΟ ΑΡΤЄΜΙΔΩΡΟV ΑΡΧ ΙЄΡΟΚΑΙϹΑΡЄΩΝ Tetrastyle temple set on base with three steps; within, statue of Artemis hurrying to right and shooting bow.
AE, 28 mm, 12.01 g, 6 h
Ref.: RPC IV.2 online 11399 (same dies). Apparently the second known example.

[Spaniard]

Link...Tetrastyle temple.

Pontos, Neokaisareia. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AE 29mm (14.60 gm). Dated CY 146 (209/10 AD).

Obv.: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.

Rev.: Cult image of uncertain deity on tall base within tetrastyle temple; pellet in pediment. RG 147 var. (rev. legend); SNG Hunterian 1154 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 100 (same obv. die). VF.

[shanxi]

Link Septimius Severus, provincial coin

Septimius Severus
Pergamon, Mysia
AE 18, AD 193-211
Obv: ΑVP KAI CEBHPOC, Laureate head right.
Rev: ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ B, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding staff entwined by snake.
AE, 3.79, 18mm
Ref.: SNG France 2203, Voegtli, FvP 33, 393

[Brennos]

link : snake

Sicily, Akragas, Litra, ca. 406 BC. AR (g 0,68; mm 12; h 9).
AKPA, Eagle standing l. on rock outcrop, tearing at snake held in talons;
Rv. Crab; A below.
Westermark, Coinage, 608; HGC 2, 114.

[kirispupis]

Link: eagle

Parthia(?) Andragoras(?), 'Eagle Series'
circa 246-238 BCE
AR Drachm. Hekatompylos(?) 3.33g, 14mm, 6h.
Local standard. Head of Athena to right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; monogram of Andragoras(?) behind / Eagle standing to left, head to right; grape cluster on vine with leaf above.
Roma XIV, 332; Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 2A; SNG ANS -; Mitchiner -; HGC 12, 8
Ex Neil Collection
Ex Roma

[DonnaML]

Link: Athena.

Corinth AR Stater. Circa 375-345 BC. Obv: Pegasos [Pegasus] flying left, Q below / Rev: Helmeted head of Athena left. Control-symbols behind head: Retrograde N and Ares standing left holding shield and spear. Pegasi 376 var. [“N” not retrograde] [Calciati, R., Pegasi Vol. I (Mortara, 1990)]; Ravel 1056 [Ravel, O.E., Les "Poulains" de Corinthe, I - II (Basel, 1936; London, 1948)]; BCD Corinth 121 [Numismatik Lanz, Münzen von Korinth: Sammlung B, Auction 105 (Munich, 26 Nov. 2001)]; SNG Copenhagen 121 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 15, Corinth (Copenhagen 1944)]. 21mm, 8.46 g., 6h. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction IX, 22 March 2015, Lot 168.

 

Edited September 21, 2022 by DonnaML

[Steve]

Link => Pegasus

 

Hadrian Æ Dupondius

Rome mint

AD 117-138

Struck AD 125-128

Diameter: 26 mm

Weight: 11.24 grams

Obverse: Radiate bust right, slight drapery

Reverse: Pegasus right

Other: 6h ... RIC II 758 … Near VF, greenish-brown patina 
Ex-stevex6 … From the Robert O. Ebert Collection

Edited September 21, 2022 by Steve

[DonnaML]

1 hour ago, DonnaML said:

Link: Athena.

Corinth AR Stater. Circa 375-345 BC. Obv: Pegasos [Pegasus] flying left, Q below / Rev: Helmeted head of Athena left. Control-symbols behind head: Retrograde N and Ares standing left holding shield and spear. Pegasi 376 var. [“N” not retrograde] [Calciati, R., Pegasi Vol. I (Mortara, 1990)]; Ravel 1056 [Ravel, O.E., Les "Poulains" de Corinthe, I - II (Basel, 1936; London, 1948)]; BCD Corinth 121 [Numismatik Lanz, Münzen von Korinth: Sammlung B, Auction 105 (Munich, 26 Nov. 2001)]; SNG Copenhagen 121 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 15, Corinth (Copenhagen 1944)]. 21mm, 8.46 g., 6h. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction IX, 22 March 2015, Lot 168.

 

I am digressing from the game for a moment to ask if anyone has pointed out that the extremely comprehensive volumes of SNG [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum] Copenhagen are now available online from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France at gallica.bnf.fr. Accordingly, I was able today to access Volume 15 of SNG Copenhagen, for Corinth, and find the description and illustration of my coin-type (which actually turns out to be a variation, because the SNG Copenhagen specimen, like the one at Calciati, has a non-retrograde "N"). See No. 121 at Plate 3:

The link to this plate is https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t5370911s/f25.item.r=Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum copenhagencorinth corinth.zoom.

Edited September 21, 2022 by DonnaML

[kirispupis]

Link: has wings

Attica, Eleusinian festival
350-300 BCE
15.97mm 3.37g
Obverse: Triptolemos in winged car drawn by serpents left
Reverse: Eleusi, pig standing right on mystic staff, bucranium below
SNG Copenhagen 315
Ex Glenn Woods
Ex Marc Breitsprecher

[kapphnwn]

Link Pig

Ae 22 of Arpi Apulia Minted 325-275 BC Obv Head of Zeus left laureate Rv Boar standing right in defensive stance.  Spear head above HGC 534 7.53 grms 22 MM Photo by W. Hansen

This coin was most like struck when the city of Arpi was in alliance with the Romans during the Second Samnite War. The defeat of the Samnites in 290 BC made Rome the undisputed master of Central Italy. 

[Spaniard]

I Don't know about others but must say I'm seeing some very interesting coins in this thread! A real eye opener thanks....

Link....Zeus.

Phrygia, Eumeneia Circa 200-133 BC. AE 15mm (3.98 gm).
Obv...Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev...EYME-NEΩN, legend in two lines within oak-wreath.
SNG Copenhagen 377-378

[kirispupis]

Link - Zeus

Cilicia, Anazarbos
Tarkondimotos I Philantonios (King of Eastern Cilicia)
c. 39-31 BCE
Æ 21mm, 9.22g, 11h
Diademed head r. R/ Zeus Nikephoros seated l.
RPC I 3871; SNG BnF 1913-6; SNG Levante 1258
Ex London Ancient Coins

[Ryro]

Cilicia 

CILICIA, Tarsos. Circa 370 BC. AR Obol. Female kneeling left, casting astragaloi / Youthful male head right.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 0,4 gr

Diameter: 10 mm

Purchased from NBS Aug

2021