Jump to content

Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?


kirispupis

Recommended Posts

Persephone 

Syracuse, Reign of Agathokles

317-289 BC
AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.14g)
O: Wreathed head of Kore (Persephone) right, wearing pendant earring and necklace; KOPAΣ behind.
R: Nike standing right, hammer in right hand, erecting trophy; triskeles to lower left, [ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΟΣ] behind, all within dotted border.
Struck between 313–295 BC.
HGC 2, 1536; SNG ANS 670-76; SNG Cop 766ff; Sear 972v; BMC 388v

~ Peter 

Persephone_tetradrachm.jpeg.jpg

  • Like 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Two heads.

Tasciovanus 1st Coinage Unit, 25-20BC
image.png.e2e6c31c8804ac4477890aba6b9379ec.png
Verlamion. Bronze, 16mm, 1.85g. Conjoined bearded heads right, elaborate hair arranged in two rows of crescents; VER(I) in front. Ram left, pellets and rosettes in front and below, rosette flanked by two pellets above; TA(SC) above (Spink 242; ABC 2655; VA 1705-01 ‘Trinovantian M’)

  • Like 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Rosettes.

Taras, Calabria

325-280 BC
AR Diobol (12mm, 1.03g)
O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with 3 rosettes; MA behind, Δ below chin.
R: Herakles kneeling right, wrestling the Nemean lion, club in right hand.
Vlasto 1372-73; SNG France 2117; Cote cf 254; HN Italy 976

~ Peter 

KAw6s48S3GoxmXQ98gLFe2Rr5nJBdT.jpg

  • Like 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Rosettes.

Henry VI Rosette-Mascle Groat, 1430-1431
image.png.1071ca33f6fcd4d3e810f48a3cb7ad7a.png
Calais. Silver, 26mm, 3.82g. Crowned facing bust in tressure of arches, with rosettes & mascles in legend; + hЄnRIC DI GRΛ RЄX ΛnGL’ Z FRΛnC. Long cross pattee, trefoils in quarters, rosettes and mascles in legend; + POSVI DЄVm ΛDIVTORЄ mЄVm; VIL LA CALI SIE (S 1859). From the Cambridge Hoard 2001.

  • Like 9
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just to keep this moving. King on obverse, cross on reverse.

JAIME I. (1213-1276 AD). Spanish States
Obverse: ARAGON., bust of King Jaime, crowned and draped, left.
Reverse: IACOBVS REX., cross of Caravaca, (Patriarchal Cross).
1 Denier (1/240th Libra), Billon.
1.09g. 18mm. Jaca mint, (1085-1340), Spain. CRU # 318.

o82X3yFpYcd6zj7L4Gw9BZ5r9iqSqQ.jpg.6a6d6c3f419fde1190897bc3bc836d30.jpg

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Same design of cross 

image.png.464859558c84721027a4564d9b9c03c6.png

15,7 mm, 0,59 g.
Hungary. Louis II 1516-1526. AR denar. Kremnitz. 1522.
Fourfold coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion; in center chest shield Polish Jagellon eagle, no inner circle. Date above shield between two dots, two rosettes between two dots each at the sides / Crowned Madonna seated, with child in her right arm, no lettering, no inner circle. ÉH.675e; Huszar 846.

Edited by ambr0zie
  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Benefactor

Link: bound captive.

Probus, billon/AE Antoninianus [no remaining silvering], Rome Mint, 279 AD. Obv. Radiate, helmeted, & cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield, IMP PROBVS AVG/ Rev. Probus riding left, extending arm in salute & holding scepter, horse’s right front hoof raised over bound captive seated left, ADVENTVS AVG. In exergue: R - pellet in crescent - ς (digamma/stigma) [Officina 6]. RIC V-2 157(ς); Cohen 37; Pink VI/1 p. 57. 23 mm., 2.75 g. [See http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/probus/RIC_0157_digamma_dot_in_cresc_left.txt.]

image.png.8d9572950430be6527282891f0c51e13.png

  • Like 9
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Horseman

Constantius II, AE2. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, B behind bust / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO. Soldier helmeted, draped and cuirassed advancing left and spearing fallen horseman with right hand, and wearing a shield on left arm. Shield on ground to right of horseman wearing a Phrygean helmet and falling forward, clutching horses neck.
Gamma in left field, R wreath Z in exergue. 22mm, 5.21gr.
RIC VIII Rome 256.

ConstantiusII-Copy-Copy.jpg.86cbc87d0f23f9d0802d66a6a2608db8.jpg

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Phrygian

Ti. Cl. Phileinos Hemiassarion, Time of Vespasian, 70-73
image.png.0748833f35b7cb36d39e9dcc0f09c797.png
Sardis. Bronze, 12.5mm, 2.48g. Draped bust of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap; crescent on his shoulders; EΠI TI KΛAY ΦIΛEINOY CTΡA (Ti. Cl. Phileinos magistrate). CAΡ/ΔIA/NΩN (Sardisian) in three lines within laurel wreath tied below (RPC II 1307). Struck over a Nero Hemiassarion from Sardis from 65, under the strategos Ti. Cl. Mnaseas (bold letters visible): Laureate head of Nero to right; NEPΩN KAICAP ("KAIC" is visible at 12h). Laureate head of Hercules to right, with lion's skin tied around his neck; EΠI TI MNACEOY CAPΔIANΩN ("CAPΔ" is just below the bust of Mên) (RPC I 3009).

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link: crescent on shoulders. I bought this one from Jonathan K. Kern more than 25 years ago.

[IMG]
Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249
Roman AR antoninianus, 3.96 g, 23.1 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 246-248.
Obv: M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right, on crescent.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 125c; Cohen 14; RCV 9147; CRE 522.
Edited by Roman Collector
  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Concordia

Sabina Denarius, 130-133
image.png.73261544916723d8728f047aa7042037.png
Rome. Silver, 17mm, 3.07g. Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing stephane; SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P. Concordia seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; cornucopiae below throne; CONCORDIA AVG ([RIC II.3, 2052). From the Londonthorpe II (Lincolnshire) Hoard, also known as Ropsley, found in March 2018. Portable Antiquities Scheme ID: LANCUM-F93E5B (This coin is in Image 1, first in second row).

  • Like 6
  • Heart Eyes 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Sabina

image.png.cd461728317cb31aa390c89ae91a137b.png

17 mm, 2,69 g.
Sabina. Augusta 128-137. AR denarius. 136-138.
SABINA AVGVSTA, bust of Sabina, diademed, wearing stephane with hair in queue, draped, right / VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing right, arranging drapery and holding apple.
RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 2576; Old RIC II Hadrian 396.

  • Like 5
  • Heart Eyes 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Sabina again

normal_Sabina_02.jpg.39037edc2321b0489d9ff48523567fbc.jpg

Sabina
AR Denarius, AD 128-136
Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, Diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting elbow on figure of Spes; cornucopia below chair.
Ag, 3.39g, 17mm
Ref.: RIC 398, CRE 40 [C]

  • Like 5
  • Clap 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Concordia 

image.png.97aefcabf31a86118f2af962c1960479.png

22 mm, 1,99 g.
Gallienus 253-268 AD. AR antoninianus. Rome. 253.
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, bust of Gallienus, radiate, draped, right / CONCORDIA AVGG, two right hands clasped together.
RIC V Gallienus (joint reign) 131; Cohen 125.

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link - laureate Apollo on obverse 

image.png.0e0ba6a48861626b2f04caa28f59556e.png

19 mm, 3,81 g.

P. Clodius M.f. Turrinus. AR denarius. Rome. 42 BC.

Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, lyre / P.CLODIVS – ·M·F, Diana standing facing, with bow and quiver over shoulder, holding lit torch in each hand.
Crawford 494/23; BMCRR Rome 4290.

  • Like 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...