ambr0zie Posted January 19 · Member Share Posted January 19 Domitia alone 15 mm, 2,86 g. Ionia, Magnesia ad Sipylum. Domitia 82-96. Ӕ. ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Domitia, right / ΜΑΓΝΗ ϹΙΠΥ, river god reclining l., holding branch of plant and cornucopia over inverted pot from which flows water. RPC II, 986; BMC 56; Cop 259. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 20 · Patron Share Posted January 20 Link: River god. Postumus, AD 260-269. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.54 g, 22.4 mm, 12 h. Trier (some attribute to Cologne), 1st emission, 2nd phase, AD 260-261. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: SALVS PROVINCIARVM, river god Rhinus, bearded and horned, reclining left, resting right hand on boat and holding anchor in left, left arm resting on urn. Refs: RIC 87; RSC 355b; Mairat 1-5; RCV 10991; AGK 88c; De Witte 290; Hunter p. lxxxviii. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted January 20 · Member Share Posted January 20 Trier (Treveri) 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 20 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 20 (edited) Links: Solidus from Trier Mint, 1st Officina, with Two Emperors/VICTORIA AVGG reverse: Valens (younger brother of Valentinian I, reigned as Emperor in East AD 364-378), AV Solidus, Treveri (Trier) Mint, 1st Officina, issued 376 - mid-377 AD after death of Valentinian I [see Depeyrot pp. 77, 121]. Obv. Pearl-diademed (with double band of pearls held by single rosette gem at top), draped, and cuirassed bust right, DN VALENS – PF AVG / Rev. Valens & Gratian enthroned facing in single large throne, each with left leg uncovered and right hand on a globe between them; above and behind, Victory facing with wings spread; palm-branch on ground between them; VICTOR – IA AVGG around; in exergue, mintmark TROBC [TR = Treveri Mint; OB = “obryzum, which means refined or pure gold, and is the Greek numeral 72. Thus the . . . OB . . . may be read ‘1/72 pound pure gold’” (see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=CONOB); C = Capita, for 1st Officina (see Depeyrot p. 52)]. 19.5 mm., 4.42 g., 6 h. Depeyrot, Trèves [Trier] 45/1 Valens at p. 121 (45th emission for city since AD 337) (26 examples of type from 1st Officina; 33 overall) [Depeyrot, George, Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]; RIC IX 39(d)1 at p. 21; Sear RCV V 19578 (obv. ill. p. 324). Purchased from CNG (Classical Numismatic Group, LLC) Electronic Auction 525, 20 Oct. 2022, Lot 1319; ex. “Conti Collection.”* *This is my only example of a solidus bearing the reverse legend “VICTORIA AVGG” (“To the Victory of the Two Emperors,” see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=VICTORIA%20AVGG), depicting two reigning emperors enthroned together on the reverse. This type was “for more than a quarter of a century . . . the main gold currency of the western empire,” issued in the names of all the co-emperors during that period, beginning with Valentinian I and Valens in the 360s AD. See RIC IX p. 5 (introduction to Treveri Mint section.) Despite relying on Depeyrot and correctly describing the obverse as depicting Valens with a pearl-diademed bust, CNG’s lot description for this coin was erroneous in several respects. Thus, CNG identified the coin as Depeyrot 43/2 rather than the correct 45/1, even though the obverse of 43/2 is identified in Depeyrot (see p. 119) with a code signifying a rosette-diademed bust rather than the code for a pearl diadem, used for 45/1 (see p. 121). As a result of this relatively minor error, and because 43/2 was issued before the death of Valentinian I, CNG incorrectly dates the coin to the period from mid-373 to April 375 AD, and incorrectly identifies the two emperors on the reverse of the coin as Valentinian I and Valens, rather than Valens and Gratian. As it happens, Depeyrot 43/2 overall is about four times as common as 45/1 (126 examples cited compared to 33), but the number of cited examples from the 1st Officina, with TROBC in the exergue, is approximately the same (28 as compared to 26). So I doubt that the price of this coin was materially affected by CNG’s errors in identifying it. Although I should point out that CNG’s citation of RIC IX 39b.1 for this coin also appears to be incorrect, independently: as far as I can tell, that type is coded as a coin of Valentinian I rather than Valens. Hence, my citation to a different type. Edited January 20 by DonnaML 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 21 · Supporter Share Posted January 21 Link: Trier Theodora AE follis, Trier Mint Obv.: FL MAX THEODORA AVG, mantled bust right Rev.: PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, holding child in her arms; TRP in exergue AE, 1.50g, 16mm Ref.: RIC VIII, Trier 65 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 21 · Supporter Share Posted January 21 Trier, PTR in exergue 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted January 21 · Supporter Share Posted January 21 The year 310... on the opposite side of the common era: Alexander III - Philip III. Ca. 325-310 B.C. AE unit (16.4 mm, 4.91 g). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield with boss decorated with thunderbolt / B-A, crested Macedonian helmet; mouse right below. Price -; SNG Alpha Bank -; cf. Leu 17, lot 347. Near VF, earthen green patina. Very rare, unpublished. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 21 · Supporter Share Posted January 21 Macedonian shield with thunderbolt on boss ALEXANDER III the Great AE16 Obverse: Macedonian shield with thunderbolt on boss. Reverse: B – A either side of Macedonian helmet with chinstrap. ^E Monogram upper right. Price 404 var (monogram upper instead of lower). Uncertain mint in Macedon, ca. 326 BC. 4,65 g - 16 mm. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 21 · Patron Share Posted January 21 Link: Thunderbolt. Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 23 mm, 9.0 g. Cilicia, Olba, c. AD 158-165. Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina, right, wearing stephane. Rev: ΟΛΒЄ-ΩΝ, winged thunderbolt. Refs: RPC IV.3, 5828 (temporary); BMC 21.125,25; SNG von Aulock 5795; SNG Levante 657. Notes: Obverse die-match to SNG von Aulock and SNG Levante specimens. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted January 21 · Member Share Posted January 21 link: Olba Cilicia, Olba. Æ15. Dated year 2 = AD 11-12. Obv: Ajax, son of Teucer, high priest and toparch. Head of Ajax as Hermes, wearing close-fitting cap right. Reign: Augustus. Magistrate: Ajax (high priest and toparch) Rev: ΑΙΑΝ-ΤΟΣE ΤΕY-B-ΚΡΟY. SNG Levante 633 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 22 · Member Share Posted January 22 Hermes 13 mm, 1,58 g. Aeolis, Aigai circa 200-27 BC. Ӕ. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Forepart of goat right; monograms above and to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen 14; SNG von Aulock -. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 23 · Patron Share Posted January 23 Link: Hermes/Mercury, right, wearing petassos. Anonymous. Roman Republican Æ semuncia, 6.11 g, 20.8 mm, 10 h. Rome, 217-215 BC. Obv: Head of Mercury, right, wearing winged petasos. Rev: Prow, right; ROMA above. Refs: Crawford RRC 38/7; BMCRR 129; RCV 620; Sydenham CRR 87. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted January 24 · Member Share Posted January 24 Anonymous Magna Graecia 3rd Century BC Etruria/ uncertain City State Anonymous Ruler AV As 0.05g. 4mm. 3 known 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 24 · Member Share Posted January 24 (edited) Magna Graecia 3rd Century BC... Metapontum, Lucania 225-200 BC AE17 (17.5mm, 6.13g) O: Head of Leukippos right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with running wolf. R: Demeter standing facing, holding long crossed torch in right hand, left hand on hip; META to right. Johnson Bronze 66; SNG ANS 561; SNG Cop 2249; HGC I, 1099; HN Italy 1702 ex Pavlos Palou ~ Peter Edited January 24 by Phil Anthos 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 25 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 25 (edited) A tough one for someone who doesn't really collect ancient Greek coins! Link: Wolf without twins. Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-number (L [in archaic form of upside-down T]XXXVIIII = 89) behind/ Rev. She-wolf standing left with right front paw raised, ROMA above, P. SATRIE-NVS in two lines below. RSC I Satriena 1, Crawford 388/1b, Sear RCV I 319 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 15 at pp. 92-97, BMCRR I Rome 3209-3237 [no entry for control no. 89; cf. 3236 (no. 99)]. 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr. Edited January 25 by DonnaML 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 25 · Member Share Posted January 25 Helmeted Mars 18 mm, 2,51 g. Anonymous, time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius, 81-161. Æ quadrans. Rome. Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars right / S-C, cuirass. RIC II 19; Cohen 26. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 26 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 26 Link: Helmeted Mars. Roman Republic, Publius Fonteius P.f. Capito, AR Denarius 55 BCE [Harlan: 54 BCE], Rome mint. Obv. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars with slight beard, right, with trophy over far shoulder, P•FONTEIVS•P•F•CAPITO•III•VIR counter-clockwise around / Rev. Helmeted and caped Roman soldier on horseback galloping right, thrusting his spear down at helmeted Gallic warrior crouching beneath horse, holding his shield up with left hand to try to fend off horse, and thrusting sword with his right hand at unarmed captive to left; the captive’s Gallic helmet [and shield, off flan] sailing off to lower right; MN•FONT•TR•MIL clockwise above. Crawford 429/1, RSC I Fonteia 17, Sear RCV I 392 (ill.), Sydenham 900, Harlan RRM II Ch, 22 at pp. 174-175 [Harlan, Michael, Roman Republican Moneyers and Their Coins 63 BCE-49 BCE (2nd Revised Edition 2015)]. 17.8 mm., 3.97 g. (Purchased from Zuzim Inc., Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 2020. Ex: Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 54, Feb. 28, 2019, Lot 558 [see https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5704785]; Ex: Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, May 29, 2017, Lot 329 [see https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nac/browse?a=131&l=114088]; Ex: Gerhard Hirsch Auction 168, Nov. 22-24, 1990, Munich, Lot 434. Formerly in NGC slab, Cert. No. 4629554-001, Graded Ch. AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface 4/5.)* *The moneyer is usually identified as either (1) the Publius Fonteius who became the adoptive father of the famous Publius Clodius Pulcher when the latter changed his patrician status to plebeian; or (2) a friend of Cicero named Fonteius, mentioned in a letter to his brother Atticus. However, both Crawford (Vol. I at p. 453) and, at greater length, Harlan (Ch. 22 at pp. 171-173) point out the lack of evidence for either theory. The scene on the reverse of this coin is believed to record the exploits of the moneyer’s ancestor, the military tribune Manius Fonteius (identified as such in the reverse legend), who may have been on the staff of Marcus Fonteius, governor of Narbonese (Transalpine) Gaul from 76-73 BCE. See RSC I at p. 49, Crawford Vol. I at p. 453, Harlan RRM II at pp. 174-175. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted January 27 · Supporter Share Posted January 27 Link: Horseman right Celtic Tribes. Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.43g, 12h). 'Siegesreiter" type; an early imitation copying an issue of Amphipolis. Obv: Stylized laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠ-ΟV; Youth on horseback right, holding palm; Λ over torch below horse; (EY) monogram under horse's foreleg. Rev: Lanz 351; cf. CCCBM I 1-4 (various control marks); cf. KMW 963. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 27 · Supporter Share Posted January 27 Zeus SELEUCIS & PIERIA. Antioch. Ae Tetrachalkon (63-28 BC). Uncertain date. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; [date] in exergue 7,64 g - 19,21 mm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 27 · Patron Share Posted January 27 Links: Antioch, Zeus Nikephoros seated. Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII. AR tetradrachm; 15.85 gm, 27 mm. Antioch mint, 125-121 BC. Obv: Jugate busts, right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne. Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135. Notes: Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren. Here's the ad about its sale from The Celator back in the day. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted January 27 · Member Share Posted January 27 (edited) Hi All, Link: Cleopatra Thea & Grypus CLEOPATRA THEA & ANTIOCHUS VIII GRYPUS (COREGENCY: 125-121 BCE) UNCERTAIN MINT 115: PROB NORTHERN SYRIA: DAMASCUS? 122-121 BCE (?) Æ Denomination B Size: 21 mm Weight: 9.28 g Die Axis: 12:30 Broucheion Collection S-2008-01-12.001 Obv: Jugate busts facing right: Cleopatra Thea, vieled, diademmed and weearing stephane, with Antiochus VIII, diademmed. No legend. Dotted border. Rev: Nike standing, facing left holding wreath. Legend in four lines: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΘΕΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. In lower left field: palm branch. Plain border. Refs: a) SNG Israel-2467-2469; b) Babelon 1365; BMC 01 8; c) Babelon 1364; d) Babalon 1362-1363; Houghton 586 var (monogram); HGC 9, 1190;CSE Coll A Houghton pt II-0715 var (monogram). An example of this type is known to have been overstruck by Tigranes II, whose overstrikes are mostly over issues of Damascus. Usual commercial sources are: Lebanon & Jerusalem. Provenance: Ex-Arthur Houghton Collection. Sold by him on eBay. Notes: From CSE Coll A Houghton pt II: "Cleopatra Thea initially seized power in her own name in 125, but later in the same year she raised her teenaged son Antiochus VIII to be her co-ruler after slaying Antiochus' elder brother Seleucus when he attempted to succeed Demetrius II as sole Seleucid monarch. With military support from Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, who had become disenchanted with his creature, Alexander II Zabinas, Cleopatra Thea and Antiochus VIII crushed the pretender in 122. This victory expanded the authority from their base at Ptolemais (Ake) to include some parts of Phoenicia and Coele Syria, Syria Seleucis, and Cilicia. However, the relationship between mother and son was strained and ended in violence when Cleopatra was forced to drink poison. It is said that she had initially prepared the deadly cup for her son, but it is just as possible that Antiochus VIII killed her for reasons other than self-defence. He is known to have had a keen interest in poisons, which he occasionally expressed in poetry." - Broucheion Edited January 27 by Broucheion 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 27 · Supporter Share Posted January 27 Palm branch L Titurius L.f. Sabinus Denarius. 89 BC. Ref Tituria 2 Bare head of King Tatius right. SABIN behind. Palm branch to bottom right. Two Roman soldiers standing facing, looking at one another, each carrying a Sabine woman in his arms. L.TITVRI in ex. Cr344/1b, Syd 698a. The Sabines were the women of the Sabine people. At the foundation of Rome, Romulus tries to negotiate with the Sabine people so that the Romans can marry Sabines in order to found their families. The Sabine men refused and, at a pretext festival, the Romans abducted the Sabines women and repelled the Sabines men. After several confrontations, the two finally decide to ally and allow the Sabines women to marry Romans. It is still debated whether the rape of Sabines women really happened or not; Livy. excluding any references to sexual assault, states Romulus offered them the choice to marry Romans and get some rights. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 27 · Member Share Posted January 27 Link - a Roman king on obverse 19 mm, 3,82 g. L. Marcius Philippus. AR denarius. Rome. 57 BC. ANCVS, diademed head of Ancus Marcius right; lituus behind / PHILIPPVS on left, equestrian statue standing right on top of aqueduct (five arches), inscribed AQVA MAR (last three letters ligate); flower below horse (or splash of water?). Crawford 425/1; Sydenham 919; BMC 3890; RSC 28. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted January 27 · Member Share Posted January 27 'link ....guy on horse Imperial Russia AV Denga ND Czar Ivan V 1682-96 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted January 28 · Member Share Posted January 28 Taras, Calabria 315-302 BC (Period V - From Alexander the Molossian to Kleonymos) AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.63g, 4h) O: Warrior, preparing to throw spear and holding shield and two more spears, on horse rearing right; ΣA below. R: Phalanthos, holding arrow and bow, astride dolphin right; |-HP and HP monogram below, TAPAΣ to left. D'Andrea XXXVII, 777; Vlasto 631; Fischer-Bossert Group 68, 818; Evans V, B18; SNG ANS 1011; HN Italy 938 From Group SGF. ex CNG Sir Arthur Evans places this coin at the end of Period V, during the time of Kleonymus, and the martial themes on both sides of this coin, unusual on Tarentine coinage, may support this theory. Kleonymus, the unworthy heir to the Spartan throne, was yet another in a line of self-serving mercenary generals to come to the aid of Taras (circa 302 BC), but he was no more successful than his predecessors. ~ Peter 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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