AncientOne Posted January 28 · Member Share Posted January 28 Link: Taras Taras, Calabria AR Triartemorion. Obv: Bridled horses head right. Rev: Bridled horses head right, bird before. 10mm., 0.43gm. 380-228 BC. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 29 · Patron Share Posted January 29 Link: 10 mm. Leo I, AD 457-474. Roman Æ Half Centenionalis, 0.82 gm, 10 mm, 6 h. Constantinople, AD 457-474. Obv: DN LEO, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: b E, Verina standing facing, holding globus cruciger and transverse scepter. Refs: LRBC II 2272; RIC 714; Sear 21436; Vagi 3739; MIRB 30. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 29 · Member Share Posted January 29 Standing facing - but in a very custom pose (for objective reasons) 18 mm, 3,1 g. Geta as Augustus 209-212 AD. Rome. AR denarius. P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / TR P III COS II P P, Janus standing facing, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. BMC 12; RSC 197a; RIC 79. Next - a co-emperor 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted January 30 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted January 30 18 hours ago, ambr0zie said: Next - a co-emperor Hey, wrong game! Link: Geta (one I haven't posted recently): Geta Caesar (son of Septimius Severus) AR Denarius 202 AD. Obv. As young boy, bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right, P SEPT GETA CAES PONT/ Rev. Securitas seated left on throne with globe, SECVRIT - IMPERII. RIC IV-1 20b, RSC III 183A, Sear RCV II 7200. 18 mm., 3.17 g. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted January 30 · Supporter Share Posted January 30 Same as above ROMAN EMPIRE, Geta, as Caesar. AR Denarius.. Rome, AD 200-202. 21mm, 3.34gr. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRIT IMPERII, Securitas seated left, holding globe in right hand. RIC 20b, BMCRE 240-243, RSC 183a, Cohen 183 - SEAR RCV II (2002), #7200, page 565 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 30 · Patron Share Posted January 30 Link: Securitas. Quintillus, AD 270. Roman billon antoninianus, 2.95 g, 20 mm. Rome, 11th officina, issue 1, end AD 270. Obv: IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from the front. Rev: SECVRIT AVG, Securitas standing left, legs crossed, holding short scepter in right hand, leaning on column with left elbow; officina mark XI in right field. Refs: RIC 31; MER/RIC temp 1194; Cohen 63; RCV 11451; Normanby 1197; Hunter 17. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 30 · Member Share Posted January 30 Quintillus 18 mm, 2,5 g. Quintillus 270 AD. Ӕ antoninianus. Rome. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia stg. l., holding baton in r. hand and long sceptre in l. hand; at feet to l., globe. RIC V Quintillus 29; RIC temp #1161. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 2 · Patron Share Posted February 2 Link: Providentia. Faustina I, 138-140 CE. Roman Æ as, 12.87 g, 26.4 mm, 6 h. Rome, 140-141 CE. Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Providentia standing left, holding globe and scepter. Refs: RIC 1163(a)(b); BMCRE 1459; RCV 4635; Cohen –; Strack 1230. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 3 · Patron Share Posted February 3 Nobody? Link: "holding globe." Philip II as Caesar under Philip I, AD 244-247. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.61 g, 28.3 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD 245-246. Obv: M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: PRINCIPI IVVENT S C, Philip II in military dress, standing left, holding globe and resting on spear. Refs: RIC 256a; Cohen 49; RCV 9249; Hunter 14. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted February 3 · Supporter Share Posted February 3 Link: Globe. The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 31-summer 30 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.83g, 12h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Obv: Bare head of Octavian left. Rev: CAESAR - DIVI F; Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm frond. Ref: CRI 407; RIC I 254b; RSC 64. Good Very Fine. Toned, scratches, scuff on obverse, light deposits in the reverse devices, struck slightly off center on an oversized flan. Ex CNG e475 (26 Aug 2020), Lot 538. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted February 3 · Member Share Posted February 3 Link Victoria AV Aureus ND (219AD) Roma Mint Elagalabus 218-222AD Laureate/ Draped Bust facing Right Victoria advancing Right/ holding Wreath 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 4 · Supporter Share Posted February 4 Victory Valerian II Billon Antoninianus. P LIC COR VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right / VICTORIA PART, Victory standing right, presenting wreath to Valerian II, holding globe and spear. RSC 97; RIC 54 Antioch; Goebl 1604d; Sear 10742. Weight: 3,3gr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 4 · Patron Share Posted February 4 Valerian II: Valerian II, Caesar AD 256-258. Roman billon antoninianus, 3.14 g, 22.5 mm, 5 h. Cologne, AD 257-258. Obv: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust, right. Rev: IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter seated facing on goat standing right, his right hand raised. Refs: RIC 3; Göbl 907e; Cohen 26; RCV 10731; Hunter 9. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 4 · Member Share Posted February 4 (edited) Valerian / Hekate Ephesus, Ionia 253-260 AD AE26 (7.86g) O: Laureate and draped bust of Valerian right; AYT K ΠO ΛIK BAΛEPIANOΣ. R: Hekate standing facing, head left, wearing long chiton and holding two torches; EΦEΣIΩN Γ NEΩKOPΩN. Lindgren 474; SNG Cop 499 ex Gerhard Rohde ~ Peter Edited February 4 by Phil Anthos 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted February 5 · Member Share Posted February 5 Hekate Stratoniceia, Caria. AR Hemidrachm. Hekate/Nike Obv: ANTIOXOC, Laureate head of Hekate right, crescent above. Rev: STPA around Nike advancing right; all in incuse square. Antiochos, magistrate. Mid 1st century BC. 14mm., 1.5g. Rusopulos n. 3924 Tf. XLIV 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 5 · Member Share Posted February 5 Stratonikeia, Caria 140-80 BC AR Hemidrachm (13mm 0.90g) Pamphilos magistrate O: Laureate head of Hekate right, hair rolled and wearing a cresent moon headband. R: Nike advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath; ΠAMΦIΛOC (magistrate) above, all within incuse square. SNG Helsinki 253 ex Tom Vossen "Lord Helios and the sacred flame, weapon of Hekate Enodia, which She bears when leading in Olympos and in Her haunts by the sacred three-ways on Earth, crowning Herself with oak leaves and twisting coils of wild serpents." ~ Sophokles ~ Peter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 6 · Patron Share Posted February 6 Link: Nike advancing right. Pontus, Amisos, c. 85-65 BC? Greek Æ 19.6 mm, 8.39 g, 12 h. Obv: Aegis, with Gorgon's head at center. Rev: Nike advancing right, carrying palm branch with filet, ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ across field, Monogram ᛦ to right. Refs: cf. Sear 3642; cf. BMC 13.19-20,62-78. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 6 · Supporter Share Posted February 6 Similar to above Pontos, Amisos, AE.Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, Circa 85-65 BC. Obv: Aegis with Gorgon facing. Rev: AMI-ΣO[Y], Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch; on each side, monogram. Weight: 6.04 gr. Diameter: 19.4 mm. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted February 7 · Supporter Share Posted February 7 (edited) Nike advancing on reverse IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 11.50 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Helmeted head of Athena right / Club; below, Nike advancing left, holding wreath, flanked by two monograms; all within oak wreath. Lavva, Silberprägung, Group III (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 781; SNG von Aulock 1978. Chipped.very fine Edited February 7 by Ryro 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 7 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 7 Link: Nike. France 1924, Nike, Goddess of Olympic Victory, AE medal by Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939). Obv. Head of Nike right, wing and olive sprig in hair, small olive sprig below, NI – KE across fields / Rev. Nude ancient Greek Olympic winner standing right and holding statuette of Nike (Victory) with arms raised, ancient Olympia in background; in exergue, P.M. DAMMANN. Edge: BRONZE with triangle (signifying striking at private mint; see https://blog.cgb.fr/une-semaine-une-medaille--n-19-,9151.html). 100 mm., 429 g. Commemorates 1924 Paris Olympic Games (VIIIe Olympiad). Not in any catalog I’ve found. One example on ACSearch, sold for 580 GBP at Baldwin’s Auction 93, 5 May 2015, Lot 648, characterized as “Rare.” Examples exist adapted for Olympic games with the addition of a rugby ball, javelin, bow and arrow, club, and discus around edge of obverse; see specimen sold at Ingrid O'Neil Mail Bid Auction No. 74, Olympic Games Memorabilia 1896-2014, 4 Oct. 2014, Lot 19 (photo at http://ioneil.com/site/auction/a74/a74_all_color.pdf). On its stand: On a shelf with my three other Dammann medals: 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 9 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 9 (edited) For the first time ever, I'm going to respond to my own post in this thread, just to get things going again! Link, Nike again. Elagabalus, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 3 (219/220 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ - ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟϹ ƐΥϹƐΒ / Rev. Nike advancing right, holding wreath out with right hand and palm branch over left shoulder with left hand, L Γ [Year 3] before her. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. VI, 10053 (temporary); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10053; Emmett 2939.3 (R2) [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (Savio) 4122 [Savio, A. ed., Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 2007)]; Milne 2776 at p. 69 (wreath-ties “d,” one turned forwards, the other backwards) [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; Geissen (Köln) 2320 [Geissen, A., Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen, Köln, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)]; K&G 56.28 [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008)]. 23 mm., 12.40 g., 12 h. Ex CNG E-Auction 403, Lot 432, Aug 9, 2017 (see https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=34134); Ex Hermanubis Collection. Edited February 9 by DonnaML 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 9 · Patron Share Posted February 9 Link: Alexandrian tetradrachm. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 13.70 g, 21.4 mm, 11 h. Egypt, Alexandria, 153/4 CE. Obv: ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: Isis Pharia right, wearing horned disk crown and plumes, chiton, and peplos which flies behind her, holding an inflated sail with both hands and left foot; in right hand, a sistrum. L I-Z (=regnal year 17) in fields. Refs: RPC IV.4, 13787 (temporary); BMCG xv.162,1326; Dattari 3250; RIC 4743; Emmett 1949.17; Milne 2213. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted February 10 · Supporter Share Posted February 10 Link: Faustina II Faustina II, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 145–161 AD, Rome mint. Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL; bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, with hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, r. Rev: VENUS; Venus, draped, standing l., holding apple in r. hand and rudder set on dolphin, which coils round it, in l. 18mm, 3.06g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 517C (denarius). Ex Secret Saturnalia 2021. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 10 · Supporter Share Posted February 10 Faustina II AR Denarius, 18mm, 3.27g. RIC 495a, RSC 15, BMC 1099 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 11 Link: Faustina II. Faustina II (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, ca. 162/163 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. draped bust right with hair in chignon behind, wearing double strand of pearls, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Fecunditas (or Faustina as Fecunditas) standing facing, head right, holding long scepter in right hand and, with left hand and arm, infant with its arms raised towards its mother (representing Marcus Annius Verus, b. ca. 162 AD*), FECVNDITAS. RIC III MA 677, RSC II Faustina II 99c (Faustina with double strand of pearls), Sear RCV II 5252, BMCRE Marcus Aurelius 92 (var. with Faustina wearing single strand of pearls). 18.46 mm., 3.54 g. [Footnote omitted.] 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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