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Two standing eagles having a nosh...

Akragas, Sicily

275-240 BC
AE22 (21.8mm, 6.945g, 315o)
O: Laureate head of Zeus Hellanios right; symbols before and behind.
R: Two eagles standing left, devouring hare upon which they stand, nearer head up and wings closed, farther head down and wings open, caduceus above wings.
HGC 2, 159; Calciati p. 212, 125; SNG ANS 1128; Sear 1030; BMC 2, 131
ex Forvm Ancient Coins

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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

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43 minutes ago, expat said:

Zeus seated left on throne,

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17 mm, 3,75 g.
Alexander III, posthumous. Philip III Arrhidaios - struck under Menander or Kleitos. Magnesia ad Maeandrum. AR drachm. 323-319 BC.
Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΛEXANΔΡOY to right of Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre. bee left in left field, spear-head in outer right field.
Price 1937-1938; Mueller 322-323; SNG Cop. 952.

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Herakles (the biggest photo bomber of his day)...

Thasos, Thrace

after 148 BC
AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.86g)
O: Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed in ivy and flowers.
R: Herakles standing nude left, holding club and lion's skin; ΣΩTHPOΣ left, HPAKΛOYΣ right, ΘAΣIΩN in ex.
SNG Cop 1040; Sear 1759

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Phrygia, Eumeneia, c. 133-130 BC.
Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 6.66 g, 1 h.
Menekrates, son of Askle-, magistrate.
Obv: Head of young Dionysos wreathed with ivy, right.
Rev: Tripod-lebes with three handles surmounted by flat cover fringed with spikes, star above and on either side; to right, EYMENE and filleted laurel branch (thyrsos?); to left, MENEKΡA/AΣKΛH and bipennis (double axe) with serpent-entwined handle.
Refs: BMC 25.212,14; SNG Copenhagen 382; SNG Tübingen 4008; Paris 1095; Mionnet IV, 563; SNG Oxford 1024-1025; Lindgren I 950; Istanbul 14718; Afyon 2973.
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Tripod

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17,1 mm, 2,7 g.
Marcus Aurelius 161-180 AD. AR denarius. Rome. 170-171.
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head right / VOTA SVSCEP DECENN II COS III, Marcus Aurelius, veiled, standing l., sacrificing at a tripod.
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 251.

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Kroton, Bruttium

480-430 BC
AR Stater (20mm, 7.57g)
O: Tripod-lebes with lion's feet; heron standing right in left field, QPO to right, lemniscate serpents in ex.
R: Tripod-lebes incuse, with dentate border.
SNG ANS 312; SNG Cop 1764v
ex Tom Vossen

 

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Marcus Aurelius, Roman Empire, 170 – 171 AD, AE Sestertius, 30.5mm, 24.69 grams. Rome mint. Obv: IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV; head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right. Rev: VOTA SVSCEP DECENN II COS III S C; Marcus Aurelius, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera over tripod, holding scroll. RIC III 1017. ex. CGB.fr, ex. Aymé Cornu collection.

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Marcus Aurelius / Poseidon

Cassandreia, Macedonia
161-180 AD
AE21 (21mm, 6.78g)
O: Laureate head right; M AVR ANTON AVG.
R: Poseidon nude, standing slightly right; trident in right hand, dolphin in extended left hand; COL IVL AVG CASS.
RPC Online IV 10319; Leake HN 3722 corr. (same coin); Varbanov III 2791 (R6) var. (Poseidon left)
Extremely Rare
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One of only two known examples with Poseidon standing right.

“The noble acceptance of the prison of oneself is the ultimate, and only, duty of man.”

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Poisedon/Neptune

Agrippa. Struck under his Grandson Caligula, 37-41 AD.
M . AGRIPPA . L . F . COS . III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C in field flanking Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left.
AE As 12.62gr, 28mm. RIC 58,Cohen 3.

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Poseidon...

Byzantion, Thrace

late 3rd - 2nd century BC
AE 25 (25mm, 11.45g)
O: Veiled head of Demeter right, wreathed in grain.
R: Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston in raised right hand and trident over shoulder in left; KAΛXA to left and BYΞAN to right.
SNG COP 530
ex Heritage Auctions; ex Forvm Ancient Coins

An interesting coin commemorating an alliance between Byzantion and Kalchedon, resulting in an unusual issue featuring two ethnics.
Not an uncommon coin, but these elegant dies are not typical of the issue, and the only other specimen I was able to find with such a pretty portrait is probably from these same dies.
I love this coin!

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Postumus, Gallic Empire, 262 AD, Billon Antoninianus, 19.5mm, 3.38 grams. Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; Radiate bust of Postumus, right. Rev: NEPTVNO – RECVCI; Neptune naked, standing left, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left. Bow of a ship in field to left; RIC V Postumus 76; ex. CGB.fr. ex. Guercheville hoard 2013.

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Trident and the son of Poseidon...

Taras, Calabria

281-276 BC (Period VI - From Kleonymos to Pyrrhus)
AR Didrachm (20x24mm, 7.23g, 9h)
Nikottas Magistrate.
O: Helmeted warrior dismounting horse galloping left, holding small round shield; [EY above], NIKΩTTAΣ (magistrate) below.
R: Taras riding dolphin right, holding trident over left shoulder and hurling javelin with right hand; ΛY behind, TAPAΣ to right, small hippocamp right below.
D'Andrea XLI, 987; Vlasto 699; Evans VI, Type E; HGC I, 817; HN Italy 968
Scarce
ex London Ancient Coins

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Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint, 9th Officina, 10th emission (Göbl & Reinhardt). Obv. Radiate cuirassed bust right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Hippocamp swimming right, NEP-TVNO CONS AVG; in exergue, N [= Nu, for 9th Officina). RIC V-1 245, RSC IV 668 (ill.), Wolkow 23i9, Bust Type B3, Ribbons Type 3 (see p. 87), Sear RCV III 10292, Göbl MIR  Band 36, No. 743b [ill. at http://www258.pair.com/denarius/coinage.htm (Ed Flinn's site) & in Reinhardt at p. 136, no. 5]. 19 mm.,  g.  Purchased from Akropolis Ancient Coins, May 2021. 

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Hippocamp again 

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20 mm, 8,09 g.
Sicily, Syracuse. Æ hemilitron. 400-390 BC.
Head of Athena l., wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath / Hippocamp l.
CNS II, 41; SNG ANS 434-46; HGC 2, 1456.

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12 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

Hippocamp again 

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20 mm, 8,09 g.
Sicily, Syracuse. Æ hemilitron. 400-390 BC.
Head of Athena l., wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath / Hippocamp l.
CNS II, 41; SNG ANS 434-46; HGC 2, 1456.

Does that hippocamp also have wings?

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Corinthian helmet...

Taras, Calabria

290-281 BC
AR Diobol (12-14mm, 1.08g)
O: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin.
R: Herakles standing left, strangling the Nemean lion; club above Ionic capital to right, TAP above.
D'Andrea XL, 964; D'Andrea Diobols F, 163; Vlasto 1415; Cote 423; SNG ANS 1459; SNG Cop 1000-01; HN Italy 1064
Rare
From the Colin E. Pitchfork collection. ex CNG; ex Quadriga Ancients

Left-facing Athena’s are slightly less common on Tarentine coinage, and Corinthian helmets a bit moreso. But a left-facing Herakles is quite scarce and I am very happy to add this one to my collection.

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Left-facing Herakles fighting the Nemean lion.

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Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman provincial Æ 18.6 mm, 4.37 g, 7 h.
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΑV Κ CΕΠΤΙ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: MAPKIA-NOΠOΛITΩ-N, Herakles standing left, wrestling the Nemean lion.
Refs: AMNG I 585 v.; Varbanov 710; Moushmov 397; H&J 6.14.14.5-6; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 126.

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Azes, Indo-Scythian Kingdom, 58 BCE – 12 BCE, AE Tetradrachm, 29mm, 12.92 grams, Obv: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY Bull standing right; above, monogram. Rev: 'Maharajasa rajadhirajasa mahatasa / Ayasa' ('of Great King, King of Kings, Azes the Great' in Kharoshthi) Lion standing right; above, monogram. HGC 12, 657. Senior 102. ex. Leu, Dr. Björn-Uwe Abels collection. ex. Robert Tye 2010

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Lion...

Velia, Lucania

305-290 BC (Period VII: Philistion Group)
AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.33g)
O: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet decorated with griffin; palmette on neck-guard, Θ (Philistion) behind.
R: Lion standing right with head facing, devouring ram‘s head; grasshopper between Φ-I above, YEΛHTΩN in ex.
William 415; HGC I, 1322; HN Italy 1305; SNG ANS 1361; SNG Ashmolean 1322-4
ex Praefectus Coins

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Athena

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15,3 mm, 2,29 g.
Moesia, Kallatis. 100-300 AD. Ӕ.
Helmeted head of Athena right, K to right / KAΛΛA-TIA in two lines beneath small shield, three corn-ears above, club to left, bow in bow-case to right.
Moushmov 219; cf AMNG 271.

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Three corn ears

RPC Volume: VI №: 6807 (temporary)
Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)
City: Caesarea  Region: Cappadocia Province: Cappadocia
Denomination: Æ (20 mm) Average weight: 6.45 g. Issue: ƐΤ Ɛ = 5 (225/6)
Obverse: ΑΥ Κ ϹΕ(ΟΥ) ΑΛΕΞΑ(Ν)(Δ); laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse: ΜΗΤΡ(Ο)(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)(Α)(Ρ) ΕΤ Ε (or Ε ΕΤ); three corn-ears tied together
Reference: S 563, 563 a-b; SM 563, 563f-g; Ganschow 797 Specimens: 21

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Severus Alexander.

Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.84g, 1h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: Jupiter in fighting stance left, head right, hurling thunderbolt and holding eagle. Ref: RIC IV 238; BMCRE 824; RSC 83. Good Very Fine. Lightly toned, some luster.  Ex CNG e524 (28 Sept 2022), Lot 578. image.jpeg.2d95a6873c1e73cd018d5d4768f1c7c7.jpeg

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