Phil Anthos Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 Soloi, Cilicia Circa 100-66 BC Æ19 (19mm, 5.02g) O: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right. R: Filleted piloi of the Dioskouroi; stars above, ΣOΛEΩN and EΠ below. SNG France 1206v (monogram); cf SNG Levante 866; Sear 5624v (monogram) ex Gac Antiquity 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 16 · Supporter Share Posted March 16 Bust of Athena right in crested helmet Text above and beneath eagle alighting right on maeander pattern between two pilei with stars above, and a star upper middle.. AΠAME KΩKOY, Kokos (magistrate) PHRYGIA, Apameia. SA24. (Ae. 7.76g)- 88-40 BC Kokos. SNG Copenhagen 161-2; BMC 78-82; HGC 7, 670, SNG von Aulock 3466-3467; Walcher 2746. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 17 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 17 Link: pilei. Roman Republic, Mn. Fonteius C.f., AR Denarius, Rome Mint 85 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo* right, MN. FONTEI behind (MN and NT in monograms), C.F below chin, thunderbolt below neck / Rev. Cupid or winged Infant Genius seated on goat right, caps (pilei) with stars of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus below; all within laurel-wreath. RSC I Fonteia 10 (ill.), Crawford 353/1c, Sydenham 724a, Sear RCV I 271 (ill.), BMCRR Rome 2478. 20 mm, 3.93 g. SB Binder 4 RRC 353/1c (334-0, 335) * RSC I identifies as head of Vejovis; Crawford and Sear disagree and identify head as Apollo. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 Goat-skin headdress. Roman Republic. L. Procilius. 80 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.84g, 7h). Rome mint. Obv: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; S•C behind. Rev: Juno Sospita, hurling spear and holding shield decorated with thunderbolt, in biga right; serpent below horses, L•PROCILI•F in exergue. Ref: Crawford 379/2; Procilia 2. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 L. Procilius. Denarius, AR 3.48 g. Laureate head of Jupiter r.; behind, S•C. Rev. L•PROCILI / F Juno Sospita standing r., holding shield and hurling spear; at her feet, snake. Babelon Procilia 1. Sydenham 771. RBW 1406. Crawford 379/1. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 17 · Patron Share Posted March 17 Link: Juno. Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 26.73 g, 32.2 mm, 11 h. Rome, late AD 161 – early 163. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right; Beckmann Type 8 hairstyle. Rev: IVNONI REGINAE S C, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter, peacock at feet. Refs: RIC 1651; BMC 921; Cohen 142; RCV 5277; MIR 19-6/10a,b. Notes: Obverse die match to BMCRE 921. Heritage Select Auction 232238, lot 64276, 21 September 2022. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Orichalcum Dupondius Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6. Obv. FAUSTINA AUGUSTA. Draped bust right. Hair curls down cheek, hair in low chignon fastened with band of pearls. Rev. JUNO standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet to left, peacock standing left, head right. SC across fields. (25mm, 11.53 g.) RIC III 1647 (Aurelius) 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 19 · Patron Share Posted March 19 Link: Faustina II dupondius Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 10.27 g, 25.4 mm, 6 h. Rome, mid-151 to mid-152 CE. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann type 3 hairstyle). Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter. Refs: RIC 1408(6); BMCRE 2170-72; Cohen 251; RCV --; Strack 1311. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 19 · Supporter Share Posted March 19 Faustina II Orichalcum Dupondius, 13.55g, 27mm. Rome 161-164 CE. RIC 1671, Sear 5303, BMCRE 995, Cohen 201. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed draped bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTAE, SC below, Salus seated left on a low decorative chair, feeding from a patera a serpent coiled around and raising up from altar. Faustina II AR Denarius, 18mm, 3.27g. RIC 495a, RSC 15, BMC 1099 Rome mint 156/7 CE 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 20 · Patron Share Posted March 20 Link: Salus. Sort of. Septimius Severus, AD 193-211. Roman AR denarius, 3.38 g, 19.5 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 208. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right. Rev: P M TR P XVI COS III P P, female figure (Salus or Concordia?) seated left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over lighted and garlanded altar (or serpent arising from altar?) and holding vertical scepter in left hand. Refs: RIC 221; BMCRE 567; Cohen 517; RCV --; Hill 981. Notes: Scarce; 20-30 examples among the 26 hoards listed in Hill, Appendix II. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 20 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 20 Link: Septimius Severus. Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding side-saddle on lion right, facing right and holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH [probable reference to water project in Carthage]. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285. 18x20 mm., 3.9 g. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted March 21 · Supporter Share Posted March 21 Link: Another Severus. Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Billon Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.79g, 11h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 6 (AD 226/227). Obv: A KAI MAP AVP CEV AΛEΞANΔPOC EΥC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear. Rev: Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae; L-Ϛ (date) in left field. Ref: Geissen 2440; Emmett 3096.6 (R1); Dattari (Savio) 4294; RPC VI online 10335 (temporary, 40 specimens). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 21 · Member Share Posted March 21 Link Alexandria, 3rd century tetradrachm 20 mm, 7,20 g. Egypt, Alexandria. Maximianus 286-305. Billon tetradrachm. 287-288. A K MA OVA MAΞIMIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Homonoia (Concordia) standing left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae, L – Γ in fields (date). Milne 4855v; Curtis 2091; Emmett 4141. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 21 · Patron Share Posted March 21 Link: Maximian. Maximian, post-abdication, AD 305-306 Roman billon follis, 8.26 g, 25 mm, 1 h. Antioch, AD 305-306. Obv: D N MAXIMIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust, right, wearing consular robes and holding branch and mappa. Rev: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies standing left, holding down-facing branch and resting on scepter; I in field between them, ANT: in exergue. Refs: RIC 77b, Cohen 489, RCV 13414. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 21 · Supporter Share Posted March 21 Antioch Tryphon, Diodotus Antioch, 141 BCE, AE 18mm, 5.66g Obvs: Head of Tryphon right diademed. Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ TPYФΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, Spiked Macedonian helmet. Grain to left. Ex:Savoca 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 23 · Patron Share Posted March 23 Link: More Antioch. 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. 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 23 · Member Share Posted March 23 Cleopatra Thea and Antiochus VIII. 20 mm, 6,66 g. Seleukid Kings of Syria. Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 126/5-121/0 BC. Ӕ. Antioch. Dated SE 190 = 123/2. Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII right / BAΣΙΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ KAI BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, owl standing right on fallen amphora, head facing; IE to inner right; below, PP (date, first P retrograde) and palm. SC 2263.2f. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted March 24 · Supporter Share Posted March 24 More Seleucid. Seleucid Empire. Demetrios II Nicator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. Æ17 (6.45g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ/ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ; Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; Ξ to inner left, cornucopia to outer left. Ref: SC 2170.1c; HGC 9, 1133. About Very Fine, nice dark patina with highlights. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 24 · Supporter Share Posted March 24 Nike advancing with palm 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. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 24 · Member Share Posted March 24 Nike with palm... Stratonikeia, Caria circa 100 BC AE 20 (20mm, 6.38g) O: Lareate head of Hekate right, wearing crescent moon crown. R: Nike advancing right, holding palm and wreath; ΣTPATO above, [NIK]EΩN below. cf SNG Cop 489; cf Sear 4942; BMC 151,31 Scarce ex Aegean Numismatics Stratonikeia was located in SW Asia Minor, about 11km from Lagina, the largest known sanctuary of the goddess Hekate, "whom Zeus honored above all others" (Hesiod). It is likely that the cult of Hekate originated in this area a millennium or more before Her introduction into Greek religion at the conclusion of the Titanomachy, the legendary battle between the Titans and Olympians. During an annual ritual the Priestess would lead a procession from the polis to Lagina where she would open the sanctuary with a sacred key. This key would eventually become one of the attributes depicted on later images of Hekate. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 24 · Patron Share Posted March 24 Link: deity holding a big palm branch. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman Æ as, 9.72 g, 25.7 mm, 5 h. Rome, early 148-March 149 CE. Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann Type 1 hairstyle). Rev: HILARITAS S C, Hilaritas standing right, adjusting veil and holding long palm. Refs: RIC 1396b; BMCRE 2151-52; Cohen 115; RCV 4725. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted March 24 · Supporter Share Posted March 24 13 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Link: deity holding a big palm branch. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman Æ as, 9.72 g, 25.7 mm, 5 h. Rome, early 148-March 149 CE. Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann Type 1 hairstyle). Rev: HILARITAS S C, Hilaritas standing right, adjusting veil and holding long palm. Refs: RIC 1396b; BMCRE 2151-52; Cohen 115; RCV 4725. Link: holding palm branch Vespasian, Alexandria, Tetradrachm, Nike with palm and wreath 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 26 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 26 Links: A Vespasian minted in Roman Alexandria. Vespasian AE Diobol, Year 6 (AD 73/74), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Vespasian right (both wreath ties straight down), ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ / Rev. Bust of Sarapis right, crowned with taenia (= fillet, a decorative headband secured with ties) to left, and modius or kalathos adorned with leaves to right (worn off this specimen), with left shoulder draped; in right field before Sarapis, LϚ (Year 6). RPC II Online 2441 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2441); BMC 16 Alexandria 257 (p. 31); Milne 432 (p. 12); Emmett 218.6; Dattari (Savio) 401; SNG France 4 Alexandrie Vol. I (Auguste – Trajan) 807-808 (ill. Pl. 59); K&G 20.45 (ill. p. 70). 25.2 mm., 10.75 g. Purchased from Lodge Antiquities (John Cummings), Holton le Moor, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, UK, 2 Aug. 2023. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 26 · Patron Share Posted March 26 Link: Serapis. Philip I and Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249. Roman Provincial Æ Pentassarion; 12.50 g, 26.1 mm, 7 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Legate Prastina Messallinus, AD 244-246. Obv: ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΑVΓ Μ | WΤΑΚ CЄΒ-ΗΡΑ CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Otacilia left. Rev: VΠ ΠΡΑCΤ ΜΕCCΑΛΛΕΙΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟ | ΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Sarapis wearing kalathos, standing left, extending arm and holding scepter; E (denomination) in left field. Refs: AMNG I 1194; Moushmov 852; Varbanov 2082 (die match); Hristova & Jekov 6.41.6.1; SNRIS Marcianopolis 75. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 26 · Supporter Share Posted March 26 Link: Beautiful green patina Vespasian MAKEDON. Koinon . ( 69 - 79 AD). Ae. Obv: Laureate head left . ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ [ΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ. Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ. Makedonian Shield. RPC 333. SNG COP. 1336. Rare. Condition: Extremely Fine. Weight: 8.82 g. Diameter: 23 mm. Purchased from: Papillon 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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