Roman Collector Posted April 21 · Patron Share Posted April 21 Links: Caracalla, Indulgentia. Caracalla, 198-217 CE. Roman AR Denarius 3.37 g, 19.7 mm. Rome mint, 211 CE. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head, right. Rev: INDVLG FECVNDAE, Julia Domna as Indulgentia, wearing polos, seated left on cerule chair, extending right hand and holding scepter. Refs: RIC 214; BMCRE 73; RCV 6805. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 21 · Member Share Posted April 21 Polos... Nero / Hekate Philadelphia, Lydia 54-59 AD (19mm, 4.99g) O: Bare headed and draped bust right; NEPΩN ΣEBACTOC. R: Hekate standing facing, wearing polos and holding two torches; TI NEIKANOP ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEΩN. RPC 3041 "Torch-bearing Hekate holy daughter of great-bosomed Nyx." ~ Bacchylides, Fragment 1B 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 22 · Supporter Share Posted April 22 Nero Denarius, 65 Rome. Silver, 2.78g. Laureate bust right; NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS. VESTA above dome hexastyle temple with statue of Vesta inside (RIC I, 62). Found Norfolk before 2001. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 22 · Patron Share Posted April 22 Link: Temple of Vesta. Julia Domna, 193-217 CE. Roman Æ as, 9.85 g, 25 mm. Rome, 214 CE. Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: VESTA SC, Temple of Vesta with four Vestals in scene of sacrifice; lighted altar in center. Refs: RIC 607; BMCRE 232-33; Cohen 234; RCV 7137. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 22 · Supporter Share Posted April 22 Julia Domna Denarius, 196-211 Rome. Silver, 18mm, 2.52g. Bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right; IVLIA AVGVSTA. Isis, wearing peaked head-dress, standing right, left foot on prow, with the infant Horus at her breast; to left, altar, against which rests a rudder; SAECVLI FELICITAS (RIC 577). Found in Norfolk. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted April 22 · Supporter Share Posted April 22 29 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Isis, wearing peaked head-dress, standing right, left foot on prow, with the infant Horus at her breast; to left, altar, against which rests a rudder The Christian iconography of Mary holding and feeding the infant Jesus (Maria lactans) was actually adapted from depictions of Isis similar to that on your coin. That's the link to this coin: Kingdom of Hungary, under Ferdinand I, AR denár, 1538 AD, Kremnitz mint. Obv: FERDINAND • D • G • R • VNG • 1538 •; quartered shield with stripes (Árpad), double cross (Hungary), leopard heads (Dalmatia), and lion (Bohemia); central inescutcheon with Austrian arms. Rev: PATRONA •*• VNGARIE; Madonna with child; in fields, K–B. 16mm, 0.62g. Ref: Huszár 935. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted April 22 · Member Share Posted April 22 Madonna with child. Leopold I. 1657-1705 6 Kreuzer 1672. Brustbild rechts. Rs: Madonna. Her. 1246, Huszár 1450. 3,23g. Vorzüglich. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 22 · Supporter Share Posted April 22 Austro Hungarian. 1892 Value 8 Florins = 20 Francs Currency Austro-Hungarian gulden (decimalized, 1857-1892) Composition Gold (.900) Weight 6.4516 g Diameter 21 mm Thickness 1.2 mm Laureate head of Emperor Franz Joseph I, wearing a moustache and dense sideburns going down to the neck. Around this bust the inscription "Franz Joseph I by the grace of God, emperor and king". Austrian imperial symbol, namely a crowned double-headed eagle with its mouth open, tongues outwards, wings spread, stamped with a shield surrounded by the collar of the Golden Fleece. He holds a sword in his right hand and a crown in his left. In the arc of a circle an inscription "Empire of Austria"; the motto is written in Francs and in florin "8 Fl - 20 Fr". At the very bottom in the middle of the coin, the year of issue. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 22 · Member Share Posted April 22 Link - coin struck in '92. 22,9 mm, 10,26 g. Commodus 180-192 AD. Ӕ as. Rome. 192 AD. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, head of Commodus wearing lion skin, right / HERCVL ROMAN AVGV SC, legend flanking club, all within laurel-wreath. RIC III 644; C. 193; BMC 722. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 22 · Member Share Posted April 22 Commodus / Providentia 181-182 AD AR Denarius (17mm, 2.47g) O: Laureate head right; M COMMODV[S A]NTONINVS AVG. R: Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and sceptre; [TR P] VI IMP IIII COS III P P. RIC 19l RSC 804; Cohen 804; Sear 1632; BMC 66 ex Jack H. Beymer I no longer own this coin. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 22 · Supporter Share Posted April 22 Sceptre. Victoria Jubilee Coinage Double Florin, 1887 London. Silver, 36mm, 22.60g. Head 1; VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. Four crowned cruciform shields with sceptres in angles; FID DEF BRITT REG; Roman I in 1887 (S 3922). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted April 22 · Member Share Posted April 22 Shield Domitian AR denarius, Rome Mint. 86 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TRP VIII, laureate head right. Rev: IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS PPP, Minerva walking right, wielding a spear and holding shield on left arm. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 23 · Supporter Share Posted April 23 More Minerva. Claudius Barbarous As, after 41 British mint. Bare head of Claudius left; TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP. Minerva helmeted and draped, advancing right brandishing javelin in right hand and shield in left; S - C across fields (cf RIC I (dupondius), 100). Found in Essex. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 23 · Member Share Posted April 23 Link: barbarous Postumus 260-269AD Antoninianus IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG HERC PACIFERO Hercules, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand club and lion's skin in left hand 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 23 · Supporter Share Posted April 23 Snap. Or Uno. Postumus Antoninianus, 260-265 Cologne or Trier. Billon, 24mm, 3.32g. Radiate draped bust of Postumus right; IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG. Hercules standing left leaning on club with lion's skin on rock; HERC PACIFERO (RIC V, 67). NGC 2083747-038. From the South Petherton (Somerset) Hoard 2013, Portable Antiquities Scheme IARCH-BD8431. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 23 · Patron Share Posted April 23 Link: Hercules. Constantius I, as Caesar, AD 293-305. Roman billion antoninianus, 3.06 g, 22.4 mm, 1 h. Antioch, AD 293-294. Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: IOVI ET HERCVLI CONS CAES, Jupiter standing right, holding globe and scepter, facing Hercules standing left, holding Victory, club and lion's skin; S//XXI•. Refs: RIC V, ii, p. 302, 673; RCV 13985. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 23 · Supporter Share Posted April 23 Hercules Commodus, AR Denarius, 187-188 AD. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Hercules naked, standing front, holding patera and club. RSC 534; RIC 162. 17 mm, 2,91 g 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 23 · Supporter Share Posted April 23 Club. Elagabalus Contemporary Cast Imitation Denarius, 218-220 Imitating Rome. Base metal, 18mm, 1.90g. Laureate, horned, draped bust right; IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. Elagabalus, in Syrian priestly robes, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod, holding club in left hand; behind tripod, bull lying down; star in field to left, erased star in field to right?; INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG (RIC IV, 88b). Found in the UK. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 23 · Patron Share Posted April 23 Link: Elagabalus. Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Roman provincial Æ assarion, 2.36 g, 16.1 mm, 12 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 218-222. Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, laureate head, right. Rev: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Telesphoros standing facing, wearing hooded cloak. Refs: AMNG I 910; Varbanov 1421-22; Moushmov 652; SNG Budapest 191. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shea19 Posted April 24 · Supporter Share Posted April 24 Link: Marcianopolis Septimius Severus, Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis. AE Pentassarion (27mm, 9.94 g). Struck 201-202 AD. Aurelius Gallus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. / Fortuna Redux (Tyche Soterios)standing l., holding rudder set on ground and cornucopia. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted April 24 · Supporter Share Posted April 24 Link: Rudder Gordian III, AD 238-244. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 4.70g, 1h). Antioch mint, 2nd series, 2nd issue, struck AD 242-244. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; Radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: FORTVNA REDVX; Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Ref: Bland, Gordian III 78; RIC IV 210 corr. (bust type); RSC 98b corr. (same). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 24 · Member Share Posted April 24 Fortuna seated 27 mm, 10,73 g. Domitian 81-96. AD. Ӕ as. Rome. 90-91 AD. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P, bust of Domitian, laureate, right / FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S C, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 707; Old RIC 394. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 24 · Supporter Share Posted April 24 Fortuna seated 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted April 24 · Member Share Posted April 24 Tarsos, Cilicia Autonomous issue 164-27 BC AE21 (21mm, 7.39g) O: Turreted, veiled, draped bust of Tyche right, within dotted border. R: Pyre of Sandon in the form of a pyramidal structure, containing figure of Sandon standing on a horned and winged lion, surmounting garlanded square basis; eagle perched on apex, M and H monograms to left, TAPΣEΩN to right. Sear 5672 From the David Cannon Collection. ex Beast Coins 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 24 · Member Share Posted April 24 Phoenicia, Tyre. Ӕ. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 121-122 AD. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; to left, palm frond / Astarte, holding wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left, standing left on galley; to left, ZMC; to right, monograms of MH and TYP; below, Phoenician letters. BMC 311; RPC III 3901; SNG Copenhagen 358; Rouvier 2260. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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