expat Posted May 26 · Supporter Share Posted May 26 Domitian and owl DOMITIAN (92 AD). Denarius. Rome. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI. Laureate head right. Rev: IMP XXI COS XVI CENS P P P. Minerva advancing right on rostral column, with chlamys blowing backwards, brandishing spear and holding shield; to right, owl standing left, head facing. RIC² 730, RSC 274. Weight: 3.23 g. Diameter: 19 mm. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted May 26 · Member Share Posted May 26 Owl... Velia, Lucania 465-440 BC (Period II: Pre-Athena Group) AR Drachm (15mm, 3.52g) O: Head of nymph with frontal eye right, wearing beaded necklace. R: Owl with closed wing perched right on olive branch, head facing; YEΛH behind. Williams 78; HGC I, 1328; Hands Class VI; HN Italy 1265; Sear 251 ex Munzen & Medaillen GmbH The first coins minted at Velia in the late 6th century BC were archaic drachms featuring a feeding lion on the obverse and a simple incuse square on the reverse. The nymph head drachms such as this example, which Williams designates as ‘pre-Athena types‘, can be dated fairly accurately to the period immediately following the Battle of Cumae in 474 BC. The combined fleet of Cyme and Syracuse defeated the Etruscans in a great naval battle off the coast of southern Italy, greatly weakening Etruscan influence in the region and thereby empowering Rome. The resulting economic boost allowed Poseidonia to begin coining again circa 470, followed by Terina in Bruttium and finally Velia. It was also around this time that Velia’s famous lion series of didrachms first appeared, and would continue for the next two centuries. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted May 27 · Supporter Share Posted May 27 Velia Lucania. Velia, circa 280 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.33g, 12h). Obv: Head of Athena left wearing Attic helmet decorated with Pegasus and a palmettae, A above, IE within incuse square to lower right. Rev: YEΛ[HTΩN], lion pulling down stag left. Ref: Williams 561; HN Italy 1318; SNG Copenhagen 1592; SNG ANS 1406. About Very Fine, nice old toning, minor test cuts on edge, Pegasus weak. Ex Baldwins Feb 2011. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 27 · Patron Share Posted May 27 Link: Lion on the attack! I'm showing these coins as a related pair. 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. Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman provincial Æ 16.8 mm, 4.33 g, 1 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211. Obv: IOVΛIA ΔO-MNA CEB, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Herakles standing right, wrestling the Nemean lion. Refs: AMNG I 606; Varbanov 673; Moushmov 419; SNG Copenhagen --; SNG Budapest --. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted May 27 · Member Share Posted May 27 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 Velia was never conquered by the Lucanians, and in 275 BC signed an alliance with Rome. However over the centuries the mouths of the two rivers between which the city was built silted up the harbor, resulting in a ruined trade. In time the city became surrounded by marshlands, malaria ensued, and its inhabitants moved away. Velia had managed to withstand centuries of regional hostility, but withered before the forces of nature. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted May 28 · Patron Share Posted May 28 Link: Griffin. Hadrian 117-138 CE. Roman orichalcum as, 8.88 g, 22.1 mm, 5 h. Rome mint for use in Syria, 124-125 CE. Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, seen from rear. Rev: COS III S C, Griffin leaping right. Refs: RIC II.3, 754; RPC III, 3759; BMCRE --; Strack 624; McAlee 549; Sear --. Notes: Some numismatists attribute this to a mint in Antioch. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted May 28 · Member Share Posted May 28 Griffin... Velia, Lucania 350-310 BC (Period VI: Kleudoros Group) AR Didrachm (21mm, 7.50g) O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with griffin, swan's head at front of visor. R: Lion prowling left; Φ above, >E monogram (Kleudoros) below, YEΛHTΩN in ex, all within linear circle. Williams 297; SNG ANS 1312; SNG Ashmolean 1233; HGC I, 1311; HN Italy 1289; Sear 460v ex Jack H. Beymer 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted May 29 · Member Share Posted May 29 *Crested helmet* KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Mesambria. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOY. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, crested helmet right above MA; below throne, KO below strut. Price 1077; HGC 3.2, 1568. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted May 29 · Member Share Posted May 29 Macedonian Kingdom, Reign of Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.01g) O: Head of Alexander as Herakles right, clad in lion's skin headdress. R: Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle and sceptre, his legs parallel; eagle's head facing left in field to left, AΛEΞANΔPOY behind. Amphipolis mint (lifetime issue). Price 51; Sear 6713v; C. 4952 ex Jack H. Beymer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted May 29 · Supporter Share Posted May 29 Link: Alexander III Scotland. Alexander III, AD 1249-1286. AR Penny (17mm, 1.53g, 1h). First coinage, type III. Edinburgh mint; Alexander, moneyer. Struck AD 1250-circa 1280. Obv: +ALЄXANDЄR RЄX: Crowned head left; scepter before. Rev: ALЄ X(ON) ЄD ЄN⦂; Voided long cross; stars in quarters. Ref: SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 112 (same dies); SCBC 5043. Near Very Fine, toned. From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection, purchased from Spink. Ex Peter Mitchell Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 55 (8 Oct 2002), Lot 631. Ex CNG eAuction 429 (26 Sep 2018), Lot 538. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted May 29 · Member Share Posted May 29 26 minutes ago, Edessa said: Link: Alexander III Scotland. Alexander III, AD 1249-1286. AR Penny (17mm, 1.53g, 1h). First coinage, type III. Edinburgh mint; Alexander, moneyer. Struck AD 1250-circa 1280. Obv: +ALЄXANDЄR RЄX: Crowned head left; scepter before. Rev: ALЄ X(ON) ЄD ЄN⦂; Voided long cross; stars in quarters. Ref: SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 112 (same dies); SCBC 5043. Near Very Fine, toned. From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection, purchased from Spink. Ex Peter Mitchell Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 55 (8 Oct 2002), Lot 631. Ex CNG eAuction 429 (26 Sep 2018), Lot 538. Well played! ~ Peter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted May 30 · Supporter Share Posted May 30 Link: Rex, crowned left, cross on reverse JAIME I. (1213-1276 AD). Crown of Aragon. Obverse: ARAGON., bust of King Jaime, crowned and draped, left. Reverse: IACOBVS REX., cross of Caravaca, (Patriarchal Cross). 1 Denier (1/240th Libra), Billon. 1.09g. 18mm. Jaca mint, (1085-1340), Spain. CRU # 318 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted June 1 · Patron Share Posted June 1 Link: Left-facing bust. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 11.76 g, 26.3 mm, 6 h. Rome, mid-151 to mid-152 CE. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, left (Beckmann type 3 hairstyle). Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter. Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 2171n.; Cohen –; RCV –; Strack 1311; Lückger, Deutsche Mzbl. (1940), p.119, no. 11. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted June 1 · Supporter Share Posted June 1 Link: Left facing Probus AE Antoninianus. Siscia, 279 AD. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, trophy standing between two captives. RIC 820, Cohen 942. 22 mm, 4,87 g 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted June 1 · Member Share Posted June 1 Left-facing portrait... Terina, Bruttium circa 300 BC AR Drachm (16mm, 2.21g) O: Head of nymph Terina left; triskeles behind, TEPINAIΩN left. R: Winged Nike seated left on cippus, holding bird in extended right hand; star to left. Holloway & Jenkins 111; HN Italy 2642 ex Bertolami Fine Arts 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted June 1 · Supporter Share Posted June 1 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 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted June 1 · Member Share Posted June 1 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 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted June 1 · Supporter Share Posted June 1 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. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted June 1 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 1 Link: Victory (Nike): 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.”* [Footnote omitted.] 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted June 3 · Patron Share Posted June 3 Link: Treir mint. Maximian, 1st Reign, 286-305 CE. Roman billon follis, 10.96 g, 27.2 mm, 12 h. Trier, 298-99 CE. Obv: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head, right. Rev: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; A/*//TR. Refs: RIC vi, p. 186, 277b. Notes: Typically, the reverse legend is broken GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted June 3 · Member Share Posted June 3 Cornucopia... Aitna, Sicily 210-150 BC (Roman rule) AE Hexas (16.5mm, 3.89g) O: Head of Persephone right, wreathed in grain. R: Filleted cornucopia; two pellets in upper right, AITNAI−ΩN upward to left. HGC 2, 70; Calciati III, 152, 11; SNG ANS 1165; SNG München 26; Sear 1019v (pellets to left); BMC 5, 8 ex Forvm Ancient Coins Demeter and Persephone "…As Queen of Death, that worship which is Fear, Henceforth, as having risen from out the dead, Shalt ever send thy life along with mine…" ~Alfred Lord Tennyson 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted June 3 · Supporter Share Posted June 3 Two Cornucopia! TIBERIUS (14-37). Dupondius. Commagene. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS. Laureate head right. Rev: PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXI. Winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopias. RIC² 89; RPC 3868. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 13.89 g. Diameter: 29 mm. REVERSE TWIN CORNUCOPIA WEIGHT 13.89 DIAMETER 29.00 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted June 4 · Supporter Share Posted June 4 Tiberius Tiberius as Caesar Semis, Lugdunum, AD 12-14 Obv.: TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, Laureate head right Rev.: ROM ET AVG Altar of Lugdunum AE, 3.7g, 17.5mm Ref.: Cohen 38, RIC 246 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted June 4 · Supporter Share Posted June 4 Altar of Lugdunum Ref Augustus AE As, RIC 233, Cohen 237, BMC 567 Augustus, AE as, Lugdunum Mint, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRAE, laureate head right / Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica, between laurels and stylized figures. Flanked by columns supporting facing Victories holding wreathe and palm. ROM ET AVG below. 26mm, 11.07gr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted June 4 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 4 Links: Augustus, Lugdunum Mint. Augustus AR Denarius, 11-10 BCE, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, banker's mark[?] below ear, AUGVSTVS downwards behind, DIVI • F upwards in front / Rev. Bull butting right, right forefoot raised, lashing tail over back, IMP • XII in exergue. RIC I Augustus 187a (2d ed. 1984), RSC I Augustus 155 (3rd ed. 1978), BMCRE I Augustus 472 at p. 81 & Pl. 11 No. 19 (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1866-1201-4186). 19 mm., 3.69 g. Purchased from Kölner Münzkabinett, Jan. 2022. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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