shanxi Posted October 9, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2022 Link: "holding victory" Faustina II AR-Denar, Rome mint Obv.: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right Rev.: VENERI AVGVSTAE, Venus seated left, holding Victory and spear. Ag, 3.49g, 18mm Ref.: RIC III 722 [R], CRE 237 [R2] var. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted October 9, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2022 Link...Venus. Plautilla AR Denarius. 20mm/2.66gr minted 204 AD Obverse-PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right Reverse- VENVSVICTRIX, Venus standing left holding apple (pomegranite) & palm, leaning on shield,winged Cupid at her feet holding apple or pomegranite or helmet? RIC# 369 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted October 9, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 9, 2022 Link - VENVS VICTRIX, Venus, Branch, Cupid Julia Domna denarius Obv:– IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust facing right Rev:– VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left, holding helmet and palm, resting elbow on column with cuirass right, Cupid holding shield at feet Minted in Rome References:– RIC -. RSC -. BMCRE -. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 9, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, maridvnvm said: References:– RIC -. RSC -. BMCRE -. This is CRE 403 (R4) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted October 9, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 9, 2022 link : Helmet Zankle-Messana Diobol or litra? circa 494/3-490/89, AR 0.86 g. Lion’s mask facing. Rev. Prow of Samaina l.; in l. field, Corinthian helmet l. SNG Ashmolean 1822 (these dies). E. E. Clain-Stefanelli, RBN 1987, pl. VIII , fig. 5.4 (this coin illustrated). Campana, Samii di Zankle 54 (this coin illustrated). Barron, Samos, pl. VII, 5. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted October 9, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2022 Link...Lion mask Ionia Samos AE13 Circa 350 BC, 13.07 mm/3.08 grams Obverse: Head of Hera left Reverse: Lion's scalp facing SNG Copenhagen 1694 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2022 Hera: Surprisingly hard to find goddess, Hera, on a coin that was a marble shaped rock that I wasn't sure even had a coin inside it. I had to shock it with electrolysis to get this, IMO, beautiful portrait. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 10, 2022 · Patron Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Link: Hera. Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 25 mm, 8.01 g, 6 h. Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum, c. AD 155-165. Obv: ·I·AVCTЄINA CЄBACT, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ, Hera standing, facing, head, left, holding long scepter in right hand and veil with bent left arm. Refs: Plate coin of RPC IV.2, 827, specimen 3 (temporary); similar to Imhoof-Blumer KM p. 111, no. 20, pl. IV.9. Notes: Unique with this reverse legend? Unlisted in BMC, Mionnet, Lindgren and Wiczay. No examples appear on a search at acsearchinfo or at Wildwinds. Edited November 6, 2023 by Roman Collector 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted October 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link Faustina II Faustina II Ae Sestertius 161 AD Obv Bust right draped. Rv Fecunditas standing facing head left cradling a child in each arm with two more standing at her feet. RIC 1635 23.74 grms 30mm Photo by W. Hansen Faustina had numerous children with Marcus Aurelius and thus the coins with Fecuditas with various numbers of children offers a useful dating criterion which others may not have. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link Fecunditas Julia Maesa. Augusta AD 218-224. Rome Denarius AR 19 mm., 2,31 g. RIC IV Elagabalus 249 Date Range: AD 218 - AD 222 Obverse Legend: IVLIA MAESA AVG Type: Bust of Julia Maesa, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right Reverse Legend: FECVNDITAS AVG Type: Fecunditas, draped, standing left, extending her right hand over a child and holding cornucopiae in left hand 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link Julia Maesa Julia Maesa Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: IIOY MAICA CE MH CTPA, draped bust right Rev.: LB=year 2=(218/219), Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae Billon, 11.45g, 23mm Ref.: Geißen 2351, Dattari 4218 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted October 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link:- Alexandria, Dikaiosyne, Billon, tetradrachm Probus, Billon tetradrachm Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– None, Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia Minted in Alexandria Egypt. LE in left field. Year 5. A.D. 279-280 Milne 4594. Emmett 3980(5) R4. Curtis 1845. BMC -. 8.56 gms Described by Col. Curtis as "Very Rare" on his 2x2 coin holder, which still accompanies the coin. Ex-Col. James W. Curtis Collection. (Author of The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt. (Chicago, 1969).) Ex-Olympus #5 catalogue (December 1982) Ex-Keith Emmett Collection. (Author of Alexandrian Coins. (Lodi, WI, 2001).) 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link: Probus. Probus AD 276-282. Rome.Antoninianus Æ. 22 mm, 3,59 g RIC V Probus 187 Date Range: AD 276 - AD 282 Obverse Legend: PROBVS P F AVG Type: Bust of Probus, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle in right hand Reverse Legend: ROMAE AETER Type: Hexastyle temple, Roma seated in centre, holding Victory in right hand and sceptre in left hand MintMark: -/-//RVA 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted October 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link: Temple Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 24.89g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 151/152). Obv: AΥT KTAIΛ AΔP ANTωNINOC; Laureate and draped bust right. Rev: Altar of Agathodaimon in the form of a hexastyle temple with burning offering on top and coiled serpents as acroteria. Ref: Emmett 1448.17; Cf. Köln 1700; cf. Dattari 3008; cf. Milne 2251. Very Fine, nice brown patina. Ex Coin Galleries (19 August 1987). Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange (May 2009). 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 10, 2022 · Patron Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link: same reverse type and year of issue. Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ drachm, 24.36 g, 35.4 mm, 12 h. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 151/52 (year 15). Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝ CЄΒ CЄΒ ЄVCЄΒ ΘVΓ, draped bust, right, wearing circlet of pearls around head. Rev: Monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta; L – IЄ (year 15) to either side. Refs: RPC IV.4 14749 (temp); Köln 1961; Dattari 3305-06; K&G 38.69; Emmett 1971.15; Sear –. Note: Some authors identify the altar on the reverse as the altar of Agathodaimon. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted October 10, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link: drachm Paphlagonia, Sinope. Ariarathes I of Cappadocia Circa 325 BCE AR Drachm 5.53 gm, 17mm Persic standard Obv.: 'm in Aramaic, head of the nymph Sinope to left, her hair bound in a sakkos, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; to left, aphlaston. Rev.: 'ariyrth' in Aramaic, sea-eagle with spread wings standing on a dolphin to left. HGC 7, 434; SNG BM Black Sea 1459; SNG Stancomb 761 Ex Tom Vossen 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted October 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link Sinope Sinope, Paphlagonia, Silver Drachm Obv:- Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace Rev:- Eagle with dolphin in talons facing left, ∆ΙΟΥ (magistrate's name) below wing, ΣΙΝΩ below dolphin Sinope mint, c. 330 - 300 B.C. Ref:- SNG BM 1484; SNG Stancomb 772; SNG Cop 284 ex Baldwin & Sons, London, ex Forum Ancient Coins, where it was graded aEF, beautifully toned, fine style Weight 4.974g, maximum diameter 16.9mm, die axis 180o 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 10, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link: Eagle clutching dolphin -- a scene I rather doubt has ever taken place in real life, unless it was a very large eagle and a very small dolphin! Thrace, Istros. 400-350 BCE. AR Drachm. Obv. Two facing male heads, left head inverted / Rev: Sea eagle on dolphin, ISTRIH [partially off flan] above eagle, globule under eagle’s tail; letter “A” ligatured with [archaic Π with shortened right stem, or sideways Γ ?] beneath dolphin. SNG.BM.249 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea (London, 1993)] [online ID SNGuk_0901_0249 with Rev. Monogram No. 49]; AMNG I/I No. 417 var. [no globule], see also No. 422 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at pp. 161-162]; BMC 3 Thrace No. 6 var. [no globule] [Poole, R.S., ed. A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc., Vol. 3 (London, 1877) at p. 25]; Seaby 1669 var. [Sear, David, Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. I: Europe (Seaby 1978)]. 19 mm., 5.36 g. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted October 10, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Link Same type but A beneath Istros, Silver staterth dolphin Obv:- Facing male heads, left inverted Rev:- ΙΣΤΡΙΗ, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons, A below dolphin Minted in Istros, 400 - 350 B.C. Reference:– AMNG I 416, SNG Cop 192 var (right head inverted), SGCV I 1669 Edited October 10, 2022 by maridvnvm 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 10, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, maridvnvm said: Link Same type but A beneath Istros, Silver staterth dolphin Obv:- Facing male heads, left inverted Rev:- ΙΣΤΡΙΗ, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons, A below dolphin Minted in Istros, 400 - 350 B.C. Reference:– AMNG I 416, SNG Cop 192 var (right head inverted), SGCV I 1669 So in this case are "stater" and "drachm" the same thing, given my understanding that stater is more of a generic term than a specific denomination? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted October 10, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link: from the Dobruja region Kings of Scythia. Charaspes Circa 190-188 BCE AE 23.26mm 10.2g Obverse: Jugate heads of the Dioscouri right Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ XAPAΣΠOY / ME, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. SNG BM Black Sea 350 Ex Marc Breitsprecher 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted October 10, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) UNO => Dioscouri ... on the cat-walk!! ANTONINUS PIUS, Alexandria, Bronze Drachm (below) 138-161 AD Egypt, Alexandria, year 8, (144-145AD) Diameter: 33mm Weight: 23.15 grams Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius facing right Reverse: Serapis wearing the modius between the Dioscuri, LH in exergue Reference: Reference: Dattari 1109 Other: Rare Ex-stevex6 (now it's sweet TIF’s coin) Edited October 10, 2022 by Steve 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted October 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2022 Link...Antoninus Pius, Drachm, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138 - 161 AD, AE Drachm, Egypt, Alexandria Mint, 34mm, 29.55 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus right. Reverse: L DEKATOV, Zeus holding patera and scetpre reclining left on open wings of eagle. Emmett1699 // Dattari2933 // Koln1560 // Milne1905 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted October 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2022 Link - eagle SICILY. Syracuse. Hiketas II. 287-278 B.C. Æ litra. 7.69 gm. 24 mm. Laureate head of young Zeus Hellanios left; ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΣYPAK - OΣIΩN. CNS II, 158. HGC 2, 1448 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2022 Link: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt Mysia, Pergamon AE24, Circa 200-133 BC Seleukos, magistrate. Obv.: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Head of Asklepios right Rev.: Π-EΡ-Γ-A / MHNΩN. Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt.. AE, 8.04g, 24.4mm Ref.: SNG von Aulock 7491; SNG Copenhagen 378. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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