Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 1, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 1, 2022 Link: wolf. Roman Republic, P. Satrienus, AR Denarius, 77 BCE. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars right, control-number (L [in archaic form of upside-down T]XXXVIIII = 89) behind/ Rev. She-wolf standing left with right front paw raised, ROMA above, P. SATRIE-NVS in two lines below. RSC I Satriena 1, Crawford 388/1b, Sear RCV I 319 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 15 at pp. 92-97, BMCRR Rome 3209-3237 [no entry for control no. 89; cf. 3236 (no. 99)]. 18 mm., 3.87 g., 3 hr. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 1, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 1, 2022 Link - obverse with helmeted head of Mars Ti. Veturius 137 BC. Rome Denarius AR 20 mm, 3,76 g [TI•V͡E͡T], helmeted and draped bust of Mars right, behind X (mark of value) / ROMA, Oath-taking scene: youth kneeling left, head right, between two soldiers, each of whom holds a spear and sword that touches a pig held by the youth. Crawford 234/1; RBW 969; RSC Veturia 1. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 1, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2022 Link: Two soldiers holding spears Constantine II. AE 3, Antioch AD 330-335, under Constantine I OBV: CONSTANTIUS IVN NOBC Laureate and cuirassed, right REV: GLOR IAEXERC ITVS Two soldiers, each with spear and shield, flanking two banners. Dots above and within both banners. SMANS in exergue. 16.8mm, 2.72g. Ric VII Antioch 87,s Purchased from Castellet Classical Numismatics 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 1, 2022 · Patron Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) Link: Antioch Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 5.43 g, 20.1 mm, 6 h. Antioch, first series, AD 251-252. Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right; •••• below. Rev: VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing left, holding purse and cornucopiae; •••• in exergue. Refs: RIC 92; Cohen 125; RCV 9652; Hunter p. cvi; ERIC II 63. Edited November 1, 2022 by Roman Collector 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted November 2, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 2, 2022 Link: purse Lydia, Tripolis. Æ18. Athena/Hermes Late 2nd - 3rd centuries AD. Æ (5,28 g. - 18 mm) Obv: Helmeted bust of Athena; wearing aegis right. Rev: ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. SNG Copenhagen 723. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 2, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2022 Link Athena in Crested Helmet. Attica, Athens. 110/9 BC. AR New Style Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.76g, 12h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Rev: A-QE; Owl standing right on amphora; magistrates Phanokles, Appolonios and Alexan[...]; Artemis with torch in right field, H on amphora with SF below. Ref: Thompson 702g. Nice Very Fine. Ex CNG eAuction 34 (30 July 2001), Lot 63574. CNG note: Struck with recut dies from earlier issue. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted November 2, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2022 Link - crested helmet Campania, Nola, Nomos, 400-385BC, head of Athena right wearing crested helmeted ornamented with owl and laurel wreath, rev. man-headed bull right, nωλαιων above… 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 2, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) Link: head of Athena, on this Corinth stater. That's Ares as well on the obverse. Edited November 2, 2022 by DonnaML 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 2, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) Link Stater, Pegasos Akarnania, Leukas Stater, ca. 405-345 BC Obv.: Pegasos flying right, Λ below Rev.: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; caduceus behind Ref.: Nicolet- Pierre and Kroll, AJN 2 (1990), pl. i, pi-1-pi-4. Svoronos pl. 20. Edited November 2, 2022 by shanxi 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted November 2, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 2, 2022 Link Athena wearing Corinthian helmet ASIA MINOR. Mysia. Lampsakos circa 500-450 BC. Male head (of Apollo?) to left, wearing taenia. Rev: Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. Asia Minor Coins, #12762; similar to CNG E-Auction 378 (2016), 161; Pecunem Online Auctions Auction 39 3 January 2016, lot 257; otherwise unpublished in the standard references Tetartemorion 0,14 g, 7 mm 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 2, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2022 Link Lampsakos Mysia, Lampsakos AE10, 4th-3rd centuries BC Obv.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin Rev.: Helmeted head of Athena right, ΛA below Æ, 0.97g, 10mm Ref.: Klein 274 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted November 2, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 2, 2022 Link: Lampsakos Mysia, Lampsacus. AE21. Volusian Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΙΒΙ ΟΛΟССΙΑΝ. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian, r. Rev: ΛΑΝΨΑΚΗΝ. Tyche standing l., holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC 389, 6 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 3, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link: Tyche Kings of Armenia. Tigranes II the Great 70-66 BCE 18.65mm 4.22g Obverse: Head of Tigranes right, wearing Armenian tiara Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TIΓPAИOY; Tyche seated right on rock, river god swimming right at her feet M&D 24; CAA 92; AC 56 uncertain Armenian mint Ex Marc Breitsprecher 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted November 3, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link: Tyche. Hadrian, AR Tridrachm, AD 117-138 (undated), Tarsus Mint, Province of Cilicia (SE Anatolia, now in Turkey). Obv. Laureate head right, [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ Τ]ΡA ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹEB / Rev. City-goddess Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated left on diphros [backless stool with four turned legs] (front leg & seat decorated as foreleg and wing of sphinx or griffin), holding palm branch in right hand and touching back corner of seat with left hand [type without cornucopiae in left hand]; at her feet to left, river-God Kydnos,* crowned with wreath of sedge-plant, swimming left with right arm upraised, [ΤΑ]Ρ-CΕΩΝ-ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC. 23 mm., 9.39 g., 1 h. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 3262 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3262; Prieur 761 [Michel and Karin Prieur, Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms (London, 2000)]; BMC Vol. 21 Cilicia 148 at p. 187 [Hill, G.F., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Lycaonia, Isauria, and Cilicia (London, 1900)]; SNG France Cilicia 1401-1403 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France Vol. 2, Cilicia (Paris 1993)]. Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 20, 16-18 Jul 2022, Lot 2065. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 3, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link: River God Marcus Aurelius Thrace, Augusta Traiana AE17 Obv.: ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ, Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: ΑVΓΟVСΤΗС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗС, River god reclining left, resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows. AE, 3.57g, 17mm Ref.: RPC IV online 10330 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted November 3, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link...Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius denarius.Rome AD 161-162 18MM....2.55gr Obverse....IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, bare head right Reverse... PROV DEOR TR P XVI COS III, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and cornucopiae. RIC#50 RSC 519. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted November 3, 2022 · Patron Share Posted November 3, 2022 Links: Antonine; AD 161-162; "all-round" legend; denarius. Faustina Junior, AD 147 – 175. Roman AR denarius, 3.22 g, 17.0 mm, 12 h. Rome, End August AD 161 – 162. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT, Throne, upon which are seated two infant boys, Commodus and Antoninus. Refs: RIC 711; BMCRE 136; Cohen 191; RCV 5260 var. (no stephane); CRE 221; MIR27-4/10a, b. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 3, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link infant. Isaac II Angelus. First reign, AD 1185-1195. EL Aspron Trachy (30.5mm, 3.61g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Obv: The Theotokos enthroned facing, holding head of the Holy Infant on lap. Rev: Isaac, holding cruciform scepter and akakia, being crowned by St. Michael the Archangel, holding scepter. Ref: DOC 2a; SB 2002. Very Fine. Iridescent toning, tiny edge split, graffiti in obverse margin. From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Brian and Veronica Dawson Collection of Ancient Coins (Dix Noonan Webb 161, 17 Sept 2019), Lot 138. Ex CNG eAuction 514 (20 Apr 2022), Lot 674. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted November 3, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link : Graffito The Carthaginians in Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and North Africa. Trihemistater, Carthago (?) circa 255-241, EL 24 mm, 10.62 g. Head of Tanit l., wearing barley-wreath, bar and triple pendant earring and necklace with pendants. Rev. Unbridled horse standing r. graffito punic letter 'Beth' between the legs ; above, sun disk. SNG Fitzwilliam 1516. Jenkins-Lewis 428 ff. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted November 3, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link; Carthaginian occupation of Iberia 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 3, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link: a horse is a horse of course of course Kings of Paeonia, Audoleon AR Drachm Astibos or Damastion mint(?), circa 315-286 BCE 2.97g, 14mm, 1h. Head of Athena facing slightly to left, wearing triple crested helmet Horse trotting to right; AYΔΩΛEΩN-TOΣ around, monogram below. Peykov E4400; AMNG III/2, 7 var. (position of monogram); SNG ANS 1057 corr. (monogram not star on rev.); HGC 3.1, 154 Ex Roma Numismatics December 2017 Ex Italo Vecchi Collection Ex Roma Numismatics September 2022 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted November 4, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 4, 2022 Link : Ex Roma Numismatics September 2022 Greek Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC. Bull collapsing to right, attacked and mauled by lion upon his back to left; floral ornament in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern. Desneux 2 (D2/R2); SNG ANS 1-2; Boston MFA 515-6; HGC 3.1, 381. 17.22g, 25mm. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted November 4, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted November 4, 2022 Link: those poor bulls. Can't walk anywhere on a coin without getting mauled by a lion Tarsos. Mazaios, Satrap. Circa 361-334 BC. AR Stater. Baaltars seated left, holding sceptre surmounted by an eagle in right hand, left arm at side; grain ear, bunch of grapes to left, monogram under throne / Lion attacking bull above double row of turreted walls. 10.11g SNG Levante 113; SNG France 360 Ex Fenzl 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 4, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2022 Link Lion. Kings of Macedon. Perdikkas II, 451-413 BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.53g, 6h). Heavy Macedonian standard. Aigai mint(?). Struck circa 432-422 BC. Obv: Warrior, wearing kausia, holding two spears and rein, on horse leaping right. Rev: Forepart of lion right within shallow incuse square. Ref: SNG ANS 47-51; Raymond Group IV, Series 1, 191 (A22/P20); HGC 3, 790. Ex Ponterio. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted November 4, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2022 Link: Warrior Herennia Etruscilla Ionia, Samos AE28 Obv.: ЄΡЄΝ ЄΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹЄB, Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set upon crescent. Rev.: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ, Warrior advancing right, head left, with foot set upon prow right, extending hand and holding shield. Ae, 12.41g, 28 mm Ref.: RPC IX 682; BMC 363 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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