Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[kapphnwn]

Link Kingdom of the Bosporus

Electrum Stater of Rhescoporis II 223-224 AD Obv  Bust of Rhescoporis II diademed and draped. Trident before. Rv Head of Severus Alexander right laureate MacDonald 563/1 7.63 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen

By this time the gold content on these staters is getting a little thin. This coin does retain some of its gold color though I have seen some from this period that look essentially like silver coins. 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Severus Alexander provincial.

Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.
Roman provincial Æ 17.0 mm, 2.64 g, 6 h.
Pisidia, Antioch, AD 222-235.
Obv: IMP ΛL-EXΛN, radiate head of Severus Alexander, right.
Rev: ANTIOCH COLONIA, eagle facing, looking left, spreading wings.
Refs: RPC VI, 6593 (temporary); BMC 19.187, 65 var.; SNG France 1190; SNG von Aulock 4950; Sear GIC 3346 var.

[shanxi]

Link: Severus Alexander provincial, again

Severus Alexander
Hierocaesarea
Bronze; AD 222-235
Obv: AYT ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, r.
Rev: ΙƐΡΟΚΑΙϹΑΡƐΩΝ; Tyche standing facing looking l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
AE, 20 mm, 4.57 g.
RPC VI, 4255-2 (this coin)

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: provincial coin...

 

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula
As of the Roman Imperial Period 37/41 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 29mm; Weight: 11.08g; Mint: Segobriga, Hispania Tarraconensis; Reference: RPC I. 476; Provenance: Ex Subastas Ibercoin Madrid Spain; Obverse: Laureate head of Caligula left; Inscription: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP; Translate: Caius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator (Gaius Caesar, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, Imperator); Reverse: Legend in two lines within oak wreath; Inscription: SEGOBRIGA; Translate: Segobriga (City of Segobriga)

 

PS: Segobriga was known above all for the extraction of mirror stone (lapis specularis) from mining tunnels, a luxury good that was particularly prized in Rome. Pliny already reports how this transparent gypsum was split into slabs and could be used as window panes to protect against rain and weather, or as a representative mirror. 

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Edited November 29, 2022 by Prieure de Sion

[Prieure de Sion]

20 hours ago, kapphnwn said:

By this time the gold content on these staters is getting a little thin. This coin does retain some of its gold color though I have seen some from this period that look essentially like silver coins. 

PS: This stater type of Severus Alexander is often found in gold - but extremely rare in "silver" or white gold. Electron is an alloy of gold and silver. The gold content varies between 20% and 90% - but most of the staters are around 75%. Staters with a higher silver, than gold content, get this silver color and used to be called "goldish silver". 

[DonnaML]

Link: Hispania Tarraconensis.

Tiberius, AE As, 14-37 AD, Hispania Tarraconensis, Turiaso Mint [now Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain], M. Pont. Marsus and C. Mari. Vegetus, duoviri. Obv. Laureate head right, TI CAESAR AVG F IMP PONT M / Rev. Bull standing right, head facing, M PONT MARSO; MVN TVR in field above bull, C MARI VEGETO below, II VIR in right field [ligate letters underlined]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 418 (1992); RPC I Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/418; ACIP 3291a [Villaronga, L. & J. Benages, Ancient Coinage of the Iberian Peninsula: Greek / Punic / Iberian / Roman, Societat Catalana D 'Estudis Numismatics, Institut D 'Estudis Catalans (Barcelona, 2011)]; FAB 2450 [Alvarez-Burgos, F., La Moneda Hispanica desde sus origines hasta el Siglo V (Madrid, 2008)]; SNG Copenhagen 606 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 43, Spain-Gaul (Copenhagen 1979), Parts 40-43 reprinted as one volume, 1994]. 28 mm., 11.98 g. Purchased from Tom Vossen, Netherlands, May 2021; ex. Aureo & Calico, Auction 364, 21 April 2021, Lot 1202. *

 

* Turiaso was "a municipium of Hispania Tarraconensis, now Tarazona, situated on a small river that runs into the Ebro, to the south of Tudela." https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Turiaso (quoting Stevenson's Dictionary of Roman Coins (1880)). See also https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x51280 ("Located in the hinterland of NE Spain close to the Ebro river valley, c. 60km north of the ancient site of Bilbilis Augusta, the Iberian settlement named Turiasu later became an important Roman city called Turiaso. Under Visigothic rule it was called Tirasona and is now called Tarazona").

Tarazona is now in Aragon in the north of Spain. Under the Roman Empire, it was part of Hispania Tarraconensis, the largest of the three provinces in Roman Spain, along with Hispania Baetica and Lusitania. Under the Republic, before Augustus's reorganization in 27 BCE, Turiaso was part of Hispania Citerior (Nearer Iberia, i.e., closer to Rome, as compared to Hispania Ulterior).

For a discussion of Turiaso's coinage, see the section entitled "Regio Turiasonensis Turiaso," in Sir George Francis Hill, "Notes on the ancient coinage of Hispania citerior" (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, American Numismatic Society 1931) at http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan86651. The article includes, among other things, a list of all the names of magistrates (duoviri) found on the coins of Augustus and Tiberius minted in Turiaso, and notes that "G. Marius Vegetus [named on my coin] appears both as aedile and as duumvir. Under Augustus, both asses and semisses were struck by duoviri, and the aediles do not seem to have issued coins. Under Tiberius, as usual, the duoviri strike the asses, the aediles the semisses; but who was responsible for the sestertii or dupondii does not appear."

As for the bull on the reverse, Kevin Butcher notes at p. 62 of Roman Provincial Coins, supra, that "A standing bull, probably connected with anniversaries commemorating the foundation of the various colonies, occurs at Caesaraugustus, Celsa, Calagurris, Cascantum, Ercavica, Graccurris, Turiaso, and Clunia." Oxen pulling a plow were certainly a common symbol of the foundation of colonies on Roman coins, so such an interpretation is not surprising, even though a plow is nowhere in sight! See Jones, John Melville, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (Seaby 1990) at pp. 121-122 (entry for “Founder”), explaining that the Romans “inherited a custom from the Etruscans of defining the boundaries of a new city by marking them with a plough,” so that certain coins showing plowing can be interpreted as a reference to the founding of colonies.

[shanxi]

Link: bull

 

Lydia, Hierokaisareia
Pseudo-autonomous issue
1st century AD
Obv: ΠΕΡCΙΚΗ , draped bust of Artemis Persica right, quiver at shoulder, holding bow and arrow at breasr.,
Rev.: IEPOKAI-CAP-EΩN, humped bull (Zebu) standing right
AE, 2.72g, 15mm
Ref.: RPC III 1861

[Roman Collector]

Link: Hierocaesarea, Artemis Persica.

Pseudo-autononymous issue, time of Nero.
Roman provincial Æ 14.6 mm, 3.24 g, 6h.
Lydia, Hierocaesarea; Magistrate Capito, AD 54-68.
Obv: ЄΠΙ ΚΑΠΙΤⲰΝΟC, draped bust of Artemis Persica, right, with bow and quiver at her back.
Rev: ΙЄΡΟ-ΚΑICΑΡ-ЄⲰΝ, Artemis in short chiton, right, with one knee on back of stag, which she pulls down by the antlers.
Refs: RPC I 2391; BMC 22.102,3.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Roman Collector

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: Nero...

 

 

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 65 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 35mm; Weight: 24.58g; Mint: Lugdunum; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Nero 390; Provenance: From the Rio Collection; Provenance: Ex Special Collection of Ancient Coins (Heritage Auction, Auction 61210, 16 May 2021), lot 99053; Provenance: Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 437 (6 February 2019), lot 402; Obverse: Head of Nero, laureate, right; small globe at point of neck. The Inscription reads: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P for Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae (Nero Claudius, Caesar, Augustus, victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, Imperator, father of the country); Reverse: Ceres, right, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn-ears and torch, facing Annona, draped, standing right, right hand resting on hip, left holding cornucopiae; in center, modius on garlanded altar right; behind, ship's stern. The Inscription reads: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES S C for Annona Augusti Ceres, Senatus Consultum (The grain supply of venerable Ceres. Decree of the senate).

 

 

[kirispupis]

Link: high priest, Caesar

Julius Caesar AR Denarius.
Military mint travelling with Caesar, 49-48 BC.
Elephant advancing to right, trampling on serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (surmounted by wolf's head), and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; RSC 49. 3.26g, 20mm, 2h.
Ex Roma

[shanxi]

Link: Military mint travelling with Caesar

Julius Caesar
AR Denarius, 46/45 BC
Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain
Obv.: Diademed head of Venus right, Cupid behind shoulder
Rev.: Trophy with oval shields between female and male seated captives, CAESAR in exergue
Ag, 3.90g, 18mm
Ref.: BMC 89, Crawf. 468/1, Syd. 1014

[DonnaML]

Link: Trophy and captives.

Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 201 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS - PIVS AVG / Rev. Trophy with two Parthian captives seated at its base, facing outwards, with their hands supporting their heads, PART MAX P M - TR P VIIII. RIC IV-1 176, RSC III 370, Sear RCV (1988 ed.) 1767, BMCRE 356. 19 mm., 3.49 g. Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 212th Buy or Bid Sale, August 2020, Lot 153; Ex. Philip Ashton Collection, acquired Jan. 1998. 

[expat]

Trophy reverse on a well circulated Trajan

[Shea19]

Link: Trajan AE with green patina

Trajan, AE Dupondius circa 98-99, (27.50 mm., 15.66 g.), Radiate head of Trajan to r./ Rev. Abundantia, draped and diademed, seated l. on chair with crossed cornucopiae and holding sceptre in r. hand; SC.  RIC 382.

[shanxi]

Link: two cornucopiae

Plautilla
AR Denarius, Laodicea
Obv.: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust of Plautilla right
Rev.: CONCORDIAE, Concordia seated left on backless throne, holding patera and double cornucopiae.
Ref.: RIC IVa 370, CRE 426 [S]
AR, 3.20g

[Spaniard]

Link...Plautilla

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

[Shea19]

Link: Venus Victrix

Caracalla, AR Denarius, circa 213-217 A.D., Rome, (22mm.,3.02g.) Laureate head of Caracalla to right/ Rev. VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left, holding Victory and spear and leaning on shield set on helmet. RIC 311b

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: Caracalla...

 

 

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, known as Caracalla

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 216 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 3.50g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Caracalla 275a; Obverse: Head of Caracalla, right, laureate. The Inscription reads: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM for Antoninus Pius, Augustus, Germanicus; Reverse: Jupiter, naked, standing front, head left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand. The Inscription reads: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P for Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Undevicesima, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae (High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 19th time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation).

 

[maridvnvm]

Link:- Jupiter

Maximianus Antoninianus

Obv:– IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear
Rev:– IOVI TVTATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory and scepter, eagle at feet
Minted in Lugdunum (//P). Emission 5, Officina 1. Autumn A.D. 287- Autumn A.D. 289
Reference:– Cohen -. Bastien Volume VII - (unlisted with this bust type in Bastien). RIC V Pt. 2 390

[kirispupis]

Link: Ares == Jupiter

Pamphylia, Sillyon
18.72mm, 4.57g 4th Century BCE
Obverse: Bearded and helmeted head of Ares right
Reverse: Male figure standing left with right hand raised, chlamys draped over left forearm; H and uncertain symbol in left field
SNG von Aulock 4866
Ex Marc Breitsprecher

[CPK]

Link - ex Marc Breitsprecher

 

[kirispupis]

Link: Shield

Kings of Macedon, Antigonos II Gonatas (277/6-239 BC)
AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.85g, 3h)
Amphipolis, c. 274/1-260/55.
Horned head of Pan l., lagobolon over shoulder, in the centre of a Macedonian shield. R/ Athena Alkidemos advancing l., preparing to cast thunderbolt; crested Macedonian helmet to inner l., monogram to inner r. HGC 3, 1042.
Ex London Ancient Coins

[AncientOne]

Link: Pan

Achaea. Arcadia, Tegea. Caracalla Æ22

Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev: TEGE ATΩN, Pan standing left, on goat legs, holding syrinx and lagobolon.

Edited December 1, 2022 by AncientOne

[Roman Collector]

Link: Caracalla provincial:

Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman provincial Æ 21.7 mm, 5.81 g, 6 h.
Phrygia, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste; Poteitos, archon, AD 198-209.
Obv: M AV ANTƱNЄI, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑ APX ΠOTЄITO, Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae.
Refs: BMC 25.225,4 var.; SNG Cop 407 (same obv. die); Lindgren 959 var.; Babelon IW 6069.

[DonnaML]

Links: Severan family Provincial; standing Tyche.

 Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], AD 209-211, Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior [now Devnya, Bulgaria], Flavius Ulpianus, Consular Legate for Moesia Inferior from 209-212 (see https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Liste_der_Statthalter_von_Niedermösien). Obv. Confronted busts of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, right, and Julia Domna, draped, left; around, ΑΥ Κ Λ ΣΕΠΤ ΣΕΥΗΡΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ [ = Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Julia]; cont. in exergue in two lines, ΔΟΜΝΑ |  ΣΕΒ [ = Domna Augusta] / Rev. Tyche standing left wearing modius, holding cornucopiae in left arm and rudder with right hand; around, YΦΛ ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΥ MΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ [ = Flavius Ulpianou Markianopoleiton]; E [mark of value for “5”] in left field. 28 mm., 10.79 g.  AMNG I/I 601, obv. leg. var. [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I  (Berlin, 1898) at p. 210; available at https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft/page/210/mode/2up?view=theater]; Hristova & Jekov 6.15.35.4 [Nina Hristova & Gospodin Jekov, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III c. A.D., MARCIANOPOLIS  (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 2006)]; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol. I, 868 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; Moushmov 411 (rev. ill. Pl. X No. 29) [see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/moushmov/markianopolis.html for English translation of catalog portion of H. Moushmov, Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula (1912); see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/moushmov/plates/large/X.jpg for reproduction of Pl. X]. Purchased July 2022 from YOTHR (Yoshua Three Coins), Herrenberg, Germany; ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 268, 29.03.2022, Lot 4308; ex Collection of Erwin Link, Stuttgart, Germany.