Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[shanxi]

Link: Siglos

Pontos, Amisos
AR Reduced Siglos, 4th century BC
Obv.: Draped bust of Hera right, wearing turreted diadem
Rev.: Owl standing facing with spread wings, monograms
Ag, 3.69g, 17.4 mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 129 var.

[Spaniard]

Link....Hera

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

[Shea19]

Link: Female deity facing left

Sicily, Syracuse, circa 275-269 BC, (AE 20mm., 5.45g.), Wreathed head of Persephone (Kore) to left,/ Rev. Bull butting left; above, club above T; IE in exergue. Calciati 191.

[shanxi]

Link: bull butting

Pisidia. Termessos Major
1st century BC
Obv.: Draped, laureate bust of Artemis right, quiver behind shoulder
Rev.: Humped bull butting left on ground line, TEP
AE, 13 mm, 2.26g
Ref.: BMC 268, 1; SNG France 2102.

[Roman Collector]

Link: draped bust of Artemis, right, bow and quiver over shoulder.

Aeolis, Kyme.
Greek Æ 15.5 mm, 3.69 g, 1 h.
Magistrate Zoilos, c. 165-90 BC.
Obv: Draped bust of Artemis, right, bow and quiver at shoulder.
Rev: One-handled vase between two laurel branches; KY above; Z-Ω/I-Λ/Ο-Σ (magistrate's name) in fields.
Refs: BMC 17.113,87-89; Sear 4193; SNG von Aulock 1642; SNG Cop 108.

Edited December 10, 2022 by Roman Collector

[Spaniard]

Link....Ditto!

Aeolis, Kyme, c. 165-90 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.84g, 12h). Zoilos, magistrate.
Obverse...Draped bust of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, quiver and bow over shoulder.
Reverse...Single-handled oenoechoe (Kyme's cup) with KY above (Kyme), flanked either side by laurel branches.
Magistrates name left to right across central field Z-Ω / I-Λ / O-Σ..Zoilos.
SNG München 507-9; SNG Copenhagen 108; SNG von Aulock 1642.

[shanxi]

link: same, but another magistrate

Aiolis, Kyme
AE 16
1st - 2nd century BC
Apatourios, magistrate
Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, bow and quiver over shoulder
Rev.: Single-handled oenoechoe between two laurel branches; above K Y; A - ΠA / T - OY / P - I / O - Σ divided by body of beaker beneath spout and handle
AE, 16 mm, 4.28g
Ref.: BMC 90-92, SNG von Aulock 1641; SNG Ashmolean 1416–8; SNG Copenhagen 106–7

 

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Artemis with bow and quiver

Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 9.53 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h.
Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 238-244.
Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; stag at side.
Refs: BMC 30; RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID 67278); Moushmov 2685; Varbanov 3888; Jurukova 476; SNG Cop --; Lindgren --; GIC --.
Notes: Obverse die match to Varbanov plate coin. This specimen illustrated in RPC VII.2.

[Broucheion]

Hi All,

Link ... This specimen illustrated in RPC .

Æ Quadrans of M Licinius Crassus (Magistrate)
ca 37 BCE
Size: 16x17 mm
Weight: 2.91 g
Axis: 6:00
Broucheion Collection C-2018-06-01.001

References: RPC-I 0918 (Coin #14); This type was unknown to Svoronos; BMC-0026, pl XLII & BMC-0026a-b, p ccvii, Asolati 149a-b; SNG Copenhagen 1312 to 1313; Müller, Afrique - Unlisted.
NOTE: This is Coin #14 of RPC I-918 Online, presently the plate coin at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/918 [verified  11 Dec 2022]. A similar coin sold by CNG is here. Provenance: International seller via eBay.

Note: The Crassus in named on this coin cannot be the wealthy triumvirate colleague of Julius Caesar and Pompey, who died in 53 BCE, long before this coinage. This Crassus is almost certainly his grandson, Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger. He fought with Sextus Pompey but transferred his loyalty to Marc Antony in c. 36 BCE. Under Mark Antony he was responsible for Crete and Cyrene. Shortly before Actium, Crassus defected to Octavian. He was consul in 30 BCE, triumphed in 27 BCE.

From TV Buttrey (Studies in Numismatic Method Presented to Philip Grierson ) "The mints of Crassus - The coins of Crassus, like those of Lollius, were struck in both Greek and Latin series, but not in paired denominations as far as is now known (pl 6, nos 31-35). Nor were the dies cut centrally, as is shown by the differing styles of the Latin Apollo and the Greek Libya and crude Tyche. In manufacture the two series of Units are so distinct that their weight ranges barely overlap. Robinson (BMCCyr, ccxxi) properly assigns the Latin series to Crete, the Greek to the Cyrenaica, where however Crassus used two mints, Ptolemais and Cyrene, the only official of Roman times who appears to have done so. The Tyche Unit bears the inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙ. Robinson knew no inscription for the rare Libya Unit (BMCCyr, ccvii, no 2.5 bis b = Svoronos, Ptolemaion, no 1902) but an example preserved in the office of the Director of Antiquities, Cyrcne, can be read:

(K) Y
(P) A

to l and r of head. The Libya Quarter-unit also reads KYPA. Crassus' mints, therefore, struck distinctive types, and the Libya head appears to have been thought of as appropriate to the mint of Cyrene."

The Crassus in named on this coin cannot be the wealthy triumvirate colleague of Julius Caesar and Pompey, who died in 53 BCE, long before this coinage. This Crassus is almost certainly his grandson, Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger. He fought with Sextus Pompey but transferred his loyalty to Marc Antony in c. 36 BCE. Under Mark Antony he was responsible for Crete and Cyrene. Shortly before Actium, Crassus defected to Octavian. He was consul in 30 BCE, triumphed in 27 BCE. From TV Buttrey (Studies in Numismatic Method Presented to Philip Grierson): "The mints of Crassus - The coins of Crassus, like those of Lollius, were struck in both Greek and Latin series, but not in paired denominations as far as is now known (pl 6, nos 31-35). Nor were the dies cut centrally, as is shown by the differing styles of the Latin Apollo and the Greek Libya and crude Tyche. In manufacture the two series of Units are so distinct that their weight ranges barely overlap. Robinson (BMCCyr, ccxxi) properly assigns the Latin series to Crete, the Greek to the Cyrenaica, where however Crassus used two mints, Ptolemais and Cyrene, the only official of Roman times who appears to have done so. The Tyche Unit bears the inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙ. Robinson knew no inscription for the rare Libya Unit (BMCCyr, ccvii, no 2.5 bis b = Svoronos, Ptolemaion, no 1902) but an example preserved in the office of the Director of Antiquities, Cyrene, can be read: (K) Y (P) A to l and r of head. The Libya Quarter-unit also reads KYPA. Crassus' mints, therefore, struck distinctive types, and the Libya head appears to have been thought of as appropriate to the mint of Cyrene."

- Broucheion

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Broucheion

[shanxi]

Link: Silphium

Cyrenaica - Cyrene
Æ 22, ca. 250BC
Obv.: Diademed head of Zeus Ammon right
Rev.: Κ-Ο/Ι-Ν/Ο-Ν Silphium plant Monogram
Æ, 9.15g, 21.9mm
Ref.: SNG Cop 1278 var.
Ex Dionysos Numismatik

[ambr0zie]

Link Zeus Ammon

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Tyre. Ptolemy III Euergetes 246-221 BC.
Bronze Æ 24 mm, 10,62 g

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes Æ Obol. Tyre, 246-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B468; Svoronos 708; SNG Copenhagen 495.

[DonnaML]

I posted a tetradrachm depicting Zeus Ammon very recently, so instead let's try linking with another Obol minted in Egypt:

Hadrian, AE Nome Obol, Year 11 (126/127 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint (for Arsinoite Nome). Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder, AΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ / Rev. Head of Egyptian Pharaoh right, no beard [identified with Amenemhat III, under Greco-Roman name of Pramarres], wearing nemes [royal striped headdress] with uraeus [sacred cobra, worn by deities and pharaohs] at forehead; APCI (= Arsi[noites]) to left, date L IA (Year 11) to right. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 6296 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6296 ; Emmett 1211.11 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; BMC 16 Alexandria, Nomes 72-73 at p. 357 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)]; Sear RCV II 3831 (ill.); Köln 3381/82 [Geissen, A., Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen, Köln, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)]; K&G N6.6; Milne 1229 at p. 30 (var. with beard; see p. 139 col. 2 bottom) [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]. 19.4 mm., 5.32 g. (Purchased from Zuzim Inc., Brooklyn, NY Jan 2021; ex. Fontanille Coins, Auction 96, July 2017, Lot 7, sold as “the finest example [that dealer] ha[d] seen.”) [Footnote omitted.]

This is the better of the two dealers' photos I have, even though it oddly puts the obverse on the right.

Edited December 12, 2022 by DonnaML

[Broucheion]

Hi All,

Link ... "another Obol minted in Egypt"

HADRIAN (11 Aug 117 - 10 Jul 138 CE)
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 14 (129/130 CE)
Æ OBOL
Size: 18x20 mm
Weight: 4.58 g
Axis: 11:00
Broucheion Collection R-2018-06-30.001

OBV: Hadrian laureate head facing right. Legend: AVTKAITPAI-AΔPIA [CEB]. Dotted border.
REV: Uraeus (cobra) serpent rearing to left, with poppy and grain ear in front. In left field: L; In right field: IΔ. Dotted border.
Refs: Emmett-925.14; Geissen-1022; Dattari-2059var (rev date position); RPC III-5762; SNG Copenhagen-356; BMC-842; Mionnet-1096; Vogt II 52.
Provenance: Ex-Naumann.

- Broucheion

 

[shanxi]

Links: Hadrian Alexandria Obol

Hadrian
Æ Obol of Alexandria, Egypt.
Av: AYT KAIC TPA AΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEB, Laureate head right
Rev: Modius containing poppies and grain-ears; torch on either side, date LKA (year 21 = 136-137) in exergue.
AE, 3.14g, 15.1mm
Ref.: Emmett 1166, KG 32.763, D1927

[Roman Collector]

Link: Modius as a major design element.

Claudius, AD 41-54.
Roman Æ quadrans, 3.95 gm; 15.1 mm.
Rome mint, AD 41.
Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, modius.
Rev: PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT around large SC.
Refs: BMCRE 179; RIC 84; Cohen 70; RCV 1863.

[ComicMan]

51 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

large SC.

Link: Senatus Consultum

SYRIA.Seleucis and Pieria.Antioch. Augustus.(27 BC-14).Ae.

Obv: Laureate head of Augustus.

Rev: Large SC within laurel wreath.

To be honest, idk about this coin I wasn't exactly able to identify it. There is supposed to be some text on it and you can even kinda tell, but I definitely cannot make it out. The exact type is hard to nail down. So if anybody got some info I will gladly welcome it!

[ambr0zie]

@ComicMan - SC on Antioch coin has a different meaning 🙂 but the coin fits in the game

So I will add this coin - with link - same large S C

Macrinus (217-218) Syria: Antiochia ad Orontem, c. AD 217-218 AE20
AVT K MOC MAKPINOC CE - laureate head right.
Rev. SC within laurel wreath above (wreath closed with diamond), Δ below, ε.
McAlee 723; Butcher 463a.
3,91 g, 20 mm

 

[ComicMan]

4 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

@ComicMan - SC on Antioch coin has a different meaning 🙂 but the coin fits in the game

Not to derail, but wait really? I thought it meant by decree of the senate.

[shanxi]

@ComicMan

We do not know what it means. It could be that it originally meant Senatus Consultum, but later lost the  meaning, especially when it appears on silver coins, which were never issued by the Senate.

 

Link: Antioch

Philippus I.
Syria, Antiochia
Billon tetradrachm
Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, radiate and cuirassed bust left
Rev.: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟ Γ, eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak.
Billon, 11.35g, 26x27mm
Ref.: Prieur 354

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by shanxi

[ambr0zie]

@ComicMan This is only valid for Imperial coins. For Antioch coins the letters stand for Syria Coele (as far as I know)

The portrait would indicate a Nero coin Probably

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9386826

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4297

I saw some Nero coins from Antioch where the portrait was very similar to yours and the legend was clear.

It could also be an Otho coin, but unlikely.

 

[ComicMan]

5 minutes ago, shanxi said:

@ComicMan

We do not know what it means. It could be that it originally meant Senatus Consultum, but later lost the  meaning, especially when it appears on silver coins, which were never issued by the Senate.

 

Link: Antioch

Philippus I.
Syria, Antiochia
Billon tetradrachm
Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, radiate and cuirassed bust left
Rev.: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟ Γ, eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak.
Billon, 11.35g, 26x27mm
Ref.: Prieur 354

 

Link: Eagle

Roman Province AE 23 Alexandria Troas. Caracalla. 193-217 AD AE 23mm (7.28 gm).

Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: COL AVG TROA, Eagle flying right, holding bull’s head in talons. Bellinger, T. A262. SNG München 79 (same dies).

TIL I guess!

2 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

@ComicMan This is only valid for Imperial coins. For Antioch coins the letters stand for Syria Coele (as far as I know)

The portrait would indicate a Nero coin Probably

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9386826

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4297

I saw some Nero coins from Antioch where the portrait was very similar to yours and the legend was clear.

It could also be an Otho coin, but unlikely.

 

THANK YOU, I thought that I was crazy that I could not find something from augustus that matches up (I just got the coin because I thought that it looks really nice, which to be fair it does), I really thought that it was Tiberius maybe but that Nero looks way more like it.

[shanxi]

For the SC see:

 

See Bland, page 186

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10116536/1/Bland_thesis.pdf

 

or

Butcher, page  338,

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10121055/1/Butcher_10121055_thesis.pdf

 

or

McAlee, "The coins of Roman Antioch "

I don't have a link for this book, but he thinks that SC just stands for roman coinage

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by shanxi

[ambr0zie]

We can't be sure indeed. I can only suspect it is related to Syria Coele, else we would see S C on many other provincial coins.

I took the info from this interesting discussion here.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-does-s-c-mean-on-a-roman-coin.311970/

Getting back to the game - link Caracalla and same city

TROAS. Alexandreia. Caracalla (198-217). As. Obv: AV M AV ANTONIN. Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: COL ALEXAND AVG. She-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A306.  (thanks to Shanxi for pointing the correction!)

Edited December 13, 2022 by ambr0zie

[shanxi]

18 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

, horse grazing right. 

It's a she-wolf standing right, with the twins Romulus and Remus

[shanxi]

Link: Troas

Antandros
Asia Minor, Troas
Ae10, 350-250 BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: ANTAN , Head of a roaring lion right, grapes above A
AE, 0.99g, 9.60mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 218 var. (no grapes), BMC Troas pg. 34, 8