Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[ambr0zie]

4 minutes ago, shanxi said:

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

That's shocking. This was my very first coin I bought individually from an auction. My main concern were the obverse and reverse legend as I couldn't find a match. Thanks, that makes sense!

[Spaniard]

Link...Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right

Thessalian League. Around 197-150 BC. AE Trichalcon (7.64 gm, 19mm). Hippolo(chos), magistrates.
Obverse: laureate head of Apollo right.
Reverse: ΘEΣΣA ΛΩN (THESSALON) in two lines, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; ΙΠΠ-ΟΛΟ (IPOLLO magistrates name) over spear and A-PI across central field.
BCD Thessaly II, 900.3; Rogers 21.SNG Copenhagen 315.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Thessalian League (koinon), Athena Itonia.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ assarion, 6.04 g, 19.2 mm, 1 h.
Koinon of Thessaly, Larissa, AD 158-165.
Obv: ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ; bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina II, right.
Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΘЄϹϹΑΛⲰΝ; Athena Itonia in snake-adorned aegis, striding right, brandishing spear and holding shield.
Refs: RPC IV.1 4570 (temporary); Rogers 98a, SNG Cop 349; SNG Evelpidis 1685; BCD Thessaly II 966.1 & 966.2.
Notes: Ex-BCD collection. Issued in three denominations: tetrassarion (RPC 4569), diassarion (RPC 4568), and assarion (such as this coin).

[shanxi]

Link: Koinon

Lycia-Pamphylia
Koinon of Lycia, Masikytes
AE 17
Obv.: Head of Artemis with bow, right, [ΛΥ]
Rev.: Artemis, huntress standing, MA
AE, 2.16g, 17 mm
Ref.: RPC I 3326b-3 (this coin), Troxell 216.

[ambr0zie]

Link Artemis

Seleukid Kingdom. Magnesia on the Maeander . Seleukos II Kallinikos 246-226 BC.  Bronze Æ 17 mm., 4,02 g.
Obv: Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY.
Apollo standing left, testing arrow and resting bow on ground; all within maeander pattern. Controls: Monogram in field to outer right, two monograms in field to outer left.
SC 670.

 

[DonnaML]

Link: another Artemis (lifted from my top Roman Provincials list)!

Antoninus Pius, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 5 (AD 141/142), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ / Rev. Artemis advancing right, wearing diplois (cloak) and boots, with short chiton and short peplos which flies behind, right breast bare, raising right hand to pluck arrow from quiver and holding out bow in left hand; in left field, L beneath E (Year 5). 23 mm., 13.52 g., 12 h. Emmett 1362.5, RPC IV.4 Online 14247 (temporary) (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14247); Milne 1693 at p. 41 (detailed description of Artemis at p. 134); BMC 16 Alexandria 938 (at p. 109 & Pl. III) (rev. var. in placement of year). Purchased at CNG [Classical Numismatic Group, LLC] E-Auction 512, 23 March 2022, Lot 454.

[kirispupis]

Link: archer

Cilicia, Tarsos
AR Stater 10.62g, 20mm, 9h.
Circa 440-400 BCE
Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; key symbol below horse, eagle(?) standing to left behind / Archer in kneeling-running stance to right, quiver over shoulder, drawing bow; key symbol behind, 'trz' in Aramaic on the lower right; all within dotted border within incuse square
BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Levante -; SNG BnF -, cf. 213 for types = Casabonne Type D2, pl. 2, 10 = MIMAA pl. V, 6 = Traité II, 523
Ex Roma

[ambr0zie]

Link - archer again

PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II (ca 485-420 BC) AR Siglos, Sardes mint.
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys , quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow
Rev: Incuse punch.
Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XII, 17); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17; Sunrise 25
5,44 g, 17 mm

[shanxi]

Link: Archer again

PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Orodes II (57-38 BC)
AR drachm, Ekbatana
Obv:: Diademed, draped bust of Orodes II left, wearing rounded beard, royal wart on brow, torque ends in hippocamp; star to left, crescent above star to right
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ-ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ-ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ-ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ-ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ-ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ-ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; TA monogram below bow, Trident anchor symbol behind throne.
AR, 19mm, 3.94g.
Ref.: Shore 260; Sellwood 48.8.

[DonnaML]

Link: Hippocamp.

Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint, 9th Officina, 10th emission (Göbl & Reinhardt). Obv. Radiate cuirassed bust right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Hippocamp swimming right, NEP-TVNO CONS AVG; in exergue, N [= Nu, for 9th Officina). RIC V-1 245, RSC IV 668 (ill.), Wolkow 23i9, Bust Type B3, Ribbons Type 3 [Cédric Wolkow, Catalogue des monnaies romaines - Gallien - L'émission dite "Du Bestiaire" - atelier de Rome (BNumis, édition 2019). at p. 87], Sear RCV III 10292, Göbl MIR [Moneta Imperii Romani] Band 36, No. 743b [ill. at http://www258.pair.com/denarius/coinage.htm & in Reinhardt at p. 136, no. 5 (Frank Reinhardt, José de Sousa, & Heidemarie Bieker, Gallienvs Antoninianii, The Antoninianii Collection of Gallienus by Frank Reinhardt (Eng. trans. 2022), available at https://www.academia.edu/77282280/GALLIENUS_ANTONINIANII_English_version_PDF] . 19 mm.  Purchased from Akropolis Ancient Coins, May 2021.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Gallienus.

One of the scarcer and more interesting Gallienus coins in my collection is this hybrid with a reverse type proper to Salonina.

Gallienus, AD 253-268.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.67 g, 18.9 mm, 1 h.
Rome, 5th series, AD 265-267.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing left, extending hand to child and holding cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 184; Cunetio 1311; Cohen 179; Göbl-0579.
Notes: Only 9 such hybrids in the Cunetio hoard: 3 with a delta officina mark in the right field on the reverse (1309), one with a draped and cuirassed bust (1310), and five with a radiate head but no officina mark (1311).

 

 

[shanxi]

Link: FECVNDITAS

Faustina II,
As
Obv.: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right
Rev.: FECVNDITAS / S – C, Fecunditas standing right, holding scepter in right hand, infant in left hand
11.98g, 23x26mm
Ref.: Cohen 101, RIC 1639
This coin was found in 1987 at the Viehmarktplatz, close to the St. Antoninus Church in Trier, Germany. The find was presented to the Landesmuseum (State Museum).

[Spaniard]

Link...Holding infant in left hand.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.75 g.)
Struck 159/160 AD.
Obverse..ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head right
Rev. PIETATI AVG COS IIII SC, Pietas standing left holding globe, Faustina Junior as Pietas standing left, between Faustina Minima, Lucilla & holding baby Fadilla.
RIC III 1031

Edited December 15, 2022 by Spaniard

[ambr0zie]

Edit as @Spaniard was quicker - link Pius sestertius

ANTONINUS PIUS.(138-161). Sestertius. Rome. AD 158-159 28 mm, 17.2 g

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate bust right / [TEMPL DIVI AVG] REST COS IIII SC, octastyle temple, with figure of Divus Augustus between two reclining figures on pediment, quadriga at top of roofline, acroteria (Romulus on left, Aeneas bearing Anchises on right) at bottom of roofline, and containing cult images of Divus Augustus and Diva Livia. Restored under Antoninus Pius in AD 158, the Temple of Divus Augustus housed seated statues of Augustus and Livia and was octastyle in the Corinthian order. RIC III Antoninus Pius 787

 

 

Edited December 15, 2022 by ambr0zie

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: Antoninus Pius...

 

 

 

Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 152/153 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.56g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 221; Provenance: Ex Dr. Gernot Heinrich Collection, Ex Goldberg Auctions New York; Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI for Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta Decima (Antoninus Pius, Augustus, father of the nation, holder of tribunician power for the 16th time); Reverse: Annona, draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears downwards in right hand and resting left on modius set on prow, right. The Inscription reads: COS IIII for Consul Quartum (Consul for the fourth time).

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Annona

Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.
Roman AR denarius, 2.95 g, 19.4 mm, 1 h.
Rome, issue 12, AD 231.
Obv: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head, right, with drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius at feet and holding anchor in left hand.
Refs: RIC 188; BMCRE 674-76; RSC 29a; RCV 7859.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: Severus Alexander...

 

 

 

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander

Stater of the Cimmerian Bosporus Empire Period 228/229 AD; Material: Silver-Gold Elektron (Whitegold); Diameter:20mm; Weight: 6.86g; Mint: Pantikapaion, Kingdom of the Bosporus; Reference: MacDonald 583; Obverse: Draped bust of Divus Rhescuporis II or III with diadema to the right. In front of it two characters ΘЄ. Inscription: ΒΑϹΙΛƐΩϹ · ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟϹ · ΘƐ for Basileos Rheskouporis Theos (θεός) means Basileus (King) Rhescuporis God (deity); Reverse: Bust of Severus Alexander with laurel wreath to the right. In front of it a globe. Inscription: ƐΚΦ for Epsilon (5) + Kappa (20) + Phi (500) = 525 (Dated year 525 of the Bosporan era = 228/229 AD).

 

 

[shanxi]

Link: year 228/229

Severus Alexander
Cappadocia. Caesarea.
AE 19
Dated Year 7=AD 228/9
Obv.: AV K CЄOVH AΛЄZAN, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: MHTP KAICA, kalathos containing eight ears of corn, ET Z (date) below.
Æ, 19mm, 7,79g
Ref.: BMC Cappadocia, p.91, 333 var.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: Caesarea, Cappadocia...

 

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III

Drachm of the Roman Imperial Period 241/242 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 3.53g; Mint: Caesarea-Eusebia, Cappadocia; Reference: RPC VII.2 3376; Provenance: Ex Leu Numismatic Winterthur Swiss, from the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s, privately acquired from Frank S. Robinson (with original dealer's ticket); Obverse: Laureate head of Gordian III right. The Inscription reads: ΑΥ ΚAI Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ for Autokrator Kaisar Marcos Antonios Gordianos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus); Reverse: View of Mount Argaeus; to left, pellet. The Inscription reads: ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν, ƐΤ Ɛ for Metropoleon Kaisareia, Beta Neokoroi, Etous Epsilon (Metropolitan Caesarea, honor to have 2 temple for the imperial cult, Year 5 Dec. 241 - Dec. 242 AD).

 

 

[Shea19]

Link: Gordian III provincial

Gordian III, Moesia, Nicopolis ad Istrum,  circa 238-244, (AE 28.1 mm., 15.39 g.),
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right/Rev. Zeus seated left, holding patera over eagle and sceptre. RPC VII.2 1321.

 

[shanxi]

Link: Nicopolis

Diadumenian as Caesar
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis
1 Apr 217 - mid May 218 A.D.;
Consular Legate Statius Longinus
Obv.: M OΠEΛ ΔIAΔOΥMENIANOC K, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind
Rev.: VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC I CTΡΩ, Artemis hunting: advancing right, bow in left, with right drawing arrow from quiver, dog running at feet;
AE,11.9g, 25.76mm
Ref.: Varbanov I p. 308, 3743; AMNG 1843; BMC -; SNG Cop -

[ambr0zie]

Link Diadumenian

Thrace. Deultum. Diadumenian AD 218. Bronze Æ. 24 mm, 9,44 g

M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADV C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL FL PAC DEVLT, She-wolf standing right, suckling twins, Γ in exergue. Varbanov 2217-8 var. (obv. legend); Corpus Nummorum Cf Online 11917; Jurukova 214-6.

[AncientOne]

Link: Deultum

Thrace, Deultum. Gordian III AE23

Obv: GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield. Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Zeus standing front, looking left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre.

[Broucheion]

Hi All,

Link ... Gordian.

GORDIAN III (Jul 238 - ca Feb 244 CE)
ASIA, CONVENTUS OF EPHESUS 238-244 CE
(HOMONIA ISSUE WITH ALEXANDRIA)

Æ
Size: 28 mm
Weight: 11.9 g
Axis: 06:00
Broucheion Collection RI-1997-02-08.001

Obv: Gordian III draped and laureate bust facing right. Legend: AVTKMAN - TΓOPΔIANOC. Dotted border.
Rev: Tyche recumbent facing left on couch, holding rudder and resting elbow on cushion to which a cornucopiae is attached. Legend: ЄΦЄςΙωΝ Κ - AIΑΛЄΞΑΝ - ΔΡЄΩΝ Dotted border.
Refs: Franke/Nolle p 53, no 29, pl 25; BMC Ionia (Vol 16), pp 114, 424; ANS 1944-100-46206 (Neg: 750982) & ANS 1944-100-46207; Von Aulock 1936 var, see also CNG Auction #51, Lot # 81
Provenance: From Harlan Berk's $20 junk box, NYC ANA Show 08-Feb-1997.

- Broucheion

 

[Shea19]

Link: Tyche seated left with rudder and cornucopia

Macrinus, Syria, Gabala, 217-218 AD, AE Triassarion (27 mm, 9.43 g). [ΑΥ Κ ΟΠ] ΜΑΚΡЄΙΝΟ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus to right./ Rev. ΓABAΛЄⲰN Tyche seated left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left.