maridvnvm Posted December 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2022 Link:- Hadrian Hadrian Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the rear Rev:- COS III, Mars walking right holding spear and trophy Eastern Mint. Reference:- RIC -. BMCRE -. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted December 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) @maridvnvm...Great portrait! Any thoughts on where the Eastern mint might be? Edited December 18, 2022 by Spaniard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 19, 2022 Link: Mars walking right with cloak, spear, and trophy. This coin was just on one of my 2022 top Imperial coins lists. Trajan AR Denarius, ca. AD 114, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate & draped bust right, IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P / Rev. Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak behind, advancing right, holding transverse spear, pointing up to right, with right hand and trophy over left shoulder with left hand, COS VI P P S P Q R. RIC II Trajan 299, RSC II Trajan 103, BMCRE III Trajan 516. Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 from Herakles Numismatics at NYINC 2022. 20 mm., 3.41 g. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2022 Link: Trajan Lydia. Hierocaesaraea Trajan Bronze, AE 20 Obv.: ΑΥ ΝΕΡΒΑΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ, laureate head right Rev: ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙСΑΡΕΩΝ, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm. Æ, 20mm, 5.58g Ref.: RPC III, 1845B (this coin) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted December 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2022 Sorry about a long line of Trajans but this is my newest coin: Link: Trajan 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted December 19, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 19, 2022 Link: Arabia (I think) Arabia. Athens imitation. 5th-3rd centuries BCE 15mm 4.0g Helmeted head of Athena left / Owl standing left, head facing; olive spray to right. Unknown attribution. Seems to be from Arabia. May be unique. Ex Savoca 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted December 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) edit - too late Link helmeted head of Athena Kings of Thrace. Uncertain mint. Macedonian. Lysimachos 305-281 BC. Bronze Æ 18 mm., 4,26 g Attribution: SNG Copenhagen 1153Date: 323-281 BC Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Lion springing right; caduceus, monogram, and spearhead below Mint: Lysimacheia Edited December 19, 2022 by ambr0zie 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted December 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2022 Link:- Lion Lysimachos, drachm Obv:– Head of Herakles right clad in lion's head headdress. Rev:– BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Zeus seated left on throne, eagle extended in right, long vertical scepter in left, forepart of lion over DI on left, K under throne Minted in Colophon mint from . B.C. 299 - 296. Ref:– Thompson 125, Müller - 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicMan Posted December 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, maridvnvm said: Link: Zeus Pontos, Amisos. Time of Mithradates VI. Circa 85-65 BC. AE 20mm (8.91 gm). Obv.: laureate head of Zeus right. Rev.: eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Malloy 14d; HGC 7, 245. gVF. One of my first coins, to be honest for the price I could have gotten one that is better centered, but you know not every ancient was perfectly struck in a factory which is kinda part of their charm for me. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted December 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2022 Link:- eagle on thunderbolt Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Soter (285 - 246 B.C.), SIlver Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY [SOTERWS], eagle standing left, head left, on thunderbolt, wings closed, PT and ME monograms left, date AL and Q right Minted in Galilee, Ake Ptolemais, Year 31. B.C. 255 Reference:– BMC.112 var. Svoronos 774 pl. XXV/10 (4 ex.) SNG Cop.470. Delepierre- Gülnar 2/4074 pl. 129(6 ex.) 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) Links: Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, AR tetradrachm, portrait of Ptolemy I, reverse depicting eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt. (This is why I have only one tetradrachm from the Ptolemaic Kingdom: they all look alike to me, right down to the portrait of Ptolemy I regardless of who the reigning monarch was!) Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), AR Tetradrachm ca.180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [Sear, David, Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. II: Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5) [Svoronos, J.N., Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion (Athens, 1904-08)] (see https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html [incorrectly attributed to Ptolemy VIII]); SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC 6 Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [Poole, R.S., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g. Edited December 19, 2022 by DonnaML 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted December 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2022 Link - eagle as major design element Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Otacilia Severa AD 244-249. Billon-Tetradrachm. 27 mm, 12,62 g AD 247. ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹƐΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹƐΒ, diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, r., crescent at shoulders / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Γ, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ, S C, eagle standing r., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 28993); Prieur 383; McAlee 1095–6, 1100A and 1101 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted December 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2022 Link...Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip I, 244-249 AD. AR Tetradrachm (10.97 gm, 27mm). Rome mint, for Antioch, 244 AD. Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CEB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev.: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ EΞΟΥCΙΑC / S - C / MON VRB, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; to upper right, E (3rd officina). McAlee 901e; Prieur 309; RPC VIII online 29027. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 20, 2022 · Patron Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link: Philip I. An excuse to show off my elephant! Philip I, AD 244-249. Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.73 g, 22.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 247. Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and draped bust, right. Rev: AETERNITAS AVGG, elephant guided by mahout with goad and wand, walking left. Refs: RIC 58; Cohen 17; RCV 8921; Hunter 31. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link: Aeternitas Faustina II AR-Denar, Rome mint, posthumous AD 176 - 181 Obv.: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, draped bust right Rev.: AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing frontal, arranging veil and holding torch Ag, 3.20g, 17.8mm Ref.: RIC III 739, CRE-I 155 [S] 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted December 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link...Faustina II Faustina II Junior Silver Denarius 3.36g.,17mm, Rome mint, A.D. 154-156, Obverse. FAVSTINA AVG-PIIAVGFIL Draped bust of Faustina right, Reverse. CONC-O-RDIA, Concordia seated left, holding flower & resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat. (RCV 4704; RIC 502a) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted December 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link:- Concordia Otacilia Severa Antoninianus Obv:– M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed draped bust right on crescent Rev:– CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated facing left, holding a patera and a cornucopiae Minted in Antioch. A.D. 247 - 249 Reference(s) – RIC IV -; Tulln -; Eauze 875; Hunter -; Cohen -. Very few examples known Weight 3.57g. 22.18mm. 180 degrees 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted December 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link Otacilia Severa Cilicia, Tarsos. 30 mm 12,2 g ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹƐΥΗΡΑΝ ƐΥΤ ƐΥϹ ϹƐΒ, diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, r. / ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ, Athena standing l., holding spear and shield resting on ground. RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3230) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted December 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link:- Athena standing Cappadocian Kingdom, Tetradrachm, In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII Silver tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII right, fillet border. Rev:– BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EUERGETOU, Athena standing left, Nike in right, spear and shield in left, ligate DI / A left, Nike extends wreath into laurel wreath border c. 130 - 80 B.C.; In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII, 138 - 129 B.C. Ref:– Houghton II 642 (same dies), SNG Spaer 1855, Newell SMA 282 Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian king Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted December 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link: 3 hours ago, maridvnvm said: tetradrachm Marcus Antonius Gordianus III Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 242 AD Material: Billon Silver Diameter: 28mm Weight: 12.19g Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria Reference: Prieur 293, McAlee 875, RPC VII.2 3510 Provenance: Ex Nomos Numismatics Zürich Switzerland Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front with trabea. The Inscription reads: AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordiano Sebastos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus). Reverse: Eagle standing facing, with wings spread, head and tail left, on ram, with head turned back, running left under crescent. The Inscription reads: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠA TO B for Demarchos exousia Hypatos to Beta (Invested with the Tribunician Power, Consul of the 2nd time). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link: Antiochia ad Orontem Aurelianus + Vabalathus Antoninian Antiochia Obv.: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust right., Δ below Rs.: VABALATHVS VCRIMDR, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right AE, 4.60g, 20.5mm Ref.: Kamp. 109.3, RIC 381 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted December 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link:- Aurelian Aurelian, Billon Tetradrachm Obv:– A K Λ ∆OM AYPHΛIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right (seen from the front) Rev– Eagle standing right, wreath in beak, palm frond behind Minted in Egypt, Alexandria. L - A (year 1) across fields; Year 1 of Aurelian, 270 A.D. Reference:– Milne 4301. Curtis 1734 (noted as a rare variety), BMC Alexandria 2367 7.96 gms. 21.44 mm. 0 degrees 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted December 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link...Billon Tetradrachm Antoninus Pius, 138 - 161 AD Billon Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Mint, 23mm, 11.94 grams Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Antoninus right. Reverse: Nilus reclining left holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges Nilus, crocodile below. Emmerr 1413.13 // Dattari 2294 // Koln 1594 // K&G 35.426 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 20, 2022 · Patron Share Posted December 20, 2022 Link: Year 12 of Antoninus Pius, Alexandria Faustina Jr, AD 161-175. Billon Tetradrachm, 13.82 g, 23.2 mm. Alexandria, AD 148/9. Obv: ΦΑΥCΤΙΝΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: L ΔⲰΔЄΚΑΤΟΥ (regnal year 12 of Antoninus Pius), Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Refs: Köln 1944; Dattari 3238; BMC 1317; Emmett 1938. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted December 21, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2022 Link: Faustina II Alexandria Faustina II Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: ΦAYCTIN CEBACTH, draped bust right Rev.: L ΙΓ (year 13), Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia Billon, 13.46g Ref.: RPC online 13660, D 3239, Geissen 1949, M 2040 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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