shanxi Posted September 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 11, 2022 Link: VOTA PVBLICA Lucilla AR-Denar Obv.: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right Rev.: VOTA PVBLICA, legend within wreath Ag, 15mm, 3.22g Ref.: RIC III, p.276, 791, CRE 275 [C] 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 11, 2022 Link Lucilla LUCILLA (Augusta, 164-182). Rome. Sestertius. AD 164-169. 30 mm, 20.6 g LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / IVNO, Juno seated left, holding patera and sceptre, S C across fields. RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1746 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 11, 2022 Link: Lucilla 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link - Hilaritas 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link Trajan Trajan Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: AVT KAIC NEP TPAIAN CEB ΓEPM, Laureate head right Rev.: L - E= year 5= AD101/102, Eagle standing right Billon, 12.82g, 25.8mm Ref.: Geißen 450, Dattari 705 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link...Alexandria, Egypt, 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 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Antoninus Pius As, 154-155Britain or Rome. Bronze, 8.63g. Laureate head right; ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII. Britannia seated left on rock, resting head on hand; arms in background; BRITANNIA - COS IIII around; SC in exergue (RIC III, 934). 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Link: seated left on rocks Philippus II Samosata, Commagene, Syria August 247 - late 249 A.D Obv.: AVTOK K M IOVAI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB / laureate draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: CAMOCATEΩN / Tyche seated left on rocks, Pegasus below BMC 56 AE, 16.92g, 28.1mm Edited September 12, 2022 by shanxi 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link ....Pegasus. Iberia. Indigets. Emporia Æ AS...27.88mm/10.05grams..27-25 BC.. Obverse:Head of the goddess Pallas Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet with the visor raised and a large plume. Reverse: Pegasos flying right, laurel crown above rump; EMPO below. Villaronga, ACIP 1098 - R6 Ex Archer M Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.10234 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link: Iberia. Iberia. Kelse. Circa 45-44 BC. Æ As (30mm, 18.09g, 8h). Obv: Bare male head right; two dolphins to right. Rev: Horseman right, holding palm frond over right shoulder. Ref: ACIP 1490. Good Very Fine, dark green patina with earthen highlights. Ex CNG Inventory 723092 (2000). Ex CNG eAuction 431, Lot 5. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link: HorsemanVasily II The Blind Denga, 1425-1433Moscow. Silver, 0.64g. Rider with falcon right. Imitation of Arabic inscription (Metz 11). 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted September 12, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link: Rider Thessaly, Pelinna Æ Dichalkon (20mm, 7.49g, 12h) late 4th to early 3rd centuries BCE Head of Mantho veiled r. R/ Helmeted Thessalian rider wearing chlamys and short tunic, charging r. with couched lance on prancing horse. BCD Thessaly 534.1; Rogers 432; HGC 4, 275 Ex London Ancient Coins 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link: Thessalian rider Larissa, Thessaly AE Dichalkon Obv.: Head of nymph Larissa facing, head turned slightly to left, wreathed with grain, wearing double strand plain necklace Rev: ΛAPIΣAIΩN, rider on horse prancing right, lance in right, wearing Boiotian helmet, ∆A monogram AE, 5.45g, 17.1mm Ref.: BCD Thessaly I 1171.1, BCD Thessaly II 393.3, SNG Cop 140, cf. Rogers 285 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted September 12, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link: Nymph Troas, Skamandria c. 350-300 BCE Æ 19mm, 5.04g, 3h Wreathed head of nymph Ida r. R/ Fir tree; Σ-K flanking. SNG Copenhagen 464. Ex London Ancient Coins 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link: tree. (Surely, that tree from Troas is a date palm, but the references say fir).Simon Bar Kokhba Revolt, 132-133Judaea. Bronze, 17.5mm, 5.92g. Grape bunch on tendril with branch and small vine leaf; שנת אחת לגאלת ישראל (year one of the redemption of Zion). Seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates; כ ה זנ רה א לע (ELAZAR HaKOHEN, Eleazar the Priest) (Meshorer 224). 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link Grape bunch Ar Tetradrachm of Maroneia 168-48/45 BC Obv. Head of Dionysos right wreathed in Ivy Rv Dionysos standing left holding grape cluster and two spears Schonort-Geiss 1195 HGC 1556 15.98 grms 34 mm Photo by W. Hansen I believe ths coin to be part of the earlier series of coins which were minting independently of Roman aegis. With the collapse of the Macedonian Kingdom two Thracian mints Thasos and Maroneia took over as the main suppliers of silver coins for the region. Later these coinages became key in the Trans Danubian trade. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2022 Link...Dionysos. Pontos, Amisos. temp. Mithradates VI, c. 105-85 or 85-65 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.98g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI. Obverse..Ivy wreathed head of Dionysos right. Reverse..Filleted thyrsos, bell attached with fillet, AMI-ΣOY flanking across field, monogram lower right. Mint..Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) SNG Black Sea 1192-5; HGC 7, 251. Good VF 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 13, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 13, 2022 Link: Dionysos and thyrsos. Lydia, Philadelphia, AE 17, Late 2nd/Early 1st Centuries BCE, Hermippos, son of Hermogenes, archiereus [magistrate]. Obv. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath and band across forehead, [Φ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕ[ΩΝ] vertically behind / Rev. Spotted pantheress [leopard] walking left, with head turned back to right, cradling thyrsos bound with fillet (ribbon) against left shoulder, right foreleg raised; ΑΡΧΙΕΡ-ΕΥΣ above, ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ in exergue. Seaby II 4720 [Sear, D., Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. II, Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979), at p. 430 (ill.)]; BMC 22 Lydia 16 [Head, B.V. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Lydia (London 1901) at p. 189]; SNG Von Aulock II 3057 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin 1962)]; Imhoof-Blumer 8 [Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich, Lydische Stadtmünzen, neue Untersuchungen (Leipzig 1897) at pp. 114-115]; Mionnet IV No. 536 [Mionnet, Théodore E., Description de Médailles antiques grecques et romaines, Vol. IV, Lydie (Paris 1809) at p. 98] [My oldest catalogue citation, I believe; I was able to confirm it online]. 17 mm., 5.02 g. [With old collector’s envelope.] The copy in Paris, BNF. I like mine better! PS: No fair posting a coin minted in Philadelphia, USA, and claiming that name as the link! 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 13, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 13, 2022 Dionysus wreathed with ivy:Phrygia, Eumeneia, c. 133-130 BC.Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 6.66 g, 1 h.Menekrates, son of Askle-, magistrate.Obv: Head of young Dionysus wreathed with ivy, right.Rev: Tripod-lebes with three handles surmounted by flat cover fringed with spikes, star above and on either side; to right, EYMENE and filleted laurel branch (thyrsus?); to left, MENEKΡA/AΣKΛH and labrys (double axe) with serpent-entwined handle.Refs: BMC 25.212,14; SNG Copenhagen 382; SNG Tübingen 4008; Paris 1095; Mionnet IV, 563; SNG Oxford 1024-1025; Lindgren I 950; Istanbul 14718; Afyon 2973. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) Alexander or Seleucus as *Link Dionysos Seleukos I Nikator,312-281 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16.5 mm, 4.25 g, 12 h), probably Seleukeia on the Tigris, after circa 305/4 BC . Bust of Alexander the Great (Seleucus?) to right, as Dionysos, wearing helmet covered with a panther skin and adorned with a bull's horn and ear, and with a panther's skin tied around his shoulders. Rev. ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΣΕ]ΛΕΥΚΟΥ Nike standing to right, placing wreath on trophy; between Nike and trophy, monogram. HGC 9, 35. SC 197. Toned. Very fine. Ex: Nomos Obols Edited September 13, 2022 by Ryro 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted September 13, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 13, 2022 Link Nike/Victory crowning trophy Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus 88 BC. Rome Quinarius AR Laureate head of Jupiter r. Victory r. crowning trophy; in exergue, CN LENT Crawford 345/2, RSC I Cornelia 51a, BMCRR 2443-2444, Sear RCV I 255 (ill.), Sydenham 703, RBW Collection 1313 14 mm., 1,65 g. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) Link: head of Jupiter an Victory Republic Anonymous issue, AR Victoriatus, after 211 BC Obv.: Laureate head of Jupiter r. Rev.: Victory r., crowning trophy; in exergue ROMA Ref.: RSC 9, Crawford 53/1 Ag, 2.98g, 17.1mm Edited September 13, 2022 by shanxi 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) Jupiter and VictoryDiocletian Follis, 295-299Cyzicus, 3rd officina. Bronze, 21x22mm, 3.75g. Radiate & cuirassed bust right; IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG. Diocletian standing right receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left with long sceptre; KΓ in centre; CONCORDIA MI-LITVM (RIC VI, 15a). Edited September 13, 2022 by John Conduitt 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 13, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 13, 2022 Link: Cyzicus. Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. Roman provincial Æ 26.3 mm, 9.32 g, 1 h. Mysia, Cyzicus (group 2), AD 169-175. Obv: ΦΑVϹΤEΙΝΑ ϹEΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, r. Rev: ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄOΚΟΡ; nude Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse, caduceus and chlamys. Refs: RPC IV.2 699 (temp); SNG Cop 115; Mionnet Suppl. 5, p. 225, 270. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted September 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) For me this game is like Mornington Crescent (all lines lead to Mornington Crescent). Except it's Faustina II...Faustina II Denarius, 145-161Rome. Silver, 18mm, 2.68g. Bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, right; FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL. Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and rudder set on dove, in left; VENVS (RIC III, Antoninus Pius 515A (denarius)). Found Rossington, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Portable Antiquities Scheme: SWYOR-D8E6A8. Edited September 13, 2022 by John Conduitt 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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