Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[maridvnvm]

Link Philip II

We have seen him Bare headed and draped seen from the front, Laureate and draped seen from the front and now Radiate - not on a Tet though.

Philip II Antoninianus

Obv:- IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Radiate bust right, seen from the front
Rev:- AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopia
Minted in Antioch
Reference:– RIC 240(a)var. RSC 1 var. Bland 64

[Prieure de Sion]

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2 minutes ago, maridvnvm said:

Aequitas

 

I love this Antiochia portrait style from Gordianus...

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 238/239 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 21mm; Weight: 4.17g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: RIC IV Gordian III 177a; Provenance: Provenance: Ex Gorny & Mosch Munich Germany; Obverse: Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus; Reverse: Aequitas, draped, standing front, head left, holding scales in extended right hand and corncuopiae in left hand. The Inscription reads: AEQVITAS AVG for Aequitas Augusti (Equity of the Augustus).

 

[maridvnvm]

Link- Gordian - Antioch

Gordian III, Antoninianus

Obv:– IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate draped bust right
Rev:– ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma, helmeted and seated left on shield, holding Victory and spear
Minted in Antioch

4.16 gms. 23.25 mm. 180 degrees

[Roman Collector]

Link: Romae Aeternae.

Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.
Roman AR antoninianus, 3.56 g, 21.1 mm, 5 h.
Antioch, 4th officina, 3rd series, AD 252-3.
Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right; •••• below bust.
Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE AVG, Roma seated left, holding Victory and spear; shield beside her; •••• in exergue.
Refs: RIC 89; Cohen 108; RCV 9647; Hunter p. cvi.

[maridvnvm]

Link:- Trebonianus Gallus - Antioch

Trebonianus Gallus Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped cuirassed bust right
Rev:– MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars, walking right holding spear and shield
Minted in Antioch. A.D. 251 - 253
Ref:– RIC 84. RSC 70

[shanxi]

Link: Mars

Caracalla
Denar
Rome mint, 205 A.D.
Obv.: ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right
Rev.: PONTIF TR P - VIII COS II, Mars advancing left, foot on helmet, branch in right and scepter in left
Ag, 3.27g, 18.8mm
Ref.: RIC 80(b); Cohen 420 c; Hill 765.
Ex Numismatische Gesellschaft Graz, 1947
Ex Collection Karl Pollak

[Spaniard]

Link...Caracalla

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caracalla
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 200 AD
Material: Silver
Diameter: 20mm
Weight: 2.71g
Mint: Rome
Reference: RIC IV Caracalla 30a
Provenance: Ex Private Collection Germany

Obverse:
You can see the right-facing draped, cuirassed bust of Caracalla with a laurel wreath. The inscription reads: ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS for Antoninus Augustus.

Reverse:
The god Sol is shown standing in front, naked except for a cloak that hangs over his left shoulder. The head is turned to the left, in the extended right hand he holds a globe, in the left hand a spear pointing downwards. The inscription reads: PONTIF TR P III for Pontifex Tribunitia Potestas for the third time.

[Prieure de Sion]

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16 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

Caracalla

 

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caracalla

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 216 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 3.40g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Caracalla 283c; Obverse: You can see the right-facing bust of Caracalla with a laurel wreath. The inscription reads: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM for Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus; Reverse: You can see a lion with a radiant crown (solar lion) walking to the left with a bundle of lightning in its mouth. The inscription reads: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P for Pontifex Maximus Tribunitia Potestas (for the nineteenth time) Consul (for the fourth time) Pater Patriae.

 

Comment: The lion symbolizes courage and royalty as it is considered the „king of beasts“. In ancient times, the lion was widespread throughout the Mediterranean. In Greek mythology, lions appear in various roles. The Nemean lion was represented as a man-eating beast, which was one of Heracles‘ twelve labors to kill. In the story of Androclus, one of Aesop’s fables, the hero, a runaway slave, plucks a thorn from a lion’s paw. When he is later to be thrown to the lions for food as punishment for his flight, the animal recognizes him and refuses to kill the man.

 

The winged lion is mentioned in the Bible (Daniel 7.4 EU) and assigned to the evangelist Mark in Christian iconography. The lion also played a role in numerous other ancient cultures. In Egypt, pharaohs were represented as sphinxes, lions with human heads. The most famous such depiction is the Great Sphinx of Giza. Egyptian mythology also knew Dedun, the Upper Egyptian god of wealth.

 

Especially in the mythology of the East, the lion in connection with symbols of the sun symbolized the ruling power. The fiery zodiac sign of Leo, whose energy flow is guided by the sun and whose specific quality for humans is the targeted striving for knowledge and domination. It governs the will to enlighten and the will to rule.

 

With the depiction of the sun lion on the reverse of this denarius, Caracalla combines the lion in his imitatio Alexandri (Alexander the Great was also known as the lion of Macedonia) with the radiant crown of Sol, the ruler of the world and the invincible sun god of the East.

 

[maridvnvm]

Link:- Lion walking, holding thunderbolt in mouth

Probus

Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– P M TRI P COS II P P, Lion walking right, holding thunderbolt in mouth, before him, head of ox
Minted in Siscia (XXIP) Emission 5, Officina 1. A.D. 278
Reference:– Cohen unlisted. Not listed in Alfoldi with this bust type. cf. Type 43, nº1 (cuirassed). RIC 612 Bust type C

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6 minutes ago, maridvnvm said:

Probus

 

Marcus Aurelius Probus, as Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus

Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 277 AD; Material: BI Silver; Diameter: 25.50mm; Weight: 3.15g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC V Probus 195; Provenance: Ex Artemide Aste Numismatica San Marino; Obverse: Bust of Probus, radiate, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP PROBVS AVG for Imperator Probus Augustus; Reverse: Hexastyle temple, Roma seated in centre, holding Victory in right hand and sceptre in left hand. The Inscription reads: ROMAE AETERNAE R*Γ for ROMAE AETERNAE, RGamma (Everlasting Rome, 2nd emission of Rome).

 

[Shea19]

Link: Roma seated in a temple

Maxentius, AE Follis (25 mm, 6.13) Aquileia, 308-309. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG Laureate head of Maxentius to right./Rev.CONSERV VRB SVAE / AQS Roma seated facing within hexastyle temple, holding globe in her right hand and scepter in her left; at her side, shield; in pediment, crescent. RIC 121(a)

Edited January 27, 2023 by Shea19

[Edessa]

Link: Statue in temple.

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94g, 6h). Southern or Central Italian mint, 36 BC Obv: [IMP • CAESAR DIVI • F • I]II • VIR • ITER • R • P • C; Bare head right, wearing slight beard; IMP • CAESAR DIVI • F • III • VIR • ITER • R • P • C around. Rev: Temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar, holding lituus, within tetrastyle temple set on podium; DIVO IVL on architrave, star within pediment, figures along roof line; lighted altar to left; COS • ITER • ET • TER • DESIG around. Ref: Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; Sydenham 1338; RSC 90. Toned Very Fine. Ex Nilus Coins, Aug 2007. CNG note: This denarius clearly reflects Octavian's manipulation of the symbolism in his coinage to convey a particular political message. The obverse shows him with a beard, the typical attitude of mourning, worn in this instance for the death of Caesar, his assassinated patron. The reverse depicts the as-yet-to-be-built Temple of Divus Julius, located at the southern entrance of the Roman Forum, which would be dedicated on 18 August 29 BC. Although construction of a temple on the site of Caesar's cremation did not begin until after Actium, Octavian still depicted it on this earlier coin to emphasize his connection to the now "divine" Caesar, as well as his more traditional fulfilment of pietas.

 

[shanxi]

Link: Tetrastyle temple

Lydia. Hierocaesaraea
Commodus
Bronze, Æ 31
Obv: AVT KAI Λ AVPH KOMMOΔOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: ЄΠ AI APTЄMIΔOPOV APX IЄPOKAICAPЄΩN, Tetrastyle temple, with pellet in pediment and containing Artemis standing right, drawing bow; behind, stag standing right
RPC IV.2, 11398 (temporary) [this coin]; GRPC Lydia 104 (this coin)
Ex Plankenhorn Collection

[Prieure de Sion]

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55 minutes ago, shanxi said:

temple

 

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Cistophorus of the Roman Imperial Period 41/54 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 26mm; Weight: 10.70g; Mint: Ephesus, Ionia; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Claudius 120, RPC 2221, BMCRE 228, RCV 1838; Obverse: Bare head of Claudius to left. The Inscription reads: TI CLAVD CAES AVG for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus; Reverse: Claudius, standing front, left, being crowned by female figure, right, holding cornucopia; all within distyle temple. The inscription reads: ROM ET AVG COM ASI for Romae et Augusto (The community of Asia to Rome and the emperor - Augustus).

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Left-facing bust of a dude named Claudius.

Claudius II, AD 268-270.
Roman billon antoninianus, 3.41 g, 19.4 mm, 11 h.
Antioch, 3rd emission, early-mid 270.
Obv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate head, left.
Rev: IVNO REGINA, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; peacock at feet.
Refs: RIC 212 (3L); Cohen 133; MER/RIC temp 1048; RCV --; Alfoldi 24/3; Huvelin 1990, 39.

[shanxi]

Link: Juno standing left

Faustina Minor
AR-Denarius
Augusta 
Obv.: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust right
Rev.: IVNO, Juno, veiled, standing left, patera in right, long scepter in left, peacock at feet
Ag, 3.45g, 18mm
Ref.: RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 688, CRE 190 [S]

[Spaniard]

Link....IVNO

Sabina AR Denarius 18/19mm..3.21gr
Obverse- SABINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right, hair in queue down neck
Reverse- IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left holding patera and sceptre.
RIC 395a, RSC 43.

[Ryro]

Juno

L. Thorius Balbus, Denarius, Rome, 105 BCE AR (3,74 gr 20 MM6 H) Head of Juno Sospita r., wearing goat-skin behind, downwards, I S M R, Rv. Bull charging r. above, control letter, O below. L THORIVS in ex. BALBVS. Crawford 316/1 Thoria 1 Sydenham 598.

Edited January 29, 2023 by Ryro

[DonnaML]

Link: Juno Sospita (two for the price of one!)

[Edessa]

Link: Reptile about to perish.

Sicily, Kamarina. Circa 410-405 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (14mm, 3.82g, 3h). Obv: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helm decorated with wing. Rev: Owl standing left, head facing, grasping lizard; ••• (mark of value) in exergue; KAMA downward to right. Rev: Westermark & Jenkins 200; CNS III 34; SNG ANS 1228-9; HGC 2, 548. 

[DonnaML]

1 hour ago, Edessa said:

Link: Reptile about to perish.

Hey, that reptile isn't about to perish! It's a good, friendly snake, and the horses are clearly planning to step over it. Let's not get ophidiophobic here.

[Edessa]

Guilty as charged...

[Roman Collector]

Apollo preparing to slay Python is the subject of the reverse design on this coin, a Pentassarion from Marcianopolis issued by Caracalla:


Caracalla, with Julia Domna, AD 198-217.
Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 10. 66 g, 27 mm, 1 h.
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 215 under Quintillianus, legatus consularis.
Obv: ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑVΓΟVCΤΟC ΙΟV-ΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla and draped bust of Julia Domna facing one another.
Rev: VΠΑ ΚVΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Apollo standing facing, head right, raising hand over head and holding bow; to left, Є (mark of value) above covered quiver; serpent-entwined stump to right.
Refs: AMNG I 660 ff; Moushmov 471; H&J, Marcianopolis 6.19.7.1; Varbanov 1001; Mionnet --; BMC --; Sear --; Wiczay --.
Numismatic notes: Obverse and reverse die match to CNG e-auction 373, lot 253, April 20, 2016 and also to the Wildwinds specimen, which happened to be sold by our very own @Ken Dorney September 03, 2006.

A very similar scene is the subject of a 17th century chalk drawing:


Charles de la Fosse
PARIS 1636 - 1716
APOLLO AND THE PYTHON
Black, red and white chalk on light brown/buff paper;
bears numbering in pen and brown ink, verso: 1277
214 by 169 mm
 

[shanxi]

Link: Apollo standing

SELEUKID KINGDOM.
Seleukos II Kallinikos (246-225 BC)
Magnesia on the Maeander
Obv.: Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind neck.
Rev.: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo standing left, holding arrow and grounded bow; monogram to outer left and right; all within meander border.
AE, 17mm, 5.14g
Ref.: SC 670a; HGC 9, 347.

 

[Spaniard]

Link...Artemis 

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.