Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[Ryro]

Bow over shoulder

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: Diana

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 241 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.16g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Gordian III 127; Provenance: From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang; Provenance: Ex Leu Numismatik Winterthur Switzerland; Obverse: Bust of Gordian III, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG for Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus; Reverse: Diana, draped, standing right, holding lighted torch in right (?) hand. The Inscription reads: DIANA LVCIFERA for Diana Lucifera (Diana, the bringer of light).

 

[Roman Collector]

Links: Gordian, Artemis/Diana.

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.

[Ryro]

Gordy lll 

[Spaniard]

Link....COS II PP

Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AR Denarius (2.89 gm, 20mm). Rome mint. Struck 228 AD.
Obv.: IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG, laureate head right.
Rev.: PM TRPVII COSII PP , Mars standing right, holding shield and spear.
RIC IV 83; BMCRE 503; RSC 337. aEF.

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8 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

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; Provenance: Ex Naumann Vienna; 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: S.A.

Severus Alexander
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: A KAI MAP AYP CЄY AΛЄΞANΔPOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
Rev.: LIΓ (year 13 = 233/234), Nike advancing left, holding palm and wreath; palm to outer left, date to inner left
Billon, 24.5mm, 15.56g

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, shanxi said:

Alexandria

 

Commemorative series, struck under Constantine I. the Great
Follis of the Roman Imperial Period 333/335 AD; Material: silvered AE; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 2.73g; Mint: Alexandria; Reference: RIC VII Alexandria 64; Provenance: Ex Artemide Aste Numismatica San Marino; Obverse: Bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand. The Inscription reads: CONSTAN TINOPOLIS for Constantinopolis (Personification of the City Constantinople); Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing left on prow, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand. The Inscription reads: SMALA for Alexandria, 1st officina.

 

[kirispupis]

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Bithynia, Kios
AR Hemidrachm 2.57g, 13mm, 11h
Circa 345-315 BCE
Proxenos, magistrate
Laureate head of Apollo to right; [KIA] below chin / Prow of galley to left, ornamented with star; ΠPOΞ-ENOΣ above and below
RG 4; HGC 7, 554
Ex Roma

[DonnaML]

Link: Apollo (although not the usual beautiful androgyne).

Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ clockwise around; border of dots. RPC Online VII.2 48961; Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula (1912)], Varbanov II 668 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II, Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)], AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer & M. Strack, Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g.

[Edessa]

Link: Gordian III Provincial.

Roman Syria, Seleucis und Pieria, Antioch. Gordian III, AD 238-244. Billon Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.81g, 12h). Antioch mint. First issue. Struck AD 238-240. Obv: AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: ΔHΜΑΡΧ ΕΣ ΟΥCΙΑC; Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S-C in exergue. Ref: RPC VII.2 3488; McAlee 860; BMC 494; Prieur 282 (139). 

[expat]

Gordian III Rome

[ambr0zie]

Link - reverse with emperor holding spear 

Maximinus I Thrax AD 235-238. Rome

Denarius AR

21 mm, 2,38 g.

AD 236

MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right / P M TR P II COS P P, Maximinus Thrax, in military attire, standing left between two standards, raising right hand and leaning to left on spear held in left hand

RIC IV Maximinus Thrax 4; RSC 56

[Spaniard]

Link...Maximinus I thrax

Maximinus I Denarius. AD 235-238...3.18gr
Obverse..IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right.
Reverse..FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, a standard in each hand.
RIC 7A Minted AD 235-236

[Roman Collector]

LInk: FIDES MILITVM.


Victorinus, 269-271 CE.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.1 mm.
Cologne (though CNG attributes this coin to Treveri), 269/70 CE.
Obv: IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS PF AVG, radiate, draped bust, r.
Rev: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing l., holding two standards.
RIC-109; Cohen-36; AGK-5b; De Witte pl. XXVI, 22; Sear-unlisted.

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[Spaniard]

Link...Postumus 

Postumus, Antoninianus, 260-269, Trier, , Billon 21MM
Obverse- Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Reverse- Serapis standing left, raising hand & holding sceptre; prow at his feet to left SERAPI COMITI AVG
RIC-329 Trier mint (AD 267)

[shanxi]

Link: Serapis

Antoninus Pius
Pergamon, Mysia
Magistrate Quartos (strategos for the second time)
AE 21, c. AD 144-158
Obv.: ΑV ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟС, laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Rev.: ƐΠΙ СΤΡ ΚοVΑΡΤοV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓΑ, Serapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
AE, 7.23g, 21mm
Ref.: RPC IV 3195, Weisser 610, BMC 281, Cop 484

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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30 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Mysia

 

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caracalla
Province Bronze of the Roman Imperial period 211/217 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 25mm; Weight: 7.88g; Mint: Parium Mysia, Asia Minor; Reference: SNG Copenhagen 294, BMC 108var; Provenance: Ex Naumann Collection (2017); Obverse: You can see the draped, cuirassed bust of Caracalla with a laurel wreath facing right. The inscription reads: ANTONINVS PIVS AV for Antoninus Pius Augustus; Reverse: You can see a genius standing to the left, holding a patera (sacrificial bowl) with his outstretched right hand over an altar lit with garlands. A cornucopia (cornucopia) is depicted in the crook of the left arm. The inscription reads: C G I H PA for Colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Parium.

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.

Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305.
Roman billon follis, 9.95 g, 26.6 mm, 11 h.
Trier, AD 296-97.
Obv: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right.
Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; A/Γ//TR.
Refs: RIC vi, p. 183, 218a; Cohen 61; RCV 14035.

 

 

[shanxi]

Link: Genius

Faustina II
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: ΦAYCTIN CEBACTH (legend starting at 1 o'clock), draped bust right
Rev.. Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; crocodile below
L IH= year 18 of Antoninus Pius (154/155).
Billon, 13.54g, 23x24mm
Ref.: Dattari 3258, Milne -, Curtis -, BMC -, RPC IV.4, 14410-9 (this coin)

 

 

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4 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Billon 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).

 

[expat]

This was in a lot and was covered in thick, dark "stuff". The reverse is incredibly worn but there was enough to ID it after removing the crud. The black at the lower portions are bad cropping on my part.

Gordian III AR Antoninianus. Rome 239 CE. 4.13gr, 22mm.
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Victory advancing left with wreath & palm.
RIC IV Gordian III,19, RSC 199, Sear 8365

 

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1 hour ago, expat said:

Victory

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 238/244 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 35mm; Weight: 24.5g; Mint: Antiochia ad Pisidiam, Galatia; Reference: RPC VII.2 2742, Krzyżanowska XXII/96, XXIV/98; Provenance: Ex Harlan J. Berk Numismatics; Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus; Reverse: Victory advancing right, holding trophy in both hands. The Inscription reads: VICTORIA DOMINI ANTI COL[ONI] S R for Victoria domini, Antiochia Colonia, Senatus Romanus (Victory of the Dominus (Sovereign), Colonia of Antiochia, by the Roman Senate).

 

[DonnaML]

Link: Victory.

Valens (younger brother of Valentinian I, reigned as Emperor in East AD 364-378), AV Solidus, Treveri (Trier) Mint, 1st Officina, issued 376 - mid-377 AD after death of Valentinian I [see Depeyrot pp. 77, 121]. Obv. Pearl-diademed (with double band of pearls held by single rosette gem at top), draped, and cuirassed bust right, DN VALENS – PF AVG / Rev. Valens & Gratian enthroned facing in single large throne, each with left leg uncovered and right hand on a globe between them; above and behind, Victory facing with wings spread; palm-branch on ground between them; VICTOR – IA AVGG around; in exergue, mintmark TROBC [TR = Treveri Mint; OB = “obryzum, which means refined or pure gold, and is the Greek numeral 72. Thus the . . . OB . . . may be read ‘1/72 pound pure gold’” (see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=CONOB); C = Capita, for 1st Officina (see Depeyrot p. 52)]. 19.5 mm., 4.42 g., 6 h.  Depeyrot, Trèves [Trier] 45/1 Valens at p. 121 (45th emission for city since AD 337) (26 examples of type from 1st Officina; 33 overall) [Depeyrot, George, Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]; RIC IX 39(d)1 at p. 21; Sear RCV V 19578 (obv. ill. p. 324). Purchased from CNG (Classical Numismatic Group, LLC) Electronic Auction 525, 20 Oct. 2022, Lot 1319; ex. “Conti Collection.”  [Footnote omitted.]