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[Shea19]

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Valerian I, Cilicia, Corycus, (AE 36 mm, 20.02 g). ΑΥ Κ ΠΟ ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝ/ΟC Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I to right./ Rev. ΚΟΡΥ/ΚΙΩΤΩΝ ΑΥ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙC Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes (or kantharos) in right hand and thyrsos in left; at feet to left, panther; before him, prize urn inscribed ΘΕΜΙΑ and containing grain-ear and poppy set on tripod.
From the Vineyard Collection

[Sulla80]

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Valerian Anazarbos - the prize crowns a display of civic pride

https://www.sullacoins.com/post/first-greatest-and-most-beautiful

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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Cilicia
Anazarbus, Valerian I, AD 253-260, Æ Hexassarion (27mm, 16.32 g, 6h), dated CY 272 (AD 253/4)

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 238/244 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 36mm; Weight: 21.66g; Mint: Tarsus, Cilicia; Reference: RPC VII.2 3057 (Specimens: 16, 6 in the core collections), SNG BN 1689; Provenance: Ex CNG Classical Numismatics USA; Obverse: Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from front, with gorgoneion. The Inscription reads: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ƐΒ (sic) Π Π for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Sebastos Pateras Patridas (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus Pater Patriae); Reverse: Genius Senatus (or the emperor?), veiled and togate, standing left, holding patera over altar. The Inscription reads: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩΝ (sic) Α Μ Κ Γ Β for Tarsou Metropoleon (City of Tarsus).

 

[shanxi]

Link: Tarsos

CILICIA. Tarsos.
164-27 BC
Obv: Tyche seated right on chair, holding grain ears; to lower right, river god Kydnos swimming; TEN / ONT / OC to left.
Rev: TAPΣΕΩΝ. Zeus Nikephoros seated left on throne, holding sceptre; APC / AK / OY to left.
AE, 12.90 g. 26 mm
Ref.: Ziegler 650; SNG BN 1380-2; SNG Levante 982.

[Spaniard]

Link..Zeus seated. 

Plotina, AE18 of Gordus-Julia, Lydia. 98-117. Magistrate Poplios.
Obverse..ΠΛΩTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right
Reverse..EΠI ΠOΠΛIOY ΓOΡΔHNΩ, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre.
BMC 18.

[Prieure de Sion]

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3 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

Zeus

 

Kings of Syria Philip I Philadelphos
Posthumous issue under Roman proconsul Aulus Gabinius; Tetradrachm of the Roman Republic Period 57/55 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 25.5mm; Weight: 14.88g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria Phoenice; Reference: Prieur 1, RPC 4124, HGCS. 9/1356; Provenance: Ex CGB.fr Prieur Collection, Paris France; Obverse: Diademed head of Philip I Philadelphos right; Reverse: Zeus Nikephoros (Zeus, the bringer of victory) seated left on throne; monogram (of Gabinius) to inner left, monogram below throne; all within wreath. The Inscription reads: [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY EΠIΦANOVΣ [Φ]IΛAΔΕΛΦO[V] for Basilews Filippou Epifanous Filadelfou (Basileus Philippus Epiphanes Philadelphos).

  

 

Edited February 12, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[shanxi]

Link: Zeus / Nike

Kingdom of Elymais
Kamnaskires IV
Tetradrachm
Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, dated SE 255 = 58/7 BC
Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Kamnaskires IV left, [Seleukid anchor behind]; c/m: Nike standing left, within rectangular incuse
Rev.: Zeus seated left, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns him; IACIΛEΩC KAMNACKIPOY TOY E BACIΛEΩC KAMNACKIPOY around, PK monogram in inner left field, [E]NΣ (date) in exergue.
14.25g, 31mm, 12h
Ref.: Van't Haaff type 8.1, subtype 1-1B; cf. Alram 458; cf. DCA 520
Ex Roma Numismatics, E-LIVE Auction 3, Lot 368

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, shanxi said:

Zeus seated

 

Ptolemaios I Soter, as Satrap (323-305 BC)
In the name and types of Alexander III; Tetradrachm of the Ptolemaic Kingdom 316/315 BC (Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos); Material: Silver; Diameter: 27mm; Weight: 17.10g; Mint: Sidon, Phoenicia; Reference: Price 3504, Newell Dated 50 (unlisted dies), Rouvier 1150, DCA 877; Obverse: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; Reverse: Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; Σ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. The Inscription reads: AΛEΞANΔPOY for Alexandrou (Alexander III the Great).

 

[Roman Collector]

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Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII.
AR tetradrachm; 15.85 gm, 27 mm.
Antioch mint, 125-121 BC.
Obv: Jugate busts, right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne.
Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135.
Notes: Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren.

[DonnaML]

Link: Jugate busts right

Roman Republic, Mn. Fonteius, AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 108-107 BCE. Obv. Jugate and laureate heads of Dioscuri right, stars above their heads; below their chins to  right, * [= XVI; mark of value] / Rev. Galley right depicted in three-quarters perspective at prow, with long projecting rostrum, full-length oars on front side (with overlapping horizontal shields above oars), and partial view of foreshortened oars on back side*; pilot seated in stern beneath aplustre; above, MN • FONTEI [MN and NTE ligate]; below galley, control-letter B. 20 mm., 3.91 g., 4 h. Crawford 307/1b, BMCRR I 1205; RSC I Fonteia 7 (ill. p. 48); Sear RCV I 184 (ill. p. 107). Purchased from Roma Numismatics E-Sale 98, 16 Jun 2022, Lot 1029.**

*Presumably intentionally, the three-quarters view of the prow of the galley presents the distinct impression of a face, with two eyes, a nose, a mouth, and headgear; the foreshortened oars to the right somewhat resemble a cat’s whiskers. 

**According to Crawford I at pp. 316-317 (referring to id. p. 305), the moneyer “is doubtless a brother or cousin of the moneyer C. Fonteius,” the issuer of Crawford 290/1 in approximately 114-113 BCE, similarly depicting the Dioscuri (in a Janiform design) on the obverse and a galley on the reverse; “either may be identified with the Fonteius who was Legate in 91 [BCE].”  The reason that both moneyers chose to portray the Dioscuri and a galley, as explained at Crawford I p. 305, is that the gens Fonteia came from Tusculum, the chief cult-center of the Dioscuri in Latium.  The galleys on both reverses are “doubtless” allusions to the transmarine origin of Telegonus (the son of Ulysses and Circe), who was the legendary founder of Tusculum. 
 

[Prieure de Sion]

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4 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Galley

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Elagabal

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 218/219 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 2.59g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Elagabalus 188d; Obverse: The right-facing draped, cuirassed bust of Elagabalus with a laurel wreath can be seen. The inscription reads: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG for Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus; Reverse: You can see a ship’s galley with a helmsman and seven oarsmen. A standard and an acrostolium are depicted on the stern. There is a furling sail at the bow. The inscription reads: FELICITAS TEMP for Felicitas temporum (fortunate, successful times).

 

[DonnaML]

Link: Galley again -- four more of them!

[Hughie Dwyer]

Another two:

 

[DonnaML]

Link: Postumus. That's Serapis on the reverse.

[shanxi]

Link: Serapis

Hadrian
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
Obv.: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ, laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear
Rev.: Sarapis seated, l., holding sceptre; to l., Cerberus, LI - Ϛ (year 16=131/132)
Ref.: Dattari 1478

[Spaniard]

Link...Hadrian 

Hadrian (117- 138). Rome, c. 131-138 AD. Silver Denarius. 2,85 g. 17 mm.

Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right.

Rev: FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing left holding patera and cornucopiae. VF, old collection patina.

RIC#245A

[Prieure de Sion]

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16 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

Fortuna

 

Marcus Ulpius Traianus as Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 114 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 3.40g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Trajan 318; Provenance: Ex Stacks Bowers Rare Coin Gallery USA; Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC for Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Optimo, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus (Imperator, Caesar, Nerva Trajan, the best Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians); Reverse: Fortuna, draped, veiled, seated left on chair without back, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cornucopiae in left. The Inscription reads: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R FORT RED for Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae, Senatus Populusque Romanus, Fortuna Redux (High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation, The senate and the Roman people, fortune that brings back).

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Trajan denarius.

Trajan, AD 98-117.
Roman AR Denarius, 3.39 g, 18.4 mm, 7 h.
Rome, AD 112-117 (likely AD 113).
Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust, right, with slight drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, woman (Via Traiana) reclining left on rocks, holding wheel in right hand and branch in left hand; in exergue, VIA TRAIANA.
Refs: RIC 266; BMCRE 487-91; RSC/Cohen 468; Strack 179a; RCV 3173; UCR 582; Woytek (MIR) 3983b.

 

[Hughie Dwyer]

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[Spaniard]

Link...Ditto. 

Trajan ar Denarius 98-117AD 20mm/2.66gr (Minted 103-111AD) Obverse-IMPTRAIANO AVG GER DAC PMTRP laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder Reverse-COS VPPS PQR OPTIMO PRINC Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC II# 118

[DonnaML]

Link: Cornucopiae -- not a single but a double one, from Otacilia Severa. Are there any double cornucopiae on Imperial coins from Faustina I going forward that aren't for empresses rather than emperors? All of mine are.

 

[Roman Collector]

1 hour ago, DonnaML said:

Link: Cornucopiae -- not a single but a double one, from Otacilia Severa. Are there any double cornucopiae on Imperial coins from Faustina I going forward that aren't for empresses rather than emperors? All of mine are.

 

The double cornucopiae was an attribute almost exclusively of Concordia. The two horns of plenty represent the prosperity to BOTH sides of an agreement when concord is reached.

[kirispupis]

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Aquilia Severa (second and fourth wife of Elagabalus)
AR Denarius 2.81g, 18mm, 7h.
Rome, 220-222 CE
IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right
CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and double cornucopiae; star in left field.
RIC IV 225 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 185 (Elagabalus); RSC 2a.
Ex Vitangelo Collection
Ex Roma

[Hughie Dwyer]

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[Prieure de Sion]

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Clasped hands

 

Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 238 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 23mm; Weight: 5.09g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Pupienus 9b; Obverse: Bust of Pupienus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. The inscription reads: IMP CAES CLOD PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Clodius Pupienus Maximus Augustus; Reverse: Clasped right hands. The inscription reads: AMOR MVTVVS AVGG for Amor Mutuus Duorum Augustorum (Mutual affection of the two Augusti).

 

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by Prieure de Sion