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[Roman Collector]

Link: Furrowed brow.

Macrinus, AD 217-218.
Roman AR denarius, 2.94 g, 19.5 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 217.
Obv: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Fides Militum standing facing, head right, right foot on helmet and holding a military standard in each hand.
Refs: RIC 22A; BMCRE 38; Cohen 60; RCV 7345; ERIC II 69.

[Hughie Dwyer]

Link: 2 military standards

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Siscia.

Constantine I, AD 307-337.
Roman billon centenionalis, 2.22 g, 17.8 mm, 6 h.
Siscia, AD 334-335.
Obv: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand.
Rev: Victory, winged, draped, standing left on prow, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand; •BSIS• in exergue.
Refs: RIC vii, p. 456, 241; Cohen 21; LRBC I 751; RVC 16469.

[shanxi]

Link: Standing on prow

Domitianus
AR-Denar AD 93-94
Obv.: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TRPXIII, laureate bust right
Rev.: : IMP XXII COS XVI CENS PPP, Minerva standing r. on prow, holding spear and shield; at her feet owl.
Ag, 3.18g, 17.2x18.8mm
Ref.: RIC² 762, RIC176, C 284, Kankelfitz 12

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, shanxi said:

Domitianus

 

Titus Flavius Domitianus, Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 82/83 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.79g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 144b; Provenance: Ex Tauler & Fau Numismatics Madrid Spain include Certificate of Authenticity; Provenance: Ex Jean Gustav Prudent Collection; Obverse: Head of Domitian, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M for Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus (Imperator, Caesar, Domitian, Augustus, high priest); Reverse: Eagle standing front on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread. The Inscription reads: IVPPITER CONSERVATOR for Iuppiter Conservator (Jupiter, the protector).

 

[Ryro]

Eagle:

[kirispupis]

Link: Ptolemy + someone was hungry

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos
AR Tetradrachm. Tyre, dated RY 30 = 256/5 BCE
14.01g, 25mm, 12h.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ [BAΣΙΛEΩΣ], eagle standing to left; monogram of Tyre above club to left; Λ (date) above monogram to right; A between legs.
CPE 577; Svoronos 657; SNG Copenhagen 488; DCA 20
Ex collection of R. N. Draskowski;
Ex Ephesus Numismatics, North Carolina, USA

[Ryro]

Ptolemaic 

[kirispupis]

Link: Herakles

Kingdom of Macedon, Amyntas III
Pella, circa 393-369 BCE
AR Triobol 1.71g, 13mm, 4h
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
Eagle standing to left, head to right; AMY-N-TA around; all within linear border within incuse square.
Westermark, Remarks pl. LXX, 33; SNG Alpha Bank 200-2; SNG ANS 94; HGC 3.1, 830 ('hemidrachm').
Ex J. Greiff Collection
Ex Roma

[shanxi]

Link: eagle standing left

Mysia, Pergamon
AE20, Early-mid 2nd century BC
Obv.: Head of Asklepios right
Rev.: Π-EΡ-Γ-A / MHNΩN. Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt..
AE, 6.97g, 19.3x20.5mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 379, SNG BN 1870–1

[Roman Collector]

Pergamon Head of Asklepos, right:


Mysia, Pergamon, ca. 133-27 B.C.
Greek Æ dichalkon, 16.4 mm, 3.74 g, 2 h.
Obv: Laureate head of Asklepios right.
Rev: AΣKΛHPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, serpent-entwined staff.
Refs: BMC 154-157; SNG Cop 368 ff; SNG France 1828-48; SNG von Aulock 1373.

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, Roman Collector said:

Asklepios

 

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caracalla
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 215 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.22g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Caracalla 251; 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 the god Aeskulap standing facing, his head turned to the left, in his right hand he is holding a staff with a snake. The so-called omphalos (egg-shaped stone) is depicted on the floor. The inscription reads: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P for Pontifex Maximus Tribunitia Potestas (for the eighteenth time) Consul (for the fourth time) Pater Patriae.

 

[Hughie Dwyer]

Link - Caracalla

 

[DonnaML]

Link: pair of bound captives.

Constans (son of Constantine I), AE Centenionalis, Alexandria Mint (1st Officina) 348-350 AD. Obv. Draped and cuirassed bust left, wearing pearl diadem and holding globe in right hand, D N CONSTA - NS P F AVG / Rev. Emperor in military dress, standing left and holding labarum in right hand and shield in left, placing right foot on leg of one of two captives before him with hands bound behind their backs, wearing caps and kneeling facing with their heads turned towards one another, FEL TEMP REPARATIO. ALEA [Alexandria Mint, 1st Officina] in exergue. RIC VIII 56(A) (p. 542), Sear RCV V 18706.  20 mm., 3.45 g. (Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 211th Buy or Bid Sale, June 2020, Lot 302.)

[Hughie Dwyer]

Link: Constans

 

[kirispupis]

Link: globe

Macedon, Uranopolis c. 300 BCE.
Æ 15mm, 3.33g
Star of eight rays. R/ Aphrodite Urania, holding sceptre, seated slightly l. on globe.
SNG ANS 914-8; AMNG III.2, 4; HGC 3.1, 607
Ex London Ancient Coins

[Shea19]

Link:  8-rayed star

Trajan Decius, Cilicia, Tarsus, 249-251 A.D., AE Hexassarion (Bronze, 36 mm, 23.29 g). ΑΥ ΚЄ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚΟΥ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥ ЄΥϹЄΒ / Π - Π Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius to right, seen from behind; on neck, countermark: eight-rayed star within circular incuse./ Rev. ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ - Α / Μ Κ - Γ / Β Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on ground. RPC IX 1348

[Edessa]

Link: Star

Roman Republic. M. Furius L.f. Philus. 120 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.92g, 12h). Rome mint. Obv: M•FOVRI•L•F; Laureate head of bearded Janus. Rev: ROMA; Roma standing left, holding wreath and scepter; to left, trophy of Gallic arms flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side; star above; (PH)LI in exergue. Ref: Crawford 281/1; Sydenham 529;  18; RBW 1105. 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Janus

Anonymous, Second Punic War, 218-202 BC.
Roman Republican Æ as, 27.8 g, 31.1 mm, 1 h.
Uncertain mint south of Rome (Campania?).
Obv: Laureate head of bearded Janus, I above.
Rev: Prow of galley, right; I above, ROMA below.
Refs: Group D1, McCabe, Andrew. "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic" in Essays in honour of Roberto Russo / ed. by Peter G. van Alfen and Richard B. Witschonke. - Zürich ; London : Numismatica Ars Classica NAC, 2013, pp. 141-144.

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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5 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

Prow

 

Publius Aelius Hadrianus as Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 125/127 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.34g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 789; Obverse: Head of Hadrian, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS for Hadrianus Augustus; Reverse: Neptune stepping on prow left, holding dolphin and trident. The Inscription reads: COS III for Consul Tertium (Consul for the third time).

 

[shanxi]

Link: Foot on prow

Herennia Etruscilla
Ionia, Samos
AE28
Obv.: ЄΡЄΝ ЄΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹЄB, Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set upon crescent.
Rev.: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ, Warrior advancing right, head left, with foot set upon prow right, extending hand and holding shield.
Ae, 12.41g, 28 mm
Ref.: RPC IX 682; BMC 363

[Prieure de Sion]

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31 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Herennia Etruscilla

 

Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla under Trajanus Decius
Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 249/251 AD; Material: Billon Silver; Diameter: 26mm; Weight: 10.21g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur Excessively rare (Eagle right), not at Prieur; Obverse: Draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla with diadem on crescent moon right, below 2 dots. The Inscription reads: ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑ ΤΡΟΥCKΙΛΛΑ CEB for Erennia Trouskilla Sebaste (Herennia Etruscilla Augusta); Reverse: Eagle to right on palm branch, head right, tail left; S C in exergue. The Inscription reads: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥCIAC for Demarchos exousia (Invested with the Tribunician Power, by decree of the Senate).

 

[DonnaML]

Links: eagle on palm branch; Trajan Decius family; Syria, Antioch.

Trajan Decius, billon Tetradrachm, 249-251 AD, Syria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Radiate bust right, three pellets below (•••) (= 3rd Officina), ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Eagle standing left on palm branch, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ [= Tribunicia Potestas], in exergue: S C. [Group II, Officina 3.] RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online IX 1644 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644 ); Prieur 540 (11), McAlee 1120c (Group 2) (see p. 368), BMC 586. 24 mm., 12.85 g.

[Prieure de Sion]

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10 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Trajan Decius

 

Divus Septimius Severus under Trajanus Decius
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 250/251 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 21mm; Weight: 3.65g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Trajan Decius 95; Obverse: Head of Divus Septimius Severus, radiate, right. The Inscription reads: DIVO SEVERO for Divo Severo (To the divine Severus); Reverse: Eagle, with open wings, standing front on bar, head right. The Inscription reads: CONSECRATIO for Consecratio (Consecration).

 

[Roman Collector]

Links: CONSECRATIO, eagle.

Faustina I, 138-140 CE.
Roman AR denarius, 2.86 g, 18 mm.
Rome, 140-144 CE.
Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing right, head left.
Refs: RIC 387b; BMCRE 305 var.; Cohen 181; RCV --; CRE 95.

Edited February 19, 2023 by Roman Collector