Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[kapphnwn]

Link Faustina I 

Ae Sestertius of Faustina I Maior Lifetime 139 AD Obv Bust right draped hair piled up on top of head garlanded with strings of pearls Rv Juno standing right holding patera and scepter RIC 1077a 24.80 grms 30 mm Photo by W. Hansen

I would have to concur with the statement made above by @Roman Collector It is most likely a coin minted early in the reign of Antoninius Pius, 

[AncientOne]

Link: pearls

Honorius AE3.

Obv: DN HONORI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS-EXERCITI, emperor standing left, head right, holding spear and resting left hand on shield. Victory, standing beside him crowns him with a wreath which she holds in her right hand.

[shanxi]

Link: diadem

MN. AEMILIUS LEPIDUS
AR Denar, Rome, 114-113 BC
Obv.: ROMA. Laureate, diademed, and draped bust of Roma right; mark of value to left.
Rev.: MAN AEMILIO / LEP, Equestrian statue right on aqueducts (Aqua Marcia ).
Ag, 3.84g, 20mm
Ref.: Crawford 291/1.

[John Conduitt]

Link: horse

Septimius Severus Denarius, 196

Rome. Silver, 17mm, 3.02g. Laureate bust right; L SEP SEV PERT [AVG IMP VIII]. Emperor riding right with right hand raised; ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSIMO (RIC IV.1, 74). Found on the Isle of Wight, 2021. Portable Antiquities Scheme: IOW-5782FE.

Edited April 12, 2023 by John Conduitt

[Pellinore]

Link: Septimius Severus

AE35 Septimius Severus & Julia Domna (193-211), Stratonicea, Caria.

 

 

3240 S. AE35 Septimius Severus & Julia Domna (193-211), Stratonicea, Caria. Obv. Confronting busts of Severus and Domna. Under them, a countermark with the bust of Caracalla. AY KAI SEYHROS IOYLIA DOMNA. Rev. Hecate, polos on head, standing left before an altar, holding patera and torch. 34.5 mm, 15.24 gr. SNG Cop 506; SNG Lewis 1660; Lindgren III 441; Sear GIC 2291. SNG von Aulock 2674; Howgego 84 for countermark. Ebay Lanz, Sept. 2018, € 57

Edited April 12, 2023 by Pellinore

[John Conduitt]

Link: Julia Domna

Julia Domna Denarius, 196-202

Laodicea ad Mare, Syria. Silver, 16mm, 2.15g. Bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right; IVLIA AVGVSTA. Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, left, peacock; IVNO REGINA (RIC IV, 640). Found Hertfordshire.

[Roman Collector]

Link: IVNO REGINA

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.

[John Conduitt]

Link: Claudius II

Claudius II Gothicus Antoninianus, 268-270

Rome. Billon, 18mm, 3.31g. Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, cuirassed, right; IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG. Jupiter, nude except for cloak around shoulders, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; IOVI VICTORI; N in right field (RIC V, 54). Found Royston, Hertfordshire

[shanxi]

Link: IOVI 

Licinius I.
Year: 308-324 CE
Æ follis Heraclea.
Obv:: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head of Licinius I right
Rev.: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and resting on scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; Γ//SMHT.
Æ, 3.34g, 21.9mm
Ref.: RIC VI, 73

[Roman Collector]

Link: Victory on globe.

Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253 CE.
Roman AR antoninianus, 3.49 g, 20.3 mm, 7 h.
Antioch, unmarked officina, 1st or 2nd issue, 251-252 CE.
Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust (viewed from back) of Trebonianus Gallus, right.
Rev: VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing right, on globe, holding a wreath and a palm.
Refs: RIC 94; Cohen --; RSC 127b; RCV 9654; Hunter p. cvi.
Notes: Scarce. Only six examples are to be found among the 949 coins representing 11 hoards summarized by Metcalf (p. 87).

[expat]

Victory (not had a cleaning attempt yet)

Constans AE3. 347-348 AD. CONSTANS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, two Victories standing facing each other, each holding wreath and palm, HR monogram between. Mintmark ASIS.
16mm, 1.81 gr. Siscia RIC VIII – 192

 

 

[Edessa]

Link: Victory with wreath

Pamphylia. Side. Circa 155-36 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.17g, 12h). Kleuch..., magistrate. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev: Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate in left field, KΛE-ΥX across field. Ref: SNG France 696; SNG Cop 400; SNG von Aulock 4797. Toned Good Very Fine. Ex Nilus, May 2012.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Side.

Nero, AD 54-68.
Roman provincial Æ 17 mm, 6.4 g.
Pamphylia, Side, c. AD 55.
Obv: ΝЄΡⲰΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate and draped bust, right.
Rev: ϹΙΔΗΤ, Athena advancing left, holding spear over shoulder and shield, serpent alongside her; pomegranate upper left field.
Refs: RPC I, 3401; BMC 19.152,75; Mionnet Suppl. 7, p. 66,188; Sear GIC, 608; SNG France 784.

[Shea19]

Link: Athena advancing left with spear and shield

Thrace, Mesambria, Circa 175-100 BC. (Orichalcum, 20 mm, 6.12 g), Diademed female head to right. Rev. METAM-BPIANΩN Athena Promachos advancing left, holding shield left and brandishing spear with her right; to inner left, Λ.

[DonnaML]

Link: Thrace, Mesembria.

Philip I & Otacilia Severa, AE 26, 244-249 AD, Mesembria, Thrace [Nessebar, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Philip I, right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Otacilia Severa, left, wearing diadem (or stephane), ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC Μ WΤ; in exergue (in two lines) ϹƐΒΗΡΑ-ϹƐ / Rev. Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding marked cubit rule with extended right hand and bridle* with left hand, wheel  at her feet left, ΜΕ-ϹΑΜ-ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. VIII Online 48407 [temporary ID number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48407 ); SNG Cop. 664 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 6: Thrace 1: The Tauric Chersonese-Thrace (Mesembria) (Copenhagen 1942); Varbanov 4254 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume II: Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia) (Bourgas, 2005)]. [Obv. Die match: Naumann Auction 49, Lot 354, Jan. 8, 2017 (RPC VIII Online ID 48407, Specimen 17; see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/obv/333697/high .]  26 mm., 10.5 g. Purchased 11 Apr 2021 from Aeternitas-Numismatics, Leganés, Spain.

*Described by dealer as “cubit rule and ribbon,” with type described by some other dealers as “cubit rule and rod,” both of which are clearly incorrect: the “ribbon” is actually a bridle, and a cubit rule and rod are the same thing, except that the former has markings for measurement.
 

Edited April 14, 2023 by DonnaML

[shanxi]

Link: Nemesis

Elagabal
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis
Obv.: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, Laur. bust right
Rev.: VΠ ΝΟΒΙΟV ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙTΩΝ Exergue: POC ICT PΩ, Nemesis/Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, wheel at feet
AE, 12.12g, 25.8mm
Ref.: Varbanov 3945 (picture not text)

[AncientOne]

Link: Elagabalus, Moesia, Nikopolis, Nemesis....

Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus Æ26. Nemesis

Obv: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICT PON, Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding scales and rod; wheel at feet to left.
Novius Rufus, legate.

[Victrix]

Link: Moesia,Nikopolis

 

Macrinus Æ 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.Marcus Claudius Agrippa, consular legate.

AYT KM OΠΠЄΛ CЄVH MAKPEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind /

YΠ AΓPIΠΠA NIKOΠΟΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPΩ, Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopiae.

H&J, Nikopolis 8.23.38.1; AMNG 1709 var. (legends); Varbanov 3341 var. (same)

27mm.,11.38g

[shanxi]

Link: Nikopolis again

Elagabal
Nicopolis ad Istrum
AE22
Obv.: AVT KM AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
Rev.: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON, Serpent coiled
AE, 7.22g, 22.65mm
Ref.: Hristova-Jekov 8.26.22.11

[Victrix]

Link: Snakes

Marcus Antonius and Octavia. Cistophoric tetradrachm circa 39, AR 27.10 mm., 11.99 g.
M·ANTONIVS·IMP ·COS· DESIG·ITER ET·TERT Jugate busts of Marcus Antonius and Octavia r. Rev. III·VIR – R·P·C· Bacchus standing l. on cista mistica between two interlaced snakes with heads erect. Babelon Antonia 61. C 3. Sydenham 1198. Sear Imperators 263. RPC 2202.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Jugate busts on a silver tetradrachm.


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.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: 

2 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

Zeus Nikephoros

 

Philipp I Philadelphos
Tetradrachm of the Seleucid Empire Period ca. 94/87 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 27mm; Weight: 15.91g; Mint: probably Tarsos, Cilicia, Seleucid Empire; Reference: SC 2460a; Obverse: Diademed head of Philip I to right; Reverse: Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to outer left. The Inscription reads: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY EΠIΦANOΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦOY for Basileos Pilippou Epiphanous Philadelphou.

 

[shanxi]

Link: Seleukid Kingdom

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.

[Victrix]

Link Artemis/Diana 

Roman Republic, AR denarius, 48 BC, Rome mint L. Hostilius Saserna. Obv - Bare head of Gallia right; carnyx (Gallic trumpet) behind Rev - Artemis Ephesia (Diana) standing facing, laureate, wearing long hair falling down her shoulders and long flowing robes, holding spear in left hand and stag by its antlers in her right.

 

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: 

1 hour ago, Victrix said:

Artemis

 

Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Reign: Commodus; Mint: Perge, Pamphylia; Date: 180/192 AD; Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 5.60g; Reference: RPC IV.3 25009 (this coin); RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/25009; Rare: Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections); Provenance: N&N Numismatics London, Great Britain (Auction 8, Lot 115); Pedigree: –; Special: 2nd known example, RPC Online Plate coin

Obverse: Laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; Inscription: AV KOM[… CEBA]; Translation: Autokrator Komodos Sebastos; Translation: Imperator Commodus Augustus; Reverse: Artemis Pergaia advancing, right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow; Inscription: ПEPΓAIΩN; Translation: Pergaion; Translation: City of Perge

 

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by Prieure de Sion