Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

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2 hours ago, Pellinore said:

Egypt, Alexandria

 

 

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
BI Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 66/67 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 24mm; Weight: 14.12g; Mint: Alexandria, Egypt; Reference: RPC I 5296 (Specimens: 12), Dattari (Savio) 264; Provenance: Ex Classical Numismatics CNG USA; Obverse: Radiate bust of Nero with aegis to the left. The Inscription reads: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV L ΙΓ for Nero Klaudios Kaisaros Sebastos Germanicos Augustos Alexandria Iota Gamma (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Augustus, Alexandria (L) reign year (10+3) 13); Reverse: Corbita with helmsman under sail to right; two dolphins in water below. The Inscription reads: ΣEBAΣTOΦOPOΣ for Sebastophoros (Best wishes (hope) [for the safe travel] of the Emperor).

 

"Neroneia" was the name Emperor Nero gave to his Greek games in Rome, which he first established in 60 AD. Literary and musical contests played a major role. Nero's first public appearance as a participant, however, took place in Naples in 64 AD at the "Sebasta". A year later in 65 AD he also appeared in Rome at the "Neroneia" as a poet and kithara player. In the following year he began his great tour of Greece, where he participated in the Olympic Games and gave theatrical performances across the Hellenic cities, where he also enjoyed playing female roles, as a kithara singer and in athletic competitions. He won all the wreaths of the musical competitions (in Olympia there was an extra unique musical competition) and was also victorious in the chariot races, although in Olympia he fell out of his chariot while driving a ten-horse instead of a four-horse! He is said to have emerged victorious in competitions of all kinds 1808 times.

His Tour:
October 66 AD - Actia
Spring 67 AD - Olympia
Spring 67 AD - Nemea
April / May 67 AD - Isthmia
August 67 AD - Pythia
August 67 AD - Inauguration of the Isthmus Canal
28. November 67 AD - Proclamation of the freedom of the Greeks in Corinth
December 67 AD until beginning 68 AD - Four triumphant entries in Rome

An admirer of Greek culture, he stayed in Greece for over a year until he was urged by his advisors to return to Rome, where the mood had meanwhile deteriorated greatly. Although he returned to Rome to great acclaim, he gave himself over entirely to his pleasures, attending theaters and concerts, arranging betting games, and once again appearing as an artist himself. The Roman nobility did not approve of the emperor's public appearances at the games. He also aroused their ill-will when he forced them to participate in the Roman spectacles, even though this was an activity for slaves.

Coins with corresponding motifs were minted on the occasion of the journey, including Alexandrian tetradrachms with the ship on which Nero was traveling on the reverse and the circumscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΟΣ ("Emperor Bearer")*. Other coin motifs refer to the temples he visited of Zeus of Olympia, that of Hera of Argos, of Poseidon at the Isthmus, and other stops on his journey.

 

 

[DonnaML]

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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. 
 

[robinjojo]

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Julius Caesar, denarius,  circa 48 BC.

 Crawford 452/2

3.76 grams

Obverse: Female (Clementia?) head, right, wearing oak-wreath and diadem. The Inscriptions reads: LII.

Reverse: Trophy with Gallic shield and carnyx; on right, axe. Border of dots. CAESAR below.

Edited May 17, 2023 by robinjojo

[Prieure de Sion]

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29 minutes ago, robinjojo said:

Julius Caesar

 

 

Gaius Julius Caesar, Moneyer: Lucius Mussidius Longus
Denarius of the Roman Imperatorial Period 42 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3,71g; Mint: Rome; Reference: Crawford 494/39a, CRI 116, RSC 29, RBW 1742; Provenance: Ex Roma Numismatics London , Ex Burgan Numismatique / Maison Florange

Obverse: Laureate head of Caesar, right. Border of dots; Reverse: Cornucopiae on globe; on left, rudder; on right, caduceus and apex. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS for Lucius Mussidius Longus.

 

[Roman Collector]

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Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman AR denarius, 3.02 g, 18.1 mm, 6 h.
Rome, late 151-early 152.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated left, holding flower and resting elbow on cornucopiae set on globe under chair.
Refs: RIC 502a(6); BMCRE 1080-81; Cohen 53; RCV –; Strack 502; CRE 169.

[CPK]

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[expat]

Link; man striking metal with hammer

Commemorative expressing 100 years of minting of the Krone. Figure striking coin die with scales behind.

[IanG]

 Link: Crowned Shield.

I love this gothic design, in my opinion one of the most beautiful of all British coins.

Queen Victoria

1875

'Gothic' Florin - Die number 65

 

 

[robinjojo]

Taking some liberty with the link.

Link: harp (lyre)

Nero, AE As, 64 AD.  Nero playing lyre.

11.33 grams

Obverse: Bare head left., globe at point of neck.

Reverse: Nero, as Apollo Citharoedus advancing right holding lyre.

 

Edited May 19, 2023 by robinjojo

[Pellinore]

Pling plong! (Lyre). Nobody knows how it sounded in those days. 

3119. AE Civic issue Antioch, Seleucis, mid-second century AD. Obv. Laureated and draped bust of Apollo t.r. Rev. Lyre. Lettering: above the lyre: Ɛ (= 5), to the right: ETO = 'of the year'). To the left: date. Compare RPC IV, 7199 (3 pcs). Maybe the same date, ƐϞΡ (= 195). In that case: Antoninus Pius, about 140. 14 mm, 2.15 gr. 

 

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Link; Antoninus Pius 140 - 143

 

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Libertas.

Gordian III, 238-244 CE.
Roman Æ sestertius, 24.30 gm, 28.7 mm, 12 h.
Rome, 240 CE.
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: LIBERTAS AVG SC, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter.
Refs: RIC 318a; Cohen 153; RCV 8717; Hunter 147.

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Link; Gordian III

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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globe

 

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 238/239 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 4.55g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Gordian III 4; Provenance: Ex Gerhard Hirsch Numismatik Auction 260 (2009), Lot 2201

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: Providentia, draped, standing front, head left, holding globe in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand. The Inscription reads: PROVIDENTIA AVG for Providentia Augusti (Providence of the Augustus).

 

[IanG]

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Marcus Aurelius.

 Denarius, Rome, AD 162.

IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right / PROV DEOR TR P XVI COS III, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and cornucopia.

RIC III 51; RSC 518.

3.30g, 17mm.

[Prieure de Sion]

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3 minutes ago, IanG said:

Marcus Aurelius

 

 

Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius with Marcus Aurelius Caesar
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 140 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.15g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 415c; Provenance: Ex Roma Numismatic London, Auction 76, 5 November 2020, Lot 1009

Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right. The Inscription reads: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III for Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium (Antoninus Pius, Augustus father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time); Reverse: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, right. The Inscription reads: AVRELIVS CAES AVG P II F COS for Aurelius Caesar, Augusti Pii Filius, Consul ([Marcus] Aurelius, Caesar, son of Augustus [Antoninus] Pius, consul).

 

[John Conduitt]

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Antoninus Pius As, 154-155

Rome. Bronze, 26mm, 10.41g. Laureate bust of Pius right, no drapery on left shoulder; ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII. Felicitas standing left, holding corn ears and winged caduceus; FELICITAS COS IIII / S C (cf RIC III, 937). 'Coin of British Association'.

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Antoninus Pius

[John Conduitt]

Emperor togate by altar.

Antoninus Pius Denarius, 158-159
Rome. Silver, 16x18mm, 3.11g. Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right; ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P. Antoninus Pius, veiled, togate as a priest, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod-altar left, holding roll in left hand at side; beside altar, a prostrate, slain bull; VOTA SOL DEC II; COS IIII ([RIC III, 291). From the Westbury Sub Mendip (Somerset) Hoard of 188 denarii, found in 2016 by a metal detectorist.

[Prieure de Sion]

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5 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Antoninus Pius

 

 

Antoninus Pius as Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 140/144 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 26.22g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 597a, Sear 4147; Provenance: Ex UBS Auction No. 82, Lot 0312, 20-22 Jan. 2009

Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III for Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pater Patriae, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium (Antoninus Pius, Augustus father of the nation, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time); Reverse: Annona, draped, standing right, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and corn-ears and cornucopiae in left; at feet right, prow right. The Inscription reads: ANNONA AVG S C for Annona Augusti. Senatus Consultum (Imperial grain supply. Decree of the senate).

 

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Annona

 

[John Conduitt]

Annona

Philip I Antoninianus, 246

Rome, 5th officina. Silver, 23mm, 4.31g. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Annona standing left, holding cornucopia and grain ears over modius to left (RIC IV, 28c). Ex Ken Bressett. From the Dorchester (Dorset) Hoard 1936. Portable Antiquities Scheme: IARCH-5E5FEF.

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Phillip I

 

[John Conduitt]

Virtus

Hadrian Denarius, 126-127

Rome. Silver, 17x18mm, 3.40g. Head of Hadrian, laureate, right, slight drapery on left shoulder; HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS. Virtus standing right, resting foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; COS III (RIC III, 851). From the Ropsley (Lincolnshire) Hoard 2018, also known as Londonthorpe II, Portable Antiquities Scheme LANCUM-F93E5B.

[Pellinore]

Hadrian

A humble hippo of Halexandria (they probably spoke with a special haccent out there)

3133. Hadrianus 117-138, Roman Egypt. Mint Alexandria. AE23, AD 124-25. Obol. Obv.: Laureate head right. Rev.: Hippopotamus to the right, date L EN (9). 13 mm, 2.01 g. Emmett 1165, year unrecorded.