Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[DonnaML]

Link: Hippo.

Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) AR antoninianus AD 248, Rome mint, 4th Officina. Obv. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders, OTACIL SEVERA AVG/ Rev. Hippopotamus standing right, jaws open, SAECVLARES AVGG; IIII in exergue. RIC IV-3 116(b), RSC IV-3 63, Sear RCV III 9160 (ill.). 23 mm., 4.52 g. (Games commemorating 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome.)

[John Conduitt]

Otacilia

Otacilia Severa (6th emission of Philip I) Antoninianus, 247

Rome, 4th officina. Silver, 22mm, 3.55g. Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set on crescent. Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopia (RIC IV, Philip I, 125c). Ex Ken Bressett. From the Dorchester (Dorset) Hoard 1936. Portable Antiquities Scheme: IARCH-5E5FEF.

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 minute ago, John Conduitt said:

Otacilia Severa

 

 

Marcia Otacilia Severa
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 248 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 24mm; Weight: 13.60g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Philip I 200a

Obverse: Bust of Otacilia Severa, diademed, draped, right. The Inscription reads: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG for Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta; Reverse: Hippopotamus, standing right. The Inscription reads: SAECVLARES AVGG S C for Saeculares Duorum Augustorum, Senatus Consultum (Secular Games of the two Augusti. Decree of the senate).

 

[DonnaML]

10 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

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Marcia Otacilia Severa
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 248 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 24mm; Weight: 13.60g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Philip I 200a

Obverse: Bust of Otacilia Severa, diademed, draped, right. The Inscription reads: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG for Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta; Reverse: Hippopotamus, standing right. The Inscription reads: SAECVLARES AVGG S C for Saeculares Duorum Augustorum, Senatus Consultum (Secular Games of the two Augusti. Decree of the senate).

 

There seem to be two varieties of the Otacilia Severa hippo, both in silver and bronze: yours is toothless. Mine has teeth!

[Prieure de Sion]

5 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

toothless

... yes mine is a old hippo 😉 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Otacilia Severa bronze:

Otacilia Severa, 244-249 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 27.3 mm, 10.85 g, 5 h.
Ionia, Metropolis, under Aurelius Theon (strategos), 244-249 CE.
Obv: ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑ CЄΥΗΡΑ, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: ΜΑΡ CΤΡ ΑΠΡΩΝΙΑΝȣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΙ-ΤΩΝ, Tyche standing l., holding figure of Ares and cornucopia; at her feet, lighted altar.
Refs: RPC VIII, unassigned, ID 20391; BMC 25; SGI 4011; SNG Von Aulock 2070; SNG Copenhagen --; SNG München --.

[DonnaML]

Link: Tyche. And since it took so long, here's a pair of them:

Trajan AR Tetradrachm, 112 AD, Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, club below to left and eagle (standing right) below to right, AYTOKP KAIC NER TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK / Rev. Tyche of Antioch, wearing mural crown, seated on rocks, right, holding two ears of wheat and a poppy-head in her right hand, river god Orontes at her feet in river swimming right, looking up at Tyche, left arm extended and left forefinger pointed, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ [= TR POT XVI, COS VI]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 3543 (2015); RPC III Online 3543 at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3543, McAlee 471 (ill. p. 205) (Group 6) [Richard McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch (2007)]; Prieur 1499 [Michel and Karin Prieur, Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms (London, 2000)]; Sear GIC 1089 at p. 100 (ill.), attributed to Tyre [D. Sear, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values (1982)]. 25 mm., 13.88 g.

Hadrian, AR Tridrachm, Tarsus [= Tarsos], Province of Cilicia (SE Anatolia, now in Turkey), AD 117-138 (undated). Obv. Laureate head right, [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ Τ]ΡA ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹEB / Rev. City-goddess Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated left on diphros [backless stool with four turned legs] (front leg & seat decorated as foreleg and wing of sphinx or griffin), holding palm branch in right hand and touching back corner of seat with left hand [type without cornucopiae in left hand]; at her feet to left, river-God Kydnos,* crowned with wreath of sedge-plant, swimming left with right arm upraised, [ΤΑ]Ρ-CΕΩΝ-ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC. 23 mm., 9.39 g., 1 h. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 3262 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3262; Prieur 761 [Michel and Karin Prieur, Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms (London, 2000)]; BMC Vol. 21 Cilicia, Tarsus 148 at p. 187 [Hill, G.F., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Lycaonia, Isauria, and Cilicia (London, 1900)]; SNG France Cilicia 1401-1403 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France Vol. 2, Cilicia (Paris 1993)]. Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 20, 16-18 Jul 2022, Lot 2065.

*The river-God Kydnos was the personification of the River Kydnos, which “had its headwaters in the Tarsos (Tarsus) Mountains on the Kilikian border with Syria and flowed into the Mediterranean near the city of Tarsos.” See https://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosKydnos.html.
 

[Pellinore]

Link: the city of Tarsus

AE29, Elagabalus, Tarsus. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. AVT KAI M AVP ANTWNEINOC. Rev. Demiourgos crown set on garlanded altar, beside Ciliciarch crown with seven busts and Γ Β. TAPCOY THC MHTROPOLE/ AMK. ‘The combination of the Ciliciarch and the demiourgos crowns symbolizing the primacy of Tarsus primacy over the regional league composed of the three provinces of Cilicia, Isauria and Lycaonia’ (CNG). 29 mm, 18.42 gr. SNG Levante 1078 (this coin); SNG France 1567. 

I love Tarsus, the great city where my patron saint, the biblical Paul was born, and for the interesting variety of coins, large coins issued during the Roman Empire - Citizen Paul's empire.

[John Conduitt]

Cilicia

Levon I the Magnificent Tank, 1198-1219

Sis, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Bronze, 28mm, 6.90g. Bearded leonine head of Levon I facing, wearing crown with dots; clockwise legend ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՈՐ ՀԱՅԻՈՑ (Levon king of the Armenians). Patriarchal cross with two stars in lower fields, clockwise legend ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՍ Ի ՍԻՍ (Struck in the city of Sis) (Bedoukian 696).

[DonnaML]

Link: leonine head.

Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Diobol, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny [tuna] upwards. Rev. Head of roaring lion left within incuse square.  Seaby 3846 [Sear, David, Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979)]; Von Fritze II, Group II, No. 9 (p. 36) [Von Fritze, H., "Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos" in Nomisma IX (1914), at pp. 34 - 56]; BMC 15 Mysia 108-113 [Wroth, Warwick, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia (London, 1892) at pp. 34-35]; SNG BnF 361-366 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothéque Nationale, Vol. 5, Mysia (Paris 2001)]. 10 mm., 1.22 g., 6 h.

[Roman Collector]

LInk: small coin from Cyzicus.

Gratian, AD 367-383.
Roman Æ half centenionalis.
Cyzicus, AD 383.
0.91 g, 14.2 mm, 11 h.
Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX in four lines, all within wreath; SMKB in exergue.
Refs: RIC ix, p. 244, 22a; LRBC II, 2552; Cohen 77; RCV 20161.

[Prieure de Sion]

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Gratian

 

 

Gratian (Flavius Gratianus)

Siliqua of the Roman Imperial Period 378/383 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 17.3mm; Weight: 2.12g; Mint: Lugdunum (Lyon); Reference: RIC IX Lugdunum 27

 

Obverse: Bust of Gratian, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG for Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus (Our Lord Gratian, pious and fortunate emperor); Reverse: Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reversed spear. The Inscription reads: VRBS ROMA for Urbs Roma (City of Rome).

 

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13 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

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[Pellinore]

Link: the wolf! (who-hoooo! American memories)

 

1018. AR obol, about 331 BC. Lycaonia, Laranda. Obv. Baal with palm branch and bunch of grapes sitting on a chair. Rev. Protome of a wolf under a crescent. 

[Edessa]

Link: Obol

Arabia. Southeast (Mleiha). Abi’el. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. BI Obol (10mm, 1.01g, 7h). Imitating Alexander III of Macedon. Mleiha mint. Obv: Stylized head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: Figure seated left, right arm extended, holding scepter in left hand; on right arm, forepart of horse right; tri-fluked anchor in left field, "Abi'el" in blundered Aramaic to outer right. Ref: Potts, Supplement, Class XLVII, 364-8. Very Fine, choice for issue. Ex CNG 85 (15 Sept 2010), Lot 525.

[DonnaML]

Link: Obol.

Hadrian, AE Nome Obol, Year 11 (126/127 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint (for Arsinoite Nome). Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder, AΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ / Rev. Head of Egyptian Pharaoh right, no beard [identified with Amenemhat III, under Greco-Roman name of Pramarres], wearing nemes [royal striped headdress] with uraeus [sacred cobra, worn by deities and pharaohs] at forehead; APCI (= Arsi[noites]) to left, date L IA (Year 11) to right. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 6296 (2015); RPC III Online at  [https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6296 ; Emmett 1211.11 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; BMC 16 Alexandria, Nomes 72-73 at p. 357 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)]; Sear RCV II 3831 (ill.); Köln 3381/82 [Geissen, A., Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen, Köln, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)]; K&G N6.6; Milne 1229 at p. 30 (var. with beard; see p. 139 col. 2 bottom) [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]. 19.4 mm., 5.32 g. Purchased from Zuzim Inc., Brooklyn, NY Jan 2021; ex Fontanille Coins, Auction 96, July 2017, Lot 7, sold as “the finest example [that dealer] ha[d] seen.”* [Footnote omitted.]

[Obv. is on right in photo]

[Roman Collector]

LInk: Hadrian from Alexandria.

Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 12.76 g, 24.8 mm, 11 h.
Egypt, Alexandria, year 21=AD 136/7.
Obv: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ; laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on l. shoulder.
Rev: L ΚΑ; Demeter standing facing, head l., wearing crescent, holding ears of corn and torch.
Refs: RPC III, 6131; BMC 16.71,579; Köln 1209; Dattari 1335; Milne 1519; Emmett 832.
Note: Ex-Clain-Stefanelli.

[John Conduitt]

Alexandria.

Licinius I Nummus, 316-317

Alexandria. Bronze, 21mm, 3.17g Laureate head right; IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG. Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; K-(wreath) / X / B; ALE in exergue (RIC VII, 18B).

[DonnaML]

Link: Jupiter.

Roman Republic, C. Vibius C. f. C. n. Pansa Caetronianus, AR Denarius 48 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Mask of bearded Pan right; below, PANSA / Rev. Jupiter A[n]xurus, laureate, barechested, seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left hand; on right, C•VIBIVS•C•F•C•N curving downwards; on left, IOVIS • AXVR curving upwards. Crawford 449/1a, RSC I Vibia 18 (ill.), Sear RCV I 420 (ill.), Sear Roman Imperators 20 (ill. p. 14), BMCRR 3978, Sydenham 947. 19 mm., 3.75 g.* (Purchased from Silbury Coins, UK, Sep. 2020.)

*Caius Vibius Pansa, son of Caius and grandson of Caius, was Consul in 43 BCE. (Crawford p. 465.) According to Grueber in BMCRR (pp. 509-510 at n. 1), he was a supporter of Caesar, and governor of Bithynia and Pontus in 47 BCE, striking coins at Apamea and Nicaea. He was killed in battle in 43 BCE before the town of Murina. 

The mask of Pan on the obverse is a pun on his cognomen, Pansa. (Crawford p. 465.) The figure of Jupiter A[n]xurus on the reverse (see the reverse legend) refers to an association of the moneyer’s gens, Vibia, with the town of Anxur (now Terracina). (See id.)  The town is in Latium on the Tyrrhenian sea, about 98 km. southeast of Rome. See BMCRR at p. 510 at n. 1, stating that in Anxur “there was a special cult of Jupiter, whose temple was situated on the highest point of the city, and who was represented as a youth, handsome in features, and of perfect form; a representation suggested by the type of the coin.” See also John Melville Jones, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (Seaby, London 1990) at p. 153, under entry for Jupiter.
 

[John Conduitt]

Jupiter

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.

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Licinius I AE Follis. Cyzicus AD 317-320.
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate draped bust left holding mappa, orb and sceptre
 IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on a globe and sceptre, wreath left, Γ right. Mintmark SMK.
17mm, 2.57gr. RIC VII 9r

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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Jupiter

 

 

 

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; 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).

  

 

Edited May 22, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[Pellinore]

Eagle standing, wings spread

3307. AR tetradrachm Philippus I, Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch, 247. Obv. Radiated, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. … IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB. Rev. Eagle standing right, wings spread, holding wreath in beak. ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC YΠATO Γ / ANTIOXIA S C in two lines. 26.5 mm, 11.61 gr. Prieur 375 (this coin – 42 pieces). From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Rauch 41 (6 June 1988), lot 979. McAlee 922. CNG e-auction 439, nr. 342. March 2019. Plate coin of Prieur. Fine provincial 2019.

[Dafydd]

Eagle

 

HADRIAN (117-138). Semis. Rome.

Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P.
Laureate head right.
Rev: COS III / S - C.
Legionary eagle between two standards.

RIC² 976.   18 mm 3,35 gr Ex Numismatik Neumann Auction 94 Lot 598.

[expat]

Link; Two standards