Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

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Link; Imperator

 

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Antoninus Pius

 

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).

 

[Pellinore]

Link: Marcus Aurelius

AR barbarous imitation of a denarius of Marcus Aurelius. Obv. Bust to the right with NAVI-NAIINIV. Rev. standing figure with some legible but misspelled letters IVIV VANANVAV. 18 mm, 2.80 gr. Cf. Sergeev 203. 

[Edessa]

Link: Barbarous Roman Imperial imitation.

Agrippa, died 12 BC. Æ As (26mm, 6.45g, 5h). Barbarous copy of a Rome mint, posthumous issue struck under Gaius Caligula, AD 37-41. Obv: M AGRIPPA L F COS [III]; Head of Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown. Rev: S-C across field; Neptune standing facing, head left, holding small dolphin and trident. Ref: cf, RIC 58. Ex-Frank Robinson.

[CPK]

Link: ex Frank Robinson

[John Conduitt]

India

Shah Jahan Rupee, 1628

Delhi. Silver, 11.21g. Kalima shahada (There is no God but Allah); mint. Sahib-e-qiran-i sani shahjahan badshah ghazi (The Second Lord of Auspicious Conjunction Shah Jahan the Emperor) (KM 222.7).

[Roman Collector]

Link: heavy silver coin (> 11 g).

Antony and Octavia.
AR cistophorus, 25.6 mm, 11.71 gm.
Ephesus, 39 BCE.
Obv: M ANTONINVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, Jugate heads of Marcus Antonius and Octavia to right; he wears ivy wreath.
Rev: III VIR RPC, Cista mystica surmounted by figure of Bacchus, standing to left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus; on either side, coiled serpent.
Refs: SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; Franke KZR 472; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202; Sear 1513; BMCRR East 135-137.

[John Conduitt]

Jugate heads

Malichus II, 40-70

Petra/Raqmu. Bronze, 16.6mm, 2.84g. Malichus II and Queen Šagīlat II, jugate laureate and draped right. Malichus / Two cornucopias, crossed and filleted / Šagīlat (Meshorer 140).

[Pellinore]

Double portrait

5687-II. AE Chach (Tashkent, Soghdia = Silk Road), ca. 600-800.

Obv. Double portrait: queen left, king right. Rev. tamgha 5 without cross. 20 mm, 2.20 gr. Shagalov & Kuznetsov group 5, type 1, nr 2: nr. 183-185. 

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[John Conduitt]

Tamgha

Akche of Genoese Merchants of Kaffa in the Crimea, 1420-1447

Kaffa. Silver, 16mm, 0.90g. Arms of Genoa, with tower and star. Tamga of Küchük Muhammad (1435-1459) of the Golden Hoard, Islamic legend around (MWI 2358).

[Edessa]

Link: Crimea

Giray Khans. Mengli Giray. AH 871-920 / AD 1466-1514. AR akce

[GinoLR]

link : medieval Turkish

 

Seljuks of Rum, Rukn al-din Suleiman ibn Kilij Arslan (1196-1204), AE fals.

 

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Horse

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Aureus of the Roman Imperial Period 240 AD; Material: Gold; Diameter: 21mm; Weight: 4.68g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Gordian III 80; Provenance: From the Robert S. Sloan Collection; Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from behind. The Inscription reads: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG for Imperator Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus; Reverse: Gordian III on horseback left, right hand raised, transverse scepter in left. The Inscription reads: P M TR P III COS P P for Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul, Pater Patriae (High priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul, father of the nation).

 

[expat]

Link; Horse

 

[John Conduitt]

More horses

Antedios ‘D-Bar’ Unit, 10-30

Iceni tribe, East Anglia. Silver, 13x14mm, 1.01g. Horse right, corn-ear mane, pellet daisy above, pellet under tail, pellet triad and ANTĐ monogram below. Double moon emblem on vertical wreath (ABC 1645).

[Roman Collector]

Link: yet another horse!

Time of Severus Alexander, AD 231-235.
Pseudo-autonomous Æ 25.1 mm, 11.60 g, 7 h.
Koinon of Macedon.
Obv: AΛЄΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander the Great with flowing hair, right.
Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ, Alexander, his cloak fluttering behind him and raising right arm, galloping his horse, right.
Refs: AMNG III 388; cf. BMC Macedonia p.24, 120; cf. Lindgren II 1374.

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It needed a classical diphthong

[John Conduitt]

We could do horses forever

Vasily II The Blind Denga, 1425-1433

Moscow. Silver, 0.64g. Rider with falcon right. Imitation of Arabic inscription (Metz 11).

[Prieure de Sion]

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5 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

We could do horses forever

Horses! Horses!

 

Marcus Ulpius Traianus as Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 112/114 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 3.59g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Trajan 291; Provenance: Ex Michael Kelly Collection, Ex Roma Numismatic London

Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right. The Inscription reads: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P for Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae (Imperator, of Trajan, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation); Reverse: Trajan on horseback left, holding long spear reversed in right hand and sword in left. The Inscription reads: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI for Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi (The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes).

 

[John Conduitt]

Hooorses...

Charles I Group 3a1 Halfcrown, 1636-1638

Tower. Silver, 15.02g. King on horseback left with scarf flying from waist, sword upright, larger horse, mintmark tun over crown; CAROLVS DG MA BR FR ET HI REX. Oval scroll garnished shield of arms; CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO (S 2773). From the Bledington Manor House (Gloucestershire) Hoard c1910 of 11 halfcrowns.

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 minute ago, John Conduitt said:

horseback

 

Bruttia Crispina
Reign: Marcus Aurelius or Commodus
Mint: Philippopolis, Thrace
Date: 178/182 AD
Nominal: Bronze
Material: AE
Diameter: 25mm
Weight: 8.85g

Reference: Yothr CRP.510.81a
Reference: RPC IV.1 7617
Reference: Varbanov Philippopolis XII.15.2
Reference: Mouchmov Philippopolis 251
RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7617
Rare: Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Provenance: N&N Collection Numismatics, Luxembourg
Pedigree: –
Special: RPC Online Plate coin

Obverse: Draped bust of Crispina, right
Inscription: ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Translation: Krispeina Sebaste
Translation: Crispina Augusta

Reverse: Male figure (Commodus?) on horseback, right, holding spear horizontally; rabbit (or hunting dog) right below
Inscription: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Translation: Philippopoleiton
Translation: City of Philippopolis

 

[John Conduitt]

Horseman (falling off horses)

Constantius II Follis, 352-355

Lugdunum? Bronze, 15-16mm, 1.92g. Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right, nothing behind bust; DN CONSTAN-TI(VS PF) AVG. Soldier, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, advancing left, spearing fallen horseman with right hand and wearing shield on left arm; shield on ground to right; horseman wearing a pointed cap, no letter above his head, turning to face soldier, extending right arm; (FEL TEMP) REPAR(ATIO); RPLG? In exergue (RIC VIII, 196). Found on the banks of the River Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

[expat]

People dying on their horse

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Crispina from Philippopolis.

Crispina, AD 178-182.
Roman provincial Æ assarion, 4.46 g, 19.3 mm, 6 h.
Thrace, Philippopolis, AD 180-182.
Obv: ΚΡΙϹΠЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕ[ΙTΩN], Athena standing facing, head left, holding patera over altar in her right hand and spear in her left; to right, shield.
Refs: RPC IV.1 7627 (temporary); Varbanov 1132; Moushmov 5232; Mionnet --; BMC --; Wiczay --.

NEVER MIND -- THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FAIL TO REFRESH YOUR BROWSER.

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[Prieure de Sion]

9 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

NEVER MIND -- THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FAIL TO REFRESH YOUR BROWSER.

... nevertheless a beautiful provincial coin 😉 

[DonnaML]

Link: Constantius II.

Constantius II (son of Constantine I), AR reduced Siliqua, Lugdunum (Lyon) Mint, 360-361 AD. Obv. Rosette-diademed [despite description by all dealers as pearl-diademed], draped, and cuirassed bust right, D N CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG / Rev. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left, both wings visible [despite description by all dealers as one wing visible], VICTORIA DD NN AVG; in exergue, mint mark LVG (Lugdunum). 17 mm., 2.06 g. RIC VIII 211 at p. 193 [both wings visible]; RSC V 259b (ill. p. 131) [rosette-diademed; both wings visible, = RIC VIII 211]; Sear RCV V 17948 (ill. p. 165) [applicable to RIC 210-211 & 214]. Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, July 2022; ex Triskeles Auction 31, 27.03.2020, Lot 344; ex Spink Auction 16006, 26-27 Sep 2016, East Harptree Hoard Sale, Part of Lot 2929 (see https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1689&lot=2929); from 1887 East Harptree hoard (one of 49 coins of this type in hoard; see article with inventory, “On a Hoard of Roman Coins Found at East Harptree, Near Bristol,” The Numismatic Chronicle (Vol. VIII, London 1888), pp. 22-46 at pp. 39-40; available at https://archive.org/details/thirdnumismatic08royauoft/page/40/mode/1up) . [Footnote re East Harptree Hoard omitted.]