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[Roman Collector]

S is for Salonina from Side!

Cornelia Salonina, AD 253-268.
Roman provincial Æ decassarion, 18.56 g, 28.8 mm, 12 h.
Pamphylia, Side AD 260-268.
Obv: ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑ CΑΛΩΝΙΝΑ CЄΒΑ, diademed and draped bust, r., I (=10) before
Rev: CΙΔΗΤΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Apollo standing, facing, head l., holding patera and resting on scepter surmounted by flower(?)
Refs: Lindgren III 669; SNG von Aulock 4861 (same obv. die); SNG PFPS 872; BMC --; Sear GIC 4676 var.

 

[Qcumbor]

S for Soileil (or Sun)

Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil  (1643-1715) - Quart d'écu aux palmes - 1694 D (Lyon)

LVD. XIIII. D. G (SOLEIL) - FR. ET. NAV. REX. Buste de Louis XIV à droite, cuirassé, avec la grande perruque
(croissant) SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. - D - .BENEDICTVM. 1694. Écu rond de France couronné entre deux palmes.
6,46 gr - 30 mm
Ref : C #1896, Dy #1522A

Q

[Qcumbor]

S for Saeculi

Gordian III, Antoninianus - Antioch mint, 2nd emission, AD 242-244
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III seen from behind
SAECVLI FELICITAS, Gordianus standing right in military attire, holding globe and transverse spear
3,43 gr
Ref : Cohen # 319, RIC # 216, RCV # 8659, Michaux #610

And S for Securitas and Super large planchet 🙂

Gordian III, Antoninianus - Rome mint, 5th emission,  AD 05-243/02-244
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
SECVRITAS PERPETUA, Securitas standing left, holding scepter and resting on column
6,95 gr, 25 mm
Ref : RIC #153, RCV #8661, Cohen #336, Michaux #409
Ex FORVM ancient coins

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[Di Nomos]

S for sphinx. Tetradrachm from the island of Chios, c. 350 - 330 BC.

[expat]

3 minutes ago, Di Nomos said:

S for sphinx. Tetradrachm from the island of Chios, c. 350 - 330 BC.

What a wonderful design. Never seen one before. Excuse my ignorance but who is the head depicting.

[shanxi]

S for Sicily

Sicily, Messana
Litra (420-413 BC)
Obv: Hare leaping right, below scallop shell.
Rev: MEΣ, Legend within wreath
Ag, 0.66g, 14mm
SNG ANS 349

[shanxi]

S for Sikyonia, Sikyon

Sikyonia, Sikyon
AR Stater, ca. 335-330 BC
Obv.: Chimaira standing left, raising forepaw; wreath above, ΣE below
Rev.: Dove flying left, N to left, all within wreath.
Ag, 11.9g, 23mm, die axis 9 o´clock
Ref.: BCD Peloponnesos 218 (same obv. die); HGC 5, 201.

 

 

[shanxi]

 

S for Syria, Seleukid Kingdom

Seleukid Kingdom. Ake-Ptolemaïs.
Cleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII.
Dated SE 187 (126/5 BC)

Obv.: Head of Artemis right, quiver and bow over shoulder
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ to right, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to left, bow and quiver, ΙΠΡ (date) below.
Æ, 15 mm, 2,97 g
Ref.: HGC 9, 1194; SC 2275.

[Di Nomos]

2 hours ago, expat said:

What a wonderful design. Never seen one before. Excuse my ignorance but who is the head depicting.

Thanks, it's a type I've always found fascinating. No ignorance on your part, they don't turn up very often.

The ancient Greek sphinx is always female and winged (as opposed to the more famous Egyptian sphinx which is male).

As for it depicting a particular deity or being, I think it's just how each die cutter could execute a female face, rather than being based on someone in particular. Maybe they had a model though, as it's quite human looking. 

[Steve]

"S" is for Sicily

 

Sicily, Syracuse AE Drachm – 60 Onkia (below)

Time of Dionysos I 405-367 BC
Diamerter: 28mm
Weight: 27.22 grams
Obverse: YPA, Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath
Reverse: Sea-star between two dolphins.

SNG ANS: 455, Calciati 62.

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Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra / Athena / Hippocamp (below)

12 Onkia
Date: Circa 390 BC

Measure: 20.3 mm

Weight: 7.11 grams
Obverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet
Reverse: Bridled hippocamp left, trailing reins
Attribution: SNG ANS 435
Notes: A very nice example with bold detail

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SICILY, Akragas. Æ Hemilitron (below)

Late 5th century BC

Diameter: 28 mm

Weight: 14.71 grams

Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare

Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse

Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM

Other: 11h .... Coin Near VF, countermark VF, green patina. Well preserved undertype.

Ex-stevex6 … From the Edgar L. Owen Collection

 

SICILY, Akragas, Æ Onkia (below)

Circa 425/0-410/06 BC

Diameter: 14 mm

Weight: 1.65 grams

Obverse: Crab

Reverse: Head of eagle right

Reference: CNS 87; HGC 2, 153

Other: 11h … dark green patina, some cleaning marks

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SICILY, Akragas Æ Cast 1-Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 19 mm

Weight: 4.62 grams

Obverse: Eagle's head left

Reverse: Crab claw left

Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020

Other: 6h … a sweet example

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SICILY, Messana. AR Drachm - 60 Onkia (below)

445-439 BC

Diameter: 18 mm

Weight: 3.59 grams

Obverse: Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue

Reverse: Hare springing right within wreath, ΜΕΣΣΑ-ΝION

Reference: Caltabiano Series IX, 388 (D175/R168); HGC 2, 807; SNG Lloyd 1111; SNG Lockett 820; Boston MFA 288; Jameson 651; Pozzi 487; Rizzo pl. 27, 11 (all from the same dies)

Other: 10h … toned, rough surface, scratches, scuffs. Very Rare (R2)

Ex-stevex6 … From the Continental Collection

 

 

SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ 1-Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 15 mm

Weight: 4.14 grams

Obverse: Kantharos; pellet (mark of value) above

Reverse: Selinon leaf

Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIIC; CNS 10; Puglisi 282; HGC 2, 1237

Other: 12h … dark green patina

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SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II.  Æ24 (below)

287-278 BC

Diameter: 23.5 mm

Weight: 11.52 grams

Obverse: Wreathed head of Kore left; grain ear to right

Reverse: Nike driving biga right; star above

Reference: BAR Issue 38; CNS 123; HGC 2, 1446

Other: 12h  … sweet brown surfaces

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Sicily - Syracuse - Hemilitron - 6 Onkia (below)

Time of Dionysios-I

Diam: 16 mm

Weight: 3.4 grams

Obverse: Arethusa

Reverse: Wheel of four spokes, dolphind

Ref: sng ans 404

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Heraclius AE 40 nummis follis (below)

Struck at Syracuse, Sicily

Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from Constantinople

circa 622 AD or earlier

Diameter: 33.5mm

Weight: 13.6g

Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath

Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark.

 

HOST COIN - ANASTASIUS I AE 40 nummi follis. Constantinople mint, circa 512-517 AD. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Reverse - Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, A below. Mintmark CON. SB 16, DOC 20a. Countermark S 884

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Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm (below)

(240 Onkia)

478-466 BC

Struck circa 478-475 BC

Diameter: 24 mm

Weight: 16.90 grams

Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses

Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around

Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)

Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse

Ex-stevex6 … From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132

 

Sicily, Syracuse Hieron-II AE 21 (below)

C. 275-216 BC

Diameter: 21 mm

Weight: 9.02 grams

Obverse: Diad head of Poseidon left

Reverse: Trident flanked by dolphins

Reference: SNG Ans 965

Other: Good metal and surfaces

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Sicily, Syracuse: Agathokles Æ24 (below)

317-289 BC

Diameter: 23.9mm

Weight: 9.26gm

Obverse: Diademed head of the young Herakles left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before

Reverse: The Nemean lion striding right, club above, ΣΩ in exergue

Reference: Calciati II, p290, 150, R1 7; c.f. SNG ANS 733ff

Other: superior portrait with sculpted features usually represented by simpler forms

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Sicily, Syracuse: AR Litra – 12 Onkia (below)

466-460 BC

Diameter: 13.1 mm

Weight: 0.67 grams

Obverse: Pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right; ΣVPA before

Reverse: Octopus. 

Reference: SNG Copenhagen 641; SNG ANS 137ff

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Sicily, Syracuse, Pyrrhus AE (below)

278-276 B.C.

24 mm

10.6 gm

Obverse: Head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin

Reverse: CYPA-KOCIWN; Athena Promachos in archaic dress, walking right, holding shield and thunderbolt

Reference: SNG ANS 813-850?; Calciati II pg. 321, 175-176?; SNG Copenhagen 809-813?; Favorito 66-67?; Laffaille 248-249?; Virzi1808-1810

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Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemidrachm (below)

Timoleon and the Third Democracy

(30 Onkia)

344-317 BC

Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 1st series, circa 344-339/8 BC

Diameter: 24 mm

Weight: 16.94 grams

Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right

Reverse: Upright thunderbolt; to right, eagle standing right

Reference: Castrizio series I, 1γ; CNS 72; SNG ANS 477-88

Other: 9h, Good VF, red-brown patina, a few areas of roughness, some cleaning marks

Ex-stevex6 … From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1227
 

 

SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Tetras - 3 Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 21 mm

Weight: 11.64 grams

Obverse: Facing Gorgoneion

Reverse: Selinon leaf; three pellets around

Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIB; CNS 3 (Trias); Thurlow & Vecchi 310; SNG Morcom –; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; HGC 2, 1232

Other: 12h … Good VF, dark green patina

Ex-stevex6 … From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection.
 

 

Sicily, Syracuse AE Hemilitron – 6 Onkia (below)

Attribution: BMC 301
Date: 357-344 BC
Obverse: Female head left (Arethusa), with hair in sphendone, olive sprig behind
Reverse: Dolphin leaping right above scallop shell, ÓYPA below dolphin
Size: 17.2 mm
Weight: 2.57 grams
Description: Choice detail style and patina

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[Edessa]

Scotland. Charles I, AD 1625-1649. AR 30 Shillings (35.5mm, 14.56g, 7h). First coinage. Edinburgh mint; im: thistle. Struck AD 1625-1634. Obv: Charles on horseback right, holding sword and reigns. Rev: Coat-of-arms. Ref: SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1411 (same rev. die); SCBC 5541. Fine, toned. From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection. Ex CNG eAuction 429, Lot 635.

[Deinomenid]

Sybaris

Lucania, Sybaris AR Stater. Circa 550-510 BC.

[expat]

2 hours ago, Steve said:

"S" is for Sicily

 

Sicily, Syracuse AE Drachm – 60 Onkia (below)

Time of Dionysos I 405-367 BC
Diamerter: 28mm
Weight: 27.22 grams
Obverse: YPA, Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with wreath
Reverse: Sea-star between two dolphins.

SNG ANS: 455, Calciati 62.

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Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra / Athena / Hippocamp (below)

12 Onkia
Date: Circa 390 BC

Measure: 20.3 mm

Weight: 7.11 grams
Obverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet
Reverse: Bridled hippocamp left, trailing reins
Attribution: SNG ANS 435
Notes: A very nice example with bold detail

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SICILY, Akragas. Æ Hemilitron (below)

Late 5th century BC

Diameter: 28 mm

Weight: 14.71 grams

Obverse: Eagle standing right, tearing at hare

Reverse: Crab; six pellets around, crayfish below; c/m: head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin, within circular incuse

Reference: For undertype: cf. HGC 2, 136; for c/m: CNS 107 CM

Other: 11h .... Coin Near VF, countermark VF, green patina. Well preserved undertype.

Ex-stevex6 … From the Edgar L. Owen Collection

 

SICILY, Akragas, Æ Onkia (below)

Circa 425/0-410/06 BC

Diameter: 14 mm

Weight: 1.65 grams

Obverse: Crab

Reverse: Head of eagle right

Reference: CNS 87; HGC 2, 153

Other: 11h … dark green patina, some cleaning marks

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SICILY, Akragas Æ Cast 1-Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 19 mm

Weight: 4.62 grams

Obverse: Eagle's head left

Reverse: Crab claw left

Reference: CNS 8; SNG ANS 1020

Other: 6h … a sweet example

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SICILY, Messana. AR Drachm - 60 Onkia (below)

445-439 BC

Diameter: 18 mm

Weight: 3.59 grams

Obverse: Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue

Reverse: Hare springing right within wreath, ΜΕΣΣΑ-ΝION

Reference: Caltabiano Series IX, 388 (D175/R168); HGC 2, 807; SNG Lloyd 1111; SNG Lockett 820; Boston MFA 288; Jameson 651; Pozzi 487; Rizzo pl. 27, 11 (all from the same dies)

Other: 10h … toned, rough surface, scratches, scuffs. Very Rare (R2)

Ex-stevex6 … From the Continental Collection

 

 

SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ 1-Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 15 mm

Weight: 4.14 grams

Obverse: Kantharos; pellet (mark of value) above

Reverse: Selinon leaf

Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIIC; CNS 10; Puglisi 282; HGC 2, 1237

Other: 12h … dark green patina

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SICILY, Syracuse. Hiketas II.  Æ24 (below)

287-278 BC

Diameter: 23.5 mm

Weight: 11.52 grams

Obverse: Wreathed head of Kore left; grain ear to right

Reverse: Nike driving biga right; star above

Reference: BAR Issue 38; CNS 123; HGC 2, 1446

Other: 12h  … sweet brown surfaces

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Sicily - Syracuse - Hemilitron - 6 Onkia (below)

Time of Dionysios-I

Diam: 16 mm

Weight: 3.4 grams

Obverse: Arethusa

Reverse: Wheel of four spokes, dolphind

Ref: sng ans 404

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Heraclius AE 40 nummis follis (below)

Struck at Syracuse, Sicily

Overstruck on a large follis of Anastasius from Constantinople

circa 622 AD or earlier

Diameter: 33.5mm

Weight: 13.6g

Obverse: Facing bust of Heraclius, monogram-cross beside, all within 9mm countermarked circle, bust of Anastasius clearly identifiable underneath

Reverse Large M from original undertype, mintmark CON overstamped with SCLS mintmark.

 

HOST COIN - ANASTASIUS I AE 40 nummi follis. Constantinople mint, circa 512-517 AD. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Reverse - Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, A below. Mintmark CON. SB 16, DOC 20a. Countermark S 884

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Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm (below)

(240 Onkia)

478-466 BC

Struck circa 478-475 BC

Diameter: 24 mm

Weight: 16.90 grams

Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses

Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around

Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)

Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse

Ex-stevex6 … From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132

 

Sicily, Syracuse Hieron-II AE 21 (below)

C. 275-216 BC

Diameter: 21 mm

Weight: 9.02 grams

Obverse: Diad head of Poseidon left

Reverse: Trident flanked by dolphins

Reference: SNG Ans 965

Other: Good metal and surfaces

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Sicily, Syracuse: Agathokles Æ24 (below)

317-289 BC

Diameter: 23.9mm

Weight: 9.26gm

Obverse: Diademed head of the young Herakles left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before

Reverse: The Nemean lion striding right, club above, ΣΩ in exergue

Reference: Calciati II, p290, 150, R1 7; c.f. SNG ANS 733ff

Other: superior portrait with sculpted features usually represented by simpler forms

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Sicily, Syracuse: AR Litra – 12 Onkia (below)

466-460 BC

Diameter: 13.1 mm

Weight: 0.67 grams

Obverse: Pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right; ΣVPA before

Reverse: Octopus. 

Reference: SNG Copenhagen 641; SNG ANS 137ff

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Sicily, Syracuse, Pyrrhus AE (below)

278-276 B.C.

24 mm

10.6 gm

Obverse: Head of Heracles left, wearing lion skin

Reverse: CYPA-KOCIWN; Athena Promachos in archaic dress, walking right, holding shield and thunderbolt

Reference: SNG ANS 813-850?; Calciati II pg. 321, 175-176?; SNG Copenhagen 809-813?; Favorito 66-67?; Laffaille 248-249?; Virzi1808-1810

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Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemidrachm (below)

Timoleon and the Third Democracy

(30 Onkia)

344-317 BC

Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 1st series, circa 344-339/8 BC

Diameter: 24 mm

Weight: 16.94 grams

Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right

Reverse: Upright thunderbolt; to right, eagle standing right

Reference: Castrizio series I, 1γ; CNS 72; SNG ANS 477-88

Other: 9h, Good VF, red-brown patina, a few areas of roughness, some cleaning marks

Ex-stevex6 … From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1227
 

 

SICILY, Selinos Cast Æ Tetras - 3 Onkia (below)

Circa 450-440 BC

Diameter: 21 mm

Weight: 11.64 grams

Obverse: Facing Gorgoneion

Reverse: Selinon leaf; three pellets around

Reference: Price, Selinus, Group IIB; CNS 3 (Trias); Thurlow & Vecchi 310; SNG Morcom –; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; HGC 2, 1232

Other: 12h … Good VF, dark green patina

Ex-stevex6 … From the L.C. Aes Grave Collection.
 

 

Sicily, Syracuse AE Hemilitron – 6 Onkia (below)

Attribution: BMC 301
Date: 357-344 BC
Obverse: Female head left (Arethusa), with hair in sphendone, olive sprig behind
Reverse: Dolphin leaping right above scallop shell, ÓYPA below dolphin
Size: 17.2 mm
Weight: 2.57 grams
Description: Choice detail style and patina

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A fantastic display of Sicilian coinage

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

Yay, the S's!

Here he is, my favorite Roman, Lucius Cornelius Sulla.

3.37g
Head of Q Pompeius Rufus right (Consul)
Head of Sulla (Rufus' grandfather) right "Q POM RVFI / RVFVS COS"
Cr 434/1
Pompeia 4

 

Sicily

I would include a Tetradrachm of Syracuse, but the picture makes it look really awful.  So, I included an okay denarius of Sulla and an exceptional example of the large module Heraclius SCL folles.

 

Seleucid:

Not many of my better ones are photographed.  I so rarely go after the AE's, but here's one I picked up recently.  Is it the correct attribution? 

Antiochos IX Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114-95 BC. 5.4 gr 18.3mm

 

And Sestertius. I think I forgot to add Postumus during the P's.  This is my favorite Postumus in my collection:

Postumus (260-269). Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 23.88g, 6h). Treveri, AD 261. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. R/ Fides standing facing, head l., holding two signa. RIC V 124. VF

[kirispupis]

Skamandria

Troas, Skamandria
c. 350-300 BCE
Æ 19mm, 5.04g, 3h
Wreathed head of nymph Ida r. R/ Fir tree; Σ-K flanking.
SNG Copenhagen 464.
Ex London Ancient Coins

 

[Steve]

"S" is for a few random S-Folks ... Sabina, Salonina and lil' Saloninus 

 

Sabina (below)

 

Salonina (below)

 

Saloninus (below)

Edited October 10, 2022 by Steve

[Spaniard]

S....Sahassa.

Seated king, SRIMA SAHASA MALLA in Brahmi in two vertical lines in the left field / King standing, small altar in the left field, various dots and decorations in fields. 21mm, 4.24 grams. Mitchiner NIS 840-841. SKU 35682

Edited October 10, 2022 by Spaniard

[Brennos]

S for Stater and Stag

Caulonia Incuse Stater
Bruttium, Caulonia 525-500 BC Stater 7.50g (12h)
O/ KAVΛ reading clockwise; Apollo advancing r., hair bound with fillet and falling in long tresses, branch in raised r. hand and daimon above outstretched l. arm; cable border; to r., stag r. with head reverted.
R/ Same type l., incuse; ray border ; daimon is outline.
Noe "The coinage of Caulonia" ANS NS 9 (New-York, 1958) group A, 6g (this coin) plate XVII
Gorini p.28 3, SNG ANS 143 (all same dies), HGC Italy 1416, HN Italy 2035, SNG Australia vol.1 995, SNG Cop. 1698, SNG Munich 1396
From the "South Italian Hoard" IGCH 1888 (Taranto, 1929)

 

[Brennos]

S for Sardes

Greek
Kingdom of Lydia, Alyattes EL Trite - 1/3 Stater. Sardes, circa 610-546 BC. Head of roaring lion to right, sunburst with five rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. GRPC Lydia G25; Weidauer 88-89; ATEC Group D, 14-19. 4.71g, 12mm.
 

 

And of course Sicily - Syracuse 

Greek Coins. Syracuse.
25 Litrae circa 310-305, EL 3.58 g. Laureate head of Apollo l.; in r. field, horse’s head. Rev. ΣYPAK – OΣIΩN Tripod. Jenkins, Essays Robinson, Group C, plate 15 (O18/R34). de Luynes 1268 (this obverse die).

 

Sicily Syracuse Second democraty Signed tetradrachm

Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy. Silver Tetradrachm (17.07g), 466-405 BC. Obverse die by Eukleidas (unsigned), reverse die signed by Eumenos . Struck ca. 415/3-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath. Reverse: ΣYPAKOΣIO-N, head of Arethusa left; below neck truncation, signature EVMHNOV; around, four dolphins. Tudeer 19 (Vs12/Rs8); Fischer-Bossert 19 l (this coin),  SNG ANS 256 (same dies); de Luynes 1180 (same dies); BMC 141 (same dies).

 

 

Edited October 10, 2022 by Brennos

[happy_collector]

S for Sabina coins.  🙂

Edited October 10, 2022 by happy_collector

[Spaniard]

S.....Soaemias

JULIA SOAEMIAS, mother of Elagabalus. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.87 gm).
Obverse..IVLIA SOEMIAS AVG, draped bust right.
Reverse..VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre; star in left field.
RIC IV 241; BMCRE 45; RSC 8.

[Phil Davis]

S is for Sybil:

 

and for Sybil and Sphinx:

[Restitutor]

S is for Securitas:

S is for Septimius Severus:

S is for Sol:

S is for Severina:

S is for Solidus 🙂

[Prieure de Sion]

42 minutes ago, Phil Davis said:

and for Sybil and Sphinx:

Great 👍 rare condition… rare you can see that on this perfect condition. Fantastic & Gratulation… 

[Curtisimo]

S is for Syracuse

S is also for Severus Alexander