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[Restitutor]

M is for Maxentius! 

[Qcumbor]

M for Moneta

Domitianus, As - Rome mint, 85 CE
IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM COS XI, Laureate bust of Domitian right
MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing left, holding cornucopia and scales. SC in field
11.08 gr
Ref : Cohen #325, RCV #2807v

 

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[Qcumbor]

M for Mars

Elagabalus, Denarius - Rome mint, ca 218-219 CE
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right
MARS VICTOR, Mars advancing right
3.49 gr
Ref : Cohen # 109v, RCV # 7526, RIC # 123

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[Qcumbor]

M for Marius

Marius, Antoninianus - Mint #2 : Köln or Mainz
MP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
VICT - ORIA AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm
3,2 gr
Ref : RIC # 17, RCV # 11124, Cohen # 21 (20Fr), Schulzki 7a

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[Edessa]

Roman Republic. C. Memmius C.f. 56 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.87g, 4h). Rome mint. Obv: C.MEMMI C.F. - QVIRINVS; Laureate and bearded head of Quirinus to right. Rev: MEMMIVS AED CERIALIA PREIMVS FECIT; Ceres seated right, holding a torch in her left hand and corn ears in her right; before, snake. Ref: Memmia 9; Crawford 427/2; Sydenham 921. Good Very Fine, irridescently toned, small area of flat strike at top on obverse. From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex CNG 61 (25 Sept 2002), Lot 1479.

[Spaniard]

M....Maitrakas. 

MAITRAKAS of VALABHI - BHATTARAKA (470-492 AD) 1 Drachm 470-492 AD Ref: MWI#254

Billon 2.10 grams 11.41 MM dia

Obverse: Portrait of King Bhattaraka Facing Right

Reverse: Stylized Trident (Trishul) in Center, Inscription in Brahmi Around

[Deinomenid]

Mule Messana

SICILY, Messana (412-408BC). Tetradrachm (16.82 g) with a hare running between an eagle or dove and an ear of wheat. R/ Biga of mules in step, in exergue two dolphins facing each other.

Provenance: SantaMaria,  Rome 1938 lot 92.

[Octavius]

 Maximinus sestertii...

 

[Octavius]

 Am M "twofah"  - Marcus Aurelius with Mars reverse...

[Octavius]

 Two RR denarii of Memmia gens...

[Qcumbor]

M for Magnus

Sextus Pompey, As - struck in Sicily c.43-36 BC
Head of Janus with features of Pompey the Great, MAGN above
Prow of galley right, PIVS IMP in field
16.57 gr
Ref : HCRI # 336, RCV #1394, Cohen #16

 

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Edited September 29, 2022 by Qcumbor

[Qcumbor]

M for Marcus Antonius

Marcus Antonius, Denarius - Mint travelling with Marcus Antonius, c.32-31 BC
ANT AVG III VIR RPC, Galley right
LEG III, Legionary eagle between two standards
2,83 gr
Ref : HCRI #350, Cohen #28

 

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[Steve]

"M" is for Miscellaneous M'ers

 

M Aemilius

M Caecilius

M Plaetorius

M Sergius

 

M Aemilius (below)

 

M Caecilius (below)

 

M Plaetorius (below)

 

M Sergius (below)

 

=> Mmmmm, Marvelous!!

 

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Steve

[Qcumbor]

M for Mammal protuberances 🥵

P. Satrienus, Denarius - Rome mint, 77 BC
Head of helmeted Mars right, XXX behind
ROMA, She wolf passing left, [P] SATRI[E/NUS] at exergue
3.79 gr
Ref : RCV #319, RSC, Satriena # 1

 

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Edited September 29, 2022 by Qcumbor

[shanxi]

M for Mopsus

Cilicia, Mopsos
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Year 119 (=51/1)
Time of Claudius (41-54)
Obv.: ΘΙΡ (hardly visible), Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev.: ΜΟΨΕΑΤΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ / KAI / AYTONOMOY, Artemis standing facing, head right, holding bow and drawing arrow.
AE, 15 mm, 3.19g
Ref.: RPC I 4057.

[shanxi]

M for Metropolis

Metropolis
Asia Minor, Ionia
AE 15
1st century B.C, roman rule
Obv.: Helmeted head of Ares right
Rev.: Thunderbolt, monogram of Metropolis above, ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ (magistrate) below.
Ref.: SNG Tübingen 2976, SNG Cop. 904

[Spaniard]

M...Maximinus.

Maximinus I Denarius. AD 235-238...3.18gr
Obverse..IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right.
Reverse..FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, a standard in each hand.
RIC 7A Minted AD 235-236

[shanxi]

M for Maionia

 

Lydia, Maionia
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Time of Antoninus Pius, 138-161
Obv.: bearded head of Herakles left
Rev.: MAIONΩN , Omphale advancing right, holding lion's skin and club across shoulder
Ae, 4.28g, 19mm
Ref.: SNG von Aulock 3011var., GRPC Vol. 3 Maionia 44

[Prieure de Sion]

2 hours ago, Spaniard said:

M...Maximinus.

Maximinus have one of the greatest Heads - I think - great coin! Love it!

[Prieure de Sion]

Maximinus I Thrax (235 - 238 AD)
Denarius (silver). 236 AD Rome.
Vs: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG. Bust with laurel wreath, paludament and armour right.
Rs: FIDES MILITVM. Fides standing with two field signs to left.
19 mm. 2,99 g. 
RIC 7a

 

Maximinus I Thrax is a good idea... I have only 2 denarius, this is one of them...

[Steve]

"M" is for Macedon animal-coins ... 

 

Macedon Akanthos (below)

 

Macedon Eion - Lizard & Goose (below)

 

Macedon Eion - Double-Goosed => Geese Lovebirds (below)

 

Macedon Mende - ass & crow (below)

 

Macedon Mende 1/2-assed (below)

 

... mmmmm, Magnificent!!

Edited September 29, 2022 by Steve

[shanxi]

M for Masikytes

Masikytes
Asia Minor, Lykian League
AR Hemidrachm
Obv.: Draped bust of Artemis left, bow and quiver over shoulder
Rev.: Λ - Y / M - A, Quiver within incuse square.
Ag, 0.92g, 12mm
Ref.: Troxell Period IV 135, RPC 3311 var. (symbols on reverse).

[shanxi]

M for Marcianopolis

Gordianus III
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis
Obv.: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, Confronted draped busts of Gordian III and Serapis
Rev.: ΥΠ MHNΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, City gate with two towers, E =denomination mark
AE, 14.29g, 27.3mm
Moushmov 792, Hristova & Jekov 6.37.46.4.

[AncientOne]

Mopsos

Cilicia, Mopsos. Hadrian AE17

Obv: ΑΥ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ / laureate bust of Hadrian, r. Rev: ΜΟΨΕΑΤⲰΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΕΠΡ / Artemis standing, r., drawing arrow from quiver over shoulder with her r. hand and holding bow in l. Year 185 (ΕΠΡ) (AD 117/18) RPC III, 3357.   Mylasa Caria, Mylasa AR Tetartemorion. Circa 420-390 BC. Obv: Forepart of roaring lion to left; head reverted. Rev: Bird to right, pellets in field above left and below right; all within incuse square. AR 0.26g., 6.5 mm.   Miletos Philip III Arrhidaeus. Miletos mint. Æ18 Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback right, monogram and labrys behind, Miletos monogram below. 323-319 BC.

[DonnaML]

Just a few "M's," without the Caecilii Metelli (which I believe I posted under "C"), and without all the coins issued by emperors and moneyers named Marcus and Manius, etc. In all cases, footnotes omitted.

Roman Republic, Q. Fabius Maximus, AR Denarius, 127 BC. Obv. Head of Roma right in high relief, wearing winged helmet and triple-drop earring, ROMA downwards behind, Q•MAX (MA ligate) upwards before, mark of value (* = XVI ligate = 16 asses) below chin/ Rev. Cornucopiae with grapes overflowing, superimposed on thunderbolt placed horizontally in background, all surrounded by wreath composed of ear of barley, ear of wheat, and assorted fruits.  Crawford 265/1, BMCRR Vol. I 1157 & Vol. III Pl. xxx no. 1; RSC I [Babelon] Fabia 5 (ill. p. 46); Sear RCV I 141 (ill. p. 100); RBW Collection 1073 (ill. p. 223), Sydenham 478. 17 mm., 3.85g. Purchased from Kirk Davis, Catalogue No.78, Fall 2021. Ex. Harlan J. Berk Ltd. Buy or Bid Sale 210, April 1, 2020, Lot 122.*

Roman Republic, L. Memmius, AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 109-108 BCE. Obv. Male head to right (Apollo?), wearing oak wreath, star (*) [= monogrammed XVI; mark of value] beneath chin / Rev. The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), cloaked, with stars above their heads, standing facing between their horses, each holding a spear and the bridle of his horse, with each horse raising its outside front hoof; L•MEMMI in exergue. Crawford 304/1, RSC I Memmia 1 (ill. p. 65), Sear RCV I 181 (ill. p. 107), BMCRR II Italy 643, RBW Collection 1145 (ill. p. 237). 19 mm., 3.95 g.  Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 at Roma Numismatics E-Sale 93, Lot 897. Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection; ex. Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 7, 27 May 2014, Lot 1944; ex. Aureo & Calico, Auction 159, 3 March 2004, Lot 1056

Roman Republic, C. Memmius C.f., AR Denarius, 56 BCE [Crawford], 57 BCE [Harlan], Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Quirinus right [deified aspect of Romulus and/or Italian deity worshipped on Quirinal Hill; see footnote], hair long, beard in formal ringlets, C•MEMMI•C•F downwards to right, QVIRINVS downwards to left; banker’s mark or test mark to left of Quirinus’s eye, in shape of bird? inside flower or star/ Rev. Ceres seated right, holding torch in left hand and corn ear in right hand; at her feet, snake rearing with head right; MEMMIVS •AED• CERIALIA•PREIMVS•FECIT [translated as “Memmius as aedile first held the games of Ceres” (Harlan RRM II pp. 99-100)] downwards from upper left; old graffiti resembling an “X” to right of Ceres.  Crawford 427/2, RSC I Memmia 9 (ill.), Sear RCV I 388 (ill.), BMCRR 3940; Sydenham 921; Harlan RRM II, Ch. 12 at pp. 95-103; RBW Collection 1532; Jones, J.M., A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (1990) [entry for “Quirinus” at p. 264]. 19.5 mm., 3.71 g.*

Magnus Maximus [Emperor in West AD 383-388 by usurpation from Gratian], AR reduced Siliqua*, AD 383-388, Trier Mint. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, DN MAG MAX-IMVS PF AVG [AV ligatured] / Rev. Helmeted Roma seated facing on throne, head left, holding globe in right hand and reversed spear in left hand, VIRTVS RO-MANORVM; in exergue, TR PS [TR = Trier Mint; PS = Pvsvlatvm (struck from refined, purified silver; see Sear RCV V, Introduction p. 7)]. 1.90 g., 16.32 x 16.08 mm., 12 h. RIC IX 84(b)(1) (p. 29), RSC V 20b (ill. p. 176), Sear RCV V 20644 (p. 422); Ghey 56f (this coin) [Ghey, E., “Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire,” unpublished catalogue held by British Museum]. Purchased 17 May 2022 from Noonans (f/k/a Dix Noonan Webb) Auction, “The Vale of Pewsey Hoard of Late Roman Silver Coins,” Lot 82; ex Vale of Pewsey Hoard, discovered in Wiltshire 12-13 Sep. 2020, Portable Antiquities Scheme Hoard ID BM-7D34D9 (see https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/3305).**

Since I didn't post them under Iulia or Julia:

Julia Maesa (grandmother of Elagabalus & Severus Alexander), AR Denarius, 218-22 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, IVLIA MAESA AVG / Rev. Fecunditas standing left holding cornucopiae, an unidentified small child at her feet, FECVNDI-TAS AVG.  RIC IV-2 249, RSC III 8 (ill.), Sear RCV II 7749. 20.08 mm., 2.58 g.

Julia Mamaea (mother of Severus Alexander), AR Denarius. Obv. Bust draped right wearing diadem (stephane), IVLIA MAMAEA AVG/ Rev. Venus stdg. front, head left, holding helmet & scepter, shield leans against her at left. VENVS VICTRIX. RIC IV-2 358, RSC III 76 (ill.), Sear RCV II 8216 (ill.), BMCRE 713. 20.5 mm., 2.88 g.

More: 

Maximinus I Thrax AR Denarius, 236-238 AD. Obv. Laureate bust right, draped & cuirassed, MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM/ Rev. Fides stdg., facing, head left, holding standard in each hand, FIDES MILITVM. RIC IV-2 18A, RSC III 9, Sear RCV III 8307.  20 mm., 2.77 g.

Maximinus I Thrax, AE Sestertius, 236-238 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM / Rev. Salus seated left, holding patera with outstretched right hand and using it to feed a serpent rising from an altar; resting left arm on side of chair, SALVS AVGVSTI; S C in exergue. RIC IV 85, BMCRE 175-176, Cohen 92, Sear RCV III 8338 (ill.). 31 mm., 17.58 g., 12 h. 

Maximus Caesar (son of Maximinus I) AR Denarius, 235-38 AD. Obv. Draped bust right, IVL VERVS MAXIMVS CAES / Rev. Sacrificial implements: lituus [curved augural staff], knife, jug, simpulum [ladle] & sprinkler, PIETAS AVG. RIC IV-2 1, RSC III 1, Sear RCV III 8404, BMCRE 118. 19 mm., 1.7 g. 

Maximinus II (Daia) Caesar (nephew of Galerius) , AE Follis, 308-309 AD, Antioch Mint (2^nd Officina).. Obv. Laureate head right, GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES/ Rev. Genius standing left with chlamys over left shoulder and modius on head, holding cornucopiae in left arm and holding patera, from which libations flow, in extended right hand; crescent in upper left field and S [= 2^nd Officina] in right field; GENIO CA-ESARIS*; in exergue, mintmark ANT [=Antioch]. RIC VI 103 (p. 631), Sear RCV IV 14725, Cohen 40-41. 25 mm., 6.90 g.