Deinomenid Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for 4th Democracy Syracuse, 4th Democracy. Material: BronzeWeight: 9.59 g; c. 289-287 BC, AE 24, 9.59g. SNG Cop-788. Obv: Zeus Hellanios laureate l.; Rx: Eagle on thunderbolt 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantivs Posted October 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 27, 2022 D = a 29mm Diocletian 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D is for the Derrones Ar Dekadrachm?? or reduced Dodekadrachm of the Derrones 475-465 BC Charioteer driving a biga of oxen right Corinthian style helmet above Rv. Triskeles in shallow incuse circle HGC 279 35.51 grms 35 mm Photo by W Hansen At the time the Derrones held sway over the silver mines that were located in northern Greece. At this time they commenced striking these rather large but crude coinages. My limited study of these coins indicated that if there was a weight standard it declined very rapidly. Some are true dodekadrachms but others are much lighter. There does appear to be some pattern though. The coins that I could identify as coming from the same issue eg the one above with inscription MEL appear to have similar weights. Thus it is possible that these coins formed some sort of ceremonial function eg as a prize. 11 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for DRVSVS..... 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for DRVSILLA , one of Caligula's sisters... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 A double D here, one for DECIVS and one for DACIA... 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Octavius said: A double D here, one for DECIVS and one for DACIA... Stunning portait, so well struck 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted October 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for diobol from Tarentum. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for Domitian Domitian Dupondius, AD 90-91, Rom Obv.: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P, Radiate head right. Rev.: FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S C, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. AE, 12.15g, 28.2 mm Ref.: RIC II 392; BMC 444 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for Dioscouri C. MALLEOLUS, A. ALBINUS SP. F. and L. CAECILIUS METELLUS. Denarius (Late 90s BC). Rome. Obv: ROMA, Laureate head of Apollo right; behind star; X (mark of value) below chin. Rev: A ALBINVS S F, The Dioscuri standing left, each holding spear and wearing pilos surmounted by star, watering horses; crescent in left field. Ag, 3.62g, 18mm Ref.: Crawford 335/10a, RSC Postumia 5a 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for Delmatius Delmatius AE Follis Obv: FL DELMATIVS NOB C / laureate head right Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS / 2 soldiers, one standard DSIS = Siscia mint RIC VII, p.458, 256 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for Dionysius I Syracuse. Time of Dionysios I, 405-400 BC. Unsigned dies in the style of (contentious claim) Kimon and Euainetos. Tudeer 105 (V36/R72); Gulbenkian 299 (same dies); BMC 207 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1408 (same dies); SNG ANS -; HGC 2, 1346. 17.69g, 25mm, 7h. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for... Divus. Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula for Divus AugustusDupondius of the Roman Imperial Period 37/41 ADMaterial: AE BronzeDiameter: 29mmWeight: 15.48gMint: RomeReference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 56Obverse: Head of Augustus, radiate, left.. The Inscription reads: DIVVS AVGVSTVS S C for Divus Augustus, Senatus Consulto (Augustus the divine, by decree of the Senate).Reverse: Gaius Caligula, laureate and togate, seated, left, on curule chair, holding branch in right hand and resting left hand against side. The Inscription reads: CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R for Consensus Senatus Et Equestris Ordinis Populi Que Romani (With the will of the senate, the equestrian order, and the Roman people).Comments: Whereas in the past, misguided by the identification of the seated figure with Augustus, it was taken for granted that the legend CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R referred to the first princeps, such an interpretation is no longer plausible. Instead, the coinage recovered for Caligula's reign finds its precise interpretation in the literarily transmitted events at the beginning of his reign. The corresponding legend refers to Caligula's accession to power in Rome, when the emperor gave a speech before the senate, knights and representatives of the plebs (Cassius Dio 59,6; Suetonius, Caligula 14), which was to confirm the Consensus Universorum. While looking through older auction catalogues, we came across a coinage (Fig. 1) that now allows an identification of the seated Togatus with Caligula quite unambiguously[...]. For the discussion on the naming of the reverse representation see v. Kaenel in Schweizer Münzblätter 1978 pp. 39 ff. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D is for Danube. Central Europe. Lower Danube region. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.52g, 6h). Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Obv: Stylized laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: ΦΙΠ-ΠV; Rider on horseback right; stylized wreath below, remnant of dolphin under raised leg. Ref: cf. Sammlung Flesche 652; CCCBM I -; Lanz - (cf 359-361); cf. Lanz Auction 109, 27 May 2002, Lot 51. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 Dupondius 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) D for Double tournois Marie de Montpensier (1608-1627), Double Tournois type 5 - 1623 - Atelier de Trévoux+ MARIE . SOVVER . DE . DOMBES Buste à gauche avec large collerette et collier de perles+ DOVBLE TOVRNOIS 1623 Trois lis et une brisure3,13 grRef : Divo Dombes # 153, CGKL # 728 (a3) Q Edited October 27, 2022 by Qcumbor 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted October 27, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) D is for Diva and Divus ... ummm, D is for Dead dude's and dudessa's coins Diva Faustina Senior, AE Sestertius Diva Julia Titi, AE Sestertius Divus Augustus, AE Sestertius D is for Deadly coins!! Edited October 27, 2022 by Steve 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for Denier...France ARCHBISHOPRIC OF VIENNE - ANONYMOUS AR Denier, 11th - 12th Centuries; Obv: .+. S. M. VIENNA. (Saint Maurice of Vienne), profile of Saint Maurice, facing left; Rev: MAXIMA. GALL (Grand Gaul) And Denarius Marcus Aurelius. AR Denarius. Struck 161/2 AD. M ANTONINVS AVG, bare head right / CONCORD AVG TR P XVII, COS III in exergue, Concordia seated left, holding patera, resting left elbow on statuette of Spes set on base. 18mm 3.4gm 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted October 27, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 D for Danube River or Danuvius on reverse of this sestertius of Trajan with the bridge he built over it... 10 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2022 D for Diocletian Diocletianus AE 21 Obv.: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Diocletian standing right, holding parazonium, and receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre; HΔ between. AE, 3.02g, 20.5mm Ref.: Kankelfitz 5, RIC VI, p.531, 13 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 28, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Everyone enter your extremely entertaining examples of everlasting entertainment. Excruciating events, eye candy or Emperors and Empresses. Enjoy everything E 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted October 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2022 Trying not to post the same coins from the previous thread so... E.. Elymais Phraates bronze drachm, weight 3.6gr..15 mm diameter Obverse.. ΦPA, Bearded bust left wearing tiara with pellet in crescent; pellet inside crescent above anchor with one crossbar right. Reverse.. BACIΛEVC ΠPAATHC (blundered), Artemis standing right, not radiate, drawing arrow from quiver on shoulder with right hand, bow in left. Vant Haaff 14.6.1-3; Attributed by BobL.. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted October 28, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 28, 2022 E is for the Elephant on my "Bottle Cap" Antiochos VI Dionysos Serratus 145-142 BC 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted October 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2022 E for King Edward I 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Posted October 28, 2022 · Member Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) EUDOXIA (Wife of Arcadius) AE3 ANTΔ Antioch, 400-401 S 4260 - RIC X, 83 AEL EVDOXIA AVG, Diademed bust right; above her head the Manus Dei holds a wreath. (GLORIA RO)MANORVM, Eudoxia enthoned facing; above her head the Manus Dei holds a wreath; cross in right field. Edited October 28, 2022 by Alwin 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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