Roman Coins in Reverse - a Chronological Gallery

[Al Kowsky]

4 hours ago, Octavius said:

 Selection of coins of Maximinus and sestertius of his son Maximus...

1. Denarius with reverse of emperor standing between two standards...

2. denarius with reverse of Salus seated feeding serpent...

3. denarius with Providentia holding cornucopia ...

4. sestertius with Victory holding wreath , VICTORIA GERMANICA, and captive at feet....

5. Sestertii with reverse of Salus feeding serpent...

6. Sestertius with PAX reverse....

7. Sestertii with FIDES MILITVM , Fides standing, holding two standards...

 

8. Sestertius of his son Maximus , as Caesar, with PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS reverse of Maximus standing with two standards...

 

 

 

Great group of sestertii 🤩.

[Limes]

Just one coin, but I really like the reverse with the details on the wing. Its my best victory.

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

I have one of the same type as Donna, (FIDES MILITVM)

[lrbguy]

The imperial family of Maximinus Thrax.

 

Caius Julius Verus Maximinus did not come up through the ranks of nobility; he was a commoner of uncommon physical size and strength.  A man of the Roman cavalry, early on he had caught the attention of Septimius Severus who set him on a path to greatness as a soldier of uncommon capability.  By the time Severus Alexander came along he had successfully commanded a legion and had exercised gubernatorial authority over Mesopotamia.  He was a common man of uncommon accomplishment, who in 235 exercised authority over troops on the Rhine while in conflict at Germania.  At the assassination of Alexander, his troops proclaimed him the new emperor.

Maximinus was not an urbanite in any sense, and detested the highborn citizenry of the senate. He kept his distance and never entered the city of Rome itself.  For the mint officials charged with producing coins with his likeness, this initially presented a challenge, inasmuch as they could only guess at his appearance.  The PAX AVGVSTI reverse was among the earliest of his coins of 235 AD, and it is not surprising that his effigy bears striking similarity to that of the emperor he was replacing.

Below are images of Maximinus  (at left) in 235 and Alexander from one of his denarii from 234. 

When the mint officials learned that he had a protruding chin, they immediately applied the knowledge.  The image on the left with the slightly protruding chin is the obverse from the SALUS AUGUSTAE reverse of the coin shown here, from a bit later in 235.

 

We shall skip the intervening steps, but that trend continued progressively for some time, extending into the issues which celebrated the victories on the Rhine such as this VICTORIA GERM type, with its extreme protruding chin on the obverse.

 

 

PAULINA

That Maximinus had a wife is known at least from two Roman "historians" who wrote sparingly of her but did not mention her name. Caecilia Paulina (died in 235/236) was a Roman Empress and consort to Emperor Maximinus Thrax, who ruled in 235–238.  Her full name, Diva Caecilia Paulina Pia Augusta, was preserved on an inscription on a stone monument (CIL X, 5054). On her coins she is termed simply "Diva Paulina."

The coins with her inscription were not struck during her life, but some time after she was deified. No sculptural likenesses of her survive.  Almost nothing is known about her life.  Since her husband never set foot in Rome, it is likely that neither did she, at least in her time married to the Emperor.

Two principle reverse types for her coins can be shown here.  Both are CONSECRATIO types.

Apotheosis: the Divine Paulina Ascending

Paulina     BMCRE 127-128
Veiled and draped bust to r. (faint smile)
DIVA PAULINA
Paulina, holding scepter in L hand and waving to left with R hand, rides seated on flying peacock ascending to r.  
CONSECRATIO

 

The second reverse type features Juno's bird of the apotheosis, the peacock in full display.  This type is a grand development from the more subdued appearance of this bird in the Consecratio reverses of the coins under the "Adoptive" emperors.  Here it has at least two notable variations:  

The "trimmed" look

Paulina    BMCRE 127-128

Veiled and draped bust to r.  (faint smile)
DIVA PAULINA

Peacock stands facing, head to left, tail  evenly trimmed and fanned in full display.
CONSECRATIO

 

The "rough cut" look

Paulina  
BMCRE 127-128
Veiled and draped bust to r. (faint smile)
DIVA PAULINA
Peacock stands facing, head to left, tail uneven and fanned in full display.
CONSECRATIO

 

 

 

MAXIMUS

From the standpoint of reverses on Imperial denarii, I find the coins of Caius Julius Varus Maximus more interesting than those of his father.  Here are but two, showing two of the three obverse inscription types.

IVL VERUS MAXIMUS CAES

Caius Maximus     235-236
BMCRE 118

Bare headed bust, draped, to r.
IVL VERUS MAXIMUS CAES

Priestly emblems (lituus, knife, jug, simpulum, and sprinkler)
PIETAS AVG (above)

This reverse type had been used with Severus Alexander as well while he was yet a Ceasar (see my post above).  The same instruments are arranged as before, but these are better preserved.

 

MAXIMVS CAES GERM

Caius Maximus    236-238
BMCRE 211-212

Bare headed bust, draped, to r.
MAXIMVS CAES GERM

Young prince stands front, face to L, holds baton in extended R hand, cradles spear transversely with point down; two standards behind.
PRINC IVVENTVTIS

 

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[Octavius]

  The dynamic duo. They sequestered themselves from each other in the palace, each suspecting the other of foul play. In the end it was the Praetorians who did them both in.  The Fates will not be cheated.

 

1. Antoninianus of Pupienus with reverse of clasped hands / CARITAS MVTVA  AVGVSTORVM....

2. Antoninianus of Balbinus with reverse of clasped hands / CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM...

[Qcumbor]

I've had clasped hands for both emperors just like @Octavius but parted with them. I now have denarii instead. The fun fact about Balbinus is Providentia wearing a coffee pot or a kettle on her head 🙂 

 

Q

[lrbguy]

The two ants and the denarius that I have for these two have already been shown, and in better grade for one of the ants.  No sense gilding the lily.  Can't get decent color rendition on the pics anyway.  As for the Gordians?  Fu-gedda-bout-it!  Until we get to Gordian III. 

For now I will enjoy YOUR coins, and thank you for showing them.

Edited September 5, 2023 by lrbguy
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[DonnaML]

A matching pair:

Balbinus AR Denarius, April-June 238 AD, Rome mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG / Rev. Bearded Genius of the Senate, togate, standing front, head left, holding olive branch in extended right hand, and short transverse scepter in left hand, PM TRP COS II PP.  RIC IV-2 5, RSC III 20, Sear RCV III 8489 (ill.). 20 mm., 2.65 g. (Purchased from Kirk Davis April 2020; ex: Kirk Davis, Cat # 74, Fall 2019, Lot 83.)*

Pupienus, AR Denarius, April-June 238 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG / Rev. Bearded Genius of the Senate, togate, standing front, head left, holding olive branch in extended right hand, and short transverse scepter in left hand, PM TRP COS II PP. RIC IV-2 5, RSC III 29 (ill.), Sear RCV III 8528 (ill.). 20 mm., 3.42 g. (Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, Dec. 2020; accompanied by old coin tickets.)*

*[Applicable to both the Balbinus and the Pupienus denarii.] The standing figure on the reverse of each coin was traditionally believed to be the respective Emperor himself, holding a parazonium (a short triangular sword typically found on coins depicting Virtus) in his left hand. That view is still reflected in OCRE (based on RIC) and at the British Museum website (based on BMCRE), as well as in the descriptions of all 14 coins of this type I found [as of early 2021] that have been sold since 2003, listed on acsearch. However, as Curtis L. Clay explained in a Coin Talk comment at https://www.cointalk.com/threads/balbinus-denarius.358987/#post-4410967,  in discussing a Balbinus example, the reverse “shows not the emperor on the reverse, but the Genius of the Senate, so his attribute has to be a short scepter, not a sword! A pity that the [British Museum] website perpetuates this old error (Genius misdescribed as emperor). The correction was made by [Andreas] Alföldi in his "Insignien und Tracht der römischen Kaiser" (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, 1935)] . . ., followed by many others since then, including a recent article by R. Ziegler. On coins of Antoninus Pius, for example, the same togate figure is labeled GENIO SENATVS. His beard and bushy hairstyle on [the Balbinus] coin are exactly as required for the Genius, and exclude Balbinus. No surprise that the Genius of the Senate reappears on the coins of Balbinus and Pupienus, since they were senators themselves and were chosen to be emperors by the Senate.” Note that Sear equivocates, describing the reverse figure on both coins as either the Emperor or “the Genius of the Senate.” See Sear RCV III 8489 & 8528 (published in 2005). 

[shanxi]

Clasping hands and PATRES SENATVS legend

Pupienus
AR Antoninianus, AD 238
Obv.: IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: PATRES SENATVS, clasped hands
Ag, 4.84g, 21.6mm
Ref.: RIC 11b, RSC 21

[shanxi]

Some provincial coins from Gordian III

 

Pan with his flute

Gordianus III
Macedonia, Pella
AE 24
Obv.: IMP C M ANT * GORDIANVS, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r.
Rev.: COL IVL A - VG – PELLA, Pan seated left on rock, right arm over head and holding pedum in left; syrinx (pan flute) in left field.
AE, 24.4 mm, 9.52 g
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 286, Varbanov 3758

 

Roma crowned by Tyche

Gordianus III
Macedonia, Pella
AE 24
Obv.: IMP C M ANT * GORDIANVS, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r.
Rev.: COL IVL A - VG – PELLA, Pan seated left on rock, right arm over head and holding pedum in left; syrinx (pan flute) in left field.
AE, 24.4 mm, 9.52 g
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 286, Varbanov 3758

 

A city gate

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.

 

 

Gordianus III
Syria, Antiochia
Billon tetradrachm
Obv.: AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATO B, Eagle standing facing, wings spread, head turned left, wreath in beak; below ram running left with crescent above head
Billon, 11.75g, 24.9mm
Ref.: Prieur 295

 

[shanxi]

and Tranquillina

a nice temple

Gordianus III with Tranquillina
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis
AD 238-244
Obv.: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CE TPANKIΛΛEINA, Confronted draped busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina.
Rev.: YΠ TEPTYΛΛIANOY MAPKIANOΠIΛITΩN, Temple with cult statue of Tyche; E in left field.
AE, 11.75g, 26.6mm
Ref.: Varbanov 2059

 

Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA CEB, diademed, draped bust right
Rev.: Eagle standing left, L-S= Year 6 = (242/243)
12,47g, 23mm
Ref.: Geißen 2685, Dattari 4848

[Al Kowsky]

Gordian III, AD 238-244. Rome Mint. AE Sestertius: 20.63 gm, 31 mm, 11 h. Reverse: Liberalitas holding abacus & cornucopia. RIC IV.III 263a.

 

[Qcumbor]

For Gordian III a reverse featuring Europa on Bull is what comes to mind :

 

And for his wife Tranquillina, is there anything better than an ex @Steve drachme from Caesera ?

Q

Edited September 5, 2023 by Qcumbor

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Two Gordian reverses:

 

Aeternitati Avg (Genitive) and Martem Propugnatorem (Dative)

[expat]

Same type as @Al Kowsky showed above, except this is an AR Antoninian

[lrbguy]

Since my imperial silver is limited to Gordian III, I will start with some Roman provincials for the couple and pick him up later.

AE27 of Marcianopolis:  Showing the couple face to face on the obverse, their names spelled out in Greek surround.  On Reverse: an effigy of Athena/Minerva decked out for battle with shield in R hand, spear (point down) in L hand, and wearing a visored Corinthian helmet.

 

 AE23 of Anchialos: Again with couple face-to-face on the obverse, and a charming image of  Artemis/Diana on reverse with cap. bow, and a stag  peeking out from behind at her right (our left).

The next two are silver pieces (drachmae) from the mint at Caesaria in Cappadocia (in lieu of Imperial silver from Rome for Tranquillina). 

Both feature the peak of Mt Argaeus, which is an inactive volcano in Cappadocia.  The name translates as "bright" or "white" from the Greek, and hints that the mount, which has recreational value today when snow covered, may have been so treated in antiquity.  Climbers in antiquity reported that both the Black Sea and the Mediterranean could be seen from the summit. 

Edited September 5, 2023 by lrbguy

[ambr0zie]

Reverses I find interesting for Gordian III:

A mighty Herakles with a punk rock hairstyle

 

And a Hadrianopolis ostrich. As I try to collect animals on coins, this was a fantastic addition. 

[DonnaML]

I don't have very many Gordian III coins, but here are some Imperials and Provincials:

Gordian III AE (Orichalcum) Sestertius, AD 238-239, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVUS / Rev. Pax standing front, head left, holding branch in her right hand and transverse scepter in her left, PAX AVGVSTI; S – C across fields.  30 mm., 18.37 g., 12 h. RIC IV 256a, Sear RCV III 8721, Cohen 176. Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 22, 21 Aug. 2022, Lot 185, ex Collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021) (Austria & Switzerland) and that of his father, Dr. Karl Blaschegg (1892-1951) (Austria) (see https://coinsweekly.com/whoswho-sammler/blaschegg-dr-med-max-1930-2021/) (with collector’s ticket stating “von Vater,” so acquired before 1951). Leu description notes “light doubling on reverse.”

Gordian III AR Denarius, 241-242 AD, Rome mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Diana standing facing, head right, holding flaming long torch right with both hands, DIANA LVCIFERA. RIC IV-3 127, RSC IV 69, Sear RCV III 8673 (ill.). 20 mm., 2.7 g., 6 h. (Supposedly issued in celebration of marriage of Gordian & Tranqullina, 241 AD.  See Sear RCV III 8673 at p. 123.)

Gordian III AR Denarius, 240 AD [TRP III]. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Gordian on horseback left, holding spear downwards in left hand & raising right hand, PM TR P III COS PP. RIC IV-3 81, RSC IV 234 (ill. p. 7 & on book jacket), Sear RCV III 8678. 18 mm., 3.59 g.

Gordian III AR Antoninianus, 242-243 AD [TRP V], Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Apollo seated left, bare to waist, holding branch with right hand & resting left forearm and elbow on lyre, PM T-R P V COS II PP. RIC IV-3 89, RSC IV 261, Sear RCV III 8648. 22.65 mm., 4.67 g.

Gordian III billon Tetradrachm, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch Mint, A.D. 238-240. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ / Rev. Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak, tail to left, ΔΗΜΑΡ – Χ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ [TR. POT.]; in exergue, S C [with minor die break obscuring “C”]. McAlee 860, Group I(a) (p. 320) (obv. die match with specimen 860/2, ill. p. 321) [Richard McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch (2007)]; Prieur 282 [Michel and Karin Prieur, Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms (London, 2000)]; RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online VII.2 3488 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/3488); BMC 20 Syria 494 p. 211 (ill. Pl. xxv.2) [Warwick Wroth, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 20, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria (London, 1899)].  26 mm., 11.54 g., 7 hr. Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 223rd Buy or Bid Sale, 20 Apr. 2023, Lot 395, from Mark Gibbons Collection; ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 17, 15 Aug 2021, Lot 1897 (Leu ticket enclosed).* (Video of coin at https://www.hjbltd.com/#!/inventory/item-detail/ancient-coins/100412?fromBbs=223rd Buy Or Bid Sale ).** [Footnotes omitted.]

Here is the HJB photo, which is darker than the coin in hand:

Here is the Leu photo, which is lighter than the coin in hand -- the reality is in between!

Gordian III, AE 26x28 mm., AD 238-244, Thrace, Hadrianopolis (now Edirne, Turkey). Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [small planchet defect on cheek], seen from rear, AVT K M ANT – ΓΟPΔIANOC AVΓ (AVΓ ligate) / Rev. Helios, radiate, standing facing, head left, nude apart from cloak falling from left shoulder, raising right hand, and holding globe and whip in left hand, AΔPIANO – Π – OΛEITΩN. 26x28 mm., 9.56 g. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online VII.2 708 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/708) [Specimen 20 is this coin, used as “plate coin” for type]; Varbanov II 3793 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II, Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)]; Jurukova 479 (die combination 249/497=465, a new combination) [Y. Jurukova, The Coinage of the Towns in Moesia Inferior and Thrace, 2nd-3rd centuries AD: Hadrianopolis (Sophia 1987)].  Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 223rd Buy or Bid Sale, 20 Apr. 2023, Lot 397, from Mark Gibbons Collection; ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 271, 20 May, 2020, Lot 257. (Video of coin at https://www.hjbltd.com/#!/inventory/item-detail/ancient-coins/100346?fromBbs=223rd Buy Or Bid Sale.)* [Footnote omitted.]

Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, and Tranquillina left, draped and wearing stephane; ΑVT Κ M ANT / ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ clockwise around; CEB TPAN // KVΛΛINA in exergue; border of dots/ Rev. Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand; left arm resting on column; ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝωΝ / ΑΓXΙΑΛEωΝ clockwise around; border of dots. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online VII.2 48961; Moushmov 2939 [H. Moushmov, Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula (1912)], Varbanov II 668 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II, Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)], AMNG II 656 [F. Münzer & M. Strack, Die antiken Münzen von Thrakien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. II (Berlin, 1912)]. 26 mm., 11.91 g.

An unusually masculine Apollo!

Edited September 5, 2023 by DonnaML

[CPK]

@ambr0zie I am jealous of that ostrich! It's a type I've been hunting for a while.

Here is my interesting Gordian III reverse type - an interesting scene with the emperor being crowned by Victory on one side and being handed a branch by Mars or Virtus on the other, with military standards in the background. It's my speculation that this type was struck in response to Gordian's victories over Shapur I and the Sassanid Empire.

It's also a very rare type - after exhaustive online searching I was able to find only about 7 or 8 other specimens. I was really pleased to be able to acquire this coin at a very fair price earlier this year. It fits nicely into my collection of interesting Roman as reverse types.

 

 

[Octavius]

 Several Antoniniani and sestertii of Gordian III....

 1. Antoninianus with Virtus standing reverse...

2. Antoninianus with Laetitia standing...

3. Antoninianus with Diana Lucifera reverse...

4. Antoninianus with Emperor standing, sacrificing...

5. sestertius with Fortuna seated...

6. sestertius with reverse of Emperor standing holding spear and globe...

7. Sestertius with reverse of Felicitas standing holding caduceus and cornucopia...

8. Sestertius with reverse of Apollo seated holding branch ....

 

[John Conduitt]

Not a great reverse but my 3rd century reverses don't get too much better 🤣

Gordian III Antoninianus, 241-243

Rome. 20mm, 5.57g. Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right; IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG. Apollo, nude to waist, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and resting left elbow on lyre, P M TR P IIII COS II P P (RIC IV, 88). Found near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

[expat]

Gordian on both sides

[lrbguy]

If you saw this without writeup, a system glitch stripped the original upload of its writeup, but preserved the images.  Here is the gist of what I had said.

Up to now I have been using the listings in the catalog Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum by Harold Mattingly for the rationale behind my listings here.  That, however, concluded with the coins of Balbinus and Pupienus. Going forward my primary reference guide will be the volumes in Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC).

My plan in showing this group of coins was to show an example or two of the silver coins of Gordian III for each of the five (and a half) "issues" of his standard coinage.  An "issue" is marked by the chronology of an obverse inscription and the reverse types that can be associated with it based on hoard evidence.  Unfortunately, I cannot provide examples for the first two issues, and the final single type.

Type 3: 240 AD - a. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG

RIC 38 - ROMAE AETERNAE

RIC 39 - VIR TVS AVG

 

 

Type 3: 240 AD - b. IMP CAES GORDIANVS  PIVS AVG  (NOT SHOWN)

 

Type 3: 240 AD - c. IMP GORDIANVS  PIVS FEL AVG

RIC 65 - CONCORDIA MILIT

 

 

Type 4: 241-243 AD -    IMP GORDIANVS  PIVS FEL AVG

RIC 81 - PM TR P III COS PP     (denarius)

RIC 86 -LAETITIA AVG N

 

Special Wedding Issue: 241 AD -

RIC 130 -SECVRITAS PVBLICA  (denarius)

 

Type 5: 243-244 AD -    IMP GORDIANVS  PIVS FEL AVG

RIC 144 -FORTVNA REDVX  (with wheel beneath the seat of Fortuna)

RIC ??? -FORTVNA REDVX (below)

RIC 210 - FORTVNA REDVX from Antioch

 

Coins for Gordian from the mint at Antioch can be hard to spot.

For quite some time I had imagined this example without the wheel beneath the seat was an error type.  However, other comparisons suggest a better alternative. Comparison of the head of Gordian on these last two coins suggest that they were not produced at the same mint. I have a mate to the second coin whose characteristics are similar in the obverse portrait and absence of wheel in the reverse.  The RIC listing for this type from the mint at Antioch makes no mention of the wheel. Given the portrait differences as well, I now believe this coin to have been minted at Antioch, not Rome as was the upper coin.

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2023 by lrbguy
Original writeup was lost in a glitch.

[Severus Alexander]

Gordie's provincials definitely tend to be more interesting than his imperials.  My most interesting is this Gigantomachy (battle between the gods and the giants) featuring Athena and an anguipede giant:

The coin is from Cilicia: Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon.

Here's a rather silly looking imitation, with a very unflattering depiction of Diana on the reverse!

I'll include one legit imperial. We've seen the type already (the Farnese Hercules), but it's one of my favourites and this one is purty:

[lrbguy]

Open question for those who started this topic and created the timetable:

Considering the fact that there are empty slots for September 11 and 13,    and the fact that there is a large volume of potentially interesting reverses among the coins of Philip and his family, particularly in view of the push for special types honoring the anniversary of Rome in 248,

any chance we could bump Trajan Decius to Sept 11 and expand the time for Philip and family to cover the "void"?

What actually were/are you looking for on Sept 11-14?