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I don't have very many Roman Republic coins, but this one has a cool reverse, so I bought it from my local coin dealer.

I don't know if cherubs were street legal, but perhaps that was okay in unincorporated parts of Rome back then.

Roman Republic, L. Julius L.f. Caesar, Rome, 103 BC, denarius.
Crawford 320-1
3.84 grams



Next, how about any coin from Carthage?

 

Greek World (N. Africa, Late Classical). Zeugitania, Carthage EL Stater (19mm, 7.43g), c. 310-290 BCE.
Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain, triple-pendant earring and necklace with nine pendants.
Rev. Horse standing right on ground-line.
Ref: Jenkins Group V, 280 (avg 55-60% gold content); Alexandroupoulos 365, 12; same dies as NFA XXVIII (1992), 597.
Prov: Ex Gorny & Mosch 265 (2019), 668 [ex Sammlung Süddeutschem Privatbesitz, H.I. (?)]; Jacquier 44 (2018), Lot 138.
Notes: Coin-in-hand video: https://imgur.com/gallery/pbkk8PK

Graffitto: Similar examples with triangles/deltas (?) on Carthage EL Staters from this period (Jenkins & Lewis Group V-VII). Related somehow? 1. Munzen & Medaillen FPL 462 (Jan 1984), 28 (triangle twice, above & below horse); 2. Carradice & Price (1995: pl. 24) 300 (BM ex.); 3. C. Platt, Hôtel Drouot 21 April 1914 Sale, Lot 15 (similar type, triangle graffito above horse); 4. Sontag 12, Lot 48 (triangles, above/below, ACSearch); 5. HJB BBS 70, Lot 10; 6. CNG 90, Lot 372 (very similar type, arrow/wedge shaped graffito in the same place); 7. possibly (not noted, hard to tell from plates) Ars Classica #16, 3 July 1933, Lot 942 ;​

NEXT: More GRAFFITTI Please!​

 

Here's another Stater with Graffito ("Ξ" on reverse), this time AR Stater from Boeotia, Thebes (magistrate Theog-):

NEXT: Amphora
or another vessel (krater, oenochoe, one-handled vase, etc.)​

 

Myrina, Aeolis. AE 17mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / MY-ΡI, decorated amphora; lyre right


NEXT: musical instrument

 

NEXT: Gallienus

 

GALLIENUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
REVERSE: SOLI CONS AVG, the Pegasus right springing heavenward; N in exergue
Struck at Rome, Sole Reign, 267-268 AD
2.27g, 20mm
RIC 283, Cohen 979

Next: The Pegasus

 

I previously posted my favorite Pegasus in this thread, so this is a good chance to post my second favorite!

Greek (Classical). Akarnania, Leukas AR Stater (20mm, 8.62 g, 6h), c. 300 BCE.
Obverse: Pegasos flying right, A below.
Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, grapes & vine over amphora to left, A between.
Reference: BCD Akarnania 278.1 (this coin); BCD Akarnania 275 var. (obv. legend).
See also: Pegasi 128; HGC 4, 827; SNG Cop 355; BMC Corinth 132, 87.
Provenance: From the BCD Collection; Ex Münzen und Medaillen Auktion 23 (BCD Akarnanien und Aitolien, 18 Oct 2007), Lot 278 (1 of 2) (corr.:“A” not “Λ”); CNG e-Auction 302 (8 May 2013), Lot 73 (corr.: “A” not “Λ”, no provenance given); CGB Live Auction (Paris, 7 Jun 2022), Lot 26​

NEXT: Grapes
(or vineyard or wine or wine vessel)​

 

NAGIDOS in CILICIA
AR Stater
OBVERSE: Aphrodite seated left, holding patera over altar, crowned by Eros flying right above, rose and bud in left field, mouse under chair
REVERSE: NAΓIΔIKON, Dionysos, loins draped (long), standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. EY ΔIO in left field.
Struck at Nagidos in Cilicia 356-333 BC
9.93g, 23 mm.
Lederer 64; Paris 809; Babelon Traite II-2 1524.8; SNG France II, 34
ex. Warren Esty

Next: Either Aphrodite or Dionysos - your choice

Bing
omnes ad stercus

 

Thasos, Thrace, (146 - 50 B.C.)
AR Tetradrachm
O: Young head of Dionysos wearing wreath of leaves and grapes and band across forehead.
R: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Hercules naked standing left holding club, lion skin draped over arm; monogram.
33mm
16.1g
SNG Copenhagen 1040; SG-1759; SNG Ashmolean 3689; Le Rider, Thasos 51

Next: lion

 

Next: another coin struck during the lifetime of Christ.

 

Augustus (27 BC-14 AD)
AR Tetradrachm
Syria-Antiochia ad Orontem
O: KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEB_AΣTOY, Laureate head right
R: ETOYΣ-ZK-NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocks, palm branch in left hand, river god Orontes swimming right below, YPA monogram, IB / ANT monogram in right field Regnal Year 27 (5/4 BC), COS 12.
27mm
14.06g
Prieur 51; RPC 4152; McAlee 181
Ex David Hendin, 2004

Note: The ZK breaking the reverse legend is the regnal year 27, IB is for consulship 12. Minted in what is possibly the year of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Next: Another Augustus

 

This one was in a lot of 4 coins:
Æ Chalkous
Provincia Asia, Ionia, Ephesus 20 BC - 10 AD, Magistrates Hetas and Gaius
19 mm, 5.82 g
RPC I, 2609 (4 specimens in RPC); KM 56, 54, Karwiese 43 (Die Münzprägung von Ephesos, Vol. 5, 43)
Ob.: Jugate busts of Augustus, laureate, and Livia, to r. Border of dots
Rev.: ΗΡΑΣ /Ε-ΦΕ / ΓΑΙΟΣ Stag standing r.; above, quiver. Border of dots.

Pictures courtesy Heritage.



next: A coin showing the Senate

 

I've posted my two presentable Senates once before -- but not in the Follow-the-Coin-Game, so I'll consider them fresh enough to appear here.

This one has Mên holding a pinecone on the reverse, though it's a bit hard to tell on my specimen that he's not just holding up a rock that he happens to be very proud of:

Phrygia, Grimenothyrae AE (23.5mm, 7.36g), Magistrate Tullius, temp. Trajan.
Obv: ΙΕΡΑ CΥΝΚΛΗΤΟC. Draped bust of Senate, right.
Rev: Ε Λ ΤΥΛΛΙ ΓΡΙΜΕΝΟΘΥΡ. Men standing left holding pinecone & spear.
Ref: Von Aulock, Phrygiens II 340 = Lindgren & Kovacs 955 = AsiaMinorCoins 3158 = RPC III 2482 Ex. 17 = this coin. Prov: Ex Collections of G. Drewry (1928- ), M.B. Burstein, H.C. Lindgren (1914-2005).​

NEXT: Flora
(incl. trees, fruits, nuts, leaves...any plant matter will do!)​

 

Oak tree
Antoninus Pius AE As, RIC 733, Cohen 450, BMC 1624
143-144 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERATOR II S-C, Sow facing right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another piglet in front. SC in ex. 25mm, 10.09gr Scarce

NEXT; More Flora

 

LYCIA. MASIKYTES; LYCIAN LEAGUE
AR Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right
REVERSE: Lyre, M - A across fields
Masikytes 48-42 BC
1.7 g, 15 mm
RPC I 3301

Next: Lyre or other musical instrument