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@Valentinian & @Severus Alexander thanks guys for explaining that to me! Very interesting!

 

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Artemis going for the kill.


Lydia, Hierocaesarea. Time of Nero, Magistrate Capito, 54 - 59 A.D. Artemis Persica
Bronze AE 16, Hierocaesarea mint, 16.6mm.
Obv: EΠI - KAΠITWNOC, draped bust of Artemis Persica right.
Rev: IEΠO - KAICA-ΡEWN, Artemis pulling down stag by horns.

Next: Young Nero

 

That's what I was looking for. Here's mine:

 

Really @Ken Dorney ? I always thought this was Artemis LEAPING over the Stag?


RI Prv Lydia Hierocaesarea 54-59 CE Capito under Nero Artemis STAG Leaping RPC 1 2391-2 fin

 

Looks like Ken's Artemis is about to plunge a knife into the neck of the stag.

 

Agreed, Ken's does, but mine and @ancientone 's was what he commented he was looking for. Just curious, is mine and ancientone LEAPING the stag, or killing it?

 

Young Nero


Next: Fat Nero

 

NERO
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS - Laureate head right
REVERSE: No legend Exe: SALVS - Salus seated left, holding patera
Struck at Rome, 65/6AD
2.9g, 18mm
RIC 60, BMC 90, C 314

Next: Salvs

 

Caligula AD 37-41
Roman provincial Æ 28 mm, 11.17 gm
Carthago Nova, Spain, AD 37-38
Obv: C. CAESAR AVG. GERMANIC. IMP. P.M. TR.P. COS., laureate head of Caligula, right
Rev: CN. ATEL. FLAC. CN. POM. FLAC. II. VIR. Q.V.I.N.C., head of Salus (some attribute to Caesonia, wife of Caligula) right, SAL AVG across field
Refs: SGI 419; Heiss 272, 35; Cohen 247, 1; RPC 1, 185; SNG Cop 503.

Next: Coin of Caligula

 

Next: Any Marc Antony coin

 

You did say ANY Marc Antony coin.


Mark Antony Fouree Legionary Denarius

Next: Republic fouree.

 

Like jumping the shark?

 

On mine Artemis chased down and caught stag by the horns and is preparing for the kill.

That's a great coin @Ken Dorney!

 

M. VOLTEIUS M.F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VOLTEIA
AR Fouree Denarius
OBVERSE: Laureate & helmeted bust of Attis right; shield behind
REVERSE: Cybele seated right in chariot drawn by two lions; OQ above
Rome 78BC
2.9g, 18mm
Cr385/4; Syd 777, Volteia 4

Next: Cybele

 

Phrygia, Cotiaeum. Philip I AE26 Kyble. C. Julius Ponticus, Archiereus
Phrigia, Cotiaeum. Between 244 and 249
Obverse. M IOYLIOS P'ILIPPOS AYG
Reverse. EPI G IOYL PONTIKOY ARC'IER EWS KOTIAEWN
Kyble on stool being pulled by biga of lions. Polos / Tympanon


Next: Polos

 

Theme: polos
[I had to look up what that was]

Julia Domna, Augusta AD 193-217. Denarius (AR; 18-20mm; 3.35g; 6h) 196-211. IVLIA - AVGVSTA Bare and draped bust of Julia Domna to right; hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun on back.

SAECVLI FELICITAS Isis, wearing polos, draped, standing front, head left, holding in both arms the child Horus; the shield pushes back drapery and is about to take the breast; Isis sets left foot, left knee bent, on prow, right; to left, altar, against which rests a rudder.

BMCRE V p. 166, 76; C. 174; RIC IV, 1 p. 170, 577.

Next: a child

 

Tiny but mighty...
CALABRIA, Tarentum
Circa 275-212 BC
AR Diobol. 0.98g, 10mm. Vlasto 1460-1461; HN Italy 1068. O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with Skylla. R: Herakliskos Drakonopignon: the infant demigod Herakles strangling two snakes; ΦIN monogram to left, [ΛE (ligate)] in exergue.
Ex E.E. Clain Stefanelli Collection

Next: Greek myth

 

Scene from mythology--the abduction of Persephone:


Julia Soaemias, AD 218-222
Roman provincial Æ 21.4 mm, 10.97 g
Samaria, Sebaste, AD 218-222
Obv: SVAMIAS AVGVSTA SEB, bare-headed and draped bust right
Rev: COL L SEBAS-TE, Hades in galloping quadriga right abducting Persephone, Eros above
Refs: Rosenberger 34; BMC 18.

Next: Eros

 

@dougsmit Roma?

 

COMMODUS
AE20. 4.43g, 19.6mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 180-192. RPC Online Vol. 4, #7572 var (obv legend and bust type). O: AV KAI M AV ANT [KOMOΔO], laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛЄITΩN, winged Eros, legs crossed, resting on an inverted torch.

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