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Next: Tetrastyle temple

 

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Not all Maxentius temples were hexastyle. This tetrastyle example is easy to miss because the staff held by Roma is in line with the two columns on that side.

Next: a temple with more than six columns

 

I think I count 18 columns here on the Basilica Aemilia.

M. Aemilius Lepidus AR Denarius 61 BC
Obv: Veiled and laureate head of Concordia (often identified as the Vestal Virgin Aemilia who rekindled the sacred fire of Vesta by throwing her clothing on the extinguished embers) right
Rev: Basilica Aemilia, AIMILIA above, REF to left, SC to right, M LEPIDVS below
Size: 2.63g 18mm
Ref: Cr. 419/3a, Syd. 833

Lepidus' father restored the Basilica Aemilia during his year as consul in 78 BC.

Next: any coin with a scorpion on it

 

HADRIAN
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Laureate head right
REVERSE: AFRICA, Africa reclining left holding scorpion & cornucopiae, basket of grain at feet
Struck at Rome, 136 AD
2.76g. 18.5mm
RIC 299/RSC 138

Next: Coin with representation of Africa

 

Here's one with the head of Africa, and struck in Africa in the names of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, commander of the Pompeian forces in Africa and Marcus Eppius. Cr. 461/1, HCRI 44.



Next - Hercules

 

Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman provincial Æ 28.3 mm, 13.70 g, 8 h.
Thrace, Serdica, AD 198-217.
Obv: AVT K M AVP CEVH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust, right, seen from behind.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC CΕPΔΙΚΗC, Hercules standing right, forearm draped with lion skin, holding club set on ground and bow.
Refs: Ruzicka Serdica 266; Moushmov Serdica 397; Moushmov 4912; Varbanov 2355; cf. BMC 3.173,15.

Next: Coin from Serdica

 

MARCUS AURELIUS
Very rare. AE19. 3.58g, 19.2mm, THRACE, Serdica, circa AD 161-180. Varbanov 1869 (R6) var. (obv legend). O: AY KAI M AYPH ANTΩEIN, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: CEPΔΩN, Bust of Isis right.

Next: Isis

 

VESPASIAN
Æ Diobol
OBVERSE: AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, laureate head right
REVERSE: LE, Draped bust of Isis right wearing uraeus crown
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, Year 5 = 72/73 A.D
9.15 g, 24.9mm
RPC 2438; Milne 427; Emmett 217
Ex Zuzim Judaea Coins, New York

Next: Any coin from Alexandria, Egypt

 

ANTONINUS PIUS
AE Drachm. 28.01g, 36.4mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 8 (AD 144/5). Menelaites Nome. Emmett 1819; Dattari 6318; RPC Online Temp #13971. O: AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right. R: MЄNЄΛAЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus (part human, part crocodile) left, holding finger on right hand before mouth, cornucopia on left arm; altar before, L H (date) in exergue.
Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection

Next: Part man, part beast

 

Part man, part beast:


Gallienus, AD 253-268.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.60 g, 19.6 mm, 5 h.
Rome, AD 267-268.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right.
Rev: APOLLINI CONS AVG, centaur walking right, drawing bow; Z in exergue.
Refs: RIC 163; Göbl 735b; Cohen 72; RCV 10177; Hunter 95; Cunetio 1378.

Next: Archery.

 

India, Banavasi
Kadamba Kingdom
Kanga Varma (r. AD 365-390)
Potin Unit 18 mm x 0.93 grams
Obverse: Zebu Bull right Kannada Legend around.
Reverse: Repeating bow& arrow design.
Ref: Unpublished (maybe)
Note: Ex. Rare, high grade, off center.


Next Theme: Plants

 

KYRENAIKA, Kyrene
Koinon issue
c. 250 BCE
AE; 21 mm, 7.47 gm
Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia
Rev: silphium plant; monogram left; K-O / N-I / O-N
Rev: Müller, Afrique 114; Buttrey, Coins 219 var. (no monogram); SNG Copenhagen 1276-9 var. (no monogram); BMC 16-9 (Koinon)

Next: an electrotype

 

Awesome coin @akeady ! Great head of Africa.

 

Hmm, maybe none of the people playing in this thread have an electrotype, so I'll pick a different new subject: Zeus Ammon.

 

Your electrotype is a real beauty @TIF ...but yeah, who has two thumbs and no electrotype? This guy
I do however have Zeusy Ammusy:



Ptolemy II Philadelphos


(285-246 BCE) - AE27 (19.47 MM 4.87 gm.) - horned head of Zeus Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, between legs A (year 1 = 271-270 BC) (Svor. 610 Weiser 18)

Next up: Man with animal features

 

Man with animal features... I'm going to jump in and show my Selinos litra because I haven't shown it lately . It's a gorgeous little flake of silver and the man-face of the bull is wonderfully melancholic!


SICILY, Selinos
Circa 410 BCE
AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h
Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above
Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right
Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.
ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;
ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;
ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript

Next up: a coin with iridescent toning

 

Maybe not the most extreme example - but I think this qualifies: "a coin with iridescent toning"

P. Servilius M.f. Rullus, 100 BC. AR Denarius
Mint: Rome
Obv: Helmeted bust of Minerva left, wearing aegis
Rev: Victory driving galloping biga right, holding palm frond and reins; P below.
Size:18mm-21mm, 3.89g
Ref: Crawford 328/1; Sydenham 601; Servilia 14

Next: interesting headgear

 

AV Dinara ND Peshawar Mint
Vima Kadphises 117-36AD
Kushan Empire
Rev. Moon God Mao

Next: Kushan Empire

 

Kushan Empire


INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Takto (Soter Megas).
Æ Tetradrachm, 21mm, 8.5g, 12h; c. AD 80-100.
Obv.: Radiate and diademed bust right, holding scepter
(Naaaw, itsa RHYTHM STICK !); tamgha behind.
Rev.: BACIΛЄV BACIΛЄVΩN CΩTHP MЄΓAC; Vima Takto on horseback right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right.
Reference: Senior B17.1vT
Ex: @John Anthony

Next Up: Satrap

 

Hekatomnos, satrap of Caria, 395-377 BC, AR tetartemorion 0.2g lion / 3/4 head

Next: a 3/4 head larger than this one