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For me, that horse is a show-stopper! Great Tet, @Andres2 !

 

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CARIA, Satraps. Hekatomnos.
AR Hemiobol. 0.26g, 6.7mm. Mylasa mint, circa 392/1-377/6 BC. Cf. CNG 78 (2008), 824. O: Youthful male head (of Apollo or Hekatomnos) right. R: Bull protome left; E behind.
Notes: Rare and unpublished in the standard references
Ex Auctiones GmbH Auction 14 (17 Mar 2013), Lot 32

Next: Another hemiobol from Asia Minor

 

Hemiobol from Kyme

Aiolis, Kyme
Hemiobol (400-250 BC)
Obv.: forepart of horse right, K above, Y below
Rev.: rosette (floral pattern) of eight petals and central pellet




Next: Another Floral pattern (no lion)

 

Aethelred II –
Monne - Styca Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria -
841-844, 844-849 AD. Obv: small cross with +EDLIRED REX legend. Rev: pellet rosette with +MONNE legend for the moneyer Monne. S. 862. 1.17 grams.
Very fine. Ex: Timeline Auction

Next up: English coin pre Viking invasions

 

Constantine II, Follis, 322-323 AD.
London mint
Obv: CONSTANTI-NVS IVN NC legend with radiate, draped, cuirassed bust left.
Rev: BEAT TRA *** NQLITAS legend with globe on altar inscribed VOT IS XX in three lines, three stars above, F-B across fields; mintmark PLON in exergue.
Ref: RIC vii London, 255; Sear 3941

Next up: Another coin from London

 

I'll bet that was a mite earlier than Ryro had in mind! Mine is earlier:
Maximianus struck in London by Carausius.


Next: Another English mint coin from before the currency reform of Diocletian.

 

Very true Doug. Though anticipated the possibility. However, I didn't anticipate the way in which Victorinus died. " He was murdered by a jealous husband whose wife he tried to seduce."


VICTORINUS AntoninianusRIC 61, Providence
OBV: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right
REV: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providence standing left, holding cornucopiae, globe at feet
2.3g, 21mm
Minted at Southern Mint, 268-270 AD. ex Bing of coin talk Fame

Next up: someone that died a fairly hilarious death

 

Victorinus was not English but Continental. The choices for mints on the island are few.

 

CARAUSIUS
AE Antoninianus. 3.65g, 22.9mm. "C" mint (Camulodunum/Clausentum), circa AD 286-293. RIC V 335. O: IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG; Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: PAX AVGGG, Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter; S-P across fields, C in exergue.
Ex James "@jamesicus" Pickering Collection; ex CNG E-Auction 204 (2 Nov 2009), lot 184; ex J.S. Vogelaar Collection

Next, let's go with this one anyway:

 

I was admittedly not being nit picky as he was the recognized ruler of Britain but not England... Cause there was no English people.
My request earlier was clearly phrased "English" and not British. As the Angles had not invaded Britain until after 500 CE (well after the Romans had abandoned the area). But the point is moot as Zumbly just posted a rocking Carausius (love the chocolate and mint patina).
Edit: though, to your point, I did wonder what location was ment by "southern mint" for my V-man coin?

 

Well I guess we could call Valentinian's death fairly hilarious (if you have a dark sense of humor.. )

Quick cut & paste from Wikipedia:

Without waiting for the spring Valentinian decided to continue campaigning and moved from Savaria to Brigetio. Once he arrived on 17 November, he received a deputation from the Quadi. In return for supplying fresh recruits to the Roman army, the Quadi were to be allowed to leave in peace. However, before the envoys left they were granted an audience with Valentinian. The envoys insisted that the conflict was caused by the building of Roman forts in their lands; furthermore individual bands of Quadi were not necessarily bound to the rule of the chiefs who had made treaties with the Romans – and thus might attack the Romans at any time. The attitude of the envoys so enraged Valentinian that he suffered a burst blood vessel in the skull while angrily yelling at them, provoking his death on November 17, 375.



Next: A valiant death

 

This comes from RIC, which attributes coins of Victorinus to either Cologne, or an unidentified mint south of Cologne. But, that volume of RIC was first published in 1933, and more recent scholarship places his mints at Cologne and/or Trier. CNG, following Jerome Mairat's work on the Gallic mints of this period, attributes your Providentia type to "Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 5th emission, AD 271".

 

Valentinian I is a great choice for the hilarious death. The coin shown is Valentinian II. Note the IVN in the obverse legend. Circumstances of his death are questionable (murder/suicide) so we can't use it for valiant.
Next: A valiant death

 

Thank you Doug!

Next: A valiant death

 

Tetradrachm of Antigonos I Monophthalmus in the name and types of Alexander III Obv head of Herakles Rv Zeus seated left Price 3857 Susa Mint 17.05 grms 25 mm Towards the end of the Battle of Ipsus when he was surrounded by his enemies one of his subordinates stated that " the enemy is bearing down on us. His answer was "Who else but me would they attack".He at the age of 80 went down fighting Next coin a Diadochi

 

Ptolemy I Soter

Next: a lighting bolt held by someone other than Zeus / Jupiter.

 

Septimius Severus (AD 193-211)
AR Denarius, Rome Mint
Obv.: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Laureate head right
Rev.: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, Dea Caelestis riding right, on lion, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; below, waters gushing form rock; in ex: IN CARTH.
Ag, 3.19g, 18.3mm




Next: Riding on lion or panther

 

Septimius Severus AE29 Pautalia, Thrace, Cybele on lion

Next: anyone riding something not usually ridden

 

People don't usually ride goats ...


Valerian II, Caesar AD 256-258.
Roman billon antoninianus, 3.14 g, 22.5 mm, 5 h.
Cologne, AD 257-258.
Obv: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter seated facing on goat standing right, his right hand raised.
Refs: RIC 3; Göbl 907e; Cohen 26; RCV 10731; Hunter 9.

Next: Grandchild of a then-living emperor/king or empress/queen.

 

I take it since she has Aug in her title Maesa qualifies?

Julia Maesa AD 218-224.AR Denarius. Rome mint.2,23g17mm.Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVG. Draped bust right. Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left, holding long caduceus and sacrificing over lighted altar; star in right field

Was grandmother to this little angel:


Elagabalus
(218-222). Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis. Æ (17mm, 2.96g, 12h). Laureate head r. R/ Bunch of grapes. Cf. Varbanov3823.

Next up: a different grandparent that outlived their Emperor/King empress/queen grandkid