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Sestertius of Hadrian 119-120 A.D. Rv Lictorstanding left setting fire to a heap of tax records with three citizens standing before him cheering him on. RIC 592a 25.61 grms 33 mm I don't know if this is a better depiction but a better use for fire tough to beat Next coin Hadrian

 

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HADRIAN
AR Denarius. 3.0g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 124-128. RIC 172; RSC 328. O: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery. R: COS III, Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting arm on statuette of Spes on column at side of throne.
Ex Cardinal Joachim Meisner Collection

Next: a coin pictured with its old tag

 

Well - I was late for the fire, which is probably best, as I cannot really say "better" than @Bing's Pax setting fire to a pile of arms....and @Terence Cheesman's coin leaves me speechless. Here's my "too slow" fire:
Sasanian, Kavād I, second reign, AD 499-531, AR Drachm
Obv: Crowned bust right; star to left
Rev: Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames

and my too slow Hadrian (and a little off in my selection of Hadrian)

C. Fabius C.f. Hadrianus, 102 BC
Obv: EX A PV, Turreted and veiled bust of Cybele right
Rev: Victory driving galloping biga right, E below horses, bird before, C FABI C F in exergue
Size: 19.6mm, 3.96 grams

and maybe if I type a little faster...

Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right; behind, S C downwards
Rev: Juno Sospita standing right, holding shield in left hand and hurling spear with right hand; below, snake; behind, L PROCILI F in exergue
Ref: Procilia 2

Next Up: Sasanian

 

Sasanian


Persia Sasanian Ardashir III 628-629 CE AR Drachm 36mm 3.85g Zoroastrian Fire Alter Gobl II-1 yr 2 Delta RARE

Next up: Thracian BCE

 

Thrace, Mesambria, Circa 175-100 BC. (Orichalcum, 20 mm, 6.12 g), Diademed female head to right. Rev. METAM-BPIANΩN Athena Promachos advancing left, holding shield left and brandishing spear with her right; to inner left, Λ. SNG Copenhagen 660.

Next: Athena with shield and spear

 

Gordian III, AD 238-244, with Tranquillina.
Roman provincial AE pentassarion, 11.34 gm, 29.7 mm.
Anchialos, Thrace, AD 241-244.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ ΤΡΑΝ-ΚVΛΛΙΝΑ, confronted busts.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΡΧΙΑΛΕ-WΝ, Athena seated left, holding patera and inverted spear; shield at base of throne.
Refs: AMNG II (Strack) 662; Moushmov 2937; Varbanov 752.

Next: Confronted busts.

 

Confronted busts of Vitellia and Vitellius Germanicus


Vitellius
Denarius, Rome, AD 69
Obv.: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVGVST TR P, laureate head right
Rev.: LIBERI IMP GERM AVG, confronted draped busts of Vitellius' son (on left) and daughter (thought to have been named Vitellius Germanicus and Vitellia)
Ag, 3.090g, 18.1mm, 180o
Ref.: RIC² 103, RSC II 2, BMCRE I 29, BnF III 62

Next: pre Severean son or daughter of emperor

 

Claudius's son and two daughters.
CLAUDIUS
AE24. 9.25g, 24.4mm. JUDAEA, Caesarea Panias, circa before AD 49, pre-royal coinage of Agrippa II. RPC 4842; Meshorer 350; Hendin 1259. O: [TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR IM P P], laureate head left. R: [ANTONIA B]RITANN[ICVS OC]TAVIA, the children of Claudius: from left to right, Antonia, Britannicus, and Octavia, the two daughters each holding a cornucopia.

Again: pre-Severan son or daughter of an emperor

 

Up next: a coin with "cabinet toning"

 

Next: another toned roman denarius

 

When I got a macro lens earlier this year, I took lots of coin photos - this is one of my favourites - RIC 199, Augustus, with Caius Caesar on reverse. The reverse doesn't live up to the obverse!




Next - another coin where you're happy with the photos.

 

I took this photo of a sestertius of Herennia Etruscilla in sunlight and it captures the multicolored patina and the coin's details quite well:




Next: squarish flan

 

Volusian, Ruled 251-253 AD
AE Sestertius, Struck early 253 AD, Rome
Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, bust of Volusian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas, draped, standing left, leaning on column, holding caduceus in right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand, S-C across field.
References: RIC IV 251a
Size: 29mm, 14.03g

Next: a middle bronze Volusian

 

Not sure this is "middle"


VOLUSIAN
AE30
OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right
REVERSE: ANTIOXEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-e, SC below, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-god Orontes swimming beneath her, ram leaping right above
Struck at Syria-Antioch, 251-253 AD
17.1g, 30mm
SNGCop 295

Next: River god Orontes

 

next: another river god

 

Macrinus, 217-218
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis
struck under legate Statius Longinus
Obv.: Bust of Macrinus, cuirassed with scale armor, laureate right
[AVT] K M OΠEΛΛ CEV MAKPINOC
Rev.: River god resting l. elbow r. hand on
prow of ship, l. hand on vase from which water flows l.
VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOCIC
Ae, 11.26g, 26.1mm
Ref.: AMNG 1761, Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2012) No. 8.23.32.6

Next: another coin from Nikopolis

 

CARACALLA
AE17. 3.77g, 16.6mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa AD 195-198 (as Caesar). Varbanov -; AMNG -; Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018) No. 8.18.48.18 corr. (same dies, ANTWNIN). O: AV KEC ANTΩN, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: NIKOΠOΛI ΠPOC ICTP, Crescent with three cross-shaped stars within, a fourth below.
Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection

Next: Crescent with stars

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS I-I laureate head right
REVERSE: SAECVL FELICIT dot,
seven stars & crescent
Struck at Emesa, 194-195 AD
2.95g, 17.5mm
RIC 417

Next: Moon w/o stars

 

If no one is going to jump on this opportunity then I happily will:

Pamphylia. Aspendos
370-330 BCE
Stater AR
22mm., 10,17g.
Two wrestlers grappling; AΦ between / EΣTFEΔIIVΣ, slinger to right, triskeles in right field.
very fine
SNG France 83

Next up: a different stater

 

Isn't it supposed to be "moon without stars"?