[Game] Guess the portrait!

Ok a clue ...Rudrasimha II?...............Very close just a bit earlier....

 

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Visvasena?

 

Visvasena?....Soooooo close!

 

Alright – in this case, could it be Bhartrdaman?

 

I was about to guess that. If not, it's gotta be Rudrasena II.

 

Yep @Orielensis
Bhartrdāman as mahakshatrapa, silver drachm
Head of king right, date behind head: (off flan)
Chaitya (3-arched hill), river below, crescent moon and sun above, Brahmi legend around
' rajno mahakshatrapasa rudrasenaputrasa rajno mahakshatrapasa bhartrdamnah'

 

This one is a bit tricky, so I'll give a hint. The three dots in the left field represent stones and are significant.

 

@Orielensis It has been more than 24h, please give a hint.

 

St. Stephen? Bracteate of Halberstadt, bishop Gero von Schochwitz (1160-1177).

 

I was just about to give another hint, but @Severus Alexander is absolutely correct. It is St. Stephen:


Bishopric of Halberstadt, under Gerno von Schembke, AR bracteate, 1169–1177 AD. Obv: + S–STEPHANVSPROTOMARTI; bust of St. Stephen facing between three stones and star. Rev: negative design. 25mm, 0.83g. Ref: Berger 1324; Slg. Bonhoff 483.

 

Oops. (But really, Schochwitz, Schembke, what's the dif?) Nice coin!!

OK, have a go at this one:

 

Actually, there is no difference.

It's simply still debated whether Gero came from the noble family von Schochwitz, the family von Schermke/Schermbke/Schembke, or whether those two families were identical. The sources seem to be ambivalent here, and therefore you'll find different names in the respective scholarship and numismatic catalogues.

 

Forgot to give a hint for this one. "Lowly worm" should do it.

 

I am having difficulties even recognizing a portrait hehe

 

To avoid this fun exercise going to page 3, maybe we should institute a 24 hour new coin rule?

 

I think I recognize "lowly worm" from a previous thread. Is it Phocas?

 

Bingo! A quick search of "lowly worm" in the CT search box would have found it.

Here's the coin. Surely this is a competitor for the Worst Portrait Ever:

Phocas, AE pentanummium, Constantinople. (Note the reverse is upside down in this image.)

Your turn, @Orielensis!

 

We had a couple of tricky ones now, and to speed the game up again, let's continue with something less peripheral. Who knows this guy?

 

I do not know the origin or year of the coin, but the countermark looks similar on a coin I seen before, the countermark was a bust of Cleopatra, very similar to the bust on yours?

 

The portrait is Arethusa a nymph and daughter of Nereus