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My Domna seems a die match:


It is almost time for someone to post anything to revive the thread. I don't think a Dikaiosyne would be out of line.

 

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Thanks, Martin. I enjoy these segues. I feel they enhance the spirit of the thread, and make it even more interesting.

 

RI Antoninus Pius 138-161 BCE BI Tet Alexandria Egypt Dikaiosyne Scale

Next: A Quinarius

 

The oldest I have in my collection. Crawford 44/6

 

We need a Next.

 

What about...
A coin with a happy looking portrait (roman imperial)?

 

Constantius II certainly seems to be smiling, very intensely!



NEXT:- Something I`d love to own, a coin with Aphrodite on it.

 

Here's an Aphrodite head and the forepart of Pegasus.

Silver Hemidrachm
- Forepart of Pegasus flying right
- Head of Aphrodite left, wearing wreath of grain, earring, and necklace.
Mint: (ca 350 - 3)
Wt./Size/Axis: 1.10g / 10mm / -
References:

• BCD Corinth 188
• SNG Copenhagen 115

Next - forepart of some different beast.

 

Lion

Next: coin from Lydia

 

Not just any lion.....Wow.....

 

Obv:CONSTANTI then USII

 

Lydia, Apollonis, Pseudo-autonomous issue circa AD 69-92, Flavian era, Bronze Æ
Obv: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔЄΩΝ Draped bust of Apollo right.
Rev: ΙЄΡΑ CVNKΛHTOC Draped bust of the Senate right.
Size: 15 mm, 2.15g
Ref: SNG von Aulock 2901; SNG München 34; BMC 9

Next: something flavian

 

That I can do!



RIC 0853 Domitian Tetradrachm

IMP CAES DOMITIANVS
Laureate head of Domitian right

AVG GERM
Six ears of corn; P in exergue

Minted in Rome for circulation in Asia

circa 95 AD

10.17g

RPC 874/1, RIC 853 (R)

RPC lists 9 examples but only one with the P in exergue

Next a Nerva tetradrachm

 

On further checking and thanks to keen eyed @dougsmit it turns out that my “Happy face” is in fact Constantine I (CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, RIC VII Antioch 86) and not Constantius II, which i’d always assumed since purchase.

 

To keep the thread going how about a Nerva fouree?

Next up: another fouree

 

My only fouree:


next: another fouree

 

We have failed before on Nerva tetradrachms. Someone needs one.

Fourree can mean gold over silver. There are copper over iron ones but I have none and have seen only a couple.


Next: a fourree with almost no core exposure

 

I hesitate to post this, as I posted this same coin on the last page. I justify my repetition with >24 hours elapsed and updated description and new photo from "velvet swatch background" experiments:

M. Aemilius Lepidus, 58 BC, AR fourrée Denarius
Obv: Veiled head of the Vestal Virgin Aemilia right , border of dots
Rev: View of the Basilica Aemilia, above AIMILIA, on left REF downwards, on right S C downwards, below M LEPIDUS, border of dots.
Ref: Crawford 419/3a; Aemilia 26 (<10 dies reported in Crawford RRC)

Here's another coin that by weight (2.35g) and by the rust patina has me questioning whether or not it might be a fourrée. Several features of this coin that I found interesting, including:
- the reverse legend that spells out fully a word that we often see only as "IMP"
- the breaks in the reverse legend IMP-E-RATOR-II which doesn't match any of the 42 examples in ACSearch or the 22 examples on OCRE
- small dots surrounding the wreath also interesting to note on the reverse

Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161, AR Denarius, Rome AD 143
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right
Rev: IMPERATOR II, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond
Ref: RIC 111b

Next: another coin that spells out a word more often seen abbreviated OR has unusual legend breaks

 

another coin that spells out a word more often seen abbreviated OR has unusual legend breaks


RI AE As Trajan CE 98-117 26mm 11.0g Rome Laureate Draped - SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS Victory R wreath palm S-C RIC 675

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