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Marcus Aurelius ANTONINUS....



next , another Antoninus

 

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Another Ant (Double Denarius):


RI Quietus usurper 260-261 CE Ant 3-74g Samasota mint Indulgentia patera scepter RIC V 5

Next: Another Quietus

 

Hey, that was an antoninianus, not an antoninus. Trying to pull a fast one, eh?!

 

Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, a.k.a. Caracalla:

Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman AR denarius, 2.9g, 19mm, 6h.
Rome, issue 10, AD 217.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right.
Rev: PM TRP XX COS IIII PP; Serapis, wearing polos on head, standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter.
Refs: RIC 289c; BMCRE 188; Cohen/RSC 382; RCV 6846; Hill 1586.

Next: a figure holding a wreath.

 

LOL, hey ANYTHING to mess up @Roman Collector

FALSE START!



I was asleep at the wheel

[EDIT] next , another Antoninus. WHAT @Roman Collector said...

Next: a figure holding a wreath.

 

What's a few letters in a whole word anyway?

As of Titus as Caesar, reverse victory holding wreath.

next - Titus as Emperor...

 

Titus AE As. AD 80. IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII, laureate head left / PAX AVGVST S-C, Pax standing left, holding branch and caduceus.



Next: Pax

 

Philip I - Antioch / PAX FVNDATA CVM PERSIS


Next: another Pax that refers to a specific peace rather than a generic peace

 

12 hour rule

Nabataean Kingdom
Issued under King Aretas IV
9 BCE - 40 CE
Obv: Busts of Aretas IV and his Queen Shaquilath right
Rev: Crossed cornucopia with legend between
AE Prutah | 3.54g | 18mm
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Next: Jugate busts or portraits

 

Here we go again with my Sulpicius Galba denarius from the piggy thread, showing the Dei Penates on the obverse:



Next: another coin with jugate busts or heads.

PS: Why does the obverse bust on the right on my coin look like he has a Mohawk? What is that sticking up from the top of his head? It certainly doesn't belong to the bust on the left; nobody's head is that deep!

 

Unknown Nabataean Kingdom, jugate busts, double cornucopia. Old photo, any ID would be helpful.

Next: More jugate busts

 

MN. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri
REVERSE: Galley under oar
Struck at Rome 108-109 BC
3.9g, 20mm
Cr.307/1, Fonteia 7

Next: Galley under sail

 

next: more jugate busts

As Bing asks, Galley under sail

 

That "Fake"? sand patina on that Nabatean really helps that coin.

 

Do you have any weight or diameter for that coin - I'll have a look in Younis Al-Qatanani's book on Nabataean coins over the weekend. There are many very similar ones and you might need more detail on the reverse to tell them apart.

ATB,
Aidan.

 

No galley under sail?

NERO
AR Billon Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: ΝΕΦΡΑ ΚΛΑΒ ΚΑΗς ΣΕΜΠ, Radiate head left, wearing aegis; L IΓ to left below chin (Reginal year 13)
REVERSE: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΦΌΡΟς, Galley sailing right, dolphins below
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 66/7 AD
12.5g, 23mm
Emmett 121

Next: Any Galley

 

Galley


RImp Marc Antony 32-31 BCE AR Legio X Equestris - Caesar Denarius B bankers mark Eagle Galley Standards

Next another galley

 

I'm not the most knowledgeable about things nautical. I hope this counts as a galley:


Gratian, AD 367-383.
Roman Æ maiorina, 5.90 g, 21.4 mm, 11 h.
Constantinople, AD 383.
Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust, right, holding spear and shield.
Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head right, on ship, raising right hand. Victory seated at helm. No wreath in field; in exergue, CONΓ.
Refs: RIC 52a (unlisted officina).

Next: Paludamentum blowing in the wind.

 

Paludamentum... chlamys... same thing, yes?


GALLIENUS
AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (this coin cited). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, chlamys blowin’ in the wind, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side.
Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273

Next: Man vs animal

 

YES! In the "Land of the Giants"!