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  1. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    I think I got there first! So, another Roman provincial -- from Nero.
     
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  3. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    OK.

    Notoriously Nero's have noodly hair:

    Nero from Alexandria:

    Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm 12.73 grams

    Obverse: NERW KLAY KAIS SEB GER, Radiate crowned head facing right.

    Reverse: AVTO-KRA, Draped bust of Egyptian god Serapis facing right, wearing Kalathos (basket) on head, date LI (year 10)

    Reference: Milne 222, Koln 160, RPC 5274, BMCGr 156: Sear 2001.

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    Next: Colossus of Rhodes
     
  4. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Wow. That nose of Nero's. I don't think the engraver liked him very much!
     
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  5. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    Another Nero Provincial.

    nerocorinth2.jpg Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Nero Æ20. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto Corinthia, Corinth. Nero. 54-68 AD. Æ 20mm . Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto, Duovirs. Struck 67-68 AD. Laureate head of Nero left / Nero stands facing within tetrastyle temple. BCD Corinth 480. SNG Copenhagen 235-236. RPC I 1208.

    Next: Provincial from Corinth
     
  6. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Isn't the next one supposed to be the Colussus of Rhodes?
     
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  7. shanxi

    shanxi Well-Known Member

    12 hours rule, but I don't want to leave the theme completely. Here is the head of the Colossus of Rhodes:

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    Caria, Rhodes
    Drachm (Circa 88/42 BC-AD 14).
    Obv: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right.
    Rev: P – O, Rose seen from above. Control: below, grain ear left.
    AR, 4.08g, 18mm
    Ref.: HGC 6, 1456; SNG von Aulock 2839

    Next: Flower on a greek coin
     
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  8. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    Rhodos best (2).jpg

    next:another coin of Rhodos
     
  9. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Helios on Rhodian coins = the Colossus of Rhodes? I admit that I never knew that.
     
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  10. Orielensis

    Orielensis Well-Known Member

    There is an article by Richard Ashton which argues that a specific series of Rhodian didrachms probably shows the head of the Colossus. In general, I tend to be a bit skeptical about such spectacular identifications, but I know far too little about Rhodian coinage to have an informed opinion on this issue. You can find the article here.

    Here is a tiny Rhodian bronze:
    Griechen – Karien, Rhodos, AE10, Rose und Rose.png
    Caria, Rhodes, AE10, ca. 394–304 BC. Obv: rosebud. Rev: rosebud; ethnic P-O. 10mm, 0.95g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 248; BMC 70–73.

    Next: another flower
     
  11. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    I recalled it was the prevailing theory, but what I was surprised to learn: there don't seem to be any ancient coins that depict the statue in full. (Perhaps others will correct me.) I was hoping that, in the same way as the Alexandria Lighthouse or Trajan's great equestrian statue (Equus Traiani), coins might at least provide the only surviving portrait of another great lost monument. Sadly, as far as I can tell, none exist. (Except for the head, a detail that makes these coins even more rewarding.)
     
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  12. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    It is assumed that the head of the Colossus is on the coins, or at least some issues, but there is no coinage extant that shows the whole figure AFAIK.

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  13. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the article link @Orielensis ! I had read many of Ashton's articles in The Numismatic Chronicle and others that are available "open access" on JSTOR, but did not know that one was available at persee.fr! have read that article so I wouldn't try to defend his argument, but in its favor, many of the designs on Greek and Roman coins were depictions of statues (equestrian statures, for instance, are a popular motif).

    Speaking of R.H.J. ASHTON, here's "Pseudo-Rhodian" Helios-Flower drachm that was cited in his 2002 Clubs article. This coin is #79 in: “Clubs, Thunderbolts, Torches, Stars and Caducei: more Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms from Mainland Greece and the Islands”. The Numismatic Chronicle. The Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 162 (2002). https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668203

    Ashton Clubs 2002 No 79 Plate Coin Pseudo Rhodian Drachm Capture.PNG Arisistokrates AR Drachm Ashton Clubs Plate Coin 79 Draft FINAL.png

    Next: Another coin cited or "plate coin" in any reference or article or book (incl. online references like RPC Online; commonly described as "this coin referenced" or "this coins illustrated" in auction descriptions).
     
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  14. Pavlos

    Pavlos You pick out the big men. I'll make them brave!

    I have read about these more rare didrachm issues as well, nice theory though. I collect quite some Rhodian coins, one album page is full already.

    I'll go for this diobol, I haven't really show it on the forum:
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    Islands off Caria, Rhodos. Rhodes. AR Diobol. Circa 275-250 B.C.
    Obverse:
    Radiate head of Helios right.
    Reverse: P-O Two rose buds; above, Phrygian helmet.
    Reference: Ashton series 3, 78-79. Karl 458-460. SNG Copenhagen 744. SNG Keckman 519-522. SNG Munich 589.
    0.96g; 10mm

    I have it's younger sister as well, struck during the Plinthophoric coinage.
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    Islands off Caria, Rhodos. Rhodes. AR Diobol. Circa 188-84 B.C.
    Obverse:
    Radiate head of Helios right.
    Reverse: P-O Rose with bud to left bud; to right, star.
    Reference: SNG Copenhagen 849. SNG Keckman 695.
    0.83g; 10.5mm

    Next: AR Diobol
     
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  15. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Plate coin:

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    Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 CE.
    Isinda, Pisidia; AE 25.0 mm, 8.55 gm
    Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, Dr. bust of Faustina r.
    Rev: Confronted heads of Serapis and Isis, in field, E-Delta (yr. 4 ).
    Refs: Ex Lindgren I A1322A, ex von Aulock, Pisidia I 833 (Plate coin for both references).

    Here is the info from Lindgren I:

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    Next: Another plate coin
     
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  16. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    @Pavlos I think we put them up simultaneously but I've got one that'll hit both follows, yours & @Roman Collector : A Diobol or 1/12 Stater plate coin from Demeester's book "Les Animeaux et La Monnaie Grecque"

    Naville Auction 63 107 Ephesos Diobol 1-12th stater.jpg

    (Great examples of both of those coins above, the flowers and the plate, by the way! :) The two rose buds example is so cool, haven't seen that before. Double plate coin for that Annia Faustina; I love when they're older references with interesting "archaic" fonts and photography.)

    Edit: I don't have Demeester's book yet, but here's an image from the NAC catalog where the "The J. FALM Collection: Miniature Masterpieces of Greek Coinage depicting Animals" was sold -- those are the coins that were the subjects for Demeester, A & B. Daubersy (2003) Les Animaux et La Monnaie Grecque. Une collection preivee de petites monnaies grecques en argent a theme animalier
    NAC Auction 82 Lot 179 Demeester AR 1-12 Stater Diobol Ephesos ZOOM.png


    Next: Another Bee or insect (grasshopper, fly etc)
     
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  17. Pavlos

    Pavlos You pick out the big men. I'll make them brave!

    I think we indeed placed them at the same time, nice diobol!

    I got this tiny fraction recently:
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    Ionia, Ephesos. AR Hemitetartemorion (?), circa 500-420 BC.
    Obverse:
    Bee.
    Reverse: Head of an eagle to right within incuse square.
    Reference: Karwiese Series IV, Type 1. SNG Kayhan 130.
    0.12g; 8mm

    Next: Coin with atleast 2 different animals
     
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  18. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

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    Moesia Superior, Viminacium, Gordian III,


    Issue AN IIII = year 4
    Dating AD 242/3

    Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
    Obverse design - radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear

    Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN IIII
    Reverse design Moesia standing l.; at l., bull standing r.; at r., lion standing l.

    Next - another feline on a coin
     
  19. Iepto

    Iepto Active Member

    Herakleia.png
    Calabria Tarentum
    Diobol
    OBV: Head of Athena Right, wearing attic helmet with Hippocamp
    REV: Herakles standing to right, wrestling with Nemean lion. Club to left

    HN Italy 914

    Next - Herakles
     
  20. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Next up: another Herakles without lionheaddress. f502feb400c6a872935933278b2e5c06.jpg
     
  21. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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