Artemis thinks we're a bunch of nerds!

This cracked me up!


Artemis either forgot about coin collectors or she includes us in the "huge nerds" category!

Post your coins of Artemis/Diana with bow and stag or Poseidon/Neptune with a trident!!


Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 9.53 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h.
Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 238-244.
Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; stag at side.
Refs: BMC 30; RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID 67278); Moushmov 2685; Varbanov 3888; Jurukova 476; SNG Cop --; Lindgren --; GIC --.
Notes: Obverse die match to Varbanov plate coin. This specimen illustrated in RPC VII.2.

Claudius II, AD 268-270.
Roman billon Antoninianus, 4.12 g, 20.6 mm, 5 h.
Antioch, 1st emission, AD 268-269.
Obv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and draped bust of Claudius Gothicus, right.
Rev: NEPTVN AVG, Neptune, standing left, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left hand; A in exergue.
Refs: RIC 214; MER/RIC temp 1018; Cohen 183; RCV 11353; Hunter 78; Huvelin 1990, 5.

 

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Yes, they are immortal only to the folks who read the Loeb Classical Library (those little green hardbound books).



Here's one of Septimius Severus, probably associated with his sea voyage to Britannia (where he died at York).

Septimius Severus, A.R. Denarius, Rome mint, 210 C.E.

3.3 grams, 19.1 mm

Obverse: Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG

Reverse: PMTRP XVIII COS III PP

Neptune standing left, nude but for cloak over left shoulder and right arm, right foot on rock, right arm resting on right knee, trident vertical behind in left hand.

 

I reckon this die engraver was rather taken with Artemis as he positioned the branches of the tree behind her to make it look like she had a pair of delicate, angelic wings. Pity about the stick-figure stag.


SALONINA
AE29. 9.26g, 29.5mm. IONIA, Ephesus, AD 254-268. Karwiese 1184 (this coin cited and illustrated). O: · CAΛΩN · XPVCOΓONH · CЄBA ·, diademed and draped bust right on crescent. R: EΦECIΩN Γ N-EΩ-KOPON, Artemis, standing facing, head right, raising right hand and holding bow; tree behind her, stag at her side.

Two more of her in her action pose...


POPPAEA
AE17. 3.3g, 16.7mm. PHRYGIA, Acmoneia, circa AD 62. Lucius Servenius Capito, archon, with his wife Juia Severa. RPC I 3175. O: ΠOΠΠAIA CEBACTH, Draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; before, forepart of lion to right. R: CEPOYHNIOY KAΠITΩNOC - KAI IOYΛIAC / CEOYHPAC – AKMONEΩN, Artemis advancing right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with her right; to left, monogram; to right, monogram above lyre.


ANTONINUS PIUS
Billon Tetradrachm. 12.71g, 22.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/142. Dattari-Savio pl. 108, 8094 (this coin); Emmett 1362.5; RPC Online 14246 (2 spec., this coin cited). O: Laureate head left. R: L-E, Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow.
Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.513); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection

And here she is, immortalized on a First Meris tetradrachm...


MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate, First Meris
AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 32.7mm. MACEDONIA, Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC. SNG Cop 1313; Prokopov 127. O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield. R: Club; monogram above, two monograms below, MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.

 

I guess somewhere during the third century she decided that a dog is a better hunting companion than a stag:

 

Thrace, Augusta Traiana, Geta, Artemis advancing right

 

All lovely coins, but the best so far is @Al Kowsky 's... What a stunner!

Here is my hunting lady...

 

No stag ad the bow was shy and decided to leave the flan, but not a bad coin overall.

Seleukid Kingdom. Magnesia on the Maeander . Seleukos II Kallinikos 246-226 BC. Bronze Æ 17 mm., 4,02 g.
Obv: Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY.
Apollo standing left, testing arrow and resting bow on ground; all within maeander pattern. Controls: Monogram in field to outer right, two monograms in field to outer left.

 

My Loeb volumes are mostly of the red kind... so it's Diana and Neptune for me.


Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 210 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: P M TR P XVIII COS III P P; Neptune, naked except for cloak over l. shoulder and r. arm, standing l., r. foot set on globe, holding trident in l. hand. 19 mm., 3,54 g Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 234.


Julia Domna, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 211–217 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG; bust of Julia Domna, draped, r. Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA; Diana, draped, standing l., holding a torch in both hands. 19mm, 3.09g. Ref: RIC IV Caracalla 373A.

 

@Roman Collector, how do you know that the cartoon is supposed to represent Artemis rather than Diana? It seems to me that she could be either.

In any event, I have only one coin specifically portraying Artemis, a tetrassarion of Diadumenian from Nicopolis ad Istrum showing Artemis on the reverse -- with her hound, rather than a stag:



I have two coins depicting Neptune, the first a denarius of L. Lucretius Trio with Neptune & trident on the obverse and Cupid riding a dolphin on the reverse (one of my favorite Roman Republican coins):



And the second an as struck by Caligula with Agrippa on the obverse and Neptune with trident and dolphin on the reverse:



I do have a couple of Roman Republican coins showing Diana that have a stag motif:

Roman Republic, C.. Allius Bala, AR Denarius, 92 BCE, Rome mint. Obv.: Diademed female head (Diana?)* right, wearing necklace; BALA behind, control mark "R" below chin / Rev.: Diana in biga of stags right, holding sceptre and reins in left hand and flaming torch in right, with quiver over shoulder; control-mark (grasshopper) below stags; C•ALLI in exergue; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 336/1b; RSC I Aelia [Allia] 4 (ill.), Sear RCV I 221 (ill.), Sydenham 595, BMCRR 1742-1771 [no control-letter "R"]. 17 mm., 3.88 g.**



* Varying identifications of obverse head: Crawford ("female head r., wearing diadem"); RSC I ("female head (Diana?)"); BMCRR (same); Sear RCV I ("female deity").

** Moneyer otherwise unknown. See BMCRR p. 238 n. 2: "This type may refer to the annual festival in honor of Diana held on the Aventine, where her temple stood, and at which torch races occurred. . . . C. Allius Bala was apparently the first moneyer to introduce a symbol as a mint-mark in conjunction with a letter."

Roman Republic, Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n. Nero [Tiberius Claudius Nero, son of Tiberius and grandson of Appius], AR Serrate Denarius, 78 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Diana right with hair in topknot, bow and quiver over shoulder, figure of stag at end of bow (horns to left), S • C [Senatus Consulto] before / Rev. Winged Victory driving galloping biga right, with horses’ heads straining forward, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond and reins in left hand, control number CXXXIIII beneath horses; in exergue, TI•CLAVD•TI•F [VD ligate] / [A]P•N [AP ligate] in two lines. Crawford 383/1, RSC Claudia 5, Sear RCV I 310 (ill.), Sydenham 770, BMCRR 3096-3113 [Control number CXXXIIII not included], Harlan, RRM I Ch. 8, pp. 36-39 [Harlan, Michael, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)]. 18 mm., 4.01 g., 6 h. [Footnotes omitted.]



And then there are my several Roman Republican Dianas with no reference to stags (unless that's also supposed to be a stag's head at the end of Diana's bow on the first two -- it's not mentioned in any of the catalog descriptions, unlike the descriptions of the Ti. Claudius Nero):

Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus (Aulus Postumius Albinus, son of Aulus [mint magistrate ca. 96 BCE], and grandson of Spurius [Consul 110 BCE]), AR Serrate Denarius, 81 BCE. Obv. Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder, bucranium above [off flan] / Rev. Roman priest standing facing on rocky ground (on Aventine Hill), head left, with right arm extended holding aspergillum, sprinkling heifer [Harlan, RRM I*], bull [Crawford & Sear], or ox [RSC] which he is about to sacrifice, a lighted altar between them, A POST - AF - SN • ALBIN [AL in monogram] around. RSC I Postumia 7, Crawford 372/1, Sydenham 745, Sear RCV I 296 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 1 at pp. 1-7, BMCRR 2836. 18.54 mm., 3.85 g. Ex. Spink & Sons Ltd. (before 2000 because of address on Spink coin tag; probably before 1974 given citation to Sydenham but not Crawford.)



Roman Republic, C. Postumius, AR Denarius, Rome 74 BCE. Obv. Bust of Diana R. w/ bow and quiver/ Rev. Hound running R., hunting spear below, “C POSTUMI TA” [TA in monogram] in exergue. RSC I Postumia 9, Crawford 394/1a, Sear RCV I 330, Harlan, RRM I Ch. 18 at pp. 109-112, BMCRR Rome 3238. 18 mm., 3.83 g.



Roman Republic, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, AR Denarius, 68 BCE. Obv. Draped bust of Diana R., wearing crown and stephane[?], with bow and quiver over shoulder, GETA before, III VIR behind/ Rev. Wild boar of Calydon r., pierced in shoulder by spear and attacked by hound beneath, C. HOSIDI C F in exergue. RSC I Hosidia 1 (ill.), Crawford 407/2, Sear RCV I 346 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 32 at pp. 189-194, BMCRR Rome 3388. 18 mm., 3.91 g.

 

Great coins in this thread.

Artemis sometimes shows up in a countermark, as with these two dazzlers from Laodicea ad Mare, host coins struck for Domitian.



Countermark: Artemis bust right, quiver over shoulder in rectangular punch, 4.9 x 4.2 mm (RPC dimensions) Howgego 181

 

AEOLIS, KYME
AE 15
OBVERSE: K-Y across fields, Artemis standing right, holding torch and clasping hands with figure standing left, holding transverse spear
REVERSE: Two figures in quadriga right; one holding long transverse spear
Struck at Aeolis, after 190BC
3.12g, 15mm
SNG Cop 113; BMC 96

HIEROCAESAREIA SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CIVIC ISSUE
AE15
OBVERSE: PERCIKH; draped bust of Artemis Persica right, with bow and quiver
REVERSE: IEROKAICAREWN, flaming altar
Struck at Hierocaesaria 117-138AD
2.66g, 15mm
BMC 7

MACRINUS
AE 26
OBVERSE: ΑΥ Κ ΟΠΕΛ ΣΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟΣ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ Κ, laureate head of Macrinus right facing bare headed head of Diadumenian left
REVERSE: ΥΠ ΠΟΝΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ/Ν, Artemis, huntress, advancing r., reaching for an arrow in quiver at shoulder and in her l. hand holding a bow; below a hound. E to centre l
Struck at Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior, 217 - 218 AD
10.4g, 26mm
Moushmov 532

TRANQUILLINA
AE23
OBVERSE: CAB TPANKVLLEINA CEB, diademed & draped bust right
REVERSE: ADRIANOPOLEITWN, Artemis running right, holding bow, drawing arrow from quiver behind shoulder, dog running at her feet
Struck at Hadrianopolis, 241-43 AD
6.1g, 23mm
Moushmov 2764

 

I'm a huge nerd for Artemis!

Phrygia, Aezanis. Caligula Æ16
Obv: Γ ΚΑΙ ϹƐΒ ΓƐΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ / Laureate head of Caligula, r.
Rev: ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΠΡΑΞΙΜΕ / Draped bust of Artemis with bow, r.
Magistrate Praxime.



Pisidia, Kremna. Marcus Aurelius AE23
Obv: IMP C M AVR, laureate, draped bust right.
Rev: DIANAE CREM, Artemis standing front, looking left, holding patera, bow and spear. Stag standing right at foot right.
BMC 5; Imhoof KM 6; Aulock Pisidien II, 1081-1086.



Cilicia, Anemurium. Gallienus. AD 253-268.
Obv: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Artemis advancing right, holding bow in extended hand and drawing arrow from quiver; stag at feet to left; ЄT B (date) in legend.
SNG France –; cf. SNG Levante 522 (dated RY 3); SNG Levante Supp. –.
Dated RY 2 (AD 254/5).

 

How about her hound?

Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar. 217-218 AD. MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Æ Pentassarion (29mm, 12.98 gm, 6h). Pontianus, legatus consularis. Obv: Confronted heads of Macrinus facing right, laureate, and Diadumenian facing left, bare headed. Rev: Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; at side, hound springing right; reversed E (mark of value) to left. AMNG__: Varbanov__; H&J 6.29.13.2

 

A nice mix of coins shown in this thread!....
Aeolis, Kyme, c. 165-90 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.84g, 12h). Zoilos, magistrate.
Obverse...Draped bust of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, quiver and bow over shoulder.
Reverse...Single-handled oenoechoe (Kyme's cup) with KY above (Kyme), flanked either side by laurel branches.
Magistrates name left to right across central field Z-Ω / I-Λ / O-Σ..Zoilos.
SNG München 507-9; SNG Copenhagen 108; SNG von Aulock 1642.

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II. 274-216 BC. Æ-Litra (19mm, 6.38g).
Obverse..Diademed head of Poseidon left with border of dots.
Reverse..ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ, Ornate scroll decorated trident with lotiform shaft flanked by dolphins.
Ref:for type SNG Cop 844-856.

 

Meaning no disrespect to any god, but my patron is Mercury.


Mercury / Ulysses greeted by his dog, Argos. (ex: Kirk Davis)

I have others ...

 

Those portraits remind me a great deal of the Macrinus & Diadumenian portraits on the pentassarion from Marcianopolis, with the Hermes reverse, that I just posted over on the Marcianopolis thread.



Same artist, possibly?

 

That's an absolutely gorgeous example of the Mamilius Limetanus denarius. Wow.

 

L Hostilius Saserna
48 BC

 

M Junius Brutus and Casca Longus
43-42 BC