a game for the bored

I know someone out there needs something to do that does not involve a football so I am posting ten images of small details for ID. Included in the ten are 3 duplicates (two images from the same coin) so it might be good to start with trying to pair those up. I will not be saying 'No' to wrong answers and may be slow in commenting on correct ones because I do have other things to do tonight. Not interested? OK, Merry Christmas.
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I think I saw 7 and 8 in an exhibit at MOMA.

 

..i see a human face in the 3rd pic up from bottom

 

First pic has to be Severus?...By the way Doug I'm not bored!

 

#3 is a Tribute Penny. #10 looks like head of a legionary eagle looking at a capricorn decoration on a standard... is it the same coin as #1 (Sep Sev legionary issue)?

 

I’m guessing 3, 4, 6 and 10 are from a Republican issue.

 

I suspect that #1 and #6 are the same coin based on the coin fabric and color (unless Doug is using photo trickery to throw us). #1 is a Septimius Severus. #6 might be an eagle on a staff?

 

I'm not even sure I'd recognize some of the details if they were on my own coins...

No.9: hooked nose, long chin, and lustful lips: it's probably wrong but I'm going for Domitian.

Looks like lady No.8 has a spiral nebula on the inside of her head. Pretty, but probably very impractical.

 

#8 looks like the reverse of #3, which would make it a fourree.

Mine isn't a fourree but has other attributes that may make it an interesting candidate for a macro shot too...

 

I'm with you on this one. Also, great description!

 

#3's TI CAES makes it highly likely to be Tiberius (or Titus) and early imperial.

 

#3 is a Tribute Penny, # 10 is a legionary eagle with capricorn, #1 is Septimius Severus. The tip off on #3 is the notch on the top of the T in TI Caesar which is usual for denarii of the type. #8 is the reverse of #3 and a fourree. The brown on #3 is on top of the silver so does not give away the coin being plated.


This is the whole coin for #10.

#1 is a well known die and the reverse might be recognized by someone who knows the dies). There are some die overlaps in this period but I don't think this was one. That one was unfair. The Grinch apologizes.

 

That hooked nose for #9 looks like it belongs on Vespasian. Nerva's nose, while also hooked, at least on some coins, has a more graceful, patrician line to it, whereas Vespasian's nose looks as if was broken at some time. So, could this be a denarius of Vespasian?

Edit: Also, the position of the "A" relative to the portrait would suggest that this is a coin of Vespasian.

#2 and #7 seem to be related. I wish I was more knowledgeable with things Roman, but taking a wild stab I'd say it is a coin of Augustus, pointy nose and all.

 

#9 is the face of Vespasian but there is no A in the photo.

 

Roman praenomena were very specific. TI is always Tiberius while Titus is just plain T. #3 can not possibly be anything but some Tiberius (the emperor of another like Ti Claudius Nero. Titus would never be abbreviate TI so we see either just T or spelled out. It would have been unfair for me to show a TI and not a letter following it that would either be a second T making it Titus or, as here, the C of Caesar unless you thought I had a coin from one of the TI CLAVDIUS options and was so unkind as to not shown the L.
https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153094

 

2 and 7 are on the same coin but opposite sides.

 

I find #9 somewhat mesmerizing
Was it struck from a recut die ?

#10 is a kid at the pool wearing an animal shaped inflatable ring

 

I should've remembered that. Thanks for the correction and for keeping me honest.
Is #6 a capricorn?

 

As far as I know, this is a worn example of a Divus Vespasian denarius portrait. I noticed no recutting.

Yes and the ID of the coin will be more obvious if you pay attention to the angle of the semicircular shape right of the Capricorn. #10 shows a Capricorn as used by Septimius Severus on a legionary standard that has a crescent but #6 is a different emperor with the Capricorn attached to something other than a standard. I thought that one would be easier.

 

For #6 I'm thinking Spanish Augustus, MA or T itus but have been searching your posts here on CT and using ac search and haven't found a match that I'm happy with. But have children to be tended do have no time