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a bit of red and blue iridescence and cabinet toning on this denarius:

L. Memmius Galeria, 106 BC, AR Serrate Denarius, Rome mint
Obv: ROMA, laureate head of Saturn left; •P below chin, harpa to right
Rev: Venus driving biga right, holding scepter and reins; above, Cupid flying left, holding wreath; L • (ME)MMI/(GAL) in exergue.
Ref: Crawford 313/1b; Sydenham 574; Memmia 2;

Next: "nicely toned and attractive coin"

 

I've got a lot of colorfully toned coins but instead will show one that is more subdued but is definitely "nicely toned and attractive":


ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi
58 BCE (redated from Crawford's 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984)
AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm
Obv: terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border
Rev: M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath
Ref: Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23
formerly slabbed, NGC XF, 4/5 strike, 4/5 surface

Next: terminal bust

 

Nice coin @TIF - . While it is easy to find busted terminals:

Sadly, terminal busts seem hard to come by - so with 12 hours passed - I will restart with this coin.

Tye 419 a 3.3g 2-gani coin of Delhi Sultan 'Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah Khalji Dynasty 1296-1316
that I initially misidentified as a jital of 'Ala-ud-din Muhammad Khwarezm Shah 1200-1220.

Next: a coin that isn't what you thought it was

 

Here's a Chinese cash that came in a cheap group lot I picked up off of eBay a few years ago. I was sure this one was a modern forgery, one of the Feng Shui coins, but I posted it around and David Hartill, author of Cast Chinese Coins and a handful of other works on East Asia, responded to my inquiries and told me that it was legitimate, at least in age, but that it was a circulation forgery dating to the late 1600's. The coin doesn't match any published variety (at least in his book) because it was from a private mint and was quietly slid into circulation.

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Next: Another contemporary counterfeit

 

Counterfeit antoninianus of Tetricus I, emperor of the so-called "Gallic Empire", 271-274 AD. The legends look blundered : MP C TITRICVS ... and FIDE MILITVM. In the 270s these imitations circulated together with the real coins.

NEXT : a bona fide Tetricus I

 

Tetricus I, AD 271-274.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.73 g, 20.3 mm, 7 h.
Mainz or Trier, AD 273-274.
Obv: IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: HILARITAS AVGG, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 80; Cohen 54; RCV 11237; Elmer 789; Hunter 16.

Next: Hilaritas

 

Hilaritas


Ae as, 11.4g, 12h; Rome mint, second issue, AD 196-211.
Obv.: IVLIA AVGUVSTA; bust right, draped right, hair waved and coiled at back.
Rev.: HILARITAS S C; Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and cornucopia.
Reference: RIC IVa 877, p. 210, scarce.
From the Doug Smith Collection, #853
Ex: @John Anthony

Next: Hilarious looking coin

 

Some victory butt Crack:

Next up: nero

 

Nero
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: NEΡΩ KΛAΥ KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEΡ AΥ LIΔ, radiate bust left wearing aegis; L IΔ below year 14 (67/68)
Rev.: HΡA AΡΓEIA, veiled bust of Hera Argeia right, wearing stephane, star in front
Billon, 12.21g, 23x23.5mm
Ref.: Milne 297, Curtis 126, RPC I 5315, BMC Alexandria 133, Geissen 200
Ex Chimpery Agencies (Aug. 1979)

Next: Hera

 

Perhaps being from the plumpers industry...

A friend of mine helped develop this product:




FIXED:

 

Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus AE16. Hera

Next: Septimius provincial

 

Septimius Severus, Thrace, Bizya, AE Assarion (20 mm, 4.40 g). ΑΥ Κ Λ CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. BIZYHNΩN Zeus standing left, holding patera in right hand over flaming altar at his feet to left, and long scepter in left

Next: Zeus standing

 

Zeus standing:


Gordian III, AD 238-244, with Tranquillina.
Roman provincial Ӕ Tetrassarion; 11.05 g, 25.5 mm, 7 h.
Thrace, Anchialus, AD 241-244.
Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄB/ TPANKVΛ/ΛINA, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, left.
Rev: OVΛΠIANWN AΓXIAΛEWN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and scepter.
Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID 65809); AMNG --; Varbanov 739; BMC --; Tachev, Anchialos 2-5; Moushmov --.

Next: Gordian and Tranquillina.

 

Here's a good match to your coin - not the same coin, very similar from Tomis with Hera in place of Zeus.

Moesia Inferior, Tomis, Gordian III with Tranquillina (AD 238-244), AE Tetrassarion
Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ / TPANKVΛ / ΛЄINA, draped busts of Gordian, laureate and cuirassed, and Tranquillina, wearing stephane, facing one another
Rev: MHTPOΠONT-OV TOMEΩC, Hera standing left, holding sceptre and patera; Δ (mark of value) in field to left.
Size: 13.11g, 26 mm
Ref: Varbanov 5690.

Next: a "Greek Imperial" or "Roman Provincial" coin

 

Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus from Pautalia


Next: two unrelated people on one coin (no family, no spouses)

 

Hmm ... the only one I can think of is this one of Vabalathus and Aurelian.


Vabalathus, AD 270-272 and Aurelian, AD 270-275.
Roman billon antoninianus, 3.58 gm, 20.4 mm, 5 h.
Antioch, late AD 270-spring 272.
Obv: VABALATHVS V C R IMP D R, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus, right.
Rev: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian right; officina mark Є below.
Refs: RIC 381; CBN 1248; Cohen 1; MIR 353; RCV 11718.

Next: more Aurelian.

 

Aurelian as Restorer of the World.


Next: Someone being handed something (other than a wreath).

 

Sestertius of Nero depicting Congiarium - Nero seated and his magistrate handing out donatives ( money, grain, oil) to citizen...



next , more Nero...

 

Hi All,

Nero, looking a bit like Claudius.



Next: An emperor looking like his predecessor.

- Broucheion