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Edit - @Pellinore beat me to it - Next, large Roman provincial

 

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Tarsus, Severus Alexander. AE 38 mm, 27.84 g.

Next : a very small Roman provincial

 

AE11 half quadrans Trajan 98-117. Rome Mint for Antiochia Seleucis. Obv. Laureate bust right. Rev. SC in wreath. 11 mm, 1.48 gr. McAlee 526. RPC online Nr. 3680 (‘chalkous’, 1 in collection).

Next: a medium Roman Provincial...

 

Laodicea (Lattaqieh, Syria) - Antoninus Pius, AE 24 mm
Obv.: Illegible legend mostly out of flan , laureate bust of Antoninus Pius right
Rev.: IOVΛIEωN TωN KAI ΛAODIKEωN , turreted bust of Tyche right ; to the right ΘE, to the left HΠP : year 188 = 140-141 AD.

Next up : Desert patina

 

NEXT: desert patina

 

AUGUSTUS
AE As
OBVERSE: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left
REVERSE: S-C either side of large altar, PROVIDENT in ex.
Rome 22-30 AD
10.5g, 28mm
RIC I (Tiberius) 81

Next: Octavian/Augustus

 

Augustus - as
Obv.: CAESAR AV[G. PONT. MAX. T]RIBVNIC. POTEST., bare head right.
Rev.: L. SVRDINVS [III VIR] A.A.A.F.F. around large SC.

Next : one side only epigraphic

 

Next: another non-domesticated animal (real, not mythical)

 

OTACILIA SEVERA
Æ Sestertius
OBVERSE: MARCIA OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right
REVERSE: SAECVLARES AVGG, SC in ex, Hippopotamus standing right, head raised
Struck at Rome, 248 AD
18.6g, 30mm
RIC 200a, Cohen 65
ex Warren Esty

Next: Mother of Emperor

 

It's been a while, so I will change the next category:

Next: Any Roman lady/goddess

 

Lucilla

NEXT: Her Father

 

Marcus Aurelius - sestertius (174/5)
Obv.: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM TR P XXIX , laureate bust r.
Rev.: LIBERALITAS AVG VI IMP VII COS III / S C , Liberalitas standing l. holding coin-plate with handle and cornucopia
RIC 1147

Next : Liberalitas

 

Geta (209 - 211 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT ,laureate head right.
R: LIBERALITAS AVG V , LIberalitas standing left with counting board and cornucopiae.
Rome Mint, 211 A.D.
3.7g
18mm
RIC 88, RSC 68

The reverse ends legend with "AUG V". The 'V' stands for the number of times donatives had been given at the time of the minting. "Liberalitas" signifies generosity.


Next: Mars

 

CRISPUS
Follis
OBVERSE: CRISPVS NOB CAES, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
REVERSE: PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS, Mars, naked except for helmet and boots, chlamys flying out behind, advancing right holding transverse spear and shield. R-S across fields, QARL in ex.
Struck at Arles , 317AD
2.27g, 18mm.
RIC VII 129

Next: Any coin struck at Arles

 

I must have forgotten to put in the reference number, but here is one from Arelate (Arles) with a nice portrait of Constantine the Great:




Next: another "the Great" from history

 

Alexander III the Great (336 - 323 B.C.)
AR Tetradrachm
O: Head of Alexander as Hercules right, wearing lion-skin headdress.
R: AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, bow on left.
Salamis mint, struck 332-323 B.C.
16.95g
25mm
Price 3139 ; SNG Alpha Bank 662; Newell. Salamis 7.

Lifetime Issue

Next: cornucopiae

 

Nabataean half-unit (?) of Rabbel II (AD 71-106), AE 15 mm
Obv.: Joined heads of Rabbel, laureate, and Gamilat his wife
Rev.: ربعل / جملت (RB'L / GMLT) in two lines between crossed cornucopiae

Next : Nabataean

 

Nabataean Kingdom
AR Drachm
O: Laureate and draped bust of Aretas right. RY30? (21 A.D.)
R: Veiled and draped bust of Shuqailat right; date at end of legend to left.
Petra Mint
4.2g
14mm
Meshorer, Nabataea 100

Next: eagle

 

PTOLEMY X
AE20
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right
REVERSE: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae before
Struck at CYPRUS c 100 BC
6.11g, 20mm
Svoronos 1698

Next: Zeus