Happy St Patrick's Day => post your green, or your Irish, or any relevant coins!!

Happy St Patrick's Day => post your green, or your Irish, or any relevant coins!!




Antoninus Pius - Alexandria AE Drachm

 

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Happy Saint Patrick day to all!!!!
Even Angelo D Macero III Italian has a" Irish" middle name" Dwyer" it be it always got me Green beer
Please Do Not Drink +Drive!!!

But today Ya Wear Green for a lot of reasons but today it's Saint Patrick day

 

Add a green lady to this party.



If you like your ladies with a mustache & green, party with Severina.



Or if that doesnt suit you, you can always go for a lady who likes to have "sexy times". Just be warned she could wind up pregnant!

 

Gordian III, 238-244
AE Sestertius, 25.46g, 32mm; Rome mint: 238-9
Obv.: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: VICTORIA AVG; Victory advancing left, carrying wreath and palm; S-C.
Reference: RIC 528a

 

Maximianus, 286-305
AE Radiate Fraction, 20mm, 2.9g; Cyzicus mint: 295-299
Obv.: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: CONCORDIA MI-LITVM, Jupiter presents Victory on a globe to Maximianus; KЄ between.
Reference: RIC VI, 16b (p. 581)

 

Constantine I
AE Follis, 18mm, 2.8g; Lugdunum mint: 316
Obv.: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG; laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; Sol standing right, looking left, chalmys spread, holding globe / A / S // PLG
Reference: Not in RIC, compare to VII 62 with different obverse legend.

 

Constantius II, 317-361 AD
AE3, 19mm, 3.4g, 12h; Heraclea mint: 326
Obv.: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left.
Rev.: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; Camp-gate with two turrets, no doors; 6 stone layers; star above // SMH epsilon dot
Reference: RIC VII Heraclea 84

 

Theodora
AE4, 15mm, 1g, 11h; Trier mint: 337-340
Obv.: FL MAX THEO DORAE AVG, laureate and draped bust right.
Rev.: PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas holding child // TRS palm.
Reference: RIC VIII Trier 91 (p. 144)

 

Arcadius, 395-408
AE4, 13mm, 1.1g, 6h; Heraclea mint: 378-383
Obv.: DN ARCADIVS P F AVG; Small laureate, draped, cuirassed bust r.
Rev.: VOT V within wreath // SMHA
Reference: RIC IX, 18b (p. 196)

 

Antioch ad Orontes, Semi-Autonomous
AE23, 10.77g, 12h, Denomination A; Antioch: after 47 BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark of Cleopatra VII.
Rev.: ‭[‬A]NTIOΣEΩN‭ [‬ME]TPOΠOΛ[EΩΣ‭]; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter, thunderbolt above.
Reference: Butcher 20, SNG Cop 80
Notes: The attribution of the countermark to Cleopatra is conjectural, but seems to jibe with the historical and numismatic evidence.

 

LAMPSAKOS, MYSIA THRACE AE-10
OBVERSE: Female head right, hair rolled
REVERSE: Forepart of winged horse right, ΨΑ above, symbol below
Struck at Lampsakos, Mysia 399-200 BC
1.24g, 10mm
BMC Mysia p. 84, 53 ff. var (symbol)


ALEXANDER II ZABINAS AE22
OBVERSE: Radiate and diademed head right
REVERSE: �'ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ�"ΡΟΥ, Double cornucopia; A-Π flanking, star to lower left
Struck at Antioch, Series 5 125-22 BC
8.2g, 22mm
SC 2237


AUGUSTUS Æ 31 Dupondius
OBVERSE: PERMISSV CAESARIS AVGVSTI, bare head left
REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA, aquila between legionary standards
Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain) 15-14 BC
18g, 31 mm
RPC 128, SNG Cop 464

 

I've got a few greenies Shown in approximate chronological order with approximate relative sizes.

 

I love composites like that TIF, nice job. I'd do that with my coins but I'm at work and have to, like...work.