5 coins bought in the past no clue

Hello All,

Ancient coin lovers, sometimes you buy coins and later think still no exact clue what it is.
See 5 coins I have trouble with.
Domitian? second Macrinus with a price urn?, the others no clue? Galba?
Maybe you know them, because you also have them? pictures are not that good sorry.

Regards, Gilbert

 

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Very interesting. What is the size and weight of the first coin?

Edited: the first coin is Roman Egyptian and you are correct, Domitian. The date (reverse, in exergue) threw me because it looks like "LK" which is year 20; far beyond Domitian's time in power. It must be an obol (weight ~5 gm, diameter ~19mm), sphinx seated right, although I'm still not matching it to an Emmett number. In theory, the date should read "LIA"

Senior moment. See correction below. It is a griffin.

 

Can not find measuring tool...lost..also no scale, but it is tiny around 1,1 cm.

 

also is it a griffing? a coin from Thrace?

 

Sorry, I answered while you were typing, editing my original post . Roman Egypt, sphinx. griffin

 

Humm it doesn't look like a sphinx more a griffin I see this webpage, but it looks different, domitian coin is also there.

http://www.ancientcoinage.org/the-great-sphinx.html

 

Doh! You are correct. It is a griffin. Sorry

Emmett 315, griffin seated right. Issued every year except regnal years 13 and 15. Obol.

 

looks like this one, but still not the same:

Domitian, AE Obol, Alexandria, Year 4, 84-85 AD. 3.23g; 18mm. AVT KAISAR DOMITIANOS SEB GERM, laureate head right, date LD before / Griffin seated right, left forepaw on wheel. Emmett 315; Milne 491 var (date); Kampmann 24.35; RPC 2509.

 

If Emmett's book is accurate, the comparatively short obverse legend on your coin was used in regnal years 10-12: AVTKAICAPΔOMITCEBΓEPM

The exergual letters would therefore have to be LI, LIA, or LIB. I can't really make yours fit any of those very well. My best guess is LI, with some corrosion or gunk to the immediate right of the I making it look like something else.

 

LI is probably right.

 

The 'Greek', especially with worn and corroded lettering always gives me immense grief---not to mention when they are inexplicably mixed with Latin, recognizable or not. JA seems to excel in these cases.

The first, which I love, you and TIF nailed down...and the second I could only make wild guesses for...but it seems to resemble Antoninus--- the translated Greek ought to narrow that down to a probability if not a certainty.

The third appears to also resemble Antoninus Pius, so perhaps that's a clue for the others?? The fourth I'm clueless about and the last seems to resemble Antoninus again---I would need to use a loupe and transcribe each symbol of the lettering and then compare what I have to my best guesses on Wildwinds or elsewhere.. And, I suppose any of the bearded Emperors resemble these images, so the legend is crucial to me--perhaps even Marcus Aurelius ETC ETC???

JA or Doug or one of the others will come to rescue soon.....

 

Very nice Cy, i like them...

 

sorry for not making it easy. see this one in the correct way, I love this coin the fourth one.
What I also like about the 3rd one is the goddess with looks like weapons...

 

The fifth may be Lucius Verus. I'll check.

 

great coins, looks to me no galba, 3 de coin looks to me commodus

 

The reverse on the fifth coin looks like Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and I believe it to be a Lucius Verus or Marcus Aurelius but I am still looking.

 

From the legend and the portrait, I would say the second coin is a Roman Provincial of Macrinus.

 

Your second coin looks similar to this Macrinus from Hierapolis-Castabala:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=192567

 

Looking again and reading the posts, The second has to be Macrinus as A-N and zumbly mention and I have to tentatively agree that Bing is probably right about Verus (the hair style) and RO may be correct about the third being Commodus--which leaves the 'goddess' as the only one without a hint as to what it may be....and I haven't the slightest idea who or whom without comprehending the Greek.

 

Zumbly saved the day and beat me to #2! #3 is stumping me but I'd guess Commodus with Tyche reverse. #4 is even more a mystery since I read letters suggesting Trajan but do not see him in the face. The last has Zeus reverse and looks like Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus as Bing suggested. I'm really no good and these when the clues are corroded.