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@Valentinian: I mispelled it ; it is Fulgeratori. My apologies, so sorry.
I do have one, and was looking for another emperor's coin with Iovi Fvlgeratori.

This is mine:
Pre-reform Antoninianus
Rome, 290 - 291 AD, Mintmark XXIZ struck under Maximian, officina mark Z (= 7th officina)
20 x 22 mm, 3.683 g
RIC V Diocletian 167;

Ob: IMP DIOCLE-TIANVS AVG Radiate, draped, bust of Diocletianus to r.
Rev.: IOVI F-VLGERATORI (to Jupiter who throws the lightning), Jupiter walking l. head to r., l. leg drawn back, r. arm up about to hurl thunderbolt, mantle draped over l. arm, eagle at foot to l. In exergue XXIZ





Could you please say what comes next? don't want to make another spelling error

 

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Your pick. Perhaps a representation of thunderbolt or Jupiter? Something where there are plenty of examples.

 

Ok, understood.
Then how about we move on and look for small ones: a Tetartemorion.
Who can share the smallest?

Hope I wrote it correctly

 

Theme: a Tetartemorion



Ionia, Miletos. c. 550-525 BC.
5-4 mm. 0.14 grams. Tiny!
Facing lion's head/pattern of nine dots.
Theoretically, a tetartemorion is 1/4 obol which is 1/6 drachm. Obols have varying weights, often c. 0.7 grams, as 1/6 of 1/4 of a tetradrachm of 17.2 grams would be at Athens. So an Athenian tetartemorion would be about 0.17 or 0.18 grams. I highly doubt that such tiny coins were struck to precise weights. This one is not from Athens, so it might be on a different standard, and smaller denominations were not normally up to the full weight of their theoretical fraction. Minting cost something and minting six obols was harder than minting a drachm, and minting four tetartemoria was harder than minting one obol. The state usually took a cut by making the smaller denominations weigh less than their fraction.

Next Theme: Lion

 

I have lots of lions, but I'll pick one of the smaller coins:

MYSIA
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish behind upward
REVERSE: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square, star above
Struck at Kyzikos, 480-450BC
0.41 g, 9.5 mm
Sear 3850

Next: Boar or Pig

 

Theme: boar or pig



AE21. 7.95 grams. (In Italy) Apulia, city of Arpi
Laureate head of Zeus left
Kalydonian boar right, spaer above
ARΠANΩN below

Next Theme: AE of Greek Italy.

 

I guess this one could be up for debate, whether the Bretti were in Greek, Punic, or Roman Italy at this particular moment, but the ethnic in is Greek so I'll go with this one. I wish I new what the control symbol was, it's not one of the usual l ones.



Bruttium, Brettii AE Didrachm or Reduced Sextans (24mm, 9h), c. 211-208 (?) BCE. Ares / Athena, uncertain symbol (plow or rudder?). Ex-ANS, Bartlett, Muñoz.

Next: deity associated with warfare

 

Now >36 hours, so it's open

But for anyone wanting to do the last theme, that's any coin with Athena, Ares, Nike, Mars, Minerva, Victory (or various others, including the non Greco-Roman pantheon)

 

Open: so coin with old pedigree








Attribution: RIC IV 217 Antioch (correction - Rome/Milan)
Date: AD 251-253
Obverse: IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: FELIC-ITAS PVBL, Felicitas standing left holding long caduceus and cornucopia
Size: 22.63mm
Weight: 3.23 grams
Description: toned nearing VF. Includes old yellowed paper envelope from the coin dealer E. Boudeau, Paris - dating prior to 1912 - with dealer name, coin description and price (1.20 franc, about 24 cents) hand-written in French with an ink pen. Élie Boudeau (1853-1912) was a politician and numismatist in late 19th century-early 20th century Paris. He served in the 5th legislature of the Third French Republic from 12 November 1889 to 14 October 1893. He owned a shop in the numismatic district of Paris at 11 Rue Rameau, only a stones throw from the Bibliotheque Nationale and one block from the Rue Vivienne where several coin shops, including CGB, still exist today.

Next; coin with old pedigree:

 

Very nice one! I think you've already posted the envelope elsewhere so I won't make a fuss about the "old envelope tax". Incidentally, about 75 years later (mid 80s), I bought my first two ancients coins on Rue Vivienne while traveling with my parents.

Since I haven't yet posted it here... Carisius Denarius attached to the tiny gold "Aquiletta" countermark of the d'Este Collection, formerly thought to be the Gonzaga Collection stamp (right behind Victory's head, probably applied around the 1571-4 exhibition at the Este Castle, curated by Pirro Ligorio). It's in an NGC slab, not of my doing:


(Also Münzen und Medaillen Auction 52 in 1975, with a collection of 24 of these, I think formed by Köln art dealer Horst-Ulbo Bauer.)


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