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Denarius of Faustina II, for whom fertility was apparently a fascination but not a problem. In all she bore 13 children.


Next theme: a dolphin you can really see.

 

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Well, I'm proud that you can really see the tiny dolphin in Neptune's hand on my Agrippa as:


But that may not be exactly what @lrbguy had in mind... so here are some more dolphins:

Syracuse, Hieron I tetradrachm. 480-475 BC.


How about some lateral thinking now, folks? Sicily + missing horse heads = The Godfather. Which is the next theme. (Just posting another Sicily doesn't count.)

 

DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER?




How about a coin depicting person/deity that a month is named for.

 

Considering what month we're in, I have to go with Julius Caesar for July.


JULIUS CAESAR
AR Denarius. 3.77g, 19mm, Rome mint, struck by L. Aemilius Buca, February - March 44 BC, Crawford 480/8; Sydenham 1061; RCV 1411. O: CAESAR DICT PERPETVO , wreathed head of Caesar facing right. R: L BVCA , Venus standing left, holding Victory and a sceptre

Next theme : Venus

 

Venus it is!



Since Venus Victrix has a shield, let's make the next theme a SHIELD.

 

BRUTTIUM, the Brettii
AE Double Unit. 17.13g, 27mm. BRUTTIUM, The Brettii, circa 218-205 BC. HN Italy 1987; Scheu 39. O: Helmeted head of Ares left, bowl decorated with griffin; below neck, thunderbolt. R: BΡETTIΩN, Hera Hoplosmia striding right, in attitude of defence, holding large shield and spear; in lower field right, a lighted torch.

Next theme: Magna Graecia

 

Campania, Neapolis. Ca. 300-275 B.C. AR nomos (19 mm, 7.35 g, 7 h).
Obverse: Diademed head of nymph left; behind, ladle.
Reverse: [N]EOΠOΛITΩN, man-headed bull walking right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull with wreath; below, BI.
References: SNG BN 822; SNG ANS 393; HN Italy 579.
Thin die-break on obverse.

Next Theme: Nike

 

Side AR Tetradrachm c. BC 200 Nike has a Wreath
Next Theme : Wreath

 

Victory has TWO wreaths .


CONSTANTINE I
AE3. 3.15g, 19mm, Constantinople mint, AD 327-328. RIC VII 25 (R2). O: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head right. R: LIBERT-A-S PVBLICA, Victory standing with head left on a galley, holding up a wreath in each hand; CONS in exergue, B in left field.

Next theme: Libertas

 

Galba struck some of the most artistic bronzes of the 12 Caesars:



GALBA 68 - 69 A.D.
AE Sestertius (28.10 g.) Rome late summer 68 AD RIC 309
IMP SER SVLP GALBA - CAESAR AVG TR P Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. LIBERTAS - PUBLICA Libertas standing l., holding pileus and long scepter; S - C in field.

The reverse suffers slightly from a double-strike.

Next theme: Double-struck reverse

 

Double-struck reverse:

DECENTIUS Caesar 351-363 AD
AE1 (24 mm diameter)
Similar to Sear #4036
Obv: DN DECENTIVS FORT CAES Bare headed simple draped bust facing right.
Rev: VICT DD NN HVG ET CAES Two victories standing facing each other holding between them a shield
(VOT - V - MVL - X) in the shield, FSAR in exergue.

The next theme is an easy one. The next theme is Two Victories.

 

Decentius, AD 350 - 353
AE2, 22mm, 4.18g; 7h; Arles mint, AD 351-352
Obv.: DN DECENTIVS CAESAR; bare headed, cuirassed bust right, A in left field
Rev.: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE; two victoreis facing, holding wreath with short ties, inscribed VOT / V / MVL / X, IS in lower middle field
In Ex.: SAR

Next theme dogs.

 

Dawg!


RR Aes Grave AE Quadrans 230 BCE Dog 3 pellets Six spoked wheel 59.8g Craw 26-6a Th-Vecchi 34

Next theme: Horse-Head

 

Roman Republic Æ litra(5.75g, 18mm), anonymous, after 264 B.C., Cosa mint. Helmeted head of minerva right; border of dots / Horse's head right, on base; behind, ROMA[NO] upwards. Crawford 17/1d; BMCRR Romano-Campanian 12; Sydenham 3a
Ex Thersites collection, ex Andrew McCabe collection acquired 2009.

Next theme: litra

 

Niiice...

 

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LITRA!


Carthage - Sicily AR Litra 4th C BCE 9.5mm 0.65g Palm Tree Horse Head SNG Cop 74 EE Clain-Safanelli RARE

Next: Lobster / Crab

 

Calling @TIF: we need your crab headdress.

 

Okay


BRUTTIUM, the Brettii
216-214 BCE
Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g
Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress
Rev: crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below
Ref: Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579

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I'm not sure how to proceed. I just call out any theme I want, and eventually we all will have posted every coin we own in this thread? Okay. How about Amphitrite's husband, Poseidon?

 

Demetrios Poliorketes, Macedonian Kingdom, Silver tetradrachm

Obv:– Demetrios diademed head right with horns of a bull, the animal sacred to Demetrios' patron deity
Rev:– BASILEOS DEMETRIOY, Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, trident in left (apparently inspired by the Lateran Poseidon, a statue by Lysippos, court sculptor of Alexander), monogram left
Minted in Pella, c. 289 - fall 288 B.C.
Reference:– Newell p. 97, 91 and pl. VIII, 12, SNG Cop 1179 var.
17.0192g, 29.3mm, 45o



How about a Griffin/Gryphon?