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Anyone have a Moneta?

 

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DOMITIAN
AE As
OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate head right, aegis at tip of bust
REVERSE: MONETA AVGVSTI, S-C, Moneta standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae
Struck at Rome, 85AD
11.7g, 27mm
RIC 384

 

How about three Monetae? Septimius Severus sestertius

 

Mars and Moneta


Gordian III AR Antoninianus. Rome. 243-244 AD.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, his radiate and cuirassed bust right / MARS PROPVG, Mars advancing right, holding shield & spear. RIC IV 145, RSC 155. 22.91mm 4.1g


Galerius, as Caesar, AE Follis. 304-305 AD. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / SACR MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left holding cornucopia & scales, crescent to left, VI to right, AQ gamma in ex. RIC VI 40b
26.52mm 10.2g
note: This coin was minted to commemorate the wage and price
edict that was imposed during this reign.

 

It has been over 24 hours since the last post. Shall we move on to N?

N is for Nemesis!


Gordian III, with Tranquillina. A.D. 238-244
Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria; 28.92 mm, 15.89 g, 7:00
Moesia Inferior, Tomis, Magistrate Pontianus, A.D. 241-244
Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // [C]ABINIA (TP)AN / KVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left
Rev: MHTPO ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding arshin (rod) and sling, wheel at feet; Δ - < (denomination) in fields
Refs: AMNG I 3537; Varbanov 5701; Moushmov 2279; Cf. SNG Cop 305.

 

Another Nemesis (with friends!):

Provincial Rome - Phrygia
Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D.
Hieropolis, AE30, 30 mm x 12.36 grams
Obv.: AV K M AVP ANTΩNΕINO/C. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: ΙΕ POΠ ΛEITΩN. Nemesis, wearing polos, standing facing, head right, holding rein or halter. To right Serapis, enthroned left with Cerberus at feet.
Ex. CNG 93, Lot 818; Ex Group CEM

we'll see this guy one last time when 'S' comes along

 

Nemesis on a coin of Vespasian.

 

Men!



ANTIOCH PISIDIA, GORDIAN III 238-244 AD

O:Laureate and draped bust of Gordian III right; R: Mên standing facing, head right, foot on a bucranium, holding scepter and Nike on a globe to the right, rooster to left "COL CAES ANTIOCH SR" SNG France 1207. 35 mm, 26.0 g.


Oh dang it, we're on N...sorry.

 

Pontos, Amisos. Circa 85-65 BC.

Æ 21 mm

Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolfskin headdress / AMISOU, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165.

 

Neptune


ROMAN REPUBLIC
Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus
69 BCE (revised from Crawford's 72 BCE)
AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm
Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)
Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS
Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.
ex JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins

Nike. I have several (mostly on Alexandrians). Here's a mini-Nike.


EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea
year 13, CE 233/4
tetradrachm, 24 mm, 14.36 gm
Obv: IOVMAMAIACEBMHTECEKCTPA; Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev: Serapis enthroned left, holding scepter, extending his right hand toward Cerberus seated at his feet; on throneback, Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; L IΓ (date) to left, palm frond to right
Ref: Emmett 3226.13 (R4); Köln 2540; Dattari (Savio) 4517; K&G 64.119

One I missed in when it was E-day and I don't think anyone else posted her: the nymph Eretria


EUBOIA, Eretria
357-267 BCE
AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.1 gm
Obv: head of nymph Eretria left
Rev: head of bull facing, fillets from horns, EY above, satyr's head facing in right field
Ref: Wallace pl. XI, cf 126.
ex Frank James Collection
ex BCD Collection

 

NIKE:

Sicily Kamarina AR litra 11mm 0.56g 461-440 BCE Nike flying swan below within wreath Athena spear shield SNG ANS 1212-6

NEPTUNE:

RR Lucretius Trio 76 BCE AR Den Neptune dolphin boy S 322 Cr 390-2

 

Nike.

Macedonia, Stobi. Caracalla AE26
Caracalla AE26 of Stobi. A C M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate head right / MVNICI STOBE, Nike advancing right carrying palm branch & wreath.

 

NILUS
ANTONINUS PIUS
AE Drachm. 22.17g, 35mm, EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 9 (145/6 AD). Dattari (Savio) 8632; Emmett 1621.9. O: AVT K T AIL ADR ANTWNINOC CEBEVC, laureate head right. R: Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; crocodile below, L ENATOV (date) around.

NIKE

BRUTTIUM, Terina
AR Drachm. 2.17g, 15mm. BRUTTIUM, Terina, circa 300 BC. SNG ANS 865; cf Holloway & Jenkins 116 (obv); 112 (rev); BMC 32; Manchester 364; Hart 134. O: TEPINAIΩN, Head of the nymph Terina right, triskeles behind. R: Nike seated left on cippus, holding bird in her hand; TE monogram before.

 

Bet everyone has a Nike Goddess of Victory:

 

Probably not as nice as that one though! Gorgeous

 

NEPTUNE:

(Couldn't resist showing my all-too-frequently displayed, overexposed ;-) Neptune)



VESPASIAN 69 - 71 A.D.
AV Aureus (7.35 g.) Rome Jul. - Dec. 71 A.D. RIC 44
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M Laureate head right. Rev. NEP - RED Neptune standing left, right foot on globe, holding acrostolium and scepter.

 

One of my favorite Nikes:


Julia Domna AD 193-211
Roman provincial AE triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm
Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 193-211
Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE, bare-headed and draped bust, right
Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left.
Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811
Die match to lot 307, A Tkalek AG Antike Numismatik Auktion 41, 24 Oct 2003, which is the coin at Wildwinds.

 

Septimius Severus / Nike - Hadrianopolis - I really need to try for a better photo of this shiny green patina.

 

Is it just me or does Doug's Septimius look like him?

Late M: An unknown figure that RPC has ID'd as "Man naked running l. to altar, looking back, holding box in his l. hand.". Looks more like a basket or large pot.

Achaea, Achaea, Patras(Patrae). Sabina Æ20
Obv: SABINA AVG / Draped bust of Sabina, r., hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane.
Rev: COL A A PATREN / Man naked running l. to altar, looking back, holding box in his l. hand.
BCD Peloponnesos 552.5

 

Is it "O" day? I'm still looking for an Ops, but for now I have an Oceanus...


HADRIAN
AR Denarius. 2.98g, 19.1mm. Rome mint, AD 119-125. RIC 75a. O: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right. R: P M TR P COS III, Oceanus reclining left on a dolphin, crab claw horns on his head, holding an anchor in his right hand.
Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection

Hesiod's Theogony has Oceanus as eldest of the Titans, husband of Tethys, father of all the river gods and ocean nymphs. Prior to the ascendance of the Olympian deities, Oceanus was the unchallenged ruler of all the Seas. In that cosmology, he was also the world-ocean, the vast river stream that encircled the known lands. When Hercules, for his 11th Labour, voyaged to the Hesperides at the edge of the world, it was upon Oceanus that he traveled. Similarly, when Roman emperors ventured to far-flung Britain, it would be upon Oceanus that they sailed.