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  1. Ajax

    Ajax Well-Known Member

    Micipsa Numidia.png
    Kings of Numidia, Micipsa, 148 - 118 BC
    AE27, 12.32 grams
    Laureate head of Micipsa left with pointed beard / Horse galloping left, pellet below.
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    Next: Numidia
     
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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    NUMIDIA, MICIPSA.jpg
    KINGS OF NUMIDIA, MICIPSA
    AE27
    OBVERSE: Laureate, bearded head left
    REVERSE: Prancing horse left, pellet below
    Struck at Numidia, 118 BC
    14.4g, 27mm
    SNG Cop 505; Mazard 50; Müller 32
    Ex JAZ Numismatics

    Next: pellet (any where on a coin)
     
  4. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Lots of pellets

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  5. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Augustus 15.jpg
    AUGUSTUS
    Æ 25 As
    OBVERSE: PERM CAES AVG, laureate head lef
    REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA in two lines in wreath
    Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain) 19/18-2 BC
    8.07g, 24 mm
    RPC 129

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  6. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Merowinger Kings
    AV Triens ND struck circa 550AD Climone Mint
    Moneyer Vinovaldus (only example known/ex Kunker 621bc8eca31ed25a17b4119a6f4f30bc.jpg
     
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  7. panzerman

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  8. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Forgot data:
    Visigothic Kings/Spain
    AV Tremissis ND Cordoba Mint
    Erwig 680-87
     
  9. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Since @panzerman did not specify the next theme, here is a Spanish minted Republican Denarius

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    And the next theme is a ship's rudder
     
  10. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Nerva 6.jpg
    NERVA
    AE Dupondius
    OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P Radiate head right
    REVERSE: FORTVNA AVGVST S-C, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
    Struck at Rome, 96AD
    8.8g, 26mm
    RIC 61

    Next: Dupondius
     
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  11. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Antonia Dupondius.jpg
    Antonia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, Augusta AD 37 and 41
    Roman orichalcum Dupondius, 12.10 gm, 28.3 mm
    Rome, under son, Claudius, AD 41-50
    Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right
    Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum
    Refs: RIC 92; Sear 1902; BMC 166.

    Next: Relative of Marc Antony
     
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  12. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    Germanicus was MA grandkid, and Caligula his great grandkid.


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    Germanicus. Æ Dupondius Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41.


    O: GERMANICVS/CAESAR in two lines above, Germanicus standing right in chariot, R: SIGNIS RECEPT/DEVICTIS GERM/S C in three lines across field, Germanicus, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, holding aquila in left hand. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula); BN 140-51 (Caligula). Rome mint. 28 mm. 12.2 gm.

    next: minted during Caligula's reign.
     
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  13. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

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    Next: crown
     
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  14. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    edit: too slow
     
  15. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Agrippa, Æ As. Agrippa. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left. RIC 58
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    Next: Naked
     
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  16. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Domna Veneri Victr denarius.jpg
    Julia Domna, AD 193-217
    Roman AR denarius,18.05 mm, 2.42 gm
    Rome, AD 194, issue 4
    Obv: JULIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right
    Rev: VENERI VICTR, Venus, naked to waist, standing right, holding apple and palm, resting left elbow on column
    Refs: RIC-536; BMCRE-49; Sear-6608; Cohen-194; Hill-107.

    Next: Column
     
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  17. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    COLUMN:

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    RR Minucius-Augurinus AR denarius 18mm 3.9g Rome mint 134 BCE XVI Spiral column corn-ears togate figure holding loaves modius lituus Craw 243/1 Sear 120

    Next Theme: MODUS
     
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  18. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    GORDIAN III
    AE26
    OBVERSE: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡ∆ΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛ/ΛΙΝΑ, confronted busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina
    REVERSE: ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝ ΓΧΙΑΛΕ/ΩΝ, Tyche or Homonoia standing left wearing modius, patera in right, cornucopia in left
    Struck at Anchialus, Thrace, 238-244 AD
    12.44g, 26mm
    AMNG II 675

    Next: Confronted busts
     
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  19. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    Caracalla, AE27

    Obv:- AY K M AY ANTWNINOC AY K P CEP, GETAC in exergue, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right confronting laureate and draped bust of Geta left;
    Rev:- Y FL OYLPIANOY MAPKIANOPOLITWN, Concordia standing slightly left, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, E (mark of value) lower left;
    Minted in Markianopolis (Devnya, Bulgaria). Consular Legate Flavius Ulpianus, 210 - 211 A.D
    Reference:– Varbanov (Engl.) 1083

    27.33 mm. 11.74 gms. 0 degrees

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    Next:- Geta
     
  20. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Geta Minerva denarius.jpg

    Next, helmetted deity.
     
  21. David@PCC

    David@PCC allcoinage.com

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    Seleucus II
    Mint: Sardes
    246 to 226 BC
    Obvs: Helmeted bust of Athena right.
    Revs: BAΣIΛIEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo Delphios standing right, holding arrow, leaning on tripod. Monograms to outer left and outer right
    AE 17x18mm, 4.71g

    Next Sardes
     
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