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Maybe this Istros obol from the 4th c. BC will do the trick.



And... back to Orfew's

father and son on the same coin

 

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I've gotta post this for father & son (which is a piece of cake for us Byzantine bronze fans!) Here we have, on the reverse, Leo III on the left, father to Constantine V on the right, father to Leo IV who is on the left of the obverse, with his son Constantine the VI on the right. Four generations of fathers/sons on one coin... beat that!!

(The coin was issued by Leo IV, 775-780.)



Next theme: a Beautiful Byzantine Bronze

 

Theme: a beautiful Byzantine bronze.

Michael II, 820-829.

Sear Byzantine Coins 1642

Maybe it is not beautiful like Greek coins, but it is "for type"!

Next: "M" denomination Byzantine coin

 

You are correct. I misunderstood.

 

ANASTASIUS
Follis
OBVERSE: D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, officina letter below, mintmark CON
Struck at Constantinople 491-518 AD
17.2g, 30mm
SB 19

Next: More than one star

 

That's a beauty, alright!

 

My Justin I follis from Constantinople has two stars on the reverse... also a star on Justin's shoulder (as on Anastasius's shoulder on Bing's follis). I haven't seen another like it.


Next theme: a unique coin (as far as you know)

 

I know I showed this recently...but it fits the theme so...The only one known so far

Next: left facing bust

 

Next: Capes or Cloaks

 

This Licinius AE2 of Antioch has more than the usual detail in Sol's cloak with tassels at the bottom.


Next: Serapis, full length - not severed head

 

SERAPIS:


RI Didumenian and Macrinus 217-218 CE AE28 Markianopolis mint Serapis

Next up: URAEUS

 

Ooo-ok: URAEUS


Carthage Zeugitania AR ½ Shekel 17mm 3.8g 2nd Punic War 218-202 BC Sicily mint 216-211 BC Tanit l Horse r sun as double Uraeus SNG COP 359

Next Topic: NON-Roman Horse

 

Mysia, Atarneos. AE11. Apollo/ Forepart of horse.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: ATAP / Forepart of horse right, serpent behind.
11mm., 0.75 gm.
SNG France 129; SNG Copenhagen 25.


Next: Tetartemorion

 

MYLASA, CARIA
AR Tetartemorion
OBVERSE: Lion's head left with reversed foreleg below
REVERSE: Lion's scalp facing, flanked by leg on both sides, in incuse circle
Struck at Mylasa, 392-376 BC
.2g, 6mm
SNG Keckman I 837-846 (lion left)

Next: Lion's scalp

 

Rev: The Farnese Hercules right, with right hand on hip and left hand on club with lion skin set upon rock. (Definitely a scalp there.)


Next: The Farnese Hercules

 

Theme: Farnese Hercules


Maximinus II, 305-310-313
21 mm.
Struck as Augustus c. 311
HERCVLI VICTORI
RIC VI Nicomedia 68

Next: Maximinus II

 

Whoa that's quite the Hercules!

So...what is a Farnese Hercules?

 

Maximinus II, 309 – 313 AD
Æ21, Ostia Mint, 3.67 grams

Obverse: IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus right.
Reverse: GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia, MOSTT in exergue.

References:
RIC75a

Cost:
$8

Provenance:
M&R Coins, 1986.


Next up: Artemis killing (not just hunting with a bow and pointing, but in the act of killing). May be hard, but I know some have them.

 

It is a particular pose found on this ancient statue (which is in the National Museum in Naples, not my collection):

 

To supplement Valentinian's photo, here are my notes (probably plagiarized from Wikipedia or somewhere) "The model for this reverse type is the famed marble Farnese Hercules statue that was discovered in the excavations of the Baths of Caracalla in 1546. It stood for over 200 years in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, from whence it gained its name, and was moved to Naples in 1787, where it is now displayed in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. The statue is thought to be an enlarged copy sculpted in the early 3rd century AD by Glykon based on an original by Lysippos dating to the 4th century BC. The statue depicts Hercules at rest after completing his Labors: he is shown standing with his club, draped in the skin of the Nemean Lion, set upright on a rock, propped under his left arm supporting the weight of his muscular frame, his head slightly nodding forward in a weary attitude, and he holds the apples of the Hesperides behind his back in his right hand. The sculpture was apparently well-liked by the Romans, and copies have been found in Roman palaces and gymnasiums."

I have a Farnese mini subcollection, and needless to say, I covet @Valentinian's Maximinus II version of this!