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  1. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Vespasian 12.jpg
    VESPASIAN
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right
    REVERSE: TR POT X COS VIIII, radiate figure standing on rostral column, holding scepter
    Struck at Rome, 79AD
    2.9g, 18mm
    Sear 2311. BMC 254. RIC 1065 (RIC [1962] 119)
    ex Warren Esty

    Next: Rostrum/column
     
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  3. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

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    Would that be considered a column?
     
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  4. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

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    Antigonos II
    Gonatas.
    277/6-239 B.C. Æ (19.4 MM AND 4.91 Sear
    6786 OBV: Helmeted head of Athena right
    REV: Pan standing right, erecting trophy
    Antigonus II (Antigonus Gonatas) 320-239 BC,
    was king of Macedon & son of Demetrius I. He
    took the title king on his father's death (283) but
    made good his claim only by defeating the
    Gauls in Thrace and by taking Macedon in 276.
    Next: Pan
     
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  5. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    I think so (AMAZING COIN btw). And you posted before I, so please ignore mine and post the next topic.
     
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  6. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Two posts are better then one:) OK....next topic Roman coin from Trier (Treveri Mint)
     
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  7. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Constantinopolis commemorative from Trier:

    Constantinopolis Commemorative Trier.jpg

    Next up, a coin with a ship's prow!
     
  8. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    ANONYMOUS ROMAN REPUBLIC
    Æ Uncia
    Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma left, pellet behind
    Rev.: Galley prow right, ROMA above, pellet below
    Rome mint, 217-215 BC
    25mm, 8.8g, 3h
    Reference: Crawford 38/6, Sydenham 86 , BMC 88
    Ex JAZ Numismatics

    Next: Coin with Pellet
     
  9. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Henry V penny pellets on reverse
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    Next: British king
     
  10. ycon

    ycon Renaissance Man

    Edward II, farthing
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    An esoteric category: coins featuring a character from the plays of christopher marlowe
     
  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Cupid is a character in Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage. (Thank you, Wikipedia.)

    Cupid = Eros.

    Thus:

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    (Ex-@Ken Dorney.)



    So now, an easier theme that I'm sure has been done before: sand patina.

    ... or Seleucid. Whichever somebody posts first.

    .
     
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  12. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Did you say sand patina? How's this?

    Licinius I IOVI CONSERVATORI follis Antioch.jpg

    Next up -- Jupiter
     
  13. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

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    AV Stater ND Nikokreon I Seleucid satrap on Cyprus for Ptolemy I 330-11BC
    Salamis Mint
    From CNG next Cyprus
     
  14. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    I haven't played this game yet so here's Jupiter:
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    Aurelian AD 270-275
    AE, Antoninianus, 3.65g, 23mm; 5h; Cyzicus, AD 272-274
    Obv.: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG; radiate cuirassed bust right
    Rev.: FIDES MIL-ITVM; Aurelian standing right, receiving globe from Jupiter standing opposite
    In Ex.: C (star) P

    Here's something from Cyprus:
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    Ptolemy IX, BC 117-58
    AE, 3.21g, 16mm; 12h; Neopaphos mint, Cyprus
    Obv.: Head of Zeus Right
    Rev.: Zeus standing holding torch & staff, star above


    Next is city gate.
     
  15. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Septimius Severus 16.jpg
    SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
    AE27
    OBVERSE: AV K L CEP CEVHPOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right
    REVERSE: OVLPIANWN AGXIALEWN, city gate, flanked by two battlemented towers, four arches on wall; N in ex.
    Struck at Anchialus, Thrace, 193-211 AD
    27mm
    Varbanov 205

    Next: Open city gate
     
  16. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure if I've ever seen an open city gate...I do have an open camp gate...I don't think this counts thoug:

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    Constantine I, AD 306-337
    AE, 19mm, 2.3g; 6h; Arles, AD 325-326
    Obv.: CONSTANTINVS AVG; laureate head right
    Rev.: VIRTVS-S AVGG; campgate with 4 turrets, 5 layers, star above, open panelled doors
    In Ex.: PA (crescent) RL
     
  17. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    What's the next theme?
     
  18. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

  19. Alegandron

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

    PEACOCK:
    RI Mariniana AR Ant 253-254 CE Crescent - On Peacock flying 21.2mm 3.1g RIC VII 6 Rome.JPG
    RI Mariniana AR Ant 253-254 CE Crescent - On Peacock flying 21.2mm 3.1g RIC VII 6 Rome

    Next Theme: CRESCENT
     
  20. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Crescent:

    Faustina Jr CONSECRATIO moon and stars denarius.jpg

    Next up: Consecration issue
     
  21. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Constantine I 14.jpg
    CONSTANTINE I
    AE Follis
    OBVERSE: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right
    REVERSE: SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, holding trophy on right arm, branch in left hand, spurning captive seated on ground right, head turned back, STR(cresent) in ex
    Struck at Trier, workshop S, 323-4 AD
    2.8g, 19.4mm
    RIC 435

    Next: Captive(s)
     
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