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Aureus of Nero RIC 63 Rv, Juppiter seated left 66-67 A.D. 7.33 grms 18 mm Boscoreale Hoard. Photo by W. Hansen Next coin any recent purchase

 

Can’t sleep on Mr Cheeseman. I forgot he frequents this funderful thread:

next: Mars portrait

 

L. Julius L.f. Caesar, 103 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint
Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; B (retrograde) •, above
Rev: Venus Genetrix driving biga of Cupids left, holding scepter and reins; B (retrograde) •, above, lyre below
Ref: Crawford 320/1; Sydenham 593a; Julia 4a. Good VF, toned, some iridescence, scratch on obverse
Next: retrograde letters or legend

 

TI VETURIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VETURIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Helmeted bust of Mars right
REVERSE: Youth kneeling l., between two warriors who touch with their swords a pig which he holds., ROMA above
Struck at Rome 137 BC
3.7g, 18mm
Cr.234/1; RSC Veturia 1

Next: Too late what Sulla80 said

 

Retrograde

Etrurian alphabet is read in retrograde. Rome’s AR Sestertius is IIS (2-Asses and a Semis). The Etrurian version is retrograde C and II.

Etruria or Rasna in their language, Populonia (pronounced Fufluna)
2-½ asses , AR 0.85 g. (It is not known what the Etrurian name is for this coin. They have not been able to decipher the Rasna language.)
3rd century BCE
Obv: Radiate female head r.; behind, IIC (retrograde).
Rev: Blank.
Ref: EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.
NAC Comment: Of the highest rarity, apparently only the SECOND specimen known. British museum is where the 2nd one resides
Ex: From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli.

(Thanks for the cool video re:Etruria earlier today, @Justin Lee )

Next: Another cool denomination

 

Axumite Empire
AV 1/8 Aureus ND NM
Aphilus 290-300AD
Next theme: another cool denomination

 

I need an Axum coin. Cool stuff, from the AE with gold inlay to their gold coins. 1/8 Aureus: Was that what they called that coin in their native language? Or, is the denomination lost in time?

 

I think these odd denomination coins of Tomis on the Black Sea are interesting, so I pick them up when I can. The coins of 4½ assaria are specific to Tomis.



Gordian III, with Tranquillina, A.D. 238-244
Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria, 12.80 g, 28.2 mm, 7 h.
Moesia Inferior, Tomis, A.D. 241-244.
Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // CABINIA TPA / NKVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left.
Rev: MHTPOΠON-TOV TOMEΩC, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera; Δ< (ligate) in lower left field.
Refs: AMNG I (Pick) 3534.
Note: Easily confused with the more commonly encountered Moushmov 2288, AMNG 3535, which does not bear a mark of value and may have been tariffed at four assaria.

Next: Snake sticking its tongue out!

 

That is a nice ligate 4 1/2. The variation with the separate < seems more common.
Septimius Severus Philippopolis 15.2g - given to me as a gift by a coin-friend.


Next: a coin given to you by someone online whom you have never met in person

 

@Mikey Zee gave me this, and I deeply regret never meeting him. Great guy.

I miss his posts.

RR P Furius Crassipes 84 BC AR Denarius 19mm 3.84g Rome Turreted head Cybele right foot upward Curule chair Cr 356-1a Syd 735 Furia 20

Next: Another

 

Gift from Brian Buckland, CT
LIVIA
AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: IVSTITIA, draped bust of Livia as Justitia right, wearing stephane
REVERSE: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST, around large SC
Restoration issue under Titus.
Rome, AD 80-81
9.9g, 27mm
Cohen 9, RIC II 424 (Titus), BMC 289 (Titus), Komnick 15
Modern stamp, 7 over 36 on obverse

Next: Secret Saturnalia gift

 

This Postumus was a secret saturnalia gift:



Next: Portrait of someone with an upturned nose.

 

Here's a slightly upturned nose on Maximinus:

Maximinus II, as Caesar, AD 305-309, Æ Follis, Cyzicus mint, struck circa AD 309
Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head left, holding patera from which liquor flows, and cornucopiae; Γ in left field, MKV in exergue
Ref: RIC VI 55

and to illustrate the next theme

Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180, Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, Struck AD 163
Obv: IMP CAES M AVRE ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate bust right, slight drapery
Rev: SALVS AVGVSTOR TR P XV (where's the I in XVI?) , Salus standing left, feeding from patera a serpent rising from altar and holding scepter, between S - C, COS III in exergue

Next: A Marcus Aurelius portrait or portrait of another emperor that gives a nod to his portrait style

 

'Appealing' is in the eye of the beholder. As such, I find the old-collection tone and sharp portrait of Trajan on this denarius appealing to my eye. It also gives me an 'in' on this thread, so...


Trajan AR Denarius Rome mint Struck circa 108-109 AD
Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, Laureate head of Trajan right, slight drapery on shoulder
Reverse: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Roma seated left, holding victory and spear

NEXT: A RIC featuring Roma seated that is not one of the 'five good emperors'

 

Septimius Severus AR denarius, Alexandria mint / ROMAE AETERNAE


Next: an Imperial denarius from a mint other than Rome

 

Gotta love those branch mint Severans, @dougsmit !

This Etruscilla minted in Antioch fits the bill:


Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-253
Roman AR Antoninianus; 4.10 g, 23.3 mm, 5 h
Antioch, AD 250-251
Obv: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent, hair smooth and with a long plait carried up the back of the head (Sear type b; Temeryazev and Makarenko type 2)
Rev: AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae
Refs: RIC 64; RSC 3d; RCV 9491; CRE 540; Hunter p. xcix.

Next: scales.

 

Close enough: it is not a denarius. A denarius of Hetrannia Etrucilla would be a major museum level rarity.
Next: scales