Neptune

Hello all. I just got this sestertius of Hadrian with the Neptune reverse. I guess the reverse is appropriate for a Hadrian coin due to his extensive travels. Please share your Neptune coins or anything related to sea travel.







Hadrian (Augustus)
Coin: Brass Sestertius
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS PP - Laureate head right
COS III SC - Neptune standing right with his left foot on a prow holding his trident.
Exergue:


Mint: Rome (124-128 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 25.30g / 34mm / 6h
References:
RIC II 633
BMCRE 1288
Banti 168
Acquisition/Sale: worthashot101 eBay $0.00 04/20
Notes: Apr 23, 20 - The Gary R. Wilson Collection

The rarer variety with Neptune right.

 

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Septimius Severus, A.R. Denarius, Rome mint, 210 C.E.

3.3 grams, 19.1 mm

Obverse: Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG

Reverse: PMTRP XVIII COS III PP

Neptune standing left, nude but for cloak over left shoulder and right arm, right foot on rock, right arm resting on right knee, trident vertical behind in left hand.

ex @Sallent collection...

 

Cool Sestertius, @Gary R. Wilson ! I like the crack!

NEPTUNE - Roman Republic


Roman Republic Rubrius Dosssenus AR Quinarius 87 BC Neptune Victory alter snake Aesculapius S261 Cr 348-4



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

 

Claudius II
A.D. 269-270
Ӕ Antoninianus
19x20mm 3.5gm
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
NEPTVN AVG; Neptune, head left, trident in left hand, dolphin in right
In ex. A
RIC V Antioch 214

 

In composer Gustav Holst's suite The Planets, the last composition is entitled Neptune, The Mystic. Even if you don't think you've heard this piece of classical music, you'd probably recognize it since it's frequently used for background music in mysterious and underwater movie scenes.

My one Neptune coin:



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.

 

As a Sailor, I have a special place for Neptune/Poseidon in my heart
Here are my two coins with the Man himself:


Syracuse, Sicily
AE19
Hieron II
275-216 AD
Obverse: Head of Poseidon left, wearing taenia
Reverse: IEΡ-ΩNOΣ to left and right of ornamented trident. AΓ monogram at lower left



Gallienus
Antioch
AR antoninianus
266-267 AD
Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate and draped bust right
Reverse: P M TR P XV P P, Neptune standing left, right foot on small prow, right forearm resting on knee, holding a tall trident behind him
Dot VIIC in ex

 

Here is my one and only Neptune.

 

There is an advantage with these fissure on coins : is easier to determine the die axis ! Here is my old Agrippa with Neptune ; sentimental value cause it's the first coin I ever bought in a coin show.

Agrippa Ae as
Rome 29mm 10.18g
M AGRIPPA LF COS III
Neptune holding dolphin & trident

 

AGRIPPA
AE As
OBVERSE: M AGRIPPA L F COSIII - Head left, wearing rostral crown
REVERSE: No legend - Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident; S C across fields
Rome 37-41 AD
11.0g, 28mm
RIC58, BMC 161, BN77, C3

 

LOL, that was actually my thought when I made the comment!

 

@Gary R. Wilson ”Yeah, I do too. I think it adds character. I just wonder if whoever swung that hammer with such force was having a bad day?”

LOL, Quite true, Bubba. Quite, quite true!

 

Not exactly Neptune Tetradrachm of Antigonos III Doson. 246/5 -221 B.C.or 227-221 B.C. Obv Head of Poseidon right wreathed in sea weed. Rv Apollo seated left on prow. HGC 1051 16.95 grms 31mm Photo by W. Hansen

 

Poseidon :



Neptune :

 

IdeseOfMarch01, that is a stunning coin , with the most fearsome portrait of Vespasian I've ever seen .

 

Great coin Gary, nice detail. I only have two Neptune.
Hadrian Sestertius Neptune foot on prow, Rome 126 AD, 22.2gm.
PHOENICIA, Berytus. Macrinus. 217-218 AD. Æ 25mm (9.56gm). Laureate head right / COL IVL AVG FEL, B-ER in exergue, Poseidon holding dolphin and trident, right foot on rock, standing left within hexastyle temple. BMC Phoenicia 167; SNG Copenhagen 113.

 

My only Neptune coin is this one:

Roman Republic, L Lucretius Trio, AR Denarius, 76 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Neptune right, XXXIII above and trident behind/ Rev. Cupid (or Infant Genius) on dolphin right; L LVCRETIVS TRIO. Crawford 390/2, Sydenham 784, RSC I Lucretia. 19 mm., 3.9 g.

 

My As of Agrippa with reverse of Neptune, struck under Caligula.

 

Gallienus, Antoninianus naming Neptune on the reverse:

18 x 22 mm, 2.668 g
Rome, 267 - 268 AD

RIC V 245; RSC 667-670; Sear [1988] 2982;
Ob.: GALLIENVS AVG, Head of Gallienus, radiate, right
Rev.: NEPTVNO CONS (AVG) Capricorn right, in exergue S (= officina 6)

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