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Good luck with that! Had a few goats growing up because they ate the weeds that the sheep and cattle wouldn’t. Even had two when I expatted to the UK, same reason (except, no cattle, just sheep). LOL, otherwise, they can be a pain in the Imperial As, because they get into everything and will tear stuff up.

 

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Next Centaur.

 

Gallienus (253-268) Antoninianus struck 267-268 AD Rome mint.
O: Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG
B: Centaur walking left, holding globe and trophy, APOLLINI CONS AVG
RIC 164

NEXT: Post another Roman coin that features a different hybrid human-animal. IE. Satyr

 

Scylla... upper body of a woman, two sinewy fish tails, three dog foreparts for legs.

ROMAN IMPERATORS. Sextus Pompey
AR Denarius. 3.76g, 18.9mm. Sicily, 40-39 BC. Crawford 511/4; Sydenham 1348; Sear, Imperators 335. O: The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune; in foreground, galley left adorned with legionary eagle, sceptre and trident; MAG PIVS IMP ITER around. R: Scylla left, wielding a rudder in both hands; PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX SC around.
Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, privately purchased from John Jencek, 2011

Next: another Roman Imperatorial

 

Marcus Antonius
AR-Denar, ca. 43 v.C.
mint in Gallia
Obv: M ANTON IMP Head of Marcus Antonius r., lituus behind
Rev: CAESAR DIC Laureate head of Julius Caesar r., jug behind
Ag, 3.81g, 18mm
Ref: Cr.: 488/1, Sydenham: 1165, Sear 118

next: Caesar

 

next: Julius Caesar denarius

 

JULIUS CAESAR
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Venus right.
REVERSE: CAESAR - Aeneas advancing left, carrying Anchises and palladium
Carthage or military mint with Caesar in North Africa, 47 to 46 BC
4.0g, 17mm
CRI 55, Sydenham 1013, RRC 458/1, S 1402

Next: Aeneas carrying Anchises

 

Well, it's been 24 hours, so I will go with another theme.

Next: Any coin struck by the Gens Julia

 

Tiberius
AR Denarius, AD 18-35
Obv.: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right
Rev.: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax, holding scepter and olive branch, seated right on chair, feet on footstool, ornate chair legs
Ag, 3.64g, 17.5x19.2mm
Ref.: RIC² 30, Kankelfitz 3a, RIC 30, RSC 16a

Next: Livia

 

Tiberius has several asses. This one appealed to me due to the broad flan.

Next: a Provincial of Tiberius

 

RPC lists this as Tiberius



Tiberius
Phrygia, Laodicea
Æ 19mm
Obv: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. Bare head right.
Rev: ΔIOΣKOVPIΔHS TO ΔEVTEPON - ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ, Zeus Laodikeos standing left, holding eagle and sceptre? Control monogram PK right.
Æ, 19mm, 6.51g
RPC 2911, SNG Copenhagen 549, BMC 143.

Next: Laodicea

 

next: another Tiberius provincial

too late . as Shanxi said, Laodicea

 

SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare
AE17. 3.0g, 16.6mm. SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare, circa 1st century AD. Lindgren 2070 (this coin). O: ‬IOYΛIЄωN TωN KAI ΛAOΔIKЄωN, Bust of Dionysos right, thyrsos before. R: Artemis (?) standing left, holding staff and branch; monogram to right.

Next: Another from Laodicea (any of the Laodiceas)

 

The monogram under the bow identifies this drachm of Phraates IV as from the Laodicea mint.

Next: a coin of a city that is NOT the most common city bearing that name

 

Epirus, Nikopolis, AE18. Augustus (under Hadrian) / Head of boar
Obv: AVGOVCTO CKTICTHC, Head of Augustus r., bare.
Rev: NΕIΚΟΠΟ(Λ) ΕW(C), Head of boar r.
Oikonomidou Augustus 56-57

Next: Epirus

 

next: Pallas Athena Alkidemos

 

It's been 24 hours without a response, so here's a new request: please post a coin or coins showing Diana (or Artemis) and an animal of any kind, whether on the same side or the other side of the coin(s) from Diana. Here are three examples of my own:

Roman Republic, C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, AR Denarius, 68 BCE. Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Diana R., bow and quiver over shoulder, GETA before, III VIR behind/ Rev. Wild boar of Calydon r., pierced in shoulder by spear and attacked by hound beneath, C. HOSIDI C F in exergue. RSC I Hosidia 1 (ill.), Crawford 407/2, Sear RCV I 346 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 32 at pp. 189-194, BMCRR Rome 3388. 18 mm., 3.91 g.





Roman Republic, C. Postumius, AR Denarius, Rome 74 BCE. Obv. Bust of Diana R. w/ bow and quiver/ Rev. Hound running R., hunting spear below, “C POSTUMI TA” [TA in monogram] in exergue. RSC I Postumia 9, Crawford 394/1a, Sear RCV I 330, Harlan, RRM I Ch. 18 at pp. 109-112, BMCRR Rome 3238. 18 mm., 3.83 g.





Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, AR Serrate Denarius, 81 BCE. Obv. Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder, bucranium above [off flan] / Rev. Roman priest standing facing on rocky ground (on Aventine Hill), head left, with right arm extended holding aspergillum, sprinkling heifer [Harlan, RRM I], bull [Crawford & Sear], or ox [RSC] which he is about to sacrifice, a lighted altar between them, A POST - AF - SN • ALBIN [AL in monogram] around. RSC I Postumia 7, Crawford 372/1, Sydenham 745, Sear RCV I 296 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 1 at pp. 1-7, BMCRR 2836. 18.54 mm., 3.85 g. Ex. Spink & Sons Ltd. (before 2000 because of address on Spink coin tag; probably before 1974 given citation to Sydenham but not Crawford.)

 

Lydia. Hierocaesaraea
Time of Commodus
Bronze, Æ 27
Obv: ΔΗΜΟС, Head of youthful Demos right
Rev: IEPOKAICAPEΩN, Artemis driving biga of stags right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver on back.
Æ, 27.4mm, 8.67g
RPC online -, Martin 1, SNG Hunterian 1377

Next: Artemis with a dog on the same side