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That is a beautifull Otho!

 

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Vitellius Ar Denarius Rome 69 AD Obv head right laureate Rv Tripodsurmounted by dolphin RIC 109 3.33 grms 17 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Another of the same four
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Here's my only coin depicting any of the four Caesars who ruled in 69 A.D.



Vespasian
AR Denarius
70 – 72 A.D.
Obverse: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M; Laureate head right.
Reverse: TRI POT II COS III P P; Pax seated left, holding branch and caduceus
RIC II Rome 39

Next: A coin with a female deity or personification

 

DALI

Kolchis 5th-4th C BCE BI hemidrachm 11.5mm 1.8g Archaic female head - Georgian goddess Dali - Bull head border SNG Cop 98

She was the Hunting Goddess of the Kolchis / Colchis area (think Jason and the Golden Fleece). She was described as a beautiful nude woman with golden hair and glowing skin...

(She is not nude here...)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dali_(goddess)

http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/rep_georgia/colchis.html

Next: NON Roman, NON Greek Goddess

 

Kalasa 1076-1089 AD (1st Lohara dynasty) Copper Kaserah 19mm (5.76gr)
Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend 'Ka to left 'lasara' to right.
Reverse- King standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident, with Nagari legend 'jadeva' bottom right.
Nice full legend coin.

Next...Non Roman/Non Greek god

 

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Gurjara Pratiharas, Mihara Bhoja I, 836-890 AD.
Obverse shows a boar form of lord Vishnu holding the globe in his nose to protect the world from demons, on the reverse it reads Srimad Adivaraha.
This kingdom was the first to prevent an Islamic invasion from the Abbasid caliphate, hence the name Pratihara, aka gatekeepers!

Next, gods from South Asian coins.

 

...Except, where did the gorgoneions go?

 

Not sure what you mean, since this is from a month ago, but @NewStyleKing did post an Athenian tet in response with a gorgon in the reverse right field.

 

Thank you for that. I was binging on this thread, and lost track of the operant chronology.

 

Yaudheyas 3rd century AD Kumara Karttikeya stg with peacock


Next: a coin of the third century AD east of the Mediterranean and west of China

 

Gordian III and Tranquillina, AD 241-244.
Roman provincial Æ 31.3 mm, 20.16 g, 12 h.
Mesopotamia, Singara.
Obv: AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, confronted busts of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed on left, and Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane on right.
Rev: AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche seated left on rock, holding branch; the centaur Sagittarius above to left, discharging arrow, river god swimming left below.
Refs: BMC 8-12; SNG Copenhagen 256; Lindgren 2627, Sear 3804.

Next: Mesopotamian coin

 

another Tranquillinia:



next: Tranquillinia

 

Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA CEB, diademed, draped bust right
Rev.: Eagle standing left, L-S= Year 6 = (242/243)
12,47g, 23mm
Ref.: Geißen 2685, Dattari 4848

Next: Emperor or Empress or heir only depicted on provincial coins

 

LIVIA


RI -Prov
Alexandria
Livia, wife Augustus
Diobol CE 1-2
Æ 23.5mm 7.46g.
Rev. Athena holding Nike Sheild
ex Dattari-Savio Pl. 3 60-this coin RPC pag. 692-5-this coin
RARE

Next: Another Provincial Empress

 

Faustina Junior
Thrace, Philippopolis
Obv: ΦΑΥCTEINA CEBACTH, Draped bust right.
Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙTΩΝ, Demeter standing left, holding two grain ears and long torch.
AE, 12.93g, 25.6mm
Ref.: Mouchmov, Philip. 133, 139-40 and 142

Next: Faustina II provincial

 

Thrace, Hadrianopolis. 21 mm 6,60 g
RPC 3917
Obverse inscription: ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design: draped bust of Faustina II, r.
Reverse inscription: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ(Ν)
Reverse design: Tyche standing, l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Next - provincial coin from her husband.

 

Cilicia, Irenopolis. Marcus Aurelius & Faustina II AE28 Marcus Aurelius, with Faustina Junior, 161-169 AD. AE28.
Dated CY 119 (AD 170/1).
Obv: Laureate head of Aurelius right.
Rev: Draped bust of Faustina right; Θ-IP (date)
sold

Next: Lucius Verus provincial

 

Lucius Verus, AD 161-166, Caesaraea-Eusebia, Cappadocia, AR Didrachm
Obv: AYTOKP OYHPOC CEBACTOC, bare head to right
Rev: YΠATOC B, view of tree lined Mount Argaeus, with statue of Helios on summit

Let's stay in the provinces...Next: Commodus provincial

 

Lucius Verus AR Didrachm 161-166 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia. Obv. Bare head right, ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ / Rev. Mt. Argaeus (or cult image of same), surmounted by statue of Helios standing three-quarters left with long scepter in left hand and globe in right; flames to left and right on sides of mountain; animal [deer?] bounding left at bottom far left of mountain in front of large rock; tree in front of large rock at bottom far right; smaller rock dotted with trees[?] at bottom center; ΥΠΑ-ΤΟϹ Β [= COS II]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online Vol. IV.3 7027 (temp.) [rev. var.] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7027); Sydenham 352 [rev. var.] [Sydenham, E., The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (London 1933)]; Metcalf, Caesarea 131a [rev. var.] [Metcalf, W.E., The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus. ANSNNM (American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes & Monographs) No. 166 (New York 1996)]; Metcalf Hoard 694-718 & PL 39-40 [rev. var.] [see id.]; SNG von Aulock 6438 [rev. var.] [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin 1962)]. 20 mm., 6.70 g., 6 h.



Next: another coin depicting Mt. Argaeus -- either the mountain itself or a model of the mountain on an altar.

Edited to add: Curses, foiled again!