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Syria, Emesa: Caracalla. Reverse shows the baetyl of Elagabal, the Emesan sun deity whose chief priesthood Elagabalus later held. 30mm, 19.40g.

Next: big honkin' provincial

 

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This awful picture is of a massive, oversized 33mm Viminacium issue.


NEXT:SMALLEST provincial

 

Here's a big provincial of Severus Alexander.

Coin: Bronze Medallion
Obv.: ΑVΚ Μ ΑVΡ CΕVΗΡΟC ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟCΑ/ - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: ΕΠΙC ΤΡΑ ΑVΡΑΡΙΣΤΙΑΔΟV ΚV / ΖΙΚΗΝΕ / ΟΚΟΡ - The Emperor on horse galloping right, right hand raised
Minted: (222-235 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 29.19g / 41mm / -
References:

• BMC 263

Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online Auction NN Live Auction 22 #229 1-May-2016


Never mind - I was slightly too slow - next "SMALLEST provincial", as per hotwheelsearl above!

 

next:another Sol

What have these 2 last coins to do with praise the sun ?

 

The pending "next topic" is "Smallest Provincial."

 

Elagabal is the Syrian sun god.

 

Tiny provincial.


Pseudo-autonomous.
Roman provincial Æ 13 mm, 1.2 g.
Antioch, Pisidia, time of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.
Obv: ANTIOCH, draped bust of Mercury/Hermes (head assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar), left; to right, caduceus.
Rev: COLONI, chicken walking right.
Refs: RPC IV.3, 7350 (temporary); BMC 19.176,1 (pl. XXXI, 1); SNG von Aulock 4916; Krzyżanowska 140–1, VII.7–9; cf. SNG BN 1067.

Next: Pisidian Antioch.

 

Septimius Severus Ae 30 205-211 AD Antioch in Pisidia obv Head right laureate Rv. Victory flying right holding trophy. Krzyzanowska XXX/41 22.62 grms 30 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Septimius Severus provincial

 

NEXT: A temple with a clear cult statue within

 

Does this one count? Isis holding her baby within distyle temple? Is that a statue or the real Isis they are meant to be capturing?

Isis seated right on throne, holding infant Harpokrates; all within distyle Egyptian-style temple façade, disk in pediment; Emmett 1587.12.

From CNG listing: Following Alexander's conquest of Egypt, the cult of Isis spread across the Mediterranean, with its popularity reaching its zenith in the Roman period, when the "goddess of a thousand names" became one of the Mediterranean's principal deities.

I'll toss this one in for good measure.

Syria, Trachonitis. Caesarea Paneas
AE20, Struck after 65 AD
Diva Poppaea Sabina, with Diva Claudia, died 65 and 63 AD, this coin deified the two.
Obverse: DIVA POP-PAEA AVG, statue of Diva Poppaea seated left within distyle temple set on high podium.
Reverse: DIVA CLA-VD NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing left on basis within hexastyle belvedere set on high podium.
References: RPC I 4846, Hendin 1270
Size: 20mm, 5.0g

Next: a coin from the Levant or Alexandria

 

next: another coin of the Alexandria mint

 

Here's a small Ptolemaic gold (triobol) from Alexandria.

Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, lion skin tied around neck
Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΥΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΥ - Eagle standing left on thunderbolt with spread wings; in left field, MI ligate
Mint: Alexandria (ca 305-282 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 1.75g / 10mm / 2h
References:

• BMC 48
• Svoronos 200
• SNG Berry 1466

Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online Auction E-Auction 2 #302 2-Nov-2013


Next - another Ptolemaic coin

 

next: Ptolemaic tetradrachma

 

Hi All,



Next: Another plate coin.

- Broucheion

 

Kingdom of Macedon. Pyrrhos. Bronze coin (287–285 B.C. and 274-273 B.C.)
Obverse: Macedonian shield with monogram of Pyrrhos (ΠYP) in central boss.
Reverse: BA - ΣI, with Labrys monogram in middle. Macedonian helmet within oak wreath.
Reference: HGC 3 I, 272 (this coin); AMNG 1
4.13g; 17mm

Next: Macedonian shield coin (@Ryro come on, show a nice one ).

 

Pavlos, I hope this one will do

next another silver Macedonian shield

 

Too kind of you @Andres2. I was outside teaching my 5 yo how to jump rope. And thanks @Pavlos I'll make it one of my favorite rarities:

Seleucus I
AR Hemiobol, Antioch on the Orotnes 300-281 BCE 0.49 gr 8MM
OBV: Omphalos on Macedonian Shield.
Rev: BA έE, elephant head right. Dotted border. Left field N. Reference SC 14

Next up: more Seleucid elephants!

 

Antiochus IV Epiphanes. AE16. Queen Laodice

Next: Bottle cap

 

Bottle Cap

Seleukid Demetrios I Soter 162-150 BCE AE 17 serrate 16.8mm 3.9g Antioch on Orontes mint Horse Hd L - Elephant Hd R- SC 1646 SNG Spaer 1299-1304

Next: Roman Social,War

 

C. Vibius C.f. Pansa.
90 B.C.E. AR denarius (16.5 mm, 3.70 g, 6 h). Rome mint. PANSA, laureate head of Apollo right, liitus below chin / C·VIBIVS·CF, Minerva driving quadriga right, holding reins and spear. Crawford 324/5b;

Next up: pretty boy Apollo