Please celebrate pointy things with me!

Here’s an unusually pointy Phraates IV. Congrats with the shot!

 

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This Nerva obverse not only has a giant nose; his ear is even bigger.



And this Hadrian from Alexandria with a Nilus reverse has a nose that comes to an actual sharp point.

 

Octavian/Augustus has a very pointy nose on this coin.

Octavian (31-30 BC)
AR Denarius

Obv: Bare head left.
Rev: Victory standing to left on globe, holding wreath and palm; CAESAR DIVI F across fields.
Diameter: 19mm
Weight: 3.96 grams
Mint: Italian mint (Rome?).
RIC I 54b.
Ex: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 82 (15 April 2021), lot 1078

 

SICILY, SYRACUSE, HIERON II
AE19
OBVERSE: Head of Poseidon left
REVERSE: IEP-ONOS, ornamented trident of Poseidon
Struck at Syracuse, Sicily 275-216 BC
6.5g; 19mm
SG 1223

VALENTIA, ROMAN PROVINCIAL
AE As
OBVERSE: Helmeted head Roma right, TRINI L F Q before. T AHI T F behind
REVERSE: Cornucopia on thunderbolt within wreath; VALEN-TIA
Struck at Valentia, Spain 138 BC
11.4g, 27mm
CNH pg. 317, 4; Burgos 2512

 

The popular satyr


Islands off Thrace. Thasos circa 500-480 BC.
Diobol AR
13 mm, 1,08 g
THRACIA. Thasos. .
Ca. 500-480 v. Chr. Av.: Ityphallic satyr on his knee to the right. Rev .: Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider 4, SNG Cop 191-194 (Lete), HGC 6, 333.


Nerva remains the crowned nose champion



Nerva AD 96-98. Rome
Denarius AR
19 mm., 2,78 g.
RIC II Nerva 24 (denarius), RSC 48
Date: AD 97
Obverse Legend: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT
Type: Head of Nerva, laureate, right
Reverse Legend: COS III PATER PATRIAE
Type: Simpulum, sprinkler, ewer and lituus (simpulum, aspegillum, jug, lituus)

But when saying pointy I can only think of Septimius Severus



Septimius Severus AD 193-211. Rome
Denarius AR
17 mm, 2,29 g
RIC IV Septimius Severus 266 (denarius)
Date Range: AD 202 - AD 210
Obverse Legend: SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Type: Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right
Portrait: Septimius Severus
Reverse Legend: INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH
Type: Dea Caelestis, draped, riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; below, water gushing from rock

 

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The good thing with Nerva is he didn't need a die break to be "nosely challenged" :






BTW, I got my second Pfizer shot around mid february and since am able to shoot others

Q

 

Yeah, this coin is real. Had to look it up in my SNG Cop North Africa plate book... the coin listed had the same nose! Then I bought it. Interesting depiction by the die-cutter.


Carthage Zeugitania
AR ½ Shekel
17mm 3.8g
2nd Punic War 218-202 BCE
Sicily mint 216-211 BCE
Tanit l
Horse r sun as double uraeus
SNG COP 359