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This coin with Galatian shield - points to the use of Galatian mercenaries by Ptolemy II. This Alexandrian mint coin was imitated by Hieron in Sicily - an interesting story: Galatians in Egypt.

Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 275 BC - 274 BC, Æ Diobol (28mm, 17.92g, 12h), Alexandria mint, Series 2F, struck circa 275/4-246 BC
Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right
Rev: Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above Galatian shield
Ref: CPE B166; Svoronos 600

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Claudius, AD 41-54.
Billon Tetradrachm, 10.32 gm, 24.0 mm.
Alexandria, AD 46.
Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head of Claudius, r.; LϚ (year 6) before.
Rev: ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing l., holding children and ears of corn.
Refs: RCV 1869; SGI 495; RPC 5164; BMCG 75; SNG Cologne 88; Milne 106; Emmett 74.

Next: Claudius I.

 

My latest Claudius, a coin I really wanted since I saw it.

Claudius (41-54) AE5 of Antioch, Syria

AD 47-48
IM TI CLA CAE - AV GER - Laureate head right
Rev: Large SC within laurel wreath.
RPC 4279; McAlee 245-250.
14,64 g, 26 mm


Next - another Claudius I, imperial or provincial

 

next: Cappadocia

 

TRAJAN, Tridrachm
Caesarea in Cappadocia, 112-117
Syd. 224
10.40 g - 25 mm
AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TRAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, Laureate bust right
ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO ζ, Legionary Eagle flanked by two standards

next: Caesarea, another augustus

 

Here's a Nero from the same Cappadocian Caesarea.

Region, City: Cappadocia, Caesarea-Eusebia
Coin: Silver Hemidrachm
Obv.: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI - Laureate head right
Rev.: Victory, draped, seated right on globe holding wreath in both hands
Mint: (c 59-60 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 1.50g / 14mm / 0h
References:

• RIC 617
• BMC 409
• Sydenham, Caesarea 83

Acquisition: CNG Internet eAuction 254 #198 20-Apr-2011




Next - another Roman provincial silver coin

 

Another Caesarea silver


Vespasian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 69-79.
Laureate head right.

ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒΑ
Rev: Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm.
RPC II, 1659.
1.65 g, 17 mm

Next - Vespasian provincial

 

Vespasian, AD 69-79
Roman provincial Æ 24.4 mm, 9.75 g
Phrygia, Apameia, under Proconsul Plancius Varus, AD 60-79
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣ[ΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ], laureate head of Vespasian to right
Rev: ΕΠΙ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ, bundle of five corn-ears
Refs: BMC 150; RPC 1389; SNG Cop-210.

Next: Apameia

 

Phrygia, Apamea. Demos AE24
Obv: ΔΗΜΟϹ / bare head of the Demos (youthful), r.
Rev: ΑΠΑΜƐΩΝ / tree

Next: Pseudo-autonomous provincial

 

next Bucephales

 

Next up: another portrait of Alexander

 

Chalkon - Ptolemy II Philadelphos
Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant’s skin headdress.
Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt;
Lettering: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
260 BC - 246 BC

Next, a coin with centration dimples.

 

Thrace, Hadrianopolis, Faustina II
21 mm 6,60 g

Obverse inscription ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
draped bust of Faustina II, r.
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ(Ν)
Tyche standing, l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia

Next - Faustina II probincial

 

Here's one of my favorite Faustina provincials.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial triassarion, 6.34 g, 23.4 mm, 7 h.
Thrace, Pautalia, AD 161-175.
Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝ-Α CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, right; band of pearls around head.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC-ΠΑVΤΑΛΙ-ΑC, Dionysus seated on panther walking, r., resting r. arm on panther, holding thyrsus.
Refs: RPC IV 8811; Ruzicka 99.
Notes: Double die match to RPC IV 8811(4) = Ruzicka 99(4) = Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum 8775.

Next: someone riding a big cat.

 

Not a serious entry as it is only half an answer to the ask.
Cupid sitting on a half lion, half fish. Part of a wall moulding in Pompeii.

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in ex, Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left
Struck at Rome, 204 AD
3.5g, 18mm
RIC IV 266

Next: Any Septimius Severus example

 

Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). AR denarius (18mm, 1h). NGC AU. Emesa, AD 194-195. IMP CAE L•SEP•SE-V•PERT AVG, laureate head of Septimius Severus right / M-ONETA-E A-VG, Moneta standing facing, head left, with scales in right hand, cornucopia in left. RIC IV.I 350a.



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