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  1. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

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    Septimius Severus Denarius
    OBV: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right.
    Rev: RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Septimius standing left, holding patera in right hand over tripod altar, & spear in left.

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  3. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    Aureus of Nero - obv. luar. hd right of emperor; reverse Nero as Sol and wife , ?Popaea.

    next, reverse of a future emperor.

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  4. Clavdivs

    Clavdivs Well-Known Member

    500!! We're AWESOME!

    next, reverse of a future emperor.
     
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  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    One of the babies on the reverse of this sestertius is the future emperor Commodus.

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    Faustina II, AD 147-175.
    Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.65 g, 30.4 mm, 12 h.
    Rome, AD 161.
    Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust, right, wearing stephane.
    Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT SC, draped throne on which there are two infant boys, Antoninus and Commodus, with stars above their heads.
    Refs: RIC 1665n; BMCRE 939, 941; Cohen 193; RCV –; MIR27-6/10a, b Diad.

    Next: star above head.
     
  6. shanxi

    shanxi Well-Known Member

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    Cr. 296/1, Republic, 112 BC, Cn. Cornelius Blasio
    Denar
    Obv.: [CN. BLASIO] CN. F., helmeted head of Mars (Scipio Africanus??) right, star above head
    Rev.: ROMA, Jupiter, scepter in left, thunderbolt in right, between Juno and Minerva
    Ag, 3.82g, 17mm
    Ref.: Albert 1084, Sear 173, Crawford 296/1


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  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Scipio

    Consul 190 BCE
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    L Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus Asiagenus
    AR Serrate Denarius
    4.0g 19mm
    Rome 106 BCE
    Hd Jupiter Left -
    Jupiter quad r scepter tbolt L•SCIP•ASIAG B
    Cr 311-1e Syd 576

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  8. TuckHard

    TuckHard Well-Known Member

    I still haven't put in the work to ID this down exactly but I'm pretty sure it's a Mauryan PMC.

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    Next: Silver coin with hand stamped marks (PMC, countermarks, etc)
     
  9. shanxi

    shanxi Well-Known Member

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    8 Reales from Mexico, Ferdinand VI., 1746-1759 plus a few chinese countermarks :happy:

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  10. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Jesus. After the first 100 countermarks, what's the point in adding more?
     
  11. Ignoramus Maximus

    Ignoramus Maximus Nomen non est omen.

    Nice coin, @shanxi!
    I believe mine has eight or nine. Seems poor by comparison...:)

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    Achaemenid siglos, 4th series.

    Next: a single, but well-placed countermark.
     
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  12. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Antigonos Gonata. The countermark makes it look like the bust has curled horns.
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    NEXT: God Pan
     
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  13. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Roman Republic, C. Vibius C. f. C. n. Pansa Caetronianus, AR Denarius 48 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Mask of bearded Pan right; below, PANSA / Rev. Jupiter A[n]xurus, laureate, barechested, seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left hand; on right, C•VIBIVS•C•F•C•N curving downwards; on left, IOVIS • AXVR curving upwards. Crawford 449/1a, RSC I Vibia 18 (ill.), Sear RCV I 420 (ill.), Sear Roman Imperators 20 (ill. p. 14), BMCRR 3978, Sydenham 947. 19 mm., 3.75 g.* (Purchased from Silbury Coins, UK, Sep. 2020.)

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    *Caius Vibius Pansa, son of Caius and grandson of Caius, was Consul in 43 BCE. (Crawford p. 465.) According to Grueber in BMCRR (pp. 509-510 at n. 1), he was a supporter of Caesar, and governor of Bithynia and Pontus in 47 BCE, striking coins at Apamea and Nicaea. He was killed in battle in 43 BCE before the town of Murina.

    The mask of Pan on the obverse is a pun on his cognomen, Pansa. (Crawford p. 465.) The figure of Jupiter A[n]xurus on the reverse (see the reverse legend) refers to an association of the moneyer’s gens, Vibia, with the town of Anxur (now Terracina). (See id.) The town is in Latium on the Tyrrhenian sea, about 98 km. southeast of Rome. See BMCRR at p. 510 at n. 1, stating that in Anxur “there was a special cult of Jupiter, whose temple was situated on the highest point of the city, and who was represented as a youth, handsome in features, and of perfect form; a representation suggested by the type of the coin.” See also John Melville Jones, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (Seaby, London 1990) at p. 153, under entry for Jupiter.

    Next: Pan from Pantikapaion.
     
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  14. Ignoramus Maximus

    Ignoramus Maximus Nomen non est omen.

    Who doesn't love a good Pan?
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    Next: another coin where one of the devices is a pun on the city's name.

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  15. Orielensis

    Orielensis Well-Known Member

    The Greek word αίγα (aiga) means goat. The goat's head on this coin is a pun on the almost homophonous city name Aigai:
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    Aeolis, Aigai, AE17, 4th–3rd c. BC. Obv: laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: AIΓAE; goat’s head r. 17mm, 4.41g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1; BMC 2–4.

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  16. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    12 hr.

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    Taras, Calabria AR Triartemorion.
    Obv: Bridled horses head right.
    Rev: Bridled horses head right, bird before.
    10mm., 0.43gm.
    380-228 BC.

    Next: Calabria
     
  17. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Tarentum, Calabria, Italia

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    ITALY. Calabria. Tarentum.
    AR Drachm, 18mm, 3.1g, 10h;
    ca. 3rd Century BC.
    Obv.: Head of Athena facing right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet adorned with Scylla throwing a stone.
    Rev.: Owl right, wings closed, standing on olive branch; TAP to left, [ZOP to right.]
    Reference: HN Italy 975; Vlasto 1052.
    Comments: Tarentum, one of the largest cities of ancient Calabria, minted smaller denominations imitating Athenian owls, like this drachm. Tarentum was a SPARTAN Colony, with a little known fact that Athena was the Patron Goddess of Sparta. On this variant, Scylla is seen adorning Athena’s helmet, throwing a stone.
    Ex: JAZielinsky Numismatics

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  18. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    Here's one from what is today the province of Calabria in Italy:
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    Bruttium, Hipponion (as Vibo Valentia), circa 193-150 BC, Æ Semis
    Obv: Diademed head of Hera right; S (mark of value) to left
    Rev: VALENTIA, Double cornucopia; to right, S (mark of value) above star
    Ref: Mensitieri Series III, 43; HN Italy 2263; SNG ANS 475

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  19. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Mediolanum is now Milan.

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    Aurelian, AD 279-275.
    Roman billon antoninianus, 3.61 gm, 20.6 mm, 12 h.
    Mediolanum, 3rd emission, autumn 271 – autumn 272.
    Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust, right.
    Rev: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, wheel under seat; S in exergue.
    Refs: RIC 128; MER/RIC 1466; CBN 452; Sear 11539; MIR 16, Hunter p. cx.

    Next: Mediolanum/Milan.
     
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  20. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

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    1.86 g 19.4 mm

    Gallienus AR Antoninianus. Mediolanum (Milan) Mint 260-268 AD. Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG Radiate head right. Reverse: VIRTV-S AVG Soldier, helmeted, in military attire, standing left, resting right hand on shield and holding spear in left hand. References: RICV Gallienus 534

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  21. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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