A nice "turreted" bust of the city goddess- She's got the whole City on her head

Yeah that's from JA and I have posted it before...

 

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VOLOGASES I, Tetradrachm
Seleucia, 63-64 A.D.
12.28 g - 27 mm
S.70.4
Diademed bust of Vologases I left.
King seated left, receiving wreath from Tyche standing right.

 

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Sorry Shea, I should have sent this post as a reply to Ocatarinetabellatchix post..Sorry!

 

That’s a beautiful Plautius, @DonnaML ! I used to own one but I traded it away with another collector for a Bar Kokhba Revolt coin.

 

Not as nice as yours, though:

Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Æ (25mm, 9.70 gm, 12h). Dated 138 AD. Obv: Laureate head right; c/m: laureate and bearded head right within oval incuse. ΙΟΥΛΙΕWN TWN K-AI ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕWΝ, Turreted and draped bust of Tyche left; ΘE before, HΠP (date) behind. The turreted headdress consisting of a gateway, turrets, walls, and a lighthouse. RPC 4, 9109 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 350; Hunterian 3200; for c/m: Bearded head right; Howgego 113.

 

Thanks Al…your tetradrachm is a showstopper! At 34mm, that must be a really impressive piece.

That’s a great example of the type…an even larger mural crown than on mine!

That’s a fantastic reverse and a very nice gold piece…nice to see some other city goddesses represented, great coin!

Thanks, love the eyes on yours!

 

Three very nice examples of that type from Antioch… I always enjoy those big bronzes from Antioch, great detail on the reverses. This one is my favorite with Tyche of Antioch, struck a few years later under T. Gallus.


Trebonianus Gallus, 251-253, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE Octassarion (30 mm, 18.53 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus to r./ Rev.ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN / Δ-E / S C Tyche of Antioch seated facing with river god Orontes swimming left below; all within tetrastyle portable shrine surmounted by ram leaping right; on bottom of shrine, carrying poles. RPC IX 1851.

 

I also have one of those...that looks like scaffolding compared to yours

 

I just have the one coin depicting Tyche.
Her turreted headdress is just that. It lacks any of the wonderful detail shown in other coins posted above.
That full city landscape is quite spectacular @Shea19

Seleucid, Laodikeia Ad Mare
Tetradrachm 65/64 BC
Tyche right with turreted headdress
Zeus seated left with Nike and sceptre
15.26g
28mm
ANSMN 28, 1983. Dca-s 314
Extremely rare date

 

Spectacular photography, Nvb!!!!

 

@Nvb , your statemnt "lacking some of the wonderful detail" absolutely decries your beautiful coin and excellent photography!

 

Thanks!
Pics taken using an iPhone 7
If only I could re-create this photo quality on a consistent basis
The shots I took that day all turned out really well and I have absolutely no idea what I did differently.

 

Well, I have always thought: To take great pictures, start with a great coin.

 

Some great height on that crown...those are some serious towers, great coin!

What a great coin Donna...I don't collect much from the Republic era, but that is just a fascinating reverse (and a great turreted bust as well).

You always have the best presentation...I love that statute of Tyche (and great coin too)!

Thanks! I can't believe that there's still a cool architectural type out there that you don't have yet!

 

That one might have been posted in the "ugly portraits" thread all the same, but, well, at least it's got a turreted Tyche :


Trajan, Bronze - Laodicea mint, c AD 114-115
AUTOKR NER TRAIANOC ARICT(KAIC CEB), laureate head of Trajan right
IOULIEWN TWN KAI LAODIKEWN BXR, Turreted bust of Tychee right, IOU in field
9.97 gr
Ref : Sear #1080

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I want to give a shout-out to a coin that I bid for unsuccessfully.

https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-prov...gc-choice-vf-4-5-2-5-scratches/a/3082-33181.s

 

Great-looking Antioch Tyche, @Shea19 - If I have my attribution correct, I have an example of the OP (RPC 8589) - but in much worse shape, but with a countermark:


Antoninus Pius Æ 25
Year ϞΡ (190) (142-143 A.D.)
Syria, Laodicea ad Mare
[ΑVΤΟ ΚΑ] (Τ)Ι ΑΔΡ[I ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟΝ СЄ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left /
ΙΟVΛΙЄΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚ[ЄΩΝ], Tyche bust left, ΚPA by left shoulder, ϞΡ (date)
in right field.
(8.11 grams / 25 x 22 mm)
eBay Aug. 2018
Host Coin Attribution: RPC IV.3 8589 (temporary); BMC 67-9; SNG Copenhagen 352.
Countermark: Laureate head Antoninus Pius right, in 4 x 6 mm oval punch, obverse. Howgego 113 (156 pcs).