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L JULIUS CAESAR ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS JULIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: CAESAR Head of Mars left in crested helmet
REVERSE: Venus Genettris with scepter, in biga drawn by two Cupids left, lyre in field, contolmark above, L IVLI L F in ex.
Struck at Rome, 103BC
3.85g, 17mm
Cr320/1, Syd 593a.

Next: Another biga pulled by anything besides horses

 

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I wonder who ever dreamt up that scenario/ two Cupids is hilarious
Now, I want that on my 2022 wish list.

 

Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (24.5mm, 10.68 g.)
Rome mint, struck AD 217.
Obv. Laureate head right.
Rev. Luna, with cloak floating around head, driving biga of bulls left.
RIC IV 567
Good VF,
Brown patina,
rare.

next, another Caracalla

 

Baby Caracalla

Next, Caracalla and Geta on the same coin.

 

Caracalla, Geta and Dad , all on the same coin.

Geta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. Æ As, 23 mm, 5.74 gm. Struck 203-208 AD. Obv: Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: FELICITAS SAECVLI SC Septimius, Caracalla and Geta seated right on platform, officer before; citizen standing left at foot of platform. RIC IV 126; BMCRE 834; Cohen 41.

Next, another Geta but with British association.

 

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Next up: elephant

 

L. CAECILIUS METELLUS DIADEMATUS
AR DENARIUS
OBVERSE: Roma helmeted head right; star behind head
REVERSE: Pax in biga to right, elephant's head with bell attached below horses; ROMA in exergue
Rome, 127 BC
3.75g,18mm
S.138, Cr.262/1, Syd.496, RSC Caecilia 38

Next: More elephants

 

Shahis of Ohind AE Jital of Vakka Deva around 870 AD
Diameter 18mm and 1.9 grams.
Obv. Elephant facing left with the name "Sri Vakka Deva" above in Nagari.
Rev. Lion to the right with gaping mouth, tongue out and one front paw raised. Diamond symbol in the rump.

Next... Elephant facing right.

 

Elephant Right


Baktria Apollodotos I 180-160 BCE Square AR Drachm 20mm 2.4g Elephant Zebu-Brahman SNG ANS 324-327

Elephant - Right, Left, and Center


Next: Crow

 

next: Vitellius

 

My example of the same type:



Next, changing the subject, Drusus Minor or Drusus Major or the third Drusus (see below).

Here's a Drusus Minor/the Younger that I bought this fall but haven't posted before; I believe it's one of only two coins in his name issued by his father:

Drusus Minor or the Younger, full name Drusus Julius Caesar (13 BCE-23 AD, son of Tiberius and Vipsiana), AE As, 23 AD, Rome Mint, issued by Tiberius. Obv. Bare head left, DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N / Rev. PONTIF TRIBVN POTEST ITER around large SC. RIC I Tiberius 45, Sear RCV I 1794 (ill. p. 353), BMCRE Tiberius 99, Cohen 2. 28 mm., 10.4 g.



By contrast, Drusus Major/the Elder (Nero Claudius Drusus) (38 BCE - 9 BCE) was Tiberius's brother, and the father of both Germanicus and the Emperor Claudius I. There was a third Drusus (known as Drusus Caesar) who was one of Germanicus's sons and, with his brother Nero (not the future emperor) the adoptive grandsons of Augustus following the death in AD 23 of Drusus Minor.

 

Nero Claudius Drusus (AKA Drusus Major), sestertius. AE 35 mm, 27.16 g.
This is the last coin I bought, 3 months ago. I like it because it is my only Julio-Claudian dynasty sestertius, so large it doesn't fit in my early Roman Imperial Coins tray. The complete legend is readable, so I can show it to students and tell them to decipher it by themselves.
Obv.: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head left
Rev.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P·M·TR·P·IMP·P·P / SC, Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch in right hand; weapons and armor around.

NEXT : a sestertius of Tiberius to Claudius

 

Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus, 14 BC - AD 33
Roman AE Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h
Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD
Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC.
Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3.

Next: Hairstyle with a queue in back.

 

Sabina, denarius.

NEXT : an empress, with another hairstyle.

 

next:hairstyle with stephane

 

too late, heres another



next: Vesta

 

Vesta holding Victory

Next, coin depicting someone virgin.

 

Anonymous follis class G
(and don't discuss the fact Mary was a virgin, I have been educated as a Roman Catholic, you godless heretics!)

Next : Somebody famous for his/her misconduct and debauchery.

 

This guy was said to have creeped around his palace, dressed as a female prostitute, and propositioning soldiers and male courtiers, and sometimes even went out into town dressed as a commoner to get some action.


Next - a very round coin

 

RI Pertinax 193 BC AE Sestertius rome mint LAETITIA RIC 17 C 21

Next: Another VERY round Ancient coin