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Here's a coin with a temple and walls and towers
A lot temple of Venus at Eryx, Sicily.

Moneyer: C. Considius Nonianus
Obv.: C•CONSIDI•NONIANI / S•C - Laureate and diademed bust of Venus right
Rev.: ERVC - Temple on summit of rocky mountain surrounded by wall with towers on each side and gate in centre
Mint: Rome (57 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.92g / 19mm / 6h
References:

• RSC 1a (Considia)
• Sydenham 887
• Crawford 424/1

Provenances:

• Ex. Bernard Poindessault (1935-2014) Collection

Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online Auction E-Live Auction 1 #508 25-Jul-2018




Next Venus (but no bum, let's be dignified!)

ATB,
Aidan.

 

VENUS

One of my FAVORITES:


Roman Republic
Cn. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maxsumus,
76 BCE Denarius, Rome.
[MAXSVMVS Diademed and draped bust of Libertas to right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; behind, pileus.
Rev. [V] - CN•N / C•EGNATIVS•CN•F Roma, on left, standing facing, left foot set on wolf's head and holding staff with her right hand, and Venus, on right, standing facing, holding staff right and with cupid alighting on her shoulder; rudder standing on prow on either side.
Ref: Babelon (Egnatia) 3. Sear 326 Crawford 391/3. RBW 1429. Sydenham 787

Story, very truncated:
The moneyer's family were originally a plebeian family of equestrian rank and were Samnites (had fought against Rome in THREE Samnite Wars (343–341 BCE, 326–304 BCE, and 298–290 BCE). After the Social War (91-88 BCE, with the Samnites holding out to 87 BCE), a part of the family moved to Rome, with a couple of them becoming Senators. However, one of the Senators was expelled, and also disowned his Senator Son. "No one has a saisfactory reason for this scene..." Hmmm... I wonder; this guy came from a Rebel Family (Samnites), and the Samnites were virtually exterminated after the Social War by Sulla. I think Roma stepping on a Wolf's severed head might say something...

Next: LIBERTAS

 

Hi All,



NEXT: An ancient coin with a pileus (liberty cap).

- Broucheion

 

How about this one, since it's less common than some of my other coins showing a pileus:

Roman Republic, L. Aurelius Cotta*, AR serrate Denarius, 105 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing conical cap (pileus) bound with laurel wreath, tongs behind shoulder with * [= XVI; mark of value] above; beneath chin, control mark “D” with single pellet below**; all within myrtle-wreath / Rev. Eagle standing three-quarters right on thunderbolt with wings spread and head left; in exergue, L • COT; laurel-wreath around.*** Crawford 314/1b, RSC I Aurelia 21 (ill.); BMCRR 1296, Sydenham 577, Sear RCV I 191 (ill.). 19 mm., 3.74 g. Purchased from Ken Dorney June 2021; with old coin ticket from 1950s/1960s [with Sydenham number but not Crawford]. [Footnotes omitted.]



Next, speaking of uncommon, another coin depicting Vulcan. Or Hephaestus.

 

Here are TWO

AE HEPHAESTIUS / VULCAN


Samnium Aesernia 263-240 BC AE 20 Vulcan Pilos Tongs Jupiter Biga Left

VULCAN from SAMNIA


Samnium, Aesernia
AE21 263-240 BCE
HN Italy 430
Vulcan Left
- Biga

Next: Jupiter in Biga

 

12-hour rule. I have no coins with Jupiter in a biga, unfortunately.

Next: Jupiter (not Zeus) on the obverse, as on this coin:

Roman Republic, L. Procilius L.f., AR Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Jupiter R., S C behind/ Rev. Juno Sospita advancing R., wearing Etruscan shoes turned up at the toe, holding figure-eight shield [prob. an allusion to the mythological Shield of the Salii priests, or ancilia] in left hand and hurling spear with right hand; snake before; behind, L. PROCILI/F downwards. RSC I Procilia 1 (ill.), Crawford 379/1, Sydenham 771, Sear RCV I 306 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 4 at pp. 19-22 [Michael Harlan, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)], BMCRR Rome 3147. 19.5 mm., 3.6 g. (Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., NYINC Jan. 2020.) [Footnote omitted.]

 

next: Roman Republic quadriga

 

C. Cassius, Libertas driving quadriga

Next up : A Roman provincial quadriga

 

This quadriga won't win many races.

Roman Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan, AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (33mm, 26.60g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112). Obv: AVT TPAIAN C-ЄB ΓЄRM ΔAKIK; Laureate bust of Trajan right, aegis on left shoulder. Rev: Trajan standing right, scepter in left hand, palm forward in right, in processional quadriga of elephants right; L-IE (date) in exergue. Ref: Emmett 462.

Next: More Roman Egypt.

 

Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 3 (118/119 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, drapery on left shoulder, AYT KAIC TPAIANOC -AΔΡΙΑNOC ϹƐΒ (clockwise from 5:00) / Rev. Serpent Agathodaemon standing erect right, crowned with pschent/skhent [the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt] , tongue protruding, with coils enfolding caduceus to left and stalks of corn to right; L - Γ (Year 3) across fields. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 5149 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5149; Emmett 803.3; BMC 16 Alexandria 665 (at p. 79) (1892) [ill. as RPC Vol. III 5149, specimen 2]; K&G 32.68 (at p. 118); Dattari (Savio) 1541; Milne 918 at p. 25 [ill. as RPC Vol. III 5149, specimen 13] [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; Geissen 764 [ill. as RPC Vol. III 5149, specimen 18]. 24 mm., 13.81 g., 12 h. Purchased from http://www.cgb.fr July 2021, ex. Collection of Aymé Cornu (1926-2020) (Engineer. - Head of the mass spectrometry laboratory at the Center for Nuclear Studies in Grenoble, France; see https://data.bnf.fr/fr/12598408/aime_cornu/).* (Footnote omitted)



Next, another agathodaemon, either just sitting there by itself, or engaged in sport or other healthy activities.

 

I can't believe that nobody has had an agathodaemon to post in the last 16+ hours! How about, instead, a coin on which a snake or serpent (I've never understood the difference), not necessarily an Agathodaemon, is the primary design element on the reverse?

 

This is doable.



Moesia Inferior. Nikopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus AD 193-211.
Bronze Æ
16 mm., 3,14 g.
Obv. AV KAI CE CEVHPO, laureate head right:
Rev. NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICTPO, coiled snake, head erect facing right.
AMNG I 1418; Varbanov 1961

Next - a coin from the same city

 

Diadumenian Caesar, AE Tetrassarion (4 Assaria), 217-218 AD, Nicopolis ad Istrum [Nikyup, Bulgaria] Mint, Moesia Inferior, Statius Longinus, Consular Legate. Obv. Bareheaded bust of Diadumenian right, draped and armored, seen from behind, M OPEL DIADOV-MENIANOC K (OV ligate) [ = Marcus Opellius Diadumenianus, Caesar] / Rev. Artemis, wearing short chiton, walking right, holding bow in left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with right hand, hound jumping behind her left foot, VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC I / CTPΩ in exergue [ = Consular legate Longinus, (Governor) of the residents of Nikopolis on the (river) Istros]. AMNG I/I 1843 [Pick, Behrendt, Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I (Berlin, 1898) at p. 467]; Varbanov I 3743 [Varbanov, Ivan, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005) at p. 308]; Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov 8.25.13.3 [Hristova, H., H.-J. Hoeft, & G. Jekov. The Coins of Moesia Inferior 1st - 3rd c. AD: Nicopolis ad Istrum (Blagoevgrad, 2015)].*



*Obverse die matches the die classified as Obverse Die No. 9 in table entitled “Nicopolis ad Istrum - 4 assaria - die matches” (see http://www.diadumenian.com/Die tables nicopolis 4 assaria.html). It is an obverse die match to the two coins depicted at http://www.diadumenian.com/Nicopolis artemis longinus.html, the second of which was sold at Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung Auction 121, 2005 Lot number: 300. Coin is also an obverse die match to, inter alia, the coins depicted at https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=17248 and http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=28570 .

Next, another Roman Provincial coin showing either Diadumenian or Macrinus by himself.

 

Diadumenian
AE16 (Assarion)
Markianopolis
Obverse: K M OΠEΛΛIOC ANTΩNEINOC, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: MAΡKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, bunch of grapes

Next: Another coin of Markianopolis

 

Gordian, Artemis, Markianopolis:


Next: Artemis

 

AEOLIS, KYME
AE 15
OBVERSE: K-Y across fields, Artemis standing right, holding torch and clasping hands with figure standing left, holding transverse spear
REVERSE: Two figures in quadriga right; one holding long transverse spear
Struck at Aeolis, after 190BC
3.12g, 15mm
SNG Cop 113; BMC 96

Next: Coin struck at Aeolis

 

AEOLIS, Kyme. (450-400 BC). AR Hemiobol. (8mm, .44g).
Obverse: Head of eagle left; KY–M around.
Reverse: Quadripartite granulated ‘mill-sail’ incuse square.

NEXT: Another coin with an incuse 'mill-sail' pattern reverse.

 

Bithynia. Calchedon. Circa 367/6-340 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.24g) Obv: ΚΑ; Bull standing left on grain ear. Rev: Mill-sail incuse. Ref: Hoover HGC 7, 519; SNG BMC Black Sea 124; SNG von Aulock 485.

Next: Another Bull

 

Caria. Uncertain mint circa 500-400 BC.
Tetartemorion AR
7 mm, 0,19 g
Confronted bull heads / Forepart of bull right, within incuse square.
SNG Kayhan 969


Next - uncertain mint (and not because of wear)