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CLAUDIUS II (GOTHICUS) Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped bust right
REVERSE: SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe, P in ex.
Struck at Mediolanum, 268-69 AD
2.8g, 19.9mm
RIC 168

Next: Spes

 

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SPES - MACRIANUS

RI Macrianus 260-261 CE Usurper AR 22mm 4.4g BI Ant Spes Publica star Sear 3.10811. RIC 13 pg 581 R2 Rare

Next: Another Macrianus

 

Here she is:


Next: lotus flower. If that proves too difficult, any flower(s) will do.

Edit: too late, Alegandron beat me. I thought we were still with Spes. So it's still Macrianus.

 

Next: rare usurper

 

At least rarely seen on CT - I can only find one other example of a mention of this king/usurper shared in these pages from @Parthicus...

A Parthian Usurper's Tetradrachm

Kings of Parthia, Mithradates, Usurper in Mesopotamia, circa 15-10 BC, BI Tetradrachm, Seleukeia on the Tigris mint (center of modern day Iraq), dated Artemisios (April)
Obv: Diademed bust left
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ/ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ/ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY/ EYEPΓETY/ ΔΙΚΑΙΟY/ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ/ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ/ ΑΡΤΕMI, Mithradates seated right, receiving palm frond from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia; above, monogram above pellet; V/A below throne; A between Mithradates' feet
Ref: Sellwood 55.11; Shore 311 (Tiridates)

Next: another coin from someone named Mithradates/Mithridates (or other close variants of same name)

 

Gotta love those 3rd century usurpers!

 

next: Pontos

 

Next up: cool image on helmet
Ps, may I say @dougsmit was so right! There is no perfect example of this coin out there. Every one you see is sacrificing something that you may enjoy on another. I love this type and that's just one more reason why.

 

TARAS, CALABRIA
AR Diobol
OBVERSE: Head of Athena in crested helmet left decorated with Skylla
REVERSE: Herakles kneeling right, strangling lion
Struck at Taras 380-334 BC
1.2g, 11mm
Vlasto 1316

Next: Calabria

 

Calabria, Taras AR Nomos (6.50 g, 20mm, 9h). Circa 272-240 BC.
Obv: APIΣTOK / ΘI below & left.Warrior, on horse galloping to right, wearing a lorica and a crested helmet, holding a lance in his right hand and with a large round shield covering his back (APIΣ-).
Rev: ΤΑΡΑΣ. Phalanthos riding dolphin to left, holding trident over his right shoulder and being crowned with wreath by Nike flying towards him; below, rudder.
Ref: Vlasto 899ff; HN Italy 1039; SNG ANS 1217ff.
Prov: Ex-VAuctions Sale 223 (5 March 2009), Lot 1.
Note: Overstruck on uncertain under-type?


NEXT: Riding an animal (or animals)

 

Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding side-saddle on lion right, facing right and holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH [probable reference to water project in Carthage]. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285.* 18x20 mm., 3.9 g.


*There don't seem to be separate catalog numbers for Dea Caelestis facing right vs. facing forward -- only for coins in which she holds a drum and scepter rather than a thunderbolt and scepter.

Another person or deity riding an animal, other than a horse -- too easy!

 

Rajas of Sivaganga
obv- Lingam
rev- Goddess Saraswati on a swan.
Next- Swan

 

SICILY, Kamarina
AR Litra. 0.66g, 11.2mm. SICILY, Kamarina, circa 461-440/35 BC. SNG Oxford 1689; Westermark & Jenkins 13. O: Nike flying right; to lower right, swan standing right; all within olive wreath. R: K[AMA]RI, Athena standing left, wearing aegis and holding spear in right hand; to right, shield.

Next: Another litra from Sicily

 

AR LITRA SICILY


Carthage -
Sicily
AR Litra
4th C BCE
9.5mm 0.65g
Palm Tree
Horse Head
SNG Cop 74
Ex: EE Clain-Safanelli
RARE

Next: More Litrae from Sicily

 

Sicily/ Syracuse
AV 10 Litrai 357-54BC
Dion
Arethusa
Octopus
9mm. 0.94g.
BMC 270 Sear 959

Another coin with Octopus

 

next: Eagle on prey

 

Brandenburg Preussen
AV Friedrich's d'or 1777-A Berlin Mint
Friedrich II "Der Grosse"
Prussian Eagle with its talon standing over Trophies of defeated enemies (Russians/ French/ Habsburgs) from Seven Year's War.
next: other type of raptor on coin.

 

Can you show us a facing forward that does not have a drum? There are also other details (staff position or lack).

 

I guess I'll go with the obvious one, an owl! This is a Drachm I got from Roma (e-16, 74 in 2015) a number of years ago, described as "Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC...Kroll 10; SNG Copenhagen 41-43." Given its appearance, and at only 3.33g, though, I've always wondered if it wasn't perhaps a Philistia / Gaza imitative type:


NEXT: An imitative that could be almost as good as the "real" thing... (Or one where you can't quite be sure which it is.)

 

This is a fairly well known imitation tetradrachm of the new style Athenian owl, circa 150 BC and is actually mentioned in Margaret Thompson's reference.

17.1 grams




Next: GENIVS - a coin depicting Genius on the reverse.