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GETA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: GETA CAES PONT COS, draped bust right
REVERSE: VOTA PVBLICA, Geta standing left, sacrificing out of patera over tripod & holding roll
Struck at Rome, 205 AD
3.18g, 18mm
RIC IV 38b

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Maximian:


Maximian, 1st Reign, AD 286-305.
Roman billon follis, 10.96 g, 27.2 mm, 12 h.
Trier, AD 298-99.
Obv: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head, right.
Rev: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; A/*//TR.
Refs: RIC vi, p. 186, 277b.
Notes: Typically, the reverse legend is broken GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI.

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Tetricus II, as Caesar AD 273-274. Treveri
Antoninianus Æ
19 mm, 2,19 g
RIC V Tetricus I 258
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES
Bust of Tetricus II, radiate, draped, right
PIETAS AVGVS or PIETAS AVGVSTO or PIETAS AVGVSTOR or PIETAS AVSTO
Pontifical implements

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Roman Imperial Coinage, Commodus (as Cæsar), As, Rome, 175-6, draped bust right, rev. priestly implements, 11.08g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1539; BMC Marcus Aurelius 1533).
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Here's an antoninianus of Herennius Etruscus, that I got on eBay from @maridvnvm !



Next: Similar (sacrificial implements)

 

Nerva AR Denarius. Rome, AD 97.
Obverse..IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT, laureate head right
Reverse..COS III PATER PATRIAE, Priestly emblems: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus.
RIC 24; RSC 48. 3.12g, 17mm, 6h.

Next........Another vessel used to hold liquid..

 

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Next: Elagabalus

 

Elagabal (16/05/218-12/03/222)
Tetradrachme de billon de l'atelier d'Antioche, 219
AYT K M A ANTΩNEINOC CEB, Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu par l'avant
ΔHMAPX.EΞ.YΠATOC TOB (2°consulat =219). Aigle de face, ailes déployées, la tête à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec. Entre ses pattes une étoile. Δ | Ε dans le champ
14,11 g
Ref : Prieur #251, McAlee #762 (rare), Sear #3096

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Provincial Elagabalus


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Next: someone wearing something silly on their head

 

Hephthalites. Nezak Huns.. AR drachm. "Napki Malka" series. .
Circa 515.680 A.D.
Obverse..Bust right wearing winged-bull head-dress. Pahlavi legends nycky MLK-A
Reverse:Fire altar with attendants, Solar wheels above.
3.41 grams....24.64 mm.
Vondrovec [Göbl] 198

Next...Someone carrying something odd.

 

Apologies but why does everything I copy or write come up as bold??!...I must be doing something wrong!?

 

Make sure this is not enabled.

I think you pressed Ctrl+B instead of V when posting something and the setting remained.

 

You could just highlight what you write before posting it, and then click the Tx button up above, which removes any formatting codes that may have crept in.

 

This one is holding a snake, that's pretty unusual.

265-267 AD | Gallienus
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust right
Rev: SALVS AVG, XII, Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms​

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