ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

Well TIF, although that healthy ol' brussel sprout might think that he's the King, I think that Ninja Onion may have him beat!!?

 

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I dunno, that carrot fencer looks pretty wily.

 

Yah, I'm not quite sure what that severed thing in the background is? ... *yikes*

 

This evening's posts brought to you by the letter "N"


Nero; AD 54-68
AE 20mm/7.2g Antioch Mint
OBV; CAESAR IMP NERO CL AV, laureate head of Nero right; lituus
REV; SC within wreath.
RPC I 4297, SNG COP.161

 

Nerva; 96-98 AD
AE As; 29mm/9.4g
OBV: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right
REV: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM S-C, clasped hands.
(RIC II 79, Cohen 21)

 

Sweet lookin' coins, Bannon!!

Cheers

 

Narendra
570-600 AD

 

Wow, good stuff Race!

 

and Nahapana 78-130AD ?

 

hey A-Noob => those dark photos are slowin' down my computer (zip those babies up!!)

 

It's not the darkness, it's the size. Click to enlarge-- they're 4x larger than my screen. Tough on my superslow and ridiculously expensive ISP.

Noob & Race-- maybe resize to ~1000 pixels wide and 'save for web', keeping them under ~200kb or so? (more than ~100 ppi is a waste on a computer screen)

 

Aww you guys didn't want poster size...my bad..

 

That Narendra is supercool. Nice photo too. Hmm, poster-sized huh? [right click/save]

 

NERO
AE As (7.56 g.) Rome circa 64 A.D.
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Radiate head of Nero right. Rev. GENIO AVGVSTI Genius naked to waist standing left, holding cornucopia, patera over lighted altar, I in exergue





NERO
AE Sestertius (26.56 g.) Lugdunum circa 65 A.D.
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero left. Rev. PORT AVG Port of Ostia, river Tiber reclining below.





NERO 54 - 68 A.D.
AR Denarius (3.53 g.). Rome 64 - 65 A.D.
Obv. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS laureate head of Nero right.
Rev. IVPITER CVSTOS Jupiter enthroned left, holding thunderbolt





NERO 54 - 68 A.D.
AV Aureus (7.33 g.) Rome 64 - 65 A.D.
Obv. NERO CAESAR - AVGVSTVS Laureate head r. Rev. Roma seated l. on cuirass, holding Victory in r. hand and parazonium in l.; in exergue, ROMA

 

Sorry I can't put 2 likes at the above...

Q

PS : really looking forward to posting my O's

 

IOM knocking it out of the park. Again.

 

Oh-boy-oy-boy!!

=> Today is O-day!!!

 

OTHO Jan. - Apr. 69 A.D.
AR Denarius (3.54 g.) Rome
Obv. Bare head of Otho r. Rev. PAX ORBIS TERRARVM Pax standing left, holding branch and long caduceus




OTHO Jan. - Apr. 69 A.D.
AV Aureus (7.26 g.) Rome 73 A.D.
IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P Bare head right. Rev. PAX ORB - IS TERRARUM Pax, dressed, standing l. holding branch in r. hand and caduceus in l.

 

"O"MG !!
That's terrific.
I'm myself quite proud of my own Otho denarius (sorry, no aureus here...) but will hardly dare presenting it after these wonders...


Otho, Denarius
Denarius minted in Rome in 69 AD
IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, Bare head of Otho right
SECURITAS PR, Securitas standing left
3.50 gr
Ref : RIC # 8, RCV #2162, Cohen #17

Q

 

Octavian, Denarius
Italian mint, possibly Rome, 31-30 BC
Anepigraph, bare head of Octavian left
CAESAR - DIVI F, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath
3.84 gr
Ref : HCRI # 408, RCV # 1552v, Cohen # 66, RIC # 255
The following comment is taken from CNG, sale 84 # 957 :
"Following his victory at Actium, Octavian ordered a golden statue of Victory, standing on a globe and holding a wreath and palm, to be set up on an altar in the Curia in Rome. This statue had been captured by the Romans from Pyrrhus in 272 BC, and it assumed a somewhat tutelary mystique, protecting the Roman state from dissolution. In AD 382, the emperor Gratian ordered its removal. Two years later, the senator and orator Symmachus urged Valentinian II to replace it, a request that was met with stiff opposition from the bishop of Milan, Ambrose. Though it was briefly returned to its place by the usurper Eugenius, it was again removed following his defeat. Petitions to Theodosius I for its subsequent replacement were refused, on grounds that the once-important symbol of the gods’ blessing on the Roman Empire was now nothing more than a piece of paganism"

Q