[Ancients] Dual-portrait coins. Show off your own !

not technically ancients, but here's a couple...

mary and jesus AND bella iii with stephen of hungary (12th century)...double score.





ivan alexander and michal asen iv (14th century hungary).

 

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I do have a triple ob. and triple rev.Byzantine...
Romanus lV Diogenes...1068-1071..AD..
AV Histamenon
Ob. Michael Vlll in center, Costantius on left, Andronicus on right.
Rev. Christ Jesus standing center, Romanus on left, Eudoica on right.
Mint. Constantinople
28mm x 4.43 g.

 

Domitian and Minerva:

 

This coin would normally have a quadriga on the reverse. Due to the brockage error, it didn't get posted it in the quadriga thread. This coin gets to show its two faces in this cool thread.


Roman Republic
L. Scipio Asiagenus
AR Serrate Denarius
106 B.C.

3.68 gms, 18 mm
Obv: Head of Jupiter facing left with the letter A below chin.
Rev: Mirror brockage of obverse.
Grade: EF. Only slight wear on the obverse devices. Perfectly centered & preserved incuse brockage on reverse.
Other: Rome mint coin where the reverse normally depicts Jupiter driving a galloping quadriga. From Eye Appealing Coins October 2013.

 

Your coin is so much nicer than my junk box find. I learned much looking up this coin from scratch. I originally thought I had stumbled upon a Nero/Poppaea. The educational value far exceeded the small price paid.

 

Didn't realize how many of these I had:

Marc Antony & Cleopatra denarius:



Marc Antony & Octavian aureus:


Domitian & Minerva aureus:


Octavian & Julius Caesar aureus:

 

I didn't see wither one of these two guys. Unknown busts.

Maybe Hercules and Apollo...

Himyar Tribal Confederation 50-100 AD
AR 1/2 denarius

 

Trajan yr.15 Tyre, Phoenicia mint bust of Trajan and Hercules.

 

Great examples everyone.

A rare Julius Caesar and Mark Antony denarius


Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Denarius
Denarius minted in 43 BC
M ANTO IMP RPC, Head of Mark Antony right, lituus behind him
CAESAR DIC, Head of Caesar right, jug behind him
3.76 gr
Ref : HCRI # 123, RCV #1465, Cohen #3

Q

 

Another quite rare one. Lepidus and Octavian


Lepidus and Octavian, Denarius
Denarius minted in Italy, 42 BC
LEPIDVS PONT MAX III V R P C, bare head of Lepidus right (NT and MA in monograms)
C CAESAR IMPIII VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right (MP in monogram)
3.78 gr
Ref : HCRI # 140, RCV # 1523, Cohen # 2

Also with an historical note :

The following from forum catalog :
"Lepidus was a faithful follower of Julius Caesar, and he served as Praetor and Consul. When Caesar was assassinated, Lepidus was in charge of the cavalry and commanded a legion. This position secured him a place in the Second Triumvirate along Marc Antony and Octavian. His cut was Africa. When Octavian attacked Sextus Pompey's Sicily, Lepidus' ships and troops supported him. In an uninspired move, Lepidus thought he could force Octavian to leave him the island. The two armies separated and isolated skirmishes occurred, but soon the soldiers sick of yet another civil war, acknowledging Octavian's superiority deserted Lepidus en-masse. Lepidus left the island as a simple civilian, retaining only his priesthood, but he was the only defeated Imperator not to suffer a violent death."

Q

 

Mark Antony and his brother Lucius Antonius :


Mark Antony and Lucius Antonius, Denarius
Denarius minted in Ephesus in 41 BC
M ANT IMP AVG III VIR RPCM NERVA PROQ P, Bare head of Mark Antony right
L ANTONIUS COS, Bare head of Lucius Antonius right
3.58 gr
Ref : HCRI # 246, RCV #1509, Cohen #2

And its hitorical note too :

Following description taken from NAC auction 40, #617, about an other example of the same coin :
"This denarius, depicting the bare heads of Marc Antony and his youngest brother Lucius Antony, is a rare dual-portrait issue of the Imperatorial period. The family resemblance is uncanny, and one wonders if they truly looked this much alike, or if it is another case of portrait fusion, much like we observe with the dual-portrait billon tetradrachms of Antioch on which the face of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII takes on the square dimensions of Marc Antony. When Antony fled Rome to separate himself from Octavian and to take up his governorship in Gaul, Lucius went with him, and suffered equally from the siege of Mutina. This coin, however, was struck in a later period, when Lucius had for a second time taken up arms against Octavian in the west. Marc Antony was already in the east, and that is the region from which this coinage emanates. Since Lucius lost the ‘Perusine War’ he waged against Octavian, and was subsequently appointed to an office in Spain, where he died, it is likely that he never even saw one of his portrait coins."

Q

 

Vespasian Didrachm, Cappadocia, Caesarea
Obv:– AVTOKPA KAICAP OVECPACIANOC CEBACTOC, Laureate head of Vespasian right
Rev:– AVTO KAI OVECPACIANOC CEBACTOV VIOC, Laureate head of Titus right
Minted in Cappadocia, Caesarea. A.D. 76 - 77
Reference:– Sydenham, Caesarea 102; Metcalf, Caesarea 4. RPC 1650.

Weight 7.05g. 19.38mm

 

Constantine the Great
Follis
Obv:– CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– MARTI CONSERVATORI, Helmeted bust of Mars facing right
Minted in Trier
Reference– RIC VI Trier 884

 

Phraataces and Musa, Parthian drachm, Sellwood 58.9

 

That Musa is gorgeous, thanks for showing it

Q

 

Nice drachm Bob. Welcome