Ancients: Guess the Ruler

Sorry to be the one who killed this thread. We have had two posts that say you know but no one seems to want to 'win' and keep it going so I guess it is finished.

 

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I'm just waiting for the answer Doug!

 

Me, too.

 

Gallus, never having ascended to Augustus, for all our practical purposes was only ever portrayed bare-headed - with no headgear: laurel, diadem nor crown of Helios on his mullet.

 

Alright.

It's Hieron II.

 

Doesn't look like Doug is on right now. Here's the coin he cropped it from:


HIERON II 275-215 B.C.
AE27 L.HD.LEFT HORSEMAN RT.
16.5 6H

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Next up:

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Annia Faustina

 

I wish! You're in the ballpark though.

 

Julia Mamea? That is a person, right?

 

That is indeed a person and in the general time frame but she's not the person I've shown. Mamaea's coiffure is a bit different from the person I showed.

Granted, provincial portraiture isn't always consistent, but during this time in Roman Egypt it is usually possible to identify the person by the portrait.

 

A stab in the dark: Julia Domna?

 

No

But all of these guesses are in the correct era

 

Aquilia Severa wife of Elagabalus?

 

Yes! His second and fourth wife, a Vestal Virgin (scandal!).


EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa
year 5, CE 221/2
tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 11.57 gm
Obv: draped bust right
Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E
Ref: Emmett 3025.5, R3; Geissen 2376; Dattari 4186

 

Not a Late Roman Emperor for once

 

@Magnus Maximus Ariarathes iv? Didn't research busts. Just a gut feeling.

 

@iamtiberius
Not him but it is from the same kingdom.

 

University, eh?

=> don't get too hammered and cocky and then fall for the wrong girl (that was my major)

oh sorry, ummm Antiochos?

 

Ah. That narrows it down to one other person. I'm just used to him having some facial hair on his drachms.

 

@stevex6

....for the wrong girl
It's a guy at the moment
Not Antiochus sadly.
This king was a ruler from Cappadocia.