Ancients: Guess the Ruler

Heh, not Herod Agrippa either though.

 

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*rats* ... I'm all out of Agrippas? (oh well, off to work I go)

 

Juba II

 

Phew, and Doug nails it! My next clue would have been "his name rhymes with tuba".



Juba II was paraded as a royal captive in Julius Caesar's triumph at the age of 2. He grew up in Rome and became close friends with Caesar's grand-nephew, the future emperor Augustus. Augustus gave him back his ancestral rule over Numidia, but later made him king of neighbouring Mauretania (modern day Morocco) instead and married him to Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Mark Antony and the famous Cleopatra of Egypt. After a long rule, he was suceeded by his son with Cleopatra Selene, Ptolemy of Mauretania, who was a first cousin of Claudius and Germanicus. In 40 AD, Ptolemy was summoned to Rome and executed by Caligula (the reasons range from his being too rich, wearing too splendid a cloak, or having hair that was too enviably long).

Your turn again, Doug.

 

Time for an easy one with a clue to start off: This one is Roman.

 

MAXIMINUS II DAIA

 

No. Hint: This is not the most common mint we see for this ruler.

 

Constantius I

 

No

 

Licinius l ..Alexandria

 

Alexandria, yes; Licinius I, no. Below is a Licinius of Alexandria just a few years separated from the mystery face, I believe Eng should get a free shot before the 24 hours just for recognizing the fact that the mystery coin was certainly Alexandrian.


Note the curved laurel wreath, the nose, the eyebrow and so many other things that connect these two coins stylistically. I wonder if they were both cut by the same hand or just show a style common to that mint and time.

 

With all those hints i would have to try Constantine l..

 

Yes. Perhaps we need to ask if late Romans are often too generic portraits but this is a fine example of what 'emperor' looked like to Alexandrian eyes. We could post another mint where no one would see any similarity to either man. I rather was hoping someone would guess Domitius Domitianus who looks a lot more like these Alexandrian mainstreamers than anything else.

 

Ok, i will post, name this next ruler and the mint, if you get the ruler and not the mint or the other way around you will get a couple more guess in a 24 hr period.

 

Could this be as common as Crispus? I'll go slightly further out on the limb & guess either the Trier or Antioch mints.

 

Sorry C89, both are wrong..

 

Lets see... Justin I from Constantinople?

 

I see the sand on the coin......I am guessing an eastern minted coin.

 

Delmatius......? Siscia..? wild stab

 

Sorry YOC, no and no..

Sorry VK, ruler no, but Mint is Yes, you can make another guess if you want..