Whilst Ceres types from the Emesa mint are common those from Laodicea are less so and I have not seen another one apart from in the references until I managed to obtain this one which is one of my few purchases so far this year. I am not on the wagon but am struggling to find things that I want to buy at the price I am willing to pay. Who else has Ceres types to show? Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head right Rev:– CERER [FRV]GIF, Ceres standing left, holding grain ears in right hand, torch in left Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 198 Reference:– BMCRE 441 (anonymous donation). RIC 475 (Scarce, citing Cohen). RSC 70 Martin
I'm not understanding this post unless there was something omitted from the space marked (-------). Perhaps "are listed" or "are common"??? In any event I'll post my eastern Ceres. I have seen none from Laodicea (IMP dated) but have a few Emesa (COS dated) starting with an IIC obverse: an intermediate period style a bit later Julia (middle period?) ...and one Laodicea new style
Hmmm. not sure what happened to my original post where a large chunk from my sentence went walkabout. I have now added the missing words regarding this being the first Laodicea coin I have seen. Apologies...
nice coins both of you....I dont possess the knowledge to understand the significance of them though.
Here are some of my other Ceres types. BTW I need to find the the AVG II C Doug shows at some point.... an AVG, CERER FRVG II COS an AVG II C, CERER FRVG II COS the more common COS II, CERER FRVG My early Domna is in pretty poor shape my later Domna isn't as nice as your either
Gorgeous new score, Martin ... congrats!! Ummm but sadly, I don't have the precision-knowledge needed to really stand-up and cheer "You're bringin' it, Martin!!" => but at the same time, it's a bit like I'm sitting in the seats of an arena watching you two amazing coin-monsters battle-it-out!! => I just wanna thank both of you for bothering to educate us on your amazing in-depth dedication to our hobby (if there is an Ancient Coin Hall o' Fame, then they're gonna retire both of your jerseys!!) Thanks Martin (and Doug) ... you two are simply coin-awesome!!
Do we have any coins with apples on? So we can give one to the teachers at the start of the lesson. I agree with Steve, even though I feel like I have just landed on a martian planet and am listening in on a conversation, I do admire their dedication and commitment to this specialized hobby. I pick up a few bits here and there on the more mainstream stuff, but when its very specialized, I just enjoy the coin pics. keep up the good work......
Actually this AE30 is an urn with a palm from Sardes featuring Julia Domna but it looks a bit like an apple. These are considered to be related to the games and were prizes rather like our modern gold medals. The common apples on ancients are small and held by Venus as an attribute. Most look like little balls without detail. Examples: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac41ven.html
