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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4049168, member: 57495"]Wickedly epic thread! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Some of my favorites with Artemis/Diana...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061670[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate. First Meris</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 32.7mm. MACEDONIA (as Roman Protectorate), First Meris, Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC. SNG Cop 1313; Prokopov 127. O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield. R: Club; monogram above, two monograms below, MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1061679[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Billon Tetradrachm. 12.71g, 22.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/142. Dattari-Savio pl. 108, 8094 (<i>this coin</i>); Emmett 1362.5; RPC Online 14246 (2 spec., this coin cited). O: Laureate head left. R: L-E, Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.513); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061669[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SALONINA</b></p><p>AE29. 9.26g, 29.5mm. IONIA, Ephesus, AD 254-268. Karwiese 1184 (<i>this coin cited and illustrated</i>). O: · CAΛΩN · XPVCOΓONH · CЄBA ·, diademed and draped bust right on crescent. R: EΦECIΩN Γ N-EΩ-KOPON, Artemis, standing facing, head right, raising right hand and holding bow; tree behind her, stag at her side.</p><p><i>Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex "Bavarian Collection" (Numismatic Fine Arts XXXI, 18 March 1993, lot 1141)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061678[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>POPPAEA</b></p><p>AE17. 3.3g, 16.7mm. PHRYGIA, Acmoneia, circa AD 62. Loukios Servenios Kapito, archon, with his wife Ioulia Severa. RPC I 3175. O: ΠOΠΠAIA CEBACTH, Draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; before, forepart of lion to right. R: CEPOYHNIOY KAΠITΩNOC - KAI IOYΛIAC / CEOYHPAC – AKMONEΩN, Artemis advancing right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with her right; to left, monogram; to right, monogram above lyre. </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061671[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 4.03g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 64 BC. C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, moneyer. Crawford 407/2. O: Draped bust of Diana right, wearing stephane, earring, and double necklace of pendants; bow and quiver over shoulder; III VIR down left, GETA down right. R: Calydonian Boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below; C HOSIDI C F in exergue. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061681[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.2g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 42 BC, P. Clodius, moneyer. Crawford 494/23 (363 obv, 403 rev dies); Quidenham Hoard (Norfolk, 2014) 16 (<i>this coin</i>). O: Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, lyre. R: P.CLODIVS / M·F, Diana standing facing, with bow and quiver over shoulder, holding lit torch in each hand.</p><p><i>Ex Quidenham Hoard (Norfolk, 2014)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4049168, member: 57495"]Wickedly epic thread! :D Some of my favorites with Artemis/Diana... [ATTACH=full]1061670[/ATTACH] [B]MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate. First Meris[/B] AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 32.7mm. MACEDONIA (as Roman Protectorate), First Meris, Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC. SNG Cop 1313; Prokopov 127. O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield. R: Club; monogram above, two monograms below, MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. [ATTACH=full]1061679[/ATTACH] [B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] Billon Tetradrachm. 12.71g, 22.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/142. Dattari-Savio pl. 108, 8094 ([I]this coin[/I]); Emmett 1362.5; RPC Online 14246 (2 spec., this coin cited). O: Laureate head left. R: L-E, Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow. [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.513); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection[/I] [ATTACH=full]1061669[/ATTACH] [B]SALONINA[/B] AE29. 9.26g, 29.5mm. IONIA, Ephesus, AD 254-268. Karwiese 1184 ([I]this coin cited and illustrated[/I]). O: · CAΛΩN · XPVCOΓONH · CЄBA ·, diademed and draped bust right on crescent. R: EΦECIΩN Γ N-EΩ-KOPON, Artemis, standing facing, head right, raising right hand and holding bow; tree behind her, stag at her side. [I]Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex "Bavarian Collection" (Numismatic Fine Arts XXXI, 18 March 1993, lot 1141)[/I] [ATTACH=full]1061678[/ATTACH] [B]POPPAEA[/B] AE17. 3.3g, 16.7mm. PHRYGIA, Acmoneia, circa AD 62. Loukios Servenios Kapito, archon, with his wife Ioulia Severa. RPC I 3175. O: ΠOΠΠAIA CEBACTH, Draped bust of Poppaea to right, wearing wreath of grain ears; before, forepart of lion to right. R: CEPOYHNIOY KAΠITΩNOC - KAI IOYΛIAC / CEOYHPAC – AKMONEΩN, Artemis advancing right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with her right; to left, monogram; to right, monogram above lyre. [ATTACH=full]1061671[/ATTACH] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] AR Denarius. 4.03g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 64 BC. C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, moneyer. Crawford 407/2. O: Draped bust of Diana right, wearing stephane, earring, and double necklace of pendants; bow and quiver over shoulder; III VIR down left, GETA down right. R: Calydonian Boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below; C HOSIDI C F in exergue. [ATTACH=full]1061681[/ATTACH] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] AR Denarius. 3.2g, 18.8mm. Rome mint, 42 BC, P. Clodius, moneyer. Crawford 494/23 (363 obv, 403 rev dies); Quidenham Hoard (Norfolk, 2014) 16 ([I]this coin[/I]). O: Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, lyre. R: P.CLODIVS / M·F, Diana standing facing, with bow and quiver over shoulder, holding lit torch in each hand. [I]Ex Quidenham Hoard (Norfolk, 2014)[/I][/QUOTE]
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