Coins of yours that no one else on CT has and other hijinks;)-

..you'll have to stand in line behind me...but that's ok...i was born ready(and you were born Akeady)..and now i know you got one too ^^..well....Akeady CTBS'ed me.....so...i don't quit so easily....ok....so how 'bout this'UN!...now i KNOW(i think...and now i'm beginning to recall others talking about the reverse 9_9) i ain't seen any(that i remember)..of this provincial of Claudius wid a ...wait for it...hippo on the reverse Claudius Alexandrian bronze diabol, emperor bust facing right, Hippo facing right reverse 23mm,7.49gms

 

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Otho (69 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΜΑΡΚ ΟΘΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate head right; L A (date) to right.
R:ΡΩΜΗ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right, holding shield and spear.
13.4g
23mm
Dattari (Savio) 330; K&G 18.9; RPC I 5362; Emmett 186.1

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Otho (69 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: AYTOK MAPK OΘΩNOΣ KAIΣ ΣEB, laureate head right, LA (year 1) lower right.
R: EΛEY-ΘEPIA, Eleutheria (Liberty) standing left, wreath in extended right hand, scepter in left hand, leaning with left elbow on column, simpulum (ladle used for tasting and pouring sacrificial libations) left in lower left field.
12.58g
24.4mm
Milne 359; RPC I 5354 (5 spec.); Dattari 327; BMC Alexandria p. 25, 208; Curtis 238; Kampmann 18.6; Emmett 184

Ex. Jyrki Muona Collection

This variety with a simpulum on the reverse is much rarer than the same type without this control symbol. RPC reports only 5 specimens with the simpulum and 17 specimens without it. This variety is missing from the important collections in Cologne, Paris, and Milan, and we know of only one example offered at auction in the past two decades (CNG 76, 12 Sep 2007, lot 3152, VF, $430 plus fees).


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Hmm, Claudius Alexandrian diobol with a hippo on reverse:

CTBS, friend.

 

....curses...foiled again ..hahaha....ya know, i've not made any statements that can be proven to be untrue (there's insurance in every clause^^)...kool coin!...there was sumpin knockin' at the backdoor of me mind

 

CTBS! @hotwheelsearl


Thrace, Byzantium. Pseudo-autonomous AE17. Hercules/Club of Hercules
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev: Club of Hercules. BYZANTIWN.
E. Schönert-Geiss. Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Byzantion dates this coin to the second century AD.


I kinda strive for different when it comes to ancients. May be the reason I like provincials. Here are a few I would be surprised if there were another.



Achaea. Cyclades, Melos. Demos / Palladium AE24


Achaea. Messinia, Pylos. Caracalla AE22. Terminal figure.


Bithynia, Nicomedia. Severus Alexander AE16. Galley


Bithynia, Tium. Antoninus Pius AE18. Zeus Syrgastes


Galatia, Tavion. Julia Domna AE23.

 

I did not say my coin was the only known Medallion of Numerianus. It is however the only existing specimen of it´s type as listed by Cohen and Gnecchi.

There are in fact a total of 13 similar AE-Medallions of Numerianus from the Rome mint (types Gnecchi Nr-7-10) known from a total of six reverse dies in three varieties.

Nevertheless my coin, this very specimen listed in Cohens 2nd edition in 1880 as Numerian Nr. 32 and it´s pedigree documented since then, is in fact the one and only specimen of Gnecchi Nr. 9 (this coin listed there), as it not only differs from all other Medallions due to the position of the Monetae and their cornucopiae, but also features a unique obverse legend.

That medallion is type Cohen 30, Gnecchi 7 or 8 (different obverse legend, different reverse die with central cornucopia facing left), but not Cohen 32, Gnecchi Nr.9.

That one has the bust seen from the front. It is Cohen Nr.28 / Gnecchi Nr.5.

Further reading:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/unique-medallion-of-numerianus.325646/

 

Hehe, I bought your 68/1b , but still have a gaping hole for a 68/1a

ATB,
Aidan.

 

I have lotsa owls, and once you've seen one, you've seen them all, especially the standard classical owls produced in almost a cookie cutter way, so I'm not going down that road.

I do have an archaic owl that has a really weird reverse, and I would love to see another one like it in a CT member's collection.



On the Roman side, does anyone else have a Faustina II sestertius with this PVDICTIA reverse?

 

I doubt anybody has a Lucius Verus from Diosheiron

 

@Al Kowsky have a coin quite similar in appearance to your Veneti stater.
Mine was attributed to the Coriosolites (their neighbours) by CGB but there is much room for debate between Coriosolite and Veneti origins - these coins are clearly related.
The reverse is near identical except mine has a lyre below and yours has a boar.

Terrible pics but this is all I have



Gaul
Stater of billon, class VI
Obv:, hybrid Vb rev c. 80-50 AC. fSS / SS CORIOSOLITÆ (Area of Corseul, Cotes d'Armor) Saint-Brieuc (22) c. 80-50 AC. (22mm, 6.81g, 1h)

 

I hadn't noticed the curved right depiction of your central Moneta's cornucopia.

I've got to wonder if your central Moneta might be standing facing, rather than left, despite what appears to be a left facing profile to her face.

The association of curved right cornucopia and facing Moneta makes sense when you consider the 3-D spiral shape of the cornucpoia projected onto these 2-D depictions. It seems with a facing Moneta (e.g. Berlin coin in your linked thread) her cornucpoia may (in 3-D) be curving forwards towards the viewer as well as to the right. If she were to continue holding it the same way but twist or turn left, then the forwards bend would now be towards the left.

I made a twist-wrap cornucopia to illustrate this. To the left is how it would appear curving out towards the viewer (as with standing facing Moneta), and to the right is the exact same spiral shape now seen in side profile. Can you tell I have too much time on my hands?!



This perhaps reinforces the association between cornucopia position and pose.

 

Hmm. Tricky one. Here are a few coins of mine that I don't think anyone else here has. Please correct me if I'm wrong!

Hostilian as Augustus / IMP C MES QVINTVS AVG, PIETAS AVGG


Otacilia Severa antoninianus, die break on reverse (making it look like it has an I in exergue)


Tetricus II Antoninianus (probably barbarous) - CESAR in obverse legend


Valerian I antoninianus, VOTA ORBIS reverse, but with the bust left on the obverse. I've only seen a handful turn up at auction


Salonina Antoninianus - VENS VICTRIX (SIC!) reverse

 

I'm not normally one to brag, but I believe that very few collections in the world can top my Indo-Sassanians.

These I believe are unique

Malwa "battle scene" gadhaiya, star replaces eye and sun circle on reverse


Possible imitation of type 1.3 but with detached chin


"Distinctive nose" Malwa type, with retained Gadhaiya nose (extremely rare) and moon and fire altar spire on reverse (unique)


"Proto Sri Vigra" with unique transitional reverse


Another transitional type, this time bridging the gap between Sri Ma and Pra Ja

 

I've got one.



29 mm. 3.20 grams.
Citations as above and also Sayles VI page 81.

 

Wahoo! I can call my first CTBS! Great spread of coins but I too have that Pudicitia reverse on my Otacilia (I do love both our portraits of her):


Ps, shout outs to @Ed Snible RC and @Nvb for calling me out and sharing their examples of coins that I love!
@Nvb as your wonderful silver Celtic coin is much like @Al Kowsky 's, my bronze is similar (though mine looks more like fat Elvis while yours Brad Pitt in Legends of the fall):

GAUL, Northwest. Coriosolites. Circa 100-50 BC. BI Stater (19mm, 6.28 g, 6h). Celticized head right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear / Devolved charioteer-in-biga right; quadrilateral banner hanging from lash to right, [boar below]. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 186; D&T 2340. Brown surfaces, hard green encrustation. VF.
Purchased from CNG

Keeping the Celtic theme going, I had a hard time researching this little rare beauty (sorry about the pics):

RÈMES (Region of Reims) Celtic Quarter of a stater “with segments of circles”, horse left,
c. 80-50 AC.
Reims (51), electrum, 10mm, 12 h.
1.39 g., R1
Obv: Four segments of ball circles, the one on the right elongated in the shape of a wick.
Rev: Free horse passing to the left; blood cells between the legs.
Unearthed in Normandy July 2021
"RÈMES (Reims region)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Remes were one of the most powerful peoples of Gaul and staunch allies of the Romans. The territory of Rèmes extended over present-day Champagne, along the Aisne. Their neighbors were the Atuatuques, the Trevires, the Médiomatriques, the Lingons, the Suessions, the Bellovaci and the Nerviens. They denounced to Caesar the coalition of Belgian peoples of 57 BC which included the Suessions who shared the same laws and the same magistrates. Their main oppidum was Bibrax. The capital of civitas in Gallo-Roman times was Durocortorum (Reims). Caesar (BG. II, 3-5, 7, 12; III, 11; V, 3, 24, 53, 54, 56; VI, 4, 12, 44; VII, 63, 90; VIII, 6, 11) . Strabo (G. IV, 3, 5). Kruta: 70, 313-314, 366."

And these are NOT easy to come by. A Celtic Janiform head:

Central Gaul. Lingones (1st century BC). Potin.
Obv: Janiform head.
Rev: Boar standing left.
D&T 3262.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 3.3 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.
Chocolate Patina. Found in modern Normandy
"History: The territory of Lingons was very vast, straddling the current department of Haute-Marne and part of the Côte d'Or, Yonne and Aube. They were surrounded by the Sequanes, the Mandubians, the Leuques, the Rèmes, the Suessions, the Senons and the Aedui. It was one of the largest civitas in Gaul. Langres, which has retained their name, seems to have been one of their oppida. Allies of the Romans, they did not participate in the War. The Helvetii, during their retreat after the defeat of Bibracte, crossed the Lingon territory. And in 52 BC, they did not send emissaries, did not join in the revolt, and did not participate in the relief army sent to Vercingetorix. On the other hand, in 51 BC, they provided a contingent of cavalry to the Romans in order to fight the Bellovaci and the Belgians. They therefore remained faithful to the Roman alliance. They are cited several times in Caesar's Commentaries. Caesar (BG. I, 26, 40; IV, 10; VI, 44; VII, 9, 63, 66; VIII, 11). Kruta: 21,111, 184, 187, 201, 251."

 

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That coin is far nicer than mine, but I have one:



9 mm. 0.50 grams.
SNG Levante 233. SNG France 2 (Cilicie) 486.

 

Nice idea for a thread!.......
I'm pretty sure no-one has one of these here, but who knows?
Celtic Britain Cunobelin metal worker
Britannia, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Cunobelin. Circa 9-41 AD. AE Unit (2.437 g, 14mm).
Obv: Winged head left, CVNO in front, BELIN behind.
Rev: Metal worker, presumably the smith god known as Sucellus in parts of Gaul, sitting on a solid seat with a detached upright back, holding an L-shaped hammer in his right hand, left hand holding a metal bowl, there is always a distinct bun of hair behind the smith's head, TASCIO (Tascionus his father) behind, beaded border.
Van Arsdell 2097; ABC 2969; SCBC 342. Hobbs 1972-83;..VF.

 

As a RR collector I suppose the challenge doesn’ t include coins owned by @Andrew McCabe , whose collection is almost infinite ( he owns two samples of this issue). But I think nobody else has it.


Crawford 23/1, bronze, 264 BC (Crawford) or 240BC (Burnett-McCabe), sicilian mint
Obv: ROMANO, head of Minerva left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin; helmet behind
Rev: ROMA-NO, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings open; short sword to left.

 

@Ryro Ah now this one is stylistically more in line with the Coriosolites.
I have something similar, but again not the same. There are many many variations of coriosolite coins once you go into the weeds a bit .. and of course you NEVER get the full design all on the flan which makes things a little more challenging

Here is the closest I have, with a full attribution to go with:




Gaul, Coriosolites
BI stater
6g
20mm

Series (mint) Z, group O
*The picture below is a mashup of coins 87 and 89 from the study. My coin appears to have 87's obverse with 89's reverse

http://www.writer2001.com/cato.htm

^^ this is an excellent online resource btw