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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7941167, member: 56859"]Nicely presented (as usual!), [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Judaean and Nabataean coinage certainly loved their cornucopiae.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cornucopia seems to be a favorite accoutrement of many gods and personifications. Here's a sampling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Held by Annona, who is swapping swag with Ceres:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/neroannonaceressestertius-rt-jpg.778380/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Nero</b></p><p>struck in Rome, CE 63</p><p>Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship</p><p>Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Held by Dido:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maesatyreae-rt-jpg.499974/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa</b></p><p>CE 218-224/5</p><p>AE 27, 12.71g (11h)</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: TVRIORVM Dido standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, sailor throwing sack of sand overboard; to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue</p><p>Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408</p><p><br /></p><p>Held by the personification of Africa:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_371c0ca717d345eb9ea07d838a2e224b.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=f44858b5f459e4432be5b7127b7d50d5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>HADRIAN. CE 117-138</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 18 mm, 3.53 gm. struck CE 134-138, Rome</p><p>Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: AFRICA, Africa with elephant skin headdress, reclining on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of fruit before her</p><p>Ref: RIC II 299</p><p><br /></p><p>Held by Athena:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-tarsos-dougsmith-jpg.893462/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsos. Valerian I</b></p><p>253-260 CE</p><p>AE 32 mm, 19.06 gm</p><p>Obv: AVKΛΙΠOVΛΙOVAΛЄPIANOCCЄ; Π - Π; radiate, draped, and cuirassed (?) bust right.</p><p>Rev: TAPCOVMH TP OΠOΛЄΩC; A/M/K - Γ/Γ in fields; KOINOBOVΛION ЄΛЄVΘЄ__ in exergue; Athena seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and dropping a voting pebble into amphora to left; shield below.</p><p>Ref: SNG Levante 1193; SNG BN 1821-2 (I do not have these reference books; references taken from similar ex CNG coin)</p><p><i>ex Doug Smith</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Held by the genius of the Roman people:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinei-milvianbridge-rt-jpg.515484/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Commemorative Series under Constantine I</b></p><p>330 CE; Æ 14.5 mm, 1.16 gm</p><p>Constantinople mint, 1st officina</p><p>Obv: POP ROMANVS; draped bust of Genius left, with cornucopia over shoulder</p><p>Rev: Milvian Bridge over Tiber River; CONS//A</p><p>Ref: RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066; Vagi 3043</p><p><i>ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Held by Homonoia:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/aeliustet-ss2018-rt-jpg.861024/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius</b></p><p>137 CE</p><p>Billon tetradrachm; 23 mm, 13.16 gm</p><p>Obv: ΛAIΛIOCKAICAP; bare head right</p><p>Rev: ΔHM EΞOVC VΠAT B; Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera over garlanded altar</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1350.2; Köln 1271; Milne 1539</p><p><i>Secret Saturn gift 2018; Ex Theodosius Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex John A. Seeger Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Held by a half-man, half-crocodile mutant:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajanharpodiledrachm-rt-jpg.867418/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria. Trajan</b></p><p>AE drachm, 32.07 mm, 18.28 gm, 1 h</p><p>Regnal year 15 (111/12 CE)</p><p>Obv: [AVT T]PAIAN C-ЄB ΓЄ[PM ΔAKIK]; laureate bust of Trajan right, drapery on left shoulder</p><p>Rev: Harpocrates of Canopus with hindparts of a crocodile, standing left, pointing finger at mouth and holding cornucopiae; LI - E across field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 500.15; Milne 659</p><p><i>ex Tom Buggey Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Held by Nilus:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajantet-nilus-dattari-rt-jpg.847636/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan</b></p><p>Regnal year 18 (114/5 CE)</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTTPAIANAPICEBΓEPMΔAKIK; laureate bust right, star in right field</p><p>Rev: draped bust of Nilus right, crowned with taenia and lotus bud; cornucopia at left shoulder; LI-H</p><p>Ref: Dattari 670 (this coin); Dattari-Savio plate 26 #670 (this coin); RPC 4851.16 (this coin cited); Emmett 387.18, R4.</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Held by Zeus-Ammon-Serapis-Helios-Poseidon-Nilus-Asklepios:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_3d6ec7b8e4f14e649ee4145f6b196609.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=49f6ddacefb9fbbed2289d361d70942d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 5, CE 141/2</p><p>AE drachm, 20 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate draped bust of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident and cornucopia behind; L-Є in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1676.5, R1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7941167, member: 56859"]Nicely presented (as usual!), [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] :) Judaean and Nabataean coinage certainly loved their cornucopiae. The cornucopia seems to be a favorite accoutrement of many gods and personifications. Here's a sampling. Held by Annona, who is swapping swag with Ceres: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/neroannonaceressestertius-rt-jpg.778380/[/IMG] [B]Nero[/B] struck in Rome, CE 63 Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24 Held by Dido: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maesatyreae-rt-jpg.499974/[/IMG] [B]PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa[/B] CE 218-224/5 AE 27, 12.71g (11h) Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane Rev: TVRIORVM Dido standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, sailor throwing sack of sand overboard; to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408 Held by the personification of Africa: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_371c0ca717d345eb9ea07d838a2e224b.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=f44858b5f459e4432be5b7127b7d50d5[/IMG] [B]HADRIAN. CE 117-138[/B] AR Denarius. 18 mm, 3.53 gm. struck CE 134-138, Rome Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right Rev: AFRICA, Africa with elephant skin headdress, reclining on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of fruit before her Ref: RIC II 299 Held by Athena: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-tarsos-dougsmith-jpg.893462/[/IMG] [B]CILICIA, Tarsos. Valerian I[/B] 253-260 CE AE 32 mm, 19.06 gm Obv: AVKΛΙΠOVΛΙOVAΛЄPIANOCCЄ; Π - Π; radiate, draped, and cuirassed (?) bust right. Rev: TAPCOVMH TP OΠOΛЄΩC; A/M/K - Γ/Γ in fields; KOINOBOVΛION ЄΛЄVΘЄ__ in exergue; Athena seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and dropping a voting pebble into amphora to left; shield below. Ref: SNG Levante 1193; SNG BN 1821-2 (I do not have these reference books; references taken from similar ex CNG coin) [I]ex Doug Smith[/I] Held by the genius of the Roman people: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantinei-milvianbridge-rt-jpg.515484/[/IMG] [B]Commemorative Series under Constantine I[/B] 330 CE; Æ 14.5 mm, 1.16 gm Constantinople mint, 1st officina Obv: POP ROMANVS; draped bust of Genius left, with cornucopia over shoulder Rev: Milvian Bridge over Tiber River; CONS//A Ref: RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066; Vagi 3043 [I]ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection[/I] [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celebrating-the-site-of-constantine-is-vision-and-victory.280747/[/URL] Held by Homonoia: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/aeliustet-ss2018-rt-jpg.861024/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius[/B] 137 CE Billon tetradrachm; 23 mm, 13.16 gm Obv: ΛAIΛIOCKAICAP; bare head right Rev: ΔHM EΞOVC VΠAT B; Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera over garlanded altar Ref: Emmett 1350.2; Köln 1271; Milne 1539 [I]Secret Saturn gift 2018; Ex Theodosius Collection Ex John A. Seeger Collection[/I] Held by a half-man, half-crocodile mutant: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajanharpodiledrachm-rt-jpg.867418/[/IMG] [B]Egypt, Alexandria. Trajan[/B] AE drachm, 32.07 mm, 18.28 gm, 1 h Regnal year 15 (111/12 CE) Obv: [AVT T]PAIAN C-ЄB ΓЄ[PM ΔAKIK]; laureate bust of Trajan right, drapery on left shoulder Rev: Harpocrates of Canopus with hindparts of a crocodile, standing left, pointing finger at mouth and holding cornucopiae; LI - E across field Ref: Emmett 500.15; Milne 659 [I]ex Tom Buggey Collection[/I] Held by Nilus: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajantet-nilus-dattari-rt-jpg.847636/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan[/B] Regnal year 18 (114/5 CE) billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 12.8 gm Obv: AVTTPAIANAPICEBΓEPMΔAKIK; laureate bust right, star in right field Rev: draped bust of Nilus right, crowned with taenia and lotus bud; cornucopia at left shoulder; LI-H Ref: Dattari 670 (this coin); Dattari-Savio plate 26 #670 (this coin); RPC 4851.16 (this coin cited); Emmett 387.18, R4. [I]ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)[/I] Held by Zeus-Ammon-Serapis-Helios-Poseidon-Nilus-Asklepios: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_3d6ec7b8e4f14e649ee4145f6b196609.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&hash=49f6ddacefb9fbbed2289d361d70942d[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] year 5, CE 141/2 AE drachm, 20 gm Obv: Laureate draped bust of Antoninus Pius right Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident and cornucopia behind; L-Є in right field Ref: Emmett 1676.5, R1[/QUOTE]
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