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VESPASIAN
AR Denarius. Ephesus mint.

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IMP CAES VESPAS AVG
Laureate head of Vespasian right

PACI ORB TERR AVG
Turreted and draped female bust right below, horizontal Φ

Ephesus, 69-70 AD

3.23g


RIC V1407 (R); RPC 813

Rare

Ex-T.C. collection, Ex-Calgary Coin.

Edit: out of sync
Flavian bronze of a Peloponnesian mint

 

Dear Jay GT4 You must like my Flavians

 

Sorry, I guess that last one ended up being a little anti-social.


DOMITIAN
AE22. 7.85g, 22mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa AD 81-96. BCD Corinth 533 (this coin); RPC 128.1 (this coin, erroneously shown as 127 on Plate 6). O: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GER, laureate head right. R: COL IVL AVG COR, Chimera advancing right.
Ex BCD Collection (Lanz sale 105, 2001, lot 533)

Next: Chimera

 

Ar Stater of Sikyon 335-330 B.C. HGC 201 12.20 grms 23 mm diameter
Next coin Coin of Roman Greece

 

That was yours too? I had no record of it before TC.

Edit: TC...just figured it out I have lots of your old Flavians!

 

Argos
AR Triobol
80-50 BCE
Forepart of wolf, right
A-ΓA / Θ-O / KΛEOΣ divided by large A, harpa below, all within incuse square
16.32 mm, 2.01 grams

Up next: Another canine

 

Draped bust of Diana right, wearing hair tied into knot; bow and quiver over shoulder

Hunting dog running right, spear below
C. POSTVMI / TA in exergue

Rome 74 BC

3.15g


Next up a Domitian denarius that doesn't have Minerva

 

DOMITIAN
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right
REVERSE: COS IIII, winged Pegasus standing right with raising left foreleg
Struck at Rome, 76AD
3.1g, 20mm
RIC 921

Next: The Pegasus

 

Pegasus!!!


Caligula, AD 37-41.
Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g.
Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38.
Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right.
Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right.
Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.

Next: Corinthian coin

 

Head of Athena wearing Corinthian Helmet right

Pegasos flying left, coppa below

Corinth
345-307 BC

7.93g

Next up Corinthian helmet on a Roman coin

 

Corinthia, Corinth
Divus Augustus, Struck by Tiberius A.D. 32-33 AD
L. Arrius Peregrinus and L. Furius Labeo, magistrates
Obverse: [LARRIO PEREGRINO IIVIR], radiate head of Augustus left.
Reverse: [LFVRIOLABEONE IIVIR], [COR] below, hexastyle temple, [GENT IVLI] on pediment.
References: RPC 1151, BCD 379, BMC 520
Cf: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1589897

Edit: Still next up Corinthian helmet on a Roman coin

 

Corinthian Helmet on a Roman Coin



Roman Republic
Anonymous, 211-206 BC
AE Triens
Obv: Head of Minerva r. in crested Corinthian helmet, 4 pellets above
Rx: prow of galley right, 4 pellets below, ROMA above
Ref: Crawford 56/4

Next up: Triens

 

Here's a triens with a Meta symbol. Cr. 124/5.



Next - anything else with a Meta.

 

THRACE. Mesambria
Ae (4th-3rd century BC).
Obv: Facing Corinthian helmet.
Rev: META.
Four spoked wheel.
SNG BM Black Sea 272-275.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Weight: 1.91 g.
Diameter: 13.46 mm.

Next up: helmet

 

L. Philippus 113-112 B.C.
AR Denarius 19mm. 3.80g.
Rome Mint
Head of Philip V of Macedon r., wearing royal Macedonian helmet; (phi) under chin, ROMA monogram behind.
Equestrian statue r., base inscribed L.PHILIPPV, flower below horse; In ex.: X
Craw 293/1; RSC I Marcia 12
Note: Lightly toned with much remaining lustre. Faint scratches

Next: phi symbol on a coin.

 

That is a hilarious and wonderful helmet!


PHLIASIA (PELOPONNESOS), Phlius
400-350 BC
AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm
Obv: forepart of butting bull left
Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9
from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013
ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales.
Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby's, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT

Next: Butting bull

 

AVGVSTVS DIVI F
Bare head of Augustus right

IMP XII
Bull butting left

3.72g

Lugdunum 15 - 13 BC

RIC I, 189a

Rare bull butting left

Ex-ANE

Next a farmer milking

 

Just posting here so that I get updates when people post Hopefully I will have something to add in the future

 

I was hoping someone would post on this by now. Who has the one of milking a sheep, goat or anything???