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LOL... OOooopsss.. Guilty as charged! I haven't busted my Vindex out YET! It is at the BANK!
We be SLAM-DANCIN' SOON!
However, I still have a couple hundred coins in the bank box that I still have to put into their proper albums (they are attributed, and re-sleeved in proper Saflips though...)



RI Civil War VINDEX 68-69 CE AR Denarius 3.22g Gallic mint SALVS GENERIS HVMANI Victory l globe - SPQR in wreath RIC 72 BMCRE 34-36 RSC 420 RARE

 

LOL.

 

Let me see.......

Alegandron posted a winged Victory which means he could specify the next theme.

I believe that the theme remains winged animal other than Pegasos or a bird.

 

winged animal other than Pegasos or a bird


Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare

Make it easy: EAGLE!

 

I've got a perched eagle:

SICILY, Akragas.
AR Tetradrachm.
472-420 B.C.
16.88 grams, 25 mm
Obv: Crab as viewed from top
Rev: Eagle standing left with city name
AKRA(C)-ANTOS (retrograde N)
Grade: gF to aVF including nice
centering, ancient fabric & tone
Other: SNG.Cop.41, BMC 37

Next theme is any retrograde letter(s)

 

retrograde letter(s)


Etruria Populonia 2-1/2 As (similar to a Roman AR Sestertius) 3rd C BC AR Radiate Fem Hd CII Blank EC 104 HN Italy 179
Ex: From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli
RARE, 2 exist (British Museum and mine...)
the Sestertius is read in Etrurian as CII (all retrograde - with the C Reversed and reading from right to left), as opposed to Roman IIS for Sestertius

Next Theme: CADUCEUS

 

CILICIA, KORYKOS CITY COINAGE
AE 19
OBVERSE: Turreted head of Tyche right; A behind. Circle of dots
REVERSE: ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ, Hermes standing left, holding caduceus, ΕΥ/ΕΠΙ/ΕΡ in left field
Struck at Cilicia 1st century BC (100-30 BC)
5.87g, 19.42
SNG Levante 792; SNG France 1075

Next: Tyche

 

Here is an slightly obscure one with Tyche



Severus Alexander
AE 4.72g 20mm
Nicomedia, Bithynia
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander right; M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔPOC AVΓ
Tyche standing left wearing modius (off flan) chiton and peplos holding rudder and cornucopiae; NIKOMHΔΕΩN ΔICNEΩK

I can't remember if this one has been done yet - how about 12 labors of Hercules?

Great idea for a thread - lots of interesting stuff!

 

Labours of Hercules: 2nd Labour - The Learnean Hydra


GETA
AE27. 11.72g, 27.6mm. THRACE, Hadrianopolis, circa AD 209-211. Varbanov 3684. O: AVT K Π CEΠTMIOC ΓETAC, laureate, draped bust right. R: AΔPIANOΠOΛITΩN, Herakles standing left with raised club, preparing to open a can of whoopass on the Lernean Hydra.

Next one: Another Labour of Hercules

 

TARAS, CALABRIA
AR Diobol
OBVERSE: Head of Athena in crested helmet left decorated with Skylla
REVERSE: Herakles kneeling right, strangling lion
Struck at Taras 380-334 BC
1.2g, 11mm
Vlasto 1316

Next: Skylla

 

ROMAN IMPERATORS, Sextus Pompey
AR Denarius. 3.76g, 18.9mm. Sicily, 40-39 BC. Crawford 511/4; Sydenham 1348; Sear, Imperators 335. O: The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune; in foreground, galley left adorned with legionary eagle, sceptre and trident; MAG PIVS IMP ITER around. R: The monster Scylla left, wielding a rudder in both hands; PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX SC around.
Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, privately purchased from John Jencek, 2011

Next : Messana

 

Messana


Sicily Mamertini 264-241 BCE AE Pentonkion Zeus Warrior Shield Spear Merc Samnites- Messana

Next: Samnium, Samnites

 

May I invoke the 12-hour rule & post something different? I can't follow Alegandron as he has way-more coins that I do.

Messana:

SICILY, Messana
AR Tetradrachm
480-461 BC
17.21 grams, 25 mm.
Obv: Biga of mules (an apene) driven right by seated charioteer. Nike above crowning mules.
Rev: Hare bounding to right with spray of olive beneath. MEΣΣA.ИIOИ. (retrograde Ns)
Grade: a nicely toned Good Fine coin with claims to aVF.
Other: Similar to Sear 843 & 847. SNGANS.314. From Pegasi Jan 2014.

Next theme is Nike crowning something.

 

CAMPANIA, NEAPOLIS
AR Didrachm
OBVERSE: Head of nymph Parthenope right, wearing headband, pendant earring, and pearl necklace
REVERSE: Man-faced bull walking right, head facing, above Nike flying right to crown him // [NΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ]
Struck at Neapolis (Naples) 350-325 BC
7.3g, 20mm
SNG ANS 296-298. SNG Lockett 79. HN Italy 565
ex. JAZ Numismatics

Next: Nymph (any nymph)

 

How about the nymph of Larissa?



Next theme is Asclepius.

 

Asklepios it is!


Gordian and Tranquillina
Roman provincial AE 26.4 mm, 12.98 g
Thrace, Anchialus, AD 241
Obv: Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, confronted.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΑΝW[ΑΝ]ΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, with serpent climbing staff to left.
Refs: Moushmov 2936; AMGN II 665; Varbanov 672; SNG Copenh --; BMC Thrace --


Septimius Severus
Roman provincial AE 20.5 mm, 5.63 gm
Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 193-211
Obv: ΑΥ ΚΛ CЄΠ CЄΥΗΡΟC CЄB, laureate head, right
Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff
Ref: Waddington Recueil général 333, citing a retouched specimen in Milan, AE 21 with illegible obverse legend.

Next theme: CENTRATION DIMPLES

 

Had a collection as a teenager- all gone- this one I gave to friend. Only have this photo now. Does it still count? I remember it fondly- a Ptolemy-Zeus/Eagle Rx

 

Still counts! Now you've earned the right to decide the next theme!