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Ptolemy III octobol, 93.27g

next: Zeus Ammon, but not Ptolemaic

 

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Egypt Ptolemy III AE Tet 41mm 7.2mm thick 67.5g Zeus Ammon Eagle Cornucopia XP Chi-Rho

Next up: TINY AE Ptolemy

 

TROAS, Thymbra
AE17. 5.0g, 16.9mm. TROAS, Thymbra, circa 4th century BC. SNG von Aulock 158; BMC Troas pg. 89, 4. O: Head of Zeus-Ammon left. R: ΘΥ, star of eight rays; HP monogram below.

Next: We often show our biggest or our smallest. Let's give good ol' middling AE17 a turn.

 

Galatia: Deiotaros (62-40 BCE), 17mm

Next: flan extends well beyond the dotted border

 

This Antony is the broadest denarius I have seen. I assume it strted as an older denarius hammered flat.


Next: An absolutely perfectly centered denarius

 

Denarius of Marc Antony Obv head of Antony R. Rv Head of Octavian R. Crawford 517/2 CRI 243 41 B.C. 3.83 grms
Next coin Not so perfect centering

 

This coin was the first autonomous Jewish coin.


Next: A coin that was the “first” of its kind in some way.

 

A coin that was the “first” of its kind in some way.
This RR denarius has 3 firsts:
- first to have Roma facing left
- first to have Apollo on the reverse
- first to put the moneyer's name and ROMA in these positions

M. Baebius Q.f. Tampilus, Rome, 137 BC.
AR Denarius
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma left, wearing necklace of beads, behind TAMPIL upwards; before X
Rev: Apollo driving quadriga right, holding bow and arrow, with reins in left hand, and branch in right hand. Below ROMA, in exergue, M BAEBI QF
Ref: Crawford 236/1c; RSC Baebia 12

Next - some irridescent toning

 

This one has some.

ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius. 3.94g, 19.5mm. Rome mint, 63 BC. Crawford 413/1; Sydenham 935. O: Veiled and draped bust of Vesta left, C before, kylix behind. R: Togate voter standing left, dropping tablet inscribed V (for VTI ROGAS, "I approve") into cista, LONGIN.III.V downwards to right.
Ex Rauch Auction 36 (1986), lot 114

Next: Vesta

 

Heraclius (with Heraclius Constantine), Byzantine Empire
AR hexagram
Obv: dd NN hERACLIUS Et hERA CONSt, Heraclius on left and Heraclius Constantine on right, seated facing on double-throne, each holding cross on globe in right hand, small cross above
Rev: dEUS AdIUtA ROmANIS, Cross-potent on globe above three steps; monogram to left, I in left field
Date: 615-638 AD
Mint: Constantinople
Ref: SB 801
22 mm wide, 6 gr.
(attribution information from Wildwinds)





Edit: too late (Vesta is next theme courtesy of Zumbly)

 

Emperor Gaius (Caligula)
Ae As
Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left
Rev: VESTA above, S-C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre.
RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; BN 54; Cohen 27

A budget Caligula for a budget collector like me. Anyway, up next: Another imperial coin of Caligula that's not an As.

 

Sestertius of Caligula Obv.Pietas std l. Rv Caius sacrificing in front of temple of Divus Augustus RIC 36 37-38 A.D. 26.93 grms 33mm Next coin Divus Augustus

 

DIVUS AUGUSTUS, AE As, 28mm, 10.8g., Struck under Tiberius, circa 31-37 AD. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left. Reverse - S-C either side of large altar, PROVIDENT in exergue.

Next: Another bronze coin struck under Tiberius

 

Next: you usually see this type in a different metal

 

Is this what you are talking about? If so, next coin let it be of another perverted ruler.

 

Here's THE lil perv himself:

Elagabalus
AR Denarius AD 218-222. Rome, AD 221/2. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus right. Reverse ABVNDAN-TIA AVG, Abundantia standing facing, head left, emptying contents from cornucopiae; in right field, star. RIC 56; BMC 189; RSC 1a. Boldly struck

Next up: a boldly struck Julia Paula

 

Bold enough?



Next: Star in left field

 

Elagabalus denarius

Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing holding a patera over an altar and a club. Star in left field. Bull behind the altar
Minted in Rome. A.D. 220-222
Reference– BMC 209-210. RIC 88. RSC III 61



Next:- A Bull

 

Bull


Carthage 216-215 BCE Sardinia mint AE 3.3g Tanit L - BULL stndg R CNP 377a

Next up: a Sheep

 

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