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Slightly darkish on this one, hope to re-photograph it. Emperor holds a chi-rho standard on the reverse. So I have killed two birds with one stone.







Next, Pegasus!

 

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I'll bet you were hoping for big silver:
Corinth AE13 Q under Pegasus / trident


Next: another coin identifying its city with a single letter

 

A for Apollonia Pontika


Apollonia Pontika
Thrace
4th century BC
AR Hemiobol
Obv.: Anchor, A right
Rev.: Swastika in incuse
Ag, 0.38g, 6.8mm
Ref.: SNG BM Black Sea 149, SNG Stancomb 32

Next: another coin identifying its city with a monogram

 

Coin identifying its city with a monogram- T for Ticinum


Constantius I as Caesar AD 293-305., Ticinum, AE Follis (25mm., 10,48g);
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia, mintmark T.

Next: Another emperor with a son that went on to have a longer reign as emperor

 

His Father Vespasian ruled 10 years from 69-79 AD
Domitian ruled 15 years from 81-96 AD



next: Sestertius of Domitian

 

Sestertius of Domitian Rv. Jupiter seated left 95-96 A.D. RIC 794 28.42 grms 34mm Next coin another aes or colonial of Domitian

 

Philippopolis, Domitian, Æ 22. A.D. 88-89.
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P. Radiate head right
Rev: FILIPPOPOLITWN, Ares standing left, holding spear and shield

Next: another Domitian Æ

 

Domitian AE.


Domitian. Thrace. Perinthos.
35-33 mm.
Heracles standing left.
RPC II 362.

Next: Another Roman provincial 33 mm or larger.

 

CARACALLA [with Geta]
Medallic AE. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of damnatio memoriae] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.

Next: Let's see another plus size Roman provincial

 

This is my largest Roman Provincial:


Julia Domna, AD 193-217
Roman provincial Æ 29.3 mm, 13.67 g, 6 h.
Ionia, Ephesus, AD 193-217.
Obv: CЄBACTH IOY ΔOMNA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: ЄΦЄϹΙΩΝ TPIC NЄΩKOPΩN, carpentum drawn right by two mules.
Refs: SNG Copenhagen 417; BMC 267 var. (obv legend).

Next: Carpentum.

 

Livia as Julia Augusta
Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 22.
Decorated carpentum drawn
r. by two mules / Legend
around large S •, RIC
Tiberius 51. 23.1g, 36mm,
9h.

Next up: a non carpentum coin of the first Augusta Julia

 

Tiberius ae dupondius Rome21-22 A.D. Head of Justitia usually identified as Livia right Rv. Large S. C. RIC 46 12.66 grms 31mm Next coin Julie Julie Julie any other Julia

 

Julia Maesa, AR Denarius, Elagabalus (218-222 AD), Rome, c.220-221 AD
Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVG, Draped bust to right
Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS, Felicitas sacrificing left at altar; star in left field

Next: a Julia, Julie, or Julian

 

Julia Mamaea, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 222–235 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA MAM[AEA] AVGVSTA; bust of Julia Mamaea, diademed, draped, r. Rev: VES[T]A; Vesta, draped, standing l., holding palladium in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand. 30mm, 24.40g. Ref: RIC IV Severus Alexander 708.

NEXT: a palladium not held by Vesta

 

Here's a crystallised/damaged RR denarius of Julius Caesar, with Aeneas holding the palladium (and carrying Anchises too).

Cr. 458/1, ca. 47-46 BC, African mint.




Next - some other person being carried.

 

L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus
AR Denarius, 89 BC, Rome
Obv: Head of Tatius right, SABIN behind, TA monogram before.
Rev: Two Roman soldiers, each carrying a Sabine woman in his arms, L TITVRI in exergue.
Ag, 3.83g, 18mm
Ref.: Crawford 344/1a, Sydenham 698, RSC Tituria 1.


Next: Another coin showing a "historical" scene

 

Here's one celebrating Trajan's victory over Dacia. I bid on this one but lost, oh dear.



Next: Crocodile

 

Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), with Marcus Agrippa (died 12 BC). Æ halved dupondius (26mm, 7.10 gm). Gaul, Nemausus, AD 10-14. IMP DIVI F P - P, adduced head of Agrippa wearing rostral crown / COL - NEM, crocodile chained to palm tree, two further palm branches below crocodile. RPC 525. RIC 159. A outstanding portrait. The left-facing bust on this attractive issue of Nemausus (modern Nimes) depicts Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, perhaps history's greatest sidekick. He was born in 63 BC, the same year as Gaius Octavius, with whom he struck up a close friendship in adolescence. Octavius recognized Agrippa's remarkable qualities as a soldier and statesman and relied heavily on him to put his various plans into action.
Agrippa's mastery of strategy secured the naval victory over Sextus Pompey at Naulochus in 36 BC, and the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium five years later. After Octavian assumed the title of Augustus in 27 BC, Agrippa was clearly regarded as second-in-command and the likely heir to the throne. His many building projects, financed out of his own purse, helped transform Rome from a city of brick to one of marble, and his commemorative inscriptions survive on many important monuments, including the Pantheon. His name continued to be revered long after his death. coin, struck two decades later, attests to his popularity.

Next up: a "damaged" coin you wanted specifically because of the damage.

 

Caracalla without Geta AE34 Stratonicaea / Hecate standing - Geta was scraped from the coin in accordance with Caracalla's direction that his images be destroyed.


Next: another coin that has been modified since it was struck in a way that made it more interesting than it was on the day it was made

 

Excellent "damn"aged coin Doug!
I was so pleased when, with some CT friends help, I found out the back story on this bad boy... So much so, I had to get 2!

Germanicus and Drusus
LYDIA, Sardes (... or maybe not), Struck CE 23-26?
restruck by Asinius Pollio, proconsul of Asia under Caligula, CE 37-38? Æ26, 13.78 gm
Obv: ΔPOYΣOΣ KAI ΓEPMANIKOΣNEIOI ΘEOI ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOI; Germanicus and Drusus seated left on curule chairs, one holding lituus.
Rev: ΓAIΩ AΣINNIΩΠΩΛΛIΩNI ANΘYΠATΩ; KOINOY/ AΣIAΣ within wreath
Ref: RPC 2995, Sear 365

Next up: 2 people seated next to each other