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I have Steve's excellent example, which unfortunately doesn't qualify because it's the same year as yours. Thankfully (??), I managed to convince myself that it was okay to get this other one because it was issued in a different year.


CARACALLA
AR Antoninianus. 5.18g, 23.6mm. Rome mint, AD 217. RIC IV 284a corr. (draped and cuirassed; see plate); RSC 396a. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P, Diana Lucifera (or Luna) wearing crescent on head, fold of drapery in circle round head, holding reins and driving galloping biga of bulls left.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection

Next: Coin not shown on CT before.

 

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This is a recent arrival, so I haven't posted it here before - a Q victoriatus.
Cr. 102/1. 3.01g, 16mm.

It could maybe be cleaned, but I actually like the tough look of Jupiter.



Next - another coin added recently.

 

I know I am slow in matters of technology but I'm slower in remembering what I have posted on coin talk. I just realized that Coin Talk has me covered on this last matter.
https://www.cointalk.com/search/
If you type in a few key words (for example: victor ivst) and my Coin Talk name you will find I have posted 13 times on three rulers using those words in their legends since 2013. I joined in 2009 and must have neglected those coins in that period. There is also a field allowing you to search only posts newer than a date so you can see if you posted a coin you got last month without searching everywhere. I doubt this will stop me from boring you with the same old coins but perhaps knowing my posts are like a broken record will slow me down a bit.

 

Using my above linked search resource, I discovered I had not posted the whole John of England penny of Willelm L. I bought last month to accompany the cut halfpenny I had posted earlier. I also see that I should have rotated the cut reverse another quarter turn to align properly. Educational!


Next: a coin you bought because it went well with one you already owned that was very similar in most respects

 

Pretty sure that here on the Ancients board we never get tired of seeing the same coin again and again, even if we've seen it a hundred times before, and especially if they're as interesting as the ones you typically show.

Doh!

 

Going about it the other way around, earlier this year, I bought a half to accompany a whole.




Next: Still -

 

these 2 are very similar:

 

A perfect example of what I had in mind! What is next?

 

I certainly felt that need to get a half a year or two after purchasing a whole coin due to the massive abundance of the halved version:


And yes, what is next @Andres2?

 

next: still similar coins

top coin without Dolphins , bottum one with 2 Dolphins on obverse:






next (almost) similar coins

 

Similar but different cities:
Corinth

and its colony Leukas


There were many other Corinth colonies that used the type:
Next: Show another city that did.

 

Bruttium Lokroi Eizephyrioi 300-268 BC AE 23 Athena Pegasus

Next: More Bruttium

 

Brettian League Drachm Obv head of Nike right Rv River god standing HGC 1356 4.86 grms 19 mm Next coin Nike

 

PHOENICIA ARADOS
AR Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right
REVERSE: Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; in left field, ZOP (date) above Aramaic B above ΘЄ; all within wreath
Arados CY 177 (83/82 BC)
14.91g, 27mm
Duyrat 3536–49; HGC 10, 72; DCA 772; BMC 239
Ex JAZ Numismatics

Next: Coin from Arados

 

PHOENICIA, Arados
AR Shekel. 10.48g, 23.8mm (15.4mm min). Circa 420-400 BC. E&E-A Group III.1.1, C13; HGC 10, 29. O: Laureate head of Ba’al-Arwad right. R: Galley right, Pataikos on prow, above waves; M A (in Aramaic) above.

Next: Coin of Phoenicia, Sidon

 

Sidon Ar Tetradrachm HGC 275 Obv Head of Tyche right Rv.Eagle standing left 107-106 B.C. 13.70 grms Next coin Tyre

 

Later than you expected?
Gallienus AE28 Diomedes stg left Murex shell to right
Tyrian purple was a dye in high demand produced at Tyre. This article tells more than you want to know:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple

Next: A Roman Provincial coin from another city prominent for many centuries

 

Certainly Antioch on the Orontes fits the description of such a city:


Diadumenian, Caesar AD 217-218.
Roman provincial Æ 16.5 mm, 4.63 g, 11:00.
Syria: Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem.
Obv: ΚΑΙ Μ Ο ΔΙA ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄ, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Large SC, Δ/Є above and beneath; all within laurel wreath interrupted by star above.
Refs: SGI 3017; BMC 20. 201,408; SNG Cop. 235; McAlee 745a.
Notes: Reverse die match to McAlee plate coin.[1]

Next: A different pre-pubertal child as Caesar.

 

another child Caesar

 

I always love to imagine how things would've been different if Geta had lived or possibly killed Carrotcasekilla

Next up: cornucopia