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  1. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Elagabulus 10.jpg
    ELAGABALUS
    AE26
    OBVERSE: AVT K M APH ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
    REVERSE: Vpi NOBIOV POVphOV NIKOPOLEITWN P RO CIC-T-PON across, Ares standing front, head left, naked, resting hand on shield, holding spear
    Struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum/Legate Rufus, 218-222 AD
    14.13g, 26mm
    Moushmov 1377; AMNG 1916, Varbanov (Eng.) I, 3969

    Next: Anyone standing naked
     
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  4. Andres2

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  5. dougsmit

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    Very late for me but:
    Septimius Severus denarius Rome mint / Neptune
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    Next: another god with foot raised on something (rock or other)
     
  6. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Yeah, I usually do that each evening, after supper, on the roadside, waving to everyone with a silly grin on my face... does that count? :D :D :D
     
  7. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    P1150244b.jpg

    Next: Emperor or Caesar with a silly grin on his face
     
  8. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    AV Tremissis ND Cordoba Mint
    Tulgan 639-42
    Visigoths in Septimania
    Next: Goofy portrait any Ruler a9d4a06a3f07115c2ea3602fb071f163.jpg
     
  9. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Now that you put that image in my brain, I have to poke my eyes out!
     
  10. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    Commodus was probably not happy with this one.
    comHad.jpg Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Commodus Æ18. Obv: Laureate head right.
    Rev: Apollo advancing right, drawing bow.
    Youroukova 151, Varbanov 3253.

    Next: Apollo advancing.
     
  11. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    I'm not saying Youroukova or Varbanov are wrong, but how do they know that's Apollo and not his twin sister, Artemis, such as on this one?

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    Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
    Roman provincial Æ triassarion, 8.71 g, 22.7 mm, 1 h.
    Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.
    Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟ-ΜΝΑ CΕΒ, bare-headed and draped bust right.
    Rev: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Artemis running right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver.
    Refs: Varbanov 876; AMNG I --; Moushmov --; BMC --.
     
  12. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    LOL
     
  13. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Very cool thought and observation.
     
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  14. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    At any rate, it doesn't look like anyone has Apollo advancing (because he's rarely depicted doing that). I'm going to use the 12-hour rule and post Apollo NOT advancing:

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    Gordian III, AD 238-244.
    Roman Æ Sestertius, 20.01 gm, 28.2 mm, 11 h.
    Rome, 5th officina. 9th emission, AD 241.
    Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
    Rev: PM TRP IIII COS II PP SC, Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and resting left arm on lyre.
    Refs: RIC 302; Cohen 252; Sear --; Banti 72.

    Next: Figure holding a laurel branch.
     
  15. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Wow, you made me go look... The only one I have that is not a bust.
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    RI Commodus 177-192 CE AR Denarius 17.7mm 2.42g Apollo Plectrum Lyre RIC 218 RSC 25 BMCRE 292 Rare Type

    On with the Games!
     
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  16. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    Seems the chalmys and absence of clothes would be the difference.

    Another example from RPC.
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  17. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

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    Thrace, Philippopolis. Septimius Severus. AE18.

    Obv. AV KAI CEVHROC, laureate head right.
    Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Apollo or Bonus Eventus standing left, holding patera in r. hand and laurel branch in l.
    3.93 g.

    Next: More Apollo.
     
  18. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    upload_2020-3-27_23-9-46.png British Museum
    Here's an appropriate Apollo for our time:
    Treb Gallus Apollo Salut.jpg
    Trebonianus Gallus, AR Antoninianus, Rome, AD 253
    Obv: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
    Rev: APOLL SALVTARI, Apollo Salutaris standing left, holding olive branch and lyre resting upon rock
    Ref: RIC 32; RSC 20
    Note: Apollo Salutaris, the god of healing, physical health, and general welfare of the Roman people, state, and army

    Next: Any of Apollo Salutaris, Aesculapius/Asclepius or Salus
     
  19. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Nice TB!

    I do have several Salus reverses, but this is one of my favs Elagabalus 5.jpg
    ELAGABALUS
    AR Denarius
    OBVERSE: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG, radiate draped bust right
    REVERSE: SALVS ANTONINI AVG, Salus standing right, feeding serpent from patera
    Struck at Rome, 219 AD
    3.28g, 18mm
    RIC 137

    Next: More Elagabalus
     
  20. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    Clipboard4~9.jpg Syria, Laodicea ad Mare. Elagabalus AE18. Obv: Laureate head right.
    Rev: Turreted bust of Tyche in distyle arched shrine.

    Next: Distyle temple.
     
  21. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    Augustus Providentbb.jpg

    next: Divus Augustus
     
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