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Man obv & woman rev.

Kings of Thrace,
Lysimachus, Lampsakos
AR Tetradrachm
297-281 BC
16.77 grams, 29 mm
Obv: Deified head of Alexander III
the Great right w/ horn of Ammon
Rev: Athena seated left with Nike in
right hand & left arm on shield
BASILEWS LYSIMAXOY, Torch,
monogram in left field.
Grade: VF+ nicely centered & toned.
Other: This coin depicts a very high relief true portrait of Alexander the Great as issued by Lysimachus. Thompson, Lysimachus, 50; Müller, Lysimacus, 91. From NGC slab 3599374-007, Lot #776 Sedwick Auction #14 October 2013.

Next is any Coin with Athena and Nike.

 

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Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Buste radié de Probus à gauche vu de 3/4 en avant, portant le manteau consulaire et tenant un sceptre court surmonté d'un aigle (scipio). (Code buste Bastien : H2)
Rev: SALVS AVG /-/III//XXI, Em. 7 (phase a), 7e off., La Santé (Salus) debout à droite tenant un serpent de la main gauche et le nourrissant de la main droite. (Type A)

Next: too late - see @Collect89

 

Athens New Style Tetradrachm c 157/6 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
Lions tailed pegasos type
33.8 mm 16.32gm Thompson issue 8
Thompson catalogue: 34b ? ( not in plates)
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
2 magistrates monograms in both fields
RF symbol:Nike presenting Wreath
All surrounded by olive wreath


Man aint she ugly!

Next:Same again Athena/Nike

 

KINGS OF CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, AR Drachm (18 mm, 4.13 g), Eusebeia, 95-94 BC. Diademed head of Ariarathes IX to right. Rev.BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / APIAPAΘOY / EYΣEBOY / ς Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield set on ground, spear leaning against arm.

Next: A different King of Cappadocia

 

CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM: Ariarathes V
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Ariarathes V right
REVERSE: Athena standing left, holding Nike & resting hand on grounded shield, HDI monogram in outer left field, PAFI monogram in inner left field, HF monogram in outer right field, date GL in exergue
Struck at Cappadocia, Year 33 (= 130 BC)
4.2g, 18mm
SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 673–678. Simonetta p. 24, 20b

Next: different king of Cappadocia

 

another coin of Cappadocia

 

Hadrian Æ24 of Tyana, Cappadocia. Year 20, Laureate head right / Tyche seated left on rock, holding grain-ears and bunch of grapes; below, river-god swimming left

NEXT: a coin featuring a river god

 

next: coin of Maximinus II

 

Maximinus II Daza, AD 309-313, as Augustus.
Roman Æ follis, 21.4 mm, 4.88 g, 12 h.
Antioch, AD 312.
Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head, right.
Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding head of Sol and cornucopiae; *|Z //ANT.
Refs: RIC 164b; Cohen 21; RCV 14840.

Next: Pointy nose.

 

Here's a pretty pointy nose from India.

Indo-Sassanian Coinage
AR 'Gadhaiya Paisa'
Circa 1000 CE
See Finn235's thread Indo Sassanian - The Evolution of the Gadhaiya Paisa​

Next: Coin with a nearly completely full flan design

 

Just missing some of the crest, and maybe a bit of the olive sprig?

Attica, Athens
AR tetradrachm
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right
Rev: Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig to left, crescent behind, AΘE to right, all within incuse square
Date: 454-404 BC
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 31
Size: 17.19g, 24mm



Next theme: Greek coin with owl (not from Athens)

 

a silver coin from a greek colony

 

Just about all my coins are silver & from a Greek colony. (If you wanted a coin from outside of Greece, please accept my apologies in advance).

SIKYONIA, Sikyon
AR Stater
335-330 BC
23.2 mm, 11.94 grams
Obv: Chimera advancing left, paw raised, wreath above, ΣΕ below.
Rev: Dove flying left, I left, all within olive wreath.
Grade: a gVF nicely toned coin.
Other: Sikyon mint. BCD Peloponnesos 219, Traité III 776, BCD Peloponnesos pg 40, 56. SNG Cop 48 var (N instead of I). Ex CNG auction 312 lot 88 originating from a 1930’s collection.


Next coin should contain an animal that you have never seen in your life.

 

Next: man-faced bull

 

Here is my man-faced bull tet from Gela:

Next is another coin of Gela or a coin showing the forepart of an animal.

 

How about the forepart of two animals?

THESSALY, TRIKKA
AR Hemidrachm
OBV: Youth, petasos and cloak tied at neck, wrestling forepart of bull right
REV: Forepart of horse galloping right; T-PI-KK-A-I around; all within concave incuse
Circa 420-400 BC
2.7g, 17mm
SNG Cop 265
ex: JAZ Numismatics

Next: Another "sporting" scene

 

Larissa Ar Drachm 420-400 B.C. HGC 420 Obv. Thessalos grabbing a bull by the horns.left Rv. Bridled horse galloping right 5.91 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Larissa

 

Larissa:

Next is any naked dude.

 

Nude dude.


Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 13.30 g, 27.1 mm, 7 h.
Thrace, Anchialus, AD 238-244.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Nude athlete standing facing, head right, holding palm branch and wreath.
Refs: AMNG II, 632.3, p. 276; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 136; Corpus Nummorum Thracorum 21318.

Next: Radiate bust on a Roman provincial

 

Next: coin with a Sagitarius