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Aes formatum - so called "cake" bronze. Not quite sure why I bought it since is is indeed as ugly as the picture shows.

Next - an Aes Grave...

 

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AES GRAVE:


Etruria or Umbria Aes Grave 3rd C BCE Sextans 23mm 25.15g Club-2 Dots HN 54 Vecchi-Th 172

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a sextans:


Next: a different turtle

 

Aigina Ar stater 525-500 B.C. HGC 428 Obv. Sea turtle with thin collar and nine pellets running down its shell. Rv. incuse square with "Union Jack" device anepigraphic. 11.86 grms 18 mm Next coin Another sea creature

 

Next up: your favorite mythical creature

 

Medusa, daughter of ‎Phorcys‎ and ‎Ceto, mother of Pegasus and Chrysaor.
next, a centaur...

 

Centaur:


Gallienus, AD 253-268.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.60 g, 19.6 mm, 5 h.
Rome, AD 267-268.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right.
Rev: APOLLINI CONS AVG, centaur walking right, drawing bow; Z in exergue.
Refs: RIC 163; Göbl 735b; Cohen 72; RCV 10177; Hunter 95; Cunetio 1378.

Next: Archery.

 

Aug denarius / Diana with bow -

next - Augustus with temple reverse.

 

AUGUSTUS
Æ Semis
OBVERSE: AVGVSTVS DIVI·F, Laureate head right
REVERSE: Q. PAPIR . CAR . Q.TER.MONT.II.VIR.Q., Hexastyle temple with IVNONI inscribed on the entablature, C I IL A among the columns of the temple
Ilici (Elche - Spain) After 12 BC
4.9g, 21 mm
RPC I 192; SNG Copenhagen 507

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Invoking 24 hour rule

Next: Any Roman coin struck in Spain

 

Augustus and Livia, issued under Tiberius, AD 14-29.
Roman provincial Æ 31 mm, 21.48 g.
Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29.
Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus right; thunderbolt before, star above.
Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, left; globe beneath, crescent above.
Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35.

Next: Radiate crown on a Roman provincial

 

Nero
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: NEΡΩ KΛAΥ KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEΡ AΥ LIΔ, radiate bust left wearing aegis; L IΔ below year 14 (67/68)
Rev.: HΡA AΡΓEIA, veiled bust of Hera Argeia right, wearing stephane, star in front
Billon, 12.21g, 23x23.5mm
Ref.: Milne 297, Curtis 126, RPC I 5315, BMC Alexandria 133, Geissen 200

Next: Hera

 

Croton Ar nomos 400-375 B.C. Obv Head of Hera facing slightly right wearing stephane. Rv. Herakles reclining left. Rutter HN 2167 7.71 grms 22 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Obv. Facing slightly right or left

 

Edward III AR Esterlin 1335-1337 A.D. Undetermined mint (18mm 1.32g)
Obv: EDWARD' REX AnGL' Crowned bust facing slightly left, leopard below
Rev: DVX AQV ITA nIE long cross pattee terminated in trefoils, crowns in quarters
Elias 56

Next: A coin from an undetermined mint

 

AUGUSTUS (OCTAVIAN)
AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: CAESAR DIVI F, bare head of Octavian right
REVERSE: DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right
Gallic or Italian mint 38 BC
30mm; 17.90 g
CR535/v1, RPC620v

Next: Octavian

 

OCTAVIAN:


RImp Antony-Octavian AR Denarius 41 BCE 3.65g 18.7mm Military mint Syria star Craw 528-2a Sear 1507

Next: MARIUS from the Roman Republic...

 

@Alegandron: 24 hour rule. Pick another subject.

 

Next: QUINARIUS from the Roman Republic...

 

Got it!


Gaius Egnatuleius, c.f. 97 BC.
Roman Republican AR quinarius, 1.68 g, 14.6 mm, 11 h.
Rome, 97 BC.
Obv: C·EGNATVLEI·C·F·Q, Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Rev: Victory left, inscribing shield attached to trophy; beside trophy, carnyx; Q in center field; ROMA in exergue.
Refs: Crawford RRC 333/1; Sydenham CRR 588; BMCRR1 1076-77; Sear RCV 213.
Notes: In the obverse inscription, NAT and VL as monograms. Issued to honor Marius' victories over the Teutones and Ambrones at Aquae Sextiae in 102 B.C. and the Cimbri at Vercellae in 101 B.C. Crawford suggests this issue financed settlement of Marius' veterans, partly in Cisalpine Gaul. Sear (p. 113) notes, "The duplication of 'Q' suggests that on the reverse it may be intended as a mark of value rather than the designation of the issuer as a quaestor."

Next: an ancient with its denomination stated on the coin itself.

 

Big S above prow for Semis.



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