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WRESTLER


Akkadian 2350-2200 BCE Cylinder Seal Buff stone scene hero wrestling antelope winged lion Ex J Tabot with SCENE

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This one is a conundrum:


Roman Republic
AE Victoriatus (Normally AR - Republic's version of a Drachm)
Anonymous issue after 218 B.C. (15.7 mm, 2.21 g, 11 h).
Rome mint.
Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right
Rev: in ex ROMA, Victory standing right, crowning trophy.
Ref: Sear 49; Crawford 44/1; Sydenham 83; RSC 9 (exc struck AE)
Ex: RBW Collection possibly Fouree core

Next: MORE - an AE that shouldn't be, fourre, limes, or other oddity

 

Septimius Severus Ae Denarius
OBV: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right.
Rev: RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Septimius standing left, holding patera in right hand over tripod altar, & spear in left.

Next: more fourré, limes, or other oddites

 

LIMES


Hadrian, AD 117-138
Æ 'Limes’ Denarius, 18mm, 3.5mm, 6h; after AD 125.
Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS; Laureate head right.
Rev.: COS III; Genius standing left, sacrificing over a lighted altar and holding cornucopia.
Reference: cf. RIC II 173, p. 360
From the Doug Smith Collection #397

Next: more fourré, limes, or other oddites

 

Oddity

Riding camel or giraffe?

Next: more fourré, limes, or other oddites

 

Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius. Asia Minor, 49 BC.
Obv. Diademed head of Apollo, III VIR Q Sicinius. Rust
Rev: Upright club with lionskin and arrow. P.R.S.C. C. COPONIUS. More rust.
Picture reverse upside down.

Probably a fourrèe.

next: Pompeius Magnus

 

I believe that his likeness on his sons coin fits the bill:

Next up: a favorite general

 

A favorite General



LOL, Now DON'T get me started! I am gonna have to open up a can of WHOOP-ASS-PHILIP-II !!! He's my man


Makedon Philip II Tet Pella LIFETIME 353-349 Zeus Horse star spearhd Le Rider 102

Next up: another favorite General... (but they are all only gonna be Wimpy compared to The MAN, Philip II)

 

Well, here is one of the main men, especially during the reign of Claudius. Galba was general of the Upper Rhine legions, as well as during Claudius' expedition in Britain.



Next: A coin of "necessity". (Hint: this can be any coin issued by a kingdom or city during a war, plague, or other man-made or natural disaster)

 

Further hint: A necessity coin could be a debased coin, such as Athens' plated coinage near the end of the Peloponnesian War , or it could be the product of a "rolling mint" such as Marc Anthony's legionary denarii, or it could be a token coinage issued temporarily, to be redeemed later (often this never really happened).

 

Carthage Military Mint


Carthage Iberia
218-208 BCE
AE 13 1/4 Calco
Barcid Military Mint
2nd Punic War
Tanit
Helmet

Next: More Carthage BCE (not Roman, or AD / CE)

 

Here's a dishekel, minted shortly before the sacking of the city by Rome and yet another coin "in the pipeline" awaiting shipment.



North Africa, Carthage BI Serrate Dishekel. Circa 160-149 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right with foreleg raised; Punic letter ' below. MAA 100g; SNG Copenhagen 406. 12.80g, 25mm, 12h.

Next: Galileo Galilei published Sidereus Nuncius, or the 'Starry Messenger' in 1610. Since the dawn of human civilization and before, messages from the heavens served as portents of future events.

A coin showing an astrological or astronomical event.

 

Denarius of Augustus commemorating Caesar's comet
Next: a non-comet denarius of Augustus

 

AUGUSTUS
Æ 25 As
OBVERSE: PERM CAES AVG, laureate head lef
REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA in two lines in wreath
Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain) 19/18-2 BC
8.07g, 24 mm
RPC 129

Next: Colonia Patricia

 

Here's the Tribute Penny prototype:

Augustus Denarius
Obv. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE - Laureate head right
Rev. PONTIF MAXIM - Livia seated right holding sceptre and olive branch
Mint: Lugdunum (13-14 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.86g / 19mm / 7h
References:

• RIC 220
• BMC 545-546

Next - I just see Bing has got in ahead of me (though not with a denarius!): Colonia Patricia

 

Next: Coin with reverse: OB CIVIS SERVATOS

 

12 hour rule


Byzantine Empire
Minted under Heraclius
626-627 CE
Cyprus Mint
AE 40 Nummi | 3.07g | 16x25mm

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Next: An oblong coin.

 

Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) AR Antoninianus, 246-248 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, on crescent, M OTACIL SEVERA AVG/ Rev. Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopiae, CONCORDIA AVGG. RIC IV-3 125(c), RSC IV-3 4, Sear RCV III 9147 (ill. p. 173). 22x25 mm., 4.5 g.

Not intentionally oblong, but oblong nonetheless -- something fairly common in the 3rd century, I believe.

Next: another double cornucopiae.

 

Faustina I, AD 138-140.
Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g, 18.3 mm, 5 h.
Rome, AD 138-139.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae, and resting l. arm on column.
Refs: RIC 329; BMCRE 42; Cohen 153; Strack 395; RCV --; CRE 92.

Next: rainbow toning on an ancient.

 

I suppose you want genuine rainbow toning, and not something artificially applied by a certain well-known seller!