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Eastern Europe, Celtic imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.02g, 12h). Uncertain prototype. Obv: Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin. Rev: AΛEΞΔHΛPOY to right; Zeus Äetophoros seated left; no control mark, blundered inscription. Ref: Cf. OTA 566; Michaela Kostial "Kelten Im Osten; Sammlung Lanz" (München 2003), pg. 150, No. 875 (this coin). Very Fine. Old iridescent collection tone, a few die breaks, a little off center. Well executed imitation of good style. Ex Hermann Lanz Collection; Ex Roma XVII; Ex CNG.



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LOWER DANUBE CELTS
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Stylized head of Herakles with wild hair, right
REVERSE: Stylized Zeus seated left holding an eagle, kantharus to left
Struck by the Lower Danube Celts, 2d-1st Century BC
2.9g, 20mm,
CCCBM I 217, Kostial 896
ex JAZ Numismatics

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Caracalla.

MACEDON, Thessalonica

Caracalla. 198-217 A.D. AE 26, 14.9 grams, 7h

Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right

Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding a small Cabeirus and palm

Reference: Touratsoglou Em, II:a

ex: JAZ Numismatics





Another @John Anthony coin.

 

Ex @John Anthony :


Divus Antoninus Pius
Bronze Sestertius 30mm (23.46 grams) Rome mint, struck circa 161 A.D.
Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus,
DIVVS ANTONINVS, Bare head right.
DIVO - PIO / S - C, Column of Antoninus Pius surmounted by statue of Pius holding eagle and scepter.

Next: any Divus issue

 

Wish I had a better one for this but I found this piece for a dollar a while back.

Roman Empire
Divus Constantine I | 337-340 CE
AE Follis | 1.15g
Obv: DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG, veiled bust right
Rev: Constantine in quadriga right, the hand of God above

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Next: A better Divus (or any coin celebrating/honoring a death)

 

Not much better.. but pretty cool:


Large AE portrait of Julius Caesar. Imperatorial Era: Octavian/Augustus and Divus Julius Caesar, Orichalcum Sestertius, 29mm, 12.98 gm, 2h. Mint in Italy, 38 BC. Obv: CAESAR DIVI F bare head of Octavian right Rx: DIVOS IVLIVS laureate head of Julius Caesar right (here Caesar shown on the left).

NEXT: a Divus issue in better condition...

 

Hope this qualifies Divus Augustus Ae Sestertius Minted by Tiberius 35-36 AD Obv. Round shield inscribed OB/CIVIS/ SER supported by two capricorns. Rv, Large S C RIC 63 27.27 grms 33 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Another Divus

 

next: funeral pyre

 

The funeral pyre that I always see as a wedding cake:

Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Obv. Bare-headed bust right, slight drapery, DIVVS ANTONINVS / Rev. Funeral pyre, CONSECRATIO. RIC III 438MA , RSC II 164a, Sear RCV II 5193, BMCRE 60 (MA). 17.46 mm., 3.37 g.





Next: Another funeral pyre/wedding cake, from someone other than Antoninus Pius.

 

@DonnaML, your comparison elicited instant memories of the same impression from some real architecture. The one time I got to Europe, as an 11-year-old with my family, we barely made it to Bayeux in time to see the Tapestry. Something hardly less memorable, though, was seeing the cathedral from the outside. Smallish, but really sweet, for the genre. Inspired a haiku that netted me $20 toward a Michelin road atlas of France from Rick Steeves.
Bayeux Cathedral:
Gothic sits on Romanesque
Like a wedding cake.

 

Funeral Pyre of Claudius Gothicus, DIVO CLAVDIO, probably struck under Quintillus.





Next: Deified Romulus (son of Maxentius)

 

New theme, a republican coin of Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus/Concordia. Technically this is my first republican coin that I bought back in late July from ma-shops and still waiting, however I bought other republican coins since then and received them! Not only have I overpaid for this coin but also I regret buying this coin given how most of the word Concordia is worn out!
Post a coin you hate/regret.

 

This one is very neat

 

This issue PROW,has 2 differing versions of its symbol. In the first months the ships prow looks like a large arrow ,so it was changed to this. The arrow type are quite uncommon.
This coin is often found in thracian coin hoards with 3 other issues of NewStyles called the over-representated types of closely dated coins.



Athens New Style tetradrachm 124/3 BC
Obs : Athena Parthenos in tri-form helmet
16.81g 30mm Thompson issue (new) 41
Thompson catalogue : 532
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on
which month mark Ε control ΣΦ below
3 magistrates : KAPAIX EPGOKLE KLE
RF symbol : Prow of Ship
All within a surrounding olive wreath

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Mesembria Thrace Corinthian helmet diobol (450-350 BC)- 1.16g
As I mentioned in my old post, I bought this coin for the Corinthian helmet and also because the strike and wear make the helmet look like a D!
Post a coin featuring a phallic imagery

 

Next theme?

 

I think the next theme is a phallic imagery as Jay said.



next: a Domitian As

 

DOMITIAN
AE As
OBVERSE: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate head right, aegis at tip of bust
REVERSE: MONETA AVGVSTI, S-C, Moneta standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae
Struck at Rome, 85AD
11.7g, 27mm
RIC 384

Next: Moneta

 

MONETA


RI Caracalla 198-217 AR Denarius MONETA

Next: Another MONETA

 

DIOCLETIAN, Follis
Ticinum, 300-303
SACRA MONET ....

Next: Three Monetae