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Here is a husband/wife pair with Herakles and the Nemian lion.


Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman provincial Æ 18.6 mm, 4.37 g, 7 h.
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΑV Κ CΕΠΤΙ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: MAPKIA-NOΠOΛITΩ-N, Herakles standing left, wrestling the Nemean lion.
Refs: AMNG I 585 v.; Varbanov 710; Moushmov 397; H&J 6.14.14.5-6; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 126.



Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman provincial Æ 16.8 mm, 4.33 g, 1 h.
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.
Obv: IOVΛIA ΔO-MNA CEB, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Herakles standing right, wrestling the Nemean lion.
Refs: AMNG I 606; Varbanov 673; Moushmov 419; SNG Copenhagen --; SNG Budapest --.

Next: Roman provincial < 20 mm in diameter.

 

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RProv AE18mm 4.3g Elagabalus CE 218-222 Thrace Philippolis Snake tripod Moushmov 5423

Next: Roman REPUBLIC Provincial Coin UNDER 20mm

 

This one is 17 mm.:

Lydia, Philadelphia, AE 17, Late 2nd/Early 1st Centuries BCE, Hermippos, son of Hermogenes, [father's name known from other coins] archiereus [magistrate]. Obv. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath and band across forehead, [Φ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕ[ΩΝ] vertically behind / Rev. Spotted pantheress [leopard] walking left, with head turned back to right, cradling thyrsos bound with fillet (ribbon) against left shoulder, right foreleg raised; ΑΡΧΙΕΡ-ΕΥΣ above, ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ in exergue. Seaby II 4720 [Sear, D., Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. II, Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979), at p. 430 (ill.)]; BMC 22 Lydia 16 [Head, B.V. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Lydia (London 1901) at p. 189]; SNG Von Aulock II 3057 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin 1962)]; SNG Copenhagen 340 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 27, Lydia Part 1 (Copenhagen 1947)]; Imhoof-Blumer 8 [Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich, Lydische Stadtmünzen, neue Untersuchungen (Leipzig 1897) at pp. 114-115]; Mionnet IV No. 536 [Mionnet, Théodore E., Description de Médailles antiques grecques et romaines, Vol. IV, Lydie (Paris 1809) at p. 98]. 17 mm., 5.02 g. [With old collector’s envelope.]



Next: another coin with a spotted panther -- properly called a leopard, since there is no separate species of animal called a panther. Black panthers are just leopards or jaguars with black fur, with the spots obscured.

 

OK, no spotted panthers. So I'll change it to plain old panthers, no spots necessary!

 

But is it a "plain old panther" if Dionysus is riding on its back?


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial triassarion, 6.34 g, 23.4 mm, 7 h.
Thrace, Pautalia, AD 161-175.
Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝ-Α CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, right; band of pearls around head.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC-ΠΑVΤΑΛΙ-ΑC, Dionysus seated on panther walking, r., resting r. arm on panther, holding thyrsus.
Refs: RPC IV 8811; Ruzicka 99.
Notes: Double die match to RPC IV 8811(4) = Ruzicka 99(4) = Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum 8775.

Next: Pautalia

 

Plautilla, Bronze - Pautalia, Thrace
PHOYL TTLAVTILLA CEBA, diademed and draped bust right
HTE CIKI KLAPOV OVATTI TTAUTALIAC, river god seated left
12,4 gr
Ref : Ruzicka, Pautalia # 771a, G&M #134/1849, same obverse die

Next : river god

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RIVER GOD


Campania Neapolis 320-300 BC AR Didrachm Nomos Nymph Achelous

Next: BULL

 

AUGUSTUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: AVGVSTUS DIVI F, bare head right
REVERSE: Bull butting right
IMP X in exergue
Lugdunum 15-13 BC
3.7g, 18mm
RIC I 167a, BMC 451. C 137, CBN 1382

Next: Chipped or broken coin

 

Valentinian I, Siliqua - Constantinople mint, 4th officina
DN VALENTINI - ANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VOT V in a laurel wreath, CP.delta at exergue
1.57 gr
Ref : RC # 4097v, RIC IX # 13a, Cohen # 69

Next : a "Vota V" coin

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Licinius II (320 ad)Follis.Siscia 3.00gr 20mm dia.
Obv.LICINIVS IVN NOB C.(Laureate head right)
Rev.CAESARVM NOSTRORVM (Wreath inscribed VOT.V
Mintmark (delta)SIS(star)
RIC VII Siscia #162 (Rated scarce)

Next..... A Spanish Sphinx

 

Next up: another coin with a "favorable" break

 

@Ryro....Although broken the Sphinx's portrait is really cool!...Nice detail!

 

next: galley

 

Janiform heads, or Janus himself, on a silver coin.

 

Here's a quadrigatus/didrachm with Janus.

Obv. Laureate Janiform head of Dioscuri
Rev. ROMA - Jupiter, holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt, in fast quadriga right, driven by Victory
Mint: Uncertain (ca. 225-214 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 6.69g / 21mm / -
References:

• Sydenham 64
• Crawford 30/1

Next - another Roman silver coin.

 

Very nice!!!

 

An absolutely exquisite coin.

 

I posted this coin the other day, and thought it is worthy of a second showing.

Herennia Etuscillia, AR antoninianus, 250 AD, PVDICITIA AVG. RIC 58b

5.6 grams



Next: We are nearing the end of a tumultuous year, with Christmas and the new year around the corner, so, how about a coin with a celestial theme.

 

How about this one - my "Christmas in July" coin from last year

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE Trichalkon, Q. Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, legatus
Obv: Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right with ANTIOXEΩN
Rev: Leaping ram (Aries) looking back at star in crescent above, EΠIKOYADPATOY (translation is “reign of Quadratus”) dated ETEP
Note: 25th Anniversary of Resurrection & 60th Anniversary of Birth
ETEP= 105 or 56/7AD (Caesarian Era starting 49BC)
Ref: This was minted during the first years of Nero’s reign in Rome (misattributed at McAlee 125a in the auction listing - I think the correct references are McAlee 102; RPC I 4290).

Next: continuing the celestial theme: planets, stars, zodiac, sky, moon, sun...

 

I can't help but think the reverse of this coin refers to the constellation Leo:


Greek Ionia, Miletos.
AE Hemiobol, 3.35 g, 18.3 mm, 12 h.
Aeschylinos, magistrate, ca. 200 BC.
Obv: Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding small stag and bow; monogram below.
Rev: Lion seated right with head turned to left, star above, monogram right, ΑIΣXΥΛΙΝΟΥ in exergue.
Refs: Deppert 941-56 var; Marcellesi 56.

Next: Lion.