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Next up: more Artemis, bonus point if it's RR

 

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That is one sweet Cremna @Ryro.

Phrygia, Tiberiopolis. AE18, Cult statue of Artemis Ephesia.
Obv: IERA SYNKLHTOS / Bust of Senate r.
Rev: ЄΠΙ СΩСΘЄΝΟVС ΤΙΒЄΡΙΟ / Cult statue of Artemis Ephesia; stags at sides.
T. Ailius Flavianus Sôsthenes, archon.
Time of Hadrian.
RPC III 2520; SNG Copenhagen 753; BMC 3.

Next: Cult image/statue.

 

I've jammed us up for 12 before with a request for more Bes... so
Next up: Bes or other Egyptian deities on non Egyptian coins

 

Does a head of Serapis held by Alexandria on an Roman provincial count?!
Maximian tetradrachm

Next, another form of sun god.

 

Sol, the Roman sun god:


Aurelian AD 270-275.
Roman silvered billon Antoninianus, 3.60 gm; 21.7 mm, 6 h.
Rome mint, officina 9, issue 11, early – September AD 275.
Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ORIE-N-S AVG, Sol walking r., holding olive branch in r. hand and bow in l. hand, l. foot resting on a captive in oriental dress kneeling on the ground to r., head turned l., r. hand raised; * in left field, XXIR in exergue.
Refs: RIC 64; MER/RIC temp 1834; RCV 11569; Hunter 23; Cohen 159; La Venera 1321-32.

Next: Mistreating prisoners of war.

 

Look! They haven't given this poor Dacian anything to eat for a month!



In all my other coins with prisoners of war, the dwarfish captives are just sort of sitting there. Except maybe this one, in which Constans appears to be stepping on the leg of one of the captives.


Next: more mistreated captives.

 

I would say this is the ultimate mistreatment, of course I don't blame the guy, he was trying, after all, to get a head.

I just purchased this Mardin dirham yesterday. Once it arrives I'll take some snaps.



Next: A coin of Tyche reclining.

 

12 hours

Abbasid Caliphate
al-Jazira "the Island" Mint between Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
Issued under al-'Abbas b. Muhammad
Undated | c. 747 - 767 AD (c. 130s-140s AH)
AE Fals | 1.90 grams | 20mm wide
Ref: Album-304

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Next: Another Mesopotamian coin

 

Tuck, are you in another timezone? You have a few more mistakes to make before you catch up to me in this thread.

Next: A coin of Tyche reclining.
Alexandria. Philip I. Tyche reclining left on lectistern Alexandria. Philip I. Tyche reclining left on lectistern. 3rd regnal year. Emmett 3515, Milne 3608-10

Next: Another Mesopotamian coin

 

Mesopotamia. Singara. Gordian III with Tranquillina. Circa 243-244 CE. AE. 34mm, 20.77g. Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹƐΒ. Confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate right, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped left. Reverse: ΑΥΡ ϹƐΠ [ΚΟΛ ϹΙΝΓΑΡΑ]. Draped and veiled Tyche, wearing mural crown, seated left on rocks. Above, a centaur left. Below, a river god swimming left. RPC Online VII.2 ID 2118(?).

I am very uncertain on that RPC number so if anyone wants to confirm or correct my attribution that would be welcome.

Next: more Tyche seated

 

Sorry, did I shoot the gun a little early? I'm in CST and it said 12:30am for the post ahead of mine when I posted at 12:45pm my time.

 

next: Apollo & lyre

 

Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Siscia mint, 4th emission (Late 270), 1st officina

Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed right-facing bust, seen from the front;

Reverse: P M T-R P COS P P, left-facing seated Apollo, resting his left arm on a lyre and holding an olive branch in his right hand; P in exergue.

RIC V online 770, Minster 271, La Venera 9728

Next: Diana on a Roman Imperial coin

 

Julia Domna, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 211–217 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG; bust of Julia Domna, draped, r. Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA; Diana, draped, standing l., holding a torch in both hands. 19mm, 3.09g. Ref: RIC IV Caracalla 373A.

Next: Diana on a Roman Republican coin

 

I knew I recognized that Dacian from somewhere!!

 

My apologies @TuckHard! Looks like i did it again.

 

C. Postumius
At or Ta, Denarius, Rome, 74 BC; AR (g 3,56; mm 18; h 5); Draped bust of Diana r., with bow and quiver over shoulder, Rv. Hound running r.; below, spear; in ex. C POSTVMI / AT (or TA). Crawford 394/1a; Postumia 9; Sydenham 785

Next up: beautiful woman on Roman republic coin

 

The coin's not exactly MS-67 but Fulvia herself was reported to be a beauty.


L. Mussidius Longus.
Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.5 gm, 17.0 mm.
Rome mint, 42 BC.
Obv: Bust of Marc Antony's 3rd wife, Fulvia, as Victory, r., draped.
Rev: L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, Victory in biga, r., holding reins.
Refs: Sear 1517; BMCRR 4229; RRC 494/40; Sydenham 1095; RSC Mussidia 4; Banti Mussidia 613.

Next: Victory/Nike on the obverse.

 

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Illyria, Dyrrachium 229-100 BC, AR Drachm, (17mm, 3.32g), ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ, Cow right, looking back at a suckling calf, Nike flying right above, Thunderbolt in exergue/ Rev. Double stellite pattern

Next: Coin with more than one Victory/Nike