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Next: Coin with more than one Victory/Nike

MAGNENTIUS Centenionalis Lyons Magnentius Æ 23mm Centenionalis.
Lyons mint, 350 AD. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, draped & cuirassed bust right, A to left / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X; S V/RPLG in ex.

Next: 30mm provincial or larger.

 

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next: another Gordian provincial

 

I was just thinking about this Gordian III piece that I sold earlier this year. It was my biggest Roman piece by far. I didn't record its width but it was 13.27 grams. The coin was minted in Singara at the base of what is today known as the Sinjar Mountains in Iraq/Mesopotamia, holy to the Yazidi people.

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Next: Another coin minted near a natural holy place

 

This coin is from Dium, Macedonia, a city located at the base of Mt. Olympus.


Macedonia, Dium. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 24
Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE 24 (12.55 gm).
Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: Athena standing holding patera and spear.

Next: Non Asia Minor Provincial

 

Marcus Aurelius
Æ20 of Koinon, Macedon. AD 139-161. Bearded head right / Macedonian shield. Varbanov -. Cf. Varbanov 3047. 3.49g, 18.5mm. Very Fine.

Next up: Marcus Aurelius

 

Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.
Roman AR denarius, 3.53 g, 17.4 mm, 1 h.
Rome, AD 169.
Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIII, laureate head right.
Rev: LIBERAL AVG V COS III, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 206; BMCRE 492; Cohen 412; RCV 4914; MIR 181.

Next: Curly hair

 

Septimius Severus sure had a lot of curls!

Next, your favorite Severan (and why).

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in ex, Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left
Struck at Rome, 204 AD
3.5g, 18mm
RIC IV 266

Next: Bald or balding

 

I believe Vespasian would fit @Bing's parameters quite well.


Vespasian
70 - 72 A.D.
AR Denarius
Obverse: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M; laureate head right.
Reverse: TRI POT II COS III P P; Pax seated left, holding branch and caduceus.
RIC II Rome 39

Next: Since we're on the subject of hair, how about beards?

Edit: My apologies, @Roman Collector, for not originally stating the next theme.

 

Next theme???

 

Elagabalus, kid probably never even got the chance to grow a full beard, but this coin falsely portrays him as an adult man!

Next, a false portrayal

 

Minted 2 BCE, Augustus was 61 by the time this denarius was minted...



Next : a coin featuring shields (one or more)

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next:2 or more shields

 

Two shields appear on the tropaion on the reverse.


Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman AR Denarius, 3.26 g, 19.7mm, 1 h.
Rome, AD 202.
Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head, right.
Rev: PART MAX PM TRP X COS III PP, trophy, with captives seated left and right at base.
Refs: RIC 185; BMCRE 385-87; Cohen 375; RCV 6323; Hill 550.

Next: Two or more captives/POWs.

 

Lepidus Paullus
Obv-Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right.
Rev-Togate figure of Lucius Aemilius Paullus standing right, touching trophy; to left standing right as captives, the King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons.

Next- another republican captive/pow

 

The unluckiest of all captives.
M. Sergius Silus. 116-115 BC. AR Denarius.
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right; EX S C before, ROMA and X behind.
Rev: Horseman galloping left, holding sword and head of barbarian; Q and M SERGI/SILVS below.
Crawford 286/1

Next: Republican As with Janus and prow

 

next: AES grave as

 

Where's the captive? Unless you consider the head a captive.

 

Here is an AES Grave I just picked up.
Supposed to be minted 46-45 BC Pompey the Elder ?
I dont know any thing about this type of coin and have not been able to research it.




Next: Coin with a fish found in fresh water.

 

An assumption that he was previously held captive.

Next: Coin with a fresh water fish.

Mysia, Cyzicus. Hemiobol. Silver, 0.80 grams, 10.49 mm. After 480 BC. Head of roaring lion left, retrograde K above, all within shallow incuse square / Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish swimming upwards behind. BMC Mysia, 121; Sear 3851.BMC 121

Next: A flying pig.