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I have a feeling that nobody has one of the dozen or so coins that would qualify, so I'm unilaterally changing the request to the following, so the thread can be active again without waiting for the full 12 hours.

Next: Roma on a coin in her entirety -- in other words, not simply her head on the obverse of a Republican coin, but her whole self doing something, as on the reverse of the M. Fouri denarius above.

 

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On the reverse of this denarius of Q. Fufius Calenus and Mucius Cordus, Roma shakes hands with Italia (RO behind Roma and ITA monogram behind Italia). The obverse shows Honos and Virtus heads.


Next: Roma seated

 

Here's one with Roma seated from Thrace:


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman Provincial AE 21.7 mm, 6.57 g.
Thrace, Pautalia, AD 147-175.
Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΑC, Roma seated l., holding Nike and spear.
Ruzicka-112; Moushmov-4113.

Next: another from Pautalia.

 

I never knew before that instead of a head and neck, Italia has an open mailbox (or a bird house) on a stick.

 

Thrace, Pautalia. Caracalla Ae18
Obv: AV K M A-NTONI, Laureate bust right.
Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛ-IAC, cista mystica.

Next: cista mystica on AE.

 

Strange enough, I have the opportunity to posting that one twice the same day !!


Amisos, AE19
Head of Dionysos right
Cista mystica, AMISOY at exergue
8.48 gr, 19 mm
Ref : Sear #3640

Next Dionysis

Q

 

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: riding an animal other than a horse.

 

Here's my Valerian II goat with rider

Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams

Struck: 257-258, Cologne.

Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right

Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, the child Jupiter sitting right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding the goat's horn.

Reference: RIC 3 (Lyons); Cohen 26 (Saloninus); Elmer 67a; Goebl 0907e; Sear 10731.





Next: Someone riding a bird

 

Paulina, Denarius - Rome mint AD 236
DIVA PAULINA, Veiled and draped bust of Paulina right
CONSECRATIO, Paulina on peacock flying
3.3 gr
Ref : RCV #8400, Cohen #2

Next : peacock

Q

 

Here's my Mariniana antoninianus!



Next: Another Antoninianus commemorating a dead person

 

Trajan as Divus Ar Antoninianus Rome 250-252 AD Minted most likely during the reign of Trajan Decius Obv Head of Trajan right radiate. Rv altar RIC 86a 4.30 grms 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Antoninianus of Trajan Decius

 

ANT of TAJAN DECIUS


RI Trajan Decius 249-251 CE AR Ant Dacia draco standard

Next: BCE AS

 

next: Roman Republic denarius marked X , for 10 denarii

 

X = 10


RR AR Denarius 214-208 BCE Roma R X behind - Dioscuri R ROMA linear frame stars Sicily RARE Cr 68-1b

X-Bar = 16 Asses

RR Minucius-Augurius AR Denarius 18mm 3.9g Rome mint 134 BCE colmn corn-ears togate figure loaves modius lituus Cr 243-1 S 120

XVI = 16 Asses

RR L Julius 141 BCE AR Den Roma XVI Dioscuri galloping S 100 Cr 224-1

Next: Roman Republic Denarius with XVI for 16 As to the Denarius

 

Next: A non-Republican coin with denomination marked on the coin

 

Gordian III, with Tranquillina, A.D. 238-244.
Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria, 28.92 mm, 15.89 g, 7:00.
Moesia Inferior, Tomis, A.D. 241-244.
Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // [C]ABINIA (TP)AN / KVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left.
Rev: MHTPO ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding arshin (rod) and bridle, wheel at feet; Δ - < (denomination) in fields.
Refs: AMNG I 3537; Varbanov 5701; Moushmov 2279; RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID 28078); Cf. SNG Cop 305.

Next: A wheel.

 

WHEEL


Apulia Luceria
AE Quincunx
Date: 250-217 BC (some others state 211-200 BCE for HN Italy 678; SNG ANS 699; Sear 587 ???)
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, five pellets above
Reverse: 8-spoked wheel; LOVCERI between spokes)
Size: 26.35mm
Weight: 14.75 grams
Description: A nice example of this scarcer bronze
Attribution: Grose 443; SNG Cop. 659 ; SNG München 498 (ACSearch showed SNG Cop and SNG Munchen and as before 217 BCE)
Ex: Ancient Imports

Next: Another Wheel

 

Next: more wheels

 

next: coin from Thessaly

 

Here's a favorite coin of Thessaly from the Thessalian league. I am really pleased that I purchased this a few years ago. In this condition today I'd probably aim for a starting price of 2M€ (not including postage and buyers fees) as it is worth at least as much as (and is quite a bit older than) a tokenized version of Jack Dorsey's first tweet on the non-fungible token (NFT) platform, Valuables.

Thessaly, Thessalian League, Late 2nd – mid 1st century BC, AR Stater, Kraterophronos and Amynandros, magistrates.
Obv: Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath
Rev: ΘEΣΣA/ΛΩN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; KPA-TEPO/ΦPO-NOΣ above spear and across central fields, Λ above monogram in inner right field, AMVNANΔPOΣ in exergue
Ref: McClean 4725, pl. 176, 20

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