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iridescent toning not always easy to capture in the photo - this one even more dramatic in hand:

...and it's my favorite coin (for the next 1-2 hours at least)

M. Baebius Q.f. Tampilus, 137 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma left; X (mark of value) below chin; [TAMPIL] behind
Rev: Apollo driving quadriga right, holding bow and arrow
Ref: Crawford 236/1

Next: a favorite Roman Republican

 

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Iridescent and fits the bill for favorite Roman Republic coin:

Next up: Macedonian helmet

 

next: another helmet

 

Aiolis. Myrina circa 400-300 BC. Bronze Æ 10 mm., 0,69 g.
Helmeted head of Athena right
Amphora "MY-PI"
SNG Cop 216-220; SNG Munich 570

Next - Vespasian denarius

 

Next: Capricorn.

 

Here's my legionary antoninianus of Carausius, LEG II reverse.



Next: Legionary coin, but not Mark Anthony

 

Gallienus (son of Valerian I), Billon Antoninianus, 258 AD [RIC] or 260-261 AD [Sear], Mediolanum [Milan] Mint, Legionary Issue. Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Bull advancing right, bellowing with head raised and mouth open, LEG VIII AVG [Augusta] VI P [Pia] VI F [Fidelis]. RIC V-1 353j [joint reign] (p. 95), RSC IV 522, Sear RCV III 10268, Göbl MIR [Moneta Imperii Romani] Band 36, No. 1009h. 18 mm., 2.49 g.*




*A bull was the emblem of Leg. VIII Augusta, based in Strasbourg, France (then Argentoratum in Gaul) -- just as the animals or other figures shown on the reverses of the other coins of the Gallienus legionary series served as the emblems or badges of those legions. See Jones, John Melville, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (London, Seaby, 1999) at p. 166 [entry for Legio]); RIC V-1 at p. 34. See also the list of the legions and their emblems depicted in the Gallienus legionary series, at http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan. [Remainder of footnote omitted.]

Next: another bull on a Roman coin, but not the Julian II bull coin.

 

Next up: silly hat

 

denarius of Augustus with charging bull.

next... a different denarius of Octavian...

 

too late.

 

next Ptolemy i

 

12 hrs,
Mesembria Thrace Corinthian helmet diobol (450-350 BC)- 1.16g

Next, non-Greek coin from around 400-300 BC.

 

next: coin with at least 2 countermarks

 

Here are a few more Anatolian countermarks on a siglos:

Persia, Achaemenid Empire, 5th-4th Century BC, AR Siglos, 5.16g, 16x12mm
Obv: King with bow left
Rev: incuse (I think it is pure coincidence that it seems to mimic the kings head)
Notes: countermarks on both sides, ex van der Dussen collection, to me this looks like Carradice Type IVa early, but I am can't pinpoint, so I leave it at anywhere from early to late : Artaxerxes I - Darius III, c. 450 - 336 BC. The irregular incuse throws me off a bit and I'm not sure how to factor in the light weight - wear? perhaps style of dagger can help? An excellent resource on these coins at NumisWiki. A couple of listed countermarks visible from Hill, British Museum including: from the obverse #1, #67

This one (which I've highlighted) from the reverse, doesn't seem to be listed - although it looks a little like #64:
and there are a couple of others that I can't associate with any of the listed ones.

Next: another countermarked coin of any type

 

Next up: another Greek counter mark

 

LOL

 

next: eagle on thunderbolt

 

LOVE your Ptolemys @Andres2 !
Here's my bird on an electric wire:

Next up: another descendant of a Diadochi

 

Seleucus I Nicator was one of the diadochi, who had a son Antiochus I Soter, who had a son Antiochus II Theos, who had a son Seleucus II Callinicus, who had a son Antiochus III "The Great", who had a son Seleucus IV Philopater, who had a son Demetrius I Soter, who had a son Antiochus VII Sidetes who is shown on the obverse of this coin:

Seleukid Kings of Syria, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes), 138-129 BC, AR, Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.49g, 12h), Antioch on the Orontes mint
Obv: Diademed head right
Rev: Athena Nikephoros standing left, resting hand on shield, and propping spear on her arm; to outer left, mint monogram above A; O to inner left; all within wreath
Note: find patina

Next: more descendants of the diadochi

 

Alexander's cousin once removed, on his mother's side... and one of my favorite Greeks. If you don't recognize the monogram it's time to buy some Macedonian shield coins:

Next up: another Diadochi