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these wild lions have some long hair/fur
Next up: radical hair

 

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I would guess having snakes for hair would be fairly radical...
RR Plautius denarius.

next .. a serpent on a Roman coin...

 

next: Gordianus provincial coin

 

Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h.
Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244.
Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear.
Rev: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing r., on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., rooster standing, l.
Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID 3431); Krzyżanowska XXII/94; BMC xix.187, 70.

Next: Phrygian cap.

 

Edit -
@Roman Collector was faster so my poor Gordian is sent off but here is the Phrygian cap

Pisidia, Antioch, Commodus


Obverse inscription
ANTONINVS COMMODVS
Obverse design
laureate head of Commodus, l.
Reverse inscription
COLONEIAE ANTIOCHAE
Reverse design
Mên standing with foot on bucranium, facing, head, r., wearing Phrygian cap, holding long sceptre and Victoria/Nike; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., cock standing, l.


Next - my previous choice, Trebonianus Gallus provincial

 

next: Volusianus

 

VOLUSIAN


RI Volusian 251-253 CE AR Tet Antioch mint Eagle - son of Treb Gallus

Next: NON-Roman Eagle

 

Here's my big, bad, bronze

PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE

EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA.

Ptolemy IV 221-205 BC AE Drachma. (75.52g, 41mm, 12h)

Obverse: Bust of Zeus Ammon right

Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in front, ΛΙ between legs

Reference: SNG Cop 199.





Next: Cleopatra VII

 

12 hours

Michen Kingdom of Lower Burma
AR Bracteate Unit | 0.03 grams | 7mm wide
Obv: Flower with four petals and dimple on a stem
Rev: Reversed obverse image
Ref: Mitchiner#565

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Anything from Asia except for Chinese or Indian coinage

 

Roman imitating coin of spearing horseman, minted in Sri Lanka! Circa 5th century AD.
I just received a lot of them yesterday, I’m still doing some research, and I’ll make a thread about it later!

Next, an oddity!

 

Wow these are super cool! I've ran across them in the past and have been wowed by them, the continuation of Roman themes on Sri Lankan imitations is really interesting. I look forward to your thread about it!!

Here's an unusual type of money that was circulating on the islands of Java and Sumatra during the later part of the first millennium AD. There's pretty much no published discussion of these silver ingot fragments but they almost surely circulated in a way similar to the hacksilver seen in northern Europe around the same time.

Mataram Kingdom of Java
c. 730 - 930 AD | AR Ingot Fragments

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Next: Another non-traditional coinage (open interpretation)

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Next up: early Roman Republic coinage

 

Hope this is early enough. Anonymous Ar Quadrigatus Rome 225-214 BC Obv Janiform head of the Dioscuri laureate. Rv Jupiter driving quadriga pulled by galloping horses right. Crawford 28/3 6.70 grms 23 mm having bought this coin in 1985 it is probably my oldest Republican coin. Photo by W. Hansen Next coin Early Republican denarius

 

Heavy Denarius


ROman Republic 234-231 BCE AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm Apollo-Horse prancing Crawford 26-1 Sear 28
(These were tariffed at 10 Asses = Denarius. The Reform of 211 BCE just lowered the Denarius’ weight again)

next: another early Roman Republic Quinarius or Denarius

 

OK - here's an early quinarius.

Silver Quinarius
Obv.: V - Helmeted head of Roma right
Rev.: ROMA - Dioscuri riding right
Mint: Rome (After 211 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 2.07g / 15mm / 10h
References:

• RSC 3 (Anon)
• Sydenham 141
• Crawford 44/6

Next - another quinarius.

 

Good ol' quinarius of Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus - representing 50% of my RR collection for now.
88 BC. Rome
Laureate head of Jupiter r.
Victory r. crowning trophy; in exergue, CN LENT
Crawford 345/2, RSC I Cornelia 51a (ill.), BMCRR 2443-2444, Sear RCV I 255 (ill.), Sydenham 703, RBW Collection 1313
14 mm., 1,65 g.

Next - Jupiter on obverse

 

My 44 with nice color.

 

next: palladium

 

Third known example of a dupondius of this type. Sestertius is RIC 941a
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP IMP II radiate head right TR POT XIX COS IIII SC Vesta seated left, holding palladium and sceptre

 

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