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Here's Augustus facing the other way

Obv.: CAESAR AVGVSTVS - Bare head right
Rev.: OB CIVIS SERVATOS - Legend in three lines within oak wreath
Mint: Colonia Patricia (19 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.40g / 17mm / 7h
References:

• RIC 77a
• RSC 208
• BMCRE 378

Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online Auction E-Sale 1 #411 31-Aug-2013




Next - another OB C S legend, but on a different denomination

 

next: Sestertius or Dupondius Galba

 

12 hours

Mughal Empire of India
1628-1658 AD
Issued under Shah Jahan
Ujjain Mint
AE Falus | 6.28 grams | 19mm
Ref: KM#203.1

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Next: A square coin

 

12 hours:



KUSHAN DYNASTY

Vima Kadphises, 95-127 AD.

AE Tetradrachm, 28mm, 16.5g, 2h.

Obv. BACIΛEΥC BACIΛEωN OOHMO MEΓAC OOHM KAΔΦICHC; Kadphises, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar to left and holding hand on hilt; to left, filleted trident behind, tamgha and club to right.

Rev: Siva with three heads standing facing, holding trident in raised right hand and resting lowered left hand on bull Nandi standing to right, behind; tamgha above to left.with kharoshthi legend maharaja rajadhiraja sarvaloga isvarasa mahesvarasa.
Mitchner 3040

Another Kushan Dynasty coin

 

next: trident

 

Bronze Æ 11 mm., 1,68 g.
CARIA. Mylasa. Ae (Circa 210-30 BC). Obv: Forepart of horse right. Rev: MYΛΑΣΕΩΝ. Ornate trident head. SNG Keckman 225.

Next - Mylasa

 

CARIA. Mylasa. Hemiobol (Circa 450-400 BC).
Obv: Forepart of lion facing.
Rev: Scorpion within incuse square. SNG Keckman 917; SNG Kayhan I 934-8; SNG von Aulock 7803.Very fine. 0.50 g, 8 mm.
Numismatik Naumann Feb 2021

Next: crystalized silver

 

Larissa, Thessaly. AR drachm
Obv: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left.
Rev: ΛAΡIΣ-AIΩN above and beneath horse crouching right, preparing to roll.
BCD Thessaly II 315-9

Next: Head facing.

 

Pisidia, Selge AR Obol Circa 350-300 BC Obverse: Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue Reverse: Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet; behind, astragalos References: SNG France 1928. SNG von Aulock 5281

Next- another gorgon

 

Celtic Imitation of Parion
Variously attributed to Tectosages or other tribes in Asia Minor
c. 450 to 300 BCE
AR Unit | 1.90 grams
Obv: Barbarized gorgon facing forward, identifiable only by nose and eyes
Rev: Square incuse with rays pointing towards center raised dot

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Next: Another imitation type

 

Next up: Celtic
***edit: unless someone is working on posting anything Celtic within the next half an hour, I'm changing my Next up to: a coin that you love for what others would deem a fault

 

My Domitian Green as suits the definition very well.


When I was browsing through the auction items, preparing the wish list, I skipped this. But after looking closer, I noticed that the portrait is excellent, the letters are readable and I consider this coin one of my favorite bronzes.
Since the hammer price was lower than my expectations, I think other bidders didn't like the green patina, the roughness (in hand it doesn't look that rough) and the patina chips. But for me the green color on this coin is something I truly appreciate.

Next - the patina you like the most in your collection

 

One of the ones I like:


next: Commodus young portrait

 

12 hours. Not "young portrait" as intended, but he was 31 at the time and that's young by my standards. Here's a coin from the last year of his life:


Commodus, AD 177-192.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 22.51 g, 29.2 mm, 1 h.
Rome, AD 192.
Obv: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate bust of Commodus, right, with slight drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: LIB AVG P M TR P XVII COS VII P P, Libertas standing facing, head left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left hand; S C l. and r., low in field; star, mid right, in field.
Refs: RIC 619b; BMCRE 692 var. (bust); Cohen 290; RCV 5764; ERIC II 573 var. (bust).

Next: last year of a reign.

 

Nerva COS IIII 98 AD



next: another last year of reign

 

(While laughing at own joke) I skipped the chance when RC asked for one

Next up: a Greek who's rule was for under one year

 

12 hour rule



next: hippocamp

 

GALLIENUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
REVERSE: NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp or Capricorn right, N below
Struck at Rome, Sole Reign, 267-268 AD
2.2g, 17mm
RIC 245

Next: Non zoo Gallienus

 

2.38 g 21 mm

Obverse legend: GALLIENVS AVG.
Obverse description: Radiated and cuirassed bust of Gallienus on the right draped over the left shoulder, seen from three quarters forward (B01).

Reverse legend: LEG IIII FL VI P VI F.
Reverse description: Lion leaping to the right.
Reverse translation: “Legio quarta Flavia sextum pia, sextum fidelis”, (Fourth legion Flavia pious and faithful for the sixth time).

RIC V-1, Milan 343 (Joint Reign).


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