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  1. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Here's one!

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    Delmatius, as Caesar, AD 335-337.
    Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.47g, 16.4 mm, 1 h.
    Siscia, AD 336-337.
    Obv: FL DELMATIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
    Rev: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing each other, each resting on on spear and shield, one standard between them; BSIS in exergue.
    Refs: RIC vii, p. 458, 256; LRBC 758; Cohen 4; RCV 16894.
     
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  3. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Next?
     
  4. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    D'oh! How about Siscia?
     
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  5. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    Valentinian I follis from Siscia,
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    Next- Julian bull coin
     
  6. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

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    AURELIAN
    270-275CE Antoninianus. Siscia. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG.
    Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
    Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI.
    Emperor standing right, holding scepter, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, holding scepter.
    RIC 227. Condition: Extremely fine, some silvering.
    Weight: 2.31 g.
    Diameter: 21 mm.
    Edit* too slow
    Next up: da bull
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    Next up: a favorite Augustus that others might not be a fan of
     
  7. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

    Elagabalus,
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    Kid knew how to troll an entire empire!
    Next- another infamous emperor.
     
  8. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Nero is rather infamous, whether one believes the bad press or not:

    Nero - Temple of Janus - As  jpg version.jpg

    Next: a young Nero, before he put on all that weight.
     
  9. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

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    Fit Nero!

    Lydia, Sardeis, 60 AD
    ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙⳞΑΡ, laureate head of Nero / ΕΠΙ ΜΙΝΔΙΟΥ ⳞΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, laureate head of Heracles, r., with lion skin tied round neck

    Next - anther coin where the emperor's portrait is not the "classic" depiction and it's hard to recognize.
     
  10. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Here's Aurelian looking much different than we're used to:
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    Next up: more unique looks for the emperor
     
  11. Archeocultura

    Archeocultura Well-Known Member

    Hard to find a slim Nero; probably plated, but rare: RIC 23 I Rome 023 Nero denarius 4c-023.jpg
     
  12. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Here's a freaky-looking Caracalla! Never seen the dude look like this!

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    Caracalla, AD 198-217.
    Roman provincial Æ 21.7 mm, 5.81 g, 6 h.
    Phrygia, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste; Poteitos, archon, AD 198-209.
    Obv: M AV ANTƱNЄI, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
    Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑ APX ΠOTЄITO, Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae.
    Refs: BMC 25.225,4 var.; SNG Cop 407 (same obv. die); Lindgren 959 var.; Babelon IW 6069.

    Next: Caracalla provincial
     
  13. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

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    CARACALLA
    AE23
    OBVERSE: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
    REVERSE: NIKOMHDEΩN ΔIC NEΩKOPΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
    Struck at BITHYNIA, Nicomedia, 198-217 AD
    7.1g, 23mm
    RG 234; WADD RG S546,234(1-3)

    Next: Another coin from Bithynia
     
  14. akeady

    akeady Well-Known Member

    I've liked this little coin for a long time.

    Hemidrachm of Kios, Bithynia
    Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
    Rev.: ΟΗΝ / ΔΩΡΟΣ - Prow of galley left
    Minted: (ca 350-300)
    Wt./Size/Axis: 2.50g / - / 6h
    References:
    • SG 3757
    • BMC Pontus pg. 131, 4
    • Hunterian pg. 242, 1
    Acquisition: Mark Rasmussen Irish International Coin Fair 27-Feb-2010

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    Next - another hemidrachm
     
  15. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    HemiDrachm

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    SICILY. Syracuse.
    Timoleon and the Third Democracy (344-317 BC).
    AE Hemidrachm,
    23mm, 17.2g
    Obv: ZEΥΣ ΕΛΕΘΥΕPΙΟΣ; Laureate head right.
    Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN; Thunderbolt, barley grain to right.
    Reference: SNG ANS 472 ff.

    Timoleon was one of the more important tyrants of Sicily; read about him here. If you can find one of these large, chunky hemidrachms with strong details and a lovely patina, man have you got a coin in your hand! This one is superb - the pics are a fair representation so I’ll leave it at that. There is another variety with thunderbolt and bird - the barley grain is the rare one. The stubs from the flan’s casting sprues were sometimes not filed away completely - this coin is a great example of that. What a satisfying rock of a coin with fascinating history.
    Ex: @John Anthony


    Next: Another HemiDrachm
     
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  16. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

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    ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 340-316 BC. AR Hemidrachm (10.5mm, 1.65 g, 12h). Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; club to left; all within incuse square. Ashton 102; HGC 6, –; SNG Keckman 429.
    1,68 g, 12 mm

    Next - another flower on an ancient coin
     
  17. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Islands off Caria, Rhodes, AR Plinthophoric Drachm (ca. 188-170 BCE), Artemon, magistrate. Obv. Radiate head of Helios right / Rev. Incuse square containing rose with bud right, Isis crown in left field, APTEMΩΝ above, P - O across fields. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group A [ca.188-170 BCE], No. 20 [Jenkins, G. "Rhodian Plinthophoroi - a Sketch" in Kraay-Mørkholm Essays (1989), pp. 101-119, pls. XXIX-XXXIV); HNO [Historia Numorum Online] 1999 (temp.) (see http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1999); BMC Caria 253 at p. 253 [Head, Barclay V., A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Caria, Cos, Rhodes, etc. (London 1897)]; SNG Keckman 640 [Westermark U. and Ashton R., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland, The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki, Part 1: Karia (Helsinki, 1994); SNG Copenhagen 813 var. (symbol of shield on rev.) [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Volume 5: Ionia, Caria & Lydia (Parts 22 - 28) (West Milford, NJ, 1982).)]; HGC 6, 1457 [Hoover, Oliver D., Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus), 6th to 1st Centuries BC, Vol 6 (Lancaster/London, 2010)]. 16x17 mm., 3.04 g.

    Rhodes Plinthophoric Drachm Helios radiate right, Rose on rev. COMBINED jpg.jpg

    Next: another coin from Rhodes.
     
  18. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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    next: Rose or another flower
     
  19. Herodotus

    Herodotus Well-Known Member

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    SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. (175-164 BC). Æ Obol. (23mm, 11.20g).
    Struck with Ptolemy VI Philometer Dies Captured on Cyprus - Lotus Series.
    Obverse: Diademed and horned head of Zeus-Ammon right.
    Reverse: (ΠTOΛEMAIOY erased from die) BAΣIΛEΩΣ; Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field; EYΛ between legs.

    It is thought that this series, with lotus and EYΛ, was struck in Cyprus just prior to the invasion of the Seleukids under Antiochos IV in 168 BC. The Seleukids briefly occupied Cyprus during this conflict, and it is theorized that there was a massive seizure of this coinage, which was subsequently taken as booty back to Syria, where many were countermarked for circulation in the Seleukid territories. This coin was struck with dies captured by the Seleukid invaders. The royal name, ΠTOΛEMAIOY, was effaced from the reverse die before the coin was struck. The letters EYΛ are the first letters of Eulaios, a regent during part of the minority of Ptolemy VI Philometer.

    NEXT: Another coin type with intentionally altered dies or surface. An example of Damnatio Memoriae would suffice.
     
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  20. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

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    Next up: cool counter mark
     
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  21. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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    next: Cleopatra VII
     
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