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So, @Terence Cheesman, what is the next theme?

 

Just Flavian silver sorry bout that watching an auction

 

Sometimes posts happen so rapidly that two respond to the same theme. I think the theme in red above is next.

 

Yay! One of my favorite threads redivivus! Capricorn:


Cornelia Supera, wife of Aemelian, Augusta, 253 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 20.5mm, 3.78 g.
Mysia, Parium, AD 253.
Obv: G CORN SUPERA, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: C. G. I. H. P., Capricorn right, cornucopiae on back; globe between legs (Sear describes as a star, but this appears to be a globe).
Refs: SGI 4408 (var.); SNG Von Aulock 7448.

Next up, a coin with both a globe AND a cornucopiae!

 

Next theme: Galba

 

Galba. AD 68-69. Cast Æ “Sestertius” (32mm, 20.26 g). Paduan type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino, 1500-1570. Obv: IMP. SER. SVLP. GALBA CAES. AVG. TR. POT. Laureate bust of Galba, r., draped. Rev: The emperor on a platform, l., addressing five soldiers with standards. L. and r., in field, S.C. In exurge, ADLOCVT. Klawans Obverse type 3, reverse type 4. VF.

Next Theme: Counterfeits

 

Here are twinned Arcadius (AD 383-408) fakes. There were several more identical (except for recently applied surface cover) "coins" in the group.

Appears to be: Arcadius AE2 (20 mm) of Constantinople, with the famous "Hand of God" reaching down to crown Arcadius.
GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing holding standard and resting left hand on shield, captive below to left.
RIC Constantinople 53a.

Next theme: Aracadius

 

QUINTILLUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: IMP CM AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG , radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: MARTI PACIL, Mars walking left, holding olive branch, reversed spear and shield. X in left field
Struck at Rome, 270 AD
2.8g, 19mm
RIC V-1 Rome 25 corr
Llanedeyrn Hoard

CRISPUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. Crescent in left field. Mintmark PLN. Toone 194; Bourton-on-the-Water hoard 1464-1466
Struck at London 318 AD
3.2, 21mm
RIC VII 144
Bourton-on-the-Water Hoard

 

This came from the Quidenham Hoard. Cr. 321/1 denarius:



The PAS report is here - https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/634521
It's coin number 6.

ATB,
Aidan.

 

New Theme: Coins struck in Britannia

 

Hey participants, remember the idea of the game. Find a coin that fits the current theme and select a new theme related to that same coin.

 

go fish....here is a fish/ I am going to get killed for this.

 

There are plenty of British ancients. My favorites are the issues of Carausius but the London mint remained active for years afterward. This one is in the name of Maximianus.


Coins issued by a ruler in the name of an opponent.

 

AE follis, issued in the name of Constantius Caesar by Domitius Domitianus, c. 296/7.

Next theme: baby face!

 

OK/ AV Dinara ND struck circa 300AD Peshawar Mint
Kushano-Sasanian Empire Ardashir I
in name/ style of Vasu Deva II AV Dinara
ex: Adam's Coll. ANS plate con