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This fellow (Roma) has a cool helmet (bottom right)


However, is was certainly the pediment that I wanted from this coin.

Roman Imperial, Maxentius, BI Nummus, Aquileia, AD 307
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right
Rev: CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left on shield within tetrastyle temple, handing globe to Maxentius and holding sceptre; seated captive between, Victories as acroteria, wolf and twins in pediment, AQS in exergue
Ref: RIC VI 113

acroteria : architectural roof sculptures (in this case the two victories with wreaths) above the pediment : triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.

Not sure my helmet was cool - but that Roma that @DonnaML shared already took the show.

Next: a pediment

 

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There is an eagle in this nifty little pediment.

Pamphylia, Perge
AE16, Perge mint, struck ca. 50-30 BC
Dia.: 16.6 mm
Wt.: 3.9 g
Obv.: Cult statue of Artemis Pergaea facing within distyle temple, facing eagle in pediment
Rev.: ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΣ ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑΣ, Bow and quiver
Ref.: SNG France 373-8
Ex Savoca Coins 111th Blue Auction (August 2021)


Next: Your favorite coin showing Artemis / Diana

 

Next: coin from an area you specialize in

 

A denarius of Lucius Cornelius Sulla:




Next: cornucopiae

 

Kashmir rajas.......
Sankaravarman 883-902 AD (Utpala dynasty)
Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 18.5mm (6.15gr)
Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend 'Samkara' to right
Reverse- King standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident, with Nagari legend 'Varma' bottom right


Next...Carry on with specialized collections

Edit...I'm too late...
Cornucopiae

 

Valerian I AR Antoninianus.Rome AD 255-256 ...2.93g
Obverse..IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped bust right
Reverse..FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and cornucopiae.
RIC 87, Cohen 55; Sear 9936.


Next... Caduceus..

 

Next: coin from area you specialize in

 

MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: CHORTIS SPECVLATORVM, three legionary standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.52g, 18.mm
Cr544/12; Syd 1214
ex. Marti Classical Numismatics

Next: Another MA Legionary coin

 

LEG XX


Next, a coin depicting Legio V Macedonica (existed from 43 BC to 637 AD).

 

Septimius Severus 193AD LEG V MAC


Next: a type you sincerely believe has not been shown in the preceding 11639 posts

 

Perhaps this Tiberius...RIC 61 temple of Concordia

 

Cool! Next theme?

 

Same theme I suppose,

Arabia, Rabbathmoba, Septimius Severus. On the reverse PABBAΘMU-[BHNUN], cult-statue of Arsa/Ares on platform.
The Moabite city of Rabbath Moab (The citadel of Moab), Rabbathmoba in Greek, worshiped a local god called Arsa (probably the Arab god Arsu) assimilated with the Greek Ares. The city was renamed Arsapolis, Areopolis in the 4th c. AD.
It is now a small town called Rabba on the Kings Highway in Jordan, just south of the Wadi Hesa canyon.

Next : a Syrian, Mesopotamian or Arab baetyl

 

A very self-satisfied looking Baetyl enjoying a jaunt through Rome in a quadriga.

Next: Another Baetyl NOT on the coinage of Elagabalus.

 

Seleucia Pieria, Trajan, Baetyl of Zeus Kasios under a canopy supported by four columns.

Next : another baetyl

 

Is an Omphalos also a baetyl ?



next: Asklepios

 

Severus Alexander. Ae 22. Parion. 218 - 222 A.D.
Obv: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander right.
Rev: DEO AE ƧVB, Asklepios seated right on throne, treating an injured bull standing left before him, C G H I P in exergue.
RPC Online VI temp 3871

Next: more Asklepios

 

Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.
Roman provincial Æ 17.1 mm, 3.04 g, 7 h.
Lydia, Dioshieron, Magistrate L. Iouli. Mithres (Grammateus), AD 147- c. 149.
Obv: ΦAVCTЄINA CЄBACTH, bare-headed and draped bust right, hair in a top-knot and looped ponytail.
Rev: ЄΠI MIΘPOV ΔIOCIЄPЄITΩN, Asklepios standing facing, holding serpent-entwined staff.
Refs: RPC IV.2, 1236 (temp); BMC 22.76, 12; SNG Cop 116; SNG Turkey 240-41; Waddington 4963.
Notes: Double-die match to Paris specimen (BNF) and Ashmolean specimen.

Next: Another one from somewhere in Lydia.

 

Lydia, Mostene. Autonomous AE21. 69-96.
Obv: MOCTHNH, turreted, draped bust of Tyche right.
Rev: ΛYΔ KAICAΡEIA, Demeter, veiled, standing left, holding poppy, upright corn-ears and sceptre.

Next: Another from Lydia.

 

Lydia, Tralleis/Tralles, AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 78/77 BCE, Magistrate ΠTOΛ (Ptol-). Obv. Cista mystica with lid ajar and serpent emerging; all within ivy wreath / Rev. Bowcase (gorytos) with two serpents (one to left and one to right, heads at top); H [= date = Year 8 = 78/77 BCE, based on Year 1 of the Sullan era being 85/84 BCE*] over ΠTOΛ [PTOL] above, between serpents’ heads, TPAΛ [TRAL] in left field; to right, Dionysos in short chiton standing facing, head left, holding thyrsos in right hand and mask of Silenos in left hand. SNG Copenhagen 662-663 var. [different year] [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 28, Lydia Part 2 (Copenhagen 1947)]; BMC 22 Lydia 46-48 (p. 333) var. [different years] [Head, B.V., A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 22, Lydia (London, 1901); SNG von Aulock 3262-3264 var. [different year] [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin, 1962)]; Pinder 159 [same year -- “H”]; see also id. 157-158 [different years] [Pinder, M., Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der Römischen Provinz Asien (Berlin, 1856) at pp. 565-566]. 24 mm., 12.64 g. [probably = 3 drachms, not 4], 1 h. Ex: CNG Auction 225 (13 Jan. 2010), Lot 144. [Footnote re dating of series omitted]



Next: another cista mystica.