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Ephesos.

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This is an owl that I gifted last year.



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A gift from Brian Buckland


LIVIA
AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: IVSTITIA, draped bust of Livia as Justitia right, wearing stephane
REVERSE: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST, around large SC
Restoration issue under Titus.
Rome, AD 80-81
9.9g, 27mm
Cohen 9, RIC II 424 (Titus), BMC 289 (Titus), Komnick 15
Modern stamp, 7 over 36 on obverse

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Next up: more Livia

 

Aureus of Tiberius with seated figure thought to be Livia.

next... Imperial bronze of Tiberius...

 

As of Tiberius, Lugdunum mint - RIC I (2nd ed.) Augustus 245

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This one is ex- @Bing!


Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14.
Roman Æ as, 8.41 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h.
Lugdunum, 10 BC - 6 BC.
Obv: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head, right.
Rev: ROM ET AVG, altar of Roma and Augustus, flanked by two columns, each surmounted by a statue of Victory.
Refs: RIC 230; BMCRE 549-556; Cohen 240; RCV 1690; CBN 1634.

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Segobriga (SPAIN)
ROMAN. Provincial.
Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD
Obv: Augustus Bare head right;
palm behind, dolphin before
Rev: Horseman galloping right.
Below SEGOBRIGA
Æ As. 11.03 grams,
Reference: Vives 135–3, NAH 886,
GMI 724,RPC I 470




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RI Augustus 27 BCE-14CE AE As or Semis Spain Celsa Mint 29mm 5.0g Laureate Augustus - Bull RPC271 Cut in ancient times to make change

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Next up: reverse that's identification is up for debate

 

Info:

Empire: Ancient Greece

Place: Miletos

Date: Late 6th Century BC

Denomination: AR Twelfth Stater

Weight: 1.22g

Obv (image on left). Lion protome facing left.

Rev (image on right). Debated

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It's a lion, but somehow mine looks more like a teddy bear:

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Next up: more ancients dribbling basketballs

 

Providentia dribbling. The picture was taken exactly at the moment when the ball touched the ground !


Hadrian
AR Denar, Rome Mint, AD 119-125
Obv.: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right
Rev.: P M TR P COS III PRO AVG, Providentia standing left holding sceptre, dribbling basketball
Ag, 3.32g, 18mm
Ref.: RIC 133a

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Here's Constans I holding the bowling ball on the obv, and trying to get his son to go bowling with him on the rev:

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archery



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Baseball!



Although my football team (Bengals) won last night!

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A capricorn playing either water polo or basketball, going in towards the goal or basket.



Julia Paula (first wife of Elagabalus), AE 21, 219-220 AD, Mysia, Parium [Parion in Greek]. Obv. Draped and diademed bust right, IVLIA P-AVLA AVG / Rev. Capricorn right, holding globe between hooves, cornucopia above, CGIHP [Colonia Gemella Ivlia Hadriana Pariana -- colony founded by Julius Caesar] below. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. VI, 3858 (temporary); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3858; Lindgren & Kovacs 289 [Lindgren, H.C. & Kovacs, F.L., Ancient Bronze Coins of Asia Minor and the Levant (San Mateo, CA 1985). 21 mm., 5.67 g., 10 h. (Purchased from VAuctions, Pars Coins, Sale 354, Lot 195, Nov. 16, 2020.)

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I think we will inevitably push into contentious disagreement about these coins and their sporting references. Nevertheless, I will share this example:


Thrace, Augusta Traiana, Caracalla (198-217)
Obv: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate bust right, with slight drapery.
Rev: AVΓOVCTHC TPAIANHC, Caracalla and Geta standing facing one another, both togate holding globe
Ref: Varbanov 1092 (unlisted variant, no globe), CN 9817 (same dies?)
Note: Could the globe be a die break? Possibly, I was not able to find a die match without the globe. Without more evidence, I will assume the globe is intentional. I remain skeptical of the idea that this coin shows Caracalla stealing the basketball from Geta. There are several captions that I can see associated with this coin - "Geta, hands off my world!" is one that comes to mind.

Next: more ancient sports

 

This coin has been nefariously described as the rape of the Sabines.
It's actually just ancient Rome's strongest men doing the log lift:




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