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Nymph? I got three of 'em!


Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman provincial Æ triassarion, 7.77 g, 24.2 mm, 7 h.
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.
Obv: IOVΛIA ΔO-MNA CEB, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, three nymphs standing facing, wearing tunics over long, lightly billowing skirts and clasping hands, the two outer nymphs with heads turned inwards and each holding a jug in her free hand.
Refs: Varbanov 892 var (obv. legend); Staal 89.15 (plate 3, fig. 15, p. 157); BMC --; Moushmov --; SGI --; AMNG I (Pick) --; Lindgren --; Winsemann --.

Next up: Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior.

 

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Diadumenian, AE17 of Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior, Varbanov 1320

next: astronomy

 

NYMPH


Bruttium AE 18 Hemiobol 215-205 BC during 2nd Punic War, Nymph Terina Nike - Zeus O-R

NEXT: Vulcan

 

I can't really find the astronomical sign on this Nymph coin.
Here's one representing the Aries Sign. Mine is Virgo though.

 

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@Alegandron was too late with his nymph, so Vulcan didn't make it into the lineup. @7Calbrey continued the theme, but didn't name a new category.

So I will institute a new rule: if no new category is designated, the previous category designator gets to step in and do it.

OK, let's see who that would be... whoah, it's me!

Next category, based on 7Calbrey's coin, is a coin that is often advertised by dealers as being cool for some reason that is actually pretty doubtful. (In 7Calbrey's case, the coin is sometimes advertised as representing the star of Bethlehem.)

 

Often advertised as denarius depicting Vercingetorix, but alas there is no proof of this and may just be a generic Celt.

Next - 2 emperors on one coin.

 

Would this count? 2 x rulers?


Aurelian & Vaballathus Alexandrian tet

(if it counts, next: early Roman Republic AE)

 

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Roman Republican Period

167-165 B.C. Æ Unit. 22 mm. 9.43 grams. Obverse: Facing mask of Silenos with pointed ears, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: MAKE / ΔΟΝΩΝ in two lines within oak wreath.SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; MacKay pl. III, 10; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 25.Very Fine. Dark earthen patina.

Next up: Silenos

 

COMMODUS
Rare. AE Hemiassarion. 3.13g, 17.1mm. BITHYNIA, Nicaea, circa AD 177-192. RPC online 6024 (4 specimens). O: [ΑYΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ] ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤωΝ, laureate head right. R: ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Mask of Silenos in profile, back-section within a liknon (winnowing-fan).

Next: Nicaea

 

Here's a little assarion from Nicaea:


Julia Domna, AD 193-217.
Roman provincial Æ assarion, 1.80 g, 14.3 mm, 11 h.
Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 193-211.
Obv: ΙVΛΙΑ CЄBACTH, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, flaming altar.
Refs: Rec. Gen. 392; SNG Copenhagen --; BMC --; SNG von Aulock --; Mionnet suppl. 5 --; Wiczay --.

Next: Flaming altar

 

Here's a big ol' flaming altar...


CARACALLA
AE32. 17.31g, 32.3mm. PONTUS, Amasia, dated CY 208 (AD 206/7). SNG Cop 112; Dalaison 385. O: AV KAI M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: AΔΡ CEV ANT AMACEIAC MH NE ΠΡ ΠO, High altar (of Zeus Stratios) surmounted by smaller flaming altar; tree to left, ET CH (date) in exergue.

Next: 32mm or larger

 

46mm.


Next: hockey

 

... which was the national sport of ancient Illyria, apparently.


ILLYRIA, Apollonia
AR 1/2 Victoriatus (or Hemidrachm). 1.5g, 14.8mm. ILLYRIA, Apollonia, circa mid-late 1st century BC. Maier 121; BMC 44. O: AI-NEA, fires of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia. R: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATAN, l̶a̶g̶o̶b̶o̶l̶o̶n̶ hockey stick.

Next: Associated with a geographical feature of the region.

 

Caracalla Caesar Caesarea AR drachm (fully black), 197 AD, Mt Argaeus

Next: a coin showing a very young person who would later become powerful

 

Even when he was tiny he was mighty...


CALABRIA, Tarentum
Circa 275-212 BC
AR Diobol. 0.98g, 10mm. Vlasto 1460-1461; HN Italy 1068. O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with Skylla. R: Herakliskos Drakonopignon: the infant demigod Herakles strangling two snakes; ΦIN monogram to left, [ΛE (ligate)] in exergue.
Ex E.E. Clain Stefanelli Collection

Next: Tarentum

 

Tarentum, Calabria
AR Nomos
272-235 BC, period of Roman Occupation, Magistrate Aristokles.
Obv: Nude warrior on horseback right, holding large round shield on left arm and wielding spear downwards in right hand, two reserve spears to his left; ΔI behind, AΡI-ΣTO KΛ-HΣ in two lines below
Rev: TAΡAΣ, Taras, naked, seated left on dolphin, holding kantharos and trident, to right a female head left, hair tied in a knot behind
Ref: BMC 214

Next: Dolphin

 

Hispania, Carteia
AE Semis, Struck after 44 BC
Obverse: CARTEIA, Turreted head of city goddess right.
Reverse: DD, Neptune standing left, right leg raised resting on stones, holding dolphin and trident.
References: ACIP 2615; RPC I 122
Size: 21mm, 8.74g

Next: Colonia Caesaraugusta

 

Augustus, 27-14 AD. Struck at Caesaraugusta, Spain 8-1 BC.
27 mm. 12.53 grams.
Laureate head left, simpulum and lituus to left
priest plowing right, CAESARAVGVSTA above
IIVIR M PORCI CN FAD below
Sear Greek Imperial 10. RPC 314.

Next theme: priest plowing

 

TITUS
AE25. 13.3g, 24.5mm. PHOENICIA, Berytus, circa AD 79-81. Cf. Sawaya 511 (D87/R? [uncertain rev. die]); RPC II 2045. O: IMP T CAESAR AVG F, bare head left. R: COL IVL AVG, Founder plowing right with ox and cow.
Ex Stevex6 Collection, CNG E-sale 309 (21 Aug 2013) lot 175; Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection, CNG E-sale 126 (9 Dec 2005) lot 261

Next: Ex stevex6 Collection