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RR Aes Grave Semis. 145gm



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72.11 grams - this coin also from Ptolemy IV is a little bigger than a Sicilian litra:


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Neron (13/10/54- 09/06/68) et Poppée
Tétradrachme de l'atelier d'Alexandrie, AD 63-64
ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΤΕΡ ΑΥ, Buste radié à droite
ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣTH, Buste drapé de Poppée à droite, LI dans le champ à droite (10° année de règne)
12.3 gr
Ref : Emmett # 128/10 (R1), Kampmann #14.78, RCV # 2002 v,

Next : either Nero or Poppaea (or both)

Q

 

Nero as with ARA PACIS reverse,

next. coin with altar...

 

Next: Nero denarius

 

too late
coin with altar as octavius asked:

next: Nero denarius

 

You didn't specify which Nero, so:

Roman Republic, Ti. Claudius Ti.f. Ap.n. Nero [Tiberius Claudius Nero, son of Tiberius and grandson of Appius], AR Serrate Denarius, 78 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Diana right with hair in topknot, bow and quiver over shoulder, figure of stag’s head at end of bow (horns to left), S • C [Senatus Consulto] before / Rev. Winged Victory driving galloping biga right, with horses’ heads straining forward, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond and reins in left hand, control number CXXXIIII beneath horses; in exergue, TI•CLAVD•TI•F [VD ligate] / [A]P•N [AP ligate] in two lines. Crawford 383/1, RSC Claudia 5, Sear RCV I 310 (ill.), Sydenham 770, BMCRR 3096-3113 [Control number CXXXIIII not included], Harlan, RRM I Ch. 8, pp. 36-39 [Harlan, Michael, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE (2012)]. 18 mm., 4.01 g., 6 h.*



*The moneyer belonged to the patrician Nerones branch of the Claudii, and was the paternal grandfather of the Emperor Tiberius. Harlan, supra at p. 36. See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Claudius_Nero_(grandfather_of_Tiberius_Caesar).

Next, Diana.

 

Aren't we on "altar"??

 

@Andres2 already corrected his "too late" post by posting a coin with an altar, and then asked for a Nero denarius. See https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-‘em-if-you-got-‘em.300099/page-612#post-8261751 .

 

Next up: pretty countermark

 

I find this countermark impressive, and quite pretty.


However nobody has an idea what could it be (tripod? I see an antelope with a dolphin between horns but this doesn't make sense)


Next - another countermark you have no idea what it is (preferably not because of the wear)

 

Hi All,

Possibly a Seleucid anchor on the obverse?



Additional References: Sv-0163, pl vi, 18 [9 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-0043 (royal title off flan).

For a related coin in my collection see CT post-7565846

Next: Another countermark you have no idea what it is (preferably not because of the wear)

- Broucheion

 

Next: Dionysos

 

LLYRIA, Dyrrhachion. Circa 250-200 BC. AR Drachm Meniskos and Dionysios, magistrates. Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; above, raven standing right above MENIΣΚΟΣ / Double stellate pattern; ΔYP-ΔΙ[Ο-ΝΥ-ΣΟΥ] around; all within linear circle border. Ceka –; Maier 201; SNG Copenhagen 467.


But to post a coin like Ryro wanted

CILICIA, Nagidos(ca 400-380 BC) AR Obol
Head of Aphrodite facing slightly right; [N] to left
Rev: Wreathed head of young Dionysos facing slightly left; [N] to left.
Göktürk 2; SNG France –; SNG Levante 6.
0,56 g, 11 mm

Next - another coin with a person having a name that can be confusing

 

The always confusing relative of Julius Caesar. L Julius Caesar:

Next up: another key figure in the social war

 

Here's a coin issued by Quintus Pompeius Rufus featuring his grandfathers, Sulla (maternal) and an earlier Q. Pompeius Rufus (paternal), both of whom were consuls in 88 BC. Unfortunately corroded and scratched, but a rare enough coin.

Moneyer: Q. Pompeius Rufus
Obv.: SVLLA . COS - Head of Sulla right
Rev.: RVFVS COS / Q POM RVFI - Head of Q. Pompeius Rugus right
Mint: Rome (54 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.23g / 18mm / -
References:

• RSC 4 (Pompeia)
• Sydenham 908
• Crawford 434/1

Acquisition: Lucernae Numismatics Online auction QVARTA IV #213 5-Dec-2021
Notes: Dec 28, 21 - Previously slabbed by NGC Ancients.
3763178-006



Next - another coin rescued from a slab.

 

Imprisoned:



Free!



Next: more slab-cracking!

 

I was beginning to think that no one was willing to confess to a jail-break. Here's a coin that might have been better not to set free: - a coin of Elagabalus that was labeled as Caracalla - you would think the head-gear was easy to recognize. (Krengel, E. “Das sogenannte “Horn” des Elagabal – Die Spitze eines Steierpenis”, Jahrbuch fur Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 47 (1997))

Elagabalus (218-222), AR Denarius, Rome, AD 221
Obv: IMP ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, cuirassed and draped bust right
Rev: P M TR P IIII COS - III P P, emperor standing left, sacrificing out of patera over altar and holding branch on left, star above patera on his right, two standards on his left

Next: a coin that you purchased mis-attributed

 

Described as Theodosius II by Zeus auction
no big deal, at 6 GBP.




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