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Here's a thumbnail, if you're interested in seeing the possibly ugliest Athena ever posted on CT...


Next: another animal that really shouldn't have wings, but that has it anyway

 

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I don't think this was supposed to happen...




Diobol AR
10 mm., 1,04 g.
Klazomenai, Ionia, AR diobol. 499-494 BC. Forepart of winged boar right / Quatripartite incuse square. BMC 14; SNG von Aulock 1983; SNG Copenhagen 6-8; Sear 3503.

Next - another fantasy animal

 

Attica, Athens. Double-bodied owl Æ12
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: Α - Θ - Ε. Double-bodied owl standing facing.
340-322 BC.

Next: Athens with no owl

 

Next: Boeotian shield

 

Yeah, shields!


Next: more shields, but not Macedonian. (Sorry Ryro! )

 

Just for that...

Next: Macedonian shield

 

I should have known better...

 

Next: Macedonian helmet

 

Next: scary looking armor

 

12 hour bump. (And gives me an excuse to post.)
This is why you need some good armor (and if it's scary-looking, so much the better!)



(Hopefully this isn't breaking the rules too much.)

Next, what @Ryro said: Coin with scary or intimidating armor!

 

This trophy made of armor is designed to intimidate the enemy, sending the message of, "Don't mess with us or you'll end up like these two saps."



Next: Another trophy/tropaion.

 

Next..Same theme, different Emperor.

 

next: Geta denarius

 

Geta, Denarius - Rome mint, AD 201
P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right, seen from behind
PR INC IVVENT, Geta, as prince of youth, standing left, holding branch and spear
3.27 gr,
Ref : RIC #15b, RCV #7194, Cohen #159

Next : Prince of youth

Q

 

Next: denarius Philip junior

 

Wow, that will be tough !
Looking forward to seeing it

Q

 

OK, I will settle for an Antoninianus

 

Next....Pax seated.

 

Tiberius AR Denarius, 18-35 AD, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint, “Tribute Penny.” Obv. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS, Laureate head right/ Rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia [Tiberius’s mother], as Pax, holding long sceptre & olive branch, seated right on throne with ornate legs, her feet resting on low footstool, single line below. RIC I 30, RSC II 16a, Sear RCV I 1763, Giard Lyon, group 4, 150 [Jean Baptist Giard, Le Monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon (Wetteren, 1983)] [see https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute penny]. 19 mm., 3.82 g. Toned Very Fine. Ex. Tom Cederlind Sale 86 (1989), 305; Ex. JMB collection; Ex. Kirk Davis, Cat # 72, Fall 2018, Lot 80.


Next, another Imperial coin of Tiberius that isn't a Tribute Penny.

 

Under the patina/corrosion, there's a nearly flat Tiberius sestertius.

Obv.: [CIVITATIBVS ASIAE RESTITVTIS] - Tiberius seated left on throne, holding patera and sceptre
Rev.: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST PM TR POT XXIIII - Large S C - NCAPR counterstamp
Mint: Rome (22-23 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 24.77g / 34mm / 0h
References:

• RIC 48

Acquisition: Artemide Aste Online Auction Antike Munzen E2 #130 14-Oct-2015
Notes: Nov 28, 15 - Worn flat, counterstamped in the reign of Nero or Nerva.
NCAPR = Nero Caesar Augustus Probavit or Nerva Caesar Augustus Probavit



Next - an Imperial bronze