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CILICIA. Soloi (ca 1st century BC) AE19
Obv: Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane.
Rev: ΣΟΛΕΩΝ - Double cornucopia; to left, Є above Θ.
Ziegler -; SNG BN 1209-10 var. (controls); SNG Levante 865 var. (same)
5,68 g, 19 mm

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Spain, Kelse-Celsa. Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AE Unit (10.98 gm, 28mm). Velilla de Ebro (Zaragoza) mint.
Obv.: IMP. CAESAR. DIVI. F. AVGVSTVS. COS. XII, laureate head right.
Rev.: CN. DOMIT. C. POMPEI. II. VIR. C. V I. CEL, bull standing right. Abh. 811. VF.

Not sure if @Andres2 was being specific with the name ie Octavian post 26BC ?
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Next: OB CIVIS SERVATOS

 

I've got 77a:



Next: more OB CIVIS SERVATOS

 

AUGUSTUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: CAESAR AVGVSTVS - Bare head right
REVERSE: OB/CIVIS/ SERVATOS - Legend in three lines within oak-wreath, ties inward
Colonia Patricia mint 19 BC
3.3g, 17mm
RIC 77A, C208

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Next: late Republic

 

I think anything post-49 BCE qualifies as "Late Republic," what with that river being crossed and all. So, this:

Roman Republic, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, 47/46 BCE, N. Africa, Utica (provincial capital 30 mi. NW of site of Carthage) or mobile military mint traveling with Scipio’s camp [see Sear Imperatorial (CRI), infra at p. 34]. Obv. Laureate head of Jupiter right, Q. METEL around to right, PIVS in exergue (PI ligate)/ Rev. African elephant walking right, SCIPIO above, IMP in exergue. Crawford 459/1, Sear Imperatorial (CRI) 45 (pp. 33-34) [David Sear, The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators 49-27 BC (1998)], RSC I Caecilia [Babelon] 47 (ill. p. 21), Sear RCV I 1379 (ill. p. 262), RBW Collection 1601 (ill. p. 337), BMCRR Africa 1, Claire Rowan, From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC - AD 14), Using Coins as Sources (Cambridge 2019) at pp. 44-45 & Fig. 2.22. 19.5 mm., 3.78 g. Purchased from Germania Inferior Numismatics, Netherlands, Dec. 2021.*



*Issued by Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (ca. 95-46 BCE), a great-great-great-grandson of Scipio Africanus [see Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Pius_Scipio], and also a member of the Caecilii Metelli family by testamentary adoption [id.]. He issued this coin as the commander-in-chief of the remaining Pompeian forces in North Africa after Pompey’s defeat at Pharsalus and subsequent assassination, leading up to their defeat by Caesar at the Battle of Thapsus (in present-day Tunisia) on 6 Feb. 46 BCE. [Remainder of footnote omitted.]

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Roman Republic. L. Scipio Asiagenus. 106 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 3.72g, 1h). Rome mint. Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter left; •/M below chin. Rev: Jupiter driving quadriga right, holding thunderbolt, scepter, and reins; L•SCIP•ASIAG in exergue. Ref: Crawford 311/1b; Sydenham 576a; Cornelia 24c; RBW –. Good Very Fine, light iridescent toning. Ex Coin Galleries, 28 Jun 1969. Ex Herakles Numismatics, Feb 2022.

Next: Another Jupiter.

 

ANONYMOUS
Æ Semis
OBVERSE: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind
REVERSE: Prow right; dolphin before, ROMA below
Rome mint, 88BC
4.33g, 21mm
BMCRR II, p. 589, 10
Gifted by Ryro

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This was a Secret Saturnalia gift a few years back. It's a favorite.


Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.
Roman AR denarius, 3.26g, 17.2 mm, 5 h.
Rome, AD 161.
Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right, with drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, ustrinum of four tiers decorated with garlands and statues and surmounted by a quadriga.
Refs: RIC 438; BMCRE 60-64; RSC 164a; RCV 5193; MIR 24.
Notes: Also struck with a right-facing bare head (no drapery) portrait.

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My Saturnalia gift ...Still don't know from whom, but again thanks...
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Gordian III, AD 238-244.
AR Tetradrachm, 28mm, 13.7g, 6h, struck AD 238-240.
Obv..Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev..Eagle standing facing with spread wings, head turned to left, holding wreath in beak. //SC
McAlee 862.....Prieur 279.

Same theme...

 

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Alexandria, Egypt. Salonina Tetradrachm
KOΡNHΛIA CAΛΩNEINA CEB, draped bust right / Elpis (Spes) standing left holding flower and hem of skirt, palm before, LIΔ behind. Year 14 = 266-267 AD.

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Next: an imperfect flan

 

Didn’t specify if the imperfections had to be unintentional



next: Greek Tetradrachm

 

Macedon, Alexander III, AR tetradrachm, Susa Mint, 336-323 BC.

A late lifetime or early posthumous issue.



Next: The tetradrachm whose reverse has the bird referred to in Aristophanes' play, The Birds, in which one character remarks how pointless it is bringing more to Athens.

 

Next: more birds to carry to Athens. New style perhaps?

 

New style owl...


Next: A helmet with a design showing an animal or part of an animal (i.e. this coin shows Pegasus on Athena’s helmet).