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17 mm. 3.94 grams. Crawford dates it to 113/112.
Bust of Roma left with spear and shield, crescent above, ROMA behind/voting scene, a view of the interior of the comitium with a voter stooping to receive a ballot on the left and another voter casting his vote into a ballot box after walking across a bridge. P NERVA above. Moneyer: P. Licinius Nerva, Praetor of 103 BC.
The historical connection between any "Nerva" and voting is tenuous. BMC is able to find voting reforms in 145 BC and 139 BC, but is unable to connect them to any Nerva. The coins are smaller and thicker than most, resembling in fabric those of M. Cipius M.f., so they are presumably close together in date.
Nerva is not a common family name this early, so the attested Praetor of 103 BC is likely the same man. Praetor is a much higher rank than moneyer in the cursus honorum, so projecting backward in his career, the coin is likely to be on the order of ten years earlier.
Crawford 292/1. Sear 169.

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Sestertius of Hadrian Rv. Lictor setting fire to tax records 3 people no doubt representing a much larger group cheering him on. Somehow appropriate for this time of year : ( Next coin Vespasian

 

Vespasian- Silver Denarius. Reverse : Priest Implements. Next:Greek usurper.

 

Alexander II Zabinas AR Tetradrachm (128 B.C. - 122 B.C.). Antioch mint.
Obverse: Diademed head of Zabinas right
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOV , Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; monogram to outer left, Σ below throne.
16.12g; 28mm.

Next: A coin from Roman Syria during the Republican times.

 

ROMAN REPUBLIC
Aulus Gabinius, Legatus Syriae
AE20. 7.29g, 20mm. SYRIA, Nysa-Scythopolis mint, 57-55 BC. Barkay 1; RPC I 4826; HGC 10, 384. O: Wreathed head of Gabinius right; [GA to left]. R: ΓABINIC OIEN NYΣH (of the People of Gabinian Nysa), Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm.
Ex Korwin Collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 307 (24 July 2013), lot 205
Aulus Gabinius was proconsular governor of Syria when given 10,000 silver talents by Ptolemy XII to invade Egypt and restore him to the throne. Gabinius would later be brought to trial in Rome for this act.

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Hmmm... this is dubious in my book... The Republic died in 121 BCE when the last Gracchi brother was killed / commited suicide. However, the "Imperial Rome" started when Octavian was named Augustus... so, here is an Imperatorial Denarius from the Republican period minted in Syria:


RImp Antony-Octavian AR Denarius 41 BCE 3.65g 18.7mm Military mint Syria star Craw 528-2a Sear 1507

Next Up: Brutus
[EDIT] ooops! @zumbly beat me to it! Next up: Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra’s dad

 

Man, you are very good in historical knowledge I was just about to post my Brutus/ better wait for Cleo's Dad....

 

Thank you, John. I am not an Historian, nor does my Career even remotely be academic. I just enjoy Ancient History, and what motivated Humans.

LOL, nope, no blue-blooded, in-bred, father of Cleopatra!

 

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.97 g). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 17 (65/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LIZ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1864; SNG Copenhagen 388.

Next: Any coin dated year 17.

 

ANTONINUS PIUS
AE Drachm. 21.28g, 32.3mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 17 (AD 153-154). RPC 14929 (this coin cited). Dattari-Savio Pl. 141, 2763 (this coin). O: Laureate head right. R: Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which issues Genius holding wreath; to left, a domed Nilometer inscribed Iς (for 16 cubits), in front of which stands a Genius; L-IZ (date) in field.

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Coin in reference book


Campania
AE
Apollo-Achelous
275-250BCE
SNG ANS 474
4 known
Ex: My random capture in an auction...

@Nicholas Molinari 15-June-2016 stated: "Your ... coin is a plate coin in Potamikon, number 343 in our catalog so Sambon 663; Taliercio IIIa.16; MSP I, 343, featuring Acheloios Sebethos as a man-faced bull. Taliercio cited three examples of this type, so yours is the fourth known of that particular variety."


Next up: Coin of Samnium

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OK...

 

Forgot....
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Fatimid Caliphate coin from Misr Mint (Cairo)

 

Seleukos I Tetradrachm Susa Next coin Agathokles

 

Ooops I made an error Sorry about that. Terence

 

A real beauty.

 

Agathokles
from Syracuse on Sicily Ae-20mm 295-289 BCE. Av. head of Herakles right
Rv. Lion walking right, above club quality is very fine with a redish-brown patina, weight is 6,61gr.
SNG ANS 737
Next up red patina

 

Constantine I
Siscia mint
321 to 324 AD
AE 3
Obvs: CONSTANTINVS AVG, Laur right.
Revs: DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVD, around wreath enclosing VOT XX. ЄSIS
19mm, 3.5g
RIC VII 180

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