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Just got this Caracalla:
AE 18
Phoenicia, Berytos, 211 – 217 AD
12.10 g
BMC (Greek, Phoenicia p. 73, Phoenicia, PL. X, No. 7) 143;

IMP M AVRELIAN AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
COL (IUL ANT) AVG F(E) tetrastyle temple, figure of Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, being crowned by Nike standing left on column. In pediment pellets; Stairway leading up to the temple, BE / R

Picture courtesy HJB:

 

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@cmezner what's next?

 

My bad, sorry I thought we were still with Caracalla.

Next: An Augustus from Berytus

 

It seems that we are stuck; so here is an Augustus from Berytus:

Æ18, Phoenicia, Berytus. Struck under Trajan, 99 - 102 AD
6.956 g

RPC III 3836; BMC p.60,58-60; Sawaya 620; Rouvier 497-502
Ob.: DIVOS • AVGUSTVS Bare head of Augustus to r.
Rev.: COL V / BER - VIII (Colonia Beryti legio quinta macedonia legio octava augusta) two legion standard each surmounted by eagle (aquila) and two signa



Next: any coin with Hannibal? (I don't have one but would love to see one)

 

I don't think there are any ancient coins with the name and/or effigy of Hannibal. In the 3rd c. BC portraits on coins could only be gods or kings. Hannibal was not a god or a king.

 

what a dream coin! - thank you so much for sharing these pictures of an absolutely perfect coin and for getting us unstuck

 

Q. CAECILIUS METELLUS PIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CAECILIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Diademed head of Pietas right; stork standing right before
REVERSE: Q C M P I beneath elephant walking left w/bell hanging from neck
Northern Italy, 79 BC-77 BC
3.75g; 18mm
Caecilia 43; Crawford 374/1; Syd 750; Sear 301

Next: Stork or other large avian

 

Kind of hard to see, but it's there!



Next: another (non-mythical) sea creature

 

Tuna-fish
Tuna-fish on a semis of Gades (Cadiz, Spain), 100-20 BC
I don't remember right now what the neo-Punic legend means

next : more fish !

 

THRACE, ABDERA
Tetrobol
OBVERSE: Griffin springing left
REVERSE: Magistrate's name around linear border, within which head of Hermes l., caduceus before; all in incuse square
Struck at Abdera 411-385 BC
2.780g, 15mm
May 279

Next: Any coin with any magistrate's name

 

Here is something a little unusual. This is a silver medal issued for the University of France around 1850, featuring Athena and Scylla on the obverse.

France, silver medal University of France 19th, by Alphée Dubois (1831–1905).
27.9 grams



Next: Another non-ancient coin or medal with an ancient theme.

 

In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres".

Obverse

Head of Ceres facing left, date left, cornucopia right, designer below

Reverse

Crowned oak branch dividing value. Legend in Dutch below.
NEXT: Any deity on a 3rd Century CE bronze

 

The Dea Syria

Hierapolis (Mambij, Syria), Philip I or II, AE 30 mm
Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip r., seen from rear
Rev.: ΘЄΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙЄΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ; Atargatis seated on lion walking r., holding sceptre in r. hand

next : an Egyptian deity

 

Carus (282- 285 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Potin Tetradrachm
O: A K MA KAΡOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: Dikaiosyne standing left holding scales and cornucopiae, LA to left.
20mm
6.99g
Sear RCV (2005) 12197; Milne 4660.

Next: Galerius

 

Got it at the ANA 2022 show from HJB pick-bin. The coin is somehow cup-shaped

Æ Radiate Fraction
First Tetrarchy
16.5 x 15.4 mm, 3.577 g
Mysia, Cyzicus 295-299 AD struck under the authority of Diocletian
RIC VI Cyzicus 19B;

Ob.: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Galerius to r
Rv.: CONCORDIA MILITVM emperor standing in military dress at left, facing r., receiving victory from Jupiter, holding sceptre. K and officina letter A in lower center.



Next: Maxentius