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North Africa, he said...



Geta as Caesar, AE as, Rome mint
Obv.: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, draped bust right
Rev.: DI PATRII, Liber Pater holding thyrsus, panther at feet, standing right, facing Hercules resting on club and holding lion-skin, standing left. Exergue S C.

The association of Hercules and Liber Pater was the interpretatio Romana of the association of the Punic gods Melqart (Hercules) and Shadrafa (Liber Pater) worshipped at Leptis Magna, Africa. This is why they are called on this Roman coin the "Di patrii", the gods of his fathers: this branch of the Septimia family was from Leptis Magna, where Geta's father Septimius Severus was born.

Next : an as from the Rome mint.

 

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AS, Rome mint
Antoninus Pius. Æ. As. TIBERIS. 140-143 AD
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP, laureate head right / T R POT COS III, Tiber reclining left with elbow on rock, holding reed, arm resting on boat, TIBERIS SC below.
8.95g 25mm. scarce.
C-822. Cohen 824, RIC. 706 a-S.
Tiberinus is a figure in Roman mythology. He was the god of the Tiber River. He was added to the 3,000 rivers as the genius of the Tiber
NEXT: 2nd century RR

 

Not sure if that's asking for a 2nd Century BCE Roman Republican?
Or a 2nd century CE Roman Imperial?

If Republican, here's a Q Caecilius Metellus AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.91 g, 1h), 130 BCE, ex Frederick Hastings Rindge (1857–1905) Collection (Malter XXIX, 22 Mar 1985, lot 284), formerly on loan to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in the 1890s:


If the latter, here's a Lucius Verus Sestertius with "Victory over Armenia" in a posture of mourning, struck c. 164 CE:

NEXT:

First Century
(your choice which)​

 

Sorry, I meant Republican. You covered the reply absolutely fine.

 

ANTONIUS FELIX AE Prutah. Roman Procurator of Judaea under Claudius. AD 54.
Obverse: NЄP(Ѡ) KΛAY KAICAP. Two oblong shields crossed, two crossed spears behind.
Reverse: Palm tree with dot and star and with L ΙΔ in field under branches either side of tree; BPIT above, K AI either side of tree across bottom.
Issue struck in the name of Nero Claudius Caesar and Britannicus.
RPC-4971, Sofaer 59-61. Jerusalem mint, RY 14 = 54 AD. 2,49 g - 17 mm
Volume: RPC I №: 4971
Reign: Claudius Persons: Britannicus (Caesar)
City: Jerusalem Region: Judaea Province: Judaea
Denomination: Æ Average weight: 2.41 g. Issue: Year 14 (AD 54)
Obverse: ΒΡΙΤ ΚΑΙ, LΙΔ (in field); palm tree
Reverse: ΝƐΡW ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; two crossed spears and shields
Reference: Meshorer 29 Specimens: 12
Not too much known about Britannicus, son of Claudius. He was named after his Father´s exploits in Britain around 50 AD. The sudden death of Britannicus shortly before his fourteenth birthday is reported by all extant sources as being the result of poisoning on Nero's orders; as Claudius' biological son, he represented a threat to Nero's claim to the throne.

NEXT: Claudius

 

Claudius in his second year of reign:

Roman Provincial, Claudius II Gothicus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Year 2 = AD 269/70
Obv: AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Bust of Hermanubis right, wearing calathus; winged caduceus surmounted by palm branch before; LB (date) to left
Ref: Emmett 3883; Dattari (Savio) 5392-3

Next: more Claudius

 

Whoa, nice Claudius II Tetradrachm! I've got a bunch of his Year 2 Tetradrachm types, but haven't added that one yet. I feel like I recognize it...

Here's one of mine (I've posted it in another thread):

Egypt, Alexandria. Claudius Gothicus Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 10.91g, 11h), 269/270.
Obv: AVT K KΛAV-ΔIOC CEB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Claudius Gothicus to right, seen from the rear.
Rev: Homonoia standing to left, right arm raised, holding double cornucopiae in left; in field left, L B (= year 2).
Ref: Kellner, Alexandria p. 51 & p. 140 pl. 11 (this coin illustrated); Dattari 5397; Geissen 3040.
Prov: AK Collection, Triton XXVI (10-11 Jan 2023), 813.19 (part, F19 of 25);
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 1969.

Highlighted here with 3 of my other Claudius II Year 2 Tetradrachms published in Kellner:

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NEXT:

Another TETRADRACHM

any metal, any ancient culture​

 

One of my few examples

HELMETED ATHENA FACING RIGHT
OWL STANDING RIGHT WITH OLIVE SPRIG IN INCUSE SQUARE SEAR 2526
Ex-Dix,Noonan , Webb.

Next more Tetradrachm

 

MACEDON, Roman Republican period. Aesillas. Quaestor, circa 95-70 BC. AR Tetradrachm Uncertain mint.
Obv: Head of the deified Alexander the Great right; Θ to left
Rev: Money chest, club, and chair; all within wreath.

Next: more Tetradrachm

 

Another Macedonian Tetradrachm from the Roman Republican period:

NEXT:

Can we get another Artemis?
any period any denomination any metal​

 

New theme,
Still a tetradrachm,


Next- a coin that took too much effort to attribute.

 

This one qualifies - it is not Augustus and not a dog standing on a crocodile.

https://www.sullacoins.com/post/lais-of-corinth

Next: a coin with a good story

 

"Rises from the dead...."



Carausius (287 - 293 A.D.)
Æ Antoninianus
O: IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and sceptre; S in left field; P in right field.
Camulodunum(?) Mint
4.53g
23mm
RIC 475

Next: Favorite AE

 

All right, good to see the game back on!
I've already posted two of my favorite AEs in this thread (#13825 & #11954)....

But not this one! My newest (tied for) favorite Bronze...

Vespasian Æ Dupondius (27mm, 13.45 g, 6h), Rome mint, 71 CE.
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III. Radiate head right.
Rev: CONCOR AVG S C. Concordia seated left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding cornucopiae.
Ref: RIC II.1 (2nd Ed.) 263 (this coin ill. from plater cast at Oxford); also the Wildwinds "plate coin" (for RIC 263).
Prov: HJB BBS 225 (30 Nov 2023), 23 [acq. 2 Oct 2023], Curtis Clay Collection, with his tray tags; CNG EA 169 (25 Jul 2007), 203, J.S. Wagner Collection, w/ tray tag; Glendining "Catalogue of the important collection..." (16 Nov 1950), Lot 1198 (part), Henry Platt Hall (1863-1949) Collection, part II (HJB: "whence plaster cast in Oxford; illustrated in RIC from that cast").

Screenshots from Harlan Berk's video and from my video:
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NEXT:
A Favorite Portrait
(doesn't have to be the favorite, just a favorite)​

 

Vespasian (69 - 79 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head right.
R: VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing right, holding palm and crowning standard with wreath.
Rome Mint (72-73 A.D.)
3.45g
19mm
RIC 362 (C2), BMCRE 74, RSC 618

Favorite Reverse

 

favorite reverse
Duci di Piacenza
AV Quadrupla 1626
Piacenza Mint
Odonardo I Duke of Parma/ Piacenza

 

Are we still on "favorite reverse"?

The reverse of this Republican Quinarius (101 BCE) is the first depiction of a bound captive and trophy together on any coin (or any artwork at all, for that matter). Took me several years to find just the right one:

C. Fundanius AR Quinarius (14mm, 1.67g), Rome, 101 BCE.
Obv: Head of Jupiter laureate, right. Control mark, left: R (?).
Rev: C•FVNDA. Victory crowning trophy, to which is bound a kneeling captive (King Teutobodus?). Q below.
Ref: Crawford 326/2; CRRO.
Prov: Ex Sammlung R.L., formed over three generations, c 1890s-2010 (Jacquier 51, Lot 185 ).

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NEXT:
Another small silver coin

or, if you prefer numismatic German, eine Kleinsilbermünze​

 

I would have preferred eine Kleingoldmünze

 

I think EL counts! Being roughly half gold/half silver, I include little Electrum Hektes as part of my collections of both tiny Greek silver and ancient gold.

(Based on google-machine results, however, I'm sad to say that "Kleinelektronmünze" doesn't seem to have ever actually been used as a word, unlike Kleingoldmünze and Kleinsilbermünze. Being a particular fan of numismatic German, maybe I can make a project of popularizing that new term!)

 

GREAT
Here's my 1/96 Stater
4mm. 0.18g. obv: Griffin?
Next up: Griffin