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Makedon king before him!?


Makedon Amyntas II 395-393 BCE Æ12 2.0g Aigai or Pella mint Hd Pan - Forepart wolf chewing bone SNG Alpha Bank 179-80 Very Rare

Next up: Numidia

 

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KINGS OF NUMIDIA, MICIPSA
AE27
OBVERSE: Laureate, bearded head left
REVERSE: Prancing horse left, pellet below
Struck at Numidia, 118 BC
14.4g, 27mm
SNG Cop 505; Mazard 50; Müller 32
Ex JAZ Numismatics

Next: Prancing horse

 

SICILY, Syracuse
AE Dilitron. 21.31g, 27mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 336 - 317 BC. Calciati 80; SNG Cop 725. O: [ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ], laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left. R: [ΣYPAKOΣIΩN], horse prancing left.

Next: another from Syracuse

 

Aes Grave , Triens. next... a pig.

 

PIG


Iberia - Castulo AE14 Quarter Unit Bust - BOAR w-star 2nd C BCE

Next up: FLYING Pig

 

I've always thought these guys fur made it look like they are being electrocuted!


Arpi , Apulia
3rd Century BCE.Obv. Laureate head of Zeus left, to left, ΔAΞOY.Rev. Boar right, spear above, APΠIANΩN below.SNG ANS 635; SNG München 438.

...or are you looking for a winged pig?
If not, Next up: Zeus!

 

Zeus:


Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, with son Antiochus VIII.
Seleucid AR tetradrachm, 15.85 gm, 27 mm.
Antioch mint, 125-121 BC.
Obv: Jugate busts, r.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter; IE outer left, A under throne.
Refs: SNG Spaer 2437; c.f. Sear 7135.
Notes: Ex-Henry Clay Lindgren. An obverse die match to an example sold in Baldwin's, Dmitry Markov and M&M Numismatics New York Sale IX, January 13, 2005.

Next up: jugate busts

 

MN. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri
REVERSE: Galley under oar
Struck at Rome 108-109 BC
3.9g, 20mm
Cr.307/1, Fonteia 7

Next: Galley

 

@Bing, the father of Marc Antony, just asked to see a galley...


That's like me asking to see ATGs...but I can only wish my ATG collection was up to Bings MA standards!

Marc Antony Legionary


AR Denarius. Military mint.
Undecernable legion.

Next up: Your favorite coin

 

Next up: My favorite coin (for the next few minutes at least)
A. Licinius Nerva AR Denarius
Rome, 47 BC

Obv: Laureate head of Fides right; FIDES downwards before, NERVA downwards after
Rev: Horseman galloping right, with right hand dragging naked warrior, who holds shield in left hand and sword in right hand; below, A·LICINIVS; on left, III; on right, VIR
Ref: Crawford 454/1; Sydenham 954a; Sear 30; Licinia 24

Next up: a coin of Nerva

 

Nerva (96-8 AD), brass dupondius, Rome mint, struck Jan. - Sep. 97 AD, 28mm, 11.08g

Obverse: Radiate head of Nerva to right, legend: IMP NERVA CAES AVG PM TR P I COS III PP

Reverse: Fortuna standing l., holding rudder and cornucopiae, legend: FORTVNA AVGVST / S C


NEXT: DUPONDIUS

 

Do not have any Dupondius....

 

You should get one... they're pretty neat..

 

Sulla80 - I love your Licinius Nerva denarius! I can't resist them either.
here is a Dupondius of Nero -
next - coin of Claudius (1st or Gothicus - I like them both).

 

CLAUDIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head right
REVERSE: PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, drawing out fold of robe at neck, holding caduceus above serpent preceding her
Struck at Rome, 46/7AD
3.6g, 19mm
RIC39, BMC40

Next Pax/Nemesis

 

Constantine I
Rome mint
312/313 AD
AE Half Follis
Obvs: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Revs: PACI PERPET, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and signum. XII to left, RS in ex.
17mm, 2.05g
RIC VI 356

Next: half or quarter follis from Tetrarchy

 

Again out on a bit of a limb Constantine I Half Follis Trier mint Minted 310-311 A.D. RIC 899 Next coin Maxentius

 

Maxentius / Dioscuri dismounted, wolf and twins between Ostia mint


Next: Ostia but not Maxentius

 

Romulus - Follis

Obv:- IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO ROMVLO N V FILIO, bare headed bust of Romulus right
Rev:- AETERNA MEMORIA, eagle with spread winfs standing right on domed hexastyle temple, its’ right door ajar
Struck in Ostia. //MOSTP. ca. late 309 – 312 A.D.
References:- RIC VI Ostia 33

24.13mm. 6.21 gms. 180 degrees



Next:- Wolf and twins

 

Severus Alexander, Antioch, Pisidia


Next: Wolf or other canine with only one human (no twins)