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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4783846, member: 57495&quot;]Great thread! I don&#039;t think we&#039;ve had one of these before.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another Germania, but from Hadrian&#039;s Travel series.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163337[/ATTACH]<b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.38g, 17.3mm. Rome mint, AD 134-138. RIC 302a var (no drapery).&nbsp; O: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare-headed and draped bust right.&nbsp; R: GERMANIA, <b>Germania </b>standing facing, head right, holding vertical spear in right hand and resting left on shield set on ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>Others from the same series, excluding Aegyptos which has already been shown in the OP:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163343[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.48g, 17.8mm. Rome mint, AD 134-138. RIC II 301a; BMCRE 830; RSC 188.&nbsp; O: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right.&nbsp; R: ASIA, <b>Asia </b>standing left, right foot on prow, holding hook in right hand and rudder over left shoulder.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Italia on denarii of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163345[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.38g, 17.9mm. Rome mint, circa AD 134-138. RIC 307; Cohen 867. O: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right. R: ITALIA, <b>Italia </b>standing left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163346[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.87g, 17.5mm. Rome mint, AD 140-143. RIC 98c; Cohen 469. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right. R: TR POT COS III, <b>Italia</b>, wearing turreted crown, holding cornucopiae and sceptre, seated left on globe; ITALIA in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Prof. Dr. Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, with old collection tag noting acquisition from Cahn, ex List 206 (11 Jan 1961), lot 322</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163353[/ATTACH] <b>VESPASIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.05g, 18.4mm. Rome mint, 21 October 69 - early 70. RIC 2; Cohen 226; BMC 35; Hendin 1479. O: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right. R: <b>Judaea </b>seated right on ground in attitude of mourning, trophy set on shields behind her; IVDAEA in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Prof. Dr. Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, with tag noting acquisition date 15 Feb 1943 </i></p><p><br /></p><p>I especially like Africa as depicted on the Tetrarchic folles issued at Carthage:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163354[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MAXIMIANUS</b></p><p>AE Follis. 10.03g, 26.5mm. Carthage mint, AD 297. RIC VI 21b. O: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: FELIX AD-VENT AVGG N N, <b>Africa</b> standing left, holding standard in right hand, tusk in left, lion at feet left; B in left field, PKS in exergue. </p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>There are river gods by the boatloads depicted on provincial coinage, but far fewer in the Imperial series.&nbsp; My favorite is the remarkable Euphrates, issued by Constantine I in the name of Hanniballianus as Rex Regum.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163349[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HANNIBALLIANUS</b></p><p>AE4. 1.48g, 16mm. Constantinople mint, AD 336-337. RIC VII 147; LRBC 1034, Cohen 2. O: FL HANNIBALLIANO REGI, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; R: SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, river god <b>Euphrates </b>seated right on ground, holding sceptre, overturned urn at his side, from which waters flow, reed in background; CONSS in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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