Gods, Goddesses, Rulers - Anyone want to post a coin photo?

Quintillus Ant.
Obv:– IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, Radiate, draped bust right
Rev:– MARTI PAC, Mars standing left, holding olive-branch & spear
Minted in Milan. (P in exe). A.D. 270
Reference:– RIC 58. Cohen 47

 

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Anonymous, Denarius

Obv:- Helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) to left
Rev:- Roma seated right on pile of shields, holding spear set on ground; birds in flight to left and right; to right, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus
Minted in Rome. 110-108 BC.
Reference:- Crawford 287/1; Sydenham 530; RSC (Anonymous) 176

 

Probus
Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle
Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in quadriga riding left, holding globe and whip
Minted in Rome (R in exe) Emission 2. A.D. 277
Reference(s) – RIC 204 Bust type H
Weight 5.63 gms.
Size 23.25 mm

 

Martin just did a "Q" ruler, but I thought I would throw in a "Q" goddess... one of my personal favorites, Quies, the goddess of quiet rest and general chilling out. She's the one on the right.


MAXIMIANUS, as Senior Augustus
AE Follis
10.17g, 29.2mm
Aquileia mint, AD 305-306
RIC VI Aquileia 63b
O: D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa.
R: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing facing right, receiving olive branch from Quies standing facing left, holding scepter; S F in field, AQS in exergue.

 

Tanit
Carthage AE20
Circa 300-264 BC
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 4.79 grams
Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left
Reverse: Horse’s head right; palm tree before, pellet below
Reference: MAA 57m; SNG Copenhagen 175



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit

 

Uberitas was originally an agricultural fertility goddess and she personifies abundance, richness and fruitfulness.

 

Vacuna
M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus AR Denarius
Rome mint
67 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.77 grams
Obverse: Helmeted and draped bust right of Vacuna, with attributes of Isis, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, and Victory; cornucopia below chin; bow and quiver on shoulder
Reverse: Eagle perched right, head left, on thunderbolt
Reference: Crawford 409/1; Sydenham 809; Plaetoria 4



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuna

 

And, of course, there's Venus! Here portrayed as Venus Victrix on a denarius of Julia Titi.

 

Absolutely!!!

 

Well, here's this guy again:



Norman Kingdom of Sicily
William II, "The Good" r. 1166-1189 A.D.
Messina Mint, AE Follaro
16.7mm x 1.7 grams
Obv.: + OPERATAT IN VRBE MESSANE outside, O / REX W / SCOVS in center (OV ligate)
Rev.: Arabic legend"al'malik / Ghulyalim / al-thani" (King William 2nd) in center, "bi-amr al-malik al-musta'izz" around edge
Ref.: MEC Italy III 401 ff., Biaggi 1233

 

Xerxes: the problem is the lack of unanimity as to which style of these is Xerxes as opposed to Darius (I or II in either case), Chances are good one of these is Xerxes but I won't swear which one.
Darius I or Xerxes I

Xerxes I or Artaxerxes

Darius II or Xerxes II or ???


Is there a better X?

 

His friends called him "X"



=> bring-it, for Ptolemy X



Date: 116-80 BC
Diameter: 23.9 mm
Weight: 8.8 grams
Obverse: Diademed and horned head of Ammon Zeus
Reverse: Two eagles on thunderbolt
References: Svoronos 1713

 

Here's Yazdgard III of the Sasanian Empire for Y.

 

Northern Song Dynasty, yuan you tong bao, seal script, 1087-1100 AD
Emperor Zhe Zong, AE cash, 25 mm, 3.4 g, reverse blank. Hartill 16.261. reverse blank.

 

Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm
Obv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress
Rev:- ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right, long scepter vertical behind in left, Corinthian helmet right over ΠΑ monogram in inner left field under arm;
Minted in Mesembria c. 275 - 225 B.C.
References:- Karayotov p. 80 and pl. VII, 41 (O7/R18); Price 992; Müller 436
17.000g, 31.6mm, 180o

 

Big Finish!!

Yup, it's time to => POST YOUR BEST ZEUS!!

 

My best Zeus? That would be this tetradrachm of Antiochus VIII and Cleopatra Thea with Zeus Nikephoros seated l., holding lotus-tipped scepter on the reverse.

Got this one from Henry Clay Lindgren before he died.

 

SICILY, Syracuse. Reign of Agathokles, c. 317-289 BC. AR 8-Litrai (6.85g). Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet left / Pegasus flying left, triskeles below. SNG ANS 684. A fascinating aspect of this coin is it's remarkable similarity to the well known Corinthian Staters from the same era. Like their modern descendants, ancient minters knew a good thing when they saw on it, and if they could improve upon the design all the better. What distinguishes this piece from the Corinth issues is the presence of the Sicilian "Triskeles" on the reverse of the piece under Pegasus. This "Triskeles" is symbolic of the island of Sicily.

 

Sweet Zeus, Roman Collector ...

yah, I couldn't decide on just "one" Zeus => so here are my Top-Four-Zeus



=> Z-Dawg!!!

 

Olbia - Олбия

Beginning ca. 400 BC Olbia began minting coinage in the more traditional form familiar to the rest of the world, this being an AE20 with the horned head of the river god, Borysthenes. Olbia was situated on what is now the Dnipro(Ua) or Dnepr(Ru) river in Ukraine. The reverse of the coin has a battle axe and a bow in case, and the legend Olbio in Greek