I Promise These Poppies Will Not Put You to Sleep ...

RI Titus 79-81 CE AR Denarius Ceres seated corn ear poppy torch

 

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Here's a worn Antoninus Pius RIC 62a, just the head, poppy barely visible.



Antoninus Pius Denarius
(140-143 A.D.)
Rome Mint
ANTONINVS AVG PI[VS] PP TR P COS III, laureate head right / ANNONA AVG, modius with two grain ears and two poppies.
RIC 62a; RSC 33; Sear 4050.
(3.17 grams / 16 mm)

RIC 58 bare head, one poppy...I'm getting sleepy...


Antoninus Pius Denarius
(138-139 A.D.)
Rome Mint
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP, bare head right. / TR POT COS II, modius with two grain-ears and poppy.
RIC 58; RSC 874a.
(3.14 grams / 17 mm)

 

I don't know about the Roman and Roman provincial stuff but I'm betting my Poppy and 2 grain ears is a reference to that old Persephone-Demeter-Hades-Triptolemus Elysian mysteries stuff that Sulla was inducted into. They knew how to party......

 

@PeteB just reminded me that I bought the following coin from him that has a poppy in the hand of Ceres on the reverse.

Well spotted Pete!

 

Here is one more Flavian with poppies. This one is a rare 'O' mint denarius.

 

TITUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: T CAES IMP VESP CENS, laureate head right, "o" beneath neck
REVERSE: FIDES PVBL, hands clasped over caduceus, two poppies and two corn-ears
Struck at Uncertain Asian Mint or Ephesus, 76AD
2.9g, 19mm
RIC V 1485 (Vesp), RPC 1459
Ex David Atherton; ex Harry Sneh Collection; ex Sayles; ex Lavender

 

Nice Titus @Bing

The one I would love is the Domitian with this reverse (RIC 1488 VESP).

 

TY and same about your Titus

 

RIC 1495 is the same type.

Domitian as Caesar
AR Denarius, 3.26g
Ephesus (?) mint, 76 AD (Vespasian)
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r. 'o' mint mark below neck
Rev: FIDES PVBL; Hands clasped over caduceus, two poppies and two corn ears
RIC 1495 (R). BMC 491. RSC -. RPC 1467 (4 spec.). BNC -.
Ex Solidus, eBay, 29 November 2013.

 

Nice coin David! Here's another type with Crispina holding.

Aeolis, Elaea. Commodus AE18. Crispina as Demeter Obv: AVT K L AVR KOMODOC, Laureate and draped bust right, from behind.
Rev: ELAITWN, Crispina as Demeter, bust right, holding corn-ears and poppy.
BMC 47

 

I just noticed this thread, and realized that I have one coin that fits the topic.

Hadrian AR Denarius 134-138 AD. Obv. Bare head right, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P/ Rev. Four grain ears in modius with one poppy in middle, ANNO-NA AVG. Old RIC II 230 (1926 ed.), RSC II 172. 18 mm., 3.2 g.

 

Another Domitian "O" mint with poppies. It also came from a fellow Cointalk member, in a round about way...



CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS
Laureate head right

FIDES PVBL
Hands clasped over caduceus, two poppies and two corn ears

Uncertain eastern "O" mint

76 AD

3.21g

RIC 1495 (R)

Ex-Den of Antiquity; Ex-TC collection, Ex-Calgary Coin