The 12 sneezers!

For all my CT pals, with your super cool 12 Caesars sets...that I don't have (I'll get my Julius Caesar portrait coin yet!), here is my set of ancient schnozes.
They aren't all Caesars. They aren't even all Roman nor Greek. But they are all ancient and have noses that blow buggers like clowns blow balloons!
1st off, you all shoulda seen this one coming...
Nerva!
96-98 CE Mint: Rome
Denarius AR
16mm., 3,03g.
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P
M TR P COS III P P;
Laureate head of Nerva right
/ SALVS PUBLICA; Salus
seated left holding ears of
corn.
RIC 9; C 132.


ANONYMOUS. RR
Denarius (206-195 BCE).
Mint: Rome.
Obv: Helmeted head of
Roma right; X (mark of
value) to left.
Rev: ROMA.
The Dioscuri on horses
rearing right, each holding
spear; prow below.
Crawford 114/1.
3.7 g. 19 mm.


Vespasian
(69-79), Denarius, Rome,
AD 70; AR (g 3,027; mm
18.1; h 6); IMP CAES[AR
VESPASIAN]VS AVG,
laureate head r. , Rv. COS
ITER - TR POT, Pax seated olding branch and caduceus

Constans ii former FRC


ACHAEMENID KINGDOM
OF PERSIA.
UNCERTAIN KINGS, about
500-380 BCE Siglos, silver
("dagger type"). AR 16 MM5.52
g. The Great King running r.,
wearing kidaris, holding bow in
his outstretched l. hand, dagger
in his r. hand.
Rv.Countermarked Rectangular
incuse. Babelon, Perses pl. 2,
26. SNG Cop. 284.Rare.
Previous: Savoca


RudrasimhaII,sonof
SvamiJivadaman,
KardamakaFamily,
WesternKshatrapas,
ARDrachma,Obv:bustof
king facing right, date
behind, corruptGreek
legend around



Agathokles
from Syracuse on Sicily Ae-
20mm 295-289 BCE.
Av. head of Herakles right
Rv. Lion walking right,
above club
quality is very fine with a
brown patina, weight is
6,61gr.
SNG ANS 737


PONTOS, Amisos
85-65 BCE AE 21
Aegis with Gorgon's head /
Nike standing holding palm.
SNG.BM.1177. VF+, green
patina


SPAIN,Castulo
I Century BCE Æ As
Diademed head, hand
before / Helmeted Sphinx
standing, star at right.
Burgos.543. aVF, earthen
brown patina


SICILY. Syracuse
Hiketas 287-278 BCE. Ae.
Wreathed head of
Persephone left.
Rev: Female driving biga
right.
HGC 2, 1446

Ok ok. It's only 10 sneazers. That's all it would let me add!

So, break out the Kleenex and post those noses that blowses!

 

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I have a very pointy-nosed Gallus, looks like Pinochio...

 

Nice coins. Gordian III was a bit of a nosey fellow too

 

Iberians loved big noses on their coins:

Nose so prominent that looks like he needs a hand to hold it up!

Iberia Castulo Late 2nd C BC AE As 25mm Bust Nose Hand Sphinx


Got this one for the pig, but the obverse nose is pretty big.

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

 

Hahaha... The Twelve Sneezers... I love it!

I don't have any truly notable noses. This Kamarina Athena is my most prominent proboscis.


SICILY, Kamarina
AE tetras, 3.34 gm. 420-405 BCE
Obv: Large head of Athena left, wearing crested helmet with wings
Rev: Owl standing left, with lizard in talon; KAMA (retrograde) upward in right field; three dots in exergue
Ref: Westermark / Jenkins 198 (see FIG. Pl. 35 / 198.24), SNG ANS 1230 Calciati III no. 28/4 (dotted-border type)

On this Mesopotamian Gordian II bronze Abgar X has a rather Roman nose (roamin' all over his face ):


MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Gordian III
struck CE 242-244
AE25, 10.7 gm
Obv: [ AVT K M] ANT GORDIANOC CEB, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust of Gordian III seen from behind; star before
Rev: ABGAROC BACILEUC; mantled bust of Abgar r., bearded, wearing Parthian-style tiara with rosette; star behind
Ref: BMC 144; SNG Cop 225

 

Bless you! Those are some nosy coins.

 

Some are born with big noses; others have nose jobs through die breaks.
Valentinian II Alexandria mint with extended nose

 

I actually have a coin featuring a runny nose as part of the portrait.

Snot nose Maximinus II

Assume its a die chip.


Maximinus II Daia (309 - 313 A.D.)
Silvered follis
O: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAESAR; Laureate head right.
R:GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right hand holding patera from which liquord flows; left a cornucopia., A in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue.
Serdica mint
28mm
10.7g
RIC VI 13b RCV 3754v (obverse inscription)

 

No coins to add here, but in keeping with the theme, the Roman poet Ovid's full name was Publius Ovidius Naso--the final name so adopted presumably because of the size of his prominent proboscis, which seems to have inspired the much later engraver:

 

I guess I better throw this in since I wasnt able to add more than 10 pics to the OP.
I actually DO have a Julius Caesar with a GIGANTIC nose...



Hugugugugug

 

Marvellous, Ryro!

I’d like to have a side collection of oddball coins some da, whether it’s noses, ears, extra long necks, etc.

Erin

 

For big noses, I doubt anyone will ever outdo @Jovian's Celtic drachm entry from this thread a while back:



Though I think @Valentinian should get an honourable mention for this Julia Maesa imitating a proboscis monkey (different thread, here):


I will just steal @Ed Snible's idea from the first thread and post a Tabaristan hemidrachm:


I look forward to seeing the products of others' scouring their collections for impressive schnozzes.

 

Mithradates I (Sellwood); Phriapatius to Mithradates I (Assar)
obol, 171 - 138 BC
Sellwood 10.19; Mitchiner ACW, #473 (this coin)
Ex-David Sellwood Collection

 

Some great coins!

 

Nice set of noses Ryro. I can't decide out of these three.

 

Love them big schnozzes!




Here's a lady with a nice one!

 

Oh, come on, go ahead and pick one.

 

The decapitated head has quite the nose.



Good ol’ king George III



Sassanid drachm



It’s kind of a stretch, but the well-placed crescent makes the knight look like he has a duck-billed nose.