A new purchase. There's a lot to like about this coin. It's from a city I previously did not have represented in my collection. I like confronted bust issues. I like Cybele coins. I like coins that show evidence of ancient manufacturing techniques and you can see the compass dot in the geometric center of the obverse design. Post anything you feel is relevant. Titus and Domitian, Caesares, AD 69-81 Roman provincial Æ 20mm, 5.15g, 6h Lycaonia, Laodicea Combusta (Laodikeia Katakekaumene / Claudio-Laodicea) Obv: TITOC KAI ΔOMITIANOC KAICAΡEC, bare head of Titus right, facing bare head of Domitian left KΛAYΔIO ΛAOΔIKЄѠN, Cybele, polos on head, seated left, holding patera and tympanum; lion beneath throne Refs: RPC II 1613; von Aulock Lykaoniens 151; SNG von Aulock 8416; Waddington 4779; SNG France III 2322.
Very cool. Provincials are so interesting! Here's another confronted bust provincial Flavian from a large mixed lot: PHRYGIA, Cybyra/Kibyra. Domitian & Domitia 81-96 AD AE 24 mm, 6.9 gm Obv: ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP ΔOMITIA CEBACTE, laureate head of Domitian and Domitia facing one another Rev: EΠI APXIEPEΩC KΛAV BAINTOC KI BY; Zeus seated left, holding out hand and sceptre Ref: RPC 1262; Sear-896, SNG Aulock-3731
I will contribute 2 "double head obverse coins". Back to back and belly to belly. Macrinus & Diadumenian MOESIA INFERIOR Marcianopolis AVK ΟΠΕΛ CEV MAKPEINOC K M ΟΠΕΛΛ ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right, vis À vis bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian left VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAΡKIANOΠO/ΛΙΤΩN, Unbearded Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-staff; E in right field; VP PONTANOV in legend AMNG I 745, Varbanov 896 AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA, NEMAUSUS Æ DUPONDIUS 16-10 BC IMP / DIVI F, Back-to-back heads of Augustus left and Agrippa right COL - NEM, Crocodile right, chained to palm tree, wreath in left field, two palm branches below crocodile RIC 1 155
Laodicea Combusta is not the most common mint so congratulations! I wonder how it was discovered that the figure on the reverse is Cybele. Are those her attributes? Here is a coin of Lycaonia with a similar reverse. I think RPC assigns this to the time of Claudius to Hadrian. It is quite possible it was minted under Titus; there are other coins of Iconium with Titus. Lycaonia, Iconium, 41-138 AD (time of Claudius-Hadrian), AE 14. 2.24g Obv: Winged gorgoneion, snake ties below chin, within border of large beads. Rev: ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ; Seated figure (Cybele, Tyche, or Hades?) left, holding patera, left arm resting on (?), wearing mural crown (or kalathos?), animal at feet, within beaded boarder. RPC Supplement IV 1608B; Von Aulock Lykaonions 252 ex-Münzen & Medaillen Gmbh (DE), auction 19, May 2006, lot 443
@Roman Collector, that provincial mint hadn't yet been shown in the Provincial Mints thread. I've added it to the spreadsheet . When you have a moment, please drop the coin in that thread.
Totally her attributes! Here are some other Cybele coins: And that's highly likely to be Cybele on your coin. She's wearing a polos crown, resting her left arm on a tympanum, and has lions resting beside her throne. She was an Anatolian goddess, especially worshiped in Turkey, and that only adds to the likelihood that she is the one portrayed on your coin.
