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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, HrJ 8.23.39.1 corr.5 viewsMacrinus, AD 217-218
AE 26
struck under governor Statius Longinus
obv. AVT KM OPPELLI CEVH . MAKRINOC
Head, laureate, r.
rev. VP CTATI LONGINOV - NIKOPOLITWN PROC / ICTRO
Liberalitas in long garment and mantle, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and counting
board r. hand
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1779 var. (3 ex., Copenhagen, München, Sofia)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3548 var. (= AMNG 1779)
c) Hristova/Jekov No. 8.23.39.1 corr. (has in ex. ICTRW)
VF, dark green patina, impressive portrait
pedigree:
ex coll. Asen Donchev
All references have in ex. ICTRW. Here it is obviously ICTRO!JochenAug 26, 2010
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Ionia, Smyrna, SNG Copenhagen 1187 var.3 viewsSmyrna, c.170-85 BC
AE 16, 4.29g, 16.3mm, 30°
struck under magistrate Heras
obv. Head of Kybele, wearing mural crown
rev. SMYRNAIWN / HRAS
Statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis, in long chiton and wearing kalathos, stg. r., resting with l.
arm on column with small Nike holding in raised r. hand wreath for crowning her; between
her and column a sceptre.
ref. SNG Copenhagen 1187 var.
F+/about VF, dark green patina
For more information take a look at the thread 'Mythological interesting coins'
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Septimius Severus, RIC IV, 10011 viewsSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211
AR - denarius, 3.6g, 18mm
Rome, AD 197
obv. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII
Head, laureate, r.
rev. MVNIFICENTIA AVG
Elephant, cuirassed, walking r.
ref. RIC IV/1, 100; C.349; BMCR 225, pl. 10.18
S!, about VF
The cross-hatched structure we see usually on elephant I too hold for the depiction of its wrinkled skin. But here I think it is a cuirass! For further discussions about the problem of the cuirassed elephant please look at the related threads in FORVM!
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Postumus, RIC V, 745 viewsPostumus, AD 260-269
Billon-Antoninian, 3.67g, 22.50mm, 180°
Trier, AD 262
obv. IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. MINE - R - FAVTR
Minerva Fautrix, helmeted, advancing l., holding in l. hand spear and shield and
in raised r. hand olive-branch
ref. RIC V/2, 74; RSC 195a; Mairat 45-50; AGK 44
VF, attractive
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!
The interesting reverse legend MINER FAVTR stands for Minerva Fautrix, the favouring (partisan) Minerva. Perhaps the message is that Minerva offered Postumus wisdom, military power (note the spear and shield), and peace (note the branch) (FAC)JochenAug 19, 2010
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Thracia, Istros, arrowhead3 viewsArrowhead, 7th-5th century
Bronze, 4.95g, 36.79x9.25mm
2 leafs with blunt top and hooked barb, cast together with the body
VF
Mostly it is held for a kind of money
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Scythia, arrowhead2 viewsScythia, 6th - 1st century BC
Arrowhead
Bronze, 2.45g, 27.34x7.05mm
3 leafs cast together with the body
VF
Mostly it is held for a kind of money
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Sarmatia, Olbia, leaf money2 viewsSarmatia, Olbia, 550-300 BC
Leaf Money
Bronze, 1.16g, 22.82x7.90mm
about VF
Mostly it is held for a kind of money
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, HrJ 8.23.7.2 (#2)11 viewsMacrinus, AD 217-218
AE 27
struck under governor Marcus Claudius Agrippa
obv. AV K OPPEL CE - VH MAKRI NOC
Head, laureate, r.
rev. [VP AG]RIPPA NIKOPOL - ITWN PROC IC
in l. and middle field TR - W
Apollo Sauroktonos, nude, with crossed legs, l. leg set behind r. leg, stg. r., l.
hand resting on tree-stump, in bent r. hand holding branch with which he touches
the tree
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1687, pl. XIV, 35 (5 ex.)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3372
c) Hristova/Jekov No. 8.23.7.2 (same dies)
d) Pat Lawrence obv. M, no.10 (gap between I and N on obv. not mentioned)
VF, dark green patina
Pick writes:"the left on a tree-stump from which a lizard(?) is jumping to him." But on this coin it is rather a branch with small round fruits.
Pat Lawrence (in 'The Pontianus and Agrippa Dies for Macrinus and Diadumenianus at Nicopolis ad Istrum"): Apollo Sauroktonos, so labeled by Pick (and Taf. XIV, 35) and earlier, though Postolakas at Athens: Achilles Postolakas, Catalogue of the Ancient Coins of Regions, Nations, Cities and Kingdoms, National Numismatic Museum, 1872, no.847, is at pains to describe what he sees: "...to one side and the other of Apollo, naked, stg. r., bending his l. knee, having his head laureate and holding with his r. hand a twig (or branch) slanting downwards, placing his raised l. hand on the little tree, stripped of its branches, stand in front of him." He, too, doubted wether we may read the elements between Apollo's torso and the tree trunk as a leaping lizard. Just as the 'Medici' Aphrodite of Agrippa's engraver is comically misconstrued, so is his Apollo Sauroktonos.
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Septimius Severus, HrJ 8.14.20.5 corr. (rev. only)3 viewsSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18
obv. AV KL C - CEVHROC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPO - LI PROC I
Asklepios in himation stg. frontal, head l., resting with r. hand on his snake-staff
ref. a) not in AMNG:
rev. AMNG I/1, 1383 var. (has PROC ICT)
obv. AMNG I/1, 1358 (Helios)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) not in Hristova/Jekov:
rev. No. 8.14.20.5 corr. (writes in error PROC ICT)
obv. No. 8.14.8.8. (Dionysos)
S+ JochenAug 19, 2010
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabal, HrJ 8.26.20.11 corr. (this coin)3 viewsElagabal, AD 218-222
AE 27, 14.07g, 26.54mm, 0°
struck under governor Novius Rufus
obv. [AV]T KM AVR - ANT[WNEINOC]
Head, laureate, r.
rev. VP NOBIOV ROVFOV NIKOPOLITWN PRC(sic!) I (WN and PR ligate)
in l. and r. field CT - RO, below N
Asklepios in himation, stg. frontal, head l., resting on his snake-staff set in r.
armpit, l. arm with puff of garment at hips
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1936 (1 ex., Paris)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3979 corr. (cites AMNG 1936 but writes AVRH)
c) Hristova/Jekov No. 8.26.20.11 corr. (writes in error AVRH) (this coin)
F/F+
Interesting legend error
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabal, HrJ 8.26.32.7 corr.5 viewsElagabal, AD 218-222
AE 25, 10.74g, 24.76mm, 0°
struck under governor Novius Rufus
obv. AVT KM AVR - ANTWNEINOC
Head, laureate, r.
rev. VP NOBIOV ROVFOV NIKOPOLI
in ex. in 2 lines TWN P / ROC ICT
Youthful river-god, unbearded, nude to hips, leaning l., holding in r. hand, which
rests on his r. knee, long reed over his r. shoulder; resting with l. ellbow on
reversed vase from which water flows l.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1949 (1 ex., Löbbecke)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3909
c) Hristova/Jekov No. 8.26.32.7 corr. (writes ANTWNINOC)
rare, F+/about VF, blue-green patina
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Elagabal, HrJ 8.26.1.102 viewsElagabal, AD 218-222
AE 27, 12.35g, 26.66mm, 0°
struck under governor Novius Rufus
obv. [AVT KM AVRH] - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. VP NOBIOV ROVFOV NIKOPOLITWN P
in l. and r. field one below the other RO - C I / CT - O / N(sic!)
Eagle with open wings stg. frontal, head with wreath in beak erected l.
ref. a) not in AMNG:
rev. AMNG I/1, 1994
obv. AMNG I/1, 1997 (snake)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Jekov No. 8.26.1.10
S-/S+, dark green patina
Pick writes: "The R in ICTRON seems to be missed. But it is possible that the O actually is an indistinct ligation of R and O." Looking at this coin this suggestion is wrong.
JochenAug 19, 2010
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Thracia, Deultum, Diadumenian Yurukova 8824 viewsDiadumenian AD 218
AE 18, 3.45g
obv. M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADV [CAES]
draped bust right
rev. C F P D
Telesphoros standing facing in hooded cloak
Yurukova 88; SNG Bulgaria 239-240; Moushmov 3579
VF, a rare representation of Telesphorus with a visible face
added to www.wildwinds.com
He is a companion of Asklepios. It is a talking name (the completer) of a greek healing god, who belongs to the most problematic figures of the greek religious history. Late as 'new twig' and 'son of Asklepios' coming to the circle of Asklepos, Telesphoros was introduced by an oracle at the end of the 1st century AD in Pergamon. His earliest inscription is from AD 98-102. From here his cult spread out quickly. Because of is child-shape and his hood cloak Telesphoros is identical with the genii cucullati, which were fertility, healing but death gods too.Jochen
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M. Junius Brutus Crawford 433/183 viewsM. Junius Brutus, 85 BC - 42 BC, the most famous of Caesar's assassins
AR - Denar, 3.96g, 19mm
54 BC
obv. Bust of Liberty r., no jewels in hair above forehead.
LIBERTAS to l.
rev. The consul L. Junius Brutus walking l. between two lictores preceded by an
accensor.
exergue: BRVTVS
Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906a; Junia 31a
EF
The rev. type recalls the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, the last King of Rome, by L. Junius Brutus, the moneyer's ancestor, who in 509 BC was elected the first consul of the newly formed Republic. 'Libertatem et consulatum L. Brutus instituit.' (Tacitus Ann. 1, 1)
This type illustrates the strong republican view of M.Junius Brutus! Caesar should had know that
Jochen
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Thracia, Trajanopolis, Caracalla, Varbanov 27862 viewsCaracalla, AD 198-217
AE 16, 3.75g, 16.71mm, 15°
obv. PIOC AVGO - ANTWNEINOC
Head, laureate, r.
rev. TRAIANO - POLE[ITWN]
Bunch of grapes hanging down from small twig
ref. a) Varbanov (engl.) 2786
b) Schönert-Geiss97
F+, some smoothing Jochen
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