Dido, Queen of Carthage

Coins with laureate, radiate, or diademed heads of emperors (obverse) and the goddess Roma (reverse): copper sestertius of Galba, copper dupondius of Vespasian, copper dupondius of Titus, silver denarius of Hadrian, copper sestertius of Antoninus Pius, copper sestertius of Severus Alexander, and silver siliqua of Valens

Roman (all minted at Rome, except Valens, minted at Trier), A.D. 68 to 364-378

British Museum

Two denarii with helmeted head of Roma (obverse) and cornucopia on globe with scepter to the left and rudder to the right (reverse)

Roman (minted in Rome under T. Carisius), Republican Period, 46 B.C.

silver

British Museum (museum number: 1901,0407.154, 1901,0407.155) 

Didrachm with head of Hercules (obverse) and she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus (reverse)

Roman, Republican Period, 269-266 B.C.

silver

British Museum

Stater of Kingdom of Syria with head of Antiochos I Soter (obverse) and Apollo seated on a netted omphalos (reverse)

Greek (minted at Baktra), Hellenistic Period, 281-261 B.C.

gold

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Stater of Kingdom of Syria with laureate head of Zeus (obverse) and elephant with spear above (reverse), struck under Seleukos I Nikator

Greek (minted at Susa), Early Hellenistic Period, c. 298-280 B.C.

silver

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Drachm of Kingdom of Parthia with bust of king wearing a diadem (obverse) and Arsakes seated on a throne (reverse), struck under Phraates III

Parthian (probably minted at Mithradatkart), c. 70-57 B.C.

silver

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Daric of Kingdom of Persia with the Great King in kneeling-running attitude (obverse) and oblong incuse (reverse), struck under Darius I or Xerxes I 

Persian (minted at Sardis, Lydia), Late Archaic Period, c. 490-480 B.C.

gold

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with head of Ptolemy I Soter (obverse) and eagle (reverse), struck under Kleopatra VII Philopator 

Greek (struck at Alexandria, Egypt), Late Hellenistic Period, 51 B.C.

silver

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Syria with head of deified Alexander the Great (obverse) and Nike with trophy and Greek inscription (reverse), struck under Seleukos I Nikator 

Greek, Early Hellenistic Period, c. 305–295 B.C.

silver

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Denarius with head of a Gaul (obverse) and warrior driven in a biga (reverse), struck under L. Hostilius Saserna

Roman, Republican Period, c. 48 B.C.

silver

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Denarius with the head of Marc Antony (obverse) and an Armenian tiara with bow and arrow (reverse)

Roman, 36 B.C.

silver

Getty Museum

Silver drachm with bust of Mithridates II wearing a Hellenistic-style diadem (obverse) and archer sitting on a throne with the legend “Arsaces, great king, god manifest” (reverse)  

Parthian, from Iran, c. 124-87 B.C. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stater of Lampsakos with head of Pan (obverse) and Pegasus (reverse)

Greek (minted at Mysia, Lampsakos), Classical Period, 387-330 B.C.

gold

MFA Boston

Silver diadrachm of Lokroi Epizephyriori (Bruttium) with head of Achilles (obverse) and Thetis on a hippocamp, struck under Pyrrhus of Epirus (reverse) 

Greek, Early Hellenistic Period, 280-277 B.C.

MFA Boston

Gold stater of Cyrene, struck under Polianthes, with Nike driving quadriga (obverse) and Zeus Ammon laureate (reverse)

Greek (minted at Cyrene, Cyrenaica), Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, 375-308 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 

Silver tetradrachm of Smyrna with head of Cybele in turreted mural crown (obverse) and Greek inscription within oak wreath (reverse)

Greek (minted at Smyrna, Ionia), Hellenistic Period, 190-133 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Silver tetrobol of Kingdom of Macedonia, struck under Perdikkas II, with horse (obverse) and incuse square containing Macedonian helmet (reverse)

Greek (minted in Macedonia), Classical Period, 446/5-438/7 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston