Dido, Queen of Carthage

Coins with laureate heads of Janus

Roman, Republican Period, 3rd century B.C.

bronze (top) and silver (middle, bottom)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston x x x 

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

Silver drachm of Corinth with Pegasus (obverse) and head of Aphrodite wearing kerchief (reverse)

Greek (minted at Corinth, Corinthia), Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, c. 350-300 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Silver stater of Thebes with Boeotian shield (obverse) and amphora with volute handles (reverse)

Greek (minted at Thebes, Boeotia), Late Classical Period, c. 363-338 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Silver drachm of Naxos with head of Dionysus (obverse) and bearded Silenus holding kantharos (reverse)

Greek (minted at Naxos, Sicily), Classical Period, 461-430 B.C.

MFA Boston

Silver 16-litra piece of Syracuse, struck under Heiron II, with head of Heiron’s wife Philistis (obverse) and quadriga driven by Nike (reverse)

Greek (minted at Syracuse, Sicily), Hellenistic Period, 274-216 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Silver tetradrachm of Syracuse with head of Arethusa (obverse) and quadriga with Nike crowning the charioteer (reverse)

Greek (minted at Syracuse, Sicily), Classical Period, c. 405-400 B.C.

MFA Boston

Silver tetradrachm of Leontinoi with laureate head of Apollo (obverse) and lion’s head surrounded by barley corns (reverse)

Greek (minted at Leontinoi, Sicily), Classical Period, 466-422 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Gold medallion (8 aureii) with bust of emperor Claudius II Gothicus (obverse) and figure of Concordia holding standards (reverse)

Roman (minted at Mediolanum), Imperial Period, c. A.D. 268

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Denarius with a portrait of Plautilla, wife of the emperor Caracalla

Roman, A.D. 202-205

silver

Getty Museum