| Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt |   | Euthenia is the personification of abundance or plenty. To the Romans she was Abundantia. Her attributes are heads of grain and the cornucopia. She can be seated or standing and is sometimes shown emptying a cornucopia. |
| RX59558. Bronze drachm, Geissen 1109; Dattari 1672; BMC Alexandria 805; Emmett 941; Milne 1410; SNG Cop 383; Kampmann 32.579, aF, weight 20.850 g, maximum diameter 33.4 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 133 - 28 Aug 134 A.D.; obverse AVT KAIC TRAIAN ADPIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis, from behind; reverse Demeter standing right, modius on head, holding grain and long torch, facing Euthenia standing left, wearing grain crown and veil, holding grain and scepter, L left, IH (year 18) in center; big 33 mm bronze; $120.00 (€92.40) |
| Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Tomis, Moesia Inferior |  | The Roman poet Ovid was banished by Augustus to Tomis in 8 A.D. and died there eight years later. By his account, Tomis was "a town located in a war-stricken cultural wasteland on the remotest margins of the empire." |
| RP48205. Bronze AE 27, Varbanov 5567, AMNG I/II 3402, VF, cleaning scratches, weight 13.328 g, maximum diameter 26.8 mm, die axis 30o, Tomis mint, obverse AUT K M ANT GORDIANOC AUG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from front; reverse MHTRO PONTOU TOMEWC (final C in right field), Demeter standing left, grain and poppy in right, long torch vertical in left, D left; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Pella, Macedonia, c. 187 - 31 B.C. |  | Pella was founded in 399 BC by King Archelaus (413 - 399 B.C.) as his capital. It was the seat Philip II and of his son, Alexander the Great. In 168 B.C., it was sacked by the Romans, and its treasury transported to Rome. Later the city was destroyed by an earthquake. By 180 A.D., Lucian could describe it in passing as "now insignificant, with very few inhabitants."
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| GB63866. Bronze AE 17, SNG ANS 572; BMC Macedonia p. 92, 29; SNG Cop 257, gF, nice green patina, weight 6.388 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 0o, Pella mint, c. 187 - 131 B.C.; obverse veiled facing head of Demeter; reverse PEL/LHS, cow grazing right; monogram below belly, stalk of barley on right in exerge; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius |  | Ceres a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships, was listed among the Di Consentes, Rome's equivalent to the Twelve Olympians of Greek mythology. The Romans saw her as the counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, whose mythology was reinterpreted for Ceres in Roman art and literature. |
| RB57166. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III A. Pius 1116(a), Cohen 79, SRCV II 4614, F, weight 23.322 g, maximum diameter 32.0 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 147 - 161 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right; reverse AVGVSTA S C, Ceres standing half left, grain-ears in right, long torch vertical behind in left; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt |  | In 128, Hadrian visited North Africa, to inspect Legio III Augusta stationed at Lambaesis. For strategic reasons the legionnaires were located in the Aurès Mountains. In 129, Hadrian continued his voyages, inspecting Caria, Cappadocia and Syria. |
| RX57411. Bronze diobol, Dattari 1666; Geissen 998; SNG Cop 344; Kampmann-Ganschow 32.474; BMC Alexandria -, F, weight 9.553 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 128 - 28 Aug 129 A.D.; obverse AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse L TRIC-KAIDE (year 13), Demeter standing left, veiled and wreathed with grain, wearing chiton and peplos, stalks of grain and poppies in right, long torch vertical behind in left; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior |  | The primary reference for Dionysopolis is Dimitar Draganov's "The Bronze Coinage of Dionysopolis" in Spink's Numismatic Circular CV/10, December, 1997, pp. 371-7. He collected 800 coins from Dionysopolis to conduct his study but none of this type. |
| RP48233. Bronze AE 21, AMNG I/I 374 var (different reverse legend breaks), Draganov Dionysopolis -, SNG Stancomb -, SNG BM Black Sea -, VF, nice patina, weight 7.034 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 180o, Dionysopolis mint, obverse AUT KAI M AURH KOMODOC, laureate head right; reverse DIONUCOPO-LEITWN, Demeter veiled standing left, torch in right, ears of grain in left, G in left field; extremely rare; $65.00 (€50.05) |
| Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius |  | Faustina I was the wife of Antoninus Pius. Little is known of her, except that she was regarded as vain and frivolous, though this may have just been malicious gossip. Antoninus Pius loved her greatly, and upon her death in 141 A.D. she was deified and a temple was built in her honor. |
| RB57873. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III 1118, aF, weight 28.776 g, maximum diameter 32.2 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, posthumous, 147 - 161 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right; reverse AVGVSTA, Ceres standing half left, torch in right, grain in left,; $65.00 (€50.05) |
| Geta, 209 - c. 26 December 211 A.D., Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior |  | Demeter in Greek mythology is the goddess of grain and fertility, the pure; nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death; and preserver of marriage and the sacred law. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, dated to about the seventh century B.C. she is invoked as the "bringer of seasons," a subtle sign that she was worshipped long before she was made one of the Olympians. She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries that also predated the Olympian pantheon. |
| RP63126. Bronze AE 23, Varbanov 488, AMNG -, SNG Cop -, BMC Moesia -, F, weight 5.430 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 0o, Dionysopolis mint, obverse AU K P CEP GETAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DIONUCOPOLEITWN, Demeter standing left, ears of grain downward in right, long flaming torch vertical behind in left, G in left field; $55.00 (€42.35) |
| Faustina Sr., Augusta, 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius |  | Ceres a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships, was listed among the Di Consentes, Rome's equivalent to the Twelve Olympians of Greek mythology. The Romans saw her as the counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, whose mythology was reinterpreted for Ceres in Roman art and literature. |
| RS50683. Silver denarius, RIC III 362, BMCRE IV 421, RSC II 104, SRCV II 4584, gF, weight 3.030 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, posthumous, 147 - 161 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right; reverse AVGVSTA, Ceres standing half left, long torch in right, raising drapery with left; $45.00 (€34.65) |
| Tomis, Moesia Inferior, c. Late 1st Century B.C. - Mid 1st Century A.D. |  | Tomis (Constanta, Romania today) was founded by Greek colonists around 600 B.C. on the Black Sea shore for trade with the local Getic population. |
| BB60429. Bronze AE 16, RPC I 1819, AMNG I 2513, aF, weight 1.765 g, maximum diameter 15.7 mm, die axis 0o, Tomis mint, obverse veiled head of Demeter right, ear of grain before; reverse TO-MI/TW-N, APOLW, two ears of grain; $34.00 (€26.18) |
| Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Nicomedia, Bithynia |  | Nicomedia was the Roman metropolis of Bithynia and Diocletian made it the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire in 286 when he introduced the Tetrarchy system. Nicomedia remained as the eastern (and most senior) capital of the Roman Empire until co-emperor Licinius was defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of Chrysopolis in 324. Constantine resided mainly in Nicomedia as his interim capital for the next six years, until in 330 when he declared the nearby Byzantium (renamed Constantinople) the new capital. Constantine died in his royal villa in the vicinity of Nicomedia in 337. Due to its position at the convergence of the Asiatic roads leading to the new capital, Nicomedia retained its importance even after the foundation of Constantinople.
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| BB60541. Bronze AE 18, Rec Gén 50, SNGvA 744, aF, nice green patina, weight 2.423 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 180o, Nikomedia mint, obverse ANTWN KAI-CAP CEB, bareheaded and draped bust right; reverse DHMHT - NEIKO, Demeter standing left, veiled, stalks of grain downward in right, long scepter vertical behind in left; $18.00 (€13.86) |
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