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Amisos was settled c. 760 - 750 B.C. by people from Miletus, who established a flourishing trade relationship with the ancient peoples of Anatolia. Amisos came under the rule of the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great's Macedonian Empire, and then the Kingdom of Pontus. The Romans took control in 47 B.C. and Amisos remained within the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Rome. In 1200, the city was captured by the Seljuks, to be later taken over by the Ilhanlilar. Amisos today is Samsun, a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey.GB99016. Bronze AE 21, SNG BM Black Sea 1149; SNG Stancomb 676; SNG Cop 148; SNGvA 64; Rec Gén p. 54, 29; BMC Pontus p. 17, 40; HGC 7 241, gF, dark green patina, scratches, small edge split, weight 7.284 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 0o, Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, struck under Mithradates VI, c. 105 - 85 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of young Ares right; reverse sword in sheath with strap, AMI-ΣOY divided across field; $45.00 (€42.30)
Nabataean Kingdom, Anonymous Issue, c. 272 - 72 B.C.
There has been much debate over the dating of this bronze type, imitative of the gold staters of Alexander. Great variation in style suggests a long period of striking and they are often overstruck on coins of Ptolemy I - III. They were most likely struck at the desert citadel of Petra before Aretas III lost Damascus to Tigranes II in 72 B.C., and then transferred his royal mint to Petra.GB110789. Bronze AE 17, Barkay CN 1, Meshorer Nabataea 1, Huth 44, HGC 10 671, F, green patina, light earthen deposits, scratches, porosity, traces of sprue cuts, weight 3.276 g, maximum diameter 16.6 mm, die axis 0o, Petra (Jordan) mint, c. 272 - 72 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena right; reverse Nike advancing left, wreath in extended right hand, Λ in left field; scarce; $45.00 (€42.30)
Licinius Junior, Caesar, 1 March 317 - 18 September 324 A.D.
In 321 A.D., the Catholic Church was first allowed to hold property.RL113304. Billon half follis, Hunter V 27 (also 3rd officina), RIC VII Heraclea 54 (S), SRCV IV 15407, Cohen VII 21, VF, well centered, black patina, a little rough, weight 3.558 g, maximum diameter 20.1 mm, die axis 0o, 3rd officina, Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, 321 - 324 A.D.; obverse D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, spear in right over shoulder, shield in left; reverse IOVI CONSERVATORI (to Jupiter the protector), Jupiter standing facing, head left, nude but for chlamys over left shoulder, Victory on globe offering wreath in his right hand, eagle-topped scepter vertical in left, eagle with wreath in beak standing left on left, X/IIΓ (12 1/2) on right above bearded captive at feet seated right with head turned back looking at Jupiter, SMHΓ in exergue; $45.00 (€42.30)
Mesembria, Thrace, 300 - 250 B.C.
The wheel on the reverse is depicted with a degree of perspective, which is unusual on ancient coins.
(sampi) was an archaic Greek letter used between the 7th and the middle of the 5th centuries B.C., probably to denote some type of a sibilant (hissing) ΣΣ or TΣ sound, and was abandoned when the sound disappeared from Greek. The name sampi is of medieval origin. The letter's original name in antiquity is not known. Its use has been attested at the Ionian cities Miletus, Ephesos, Halikarnassos, Erythrae, and Teos, at the Ionian colony of Massalia in Gaul, on the island of Samos, and at Kyzikos, Mysia. At Mesembria, on the Black Sea coast of Thrace, it was used on coins in an abbreviation of the city's name, spelled META. In a famous painted black figure amphora from c. 615 B.C., known as the "Nessos amphora," the inscribed name of the eponymous centaur Nessus is rendered in the irregular spelling NETOΣ.GB98883. Bronze AE 20, SNG Stancomb 229, SNG Cop 658, SNG BM 276 var. (helmet left), gF, weight 6.780 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 0o, Mesambria (Nesebar, Bulgaria) mint, 300 - 250 B.C.; obverse Thracian helmet with cheek guard right; reverse wheel with hub and four spokes, METAM/BPIANΩN (T = archaic Greek letter sampi = ΣΣ) divided, above and below; rare; $19.00 (€17.86) 
Delmatius, Caesar, 18 September 335 - mid 337 A.D.
In 337 A.D., Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I and rule as co-emperors. A number of descendants of Constantius Chlorus, including Delmatius, as well as officials of the Roman Empire, were executed. The three Augusti denied responsibility for the purge. MA113865. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VII Thessalonica 228 (R4), LRBC I 851, SRCV IV 16896, Cohen VII 4, F, dark green patina, scratches, rev. off center, weight 1.498 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 0o, 2nd officina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, 336 - 337 A.D.; obverse FL DELMATIVS NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse GLORIA EXERCITVS (glory of the army), two soldiers standing facing, flanking one standard in center, heads confronted, each holds a spear in outer hand and rests inner hand on grounded shield, SMTSB exergue; rare; $10.50 (€9.87)
Theodosius I, 19 January 379 - 17 January 395 A.D.
Between 389 and 392, Theodosius promulgated the "Theodosian decrees," instituting a major change in his religious policies, which removed non-Nicene Christians from church office and abolished the last remaining expressions of Roman religion by making its holidays into workdays, banned blood sacrifices, closed Roman temples, and disbanded the Vestal Virgins. The practices of taking auspices and witchcraft were punished. Theodosius refused to restore the Altar of Victory in the Senate House, as asked by non-Christian senators.MA114427. Bronze maiorina, RIC IX Antioch 63(d)2, LRBC II 2757, SRCV V 20507, Cohen VIII 54, VF/F, dark patina, near centered, mild roughness, weight 4.226 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 0o, 2nd officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, c. 387 - 392 A.D.; obverse D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VIRTVS EXERCITI (courage of the army), emperor standing right, vexillum in right hand, globe in left hand, left foot on bound captive kneeling right before him and looking back at him, ANTB in exergue; $5.00 (€4.70)
Gratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D.
In 367, in the Great Conspiracy, the Roman garrison on Hadrian's Wall revolted and allowed Picts from Caledonia to devastate Britain. Simultaneously Attacotti, the Scotti from Hibernia (Ireland), and the Saxons from Germania invaded the island's mid-western and south-eastern borders. They sacked the cities and murdered, raped and enslaved Romano-British civilians and in 368 plundered Londinium. In 368, General Theodosius arrived in Britannia with a relief force to deal with the invaders. In Winter 368, the barbarians were driven back to their homelands, the Hadrian's Wall was retaken. Theodosius reorganized the abandoned forts and mounted punitive expeditions in Hibernia (Ireland). By 369, Theodosius had fully recovered Britain for the empire.MA114429. Bronze centenionalis, SRCV V 20065, Cohen VIII 23, Hunter V -, VF, centered, green patina, edge splits, rough areas, weight 2.122 g, maximum diameter 19.0 mm, die axis 180o, 4th officina, Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) mint, 24 Aug 367 - 17 Nov 375 A.D.; obverse D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM (glory of the Romans), emperor advancing left holding labarum (chi-rho Christogram standard) in left and dragging captive, control marks in fields, [...]SISCE in exergue; $5.00 (€4.70)
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