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Providence (Providentia)
Geta, 209 - c. 26 December 211 A.D.

|Geta|, |Geta,| |209| |-| |c.| |26| |December| |211| |A.D.||denarius|
In late December 211, Geta was lured to come without his bodyguards to meet Caracalla, to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrived at their mother's house, the Praetorian Guard murdered him and he died in the arms of his mother Julia Domna.
RS87270. Silver denarius, Hunter III 56 (same obv. leg. break), RSC III 200, RIC IV 81 (S), SRCV II 7252, BMCRE V - (noted p. 422), Choice gVF, superb portrait and reverse style, excellent well centered strike, radiating flow lines, toned, tiny edge cracks, weight 3.064 g, maximum diameter 19.2 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 211 A.D.; obverse P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right; reverse TR P III COS II P P, Providentia (or Aeternitas?) standing slightly right, head left, short torch in extended right hand, globe in extended left hand; scarce; SOLD


Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.

|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.||denarius|
Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.
RS113103. Silver denarius, Woytek 580v, BnF IV 896, RIC II 361, RSC II 313, BMCRE III 640, Hunter II 209, SRCV II -, Choice VF, well centered, toned, flow lines, rev. die wear, edge cracks, weight 2.668 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, c. autumn 116 - Aug 117 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate and draped bust right; reverse PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Providentia standing slightly left, head left, pointing right hand at large globe at feet on left, long scepter vertical in left hand, resting left elbow on column, PRO-VID (foresight) divided low across field; SOLD


Maximinus I Thrax, 20 March 235 - Late May 238 A.D.

|Maximinus| |I|, |Maximinus| |I| |Thrax,| |20| |March| |235| |-| |Late| |May| |238| |A.D.||denarius|
On 18 March 235 Legio XXII Primigenia mutinied and murdered Severus Alexander and his mother Julia Mamaea near Moguntiacum (modern Mainz). On 20 March, Maximinus Thrax, age 62, was proclaimed emperor. He had a Gothic father and an Alan mother. Maximinus a Thracian, was the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne.
RS17312. Silver denarius, RIC IV 13, RSC III 77, BMCRE VI 86, SRCV III 8315, EF, weight 2.670 g, maximum diameter 19.2 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, Mar 235 - Jan 236 A.D.; obverse IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PROVIDENTIA AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing left, wand in right hand pointed downward over globe at feet, cornucopia in left hand; SOLD


Diocletian, 20 November 284 - 1 May 305 A.D.

|Diocletian|, |Diocletian,| |20| |November| |284| |-| |1| |May| |305| |A.D.||half| |follis|
RIC lists this type as scarce but market evidence indicates it is rare.
RB64547. Billon half follis, RIC VI Alexandria 93a, VF, weight 3.334 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 315o, Alexandria mint, c. first half of 308 A.D.; obverse D N DIOCLETIANO FELICIS, laureate and mantled bust right, holding olive-branch and mappa; reverse PROVIDENTIA DEORVM (to the foresight of the gods), Providentia, on left, standing right, scepter in right, confronting Quies, standing left, holding branch in right and long scepter vertical behind in left, Γ in center, ALE in exergue; rare; SOLD


Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.

|Hadrian|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.||denarius|
In 120, an Indian ambassadorial group visited Hadrian.
RS68914. Silver denarius, RSC II 1198a, BMCRE III 304, RIC II 133, SRCV II 3528, gVF, some mint luster, centered, weight 3.479 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 119 - 122 A.D.; obverse IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder; reverse P M TR P COS III, Providentia standing slightly left, wand in right over globe at feet on left, scepter in right, PRO - AVG across field; SOLD


Diocletian, 20 November 284 - 1 May 305 A.D.

|Diocletian|, |Diocletian,| |20| |November| |284| |-| |1| |May| |305| |A.D.||follis|
Quies is the personification of rest and retirement. The obverse legend observes that Diocletian has found tranquility.
RB49453. Billon follis, RIC VI Alexandria 109, gVF, weight 6.937 g, maximum diameter 24.0 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, issued after abdication, late 308 - 310 A.D.; obverse D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust right in consular robe holding olive branch in right and mappa in left; reverse PROVIDENTIA DEORVM (to the foresight of the gods), Providentia standing right extending right hand to Quies standing left holding branch in right and leaning on scepter with left, B/ KP in center, ALE in exergue; rare; SOLD


Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.

|Trajan|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.||denarius|
Rare with OPTIMO on obverse. This variant is excluded from RSC, thought to be a Cohen error, but it is clearly confirmed by our specimen.
RS11358. Silver denarius, RIC II 363, Cohen II 313, BMCRE III -, RSC II -, F, weight 2.165 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 116 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped bust right; reverse PRO-VID P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Providentia standing left holding scepter and resting elbow on column, right hand is pointing at globe left; rare; SOLD


Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D.

|Commodus|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |December| |192| |A.D.||denarius|
TR P abbreviates Tribunicia Potestate, the tribunician power, the power to veto legislation. In Roman coin legends the abbreviation TR P is often followed by a Roman numeral indicating the number of times the tribunitian power has been held. Every emperor claimed the tribunician power from the moment of accession. Up to Nerva the tribunician power was renewed on the anniversary of its original conferment. From Antoninus Pius on it seems to have been renewed on 10 December, the day on which elected tribunes entered office. It is still unclear (a) what system of renewal was in force from Trajan to Antoninus Pius and (b) whether at some point in the third century the tribunician day was moved from 10 December to 1 January.
RS32354. Silver denarius, RIC III 19, SRCV II 5709, RSC II 804, BMCRE IV 66, VF, nice portrait, excellent centering, grainy, a few minor marks and flan cracks, weight 3.128 g, maximum diameter 19.1 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 181 A.D.; obverse M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right; reverse TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P, Providentia standing left, wand over globe in right hand, long scepter vertical in left; SOLD


Florianus, June or July - August or September 276 A.D.

|Florianus|, |Florianus,| |June| |or| |July| |-| |August| |or| |September| |276| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Providentia (foresight) was an important moral and philosophical abstraction in Roman discourse. Cicero says it is one of the three main components of prudentia, "the knowledge of things that are good or bad or neither," along with memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding). The reverse legend dedicates this coin to the providence of the gods.
SH58458. Silvered antoninianus, Venèra 2932, RIC V-1 -, aVF, weight 2.543 g, maximum diameter 22.2 mm, die axis 180o, Serdica (Sofia, Bulgaria) mint, 276 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AN FLORIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse PROVIDEN DEOR (the foresight of the gods), Providentia on left, standing right, holding two standards; Sol on right, standing left, raising right hand, globe in left hand, star in between, Δ in exergue; very rare; SOLD


Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D.

|Elagabalus|, |Elagabalus,| |16| |May| |218| |-| |11| |March| |222| |A.D.||denarius|
Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.
RS88417. Silver denarius, RIC IV 23, RSC III 144, BMCRE V 102, Hunter III 25, SRCV II 7531, EF, excellent portrait, reverse slightly off center, edge cracks, weight 3.043 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, late 219 A.D.; obverse IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse PM T R P II COS II P P, Providentia standing facing, head left, legs crossed, leaning with left arm on column, rod in right hand held over globe at feet, cornucopia in left hand; SOLD




    




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