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Augustus denarius - Gaius and Lucius Emperor Augustus
Mint Lugdunum
size (mm) 17
Weight (g) 3.83
Die Axis 170
Tariff 1 denarius
Ob. Leg. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Ob. Desc. Laureate head right
Rev. Leg. AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT / C L CAESARES
Rev. Desc. Gaius and Lucius caesar on l. anbd r. standing front, each togate and resting hand on shield; behind each shield a spear and on l. simpulum r and on r. lituus l.
RIC210 BacchusOct 19, 2008
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Q Curtius & M Junius Silanus Denarius 116-115 BCOb. Head of Roma, X behind head, Q CVRT before
Rev. Jupiter in galloping quadriga right; lituus above, M SIA below, ROMA in ex.
Ref. Cr285/2, Syd 537.
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'Opium weights'Set of five hintha bird weights (a Brahmani Duck (Hamsa) emblem of the Mon kingdom with duck’s bill, crested comb, bulging eyes, side wings and upturned tail standing with 2 legs and rear post on a tapered hexagonal base with serrated edge). These are sometimes referred to as cock weights or opium weights. The bases are hexagonal - probably from Burma or surrounding The lighest one is 15g and they double up from there
Likely late 18th or early 19th century
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Chinese 'Knife' or money daggerProbably 19th century judging from the coins and thread. Good work around the hilt though the point is a bit off
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Charles II - 1665-1700 - MajorcaOb Bust right
Rev. Cross
Ref. ?
Weight 1.57g
Size 13mm
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Sun K'o-wang - Ming RebelsOb. Hsing chao tun'g pao
Rev. wu-li
Ref. Schjoth 1332, Mitchiner 3679
Weight 8.69
5 cash
Size 33mm
scarce
Seat of Government - Kuei-pao
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Ching DynastyOb. Abkai fulingga han jiha
Rev. Blank
Size 24mm
Weight 4.85g
Ref. Schjoth 1355
date pre-1627
Very scarce
Manchu legend ' the Imperial coin of the Heavenly mandate'
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Wu San Kuei - died 1678 - Ming: Rebel PrinceOb. Chao-wu t'ung-pao
Rev. yi fen
Ref. Schjoch 1347, Mitchiner 3709
Seal writing
8.41g
33mm
scarce
Year 1678
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Gordian III Antoninianus 238-244ADOb. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed
Rev. PAX AVGVSTI - Pax advancing left, holding branch and scepter
Ref. RIC IV 214(b)
24mm
Antioch mint
242-244AD
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Philip II - denariusOb. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - Radiate and draped bust right (seen from behind)
Rev. P M TR P VI COS P P - Felicitas standing left holding long caduceus and cornucopia
Ref. RIC IV 235b
249AD
23mm
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Septimius Servus 193-211 denariusOb. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II Laureate head right
Rev. LIRER AVG Libertas seated left holding cornucopia
Ref. RIC398
Mint Emesa
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Note. The reverse should read LIBER AVG, but there is an error BacchusApr 20, 2006
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Septimius Servus 193-211 denariusOb. SEVERVS PIVS AVG Head right
Rev. FVNDATOR PACIS Emperor standing left holding olive branch.
Ref. RIC265, BMC 330 Sear 1653
Rome mint
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Antoninus Pius Denarius 155ADObv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII - Laureate head right
Rev. COS IIII - Annona standing left holding corn ears and placing left hand on modius set upon prow of galley
Mint Rome
Ref. RIC III, 239, BMCRE 810 var.; RSC 292
ANTONIUS AUGUSTUS PIUS PATER PATRIAE TRIBUNICIA POTESTAS XI
Antonius Augustus Pius, Father of the country, Tribune of the People for the eighteenth time
CONSUL IIII - Consul for the fourth time
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Trajan Decius AntoninianusOb. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev. DACIA, Personification of Dacia stands left, holding a staff surmounted with the head of a dragon
Ref. RIC 2b, RSC13
Weight 3.7g
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Gaius Messius Quintus Decius was born in a village near the Danube River. He married well, to the aristocratic Etruscilla, and later became Senator, then Consul. Decius served the usurper, Philip I, then became (perhaps unwillingly) a usurper himself when his troops proclaimed him Augustus. After he defeated Philip and executed him, the Senate quickly flattered him with Trajan's respected name. At the time, Rome was beleaguered by the Goths, and the Christian church was seen as a secondary threat. Decius attacked both Christianity (executing Pope Fabianus) and the Goths. Though devastatingly successful against the former, the Goths defeated his army, and Decius became the first Roman Emperor to be killed by a foreign army.
Note the allusion that this is a male is due to worn dies - the robes and other attributes all indicate this is female
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L Flaminius Chilo Denarius. 109-108 BCOb. ROMA, helmeted head of Roma right; X before
Rev. L FLAMIN, Victory in biga right.
Ref. Crawford 302/1; Syd 540.
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