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Nero Protocontorniate31 viewsNERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP
Laureate head right
PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT SC
Temple of Janus with doors closed
Rome 65 AD
9.22g
SEAR 1974
Edges hammered in antiquity (1st-3rd century) to create a "proto-contorniate"
Better in Hand!
Ex-Tater's
From Numiswiki protocontorniate:
A protocontorniate is a normal, large-module bronze coin, typically a sestertius, which at some point was later altered by hammering the edges of the coin so that it could serve some other use. A common assumption is that protocontorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi believed protocontorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that protocontorniates were New Year’s gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being.
Jay GT4Jul 19, 2014
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Claudius & Antonia Tetradrachm77 viewsTI KΛAY∆I KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP
laureate head right, date LB (year 2) before
ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH
bust of Antonia right, hair in queue
29 Sep 41 - 28 Sep 42 A.D.
Alexandria mint
11.054g, 23.2mm, die axis 0o,
RPC 5117; Geissen 62; Milne 61; BMC Alexandria p. 9, 65; Dattari 114; SNG Milan 620, SNG Cop 57; Sommer 12.3, Emmett 73
Scarce
Ex-Forum
Antonia was the youngest daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia. She was a niece of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, mother of the Emperor Claudius, and both maternal great-grandmother and paternal great-aunt of the Emperor Nero. She was additionally the maternal great-aunt of the Empress Valeria Messalina and Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix, and paternal grandmother of Claudia Antonia, Claudia Octavia, and Britannicus.Jay GT4Jun 13, 2014
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74 BC* C POSTVMIVS22 viewsDraped bust of Diana right, wearing hair tied into knot; bow and quiver over shoulder
Hunting dog running right, spear below
C. POSTVMI / TA in exergue
Rome 74 BC
3.15g
Sear 330Jay GT4Jun 05, 2014
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103 BC Q. Minucius M.f. Thermus22 viewsHead of young Mars left, wearing crested helmet
Q THERM MF (THE and MF in monogram)
Roman soldier advancing right, fighting with uplifted sword a barbarian soldier before him and protecting with shield a fallen comrade at his feet
Rome 103 BC
3.71g
Sear 197Jay GT4Jun 05, 2014
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Nero Billon Tetradrachm32 viewsNEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV
Radiate bust left, wearing aegis. Date LIΔ.
ΠYΘEIOΣ AΠOΛΛΩN.
Laureate bust of Apollo Aktios right, quiver over shoulder; star before.
Alexandria mint, Year 14= 67-68 AD
12.18g
RPC 5318, Köln 195; Dattari 207; Milne 300; Emmett 111
Ex-ANE
Jay GT4May 30, 2014
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Myisa, Parion. Hemidrachm24 viewsGorgoneion
ΠA PI
Bull standing left, head turned to look back; kerykeion below
Mysia, Parion
350-300 BC
SNG BN -. Symbol not recorded in the standard reference.
2.20g
Ex-ANEJay GT4May 30, 2014
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Hadrian Galliae 32 viewsHADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head right.
RESTITVTORI GALLIAE.
Hadrian standing left, holding volumen and raising kneeling Gallia right.
Rome 134-8 AD
3.24g
RIC 324.Jay GT4May 11, 2014
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Domitian Fortuna47 viewsIMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER PP
Laureate head of Domitian right
FORTVNAE AVGVSTI SC
Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae
Rome 87 AD
10.9g
RIC 544
Ex-Tater'sJay GT4Mar 31, 2014
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Zoomorphic Bird plate fibula24 viewsZoomorphic fibula
Bird type (eagle?)
Pin missing
2nd Century AD
32 mm X 26 mm
10.08g
Böhme 43aJay GT4Mar 04, 2014
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Early Crossbow fibula23 viewsLikely an early Crossbow fubula type.
Engraved lines and dots
One of the Genceva 21 variations - Early Spring Crossbow Fibula.
Mid 3rd - mid 4th century AD
Pin missing
66 mm X 35 mm
16.14gJay GT4Mar 04, 2014
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Vespasian Temple of Vesta47 viewsIMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS IIII CENS
Laureate head of Vespasian right
VESTA SC
Doomed temple of Vesta in the Forum, showing four columns and containing statue of the goddess on pedestal
Rome 73 AD
9.48g
Sear 2365, RIC 601, BMCRE 664
Rare
Ex-Calgary Coin
This celebrated temple had been rebuilt by Nero following the great fire of 64 AD. The Neronian structure survived until another conflagration late in the reign of Commodus and was again restored early in the 3rd century by Julia Domna. It was again rebuilt in more modern times where it still stands in the Roman Forum to this day.
Die notes from Curtis Clay:
"Same dies, and better condition, than the Paris spec., pl. LVII, 663.
The BM spec., pl. 26.9, also illustrated in RIC, pl. 40, 601, is also from the same rev. die, but a different obv. die.
The BM and Paris specimens of the same As for Titus COS II CENS are also from that same rev. die: BM pl. 27.7 = RIC pl. 42, 640; Paris pl. LIX, 689."
Jay GT4Feb 22, 2014
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Galba billon Tetradrachm31 viewsΛ OYKΛIBΣ OYΛ Π ΓAΛBA KAIΣ ΣEB AVT
laureate bust of Galba, right, LB (year 2) before
PΩMH
Helmeted, draped bust of Roma right, holding spear & sheild
Alexandria, September 68 AD-January 69 AD
13.44g
Scarce
RPC 5330; Emmett 174
Ex-ANE
In hand it has a wonderful dark consistent toning
Jay GT4Feb 22, 2014
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Vespasian Dupondius34 viewsIMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG
Laureate head of Vespasian right
PON MAX TR POT P P COS V CENS
winged caduceus between two cornucopiae
10.79g
74 AD
Probably minted in Rome for the Syrian monetary circulation.
RIC I 798c; RIC II 759; RPC 1983
Jay GT4Feb 20, 2014
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Kraftig Profilierte Fibula27 viewsKraftig Profilierte Fibula
Early 1st century to early 2nd Century AD.
Pin missing
Distribution:Mostly found in Pannonia, Dacia, Noricum, and Raetia.Jay GT4Feb 16, 2014
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Hod Hill Fibula22 viewsHod Hill Type Fibula
Distribution: Gaul, Britain; Rhine and Danube Limes. They are common on Roman military sites.
Typology: Riha 5.14; Hull 60; Ettlinger 31
c. 50-100 ADJay GT4Feb 16, 2014
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Hadrian Alexandrian Drachm28 viewsAVT KAI TRAI A∆PIA CEB
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind
Nilus seated left on rocks, reed in right, cornucopia in left, crocodile right climbing up rocks, IS / L (year 16) above left
Alexandria
25.03g, 34mm
Emmett 1014
Ex-Zurgieh
The Greek numeral sixteen (Iς) above Nilus refers to what was considered the ideal height of the annual Nile flood, sixteen cubits. Less could mean drought or famine. Even in modern times grand celebrations were held when the flood reached 16 cubits. In years when the flood failed to reach 16 cubits, the celebrations were canceled, and prayers and fasting were held instead. The peak flood occurred at the end of August, which explains why the Egyptian year began on 29 August.Jay GT4Feb 14, 2014
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Taras Didrachm 272-235 BC69 viewsYouth on horse standing left with monogram N below, holding wreath above its head.
Taras holding Nike & trident, on dolphin left, TAPAΣ to right API-ΣTO below.
Calabria, Taras
250 BC
21 mm, 6.7gm
Ref: SNG-Cop-923, Vlasto 873v
Ex-Imperator Coins
New photo!Jay GT4
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Mark Antony Legionary PRAETORIARVM57 viewsANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
CHORTIVM PRAETORIARVM
Legionary Eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.08g
Imperators 385, Sydenham 1213, BMCRR East 184, Cohen 7
Ex-Incitatus
Scarce/rare
An important and historical coin!
The Praetorian cohorts had their origins in the small escorts which accompanied the generals on campaign. The name derives from the commander's tent (praetorium), a name which was later applied to the commandant's house in a permanent fort. At the time of Actium Antony probably had at least four praetorian cohorts. In the years following Actium Augustus established a permanent body of nine praetorian cohorts, three in Rome, the remainder dispersed among neighboring towns. They were regarded as elite troops and this was reflected in their living conditions and pay (more than three times the rate for legionaries). The praetorian prefects, first appointed by Augustus in 2 BC were to exercise enormous political power in Rome in the centuries to follow.
Jay GT4
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Caesar: Grandfather of Mark Antony 98 viewsCAESAR
Head of young Mars left wearing a crested helmet
Rev.
L IVLI L F
Venus Genetrix in Biga left drawn by two cupids, before them a lyre
Rome 103 BC
Sear 198
ex-Harlan J. Berk
Lucius Julius Caesar was Mark Antony's grandfather and Gaius Julius Caesar's cousin. He was moneyer in 103 BC and tried in vain to obtain the quaestorship. However he was praetor in 94 and then became the proconsul of Macedonia. Finally he gained the Consulship in 90 BC the same year his younger brother Gaius was aedile.
In 90 BC Lucius Julius Caesar as consul defeated the Samnites and proposed the Lex Julia which offered citizenship to all communities in Italy that were not in revolt. In the following year 89, the Lex Plautia Papiria extended citizenship to those who gave up the fight by a certain date. Lucius Julius Caesar was now made censor along with Publius Licinius Crassus (father of the triumvir). But it was a time of unrest.
In 87 Marius returned to Rome with Cinna and captured the city. Lucius and Gaius were killed during the fighting and according to Livy their heads were exposed on the speakers platform. Titus Pullo
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Macrinus54 viewsIMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right
FELECITAS TEMPORVM
Felicitas standing left holding long caduceus and cornucopiae
Rome 217 AD
2.37g
Sear 7331, RSC 19a, RIC 62
Scarce/Rare: 5 specimens in Reka Devnia Hoard (Cohen 19)
Ex-ANE
Wildwinds speciman #2
Macrinus was the Praetorian prefect during the reign of Caracalla. After hearing a prophecy that he would become Emperor Macrinus feared that Caracalla would have him killed. In order to save his life he arranged Caracalla's assassination and he and his son Diadumenian seized power and were accepted by the senate. Macrinus concluded an unfavourable peace with the Persians. This disgrace, magnified by propaganda of Julia Maesa, Caracalla's aunt, inspired the Syrian legions to revolt. In the ensuing conflict Macrinus was defeated. He fled, only to be betrayed and executed.Jay GT4
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