Roman: Imperial and Provincial Coinage
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Trajan DeciusTrajan Decius AE Sestertius (15.50g), RIC 117a, Cohen 53 - Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate & cuirassed bust right / GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI S-C, Genius standing left, holding patera & cornucopiae, standard behind. Cohen 53, Sear 9404.Molinari
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PostumusPostumus AE Double Sestertius (30.11g). IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head left, holding two standards. RIC 123, Cohen 74, Sear 11040.Molinari
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PostumusPostumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Æ Sestertius (11.87g). Treveri (Trier) mint. 1st bronze emission, 2nd phase, mid AD 260. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP POSTVMVS P F AVG / Galley left, LAETITIA AVG. RIC V 144; Mairat –; Bastien 7; Banti 23.Molinari
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DiocletianDIOCLETIAN. 286-305 AD. Æ Follis. Aquileia mint, 2nd officina. Struck 296 AD. IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; AQS. RIC VI 23a. near EF, Some silvering remaining.Molinari
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Philip IPhilip I AE Sestertius (18.68g), RIC 150a, Cohen 138 - Philip I AE Sestertius. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P S C, Felicitas standing left with caduceus & cornucopiae. RIC 150a, Cohen 138, Sear 9005.Molinari
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Philip IPhilip I. AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (18.02g). Rome mint, 10th emission, AD 248. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SAECVLVM NOVVM, octastyle temple with statue of Roma seated facing within; S C in exergue. Commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. RIC IV 164 corr. (rev. legend); Banti 52.Molinari
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Philip IIPhilip II, as Caesar, Æ Sestertius, 17.22g. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, draped bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENT S-C, Philip II standing left with globe & spear. RIC 256a, Cohen 49, Sear 9249.Molinari
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Gallienus Gallienus AE Sestertius, 18.68g. Rome Mint, joint reign with Valerian I. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG S-C, Soldier standing left, holding spear and resting left hand on shield. RIC 248. Cohen 1295. Sear5 10495.Molinari
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Otacillia SeveraOtacilia Severa Æ Sestertius. MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right / PIETAS AVGVSTAE S-C, Pietas standing, raising right hand holding corn ears, incense box in left hand. RIC 208a, Cohen 46.Molinari
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OrbianaOrbiana, AE sestertius (18.27g). AD 225-227. SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust right / CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM S-C, Concord seated left holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 655, Cohen 4, Sear 8193, BMC 293.Molinari
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Maximinus I ThraxMaximinus I Thrax (the Thracian), AE Sestertius, 20.39g. 236-238 AD. MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, cuirassed, draped bust right / SALVS AVGVSTI S-C, Salus seated left, feeding snake rising from altar. RIC 85; Cohen 92; BMCRE 175-176; Banti 24; Sear 8338.Molinari
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MarinianaDiva Mariniana, wife of Valerian I, Æ Sestertius, 14.50g. Rome mint. DIVAE MARINIANAE, veiled, diademed & draped bust right / CONSECRATIO S-C, peacock standing facing, head left, feathers in full display. RIC 9, Sear 10073.Molinari
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ElagabalusAE 14, Elagabalus, Antioch, ca. AD 218-222. Obv: Elagabalus right; Rev: Delta Epsilon with star below, all within wreath, dark brown patina with red earthen highlights, some roughness, VF. Not in Lindgren I or III; Not in Sear, Not in Butcher. Lichocka Figure 3, Table VII, 56 (this coin illustrated).
Published in: Lichocka, Barbara, "Delta-Epsilon issues of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander," in Classica Orientalia: Essays Presented to Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski on his 75th Birthday (Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw), pg. 310, Fig. 3, Table VII, 56.Molinari
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Julia Mamaea Julia Mamaea Æ Sestertius, 17.72g. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA Diademed & draped bust right / FELICITAS PVBLICA S-C, Felicity standing half-left, arm on column, holding caduceus. Cohen 21.RIC 676, Cohen 21, BMC 487.Molinari
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Severus Alexander Severus Alexander Denarius. 228 AD. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped bust right / P M TR P VII COS II P P, Alexander sacrificing left, draped and holding patera over altar. RIC 81; RSC 357.Molinari
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Faustina IIFaustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Faustina to right, rocking her sweet, characteristic bun. I V N O, around Juno seated.RIC III 674 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 7-4a; BMCRE 87 (Aurelius); RSC 85. Molinari
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Gordian IIIGordian III, AR Antoninianus. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVID AVG, Providence standing left, holding scepter, pointing want at globe at feet. RIC 148; Sear 8654; RSC 296.Molinari
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Gordian IIIGordian III, AR Antoninianus. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing right with wreath and anchor. RIC 86; Sear 8617; RSC 121.Molinari
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Gordian III, AR Ant., AntiochGordian III, Antioch, AR ant. Rare variety featuring draped cuirassed bust of Gordian III seen from front / PMTRP II COS PP, Providentia holding globe.Molinari
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Gordian IIIGordian III, AR Antoninianus, Antioch mint, 242-44 AD. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna Redux seated left, holding rudder and cornucpoia. REC IV 210; RSC 98a.
Fortuna Redux guaranteed the safe return home for emperors.Molinari
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Otacillia SeveraOtacillia Severa, AR Antoninianus, MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed, draped bust right on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left with patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 119b; Sear V 9148; RSC 9.Molinari
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Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus AR Denarius, 197-8 AD. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head right / PACI AETERNAE, Pax seated left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC 118; Sear 6319; RSC 357.Molinari
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Septimius SeverusSeptimius Severus, SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, Dea Caelestis in elaborate headress riding right onlion, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; below, water gushing from rocks to left, IN CARTH in exergue. RIC 266; Sear 6285; RSC 222.Molinari
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HadrianHadrian, AR Denarius. 121 AD, IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head of Hadrian right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Fortuna left, leaning on column, holding rudder and cornucpoia. RIC 86; Sear 3521; RSC 1155a.Molinari
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HadrianHadrian, AR Denarius. 121 AD, IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head of Hadrian right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Fortuna left, leaning on column, holding rudder and cornucpoia. RIC 86; Sear 3521; RSC 1155a.Molinari
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Maximinus ThraxMaximinus Thrax, IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated left feeding serpent which rises from altar. RIC 14; Sear V 8316; RSC 85a.Molinari
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Severus AlexanderSeverus Alexander, AR Denarius, IMP C MAVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, draped laureate bust right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding corcucopia and scales. RIC IV 127; RSC 9. Ex. Forvm.Molinari
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Antoninus PiusAntoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AR Denarius (2.72g). Rome mint. Struck AD 155-156. Laureate head right / Pietas standing facing, head left, placing hands on heads of "two grandchildren of Antoninus, daughters of Marcus Caesar and Faustina II, who were alive when the type was struck in 156 AD. One of them, the elder, was certainly Lucilla, who was to marry Lucius Verus in c. 164, then be executed early in the reign of her younger brother Commodus, for conspiring against him." (Commentary from Curtis Clay). RIC III 253a; RSC 992a.Molinari
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HostilianHostilian, AE Sestertius (16.02g) as Caesar, Æ Sestertius. C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C, draped bust right / PRINC IVVENT S C, Apollo seated left holding branch, arm on lyre. RIC 214, Cohen 27, S 9573.Molinari
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Herrenius EtruscusHerennius Etruscus Æ Sestertius, 18.83g. Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, bare-headed draped bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S-C, Herennius standing left, holding rod and spear. Cohen 28, Sear 9534, RIC 171a.Molinari
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Herrenia Etruscilla Herennia Etruscilla AE Sestertius (17.15g). HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right / PVDICITIA AVG, SC below, Pudicitia seated left drawing out veil & holding sceptre. RIC 136b, Cohen 22, Sear 9505.Molinari
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Gordian IIIGordian III (16.48g). Struck 243-244 AD. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AE[T]ER, S C across field, Victory standing left, holding shield on captive and palm. RIC IV 337a; Hunter 155; Cohen 351Molinari
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MaximusMaximus, AE Sestertius (22.03g), MAXIMVS CAES GERM, draped bust right / PRICIPI IVVENTVTIS S-C, Maximus standing left with baton & spear, standards behind. RIC 13, Cohen 14, BMC 213.Molinari
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TrajanSYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Gabala. Trajan. Year 152 (105/106 AD). Æ 21mm. Laureate head right / Goddess (Astarte?) seated left, holding poppy and grain-ears in right hand, sceptre in left; at her feet, sphinx seated left; star in left field. BMC Galatia, etc. pg. 244, 4 var.; Lindgren-Kovacs 2051.Molinari
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ElagabalusAE 26, Elagabalus, Antioch, ca. AD 218-222. Obv: IMPCMAVRANTONINVSAVG; Rev: D E in center, star below, all within wreath, gVF. SGI 3098 var. Lichocka VII, 27 (this coin listed, not depicted).
Published in: Lichocka, Barbara, "Delta-Epsilon issues of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander," in Classica Orientalia: Essays Presented to Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski on his 75th Birthday (Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw), pg. 318, Table VII, 27.Molinari
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ElagabalusAE 22, Elagabalus, Antioch, ca. AD 218-222. Obv: IMPCMAVRANTONINVSAVG; Rev: D E in center, star below, all within wreath, gVF. BMC 205, 447; SNG Munchen 319. Lichocka VII, 36 (this coin listed, not depicted).
Published in: Lichocka, Barbara, "Delta-Epsilon issues of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander," in Classica Orientalia: Essays Presented to Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski on his 75th Birthday (Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw), pg. 319, Table VII, 36.Molinari
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VespasianAE As, 10.21g, Vespasian, 9-79 AD, Struck in Rome, 76 AD, Obv: Laureate head of Vespasian right, IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII; Rev: Spes standing left, flower in right, raising skirt with left, S-C. RIC 583a, Van Meter 95, Cohen 457.Molinari
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AemilianAemilian, AE Sestertius, 13.03g, AD 253. Rome mint. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP CAES AEMILIANVS P F AVG / Aemilian standing left, holding spear and patera over lighted altar to left; signum between him and altar, PM TR P I PP S-C. RIC IV 47a.Molinari
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Trebonianus GallusTrebonianus Gallus AE Sestertius (15.30g). AD 251. IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS-DECENNA-LIBVS-SC in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC 127a; Cohen 137; Sear 9683.Molinari
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Valerian IValerian I, AE sestertius, (17.71g), IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG Laureate, cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, S-C, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC 177; Sear 10022.Molinari
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VolusianVOLUSIAN. 251-253 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.09g). IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CONCORDIA AVGG, S C across fields, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae. RIC IV 249a; Hunter 34; Cohen 21; Sear 9784.Molinari
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CONSTANTINOPLE: Leo ILeo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck AD 462 or 466. D N LEO PE RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / VICTORI A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross in right hand; star to right; I//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. VF, “X” graffito on obverse, a few light marks on reverse.Molinari
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