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VOLUSIAN sestertius - 251-253 ADobv: IMP.CAE.C.VIB.VOLVSIANO.AVG (laureate head right)
rev: FELICITAS.PVBLICA / S.C. (Felicity standing left, leaning on column, holding caduceus & scepter)
ref: RIC251a, C.35
12.33gms, 25-26mm
Scarceberserker
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VOLUSIAN AR antoninianus AD251-253obv: IMP C V AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG
rev: VBERITAS AVG (Uberitas standing left holding purse & cornucopia)
ref: RIC-, [similar to RIC237], [C.125 (12frcs)]
mint: Antiochia, 4.48g
Very rare
The similar coin of Volusian is described as VBERTAS AVG (without sic!) in RIC, but with mint-mark. This coin has no mint-mark, so it's not in RIC. berserker
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VOLUSIAN AR antoninianus AD251-253obv:IMP.CAE.C.VIB.VOLVSIANO.AVG
rev:VIRTVS AVGG (Virtus standing right, holding spear and resting left on shield at front)
ref:RIC206, C.133
mint:Mediolanum, 3.43gberserker
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VOLUSIAN AR antoninianus - 252 ADobv:IMP.CAE.C.VIB.VOLVSIANO.AVG
rev:VIRTVS AVGG (Virtus standing left, holding spear and leaning on shield, star on field)
ref:RIC187, C.135
mint:Rome, 3.76gms
Scarce
”Only his ’Virtus Augg.’ strike a sterner note. It was perhaps felt that the government might otherwise appear too soft. The issue with a star covers only about one-third of the year. As a solar symbol the star had been used by the Emperor Elagabalus, the priest of Elagabalus the Sun-god. Here it may possibly refer to Apollo in his capacity of Sun-god. The exact occasion has not been determined.” (RIC IViii pp156-157)berserker
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VOLUSIAN AR antoninianus - 251-253 ADobv: IMP.CAE.C.VIB.VOLVSIANO.AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: PAX AVGG / * (Pax standing left, holding branch & transverse scepter; star to right)
ref: RIC IViii 180, C.71
mint: Rome
4.80gms
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VOLUSIAN AE25 of Dacia AD251/252obv:IMP.C.C.VIB.VOLVSIANVS.AVG
rev:PROVINCIA.DACIA / AN VI (Dacia standing left with branch & scepter, between eagle & lion.)
ref:Moushmov 18
mint: Viminacium, 17.71g, 25mm
Rareberserker
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VALERIAN II antoninianus - 256-259 ADobv: DIVO CAES VALERIANO (radiate bust right)
rev: CONSECRATIO (large altar)
ref: RIC Vi 24, RSC 13a
mint: Rome
3.53gms, 18mm
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VALERIAN II antoninianus - 254-255 ADobv: P.LIC.VALERIANVS.CAES (radiate, draped bust right)
rev: PIETAS AVGG (priestly implements: lituus, patera, jug, simpulum, and sprinkler)
ref: RIC Vi 19, RSC 45
mint: Rome
2.83gms, 22mmberserker
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VALERIAN II antoninianus - 253-255 ADobv: VALERIANVS CAES (radiate and draped bust right)
rev: IOVI CRESCENTI (infant Jupiter seated facing, raising hand, on goat advancing)
ref: RIC Vi 3, RSC 26
mint: Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne), Lugdunum by RIC
2.42gms, 22mm
Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus was the eldest son of Gallienus and Salonina. He was made caesar under his father in 253, but died only 2 years later. It isn't clear how he died, but he was on the Danube frontier at the time. From his young portraits, he was perhaps 8 when he became caesar, and only 10 at his death.berserker
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VALERIAN I sestertius - 253 ADobv: IMP.C.P.LIC.VALERIANVS.AVG
rev: VICTORIA.AVG / S.C. (Victoria standing left, holding wreath and palm)
ref: RIC177, C.219
15.53g, 24-27mm
Rare
In RIC Vi-Valerian177 sestertius reverse has VICTORIA.AVGG, this coin can't be seen the second G letter. berserker
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VALERIAN I antoninianus AD254-255obv: IMP.C.P.LIC.VALERIANVS.AVG
rev:FORTVNA REDVX
ref:RIC214, C.75
mint:Viminatium, 3.00g
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VALERIAN I antoninianus AD253obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG (radiate, draped bust right)
rev: RESTITVT ORIENTIS (Turreted female (the Orient) standing right presenting wreath to Valerian standing left, holding spear)
ref:RIC 286, Cohen 188
mint: Antioch, 3.16g, 21x25mmberserker
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VALERIAN I antoninianus - 257 ADobv: IMP VALERIANVS AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: PM TRP V COS IIII PP (Valerian I and Gallienus standing face to face, shields and spears between them)
ref: RIC Vi 277, Cohen 169, Göbl 1598a
mint: Antioch
3.23gms, 21.5mm
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VALERIAN I antoninianus - 254 ADobv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG (radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: VICTORIA AVGG (Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm)
ref: RIC Vi 125, C.230
mint: Rome
3.2 gms, 22 mm
This coin is probably commemorated the victory over Aemilian.berserker
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VALERIAN I antoninianus - 254 ADobv: IMP.C.P.LIC.VALERIANVS.AVG (radiate, draped bust right)
rev: VICTORIAE.AVGG (Soldier standing right, holding spear, left hand resting on shield)
ref: RIC Vi 225, C.241
mint: Viminatium
2.98gms, 22mm, billon
Scarceberserker
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VALERIAN I antoninianus - 253-260 ADobv: [IMP…] VALERIANVS.PF.AVG (radiate, draped bust right)
rev: VICTORIA AVGG (Victory standing left, resting on shield and holding palm)
ref: RIC Vi 127, C.221
mint: Rome
2.69gms, 22mm
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VALERIAN I antoninianus - 253-254 ADobv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG (radiate, draped bust right)
rev: VIRTVS AVGG (Valerian I in left holding globus & spear, Gallienus standing in right holding spear and Victory)
ref: RIC Vi 292 (C), C.277
mint: Antioch
3.03gms, Scarceberserker
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VALERIAN I antoninianus - 253 ADobv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG (radiate draped bust right)
rev: PIETAS AVGG (Valerian I and Gallienus standing, facing each other, sacrificing over altar in between, sometimes a star or wreath above)
ref: RIC Vi 285, C 152
mint: Antioch
3.74gms, 21-23mm
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VALERIAN I AE18 of Alexandria Troas - 253-260 ADobv: IMP LICIN VALERIAN (laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: COL AVG TRO (horse grazing right, tree to left)
ref: SNG Copenhagen 191 var (LICIN instead of LIC)
mint: Alexandria Troas
3.08gms, 18mm
Rare
Alexandria Troas, modern Dalyanköy in Turkey, is an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean coast at nearly the middle of the western side of Turkey. The term "Troas" was added to "Alexandria" in order to distinguish it from other cities named "Alexandria." It was very close to Troy, the town that was believed to have been the mother-city of Rome. Julius Caesar gave Alexandria the privileges of a colonia, and from Augustus, it kept the right to strike its own coins. Later Constantine I considered making Troas the capital of the Roman Empire.
The horse of the reverse is probably symbolise the famous Troyan stud of ancient times.berserker
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS sestertius - 251-253 ADobv: [IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG] (laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS / S C within wreath
ref:RIC127
13,54gms, 25-28mm
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS sestertius - 251-253 ADobv: [IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG] (laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: [PIET]AS AVGG (Pietas standing, raising both hands; small latar at her feet), S-C across field.
ref: RIC117, C.89
13.34gms, 26mm
Scarceberserker
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS sestertius - 251-253 ADobv: IMP.CAES.C.VIBIVS.TREBONIANVS. GALLVS.AVG
rev: IVNONI.MARTIALI / S.C. (Juno seated left)
ref: RIC109, C.52
mint: Rome
13.10gms, 29mm
Rareberserker
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS as - 251-253 ADobv:IMP.CAE.C.VIB.TR[EB.GALL]VS.AVG (laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right)
rev:LIBERT[AS.AVGG] (Libertas standing left, holding pileus in extended right hand & long scepter in left hand), S-C across field
ref:RIC114b, C.65
7.62gms, 22mm
Rareberserker
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus AD251-253obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG (radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed)
rev: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM (Mars advancing right holding spear and shield)
ref: RIC84, C.70
mint: Antioch (no mint-mark)
3.43gms, 22mm
Scarceberserker
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus AD251-253obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P P AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: IVNO MARTIALIS (Juno seated left, holding corn-ears and transverse spear, ○○○○ in ex )
ref:RIC83, C.47
mint: Antioch, 3.81g, 20x24mm
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus AD251-253obv: IMP.C.C.VIB.TREB.GALLVS.PF.AVG (under bust 'IIV' mint-mark in ex)
rev: ROMAE AETERNAE AVG (under Rome also 'IIV' mint-mark in ex)
ref: RIC89, C.107
mint: Antiochia, 3.44g
Scarce
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus AD251-253obv: IMP.C.C.VIB.TREB.GALLVS.PF.AVG (under bust ○○ mint-mark)
rev: VBERITAS AVG (under Uberitas ○○ mint-mark in ex)
ref: RIC92, C.125
mint: Antioch
4.62gms
Scarce
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus AD251-252obv: IMP.C.VIB.TREB.GALLVS.PF.AVG (radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: VICTORIA AVG (Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm) ... in ex.
ref: RIC93, C.126
mint: Antioch
3.27gms, 22mm
Scarce
History: In 252 AD, the Persian king Shapur I attacked the eastern frontier, perhaps due to a dispute with the Romans over control of Armenia. Advancing up the Euphrates, Shapur quickly defeated the the Roman forces at the battle of Barbalissos and soon controlled most of the province of Syria. In 253 AD, he completed the annexation of Syria with the capture of its capital city of Antioch. Gallus did not take any action to stop Shapur's advances or bolster the eastern defenses against further excursions into Roman controlled territory.berserker
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus - 251-253 ADobv: IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: APOLL SALVTARI (Apollo standing left with branch & leaning on lyre set on rock)
ref: RIC IViii 32 (S), RSC 20
mint: Rome
3.86gms, 22mm
Scarce
Apollo was as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague as well as one who had the ability to cure. As the plague continued to ravage the city of Rome in the Summer of 251, Gallus gained popular support within the city by providing proper burials for all plague victims, even those too poor to afford it. Almost every collector identifies this coin with the plague, but according to French sources this coin made 4th issue, 6th officina, so it struck maybe in the beginning of 253. Probably this coin is connect to Colonia Vibia Augusta Perusia (Perusia was the birth-town of Gallus and got the Colonia rank in the beginning 253 AD) where was a local Apollo cult. berserker
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus - 251-253 ADobv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG (radiate draped bust right)
rev: FELICITAS PVBLICA / * (Felicity standing left with cauduceus and cornucopiae, star in right field)
ref: RIC IViii 34, C.37
mint: Rome
3.71gms
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus - 251-253 ADobv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG (Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: MARTI PACIFERO (Mars advancing left, holding branch and spear)
ref: RIC85, C.72 (3frcs)
mint: Antioch
3.71gms
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS antoninianus - 251-253 ADobv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG (radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed, ○○ under bust)
rev: FELICITAS.PVBL (Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus & cornucopia, ○○ in ex.)
ref: RIC82, C.34
mint: Antioch
3.18gms, 21mm
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TRANQUILLINA AE23 of Deultum, Thrace - AD242-244obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG (diademed & draped bust right)
rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT (Homonoia standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar & holding cornucopiae)
ref: Moushmov 3750
6.95gms,23mm
Rare
ex LANZ Numismatic
Furia Sabinia Tranquillina was the wife of Gordian III. She survived her murdered husband, but her subsequent lot in life and the period of her death remain equally without record.
This coin from Deultum presents the only affordable way for a collector to obtain a coin of Tranquillina with Latin legends, without needing to spend a fortune for an antoninianus. berserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS sestertius - 249-251 ADobv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG (laureate & cuirassed bust right)
rev: VICTORIA AVG / S-C (Victory advancing left with wreath & palm branch)
ref: RIC 126d, Cohen 117(5frcs)
mint: Rome
14.86gms, 28mm
Scarceberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS sestertius - 249-251 ADobv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG (laureate & cuirassed bust right)
rev: GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI / S-C (Genius standing left, holding patera & cornucopiae, standard behind)
ref: RIC IViii 117a; Cohen 53
17.26gms, 28mm
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TRAJAN DECIUS sestertius - 249-251 ADobv: IMP C.M.Q.TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
rev: DACIA.FELIX / S.C. (Dacia standing left, holding ensign)
ref: RIC114a, C.35
mint: Rome
18.43gms, 28mm
Rareberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS sestertius - 249-251 ADobv: IMP C.M.Q.TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
rev: PANNONIAE / S.C. (the two Pannoniae standing side by side, holding standards)
ref: RIC124a, C.87
mint:Rome
16.18gms, 27mm
Scarceberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 250 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate, draped, & cuirassed bust right)
rev: GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI (Genius standing left, holding patera & cornucopia, standard to left)
ref:RIC IViii 16c, C.49
mint: Rome
3.49gms, porosityberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed)
rev: PANNONIAE (the two Pannoniae standing front, heads turned away each other; left deity holds standard in right hand, right deity holds transverse standard in left hand)
ref: RIC IViii 21b, RSC 86
mint: Rome
4.5gms, 22mmberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: VBERITAS.AVG (Uberitas standing left, holding purse and cornucopia)
ref: RIC IViii 28b, RSC105
3.21gms
ex Lanz Numismaticsberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: VERITAS.AVG (Uberitas standing left, holding purse and cornucopia)
ref: RIC-, C.106 (2frcs!!)
mint: Antioch (no mint-mark)
3.34gms
Very rare
ex NUMISMATIK LANZ
The VERITAS legend is blundered (missing ’B’), no other Emperor used this, and the personification is as same as Uberitas coins.berserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv:I MP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: PANNONIAE (the two Pannoniae, veiled, standing front, left side looking left, right side looking right (!), each wears robe reaching to feet, holds standard in left hand (!), & raises right hand)
ref: RIC -, C.-
mint: Rome
Very rareberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv:IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: PANNONIAE (the two Pannoniae, veiled, left side standing right, right side facing, their heads facing one another, clasping right hands in front of standard in centre.)
ref: RIC IViii 26v, C.81v
mint: Rome
Very Rareberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate, draped, & cuirassed bust right)
rev: DACIA (Dacia standing left holding standard with asses head)
ref: RIC IViii 12b, C.16
mint: Rome
3.09gmsberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed)
rev: ADVENTVS.AVG (Decius on horse riding left, with left hand raised in salute & scepter in other arm)
ref: RIC IViii 11b, C.4
mint: Romeberserker
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TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-250 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate cuirassed bust right)
rev: ABVNDANTIA AVG (Abundance standing right, spilling forth contents of a cornucopia)
ref: RIC IViii 10b, C.2
mint: Rome
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TRAIAN DECIUS antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed)
rev: VICTORIA AVG (Victory advancing left with wreath and palm)
ref: RIC IViii 29c, C.113
mint: Rome
3.47gms
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SALONINUS AR antoninianus - 256 ADobv: SALON VALERIANVS NOB CAES (draped, cuirassed, radiare bust right)
rev: SPES PVBLICA (Spes presenting flower to prince, wreath above)
ref: RIC Vi 36 (C), Cohen 95 (3frcs)
mint: Asia (Antioch), billon
3.20gms, 21mm
Scarce
P.Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus was the second son of Gallienus and Salonina. He received the title of Caesar on the death of his elder brother in A.D.255. He was raised to the rank of Augustus by Gallienus in A.D.259 but was killed a short time later by Postumus, the commander of the Rhine legions.berserker
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SALONINA sestertius - c.255-256 ADobv: CORNELIA.SA[L]O[NINA.AVG] (diademed & draped bust right)
rev: IVNO.REGINA / S.C. (Juno standing left, holding patera & scepter)
ref: RIC Vi-46, C.62
mint: Rome
21.11gms, 26-29mm
Rare
Wife of Gallienus, and mother of Valerianus II, Saloninus, and Egnatius Marinianus. She was married to Gallienus before 242. Salonina saw the murder of her husband in 268, in front of the walls of sieged Milan.berserker
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SALONINA billon antoninianus AD257-258obv:SALONINA AVG
rev:IVNO REGINA
ref:RIC29, C.60
mint:Rome, 2.91g
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SALONINA billon antoninianus AD254obv:SALONINA AVG
rev:IVNO REGINA
ref:RIC28, C.58
mint:Rome, 2.30gberserker
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SALONINA billon antoninianus - 255-258 ADobv: CORN SALONINA AVG (diademed and draped bust right, resting on crescent)
rev: CONCORDIA AVGG (Gallienus and Salonina clasping hands)
ref: RIC Vi 63 (C), RSC 31 (2 frcs)
mint: Antioch
3.14gms, 22mm
The family of Cornelia Salonina is unknown, but all historians agree in characterising this lady as one whose beauty and wisdom were equalled only by her prudence, courage, and conjugal virtue.berserker
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PHILIP II antoninianus AD245obv: M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.CAES (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev:PRINCIPI.IVVENT (Philip II, in military dress, standing right with globe & transverse spear)
ref:RIC216c, C.54
mint:Rome, 4.22gberserker
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PHILIP II (as Caesar) sestertius - 244-246 ADobv: M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES (bare-headed, draped bust right, seen from behind)
rev: PRINCIPI IVVENT (Philip II standing left, holding globe and spear), S-C in field
ref: RIC 256a, C.49
mint: Rome
13.80gms, 25mm
MARCVS IVLIVS SEVERUS PHILIPPVS was given the title Caesar at the age of seven on his father's accession. He was elevated to co-Augustus in AD 247. After his father was killed in the battle at Verona in August, 249, Philip II was executed by his Praetorian Guard. He was 12 years old.berserker
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PHILIP I sestertius - 246 ADobv: IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG
rev: PM.TRP.III.COS.PP / S.C. (Felicitas standing left with caduceus & cornucopiae)
ref: RIC149a, C.125
mint: Rome
20.61gms, 30mmberserker
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PHILIP I sestertius - 244 ADobv: IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG (laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: LAET.FVNDA[TA] / S.C. (Laetitia standing left on prow with patera & rudder - by RIC)
ref: RIC176a, C.76
16.82gms, 29mm
Scarce
In the reverse of this coin a woman with a garland (and not patera!) in her right hand; and in her left the rudder of a ship placed on a globe. berserker
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PHILIP I billon antoninianus - 247-248 ADobv: IMP.C.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.PF.AVG.P.M. (radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right)
rev: SPES.FELICITAS.ORBIS (Spes walking left, holding flower and raising skirt)
ref: RIC70, C.113
mint: Antioch, 3.97gms
Scarce
In obverse the P.M. = Persicus Maximusberserker
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PHILIP I as - 244-249 ADobv: IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG (laureate head right)
rev: FELICITAS.TEMP / S.C. (Felicitas standing left with caduceus & cornucopiae)
ref: RIC169b, C.45
6.53gms, 21mm
Felicity's image occurs on almost all the imperial series coins: the senate professed to wish that all princes should consider it their duty to promote public happiness. Although this coin is worn enough, but it symbolises ’the happiness of the age’.berserker
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PHILIP I AR antoninianus AD248obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG (radiate head right)
rev: SAECVLARES AVGG (stag walking right), V (or U) in ex.
ref: RIC IViii 19 (C), RSC 182 (2frcs)
mint: Rome
3.35gms, 22mm
Scarcer
In April 248, Philip had the honour of leading the celebrations of the one thousandth birthday of Rome, which according to tradition was founded in 753 BC by Romulus. He combined the anniversary with the celebration of Rome's alleged tenth saeculum. According to contemporary accounts, the festivities were magnificent and included spectacular games, ludi saeculares, and theatrical presentations throughout the city. In the coliseum, more than 1,000 gladiators were killed along with hundreds of exotic animals including hippos, leopards, lions, giraffes, and one rhinoceros.berserker
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PHILIP I AR antoninianus AD248obv:IMP PHILIPPVS AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev:VIRTVS AVGG / Є (Philip I and II riding horses right, each raising hand and holding a spear) [Є = officina 5]
ref:RIC10, C.241
mint: Rome
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PHILIP I AR antoninianus AD247-248 (left bust)obv:IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG
rev:AEQVITAS.AVG
ref:RIC82, C.8
mint: Antiochia
Rare
RIC lists only the AVGG variety, "correcting" Cohen, who records only the AVG variety, as Cohen 8. RSC follows RIC and calls it AVGG. But both legend varieties are now known.berserker
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PHILIP I AR antoninianus AD247obv: IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev:PM.TRP.IIII.COS.II.PP (Felicitas standing left holding caduceus & cornucopia)
ref:RIC4, C.136
mint:Rome, 2.41gberserker
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PHILIP I AR antoninianus AD245obv:IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG
rev:SECVRIT.ORBIS
ref:RIC48b, C.215
mint:Romeberserker
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PHILIP I AR antoninianus AD 245-247obv:IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG
rev:ANNONA.AVGG
ref:RIC29, C.32
mint:Rome, 3.78gberserker
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PHILIP I AR antoninianus AD 244obv: IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG
rev:LAETIT.FVNDAT
ref:RIC37b, C.81
mint:Romeberserker
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PHILIP I AR antoninianusobv:IMP.M.IVL.PHILIPPVS.AVG
rev:ADVENTVS.AVGG (Philip on horseback left raising hand)
ref:RIC26b, C.3
mint:Romeberserker
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OTACILIA SEVERA sestertius - 244-249 ADobv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG (diademed & draped bust right)
rev: PVDICITIA AVG (Pudicitia seated left, hand raised to pull veil from face & holding scepter), S-C in ex.
ref: RIC209a, C.55
mint: Rome
18.35gms, 30mm
This form of legend by which the attributes of deified modesty are more closely identified with the person of the Empress than they are in previously cited instances.berserker
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OTACILIA SEVERA AR antoninianus AD247obv:M.OTACIL.SEVERA.AVG (diademed, draped bust right on crescent)
rev:CONCORDIA.AVGG (Concordia seated left with patera & cornucopiae)
ref:RIC125c, C.4
mint:Rome, 3.91g
Wife of Philip I berserker
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MAXIMUS Caesar AE sestertius - 235-238 ADobv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM (bare-headed, draped bust right)
rev: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS (Maximus standing left, holding baton & spear, two standards behind him), S-C across field
ref: RIC 13(Maximinus), Cohen 14, BMC 213
19.10gms, 30mmberserker
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MAXIMINUS I Thrax AE sestertius - 236-238 ADobv: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM (laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: FIDES MILITVM (Fides standing left, holding two standards), S C across field
ref: RIC IV 78; Cohen 13
17.33gms, 30mmberserker
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MAXIMINUS I Thrax AE sestertius - 236 ADobv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG (laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: PM TRP II COS PP (Maximinus I standing left, raising hand and holding scepter, two standards to left and one to right), S-C across fields
ref: RIC33, C.58
19.79gms, 28mmberserker
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MAXIMINUS I Thrax AE sestertius - 236 ADobv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG (laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: PM TRP II COS PP / S.C. (Maximinus I standing left, raising hand and holding scepter, two standards to left and one to right), S-C across fields
ref: RIC30, C.59
18.13gms, 29mmberserker
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MAXIMINUS I Thrax AE sestertius - 235-236 ADobv:: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG (laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG (Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe & cornucopiae), S-C in field
ref: RIC 61, Cohen 80
18.03gms, 28mm
Providence is most often depicted under the form of a female, clothed in a matron's gown, holding in her left hand a cornucopiae, or the hasta pura, and in her right a short wand, with which she either touches or points to a globe. This coin reverse type is intended to mark the power and wisdom of the emperor, who ruled the Roman world.berserker
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MAXIMINUS I Thrax AE sestertius - 235-236 ADobv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG (laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: VICTORIA AVG (Victory advancing right bearing wreath & palm), S-C across fields
ref: RIC 67, Cohen 100, BMC 108
24.82gms, 31mm
History: The first "soldier-emperor," Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus spent the winter of AD 235-36 at Sirmium and then led successful campaigns against Dacian and Sarmatian tribes. The Senate granted the titles Sarmaticus Maximus and Dacicus Maximus for him, but these titles aren't on his coins. berserker
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MAXIMINUS I fourée denariusobv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
rev: SALVS AVGVSTI (Salus seated left, feeding from patera a serpent arising from altar)
ref: RIC14, C.85
3.43gms
This coin shows, by the first half of the third century AD, fourée coins had a very thin layer of silver, or rather, the partial remains of that layer, mainly on reverse.berserker
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MAXIMINUS I denarius AD235obv:IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
rev:SALVS AVGVSTI (Salus seated left, feeding from patera a serpent arising from altar)
ref:RIC14, C.85
2.80gms
See also at Historical Coins galleryberserker
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MAXIMINUS I denarius AD235obv:IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
rev:FIDES MILITVM (Fides standing left, a standard in each hand)
ref:RIC7, C.7
2.99gberserker
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MARINIANA AR antoninianus AD254obv:DIVAE MARINIANAE
rev:CONSECRATIO (peacock flying right, carrying Mariniana, veiled, with raised hand & scepter)
ref:RIC6, C.14
mint:Rome
Rare
Mariniana was the wife of Valerian and mother of Gallienus. The absence
of the title Augusta would suggest that she died before the their accessions.berserker
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HOSTILIAN (as Augustus) billon antoninianus - June-Sept 251 ADobv:C.OVL.OSTIL.MES.COVINTVS.AVG
rev:VICTORIA.AVG (Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath & palm)
ref:RIC IViii-209(Trajan Decius), C.67(25fr.) but see below.
mint: Antioch
Very rare
Obverse bust below IIV or VII (it’s difficult to say exactly, because seen only four line) but I think rather IIV. It’s also interesting: initial of the legend is same as Hostilian ’Caesar’ coins: C.OVL.OSTIL… instead of C.OVAL.OSTIL…-by RIC (missing the ’A’), so this coin not in RIC.
Caius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus was the younger son of Trajan Decius and brother of Herennius Etruscus. In June 251 raised him to the rank of Augustus by Senate, because of his father and brother died. Shortly afterwards he died of plague in the end of July 251 (or a month later). The other alternative he was murdered by the order of Trebonianus Gallus.berserker
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HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Caesar antoninianus AD249obv:Q.HER.ETR.MES.DECIVS.NOB.C.
rev:PIETAS.AVGG
ref:RIC142b
mint: Rome, 3.23g
Scarce
Herennius Etruscus was the elder son of Trajan Decius and was given the rank of Caesar by him in 250 AD. He was created Augustus in the following year, but he died in the battle of Abrittus, struck by an enemy arrow in June 251.berserker
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HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Caesar antoninianus - Jan-Dec 250 ADobv: Q.HER.ETR.MES.DECIVS.NOB.C. (radiate draped bust right)
rev: PIETAS AVGVSTORVM (Sacrificial implements: whip, ladle, jug, patera & lituus)
ref: RIC 143, RSC 14 (3frcs)
mint: Rome
3.40gms, 22mm
Scarceberserker
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HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Caesar antoninianus - in early 251 ADobv: Q.HER.ETR.MES.DECIVS.NOB.C. (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: MAR PROP (Mars advancing right holding spear and shield)
ref: RIC139 (R2), C.7 (20frcs)
mint: Rome
2.81gms
Very rare
This very rare hybrid coin is one of the rariest coins of Herennius Etruscus, only one was found in Dorchester hoard. Unusual abbreviation in reverse legend: MARs PROPugnatori - Mars the Champion or Defender.berserker
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HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Caesar antoninianus - 250 ADobv: Q.HER.ETR.MES.DECIVS.NOB.C. (radiate draped bust right)
rev: CONCORDIA AVGG (clasped hands)
ref: RIC IViii 138, C.4 (3frcs)
mint: Rome
2.56gms
Rareberserker
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HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA sestertius - 249-251 ADobv: HERENNIA.ETRVSCILLA.AVG (diademed & draped bust right)
rev: FECVNDITAS.AVG / S.C. (Fecunditas standing left, holding out hand to child at foot left & cornucopiae)
ref: RIC135a (Trajan Decius), C.12(10fr.)
18.14gms, 28mm
Rare
Ex Richard Beale
The ’FECVNDITAS.AVG’ honours Etruscilla as mother of the two young princess (Etruscus & Hostilian). She had also a daughter, who later married Volusian (perhaps in the summer of 251, after the death of Decius and Etruscus – both of them deified, thus the girl was a daughter of an God!). Etruscilla took her Augusta title, and the wife of Trebonianus Gallus, Afinia Gemina Baebiana never got that (and there’s no coins, either).berserker
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HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA antoninianus AD250obv:HER.ETRVSCILLA.AVG (diademed, draped bust right on crescent)
rev:PVDICITIA.AVG (Pudicitia standing left holding scepter & drawing veil from her face)
ref:RIC58b, C.17
mint: Rome, 4.34g
Annia Cupressenia Herennia Etruscilla was Augusta (249 - 253) of the Roman Empire, wife of Emperor Decius, and mother of Emperors Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian. She probably retained the title of Augusta under Trebonianus Gallus and coins may have been struck for her as late as 253.berserker
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HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: HER.ETRVSCILLA.AVG (diademed, draped bust right on crescent)
rev: PVDICITIA.AVG (Pudicitia seated left holding scepter & drawing veil from her face)
ref: RIC 59b, RSC 19
mint: Rome,
4.92gms, 22mmberserker
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HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA antoninianus - 249-251 ADobv: HER.ETRVSCILLA.AVG (diademed, draped bust right on crescent)
rev: VERITAS.AVG (Uberitas standing left, holding purse and cornucopia)
ref: RIC IViii 69a (R), C.32 (10frcs)
3.22gms, 22mm
mint: Antioch
Very rare
The VERITAS legend is probably blundered (missing ’B’), no other Empress used this, and the personification is as same as Uberitas coins. See also Trajan Decius VERITAS coin.berserker
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GORDIAN III sestertius - 240 ADobv: IMP CAES GORDIANVS PIVS AVG (laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: LIBERALITAS AVG II (Liberalitas standing left holding coin counter {tessera} & cornucopiae), S-C in ex. [RIC not describe the double cornucopiae]
ref: RIC269a, C.136
21.42gms, 30mm
In this coin the personification of Liberality stands holding up the tessera in her right hand, and two horns of abundance in her left hand [double cornucopiae], as designating a double gift made at that time; or as was usual to be done, a donative to the soldiery, a congiarium to the people.berserker
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GORDIAN III as - 241 ADobv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG (laureate draped bust right)
rev: VIRTVS AVG (Virtus standing left holding branch & spear, shield at feet), S-C in field
ref: RIC IViii 293b (3th issue), C.391
10.16gms, 23mm
History: Under the reign of Gordian III not only the East frontier was in danger but the Danubian limes also, because of the German and Goth tribes. This was the first time, when Aurelian appeared, as a cavalry commander. 'Aurelian and three hundred men of his garrison alone destroyed the Sarmatians when they burst into Illyricum. Theoclius, who wrote of the reigns of the Caesars (?), relate that in the war against the Sarmatians Aurelian with his own hand slew forty-eight men in a single day and that in the course of several days he slew over nine hundred and fifty.' (Historia Augusta: The Life of Aurelian, Part 1, 6)berserker
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GORDIAN III as - 240 ADobv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG (laureate draped bust right)
rev: AEQVITAS AVG (Aequitas standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae), S-C in field
ref: RIC IViii 286b (3th issue), C.27
11.43gms, 23mm
The scales, that natural emblem of Equity, are used by Persius to express the decision of right and wrong - the cornucopiae signifies the good which results from examining into the real merits of causesberserker
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