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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Augusta Traiana, Septimius Severus, Varbanov (engl.) 1006 (plate coin)Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 30, 14.92g, 30.24mm, 30°
obv. AVT L CEPTI - CEVHROC PE
bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
rev. AVGOVCTH - C TRAIANHC
Snake erecting from small pedestal in four elaborate coils r., head decorated with wreath.
ref. Varbanov (engl.) 1006 (this coin, corrected!); Schonert-Geiss 136
Rare, VF, nice green patina
Interesting, because the snake here is not nimbate but wreathed!Jochen
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Mesambria, Philipp I & Otacila Severa, Varbanov (engl.) 4237 (plate coin)Philipp I, AD 244-249
AE 27, 10.95g, 26.98mm, 225°
obv. AYT M IOYL PHILIPPOC AYG M WTA / KIL CEB / HRA
confronted busts of the imperial pair
rev. MECAMBR - IANWN
Dionysos, in short chiton and nebris, with boots, wearing ivy wreath, standing frontal, head l., holding
thyrsos and pouring out of kantharos.
ref. Varbanov (engl.) 4237 (plate coin); SNG Cop. 665 (same obv.); SNG Cop. 666 (same rev.); Moushmov 4018
VF
published on Wildwinds
On the portrait of Otacilia traces of a slight doublestrike, OY from IOYL and dots from the border (Steve Minnoch)
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Serdika, Caracalla, Hristova/Jekov 12.18.1.13 (plate coin)Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 31, 16.98g, 30.98mm, 45°
obv. AVT KM AVR - ANTWNINOC
Bust, draped(?) and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. OVLPIAC - CERDIKHC
Zeus in Himation, stg. frontal, head l., holding sceptre in l. and thunderbolt in r.
hand.
ref. Ruzicka 104 (1 ex., Agram); Hristova/Jekov No.12.18.1.13 (R7, this coin!); Varbanov (engl.) 2492 (this
coin!); Moushmov 1394
Very rare, VF/about VF, nice green patina, a strike on the rev. at 12 o'clock
Moushmov has inexplicably assigned this type to Elagabal.Jochen
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Serdika, Caracalla, Hristova/Jekov 12.18.20.11 (plate coin)Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 30, 16.6g, 30.27mm, 0°
obv. AYT KM AYR CEYH - ANTWNEINOC
bust, draped, laureate, r.
rev. OYLPIAC - CERDIKAC
Asklepios, half-draped, standing frontal, feeding with r. hand snake coiling
around rod set on ground left
ref. Ruzicka 245 (5 ex.); Hristova/Jekov No.12.18.20.11 (this coin!); Varbanov (engl.) 2202 (this coin!)
very rare, EF
added to www.wildwinds.com
Serdica, today Sofia/Bulgaria. Ulpias was a venerating name of the city in honour of its founder Ulpius Trajan (Curtis Clay)Jochen
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Serdika, Caracalla, Hristova/Jekov 12.18.45.1 (plate coin)Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 30, 18.65g, 30.45mm, 210°
obv. AVT KM AVR CEV - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, cuirassed with chain mail, laureate, r.
rev. OVLPIAC - SERDIKHC
Female deity, wearing high-girdled double-chiton, stg. facing, head l., holding
cornucopiae in l. arm and scepter in raised l. hand
ref. Hristova/Jekov 12.18.45.1 (this coin!); Varbanov (engl.) 2486 var. (has head laureate r.); not in Ruzicka;
Moushmov 4852
VF/about VF
added to Wildwinds
Varbanov calls the deity unmotivated Tyche! Hristova/Jekov: unknown deity!
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Serdika, Caracalla, Hristova/Jekov 12.18.5.13 (plate coin)Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 28, 17.65g, 28.39mm, 210°
obv. [AVT KM] AVR CEV - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, draped(?) and cuirassed with scale armor,
laureate, r.
rev. OVLPIAC - CERDIKHC
Demeter, in long double chiton, chlamys over shoulders, veiled, stg. frontal, head l. holding in outstretched
r. hand three grain-ears and resting with l. hand on long flaming torch.
ref. Ruzicka 141 (3 ex., Berlin, München, Sofia); Hristova/Jekov No.12.18.5.13 (this coin!); Varbanov (engl.)
2247 (same dies)
about VF
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Serdika, Caracalla, Hristova/Jekov 12.18.7.17 (plate coin)Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 30, 15.27g, 30.12mm, 0°
obv. AVT KM [AVR CEV] - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, laureate, l., with ornated aegis on l. shoulder and sword-belt
rev. OVLPIAC - CERDIKHC
Apollo Iatros, nude, stg. facing, resting with r. hand on snake-entwined staff,
holding l. hand on hip; r. beside him infant Asklepios stg. frontal, raising r.
hand, and looking up to him.
ref. not in Ruzicka: rev. #173, obv. -; Ruzicka online 169-177 var., p.79 (this coin); Hristova/Jekov No. 12.18.7.17 (this coin!); not in
Varbanov (engl.)
VF, green-brown patina, slightly smoothing in fields
Pedigree:
ex Numismatik Lanz auction 120, May 2004, lot 419
added to www.wildwinds.com
Very rare bust variant! Thanks to Akropolis!
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Roman Empire Provincial, Tiberius Obol: Dattari Plate coinEgypt, Alexandria. Dattari. Tiberius, 14-37 Obol circa 19-20 (year 6), Æ 20.1mm., 5.67g. Laureate head r. Rev. TIBEPIOY Hippopotamus standing r.; in exergue, L Geissen -. RPC 5087 (this coin cited). Dattari-Savio Pl. 4, 103 (this coin).
Brown tone, About Very Fine.
From the Dattari collection.
Naville Numismatics Aution 43, Lot 250 September 23, 2018
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Trajan, AE25 Abdera Thrace NikeObverse: AYTO TPAIANW KAISARI CEBACTW, laureate bust right.
Reverse: GERMA DAKI-KW - ABDHREITAI, Nike standing left on Pedestal, holding Wreath and Palm.
Diameter: 25.6 x 26.2 x 1.6 mm, Weight: 7.41 g, Die axis: 180 degrees
Mint: Abdera, Thracia, 102 - 117 A.D. Reference: RPC 803
On 29 July last year Michel Amandry kindly contacted me, after my inquiry with the British Museum's Coins and Medals Department, about this coin. Michel mentioned that only two examples had been known, one in the Ashmolean Museum collection, Oxford (= NC 1953, 21/2 and pl. I, n°2) and the other found during excavations at Abdera (Abdera excavations E 91/N 56).With many thanks to Michel, this coin will be cited in the upcoming RPC Volume III (British Museum Press, 1 October 2015)Constantine IV
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Roman Empire, A. Pius sestertius. Banti plate coinÆ Sestertius (25,9g, Ø 32mm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right.
Rev.: MAVRETANIA around, COS II in ex., S | C, Mauretania, bare-headed, standing l, in short tunic, holding crown and sceptre.
RIC 583 (R2); BMC 1190 note; Cohen 551 (40 fr.); Strack 789; Banti 235 (this specimen illustrated, Vinchon sale, 1973)
Ex Mike R. Vosper, Oct. 2015; ex Ex Vinchon sale, 1973.
Plate in: Alberto Banti, Florence, 1984, "I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali", vol.II-3, no.235, p.153Charles S
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Roman Empire, ANTONINUS PIUS. Banti plate coinÆ Sestertius (28.74g, Ø32mm, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 149-150.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XIII, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right.
Rev.: COS IIII (around) S C (low in field), Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae.
ex Emporium Hamburg Münzhandelsgesellschaft mbH, auction 68 (2012); ex cat. Baranowsky, 1929.
RIC 865 (R2); Cohen 244; BMCRE p.306 (‡ "Dupondius of this rev., obv., head, radiate, r."); Strack 1047 (3 spec.); Banti (I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali II-3) 102 (2 specimens; one, this one, illustrated on p.83)
Charles S
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Roman Empire, ANTONINUS PIUS. Banti plate coinÆ Sestertius (22.43g, Ø32mm, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.
Rev.: AFRICA (around) COS II (in ex.) S C (in field), Africa, draped, wearing elephant skin headdress, standing left, holding a diadem of pearls and cornucopiae.
RIC 574 (R); BMC 1177; Cohen 24; Strack 773; Banti (I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali : Aelivs - Antoninvs Pivs) 10 (1 specimen, this one illustrated on p.37)
ex CNG printed auction 93; ex Robert O. Ebert Collection; ex Walter Niggeler Collection (Part 3, Leu: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 2 November 1967, lot 1290).
(photo: CNG) Charles S
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Roman Empire, ANTONINUS PIUS. Banti plate coin Æ Sestertius (22,19g, Ø 30mm, 6h). Rome, AD 139.
Obv.: IMP CAES AELIVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right.
Rev.: PONT MAX TR POT COS around, S | C, Pax standing left holding olive branch and cornucopiae.
RIC 519a (S); BMCRE p.169/§; Cohen 660; Strack 744; Banti 312 (3 spec., this specimen illustrated)
Ex Klassische Muenzen , Dr. Michael Brandt, 2015/07/10; ex Ex Bayerische Vereinsbank, Münzschätze 9, Nr. 175 / 26.6.1975.Charles S
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Roman Empire, COMMODUS AE As. Rome,175-176 AD. 11.82 gr. Draped ,bare headed bust right. COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM. / Sacrificial implements, (knife,aspergillum,ewer,lituus and sympulum), PIETAS AVG above, S C in exergue. RIC 1539.
This coin photo in Sear " Roman coins and their values" volume II ,page 379,# 5561.
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Roman Empire, Constantius I.Follis, ca 298-300 AD, London mint (group II).
Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C / Laureate and curassed bust of Constantius I.
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI / Genius standing, holding patera and cornucopiae.
Mint mark: (none)
9.71 gm., 27 mm.
RIC #14a; Sear #14034 (this coin).
This coin is pictured in Sear's Roman Coins and Their Values, vol. IV, p. 249 above the listing of #14034.Callimachus
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Roman Empire, Constantius II, Light Miliarense, FERRANDO, L'atelier monétaire d'Arles de Constantin à Romulus 313-476 - # 1026Arles mint (Arelate), 3d officina
DN CONSTAN TIVS PF AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantius right
VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Constantius (soldier) facing holding spear and shield. TCON at exergue
4,54 gr ; 22,6 mm
Ref : RIC VII # 252, Ferrando II # 1026 (this coin), Cohen #326, RC #3993v Potator II
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Roman Empire, Domitian RIC 597 Domitian, as Augustus (AD 81-96). AR denarius
(19mm, 3.54 gm, 6h). NGC VF 5/5 - 4/5.
Rome, 3rd issue, AD 88.
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, laureate head of Domitian left
Rev: COS XIIII-LVD SAEC / FEC, herald advancing left, wearing feathered cap, wand outward in right hand, round shield in left.
RIC II.1 597 (This coin). Extremely rare with left facing portrait.
Ex: Harlan Berk Vcoins 2005 cc50283.
2020 January 26 Ancient Coin Selections from the Morris Collection, Part III World Coins Monthly Online Auction #61151 Lot #97225.
Carradice, I. A. & Buttrey, T. V. (2007) Roman Imperial Coinage. Description of this coin on page 306. This coin pictured in plate number 128.
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Roman Empire, Gordian III.Antoninianus, 238-239 AD, Antioch mint.
Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG / Radiate bust of Gordian.
Reverse: AEQVIT LIBER / Body and feet of Aequitas holding scales; Body and feet of Libertas holding pileus (Liberty cap) .
5.00 gm, 22 mm.
RIC #177 over #187.
This is the exact coin that is described (but not pictured) in the footnote to RIC 231 (vol. IV, part III, p. 39):
"231. A strange Antoninianus (G. B. Pears Coll.) shows rev. type of AEQVIT[AS] apparently overstruck with type of LIBER[TAS] -- obv. of Gordian III, rev. of Philip overstruck with rev. of Trebonianus Gallus (?)."
There is a plaster cast of this coin in the British Museum. This cast is illustrated in Roger Bland's "unpublished" thesis on the coinage of Gordian III from Antioch: plate 10 18/21.
For more info, see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=105681.0Callimachus
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Roman empire, Hadrian, 117-138. An as. 26-24 mm. 26-24 mm. 12.30 grams. CLEMENTIA AVG COS III PP
BMC 1436.
ex NFA auction 17, June 1986, lot 824
Sear Roman Coins and Their Values II, 3677, this coin.Warren
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Roman Empire, HADRIAN. Mazzini plate coinRoman, HADRIAN, Mazzini plate coin
Æ Sestertius (24.91g, Ø34mm, 6h), Rome mint, struck AD 119-121.
Obv.: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder
Rev.: RELIQVA VETERA IIS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA [around] S C [left and right in field], lictor standing left, holding fasces, setting fire to heap of bonds on the ground to left with brand.
ex CNG; ex White Mountain Collection
RIC 590(b); G. Mazzini (Monete Imperiali Romane, Milano 1957, 5 voll.) 1210 (this coin)
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Roman Empire, Maxentius, RIC VI, Rome 208 var.Maxentius, AD 306-312, son of Maximian
AE - Follis, 24.52, 6.1g
Rome, 4th officina, AD 308-310
obv. IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG
laureate head, r.
rev. CONSERV - VRB SVAE
Hexastyle temple with Roma std. within, holding sceptre and small Victory on globe, shield beside(?);
architrave decorated with wave-line and dots; as l. acroterion a wreath, as r. acroterion a male figure with
long torch; pediment decorated with a group of 4 figures: The l. figure in the centre Jupiter, stg. facing,
holding sceptre in l. hand and r. hand extended, the r. figure Heracles, resting on club with r. hand and l.
hand extended, in the l. angle the upper part of the body of a river-god; in the r. angle the upper part of
the body of Sol, radiate, r., l. hand extended.
in ex. RBQ
Ref. RIC VI, Rome 208 var.; Failmezger no.127iM3, notes 179, 183; C. cf. 34; Drost, Monayage de Maxence,
p.310, nr.93, 5th emission, pic. 89d/3 (this coin!)
about VF, weak strike on upper right obv. and lower right rev.
Pedigree:
ex Failmezger coll.
Unlisted and interesting variation of RIC 208
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Roman Empire, Titus Denarius RIC plate coinTitus Silver denarius, 74 CE Rome
(3.160g, maximum diameter 19.3mm, die axis 180o )
Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESP counter-clockwise from lower right, laureate head right;
Rev: PONTIF TR POT (priest, holder of Tribunitian power) counter-clockwise from lower right, Titus seated right on curule chair, long scepter vertical in right hand, palm branch in extended left hand;
RIC II-2 695 [VESP] (R3, this coin and this coin illustrated in the plates),
RSC II 161a, BMCRE II -, SRCV I -, Cohen I -, Hunter I -,
This is the RIC plate coin! no recorded sales of the type on Coin Archives for the last two decades; extremely rare
Ex Stack’s Bowers Galleries January 2019 NYINC Auction 11-12 January 2019 Lot 41006 (part of a large lot)
Purchased from Forvm Ancient Coins on Jan 12, 2020
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Roman Empire, TRAJAN, Sear plate coinÆ Sestertius (26.15g, Ø32mm, 6h), Rome mint, struck AD 110.
Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V P P laureate bust of Trajan right, drapery on left shoulder.
Rev.: AQVA TRAIANA [in ex.] SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI [around] S C [left and right in ex.] Genius of Aqua Traiana (river god Tiber) reclining l. in grotto supported by two columns; holding a reed right and resting on left elbow; rocks below with water flowing from pipe. RIC 463.
This coin illustrated in David R. Sear "Roman coins and their values II", number 3179 page 107-8Charles S
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Roman Empire, Vespasian AR DenariusVespasian (69-79). AR Denarius (18.08 mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome, AD 75.
Obv: Bare head l. R IMP CEASAR VESPASIANUS AUG
Rev: Pax seated l., resting l. elbow on throne and holding branch.
PON MAX TRP COS VI
RIC II.1 773 (this coin)
Ex Vecchi sale 13, 1998, 757.
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Roman Imperators, Julius Caesar, denarius, Alföldi Caesar, type III, 115 (this coin, not in plates)SH82705. Silver denarius, Alföldi Caesar, type III, 115 (this coin); BMCRR Rome 4147 (also I); Crawford 480/3; RSC I 34; Sydenham 1056; Sear Imperators 100; RBW 1678 (H) , gVF, toned, banker’s mark on obverse, areas of flat strike, attractive deep old cabinet toning, with hints of iridescence around the devices, Rome mint, weight 3.607g, maximum diameter 21.8mm, die axis 30o, moneyer M. Mettius, Jan - Feb 44 B.C.; obverse CAESAR·IMP, wreathed head of Caesar right, cymbium (boat shaped cup used as a wine ladle) and lituus (augural wand) behind; reverse M METTIVS, Venus standing left, Victory in her extended right hand, long transverse scepter in left hand, resting left elbow on shield which rests on globe, I (control letter) in lower left field; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 23 (9 Jan 2016), lot 376; ex Andrew McCabe Collection; ex CNG e-auction 237 (21 July 2010), lot 344; ex Professor L Fontana Collection; rare.Joe Sermarini
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