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Kyme - AR tetradrachm165-140 BC
head of Amazon Kyme right wearing taenia
horse walking right; oinochoe below raised left foreleg, all within laurel wreath
KYMAIΩN
KAΛΛIAΣ
SNGvA 1636; SNG Cop 103; BMC Troas p. 111, 73; Weber 5502
16,8g 30mm
ex SonntagJ. B.04/11/24 at 15:30Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Commonwealth 1/2 Groat: 1649-1660Issuer: England
Period: Commonwealth (1649-1660)
Years: 1649-1660
Value: 1/2 Groat
Composition: Silver
Measurements: 0.92g; 16mm
Obverse: Shield of England bearing the cross of St. George within wreath.
Reverse: Conjoined shields of England and Ireland below denomination in roman numerals.
Notes: Personal metal detector find Norfolk, England. The Coins struck during the Commonwealth bear St. George’s cross and the Irish Harp in place of the royal arms. Issued when England was without a Monarchy after the beheading of Charles the 1st with the parliament running the country. Justin L104/04/24 at 15:30Callimachus: Nice coin.
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bE7. RSC 13. DIANA LVCIFERAPlautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.61 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, AD 202-203.
PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA Draped bust right
DIANA LVCIFERA Diana Lucifera standing left, holding torch in both hands. RIC IV 366 (Caracalla); RSC 13. LordBest03/28/24 at 15:29Callimachus: Wonderful reverse.
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Constantine I CONSERVATORES KART SVAE from Carthage
Constantine I
A.D. 307
24x25mm 6.3g
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right
CONSERVATORES KART SVAE; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands, within hexastyle temple
with plain pediment.
In ex. PKΔ
RIC VI Carthage 61
Victor C03/16/24 at 01:55Callimachus: Beautiful coin of Constantine as Caesar.
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1935 George V Silver Jubilee Silver MedalGreat Britain, George V (1910-36), Official Silver Jubilee Silver Medal, 1935, 25th Anniversary of the Accession of King George V commemorative, BHM 4249, Eimer 2029b, Fearon 386.1, small size, EF, bright finish, very light hairlines, plain edge, weight 15.63g (ASW 0.4648oz), composition 0.925 Ag, 0.075 Cu, diameter 32.0mm, thickness 2.0mm, die axis 0°, London mint, 1935; obverse VI · MAII · MCMX-MCMXXXV (6 May 1910-1935), jugate crowned busts left of George V, mantled and wearing Chain of the Garter, and Queen Mary, draped and wearing 11-strand pearl and diamond choker with pearl necklace, small PM raised over King's shoulder to lower right for engraver Percy Metcalfe; reverse STET-FORTUNA DOMUS (Let the Fortune of the House Stand), façade of the Round Tower of Windsor Castle with flag flying, foliage below, small PM raised over crenellated wall to lower right for engraver Percy Metcalfe; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (8 Mar 2024) with COI; 70.00.Serendipity03/08/24 at 15:11Callimachus: Beautiful medal.
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CT 10.02.011; RIC VII 300Fausta BI Nummus. London, c. AD 325. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AG, bareheaded and draped bust right / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Empress, draped and veiled, standing left, holding two children in her arms; PLON in exergue. 3.35g, 19mm, 6h.
Ex 'Collection of a Romanophile' (Roma Numismatics E-Live Auction 6, 25th March 2023, Lot 405).
Ex Paul Munro-Walker Estate (Roma Auction XIII, 23rd March 2017, Lot 1289).
CT Rarity: S (at least 20 known examples).Paulus J03/05/24 at 15:19Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Galerius Genio Populi RIC VI 31BGalerius Maximian, Follis, Alexandria, 300 AD, 30mm, 10.16g, RIC VI Alexandria 31b, Sear 14386
OBV: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head right.
REV: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head,
naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera
from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae.
XX-I across fields, Beta in right field.
Mintmark ALE.
SRukke02/24/24 at 15:35Callimachus: What a gorgeous coin.
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Pub. Crepusius. 82 BC. AR Denarius17.5mm, 3.76 g
Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, scepter over shoulder; lizard(?) below chin
Horseman galloping right, hurling spear; control number to left.
Crawford 361/1a; Sydenham 738a var. (letter behind on obv.); Crepusia 1bBen V.02/05/24 at 02:32Callimachus: Nice toning.
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Constantine I VIRTVS PERPETVA AVG from TicinumConstantine I
A.D. 307- 308
26mm 7.8g
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate head right.
VIRTVS PERPETVA AVG; Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion; club below to right.
In ex. S T
RIC VI Ticinum 99
rare type reserved for Constantine alone
This coin is even more interesting because the ancient writer Photius tells a story of how Constantine had to fight a lion...even though I don't believe this event actually happened. I think it is a rhetorical invention meant to make Constantine seem more heroic and compare him to Hercules.
“At that time Maximin, governor of Asia Minor,who happened to be there, determined to lay a plot against the youth and set him to fight with a savage lion. But Constantine overcame and slew the beast…”
Victor C01/19/24 at 15:32Callimachus: What a wonderful coin.
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Roman Empire, Philipp II, SestertiusObv. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, Bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev. PRINCIPI IVVENT S C, Philip standing right, holding globus and spear.
Mint: Rome, 244-246 AD.
32mm 21.66g
RIC 255a.
Provenance:
Ex Collection Rev. Percy Barron.
Ex Dr. Jacob Hirsch, Auction 30, 11th May 1911, lot 1193.
Ex Otto Helbing Nachfolger, Auction 86, 25th November 1942, lot 1888
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 24, 22nd June 2016, lot 890.
Numbering among the unfortunate boy-emperors of the 3rd Century, Philip II was only about seven years old when his eponymous father hailed him Caesar early in 244. These formative years must have been traumatic for the young Caesar, as his father had come to the throne by way of a coup in Asia Minor, and upon returning to Europe he was perpetually at risk on the Danube front, where he fought hard to keep Rome's enemies at bay. Philip II held the title Caesar for slightly more than three years, during which time he had many attractive coins struck in his honour – principally silver double- denarii and brass sestertii (NAC).kc01/15/24 at 15:59Callimachus: Beautiful portrait.
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1660 - 1685, CHARLES II, AR Fourpence, Struck 1660 - 1662 at London, EnglandObverse: • CAROLVS • II • D • G • MAG • BR • FR • ET • HIB • REX • crown (mintmark). Legend within two pearl circles around crowned bust of Charles II facing left, IIII (mark of value) behind bust.
Reverse: • CHRISTO • AVSPICE • REGNO • crown (mintmark). Legend within two pearl circles around shield bearing Royal coat of arms. The reverse legend translates as 'Christ take care of the kingdom'.
Third issue from London
Diameter: 22mm | Weight: 1.95gms | Die Axis: 12h
SPINK: 3324
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 and King of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Ireland) from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on the 30th of January 1649 at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland, six days later, on the 5th of February, proclaimed Charles II king. England, however, did not recognise Charles II as king and entered the period known as the English Commonwealth, with a government led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell defeated Charles II at the Battle of Worcester on the 3rd of September 1651, and Charles fled to mainland Europe. Cromwell became Lord Protector of England and Charles spent the next nine years in exile, residing in various European countries.
The political crisis in England that followed the death of Cromwell in 1658 resulted in the restoration of the monarchy whereby Charles II was invited to return to the throne of England and, on the 29th of May 1660, he was received in London to public acclaim. Although Charles II was not recognised as king in England until 1660, all his legal documents in Britain were dated from 1649, the year when he had succeeded his father as king in Scotland.*Alex01/07/24 at 15:40Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Gordian III / RIC 172 over 177, 1'st series.Antoninianus, 239-240 AD (year 2), Antioch mint.
Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG / Radiate bust of Gordian.
Reverse: AS AV P II COS P P / Top half of Providentia holding sceptre; top half of Aequitas holding cornucopiae.
5.01 gm, 24 mm.
RIC #172 over #177. Bland 44/21.
This coin has two different reverses: the dated Providentia type (RIC #172) is overstruck at 180 degree rotation on top of the Aequitas type (RIC #177).
1. Visible of the overtype: upper half of Providentia's body; right arm to just beyond the elbow; top half of the sceptre; the ground line with two feet on it. The legend should be P M TR P II COS P P but the beginning P M TR is missing.
2. Visible of the undertype: upper half of Aequitas' body upside down and attached to the upper half of Providentia's body; top of cornucopiae by her left shoulder. The legend should be AEQVITAS AVG, but only a small part of it survives: AS AV. (The first A is smashed almost flat and is a bit hard to see unless you know it is there.)
This error likely happened because two reverse dies were being used alternately with one obverse die. A finished coin accidentally remained in the obverse die and was struck again with the other reverse die.
This coin is illustrated in the following article: "Colin Kraay's Explanation of the Phenomenon of Overstruck Reverses on Roman Imperial and Provincial Coins", by Curtis Clay. The Journal of Ancient Numismatics, vol 1 issue 2.
Provenance:
Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, Lot 478.
Marc Melcher Collection of Silver Coins of Gordian III.
The George His Collectiion of Gordian III.
Frank Sternberg Auktion XIX (Nov. 18-19, 1987), lot 744. Callimachus12/26/23 at 02:58Callimachus: Let's see your "die matched pair of double st...
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Licinius II. (317-324 A.D.), Aquilea, RIC VII 072T, -/-//AQT, AE-3 Follis, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/•/V, R4! #1133 Licinius II. (317-324 A.D.), Aquilea, RIC VII 072T, -/-//AQT, AE-3 Follis, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/•/V, R4! #1
avers: LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, 6, B3, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right seen from back.
reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/•/V in wreath.
exergue: -/-//AQT, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 3,61g, axis: 0h,
mint: Aquilea, date: 320-21A.D.,
ref: RIC VII 072T, p-402, 3rd.off., R4!, Sear 15436,
Q-001quadrans12/24/23 at 02:07Callimachus: Agree - a wonderful portrait.
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151 - Maximinus II Daia - Follis - RIC VI Carthage 40bFollis
Obv:– GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right
Rev:– SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART, Carthage standing left, holding fruits in both hands
Minted in Carthage (I | _ //A). A.D. 305 - 306
Reference(s) – RIC VI Carthage 40b
10.26 gms, 28.03 mm. 180 degrees maridvnvm12/07/23 at 02:00Callimachus: Nice set of folli from Carthage that you've u...
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S.1158 Cnut (Hringwulf)Penny of Cnut, king of England 1016-1035, Denmark 1018-1035, and Norway 1028-1035
Moneyer: Hringwulf
Mint: Norwich
S. 1158
O: +INVT R EX ANGL
R: +RICNVL.F ON NORÐPI
Ex- Hosker Haynes 2 (lot 28)St. George's Collection11/24/23 at 02:43Callimachus: Beautiful coin, especially the obverse.
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Constantine I the Great. Jupiter standing follis of Nikomedia.Roman Empire. Constantine I. 306-337 AD. AE Follis, silvered (4.02 gm, 21.6mm, 12h) of Nikomedia, 6th officina, 317-320 AD. Laureate bust left, wearing consular robes & holding mappa & sceptre, IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG. / Jupiter standing left, with Victory on globe & long sceptre, IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG. ex: SMN, S (stigma) in right field, branch in left. nEF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction VII #576. RIC VII p.603 #23; Cohen 301; SRCV IV #15966.Anaximander11/11/23 at 01:22Callimachus: Beautiful coin; but I especially like the reverse.
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Constantine I as Caesar SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS NN from RomeConstantine I
A.D. 306
Ӕ follis 27mm 9.2g
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right.
SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS NN; Moneta standing left with scales & cornucopiae.
In ex. R wreath P
RIC VI Rome 159b
the first workshop is not listed in RICVictor C11/02/23 at 01:16Callimachus: Nice coin.
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 500-490 BC. AR NomosAR. 7.47 g. 24.00 mm.
Obv. Phalanthos riding dolphin right, holding cuttlefish; below, ΤΑΡΑ (retrograde).
Rev. [...] Ra (retrograde). Hippocamp right; cockle shell below.
HN Italy 827; Vlasto 108.
RR. Choice example of this rare and fascinating issue. Delicate warm patina over lustrous surfaces. EF.Leo10/28/23 at 15:53Callimachus: What a beautiful coin.
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temp. STUART, William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1677-1690, AR Medal by George Bower 1688 * GVIL · SANCROFT · ARCHIEPISC · CANTVAR · 1688 Bust of William Sancroft, the Archbishop of Canterbury, wearing camauro and canonical robes, facing right.
Seven medallions of the Bishops committed to the Tower of London: Bishops Henry Compton (middle – London), Francis Turner (upper right, proceeding clockwise – Ely), Thomas Ken (Bath), Sir John Trelawney (Bristol), Thomas White (Peterborough), John Lake (Chichester), and William Lloyd (St. Asaph); twelve stars around; signed GB·F· (George Bower fecit) below.
MI 622/37; Eimer 288b. By G. Bower. Dated 1688.
(51 mm, 53.45 g, 12h).
CNG 85 (15 September 2010) Lot 1562: California Collection of British Historical Medals.
This remarkable medallion portrays no less than eight people directly associated with a historical event that did much to shape the modern secular British democracy. In 1687, King James II enacted unilaterally and against the will of the Parliament the Declaration of Indulgence as the first step in establishing the freedom of religion in England. The ensuing protest concerned the legality of James right to make the dispensation in the absence of the support of Parliament, plus the absence of a guarantee that the Anglican Church would remain as the established church. Many leaders within the clergy refused to read the Declaration in church from the pulpit as instructed by the King in early 1688. This culminated in a petition to the King against the reading of the Declaration. The petition originated from the hand of the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, depicted on the obverse of the medal and was signed by the six other bishops identified around the margin of the reverse of the medallion. Bishop Henry Compton, depicted in the centre of the reverse, was included on the medal due to his earlier dissent to the King’s approach to Catholicism, for which James removed him from office.
The seven bishops who signed the petition were charged with seditious libel and imprisoned in the Tower of London in May 1688. Brought to trial before the Court of the King’s Bench, the bishops were acquitted. This served as a precursor to James’ deposition shortly thereafter.
This medal was issued following the trial, in commemoration of the action taken by William Sancroft and his fellow bishops in refusing to follow James II’s edict to read the Declaration of Indulgence from the pulpit. The medal connects directly with one of the key events in British history, which lead ultimately to the deposition of James II by his son-in-law and daughter, William III and Mary II of Orange on 5 November 1688. As a direct result of the action of the seven bishops, the right to petition the king was enshrined in the new Bill of Rights in 1689. Simplistically, some people see this medal as a testament to religious intolerance, although the issues of the time that brought it into being were far more complex, involving matters of secular authority, constitutional right, and the very basis of power in the evolving secular democratic British state. This is demonstrated by the decision of Sancfroft and five of the seven bishops that they could not swear allegiance to the new protestant King William III, for to do so would be a repudiation of their prior sworn loyalty to the deposed Catholic King James II. As a result, Sancroft was dismissed from his role in 1690 and died in relative obscurity three years later.
Few coins, or medals, connect so directly with history and in doing so depict so many influential participants. The medal was the work of George Bower (d. 1690) a medallist who worked in London from 1650-1689. He had been appointed to the position of Engraver of the Royal Mint and Embosser in Ordinary in 1664.
n.igma09/17/23 at 03:50Callimachus: Nice. Given my interest in the Stuarts, I'll ...
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Constantine I VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN from TicinumConstantine I
A.D. 306
28mm 8.7g
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN; Prince with shield on left arm, galloping right and spearing kneeling foe; second foe (holding sword?) prostrate on ground; A in left field.
In ex. TT
RIC VI Ticinum 72
Victor C08/07/23 at 01:40Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Roman Republic, C. Mamilius Limetanus82 BC
AR serratus denarius, 19mm, 3.69 g, 90°
Rome mint
O: Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus, caduceus at shoulder; I to left
R: C•MAMIL-LIMETAN (TA ligate), Ulysses walking right, staff in left hand, extending hand to greet his dog Argos
Ref: Crawford 362/1. Sydenham 741. RSC Mamilia 6.
Notes: This is one of my holy grail coins, the saddest part of my favorite book, Homer's Odyssey, where the disguised Odysseus meets his old dog, Argos, who recognizes him and then dies. The Mercury obverse is also stunning.
Ex-Jean Elsen Auction 155, Lot 828, June 2023, ex-Casa d'Aste Thesaurus, San Marino, with tagVirgil H08/04/23 at 02:27Callimachus: A nice reverse type.
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036 Sverre SigurdssonBracteate quarter-penny of Sverre, king of Norway 1184-1202
Mint: Oslo?
Schive VII:21
NM 9
Skaare 129
Sverre, called Sigurdsson, might have been the son of Sigurd Munn, one of the many kings of Norway during the chaotic 12th century. Sverre became leader of the Birkebeiners, a rebel group in Norway that ultimately gained power in the 1170s. However, king Sverre had the opposition of the church, and a group of disaffected nobles called the Baglers, who supported the prior regime and doubted Sverre's paternity. The conflict would continue after Sverre's death.
Sverre is an interesting character from a numismatic perspective, because of the large amount of coins of his that survived. In 1840, a large group of coins was found in Dæli, Norway. A few pennies in Sverre's name were found, but the majority of coins were bracteates. These extremely thin small coins were the main currency of the Birkenbeiner party during these troubled years. Because of the presence of the pennies with Sverre's name, it is possible to attribute these otherwise minimally marked coins.
The bracteates are found with letters, and many letters are represented. These are thought to represent mints, but it is not certain whether that is truly the case. This coin, with the 'A', may be for Asloia (Oslo)
Ex- M.Ringsrud, FinnCoinSt. George's Collection07/14/23 at 15:19Callimachus: Interesting coin.
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Otacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 23 mm, 15.68 g, 12 h), Rome, 248. MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa to right. Rev. SAECVLARES AVGG / S C Hippopotamus walking right. Cohen 65. RIC 200a.paul188807/12/23 at 02:31Callimachus: Beautiful coin. Would go well with an antoninianus...
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Constantius II campgate from TicinumConstantius II
A.D. 326
19x20mm 3.6g
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left.
PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and star between them.
in ex. Q crescent T
RIC VII Ticinum 201
Victor C07/10/23 at 15:25Callimachus: Wonderful portrait.
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0 - Severus Alexander as Caesar - AR DenariusSeverus Alexander as Caesar. Rome Mint.
obv: " M AUR ALEXANDER CAES "
Bare head right, draped.
rev: " PIETAS AUG " - Priestly Implements.rexesq06/25/23 at 16:07Callimachus: Nice portrait.
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CT 10.02.011; RIC VII 300Fausta BI Nummus. London, c. AD 325. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AG, bareheaded and draped bust right / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Empress, draped and veiled, standing left, holding two children in her arms; PLON in exergue. 3.35g, 19mm, 6h.
Ex 'Collection of a Romanophile' (Roma Numismatics E-Live Auction 6, 25th March 2023, Lot 405).
Ex Paul Munro-Walker Estate (Roma Auction XIII, 23rd March 2017, Lot 1289).
CT Rarity: S (at least 20 known examples).Paulus J05/28/23 at 21:27Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Edward the Martyr. Penny of Lincoln. Anglo-Saxon. Edward the Martyr. 975-978. AR Penny (1.42 gm, 20.7mm, 7h) of Lincoln, reform type. Diademed and draped bust l. ✠E⚻DVV⚻RDE ✠⚻NGLʘ. / Small cross pattee within circle. ✠E⚻NVΓF M−ʘ LINDCoLE (LF inverted, Eanwulf moneyer). nEF. Only two coins of Eanwulf are recorded (SCBI Lincoln 27, 9-10). Bt. DNW 413 2016-12 #2157 £5,500. Mossop pl. i, 19, same dies; SCBI 27 Lincolnshire 10, same dies; BMC 13; North 763; Spink SCBC 1142. cf MEC 8 178ff for type.Anaximander05/22/23 at 15:19Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Roman Imperial: Maxentius as Augustus, AE Follis. Ostia 309 A.D. 5.16g - 24.8mm, Axis 6h.
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG - Laureate head right.
Rev: AETE-RNITAS-AVG N - Dioscuri standing facing each other, each with star above, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, leaning on sceptres and holding horses by bridles, she-wolf and twins between them. Mintmark MOSTΔ.
Ref: RIC VI 16, Δ.
Provenance: Ex Carpe Deim Numismatics. Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli05/18/23 at 15:20Callimachus: Interesting reverse type.
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Philip I Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 244-249. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITAS AVGG, elephant advancing to left, guided by driver seated on back, holding staff and goad;GS in exergue. RIC IV 167a; C. 18; Banti 7-8. 20.36g, 28mm, 1h. Interesting error. paul188805/12/23 at 15:17Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Roman Imperial: Constantius II as Augustus, AE2.Siscia 350 A.D. 4.53g - 24.4mm, Axis 6h.
Obv: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG / A - Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, A behind bust.
Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM / •ASIS★ - Constantius standing left holding labarum in each hand, A in left field. Mintmark •ASIS★.
Ref: RIC VIII, 280, A.
Rated Scarce.
Provenance: Ex Carpe Deim Numismatics. Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli05/12/23 at 02:20Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Constantine I anepigraphic from ConstantinopleConstantine I
A.D. 326
18mm 2.4gm
Anepigraphic: laureate head right.
CONSTAN/TINVS/AVG in three lines; wreath above.
In ex. CONSA
RIC VII Constantinople 13Victor C03/31/23 at 02:07Callimachus: Nice coin. I'm still looking for one.
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Olympia, Elis AE (27mm), 30s BCE. Ex Franke, Morcom, Warren, Philipsen Collections, Naville Ars Classica XV & Hirsch XXVGreek (Post-Hellenistic, Roman Era). Olympia, Elis AE Diassarion-Dupondius (25-27mm, 12.56 g, 1h), temp. Marc Antony & Cleopatra, c. 30s BCE.
Obv: Head of Hera right, wearing stephane & necklace. Rev: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; F-A across field, monogram (K or Y Retrograde Γ = Ꞁ) to lower right.
Ref (BCD): BCD Olympia 307 (same monogram, different dies); see also BCD Olympia 308-313 (mgm. vars.); BCD Peloponnesos 695-696 (mgm. vars.); BCD Peloponnesos II 2303-2307 (mgm. vars.). Ref (other): HGC 5, 544; Franke (1984 p. 19: Abb. 21, and p. 21); Weber 4082; Strauss-Laffaille (1990) 368; SNG Copenhagen 429-30 var. (monogram); Cahn 71 [1931], 365 (same rev., obv. facing left); Wroth (NC) 1905: p. 335; Earle-Fox (NC) 1898: pp. 292-3.
Prov: Sammlung P.R. Franke (1926-2018) [Solidus Auktion 108 (8 November 2022), Lot 137];
Christopher Morcom (1939-) Collection [CNG MBS 76 (12 September 2007), Lot 562];
Col. R.K. Morcom Collection (1877-1961);
Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928) Collection [Naville Ars Classica XV (2 Jul 1930), Lot 809, ill. on Pl. 28, "amateur étranger récemment décédé"];
Sammlung Gustav Philipsen (Copenhagen, 1853-1925) [Jacob Hirsch XXV (25 Nov 1909), 1300 (Pl. XVI)];
Ex IGCH 216 (unknown findspot hoard, c. 1887-1894); possibly dispersed by Canon [Rev.] William Greenwell (1820-1918).
Notes: Variously described as Double-Unit, Diassarion, Dupondius, Obol, and/or “Denomination A” (Hoover, HGC 5); and dated c. 4th BCE (Franke), 3rd (Wroth, Strauss), 2nd (Moustaka), or 30s BCE, temp. Antony/Cleopatra (J. Warren, Nicolet, BCD). (For a summary, see BCD Olympia 307 [LINK].) In the past 25 years it has become more common to interpret these coins as part of Antony & Cleopatra’s Romanization of currency in the Greek Provinces, struck during their final years in the lead up to Actium. From this perspective, we can interpret them as a Diassarion equivalent to a Dupondius.Curtis JJ03/25/23 at 15:38Callimachus: A beautiful coin.
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009 Cnut the GreatPenny of Cnut, king of Denmark 1018-1035, Norway 1028-1035, and England 1016-1035
Danish issue as king of Denmark
Moneyer: Godwine
Mint: Lund
Malmer 9.636/1716, chain 138
O: +CNVT REX DENORT
R: +GODPINE M-O LVND
Ex- Bruun-RasmussenSt. George's Collection03/19/23 at 15:28Callimachus: interesting coin.
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Cr. 408/1a, Republic, 67BC, C Calpurnius Piso L F FrugiC Calpurnius Piso L F Frugi
Denarius, 67 BC, Rome
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right, wheel behind
Rev.: [C] PISO L F FRV, Horseman with palm, star above
Ag, 17mm, 3.89g
Ref.: Cr.408/1a, Syd.850f.
(scratches strongly enhanced by photo light)
Ex Numismatik Lanz, Auction 158, Lot 355
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 225, Lot 1947
Ex Pecunem Gitbud&Naumann auction 29, Lot 505shanxi03/18/23 at 15:50Callimachus: Portrait in very elegant style.
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009 Cnut the GreatImitation penny of Cnut
Presumably Scandinavian (probably Denmark)
SCBI 15:4291
Malmer 14.266/1337
O: +CNEMNI RECX A:IIL
R: +IOVTIFNEFNDCER
This penny of Cnut, with blundered legends, is presumably a Danish imitation, as it shares a reverse die with SCBI 15:4291, a coin in the Danish national collection. An obverse/reverse die match was sold by Bruun Rasmussen 7/17/2013 (lot 5004).
Ex- S.Mote, A.HowittSt. George's Collection03/12/23 at 22:01Callimachus: Interesting coin.
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Constantine II - silvered CentenionalisHeraclea
317 AD
small laureate and draped bust left, holding mappa in right hand, globe and scepter in left hand
D N FL CL CONSTANTINVS NOB C
gate with 3 turrets and 7 layers
PROVIDEN_TIAE CAESS
•MHTE•
RIC VII Heraclea 26; Sear -
3,1g 18mm
ex SavocaJ. B.02/19/23 at 20:38Callimachus: Nice small bust of Constantine II.
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Maximian - silvered antoninianusCyzicus
293 AD
radiate and draped bust right from behind
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG
Maximian stnading right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and long scepter
CONCORDIA MI_LITVM
S
XXI •
RIC V 607 corr. (obv. legend)
3,8g 21mm
ex NaumannJ. B.02/15/23 at 01:27Callimachus: Nice, especially the portrait.
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Galerius GENIO POPVLI ROMANI from LondonGalerius
A.D. 303
27x28mm 9.8g
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopiae.
No mintmark
RIC VI London 35
Victor C02/14/23 at 01:57Callimachus: Gorgeous coin.
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Constantine I as Caesar PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS from TrierConstantine I
A.D. 307
26mm 6.9g
FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS; Prince, in military dress, holding standard in each hand; S-A across fields.
In ex. PTR
RIC VI Trier 734
Victor C02/14/23 at 01:56Callimachus: Gorgeous coin.
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Aurelian Antoninianus, Fides & SolAurelian, 270-275 CE
AE Antoninianus Diameter: 23 mm, Weight: 4.19 grams, Die axis: 6h
Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG
Radiate and cuirassed bust to right.
Reverse: PROVIDEN DEOR
Fides on left, holding signum in each hand, facing Sol standing on right, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand.
Mint: PXXT : Ticinum
References: RIC 152
Notes: Minted 274 CE.
Purchased from Poinsignon Numismatique, 2021Pharsalos02/01/23 at 15:26Callimachus: What a gorgeous coin.
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031. Orbiana, 225-227. AR Denarius. Rome mint.Sallustia Barbia Orbiana 225-227. AR Denarius. Rome mint. 2.83g.
Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae.
RIC 319LordBest01/31/23 at 01:42Callimachus: Nice coin. Very elegant portrait.
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305 - 306, SEVERUS II as Caesar, AE Follis struck 305 - 306 at Londinium (London), EnglandObverse: SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES. Laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus II facing right.
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Genius, kalathos on head, standing facing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; no mint-mark in exergue.
Diameter: 29mm | Weight: 10.399gms | Die Axis: 6h
RIC VI: 59a | Cohen VII: 24 | SPINK: 712
Rare
Ex. Errett Bishop Collection | Ex. FORVM (USA)
SEVERUS II
Flavius Valerius Severus Augustus was a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307. He was born in Northern Illyria (now Albania) and rose to become a senior officer in the Roman army. As an old friend of Galerius, that emperor appointed Severus as Caesar on 1 May 305 and he thus served as junior emperor under Constantius I in the Western Roman Empire.
When Constantius I died in the summer of 306, Severus was promoted to Augustus by Galerius under the rules of succession established under the Tetrarchy. However Constantius I had died on campaign in York and his army in Britain had acclaimed his son, Constantine I, as his successor. Although furious at this elevation, Galerius wanted to avoid any threat of a civil war so he compromised by allowing Constantine to bear the title of Caesar.
When this news reached Maxentius, the son of Maximianus, he revolted and declared himself emperor at Rome,
Galerius sent Severus, at the head of an army which had previously been commanded by Maximianus, to suppress the rebellion. Maxentius asked his father to re-assume the purple and rule the empire with him and Maximianus, who had been reluctant to abdicate, readily accepted. When Severus arrived under the walls of Rome to besiege it his men deserted to their old commander forcing Severus to flee to Ravenna. Maximianus offered to spare his life and treat him humanely if he surrendered peaceably. Severus complied but, despite Maximianus' assurance, he was displayed as a captive, imprisoned and later put to death.
*Alex01/23/23 at 02:25Callimachus: Nice coin. I'm still looking for a Severus II...
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CT 5.04.009; RIC VI 109Constantine I BI Nummus. London, AD 307-310. IMP CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / MARTI PATRI PROPVG, Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield; PLN in exergue. 5.68g, 28mm, 6h.
Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 101, 13th October 2022, Lot 1341.
CT Rarity: S (at least ten known examples).Paulus J01/19/23 at 15:18Callimachus: Nice portrait.
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Gordian I Africanus. Securitas Seated Denarius of Rome.Roman Empire. Gordian I Africanus. 238 AD (22 Mar.-12 Apr). AR Denarius (2.92 gm, 21.8mm, 12h) of Rome. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG. / Securitas seated left, holding sceptre, fold of drapery over arm, SECVRITAS AVGG. EF. Pegasi Numismatics Sale 121 #344. RIC IV.2 #5; BMCRE 11; Cohen=RSC III #10; SRCV III #8448.Anaximander01/17/23 at 15:42Callimachus: Nice coin. Gordian I usually has hair in front of ...
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CT 7.01.024; RIC VI 145 cor.Constantine I BI Nummus. London, c. AD 311-312. CONSTANTINVS P AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm / ADVENTVS AVGG NN, Emperor riding left, right hand raised, left holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to left. 3.25g, 22mm, 6h.
Ex Paul DiMarzio Collection (CNG Feature Auction 121, 7th October 2022, Lot 970).
Ex Paul Munro-Walker Collection (Roma Numismatics Auction XIII, 23rd March 2017, Lot 1264).
CT Rarity: RR (one of two known examples).Paulus J01/05/23 at 15:30Callimachus: Nice coin. I've still looking for one of thes...
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AR Sceatta, Series-EEarly Anglo-Saxon, Continental Issue Porcupine Sceatta 695-740 AD, Series E.
Obv: Degenerate porcupine head enclosing three bars. Rev: Votive standard with TOTII design and pellets inside and crosses at sides. Extremely Fine,
(Metcalf-227; S-790A)
1.14 GmsVacolony12/23/22 at 18:16Callimachus: Nice.
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Maximus Caesar AE Sestertius. MAXIMVS CAES GERM, draped bust right / PRICIPI IVVENTVTIS S-C, Maximus standing left with baton & spear, standards behind.
RIC 13, Cohen 14.
*AD 235-238. Caesar under his father Maximinus I. When the Senate condemned Maximinus to death, Maximus was also killed just outside Aquileia on June 24th, AD 238.Antonivs Protti12/13/22 at 15:15Callimachus: MAXIMVS CAES GERM
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CT 7.08.016; RIC -Constantine I BI Nummus. London, c. AD 311-312. CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / SPES REIPVBL, Emperor riding left, right hand raised, left holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. 4.14g, 24mm, 5h.
Ex Paul DiMarzio Collection (CNG Feature Auction 120, 11 May 2022, Lot 944)
Ex Paul Munro-Walker Collection (Roma Numismatics XIII, 23 March 2017, Lot 1280)Paulus J10/23/22 at 20:49Callimachus: Nice. I'm still looking for one of these.
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Roman Provincial: Elagabalus, AE25 - Tetrassarion, Julius Antonius Seleucus, leqate consularis. Added onto RPC in December 2022.Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis 218-222 A.D. 9.51g - 25.2mm, 6h.
Obv: AVT K M AVPHΛI ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ (the AVΓ ligate) - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VΠ IOVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (the ΩN ligate - Tyche standing left with rudder & cornucopiae.
Ref: Varvanov 1592; Moushmov 654 var; RPC VI. 1493 (temporary)
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection. Added onto RPC in December 2022.
Christian Scarlioli10/20/22 at 15:57Callimachus: Nice portrait.
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Roman Imperial: Gordian III as Augustus, AR Antoninianus.Rome 242-244 A.D. 4.88g - 22mm.
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS - Gordian standing right, holding a spear diagonally & globe.
Ref: RIC IV-III 216; RSC 319.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli10/07/22 at 15:42Callimachus: Nice coin from ANtioch.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Diocletian, Carthage 29a/31aDiocletian
A.D. 298-303
27x29mm 9.3g
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; Laureate head right.
SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands.
In ex. A
RIC VI Carthage 29a/31aVictor C10/04/22 at 15:09Callimachus: Nice. I like it.
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CT 5.03.015; RIC VI 99Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. London, c. Nov-Dec AD 307. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated facing, holding Victory in right hand and sceptre in left, within hexastyle temple of Roma; PLN in exergue. 6.07g, 26mm, 7h.
Ex Paul DiMarzio Collection (CNG Feature Auction 120; Lot 935); ex J.S. Vogelaar Collection (Spink 194 Part 1, 26 March 2008; lot 1189).Paulus J10/01/22 at 16:00Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Henry VIII. Penny of Durham by Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall.England. Tudor, Henry VIII. 1509-1549. AR Penny (0.67 gm, 15mm, 6h) 2nd coinage, sovereign type of Durham, 1530-1534. Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall. King enthroned facing, holding sceptre & globus cruciger. 🟊hˣDˣGˣ ROSΛˣ SiЄˣ SPIΛ (saltire stops). / Long cross fourchée cutting legend. C-D flanking Tudor coat-of-arms. CIVI-TΛS-DVR-RAM. nVF. CNG EA 522 #717. Spink SCBC 2354; North 1813; Allen Durham 211; McCammon SHRT p.75; Stewartby English Coins p.474, Spink Auction 17011 #1626-1627; Whitton ..in Henry’s Name. Durham type (vii).Anaximander09/03/22 at 15:06Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Henry VI, First Reign. Rosette-Mascule Groat of Calais. England. Lancaster, Henry VI, First Reign. 1422-1461. AR Groat (3.69 gm, 26.9mm, 12h) Rosette-Mascle, Calais, 1427-1430 Crowned bust facing in tressure (leaf cusps). 🕂 ҺЄȠRIC ✤ DI✤ GR⚻✤ RЄX ◊ ⚻ȠGL ✤Z✤ FR⚻ȠCʹ / Long cross, ∴ in ea. qtr. VIL-◊L⚻⁑-C⚻LI-SIЄ✿, ➕POSVI✿-DЄVᙏ⁑⚻-DIVTOR-Є×ᙏЄVᙏ. nEF. Rosette & Mascle (✿ & ◊) in legends, initial cross patonce/plain cross (IIIb/V). Pegasi Num. Auction V #644. Spink SCBC 1859; North 1446; Whitton 17a/38c.Anaximander09/02/22 at 04:34Callimachus: What a beautiful coin.
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S.1142 Eadward the Martyr (Æthelstan)Penny of Eadward "the Martyr", king of England 975-978
Moneyer: Æthelstan
Mint: Canterbury
S. 1142
O: EADPEA REX ANGLOR
R: ÆÐESTAN M-O CÆNT
The unfortunate Eadward, with the sobriquet "the Martyr", obviously wasn't destined for long life. Just three years into his reign, the hapless Eadward was killed, probably by his step mother Ælfthryth, mother of his half-brother Æthelred (II).
This particular coin appears to have been from an altered die of Eadgar, with the last three letters of the presumably still serviceable die altered.
Ex- Davissons e-Auction 31 (lot 79), SpinkSt. George's Collection09/02/22 at 01:55Callimachus: Nice. The altered die is quite interesting. Only t...
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Philip II, 247-249 Sestertius Rome circa 248, Æ 28.00 mm., 19.44 g.
IMP M IVLPHILIPPVS AVG Draped and cuirassed bust, laureate r. Rev. SAECVLARES AVGG / S C Low column inscribed COS II. RIC 265a. C. 78.
Attractive light brown tone, almost insignificant flan crack, Good Very Fine/Very Fine.
Ex Naville sale 34, 2017, 584. From the M. N. collection
paul188805/10/22 at 01:19Callimachus: Nice coin - with a reverse usually seen on coins o...
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Elagabalus (218-222 AD) AR Denarius : uncertain eastern mint, struck 218-219 AD
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: FELICITAS TEMP; Galley under sail with seven oarsmen right, hortator and gubernator at stern
Size: 18.5mm
Ref: RIC IV 188paul188804/16/22 at 15:30Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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1567 Milled Sixpence of Elizabeth IDenomination: 6 Pence
Date: 1567
Metal: AR
Obverse: Small bust of Elizabeth, rose behind. Lis at 12 oclock. ELIZABETH;D;G;ANG;FRA;ET.HI;REGI
Reverse: Square-topped shield over long cross fourchée. Lis mintmark @ 12:01. Legend: POSVI DEV;AD IVTORE M.MEV; around. .15-67 above shield.
Mint: Tower mint, London
Dimensions: 25mm, 3.02 g, 10h
Reference: Spink 2599. North 2030
Provenance: Purchased from CNG, Inv #593244
The earliest milled coinage of England.
04/03/22 at 20:38Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Early 207, Constantine as Caesar nummus, Cyzicus mintDenomination: Follis
Era: early 307 CE
Metal: AE/Billon
Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES Laureate head of Constantine I to right.
Reverse: GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN / KΓ Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing front, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding patera, from which liquor flows, in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left. * in r. field
Mint: Cyzicus
Weight: 9.05 g.
Reference: RIC 26b (Trier Mint)
Provenance: Leu web auction 19. 2/26/2022 lot 3122
Scarce early issue of Constantine as Caesar struck at Cyzicus, an eastern mint controlled by Galerius who only begrudgingly recognized Constantine's claim. Constantine appears at Cyzicus only briefly as Caesar in 207, then disappears from this mint until 211, probably after the death of Galerius.
03/31/22 at 01:39Callimachus: Nice. I'm still looking for one from Cyzicus.
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Constantine as Caesar - Follis - PERPETVA VIRTVS - TicinumConstantine I. As Caesar, 306-309.
Æ Follis , Ticinum, summer 307.
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right
R/ PERPETV - A VIRTVS , Mars advancing right, holding spear and round shield; ST in ex
RIC VI 88 - 25 m - 5.68 ggb2940002/27/22 at 15:21Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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S.2155 Richard III, in the name of Edward VGroat of Richard III, in the name of Edward V, king of England 1483
Mint: London
Mintmark: boar's head 1 over sun and rose 1/sun and rose 1
S.2155
This issue was probably struck under Richard III but before Edward's death in the tower. The coin's obverse depicts the boar's head mint-mark, which replaced the halved sun-and-rose, which was in use probably from the end of Edward IV's reign until Richard. The sun and rose groats in the name of Edward cannot conclusively be attributed to either Edward IV or Edward V. On the other hand, coins with the boar's head are presumably from Richard's time, since the boar's head was Richard's symbol.
This leads to a confusing coinage of 1483, where major events occurred during a period of 3 months. Edward IV died on April 9. His eldest son Edward was styled Edward V, though never had a coronation. The 12 year-old Edward unfortunately became a political pawn, and his uncle Richard, unsatisfied with his role as Lord Protector, managed to have Edward and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury declared illegitamate and marginalized. Uncle Richard became King Richard III on June 26. Edward and his brother were prisoners in the tower, and it is likely that they were murdered that year, though nobody really knows when they died. Bones purporting to be the two princes were found in the 17th century, but have never been analyzed by modern DNA testing.
So we are left with a coin in the name of Edward, but depicting Richard III's badge. The Edward could be Edward IV, and there are plenty of situations of coinage continuing in the name of the recently deceased king (coins of Richard I in the name of Henry II, coins of Edward I in the name of Henry III, and Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII). It could also be Edward V, since Richard was trying, at least initially, to appear to be ruling in Edward V's name as Lord Protector. It can possibly be considered that ths coin was struck by Richard in Edward V's name before the demise of the young king, perhaps during Richard's protectorate. Or it could be a posthumous issue as it seems to be contemporaneous with other coins in the name of Richard himself.
My take is that the Edward written on the coin is most likely to be Edward V, making this one of the very few coins that come from that reign.
The obverse die appears to be the same as Motcombe 144.
Ex- DNW 3 Jul 2019 (lot 802), M Lessen, Spink, SNC Jan/Feb 1926 (lot 49003)St. George's Collection02/25/22 at 15:31Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Roman Empire, Constantius II Fallen Horseman, Constantinople 348-351 CE. Overweight specimen (7.67g, 25mm, 12h).Coin-in-hand video: LINK
Roman Imperial. Constantius II (Augustus, 337-361 CE) AE Centenionalis (7.67g, 25mm, 12h). Struck in Constantinople, 348-351.
Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust, surrounded by border of dots. Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO // Γ to left // CONSЄ* in exergue. Soldier standing left, holding long oval shield with circular boss, and spearing fallen horseman; bearded horseman astride fallen horse, turning and reaching back with left arm (FH3), wearing short-brimmed Scythian helmet, ornate tunic, and trousers. "Centering dot" between soldier and horse. Dotted border.
Ref: RIC 82-E, LRBC 2026; cf. RIC 81 (FH4). NVMMVS BIBLE II NBD N° 61536 (this coin; LINK).
Prov: Ex-Bertolami Fine Arts Auctions 37 (19 Sept 2017), Lot #689 (corr. RIC 81) & e-92 (2 Oct 2020), Lot 1554 (corr. weight as 7.70g, RIC 81).
Note: Based on the weight distribution provided for "Large AE2" in RIC VIII, only 2 of 405 specimens are as heavy or heavier than this one (7.7g & 8.2g). One Constantius Gallus Fallen Horseman weighing over 8.10g is reported in ACSearch (Roma 13, 939); Doug Smith has reported a 9.5g (!) Cyzicus FH in his collection, c. 1997.Curtis JJ02/25/22 at 15:29Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Severus Alexander Denarius.Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AR Denarius (3.12 gm, 20mm). Antioch mint. Struck 222 AD.
Obv.: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right.
Rev.: P M TR P COS P P, Fortuna standing left holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae; star in left field.
RIC #267. gVF.Paul R302/12/22 at 15:56Callimachus: Nice coin with an interesting portrait.
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VIRTVS AVGGordianus III. antoninianus
Antiochia mint
Obv.: IMP CAE M ANT... (instead of IMP CAES M ANT...)
very rareTibsi01/11/22 at 15:18Callimachus: You have some nice coins from Antioch here. I'...
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Alexander Severus 222-235 ADaw. IMP C M (AVR) SEV ALEXAND AVG
Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right
rew. PVDICITIA
Pudicitia, draped, seated left
RIC IV Severus Alexander 307
mint Antiochia , circa ?
object: 1
Waldemar S12/29/21 at 16:32Callimachus: Not mint of Antioch -- portraits are of a child, n...
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Caracalla AR Denarius, RIC 35Caracalla Denarius. Rome, 200 AD. ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped bust right / FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and cornucopiae.
RIC 35 (S)
20 mm/3.10 g
vindelicus11/29/21 at 04:04Callimachus: Nice coin.
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The Year of the Six Emperors Part IIIn order from top left to right: Maximinus Thrax, murdered; Maximus Caesar, murdered; Gordian I suicide; Gordian II killed in battle; Pupienus, murdered; Balbinus, murdered; Gordian III, probably murdered but possibly died in battle.
It's often better to be a peasant!Nemonater11/27/21 at 15:36Callimachus: Nice coins.
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S.3217 CommonwealthShilling of The Commonwealth of England 1649-1660
Mint: London
Mintmark: Sun
1651/49
S.3217
SH-45
Ex- Noble Numismatics Auction 127 (lot 3781), Fulton, Noble Numismatics Auction 111 (lot 1509), Seaby, R. Carlyon-BrittonSt. George's Collection09/28/21 at 15:13Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Gordian I denariusGordian I denarius. 238 AD.
3.10 grs.
Obs. : IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Laureate, draped and
cuirassed bust r.
Rev. SECVRITAS AVGG Securitas seated l., holding short sceptre.
Cohen 10. RIC 5.labienus09/17/21 at 01:23Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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MAXIMODenario Maximo as Caesar 235 AC
Ceca: Roma
Peso: 3,75 gr
Diam: 19,9 mm
RIC 3. Escasa
Ex Solidus 2019
Extremely fine
Anv:MAXIMVS CAESAR GERM
Rev:PRINC iVVVENTUTISJose Vicente A07/27/21 at 20:44Callimachus: Nice portrait.
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2nd - 1st Century BC, IRON AGE BRITAIN, Tribe: Cantii, AE Potin, Minted between 100 and 30 BCObverse: No legend. Crude outline of head facing right; pellet within circle in centre.
Reverse: No legend. Crude lines representing a bull facing left, crescents above.
Flat Linear type, Class 1
Found, Thames Valley region, England
Diameter: 17mm | Weight: 1.9gms | Axis: 3h
BMC: 667-714 | SPINK: 63
The Cantii produced the first coins to be actually made in Britain.
These coins were cast in strips which were then cut into separate coins and as a result often retain characteristic cut edges from the runlets which joined them together.
THE CANTII (or Cantiaci)
The Cantii (after whom Kent and Canterbury are named) were the major tribal group in the South East region of England, bordered by the Atrebates, Regni and Catuvellauni.
This region was heavily influenced by continental cultures on the periphery of the early Roman world and this resulted in the Cantii producing the first coins actually made in Britain. These are known as “potins” and they were produced between the mid 2nd to the mid 1st century BC. The earliest versions are known as Kentish Primary, or Thurrock, types. Comparatively the later types, like those from the recently discovered Hillingdon Hoard, are of the “flat linear” type, which uses simplified and abstracted images. Similar coins from the late Iron Age have been found, but in much smaller quantities.
The word “potin” is of French origin and is used to describe these early coins which were cast in clay moulds from a copper alloy with a high tin content. They would have been shiny and silver-coloured when new, and though occasionally examples have turned up which retain this colouration, most coins by the time they get dug up have a characteristic black patina from tin oxidation. These were cast in strips which were then cut into separate coins and as a result often retain characteristic cut edges from the runlets which joined them together. The moulds themselves were made using “master” matrices of copper alloy which were cast with the design for one side of a coin in high relief and pressed into the clay. A rare example of a mould of this type was found a few miles west of the Surrey border in Hampshire.
The designs of the majority of potins found in England derive ultimately from coins produced in the Greek colonial Mediterranean city of Massalia (modern Marseilles) in southern Gaul in the late 4th century BC. These coins featured a head of Apollo on the obverse and a charging bull on the reverse. They were originally imported from the continent and later locally copied in the mid 2nd century BC, in the form of what are known as “Thurrock” types, which adhere closely to the original design. Later forms, known as “flat linear” types, greatly simplified this design into deep abstraction, ultimately reducing the head of Apollo to an outline and the bull to a trapezoidal arrangement of lines
We don’t know what these coins were called by the people who made them, or what they were worth in fiscal terms, but they are generally only found in south east England, which probably reflects the limits of the political and economic influence of the Cantii themselves. It isn't even clear what the role of these Iron Age coins actually was, though it is likely that they assisted in the maintenance of some kind of social power structure. Coins were not generally used as day to day currency by the people of Britain in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC, so apart from any monetary transactions, their range of uses probably included the storage of wealth, use as political tribute, and / or votive objects used as offerings to the gods.
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 *Alex07/25/21 at 15:12Callimachus: Nice coin. I'm still looking for one.
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DIADVMENIANDenario Diadumeniano 217-218 AC
Ceca: Roma
Peso: 3,04gr
Diam: 19,6 mm
RIC 108 Escasa
Ex Kunker EF/VF+
Anverso:M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES
Reverso:PRINC IVVENTUTISJose Vicente A06/05/21 at 19:47Callimachus: Nice portrait.
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England - Cnute - 1016 - 1035AR Penny, 1016 - 1035, London (Moneyer: Eadred), 18.24mm, 1.0g, ~45°, North 790
Obv: +CNU-T RECX, bust left holding scepter.
Rev: +EDRED ON LVNDE, voided short cross.Marti Vltori05/27/21 at 19:23Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Alexander (posthumous) Tetradrachm of Mesembria, 175-125 bcObverse: Herculese in Lion Scalp
Reverse: Jupiter seated l. holding staff in l. eagle in r. ΑΛΕΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ along l of Eagle. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to r. paralell with staff. Corinthian helmet R. mintmark.
Reference: Price 1076
Near EF03/15/21 at 15:19Callimachus: Nice portrait.
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035a01. PupienusAR Antoninianus. 238 AD. Obv: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: AMOR MVTVVS AVGG, clasped right hands. RIC 9a, RSC 1.lawrence c03/15/21 at 15:19Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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Constantine I - RIC 163 AlexandriaAD 313
FL VALER CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, laureate head right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing facing, head left, holding head of Serapis and cornucopia, ✶ / N / palm branch in left left field, Γ / wreath in right field; ALE in exergue
22.28mm, 4.65gwolfgang33603/01/21 at 15:10Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Issue IV Pontif Max C470Cldc
Roma seated left
PONTIF MAX TR P II COS II P P
12h; 3.21gmix_val01/09/21 at 15:41Callimachus: Nice portrait.
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Edward the Confessor 1042-1066Edward the Confessor 1042-1066, AR Penny, Hammer Cross Type
Eoferwic (York) Mint; Snæbjorn, Moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062
Obv: + EADPARDD RE, Crowned Bust Right, Scepter Before.
Rev: + SNEBORN ON EOF, Voided Cross, Arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; Annulet in first quarter.
North-828; S-1182
(19.0mm, 1.35 g)Vacolony12/26/20 at 15:27Callimachus: Nice coin. Edward is wearing an interesting crown.
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Roman Empire, Constantine I, RIC VI 669b, TreveriDate: AD 306-307, as Caesar, Treveri
Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C - laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
S-F across fields
Mintmark: PTR, 1st officina, prima treveri
11,3 g, ∅ 26-29mmLaurentius12/24/20 at 15:12Callimachus: As Caesar. Beautiful con !
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Æthelred-II 978-1016Æthelred-II 978-1016, AR Penny
Obverse: Helmet Type w/Bust Left, Thetford Mint, EÐELRED•REX•ANGL
Reverse: Osberen Moneyer. Voided long cross with central pellet and triple crescent ends, over square with incurved sides; trefoil at each point. XOSB•EREN•M•OЕEOD:
N-0775 / S-1152Vacolony12/23/20 at 15:15Callimachus: Another nice coin.
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Æthelred II 978-1016Æthelred-II 978-1016, AR Penny
Crux type struck circa 991-997
Obv: Bust Left, Scepter Before. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)L(ORX)
Rev: Leofric Moneyer, Canterbury Mint; + LEOFRIC M–O CÆNT, voided short cross; C R V X in angles.
North-770 / S-1148
(20.0mm, 1.64 g)Vacolony12/23/20 at 15:14Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Eadred 946-955Kings of Wessex, Eadred 946-955, AR Penny
Obv: + EADRED REX, small cross pattée.
Rev: Beorhtstan Moneyer, BYRNZ/TAN M–O in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. Unrecorded moneyer for Eadred, known from Edgar and later.
(North-706 / S-1113)
22.0mm, 1.25 g.Vacolony12/21/20 at 15:12Callimachus: Beautiful con !!
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Eadmund 939-946Kings of Wessex, Eadmund 939-946 (The Magnificent) AR Penny
Obv: + EADMVND • REX, small cross pattée.
Rev: Grimwald Moneyer. GRIMV/VALD M in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below.
(North-688 / S-1105)
22.0mm, 1.74 gVacolony12/21/20 at 15:12Callimachus: Beautiful con !!
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Edward the Elder 899-924Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder 899-924, AR Penny
Circumscription Cross/Horizontal-Pellet. Wessex dies; Æthelstan, moneyer. Middle period, circa 910-915. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée.
ÆÐELS/TAM M–O in two lines; three crosses pattée between, pellet above and below.
(North-649 / S-1087)
22.0mm, 1.66 gmVacolony12/18/20 at 15:20Callimachus: Beautiful coin.
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1377 - 1399, Richard II, AR Halfpenny struck at London, EnglandObverse: + RICARD : REX : ANGL. Crowned facing bust of Richard II within circle of pellets. Cross pattée in legend.
Reverse: CIVITAS LONDON. Long cross pattée dividing legend around inner circle of pellets into quarters, trefoil in each quarter of circle.
Type II, intermediate style, lombardic n's in 'LONDON'
Diameter: 13mm | Weight: 0.55gms | Die Axis: 12h
SPINK: 1699 | North: 1331b
Richard II was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Edward III's heir, Edward the Black Prince, was Richard's father but he died in 1376, leaving Richard as heir apparent. When Edward III died the following year, the 10-year-old Richard succeeded to the throne.
During Richard's first years as king the government was in the hands of a series of regency councils which were under the control of Richard's uncles John of Gaunt and Thomas of Woodstock. England then faced various problems, most notably the Hundred Years' War. Another major challenge of the reign was the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, a crisis which the young king played a central part in suppressing.
*Alex10/19/20 at 15:07Callimachus: Nice coin.
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RIC 4c, p.144, 176a - Hostilian, Mars Hostilian
Antoninianus (AD 251)
Obv.: C VAL HOS MES QVINTVS N C, radiate and draped bust facing right
Rev.: MARS PROPVG, Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield
Ag, 2.86g, 25x20mm
Ref.: RIC 176ashanxi09/17/20 at 15:06Callimachus: Nice coin.
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Valerian II. Jovi Crescenti Antoninianus of Rome.Roman Empire. Valerian II. 256-258 AD. AR Antoninianus (3.52 gm, 23.3mm, 7h) of Rome, 256-257 AD. Radiate and draped bust right, P C L VALERIAVNVS NOB CAES. / Jupiter as child seated left on goat facing right, hand raised, IOVI CRESCENTI. Good VF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 23 #583. RIC V.1 #14; RSC IV #30; Hunter p. 1. cf SRCV III #10732 (obv legend as 10733).Anaximander09/13/20 at 15:15Callimachus: Nice coin.
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