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1519 Hadrian Denarius Roma 134-38 AD GermaniaReference.
RIC II 302; C. 805. BMC 837; RIC 1519; Strack 301
Bust A2+
Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P.
Bare head with drapery
Rev. GERMANIA
Germania standing, head right, holding spear and resting hand on shield.
3.35 gr
17 mm
6hokidoki03/22/15 at 05:40marandnumiz: Great catch!
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Argolis, Argos, 260s-250s BC, AR Triobol Forepart of wolf at bay to left, Θ above.
Large A with Δ-E above and eagle standing on harpa below; all within incuse square.
HGC 5, 670 (S); BMC 61; Mycenae pl. 24-25; SNG Copenhagen 42; BCD Peloponnesos 1109-1110.
(15 mm, 2.58 g, 1h).
Pars Coins.n.igma12/14/14 at 08:41marandnumiz: superb example
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EXERCITVS AVG - SCDouble Sesterce
atelier II
graveur 2
23,04g
IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG
EXERCITVS AVG
SC
Bastien 154
de Witte 32
Cohen ...
RIC 117
Elmer 199
PYL12/10/14 at 19:30marandnumiz: cool type
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Kings of Paeonia, Patraos, ca. 335-315 BC, AR Tetradrachm Laureate head of Apollo right.
[Î ]ATPAOY Warrior on horse rearing right, spearing fallen enemy who defends with shield; ligate [E]M monogram behind horse’s rear leg.
AMNG III 4; Paeonian Hoard 312 & 410 (same reverse die); SNG ANS 1040.
Damastion mint (?).
(23 mm, 12.55 g, 9h)
CNG; ex- Numismatica Ars Classica Auction N, 26 June 2003, 1242. n.igma12/10/14 at 19:28marandnumiz: gorgeous!
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Argolis, Epidauros ca. 250-240 BC, AR HemidrachmLaureate head of Asklepios left; Θ re-cut over an effaced E behind.
EΠ monogram within wreath.
HGC 5, 729; Requier Monnayage Series 4 [2], 202 (this coin) dies D2/R3, weight recorded as 2.34 g on BCD tag = Requier 2, 202); BCD Peloponnesos 1243-44 (same dies); Dewing 1931 (same dies).
(16 mm, 2.35 g, 7h).
Struck from worn dies as are all examples of this the last civic hemidrachm issue of Epidauros.
CNG Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX, 1, Spring 2014, 976803 from the BCD Collection; ex-1979/80 Epidauros Hoard (CH VII, 69).
This emission was the last civic silver issue struck by Epidauros. It was struck on a reduced weight standard that was adopted throughout most of the Peloponnesos from around 250 BC. It utilized an obverse die from the preceding emission on which the Θ mint control (D2) was re-cut over the earlier E mint control (D1). In 243 BC the last of pro-Macedonian tyrants that had ruled Epidauros for the previous fifty years was forced to step aside by Aretos of Sikyon, the strategos of the Achaean League. This event probably bought to an end the civic silver issues of Epidauros, although bronze civic coinage continued down to ca. 200 BC. After this, a few Epidauran issues in silver and bronze, conforming to Achaean League standards, were made in the period leading up to the defeat of the League by Rome in 146 BC
n.igma11/17/14 at 07:32marandnumiz: very nice!
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16. Philip I.Antoninianus, 247 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG / Radiate bust of Philip I.
Reverse: AETERNITAS AVGG / Elephant and mahout.
4.08 gm., 23 mm.
RIC # 58; Sear # 8921.
Issued about the time of the Millennium celebration, the reverse of this coin takes up the theme of eternity and applies it to the ruling dynasty. The Romans were first awed by, and then fascinated by elephants. They thought elephants lived to be several hundred years old, and thus the elephant became a symbol of eternity. The elephant portrayed on this coin was likely part of the festivities held to celebrate the millennium and some numistmatists consider this coin to be part of the set of coins issued to commemorate the event.Callimachus05/18/14 at 20:22marandnumiz: nice
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68. Philip II as Augustus.Antoninianus, ca 247 - 249AD, Antioch mint.
Obverse: IMP IVL V PHILIPPVS AVG / Radiate bust of Philip II.
Reverse: PM TR P IIII COS P P / Felicitas standing, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae.
4.19 gm., 21 mm.
RIC #232; Sear #9268.
No coins were minted at Antioch for Philip II when he was Caesar. It is only after 247 when his father made him Augustus and co-emperor with himself do we find coins of Philip II being minted in Antioch. The dated reverse legends on the coins of both Philips from Antioch are a bit puzzling. Philip I was already COS II (247) and COS III (248), and these numbers are not shown on coins minted at Antioch. The Philip II coins of Antioch seem use the TR P numbers of his father. It is thought that perhaps the mint at Antioch was just copying reverse types from coins in general circulation (Aequitas, Felicitas, the temple & lion of the millennium series, etc.). If the mint personnel spoke Greek and did not fully understand what TR P, COS, and various Roman numerals actually meant, it is understandable how they could come up with legends that did not make sense.Callimachus05/18/14 at 20:22marandnumiz: nice
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70. Philip II as Augustus.Antoninianus, 249 AD, Antioch mint.
Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG / Radiate bust of Philip II facing right.
Reverse: PM TR P VI COS P P / Radiate lion walking right.
4.40 gm., 21.5 mm.
RIC 238 / 239 var; Sear 9272 / 9273 var.
This is an apparently unpublished coin. The RIC / Sear numbers above refer to coins with the bust facing left & the lion walking right; or the bust facing right & the lion walking left. Roger Bland, in his unpublished listing of Roman imperial coins from Antioch, lists a coin with bust right & lion walking right (#97); however Curtis Clay at Harlan J Berk Ltd. feels there is an error in the listing of #97 and that it refers to a coin in Paris with a left-facing bust. Details can be found at the web site of Forum Ancient Coins (http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=47620.0).
The portrait on this coin is a superbly engraved portrait, but it is not the portrait of a 11 or 12 year old boy. A radiate lion is a symbol not often seen on Roman imperial coinage. It is associated with solar cults of the East and likely has the same meaning as the radiate crown on the emperor's portrait: the power and authority of the emperor is equated with the power and authority of the sun god. The radiate lion on this coin was certainly the invention of the mint of Antioch since the prototype on which this reverse is based -- the millennium coin with a lion on the reverse, RIC 12 -- is not a radiate lion. Callimachus05/18/14 at 20:21marandnumiz: wonderful
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Julia_Domna_Denar_SAECVLI_FELICITAS05/18/14 at 19:53marandnumiz: wonderful
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10. Severus Alexander as Caesar.Denarius, July 221 - Mar. 222 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: M AVR ALEXANDER CAES / Bust of Severus Alexander.
Reverse: INDVLGENTIA AVG / Spes walking, holding flower and raising skirt.
3.31 gm., 19 mm.
RIC #2; Sear #7793. Callimachus02/07/13 at 14:13marandnumiz: excellent quality and rare
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Faustina Junior, VenusAr Denarius
FAVSTINAE AVG P II AVG FIL
draped bust right
VENVS
Venus standing left, holding rudder and apple
RIC 517c
arizonarobin01/21/13 at 09:35marandnumiz: very nice
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Faustina the Younger, daughter of Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius, mother of Commodus.Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed draped bust of Faustina the Younger facing right.
Rev: FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, holding a scepter and an infant.
Silver Denarius, Rome mint, c. 161 - 175 AD
3.3 grams, 19 mm, 0°
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 677, RSC 99, S5252, VM 13Matt Inglima01/21/13 at 09:31marandnumiz: nice coin, excellent photography!
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IVNONI MARTIALIVolusianus antoninianus
Rome mint
scarceTibsi11/07/12 at 05:50marandnumiz: Superb coin for this issue
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Aquilia Severa AR Denarius, AD 220–2Rome, AD 221, AR Denarius, 3.20g., 20mm., BMCRE-335, RIC-226, RSC-2. Obv: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG; draped bust right. Rx: CONCORDIA; Concordia standing half-left. sacrificing from patera over lighted altar, holding double cornucopia, star to right.
Notes: Rare; Aquilia Severa's "Concordia standing" reverse is more often found with the star in the left field than the right (as on this specimen).Britannicus05/19/12 at 10:15marandnumiz: fantastic example!
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Marcus Aurelius, AntoninianusRome mint AD 250/251
DIVO MARCO ANTONINO, Radiate head of Macus Aurelius right
CONSECRATIO, Eagle facing, wings open
3.34 gr
Ref : RIC IV # 91b, RCV # 9477, Cohen # 1057
in qblays catalog : MA19/A018
Many thanks to Alwin who found it for me.Potator II11/12/11 at 13:29marandnumiz: this is perhaps the rarest of the 'divi' s...
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Julia Domna Silver DenariusJulia Domna 193 - 211 AAD
Silver denarius 3.2 gram
RIC 556
Sear'88 #1839 Julia Domna Denarius. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / HILARITAS, Hilaritas standing left with long palm resting on ground & holding cornucopiae. RSC 72.
Toned _3750
Antonivs Protti01/30/11 at 10:44marandnumiz: good detail, nice toning
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Constans Constans AE4. D N FL CONSTANS AVG, laurel & rosette-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REIP, Securitas standing facing, legs crossed, head right, holding sceptre & leaning on column, R[-leaf-Q?] in ex. Randygeki(h2)10/20/10 at 17:11marandnumiz: A scarce type, very nice
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125 - Aurelian, denarius - RIC 071Obv:– IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm.
Minted in Rome, (B _ //VSV). Allocated by Estiot to Emission 10 dating to end A.D. 274.
Reference:– Paris-185, Gobl-135f2 (9 spec.), RIC-71, C-250 (Elberling, 6 Fr.).
Virtually fully silvered , a good strike, well centred and not showing much evidence of wear.maridvnvm10/07/10 at 14:04marandnumiz: exceptional
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Caracalla RIC 281aCaracalla
Antoninianus
Ref: RIC 281a
Date: 216 A.D.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM - Bust, draped, radiate, r.
Rev: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P - Sol, radiate, standing front, head l., raising r. hand and holding globe
Weight: 5,13 g
Diam: 22,5 mm09/29/10 at 16:31marandnumiz: excellent portrait
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Marcus Aurelius denariusTR P XXI IMP IIII COS IIITibsi04/08/10 at 18:18marandnumiz: excellent coin, mint state!
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Roman Constantine II FollisAE Follis of Constantine II, as Caesar (A.D. 337-340)
Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Rev: ROMAE A-ETERNAE - Roma seated, right, holding shield inscribed X/V in lap. REROS in exergue
RIC VII Rome 200
Very Rare: R5Tanit04/01/10 at 13:45marandnumiz: very nice, and with sought after EROS mintmark in ...
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Roman Empire, Nero Claudius Drusus, Father of Claudius.Nero Claudius Drusus, father of Claudius.
AR Denarius, Lugdunum mint, struck under Claudius, AD 41-42.
Obv. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, laureate head left.
Rev. DE GERMANIS on architrave of wide single-span triumphal arch, surmounted by equestrian statue left between two trophies.
RIC 72 (I, 125); RSC 4 (II, 2), Hill 77.
3,57g, 18mm.
Provenance: Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 75, lot 985.
03/28/10 at 16:50marandnumiz: great coin
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RIC 159Denarius, Summer - Dec. 166
Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
Head r., laur.
Rev: TR P XX IMP IIII COS III - PAX (in ex.)
Pax seated l., holding branch and cornucopiae.
3.17g, 18 mm, 1hklausklage03/22/10 at 21:50marandnumiz: nice surface, must be hoard coin
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ALEXANDER III. THE GREAT - DRACHM - COLOPHON ALEXANDER III. THE GREAT - DRACHM - COLOPHON - ZEUS - HERAKLES - SPEAR HEAD - STAR
Alexander III. The Great
Colophon
Drachm
Obv. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin right
Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Zeus seated left with sceptre and eagle. left in field star, right in field spear head
Condition: almost extremely fine
4.2 g., 18 mm
Price 1759
Ex Gitbud Naumann Philoromaos03/22/10 at 21:24marandnumiz: excellent coin
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Maximianus IMaximianus
Siscia mint
MAXIMIANVS AVG
Laureate bust right
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
Genius standing left with patera and cornucopia
-/-//SIS
RIC (VI) Siscia 169bmauseus10/03/09 at 18:29marandnumiz: This is actually Galerius
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constans, AD 337-350 Constantinople (CONS)Obv: FLCONSTANSNOBCAES
Rev: Two Soldiers, One Standard,
GLOR IAEXERC ITVS
RIC VII 14005/20/09 at 11:57marandnumiz: Not so easy to find with bust left
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constans AD 337-350 Trier (TRS)Obv: CONSTAN-SPFAVG
Rev: Two Victories with Wreaths, Leaf between Victories
RIC VIII 18605/20/09 at 11:54marandnumiz: Nice, never seen the leaf symbol before
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ROMAN EMPIRE, JULIAN II, AE3 SirmiumJULIAN II- Æ 20m Minted at Sirmium
OBV. Helmeted bust left, holding spear and shield
REV. VOT/ X/ MVLT/ XX within wreath
EX. ASIRM.
Attrib.RIC 108,LRBC 161905/04/09 at 18:51marandnumiz: A gem!
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