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Rare Nero provincial "sestertius"
ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ
Laureate head on Nero right
ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Emperor riding right with lance, behind him a soldier riding right with Vexillum
16.78g, 32 mm
RPC 2104; countermark Howgego GIC 557 Prusa ad Olympum
Extremely rare (RPC cites 2 examples, both with the same countermark)
This provincial "sestertius" copies the DECVRSIO issues of Nero.
Ex-Londinium coin
Sold to Calgary Coins November 2016
Jay GT4Sep 30, 2016
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SOLD! Augustus moneyer seriesCAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT.
Bare head right.
P LVRIVS AGRIPPA IIIVIR AAAFF.
Large S C.
Rome, 7 BC
RIC 427.
9.92g
Ex Londinium
SOLD Torex Feb 2022
Much nicer in handJay GT4Jun 25, 2016
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GalbaIMP SER GALBA AVG
Laureate head right
DIVA AVGVSTA
Livia standing left holding patera and sceptre
Rome, November 68 AD-January 69AD
RIC 150, BMC 5, RSC 52a
2.94g
Rare with this short obverse legend
Ex-IncitatusJay GT4May 30, 2016
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Marcus Lepidus ImperatorLaureate head of Roma (?) right
M LEPIDVS
Below equestrian statue of M. Aemelius Lepidus (consul 187 and 175 BC) right, carrying trophy
Rome, 61 BC
3.79g
Rare!
Sear 371, RPC 419/1, CRR 827-828b
Freed from a NGC Holder, graded strike 4/5; surface 4/5.
Marcus Lepidus strikes this coin early in his career as moneyer. After Julius Caesar's assassination he became Pontifex Maximus and formed the Second Triumvirate with Antony and Octavian. He would keep his post as Pontifex Maximus until his death. The office then became the sole procession of the Emperors.
Jay GT4May 25, 2016
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RIC 0544 Vespasian NemesisIMP CAES VESP AVG CENS
Laureate head of Vespasian right
PONTIF MAXIM
Nemesis advancing right holding caduceus over snake
Rome 73 AD
2.94g
RIC 544 (R), BMC 97, RSC 385.
Rare
Ex-Indalo
The reverse is copied from a denarius of ClaudiusJay GT4Apr 22, 2016
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Antony & Octavia tetradrachmM ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Conjoined heads of Antony and Octavia right, Antony wearing an ivy wreath
III VIR RPC
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes
Ephesus, summer-autumn 39 BC
11.22g
Imperators 263, RPC 2202, Babelon Antonia 61, Syndenham 1198, BMCRR east 135
Punch mark on the obverse protrudes onto the reverse
Ex-Numisantique
This series of Cistophori from Asia commemorates the marriage of Antony and Octavia and celebrate's Antony's divine status in the east as the "New Dionysus" which was bestowed on him when he arrived in Ephesus in 41 BC. Antony's titulature of "Imperator and Consul designate for the second and third times" fixes the period of issue to the latter part of 39 BC after the Pact of Misenum in July and before Antony's second Imperatorial acclamation in the winter of 39-38BC
Jay GT4Apr 12, 2016
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Antony & the Caesar'sSince most of the 12 Caesar's were more closely related to Antony than to Augustus I thought it was appropriate to include Antony in my 12 Caesar's group shot. Individual coins can be seen in my galleries. While I have better portraits of some Emperor's I chose these for their interesting reverses and styles.
Clickable for a larger photo.Jay GT4Mar 16, 2016
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RIC 1555 Vespasian NeptuneIMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII.
Laureate bust right.
NEP RED.
Neptune standing left, foot set on globe, holding sceptre and acrostolium.
Antioch mint
3.35g
RIC² 1555(C); RPC 1928
Ex-Ancient TreasuresJay GT4Mar 09, 2016
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Sold! Agrippina Orichalcum SestertiusAGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS
Draped bust of Agrippina right
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P
around large SC
Rome circa 42 AD
Issued by Claudius
27.07g
RIC 102; C. 3; BMC 219.
Ex-Londinium
Sold Torex February 2023
Jay GT4Feb 27, 2016
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Constantius I unlisted FollisIMP C CONSTANTIVS PF AVG
Laureate head of Constantius right
SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS NN
Moneta standing left with scales and cornucopiae
R P in exer
Rome mint
9.32g
RIC 120a, attested with officina S, Vienna, scarce.
new officina P not in RIC rare
King & Spaer, Num. Chron. 1977, #1030-1037 (only 8 specimens in this hoard)
RIC VI Rome 120a var (mintmark) R 305
This is the wildwinds example coin
Jay GT4Feb 20, 2016
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ConstansDN CONSTANS PF AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points up and to the right
SLG in exergue
Lyons
20 mm, 2.95g
RIC VIII 86
Sold Forum Auctions March 2016Jay GT4Feb 20, 2016
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RIC 0841 Domitian CistophorusIMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII
laureate head of Domitian to right
CA PIT across field, RESTIT in exergue
tetrastyle temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus, containing statues of the Capitoline Triad, Jupiter seated left between standing figures of Juno and Minerva
Rome for circulation in the East
A.D. 82
10.83g
RIC 841 (C), S.2715, BMC 251, RSC 23, RPC 864
Ex-Calgary coin, from the MS collection
Ex-G&M auction 147 lot 1813 March 2006
Jay GT4Feb 01, 2016
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DiocletianIMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG
Laureate head right
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
Genius standing left holding patera and Cornucopiae SF in fields PTR in ex.
Trier 294 AD
9.74g
29 mm
RIC 582
EFJay GT4Jan 29, 2016
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GaleriusIMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG
laureate head right
SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS NN
R wreath S in ex.
Moneta standing left with scales and cornucopiae
9.32g
30 mm
EF
Scarce
Rome 306 AD
Rome RIC VI 132b
See notes below
This is the Wildwinds example! Thanks Dane.
Notes: RIC lists these types as being produced in two periods,
the second period (coins are identical in all respects) being struck in Autumn 306, and also listed as RIC 158a and
159a.
Jay GT4Jan 29, 2016
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Julian IIDN FL C IVLIANVS P F AVG
pearl-diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right
SECVRITAS REIPVB
bull standing right; palm branch-TESA-palm branch in ex.
8.37g
Thessalonica
360-363 A.D.
RIC 225
Jay GT4Jan 29, 2016
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Augustus denariusCAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI PATER PATRIAE
Laureate head of Augustus right
C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius stg. facing, shields and spears between them
Lugdunum 2 BC-4 AD
3.76g
Sear 1597
ex-Holding History
Encrustations cleaned from behind Augustus head
Children of Marcus Agrippa and Augustus daughter Julia.
Jay GT4Jan 26, 2016
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Augustus denariusCAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI PATER PATRIAE
Laureate head of Augustus right
C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius stg. facing, shields and spears between them
Lugdunum 2 BC-4 AD
3.72g
Sear 1597
ex-Nilus
Children of Marcus Agrippa and Augustus daughter Julia.
New Photo
Sold to Calgary Coin Jan 2016Jay GT4Jan 26, 2016
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RIC 1464 Vespasian Ephesus denariusIMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR PPP
Laureate head right
CONCORDIA AVG
Concordia seated left, annulet below, star in Exergue
3.41g
Ephesus 74 AD
RIC 1464 (R2)
Rare
Ex-Calgary coin
about XFJay GT4Oct 25, 2015
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Marcus Aurelius SestertiusM ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV
Laureate bust right
IMP VI COS III SC
Victory standing right attaching shield, inscribed VIC GER to palm tree
26.41g
RIC 1029, Sear 4978, BMC1423
Ex-ANE
Worn but with a lovely smooth chocolate patina
Sold Forum Auction March 2019Jay GT4Aug 25, 2015
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Roman Open work belt plateRoman bronze Open work Military belt plate.
Washer and pin on reverse peened over to secure leather belt
60mm X 23mm
13.2g
Pannonia
2nd century AD
Antonine period
See other belt plate for a match in my galleryJay GT4Jul 03, 2015
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Gordian III denariusIMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
laureate bust right
DIANA LVCIFERA
Diana standing right holding lighted torch in both hands
Rome
241-2 AD
Rare?
Sear 8673, RIC 127, RSC 69
Special issue for marriage of Gordian III and Sabinia Tranquillina
SOLD! Forum Auction January 2017Jay GT4Jul 02, 2015
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Germanicus DupondiusGERMANICVS CAESAR
Germanicus in triumphal quadriga right holding eagle-tipped sceptre
SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM SC
Germanicus standing left, his right hand raised, holding legionary eagle in left
Rome, 37-41 AD
15.97g
Scarce
Sear 1820, RIC 57, BMCRE 93
Ex-Calgary coin from an old collection
Minted by Caligula in honor of his father.Jay GT4Jun 27, 2015
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RIC 0006 Vespasian DenariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head right
TITVS ET DOMITIAN CAES PRIN IV
Titus and Domitian seated left on curule chair, each holding a branch.
Rome 69-70 AD
2.83g
RIC 6 (R); BMCRE pg. 8 note; RSC 541.
Rare
Ex-Barry MurphyJay GT4Jun 17, 2015
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RPC 1648 Vespasian DidrachmAVTOKPA KAICAP OVECPACIANOC CEBACTOC
Laureate head right
NIKH CEBACTH
Nike advancing right on elongated base, holding wreath & palm.
Caesaria, Cappadocia
77-78 AD
6.99g
RPC II 1648
Rare
Ex-Londinium
Jay GT4May 29, 2015
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Sextus PompeyMAG PIVS IMP ITER
Bare head of Pompey Magnus right; capis behind, lituus before
Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders, PRAEF above, CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C in two lines in exergue.
Uncertain mint in Sicily, (Catania?)
37-36 BC
3.25g
Rare
Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; Sear 334; RRC 511/3a; BMCRR Sicily 7; Pompeia 27; Catalli 2001, 824
Ex-Londinium
Numiswiki:
Struck by Sextus Pompey after his victory over Salvidienus and relates to his acclamation as the Son of Neptune. Although Sextus Pompey was the supreme naval commander, Octavian had the Senate declare him a public enemy. He turned to piracy and came close to defeating Octavian. He was, however, defeated by Marcus Agrippa at the naval battle of Naulochus (3 September 36 B.C.). He was executed by order of Mark Antony in 35 B.CJay GT4May 29, 2015
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SOLD! Bronze engraved braceletIntact (Roman?) Bronze engraved bracelet.
Engraved on both sides with the same motif.
Alternating pattern of lines and chevrons starting on both ends. Triangle on both sides with punch marks around and tree or leaf motif within. Leaf with stem (arrow?) on the ends.
Bronze
14.11g
Pannonia
Sold to ANE October 2021
Jay GT4Apr 21, 2015
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Calabria Tarentum AR DrachmHead of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla preparing to hurl a stone
Owl standing to right on olive branch, head facing; ZOR (magistrate) to right, TAP to left.
3.07g
Circa 281-276 BC.
Vlasto 1048. McGill 135, Cote 348, Sear 367v. Jay GT4Apr 10, 2015
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Sold! Thrace Mesembria DiobolCrested Corinthian helmet facing.
M-E-T-A within wheel, surrounded by border of radiating lines.
SNG. BM. 268
11 mm
1.30g
Black Sea Hoard fake
Sold to Calgary Coin Sept 2022Jay GT4Apr 07, 2015
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Roman Arrow tipBronze Roman arrow tip
40 mm x 7 mm
5.09g
1-3rd century ADJay GT4Mar 25, 2015
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Roman Key RingRoman bronze key ring
ring 24 mm, height 33 mm
13.72g
2nd century AD
A Roman Signifer (standard bearer) was also the cohorts banker. He kept records of what the soldiers deposited with him for safe keeping and he had the key to the strong box. Not only did the soldiers protect the Signifer to prevent the standard from being captured (which would be a disgrace) but also so that they could get their money back!
There is no way to know if this was an actual Signifer key as many other professions would have items locked away.Jay GT4Mar 25, 2015
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Roman Belt plateBronze Roman Military belt plate, buckle missing. Punch design on face. Three rivet holes.
31mm x 21mm
5.5g
Pannonia
mid 1st-2nd century
Jay GT4Mar 04, 2015
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Roman Open work belt plateRoman bronze Open work Military belt plate.
Washer and pin on reverse peened over to secure leather belt
65mm x 23mm
12.86g
Pannonia
2nd century AD
Antonine period
See other belt plate for a match in my galleryJay GT4Mar 04, 2015
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Roman Bird tip distaffBronze Roman distaff
Long pin with bird (dove) on tip, finial on stem
86mm x 4mm; tip 12mm x 12mm
6.92g
Pannonia
3-6th century AD
Often described on ebay and by dealers as a senatorial voting stick. This description is completely unfounded and is likely a distaff for spinning thread.
Sold to ANE October 2021
From Shawn Caza:
According to Madgearu these bird-head/ring-bottom sticks are likely distaffs for spinning thread, though they may be a form of hair pin. The bird at top is usually thought to be a dove. They have been found all along the Rhine and Danube Limes, in Spain, in Switzerland and in the Near East. In many old works they were usually dated to the 5th-6th c AD. However, Madgearu reports on one which has been contextually dated to the mid-3rd c AD - buried in a Romanian site destroyed in AD 245. It is thought that they are the later Christian version of earlier sticks, often in bone, with Venus at the top. The dove was a representation of Venus that was then retained as a representation of the Holy Ghost in Christian times. Madgearu then lists 25 different archaeological finds of these sticks. These are dated, when known, to the 4th - 6th c AD.
Jay GT4Mar 04, 2015
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Roman Belt BuckleRoman military belt buckle
Bronze kidney shaped loop with iron pin, attached heart shaped plate, two rivet holes
Early 4th century
38mm x 41mm
11.17g
Sold to ANE October 2021Jay GT4Feb 23, 2015
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Legionary apron strap endRoman Legionary apron strap end with suspension loop
Rivet still in place were it would have been fastened to leather apron
Mid 1st century-2nd century
65mm x 10mm; loop 13mm
9.29g
Ex-NobleJay GT4Feb 18, 2015
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RIC 0848 Julia Titi Cistophorus TetradrachmIVLIA AVGVSTA DIVI TITI F
Draped bust of Julia right
VESTA
Vesta seated left, holding Palladium and sceptre
Rome mint for Eastern circulation, 82 AD
10.60g
Sear 2914, RIC II 848 (Domitian) (R), RPC II 871, RSC 15, BMCRE Domitian 258
Rare
Ex-CNG, Ex-Calgary Coins
Julia was the daughter of Titus and lived with her uncle Domitian as his mistress from 84 AD until her death in 89 AD. Suetonius said she died as a result of an abortion which was forced on her by Domitian. After her death she was deified which is commemorated on this coin.Jay GT4Feb 14, 2015
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Roman Gold EaringRoman Gold Earing
Looped at one end, globular design on the other
1-3rd century
13mm
0.48g
Ex-ANEJay GT4Feb 14, 2015
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Bronze Roman Seal boxBronze seal box with image of lion, jug above, wreath below, ( horse head to right?)
Attached to packages or letters that are tied with strings. The strings pass into the box which is then filled with wax, to protect against tampering.
Bronze
26mm x 21mm x 7mm.
3mm diameter holes
5.56g
2-3rd Century?
Pannonia
Ex-Ancient TreasuresJay GT4Feb 12, 2015
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SOLD Juba II & Cleopatra Selene daughter of AntonyJuba II of Mauretania and Cleopatra Selene
REX IVBA REGIS IVBA E F R A VI
Head of Juba II left.
BACIΛICCA KΛE - OΠATPA
Cleopatra Selene left
dated year 6 = 20-19 BC.
3.12g
Rare
Ex-D. Loates Fine Arts; Ex-William McDonald Collection; Ex-Geoffrey Bell 2012 Fall Auction lot 273
SNG Cop. 546 ; Mazard 357 ; Sear 6000 ; Müller III, 108, 87
Wildwinds example
Juba II was the only son and heir of his father King Juba I. King Juba I was the King of Numidia and ally to Pompey the Great. He fought against Julius Caesar at the battle of Thapsus and lost commiting suicide soon after. His son Juba II was taken away to Rome to be paraded in Caesar's Triumph's. He was then raised in Caesar's houshold and educated in both Latin and Greek excelling in his studies. He was praised as one of Rome's most educated citizens and at age 20 even published a work entitled Roman Archaeology. He became life long friends with Julius Caesar's heir Octavian. He accompanied Octavian on several campaigns during the turbulent times after Caesar's death even fighting at the battle of Actium against his future wifes parents...Antony and Cleopatra VII.
Augustus restored Juba II as the king of Numidia between 29 BC-27 BC and Numidia become one of the most loyal client kings that served Rome. Between 26 BC-20 BC, Augustus arranged for him to marry Cleopatra Selene II (Daughter of Antony and Cleopatra) giving her a large dowry and appointing her queen. She also had been paraded in a Triumph in Rome after the battle of Actium. It was probably due to his services with Augustus in a campaign in Spain that led Augustus to make him King of Mauretania.
Cleopatra is said to have exerted considerable influence on Juba II's policies. Juba II encouraged and supported the performing arts, research of the sciences and research of natural history. Juba II also supported Mauretanian trade. Mauretania traded all over the Mediterranean and exported fish grapes, pearls, figs, grain, wooden furniture and purple dye harvested from certain shellfish, which was used in the manufacture of purple stripes for senatorial robes. Juba II sent a contingent to Iles Purpuraires to re-establish the ancient Phoenician dye manufacturing process.
Cleopatra Selene seems to have inherited the same qualities of both Antony and Cleopatra VII. She was strong willed and maintained her Egyptian/Greek heritage. She seems intent on continuing the Ptolomaic line of strong women rulers using the same titles as her mother. She died sometime before Juba II. The Greek Historian Plutarch describes Juba II as 'one of the most gifted rulers of his time'. Between 2 BC-2, he travelled with Gaius Caesar as a member of his advisory staff to the troubled Eastern Mediterranean. In 21, Juba II made his son Ptolemy co-ruler. Juba II died in 23 AD. He had two children by Cleopatra Selene, Ptolomy of Mauretania (1 BC- 40 AD) and Drusilla of Mauretania (born in 5 AD). He was burried in the Mausolium he constructed for himself and his wife which is still visible today. A partial inscription attributed to her reads:
The moon herself grew dark, rising at sunset,
Covering her suffering in the night,
Because she saw her beautiful namesake, Selene,
Breathless, descending to Hades,
With her she had had the beauty of her light in common,
And mingled her own darkness with her death
SOLD to Calgary Coins February 2024Jay GT4Jan 31, 2015
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Marcus AgrippaM AGRIPPA L F COS III
head of Agrippa left wearing rostral crown
SC
Neptune standing holding dolphin and trident
AE As
Issued by Caligula in honour of his deceased grandfather Agrippa
Minted in Rome 37-41 A.D.
9.06g
Ex- Ancient TreasuresJay GT4Jan 31, 2015
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Antonia AugustaANTONIA AVGVSTA
Head of Antonia right
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP SC
Claudius veiled and togate standing left holding simpulum
11.47g
Sear 1902; RIC 92 (Claudius)
Antonia was the younger daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia and was born on January 31st 36B.C. She was married at age 20 to Tiberius' younger brother Nero Claudius Drusus and had two sons, the great Germanicus and the future emperor Claudius. She was widowed in 9 BC and refused to marry again and devoted her life to her families interests. Her wealth and status made her very influencial during Tiberius' reign and it was she who brought about the downfall of Sejanus.
On the accession of her grandson Caligula in 37 AD she received many honours but died later that year at the age of 73. She did not receive postumous honours until the reign of her son Claudius in 41 AD and all of the coinage in Antonia's name was issued by Claudius.Jay GT4Jan 31, 2015
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RIC 0849 Vespasian denariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
laureate head of Vespasian right
IOVIS CVSTOS
Jupiter standing half-left, sacrificing from patera in right over small lit altar at feet on left, long scepter grounded behind in left
Rome, 75 - 76 A.D.
3.458g, die axis 180o
RIC II, part 1, 849 (C3); BMCRE III 276; RSC II 222; BnF III 249; SRCV I 2295
Ex-Forum, Ex-Heritage CICF World and Ancient Coins Signature Auction 3032, part of lot 30530Jay GT4Jan 25, 2015
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Mark Antony restitution issue by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius VerusANTONIVS AVGVR III VIR R P C
Galley moving left over waves
ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST
Legionary eagle between two standards LEG VI across lower field
Rome 168-9 AD
3.17g
Sear 5236; RIC 443; RSC Mark Antony 83
Ex-ANE
Sear:
The reasons for this remarkable restoration remain obscure. Mattingly suggests that Legio VI Ferrata, which had fought for Antony at Philippi in 42 BC, may have played a leading role in the Parthian War of AD 164, the exceptional commemoration of this achievement on the coinage being prompted both by the legion's long and distinguished history and the similarity of the names "Antonius" and "Antoninus". The 200th Anniversary of the battle of Actium perhaps provides a more obvious reason for the issue.
Curtis Clay:
The reason for the restoration is not in doubt in my opinion, having been discerned by Mommsen in 1859.
Because of their lower silver content, Antony's legionary denarii were excluded from Trajan's recoinage of 107, and therefore Trajan did not restore this type.
But by the reign of Marcus and Verus, the silver content of the current denarius had fallen to the point that it had now become profitable to recoin Antony's denarii. Marcus and Verus did so, and therefore restored the coin too, picking at random one of the commoner legions for their restoration, since it was quite unnecessary to restore coins for several different legions, or for all of them!
The Reka Devnia hoard, ending essentially in c. 241 AD, still contained 9 original legionary denarii of Antony, plus 20 restorations by Marcus and Verus!
Sold back to ANE February 2020Jay GT4Dec 08, 2014
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Nero ProtocontorniateNERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP
Laureate head right
PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT SC
Temple of Janus with doors closed
Rome 65 AD
9.22g
SEAR 1974
Edges hammered in antiquity (1st-3rd century) to create a "proto-contorniate"
Better in Hand!
Ex-Tater's
From Numiswiki protocontorniate:
A protocontorniate is a normal, large-module bronze coin, typically a sestertius, which at some point was later altered by hammering the edges of the coin so that it could serve some other use. A common assumption is that protocontorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi believed protocontorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that protocontorniates were New Year’s gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being.
Sold Forum auction. 2015Jay GT4Nov 18, 2014
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Tetrarchy Imperial Lead SealTwo augusti Diocletian and Maximian face to face.
Below the two Caesares Galerius and Constantius face to face.
Dolphin between
17.79g
Sold to Calgary Coins 2015Jay GT4Nov 03, 2014
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Calabria, Taras DidrachmNaked youth galloping right on horseback left, crowning horse with right hand, monogram ΣY in field behind youth and ΛΥK INOΣ below horse
Taras seated on dolphin left, holding chalmys and thrusting trident in right hand, owl behind TAPAS in Exergue
Calabria 272-235 BC
6.62g
Vlasto 836
Ex-Pars Coins
Ex-Calgary CoinsJay GT4Oct 25, 2014
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RIC 0853 Domitian TetradrachmIMP CAES DOMITIANVS
Laureate head of Domitian right
AVG GERM
Six ears of corn; P in exergue
Minted in Rome for circulation in Asia
circa 95 AD
10.17g
RPC 874/1, RIC 853 (R)
RPC lists 9 examples but only one with the P in exergue
Ex-Calgary Coins, Ex-Pars Coins
Wildwinds exampleJay GT4Oct 25, 2014
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XVANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG XV
legionary eagle between two standards
3.28g
Patrae mint 32-31BC
Founded by Julius Caesar in 54 BC
Known also as the XV Apollinaris meaning "belonging to the god Apollo"
Jay GT4Oct 25, 2014
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG IIIIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG IIII
legionary eagle between two standards
3.04g
Patrae mint 32-31BC
Sear Imperator's 353; Crawford 544/16; Cohen 29
Ex-Calgary Coin
VERY RARE
This type with LEG IIII rather than LEG IV is quite rare. No examples were found in the Delos Hoard of 1905. Missing from RBW collection.
Only 3 examples ever offered by CNG.
Jay GT4Oct 25, 2014
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XIVANT AVG III VIR R P C
Galley right, mast with banners at prow
LEG XIV
Legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.25g
Ex-AegeanJay GT4Oct 06, 2014
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RIC 0703 Vespasian DenariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head of Vespasian right.
PON MAX TR P COS V
Winged caduceus.
Rome 74 AD
3.32g
RIC 703 (C2); BMC 138; RSC 362
Ex-ANEJay GT4Oct 06, 2014
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Mark Antony Sol denariusM ANTONIVS M F M N AVGVR IMP TERT around (MP and RT ligatured)
Mark Antony, veiled and wearing the priestly robes of an Augur, standing right, holding lituus in right hand.
III VIR R P C COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Radiate head of Sol right
Athens
Summer 38 BC
3.92g
Crawford 533/2, Sear Imperators 267
Ex-ANE, Ex-Seaby with original ticket
New Photo
Antony's third Imperatorial acclimation resulted from Ventidius' victory at Gindarus. Antony's depiction in priestly robes of an augur emphasizes the importance which he placed on the possession of this religious office. The word AVGVR features prominently on most of Antony's remaining coinage right down to Actium. No doubt this was to stress his adherence to Republican traditions. Sol is symbolic of the East and shows Antony's personal concern for eastern affairs after the distraction caused by his extended stay in Italy starting in the second half of 40 BC and running almost the whole of the following yearJay GT4Aug 23, 2014
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XIIIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
Rev LEG XIII legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
2.85g
New Photo
Legio XIII was levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC, before marching against the Belgae, in one of his early interventions in intra-Gallic conflicts.
During the Gallic wars (58-51 BC), Legio XIII was present at the Battle against the Nervians, the siege of Gergovia, and while not specifically mentioned in the sources, it is not unreasonable to assume that Legio XIII was also present for the Battle of Alesia.
Forced to choose either the end of his political career, or civil war, Caesar brought Legio XIII across the Rubicon river and into Italy. The legion remained faithful to Caesar during the resulting civil war between Caesar and the conservative Optimates faction of the senate, whose legions were commanded by Pompey. Legio XIII was active throughout the entire war, fighting at Dyrrhachium (48 BC) and Pharsalus (48 BC). After the decisive victory over Pompey at Pharsalus, the legion was to be disbanded, and the legionaries "pensioned off" with the traditional land grants; however, the legion was recalled for the Battle of Thapsus (46 BC) and the final Battle of Munda (45 BC). After Munda, Caesar disbanded the legion, retired his veterans, and gave them farmlands in Italy.
Reconstituted by Octavian in 41 BC.
Its standard was the lion.Jay GT4Aug 23, 2014
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SOLD! Mark Antony & Julius Caesar portrait denariusM ANTON IMP R P C
Bare head of Mark Antony right, bearded, lituus behind
CAESAR DIC
Wreathed head of Caesar right, capis behind
Gaul, November 43 BC
Imperators 123, Crawford 488/2, Sydenham 1166, Cohen 3, BMCRR Gaul 55, 57
3.05g
Rare!
Ex-Alberta coins
From Sears Imperator's:
"This issue would appear to be a revival of the type struck by Antony in the spring during the war around Mutina. After his Gallic adventures Antony, accompanied by his ally Lepidus, was now back in Cisalpine Gaul to meet with his former opponent Octavian. The conference between the three men at Bononia in early November, set the seal on the formation of the Second Triumvirate, an event commemorated by this issue. It clearly belongs to the period immediately following the agreement at Bononia as the form of the triumviral titulature (R P C) had not yet been expanded to the normal III VIR R P C. A distinctive feature of this coinage is the portrait of Antony which has a strangely elongated form, giving it something of the appearance of a caricature. Presumably, Antony's retinue at this time lacked the services of a die-engraver competent in the art of portraiture."
SOLD Coin Expo May 2023 to C. Euston CoinsJay GT4Aug 15, 2014
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Nero Pre-Reform DenariusNERO CAESAR AVG IMP
Bare head of Nero right
TR P III P P PONTIF MAX EX SC
Legend around oak-wreath enclosing "EX. S C.
Lugdunum, 60-61 AD
3.71g
Sear 1936, RIC 22, BMCRE 24, RSC 216
Rare!
Ex-Alberta Coins
Some encrustations remainJay GT4Aug 15, 2014
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Claudius & Antonia TetradrachmTI KΛAY∆I KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP
laureate head right, date LB (year 2) before
ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH
bust of Antonia right, hair in queue
29 Sep 41 - 28 Sep 42 A.D.
Alexandria mint
11.054g, 23.2mm, die axis 0o,
RPC 5117; Geissen 62; Milne 61; BMC Alexandria p. 9, 65; Dattari 114; SNG Milan 620, SNG Cop 57; Sommer 12.3, Emmett 73
Scarce
Ex-Forum
Antonia was the youngest daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia. She was a niece of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, mother of the Emperor Claudius, and both maternal great-grandmother and paternal great-aunt of the Emperor Nero. She was additionally the maternal great-aunt of the Empress Valeria Messalina and Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix, and paternal grandmother of Claudia Antonia, Claudia Octavia, and Britannicus.Jay GT4Jun 13, 2014
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SOLD! 74 BC* C POSTVMIVSDraped bust of Diana right, wearing hair tied into knot; bow and quiver over shoulder
Hunting dog running right, spear below
C. POSTVMI / TA in exergue
Rome 74 BC
3.15g
Sear 330; Cr. 394/1a; Syd. 785
Sold to C.P. April 2022Jay GT4Jun 05, 2014
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103 BC Q. Minucius M.f. ThermusHead of young Mars left, wearing crested helmet
Q THERM MF (THE and MF in monogram)
Roman soldier advancing right, fighting with uplifted sword a barbarian soldier before him and protecting with shield a fallen comrade at his feet
Rome 103 BC
3.71g
Sear 197
Sold Forum Auction December 2017
Jay GT4Jun 05, 2014
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Nero Billon TetradrachmNEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV
Radiate bust left, wearing aegis. Date LIΔ.
ΠYΘEIOΣ AΠOΛΛΩN.
Laureate bust of Apollo Aktios right, quiver over shoulder; star before.
Alexandria mint, Year 14= 67-68 AD
12.18g
RPC 5318, Köln 195; Dattari 207; Milne 300; Emmett 111
Ex-ANE
Jay GT4May 30, 2014
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Myisa, Parion. HemidrachmGorgoneion
ΠA PI
Bull standing left, head turned to look back; kerykeion below
Mysia, Parion
350-300 BC
SNG BN -. Symbol not recorded in the standard reference.
2.20g
Ex-ANEJay GT4May 30, 2014
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Hadrian Galliae HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head right.
RESTITVTORI GALLIAE.
Hadrian standing left, holding volumen and raising kneeling Gallia right.
Rome 134-8 AD
3.24g
RIC 324.
SOLDJay GT4May 11, 2014
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RIC 0544 Domitian AsIMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER PP
Laureate head of Domitian right
FORTVNAE AVGVSTI SC
Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae
Rome 87 AD
10.9g
RIC 544 (C3)
Ex-Tater'sJay GT4Mar 31, 2014
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Zoomorphic Bird plate fibulaZoomorphic fibula
Bird type (eagle?)
Pin missing
2nd Century AD
32 mm X 26 mm
10.08g
Böhme 43aJay GT4Mar 04, 2014
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Early Crossbow fibulaLikely an early Crossbow fubula type.
Engraved lines and dots
One of the Genceva 21 variations - Early Spring Crossbow Fibula.
Mid 3rd - mid 4th century AD
Pin missing
66 mm X 35 mm
16.14g
Sold to ANE October 2021Jay GT4Mar 04, 2014
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RIC 0601 Vespasian AsIMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS IIII CENS
Laureate head of Vespasian right
VESTA SC
Doomed temple of Vesta in the Forum, showing four columns and containing statue of the goddess on pedestal
Rome 73 AD
9.48g
RIC 601 (R); Sear 2365; BMCRE 664
Rare
Ex-Calgary Coin
This celebrated temple had been rebuilt by Nero following the great fire of 64 AD. The Neronian structure survived until another conflagration late in the reign of Commodus and was again restored early in the 3rd century by Julia Domna. It was again rebuilt in more modern times where it still stands in the Roman Forum to this day.
Die notes from Curtis Clay:
"Same dies, and better condition, than the Paris spec., pl. LVII, 663.
The BM spec., pl. 26.9, also illustrated in RIC, pl. 40, 601, is also from the same rev. die, but a different obv. die.
The BM and Paris specimens of the same As for Titus COS II CENS are also from that same rev. die: BM pl. 27.7 = RIC pl. 42, 640; Paris pl. LIX, 689."
Jay GT4Feb 22, 2014
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Galba billon TetradrachmΛ OYKΛIBΣ OYΛ Π ΓAΛBA KAIΣ ΣEB AVT
laureate bust of Galba, right, LB (year 2) before
PΩMH
Helmeted, draped bust of Roma right, holding spear & sheild
Alexandria, September 68 AD-January 69 AD
13.44g
Scarce
RPC 5330; Emmett 174
Ex-ANE
In hand it has a wonderful dark consistent toning
Jay GT4Feb 22, 2014
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RIC 0757 Vespasian DupondiusIMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG
Laureate head of Vespasian right
PON MAX TR POT P P COS V CENS
winged caduceus between two cornucopiae
10.79g
Rome, 74 AD
RIC II 757 (C2); RPC 1983
Ex-Tater's
Jay GT4Feb 20, 2014
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Kraftig Profilierte FibulaKraftig Profilierte Fibula
Early 1st century to early 2nd Century AD.
Pin missing
Distribution:Mostly found in Pannonia, Dacia, Noricum, and Raetia.Jay GT4Feb 16, 2014
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Hod Hill FibulaHod Hill Type Fibula
Distribution: Gaul, Britain; Rhine and Danube Limes. They are common on Roman military sites.
Typology: Riha 5.14; Hull 60; Ettlinger 31
c. 50-100 ADJay GT4Feb 16, 2014
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Hadrian Alexandrian DrachmAVT KAI TRAI A∆PIA CEB
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind
Nilus seated left on rocks, reed in right, cornucopia in left, crocodile right climbing up rocks, IS / L (year 16) above left
Alexandria
25.03g, 34mm
Emmett 1014
Ex-Zurgieh
The Greek numeral sixteen (Iς) above Nilus refers to what was considered the ideal height of the annual Nile flood, sixteen cubits. Less could mean drought or famine. Even in modern times grand celebrations were held when the flood reached 16 cubits. In years when the flood failed to reach 16 cubits, the celebrations were canceled, and prayers and fasting were held instead. The peak flood occurred at the end of August, which explains why the Egyptian year began on 29 August.
GiftedJay GT4Feb 14, 2014
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Horse FibulaZoomorphic plate Horse fibula
2nd Century AD
40mm X 22mm
9.05g
Pin intact
Ex-Ancient Treasures
Jay GT4Feb 12, 2014
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Benito Mussolini 20 Lira MedalMVSSOLINI MCMXXVIII
Helmeted head of Mussolini left
ITALIA MEGLIO VIVERE VN GIORNO DA LEONE CHE CENTO ANNI DA PECORA
Lion, Fasces L20R left field, MCMXVIII (Top of Rods) MCMXXVIII AVI (Bottom of Rods)
Fantasy piece
16.24g
The reverse translates "Better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep"Jay GT4Feb 11, 2014
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Gordian III SestertiusIMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
IOVI STATORI / S C.
Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt.
Rome 241-243 AD
17.26g
RIC 299a.
Ex-Zurgieh
Sold Forum Auction 2016Jay GT4Feb 11, 2014
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Claudius Alexandrian TetradrachmTI KΛAΥΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEΡMANI AΥTOKΡ
laureate head of Claudius right, in field below chin, date L Γ (Regnal year 3)
MEΣΣAΛINA KAIΣ CEBAC
Messalina as Ceres standing facing, head left, two small figures in right, two stalks of grain in left. In left field a lituus.
Egypt, Alexandria 42/3 AD
12.10g
RPC 5132; Köln 76; Dattari 124; Kampmann & Ganschow 12.23
Ex-Londinium CoinsJay GT4Jan 25, 2014
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CaracallaANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Laureate head of Caracalla right
LAETITIA TEMPORVM
The spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing l., with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing l.; below, seven animals: an ostrich at l. and bear at r.; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison.
Rome 206 AD
3.34g
Ex-Londinium coins, Ex Professor K.D. White with original envelope.
Sear 6813, RIC 157, BMCRE 257, CSS 793
Very rare! Only 2 examples in the Reka Devnia hoard
Better in hand
Notes by Curtis Clay:
This famous type commemorates the chariot races and animal hunt that took place on the seventh and final day of Severus' Saecular Games in 204 AD, as described in the inscriptional acts of those games which were found in Rome in the 1870s and 1930s. According to the acts, after three days of sacrifices and three days of honorary stage shows, Severus and Caracalla held circus games on the seventh day, consisting of chariot races and then a hunt of 700 beasts, 100 each of "lions, lionesses, panthers, bears, bisons, wild asses, ostriches". Dio Cassius describes the same hunt, adding the detail that the cage from which the animals were discharged was formed like a boat: "The entire receptacle in the theater had been fashioned in the shape of a boat and was capable of receiving or discharging four hundred beasts at once; and then, as it suddenly fell apart, there came rushing forth bears, lionesses, panthers, lions, ostriches, wild asses, bisons, so that 700 beasts in all, both wild and domesticated, at one and the same time were seen running about and were slaughtered. For to correspond with the duration of the festival, which lasted seven days, the number of the animals was also seven times one hundred." In Dio's text this passage follows directly on his account of Severus' Decennalian Games in 202 AD, causing scholars to accuse Dio of misdating the hunt or to postulate that similar hunts of 700 animals were held both in 202 and in 204. But the true explanation, in my opinion, is that Dio's Byzantine epitimator Xiphilinus, on whom we are dependent for this section of Dio's text, has simply jumped without warning or transition from Dio's description of the Decennalian Games of 202 to his description of the circus spectacle concluding the Saecular Games of 204. This hypothesis easily explains why Dio's text as we have it makes no mention of the Saecular Games themselves or of any event of 203: Xiphilinus omitted this whole section of Dio's history! The seven kinds of animals named by both Dio and the inscriptional acts are also depicted in the coin type: on good specimens, especially the aureus BM pl. 34.4, the ostrich and the bear are clear, the lion has a mane, the ass has long ears, the bison has horns and a hump. Two large felines remain, of which we may suppose that the one accompanying the lion is the lioness and the one attacking the bison is the panther. The animals are named somewhat differently in Cohen, BMC, and other numismatic works: though numismatists have long cited Dio's text to explain the coin type, no one previously seems to have posed the question whether the seven animals in the lower part of the type might not be the same seven that Dio and now the inscriptional acts too name! These circus games with the ship and 700 animals were held in 204 AD, but the coin type commemorating them did not appear until two years later: on aurei of Septimius the type is die linked to a dated type of 206 AD, and for Caracalla the type passes from a draped and cuirassed obverse type on the aureus to the "head only" type on his denarii, a transition that took place in 206 AD according to his dated coins.
SOLD October 2014Jay GT4Jan 25, 2014
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Lucania, Thourioi StaterHead of Athena right wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident
ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
Bull butting right, solid exurgal line below HR monogram above
c. 420-400 BC
6.74g
SNG ANS-1041-2 var
Ex-HJB; Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7072 (Lewis Egnew Collection)Jay GT4Dec 30, 2013
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG IVANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley right, mast with banners at prow
LEG IV
Legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.34g
ex-Arcade coin
The coin that started it. This was my first Mark Antony coin!
In its first years, the whereabouts of IV Scythica are uncertain, although it is probable that it took part in Antony's campaign against the Parthians. The name suggests that it fought against the Scythians. After the battle of Actium and Antony's suicide, Octavian transferred IV Scythica to the Danube province of Moesia. The legion is reported to have taken part in civilian tasks, such as the building and keeping of roads. In his youth, future emperor Vespasian served in this legion.Jay GT4Dec 15, 2013
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG IIANT AVG III VIR R P C
Galley right, mast with banners at prow
LEG II
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.14g
Great "bankers" mark on reverse, a very nice "C"
Origianlly founded by Pompey the Great in 84 BC. Legio II was given the title of "Augusta" in about 25 BC by Augustus. The II Augusta legion took part in Germanicus' campaigns in Germany and was commanded by Germanicus' friend Publius Vitellius who held the rank of legate. Publius Vitellius later prosecuted Piso for the murder of Germanicus.Jay GT4Dec 15, 2013
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Mark Antony denariusBare head of a bearded Mark Antony right
C VIBVS VARVS
Fortuna standing left holding Victory and cornucopiae
Rome 42 BC
3.25g
Rough but much better in hand!
Sear 1466, RRC 494/32
ex-Londinium
Fortuna holding Victory shows the confidence the Triumvirs had in defeating the Ruplicans, namely Brutus and Cassius. Varus also struck this type for Octavian. It is interesting to note that on the evidence of stylistic similarity it is possible that the die-engraver responsible for the triumviral portraits was later transferred from the Capitoline mint to Antony's military mint outside the city.
The fact that Antony is again shown bearded is in reference to his mourning for Caesar's death. Only after Caesar was avenged would Antony be shown as a typical clean shaven Roman.Jay GT4Dec 15, 2013
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ANT AVG III VIR R P C
Galley right, mast with banners at prow
LEG XV
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint
32-31BC
Patrae mint
3.16g
32-31BC
The XV is there, much easier to see in hand.
Founded by Julius Caesar in 54 BC
Known also as the XV Apollinaris meaning "belonging to the god Apollo"Jay GT4Dec 15, 2013
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG XVIANT AVG III VIR R P C
Galley right mast with banners at prow
LEG XVI
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint
32-31BC
3.26g
Ex- Tom Cederlind
The 16th was founded by Julius Caesar in 54 BC. It is believed to have been granted "Flavia" title by Domitian in 89 AD following the Saturninus revolt.Jay GT4Dec 15, 2013
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Bruttium; the BrettiLaureated and bearded head of Zeus right, at left thunderbolt, dotted border
BΡETTIΩN
warrior attacking right holding shield and spear; below bucranium. Dotted border.
211-208 BC
Scheu 42; HNItaly 1988; SNG Copenhagen 1658; SNG ANS 108.
8.05g
Round punch mark on obverseJay GT4Dec 11, 2013
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus CN MAG
Lead sling shot reportedly from the battle of Munda.
Found in Estepa, Spain
74.19g
49x28mm
The Battle of Munda took place on March 17, 45 BC in the plains of Munda, which is in modern southern Spain. This was the last great battle of Julius Caesar's civil war against the republican armies. After this victory, and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey's oldest son), Caesar was free to return to Rome and govern as dictator. Tens of thousands of Romans died at Munda. About one month after defeat, Gnaeus was captured and executed. His brother Sextus survived to initiate another rebellion, on Sicily, where he was finally defeated by Marcus Agrippa and executed in Asia in 35 BC by Mark Antony, ten years after Munda.
Eitan Hirsch, a ballistics expert with the Israeli Defense Forces calculated that an expert slinger could hit a target from 35 meters away. According to his calculations a projectile could be hurled at a velocity of 34 meters per second. Equivalent to a modern day handgun.Jay GT4Dec 04, 2013
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LEGIO COHORTIS SPECULATORVMANT AVG III VIR R P C
Galley right mast with banners at prow
Rev.
CHORTIS SPECVLATORVM
Three standards each decorated with two wreaths and model of prow
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.16g
SEAR 1484, Imperators 386; Craw 544/12; Syd 1214
ex-Arcade coins
Apparantly this was a mounted cohort of scouts or were placed on an elevated part of Mark Antony's ships. This is in harmony with the Numiswiki entry:
"Speculator, derived from specula, a prospect that is to say a view from the summit of a place, whence anything may be seen advantageously at a distance. - Thus a cohort of this description (Speculatorum Cohors) was established by M. Anthony, that they, from an elevated part of his ships, might explore and act as sentries or watchmen. There were other acceptations of the word, such as spies and even executioners."Jay GT4Nov 02, 2013
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Lucania, Velia AR DidrachmHelmeted head of Athena left, wearing Phrygian helmet decorated with centauress, KE monogram behind
Lion left, tearing prey, A above, KE monogram below, ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ in ex.
Circa 334-300 BC
7.22g
Williams 327 (O.174/R.243)
BMC 74; HN Italy 1294.
Ex-Calgary coin
The KE obverse monogram is the signature of Kleudoros, the artist or mint master of Velia.Jay GT4Oct 26, 2013
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG VIIIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG VIII
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.63g
This legion is not LEG VIII Augusta which was disbanded by Caesar and re-enlisted by Octavian.
Ex-Forum
Jay GT4Oct 22, 2013
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L. Titurius L.f. SabinusSABIN
Bare head of King Tatius right, bearded. Palm branch before
L TITVRI
Tarpeia facing, buried to her waist in shields, trying to ward off two soldiers who are about to cast their shields on her, star within crescent moon above
Rome, 89 BC
3.84g
Sear 251, RRC 344/2a
Ex-ANE from an old collection
Jet black toning.
One of the great legends of Rome commemorated on a coin. It tells the story of Rome being besieged by the Sabine king Titus Tatius after the "Rape" of the Sabine women. Tarpeia, daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, went out to the Sabine camp and offered them entry to the city in exchange for "what they bore on their left arms". She had meant their gold bracelets worn on their arms. Once inside the citadel the Sabines threw their shields—carried on the left arm—upon her, crushing her to death. Her body was then thrown from a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill. The cliff was named the Tarpeian Rock after Tarpeia and would become the place of execution for Rome's most notorious traitors. King Tatius and Romulus soon were reconciled through the efforts of the abducted Sabine women who had come to love their Roman abductors. They jointly ruled over Rome for the next 5 years until Tatius death.Jay GT4Oct 10, 2013
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RIC 1237 VespasianIMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII PP
Laureate head of Vespasian right
SC
Eagle standing facing on globe, head right, wings spread
Lugdunum mint
77-78 AD
8.77g
RIC 1237 (C3); Sear 2362
From the collection of Gordon Wyatt Goldfinch (1895-1918) of Elfindale Road, London.
With hand written old ticket citing #209 collection number.
Ex-Artancient Ltd.
Private Goldfinch was a passionate collector of Imperial Roman coinage. His personal catalog of coins dates to August 1910 when he was just 15 years of age. Goldfinch volunteered for service in 1914 with the 2nd London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He died in service on March 28th, 1918 at the age of 23.Jay GT4Oct 01, 2013
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RIC 0980 Vespasian denariusCAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate bust of Vespasian right
IMP XIX
Modius filled with seven grain ears in fields to left and right
Rome 78 AD
3.00g
RIC II 980 (C); Sear 2293, RSC 215
Ex-FrascatiusJay GT4Sep 16, 2013
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SabinaSABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG PP
Diad. and draped bust left, hair in plait down neck.
CONCORDIA AVG
Concordia enthroned left, holding patera and leaning on statue of Spes; under throne, cornucopia.
Rome 129 AD
3.38g
Appears to be a limes denarius
RIC 398, Sear 3920, BMCRE 902
Sold Forum Auction April 2016
Jay GT4Sep 06, 2013
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