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2 Philip IPhilip I
AR Antoninianus
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate draped & cuirassed bust right / PAX AETERNA, Pax advancing left with branch & scepter.
RSC 109, RIC 41.Sosius
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(06) NERO54 - 68 AD
Struck 65 - 66 AD
Billon tetracrachm 24 mm 11.78 g
O: NERWKLAYKAISSEBGER Radiatebust of Nero right, wearing aegis
R: AYIGO-KRA Bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant head headdress, L IB (year 12) right
Alexandria, Provincial Egypt
Milne 238, SRCV I 2004, Emmett 109, Koln 172, Dattari 204, BMC 163, RPC 5289
(ex Forum)laney
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(06) NERO54 - 68 AD
Struck 65 - 66 AD
Billon tetracrachm 24 mm 11.78 g
O: NERWKLAYKAISSEBGER Radiatebust of Nero right, wearing aegis
R: AYIGO-KRA Bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant head headdress, L IB (year 12) right
Alexandria, Provincial Egypt
Milne 238, SRCV I 2004, Emmett 109, Koln 172, Dattari 204, BMC 163, RPC 5289
(ex Forum)laney
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017 Galba (68-69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0167, AR-Denarius, SPQR/OB/CS in wreath, Rare! #1017 Galba (68-69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0167, AR-Denarius, SPQR/OB/CS in wreath, Rare! #1
avers: IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head right.
reverse: No legends, SPQR/OB/CS legend in three lines within oak wreath.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5-18,5mm, weight: 3,33g, axes: 5h,
mint: Rome, date: 68-69 A.D.,
ref: RIC I 167, p-241, RSC 287, BMC 34, Sear 2109,
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019 Vitellius (69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0109, AR-Denarius, XV VIR SACR FAC, Tripod and dolphin, Scarce, #1019 Vitellius (69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0109, AR-Denarius, XV VIR SACR FAC, Tripod and dolphin, Scarce, #1
avers: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, Laureate head right.
reverse: XV VIR SACR FAC, Tripod lebes with dolphin lying right on top and raven standing right below.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18mm, weight: 3,23g, axes: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 69 A.D.,
ref: RIC I 109, p-272, RSC 111, BCM 39, Sear 2201,
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049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-I 144b, AR-Denarius, VICTORIAE AVG G FEL, Victory flying left, #1049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-I 144b, AR-Denarius, VICTORIAE AVG G FEL, Victory flying left, #1
avers: L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, Laureate bust right.
reverse: VICTORIAE AVG G FEL, Victory flying left holding an open wreath with both hands, before her shield set on a low base.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 2,91g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date: 198-200 A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-I 144b, p-109, RSC 719,
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054a04. Claudius GothicusAntoninianus. Rome mint. Obv: IMP C CLAVDIUS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: VIRTVS AVG. Mars standing left, holding branch and spear, shield at feet. RIC 109, Cohen 313; cf Sear 11383.lawrence c
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065 Maximinus I. Thrax, (235-238 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-II 090, AE-Sestertius, VICTORIA GERMANICA, Victory standing left, #1065 Maximinus I. Thrax, (235-238 A.D.), Rome, RIC IV-II 090, AE-Sestertius, VICTORIA GERMANICA, Victory standing left, #1
avers: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
reverse: VICTORIA GERMANICA, Victory standing left with wreath and palm, captive seated before.
exergue: S/C//--, diameter: 29,0-30,0mm, weight: 18,08g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date: 236-238 A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-II 90, p-, C 109, BMC 191,
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072 Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), RIC IV-III 084, AR-Antoninianus, Rome, IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter, #1072 Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), RIC IV-III 084, AR-Antoninianus, Rome, IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter, #1
avers: IMP-GORDIANVS-PIVS-FEL-AVG, Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
revers: IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter standing left, facing right, holding scepter and thunderbolt.
exe:-/-//--, diameter: 21-23mm, weight: 3,71g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 241-243 A.D.(4th. Issue), ref: RIC IV-III-84, p-25, C-109, c3,
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104 Claudius II. (268-270 A.D.), T-0203 (Estiot), RIC V-I 109, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, VIRTVS AVG, -/-//--, Virtus standing left,104 Claudius II. (268-270 A.D.), T-0203 (Estiot), RIC V-I 109, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, VIRTVS AVG, -/-//--, Virtus standing left,
avers:-IMP-C-CLAVDIVS-AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right, (B1).
revers: VIRT-VS-AVG, Virtus standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and spear (sometimes pointing down) in left hand, on the left, a shield rests against his leg, (Virtus 4b).
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 17-20mm, weight: 3,70g, axes: 7 h,
mint: Rome, iss-1, off-5, date: 268-269 A.D., ref: T-0203 (Estiot), RIC V-I 109,
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130 - Tacitus Antoninianus - RIC 065 (D in left field | * in right field)Obv:– IMP CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae
Minted in Lugdunum (Delta in left field | * in right field)
References:– Cohen 144, Bastien 109, RIC 65 Bust Type C maridvnvm
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130 - Tacitus Antoninianus - RIC 065 (D in left field | * in right field)Obv:– IMP CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae
Minted in Lugdunum (Delta in left field | * in right field)
References:– Cohen 144, Bastien 109, RIC 65 Bust Type C
4.67 gms, 23.01 mm. 180 degrees maridvnvm
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VII 109, AE-3 Follis, S/F//ΓSIS*, VIRTVS EXERCIT, Vexillum and captives, R3!!!, #1136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VII 109, AE-3 Follis, S/F//ΓSIS*, VIRTVS EXERCIT, Vexillum and captives, R3!!!, #1
avers:- CONST ANTINVS AVG, 1, Helmeted, cuirassed bust right.
rever:- VIRTVS EXERCIT, D2, S-F on either side, Vexillum reading VOT/XX, seated captive on either side.
exergo: S/F//ΓSIS*, diameter: 17,0-18,5mm, weight: 2,78g, axis: 7h,
mint: Siscia, date: 320 A.D., ref:RIC VII 109, p-438, 3rd.-off., R3 !!!
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1932-SA George V Gold SovereignSouth Africa, George V (1910-36), Gold Sovereign, 1932-SA, Bentley 931, Hern S347, Kaplan 109, SCWC KM 21, Friedberg 5, Marsh 296, SCBC 4005, BU, edge milled, weight 7.9881g (AGW 0.2355oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 0°, Pretoria mint, 1932; obverse GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP: (George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India), second smaller bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, toothed border surrounding; reverse St. George, nude but for crested Attic helmet with three-strand streamer, paludamentum fastened in front by fibula billowing behind and high-topped boots (calcei equestri), on horse rearing right, with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, holding bridle in left hand and short sword in right, looking down, trampling and slaying prostrate dragon to lower right, with broken lance in its side, looking back and up at St. George, broken lance on ground-line to left, mint mark SA at centre of ground-line, 1932 in exergue, tiny B.P. raised to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex KB Coins (28 Aug 2020); £475.00.Serendipity
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25- GREAT BRITAIN, 6 PENCE, KM779.Size: 19.5 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0895 oz. Mintage: 5,109,000.
Grade: PCGS MS64 (Old Green Holder- cert. # 2302317).
Comments: Puchased from Tom Carroll, 11/20/09, replacing a really nice AU+ I'd bought from him years before.
lordmarcovan
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69 AD - VITELLIUS AR denarius - struck April-Dec 69 ADobv: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P (laureate head right)
rev: XV VIR SACR FAC (tripod, raven below, dolphin above)
ref: RIC I 109, C.111 (3frcs), BMC39
3.22gms, 18mm
Scarceberserker
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AE Arrowhead #29Northwestern Iran? (Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
40mm (l) x 21mm (w)
(1.6" x 0.8")
Cf. Medvedskaya (Iran: Iron Age I), Fig. 14, Iran IV
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 54, page 75
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 2 (page 293)
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XLI, Fig. 109 (Hallstatt)*
* Although this arrowhead does fit the Iranian type referenced above (Medvedskaya, Negahban and Piller), it was a standardized form in antiquity and may not be from Western Asia. The arrowhead’s form also fits fig. 109, Plate XLI, in Petrie’s "Tools and Weapons." That example is attributed to the Hallstatt culture of Bronze Age Europe.
Description:
Triangular blade, edges slightly convex near point, slightly concave near middle, convex again approaching the rounded ends of barbs/wings, thickened central line (although no marked midrib).Kamnaskires
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Aeolis, KymeBronze AE 16, BMC Aeolis p. 109, 57, VF, Kyme mint, head of Amazon Kyme right; reverse forepart of galloping horse right, vase behind, KY above, magistrate name LESBIOS below
ecoli
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AIOLIS, KYME3rd Century B.C.
AE 11 mm; 1.45 g
O: head of Amazon Kyme right;
R: vase with one handle, HΡAIOΣ (magistrate's name) below
Kyme mint; Lindgren 393, BMC Aeolis p. 109, 53laney
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AIOLIS, KYME3rd Century B.C.
AE 15 mm; 2.67 g
O: head of Amazon Kyme right;
R: forepart of prancing horse right, vase with one handle behind, magistrates name below
Kyme mint; BMC p. 109, 54; SNG Cop 88; S 4189 var (magistrate)laney
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Alexander tetradrachm Price 3575Boar to the left. CNG 421 lot 81 but I am using the pic from the former sale in HD Rauch 97 lot 109, since its a much better image. Sold for €520 in that auction. (4/14/15 €-$ 1.065) . CNG mentioned previous sale as Ex Áureo & Calicó 293 lot 2018 but that is incorrect info. Also says "From the Collection of José Miguel Márquez del Prado" From my limited research the Price 3575s with the "hairy" boar and angled footstool for Zeus are much less common than the "bald" boar and horizontal footstool style.Chance Vandal
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Antiochus IVAntiochos IV. 146/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.90 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ZEP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1885.5b (this coin referenced); Mørkholm, Posthumous – (but obv. die A1); CSE 209 (this coin); HGC 9, 744; DCA 97. VF, toned, flan crack, harshly cleaned.
From the MNL Collection, purchased from Eukratides Ancient Numismatics, November 2009. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection.
Ex CNG 109, lot 311arash p
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Asia Minor, Aiolis, Kyme, Amazon Kyme, Horse Aiolis, Kyme
AE 16
ca. 250-200 BC
Lesbios, magistrate
Obv.: Head of the Amazon Kyme right
Rev.: KY, forepart of horse right, single handled vase to left, ΛΕΣΒΙΟΣ below.
AE, 16 mm, 5.04g
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 90; BMC p. 109, 57shanxi
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Aurelian, AE Antoninianus, RIC V, I 109Aurelian
Augustus, 270 – 275 A.D.
Coin: AE Antoninianus
Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust facing right.
Reverse: FIDES MILI, Fides standing, facing left, holding two Vexillae. S in exergue.
Weight: 3.51 g, Diameter: 19 x 21.5 x 1.5 mm, Die axis: 30°, Mint: Milan, Reference: RIC V, I 109, Rated ScarceConstantine IV
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Baktria - AR tetradrachmuncertain mint in Oxus region
295/3-285/3 BC
head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette on the bowl wire necklace, round earring
monogram
owl standing right, grape bunch over tail; olive sprig and crescent above
AΘE
Roma XIV, 354; Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; Mitchiner 13e; N&A 13-15; SNG ANS -; Svoronos pl. 109, 8; Leu 83, 263
17,0g 22mm
ex Roma
From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA.J. B.
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BCC M110Caesarea Minima
Uncertain Emperor
Uncertain Mint?
Obv:Head right, within
border of dots.
Rev: [...?] K Λ
Standing female? figure
to right, arm outstreched.
Thin (1.5mm) very slightly
bevelled flan with small casting
sprues on either end. (The type bears
a slight resemblance to an AE20 of
Hadrian from the mint of Tiberias).
9 x 8.0 mm. 0.81gm. Axis:210
cf. BCC109, BCC RGP2
Surface find Caesaera Maritimav-drome
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Caracalla, StobiM AVRE PIVS ANTONINVS
Laureate head right
MVNICIP-STOBE
Victory walking right with wreath and palm
AE;24mm;6.37g
V109, R ?arizonarobin
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Carthage, Sicilian (?) mint, SNGCop 109Sicilian (?) mint, Carthage (Punic), 4th-3rd century B.C. AE, 17mm 2.90g, SNGCop 109, Calciati 20. Sear Greek Coins and their Values (SG) #sg6444
O: Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn
R: Horse right, palm behind
casata137ec
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Carthage, Zeugitana310-290 B.C.
Bronze AE17
1.96 gm, 17 mm
Obv.: Head of Tanit left wearing wreath of grain ears, triple drop earrings and necklace
Rev.: Horse right, in front of palm tree
Siculo-Punic, Sicilian Mint?
Sear 6444;
[SNG Cop 109, 117]
Jaimelai
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CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./a1.02./03., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./a1.02./03., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01
avers: Illegible legend, the ornament of Kufic letters, the border of dots.
reverse: Cross, between four crosses and four dots, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,5 mm, weight: 0,33g, axis: h,
mint: , date: 1172-1196 A.D., ref: Huszár-111, CNH I.-109, Unger-112,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 19.03.1.1./a1.02./03.,
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CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./a1.04./05., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./a1.04./05., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01
avers: Illegible legend, the ornament of Kufic letters, the border of dots.
reverse: Cross, between four crosses and four dots, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,5 mm, weight: 0,29g, axis: h,
mint: , date: 1172-1196 A.D., ref: Huszár-111, CNH I.-109, Unger-112,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 19.03.1.1./a1.04./05.,
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CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./a2.01./07., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./a2.01./07., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01
avers: Illegible legend, the ornament of Kufic letters, the border of dots.
reverse: Cross, between four crosses and four dots, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 13,0 mm, weight: 0,29g, axis: 11h,
mint: , date: 1172-1196 A.D., ref: Huszár-111, CNH I.-109, Unger-112,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 19.03.1.1./a2.01./07.,
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CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./e1.01./22., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./e1.01./22., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01
avers: Illegible legend, the ornament of Kufic letters, the border of dots. (The sigla is a small circle in left down about 7h very close to the "legends")
reverse: Cross, between four crosses and four dots, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,5 mm, weight: 0,27g, axis: 11h,
mint: , date: 1172-1196 A.D., ref: Huszár-111, CNH I.-109, Unger-112,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 19.03.1.1./e1.01./22.,
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CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./g1.01./23., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01CÁC II. 19.03.1.1./g1.01./23., Anonymous II. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-111, CNH I.-109, U-112, #01
avers: Illegible legend, the ornament of Kufic letters, the border of dots.
reverse: Cross, between four crosses and four dots, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,5 mm, weight: 0,32g, axis: h,
mint: , date: 1172-1196 A.D., ref: Huszár-111, CNH I.-109, Unger-112,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 19.03.1.1./g1.01./23.,
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Claudius II AE Antoninianus268-270 CE
Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIUS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: VIRTVS AVG. Mars standing left, holding branch and spear, shield at feet. RIC 109, Cohen 313; cf Sear 11383.
Mint: RomePericles J2
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Claudius II Gothicus, Antoninianus, SPES PVBLICAAR Antoninianus
Claudius II Gothicus
Augustus: 268 - 270AD
Issued: 268 - 270AD
23.0 x 20.0mm
O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
R: SPES PVBLICA; Spes holding flower, advancing left, raising skirt.
Rome Mint
Aorta: 269: B23, O4, R112, T109, M6.
RIC 102; Cohen 281; cf Sear 11374.
Josh Moran/CIVITAS Galleries
CICF 4/12/14 3/6/17Nicholas Z
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Claudius II Gothicus, Antoninianus, VIRTVS AVGAE Antoninianus
Claudius II Gothicus
Augustus: 268 - 270AD
Issued: 268 - 270AD
20.5mm
O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.
R: VIRTVS AVG; Virtus left, holding branch in right hand, spear in left hand, shield on ground, left.
Rome Mint
RIC 109, radiate, cuirassed; Cohen 313; cf. Sear 11383.
Aorta: 206: B20, O4, R127, T126, M6. Aorta has this listed as "Virtus" on the reverse and "Mars" in a separate type listing, T73. Aorta also does not have a B20, O4, R127, T73, M6 grouping listed. Looking at Wildwinds, I believe that my coin depicts Mars with his helmet and have listed RIC 109 which uses Mars in the reverse description, Aorta notwithstanding.
aitorazpeitia 321138555629
6/12/13 3/6/17Nicholas Z
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Claudius, RIC 109, for Nero Claudius Drusus, Sestertius of AD 50-54Æ Sestertius (24.2g, Ø34mm, 6h), Rome mint, struck AD 50-54.
Obv.: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head of Nero Claudius Drusus facing left.
Rev.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P / S C, Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch; weapons lying around.
RIC (Claudius) 109 (S); BMC 208; Sear (RCV 2000) 1897Charles S
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Claudius, RIC 109, for Nero Claudius Drusus, Sestertius of AD 50-54 Æ Sestertius (24.2g, Ø34mm, 6h), Rome mint, struck AD 50-54.
Obv.: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head of Nero Claudius Drusus facing left.
Rev.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P / S C, Claudius seated left on curule chair, holding branch; weapons lying around.
RIC (Claudius) 109 (S); BMC 208; Sear (RCV 2000) 1897
Charles S
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Cn. Gellius - AR denariusRome
²142 BC / ¹138 BC
head of Roma right wearing winged helmet, all within wreath
X
Mars and Nerio in quadriga right; Mars holding Nerio and shield
CN·GEL
ROMA
¹Crawford 232/1, SRCV 109, RSC I Gellia 1
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
3,9g 18mm
ex Dionysos
Reverse depicts the abduction of Sabin goddes Nerio by Mars.
Moneyer was most probably historian, author of a history of Rome from the earliest epoch extending at least to the year 145 BC.J. B.
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Constans Victory on ProwConstans AE3 Thessalonica mint, 337-350 AD, RIC VIII 109, Sear 3973
OBV: DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
REV: FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, Emperor standing left on galley holding labarum
and phoenix on globe; Victory seated at the stern steering the galley
TES gamma in exergue, 17.65mm, 2.9g
SRukke
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Constantine I (RIC 109, Coin #496)
Constantine I, RIC 109, AE4, Antioch, 337 - 348 AD.
Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS (SMANS) Two soldiers standing with spears and
shields, one standard between them.
Size: 15.3mm 1.72gm
MaynardGee
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Crispus (RIC 109, Coin #704)RIC 109 (R2), AE3, Aquileia, 322 AD.
OBV: CRISPVS NOB CAES; Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
REV: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM / VOT X (AQS); Legend around and within wreath, palm branch to left and right.
SIZE: 19.6mm, 3.50gMaynardGee
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DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMOREQVIES OPTIMORVM MERITORVM
RS: Rome 109, r4antvwala
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Domitian. Minerva. Standing Minerva Denarius of Rome.Roman Empire. Domitian. 81-96 AD. AR Denarius (3.54 gm, 19.7mm, 6h) of Rome, 1 Jan-13 Sept 88 AD. Laureate bust right. ⟳IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TRP VII. / Minerva standing left, holding thunderbolt & spear, shield at feet. ⟳IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS PPP. VF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics 2003. RIC II #109, II.1 #580; BMCRE 119-121; RSC II #234; SRCV I #2731/2732v (legend per 2731/figure per 2732).Anaximander
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ELAGABALUSAR denarius. Antioch, AD 219. 3,37 grs. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG / Aequitas standing left, holding balance scales and cornucopiae. CONSVL II PP.
RIC 167. RSC 22.
A. Lynn Collection. Numismatik Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 671
benito
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Franz Joseph I. 5 Corona. 1908.Kremnitz mint, Frühwald 2109, Huszár 2201, Herinek 777, Novotný 84.
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Galba, 68 - 69 ADObv: IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head of Galba facing right.
Rev: SPQR / OB / CS in three lines within oak wreath.
Silver Denarius, Rome mint, Aug. - Oct. 68 AD
3.06 grams, 18.3 mm, 180°
RIC I 167, RSC 287, S2109, VM 28Matt Inglima
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GORDIAN IIIBI tetradrachm. Antioch (Seleucis et Pieria). 240 AD .12.82 gr. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the front. ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ / Eagle standing facing,open wings, head turned left, wreath in beak. ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟYCΙΑC. S C in exergue. Prieur 279.
CNG. EA 109, Lot: 130.
CNG Photograph.
benito
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Gordian III Tyche GermeGordian III, Germe Mysia, 25mm, 5.9g, RPC 109, Ehling, Germe, no. 217, Lindgren III 467 (same dies).
OBV: AVT K M AN G - OPDIANOC,
REV: EPI APOLLWNIDO - V GEPMHNWN,
The same obverse die, PRC notes, was also used for Miletoupolis, Kraft 179, pl. 50.27a.
Struck under Magistrate Apollonidus
RPC cites 4 known examples not including this one.
RARE
SRukke
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Gordian III, 238 - 244 ADObv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III facing right.
Rev: IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing front, head turned right, holding a long scepter and thunderbolt.
Silver Antoninianus, Rome mint, 241-3 AD
4.3 grams, 25 mm, 0°
RIC IViii 84, RSC 109, S8615, VM 20Matt Inglima
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Henri II de Montpensier (1592-1608), Liard - 1596Atelier de Trévoux
+ H . P . DOMBAR [. D . MON]TISP . M H couronnée entre trois lis
+ DNS . ADIVTOR . MEVS 1596 Croix de l'ordre du Saint Esprit
1.05 gr
Ref : Divo Dombes # 109, PA # 5155, Boudeau # 1072, Mantellier # 42
Potator II
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Iotape, wife and possibly sister of Antiochus IV, 38-72 CE.Commagene, Syria. Æ (25 mm, 13.50 g).
Obv: BACILICCA IWTAPH FILADELFOC. Diad. and dr. bust, r. Countermarked anchor on neck.
Rev: KOMMAGENWN. Scorpion; all within laurel wreath.
SGI 5514; BMC 20. 109, 1.
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Julia Domna, AE 23 DiassariaVGVSTA IVLIA A
Bust draped, right
MVNICIP S/TOBENS
Nike advancing right with wreath and palm
Josifovski -, Unlisted die pair (V20, R unlisted?)
Reverse die almost certainly part of Caracalla's V29, V32, V64, V11, V109, V119 emission. This emission includes many near identical reverses with this legend.whitetd49
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Kyme (Aiolis) - AE 11circa 250 BC
head of Amazon Cyme right
forepart of horse right, vase behind
KY
ΛEΣBIOΣ
SNG Copenhagen 90; BMC Aeolis p. 109, 57
1,7g 11mmJ. B.
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Kyme, Aeolis250 B.C.
Bronze AE 11
1.14 gm, 11.0 mm, 0°
Obv.: Head of Amazon Kyme right
Rev.: one-handled vase (pitcher),
K-Y across fields,
HΡAIOΣ below
SGCV II 4190,
BMC Aeolis p. 109, 53
Kyme mint
Ex-ForumJaimelai
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Kyme, Aeolis250 B.C.
Bronze AE 14
3.43 gm, 13.9 mm, 0°
Obv.: Head of Amazon Kyme right
Rev.: Forepart of galloping horse right, vase behind,
KY above, magistrate name ΛEΣBIOΣ below
BMC Aeolis p. 109, 57
Kyme mint
Ex-ForumJaimelai
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Kyme, Aiolis, c. 320 - 250 B.C.Kyme was conquered by Croesus, king of Lydia, and ruled successively by the Persians, Macedonians, Seleucids, and Pergamenes. Attalus III, the last king of Pergamum, bequeathed Aeolis to Rome in 133 B.C. Shortly afterward, it was made part of the Roman province of Asia. Aeolis was under Byzantine rule until the early 15th century, when the Ottoman Turks occupied the area.
GB88291. Bronze AE 17, BMC Troas p. 109, 50 var. (same magistrate, monogram variant), SNGvA 1629 var. (same), SNG Munchen 476 var. (same), SNG Cop -, SNG Tübingen -, VF, brown tone, porous, Kyme (near Nemrut Limani, Turkey) mint, weight 4.986g, maximum diameter 16.7mm, die axis 0o, c. 320 - 250 B.C.; obverse forepart of a bridled horse right, KY upper left, ΠE∆IEYΣ (magistrate's name) below; reverse one-handled vase, monogram left; ex Frascatius Ancient Coins.Mark R1
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Kyme. Head of Amazon Kyme/ forepart of horse, AE16Aeolis, Kyme. 3rd Century B.C. Bronze AE 16, 3.31g. Head of Amazon Kyme right; reverse KY, forepart of prancing horse right, vase with one handle behind, BMC p. 109, 54 - 57; SGCV II 4189 (various magistrates).Podiceps
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Kyme; Amazon Kyme right/ Forepart of horse right, LESBIOS, Æ14Aeolis, Kyme: 250 B.C. Æ14. 3,1g. 16mm. Obv: head of Amazon Kyme right. Rev: forepart of galloping horse right, vase behind, KY above, magistrate name "“LESBIOS"” below. BMC Aeolis p. 109, 57. Podiceps
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Maximianus, Tyche, year 5; Milne 4944Maximianus, 285 - 310 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt. Billon tetradrachm, Milne 4944, Curtis 2109, Geissen 3307 var (date left), SNG Cop 1040 var (same), BMC 2588 var (obv legend, in error?), VF, Alexandria mint, 8.340g, 20.4mm, 0o, 29 Aug 289 - 28 Aug 290; obverse “A K M A OUA MAXIMIANO”C C“EB”, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse , Tyche standing left, rudder in right, cornucopia in left, star above left, L - E (year 5) across fields; flan flaw. Ex FORVMPodiceps
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MEDIEVAL, Spain, Alfonso VI, King of Castille-Leon, A.D.1070-1109, AR DineroAlfonso VI was born c.A.D.1040, he was King of Leon from 1065 to 1070 and King of the reunited Castile and Leon from 1072 until his death in 1109. By 1077 he had proclaimed himself “emperor of all Spain” and his oppression of his Muslim vassals led to the invasion of Spain by an Almoravid army from North Africa in 1086. His name is also associated with the national hero of Spain, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid, who was alternately Alfonso's enemy and indifferent supporter.
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 18. Caracalla, HrHJ (2018) 8.18.10.23 (plate coin)Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-198
AE 18, 1.97g, 17.47g, 30°
obv. M AVR K[A] - ANT[WNINOC]
Bust, draped, bare-headed, r.
rev. NIKOPOLIT PROC ICT
Cock, stg. r., attacking serpent erecting l.
ref. a) not in AMNG
rev. AMNG I/1, 1416 (for Severus)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.18.10.23 (plate coin)
d) 1 ex. in CNG electronic auction 109, lot 84
extremely rare (R9), F/F+
This motive appears too on a coin of Appolonia Pontica. Its meaning is absolutely unclear.
Jochen
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Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1
avers: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding cornucopia, "Γ" in right field.
exergue: -/Γ//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 2,21g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, iss 2, off 3, date: 270 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 46k, T-326, C-109,
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Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1
avers: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding cornucopia, Gamma in right field.
exergue: -/Γ//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 2,21g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, iss. 2, off. 3, date: 270 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 46k, T-326, C-109,
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Nero - Roman Provincial Egypt Billon tetradrachmObverse: radiate bust of Nero right, wearing aegis
Rev: bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant head headdress, L IB (year 12) right
Size: 24.2mm Weight: 13.502gm
Minted: Alexandria 26 Aug 65-28 Aug 66 AD
Id#'s: Milne 238, SRCV I 2004, Emmett 109, Geissen 172, Dattari 204, BMC 163, RPC I 5289
Notes: Ex-Forum Ancient Coins 2010ickster
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Nero Claudius Drusus SestertiusOBV: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP
bare head left
REV: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P S-C
Claudius seated left on curule chair amidst arms
23.9g, 34mm
RIC 109, RCV 1897miffy
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Nero TetradrachmNero, Caesar 50-54, Augustus 54-68 AD
Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated Year 12 (AD 65-66)
24mm., 13.07g.
NERW KLAY KAIS SEB GER, radiate head right, aegis on chest
AVTO-KPA (Autokrator in Greek meaning Imperator in Latin, i.e. Emperor), draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant skin headdress; date LIB to right.
References (vendors): RPC 5289; Milne 238; Dattari 204; Geissen 172; Sear 2004, SRCV I 2004, Emmett 109, BMC 163
AADWRL
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Nero, tetradrachm, Alexandria wearing elephant-skin head-dress reverseNero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt. Billon tetradrachm, Milne 238, Sear 2004, Emmett 109, Geissen 172, Dattari 204, BMC 163, RPC 5289, F, pitting, Alexandria mint, 12.689g, 23.5mm, 0o, 65 - 66 A.D.; obverse ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ, radiate bust right wearing aegis; reverse AVTOKPA, draped bust of Alexandria right wearing elephant-skin head-dress, dated LIB (year 12); ex FORVMPodiceps
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Pontif Max II Pax seated left, Cld Obverse: IMPCAESMAVRSEVALEXANDERAVG
Bust laureate right, draped
Reverse: PONTIFMAXTRP_IICOSPP, SC in exergue
Pax draped, seated left on throne, holding branch up in right hand and transverse sceptre pointed up right in left
BMC 109, RIC 403
Weight, 12.63g; die axis, 12h. mix_val
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Postumus, AD 260-269Æ Sestertius, 31mm, 18.2g, 6h; Lugdunum mint, AD 260
Obv.: IMP C POSTVMVS PIVS F AVG; Radiate, draped bust right.
Rev.: PM TRP COS II PP; Emperor in military attire standing left, holding globe and spear / S-C
Reference: RIC Vb 109, p. 346
From the YOC CollectionJohn Anthony
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine II, Antioch, RIC 109, S, 335-337 ADObv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS
Two soldiers with spear and shield standing either side of single standard.
1.6 gm 16.6 mm Ae3 Exergue: SMANЄ
ex-FORVM
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Roman Empire, Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), AR-Antoninianus, RIC IV-III 084, Rome, IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter,072 Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), AR-Antoninianus, RIC IV-III 084, Rome, IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter,
avers:- IMP-GORDIANVS-PIVS-FEL-AVG, Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
revers:- IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter standing left, facing right, holding scepter and thunderbolt.
exe:-/-//--, diameter: 21-23mm, weight: 3,71g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 241-243 A.D.(4th. Issue), ref: RIC IV-III-84, p-25, C-109, c3,
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Philip IPhilip I AR Antoninianus.
obv. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG,
radiate draped & cuirassed bust right
rev. PAX AETERNA,
Pax advancing left with branch & sceptre
Ref.: RSC 109, RIC 42, Sear 8940.
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rsc109Elagabalus
AR Denarius
Obv: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right.
Rev: MARS VICTOR, Mars with flowing cloak, walking right with spear and trophy..
19 mm, 2.38 gms
RSC 109, RIC 121
Charles M
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rsc109_2Elagabalus
AR Denarius
Obv: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right.
Rev: MARS VICTOR, Mars with flowing cloak, walking right with spear and trophy..
20 mm, 2.44 gms
RSC 109, RIC 121Charles M
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Seleukos IISeleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.90 g, 9h). Uncertain Mint 44, probably in Mesopotamia. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow, standing left, leaning on tripod to right; ΔI-in-circle to outer left. SC C742.5 (this coin illustrated); HGC 9, 303dd. Good VF, die rust on obverse, slight die shift on reverse. Rare.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear inventory G4049 (March 2011); “Seleucus III” Hoard (CH X, 272).
Ex CNG 109, lot 241arash p
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Septimius Severus, Denarius, ANNONAE AVGGAR Denarius
Septimius Severus
Augustus: 193 - 211AD
Issued: 197 - 198AD
19.0mm 3.10gr 6h
O: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X; Laureate head, right.
R: ANNONAE AVGG; Annona standing left, foot on galley prow, holding corn ears and cornucopia.
Rome Mint
RIC IVa 107; RSC 37.
Aorta: 673: B3, O59, R21, T8, M4.
JAZ Numismatics/John Zielinski Auction 109, Lot #12.
10/26/17 10/31/17Nicholas Z
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SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denarius, RIC IVii 109, SolOBV: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REV: P M TR P X COS III P P, Sol, radiate. standing left with raised hand and globe
Struck at Rome, 231 ADLegatus
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Siscia, RIC VII 109, 136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, S/F//ΓSIS*, VIRTVS EXERCIT, Vexillum and captives, R3!!!, #1Siscia, RIC VII 109, 136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, S/F//ΓSIS*, VIRTVS EXERCIT, Vexillum and captives, R3!!!, #1
avers:- CONST ANTINVS AVG, 1, Helmeted, cuirassed bust right.
rever:- VIRTVS EXERCIT, D2, S-F on either side, Vexillum reading VOT/XX, seated captive on either side.
exergo: S/F//ΓSIS*, diameter: 17,0-18,5mm, weight: 2,78g, axis: 7h,
mint: Siscia, date: 320 A.D., ref:RIC VII 109, p-438, 3rd.-off., R3 !!!
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Trajan SestertiusObv. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right.
Rev. IMPERATOR VIIII S C, The army saluting Trajan "imperator" for the ninth time; Trajan sits right on platform, extending right hand and attended by two standing officers, while a lictor shouldering fasces stands right before platform; the army is represented by (a) three soldiers standing left, all wearing helmets and holding shields, the first two raising their right arms to acclaim Trajan and the third holding a horse by the bridle and (b) the heads and standards of two standard-bearers, unhelmeted, visible in a second row above the heads of the soldiers and the horse in the front row.
Mint: Rome, 114/116 AD.
34mm 29.67g
BMC 1019; Coh. 178; MIR 549 v; RIC 658.
Provenance:
Ex Künker, Auction 382, lot 417.
Ex Lanz, Auction 109, lot 409.
Trajan extended the Empire's borders to their greatest limit. After two major campaigns (AD 101-103 and 105-106), he incorporated Dacia as a Roman province. In AD 114, in consequence of the installation of a Parthian puppet on the throne of Armenia, Trajan annexed the area as another Roman province and then extended operations into Mesopotamia. The reverse of this coin depicts Trajan's acclamation by the troops as imperator for the eighth time, which occurred with the fall of the city of Singara in AD 115 during the campaigns on the eastern frontier (CNG).
After major victories, the army saluted the emperor "imperator" ("commander"), entitling him to celebrate a triumph in Rome if the Senate decreed one. This sestertius of Trajan, a similar sestertius with IMPERATOR VIII, and a similar aureus with IMPERATOR VII, are the only Roman coins to depict such a salutation. These three acclamations commemorated the first three victories of Trajan's Parthian war, IMP VII being accorded for his conquest of Armenia in 114, IMP VIII and VIIII for the first two victories of his second campaign in 115.kc
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TREBONIANUS GALLUS sestertius - 251-253 ADobv: IMP.CAES.C.VIBIVS.TREBONIANVS. GALLVS.AVG
rev: IVNONI.MARTIALI / S.C. (Juno seated left)
ref: RIC109, C.52
mint: Rome
13.10gms, 29mm
Rareberserker
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Valens, SiliquaTreveri mint
DN VALENS PF AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VRBS ROMA, Roma seated left, holding victory and sceptre, TRPS at exergue
2.15 gr
Ref : Cohen # 109, Roman coins # 4113Potator II
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Vespasian (RIC 109, Coin #486)RIC 109, AR Denarius, Rome, 77 - 78 AD.
Obv: CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Laureate head right.
Rev: IMP XIX Sow and three piglets.
Size: 20.6mm 3.28gm
MaynardGee
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Victorinus FIDES MILITVM RIC V/2 109Ant, 18mm, 2.91g.
Obverse: IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped & curassed bust R.
Reverse: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing L wirth two standards.
Trier, Issue 2.
RIC V/2 109, Common.
Some silvering.Robert_Brenchley
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Vitellius Denarius A.D. 69 RIC 109, RSC 111, BMC 39 A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / XV VIR SACR FAC Tripod, raven below, dolphin above.
Maximum Diameter: 17.0 mm
Weight: 3.31 g
Tiny banker's mark in obverse field. TheEmpireNeverEnded
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VITELLIUS Denarius RIC 109, TripodOBV: AVITELLIVSGERMIMPAVGTRP - Laureate head right
REV: XVVIRSACRFAC - Tripod, dolphin above and raven below
2.9g, 19mm
Minted at Rome, Apr-Dec 69 ADLegatus
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Zeugitania/Siculo-Punic (Carthage and other mints).Sear 6444, SNG Copenhagen 109, Calciati III 20, Alexandropoulos 18, Müller 163.
AE unit, 16 mm., struck ca. 400 – 350 B.C.
Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and a triple-pendant earing.
Rev: Horse standing right, in front of palm tree, ground line beneath.Stkp
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[1106a] Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D.Silver antoninianus, RIC 84, RSC 109, VF, Rome, 4.101g, 24.0mm, 0o, 241 - 243 A.D. Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate draped and cuirassed bust right; Reverse: IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head right, thunderbolt in left and scepter in right. Ex FORVM.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families
Gordian III (238-244 A.D.)
Michael L. Meckler
Ohio State University
Relatively few details are known about the five-and-a-half year reign of the teenage emperor Gordian III. Continuity with the Severan era seems to have marked both the policy and personnel of his government. Security along the frontiers remained the most pressing concern, and the young emperor would die while on campaign against the expanding Sassanian empire and its energetic leader, Shapur I.
The future emperor was born in Rome on 20 January 225. His mother was a daughter of the senator Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus (known later to historians as Gordian I). His father was undoubtedly a senator, but the name of his father is today unknown. The father was already dead before the start of the African uprising, involving the boy's grandfather, against the emperor Maximinus Thrax in early 238. At the time of the revolt, Maximinus was in Pannonia leading military campaigns to protect the Danube region. Maximinus' representative in Rome was a loyal Praetorian Prefect, Vitalianus. Gordian I's 13-year-old grandson faced no hardships as a result of the revolt, because Vitalianus was assassinated by agents sent by Gordian I before the African uprising was revealed in Rome.
Senators in Rome quickly acknowledged Gordian I as emperor, but the revolt in Africa was soon suppressed. After the deaths of the boy's grandfather (Gordian I) and uncle (Gordian II) were announced in Rome, probably near the end of April 238, a select group of 20 senators decided upon two of their own, Pupienus and Balbinus, as new emperors who would continue to lead the uprising against Maximinus. Not all senators were pleased with the selections, and they immediately stirred up their clients and dependents to prevent a public proclamation of the new emperors. Pupienus, moreover, had been an unpopular urban prefect, and many ordinary Romans were quite willing to take part in rioting against his accession. The grandson of Gordian I made a perfect focal point to represent the concerns of the critics of Pupienus and Balbinus. The 13-year-old was brought from his home, named Marcus Antonius Gordianus after his grandfather, and proclaimed Caesar and imperial heir by the senate.
After the death of Maximinus at the siege of Aquileia, perhaps in early June 238, conflicts between the two emperors Pupienus and Balbinus, and among the emperors, soldiers and ordinary Romans, came to the fore. Sometime during the summer, soldiers of the Praetorian Guard became unruly during a festival, stormed into the imperial complex on the Palatine, and captured, tortured and killed the emperors. The young Caesar was then proclaimed emperor by both the soldiers and the senate.
Little reliable information is available about the first few years of Gordian III's reign. Pupienus and Balbinus suffered damnatio memoriae, though it is difficult to ascertain how many other members of the senatorial elite (if any) were either dismissed from their posts or executed by the new regime. The families prominent during the Severan dynasty, and even some families prominent under the Antonines, continued to control offices and commands with a teenage emperor on the throne. In 240, an uprising again originated in the province of Africa, with the proconsul Sabinianus proclaimed emperor. Like the uprising of Gordian I in Africa two years earlier, this uprising was quickly suppressed, but unlike the events of 238, the revolt of Sabinianus failed to gain support in other parts of the empire.
In late 240 or early 241, Gordian III appointed Timesitheus as pretorian prefect. Timesitheus, who was of Eastern origin, had a long career in the imperial service as a procurator in provinces ranging from Arabia to Gaul and from Asia to Germany. Timesitheus' proven abilities quickly made him the central figure in Gordian III's government, and the praetorian prefect's authority was enhanced by the marriage of his daughter, Furia Sabinia Tranquillina, to the young emperor in the summer of 241.
Maintaining security along the frontiers remained the emperor's most serious challenge. Difficulties along the Danube continued, but the greater danger was in the East. The aggressive expansion of the renewed Persian empire under the Sassanian emperor Ardashir I continued under his son and successor, Shapur I. The focus of that expansion was in upper Mesopotamia (in what today is southeastern Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq), much of which had been under direct Roman control for more than a generation. Ardashir may already have captured Nisibis and Carrhae during the final months of Maximinus' reign. In 240, the ailing Ardashir seems to have made his son Shapur co-regent. During this year Hatra, the location of Rome's easternmost military garrison, (today in northern Iraq roughly 55 miles south of Mosul), was captured by the Sassanians.
Planning for a massive Roman military counterattack was soon underway. Soldiers travelled from the West during the following year, when Carrhae and Nisibis were retaken, and the Romans won a decisive victory at Resaina. Gordian III joined his army in upper Mesopotamia for campaigning in 243, but during the year the emperor's father-in-law, Timesitheus, died of an illness. The surviving Praetorian Prefect, C. Julius Priscus, convinced the emperor to appoint his brother M. Julius Philippus -- who would succeed Gordian III as the emperor Philip the Arab -- as Timesitheus' successor. The campaign against the Sassanians continued as the Roman army proceeded to march down the Euphrates during the fall and early winter.
Early in 244, the Roman and Sassanian armies met near the city of Misiche (modern Fallujah in Iraq, 40 miles west of Baghdad). Shapur's forces were triumphant, and the city was renamed Peroz-Shapur, "Victorious [is] Shapur." Shapur commemorated his victory with a sculpture and trilingual inscription (at Naqsh-i-Rustam in modern-day Iran) that claimed that Gordian III was killed in the battle.
Roman sources do not mention this battle, indicating instead that Gordian III died near Circesium, along the Euphrates some 250 miles upstream from Peroz-Shapur, and that a cenotaph was built at a location named Zaitha. Philip is universally blamed in these sources for causing Gordian III's death, either directly or by fomenting discontent with the emperor by cutting off the troops' supplies. Philip, who was proclaimed Gordian III's successor by the army, seems to have reported that the 19-year-old emperor died of an illness.
However Gordian III died, it seems unlikely to have been as a direct result of the battle at Misiche/Peroz-Shapur. The emperor's Persian campaigns were promoted within the Roman Empire as a success. Other than the loss of Hatra, the Sassanians gained control over no additional territory as a result of the war, and Shapur did not disturb Roman interests in upper Mesopotamia for nearly eight years. Gordian III was deified after his death, and the positive portrayal his reign received was reinforced by the negative portrayals of his successor, Philip.
Gordian III was a child emperor, but his reign was not perceived as having been burdened by the troubles faced by other young emperors (such as Nero, Commodus and Elagabalus). Competent administrators held important posts, and cultural traditions appear to have been upheld. Gordian III's unlikely accession and seemingly stable reign reveal that child emperors, like modern-day constitutional monarchs, had their advantage: a distance from political decision-making and factionalism that enabled the emperor to be a symbol of unity for the various constituency groups (aristocrats, bureaucrats, soldiers, urban residents) in Roman society. The paucity of information about Gordian III's reign makes it difficult to know whether the young emperor truly lived up to such an ideal, but the positive historical tradition about him gives one the suspicion that perhaps he did.
Copyright (C) 2001, Michael L. Meckler
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr. Cleisthenes
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