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Denarius - 109/108 BC.
L. MEMMIVS - Gens Memmia
Obv.: Young male head (Apollo?) right, wearing oak-wreath; before, mark of value
Rev.: Dioscuri standing facing between their horses, each holding spear; L MEMMI in ex.
Gs. 3,9 mm. 18,96
Crawf. 304/1, Sear RCV 181, Grueber II 643
Maxentius
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ROME
PB Tessera (12mm, 1.38 g)
Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Phallus
Rostovtsev 914 = BM 1181, 1819-21 var. (Fortuna right); Turcan 434 var. (same)Ardatirion
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(0251) TREBONIANUS GALLUS251 - 253 AD
AE (8 Assaria) 29 mm; 15.22 g
O:AYTOK K Γ OYIB TPEB ΓAΛΛOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind;
R: ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN, ∆-E above, SC below, tetrastyle temple; inside Tyche seated left with river god Orontes at her feet swimming left; ram above temple leaping right looking back
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem mint
McAlee 1181, SNG Cop 292, BMC Galatia p. 229, 654, SGICV 4350laney
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035 Antoninus Pius (138-161 A.D.), RIC III 0181, Rome, AR-Denarius, COS IIII, Salus standing left, #1035 Antoninus Pius (138-161 A.D.), RIC III 0181, Rome, AR-Denarius, COS IIII, Salus standing left, #1
avers:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, Laureate bearded head right.
revers:- COS IIII, Salus standing left, holding rudder attached to globe and patera over altar sacrificing by feeding rising snake.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0-18,5mm, weight: 3,19g, axis: 5h,
mint: Rome, date: 148-149 A.D., ref: RIC III 181 p-48, RSC 281, BMC 670,
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050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Pisidia, Antioch, BMC (Lycia) 35, AE-22, ANTIOCH ENI COL CAE, Genius of Antioch standing left, #1050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Pisidia, Antioch, BMC (Lycia) 35, AE-22, ANTIOCH ENI COL CAE, Genius of Antioch standing left, #1
avers: IVLIA AV GVSTA, Draped bust of Julia Domna right.
reverse: ANTIOCH ENI COL CAE, Genius of Antioch standing front, head left, holding branch and cornucopia.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 22,0mm, weight: 5,40g, axis: 6h,
mint: Pisidia, Antioch, date: 193-211 A.D.,
ref: BMC Lycia etc. pg 181, 35,
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 181, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//XII, DIANAE CONS AVG, Gazelle walking left, #1090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 181, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//XII, DIANAE CONS AVG, Gazelle walking left, #1
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: DIANAE CONS AVG, Gazelle walking left.
exergue: -/-//XII, diameter: 15,5-18,5mm, weight: 1,62g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date: 267-268 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 181, Goebl 0750var., Sear -,
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Siscia, RIC V-I 568, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//--, FIDEI PRAET, Standards, #1090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Siscia, RIC V-I 568, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//--, FIDEI PRAET, Standards, #1
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right.
reverse: FIDEI PRAET, Legionary eagle (standard) between two standards.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 19,0-20,0mm, weight: 2,81g, axis: 11h,
mint: Siscia (Rome ???), date: 253-268 A.D.??,
ref: RIC V-I 568, p-181, Göbl 518,
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Siscia, RIC V-I 572-II, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/II//--, FORTVNA RED, Fortuna left, #1090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Siscia, RIC V-I 572-II, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/II//--, FORTVNA RED, Fortuna left, #1
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
reverse: FORTVNA RED, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, II in the right field.
exergue: -/II//--, diameter: 20,5-22,0mm, weight: 3,23g, axes: 0 h,
mint: Siscia, date: 267-68 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 572-II, p-181, C-265-67, Göbl 1475 b.,
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Siscia, RIC V-I 572-S, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/S//--, FORTVNA RED, Fortuna left, #1090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Siscia, RIC V-I 572-S, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/S//--, FORTVNA RED, Fortuna left, #1
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.,
reverse: FORTVNA RED, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, S in the right field.
exergue: -/S//--, diameter: 20,5-21,5mm, weight: 3,93g, axes: 0 h,
mint: Siscia, date: 267-68 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 572-S, p-181, C-265-67, Göbl 1499 b.,
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110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3605, RIC V-I 181, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, AEQVITAS AVG, -/-//P, Bust-D1, Aequitas standing left, #1110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3605, RIC V-I 181, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, AEQVITAS AVG, -/-//P, Bust-D1, Aequitas standing left, #1
avers: IMP-C-M-CLA-TACITVS-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, (D1).
revers: AEQVITAS-AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, (Aeqv-1).
exerg: -/-//P, diameter: 22-23,2mm, weight: 3,51g, axes: 6h,
mint: Siscia, off-1., iss-1., date: 275 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-181, T-(Estiot)-3605, C-,
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110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3605, RIC V-I 181, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, AEQVITAS AVG, -/-//P, Bust-D1, Aequitas standing left, #2110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3605, RIC V-I 181, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, AEQVITAS AVG, -/-//P, Bust-D1, Aequitas standing left, #2
avers: IMP C M CLA TACITVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, (D1).
revers: AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, (Aeqv-1).
exerg: -/-//P, diameter: 22,0-22,5mm, weight: 3,74g, axes: 0h,
mint: Siscia, off-1., iss-1., date: 275 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-181, T-(Estiot)-3605, C-,
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0026.0181, Γ//XXI, Bust B/F, RIC V-II 657, AE-Antoninianus, CONCORD MILIT, Emperor clasping the hand of Concordia, Rare!112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0026.0181, Γ//XXI, Bust B/F, RIC V-II 657, AE-Antoninianus, CONCORD MILIT, Emperor clasping the hand of Concordia, Rare!
avers: IMP PROBVS INV AVG, Radiate, and cuirassed bust right. (B/F).
reverse: CONCORD MILIT, Emperor standing right, clasping the hand of Concordia.
exergue: Γ//XXI, diameter: 21-21,5mm, weight: 2,89g, axis: 0h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd. emission of Siscia, date: 277 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 657, p-88, Alföldi 0026.0181, Rare!
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII ???, AR-Argenteus, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII ???, AR-Argenteus, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!
avers:- IMP CONSTANTI NVS AVG, bust l., high-crested helmet, cuir., dr., spear across r. shoulder..
rever:- VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories stg. facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT/PR on altar. PTR in exergue.
"UNLISTED ISSUE. This issue is listed erroneously in RIC VII as regular follis (TRIER 208A, p. 181), but in fact it is "billon argenteus" (c. 25% of silver) and belongs to the group of TREVERI 825-826 in RIC VI. Note that only PTR mark is correct, because of only one officina working at that time at Treveri. Note also that the bust type is similar to H11 from RIC VII, but there are also a few differences: bust is usually larger, half-length, and could be described as cuirassed and draped. Coin should be listed after TREVERI 826. See: Bastien, P., "L’émission de monnaies de billon de Treves au début de 313", Quaderni Ticinesi (Numismatica e Antichità Classiche) 1982, XI, p. 271-278. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 181, CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 224" by Lech Stepniewski, in "Not in RIC" , thank you Lech Stepniewski,
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/notinric/6tre-826.html
exergo: -/-//PTR, diameter: 19mm, weight: 2,73g, axis: h,
mint: Trier, date: 318-319 A.D., ref: RIC VI Trier 825-6?, RIC VI, "TREVERI [after 826], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE" by Lech Stepniewski,
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142 Crispus (317-326 A.D.), Siscia, RIC VII 181, AE-3 Follis, -/-//ΔSIS radiated circle, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/•/X,142 Crispus (317-326 A.D.), Siscia, RIC VII 181, AE-3 Follis, -/-//ΔSIS radiated circle, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/•/X,
avers:- IVL-CRIS-PVS-NOB-C, 5, B1, Laureate, head right.
revers:- CAESARVM-NOSTRORVM, Wreath VOT/•/X with in.
exergo: -/-//ΔSIS radiated circle, diameter:18,5mm, weight: 3,01g, axis:6h,
mint: Siscia, date: 320-321 AD., ref: RIC-VII-181, p-446, 4th. off., C1,
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146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 181, -/chi-ro//*ΓSIS*, AE-3 Follis, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce!, #1146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 181, -/chi-ro//*ΓSIS*, AE-3 Follis, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce!, #1
avers:- CONSTAN-S-PF-AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- VICTORIA-AVG, Victory advancing left, head right, holding a wreath in each hand, Chi-Rho in right field.
exerg: -/Chi-Rho//*ΓSIS*, diameter: 16-17mm, weight: 1,19g, axes: 6h,
mint: Siscia, date: 347 A.D., ref: RIC VIII 181, p-362,
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146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 181, -/chi-ro//*ASIS*, AE-3 Follis, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce! #1146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 181, -/chi-ro//*ASIS*, AE-3 Follis, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce! #1
avers:- CONSTAN-S-PF-AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- VICTORIA-AVG, Victory advancing left, head right, holding a wreath in each hand, Chi-Rho in right field.
exerg: -/Chi-Rho//*ASIS*, diameter: 16,5mm, weight: g, axes: h,
mint: Siscia, date: 347 A.D., ref: RIC VIII 181, p-362,
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Caracalla Roma Tarsos SNG France 1389Caracalla, Tarsos, 198 - 217 AD, 35.88mm, 22.3g, BMC Cilicia pg 194, 181, SNG France 1489 (same obverse die)
OBV: AVT K M AVP CEVHPOC ANTWNEINOC CEB, Laureate head right
Roma seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield resting on ground behind
A huge coin.
SRukke
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CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./a1.04./05., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./a1.04./05., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01
avers: Four connected curves containing crosses, a cross of Saint Andrew with dots in the angles in the centre, a border of dots.
reverse: Cross with dots in the angles, border of line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,5 mm, weight: 0,14g, axis: h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-181, CNH I.-162, Unger-095,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 20.21.1.1./a1.04./05.,
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CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c2.02./29., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c2.02./29., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01
avers: Four connected curves containing crosses, a cross of Saint Andrew with dots in the angles in the center, a border of dots.
reverse: Cross with dots in the angles, border of line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,4 mm, weight: 0,15g, axis: h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-181, CNH I.-162, Unger-095,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 20.21.1.1./c2.02./29.,
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CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c2.03./30., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c2.03./30., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01
avers: Four connected curves containing crosses, a cross of Saint Andrew with dots in the angles in the center, a border of dots.
reverse: Cross with dots in the angles, border of line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,5 mm, weight: 0,14g, axis:0h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-181, CNH I.-162, Unger-095,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 20.21.1.1./c2.03./30.,
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CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c2.05./32., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c2.05./32., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01
avers: Four connected curves containing crosses, a cross of Saint Andrew with dots in the angles in the center, a border of dots.
reverse: Cross with dots in the angles, border of line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,0-9,4mm, weight: 0,18g, axis: 0h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-181, CNH I.-162, Unger-095,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 20.21.1.1./c2.05./32.,
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CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c3.01./33v., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01CÁC II. 20.21.1.1./c3.01./33v., Anonymous III. (Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-181, CNH I.-162, U-095, #01
avers: Four connected curves containing crosses, a cross of Saint Andrew with dots in the angles in the center, a border of dots.
reverse: Cross with dots in the angles, border of line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,5 mm, weight: 0,18g, axis: 2h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-181, CNH I.-162, Unger-095,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 20.21.1.1./c3.01./33v.,
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Cilicia, Tarsos, Syennesis III, ca. 425-400 BC, AR Stater Syennesis on horseback right, wearing Persian headdress and cloak.
Nude hoplite kneeling left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, holding spear and shield.
SNG Paris-226, SNG Levante-61.
(20 mm, 8.3 g, 1h).
Harlan J. Berk 181, November 2012, 393.
The depiction of the hoplite in a defensive posture on the reverse of this coin is most evocative of its time, notwithstanding the miserable corroded state of the coin itself, which is a type of some rarity. The initial reaction to the typology of this coin might be one of surprise at the apparently incongruous pairing of the image of a Persian dynast on horseback on the obverse with that of a Greek hoplite on the reverse. The explanation is to be found in the written historical record. The coin dates to the period of Xenophon's anabasis. Xenophon refers to the role of Syennesis (III) and his wife Epyaxa in the revolt of Cyrus the Younger, in whose employ as a mercenary Xenophon found himself. In view of the historical record left by Xenophon, the pairing of the motifs of a Persian dynast, or tributary king, on one side of this coin with a Greek hoplite on the other now seems particularly poignant, rather than incongruous. During the fifth and fourth centuries BC, the Persian dynasts routinely employed Greek hoplite mercenaries in their armies, so that the reverse typology may simply be a reflection of this reality on coinage destined perhaps for mercenary pay.
All the hereditary kings of Cilicia were termed Syennesis, a royal title more than an actual name. As described in Xenophon’s Anabasis, Syennesis (III) under the influence of his wife and queen, Epyaxa, supported the unsuccessful revolt of Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes II in 401 BC. As much as anything this action appears to have been motivated by the desire to prevent Cryrus’ army pillaging and looting during its passage through Cilicia. Syennesis’ support included a body of troops commanded by one of his sons. However, he sent another son, accompanied by a report on Cyrus plans and army to Artaxerxes, so that whatever the outcome he might be aligned with the winning side. Syennesis' actions, however, did little to save Cilicia's autonomy. After 400 BC it became an ordinary satrapy of the Persian Empire, rather than an independent tributary or vassal state, and the role of the hereditary king of Cilicia ceased, replaced by a satrap who was appointed by the Persian king, most frequently a relative of the latter.
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Crispus (as Caesar), 316 - 326 ADObv: IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head of Crispus facing right.
Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around, VOT / X in two lines within a laurel wreath. ESIS in exergue.
Billon Follis, Siscia mint, 321 - 324 AD
2.5 grams, 19 mm, 180°
RIC VII Siscia 181, VM 10Matt Inglima
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Crispus VOT X RIC VII Siscia 181AE3, 19mm, 2.42g.
Obverse: IVL CRISP-VS NOB C, laureate head R.
Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/X in wreath.
Exe: ASIS sunburst (Siscia)
RIC VII 181, 321-4, C1.Robert_Brenchley
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Crispus, AE3, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, ASIS(Sunburst)AE3
Crispus
Caesar: 316 - 326AD
Issued: 321 - 324AD
18.0mm 2.40gr 6h
O: IVL CRISPVS NOB C; Laureate head, right.
R: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM; Wreath, VOT/X, within. Dot in badge at center of wreath.
Exergue: ASIS(Sunburst)
Siscia Mint
RIC VII Siscia 181, A; Aorta: 237: B24, O26, R6, T70, M13.
2/18/17Nicholas Z
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Crispus, RIC VII 181, SisciaObv: IVL CRISPVS NOB C
Bust: Laureate, Draped and Cuirassed bust left
Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM
VOT X in 2 lines within laurel wreath.
Exe: delta SIS (sunburst)
Date: 321-324 AD
Denom: Ae3
Rated "C2"Bluefish
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Demetrios II Nikator. 2nd reign. Standing Eagle Tetradrachm of Tyre.Seleukids. Demetrios II Nikator, 2nd reign. 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.22 gm, 25.85mm, 12h) Tyre, 129/128 BC. Diademed and clean-shaven bust right. / Eagle standing left on ship's ram, palm over shoulder. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ | ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ. Monogram ⟑ΡΕ to left and ΤΥᴾ atop club. ⟑Σ and date ΔΠΡ (SE 184) to right, Fp below eagle. EF. Bt. Ponterio Auction CICF 2004 #1365. SC 2195.2b; HGC 9 #1122; BnF Babelon Rois 1181, R 4434 (same obv. die); BMC 4; DCA 230; Macdonald Hunterian III #31; Naville Sale X #1318; Newell Tyre 159; Rogers Tyre 99; SNG Spaer 2226; SNG Cop 7 (Seleucid Kings) #337.Anaximander
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DIANAE CONS AVG RIC V/1 181Ant, 20x22mm, 3.51g.
Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head R.
Reverse: DIANAE CONS AVG, antelope walking L.
XII in exe.
Rome RIC V/1 181, Common.
RIC Robert_Brenchley
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EB0362 Mark Antony & OctavianMark Antony & Octavian, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC
Obv: M ANTON IMP III VIR R P C AVG, bare head of Antony right. Unknown letter (banker's mark) under chin.
Rev: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right.
References: Syd. 1181,1194; sear5 1506.
Diameter: 19mm, Weight: 3.469 grams.
Note: Sold.EB
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Egypt, Alexandria, 014 Nero (54-68 A.D.), RPC I 5233, AR-Tetradrachm, ΠPON NEOY ΣEBAΣTOY, The emperor, radiate and draped, seated left, #1Egypt, Alexandria, 014 Nero (54-68 A.D.), RPC I 5233, AR-Tetradrachm, ΠPON NEOY ΣEBAΣTOY, The emperor, radiate and draped, seated left, #1
avers: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ, Laureate head of Nero right.
reverse: ΠPON NEOY ΣEBAΣTOY, The emperor, radiate and draped, seated left, holding mappa, and scepter.
exergue: LE/-//--, diameter: 22,7-24,5mm, weight: 12,25g, axis: 11h,
mint: City: Alexandria, Region: Egypt, Province: Egypt,
date: Dated year (LE) 5 = 58-59 A.D.,
ref:
RPC I 5233,
Emmet 0120-E(?),
Milne 0181,
Geissen 0137v.,
Dattari 0202,
Kampmann-Ganschow 014.47v.,
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France (Royal). Francis I (1515-1547)Billon (179 parts per million AR) liard (valued at 3 deniers tournois). Struck 1541 in Limoges. .81 g., 16.51 mm. max., 0°
Cianni 1181, LaFaurie 790, Duplessy 930, Sombart 4290, Roberts 3331
Obv.: + FRAN : D : G : FRANC : REX : D . . . (pellet under 2nd N [10th letter], signifying Limoges), crowned F.
Rev.: + SIT : NOMEN DNI : BENEDIC . . . (= Blessed be the name of the Lord) (pellet under 2nd N [10th letter], signifying Limoges), cross with I (= Limoges mintmark) beneath.Stkp
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Gallieno, antoniniano (R/DIANAE CONS AVG), 260-268 d.C.Gallieno (regnante da solo 260-268 d.C.), antoniniano. Zecca di Roma, III officina
AE, gr 1.80, 16 mm, B/BB
D/GALLIENVS AVG, testa radiata a dx
R/DIANAE CONS AVG, antilope andante a sin., Γ in ex.
RIC 181, Cohen 165.
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (4 maggio 2009, numero catalogo 66), ex Attila Horvath collection (Kiskunfelegyhaza, Ungheria, fino al 2009).paolo
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Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)SRCV 10411, RIC V J-181, Göbl 88v, Van Meter -
Billon Antoninianus, 20 mm., 0°
Rome mint, struck during joint reign (253-260 A.D.), in 254 A.D.
Obv: IMP CP LIC GALLIENVS AVGG
, radiate cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus/Mars standing left, leaning on shield in right hand and holding spear in left hand.
RIC rarity C.Stkp
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Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)SRCV 10200, RIC V S-181, Göbl 750b, Van Meter 49/7.
BI Antoninianus, 2.42 g., 20.50 mm. max., 180°
Rome mint, twelfth officina, struck during solo reign (260-268 A.D.), in 267-268 A.D.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: DIANAE CONS AVG, antelope/gazelle standing left. XII in exergue.
Issued in 267-268 A.D. to commemorate vows to Diana invoking her protection against the revolt of Aureolus.
RIC rarity C, Van Meter VB1.Stkp
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Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)SRCV 10200, RIC V S-181, Göbl 747b, Van Meter 49/6.
BI Antoninianus, 3.25 g., 21.41 mm. max., 180°
Rome mint, eleventh officina, struck during solo reign (260-268 A.D.), in 267-268 A.D.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: DIANAE CONS AVG, antelope/gazelle walking right. XI in exergue.
Issued in 267-268 A.D. to commemorate vows to Diana invoking her protection against the revolt of Aureolus.
RIC rarity C, Van Meter VB1.Stkp
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Gallienus - AE antoninianusRome
267 AD
10th emission
radiate head right
GALLIENVS AVG
antelope walking left
DIANAE CONS AVG
Γ
Göbl MIR 716b(2), RIC V S181, RSC IV 165, SRCV III 10200
2,67g 21mm
ex Jiří MilitkýJ. B.
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GALLIENUS AE antoninianus - 267-268 AD (sole reign)obv: GALLIENVS AVG (radiate head right)
rev: DIANAE CONS AVG (antelope walking right), XI in ex.
ref: RIC Vi 181, RSC 162
mint: Rome
2.93gms, 20mmberserker
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Gallienus Antelope RightGallienus Antoninianus, 21.42mm, 2.6g,
OBV: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust right
REV: DIANAE CONS AVG, Antelope walking right
RIC 181, RSC 162, SEAR (88) 2952SRukke
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GALLIENUS Antoninianus, RIC 181, AntelopeOBV: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
REV: DIANAE CONS AVG, antelope walking left
Minted at Rome, 267-8 ADLegatus
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Gallienus, 253 - 268 ADObv: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus facing right.
Rev: VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing right, holding a spear and leaning on a shield.
Billon Antoninianus, Rome mint, 253 - 255 AD
2.8 grams, 23 mm, 0°
RIC Vi 181, RSC 1288, S10411, VM 341Matt Inglima
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Gallienus, AE AntoninianusGALLIENVS AVG
Bust radiate, right
DIANAE CONS AVG
Antelope right
Ex. XI
RIC 181, C 162
Romewhitetd49
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Gallienus, Antoninianus, DIANAE CONS AVGAE Antoninianus
Gallienus
Augustus: 253 - 268AD
Issued: 260 - 268AD
20.5 x 19.0mm 2.90gr 5h
O: GALLIENVS AVG; Radiate head, right.
R: DIANAE CONS AVG; Antelope standing right.
Exergue: XII
Rome Mint
RIC 181, radiate; RSC 165; Goebl 750b; Sear 10200; Aorta: 432: B40, O10, R75, T12, M5.
Holding History Coins/Nathan Hochrein #A74
4/10/14 3/7/17Nicholas Z
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Gallienus, RIC V(1)-181.K RomeBillon Antoninianus
Rome mint, 267-268 A.D.
20mm, 2.79g
RIC V(1)-181, RSCv.4-165, RCV.v3-10200
Obverse:
GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate head right
Reverse:
DIANAE CONS AVG
XII in exergue
Antelope walking left.Will J
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Gallienus, RIC V(1)-181.K RomeBillon Anoninianus
Rome Mint, 267-268 A.D.
19mm, 1.82g
RIC V(1)-181, RSCv.4-162, RCV.v3-10200
Obverse:
GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate head right
Reverse:
DIANAE CONS AVG
XI in exergue
Antelope walking right.Will J
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Gallienus, RIC V(1)-181.K RomeBillon Anoninianus
Rome Mint, 267-268 A.D.
21mm, 2.77g
RIC V(1)-181, RSCv.4-162, RCVv.3-10200
Obverse:
GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate head right
Reverse:
DIANAE CONS AVG
XI in exergue
Antelope walking right.Will J
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Gallienus, RIC V(1)-181.K RomeBillon Antoninianus
Rome mint, 267-268 A.D.
19mm, 3.21g
RIC V(1)-181, RSCv.4-165, RCVv.3-10200
Obverse:
GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate head right.
Reverse:
DIANAE CONS AVG
Γ in exergue
Antelope walking left.Will J
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Italy, Calabria, Taras, 272-235 BCAR didrachm, 6.48g, VF
Naked horseman trotting left, crowning horse with right hand; ΣY behind, ΛYKI - NOΣ below horse / TA PAΣ, Taras, naked, seated on dolphin left; right arm raised and hurling trident, chlamys hanging from extended left arm; behind, owl left.
Sear 374v; BMC Italy, p. 181, #161; HN Italy 1025
Consigned to ForvmLawrence W
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L MemmiusAR Denarius
Rome mint, 109-108 B.C.
3.30g, 19mm
RCVI- 181, RSCv.1- Memmia 1
Obverse:
Young male head right, wreathed with oak. XVI monogram below chin.
Reverse:
L MEMMI
Dioscuri standing facing between their horses, each holding spear.
Will J
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Marcus Antonius and Octavianus Caesar - AR denariusmoneyer M. Barbatius Pollio
Ephesus?
spring - early summer 41 BC
head of Mark Antony right
M·ANT·I(MP)·(AV)G·III·VIR·R·P·C·M·BARBAT·Q·P
head of Octavian Caesar right
CAESAR·IMP·PONT·III·VIR·R·P·C·
Crawford 517/2, RSC I Mark Antony and Augustus 8, BMCRR 103, Sydenham 1181, SRCV I 1504
3,3g 18,5mm
ex Künker
Moneyer held unusal office quaestor pro praetore in the east in 41-40 BC. He accompanie Mark Antony after the battle of Philippi. He was probably also Curule Aedile. He restored aedicula shrine on the Forum Romanum and fountain of goddess Juturna (Lacus Iuturnae).J. B.
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Mark Antony & OctavianMark Antony and Octavian, Silver Denarius, 41 BC, 20mm x 18mm, 3.58g, Ephesos Mint, M. Barbatius Pollio, moneyer, Crawford 517/2, CRI 243, Sydenham 1181, RSC 8a, Sear CFI 243
OBV: M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT Q P, bare head of Antony right
REV: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right, with slight beard, bankers mark
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Nero BI TetradrachmObv: NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEP AVTO - Laureate head of Nero right.
Rev: ΠPONNEYΣ ΣEBAΣTOY - Emperor seated on throne, facing left, holding patera and sceptre; LE to left.
Mint: Alexandria
Date: 58-59 AD (year 5)
Ref: Milne 181, Emmett 120oa
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Ostrogoth, Gepid, (The age of exodus/Dark ages) Sirmium, AR-1/4-Siliqua, "Anastasius or Justin" type, Alain Gennari No: 038bvar., Monogram of Theoderich (Alain Gennari type 10.), Extremely Rare! Ostrogoth, Gepid, (The age of exodus/Dark ages) Sirmium, AR-1/4-Siliqua, "Anastasius or Justin" type, Alain Gennari No: 038bvar., Monogram of Theoderich (Alain Gennari type 10.), Extremely Rare!
avers: D II IHVIIƧTAIIWS P P Λ, Diademed and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: ✠ TIVINH * dΩVIIΛ, Stylized "Theoderich" monogram (Alain Gennari type 10.).
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 16,0-17,0mm, weight: 0,71g, axis: 4h,
mint: Sirmium group, date: 491-526 A.D., ref: Alain Gennari, 038bvar. (avers type: 144, reverse type: 181, monogram type 10), Extremely Rare!
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This coin attributed by the Alain Gennari article:
"The "Sirmium group": about the so-called Gepids siliquae
With a specific catalogue 2nd edition, Parma Oktober 2017"
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=113140.0quadrans
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Pisidia, Antiochia, Julia Domna BMC 35Julia Domna, AD 197-218
AE 24, 6.1g
obv. IVLIA A - VGV[C]T[A]
Bust, draped, r.
rev. ANT - IOX G - ENI - COL [CAE]S
Female Genius of Antiochia, in long clothes, wearing kalathos, stg. frontal, head l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and branch in outstretched r. hand.
SNG Copenhagen 36; BMC Lycia, p.181, 35; Krzyzanovska Group C, XV/26
F+/about VF, earthen patina
Jochen
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Pyrrhos; Macedonian shield with monogram/ Helmet, BA- EI, AE 18Kings of Epeiros & Macedon, Pyrrhos. B.C. 288-277. AE 18mm, 3.7g. Struck in Pella. Macedonian shield, with monogram of Pyrrhos at centre / Helmet, beneath which BA - EI divided by monogram; all within oak-wreath. Forrer/ Weber 2181, Sear GCV II: 6779. Podiceps
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R., Pisidia, Antioch, 050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), BMC (Lycia) 35, AE-22, ANTIOCH ENI COL CAE, Genius of Antioch standing left,Pisidia, Antioch, 050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), BMC (Lycia) 35, AE-22, ANTIOCH ENI COL CAE, Genius of Antioch standing left,
avers: IVLIA AV GVSTA, Draped bust of Julia Domna right.
reverse: ANTIOCH ENI COL CAE, Genius of Antioch standing front, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 22,0mm, weight: 5,40g, axis: 6h,
mint: Pisidia, Antioch, date: 193-211 A.D., ref: BMC Lycia etc. pg 181, 35,
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RIC 0331 DomitianusObv : IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P IIII, Laureate head right, with aegis
Rev : IMP VIIII COS XI CENS POTES P P, Germania seated right on shield; below, broken spear
AR/Denarius (20.70 mm 3.10 g 6h) Struck in Rome 85 A.D. (3rd issue)
RIC 331 (R2), RSC 181, BMCRE 82
Hammered?FlaviusDomitianus
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RIC 5a, p.181, 572 - Gallienus, FortunaGallienus
Antoninian, Siscia Mint
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, Head of Gallienus, radiate, right
Rev: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding wreath or rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
RIC Va, p.181, 572
- Ae, 3.23g, 19.3x22.5mm
shanxi
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ROMAN EMPIRE - GratianROMAN EMPIRE - Gratian (AD367-383) AE2 Centenionalis. Obv: DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG - Diademed bust right, draped and cuirassed. Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB - Gratian standing front, head left, offering right hand to female on left to rise from kneeling position, in other hand he holds Victory on a globe. Exe: SMTES | B (1st emission) Thessalonica mint: AD 379-383 = RIC IX, p. 181, 37a; Cohen 30, 4.28 g. dpaul7
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, Siscia, RIC VIII 181, -/chi-ro//*ASIS*, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce!146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, Siscia, RIC VIII 181, -/chi-ro//*ASIS*, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce!
avers:- CONSTAN-S-PF-AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- VICTORIA-AVG, Victory advancing left, head right, holding a wreath in each hand, Chi-Rho in right field.
exerg: -/Chi-Rho//*ASIS*, diameter: 16,5mm, weight: g, axes: h,
mint: Siscia, date: 347 A.D., ref: RIC VIII 181, p-362,
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ROMAN EMPIRE, CrispusCrispus Caesar AE3. Siscia, 321-324 AD. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT X in wreath, eSIS(sunburst) in ex.RIC 181,E
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Nero, Sestertius, AE Rome mint, struck 64 ADNERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P laureate-headed bust right with aegis on left shoulder
AVGVSTI, POR OST, SC bird’s eye view of a the new Ostia harbor; at top pharos surmounted by a statue (light house); at bottom, reclining figure of Neptune left, holding rudder and dolphin
RIC 181, Cohen 33 (20 Fr.)
ex. Arthur Bally-Herzog collection
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Schjöth 1360, Hartill (QC) 6.6-8 & Hartill (CCC) 22.22 Type C1, Fisher's Ding 2181, KM 238Shunzhi (1644-1661)
1 cash, 1646[?]-1651, Board of Works (= Gongbu) mint (in Beijing), 27 mm.
Cast Bronze (officially 70% copper and 30% zinc, but actually on average 64.9% copper, 23.8 % zinc, 7.7% lead, 2.3 % tin, etc.), nominal weight 1.2 or 1.25 qian = 4.48 or 4.6625 grams.
Obv: Shunzhi tongbao.
Rev: Gong (in Manchurian) to the right.
Hartill (QC) rarity 6, Hartill (CCC) rarity 11Stkp
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Seleucid - Alexander 1 Balas (152-145 BCE)Metal/Size: AE22; Weight: 7.2 grams; Denomination: Unknown; Mint: Apamea; Date: 150-149 BCE; Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander right. Reverse: Zeus standing left holding Corinthian helmet and scepter - "AΠAMEΩN" to right and "GZP (ΓΞΡ (date) to left = 150/149 BCE (312-163=149)- monogram to far left . References: SC #1804.1; Hoover, p. 181, #904.museumguy
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Septimius Severus, Denarius, FVNDATOR PACISAR Denarius
Septimius Severus
Augustus: 193 - 211AD
Issued: 202 - 210AD
18.0mm 3.22gr
O: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; Laureate head, right.
R: FVNDATOR PACIS; Severus standing left, togate and veiled, holding branch and scroll.
Rome Mint
RIC 265; Sear 1753 (2000 ed. = 6282); RSC 205; BMC 330.
Aorta: 766: B3, O81, R114, T181, M4.
Ken Dorney 132305983839
9/16/17 9/20/17Nicholas Z
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Siscia, RIC VII 181, 142 Crispus (317-326 A.D.), AE-3 Follis, -/-//ΔSIS radiated circle, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/•/X,Siscia, RIC VII 181, 142 Crispus (317-326 A.D.), AE-3 Follis, -/-//ΔSIS radiated circle, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT/•/X,
avers:- IVL-CRIS-PVS-NOB-C, 5, B1, Laureate, head right.
revers:- CAESARVM-NOSTRORVM, Wreath VOT/•/X with in.
exergo: -/-//ΔSIS radiated circle, diameter:18,5mm, weight: 3,01g, axis:6h,
mint: Siscia, date: 320-321 AD., ref: RIC-VII-181, p-446, 4th. off., C1,
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Siscia, RIC VIII 181, 146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, -/chi-ro//*ΓSIS*, VICTORIA AVG G, Scarce!Siscia, RIC VIII 181, 146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, -/chi-ro//*ΓSIS*, VICTORIA AVG G, Scarce!
avers:- CONSTAN S P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- VICTORIA AVG G, Victory advancing left, head right, holding a wreath in each hand, Chi-Rho in right field.
exerg: -/Chi-Rho//*ΓSIS*, diameter: 16-17mm, weight: 1,19g, axes: 6h,
mint: Siscia, date: 347 A.D., ref: RIC VIII 181, p-362,
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Siscia, RIC VIII 181, 146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, -/chi-ro//*ASIS*, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce!Siscia, RIC VIII 181, 146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, -/chi-ro//*ASIS*, VICTORIA AVG, Scarce!
avers:- CONSTAN S P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, head right, holding a wreath in each hand, Chi-Rho in right field.
exerg: -/Chi-Rho//*ASIS*, diameter: 16,5mm, weight: g, axes: h,
mint: Siscia, date: 347 A.D., ref: RIC VIII 181, p-362,
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Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1127-1280).This rare small Chun Xi Yuan Bao iron coin was issued by Tong'an mint in AD 1181 in China Southern Sung Dynasty (AD 1127-1280).
Valued at 1-cash. It is a variety of Schjoth #754. The 2 Chinese characters on reverse of this small iron coin is Tong 8 or Tong Ba, which represented that this 1-cash iron coin was cast in Tong'an mint in AD 1181, the 8th year title of Chun Xi.
ecoli
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Tarsos, Cilicia (as Antiocheia ad Kydnu)
174-164 B.C.
AE 7.98 gm, 20.5 mm
Turreted bust of Tyche to right, ΔT monogram behind, dotted border
Zeus enthroned to left holding eagle tipped scepter
TAPΣEΩN before, two monograms behind
Sear 5673, B.M.C. 21, 181, 115Jaimelai
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Tarsos, Cilicia, c. 160 - 135 B.C.Obv. turreted head of Tyche right, hair rolled, two strands with loose curls down back of neck, monogram behind.
Rev. Zeus seated left on throne with high back, long scepter topped with an eagle in right hand, TAPΣEΩN downward on left, two monograms behind.
SNG BnF 1285 ff. , SNG Cop 326 ,BMC Cilicia p. 181, 115 , SNG Levante 918 ff.
21mm, 6.15 grams.
Canaan
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Theodosius I, AE2 - Heraclea mint, 1st officina
DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
GLORIA ROMANORVM, Theodosius standing, head right, holding standard and globe. SMHA at exergue
6,38 gr
Ref : Cohen # 18, Roman coins #4181, LRBC # 1986Potator II
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Thessaly, Ainianes, Hypata, 87 BC, AR Didrachm Head of Athena right wearing Attic helmet decorated with tendril, Pegasos and four horse protomes.
ΑΙΝΙΑΝΩΝ l. up, ΚΑΝΩΡ r. down, Phemios as a slinger, naked but for chlamys over his shoulder and sword in scabbard, shooting sling to right; behind, leaning against his right leg, two spears.
De Callataÿ, Le monnayage d'argent au type d'Athéna Parthénos émis au nom des Ainianes, p. 130, 34 D4/R1 (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 41.2 (this coin).
This is the only known example from ΚΑΝΩΡ.
(24 mm, 6.97 g, 12 h)
Harlan J. Berk 181, 17 November 2012, 230; ex-BCD Collection: Triton XV (BCD Thessaly II Catalogue), 3 January 2012, 41.2.
Almost all specimens of this coinage appear to have a provenance to collections formed in the early twentieth century. No documented hoards of the type have been found. The examples that have come to market in the last few decades appear to have been recycled from old collections. Seventy six specimens are known and documented (de Callatay). Twenty-five exist in private hands.
Based on another study by de Callataÿ,” Didrachms of Leukas” this coin like the following coin of Leukas was struck in 87 BC (The First Mithradatic War) as a contribution to Sulla’s campaign against Mithrades VI Eupator. As noted by de Callataÿ both Leukas and Hypata “are located at strategic points for any Roman army coming from Brundusium and going directly to Attica.” The fabric and technical features of both coinages “support the strong suspicion that skilled Roman agents were involved in the process. Their volumes (ca. 250 talents of monetized silver in both cases) are consistent with the situation facing Sulla in the summer of 87 BCE.”n.igma
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Trajan - RIC 642, Sear 3181, van Meter 45, Hill 183, Foss 71 Trajan
Sestertius, 33 mm, 24,13 gr. Rome, 116 AD
[IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP]TIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P [COS VI P P], laureate and draped bust right
ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, Trajan, laureate and in miltary outfit, standing facing, head right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; Mesopotamia seated left at feet, in attitude of mourning; to left and right, Tigris and Euphrates seated, vis à vis, each leaning on inverted urn from which water flows, and holding reed. S C across field
RIC 642, Sear 3181, van Meter 45, Hill 183, Foss 71
Limes
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Trebonianus Gallus Temple251-253 AD, Seleucis and Pieria, 31mm, 19.8g
Antiochia ad Orontem,
OBV: Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus r. Rx: Tetrastyle
REV: Tetrastyle temple, Tyche within, river-god below, above ram leaping right.
McAlee 1181, SNG Cop 292
Probably Trebonianus Gallus at Antioch, the T of TPEB visible above the laurel wreath, McAlee 1181 if D
SYRIA. Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. AE 8 assaria.
Rough Condition but SCARCESRukke
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Trier, RIC VII ???, 136 Constantinus-I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), AR-Argenteus, Trier, RIC VII ???, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!Trier, RIC VII ???, 136 Constantinus-I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), AR-Argenteus, Trier, RIC VII ???, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!
avers:- IMP-CONSTANTI-NVS-AVG, bust l., high-crested helmet, cuir., dr., spear across r. shoulder..
rever:- VICTORIA-LAETAE-PRINC-PERP, two Victories stg. facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT/PR on altar. PTR in exergue.
"UNLISTED ISSUE. This issue is listed erroneously in RIC VII as regular follis (TRIER 208A, p. 181), but in fact it is "billon argenteus" (c. 25% of silver) and belongs to the group of TREVERI 825-826 in RIC VI. Note that only PTR mark is correct, because of only one officina working at that time at Treveri. Note also that the bust type is similar to H11 from RIC VII, but there are also a few differences: bust is usually larger, half-length, and could be described as cuirassed and draped. Coin should be listed after TREVERI 826. See: Bastien, P., "L’émission de monnaies de billon de Treves au début de 313", Quaderni Ticinesi (Numismatica e Antichità Classiche) 1982, XI, p. 271-278. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 181, CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 224" by Lech Stepniewski, in "Not in RIC" , thank you Lech Stepniewski,
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/notinric/6tre-826.html
exergo: -/-//PTR, diameter: 19mm, weight: 2,73g, axis: h,
mint: Trier, date: 318-319 A.D., ref: RIC VI Trier 825-6?, RIC VI, "TREVERI [after 826], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE" by Lech Stepniewski,
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Volusian, AD 251-253AR Antoninianus, 22mm, 3.7g, 12h; Milan mint.
Obv.: IMP C C VIB VOLVSIANVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: VIRTVS AVGG; Virtus standing right holding spear and leaning on shield.
Reference: RIC IVc 206, p. 181, 16-248-78
John Anthony
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Zoomorphic Bird Fibula (Pigeon or Duck ?) #181, AE-Bird fibula 10, Hattatt-Not in,Zoomorphic Bird Fibula (Pigeon or Duck ?) #181, AE-Bird fibula 10, Hattatt-Not in,
Fibula #181, Bird fibula 10
type: It is late -Roman.,
size: 37x17x21mm,
weight: 10,37g,
date: A.D.,
ref: Hattatt-Not in ,
distribution: ,
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[906a]Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 Dec 192 A.D.COMMODUS AR silver denarius. RSC 190. RCV 5644. 16.5mm, 2.3g. F. Obverse: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, bust of Commodus wearing lion skin in imitation of Hercules and Alexander the Great, facing right; Reverse: HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV either side of club of Hercules, all in wreath. RARE. Ex Incitatus.
This coin refers to Commodus' belief that he was Hercules reincarnated. According to the historian Herodian, "he issued orders that he was to be called not Commodus, son of Marcus, but Hercules, son of Jupiter. Abandoning the Roman and imperial mode of dress, he donned the lion-skin, and carried the club of Hercules..." (Joseph Sermarini).
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Commodus (A.D. 180-192)
Dennis Quinn
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus, the son of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his wife-cousin Faustina, was born in Lanuvium in 161 AD. Commodus was named Caesar at the age of 5, and co-Augustus at the age of 17, spending most of his early life accompanying his father on his campaigns against the Quadi and the Marcomanni along the Danubian frontier. His father died, possibly of the plague, at a military encampment at Bononia on the Danube on 17 March 180, leaving the Roman Empire to his nineteen-year-old son.[[1]] Upon hearing of his father's death, Commodus made preparations for Marcus' funeral, made concessions to the northern tribes, and made haste to return back to Rome in order to enjoy peace after nearly two decades of war. Commodus, and much of the Roman army behind him, entered the capital on 22 October, 180 in a triumphal procession, receiving a hero's welcome. Indeed, the youthful Commodus must have appeared in the parade as an icon of new, happier days to come; his arrival sparked the highest hopes in the Roman people, who believed he would rule as his father had ruled.[[2]]
The coins issued in his first year all display the triumphant general, a warrior in action who brought the spoils of victory to the citizens of Rome.[[3]] There is a great deal of evidence to support the fact that Commodus was popular among many of the people, at least for a majority of his reign. He seems to have been quite generous.[[4]]. Coin types from around 183 onward often contain the legend, Munificentia Augusta[[5]], indicating that generosity was indeed a part of his imperial program. Coins show nine occasions on which Commodus gave largesses, seven when he was sole emperor.[[6]] According to Dio, the emperor obtained some of this funding by taxing members of the senatorial class.[[7]] This policy of munificence certainly caused tensions between Commodus and the Senate. In 191 it was noted in the official Actus Urbis that the gods had given Commodus to Populus Senatusque Romanus. Normally the phrase Senatus Populusque Romanus was used. [[8]] While the Senate hated Commodus, the army and the lower classes loved him.[[9]] Because of the bad relationship between the Senate and Commodus as well as a senatorial conspiracy,[[10]] Rome "...was virtually governed by the praetorian prefects Perennis (182-185) and Cleander (186-9)."[[11]]
Commodus began to dress like the god Hercules, wearing lion skins and carrying a club.[[12]] Thus he appropriated the Antonines' traditional identification with Hercules, but even more aggressively. Commodus' complete identification with Hercules can be seen as an attempt to solidify his claim as new founder of Rome, which he now called the Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana. This was legitimized by his direct link to Hercules, son of Father Jupiter.[[13]] He probably took the title of Hercules officially some time before mid-September 192.[[14]]
While the literary sources, especially Dio, Herodian, and the Historia Augusta, all ridicule the antics of his later career, they also give important insight into Commodus' relationship to the people.[[15]] His most important maneuver to solidify his claims as Hercules Romanus was to show himself as the god to the Roman people by taking part in spectacles in the amphitheater. Not only would Commodus fight and defeat the most skilled gladiators, he would also test his talents by encountering the most ferocious of the beasts.[[16]]
Commodus won all of his bouts against the gladiators.[[17]] The slayer of wild beasts, Hercules, was the mythical symbol of Commodus' rule, as protector of the Empire.[[18]]
During his final years he declared that his age should be called the "Golden Age."[[19]] He wanted all to revel in peace and happiness in his age of glory, praise the felicitas Commodi, the glorious libertas, his pietas, providential, his victoria and virtus aeterna.[[20]] Commodus wanted there to be no doubt that this "Golden Age" had been achieved through his munificence as Nobilissimus Princeps. He had declared a brand new day in Rome, founding it anew in 190, declaring himself the new Romulus.[[21]] Rome was now to be called Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana, as noted above, and deemed "the Immortal," "the Fortunate," "the Universal Colony of the Earth."[[22]] Coins represent the archaic rituals of city-[re]foundation, identifying Commodus as a new founder and his age as new days.[[23]]
Also in 190 he renamed all the months to correspond exactly with his titles. From January, they run as follows: Lucius, Aelius, Aurelius, Commodus, Augustus, Herculeus, Romanus, Exsuperatorius, Amazonius, Invictus, Felix, Pius.[[24]] According to Dio Cassius, the changing of the names of the months was all part of Commodus' megalomania.[[25]] Commodus was the first and last in the Antonine dynasty to change the names of the months.
The legions were renamed Commodianae, the fleet which imported grain from Africa was called Alexandria Commodiana Togata, the Senate was deemed the Commodian Fortunate Senate, his palace and the Roman people were all given the name Commodianus.[[26]] The day that these new names were announced was also given a new title: Dies Commodianus.[[27]] Indeed, the emperor presented himself with growing vigor as the center of Roman life and the fountainhead of religion. New expressions of old religious thought and new cults previously restricted to private worship invade the highest level of imperial power.[[28]]
If Eusebius of Caesarea [[29]] is to be believed, the reign of Commodus inaugurated a period of numerous conversions to Christianity. Commodus did not pursue his father's prohibitions against the Christians, although he did not actually change their legal position. Rather, he relaxed persecutions, after minor efforts early in his reign.[[30]] Tradition credits Commodus's policy to the influence of his concubine Marcia; she was probably his favorite,[[31]] but it is not clear that she was a Christian.[[32]] More likely, Commodus preferred to neglect the sect, so that persecutions would not detract from his claims to be leading the Empire through a "Golden Age."[[33]]
During his reign several attempts were made on Commodus' life.[[34]] After a few botched efforts, an orchestrated plot was carried out early in December 192, apparently including his mistress Marcia. On 31 December an athlete named Narcissus strangled him in his bath,[[35]] and the emperor's memory was cursed. This brought an end to the Antonine Dynasty.
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Chantraine, H. "Zur Religionspolitik des Commodus im Spiegel seiner Münzen," Römische Quartalschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und für Kirchengeschichte 70 (1975): 1-31.
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Grosso F. La lotta politica al tempo di Commodo. Turin, 1964.
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Helgeland, J. "Roman Army Religion," ANRW II.16.2 (1978): 1470-1505.
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Nock, A. D. "The Emperor's Divine Comes," Journal of Roman Studies 37 (1947): 102-116.
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Sordi, M. "Un senatore cristano dell'éta di Commodo." Epigraphica 17 (1959): 104-112.
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Notes
[[1]] For a discussion of the circumstances surrounding the death of Marcus Aurelius, see A. R. Birley, Marcus Aurelius: A Biography -- rev. ed. -- (London, 1987), 210.
Aurelius Victor, De Caes. 16.4, writing around the year 360, claimed Aurelius died at Vindobona, modern Vienna. However, Tertullian, Apol. 25, who wrote some seventeen years after Marcus' death, fixed his place of death at Sirmium, twenty miles south of Bononia. A. R. Birley (Marcus Aurelius, 209-10) cogently argues Tertullian is much more accurate in his general description of where Marcus was campaigning during his last days.
For the dating of Marcus Aurelius' death and the accession of Commodus, see M. Hammond, The Antonine Monarchy (Rome, 1956), 179-80.
[[2]] For the army's attitude toward peace, the attitude of the city toward the peace, and the reception of the emperor and his forces into Rome, see Herodian, 1.7.1-4; for Commodus' subsequent political policies concerning the northern tribes, see G. Alföldy, "Der Friedesschluss des Kaisers Commodus mit den Germanen," Historia 20 (1971): 84-109.
For a commentary on the early years of Commodus in the public perception as days of optimism, see A. Garzetti, From Tiberius to the Antonines. A History of the Roman Empire A. D. 14-192 (London, 1974), 530. For a more critical, and much more negative portrayal, see the first chapter of F. Grosso, La lotta politica al tempo di Commodo (Turin, 1964).
[[3]]The gods Minerva and Jupiter Victor are invoked on the currency as harbingers of victory; Jupiter Conservator on his coins watches over Commodus and his Empire, and thanks is given to divine Providence (H. Mattingly, The Roman Imperial Coinage. Volume III: Antoninus Pius to Commodus, [London, 1930] 356-7, 366-7). In 181, new coin types appear defining the new reign of Commodus. Victory and peace are stressed. Coins extol Securitas Publica, Felicitas, Libertas, Annona, and Aequitas (ibid., 357).
By 186 Commodus is depicted as the victorious princes, the most noble of all born to the purple. Herodian (1.5.5) describes how Commodus boasted to his soldiers that he was born to be emperor. See also H. Chantraine, "Zur Religionspolitik des Commodus im Spiegel seiner Münzen," Römische Quatralschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und für Kirchengeschichte 70 (1975), 26. He is called Triumphator and Rector Orbis, and associated with the Nobilitas of Trojan descent (Mattingly, RIC III.359; idem, Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. Volume IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus, [Oxford, 1940], clxii).
[[4]] Dio tells us that Commodus liked giving gifts and often gave members of the populace 140 denarii apiece (Cass. Dio, 73.16), whereas the Historia Augusta reports that he gave each man 725 denarii (SHA, Comm., 16.3).
[[5]]Mattingly, RIC, III.358.
[[6]] Idem., CBM, IV.clxxiv.
[[7]]Cass. Dio, 73.16.
[[8]]M. P. Speidel, "Commodus the God-Emperor and the Army," Journal of Roman Studies 83 (1993), 113.
[[9]]Mattingly, CBM, IV.xii. Commodus was also popular amongst the northern divisions of the army because he allowed them to wield axes in battle, a practice banned by all preceding emperors. See, Speidel, JRS 83 (1993), 114.
[[10]]Infra, n. 34.
[[11]] H. Parker and B.H. Warmington, OCD2, s.v. "Commodus," col. 276; after 189, he was influenced by his mistress Marcia, Eclectus his chamberlain, and Laetus (who became praetorian prefect in 191 (Idem.).
[[12]]Herodian, 1.14.8. Hadrian appears on medallions in lion skins; but as far as the sources tell us, he never appeared in public in them. See J. Toynbee, Roman Medallions,(New York, 1986), 208.
He would often appear at public festivals and shows dressed in purple robes embroidered with gold. He would wear a crown made of gold, inlaid with the finest gems of India. He often carried a herald's staff as if imitating the god Mercury. According to Dio Cassius, Commodus' lion's skin and club were carried before him in the procession, and at the theaters these vestiges of Hercules were placed on a gilded chair for all to see (Cass. Dio, 73.17). For the implications of the golden chair carried in procession in relation to the imperial cult, see D. Fishwick, The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, (Leiden, 1987-91 ), 555.
[[13]] H. M. D. Parker, A History of the Roman World from A. D. 138 to 337, (London, 1935), 34; For medallions that express the relationship between Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, and Lucius Verus extolling Hercules as a symbol of civic virtue, see Toynbee, Roman Medallions, 208. For a general statement on the symbolism of Hercules in the Antonine age, see M. Hammond, The Antonine Monarchy, 238.
For a discussion of Commodus' association with Hercules, see
Rostovtzeff, "Commodus-Hercules," 104-6.
Herodian spells out the emperor's metamorphosis in detail (1.14.8).
[[14]]See Speidel, "Commodus the God-Emperor," 114. He argues this general date because a papyrus from Egypt's Fayum records Hercules in Commodus' title on 11 October 192.
[[15]]For a preliminary example, Herodian writes (1.13.8), "people in general responded well to him."
[[16]]As Dio reports, Commodus, with his own hands, gave the finishing stroke to five hippopotami at one time. Commodus also killed two elephants, several rhinoceroses, and a giraffe with the greatest of ease. (Cass. Dio, 73.10), and with his left hand (ibid., 73.19). Herodian maintains that from his specially constructed terrace which encircled the arena (enabling Commodus to avoid risking his life by fighting these animals at close quarters), the emperor also killed deer, roebuck, various horned animals, lions, and leopards, always killing them painlessly with a single blow. He purportedly killed one hundred leopards with one hundred javelins, and he cleanly shot the heads off countless ostriches with crescent-headed arrows. The crowd cheered as these headless birds continued to run around the amphitheater (1.15-4-6; for Commodus' popularity at these brutal spectacles, see Birley, The African Emperor, 86) (and Dio tells his readers that in public Commodus was less brutal than he was in private [73.17ff]).
[[17]] According to Herodian (1.15-17), "In his gladiatorial combats, he defeated his opponents with ease, and he did no more than wound them, since they all submitted to him, but only because they knew he was the emperor, not because he was truly a gladiator."
[[18]]Webber, "The Antonines," CAH, XI.360.
[[19]]Cass. Dio, 73.15.
[[20]] Mattingly, RIC, III.361. For Commodus' propaganda of peace, see W. Webber, "The Antonines," CAH, XI.392.
[[21]] W. Webber, "The Antonines," CAH, XI.392-3. In 189 a coin type was issued with the legend Romulus Conditor, perhaps indicating he began the official renaming process during that year. For a discussion on Commodus as Romulus, see A. D. Nock, "The Emperor's Divine Comes," Journal of Roman Studies 37 (1947), 103.
[[22]] HA, Comm. 7.1; Cass. Dio, 73.15.
[[23]]Mattingly, RIC, III.361. See also, Webber, "The Antonines," CAH, XI.386.
[[24]]The title Felix is first used by the emperor Commodus, and is used in the titles of almost all successive emperors to the fifth century. See, D. Fishwick, The Imperial Cult in the Latin West (Leiden, 1987-91), 473.
HA, Comm., 12.315; Cass. Dio, 73.15; Herodian, I.14.9. These new names for the months seem to have actually been used, at least by the army, as confirmed by Tittianus' Altar. See M. P. Speidel, "Commodus the God-Emperor and the Army," Journal of Roman Studies 83 (1993), 112.
[[25]] Cass. Dio, 73.15.
[[26]]Legions:Idem.; the Grain fleet: SHA, Comm., 12.7. For a further discussion of Commodus' newly named fleet, see, A. Garzetti, From Tiberius to the Antonines, 547. For coins issued extolling the fleet, see Mattingly, CBM, IV.clxix; RIC, III.359; the Senate: Cass. Dio, 73.15; the Imperial Palace: SHA, Comm., 12.7; the Roman People: Ibid., 15.5.
[[27]]Cass. Dio, 73.15.
[[28]]Mattingly, CBM, IV.clxxxiv.
[[29]]Eusebius, Hist.Ecc., 5.21.1.
[[30]]For a discussion of the treatment of Christianity during the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus as well as persecutions during the reign of Commodus, see Keresztes, "A Favorable Aspect," 374, 376-377.
[[31]]Herodian, 1.16.4; Dio, 73.4. A Medallion from early 192 shows Commodus juxtaposed with the goddess Roma, which some scholars have argued incorporates the features of Marcia. See, Roman Medallions, "Introduction." Commodus was married, however, to a woman named Crispina. He commissioned several coins early in his rule to honor her.
[[32]]The Christian apologist Hippolytus tells that she was a Christian (Philos. 9.2.12), Dio tells that she simply favored the Christians (73.4). Herodian does not take a stand on the matter either way (1.16.4).
[[33]]Cass. Dio, 73.15. He pronounces Commodus' edict that his rule should be henceforth called the "Golden Age."
[[34]]H. Parker and B.H. Warmington note that Commodus..."resorted to government by means of favorites...which was exacerbated by an abortive conspiracy promoted by Lucilla and Ummidius Quadratus (182)." (OCD2, col. 276).
[[35]]Herodian, 1.17.2-11; Dio Cass., 73.22; SHA, Comm.,17.1-2.
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