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Follis, 527-537, Nicomedia, 2nd officina, 29mm, 16.1g, green patina.vercingetorix
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Kallatis, Thrace, Circa 3rd-2nd Century BC. Æ 24mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / KA A - TIA NWN, tripod; grain ear in left field, magistrates name in ex. Moushmov 224, see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/kallatis/i.html for several different magistrates names/ monograms 60eAlexios
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Crispus AE3. CRISPVS-NOB CAES, laureate head right
CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT X within wreath. branchleft left and branchright right in wreath.
Mintmark: RS. Mint of Rome (2nd officina), 322 AD. RIC VII Rome 246 Rare (R2)James b4
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GEORGIAN KINGDOM, QUEEN TAMAR, (1184-1213 AD) K'ORONIKON, 420 = 1200 AD; Obv.: Bagratid royal emblem in the form of a standard, to left and right: Initials for T'amar and David; in the corners, Georgian date formula, K'K Ví K (420 of the Paschal cycle = AD 1200). Two Counterstamps. Rev.: Christian inscriptions in arabic script, which reads: 1st line: Malekat al-Malekaat(s) / 2nd line Jellal Al-Dunya Wal Din / 3rd line : Tamar Ibnat Kurki / 4th line : Zahir Al-Massih. Translation: Queen of Queens Glory of the World and Faith T'amar daughter of Giorgi Champion of the Messiah. Reference: LANG # 11.
Reverse inscriptions read :
ملكة الملكات
جلال الدنيا و الدين
تمار ابنة كوركى
ظهير Ø§Ù„Ù…Ø³ÙŠØ dpaul7
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SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Kingdom of Ruhuna. Circa 2nd century BC–2nd century AD. Æ 'Lakshmi plaque' (9.5x14.5mm, 1.18 g). Goddess standing facing, holding lotus and two stalks / [Railed swastika]. Ruhuna H.48; cf. MACW 5048ffQuant.Geek
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SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Kingdom of Ruhuna. Circa 2nd century BC–2nd century AD. Æ 'Lakshmi plaque' (11x22mm, 2.84 g, 6h). Goddess standing facing, holding lotus and two stalks / Railed swastika. Ruhuna H.40; cf. MACW 5048ffQuant.Geek
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Vespasian, 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D.
SH110254. Silver denarius, RIC II-1 1431; RSC II 276; RPC II 833; BnF III 351; BMCRE II 457, SRCV I 2270, Choice EF, well centered, excellent portrait, light toning, slight double strike, 3.326g, 18.3mm, 180o, Ephesus mint, IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head right; reverse PACI AVGVSTAE, Victory advancing right, wreath in extended right hand, palm frond over left shoulder in left hand, EPHE (PHE ligate) lower right; ex Inasta (San Marino) auction 100 (24 Jun 2022), lot 212 Ex: Forum Ancient Coins.
Ephesus peaked during the 1st and 2nd century A.D. when it was second in importance and size only to Rome, with a population estimated at 400,000 to 500,000 in 100 A.D. The city was famous for the Temple of Artemis, the Library of Celsus, and its theater, seating 25,000 spectators. Ephesus also had several large bath complexes and one of the most advanced aqueduct systems in the ancient world. Water powered numerous mills, one of which has been identified as a sawmill for marble. The city and temple were destroyed by the Goths in 263 A.D., marking the decline of the city's splendor.paul1888
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WESTERN ASIATIC CUNEIFORM TABLET, A LETTER FROM KARARIYA TO TARIDUM A SERVANT OF KING ILUNI
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (110 grams, 82 mm).
A roughly rectangular clay tablet bearing dense rows of cuneiform text to both principal faces and to each of the four side edges; a letter from Karariya to Ṭaridum, probably a servant of Iluni, Karariya serves a foreign ruler (as indicated by the mention of the deity Hitti) who has just ascended the throne; he is of the same rank as Taridum, who considers him his brother: 'May Šamaš and Hitti preserve my brother alive forever!'; they deal with matters they have in common, a lawsuit to be tried by Karariya, and exchanges of goods between their two houses: 'There are no more wicks (?) for the lamps in my house (...). The wine from my stock is spent and we could not load the donkeys (with
wine) for you';Quant.Geek
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UR III CUNEIFORM TABLET FRAGMENT, A NOTE ON A QUANTITY OF BARLEY
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (23 grams, 39 mm).
A clay tablet bearing cuneiform text to one face, roughly lentoid in cross-section, a note on a quantity of barley, possibly Paleo-BabylonianQuant.Geek
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Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right
Rev:– LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing left holding wreath and staff
Minted in Lugdunum (IIII) Emission 2, 2nd Phase Officina 4. November to December A.D. 276
Reference(s) – Cohen 324. Bastien 173 (3). RIC 31 Bust Type F (C)
3.64 gms, 22.74 mm. 0 degrees maridvnvm
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2nd - 1st Century BC, IRON AGE BRITAIN, Tribe: Cantii, AE Potin, Minted between 100 and 30 BCObverse: No legend. Crude outline of head facing right; pellet within circle in centre.
Reverse: No legend. Crude lines representing a bull facing left, crescents above.
Flat Linear type, Class 1
Found, Thames Valley region, England
Diameter: 17mm | Weight: 1.9gms | Axis: 3h
BMC: 667-714 | SPINK: 63
The Cantii produced the first coins to be actually made in Britain.
These coins were cast in strips which were then cut into separate coins and as a result often retain characteristic cut edges from the runlets which joined them together.
THE CANTII (or Cantiaci)
The Cantii (after whom Kent and Canterbury are named) were the major tribal group in the South East region of England, bordered by the Atrebates, Regni and Catuvellauni.
This region was heavily influenced by continental cultures on the periphery of the early Roman world and this resulted in the Cantii producing the first coins actually made in Britain. These are known as “potins” and they were produced between the mid 2nd to the mid 1st century BC. The earliest versions are known as Kentish Primary, or Thurrock, types. Comparatively the later types, like those from the recently discovered Hillingdon Hoard, are of the “flat linear” type, which uses simplified and abstracted images. Similar coins from the late Iron Age have been found, but in much smaller quantities.
The word “potin” is of French origin and is used to describe these early coins which were cast in clay moulds from a copper alloy with a high tin content. They would have been shiny and silver-coloured when new, and though occasionally examples have turned up which retain this colouration, most coins by the time they get dug up have a characteristic black patina from tin oxidation. These were cast in strips which were then cut into separate coins and as a result often retain characteristic cut edges from the runlets which joined them together. The moulds themselves were made using “master” matrices of copper alloy which were cast with the design for one side of a coin in high relief and pressed into the clay. A rare example of a mould of this type was found a few miles west of the Surrey border in Hampshire.
The designs of the majority of potins found in England derive ultimately from coins produced in the Greek colonial Mediterranean city of Massalia (modern Marseilles) in southern Gaul in the late 4th century BC. These coins featured a head of Apollo on the obverse and a charging bull on the reverse. They were originally imported from the continent and later locally copied in the mid 2nd century BC, in the form of what are known as “Thurrock” types, which adhere closely to the original design. Later forms, known as “flat linear” types, greatly simplified this design into deep abstraction, ultimately reducing the head of Apollo to an outline and the bull to a trapezoidal arrangement of lines
We don’t know what these coins were called by the people who made them, or what they were worth in fiscal terms, but they are generally only found in south east England, which probably reflects the limits of the political and economic influence of the Cantii themselves. It isn't even clear what the role of these Iron Age coins actually was, though it is likely that they assisted in the maintenance of some kind of social power structure. Coins were not generally used as day to day currency by the people of Britain in the 1st and 2nd centuries BC, so apart from any monetary transactions, their range of uses probably included the storage of wealth, use as political tribute, and / or votive objects used as offerings to the gods.
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2nd - 1st Century BC, IRON AGE BRITAIN, Tribe: Durotriges, Base AR Stater, Struck c.40 BCObverse: No legend. Abstract head of Apollo made up of pellets and lines.
Reverse: No legend. Crude disjointed horse with three tails standing facing left, large group of pellets and “coffee bean” symbol above, single pellet below.
One of a small group of coins found west of Cheriton, south east of Winchester.
Diameter: 19mm | Weight: 2.89gms | Axis: Unclear
Spink: 366
THE DUROTRIGES
The Durotriges were one of the Celtic tribes living in Britain prior to the Roman invasion. They were one of the groups that issued coinage before the Roman conquest. Their coins were abstract and simple and had no inscriptions, so no names of any issuers or rulers are known. Nevertheless, the Durotriges presented a settled society, based in the farming of lands surrounded by hill forts, the majority of which seem to have gone out of use by 100 BC, long before the arrival of the Romans in 43 or 44 AD. Constructed initially around 600 BC, the Durotriges ultimately occupied the largest hill fort in Britain, Maiden Castle, which encloses some 19 hectares (47 acres). Around 100 BC though, for some reason habitation at the hill fort went into decline and became concentrated at the eastern end of the site. Maiden Castle appears to have been abandoned after the Roman conquest of Britain although the Romans later built a small temple on the site.
The tribe lived in an area centred on Dorset, south Wiltshire, south Somerset and Devon east of the River Axe. Their territory was bordered to the west by the Dumnonii; and to the north east by the Belgae. The area controlled by the Durotriges is identified in part by coin finds, few Durotrigan coins are found in the south eastern tribal areas, so it would appear unlikely that they were acceptable there. A recent coin hoard found on the Isle of Wight, however, would seem to indicate that the Durotriges might have had some influence at least over the western half of the island.
The Durotriges' main outlet for trade across the Channel, strong in the first half of the 1st century BC before drying up in the decades prior to the arrival of the Romans, was at Hengistbury Head. The numismatic evidence indicates a progressive debasing of the coinage suggesting economic difficulties in conjunction with their declining trade.
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JUSTIN I and JUSTINIAN I as joint Emperors, AE Follis (40 Nummi), struck 4th April - 1st August 527 at ConstantinopleObverse: D N IVSTIN Є IVSTINIAN P AV. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Justin I, star on shoulder, facing right.
Reverse: Large M, cross above and officina letter (B = 2nd Officina) below, star to left of M, cross to right; in exergue, CON
Diameter: 30mm | Weight: 14gms | Die Axis: 6
SBCV: 125 (var) | DOC: 10.-
RARE
Justin I's health slowly declined in his old age and, on the first of April 527, he formally named his nephew Justinian as co-emperor and his successor. Justin only lived for a few more months and, when he died at the age of 77 on the first of August, Justinian smoothly succeeded him.
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1st Century BC - 1st Century CE, IRON AGE BRITAIN, Tribe: Catuvellauni, AE Unit, Struck c.25BC – 10CE at Verlamion (St. Albans) under TasciovanusObverse: Bearded head facing right; VER anti-clockwise in front.
Reverse: Horse with sea horse tail facing left; pellet in ring, and trefoil motif above; VER below.
Diameter: 15.2mm | Weight: 1.97gms | Axis: 3h
SPINK: 243 | BMC 1714-21 | ABC 2658
RARE
CATUVELLAUNI
The Catuvellauni were an Iron Age Celtic tribe in Britain before the Roman conquest, attested by inscriptions into the 4th century. They are mentioned by Cassius Dio, who implies that they led the resistance against the conquest in 43CE. They appear as one of the “Civitates” of Roman Britain in Ptolemy's “Geography” in the 2nd century, occupying the town of Verlamion (Roman Verulamium, modern St.Albans) and the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and southern Cambridgeshire. Their territory was bordered to the north by the Iceni and Corieltauvi, to the east by the Trinovantes, to the west by the Dobunni and to the south by the Atrebates, Regni and Cantii.
TASCIOVANUS
Tasciovanus appears to have become king of the Catuvellauni around 20 BC, before the Roman conquest of Britain. Ruling from Verlamion (St.Albans), for a brief period around 15–10 BC, he issued coins from Camulodunum (Colchester), apparently supplanting Addedomarus of the Trinovantes, but it appears that following the arrival of Augustus in Gaul he withdrew and again issued his coins from Verlamion.
Tasciovanus was the first Catuvellaunian king to issue inscribed coins, bearing “VER”, mint marks for Verlamion. He was also the first to renew hostilities towards the Trinovantes, flouting the long-standing agreement between Caesar and his own grandfather Cassivellaunus.
Tasciovanus died around AD 9 and was succeeded by his son Cunobelinus, who ruled primarily from Camulodunum.
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JUSTINIAN I, AE Follis (40 Nummi), struck 533 – 537 at Antioch (Theoupolis)Obverse: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing right.
Reverse: Large M, cross above and officina letter (B = 2nd Officina) below, star to right and left of M; in exergue, +THEUP+ (Theoupolis).
Diameter: 31mm | Weight: 15.37gms | Die Axis: 6
SBCV: 216 | DOC: 210b.3
Much of Antioch was destroyed by a great earthquake on 29th November 528 and, following this disaster, the city was renamed Theoupolis.
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JUSTINIAN I, AE Follis (40 Nummi), struck 545/546 at CyzicusObverse: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust of Justinian I holding globus cruciger in his right hand and shield, adorned with rider galloping right spearing a fallen enemy, in his left; cross in right field.
Reverse: Large M, cross above and officina letter below (B = 2nd Officina), A/N/N/O in field to left of M and regnal year X/ЧI/II/I in field to right; in exergue, :K•YZ
Diameter: 34mm | Weight: 19.22gms | Die Axis: 6
SBCV: 207 | DOC: 171b.3
Justinian I introduced the system of dating on the Byzantine bronze coinage in the 12th year of his reign (Regnal year 538/39).
546: On December 17th of this year the Ostrogoths under King Totila plundered Rome and destroyed its fortifications. The city fell after almost a year's siege due to the capture, near the mouth of the Tiber, of a grain fleet sent by Pope Vigilius and the failure of the troops sent by the Byzantine Empire under Belisarius to relieve the city. After sacking Rome the Ostrogoths withdrew to Apulia in southern Italy.*Alex
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4 CaligulaGaius Caligula. A.D. 37-41. AE quadrans. Rome mint, struck A.D. 41. Rare. Unlisted in RIC 2nd Edition. From the RJM Collection.
Gaius Caligula. A.D. 37-41. AE quadrans (17.79 mm, 3.20 g, 7 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 41. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG , legend around large S - C; Pileus or "Liberty Cap" between / PON M TR P IIII P P COS QVAT, legend around large RCC. RIC I unlisted; RIC I (1st edition) 41; BMCRE 79-80; BN 126-7. VF, rough, brown surfaces. Rare. Unlisted in RIC 2nd Edition.
From the RJM Collection.
Rare last year of issue, when Gaius was consol for the fourth time
Ex Agora Auctions, 5/9/2017Sosius
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Thrace, Perinthos. Under Roman Rule. Circa 1st-2nd Century AD Æ 24.5mm (8.4 gr gm).
Obv. Laureate head of Herakles left
Rev. PERIN-QIWN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and
sceptre; eagle at feet
Thank you to Akropolis for identificationSkyler
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087 - Gordian III Antoninianus - RIC 189 (a)Obv:– IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and sceptre.
Minted in Antioch. 2nd emission. A.D. 238 - A.D. 239
Reference(s) – RIC 189 (a). RSC 174a
x.x gms, x.x mm. x degrees maridvnvm
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29 Elagabalus ELAGABALUS
Denarius, 2.8 g, 219 AD
IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate, draped bust r. / FIDES EXERCITVS, Fides seated left, holding eagle in r. hand and standard in l. hand, 2nd standard before
RIC 68, RSC 30a aEF
Ex-Artifact Man (vCoins)Sosius
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CILICIA, Mallos. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ Coin #644CILICIA, Mallos. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (22mm, 10.88 g, 12h).
Head of Apollo right / Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; monogram to left.
SNG France -; SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp. -; SNG Pfalzer -; BMC 29. VF, brown patina. Scarce.
Coin #644
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Divus Constantine I, Posthumous commemorative AE4, 337-341 CEObverse: DN CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled head right.
Reverse: No legend, the deified Constantine driving quadriga right, hand of god reaching down from above, star at upper left.
SMANS in ex. Antioch mint, 2nd officina. RIV VIII 37, 16.6 mm, 1.4 g.
It is ironic that Constantine, who tradition tells us was the first Christian emperor (although he only actually became one on his death bed), should have been honored with pagan deification and commemorated posthumously with traditional pagan symbolism as found on this coin. He was the last emperor to be so honored.
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Gallic 3 Marius, May - August or September 269 A.D.Bronze antoninianus, Schulzki AGK 8a, Mairat 238, SRCV III 11123, RIC V 17, aEF, rev a bit weak, 2.822g, 19.5mm, 180o, Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint, 2nd emission; obverse IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICT-O-R-IA AVG, Victory standing left, wreath in right, palm frond in left; nice portrait, nice dark sea-green patina, slightly irregular flan; scarce
Purchased from FORVMSosius
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Italy- Pompeii- The BasilacaBASILICA
Forum of Pompeii c. 120 B.C. These more massive columns are from the basilica, the most important public building in Pompeii. Constructed prior to the Roman period, the basilica had three aisles and five entrance doors onto the forum. In the rear we see a two-tiered colonnade which has columns in the Doric style on the bottom and slender Ionic columns on top of a cross beam. In Pompeii many columns were made of brick and covered with stucco.
BASILICA (VIII,1,1)
Built in the second half of the 2nd cent. BC, as part of the plan to create monuments throughout the city. It has a rectangular layout, with three naves, with a ceiling sloping straight down in both directions from the central columns and half columns at the top of the walls, where there are still remains of decorations in ‘first style’: at the back is the tribunal, where the magistrates sat, reached by a wooden staircase. The building was dedicated to administering justice and for business negotiations.
Peter Wissing
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Maurice Tiberius Follis - Antioch Mint,582-602 ADMaurice Tiberius Follis - Antioch Mint,582-602 AD - AE Follis (40 Nummi)
Obv: PTINOC ~ ~ TIANTAPPIV Bust of Maurice Tiberius facing, wearing crown with trefoil ornament, consular robes; in right hand, mappa in left hand, eagle-tipped sceptre.
Rev: Large m; cross above; to left A/N/N/O in four lines; to right, II - 2nd regnal year - 586/7 AD; THEuP in exergue. Britanikus
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Mesembria Thrace, (2nd Century B.C.)Æ17
O: Diademed female head right.
R: ΜΕΣΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ, Athena Promachos advancing left holding shield and brandishing javelin, crested helmet inner left.
Mesambria (Nesebar, Bulgaria) mint
5.1g
17mm
SNG BM 284 ff., SGCV I 1677, SNG Cop 660, SNG Stancomb 236,
Mesembria (Mesambria) was a Doric settlement on an island at the Black Sea coast. Today a man-made isthmus connects it to the mainland. The modern name is Nesebar, an important seaside resort. Several ancient churches and ruins are preserved on the peninsula.Mat
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Philip II, Alexandria, Billion TetredrachmRoman Empire, Philip II, 247-249
Billion.-Tetradrachm year 5 = 247, Egypt, city of Alexandria.
Obverse: AKM IOV FILIPPOC EVC, bust right
Reverse:. Homonoia with double cornucopia, LE in left field=year 5.
24mm, 13.2 g., Datt. 5057, BMC 16.267.2059
sold 1-2018
Billion is an alloy of precious metal, mostly silver, with a mixture or base metal such as copper. Many Roman coins from the 2nd and 3rd century are made of billion because of debasements of the denarius and the tetradrachm.NORMAN K
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IONIA, Ephesos. 1st-2nd century AD
ƠTessera (18mm, 2.74 g)
KHPIΛIC ωΔE ΠPOC ΠAΛVPIN
Bee
CKωΠI, recumbent stag; E to left, Φ to right
BMC 186; SNG Copenhagen 355
Head interprets the legend ΠAΛYPIN as related to υρoν, beehive, and ύppις, basket and conflated with πaλιν, bring back. From this, he suggests that the token would have been placed in a jar and shaken to produce a ringing sound, while the magical words were spoken. Thus, the piece would be a magical token, related to the folk tradition of ringing the bees into their hives. Such an explanation is perhaps overly fanciful.Ardatirion
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IONIA, Ephesos. 1st-2nd century AD.
ƠTessera in contemporary AR mount (23mm, 6.25, 1 h)
KHPIΛIC ωΔE ΠPOC ΠAΛVPIN
Bee
CKωΠI, recumbent stag; E to left, Φ to right
BMC 186; SNG Copenhagen 355Ardatirion
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IONIA, Ephesos. A. Aurelius Marcellienus Phil. 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
PB Tessera (14mm, 2.28 g)
∙ A ∙ AYP ∙ MAPKЄΛΛIЄNOY ΦIΛ
Eagle standing right on rock, raising one leg, with shrimp in mouth
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç -Ardatirion
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IONIA, Ephesos. Faustos Philosebastos. Agoranomos, 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
PB Tessera (17mm, 5.02 g)
[…Φ]AVCTOV ΦIΛOCЄB/ AΓOPANOM OV
Head of elephant right
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç -
Ex Tom Vossen CollectionArdatirion
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SYRIA, Uncertain. Eloucion?
Magistrate, 2nd-3rd century AD.
PB Tessera (17mm, 3.06 g, 11 h)
HΛOV CION, bust of Shamash right, atop eagle(?)
Nike advancing left; star above crescent before, wheel below
Unpublished
The bust of Shamash (or perhaps Sol) on the obverse is distinctly Syrian in nature. Additionally, the style is dramatically different from the issues of Asia Minor. Ardatirion
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Dy.145 Louis VII (the Young): denier parisis (Paris), 2nd typeLouis VII, king of the Franks (1137-1180)
Denier parisis (Paris), 2nd type
Billon, 0.81 g, diameter 19 mm, die axis 9h
O: +LVDOVICVSoREX; FRA/NCO
R: PARISII CIVIS, cross pattée
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RIC.117 Victorinus, antoninianus (Pax Avg V*)Victorinus, Gallic emperor (usurper) (269-271)
Antoninianus : Salvs Avg (2nd emission, 269, Trèves)
Billon (20 ‰), 2.16 g, diameter 18 mm, die axis 1 h
A/ IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right
R/ PA-X AVG/V* in field; Pax standing left, holding an olive-branch and a sceptre
Transitional titulature for Victorinus
EG.189
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"C" Denarius, Crawford 107/1a - My favorite CoinDenomination: Denarius
Era: c. 209-208 BC
Metal: AR
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma r. with splayed visor; “X” behind; Border of dots
Reverse: Dioscuri r.; Above, “C”; in linear frame, “ROMA”.
Mint: Etruia(?)
Weight: 4.44 gm.
Reference: Crawford 107/1a
Provenance: NAC 61; 25-OCT-2011, Privately purchased by RBW from CNG in 1989
Comments: This is one of my favorite coins. It is not high grade, neither the obverse nor the reverse is well centered. The dioscuri are really just blobs, and this coin would be overlooked in any sale but the NAC 61 sale of RBW’s finest and rarest coins, perhaps the greatest Roman Republican auction of our generation. Nevertheless, the coin has a lovely tone and a style that is very characteristic of this issue which is quite rare.
Unique to this variety and the related staff issue, are the braided locks extending from the helmet to the hair binding. The stars are simple dots above the dioscuri, and ROMA is cut into the die with very large letters with a very fine line tool. There has been much speculation on the significance of the “C” insignia, but few with any real merit.
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"C", larger head, Denarius, Crawford 107/1bDenomination: Denarius
Era: c. 209-208 BC
Metal: AR
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma r. with splayed visor; “X” behind; Border of dots
Reverse: Dioscuri r.; above, “C” symbol; in linear frame, “ROMA”.
Mint: Etruria(?)
Weight: 4.32 gm.
Reference: Crawford 107/1b
Provenance: Naville auction, 7-MAY-2017
Comments:
This type with a “C” symbol is of the same fundamental style as the staff symbol 106/3c. presumably both issues from the same mint. The type is somewhat scarce, but the most common of the three other “C” sub-varieties.
Near complete on a large flan, GVF.
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"Sow" series denarius, RRC 121/2Denomination: Denarius
Era: C. 209-195 BC
Metal: AR
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma R,; X behind. Border of dots
Reverse: Dioscuri on horseback right, each holding spear, star above each head; "Sow" below; ROMA in 3line frame.
Mint: Rome (?)
Weight: 3.36 g
Reference: RRC 121/2
Provenance: NAC 125, Lot 376, June 24, 2021
Ex Sternberg XXI, 1988, 241 and NAC 73, 2013, Student and his Mentor part II, 38 sales.
Very rare. Reverse slightly off-centre, otherwise good extremely fine with lovely reflective surfaces.
Trace of undertype on both obverse and reverse. Note the 2nd border on the lower edge (beaded), and the raised area in front of Roma's obverse face (extended tail of early denarius?), also some hint of undertype below truncation.
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 17.5 mm; 2.14 g
O: AVT KM AVP ANTWNEINOC Laureate head right
R: MARKIANOPOLI/ TWN Lion standing left
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis mint
Ref: (all apparently from the same dies as this coin)
Pfeiffer, Münzen aus Markianopolis, 2nd ed., Kaarst 2013, 443.
AMNG 915: Paris, rev. ill. pl. XX.1; Hristova-Jekov, Marcianopolis, 2006, p. 149, ill. 6; Lanz 82, 1997, lot 546
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(0235) MAXIMINUS I THRAX235 - 238 AD
Struck 236 AD--2nd emission
Silver denarius, 20.0 mm; 2.909 g
O: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right (no cuirass?), from behind;
R: PAX AVGVSTI (to the peace of the emperor), Pax standing facing, head left, raising olive branch in right hand, transverse scepter in left
Rome mint; RSC III 31b (no cuirass), RIC IV 12 var. (cuirassed), BMCRE VI 70 var. (same), Hunter III 8 var. (same), SRCV III 8310 var. (same)
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(0244) PHILIP I -- The Arab244 - 249 AD
AE 17.59 mm, 27.5 g
O: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate head right
R: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing between bull and lion; ANVII in exergue (year 7)
Viminacium, Moesia Superiorlaney
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(0286) MAXIMIANUS286 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D.
Struck 2nd reign; 307 - 308 AD
AE Follis 24 mm 5.14 g
O: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right
R: CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated within hexastyle temple, head turned left, holding globe in right hand, scepter in left; TT in exe
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(0293) THEODORA(2nd wife of Constantius I)
Posthumous, Struck 337- 340 AD
AE 13 mm 1.54 g
O: Mantled bust right
R: Pietas standing facing, head right, holding infant to breast; •TRP in exe.
Trier
RIC VIII 48
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(0308) GALERIA VALERIA(2nd wife of Galerius; daughter of Diocletian)
308 - 310 AD
AE FOLLIS 24 mm
O: BUST R
R:VENERI VICTRICI
VENUS STANDING LEFT HOLDING APPLE AND RAISING DRAPERY OVER SHOULDERlaney
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(0308) GALERIA VALERIA(2nd wife of Galerius; daughter of Diocletian)
Struck 308 - 309 AD
AE 25 mm, 4.87 g
O: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, Diademed draped bust right
R: VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing left holding apple in right hand, and lifting her veil with left hand, Δ in left field; MKV in exe
Cyzicus RIC 46
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(0308) GALERIA VALERIA(2nd wife of Galerius; daughter of Diocletian)
Struck 308 - 309 AD
AE 25.5 mm, 6.25 g
O: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, Diademed draped bust right
R: VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing left holding apple in right hand, and lifting her veil with left hand; star in left field, A in right field; SMTS in ex.
Thessalonicalaney
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(0324) FAUSTA(2nd wife of Constantine I; daughter of Maximian; mother of emperors Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans)
324 - 326 AD
AE 20.7 mm 2.86 g
O: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG
DR BUST R, HAIR WAVED WITH BUN AT TACK, WEARING PEARL NECKLACE
R: SPES REIPVBLICAE
FAUSTA STANDING FACING, LOOKING L, HOLDING INFANTS CONSTANTINE II AND CONSTANTIUS II
SMK DELTA(?) IN EXE
RIC 50 SCARCElaney
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(0367) GRATIAN367 - 383 AD
struck 378 - 383 AD (2nd Officina)
AE nummus 13.5 mm; 0.96 g
O: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG diademed draped bust right
R: VOT XX MVLT XXX in three lines within wreath; SMNB in exe.
Nicomedia mint; RIC 39a; scarcelaney
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(0527) JUSTINIAN I527 - 565 AD
2nd OFFICINA, STRUCK 527 - 538 AD
AE FOLLIS 30 mm max. 17.89 g
O: D N IVSTINI ANVS P P AVC, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with star on shoulder
R: Large M ; star to left, cross above and to right, B below; CON. IN EXE
CONSTANTINOPLE
DOC 28b; MIBE 84; SB 158laney
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*Lydia, Thyateira. Apollo/double axec. 2nd Century BC, 15mm, 3.68 g.
Obv: Apollo head r. with laurel wreath
Rev: Double Axe, QUATEI/RH - NWN. SNG Cop 570ancientone
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*Lydia, Thyateira. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Athena / Athena2nd century AD. Æ 21mm. Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis, holding spear over shoulder / Athena standing left, holding Nike, shield, and spear. SNG Copenhagen 580 var. (patera in place of Nike).ancientone
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*Mylasa, Caria, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.AE 13, Weber 6528, S 4911, VF, Mylasa mint, 13mm, 3rd - 2nd Cent B.C.; obverse horse trotting right; reverse ornamented trident head.ancientone
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0001 Sasanian Empire Khusro II -- Year 2 -- BishapurObv: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. on two lines reading down leftward and outward is GDH/'pzwt (xwarrah abzūd) and to the r. on one line reading down is hwslwd (Husraw) = Khusro has increased the royal glory; frontal bust facing r. of bearded Khusro II with a hair globe drawn to the back of the neck, crown with three merlons and attached to the top of the crown cap are wings (group of pellets within the base) with an attached crescent and star, double pearl diadem with three ribbons behind, earring made up of three dots, neckline edged with a row of pearls, both shoulders decorated with a crescent and star, double row of pearls from shoulders to breast, two dots on the breast, star in upper l. field, star and crescent in upper r. field, two dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, and 9h.
Rev: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. reading down is year tlyn of Khusro II's reign and to the r. reading down is the mint mark BYSh = year 2 of Khusro II's reign, Bishapur; fire altar with a base consisting of two slabs and a shaft with two ribbons pointing upwards to the r. and l. of the shaft with four altar slabs on top and flames consisting of four tiers rendered as four then three then two then one upward stroke, star to the l. and crescent to the r. of the top two tiers, to the l. and r. of the altar are two frontal facing attendants each holding a sword pointing downwards with the r. hand over the l. hand and wearing a rounded cap, three dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, 9h, and 12h.
Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Bishapur; Date: year 2, 591 - 592 AD; Weight: 4.12g; Diameter: 29mm; Die axis: 90º; References, for example: Göbl II/2; SNS Iran 580 and 581 (same mint and regnal year).
Regnal year 2 saw major changes to the coinage of Khusro II. First, the defeat of Wahrām Chōbēn (Wahrām VI) brought to an end the interruption of Khusro II's xwarrah and so wings representing Vərəθraγna/Verethragna (Avestan), Wahrām (Middle Persian), Bahrām (Persian), i.e. the god or personification of victory, were added to Khusro II's crown. Second, for the first time in Sasanian coinage the ideogram GDH (xwarrah) is added to the legend (obverse). Third, on the reverse six pointed stars are added to the crescent moons outside of the three dotted rims at 3h, 6h, 9h, and 12h. Six pointed stars can be considered representations of the sun (see Gariboldi 2010 pp. 36ff and the sources referenced in footnote 71, p. 37).
See Daryaee (1997) for an interesting study of the religious and political iconography on the coinage of Khusro II*. He argues that Khusro II implemented iconographic changes in regnal year 2 (591 - 592 AD) as a direct result of suppressing the rebellion (with the assistance of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice) of the brilliant general Wahrām Chōbēn (Wahrām VI) in 591 AD. Further iconographic changes were carried out in regnal year 11 (600 - 601 AD) in response to the final defeat in 600 AD of the 10 year rule/rebellion of Wistahm**, his uncle (as the brother-in-law of his father Ohrmazd IV) and former staunch supporter.
*The study cannot be intended to be complete. For example, there is no discussion of the legend 'pd that appeared, beginning in the 12th regnal year but not present for all subsequent years or at all mints, in the second quadrant outside of the rims on the obverse. Gariboldi 2010 (p.64) translates the legend as "good", "excellent", "wonderful" while Göbl 1983 (p. 331) translates it as "praise".
**There is some debate about when Wistahm was finally eliminated. Daryaee, following Paruck 1924, relies on (purported?) numismatic evidence that the last coin minted in his name was for year 10. Therefore Daryaee states that 600 AD was the year of elimination (Daryaee 1997, p. 53 n. 38. Also see Daryaee 2009, p. 33 n. 166 for a slightly more tepid assertion). Frye 1984 implies a 10 year rule for Wistahm, stating that "it was not until 601 that the rule of Chosroes [Khusro] was restored over all of the empire..." (p. 336). Göbl SN, however, states that 10 years of reign are said to be represented, although personally he had only seen coins of years 2 through 7 (p. 53). Thus Wistahm's years in SN's Table XI are listed as "591/2 - 597?" Malek 1993 also lists Wistahm's years as 591/2 - 97 (p. 237).
Provenance: Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins Auction 36, January 25, 2020
Photo Credit: Stephen Album Rare Coins
Sources
Daryaee, Touraj. 'The Use of Religio-Political Propaganda on Coins of Xusrō II." The Journal of the American Numismatics (1989-), vol. 9 (1997): 41-53.
Daryaee, Touraj. Sasanian Persia: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire. London: I. B. Tauris, 2009.
Frye, Richard. The History of Ancient Iran. Munich: C.H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1984.
Gariboldi, Andrea. Sasanian Coinage and History: The Civic Numismatic Collection of Milan. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2010.
Göbl, Robert. Sasanian Numismatics. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt and Biermann, 1971.
Göbl 1983: Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3 (1), The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983: 322 - 336.
Malek, Hodge. "A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics." The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), vol. 153 (1993): 227 - 269.
Paruck, F.D.J. Sasanian Coins. Bombay: 1924.
SNS Iran: Akbarzadeh, Daryoosh and Nikolaus Schindel. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran A Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh. Wien: Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften, 2017.
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001a Marc Antony ( 83-30 B.C.), Crawf 544-30, AR-denarius, LEG XV, ANT AVG III VIR•R•P•C•, Praetorian galley right,001a Marc Antony ( 83-30 B.C.), Crawf 544-30, AR-denarius, LEG XV, ANT AVG III VIR•R•P•C•, Praetorian galley right,
avers: LEG XV, legionary eagle (Aquila) between two standards.
reverse: ANT AVG III VIR•R•P•C•, Praetorian galley sailing right, mast with banners at the prow.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 16,8-17mm, weight: 2,72g, axes: 5h,
mint: Legionary Denarius, date: 32-31 B.C., ref: Crawford-544/30, Sydenham-1235, RSC-47,
Q-001
"Legion XV Apollinaris was raised by Caesar in Gallia Cisalpina in 53 BC. In the time of Augustus-Tiberius, the legion was stationed in Ljubljana, then in Carnuntum, and later in Alexandria, and took part in the Jewish War and the capture of Jerusalem. In the 2nd and 3rd century the legion fought mainly in the East against the Parthians."quadrans
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017 Galba (68-69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0224, AR-Denarius, DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia, draped, standing left, Rare! #1017 Galba (68-69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0224, AR-Denarius, DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia, draped, standing left, Rare! #1
avers: IMP•SER•GALBA•CAESAR•AVG•P M•, Laureate head right.
reverse: DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia, draped, standing left, holding patera in right and scepter in left.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,5mm, weight: 3,11g, axes: 5h,
mint: Rome, date: 68-69 A.D.,
ref: RIC I 0224, RSC 58, BMC 12, Sear 2102,
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018 Poppaea. AE26 10.46gmobv: draped and cressent bust r.
rev:headress of ISIS, TI-E to eather side, all within wreath
" 2nd wife of Nero "hill132
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036a13. Gordian IIIAntoninianus (23mm, 4.26 g, 6h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 9th-11th emissions, AD 241-243. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding long scepter in right hand and thunderbolt in left. RIC IV 84; RSC 109. From the Ken Bressett Collection. Purchased from Joe Powers in 1950 for @ $3. CNG Keystone Auction 6, Lot 3230.lawrence c
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0383 Pergamon - AE 21c. 2nd century BC
head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet
trophy
AΘHNAΣ / NIKHΦOPOY
ΠEPΓ ?
Sear 3960; SNGCop 393ff, SNGvA 1374
5,6g 20mmJ. B.
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040a06. Trajan DeciusÆ Sestertius (29mm, 1h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 2nd-3rd emissions. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Dacia standing left, holding staff surmounted by dragon's head. RIC IV 112a. Die shift. From the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the ANS. Ex Berk BBS 19 (30 March 1982), lot 327. CNG Keystone Auction 4, Lot 241.lawrence c
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054p Macrinus (217-218 A.D.), Moesia, Markianopolis, Pfeiffer 218 (same dies), AE-27, Pentassarion, Pontianus, Zeus with an eagle at feet, #1054p Macrinus (217-218 A.D.), Moesia, Markianopolis, Pfeiffer 218 (same dies), AE-27, Pentassarion, Pontianus, Zeus with an eagle at feet, #1
avers: AV K OΠΠEΛ CEV MAKPEINOC•K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate bust of Macrinus facing bare-headed bust of Diadumenian.
reverse: VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAPKIANO/ΠOΛI, Naked Zeus standing left, holding patera and scepter, eagle at his feet.
exergue: Є/-//--, diameter: 26,5-27,5mm, weight:14,04g, axis: 7h,
mint: Moesia, Markianopolis, Pontianus, date: 217-218 A.D., ref: Pfeiffer 218 (same dies), AMNG 715, Varbanov (2005, English) I. 1240, Hristova-Jekov (2014) 06.24.01.??, Not in,
a) Not in Hristova/Jekov (2014):
rev. HJ (2014) 6.24.1.5 (same die)
obv. HJ (2014) 6.24.1. 3 (but writes AVT K OPEL, the depicted coin is very worn)
b) Megaw (2nd ed,) MAR5.59c (but writes AVT K OPEL, the depicted coin is very worn)
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055 Aquilia Severa. AR denariusobv: IVLIA AQVILLA SEVERA AVG drp. bust. r.
rev: CONCORDIA Concordia std. l. holding patera and double
cornucopiae, l. lighted alter
"2nd wife of Elagabalus" hill132
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0565-0578 AD - Justin II - Sear 366 - Half Follis - 2nd ExampleEmperor: Justin II (r. 565-578 AD)
Date: 574-575 AD
Condition: Fair
Denomination: Half Follis
Obverse: D N IVSTINVS PP AV (or similar)
Justin, on left, and Sophia, on right, seated facing on double throne, both nimbate; he holds globus cruciger, she holds cruciform sceptre.
Reverse: Large K; above, symbol(s); to left, A/N/N/O; to right, X
Exergue: TES (Thessalonica mint)
Sear 366
5.07g; 22.3mm; 165°Pep
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070a05. NumerianBillon antoninianus. 3.156g, 22.1mm, 0o, 2nd officina, Rome mint, c. Feb/Mar - end 283; obverse IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse IOVI VICTORI (Jove the victorious), Jupiter standing left, Victory in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, eagle at feet left, KAB in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection. Hunter IV 18; RIC V-2 410; SRCV III 12246. A FORUM coin.lawrence c
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074 Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), RIC IV-III 0036bvar., Rome, AR-Antoninianus, LAETIT FVNDAT, Laetitia standing left,074 Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), RIC IV-III 0036bvar., Rome, AR-Antoninianus, LAETIT FVNDAT, Laetitia standing left,
avers:- IMP M IVL PHILI(LI)PPVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Legend Error !!!.
revers:- LAETIT FVNDAT, Laetitia standing left holding wreath and rudder.
exergo: -/-//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 3,00g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, 2nd and 3rd Issues, 2nd Officina date:244A.D., ref: RIC-IV-III-036bvar., p-72, RSC 80var., Sear 2560var.,
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079a05. Constantius IPost-reform radiate. 3.571g, 20.7mm. 2nd officina, Alexandria mint, c. 296 - 297 A.D. Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM (harmony with the soldiers), Constantius standing right confronting Jupiter standing left, Constantius holds short scepter in left hand, Jupiter presenting Victory on globe in his right hand and holding long scepter vertical in his left hand, Victory crowns Constantius with a wreath in her right hand and holds a palm frond in her left hand, B in center, ALE in exergue; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection. RIC VI Alexandria 48a, SRCV IV 14106, Cohen VII 20. A FORUM coin.lawrence c
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080a01. GaleriusFollis. 6.641g, 25.2mm. 2nd officina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, 308 - 310 A.D. Obv: GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right. Rev: VIRTVTI EXERCITVS (to the valor of the army), Mars advancing right, transverse spear in right hand, trophy over shoulder in left, star left, B right, •SM•TS• in exergue. RIC VI Thessalonica p. 515, 37a corr., Cohen VII 231
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084a02. Licinius I AE3. 19.4 mm, 2.427 g. 2nd officina, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, 321 - 324 A.D. Obv: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI (to Jupiter the protector), Jupiter standing slightly left, nude but for chlamys over shoulders, Victory on globe presenting wreath in right hand, long eagle-topped scepter vertical in left hand, eagle standing left with wreath in beak at feet on left, in right field: X/IIΓ over bound bearded captive seated right and looking left, SMNB in exergue. Hunter V 143 (also 2nd officina), RIC VII Nicomedia 44 (R2), SRCV IV 15223, Cohen VII 74. A FORUM coin.
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087 - Gordian III Antoninianus - RIC 018Obv:– IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– P M TR P II COS P P, Providentia standing with globe & scepter.
Minted in Rome. 2nd emission. Late July A.D. 239 - end of year?
Reference(s) – RIC 18 (scarce). RSC 196
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089 - Phillip I Antoninianus - RIC -Obv:– IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Felicitas standing half-left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia in left arm
Minted in Antioch (2nd Issue). mid 247 to end of 247 AD
Reference– Ovari 28A, Bland 30, Cohen 136. RIC -. RSC -.
Not listed from Antioch.maridvnvm
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090a Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Viminacium, RIC V-I 377, AE-Antoninianus, -/-/--, CONCOR MIL, Concordia standing looking left, #1090a Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Viminacium, RIC V-I 377, AE-Antoninianus, -/-/--, CONCOR MIL, Concordia standing looking left, #1
avers: IMP GALLIENVS P AVG, Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
reverse: CONCOR MIL, Concordia standing looking left, holding cornucopia and raising robe.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 3,06g, axis: 0h,
mint: Viminacium, 2nd emission, date: 254-255 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 377, p-, Göbl 806o,
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091 Salonina (? - 268 A.D.), Mediolanum, RIC V-I 058, AE-Antoninianus, -/-//S, AVG IN PACE, Salonina seated left, Rare! #1091 Salonina (? - 268 A.D.), Mediolanum, RIC V-I 058, AE-Antoninianus, -/-//S, AVG IN PACE, Salonina seated left, Rare! #1
avers: SALONINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right, resting on crescent.
revers: AVG IN PACE, Salonina seated left, holding olive-branch and scepter.
exergue: -/-//S, diameter: 20,0-22,0 mm, weight: 2,40 g, axis: 11h,
mint: Mediolanum, 2nd officina, 6th emission, date: 266 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 58, p-, RSC 17, Göbl 1305, Sear-, Rare!
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091a03. Constantius IIReduced centenionalis. 18.7mm, 2.247g. 2nd officina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, as caesar, 330 - 333 A.D. Obv: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS (glory of the army), two soldiers standing facing, heads turned inward confronted, two standards in center between them, each holds a spear in outer hand and rests inner hand on grounded shield, SMTSB in exergue; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren.
RIC VII Thessalonica 185 corr. (only 3rd officina listed), LRBC I 837a, SRCV V 17690, Cohen VII 104. A FORUM coin.
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091b01. Poemenius (?) in the name of Constantius IIPoemenius, in the name of Constantius II AD 337-361. Æ Centenionalis. Trier mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 353.Large Chi-Rho; A ω flanking; TRS. 25 mm, 6.01 g. Tiber Auction 4, Lot 432.lawrence c
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093a02. DecentiusMaiorina. 4.515g, 21.6mm. 2nd officina, Rome mint, spring 351 - 26 Sep 352 A.D. Obverse MAG DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare headed cuirassed bust right, B behind; reverse VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories standing confronted, together holding wreath surrounding VOT / V / MVLT / X in four lines, star below, RS in exergue. RIC VIII Rome 217, LRBC II 653. A FORUM coin.lawrence c
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103c. Antinous EGYPT, Antinoöpolis. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. PB Tessera (22mm, 4.45 g, 2h). Dated year 2 of an uncertain era. Draped bust of Antinous right, wearing hem-hem crown; L B flanking / Victory advancing left, wings spread, holding palm frond and wreath. Milne –; Dattari (Savio) 11655; Köln –. Fine, dark gray surfaces.ecoli
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106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-2949, RIC V-I 342, Cyzicus, AE-Antoninianus, CONCORDIA MILITVM, -/-//*C*, Emperor and Jupiter,106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, T-2949, RIC V-I 342, Cyzicus, -/-//*C*, CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor and Jupiter,
avers:- IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed (B1).
revers:- CONCORD MILIT, Emperor in military dress stg. r., holding short sceptre in l. hand, receiving a globe from Jupiter stg. l., holding long sceptre in l. hand.
exerg: -/-//*C*, diameter: 22-23mm, weight: 4,35g, axes: 11h,
mint: Cyzicus, iss-5th, off-2nd, date: 272-A.D., ref: T-2949 (Estiot), RIC V-I 342,
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106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-3011, RIC V-I 361, Cyzicus, AE-Antoninianus, ORIENS AVG, -/-//CB, Sol and captive, R!106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-3011, RIC V-I 361, Cyzicus, AE-Antoninianus, ORIENS AVG, -/-//CB, Sol and captive, R!
avers:- IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed, (B1).
revers:- ORIE N S AVG, Sol standig left, with right hand raised and holding globe in left hand, right foot resting on a bound captive in oriental dress seated left. (Sol 2c)
exerg: -/-//CB, diameter: 22,5-24,5mm, weight: 3,85g, axes: 0h,
mint: Cyzicus, iss-8 ph-3, off-2, date: 273-274 A.D., ref: T-3011 (Estiot), RIC V-I 361, R,
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106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-3169, RIC V-I 385, Antioch, AE-Antoninianus, CONSERVAT AVG, -/Δ//XXI, Sol and captive, R!,106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-3169, RIC V-I 385, Antioch, AE-Antoninianus, CONSERVAT AVG, -/Δ//XXI, Sol and captive, R!,
106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-3169, RIC V-I 385, Antioch, AE-Antoninianus, CONSERVAT AVG, -/Δ//XXI, Sol and captive, R!,
avers:- IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed, (B1).
revers:- CONSE R VAT AVG, Sol standig left, with right hand raised and holding globe in left hand, right foot resting on a bound captive in oriental dress seated left. (Sol 2f)
exerg: -/Δ//XXI, diameter: 21,2-21,8mm, weight: 2,94g, axes: 11h,
mint: Antioch, iss-5, off-4, date: 274-275 A.D., ref: T-3169 (Estiot), RIC V-I 385, R!, (2nd. known example after by Estiot site),
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110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3400, RIC V-I 172, Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, VICTORIA GOTTHI, -/-//P, Bust-B1s, Victory standig left, #1110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3400, RIC V-I 172, Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, VICTORIA GOTTHI, -/-//P, Bust-B1s, Victory standig left, #1
avers:- IMP-C-M-CL-TACITVS-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed, with left sleeve raised. B1 (sleeve).
revers:- VICTO-RIA-G-OTTHI, Victory standig left, holding wreath in r. hand and palm against l. shoulder. Victory 1.
exerg: -/-//P, diameter: 21-22mm, weight: 3,34g, axes: 6h,
mint: Ticinum, 2nd.issue, 1st.off., date: 275 AD., ref: RIC-172., T-(Estiot)-3400, C-,
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110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3493, RIC V-I 093var, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, SALVS AVG, -/-//XXIΔ, Bust-D1, Salus standing left, #1110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3493, RIC V-I 093var, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, SALVS AVG, -/-//XXIΔ, Bust-D1, Salus standing left, #1
avers: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum. (D1)
reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus standing left, holding long vertical sceptre in left hand, feeding snake rising from altar from patera held in right hand. (Salus 1)
exergue: -/-//XXIΔ, diameter: 21,5mm, weight: 3,55g, axes: 5h,
mint: Rome, 2nd.issue, 4th.off., date: 275 AD., ref: RIC-093var., T-(Estiot)-3493, C-, LV 128-51,
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110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3660, RIC V-I 188var., Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, ROMAE AETERNAE, -/-//V, Bust-D1, Roma seated left, Rare! #1110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3660, RIC V-I 188var., Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, ROMAE AETERNAE, -/-//V, Bust-D1, Roma seated left, Rare! #1
avers: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum. (D1).
reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, shield leaning against the throne, holding Victory in r. hand and long scepter in the left hand. (Roma 2c).
exergue: -/-//V, diameter: 22,5mm, weight: 3,98g, axes: 5h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd.issue, 5th.off., date: 275-276 AD., ref: RIC V-I 188var.,T-(Estiot)-3660, C-, BNC p.369, LV -, Rare!
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4184, RIC V-I 087corr., Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDEN AVG, -/-//STI, Bust-B1, Providentia standing left, Rare!, #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4184, RIC V-I 087corr., Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDEN AVG, -/-//STI, Bust-B1, Providentia standing left, Rare!, #1
avers:- IMP-M-ANNIUS-FLORIANVS-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, B1.
revers:- PROVIDEN AVG, Providentia standing left, holding baton in right hand and long sceptre in left hand, at feet to left, globe
exerg: -/-//STI, diameter: 22,0-23,0mm, weight: 4,09g, axes: 6h,
mint: Ticinum, 2nd.issue, 2nd.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-087corr, T-(Estiot)-4184,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4189, RIC V-I 068, Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, IOVI CONSERVAT, -/-//TTI, Bust-B1, Jupiter standing left, #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4189, RIC V-I 068, Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, IOVI CONSERVAT, -/-//TTI, Bust-B1, Jupiter standing left, #1
avers:- IMP-C-MAN-FLORIANVS-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed, (B1).
revers:- IOVI-CONSERVAT, Jupiter stg. l., holding thunderbolt in r. hand and long sceptre in l. hand. (Jupiter-1).
exerg: -/-//TTI, diameter: 23mm, weight: 4,02g, axes: 11h,
mint: Ticinum, 2nd.issue, 3rd.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-68, T-(Estiot)-4189,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4190, RIC V-I 069, Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, IOVI CONSERVAT, -/-//TTI, Bust-B1, Jupiter standing left, #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4190, RIC V-I 069, Ticinum, AE-Antoninianus, IOVI CONSERVAT, -/-//TTI, Bust-B1, Jupiter standing left, #1
avers:- IMP-M-ANNIUS-FLORIANVS-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, B1.
revers:- IOVI-CONSERVAT, Jupiter stg. l., holding thunderbolt in r. hand and long sceptre in l. hand. Jupiter-1.
exerg: -/-//TTI, diameter: 22-23,5mm, weight: 3,39g, axes: 6h,
mint: Ticinum, 2nd.issue, 3rd.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-069, T-(Estiot)-4190,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4220, RIC V-I 034, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, LAETITIA FVND, -/-//XXIB, Bust-D2, Laetitia standing left, #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4220, RIC V-I 034, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, LAETITIA FVND, -/-//XXIB, Bust-D2, Laetitia standing left, #1
avers:- IMP-C-FLORIANVS-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear, (D2).
revers:- LAETITIA-FVND, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in right hand and anchor in left hand, (Laetitia1).
exerg: -/-//XXIB, diameter: 20-21mm, weight: 2,80g, axes: 10h,
mint: Roma, 1st.issue, 2nd.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-34, T-(Estiot)-4220,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4300, RIC V-I 061, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, FELICITAS AVG, -/-//S, Bust-D2, Felicitas standing left, Scarce #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4300, RIC V-I 061, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, FELICITAS AVG, -/-//S, Bust-D2, Felicitas standing left, Scarce #1
avers: IMP-C-M-AN-FLORIANVS-P-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear, D2.
revers: FELICITA-S-AVG, Felicitas standing left, holding patera over small altar in right hand and long-handled caduceus in left hand, (Felicitas 6).
exerg: -/-//S, diameter: 22,5mm, weight: 3,59g, axes: 0h,
mint: Siscia, 1st.issue, 2nd.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-061, T-(Estiot)-4300,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4412, RIC V-I 098var., Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, FELICITAS AVG, -/-/XXIT, Bust-D1, Felicitas standing left, Rare 111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4412, RIC V-I 098var., Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, FELICITAS AVG, -/-/XXIT, Bust-D1, Felicitas standing left, Rare
avers: IMP-C-M-AN-FLORIANVS-P-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, (D1).
revers: FELICITAS-AVG, Felicitas standing left, holding long-handled caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. (Felicitas 1).
exerg: -/-/XXIT, diameter: 21,5mm, weight: 3,74g, axes: 5h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd..issue, 3rd.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-098var., T-(Estiot)-4412,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4416, RIC V-I -, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, FELICITAS AVG, -/-//XXIT, Bust-D2, Felicitas standing left, Rare #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4416, RIC V-I -, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, FELICITAS AVG, -/-//XXIT, Bust-D2, Felicitas standing left, Rare #1
avers: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from the rear. D2.
reverse: FELICITA S AVG, Felicitas standing left, holding patera over a small altar in right hand and long-handled caduceus in the left hand, (Felicitas 6).
exergue: -/-//XXIT, diameter: 22mm, weight: 4,06g, axes: 6h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd..issue, 3rd.off., date: 276 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I -, T-(Estiot)-4416, BNC p.380,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4457, RIC V-I 104, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDE AVG, -/VI/XXI, Bust-B1, Providentia left, #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4457, RIC V-I 104, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDE AVG, -/VI/XXI, Bust-B1, Providentia left, #1
avers: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from the rear. D2.
reverse: PROVIDE AVG, Providentia standing left, holding globe in right hand and long transverse scepter in the left hand, Providentia 1.
exergue: -/VI//XXI, diameter: 21,5-23,8mm, weight: 4,05g, axes:0h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd. issue, 6th.off., date: 276 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 104, T-(Estiot)-4457, BNC p.382
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4458, RIC V-I 104, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDE AVG, -/VI/XXI, Bust-B1, Providentia left, #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4458, RIC V-I 104, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDE AVG, -/VI/XXI, Bust-B1, Providentia left, #1
avers:- IMP-C-M-AN-FLORIANVS-P-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed, B1.
revers:- PROVIDE-AVG, Providentia standing left,holding globe in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left hand, Providentia 1.
exerg: -/VI/XXI, diameter: 20-22mm, weight: 3,73g, axes: 6h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd.issue, 6th.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-104, T-(Estiot)-4458,
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111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4529, RIC V-I 116, Cyzicus, AE-Antoninianus, CONCORDIA MILITVM, -/-//S, Bust-D1, Victory standing right, and Emperor, #1111 Florianus (276-282 A.D.), T-4529, RIC V-I 116, Cyzicus, AE-Antoninianus, CONCORDIA MILITVM, -/-//S, Bust-D1, Victory standing right, and Emperor, #1
avers: IMP FLORIANVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, (D1).
reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Victory standing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm against left shoulder, facing Emperor in military dress standing left, right hand outstretched and holding long sceptre in left hand, (Victory and Emperor 2).
exergue: -/-//S, diameter: 23mm, weight: 3,40g, axes: 1h,
mint: Cyzicus, 1st.issue, 2nd.off., date: 276 A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-116, T-(Estiot)-4529,
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