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030 - Vespasian, Denarius, Ephesus, RIC 1457 Obv - IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, right
Rev - PACI AVGVSTAE; Victory adv. right, with wreath and palm; at lower right, star; annulet beneath
Minted in Ephesus, A.D. 74
References:- RIC 1457. BMCRE 475. RSC 277.
Dimensions:- 22.04 mm x 19.07 mm

Severely double struck.

It looks like there was a very off-centre initial strike and the coin was re-struck with a central strike.2 commentsmaridvnvm

102. TrajanTrajan Æ Quadrans. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / S C in exergue, she-wolf standing right.

Ric 692ecoli

129a02. Leo IAE4. 9.9mm, 1.2 g. Constantinople. AD 457-474. Obv: DN LEO PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: Lion crouching left, head right, within wreath. Mintmark CON off flan. RIC X 668; Sear 21457.

Coin Note: Orientation of reverse is questionable; lion may be blundered.lawrence c

224 - MARCIANVSMarcian was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457.

for obverse, reverse and coin details click hereshanxi

2nd- 3rd Century C.E. Pelta MountSmall pelta mount as used on equine harness straps. Two mushroom-footed studs on the back. 21mm x 20mm.

66259 Constantine II/Campgate Heraclea55457 Constantine II/Campgate Heraclea
Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Rev: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS
Campgate with 7 levels, 2 turrets, 1 star and no door.
STAR in left field SMH Epsilon in Exergue
Mint: Heraclea 18.9mm 2.9g
RIC VII Heraclea 107; Sear 17242 R2
Blayne W

A. Stannard Gouge (Al Marco Adjustment): L. Marcius Philippus Denarius, 56 BCEPhoto Source: Naville Numismatics
Roman Republican. L. Marcius Philippus AR Denarius (20mm, 3.92g, 6h), 57/56 BCE.
Obv: ANCVS. Diademed head of Ancus Marcius r.; behind, lituus..
Rev: PHILIPPVS. Equestrian statue, raising right hand, set to right on aqueduct; below horse, a flower; within the arches of the aqueduct, AQVA MARC.
Ref: Babelon Marcia 28. Sydenham 919. RBW 1524. Crawford 425/1.
Prov: Ex Naville Numismatics Auction 56 (22 Mar 2020), Lot 436.

Notes: Al marco weight adjustment (“Stannard gouge”) on obverse. These gouges were sometimes made on Roman Republican denarii before striking in order to reduce the total weight of the batch, bringing it within the desired range (the meaning of “al marco,” as opposed to individual adjustment, “al peso”). According to Stannard (1993: p. 46), these gouges were found on 2.53% of museum specimens he examined. A PDF of his chapter, “The adjustment al marco of the weight of Roman Republican denarii blanks by gouging,” is available on his website: http://www.stannard.info/website/Publications.htmlCurtis JJ

ALFOLDI 053.065OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG
REVERSE: PROVIDENT AVG
BUST TYPE: E1 (BASTIEN'S CLASSIFICATION)
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: --//XXIV
WEIGHT 3.84g / AXIS: 6h / WIDTH 20-22mm
RIC 718
ALFOLDI 053.065
COLLECTION NO. 58
Barnaba6

APOLLONIA PONTICA, THRACEAPOLLONIA PONTICA, THRACE, AR Drachm. 450-404 B.C. Facing head of Medusa in classic Attic style, long protruding tongue, human hair & snakes for hair. Rev.: Anchor, to right A, to left crayfish. SNG Cop 457. Sear 1655.dpaul7

Aurelian - AE antoninianusMediolanum
autumn 271 - autumn 272 AD
Issue 3
radiate and cuirassed bust right
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG
Aurelian in military dress standing right, receiving a globe from Jupiter standing left, holding long sceptre in left hand
IOVI CONSERVA_TORI
P
LV 2169-77; RIC1st 131 var.
http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1457
3,8g 21mm
ex NaumannJ. B.

Byzantine Empire: Philippicus Bardanes (711-713) Æ Decanummium, Constantinople, RY 1 (Sear 1457; DOC 13; MIB 23)Obv: Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding eagle-tipped scepter
Rev: Large I; cross to left, I/Γ to right; CON in exergue
Dim: 17mm, 2.11 g, 6hQuant.Geek

Caesaraea Maritima. Herennius Etruscus, AD 249-251. Ã† 27mm Caesaraea Maritima. Herennius Etruscus. As Caesar, AD 249-251. Æ 27mm (15.19 g, 1h). Radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind
Roma seated left, holding Nike and spear, shield at side.
Kadman, Caesarea, 178; Rosenberger 146; SNG ANS Maritima

Caria, Rhodes AR Plinthophoric DrachmMagistrate Antigenes circa 190-170 BC.
Obv: Radiate head of Helios right.
Rev: ΑΝΤΙΓΕΝΗΣ, Rose with bud, naval ram in left field.
Jenkins 1989, 17; BMC 249; HGC 6, 1457. 2.50g, 15mm.1 commentsancientone

Class I, sb1889, attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand, scroll; tol., IC to r., XC; barred, border of large pellets.
Reverse: Latin cross; with X at center. and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field, on either side, floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1078 CE
SB 1889 Class I
24mm, 4.57g
wileyc

COELESYRIA, Damascus. Philip I.COELESYRIA, Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ. Laureate and cuirassed bust left / River-god Chrysoroas seated left, leaning on overturned urn, holding two grain ears and cornucopia. De Saulcy 12; Rosenberger 32.ecoli

Elagabal, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Hercules,Elagabal, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Hercules, 26 mm, 11.55 g
Obverse: AVT K M AVRÊ ANTONEINOS; laureate head right
Reverse: VP NOBIOV ROVFOV NIKOPOLITWN PROSISTR / O - N; Hercules standing facing, head left, holding lion skin and resting club on ground. Moushmov 1457. ex areich

Podiceps

Elagabalus, AE25, Hermes, Varbanov I 1457Elagabalus
Augustus, 218 – 11th March 222 A.D.

Coin: AE25

Obverse: AVT K M AVPH ● ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate bust facing right.
Reverse: VΠ CEPΓ TITIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛΙΤΩΝ, Hermes, standing, facing left, holding a Purse with his right hand and a Caduceus with his left.

Weight: 10.65 g, Diameter: 25.3 x 26 x 3 mm, Die axis: 20°, Mint: Marcianopolis, Consular Legate: Sergius Titianus, Reference: Varbanov I 1457

Rated Rare (R3, 500 - 1000 examples known)Constantine IV

Hendin-457HYRCANUS I (Yehochanan) 134-104 BCE
Mint:Jerusalem;AE Prutah
Obv- YEHOCHANAN H KOHEN H GADOL H'CHEBER H YEHUDYM
in five lines,surrounded by wreath.
Yehochanan the High Priest and Council of the Jews.
N N CH W H Y
G H N H K H
R B CH H L D
Y D H Y H
M
Rev- Circle of pellets around double cornucopia
adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns.
A-Monogram below left of cornucopias,off flan.
Meshorer: AJC 1-Nc9; TJC-B301 commentsBrian L

Huszár 457 var., Pohl 14 var., Unger 395 var., Réthy II --, Frynas 24.50 var., Lengyel 24/45/1, Toth 1.32.1.1 var.Hungary. Károly Róbert/Charles Robert (1307-1342).

AR obulus per Huszár, Pohl, Unger, Toth and Lengyel; .35 g., 11.59 mm. (clipped), 180°

Obv: + [M RE]GIS KAROLI ⁘, Shield with Árpádian stripes and Angevin lilies.

Rev: Patriarchal cross on top of base, inward-facing crowned heads and inward-facing birds above them, lilies between cross arms, star to left and crescent with pellet to right.

Issued in 1324 per Huszár, Pohl, Unger and Frynas, or in 1323-1333 per Lengyel; pattern for banaldenár per Pohl.

Huszár/Pohl rarity 10, Unger rarity R, Frynas rarity R. Only Lengyel records a variety with a ⁘ at the end of the obverse legend.Stkp

Hyrcanus I AE prutahHendin 457. Hasmonian Kingdom of Judaea, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. 135-104 BC. Archaic Hebrew text within wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews / Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons and pomegranate between, Faded monogram to the bottom left. AJC I Group N.

Hyrcanus I really put the Hasmonean country on the map by conquering so much land around, making Judaea the biggest it has ever been, larger then during the reign of King Solomon.2 commentsAarmale

JUDAEA, Hyrcanus I, PrutahHendin 457. Hasmonian Kingdom of Judaea, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah, Dark Image. 135-104 BC. Archaic Hebrew text within wreath: Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews / Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons and pomegranate between, unknown monogram. AJC I Group N. 1 commentsAarmale

Kings of Thrace: AR Drachm.Thrace, Apollonia Pontica 5th-4th Century B.C. 2.88g - 12.2mm, Axis 12h.

Obv: Gorgonian head facing, tongue protruding.

Rev: Anchor upright, A to left, crayfish to right.

Ref: SNG Cop-457.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli

Lokris, Opuntia. Persephone and Ajax of Lokris Stater.Greece. Lokris, Opuntia. 350-340 BC. AR Stater (12.21 gm, 25.1mm, 6h) on Aeginetic standard. Head of Persephone r., hair wreathed with grain, wearing pearl necklace, ornate pendant earring. / Ajax of Lokris wearing crested Corinthian helmet, advancing r., holding short sword, large shield decorated with griffin. Spear behind. OΠONTΙΩΝ. VF. Inaugural type type of its series? Bt. Coral Gables, 1999. BCD Lokris-Phokis #457.2 (same obv. die), BCD (NAC 55) #70; BMC p.4 #28 (pl.1 #9) (same); HGC 4 #991; Humphris & Delbridge Gp.21 #154 (O25/R61) (pl.9AR); SNG Delepierre 1260 (same dies).1 commentsAnaximander

Marcian. AD 450-457. Æ4Marcian. A.D. 450-457. AE4. Constantinople mint.
D N MARCIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / monogram of Marcian in wreath, cross above, S below. Mintmark CON. (12.2 mm, 1.2 g).
RIC X 545; Sear 21395.

Flavius Marcianus, or Marcian; Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 24 August, 450, to 31 January, 457 AD. _2700Antonivs Protti

N19Judaean Coin. AE Prutah of John Hyrcanus I. Jerusalem Mint. 135-104 BC. Obv: Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews in five lines within wreath. Rev: Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons, with pomegranate between horns. Hendin 457.

foleymac2001 (January 2023)Sebastian H2

nicaea100dElagabalus or Caracalla
Nicaea, Bithynia

Obv: ΑΝΤ-Ω-Ν-Ι-ΝΟϹ ΑΥΓO, laureate head right of Elagabalus or youthful Caracalla, rays behind portrait.
Rev: NIKA-IEΩN, flaming altar.
16 mm, 1.83 gms

Rec Gen ---; SNG Cop ---

For a discussion of this type of obverse (laureate with rays behind) see the Forum discussion: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=37721.msg239006#msg239006Charles M

PHOENICIA, BERYTUS187 - 176 BC
AE Chalkis 16.5 mm; 4.04 g
O: Turreted bust of Tyche, right
R: Baal-Berit standing left in car drawn by 4 hippocamps; holds phale in right hand and trident in left hand; aphlastron in left field; BH to left of figure, monogram to right
Berytus; Rouv. 457.
laney

prieur254_3Elagabalus
Syrian Tetradrachm

Obv: AYT K M A···ANTWNÎµINOC CEB, laureate head right, one ribbon over shoulder.
Re: Î”HMAPXÎµÎžYÎ ATOC TOB, Eagle to front, head and tail right, Î” and Îµ in right and left field, star between legs.
24 mm, 10.98 gms

Prieur 254Charles M

RIC 1431 VespasianAR Denarius, 3.39g
Ephesus Mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: PACI AVGVSTAE; Victory, draped, advancing r., holding wreath extended in r. hand and palm over l. shoulder. EPHE lower r.
RIC 1431 (C). BMC 457. RSC 276. RPC 833 (14 spec.). BNC 352.
Ex Paganecoins, eBay, c. 2005.1 commentsDavid Atherton

RIC 1431 Vespasian CountermarkedAR Denarius, 3.06g
Ephesus Mint, 71 AD; Countermarked under Vespasian at Ephesus, circa 74-79 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; c/m: IMP·VES (ligate)
Rev: PACI AVGVSTAE; Victory, draped, advancing r., holding wreath extended in r. hand and palm over l. shoulder. EPHE lower r.
RIC 1431 (C). BMC 457. RSC 276. RPC 833 (14 spec.). BNC 352; c/m: GIC 839
Acquired from Ancient Imports, November 2016.

In the mid to late 70's AD, Ephesus stamped older, worn Republican and early Imperial denarii circulating in the region with the IMP·VES countermark. Here is an exceptionally rare appearance of that Vespasian countermark on a denarius struck for Vespasian. I know of less than half a dozen other Vespasianic denarii similarly stamped. Of course the coin does not require any such countermark, therefore it is a remarkable mint error. The terminus post quem for the countermarking is 74, based on the discovery of another Vespasian countermarked Ephesian denarius dated COS IIII (CNG 78, lot 1753). RPC speculates that these countermarked coins represent a later 'issue' of silver from Ephesus struck sometime after 74 and before Vespasian's death in 79.

The mint workers applying the countermark were kind enough not to obliterate the portrait. 7 commentsDavid Atherton

RIC 606 DomitianÆ Sestertius, 28.36g
Rome mint, 88 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII CENS PER P P; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: COS XIIII LVD SAEC A POP; FRVG AC on platform; S C in exergue; Domitian std. r. on platfrom, approached by two or three citizens with open sacks; in background, four column temple
RIC 606 (C). BMC 419. BNC 457.
Acquired from CGB.fr, November 2020.

In October 88 AD Domitian held the Secular Games, a festival featuring theatrical performances and circus games accompanied by six various daytime and nighttime religious ceremonies. The games marked the transition from one era (saeculum) to another and were supposedly held once every 110 years, or the maximum span of a human lifetime, making them a 'once in a lifetime' event. Domitian conducted his games on the Augustan calculation, rejecting the formula for the Claudian games held in 47 AD. The festival was important enough to interrupt the normal striking of reverse types on the coinage and for the mint to produce a new unique issue commemorating the event both in precious metal and bronze. The precious metal designs tended to be symbolic while the bronze were more narrative in nature, focusing on the various religious sacrifices that were at the heart of the games.

This coin's reverse depicts the acceptance of wheat, beans, and oats (poured on ground) from a group of citizens by Domitian in front of a tetrastyle temple. According to Melanie Grunow Sobocinski* the meaning of this Ludi Saeculare ceremony is fairly clear - 'The festival began with nearly a week of preparatory events. First, the citizens brought gifts of agricultural produce (fruges) to various temples. On the following days, they received materials for the ritual purification of private homes (suffimenta) from the priesthood in charge of organizing the Ludi Saeculares ... According to the Augustan acta and Zosimus, the distribution of the suffimenta took place simultaneously at three locations, and the collection of the fruges at four locations. As a result, no firm identification of the temples can be reached without further evidence' Although, she later concedes - 'Scholars interested primarily in architectural form have identified some or even all of the other hexastyle and tetrastyle temple images as representations of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. This interpretation is plausible for the suffimenta and fruges coin types because the Temple of Jupiter was one of several sites for these two ceremonies.'

Worn, but with the major devices still visible.

* 'Visualizing Ceremony: The Design and Audience of the Ludi Saeculares Coinage of Domitian', AJA Vol. 110, No. 4 (Oct 2006)2 commentsDavid Atherton

ROMAN EMPIRE, Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Gold aureusSH63911. Gold aureus, RIC I 198; Lyon 68; Calicó 174a 174; BMC 498; Paris 1457. Cohen 39 (50 Fr.)., VF, ex jewelry, edge filed to make round for jewelry, weight 7.159 g, maximum diameter 18.2 mm, die axis 180o, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 8 - 7 B.C.; obverse AVGVSTVS DIVI F, laureate head right; reverse C CAES AVGVST, Caius Caesar galloping on horseback right, wearing bulla around neck, sword in right, shield in left, aquila between two signa in background to left; very rareJoe Sermarini

ROMAN EMPIRE, Marcian, 450 - 457 A.D. Heraclea mint. AE4, 1.174 g, 10.8 mm. VF. Obv: pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, D N MARCIANVS P F AVG. Rev: monogram (RIC monogram #1) in wreath decorated with star. Ex; SMHA(off-flan). Ref: RIC 539. RARE

ROMAN EMPIRE, Septimius Severus RIC 150Septimius Severus
AR Denarius
Rome, 200 A.D.
Obv: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX - Laureate head right.
Rev: P M TR P VIII COS II PP - Victory flying left, holding open wreath over a round shield set on a low mount.
Ref: RIC 150. Cohen 457. RCV 6333. VM 109. RCV 454.

ROMAN EMPIRE, Theodosius II AE4 402-450 Constantinople (CON)Obv: ...SPFAV...
Rev: VT XXX V
RIC X 457

Roman Imperial: Vespasian as Augustus, AE As.Rome 76 A.D. 11.34g - 29.7mm, Axis 6h.

Obv: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII - Laureate head right.

Rev: S-C - Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. S-C across fields.

Ref: RIC II 894; BMCRE 725-726; Cohen 457.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli

Roman Imperial: Vespasian as Augustus, AE As. Metal detecting find which was found in the Wye Downs area, UK.Rome 76 A.D. 9.31g - 26mm, Axis 6h.

Obv: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII - Laureate head right.

Rev: S-C - Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. S-C across fields.

Ref: RIC II 894; BMCRE 725-726; Cohen 457.
Provenance: Metal detecting find which was found in the Wye Downs area, UK. Chris Scarlioli Collection.1 commentsChristian Scarlioli

Septimius Severus, Denarius, CONSECRATIOAR Denarius
Septimius Severus
Augustus: 193 - 211AD
Issued Posthumously under Caracalla: 211AD
19.61mm 3.36gr
O: DIVO SEVERO PIO; Bare head, right.
R: CONSECRATIO: Eagle standing 3/4 facing right on globe, head left, wings spread.
Rome Mint
RIC IV Caracalla 191c; RSC 84; Sear (RCV 2000) 7051; BMC Caracalla 21. Scarce: 10 Specimens in the Reka Devnia hoard.
Aorta: 892: B1, O90, R387, T45, M4.
Ancient Imports/Marc Breitsprecher Inv. #38569
10/12/17 10/17/17
Quote from Gemini Numismatic Auctions, LLC, Auction XIV, Lot 539, April 18-19, 2018, by Harlan J. Berk: “The round object in the eagle’s talons is usually called a globe, but on this specimen it has a separate outer border, so apparently represents an honorary shield.”
The globe or shield is worn on my example, but an interesting note.2 commentsNicholas Z

Severus Alexander SestertiusSeverus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius. Struck 235 AD. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PM TRP XIIII COS III PP S C, Sol walking left, holding whip.

RIC IV 541; BMCRE 964; Cohen 457.Tanit

Sextus Pompey (RSC 17, Coin #457)RSC 17, AR Denarius, Sicily, 42 - 40 BC.
Obv: MAG PIVS IMP ITER Bare head of Sextus' father, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, right between lituus and capis.
Rev: PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE MARIT S C Neptune standing left with foot on prow, between the Kataean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, with their parents on their shoulders.
Size: 19.1mm 3.30gm1 commentsMaynardGee

SPAIN - Malaca (Malaga) Ae Quadrans. 250-200 BC.Cuadrante. MALACA. Anv.: Cabeza de Vulcano a derecha con gorro redondeado, detrás tenazas y leyenda neopúnica. Rev.: Templo tetrástilo con estrella de cuatro puntas en frontón y puerta en el centro. En exergo: SMS.
AB-1740 sim.; G.G.-67 var. Antonivs Protti

Struck A.D.450 - 457. MARCIAN. AE4 of ConstantinopolisObverse: D N MARCIANVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcian facing right.
Reverse: No legend. Monogram of Marcianus surrounded by laurel-wreath, cross above; in exergue, CON.
RIC X : 545*Alex

Tetricus I, MINT I Normanby 1457 (Issue I)IMP C G P ESVVIVS TETRICVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left.
Normanby 1457.
A rare early issue with Tetricus' full nomenclature.
WeightAdrianus

Titus as Caesar RIC II V1481Titus as Caesar. 69-79 A.D. Uncertain Asian Mint (“o” mint). 76 A.D. (2.89g, 18.4mm, 6h). Obv: T CAES IMP VESP CENS, laureate head r., annulet below tip of neck. Rev: COS V, across field; eagle standing left, head right, wings half raised, on altar. VF. RIC II V1481 (R), BMC 485, RPC 1457. Ex. Harry N. Sneh Collection.

A scarce issue from the elusive “o” mint in operation for the Flavians in 76 A.D. Showing the scarcity of this issue, this same obverse die was used for the RIC plate coin for 1482, BMC pl. 17.14, and my two other Titus “o” mint coins V1485 and V1486. 2 commentsLucas H

Titus, AD 79-81AR denarius, 18.93mm (3.32 gm).

T CAES IMP VESP CENS, Laureate, right; a small 'o' is usually visible below the neck truncation / COS V, eagle standing facing on garlanded altar, wings open, head right. Mint(s) of Asia Minor (Uncertain: Ephesus?), struck AD 76, as Caesar.

RIC II.1, 1481 (R); BMCRE II, 485; RSC II, 061a; RPC II, 1457.
3 commentssocalcoins

VespasianAE As, 10.21g, Vespasian, 9-79 AD, Struck in Rome, 76 AD, Obv: Laureate head of Vespasian right, IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII; Rev: Spes standing left, flower in right, raising skirt with left, S-C. RIC 583a, Van Meter 95, Cohen 457.Molinari

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