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002a9. AugustusAugustus
AE17
Kyzikos, Mysia
16mm, 5.96 g.
Obverse: Bare bust right, no legend.
Reverse: ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ; capricorn, l., with head turned back; monogram including ΖΚ.
RPC 2245lawrence c
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002p Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), Uncertain mint of Thrace, Kings, Rhoemetalces I., RPC I 1715, AE-22, Augustus in front Capricorn, #1002p Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), Uncertain mint of Thrace, Kings, Rhoemetalces I., RPC I 1715, AE-22, Augustus in front Capricorn, #1
avers: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOY, Diademed head of Rhoemetalces I. right.
reverse: KAIΣAΡOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, Bare head of Augustus right, in front, Capricorn.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,5-22,5mm, weight: 6,86g, axes: 6h,
mint: City: Uncertain mint of Thrace, Region: Thrace, Province: Thrace, Kings: Rhoemetalces I., date: 11 B.C-12 A.D.,
ref: RPC I 1715, Youroukova 171-5, pl. XXI.,
12 Specimens
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020b Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² Titus 0357, RIC II(1962) (Titus) 0063, AR-Denarius, Rome, Two Capricornus, Large shield version!, SC, #1020b Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² Titus 0357, RIC II(1962) (Titus) 0063, AR-Denarius, Rome, Two Capricornus, Large shield version!, SC, #1
avers: DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, Laureate head right.
reverse: No legend, Shield reading SC held by two capricornii, globe below.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5-18,5mm, weight: 3,33g, axes: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 80-81 A.D., ref: RIC² (Titus) 0357, RIC II(1962) (Titus) 0063 p-123, RSC 497, BMC 129, BM-129, Paris 101,
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CapricornMACEDON. Philippi. Tiberius. Æ 18 (Semis). A.D. 14-37. Obv: TI.AVG. Bare head right; countermark on neck. Rev: Two colonists ploughing right with two oxen. Ref: BMC 89-91 (MYSIA. Parium). Axis: 360°. Weight: 4.27 g. CM: Capricorn, right (?), in circular punch, 4 mm. Howgego 301v (?). Note: The application of the capricorn, a standard type of Parium (Mysia) to which the host coin was traditionally attributed, may have indicated a devaluation of the coin. Collection Automan.Automan
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CapricornMACEDON. Philippi. Tiberius. Æ 17 (Semis). A.D. 14-37. Obv: TI.AVG. Bare head right; countermark on neck. Rev: Two colonists ploughing right with two oxen. Ref: BMC 89-91 (MYSIA. Parium). Axis: 360°. Weight: 4.91 g. CM: Capricorn right, in rectangular punch, 5 x 3-3.5 mm. Howgego 302 (2 pcs). Note: The application of the capricorn, a standard type of Parium (Mysia) to which the host coin was traditionally attributed, may have indicated a devaluation of the coin. Collection Automan.Automan
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CAPRICORN, Gallienus Legionary AntoninianusGallienus Legionary Antoninianus, 260 AD, Mediolanum.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: LEG IIXX VI P VII F, Capricorn right.
21-23 mm, 2.08 g
RIC V, Part 1, 362
The 18. Legion was destroyed with Varus and never reformed - the reverse legend is a celator error and should be XXII, Legion 22 Primagenia, which was stationed in Mogontiacum.
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Caria, Alabanda. Artemis/Capricorn Æ18Obv: ΑΡΤƐΜΙϹ / draped bust of Artemis wearing kalathos, r.; to r., bow.
Rev: ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔƐΩΝ (facing outward) / capricorn, r.; above, cornucopia.
RPC IV.2, 2410 (temporary)ancientone
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Crawford 544/29, Marc Antony, for Legio XIV, Denarius, 32-31 BC.Marc Antony, for Legio XIV (Gemina Martia Victrix), Patras mint (?), 32-31 BC.,
Denarius (16-17 mm / 3,63 g),
Obv.: above: [AN]T AVG , below: [III VI]R R P C , under oar right, filleted scepter or mast with fluttering banners on prow.
Rev.: LEG - XIV , Aquila (legionary eagle) between two military standards.
Crawf. 544/29 ; Bab. (Antonia) 123 ; BMC 208 ; Sear 369 ; Syd. 1234 .
Die Legio XIV wurde 41 v. Chr. von Augustus aufgestellt. Sie war seit 9 n. Chr. in Moguntiacum (Mainz) stationiert und kämpfte später unter Claudius in Britannien, wo sie 60 oder 61 n. Chr. half, Boudicca niederzuwerfen. Später war die Legion u. a. in Vindobona (Wien) und Carnuntum stationiert. Sie war an den Usurpationen des Saturninus und Regalianus beteiligt.
Legio XIV Gemina Martia Victrix was a legion of the Roman Empire, levied by Octavian after 41 BC. The cognomen Gemina (twin in Latin) suggests that the legion resulted from fusion of two previous ones, one of them possibly being the Fourteenth legion that fought in the Battle of Alesia. Martia Victrix (martial victory) were cognomens added by Nero following the victory over Boudica. The emblem of the legion was the Capricorn, as with many of the legions levied by Augustus.
Invasion of Britain
Stationed in Moguntiacum, Germania Superior, since AD 9, XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix was one of four legions used by Aulus Plautius and Claudius in the Roman invasion of Britain in 43, and took part in the defeat of Boudicca in 60 or 61. In 68 it was stationed in Gallia Narbonensis.
Rebellion on the Rhine
In 89 the governor of Germania Superior, Lucius Antonius Saturninus, rebelled against Domitian, with the support of the XIVth and of the XXI Rapax, but the revolt was suppressed.
Pannonian defense
When the XXIst legion was lost, in 92, XIIII Gemina was sent in Pannonia to substitute it, camping in Vindobona (Vienna). After a war with the Sarmatians and Trajan's Dacian Wars (101-106), the legion was moved to Carnuntum, where it stayed for three centuries. Some subunits of Fourteenth fought in the wars against the Mauri, under Antoninus Pius, and the legion participated to the Parthian campaign of Emperor Lucius Verus. During his war against the Marcomanni, Emperor Marcus Aurelius based his headquarters in Carnuntum.
In support of Septimius Severus
In 193, after the death of Pertinax, the commander of the Fourteenth, Septimius Severus, was acclaimed emperor by the Pannonian legions, and above all by his own. XIIII Gemina fought for its emperor in his march to Rome to attack usurper Didius Julianus (193), contributed to the defeat of the usurper Pescennius Niger (194), and probably fought in the Parthian campaign that ended with the sack of the capital of the empire, Ctesiphon (198).
In support of imperial candidates
In the turmoil following the defeat of Valerian, tXIIII Gemina supported usurper Regalianus against Emperor Gallienus (260), then Gallienus against Postumus of the Gallic empire (earning the title VI Pia VI Fidelis — "six times faithful, six times loyal"), and, after Gallienus death, Gallic Emperor Victorinus (269-271).
5th century
At the beginning of the 5th century, XIIII Gemina still stayed at Carnuntum. It probably dissolved with the collapse of the Danube frontier in 430s. The Notitia Dignitatum lists a Quartodecimani comitatensis unit under the Magister Militum per Thracias; it is possible that this unit is XIV Gemina.
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G., Thrace, Kings, Rhoemetalces I. (King of Thrace), with Augustus (Circa 11 BC-AD 12), 002p Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), Uncertain mint of Thrace, Kings, Rhoemetalces I., RPC I 1715, AE-22, Augustus in front Capricorn, #1Thrace, Kings, Rhoemetalces I. (King of Thrace), with Augustus (Circa 11 BC-AD 12), 002p Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), Uncertain mint of Thrace, Kings, Rhoemetalces I., RPC I 1715, AE-22, Augustus in front Capricorn, #1
avers: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOY, Diademed head of Rhoemetalces I. right.
reverse: KAIΣAΡOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, Bare head of Augustus right, in front, Capricorn.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,5-22,5mm, weight: 6,86g, axes: 6h,
mint: City: Uncertain mint of Thrace, Region: Thrace, Province: Thrace, Kings: Rhoemetalces I., date: 11 B.C-12 A.D.,
ref: RPC I 1715, Youroukova 171-5, pl. XXI.,
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GALLIENVS AVG / NEPTVNO CONS AVG hippocamp antoninianus (close to 267-268 A.D.) "Zoo" series Obv.: [GALLIEN]VS AVG, radiate bare? bust of Gallienus right, [one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulder?]
Rev.: [NEPTVNO CO]NS AVG, hippocamp right. V (?) in exergue.
d16-mm, 1.62g, die axis 6h (coin alignment), material: bronze/copper-based alloy supposedly with some silver.
Authority and portrait: Gallienus (joint reign 253-, sole reign 260-268). Mint: Rome.
AVG = Augustus; NEPTVNO CONS[ervatori] AVG[usti]= to Neptune the Protector of the Augustus.
"Zoo" coins: a significant fraction of Gallienus radiates was issued very near the end of his reign to honor nine Roman deities, asking for their protection. Their reverses depict various animals and thus are known as "zoo" coins. Hippocamp, a sea horse, mythical half-horse, half-fish (from ἵππος, "horse" and κάμπος, "sea monster") (or capricorn, a sea goat) is a sacred animal of Neptune. V may mean officina 5, but usually officina 5 is designated as ϵ in this coin series.
Seems RIC V-1 245; RSC 667; Sear 10292. RIC 245 has some variations, notably capricorn instead of hippocamp, also emperor's bust bare/draped/cuirassed, creature left or right, and so on. The size is typically more than 20mm, small types are rare and, as we can see in this example, the small flan is way too small for the design.
Note that as often with Rome mint some letters are made of separate lines and thus sometimes V = II, N = ΛI or III, M = IIII etc.
ID notes: Firstly the creature had to be identified. A horse head and a fin behind the front legs point towards hippocamp: criocamp would have had ram's horns and capricorn – goat's head with long pair of horns. Criocamp would be the animal of Mercury and then the type would be RIC 242. There seems to be no space to accommodate IMP in the obverse legend, otherwise it would have been RIC 244. Officina is a bit of a mystery, for these types it is typically A, N or H, rarely Ï‚, but what we see in this coin does not look like any of those.Yurii P
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Philip I AR Antoninianus - ' B ' in field ' TRANQUILLITAS AUGG ' - Rome MintRoman Empire
Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD) AR Antoninianus.
Rome Mint, Struck 247 - 249 AD.
obv: IMP PHILIPPUS AUG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: TRANQUILLITAS AUGG - Tranquillitas standing facing left and holding a capricorn and a sceptre.
'B' in left field.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus - ' B ' in field ' TRANQUILLITAS AUGG ' - Rome MintRoman Empire
Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD) AR Antoninianus.
Rome Mint, Struck 247 - 249 AD.
obv: IMP PHILIPPUS AUG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: TRANQUILLITAS AUGG - Tranquillitas standing facing left and holding a capricorn and a sceptre.
'B' in left field.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus - ' B ' in field ' TRANQUILLITAS AUGG ' - Rome MintRoman Empire
Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD) AR Antoninianus.
Rome Mint, Struck 247 - 249 AD.
obv: IMP PHILIPPUS AUG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: TRANQUILLITAS AUGG - Tranquillitas standing facing left and holding a capricorn and a sceptre.
'B' in left field.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus - ' B ' in field ' TRANQUILLITAS AUGG ' - Rome MintRoman Empire
Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD) AR Antoninianus.
Rome Mint, Struck 247 - 249 AD.
obv: IMP PHILIPPUS AUG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: TRANQUILLITAS AUGG - Tranquillitas standing facing left and holding a capricorn and a sceptre.
'B' in left field.
3.2 Grams
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Philip I AR Antoninianus - ' B ' in field ' TRANQUILLITAS AUGG ' - Rome Mint Roman Empire
Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD) AR Antoninianus.
Rome Mint, Struck 247 - 249 AD.
obv: IMP PHILIPPUS AUG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: TRANQUILLITAS AUGG - Tranquillitas standing facing left and holding a capricorn and a sceptre.
'B' in left field.
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TEMPLE, Philip II, AE27, B.M.C.29, Zeugma, CommagenePhilip II
As Augustus, 247-249 A.D.
Coin: AE27
Obverse: AVTOK K M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Seen from behind. Countermark on face.
Reverse: ZEVΓM-A TEΩN, A Tetrastyle temple, with a statue of Zeus Kataibates within it and a Peribolos containing a sacred Grove. Capricorn, to the left in exergue.
Weight: 15.08 g, Diameter: 27 x 26.2 x 3 mm, Die axis: 340°, Mint: Zeugma, Commagene, Reference: B.M.C.29Constantine IV
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Titus RIC II 0037Titus. 79-81 A.D. Rome Mint. 79 A.D. after 1 July. (3.16g, 18.6mm, 6h). Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM, laureate head right. Rev: TRP VIIII IMP XV COS VII PP, Capricorn left; below, globe. EF. RIC II 37 (R), BMC 35, RSC 294. Ex. Harry N. Sneh Collection.
With full legends this is a decent example of a scarce type. This reverse was used by Vespasian and copies an earlier issue of Augustus. Lucas H
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Titus RIC II 0038Titus. 79-81 A.D. Rome Mint. 79 A.D. after 1 July. (3.29g, 18.6mm, 6h). Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left. Rev: TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VCII P P, Capricorn left; below, globe. About VF. RIC II 38 (R2). Ex. Harry N. Sneh collection.
An exceedingly rare left facing bust of this already scarce type. Showing the limited number of dies for this issue, this example is a die match for the RIC plate coin, David Atherton’s example, and an obverse die match for the Wild Winds example. This type is lacking in many of the major museum collections.Lucas H
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