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ELAGABALUS
Ae 28 Marcianopolis
28.1 mm, 11.6 grams
OBV: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
REV: Nemesis standing left holding scales and sceptre, wheel at feet.
Varbanov 1582
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1 Gordian IIIGordian III
AE of Nicea
O: M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, Radiate, draped bust r.
R: N-IK-AI-E, WN in ex., three standards
Nemesis 9704Sosius
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1 Gordian III, Moushmov 2728GORDIAN III
AE25 (7.52g) Hadrianopolis Mint
238-244 AD
O: Laureate and draped bust r.
R: Nemesis stg. l. with rod and cornucopia; at feet, wheel
Moushmov 2728
aVF
Sosius
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29 ElagabalusELAGABALUS
AE 30 Pentassarion. Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Legate: Julius Antonius Seleucus,
AVT K M AVRHLIOC ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. / VP IOVL ANT CELEUKOU MARKIANOPOLITWN, Nemesis-Aequitas st. l., holding scales and parazonium, wheel at foot.
Moushmov 644; Varbanov 1578Sosius
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(0177) COMMODUS--PHILIPPOPOLIS177 - 192 AD
AE 20 mm 4.7 g
O: Laureate, draped bust right
R: She-wolf, right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus
Philippopolislaney
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(0193) JULIA DOMNA(wife of Septimius Severus; mother of emperors Geta and Caracalla)
JULIA DOMNA
193 - 217 AD
AE 23 mm 6.90 g
O: BUST R
R: NEMESIS "PROPER" STANDING LEFT, LIFTING HER GARMENT OVER HER SHOULDER, A SHORT SCEPTER ON LEFT ARM, WHEEL BELOW (ETHNIC MISSPELLED)
NIKOPOLIS
RARE
(Probably pre-dates Gallus and coincides with the two years when Caracalla was Caesar)
laney
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(0193) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS193 - 211 AD
AE 26 mm; 9.5 g
O: AVK L CEP CEVHROC laureate draped bust right
R: Y FL OYLPIANRIANOY MARKIANOPOLITWN eagle standing head right with wreath in beak
Markianopolis, Moushmov 389
laney
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(0193) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS193 - 211 AD
AE 17 mm, 3.11 g
O: AV KAI CE CEYHPOC, laureate head right
R: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cubit-rule.
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum; cf Varbanov 2525. Rare.laney
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(0217) DIADUMENIAN217 - 218 AD
AE 25.5 mm; 11.37 g
O: Bare head right
R: Nemesis (or Aequitas) standing left, holding scales and arshin (cubit rule, baton)
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum; AMNG 1859
d.s.laney
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(0217) MACRINUS and DIADUMENIAN217-218 AD
AE pentassarion 26 mm; 10.86 g
O: AYT K OΠEΛ CEVH MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC Confronted heads of laureate Macrinus right and bare-headed Diadumenian left.
R: VΠ AΓPIΠΠOY MAPKIANOΠOLEITΩN Nemesis-Dikaiosyne standing left, scales held out in right hand in front, cornucopia in left arm behind, wheel at feet in front. E in lower left field.
Markianopolis in Moesia Inferior; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 6.24.35.7
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218-222 AD
Struck under Antonius Seleucus
AE 26 mm, 10.49 g
O: AVT KM AVRHLIOC - ANTWNEINOC Draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
R: VP.IOVL.ANT.CEL - EVKOV MARKIANOP / OLITWN Nemesis in long double chiton , standing with facing head left, holding
club in left arm and pulling garment from right shoulder; wheel at her feet, left
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis
(note column of strange indentations along Nemesis' right leg)
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(0222) SEVERUS ALEXANDER222-235 AD
AE 26 mm; 10.52 g
struck under governor Tib. Iulius Festus
O: AVT KM AVR CEVH - ALEZANDROC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
R: VP TIB IOVL FHCTOV MARKIANOPOLITWN (WN ligate Aequitas standing left holding cornucopiae and scales
Markianopolis; cf AMNG I/1, 1003; Varbanov (engl.) 1769; Hristova/Jekov (2014) No. 6.32.35.16 d); Pfeiffer 532laney
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(0238) GORDIAN III238 - 244 AD
AE 30 mm max. 11.18 g
O: AYT K M ANT GORDIANOC, Laureate draped bust right
R: MHTROP[ONTO]Y TOMEWC, Winged Nemesis standing left, holding scepter and bridle, wheel before
Thrace, Tomis
Varbanov (Engl.) 5624
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(0238) GORDIAN III238 - 244
AE 26 mm; 10.01 g
O: AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC AV, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
R: ADRIANOPOLEITWN, Nemesis-Aequitas standing left with scales and cubit rod.
Thrace, Hadrianopolis; Moushmov 2726. No.3259
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(0238) GORDIAN III238 - 244 AD
AE 26 mm; 8.30 g
O: Laureate draped bust right
R: Nemesis standing left, holding rod and bridle; wheel at feet on left
Thrace, Hadrianopolis; Varbanov (engl.) 4066 (cites Jurukova Hadrianopolis 1987, No. 613)laney
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(0238) GORDIAN III(0238) GORDIAN III
238 - 244 AD
AE 23 mm 7.1 g
O: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Radiate, draped bust right
R: COL F L PAC DEVLT She-wolf, right, suckling twins DEVLT in exe.
Deultumlaney
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(0244) PHILIP I (THE ARAB)244-249 AD
AE 21.5 mm, 6.78 g
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right.
COL F L PAC DEVLT, Nemesis standing left holding scales
and staff, wheel at foot.
Thrace, Dueltum
Moushmov 3779.laney
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(0268) VICTORINUS268 - 270 AD
AE 17 mm; 2.1 g
O: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG radiate cuirassed bust right
R: AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopialaney
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(05) CLAUDIUS41-54 AD (struck 41/2)
AR Denarius 3.50 g
O: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P, laureate head right
R: PACI AVGVSTAE, Nemesis walking right, holding caduceus, serpent before.
RIC 10 (R3); RSC 51
(ex Forman collection)laney
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021a11. CommodusAE 16mm, 2.48 g. Antioch ad Meandrum, Caria. Obv: Laureate head of Commodus right. Rev: ANTIOXEWN, winged nemesis standing left, hand to mouth. Uncertain reference number.lawrence c
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032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0282, Rome, AR-Denarius, VICTORIA AVG, Victory (or Nemesis) advancing right,032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0282, Rome, AR-Denarius, VICTORIA AVG, Victory (or Nemesis) advancing right,
avers:-HADRIANVS-AVG-COS-III-P-P, Laureate head right.
revers:-VICTO-RIA-AVG, Victory (or Nemesis) advancing right, drawing out neck of robe, and pointing downward with branch.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 18mm, weight: 3,37g, axes: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 134-138 A.D., ref: RIC II 282, RSC 1454, BMC 757
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04 ClaudiusClaudius. 41-54 AD. AR Denarius. Struck 51-52 AD. TI CLAUD CAESAR AVG P M TR P XI IMP P P COS V, laureate head right / PACI AVGVSTAE, Nemesis walking right holding caduceus, preceded by a serpent. RSC 68. Weight 3.74 g. Die Axis 5 hr.mix_val
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049p Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HrHJ (2012) 08.14.36.13, AE-17, NIKOΠOΛI T ΠPOCTPO, Concordia standing left, #1049p Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HrHJ (2012) 08.14.36.13, AE-17, NIKOΠOΛI T ΠPOCTPO, Concordia standing left, #1
avers: AV KAI CE CEVHPOC, Laureate head right.
revers: NIKOΠOΛI T ΠPOCTPO, Concordia standing left wearing kalathos, holding left arm cornucopia and patera in the right hand.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 16,5-18mm, weight: 3,05g, axes: 7h,
mint: Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, date: 193-211 A.D.,
ref: HrHJ (2012) 08.14.36.13, p-119, PB 1397, HM 963,
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05 Claudius RIC I 58Claudius 41-54 A.D. AR Denarius. Rome Mint 50-51 A.D. (3.58g, 18.4mm, 8h). Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P X PP IMP XVIII, laureate head right. Rev: PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding winged caduceus pointed at snake. RIC I 58, RSC 66a. Ex CNG 258, Lot: 348.
Claudius was a capable, yet unlikely emperor. Shunned as an idiot by his family due to a limp and embarrassing stutter. After Caligula's murder the Praetorian Guard proclaimed him emperor. He governed well and conquered the troublesome island of Britain. He was poisoned by his second wife, mother of Nero. It was very difficult for me to find a denarius of Claudius, and I love this reverse.Lucas H
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050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Thrace, Serdica, AE-23, CEPΔΩN, Nemesis, #1050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Thrace, Serdica, Notlisted, AE-23, CEPΔΩN, Nemesis, #1
avers: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA • CEBA, Draped bust right.
revers: CEP ΔΩN, Nemesis (??) holding scale and cornucopia, wheel at feet.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 23-24mm, weight: 7,45g, axis: 7h,
mint: Thrace, Serdica, date: 170-217 A.D.,
ref: ??? Not listed ?!?
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066 - Caracalla, AE26, Markianopolis, NemesisAE26 (5 Assarion)
Obv:– ANTWNINOC AVGOVCTOC IOVLIA DOMNA, Confronted busts of Caracalla and Julia Domna
Rev: VP KVNTILIANOV MARKIANOPOLITWN, Nemesis standing left, holding scales and short torch (arshin), wheel at side. E in field
Minted in MARKIANOPOLIS (Moesia Inferior).
The following information comes courtesy of Patricia Lawrence:-
“...I can't just cite Pick. When she holds the scales as well as the goad and has the wheel, it is fair to call her Nemesis-Aequitas. But yours is a plain, straightforward Nemesis. No holding of the cloth of her dress, no griffin by her wheel (Pick 676), which I'd call fancy Nemesis, and no scales of Aequitas (Dikaiosyne) in outstretched right hand (Pick 677). Nor did I identify it in Varbanov's list. If he'd seen it in a regional collection or in a recent auction catalogue, it would be there......just cite "cf. AMNG I, 1, no. 677 (which also has scales)".”maridvnvm
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069 - Macrinus - AE27, Nicopolis ad IstrumAE27
Obv:- AYT K M OPELLI CEV MAKRINOC AYG, laureate head right
Rev:- VP KTA LONGINOV NIKOPOLITWN PROC IC, Aequitas/Dikaiosyne standing right, holding scales and cornucopiae; wheel before (note mixed attribute with Nemesis)
Minted in Nicopolis ad Istrum. Magistrate Statius Longinus
References:- AMNG I/1, 1772, not in Varbanov (engl.), Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.23.35.17maridvnvm
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071 - Elagabalus, AE26, Markianopolis, NemesisAE26 (5 Assarion)
Obv:– AVT K M AVPH ANTWNEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus facing right
Rev:– VP CEPG TITIANOY MARKIANOPOLITWN, Nemesis standing, holding scales and scepter
Minted in Marcianopolis, Thrace
Reference:– I was given the attribution of Pick 839var.
Any help with an accurate attribution welcome.maridvnvm
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072p Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HrHJ 08.36.35.10, AE-27, VΠ CAB MOΔECTOV NIKOΠOΛEIT(ΩN) (ΠP)OC-I C/T/P/O N, Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, #1072p Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HrHJ 08.36.35.10, AE-27, VΠ CAB MOΔECTOV NIKOΠOΛEIT(ΩN) (ΠP)OC-I C/T/P/O N, Nemesis-Aequitas standing left, #1
avers:- AVT•K•Μ•ΑΝΤΩ-ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the rear.
revers:- VΠ-CAB-MOΔECTOV-NI-KOΠOΛEIT(ΩN)-(ΠP)OC-I_C/T/P/O_N, Nemesis-Aequitas holding a staff in left arm and in right-hand scales, at her feet the wheel.
exe: -/C/T/P/O//N, diameter: 27mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus 241-244 A.D., date: 241-244 A.D., ref: Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov 08.36.35.10,
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072p Gordianus-III. and Tranquillina (238-244 A.D.), Thrace, Odessos, Varb-4584v, AE-26, ΟΔΕCCΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis,072p Gordianus-III. and Tranquillina (238-244 A.D.), Thrace, Odessos, Varb-4584v, AE-26, ΟΔΕCCΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis,
avers:- AVT-K-M-ANT-ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC-ΑVΓ-CΕ-ΤRANKVΛΛEIN, Lar., dr. and cuir. bust of Gordian-III r., facing diad. and dr. bust of Tranquillina l.
revers:- ΟΔΕC-CΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis stg.l. holding rod and ribbon, wheel at feet, E in the left field.
exe: E/-//--, diameter: 26mm, weight: 10,21g, axis:7h,
mint: Thrace, Odessos, date: ?, ref: Varb-4584v-"A"legend" avers ! R3!
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072p Gordianus-III. and Tranquillina (238-244 A.D.), Thrace, Odessos, Varb-4588v, AE-26, ΟΔΕCCΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis,072p Gordianus-III. and Tranquillina (238-244 A.D.), Thrace, Odessos, Varb-4588v, AE-26, ΟΔΕCCΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis,
avers:- AVT-K-M-ANT-ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC-ΑVΓ-CΕ-ΤRANKVΛΛEIN, Lar., dr. and cuir. bust of Gordian-III r., facing diad. and dr. bust of Tranquillina l.
revers:- ΟΔΕCC-ΕΙΤΩΝ, Nemesis stg.l. holding cubit-rule and cornucopia, wheel at feet, E in the left field.
Exe: E/-//--, diameter: 27mm, weight: 13,51g, axis:1h,
mint: Thrace, Odessos, date: ? , ref: Varb-4588v-"A"legend" avers ! R4!
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074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Thrace, Deultum, Varbanov II. 3012, AE-23, COL F L PAC DEVLT, Nemesis standing left, 074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Thrace, Deultum, Varbanov II. 3012, AE-23, COL F L PAC DEVLT, Nemesis standing left,
avers: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: COL F L PAC DEVLT, Nemesis standing left, holding cubit-rule and cornucopia, wheel at her feet.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 23,0-24,0 mm, weight: 8,03 g, axis:7h,
mint: Thrace, Deultum, date: A.D., ref: Varbanov II. 3012,
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075p Otacilia Severa (? - 249? A.D.), Trache, Deultum, Varbanov II. 3072, AE-22, COL F L PAC DEVLT, Nemesis standing left,075p Otacilia Severa (? - 249? A.D.), Trache, Deultum, Varbanov II. 3072, AE-22, COL F L PAC DEVLT, Nemesis standing left,
avers: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed draped bust right.
reverse: COL F L PAC DEVLT, Nemesis standing left, holding cubit-rule and bridle, wheel at her feet.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 22 mm, weight: 7,38 g, axis:7h,
mint: Thrace, Deultum, date: A.D., ref: Varbanov II. 3072,
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092 - Phillip II, AE26, Mesembria, NemesisAE26
Obv:– MAP IOVΛIOΣ ΦIΛΛIÎ OI KAICA/P, Confronted busts of Philip II and Serapis
Rev:– MECAMBPIANΩN, Nemesis standing left, holding rod and bridle; wheel at side
Minted in Thrace, Mesembria
Reference:– Varbanov II (Bulg.) no. 2689maridvnvm
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098-217 AD - HIERAPOLIS (Phrygia) AE18 obv: - (bare head of Hercules)
rev: IERAPO-LITWN (winged Nemesis standing left, holding bridle, within dotted border)
ref: SNG Cop. 422. Weber, Hierapolis 142, 8
4.43gms, 18mm
Rare
Hierapolis can mean "sacred city", because of the several temples. The city was devastated by an earthquake which took place in 17 A.D. during the reign of Tiberius. In 60 AD, during the rule of emperor Nero, an even more severe earthquake left the city completely in ruins. Afterwards the city was rebuilt in Roman style with the financial support from the emperor. Hierapolis was visited by the Emperor Hadrian in 129 A.D., the Emperor Caracalla in 215 and the Emperor Valens in 370.
On obverse is a typical Hercules head, compare to my CORNELIA 58 denarius.
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117-138 AD - HADRIAN AE sestertius - struck 134-138 ADobv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP (laureate head right)
rev: - (Nemesis standing right, holding fold of dress with right hand and branch pointed downward in left), S-C across field
ref: RIC II 779b (S), C.1372 (12frcs), BMCRE 1549
mint: Rome
20.57gms, 30mm
Scarce
A nice and scarce Hadrian bronze. This coin shows the original condition with original patina, there’s no corrections or special matters for sharping, and better in hand than the picture allows.berserker
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14 Hadrian RIC 282Hadrian 117-138 AD. AR Denarius. Rome Mint. 134-138 AD. (3.45g; 17mm) Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Laureate head right. Rev: VICTORIA AVG, Victory (Nemesis) advancing right, drawing drapery and holding branch.
RIC 282; RSC 1454; BMC 757
Ex: PecunemPaddy
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1409a, Julian II "the Philosopher," February 360 - 26 June 363 A.D.Julian II, A.D. 360-363; RIC 167; VF; 2.7g, 20mm; Constantinople mint; Obverse: DN FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, helmeted & cuirassed bust right, holding spear & shield; Reverse: VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; CONSPB in exergue; Attractive green patina. Ex Nemesis.
De Imperatoribus Romanis,
An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Julian the Apostate (360-363 A.D.)
Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Michael DiMaio, Jr., Salve Regina University
Introduction
The emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus reigned from 360 to 26 June 363, when he was killed fighting against the Persians. Despite his short rule, his emperorship was pivotal in the development of the history of the later Roman empire. This essay is not meant to be a comprehensive look at the various issues central to the reign of Julian and the history of the later empire. Rather, this short work is meant to be a brief history and introduction for the general reader. Julian was the last direct descendent of the Constantinian line to ascend to the purple, and it is one of history's great ironies that he was the last non-Christian emperor. As such, he has been vilified by most Christian sources, beginning with John Chrysostom and Gregory Nazianzus in the later fourth century. This tradition was picked up by the fifth century Eusebian continuators Sozomen, Socrates Scholasticus, and Theodoret and passed on to scholars down through the 20th century. Most contemporary sources, however, paint a much more balanced picture of Julian and his reign. The adoption of Christianity by emperors and society, while still a vital concern, was but one of several issues that concerned Julian.
It is fortunate that extensive writings from Julian himself exist, which help interpret his reign in the light of contemporary evidence. Still extant are some letters, several panegyrics, and a few satires. Other contemporary sources include the soldier Ammianus Marcellinus' history, correspondence between Julian and Libanius of Antioch, several panegyrics, laws from the Theodosian Code, inscriptions, and coinage. These sources show Julian's emphasis on restoration. He saw himself as the restorer of the traditional values of Roman society. Of course much of this was rhetoric, meant to defend Julian against charges that he was a usurper. At the same time this theme of restoration was central to all emperors of the fourth century. Julian thought that he was the one emperor who could regain what was viewed as the lost glory of the Roman empire. To achieve this goal he courted select groups of social elites to get across his message of restoration. This was the way that emperors functioned in the fourth century. By choosing whom to include in the sharing of power, they sought to shape society.
Early Life
Julian was born at Constantinople in 331. His father was Julius Constantius, half-brother of the emperor Constantine through Constantius Chlorus, and his mother was Basilina, Julius' second wife. Julian had two half-brothers via Julius' first marriage. One of these was Gallus, who played a major role in Julian's life. Julian appeared destined for a bright future via his father's connection to the Constantinian house. After many years of tense relations with his three half-brothers, Constantine seemed to have welcomed them into the fold of the imperial family. From 333 to 335, Constantine conferred a series of honors upon his three half-siblings, including appointing Julius Constantius as one of the consuls for 335. Julian's mother was equally distinguished. Ammianus related that she was from a noble family. This is supported by Libanius, who claimed that she was the daughter of Julius Julianus, a Praetorian Prefect under Licinius, who was such a model of administrative virtue that he was pardoned and honored by Constantine.
Despite the fact that his mother died shortly after giving birth to him, Julian experienced an idyllic early childhood. This ended when Constantius II conducted a purge of many of his relatives shortly after Constantine's death in 337, particularly targeting the families of Constantine's half-brothers. ulian and Gallus were spared, probably due to their young age. Julian was put under the care of Mardonius, a Scythian eunuch who had tutored his mother, in 339, and was raised in the Greek philosophical tradition, and probably lived in Nicomedia. Ammianus also supplied the fact that while in Nicomedia, Julian was cared for by the local bishop Eusebius, of whom the future emperor was a distant relation. Julian was educated by some of the most famous names in grammar and rhetoric in the Greek world at that time, including Nicocles and Hecebolius. In 344 Constantius II sent Julian and Gallus to Macellum in Cappadocia, where they remained for six years. In 351, Gallus was made Caesar by Constantius II and Julian was allowed to return to Nicomedia, where he studied under Aedesius, Eusebius, and Chrysanthius, all famed philosophers, and was exposed to the Neo-Platonism that would become such a prominent part of his life. But Julian was most proud of the time he spent studying under Maximus of Ephesus, a noted Neo-Platonic philospher and theurgist. It was Maximus who completed Julian's full-scale conversion to Neo-Platonism. Later, when he was Caesar, Julian told of how he put letters from this philosopher under his pillows so that he would continue to absorb wisdom while he slept, and while campaigning on the Rhine, he sent his speeches to Maximus for approval before letting others hear them. When Gallus was executed in 354 for treason by Constantius II, Julian was summoned to Italy and essentially kept under house arrest at Comum, near Milan, for seven months before Constantius' wife Eusebia convinced the emperor that Julian posed no threat. This allowed Julian to return to Greece and continue his life as a scholar where he studied under the Neo-Platonist Priscus. Julian's life of scholarly pursuit, however, ended abruptly when he was summoned to the imperial court and made Caesar by Constantius II on 6 November 355.
Julian as Caesar
Constantius II realized an essential truth of the empire that had been evident since the time of the Tetrarchy--the empire was too big to be ruled effectively by one man. Julian was pressed into service as Caesar, or subordinate emperor, because an imperial presence was needed in the west, in particular in the Gallic provinces. Julian, due to the emperor's earlier purges, was the only viable candidate of the imperial family left who could act as Caesar. Constantius enjoined Julian with the task of restoring order along the Rhine frontier. A few days after he was made Caesar, Julian was married to Constantius' sister Helena in order to cement the alliance between the two men. On 1 December 355, Julian journeyed north, and in Augusta Taurinorum he learned that Alamannic raiders had destroyed Colonia Agrippina. He then proceeded to Vienne where he spent the winter. At Vienne, he learned that Augustudunum was also under siege, but was being held by a veteran garrison. He made this his first priority, and arrived there on 24 June 356. When he had assured himself that the city was in no immediate danger, he journeyed to Augusta Treverorum via Autessioduram, and from there to Durocortorum where he rendezvoused with his army. Julian had the army stage a series of punitive strikes around the Dieuse region, and then he moved them towards the Argentoratum/Mongontiacum region when word of barbarian incursions reached him.
From there, Julian moved on to Colonia Agrippina, and negotiated a peace with the local barbarian leaders who had assaulted the city. He then wintered at Senonae. He spent the early part of the campaigning season of 357 fighting off besiegers at Senonae, and then conducting operations around Lugdunum and Tres Tabernae. Later that summer, he encountered his watershed moment as a military general. Ammianus went into great detail about Julian's victory over seven rogue Alamannic chieftains near Argentoratum, and Julian himself bragged about it in his later writing. After this battle, the soldiers acclaimed Julian Augustus, but he rejected this title. After mounting a series of follow-up raids into Alamannic territory, he retired to winter quarters at Lutetia, and on the way defeated some Frankish raiders in the Mosa region. Julian considered this campaign one of the major events of his time as Caesar.
Julian began his 358 military campaigns early, hoping to catch the barbarians by surprise. His first target was the Franks in the northern Rhine region. He then proceeded to restore some forts in the Mosa region, but his soldiers threatened to mutiny because they were on short rations and had not been paid their donative since Julian had become Caesar. After he soothed his soldiers, Julian spent the rest of the summer negotiating a peace with various Alamannic leaders in the mid and lower Rhine areas, and retired to winter quarters at Lutetia. In 359, he prepared once again to carry out a series of punitive expeditions against the Alamanni in the Rhine region who were still hostile to the Roman presence. In preparation, the Caesar repopulated seven previously destroyed cities and set them up as supply bases and staging areas. This was done with the help of the people with whom Julian had negotiated a peace the year before. Julian then had a detachment of lightly armed soldiers cross the Rhine near Mogontiacum and conduct a guerilla strike against several chieftains. As a result of these campaigns, Julian was able to negotiate a peace with all but a handful of the Alamannic leaders, and he retired to winter quarters at Lutetia.
Of course, Julian did more than act as a general during his time as Caesar. According to Ammianus, Julian was an able administrator who took steps to correct the injustices of Constantius' appointees. Ammianus related the story of how Julian prevented Florentius, the Praetorian Prefect of Gaul, from raising taxes, and also how Julian actually took over as governor for the province of Belgica Secunda. Hilary, bishop of Poitiers, supported Ammianus' basic assessment of Julian in this regard when he reported that Julian was an able representative of the emperor to the Gallic provincials. There is also epigraphic evidence to support Julian's popularity amongst the provincial elites. An inscription found near Beneventum in Apulia reads:
"To Flavius Claudius Julianus, most noble and sanctified Caesar, from the caring Tocius Maximus, vir clarissimus, for the care of the res publica from Beneventum".
Tocius Maximus, as a vir clarissimus, was at the highest point in the social spectrum and was a leader in his local community. This inscription shows that Julian was successful in establishing a positive image amongst provincial elites while he was Caesar.
Julian Augustus
In early 360, Constantius, driven by jealousy of Julian's success, stripped Julian of many troops and officers, ostensibly because the emperor needed them for his upcoming campaign against the Persians. One of the legions ordered east, the Petulantes, did not want to leave Gaul because the majority of the soldiers in the unit were from this region. As a result they mutinied and hailed Julian as Augustus at Lutetia. Julian refused this acclamation as he had done at Argentoratum earlier, but the soldiers would have none of his denial. They raised him on a shield and adorned him with a neck chain, which had formerly been the possession of the standard-bearer of the Petulantes and symbolized a royal diadem. Julian appeared reluctantly to acquiesce to their wishes, and promised a generous donative. The exact date of his acclamation is unknown, but most scholars put it in February or March. Julian himself supported Ammianus' picture of a jealous Constantius. In his Letter to the Athenians, a document constructed to answer charges that he was a usurper, Julian stated that from the start he, as Caesar, had been meant as a figurehead to the soldiers and provincials. The real power he claimed lay with the generals and officials already present in Gaul. In fact, according to Julian, the generals were charged with watching him as much as the enemy. His account of the actual acclamation closely followed what Ammianus told us, but he stressed even more his reluctance to take power. Julian claimed that he did so only after praying to Zeus for guidance.
Fearing the reaction of Constantius, Julian sent a letter to his fellow emperor justifying the events at Lutetia and trying to arrange a peaceful solution. This letter berated Constantius for forcing the troops in Gaul into an untenable situation. Ammianus stated that Julian's letter blamed Constantius' decision to transfer Gallic legions east as the reason for the soldiers' rebellion. Julian once again asserted that he was an unwilling participant who was only following the desire of the soldiers. In both of these basic accounts Ammianus and Julian are playing upon the theme of restoration. Implicit in their version of Julian's acclamation is the argument that Constantius was unfit to rule. The soldiers were the vehicle of the gods' will. The Letter to the Athenians is full of references to the fact that Julian was assuming the mantle of Augustus at the instigation of the gods. Ammianus summed up this position nicely when he related the story of how, when Julian was agonizing over whether to accept the soldiers' acclamation, he had a dream in which he was visited by the Genius (guardian spirit) of the Roman state. The Genius told Julian that it had often tried to bestow high honors upon Julian but had been rebuffed. Now, the Genius went on to say, was Julian's final chance to take the power that was rightfully his. If the Caesar refused this chance, the Genius would depart forever, and both Julian and the state would rue Julian's rejection. Julian himself wrote a letter to his friend Maximus of Ephesus in November of 361 detailing his thoughts on his proclamation. In this letter, Julian stated that the soldiers proclaimed him Augustus against his will. Julian, however, defended his accession, saying that the gods willed it and that he had treated his enemies with clemency and justice. He went on to say that he led the troops in propitiating the traditional deities, because the gods commanded him to return to the traditional rites, and would reward him if he fulfilled this duty.
During 360 an uneasy peace simmered between the two emperors. Julian spent the 360 campaigning season continuing his efforts to restore order along the Rhine, while Constantius continued operations against the Persians. Julian wintered in Vienne, and celebrated his Quinquennalia. It was at this time that his wife Helena died, and he sent her remains to Rome for a proper burial at his family villa on the Via Nomentana where the body of her sister was entombed. The uneasy peace held through the summer of 361, but Julian concentrated his military operations around harassing the Alamannic chieftain Vadomarius and his allies, who had concluded a peace treaty with Constantius some years earlier. By the end of the summer, Julian decided to put an end to the waiting and gathered his army to march east against Constantius. The empire teetered on the brink of another civil war. Constantius had spent the summer negotiating with the Persians and making preparations for possible military action against his cousin. When he was assured that the Persians would not attack, he summoned his army and sallied forth to meet Julian. As the armies drew inexorably closer to one another, the empire was saved from another bloody civil war when Constantius died unexpectedly of natural causes on 3 November near the town of Mopsucrenae in Cilicia, naming Julian -- the sources say-- as his legitimate successor.
Julian was in Dacia when he learned of his cousin's death. He made his way through Thrace and came to Constantinople on 11 December 361 where Julian honored the emperor with the funeral rites appropriate for a man of his station. Julian immediately set about putting his supporters in positions of power and trimming the imperial bureaucracy, which had become extremely overstaffed during Constantius' reign. Cooks and barbers had increased during the late emperor's reign and Julian expelled them from his court. Ammianus gave a mixed assessment of how the new emperor handled the followers of Constantius. Traditionally, emperors were supposed to show clemency to the supporters of a defeated enemy. Julian, however, gave some men over to death to appease the army. Ammianus used the case of Ursulus, Constantius' comes sacrum largitionum, to illustrate his point. Ursulus had actually tried to acquire money for the Gallic troops when Julian had first been appointed Caesar, but he had also made a disparaging remark about the ineffectiveness of the army after the battle of Amida. The soldiers remembered this, and when Julian became sole Augustus, they demanded Ursulus' head. Julian obliged, much to the disapproval of Ammianus. This seems to be a case of Julian courting the favor of the military leadership, and is indicative of a pattern in which Julian courted the goodwill of various societal elites to legitimize his position as emperor.
Another case in point is the officials who made up the imperial bureaucracy. Many of them were subjected to trial and punishment. To achieve this goal, during the last weeks of December 361 Julian assembled a military tribunal at Chalcedon, empanelling six judges to try the cases. The president of the tribunal was Salutius, just promoted to the rank of Praetorian Prefect; the five other members were Mamertinus, the orator, and four general officers: Jovinus, Agilo, Nevitta, and Arbetio. Relative to the proceedings of the tribunal, Ammianus noted that the judges, " . . . oversaw the cases more vehemently than was right or fair, with the exception of a few . . .." Ammianus' account of Julian's attempt at reform of the imperial bureaucracy is supported by legal evidence from the Theodosian Code. A series of laws sent to Mamertinus, Julian's appointee as Praetorian Prefect in Italy, Illyricum, and Africa, illustrate this point nicely. On 6 June 362, Mamertinus received a law that prohibited provincial governors from bypassing the Vicars when giving their reports to the Prefect. Traditionally, Vicars were given civil authority over a group of provinces, and were in theory meant to serve as a middle step between governors and Prefects. This law suggests that the Vicars were being left out, at least in Illyricum. Julian issued another edict to Mamertinus on 22 February 362 to stop abuse of the public post by governors. According to this law, only Mamertinus could issue post warrants, but the Vicars were given twelve blank warrants to be used as they saw fit, and each governor was given two. Continuing the trend of bureaucratic reform, Julian also imposed penalties on governors who purposefully delayed appeals in court cases they had heard. The emperor also established a new official to weigh solidi used in official government transactions to combat coin clipping.
For Julian, reigning in the abuses of imperial bureaucrats was one step in restoring the prestige of the office of emperor. Because he could not affect all elements of society personally, Julian, like other Neo-Flavian emperors, decided to concentrate on select groups of societal elites as intercessors between himself and the general populace. One of these groups was the imperial bureaucracy. Julian made it very clear that imperial officials were intercessors in a very real sense in a letter to Alypius, Vicar of Britain. In this letter, sent from Gaul sometime before 361, the emperor praises Alypius for his use of "mildness and moderation with courage and force" in his rule of the provincials. Such virtues were characteristic of the emperors, and it was good that Alypius is representing Julian in this way. Julian courted the army because it put him in power. Another group he sought to include in his rule was the traditional Senatorial aristocracy. One of his first appointments as consul was Claudius Mamertinus, a Gallic Senator and rhetorician. Mamertinus' speech in praise of Julian delivered at Constantinople in January of 362 is preserved. In this speech, Claudius presented his consular selection as inaugurating a new golden age and Julian as the restorer of the empire founded by Augustus. The image Mamertinus gave of his own consulate inaugurating a new golden age is not merely formulaic. The comparison of Julian to Augustus has very real, if implicit, relevance to Claudius' situation. Claudius emphasized the imperial period as the true age of renewal. Augustus ushered in a new era with his formation of a partnership between the emperor and the Senate based upon a series of honors and offices bestowed upon the Senate in return for their role as intercessor between emperor and populace. It was this system that Julian was restoring, and the consulate was one concrete example of this bond. To be chosen as a consul by the emperor, who himself had been divinely mandated, was a divine honor. In addition to being named consul, Mamertinus went on to hold several offices under Julian, including the Prefecture of Italy, Illyricum, and Africa. Similarly, inscriptional evidence illustrates a link between municipal elites and Julian during his time as Caesar, something which continued after he became emperor. One concrete example comes from the municipal senate of Aceruntia in Apulia, which established a monument on which Julian is styled as "Repairer of the World."
Julian seems to have given up actual Christian belief before his acclamation as emperor and was a practitioner of more traditional Greco-Roman religious beliefs, in particular, a follower of certain late antique Platonist philosophers who were especially adept at theurgy as was noted earlier. In fact Julian himself spoke of his conversion to Neo-Platonism in a letter to the Alexandrians written in 363. He stated that he had abandoned Christianity when he was twenty years old and been an adherent of the traditional Greco-Roman deities for the twelve years prior to writing this letter.
(For the complete text of this article see: http://www.roman-emperors.org/julian.htm)
Julian’s Persian Campaign
The exact goals Julian had for his ill-fated Persian campaign were never clear. The Sassanid Persians, and before them the Parthians, had been a traditional enemy from the time of the Late Republic, and indeed Constantius had been conducting a war against them before Julian's accession forced the former to forge an uneasy peace. Julian, however, had no concrete reason to reopen hostilities in the east. Socrates Scholasticus attributed Julian's motives to imitation of Alexander the Great, but perhaps the real reason lay in his need to gather the support of the army. Despite his acclamation by the Gallic legions, relations between Julian and the top military officers was uneasy at best. A war against the Persians would have brought prestige and power both to Julian and the army.
Julian set out on his fateful campaign on 5 March 363. Using his trademark strategy of striking quickly and where least expected, he moved his army through Heirapolis and from there speedily across the Euphrates and into the province of Mesopotamia, where he stopped at the town of Batnae. His plan was to eventually return through Armenia and winter in Tarsus. Once in Mesopotamia, Julian was faced with the decision of whether to travel south through the province of Babylonia or cross the Tigris into Assyria, and he eventually decided to move south through Babylonia and turn west into Assyria at a later date. By 27 March, he had the bulk of his army across the Euphrates, and had also arranged a flotilla to guard his supply line along the mighty river. He then left his generals Procopius and Sebastianus to help Arsacius, the king of Armenia and a Roman client, to guard the northern Tigris line. It was also during this time that he received the surrender of many prominent local leaders who had nominally supported the Persians. These men supplied Julian with money and troops for further military action against their former masters. Julian decided to turn south into Babylonia and proceeded along the Euphrates, coming to the fortress of Cercusium at the junction of the Abora and Euphrates Rivers around the first of April, and from there he took his army west to a region called Zaitha near the abandoned town of Dura where they visited the tomb of the emperor Gordian which was in the area. On April 7 he set out from there into the heart of Babylonia and towards Assyria.
Ammianus then stated that Julian and his army crossed into Assyria, which on the face of things appears very confusing. Julian still seems to be operating within the province of Babylonia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The confusion is alleviated when one realizes that,for Ammianus, the region of Assyria encompassed the provinces of Babylonia and Assyria. On their march, Julian's forces took the fortress of Anatha, received the surrender and support of several more local princes, and ravaged the countryside of Assyria between the rivers. As the army continued south, they came across the fortresses Thilutha and Achaiachala, but these places were too well defended and Julian decided to leave them alone. Further south were the cities Diacira and Ozogardana, which the Roman forces sacked and burned. Soon, Julian came to Pirisabora and a brief siege ensued, but the city fell and was also looted and destroyed. It was also at this time that the Roman army met its first systematic resistance from the Persians. As the Romans penetrated further south and west, the local inhabitants began to flood their route. Nevertheless, the Roman forces pressed on and came to Maiozamalcha, a sizable city not far from Ctesiphon. After a short siege, this city too fell to Julian. Inexorably, Julian's forces zeroed in on Ctesiphon, but as they drew closer, the Persian resistance grew fiercer, with guerilla raids whittling at Julian's men and supplies. A sizable force of the army was lost and the emperor himself was almost killed taking a fort a few miles from the target city.
Finally, the army approached Ctesiphon following a canal that linked the Tigris and Euphrates. It soon became apparent after a few preliminary skirmishes that a protracted siege would be necessary to take this important city. Many of his generals, however, thought that pursuing this course of action would be foolish. Julian reluctantly agreed, but became enraged by this failure and ordered his fleet to be burned as he decided to march through the province of Assyria. Julian had planned for his army to live off the land, but the Persians employed a scorched-earth policy. When it became apparent that his army would perish (because his supplies were beginning to dwindle) from starvation and the heat if he continued his campaign, and also in the face of superior numbers of the enemy, Julian ordered a retreat on 16 June. As the Roman army retreated, they were constantly harassed by guerilla strikes. It was during one of these raids that Julian got caught up in the fighting and took a spear to his abdomen. Mortally wounded he was carried to his tent, where, after conferring with some of his officers, he died. The date was 26 June 363.
Conclusion
Thus an ignominious end for a man came about who had hoped to restore the glory of the Roman empire during his reign as emperor. Due to his intense hatred of Christianity, the opinion of posterity has not been kind to Julian. The contemporary opinion, however, was overall positive. The evidence shows that Julian was a complex ruler with a definite agenda to use traditional social institutions in order to revive what he saw as a collapsing empire. In the final assessment, he was not so different from any of the other emperors of the fourth century. He was a man grasping desperately to hang on to a Greco-Roman conception of leadership that was undergoing a subtle yet profound change.
Copyright (C) 2002, Walter E. Roberts and Michael DiMaio, Jr. Used by permission.
In reality, Julian worked to promote culture and philosophy in any manifestation. He tried to reduce taxes and the public debts of municipalities; he augmented administrative decentralisation; he promoted a campaign of austerity to reduce public expenditure (setting himself as the example). He reformed the postal service and eliminated the powerful secret police.
by Federico Morando; JULIAN II, The Apostate, See the Julian II Page on NumisWiki
Flavius Claudius Iulianus was born in 331 or maybe 332 A.D. in Constantinople. He ruled the Western Empire as Caesar from 355 to 360 and was hailed Augustus by his legions in Lutetia (Paris) in 360. Julian was a gifted administrator and military strategist. Famed as the last pagan emperor, his reinstatement of the pagan religion earned him the moniker "the Apostate." As evidenced by his brilliant writing, some of which has survived to the present day, the title "the Philosopher" may have been more appropriate. He died from wounds suffered during the Persian campaign of 363 A.D. Joseph Sermarini, FORVM.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Cleisthenes
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201. Macrinus; NikopolisTyche
A Greek goddess, originally of fortune and chance, and then of prosperity. She was a very popular goddess and several Greek cities choose her as their protectress. In later times, cities had their own special Tyche. She is regarded as a daughter of Zeus (Pindar) or as a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (Hesiod). She is associated with Nemesis and with Agathos Daimon ("good spirit"). Tyche was portrayed with a cornucopia, a rudder of destiny, and a wheel of fortune. The Romans identified her with their Fortuna.
AE26 of Nikopolis - Tyche OBVERSE: Laureate bust right REVERSE: Tyche standing left Holding rudder and Cornucopiae 26mm - 14 gramsecoli
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2239 Hadrian Denarius Roma 130-38 AD Nemesis-Victory Reference.
RIC II, 282; RIC 2239, Strack 280
Bust A1
Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head
Rev. VICTORIA AVG.
Nemesis-Victory advancing right, holding branch and raising fold of drapery to spit on chest
3.18 gr
17 mm
12hokidoki
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226-227 AD - SEVERUS ALEXANDER AE24 Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior obv: AVT K M AVP CEV ALEZANDROC
rev: HG OUM TEREBENTINOU MARKIANOPOLITWN (Nemesis standing left with scales & rod, wheel at foot)
ref: Moushmov 710v
mint: Markianapolis, 9.04gms, 24mm
Legate Umbrius Tereventinus (c.AD226-227)berserker
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2288 Hadrian Sestertius, Roma 130-38 AD Nemesis-Victory Reference.
RIC II, 779d; C. 1374; BMC 1549; Strack 704; RIC 2288
Bust A1
Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head
Rev. S C in field
Nemesis-Victory advancing right, holding branch and raising fold of drapery to spit on chest.
29.32 gr
32 mm
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2457IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
COS IIII
Nemesis standing right holding branch
Mint 1 (Trier), Issue 6
Cunetio 2457mauseus
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2459IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
COS .V.
"Nemesis" standing right holding branch
Mint 1 (Trier), Issue 7
Cunetio 2459mauseus
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2462-4IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
IMP X COS V
"Nemesis" standing right
Mint 1 (Trier), Issue 7
Cunetio 2462-4mauseus
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2577A PHRYGIA, Eumenea Hadrian NemesisReference.
RPC III, 2577A
Obv. ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС
Laureate bust of Hadrian r., with paludamentum, seen from front
Rev. ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΑΧΑΙΩΝ
Nemesis standing left drawing out fold of drapery from breast with r. and holding bridle in left
5.46 gr
21.5 mm
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268Claudius II 268-70 AD
AE antoninianus
Antioch mint
Obv "IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG"
Radiate, cuirassed bust left
Rev "FELIC AVG"
Nemesis(?) and Felicitas standing facing each other
RIC - (cf 206)mauseus
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3011 Hadrian Denarius 117-30 AD Nemesis-Victory Eastern MintReference.
RIC III, 3011; Helios 8, lot 436; RIC -; BMC -; RSC -. (for rome mint RIC II 182)
Bust A2
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate bust with drapery.
Rev. COS III
Victory naked to waist, standing front head right crowning herself and holding long palm in other hand.
3.12 gr
18 mm
6hokidoki
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4 tessera provincial holed tycheAE provincial tessera
0.86 g, 13.4 mm, 6 h.
Obv. Crescent moon with three starts within.
Rev. Nemesis standing left holding cornucopiea and rudder. Holed above Nemesis for use as a pendant.
Reportedly recently attributed to Nikolpolis although I don't know the details.Aleph
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50-25 - GETA (209 - 212 D.C.) NICOPOLIS ad ISTRUM - Moesia Inferior
Legado Consular Flavius ULPIANUS
AE Tetrasarión
27.0 mm 12.6 gr.
Anv: "AVT K Î CEΠΓETAC AV" – Busto. laur.y vest. a der.
Rev: ”V ΦΛ OVΛΠIAN NIKOÎ OΛI / Î POC I" En exergo, Némesis estante a izq. portando balanza en mano der. y látigo ? en izq., una rueda a sus pies.
Acuñada: 209 - 212 D.C.
Referencias: Moushmov #1191, AMNG I #1673 P.430, Varbanov I #3281 P.276 (R4), Sear GICTV #2782 P.264mdelvalle
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52-20 - DIADUMENIANO (Mayo/217 - Junio/218 D.C.)AE Semis/Triasaría ?? 23 mm 7.2 gr.
Anv: "M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADV" - Busto a cab. desnuda con Paludamentum (capote militar), viendo a derecha.
Rev: "COL FL PAC DEVLT" – Nemesis estante a izq., portando balanza en mano der. y parazonium en izq. Rueda detrás a la der.
Acuñada 217 - 218 D.C.
Ceca: Deultum (Hoy Debelt en la Provincia de Burgas en el sureste de Bulgaria)
Referencias: Yurukova #83, Moushmov #3575mdelvalle
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53-52 - Marcianopolis - HELIOGABALO (218 - 222 D.C.)MARCIANOPOLIS Moesia Inferior
AE Assarion
17 mm 2.9 gr
Anv: ”AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC” – Cabeza laureada, viendo a derecha.
Rev: ”MARKIANOÎ OΛITΩN, Némesis estante a izquierda, portando balanza en mano derecha y cetro corto en izquierda.
Acuñada: 218 - 222 D.C.
Referencias: Varbanov I #1417 P.155 - Hristova/Jekov No.6.26.35.1 , AMNG I/1 #904 P.266
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53-54 - Marcianopolis - HELIOGABALO (218 - 222 D.C.)MARCIANOPOLIS Moesia Inferior
AE Assarion
16 mm 2.6 gr
Anv: ”AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC” – Cabeza laureada, viendo a derecha.
Rev: ”MARKIANOÎ OΛITΩN, Némesis estante a izquierda, portando balanza en mano derecha y cetro corto en izquierda.
Acuñada: 218 - 222 D.C.
Referencias: Varbanov I #1417 P.155 - Hristova/Jekov No.6.26.35.1 , AMNG I/1 #904 P.266mdelvalle
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6013A EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 134-35 AD Nemesis advancingReference. Unique
Unpubliced; RPC III, 6013A
Issue L ƐΝΝƐΑΚ·Δ = year 19
Obv. AVT KAI C TPAIAN AΔPIAN[OC CԐB]
laureate head right, with slight drapery over left shoulder
Rev. [LԐNN]ԐAKΔ
Winged Nemesis advancing right, wheel behind below right foot, raising fold of drapery
25.80 gr
33 mm
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61. Macrinus & Diadumenian.AE 28, 217 - 218 AD, Marcianopolis, Moesia.
Obverse: AVT K OΠEΛ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠE ANTΩNEINOC / Facing busts of Macrinus and Diadumenian.
Reverse: VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN / Nemesis/Aquitas standing, holding scales and cornucopiae, wheel as feet. E in right field.
13.05 gm, 28 mm.
This coin was issued when Pontianus was magistrate in Marcianopolis.Callimachus
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Aeolis, TemnosAeolis, Temnos, Pseudo Autonomous Circa 220AD, AE26, 10.31g: Obv: Youthful male bust of the Senate rigth "IEPAC CVN KAHTOC" Rev: Two nemesis standing, facing eachother. "CTP AVP EPNSIOV TEMN-EITWN". SNG Cop 268 (Same dies).ecoli
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Asia Minor, Lydia, Tabala, TycheLydia, Tabala
Pseudo-autonomous issue, AD 200-300
AE 17
Obv.: Turreted bust of Tyche right.
Rev: TABAΛЄΩN, Nemesis standing left, holding cornucopia; wheel at feet.
AE, 3.59g, 16.7mm
Ref.: GRPC Lydia Vol.4 Tabala 14 (this coin)
Ex Pecunem Gitbud&Naumann auction 28, Lot 270
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Asia Minor, Phrygia, Hierapolis, Selene, Nemesis Hierapolis
Asia Minor, Phrygia
Æ 17
Obv.: Draped bust of Selene right on crescent
Rev.: IEPAΠOΛEITΩN, winged Nemesis standing left, holding bridle and drawing drapery away from her neck
Æ, 17.6mm, 5.16g
Ref.: SNG Cop 420, SNG Muenchen 220shanxi
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BCC MA46 Nemesis Bronze FigurineBronze Figurine of Nemesis
Roman 1st-early 3rd Century CE
Solid cast bronze statuette of Nemesis,
wearing stephane and long chiton?, right
hand clasped to drapery at neck, head
facing downward, both arms bare. In her
left hand she cradles the cubit measure.
There are no obvious seam lines. The
bottom footing is flat, allowing the figure
to stand alone. A similar representation of
Nemesis may be found on provincial coins of
Julia Domna, 194-217 CE, minted in the nearby
Roman colony of Aelia Capitolina (Meshorer 83).
Matsson's Gods, Goddesses and Heroes notes
that the original sense of Nemesis was not so
much revenge as the "distributor of fortune -
it might be either good or bad fortune" and
that she "apportioned to each man according
to his deserts."
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=89383.0
Height: 4.2cm. Weight: approx. 18.5gm.
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1975
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
(click for larger pic)v-drome
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Bithynia, Nikomedeia, Severus Alexander, Rec.Gen. 303Severus Alexander, AD 222-235
AE 18, 4.14g, 18.44mm, 30°
obv. [M AVR SEVH] ALEZANDROC AVG
laureate head r.
rev. NIKOMHDEW - N DIC [NEOKORWN]
Nemesis/Aequitas, stg. l., holding in l. arm parazonium(?) and in r. hand scales; l. at her feet the wheel
ref. Rec.Gen. 303, pl. XCVI, no.14 (Thanks to mauseus!)
about VF, black-green patina, slightly rough
Waddington calls the object in the l. arm cornucopiae. In any case the kind of bearing looks very strange.Jochen
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Bithynia, Prusias ad Hypium, Diadumenian, Rec.Gen. 64 cf. (rev. only), unpublished?Diadumenian, AD 217-218
AE - AE 22, 4.22g, 21.64mm, 225°
obv. M OPEL ANTW DIADV[MENIANOC]
Bust, drapedand cuirassed, bare-headed r.
rev. PROVCIEWN - PR - OC VPIW
Nemesis, in long garment and mantle, stg. frontal, head r., holding in raised l. hand short rod horizontally
and in lowered r. hand bridle.
ref. not in Rec.Gen.:
rev. cf. no.64, pl. CV, 19 (depiiction mirrored, PR ligate)
obv. no.64 var. (has M OPEL ANT)
unpublished?
very rare, F/F+, general roughness
Thanks to Tom Mullally and Slavey Petrov for their help in attributing this type!
Jochen
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Bithynia, Prusias ad Hypium, Diadumenian, unpublished?Diadumenian, AD 217-218
AE 22, 4.22g, 21.64mm, 225°
obv. M OPEL ANTW DIADOV[MENIANOC]
Bust, draped and cuirassed, bare-headed, r.
rev. PROVCIEWN - PR - OC VPIW
Female deity, in long garment, stg. fraontal, head r., holding in lowered r. hand sling and balancing on
raised l. hand rod with a knob at each end
ref. cf. Rec.Gen. 64, pl. CV, no.19, for rev.; unpublished
rare, F/F+
It is Nemesis with a bridle, but with an unusual position of the rod. Rec.Gen. 64 has Nemesis in this attitude too, but stg. l. Thanks to Tom Mullally from Neptune Numismatics for attribution! Jochen
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Bithynia, Prusias ad Hypium. Diadumenian AE20
Obv: M OPEL ANTW DIADVMENIANOC. Draped and cuirassed bust r.
Rev: PROVCIEWN - PR - OC VPIW. Nemesis, in long garment and mantle, holding in raised l. hand cubit-rule horizontally
and in lowered r. hand bridle.
20mm, 3.4gms.
ancientone
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Bull standing rightSYRIA: SELEUCIS & PIERIA. Nicopolis Seleucidis. Philip Sr. Æ 29. A.D. 244-249. Obv: AVTKMIOV-ΛIΦIΛIÎ Î O(CC)E. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Countermark before face. Rev: NEIKO(Î OΛEI)-TWNCEΛEVKI(ΔO?) or sim., IO(?) in ex. Nemesis standing left within distyle temple, left hand raised to her head; lit altar to right, crossed cornucopiae and wheel to left. Ref: BMC - (only 3 coins of this city); Lindgren 2110a (?). Axis: 360°. Weight: 13.23 g. CM: Bull standing right, in oval punch, 8 x 5.5 mm. Howgego 296 (2 pcs). Collection Automan.Automan
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Campgate: Costantino II, AE follis, zecca di Arles (327 d.C.)Constantine II, campgate, Arles mint, (327 AD)
AE, 2,45 gr, 20 mm
D/ CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left
R/ PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, campgate with six rows, two turrets, no doors, star above, top and bottom rows empty blocks, S-F across fields. Mintmark ARLT
Ric VII 311
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo (Roma, Italia dal 3 giugno 2017, numero catalogo 281), ex Serge Billet (Nemesis) collection (Saint Omer, France, fino al giugno 2017)paolo
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Campgate: Costantino II, zecca di Ticinum, IV officinaConstantinus II, AE follis, Ticinum mint IV officina
AE, 18 mm, 2.6 gr., R5
D/ CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
R/ PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, campgate with two turrets, star above , roof and base extends past walls , Q palm T in exergue
RIC VII , 207 var. (unlisted officina Q)
Nota: la valutazione R5 è dovuta al fatto che le officine catalogate nel 207 (P, S, T) sono R4. Pubblicato in "Not in Ric" di Lech StÄ™pniewski
Provenienza: NON ARRIVATA: smarrita nel trasporto postale. collezione Berardengo (Roma, Italia, 11 luglio 2014), ex Herbert R. Chavarria collection (Nemesis, West Hempstead, NY Usa fino al 2014)paolo
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Caracalla & Julia Domna: NemesisCaracalla & Julia Domna– 5 assaria, AD 198-217 - Marcianopolis
Obv: ANTWNINOS AVGOVSTOS IOVLIA DOMNA, Laur. bust of Caracalla r. facing dr. bust of Domna left.
Rev: VP. KVNTILIANOV MARKIANOPOLITWN, E in field (=5), Nemesis standing left holding scales and scepter, wheel at her side.
Podiceps
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Caracalla * Nemesis - Pessinus * Æ 29, 198-217 AD.
Caracalla * Nemesis – Pessinus, Galatia * Bronze Provincial
Obv: Caracalla, Laureate, cuirassed (and draped?) bust, left facing. ANTONINOC AVΓOVCTOC
Rev: Nemesis standing, left facing, holding measuring rod in right hand, bridle in left. ΠΕCCI N OVNTIΩN
Exergue: N/A
Mint: Pessinus (Galatia).
Struck: 198-217 AD.
Size: 29.79 mm.
Weight: 14.6 gms.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: As seen here, marginally nicer in hand and considerably more to the brown than the green side in the patina.
All in all a very pleasant coin.
Refs: (?) ~ Not Found in the following *
Lindgren I, II or III
Sear
BMC (at least from the time when Wroth's volume on Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria was published).
SNG France 3
Coll Pozzi
SNG Pal
SNG Righetti
SNG Hunterian
ANS
Gorny & Mosch – nor in –
Wheaton College Col.
Apparently an unknown issue.
Tiathena
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Caracalla Nemesis SerdicaCaracalla, Serdica Thrace, 198 - 217 AD, 30.48mm, 17.1g, Ruzicka 296, Varbanov 2409v, Moushmov 48822,
OBV: AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNINOC, laureate cuirassed bust right seen from behind
REV: OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Nemesis standing left holding scales and arshin, wheel at feet left
The bust and legend are variations on the Varbanov listing,
this coin appears to be a die match of the coin listed on WildWinds under the Moushmov number
SRukke
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Caracalla, AE 21 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Josifovski 503, same dies V8, R188, 7.3 g.
Note clogged reverse die, ICI not visible
whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 22 DiassariaA C M . AVR . ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, right
MVNICI STO/BENS
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Unlisted dies but obverse occurs with R186, so links to V52whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 22 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVN/IC STO
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
V8, R unlisted
Kuzmanovic Collection 944whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 23 DiassariaC M AVR ANTONINVS A
Laureate, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike/Nemesis advancing left, with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet.
Cohen IV 718-719, Lingren 1148
Josifovski ?whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 23 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNI/CI STOB
Nike/Nemesis advancing left, holding wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Unlisted die pair (V8, Julia Domna R117)
Kuzmanovic Collection -whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 23 DiassariaPIVS AV ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, right
MVNICIP STOBEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing right with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Josifovski 520, same dies (V20, R197), citing a specimen in a private collection
Cohen IV 717, BMCG 13whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 23 DiassariaIM C M AV [ANTONINVS]
Bust radiate, right
MVN/I STOB
Nike/Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
unlisted dies
Kuzmanovic Collection 958whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 23 Diassaria. A C . M . AVR . ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet.
V6, R unlisted
This is the sixth known reverse die paired with this obverse. whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 23 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNI/CI STOB
Nike/Nemesis advancing left, holding wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Unlisted die pair (V8, Julia Domna R117)
23mm 5.7g
Dino
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Caracalla, AE 23 DiassariaM . AVR . ANTONINVS . A . C .
Bust laureate, cuirassed, right
MVNICIP STOBE
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Josifovski -, V6, R Unlisted
Kuzmanovic Collection 923-927
ex David Mcdonaldwhitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 24 DiassariaAV M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, cuirassed, draped, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike/Nemesis advancing left, holding wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Josifovski 483, same dies (V52,R170), citing Petersburg 2952whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 24 DiassariaA C M.AVR.ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, right
MVNICI/PI STOBEN
Nike/Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at feet
Obverse die unlisted, unusual for the punctuated legend
Reverse die (R186) same as in Josifovski 501 (V52, R186), citing private collection
Kuzmanovic Collection 906-907whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 24 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing left, holding wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
V123, R unlisted
obverse double struckwhitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 24 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
V8, same reverse die as Josifovski 486 (V125, R173), unlisted die pairwhitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 24 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
STOBEN MVNICIP
Nike-Nemesis advancing right with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Josifovski 514-515, 517-519 (V7, R195)
One of the better documented coins in a large late emission. Obverse die links to V6, V52, and unlisted die. One of only 3 reverse dies for Caracalla of this type, Nike-Nemesis to the right.
Kuzmanovic Collection 997whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 24 DiassariaA C M AVR ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, cuirassed, draped, right
MVNICI STOBEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
V127, R is die match with unlisted Julia Domna reverse with V107 obverse
V127 may easily be mistaken for V8whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 24 DiassariaM AVR ANTONINVS A C
Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVN/ICI STOB
Nike/Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Josifovski -. (V8, R unlisted)
Kuzmanovic Collection 949, 952
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Caracalla, AE 25 DiassariaM AVR ANTONINVS/ AV
Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet
Josifovski 505 and 510, same dies (V52, R190) in private collection
Kuzmanovic Collection -whitetd49
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Caracalla, AE 25 Diassaria. A C . M . AVR . ANTONINVS
Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind
MVNICI STO/BEN
Nike-Nemesis advancing left with wreath and palm, wheel at her feet.
V6, R unlisted
This is the fifth known reverse die paired with this obverse.whitetd49
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