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Constans, Siscia RIC VIII 199Constans, AE 3, Sisica
Obverse: DN CONSTANS PF AVG, pearl diademed and curiassed bust right.
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor standing facing, head left, holding Phoenix on globe and labarum on galley, Victory sits at the helm.
Gamma SIST(symbol 3) in ex. Siscia mint, 18.9 mm, 2.0 g.NORMAN K

132 - Probus - RIC 651- Bust Type C (Siscia) (D /XXI)Obv:- IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front.
Rev:- CONCORD MILIT, Emperor standing right, clasping hand of Concordia.
Minted in Sisica (D // XXI) Pink's 1st emission A.D. 276
References:- RIC 651 Bust Type C, Alföldi type 26, n° 19

3.77 g. 22.24 mm. 0 degrees maridvnvm

175 - Constantius Gallus - AE3 - RIC VIII Sisica 351 AE3
Obv:– DN CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C, Bare, bust draped and cuirassed right
Rev:– FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman, who is wearing Phrygian helmet, reading backwards
Minted in Siscia (// GSIS), A.D. 351-355
Reference:– RIC VIII Sisica 351 maridvnvm

175 - Constantius Gallus - AE3 - RIC VIII Sisica 351AE3
Obv:– DN CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C, Bare, bust draped and cuirassed right
Rev:– FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman, who is wearing a Phrygian cap, reaching backwards
Minted in Siscia (// ASIS),
Reference:– RIC VIII Siscia 351 maridvnvm

175 - Constantius Gallus - AE3 - RIC VIII Sisica 351 - Colourised reverseAE3
Obv:– DN CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C, Bare, bust draped and cuirassed right
Rev:– FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman, who is wearing Phrygian helmet, reading backwards
Minted in Siscia (// GSIS), A.D. 351-355
Reference:– RIC VIII Sisica 351maridvnvm

Arcadius AE4 (384-387 AD), Sisica mintRoman Imperial, Arcadius AE4 (384-387 AD), Sisica mint, 1.1g, 12.5mm, 6h

Obverse: DN ARCADIVS PF AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.

Reverse: VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. Mintmark BSIS.

Reference: RIC IX Siscia 39c; Sear 20864.
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CAMPGATE, Constantius II Obv.FL.IVL.CONSTANTIVS NOB.C. Laureate bust left
Rev.PROVIDENTIAE CAESS. Camp-gate w/2 turrets & star above. ASIS and crescent in ex.
Mint: Sisica

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Coded Maximian KOY Sisciaobv: IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG (2)
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right (C)
rev: CONSERVATOR AVGG with B in right field and XXIKOY in ex.
Maximianus standing left pouring a sacrifice from patina in right hand while holding a sceptre in left & Hercules pouring a sacrifice from a patina in right hand while leaning on a club in left. cscoppa

Constans AE, 348-350 CENummus of Constans. Obverse depictes draped, diademmed bust of Constans facing right. Legend reads DN CONSTANS PF AVG. Reverse shows phoenix with radiate crown atop a pyramid, reads FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Sisica mint mark, Γ officina mark, "backwards lambda" officina mark. See RIC VIII Sisica 241. Minted 348-350 CE. Purchased from Heritage Auctions.Adrian H

Constantine I, RIC 200b Sisica, Emperor 307-337 CE
CONSTANTINE The Great, RIC 200b Siscia, Emperor 307-337 CE

CONSTANTINE The Great, RIC 200(b)
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureated head right
Reverse: GENIO A-VGVSTA, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding paters and cornucopia. No field marks
in exergue: SIS, 18.4 mm., 1.6 g.
NORMAN K

Constantine I, Siscia RIC VII 101Obverse - IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, high crested bust left, holding spear over right shoulder and shield.
Reverse - VICT dot LAETA PRINC PERP, two victories resting shield, inscribed VOT PR, on altar. S on altar front.
Delta SIS dot in ex. Sisica mint 18 mm diam. 3 g.
RIC VII Siscia rated R-5NORMAN K

Constantine II - AE Follis 'VOT X' - Sisica MintConstantine II - AE3
AE Follis, Sisica Mint. - Mintmark: rSIS sunrise

obv: CONSTANTINUS JUN NOB C - Laureate head right.

rev: 'VOT X' in wreath, surrounded by: CAESARUM NOSTRORUM
rSIS sunrise in exergue.

3.0 Grams, wonderful portrait and reverse!rexesq

Constantine II - AE Follis 'VOT X' - Sisica Mint. Reverse.Constantine II - AE3
AE Follis, Siscia Mint. - Mintmark: rSIS sunrise

obv: CONSTANTINUS JUN NOB C - Laureate head right.

rev: 'VOT X' in wreath, surrounded by: CAESARUM NOSTRORUM
rSIS sunrise in exergue.

3.0 Grams, wonderful portrait and reverse!rexesq

Constantine II VOT X Delta SIS Palm Branch SisciaConstantine II CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C L
CAESARVM NOSTRORVM VOT X
delta SIS palm branch Siscia
RIC VII Siscia 176
r3 321-324 AD
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Constantine II, RIC VII 170 SisicaConstantine II AE3 "Vows X" Constantine II CE. 316-340
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C - Laureate head right.
Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM- Wreath within is written VOT X.
Ex: (epsilon) SIS (double crescent) Siscia mint: AD 321-324 = RIC VII, 170, page 445 - British Museum. 18.35 mm, 3.0 g.
NORMAN K

Constantius II AE2Constantius II. 337-361 AD.

Sisica. 351-355 AD.

20mm., 5.34g.

D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG. Bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right; A behind bust

FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO. Soldier, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, advancing left, spearing fallen horseman with right hand and wearing shield on left arm; shield on ground to right; horseman facing soldier, extending left arm. MintMark: I/-//ASIS•S•

References: RIC VIII Siscia 346

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Constantius II,Thessalonica RIC VIII 99Constantius II, AE 3 of Sisica 347-348 CE.
Obverse: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG, laurel & rosette-diademed, draped, curiassed bust right.
Reverse: VICTORIAE DD AVGGG NN, two Victories standing & facing each other, each holding wreath & palm, nothing between them.
Mintmark SMTS delta in ex., 16.9 mm, 1.4 g.NORMAN K

Crispus AE3Crispus. Caesar, 317-326 AD.

Sisica. 321-324 AD.

19mm., 2.87g.

IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C. Laureate head right

CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT X in wreath. Mintmark: [A]SIS. sunburst.

Reference: RIC VII 181

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Crispus as Caesar, RIC VII 161 SisciaFollis, Sisica, 320-321 CE
Obverse - IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C, laureate head right.
Reverse - CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V within wreath.
Mintmark epsilon SIS star 19 mm diam.
RIC VII 161, rated scarce NORMAN K

GALLIENVS AVG / LIBERO P CONS AVG panther antoninianus (close to 267-268 A.D.) "Zoo" series Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bare bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulder
Rev.: LIBERO P CON[S AVG], panther, walking left. B (or A?) in exergue.

Oval 20-22mm, 2.48g, die axis 12 (medal alignment), material: bronze/copper-based alloy supposedly with some silver.

Authority and portrait: Gallienus (joint reign 253-, sole reign 260-268). Mint: Rome or Siscia.

AVG = Augustus; LIBERO P[atri] CONS[ervatori] AVG[usti]= to Liber Pater the Protector of the Augustus. Liber Pater (the Free Father) in later Roman times is the same as Dionysus / Bacchus.

"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. Goat is the chosen animal of Jupiter. B designates officina 2, mostly minting Liber Pater coins of this type.

It corresponds to one of the two types: RIC V-1 Rome 230 (RSC 586; Sear 10281 etc.) or RIC V-1 Siscia 574 (Cohen 592 etc.). The distinctions of these two types / mints are not clear to me at this time. Also many varieties exists – emperor's bust bare/draped/cuirassed, panther walking left or right, striped tigress instead of panther, shape of the panther's head is different, perhaps designating a different large cat, a lot of variation in size, weight and die axis, and so on. There is also a distinct variation of reverse legend with dots: LIBERO âˆ™ P âˆ™ CONS AVG.

Note that as often with Rome mint some letters are made of separate lines and thus sometimes V = II and N = Î›I or III etc. Siscia types seems to exhibit the same peculiarity sometimes.

The most common officina in both Rome and Siscia is B. Catalogues mention also A and absence of designated officina at Sisica. But it is clear that sometimes B can be so distorted that may look like A, as seems to be the case here.Yurii P

IMP CLAVDIVS AVG / VBERITAS AVG antoninianus (268-270 A.D.) Obv.: [IMP CLAV]DIVS AV[G], radiate cuirassed? bust of Claudius right, both ribbons behind?

Rev.: VBER[ITAS A]VG, Uberitas, pregnant, draped, standing left, holding marsupium (purse) (or bunch of grapes, or cow's udder) in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

d irregular 15-18mm, 2.15g, die axis 11h (medal alignment), material: bronze/copper-based alloy supposedly with some silver.

Authority and portrait: Claudius II Gothicus (reign 268-270). Mint: Siscia, Pannonia.

AVG = Augustus. VBERITAS AVG(usti)= the Fertility of the Emperor. Uberitas or Ubertas is a Roman goddess (or allegorical figure, which in this period of Roman culture is difficult to distinguish) of fertility and profitability, introduced by emperor Decius in 249 A.D. Its attributes are the cornucopia (the Horn of Plenty, traditional Roman symbol of abundance) and another object, that she usually holds in her right hand and on coins it is depicted as a triangle. When we look at well preserved coins of Decius, who introduced Uberitas, e. g. in British museum (see link below), this object is clearly a marsupium, money purse. But later this object changes its shape, one can see three protrusions at the bottom of it. This is interpreted either as a bunch of grapes or a cow's udder, both also meaning plentiful bounty. Epsilon probably means officina 5.

RIC V-1 Siscia 193; Cohen 286; Sear 11376.

ID straightforward if we believe that there are no field marks, which seems to be the case. If there were a right field mark X, this would have been type RIC V-1 Rome 103, with reverse legend VBERTAS AVG. Field marks Q and T are often encountered in Sisica type. Variation for obverse include bare or cuirassed bust and a slightly different legend: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG. Most coins are 18-19mm, but there are some larger 21mm types.Yurii P

Licinius II. VOT X Virtvs Exercit Centenionalis of Sisica.Roman Empire. Licinius II as Caesar, 317-324 AD. BI Centenionalis, (3.34 gm, 19.6mm, 6h) of Sisica, 320 AD. Laureate bust left wearing consular robes & holding globe with Victory, LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES. / Vexillum inscribed VOT X with two captives at its base, S-F in fields, HL to right. VIRTVS EXERCIT, ex: Δ SIS ✱ over ◡. VF (Flan crack). Pegasi Numismatics Auction VII #574. RIC VII p.440 #132; Cohen 63v; SRCV IV #15467.Anaximander

Lucius Domitius Aurelianus - Aurelian, Emperor 270 - 275 ADAurelian and the Palmyrene Empire

Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG; bust of Aurelian, radiate, curaissed, facing r.
Rev: RESTITVT•OR/IENTIS; emperor in military dress standing l., holding a long sceptre in l. hand, with the r. hand raising a kneeling female figure who is facing r., a modius on her head, ✶C✶ in exergue.
Denomination: antoniniani; Mint: Cyzicus; Officina: 2nd; Issue: 5; Date: early - summer 272 AD; Weight: 4.25g; Diameter: 24.01mm; Die axis: 150º; References, for example: RIC V v.1 351; Hunter IV 101; SRCV III 11596; BnF 1160; MER - RIC 2952.

Regarding this type/issue at Cyzicus Sylviane Estiot states "The type Restitut●Orientis, the emperor raising the hand of a kneeling woman crowned with a modius (not turreted), resumed a type contemporary with Sisica, 5th issue." (Estiot 2004 v.1, p. 109. Translation is my own). Regarding the referenced type, 5th issue, at Sisica Estiot states "...the new type Restitutor Orientis depicts the emperor in a military costume standing left, under his hand the personification of a female of the Orient kneeling, not turreted, but with a modius: it is, again, an iconographic detail that alludes to the Roman supply of cereals, compromised by the expansionism of Palmyra in the Orient." (Estiot 2004 v.1, p. 86. Translation is my own). Although the legends on the two coins at Cyzicus and Sisica are slightly different, the reverse types are the same. Thus, the coin here from Cyzicus is a reference to the threat of the Palmyrene Empire.

Photo Credit: Marc R. Breitsprecher, Classical Numismatist

Sources

BnF: Estiot, Sylviane. Monnaies de L’Empire romain XII.1: D’Aurelian à Florien. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Poinsignon Numismatique, 2004.
MER - RIC: Maison de l’Orient et la Méditerranée: Monnaies de l’Empire Romain/Roman Imperial Coinage AD 268-276. http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/home
Robertson, Anne. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, Vol. IV Valerian I to Allectus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978.
Sear, David. Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. III: Maximinus I to Carinus. London: Spink, 2005.
Webb, Percy. The Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol. V, Part 1: Valerian to Florian, edited by Harold Mattingly and Edward Sydenham. London: Spink & Son, 1927.1 commentsTracy Aiello

Phoenix, ConstansNummus of Constans. Obverse depictes draped, diademmed bust of Constans facing right. Legend reads DN CONSTANS PF AVG. Reverse shows phoenix with radiate crown atop a pyramid, reads FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Sisica mint mark, Γ officina mark, "backwards lambda" officina mark. See RIC VIII Sisica 241. Minted 348-350 CE. Purchased from Heritage Auctions.Adrian H

ROMAN EMPIRE, Maximianus, Coded Mule: obv Maximian & rev Diocletianobv legend: IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG rev legend: CONSERVATOR AVGG
obv RIC # RIC V pII 580 / rev RIC # RIC VpII 263var
exergue: X X I gamma dot B I dot
from the collection of cscoppa for more information see the article in the reference section about: "The Siscia MULE"cscoppa

Roman Empire, Probus Antoninianus 276-282 CE RIC 809 var. Obverse - IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG. Radiate bust left, wearing Imperial mantle and holding eagle tipped scepter.
Reverse - VIRTVS AVGVSTIN. Probus on horseback right, riding over fallen enemy and spearing kneeling enemy before him with arms raised.
Mintmark XXIB Sisica mint with unlisted officinal (B)
21 mm diam., 4.2 g 3 commentsNORMAN K

Valentinian I 364 - 375 AD Ref: RIC IX Siscia 14a, type XI
Denom:AE3; Mint:Sisica; Date:367-375AD
Obv: DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG – Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM –Valentinian I dragging captive right, holding labarum in left
Right Field: D
Exergue: star BSISC
Size: 16 mm
CleanedBrian L

Valentinianus I -RIC 7aValentinian I AE3.
Sisica 364-367 AD.
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, diademed draped & cuirassed bust right /
SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, holding wreath & palm, no fieldmarks.
dot DSISC in ex. xokleng

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