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Byzantine Empire: Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118) BI Aspron Trachy Nomisma, Philippopolis? (Sear 1936; DOC VI.31)Obv: +KЄROHΘ ΛΛЄΞIШ; IC XC in field; Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in left hand
Rev: Δ/ЄC/ΠO/T - TШ/KO/M/N; Full-length figure of emperor wearing divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in right hand scepter with large labarum as head - in which generally a cross; and in left hand, globus cruciger
Quant.Geek
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Edward VI (1547 - 1553 A.D.)AR Shilling
O: (tun) ЄDWΛRD’· VI : D’· S’ ΛGl’: FRΛ’· Z : hIB’· RЄX :, crowned and mantled bust facing slightly left; rose to left, XII to right.
R: (tun) POSVI DЄVM ·’ : ΛDIVTOR Є’· MEV·’·, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée.
5.7g
32mm
North 1937; SCBC 2482
4 commentsMat
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BRITISH TOKENS, Tudor. temp. Mary–Edward VI.1553-1558.
PB Token (27mm, 5.29 g). St. Nicholas (‘Boy Bishop’) type. Cast in East Anglia (Bury St. Edmund’s?)
Mitre, croizer to right; all within border
Long cross pattée with trefoils in angles; scrollwork border
Rigold, Tokens class X.B, 1; Mitchiner & Skinner group Ra, 1

Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX.1 (Spring 2014), no. 973330

Britain in the late middle ages played host to a popular regional variant of the ‘Feast of Fools’ festival. Every year on the feast of St. Nicholas, a boy was elected from among the local choristers to serve as ‘bishop.’ Dressed in mitre and bearing the croizer of his office, the young boy paraded through the city accompanied by his equally youthful ‘priest’ attendants. The ‘bishop’ performed all the ceremonies and offices of the real bishop, save for the actual conducting of mass. Though this practice was extinguished with the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, it was briefly revived under Queen Mary, who took particular interest in the festival, when the lucky boy was referred to as ‘Queen Mary’s Child.’ The celebration of the boy bishop died out completely early in the reign of Elizabeth.

Evidence of this custom is particularly prevalent in East Anglia, specifically at Bury St. Edmunds. Beginning in the late 15th century, the region produced numerous lead tokens bearing the likeness of a bishop, often bearing legends relating to the festival of St. Nicholas. Issued in sizes roughly corresponding to groats, half groats, and pennies, these pieces were undoubtedly distributed by the boy bishop himself, and were likely redeemable at the local abbey or guild for treats and sweetmeats. Considering the endemic paucity of small change in Britain at the time, it is likely that, at least in parts of East Anglia, these tokens entered circulation along with the other private lead issues that were becoming common.
Ardatirion
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Dy.243 Charles IV (the Fair): maille blanche, 1st emissionCharles IV, king of France (1322-1328)
Maille blanche, 1st emission (03/02/1324)

Silver (798 ‰), 1.82 g, diameter 22 mm, die axis 2h
O: inner circle: +kAROLVS(diamond)REX; cross pattée; outer circle: BHDICTV⋮SIT#8942nOmЄ⋮DHI⋮nRI
R: inner circle: +FRANChORVm*; châtel tournois; outer circle: a circlet of 10 fleur-de-lis

The h of FRANChORVm is characteristic of the first emission.

Charles was the younger and third son of former king Philip the Fair. He was consequently not supposed to rule. However, as his two brothers successively died without any living son, he became king in 1322. Six years later, he also died without a male heir. So ended up the capetian senior line in 1328.
The legend began then... Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, had cursed King Philip the Fair and his descendants from his execution pyr in 1314. Was the curse finally efficient ?
Charles'cousin, his nearest parent, became then king of France as Philip VI.
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(0177) COMMODUS--ANCHIALOS(0177) COMMODUS--ANCHIALOS
177 - 192 AD
struck ca. 191 - 192 AD, issued by Caecilius Servilianus, Legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae
Æ 29.5 mm; 6.90 g
O: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ - ΚΟΜΟΔΟC , laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, facing right; two countermarks in ovals: helmeted head of Athena, and DX
R: ΗΓ ΚΑΙ CΕΡΟΥΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ , emperor (Commodus) on horseback, r., wearing military dress, holding spear.
Thrace, Anchialos
Ref. cf AMNG 441, pl. VI. 16 (rev.) ; RPC online coin type temporary № 4532 (2 pieces listed) but described as "galloping" ; Moushmov 2799; rare
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(0308) LICINIUS I308 - 324 AD
(struck ca. 313 AD)
AE 22 mm 2.85 g
O: IIMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS PF AVG
LAUR HEAD R
R: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, DELTA IN R FIELD
JUPITER STANDING L HOLDING SCEPTER & VICTORY ON GLOBE, EAGLE HOLDING WREATH AT FEET
SMHT IN EXE
HERACLEA
(4TH OFFICINA)
RIC VII (R3)
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(0308) LICINIUS I308 - 324 AD
Struck ca. 312 AD
AE Follis, 24 mm, 4.61 g
O: IMP C VAL LIC LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right
R: IOVI CONSE-RVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding globe and sceptre. Left field: wreath. Right field: Officina letter D. SMTS in exe.,
Thessalonica, RIC VI 49
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(0308) LICINIUS I308 - 324 AD
(struck ca. 313 AD)
AE 21.5 mm, 3.11 g
O: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS PF AVG
LAUR HEAD R
R: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, DELTA IN R FIELD
JUPITER STANDING L HOLDING SCEPTER & VICTORY ON GLOBE, EAGLE HOLDING WREATH AT FEET
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(0317) LICINIUS II as Caesar317 - 324 AD
AE 18 mm, 2.31 g
O: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, diademed bust left with mappa & scepter
R: IOVI CONS ERVATORI CAESS Jupiter standing, head left, holdimg Victory on globe, captive at feet, D to right, SMANT in ex.
Antioch mint
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(0886) LEO VI (The Wise)886 - 912 AD
AE FOLLIS 25 mm 6.69 g
O: + LЄOn ЬAS ILЄ[V]S ROm
BUST FACING, WITH SHORT BEARD, WEARING CROWN & CHALMYS
R +LЄOn/Єn ӨЄO ЬA/SILЄVS R/OmЄOn IN FOUR LINES ( Leo by the grace of God king of the Romans )
CONSTANTINOPLE
SBV 1729 - DO8
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0179 Valentinian I - AE 3Thessalonica
25.2.364 - 24.8.367 AD
pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
D N VALENTINI_ANVS P F AVG
Valens advancing right, dragging captive and holding labarum
GLORIA RO_MANORVM
wreath
TES{A,B}
RIC IX Thessalonica 16a, type vi
2,11g 17mm
J. B.
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053 Károly III., (Carolus VI. of Habsburg), King of Hungary, (1711-1740 A.D.), H 1631, U 1202, 1715 AR-Poltura, Körmöcbánya, #01053 Károly III., (Carolus VI. of Habsburg), King of Hungary, (1711-1740 A.D.), H 1631, U 1202, 1715 AR-Poltura, Körmöcbánya, #01
avers: CAROLUS•VI•D:G:R:I:S:A:G:H:H:B:R•, Emperor bust right in a circle, border of dots.
reverse: P-H//POLTURA/*1715*/*, Madonna seated facing, holding infant Jesus in her left arm, P - H (Patrona - Hungariae) on each side, POLTURA / date below, border of line and a border of dots.
diameter: 18-19,5mm, weight: 0,90g, axis: 0h,
mint: Hungary, mint mark: P-H//POLTURA/*1715*/*,,
date: 1715 A.D., ref: Unger-2 1202/1715, Huszar 1631,
Q-001
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053 Károly III., (Carolus VI. of Habsburg), King of Hungary, (1711-1740 A.D.), H 1632, U 1203, 1714 AR-Poltura, Nagybánya, Scarce! #01053 Károly III., (Carolus VI. of Habsburg), King of Hungary, (1711-1740 A.D.), H 1632, U 1203, 1714 AR-Poltura, Nagybánya, Scarce! #01
avers: CAROL vI D:G:ROM:IMP.S.A.GER.HI.H.B.REX, Emperor bust right in a circle, border of dots.
reverse: N-B//POLTURA/*1714*/*, Madonna seated facing, holding infant Jesus in her left arm, N - B (Nagybánya) on each side, POLTURA / date below, border of line, and a border of dots.
diameter: 18,3-19,9mm, weight: 1,03g, axis: 11h,
mint: Hungary, Nagybánya, mint mark: N-B//POLTURA/*1714*/*,,
date: 1714 A.D.,
ref: Huszár 1632, Unger-2 1203/1714,
Q-001
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053 Károly III., (Carolus VI. of Habsburg), King of Hungary, (1711-1740 A.D.), H 1641, U 1208, 1733, AR-Denar, Körmöcbánya, #01053 Károly III., (Carolus VI. of Habsburg), King of Hungary, (1711-1740 A.D.), H 1641, U 1208, 1733, AR-Denar, Körmöcbánya, #01
avers: +CAR•VI•D•G•R•I•S•A•G•H•H•B•R•, Crowned Hungarian shield, mint-mark (K-B) on each side.
reverse: PATRONA•HUNGA•1733, Madonna seated facing, holding infant Jesus in her left arm.
diameter: 26,0-26,5mm, weight: g, axis: 0h,
mintmark: K/B//--, mint: Hungary, Körmöczbánya (Kremnitz, today Slovakia: Kremnica), date: 1733 A.D., ref: Huszár 1641/1733, Unger-2 1208/1733,
Q-001
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060a09. AurelianAntoninianus. 22mm, 3.78 g. Siscia. Obv: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG. Radiate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ORIENS AVG / S / XXIVI. Sol standing left, raising hand and holding whip; bound captive seated to left and right.. RIC V online 2343. Naumann 101, Lot 749
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074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-12-01, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANVI, PMS C OL VIM, Moesia standing, facing left #01074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-12-01, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANVI, PMS C OL VIM, Moesia standing, facing left #01
avers:- IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- PMS C OL IM, female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right; in ex. AN VI regnal year VI.
exergo: -/-//ANVI, diameter: 30mm, weight: 15,86g, axis: h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 244-245 A.D., ref: Pick-102, PM-2-12-1, Mus-36,
Q-001
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074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-12-01, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANVI, PMS C OL VIM, Moesia standing, facing left #02074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-12-01, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANVI, PMS C OL VIM, Moesia standing, facing left #02
avers:- IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- PMS C OL IM, female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right; in ex. AN VI regnal year VI.
exergo: -/-//ANVI, diameter: 30mm, weight: 17,95g, axis: h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 244-245 A.D., ref: Pick-102, PM-2-12-1, Mus-36,
Q-002
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083a10. Constantine IAE follis. 19mm, 2.69 g. Thessalonica mint. 320-321 AD. Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right. Rev: DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XX in wreath with star below within wreath. Mintmark TSΓVI. RIC VII 117.lawrence c
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083c08. CrispusAE3. Thessalonica, 324 AD. Obv: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left. Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT X in wreath, dot in badge at the top. Mintmark TSΔVI. RIC VII 125.
A FORUM coin.
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088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-06-02, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #01088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-06-02, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #01
avers: IMP VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right.
reverse: P M S C OL VIM (Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium), Female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right, in exergue ANXVI.
exergue: -/-//ANXVI, diameter: 26mm, weight: 7,03g, axis: h,
mint: Viminacium, date: 254-255 A.D., ref: Pick-190, PM-7-06-2, Mus-62var,
Q-001
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088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-06-05, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #01088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-06-05, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #01
avers: IMP VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right.
reverse: P M S C OL VIM (Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium), Female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right, in exergue ANXVI.
exergue: -/-//ANXVI, diameter: mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 254-255 A.D., ref: Pick-190, PM-7-06-5, Mus-,
Q-001
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088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-06-05, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #02088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-06-05, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #02
avers: IMP VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right.
reverse: P M S C OL VIM (Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium), Female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right, in exergue ANXVI.
exergue: -/-//ANXVI, diameter: 26,5-28,5mm, weight: 8,96g, axis: 0h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 254-255 A.D., ref: Pick-190, PM-7-06-5, Mus-,
Q-002
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089p Mariniana (??? A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-08-02, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #01089p Mariniana (??? A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 07-08-02, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANXVI, P M S COL VIM, Female figure standing, facing left, Rare! #01
Wife of Valerian I.
avers: DIVAE MARINIANAE, Veiled and draped bust right.
reverse: P M S C OL VIM (Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium), Female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right, in exergue ANXVI.
exergue: -/-//ANXVI, diameter: 27mm, weight:9,76g, axis: h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 254-255 AD., ref: Pick-not listed, PM-7-08-2, Mus-not listed,
Q-001
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098-117 AD - TRAJAN AR quinar - struck 114-117 ADobv: IMP.CAES.NER.TRAIANO.OPTIMO.AVG. GER.DAC
rev: P.M.TR.P.COS.VI.P.P.SPQR
ref: RIC351, C.282 (10frcs)
1.62gms, 14mm
Rare
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117-138 AD - HADRIAN AE as - struck 118 ADobv: IMP.CAES.DIVI.TRA.PARTH.F.DIVI NER.NEP.TRAIANO.HADRIANO.AVG (laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder)
rev: PONT.MAX.TR.POT.COS.II (legionary eagle between two standards), S-C in ex.
ref: RIC II 546b (S), C.1182 (5frcs)
mint: Rome
8.68gms, 28mm
Scarce

History: Quintus Marcius Turbo (who was governor of Pannonia [117-118] and later became Hadrian's praetorian prefect) successfully led II Adiutrix against the Sarmatians in 118, this coin probably commemorated the succesfull campaign.
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132 - Probus - RIC 811 var - Bust Type C (Siscia) (XXIS)Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev:– VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Mars walking right, holding spear and trophy.
Mint – Siscia (XXIS) Emission 5 Officina 2. A.D. 278
Reference:– RIC 811 var. Bust type C (Unlisted Bust type for this RIC). Alföldi - (cf. type 96, n° 70 (officina VI)). Not in Alföldi with this combination. He notes one frontal C bust from emission 5, with mark XXIVI. Another example is known with this mark XXIS.
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132 - Probus - RIC 811 var - Bust Type C (Siscia) (_ | V / XXI)Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev:– VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Mars walking right, holding spear and trophy.
Mint – Siscia (_ | V / XXI) Emission 7 Officina 5. A.D. 280
Reference:– Alföldi Unlisted. RIC 811 var. Bust type C Unlisted Bust type for this RIC.
Unusually late appearance of the cuirassed and draped bust seen from front. Typically, these are from earlier emissions.
Not in Alföldi with this combination. He notes one frontal C bust from a different emission (4), with mark XXIVI. Another is known with mark XXIS.
maridvnvm
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132 - Probus - RIC 816 - Bust Type G (Siscia) (XXIVI)Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left holding spear and shield
Rev:– VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Mars walking right, holding spear and trophy
Minted in Siscia (XXIVI in exe) Emission 5 Officina VI. A.D. 278
Reference(s) – RIC 816 Bust Type G. Alföldi type 96, n° 164
Weight 4.16 gms
Size 23.69mm
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII ???, AR-Argenteus, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII ???, AR-Argenteus, -/-//PTR, VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, Not in RIC !!!
avers:- IMP CONSTANTI NVS AVG, bust l., high-crested helmet, cuir., dr., spear across r. shoulder..
rever:- VICTORIA LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories stg. facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT/PR on altar. PTR in exergue.
"UNLISTED ISSUE. This issue is listed erroneously in RIC VII as regular follis (TRIER 208A, p. 181), but in fact it is "billon argenteus" (c. 25% of silver) and belongs to the group of TREVERI 825-826 in RIC VI. Note that only PTR mark is correct, because of only one officina working at that time at Treveri. Note also that the bust type is similar to H11 from RIC VII, but there are also a few differences: bust is usually larger, half-length, and could be described as cuirassed and draped. Coin should be listed after TREVERI 826. See: Bastien, P., "L’émission de monnaies de billon de Treves au début de 313", Quaderni Ticinesi (Numismatica e Antichità Classiche) 1982, XI, p. 271-278. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 181, CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 224" by Lech Stepniewski, in "Not in RIC" , thank you Lech Stepniewski,
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/notinric/6tre-826.html
exergo: -/-//PTR, diameter: 19mm, weight: 2,73g, axis: h,
mint: Trier, date: 318-319 A.D., ref: RIC VI Trier 825-6?, RIC VI, "TREVERI [after 826], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE" by Lech Stepniewski,
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1682 Lion Daalder - CampenNetherlands: Campen
1682 Lion Daalder
Obv: Knight facing, looking to his left, above shield w/ lion rampant left; MO.ARG.CIVI.IMP / BELG.CAMPEN
Rev: Rampant lion facing left; CONFIDENS.DNO.NON.MOVETUR 16 (mm) 82
27.12 grams; 42.8 mm
Davenport: 4879
Delmonte: 862
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1774 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,57g
28 mm
argent
LUD. XVI. REX. CHRISTIANISS.
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Tête à droite, avec un bandeau dans les cheveux,
sans signature
JETON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1774
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 123
PYL
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1774 - États de Rennes

Louis XVI
8,90g
29 mm
cuivre
LUD XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS.
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Tête à droite, avec un bandeau dans les cheveux,
sans signature
JETON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1774
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
variante du Daniel 123

voir : Gildas Salaün, "De nouveaux jetons des Etats de Bretagne en cuivre", ASBNH, 2004.
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1776 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,56g
28 mm
argent
LUD. XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS.
Tête à droite, les cheveux noués derrière le cou,
au-dessous signature DU VIV.
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1776
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d'hermines
Daniel 125
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1776 - États de Rennes 1776 - États de Rennes
Louis XVI
6,74g
28 mm
argent
LUD. XVI. REX. CHRISTIANISS.
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Tête à droite, les cheveux noués derrière le cou,
au-dessous signature DU VIV.
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1776
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d'hermines
Daniel 124
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1778 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,75g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
ête à gauche, les cheveux longs, drapé d’une tunique,
au-dessous signature DUV.
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1778
Écu de France et de Bretagne couronné sur un manteau fleurdelisé et herminé
Daniel 126
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1780 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,66g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANIS
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite, avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
sans signature
poinçon en forme de faisceau de licteur dans le champ droit
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1780
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France, aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne, sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 127 bis
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1780 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,66g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANIS
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
sans signature
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1780
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 127
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1780 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,48g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANIS
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
sans signature
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1780
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 127 ou peut être Daniel 128
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1782 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,72g
28 mm
argent
LUD. XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS.
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
signé DU VIV
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1782
Écu écartelé de France et de Bretagne couronné sur un manteau fleurdelisé
Daniel 129
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1783. Louis XVI. Burgundy Canal Inauguration.Obv. Draped bust right LUDOVICO XVI FR ET NAVAR REGI OPTIMO COMITIA BURGUND
Rev. Female water nymph, holding caduceus, surrounded by three male water nymphs on rocks surrounded by various symbols of prosperity UTRIUSQUE MARIS JUNCTIO TRIPLEN FOSSIS ABARARI ADLISER SEQUAN RHENUM SIMUL APERTIS MDCLXXXIII

Commemorates the construction of a canal system in Burgundy.
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1784 - États de Rennes Louis XVI
7,17g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANIS
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
sans signature
JETON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1784.
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 130
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1784 - États de RennesLouis XVI
7,07g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANIS
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
signé DU VIV.
JETON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1784.
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 131
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1786 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,30g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANIS
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
sans signature
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1786
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 135
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1786 - États de Rennes Louis XVI
6,94g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIAN.
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
au-dessous signature DUVIV
JETTON DES ETATS DE BRETAGNE 1786
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 136
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1788 - États de RennesLouis XVI
6,71g
28 mm
argent
LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIAN
"Louis XVI roi très chrétien"
Buste habillé à droite,
avec le grand cordon retenu par une barrette,
au-dessous signature DUV.
JETTON DES ÉTATS DE BRETAGNE 1788
Écu couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 de France,
aux 2 et 3 de Bretagne,
sur un manteau semé de fleurs de lis et d’hermines
Daniel 139
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1794 - 1795, AE Halfpenny. Lancaster, Lancashire.Obverse: IOHN OF GAUNT DUKE OF LANCASTER ★. Bust of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, facing left.
Reverse: SUCCESS TO THE COMMERCE OF BRITAIN. Britannia standing on the shore facing left, holding a spray of leaves in her outstretched right hand, and a shield and spear in her left; three ships at sea to the left in front of her and another vessel in the distance behind her; two men ploughing the ground behind her to the right. Below, in exergue, lion facing right and sprig of three leaves.
Edge: Plain.
Diameter: 29mm
Dalton & Hamer: 54
RARE

This token was probably manufactured by Peter Kempson in Birmingham, the dies were engraved by J.G.Hancock.
In the 18th century, token manufacturers often used their dies to their own advantage by striking “mules”, solely with the object of creating rare varieties which were sold to the collectors of the day.
The Britannia design has been copied from a silver medal commemorating the Treaty of Utrecht by John Croker which was originally struck under Queen Anne in 1713

JOHN OF GAUNT
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, was a member of the House of Plantagenet, he was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He was called "John of Gaunt" because he was born in Ghent, then anglicised as Gaunt.
John of Gaunt's legitimate male heirs, the Lancasters, included Kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. John fathered five children outside marriage, one early in life by a lady-in-waiting to his mother, and four surnamed "Beaufort" (after a former French possession) by Katherine Swynford, Gaunt's long-term mistress and third wife. The Beaufort children, three sons and a daughter, were legitimised by royal and papal decrees after John and Katherine married in 1396; a later proviso that they were specifically barred from inheriting the throne was inserted with dubious authority by their half-brother Henry IV. The three succeeding houses of English sovereigns from 1399, the Houses of Lancaster, York and Tudor, were descended from John through Henry Bolingbroke, Joan Beaufort and John Beaufort, respectively.
John of Gaunt's eldest son and heir, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, was exiled for ten years by King Richard II in 1398. When John of Gaunt died at the age of 58 on 3rd February, 1399, his estates and titles were declared forfeit to the crown because King Richard II named Henry Bolingbroke a traitor and sentenced him to exile for life, but Henry returned from exile to reclaim his inheritance and depose Richard. Henry Bolingbroke then reigned as King Henry IV of England from 1399 to 1413, the first of the descendants of John of Gaunt to hold the throne of England.
John of Gaunt, due to his land grants, was one of the wealthiest men to have ever lived, his estates are estimated to have been worth a modern equivalent of $110 billion.
*Alex
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1936 GEORGE V AE FARTHINGObverse: GEORGIVS V DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REX FID:DEF:IND:IMP: . Bare head of George V facing left.
Reverse: FARTHING. Britannia seated facing right, right hand resting on shield, left hand holding trident; 1936 in exergue.
SPINK: 4061

George V's portrait was designed by Bertram Mackennal (1863 - 1931), this is marked by a small "BM" on the King's neck.

On January 20th 1936, King George V died, his death hastened by his physician who administered a lethal injection to him. George V was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII, but in December Edward signed an instrument of abdication and his brother, Prince Albert, became King, reigning as King George VI.
No coins were issued for Edward VIII, the types bearing the portrait of George V continued to be struck throughout 1936 and up until the coronation of George VI in 1937.*Alex
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1937 EDWARD VIII AE CORONATION MEDALObverse: • HIS • MAJESTY • KING • EDWARD • VIII •, Crowned bust of Edward VIII facing right, wearing ceremonial robes, the legend in raised letters on a raised border with each word separated by a rose.
Reverse: CROWNED - A. D. 1937. Britannia standing facing within a distyle arch, holding crown aloft with her right hand and union flag on pole in her left, in background to left, battleship and to right, London riverside scene in which St Paul's Cathedral can be discerned.
Diameter: 45mm

No coins were issued for Edward VIII who became King on the death of his father, George V, on 20th January 1936. Edward's coronation never took place because he abdicated the throne on 11th December that same year after a reign lasting only 326 days.
As Edward VIII was never crowned the coin types bearing the portrait of George V continued to be struck throughout 1936 and up until the coronation in 1937 of Edward's younger brother Albert, who reigned as George VI

This unsigned medal was struck in 1936 in anticipation of the proposed Coronation of Edward VIII on 12th May, 1937. The same reverse dies of this medal were subsequently reused on coronation medals for George VI. This was often the case with the coronation issues for George VI because the date of his coronation was the 12th of May, the same date as that originally proposed for Edward VIII.*Alex
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1ea Licinius308-324

Follis

Laureate head, right, IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG
Jupiter standing left with thunderbolt and sceptre, eagle at foot with wreath in its beak, A over μ (Mu) over dot in right field, dot SIS dot in ex, IOVI CONSERVATORI

RIC 225a var

According to Zonaras: Maximinus took as colleague in his rule Licinius, who derived his lineage from the Dacians and was the brother-in-law of Constantine the Great. After he had made him colleague in his sovereignty and left him in Illyricum to defend the Thracians, who were being plundered by barbarians, he himself proceeded to Rome, to battle against Maxentius. Then, being suspicious of his own soldiers and fearing lest they desert to the enemy, he desisted from battle and departed. He regretted his appointment of Licinius, first plotted secretly against him, and then openly joined battle with him. He attacked him, was repulsed, defeated, and fled, and in his flight did away with himself. . . .

Eutropius adds: CONSTANTINE, being a man of great energy, bent upon effecting whatever he had settled in his mind, and aspiring to the sovereignty of the whole world, proceeded to make war on Licinius, although he had formed a connexion with him by marriage, for his sister Constantia was married to Licinius. And first of all be overthrew him, by a sudden attack, at Cibalae in Pannonia, where he was making vast preparations for war; and after becoming master of Dardania, Maesia, and Macedonia, took possession also of several other provinces.

There were then various contests between them, and peace made and broken. At last Licinius, defeated in a battle at Nicomedia by sea and land, surrendered himself, and, in violation of an oath taken by Constantine, was put to death, after being divested of the purple, at Thessalonica.
Blindado
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1st Century B.C.E.- 2nd Century C.E. Terra Sigillata SherdsFragments of terra sigillata. The piece in the middle has letters that read "A.VI" and the longer piece at bottom right "IVI." 100mm on the length of the longer sherd.
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2 tessera roman Buttrey 9VIIAE tessera
3.89 g, 21.4 mm, 9 h.
Obv. Augustus radiate head left.
Rev. VII within wreath.
Buttrey 9VII.
Aleph
21_39__Andras_II_2C_H-2832C_CNH_I_-2C_U-2072C_21_39_1_1_-a3_1_-after_2__before_3_2C_New_Sigla2C_11-112C5mm2C_02C17g2C_10h2C-sa.jpg
21.39. András II., (Andreas II.), King of Hungary, (1205-1235 A.D.), CÁC III. 21.39.1.1./a3.1./after 2. before 3., New Sigla !, H-283, CNH I.-187, U-207, AR-Obulus Very Rare! #0121.39. András II., (Andreas II.), King of Hungary, (1205-1235 A.D.), CÁC III. 21.39.1.1./a3.1./after 2. before 3., New Sigla !, H-283, CNH I.-187, U-207, AR-Obulus Very Rare! #01
avers: Pediment on the column between two wings, crescent above, the border of dots.
reverse: Six-pointed star on the rod between two towers on the arch, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 11,0-11,5 mm, weight: 0,17 g, axis: 10h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-283, CNH I.-, Unger-207, Corponai Hoard No:78, by Gohl: Num. Közl. VI.125.
CÁC III. 21.39.1.1./a3.1./after 2. before 3., New Sigla !
Sigla three dots (a3) one on the left wing in the middle, and another two on the column in the middle. Very Rare!
Q-001
1 commentsquadrans
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213 AD - CARACALLA limes denarius obv: ANTONINVS.PIVS.AVG.BRIT
rev: P.M.TR.P.XVI.COS.IIII.P.P. (Hercules standing left, holding branch, club and lion's skin)
ref: RIC IV 206a, RSC 220
3.23gms
Limes (or "border") denarii were produced on the fringes of the Empire – mainly on the Eastern borders - because of the coin shortage. They were made of zink and some other metals, and were invariably cast. It seems that the coins were official or, at least, semi-official, since they circulated alongside the official coins. They were usually molded, but sometimes was struck - like this.
berserker
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238-244 AD - Gordian III - Jupiter SestertiusIMPGORDIANVSPIVSFELAVG - Laureate, draped and curaissed bust right
IOVISTATORI SC - naked Jupiter standing, head right, holding thunderbolt and scepter

Rome mint, ric 298, 23.8 gms 28-32 mm
jimwho523
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270-275 AD - AURELIAN silvered AE antoninianusobv: IMP.AVRELIANVS.AVG (radiate & cuirassed bust right)
rev: IOVI.CONSER (Jupiter on right & facing left, presents globe to Aurelian opposite), *Q in ex
ref: RIC225
mint: Siscia
3.60gms, 22mm, 4th officina, 6th issue. struck Fall 272-January 274 AD.
berserker
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276-282 - PROBUS AE antoninianusobv: IMP.C.M.AVR.PROBVS.AVG (radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from back) (bust type C)
rev: IOVI.CONSERVATORI (emperor standing right receiving globe from Jupiter)
/ VXXT (2nd emission)
ref: RIC386, C.313
mint: Ticinum, struck 276 AD
2.94gms, 22mm
berserker
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284-305 AD - DIOCLETIAN silvered AE antoninianusobv: IMP.DIOCLETIANVS.P.AVG (radiate cuirassed bust right)
rev: IOVI.AVGG / A (Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe & scepter, eagle at foot left)
ref: RIC27, C.163
mint: Lugdunum, struck 292-293 AD
4.36gms, 22mm
berserker
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284-305 AD - DIOCLETIAN silvered AE antoninianusobv: IMP.C.C.VAL.DIOCLETIANVS.PF.AVG (radiate & curiassed bust right)
rev: IOVI.CONSERVAT / VXXIT (Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter; before him: small figure of Diocletian)
ref: RIC220, C.206
mint: Ticinum, struck 285 AD
4.21gms, 22mm
berserker
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285-305 AD - MAXIMIANUS silvered AE antoninianusobv: IMP.C.M.AVR.VAL.MAXIMIANVS.PF.AVG (radiate cuirassed bust right)
rev: IOVI.ET.HERCVLI.CONSER.AVGG / Δ / XXI (Jupiter standing right holding scepter & orb facing Hercules standing left holding Victory & club)
ref: RIC622, C.311
mint: Antiochia, struck 285-295 AD
4.87gms, 22mm
berserker
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29. Severus Alexander year VI.Denarius, 227 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG / Laureate bust of Severus Alexander.
Reverse: P M TR P VI COS II P P / Pax running, holding olive branch and sceptre.
2.04 gm., 19 mm.
RIC #67; Sear #7904.
Callimachus
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293-305 AD - GALERIUS Caesar AE antoninianusobv: GAL.VAL.MAXIMIANVS.NOB.CAES (radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right)
rev: IOVI.ET.HERCVLI.CONS.CAES / Γ / XXI (Jupiter standing right, holding long sceptre and globe, facing Hercules standing left, holding Victory, club and lion's skin)
ref: RIC Vi 719, Cohen 127
mint: Antiochia, struck 293-295 AD
3.43gms, 22mm
berserker
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364-375 AD - Valentinian I - RIC IX Siscia 14(a)[xvi] - GLORIA ROMANORVMEmperor: Valentinian I (r. 364-375 AD)
Date: 367-375 AD
Condition: Fair
Size: AE3

Obverse: DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG
Our Lord Valentinian Dutiful and Wise Emperor
Bust right; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed

Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM
Glory of the Romans.
Emperor advancing right, dragging captive with right hand and holding labarum in left.
"M | * / F" in field
Exergue: BSISC (Siscia mint, second officina)

RIC IX Siscia 14(a)[xvi]; VM 42
1.69g; 17.7mm; 195°
Pep
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367-383 AD - Gratian - RIC IX Siscia 14(c)[xvi] - GLORIA ROMANORVMEmperor: Gratian (r. 367-383 AD)
Date: 367-375 AD
Condition: Fair
Size: AE3

Obverse: DN GRATIANVS P F AVG
Our Lord Gratian Dutiful and Wise Emperor
Bust right; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed

Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM
Glory of the Romans.
Emperor advancing right, with right hand dragging captive and holding labarum in left hand.
"M | * / F" in right field
Exergue: ΓSISC (Siscia mint, third officina)

RIC IX Siscia 14(c)[xvi]; VM 43
2.58g; 17.7mm; 15°
Pep
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40. Gordian III / RIC 90, year VI.Antoninianus, July 243 - July 244 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Radiate bust of Gordian.
Reverse: P M TR P VI COS II P P / Apollo seated, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre.
4.56 gm., 22 mm.
RIC #90; Sear #8651.
Callimachus
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421/1. Nonia - denarius (59 BC)AR Denarius (Rome, 59 BC)
O/ Head of Saturn right, head of a harpoon and conical stone behind; S C upwards behind; SVFENAS downwards before.
R/ Roma seated left on a pile of trophies, holding sceptre and sword, crowned by Victory standing behind; PR L V P F around; SEX NONI in exergue.
3.90g; 19mm
Crawford 421/1 (56 obverse dies/62 reverse dies)
- Collection of Walter Friedrich Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, before 1975. W. F. Stoecklin was the second member of a dynasty of coin collectors based in Switzerland.
- Obolos 9, lot 77.

* Marcus Nonius Sex.f. Sufenas:

Sufenas belonged to the plebeian gens Nonia, a relatively new gens at this time. He was the son of son of Sextus Nonius Sufenas, who had played a crucial part in 86 BC by leading the defection to Sulla among Fimbria's troops during the Civil War. Sulla then rewarded him with a praetorship in 81 BC. In turn, Sextus organised the first Victory games celebrating his patron (the Ludi Victoriae Sullanae), as explained on the reverse (Sextus Nonius praetor ludos Victoriae primus fecit).

Marcus Sufenas' career relied on the patronage of Pompey, whom he devotedly served. In 56 he was Tribune of the Plebs, and with the famous Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Porcius Cato, and Lucius Procilius, they sabotaged the consular elections in order to force the choice of Pompey and Crassus as Consuls for 55 (Cassius Dio, Roman History, xxxix. 27-33). Pompey then used his influence to acquit Sufenas (Cicero, Atticus, iv. 15).

Since he was governor of Macedonia or Cyrenaica in 51 (Cicero, Atticus, vi. 1 & viii. 15), Broughton conjectured that he had been Praetor in 52. He was still in his province by 49, so he probably helped Pompey after his flight from Italy. Plutarch mentions him just before the Battle of Pharsalus (Life of Cicero, 38). As he disappears from ancient sources after this, he might have died during the battle.
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423/1. Servilia - denarius (57 BC)AR Denarius (Rome, 57 BC)
O/ Head of Flora right; lituus behind; FLORAL PRIMVS before.
R/ Two soldiers facing each other and presenting swords; C SERVEIL in exergue; C F upwards on right.
3.87g; 18mm
Crawford 423/1 (99 obverse dies/110 reverse dies)
- ROMA Numismatics, E-Sale 42, lot 484.
- Artemide Aste, 11-12 June 2016, lot 253.

* Gaius Servilius C.f. (Brocchus?):

The gens Servilia was originally patrician, but our moneyer was most likely a plebeian because at this time, the only remaining patrician branch of the gens was the Caepiones. The Servilii Gemini, likewise patricians at first, lost their status during the Second Punic War for an unknown reason and their descendants had erratic cognomina, making it difficult to reconstruct the genealogical tree of the gens. The one given by Crawford for RRC 239 is dubious, although possible.

Crawford also says that our moneyer was perhaps a brother of Marcus Servilius C.f., Tribune of the Plebs in 43 BC. He was possibly the Gaius Servilius Brocchus, son of Gaius, mentioned as Military Tribune by Flavius Josephus (Jewish Antiquities, xiv. 229), who tells that he served under the Consul L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus in Asia. It would match a career started in the 50, during which the Pompeian party was dominating, and continued as Pompey's supporter during the Civil War.

The meaning of his denarius has been debated. According to Crawford, the obverse legend refers to the priesthood of Flora, probably held by the gens, contradicting the view of Mommsen, who thought it was celebrating the establishment of the Ludi Florales in 173. This view has been in turn challenged by Robert Palmer, but without giving an explanation of his own*. It should also be mentioned that Pliny the Elder tells that there were statues of Flora, Triptolemus and Ceres by Praxiteles in the "Servilian gardens" (Natural History, xxxvi. 4), which obviously belonged to the gens, showing that Flora was of special importance for the Servilii.

The reverse reuses a common theme on Servilii's denarii: the duels of Marcus Servilius Pulex Geminus, Consul in 202, who was famous for his 23 victories in single combats (Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus, 31). The scene was depicted with variations on RRC 264 (horseback duel), RRC 327 (duel on foot), and RRC 370 (rider charging). It is also possible that RRC 239 shows another duel on horse, but disguised as the Dioscuri riding apart. The fact that our moneyer used this theme links him to the other direct descendants of Servilius Pulex Geminus, thus supporting Crawford's theory that he was a grandchild of Gaius Servilius, Praetor in 102.

* "Flora and the Sybil", in Ten Years of the Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels Lectures at Bryn Mawr College, edited by Suzanne B. Faris, Lesley E. Lundeen, Bryn Mawr, 2006, pp. 58-70.
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501. Constantine I Lyons SolLyons

Originally, the important city in this area was that of Vienne, at a crossroads of Celtic trails, and port for the Greek trade. They had been largly Hellanised during the 2nd - 1st centuries BCE, then caught up in the conflicts involving Rome and Athens. Roman traders had settled there and competition started a revolt, driving the Romans to the north. At the present site of Lyons, they sought and received refuge from the Gallic tribe called Segusiavi. At that time, Lyons was just a tribe of Celts occupying the top of a hill, later to be called Fourviere. A Roman settlement was begun, and then later used by Julius Caesar to launch his campaigns against the Helvetii in 58 BCE.

The site of Lyons, being on a crossroads as well as a connection to the Mediterranean, was early recognised as being strategically important. In 43 BCE, the city of Lugdunum became an official Roman colony recognised by the Roman senate, founded by the governor of Gallia Comata (province of Comata), Lucius Munatius Plancus. Later, in 27 BCE, then Emperor Augustus divided Gallia Comata into three provinces, and Lugdunum became the capital of Gallia Lugdunensis. [The third province was Gallia Aquitania.]

Lyons became the financial center for taxation purposes of Aquitania and Lugdunum provinces, and an official mint was established there. Also, the state cult honoring Augustus [or the present Emperor] was established at Lyons, drawing many pilgrims and supplicants. Drusus, the father of Claudius, (born 10 BCE) was stationed at Lyons, being in charge of Gallia Comata. Also, a cohort of Roman policemen were stationed at lyons, to protect the mint. A bronze inscription found at Lyons records the speech given to the Roman Senate in 48 CE by Emperor Claudius, arguing for the acceptance of admission of senators from Gallia Comata.

Through Lyons [and Vienne] passed the great roads leading to the different regions of Gaul and towards Italy. Trade with Gaul, Britain and Germany passed through Lyons, mostly supplying Roman colonies on the the frontier. Later, these routes were paved by the Romans to facilitate trade and troop movement. Lyons became an important trade and military center. However, intercity rivalry with Vienne to the south never died, and indeed Vienne became jealous over time.

Lyons was burnt to the ground in 65 CE but quickly rebuilt. It prospered until 197 when it was sacked in a civil war. The city of Lyons had backed the unfortunate loser in a battle between two Roman generals. Cities to the south [Arles, Vienne, and to the north, Trier] took over the economic functions of Lyons; and the city of Lyons was again plundered 269. Lyons fought back, and the trade wars raged on, until early in the 4th century when the aqueducts of Lyons were destroyed. Without water, the hillsite of Lyons [the Fourviere Hill] became untenable. The merchants moved down to the city below, or out of the city entirely. The protection of Lyons was thus much more difficult. And the decline of the Roman Empire also spelled the decline of many of its cities.

RIC VII Lyons 34 C3

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56a. Henry VI, first reign.Groat, 1422-1427; Calaise mint.
Obverse: +HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC / Crowned bust facing, with annulet on each side of neck.
Reverse: +POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM VILLA CALISIE / Long cross with three pellets in each angle, annulet in two quarters and after POSVI.
3.43 gm., 27 mm.
North #1424 or #1427; Seaby #1836.

Classification: North, Vol. 2, p. 56 is a bit confused as to the differences between #1424 and #1427. Otherwise this coin is very easy to assign to the "annulet issue" of 1422-1427.

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64. Edward VI.Shilling, ca 1553, London mint.
Obverse: EDWARD VI D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX / Crowned bust, facing, with rose to left and XII to right.
Reverse: POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV / Royal shield over cross.
Mint mark: tun (small barrel) both sides.
6.14 gm., 31 mm.
North #1937; Seaby #2482.
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710a, Vespasian, 1 July 69 - 24 June 79 A.D.Silver denarius, RIC II, 10, aVF, 3.5 g, 18mm, Rome mint, 69-71 AD; Obverse: IMP CAESA[R] VESPASIANV[S AV]G - Laureate head right; Reverse: COS ITER [T]R POT - Pax seated left holding branch and caduceus. Ex Imperial Coins.


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An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families


Titus Flavius Vespasianus (A.D. 69-79)


John Donahue
College of William and Mary

Introduction

Titus Flavius Vespasianus (b. A.D. 9, d. A.D. 79, emperor A.D. 69-79) restored peace and stability to an empire in disarray following the death of Nero in A.D. 68. In the process he established the Flavian dynasty as the legitimate successor to the Imperial throne. Although we lack many details about the events and chronology of his reign, Vespasian provided practical leadership and a return to stable government - accomplishments which, when combined with his other achievements, make his emperorship particularly notable within the history of the Principate.

Early Life and Career

Vespasian was born at Falacrina near Sabine Reate on 17 November, A.D. 9, the son of T. Flavius Sabinus, a successful tax collector and banker, and Vespasia Polla. Both parents were of equestrian status. Few details of his first fifteen years survive, yet it appears that his father and mother were often away from home on business for long periods. As a result, Vespasian's early education became the responsibility of his paternal grandmother, Tertulla. [[1]] In about A.D. 25 Vespasian assumed the toga virilis and later accepted the wearing of the latus clavus, and with it the senatorial path that his older brother, T. Flavius Sabinus, had already chosen. [[2]] Although many of the particulars are lacking, the posts typically occupied by one intent upon a senatorial career soon followed: a military tribunate in Thrace, perhaps for three or four years; a quaestorship in Crete-Cyrene; and the offices of aedile and praetor, successively, under the emperor Gaius. [[3]]

It was during this period that Vespasian married Flavia Domitilla. Daughter of a treasury clerk and former mistress of an African knight, Flavia lacked the social standing and family connections that the politically ambitious usually sought through marriage. In any case, the couple produced three children, a daughter, also named Flavia Domitilla, and two sons, the future emperors Titus and Domitian . Flavia did not live to witness her husband's emperorship and after her death Vespasian returned to his former mistress Caenis, who had been secretary to Antonia (daughter of Marc Antony and mother of Claudius). Caenis apparently exerted considerable influence over Vespasian, prompting Suetonius to assert that she remained his wife in all but name, even after he became emperor. [[4]]

Following the assassination of Gaius on 24 January, A.D. 41, Vespasian advanced rapidly, thanks in large part to the new princeps Claudius, whose favor the Flavians had wisely secured with that of Antonia, the mother of Germanicus, and of Claudius' freedmen, especially Narcissus. [[5]] The emperor soon dispatched Vespasian to Argentoratum (Strasbourg) as legatus legionis II Augustae, apparently to prepare the legion for the invasion of Britain. Vespasian first appeared at the battle of Medway in A.D. 43, and soon thereafter led his legion across the south of England, where he engaged the enemy thirty times in battle, subdued two tribes, and conquered the Isle of Wight. According to Suetonius, these operations were conducted partly under Claudius and partly under Vespasian's commander, Aulus Plautius. Vespasian's contributions, however, did not go unnoticed; he received the ornamenta triumphalia and two priesthoods from Claudius for his exploits in Britain. [[6]]

By the end of A.D. 51 Vespasian had reached the consulship, the pinnacle of a political career at Rome. For reasons that remain obscure he withdrew from political life at this point, only to return when chosen proconsul of Africa about A.D. 63-64. His subsequent administration of the province was marked by severity and parsimony, earning him a reputation for being scrupulous but unpopular. [[7]] Upon completion of his term, Vespasian returned to Rome where, as a senior senator, he became a man of influence in the emperor Nero's court. [[8]] Important enough to be included on Nero's tour of Greece in A.D. 66-67, Vespasian soon found himself in the vicinity of increasing political turbulence in the East. The situation would prove pivotal in advancing his career.

Judaea and the Accession to Power

In response to rioting in Caesarea and Jerusalem that had led to the slaughter in the latter city of Jewish leaders and Roman soldiers, Nero granted to Vespasian in A.D. 66 a special command in the East with the objective of settling the revolt in Judaea. By spring A.D. 67, with 60,000 legionaries, auxiliaries, and allies under his control, Vespasian set out to subdue Galilee and then to cut off Jerusalem. Success was quick and decisive. By October all of Galilee had been pacified and plans for the strategic encirclement of Jerusalem were soon formed. [[9]] Meanwhile, at the other end of the empire, the revolts of Gaius Iulius Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, and Servius Sulpicius Galba , governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, had brought Nero's reign to the brink of collapse. The emperor committed suicide in June, A.D. 68, thereby ensuring chaos for the next eighteen months, as first Galba and then Marcus Salvius Otho and Aulus Vitellius acceded to power. Each lacked broad-based military and senatorial support; each would be violently deposed in turn. [[10]]

Still occupied with plans against Jerusalem, Vespasian swore allegiance to each emperor. Shortly after Vitellius assumed power in spring, A.D. 69, however, Vespasian met on the border of Judaea and Syria with Gaius Licinius Mucianus, governor of Syria, and after a series of private and public consultations, the two decided to revolt. [[11]] On July 1, at the urging of Tiberius Alexander, prefect of Egypt, the legions of Alexandria declared for Vespasian, as did the legions of Judaea two days later. By August all of Syria and the Danube legions had done likewise. Vespasian next dispatched Mucianus to Italy with 20,000 troops, while he set out from Syria to Alexandria in order to control grain shipments for the purpose of starving Italy into submission. [[12]] The siege of Jerusalem he placed in the hands of his son Titus.

Meanwhile, the Danubian legions, unwilling to wait for Mucianus' arrival, began their march against Vitellius ' forces. The latter army, suffering from a lack of discipline and training, and unaccustomed to the heat of Rome, was defeated at Cremona in late October. [[13]] By mid-December the Flavian forces had reached Carsulae, 95 kilometers north of Rome on the Flaminian Road, where the Vitellians, with no further hope of reinforcements, soon surrendered. At Rome, unable to persuade his followers to accept terms for his abdication, Vitellius was in peril. On the morning of December 20 the Flavian army entered Rome. By that afternoon, the emperor was dead. [[14]]

Tacitus records that by December 22, A.D. 69, Vespasian had been given all the honors and privileges usually granted to emperors. Even so, the issue remains unclear, owing largely to a surviving fragment of an enabling law, the lex de imperio Vespasiani, which conferred powers, privileges, and exemptions, most with Julio-Claudian precedents, on the new emperor. Whether the fragment represents a typical granting of imperial powers that has uniquely survived in Vespasian's case, or is an attempt to limit or expand such powers, remains difficult to know. In any case, the lex sanctioned all that Vespasian had done up to its passing and gave him authority to act as he saw fit on behalf of the Roman people. [[15]]

What does seem clear is that Vespasian felt the need to legitimize his new reign with vigor. He zealously publicized the number of divine omens that predicted his accession and at every opportunity he accumulated multiple consulships and imperial salutations. He also actively promoted the principle of dynastic succession, insisting that the emperorship would fall to his son. The initiative was fulfilled when Titus succeeded his father in A.D. 79.[[16]]

Emperorship

Upon his arrival in Rome in late summer, A.D. 70, Vespasian faced the daunting task of restoring a city and a government ravaged by the recent civil wars. Although many particulars are missing, a portrait nevertheles emerges of a ruler conscientiously committed to the methodical renewal of both city and empire. Concerning Rome itself, the emperor encouraged rebuilding on vacated lots, restored the Capitol (burned in A.D. 69), and also began work on several new buildings: a temple to the deified Claudius on the Caelian Hill, a project designed to identify Vespasian as a legitimate heir to the Julio-Claudians, while distancing himself from Nero ; a temple of Peace near the Forum; and the magnificent Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), located on the site of the lake of Nero 's Golden House. [[17]]

Claiming that he needed forty thousand million sesterces for these projects and for others aimed at putting the state on more secure footing, Vespasian is said to have revoked various imperial immunities, manipulated the supply of certain commodities to inflate their price, and increased provincial taxation. [[18]] The measures are consistent with his characterization in the sources as both obdurate and avaricious. There were occasional political problems as well: Helvidius Priscus, an advocate of senatorial independence and a critic of the Flavian regime from the start, was exiled after A.D. 75 and later executed; Marcellus Eprius and A. Alienus Caecina were condemned by Titus for conspiracy, the former committing suicide, the latter executed in A.D. 79.
As Suetonius claims, however, in financial matters Vespasian always put revenues to the best possible advantage, regardless of their source. Tacitus, too, offers a generally favorable assessment, citing Vespasian as the first man to improve after becoming emperor. [[19]] Thus do we find the princeps offering subventions to senators not possessing the property qualifications of their rank, restoring many cities throughout the empire, and granting state salaries for the first time to teachers of Latin and Greek rhetoric. To enhance Roman economic and social life even further, he encouraged theatrical productions by building a new stage for the Theatre of Marcellus, and he also put on lavish state dinners to assist the food trades. [[20]]

In other matters the emperor displayed similar concern. He restored the depleted ranks of the senatorial and equestrian orders with eligible Italian and provincial candidates and reduced the backlog of pending court cases at Rome. Vespasian also re-established discipline in the army, while punishing or dismissing large numbers of Vitellius ' men. [[21]]
Beyond Rome, the emperor increased the number of legions in the East and continued the process of imperial expansion by the annexation of northern England, the pacification of Wales, and by advances into Scotland and southwest Germany between the Rhine and the Danube. Vespasian also conferred rights on communities abroad, especially in Spain, where the granting of Latin rights to all native communities contributed to the rapid Romanization of that province during the Imperial period. [[22]]

Death and Assessment

In contrast to his immediate imperial predecessors, Vespasian died peacefully - at Aquae Cutiliae near his birthplace in Sabine country on 23 June, A.D. 79, after contracting a brief illness. The occasion is said to have inspired his deathbed quip: "Oh my, I must be turning into a god!" [[23]] In fact, public deification did follow his death, as did his internment in the Mausoleum of Augustus alongside the Julio-Claudians.

A man of strict military discipline and simple tastes, Vespasian proved to be a conscientious and generally tolerant administrator. More importantly, following the upheavals of A.D. 68-69, his reign was welcome for its general tranquility and restoration of peace. In Vespasian Rome found a leader who made no great breaks with tradition, yet his ability ro rebuild the empire and especially his willingness to expand the composition of the governing class helped to establish a positive working model for the "good emperors" of the second century.

Bibliography

Since the scholarship on Vespasian is more comprehensive than can be treated here, the works listed below are main accounts or bear directly upon issues discussed in the entry above. A comprehensive modern anglophone study of this emperor is yet to be produced.

Atti congresso internazionale di studi Flaviani, 2 vols. Rieti, 1983.

Atti congresso internazionale di studi Vespasianei, 2 vols. Rieti, 1981.

Bosworth, A.B. "Vespasian and the Provinces: Some Problems of the Early 70s A.D." Athenaeum 51 (1973): 49-78.

Brunt, P. A. "Lex de imperio Vespasiani." JRS (67) 1977: 95-116.

D'Espèrey, S. Franchet. "Vespasien, Titus et la littérature." ANRW II.32.5: 3048-3086.

Dudley, D. and Webster, G. The Roman Conquest of Britain. London, 1965.

Gonzalez, J. "The Lex Irnitana: A New Copy of the Flavian Municipal Law." JRS 76 (1986): 147-243.

Grant, M. The Roman Emperors: A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Rome, 31 B.C. - A.D. 476. New York, 1985.

Homo, L. Vespasien, l'Empereur du bons sens (69-79 ap. J.-C.). Paris, 1949.

Levi, M.A. "I Flavi." ANRW II.2: 177-207.

McCrum, M. and Woodhead, A. G. Select Documents of the Principates of the Flavian Emperors Including the Year of the Revolution. Cambridge, 1966.

Nicols, John. Vespasian and the Partes Flavianae. Wiesbaden, 1978.

Scarre, C. Chronicle of the Roman Emperors. The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome. London, 1995.

Suddington, D. B. The Development of the Roman Auxiliary Forces from Caesar to Vespasian, 49 B.C. - A.D. 79. Harare: U. of Zimbabwe, 1982.

Syme, R. Tacitus. Oxford, 1958.

Wardel, David. "Vespasian, Helvidius Priscus and the Restoration of the Capitol." Historia 45 (1996): 208-222.

Wellesley, K. The Long Year: A.D. 69. Bristol, 1989, 2nd ed.


Notes

[[1]] Suet. Vesp. 2.1. Suetonius remains the major source but see also Tac. Hist. 2-5; Cass. Dio 65; Joseph. BJ 3-4.

[[2]] Suetonius (Vesp. 2.1) claims that Vespasian did not accept the latus clavus, the broad striped toga worn by one aspiring to a senatorial career, immediately. The delay, however, was perhaps no more than three years. See J. Nicols, Vespasian and the Partes Flavianae (Wiesbaden, 1978), 2.

[[3]] Military tribunate and quaestorship: Suet. Vesp. 2.3; aedileship: ibid., 5.3, in which Gaius, furious that Vespasian had not kept the streets clean, as was his duty, ordered some soldiers to load him with filth;,they complied by stuffing his toga with as much as it could hold. See also Dio 59.12.2-3; praetorship: Suet. Vesp. 2.3, in which Vespasian is depicted as one of Gaius' leading adulators, an account consistent with Tacitus' portrayal (Hist 1.50.4; 2.5.1) of his early career. For a more complete discussion of these posts and attendant problems of dating, see Nicols, Vespasian, 2-7.

[[4]] Marriage and Caenis: Suet. Vesp. 3; Cass. Dio 65.14.

[[5]] Nicols, Vespasian, 12-39.

[[6]] Suet. Vesp. 4.1 For additional details on Vespasian's exploits in Britain, see D. Dudley and G. Webster, The Roman Conquest of Britain (London, 1965), 55 ff., 98.

[[7]] Concerning Vespasian's years between his consulship and proconsulship, see Suet. Vesp. 4.2 and Nicols, Vespasian, 9. On his unpopularity in Africa, see Suet. Vesp. 4.3, an account of a riot at Hadrumentum, where he was once pelted with turnips. In recording that Africa supported Vitellius in A.D. 69, Tacitus too suggests popular dissatisfaction with Vespasian's proconsulship. See Hist. 2.97.2.

[[8]] This despite the fact that the sources record two rebukes of Vespasian, one for extorting money from a young man seeking career advancement (Suet. Vesp. 4.3), the other for either leaving the room or dozing off during one of the emperor's recitals (Suet. Vesp. 4.4 and 14, which places the transgression in Greece; Tac. (Ann. 16.5.3), who makes Rome and the Quinquennial Games of A.D. 65 the setting; A. Braithwaite, C. Suetoni Tranquilli Divus Vespasianus, Oxford, 1927, 30, who argues for both Greece and Rome).

[[9]] Subjugation of Galilee: Joseph. BJ 3.65-4.106; siege of Jerusalem: ibid., 4.366-376, 414.

[[10]] Revolt of Vindex: Suet. Nero 40; Tac. Ann. 14.4; revolt of Galba: Suet. Galba 10; Plut. Galba, 4-5; suicide of Nero: Suet. Nero 49; Cass. Dio 63.29.2. For the most complete account of the period between Nero's death and the accession of Vespasian, see K. Wellesley, The Long Year: A.D. 69, 2nd. ed. (Bristol, 1989).

[[11]] Tac. Hist. 2.76.

[[12]] Troops in support of Vespasian: Suet. Vit. 15; Mucianus and his forces: Tac. Hist. 2.83; Vespasian and grain shipments: Joseph. BJ 4.605 ff.; see also Tac. Hist. 3.48, on Vespasian's possible plan to shut off grain shipments to Italy from Carthage as well.

[[13]] On Vitellius' army and its lack of discipline, see Tac. Hist. 2.93-94; illness of army: ibid., 2.99.1; Cremona: ibid., 3.32-33.

[[14]] On Vitellius' last days, see Tac. Hist. 3.68-81. On the complicated issue of Vitellius' death date, see L. Holzapfel, "Römische Kaiserdaten," Klio 13 (1913): 301.

[[15]] Honors, etc. Tac. Hist. 4.3. For more on the lex de imperio Vespasiani, see P. A. Brunt, "Lex de imperio Vespasiani," JRS (67) 1977: 95-116.

[[16]] Omens: Suet. Vesp. 5; consulships and honors: ibid., 8; succession of sons: ibid., 25.

[[17]] On Vespasian's restoration of Rome, see Suet. Vesp. 9; Cass. Dio 65.10; D. Wardel, "Vespasian, Helvidius Priscus and the Restoration of the Capitol," Historia 45 (1996): 208-222.

[[18]] Suet. Vesp. 16.

[[19]] Ibid.; Tac. Hist. 1.50.

[[20]] Suet. Vesp. 17-19.

[[21]] Ibid., 8-10.

[[22]] On Vespasian's exploits in Britain, see esp. Tac., Agricola, eds. R. M. Ogilvie and I. A. Richmond (1967), and W. S. Hanson, Agricola and the Conquest of the North (1987); on the granting of Latin rights in Spain, see, e.g., J. Gonzalez, "The Lex Irnitana: a New Copy of the Flavian Municipal Law." JRS 76 (1986): 147-243.

[[23]] For this witticism and other anecdotes concerning Vespasian's sense of humor, see Suet. Vesp. 23.

Copyright (C) 1998, John Donahue. Published on De Imperatoribus Romanis, an Online Encyplopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families.
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ref: RIC II 408, C.333 (2frcs)
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Obverse: GEORGE VI CROWNED 12 MAY 1937  /  Crowned bust of George VI.
Reverse: QUEEN ELIZABETH 12 MAY 1937  /   Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth.

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Antiochos VI Dionysos. Spiked Macedonian Helmet Drachm of Antioch.Seleukids. Antiochos VI. 145-142 BC. AR Drachm (4.20 gm, 16.6mm, 2h), Antioch on the Orontes. Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI Dionysos right. / Spiked Macedonian helmet with ibex horn, right. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ | ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ, ΤΡΥ b/w horn and spike, ◬Π monogram below. gVF. DNW 13 Mar 2018 #810. SC 2003a; HGC 9 #1037; BMC - ; Naville X (1925) #1234; SNG Spaer 1818. cf Newell SMA 257ff (different monograms).Anaximander
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Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 B.C. - AmphoraAntiochos VI, 145- c.142 BC. AE20.5. 7.29g. Apameia mint. Obv: Radiate head of Antiochos right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ to left and right of amphora or kantharos, palm branch to right. SC 2015; Hoover SC 1044; BMC 29; Houghton 244-245ddwau
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Antoninus Pius 10 Jul. 138 - 7 Mar. 161 A.D., Rome mintCopper as, Sear RCV III 4295, RIC III 676, BMCRE 1358, Cohen 106, gF, corrosion, 10.878 g, 28.2 mm, 180 deg., Rome mint, 142 A.D.; Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, laureate head right; Rev. BONO EVENTVI S C, Bonus Eventus standing naked facing, head left, patera over flaming altar in right, ears of grain in left; olive patina with scattered red corroded spots.

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1 commentsSteve E
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Ariarathes VI - AR drachm(mint A)
129-128 BC
diademed head right
Athena holding spear and Nike, shield at her feet
BAΣIΛEΩΣ / APIAPAΘOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ
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Simonetta Collection 10, Simonetta 3 var. (K inner right right), Mørkholm Cappadocia I 4b var. (same), SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, BMC Galatia -
3,9g 17mm
ex Naumann
J. B.
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Artabanos IV., 216 - 224 ADAR dr., 3,65gr, 20mm; Sellwood 89.1, Shore 464, Sunrise 461 (Artabanos VI., 212-224/7);
mint: Ekbatana; axis: 12h;
obv.: bust, left, w/tiara and 2-layer diadem, double loop, 2 ribbons, and 1 neck flap; over the crest of the tiara a row of 18 pellets on stalks, 4 pellets on stalks on the side, ear flap w/4 pellets; mustache, med.-long forked beard; large eye, molded cheek; double necklace; in upper right field abbreviation of the king’s name in Aramaic/Pahlavi >y; dotted border 7 to 16h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one extended hand and monogram Ā w/dot between the legs below bow; archer has legs crossed; throne seat as ⊼; peculiar vertical line behind throne (upholstered back?); 5 entirely or partially visible lines of legend, the top line in Aramaic/Pahlavi, the other 4 in ‘Greek’;

ex: Vienna Coin Show, VA.
Schatz
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Artabanos IV., 216 - 224 ADAR dr., 3,42gr, 20,2mm; Sellwood 89.1, Shore 464, Sunrise 461 (Artabanos VI., 212-224/7) ;
mint: Ekbatana; axis: 12h;
obv.: bust, left, w/tiara and 2-layer diadem, double loop, 2 ribbons, and neck flap; over the crest of the tiara a row of 18 pellets on stalks, 6 pellets on stalks on the side, ear flap w/4 pellets; mustache, med.-long forked beard; large eye, molded cheek; double necklace; in upper right field abbreviation of the king’s name in Aramaic/Pahlavi >y; complete dotted border;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one extended hand and monogram Ā w/dot between the legs below bow; archer has legs crossed; throne seat as ⊼; peculiar vertical line behind throne (upholstered back?); 5 lines of legend, the top line in Aramaic/Pahlavi, the other 4 in ‘Greek’;

ex: Vienna Coin Show, VA.
Schatz
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Artabanos IV., 216 - 224 ADAR dr., 3,45gr, 17,65mm; Sellwood 89.1var., Shore 464var., Sunrise 461var. (Artabanos VI., 212-224/7) ;
mint: Ekbatana; axis: 12h;
obv.: bust, left, w/tiara and 2-layer diadem, double loop, 2 ribbons, and neck flap; over the crest of the tiara a row of 17 pellets on stalks, 4 pellets on stalks on the side, ear flap w/5 pellets; mustache, med.-long forked beard; large eye, molded cheek; double necklace; in upper right field abbreviation of the king’s name in Aramaic/Pahlavi >y; dotted border 7 to 16h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one extended hand and monogram Ā below bow; archer has legs crossed; throne seat as ⊼; peculiar vertical line behind throne (upholstered back?); 3 lines of legend visible (the top line in Aramaic/Pahlavi is off flan), the showing 3 lines in ‘Greek’;

ex: D. Grotjohann, GER., ex: Gorny & Mosch.
Schatz
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Artabanos IV., 216 - 224 ADAR dr., 3,45gr, 19,7mm; Sellwood 90.1, Shore 464, Sunrise 462 (Artabanos VI., 212-224/7) ;
mint: Ekbatana; axis: 12h;
obv.: bust, left, w/tiara and 3-layer diadem, double loop, 2 ribbons, and neck flap; over the crest of the tiara a row of 16 pellets on stalks, under the crest a row of dots, a six point star on the side, ear flap w/5 pellets; mustache, med.-long forked beard; large eye, molded cheek; double necklace w/row of pellets in the center (?); complete dotted border;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one extended hand and monogram X w/top bar below bow; archer has 2 legs; throne seat as ⊼; peculiar vertical line behind throne (upholstered back?); 4 lines of legend visible (the top line in Aramaic/Pahlavi ), the showing 3 lines in ‘Greek’;

ex: Baldwin’s Auction 90 (09/14), #1272 (ex: The David Sellwood Collection).
Schatz
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Augustus, RIC I-178a LugdunumAR Denarius
Lugdunum mint, 11-10 B.C.
17mm, 3.67g
RIC I-178a, RSCv.1-158

Obverse:
AVGVSTVS DIVI.F
Bare head right.

Reverse:
IMP.XII in exerge
Bull butting left.
2 commentsWill J
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Augustus. Kelse.Spain, Kelse-Celsa. Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. AE Unit (10.98 gm, 28mm). Velilla de Ebro (Zaragoza) mint.
Obv.: IMP. CAESAR. DIVI. F. AVGVSTVS. COS. XII, laureate head right.
Rev.: CN. DOMIT. C. POMPEI. II. VIR. C. V I. CEL, bull standing right. Abh. 811. VF.
Paul R3
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AurelianAE Antoninianus, 2.90g, Aurelian, 212-275 AD, Obv: Aurelian facing right, IMP AVRELIANVS AVG; Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS around figure standing right, VF. RIC Vi.352F.305.Molinari
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