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HENRY VII
Henry VII was the King of England from 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, was a descendant of the Lancastrian branch of the House of Plantagenet. Henry's father, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, a half-brother of Henry VI of England, died three months before his son Henry was born. During Henry's early years, his uncle Henry VI fought against Edward IV, a member of the Yorkist Plantagenet branch. After Edward re-took the throne in 1471, Henry Tudor spent 14 years in exile in Brittany. Henry attained the throne when his forces, supported by France and Scotland, defeated Edward IV's brother Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses. He cemented his claim to the throne by marrying Elizabeth of York, daughter of King Edward IV. Henry VII was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle.
Henry was successful in restoring power and stability to the English monarchy following the civil war and he is credited with a number of administrative, economic and diplomatic initiatives. His support of England's wool industry had long-lasting benefit to the whole English economy. He paid very close attention to detail, and instead of spending lavishly he concentrated on raising new revenues. Henry's new taxes stabilised the government's finances but, after his death, a commission found there had been widespread abuses in the tax collection process.
Henry VII reigned for nearly 24 years. He died of tuberculosis at Richmond Palace on 21 April 1509 and was buried in the chapel he commissioned in Westminster Abbey next to his wife, Elizabeth. His mother survived him, but she died two months later on 29 June 1509.
Henry VII was succeeded by his second son, Henry VIII.*Alex

(0920) CONSTANTINE VII and ROMANUS I LECAPENUS920 - 944 AD
AE 23 mm, 4.99 g
O: Romanus I facing, bearded, wearing jewelled chlamys and crown with cross, globus cruciger in left, transverse labarum in right
R: Legend in four lineslaney

(0945) CONSTANTINE VII AND ROMANUS IIApr 945 - Nov 959 AD
AE FOLLIS 26 mm 5.77 g
(double strike on rev.)
O: +COnST bASIL ROM
CONSTINE VII FACING, BEARDED, WEARING MODIFIED LOROS AND CROWN WITH CROSS, GLOBUS CRUCIGER IN L HAND, AKAKIA IN R HAND
R: + COnSt/EnThEO bA/SILEVS R/OmEOn
DOC 26; SEAR 1761
laney

001a. Cleopatra VII and Mark AntonySYRIA, Coele-Syria. Chalcis ad Libanum. Mark Antony, with Cleopatra VII. 36-31 BC. Æ 19mm (5.45 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (Egyptian) and 6 (Phoenician) of Cleopatra (32/1 BC). Draped bust of Cleopatra right, wearing stephane / Bare head of Mark Antony right; dates in legend. RPC I 4771; Rouvier 440 (Berytus); SNG München 1006; SNG Copenhagen 383 (Phoenicia). Near Fine, green patina.

Chalcis was given by Antony to Cleopatra in 36 BC. At the culmination of his spectacular triumph at Alexandria two years later, further eastern territories - some belonging to Rome - were bestowed on the children of the newly hailed “Queen of Kings” (referred to as the “Donations of Alexandria”). Shortly after, Antony formally divorced Octavia, the sister of Octavian. These actions fueled Octavian’s propagandistic efforts to win the support of Rome’s political elite and ultimately led to the Senate’s declaration of war on Cleopatra in 32 BC.

Ex-CNGecoli

001o. OctaviaOctavia was the elder sister of Octavian and due to a political marriage, the fourth wife of Marc Antony. She married him in 40 BC. After his death, she raised not only her children by him, but also his children by Cleopatra VII. She was the great-grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, maternal grandmother of the Emperor Claudius, and paternal great-grandmother and maternal great-great-grandmother of the Emperor Nero. She died in 11 BC.

Coin: Cistophorus. 39 BC. Obv: M ANTONINVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, Jugate busts of Marc Antony, wreathed with ivy and berries, and Octavia, bare-headed. Rev: III VIR RPCII VIR R P C, cista mystica between two coiled serpents, Dionysos (Bacchus) standing left above, holding kantharos and thyrsos. SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; Franke KZR 472; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202.lawrence c

001p3. Cleopatra VII (?)Cleopatra VII (?)
AE10 (quarter obol). 13mm, 2.61 g. Paphos, Cyprus, struck circa 38-30 BC(?). Obv: Draped & diademed bust of Cleopatra VII right.
Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, double cornucopia. Svoronos 1160.

NOTE: This is a very controversial coin. Matthew Kreuzer. The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII and Augustus in Cyprus, argues that this coin was struck for Cleopatra VII. For a strong rebuttal, see Oliver D. Hoover at http://numismatics.org/magazine/cypruswinter05/. At the moment, the argument either way is unproven.

A FORUM coin.lawrence c

024ci Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0000, RIC II(1962) 0000, AR-Denarius, Rome, IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva standing right, 024ci Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0000, RIC II(1962) 0000, AR-Denarius, Rome, IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva standing right,
Unofficial, (Plated /Subaerate/Fouree)
avers:- IMP-CAES-DOMIT-AVG-GERM-P-M-TR-(P)-X"I", Laureate head of Domitian right.
revers:- IMP-XXII-COS-XVII-CENS-P-P-P, Minerva standing right on capital of rostral column, brandishing thunderbolt and shield.
The right combination would be TR P XV - COS XVII.
A double engravers's error (missing P and I vs. V)
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 18-18,5mm, weight: 2,80g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 89 A.D., ref: RIC--p-, (New-), C-,
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

03 01 Tiberius RIC 4Tiberius 14-37 A.D. AR Denarius. Lugdunum Mint, 15-16 A.D. (3.74g, 17.6mm, 6h). Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right. Rev: [TR POT X]VII. IMP [VII] in exergue, Tiberius, laur. And cloaked, stg. In slow Quadriga r., holding laurel branch and eagle tipped scepter. RIC I 4 (R2), BMC 7, RSC 48.

For an emperor with relatively long reign, Tiberius’ silver coinage was remarkably unvaried with the ubiquitous “tribute penny” making up the bulk of his denarii. This is a decent example of, perhaps, the second most common silver coin. Although the reverse legends are largely off the flan, the obverse has a decent portrait and legend.2 commentsLucas H

036a12. Gordian IIIAE of Edessa, Mesopotamia. AD 239/42. 23mm, 7.84 g. Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ; laureate head of Gordian III, r., with drapery on l. shoulder; in front, star. Rev: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛƐΥϹ; draped bust of Abgar X, r., wearing tiara; behind, star. RPC VII.2 №: — (unassigned; ID 3016)lawrence c

036b01. TranquillinaCilicia, Tarsus. AE32mm, 19.61 g. Obv: CABINЄIAN TPANKVΛΛЄINAΝ CЄB / Π – Π, Draped bust right, w/stephane and on crescent. Rev: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC A M K / Γ B. Dionysos stnd left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus; panther left, head right. RPC VII.2 - (unassigned; ID 65803); SNG BN 1725; SNG Levante 1148 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). Naumann Auction 100, Lot 392.lawrence c

036b03. TranquillinaBronze AE 24. Cappadocia, Caesarea (Kayseri, Turkey). 7.322g, 23.9mm. 243 - 244 A.D. Obv: CAB TPANKVΛΛINA AV (Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta), draped bust to right, wearing stephane. Rev: MHTP KAI B NE (Metropolis Caesarea, 2 neokoroi), six grain ears bound together, ET-Z (year 7 [of Gordian III]) across fields. RPC VII.2 3401. A FORUM coin.lawrence c

036b04. TranquillinaCius, Bithynia.
Bronze AE 23, RPC Online VII.2 1880; Rec Gén I.2 111, pl. LIII, 4; BMC Pontus p. 135, 46; SNG Cop 397; SNG Hunter 1069; SNG Verona 1352; 6.976g, 23.3mm, die axis 180o, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse CABEI TPANKYΛΛEINA, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse KIANΩN, two goats rearing facing one another, amphora between them. A FORUM coin.
1 commentslawrence c

074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-14-04, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANVII, PMSC OL VIM, Moesia standing, facing left #01074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-14-04, AE-Sestertius, -/-//ANVII, PMSC OL VIM, Moesia standing, facing left #01
avers:- IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- PMSC OL VIM, female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right; in ex. AN VII regnal year VII.
exergo: -/-//ANVII, diameter: mm, axis: h, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 245-246 A.D., ref: Pick-103, PM-2-14-04, Mus-,
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074p Philippus-I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-14-04, -/-//AN VII, AE-Sestertius, #01074p Philippus-I. (244-249 A.D.), Moesia, Viminacium, PM 02-14-04, -/-//AN VII, AE-Sestertius, #01
avers: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: PMS C_OL VIM, Female figure (Viminacium or Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull to left and lion to right; in ex. AN VII regnal year VII.
exergue: -/-//AN VII, diameter: 29,0mm, weight: 18,16g, axis: 1h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 245-246 A.D.,
ref: Pick-103, PM-2-14-01, Mus-,
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100 Haakon VII50 Ore of Haakon VII, king of Norway 1905-1957
1919
O: .HAAKON.VII.NORGES.KONGE. .ALT.FOR.NORGE. 1919
R: 50 ORE

Ex- eBaySt. George's Collection

100a07. ValensAE3. Thessalonica. Obv: DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor walking right, head left, holding labarum, dragging captive behind him. Star in left field, star over Δ in right field. Mintmark TES. RIC IX Thessalonica 26b, type xvii.lawrence c

102a05. GratianAE3. 17.5mm, 2.28 g. Thessalonica mint. Obv: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Gratian walking right, holding labarum and dragging captive. Star in left field, star over Gamma in right field. Mintmark TES. RIC IX Thessalonica 26c, type xvii.lawrence c

1485 - 1509, HENRY VII, AR Penny, Struck 1485 - 1500 under Archbishop Rotherham at York, EnglandObverse: HENRIC DI GRA REX AN. Crowned and robed figure of Henry VII holding a lis topped sceptre in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left, seated facing on throne, the one visible pillar of which is topped with a lis, all except the king's crown within a circle of pellets.
Reverse: CIVITAS EBORACI. Shield bearing coat-of-arms of England and France on cross fourchée, two keys below shield.
Diameter: 17mm | Weight: 0.6gms | Die Axis: 3h
SPINK: 2237

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1 comments*Alex

154a Theodosous II. AV solidusobv: DN THEODOSI_VS P.F. AVG pearl dia. helm. and cuir. bust facing slightly r., holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman
rev: IMP XXXXII.COS XVII.P.P. Constantinopolis enthrone l., with l. foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and scepter, shield at side star l.
ex: COMOBhill132

1ae2 FulviaFirst wife of Marc Antony

ca 83-40 BC

AR Quinarius
Bust of Victory right with the likeness of Fulvia, III VIR R P C
Lion right between A and XLI; ANTONI above, IMP in ex

RSC 3, Syd 1163, Cr489/6

Fulvia was the first Roman non-mythological woman to appear on Roman coins. She gained access to power through her marriage to three of the most promising men of her generation, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio, and Marcus Antonius. All three husbands were politically active populares, tribunes, and supporters of Julius Caesar. Fulvia married Mark Antony in 47 or 46 BC, a few years after Curio's death, although Cicero suggested that Fulvia and Antony had had a relationship since 58 BC. According to him, while Fulvia and Antony were married, Antony once left a military post to sneak back into Rome during the night and personally deliver a love letter to Fulvia describing his love for her and how he had stopped seeing the famous actress Cytheris. Cicero also suggested that Antony married Fulvia for her money. At the time of their marriage, Antony was an established politician. He had already been tribune in 49 BC, commanded armies under Caesar and was Master of the Horse in 47 BC. As a couple, they were a formidable political force in Rome, and had two sons together, Marcus Antonius Antyllus and Iullus Antonius.

Suetonius wrote, "[Antony] took a wife, Fulvia, the widow of Clodius the demagogue, a woman not born for spinning or housewifery, nor one that could be content with ruling a private husband, but prepared to govern a first magistrate, or give orders to a commander-in-chief. So that Cleopatra had great obligations to her for having taught Antony to be so good a servant, he coming to her hands tame and broken into entire obedience to the commands of a mistress. He used to play all sorts of sportive, boyish tricks, to keep Fulvia in good-humour. As, for example, when Caesar, after his victory in Spain, was on his return, Antony, among the rest, went out to meet him; and, a rumour being spread that Caesar was killed and the enemy marching into Italy, he returned to Rome, and, disguising himself, came to her by night muffled up as a servant that brought letters from Antony. She, with great impatience, before received the letter, asks if Antony were well, and instead of an answer he gives her the letter; and, as she was opening it, took her about the neck and kissed her."

After Julius Caesar was assassinated, Antony became the most powerful man in Rome. Fulvia was heavily involved in the political aftermath. After Caesar's death, the senate realized his popularity and declared that they would pass all of Caesar's planned laws. Antony had attained possession of Caesar's papers, and with the ability to produce papers in support of any law, Fulvia and Antony made a fortune and gained immense power. She allegedly accompanied Antony to his military camp at Brundisium in 44 BC. Appian wrote that in December 44 and again in 41 BC, while Antony was abroad and Cicero campaigned for Antony to be declared an enemy of the state, Fulvia attempted to block such declarations by soliciting support on Antony's behalf.

Antony formed the second triumvirate with Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus on 43 BC and began to conduct proscriptions. To solidify the political alliance, Fulvia's daughter Clodia was married to the young Octavian. Appian and Cassius Dio describe Fulvia as being involved in the violent proscriptions, which were used to destroy enemies and gain badly needed funds to secure control of Rome. Antony pursued his political enemies, chief among them being Cicero, who had openly criticized him for abusing his powers as consul after Caesar's assassination. Though many ancient sources wrote that Fulvia was happy to take revenge against Cicero for Antony's and Clodius' sake, Cassius Dio is the only ancient source that describes the joy with which she pierced the tongue of the dead Cicero with her golden hairpins, as a final revenge against Cicero's power of speech.

In 42 BC, Antony and Octavian left Rome to pursue Julius Caesar's assassins, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Fulvia was left behind as the most powerful woman in Rome. According to Cassius Dio, Fulvia controlled the politics of Rome. Dio wrote that "the following year Publius Servilius and Lucius Antonius nominally became consuls, but in reality it was Antonius and Fulvia. She, the mother-in‑law of Octavian and wife of Antony, had no respect for Lepidus because of his slothfulness, and managed affairs herself, so that neither the senate nor the people transacted any business contrary to her pleasure."

Shortly afterwards, the triumvirs then distributed the provinces among them. Lepidus took the west and Antony went to Egypt, where he met Cleopatra VII. When Octavian returned to Rome in 41 BC to disperse land to Caesar's veterans, he divorced Fulvia's daughter and accused Fulvia of aiming at supreme power. Fulvia allied with her brother-in-law Lucius Antonius and publicly endorsed Mark Antony in opposition to Octavian.

In 41 BC, tensions between Octavian and Fulvia escalated to war in Italy. Together with Lucius Antonius, she raised eight legions in Italy to fight for Antony's rights against Octavian, an event known as the Perusine War. Fulvia fled to Greece with her children. Appian writes that she met Antony in Athens, and he was upset with her involvement in the war. Antony then sailed back to Rome to deal with Octavian, and Fulvia died of an unknown illness in exile in Sicyon, near Corinth, Achaea.Blindado

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

2.31 Constantine: Heraclea follis.Follis, 313 - 314, Heraclea mint.
Obverse: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG / Laureate bust of Constantine.
Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG / Jupiter standing, chlamys over left shoulder, holding Victory on globe, leaning on sceptre. Eagle with wreath in its beak at his feet. E in right field.
Mint mark: SMHT
3.95 gm., 22 mm.
RIC #75 (vol VI) and #5 (vol VII); Sear #15958.

This coin seems to be listed twice in RIC: #75 in Volume VI, and #5 in Volume VII.

RIC Volume VI (page 541) assigns this coin to the year 313, just before Maximinus (Daza) occupied the city of Heraclea for a month or so, during which he issued his own different coinage.

RIC Volume VII (page 542) assigns the coin to the period of time just after Maximinus withdrew from Heraclea and into the year 314. Page 533 says the coinage from before Maximinus' occupation continued after his withdrawal "with exactly the same reverse as before the occupation."

I can not tell the difference between these two listings and have to conclude they are the same coin. Either way, it is a nice coin from turbulent times in the history of Heraclea. The original silvering is still under that patina.Callimachus

207/1. Decimia or Flavia? - denarius (150 BC)AR Denarius (Rome, 150 BC)
O/ Helmeted head of Roma right; X behind.
R/ Luna in biga right, holding whip & reins; FLAVS below; ROMA in exergue.
3.95g; 19mm
Crawford 207/1 (61 obverse dies/76 reverse dies)
- Collection of Frederick Sydney Clark (1923-2016), British collector in East Sussex.
- Toovey's, 01/11/2017, Lot 701.

* Decimius Flavus or Gaius Flavius Fimbria:

This issue has been given to a member of the plebeian gens Decimia, of Samnite origin. The gens was relatively new at the time since its first identified member Numerius Decimius distinguished himself during the Second Punic War (Livy, xxii. 24), and probably received the Roman citizenship as a result. Two Decimii used the cognomen Flavus: a military tribune in 207 named Gaius Decimius Flavus (Livy, xxvii. 14), and his probable son of the same name, who was Urban Praetor in 184, but died immediately after his election (Livy, xxxix. 38).

Three other Decimii are then known: Marcus, Gaius, and Lucius, all ambassadors in Greece in 172-171 (Livy, xlii. 19, 35, 37 respectively). They were possible sons of the Praetor of 184, in which case our moneyer was the son of one of them, although nothing is known of him. However, none of them had a cognomen and Flavus simply meant "blond hair", a rather common cognomen unlikely to feature alone on a coin.

So the name could refer to another gens; it is indeed possible to read it as FLAVIVS. This name, widespread during the Empire after Vespasian, was nevertheless uncommon in the second century and therefore distinctive enough so that the moneyer did not need to add the rest of his name. Besides, only one Flavius is known in this century: the Popularis Gaius Flavius C.f. Fimbria, Consul in 104 alongside Marius. Fimbria was therefore born no later than 146 (the Consulship was reserved to men aged at least 42 years old), a date which would remarkably fit with his father moneyer in 150 and therefore in his 20s. As Fimbria was a novus homo, the moneyership held by his father would testify the ascension of the family before him.Joss

210-213 AD - CARACALLA dupondius obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG [BRIT]
rev: [PM.TRP.XVII.IMP.III] COS.IIII.PP / S.C. (Libertas)
ref: RIC503, C.227
Scarceberserker

28. Antiochos-VII.Tetradrachm, 138-129 BC.
Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos VII.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ / Athena standing, holding Nike, spear, and shield. Monogram and A at left, O at right.
16.81 gm., 27 mm.

This coin was purchased in 1997 as a tetradrachm of Antiochus VII before the posthumous tetradrachms of Antiochus VII were identified.

In 2002 a tetradrachm was discovered that bore a portrait of Antiochus VII but was in the name of Ariarathese VII of Cappadocia. Research eventually die-linked tetradrachms of Antiochus VII to those of Ariarathese VII, and concluded that numerous tetradrachms in the name of Antiochus VII were actually issued by Ariarathese VII around 104-102 BC. This research was published as Cappadician Tetradrachms in the Name of Antiochus VII by Catharine Lorber and Arthur Houghton (NC 166, 2006).

Recently Elke Krengle and Catharine Lorber published Early Cappadocian Tetradrachms in the Name of Antiochus VII. This is a more in-depth look at these tetradrachms, and this coin is listed there:

See table 1 on p. 65, and plate 11:
Mint II, Emission 5: control mark O, #117-171. All the dies are not illustrated, so I do not know exactly which number between 117 and 171 is actually this coin.1 commentsCallimachus

31. Severus Alexander year VII.Denarius, 228 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG / Laureate bust of Severus Alexander.
Reverse: P M TR P VII COS II P P / Mars standing, holding spear and resting his hand on a shield.
3.02 gm, 19 mm.
RIC #74.Callimachus

33. Severus Alexander year VII.Denarius, 228 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG / Laureate bust of Severus Alexander.
Reverse: P M TR P VII COS II P P / Romulus, bareheaded, walking, holding a spear and trophy.
2.52 gm., 20 mm.
RIC #85; Sear #7906.

Romulus is not a common reverse type. The identification of a bareheaded man walking, and holding a spear and trophy as Romulus, apparently comes from a sestertius of Antoninus Pius also inscribed ROMVLO AVGVSTO. Mars is often portrayed this way, but he is always helmeted.Callimachus

33008 Valens/Gloria RomanorvmValens/Gloria Romanorvm 33008
Obv: DN VALEN-S PF AVG,
pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM,
Emperor walking right, head left, holding labarum, dragging captive behind him.
Star in left field, star over A in right field.
TES in Exergue
Mint:Thessalonica 18.1mm 2.3g
RIC IX Thessalonica 26b, type xvii.
Blayne W

364-375 AD - Valentinian I - RIC IX Siscia 14(a)[xvii] - GLORIA ROMANORVMEmperor: Valentinian I (r. 364-375 AD)
Date: 367-375 AD
Condition: Fine
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, with right hand dragging captive and holding labarum in left.
"M" in left field; "* / P" in right
Exergue: BSISC (Siscia mint, second officina)

RIC IX Siscia 14(a)[xvii]; VM 42
2.03g; 17.5mm; 180°Pep

43. Gordian III / RIC 167A, year VII.Antoninianus, 244 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Radiate bust of Gordian.
Reverse: P M TR P VII COS II P P / Mars advancing, holding spear and shield.
4.87 gm., 23 mm.
RIC #167A; Sear #8653.

Coins of Gordian dated to the seventh year (TR P VII) exist even though he died several months before starting his seventh year. The death of Gordian is generally thought to have been in early 244, perhaps in February, and his seventh year would have started on July 29, 244. The likely explanation for these coins is that the mint had just started to make them so they could be ready for circulation at the proper time. However, when the news of Gordian's death reached Rome, the few coins that had already been minted were just put into circulation rather than being restruck for the new emperor. This would also account for their rarity today.Callimachus

61. Henry VII.Groat, 1504-1507, London mint.
Obverse: HENRIC DI GRA REX AGLI Z FR / Crowned bust, facing.
Reverse: POSVI DEV' ADIVTORE' MEV' CIVITAS LONDON / Long cross, with three pellets in each angle.
Mint mark: crosslet on both sides.
2.93 gm., 25 mm.
North #1706; Seaby #2201

Classification: The arch on the crown is a double bar with six uprights or crockets as jewels. This makes it type 4b. According to the table of mint marks (initial marks) on page 77 of North, Vol. 2, the crosslet mintmark was used 1504-1507.

Callimachus

62. Henry VII.Groat, 1505-1509, London mint.
Obverse: HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGL Z FR / Crowned bust, right.
Reverse: POSVI DEV' ADIVTORE MEV' / Royal shield over cross.
Mint mark: crosslet & arrow on obverse, arrow on reverse.
2.97 gm., 27 mm.
North #1747; Seaby #2258.Callimachus

86b. Edward VII.Penny, 1908.
Obverse: EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA BRITT OMN REX FID DEF IND IMP / Bare-headed bust, right.
Reverse: ONE PENNY 1908 / Britannia seated, right.
9.62 gm., 31 mm.
Seaby #3990.1 commentsCallimachus

A137-12 - Valentiniano I (364 - 375 D.C.)AE3 Centenional 19 x 18 mm 2.2 gr.

Anv: "DN VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG" - Busto con diadema de perlas, coraza y Paludamentum (capote militar) sobre ella, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE" - Victoria avanzando a izquierda, portando una corona en la mano de su brazo derecho extendido y una hoja de palma en la izquierda. "Î“SISCV" en exergo, " * / K " en campo izquierdo y "Q" en campo derecho.

Acuñada 367 - 375 D.C.
Ceca: Siscia (Off.3ra.)
Rareza: C

Referencias: RIC Vol.IX (Siscia) #15a Pag.147 tipo xxvii - Cohen Vol.VIII #37 Pag.92 - DVM #46 Pag.308 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #9034.f.3. Pag.269 - Sear RCTV (1988) #4103mdelvalle

ADVENTVS AVG - Constantine IAE3, London, Mid 310 - Late 312
4.69gm, 22mm
Ox: CONSTANTINVS PF AVG
O: Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Rx: ADVENTVS AVG, PLN in ex., * in r. field
R: Prince riding left, right raised, left holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to left.

RIC VII.133 (S), ex. Tom Wood, ex. Steve Clayton1 commentsPaul DiMarzio

Alexander II ZabinasAlexander II Zebina, Antioch, 128-123 BC, Houghton CSE 307, Sear 7127, SNGIs 2341, 21.14mm, 7g
OBV: Radiate head right
REV: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (BASILEOS ALEXANDROU), double cornucopiae bound with a fillet, club in left field

Zabinas, the "bought one", the pretender king who spent most of his
pathetic reign fighting Demetrius II and Antiochus VII. He failed to ward
off Antiochus and was forced to plunder the temples of Antioch in order to
come up with getaway money. Unfortunately he was captured and forced to
commit suicide.
1 commentsSRukke

Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan)Alexander Jannaeus 103-76 BCE. Prutah, Jerusalem mint. 15mm, 1.51 g. O: Paleo-Hebrew inscription: Yehonatan the King around lily; R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ (King Alexander in Greek), anchor upside down, within inner circle. Hendin 1148

These coins are reminiscent of those issued by Hyrcanus I and Antiochus VII. Restoring the anchor design highlighted his conquest of a number of Mediterranean coastal cities.
Nemonater

Andronicus II, SBCV 2372, DOC Cl. VII (Thessalonica)Γ OA [Δ HMH Tp IS]
Bust of St. Demetrius facing, holding sword and shield
[ANΔ ... ΔΠΓC]
Andronicus standing, holding two large Fleur-de-lis
Thessalonica mint
AE aspron trachy, 21mm, 1.81gnovacystis

Andronicus II, SBCV 2377, DOC Cl. XXVII (Thessalonica)Brockage obverse
No legend
Emperor standing,facing supporting large Patriarchal Cross and holding akakia, star in left field
Thessalonica
AE trachy 22mm, 1.60gnovacystis

Antioch ad Orontes, Semi-AutonomousAE23, 10.77g, 12h, Denomination A; Antioch: after 47 BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark of Cleopatra VII.
Rev.: ‭[‬A]NTIOΣEΩN‭ [‬ME]TPOΠOΛ[EΩΣ‭]; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter, thunderbolt above.
Reference: Butcher 20, SNG Cop 80
Notes: The attribution of the countermark to Cleopatra is conjectural, but seems to jibe with the historical and numismatic evidence. John Anthony

Antioche. Crispus. Nummus (325-326 (RIC) ou 324 (LRBC))droit: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES. Buste lauré et cuirassé de Crispus césar à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant
revers: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS/ .// SMANTZ. Porte de camp surmonté de deux tourelles et d'une étoile.
19.2mm; 3.91; 11h
Référence : RIC.VII.Antioch.64 T.MooT

Antiochos VIISELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII. 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.52 gm). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Athena standing half-left, holding Nike, shield, and spear; monogram and A to left, F right; all within wreath. SNG Spaer 1865; Newell, SMA 292.Ajax

Antiochos VII (in the name of) tetradrachm, c. 130 - 80 BC29-32mm, 16.29g
obv: diademed head right
rev: Athena standing left, Nike in right, spear and shield in left, ligate ∆Ι / A left, Nike extends wreath into laurel wreath border
From FORVM Ancient coins: Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian King Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII.

CLICK PICTURE FOR A HIGHER-QUALITY VERSION1 commentsareich

Antiochos VII Euergetes-Sidetes, 138 - 129 BC.Antiochos VII, Euergetes, 138 - 129 BC. Ae 18mm. Weights (6.26, 6.07, 6.06, 6.05, 6.37, 4.95, 6.19 & 5.85)g. Obv: Winged bust of Eros right, wreathed with myrtle Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY on right, EYEPΓETOY on left, Headdress of Isis. SNG UK 1301.617-620, BMC 60. BMC 52. 1 commentsddwau

Antiochos VII, posthumous, by Ariarathes VII. Standing Athena Tetradrachm of Cappadocia.Seleukids. Antiochos VII, posthumous, by Ariarathes VII. 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.33 gm, 29.8mm, 12h) Cappadocia. Diademed head of Antiochos VII right. / Athena standing left holding Nike, spear to right, hand resting on shield ornamented with Medusa's head. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ | ΣΥΣΡΓΕΤΟΥ. ⍋ over Α to outer left. Ο-Ʌ inside fields left & right. EF. Morkholm mint B. Bt. Marty Schmitt, 2002. SC 2148; HGC 9 #1069; Babelon Rois 1156; BMC 24; Houghton CSE I #2617-2618; Newell SMA 298; SNG Spaer 1872-1874; Lorber & Houghton Series 1, Issue 3, cf. #98-106 (obv. die A4). Cf CNG EA 440 #190 (same dies).Anaximander

Antiochus VII - AR tetradrachmAriarathes VII inthe name of Antiochus VII

Eusebeia or Tyana
107/6 - 101/0 BC
diademed head right
Athena standing left, holding Nike with wreath, spear and shield
BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY // EYEPΓETOY
(ΔI) / A
M__K
SC II 2149; HGC 9, 1069 (Antiochos VII)
16,2g 28mm
ex NaumannJ. B.

Antiochus VII Euergetes-Sidetes, 138 - 129 B.C.Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 B.C. Ae 13.1~15.5mm. 2.94g. Antioch mint. Obv: Lion's head right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ - EYEPΓETOY, club. SC 2068. SNG Israel 1938. Houghton 281-282.ddwau

AR Legionary Denarius LEG VIIANT AVG III VIR R P C, galley r. mast with banners at prow

LEG VII, legionary eagle between two standards

Patrae mint 32-31BC

The VII Claudia Pia Fidelis is one of the oldest Imperial legions, on campaign with Caesar during his conquest of Gaul and Caesar's British invasions. During the civil war against Pompey, the seventh served at Pharsalus in 48BC and later in Africa at Thapsacus. The unit later served with Octavian at the Philippi. The unit seems to have existed into the 4th century AD, where it was recorded guarding the Middle Danube.3 commentsWill Hooton

B 038 Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus (913-959 A.D.), SB 1761, AE-Follis, Constantinopolis, #1B 038 Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus (913-959 A.D.), SB 1761, AE-Follis, Constantinopolis, #1
avers: CONST bASIL ROM, crowned bust of Constantine facing, with short beard and wearing vertical loros, holding akakia and cross on globe.
revers: + / CONST / EN QEO BA / SILEVS R / OMEON, legend in four lines.
exe: , diameter: mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Constantinopolis, date: A.D., ref: SB 1761,
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B 038 Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus (913-959 A.D.), SB 1761, AE-Follis, Constantinopolis, #2, double or over struck!B 038 Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus (913-959 A.D.), SB 1761, AE-Follis, Constantinopolis, #2, double or over struck!
avers: CONST bASIL ROM, crowned bust of Constantine facing, with short beard and wearing vertical loros, holding akakia and cross on globe.
reverse: + / CONST / EN QEO BA / SILEVS R / OMEON, legend in four lines.
exergue: , diameter: 24-25mm, weight: 6,15g, axis: 6h,
mint: Constantinopolis, date: A.D., ref: SB 1761,
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B 056 Michael VII. (1071-1078 A.D.), SB 1880A, AE-Follis, Constantinople,B 056 Michael VII. (1071-1078 A.D.), SB 1880A, AE-Follis, Constantinople,
avers: - IC-XC at top left and top right of nimbate bust of Christ facing, nimbate cross behind head, right hand raised, holding book of gospels in left hand, star to left, star to right.
reverse:- MIXAHL RACIL O D, bearded bust of Michael VII facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum and cross on globe.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 24-26mm,weight: 6,65g, axis: 6h,
mint: Constantinople, date: 1071-1078 A.D., ref: SB-1880A,
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B 059 Anonymous Follis, SB 1880, AE-Follis, Class H, (Michael VII. ( First Crusade ?) (1081-1092 A.D.)), Constantinopolis, #1B 059 Anonymous Follis, SB 1880, AE-Follis, Class H, (Michael VII. ( First Crusade ?) (1081-1092 A.D.)), Constantinopolis, #1
averse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and rising right hand in benediction, in left hand, to scroll, to left IC to right XC, border of dots.
reverse: Patriarchal cross, with globulae and two pelletsat each extremity, in lower field on either side, floral ornament.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 23-24,5mm, weight: 5,49g, axis: 5h,
mint: Constantinopolis, date: 1081-1092 A.D., ref:SB 1880, p-379,
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Bardas Parsakoutenos, magistros and doux of Anatolikon. Lead seal c. AD 970-990 10291|Bardas Parsakoutenos, magistros and doux of Anatolikon. Lead seal c. AD 970-990
Star with six rays ending in something resembling arrows; circular invocational legend + KE ROHÎ˜EI TW CW Î”UÎ›W
+RAPÎ”|MAÎ“ICTP,|S Î”UÎž TWN| ANATOÎ›’K|TWN OÎ AT|O Î APCK’ in six lines
30mm; 16.24gram.

Before turning to the identification of the seal’s owner, there are a number of issues to be addressed about the reverse legend. Up to the fourth line, all is clear. A nominative legend listing Bardas’ dignity of magistros and his office of doux ton Anatolikon. The last line has his family name Pars(a)k(outenos). The fifth line, however, does not make sense. It might be an engraver’s error, repeating TWN of the third line and O Î AP of the last line. This explanation, even though unelegant, has to do for now, unless an otherwise unknown office or command is meant.
The seal’s owner is probably the person named in Leon Diakonos (VII.1) as one of three brothers Parsakoutenos, who backed Bardas Phokas the younger during his rebellion of AD 970 against John I Tzimiskes. These brothers, Theodore, Bardas and Nikephoros took their name, according to Leon, “after the city of their birth, Parsakouta”, which is a village on the road between Nymphaion and Sardis in the Thrakesian theme (p. 162, n.4 of the English edition). Leon adds that the Parsakoutenoi were cousins of Bardas Phokas and that they held the rank of patrikios and adds that they ‘mustered troops with great zeal’. Skylitzes (291.13-14) adds that Theodore and Nikephoros were the sons of the patrikios Theodoulos Parsakoutenos, and were exarchs in Cappadocia (p. 162, n.3). The rebellion, however, was extinguished by the skilled general Bardas Skleros, and Bardas Phokas was temporarily imprisoned.
Leon Diakonos once again mentions Bardas Parsakoutenos in book X, chapter 7, during the revolt of Bardas Skleros. He is now called magistros, a higher rank than patrikios, which implies that his earlier allegience to a usurper had not frustrated his political career. In the late 970’s, Skleros conquered large parts of Asia and was threatening to blockade the Dardanelles, hindering merchants and grain transports to the capital. In the end, he was defeated by Bardas Phokas on 24th of March 979 and fled to Muslim territory. But before his final defeat on the battleground, according to Leon Diakonos, his fortress at Abydos was seized, his army destroyed, and fire was set to his fleet of triremes by an imperial fleet of fireships dispatched from the capital under the command of Bardas Parsakoutenos. The seal, listing Bardas’ dignity as magistros, not patrikios as attested in AD 970, might well be from this period.
1 commentsGert

Basil I and Constantine VIIBasil I & Constantine VII, 868 - 879 AD, 26mm, 4.5g, SB 1721, DOC 8, BMC 11-16, Ratto 1861
OBV: BASILOS S CONST AVGG, Crowned busts of Basil I wearing chlamys and with short beard on left,
Constantine VII wearing Chlamys, no beard, on right, holding labarum between them
REV: bASIL-S CONSTAN-TINOS EN QO-bASILEIS R-OMAION in five lines
SRukke

BEAT TRANQLITAS VOT/IS/XX - Constantine IAE3, London, 323 - 324
2.86gm, 19mm
Ox: CONSTANTINVS IVN N C
O: Helmeted, cuirassed bust Right.
Rx: BEAT TRANQLITAS, PLON in ex.
R: Globe on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines; above, three stars.

RIC VII.268 (R3), ex. Mike FoxPaul DiMarzio

BEAT TRANQLITAS VOT/IS/XX - Constantine IIAE3, London, 323 - 324
2.61gm, 19mm
Ox: CONSTANTINVS IVN N C
O: Helmeted, cuirassed bust left.
Rx: BEAT TRANQLITAS, PLON in ex.
R: Globe on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines; above, three stars.

RIC VII.287 (C3), ex. Wayne PhillipsPaul DiMarzio

BEAT TRANQLITAS VOT/IS/XX - CrispusAE3, London, 322 - 323
3.39gm, 19mm
Ox: CRISPVS NOBIL C
O: Laureate, cuirassed bust left, with spear pointing forward and shield on left arm.
Rx: BEAT TRANQLITAS, PLON in ex., F in l. field, B in r. field
R: Globe on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines; above, three stars.

RIC VII.250 (C3), ex. Classical Numismatic Group1 commentsPaul DiMarzio

BEAT TRANQLITAS VOT/IS/XX - CrispusAE3, London, 323 - 324
2.95gm, 19mm
Ox: CRISPVS NOBIL C
O: Cuirassed bust left, spear pointing forward, shield on left arm.
Rx: BEAT TRANQLITAS, PLON in ex.
R: Globe on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines; above, three stars.

RIC VII.279 (C3), ex. Zach BeasleyPaul DiMarzio

BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOT/IS/XX - Constantine IAE3, London, 321 - 322
2.68gm, 19mm
Ox: CONSTANTINVS AVG
O: Helmeted, cuirassed bust right.
Rx: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, PLON in ex.
R: Globe on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines; above, three stars.

RIC VII.222 (R3), ex. Scott UhrickPaul DiMarzio

BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOT/IS/XX - Constantine IIAE3, London, 321
3.38gm, 19mm
Ox: CONSTANTINVS IVN N C
O: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left.
Rx: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, PLON in ex., P in l. field, A in r. field
R: Globe on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines; above, three stars.

RIC VII.unlisted, ex. Ron BudePaul DiMarzio

BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOT/IS/XX - CrispusAE3, London, 321 - 322
2.20gm, 19mm
Ox: CRISPVS NOBIL C
O: Helmeted, cuirassed bust right.
Rx: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, PLON in ex.
R: Globe on altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines; above, three stars.

RIC VII.229 (S), ex. Barry MurphyPaul DiMarzio

Buckle #004, AR Buckle,Buckle #004, AR Buckle,
type: AR Buckle, the heavy prong/tongue and how it overlaps the buckle.
"I believe 5th - 6th century. The very thick tongue which extends beyond the buckle ring and hooks down is the diagnostic. Likely "Germanic" though there are some thoughts that they were made in Roman/Byzantine Empire for use by groups like Ostrogoths, Gepids and/or Sarmatians." by Shawn Caza, thank you Shawn.
" Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Walters Gallery/Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1947: page 99, No. 467A, Plate LXVII. Found in Egypt, 4th century." by Russ, thank you Russ.
size:28x13 mm,
weight:5,49 g,
date:??? A.D.,
ref: ???.
distribution: ???,
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Byzantine, Anonymous Follis, SB 1880, AE-Follis, Class H, (Michael VII. ( First Crusade ?) (1081-1092 A.D.)), Constantinopolis, Anonymous Follis, SB 1880, AE-Follis, Class H, (Michael VII. ( First Crusade ?) (1081-1092 A.D.)), Constantinopolis,
averse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and rising right hand in benediction, in left hand, to scroll, to left IC to right XC, border of dots.
reverse: Patriarchal cross, with globulae and two pelletsat each extremity, in lower field on either side, floral ornament.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 23-24,5mm, weight: 5,49g, axis: 5h,
mint: Constantinopolis, date: 1081-1092 A.D., ref:SB 1880, p-379,
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BYZANTINE, Constantine VII Porphyrogenetos

Byzantine, Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus (913-959 A.D.), SB 1761, AE-Follis, Constantinopolis, #2, double or over struck!B 038 Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus (913-959 A.D.), SB 1761, AE-Follis, Constantinopolis, #2, double or over struck!
avers: CONST bASIL ROM, crowned bust of Constantine facing, with short beard and wearing vertical loros, holding akakia and cross on globe.
reverse: + / CONST / EN QEO BA / SILEVS R / OMEON, legend in four lines.
exergue: , diameter: 24-25mm, weight: 6,15g, axis: 6h,
mint: Constantinopolis, date: A.D., ref: SB 1761,
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BYZANTINE, Romanus I Lecapenus A.D.920-944, AE Follis, struck at ConstantinopleObv: +RWmAn bASILEVS RWM. Facing bearded bust of Romanus I, wearing crown and jewelled chlamys, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
Rev: +RWMA/n En θEW bA/SILEVS RW/MAIWn in four lines.
Sear: 1760

Romanus I Lecapenus (A.D.920-944), co-ruled with Constantine VII. Porphyrogenitus (A.D.913-959)
Large quantities of folles of this type appear to have been issued, and are often overstruck on folles of Leo VI.1 comments

CAESARVM NOSTRORVM VOT X - Constantine IIAE3, London, 323 - 324
3.44gm, 19mm
Ox: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
O: Laureate head right.
Rx: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, PLONu in ex.
R: Laurel wreath enclosing VOT / X in two lines.

RIC VII.292 (C3), ex. Wayne PhillipsPaul DiMarzio

CAESARVM NOSTRORVM VOT X - CrispusAE3, London, 323 - 324
3.46gm, 19mm
Ox: IVL CRISPVS NOB C
O: Laureate head right.
Rx: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, PLONu in ex.
R: Laurel wreath enclosing VOT / X in two lines.

RIC VII.291 (C3), ex. Wayne PhillipsPaul DiMarzio

Capetians, Louis VII. Crosier in Pale Denier of Château-Landon. France. Capetians, Louis VII le Jeune. 1137-1180 AD. AR Denier (1.39 gm, 21.2mm, 10h) of Château-Landon. Pale between two crosiers, each topped by …; an abbot's crosier is wrapped by a pallium or "sudarium" hence a crosier in pale. ✠LVDOVICVS REX. / Short cross inside dotted border, S in 1ˢᵗ & 4ᵗʰ quarters. ✠LΛND🝊NIS CΛSTΛ (cruciform O). VF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 34 #785. Ciani 122; Duplessy Royales I #136; Lafaurie 147; Roberts 2316. cf. CGB.fr Auction 2021-03 #644028 (cruciform O); iNumis MBS38 #247 (round O).Anaximander

Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C.; In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VIISilver tetradrachm, Houghton II 655 (same dies), SNG Spaer -, Newell SMA -, gVF, weight 16.157g, maximum diameter 28.8mm, die axis 0o, posthumous, c. 130 - 80 B.C.; obverse diademed head of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII right, fillet border; reverse BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EUERGETOU, Athena standing left, Nike in right, spear and shield in left, ligate DI / A left, A inner left, G inner right, Nike crowns epithet, laurel wreath border; scarce;

Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian King Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII.

Ex Houghton collection
Ex Forum1 commentsPhiloromaos

Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C.; In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochus VIISilver tetradrachm, (Houghton II 642 ff., SNG Spaer 1855, Newell SMA 282), Weight 16.560g, Max. diameter 27.9mm, Obv. diademed head of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII right, fillet border; Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXDOY EYEPΠETOY, Athena standing left, Nike in right, spear and shield in left, ligate ΔI / A left, Nike extends wreath into laurel wreath border. Toned, some light scratches.

EX. Forvm Ancient Coins

Background info, courtesy Forvm Ancient Coins;

Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian King Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII.

4 commentsSteve E

Cappadocian Kingdom, Tetradrachm, In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VIISilver tetradrachm
Obv:– Diademed head of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII right, fillet border.
Rev:– BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EUERGETOU, Athena standing left, Nike in right, spear and shield in left, ligate DI / A left, Nike extends wreath into laurel wreath border
c. 130 - 80 B.C.; In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII, 138 - 129 B.C.
Ref:– Houghton II 642 (same dies), SNG Spaer 1855, Newell SMA 282

Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian king Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII.

Grey tone.

Ex-Forvm1 commentsmaridvnvm

Cappadocian Kingdom/ In the name of Antiochos VII; tetradrachm; NikeCappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C.; In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII, 138 - 129 B.C. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton II 651 ff. (different dies), SNG Spaer -, Newell SMA -, VF, grainy, 15.919g, 29.4mm, 0o, posthumous, c. 130 - 80 B.C.; obverse diademed head of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII right, fillet border; reverse “BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EUERGETOU”, Athena standing left, Nike in right, spear and shield in left, ligate “DI” / A left, ligate “OD” inner left, K inner right, Nike crowns epithet, laurel wreath border. Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian King Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII. Ex FORVMPodiceps

Cappadocian Kingdom/ In the name of Antiochos VII; tetradrachm; NikeCappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C.; In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII, 138 - 129 B.C. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton II 644 (same dies), SNG Spaer 1855, Newell SMA 282, VF, toned, 16.302g, 29.6mm, 0o, obverse diademed head of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII right, fillet border; reverse “BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EUERGETOU”, Athena standing left holding Nike, spear and shield, “DI” monogram above A left, Nike extends wreath into laurel wreath border. Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian King Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII. Ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps

Caracalla 198-217 denariusOb. ANTONINUS PIVS AVG GERM Head right
Rev. P.M.TR.P.XVII.COS.IIII.P.P. Apollo seated left resting hand on lyre
Ref. Sear 1835
Year 214AD

ANTONIUS PIUS AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS - Antonius Pius is your Emperor and Augustus and has conquered the Germans
PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTAS XVII CONSUL IIII PATER PATRIAE - High priest, Tribune of the People for the seventeenth time, Consul for the fourth time and father of the country

-:Bacchus:-1 commentsBacchus

Caracalla AE34 ProvincialCaracalla --Pisidia, Antioch. Æ 34mm (28.52 gm). IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / COL CAES ANTIOCH, S R across field, Mên standing facing, head right, holding long sceptre and Nike on globe. Krzyzanowska pl. XXII, XXVII. 06/08/20011 commentsfeatherz

CATALONIA - Ferdinand VIICATALONIA - Ferdinand VII (1808-1833) Cu 6 Quartos, 1810. Obv.: FERDIN.VII.HISP.REX. around crowned arms of Spain. Date 1810 below. Rev.: Arms of Catalonia, vallue VI QUARTOS in cartouche below. CATHAL.PRINCIP. surrounds. Reference: KM-116. Flan crack, but nice!dpaul7

Charles VII le Victorieux, (1422 - 1461 A.D.)AR Blanc à la Couronne
O: +KAROLVS FRANCORVM REX (castle), royal coat-of-arms within in trilobe; three crowns around; O pointed; annulet under sixth letter.
R: +SIT:NOME:DNI:BENEDIC:TV (castle), cross pattée with crowns and lis in opposing quarters; all within quadrilobe; O pointed; annulet under sixth letter.
25mm
2.53g
Duplessy 519A; Ciani1 commentsMat

Cilicia Tarsos, Gordian III Großbronze (36mm, 34g), Ex Lindgren & Kovacs 1635Roman Provincial. Cilicia, Tarsos, Gordian III AE Hexassarion (?) (36mm, 33.94 g, 6h), 238-244 CE.
Obv: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion.
Rev: Gordian, laureate and in military dress, on horseback right, thrusting spear at lion running right below.
Ref: Lindgren & Kovacs 1635 (this coin); SNG Levante 1132; RPC VII.2 3060 (this coin = ex. 29 Online [LINK].
Prov: Ex Collection of Dr. Henry Clay Lindgren (1914-2005), published in Lindgren I (w/ Frank Kovacs, 1985), No. 1635; M.D.A. Collection (acq. Aug 2000; CNG EA 509 [9 Feb 2022], 360); Antioch Associates MBS 15 (1 Jun 1998), 150.

Notes: Heavy specimen. Of 29 Specimens in RPC Online (or the 60 total of similar types, RPC 3060-3064), only 1 is heavier (3060.6, but it has been modified -- mounted and tooled). I find no other heavier specimens in RPC among the other related large bronzes of Gordian III at Tarsos.
[ALT: Tarsus, Kilikia]1 commentsCurtis JJ

Cleopatra portrait, Paphos, Cyprus (2)Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, Philopator, 51 - 30 B.C., Paphos, Cyprus. Bronze dichalkon, Kreuzer p. 44, first illustration; Svoronos 1160 (Ptolemy IV); Weiser -; SNG Cop 649, VF, obverse off center, 1.660g, 13.5mm, 0o, Paphos mint, obverse diademed bust of Cleopatra VII as Isis right, hair in melon-coiffure; reverse ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ − ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, double cornucopia flanked by ribbons; Kreuzer, in his book The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII and Augustus in Cyprus, assembles evidence dating this type to Cleopatra VII instead of the reign of Ptolemy IV used in older references. ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps

Cleopatra VIICleopatra VII, Paphos mint, 11mm
Obverse: Diademed bust of Cleopatra VII as Isis right, hair in melon-coiffure
Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ − ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, double cornucopia flanked by ribbonsDk0311USMC

Cleopatra VII hemiobolLaureate head of Zeus

Statue of Zeus Salaminos standing, holding stalks of grain, star above

Paphos mint c. 35 BC

3.15g

Nicolaou, Paphos II, 469-509; Cox, Exc. at Curium 128; Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage ch. 11, 35

Notes from Forum:

While not noted in Svoronos, this type is fairly common on Cyprus and many have been found in the excavations at Neopaphos. The lack of a central depression indicates they were struck after 96 B.C. Recent Cypriot numismatic publications date them to the time when Cleopatra VII of Egypt was the ruler of the island

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Commodus - Sestertius - RIC 345Obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate head right
Rev: SALVS AVG TR P VII. IMP V COS III P P, S-C, Salus standing half left feeding snake rising from altar from patera in right hand, sceptre in left
Size: 29 mm
Weight: 24,5 g
Date: 182 AD
Ref: RIC III 345; Cohen 689vs1969

Constance II, Antioche AE follis (330 et 334)avers : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C.
revers : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS.
19mm; 3.18g; 11h
RIC.VII.Antioch.66,HT.MooT

Constance II, Arles AE nummus (328)avers : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
revers : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS / S | F // QCONST
19.5mm; 3.25g; 5h
RIC.VII.Arles.320T.MooT

Constance II, Héraclée. Nummus (326)a: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C.
r: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS. // SMHepsilon•
19mm; 3.24g; 6h
Référence : RIC.VII.Heraclea.84 T.MooT

Constance II, Nicomédie AE follis (325-326)avers : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C. LDC à gauche.
revers : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS // MNΔ
18.5mm; 3.01g; 6h
Référence : Sear.17648; RIC.VII.Nicomedia.124 T.MooT

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