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7 GalbaGalba. A.D.
68-69 AD
Æ as (27 mm, 10.29 g, 6 h). Rome.

O: IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P, laureate head of Galba right

R: LIBERTAS PVBLICA, S C across fields, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter.

RIC 328 var. (bare head); BMC 144; BN 160 (same dies). Dark brown and green patina, light roughness.

Good fine.

Ex Triskeles Auctions
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Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 188 - 84 B.C.Silver hemidrachm, cf. SNG Keckman 642 ff. (various magistrates and control symbols)Dexikrates, Fine/Fair, scratches, underweight (perhaps imitative), 0.905g, 13.0mm, 135o, Rhodos (Rhodes) mint, c. 188 - 84 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse rose with bud to right, P-O in fields, magistrates name above,ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ, control symbol lower left, all within a shallow square incuse;7 commentsRandygeki(h2)
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Roman Imperial: Maximinus II Daia (310-313) BI Follis, Antioch (RIC-164b)Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG; Laureate head right
Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI; Genius standing facing, holding head of Sol in right, cornucopia in left. ✶ / S in fields, ANT in exergue

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(0117) HADRIAN117 - 138 AD
struck 128 - 129 AD
AE sestertius 31 mm 21.90 g
O: Laureate head right. Reverse - HILARITAS P R, S C in fields, COS III in exergue,
R: Hilaritas standing facing holding palm & cornucopia, two small children flanking her, S - C
COS III IN EXE.
ROME
RCV 3602, RIC 970
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(0217) DIADUMENIAN217 - 218 AD
AE 25 mm; 12.22 g
Magistrate Statius Longinus
O: K M OPEL ANTWNI DIADOUMENIANOC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right
R: VP CTATIOV LONGINOU NIKOPOLITWN, PR-OC across fields, ICTRW in ex, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.
Nikopolis ad Istrum.
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(0253) VALERIAN I253 - 260 AD
Capitolene games issue
AE 26.5 mm, 19.34 g
O: IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS [PF AVG], laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
R: CER SACR CAP OEC ISEL HEL, COL-HEL across fields, male athlete standing facing, head right, holding palm branch, right hand in a selection urn.
Coele Syria, Heliopolis
Cohen 329
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(0275) TACITUS--ALEXANDRIA275 - 276 AD
Potin Tetradrachm 21 mm 7.03 g
Obverse: A K KL TAKITOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
Reverse: ETOYC-A (year 1)across fields, eagle standing left, head right, with wreath in its beak.
ALEXANDRIA, ROMAN EGYPT
Milne 4502 / Dattari 551
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(0293) CONSTANTIUS I CHLORUS (as Caesar)293-305 AD
AE FOLLIS 26 x 28.5 mm 7.45 g
Obv. CONSTANTIVS NOBIL C, Laureate head r.
Rev. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae; B/STAR in fields, TR in exergue.
Treveri (Trier)

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(0367) GRATIAN--GLORIA367 - 383 AD
AE 17.5 X 18.5 mm 2.28 g
O: D N GRATIANVS PF AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
R: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor holding chi-rho labarum, dragging captive r., Z-*/A in fields, TES in exergue
THESSALONICA
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 30 mm, 7.86 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 28 mm, 12.01 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 25 X 28 mm, 7.42 g
O: Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 28 mm, 10.31 g
O: Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 29.5 mm, 9.91 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 26.5 mm, 10.67 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 26.5 X 31 mm, 9.94 g (double strike)
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 26 mm, 11.34 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 25.5 mm, 9.73 g
O: [TI CLAVDIVS] CAESAR AVG P M T[R P IMP], Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 26.5 mm, 8.06 g
O: [TI C]LAVDIVS CAESA[R AVG P M TR P IMP], Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 26.5 X 28 mm, 9.44 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
Æ As 27 mm 7.34 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 24 X 25 mm, 9.47 g
O: Bare head left
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(05) CLAUDIUS (MINERVA)41-54 AD
Struck 41-42 AD
AE 30 mm max., 10.66 g
O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Bare head left; PR countermark
R: S-C across fields, Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield
Rome mint, RIC I 100
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(06) NERO54 - 68 AD
AE 27 mm; 11.38 g
O: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM PM TRP, laureate head left
R: S-C across fields, large altar with two doors and surmounted by ornaments, PROVIDENT in ex.
Balkan mint, possibly Perinthos
RIC (1923) 440; RPC 1761; Cohen 255; WCN p. 245, Moesia 2
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*SOLD*Antoninus Pius AE/As

Attribution: RIC III, 1024
Date: AD 158-159
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XXII, laureate head r.
Reverse: FORTVNA OBSEQENS, Fortuna standing l. holding patera and rudder set on a prow in r. hand cornucopia in l., S-C across fields, COS IIII in exergue
Size: 23 mm
Weight: 10.21 grams
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002 Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), RIC I 490, Uncertain, Asia, Pergamum(?), AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, AVGV-STVS, Bunch of six ears of corn, Rare!002 Augustus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), RIC I 490, Uncertain, Asia, Pergamum(?), AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, AVGV-STVS, Bunch of six ears of corn, Rare!
avers: IMP CAESAR, Beared head right, lituus to right.
reverse: No legend, AVGV STVS across fields, Bunch of six ears of corn.
exergue: AVGV/STVS//--, diameter: 28,5mm, weight: 10,16g, axis: h,
mint: City: Cistophoric mint, Region: Uncertain, Province: Asia, date: (Issue: Sutherland group III–IV (Pergamum?)) 27-26 B.C.,
ref: RIC I 490, C-32a?, Sutherland group IIIγ, nos. 106–15, RPC I (online) 2209, only 10 specimens, Rare!
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005 Tiberius (14-37 A.D.), RIC I 058, Rome, AE-As, PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXXVII, Rare!!005 Tiberius (14-37 A.D.), RIC I 058, Rome, AE-As, PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXXVII, Rare!!
avers:-TI-CAESAR-DIVI-AVG-F-AVGVST-IMP-VIII, Laureate head of Tiberius left.
revers:-PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXXVII, Rudder standing vertically before large banded globe, small globe at base of rudder to left, S—C at edge of left & right fields, dotted border.
exerg:S/C//--, diameter: 24,5-25,5mm, weight: 10,14 g, axes: 0 h,
mint: Rome, date: 35-36 A.D., ref: RIC I 58,
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006 - Nero (54-68 AD), As - RIC 347Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG GERM, laureate head right.
Rev: PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, S - C in fields, temple of Janus with closed doors on right.
Minted in Rome c. 66 AD.

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006a4. NeroAE Dupondius. 26mm, 12.68 g. AD 65. Lyons mint. Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right with globe at point of neck. Rev: SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, Securitas seated right, resting her head on hand, holding sceptre, lighted altar and torch resting on bucranium at feet; S-C across fields, barred II in exergue. RIC 406; Sear 1967 var; MacDowell WCN 505.lawrence c
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0093 - Denarius Valeria 82 BCObv/ Draped bust of Victory r., wearing pendant earring and necklace, (control letter behind).
Rev/ C VAL FLA (VAL in ligature) on l., IMPERAT on r., EX SC across lower fields, aquila between signa exhibiting vexilla marked H (for hastati) and P (for principes).

Ag, 18.2 mm, 3.47 g
Moneyer: C. Valerius Flaccus.
Mint: Rome.
RRC 365/1a [dies o/r: 36/39 (var. 1a --> 1c)] - Syd. 747a
ex-Tintinna, auction e9, lot 1108
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012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 085, Rome, AE-Quadrans, PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT, S•C across fields, 012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 085, Rome, AE-Quadrans, PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT, S•C across fields,
avers: TI-CLAVDIVS-CAESAR-AVG, Hand with scales, PNR below.
reverse: PON-M-TR-P-IMP-COS-DES-IT, S•C across fields.
exergue: S•C//--, diameter: 17-18mm, weight: g, axis:- h,
mint: Rome, date: 41 A.D., ref: RIC I 085, C-71,
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012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 111, Rome, AE-As, CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Constantia standing left, S C across fields,012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 111, Rome, AE-As, CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Constantia standing left, S C across fields,
avers: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, Bare head left.
reverse: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Constantia standing left leaning on scepter, S C across fields.
exergue: S/C//--, diameter: 29-30mm, weight: 11,58g, axis:- 11h,
mint: Rome, date: 42-43 A.D., ref: RIC I 111, C 14,
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013a13. DomitianAs Caesar under Vespasian. AE As. 73-74 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS II, laureate head left. Rev: VICTORIA AVGVST, S-C across fields, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm branch, prow below. RIC 677.lawrence c
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013b1. DomitiaAE21 of Ephesos, Ionia. AD 82-96. Magistrate Caesennius Paetus. Alliance issue with Smyrna. 4.21 g. Obv: ΔOMITIA CEBACTH, draped bust right. Rev: OMONOIA ANΘY KAICEN ΠAITOY around, EΦE-ZMYΡ downwards in right and left fields, cult image of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, with supports. RPC 1091; SNG Cop 544; SNG Munich 290-291; SNG von Aulock 1938; BMC 414.lawrence c
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019a05. Marcus AureliusAE Sestertius. Rome mint. AD 175-176. Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARMATICVS, laureate head right. Rev: CLEMENTIA AVG TRP XXX IMP VIII, COS III in exergue, S-C across fields, Clementia standing left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC 1158; Cohen 28; BMCRE 1537; Sear 4961.lawrence c
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020a03. Lucius VerusAE Sestertius. AD 166. Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. Rev: TR POT VI IMP III COS II, S-C across fields, captive Parthia, hands bound behind back, sitting right at the foot of a trophy with a shield at its base. RIC 1440.lawrence c
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021a06. CommodusAE Sestertius. 189 AD. Rome. Obv: M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head right. Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, shield at side, holding Victory and upright spear. S-C across fields, COS V PP in exergue. RIC III 550; Cohen 648.lawrence c
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037b Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 0959, Rome, AE-Sestertius, TR POT XXII IMP V COS III, Victory advancing left,037b Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 0959, Rome, AE-Sestertius, TR POT XXII IMP V COS III, Victory advancing left,
avers:- M-ANTONINVS-AVG-ARM-PARTH-MAX, Laureate head, right.
revers:- TR-POT-XXII-IMP-V-COS III, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, S-C across fields,
exerg: S/C//--, diameter: 29,5-31mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, date:168 A.D., ref: RIC-III-959, p-290, Cohen 819,
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044 - Hadrian Denarius - RIC 0038Obv:- IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder
Rev:- P M TR P COS II, AET AVG in fields, Aeternitas standing left with heads of sun (Sol) and moon (Luna) in outstretched hands
Minted in Rome. A.D. 118
Reference:- BMCRE 57. RIC 38. RSC 128.
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052a23. PostumusAE Dupondius or Double Sestertius. Trier, ca 261 AD. 24mm, 9.59 g.
Obv: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: GERMAN-ICVS MAX V, trophy with bound captive to either side; in both fields, crossed shields. RIC V 198 (Lugdunum), Cohen 86, Sear 11041 (double Sest.).
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062a01. VabalathusVabalathus with Aurelian. Tetradrachm. Alexandria Mint. Year 4, AD 271.
Obv: L-Δ across fields, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus right. Rev: Laureate and draped bust of Aurelian right, LA to right. Milne 4319.
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076a05. CarausiusBillon antoninianus. 23.2mm, 3.23 g. Camulodunum (Colchester, England), c. 289 A.D. Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, middle reign portrait type. Rev: FIDES MILITM (the loyalty of the soldiers), Fides standing holding two ensigns, F-O in fields, ML in exergue. RIC V-2 33 (R2), Webb Carausius 37, Hunter IV - (p. cci), SRCV IV-, Carausian Hoard -, Burton Latimer -, Linchmere -, Bicester -. From the Charles Peters Carausius Collection. A FORUM coin.
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079a04. Constantius IBI Nummus. Treveri, AD 305-307. IMP CONSTANTIVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, head towered, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; S-F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 642a. 8.59g, 27mm, 6h. Roma Numismatics Auction 80, Lot 1633.lawrence c
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080b. Galeria ValeriaDaughter of Diocletian and wife of Galerius. When Galerius died, in 311, Licinius was entrusted with the care of Valeria and her mother Prisca. The two women, however, fled from Licinius to Maximinus Daia. After a short time, Valeria refused the marriage proposal of Maximinus, who arrested and confined her in Syria and confiscated her properties. At the death of Maximinus, Licinius ordered the death of both women. Valeria and Prisca fled, hiding for a year, until they were recognized by residents in Thessaloniki. She and her mother were captured by Licinius' soldiers, beheaded in the central square of the city, and their bodies thrown in the sea.

Coin: BI Nummus. Thessalonica, AD 308-310. GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder; *-B across fields, •SM•TS• in exergue. RIC VI 35. 7.01g, 25mm, 12h. Roma Numismatics Auc 105, Lot 1114.
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080b01. Galeria ValeriaBI Nummus. Thessalonica, AD 308-310. GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder; *-B across fields, •SM•TS• in exergue. RIC VI 35. 7.01g, 25mm, 12h. Roma Numismatics Auc 105, Lot 1114.lawrence c
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124 Carausius, (286-287, 293 A.D.), Londinium, RIC V-II 141, AE-Antoninianus, PAX AVG G G, S/P//MLXXI, Pax standing left, #1124 Carausius, (286-287, 293 A.D.), Londinium, RIC V-II 141, AE-Antoninianus, PAX AVG G G, S/P//MLXXI, Pax standing left, #1
avers:- IMP C CARAIVSIVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
revers:- PAX AVG G G, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; S-P across fields, mintmark MLXXI.
exerg: S/P//MLXXI, diameter: 22,0-24,5mm, weight: 3,16g, axes: 6h,
mint: Londinium, date: 287-293 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 141,
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125 Allectus, (293-296 A.D.), Camulodunum, RIC V-II 105, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDENTIA AVG, S/P//C, Providentia, standing left,125 Allectus, (293-296 A.D.), Camulodunum, RIC V-II 105, AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDENTIA AVG, S/P//C, Providentia, standing left,
avers:- IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, Radiate, and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia, standing left, holding globe and transverse sceptre, S-P across fields, Mintmark C.
exerg: S/P//C, diameter: 21,0-21,5mm, weight: 3,89g, axes: 6h,
mint: Camulodunum, date: 293-296 A.D., ref: RIC-V-105, p-, Sear 13837,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Rome, RIC VII 166, AE-3 Follis, P/R//R-T, VIRTVS AVG G, Campgate with three turrets, R5!!! 136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Rome, RIC VII 166, AE-3 Follis, P/R//R-T, VIRTVS AVG G, Campgate with three turrets, R5!!!
avers: CONSTA N TINVS AVG, Laureate helmeted cuirassed bust right. 1-D6,
reverse: VIRTV S AVG G, Campgate, three turrets, six layers no doors; P-R across fields, RT in ex.
exergue: P/R//R-T, diameter: 17,5-18mm, weight: 2,75g, axes: 5h,
mint: Rome, date: 318-319 A.D., ref: RIC VII 166, p-315, R5!!!,
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142 AeliusOrichalcum sestertius, RIC II Hadrian 1059, SRCV II 3981, BMCRE III Hadrian 1921, Cohen II 26, aF, Rome mint, weight 25.725g, maximum diameter 31.3mm, die axis 180o, 137 A.D.; obverse L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right; reverse TR POT COS II, PANNO-NIA and S - C across fields, Pannonia standing facing, head left, holding vexillum in right hand and gathering up drapery in left; scarce; ex forvm5 commentsRandygeki(h2)
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146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 256, A/-//--;-/-//•ΓSIS•, AE-2 Follis, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Galley,146 Constans (333-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-350 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 256, A/-//--;-/-//•Î“SIS•, AE-2 Follis, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Galley,
avers:- DN-CONSTA-NS-PF-AVG, Draped, diademed, bust right, "A" on the left fields, behind the neck.
revers:- FEL-TEMP-REPAR-ATIO, Emperor military dress stage left on galley, holding victory with wreath and palm on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner, in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. "A" on the left star in the right fields.
exe: A/-//--;-/-//•Î“SIS•, diameter: 23-23,5 mm, weight: 4,28 g, axis: 6h,
mint: Siscia, date: 348-350 A.D., ref: RIC-VIII-256, p-367,
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1501s, Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. (Siscia)Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D., Bronze AE 3, S 4103, VF, Siscia mint, 2.012g, 18.7mm, 180o, 24 Aug 367 - 17 Nov 375 A.D.obverse D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, wreath in right and palm in left, symbols in fields, mintmark in exergue.


De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families

Valentinian I (364-375 AD.)


Walter E. Roberts, Emory University

Valentinian was one of Rome's last great warrior emperors. Flavius Valentinianus, was born in A.D. 321 at Cibalis (modern Vinkovci) in southern Pannonia. His father Gratian was a soldier renowned for his strength and wrestling skills. Gratian had an illustrious career in the army, rising from staff officer to tribune, to comes Africae, and finally [i/comes Britanniae.

The emperor Jovian died on 17 February 364, apparently of natural causes, on the border between Bithynia and Galatia. The army marched on to Nicaea, the nearest city of any consequence, and a meeting of civil and military officials was convened to choose a new emperor. The assembly finally agreed upon Valentinian.

On 26 February 364, Valentinian accepted the office offered to him. As he prepared to make his accession speech, the soldiers threatened to riot, apparently uncertain as to where his loyalties lay. Valentinian reassured them that the army was his greatest priority. Furthermore, to prevent a crisis of succession if he should die prematurely, he agreed to pick a co-Augustus. According to Ammianus, the soldiers were astounded by Valentinian’s bold demeanor and his willingness to assume the imperial authority. His decision to elect a fellow-emperor could also be construed as a move to appease any opposition among the civilian officials in the eastern portion of the empire. By agreeing to appoint a co-ruler, he assured the eastern officials that someone with imperial authority would remain in the east to protect their interests. After promoting his brother Valens to the rank of tribune and putting him in charge of the royal stables on March 1, Valentinian selected Valens as co-Augustus at Constantinople on 28 March 364, though this was done over the objections of Dagalaifus. Ammianus makes it clear, however, that Valens was clearly subordinate to his brother.

Ammianus and Zosimus as well as modern scholars praise Valentinian for his military accomplishments. He is generally credited with keeping the Roman empire from crumbling away by “. . . reversing the generally waning confidence in the army and imperial defense . . ..” Several other aspects of Valentinian's reign also set the course of Roman history for the next century.

Valentinian deliberately polarized Roman society, subordinating the civilian population to the military. The military order took over the old prestige of the senatorial nobility. The imperial court, which was becoming more and more of a military court, became a vehicle for social mobility. There were new ideas of nobility, which was increasingly provincial in character. By this it is meant that the imperial court, not the Senate, was the seat of nobility, and most of these new nobles came from the provinces. With the erosion of the old nobility, the stage was set for the ascendancy of Christianity. Ammianus makes it clear that actions such as these were part of a systematic plan by Valentinian to erode the power and prestige of the senatorial aristocracy. Several pieces of extant legislation seem to confirm Ammianus’ allegations that Valentinian was eroding senatorial prestige.

Valentinian's reign affords valuable insights into late Roman society, civilian as well as military. First, there was a growing fracture between the eastern and western portions of the empire. Valentinian was the last emperor to really concentrate his resources on the west. Valens was clearly in an inferior position in the partnership. Second, there was a growing polarization of society, both Christian versus pagan, and civil versus military. Finally there was a growing regionalism in the west, driven by heavy taxation and the inability of Valentinian to fully exercise military authority in all areas of the west. All of these trends would continue over the next century, profoundly reshaping the Roman empire and western Europe.

By Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.
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177-192 AD - COMMODUS AE sestertius - struck 186 ADobv: M COMMODVS ANT P - FELIX AVG BRIT (laureate head right)
rev: P M TR P XI - IMP [VII] - COS V P P (Commodus standing left on platform, raising hand and holding scepter, facing four soldiers to left), S C across fields, FID EXERCIT in ex.
ref: RIC III 468b, Cohen 136 (20frcs)
23.63gms, 30mm
Very rare
ex Numismatic LANZ

Historical background: Under Commodus reign Sextus Tigidius Perennis was the Pretorian Prefect who exercised the chief responsibilities of government in the Roman Empire. In 185 Perennis was implicated in a plot to overthrow the emperor by his political rival Marcus Aurelius Cleander, and Commodus gave them permission to execute him as well as his wife and sons. After this Commodus received the title of FELIX. This coin shows when the emperor proclaimed the executions to soldiers, and the FIDES EXERCITUS means the aggreement between the emperor and the legions.
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18 Diocletian: Serdica abdication follis.Follis, ca 305-306 AD, Serdica mint.
Obverse: DN DIOCLETIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG / Laureate bust of Diocletian, wearing the imperial mantle, olive branch in right hand, mappa in left hand.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG / Providentia standing, extending hand to Quies, also standing, holding branch and leaning on sceptre. S F in fields, & Gamma: between.
Mint mark: . SM . SD .
10.63 gm., 28 mm.
RIC #15a; Sear # 12940, PBCC #843.
1 commentsCallimachus
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1809-R Brazilian Gold 6400 RéisBrazil, João VI Prince Regent (1799-1816), Gold 6400 Réis, 1 Peça, 1809-R, SCWC KM 236.1, Friedberg 93, Russo 559, Gomes 33.09, LMB 559, Bentes 311.07, Guimaraes 1809-1.1, no dot after REGENS variety, EF, light handling marks in otherwise brilliant fields, engrailed edge, weight 14.3436g (AGW 0.4229oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 32.0mm, thickness 1.0mm, die axis 0°, Rio de Janeiro mint, 1809; obverse JOANNES • D • G • PORT • ET • ALG • P • REGENS (João, by the Grace of God, Prince Regent of Portugal and the Algarves), laureate and draped bust right, 1809 and mint mark • R • below, engraved by Cipriano da Silva Moreira and designed by Domingos Sequeira, toothed border surrounding; reverse crowned, ornately garnished oval shield of Arms of the Kingdom of Portugal bearing seven castles, triple-turreted, surrounding smaller inner shield area with five shields, each with five bezants in saltire, arranged as a cross, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (10 Jun 2022); ex Spink auction 21007 (29 Sep 2021), lot 224; ex Douro Cargo, Spink auction 118 (20-1 Nov 1996), lot 136 with ticket; £2,750.00.Serendipity
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1883 Hawaiian Silver QuarterKingdom of Hawaii, Kalākaua I (1874-91), Silver 1/4 (Quarter) Dollar (Hapaha), 25 Cents, 1883, Breen 8032, SCWC KM 5, Medcalf-Russell 2CS-3, one-year type, gEF, mark below chin, otherwise attractive portrait and coin, engraved by Chief Engraver of the US Mint, Charles Barber, edge milled, weight 6.3g (ASW 0.1823oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 24.3mm, thickness 2.0mm, die axis 180°, San Francisco, CA mint, 1883; obverse KALAKAUA I KING OF HAWAII, bare head right, • 1883 • below, toothed border surrounding; reverse UA MAU KE EA O KA-AINA I KA PONO. (The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness), crowned garnished quartered shield of Arms of the Kingdom of Hawaii bearing plain, vertically and horizontally ruled stripes for the eight islands of Hawaii, two sacred taboo sticks (pūlo'ulo'u), dotted inescutcheon with two crossed canoe paddles overlaid by triangular feather standard (kāhili), ¼-D across fields, HAPAHA (Quarter Dollar) below, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Timothy Medhurst Coins & Antiquities (11 Jan 2023); £150.00.1 commentsSerendipity
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1901 French Marianne Rooster Gold 20 FrancsFrance, Third Republic (1870-1940), Gold 20 Francs, 1901, SCWC KM 847, Gadoury 1064, F. 534/6, Friedberg 596, Marianne Rooster type, aUNC, raised edge lettering DIEU *+ PROTEGE +* LA FRANCE *++* (God Protect France), weight 6.4516g (AGW 0.1867oz), composition 0.9 Au, 0.1 Cu, diameter 21.0mm, thickness 1.25mm, die axis 180°, Paris mint, 1901; obverse REPUBLIQUE-FRANÇAISE ⬝ (French Republic), laureate and draped bust of Marianne right, with long curly hair, wearing Phrygian cap and oak wreath bearing fruit, J.C./CHAPLAIN raised in two lines in lower right field before neck for engraver Jules-Clément Chaplain, embedded egg-and-dart border surrounding; reverse LIBERTE ⬝ EGALITE ⬝ FRATERNITE ⬝ (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity), rooster standing left on ground-line bearing some grasses and a group of flowers, 20-Fcs with macron below cs divided by rooster's legs across lower fields, 1901 in exergue, engraved by Jules-Clément Chaplain, embedded egg-and-dart border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex NumisCorner 869592 (3 Dec 2023); £427.21.Serendipity
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1911 French Marianne Rooster Gold 10 FrancsFrance, Third Republic (1870-1940), Gold 10 Francs, 1911, SCWC KM 846, Gadoury 1017, F. 509/12, Friedberg 597, Marianne Rooster type, BU, edge milled, weight 3.2258g (AGW 0.09335oz), composition 0.9 Au, 0.1 Cu, diameter 19.0mm, thickness 0.8mm, die axis 180°, Paris mint, 1911; obverse REPUBLIQUE-FRANÇAISE · (French Republic), laureate and draped bust of Marianne right, with long curly hair, wearing Phrygian cap and oak wreath bearing fruit, J.C.C raised in lower right field before neck for engraver Jules-Clément Chaplain, toothed border surrounding; reverse LIBERTE · EGALITE · FRATERNITE · (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity), rooster standing left on ground-line bearing some grasses and a group of flowers, 10-Fcs divided by rooster's legs across lower fields, 1911 in exergue, flanked by cornucopia mint and torch privy marks, engraved by Jules-Clément Chaplain, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex CGB Numismatics Paris (29 Dec 2023); £277.75.Serendipity
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1911 French Marianne Rooster Gold 20 Francs RestrikeFrance, Third Republic (1870-1940), Gold 20 Francs Restrike, 1911, SCWC KM 857, Gadoury 1064a, F. 535/5, Friedberg 596a, Marianne Rooster type, UNC, raised edge lettering LIBERTÉ +* ÉGALITÉ +* FRATERNITÉ *++* (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity), weight 6.4516g (AGW 0.1867oz), composition 0.9 Au, 0.1 Cu, diameter 21.0mm, thickness 1.25mm, die axis 180°, Paris mint, 1911; obverse REPUBLIQUE-FRANÇAISE ⬝ (French Republic), laureate and draped bust of Marianne right, with long curly hair, wearing Phrygian cap and oak wreath bearing fruit, J.C./CHAPLAIN raised in two lines in lower right field before neck for engraver Jules-Clément Chaplain, embedded egg-and-dart border surrounding; reverse LIBERTE ⬝ EGALITE ⬝ FRATERNITE ⬝ (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity), rooster standing left on ground-line bearing some grasses and a group of flowers, 20-Fcs with macron below cs divided by rooster's legs across lower fields, 1911 in exergue, flanked by torch privy and cornucopia mint marks, engraved by Jules-Clément Chaplain, embedded egg-and-dart border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex eBay sale (17 Dec 2023); £350.00.Serendipity
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1913 Alexius I Comnenus, AU Hyperpyron SBCV-1913
Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Hyperpyron (Gold, 31 mm, 4.30 g, 6 h)

Constantinople, post-reform coinage, 1092-1118. +ΚЄ ROHΘЄI Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. A/ΛЄ/ΖΙω / ΔЄC/ΠΟ/ΤΗ; in right field, Tω / KO/MNH/Nω Alexius I standing facing, wearing crown, divitision and exaggerated jeweled chlamys, holding labarum with his right hand and globus cruciger with his left; in upper right field, manus Dei to left
This coin came with an original ticket for a dealer in Amsterdam. Jacques Schulman. From a sale in Jan 1956. Leu acquisition
Simon
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1923 Peace Silver DollarUSA, Peace Silver Dollar, 1923, Breen 5717, SCWC KM 150, UNC, interesting toning, edge milled, weight 26.73g (ASW 0.7734oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 38.1mm, thickness 2.4mm, die axis 180°, Philadelphia, PA mint, 1923; obverse LIBERTY arcing above and 1923 arcing below, radiate Liberty head left, ·IN·GOD·WE-TRVST· divided by Liberty's slender neck across lower fields, AF raised below truncation for engraver Anthony de Francisci, raised border surrounding; reverse UNITED • STATES • OF • AMERICA/E • PLURIBUS-UNUM (Out of Many, One) arcing above in two lines, bald eagle standing right atop mountain, wings folded, seen from back, clutching olive branch in talons, distant hills at bottom right of mountain, rays behind, ONE-DOLLAR divided by eagle across lower fields, PEACE arcing at base of mountain below, engraved by Anthony de Francisci, raised border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Baldwin's (6 Oct 2023); £100.00.Serendipity
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1933-D Oregon Trail Memorial Silver Half DollarUSA, Oregon Trail Memorial Silver Half Dollar, 50 Cents, 1933-D, Oregon Trail Memorial commemorative, Breen 7471, SCWC KM 159, BU, slight strike softness on rear of wagon and pioneer, first commemorative coin struck at mint, edge milled, weight 12.5g (ASW 0.3617oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 30.6mm, thickness 2.15mm, die axis 180°, Denver, CO mint, 1933; obverse UNITED-STATES/OF-AMERICA in two lines across fields, Native American chief standing half-right, nude but for double-trailing eagle-feathered war bonnet, blanket draped over left shoulder, breechcloth and moccasins, holding bow in right hand, with left arm outstretched and hand upraised towards the east, before US map, with miniature Conestoga wagon train heading west along Oregon Trail above left, Hudson Bay visible above right, HALF-DOLLAR arcing below, mint mark D at bottom left behind Indian's moccasined feet, engraved by Laura Gardin Fraser, raised border surrounding; reverse IN GOD WE TRUST arcing above, Conestoga wagon carrying mother and child, drawn by two oxen, led by pioneer, holding staff with left hand over right shoulder, heading west over brow of hill towards large setting nine-rayed sun to left, OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL/*****/1933 arcing in three lines in exergue, five stars for the Oregon Territory states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, JEF/LGF (James Earle Fraser/Laura Gardin Fraser) monograms in two lines to right behind wagon, engraved by James Earle Fraser, raised border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Baldwin's (8 Sep 2023); ex Sovereign Rarities auction 6 (28 Jun 2022), lot 322; £650.00.1 commentsSerendipity
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1936 Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Aspron Trachy SBCV-1936
(Billon, 29 mm, 4.05 g, 6 h), Philippopolis (?). +ΚЄ RO AΛЄSIW Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. Δ/ЄC/ΠΟ/ΤΗ TⲰ/KO/MN/N Alexius I standing facing, wearing crown, divitision and exagerrated jewelled chlamys, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 31. SB 1936. Somewhat porous, otherwise, fine.
Simon
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1937-D Oregon Trail Memorial Silver Half DollarUSA, Oregon Trail Memorial Silver Half Dollar, 50 Cents, 1937-D, Oregon Trail Memorial commemorative, Breen 7475, SCWC KM 159, BU, edge milled, weight 12.5g (ASW 0.3617oz), composition 0.9 Ag, 0.1 Cu, diameter 30.6mm, thickness 2.15mm, die axis 180°, Denver, CO mint, 1937; obverse UNITED-STATES/OF-AMERICA in two lines across fields, Native American chief standing half-right, nude but for double-trailing eagle-feathered war bonnet, blanket draped over left shoulder, breechcloth and moccasins, holding bow in right hand, with left arm outstretched and hand upraised towards the east, before US map, with miniature Conestoga wagon train heading west along Oregon Trail above left, Hudson Bay visible above right, HALF-DOLLAR arcing below, mint mark D at bottom left behind Indian's moccasined feet, engraved by Laura Gardin Fraser, raised border surrounding; reverse IN GOD WE TRUST arcing above, Conestoga wagon carrying mother and child, drawn by two oxen, led by pioneer, holding staff with left hand over right shoulder, heading west over brow of hill towards large setting nine-rayed sun to left, OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL/*****/1937 arcing in three lines in exergue, five stars for the Oregon Territory states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, JEF/LGF (James Earle Fraser/Laura Gardin Fraser) monograms in two lines to right behind wagon, engraved by James Earle Fraser, raised border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Coin Trust (31 Jul 2023), acquired from UK Collection; £215.00.Serendipity
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1aq Agrippina juniorMarried Claudius 49 AD

Diobol of Alexandria

Draped bust right, wreathed with corn, hair bound in plait behind, AGRIPPEINA CЄBACTH
Draped bust of Euthenia right, wreathed with corn, holding ears of corn, ЄYQH-NIA across fields, L-IB below

Milne 124

Agrippina the Younger, Julia Agrippina, or Agrippinilla (Little Agrippina) after 50 AD known as Julia Augusta Agrippina (c16 AD –59) was sister of Caligula, niece and fourth wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero. In 28, Tiberius arranged for Agrippina to marry her paternal second cousin Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus. Their only son was named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, after Domitius’s recently deceased father. This child would become the Emperor Nero. In 39, Agrippina and her sister Livilla, with their maternal cousin, Drusilla’s widower, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, were involved in a failed plot to murder Caligula, and make Lepidus emperor. Lepidus was executed. Agrippina and Livilla were exiled by their brother to the Pontine Islands.

Suetonius says, "But it was Agrippina the Younger, his brother Germanicus’s daughter, who ensnared him, assisted by a niece’s privilege of exchanging kisses and endearments. At the next Senate meeting, he primed a group of Senators to propose that he ought to marry Agrippina, as it was in the public interest, and that such marriages between uncle and niece should from then on be regarded as lawful, and no longer incestuous. He married her (AD 49) with barely a day’s delay, but only one freedman and one leading centurion married their respective nieces, to follow suit. Claudius himself, with Agrippina, attended the centurion’s wedding."

The Euthenia reverse reminds one of "euthanasia." which is what some suspect she did to Claudius to elevate her son Nero to the purple.
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1ds3 Allectus293-296

AE antoninianus

Radiate & cuirassed bust right, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG
PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding palm-branch in right hand, vertical sceptre in left, S-P across fields, ML in ex

RIC 28 S-P

The usurper in Britain who killed and replaced Carausius, according to Eutropius.
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1eh Constantine II337-340

AE3, London

Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust left, seen from the back, CONSTANTINVS IVN N C
Altar inscribed VOT-IS-XX, F-B across fields, three stars above, BEAT TRANQVILLITAS. Mintmark PLON.

Constantine II received Britain, Gaul, and Spain of the empire after Constantine's death. He quarreled with his brother Constans over territory, invaded Italy, and died in an ambush.

RIC 255
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2016 Somalian 1oz Gold ElephantSomalia, 1oz Gold Elephant, 1000 Shillings, 2016, SCWC KM 263, UNC, edge milled, weight 31.21g (AGW 1oz), composition 0.9999 Au, diameter 38.7mm, thickness 2.0mm, die axis 0°, Bavarian State mint, 2016; obverse SOMALI REPUBLIC arcing above, 1000 SHILLINGS arcing below, Coat of Arms of Somalia: five-pointed star on horizontally ruled shield, Moorish battlements crown above, supported on each side by rampant leopard, ribbon wrapped around two crossed lances over two crossed palm fronds below, 20-16 across fields, beaded border surrounding; reverse AFRICAN WILDLIFE arcing above and • ELEPHANT • 1 oz Au 999.9 • arcing below around inner linear circle, elephant walking left along water bank in savannah in foreground to right, trunk raised, trees in background to left, sun above left, raised border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Bleyer Bullion (6 Jan 2020); £1,320.15.Serendipity
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22112 Claudius/MinervaClaudius/Minerva
Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP,
bare head left.
Rev: S-C across fields,
Minerva standing right, brandishing spear and holding shield on left arm.
Mint: Rome 26.6mm 10.21g
RIC I 100; BMCRE 149; Cohen 84.
Ex Frascatius
1 commentsBlayne W
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422/1b M. Aemilius Scaurus & P. Plautius HypsaeusRepublic. AR Denarius. 58 B.C. 3.93 g. Obv: M SCAVR AED CVR above, EX S C in fields, REX ARETAS below, King Aretas kneels right with palm branch in left hand, alongside camel. Rev: P HVPSAEVS AED CVR above, CAPTVM on right, C HVPSAE COS PREIVE in exergue, Jupiter drives quadriga left and hurls thunderbolt. Crawford 422/1b. Hendin 1441. Ex Amphora-catalog 98, item 96.

My absolute favorite coin thus far! Commemorating Scaurus' victory over Nabataea.
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501. Contantine I VIRTVS EXERCIT AquileiaContantine I

obv: CONSTA-NTINVS AVG, Helmeted, cuirassed bust right
rev: VIRTVS EXERCIT, VOT XX on standard, with two captives

S F in fields, AQP in exergue- Aquileia mint, Prime officina

RIC VII Aquileia 48
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604a. Leo I and VerinaAelia Verina (died 484) was the wife of Byzantine emperor Leo I, and the mother-in-law of Zeno, who was married to her daughter Ariadne.

Her origins are unknown. She originally supported Zeno while the young emperor Leo II was still alive, but after Leo II's death in 474 she turned against her son-in-law. She conspired against him with her lover Patricius, her brother Basiliscus, the Isaurian general Illus, and general Theodoric Strabo, forcing Zeno to flee Constantinople in 475. Basiliscus then briefly became the rival emperor, until 476 when Verina reconciled with Zeno.

Verina then conspired against Illus, who discovered the plot, and with Zeno's consent had her imprisoned. This led to another conspiracy led by Verina's son Marcian (a grandson of the emperor Marcian), but Marcian was defeated and exiled.

In 483 Zeno asked Illus to release Verina, but by now Illus was opposed to Zeno's Monophysite sympathies. Illus allied with Verina and declared a general named Leontius emperor, but Zeno defeated them as well. Illus and Verina fled to Isauria, where Verina died in 484.

Bronze AE4, RIC 713-718, obverse D N LE-O (or similar), Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse Empress Verina standing facing holding cross on globe and transverse scepter, b - E across fields, From uncleaned pile

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81-161 AD - Anonymous AE quadrans - period of Domitian to Antoninus Pius, c81-161 ADobv: Helmeted & draped bust of Minerva right
rev: S-C in fields, owl standing half right, head facing
ref: RIC II 7, C.7
3.41gms, 17-19mm
Scarce
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Achaean League, Antigoneia, CΩ, Triobol.Greece. Achaian League. 188-180 BC. AR Triobol, Hemidrachm (2.27 gm, 14.7mm, 6h) of Antigoneia, Arkadia (f/k/a Mantineia). Laureate head of Zeus Amarios right. / Large AX league monogram. A - N across fields, CΩ (magistrate) below, all in laurel wreath, tied at bottom. aVF. Bt. Ancient Imports, 2002. Benner p.47 #5; BCD Pelop. 1492.2; BMC #107-108; Clerk #197 pl. VIII #6; HGC 5 #926; MacDonald Hunterian #23; SNG Cop 3 #283-284; Thompson Agrinion #370-392; Weil ZfN 9 #4. cf CNG EA 394 #203 (same rev. die).Anaximander
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Achaean League, Antigoneia.Greece. Achaian League. 188-180 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.37 gm, 14.1mm, 11h) of Antigoneia in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right. / Large AX league monogram. Α-N across fields, ΕΥ (magistrate) below, all in laurel wreath, tied at bottom. VF. Bt. Treasure Coins of Puerto Rico, 2003. Mantineia was renamed Antigoneia in 222 BC in honor of Antigonos Doson. Benner p.48 #9; BCD Pelop. 1492.3; BMC 100-101; Clerk #192 (pl.VIII #1); Hunterian II p.131 #20; HGC 5 #926; SNG Cop 3 #280; SNG Delepierre 1973; Weil ZfN 9 (Antigoneia) #1.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Elis.Greece. Achaian League. 175-168 BC. AR Triobol, Hemidrachm (2.41 gm, 15.2mm, 8h) of Elis. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right. / Large AX league monogram, with magistrate A - N across fields, FA above, all within wreath, tied at bottom. VF. Elis was the last of league cities in the Peloponessos to join. Benner #11; BCD Peloponessos 665.2; Clerk #290 (pl. XI #58); HGC 5 #536; SNG Cop - ; Weil ZfN 9 (Elis) #2.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Megalopolis.Greece. Achaian League. 160-145 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.34 gm, 15.2mm, 12h) of Megalopolis in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right / Large AX league monogram, with Ξ above, magistrate K - I across fields, and syrinx (pan pipes) below, all within wreath, tied at bottom. VF. Megalopolis is one of about 43 towns believed to have minted league coinage. Benner 15; BCD Peloponessos 1550; HGC 5 #953; Clerk 212 (pl. VIII #8); SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #285.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Pallantion.Greece. Achaian League. 90-80 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.15 gm, 16.3mm, 4h) of Pallantion in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right, dotted border. / Large AX league monogram. Π - Λ across fields, Α above & Ě monogram w/ trident below, all in laurel wreath, tied at bottom. EF. Bt. 2001. Benner 4; BCD Peloponessos 1593.2; BMC Peloponessus 124-126 (pl.II #11); HGC 5 #969; Clerk #219 (plate IX #3); MacDonald Huntington 26; SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #290; SNG Delepierre 2007-2008; Weil ZfN 9 (Pallantium) #9.Anaximander
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Achaean League, Teaga.Greece. Achaian League. c. 90-85 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.38 gm, 16.4mm, 8h) of Tegea in Arkadia. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, right. / Large AX league monogram, T - E across fields, ΘΗ monogram above, all within laurel wreath, tied at the bottom. gVF. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 22 #136. Benner 5; BCD Peloponessos 1746; HGC 5 #1075; BMC Peloponessus 130-131; Clerk #226 (pl.IX #4); SNG Cop 3 (Phliasia-Laconia) #295; Weil ZfN 9 (Tegea) #3.Anaximander
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. Circa 191-188 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.42 g, 6h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; above, eagle standing right; in fields, N-I/Σ-Ω; below, FA; all within laurel wreath.

Benner 1; BCD Peloponnesos 663; Agrinion Hoard 331a (same obverse die)
VF, toned.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 89.
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. Circa 160-146 BC.AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.34 g, 6h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; above, ME monogram; in fields, N-I; below, dove flying right; all within laurel wreath.

Benner 18; BCD Peloponnesos 322.1. Near VF, toned, a little porous.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 156.
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Sikyon. Circa 195-188 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.42 g, 10h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; in fields, Σ-I; below, EY; all within laurel wreath.

Benner 3; BCD Peloponnesos 321.2. VF, toned.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 152.
Dino
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Achaian League, Messene, 191-183 BC, AR HemidrachmLaureate head of Zeus left.
Large AX monogram, Ξ-E across fields, ΠAY monogram above and ligate ME below, all within laurel wreath.

HGC 5, 595 (this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 706 (this coin); Agrinion 314 (same obverse die); Clerk 310.

(14 mm, 2.50 g, 1h)
Auctiones GmbH 1, 19 December 2011, 28; ex- BCD Collection: LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006, 706; ex- de Nicola, May 1982.
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Achaian League. Zeus Hemidrachm of Sikyon. Greece. Achaian League. 160-146 BC. AR Triobol or Hemidrachm (2.39 gm, 14.5mm, 11h) of Sikyon, Symmachic stdd. Laureate head of Zeus Amarios, r. / AX league monogram. N-I (magistrate) across fields, monogram Λ͓ above (blurred), dove below, all in laurel wreath tied at top. VF. CNG 522 #103. Prof. Charles Schulz Collection. Ex CNG inventory 100004 (Feb. 1999). McClean II #6419 (same dies, pl.222 #17). HGC 5 #283. cf. Benner 18; BCD Peloponnesos 322.1.Anaximander
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adramyteum001aElagabalus
Adramyteum, Mysia

Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front.
Rev: ЄΠΙ CTPA ΑΙΛ ΚΟΜΦ ΝЄΙΚΙΟV ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗ, across fields, ΝΩ-Ν, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre.
37 mm, 23.80 gms

RPC Online 4124; Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann) 41, 6 March 2016, lot 452.
Charles M
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adramyteum002aElagabalus
Adramyteum, Mysia

Obv: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: ЄΠΙ CTPA ΝЄΙ-ΚΙΟV ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗ, across fields, ΝΩ-Ν, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia.
29 mm, 14.08 gms

Savoca Numismatik , 22nd Blue Auction, Lot 1071.
Charles M
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AEOLIS, KYME AE 15 OBVERSE: K-Y across fields, Artemis standing right, holding torch and clasping hands with figure standing left, holding transverse spear
REVERSE: Two figures in quadriga right; one holding long transverse spear
Struck at Aeolis, after 190BC
3.12g, 15mm
SNG Cop 113; BMC 96
Legatus
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Aeolis, Kyme, (After ca. 190 B.C.), BMC 096, AE-15, Two figures in quadriga right, #1Aeolis, Kyme, (After ca. 190 B.C.), BMC 096, AE-15, Two figures in quadriga right, #1
avers: K-Y across fields, Artemis standing right, holding a torch and clasping hands with figure standing left, holding a transverse spear.
reverse: Two figures in quadriga right, one holding a long transverse spear.
exergue: K/Y//--(in avers), diameter: 15,0mm, weight: 4,52g, axes: 0h,
mint: Aeolis, Kyme, date: After ca. 190 B.C., ref: BMC 096, SNG Cop 113, SNG von Aulock 1644,
Q-001
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Agrippa & AugustusAgrippa & Augustus, dupondius.
Mint Gaul Nemausus, ca 10-14 AD.
Obv. Back-to-back heads, Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown and Augustus right, laureate; IMP above, P P across fields, DIVI F below.
Rev. Crocodile right, chained to palm branch with long vertical fronds; above, wreath with long ties, palms below; COL NEM.
27 mm 13,12 g.
RIC I 160 RPC 525
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Alexander III (?) , Macedonian shield, helmet, Sardes mint.Macedonian Kings, AE14, 3.6 g, Sardes mint.

Obv.: Macedonian shield with caduceus.
Rev.: B-A across upper fields, Macedonian helmet, caduceus
to left, FIL at lower left, rose at lower right.

Price 2605 var. Unlisted fieldmarks and positions.
Price (different numbers) lists the rose as being
in the right field, and a monogram below.
Steff V
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Alexandria AE24 Diobol. Agrippina Jr/EutheniaAgrippina Jr AE Diobol of Alexandria. AGPIPPINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right, wreathed with corn, hair bound in plait behind / Draped bust of Euthenia right, wreathed with corn, holding ears of corn, ЄYQH-NIA across fields, L-IB below.ancientone
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