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OBV: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
REV: P.M.TR.P.XVIII.COS.IIII.P.P.
Aesculapius standing front head left holding serpent-entwined wand, globe on ground right......R.S.C 302 R.I.C 2511 comments

Severus Alexander
Nicaea, Bithynia
Obv. Laur head r., M AYP CEVH AΛЄZANΔPOC AV round.
Rev. Serpent twined round torch, NIKA-IEΩN round
5.79 gm, 21 mm

Maximinus I - Sestertius - 236/238
Ob.: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM; Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev.: SALVS AVGVSTI S C; Salus seated left, feeding from patera a serpent arising from altar.
gs. 18,6 mm 34
Cohen 92, RIC IV 851 commentsMaxentius

MN ACILIVS GLABRIO Denarius - 49 BC - Mint of Rome
Gens Acilia
Ob.:head of Salus right. Behind downwards, SALVTIS
Rev.: MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV (MN & TV in monogram), Salus standing left holding serpent, leaning on a column.
gs. 3,,4 mm. 17,9
Cr442/1b, Sear RCV 412

Maxentius

AR Quinarius - OCTAVIAN - Uncertain Italian mint - 29-27 BC.
Obv.: CAESAR IMP VII, bare head right
Rev.:ASIA RECEPTA, Victory standing left on cista mystica between two serpents erect.
gs. 1,7 mm. 13,4
RIC 276, Sear RCV 1568Maxentius

Denarius - 80 BC.
L. PROCILIVS - Gens PROCILIA
Obv.: Bust of Jupiter right, S C behind
Rev.: L PROCILI F, Juno Sospita advancing right with sheild and spear. Serpent before.
Gs. 3,9 mm. 18,2x18,9
Craw.379/1, Sear RCV 306

1 commentsMaxentius

CARACALLA - Denarius - 205 AD.
Obv.:ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right
Rev.: PONTIF TR P VIII COS II, Salus seated left, feeding serpent coiled around altar.
Gs. 2,9 mm. 18,1
Cohen 422, RIC 82Maxentius

Denarius Serratus 64 or 62 BC. - Mint of Rome
L. ROSCIVS FABATVS - Gens Roscia
Obv.: Head of Juno Sospita in goat skin, L ROSCI below, symbol behind (Shield)
Rev.:Girl standing right feeding serpent before, symbol to left (helm), FABATI in ex.
gs. 3,9 mm. 18,2x17,4
Crawford 412/1; Sear RCV 363, Grueber I 3394.

1 commentsMaxentius

Northwest Gaul, Carnutes. Ca. 100-52 B.C. Æ (16 mm, 3.12 g, 9 h). Head right / Two eagles flying right; in field, pentagram and cross with pellet in each quarter; serpent to right. Depeyrot 25; Delestrée & Tache 2582Quant.Geek

EGYPT. Alexandria. Domitian, 81-96. Diobol
(25 mm, 7.42 g, 11 h),
Obv: RY 10 = 90/1. [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ] Laureate head of Domitian to right, with aegis on his left shoulder.
Rev: L I Agathodaemon serpent riding horse to right.
Dattari (Savio) 563. Emmett 276.10. K&G 24.110. RPC II 2584A.
Extremely rare. Somewhat porous and with light deposits, otherwise, good fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Leu Numismatic Web auction 17 Lot 2103 Sunday August 15, 2021

I was first made aware of this coin a few years ago. Ever since, I have trying to grab one when they come up at auctions. The problem is 2-fold. First, it is a rare type. If the attribution of RPC 2854A is correct, it is even rarer than RPC 2854 which is on its own a rare coin. RPC online has my coin as RPC 2854 but I am not sure they are correct. The presence or absence of Aegis on the bust seems to be the key factor in differentiating these types.

I have found that I am attracted to the Alexandrian bronzes struck for Domitian. So many of the Egyptian themed coins are interesting and are a real departure from the reverses of the imperial coinage from the same time period.

Rarity aside it is the reverse of this coin that really shines. A coin that depicts a snake riding a horse? Yes, I will take one of those please. The reverse is so interesting that there is more demand for this type than the current supply. I consider myself lucky to add this fascinating type to my collection.

From the auction description: “According to Emmett, the reverse of this interesting issue is connected to the grain harvest. The horse represents the continuous cycle of the seasons, while Agathodaemon ensures that the grain will sprout, thus ensuring Egypt's prosperity.”

3 commentsorfew

Roman provincial Gordian III AE24 Asklepius
Gordian III AE19 of Deultum, Thrace.,
Obv: Gordian III right, rev: Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff.
23.5mm.,7.98g. paul1888

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ 17mm (3.40 g). Laureate head right / Serpent drinking from tripod. Mouchmov 998.paul1888

PHILIP II as Caesar. AE Tetradrachm struck AD 246 at AlexandriaObverse: M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC K CEB. Bare headed and draped bust of Philip II facing right.
Reverse: No legend. Asklepios standing facing left, sacrificing over flaming and garlanded altar out of patera held in his right hand and holding staff, around which a serpent coils, in his left; in left field, LΓ (= regnal year 3 0f Philip I = A.D.245 - 246).
Diameter: 23mm | Weight: 11.9gms | Die Axis: 12
Not in GICV
VERY RARE
1 comments*Alex

1st Century CE, IRON AGE BRITAIN, Tribe: Atrebates, AR Unit, Struck c.25 -35 under EpaticcusObverse: EPATI. Head of Hercules, wearing lionskin headdress with paws tied before neck, facing right; pellet in ring behind.
Reverse: No legend. Eagle standing facing, head left, on serpent; dot in circle at upper right.
Diameter: 12mm | Weight: 1.1gms | Axis: 10 |
Spink: 356
Coin found in Hampshire, England. Old repair

EPATICCUS
Epaticcus was a son of Tasciovanus, and probably the younger brother of Cunobelin, he was also apparently a favoured uncle of Caratacus. It is from his coinage issues that we know his name and his family relationship.
The distribution of his coinage would indicate that Epaticcus expanded the territory of his tribe at the expense of the Atrebatean king Verica, and installed himself at the latter's capital, Calleva around 25 CE.
It is likely that Epaticcus was permitted to govern the area by his brother as part of the Catuvellaunian hegemony that was expanding across south eastern Britain at the time. Epaticcus continued to take Verica’s lands to west and south until his death, probably on campaign, around 35 CE. After this his expansionist policies were continued by his nephews, Caratacus and Togodumnus, into the late 30’s CE.

ATREBATES
The Atrebates were a Belgic Iron Age tribe originally dwelling in the Artois region of Northern France.
After the tribes of Gallia Belgic were defeated by Caesar in 57 BC, 4,000 Atrebates participated in the Battle of Alesia in 53, led by their chief Commius.
Before 54 BC, an offshoot of the Gallic tribe probably settled in Britain where it was successively ruled by kings Commius, Tincommius, Eppillus and Verica. Their territory comprised modern Hampshire, West Sussex and Berkshire, centred on the capital Calleva Atrebatum (modern Silchester). They were bordered to the north by the Dobunni and Catuvellauni; to the east by the Regni; and to the south by the Belgae.
The settlement of the Atrebates in Britain does not seem to have been a mass population movement and it is possible that the name "Atrebates", as with many "tribal" names in this period, referred only to the ruling house or dynasty and not to an ethnic group.
After the Roman conquest the Atrebates' lands were organized into the civitates of the Atrebates, Regni and possibly, the Belgae.

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1 comments*Alex

159cfCarausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing left holding cornicopia feeding serpent rising from altar
London mint
-/-//ML
RIC - (cf 159)mauseus

16 AeliusAELIUS
Æ As. Rome mint.
(26mm, 10.09 g, 6h). Struck under Hadrian, 137AD
Bare head right / Salus seated left feeding serpent rising from altar.
RIC II 1075 (Hadrian). Near EF, green patina, rough spot before Aelius’ neck.
Ex CNG
RI0074Sosius

161cfCarausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP C CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms
London mint
S/P//ML
RIC - (cf 161)
mauseus

164Carausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP C CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "SALVS AVGGG"
Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms
London mint
S/P//MLXXI
RIC 164
mauseus

165Carausius 287-93 AD
Antoninianus
Obv “IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG”
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev “SALVS PVBLICA”
Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms
London Mint
B/E//MLXXI
RIC 165mauseus

274, Roman Imitative Antoninianus (Barbarous Radiate), produced in Britain and the continent. Struck in the name of TETRICUS II as AUGUSTUSObverse: (IMP C TET)RICVS AG. Radiate bust of Tetricus II facing right, seen from behind.
Reverse: Struck from extremely worn reverse die which possibly depicts Salus feeding serpent arising from altar.
Diameter: 14mm | Weight: 1.7gms | Die Axis: 6
SPINK: 749
RARE

This is an irregular issue (barbarous radiate) giving Tetricus II the title of Augustus rather than Caesar.
Interestingly the Historia Augusta makes this statement with regard to Aurelian's triumph in A.D.274. "In the procession was Tetricus also, arrayed in a scarlet cloak, a yellow tunic, and Gallic trousers, and with him his son, whom he had proclaimed in Gaul as Imperator." (Historia Augusta, xxxiv, iii). Imperator was a title that invariably, when referring to an Imperial figure, implied the rank of Augustus, but no regular official coinage issues of Tetricus II citing him as such are known.

The term 'barbarous radiates', dating from its use by antiquarians in the 19th century, is still often used to refer to the locally produced unofficial coins which imitated the official Roman antoninianii of the period. These coins were not struck by barbarians outwith the Empire as the name would suggest, nor were they intrinsically forgeries or fakes. Instead they were the result of a period of great instability within the Roman empire during which the western provinces especially often experienced a severe lack of coinage. To fill this void small denomination coinage was unofficially issued in very large numbers. Though some of these coins are fairly close copies of the official coins which they imitate, many others have been produced by die engravers who were patently illiterate and often of limited ability artistically as well. Around 274 Aurelian banned the use of these imitative bronzes when he reformed the currency but it is possible that some "barbarous radiates" were still being produced after that date. Whether individual coins are of British or Continental mintage can really only be ascertained by provenance.

*Alex

4 TacitusTACITUS
Silvered Antoninianus, Rome
275-276 A.D.
IMP CM CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust r. / SALVS AVG, Salus standing left by altar, holding sceptre, and feeding serpent rising from altarXXI delta in ex.
Estiot 0128, La Venera hoard 1855; RIC 93 var (standing). VF
Sosius

402cfCarausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms
Camulodunum mint
S/P//C
RIC - (cf 402)mauseus

42Allectus 293-6
Antoninianus
IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG
Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
SALVS AVG
Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms
London mint
S/A//MSL
RIC 42mauseus

42Allectus 293-6
Antoninianus
IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG
Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
SALVS AVG
Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms
London mint
S/P//ML
RIC 42mauseus

43Allectus 293-6
Antoninianus
IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG
Radiate & cuirassed bust right
SALVS AVG
Salus standing left, serpent rising from altar
London mint
S/A//MSL
RIC 43mauseus

44Allectus 293-6
Antoninianus
IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG
Radiate & cuirassed bust right
SALVS AVG
Salus standing left feeding serpent rising from altar
London mint
S/A//ML
RIC 44
mauseus

662cfCarausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP C CARAVSIVS IVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing left holding cornucopia feeding serpent rising from altar with patera
Rotomagus mint
RIC - (cf 662-4); Beaujard & Huvelin -mauseus

680 - 710, ANGLO-SAXON, AR Sceat, struck c.685 - 700 at Essex or East Anglia, EnglandObverse: Pearl diademed head facing right within ouroboros (serpent eating its tail), unintelligible pseudo legend around.
Reverse: Bird standing facing right upon cross, annulets on either side, all within ouroboros (serpent eating its tail), unintelligible pseudo legend around.
Primary Phase, Series BI
Diameter: 12mm | Weight: 1.05gms | Die Axis: 12h
SPINK: 777 | Metcalf: 100 - 106 | Abramson (Sceatta List): 16 - 40

This coin was struck at the time in which the Beowulf legend was set, though the coin predates the earliest manuscript of that saga by about three centuries. These coins constitute the earliest indigenous currency found on the British Isles and they are a fascinating glimpse into the so called "Dark Ages" during the post-Roman period.
The departure of the Romans sometime around 414 AD induced the inhabitants to create their own coinage. These primary phase sceattas are among the earliest of all Anglo-Saxon coinage and are generally thought to be modelled after coinages found in the surrounding areas and, of course, based on the earlier coinage from the Roman Empire. Most scholars now believe that the word "sceat" has been a misinterpretation of the word for "weight" and that the coin would probably have been classed as a denier or a penny. However, while archaeological finds and further research has provided more information on where these types may have been created, there is still little known about under whom they were struck.
This was a time of transition from paganism to Christianity, and these coins often show elements of both, featuring mysterious birds and beasts as well as crosses. This particular coin has not only a cross and a bird, but some wonderful ouroboros "snake circles" used as borders on both sides as well. The fantastical imagery and designs often found on these coins can be very attractive to many collectors.1 comments*Alex

982cfCarausius 287-93AD
AE Antoninianus
Obv: "IMP C..........."
Radiate, draped bust left holding eagle tipped sceptre
Rev: "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing left feeding serpent rising from altar
Unmarked mint
RIC - (cf 982ff)mauseus

983Carausius 287-93AD
AE Antoninianus
Obv: "IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing left feeding serpent rising from altar
Unmarked mint
RIC 983mauseus

983Carausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv: "IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing left feeding serpent rising from altar
Unmarked mint
RIC 983mauseus

Antonius pius caesarea maritima mint Obv.: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.:COL PRIMA FL AVG CAESAR, Apollo, nude standing to front looking left holding in right bow (?) leaning with left on tripod-lebes which is encircled by serpent. Rare. Very fine.1 commentsMaritima

Asclepius IntaglioMale figure Asclepius? holding two snakes.

Asclepius was the god of healing though he, like Heracles, was born as a mortal. Athena gave Asclepius two types of blood to help with his healing work, both from the gorgon, Medusa. One took life quickly but the other restored life. When Asclepius used this life restoring blood he encroached on the preserve of the gods and Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt. One of the most famous centres for Asclepius worship was at Epidaurus on the Peloponnese. Snakes were sacred to the god and when the Romans embraced him as one of theirs his cult was supposedly taken to Rome in the body of a snake. He was preserved in the heavens as the constellation Ophiuchus, the serpent holder. The Romanised version of his name is Aesculapius.

0.34g

Greek or more likely Roman Provincial

Ex-Time Machine

Sold Forum Auctions December 20172 commentsJay GT4

ATTICA,Athens. AR tetradrachmThomson 31b/bmc 445/ 135-134bc
obv: Helmeted head of Athena bust R.
rev: Owl std.r.head facing on amphora. Magistrates name in field
Asklepios std.l. holding serpent. intwined scepter. Z on amphora,delta
I below. all within wreath4 commentshill132

Commodus (177 - 192 A.D.)Æ Sestertius
O: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, Laureate head right.
R: SAL GEN HVM COS VI PP SC Salus standing left, holding serpent-entwined scepter and extending hand to raise person kneeling right.
Rome Mint 191 A.D.
24.44g
33mm
RIC III 600; MIR 18, 829-6/30; Banti 370 BMCRE 682 (Die Match)

Rare

Published on Wildwinds!2 commentsMat

Hadrian AE As. 125-128 AD.Hadrian AE As. 125-128 AD. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / SALVS AVGVSTI S-C, COS III below, Salus standing left holding patera, feeding serpent arising from altar. Cohen 1357. BMC 1349

Antonivs Protti

Phoenicia, Akko-Ptolemais Valerian I. 253-260 AD. AE 26Valerian I. 253-260 AD. AE 26 . Phoenicia, Akko-Ptolemais.
Obv: IMP C P L - [VALERIANVS] AVG Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front.
Rx: COL - P - T - OL Sacred tree between serpents rising from two altars or baskets; to right, winged caduceus. Rare: this type missing in BM, Lindgren, Berk photofile, and Wildwinds. CoinArchives includes a specimen from the same reverse die, but with radiate portrait on obverse: Heritage 357, Long Beach, 9 September 2004, lot 12092. Cohen 374 (de Saulcy Collection). Adjustment marks on obverse.
1 commentsMaritima

Victorinus, Antoninianus. AE18-19mm. 269 to 271 AD.Victorinus, Silvered Antoninianus. 269 to 271 AD.
Obv. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
Rev.SALVS AVG, Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms.
Ref. RIC 67, Cohen 112, Sear 11179Lee S

'Alea iacta est' - Crossing the Rubicon (49 BC)Julius Caesar AR Denarius, military mint traveling with Caesar, April-August 49 BC.

Obv: Elephant advancing r., trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue
Rev: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex

This coin was issued after Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river and march into Rome, which formally began the Civil war of the Roman Republic.YuenTsin C

ROME
PB Tessera (18mm, 2.58 g, 12h)
Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Serpent right
Rostovtzev 1564; Milan 233-4; München 255; BM 5651 commentsArdatirion

IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (16mm, 3.46 g)
Hygeia, standing right, holding serpent, and Aesculapeius, standing left, resting serpent-entwined staff on ground
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç –Ardatirion

EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus
PB Tessera (23mm, 8.65 g)
Athena-Theoris advancing right, fighting serpent
Nike flying left, holding palm branch and wreath; ÎŸÎž to left
Milne 5310; Dattari (Savio) 6539, 11617; Köln 3540 (same dies)1 commentsArdatirion

EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus
PB Tessera (26mm, 6.53 g, 1 h)
Athena-theoris advancing right, fighting serpent
Zeus Nicephorus seated left
Milne 5303-6 (same reverse die as illustration); Dattari (Savio) -; Köln 3554 (same dies)Ardatirion

EGYPT, Uncertain
PB Tessera
Agathodaimon serpent erect right, [wearing skhent crown?]
Blank
Milne –; cf. Dattari (Savio) 11919 = Naville 31, lot 276; Köln –Ardatirion

ROME
PB Gnostic amulet
3rd-5th century AD
Abraxas standing left, with head of a cock, body of a man, and legs of a serpent, holding spear and shield
Star over crescent; ABPA/ CAZ below
Cf. Rostowzew & Prou 820a (oval shape, letters IAω around deity)

Remnants of loupe for suspension at 12'

Not a tessera, but often erroneously included among them.Ardatirion

RIC.71 Victorinus, antoninianus (Salvs Avg)Victorinus, Gallic emperor (usurper) (269-271)
Antoninianus: Salvs Avg (5th emission, 271, Trèves)

Billon (20 ‰), 2.65 g, diameter 17.5 mm, die axis 12 h

A/ [IMP C] VICTORINVS P F [AVG]; radiate and cuirassed bust right
R/ SALVS [AVG]; Salus standing right, feeding serpent rising from altar

EG.223

RIC.67 Victorinus, antoninianus (Salvs Avg)Victorinus, Gallic emperor (usurper) (269-271)
Antoninianus : Salvs Avg (2ond emission, 269-270, Cologne)

Billon (20 ‰), 3.34 g, diameter 18 mm, die axis 2 h

A/ IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right
R/ SALVS AVG; Salus standing right, feeding serpent in arms

EG.234

RIC.67 Victorinus, antoninianus (Salvs Avg)Victorinus, Gallic emperor (usurper) (269-271)
Antoninianus : Salvs Avg (2ond emission, 269-270, Cologne)

Billon (20 ‰), 3.06 g, diameter 18 mm, die axis 2 h

A/ IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust left
R/ SALVS AVG; Salus standing right, feeding serpent in arms

EG.236

RIC.126var Tetricus I: antoninianus (Salvs Avgg)Tetricus, Gallic emperor (usurper) (271-274)
Antoninianus: Salvs Avgg (5th emission, 274, Trèves)

Billon, 5.03 g, diameter 18 mm, die axis 7h

A/ IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R/ [S]ALVS AVGG; Salus standing left, feeding serpent raising from altar and holding anchor

EG.280

(00001) OCTAVIA (with MARK ANTONY)Octavia
(sister of Augustus; 4th wife of Mark Antony)
b. 69 BC- d. 11 BC
AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm 27 mm - 11.35 g; struck 39 BC
O: M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, head of Antony right, wearing ivy wreath, lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers
R: III. VIR. R.P.C, draped bust of Octavia right above cista; flanked by coiled snakes.
Ephesus mint.
RPC I 2201; CRI 262; Sydenham 1197; RSC 2.2 commentslaney

(0098) TRAJAN98 - 117 AD
Struck 104 - 107 AD
AE DUPONDIUJS 26 mm 11.04 g
O: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP
RAD BUST RIGHT
R: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
SALUS ENTHRONED L FEEDING SNAKE FROM PATERA
SC IN EXE. laney

(0117) HADRIAN117 - 138 AD
Struck 138 AD
BILLON TETRADRACHM 12.78 g
O: HEAD OF HADRIAN, RIGHT
R: AGATHODAEMON SERPENT ERECT, RIGHT, WEARING SKHENT AND SUPPORTING A WINGED CADUCEUS IN ITS FOLD
MILNE 946 (year 4)
ALEXANDRIA, ROMAN EGYPT
(ex Aegean Numismatics)laney

(0117) HADRIAN117 - 138 AD
AE As 17.5 mm 10.47 g
O: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right
R: CO[S II]I S-C, Salus standing, head right, feeding snake held in arms from patera.
RIC 669, Cohen 369.
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(0117) HADRIAN117 - 138 AD
Æ 23 X 26 mm, 10.13 g
O: [HAD]RIANVS AVG COS III PP laureate head right
R: SALVUS AVG Salus seated left, resting left arm on chair, feeding serpent on altar
RIC 833
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(0117) HADRIAN117 - 138 AD
Struck 138 AD
BILLON TETRADRACHM 12.78 g
O: HEAD OF HADRIAN, RIGHT
R: AGATHADAEMON SERPENT ERECT, RIGHT, WEARING SKHENT AND SUPPORTING A WINGED CADUCEUS IN ITS FOLD
MILNE 946 (year 4)
ALEXANDRIA, ROMAN EGYPT
(ex Aegean Numismatics)laney

(0117) HADRIAN--Alexandria117 - 138 AD
Struck 120-121 AD
Billon Tetradrachm 23.5 mm, 14.3 g
O: AVT KAI TPAI CEB Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder, crescent before
R: Agathodaemon serpent erect right, wearing skhent and entwining caduceus and grain ears in coils; LE (date) in exe.
Egypt, Alexandria; Ref: Emmett 803.5 koln 804/805 var. Dattari 1547 Milne 982 RPC 3, 5270laney

(0138) ANTONINUS PIUS138 - 161 AD
struck 145-161 ad
AE Dupondius 23.5 mm, 7.75 g
O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS IIII Radiate head right
R: SALVS AVG S-C Salus standing left feeding snake coiled around altar, and holding rudder upright
RIC809laney

(0138) ANTONINUS PIUS138 - 161 AD
AE 19.6 X 21 mm; 4.64 g
struck ca. 144-158
O: [ΑV ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ]ƐΙΝΟС laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
R: ƐΠΙ СΤΡ ΚοV[ΑΡΤοV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓ(Α)] Asclepius standing, facing, head, l., holding serpent-staff
Conventus of Pergamum; RPC 3192 temp.;cf. Weisser 580, Cop 482-3, BMC 280

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(0161) LUCIUS VERUS161 - 169 AD
AE 17.5 mm, 3.0 g
O: Laureate head right
R: AVGOVC, coiled snake, head facing right
Augusta Traiana, Thrace
Moushmov 2991laney

(0161) MARCUS AURELIUS161 - 180 AD
struck 168 - 169 AD
AE Dupondius
O: M ANTONINVS [AVG TR P XXIII]; radiate bust right
R.: SALV[TI AVG] COS III /S-C; Salus standing left, holding patera and scepter, feeding snake on altar.
Rome; BMC. 1353. RIC 965laney

(0177) COMMODUS177 - 192 AD
AE 19 mm 4.00 g
O: AY M AY[P KOMMO]DOC laureate, draped bust right
R: FILIPPOPOLEITWN, Tripod altar with coiling serpent around it, head emerging at the top
Ref: Moushmov Philippopolis 5224

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(0177) COMMODUS -- PHILIPPOPOLISÆ19 3.89 g
177-192 AD
O: Radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust right
R: Asklepios standing right, holding serpent staff, right hand on hip. Possibly unpublished, cf. Varbanov 985 var.
Thrace, Philippopolislaney

(0177) COMMODUS--NIKOPOLIS AD ISTRUM177 - 192 AD
AE 28 mm; 10.89 g
O: Laureate head of Commodus right
R: Hygieia standing, r., feeding serpent from patera; to r., Asclepius standing, facing, head, l., holding serpent-staff
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum; AMNG 1234

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(0177) COMMODUS--PAUTALIA177 - 192 AD
20 mm max; 3.29 g
O: [ΑV ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС](or similar), draped bust wearing laurel wreath right;
R: OΥΛΠIAC ΠAΥTAΛI--, snake coiled around altar, head right;
Thrace, Pautalia
cf RPC v.4 8935-8936; Ruzicka, Pautalia 249-250, Cop 698
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(0177) COMMODUS--PHILIPPOPOLIS177 - 192 AD
AE 19 mm 4.42 g
O: AV KAI MAV KOMODOC, LAUR HEAD R
R:FILIPPOPOLEITWN, ENTWINED SNAKE
PHILIPPOLIS, THRACE
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(0198) CARACALLA198 - 217 AD
AE 17mm 2.92g
O: LAUR HEAD R
R: SERPENT ENTWINED ON STAFF OF ASKLEPIOS
THRACE, HADRIANOPOLIS
VARBANOV (BULG.) 1825 laney

(0198) CARACALLAAE 28 X 31 mm 17.31 g
198 - 217 AD
OBV: AVT KM AVPH ANTWEINOC
LAUR HEAD R
REV: OVLPIAC PAVTALIAC
NIMBATE COILED SERPENT
Pautalia mint
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(0198) CARACALLA198-217 AD
AE 29 mm, 15.17 g
O: Bust right
R: Athena seated left, feeding Erichtonius Serpent
Thrace, Pautalia
cf Ruzicka 578; rarelaney

(0198) CARACALLA198 - 217 AD
AE 28 mm 13.69 g
O: LAUR DR BUST R
R: COILED SNAKE (AGATHODAEMON), HEAD R
THRACE, PAUTALIA; cf Varbanov II 5411laney

(0198) CARACALLAAE 28 X 31 mm 17.34 g
198 - 217 AD
OBV: AVT KM AVPH ANTWEINOC
LAUR HEAD R
REV: OVLPIAC PAVTALIAC
NIMBATE COILED SERPENT
Thrace, Pautalia mint; cf Varbanov 5201 var; Ruzicka 168, 686ff; SNG Evelpidis 997
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(0198) CARACALLA198 - 217 AD
AE 15.5 mm max., 2.10 g
O: Laureate bust of young Caracalla, right
R: TRAIANOPOLEITWN Tripod, with serpent entwined around right leg
Thrace, Trajanopolis; ref. Varbanov 2860 (R4)
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(0198) CARACALLA198 - 217 AD
AE 16.5 mm, 2.72 g
O: Laureate head right
R: TPAIANOΠOΛEITΩN Serpent entwined staff
Thrace, Trajanopolis; Varbanov 2850laney

(0198) CARACALLA (as Caesar)Struck 196-198 AD
196-198 A.D. Caesar, 198-217 A.D. Augustus
AE 17.4 mm, 3.04 g
O: Bare-headed bust right
R: Coiled serpent, head right
THRACE, Philippopolislaney

(0198) CARACALLA (Pautalia)198 – 217 AD
(struck 202-203 under Governor Sicinnius Clarus)
AE 28 mm, 12.20 g
O: AÎ¥ K M AÎ¥Î¡ – ANTÎ©NINOÎ£ Laureate draped bust right
R: .: HÎ“ Î£IKINNIO-Î¥ KÎ›AÎ¡ OÎ¥/Î›Î IAÎ£ / Î AÎ¥TAÎ›IAÎ£ Asklepios with snake-encoiled rod standing in tetrastyle temple; snake in gable, tree in left field
Thrace, Pautalia; Ruzicka, Pautalia ¬; Varbanov, GIC II, 4958 (rare)
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(0198) GETA198 - 212 AD
struck ca. 198 - 203 AD
AE 19.5 mm 3.53 g
O: Λ CΕΡ ΚΑΙ ΓΕΤΑC Κ - Bare head right
R: ΟVΛΓΙΑC ΓΑVΤΑΛΙΑC - Altar surmounted by serpent-entwined orphic egg
Thrace, Pautalia
References: Moushmov 4335, Ruzicka 805
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(0217) DIADUMENIAN (as Caesar)217-218 AD (Marcus Claudius Agrippa, legatus consularis)
AE 27 mm; 12.64 g
O: K M OPEL ANTWNI DIADOVMENIANO - [C]
Bare head r.
R:.VP AGRIPPA NI - KOPOLITWN PRO / C ICTRW Coiled serpent, radiate and nimbate head right (Agathodaemon)
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum
Varbanov 3659 var.; H&J Nikopolis 8.25.22.1
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(0217) MACRINUS217 - 218 AD
AE 25.5 mm max; 8.37 g
O: AVT K OPEL CEY MAKPEINOC (or similar) Laureate draped bust right
R: YPPONTIANOY MARKIANOPOLEITWN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms
Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior (Magistrate P. Furius Pontianus)
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(0217) MACRINUS & DIADUMENIANAE 26.5 mm, 10.790 g
11 APRIL 217 - 8 JUNE 218 AD
O: AYKOPPEL CEYH MAKPEINOC K MOPPEA ANTWNEINOC
LAUR HEAD OF MACRINUS R FACING BARE-HEAD OF DIADUMENIAN L (confronted busts)
R:YPPONTIANOY MARKIANOPOLEITWN
SNAKE IN FOUR COILS WITH HEAD ERECT, E LEFT
Hristova/Jekov No.6.24.22.1
MARCIANOPOLIS MINT, VARBANOV VOL I p.144, 1214; SNG COP 226laney

(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE ASSARION 15.5mm 2.81g
O: AVT KM AV P ANTWNINOC
LAUR BUST R
R: MARKIANOPOLITWN
SNAKE EMERGING FROM HALF-OPENED CISTA
Hristova/Jekov No.6.26.5.8
MARKIANOPOLIS laney

(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 16.5mm 1.73g
O: LAUR BUST R
R: SERPENT ENTWINED ON STAFF OF ASKLEPIOS, HEAD L
MARKIANOPOLIS, MOESIA INFERIOR laney

(0218) ELAGABALUS (with Julia Maesa)AD 218-222. (Julius Antonius Seleucus, consular legate)
Æ Pentassarion 27 mm; 10.92 g
O: Laureate head of Elagabalus right vis à vis diadmed and draped bust left of Maesa
R: Hygieia (Salus) standing right, feeding serpent held in arms; E (denomination) to left.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. AMNG I 959; Hristova & Jekov 6.28.21.2; Varbanov 1636laney

(0238) GORDIAN III238 - 244 AD
AE 27 mm, 10.98 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, facing bust of Serapis. (confronted busts)
R: Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff; E in right field
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis; cf Varbanov 1954 var.laney

(0238) GORDIAN III238 - 244 AD
AE 28 mm, 10.65 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, facing bust of Serapis. (confronted busts)
R: Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff; E in right field
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis; cf Varbanov 1954 var.laney

(0238) GORDIAN III -- MARKIANOPOLIS238 - 244 AD
AE 27 mm 13.54 g
O: M ANT GORDIANOS AVG
LAUR DR CUIR BUST OF GORDIAN R, FACING DR BUST OF SERAPIS WEARING KALATHOS L (confronted busts)
R: VII MHNOFILOV MARKIANOPOLITWN AESKLEPIOS STANDING L HOLDING SNAKE-ENTWINED STAFF. E IN LEFT FIELD
MARKIANOPOLIS (LEGATE TULLIUS MENOPHILUS)
MOUSHMOV 789; Hristova/Jekov No. 6.37.20.32 commentslaney

(0238) GORDIAN III--Odessos238 - 244 AD
AE 27 mm, 10.71 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right vis-a-vis draped bust of Serapis left, wearing Kalathos and holding cornucopia. (confronted busts)
R: Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff; E in right field.
Moesia Inferior, Odessos mint; Varbanov 4462 var.laney

(0268) CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS / SALUS268 - 270 AD
AE 18.5X21 mm 2.98 g
O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG
RAD DIAD BUST R, (PELLET BEHIND?)
R: [SALV]S AVG
SALUS STG L FEEDING SNAKE RISING FROM ALTARlaney

(0268) VICTORINUS268 270 AD
BILLON ANT. 19.5 mm 2.38 g
O: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG
RAD CUIR BUST RIGHT
R: SALVS AVG
SALUS STANDING R FEEDING SERPENT IN ARMS

RIC 67 COHEN 112
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(05) CLAUDIUS41-54 AD (struck 41/2)
AR Denarius 3.50 g
O: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P, laureate head right
R: PACI AVGVSTAE, Nemesis walking right, holding caduceus, serpent before.
RIC 10 (R3); RSC 51
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