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Aelia Flaccilla846 viewsAelia Flaccilla AE4.
SMHA Mint, 13mm, 1.04g
Obv: AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG, draped bust right with elaborate headdress,
necklace and mantle
Rev: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory seated right, writing chi-rho on shield
resting on small column.
RIC IX Heraclea 17

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Volusian Pietas818 viewsVolusian AR Antoninianus, Sear 2826 (1988), RIC 182, Van Meter 24, RSC IV 88
Obv:– IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PIETAS AVGG, Pietas, veiled, standing left, raising both hands; to left altar
251 - 253 AD, 22.25mm, 3.2g, Rome
Son of Trebonius Gallus

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Volusian Mount Gerizim716 viewsVolusian, Samaria, Neapolis, (biblical name Shechem) current Nablus, 25mm,
Rosenberger 125, BMC 161 (Palestinian pg. 73), 251 - 253 AD,
OBV: AVT KAI Γ OVI TPEB OVOΛOVCIAN, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
REV: ΦΛ NEAC - ΠOΛEWC, Mount Gerizem, with temple and altar, supported between wings of eagle,
Harl, Museum Notes 29, 1984, pl. 14, 146 (same obverse die A33, new reverse die of same type). SNG ANS 1031 (same obverse die, misattributed to Trebonianus Gallus)
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Vitellius Concordia670 viewsVitellius Concordia Denarius, 18.79mm, 2.8g
OBV: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TRP, laureate head right
REV: CONCOR-DIA PR, Concordia seated left holding patera and cornucopiae
RIC I - 90, BMCRE 20, RSC 18

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Alexander The Great Gorytos178 viewsAlexander The Great, bronze, gorytos type, four chalkoi (hemiobol), 336 - 323 BC, 17mm, 4.4g
Western Asia Minor, M.J. Price 322, Müller 1699, SNG Saraglos 843, SNG Milano 145,
SNG Stockholm 284, SNG Cop. 1059, McClean 3516.
This Alexander bronze type, like the first, also features Herakles on the obverse and a soldier's weapons on the reverse.
But in this case the weapons are a gorytos (case for bow and quiver) along with a club, and the bow lies within the gorytos
rather than underneath the quiver.
Often the gorytos is referred to as a bow case, but it also holds arrows as well so is probably best referred to as a gorytos.
Sometimes it's erroneously referred to as an arrow case or quiver, by dealers as well as attribution references,
with no distinction made between the gorytos and quiver bronze types.
SNG Manchester mistakenly referred to it as a bull's head based upon the worn specimen they had to attribute.
Gorytos bronzes are seen less frequently than the quiver bronzes. The mint mark on this particular variety, below the gorytos, is the letter E.
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Alexander The Great Bow Quiver146 viewsAlexander the Great AE "Herakles Bow, club & quiver" Bronze coin of Alexander III, the Great 336-323 B.C., 19mm, 5.8g
OBV: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin
REV: ALEXANDROY between bow, quiver and club, delta below1 commentsSRukke

Antoninus Pius Modius RIC 44 or 58133 viewsAntoninis Pius, Denarius, Rome, 139 AD, 17.32mm, 3.1g, RSC 874a, RIC 44 or 58 (depending if P or POT)
OBV: ANTININVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head right
REV: TR P (or POT) COS II, modius with two grain ears & poppy
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Fornicvs Avgvstvs121 viewsMint unknown, minted in approximately 10,000 BC
OBV: IGNORANVS MAXIMVS CAE-S FORNICVS P F AVG, S-C in fields, Primitive bare bust of Fornicvs left, spear in right hand, look of disgust on face
REV: none
These primitive troglodyte minted coins are extremely rare.

Very Rare, Possibly Unique

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ROMAN EMPIRE: Theodosius II Gold Solidus113 viewsTheodosius II, Gold solidus, RIC X 202, NGC Choice AU, 5th officina, Constantinople, 4.46g, 22mm, die axis 180o, 408 - 419 A.D.
OBV: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust holding spear and shield decorated with horseman;
REV: CONCORDI-A AVGG Ε, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, foot on prow, holding scepter and Victory on globe, star left, CONOB in ex;
NGC rated 5/5 for strike

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Antoninus Pius Pax RIC 777110 viewsAntoninus Pius, AE Sestertius, Rome, 145 - 161 AD, RIC 777, Cohen 594, 30mm, 26.6g
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head right
REV: COS IIII SC, Pax standing left, setting fire to a heap of arms and holding cornucopiae, PAX - AVG in field
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Antoninus Pius Temple of Perga97 viewsANTONINUS PIUS, 138 - 161 AD, AE32, Perga, Pamphylia, 24.4g,
OBV: KAI ADRIA ANTWNEINOS, Laureate head right.
REV: ARTEMODOS PERGAIAS, Distyle temple, with fluted Ionic columns, with eagle in pediment,
containing simulacrum of Pergean Artemis; on either side of which, sphinx on pedestal.
Not in BMC, nor von Aulock.
SNG FRANCE 3, 0406(1) / COLL PARIS 317A(1)

Extremely Rare
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Antoninus Pius Mount Argaeus96 viewsAntoninus Pius, Caesarea, Cappadocia, 138 - 161 AD, 21mm, 7.7g, BMC p. 64, 160, Struck 150 - 151 AD
OBV: ANTWNEINOC CEBAC, laureate head right;
REV: KAICAPEÎ©N TÎ¡AÎ“AIÎ©, Mount Argaeus, with tall peak and conical top, ET KÎ” in ex.
Caesarea in Cappadocia should not be confused with Caesarea Philippi or Caesarea Maritima, both in modern Israel
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Antoninus Pius Securitas93 viewsAE Sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), struck AD 140-144, very thick heavy coin at 4mm thick.
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P, LAUREATE BUST RIGHT
REV: COS IIII SC, Securitas seated left holding sceptre and propping head on left hand
RIC 764, Cohen 298, 31.11mm, 25.1gSRukke

Aspendos Pamphylia Greek Wrestlers93 viewsPamphylia, Aspendos mint, silver stater, 370 - 333 BC, 10.383g, 22.5mm, die axis 0o, SNG Cop 233, SNG Paris 87, SNG Von Aulock -, SGCV II 5398 var
OBV: Two wrestlers, the left one holds the wrist of his opponent with his right and right forearm with his left hand, ∆Α between their legs
REV: ΕΣΤΦΕ∆ΙΙΥΣ on left, slinger, wearing short chiton, discharging sling to right, triskeles on right with feet clockwise, no trace of incuse square

In 333 B.C., after Alexander took Perga peacefully, Aspendos sent envoys to offer surrender if he would not take the taxes and horses formerly paid as tribute to the Persian king.
Agreeing, Alexander went on to Side, leaving a garrison behind. When he learned they had failed to ratify the agreement their own evnvoys had proposed, Alexander marched to the city.
The Aspendians retreated to their acropolis and again sent envoys to sue for peace. This time, however, they had to agree to harsh terms -
they would host a Macedonian garrison and pay 100 gold talents and 4.000 horses annually.

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Hadrian Serapis Tetradrachm90 viewsHadrian, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria Egypt, Regnal year 19, 134 - 135 AD, 24mm, 12.6g, Köln 1150; Milne 1445, Emmett 889, Geissen 1150; cf. Dattari 1465,
OBV: AVT KAIC TRAIAN AÎ”Î¡IANOC CEB, laureate head of Hadrian left
REV: L.ENN EAK·Î”, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing taenia, kalathos on head

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Antoninus Pius Elephant89 viewsAntoninus Pius, AE As, 6.4g, 138 - 161 AD (Struck 148 - 149 AD) RIC III 862a
BMCRE 1840, Cohen 565
OBV: PP TR P XII, Laureate head of Pius right
REV: MVNIFICENTIA AVG COS IIII / S C in two lines in exergue, Elephant walking right.
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Greek Asclepius Pergamon Mysia89 viewsPergamon, Mysia, 200-30 BC, AE17, 3.82 gr. Bearded head of Asklepios right / Serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios. (no legends on either side). SNG Cop 401; Lindgren I 299; de Luynes 2502; BMC 164.6 commentsSRukke

Antoninus Pius Clasped Hands85 viewsANTONINVS PIVS as Caesar, Ae As, 27mm, 10.6g, 138 AD, SEAR 4322, RIC 1088a
OBV: IMP T AELIVS CAESAR ANTONINVS bare head rt.
REV: TRIB POT COS S C . clasped hands holding caduceus and corn-ears

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Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, Gold Stater Lifetime Issue84 viewsMacedonian Gold Stater, BC 336 - 323, 8.59g, 17.9mm, Ionia, Miletos (near Balat, Turkey) mint, die axis 345o,
struck under Philoxenos, c. 325 - 323 B.C.; ADM I series I, 14 (same dies); Price 2077; Müller Alexander 8;
SNG Munchen 571; SNG Saroglos 131; HGC 3.1 893f (S); SNG Alpha Bank,
OBV: head of Athena right wearing earring, necklace, and crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled snake, small thunderbolt under neck truncation;
REV: Nike standing slightly left, head left, wreath in extended right hand, stylus in left hand, HA monogram left, AÎ›EÎžANâˆ†POY downward on right; scarce; SOL
ANACS Extremely Fine EF45 (6275437), Ionia

In 334 B.C. the Siege of Miletus by the forces of Alexander the Great of Macedonia liberated the city from Persian rule, soon followed by most of Anatolia.
Under Alexander, the city reached its greatest extent, occupying within its walls an area of approximately 90 hectares (220 acres). When Alexander died in 323 B.C.,
Miletus came under the control of Ptolemy, governor of Caria and his satrap of Lydia Asandrus, who had become autonomous.
In 312 B.C. Antigonus I Monophthalmus sent Docimus and Medeius to free the city and grant autonomy, restoring the democratic patrimonial regime.
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Antoninus Pius Serpent on Galley82 viewsAntoninus Pius, Nicomedia, 138 - 161 AD, Bithynia, 18mm, 3.61g
OBV: AYT KAICAP - ANTWN [INOC], Laureate head right.
REV: NEIKOMHDEIAC MHTPOPOLEWC, Coiled serpent right atop forepart of galley right.
Not in BMC___, von Aulock___, SNG Copenhagen__, RPC IV,
Righetti -, Leypold -, Kleinasiatische Münzen -, Lindgren -

An obverse die match sold in Lanz Auction 97, Lot 622

Extremely Rare
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Macedonian Tetradrachm82 viewsMacedonia Prima Merida (First Region), Roman Dependent Republic, c. 168 - 149 B.C.

Macedonian silver tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint, 158 - 149 BC, 16.338g, 31.1mm, die axis 0o,
Prokopov Macedonia 469: II.A. O. 93 - R. 365 var; AMNG III, p. 57, 176 ff. var; SNG Cop 1314-5 var (same); BMC Macedonia p. 8, 8 var
OBV: Macedonian shield (the whole obverse represents a shield) with bust of Artemis Tauropolos
(Diana to the Romans) at the center facing right, bow and quiver at her shoulder
REV: ΜΑΚΕ∆ΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ (First Macedonia Province), legend above and below club,
Α/ΣΗΡ monogram above, ΤΚΡ and ΤΜΕ monograms below, all within oak wreath closed by thunderbolt left

Rare with slight apparently unpublished variation in the monogram above

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Agrippa Struck by Caligula79 viewsAgrippa Copper AS struck by Caligula RIC 58
OBV: M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head of Agrippa facing left, wearing rostral crown.
REV: S – C on either side of Neptune, standing left, holding dolphin and trident.
37 - 41 AD, Rome, 28mm 10.5g
Cohen 3
BMCRE 161

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Antoninus Pius Sacrificial Implements As79 viewsAntoninus Pius, AE As, Rome, 140 - 144 AD, 9.88g, 27mm, RIC 704a, BMC 1379, Cohen 922
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate bust right
REV: TR P(OT COS III) S C, Sacrificial implements, 4 commentsSRukke

Augustus Carteia Tyche and Neptune79 viewsAugustus, Carteia Spain, AE Semis, 27 BC - 14 AD, 21.36mm, 7.2g, RPC I 122, Villaronga 71, Burgos 662,
OBV: CARTEIA, Turreted bust of Tyche right
REV: D D, Neptune standing left, foot on rock, holding dolphin and trident

The Latin colony of Carteia was founded in 171 B.C. In 27 B.C., when Augustus had become emperor, Hispania Ulterior was divided into Baetica (modern Andalusia) and Lusitania (modern Portugal, Extremadura, and part of Castilla-León). Cantabria and Basque country were also added to Hispania Citerior.3 commentsSRukke

Antoninus Pius Salus78 viewsAntoninus Pius 138 - 161 AD. AE sestertius struck 140 - 144 AD.
33mm, 24g, RIC 635, Cohen 711, BMC 1303
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III laureate head right
REV: SALVS S C across field, Salus standing left, holding scepter and extending patera to serpent rising from altar
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Antoninus Pius Aequitas RIC 85577 viewsAntoninus Pius, Orichalcum Sestertius, Rome, Struck 148 - 149 AD, Cohen 232, BMC 1823, RIC 855
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XII, Laureate head right
REV: COS IIII SC, Aequitas standing left holding cornucopiae and scales
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Arados Phoenicia Zues and Naval Ram76 viewsBMC 123, Phoenicia, Arados AE15. 2nd Century BC. Bust of Zeus right / triple-pointed ram of galley left, Phoenician inscription below.
Arados, Phoenicia, 2nd century BC, 4g, 16mm, axis 0o
OBV: Laureate head of Zeus right.
REV: Tripointed ram on prow of galley, Phoenician date above and lettering below.
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Alexander II Zabinas76 viewsAlexander 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.
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Constantius II FT Constantinople76 viewsConstantius II Centenionalis, CONSTANTINOPLE, 324 - 361 AD, 5.08g, 23mm, Struck 351 - 355 AD
Obv: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG - Diademed bust right, draped and cuirassed Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO - Soldier right and looking left,
spears a fallen horseman with a pointed beard and reaching back towards soldier with arm. Mint mark: [Gamma] in the left field and
Exe: CONSA[star] Constantinople mint AD 351-355 = RIC VIII, p. 454, 82, 2 commentsSRukke

Vespasian Lydia Sardes Civic Issue Herakles76 viewsVespasian, Lydia, Sardes, civic issue, 69 - 79, AE15, Pseudo-autonomousRPC II 1310
OBV: CAPDIANWN, Laureate bust of Hercules right, lion skin on shoulders
REV: CAPDIANWN, Hercules standing right, leaning on club, lion skin in right hand
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Antoninus Pius Fortuna Copper75 viewsAntoninus Pius Copper as, RIC III 558, Rome, 11.66g, 27.0mm, 225o, 139 A.D.;
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right;
REV: FORTVNA AVG COS II S C, Fortuna standing left, rudder in right, cornucopia in left;

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Antoninus Pius Concordia sestertius75 viewsAntoninus Pius, Orichalcum, Sestertius, Struck 140 - 144 AD, 22.3g, 30mm, RIC-III, 600, RSC-139, SEAR-4157 pg 219, BMC-1232
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right
OBV: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, S-C, Concordia stg. Left holding Victory and legionary standard
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Commodus Hera Philippopolis74 viewsCommodus, Philippopolis, 177 - 192 AD18.37mm, 3.6g, Varbanov (Engl) 1061
OBV: LEGEND OBSCURED, Laureate bust of Commodus right
REV: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, veiled Hera standing, l., kalathos on head, holding cornucopia, with drapery dangling below1 commentsSRukke

M Sergius Silus74 viewsM. Sergius Silus AR denarius minted in Rome, between 115-114 B.C. OBV - Roma right, Rome and X crossed behind, EX.S.C. REV - soldier riding horse carrying an unsheathed sword and barbarian head right in field, Q below horse. M.SERGI below. SILVS in exergue. 3.93 grams.3 commentsSRukke

Antoninus Pius Liberalitas72 viewsRIC 818 corr.
Antoninus Pius. AE As. 28mm. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / LIBERALITAS IIII, Liberalitas standing left holding counting board and cornucopiae. RIC 818 var. (Unlisted obverse and reverse legend combination.)
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right
REV: LIBERALITAS IIII, Liberalitas standing left holding counting board and cornucopiae. RIC 818 corr. (Unlisted obverse and reverse legend combination.)
Per Curtis Clay:
RIC 818, by mistake, omits COS IIII from the obverse legend, though citing Cohen 499, who correctly gives the COS IIII that is found on all specimens of the coin!
Actually Cohen 499 makes this mistake too, so it's one that RIC took over from Cohen, not bothering to check Cohen's description against actual specimens of the coin in the BM and other collections and catalogues.

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Antoninus Pius Pietati72 viewsANTONINUS PIUS, 138-161 AD, Dupondius, RIC 1035, SEAR 5 4280, Cohen 625, BMC 2091
OBV: ANTONINUS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, Radiate head right
REV: PIETATI AVG COS IIII S C, Pietas standing left between two children, holding globe and child
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Antoninus Pius Apollo Var 315372 viewsAntoninus Pius, Hadrianopolis, Varbanov 3153 (same dies)
OBV: AVT KAI TAI AΔPI ANTΩNEINOC, Bare head right
REV: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Naked Apollo standing right, holding bow

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Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Cyprus72 viewsAntoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, Cyprus, 147 - 161 AD, 32mm, 23.87g, BMC 42-3
OBV: ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΕΥ, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right with paludamentum
REV: Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΥΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑ(Σ), bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum
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Papal Bulla Lead Seal struck 145571 viewsSaints Peter and Paul on one side and the name of the issuing Pope on the other, in this case Pope Calistus III.

Still attached to the original Papal animal skin document (parchment) with original twine and lead seal. Signed and dated by Pope Calistus III, 1455.

These seals were struck with 2 halves with the twine between the halves. Pretty rare in this condition with all the original attachments and document. The only part missing is the red wax seal which usually depicted a fisherman. All that is left where it had been attached is a wax stain.

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Pontus Amisos Perseus Medusa70 viewsPontus Amisos, 109 - 89 BC (approx.), 29.03mm, 17.05g, SNG Copenhagen 137, SNG BM Black Sea 1166 - 69,
OBV: Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing triple crested helmet decorated with Griffin
REV: AMI-ΣOY, Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head
Medusa's body at his feet, monograms in fields
adjustment marks on obverse and reverse
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Antoninus Pius Fortuna Denarius69 viewsAntoninus Pius denarius, this issue (third)139 - 140 AD, Rome, RSC 859, RIC 49,
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP, laureate head right
REV: TR POT COS II, Fortuna standing facing left, holding rudder cornucopiae.

Per Curtis Clay, Forvm Ancient Coins:
Date exactly 139, as specified by the emperor's title COS II.
Antoninus became COS II on 1 Jan. 139, COS III on 1 Jan. 140.
Probably spring 139 until the end of the year, since at the beginning of 139 Antoninus was still using a longer legend form and was not yet P P.

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Antoninus Pius Apollo RIC 82469 viewsAntoninus Pius, AE As, 145 - 161 AD, Rome, Cohen 748, RIC III 824
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head right
REV: S-C, Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera and lyre. Cohen 748.

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Marcus Aurelius Honos RIC 42269 viewsMarcus Aurelius, Denarius, 3g, 16.72mm, RIC III pg 79 422, RSC 236, Sear 5 4784
OBV: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, head right
REV: HONOS, Honos standing, head left, with branch & cornucopiae
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Antoninus pius Griffin Paw on Wheel68 viewsBithynia, Nicaea, 138 - 161 AD, 16mm, 3.7g
OBV: AYTO KAISER ANTWNEINO, Bust right within wreath
REV: NEIKAIEWN, Gryphon Paw on Wheel
WADD RG S413,115(1) / COLL PARIS(1)
SLG Lindgren I 136(2)
Same dies as the Lindgren Specimen

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C Fonteius Janus wGalley68 viewsC Fonteius denarius, 114 - 113 BC, 3.73g, Crawford 290/1, Sydenfam 555, Fonteia 1,
OBV: Janiform head, D (retrograde) to l, star right, three dots below.,
REV: Galley with pilot and three rowers, C FONT above, ROMA below
Porous flan

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Antoninus Pius Roma Seated 67 viewsOrichalcum sestertius, RIC III 892 var (no drapery), F, light scratches, Rome mint, 26.330g, 34.1mm, 180o, 151 - 152 A.D.;
OBV: IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder;
REV: reverse TR POT XV COS IIII, Roma seated left, wearing helmet, left elbow resting on parazonium and shield set on prow, spear in right,
S C across fields, ROMA in ex;
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Pisidia Selge Herakles and Stag67 viewsPisidia, Selge, 14mm, 2.44g, 2nd-1st Century BC
OBV: Bearded bust of Herakles facing, wearing lion skin, club over shoulder
REV: Î£Î•-Î›, forepart of stag right, head left.
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Antoninus Pius Liberalitas RIC 77667 viewsAntoninus Pius, sestertius, Rome, 45 - 147 AD, BMC 1695, Cohen 508, RIC 776
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, Laureate head right Head
REV: LIBERALITAS AVG V S C, Liberalitas standing left holding account board and cornucopia
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Antoninus Pius felicitas Avg66 viewsAntoninus Pius, AE As, Rome, 148 - 149 AD, RIC III pg 134 - 860a, Cohen 369,
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head right
REV: FELICITAS AVG, COS-IIII, S-C both in fields, Felicitas standing right,
holding long caduceus and corn ears in fold of robe

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Antoninus Pius Coela Prow66 viewsAntoninus Pius, Thracian Chersonesus Coela, 138 - 164, 18mm, 5.1g,
OBV: IMP CAES ANTONINVS ?, Laureate bust right
OBV: AILI MVNICIPI CVELANI, prow left, above, two ears of corn

SNG Copenhagen 872, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale 1611
Munich, Staatliche Münzsammlung 63177
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum 37030

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Augustus and Rhoemetalces65 viewsAugustus and Rhoemetalces, 18.31mm, 5g, RPC 1718; Youroukova 194-200 .
OBV: BAΣIΛEΩΣ POIMHTAΛKOY, Diademed head of Rhoemetalkes right
REV: KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, Bare head of Augustus right
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Constantius II FT Antioch 263 viewsConstantius II
AE Centenionalis, 337-361 AD, 23mm, 5g
OBV: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
REV: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier spearing a fallen enemy horseman, Gamma left.

The exergue looks like ANH, so it's RIC VIII Antioch 132SRukke

Maximinus I Pella City Goddess63 viewsMaximinus I, Pella Macedonia, 235 - 238 AD, 8.02g, 23mm, Varbanov III (Engl.) 3742, Moushmov 6484 plate XLV - 8,
OBV: IMP CC IVL VER MAXIMINVS, Laureate, draped cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
REV: COL IVL A-VG PELLA, City goddess seated left

Meaning of legend: IMP Caesar Caius VERus MAXIMINVS (IMP C C IVL VER MAXIMINUS)
Meaning of legend: Colony IVLia AVGusta PELLA (COL IVL AVG PELLA)

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Constantius II FT Sirmium 363 viewsCONSTANTIUS II, Sirmium, 337 - 361 AD, (struck 355 - 361 AD)19.08mm, 2g, RIC VIII 75, LRBC 1612
OBV: DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
REV: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing left, spearing fallen horseman
M in left field, •ASIRM• in exergue
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Marcus Aurelius Juventas60 viewsRIC 1238 [pius] Marcus Aurelius as Caesar AE As. 25mm, 10.6g, 140 AD.
OBV: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, head right / IVVENTAS S-C, Juventas, draped, standing left dropping incense onto altar left,
and holding patera.
REV: IVVENTAS S-C, Juventas, draped, standing left dropping incense onto altar left, and holding patera.
Commemorates Marcus' assumption of the 'Toga virilis.' The custom was that
sacrifices were made at the shrine of Juventas, who personified
youthfulness, at the Circus Maximus. RIC 1238, Sear 4831
(possibly a dupondius, based on the weight,)

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Severus Alexander Zeus Hurling Thunderbolt60 viewsSeverus Alexander, Nicaea, 222 - 235 AD, 19.8mm, 2.9g, Unlisted
OBV: M AVP CEVH AL - EXANDPOC [AVG], radiate draped bust right
REV: NIKAI - EWN, Zeus hurling thunderbolt

Not listed in any sources referenced

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Commodus Fortuna59 viewsCommodus AE Sestertius. 188 AD, 30mm, 16.1g
OBV: M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head right
REV: P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C, FOR RED in ex, Fortuna seated left holding cornucopiae & rudder on a globe
RIC 513, Cohen 153, BMC 618, Sear 5 #5746
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Prusias II Herakles59 viewsPrusias II Heracles
Prusias II, Bithynia, 185 - 149 AD, SGCV II 7268; BMC Pontus pg. 210, 6-7
SNG von Aulock 258; Laffaille 429 var. (monogram on reverse); Waddington Recueil, pg. 225, 25.
OBV: head of Prusias II right, wearing a winged diadem
REV: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡOΥΣ[IOΥ], (" OF KING PRUSIAS ") Heracles, naked, standing left, holding club in right and lion skin in left

Prusias II, son of Prusias I, inherited his father's name but not his character.
Few mourned his death when he was murdered in the temple of Zeus at Nikomedia. -- Greek Coins and Their Values, by David R. Sear1 commentsSRukke

Antoninus Pius Concordia RIC 67859 viewsAntoninus Pius, Ae As, Rome, 141 AD, 7.9g, 26.38mm, RIC 678, Cohen 140,
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right
REV: CONCOR_DIA EXERCITVVM, Concordia standing left, holding Victory
and legionary eagle, S-C across fields
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Antoninius Pius Victory Macedonia58 viewsAntoninus Pius, 26mm, 12.04g, Varbanov (Engl) 4298 (bust a), Touratsoglou 189.1
OBV: AY M AYP KOMOΔOC, Laureate head right
REV: THESSALONIKEON, Victory walking left

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Antoninus Pius She Wolf Sestertius57 viewsRoman Imperial ae Sestertius of Antoninus Pius , Wolf and Twins , RIC648
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P, laureate head right of Antoninus Pius
Reverse: TR POT COS III, S C in exergue, She wolf standing right, suckling twins
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Commodus Elephant57 viewsPER, Curtis Clay:
Commodus As
REV: MVNIFICENTIA AVG TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P S C, or the same with P M before TR P VIIII.
May be Commodus RIC III 432? MUNIFICENTIA AVG TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII PP SC?
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Ptolemy III Euergetes Tyre Sv 70957 viewsPtolemy III Euergetes, Tyre, 246 - 221 BC, 19.51mm, 5.9g, Svoronos 709, SNG Cop 496
OBV: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right
REV: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, club to left
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Arcadius II Victory Dragging Captive56 viewsD N ARCADIVS P F AVG, bust right / SALVS
REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, carrying
trophy and dragging captive, chi-rho in the
left field, ANTA in exergue. Antioch mint. 378 - 408 AD
RIC Antioch 67d 1 commentsSRukke

Carthage Tanit56 viewsCarthage Tanit, Greek AE, 19mm, 5g, 3rd century B.C.
OBV: Phoenician lunar goddess and consort of Baal Hammon Tanit
REV: neck up profile of horse right
Similar 6527
Zeugitana, Carthage????1 commentsSRukke

Augustus Alter of Lugdunum56 viewsAugustus, As, 15 - 10 BC, Lugdunum, 24.72mm, 11.3g, RIC 230, BMC 550, Van Meter 93,
OBV: CAESAR PONT MAX, Laureate head right.
REV: ROM ET AVG, Alter of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels,
Victories on columns facing one another
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Septimius Severus Hera Varbanov 177856 viewsSEVERUS ALEXANDER, Marcianopolis, 222 - 235 AD, 27mm, 10.15g, Hristova/Jekov No.6.32.3.6, Varbanov 1778
OBV: AVT K M AVP CEVH AΛEZANΔPOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REV: YΠ TIB IOYΛ ΦHCTOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Hera standing left holding patera and scepter
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Antoninus pius Salus As56 viewsAntoninus Pius, AE AS, 10.3g, 27.1mm, Rome, Struck 151 - 152 AD, RIC III pg. 138, 900b, Cohen 731
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XV, Laureate head right
REV: SALVS AVG, Salus standing left holding scepter and feeding snake rising from alter
COS IIII in exergue, S-C in fields

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Antoninus Pius Salus Dupondius55 viewsANTONINUS PIUS Dupondius,  138-161, Rome, Cohen 279, Sear, 4269, RIC 798, 12.47g, 23.72mm
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P.P. TR. P, radiate bearded head right.
REV: COS IIII. S.C, Salus standing left, holding rudder on globe, and feeding snake arising from altar.

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Antoninus Pius Annona55 viewsAntoninus Pius AE As, 155-156 AD, RIC 956, Cohen 986, 24.41mm, 10.4g
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right
REV: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Annona seated right, modius at foot, holding cornucopiae with both hands, SC in ex.

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Marcus Aurelius Felicitas Sestertius55 viewsMarcus Aurelius, Sestertius, Rome, Struck Dec 177 - Dec 178 AD, RIC III pg. 310 - 1227, Cohen 184 var
OBV: M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXXII, laureate bust right
REV: FELICITAS AVG IMP VIIII COSIII P P, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and sceptor
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Justin I Gold Solidus55 viewsJustin I, Byzantine empire, Constantinople, 9th Officina, 518 - 527 AD, 20.8mm, 4.424g, DOC I 2h, Berk 38, Hahn MIB 3, Wroth BMC 1 - 6, SBCV 56,
OBV: D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, spear in right over shoulder, shield on left arm ornamented with horseman
REV: VICTORIA AVGGG Θ, angel standing facing, long cross in right, globus cruciger in left, star right
CONOB in ex;

EX: Forvm Ancient Coins

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Antoninus Pius Sestertius55 viewsAntoninus Pius, Sestertius, Rome, 138 - 161 AD, 31.75mm, 25g,

Unidentified. Possibly RIC 945
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Antoninus Pius Script in Wreath RIC 95855 viewsAntoninus Pius, Dupondius, Rome, 138 - 161 AD, 9g, 25mm, Cohen 999, RIC 958
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P.P. IMP II, Laureate bust right
REV: TRPOT / XIX / CONS IIII / S C within wreath

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Septimius Severus Asclepios54 viewsMagistrate Aurelius Gallus.

Septimius Severus, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 193-211 AD, 26mm, 12.9g,
OBV: AV K C CEYHPOC, laureate and draped bust right
REV: VP AV GALLOV NIKOPOLITWN ΠPOC I below, Asclepios standing facing, head left,
holding serpent entwined staff

This coin appears to be unlisted with this OBV and REV combo. The reverse is similar to Moushmov 909 but the obverse legend is different.

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Autonomous Issue Under Nero "Star of Bethlehem Issue"54 viewsAutonomous issue under Nero, 54 - 68 AD
Issued under Nero by Caius Ummidus Quadratus,
5.46g, 17mm, Hendin 934 - Star of Baysan (Bethlehem?), RPC I 4287,
BMC Galatia pg 160, 70,
OBV: ANTIOXEΩN, Veiled and turreted head of Tyche right
REV: EΠI KOYAΔPATOY, Ram leaping right, looking back at crescent and large star, ETEP below.
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Septimius Severus Liberalitas53 viewsSeptimius Severus AR Denarius, 193 - 211 AD, Rome, struck 209 AD, 2.5g, 18.59g
Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG - Laureate head right
Rev: LIBERLITAS AVG VI, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding abacus and cornucopia
RIC IVi, 278D, page 126, RSC 298, SEAR RCV II (2002), #6306, page 461SRukke

Calabria Tarentum Drachm Athena and Owl53 viewsCALABRIA, Tarentum, Circa 280 - 272 BC, AR Drachm, 17mm, 2.85g, 10h, Neumenios - magistrate, Vlasto 1062-3, HN Italy 1015
OBV: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with Skylla
REV: NEYMHNIOΣ to left, Owl standing right, head facing, on olive branch, API to right

EX: CNG electronic auction, 270 lot 5

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Gallienus Vict Germanica RIC 4953 viewsGallienus, Augustus, Antoninianus, Lyons 258 - 259 AD, 20mm, 3.18g, RIC V-1, Lyons 49 (J) var (dots in obv. legend), Sear 5 10377 var (ditto), Goebl 874L
OBV: GALLIENVS dot P dot F dot AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right
REV: VICT GERMANICA, Victory on globe, standing right,
holding trophy over shoulder and wreath aloft, two captives below
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Antandros Troas52 viewsSize 8mm, 0.6g, 440 - 400 BC
OBV: Artemis Astyrene(?) right
REV: Lion’s head right
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Cleopatra VII52 viewsPtolemaic Kingdom, 13mm, 1.7g, Cleopatra VII, Philopator, 51 - 30 B.C., Paphos, Cyprus
OBV: diademed bust of Cleopatra VII as Isis right, hair in melon-coiffure
REV: Double cornucopiae, ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
Kreuzer p. 44 first illustration, Svoronos 1160 (Ptolemy IV), SNG Cop 649,

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.
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Claudius II Gothicus Virtus52 viewsClaudius II Gothicus Silvered AE Antoninianus, 268 - 270 AD, Rome, 20mm, 2.2g, RIC 111
OBV: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
REV: VIRTVS AVG. Virtvs standing left, holding branch and spear, shield at feet.
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Philip I Billon Tetradrachm52 viewsPhilip I. Billon Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria. 28 mm. 11.0 g, 248 AD (Greek Delta), Prieur 417, Mcalee 954c
OBV: AYTOK K M IOYL I F IL IP P OC CEB. Radiate, cuirassed bust left.
REV: D HMAPX EX OVCIAC VPATO G . Eagle standing facing with wings spread, head right with wreath in its beak, ANTIOXIA SC below.
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Arcadius Virtus Exerciti52 viewsArcadius, Cyzikus, 17.18mm, 2.3g
Obv: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: VIRTVS-EXERCITI, emperor standing left, head right, holding spear and
resting left hand on shield. Victory, standing beside him crowns him with
a wreath held in her right hand.
Mintmark SMKB.
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Caracalla Lyre Caria52 viewsCaracalla, Caria (Alabanda), 198 - 217 AD, 26mm, 11.10g, BMC 43, SNG Cop 16,
OBV: AVKMAVPANTΩNINO, Laureate and cuirassed bust right, countermark of a youthful male head to rt.
REV: AΛABANΔEΩN, Lyre
Countermark is Howgego 52, radiate head of emperor.

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Constantius II FT Constantinople (2)52 viewsConstantius II, Constantinople, 351 - 355 AD, 18mm, 2.8g, RIC 121
OBV: DN Constantius PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
REV: FEL TEMP R-EPARATIO, soldier spearing fallen horseman with no beard hair in topknot, reaching, dot in center
CONSS in exergue
no beard, hair in a topknot, reaching (hairstyle not in RIC)
Rare legend break in R-EP...
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Antoninus Pius Zeus Philippopolis52 viewsAntoninus Pius, Philippopolis, Thrace, 138 - 161 AD, 30mm, 23.5g, SEAR 1362, Varbanov III, 698
OBV: AVT AIL ADRIA ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right
REV: HGE GARGILI ANTIKOU FILIPPOPOLEITWN, Zeus seated left, holding phiale and scepter
(Signed by Gargilius Anticus)

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Antoninus Pius Didrachm Caesarea52 viewsAntoninus Pius, Silver Didrachm, Caesarea (Capadoccia) 138 - 161 AD, Struck 139 AD, 5.2g, Metcalf 124, Sydenham 301,
OBV: AYTOKP ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, Laureated bust of Antonius Pius right
REV: YPAT B PAT PATR, Mount Argaeus surmounted by Helios holding globe and scepter
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Antoninus Pius Imperator RIC 717a52 viewsAntoninus Pius, Sestertius, Rome, 143 - 144 AD, 31.66mm, 24.2g, RIC III 717a, Strack 941d, Banti 178, 1610, Cohen 433
OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right
REV: IMPERA-TOR II, S-C across field, Victory flying right,
holding trophy in both hands

Pius was acclaimed Imperator by his troops for the second time in 142
(the first time right after he succeeded Hadrian on the throne)
after the Romans beat the Brigantes in Britannia.
Pius, however, did not command the victorious troops.
In fact, he never left Italy during his reign.

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