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160 Theodosius I. (379-395 A.D.), Siscia, RIC IX 039bA, -/-//ASIS, AE-4 Follis, VICTORIA AVG G G, Victory advancing left, #191 views160 Theodosius I. (379-395 A.D.), Siscia, RIC IX 039bA, -/-//ASIS, AE-4 Follis, VICTORIA AVG G G, Victory advancing left, #1
avers:- D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
revers:- VICTORIA AVG G G, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm.
exergo: -/-//ASIS, diameter: 13,5-14,0mm, weight: 1,36g, axis: 0h,
mint: Siscia, date: 388-392 A.D., ref: RIC IX 39bA, p-, LRBC 1576,
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Poland, Lithuania, Alexander I. (1501-1506 AD), King of Poland, AR-Halbgroschen, Gumowski 472, Eagle, #191 viewsPoland, Lithuania, Alexander I. (1501-1506 AD), King of Poland, AR-Halbgroschen, Gumowski 472, Eagle, #1
Avers: + ALEXANDR IᵒmOn, Lithuanian knigt riding left.
Revers: + MAGnIᵒDVCᵒLITVAnIЄ, Polish eagle.
diameter: 21,0mm, weight: 1,1g, axis: 0h,
mint mark: - , mint: Wilna, date: 1501-1506 A.D., ref: Gumowski 472,
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Obol91 viewsKantharos; three pellets around.
Bucranium; three pellets around.
Circa 380-325 BC
Weight: 0.33 g.
Diameter: 9 mm.
Rare with 3 pellets
cf. Vlasto 1617 (number of pellets); cf. BMC 432 (same). HN Italy 918; SNG France 3 specimens, c.f. 2201-03 (number of pellets)
Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 30.12.1992; with dealer's ticket), Ex-Numismatik Naumann auction 42 lot 15; Ex-Calgary Coin
A tiny coin with a fantastic design.Jay GT4
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RPC 1652 Vespasian91 viewsAR Drachm, 3.03g
Caesarea (Cappadocia) mint, 76-77 AD
Obv: AYTOKPA KAICAP OYЄCΠACIANOC CЄBACTOC; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: TITOC AYTOKPATWP KAICAP ЄTO Θ; Titus in military dress, stg. facing, holding spear and sword
RPC 1652 (3 spec.).
Ex Kölner 108, 7 April 2018, lot 131.
Vespasian's Cappadocian silver issues were struck in two distinct styles: Roman (six o'clock die axis) and 'local' (twelve o'clock die axis). Unsurprisingly, the Roman style coins were struck at Rome and sent to Cappadocia to help supplement the locally produced pieces. The majority of Cappadocia's silver coins were struck locally, very likely in Caesarea. Whether 'Roman' or 'local', all Cappadocian silver was produced at nearly 50% fineness. This rare drachm in 'local' style features Titus Caesar on the reverse in full military dress, perhaps a nod to his important role during the Jewish War. The type was struck for both didrachms and more sparingly for drachms. Only three specimens are cited by RPC II.
Worn, but nicely centred in fine 'local' style.David Atherton
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CÁC II. 20.08.1.1./a1.07./08., Anonymous III. (Géza II., King of Hungary, (1141-1162 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-150, CNH I.-144, U-074, #0191 viewsCÁC II. 20.08.1.1./a1.07./08., Anonymous III. (Géza II., King of Hungary, (1141-1162 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-150, CNH I.-144, U-074, #01
avers: Cross with dots and wedges in the angles, crosses at the ends of the arms, a border of dots.
reverse: Cross with dots in a circle, the border of line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 13,0 mm, weight: 0,31g, axis:2h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-150, CNH I.-144, Unger-074,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 20.08.1.1./a1.07./08.,
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22030 Constantivs/Genio91 viewsObv- FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
Rev -GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI
Laureate bust looking right
Genio standing left with head left.
naked, chlamys over left shoulder
holding patera from which liquid flows
k in left field
Gamma over V in Right Field
Ant in Exergue
Mint:Antioch
Ric VI Antioch 55a; Sear 14069
8.5 g 25.6mmBlayne W
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Siglos Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II Engraved Reverse Die91 viewsPersian Empire, Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Ca. 420-375 B.C. AR siglos (14 mm, 5.57 g).
O: Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance right, holding dagger and bow; bankers marks.
R: Incuse punch; roaring lion left.
- Carradice IV B, pl. XIII, 35.
Nemonater
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Cilicia, Kelenderis, (3rd.century B.C.), SNG Levante 029, AR-Obol, -/KE//--, Kentaur/Goat(?) kneeling left,91 viewsCilicia, Kelenderis, (3rd.century B.C.), SNG Levante 029, AR-Obol, -/KE//--, Kentaur/Goat(?) kneeling left,
avers: Horse prancing right within beaded circle.
reverse: KE, Kentaur/Goat(?) kneeling left, head right.
exergue: -/KE//--, diameter: 9,0mm, weight: 0,76g, axes: 9h,
mint: Cilicia, Kelenderis, date: 3rd.century B.C., ref: SNG Levante 029, SNG France 116-7,
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062p Severus Alexander (222-235 A.D.), Bithynia, Nikaia, BMC ???, AE-21, NI K AI E/ΩN, #191 views062p Severus Alexander (222-235 A.D.), Bithynia, Nikaia, BMC ???, AE-21, NI K AI E/ΩN, #1
avers: M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔROC AVΓ (VΓ ligate), Laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
reverse: NI K AI E/ΩN, Between and beneath three standards.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 5,38g, axis: 0h,
mint: Bithynia, Nikaia, date: A.D., ref: BMC ???,
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Athens - tetradrachm91 viewsAttique, Athènes 490-482 BC Tétradrachme 17.08g
A:/ Tête d'Athéna à dr. coiffée d'un casque attique à cimier, les cheveux rangés en petites vagues autour du front tombant sur la tempe en natte.
R:/ AθE Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face , à g. une pousse d'Olivier.
Seltman Groupe M, Svoronos pl.5 34Brennos
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Rhodes, Caria, ( 150-125 B.C.), SNG Kecckman 654-656, AR-Hemidrachm, AΡTEMΩN, Rose with bud right, Magistrate Artemon, #191 viewsRhodes, Caria, ( 150-125 B.C.), SNG Kecckman 654-656, AR-Hemidrachm, AΡTEMΩN, Rose with bud right, Magistrate Artemon, #1
avers: No legend, Three-quarter facing radiate head of Helios, head turned slightly right.
reverse: AΡTEMΩN (Magistrate Artemon), Rose with bud right in the incuse square, club (?) to left.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 13,5-14,8mm, weight: 1,09g, axes: 0h,
mint: Rhodes, Islands off Caria, Magistrate Artemon, date: 150-125 B.C.,
ref: SNG Keckman 654-656., SNG Copenhagen 842,
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089 B.C. L.Titurius L.f. Sabinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 344/3, Rome, Victory in Biga right, L•TITVRI below and Scorpion, #191 views089 B.C. L.Titurius L.f. Sabinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 344/3, Rome, Victory in Biga right, L•TITVRI below and Scorpion, #1
avers: Bearded head of King Tatius right, SABIN behind.
reverse: Victory in Biga right, bearing wreath, L•TITVRI below, Scorpion as control mark in exergue, border of dots.
exergue: L•TITVRI//Scorpion, diameter: 18,0-18,5mm, weight: 3,70g, axis: 9h,
mint: Rome, date: 089 B.C., ref: Syd-700, Crawford-344/3, Tituria 6.,
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RIC 002791 viewsVespasian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 70.
3.18g, 18mm, 6h.
Obv: IMP CAESAR V[ESPASIANV]S AVG, laureate head right
Rev: COS ITER TR POT, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus.
RIC 27.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 57 Lot 840 May 30, 2019
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G., Thessaly, Pharsalos, (cc. 480-440 B.C.), AR-Hemidrachm, SNG Cop 217, ΦAP, Horse's head right, #191 viewsThessaly, Pharsalos, (cc. 480-440 B.C.), AR-Hemidrachm, SNG Cop 217, ΦAP, Horse's head right, #1
avers: No legend, Head of Athena right in close-fitting crested helmet ornamented with serpents.
reverse: ΦAP, Horse's head right, within incuse.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,0-17,0mm, weight: 2,67g, axes: 2h,
mint: Thessaly, Pharsalos, date: cc. 480-440 B.C., ref: SNG Cop 217, BMC 1,
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91 viewsThis was my most ambitious project so far. There are two separate cabinets, both for the same collector. The one on the left contains 5 drawers each capable of holding 60 slabs. The other is a 45 tray cabinet with a variety of tray configurations, and a total capacity of over 2,200 raw coins. They were shipped in four boxes weighing approximately 215 pounds, total. (The pictures were taken at different times and in slightly different lighting conditions, which tends to make them look different in color, but they actually matched quite well.)
www.CabinetsByCraig.net. cmcdon0923
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RIC 367 Domitian91 viewsÆ Dupondius, 11.64g
Rome mint, 85 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P; Head of Domitian, radiate, bearded, r., with aegis
Rev: ANNONA AVG; S C in exergue; Annona, std r., holding open on lap by two ends bag full of corn-ears; in front of her stands a small figure, l., also holding two ends of bag, and in the background, stern of ship
RIC 367 (C). BMC 347. BNC 364.
Ex eBay, August 2019.
A most curious reverse type was struck for Domitian on his dupondii for a short period between 84-88. Here we see Annona seated holding open a bag(?) of corn-ears and a mysterious small figure standing before her holding the other end of the bag with a ship's stern in the background. Overall, the reverse likely alludes to Domitian's care of the corn supply, hinted at by the stern, here a symbol of the all important African grain ships. The small individual before Annona has variously been described as a 'boy', a 'child', or ambiguously as just a 'figure'. H. Mattingly has the most imaginative explanation in BMCRE II - 'Annona herself, the spirit of the corn-supply, and the ship, the symbol of the overseas corn, are familiar: but who is the small figure who stands before her? He is certainly no child, but only a man reduced to tiny proportions beside the goddess; and the fact that he is bare to the waist may suggest that he is an Italian farmer. If this interpretation is right, the type records a definite policy of Domitian to encourage the growing of corn in Italy.' Mattingly may be correct about the overall meaning, but I think the figure is indeed a child, symbolic of the emperor's care, through Annona's auspices, for his subjects.
Flatly struck on one side, but in fine style.David Atherton
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Lucania, Metapontom stater91 viewsHead of Demeter right hair bound with fillet, wearing earring. Punch mark on ear.
METAΠON (retrograde) Ear of barely with leaf to right; on which palmette.
circa 400-340
6.09g
Noe 485b. Jameson 287. SNG Lloyd 365. SNG ANS 367. Historia Numorum Italy 1540.
An extremely rare variety, only two specimens cited by Noe
This example has the reverse ethnic in retrograde and low weight. Ancient counterfeit?
Ex-Calgary coin.Jay GT4
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RIC 059791 viewsDomitian, as Augustus (AD 81-96). AR denarius
(19mm, 3.54 gm, 6h). NGC VF 5/5 - 4/5.
Rome, 3rd issue, AD 88.
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, laureate head of Domitian left
Rev: COS XIIII-LVD SAEC / FEC, herald advancing left, wearing feathered cap, wand outward in right hand, round shield in left.
RIC II.1 597 (This coin). Extremely rare with left facing portrait.
2020 January 26 Ancient Coin Selections from the Morris Collection, Part III World Coins Monthly Online Auction #61151 Lot #97225.
This coin is special for a few reasons. First it is a secular games issue. Since Minerva dominates the reverses for Domitian, It is unusual to see a reverse without her. This coin is a reminder that there is more to Domitian's denarii than minerva. This coin is also unusual because it features a left facing portrait for Domitian. There are left facing portraits for him on the bronze issues, but are very rare on his denarii. I have never read a convincing argument as to why. Finally, this coin is very special because this coin is the RIC plate coin. It is unusual to find a RIC plate coin in a private collection because many of these are in the major museum collections.
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032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0673, Rome, AE-As, COS III, -/-//SC-, Galley right, #191 views032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0673, Rome, AE-As, COS III, -/-//SC-, Galley right, #1
avers: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate bust right, drapery over far shoulder.
revers: COS III, Galley with five oarsmen traveling and one team leader right, S-C below.
exergue: -/-//SC, diameter: 26,5-27,8mm, weight: 12,37g, axes: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 125-128 A.D., ref: RIC II 673, Cohen 446, BMC 1342, Sear 3682,
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RIC 0003 Var 91 viewsDomitian. AD 81-96. AR Denarius
(17.5mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Rome mint.
Struck 13 September-31 December AD 81.
Obv: Laureate head right; IMP CAESAR DOMITANVS AVG
Rev: Pulvinar (throne) of Jupiter and Juno: square seat, draped, with tassels: it has a triangular frame on it, on which are three vertical bars on each side and one palmette in center, there is a lituus under the triangular frame; TR P COS VII.
RIC II.1 3 (Var); RSC 554a.
Light tone over hairlined surfaces. Good VF.
From the Benito Collection.
CNG electronic auction 468 Lot 411
I wanted this coin for a few reasons. First I love collecting the rare variants of denarii for Domitian. The Lituus under the triangular frame makes this a rare variant of RIC 3. This variant will be recorded in the RIC II addenda. Secondly, I loved the portrait. Just take a look at that beard. The other reason I wanted this coin is that it was owned by a late Forum member.orfew
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041 Ulászló II. (Wladislas II., Jagellion)., King of Hungary, (1490-1516 A.D.) AR Denarius, H-811/1503, CNH-2-277, U-645, P-253-3, K/H//--, Madonna and child, #0191 views041 Ulászló II. (Wladislas II., Jagellion)., King of Hungary, (1490-1516 A.D.) AR Denarius, H-811/1503, CNH-2-277, U-645, P-253-3, K/H//--, Madonna and child, #01
avers: 8 1503 8 WLADISLAI•R•VNGARIЄ, Hungarian shield, four-part shield with Hungarian arms (Árpádian (Hungarian) stripes, patriarchal cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion). Polish eagle in the inner shield.
reverse: PATRON• •VNGARIЄ 8, Crowned Madonna with the infant Jesus in her right hand.
exergue, mint mark: K/H//-- were struck by Hans Thurzó (by Pohl),
diameter: 15,5-16,0mm, weight: 0,64g, axis: 6h,
mint: Hungary, Körmöcbánya (Kremnitz, today Slovakia: Kremnica),
date: 1503 A.D.,
ref: Huszár-811, CNH-2-277, Unger-645, Pohl-253-3, the type with the "8"-s,
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0009.0013, Є//XXI, Bust H/H2, RIC V-II 632.2a.5.H2.A., AE-Antoninianus, ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding left, #191 views112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0009.0013, Є//XXI, Bust H/H2, RIC V-II 632.2a.5.H2.A., AE-Antoninianus, ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding left, #1
avers: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by an eagle.
reverse: ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding left hand raised, left holding scepter.
exergue: Є//XXI, diameter: 21,8mm, weight: 3,89g, axis: 0h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd. em., 5th. off., date: 277 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 632.2a.5.H2.A., p-85, Alföldi 0009.0013,
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Egypt, Alexandria, Bi-Tetradrachm, Emmet 3985-Γ, L/Γ//--, Eagle left, head right, #191 views112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Egypt, Alexandria, Bi-Tetradrachm, Emmet 3985-Γ, L/Γ//--, Eagle left, head right, #1
avers: A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, Laureated, cuirassed bust right.
reverse: Eagle standing left, head right, with wreath in its beak, L-Γ, across the field.
exergue: L/Γ//--, diameter: 19,5-21,0mm, weight: 8,93g, axes: 11h,
mint: Egypt, Alexandria, date: 277-2781 A.D., L-Γ Year 3.,
ref:
Emmet 3985-Γ,
Milne 4566,
Geissen 3131,
Dattari 5560,
Kampmann-Ganschow 112.10,
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Egypt, Alexandria, 073 Tranquilina (241-244 A.D., Augusta), RPC VII.2 -, G-, D-4849, BI-Tetradrachm, L/Z//--, Eagle standing left, #191 viewsEgypt, Alexandria, 073 Tranquilina (241-244 A.D., Augusta), RPC VII.2 -, G -, D 4849, BI-Tetradrachm, L/Z//--, Eagle standing left, #1
avers: CAV TPANKVΛΛ(E)INA CEB, Diademed and draped bust right.
reverse: Eagle standing left, head turned right, holding wreath in beak. Date L-Z across fields.
exergue: L/Z//--, diameter: 22,2-22,5 mm, weight: 9,92g, axis: 0h,
mint: Egypt, Alexandria, date: Dated Year (L-Z=7), 243-244 A.D.,
ref:
RPC VII.2 -,
Emmet -Z,
Milne -,
Geissen -,
Dattari 4849,
Kampmann-Ganschow 073.31,
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Kingdom of Macedon. Demetrios I Poliorketes AR Tetradrachm.91 viewsCirca 301-295 BC. 17.21g, 28mm, 12h. Obverse: Nike, [blowing trumpet] and holding stylis, standing to left on prow of galley to left. Reverse: Poseidon Pelagaios advancing to left, hurling trident with his upraised right hand, chlamys draped over extended left arm; monogram to left, star to inner right; BASILEOS below, DIMITRIOU to outer right. Ephesos mint. Newell 51; SNG Fitzwilliam 2288; HGC 3.1, 1012d. Near extremely fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd. E-Sale 76, Lot 213
This is one of the finest depictions of a full length likeness of Poseidon portrayed on any Hellenistic coin made in antiquity. The pose made by the god of the sea (and of earthquakes and horses) is reminiscent of the bronze sculpture recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision and could probably be the direct inspiration for this type of coin. Poseidon was the personal patron god of the Macedonian king and it is no wonder that Demetrios included him in almost all of his coins.Jason T
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RIC 0681 Vespasian denarius91 viewsIMP CAESAR VESP AVG
Laureate head right
COS V
Laurel trees upright
Rome 74 CE
3.03g
RIC 681 (R)
Antiquarian type copying the denarius of OctavianJay GT4
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RIC 184 Titus91 viewsÆ Sestertius, 24.48g
Rome mint, 80-81 AD
Obv: No legend; Flavian amphitheatre; to l., Meta Sudans; to r., porticoed building
Rev: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR PPP COS VIII; Titus std. l. on curule chair with branch and roll; around, arms; S C in field
RIC 184 (R2). BMC 190. BNC 189. Hendin 1594.
Ex Harlan J Berk BBS 225, 30 November 2023, lot 456. Ex Harlan J Berk BBS 35, 12 February 1985, lot 361.
In June of 80 AD Titus spectacularly opened the Flavian amphitheatre with a series of inaugural games lasting 100 days. This rare sestertius commemorates the event in a no less impressive fashion. Vespasian had begun construction nearly a decade before, but it was Titus who virtually completed it. The obverse* features an inventive bird's eye view of the structure from the Temple of Claudius on the Caelian Hill, with the Meta Sudans to the left and the porticoes of the Baths of Titus to the right. The depiction of the three structures on the obverse is strong evidence the Romans viewed the amphitheatre as part of a larger entertainment complex. The reverse features Titus seated surrounded by a pile of captured arms, identical to sestertii struck for Claudius. Taken together both obverse and reverse pays homage to Claudius, an emperor highly regarded by the Flavians. At the same time, the captured arms on the reverse and the decorative motif of the amphitheatre featuring palm trees and triumphal imagery commemorate the Jewish War which was still a major theme of Titus' coinage. Also, a recently discovered inscription which originally adorned one of the entrances proclaims the Flavian amphitheatre was built from the spoils of the Jewish War. Nathan T. Elkins believes the rarity of these coins today may hint that they were issued primarily for distribution at the opening games as souvenirs of the occasion. Ben Lee Damsky has convincingly argued Titus' extensive pulvinar precious metal coinage commemorates the inaugural games as well. If that is the case, a large portion of Titus' coinage was devoted to these opening games and the fantastic venue in which they were held, emphasising the prominent place it held for Titus and the Flavian dynasty. The fact that it still serves as a symbol of the Roman Empire today shows that Titus was correct in his estimation of its importance. Like the Eid Mar denarii, the Colosseum sestertii are seen today as one of the most well known and iconic coin types struck by the Roman Empire.
*Older references place the Colosseum on the reverse, but this is incorrect. Reverse dies at the Rome mint typically have concave flans. The seated Titus side is concave on these sestertii, therefore it was almost certainly intended as the reverse. David Atherton
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine I, Aquileia - RIC VII 5790 viewsConstantine I AE3
obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG. Helmeted and cuirassed bust right.
rev: VIRTVS EXERCIT VOT XX. Two captives seated on either side of standard inscribed VOT XX.
left field: S
right field: F
exergue: dot AQP dot
Struck 320 A.D. at Aquileia
RIC VII 57 (R4)
Van Meter 92
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Claudius As90 viewsBare head left, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P / Libertas standing, facing, head right, holding pileus, left hand extended, S - C to left and right. Rome mint, AD 46 - 54. RIC 113 (pg. 130).socalcoins
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Diocletian Coded - gamma with BI - Siscia - RIC 263var90 viewsIMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG (1); CONSERVATOR AVGG; Radiate and cuirassed bust right (F); Jupiter on the right standing left and Diocletian on the left standng right facing each other, each sacrificing from patera, over a tripod type alter; with dot gamma dot XXI dot BI dot in ex.cscoppa
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Urbs Roma busts #190 viewsJust a couple of nice portraits. Pair #1
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Juba I90 viewsObverse: Diademed, draped bust of King Juba right, with pointed beard and hair in formal curls, scepter at shoulder, REX IVBA before
Reverse: Octastyle temple, Neo-Punic legend on either side (Yubai hammamleket).
Mint : North Africa-Numidia
Date : BC 60-46
Reference : Sear GCV, Vol II, 6607
Grade : VF
Denom: Denarius
Metal : Silver
Acquired: 07/07/04
Comments: The temple shown on the reverse is possibly a mix of Greek and Punic architecture with the flat roof with pediment a Punic style.
One of the last kings of Numidia (c. 60–46 BC), Juba supported the Pompeian side in the Roman civil war between Pompey and Julius Caesar. The kingdom fell in 46 BC at the Battle of Thapsus and was formed into a new province, Africa Nova. Caesar had Juba’s young son, Juba II, taken to Rome to be brought up in his household. Peattie
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Arcadius, RIC - Unk. , Alexandria90 viewsObv: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG
Bust: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE
Victory advancing left carrying trophy over shoulder and dragging captive.
Exe: Undecipherable. (dot) in field left.
Date: 383-388 AD
Denom: Ae4Bluefish
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Ticinum 40290 viewsAntoninianus
IMP C M AVR PROBO AVG
Radiate, draped bust right
RESTITVT SAEC
Emperor standing left, crowned by Victory
Ticinum Mint, VIXXT
RIC 402mauseus
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China, Tang Dynasty, Emperor Su Zong, AD 756-763, Large AE 5 Cash (35mm • 14,79gm). Double Rim Reverse.90 viewsO: Qian Yuan Zhong Bao. R: Double rim. Jen 144v. Nice VF with attractive green and earthen patina.
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Philip II of Macedon -3rd- 359-336BC Æ 1890 views
Macedonia, Philip II, Æ 18 * (copper or bronze)
Obv.: Diademed head of Apollo* right
Rev.: Equestrian; Nude youth holding long palm(?), on prancing horse, right facing. ΦΙΛΙΠΠ[ΟΥ] above, symbol or monogram formed with Lambda L and pellet centered within, beneath horse, between horse's legs.
Mint: Pella (probable)
Struck: 359-336 BC.
Size: 18 mm.
Weight: ca. 5.9 grams
Patina: Beautiful multi-color, subtle-blending of dark olive, copper, near-jade green and some lighter tones toward silver, gray, brown. Lovely eloquent gloss over-all.
Similar to SNGCop 583 (?)
* Olympian
Tiathena
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PROTO-COINAGE, Ring money, Celtic, before 300 B.C.90 views1.7 gm 13.3 mm Silver ring with three knobs.
Measure was taken without the knobs. Very likely produced prior to 300 BC. This coin is very interesting in that it is theorized that most of these were melted down to provide the silver for Greek imitative coinage.
It is highly prized and considered rare.
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Septimius Severus - Mars Victor90 viewsDenarius 198
O/ L SEPT SEV AUG IMP XI PART MAX Laureate head right
R/ MARTI - VICTORI Mars, naked to waist, standing half-right, holding shield and spear; a captive below shield
C 321 - RIC 509
Mint: Laodicea ad Mareseptimus
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Galerius RIC VI, Carthago 26(b)90 viewsGalerius AD 305 - 311
AE - Follis, 11.36g, 28.5mm
Carthago 4th officina, c. AD 298
obv. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
laureate head r.
rev. FELIX A - D - VENT AVGG NN
Africa stdg. facing, head l., in long drapery with elephant-skin head-dress, r.
holding standard, l. tusk; at feet to l., lion with captured bull.
in l. field: I
exergue: PK Delta
RIC VI, Carthago 26(b)
VF
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CRISPUS 12,5 denarii Nicomedia90 viewsD N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES
Laureated, draped and cuirassed bust right
IOVI CONS - ERVATORI
Jupiter standing left, leaning on sceptre with eagle,Victory on globe in right hand, eagle holding wreath to left, captive on ground to right
/XII Gamma / SMNGamma
Nicomedia mint
RIC. VII, 48 r2
gb29400
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Hadrian Denarius90 viewsHadrian
c 136 AD
OBV: HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP
REV: RESTITVTORI GALLIAE
Hadrian raising Gaul
RIC 324, RSC 1247, BMC 877, Sear 3534
Ex Malter Galleries
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Valentinian I, Ae3, Siscia RIC IX 15(a)subXXXV, 367-375 AD90 viewsObv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG
Pearl diademed and draped bust, right
Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVPLICAE
Victory advancing left.
2.4 gm, 17.2 mm, Exergue: R over ζ /ΓSISCS/F
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Claudius II (Gothicus)90 viewsObv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG
Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: LIBERALITAS AVG
Liberalitas standing left, holding coin counting board (abacus) and cornucopiae.
Billon Antoninianus, 2 gm, 19.4 mm, Rome RIC 57
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Vespasian 69-79 denarius90 viewsOb. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Laurate head left
(Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus) ) The supreme commander Vespasian of great dignity, sovereign
Rev. COS VIII Pair of oxen.
(Consul VIII) Consul for the eighth time
Ref. Sear 673, RIC II 107
Year AD77
-:Bacchus:-
Pity about the dig on this oneBacchus
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INDIA, South India, "Octopus Man" Stater, Cholas, Raja Raja I90 viewsobv: Raja Raja standing
rev: God seated
Struck 985-1016 A.D.
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Probus - Clementia Temp90 viewsIMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG
Bust type C, radiate, draped, cuirassed, seen from behind
CLEMENTIA TEMP
Emperor standing right, holding sceptre, receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre.
Gamma/pellet in center, XXI in ex.
RIC VII Antioch 922
2nd emission, third officina, 280 AD
whitetd49
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590 viewsObverse
PHILIPPVS monogram
Crowned date (unclear, 1641?)
Cartouche date (unclear)
Reverse
REX monogram
Cartouche 8
VIII over MDmauseus
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Maxentius, Follis90 viewsReduced follis, 5.4 gm. 24.4 mm.
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
Laureate head, right.
Rev: AET_ERNITAS A_VG N
The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollox) standing naked with Chlamys over shoulder and leaning on scepter, facing each other while each restains a horse.
Minted between 309-312 at Ostia. mm: MOSTT, RIC VI, 35.
Comment: Pollox on the right seems especially happy!
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Postumus PROVDENTIA AVG RIC V/2 8090 viewsAnt, 21mm, 3.33g.
Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust R.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing L holding globe and sceptre.
Trier, Officina A, Issue 3.
RIC 80, Common.Robert_Brenchley
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Valentinian I- SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE90 viewsValentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D.
Valentinian I was proclaimed emperor shortly after the death of Jovian in 364 A.D. Taking command of the Western provinces, Valentinian spent most of his reign combating the barbarian invasions along the Rhine frontier
Obverse:
Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG
D N: Dominus Noster, our lord
VALENTINIANVS: Valentianus
P F: Pius Felix
AVG: Augustus, emperor
Reverse:
SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, The security of the republic
SECVRITAS: Security
REIPVBLICAE: Republic
Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm.
Domination: Copper AE3, size 17 mm
Mint: Asis, Siscia A= Alpha First Officina.
Comment:
Mint is Siscia, but I cant make out the control marks on the fields, so it could be RIC 7a or RIC 15a
Peter Wissing
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Zeugitana, Carthage, 3rd -2nd century BC90 viewsÆ25 (billon), 23mm, 8.89g, VF
Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn, wearing earring / Horse standing right, looking back, right foreleg raised; pellet beneath
Sear 6517; SNG Cop 396Lawrence W
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 23. Macrinus, HrHJ (2018) 8.23.34.0290 viewsMacrinus, AD 217-218
AE 27, 12.57g, 27.06mm, 180°
struck under governorMarcus Marcus Claudius Agrippa
obv. AV K OPPEL CEV - H MAKRI[NOC]
bust, cuirassed, Aegis with erected snake on left shoulder, laureate, r.
rev. VP AGRIPPA NIKOPOL / ITWN PROC / ICTRW
Emperor with raised r. hand, standing in quadriga r., led by soldier, head l.,
carrying standard with banner on l. shoulder; above tropaeum with two
captives, sitting on the ground at each side.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1712, pl. XIX, 226
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3405
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.23.34.2 (same dies)
about VF
added to www.wildwinds.com
Jochen
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 22. Geta, HrHJ (2018) 8.22.04.0190 viewsGeta, AD 209-212
AE 28, 11.51g, 28.01mm, 45°
struck under governor Flavius Ulpianus
obv. AVT K P CE - [P] GETAC AV
bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. V FL [O ]VLPIAN - NIKOPOLIT / PROC I
Athena, in long garment and mantle, helmeted, standing facing, head r., resting with l. hand
on shield set on short column, holding in r. hand long sceptre entwined by a snake.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1665
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3290 corr. (writes shield set on helmet)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.22.4.1
d) SNG Budapest 379* (not ill.)
good VF/about Vf, portrait!, nice green patina
A specimen from same dies Blancon list 41, 2003, 743 with that obv. legend (Curtis Clay).Jochen
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1505c, Theodosius I, 379 - 395 A.D. (Constantinople)90 viewsTheodosius I (379 - 395 AD) AE3. 388-394 AD, RIC IX 27(a)3, Third Officina. Seventh Period. 20.27 mm. 4.8gm. Near VF with black and earthen patina. Constantinople. Obverse: DN THEODO-SIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right; Reverse: GLORIA-ROMANORVM, Theodosius I standing, facing, holding labarum and globe, CONSB in exergue (scarcer reverse). A Spanish find.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families
THEODOSIUS I (379-395 A.D.)
David Woods
University College of Cork
Origin and Early Career
Flavius Theodosius was born at Cauca in Spain in about 346 to Thermantia and Theodosius the Elder (so-called to distinguish him from his son). Theodosius the Elder was a senior military officer serving in the Western empire and rose to become the magister equitum praesentalis under the emperor Valentinian I from late 368 until his execution in early 375. As the son of a soldier, Theodosius was legally obliged to enter upon a military career. He seems to have served under his father during his expedition to Britain in 367/8, and was the dux Moesiae Primae by late 374. Unfortunately, great controversy surrounds the rest of his career until Gratian had him hailed as his imperial colleague in succession to the emperor Valens at Sirmium on 19 January 379. It is clear that he was forced to retire home to Spain only to be recalled to active service shortly thereafter, but the circumstances of his forced retirement are shrouded in mystery. His father was executed at roughly the same time, and much speculation has centred on the relationship between these events.
[For a very detailed and interesting discussion of the Foreign Policy of Theodosius and the Civil Wars that plagued his reign, please see http://www.roman-emperors.org/theo1.htm]
Family and Succession
Theodosius married twice. His first wife was the Spanish Aelia Flavia Flaccilla. She bore him Arcadius ca. 377, Honorius on 9 September 384, and Pulcheria ca. 385. Theodosius honoured her with the title of Augusta shortly after his accession, but she died in 386. In late 387 he married Galla, daughter of Valentinian I and full-sister of Valentinian II. She bore him Gratian ca. 388, Galla Placidia ca. 388/390, and died in childbirth in 394, together with her new-born son John. Of his two sons who survived infancy, he appointed Arcadius as Augustus on 19 January 383 and Honorius as Augustus on 23 January 393. His promotion of Arcadius as a full Augustus at an unusually young age points to his determination right from the start that one of his own sons should succeed him. He sought to strengthen Arcadius' position in particular by means of a series of strategic marriages whose purpose was to tie his leading "generals" irrevocably to his dynasty. Hence he married his niece and adoptive daughter Serena to his magister militum per Orientem Stilicho in 387, her elder sister Thermantia to a "general" whose name has not been preserved, and ca. 387 his nephew-in-law Nebridius to Salvina, daughter of the comes Africae Gildo. By the time of his death by illness on 17 January 395, Theodosius had promoted Stilicho from his position as one of the two comites domesticorum under his own eastern administration to that of magister peditum praesentalis in a western administration, in an entirely traditional manner, under his younger son Honorius. Although Stilicho managed to increase the power of the magister peditum praesentalis to the disadvantage of his colleague the magister equitum praesentalis and claimed that Theodosius had appointed him as guardian for both his sons, this tells us more about his cunning and ambition than it does about Theodosius' constitutional arrangements.
Theodosius' importance rests on the fact that he founded a dynasty which continued in power until the death of his grandson Theodosius II in 450. This ensured a continuity of policy which saw the emergence of Nicene Christianity as the orthodox belief of the vast majority of Christians throughout the middle ages. It also ensured the essential destruction of paganism and the emergence of Christianity as the religion of the state, even if the individual steps in this process can be difficult to identify. On the negative side, however, he allowed his dynastic interests and ambitions to lead him into two unnecessary and bloody civil wars which severely weakened the empire's ability to defend itself in the face of continued barbarian pressure upon its frontiers. In this manner, he put the interests of his family before those of the wider Roman population and was responsible, in many ways, for the phenomenon to which we now refer as the fall of the western Roman empire.
Copyright (C) 1998, David Woods.
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
There is a nice segue here, as we pick-up John Julius Norwich's summation of the reign of Theodosius, "Readers of this brief account of his career may well find themselves wondering, not so much whether he deserved the title of 'the Great' as how he ever came to acquire it in the first place. If so, however, they may also like to ask themselves another question: what would have been the fate of the Empire if, at that critical moment in its history after the battle of Adrianople, young Gratian had not called him from his Spanish estates and put the future of the East into his hands? . . . the probability is that the whole Empire of the East would have been lost, swallowed up in a revived Gothic kingdom, with effects on world history that defy speculation.
In his civil legislation he showed, again and again, a consideration for the humblest of his subjects that was rare indeed among rulers of the fourth century. What other prince would have decreed that any criminal, sentenced to execution, imprisonment or exile, must first be allowed thirty days' grace to put his affairs in order? Or that a specified part of his worldly goods must go to his children, upon whom their father's crimes must on no account be visited? Or that no farmer should be obliged to sell his produce to the State at a price lower than he would receive on the open market?
Had he earned his title? Not, perhaps, in the way that Constantine had done or as Justinian was to do. But, if not ultimately great himself, he had surely come very close to greatness; and had he reigned as long as they did his achievements might well have equalled theirs. He might even have saved the Western Empire. One thing only is certain: it would be nearly a century and a half before the Romans would look upon his like again" (Norwich, John Julius. Byzantium, the Early Centuries. London: Penguin Group, 1990. 116-7;118).
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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BYZANTINE, Latin Trachy 1204-1261 Constantinople90 viewsObv: Christ Enthroned
Rev: Emperor with Sword and Globus Cruciger
Sear 2045
This coin has nine holes around the periphery of the design, so it can be sewn onto clothing.
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Pantikapaion, Old Pan90 viewsBlack Sea, Pantikapaion City Issue, struck 314-310 BC
26mm, 11.1g
Obv.: Head of Old Pan left, wreathed in ivy
Rev.: ΠANTI, Bow and Arrow.
Anokhin 110
ex NRCareich
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Valentinian III - CONCORDIA AVG90 viewsAttribution:RIC X 434,438- LRBC 2237,2603
Obv: DN VALENTINIANO PF AVG-Pearl diadem,draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: CONCOR-DIA AVG-Victory facing with two wreaths
Ex.?
Comments:Full readable legends and center strike.The finest example of this type I have ever seen.One of my personal favorites and maybe the best coin I own.
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 10. Commodus, HrHJ (2018) 8.10.32.02 (plate coin)90 viewsCommodus, AD 177-192
AE 26, 12.68g, 26.29mm, 100°
struck under governor Caecilius Servilianus
obv. AV - T KAI MAR AVRH - KOMODOC
head, laureate, r.
rev. HG - EMO KAIKI CERBEILIA.NEIKOPO PROC ICT
River-god, bearded, leaning l., holding rudder(?) in outstretched r. hand, resting
with l. arm on urn from whitch water flows l.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1235, pl. XVII, 31
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2160
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.10.32.2 (plate coin)
d) not in RPC online
rare, about VF
The object in the r. hand of the river-god appears as a thin stick but should be a rudder; anyway it is no reed as Santini has suggested (Pick).
The big bronzes from Commodus are from bad style. They all seem to come from the same die-cutter, perhaps his first ones (Pick). Jochen
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Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 25. Diadumenian, HrJ (2013) 6.25.13.05 var.90 viewsDiadumenian, AD 217-218
AE 24 (so-called 'Dreier'), 7.08g, 23.92mm, 30°
obv. M OPELLION(sic!) ANTWNEINOC KAICAR
bust, draped, and cuirassed, bare-headed, r.
rev. MARKIANO - POLEITWN
Artemis, in short chiton and waving chlamys, wearing boots, advancing r.,
holding bow in l. hand and with r. hand drawing arrow from quiver behind r.
shoulder; dog jumping r. at her feet.
Gamma in l. field (for Triassarion)
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 788 (4 ex., but AE 27!)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 1314
c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.25.13.5 var. (without Gamma in field)
rare, F+/VF, nice glossy green patina
'Dreier' are rather rare. They are known for
Julia Domna
Diadumenian (with Gamma)
Elagabal (with Gamma), recently found
Mamaea (with Gamma)
Gordian III
Tranquillina (with Gamma)
The rev. is always Artemis as Huntress.Jochen
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Trajan - Sestertius90 viewsThe reverse legend is REX PARTHIS DATVS (King given to Parthians) : Trajan in military flight-suit seated on a curule chair on top of a platform, his Praetorian Prefect standing behind him, presents the pro-Roman puppet-king Parthamaspates (in Parthian attire) to an allegory of Parthia kneeling in gratitude.
Nice example of Roman propaganda. It is difficult today to figure how Romans could be so naive they would believe it. Notice Trajan's size : if he stood up from his chair, the Praetorian prefect would look like a dwarf.Ginolerhino
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Anastasius (before 498) - AE4 (nummus) 7mm90 viewsNo legend visible, diademed and draped bust right
Monogram of Anastasius
diameter : 7 mm. This is what I call small change.Ginolerhino
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Aelia Flaccilla, RIC IX, Heraclea 2590 viewsAelia Flaccilla AD 379-388, 1st wife of Theodosius I
AE- AE 2, 4.73g
Heraclea 1st officina, 25 Aug. 383 - 28 Aug. 388
obv. AEL FLAC - CILLA AVG
Bust, draped with elaborate headdress, necklace and mantle, r.
rev. SALVS REI - PVBLICAE
Empress standing frontal, head r., with arms crossed before breast
in ex. dot SMHA
star in l. field, cross in r. field
RIC IX, Heraclea 25 type 2; C.6
scarce, good VF, green patina
Usually all coins of Aelia Flaccilla are not common
Jochen
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Phocas half-follis90 viewsHalf-follis, 603-610, Cyzic, 5.5g, 23mm.vercingetorix
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Roman Didius Julianus Sestertius90 viewsDidius Iulianus Sestertius, 193 AD, Rome.
Obv: IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right.
Rev: CONCORD MILIT / S - C, Concordia standing front, head left, holding legionary eagle and standard.
RIC IV, Part 1, 14 (R)
Rare
Tanit
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Corduba semis (1)90 viewsObserve: (C)N. IVLI. L. (F.Q.) Venus head to the right, behind 3 pellets.
Reverse: CORD(VBA). Eros lookinng to the left, holding a cornucopia and a torch?. 3 pellets below
Weight: 5,6 gr. Size: 20 mm.
FAB: 1558.Corduba
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Carmo as (1)90 viewsObserve: Helmeted head to the right within a wreath.
Reverse: CARMO within central tablet between two grain ears to the rigth.
Weight: 24,6 gr. Size: 33 mm.
FAB. 344
Dated: 150-100 B.C.
Carmo is todays Carmona a town near Seville.Corduba
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Alexander III 'The Great' | Zeus - Macedonian Kingdom, AR Drachm, 337 to 323 BC.90 views
Alexander III 'The Great' | Zeus - Silver drachm
Obv: Head of Alexander in guise of Herakles, wearing lion-skin headdress, right-facing.
Rev: Zeus enthroned, nude to waste, left-facing, holding and gazing at eagle in outstretched right hand, scepter in raised left hand; monogram TI before the god, below the eagle - second eagle below the monogram(?): [A]LEXANDROY down-vertical in right field.
Exergue: None.
Mint: Sardis
Struck: 310-301 BC. (Posthumous issue)
Size: 14.9 x 15.9 mm.
Weight: 4.27 grams.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Quite fine. Beautiful, bright, clear, lustrous with subtle but distinctive toning. Nicely centered, well struck with excellent images, legend and monogram, in fine relief.
Refs:*
Müller 186.
Reference: Price - 2617
Tiathena
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BHM 0685. King George III, Golden Jubilee of his Reign, 1810.90 viewsObv. Cuirassed, draped bust of George III, bare head, right. GOD SAVE THE KING
Rev. GEO III COMPLETED THE FIFTIETH YEAR OF HIS REIGN OCTBOER 25 1810 Attributes of Time etc. entwined with a ribbon on which reads WE PRAISE THEE O GOD.
White Metal 42mm. BHM 685LordBest
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Fausta, Trier90 viewsFLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG
Mantled and bareheaded bust right with waved hair
SPES REIP-VBLICAE
Empress (as Salus) standing facing, looking left, head veiled, and holding two children in her arms.
PTR(cresent with pellet)
Trier
RIC 484
Ae 19mm; 3.03g
arizonarobin
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TRAJAN DECIUS 248-251 A.D. Caesarea Maritima mint AE2890 viewsObv:bust r, luar cuirassed
Rev:two eagles holding weath un beak between them a military standard inscribed L III GAL
AE28 Maritima
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Marcus Aurelius, Tomis, Hermes , AE1890 viewsAE18, 3.7g, 180°
obv: KAICAPI BHRΩ, draped, bare head bust left
rev: TOMI-TΩN, Hermes stands facing, head left, wears chlamys, holds caduceus and pouch
Varbanov 4740, SGI -
dealer's picture
ex FORVMareich
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Tiberius denarius90 views
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Egypt, Nome Arsinoites, Hadrian, Milne 122990 viewsHadrian, AD 117-138
AE - Obol, 4.52g, 19.19mm, o°
126/127 (year 11)
obv. AVT KAI - TRAI ADRIANOC
Bust, slightly draped on far shoulder, laureate, r.
rev. ARCI - LIA (year 11)
Head of pharao Amenemhet III r., wearing nemes head-cloth and Uraeus
ref. Milne 1229; Dattari 6210; Emmett 1221; Geissen 3381/3382; BMC 72/73; SNG Copenhagen 1083/1084
rare, good F
The nome coins have been struck in Alexandria for the other districts of Egypt. They are considered as rare. Often they show local deities.
The Arsinoites nome corresponds to the oasis Fayum called crocodile district too. Amenemhet III, a pharao from the 12th dynasty, has cultivated and drained that oasis. A local cult for this pharao was wide spread in Fayum.
The nemes head-cloth is known from the famous bust of Tutenkhamun too.
Jochen
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02-10 - M. ATILIUS SARANUS (148 A.C.)90 viewsAE AS 29 mm 20.4 gr
Anv: Cabeza bifronte barbada y laureada de Jano - "I" (Marca de valor = 1 AS) sobre la cabeza.
Rev: Proa de galera a derecha - "M.ATILI" arriba, "ROMA" debajo e "I" en campo derecho.
Ceca: Roma
Referencias: Sear RCTV Vol.1 #727 Pag.200 - Craw RRC #214/2a - Syd CRR #399 - BMCRR #692mdelvalle
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ENGLAND - William III90 viewsEngland, William III (Alone - 1694-1702) 1 Crown, Silver. First bust. KM486.dpaul7
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Alexander Jannaeus (103-76BC) Hendin 46790 viewsPrutah, 15mm, 2.14g.
Obverse: ALEXANDROU BASILEWS, anchor within diadem.
Reverse: Aramaic inscription, HMLK YHNTN (Yehonatan the king) , Lily flower.
Hendin 467
TJC N1Robert_Brenchley
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A137-12 - Valentiniano I (364 - 375 D.C.)90 viewsAE3 Centenional 19 x 18 mm 2.2 gr.
Anv: "DN VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG" - Busto con diadema de perlas, coraza y Paludamentum (capote militar) sobre ella, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE" - Victoria avanzando a izquierda, portando una corona en la mano de su brazo derecho extendido y una hoja de palma en la izquierda. "ΓSISCV" en exergo, " * / K " en campo izquierdo y "Q" en campo derecho.
Acuñada 367 - 375 D.C.
Ceca: Siscia (Off.3ra.)
Rareza: C
Referencias: RIC Vol.IX (Siscia) #15a Pag.147 tipo xxvii - Cohen Vol.VIII #37 Pag.92 - DVM #46 Pag.308 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #9034.f.3. Pag.269 - Sear RCTV (1988) #4103mdelvalle
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009. Vespasian, 68-79AD. AE Aes.90 viewsAE Aes. Rome mint.
Obv. Laureate head right IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VII
Rev. Aequitas standing left holding patera and sceptre AEQVITAS AVGVSTI S-C
RIC 890.
Lovely patina.
Edit: Thanks David Atherton for the attribution correction
LordBest
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Roman Anonymous quadrans90 viewsAnonymous Quadrans. AE.
Bearded head of Tiber r., crowned with reed.
Rev. SC The Roman she-wolf standing r., suckling the Twins Romulus and Remus.
RIC II, 217, 17. C. VIII, 269, 22.
Rare.Tanit
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FA027139-0100108-I449. Constantine I AE Follis. Treveri Mint. Marti Conservatori.90 viewsObv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; bust B; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: MARTI CONSERVATORI; Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars right.
Mint marks:
23.8mm; 4.0g; 0 deg.
Minted 310-313 AD.
RIC VI 884; C2.Varangian
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Postumus IMP X COS V RIC V/2 28990 viewsAnt, 20mm, 3.81g.
Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust R.
Reverse: IMP X COS V, Victory standing R with wreath & palm.
Trier, Officina B, Issue 7. AD 269.
RIC V/2 289, Scarce.
Struck at the end of Postumus' reign, and silvered not billon.Robert_Brenchley
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Sabina, Denarius90 viewsRome mint AD 129
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P , draped bust right
CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated left holding patera, resting on a statuette of Spes, Cornucopia beneath her seat.
3.22 gr
Ref : Cohen # 12, RCV # 3919Potator II
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90 viewsSear Byzantine Coins and their Values # sb1760
Romanus I. 920-944 AD. Æ Follis. Constantinople
mint. Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre and
globus cruciger / +RWMA /N EN QEW bA SILE
VS RW/MAIWN. Coin #409
cars100
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Germanicus, As90 viewsPosthumous issue of Caligula, in honour of his father (died AD 19)
Rome mint, AD 37-38
GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVGVST F DIVI AVG N, Bare head of Germanicus left
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around large SC
10,64 gr
Ref : RCV #1821, Cohen #1Potator II
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[2402] Kingdom of Pergamon, Attalos I AR Tetradrachm. 241-197 BC.90 viewsAttalos I, AR Tetradrachm. SNG von Aulock 1358. 28mm - 16.8 grams. aVF. Obverse: Laureate & diademed head of Philetairos right; Reverse: FILETAIROU, Athena enthroned left, holding wreath in right hand, left elbow resting on shield set on ground behind, spear below; grape bunch to outer left, A to inner left, bow to outer right. Ex Nemesis.
Attalus I
Attalus I (in Greek Attalos) Soter (Greek: "Savior"; 269 BC – 197 BC) ruled Pergamon, a Greek polis in what is now Turkey, first as dynast, later as king, from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was the second cousin (some say the grand-nephew) and the adoptive son of Eumenes I, whom he succeeded, and was the first of the Attalid dynasty to assume the title of king in 238 BC. He was the son of Attalus (in Greek Attalos) and wife Antiochis, Princess of Syria.
Attalus won an important victory over the Galatians, newly arrived Celtic tribes from Thrace, who had been, for more than a generation, plundering and exacting tribute throughout most of Asia Minor without any serious check. This victory, celebrated by the triumphal monument at Pergamon, famous for its Dying Gaul, and the liberation from the Gallic "terror" which it represented, earned for Attalus the name of "Soter", and the title of "king."
A courageous and capable general and loyal ally of Rome, he played a significant role in the first and second Macedonian Wars, waged against Philip V of Macedon. He conducted numerous naval operations, harassing Macedonian interests throughout the Aegean, winning honors, collecting spoils, and gaining for Pergamon possession of the Greek islands of Aegina during the first war, and Andros during the second, twice narrowly escaping capture at the hands of Philip.
He died in 197 BC, shortly before the end of the second war, at the age of 72, having suffered an apparent stroke while addressing a Boeotian war council some months before. He enjoyed a famously happy domestic life, shared with his wife and four sons. He was succeeded as king by his son Eumenes II.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attalus_I
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Cleisthenes
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Miletos, Ionia90 viewscirca 525 BC
AR Twelth Stater (Diobol?) (9mm, 1.11g)
O: Head of roaring lion left.
R: Star ornament within incuse square.
SNG Cop 944v; Grose 8210; Sear 3533; BMC 14 186,34 Enodia
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Judaea, Alexander Jannaeus, TJC Q21 var.90 viewsJudaea, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103-76 BC
AE - Prutah, 1.51g, 13.15mm, 0°
Jerusalem
obv. Paleo-Hebrew legendin 4 lines within laurel-wreath:
×™×”×•× / תן ×” ×› ×’ / דול ו ×— / בר ×” / מ
from r. to l.:
= YHWN / TN H K G / DWL W (Ch) / BR H / M(?)
= Yehonatan Ha K[ohen] Gadol We Chaver Ha [Yehud]im
= Yehonatan the High Priest and Council of the Jews
rev. Double cornucopiae, filled with fruits and a grain-ear each, decorated with ribbons hanging down, a pomegranate with long stalk between horns, in dotted circle
ref. Hendin 474; AJC Fa21; TJC Q21 var.
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This type has no article before the title! And it has GDWL instead of GDL!
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Transnistria90 viewsKm1 - 1 Kopek - 2000
Km2 - 5 Kopek - 2000
Km3 - 10 Kopek - 2000
Km5 - 25 Kopek - 2002
Km4 - 50 Kopek - 2000Daniel F
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