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193-211 AD - Septimius Severus - RIC IV 176 - Limes Denarius - PART MAX PM TR P VIIII70 viewsEmperor: Septimius Severus (r. 193-211 AD)
Date: 201 AD (later) or after
Condition: aFine
Denomination: Limes Denarius
Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Emperor Severus Pius
Head right, laureate
Reverse: PART MAX PM TR P VIIII
Victor over Parthia Chief Priest Tribune Ninth Term.
Trophy and two captives.
Limes Denarius of: RIC IV Septimius Severus 176; VM 95 (Rome mint)
2.89g; 18.3mm; 195°Pep
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Severus Alexander Pax70 viewsSeverus Alexander, 223 A.D., Rome.
OBV: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped bust right.
REV: P M TR P II COS P P, Pax standing left with olive branch and scepter.
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33070 viewsAnon, time of Constantine I, c.330 AD
AR third siliqua
Helmeted bust of Roma right
P
Constantinople mint?
Cohen 3
This series is interesting and comprises of several issues of both fractional silver and bronze dating between the 4th and 6th centuries AD (according to Bendall, RN 2002, pp 139-59).
This piece (type 2a) belongs to his early series from c.330 AD. Although no mintmarks are present it is believed the coin was struck in Constantinople due to the provenance of most of the recorded specimens and was probably issued around the time of the dedication of the "new Rome" in the east.mauseus
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1501s, Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. (Siscia)70 viewsValentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. Bronze AE 3, RIC 5(a) ii, VF, Siscia, 1.905g, 19.3mm, 0o, 25 Feb 364 - 24 Aug 367 A.D. Obverse: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor dragging captive with right, labarum (chi-rho standard) in left, •GSISC in exergue.
De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families
Valentinian I (364-375 AD.)
Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Valentinian was one of Rome's last great warrior emperors. Flavius Valentinianus, was born in A.D. 321 at Cibalis (modern Vinkovci) in southern Pannonia. His father Gratian was a soldier renowned for his strength and wrestling skills. Gratian had an illustrious career in the army, rising from staff officer to tribune, to comes Africae, and finally [i/comes Britanniae.
The emperor Jovian died on 17 February 364, apparently of natural causes, on the border between Bithynia and Galatia. The army marched on to Nicaea, the nearest city of any consequence, and a meeting of civil and military officials was convened to choose a new emperor. The assembly finally agreed upon Valentinian.
On 26 February 364, Valentinian accepted the office offered to him. As he prepared to make his accession speech, the soldiers threatened to riot, apparently uncertain as to where his loyalties lay. Valentinian reassured them that the army was his greatest priority. Furthermore, to prevent a crisis of succession if he should die prematurely, he agreed to pick a co-Augustus. According to Ammianus, the soldiers were astounded by Valentinian’s bold demeanor and his willingness to assume the imperial authority. His decision to elect a fellow-emperor could also be construed as a move to appease any opposition among the civilian officials in the eastern portion of the empire. By agreeing to appoint a co-ruler, he assured the eastern officials that someone with imperial authority would remain in the east to protect their interests. After promoting his brother Valens to the rank of tribune and putting him in charge of the royal stables on March 1, Valentinian selected Valens as co-Augustus at Constantinople on 28 March 364, though this was done over the objections of Dagalaifus. Ammianus makes it clear, however, that Valens was clearly subordinate to his brother.
Ammianus and Zosimus as well as modern scholars praise Valentinian for his military accomplishments. He is generally credited with keeping the Roman empire from crumbling away by “. . . reversing the generally waning confidence in the army and imperial defense . . ..” Several other aspects of Valentinian's reign also set the course of Roman history for the next century.
Valentinian deliberately polarized Roman society, subordinating the civilian population to the military. The military order took over the old prestige of the senatorial nobility. The imperial court, which was becoming more and more of a military court, became a vehicle for social mobility. There were new ideas of nobility, which was increasingly provincial in character. By this it is meant that the imperial court, not the Senate, was the seat of nobility, and most of these new nobles came from the provinces. With the erosion of the old nobility, the stage was set for the ascendancy of Christianity. Ammianus makes it clear that actions such as these were part of a systematic plan by Valentinian to erode the power and prestige of the senatorial aristocracy. Several pieces of extant legislation seem to confirm Ammianus’ allegations that Valentinian was eroding senatorial prestige.
Valentinian's reign affords valuable insights into late Roman society, civilian as well as military. First, there was a growing fracture between the eastern and western portions of the empire. Valentinian was the last emperor to really concentrate his resources on the west. Valens was clearly in an inferior position in the partnership. Second, there was a growing polarization of society, both Christian versus pagan, and civil versus military. Finally there was a growing regionalism in the west, driven by heavy taxation and the inability of Valentinian to fully exercise military authority in all areas of the west. All of these trends would continue over the next century, profoundly reshaping the Roman empire and western Europe.
By Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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Gordian III Antoninianus 238-244AD70 viewsOb. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed
Rev. PAX AVGVSTI - Pax advancing left, holding branch and scepter
Ref. RIC IV 214(b)
24mm
Antioch mint
242-244AD
-:Bacchus:-Bacchus
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BYZANTINE, Andronicus II and Michael IX 1295-1320 Thessalonica Matched Dies70 viewsTwo Coins With Die-Matched Reverses: Michael Crowned By Andronicus.
Obverses (Six-Pointed Star) are indistinct and not pictured.
Sear 2457
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Saloninus, Göbl 914 (Cologne)70 viewsSaloninus, AD 258-260, son of Gallienus
AE - Antoninianus, 3.24g, 21mm, 180°
struck AD 256(?) in Cologne
obv. SALON VALERIANVS CAES
bust, draped, radiate, r.
rev. PIETAS AVG
priestly implement; from left: lituus, knife, guttus, simpuvium, aspergillum
Göbl 914 (Cologne); RIC V/1, 9; C.41
about VF, some wear of the legends, but nice portrait neverthelessJochen
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Bithynia, Nikaia, Severus Alexander, SNG von Aulock 60670 viewsSeverus Alexander 222-235
AE 25, 9.18g
obv. M AVR CEVH - ALEZANDROC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. NI - [K] - AIEΩ - N
Dionysos, draped, with ivy wreath, holding thyrsos, sitting r., head turned l. to a female figure (probably Nikaia), stg. frontal, head with chignon r., holding wreath in r. hand.
SNG von Aulock 606 (C. Rhodes)
very rare, about VF
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'.Jochen
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Caracalla, AE 24 Diassaria70 viewsM AVREL ANTONIN
Bust laureate, right
MVNI STOB
Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath and palm
Josifovski 418, same dies (V99, R124)
Kuzmanovic Collection 806whitetd49
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70770 viewsCarausius 287-93AD
"Denarius"
Obv "IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev "ADVENTVS AVG"
Carausius on horseback left, captive under foot
Unmarked mint
RIC 707mauseus
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Agrippa II PANIAS mint70 viewsAgrippa II, 56-95 AD, bronze of 17 mm.
Bust of Nero to right
Wreath with Greek legend naming BOTH Agrippa II and Nero within. ΠΙΕ\ΒΑΣΙΛΕ\ΑΓΡΙΠΠ\ΝΕΡΩ\ΝΙΕ
Hendin 582. This is the middle of three denominations of this early type of Agrippa II as king.
ΠΙΕ\ΒΑΣΙΛΕ\ΑΓΡΙΠΠ\ΝΕΡΩ\ΝΙΕ
Maritima
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Claudius II FORTVNAE RED RIC V/1 15170 viewsAnt, 19mm, 2.87g.
Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS PF AVG, Radiate and draped bust R.
Reverse: FORTVNAE RED, Fortuna standing L with rudder and cornucopia.
Exe: S.
Mediolanum.
RIC V/1 151, Common.
Some silvering.Robert_Brenchley
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1ag Marcus Junius Brutus70 viewsTook his own life in 42 BC after being defeated at Philippi by Antony and Octavian
Denarius, issued as moneyer, 54 BC
Head of Liberty, right, LIBERTAS
Consul L. Junius Brutus between lictors, preceded by accensus, BRVTVS
Seaby, Junia 31
Plutarch wrote: Marcus Brutus was descended from that Junius Brutus to whom the ancient Romans erected a statue of brass in the capitol among the images of their kings with a drawn sword in his hand, in remembrance of his courage and resolution in expelling the Tarquins and destroying the monarchy. . . . But this Brutus, whose life we now write, having to the goodness of his disposition added the improvements of learning and the study of philosophy, and having stirred up his natural parts, of themselves grave and gentle, by applying himself to business and public affairs, seems to have been of a temper exactly framed for virtue; insomuch that they who were most his enemies upon account of his conspiracy against Caesar, if in that whole affair there was any honourable or generous part, referred it wholly to Brutus, and laid whatever was barbarous and cruel to the charge of Cassius, Brutus's connection and familiar friend, but not his equal in honesty and pureness of purpose. . . . In Latin, he had by exercise attained a sufficient skill to be able to make public addresses and to plead a cause; but in Greek, he must be noted for affecting the sententious and short Laconic way of speaking in sundry passages of his epistles. . . . And in all other things Brutus was partaker of Caesar's power as much as he desired: for he might, if he had pleased, have been the chief of all his friends, and had authority and command beyond them all, but Cassius and the company he met with him drew him off from Caesar. . . . Caesar snatching hold of the handle of the dagger, and crying out aloud in Latin, "Villain Casca, what do you?" he, calling in Greek to his brother, bade him come and help. And by this time, finding himself struck by a great many hands, and looking around about him to see if he could force his way out, when he saw Brutus with his dagger drawn against him, he let go Casca's hand, that he had hold of and covering his head with his robe, gave up his body to their blows. Blindado
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210 Basil II Bulgaroktonos, AD 976-102570 viewsGold histamenon nomisma, 25mm, 4.40g, aEF
Struck at Constantinople c. AD 1005-1025
+ IhS CIS REX REGNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wears pallium, colobium, and nimbus cruciger with crescents; raised right hand, Gospels in left; triple border / + bASIL C CONSTANT b R, facing crowned busts of Basil wearing loros of square pattern (left) and Constantine wearing jeweled chlamys; holding between them with right hands a long plain cross; manus Dei above Basil's head; triple border
Certificate of Authenticity by David R. Sear, ACCS
DOC 6a; Sear 1800; Wroth 12-13 Lawrence W
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Herod I - 2 prutot70 viewsHendin-490 / 1178 (01)
3.83 gramscmcdon0923
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Pontius Pilate - prutah (year 17 = 30AD)70 viewsHendin-649
1.80 gramscmcdon0923
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Mn. Fonteius, Crawford 353/1d70 viewsMn. Fonteius, gens Fonteia
AR - denar, 4.05g
Rome 85 BC
obv. Head of Apollo Vejovis, laureate, r.
MN FONTEI behind (MN ligate)
CF below chin, [thunderbolt below]
rev. Infant winged Genius riding goat right, caps of the Dioscouri surmounted by
stars to ight and left, thyrsus below, all within laurel wreath.
Crawford 353/1d; Sydenham 724b; Fonteia 11
about EF
The reverse of this coin imitates a statue in the temple of Vejovis in Rome, with Genius riding the goat Amalthea. Jupiter was suckled by Amalthea on Mount Ida, and her horns gave rise to the cornucopiae.
Jochen
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Faustina Junior, Funeral Pyre70 viewsDIVAE FAVSTIN AVG MATR CASTROR
Draped and veiled bust right
CONSE - CRATIO
Funerary monument of four stories, ornamented with garlands and statues
BMC698, C77, RIC747
2.75g; 17-19mm
arizonarobin
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Lucius Verus denar PAX70 viewsL VERVS AVG ARM - PARTH MAX
Laureate head right
R/ PAX in ex. TR P VI IMP IIII COS II
Pax standing left holding branch and cornucopiae
Denar, struck 166 in Rom
19 mm , 3,27g axis 180°
RIC.561 Cohen.126
nice patina
gb29400
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Phocas follis70 viewsFollis, 606-607, Nicomedia, 2nd officina, 11.3g, 29mm, chocolate patina.vercingetorix
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Victorinus VIRTVS AVG RIC V/2 78 var70 viewsAnt, 18mm, 3.13g.
Obverse: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust R.
Reverse: VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing L, in military dress, with spear, leaning on shield.
Trier, Issue 4.
RIC 78 var.Robert_Brenchley
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Anonymous Class H, time of Michael VII70 viewsAnonymous Class H, time of Michael VII
AE Follis
Ob: Nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising right hand in benediction
Rv: Patriarchal cross with globule and two pellets at each extremity, floral ornament in lower field
Minted 1071-1078 AD
7.30g / 24mm
Ref: Sear 1880Scotvs Capitis
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Numidia70 viewsKINGS of NUMIDIA. Micipsa. Circa 148-118 BC. Æ 25mm (14.52 gm). Laureate and bearded head left / Horse galloping left; pellet belowTanit
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33cf70 viewsAllectus 293-6
Antoninianus
IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG
Radiate bust left wearing trabea
PAX AVG
Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre
London mint
S/A//ML
RIC - (cf 33)
mauseus
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L. Procilius, Crawford 379/270 viewsL. Procilius, gens Procilia
AR - Denarius Serratus, 21mm, 4.14g
Rome, 80 BC
obv. Head of Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin, r.
S.C behind
rev. Juno Sospita, wearing shield and spear, in galloping biga r., beneath snake
in ex. L.PROCILI.F
Crawford 379/2; Sydenham 772; Procilia 2
about VF
L. Procilius generally is identified as the senator who was condemned because of its bad administration. Furthermore it is suggested that he is the historian Procilius. Else nothing is known about the gens Procilia. She seems to be from Lavinium as suggested by her motives.Jochen
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Marcus Aurelius, Denarius70 viewsMarcus Aurelius 161-180 A.D.
Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS
Rev: IVVENTAS
RIC 423a
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Nerva, Denarius70 viewsNerva 96-98 A.D.
Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG PM TRP COS III PP
Rev: FORTVNA AVGVST
RIC 16
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Domitian, AR Denarius70 views
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Julian II AE3 FEL TEMP SIRM70 viewsJulian seems to have had long hair,
curled at the ends, in the Sirmium mint. See also the example from Thessalonica.
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Denmark70 viewskm839.2 - 1 Ore (zinc) - 1967
Km840.2 - 2 Ore (zinc) - 1971
km849.1 - 10 Ore - 1963
Km815.2 - 25 Ore - 1919
Km851.1 - 1 Krone - 1971
Daniel F
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE - ABDUL HAMID I70 viewsAbdul Hamid I 1187 AH (1774 AD) Silver Para 14 mm, 0.31 g. dpaul7
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[301aby] Alexander III, The Great, 336-323 BC, AR Drachm (Lifetime Issue)70 viewsAlexander III, 336-323 BC, Silver Drachm; Minted during lifetime of Alexander the Great. Price-1503, Müller-907, struck 328-323BC at Abydus, 4.27 grams, 17.3 mm. Nice VF. Obverse: Head of young Herakles facing right, clad in lion's skin; Reverse: Zeus enthoned facing left, holding eagle and sceptre, his legs are parallel and resting on a stool, Hermes standing facing left in left field, monogram beneath throne. A very nice specimen of a lifetime drachm of Alexander III 'the Great' with Hermes as the mint symbol in the left field of the reverse. Just a touch of wear on both surfaces, but still quite attractive. Ex Glenn W. Woods.
Alexandros III Philippou Makedonon (356-323 BC)
"Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, single-handedly changed the entire nature of the ancient world in little more than ten years.
Born in the northern Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 356 BC, to Philip II and his formidable wife Olympias, Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle. Following his father's assassination in 336 BC, he inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom, which he had to secure - along with the rest of the Greek city states - before he could set out to conquer the massive Persian Empire, in revenge for Persia's earlier attempts to conquer Greece.
Against overwhelming odds, he led his army to victories across the Persian territories of Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt without incurring a single defeat. With his greatest victory at the Battle of Gaugamela, in what is now northern Iraq, in 331 BC, the young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, Overlord of Asia Minor and Pharaoh of Egypt also became Great King of Persia at the age of 25.
Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander, politician, scholar and explorer, Alexander led his army a further 11,000 miles, founding over 70 cities and creating an empire that stretched across three continents and covered some two million square miles.
The entire area from Greece in the west, north to the Danube, south into Egypt and as far east as the Indian Punjab, was linked together in a vast international network of trade and commerce. This was united by a common Greek language and culture, whilst the king himself adopted foreign customs in order to rule his millions of ethnically diverse subjects.
Primarily a soldier, Alexander was an acknowledged military genius who always led by example, although his belief in his own indestructibility meant he was often reckless with his own life and that of those he expected to follow him. The fact that his army only refused to do
so once, in the13 years of a reign during which there was constant fighting, indicates the loyalty he inspired.
Following his death in 323 BC at the age of only 32, his empire was torn apart in the power struggles of his successors. Yet Alexander's mythical status rapidly reached
epic proportions and inspired individuals as diverse as Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Louis XIV and Napoleon.
He continues to be portrayed according to the bias of those interpreting his achievements. He is either Alexander the Great or Iskander the Accursed, chivalrous knight or bloody monster, benign multi-culturalist or racist imperialist - but above all he is fully deserving of his
description as 'the most significant secular individual in history'."
By Dr. Joann Fletcher
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/alexander_the_great.shtml
"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer."--attributed to Plutarch, The Moralia.
http://www.pothos.org/alexander.asp?paraID=96
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Cleisthenes
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Asper70 viewsByzantine silver, Trebizond Empire, John II, 1280-1297 AD, AR Asper
Obverse: St. Eugenius stanidng holding long cross
Reverse: John standing holding labarum and akakia
Diameter approx 23.5 mm,
EMPIRE of TREBIZOND. John II. 1280-1297. AR Asper (2.75 g, 7h). Imitative issue. St. Eugenius, nimbate, standing facing, holding long cross with cross bar on shaft / John standing facing, holding lily-headed sceptre and globus cruciger. Cf. Retowski 16 (same obverse die); cf. SB 2609. Good VF, typical weak strike. ($200)
Retowski's aspers of his group B, section 1 have several anomalous features that set them apart from the normal series. On this one example, the cross held by St. Eugenius has a lower cross bar, not seen on any other example. Most of the Group B, 1 specimens have the saint's name ending in IOV, rather than the IOC or IO seen on standard varieties. On the reverse the emperor's cloak is shown as a single cross-hatched panel lacking the normal decorated chlamys end tied around his waist. In addition, on this unique example the emperor holds a lily-headed sceptre, rather than one with a labarum as on every other type. The lily sceptre does not appear elsewhere in the Trebizond series, but does occasionally show as an attribute in the Bulgarian royal series. See a bronze of Mitso Asen (1256-1263), Radishev p. 93. This coin, and others in group B, 1 are probably imitative issues copying Trebizond types, and may have been struck anywhere along the north shore of the Black Sea, where the Tartar Khanates ruled, occasionally holding the Bulgarian kings as their vassals.
http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=107443&AucID=121&Lot=1136
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SCOTLAND - ALEXANDER III70 viewsSILVER PENNY OF ALEXANDER III SCOTLAND (Reigned 1249-1286) ALEXANDER DEI GRA/SCOTORVM + REX
26 POINTS - PERTH. Seaby 5050-5058.dpaul7
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Malta Jean de la Vallete70 viewsAV.Zecchino.3.35 g
MALTA,under the knights.Fra.Jean de la Vallete 1557-1568..
F'IOANNES DE VALLETE MI, Knight kneeling before St.John The Baptist.
Reverse.DA MICHI VIRTVTEM CONTRA HOSTES TVO, Christ standing in mandorla containing nine starsTanit
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HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS 250-251 A.D Caesarea Maritima mint AE2870 viewsO:bust r, radiate and draped
R:eagle displayed head r. supporting wreath within bust of tyche r
COLPFAVFC CAESMETROPO Maritima
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Bactria, Kingdom of Kushans, Kanishka I, Göbl 766 cf.70 viewsKanishka I, AD 127-151
AE 22
obv. BACILEVC BACI - LEWN KANHiKOV (i should be read like sh as in Kushan)
Kanishka, bearded, wearing heavy Kushan cloak and trousers, long boots and
high hat, stg. facing, holding standard in l. hand and sacrificing with r. hand
over altar; from his shoulders emanating flames; club at feet r.(?)
rev. HLIOC
Helios, nimbate, stg. l., r. had hand raised in salvation gestus (Greek style)
left before monogram (tamgha) of Kanishka
cf. Göbl 766 (has HILOC in legend)
rare, good F/VF
Kanishka I was a very important ruler in South-East-Asia. While in his early years he was an adherent of syncretistic religions he later established Buddhism in his empire and became a crucial founder.
This type belongs to Kanishka's earlier years, because the legends are Greek. Later issues have legends in Kushan. Tamgha first was a brand for cattle, later it became a symbol for the nomadic clans too. Jochen
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CHINA - YONG LI (YONGMING, PRINCE OF GUI)70 viewsSouthern Ming Dynasty - Price of Gui Yongming (Yong Li Reign Title) - 1646-1659. H-21.45. S-1296. Small letter variety.dpaul7
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r1300_270 viewsAe 28 (tetrassarion)
Obv. Laur, dr + cuir bust r., IMP L SEP - SEV[...] round.
Rev. Demeter (Josifovski calls the deity Victory) stg facing, wearing radiate crown, long torch in r hand, round the bottom of which twines a snake, cornucopia in l arm, MVNICI - STOBEN round.
Moush. ---- (but see Moush. 6558 for rev type).
Josifovski 142 (V28, R28), citing one specimen in a private collection.
11.82 gm, 28 mm
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Constantius II AR Light Miliarense70 viewsConstantius II AR Light Miliarense. Lyons mint. 361 AD. DN CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, soldier, helmeted, standing left, head turned right, holding inverted spear in r. hand and resting l. hand on shield. LVG in ex. RIC 208
EXTREMELY RARE - R3
EXTREMELY FINE, BEAUTIFULLY TONED
Ex. Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Beverly Hills XX (1988), 540
Ex. AUCTIONES SA, Basel Vente 24 (1994), 560
Ex. Hess-Divo 2007Rich Beale
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69-79 AD - VESPASIAN - AE dupondius - struck 74 AD70 viewsobv: IMP CAES VESP AVG PM TR COS V CENS (radiate head left)
rev: FELICITAS PVBLICA / S.C. (Felicitas standing left holding caduceus & cornucopiae)
ref: RIC II 555, C.152 (2frcs), BMC698
mint: Rome
11.42gms, 26mmberserker
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Sicilian Norman70 viewsSicilian Norman coin of around 1105-1154 AD- 13 mm
Obverse: a lions scalp
Reverse: palm tree Tanit
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28 Elagabalus70 viewsAntoninianus. 219 AD. IMP ANTONINVS AVG, radiate draped bust right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left with long caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC 149, RSC 280, BMC 166. Weight 5.4 g. Die axis 12 hr. Max dia 24.1 mmmix_val
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Julia Domna, Stobi70 viewsAVGVST-IVLIA
draped bust right
MVNI-S-TOBE
Victory in long chiton turned right holding wreath in raised right hand and palm branch in left
Ae 23mm; 6.9g
V66, R unlistedarizonarobin
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06-10 - OCTAVIO (32 - 27 A.C.)70 viewsAR Quinario 13 x 15 mm 1.5 gr.
Conmemora el sometimiento de la Provincia de ASIA en el año 30 A.C.
Anv: Cabeza desnuda de Octavio viendo a derecha - "CAESAR" detrás, "IMP VII" delante.
Rev: Victoria de pié a izquierda sobre una cesta mística, flanqueada por dos serpientes erectas, portando corona de laureles en mano derecha y palma sobre hombro izquierdo - "ASIA" campo derecho y "RECEPTA" en campo izquierdo.
Acuñada 29/28 A.C.
Ceca: Brundisium ó Roma
Referencias: RIC Vol.1 #276 Pag.61 - Sear RCTV Vol.1 #1568 Pag.302 - Sear CRI #429 - BMCRR (este) #240 (= BMCRE #647) - RSC Vol.1 #14 Pag.132 - Cohen Vol.1 #14 Pag.64 - CBM #902 - Babelon MRR B#145
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04-03 - TIBERIO Como Cesar de Augusto (4 - 14 D.C.)70 viewsAE AS 29 mm 9.0 gr.
Anv: "TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMP[ERAT V]" - Busto a cabeza desnuda viendo a derecha.
Rev: "PONTIFEX TRIB[VN] POTESTATE X[II]" - Leyenda alrededor de gran "S C ".
Acuñada 8 - 10 D.C.
Ceca: Roma
Referencias: RIC Vol.1 (Augustus) #469 Pag.78 - Sear RCTV Vol.1 #1755 var. Pag.345 - BMCRE (Augustus) #271 - Cohen Vol.1 #27 Pag.192 - DVM #3 Pag.75 - CBN (Augustus) #878mdelvalle
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23-03 - NERVA (96 - 98 D.C.)70 viewsAR Denario 17 mm 3.0 gr.
Anv: "IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P" - Busto laureado viendo a derecha.
Rev: "LIBERTAS PVBLICA" - Libertas (La Libertad) de pié a izquierda, portando largo cetro apoyado en brazo izquierdo y Pileus (Gorro de los esclavos) en mano derecha.
Nerva mantuvo siempre que él había "Liberado" a Roma de la tiranía de Domitiano, y restaurado el régimen constitucional.
Acuñada 2da. Emisión 97 D.C.
Ceca: Roma - 5ta. Off.
Referencias: RIC Vol.II #19D Pag.224 - Sear RCTV Vol.II #3034 var Pag.86 - BMCRE #46 pl.2/4 - Cohen Vol.II #113 Pag.10 - DVM #14 Pag.118 - RSC Vol. II #113 Pag.80mdelvalle
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Orodes II, AE Drachm70 viewsOrodes II, Early-mid 2nd Century A.D., AE Drachm
Obv: Bearded bust facing, wearing a diadem tiara with dots on it. Pellet and crescent above an anchor, with one bar, to the right.
Rev: Dashes
van't Haaff 13.3.2-2A
de Morgan 46
Sear GIC 5905
BMC 28 263 29ffHoward Cole
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Prince A70 viewsPrince A, Late 2nd to early 3rd Centuries A.D., AE Drachm
Obv: Bust of Prince left, wearing a long beard divided into two points. Short hair, double diadem.
Rev: Artemis, standing, holding a bow in her left hand and taking an arrow from a quiver with her right hand.
Weight: 1.3 grams
Die axis 1 o'clock
van't Haaff 19.1.1-1A
de Morgan 58
Sear GIC 5918
BMC 28 284 1
Mitchiner ACW 721-22Howard Cole
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Interior of the Pantheon70 viewsInterior view of the Pantheon's dome. An engeneering masterpiece the concrete gets thinner as it rises. The open occular in the center allows light to flood into this massive ancient space. The walls at the bottom are about 12 feet thick. Origianlly dedicated to all the god's it is now a Catholic church. Jay GT4
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Syracuse Hiketas 288-279 BC70 viewsHead of Zeus hellanios right
ΣΙΡΑΚ ΟΣΙΩΝ. Eagle left, wings open, star and A in field
8.95 gr, 23 mm
Ref : Sear # 1212Potator II
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Phillip II and Serapis, Markianopolis, Serpent, AE2570 viewsPhillip II 244-249 AD
AE25, 13 g
obv: confronted busts of Phillip II and Serapis, [] IΛIΠΠOC KAICAP
rev: coiled serpent left, E in right field, MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN
Hristova & Jekov, p. 236, fourth coin, 6.44.22.2. (same dies)
GICV -
ex Pars coinsareich
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[1921a] Sasanian Kingdom. Khusro I. A.D. 531-579. AR drachm. 70 viewsSasanian Kingdom. Khusro I. A.D. 531-579. AR drachm; Göbl I/2; 32 mm, 4.05 g; VF, Nihavand, year 37; Obverse: Crowned bust right; three crescents around single border of dots; Reverse: Fire altar between two attendants.
“The Great King Chosroes I of Persia—known to his subjects as Anushirvan, ‘of Immortal Soul’—had occupied the throne since 531. Of all the great Sassanian Kings, perhaps of all the Persian rulers throughout history, he was the most illustrious and is still the best remembered. As a statesman, he reformed and reorganized every branch of government and completely revised the fiscal system; as a general, he created the first standing army loyal to the King alone and pushed forward his frontiers till they extended from the Black Sea to the Yemen, from the Oxus River to the shores of the Mediterranean; as an intellectual, he had given—even before his accession—an enthusiastic welcome to those pagan Greek scientists and philosophers who had drifted to Persia after Justinian’s closure of the School of Athens in 529. He founded his country’s great medical academy at Gondeshapur, codified the Avesta—the sacred book of Zoroastrianism—compiled the first collection of the myths and legends of his people and introduced from India the game of chess. He was, in short, a worthy match for Justinian, his adversary and rival for over thirty years. The Byzantine Emperor, Justinian I, the Great died in 565 AD; The Sasassinan King, Chosroes I, The Great died in 579 AD” (Norwich, John Julius. Byzantium, The Early Centuries. London: The Penguin Group, 1990. 228) Cleisthenes
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Pisidia, Antioch, Hermes/ rooster, AE1370 viewsBronze AE 13, SNG Paris 1069 var (rev legend) and cf. 1067 (obverse bust left, same reverse die) , SNG Cop 16 var (rev legend), BMC 1 var (same), choice gVF, 1.762g, 13.0mm, 180o, Antioch mint, obverse A-NTIOC, draped bust of Hermes right, caduceus across shoulder; reverse CO-LONI-A I, rooster standing half-right
ex FORVMareich
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE - MAHMUD II70 viewsTurkey, Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II (1808-1839) AR 6 Kurush. KM#603. Dated accesson date 1123 AH - Year 32.dpaul7
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Roman Trajan Denarius70 viewsAR Denarius
Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P; dr. and laur. bust r.
Rev: COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC / DANVVIVS ; the figure of the Danube reclining l., leaning on a pile of rocks, and resting his hand on a prow.
refers to successful military crossings of the Danube River during the second Dacian war.
Cohen 137Tanit
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Valerian I. Year 5 (257/8 AD), Potin Tetradrachm70 viewsValerian I. Year 5 (257/8 AD), Potin Tetradrachm,
Emmett 3705,; AK P LI OVALERIANOC EV EVC,
laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / L - E,
eagle standing left, head right with wreath in beak
Coin #71
cars100
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Antoninus Pius AR Denarius70 viewsObv: CAES AEL ANTONINVS AVG - Bare head right.
Rev: PONT MAX TR POT COS - Diana standing right, holding arrow and bow.
Cat #: RIC 1b
Notes: Scarce, with only two examples in Reka Devnia hoard.oa
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064 - Septimius Severus, AE26, Markianopolis, Tyche 70 viewsObv:– AV K LCEP CEVHPOC, Laureate and draped bust right
Rev:– YI FAVCTINIA MAPKIANOPOLIT, Tyche (Fortuna) standing left holding cornucopia and rudder
Hristova/jekov 6.14.38.11 (lists VI FAVCTINIA-NOV) but NOV appears to be erroneous. The dies match on both obverse and reverse.
Not in Varbanov (Eng.) Vol.1maridvnvm
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Judaea, Alexander Jannaeus, TJC L570 viewsAlexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103-76 BC
AE - Lepton, 11.1mm, 1.67g
Jerusalem, 78 BC
obv. BASILEWS ALEZANDROY around
Anchor in circle line, at the points L KE (= year 25)
rev. Eight pointed star in dotted circle, Paleo-Hebrew legend around (like Hendin 471)
ref. GBC5 1153; GBC4 472; AJC Cd6; TJC L5
about VF
The lepton Hendin 472 differs from Hendin 471 by its cruder, more 'barbarous' style, thick anchor and circle-line, legends illegible.
This is the so-called 'widow's mite' (see Mk. 12, 41ff).
Jochen
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Plautilla, Nikopolis ad Istrum70 viewsPlautilla
Ae 26mm; 10.60g; Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum
Magistrate Gallus
FOU PLAUTILLA CEB
draped bust right
UP AV GALLOU NIKOPOLITWN PROC IC
Hermes, nude, standing left holding purse, mantle hanging from left arm.
HrHJ (2018) 8.21.10.1 (this coin), very rare (R8)arizonarobin
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Macedonia, Philippi, anonymous, RPC 165170 viewsAE 19 (Semis?), 6.72g
struck about AD 41-68
obv. VIC - AVG
Victoria advancing r. on prow, holding palmbranch in l. arm and wreath in
raised r. hand
rev. COHOR - PRAE / PHIL
around three standards
RPC 1651; SNG ANS 674-681; SNG Copenhagen 305-306
EF, brown patina, extraordinary good condition for this type
In 42 BC at the city of Philippi Octavian, the later emperor Augustus, defeated Brutus and Cassius, the assassins of Caesar. Following the battle, Philippi became a Roman colony and discharged veterans receiving land allotments settled permanently in the area. Special privileges were allowed to these Roman colonists, such as exemption from taxes and the right to own and market property, and to struck their own coins.
The Victory on the obv. resembles the famous Nike of Samothrace.
Jochen
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0195 - Republic, Sextans70 viewsSextans struck in Rome, circa 211-206 BC
Head of Mercury right, wearing petasus, two pellets above helmet
ROMA, Prow of galley right, surmounted by a victory right
5.11 gr
Ref : RCV #1218Potator II
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Elagabalus, Tetradrachm70 viewsAntioch mint
AUT K M A ANTWNEINOC CEB, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder, seen from front
DHMARC EX UPATOC TO B =twice consul =219 A.D., eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left, wreath in beak, star beneath, Delta and epsilon in field
14,11 gr
Ref : Prieur #251_012, Sear #3096
Ex SalemPotator II
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Herod Antipas - 1/4 denomination (year 24 = 20 AD)70 viewsHendin-511 / 1201
4.58 gramscmcdon0923
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Constantius Gallus Maiorina Amiens70 viewsConstantius Gallus, Caesar 15 march 351-winter 354
DN CONSTANTI - VS NOB CAES
Draped and cuirassed bust right
R/ FEL TEMP RE - PARATIO -|-//AMB
Helmeted soldier left spearing fallen horseman, looking back and extending arm
Maiorina struck in Amiens 18 august - end 353
22 x 20 mm -- 4,10 g -- axis 180°
RIC. 47 gb29400
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Licinius I RIC VII Nicomedia 4470 viewsAE 19 mm 2.7 grams 321-324
OBV :: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS PF AVGRadiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REV :: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI. Jupiter standing left chalmyacross left shoulder , holding Victory on globe and leaning on eagle-tipped sceptre eagle with wreath left field , X over II Mu over captive right field
EX :: SMN delta ( Nicomedia )
RIC VII Nicomedia 44
RIC rated R1
from uncleaned lot 03/2008
This coin has deep pits on the obverse . better to leave well enough alone on this one as the patina would have been ruined trying to fix it
Johnny
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Maximianus, Argenteus 70 viewsAntioch mint, 8th officina, AD 298
MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right
VIRTVS MILITVM, campgate with three turrets, *ANTH* at exergue
3.16 gr
Ref : Cohen # 627Potator II
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Constantius, Follis70 viewsTrier mint, 1st officina, AD 305-306
IMP CONSTANTIVS PF AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantius right
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. S | F in field, PTR at exergue
11.09 gr
Ref : RCV # 14176 (100), Cohen #116, RIC VI # 642aPotator II
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Domitian & Domitia, AE-25. Aegeae, Cilicia. AD 88-89. Two Aplustres.70 viewsRoman Empire, Domitia and Domitian, AD 81 - 96. AE-25. CILICIA, Aegeae. Æ-25. Dated year 135 (88/9 AD). 10.75g. Laureate head of Domitian rt. vis à vis draped bust of Domitia lt. / Two aplustres within laurel wreath. SNG Levante 1708 = RPC II 1773; SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -. Fausta
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GREEK, Boeotia70 viewsCeca: Boeotia
Datación: 345-307 aC
Valor: Estátera
Catálogo: Sear Greek Coins 2400 variante (diferente magistrado)
Conservación: MBC
Metal: AG
Peso: 12,12 gr.
Diámetro: 22 x 21 mm.
Anverso: Escudo beocio
Reverso: Ánfora flanqueada por la marca de magistrado
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South Korea70 viewsKm918.8 - P’yongan Provincial Office Mun series 8 - ND(1891)
Km6a - 10 Won - 1979
Km33.1 - 10 Won - 1986
Km20 - 50 Won - 1973
Km35.2 - 100 Won - Lee Soon-shin - 1992Daniel F
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Henri II de Montpensier (1592-1608), Jeton- 159470 viewsAtelier de Trevoux
HENRY.P. SOVERAIN D DOMBES.DD.MONTPENSIER rosette. Ecu de Bourbon entouré des colliers des ordres du roi
ÆQVVS VTERQVE LABOR, deux boucliers, l'un portant une tete de meduse, l'autre une chouette surmontés d'un soleil
A l'exergue : 1594
4.1 gr, 28 mm
Ref : voir Sirand # 25 pour un exemplaire en argent
Voir egalement : Pierre Pradel, Catalogue des jetons de la Bibliothèque nationale. Princes et princesses de la Maison de France, 1936, pour un exemplaire en argent et trois en laitonPotator II
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Bhutan70 viewsKm7.1 - Deb (1/2 Rupee) - N/D, Ma-tam period (III) (1835-1910)
Km27 - 1 Pice - N/D (struck 1951, 1955)
Daniel F
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South Africa70 viewsKm25 - 1 penny - 1941 (Union of South Africa)
Km35.1 - 3 pence - 1950 (Union of South Africa)
Km56 - 1/2 Cent - 1962
Km98 - 1 cent - 1979
Km82 - 1 cent - 1989
Km132 - 1 cent - 1994
Km66.2 - 2 cents - 1965
Km83 - 2 Cents - 1983
Km133 - 2 Cents - 1994
Daniel F
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202 AD - PLAUTILLA denarius70 viewsobv: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE (draped bust right)
rev: PROPAGO IMPERI (Caracalla right, Plautilla on left, facing and clasping hands)
ref: RIC IVi 362D, Cohen 21 (4frcs)
mint: Rome
3.58gms, 19mm
Scarce
Struck during the life-time of Severus in honour of his eldest son's marriage (AD202).berserker
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MARCO ANTONIO, denario (43-31 a.C.) Legio V70 viewsMarco Antonio (83-30 a.C.), denario.
AR, gr. 3,7; mm 18,2; 180°; BB/qBB,
D/ LEG V, Aquila legionaria tra stendardi.
R/ ANT AVG III VIR R P C, galera.
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (19 gennaio 2008, numero catalogo 70); ex Artemide aste (San Marino, 2007).paolo
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Alexander the Great70 viewsAlexander III "The Great". 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm, struck circa 325-323 BC.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; grapes and M before, monogram below throne.
Price 3641b (same obverse die); Müller 692. 26mm, 16.62 g. Babylon mint.b70
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Geta AE 14 of Nikaea, 198-209 AD70 viewsGeta
Nicaea, Bithynia
AE 14
Nicaea, 198-209 AD
Λ ΣEΠTI ΓETAΣ KAI
Zeus standing facing, holding scepter in l., patera in r. Eagle at l.
NIKAIEΩN
Waddington S462; SNG Hunter S249
Ardatirion
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VICTOR ANTONINI AVG70 viewsElagabalus antoninianusTibsi
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Antiochos VIII & Cleopatra70 viewsAE 19, 5.78g, Antiochos VIII & Cleopatra, 123 BC, Obv: Radiate head of Antiochus right.. Rev: Owl standing right, head facing on prostrate amphora / ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΞΟΥ, IE in ex. , Seleukid date 190 (123 BC), aXF. S 7139, B.M.C.4.87,10, SC 2263, Hoover HGC 9, 1189 (S).Molinari
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A121-23 - Constantino I "El Grande" (307 - 337 D.C.)70 viewsAE3 Centenional 19 mm 3.1 gr.
Anv: "CONST-ANTINVS AVG" - Busto con yelmo y cola rizada y con coraza, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "VIRTVS EXERCIT" – Dos prisioneros sentados a lados de un estandarte en el que se inscribe "VOT-XX", el de la izquierda tiene sus manos atadas a la espalda y el de la derecha mira hacia la izquierda. " T°T" en exergo.
Acuñada 319 - 320 D.C.
Ceca: Ticinum (Off.3ra.)
Rareza: R1
Referencias: RIC Vol.VII (Ticinum) #122 Pag.377 - Cohen Vol.VII #693 Pag.311 - DVM # Pag. - Salgado MRBI Vol.III # Pag.mdelvalle
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Cologne, Victoria germanica 6.38 g !!!!70 viewsB*Numis
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Aurelian AE antoninianus, 270-275 AD, Mediolanum70 viewsAurelian
AE antoninianus – 22mm, 2.97g
Mediolanum, 270-275 AD
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG
radiate, draped, cuirassed bust r.
Victory advancing r., extending wreath in r. hand, palm in l.
VICTORIA AVG
T in ex.
RIC Va 143
ex ForvmArdatirion
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Caesarea Maritima. Trajan Decius. 249-251 CE.70 viewsCaesarea Maritima. Trajan Decius. 249-251 CE. Æ 25mm
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Galley sailing left, with three rowers, three ensigns in stern; PORTVS AVGVSTI above. Kadman, Caesarea, 152.
Maritima
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Restitvtor mon Dlsd aegis70 viewsObverse: IMPSEVALE_XANDERAVG
Bust radiate right, aegis on left shoulder
Reverse: RESITV_TORMON SC left and right in field
Severus Alexander in military dress, standing front, head left, holding out right hand and holding vertical spear in left
BM 546 note (Cohen 516, Paris). RIC 589
Weight 11.66g; die axis 12h mix_val
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Judaea, Johannes Hyrcanus I, TJC F1170 viewsJohn Hyrcanus I (Yehochanan), 135-104 BC
AE - Prutah, 1.59g, 14mm
struck in Jerusalem
obv. Paleo-Hebrew legend in 4 lines within laurel wreath:
יהוח / נןהכהן / הגדלוח / ברי
from r. to l.:
= YHW(Ch) / NN H KHN / H GDL W (Ch) / BR Y
= Yehochanan Ha Kohen Ha Gadol We Chaver Ye[hudim]
= Yehochanan the High Priest and Council of the Jews
rev. Double cornucopiae, decorated with ribbons hanging down, a pomegranate with long stalk between horns, in dotted circle
ref. GBC4 452; AJC K8; TJC F11
about VF
Jochen
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81-96 AD - DOMITIAN AE as - struck 85-86 AD70 viewsobv: IMP.CAES.DOMIT.AVG.GERM.COS.XI.CENS.PER.P.P. (laureate head right)
rev: VICTORIAE AVGVSTI (Victory standing left, holding palm, inscibing shield set on trophy of german arms), in centre field, S – C
ref: RIC II 305 (C), C.642 (3frcs)
mint: Rome
11.16gms, 26mm
(Although RIC describes this coin as common, I think it's scarce)
Domitian was eager to display his military prowess, just as his father and brother had succeeded in Judaea, he wanted to be known as conqueror of the Germans. He claimed a triumph in A.D. 83 for subduing the Chatti in Gaul, but the conquest was illusory.berserker
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AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS70 viewsAUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS - Joseph II 1780-1790; AR Kronenthaler, 1788, with A Mintmark. KM#32. *NOTE: Another issue with mintmark M is for Milan.dpaul7
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