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RIC 237 Titus70 viewsÆ As, 11.25g
Rome mint, 80-81 AD
Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: S C in field; Spes stg. l., with flower
RIC 237 (C). BMC 216. BNC 220.
Acquired from ANE, November 2019.
Spes was a fairly common reverse type under Vespasian, connected to future dynastic hope and harmony. It continued to be struck by Titus and can be viewed as his hope for the future with his chosen heir Domitian. As Mattingly put it: '...the recurring types of Spes suggests that Titus gave Domitian full due as heir to the throne.' Suetonius would have us believe this public fraternal affection was a sham and Domitian did everything he could to plot against Titus. The Flavian historian Brian Jones speculates the brother's relationship was one of 'mutual indifference and ignorance' due to their age and personality differences. Regardless, as the numismatic evidence shows, Titus looked upon Domitian as his legitimate heir until his untimely natural death in mid September 81.
Struck with a somewhat worn reverse die, otherwise in good style.David Atherton
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RIC 0295 Vespasian70 viewsÆ As, 9.19g
Rome mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVST; S C in exergue; Concordia std. l., with patera over altar and cornucopiae
RIC 295 (R2). BMC p. 130 *. BNC -.
Acquired from Musa, December 2019.
The seated Concordia type is more frequently encountered on the dupondii and rarely on the As issues. This As featuring Concordia and an altar is quite rare, with RIC citing only one specimen in Munich. Mattingly mistakenly conjectured the type was possibly struck at Tarraco (BMC p. 130). The style, however, is unabashedly Rome mint. Mattingly also speculated the type 'stands for harmony in the imperial house'.
David Atherton
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The Island of Lesbos70 viewsCity of Mytilene - Apollo and Aphrodite with Snake
Obv: laureate head of Apollo facing r.
Rev: head of Aphrodite facing r., circular earing, hair rolled, coiled snake r. (control symbol) in the lower r., MY (off flan).
Denomination: silver diobol; Mint: Mytilene; Date: 400 - 350 BC; Weight: 1.292g; Diameter: 12.4mm; Die axis: 0º; References, for example: BMC Troas, p. 185, 8 - 14 var., coiled snake control symbol not listed; SNG Cop vol. 21, 368 var., amphora control symbol; SNGvA vol. 5, 1744 var. stars for control symbol; SNGvA vol. 16, 7749 and 7750 var., amphora and cicada for control symbol; SNG Ashmolean 1544 var., cicada for control symbol; HGC 6, 1037 (amphora, cicada, oinochoe, star, or thunderbolt control symbols).
Also see Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 460 January 29, 2020, Lot 238 for an example with coiled snake control symbol and intact legend.
Provenance: Ex Forum Ancient Coin January 22, 2020, from the Maxwell Hunt Collection.
Photo Credits: Forum Ancient Coins
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009. Vespasian 69-79. AR Denarius. Victory - Judaea Capta70 viewsVespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.48 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 75. Laureate head right / Victory standing left on prow, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC II.1 777; cf. Hendin 1484; RSC 368. Toned, delamination on obverse, area of slight flatness of strike on reverse.LordBest
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Croton Incuse Stater70 viewsBruttium. Croton. 530-500 BC. Stater, 7,63g (12h)
O/ ϘPO. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two scrolls hang from the bowl,
two serpents emerging from the bowl, set on basis of a dotted line ; bellow, two serpents ; crab to right.
R/ Same type, incuse ; to right ϘPO; to left, crab ; plein border
HGC Italy 1444, HN Italy 2078, SNG ANS 247 (same dies) , Gorini p.23 15 var.Brennos
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Sybaris Incuse Stater Group A170 viewsBruttium, Sybaris 540-530 BC Statère 7,77g
A:/ VM en haut; Taureau à gauche, tournant la tête à droite avec un diadème perlé ; ligne d’exergue perlée ; grènetis perlé.
R:/ R/ même type à dr. incus.
Spagnoli group A1, HNItaly 1729. SNG ANS 825Brennos
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305 - 306, SEVERUS II as Caesar, AE Follis struck 305 - 306 at Londinium (London), England70 viewsObverse: SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES. Laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus II facing right.
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Genius, kalathos on head, standing facing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; no mint-mark in exergue.
Diameter: 29mm | Weight: 10.399gms | Die Axis: 6h
RIC VI: 59a | Cohen VII: 24 | SPINK: 712
Rare
Ex. Errett Bishop Collection | Ex. FORVM (USA)
SEVERUS II
Flavius Valerius Severus Augustus was a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307. He was born in Northern Illyria (now Albania) and rose to become a senior officer in the Roman army. As an old friend of Galerius, that emperor appointed Severus as Caesar on 1 May 305 and he thus served as junior emperor under Constantius I in the Western Roman Empire.
When Constantius I died in the summer of 306, Severus was promoted to Augustus by Galerius under the rules of succession established under the Tetrarchy. However Constantius I had died on campaign in York and his army in Britain had acclaimed his son, Constantine I, as his successor. Although furious at this elevation, Galerius wanted to avoid any threat of a civil war so he compromised by allowing Constantine to bear the title of Caesar.
When this news reached Maxentius, the son of Maximianus, he revolted and declared himself emperor at Rome,
Galerius sent Severus, at the head of an army which had previously been commanded by Maximianus, to suppress the rebellion. Maxentius asked his father to re-assume the purple and rule the empire with him and Maximianus, who had been reluctant to abdicate, readily accepted. When Severus arrived under the walls of Rome to besiege it his men deserted to their old commander forcing Severus to flee to Ravenna. Maximianus offered to spare his life and treat him humanely if he surrendered peaceably. Severus complied but, despite Maximianus' assurance, he was displayed as a captive, imprisoned and later put to death.
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BRUTTIUM, Carthaginian occupation. Circa 215-205 BC. AR Half Shekel (19.5mm, 3.60 g, 3h)70 viewsBRUTTIUM, Carthaginian occupation. Circa 215-205 BC. AR Half Shekel (19.5mm, 3.60 g, 3h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; solar disk above. Jenkins, Some U1; Robinson, Second p. 44, 3; CNP 44c; HN Italy 2016. Toned, minor deposits, struck with worn reverse die. Good VF.
From the Weise Collection, purchased from Atlantis Ltd., 24 October 2004.Mark R1
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RIC 051670 viewsTitus (AD 79-81). AR cistophorus
(26mm, 7h). Rome, AD 80-81.
Obv: Head laureate right; IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head of Titus right
Rev: Aquila between two standards, one surmounted by hand and the other by vexillum.
RIC II.1 516, BMC 149, RSC 398
NGC VG, scratches.
2020 May 27-28 Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction #232022 Lot 64156
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Lugdunum, RIC VII 079, AE-2 Follis, VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP, 2 Victories, standing, #170 views136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Lugdunum, RIC VII 079, AE-2 Follis, VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP, 2 Victories, standing, #1
avers: CONS TANTINVS AVG, Cuirassed bust right wearing a high-crested helmet.
reverse: VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP, 2 Victories, standing, facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT/PR in two lines over the plain altar.
exergue: -/-//P-left-facing seated captive-right facing seated captive L., diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Lugdunum, date: 320 A.D., ref:RIC VII 079, p-,
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Treveri, RIC VII 318, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, Rare! #170 views136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Treveri, RIC VII 318, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, Rare! #1
avers: CONSTANT INVS AVG, Laureate head right, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped scepter in the right hand.
reverse: BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, above three stars.
exergue: -/-//PTR, diameter: 18,5-20,0mm, weight: 3,40g, axes: 6h, Rare!
mint: Treveri, date: 321 A.D., ref: RIC VI 318, p-191,
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035 Ulászló I. (Wladislas I.)., King of Hungary, (1440-1444 A.D.) AR Denarius, H-598, C2-149A, U-469a.var., P-135-1, #0170 views035 Ulászló I. (Wladislas I.)., King of Hungary, (1440-1444 A.D.) AR Denarius, H-598, C2-149A, U-469a.var., P-135-1, #01
avers: ✠m•WLADIS LAI•RЄGIS, Patriarchal cross, mint-mark on each side; border of dots.
reverse: ✠ amongst three arches, three shields in the arches (Hungarian stripes, Polish eagle, Lithuanian knight); (var.-three dots (•) beside each shield) border of dots.
exergue, mint mark: A/P//--, diameter: 12,0-13,5mm, weight: 0,37g, axis: 7h,
mint: Hungary, Asólendva, (Lendava, today Slovenia, by Pohl) by Paulus Bánfi, date:1441 A.D.( by Pohl),
ref: Huszár-598, CNH-2-149A, Unger-469-a.var., Pohl-135-01,
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RPC 2024 Domitian70 viewsÆ Semis, 6.48g
Antioch mint, 81-83
Obv: IMP DOMITIANVS CAES AVG; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, l.
Rev: S • C in laurel wreath
RPC 2024 (11 spec.).
Acquired from eBay, June 2020.
Domitian's Antiochene leaded bronze S C issue was likely struck before 83 since the legends lack the title Germanicus. K. Butcher speculates the S C coinage struck earlier under Vespasian was melted down and recycled for Domitian's brief issue as Augustus, perhaps explaining the former's relative scarcity.
Although these portraits do not come draped, it appears there is a bit of drapery(?) below the wreath ties. It would be unprecedented if that is the case!
David Atherton
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RPC 2243 Vespasian [Agrippa II]70 viewsÆ30, 16.75g
Caesarea Paneas, 73-74 AD
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ϹΒΑΣΤΩ (sic); Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: ΕΤ ΔΙ - ΒΑ / ΑΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ; Tyche with calathos standing, l., holding cornucopia and two corn-ears
RPC 2243 (4 spec.). Hendin 1301.
Acquired from David Hendin, eBay, June 2020. Ex Goldberg 110, 4-5 June 2019, lot 1776 (part). Ex Shlomo Moussaieff Collection.
Agrippa II sporadically struck coinage for the Flavian dynasty throughout his long reign. The coins circulated within his kingdom (Northern Palestine) and were likely coined at Caesaera Panesa, although the mint is not certain (Hendin places it at Caesarea Maritima). Confusingly, Agrippa's mint(s) employed two different dating eras for his coinage - one starting in 56 and the second in 60 or 61. This large bronze struck in the name of Vespasian is dated regnal year 14 by the second era and was produced in either 73 or 74 AD. RPC suggests this issue could possibly commemorate the Roman victory at Masada which occurred around the same time. But taking into account Agrippa's high profile role during the Jewish war the coins could simply be a by-product of his fidelity to the Flavian regime.
Wonderful portrait with hints of desert patina.David Atherton
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RIC 1508 Vespasian70 viewsÆ20, 4.37g
Ephesus (?) mint, 77-78 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVGVST; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: PON MAX TR P P P COS VIII CENS; S C low in field; Caduceus, winged, between crossed cornuacopiae
RIC 1508 (R2). BMC -. BNC -. RPC 1477A.
Acquired from eBay, July 2020.
A year or so after a mysterious mint in Asia Minor (dubbed the 'o' mint) struck a rare series of denarii an even rarer issue of bronze appeared in the same region. The two issues are linked by similar circulation patterns and somewhat similar styles. The bronzes are imprecisely dated to the 77-78 time period but were likely struck for only a brief period, judging by their extreme rarity. Three denominations were produced in orichalcum apparently using a provincial weight system. The unique legends are in Latin and the reverse types copy those struck in Rome, but many have obvious 'Eastern' themes. The crossed cornucopiae seen on this coin likely echos a similar 'Eastern' themed reverse struck in Rome and on other eastern civic issues.
Admittedly, the link to the infamous 'o' mint is tenuous at best, but it is the most sound theory proposed so far (M. Grant, 'Asses of Orichalcum', Centennial Publication of the American Numismatic Study, pp. 285-302).
Dark black and green patina and nicely centred.David Atherton
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RIC 0232 Vespasian70 viewsÆ Sestertius, 25.70g
Rome mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: HONOS ET VIRTVS; S C in exergue; Honos stg. r. with sceptre and cornucopiae, and Virtus stg. l. with spear and parazonium
RIC 232 (R). BMC 530. BNC 484.
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, October 2020.
Struck during Vespasian's massive bronze issue of 71, this HONOS ET VIRTVS reverse type copies one struck earlier by Galba. The occasion for resurrecting it may have been prompted by Vespasian's restoration of the temple of Honos and Virtus recently damaged during Nero's great fire. Very rare, only two reverse dies for the type were recorded by C. Kraay.
Dark brown toning with some cleaning marks.David Atherton
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13.01. Béla II., (Béla II. the Blind), King of Hungary, (1131-1141 A.D.), AR-Denarius, CÁC I. 13.01./d1.01./18., H-049, CNH I.-057, U-044, #0170 views13.01. Béla II., (Béla II. the Blind), King of Hungary, (1131-1141 A.D.), AR-Denarius, CÁC I. 13.01./d1.01./18., H-049, CNH I.-057, U-044, #01
avers: HBRE, Crowned head facing between two lilies, border of dots.
reverse: LAD(IS)LAVS-RE +/X, (sometimes Lines instead of a legend), cross in a circle with wedges in the angles, line border.
exergue:-/-//--, diameter: 11,0mm, weight: 0,41g, axis:2h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-049, CNH I.-057, Unger-044,
Tóth-Kiss-Fekete: CÁC I.(Catalog of Árpadian Coinage I./Opitz I.), Privy-Mark/Szigla: 13.01./d1.01./18.,(one small crescent(d1) in the top right very close to the margins, over the H letter)
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22.01. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), Bracteata, (uncertain), CÁC III. 22.01.02.1./b1.07./36., H-191, CNH I.-271, U-117, AR-Bracteata, #0170 views22.01. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), Bracteata, (uncertain), CÁC III. 22.01.02.1./b1.07./36., H-191, CNH I.-271, U-117, AR-Bracteata, #01
avers: Enthroned king facing, holding scepter and imperial orb, •B•–•R• to sides.
reverse: Negative pictures.
exergue/mintmark: •R•/•B•//--, diameter: 13,5mm, weight: 0,32g, axis: 0h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D.,
ref: Huszár-191, CNH I.-271, Unger-117,
CÁC III. 22.01.02.1./b1.07./36.,
Sigla, one wedge (b1) under the throne between the two feet.
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04 Attica, Athenian Triobol70 viewsAthenian Pi-Style Triobol
Obv: head of Athena facing r., crested Attic helmet ornamented with olive leaves and a pi-style palmette, eye in profile.
Rev: owl standing facing; an olive branch coming down from above to the l. and r. with five or more leaves, [A☉Ǝ, with A above and ☉ lower l. and Ǝ lower r.].
Denomination: silver triobol (or hemidrachm); Mint: Athens; Date: c. 353 - 294 BC1; Weight: 2.015g; Diameter: 12.5mm; Die axis: 270º; References, for example: BMC vol. 11, 169; SNG Cop vol. 14, 68; Svoronos Athens pl. 21, 48; Kroll 19d; HGC 4, 1642.
Notes:
1This is the date range given in HGC 4.
Provenance: Ex. Forum Ancient Coins March 26, 2021, from the Errett Bishop collection (assembled from about 1960 - 1982).
Photo Credits: Forum Ancient Coins
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020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0019, RIC II(1962) 004D, AR-Denarius, Rome, COS ITER FORT RED, Fortuna, draped, standing left, #170 views020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0019, RIC II(1962) 004D, AR-Denarius, Rome, COS ITER FORT RED, Fortuna, draped, standing left, #1
avers: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, Laureate head right.
reverse: COS ITER FORT RED, Fortuna, draped, standing left, setting right hand on prow and holding cornucopiae in left hand.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5-18,0mm, weight: 2,99g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 70 A.D., ref: RIC² 0019, RIC II(1962) 004D, p-16, RSC 84, BMC 7,
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16.17.-./(16.16.95.). Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.), Cu-23, CÁC I. 16.17.-. The new type of sigla same as the 16.16.95. but the reverse includes the IOI instead of JOJ, H-, CNH I.-, U-, #0170 views16.17.-./(16.16.95.). Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.), Cu-23, CÁC I. 16.17.-. The new type of sigla same as the 16.16.95. but the reverse includes the IOI instead of JOJ, H-, CNH I.-, U-, #01
avers: Illegible Kufic legend-imitation, a similar legend in lines in a circle of dots, a border of dots.
reverse: Illegible Kufic legend-imitation, a similar legend in lines in a circle of dots, a border of dots. (with IOI).
exergue: -/-//IOI, diameter: 22,5-23,0 mm, weight: 1,83g, axis: 11h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-, CNH I.-, Unger-, Tóth-Kiss-Fekete: CÁC I.(Catalog of Árpadian Coinage I./Opitz I.), Privy-Mark/Sigla: 16.17.-. The new type of sigla same as the 16.16.95. but the reverse includes the IOI instead of JOJ,(inside the black circle shows the type and shape of this sigla).
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037a Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 0437 (Ant.Pius), Rome, AR-Denarius, TR•POT•COS•II, Spes walking right, #170 views037a Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 0437 (Ant.Pius), Rome, AR-Denarius, TR•POT•COS•II, Spes walking right, #1
avers: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F, Bare head right.
reverse: TR•POT•COS•II, Spes walking right, holding flower and hem of the robe.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,0-17,5mm, weight: 2,84g, axis:6h,
mint: Rome, date: 146-147 A.D.,
ref: RIC III. 437, (Ant.Pius), RSC 600,
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037b Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 1196, Rome, AE-As, -/-//S-C, Galley with four rowers right and Neptune, #170 views037b Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 1196, Rome, AE-As, -/-//S-C, Galley with four rowers right and Neptune, #1
avers: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, Laureate head right.
reverse: IMP VIII COS III, around, FELICITA/TI AVG•P•P, in field, S-C below, Galley with four rowers, facing right; on the stern, Neptune, standing right, his foot on a rock, holding trident and dolphin or aplustre.
exergue: -/-//S-C, diameter: 24,5-26,0mm, weight: 12,55g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date:176-177 A.D.,
ref: RIC III 1196-p-, BMC RE 4 1618, p.661,
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148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Siscia, RIC VIII Not in (!!!), III/VAL(ligate)//ASIS, AE-2, Centenionalis, VICTORIA AVG ET CAES, Emperor, #170 views148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), Siscia, RIC VIII Not in (!!!), III/VAL(ligate)//ASIS, AE-2, Centenionalis, VICTORIA AVG ET CAES, Emperor, #1
avers: DN MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, A behind the head.
reverse: VICTORIA AVG ET CAES, Emperor, bare-headed and in military dress, standing right holding an olive branch and standard decorated with Chi-Rho, foot on the shoulder of a bare-headed captive seated right.
exergue: III/VAL(ligate)//ASIS, diameter: 23,3-24,4mm, weight: 4,34g, axis: 6,5h(195°),
mint: Siscia, date: 350-353 AD.,
ref: RIC VIII Not in this reverse variation !!! (318 var. not a spear, but olive branch !!!), C-, Sear -,
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RIC 0809 (V) Titus Quinarius70 viewsT CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN
Laureate head right
VICTORIA AVGVST
Victory seated left with wreath and palm
Rome, 75 CE?
1.47g
RIC 809 (R3) die matched to the Sneh coin
Legends begin from high left.
Ex-ANE
From RIC:
"Assigned to this year because there are no dated quinarii of 75, and the appearance of either AVGVST or AVGVSTI on the reverse suggests transition between the earlier series, up to 74 (with AVGVSTI) and later series, 76 onwards (with AVGVST).Jay GT4
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RIC 043 Titus Reverse Brockage70 viewsAR Denarius, 2.55g
Rome mint, 79 AD
Obv: Incuse; Same type as rev.
Rev: TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII P P; Quadriga l., with corn ears
RIC 43 (R). BMC 34. RSC 293. BNC 30.
Acquired from delcampe, February 2022. Ex Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. Auction 86, 10 December 2005, lot 256.
From David Vagi's Coinage and History of the Roman Empire: 'A "brockage" striking occurs when a coin that is already struck adheres to one of the coin dies (usually to the reverse die, which is held in the minter's hand) and is not removed before another fresh planchet is placed between the dies. The result is that a fresh planchet receives the normal image from the clear die, and an incused impression of that very same design from the coin that is stuck to the opposite die. This is a relatively common error on denarii of the Roman Republic, and is perhaps the most dramatic of all errors found on ancient coins. Only very rarely will a brockage feature the reverse design.'
Struck after 1 July 79 AD, this Titus brockage denarius was surprisingly produced during a time of excellent quality control at the mint of Rome. Unlike an obverse brockage, a reverse brockage allows for easier cataloguing since the specific reverse type is known. The minor wear indicates the piece freely circulated and was accepted as normal currency. J. P. Goddard estimates that up to 4% of Roman Republican denarii were brockages! That number is significantly diminished during the Flavian era.
The normal variant of this quadriga type is fairly rare on its own. Needless to say I was quite astonished to find one as a reverse brockage! An utterly fascinating unique coin.David Atherton
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RIC 1426(5A)1 Vespasian70 views AR Denarius, 2.80g
Ephesus mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: AVG in oak wreath, no mintmark
RIC 1426(5A)1 (R2). BMC -. RPC -. BNC -.
Acquired from Kornblum, May 2022. Ex Gorny and Mosch 216, 10 October 2013, lot 2968.
Ephesus struck a series of stylish denarii early in Vespasian's reign. Previously, it was thought all but the first issue were produced with mintmarks, that is until several specimens dated COS III recently surfaced that unquestionably lack any such control marks. The new RIC II.1 Addenda & Corrigenda records three COS III reverse types lacking mintmarks: AVG in oak wreath, confronting heads of Titus and Domitian, and Turreted female bust. All three types are known for Vespasian, just one specimen (turreted female bust) is recorded for Titus Caesar. All of these types are known from unique specimens, except for the AVG in oak wreath type with just two specimens cited by the A&C, the present coin being the second one listed. In all, only five no mintmark specimens for the entire issue are recorded in the A&C - with this latest addition four of them now reside in my collection.
Ted Buttrey wrote in the RIC II Addenda the following concerning the no mintmark issue:
'I’m not terribly happy about this. It’s a convenient way to draw together several pieces which lack the mintmark, placing them after the completion of the ΘΙ and ΘΥ Groups 3-5 and the inception of Group 6 with ΕΡΗ —. But why should they have given up on a mintmark in mid-course, when all of Groups 2-9 are marked? The choices are – (i) mintmark on coins worn away; (ii) engraver forgot to add mintmark to the dies; (iii) issue deliberately produced without mintmark. Assuming (iii) for the moment, the new Group takes the place of fnn. 46-47, pp.162-3, and fits here nicely with V’s title for Groups 5-6, and T’s for Group 6, But I have no fixed opinion, and await the appearance of others of this variety.'
I lean towards iii being the likeliest option - if accidental, why do we not see no mintmarks specimens throughout the series? Why are they only dated COS III? IMHO, the likeliest explanation is the no mintmark denarii were deliberately struck, albeit rather briefly (perhaps only for a few days), prior to or just after the COS III ΘΥ issue and before the much larger EPH issue was struck. David Atherton
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11.05. Kálmán., (Koloman the Bibliophile) King of Hungary, (1095-1116 A.D.), AR-Denarius, CÁC I. 11.05./a2.10./19., H-034, CNH I.-042, U-030, #0170 views11.05. Kálmán., (Koloman the Bibliophile) King of Hungary, (1095-1116 A.D.), AR-Denarius, CÁC I. 11.05./a2.10./19., H-034, CNH I.-042, U-030, #01
avers: +CAL MAN, Three long crosses with dots in the middle and at the bottom, border of dots.
reverse: +LADISLAVS RE, Cross in a circle with wedges in the angles, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 10,5 mm, weight: 0,45 g, axis: 2h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-034, CNH I.-042, Unger-030,
Tóth-Kiss-Fekete: CÁC I.(Catalog of Árpadian Coinage I./Opitz I.), Privy-Mark/Szigla: 11.05./a2.10./19.,
Q-001quadrans
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Vespasian Aureus, RIC II 96370 viewsVespasian, 69-79. Aureus
Rome, 77-78.
Obv.: CAESAR•VESPASIANVS AVG Laureate head of Vespasian to right.
Rev: ANNONA AVG Annona seated left on throne, Annona seated left on high-backed throne, holding grain ears in a sack or fold of her drapery, her feet on stool.
20 mm/7.11 g
Good very fine.
Ref.:BMC 290. Calicó 590. Cohen 27. RIC II 963. vindelicus
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065 - Julia Domna denarius - RIC 57169 viewsObv:– IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right
Rev:– P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, Bust of Geta right.
References:– RIC 571
A poor example but a rare type.maridvnvm
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071 - Elagabalus Antoninianus - RIC 149 (3e )69 viewsObv:– IMP ANTONINVS AVG, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left with long caduceus and cornucopiae
References:– VM 13, RIC 149 (3e )(Scarce), RCV02 7499, RSC 280maridvnvm
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146 - Maximianus - RIC V pt II 399 Bust Type F69 viewsObv:– IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PAX AVGG Pax standing left, with Victory on globe and scepter
Minted in Lugdunum (B in exe.). Emission 7, Officina 2. Spring A.D. 290 A.D. 291
References:– RIC V Part 2 399 Bust Type F. Bastien Volume VII 380maridvnvm
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Galerius Follis, Thessalonica69 viewsobv: GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES. Laureate bust right.
rev: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Genius standing left, chlamys over shoulder, holding cornucopiae and patera, from which liquid flows.
exergue: dot TSA dot
Struck 300-301 A.D. at Thessalonica
RIC VI 22b
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Licinius, Thessalonica - RIC VII 6069 viewsLicinius Follis
obv: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN. Jupiter, chlamys over shoulder, leaning on sceptre, holding Victory on globe; eagle with wreath below.
exergue: dot TS dot delta dot
Struck 312-313 A.D. at Thessalonica
RIC VII 60
Van Meter 16
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Elagabalus, RIC 12569 viewsElagabalus
AR Denarius
Rome Mint. 220-221 A.D.
Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG - Laureate and draped bust right.
Rev: PAX AVGVSTI - Pax running left, holding branch and sceptre.
Ref: RIC 125. Cohen 120. RCV 7527. VM 45. RSC 120.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine I, RIC Trier 54269 viewsConstantine I
AE3
Trier Mint. 330-341 A.D.
Obv: VRBS ROMA - Helmeted bust of Roma left.
Rev: [anepigraphic] - She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus.Two stars above.
Exergue: TR(dot)S
Ref: RIC Trier 542. VM 2.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine II, RIC 94v69 viewsConstantine II
AE3
Aquileia Mint. 321 A.D.
Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM VOT V
Exergue: (dot)AQT(dot)
Ref: RIc 94 (variant)
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121 - Tetricus II Ant. - RIC 27069 viewsObv:– C PIV ES(V TETRICV)S CAES, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– (SPES) PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Reference:– Cohen 87. RIC 270maridvnvm
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Carinus Alexandian Tet.69 viewsAE Tetradrachm, 282-283 AD
Obv: AKMA KAPINOC CEB, Laureate draped bust right.
Rev: ETOVC, Nike advancing right, holding wreath.
19mm.
Jerome Holderman
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Anonymous Virtus Avg69 viewsCarausius 287-93AD
AE Antoninianus
Obv: "VIRTVS AVG"
Helmeted bust left with spear and shield
Rev: "VIRTVS AVG"
Mars standing right holding sceptre and leaning on shield
Colchester mint
-/-//C
RIC -
A poor coin but this was the first coin of its type published with the name of Carausius missing on the obverse
mauseus
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080 - Maximinus denarius - RIC 01669 viewsObverse – Laureate head right
Reverse – Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Obverse Legend – IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
Reverse Legend – VICTORIA AVG
Minted in Rome, March A.D. 235 – January A.D. 236
References:- Van Meter 11, RIC 16, RSC 99maridvnvm
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Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos, AR Drachm69 viewsKaroshi legend around king on horseback.
BASILEWS NIKHFOROU ANTIMACOU
Nike advancing left with wreath and palm, mongram in left field.
SG 7546, 171-160 BC.
Early bilingual coin, with different languages on obverse and reverse.
whitetd49
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Rome 20269 viewsAntoninianus
IMP PROBVS AVG
Radiate, consular bust left holding eagle tipped sceptre
SOLI INVICTO
Sol in galloping quadriga left
Rome, R crescent (pellet above) E
RIC 202mauseus
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140-C1 VLLP Siscia, RIC 5569 viewsConstantine The Great, AE3, 319-320 AD
Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Cuirassed bust left wearing high crested helmet and holding spear.
Rev: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT/PR over altar.
BSIS in exergue. Siscia mint
19mm, 3.1 gm.
RIC 55Jerome Holderman
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GREEK, Mysia, Pergamon AE1569 viewsobv: Head of Athena right
rev: Owl on palm branch, wings spread
Struck 2nd-1st Century BC
SG 3963
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Marcus Aurelius RIC III, 33869 viewsMarcus Aurelius AD 161 - 180
AR - Denar, 3.25g, 18.8mm
Rome, Dec. 175 - Dec. 176
obv. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM
head laureate, r.
rev. TRP XXX IMP VIII COS III PP
Pile of arms
in ex: DE GERM
RIC III, 338; RSC 154a
Scarce; VF(?)
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This issue celebrates the success of Marcus Aurelius against the Marcomanni and Quadi which had invaded northern Italy AD 169. In time-consuming and expensive campaigns he succeeded in driving them out of Italy. Then he started to counter-attack them in their own territory. After his return to Rome he hold his triumph over the Germans and Sarmati on 23 Nov. 176. Raetia and Noricum became Roman provinces.
Jochen
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Julia Domna Antoninianus69 viewsOBV; IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG.
REV; VENVS GENETRIX
Venus seated left., exstending right hand and holding sceptre in left.
R.I.C. 388a R.S.C 211.
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69 viewsAthalaricus Rex
AD 526-534
d/ INVICTA ROMA
r/ DN ATHALARICVS
Rugser
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161cf69 viewsCarausius 287-93AD
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP C CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "SALVS AVG"
Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms
London mint
S/P//ML
RIC - (cf 161)
mauseus
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Maximianus coded - B with KOY - RIC V, 58069 viewsMaximianus Herculeus 286 - 310
AE - Antoninianus (pre-reform), 2.94g, 25.4mm
Siscia 2. officina, 289 - 290
obv. IMP CMA VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG
bust cuirassed, radiate head r.
rev. CONSERVATOR AVGG
Emperor, holding sceptre, and Hercules, leaning on club, standing
face to face, sacrificing at altar
r. field: B
exergue: XXIKOY
RIC V/2, Siscia 580; C.71
VF/EF, rest of silvering, flan crack at 4 o'clock
KOY, 2nd group of HP - KOY - LI
= Gen. of Herculius, name of Maximianus, so-called coded coins
look at http://forumancientcoins.com/forvm/Collectors_Resources.htmlJochen
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China, Ming Rebels, Li Zi Cheng (aka Chuan Wang), AD 164469 viewsChina, Ming Rebels, Li Zi Cheng (aka Chuan Wang), AD 1644, Large AE 5 Cash (36mm•14.39gm).
O: Yong Chang Tong Bao. R: Plain. Jen 626. VF.
ecoli
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Julian II, Thessalonica, RIC 228 (var), S, 361-63 AD69 viewsObv: D N FL CL IVLI_ANVS P F AVG
Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
Rev: VOT/X/MULT/XX
Legend in four lines within laurel wreath.
4.1 gm 20.1 mm Ae3 Exergue: *//branch TESB branch/
Comment: This coin is a minor oddity in that the weight is a little over the high end and with the addition of a star at the top of the wreath in lieu of an oval. (The star that is part of the mintmark is embedded in the wreath ties at the bottom).
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VICTORIAE BRIT - Septimius Severus69 viewsAR Denarius, Rome, 210 (2.92gm)
RIC IVi.335, RCV.6385 (S)
Ox: SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT
O: Laureate head right.
Rx: VICTORIAE BRIT
R: Victory seated left on shield (or shields), resting another shield on right knee and holding palm in left.
ex. Wayne PhillipsPaul DiMarzio
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GREEK, Amisos, Pontos, AE 2069 viewsAe20, 8.6 gm, 20 mm, 125-75 BC, Sear (GC) 3643
Obv: Anepigraphic with head of young Ares, right, wearing crested helmet.
Rev: ΑΜΙ ΣΟΥ
Sword in sheath with strap. Crescent over Σ in lower left field.
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GREEK, Aspendos, Pamphylia, AE1869 viewsAe18, 6.2 gm, 16 mm, 325-275 BC, Sear (GC) 5402(var)
Obv: Anepigraphic with forepart of bridled horse, galloping right.
Rev: Θ Ο to either side of leather sling, thongs trailing.
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38 Trier69 viewsConstantine I
LRBC I 38
RIC VII 504mauseus
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69 viewsJulia Domna
Stobi, Macedonia
2 assaria
Obv. Dr bust r, IVLIA - AVGV[STA] round.
Rev. Nike walking l, palm over l shoulder, wreath in raised r hand, wheel at her feet, MVNICI STO - BEN round.
5.57 gm, 23 mm
Cohen IV 266-267, BMCG 8
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Serdica 87869 viewsAntoninianus
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
VIRTVS PROBI AVG
Emperor on horseback riding down victim
KA pellet Gamma pellet
RIC 878mauseus
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132 - Probus - RIC 753 var - Radiate, cuirassed bust left (Siscia) (XXIVI)69 viewsObv:– IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust left
Rev:– SALVS AVG, Salus seated left, feeding serpent rising from altar
Minted in Siscia (XXIVI) Emission 4 Officina 6. A.D. 277
Reference:– RIC 753 var - Radiate, cuirassed bust left (Not listed in RIC with this bust type). Alföldi type 64, n° 3maridvnvm
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Vespasian Judaea Capta, RIC 1569 viewsVespasian
AR Denarius
Rome Mint. 69-70 A.D.
18.2mm. 3.09g.
Die Alignment: 180 degrees
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG - Laureate bust right.
Rev: [NO LEGEND] - Captive Jewess seated right, in the attitude of mourning, trophy of captured arms behind.
Ex: IVDAEA
Ref: RIC 15. BMC 35. Sear 2296. Cohen 226. RSC 226. VM 32.
Notes: Ex Barry P. Murphy. This type celebrates the success of Vespasian and Titus in quelling the First Jewish Revolt. Coins commemorating this event are referred to as "Judea Capta issues. - Excerpt taken from FORVM catalogue.
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0618 Focas, 602-61069 viewsAV solidus, 21.3mm, 4.41g, VF
Struck 603-607 at Constatinople
ON FOCAS PERP AVC, Draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown without pendilia, and holding globus cruciger / VICTORI - A AVCC B, Angel standing facing, holding in right hand long staff surmounted by Rho, and in left hand globus cruciger. CON OB in exg.
Ex: Glenn W. Woods
Sear 618; DO 5b.2Lawrence W
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BYZANTINE, Andronicus III 1328-1341 Thessalonica69 viewsObv: St. Demetrius
Rev: St Michael Crowning Emperor, Who Holds a Patriarchal Cross in Each Hand
Sear 2484
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869 viewsObverse
VI over G
Cartouche 1654
Reverse
IIII over ?
IIII over ?
Crowned 1636mauseus
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BYZANTINE, Justin II 565-578 Nicomedia69 viewsObv: Emperor and Empress Enthroned, DNIVSTI-NVSPPAVG
Rev: Large M, Anno 5, Cross Above, Oficina A, NIKO in exergue
Sear 369
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Licinius II69 viewsLicinius II (318-320), Heraclea mint
Obv: DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate draped bust left, holding globe, scepter & mappa
Rev: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, campgate with three turrets & no door, SMHD in ex
RIC VII Heraclea 45
blot-sven
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Constantine the Great, (307-337)69 viewsConstantine the Great, Nicomedia mint 324-325
Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right
Rev: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, camp-gate with no doors and two turrets, star above
SMNA in ex.
RIC VII 154
blot-sven
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Italy- Pompeii- House with nice mosaic and fountain 169 viewsFOUNTAIN
House of the Small Fountain Pompeii Another fountain with mosaic decorations, including abstract and geometric designs, fish, shells, and other sea life.
Peter Wissing
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Italy- Rome- Largo (di Torre) Argentina69 viewsLargo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome that hosts four Republican Roman temples, and the reminings of Pompey's Theater. It is located in the ancient Campus Martius.
Common knowledge refers the name of the square to a Torre Argentina, which is not related to the South American country, but to the city of Strasbourg, whose original name was Argentoratum. In 1503, in fact, John Burckhardt from Strasbourg built in via del Sudario a palace (now at number 44), Casa del Bucardo, annexing a tower, called Torre Argentoratina from the name of his hometown.
After Italian unification, it was decided to reconstruct part of Rome (1909), demolishing the zone of Torre Argentina, where the remainings of a medieval tower, Torre Papito or Torre Boccamazzi, and of one temple were to be included in the new buildings. During the works (1927), however, the colossal head and arms of a marble statue were discovered. The archeological investigation brought to light the presence of a holy area, dating to the Republican era, with four temples and part of Pompey's Theater.
The buildings
The four temples, designated today by the letters A, B, C, and D, front onto a paved street, which was reconstructed in the imperial era, after 80 AD fire.
Temple A was built in the 3rd century BC, and is probably the Temple of Juturna built by Gaius Lutatius Catulus after his victory against Carthaginians in 241 BC. It was later rebuilt into a church, whoes aprses are still present.
Temple B, a circular temple with six columns remaining, was built by Quintus Lutatius Catulus in 101 BC to celebrate his victory over Cimbri; it was Aedes Fortunae Huiusce Diei, a temple devoted to the Luck of the Current Day. The colossal statue found during excavations and now kept in the Capitoline Museums was the statue of the goddess herself. Only the head, the arms, and the legs were of marble: the other parts, covered by the dress, were of bronze.
Temple C is the most ancient of the three, dating back to 4th or 3rd century BC, and was probably devoted to Feronia the ancient Italic goddess of fertility. After the fire of 80 AD, this temple was restored, and the white and black mosaic of the inner temple cell dates back to this restoration.
Temple D is the largest of the four, dates back to 2nd century BC with Late Republican restorations, and was devoted to Lares Permarini, but only a small part of it has been excavated (a street covers the most of it).
Teatro Argentina is a 18th century theater, where Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville debuted in 1816, as well as Giuseppe Verdi's I due Foscari (1844) and La battaglia di Legnano (1849).
Located in the Largo Argentina is the Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary, a no-kill shelter for homeless cats (of which Rome has many). The presence of the shelter proves to be a point of interest for both tourists and locals, as the historical area abounds with various breeds of cat, cavorting and lounging about on the ancient (and semi-ancient) ruins.
Peter Wissing
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.14.01 (plate coin)69 viewsSeptimius Severus AD 193-211
AE 27, 11.73g, 26.54mm, 225°
struck under governor Pollenius Auspex
obv. AV KAI CEP - CEVHPOC PER
laureate head right
rev. VPA POL AVCPIKOC NIKOPOLI PROC IC
Herakles, nude, stg. r., holding in l. hand lion's skin & bow, resting with r. hand on his club
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1257 (1 ex., Sofia)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2784
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.14.1 (plate coin)
Rare, VF
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This is the type of the Hercules Defensor reverse in Rome and, apart from the bow, the Hercules of the Di Auspices coins, very probably representing those statues at Leptis Magna. It even may have appealed to Pollenius Auspex in that connection. (Pat Lawrence)
Jochen
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BYZANTINE, Justinian I 527-565 Carthage69 viewsObv: ...INA... (blundered legend)
Rev: VOT XIIII
Sear 279
8-9 mm and very hard to photograph!
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Constantinople CONSS69 viewsConstantine had altogether more ambitious plans. Having restored the unity of the empire, now overseeing the progress of major governmental reforms and sponsoring the consolidation of the Christian church, Constantine was well aware that Rome had become an unsatisfactory capital for several reasons. Located in central Italy, Rome lay too far from the eastern imperial frontiers, and hence also from the legions and the Imperial courts. Moreover, Rome offered an undesirable playground for disaffected politicians; it also suffered regularly from flooding and from malaria.
It seemed impossible to many that the capital could be moved. Nevertheless, Constantine identified the site of Byzantium as the correct place: a city where an emperor could sit, readily defended, with easy access to the Danube or the Euphrates frontiers, his court supplied from the rich gardens and sophisticated workshops of Roman Asia, his treasuries filled by the wealthiest provinces of the empire.
Constantine laid out the expanded city, dividing it into 14 regions, and ornamenting it with great public works worthy of a great imperial city. Yet initially Constantinople did not have all the dignities of Rome, possessing a proconsul, rather than a prefect of the city. Furthermore, it had no praetors, tribunes or quaestors. Although Constantinople did have senators, they held the title clarus, not clarissimus, like those of Rome. Constantinople also lacked the panoply of other administrative offices regulating the food supply, police, statues, temples, sewers, aqueducts or other public works. The new program of building was carried out in great haste: columns, marbles, doors and tiles were taken wholesale from the temples of the empire and moved to the new city. Similarly, many of the greatest works of Greek and Roman art were soon to be seen in its squares and streets. The emperor stimulated private building by promising householders gifts of land from the imperial estates in Asiana and Pontica, and on 18 May 332 he announced that, as in Rome, free distributions of food would be made to citizens. At the time the amount is said to have been 80,000 rations a day, doled out from 117 distribution points around the city.
Constantinople was a Greek Orthodox Christian city, lying in the most Christianised part of the Empire. Justinian ordered the pagan temples of Byzantium to be deconstructed, and erected the splendid Church of the Holy Wisdom, Sancta Sophia (also known as Hagia Sophia in Greek), as the centrepiece of his Christian capital. He oversaw also the building of the Church of the Holy Apostles, and that of Hagia Irene.
Constantine laid out anew the square at the middle of old Byzantium, naming it the Augusteum. Sancta Sophia lay on the north side of the Augusteum. The new senate-house (or Curia) was housed in a basilica on the east side. On the south side of the great square was erected the Great Palace of the emperor with its imposing entrance, the Chalke, and its ceremonial suite known as the Palace of Daphne. Located immediately nearby was the vast Hippodrome for chariot-races, seating over 80,000 spectators, and the Baths of Zeuxippus (both originally built in the time of Septimius Severus). At the entrance at the western end of the Augusteum was the Milion, a vaulted monument from which distances were measured across the Eastern Empire.
From the Augusteum a great street, the Mese, led, lined with colonnades. As it descended the First Hill of the city and climbed the Second Hill, it passed on the left the Praetorium or law-court. Then it passed through the oval Forum of Constantine where there was a second senate-house, then on and through the Forum of Taurus and then the Forum of Bous, and finally up the Sixth Hill and through to the Golden Gate on the Propontis. The Mese would be seven Roman miles long to the Golden Gate of the Walls of Theodosius.
Constantine erected a high column in the middle of the Forum, on the Second Hill, with a statue of himself at the top, crowned with a halo of seven rays and looking towards the rising sun.
RIC VII Constantinople 61 C1
ecoli
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307-337 AD - Constantine I - RIC VII Thessalonica 222 - GLORIA EXERCITVS69 viewsEmperor: Constantine I (r. 307-337 AD)
Date: 336-337 AD
Condition: Very Fine
Size: AE3
Obverse: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG
Bust right; rosette-diadem, draped and cuirassed
Reverse: GLORI-A EXER-CITVS
Glory of the Army.
Two soldiers, helmeted, standing looking at one another, reversed spear in outer hand, inner hand on shield resting on ground; between them, one standard.
Exergue: SMTSA (Thessalonica mint, first officina)
RIC VII Thessalonica 222; VM 94
1.49g; 17.3mm; 165°Pep
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Faustina II IVNONI REGINAE69 viewsFAUSTINA AVGVSTA
Draped bust right
R/ IVNONI REGINAE
Juno standing left holding patera in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left hand; peacock at her feet.
Denarius struck 161 - 175 in Rom
Cohen 139 - RIC.696
FAUSTINA JUNIOR, daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta 147-175 ADgb29400
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69 viewsDenarius - 49 B.C.
L CORNELIVS LENTVLVS & C CLAVDIVS MARCELLVS - Gens Cornelia.
Obv.: Facing head of Medusa in center of triskeles, ear of corn between each leg
Rev.: Jupiter standing right with thunderbolt & eagle. LENT MAR (NT & MAR in monogram) left, COS right.
Gs. 3,5 mm. 18,4
Craw. 445/1b, Sear RCV 414.
Maxentius
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PARTHIA/PERSIA, Shapur I, A.D. 240/42 – 270/7269 viewsObv: Robed bust, right, wearing turreted crown with ear flaps surmounted by lined globe. Pahlavi script within dotted border.
Rev: Unadorned Zoroastrian fire altar with two crowned attendants facing outward and holding staffs. Pahlavi script to either side.
Drachm, 3.4 gm, 25.1 mm, Gobl SN I/1.
Comment: The Eastern bane for the reigns of six Roman Emperors. In at least one account responsible for the death of Gordian III on the battlefield. Captured and tortured the emperor, Valerian I, ultimately having him skinned and displayed as a warning to the Romans to stay out of his affairs. Finally brought under control during the reign of Gallienus by Odaenathus of Palmyra, the great ally of Rome within the Eastern Empire.
The dates of Shapur's reign are commonly given as A.D. 240/42 – 270/72, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent with his father, Ardashir I, prior to the latter's death.
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PARTHIA/PERSIA, Hormizd IV, AR Drachm69 viewsSasanian Empire, Hormizd IV, 578-590 A.D., AR drachm, 4 gm, Ray, year 6.
OBV: Text, crowned, draped bust right. Crescent moons and stars on border, rare variant with star in right obverse missing.
REV: Text, fire altar with 2 attendants.
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Samaria, Neapolis, Trebonianus Gallus, Rosenberger 11369 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253
AE 24, 12.09g
obv. AVT KAI G OVI TREB GALLOC [CEB]
bust, draped [and cuirassed?], laureate, r.
rev. FL NEAC - POLEWS
Eagle stg. frontal, head l., wings spread, supporting cult image of Mt.Gerizim
with temple, shrines and gardens
Rosenberger 113; SNG 6, 1035
F+/about VF
The Mt.Gerizim is the holy mountain of the Samaritans. Neapolis is the todays Nablus.
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'Jochen
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Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 34. Severus Alexander & Julia Mamaea, HrJ (2014) 6.34.01.01 corr.69 viewsSeverus Alexander, AD 222-235
AE 26, 12.35g, 26.35mm, 45°
struck under governor Um(brius?) Tereventinus
obv. AVT KM [AVR] CEVH ALEZANDROC KAI IOVLIA MAMAIA
confronted busts of Severus Alexander, draped and cuirassed, laureate r., and Julia Mamaea, draped and wearing stephane, l.
rev. HG OVM TEREBENTINOV MARKIANOPO / LEITWN (OV and WN ligate)
Zeus, bearded, in himation, stg. l., holding drapery over l. arm and sceptre in l.
hand, sacrificing from patera over burning altar l.
in r. field E (for pentassarion)
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) Varbanov (engl.) 1836, Curtis Clay knows 4 others (all from same dies)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2014) No. 6.34.1.1 (writes LEITWN)
very rare, VF, brown patina
KAI in the obv. legend occurs only under Tereventinus and Philopappus. May be that Philopappus was the successor of Tereventinus? (Pick)
Jochen
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Phoenicia, Tyros, Julia Maesa, Rouvier 2408 #169 viewsJulia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 30, 9.05g
obv. IVLIA MAE - SA AVGV
bust, draped, diademed, r.
rev. TVRIORVM
Galley with ten oars advancing r., on the stern-post hanging a shield. Ram of prow shaped as dolphin. On the ship Dido, draped, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and sceptre(?) in outstretched r. hand. At her l. side a male figur, ducked, throwing a sack with sand overboard; at her r. side standing a sailor with an unknown object in hand (damaged by cleaning) . Below ship on the left side Murex shell, on the r. side prawn., l.
Rouvier 2408
very rare, F/F+
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'Jochen
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Faustina Senior, Aeternitas69 viewsDIVA AVG - FAVSTINA
Draped bust right
AETERNITAS
Aeternitas seated left, holding Phoenix on globe and scepter
SC in exergue
RIC1103b (variant)- RIC only lists as Sesterius; Cohen 16 var (AE As, but obv. legend without AVG)
wildwinds example (this coin)
Ae As; 10.46g; 24mmarizonarobin
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 25. Diadumenian, HrHJ (2018) 8.25.43.01 (plate coin)69 viewsDiadumenian, AD 217-218
AE 26, 15.6g, 26.73mm, 225°
struck under governor Statius Longinus
obv. K M OPEL ANTWN DIA - DOVMENIANOC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, bare-headed, r.
rev. VP CTATIOV LONGINOV NIKOPOLIT / WN PROC IC / [TRON]
Youthful mountain-god, nude to hips, sitting l. on rocks, holding branch in
raised r. hand and reed in l. hand resting on the rocks
ref. a) not in AMNG (but obv. and rev. dies known from other types)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Jekov No. (2018) 8.25.43.1 (plate coin)
d) Megaw Nic4.36a (this coin)
added to www.wildwinds.com
This type occurs in 2 subtypes. This is the somewhat rarer type with CTATIOV, nude youth and without 'bow' above rock in an unknown composition of dies (Thanks to Pat Lawrence!).Jochen
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249-251 AD., Trajan Decius, AR Antoninianus, mint of Rome, RIC 17b var.69 viewsTrajan Decius, AR Antoninianus, 3,10 g., mint of Rome, 249-251 AD.
Obv.: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG , Radiate and cuirassed bust right, rear view.
Rev.: GENIVS EXERC ILLYRICIANI , Genius of the army of Illyria standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, standard and altar at left.
RIC IV, part III, p. 122, #17b var. (not draped) ; C. 56 (var.?).
my ancient coin database
Arminius
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Moesia superior, Viminacium, Gordian III AMNG 7769 viewsGordian ,AD 238-244
AE 23, 6.12g
struck AD 240/41 (AN II)
obv. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, radiate, r.
rev. PMS C - OL VIM
Moesia standing half l. between bull r., and lion l.
AMNG I/1, 77; Jekov/Hristova p.28, no.2
about VF, black-green patina
Jochen
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Julia Domna, Fortuna69 viewsJulia Domna
AR Denarius; 18-20mm; 3.64g
IVLIA-AVGVSTA
Draped bust right
FORTVNAE-FELICI
Fortuna standing left holding out-turned cornucopia and resting left arm on rudder
RIC 552, RSC 55, BMC 24arizonarobin
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249-251 AD - Trajan Decius - Moushmov 0044 - Moesia with Lion and Bull Reverse69 viewsEmperor: Trajan Decius (r. 249-251 AD)
Date: 249-251 AD
Condition: aFine
Size: AE 27
Obverse: IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
Imperator and Emperor Trajan Decius
Bust right; laureate
Reverse: PMS C-OLVIM
Viminacium
Moesia standing between a lion and a bull.
Exergue: ANX(blank, I or II?)
Mint: Viminacium, Moesia Superior
Moushmov 44
14.61g; 27.7mm; 195°Pep
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 10. Commodus, HrHJ (2018) 8.10.14.04 (plate coin)69 viewsCommodus, AD 177-192
AE 16, 2.73g, 16.20mm, 315°
obv. [AVT M] AVRH - KOMMO[DOC]
laureate head r.
rev. NEIKOPOLI
in ex. in 2 lines PROC I - C / TRON
nude Herakles resting l. on lion's skin, holding club beneath
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.10.14.4 (plate coin)
obv. e.g. No. 8.10.8.3 (same die)
extremely rare, unique?, rare, F+/about VF, stripped
Reminiscent of the type of Eros reclining r. on lion's skin (?), holding torch almost horizontally beneath him, known at Nicopolis for Caracalla Caesar and Julia Domna, AMNG 1468 and 1489, pl. XVI.4. There, however, one of Eros' wings is clearly visible above him. I'm not sure Eros is meant under Commodus too, since the all-important wing isn't visible. (Curtis Clay)
Where did I read that the Caracalla Eros Æ21 (Caesar) is as Eros also known elsewhere where Eros is playing Herakles, and is here sleeping as a very weary Herakles from all his Labors? So both answers may be true, or the wing (given Commodus's die engraver) might just not show. (Pat Lawrence)
Jochen
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Phocas follis69 viewsFollis, 604-605, Cyzic, 1st officina, 10.6g, 30mm, red desert sand patina.vercingetorix
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Zeugitania, Carthage69 viewsObverse: Youthful male head left between two grain-ears
Reverse: Horse galloping right
Mint : Carthage
Date : Circa 350 B.C
Reference : MAA p. 367, 19; SNG Copenhagen 121
Grade : VF
Weight : 2.96 g
Metal : AE
Dealer : Sayles
Acquired: 09/10/06
Comments : 16 mm, black patina with brown highlights. Overstruck on a Carthaginian bronze with head of Tanit / Horse; palm behind Peattie
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