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68 viewsCommodus - Sestertius - 181/182 AD
Ob: M ANTONINVS COMMODVS AVG; Laureate head right
Rev.: TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P S C; Roma standing left, holding Victory & spear.
gs. 23,7 mm. 30,7
Cohen 829, RIC 324 1 commentsMaxentius

Leo 1st68 viewsLEO I. 457-474 AD. AV Solidus (4.50 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left holding long jeweled cross, star in right field; S//CONOB. RIC X 605 and 630; Depeyrot 93/1. Good VF1 commentsTLP

Aurelian- GÃ¶bl 115d468 viewsAE Antoninianus, Rome Mint, 170-175 AD
Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Cuirassed bust left with shield and spear.
Reverse: ORIENS AVG, Sol standing right, 1 hand raised other holds globe. Figure? reclining left.
Q in exergue
Göbl 115d4
23mm, 3.4gm

Notes From Curtis Clay:
Göbl 115d4, pl. 65, "Rome, Issue 3", citing and illustrating one specimen only, from a 1990 Jacquier list, apparently same obv. die but diff. rev. die from yours.
Estiot, Paris catalogue, p. 292, "Rome, Issue 5, Fall 273", citing TWO specimens from Jacquier, illustrating one of them, pl. 73, 17, different from Göbl's, again same obv. die as yours but a third, different, rev. die.
Estiot describes the type as simply Sol standing by reclining captive.
your coin would appear to be the third recorded specimen of this exact variety.

1 commentsJerome Holderman

359-336 BC - Philip II - Lindgren II 1272 - Youth on Horse Reverse68 viewsKing: Philip II of Macedonia (r. 359-336 BC)
Date: 359-336 BC
Size: AE15
Condition: Fine

Obverse: Head of Apollo right wearing tania

Reverse: Î¦ I Î› I Î“ Î“ O Y
Youth on horse prancing left, right hand raised - or- whiping horse with right.
"N" below

Uncertain Macedonian mint
Lindgren II 1272; SNG Cop. 614; SNG ANS 939
6.54g; 15.9mm; 90°Pep

ROMAN EMPIRE, Antoninus Pius, Sestertius68 viewsSestertius
28,09 gm
struck 140-144 AD. RIC III 616; BMCRE 1265; Cohen 589
Ex M. Weller collection
Ex. CNG 67
1 comments

0926-0974 AH - Suleyman I - Kabaklarly 10 - Adr - 03 - Ottoman Mangir68 viewsSultan: Suleyman I (1520-1566 AD)
Date: 1520-1566 AD (926-974 AH)
Condition: aFine
Denomination: Mangir

Obverse: Two round-ended rectangles crossed, superimposed on a square with incurved sides.

Reverse: Arabic inscription.
926 AH

Edirne mint
Kabaklarly 10 - Adr - 03
2.66g; 15.9mm; 45°Pep

Punic Zeugitana68 viewsShekel - Carthage - 300-264 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight : 5 gms
Obv: head of Tanit left
Rev: horse's head right

SNG 1491 commentsTanit

Provincial Utica - Tiberius - Dupondius RPC 73568 viewsAE Dupondius. C Cassius Felix AD 27-28 .
Obv.: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII
Rev.: C VIBIO MARSO PRCOS C CASSIVS FELIX A IIVIR (around), D D/P P (in field)

RPC 735
Tanit

ROMAN EMPIRE, Lucius Verus, AR denarius68 views1 comments

1403a,1, Constantine I (the Great), 307-337 A.D.68 viewsConstantine I (the Great), 307-337 A.D. Bronze AE 3, RIC 16, C -, VF, 2.854g, 19.1mm, 180o, Constantinople mint, 327 A.D. Obverse: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette diademed head right; Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS, Soldier standing left, head right, resting left hand on shield and holding inverted spear in right, G in left field, CONS in exergue; very rare (R3).

The Emperor Constantine I was effectively the sole ruler of the Roman world between 324 and 337 A.D.; his reign was perhaps one of the most crucial of all the emperors in determining the future course of western civilization. By beginning the process of making Christianity the religious foundation of his realm, he set the religious course for the future of Europe which remains in place to this very day. Because he replaced Rome with Constantinople as the center of imperial power, he made it clear that the city of Rome was no longer the center of power and he also set the stage for the Middle Ages. His philosophical view of monarchy, largely spelled out in some of the works of Eusebius of Caesarea, became the foundation for the concept of the divine right of kings which prevailed in Europe.

Constantine was not a "Christian convert" in any traditional sense. He was not baptized until close to death, and while that was not an uncommon practice, the mention of Christ in his speeches and decrees is conspicuous by its absence. Eusebius, Church historian and Constantine biographer, is responsible for much of the valorization of Constantine as the Christian Emperor. The somnambulant "sign" in which Constantine was to become victor at the Milvian Bridge is, not so surprisingly, revealed to posterity long after the "fact." Throughout his reign, Constantine continues to portray himself on coins as a sun god (Freeman, Charles. Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean; Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 582). Above all, Constantine was a pragmatist. It would be cynical to egregiously disavow his commitment to Christianity, but it would be equally wrong to think that he would allow Christianity to meddle in the governance of his empire. As he reputedly told a group of bishops, "You are bishops of those within the church, but I am perhaps a bishop appointed by God of those outside." Whatever the motives for his decision to support Christianity, Christianity benefitted from the arrangement. So, too, did Constantine. It was a match made in heaven.
J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.

For perhaps the best Constantine The Great site on the web, see Victor Clark's Constantine The Great Coins: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/ 1 commentsCleisthenes

Constantinvs BARB from Alexandria68 viewsReduced follis from Alexandria for Constantinus I

MP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
laureate head right
R/ GENIO AVGVSTI [To the spirit of the Emperor] Genius, modius on head standing left, chalmys across left shoulder, Serapis head in right hand, cornucopia in left hand.
X/A/ALE

22 mm -- 4,69 g1 commentsgb29400

Trajan 98-117 A.D.68 viewsObv:bust r. laur
IMPPCAESNERTTRAIANOOPAVGGERDA
Rev:nike winged advancing holding wrearth and plam branch
COLPRIFL AVG CAESARENSIMaritima

ROMAN EMPIRE, Diocletian, Silvered AE Antoninianus68 viewsDiocletian. 284-305 AD .
Silvered AE Antoninianus (3.8 gm, 23mm)

Obv: IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, Radiate crowned head , rt.
Rev : CONCORDIA MILITVM ; Jupiter presents Victory on a globe to Diocletian.

Sear 3510 (1988), RIC 306, Cohen 33, HRIC Diocletianus 21a1 comments

(VI) 1468 viewsConstantius I
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
Laureate and cuirassed bust right
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
Genius standing left
RIC (VI) 141 commentsmauseus

Judaea, Antoninus Felix, Roman Procurator under Claudius, 52 - 60 A.D.68 viewsBronze prutah, Hendin 651, TJC 342, Fair, 2.51g, 17.5mm, Caesarea mint, 54 A.D.; obverse IOU/LIA AG/RIPPI/NA (Julia Agrippina - wife of Claudius), within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X; reverse TI KLAUDIOC KAICAP GEPM (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus), two crossed palm fronds, L ID below (year 14);

ex FORVM1 commentsareich

002c. Gaius and Lucius Caesars68 viewsJulia, daughter of Augustus, who has had no child by Marcellus (she is only sixteen when he dies), is married to Agrippa, a soldier who has long been the emperor's most trusted supporter. They have two sons, Gaius and Lucius, born in 20 and 17 BC. The boys are adopted by the emperor. The intention now, if Augustus dies, is that Agrippa should rule until one of these grandsons is of an age to take control. But Agrippa dies in 12 BC.

Julia has had a total of five children by Agrippa (the two sons adopted by the emperor, two daughters, and another posthumous son, Agrippa Posthumus). She now has one son by Tiberius, but the child dies in infancy.

By 6 BC it is evident that Tiberius is being set aside. Julia refuses to live with him, and her eldest son Gaius (at the age of fourteen) is given a nominal high appointment as consul. Gaius and Lucius Caesar, grandsons and adopted sons of the emperor, are now clearly the family members in line for the succession. But they die young, Lucius Caesar in AD 2 and then Gaius in AD 4.

LYDIA, Magnesia ad Sipylum. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 19mm (4.93 g). Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right / Confronted heads of Gaius and Lucius Caesars. RPC 2449. Fair. Rare. Ex-Cngecoli

Vandals anonymous68 viewsObverse: Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left
Mint : Carthage
Date : 5th Century AD
Reference : Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
Grade : V
Weight : 0.99g
Metal : AE
Acquired: 16/06/06
Comments : Wroth notes that coins showing inscriptions represented by strokes or lozenges are probably indicative of barbarous imitations (possibly the Mauri tribe).Peattie

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 26. Elagabal, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.38.19 (plate coin)68 viewsElagabal AD 218-222
AE 27, 11.07g, 26.83mm, 0°
struck under governor Novius Rufus
obv. AVT K M AVRH - [ANTWNEINOC]
laureate head r
rev. VP NOBIOV ROVFOV NI - KOPOLITON PROC ICT /
in l. and r. field RO - N
Tyche Euposia as City Goddess, wearing mural crown, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and rudder in
outstretched r. hand; on the cornucopiae std. a small child (Ploutos) l.!
ref. a) not in AMNG:
rev. cf. AMNG I/1, 1972 (different die breaks)
obv. AMNG I/1, 1968
b) Varbanov (engl.) cf.4090 (doesn't mention Ploutos!)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.26.38.19 (plate coin)
about VF, nice serious portrait

Both references don't mention the small child! For more informations please look at the coin AMNG 1868 of Diadumenian from Nikopolis! Tyche Euposia here doesn't wear a kalathos but a mural crown. So it is the City Goddess!
Jochen

ROMAN EMPIRE, Maxentius, Follis68 viewsReduced Follis, 5.8 gm, 25.82 mm.
Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
Laureate head, right.
Rev: CONSERV VRB SVAE
Roma at right, seated on shield, facing left and handing globe to Maxentius in military dress and holding scepter at left, facing right in tetrastyle temple. Seated captive between. Victories as acroteria atop left and right pillars. She wolf and twins in pediment.
Minted in early 307 at Aquilleia, mm: AQΓ, RIC VI 113

Plautilla, Concordia68 viewsPlautilla
Ar Denarius; 2.29g; 18mm

PLAVTILLA - AVGVSTA
Draped bust right

CONCORDIA - AVGG
Concordia standing left holding a patera and sceptre

RIC 363; S 7054; RSC 1 Rome Mint
arizonarobin

Arab-Byzantine fals of Damascus (Syria)68 viewsΛЄΟ, Byzantine emperor standing facing holding long cross and globe with cross
ANO / X-II , large M, cross-shaped monogram above, ΔAM in exergueGinolerhino

Herennia Etruscilla Antoninianus68 viewsHerennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
AR Antoninianus, Rome mint
Ob: HERETRUSCILLAAVG, diademed & draped bust right set on crescent
Rv: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated left, drawing veil from face & holding scepter
Ref: RIC IV 59b, RSC 191 commentsScotvs Capitis

Sicily, Syracuse SNG ANS 13868 viewsAR - Silver litra, 12.4mm, 0.653g
struck c.475-450
obv. SVRA
Head of Arethusa, with pearl-diadem, r.
rev. Oktopus
SNG ANS 183; SNG München 1003; SNG Copenhagen 641; cf. Boehringer S.196, 450ff.
about VF, slightly toned
from Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!

For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'1 commentsJochen

Thrace, Cherronesos68 viewsCherronesos, Thrace (Black Sea)
350-300 BC

O: Forepart of lion right, head reverted
R: Quadripartite incuse square, Ar beside pellet /pentagram

Ar Hemidrachm; 12mm; 2.35g
1 commentsarizonarobin

Trajan - dupondius RIC 67668 viewsTrajan. Dupondius, 115-117 AD; 11.54g; obv. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, radiate draped bust right; rev. SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS S C, Trajan advancing right between 2 trophies. RIC 676. 2 commentsBartosz A

Arles, Constantine II68 viewsCONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust left

VIRTVS-CAESS
Campgate, 6 rows, 4 turrets, star above, Open door

TCONS(gamma) - S in left field, F in right field
Arles Mint

RIC VII Arles 322
Ae;2.50g;19mmarizonarobin

68 viewsTanit

Roman Constantius II FEL TEMP68 viewsObv: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG
Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO ; soldier spearing fallen Persian horseman.1 commentsTanit

Britain, Caerleon, Isca Silurum, Artefact - Victory with Trophy (View 2)68 views1st Century A.D. Victory artefact displayed in Museum at Caerleon, the Roman City of Isca Silurum in South Wales. 2 commentsmaridvnvm

251-253 AD - Trebonianus Gallus - Viminacium - Moesia with Lion and Bull Reverse68 viewsEmperor: Trebonianus Gallus (r. 251-253 AD)
Date: 251-253 AD
Condition: Fair
Size: AE 26

Obverse: IMP C GALLVS P FELIX AVG
Imperator Caesar Gallus Dutiful and Wise Emperor
Head right; laureate

Reverse: PMS C-OLVIM
Viminacium
Moesia standing between a lion and a bull.
Exergue: AN XII, XIII, or XIV

Mint: Viminacium
7.93g; 26.3mm; 330°Pep

Alexander III tetradrachm68 viewsTetradrachm, Amphipolis mint, lifetime issue, c.336-334, Price 9 (same obv. die.), 17.0 gm, 25.5 mm

This was the first expensive Greek coin I bought, just over 30 years ago when I was still a student. It strained my food budget for some time, but i just had to have it.1 comments

064 - Septimius Severus denarius - RIC 42668 viewsObv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right
Rev:– VICT AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath in both hands
Minted in Emesa, A.D. 194 - 195
References:– RIC 426 (Rated Rare), RSC 675d. BMCRE 401.

Ex Roger Bickford-Smith Collection, CNG 47, lot 1708. Ex Barry Murphy Collection2 commentsmaridvnvm

GALLIC EMPIRE/ROME - VICTORINUS68 viewsObv: Emperor - Rev.: Pax. Cologne mint. 268-270 A.D. Obv.: IMP C VICTORINVS AVG, Radiate draped bust right. Rev.: PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding nolive branch and scepter.dpaul7

JUCHIDS (GOLDEN HORDE)68 viewsJUCHIDS (GOLDEN HORDE) - AE pul, Qrim, Uzbek khan, 720 AH.
Reference: Lebedev "Coins of Crimea..." coins# м46, м47.
(Лебедев В.П. "Каталог монет Крыма в составе Золотой орды", м46, м47) dpaul7

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 26. Elagabal, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.01.22 (plate coin)68 viewsElagabal, AD 218-222
AE 5, 11.15g, 25.45mm, 30°
struck under governor Novius Rufus (as always!)
obv. AVT K M AVR - ANTWNEINOC (C square)
laureate head r.
rev. VP NOBIOV ROVFOV NIKOPOLITWN
l. field PR / C I (PR ligate)
r. field CTR / ON (ON ligate)
Eagle stg. facing, tail l., head l. with wreath in beak
note: very crude legend style
Ref.: a) not in AMNG:
cf. AMNG 1994 (has AVRH and different distribution of legend in the field)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 4010 var. (different obv. legend and bust type)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.26.1.22 (plate coin)
Rare, good F/about VF, glossy green patina
Jochen

Procopius, RIC IX, Constantinopolis 17b var., unpublished68 viewsProcopius, AD 365-366
AE - AE 3, 3.93g
Constantinopolis, 4th officina
obv. DN PROCO - PIVS PF AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, pearl-diademed, l.
rev. REPARATI - O FEL TEMP
Emperor in military cloak, stg. half-left, head r., holding labarum in in r. hand
and resting with l. hand on shield;
palmbranch in l. field, Chi-Rho in r. field
in ex. CONS Delta
Ref.: RIC IX 17b var.; C.7 var.;
(in RIC only officina Gamma and Epsilon but Delta expexted)
very rare, EF, sharp, nice green patina
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!

The variant with the palmbranch is much rarer than the usual 'unknown object' or the empty field. And there is no officina Delta listet nor yet found in any reference!
4 commentsJochen

ENGLAND - GEORGE IV68 viewsGeorge IV - Britannia seated on reverse. 1826 FARTHING. KM-697dpaul7

032. Otacilia Severa68 viewsAE Sestertius. Rome mint.
Obv.Draped and diademed bust right MARCIA OTACILIA SEVERA AVG

Rev. Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopia. CONCORDIA AVGG SC

RIC 203

Beautiful, large sestertius, fantastic patina. aEF
1 commentsLordBest

Roman Constantinopolis68 viewsAE 3/4
Obv.: CONSTANTINOPOLIS; hemeted bust of Constantinopolis l.
Rev.: No Reverse Legend; Victory stg. l., foot on prow, holding scepter and leaning on shield2 commentsTanit

1307a, Maxentius, February 307 - 28 October 312 A.D.68 viewsBronze follis, RIC 163, aEF, Rome mint, 5.712g, 25.6mm, 0o, summer 307 A.D.; obverse MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse CONSERVATO-RES VRB SVAE, Roma holding globe and scepter, seated in hexastyle temple, RT in ex; rare. Ex FORVM; Ex Maridvnvm

De Imperatoribus Romanis : An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families

Maxentius (306-312 A.D.)

Michael DiMaio, Jr.
Salve Regina University

Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, more commonly known as Maxentius, was the child of the Emperor Maximianus Herculius and the Syrian, Eutropia; he was born ca. 278 A.D. After Galerius' appointment to the rank of Caesar on 1 March 293, Maxentius married Galerius' daughter Valeria Maximilla, who bore him a son named Romulus and another son whose name is unknown. Due to his haughty nature and bad disposition, Maxentius could seldom agree with his father or his father-in-law; Galerius' and Maximianus Herculius' aversion to Maxentius prevented the young man from becoming a Caesar in 305. Little else is known of Maxentius' private life prior to his accession and, although there is some evidence that it was spent in idleness, he did become a Senator.

On 28 October 306 Maxentius was acclaimed emperor, although he was politically astute enough not to use the title Augustus; like the Emperor Augustus, he called himself princeps. It was not until the summer of 307 that he started using the title Augustus and started offending other claimants to the imperial throne. He was enthroned by the plebs and the Praetorians. At the time of his acclamation Maxentius was at a public villa on the Via Labicana. He strengthened his position with promises of riches for those who helped him obtain his objective. He forced his father Maximianus Herculius to affirm his son's acclamation in order to give his regime a facade of legitimacy. His realm included Italy, Africa, Sardinia, and Corsica. As soon as Galerius learned about the acclamation of Herculius' son, he dispatched the Emperor Severus to quell the rebellion. With the help of his father and Severus' own troops, Maxentius' took his enemy prisoner.

When Severus died, Galerius was determined to avenge his death. In the early summer of 307 the Augustus invaded Italy; he advanced to the south and encamped at Interamna near the Tiber. His attempt to besiege the city was abortive because his army was not large enough to encompass the city's fortifications. Negotiations between Maxentius and Galerius broke down when the emperor discovered that the usurper was trying to win over his troops. Galerius' troops were open to Maxentius' promises because they were fighting a civil war between members of the same family; some of the soldiers went over to the enemy. Not trusting his own troops, Galerius withdrew. During its retreat, Galerius' army ravaged the Italian countryside as it was returning to its original base. If it was not enough that Maxentius had to deal with the havoc created by the ineffectual invasions of Severus and Galerius, he also had to deal with his father's attempts to regain the throne between 308 and 310. When Maximianus Herculius was unable to regain power by pushing his son off his throne, he attempted to win over Constantine to his cause. When this plan failed, he tried to win Diocletian over to his side at Carnuntum in October and November 308. Frustrated at every turn, Herculius returned to his son-in-law Constantine's side in Gaul where he died in 310, having been implicated in a plot against his son-in-law. Maxentius' control of the situation was weakened by the revolt of L. Domitius Alexander in 308. Although the revolt only lasted until the end of 309, it drastically cut the size of the grain supply availble for Rome. Maxentius' rule collapsed when he died on 27 October 312 in an engagement he had with the Emperor Constantine at the Milvian Bridge after the latter had invaded his realm.

Copyright (C) 1996, Michael DiMaio, Jr.
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.
1 commentsCleisthenes

Mudie 01. George III Dedication Medal, 1817.68 viewsObv. Laureate head of George III right HOC AVSPICEORBIS SALVS. MDCCCXVII.
Rev. One standing female allegorical figure on the left, flanked by lion and holding a cross, allegorical female figure seated on right holding horn of plenty, rocky outcrop behind. RELIGIONE FIDE ET CONSTANTIA
Exergue: MDCCCXVII.

The first medal in the forty medal Mudie series, and one of the most beautiful.1 commentsLordBest

Fausta, Thessalonica68 viewsFLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG
Mantled and bareheaded bust right with waved hair

SPES REIP-VBLICAE
Empress (as Spes) standing facing, looking left, head veiled, and holding two children in her arms.

SMTSA
Thessalonica mint RIC 161; Ae 18-19mm; 3.05g1 commentsarizonarobin

Nero As, 64 AD68 viewsNero, AD 54-68
AE - As 23 mm
64 AD
radiate head right
NERO CLAVG CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Genius standing half-left, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar & holding cornucopiae
GENIO AVGVSTI S-C, I in ex
RIC 215
CArdatirion

P. Accoleius Lariscolus, Crawford 486/168 viewsAR - Denarius, 3.90gm, 19.7mm.
Rome, 43 BC
obv. P. ACCOLEIVS - LARISCOLVS
Archaisized bust of Diana Nemorensis, draped, r.
rev. Triple cult statue of Diana Nemorensis (Diana, Hecate, Selene) facing,
supporting on their hands and shoulders a bar; behind them a grove of five
cypresses; the figure on the left (Diana) holds a bow in her outer hand, the
figure on the right (Selene) a poppy.
Crawford 486/1; Sydenham 1148; Accoleia 1
gVF, light toning, with a reasonably unobtrusive banker's mark.

Regarding the hairstyle of the obv. portrait this coin is from a later period of this issue (A. Alföldi). The family of the mint-master is originated from Aricia at the Lake Nemi where stood the grove and the temple of Diana Nemorensis. Here too votiv-inscriptions of the Accoleii have been found. Octavian's mother was from Aricia. Perhaps Octavian himself has influenced the selection of this coin-motive.

For more informations please look at the thread 'Mythological interesting coins'1 commentsJochen

Gratian AE 268 views4.5 g, 21.7 x 22.0 mm.

RIC 26a2 for Siscia. Minted 378-383 AD.

OBV.: Gratian right, DN GRATIANVS PF AVG.

REV.: Gratian raising kneeling turreted figure, REPARATIO REIPVB, BSISC in exergue. 4 commentsTLP

027 BC-14 AD - AUGUSTUS AE As - struck c.25 BC68 viewsobv: CAESAR (bare head of Augustus right)
rev: [AVGVS]TVS (within laurel wreath)
ref: RIC 486, BMCRE 731, RPC 2235
mint: Ephesus (?)(Uncertain mint in Cyprus or Syria)
11.18gms, 28mm
Scarceberserker

117-138 AD - HADRIAN AE as - struck 134-138 AD68 viewsobv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP (draped bust right)
rev: ADVENTVI AVG MAVRITANIAE (Hadrian standing on left, togate, and Mauretania on right, wearing snake head-dress, in short tunic, holding patera over flaming altar between them & vexillum), SC in exergue.
ref: RIC II 900 (Adventus type), C.69(6fr)
11.93gms, 27mm
Scarceberserker

TRAJAN DECIUS AR antoninianus - 249-251 AD68 viewsobv: IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANUS.DECIVS.AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: VERITAS.AVG (Uberitas standing left, holding purse and cornucopia)
ref: RIC-, C.106 (2frcs!!)
mint: Antioch (no mint-mark)
3.34gms
Very rare
ex NUMISMATIK LANZ
The VERITAS legend is blundered (missing ’B’), no other Emperor used this, and the personification is as same as Uberitas coins.berserker

Britain, Chedworth Villa, 13, Bath complex, Mosaic detail68 viewsChedworth Roman Villa, Yanworth, nr Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Gread Britain

One of the largest Roman villa sites found in the UK. Found and initially excavated by the Victorians. Still being excavated today maridvnvm

Kamnaskires V, BI Tetradrachm68 viewsKamnaskires V, silvered AE or BI Tetradrachm, 54/3-33/2 B.C.

Obv. Bust left, to right anchor with rosette above.
Rev. Degraded bust in square formed by degraded Greek legend.
Mint: Seleucia on the Hedyphon

Weight: 14.4 grams
Die axis 11 o'clock

van't Haaff 9.1.1-7 (late in the series)
de Morgan 17
Sear GIC 5888
BMC 28 250 1 (Listed under Group C, Kamnaskires III, and successors)
Alram NB1
Mitchiner ACW 703Howard Cole

Hyrcanus II (67, 63-40BC) Hendin 47868 viewsPrutah, 14x16mm, 2.44g.

Obverse: Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews in wreath.

Reverse: Crossed cornucopiae, ribbons, pomegranate between them.

Hendin 478

Most of these are overstruck on Jannaeus' star and anchor prutot, but this one shows no evidence of an overstrike.Robert_Brenchley

A112-22 - CONSTANCIO I Como Cesar de Maximiano (293 - 305 D.C.)68 viewsAE Follis 29 x 27 mm 10.2 gr.

Anv: "CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES" - Cabeza laureada, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "GENIO POPVLI ROMANI" - Genio de pié a izquierda, desnudo salvo modius en la cabeza y chlamys colgando desde su hombro izquierdo, portando patera en la mano de su brazo derecho extendido y cornucopia en izquierda. "T * " en exergo.

Acuñada 299 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.3ra)
Rareza: C

Referencias: RIC Vol.VI (Roma) #95a Pag.361 - Cohen Vol.VII #61 Pag.65 - DVM #25 Pag.280 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #7121.f.3. Pag.61 mdelvalle

A121-06 - Constantino I "El Grande" (307 - 337 D.C.)68 viewsAE Follis 24 x 23 mm 3.5 gr.

Anv: "IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG" - Busto laureado, con coraza y Paludamentum (capote militar) sobre ella, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG N N" - Júpiter desnudo de pié a izquierda, su manto (Chlamys) colgando de su hombro izquierdo, portando Victoriola en la mano de su brazo derecho extendido y un largo cetro vertical en mano izquierda. Aguila con una corona en el pico parada a sus piés a izquierda con la cabeza vuelta hacia Júpiter. "·TS·Î“·" en exergo.

Acuñada 312 - 313 D.C.
Ceca: Tessalonica (Off.3ra.)
Rareza: C

Referencias: RIC Vol.VI (Thessalonica) #61b Pag.519 - Cohen Vol.VII #309 Pag.264 - DVM #48 var Pag.290 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #8138.b.2. Pag.153mdelvalle

A132-05 - Decencio Cesar de Magnencio (351 - 353 D.C.)68 viewsHermano de Magnencio.
AE2 Maiorina ó Centenional 20 mm 4.5 gr.

Anv: "DN DECENTIVS NOB CAES]" - Busto a cabeza desnuda y con coraza, viendo a derecha.
Rev: "[VICTORIA]E DD NN AVG ET CAE" - Dos Victorias de pié enfrentadas, sosteniendo una corona de laureles en la que se inscribe "VOT V MVLT X" en cuatro líneas. "*/SV" en campo centro y "RSL[G]" en exergo.

Acuñada 351/2 D.C.
Ceca: Lugdunum - Lyon (Off.2da.)
Rareza: C

Referencias: RIC Vol.VIII (Lyons) #134 Pag.187 - Cohen Vol.VIII #33 Pag.28 - DVM #11 Pag.302 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #8761.c. Pag.222 - Sear RCTV (1988) #4035 - Bastien #187 - LRBC #2261 commentsmdelvalle

Phoenicia, Arados. AR Tetradrachm.68 viewsAR Tetradrachm.

Obv. Turreted head of Tyche

Rev. Nike standing left within wreath. ZQPAN ARADIWN
2 commentsLordBest

051. Carinus, 283-285AD. BI Antoninianus68 viewsAE Antoninianus. Siscia.

Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right M AVR CARINVS NOB CAES

Rev. Fides standing left holding two standards, star P in right field FIDES MILITVM, XXI in ex.

CHEF. Rare, possibly unpublished variant.
2 commentsLordBest

05-02 - Seleuco III, Soter Cerauno (226 - 223 A.C.)68 viewsSeleuco III Sóter Cerauno (? - 223 adC). Rey de la dinastía seleúcida, hijo mayor de Seleuco II Calinico, a quien sucedió. Su apelativo Cerauno significa “el Rayo”. Su reinado fue breve (apenas tres años, desde el 225 adC). Decidió llevar a cabo el plan que su padre no pudo realizar en vida: enfrentar al rey Atalo I de Pérgamo, aliado de Antioco Hierax, hermano de Seleuco Calinico y tio suyo, el cual había muerto hace poco, pero que había ayudado a Atalo, quien había aprovechado la situación para expandir sus fronteras y conquistar toda el Asia Menor.
En el transcurso de esta campaña realizada en la región del Tauro, Seleuco III murió asesinado víctima de la traición de uno de sus oficiales llamado Nicanor, en complicidad con el galo Apaturios (223 adC).
Fue sucedido por su hermano Antíoco III Megas, contando con el apoyo de Aqueo, pariente del difunto rey quien había tenido gran influencia durante su reinado. Aqueo rechazó la corona que le ofrecieron las tropas y prefirió gobernar como regente del imperio. Nombró a Molón gobernador de las provincias superiores y él se reservó el Asia Menor; combatió con éxito contra Atalo I y lo confinó en Pérgamo, de modo que suyo fue el mérito de ganar la guerra que había empezado Seleuco III. (Wikipedia)
AE 12 mm 2.0 gr.

Anv: Busto de Artemisa viendo a der. Grafila de puntos.
Rev: "BAÎ£IÎ›EÎ©Î£ Î£EÎ›EYKOY" - Apolo sentado a izquierda en ónfalo (Piedra semicilíndrica centro del culto de Apolo en Delfos, fetiche de basalto y altar de la madre tierra de la religión micénica) con flecha en mano derecha levantada y apoyando la izquierda en un arco. "CE / Î›" en campo izquierdo y "AP" (Monograma) en exergo.

Ceca: Antioquía en Orontes

Referencias: B.M.C. Vol.4 (Seleucid Kings of Syria) #8 Pag.22 - Sear GCTV Vol.2 #6929 Pag.646 - SNG Spaer #518 - Newell E.T. (Western Seleucid Mints) #1036mdelvalle

ROMAN EMPIRE, Caracalla, AR Denarius68 viewsAugustus 198-217. Denarius (3,06 g), Rome 215.
Rv.: PM TR P XVIII COS IIII PP, Fides Militum with two standards.
RIC:2661 comments

MACEDONIA - AMPHIPOLIS68 viewsEmisión póstuma en el nombre de ALEJANDRO III "MAGNO".
AR Tetradracma 26 x 25 mm 17.8 gr.

Anv: Cabeza de Herakles (Hércules) vistiendo piel de león. Gráfila de puntos.
Rev: "ALEÎžANÎ”POY" - Zeus Aëtophoros sentado en trono a izquierda, sosteniendo Aguila en mano derecha extendida y cetro en izquierda. Sus piernan cruzadas con la derecha hacia atrás. Monograma "QE" Bajo el trono, "Î›" / Antorcha en campo izq.

Acuñación: 320 - 315 A.C.
Ceca: Amphipolis - Macedonia

Referencias: Price #463mdelvalle

Caracalla and Geta, Markianopolis, Tyche, AE2768 viewsAE27, 11.7g, 180°, 209 - 212 A.D.
legate Flavius Ulpianus
obv: AV K M AV ANTÎ©NINOC AV K CÐ„P Î“Ð„TAC, laureate and draped facing busts of Caracalla and Geta
rev: V Î¦Î› OVÎ›Î IANOV MAPKIANOÎ OÎ›ITÎ©N, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, E in field
AMNG 652, Varbanov (Eng) I, 1086

ex FORVM Ancient Coins1 commentsareich

BYZANTINE, Andronicus II 1282-1328 Constantinople68 viewsObv: Seraph
Rev: Emperor Holding Cruciform Scepter and Globus (globus indistinct)
Sear 2351A

Aelia Eudocia AE3. Constantinople mint 68 viewsO: AEL EVDOCIA AVG, head right
R: CONCORDIA AVG, empress enthroned, facing, arms crossed over breast, star in l. field (var. B)
13mm 1.79g RIC X 428
casata137ec

Licinius I RIC VII Heraclea 48 var68 viewsAE 18 mm 2.9 grams 316-317 AD
OBV :: IMP LICI-NIVS AVG..laureate, wearing imperial mantle, globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right hand
REV :: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG. Campgate with 6 layers, no door, 3 turrets and no star above. DELTA in right field
EX :: SMHB ( Heraclea )
RIC VII Heraclea 48 var
delta in right field not listed in RIC
RIC rated ???
Purchased from e-bay auction 12/2007

Johnny

ROMAN REPUBLIC, L. Valerius Flaccus - Victory & Mars - 108BC - AR Denarius68 viewsObv: Winged and dr. bust of Victory r. XVI monogram below chin
Rev: Mars walking l., holding spear and trophy, apex (flamen's cap) on l., corn-ear on r. " L VALERI / FLACCI" on l.
3.90g - 18mm - S.183

A breaking with tradition. One of the early coins that depart from the well established Roma - chariot type.
Victory, a goddess of her time? Mars, the male body beautifull? Religion and food as well.3 comments

Ptolemy III Euergetes - 246/221BC - Rare Denomination - Reverse68 viewsPtolemy Coin GAE289
Ptolemy III Euergeties - Alexandria - Diobol or Hemicrachm - 246/221BC
AE 30.8-31.5mm : 22.97gm
OBV - Zeus Ammon, facing right
REV - Eagle standing on thunderbolt, closed wings, head facing left, cornucopia in left field, CHI RHO monogram between legs
REF - Svoronos 966
NOTE - Denomination series of Svoronos 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969PtolemAE

Julia Soemias, Denarius - *68 viewsRome mint, AD 220
IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right
VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left, holding apple and sceptre. Before her, a child
4.16 gr
Ref : RCV #7720, Cohen #14Potator II

Phocas (Augustus) AE Follis68 viewsPhocas (Augustus)
AE 40 Nummi 8.61g / 27mm / -
dN FOCA NE PE AV - Phocas standing facing, holding globus cruciger, on left, Leontia standing facing, holding cruciform scepter, on right, cross between their heads
A / N / N / O, r. II - Large M with cross above, ANNO and regnal year to sides.
Exergue: THEUP
Mint: Theoupolis (Antioch) (603/604 AD)
References: Sear 671, BMC 102Scotvs Capitis

AUSTRIA -- Ottokar II as King68 viewsAUSTRIA -- Ottokar II as King (1261-1276) AR Pfennig. Vienna mint. Obv.: Crowned lion right, looking backward. Rev.: Eagle over vine. Luschin #69a.dpaul7

Egypt, Ptolemy IX, Svoronos 1698 Ptolemy IX AE20. 68 viewsPtolemy Coin GAE210 Ptolemy VI VIII Joint Reign after 169BC AE 29.7-30.0mm : 23.9gm
OBV - Zeus Ammon, facing right
REV - Two Eagles f/L on thunderbolt, double cornucopia in left field, no monograms, BASILEOS PTOLEMAIOY
REF - Svoronos 1383, SNGCop 308-310 Weiser 141-142 Coin #607
1 commentscars100

Caracalla, Pautalia, Asklepios riding dragon, AE2768 viewsAE 27, 13.6 g
obv: laureate and draped bust right
rev: Asklepios holding snake-entwined staff and riding a dragon right
Moushmov 4235
GICV -areich

Bulgaria68 viewsKm59 - 1 stotinka - 1962
Km60 - 2 Stotinki - 1962
Km86 - 5 Stotinki - 1974
Km88 - 20 Stotinki - 1974
Km89 - 50 Stotinki - 1974Daniel F

[2470] Asclepios AE16, Pergamon (Mysia), 133 BC - Imperial Times. 68 viewsMysia, Pergamon. 133 BC - Imperial Times. SNG BN Paris 1828. AE 16mm (3.76 gm). Very fine. Obverse: head Asclepios right. Reverse: [A]ΣKΛHΠIO[Y] - [ΣΩ]THP[OΣ], Serpent curled around scepter of Asclepios. Ex Tom Vossen.

Asclepius
by Ron Leadbetter

Asclepius was a Greek hero who later become the Greek god of medicine and healing. The son of Apollo and Coronis, Asclepius had five daughters, Aceso, Iaso, Panacea, Aglaea and Hygieia. He was worshipped throughout the Greek world but his most famous sanctuary was located in Epidaurus which is situated in the northeastern Peloponnese. The main attribute of Asclepius is a physician's staff with an Asclepian snake wrapped around it; this is how he was distinguished in the art of healing, and his attribute still survives to this day as the symbol of the modern medical profession. The cock was also sacred to Asclepius and was the bird they sacrificed as his altar.

The mother of Asclepius, Coronis, was a mortal, the daughter of Phlegyas, a king of Thessaly. Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo, and Artemis, Apollo's twin sister, killed her for her unfaithfulness. Coronis was placed upon a funeral pyre. (One version says that Apollo cast her into the fires of his own anger.) As her body started to burn, Apollo felt sorrow for his unborn son and snatched the child Asclepius from his mother's corpse, saving him from death. Apollo then handed Asclepius to the Centaur Chiron who became his tutor and mentor.

Chiron taught Asclepius the art of healing. According to Pindar (Pythian Odes), Asclepius also acquired the knowledge of surgery, the use of drugs, love potions and incantations, and according to Apollodorus (the Library), Athena gave Asclepius a magic potion made from the blood of the Gorgon. Legend tells that the blood of the Gorgon has a different effect depending from which side the blood was taken. If taken from the right side of the Gorgon, it has a miraculous effect and is said to be able to bring the dead back to life, but taken from the left side it is a deadly poison.

With these gifts Asclepius exceeded the fringes of human knowledge. However, he offended the great god Zeus by accepting money in exchange for raising the dead. (In one version it was the goddess Artemis who implored Asclepius to resurrect Hippolytus, a favourite of hers.) In the eyes of Zeus, Asclepius' action upset the natural order of the universe - a mere mortal helping man evade death. With one swift action, the great Zeus sent down a thunderbolt killing both men. (In some versions Zeus only killed Asclepius.)
Realising the good Asclepius had brought to man, the great Zeus made him into a god, placing him among the stars, transforming Asclepius into the constellation Ophiuchus (the serpent-bearer). The snake was used in the healing ritual; non-poisonous snakes were left in the dormitory where the sick slept overnight on the bare ground.

The cult of Asclepius became very popular during the 300s BCE and the cult centres (known as an Asclepieion) were used by priests to cure the sick. Invalids also came to the shrines of Asclepius to find cures for their ailments (in the same fashion pilgrims visit Lourdes today.) The process of healing was known as incubation. The patient would spend the night in a dormitory. During the night they would supposedly be visited by the god in a dream. Priests would interpret the dreams and then recommend a remedy or give advice on how they could be cured with perhaps a recommended visit to the baths and gymnasiums. There were many centres and schools of medicine, from Trikkis in Thessaly to the island of Cos. It is believed that Hippocrates, a great doctor of antiquity, plied his trade on the island of Cos. It is also said that Hippocrates was a descendant of Asclepius.

The Romans adopted the cult of Asclepius, but changed his name to Latin; they called him Aesculapius.

"Asclepius." Encyclopedia Mythica. 2008. Encyclopedia Mythica Online.
10 Apr. 2008 .

The Asklepion of Pergamon dates from the 4th century BC. This therapeutic center was of the same type as the one in Kos- a large health center. Most of the remains today of this center belong to the changes that were carried out by Emperor Hadrian.

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.

Cleisthenes

ACHAIA, Achaean League, Elis. 175-168 BC68 viewsAR hemidrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right/Achaian League monogram. A - FA - N monograms across fields. All within wreath tied at bottom. Clerk 290; Agrinion-337c; BCD 665.2; Benner-Elis-11.Dino

Faustina68 viewsDIVA FAVSTINA
Diademed and draped bust right

AVGVSTA SC
Ceres standing left holding corn ears and scepter

Rome 141 AD

Sear 4645

Ex-Arcade Coins

SOLD!Jay GT4

PUERTO RICO68 viewsPUERTO RICO - 1896 10 Centavos, Alfonso XIII. Obv.: Bust of Alphonso III left. Rev.: Crowned Spanish arms, Pillars of Hercules flanking. Reference: KM-21dpaul7

Septimius Severus denarius68 viewsIVSTITIA1 commentsTibsi

69-79 AD - VESPASIAN - AR quinar - struck 75-79 AD68 viewsobv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG (laureate head right)
rev: VICTORIA AVGVST (Victory seated left, holding wreath and palm)
ref: RIC II 125, C.594 (20frcs)
1.42gms, 15mm
Rare1 commentsberserker

Claudius As68 viewsObverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Reverse: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI
Tibsi

ROMAN EMPIRE, Carinus, Lugdunum mint, struck 282 AD, AE Antoninianus68 viewsCARINVS NOBIL CAES radiate-headed and cuirassed bust left
SAECVLI FELICITAS, D Carinus standing right
RIC 152, Cohen 117
very fine

Arles, Wolf and Twins68 viewsCity Commemorative, under Constantine I

VRBS ROMA
helmeted and cuirassed bust left

She wolf suckling Romulus and Remes, 2 stars above, palm frond between stars

PCONS
Arles

RIC VII Arles 368
1 commentsarizonarobin

ANNAM - An Phap68 viewsANNAM - An Phap (1414-1428) AE 1 Van. Hartill #25.9dpaul7

ROMAN EMPIRE, City Commemorative, Constantinopolis, Struck at Arelate (SCONST)68 viewsObv: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS
Rev: Victory on Prow, Holding Scepter,
Chi-Rho in Left Field
RIC VII 401

L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus - denarius68 viewsL. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus. 62 BC. AR Denarius, 3.68 g; obv. Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right, PAVLLVS LEPIDVS CONCORDIA around; rev. L Aemilius Paullus standing to right of trophy, Perseus and his two sons captive on the left, PAVLVS in ex. Crawford 415/1, Syd. 926.

2 commentsBartosz A

GREEK, Ionia, Klazomenai mint. c. 387 - 300 B.C. 68 viewsIonia, Klazomenai mint. c. 387 - 300 B.C. Bronze AE 14, 1.80 g.11.3mm, VF. Obv: helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: magistrate's name [...]OS[...], forepart of ram kneeling left. Ref: cf. Weber 5762 (no letters visible on the left); SNG Cop -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -. Very rare type.1 comments

Spain68 viewsKm766 - 10 centimos - 1941 (Nationalist Government)
Km790 - 10 centimos - 1959
Km651 - 50 centimos - 1870 (3rd Decimal)
Km777 - 50 centimos - 1949
Y27.2 - 1 Real - 1859 (Decimal coinage) (Madrid – 6 pointed star)
Y47.1 - 10 Escudos - 1868 (Madrid) (2nd Decimal coinage) (Fake)
Daniel F

161-180 AD - MARCUS AURELIUS AE sestertius - struck 180 AD68 viewsobv: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS (Marcus Autrelius bare head right)
rev: CONSECRATIO (Statue of Aurelius in quadriga drawn by elephants), S-C in ex.
ref: RIC III 661 (Commodus), Cohen 95 (30 frcs)
18.31gms, 28mm
Very rare

The last ’Good Emperor’, Marcus Aurelius died at a military encampment at Bononia on the Danube on 17 March 180, possibly of the plague, leaving the Roman Empire to his nineteen-year-old son. Upon hearing of his father's death, Commodus made preparations for Marcus' funeral, made concessions to the northern tribes, and made haste to return back to Rome in order to enjoy peace after nearly two decades of war.1 commentsberserker

Vespasianus, Middle bronze68 viewsIMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P, laureate head right
Eagle facing, head right, on a globe, SC in field
9.16 gr
Cohen # 482Potator II

82-07 - GALIENO (253 - 268 D.C.)68 viewsBillon Antoniniano 19 x 21 mm 3.2 gr.

Anv: "GALLIENVS AVG" - Cabeza radiada viendo a derecha.
Rev: "DIAN[AE CO]NS AVG" – Ciervo caminando hacia la derecha. "X" en exergo.
Este tipo fué acuñado en 267/268 D.C. para conmemorar votos a Diana invocando su protección contra la revuelta de Aureolo.

Acuñada 267 - 268 D.C.
Ceca: Roma
Rareza: C

Referencias:
RIC Vol.V Parte I #179 Pag.146 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2951 - Cohen Vol.V #157 Pag.362 - DVM #49/3 Pag.245 - RSC Vol.IV #157 Pag.67 - Cunieto #1400 (50 ex) - Göbl 745b (69 ex)mdelvalle

Kingdom of Northumbria - Redwulf, AE styca, 844 AD, York 68 viewsRedwulf, Cuthbert moneyer
AE styca
York - 844 AD
cross in center
+REDVLF REX
cross in center
+CVÐBEREhT
Spink 8671 commentsArdatirion

Faustina II Junior denarius68 viewsFECVND AVGVSTAE
wife of Marcus Aurelius1 commentsTibsi

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