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China, Qing Dynasty, Emperor Wen Zong, 1851-186167 viewsChina, Qing Dynasty, Emperor Wen Zong, 1851-1861, AE 10 Cash (33mm • 14.51gm), Zhili (Chihli) Province.
O: Xian Feng Tong Bao. R: "Value 10, Bao Zhi". F-VF.
ecoli
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132 - Probus - RIC 336 Bust type G (Ticinum) (PXXT)67 viewsObv:– VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left holding spear and shield
Rev:– CONCORD MILIT, Emperor and Concordia clasping hands
Minted in Ticinum (PXXT in exe) Emission 4 Officina 1. A.D. 278
Reference:– RIC 336 Bust type G (S)maridvnvm
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132 - Probus - RIC 388 Radiate, cuirassed bust left, with spear and shield, seen from back (Ticinum) (VXXT)67 viewsObv:– VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust left, with spear and shield, seen from back
Rev:– IOVI CONSERVAT, Emperor standing right, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre.
Minted in Ticinum (VXXT) Emission 3 Officina 5. A.D. 277
Reference:– RIC 388 Radiate, cuirassed bust left, with spear and shield, seen from back
Decorated shield.maridvnvm
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Licinius, AE3, Arelate RIC 196, R3, 319 AD67 viewsObv: IMP LICINIVS AVG
Laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG
Licinius seated left, holding lightning bolt, sceptre over shoulder, all on eagle flying right.
3.5 gm 17.8 gm Ae3 Exergue: PARL
Comment: Issued by Constantine as a companion piece to his 'two Victories w/shield' series.
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Hadrian, Restoration Africa67 viewsObverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head of Hadrian right
Reverse: RESTITVTORI AFRICAE Hadrian standing r. raising kneeling Africa, who wears elephant-skin headdress and holds wheat ears, while two further wheat stalks spring from the ground before her
Mint : Rome
Date : AD 132
Reference : BM-874, C-1229 (5 Fr.), RIC-323
Grade : VF
Weight : 3.37g
Denom : Denarius
Metal : Silver
Acquired: 2/02/05
Comments : Hadrian is normally shown facing left on the reverse, this coin has him facing right.Peattie
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CRISPUS with helmet right67 viewsCRISPVS - NOB CAES
cuirassed bust with helmet right
BEATA TRAN - QVILLITAS VOT/IS/XX
C/R/PLG
Lyons mint
RIC. not listed
gb29400
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Faustina II * Juno, 130-176 AD. AR Denarius.67 viewsFaustina II * Juno, Silver Denarius.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA * Draped bust, right-facing
Rev: IV NO * Juno standing left, holding patera in right hand, arm oustretched, and sceptre in left hand; peacock at feet to her left and also left-facing.
Exergue: (Blank)
Mint: Rome
Struck: 161-176 AD. (Based on the Lanz coin, of later coiffure style).
Size: 18 mm.
Weight: 3.16 grams
Die axis: 180°
Condition: On the whole, very lovely silver, clear, sharp and bright luster overall. While there is some light wear on the reverse, the coin looks better in hand than this image shows; the patera is still quite visible, etc. The wear to the peacock has unfortunately left him rather decapitated. Similar wear has somewhat defaced Juno's left arm and her scepter.
Refs:*
RIC 688.
C. 120.
BMC 104.
MIR 17-4/c.
Tiathena
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Philip III, 323-317 BC; Kolophon 323-319 BC67 viewsAR drachm, 18.2mm, 4.24g, VF/gVF
Head Herakles right in lion-head headdress / ΦIΛIΠΠOY Zeus seated left on backless throne, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre. Lyre in left field, U (could be part of garment) under throne above strut.
Ex: Forvm Ancient Coins
Price P43b; Müller P50Lawrence W
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Philip III, 323-317 BC; Lampsakos mint, 319-318 BC67 viewsSilver drachm, 17.2mm, 4.2g, aVF
Head Herakles right wearing lion skin knotted at neck / ΦIΛIΠΠOY Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre. Buckle in left field, crescent over A under throne.
Ex: Forvm Ancient Coins
Thompson, Lampsacus, 204b, group IXLawrence W
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Alexander III, 336-323 BC; Sardes 324-323 BC67 viewsAR drachm, 16.6mm, 4.23g, gVF
Head Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, both feet forward resting on stool. IoP erased from die in left field, rose below throne. Lifetime issue.
Ex: Glenn W. Woods
Price 2570; Thompson 83a, series X
Note: Reason for erasure of the monogram in the left field for this die is not known.Lawrence W
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Crispus VOT X Rome Mint67 viewsCRISPVS NOB CAES
Laureated cuirassed and draped bust right
CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath inscribed VOT X
RT
Rome mint
RIC.VII, 238gb29400
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Constantine The Great- CampGate67 viewsConstantine the Great, early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
Obverse:
Laureate head right
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG
CONSTAN-TINVS: Constantine
AVG. Augustus, emperor
Reverse:
PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, The foresight of our emperors
PROVIDEN-TIAE: Foresight
AVGG: Emperors
Campgate with two turrets, 6 layers stones and star above.
Domination: Bronze AE 3, size 18 mm
Mint: TR…, Officina ?? Treveri /Trier
Peter Wissing
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Constans- GLORIA EXERCITVS67 viewsConstans, 9 September 337 - 19 January 350 A.D.
Obverse: Pearl diademed draped and cuirassed bust right
CONSTANS AVG
CONSTANS: Constans
AVG: Augustus, emperor
Reverse
GLORIA EXERCITVS, The glory of the army
GLORIA: Glory
EXERCITVS: Army
Two soldiers holding spears and shields on ground flanking standard,
Domination: Bronze AE 4, 14 mm.
Mint SMALΔ Egypt, Alexandria mint, after 340 A.D. Officina Δ delta, (fourth Officina). RIC VIII 20 of Alexandria / Late Roman Bronze Coinage # LRBC 1463
Peter Wissing
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BYZANTINE, Heraclius 610-641 Constantinople (CON)67 viewsObv: Emperor and Heraclius Constantine Standing
Rev: Large M, ANNO XXII, Counterstrike of Heraclius Monogram Similar to Sear 22, and a Second Counterstrike of Uncertain Attribution
Sear 810
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Julia Domna, AE 23 Diassaria67 viewsIVLIA . A/VGVSTA
Bust draped, right
STOBE/N MVNICIPI
Nike advancing left with wreath and palm, "moon crescent" in left field
Josifovski 198, same dies (V42, R55) citing specimen in private collection.
Four reverse dies known to Josifovski. He recognizes these as a separate type from the normal Nike advancing left.whitetd49
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Counter tag, B. A. Seaby67 viewsAcquired AR drachm, reduced weight, Peloponnesos, Elis c. after 191 BC. Sent coin along with counter ticket to Mr. Sear.
"The ticket accompanying the Elis drachm was written by Col. Kozolubski of the Seaby Ancient Coin Department whose assitant I was from 1958 until his death in 1964. "The Colonel", as we called him in the Seaby office, undertook my numismatic education in the early days of my career ... He was co-author, with H. A. Seaby, of the 1959 edition of Greek Coins and Their Values..." Lawrence W
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Tetricus II PRINC IVVENT RIC V/2 26067 viewsAnt, 19mm, 2.43g.
Obverse: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, Radiate and draped bust R.
Reverse: PRING IVVENT, Caesar standing L with spear, leaning on shield.
Trier, Issue 4
RIC 260, Common.Robert_Brenchley
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Italy- Napoli- Mount_vesuvius67 viewsOn August 24 of 79 A.D., the area around Mount Vesuvius shook with a huge earthquake. The mountain's top split open and a monstrous cloud raced upward. The inhabitants of Pompeii were showered with ash, stones, and pumice. A river of mud was beginning to bury the city of Herculaneum. The uncle of Pliny the Younger, known as Pliny the Elder, was a commander of a fleet of war ships at Misenum (see map). He decided to use his ships to rescue people close to the volcano. The nephew describes the huge cloud towering over the area (Radice, 1969):
. . . its general appearance can best be expressed as being like a pine rather than any other tree, for it rose to a great height on a sort of trunk and then split off into branches, I imagine because it was thrust upwards by the first blast and then left unsupported as the pressure subsided, or else it was borne down by its own weight so that it spread out and gradually dispersed. Sometimes it looked white, sometimes blotched and dirty, according to the amount of soil and ashes it carried with it. (p. 427)
Pliny the Elder's ship approached the shore near Pompeii.
Ashes were already falling, hotter and thicker as the ships drew near, followed by bits of pumice and blackened stones, charred and cracked by the flames . . . Meanwhile on Mount Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points, their bright glare emphasized by the darkness of night. (pp. 429, 431)
But they could not land because the shore was blocked by volcanic debris, so they sailed south and landed at Stabiae. Hoping to quiet the frightened people, the uncle asked to be carried to the bath house. Afterward he lay down and ate. Next, hoping to quiet the inhabitants, he went to bed. The volcano did not do likewise, however.
By this time the courtyard giving access to his room was full of ashes mixed with pumice-stones, so that its level had risen, and if he had stayed in the room any longer he would never had got out. . . . They debated whether to stay indoors or take their chance in the open, for the buildings were now shaking with violent shocks, and seemed to be swaying to and fro as if they were torn from their foundations. Outside on the other hand, there was the danger of falling pumice-stones, even though these were light and porous. . . . As a protection against falling objects they put pillows on their heads tied down with cloths. (pp. 431, 433)
Finally, the uncle decided to leave. The level of ash and pumice-stone had risen to the point that a hasty departure seemed the best option.
. . . the flames and smell of sulphur which gave warning of the approaching fire drove the others to take flight and roused him to stand up . . . then [he] suddenly collapsed, I imagine because the dense fumes choked his breathing by blocking his windpipe which was constitutionally weak and narrow and often inflamed . . . his body was found intact and uninjured, still fully clothed and looking more like sleep than death. (p. 433)
Later, Pliny the Younger and his mother leave Misenam to escape from the approaching volcanic conflagration. They travel across country to avoid being trampled by the crowds of people on the road.
We also saw the sea sucked away and apparently forced back by the earthquake: at any rate it receded from the shore so that quantities of sea creatures were left stranded on dry sand. On the landward side a fearful black cloud was rent by forked and quivering bursts of flame, and parted to reveal great tongues of fire, like flashes of lightning magnified in size. . . . We had scarcely sat down to rest when darkness fell, not the dark of a moonless or cloudy night, but as if the lamp had been put out in a closed room. You could hear the shrieks of women, the wailing of infants, and the shouting of men; some were calling their parents, others their children or their wives, trying to recognize them by their voices. People bewailed their own fate or that of their relatives, and there were some who prayed for death in their terror of dying
Peter Wissing
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gallienus, ABVNDANTIA AVG67 viewsGallienus, 260-268 A.D., Rome(?).
OBV: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
REV: ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing right emptying cornucopia. B in left field.
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POST MEDIEVAL, Hungary, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor also known as 'the hogmouth'.67 views
Leopold I and Jan III Sobieski, king of Poland made a treaty promising each other aid if the other is attacked by the Turks. In 1683, Vienna was once again beseiged and Sobieksi came to the rescue.
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Thracia, Deultum, Maximinus I, Yurukova 20467 viewsMaximinus I AD 235-238
AE 20, 4.79g
obv. IMP MAXIMINVS AVG
bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. P C F D
pointed Omphalos on base
Yurukova 204; SNG Bulgaria 756-760; Moushmov 3641
about VF, digger mark on reverse
added to www.wildwinds.com
OMPHALOS, umbilicus, hump. Ovoid resp. beehive shaped stone mark of uncertain meaning. The best-known exemplar, the Delphic Omphalos, today no more is regarded as meteoric object of the aniconic stone cult (Baetyl) but as prehellenic sacrifice mark of the earth-goddess as synthesis of Tymbos (= doomed tomb) and altar (for chthonic blood pouring).Jochen
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Cilicia, Seleukia ad Calycadnum, Gallienus SNG Lev. 78967 viewsGallienus AD 253-268
AE 26, 10g
obv. AYK PLK GALLIHN / OC
bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind,laureate, r.
rev. C[E]LEYK - E - WN K / ALYK / ADN / W
Athena stg. r., shield in l. hand, stabs with spear on Giant with snakelike feet,
kneeling before her. He grabs her spear with l. hand and has a rock in his
raised r. hand to throw it on her.
SNG Levante 789; BMC 57
rare, about VF
The reverse shows a scene of the Gigantomachia. After Zeus has locked up the Titans in the Tartaros Gaia sets her sons, the Giants, on the Olympic gods. They are human shaped with snakelike feet. The battle occured at Phlegra. The Giants throw rocks and mountains. They couldn't be killed by gods, only by humans. So Herakles came into play. He shot a poisoned arrow on Alkyoneus and dragged him over the frontier where he died. Athena throw the island of Sicily on another Giant where he was buried. His fire breathing came out of the Aetna until today.
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'Jochen
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330-337 AD - Urbs Roma Issue - RIC VII Thessalonica 187 or 229 - She-Wolf and Twins Reverse67 viewsUrbs Roma Issue
Date: 330-333 AD or 336-337 AD
Condition: Very Fine
Size: AE4
Obverse: VRBS ROMA
City of Rome
Bust left; helmeted, wearing imperial cloak
Reverse: no legend
She-wolf standing left, suckling twins, two stars above.
Exergue: SMTSE (Thessalonica mint, fifth officina)
RIC VII Thessalonica 187 or 229; VM 2 or 6a
1.76g; 16.4mm; 180°Pep
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Severus Alexander67 viewsObv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
Laureate and draped bust, right.
Rev: MARS VLTOR
Mars advancing right with cloak flying behind, brandishing spear and shield.
Denarius, 2.1 gm, 19.5 mm, Rome RIC 246
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Thracia, Mesembria, Philipp II & Serapis, Jekov (2020) 7.44.04.01 (plate coin)67 viewsPhilipp II, Caesar AD 244-246
AE 26, 13.3g
obv. M AR IOYLIOC PHILIPPOC / KAICA / R
confronted busts of Philipp II l. and Serapis r.
rev. MECAMB - RIANWN
Athena, with Korinthian helmet, in long Peplos and short Chiton, standing
frontal, head l., holding reversed spear and shield
ref. Karayotov 345; Varbanov (engl.) 4280; Moushmov 4032; Jekov (2020)7.44.41 (this coin)
nice VF, glossy black-green patina
added to www.wildwinds.com
Jochen
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1185-1195 AD - Isaac II - Sear 2005 - Tetarteron67 viewsEmperor: Isaac II (r. 1185-1195 AD)
Date: 1185-1195 AD
Condition: Fine
Denomination: Tetarteron
Obverse: Facing bust of Archangel Michael, beardless and nimbate, wearing loros and holding jewelled sceptre (sometimes surmounted by trefoil device) and globus cruciger; to left, O/ /AP; to right, /MI (or similar)
Reverse: Bust of Issac facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding cruciform sceptre and akakia; to left, ICA/AKI/OC; to right, ΔE/CΠO/TH/C (or similar).
Thessalonica mint
Sear 2005
1.89g; 17.9mm; 150°Pep
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Postumus VICTORIA AVG67 viewsIMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Cuirassed, draped and radiated bust right
R/VICT - OR - IA AVG
Victoria walking left , captive at her feet
Antoninianus struck 260 -261 in TRIER, 1st emission
C.377 - RIC.89 - Elmer 125 - Cunetio 2375 - AGK.97cgb29400
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Valentinian II Thessalonica REPARATIO REIPVB67 viewsRIC IX Thessalonica 37b C
ecoli
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838cf67 viewsCarausius 287-93AD
AE Laureate
Obv: "IMP CARAVSIVS P AV"
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: "LITI AV"
Laetitia standing left, altar at feet
Unmarked mint
RIC - (cf 838)
Overstruck on a Rome mint coin of Claudius II, traces visible on the reverse. Obverse and reverse die duplicate of the previous coin. It also looks to be an obverse die duplicate of Normanby 1580.mauseus
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 18. Caracalla, HrHJ (2018) 8.18.04.09 (plate coin)67 viewsCaracalla, AD 198-217
AE 27, 12.12g, 27.10mm, 225°
struck under governor Flavius Ulpianus
obv. AV K M AVR - ANTWNIN[OC]
laureate head r.
rev. V FL OVLPIAN - NIKOPOLI / PROC I
Athena, helmeted, wearing peplos over long chiton, standing facing, head r.,
holding transversed spear in r. hand and leaning with r. hand on shield set on
small column.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1568 (1 ex., München)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3128 (obv. from same die, but cites in error AMNG 1568 under #3129)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.18.4.9 (plate coin)
Scarce, F+/about VF, nice green patina
Jochen
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Numidia67 viewsNumidia, Kings of. Micipsa. Circa 148-118 BC. Æ 25mm (12.65 gm). Laureate and bearded male head left / Horse rearing left; pellet below.
Mazard 45.Tanit
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BYZANTINE, Nicephorus III, Sear 1888.67 viewsNicephorus III Botaniates (1078-1081)
Follis, Constantinople.
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1503a, Gratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D.67 viewsGratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D. Bronze AE 3, F, 2.352g, 19.13mm, 0o. Obverse: emperor's diadmed bust right; reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor draging captive, * in left field.
Gratian, son of Valentinian I, became the sole ruler of the Western empire in 375 A.D., and after the catastrophic defeat of the Roman forces at Hadrianopolis the Eastern empire also came under his rule. To better cope with the empire, he elevated general Theodosius to the Eastern throne. Because of a shortage of coinage to meet the payroll, Gratian was abandoned by his troops during the revolt of Magnus Maximus. He was overtaken and killed while fleeing to the Alps.Cleisthenes
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Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 41. Philip I & Otacilia Severa, HrJ (2014) 6.41.38.02 (plate coin)67 viewsPhilip I, AD 244-249
AE 27, 12.83g, 26.79mm, 225°
struck under governor Prastina Messallinus
obv. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG M WTAK / CEBHRAC (AVG and WT ligate)
confronted busts of Philip I, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, r., and Otacilia Severa, draped and wearing stephane, l.
rev. VP PRACT MECCALL - EIN - OV MARKIANOPO, and in l. field one below the other L / I / T / WN (PR, WN ligate)
Tyche, in long garment, wearing kalathos, stg. frontal, head l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm
and rudder in re hand
E in l. field (for pentassarion)
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1205 var. (has different breaks and in l. field one below the other O/L/I/TW/N)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2086 var. (cites AMNG 1205 but is from same dies as the coin in Hristova/Jekov!)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2014) No.6.41.38.2 (plate coin)
very rare, EF, minor pitting, flan crack at 11 o'clock
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The depiction of obv. and rev. is so beautiful that the detractions can be neglected! Jochen
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Severus Alexander 222-23567 viewsSeverus Alexander 222-235 A.D.
AE21
Obv: bust r.
eagle displayed, supporting wreath enclosing the letters SPQR
Ros-88-93Maritima
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Julia Domna, AE 24 Diassaria67 viewsAVGUS/TA IVLIA
Bust draped, right
MVNICIPI STOBEN
Hades, holding scepter, abducting Persephone in galloping quadriga, basket with flowers spilling below
V33, R unlisted, two unlisted dies are known to depict the basket and flowers
Varbanov (E) III, 3934whitetd49
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TRAJAN DECIUS 248-251 A.D. Caesarea Maritima mint AE 2867 viewsTRAJAN DECIUS Ros-126
Obv:bust r, laur and cuirass
IMPCMESQTRADECIUSAVG
Rev:emperor wearing paludentum flies out behind himriding r. on prancing horrse carrying spear in r,below small figure of enemmmy crouching.
COLPRFAVGFCCAESMETROPSPMaritima
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Vitellius, AR Denarius, Late April - 20 Dec 69 AD.67 viewsObv: A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP
Bare head, right.
Rev: XV VIR SACR FAC
Tripod-lebes with dolphin lying on top and raven standing below.
Denarius, 3.28 gm, 17.9 mm, RIC 70.
Scarce
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Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 18. Caracalla, HrJ (2013) 6.18.36.2067 viewsCaracalla, AD 198-217
AE 22, 4.6g, 21.85, 0°
obv. AVT KM AVR ANT - WNINOC P AV - G
bearded head, laureate, r.
rev. MARKIANO - POLITWN (AR ligate)
Homonoia, in chiton and himation, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopiae and
and sacrificing from patera over flaming altar l.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 631
b) Varbanov (engl.) 905 (5 ex.)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) 6.18.36.20
about VF, obv. excentric, nice green patinaJochen
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Helena, Antioch67 viewsFL HELENA - AVGVSTA
Bust, Mantled with necklace, Plain band diademed with hair crest
SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICE
Securitas standing, facing, holding branch
SMANT Δ Ε in right field
RIC VII Antioch 82
Ae Follis; 3.62g; 20mm
arizonarobin
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1ad Cleopatra VII67 views51-29 BC
Alexandria, 80 Drachmai
Diademed, draped bust, right, KLEOPATRAS BASILIS[SHS]
Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopia in left field, mark of value P (= 80) in right field
Svoronos 1871
Plutarch wrote: [Cleopatra] was to meet Antony in the time of life when women's beauty is most splendid, and their intellects are in full maturity. . . . She received several letters, both from Antony and from his friends, to summon her, but she took no account of these orders; and at last, as if in mockery of them, she came sailing up the river Cydnus, in a barge with gilded stern and outspread sails of purple, while oars of silver beat time to the music of flutes and fifes and harps. She herself lay all along under a canopy of cloth of gold, dressed as Venus in a picture, and beautiful young boys, like painted Cupids, stood on each side to fan her. Her maids were dressed like sea nymphs and graces, some steering at the rudder, some working at the ropes. The perfumes diffused themselves from the vessel to the shore, which was covered with multitudes, part following the galley up the river on either bank, part running out of the city to see the sight. The market-place was quite emptied, and Antony at last was left alone sitting upon the tribunal; while the word went through all the multitude, that Venus was come to feast with Bacchus, for the common good of Asia. On her arrival, Antony sent to invite her to supper. She thought it fitter he should come to her; so, willing to show his good-humour and courtesy, he complied, and went. . . . For her actual beauty, it is said, was not in itself so remarkable that none could be compared with her, or that no one could see her without being struck by it, but the contact of her presence, if you lived with her, was irresistible; the attraction of her person, joining with the charm of her conversation, and the character that attended all she said or did, was something bewitching. It was a pleasure merely to hear the sound of her voice, with which, like an instrument of many strings, she could pass from one language to another; so that there were few of the barbarian nations that she answered by an interpreter. . . .Blindado
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459-484 Peroz - dirham from Hormizd-Ardashir (Iran)67 viewsPahlavi legend , crowned bust right
Pahlavi legend , fire-altar with two attendants.Ginolerhino
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220 Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-103467 viewsGold histamenon nomisma, 26mm, 4.37g, VF
Struck at Constantinople AD 1028-1029
+IhS REX REGNANTINM, Christ enthroned facing, wears nimbus cruciger and colobium, raises right hand and holds Gospels with left; double border / ΘCE bOHΘ RWMANW MΘ, the figures of Romanus (left) and the Virgin standing facing; bearded Romanus wears saccos and loros, and holds globus cruciger; the nimbate Virgin wears pallium and maphorum, and with right hand crowns the emperor; double border
Ex: Harlan Berk
DOC 1d; Sear 1819; Berk 296 Lawrence W
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Valentinian II - AE367 viewsAE3Tanit
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P. Porcius Laeca, Crawford 301/167 viewsAR - denar, 3.75g
Rome c.110-109 BC
obv. Helmeted head of Roma right
ROMA above, P. LAECA behind (AE ligate), X under chin (value mark)
rev. Military figure of a governor standing left, his right hand raised above the the head of a facing togate citizen, standing right, gesturing with right hand, lictor standing behind governor holding three rods
in ex. PROVOCO
Crawford 301/1; Sydenham 178; RSC Porcia 4
very fine, flat strike lower rev.
The rev. is referring to the lex Porcia de provocatione which was introduced by the mint master's ancestor in 195 BC. This law limited the powers of military magistrates over Roman citizens, effectively protecting them from abusive punishments such as scourging.
Jochen
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Pontius Pilate - prutah (year 16 = 29AD)67 viewsHendin-648 / 1341 (01)
1.93 gramscmcdon0923
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Wedjat67 viewsHorus eye
3 cm
3ème intermediate period or late periodfrederic
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Mn. Cordius Rufus, Crawford 463/1a67 viewsMn. Cordius Rufus, gens Cordia
AR - Denar, 19.5mm, 3.92g
Rome, 46 BC
obv. Conjugated busts of the Dioscuri, wearing laureate pilei, stars above
RVFVS III.VIR behind
rev. Venus Verticordia, stg. l., holding scales and transverse sceptre: Cupido on her
l. shoulder.
MN.CORDIVS in r. field (MN ligate)
Crawford 463/1a; Sydenham 976; Cordia 2
about VF
ex Harlan J. Berk
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!
The Cordia family home, Tusculum, was a center of worship for the Dioscuri twelve miles from Rome. The reverse is a clever play on the moneyer's name and may also compliment Julius Caesar who claimed direct descent from Venus. The particular design of Venus may derive from a statue placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix in the year of issue (FAC).
For more informations look at the thread 'Mythological interesting coins'!Jochen
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Claudius II, AE Antoninianus67 viewsAttribution: RIC 212 (RIC V, Part I)
Mint: Antioch, B
Date: 269-270 AD
Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
Reverse: IVNO R_E_GINA, Juno standing facing, head left, patera in right hand, long scepter in left, peacock at feet to left looking right, B in exergue
Size: 21mm x 22mm
Weight: 3.96 grams
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Caracalla Denarius67 viewsCaracalla Denarius
215 AD
Ob: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right
Rv: PM TRP XVIII COS IIII, Fides standing left holding two standards
RIC 266, RSC 315, BMC 143Scotvs Capitis
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M. Lucilius Rufus, Crawford 324/167 viewsM. Lucilius Rufus, gens Lucilia
AR - denarius, 3.77g
Rome, c. 101 BC
obv. Head of Roma, helmeted with winged gryphion helmet, r., PV behind, all within laurel wreath
rev. Victory driving biga right, holding reigns and in raised r. hand whip
RVF above, M. LVCILI in exergue
Crawford 324/1; Lucilia 1; Sydenham 599; Albert 1129; BMCR 1613
Good VF, broad flan
PV is short for 'ex argento publico' = struck from public silver
The Victory on the reverse refers to the Marius' victories over the Teutones and Ambrones at Aquae Sextiae in 102 B.C. and the Cimbri at Vercellae in 101 B.C. (Roman Republican Coinage by Michael H. Crawford)
Jochen
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Cilicia, Kelenderis, Elagabal SNG Levante 54867 viewsElagabal, AD 218-222
AE 22, 6.16g
obv. M(?) AVR AN - TWNINOC (N's retrograd)
Bust, laureate, r.
rev. K - E - [LE]NDERITWN (N's retrograd)
Demeter, holding torch in r. Hand, in biga with two winged snakes, r.
SNG Levante 548 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 5650
rare, good VF, exceptional style
Pedigree:
ex Hirsch auction 168 (1990), lot 729
ex Gorny & Mosch auction 108 (2001), lot 1525
ex. Münzen und Medaillen auction 20 (2006), lot 233
Jochen
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Vespasianus aureus67 viewsObserve: IMP. CAESAR. VESPASIANVS AVVG. TR.P.
Reverse: FORTVNA AVGVST.
Weight: 7,1 gr.
Calicó: 634. Exist?Corduba
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Diocletian | Jupiter and Emperor * Æ antoninianus, 284-305 AD.67 views
Diocletian | Jupiter and Emperor, bronze antoninianus.
Obv: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right-facing: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG
Rev: Diocletian standing on the left, right-facing, holding parazonium, receiving Victory from Jupiter standing to his right, left-facing, with scepter in hand; A in center, below Victory & globe: CONCORDIA MI-LITVM
Exergue: XXI ·
Mint: Cyzicus
Struck: 284-294 AD.
Size: 21.525 mm.
Weight: 4.25 grm.
Die axis: 180°
Condition: As shown in photos, but darker. Deep golden-olive patina, with traces believed to be silvering.
Refs:*
RIC V, pt. 2, 306 (var).
Tiathena
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ANTIOCHA AD ORONTEM - SYRIA67 views"Star of Bethlehem" bronze of Antioch
Anonymous Issue under Nero, AE Small Denomination, 56/57 (Caesarean Year 105), Syria: Seleucis and Pieria-Antiochia ad Orontem ANTIOXEWN - Veiled, turreted head of Tyche right, countermark of star (of Bethlehem?) in left field - EPIKOUADRATOU Ram leaping right, looking back, star and crescent above
ET EP in exergue 16mm. Butcher Antioch 121; SNG Copenhagen 101
Michael Molnar, an astronomer, believes this coin depicts Jupiter's occultation of Aries in 6 B.C., the most probable "Star of Bethlehem."
dpaul7
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Fel Temp Reparatio67 viewsDN CONSTANTIVS AVG
FEL TEMP REPARATIO
soldier spearing fallen Persian horsemanJay GT4
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Cn. Lentulus Clodianus. 88 BC.67 viewsCn. Lentulus Clodianus. 88 BC, silver denarius.
Obverse- Helmeted bust of Mars right, seen from behind.
Reverse- Victory in biga right, holding wreath.
Crawford 345/1; Sydenham 702; Cornelia 50.
18 mm, 3.79 g
Ex Wayne C. Phillips Collection. b70
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Alexios I. Komnenos, 1081 - 111867 viewsAlexios I. Komnenos, 1081 - 1118. Silberhistamenon 1082/1087. Christus auf Thron / Kaiserbüste mit Kreuz und Kreuzglobus. DOC 2b; Ratto 2064.Alexios
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Ptolemy I Soter67 viewsPtolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I, 323-283 BC. Bronze.
Obverse- Deified Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin headdress.
Reverse- PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS, eagle with open wings standing on thunderbolt to left.; between legs E.
Svoronos 439, SNG Cop 158, 24mm, 11.94gm.b70
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712bis67 viewsCarausius 287-93AD
"Denarius"
Obv "IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG"
Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev "[FORTVN]A R[EDV]X"
Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopia
Unmarked mint
RIC - (712 bis)mauseus
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028 - Vitellius Denarius - RIC 6267 viewsObv:- A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, Laureate head right
Rev:- VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory with shield advancing left, S P Q R on shield
Minted in Lugdunum. A.D. 69
References:- RIC I 62 (Scarce)
Ex-Forvmmaridvnvm
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027 BC-14 AD - AUGUSTUS AE27 of Colonia Julia Traducta67 viewsobv: PERM.CAES.AVG (bare head of Augustus left)
rev: IVLIA.TRAD (in oak wreath)
ref: RPC99, C.151, S.0538, Burgos215
mint: Colonia Julia Traducta (Hispania)
10.77gms, 27mm
A rare coin from a colony of Hispania Baetica, Julia Traducta (today Algesiras)berserker
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Mark Antony & Octavian AR Denarius67 viewsWhat can I say? I'm a sucker for iridescent toning.
Mark Antony & Octavian AR Denarius. Ephesus mint, 41 BC. M. Barbatius Pollio, moneyer. M ANT. IMP AVG III VIR. R. PC. M. BARBAT Q P, bare head of Antony right / CAESAR. IMP. PONT. III. VIR. R. P. C., bare head of Octavian right, in slight beard. Cr517/2.
EXTREMELY FINE
Ex. Kunker 2007Rich Beale
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Quintillus, RIC V, 2967 viewsQuintillus, AD 270, brother of Claudius II Gothicus
AE antoninianus, 18mm, 3.28g
Rome, AD 270, 6th officina
obv. IMP CM AVR CL QUINTILLVS AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, radiate, r.
rev. PROVIDENT AVG
Providentia, stg. l., holding sceptre in l. hand and in r. hand wand over globe a
her feet.
Digamma in r. field
RIC V/1, 29; C.61
about EF, rev. excentric
Jochen
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69 AD - OTHO AR denarius - struck Jan-Apr 69 AD67 viewsobv: IMP.OTHO.CAESAR.AVG.TR.P (bewigged head right)
rev: SECVRITAS.PR (Securitas standing left, holding wreath & scepter)
ref: RIC10, C.15, BMC19
mint: Rome
3.26gms, 19mm
Very rare
Unfortunately this coin was broken, and the sticking is disfigure sufficiently. berserker
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096-098 AD - NERVA AR denarius - struck 97 AD67 viewsobv:IMP NERVA CAES AVG PM TR P COS II PP (laureate head right)
rev:FORTVNA AVGVST (Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia)
ref:RIC16, C.66
3.03gms, 19mm
Marcus Cocceius Nerva, a 60-year-old senator who became the first of the five good emperors. Following Domitian, he was the first of the emperors to select an heir rather than a blood relative.
berserker
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138-161 AD - FAVSTINA Senior AE sestertius - struck after 141 AD67 viewsbv: DIVA FAVSTINA (diademed & draped bust right)
rev: - / S.C. (Vesta standing left, holding long torch & palladium {Pallas statue})
ref: RIC III 1151(AntPius) (S), C.268 (6fr.)
23.51gms, 30mm,
I think it's a rare piece.
SOLDberserker
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01-28 - AUGUSTO (27 A.C. - 14 D.C.) 67 viewsAE AS (Serie de los Triunviros Monetales) 23 mm 7.9 gr.
Legado Monetario SEX NONIUS QUINCTILIAN
Anv: "CAESAR AVG[VST PONT MAX TRI]BVNIC POT" - Busto a cabeza desnuda viendo a derecha.
Rev: "[SEX N]ONIVS QVINC[TIL]IAN III VIR A A A F F" - Leyenda alrededor de gran "S C".
"SENATUS CONSULTO" - Era potestad del Senado la promulgación de la acuñación de las emisiones de bronce (cobre) - Ley Julia (19-15 A.C.)
Acuñada 6 A.C.
Ceca: Roma
Rareza: S
Referencias: RIC Vol.1 #439 Pag.76 - Sear RCTV Vol.1 #1687 Pag.331 - BMCRE #237 (=BMCRR #4667) - Cohen Vol.1 #474 Pag.76 - CBN #725
mdelvalle
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15-01 - GALBA (2/04/68 - 15/01/69 D.C.)67 viewsAR Denario 17 mm 3.1 gr.
Anv: "[IMP S]ER - GALBA [AVG]" - Busto a cabeza desnuda viendo a derecha.
Rev: "SPQR / OB / C S" - Leyenda en tres líneas dentro de una corona de hojas de roble.
Acuñada Set./Dic. 68 D.C.
Ceca: Roma
Rareza: R
Referencias: RIC Vol.1 #167 Pag.241 - Sear RCTV Vol.1 #2093 var Pag.407 - BMCRE #34 - Cohen Vol.1 #287 var Pag.338 - DVM #28 Pag.93 - CBN #76 - Hunter #5 - RSC Vol. II #287 Pag.22mdelvalle
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46-07 - SEPTIMIO SEVERO (193 - 211 D.C.)67 viewsAR Denario 16.5 mm 2.3 gr.
Anv: "L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X" - Busto laureado viendo a derecha.
Rev: "VICT AVG G COS II P P" - Victoria avanzando a izquierda portando corona de laureles en mano derecha y hoja de palma en izquierda.
Acuñada 2da. Emisión 198 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.2da)
Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte I #120c Pag.105 - Sear RCTV Vol.II #6370 var Pag.467 - BMCRE #W258/60 - Cohen Vol.IV #694 Pag.72 - RSC Vol. III #694 Pag.45 - DVM #152 Pag.187 - Hill CSS#350mdelvalle
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Laelian: Mint 267 viewsIMP C LAELIANVS PF AVG
Radiate and cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVG
Victory walking right holding wreath and palm branch
Mint 2
RIC 9mauseus
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Constantius II RIC VII Arles 320 67 viewsConstantius II, AE3, 328, Constantina, Officina 4
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left
PROVIDEN_TIAE CAESS
Campgate with six rows, two turrets, no doors, star above, top and bottom rows empty blocks
S | F across fields
QCONST in exergue
18mm x 21mm, 2.79g
RIC VII Arles 320
RIC rated C1
Ex Keith Metzer Collection
ex-Beastcoins
purchased 09/09/2007 Johnny
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Kamnaskires-Orodes, AE Drachm67 viewsKamnaskires-Orodes, Early-mid 2nd Century A.D., AE Drachm
Obv: Bearded bust facing, hair in thick and curly tufts on the side of the head, with a small tied tuft at the top of the head. Pellet and crescent above an anchor, with one cross bar, to the right.
Rev: Dashes
Weight: 3.4 grams
Die axis 1 o'clock
van't Haaff 12.3.1-2A2
de Morgan 50
Sear GIC 5910
BMC 28 270 98ff (listed under Orodes II)
Mitchiner ACW 718-719Howard Cole
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Domitian RIC II, 10967 viewsDomitian, AD 81-96
AR - denarius, 3.45g
Rome, AD 88
obv. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TRP VII
Head, laureate, r.
rev. IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P PP
Minerva, in long garment and with Corinthian helmet, stg.l., holding thunderbolt in r. hand and spear in l. hand; shiel left behind her legs (type 3)
RIC II, 109; C.234
about VF, fine toned
Pedigree:
ex Spink, November 1892(!)
ex coll. William C.Boyd (1840-1906)
ex. Baldwin's auction 42, 6. Sept. 2005
The pedigree was the reason to buy this coin!Jochen
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Inscription on the Severan Arch67 viewsThe arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman ForumJay GT4
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Republic P. Servilius M.f. Rullus67 viewsP. Servilius M.f. Rullus. Ca. 100 BC.
AR denarius (3.89 gm). Rome.
Obv: Bust of Minerva left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis, RVLLI behind
Rev: Victory in biga right, control letter P under horses, P. SERVILI. M. F in exergueTanit
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Caracalla, Serdika, Hermes, AE3067 viewsAE30, 17.2g
obv: AVT K M AVPN CEVN ANTΩNEINOC, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
rev: OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Hermes standing left, holding purse in right, caduceus in left, chlamys over left arm
GICV -areich
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Kuprilli Electrum Hekte67 viewsObv: Forepart of roaring lion right confronting forepart of stag left.
Rev: KO-PRL-LE - Trieskeles.
Weight: 2.20g
Ref: Help pleaseoa
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SLAVONIA - Ladislaus IV67 viewsSlavonia. Ladislaus IV, AD 1272 to 1290. Denomination : Silver denar.
Size : 14.6 x 15.1 mm. Weight : 0.84 grams.
Reference : Truhelka 13.2 (or similar) - about FINE / good FINE
Obverse : Martin between two stars, with MONETA REGIS P SCLAVONIA around. A minor part of the inscription is not struck up.
Reverse : Double cross, with a star and crescent above, two Omega's and quadrafoils in between, and two faking heads below. The heads are flanked by the letters R L. The RL is an abbreviation for Rex Ladislaus).
Ladislaus IV was also King of Hungary.dpaul7
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Sear 1297 (1st Reign) - Follis - 705-706 AD (Indictional Year 4) - Syracuse mint67 viewsEmperor: Justinian II (Second Reign: 705-711 AD)
Date: 705-706 AD (Indictional Year 4)
Condition: aVF
Denomination: Follis
Obverse: No legend
Bust facing, bearded, wearing elaborate cloak and crown with cross. In right hand, globus cruciger; in left, akakia.
Reverse: Large " "; Above, 
To left and right, cross; Beneath,  .
Exergue: SCL
Syracuse mint
DO 57 (1st reign); Sear 1297 (1st reign); MIB 48b
4.79g; 20.2mm; 180°
Ex Dr. Michael Metlich CollectionPep
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ROMAN EMPIRE, VESPASIAN - Brass dupondius - Roma67 viewsObv: "IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III" radiate hd. r.
Rev: "ROMA - SC" Roma seated l. on cuirass, holding wreath and parazonium, sheilds behind.
14.1g - 29mm - s.2351 - Rome AD71.
Comment
To me this is a quite stunning coin, showing so very clearly the quility of workmanship that was achieved in the Rome mint of AD71.
The coin is noticeably cuspoid, and the seated figure of Roma, lies protected by the lip. Note the differential wear on the obverse.
Provenance: It closely resembles that described and illustrated in Sear. It is accompanied by a 1960's? dealers ticket ~ price £70, and it is part of an extensive collection of Romans built by my father between 1965 and 1976. ~ but there is always doubt.
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10867 viewsAllectus 293-6
Antoninianus
IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG
Radiate & cuirassed bust right
PROVIDENTIA AVG
Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopia
Camulodunum mint
S/P//CL
RIC 108mauseus
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RIC 50267 viewsAR Denarius. 17mm. 2.3g.
FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL
Draped bust right.
CONCORDIA
Concordia seated left, holding flower, resting
elbow on cornucopiae, which is by her chair.
Under chair, globe.
There doesn't appear to be any sign of a globe
on this coin. AdonisRock
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Judaea, Johannes Hyrcanus II, TJC S10 var.67 viewsJohn Hyrcanus II (Yonatan), king 67 BC, ethnarch 63-40 BC
AE - Prutah, 13mm, 1.40g
Jerusalem
obv. Legend in paleo-Hebraic in 4 lines in laurel-wreath:
ינתן ה / כהן גדל / ו חבר ה / יהדי
from r. to l.:
YNTN H / KHN GDL / W (Ch)BR H / YHDY
= Yonatan Ha Kohen Gadol We Chaver Ha Yehud[im]
= Yonatan the High Priest and Council of the Jews
rev. Double cornucopiae, decorated with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, in dotted circle
ref. Hendin 479; AJC type Ha31 var.; TJC S10 var. (without H after ChBR!)
VF, crude style as usual, but complete inscription!
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!
This type could have been struck during the reign of his mother, Salome Alexandra, as queen, 76-67 BC, or during his reign as king or ethnarch. Some scientists think that this type has been struck under Alexander Jannaeus at the end of his reign. Usually this type is crude with unreadable letters and incomplete legends.Jochen
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Judaea, Johannes Hyrcanus II, TJC T0767 viewsJohn Hyrcanus II (Yonatan), king 67 BC, ethnarch 63-40 BC
AE - Prutah, 2.60g, 17mm
Jerusalem
obv. Paleo-Hebrew legend in 5 lines within laurel-wreath:
ינתן / ה כהן ה / גדל ו חב / ר הדי / מ
from r. to l.:
YNTN / H KHN H / GDL W (Ch)B / R HDY / M(?)
= Yonatan Ha Kohen Gadol We Chaver Yehudim
= Yonatan the High Priest and Council of the Jews
rev. Double cornucopiae, decorated with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, in dotted circle
ref. Hendin 478; AJC type I; TJC T7
VF
This coin clearly is an overstruck of Hendin 467. You can see ANDROV BAC around the circle on the rev.
This type has been reattributed from Hyrcanus II to Alexander Jannaeus by Hendin and Shachar in "The Identity of YNTN on Hasmonean Overstruck Coinas and the Chronology of the Alexander Jannaeus Types," Israel Numismatic Research 3, 2008: 87-94. It appears this type was overstruck on earlier coins of Alexander Jannaeus that had never been released from the mint. (FAC)Jochen
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Julia Domna, Hilaritas67 viewsJulia Domna
IVLIA-AVGVSTA
draped bust right
HIL-A-RITAS
Hilaritas holding long palm in right hand and conucopiae in left
AE 16-19mm; 3.47g
RIC 639; RSC 72; BMC 600
arizonarobin
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Caracalla, Carrhae, Tyche, AE1567 viewsAE15, 2.3g
obv: []ANTONINVS PF(?) IMP CAES; laureate head right
rev: LI(?) ANTONINIAN COL []; turreted head of Tyche rightareich
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