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BURGUNDY - Hughes IV205 viewsBURGUNDY - Hugh IV of Burgundy (1218-72) billon denier. +VGO BVRGONDIE, central cross with diagonal staff topped by three pellets on each side. Rev: AVSONIENSIS, central Anille.dpaul7
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Deer, Philip I Sestertius205 viewsAE Sestertius. 248 AD.
Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev: SAECVLARES AVGG, SC in ex, deer advancing right.

RIC 160b ; Cohen 183.
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Huszár 717, Pohl 216-8, Unger 562h, Réthy II 235A, Kaplan Subtype D1 205 viewsHungary. Matthias "Corvinus" (Mátyás Hunyadi in Hun.) (1458-1490). AR denar.

Obv: + MOnETA • MAThIE • R VnG, Four-part shield with Hungarian arms (Árpádian stripes, patriarchal cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion), raven with hint of ring in escutcheon.

Rev: PATRO[n] — VnGARIE, Veiled Madonna with infant Jesus to her right, K–K/shield (privy mark) in fields.

The type was struck 1468-1470 (per Unger), 1468-1481 (per Huszár) or 1468-1484 (per Pohl), with an average fineness of approximately .500 silver, and an average weight of .59023 g.
This privy mark were struck in Kremnitz (formerly Körmöcbánya, Hungary, now Kremnica, Slovakia) by Johannes Constorfer, kammergraf, in 1468 (per Pohl).

Huszár/Pohl rarity rating 3. This is a highly variable type with four subtypes. Subtype D is the least common, comprising around 10% of the coins in the emission. This is a variable subtype, with two sub-subtypes. Sub-subtype 1 is the more common, comprising around 8% of the coins of this emission. This is a less common privy mark, appearing only on this subtype and on around 10% of the coins of this type.

In Subtype D1 coins, the obverse legend is + MOnETA • MAThIE • R • VnG (or a minor variant), the raven is within an escutcheon, and there is either no ring in its beak or just a hint of a ring, all per Unger and Réthy.

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Huszár 613, Pohl 173-3, Unger 480c, Réthy II 152 205 viewsHungary. Interregnum (1445-1446). AR denar, 18 mm.

Obv: + MOnETA • REGNI • VnGARIE •, Shield with Árpádian stripes.

Rev: * DALMACIE • CROACIE • ET • C, Patriarchal cross, B–*/n (privy mark) in fields.

The type was struck in 1445 (per Unger) or 1445-1446 (per Pohl & Huszár). This privy mark was struck in Buda (now Budapest) under palatin Héderváry, landeshauptmann (per Pohl).

Huszár/Pohl rarity rating 7.
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Byzantine Anonymous Follis: Class A1 [001]205 views7.46 grams
27.2 mm
Attributed to JOHN I, TZIMISCES (969-976) SEAR 1793
Overstruck on a follis of Constantine VII, Sear 1761
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Italy, Pompeii - cemetary205 viewsJ. B.
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Roman Terracotta Bulla205 viewsTerracotta bulla
1st-2nd century AD
Two togate figures
Ex F. Bollman Collection; Ex PBJI

Bullae were seals attached to documents or orders as a means of authentication. The reverse of the piece bears striations from papyrus or cloth and still bears the fingerprints of the official who pressed it.
Ardatirion
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Israel, Qumran - Cave 4205 viewsCave 4 was the nearest cave containing documents to the site at Qumran - it’s only about 500 metres away. Most visitors to Qumran take a picture like this one. But mostly they don’t realise that the highly visible cave entrance in their picture is modern, knocked into the side by looters. The ancient entrance to Cave 4 is on the top and well-hidden. Which is perhaps why Cave 4 was found by the local Bedouin, not by Western archaeologists, and why it wasn’t discovered until 1952, over five years after the original manuscript finds of 1946/7. Abu Galyon
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Germanicus by Caligula205 viewsGERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N
Bare head of Germanicus left

C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P
around large SC

Rome 40-1 AD

9.79g

Sear 1822, RIC 50

Issued by Caligula in honour of his deceased father Germanicus.

Ex-Tater's
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RIC 0356 Vespasian205 viewsAR Denarius, 3.50g
Rome mint, 72-73 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: AVGVR (above) TRI POT (below); Priestly implements
RIC 356 (C3). BMC 64. RSC 45. BNC 49.
Acquired from Nilus Coins, June 2004.

This reverse type commemorates Vespasian's religious role as Pontifix Maximus, symbolised by the simpulum, sprinkler, and jug. The lituus is the symbol of the augurate.

Good example of an extremely common type.
5 commentsDavid Atherton
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20-10 BC Octavian and Agrippa205 viewsAugustus & Agrippa AE Dupondius
IMP DIVI F
back-to-back heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, & Augustus, bare

COL NEM
palm shoot, crocodile before (not chained), two wreaths with long ties trailing above palm tip

Nemausus Mint
20-10 BC.

RPC 523

15.93g Heavy Early Issue!
5 commentsJay GT4
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Italy, Aquileia - mosaic floor205 viewsRam and battle between Cock and Tortoise. The Cock is symbol of the light of a new day, thus representing Christ, the "light of the world". The tortoise, whose Greek name means "dweller of the darkness", is instead of the symbol of Evil.
Post-Theodorian North hall (middle of the 4th century)
J. B.
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GREEK, Caria, ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm 205 views CARIAN ISLANDS, RHODES, 125-88 BC
Hemidrachm, 13mm, 1.32g

O. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right
R. Rose with bud to left; ANTAIOΣ above, P-O flanking rose, grape bunch to lower right; all within incuse square.

Jenkins group D, 86; HGC 6, 1463; SNG Keckman 664 var. (control), Karl 604 var. (obv. type); SNG von Aulock 8194 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 292 var. (same); SNG München -.

Plinthophoric issue. Antaios, magistrate. Rare symbol for this issue.

ex Sayles and Lavender
ex Triton XII
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RIC 0112 Titus denarius205 viewsIMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M
Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, right

TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P
Dolphin coiled around anchor

Rome mint, 80 AD
3.09g

RIC 112 (C2), BMCRE 72, RSC 309

Ex-Londinium Coins

Titus' pulvinar series commemorating the opening of the Colosseum.
4 commentsJay GT4
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Roman Bow, Enamelled Bow Fibula #001205 viewsRoman Bow, Enamelled Bow Fibula #001
These "hinge-headed enamel brooches" or "hinged enamelled bow brooches" were studied by Kurt Exner in 1941.
This example is Exner type I.3.b
(I is for enamelled bow brooches, as opposed to plate brooches; 3 is for the trapezoidal bow; and b is for the variant with animal head shaped foot).
The type may have originated on the Rhine limes but is found from northern Britain to the middle Danube.
Hattatt's dating is too wide. This is the problem with that Hattatt book which only groups the fibulae into broad types and gives them general group dates and no distribution info. There were more details in Hattat's first four books but they are impossible to find.
In any event these enamelled bow types were not introduced until the late 1st century AD and many not until the 2nd century. They were used into the 2nd half of the 2nd century AD.
It is unlikely to be a turtle. These plate fibula with the animal head may not have depicted any specific animal. In any event the same head style was used on fibulae of many different chapes and on Roman and Germanic buckles as well.
type:
size: 43x19mm,
weight: 13,61g,
date: 2nd half of the 2nd century A.D.,
ref: Exner type I.3.b ,
distribution: The type may have originated on the Rhine limes but is found from northern Britain to the middle Danube
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104 Claudius II. (268-270 A.D.), T-0727 (Estiot), RIC V-I 196var, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, VOTA ORBIS, -/-//II, Two Victories, extr. Rare !, 205 views104 Claudius II. (268-270 A.D.), T-0727 (Estiot), RIC V-I 196var, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, VOTA ORBIS, -/-//II, Two Victories, extr. Rare !,
avers:- IMP-CLAVDIVS-AVG, Bust left, helmeted and radiate, cuirassed with cross-belt, holding spear without visible point over right shoulder, shield on left shoulder.Medusa-head on shield, (H4l (w/o point)).
revers:- VOTA-ORBIS, Two Victories stg. facing each other, fixing a shield inscribed SC to a palm tree which is placed between them, (Victories (two)1).
exerg: -/-//II, diameter: 21mm, weight: 3,31g, axes: 0h, (12h),
mint: Siscia, iss-3, off-2, Victory of Naïssus, date: 269 A.D., ref: T-0727 (Estiot), RIC V-I 196var, ,
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ROMAN EMPIRE, DOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. AR Denarius205 viewsDOMITIAN. 81-96 AD. AR Denarius (20mm - 3.35 g). Rome mint. Struck 88-9 AD. IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERM P M TR P VIII, laureate head right / IMP XVII COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva standing left, holding spear in right hand, left hand on hip. RIC II 662 (R2); BMCRE pg. 330, note; RSC 244a. Very Rare.

Ex: Gemini Auction IX, January 8, 2012, lot 402; Ex: Harry N. Sneh Collection
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II 553var ???, Not in RIC this Bust type, Ticinum, PROVIDENT AVG, -/-//BXXI, Providentia standing left, Rare !, #2205 views112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II 553var ???, Not in RIC this Bust type, Ticinum, PROVIDENT AVG, -/-//BXXI, Providentia standing left, Rare !, #2
avers:- VI-RTVS-PROBI-AVG, Radiate, heroically nude bust left, holding spear and aegis, seen from back.
revers:- PROVIDEN-T-AVG, Providentia standing left, holding globe and sceptre..
exerg: -/-//BXXI, diameter: 22-23mm, weight: 3,53g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ticinum, date: ???, ref: RIC-V-II-553var ???, Not in RIC this bust type, p-75, Heroic Bust Type (Unlisted with this bust type in RIC, F-Square shield),
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GREEK, ITALY, LUCANIA, Velia - AR nomos205 views334-300 BC
Head of Athena left, wearing a crested Phrygian helmet decorated with a centaur
(KE) monogram of Kleudoros
Lion standing left devouring prey
A / Φ
YEΛHTΩN (unreadable)
Williams 328 (O174/R244); HN Italy 1294; SNG ANS 1337
7,19g
2 commentsJ. B.
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072 Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), RIC IV-III 084, AR-Antoninianus, Rome, IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter, #1205 views072 Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), RIC IV-III 084, AR-Antoninianus, Rome, IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter, #1
avers: IMP-GORDIANVS-PIVS-FEL-AVG, Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
revers: IOVI-STATORI, Jupiter standing left, facing right, holding scepter and thunderbolt.
exe:-/-//--, diameter: 21-23mm, weight: 3,71g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 241-243 A.D.(4th. Issue), ref: RIC IV-III-84, p-25, C-109, c3,
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11.05. Kálmán., (Koloman the Bibliophile) King of Hungary, (1095-1116 A.D.), AR-Denarius, CÁC I. 11.05./b2.04./40., H-034, CNH I.-042, U-030, #01205 views11.05. Kálmán., (Koloman the Bibliophile) King of Hungary, (1095-1116 A.D.), AR-Denarius, CÁC I. 11.05./b2.04./40., 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: 10,2 mm, weight: 0,32 g, axis: 7h,
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./b2.04./40.,
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118 B.C., L. Licinius Crassus, and Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus with C. Malleolus C.f., Republic AR-Denarius Seratus, Crawford 282/3, Rome, Bearded warrior in biga right, L•LIC•CN•DOM, #3205 views118 B.C., L. Licinius Crassus, and Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus with C. Malleolus C.f., Republic AR-Denarius Seratus, Crawford 282/3, Rome, Bearded warrior in biga right, L•LIC•CN•DOM., #3
(L. Licinius Crassus, Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus and associates, Narbo 118.)
avers: C•MA-L-LE-C•F Helmeted head of Roma right, behind, X.
reverse: Bearded warrior (Bituitus?) fast biga right, holding a shield, carnyx, and reins and hurling spear, in exergue, L•LIC•CN•DOM.
exergue: -/-//L•LIC•CN•DOM, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 3,35g, axis: 1h,
mint: Rome, date: 118 B.C., ref: Crawford 282/3, Syd-524, Licinia 13 and Domitia 17,
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ARCH, AUGUSTUS, RIC I : 510.205 viewsAR Cistophorus (Cistophoric Tetradrachm = 3 denarii) of Pergamum. Struck 19 - 18 B.C.
Obverse: IMP•IX•TR•PO•V. Bare head of Augustus facing right.
Reverse: Triumphal arch surmounted by Augustus in facing triumphal quadriga; IMP IX TR POT V on architrave; S P R SIGNIS RECEPTIS in three lines within arch opening, standards at either side.
Diameter: 24 - 25mm | Weight: 11.7gms | Die Axis: 12
RIC I : 510 | BMC : 703 | RSC : 298

This coin commemorates Augustus' triumphant agreement with the Parthians in 20 B.C. under which they returned the legionary standards captured from Crassus who was defeated and killed at Carrhae thirty-three years earlier (53 B.C.). Augustus installed these standards in the Temple of Mars Ultor.
The reverse of the coin shows the triumphal arch which was awarded to Augustus on the occasion of his recovery of the standards. This was the second triumphal arch awarded to Augustus and, like the earlier arch which had been constructed in 29 BC to honour his victory over Cleopatra, this second arch, which archaeological evidence suggests may actually have incorporated the first arch, stood in close proximity to the Temple of Divus Julius at the southern entrance to the Roman Forum.
2 comments*Alex
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098 Postumus (260-269 A.D.), Lugdunum, RIC V-II 089, AE-Antoninianus, VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, #1205 views098 Postumus (260-269 A.D.), Lugdunum, RIC V-II 089, AE-Antoninianus, VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, #1
avers: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; seated captive to left.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,0-24,0mm, weight: 2,62g, axes: 5h,
mint: Lugdunum, date: 260-269 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-II 089, RSC 377, Sear 10996,
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012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 085, Rome, AE-Quadrans, PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT, S•C across fields, 205 views012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 085, Rome, AE-Quadrans, PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT, S•C across fields,
avers: TI-CLAVDIVS-CAESAR-AVG, Hand with scales, PNR below.
reverse: PON-M-TR-P-IMP-COS-DES-IT, S•C across fields.
exergue: S•C//--, diameter: 17-18mm, weight: g, axis:- h,
mint: Rome, date: 41 A.D., ref: RIC I 085, C-71,
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MANUEL I AE Half Tetarteron S-1977 DOC 20204 viewsMonogram 57 with small neat letters.. Rev. No Legend Bust of Manuel facing, beardless, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum and gl.cr. Thessalonica Mint 17mm VF 5 Jewels on collar DOC 20

A very pleasing coin both for condition and style,
Simon
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CALABRIA, Tarentum204 viewsTaranto was founded in 706 BC by Dorian immigrants as the only Spartan colony, and its origin is peculiar: the founders were Partheniae, sons of unmarried Spartan women and perioeci (free men, but not citizens of Sparta); these unions were decreed by the Spartans to increase the number of soldiers (only the citizens of Sparta could become soldiers) during the bloody Messenian Wars, but later they were nullified, and the sons were forced to leave. According to the legend Phalanthus, the Parthenian leader, went to Delphi to consult the oracle and received the puzzling answer that he should found a city where rain fell from a clear sky. After all attempts to capture a suitable place to found a colony failed, he became despondent, convinced that the oracle had told him something that was impossible, and was consoled by his wife. She laid his head in her lap and herself became disconsolate. When Phalanthus felt her tears splash onto his forehead he at last grasped the meaning of the oracle, for his wife's name meant clear sky. The harbour of Taranto in Apulia was nearby and he decided this must be the new home for the exiles. The Partheniae arrived and founded the city, naming it Taras after the son of the Greek sea god, Poseidon, and the local nymph Satyrion. A variation says Taras was founded in 707 BC by some Spartans, who, the sons of free women and enslaved fathers, were born during the Messenian War. According to other sources, Heracles founded the city. Another tradition indicates Taras himself as the founder of the city; the symbol of the Greek city (as well as of the modern city) is Taras riding a dolphin. Taranto increased its power, becoming a commercial power and a sovereign city of Magna Graecia, ruling over the Greek colonies in southern Italy.

In its beginning, Taranto was a monarchy, probably modelled on the one ruling over Sparta; according to Herodotus (iii 136), around 492 BC king Aristophilides ruled over the city. The expansion of Taranto was limited to the coast because of the resistance of the populations of inner Apulia. In 472 BC, Taranto signed an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapii, Peuceti, and Lucanians (see Iapygian-Tarentine Wars), but the joint armies of the Tarentines and Rhegines were defeated near Kailìa (modern Ceglie), in what Herodotus claims to be the greatest slaughter of Greeks in his knowledge, with 3,000 Reggians and uncountable Tarentines killed. In 466 BC, Taranto was again defeated by the Iapyges; according to Aristotle, who praises its government, there were so many aristocrats killed that the democratic party was able to get the power, to remove the monarchy, inaugurate a democracy, and expel the Pythagoreans. Like Sparta, Tarentum was an aristocratic republic, but became democratic when the ancient nobility dwindled.

However, the rise of the democratic party did not weaken the bonds of Taranto and her mother-city Sparta. In fact, Taranto supported the Peloponnesian side against Athens in the Peloponnesian War, refused anchorage and water to Athens in 415 BC, and even sent ships to help the Peloponnesians, after the Athenian disaster in Sicily. On the other side, Athens supported the Messapians, in order to counter Taranto's power.

In 432 BC, after several years of war, Taranto signed a peace treaty with the Greek colony of Thurii; both cities contributed to the foundation of the colony of Heraclea, which rapidly fell under Taranto's control. In 367 BC Carthage and the Etruscans signed a pact to counter Taranto's power in southern Italy.

Under the rule of its greatest statesman, strategist and army commander-in-chief, the philosopher and mathematician Archytas, Taranto reached its peak power and wealth; it was the most important city of the Magna Graecia, the main commercial port of southern Italy, it produced and exported goods to and from motherland Greece and it had the biggest army and the largest fleet in southern Italy. However, with the death of Archytas in 347 BC, the city started a slow, but ineluctable decline; the first sign of the city's decreased power was its inability to field an army, since the Tarentines preferred to use their large wealth to hire mercenaries, rather than leave their lucrative trades.

In 343 BC Taranto appealed for aid against the barbarians to its mother city Sparta, in the face of aggression by the Brutian League. In 342 BC, Archidamus III, king of Sparta, arrived in Italy with an army and a fleet to fight the Lucanians and their allies. In 338 BC, during the Battle of Manduria, the Spartan and Tarentine armies were defeated in front of the walls of Manduria (nowadays in province of Taranto), and Archidamus was killed.

In 333 BC, still troubled by their Italic neighbours, the Tarentines called the Epirotic king Alexander Molossus to fight the Bruttii, Samnites, and Lucanians, but he was later (331 BC) defeated and killed in the battle of Pandosia (near Cosenza). In 320 BC, a peace treaty was signed between Taranto and the Samnites. In 304 BC, Taranto was attacked by the Lucanians and asked for the help of Agathocles tyrant of Syracuse, king of Sicily. Agathocles arrived in southern Italy and took control of Bruttium (present-day Calabria), but was later called back to Syracuse. In 303 BC-302 BC Cleonymus of Sparta established an alliance with Taranto against the Lucanians, and fought against them.

Arnold J. Toynbee, a classical scholar who taught at Oxford and other prestigious English universities and who did original and definitive work on Sparta (e.g. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. xxxiii 1913 p. 246-275) seemed to have some doubts about Tarentum (Taranto) being of Spartan origin.

In his book The Study of History vol. iii p. 52 he wrote: "...Tarentum, which claimed a Spartan origin; but, even if this claim was in accordance with historical fact..." The tentative phrasing seems to imply that the evidence is neither conclusive or even establishes a high degree of probability of the truth that Tarentum (Taranto) was a Spartan colony.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 302-281 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.91 gm). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone / Owl standing right head facing, on olive branch; Vlasto 1058; SNG ANS 1312; HN Italy 1015. VF.

Ex-Cng eAuction 103 Lot 2 190/150
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E in circular punch204 viewsPAMPHYLIA. Side. Gallienus. Æ 30. A.D. 253-260. Obv: AVTKAIΠOAI”star”ΓAΛΛIH-NOCCEB. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; before bust AI (?) obliterated by countermark. Rev: (CIΔHTΩN-NEΩKOPΩN) or similar. Tyche seated left. Ref: BMC -; SNG France (3) 905. Axis: 360°. Weight:14.86 g. Note: This coin was struck during the joint reign of Gallienus and Valerian. CM: E in circular punch, 7.5 mm. Howgego 805 (169 pcs). Note: The coin was devalued to 5 assaria, likely at the same time when (during the reign of Gallienus) coins bearing the denomination "I" (i.e. 10 assaria) were issued. Collection Automan.Automan
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HPAK204 viewsMACEDON. Philippi. Augustus. Æ 18 (Semis). 27 B.C.-A.D. 14. Obv: (A)VG.Bare head right. Rev: Two colonists ploughing right with two oxen; 2 countermarks: (1) above oxen, (2) below oxen. Ref: BMC 86-88 (MYSIA. Parium). Axis: 330°. Weight: 5.06 g. CM(1): HPAK (?) in rectangular punch, 9 x 3.5 mm. Howgego -. Note: The countermark may possibly refer to a city by the name Heracleia, of which there was one in Bithynia, Caria and Macedon. CM(2): Second application of same CM. Collection Automan.Automan
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E in circular punch204 viewsPAMPHYLIA. Side. Salonina. Æ 32. A.D. 253-260. Obv: KOPNHΛIA*CAΛΩNIN(A)-CEBA. Draped bust right, wearing stephane; before bust AI or I obliterated by countermark. Rev: CIΔHTΩN-NEΩKOPΩN. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Ref: BMC -. Axis: 30°. Weight: 14.37 g. Note: Since the countermark was not applied to coins issued later than the joint reign of Gallienus and Valerian, this coin was likely struck between A.D. 253 and 260. CM: E in circular punch, 7 mm. Howgego 805 (169 pcs). Note: The coin was devalued to 5 assaria, likely at the same time when (during the reign of Gallienus) coins bearing the denomination "I" (i.e. 10 assaria) were issued. Collection Automan.Automan
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ROMAN REPUBLIC, Anonymous - litra, Rome, 234-231 BC, 2,9 grammes204 viewslitra, Rome, 234-231 BC, 2,9 grammesFrans Diederik
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Pegasus or Sols 'winged horse', Gallienus204 viewsGallienus (253–268)
Rome mint, workshop A.
Obeverse: [GALLIE]NVSAVG, Gallienushead right.
Reverse: SOLIC[ONSAVG], winged horse right. A below.

Comment: This is one of the most common coins in the zoo series. I have kept this lower grade coin over the years because of the excellent strike and the nice body of the horse. I’m a big fan of those ’winged horses’ – those who drew Sol’s chariot over the sky. The coin costed me about 10 dollars, and that is not a big investment for a favourite coin.

W=2.47g; D=19x21mm
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AVKTR(?) and ΠPY204 viewsBITHYNIA. Prusias (?). Domitian (?). Æ 26. A.D. 81-96 (?). Obv: Laureate head right; countermark (1) before face. Rev: Countermark (2). Note: .All coins noted by Howgego with these countermarks are from Domitian and are attributed to Prusias or Bithynia in Genere (which, in turn, may have been from Prusias also). CM(1): Monogram of AVKTP (?), in rectangular punch, 6 x 4 mm. Howgego 608 (8 pcs). CM(2): Monogram of ΠPY, in square punch, 7 mm. Howgego 630 (3 pcs). All coins countermarked with (1) are also countermarked with (2). Collection Automan.Automan
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Athena (bust of) and ΔX204 viewsTHRACE. Uncertain mint. Septimius Severus. Æ 25. A.D. 193-211. Inscription illegible. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; 2 countermarks: (1) behind bust, (2) before bust. Inscription illegible. Two deities or members of the imperial famila standing, facing each other. Axis:180°. Weight: 8.73 g. CM(1): Helmeted bust of Athena right, in circular punch, 7 mm. Howgego 183 (2 pcs). CM(2): ΔX in circular punch, 6 mm. Howgego 534 (2 pcs). Note: The countermark may be interpreted as 4 chalcoi. Both coins that bear countermark (1) also bear countermark (2) and vice-versa. Howgego argues that they were probably applied at the same time (at Anchialus or Apollonia, since the two coins come from there, or somewhere adjacent). Collection Automan.Automan
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Julius Caesar, as Imperator and Dictator. 49-44 BC. AR denarius.204 viewsJulius Caesar, as Imperator and Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (3.85 gm). Mint moving with Caesar in Gaul, 49–48 BC. Elephant right, trampling serpent, CAESAR in exergue / Pontifical emblems: culullus, aspergillum, axe, and apex. Crawford 443/1. Syd. 1006. RSC 49. CRI 9. RCTV 1399. Weakly struck to right on obverse, shallow circular test mark on elephant's head, otherwise good very fine.b70
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Aelia Eudoxia, RIC X, (Arcadius) 104204 viewsAelia Eudoxia, wife of Arcadius, Augusta AD 400-401
AE 3, 17mm
struck in Antiochia, 3rd officina, AD 401-403
obv. AEL EVDO - XIA AVG
Bust, draped and diademed, wearing neck-lace and ear-ring; above hand of
god crowning her with wreath
rev. SALVS REI - PVBLICAE
Victory std. r. on cuirass, supporting shield on small column which is inscribed
with christogramm, with r. hand pointing to it.
in ex. ANT Gamma
RIX X, Antiochia 104
Scarce, about VF, with reddish sandpatina

Eudoxia was the daughter of the Frank Bauto and in fact the ruler until her death AD 404.
Jochen
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Antonia, As - *204 viewsRestitution of Claudius
ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bust of Antonia right
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP, Claudius standing left, holding simpulum. SC in field
11,37 gr
Ref : RCV #1902, Cohen #6
2 commentsPotator II
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Roman, Septimius Severus Laodicea middle 204 viewsRIC 490a. Denarius, mint of Laodicea, 196-197 AD.
Great artistic style - awesome portrait!
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Huszár 718, Pohl 219-5, Unger 564e, Réthy II 234, Kaplan Subtype B 204 viewsHungary. Matthias "Corvinus" (Mátyás Hunyadi in Hun.) (1458-1490). AR denar, doublestrike.

Obv: [+] M • MAThIE • R [• VnGARI], Four-part shield with Hungarian arms (Árpádian stripes, patriarchal cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, crowned lion of Berszterce), raven in escutcheon.

Rev: PATRO — [VnGARIE], Veiled Madonna with infant Jesus to her right, K—P/V (privy mark) in fields.

The type was struck 1471-1481 (per Huszár & Unger) or 1472-1478 (per Pohl), with an average fineness of approximately .500 silver, and an average weight of .59023 g. This privy mark was struck in Kremnitz (formerly Körmöcbánya, Hungary, now Kremnica, Slovakia) by Paul Peck, kammergraf, and Veit Mülstein, oberkammergraf (per Pohl).

Huszár/Pohl rarity rating 4. This is a variable type with two subtypes. Subtype B is the less common, comprising around 20% of the coins of the emission. This privy mark appears on around 5% of the coins of this type.

In Subtype B coins, the obverse legend is + M • MAThIE • R • VnGARIE (or a minor variant). They are neither described nor depicted in any of the catalogs.
Stkp
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Roman, Vespasian Dupondius Concordia204 viewsObv.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS (III)
Radiate head right

Rev.
CONCORDIA AVGVSTI
SC
Concordia seated on throne left with cornucopia
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Apollonia Pontica204 views450-400 B.C.
Silver drachm,
2.50 g., 14 mm.
Rev: Gorgoneion head facing, straight vertical hair with horizontal lines on her forehead
Obv.: Anchor; crayfish to left, A to right

As featured in Forvm's Fake Coin Reports :-(
2 commentsJaimelai
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Emmett 0208 - Vespasian AE37 drachm Alexandria, Bust of Nike204 viewsEGYPT. Alexandria. Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Æ Drachm (37mm - 21.32 g). Dated Year 3 (70/71 AD). Laureate head right / Bust of Nike right. Köln 288; Dattari 389; Geissen 288; Milne 414; Emmett 208.3. Kampmann-Ganschow 20.27 mattpat
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6. ATTICA, Athens. Circa 460-404 BC. 204 viewsDrachm (14mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig behind; all within incuse square. Kroll 10; SNG Copenhagen 41. Near VF, graffito on reverse.

CNG Electronic Auction 217, Lot: 66.
4 commentsDino
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Jordan, Gadara204 viewsPart of an early Byzantine church complex at Umm Qais in north-west Jordan. Umm Qais is ancient Gadara of the Decapolis (as in the 'Gadarene swine' of Matthew 8:28-34). The city is built from a mixture of white limestone and dark basalt, often mixed together, which gives some of the buildings a curious chess-board look.Abu Galyon
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Countermark on Athens - AR tetradrachm 204 views431-393 BC
head of Athena right - almond shaped eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll
owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent left
AΘE right
Phoenician contermark
bēth yōdh (yōdh~hand; bēth~house
(Type C), Sear 2526
RARE CONTERMARK
16,5 g 22 mm
J. B.
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Tyche of Antioch204 viewsLate Roman marble copy of the original Greek bronze cultic statue by Eutychides of Sicyon. Located in the Vatican Museum (Galleria dei Candelabri).Abu Galyon
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Balbus204 viewsmuseum on PalatinJ. B.
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Roman, Gordian III - [RIC IV 70, RSC III 314, SRCV III 8658] 204 viewsSilver antoninianus, gVF, 3.481g, 20.8mm, 0 degree, Rome mint, 240 A.D.

Ovb. - IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind

Rev. - ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, Victory in right, vertical spear in left
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Purchased from Forum Ancient Coins

Ex. FORVM Dealer Photo

renegade3220's Collection: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-56563

IMO, a great coin all around and, although common, bought for both the splendid and detailed obverse and reverse nicely centered on the flan.
3 commentsrenegade3220
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Philip I - Unknown Eastern Mint - SPES FELICITATIS ORBIS204 viewsRoman Empire
Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD)
Silver Antoninianus ( double denarius )
Struck at Unknown Eastern Mint - 244 AD.

obv: IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG PM - Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right. Seen from behind.
rev: SPES FELICITATIS ORBIS - (translation: 'Hope for a Happy World') - Spes (Hope) advancing left, holding flower in one hand and lifting skirt with the other.

weight: 5.0 Grams
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The extra obverse titles give away the fact that this was struck at the Unknown Eastern Mint, another obverse type has the 'PM', at the end of the obv titles on this example, underneath the bust of the Emperor on the Obverse.
One of three known reverse types struck at this Unknown Mint of the East of the Emperor Philip I. The other two are the ' PAX FUNDATA CUM PERSIS' - and 'VIRTUS EXERCITUS' reverses.
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Now, I know some other people on here have some other, and much nicer examples from this mint, and I would encourage them to post them in this 'Roman Mint Styles' Gallery.
Some people classify these coins as being from Antioch, here is an interesting link on that subject:
http://marchal.thibaut.free.fr/e_classification.htm
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Turkey, Aspendos - Theater's entrance204 viewsMay 2011FlaviusDomitianus
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CAMPGATE, DIOCLETIAN, ARGENTEUS204 viewsDIOCLETIAN
AR argenteus. Siscia,294-295 AD. 3,34 grs. Laureate head right. DIOCLETIANVS AVG / The four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before eight-turreted camp gate. VIRTVS MILITVM.
RIC 43 a. C 516.
1 commentsbenito
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TEMPLE, FAUSTINA SENIOR, Temple of Faustina and Antoninus Pius.204 viewsAR denarius. c.146 AD. 3.60 g, 6h. Draped bust right. DIVA FAVSTINA. / Hexastyle temple; with figure within; surmounted by a central facing quadriga, winged Victories on corners; statues on lower left and right; fencing in front. AED DIV FAVSTINAE. RIC III 343 (A.Pius). RSC 1.
The building was built after the death of Empress Faustina (141 A.C.) and was dedicated by the Senate to the deceased, who they declared a divinity. It was also dedicated to Emperor Antoninus Pio, as is stated on its facade. Around the seventh and eighth centuries, it became a Christian church, but its appearance today is mostly a result of the baroque modifications of Orazio Torriani (1601-14).
2 commentsbenito
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020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0356, RIC II(1962) 042, Rome, AR-Denarius, AVG V R/TRI POT, Sacrificial implements, #1204 views020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0356, RIC II(1962) 042, Rome, AR-Denarius, AVG V R/TRI POT, Sacrificial implements, #1
avers: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, Laureate head right.
reverse: AVG V R/ TRI-POT, Sacrificial implements: simpulum, aspergillum, jug, and lituus.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 15,5-16mm, weight: 3,13g, axes: 5h,
mint: Rome, date: 72-73 A.D., ref: RIC² 0356, RIC II(1962) 042, RSC-45,
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1 commentsquadrans
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ROMAN LEAD IMPERIAL SEAL – FIRST TETRARCHY, C. AD 294204 viewsThe four tetrarchs sacrificing above tripod

15x17mm; 4.68g;

conical shape; fine

Note: This scene of the four tetrarchs sacrificing is well known from argentei of the First Tetrarchy, albeit there is a turreted enclosure in the background. This seal must be dated at approximately the same time these coins were minted.

From the Gert Boersema sold files
1 commentsJay GT4
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049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Emesa, RIC IV-I 428var., AR-Denarius, VICTOR SEVER AVG, Victory advancing left, Rare !!! #1204 views049 Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Emesa, RIC IV-I 428var., AR-Denarius, VICTOR SEVER AVG, Victory advancing left, Rare !!! #1
avers: IMP CAE L SEP SE V PERT AVG CO II (legend var!!, Not in RIC or mule!!), laureate head right.
reverse: VICTOR SEVER AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter:16,0-17,0mm, weight:3,25g, axis: 0h,
mint: Emesa, date: 194-195 A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-I 428var. (legend var ..CO-II.., Instead ..COS-II..), p-148, C-, Rare !!!
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1 commentsquadrans
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019 Vitellius (69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0073, AR-Denarius, CONCORDIA P R, Concordia seated left, Rare! #1204 views019 Vitellius (69 A.D.), Rome, RIC I 0073, AR-Denarius, CONCORDIA P R, Concordia seated left, Rare! #1
avers: A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P, Laureate head right.
reverse: CONCOR DIA P R, Concordia seated left, holding patera, and cornucopia.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5-19,0mm, weight: 3,30g, axes: 5h,
mint: Rome, date: 69 A.D.,
ref: RIC I 073, p-272, RSC 20, BMC 7, Rare!,
Q-001
2 commentsquadrans
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BYZANTINE, Nicephorus I (802-811) Follis, Constantinople (Sear-1607)204 viewsObv: crowned busts facing of Nicephorus with short beard, on left and Stauracus, unbearded, on right, each wearing chlamys, cross between their heads
Rev: large M, XXX to left, cross above, NNN to right, A below
2 commentsQuant.Geek
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RIC 737 Domitian204 viewsAR Denarius, 3.59g
Rome mint, 92 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: IMP XXII COS XVI CENS P P P; Minerva stg. l., with thunderbolt and spear, shield at her l. side (M3)
RIC 737 (R2). BMC (spec. acquired 1977). RSC -. BNC -.
Ex Dionysos Numismatik, eBay, April 2014.

Domitian struck the same series of four Minerva types for his denarii regularly every year from 83 onwards. Some issues are more rare than others - a few are very rare. This coin is from a very rare issue struck towards the end of summer 92 and can be dated by the TR P XI and IMP XXII, an exceedingly rare combination. This series commemorating his 22nd imperial acclamation was most likely awarded for a victory against the Sarmatians and Suevi near the end of the campaigning season just before he became TR P XII on 14th September. The rarity of this dating combination indicates how tight the window was for this issue.

Excellent example with a good style portrait.
4 commentsDavid Atherton
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Greek, ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 88-30 BC.204 viewsAR hemidrachm. 15mm 2.16g.
Laureate head Zeus right/ Achaian league monogram. XE SW PA across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
VF. Toned. BCD 508.7 (this coin); Clerk 81; Benner-Patrai-51 (this coin). exBeast Coins.
Dino
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Roman Bow, "Kraftig Profilierte", AR fibula, Bojovic:Typ-10, Tabl-XII/97var, #153204 viewsRoman Bow, "Kraftig Profilierte", AR fibula, Bojovic:Typ-10, Tabl-XII/97var, #153
type: Bow fibula.,
size: 47,5x18x16mm,
weight: 9,37g,
date: 1st-2nd centuries A.D.,
ref: Bojovic:Typ-10, Tabl-XII/97var,
distribution: ,
Q-001
quadrans
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Greece, Amphipolis: The Lion of Amphipolis204 viewsThe first pieces of this rather grand monument were discovered near the banks of the River Strymon in 1912 by Greek soldiers during the Second Balkan War. Further finds were made in 1916 and in 1930-32 during the creation of Lake Kerkini. The Lion was restored (and partly reconstructed) in 1937.

The sculpted Lion itself is 5.3m tall, on its base it stands over 8m high. It is plausibly dated to the late 4th century BCE. Recent work on the Kasta Tomb, which is about 4km distant, has revealed further fragments also apparently belonging to the Lion and it may be the case that the Lion originally surmounted that tomb and was only later moved to its present location.

Nobody knows what or who the monument commemorates; perhaps ongoing work on the Kasta Tomb will illuminate matters. A quite similar, somewhat smaller, statue, the “The Lion of Chaeronea”, honours the Sacred Band of Thebes, which was wiped out at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE. But while several ancient sources (including Pausanias and Strabo) mention the Chaeronea lion and the circumstances of its construction, there is no ancient record of the Amphipolis lion.
1 commentsAbu Galyon
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Lugdunum, RIC V-II 038.4a.3.B.A., -/-//III, MARS VICTOR, AE-Ant., Mars walking right, #1204 views112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Lugdunum, RIC V-II 038.4a.3.B.A., -/-//III, MARS VICTOR, AE-Ant., Mars walking right, #1
avers: IMP C PROBVS•P•F•AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right. (B),
reverse: MARS VICTOR, Mars walking right, holding spear and trophy.
exergue: -/-//III, diameter: 21,5-23,5mm, weight: 4,10g, axis: 0h,
mint: Lugdunum, 4th. emiss., 3rd. off., 278-79., date: 278-279 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 038.4a.3.B.A., Bastien-194,
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quadrans
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Aelius204 viewsBust of Aelius in the Louvre Museum, Paris. Photo by me taken in May 2014.Constantine IV
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Eudoxia, wife of Arcadius. Augusta, 400-404 CE.203 viewsÆ 3 (15 mm, 1.94 gm). Cyzicus mint, ca A.D.402.
Obv: AEL EVDOXIA AVG; diademed and draped bust right, hand holding wreath above.
Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing Christogram on shield set on cippus; SMKA in exergue.
RIC 103; LRBC 2589.
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MANUEL I AE half Tetarteron S-1978 DOC 24 Brockage203 viewsXC Rev Manuel , bearded stg. facing wearing crown and military attire , and holding cruciform sceptre and gl. cr. Thessalonica mint , 17mm

A really nice brockage, it has a nice fill on the brockage side giving it additional eye appeal.
1 commentsSimon
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MEDIEVAL, Spain, Philip II, 16th Century AD203 viewsÆ 4 Maravedis. 3.3 grams.
Obv: Castle within coat of arms.
Rx: Lion within coat of arms.
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RIC 0547 Vespasian203 viewsAR Denarius, 3.20g
Rome Mint, 73 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: S P Q R in oak wreath
RIC 547 (C). BMC 103. RSC 516. BNC 89.
Acquired from Ancient Coin Art, April 2006.

The wreath is the Corona Civica. What did Vespasian do in 73 A.D. to be awarded this honor by the Senate and People of Rome?

The occasion of this issue is in doubt. The BMCRE sites the restoration of Achaea back to the Senate as one possibility.

I love this reverse. The main reason I purchased this example is because of the wonderful detail and lovely style of the reverse. Most examples I have seen of this type are very worn and do not show the oak-wreath in such fine detail.
3 commentsDavid Atherton
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Greek Strategos 5th century B.C.203 viewsScale of this model: 90mm (1/20)
2 commentsRomaVictor
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Aelia Flaccilla-Salvs Reipvblicae AE2203 views Attribution-RIC IX Constantinople 55.5 LRBC 2149

Obv. AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG
Rev. SALVS REI-PVBLICAE
Rf. T
Ex. CON epsilon
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Divo 180. 1680, Marriage du Dauphin avec Marie-Anne de Baviere.203 viewsObv. Bust right LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS
Rev. The Cardinal of Bouillon centre, marrying the Dauphin Louis left and Anne Marie of Bavaria right, temple behind VICTORIA ET PACE AUSPICES MARIE ANNA BAVAR?? LUD DELPH NUPTA? MDCLXXX

Commemorates the mariage of the Dauphin Louis to Anna Marie of Bavaria in 1680.
LordBest
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Turkey, Hierapolis - necropolis203 viewsJ. B.
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Jordan, Petra - Roman Soldier's Tomb203 viewsIt's popularly called the "Roman Soldier's Tomb" because the central headless figure on the facade is clearly wearing a cuirass. The trouble is that the tomb can't really be dated later than the early years of Rabbel II, i.e. at least 30 years before the Roman annexation in 106 CE. That makes a Roman officer's burial highly questionable. The interior layout is elaborate - a tomb intended for someone of quite high status.Abu Galyon
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Italy, Ostia - mosaique floor203 viewsJ. B.
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Roman, Nerva203 viewsAR Tetradrachm. Antiochia ad Orontem (Seleucis et Pieria). 15.52 gm, 12h. Regnal year 1. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis with Medusa head and snakes on shoulder. AVT NEROVAS KAIS SEB / Eagle with wings raised, standing facing on thunderbolt, head right; palm branch before on right field. ETOVS NEOV IEROV A. Prieur 149. BM 267.
2 commentsbenito
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ROMAN IMPERATORS, BRUTUS203 viewsQ. Caepio Brutus, AR Denarius - Military Mint travelling in Lycia, spring-early summer 42 BC
LEIBERTAS Head of Libertas right. / CAEPIO-BRVTVS-PRO-COS Plectrum, lyre, and filleted laurel branch. Crawford 501/1; CRI 199; Sydenham 1287; RSC 5; Sear (Millennium) 1432; Seaby, Brutus 5. Minted in the spring to early summer of 42 BC by a military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia.
(18 mm, 3.71 g, 5h)
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Roman Empire, Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), AE-2, Cent, RIC 179, Rome, VICTORIA AVG LIB ROMANOR,203 views148 Magnentius (350-353 A.D.), AE-2, Cent, RIC 179, Rome, VICTORIA AVG LIB ROMANOR,
avers:- IMP-CAE-MAGNEN-TIVS-AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- VICTORIA-AVG-LIB-ROMANOR, emperor, bare-headed & in military dress, standing right holding olive branch and standard decorated with an eagle, foot on the shoulder of a bare-headed captive seated right.
exerg: R dot F dot, diameter: 22-27mm, weight: 4,69g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, date: 350-353 AD., ref: RIC-179, C-,
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quadrans
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Italy, Cerveteri - Etruscan necropolis203 viewsJ. B.
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ARCH, TRAJAN, Sestertius203 viewsorichalcum sestertius (25.62g, 34mm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 103-104.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P laureate head of Trajan facing right.
S·P·Q·R·OPTIMO PRINCIPI [r.b.,] S C [in ex.] monumental richly decorated triumphal arch; on the sides, can be seen a biga driven by Victory; in the pediment Jupiter between two seated figures, panel above pediment inscribed IOM (= Iovi Optimo Maximo), the whole surmounted by six-horse chariot driven by Jupiter and flanked by Victories.

RIC 572 [R]; BMC 844; Cohen 547; Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 100:18
ex Künker, Auction 174
1 commentsCharles S
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Eagle on starry globe203 viewsLucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Sestertius (24.3g, 31mm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, 169 AD. Obv.: DIVVS VERVS, bare head facing right. Rev.: CONSECRATIO [around] S C [below in field], Eagle with head turned left perched on globe with stars.
RIC (M. Aurelius) 1509 (scarce); Cohen 56; Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 137:35

This coin refers to the funeral and deification of Lucius Verus in 169 AD.
1 commentsCharles S
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RIC 841 Domitian203 viewsAR Cistophorus, 9.81g
Rome mint (for Asia), 82 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: CAPIT across field, RESTIT in exergue; Temple of Capitoline Jupiter with 4 columns enclosing figures of Juno, seated Jupiter and Minverva
RIC 841 (C). BMC 251. RSC 23. RPC 864 (8 spec.). BNC 221.
Acquired from Tom Cederlind, February 2013.

In 80 AD while Titus was away in Campania surveying the damage Vesuvius had caused in the region the previous Fall, a devastating fire broke out in Rome, damaging much of the city center. One of the most important buildings affected by the fire was the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter, rebuilt recently by Vespasian. It being the most sacred and important building in Rome, Titus began rebuilding it immediately. Construction was still ongoing when Titus died of natural causes in September of 81. Domitian completed the structure the following year and it was said no expense was spared. The building Domitian dedicated was a lavish structure, magnificent in appearance featuring Pentelic marble, gold plated doors, and a roof of gilded bronze.

This cistophorus minted in Rome for export to Asia Minor commemorates the new Temple of Jupiter Domitian bestowed on Rome. Curiously, although the building featured six columns, only four are seen here. Statues of the deities Juno, Jupiter (seated) and Minverva can be seen between the columns.

A most wonderful coin in hand.
8 commentsDavid Atherton
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 342, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, #1203 views136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Trier, RIC VII 342, AE-3 Follis, -/-//PTR•, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar, #1
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, K3, Laureate head right, wearing trabea, eagle-tipped scepter in the right hand.
reverse: BEATA TRAN QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above tree stars.
exergue: -/-//PTR•, diameter: 19,0 mm, weight: 2,90g, axes: 0h,
mint: Treveri, date: 320 A.D., ref: RIC VI 342, p-194,
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Moesia, Viminacium, 072 Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), PM 01-38-01, -/-//AN IIII, AE-Sestertius, Vexillum, Rare!, #01 203 viewsMoesia, Viminacium, 072 Gordianus-III. (238-244 A.D.), PM 01-38-01, -/-//AN IIII, AE-Sestertius, Vexillum, Rare!, #01
avers:- IMP-GORDIANVS-PIVS-FEL-AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back .
revers:- PMS_C_O_L-VIM, Moesia standing half left, between bull to left and lion to right, holding vexillum marked IIII in left hand and vexillum marked VII in right hand, date AN IIII in exergo.
exergo: -/-//AN IIII, diameter: 30mm, weight: 19,30g, axis: h,
mint: Moesia, Viminacium, date: 242-243 A.D., regnal year IIII., ref: Pick-085, PM-1-38-1, Mus-31,
Q-001
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RIC 597A Domitian203 viewsAR Denarius, 2.96g
Rome mint, 88 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM P M TR P VIII; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, l.
Rev: COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC; Herald adv. l., with wand and shield
RIC 597A (R2). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.
Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, Harry N. Sneh collection, lot 728.

A unique denarius that is a variant of RIC 597 and 598, both of which feature the same reverse type with obverse head left but differ in regards to the legend - 597 has DOMIT instead of DOMITIAN clockwise, and 598 has the same legend but anti-clockwise. Harry Sneh notified Ian Carradice of this new variant and the coin has been assigned 597A in the upcoming RIC II addenda.

The reverse type is part of the third series of denarii struck in 88 which commemorates Domitian's Secular Games and features the herald announcing them.

Some corrosion, but nicely centered with a neat portrait.

*Update* The upcoming RIC II.1 Addenda cites another specimen: G&N 9, 3 November 2013, lot 465.

7 commentsDavid Atherton
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Israel, Caesearea Maritima Hippodrome - Tsunami Deposit203 viewsThe light coloured, upward fining, middle layer is a tsumai deposit preserved in the this overburden remnant in the excavated hippodrome at Caesarea Maritima.
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0076.0113, -/-//XXIT, Bust B10 var.1/F.l.with pugio, RIC V-II 768var., AE-Antoninianus, SOLI INVICTO, Sol in quadriga galloping left, Rare!!! 203 views112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0076.0113, -/-//XXIT, Bust B10 var.1/F.l.with pugio, RIC V-II 768var., AE-Antoninianus, SOLI INVICTO, Sol in quadriga galloping left, Rare!!!
avers: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding pugio in right hand. (B10 var.1/F.l.with pugio)
reverse: SOLI IN VICTO, Sol in quadriga galloping left, right hand raised, left holding a whip.
exergue: -/-//XXIT, diameter: 20,5-21,5mm, weight: 2,79g, axis: 0h,
mint: Siscia, 6th. emission, date: 279 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 768var., p-100, Alföldi 0076.0113, Rare!!!
Q-001
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Roman Lead Seal203 views
Unattributed. Features three busts.
Sosius
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RIC 784 Domitian203 viewsAR Denarius, 3.28g
Rome Mint, 95-96 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XV; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P; Altar, with two figures of soldiers, flanked by aquilae; under each aquila on top of the altar is a seated captive
RIC 784 (R2). BMC 237B. RSC 296. BNC 212.
Ex Solidus, eBay, 13 April 2014.

The months leading up to Domitian's assassination saw the mint at Rome experimenting with many new reverse types (winged Minerva, Maia, temple reverses), breaking the monotony of the four standard Minerva types that had previously dominated the denarius. These new types are exceedingly rare however and were perhaps experimental in nature. This impressive denarius features one of the new reverse designs consisting of an altar flanked by two soldiers and two aquilae - obviously military in nature and perhaps a commemorative issue.

A typical example of the mint's late period style in good metal and nicely centred. Same dies as CGB.fr, MONNAIES 55, lot 138.
4 commentsDavid Atherton
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Claudius & Antonia Tetradrachm203 viewsTI KΛAY∆I KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP
laureate head right, date LB (year 2) before

ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH
bust of Antonia right, hair in queue

29 Sep 41 - 28 Sep 42 A.D.

Alexandria mint

11.054g, 23.2mm, die axis 0o,

RPC 5117; Geissen 62; Milne 61; BMC Alexandria p. 9, 65; Dattari 114; SNG Milan 620, SNG Cop 57; Sommer 12.3, Emmett 73

Scarce

Ex-Forum

Antonia was the youngest daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia. She was a niece of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, mother of the Emperor Claudius, and both maternal great-grandmother and paternal great-aunt of the Emperor Nero. She was additionally the maternal great-aunt of the Empress Valeria Messalina and Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix, and paternal grandmother of Claudia Antonia, Claudia Octavia, and Britannicus.
3 commentsJay GT4
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, DOMITIUS DOMITIANUS, Octadrachm, EMMET, Alexandrian coins - # 4241/2203 viewsDOMITIUS DOMITIANUS, EGYPT, Octadrachm
Alexandria mint, AD 296-297
ΔOMITI-ANOC CEB, Radiate bust of Domitius right
No legend, Serapis going right, LB in field (regnal year 2)
12.79 gr
Ref : Emmet, Alexandrian coins #4241/2, RCV # 12982 (2000), Sear # 4801 var (It's actually an hexadrachm in Sear)
Domitius Domitianus, stationed in Egypt, rebelled against Diocletianus in july 296 AD and was proclaimed emperor. He was defeated during spring 297 AD. Diocletian decided to close the alexandrian mint, so the coins of Domitianus are the last provincial coins from Alexandria. Also, Domitianus was the only ruler to strike octadrachms (in parallel with didrachms, tetradrachms and hexadrachms)

For more information, see, in english : http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius%20Domitianus or "en français" http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=54339.0
1 commentsPotator II
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