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Probus_AE-Ant_IMP-C-M-AVR-PROBVS-P-F-AVG-(F-pugio)_PROVIDE-AVG_______RIC-Not-in_Alf-Not-in-51typ_-Siscia-AD_Q-001_axis-h_mm_g-s.jpg
112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0051.0000 (Not in !!!), -/ϛ//XXI, Bust B10/F with pugio, RIC V-II 716var.(Bust not in), AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDE AVG, Providentia standing left, Rare !!!187 views112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0051.0000 (Not in !!!), -/ϛ//XXI, Bust B10/F with pugio, RIC V-II 716var.(Bust not in), AE-Antoninianus, PROVIDE AVG, Providentia standing left, Rare !!!
avers: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right, holding pugio in the left hand. (B10/F with pugio)
reverse: PROVIDE AVG, Providentia standing left, holding globe and sceptre.
exergue: -/ϛ//XXI, diameter: mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Siscia, 2nd emission, Phase b, date: 277 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 716var. Bust Not in !!!, p-, Alföldi type 0051.0000, Not in !!!, Rare !!!,
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012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 111, Rome, AE-As, CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Constantia standing left, S C across fields,187 views012 Claudius I. (41-54 A.D.), RIC I 111, Rome, AE-As, CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Constantia standing left, S C across fields,
avers: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, Bare head left.
reverse: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Constantia standing left leaning on scepter, S C across fields.
exergue: S/C//--, diameter: 29-30mm, weight: 11,58g, axis:- 11h,
mint: Rome, date: 42-43 A.D., ref: RIC I 111, C 14,
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024c Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0721, RIC II(1962) 0154, AR-Denarius, Rome, IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing left, #1187 views024c Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0721, RIC II(1962) 0154, AR-Denarius, Rome, IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing left, #1
avers:- IMP-CAES-DOMIT-AVG-GERM-P-M-TR-P-X, Laureate head of Domitian right.
revers:- IMP-XXI-COS-XV-CENS-P-P-P, Minerva standing left, holding thunderbolt and spear, shield at feet.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5-19mm, weight: 3,31g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 91A.D., ref: RIC 0721, RIC II(1962) 0154 p-172, RSC 264,
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CÁC II. 19.09.1.1./a1.16./17., Anonymous II. (Géza II., King of Hungary, (1141-1162 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-123, CNH I.-132, U-070, #01187 viewsCÁC II. 19.09.1.1./a1.16./17., Anonymous II. (Géza II., King of Hungary, (1141-1162 A.D.)?), AR-Denarius, H-123, CNH I.-132, U-070, #01
avers: Four N's and four lines around cross; border of dots.
reverse: Cross with three dots in the angles; border of line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 11,6 mm, weight: 0,24 g, axis: 11h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-123, CNH I.-132, Unger-070,
Kiss-Toth, Sigla: 19.09.1.1./a1.16./17.,
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Caracalla tetradrachm.187 viewsCILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (10.59 gm). AV K M AVR ANTΩNINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right , seen from behind / CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠPOC TΩ KAΛYKAD in two circles around .Hercules standing right, wearing lion's skin, and holding bowcase and club.
SNG Levante 745 (this coin).
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041bp Commodus (166-180 A.D. as Caesar, 180-192 A.D. as Augustus), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HHJ-08.10.13.2var, AE-18, NEIKOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing right,187 views041bp Commodus (166-180 A.D. as Caesar, 180-192 A.D. as Augustus), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HHJ-08.10.13.2var, AE-18, NEIKOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing right,
avers: M-AYP-KOMOΔOC-ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate cuirassed bust right.
revers: NEIKOΠO-ΛEITΩN, Artemis standing right, holding bow in left hand and drawing with right hand arrow from quiver over right
shoulder; at her feet stag standing right, looking up to her.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 18-19mm, weight: 3,96g, axes: 7h,
mint: Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, date: 193-211 A.D.,
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2164??
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2013) No.8.10.13.2 corr.
Writes M AVRH ANTWNEINOC KOMODOC in error
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II 204, Rome, SOLI INVICTO, Bust-H, -/-//R, Sol in spread quadriga,187 views112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II 204, Rome, SOLI INVICTO, Bust-H, -/-//R, Sol in spread quadriga,
avers:- IMP-C-M-AVR-PROBVS-P-F-AVG, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle. (H)
revers:- SO-L-I-IN-VIC-T-O, Sol in spread quadriga holding globe and whip.
exergo: -/-//R, diameter:21,5-22,5 mm, weight:3,04 g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, 3rd emission of Rome, 278, date: 278 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 204, p-39,
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22.06. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), Bracteata, (uncertain), CÁC III. 22.06.1.1./e01.03./22., H-195, CNH I.-275, U-121, AR-Bracteata, #01187 views22.06. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), Bracteata, (uncertain), CÁC III. 22.06.1.1./e01.03./22., H-195, CNH I.-275, U-121, AR-Bracteata, #01
avers: King riding horse to the right, falcon on his wrist.
reverse: Negative pictures.
exergue/mintmark: -/-//--, diameter: 13,5-14,5mm, weight: 0,23g, axis:0h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-195, CNH I.-275, Unger-121,
Kiss-Toth: CÁC III. 22.06.1.1./e01.03./22., Sigla, a small circle belove the right arm of the king.
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Ionia, Ephesos, (c.4th.-3rd.cent.B.C.), AE-11, BMC Ionia p.55,68-70, Bee with straight wings, E-Φ,187 viewsIonia, Ephesos, (c.4th.-3rd.cent.B.C.), AE-11, BMC Ionia p.55,68-70, Bee with straight wings, E-Φ,
avers:- Turreted head of Tyche left.
revers:- Bee with straight wings E-Φ left and right.
exerg: E/Φ//--, diameter: 10,3-10.6mm, weight: 1,31g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ionia, Ephesos, date:c.4th.-3rd. centuries B.C., ref: BMC Ionia p.55,68-70, SNG Cop 256, SNGvA 1839,
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Sicily,_Syracuse,_Dionysios_I__(405-367_BC_)__Hemilitron,_Arethusa_left,_Dolphin,__#931;_Y_P_A,_shell,_CNS_24-1-7,_HGC_2,_1480,_SNG_ANS_415-25_,_Q-001,_6h,15,5-18mm,_3,2g-s.jpg
Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 415-25, ΣYPA, Dolphin, and shell,187 viewsSicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I. (405-367 B.C.), AE-Hemilitron, SNG Ans 415-25, ΣYPA, Dolphin, and shell,
avers: No legend, Head of Arethusa left, wearing a necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone, olive leaves behind.
reverse: Dolphin swimming right, Σ Y P A and cockle shell below.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 15,5-18,0mm, weight: 3,20g, axes: 6h,
mint: Sicily, Syracuse, Dionysios I., date: 405-367 B.C., ref: SNG Ans 415-25, SNG Cop 697-699, CNS 24/1-7, HGC 2, 1480,
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107 Severina (270-275 A.D.), T-1792 (Estiot), RIC V-I 003, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, CONCORDIA AVG G, -/-//ΓXXIR, Emperor and Concordia, #2187 views107 Severina (270-275 A.D.), T-1792 (Estiot), RIC V-I 003, Rome, AE-Antoninianus, CONCORDIA AVG G, -/-//ΓXXIR, Emperor and Concordia, #2
avers: SEVERI NA AVG, Empress right, diademed, draped, on a lunar crescent. (E2)
reverse: CONCO RDIA AVG G, Empress standing right, holding an unidentified object in left hand, clasping the hand of Emperor standing left, holding short sceptre in left hand. (Emperor and Empress 2)
exergue: -/-//ΓXXIR, diameter: 21,0mm, weight: 4,10g, axes: 0h,
mint: Rome, iss-10, off-3 , date: 274 A.D., ref: RIC V-I 3., T-1792 (Estiot), C-,
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Julia Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander. Augusta, 222-235 CE.186 viewsAR Denarius (20 mm, 2.95 gm). Rome mint, 232 CE.
Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas seated left, reaching out to child.
RIC 332; BMC 913; Sear 8208; Cohen 6; RSC 6.
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MANUEL I AE 1/2 Tetarteron S-1980 DOC 23186 viewsBust of St. George facing beardless wearing nimbus, tunic, cuirass and sagion and holding spear and sheild. Rev Bust facing wearing crown loros and holding labarum and gl, cr. Uncertain Greek Mint 15mm aVery Fine. DOC 23 **** This coin needs to have further study especially since his bust looks like a death mask.****** Simon
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Magnia Urbica, wife of Carinus. Augusta, 283-285 CE.186 viewsAE Antoninianus (22 mm, 3.26 gm). Rome mint, 284-285 CE.
Obv: MAGN VRBICA AVG, Diademed draped bust r., on crescent.
Rev: VENVS VICTRIX. Venus standing left, holding scepter and helmet, her shield leans against the front of her leg. Exe: KAS.
RIC, 343; Cohen 17; Sear 3490.
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ALEXIUS AE Tetarteron S-1931 DOC 40186 viewsJewelled Cross, with globus at each extremity, X in center and two steps beneath. Rev. Bust Facing wearing crown loros and holding cruciform sceptre and gl. cr. 16/22mm DOC 40 Fine + Included due to the nice green patina not common for any tetartera.Simon
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BOEOTIA, Thebes186 viewsIn the late 6th century BC the Thebans were brought for the first time into hostile contact with the Athenians, who helped the small village of Plataea to maintain its independence against them, and in 506 repelled an inroad into Attica. The aversion to Athens best serves to explain the unpatriotic attitude which Thebes displayed during the Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). Though a contingent of 700 was sent to Thermopylae and remained there with Leonidas until just before the last stand when they surrendered to the Persians[1], the governing aristocracy soon after joined King Xerxes I of Persia with great readiness and fought zealously on his behalf at the battle of Plataea in 479 BC. The victorious Greeks subsequently punished Thebes by depriving it of the presidency of the Boeotian League, and an attempt by the Spartans to expel it from the Delphic amphictyony was only frustrated by the intercession of Athens.

In 457 Sparta, needing a counterpoise against Athens in central Greece, reversed her policy and reinstated Thebes as the dominant power in Boeotia. The great citadel of Cadmea served this purpose well by holding out as a base of resistance when the Athenians overran and occupied the rest of the country (457–447). In the Peloponnesian War the Thebans, embittered by the support which Athens gave to the smaller Boeotian towns, and especially to Plataea, which they vainly attempted to reduce in 431, were firm allies of Sparta, which in turn helped them to besiege Plataea and allowed them to destroy the town after its capture in 427 BC. In 424 at the head of the Boeotian levy they inflicted a severe defeat upon an invading force of Athenians at the Battle of Delium, and for the first time displayed the effects of that firm military organization which eventually raised them to predominant power in Greece.

After the downfall of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War the Thebans, finding that Sparta intended to protect the states which they desired to annex, broke off the alliance. In 404 they had urged the complete destruction of Athens, yet in 403 they secretly supported the restoration of its democracy in order to find in it a counterpoise against Sparta. A few years later, influenced perhaps in part by Persian gold, they formed the nucleus of the league against Sparta. At the battles of Haliartus (395) and Coronea (394) they again proved their rising military capacity by standing their ground against the Spartans. The result of the war was especially disastrous to Thebes, as the general settlement of 387 stipulated the complete autonomy of all Greek towns and so withdrew the other Boeotians from its political control. Its power was further curtailed in 382, when a Spartan force occupied the citadel by a treacherous coup-de-main. Three years later the Spartan garrison was expelled, and a democratic constitution definitely set up in place of the traditional oligarchy. In the consequent wars with Sparta the Theban army, trained and led by Epaminondas and Pelopidas, proved itself the best in Greece. Some years of desultory fighting, in which Thebes established its control over all Boeotia, culminated in 371 in a remarkable victory over the pick of the Spartans at Leuctra. The winners were hailed throughout Greece as champions of the oppressed. They carried their arms into Peloponnesus and at the head of a large coalition permanently crippled the power of Sparta. Similar expeditions were sent to Thessaly and Macedon to regulate the affairs of those regions.

However the predominance of Thebes was short-lived; the states which she protected refused to subject themselves permanently to her control, and the renewed rivalry of Athens, which had joined with Thebes in 395 in a common fear of Sparta, but since 387 had endeavoured to maintain the balance of power against her ally, prevented the formation of a Theban empire. With the death of Epaminondas at Mantinea in 362 the city sank again to the position of a secondary power. In a war with the neighbouring state of Phocis (356–346) it could not even maintain its predominance in central Greece, and by inviting Philip II of Macedon to crush the Phocians it extended that monarch's power within dangerous proximity to its frontiers. A revulsion of feeling was completed in 338 by the orator Demosthenes, who persuaded Thebes to join Athens in a final attempt to bar Philip's advance upon Attica. The Theban contingent lost the decisive battle of Chaeronea and along with it every hope of reassuming control over Greece. Philip was content to deprive Thebes of her dominion over Boeotia; but an unsuccessful revolt in 335 against his son Alexander was punished by Macedon and other Greek states by the severe sacking of the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar.

BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.98 gm). Boeotian shield / Amphora; magistrate AM-FI. Hepworth, "The 4th Century BC Magistrate Coinage of the Boiotian Confederacy," in Nomismatika Xronika (1998), 2; BMC Central Greece -. Fine.

Ex-Cng eAuction 105, Lot: 34 225/200

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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gordian III, Apollo186 viewsgordian III, 241 A.D., minted in Rome
OBV: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG - Radiate bust right,
draped and cuirassed
REV: PM TR P IIII COS II PP - Apollo seated left,
holding branch in right hand.

my first silver coin, absolutely stunning!
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H in circular punch186 viewsBITHYNIA. Nikomedia. Gallienus. Æ 26. A.D. 253-268. Obv: MAVPCEVHAΛEZANΔPOCAV. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark on shoulder. Rev: NIKOMH-ΔEΩNΔICNEOKOPΩN. Emperor, radiate, holding spear, riding on horse charging right, mantle waving behind. Ref: BMC - (rev. sim. 67). Axis: 30°. Weight: 7.04 g. CM: H in circular punch, 7 mm. Howgego 821ii (112 pcs). Note: This countermark was applied to coins of several cities, although predominantly to those of Nikomedia and Nicaea. Collection Automan.Automan
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Laureate and draped bust right186 viewsPAPHLAGONIA. Amastris. Elagabalus. Æ 26. A.D. 218-222. Obv: AVTKMAPH(...). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark before bust. Rev: AMACTP-I-ANΩN. Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus and cantharos; panther at his feet to left. Ref: BMC -. Axis: 265°. Weight: 10.24 g. CM: Laureate and draped bust right, in oval punch, 6.5 x 7.5 mm. Howgego 65 (?). Note: The attribution of the countermark to Howgego group 65 is uncertain, but considering where and when the coin was struck it seems logical. Collection Automan.Automan
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Uncertain186 viewsCilicia, Soloi, 3rd - 2nd cent B.C. AE-21 mm, 6.85 grs. AV: Head of Artemis with stephane to right, behind monogram, bow and quiver, dotted border. Round CM: Unidentified (maybe doublestruck?). Collection: Mueller.1 commentsAutoman
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Severus Alexander, denarius186 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235, Silver Denarius, RIC-IV-II-250-C, struck 231-235 at Rome, 3.39 grams, 19.5 mm. EF

Obv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG - Laureate bust of Severus Alexander facing right
Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG - Annona standing left, holding two corn ears and cornucopiae, a modius on ground to left
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Thrace, Cherronesos, AR hemidrachm, 400 BC186 viewsObverse: Forepart of lion right with paws raised, turning head back to left.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, withAG below pellet and cicada in opposite depression.
12 mm - 2.2 gm
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Julia Mamaea, AR denarius186 viewsObverse: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG. Diademed and draped bust right.
Reverse: VENVS GENETRIX. Venus standing facing left, holding apple and sceptre.
RIC IVii 355 (Severus Alexander); C 72.
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Divo 266. 1697, Prise d'Ath.186 viewsObv. Bust right LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS
Rev. Mars approaching prone figure resting on urn from which water pours, each clasping the same banner TENERA GALLIS PATENS ATRA CAPTA MDCXCVII
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GERMANY - HALL186 viewsGerman, City of Hall. Anonymous 14th to 15th century. Silver hand Heller. Denomination :Silver Heller. Mint : Hall in Germany. Reference : Saurma 1365 / 608. Size : about 16.5 mm. Weight : about 0.55 grams.
Grade : gVF. Obverse : Hand with the palm forward, probably representing the "hand of God".
Reverse : Cross, splayed at the ends, with a dot at each end.
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CHINA - Fake Song Dynasty!186 viewsXing Zhao Zhong Bao, 3 wen - Denomination: 3 wen - Metal: AE From ZENO: #1: Hua Huangpu, 3-vol edition, page 804. However, presented coin looks bad - calligraphy is wrong, and metal and patina color are similar to the modern production fakes. #2: This is one of three coins in this series. There is a similar piece with "Tang Wu" (value 5) on the reverse, and there is a smaller coin with the character "Pao" abbreviated on the obverse and with the cyclical date "Jen Shen" on the reverse. As far as I can determine, the small coin was first published in 1877 in the supplement to Ku Ch'uan Hui by Li Tso-hsien. The other two coins were first published in the 1920's or 1930's - making them a little suspicious. Ting Fu-pao's Encyclopedia (1938) shows the small dated coin, but quotes Cheng Chia-hsiang who mentions the other two coins. Another Value 3 is shown in Ku Ch'ien Hsin Tien (Guqian Xindian) [English title: New Illustrative Plates of Chinese Ancient Coins] by Chu Huo (Zhu Huo). published in 1991 and in Hua Kuang-p'u (Hua Guangpu) catalog of old Chinese coins (I have the 1999 edition). All of these Value 3 illustrations are of the same calligraphy, which is entirely different from the calligraphy of the coin shown here. The different references to these coins do not agree on the dating, attribution or even the reading of the inscription. Some read it Hsing Chao Chung Pao (Xingzhao Zhongbao) because this looks like a coin inscription -- even though this reading starts on the left, something never seen on Chinese coins. But most read it Chao Pao Chung Hsing, and this is how it is listed in Arthur Coole's index of cash coin inscriptions in Volume 1 of his Encyclopedia of Chinese Coins. Li Tso-hsien mentions a Chung Hsing reign title, but this was used in Annam from 1285 to 1293, and would require starting on the right and reading crosswise, then top to bottom. Most works date the coins to the end of the Sung dynasty, issued by loyalist generals. Zhu Huo, however, lists these coins under the Yuan dynasty and apparently believes they were made in the 1300's. The cyclical date on the small coin could be 1272 AD - near the end of the Sung dynasty - or 1332 during the Yuan dynasty. It could also be 1152 or 1212, but this seems less likely. What does the inscription mean? The top character, Chao, is the family name of the Sung emperors. Hsing means to raise up. I think the intention of the inscription is: "raise up (or restore) the Chao family (of emperors)". Grammatically it should read "Hsing Chao", but in printed works, any reference to the emperor must begin one line above the rest of the text, so the family name was put at the top. The only way I can think of using the other two characters is "chung pao", meaning simply "heavy currency". Pao could be an adjective for Chao ("precious Chao"), but then how does the "chung" fit in the inscription? So I think the correct reading is "Hsing Chao Chung Pao" or "Chao Hsing Chung Pao".
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Constantine I RIC VII Thessalonica 123186 viewsAE 18 mm 2.9 grams 320 - 321 AD
OBV :: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG . Laureate head right
REV :: DN CONSTAN-TINI MAX AVG. Letters VOT dot XX inscribed in 3 lines all withing wreath. dot in badge at top of wreath
EX :: TS epsilon VI (Thessalonica)
RIC VII Thessalonica 123
RIC rated R2
from uncleaned lot 11/07
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Constantius II, Light miliarense, Ferrando II plate coin - * 186 viewsArles mint (Arelate), 3d officina
DN CONSTAN TIVS PF AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantius right
VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Constantius (soldier) facing holding spear and shield. TCON at exergue
4,54 gr ; 22,6 mm
Ref : RIC VII # 252, Ferrando II # 1026 (this coin), Cohen #326, RC #3993v
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Septimius Severus VOTIS DECENNALIBVS denarius186 viewsRIC 520 (2,9 gm, 19,5 mm).
Mint of Laodicea, 202 AD.

Rare ten years rule denarius!
Lustrous, sharp, well centering!

VOTIS DECENNALIBVS
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Zeus Ammon, Ptolemy IV Philopater - 221/205BC - Alexandria - Tetrobol186 viewsAE 37.2-38.1mm : 41.8gm : 12h
OBV - Zeus Ammon, facing right
REV - Eagle standing on thunderbolt, wing open on right side of coin, head turned right over open wing, SIGMA control letter between legs, no symbol in left field
REF - Svoronos 1148 - no countermark or symbol in left field
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Sear 722 - Follis - 610 AD (Indictional Year 14) - Alexandretta mint186 viewsRevolt of the Heraclii (608-610 AD)
Date: 610 AD (Indictional Year 14)
Condition: aVF
Denomination: Follis

Obverse: ]
Busts of Heraclius and his father, facing, both bearded and bareheaded, wearing consular robes. Between heads, cross.

Reverse: Large ""; Above, cross; To left, ///; To right, /; Beneath, .
Exergue:

Alexandretta mint
DO 16; Sear 722
9.67g; 29.5mm; 180°
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Urbs Roma Siscia186 viewsRIC VII Siscia 240

Siscia mint, fourth officina, struck under Constantine I, 334-335 A.D.

AE3, 18 mm.

Obv: VRBS--ROMA, helmeted plumed bust of Roma left, wearing imperial cloak

Rev: She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus), two stars above, •Î”SIS• in exergue

RIC rarity c2

Note: The first letter in the officina may be an alpha or a delta. Based on the style of the alpha on other emissions of Constantine I from the first officina of Siscia (which look either like an A or an H), this would appear to be a delta, but this is far from certain.
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Israel, Jerusalem - Kidron Valley (1)186 viewsThis curious structure is known in Arabic as Tantour Faroun (‘Pharaoh’s Hat’). In fact it’s a funerary monument (nefesh) marking the entrance to a substantial catacomb with eight burial chambers cut into the cliff behind. It probably dates from the reign of Herod the Great. In guidebooks it’s sometimes marked as the ‘Tomb of Absalom’, but the legend that this is the tomb of David’s rebellious son is a medieval fantasy. Abu Galyon
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head of Alexander the Great186 viewsVatican museumsJ. B.
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Visigoths in Gaul (RIC X 3703)186 viewsVisigoths in Gaul, circa 415-423 (Athaulf - Theodoric I), AR siliqua (13mm, 0.99 g). Minted in Narbonne(?), Gaul. Obverse: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: [VICTOR] IA AVGG, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear; PSRV in exergue. RIC X 3703, rare.

After sacking Rome in 410 the Visigoths settled in southern Gaul. The successive kings of the Visigoths were Athaulf (410-415), Sigeric (415, only seven days), Wallia (415-419), and Theodoric I (419-451). The Visigoths minted issues in the name of Priscus Attalus (RIC X 3701-2) around 415 during an attempt to resurrect their candidate for Western emperor. Kent (NC 149 [1989], pp. i-xvi) dated the present related issue to circa 418-423 when the Visigoths made peace with Honorius and became official foederati.
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Roman, Maximinus I Thrax AE Sestertius, Pax, 235-238 A.D. 186 viewsRef Maximinus I Thrax AE Sestertius, RIC 81, Cohen 38, BMC 148
Maximinus I Thrax Æ Sestertius. MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped bust right / PAX AVGVSTI S-C, Pax standing left with branch and scepter. Cohen 38.
Rome mint.
29.8mm
19.34gr.
Green Patina.

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Roman, Philip I Tetradrachm, Bust left, seen from front, cuirassed.186 viewsPhilip I AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria.
Dated Year 3 = 248 AD.
obv: AYTOK K M IOYLI FILIPPOC CEB - radiate, cuirassed bust left, seen from the front, breastplate decorated with a gorgoneion .
rev: DHMARC EXOVCIAC VPATO G - eagle standing facing with wings spread, head right with wreath in its beak, ANTIOXIA SC below.
13.9grams. - Prieur 357
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Athens, Greece, Eye-in-Profile Style Pi Type III or IV, Tetradrachm, c. 353 - 340 B.C.186 viewsSilver tetradrachm, Sear GCV I 2547, (SNG München 96), (SNG Delepierre 1479), gVF, banker's mark, 16.358g, 22.8mm, 225 deg., Obv. head of Athena right with eye seen in true profile, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and floral scroll, no pellet above earring; Rev. owl standing right, head facing, to right AθE in large lettering, to left olive sprig and crescent; nicely centered on a very tight round flan, slight evidence that it was stuck on a demonetized folded/hammerred flan; slightly toned.



The style of Athena's face with the banker's mark have great appeal to me. I bought it for my 50th birthday!

Ex Forvm Ancient Coins

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France, Nimes - Jardins de la Fontaine186 viewsDecorated with vases and statues, the Jardins de la Fontaine count as one of the major public gardens in Europe. They were laid out in the eighteenth century on the site of the ancient spring, an area that includes the Tour Magne and the Temple of Diana.vacationchick
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GREEK, Elis, Civic Issue, mid 2nd century BC, AE Tetrachalkon - BCD Peloponnesos 673 (this coin)186 viewsLaureate head of Zeus right / FA-ΛEI-ΩN within wreath, EY below.
BCD Olympia 302; BCD Peloponnesos 673 (this coin); BMC 155; SNG Copenhagen 448; Kroll, Agora, 752.
(21 mm, 5.65 g, 1h)
EF with flan adjustment marks on both sides.
Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Auction 78 (14 May 2008) Lot 704; ex- BCD Collection - LHS 96 (8 May 2006), Lot 673
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ROMAN IMPERATORS, Mark Antony, Legionary Denarius Fouree with Iron Core186 viewsSilver-plated iron counterfeit of a Mark Antony legionary denarius.

Obv:
ANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r., mast with banners at prow

Rev:
LEG II
legionary eagle between two standards

32 BC or later

2.35g 17mm 180deg

The coin has many blisters and breaks in the silver foil showing evidence that the core is highly corroded. There's a rusty-looking area on the rev. 7o'clock that made me test the coin with a magnet. The coin jumped to the magnet and stuck. Iron-cores are much more rare than copper.
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Artemis, (Diana of Ephesus), in her Temple186 viewsTI. CLAVD CAES AVG. Claudius bare head, facing left. / DIAN-EPHE Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus inside a tetra style temple, set on three tiered base; pediment decorated by figures flanking three windows.
RIC I 118; RPC I 2222; BMCRE 229; RSC 30; Sear Millennium 1839. Ephesus ca. 41-42 AD.
(25 mm, 11.14 g, 6h)

The statue of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Depicted on this coin, which was minted shortly after Claudius’ accession to the throne, there remains no trace of the statue, or the temple that housed it, other than some recently stacked column remnants to mark the location. Pliny The Elder described the temple as 115 meters in length, 55 meters in width, made almost entirely of marble; consisting of 127 Ionic style columns 18 meters in height. The original temple, which stood on the site from about 550 BC, was destroyed by arson in 356 BC. It was rebuilt around 330 BC in the form depicted on the coin, only to be destroyed by the Goths in 262 AD. Again rebuilt it was destroyed for the final time by Christians in 401 AD. The columns and marble of the temple were used to construct other buildings. Some of the columns found their way into the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul).

The site of the temple was rediscovered in 1869 by an expedition sponsored by the British Museum, but little remains to be seen today. A Christian inscription found at Ephesus reads Destroying the delusive image of the demon Artemis, Demeas has erected this symbol of Truth, the God that drives away idols, and the Cross of priests, deathless and victorious sign of Christ. This Christian zeal explains why so little remains of the site despite its repute in the ancient pre-Christian world.

This coin is rare with a few dozen examples known. In contrast to most examples, which show a four tiered temple base, the reverse of this coin shows a three-tiered temple base. The rectangles on the pediment of the temple are frequently identified as tables, or altars. However, it is more likely that these are windows in the pediment to facilitate lighting of the statue in the interior of the temple. The Ionic style of the columns, as described by Pliny, is clearly visible in the reverse image.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Septimius Severus186 viewsSeptimius Severus Denarius "Dea Caelestis"

OBV: SEVERVS PIVS AVG
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus right.
REV: INDVLGENTIA AVGG;
Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding
right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter,
below, water gushing from rocks.
IN CARTH in exergue.

RIC 266, RSC 222, BMC 335. Rome Mint.
A.D. 202 - A.D. 210
3.2gm 19mm
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Celtic AR-Tetradrachm, #1,186 viewsCeltic, AR-Tetradrachm,
avers: Laureate head of Zeus right.
reverse: A rider is advancing to the left. Several cutting tests on the surface.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 26,0mm, weight: 13,86g, axes: h,
mint: Celtic, date: , ref: ,
Q-001
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Rome, Lead Seal, #30, "ICOVXPICT"186 viewsRome, Lead Seal, #30, "ICOVXPICT"
"The upper register indeed shows Christ as the good shepherd. The lower register shows a married couple with their child. Can't tell their gender from this photo. A cross (or christogram?) above. The inscription probably reads ICOV XPICT - I(H)COV XPICT(OV), Jesus Christ. I'd say the date is first half 4th century." by Gert, Thank you Gert.
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Roman Plate, Skeuomorphic Plate, Openwork Plate, Double Axe Fibula #014,186 viewsFibula #014,
type: ,
size: 33,5x27mm,
weight: 7,25g,
date: A.D.,
ref: .,
distribution: ,
Q-001
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Roman Plate, Skeuomorphic Plate, Openwork Plate, Fibula #013,186 viewsFibula #013,
type: ,
size: 34x21mm,
weight: 9,78g,
date: A.D.,
ref: .,
distribution: ,
Q-001
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Roman Bow, La Tène Derivative, Schusselfibel, Spoon or Dish fibula (Schusselfibel), Silver, #18186 viewsFibula #018, Spoon or Dish fibula (Schusselfibel), Silver,
type: ,
size: 37x15mm,
weight: 2,69g,
date: 25 B.C.- A.D.75, alt. 100-1 B.C.,
ref: .,
distribution: Geto-Dacian origin,
Q-001
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III Arrhidaios, 323-317 BC, AR Tetradrachm struck at Babylon under Seleukos as satrap 186 viewsHead of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ФIΛIΠΠOY Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, ancient Greek Zeta beneath throne, circled ΣIEP monogram above grape bunch to left.
SC Ad 43.13; Price P155 (Arados).
Babylon II workshop 317/16 BC under Seleukos as Satrap 320- 315 BC.
(26 mm, 17.16 g, 8h)
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EAGLE, MOESIA, ISTROS AR DRACHM186 viewsMoesia, Istros AR Drachm.
4th Century BC.
Facing male heads, the right inverted / ISTPIH, sea-eagle left grasping dolphin with talons, AG monogram below dolphin.
BMC 246; SNG Munich 236; SNG Copenhagen 192; Pick AMNG 417.
5.02g, 20mm.

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RIC 032 Domitian186 viewsAR Denarius, 2.96g
Rome mint, 81 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M; Head of Domitian, laureate, r.
Rev: COS VII DES VIII P P; Seat, draped; above, semicircular frame decorated with three crescents
RIC 32 (R). BMC 10. RSC 60. BNC 11.

A common pulvinaria reverse type, rare with this reverse legend. These pulvinaria types were carried over from Titus, perhaps indicating uninterrupted production at the mint during the transition from Titus' to Domitian's reign.

A respectable coin in average condition and style.
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England, Roman Baths, Bath (2)186 viewsThis is a Photochrome print of the Roman Baths, Bath, England taken sometime between 1895 and 1905.
It shows the new Victorian embellishments added to the Baths since their discovery in the 1880's and which, for the most part, are the works that visitors to the site see today.
The familiar green hue of the pool seen by modern visitors is caused by algae, resulting from the water's exposure to the open air. In Roman times the pool was roofed over and its waters, while perhaps not crystal clear, would almost certainly not have been green.

Photochrome prints are coloured images produced from black-and-white photographic negatives via the direct photographic transfer of a negative onto lithographic printing plates.
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Aurelian Antoninianus Coin186 viewsThis type refers to Aurelian's defeat of Zenobia's Palmyrene Empire in the east. The captives wear Parthian caps and are typically attributed as Persians. The real captives were more likely Palmyreans. Typical of Roman propaganda, Zenobia's Sasanian supporters are depicted to glorify Aurelian's victory and mask that this was an internal revolt and civil war.

RS52117. Silvered antoninianus, RIC V 151, gVF, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 4.178g, maximum diameter 24.1mm, die axis 180o, 270 - 275 A.D.; obverse IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse ORIENS AVG, Sol advancing left, raising right hand, globe in left, two bound captives at feet, TXXT in exergue; near full circles strike, extensive silvering remaining
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Macedonia, Kings, 034 Perseus, (187-168 B.C.), SNG Cop 1275var., AE-19, Eagle, #3186 viewsMacedonia, Kings, 034 Perseus, (187-168 B.C.), SNG Cop 1275var., AE-19, Eagle, #3
avers: Head of hero Perseus right, wearing petasos surmounted by griffin's head; harpę over the shoulder.
reverse: B-A above eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right, Π-E across fields, star in exergue.
exergue: Π/E//*, diameter: 19mm, weight: 5,38g, axes: 11h,
mint: Macedonia, Kings, "Perseus/eagle", date: 179-168 B.C., ref: SNG Copenhagen 1275 var.,
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032 Sigismund, ( Sigismund of Luxemburg)., King of Hungary, (1387-1437 A.D.) AR-Quarting (1/4 Denar or Fyrting), U-456-c., #01186 views032 Sigismund, ( Sigismund of Luxemburg)., King of Hungary, (1387-1437 A.D.) AR-Quarting (1/4 Denar or Fyrting), U-456-c., #01
avers: Patriarchal cross, mint-mark on each side.
reverse: Crown.
exergue, mint mark: K/+/S//-- were struck by Johannes Siebenlinder (by Pohl), diameter:12,6-12,9mm, weight: 0,33g, axis:6h,
mint: Hungary, Körmöcbánya (today Slovakia: Kremnitz), date: 1434 A.D. (by Pohl), ref: Unger-456-c., CNH-2-129, Huszár-586, Pohl-124-38,
Q-001
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Siscia, RIC VII 236, 145 Constantinus-II. (316-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-340 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, -/-//•ESIS•, GLORIA EXERCITVS, Two soldiers with two standards, #1186 viewsSiscia, RIC VII 236, 145 Constantinus-II. (316-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-340 A.D. Augustus), AE-3 Follis, -/-//•ESIS•, GLORIA EXERCITVS, Two soldiers with two standards, #1
avers:- CONSTANTINVS-IVN-NOB-C (7-B5), Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
revers:- GLOR-IA-EXERC-ITVS, Two soldiers standing front, heads turned inward at two standards between them, each holding a spears and shields.
exe: -/-//•ESIS•, diameter: 17,5mm, weight: 2,83g, axis: 1h,
mint: Siscia, date: 334-335 A.D., ref: RIC-VII-236-p-455,
Q-001
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024a Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0921, RIC II(1962) 0238(Vespasian), AR-Denarius, Rome, COS IIII, Pegasus, Scarce!, #2186 views024a Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0921, RIC II(1962) 0238(Vespasian), AR-Denarius, Rome, COS IIII, Pegasus, Scarce!, #2
avers: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, Laureate head of Domitian right.
reverse: COS IIII, Pegasus walking right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0-19,5mm, weight: 3,21g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 76 A.D., ref: RIC-II(1962)-0238, p-42, RIC-New-0921 (Vespasian), RSC 47, BMC 193,
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024c Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0720, RIC II(1962) 0153, AR-Denarius, Rome, IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing right, #3186 views024c Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0720, RIC II(1962) 0153, AR-Denarius, Rome, IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing right, #3
avers:- IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P X, Laureate head of Domitian right.
revers:- IMP XXI COS XV CENS P P P, Minerva standing right on capital of rostral column, brandishing thunderbolt and shield; owl at her feet.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 17,8-18,8mm, weight: 3,09g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 90-91 A.D., ref: RIC 0720, RIC II(1962) 0153 p-172, RSC 266, BMC 179,
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Augustus - Agrippa As185 viewsAddorsed heads of Agrippa on left, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus on right, wearing oak wreath, IMP above and DIVI F below / Crocodile chained to palm tip, wreath in upper left and COL - NEM above. Nemausus, c. 10 BC - AD 10. RIC I 158 (pg. 51); RPC I 524.
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RIC 0850 Vespasian185 viewsAR Denarius, 3.44g
Rome Mint, 76 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l.
Rev: IOVIS CVSTOS; Jupiter, bearded, naked, standing facing, sacrificing out of patera in r. hand over low garland altar and holding long vertical sceptre in l.
RIC 850 (R2). BMC 279. RSC 554. BNC -.
Acquired from Atlantis, August 2004.

Rare left facing portrait variety of the standing Jupiter type.
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GS Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC; Tarsos 323-317 BC185 viewsSilver tetradrachm, 28.2mm, 17.16g, VF
Head Herakles right wearing lion skin knotted at neck / BACIΛEΩ(?) - AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, both feet forward resting on stool. Nike bearing wreath, B, and caduceus in left field; EΠ monogram below throne. Royal title partly blundered as is example in Price.
Ex: Alexander C. Boggis Collection
Price 3050b; Müller 203; SNG Cop 781v
2 commentsLawrence W
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Car of Astarte185 viewsPHOENICIA. Sidon. Severus Alexander. Æ 24. A.D. 222-235. Obv: (IMPCAEMAV)RSE-VALE(XANDR). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark before face. Rev: COLAVR-(RIA-MET)RO, SID in ex. Car of Astarte on two wheels with four columns supporting roof; within spherical object (Baetyl), inverted crescent above, two uncertain figures at base. Ref: BMC 318-319 (var. obv. leg. breaks). Axis: 165°. Weight: 9.26 g. CM: Car of Astarte, in square punch, 4.5 mm. Howgego 396i (53 pcs). Collection Automan.Automan
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Q. Marcius Philippus, 129 B.C.185 viewsSilver denarius, S 135, Craw 259/1, Syd 477, RSC Marcia 11, VF, 4.03g, 18.1mm, 180o, Rome mint, 129 B.C.; obverse head of Roma right in a winged helmet, X (XVI in monogram) behind; reverse Philip V, Macedonian king, galloping right, helmeted, holding spear, Macedonian helmet with goat’s horns behind, Q·PILIPVS below, ROMA in exergue;1 commentsb70
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Byzantine Lead Seal circa 1000185 viewsObv: Bust of Bearded Saint Holding Cross
Rev: Four-line inscription, STEPHANOS SYMAHIA (Stephanos Alliance or Union)
13 mm
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SPAIN - FERDINAND & ISABELLA185 viewsType of currency: Blanca
Mint: CUENCA dates:1474-1504 Measurement: c. 20 mm
obverse: FERNANDVS ET ELISABET around I circulate of points that a crowned F contains, with star of 6 ends to left and C (mint) to the right Reverse: REX ET REGINA CAST LEGION around I circulate of points that one contains and crowned, with star of 6 ends to left and C (mint)
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Divo 065. 1662, La Chambre de Justice.185 viewsObv. Bust right LUDOVICUS XIIII REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS
Rev. Justice seated right holding sword and scales REPETUNDARUM JUDICES CONSTITUTI MDCLXII
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Prussia. Reichs Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck 70th Birthday Medal 1885.185 viewsObv. Uniformed bust right REICHSKANZLER FURST BISMARCK/ *4 JUNI 1835* PATRIAE INSERVIENDO CONSUMOR *4 JUNI 1885*
Rev. Bismarck coat of arms, IN TRINITATE ROBUR on wreath, 1815 1 APRIL 1885
AE 38mm.

I believe this medal commemorates both Bismarcks' 70th birthday and his 50th year in the service of the state in 1885.
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Tiberius, Denarius - *185 viewsDenarius minted in Lyon after 15-16 AD
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGUSTUS, Laureate head of Tiberius right
PONTIF MAXIM, Woman seated right (Livia ?)
3.71 gr
Ref : RIC # 30, RCV #1763, Cohen #16
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RIC 0872 Titus as Caesar [Vespasian]185 viewsAR Denarius, 3.10g
Rome Mint, 76 AD
Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: COS V across field; Eagle head l. standing on thunderbolt, on Altar. Very uncommon with thunderbolt showing.
RIC 872 (C). BMC 192. RSC 60. BNC 168.
Acquired from Incitatus Coins April 2008.

A mysterious reverse type struck for Titus Caesar and Vespasian in 76. H. Mattingly in BMCRE II hints that it might be a reference to the death of Mucianus which occurred that year. Mucianus was the governor of Syria who helped Vespasian rise to the purple. The interpretation here would be the eagle as a symbol of the after-life. I've always had my doubts about Mattingly's reading. The eagle when depicted on a funeral pyre or altar is an apotheosis type, here there is no such pyre or altar. The eagle sits upon a garlanded base, clutching a thunderbolt (missing on this specimen), with no legend referring to the eagle specifically. The following are the three main symbolic meanings of the eagle in the Roman world: as an attribute of Jupiter, a symbol of the Roman legions, a funerary type. In the case of the above coin, my guess would be the eagle is in the guise of Jupiter since a thunderbolt is clutched.

Variant version missing the thunderbolt.
2 commentsDavid Atherton
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HUNGARY - Smith's Counterfeit185 viewsHUNGARY - Smith's Counterfeit - Probably of issue of Ladislaus V (based on mintmark). Obverse legend around shield makes no sense; reverse legend around patriarchal cross is at least readable. The nobility produced silver-washed counterfeits of higher quality, the poorer folk made AE or CU issues (smithies or 'gypsy' mints), usually with bad spelling/calligraphy.
An interesting piece!
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Germanicus Dupondius185 viewsStruck by Caligula 37-41 A.D. in honor of his late father, Germanicus.

Obv: GERMANICUS CAESAR
Germanicus carrying scepter in triumphal Quadriga to right

Rev: SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM SC
Germanicus in curaiss walking left, bearing recovered military standard


The obverse of this coin likely depicts Germanicus' military triumph, an event that must have made quite an impression on young Caligula. The reverse depicts Germanicus (or a statue dedicated to him) walking left, bearing one of two standards that he recovered from Germanic tribes which were taken from General Varus in 9 A.D.
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PRUSSIA - Friedrich II185 viewsPRUSSIA - Friedrich II (1740-1786) Reichs Thaler, 1774. Reference: C-32a. dpaul7
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Moesia superior, Viminacium, Trajan Decius, AMNG 123185 viewsTrajan Decius, AD 249-251
AE 28, 19.19g
obv. IMP CAES C MES Q DECIVS PF AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. PMS - C - OL VIM
Moesia/Pax, in long garment, stg. l. between bull and lion, holding branch in raised r. hand and in l. arm
sceptre from which a small Victory with wreath and palm is hovering to her.
in ex. AN XI
ref. AMNG I/1, 123, pl. I, 12; Jekov/Hristova No. 46; Varbanov (engl.) 174 corr. (cites AMNG 123, but writes IMP CMQ TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG)
very rare, VF, nice green patina

This is one of the nicest depictions of the - a bit boring - issues of Viminacium. Decius here looks like Philipp I and the long legend without the cognomen TRAIANVS too indicate a very early date may be before his acception of the Augustus title in Sept./Oct. 249.
1 commentsJochen
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Italy, Rome, Forum185 viewsruins of The Forum - Temple of Saturn being excavated 1999

We were unable to get close, I think this pic was taken from the sidewalk by hte main road that ran by.
Randygeki(h2)
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Justinian I Solidus185 viewsDN IVSTINIANVS PP AVI
Helmeted cuir. bust of Justinian I front, holding cross on globe and shield

VICTORIA AVCCCΘ
Angel standing front, holding cross on globe and long cross surmounted by Christogram, star at right
CONOB in ex.

9th Officina

Constantinople 527-565 AD

4.49g
SEAR 140
EF with amazing lustre
Ex- Wayne C. Phillips Rare Coins

SOLD
6 commentsJay GT4
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Italy, Rome, Colosseum185 viewsJ. B.
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ATTICA, ATHENS, AR Trihemiobol, weight 1,02 g, diameter 11 mm, after 449 BC185 viewsATTICA, ATHENS, AR Trihemiobol, weight 1,02 g, diameter 11 mm, after 449. BCSNGCop 50

Obs:Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: Owl standing facing, wings spread; olive sprig above.

The design of this Trihemiobol is ultimately derived from the famous Athenian Dekadrachm. The dekadrachms (and this coin too) stand apart from the Athenian coinage. (the transformation of the revers type from an owl in profile to one facing the viewer)

4 commentsAntonivs Protti
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Italy, Rome, National Museum of Rome, Suicide of a Gaul 185 viewsPallazo Altemps

Roman copy of Hellenistic original 230-220 BC, one of the bronze groups commissioned from Greek sculptors by Pergamon king Attalus I after his recent victories over the Gauls of Galatia.
J. B.
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Dionysus185 viewsPallazo Massimo alle TermeJ. B.
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Philip Jr, Antioch billion tetradrachm. 244-249, 11.9 grams, 26.3 mm185 viewsMarcus Julius Philippus Severus, also known as Philippus II, Philip II and Philip the Younger (237–249) was the son and heir of the Roman Emperor Philip the Arab by his wife Roman Empress Marcia Otacilia Severa. According to numismatic evidence, he had a sister called Julia Severa or Severina, whom the extant literary sources do not mention.

When his father became emperor in 244 he was appointed Caesar. In 247 he became consul, and later elevated by his father to the rank of Augustus and co-ruler.

His father was killed in battle by his successor Decius in 249. When news of this death reached Rome, he was murdered by the Praetorian Guard. He died in his mother's arms, aged eleven years.

2 commentsAntonivs Protti
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine I - VLPP Imitative185 views2 comments
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Spartan Aristocrat circa 5th century B.C.185 viewsScale of this model: 90mm (1/20)
1 commentsRomaVictor
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Roman, Caracalla AE 26 of Odessos, Thrace185 viewsOBV: AVK MAV ANTWNINOC; Laureate, draped cuirassed bust seen from behind, REV:ODHCCEITWN; The Great God of Odessos offering sacrifice over a lighted altar.
The portrait of Caracalla as a youth is beautifully modeled and very idealized. Usually the provincial mints did not produce this quality of coin sculpture, superb even in a worn condition.


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Roman Empire, Helena (? -329 A.D.), AE-3 Follis, Thessalonica, RIC VII 159, -/-//SMTSE, SECVRITAS REIPVBLICA, Securitas standing left, R2!!185 views139 Helena (? -329 A.D.), AE-3 Follis, Thessalonica, RIC VII 159, -/-//SMTSE, SECVRITAS REIPVBLICA, Securitas standing left, R2!!
avers:- FL-HELENA-AVGVSTA, 12,E10, Diademed, draped bust right, with two-row necklace.
revers:- SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICA, Securitas standing left, lowering branch with left hand, raising robe with right hand.
exergo: -/-//SMTSE, diameter: 20mm, weight: 3,22g, axis: 6h,
mint: Thessalonica, date: 326-28 A.D., ref: RIC-VII-159, p-519, R2!!
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Roman Empire, Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3758, RIC V-I ???, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, ROMAE AETERNAE, -/-//XXIV, Bust-B1, Roma seated left, Rare! #1185 views110 Tacitus (275-276 A.D.), T-3758, RIC V-I ???, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, ROMAE AETERNAE, -/-//XXIV, Bust-B1, Roma seated left, Rare! #1
avers:- IMP-C-M-CL-TACITVS-AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed. B1.
revers:- ROMAE-AETERNAE, Roma seated left, shield leaning against throne, holding Victory in r. hand and long sceptre in l. hand. Roma 2c.
exerg: -/-//XXIV, diameter: 23mm, weight: 3,90g, axes: 6h,
mint: Siscia, 4th.issue, 5th.off., date: 276 AD., ref: RIC-???.,T-(Estiot)-3758, C-, LV 2314, Rare!
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147 Constantius II. (324-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-361 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 327, AE-2 Follis, A/-//-, III/*//ASIS, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Galley, #1185 views147 Constantius II. (324-337 A.D. Caesar, 337-361 A.D. Augustus), Siscia, RIC VIII 327, AE-2 Follis, A/-//-, III/*//ASIS, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Galley, #1
avers:- D N CONSTAN TIVS P F AVG, Cs1,D3, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
rever:- FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on the banner, in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship.
exergo: A/-//-, III/*//ASIS, diameter: 23,5-25mm, weight: 4,42g, axis: 6h,
mint: Siscia, date: 354-355 A.D., ref: RIC-VIII-327, p-374, 1st.-off., c,
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R., Macedonia, Thessalonika, 041b Commodus (177-192 A.D.), Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 3-5 and 8, AE-26, ΘΕCCAΛΟΝΙΚΚΕΩΝ, Nike advancing right,185 viewsMacedonia, Thessalonika, 041b Commodus (177-192 A.D.), Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 3-5 and 8, AE-26, ΘΕCCAΛΟΝΙΚΚΕΩΝ, Nike advancing right,
avers: ΑΥΤΟΚ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΝ, laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), r.-
revers: ΘΕCCAΛΟΝΙΚΚΕΩΝ, Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm.
exe:-/-//--, diameter: 26mm, weight: 15,17g, axis: 0h,
mint: Macedonia, Thessalonika, date: 182-184 A.D., ref: Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 3-5 and ,
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106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-2113, RIC V-I 232, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, PAX AVGVSTI, */Q//--, Pax advancing left, #1185 views106 Aurelianus (270-275 A.D.), T-2113, RIC V-I 232, Siscia, AE-Antoninianus, PAX AVGVSTI, */Q//--, Pax advancing left, #1
avers:- IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum. (D1)
revers:- PAX A VGVSTI, Pax running left, holding olive branch in right hand and long transverse sceptre in left hand. (Pax 4)
exerg: */Q//--, diameter: 21,5mm, weight: 3,93g, axes: 5h,
mint: Siscia, iss-4, off-4, date: 271. A.D., ref: RIC-V-I-232., T-2113 (Estiot), RIC V-I 232, R,
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RIC 565 Domitian185 viewsAR Denarius, 3.25g
Rome mint, 88 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANICVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: COS XIIII across field; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear and shield; to r., owl (M2)
RIC 565 (R3). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

This denarius features an extremely rare obverse legend (notice the full spelling of DOMITIANVS and GERMANICVS) with the rare COS XIIII legend across reverse field. It is part of a short lived series minted near the beginning of 88. The only other known specimen is in the Fitzwilliam collection, which is an obverse die match with my coin (the reverse is a die match with the RIC 564 plate coin).

Struck in high relief on a broad flan (22mm!) with an exquisite portrait, Domitian would have been very pleased. A phenomenal coin in hand regardless of rarity.
8 commentsDavid Atherton
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RIC 392 Domitian185 viewsAR Denarius, 3.10g
Rome mint, 85 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P V; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: IMP XI COS XI CENS P P P; Minerva stg. r. on capital of rostral column, with spear and shield; to r., owl (M2)
RIC 392 (R2). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.

Here is a denarius from the rare sixth issue of 85, the first which marks Domitian's assumption of the perpetual censorship (CENS P). Unlisted in BMCRE and RSC and cited in only two private collections by RIC. Perhaps the fourth specimen known (?).

Beautifully toned with a stylish portrait.
6 commentsDavid Atherton
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