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Plate Coins

The coins below were once photographed and the photograph was included in the plates of a book, periodical or other reference. Often plate coins are superb examples of the type and were part of a famous collection.

Alexander Tyrannus, 308 - 311 A.D.

|Alexander| |Tyrannus|, |Alexander| |Tyrannus,| |308| |-| |311| |A.D.||follis|
From the Aiello Collection.
SH03787. Copper follis, RIC VI Carthago 75, Aiello collection 574 (this coin), VF, weight 3.92 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 0o, Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia) mint, 308 - 311 A.D.; obverse IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse ROMAE AETERNAE (to eternal Rome), Roma within standing left within hexastyle temple holding globe in right hand and scepter in left, P*K in ex; of greatest rarity!; SOLD


Tacitus, 25 September 275 - June 276 A.D.

|Tacitus|, |Tacitus,| |25| |September| |275| |-| |June| |276| |A.D.||aurelianus|
Although Ares was viewed by the Greeks primarily as destructive and destabilizing, worthy of contempt and revulsion, for the Romans, Mars represented military power as a way to secure peace, and was a father (pater) of the Roman people. In early Rome, he was second in importance only to Jupiter, and the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army.
RL98426. Silvered aurelianus, MER-RIC T3879 (1 spec., this coin); BnF XII p. 404 & pl. 95, 452 (also this coin); RIC V-1 -; Cohen VI -; Hunter IV -, Choice EF, well centered, near full silvering, toned, weight 3.49 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 0o, 2nd officina, Serdica (Sophia, Bulgaria) mint, 1st issue, Nov - Dec 275 A.D.; obverse M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse CLEMENTIA TEMP (time of peace and calm), Mars standing left, wearing crested helmet and military garb, branch in extended right hand, vertical spear point up resting in crook of left arm, resting left hand on grounded oval shield behind, S in exergue; this coin is the only known specimen and plate coin for MER-RIC and BnF XII, otherwise unpublished in print or online; ex G.J.R. Ankoné collection; of greatest rarity; SOLD







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