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Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state. The earliest certain cult to dea Roma was established at Smyrna in 195 B.C., probably to mark the successful alliance against Antiochus III. In 30/29 B.C., the Koinon of Asia and Bithynia requested permission to honor Augustus as a living god. "Republican" Rome despised the worship of a living man, but an outright refusal might offend their loyal allies. A cautious formula was drawn up, non-Romans could only establish a cult for divus Augustus jointly with dea Roma. In the city of Rome itself, the earliest known state cult to dea Roma was combined with Venus at the Hadrianic Temple of Venus and Roma. This was the largest temple in the city, probably dedicated to inaugurate the reformed festival of Parilia, which was known thereafter as the Romaea after the Eastern festival in Roma's honor. The temple contained the seated, Hellenised image of dea Roma with a Palladium in her right hand to symbolize Rome's eternity.RS70816. Silver denarius, RIC IV 69; RSC III 499; BMCRE V p. 240, 435; Hunter III 24; SRCV II 6856, VF, full borders strike, weight 3.444 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 203 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PONT TR P VI COS (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for 6 years, consul), Roma standing left in military garb, Victory in extended right hand, inverted spear vertical behind in left; scarce; SOLD
Roman Republic, C. Poblicius Malleolus, A. Postumius Albinus & L. Caecilius Metellus, 96 B.C.
C. Poblicius Malleolus, A. Postumius Albinus, and L. Caecilius Metellus, were moneyers during 96 B.C., magistrates responsible for the production of the Roman coinage. Magistrates were not simple mint workers, they were officials who controlled the process, including the design on the coins themselves. During the Roman Republic, moneyers were called tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo, literally "three men for casting [and] striking bronze, silver, [and] gold [coins]."RR88383. Silver denarius, Crawford 335/1a, BMCRR II Italy 724, RSC I Caecilia 46a, Russo RBW 1200, Sydenham 611, SRCV 220 (refs. for no control symbol), VF, dark toning, banker's marks, scratches, crowded flan, weight 3.838 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, c. 96 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, hair in ringlets, A·ALB·S·F upward before, L·METEL downward behind, no control symbol; reverse Roma seated left on a pile of shields, spear vertical in right hand, crowned with wreath by Victory standing left behind her, C·MALL (AL ligate) downward on left, ROMA in exergue; ex Forum (2002); SOLD
Chersonesos, Thrace, c. 386 - 338 B.C.
Chersonesos is Greek for 'peninsula' and several cities used the name. The city in Thracian Chersonesos (the Gallipoli peninsula) that struck these coins is uncertain. The coins may have been struck at Cardia by the peninsula as a league, or perhaps they were struck by lost city on the peninsula named Chersonesos. Chersonesos was controlled by Athens from 560 B.C. to 338 B.C., aside from a brief period during this time when it was controlled by Persia. It was taken by Philip II of Macedonia in 338 B.C., Pergamon in 189 B.C., and Rome in 133 B.C. It was later ruled by the Byzantine Empire and then by the Ottoman Turks.GS92915. Silver hemidrachm, McClean II 4114; BMC Thrace p. 185, 41; Weber 2424, VF, porous, scratches, weight 2.271 g, maximum diameter 13.4 mm, Cherronesos (Gallipoli peninsula) mint, c. 386 - 338 B.C.; obverse lion forepart right, head turned back left, tongue protruding; reverse quadripartite incuse with alternating shallow and deeper sunken quarters, pellet above YE (ligature) in one sunk quadrant, a bee in the opposite sunk quadrant; SOLD
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.
Pax, regarded by the ancients as a goddess, was worshiped not only at Rome but also at Athens. Her altar could not be stained with blood. Claudius began the construction of a magnificent temple to her honor, which Vespasian finished, in the Via Sacra. The attributes of Peace are the hasta pura, the olive branch, the cornucopia, and often the caduceus. Sometimes she is represented setting fire to a pile of arms.RS94614. Silver denarius, Woytek 57a, BnF IV 54, RIC II 6, RSC II 209, BMCRE III 38, Hunter II 15, Strack I 24, SRCV -, VF/F, well centered, light toning with dark areas, rev. struck with a worn die, rev. center weakly struck, weight 3.423 g, maximum diameter 19.2 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, fall 98 - end 99 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate bust right; reverse P M TR P COS II P P (Pontifex Maximus, Tribunitia Potestas, Consul Secundum - High priest, holder of tribunitian power, consul for the 2nd time, Pater Patre), Pax standing half left, head left, raising olive branch in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; from the Ray Nouri Collection; SOLD
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D.
In 217, the Colosseum was badly damaged by a fire started by lightning, which destroyed the wooden upper levels of the amphitheater.RS57610. Silver denarius, RIC IV 291b, RSC III 385, VF, weight 1.938 g, maximum diameter 18.6 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 217 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right; reverse P M TR P XX COS IIII P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for 20 years, consul for the 4th time, father of the country), Serapis seated left, wearing kalathos on head, wreath of grain(?) or sistrum(?) in right, long scepter vertical behind in left; SOLD
Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III Arrhidaeus and Alexander IV, 323 - 317 B.C.
Struck shortly after Alexander's death during the joint reign of Alexander's mentally disabled half-brother, Philip III, and Alexander's infant son with Roxana, Alexander IV. Kolophon also struck coins during this period in the name of Philip. Traditionally coins naming Alexander have been attributed to Alexander III the Great, but undoubtedly the Alexander named on this coin was the infant son of Roxana, Alexander IV. The two were made joint kings by Alexander's generals who only intended to use them as pawns. Philip III was imprisoned upon his return to Macedonia, and in 317 B.C. he was executed under orders from Olympias. Olympias was Alexander the Great's mother and Alexander IV's grandmother, but not Philip III's mother. Alexander IV and his mother Roxana were executed by the boy's regent, Kassander, in 311 B.C. The ruins of Kolophon are south of the town Degirmendere Fev in the Menderes district of Izmir Province, Turkey.GS85756. Silver drachm, Price 1759, Müller Alexander 317, SNG Cop 950, SNG Alpha Bank 606, SNG Saroglos 731, SNG Munchen 506, Thompson-Bellinger Colophon 6, aVF, toned, tight flan, marks and scratches, some porosity, weight 3.937 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 335o, Ionia, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, Menander or Kleitos, c. 323 - 319 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on right, star with eight rays left, spearhead upward outer right; SOLD
Parthian Empire, Vologases VI, 208 - 228 A.D.
Soon after Vologases VI succeeded his father to the throne, his brother Artabanus V rebelled against him and became master of the greater part of the empire. Vologases VI retained a part of Babylonia. Meanwhile, in 224, Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid Empire, defeated and killed Artabanus V and conquered the eastern provinces. Over the following years, Ardashir I expanded his new empire, and must have defeated Vologases VI in 228 or 229. GS66775. Silver tetradrachm, cf. Sellwood 88.2 (month ΠEPIT); Shore 450 (month off flan); BMC Parthia p. 241, 2 - 4 (same), VF, porous, weight 8.652 g, maximum diameter 25.9 mm, die axis 0o, Seleukeia on the Tigris (south of Baghdad, Iraq) mint, 208 - 209 A.D.; obverse diademed bust left, wearing tiara, B behind; reverse BACIΛEWC BACIΛEWN APCAKOY OΛOΓACOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYC ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC, king enthroned left receiving diadem from Tyche standing right, KΦ (Seleucid Era year 520) above center, month in exergue (off flan); SOLD
Sasanian Empire, Peroz, 457 - 484 A.D.
The Huns defeated Peroz in 483. Following this victory, the Huns plundered parts of eastern Persia for two years bringing chaos to the kingdom. They exacted heavy tribute for some years thereafter. Peroz I tried again to drive out the Hephthalites, but on the way to Herat, he and his army were trapped by the Huns in the desert. Peroz I was killed, and his army was wiped out.WA67052. Silver drachm, Göbl SN III/1, 175; Mitchiner ACW 983, gVF, weight 4.038 g, maximum diameter 27.1 mm, die axis 90o, at or near Nemavand, Media, NY (Mitchiner's NB) mint, 459 - 484 A.D.; obverse degraded Pahlavi legend, crowned bust with frontal crescent; reverse two attendants at both sides of the fire altar, degraded Pahlavi inscription (king's name, no date), mint signature (NY) right, all surrounded by a single border; SOLD
Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D.
In April 248, Philip combined the celebration of Rome's 1000th anniversary with the Ludi Saeculares. Festivities included spectacular games and theatrical presentations. In the Colosseum, more than 1,000 gladiators were killed along with hundreds of exotic animals including hippos, leopards, lions, giraffes, and one rhinoceros.RS68517. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 239, RSC IV 43, SRCV III 9273, Hunter III - (p. xciv), F, weight 3.227 g, maximum diameter 21.6 mm, die axis 225o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 249 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse P M TR P VI COS P P, radiate lion walking left; from the Butte College Collection, ex Lindgren Collection; rare (R2); SOLD
Parion, Mysia, 5th Century B.C.
A Gorgoneion was a horror-creating apotropaic Gorgon head pendant. The name derives from the Greek word gorgós, which means "dreadful." The Gorgons were three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a horrifying face that turned those who saw it to stone. Stheno and Euryale were immortal, but their sister Medusa was not, and was slain by Perseus. Zeus, Athena, Hellenistic kings and Roman emperors wore Gorgoneion for protection. Images of the Gorgons were also put upon objects and buildings for protection. A Gorgon image is at the center of the pediment of the temple at Corfu, the oldest stone pediment in Greece from about 600 B.C.GA71596. Silver drachm, SNG BnF 1345; SNG Delepierre 2526; SNGvA 1318; SNG Cop 256; BMC Mysia p. 94, 1 ff.; SGCV II 3917, VF, tight flan, weight 3.345 g, maximum diameter 12.7 mm, Parion (Kemer, Canakkale, Turkey) mint, c. 480 B.C.; obverse gorgoneion with protruding tongue; reverse incuse square with angles in the corners forming cruciform pattern, pellet in center; SOLD
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