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Gallienus - Goat LeftObverse:- [GA]LLIENVS[AVG], Head right with radiate crown
Reverse:- [IOVICON]SAVG, Goat left
Exergue:- Sigma
Possibly an ex-museum piecenogoodnicksleft01/18/15 at 17:25xokleng: very nice.
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Valerianus I - Köln 2864-5EGYPT, Alexandria.
Valerian I.
BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 10.81 g, 11h).
Dated RY 4 (AD 256/7).
Laureate and cuirassed bust right
Homonoia standing left, raising right hand,
holding double cornucopia in left; L Δ (date) across field.
Köln 2864-5; Dattari (Savio) 5158; K&G 88.25
Ex CNG
Ex Robert M. Harlick Collection.
Ex Pegasi 22 (20 April 2010), lot 347.xokleng09/25/13 at 20:53xokleng: Thanks. A lot of nice tratradracms in this auction...
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Augustus As from Cádiz (IVLIA TRADUCTA)As
Augusto (15-14 AEC)
Bronze
23 mm / 10,1 gramas
Cunhado em Ivlia Traducta (Cádiz)
ANV: PERM CAES AUG, cabeça à esquerda
REV: IVLIA TRAD dentro de uma coroa de carvalho
RPC I 10809/08/13 at 22:20xokleng: Nice patina.
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 26. Elagabal, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.21.02 Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 28, 13.66g, 28.39mm, 0°
struck under governor Novius Rufus
obv. AVT K M AVR - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from front, radiate, r.
rev. VPA NOB ROVFOV NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICT / RON
Hygieia in long garment and mantle stg. r., feeding snake in r. arm from patera in l. hand, and Asklepios in
himation stg. frontal, head l., resting with r. hand on snake stuff set in armpit and holding l. hand on hip
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1940 (1 ex., Bukarest)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
cf. #3982
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.26.21.2
rare (R5), about VF/F+, green patina
pedigree:
ex CNG Electronic Auction 303, Lot 184Jochen08/17/13 at 16:26xokleng: Very nice coin.
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130 - Tacitus Antoninianus - RIC 069Obv:– IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing left, holding spear and resting hand on shield
Minted in Lugdunum (no marks), Emission 1, from October to December A.D. 275
References:– Cohen 172, Bastien 48, RIC 69 Bust Type C maridvnvm06/15/13 at 15:04xokleng: Nice coin. Great representation of Mars.
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.04.09 corr. (plate coin)Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 26, 12.00g, 26.13g, 0°
struck under governor Aurelius Gallus
obv. AV.K.L.CEP. - CEVHROC
laureate head r., slightly draped on l. shoulder
rev. VP AVR GALLOV - NIKOPOLI / PROC IC (OV vertically ligate)
Athena in long girded double chiton and helmeted stg. l., resting with raised l. hand on speasr and
holding in extended r. hand patera over burning altar.
ref. a) not in AMNG:
cf. AMNG I/1, 1297
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No.8.14.4.9 (plate coin)
F+, dark green patinaJochen06/15/13 at 12:02xokleng: Soberba, soberbíssima.
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Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)SRCV 10345, RIC V S-656 var. (reverse legend and bust type), Göbl 1626c, Alföldi, Weltkrise p. 159, Van Meter 251.
AR Antoninianus, 21 mm., 180°
Antioch mint, struck during solo reign (260-268 A.D.), in 264 or 265 A.D.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right.
Rev: SAECVLARHS AVG (Greek H [eta] instead of Latin E), stag standing right, palm branch in exergue.
The reverse legend means means “the Secular (Games) of the Emperor.” The Secular Games (Latin Ludi Saeculares) was a pagan celebration, involving sacrifices and theatrical performances, held for three days and nights to mark the end of a saeculum (supposedly the longest possible length of human life, considered to be either 100 or 110 years in length) and the beginning of the next. The only clearly attested celebrations under the Roman Republic took place in 249 B.C. and in the 140s B.C. The Games were revived in 17 B.C. by Augustus, who observed the traditional 110-year cycle. Claudius, however, introduced an alternative cycle for the games in 47 A.D. on the 800th anniversary of Rome's foundation, based on a century instead of a 110-year cycle, and from that point onward there were essentially two sets of games. Domitian followed Augustus in 88 A.D. using the traditional 110-year cycle, albeit with his games being six years ahead of schedule. Antoninus Pius followed the Claudian “century cycle” in 147/8 A.D. (though without his using the term saecular). Septimius Severus restored the 110-year cycle of Augustus in 204 A.D. Philip the Arab, whose Games of 247/8 marked the millennium of Rome, followed the Claudian cycle.
Alföldi, followed by Göbl, thinks this type proves that Gallienus intended to perform Saecular Games in 264 A.D. The repetition of Saecular games only sixteen years after Philip's games fits with the strong desire at the time to depict every emperor as the restorer of good times and the founder of a new Golden Age.
The stag refers to Diana as patroness of the Saecular Games and divine protectress of Gallienus. The palm branch symbol used with the type is also appropriate for anniversary celebrations.Stkp06/02/13 at 13:59xokleng: Very nice coin.
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