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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG IIIIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow

LEG IIII
legionary eagle between two standards

3.04g

Patrae mint 32-31BC

Sear Imperator's 353; Crawford 544/16; Cohen 29

Ex-Calgary Coin

VERY RARE

This type with LEG IIII rather than LEG IV is quite rare. No examples were found in the Delos Hoard of 1905. Missing from RBW collection.
Only 3 examples ever offered by CNG.
1 commentsJay GT402/27/19 at 20:52Droger: Nice coin !
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1999 ISAAC COMNENUS OF CYPRUS AG TETARTERON S-1999 DOC 10B CLBC 6.3.7

OBV Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne with back; r hand raised in benediction holds scroll in l. Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross.

REV Full length figure of emperor on RIGHT. crowned by virgin nimbate on l.. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in L hand scepter cruciger and in r. anexikakia. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.

Size 18.72mm

Weight 2.9gm

This issues in Cyprus have a small amount of silver in them 1.5% make them more related to the Metropolitan issue of the empire.

DOC list 1 examples with a weight of 2.84 gm and sized at 19mm

This issue is considered to be very rare, 5/5 , Grierson considers it to be an error of S-1998 and I must agree, still a wonderful piece to add to my collection
1 commentsSimon02/27/19 at 20:42Droger: Interesting coin !
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French, Provincial, Valence, Anonymous Bishop, 12th century, AR Denier, Metcalf LE 39, #1French, Provincial, Valence, Anonymous Bishop, 12th century, AR Denier, Metcalf LE 39, #1
avers: ✠S APOLLINARIS, Cross with annulet.
reverse: ✠VRBS VALENTIAI, Angel with spread wings, resembling an eagle.
diameter: 17,0mm, weight: 0,951g, axis: h,
mint: French, Provincial, Valence, Anonymous Bishop, mint mark: -,
date: 12th. Century, A.D., ref: Metcalf (Di) LE 39, Poey d'Avant 4690,
Q-001
Note:
Valence deniers are found in significant quantities in coin hoards from the Crusader possessions in the east. It is possible that some of the cruder varieties, such as Metcalf’s Group D are in fact eastern imitations of the French issue.
1 commentsquadrans02/27/19 at 20:35Droger: Splendid !
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179 Honorius ( 393-423 A.D.), Alexandria, RIC X 157 (Arcadius), -/-//ALEA, AE-3, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Three emperors standing side by side, Scarce! #1179 Honorius ( 393-423 A.D.), Alexandria, RIC X 157 (Arcadius), -/-//ALEA, AE-3, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Three emperors standing side by side, Scarce! #1
avers:- D N HONORI VS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, star behind head.
revers:- GLORI A ROMA NORVM, Three emperors ( Arcadius, Honorius, and Theodosius II ) standing side by side holding spears, the two outer ones taller, each resting hand on shield, the middle one holding a globe.
exerg: -/-//ALEA, diameter: 13,7 mm, weight: 1,66g, axes: 0h,
mint: Alexandria, date:406-408 A.D., ref: RIC X 157 (Arcadius), p-252, Scarce!
Q-001
2 commentsquadrans02/27/19 at 20:33Droger: Very nice example !
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Alexandria Troas (modern Eski Stambul). Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)Bellinger A459; SNG Copenhagen 200-201; SNG München 138; SNG von Aulock 7576;
BMC Troas p. 132, 184.

AE unit, 5.29 g., 19.70 mm. max., 180°

Obv: IMP LICI GALLIENVS, laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind.

Rev: COL AVG / TROA (in exergue), she-wolf standing right, suckling Romulus and Remus.

Colonia Augusta Troas = The August Colony of Troas
2 commentsStkp02/27/19 at 20:28Droger: Great coin !
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D.1041 Louis III (denier, Tours)Louis III, king of the Franks (879-882)
Denier (Tours)

Silver, 1.78 g, 19 mm diameter, die axis 12h

O/ +IIISIRICORDIΛ DI REX; Louis' monogram (legend beginning at 3h)
R/ +HTVRâ—ŠNES CIVITAS; croix pattée

Louis III became king of West Francia at 16 after his father Louis II died quite young. As he was the only living son of Charles II, Louis II had inherited the full kingdom of West Francia from his father. At opposite, when Louis II died, his sons Louis III and Carloman II divided the kingdom into a northern part for Louis III and a southern part for his brother Carloman II. During his reign, Louis III (in alliance with his brother) achieved military successes, especially against Vikings. However, Louis III's reign didn't last long. Louis III died inadvertently at 19 while chasing a girl on his horse. He hit violently the lintel of a door with his head.
Louis III's coinage is hard to distinguish from Louis II's. Both bear the same name et both reigns were very short. Three kinds of coins can be found:
* coins with legend LVDOVICS REX and a KRLS monogram : these coins have been found for northern and southern mints and are consequently given for Louis II;
* coins with a LVDOVICVS monogram ; they have only been found for the northern mints, and are consequently supposed to be Louis III's;
* coins of Toulouse with LV/DO, imitating the ones of Charles emperor with CA/RL. The attribution to Louis II seems to be straightforward due to the southern position.
The legend of the coin is different from the traditional Gratia di Rex, but still shows a religious origin. However its success remained very limited, with some scare coins of Louis III and Eudes.
3 comments06/19/18 at 20:37Droger: Thanks !
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Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)SRCV 10386, RIC V J-405, Göbl 1702b, Van Meter 298

BI Antoninianus, 3.50 g., 22.58 mm. max., 180°

Antioch mint, struck during joint reign (253-260 A.D.), in 255-256 A.D.

Obv: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate draped and cuirassed bust right.

Rev: VICTORIA AVG, Emperor, standing left, holding spear and receiving wreath from Victory, standing right and holding palm, wreath above .

RIC rarity C, Van Meter VB1.
2 commentsStkp04/28/18 at 20:09Droger: Very nice one !
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Urbs Roma Arles (Constantiniana)RIC VII Arles 368 var. (simple palm branch)

Arles mint, second officina, struck under Constantine I, 332-333 A.D.

AE3, 18 mm.

Obv: VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust or Roma left, wearing imperial cloak

Rev: She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus), two stars above, simple palm branch at center between them, SCONST in exergue

RIC rarity r2

Note: RIC VII Arles 368 is a three armed palm branch. This coin is a variation with a simple palm branch. Attribution assistance of the variety, relative to RIC, courtesy of Dane Kurth.
1 commentsStkp02/15/18 at 17:50Droger: Nice wolves collection ! This one maybe looks more...
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21. Eanred.AE sceat or styca, ca 810-841.
Obverse: +ERANREDEX (retrograde).
Reverse: +FORDRED / cross.
Moneyer: Fordred.
1.23 gm., 12 mm.

North #186; Seaby #864 (old #860).
1 commentsCallimachus08/25/17 at 08:43Droger: Nice, uncommon obverse for Eanred
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ALLECTUS 293 - 296 CE., RIC 55ALLECTUS minted 295-296 CE
Oeverse - IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Reverse - VIRTVS AVG Galley rowing left
QL in ex., 18.9 mm., 1.9g
1 commentsNORMAN K08/02/17 at 18:59Droger: Nice looking
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130 Trajan Trajan Denarius. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder / COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Arabia standing left, holding a branch and a bundle of canes, camel at feet. RIC 142, RSC 89.4 commentsRandygeki(h2)08/02/17 at 18:49Droger: Very nice coin, congrats !
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3 ConstansCoin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Constantinople, officina 1; 348-351 CE
Size and Weight: 20mm x 21mm, 4.30g
Obverse: D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPA-RATIO
Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points downwards, between the soldier's legs.
Exergue: CONSA

Ref: RIC VIII Constantinople 86; LRBC 2012
BW Ref: 115 024 080

Ex Moonmoth
4 commentsRandygeki(h2)08/02/17 at 18:14Droger: very attractive looking
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013. M. Junius Brutus.Denarius, 54 BC, Rome mint.
Obverse: BRVTVS / Bust of L. Junius Brutus.
Reverse: AHALA / Bust of C. Servilius Ahala.
4.09 gm., 19 mm.
Syd. #907; RSC #Junia 30; Sear #398.

The moneyer of this coin is the same Brutus who killed Julius Caesar. However, this coin was minted about a decade earlier. It portrays two ancestors of Brutus:

1. L. Junius Brutus lead the Romans to expel their king L. Tarquinius Superbus. He was one of the founding fathers of the Roman Republic, and was elected one of the first consuls in 509 BC.

2. C. Cervilius Ahala. In 439 BC, during a food shortage in Rome, Spurius Maelius, the richest patrician, bought as much food as he could and sold it cheaply to the people. The Romans, always fearful of kings, thought he wanted to be king. So an emergency was declared and L. Cincinnatus was proclaimed Dictator. Maelius was ordered to appear before Cincinnatus, but refused. So Ahala, as Magister Equitam, killed him in the Forum. Ahala was tried for this act, but escaped condemnation by voluntary exile.
4 commentsCallimachus08/02/17 at 17:47Droger: Fabulous !
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34b. Aethelred II.Penny, 991-997, Lincoln mint.
Obverse: ÆÐELRED REX ANGLOX / Bust of Aethelred, scepter in front of face.
Reverse: +COLGRIM M-O LIN / Cross with the letters CRVX in angles.
Moneyer: Colgrim.
1.15 gm., 20 gm.
North #770; Seaby #1148
1 commentsCallimachus08/02/17 at 17:41Droger: Great specimen !
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1 ConstansConstans, AE23. DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, emperor on galley left, holding Victory on globe and labarum, Victory seated to right at the helm. Mintmark: TRP.
Trier
RIC VIII 219

Ex Bridgnorth 2007
5 commentsRandygeki(h2)06/11/17 at 14:46Droger: Great one !
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Valentinian II Thessalonica Obv. DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, Helmeted (with pearl diadem) , draped and cuirassed, right, holding spear and shield in front
Rev. GLORIARO-MANORUM, Emperor standing left with head right on ship raising right arm, victory seated at helm, wreath in left field
•TESA in extruge
2 commentsSkyler06/11/17 at 14:39Droger: very nice patina !
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Gratian, RIC 14c , SisciaGratian AE3
Obverse: D N GRATIAN P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Gratian standing right, holding labarum inscribed with Chi-ro and holding captive by hair. S in left field and D in right field.
SISCE in ex. Siscia mint, 18.1 mm, 2.6 g.
1 commentsNORMAN K06/10/17 at 18:42Droger: Nice one !
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RIC.28a Gratian (siliqua, Virtvs Romanorvm)Gratian, western roman emperor (367-383)
Siliqua: Virtvs Romanorvm (378-383, Aquilee mint)

silver, 18 mm diameter, 1.82 g, die axis: 1 h

A/ D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG; pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
R/ VIRTVS RO-MANORVM/AQPS in exergue; Roma seating on throne, head left holding globe and spear
3 comments06/10/17 at 17:30Droger: Thanks !
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RIC.67 Postumus: antoninianus (Herc Pacifero)Postumus, Gallic emperor (usurper) (260-269)
Antoninianus: Herc Pacifero (2ond emission, 2ond phase, 262, Trèves)

Billon (200 ‰), 3.37 g, diameter 20 mm, die axis 7h

A/ IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R/ HERC-PA-CIFERO; Hercules, standing left, holding olive branch, club and lion’s skin

Curious Postumus' big nose.

EG.27
2 comments03/05/17 at 18:44Droger: Yeah, looks a little like an Arcimboldo's pain...
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Dy.244C Charles IV (the Fair): double Parisis, 3rd emissionCharles IV, king of France (1322-1328)
Double parisis, 3rd emission (07/24/1326)

Billon (319 ‰), 1.10 g, diameter 20 mm, die axis 3h
O: +kAROLVS REX(clover); crown with fleur-de-lis and a small ring below
R: +mOnETA DVPLEX; cross with fleur-de-lis

2 comments06/02/16 at 12:18Droger: Thanks ! I think the chipped part is a part of tha...
 
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