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3 Trajan DeciusTrajan Decius, July 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Antiochia, Pisidia, Central Asia Minor

Trajan Decius
AE 24, Antiochia Mint

IMP CAES C MESS Q TRA DECIO TRAI AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ANTIO - CHICO, eagle on vellexium between two standards topped with wreaths, S R in ex

BMC Lycia, etc p 198, 125 aF
Ex Andreas Reich
Sosius
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001ap Marc Antony ( 83-30 B.C.), RPC I. 2202, AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, Ephesos (?), III•VIR• R•P•C•, Cista Mystica, Scarce! #1001ap Marc Antony ( 83-30 B.C.), RPC I. 2202, AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, Ephesos (?), III•VIR• R•P•C•, Cista Mystica, Scarce! #1
avers: •M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET TERT, Jugate heads of Marc Antony, wreathed with ivy and berries, and Octavia, bare-headed, right.
reverse: III•VIR• R•P•C•, Cista Mystica between two coiled serpents, Dionysos (Bacchus) standing left above, holding kantharos and thyrsos.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 27,0-29,5mm, weight:11,86g, axes:0h,
mint: City: Cistophoric Tetradrachm, Province: Asia, Region: Uncertain, Issue: Ephesos (?), date: 39 B.C.,
ref: RPC I. 2202 (4 Specimens), SNG Cop. 408, SNG von Aulock 6555, Franke KZR 472, RSC 3, Sydenham 1198, Sear 1513.
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032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0133b, Rome, AR-Denarius, P M TR P COS III, PRO-AVG, Providentia standing left,032 Hadrianus (117-138 A.D.), RIC II 0133b, Rome, AR-Denarius, P M TR P COS III, PRO-AVG, Providentia standing left,
avers:-IMP-CAESAR-TRAIAN-HADRIANVS-AVG, Laureate head right, with draped left shoulder.
revers:-P-M-TR-P-COS-III, Providentia standing left, holding right hand above globe at feet and holding a transverse scepter.
exerg: PRO/AVG//--, diameter: 17-17,5mm, weight: 3,41g, axes: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 121 A.D., ref: RIC II 133b, p-365, C-1198,
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092p Valerian II. (256-258 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, (third Neokoros), SNG München 456, AE-21, Herakles,092p Valerian II. (256-258 A.D.), Ionia, Smyrna, (third Neokoros), SNG München 456, AE-21, Herakles,
avers: - ΠO ΛIK O VAΛEPIANOC, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
revers: - CMΥRNAIΩN Γ NEΩKO/R ΩN, ( Γ are = third Neokoros), Herakles, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and club, lionskin over arm.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 20,7mm, weight: 3,85g, axis: 0h,
mint: Ionia, Smyrna, date: 255-260B.C., ref: SNG München 456, Klose 1.8, CNG Elec. Auc. 160 (3/2007), lot 198,
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22-20 - Philadelphia en Lydia - DOMICIA (81 - 96 D.C.)AE15 - 1/2 Assarión (Provincial)
14 mm 2,86 gr 0 hr.

Anv: Busto a derecha
Rev: EΠI ΛAΓETA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦ,-[EWN], Racimo de uvas.

Domicia Longina (siglo I) fue una emperatriz romana, esposa del emperador Domiciano a quien dio en 73 D.C. su primer hijo Vespasiano, muere joven.
El emperador la repudia al enterarse de que mantenía relaciones con un comediógrafo de nombre Paris, pero sin embargo años más tarde la vuelve a llamar a su lado y tienen un segundo hijo, en el 90 D.C., al que también llaman Vespasiano, lamentablemente muere muy tempranamente, a los cinco años de edad.
Tras la muerte de este segundo hijo, Domicia encabezó la conjura que acabó con la vida de su marido y llevó al poder a Nerva. Domicia murió en tiempos de Trajano. (Fuente Wikipedia)


Acuñada 82 - 96 D.C.
Ceca: Philadelphia en Lydia - Lagetas Magistrado

Referencias: RPC II #1336; SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen # 379; BMC Lydia # 64 pag. 198,
mdelvalle
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48-03 - CARACALLA Como Cesar de Septimio Severo (27/05/196 - 04/198 D.C.)AR Denario 18 mm 2.5 gr.

Anv: "M AVR ANTONINVS CAES" - Busto a cabeza desnuda, vestido y viendo a derecha.
Rev: "SECVRITAS PERPETVA", Minerva estante a izq. con égida en el pecho, apoyando su mano der. en un escudo y portando lanza en la izq.

Acuñada 196/7 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.5ta)

Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte I #2 Pag.212 (Pl.11 #7), Sear RCTV Vol.II #6678 Pag.504, BMCRE V #181 Pag.50 (Pl.10 #1), Cohen Vol.IV #562 Pag.202, RSC Vol. III #562 Pag.83, DVM #89 Pag.198, Hill CSS#253, RC #1894, Salgado II/1 #4403.d P.125
mdelvalle
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Aetolian League, 279-168 B.C. AE 17; Apollo/ spearhead, grapes & boar jawAetolian League, 279-168 B.C. Bronze AE 17, BMC Aetolia p. 198, 43 ff.; SNG Cop 28, F, porous, weight 4.937g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 90o, 211 - 196 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse ΑΙΤΩΛΩΝ, spearhead right over a small bunch of grapes and a boar jaw; Ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps
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Antoninianus CarinusCarinus
M AVR CARINVS NOB CAES, Buste of Carinus
PRINCIPI IVVENT, XXIT in ex.
Siscia, RIC 198, Rare, 282-283
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Antoninus Pius Consecratio RIC 1266Antoninus Pius, Struck by Marcus Aurelius in 161 AD, SEAR 5198, RIC III 1266, BMCRE IV 879, MIR 27
OBV: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right
REV: CONSECRATIO, Pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings,
and garlands, surmounted in quadriga
SRukke
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Antony & Octavia tetradrachmM ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Conjoined heads of Antony and Octavia right, Antony wearing an ivy wreath

III VIR RPC
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes

Ephesus, summer-autumn 39 BC

11.22g

Imperators 263, RPC 2202, Babelon Antonia 61, Syndenham 1198, BMCRR east 135

Punch mark on the obverse protrudes onto the reverse

Ex-Numisantique

This series of Cistophori from Asia commemorates the marriage of Antony and Octavia and celebrate's Antony's divine status in the east as the "New Dionysus" which was bestowed on him when he arrived in Ephesus in 41 BC. Antony's titulature of "Imperator and Consul designate for the second and third times" fixes the period of issue to the latter part of 39 BC after the Pact of Misenum in July and before Antony's second Imperatorial acclamation in the winter of 39-38BC
7 commentsJay GT4
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ARGOLIS, Argos. Circa 90-50 BC.AR Triobol (15mm, 1.84 g, 11h). Xenophilos, magistrate. Forepart of wolf at bay right / Large A; XENO - F - I - L - OU around, facing head of Helios below crossbar; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1179-81 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 51. VF, toned, a few deposits.

CNG 198, lot 97.
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Brutus - denarius - Sear 1431Marcus Junius Brutus. Lentulus Spinther, moneyer.
Denarius, struck 42 BC. Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius, perhaps in Smyrna. 18 mm, 3,46 gr
Simpulum between sacrificial axe and knife, Jug and lituus, BRVTVS below /
Jug and lituus, LENTVLVS SPINT below
Sear 1431, Sear Imperators 198, Crawford 500/7.

This type shows BRTVTS, his cognomen. Sear concludes that perhaps this type is the earliest type struck in honour of the tyrannicide. Obverse and reverse show the symbols of the respective priestly colleges Brutus and Cornelius Lentulus Spinther belonged to respectively.
Limes
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CAΓ and COLSYRIA: SELEUCIS & PIERIA. Laodiceia ad Mare. Septimius Severus. Æ 31.A.D. 197-211. Obv: IMP(CAESL…) or similar. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, before and partly obscuring draped bust of Julia Domna, also right; 2 countermarks: (1) on bust of Septimums Severus, (2) before bust of Julia Domna. Rev: (…SEVERMETROPOLI-SEPT…) or similar. Marsyas walking left, with wine-skin over shoulder. Ref: SNG Cop. Suppl. 8/249; BMC -; Lindgren (III) 1204 similar (Caracalla). Axis: 45°. Weight: 20.46 g. CM(1): Monogram of CAΓ (?), in largely rectangular punch, 5 x 3 mm. Howgego 581 (116 pcs). CM(2): COL in largely rectangular punch, 6.5 x 3 mm. Howgego 586 (88 pcs). Note: The CM was applied after the city achieved status as colony in A.D. 197/198, allowing older coins to circulate alongside newer coins with Latin legends, although the countermark was also applied to coins with inscriptions in Latin. All coins bearing countermark (2) also bear (1). Collection AutomanAutoman
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CAG and COLCaracalla and Plautilla, 202 - 22 January 205 A.D., Laodicea ad Mare, Syria
9074. Bronze AE 32, SNG Cop 367, S -, Lindgren -; c/m Howgego 581 (116 pcs) & 586 (88 pcs), F, Laodicea ad Mare mint, 25.64g, 32.3mm, 0o, obverse legend illegible and unknown from references, ]PET[, jugate heads right of Caracalla, radiate, draped, and cuirassed, and Plautilla, draped, countermarks; reverse [SEPT LLVDIC COLONE METROPLI] (illegible), statue of Artemis Brauronia right, stag behind; all inscriptions are illegible on the SNG Copenhagen coin as well; scarce; $180.00
The countermarks, CAG in rectangular 5 x 3 mm punch (Howgego 581, 116 pcs) and COL in rectangular 6.5 x 3 mm punch (Howgego 586, 88 pcs), were applied after the city became a colony in 197/198, allowing older coins to circulate alongside newer coins with Latin legends. (Although the countermark was also applied to coins Such as this one with Latin inscriptions). All coins countermarked COL also bear CAG. Forum catalog.
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Caracalla Orichalcum SestertiusRIC 490a var (consular year); Cohen 198 var (same)., C198, BMCRE V 235
24.18 g, 30 mm
M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, head, laureate, r.
P M TR P XV COS III P P, S-C across fields, Mars standing l., holding Victory in r. hand and resting l. hand on shield, spear against l. arm; at feet, l., captive seated
RIC 490a var (consular year); Cohen 198 var (same). (RIC lists only COS IIII for this reverse and obverse.)
Scarce
EX: FORVM
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Constantine I (RIC 198, Coin #382)RIC 198, AE3, Thessalonica, 330-335 AD.
Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS (SMTSA) Two soldiers flanking two standards, dot in center.
Size: 17.8mm 2.12gm
MaynardGee
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Constantine I, Follis, GLORIA EXERCITVS, SMTSAAE Follis
Constantine I
Caesar: 306 - 307AD
Augustus: 307 - 337AD
Issued: 330 - 333AD
19.0mm 1.90gr 0h
O: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; Diademed (rosettes), draped and cuirassed bust, right.
R: GLORIA EXERCITVS; Two soldiers, standing on either side of two standards, each holding a spear and resting a hand on a shield.
Exergue: SMTSA
Thessalonica Mint
Aorta: 783: B18, O9, R87, T220, M17.
RIC VIII, 198, Rated Rare
okta2000-2013 271989920686
9/28/15 1/31/17
Nicholas Z
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Constantine I, RIC VII 198, ThessalonicaObv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG
Bust: Rosette-Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS
2 soldiers standing to either side of two standards.
Exe: SMTSA
Date: 330-337 AD
Denom: Ae3
Rated "R2"
Bluefish
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Constantius Gallus, AD 351-354AE22, 3.4g, 12h; Aquileia mint, 354.
Obv.: DN CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C; Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, A behind.
Rev.: FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO; Helmeted soldier to left, shield on left arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at right. Horseman turns to face soldier and raises left arm; he is bare-headed; LXXII in left field, wreath in center // AQP
Reference: RIC VIII Aquileia 198, p. 333.
John Anthony
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crw 544/20 . Mark Antony, Triumvir and Imperator, 44 - 30 B.C., LEG VIIMark Antony, Triumvir and Imperator, 44 - 30 B.C., LEG VII
Silver denarius . 2.963g, 17.2mm, 135o, Patrae? mint, 32 - 31 B.C.
Obverse : ANT•AVG / III VIR•R•P•C, galley right with rowers, mast with banners at prow, border of dots
Reverse LEG - VII, aquila (legionary eagle) between two legionary standards, border of dots
Crawford 544/20, Sydenham 1224, BMCRR 198, RSC I 34
Ex Forum
Vladislav D
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Gaston d'Orleans (1627-1650), Double Tournois type 8 - 1634Atelier de Trevoux
+ GASTON . VSVE . DE . LA . SOV . DOMB Buste fraisé a droite
+ DOVBLE . TOVRNOIS . 1634 R, Trois lis sous un lambel
2.27 gr
Ref : Divo Dombes # 198, CGKL # 736 (a ou b2)
Potator II
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Geta * Trophy of Arms, Silver Denarius "The young prince" * 198-212 AD
Geta as Caesar, AR Denarius, "The young prince."

Obv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT - Bare head bust, draped and cuirassed
Rev: PRINC IVVENTIS - Geta standing left holding branch and spear; behind him at right, trophy and shield.

Exergue: Empty

Mint: Rome
Struck: 200-202 AD

Size: 18 mm.
Weight: 3.82 grams
Die axis: 180 degs.

Condition: Exceptionally bright, clear luster.

Refs:*
RIC IVi, 18, page 316
Cohen 157
SEAR RCV II (2002), #7196, page 565
RCV 7196
BMCRE 198, 234

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GLORI-A EXER-CITVS, Thessalonica 198Constantine I as Augustus 307-337 AD, GLORIA EXERCITVS. 19mm, 2.05g. Obverse: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG; rose-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: GLORI-A EXER-CITVS; two soldiers flanking two standards, SMTSA in exe. Attribution: RIC VII Thessalonica 198, r2 (scarce). ex areich, photo credit areichPodiceps
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GREEK, Kos, Caria, AR Drachm63328. , cf. BMC Caria p. 198, 44 ff., SNG Cop 636 ff., SNGvA 2756 - 2757, SNG Keckman 293 - 294, Fine/Fair,
3.120 g,
14.1 mm,
Cos mint, c. 357 - 166 B.C.;
obverse bearded head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse KWION, crab, magistrates name and club below, all within square dot border; (Ex FORVM)


"Herakles was travelling by sea when Hera, who hated him, sent a storm, sinking his boats. Hercules and only a few friends survived, swimming to Kos. Once ashore they asked a shepherd for food and shelter. The shepherd refused and insulted Hercules and they fought. People from nearby Antimachia joined the fight against Hercules. Hercules and his friends slipped into a house, disguised as women, and escaped. Another town welcomed Hercules and declared war on Antimachia. Hercules killed the king of Antimachia and married the newly elected king's sister, Halkiopi. Their son, Thessalos, would later be the king of Kos and Nisyros."
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Hephthalites, Nezak Huns, unknown king, Göbl 198AE 27 (drachm), 3.8g
struck in Kapisa, Kabul, AD 515-680(?)
obv. Bust, wearing winged helmet, draped and with ear-rings, bull protoe above
r. NPKI MLKA, l. letter A (all in Pahlevi)
rev. fire-altar, on each side a stylized attendant, sun-wheels above their heads
Göbl 198, Mitchener 1510-12
VF/F+, nice green Patina, perfectly centered

Nezak Melka, the legend on the coin, probably is not the name of a king but a title.
Jochen
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Huns, Hephthalites or "White Huns", Napki Malka, (cc. 475-575 A.D.), AR-Drachm, M. 1502, Göbl 198, King left on throne, #1Huns, Hephthalites or "White Huns", Napki Malka, (cc. 475-575 A.D.), AR-Drachm, M. 1502, Göbl 198, King left on throne, #1
avers: Bust of Napki Malka in winged bull's head crown right.
revers: Fire altar flanked by two Hepthalite tankas, sun-wheels above their heads.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 28,0mm, weight: 2,66g, axes: 3h,
mint: Huns, Hephthalites, Kabul/Zabul, date: cc. 475-575 A.D., ref: M.1502, Göbl 198,
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"Napki Malka was a Hephthalite king of the 6th-7th century, and possibly the founder of a dynasty bearing the same name. On his coins, his name appears in Pahlavi script as "npky MLK". He was ruling in the area of Kabul , modern Afghanistan."
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Huns, Nezak Huns, Anonymous II. King, "Nycky MLKA", (cc. 460-560 A.D.), Göbl Hunnen Em. 198, AR-Drachm, Fire altar,Huns, Nezak Huns, Anonymous II. King, "Nycky MLKA", (cc. 460-560 A.D.), Göbl Hunnen Em. 198, AR-Drachm, Fire altar,
avers: Bust of Emperor in winged bull's head crown right.
reverse: Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; solar wheels above attendants.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 30,5mm, weight: 3,32g, axes: 3h,
mint: Nezak Hun, Kabul-Zabul mint, date: cc. 460-560 A.D., ref: Göbl Hunnen Em. 198,
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Ilkhanid: Abu Sa'id (1316-1335) AV Dinar, AH720, Shiraz Mint (Album 2198, Type C; Diler 494; ICV 2128)Obv: Within a lobated square, ﺿﺮﺏ ﻓﻰ ﺍﻳﺎﻡ ﺩﻭﻟﺔ ﺍﻟﺴﻠﻄﺎﻥ ﺍﻻﻋﻈﻢ ﺍﺑﻮﺳﻌﻴﺪ ﺧﻠﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻣﻠﻜﻪ (struck in the days of the reign of the Greatest Sultan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, may Allah perpetuate his kingdom); within the lobes, to right, left and below, ; in eight segments around, mint and date
Rev: In a miḥrāb-like niche formed by the Kufic inscriptions, ﻓﺴﻴﻜﻔﻴﻜﻬﻢ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻭﻫﻮﺍﻟﺴﻤﻴﻊ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻴﻢ (and Allah will be sufficient to protect you against them, and He is the Hearer, the Knower); inside the niche, ﻻ ﺍﻟﻪ ﺍﻻ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ (There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the apostle of Allah); below, the Rāshidūn, ﺍﺑﻮ ﺑﻜﺮ ﻋﻤﺮ ﻋﺜﻤﺎﻥ ﻋﻠﻰ (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali)
Dim: 8.10g, 6h
Quant.Geek
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Ionia, Miletos, Nero, BMC 149Nero, AD 54-68
AE 18, 2.44g
struck under magistrate Ioulos
obv. CEBA - CTOC (A and T inverted)
Head, laureate, r.
rev. EPI LO - YPOY
Cultstatue of Apollo Didymeus, nude, stg. r, holding in l.hand his bow and in extended r. hand recumbent
stag looking back to him
ref. BMC 198, 149; RPC comments p.449, 5a
F+/about VF, dark green patina

For more information please take a look at the thread 'Mythological interesting coins'.
Jochen
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Julia DomnaJULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217
Sestertius, late 195-early 196. AE 18.89 g. IVLIA - AVGVSTA Draped bust r., the hair in a large bun on the back of the head. Rev. CE-RES / S - C Ceres, wearing long dress and veil, standing facing, head turned l., holding long torch with her l. hand, ears in her lowered r. hand over burning round altar. RIC 848

CERES is a comparatively common type on sestertii, so must fall before the drastic cutback in the production of sestertii early in 198, and indeed even before the preliminary cutback of sestertius production in mid-196.

Its date is beyond question late 195-early 196, since CERES is the type that appeared on Julia's New Year's issue of large bronze medallions and asses for 1 January 196. In the course of 196, after defeating Albinus on 19 Feb. 196 (not 197 as all the books say), Septimius cancelled the annual New Year's issues of medallions and asses, so that none at all were issued for 1 Jan. 197 or 198.

The misdating of Julia's CERES type to 198 that appears in various resources is due to P.V. Hill, whose work on the Severan coinage is largely mere guesswork and therefore often grossly mistaken. It is a shame that Hill's largely erroneous dates have now been taken over as fact and so given wide currency by David Sear in his new Roman Coins and Their Values!

I was able to establish the true chronology of the coinage of 193-8 in my Oxford thesis of 1972, which Hill couldn't of course consult for his first edition of 1964, and didn't consult for his second edition of 1977, though the Coin Room at the BM has a copy.

This CERES sestertius is no. 1761 in my die catalogue, obv. 453, rev. 661, other specimens in BM 764, Glasgow, Paris, and Naples.

Obv. die 453 is interesting, because it was used first with the CERES rev. die 661, like this coin; then with all five recorded MATRI CASTRORVM dies, this type coming from this obv. die only on sestertii; and finally with an early rev. die of the next normal type, HILARITAS.

HILARITAS of 196 was the last comparatively common sestertius rev. type of Julia's early coinage; then came the preliminary cutback, and the next three types, DIANA LVCIFERA, IVNO REGINA, and VESTAE SANCTAE, were considerably scarcer. Thereafter came the drastic cutback early in 198. (Curtis Clay)
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Julia Domna, AE 23 DiassariaIVLIA . A/VGVSTA
Bust draped, right
STOBE/N MVNICIPI
Nike advancing left with wreath and palm, "moon crescent" in left field
Josifovski 198, same dies (V42, R55) citing specimen in private collection.
Four reverse dies known to Josifovski. He recognizes these as a separate type from the normal Nike advancing left.
whitetd49
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Justinian IAE Follis, Justinian I, ca. AD 527, Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG; Rev: M with star left, cross right and above, unclear officina, NIKM in ex., gVF. SB 198, DOC 109.

Gift to Fr. Joe
Molinari
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L. Julius L.f. Caesar - AR denariusRome
²99 BC / ¹103 BC
head of Mars left wearing crested, ornamented helmet with feather and annulet
CAESAR

Venus in biga pulled by two cupids riding left, holding scepter and reins; lyre below
L·IVLI·L·F

¹Crawford 320/1, Sydenham 593, RSC I Julia 4, Russo RBW 1175, SRCV I 198,
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
3,8g 16,5mm
ex Münzzentrum Rheinland
1 commentsJ. B.
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Licinius I- VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERPLicinius I, 11 November 308 - 18 September 324 A.D.

Obverse:
Laureate head right

IMP LICI-NIVS P F AVG

IMP: Imperator
LICI-NIVS: Licinius
P F: Pius Felix
AVG: Augustus

Reverse:
VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP

Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT P R set on altar inscribed S

Domination: Bronze AE 3, Size 19 mm

Mint: SARL S= Officina 6 (stigma) ARL= Arles. This mint used the PSTQ Roman officinas. Vol VII RIC 198, is rated as r5
Peter Wissing
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Macrinus - AntiochAE 19
217-218 AD
laureate head right
AVT K M O CE MAKPINOC CE
within wreath: Δ / S·C / E
McAlee 732(c); BMC Galatia p. 198, 386; Waage 566; Butcher 463; SGICV 2949; SNG Cop -
5,15g 19mm
J. B.
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Macrinus, Antioch AE 18Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D., Antioch, Syria. Bronze AE 18, SGICV 2949, BMC Syria p. 198, 388, 18 mm, 4.35 g, Antioch mint, obverse AVT K M O CE MAKPINOC C, laureate bust right; reverse large S C, D above, E below, all in wreath ornamented by star; ex areich, photo credit areichPodiceps
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Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 41. Philip I & Otacilia Severa, HrJ (2014) 6.41.07.01 #2Philip I & Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249
AE 27, 12.40g, 27.61mm, 30°
struck under governor Prastina Messallinus
obv. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG [M] WTAK (AVG and WT ligate)
below in 2 lines CEBHRAc / c
Confronted busts of Philip I, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r., and Otacilia
Severa, draped and wearing stephane, l.
rev. VP PRACT MECCAL - LEINOV MARKIANO (PR, OV AR and AN ligate)
in l. field one below the other N / OL / EI / TWN (WN ligate)
Apollo, nude, standing frontal, head r., holding r. arm over his head, in his l.
hand the bow, resting with l. ellbow on a tree-stump r. beside him, which is
entwined by a snake; on his l. side his quiver and clothes.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1199 (2 ex., Imhoof, Vienna)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2067 (citing AMNG 1198, but doesn't mention legend breaks!)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2014) No. 6.41.7.1
very rare, VF, black-green patina

Note: The most upper letter in rev. field corrected from N to P! (Pick)

This is the famous 'Apollo Lykeios'. For more informations please look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'.
Jochen
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Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis; Septimius Severus"Presumably reflecting Septimius' capture of Ctesiphon in Jan. 198, since we know from IGBulg. II, 659 (Boteva pp. 166-7) that Tertullus was governor when news of that victory and the promotions of Caracalla to Augustus and Geta to Caesar reached Lower Moesia.

Obv. die seems the same as Varbanov 2750 = Bulg. ed. 2163
rev. type apparently unpublished"
4 commentsecoli
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Peace DollarPeace Dollar, 1925

Minted 1921-1935, 26.73 gr., 38.1 mm, reeded edge, .900 silver, .100 copper, Designer: Anthony De Francisci.

1925, E.F., 10,198,000 minted.

Reference: KM 150
Daniel F
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Phoenicia, Sidon, Severus Alexander, BMC 320 var.Severus Alexander, AD 222-235
AE 24, 12.06g, 23.58mm, 0°
obv. [IMP CA]E AVR SE[V] - ALEXA[...]
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear, laureate, r.
rev. COL AVR PIA M - ETRO S[IDO]
Dionysos, nude, wearing boots(?), chlamys over l. shoulder, stg. frontal, head l., resting with raised l.
hand on ribboned thyrsos and holding in outstretched r. hand kantharos; at his feet the panther, in
upper l. field cult car of Astarte
ref. BMC Phoenicia, 198, 320 var., pl. XXV, 9 (Thanks to Vladimir P. and Shanxi!)
F+

BMC 320 has SIDO in ex. and only METR without legend break. The depiction is slightly different.
Jochen
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R., Ionia, Smyrna, Asia, Conventus of Smyrna, 092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D.), (third Neokoros), SNG München 456, AE-21, Herakles, #1R., Ionia, Smyrna, Asia, Conventus of Smyrna, 092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D.), (third Neokoros), SNG München 456, AE-21, Herakles, #1
avers: ΠO ΛIK O VAΛEPIANOC, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
reverse: CMΥRNAIΩN Γ NEΩKO/R ΩN, ( Γ are = third Neokoros), Herakles, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and club, lionskin over arm.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 20,7mm, weight: 3,85g, axis: 0h,
mint: Ionia, Smyrna, date: 255-260B.C., ref: SNG München 456, Klose 1.8, CNG Elec. Auc. 160 (3/2007), lot 198,
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Roman Empire / Emperor Caracalla , Silver Denarius. Caracalla, 198 - 217 A.D.
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS - AVG BRIT Laureate head right.
Reverse: PM TRP XV COS III PP Salus seated left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar, and holding cornucopia.
Rome mint , 212 A. D.
1.79 gr, 19 mm , RIC 196


Julius Bassianus was born in 188 A.D., the son of the future emperor Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. In 195, his father, emperor since 193, raised him to the rank of Caesar, and changed his name to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, emphasizing a fictional tie between the House of Severus, and that of the Antonines. In 198, he was named Co-Emperor with his father. Caracalla was his nickname, based on the long Gallic cloak which he made fashionable in Rome.

In 208, he went with his family to Britain, where he led the last campaigns himself, due to Severus’ illness. In 209, his brother Geta was also named Co-Emperor. In 211, Severus died, and Caracalla and Geta were left as Co-Emperors. The two brothers hated each other, and despite the efforts of their mother, Julia Domna, Caracalla soon had Geta assassinated.

As sole emperor, Caracalla faced major financial concerns, and the two most memorable acts of his reign were attempts to deal with this financial difficulty. He introduced a new coin denomination, which modern collectors refer to as the Antoninianus. This coin was apparently valued at two denarii, but by weight, it only measured one and a half denarii, allowing a major profit to the treasury. His other act, for which he is best remembered to history was the Constitutio Antoniniana, a sweeping law granting the full Roman citizenship to almost the entire free population of the empire. The reason for this was most likely fiscal, only citizens were subject to the taxes on manumission of slaves, and inheritance taxes.

In 214, Caracalla made preparations for the conquest of Parthia. In 217, after some success, Caracalla was murdered at the instigation of his Praetorian Prefect, Macrinus, who became the next emperor.

From The Sam Mansourati Collection.
Sam
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Roman Empire, Galba, AR DenariusGalba. 68-69 AD. Denarius, 3.50gg. (5h). Tarraco.
Obv: GALBA - IM[PERATOR] Head laureate right on globe.
Rx: LIB - [ERTAS] - RESTITVTA Libertas standing left, apparently emptying a cup and holding scepter.
BM 198, pl. 54.3. RIC 9 (R2), pl. 24 (the BM spec.). Cf. Paris 12, pl.III (apparently no globe below bust). Cohen 133 (120 Fr.). VF.
Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.
Ex Gemini XIV April 2018 Lot 475
1 commentsorfew
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Roman Imperators, Mark Antony and Octavia, 39 B.C., Ephesos, Ionia, Silver Cistophoric TetradrachmSH86609. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, RPC I 2202, Sydenham 1198, Crawford 263, RSC Octavia and M. Antony 3, Sear CRI 263, BMCRR East 135, SRCV I 1513, Choice gVF, toned, well centered, some die wear and rust, scratches, Ephesos mint, weight 11.723g, maximum diameter 27.1mm, die axis 0o, summer - autumn 39 B.C.; obverse M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT (Consul Elect for the 2nd and 3rd time), conjoined head of Antony and bust of Octavia right, Antony nearer and wreathed in ivy, Octavia draped; reverse Dionysus standing half left on cista mystica, in his right hand, thyrsus in his left hand, flanked by two interlaced snakes with heads erect, III VIR (triumvir) downward on left, R P C (Reipublicae Constituendae) upward on right1 commentsJoe Sermarini
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S-025 Andras III., (Andreas III.), King of Hungary, (1290-1301 A.D.), AR-Denarius, Slavonia, U-Sz-21, #01, RR!S-025 Andras III., (Andreas III.), King of Hungary, (1290-1301 A.D.), AR-Denarius, Slavonia, U-Sz-21, #01, RR!
avers:- +MONETA-REGIS-P-SCLAVONIA, Marten running left, star above and below.
revers:- Patriarchal cross, facing crowned heads below, star and crescent above, lily at the foot of the 2nd cross both side, R-A (privy mark) to sides.
diameter: 15mm, weight: 0,63g, axis: 6h,
mint: Slavonia, mint mark: R-A,
date: 1290-1301 A.D., ref: Unger- Sz-21, Rj-189-198, CNH-, Huszar-, RR!,
Q-001
quadrans
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Septimius Severus Cerer Frugif FoureeSeptemius Severus, 18mm, 2.74g, Interesting Fouree
OBV: L SEPT SEV AVG [???????????], Laureate bust right
REV: CERER FRVGIF, Ceres standing left, holding corn ears and torch

Per Curtis Clay:
An ancient counterfeit combining a Roman obv. legend introduced in 198, also used on new-style Eastern coins, with an old-style Easten rev. type used in 194-5 and early 197.
Not uninteresting, because ancient counterfeits rarely copy old-style Eastern types.
SRukke
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Septimius Severus, 193 - 211 ADObv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate bust of Septimius Severus facing right.

Rev: PM TRP XIII COS III PP, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left; a modius is placed at her feet.

Silver Denarius, Rome mint, 205 AD

3.5 grams, 18.8 mm, 180°

RIC IVi 198, RSC 472, S6338 (var.), VM 114/3
1 commentsMatt Inglima
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Septimius Severus, Denarius, BONA SPESAR Denarius
Septimius Severus
Augustus: 193 - 211AD
Issued: 194 - 195AD
18.0mm 3.20gr 1h
O: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PER[T AVG COS II]; Laureate head, right.
R: BONA SPES; Spes, advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt.
Emesa Mint
RIC IV-1 Emesa 364; BMC 340; Sear 6266; RSC 58.
Aorta: 340: B3, O20, R41, T198, M2.
Ex. Doug Smith Collection
JAZ Numismatics/John Zielinski Auction 149, Lot 4
6/22/19 7/8/19
Nicholas Z
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Septimius Severus, Denarius, MARTI VICTORIAR Denarius
Septimius Severus
Augustus: 193 - 211AD
Issued: 197 - 200AD
17.0mm 3.50gr 7h
O: L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX; Laureate head, right.
R: MARTI VICTORI; Mars, helmeted, in military attire, standing facing, resting right hand on shield set on helmet and holding spear in left hand.
Rome Mint
RIC IV Rome 134; Aorta: 501: B3, O45, R198, T116, M4.
nice_currency 174050540208
2/3/20 2/24/20
Nicholas Z
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Septimus Severus, AnnonaObverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG - Laureate head right
Reverse: P M TR P XIII COS III P P - Annona st lt, holding corn ears over modius and in lt arm, a cornucopia
Mint : Rome
Date : AD 205
Reference : RIC IVi, 198, page 117 - Cohen 472 - SEAR RCV II (2002), #6338v, page 464
Grade : gVF
Weight : 2.44g
Denom : Denarius
Metal : Silver

Comments : The Roman emperors, in an attempt to alleviate poverty in the capital city, instituted a policy known as annona, which gave free grain to about a third of the population of Rome. The reverse shows the personification of the state sponsored system of grain distribution, the cornucopia, Latin term derived from two words, cornu meaning horn and copia meaning plenty, it is a symbol of prosperity and affluence, dating back to the 5th century BC. In Greek mythology, Amalthea brought Zeus up on the milk of a goat. It had the power to give to the person in possession of it whatever he or she wished for.
Peattie
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Thrace, Sestos. Ithyphallic herm/AmphoraCirca 300 BC. Æ12. Ithyphallic herm facing; ear of grain left, caduceus right / ΣA, Amphora. BMC Thrace pg. 198, 6; SNG Copenhagen 932. ancientone
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