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06 - Antoninus Pius - AR Denarius - Posthumous Issue - Altar Imperial Rome
Antoninus Pius ( 138-161 AD.)
Silver Denarius. Rome Mint.
Posthumous Issue struck under Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS - Bare head right.
rev: DIVO PIO - Altar/Shrine with doors closed.
RIC III-441 (Marcus Aurelius).
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06 - Antoninus Pius - AR Denarius - Posthumous Issue - Altar Imperial Rome
Antoninus Pius ( 138-161 AD.)
Silver Denarius. Rome Mint.
Posthumous Issue struck under Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS - Bare head right.
rev: DIVO PIO - Altar/Shrine with doors closed.
RIC III-441 (Marcus Aurelius).
2.99gr.rexesq
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06 - Antoninus Pius - AR Denarius - Posthumous Issue - Altar Imperial Rome
Antoninus Pius ( 138-161 AD.)
Silver Denarius. Rome Mint.
Posthumous Issue struck under Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS - Bare head right.
rev: DIVO PIO - Altar/Shrine with doors closed.
RIC III-441 (Marcus Aurelius).
2.99gr.rexesq
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06 - Antoninus Pius - AR Denarius - Posthumous Issue - Altar.Imperial Rome
Antoninus Pius ( 138-161 AD.)
Silver Denarius. Rome Mint.
Posthumous Issue struck under Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS - Bare head right.
rev: DIVO PIO - Altar/Shrine with doors closed.
RIC III-441 (Marcus Aurelius).
2.99gr.
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136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Sirmium, RIC VII 048, AE-3 Follis, -/-//SIRM, SARMATIA DEVICTA, #2,Roman Empire, Constantine I (307-337 AD.) AE-3 Follis, SARMATIA DEVICTA, Sirmium, #2,136 Constantinus I. (306-309 A.D. Caesar, 309-910 A.D. Filius Augustorum, 307-337 A.D. Augustus), Sirmium, RIC VII 048, AE-3 Follis, -/-//SIRM, SARMATIA DEVICTA, #2,
avers: CONSTAN TINVS AVG, 1, B1, Laureate head right.
reverse: SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing right, stepping on captive, holding trophy and palm.
exergue: -/-//SIRM, diameter: 18-19,5mm, weight: 3,18g, axis: 6h,
mint: Sirmium, date: 324-325 A.D., ref: RIC-VII-48, p475,
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1501s, Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. (Siscia)Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D., Bronze AE 3, S 4103, VF, Siscia mint, 2.012g, 18.7mm, 180o, 24 Aug 367 - 17 Nov 375 A.D.obverse D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, wreath in right and palm in left, symbols in fields, mintmark in exergue.
De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families
Valentinian I (364-375 AD.)
Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Valentinian was one of Rome's last great warrior emperors. Flavius Valentinianus, was born in A.D. 321 at Cibalis (modern Vinkovci) in southern Pannonia. His father Gratian was a soldier renowned for his strength and wrestling skills. Gratian had an illustrious career in the army, rising from staff officer to tribune, to comes Africae, and finally [i/comes Britanniae.
The emperor Jovian died on 17 February 364, apparently of natural causes, on the border between Bithynia and Galatia. The army marched on to Nicaea, the nearest city of any consequence, and a meeting of civil and military officials was convened to choose a new emperor. The assembly finally agreed upon Valentinian.
On 26 February 364, Valentinian accepted the office offered to him. As he prepared to make his accession speech, the soldiers threatened to riot, apparently uncertain as to where his loyalties lay. Valentinian reassured them that the army was his greatest priority. Furthermore, to prevent a crisis of succession if he should die prematurely, he agreed to pick a co-Augustus. According to Ammianus, the soldiers were astounded by Valentinian’s bold demeanor and his willingness to assume the imperial authority. His decision to elect a fellow-emperor could also be construed as a move to appease any opposition among the civilian officials in the eastern portion of the empire. By agreeing to appoint a co-ruler, he assured the eastern officials that someone with imperial authority would remain in the east to protect their interests. After promoting his brother Valens to the rank of tribune and putting him in charge of the royal stables on March 1, Valentinian selected Valens as co-Augustus at Constantinople on 28 March 364, though this was done over the objections of Dagalaifus. Ammianus makes it clear, however, that Valens was clearly subordinate to his brother.
Ammianus and Zosimus as well as modern scholars praise Valentinian for his military accomplishments. He is generally credited with keeping the Roman empire from crumbling away by “. . . reversing the generally waning confidence in the army and imperial defense . . ..” Several other aspects of Valentinian's reign also set the course of Roman history for the next century.
Valentinian deliberately polarized Roman society, subordinating the civilian population to the military. The military order took over the old prestige of the senatorial nobility. The imperial court, which was becoming more and more of a military court, became a vehicle for social mobility. There were new ideas of nobility, which was increasingly provincial in character. By this it is meant that the imperial court, not the Senate, was the seat of nobility, and most of these new nobles came from the provinces. With the erosion of the old nobility, the stage was set for the ascendancy of Christianity. Ammianus makes it clear that actions such as these were part of a systematic plan by Valentinian to erode the power and prestige of the senatorial aristocracy. Several pieces of extant legislation seem to confirm Ammianus’ allegations that Valentinian was eroding senatorial prestige.
Valentinian's reign affords valuable insights into late Roman society, civilian as well as military. First, there was a growing fracture between the eastern and western portions of the empire. Valentinian was the last emperor to really concentrate his resources on the west. Valens was clearly in an inferior position in the partnership. Second, there was a growing polarization of society, both Christian versus pagan, and civil versus military. Finally there was a growing regionalism in the west, driven by heavy taxation and the inability of Valentinian to fully exercise military authority in all areas of the west. All of these trends would continue over the next century, profoundly reshaping the Roman empire and western Europe.
By Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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1501s, Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. (Siscia)Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. Bronze AE 3, RIC 5(a) ii, VF, Siscia, 1.905g, 19.3mm, 0o, 25 Feb 364 - 24 Aug 367 A.D. Obverse: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor dragging captive with right, labarum (chi-rho standard) in left, •GSISC in exergue.
De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families
Valentinian I (364-375 AD.)
Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Valentinian was one of Rome's last great warrior emperors. Flavius Valentinianus, was born in A.D. 321 at Cibalis (modern Vinkovci) in southern Pannonia. His father Gratian was a soldier renowned for his strength and wrestling skills. Gratian had an illustrious career in the army, rising from staff officer to tribune, to comes Africae, and finally [i/comes Britanniae.
The emperor Jovian died on 17 February 364, apparently of natural causes, on the border between Bithynia and Galatia. The army marched on to Nicaea, the nearest city of any consequence, and a meeting of civil and military officials was convened to choose a new emperor. The assembly finally agreed upon Valentinian.
On 26 February 364, Valentinian accepted the office offered to him. As he prepared to make his accession speech, the soldiers threatened to riot, apparently uncertain as to where his loyalties lay. Valentinian reassured them that the army was his greatest priority. Furthermore, to prevent a crisis of succession if he should die prematurely, he agreed to pick a co-Augustus. According to Ammianus, the soldiers were astounded by Valentinian’s bold demeanor and his willingness to assume the imperial authority. His decision to elect a fellow-emperor could also be construed as a move to appease any opposition among the civilian officials in the eastern portion of the empire. By agreeing to appoint a co-ruler, he assured the eastern officials that someone with imperial authority would remain in the east to protect their interests. After promoting his brother Valens to the rank of tribune and putting him in charge of the royal stables on March 1, Valentinian selected Valens as co-Augustus at Constantinople on 28 March 364, though this was done over the objections of Dagalaifus. Ammianus makes it clear, however, that Valens was clearly subordinate to his brother.
Ammianus and Zosimus as well as modern scholars praise Valentinian for his military accomplishments. He is generally credited with keeping the Roman empire from crumbling away by “. . . reversing the generally waning confidence in the army and imperial defense . . ..” Several other aspects of Valentinian's reign also set the course of Roman history for the next century.
Valentinian deliberately polarized Roman society, subordinating the civilian population to the military. The military order took over the old prestige of the senatorial nobility. The imperial court, which was becoming more and more of a military court, became a vehicle for social mobility. There were new ideas of nobility, which was increasingly provincial in character. By this it is meant that the imperial court, not the Senate, was the seat of nobility, and most of these new nobles came from the provinces. With the erosion of the old nobility, the stage was set for the ascendancy of Christianity. Ammianus makes it clear that actions such as these were part of a systematic plan by Valentinian to erode the power and prestige of the senatorial aristocracy. Several pieces of extant legislation seem to confirm Ammianus’ allegations that Valentinian was eroding senatorial prestige.
Valentinian's reign affords valuable insights into late Roman society, civilian as well as military. First, there was a growing fracture between the eastern and western portions of the empire. Valentinian was the last emperor to really concentrate his resources on the west. Valens was clearly in an inferior position in the partnership. Second, there was a growing polarization of society, both Christian versus pagan, and civil versus military. Finally there was a growing regionalism in the west, driven by heavy taxation and the inability of Valentinian to fully exercise military authority in all areas of the west. All of these trends would continue over the next century, profoundly reshaping the Roman empire and western Europe.
By Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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1502c, Valens, 28 March 364 - 9 August 378 A.D. (Cyzikus)Bronze AE 3, S 4118, 2.42g, 16.5mm, 180o,Cyzikus, F/F, obverse D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, wreath in right, palm frond in left, SMK L(?) in exergue. Ex FORVM.
De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families
Valens (365-369 AD.)
Noel Linski, University of Colorado
Valens was the brother of Valentinian I. On March 28, 364, precisely one month after his accession by Roman reckoning, Valentinian appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor at the Hebdomon, the first in a long line of emperors proclaimed there. Themistius was present and later recounted the occasion in his Or. 6. After only two months of co-rulership, the two departed from Constantinople for their native Illyricum. Outside Naissus, in Moesia, they divided their administrative staff between them and at Sirmium they did the same with their mobile forces. Valens was to rule the east, from Thrace in the North and Cyrenaica in the South eastward to the Persian frontier. Valentinian ruled the west. They did not spend long in Sirmium. By late August 365 Valentinian had moved on toward Milan, where he resided for the following year before moving on to Trier, which remained his capital until 375. Similarly, Valens was back in Constantinople by December 364.and he was declared Augustus in 364 A.D. He was given command of the Eastern provinces, where he spent much of his time campaigning against the Goths and Persians.
In 376 A.D., Valens allowed Gothic tribes, who were being driven forward by the Huns to settle in the Danube provinces. The Goths were so badly treated by the Romans that they rebelled. Valens marched against the confederated barbarian army, and on August 9, 378, the two forces met at Adrianople. Although negotiations were attempted, these broke down when a Roman unit sallied forth and carried both sides into battle. The Romans held their own early on but were crushed by the surprise arrival of Greuthungi cavalry which split their ranks.
In one historical account, Valens was wounded in battle but escaped to a nearby farmstead where he was burned to death in a tower by Gothic marauders. The fourth century A.D. Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus does not seem to concur with this story. Regardless, when the battle was over Valens' body was never recovered, 10,000 roman soldiers lay dead and the perception of Roman military invincibility was destroyed.
Adrianople was the most significant event in Valens' career. Though he displayed some talent as an administrator, Valens' persecutions of Nicene Christians and pagan philosophers, his halting efforts at military achievement and his obtuse personality rendered him a less than glorious emperor. To have died in so inglorious a battle has thus come to be regarded as the nadir of an unfortunate career. This is especially true because of the profound consequences of Valens' defeat.
Adrianople spelled the beginning of the end for Roman territorial integrity in the late empire and this fact was recognized even by contemporaries. The Roman historian Ammianus (325-391 AD) understood that it was the worst defeat in Roman history since Cannae. Rufinus (340–410 CE), monk, historian, and theologian; called it "the beginning of evils for the Roman empire then and thereafter."
Noel Lenski, University of Colorado
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes
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1502h, Valens, 364-378 A.D. (Heraclea)Valens, 364-378 A.D., Heraclea mint, VF, Chi-Rho standard reverse.
De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families
Valens (365-369 AD.)
Noel Linski, University of Colorado
Valens was the brother of Valentinian I. On March 28, 364, precisely one month after his accession by Roman reckoning, Valentinian appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor at the Hebdomon, the first in a long line of emperors proclaimed there. Themistius was present and later recounted the occasion in his Or. 6. After only two months of co-rulership, the two departed from Constantinople for their native Illyricum. Outside Naissus, in Moesia, they divided their administrative staff between them and at Sirmium they did the same with their mobile forces. Valens was to rule the east, from Thrace in the North and Cyrenaica in the South eastward to the Persian frontier. Valentinian ruled the west. They did not spend long in Sirmium. By late August 365 Valentinian had moved on toward Milan, where he resided for the following year before moving on to Trier, which remained his capital until 375. Similarly, Valens was back in Constantinople by December 364.and he was declared Augustus in 364 A.D. He was given command of the Eastern provinces, where he spent much of his time campaigning against the Goths and Persians.
In 376 A.D., Valens allowed Gothic tribes, who were being driven forward by the Huns to settle in the Danube provinces. The Goths were so badly treated by the Romans that they rebelled. Valens marched against the confederated barbarian army, and on August 9, 378, the two forces met at Adrianople. Although negotiations were attempted, these broke down when a Roman unit sallied forth and carried both sides into battle. The Romans held their own early on but were crushed by the surprise arrival of Greuthungi cavalry which split their ranks.
In one historical account, Valens was wounded in battle but escaped to a nearby farmstead where he was burned to death in a tower by Gothic marauders. The fourth century A.D. Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus does not seem to concur with this story. Regardless, when the battle was over Valens' body was never recovered, 10,000 roman soldiers lay dead and the perception of Roman military invincibility had been destroyed.
Adrianople was the most significant event in Valens' career. Though he displayed some talent as an administrator, Valens' persecutions of Nicene Christians and pagan philosophers, his halting efforts at military achievement and his obtuse personality rendered him a less than glorious emperor. To have died in so inglorious a battle has thus come to be regarded as the nadir of an unfortunate career. This is especially true because of the profound consequences of Valens' defeat.
Adrianople spelled the beginning of the end for Roman territorial integrity in the late empire and this fact was recognized even by contemporaries. The Roman historian Ammianus (325-391 AD) understood that it was the worst defeat in Roman history since Cannae. Rufinus (340–410 CE), monk, historian, and theologian; called it "the beginning of evils for the Roman empire then and thereafter."
Noel Lenski, University of Colorado
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.
Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr. Cleisthenes
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151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Siscia, RIC VIII 292, AE-2 Follis, A/*//--; A/-//•ASIS*, HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Vetranio in military dress, standing left, Scarce! #1151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Siscia, RIC VIII 292, AE-2 Follis, A/*//--; A/-//•ASIS*, HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Vetranio in military dress, standing left, Scarce! #1
avers: D N VETRAN IO P F AVG, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, A behind head
reverse: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Vetranio in military dress, standing left, holding labarum and transverse scepter, being crowned by Victory, standing left behind him. A in left field.
exergue: A/*//--; A/-//•ASIS*, diameter: 22,0-23,0mm, weight: 6,07g
mint: Siscia, date: 350 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII Siscia 292, Sear 18905, Scarce!
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151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Siscia, RIC VIII 294, AE-2 Follis, -/-//ASIS, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Vetranio standing, holding labarum and transverse spear, Scarce! #1151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Siscia, RIC VIII 294A, AE-2 Follis, -/-//ASIS, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Vetranio standing, holding labarum and transverse spear, Scarce! #1
avers: DN VETRA-NIO P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding standard inscribed with Chi-rho, and transverse spear in the left arm.
exergue: -/-//ASIS, diameter: 17,5-20,0mm, weight: 2,58g, axis: 0h,
mint: Siscia, date: 350 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 294A, p-370, LRBC 1180, Sear 18907, Scarce!
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151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Siscia, RIC VIII 294Є, AE-2 Follis, -/-//ЄSIS, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Vetranio standing, holding labarum and transverse spear, Scarce! #1151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Siscia, RIC VIII 294Є, AE-2 Follis, -/-//ЄSIS, GLORIA ROMANORVM, Vetranio standing, holding labarum and transverse spear, Scarce! #1
avers: DN VETRA-NIO P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding standard inscribed with Chi-Rho, and transverse spear in the left arm.
exergue: -/-//ЄSIS, diameter: 17,8-18,2mm, weight: 2,23g, axis: 6h,
mint: Siscia, date: 350 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 294Є, p-370, LRBC 1180, Sear 18907, Scarce!
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151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Thessalonica, RIC VIII 131, AE-2 Follis, -/-//--; A/B//•TSA•, CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor with two standards, Scarce! #1151 Vetranio (350 AD.), Thessalonica, RIC VIII 131, AE-2 Follis, -/-//--; A/B//•TSA•, CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor with two standards, Scarce! #1
avers: D N VETRAN IO P F AVG, Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM, A in the left field, B in the right field, Vetranio standing, facing, holding labarum in each hand; star above.
exergue: -/-//--; A/B//•TSA•, diameter: 23,0-24,0mm, weight: 3,76g
mint: Thessalonica, date: 350 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 131, p-414, Scarce !
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Alexandria in Egypt, Valerian I., 256-257 AD., Billon Tetradrachm, Geissen 2862.Alexandria in Egypt, Valerian I., 256-257 AD.,
Billon Tetradrachm (21-22 mm / 12.97 g),
Obv.: AK Π ΛI OVAΛЄPIANOC ЄYЄYC , laureate cuirassed bust of Valerian right. Rev.: eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak, regnal year L - Δ across fields (year 4 = 256-7 AD.).
Dattari 5184 ; Geissen 2862 ; Milne 3945 .
my ancient coin database
Arminius
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Antelope, Gallienus (253-268 AD.) AE-Antoninianus, DIANAE CONS AVG,Gallienus (253-268 AD.) AE-Antoninianus,
avers:- GALLIENVS-AVG, radiate head right.
revers:- DIANAE-CONS-AVG, antelope walking left, right legs forwards.
exergo: Gamma
diameter: 19-20mm
weight: 2,84g
mint: Rome
date:
ref: RIC-181var, Cunetio hoard 1344, Minster hoard 69, Appleshaw hoard 82,
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asmcalee782AvarElagabalus
Antioch, Syria
Obv. (...) ANTΩNINOC C, radiate head right.
Rev. S.C (dot at bottom), retrograde Δ ε (ε reversed) below, eagle below (standing on something-- animal thigh (?) or ground), all within laurel wreath fastened at top with garland.
20 mm, 3.62 gms.
McAlee (Supplement 1) 782A variant (radiate instead of laureate head.)Charles M
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Caracalla Denarius "Victory"OBV: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG;
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
REV: VICT PART MAX;
Victory advancing left, holding wreath and
palm branch. (Commemorative coin of the
victories over Parthia in 198 AD.)
A.D. 204
RIC 4-1, 144; Cohen 660.
4.1gm 20mmDanny S. Jones
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Claudius II year 2 Tet. BMC Alexandria 2327AE 20 mm 10.9 grams (LB=Year 2 = 268/269 AD.)
OBV :: AVT K KLA-VDIOC CEB, laureate cuirassed bust right.
REV :: bust of Hermanubis right, wearing modius with lotus-petal in front, himation over shoulder, LB in left field, winged caduceus under palm in right
EX :: none
Dattari 5392; Geissen 3038; BMC Alexandria p. 303, 2327; Milne 4240; Curtis 1701,
Purchased 10/2008
* references and attribution copied from forvm ancient coins catalog * Description of Hermanubis from Numiswiki
Anubis, represented as a jackal or as a man with the head of a jackal, was the Egyptian god of the dead. He presided over the embalming of the dead and conducted souls into the underworld. In the earlier periods he was preeminent as lord of the dead, but was later overshadowed by Osiris and came to be seen as a son of Osiris. The Greeks and Romans often scorned Egypt's animal-headed gods as bizarre and primitive (they mockingly called Anubis the "Barker") but they also identified Anubis with Hermes, morphing them into Hermanubis.
Johnny
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Egypt, Alexandria, AD 257/258, Valerian I, EagleValerian I
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: A K Π ΛI OΥAΛEΡIANOC EΥEΥC,Laureate and cuirassed bust of Valerian I right
Rev.: Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak, year L - Є across fields (year 5 = 257-258 AD.)
Billon, 10.8g, 21.8mm
Ref.: Köln 2868, Dattari 5185, Kampmann&Ganschow 88.29, Emmett 3705shanxi
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Egypt, Alexandria, AD 257/258, Valerian II, EagleValerian II
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: Π ΛΙΚ ΚΟΡ ΟΩΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟC KAIC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak, year L - Є across fields (year 5 = 257-258 AD.)
Billon, 10.51g, 23mm
Ref.: Geissen 2997, Dattari 5374shanxi
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Faustina II, Filia (128-175 AD.). AR denarius, AVGVSTI P II FIL,Faustina (II) Filia AR denarius
"Daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Sr. and wife of Marcus Aurelius. She was also the mother of Commodus and Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus."
avers:- FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right.
revers: AVGVS-TI-P-II-FIL, Venus standing left, holding Victory and shield on helmet.
date: 156-161 AD.
mint: Rome
diameter: 16-17mm
weight:3,11g
ref: RIC-495a (Antoninus Pius) , C-15
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Germanicus, RIC I-106 RomeAE As
Rome mint, 42 A.D.
28mm, 10.15
RIC I-106, RCVv.1-1905
Obverse:
GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N
Bare head right.
(Hole at top of the head.)
Reverse:
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P
Legend around S-C
Note: Struck during the reign of Claudius, David Sear puts the mint date at 42 A.D. and RIC lists it between 50-54 A.D.Will J
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Italy, Aquileia, Patriarchate, Antonio I. Gaetani (1395-1402 AD.), AR-Denarius, Bernardi 64, #1Italy, Aquileia, Patriarchate, Antonio I. Gaetani (1395-1402 AD.), AR-Denarius, Bernardi 64, #1
avers: +AnTOnIVS+PATRIARChA [AR lignate], shield with Patriarch's coat of arms (two diagonal bands).
reverse: AQV-ILE-GEn-SIS, Voided long cross with five-petal roses in all quarters.
diameter: 16,3-17,9mm, weight: 0,43g, axis: 4h,
mint: Aquileia, Patriarchate, mint mark: -,
date: 1398-1401 A.D., ref: Bernardi 64.,
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Julien II AE1, Antioche (c.361-363 AD.)avers: DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG
revers: SECVRITAS REIPVB
29mm; 8.9g; 3h
exergue: palme SMANTA palmeT.MooT
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Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1
avers: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding cornucopia, "Γ" in right field.
exergue: -/Γ//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 2,21g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, iss 2, off 3, date: 270 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 46k, T-326, C-109,
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Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1Mount error, 104 Claudius II. (268-270 AD.) T-0326 , Roma, AE-Antoninianvs, GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, Curious rotated or flipped double strikes, Error-coin! #1
avers: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: GENIVS AVG, Genius standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding cornucopia, Gamma in right field.
exergue: -/Γ//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 2,21g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, iss. 2, off. 3, date: 270 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 46k, T-326, C-109,
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PARTHIA/PERSIA, Parthamaspates (c. 116 AD.), AR DrachmWeight: 3.62 g
Size: 20 mm
Condition: EF/EF
Minted in Ecbatana
Obv: bust left with short beard wearing tiara with star in center and ear flaps; diadem with loop at the top and two
wide ends. Earring visible
Rev: archer seated right on throne holding bow, below bow monogram 26; archer's seat represented as horizontal
line, four horizontal bars to throne back. Blundered Greek legend.
Ref: Sellwood 81.1 ; Shore 423
Rarity: R
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Provincial, Sardes, Lydia, AE18, ΣABAΣTH IOYΛIOΣ KΛεΩN KAI MεMNΩNAE18
AE
Roman Provincial: Sardes, Lydia
Tiberius
Augustus: 14 - 37AD
Issued: After 17AD (Commemorates financial assistance from Tiberius to Sardes after earthquake of 17AD.)
18.00mm 4.40gr 0h
O: ΣεBAΣTOΣ KAIΣAPεΩN; Tiberius right, togate, standing left, offering hand to turreted Tyche of Sardes, kneeling right on left before him.
R: ΣABAΣTH IOYΛIOΣ KΛεΩN KAI MεMNΩN; Livia as Demeter, seated right, holding scepter and grain ears.
Sardes, Lydia Mint
GRPC Lydia 355; RPC 2991.14; Imhoof L54.
N&N London Auctions/Stefan Asenov Green Auction 1, Lot 275.
8/6/22 9/16/22Nicholas Z
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RIC 0040Roman empire - Domitian (81-96 AD.) silver denarius
(2.87 g 18 mm). Rome. 81 AD
Obv: IMP CAES DOMITANVS AVG PONT, laureate head right
Rev: TR P COS VII DES VIII P P, seat, draped, above, a winged thunderbolt placed horizontally.
RIC II 40. (R2)
Purchased from Lucernae on Catawiki auctions May 2019
Yes, I know the coin is worn, but I still wanted it. Why would I accept such a coin? The reason is that it is so rare that I might never see another in my lifetime available for sale. Sometime one has to sacrifice condition to availability. Such is the case here.
The reason this coin is so rare because of the obverse legend. Note that the legend does not end in the customary "AVG PM" common on these early coins of Domitian, but instead ends in "AVG PONT". All denarii with "PONT" for Domitian are very rare. If you see one be sure to snap it up as you may not see another for months or years.
The rarity alone was enough reason to own this coin. However, I also like that this coin is part of the very early issues for Domitian as Augustus.orfew
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Hadrian, AE19, Tyana in Cappadocia, 135-136 AD. Unlisted.Tyana in Cappadocia, Hadrian,
Æ19 (18-19 mm / 5.67 g), 135-136 AD.,
Obv.: [AYTO] KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CЄB[ACTOC] , laureate head right.
Rev.: [TYANEΩN TΩN N?] TA - IEP ACY AYT / ET - K (regnal year 20 = 135-6 AD.) , Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting right hand on shield set on ground.
unlisted? ; cf. Auct. Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 378, April 28th, 2004, Lot number: 1133 ; cf. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=29615.msg191911#msg191911 .
Arminius
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Sirmium, RIC VIII 118, 154 Jovianus (363-364 AD.), AE-3 Follis, -/-//ASIRM, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, Scarce ! Sirmium, RIC VIII 118, 154 Jovianus (363-364 AD.), AE-3 Follis, -/-//ASIRM, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, Scarce !
avers:- DN-IOVIA-NVS-PF-AVG, Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, Jv1-D3.
revers:- No legend, wreath VOT-V-MVLT-X within ,
exergo: -/-//ASIRM, diameter: 20-21mm, weight: 4,16g, axis: 6h,
mint: Sirmium, 1st.off., date: 363-64 AD., ref: RIC-VIII-118, p-394, Scarce !
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Sirmium, RIC VIII 119, 154 Jovianus (363-364 AD.), AE-3 Follis, -/-//BSIRM, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, Scarce ! Sirmium, RIC VIII 119, 154 Jovianus (363-364 AD.), AE-3 Follis, -/-//BSIRM, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, Scarce !
avers:- DN-IOVIA-NVS-PF-AVG, Rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, Jv1-D4.
revers:- No legend, wreath VOT-V-MVLT-X within ,
exergo: -/-//BSIRM, diameter: 19,5mm, axis: 1h,
mint: Sirmium, 2nd.off., date: 363-64 AD., ref: RIC-VIII-119, p-394, Scarce !
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The Gallic Empire - 260-269AD POSTUMUS AR antoninianusobv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG (radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: SALVS PROVINCIARVM (Rhine reclining left resting on urn, right hand on forepart of a boat; horns on head.)
ref: RIC Vii 87, RSC 355, Cunetio 2372; Elmer 123
mint: Lugdunum, struck 260-261 AD
3.6gms, 21mm
Scarce
There are a number of coins that refer to Salus in the legend, meaning health or welfare as usual, but do not have an image of the goddess and use a different type entirely. On the far right is an antoninianus of Postumus from 260 CE that shows the reclining figure of a river-god, in this case representing The Rhine, with the outline of a Rhine river-boat to one side. Command of the Rhine was critical to the welfare of Postumus' breakaway Gaulish version of the Roman empire, and the legend, SALVS PROVINCIARVM, reflects that. Postumus was making clear that he had safeguarded the border of his empire along the Rhine. As usual with this issue, the coin is with a weak reverseberserker
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Thessalonica, RIC-VIII 131, 151 Vetranio (350 AD.), AE-2 Follis, -/-//--; A/B//•TSA•, CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor with two standards, Scarce! #1Thessalonica, RIC-VIII 131, 151 Vetranio (350 AD.), AE-2 Follis, -/-//--; A/B//•TSA•, CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor with two standards, Scarce! #1
avers: D N VETRAN IO P F AVG, Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM, A in the left field, B in the right field, Vetranio standing, facing, holding labarum in each hand; star above.
exergue: -/-//--; A/B//•TSA•, diameter: 23,0-24,0mm, weight: 3,76g
mint: Thessalonica, date: 350 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 131, p-414 (V2,D3,C), Scarce !
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Thessalonica, RIC-VIII 135, 151 Vetranio (350 AD.), AE-2 Follis, -/-//--; A/Δ//•TSA•, CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor with two standard, R2 !Thessalonica, RIC-VIII 135, 151 Vetranio (350 AD.), AE-2 Follis, -/-//--; A/Δ//•TSA•, CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor with two standard, R2 !
avers:- DN-VETRAN-IO-PF-AVG, Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- CONCORDIA-MILITVM, A left field, Delta right field, Vetranio standing, facing, holding labarum in each hand; star above.
exerg: -/-//--; A/Δ//•TSA•, diameter: 23.24mm, weight: 4,58g
mint: Thessalonica, date: 350 A.D., ref: RIC-135 (V2,D3,C), R2!
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Titus | Ceres * Rome - AR Denarius, 79-81 AD.
Titus | Ceres * Rome - Silver Denarius
Obv: Laureate head right: IMP TITVS CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG P M
Rev: Ceres seated left, holding poppy and corn ears in outstretched right and torch vertical in left hand, cradled in crook of her left arm: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII
Exergue: Clear
Mint: Rome
Struck: 1 July – ca. 15 July, 79 AD.
Size: 17.88 mm.
Weight: 3.45 gms.
Die axis: 180°
Condition:
Refs:*
BMC, 7
Cohen 270 -
RIC II, 8D, page 117 -
SEAR RCV I (2000), 2508, page 465
RSC, 270a - Similar, but without PP at end of reverse legend.
Rare, as an issue struck for a very brief period (see above).
Struck 55-40 days prior to the eruption of Vesuvius which destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, et al. (24 August, 79 AD.)
Status: TCJH, Private Collection.
My gratitude to Curtis Clay for his kind assistance with dating & clarifications.
Tiathena
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