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Denarius - 85 BC. - Mint of Rome
MN FONTEIVS C. f. - Gens Fonteia
Ob.: Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF behind, thunderbolt below, monogram below chin (ROMA or Argento Publico?)
Rev.: Infant Genius riding goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, filleted thyrsos below.
Gs. 3,6 mm. 20
Cr353/1a, Sear RCV 271.
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Denarius - 105 BC.
L. THORIVS BALBVS - Gens THORIA
Obv.: Head of Juno Sospita in goat skin. I.S.M.R. (Iunoni Sospitae Magnae Reginae)behind
Rev.:Bull charging right, T above, L THORIVS / BALBVS below.
Gs. 3,75 mm. 19,7x21,3
Craw. 316/1, Sear RCV 192Maxentius
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Denarius Serratus 64 or 62 BC. - Mint of Rome
L. ROSCIVS FABATVS - Gens Roscia
Obv.: Head of Juno Sospita in goat skin, L ROSCI below, symbol behind (Shield)
Rev.:Girl standing right feeding serpent before, symbol to left (helm), FABATI in ex.
gs. 3,9 mm. 18,2x17,4
Crawford 412/1; Sear RCV 363, Grueber I 3394.
Maxentius
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Denarius - 138 BC. - Rome mint
C. RENIVS - Gens Renia
Obv.:Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind
Rev.: Juno Caprotina in biga of goats right, C RENI below goats, ROMA in ex.
Crawf. 231/1, Sear RCV 108, Grueber I 885
Maxentius
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Denarius Serratus - 79 BC - Rome mint
Obv.: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goatskin, symbol behind (amphora with two handles and string)
Rev.:Gryphon dancing right, symbol below (ampulla), L PAPI in ex.
Gs. 3,8 mm. 18,28x19,64
Crawf. 384/1, Sear RCV 311, Grueber 2977
Maxentius
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Silver tetradrachm, Prieur 720 (1 example), SNG Paris 2331, Weber -, VF, 13.043g, 26.9mm, 180o, Aegeae mint, 132 - 133 A.D.; obverse AUTOKR KAIS TRAIA ADRIANO SEB P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse ETOUS •QOR• AIGEAIWN, eagle standing facing on harpe, wings spread, head turned right, goat in ex; rare;
Aegeae issued tetradrachms only during the reigns of Hadrian and Caracalla. The issues were probably related to visits of these emperors to the town or to its famous sanctuary of Asclepius. -- The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253 by Michel and Karin Prieur
ex FORVM
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Macedonia, Thessalonica, AE20. Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy / goat or stag standing rightLee S
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Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 5.26 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 3rd officina. 9th emission, AD 248. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Goat walking right; III. RIC IV 224 var. (goat left); RSC 72 var. (same). Toned. Good VF. Extremely rare variety, none in CoinArchives.
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Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 5.26 g, 12h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 3rd officina. 9th emission, AD 248. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Goat walking right; III. RIC IV 224; RSC 72
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Philip II, 247 - 249 AD
AE Sestertius, Rome Mint, 29mm, 12.06 grams
Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip right.
Reverse: SAECVLARES AVGG S C, Goat standing left.
RIC 264a
ex C. N. Wolfe, March 1977. paul1888
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ROME REPUBLIC Cn. Plancius. AR Denarius, 55 BC. Obv. CN. PLANCIVS AED. CVR. S.C. Head of Diana Planciana R / GOAT
Cn. Plancius, Rome, 55 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.84g, 3h). Female head (Diana Planciana?) r., wearing causia. R/ Cretan goat standing r.; bow and quiver to l. Crawford 432/1; RBW 1541; RSC Plancia 1paul1888
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PHILIP II (247-249). Antoninianus. Rome. Saecular Games/1000th Anniversary of Rome issue.
Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG.
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SAECVLARES AVGG / III.
Goat standing left.
RIC 224.paul1888
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Philip II AD 247-249. AE Sestertius Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games)/1000th Anniversary of Rome issue. Rome
IMP M IV[L PHILIPPV]S AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SAEC[VLARES] AVGG, Goat or Elk advancing left; S C in exergue.
RIC 264a.
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1.5 Julia DomnaJulia Domna
AE25 of Edessa, Macedonia.
ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟMNA CEB, draped bust right / ΕΔΕC/CΕΩΝ (below), Roma Nikephoros seated l. on cuirass, shield behind, goat to l., Tyche of Edessa behind, crowning her with wreath.
Moushmov 6261; BMC 20; Mionnet Supp. III, 443.Sosius
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7 GallienusGallienus
AE Antoninianus, "Zoo Issue"
GALLIENVS AVG IOVI CONS AVG, Radiate head right / Goat standing left. Digamma in exergue.
RIC 207, Göbl 730Sosius
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#L. Thorius Balbus. 105 BC. AR DenariusRome mint. ISMR behind, head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress / L THORIVS below, BALBVS in exergue, bull charging right.
"The obverse refers to the the cult of Juno Sospita at Lanuvium, the moneyer's birthplace. The reverse is likely a play on the moneyer's name (Taurus sounds like Thorius). Cicero described L. Thorius Balbus as a man who lived in such a manner that there was not a single pleasure, however refined or rare, that he did not enjoy. This is one of the most common republican denarii." -- Roman Silver Coins edited by David Sear and Robert Loosleyancientone
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NORTHERN GREECE, Uncertain
PB Tessera (16mm, 3.96 g)
Goat standing right
Bunch of grapes hanging from vine
Ex Classical Numismatics Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 330bArdatirion
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 26.5 mm 9.24 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R: Pan, with horns and legs of a goat, standing left, looking right, holding pedum and syrinx; left foot on panther lying on its back.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum AMNG 1933 laney
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 26.5 mm 9.24 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R: Pan, with horns and legs of a goat, standing left, looking right, holding pedum and syrinx; left foot on panther lying on its back.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum AMNG 1933laney
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(0247) PHILIP II PHILIP II
(as Augustus)
247 - 249 AD
(Struck 248 AD)
AE SESTERTIUS 18.27 g
O: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: [SAECV]LARES AVGG [SC]
GOAT STANDING L
ROME
RIC 264a (S)
Ex. HJBerklaney
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0009 - Denarius Papia 79 BCObv/Head of Juno Sospita r., wearing goatskin, symbol behind.
Rev/Gryphon dancing r., symbol below, L PAPI in ex.
Ag, 19.9mm, 3.82g
Moneyer: L. Papius.
Mint: Rome.
RRC 384/1 [dies o/r: 211/211] - Syd. 773 - Calicó 1057 - RCV 311 - RSC Papia 1 - Cohen Papia 1
ex-Numismática Saetabisdafnis
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0018 - Denarius Thoria 105 BCObv/ISMR, head of Juno Sospita r. in goat skin.
Rev/Bull charging r., C above, THORIVS below, BALBVS in ex.
Ag, 20.0mm, 3.93g
Moneyer: L. Thorius Balbus.
Mint: Gallia Cisalpina.
RRC 316/1 [dies o/r: 450/562] - Syd. 598 - BMCRR 1615 - Calicó 1300 - Cohen Thoria 1 - RCV 192 - RSC Thoria 1
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0022 - Denarius Domitian 80 ACObv/CAESAR DIVI F DOMOTIANVS COS VIII, Domitian laureate head r.
Rev/PRINCEPTS (IVV)ENTVTIS, goat standing l. in laurel-wreath.
Ag, 19.1mm, 3.30g
Mint: Rome.
RIC IIa/267 [C] - RCV 2675 - BMCRE 88 - RSC 390
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005. Mn. Fonteius, CfDenarius, ca 85-84 BC, Auxiliary Italian mint.
Obverse: MN FONTEI CF / Bust of Vejovis with hair in loose locks; thunderbolt below; AP monogram under chin.
Reverse: Winged Cupid or Genius seated on goat; caps of the Dioscuri above; thyrsus with fillet below; all within a laurel wreath.
3.89 gm., 20 mm.
Syd. #724; RSC #Fonteia 9; Sear #271.
Vejovis was an ancient deity whose early function was forgotten. At his shrine in Rome, his statue portrayed him as a young beardless youth with a goat. By the time this coin was issued, he was identified with Pluto, the god of the underworld. He was probably a god of expiation since a goat was sacrificed to him once a year. We know from other sources that this goat sacrifice was expiatory in nature.Callimachus
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02 - Gordian III Tetradrachm #2-
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Roman Empire
AR Tetradrachm of Emperor Gordian III (238 - 244 AD)
(Titles in Greek)
obv: Laureate bust right, draped and cuirassed. Seen from behind.
rev: Eagle standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak.
Beneath, crescent moon above ram running left, head reverted.
Weight: 10.9 Grams
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024b Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0267, RIC II(1962) 0049(Titus), AR-Denarius, Rome, PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, Cretan goat standing left, Scarce!, #1024b Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC 0267, RIC II(1962) 0049(Titus), AR-Denarius, Rome, PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, Cretan goat standing left, Scarce!, #1
avers:- CAESAR•DIVI-F-DOMITIANVS-COS-VII, Laureate head of Domitian right.
revers:- PRINCEPS-IVVENTVTIS, Cretan goat standing left within laurel wreath.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: mm, weight: g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, date: 80 A.D., ref: RIC 0267, RIC II(1962) 0049(Titus) p-122, RSC 390, BMC 88,
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03. Philip II as Augustus.Antoninianus, 248 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG / Radiate bust of Philip II.
Reverse: SAECVLARES AVGG / Goat (or Moose/European Elk) walking; III in exergue.
4.23 gm., 22 mm.
RIC #224; Sear #9275.
The animal on the reverse of this coin is called a goat in most coin catalogues. However, a recent theory suggests that it is a European Elk (same as the American Moose) which is depicted rather than a goat. Callimachus
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036b04. TranquillinaCius, Bithynia.
Bronze AE 23, RPC Online VII.2 1880; Rec Gén I.2 111, pl. LIII, 4; BMC Pontus p. 135, 46; SNG Cop 397; SNG Hunter 1069; SNG Verona 1352; 6.976g, 23.3mm, die axis 180o, May 241 - 25 Feb 244 A.D.; obverse CABEI TPANKYΛΛEINA, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse KIANΩN, two goats rearing facing one another, amphora between them. A FORUM coin.
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064 B.C., L. Roscius Fabatus, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 412/1, Rome, Maiden and Snake, FABATI, #1064 B.C., L. Roscius Fabatus, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 412/1, Rome, Maiden and Snake, FABATI, #1
avers: Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; L ROSC below; behind, lizard,
reverse: Maiden standing right, feeding snake holding itself erect before her, control symbol tortoise walking right on own ground line in left field, FABATI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//FABATI, diameter: 17,5-19,5 mm, weight: 3,00g, axis: 1h,
mint: Rome, date: 64 B.C., ref: Crawford 412/1,
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079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 052, Griphon leaping right, Shoe or wine-skin, L•PAPI, #1079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 052, Griphon leaping right, Shoe or wine-skin, L•PAPI, #1
avers: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under the chin. Behind the head, symbol: Goblet.
reverse: Griphon leaping right, below symbol: Shoe or wine-skin. L•PAPI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//L•PAPI, diameter: 18,5-19,5mm, weight: 3,83g, axis: 7h,
mint: Rome, date: 79 B.C.,
ref: Crawford 384/1, Symbol pair Bonnano 052, Babelon 98, Sydenham 773,
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079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 108, Griphon leaping right, square basket or suitcase, L•PAPI, #1079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 108, Griphon leaping right, square basket or suitcase, L•PAPI, #1
avers: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under the chin.Behind the head, symbol: flask or water-bottle.
reverse: Griphon leaping right, below symbol: square basket or suitcase. L•PAPI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//L•PAPI, diameter: 18,5mm, weight: 3,35g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 79 B.C.,
ref: Crawford 384/1, Symbol pair Bonnano 108, Babelon 18, Sydenham 773,
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079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 110, Griphon leaping right, water-flask, L•PAPI, #1079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 110, Griphon leaping right, water-flask, L•PAPI, #1
avers: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under the chin. Behind the head, symbol: water-flask.
reverse: Griphon leaping right, below symbol: water-flask. L•PAPI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//L•PAPI, diameter: 18,0-18,5mm, weight: 3,57g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 79 B.C.,
ref: Crawford 384/1, Symbol pair Bonnano 110, Sydenham 773, RRC 110, BMCRR 110, Babelon unlisted,
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079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 115, Griphon leaping right, Wheel, L•PAPI, #1079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 115, Griphon leaping right, Wheel, L•PAPI, #1
avers: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under the chin. Behind the head, symbol: Wheel.
reverse: Griphon leaping right, below symbol: Wheel. L•PAPI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//L•PAPI, diameter: 17,5-18,8mm, weight: 3,77g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 79 B.C.,
ref: Crawford 384/1, Symbol pair Bonnano 115, Babelon 115, Sydenham 773,
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079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 139, Griphon leaping right, Unknown with Whip, L•PAPI, #1079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 139, Griphon leaping right, Unknown with Whip, L•PAPI, #1
avers: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under the chin. Behind the head, symbol:??
reverse: Griphon leaping right, below symbol: Whip. L•PAPI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//L•PAPI, diameter: 17,0-19,5mm, weight: 3,62g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 79 B.C.,
ref: Crawford 384/1, Symbol pair Bonnano 139, RRC 139 var., Babelon 054., Sydenham 773,
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079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 212, Griphon leaping right, animal's leg with hoof or club (?), L•PAPI, #1079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 212, Griphon leaping right, animal's leg with hoof or club (?), L•PAPI, #1
avers: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under the chin. Behind the head, symbol: awl or dagger.
reverse: Griphon leaping right, below symbol: animal's leg with hoof or club or animal's leg with hoof. L•PAPI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//L•PAPI, diameter: 18,5mm, weight: 3,77g, axis: 4h,
mint: Rome, date: 79 B.C.,
ref: Crawford 384/1, Symbol pair Bonnano 212, Babelon unlisted, Sydenham 773,
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079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 229, Griphon leaping right, Shoe, L•PAPI, #1079 B.C., L. Papius, Republic AR-Denarius Serratus, Crawford 384/1., Bonnano 229, Griphon leaping right, Shoe, L•PAPI, #1
avers: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under the chin. Behind the head, symbol: Bagpipe.
reverse: Griphon leaping right, below symbol: Shoe. L•PAPI in exergue.
exergue: -/-//L•PAPI, diameter: 17,3-19,5mm, weight: 3,78g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 79 B.C.,
ref: Crawford 384/1, Symbol pair Bonnano 229, Babelon unlisted, Sydenham 773,
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085 B.C., Mn. Fonteius C.f., Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 353/1, Rome, Winged figure on goat right, #1085 B.C., Mn. Fonteius C.f., Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 353/1, Rome, Winged figure on goat right, #1
avers: Laureate head of Apollo Veiovis right, below, thunderbolt, behind, MN•FONTEI (MN ligate), before, C•F.
reverse: Winged figure on goat right; above, pilei, in ex. thyrsus; laurel wreath as a border.
exergue: -/-//thyrsus, diameter: 19,5-20,5 mm, weight: 3,99g, axis: 7h,
mint: Rome, date: 85 B.C., ref: Crawford-353/1c, Syd-724a, Fonteia 10,
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085a Valerian II. AR antoninianusobv: P LIC VALERIANVS CAES rad. drp. bust r.
rev: IOVI CRESCENTI child Jupiter riding r. on goathill132
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085b Valerian II. AR antoninianusobv: P LC VALERIANVS CAES rad. drp. bust r.
rev: IOVI CRESCENTI child Jupiter riding r. on goathill132
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 207, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//ς, IOVI CONS AVG, Goat right, #1090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 207, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//ς, IOVI CONS AVG, Goat right, #1
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: IOVI CONS AVG, Goat standing or walking right,
exergue: -/-//ς (=). (officina mark), diameter: 20,0-22,0mm, weight: 3,64g, axis: 11h,
mint: Rome, date: 260-268 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 207, p-, Göbl 731b, RSC 341, Sear(2005)Vol.III. 10236,
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 207, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//ς, IOVI CONS AVG, Goat right, #3090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 207, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//ς, IOVI CONS AVG, Goat right, #3
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: IOVI CONS AVG, Goat standing or walking right,
exergue: -/-//ς (=). (Officina mark), diameter: 18,0-20,5mm, weight: 2,56g, axis: 7h,
mint: Rome, date: 260-268 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 207, p-, Göbl 731b, RSC 341, Sear(2005)Vol.III. 10236,
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 207K, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//ς, IOVI CONS AVG, Goat right, #2090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 207K, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//ς, IOVI CONS AVG, Goat right, #2
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: IOVI CONS AVG, Goat standing or walking right,
exergue: -/-//ς (=). (officina mark), diameter: 19,0-21,0mm, weight: 3,01g, axis: 11h,
mint: Rome, date: 260-268 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 207K, p-, Göbl 731b, RSC 341, Sear(2005) Vol.III. 10235,
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092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D. Caesar), Cologne, RIC V-I 03A (Lugdunum), AR-Antoninianus, -/-//--, IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right, Scarce! #1092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D. Caesar), Cologne, RIC V-I 03A (Lugdunum), AR-Antoninianus, -/-//--, IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right, Scarce! #1
avers: VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate, draped bust right.
reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,0-23,0mm, weight: 3,50g, axis: 6h,
mint: Cologne, date: 257-258 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 03A (Lugdunum), RSC 16, Scarce!, Göbl 0907e (Cologne),
Sear 10731 (Cologne),
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092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D. Caesar), Rome, RIC V-I 013A, AR-Antoninianus, -/-//--, IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right, Scarce! #1092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D. Caesar), Rome, RIC V-I 013A, AR-Antoninianus, -/-//--, IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right, Scarce! #1
avers: P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate, draped bust right.
reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 20,5mm, weight: 3,07g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 253-255 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 13A, p-118, C 29, Scarce!, Göbl 0860b, Sear 10732,
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092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D. Caesar), Rome, RIC V-I 013A, AR-Antoninianus, -/-//--, IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right, Scarce! #2092 Valerian II. (256-258 A.D. Caesar), Rome, RIC V-I 013A, AR-Antoninianus, -/-//--, IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right, Scarce! #2
avers: P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate, draped bust right.
reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 20,0-21,0mm, weight: 3,43g, axis: 1h,
mint: Rome, date: 253-255 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 13A, p-118, C 29, Scarce!, Göbl 0860b, Sear 10732,
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105 B.C., L.Thorius Balbus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 316/1, Rome, L•THORIVS/BALBVS in two line, Bull charging right, #1105 B.C., L.Thorius Balbus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 316/1, Rome, L•THORIVS/BALBVS in two line, Bull charging right, #1
avers: ISMR abbreviated legend behind the head of Juno Sospita right, wearing a goat-skin headdress.
reverse: L•THORIVS/BALBVS in two line, Bull charging right, control letter "K" above.
exergue: -/-//L•THORIVS/BALBVS, diameter: 18,5-20,5mm, weight: 3,83g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 105 B.C., ref: Crawford 316/1, Sydenham 598, Sear 192, Thoria 1,
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107 - Gallienus - RIC 207Obv:– GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate bust right
Rev:– IOVI CONS AVG, Goat walking right
Minted in Rome (//S) . A.D. 257-259
Reference:– RIC 207maridvnvm
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1117 - L. Thorius Balbus, DenariusRome mint, 105 BC
Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing a goat's skin, ISMR behind
Bull charging right, L above (control letter), L. THORIVS BALBVS in two lines at exergue
3.93 gr
Ref : RCV # 192, RSC, Thoria # 1Potator II
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1274 - L. Procilius L.F., DenariusRome mint, 80 BC
Head of Juno Sospita right, clad in goat’s skin, S . C behind
Juno Sospita in biga right holding spear and shield. A snake below biga. [L. PROCILI. F] at exergue
19,5 mm - 3.89 gr
Ref : RCV # 307, RSC, Procilia # 2Potator II
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1794 AE Halfpenny, Norwich, Norfolk.Obverse: R • CAMPIN • HABERDASHER. Stocking and glove above crossed knife and fork; in exergue, •GOAT•LANE•/NORWICH.
Reverse: HALFPENNY. Britannia, portrayed as a helmeted, plumed and draped female figure wearing a breastplate emblazoned with the union flag, seated facing left on tea-chest; her right hand resting on a terrestrial globe and her left arm on an anchor; a crowned lion, it's head turned facing, reclining left at her feet; in exergue, 1794.
Edge: “CURRENT EVERY WHERE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦".
Diameter: 29mm
Dalton & Hamer: 21
Issued by Robert Campin, a haberdasher with a business in Goat Lane, Norwich, this token was probably manufactured by Peter Kempson in Birmingham, the dies engraved by Thomas Wyon.
*Alex
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1da Valerian II253-255
Son of Gallienus
Antoninianus
Radiate draped bust, right, VALERIANVS CEAS
IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter on goat.
RIC 13
Blindado
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2. L. Marcius Philippus (113-112 BC)Denomination: AR Denarius
Date: 113-112 BC
Obv: Head of Philip V of Macedon right, wearing diademed royal Macedonian helmet with goat horns; Roma monogram to upper left, Φ below chin.
Rev: Equestrian statue right on tablet ins-cribed L•PHILIPPVS, holding laurel branch; flower below horse; mark of value in ex.
Diameter: 19mm
Weight: 3.72 grams
Mint: Rome
Crawford 293/1
Ex: Roma Numismatics, Andrew McCabe Collection; H.D. Rauch GmbH (Dec 2012)Romancollector
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221-179 BC - Philip V - Sear 1394 - Two Goats ReverseKing: Philip V of Macedonia (r. 221-179 BC)
Date: 221-179 BC
Size: AE19
Condition: Mediocre
Obverse: Diademed head of Artemis Tauropoulos right
Reverse: AMΦIΠΩΛITΩN above and beneath two goats contending.
Amphipolis, Thrace (Macedonia)
Sear 1394; Lindgren II 934; BMC 36; SNG Cop. 62; ANS 116
4.83g; 19.9mm; 15°Pep
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22128 L. Thorius Balbus/Bull22128 L. Thorius Balbus/Bull
AR denarius, c. 105 BC,
Obv: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress;
I•S•M•R downwards behind
Rev: Bull charging right, O above, L•THORIVS below, BALBVS in exergue
Mint Rome 19.8mm 3.9g
Crawford 316/1; RSC Thoria 1.
Blayne W
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256Valerian II, caesar 256-58 AD
AR antoninianus
Gallic (Trier?) mint
Obv "VALERIANVS CAES"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "IOVI CRESCENTI"
Infant Jupiter seted on a goat right
RIC 3mauseus
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3329 CILICIA, Aegeae. Trajan 98-99 AD Ekklesia seatedReference.
RPC III, SNG Levante 1710-1, Haymann 33
Issue Year 145 (ΕΜΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ
Laureate head of Trajan, r.
Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΚΚΛΗϹΙΑ
Ekklesia seated, l., holding patera and rudder; in field, l., ΕΜΡ; in exergue, goat
23.22 gr
33.60 mm
12hokidoki
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3333 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. Tetradrachm 117-18 AD Eagle Reference
RPC III, 3333/6; Prieur 718; SNG France 2329
Issue Year 164 (ΔΞΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒ
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., with paludamentum, seen from front
Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΤΟΥС ΔΞΡ
Eagle standing three quarters l., head r., wings spread, on harpe; in exergue, goat kneeling, right
13.09 gr
26 mm
12hokidoki
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3335 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. Tridrachm 117-18 AD Amaltheia Reference.
RPC III, 3335; SNG Levante 1714 = SNG von Aulock 5450; SNG France 2328; Prieur 716
Issue Year 164 (ΔΞΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder.
Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ [ΕΤΟΥС ΔΞΡ]
Amaltheia standing facing, head r., holding cornucopia in r. hand and infant Zeus presenting her with wreath in l.; at her feet, r., goat kneeling, head turned back.
9.97 gr
23 mm
12h
Note.
CNG eAuction 375 2016 estate Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 165 (1 August 2012), no. 155; Gorny & Mosch 200 (10 October 2011), lot 2223.okidoki
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3336 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. Tridrachm 117-18 AD Athena Reference.
RPC III, 3336; SNG Levante 1715; SNG France 2327; Prieur 714
Issue Year 164 (ΔΞΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder
Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΤΟΥС ΔΞΡ
Athena standing l., holding in r. hand patera over goat, r. head turned back, l. hand resting on shield; behind, spear
8.99 gr
25 mm
12h
Note.
The kneeling goat on the coin is a play on words as the city name sounds like the Greek word for goats.okidoki
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3338 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. Tridrachm 117-18 AD Head of AlexanderReference.
RPC III, 3338/21; Prieur 715A (this coin); SNG France 2326; SNG Levante –
Issue Year 164 (ΔΞΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder.
Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΤΟΥС ΔΞΡ
Head of Alexander with taenia, r.; below, goat, l., head turned back.
10.05 gr
25 mm
12h
Note.
CNG eAuction 375 2016, estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 159 (31 May 2011), lot 136; Gorny & Mosch 156 (5 March 2007), lot 1802.okidoki
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3348 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. Tetradrachm 132-33 AD Eagle Reference.
RPC III, 3348/18; Prieur 720; SNG France 2231; SNG Levante 1718.
Issue Year 179 (ΘΟΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒ Π Π
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r.
Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΤΟΥС ΘΟΡ
Eagle standing three quarters l., head r., wings spread, on harpe; below, goat, kneeling right.
13.3 gr
31 mm
6hokidoki
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3349 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. Tetradrachm 133-34 AD Eagle Reference.
RPC III, 3349; Prieur 721; SNG France 2230-32; SNG Levante 1719.
Issue Year 180 (ΠΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΑΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ ΣΒ ΠΠ
laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of cloak on front shoulder / AIGEAIWN ETOYS .PP., eagle standing front, head right, on harpe, goat in ex..
Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΤΟΥΣ.ΠΡ
Eagle standing facing on harpe, head right; in exergue, goat kneeling right.
14.06 gr
27 mm
6hokidoki
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3352 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. 133-34 AD Sabina Reference.
for a Tetradrachm RPC III, 3352/12; Prieur 722; SNG France 2230-32; SNG Levante 1719.
Issue Year 180 (ΠΡ)
Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ Π Π
Bare head of Hadrian, l., with drapery shoulders
Rev. ΣΑΒΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑ ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΠΡ
Draped bust of Sabina wearing stephane, r.; below, goat, l., head turned back
10.14 gr
25 mm
6hokidoki
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353M N Fontei C F ; c.85 BC
AR denarius
Obv "MN FONTEI C F AP"
Laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below
Rev Cupid on goat right, pilei above, thyrsus below, all within wreath
Rome mint
Crawford 353mauseus
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51. Valerian II.Antoninianus, 256 - 258 AD, Cologne mint.
Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES / Radiate bust of Valerian II.
Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI / The infant Jupier siting on a goat.
3.16 gm., 22 mm.
RIC #3; Sear #10731.
In all of Roman coinage, this coin of Valerian II is the only coin which has this reverse legend and type.
According to legend, the infant Zeus (Jupiter, Jove) was hidden in the cave of Dicte on Crete where he was suckled by a goat. He was hidden from his father Cronus, who intended to eat him just as he had swallowed all of Zeus' other siblings, to escape the prophesy that he would be succeeded by his son. Callimachus
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5315 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 121-22 AD Dikaiosyne Reference.
Emmett 833.06; RPC III, 5315; Dattari 1357; Goats 826; Kampmann / Ganschow 32,183.
Issue L Ϛ = year 6
Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r crescent.
Rev. L Ϛ
Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae.
12.90 gr
22 mm
12hokidoki
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5701 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Dichalkon 126-27 AD Pan left holding pedum/lagobalonReference.
Emmett 1196.11; Milne 1238; Köln 972; RPC III, 5701
Issue L ΙΑ = year 11
Obv. no legend.
Laureate head right.
Rev. LI-A (Year 11)
Pan, advancing left holding pedum/lagobalon
2.03 gr
14 mm
Note.
There are two sub-varieties: Pan with pedum (e.g. BMC 700-701, 2879) and Pan of Mendes with club and pedum (BMC 702, 2878).
Half man and half goat, a spritely horned Pan holds one of his usual attributes in his upraised right hand – a throwing stick or lagobolon used for hunting rabbits, one of the god’s favorite animals. In his left hand he carries a small bag, perhaps to secure the quarry. Pan is known for his prowess in hunting smaller rather than larger game, the pursuit of which was presided over by Artemis as ultimate goddess of the hunt.okidoki
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5701 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Dichalkon 126-27 AD Pan of Mendes with club and pedum Reference.
Emmett 1196.11; RPC III, 5701; (BMC 702, 2878 Club ); Köln 973
Issue L ΙΑ = year 11
Obv. no legend.
Laureate head right.
Rev. LI-A (Year 11)
Pan of Mendes with club and pedum
2.1 gr
15 mm
12h
Note.
There are two sub-varieties: Pan with pedum (e.g. BMC 700-701, 2879) and Pan of Mendes with club and pedum (BMC 702, 2878).
Half man and half goat, a spritely horned Pan holds one of his usual attributes in his upraised right hand – a throwing stick or lagobolon used for hunting rabbits, one of the god’s favorite animals. In his left hand he carries a small bag, perhaps to secure the quarry. Pan is known for his prowess in hunting smaller rather than larger game, the pursuit of which was presided over by Artemis as ultimate goddess of the hunt.okidoki
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706a, Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D.6, Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D. AE setertius, Date: 66 AD; RIC I 516, 36.71 mm; 25.5 grams; aVF. Obverse: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT PP, Laureate bust right; Reverse: S C, ROMA, Roma seated left, exceptional portrait and full obverse legends. Ex Ancient Imports.
NERO (54-68 A.D.)
It is difficult for the modern student of history to realize just how popular Nero actually was, at least at the beginning of his reign. Rome looked upon her new Emperor with hope. He was the student of Seneca, and he had a sensitive nature. He loved art, music, literature, and theatre. He was also devoted to horses and horse racing—a devotion shared by many of his subjects. The plebs loved their new Emperor. As Professor of Classics Judith P. Hallett (University of Maryland, College Park) says, “It is not clear to me that Nero ever changed or that Nero ever grew-up, and that was both his strength and his weakness. Nero was an extraordinarily popular Emperor: he was like Elvis” (The Roman Empire in the First Century, III. Dir. Margaret Koval and Lyn Goldfarb. 2001. DVD. PBS/Warner Bros. 2003).
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families
Herbert W. Benario
Emory University
Introduction and Sources
The five Julio-Claudian emperors are very different one from the other. Augustus dominates in prestige and achievement from the enormous impact he had upon the Roman state and his long service to Rome, during which he attained unrivaled auctoritas. Tiberius was clearly the only possible successor when Augustus died in AD 14, but, upon his death twenty-three years later, the next three were a peculiar mix of viciousness, arrogance, and inexperience. Gaius, better known as Caligula, is generally styled a monster, whose brief tenure did Rome no service. His successor Claudius, his uncle, was a capable man who served Rome well, but was condemned for being subject to his wives and freedmen. The last of the dynasty, Nero, reigned more than three times as long as Gaius, and the damage for which he was responsible to the state was correspondingly greater. An emperor who is well described by statements such as these, "But above all he was carried away by a craze for popularity and he was jealous of all who in any way stirred the feeling of the mob." and "What an artist the world is losing!" and who is above all remembered for crimes against his mother and the Christians was indeed a sad falling-off from the levels of Augustus and Tiberius. Few will argue that Nero does not rank as one of the worst emperors of all.
The prime sources for Nero's life and reign are Tacitus' Annales 12-16, Suetonius' Life of Nero, and Dio Cassius' Roman History 61-63, written in the early third century. Additional valuable material comes from inscriptions, coinage, papyri, and archaeology.
Early Life
He was born on December 15, 37, at Antium, the son of Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbusand Agrippina. Domitius was a member of an ancient noble family, consul in 32; Agrippina was the daughter of the popular Germanicus, who had died in 19, and Agrippina, daughter of Agrippa, Augustus' closest associate, and Julia, the emperor's daughter, and thus in direct descent from the first princeps. When the child was born, his uncle Gaius had only recently become emperor. The relationship between mother and uncle was difficult, and Agrippina suffered occasional humiliation. But the family survived the short reign of the "crazy" emperor, and when he was assassinated, it chanced that Agrippina's uncle, Claudius, was the chosen of the praetorian guard, although there may have been a conspiracy to accomplish this.
Ahenobarbus had died in 40, so the son was now the responsibility of Agrippina alone. She lived as a private citizen for much of the decade, until the death of Messalina, the emperor's wife, in 48 made competition among several likely candidates to become the new empress inevitable. Although Roman law forbade marriage between uncle and niece, an eloquent speech in the senate by Lucius Vitellius, Claudius' closest advisor in the senatorial order, persuaded his audience that the public good required their union. The marriage took place in 49, and soon thereafter the philosopher Seneca [[PIR2 A617]] was recalled from exile to become the young Domitius' tutor, a relationship which endured for some dozen years.
His advance was thereafter rapid. He was adopted by Claudius the following year and took the name Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar or Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was preferred to Claudius' natural son, Britannicus, who was about three years younger, was betrothed to the emperor's daughter Octavia, and was, in the eyes of the people, the clear successor to the emperor. In 54, Claudius died, having eaten some poisoned mushrooms, responsibility for which was believed to be Agrippina's, and the young Nero, not yet seventeen years old, was hailed on October 13 as emperor by the praetorian guard.
The First Years of Rule
The first five years of Nero's rule are customarily called the quinquennium, a period of good government under the influence, not always coinciding, of three people, his mother, Seneca, and Sextus Afranius Burrus, the praetorian prefect. The latter two were allies in their "education" of the emperor. Seneca continued his philosophical and rhetorical training, Burrus was more involved in advising on the actualities of government. They often combined their influence against Agrippina, who, having made her son emperor, never let him forget the debt he owed his mother, until finally, and fatally, he moved against her.
Nero's betrothal to Octavia was a significant step in his ultimate accession to the throne, as it were, but she was too quiet, too shy, too modest for his taste. He was early attracted to Poppaea Sabina, the wife of Otho, and she continually goaded him to break from Octavia and to show himself an adult by opposing his mother. In his private life, Nero honed the musical and artistic tastes which were his chief interest, but, at this stage, they were kept private, at the instigation of Seneca and Burrus.
As the year 59 began, Nero had just celebrated his twenty-first birthday and now felt the need to employ the powers which he possessed as emperor as he wished, without the limits imposed by others. Poppaea's urgings had their effect, first of all, at the very onset of the year, with Nero's murder of his mother in the Bay of Naples.
Agrippina had tried desperately to retain her influence with her son, going so far as to have intercourse with him. But the break between them proved irrevocable, and Nero undertook various devices to eliminate his mother without the appearance of guilt on his part. The choice was a splendid vessel which would collapse while she was on board. As this happened, she swam ashore and, when her attendant, having cried out that she was Agrippina, was clubbed to death, Agrippina knew what was going on. She sent Nero a message that she was well; his response was to send a detachment of sailors to finish the job. When she was struck across the head, she bared her womb and said, "Strike here, Anicetus, strike here, for this bore Nero," and she was brutally murdered.
Nero was petrified with fear when he learned that the deed had been done, yet his popularity with the plebs of Rome was not impaired. This matricide, however, proved a turning point in his life and principate. It appeared that all shackles were now removed. The influence of Seneca and Burrus began to wane, and when Burrus died in 62, Seneca realized that his powers of persuasion were at an end and soon went into retirement. Britannicus had died as early as 55; now Octavia was to follow, and Nero became free to marry Poppaea. It may be that it had been Burrus rather than Agrippina who had continually urged that Nero's position depended in large part upon his marriage to Octavia. Burrus' successor as commander of the praetorian guard, although now with a colleague, was Ofonius Tigellinus, quite the opposite of Burrus in character and outlook. Tigellinus became Nero's "evil twin," urging and assisting in the performance of crimes and the satisfaction of lusts.
Administrative and Foreign Policy
With Seneca and Burrus in charge of administration at home, the first half-dozen years of Nero's principate ran smoothly. He himself devoted his attention to his artistic, literary, and physical bents, with music, poetry, and chariot racing to the fore. But his advisors were able to keep these performances and displays private, with small, select audiences on hand. Yet there was a gradual trend toward public performance, with the establishment of games. Further, he spent many nights roaming the city in disguise, with numerous companions, who terrorized the streets and attacked individuals. Those who dared to defend themselves often faced death afterward, because they had shown disrespect for the emperor. The die was being cast for the last phases of Nero's reign.
The Great Fire at Rome and The Punishment
of the Christians
The year 64 was the most significant of Nero's principate up to this point. His mother and wife were dead, as was Burrus, and Seneca, unable to maintain his influence over Nero without his colleague's support, had withdrawn into private life. The abysmal Tigellinus was now the foremost advisor of the still young emperor, a man whose origin was from the lowest levels of society and who can accurately be described as criminal in outlook and action. Yet Nero must have considered that he was happier than he had ever been in his life. Those who had constrained his enjoyment of his (seemingly) limitless power were gone, he was married to Poppaea, a woman with all advantages save for a bad character the empire was essentially at peace, and the people of Rome enjoyed a full measure of panem et circenses. But then occurred one of the greatest disasters that the city of Rome, in its long history, had ever endured.
The fire began in the southeastern angle of the Circus Maximus, spreading through the shops which clustered there, and raged for the better part of a week. There was brief success in controlling the blaze, but then it burst forth once more, so that many people claimed that the fires were deliberately set. After about a fortnight, the fire burned itself out, having consumed ten of the fourteen Augustan regions into which the city had been divided.
Nero was in Antium through much of the disaster, but his efforts at relief were substantial. Yet many believed that he had been responsible, so that he could perform his own work comparing the current fate of Rome to the downfall of Troy. All his efforts to assist the stricken city could not remove the suspicion that "the emperor had fiddled while Rome burned." He lost favor even among the plebs who had been enthusiastic supporters, particularly when his plans for the rebuilding of the city revealed that a very large part of the center was to become his new home.
As his popularity waned, Nero and Tigellinus realized that individuals were needed who could be charged with the disaster. It so happened that there was such a group ready at hand, Christians, who had made themselves unpopular because of their refusal to worship the emperor, their way of life, and their secret meetings. Further, at this time two of their most significant "teachers" were in Rome, Peter and Paul. They were ideal scapegoats, individuals whom most Romans loathed, and who had continually sung of the forthcoming end of the world.
Their destruction was planned with the utmost precision and cruelty, for the entertainment of the populace. The venue was Nero's circus near the Mons Vaticanus. Christians were exposed to wild animals and were set ablaze, smeared with pitch, to illuminate the night. The executions were so grisly that even the populace displayed sympathy for the victims. Separately, Peter was crucified upside down on the Vatican hill and Paul was beheaded along the Via Ostiensis. But Nero's attempt, and hope, to shift all suspicion of arson to others failed. His popularity even among the lower classes was irrevocably impaired.
[For a detailed and interesting discussion of Nero’s reign please see http://www.roman-emperors.org/nero.htm]
The End - Nero's Death and its Aftermath
Nero's and Tigellinus' response to the conspiracy was immediate and long-lasting. The senatorial order was decimated, as one leading member after another was put to death or compelled to commit suicide. The year 66 saw the suicides of perhaps the most distinguished victims of the "reign of terror," Caius Petronius and Thrasea Paetus. Petronius, long a favorite of Nero because of his aesthetic taste, had been an able public servant before he turned to a life of ease and indolence. He was recognized as the arbiter elegantiae of Nero's circle, and may be the author of the Satyricon. At his death, he left for Nero a document which itemized many of the latter's crimes. Thrasea, a staunch Stoic who had been for some years an outspoken opponent of Nero's policies, committed suicide in the Socratic manner. This scene is the last episode in the surviving books of Tacitus' Annals.
In the year 68, revolt began in the provinces. . . the end of Nero's reign became inevitable. Galba claimed the throne and began his march from Spain. Nero panicked and was rapidly abandoned by his supporters. He finally committed suicide with assistance, on June 9, 68, and his body was tended and buried by three women who had been close to him in his younger days, chief of whom was Acte. His death scene is marked above all by the statement, "Qualis artifex pereo," (What an artist dies in me.) Even at the end he was more concerned with his private life than with the affairs of state.
The aftermath of Nero's death was cataclysmic. Galba was the first of four emperors who revealed the new secret of empire, that an emperor could be made elsewhere than in Rome. Civil war ensued, which was only ended by the victory of the fourth claimant, Vespasian, who established the brief dynasty of the Flavians. The dynasty of the Julio-Claudians was at an end.
Nero's popularity among the lower classes remained even after his death.
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It is not excessive to say that he was one of the worst of Rome's emperors in the first two centuries and more of the empire. Whatever talents he had, whatever good he may have done, all is overwhelmed by three events, the murder of his mother, the fire at Rome, and his savage treatment of the Christians.
Precisely these qualities are the reasons that he has remained so well known and has been the subject of many writers and opera composers in modern times. These works of fiction particularly merit mention: Henryk Sienkiewicz's Quo Vadis, one of the finest works of the 1907 Nobel Laureate in Literature, and John Hersey's The Conspiracy. Nero unquestionably will always be with us.
Copyright (C) 2006, Herbert W. Benario.
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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79 BC L Papius Serrated denariusHead of Juno Sospita right clad in goat's skin control symbal behind (bakers shovel), bead and reel in border
L PAPI
Gryphon leaping right control symbol (bakers oven) below, bead and reel border
trade guild: cooks and bakers
3.75g
Rome
79 BC
Sear 311 RRC 89
ex-ANE
Plate coin 89:www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papius_db.php
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79 BC L Papius Serrated denariusHead of Juno Sospita right clad in goat's skin control symbal behind (base of column), bead and reel in border
L PAPI
Gryphon leaping right control symbol (Corinthian capital) below, bead and reel border
Trade guild: Builders
3.9g
Rome
79 BC
Sear 311 RRC 89
Ex-Calgary Coin
To see the amazing variety of control marks on this series:
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79 BC L Papius Serrated denariusHead of Juno Sospita right clad in goat's skin control symbal behind (half of fat fish), bead and reel in border
L PAPI
Gryphon leaping right control symbol (fish) below, bead and reel border
trade guild: fishmongers
3.91g
Rome
79 BC
Sear 311 RRC 39
ex-ANE
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82-06 - GALIENO (253 - 268 D.C.)Billon Antoniniano 20 mm 2.3 gr.
Anv: "GALLIENVS AVG" - Cabeza radiada viendo a derecha.
Rev: "IOVI CONS AVG" - Macho Cabrío caminando hacia la derecha. "digamma" en exergo.
Este tipo fué acuñado en 267/268 D.C. para conmemorar votos a Júpiter invocando su protección contra la revuelta de Aureolo.
Acuñada 267 - 268 D.C.
Ceca: Roma
Referencias:
Göbl #731b - RIC Vol.V Parte I #207 Pag.149 - Sear RCTV Vol.III #10235 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2965 - Cohen Vol.V #344 Pag.378 - DVM #100 Pag.245 - RSC Vol.IV #344 Pag.73mdelvalle
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82-10 - GALIENO (253 - 268 D.C.)AE Antoniniano 20 mm 3.2 gr.
Anv: "GALLIENVS AVG" - Cabeza radiada viendo a derecha.
Rev: "IOVI CONS AVG" - Macho Cabrío caminando hacia la derecha. "digamma"=6 en exergo.
Este tipo fué acuñado en 267/268 D.C. para conmemorar votos a Júpiter invocando su protección contra la revuelta de Aureolo.
Acuñada 267 - 268 D.C.
Ceca: 6to.taller de Roma
Referencias: Göbl #731b - RIC Vol.V Parte I #207 Pag.149 - Sear RCTV Vol.III #10235 Pag.292 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2965 - Cohen Vol.V #344 Pag.378 - DVM #100 Pag.245 - RSC Vol.IV #344 Pag.73 - Hunter #110mdelvalle
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84a Valerian II. AD 256 - 258Obv. P LIC VALERIANVS CAES
Radiate and draped bust of Valerian II to right, seen from behind.
Rev. IOVI CRESCENTI
The young Jupiter seated facing, head to left, on goat to right, raising his right hand in salute.
RIC 13, Cohen -, MIR 860b 3,382g , Rome - Antoninanus -
Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web-Auction 25 Lot 2466 03/14/2023Priscus
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9. Juno Sospita, goddess of LavuniumÆ Sestertius, 28,89g, Ø 31mm, 12h, minted AD 140, Rome
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III, laurate head right
Rev.: IVNONI SISPITAE around, S C in field, Juno Sospita with goat skin head dress, advancing right preceded by snake, brandishing javelin and holding shield, pinched in the middle.
RIC 608 (scarse); BMCRE 1248; Cohen 473; Foss 56
This issue is part of a series of coins struck between 140 and 144 figuring scenes from ancient Roman legends. Juno Sospita was the godess of Lanuvium, the birthplace of Pius, and one of the most ancient figures in the Roman pantheon.
Charles S
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?Obv.: male mature/young janiform head
rev.: goat walking right
Same obv. die :
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=129275
Well... Actually, it's a fake ! Too bad.
Ginolerhino
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Achaea. Arcadia, Tegea. Caracalla Æ22Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right.
Rev: TEGE ATΩN, Pan standing left, on goat legs, holding syrinx and lagobolon.
ancientone
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Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Marcus Aurelius Æ 26mm. Bellerophon. Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: CLI COR Bellerophon riding Pegasos flying right, attacking a chimaera, facing right.
BCD 706; SNG Copenhagen -.
Bellerophon in Greek mythology was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles", whose greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame.
The replacement of Bellerophon by the more familiar culture hero Perseus was a development of Classical times that was standardized during the Middle Ages and has been adopted by the European poets of the Renaissance and later.
ancientone
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Aigeira. c. 167-146 BCAR Hemidrachm, Obv: Laureate head of Zeus r. Rx: Forepart of goat r. over monograms Achaean League AX monogram with AL to left, KI to right; all within laurel wreath, tied below. Rare. Ex John Twente Animal Collection; ex Craig Whitford NBD Bank Money Museum Collection Part II, lot 87. VF/EF, 2.49g. BCD-399 (same rev. die), Agrinion-571a, Clerk-16, Benner-Aigeira-5. HJBerk BBS 159, lot 166.Dino
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Aegee Cilicia Hadrian Silver TetradrachmHadrian 117 - 128 AD
Aegee Cilicia Mint
Silver tetradrachm 13.9 gram
Obverse: Bust Right
Reverse: Eagle standing facing Head Left _25000
Aegeae
Prieur 721 Hadrian AR Tetradrachm of Cilicia, Aegeae. Year 180 = 133/134 AD. AYTOKP KAIS TRAIA ADRIANO SEB P P, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of cloak on front shoulder / AIGEAIWN ETOYS .PP., eagle standing front, head right, on harpe, goat in ex.
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/hadrian/_aegeae_AR4Drachm_Prieur_721.jpg
Antonivs Protti
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Aelius, Laodiceia ad Lycum, Zeus Aseis with goat, AE27Laodiceia ad Lycum AE27
Obv: ΛOVKIOC AIΛIOC KAICAP, bare head right;
Rev: ACЄIC ΛAOΔIKЄΩN, Zeus Aseis standing left, right hand above goat
B.M.C. 25. 311,201areich
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Aeolis, Aegae AE17. 2nd - 1st Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right [c/m eagle with spread wings in round countermark] / AIGAEWN, goat standing right. BMC 10, SNG Cop 10.
17mm, 3,8 gr.Antonivs Protti
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Aeolis, Aegae. AE13, 300-200 BC. Obv: helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev.: Forepart of goat standing right.
13mm., 2.7g.
ancientone
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Aeolis, Aegae. Apollo/goat Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: AIΓAE, head of goat right.
Æ8
3rd cent. BC ancientone
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Aeolis, Aigai Æ9Aeolis, Aigai.
4th-3rd centuries BC.
9mm., 0.99g.
Laureate head of Apollo right
Head of goat right
References:
AAEVRL
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Aeolis, Aigai, Hermes / goat, AE1212mm, 2.71g
obv: draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos
rev: AIΓAEΩN; forepart of goat right; monograms above and to right
(SNG Copenhagen 14)areich
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Aeolis, Aigai. AE10.Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: AIΓAE / Head of goat right.
3rd century BC.ancientone
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