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Claudius As Libertas276 viewsObv.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP
Bare head left
Rev.
LIBERTAS AVGVSTA
SC
Libertas facing right holding pileusancientdave
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Augustus As Imperial Titles & SC249 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS IMP XX
Bare head left
Rev.
PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII
SC
Imperial Titles around large SCancientdave
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Probus Antoninianus Pax Siscia219 viewsObv.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG
Helmeted Bust left
Rev.
PAX AVG
XXIQ
Pax standing left, with Olive branch & Sceptreancientdave
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Titus Antioch Dupondius Caduceus & Cornucopii Head Left201 viewsObv.
T CAESAR IMP PONT
Laureate head left
Rev.
TR POT COS III CENSOR
Winged caduceus between crossed cornucopii
Ex Thomas O. Mabbott Collection (Schulman, Oct. 27-29 1969), Lot 4248ancientdave
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Caligula Sestertius Pietas-Caligula Sacrificing at Temple of Augustus193 viewsObv.
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P M TR POT
PIETAS in ex
Pietas, veiled, seated left and holding patera, elbow resting on statue
Rev.
DIVO AVG S-C
Gaius sacrificing before hexastyle temple; attendants with bull and patera at sidesancientdave
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Agrippa As Neptune189 viewsObv.
M AGRIPPA L F COS III
Head right, wearing Rostral Crown
Rev.
SC
Neptune standing facing, looking right, arms draped holding trident and dolphinancientdave
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Germanicus Dupondius186 viewsStruck by Caligula 37-41 A.D. in honor of his late father, Germanicus.
Obv: GERMANICUS CAESAR
Germanicus carrying scepter in triumphal Quadriga to right
Rev: SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM SC
Germanicus in curaiss walking left, bearing recovered military standard
The obverse of this coin likely depicts Germanicus' military triumph, an event that must have made quite an impression on young Caligula. The reverse depicts Germanicus (or a statue dedicated to him) walking left, bearing one of two standards that he recovered from Germanic tribes which were taken from General Varus in 9 A.D.
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Divus Augustus Sestertius180 viewsObv.
DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R
Statue of the deified Augusts riding left in Quadriga pulled by four elephants, who each have their own mahout
Rev.
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVI
Large SC
Struck by Tiberius 34-35 A.D. in honour of the deified Augustusancientdave
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Vespasian Sestertius Pax180 viewsObv.
IMP CAES VESPAS AVG PM TR P PP COS III
Laureate head right
Rev.
PAX AVGVSTI
SC
Pax facing left, holding grain ears and cornucopiaancientdave
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Domitian Dupondius Ceres178 viewsObv:
CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIAN COS VII
Laueate head of Domitian to right
Rev:
CERES AVGVST
S C
Ceres standing left with grain stalks and long torch ancientdave
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Vespasian Sestertius Mars176 viewsObv.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P P P COS III
Laureate head right
Rev.
SC
Mars walking right, carrying spear and trophy of armsancientdave
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Divus Augustus Dupondius Thunderbolt175 viewsObv.
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Radiate head left
Rev.
SC
Winged thunderboltancientdave
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Nero Sestertius Arch171 viewsObv.
NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P
Laureate head right, wearing aegis
Rev.
SC
Triumphal arch surmounted by statue of Nero in quadriga, Victory on left holds wreath & palm, Pax on right holds caduceus & cornucopia, wreath in archway, statue of Mars, naked and helmeted, in niche
Minted 64 A.D.
This is an extremely important architechtural type, as it is the only known representation of this triumphal arch. No traces of it have survived, and it's exact location is still up for debate. Without this coin type, it's existance would almost certainly be forgotten today.ancientdave
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Hadrian Sestertius Felicitas168 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate Bust Right
Rev.
PONT MAX TR POT COS III
SC
Felicitas standing left holding caduceus & cornucopiaancientdave
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Titus AE23 Antioch162 viewsObv.
T CAES IMP TR POT
Laureate head right
Rev.
SC
SC in Wreath
Ex-Richard McAlee Collection, The Coins of Roman Antioch Plate Coinancientdave
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Hadrian As Griffin161 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
COS III
SC
Griffin seated left, raising right forelegancientdave
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Octavian Cistophorus Pax159 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR DIVI F COS VI LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX
Laureate head right
Rev.
PAX
Pax standing left holding cadeucus, cista mystica behind, all within wreathancientdave
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Hadrian Semis Lyre157 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate and draped bust right
Rev.
COS III
SC
Lyreancientdave
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Titus Dupondius Concordia155 viewsObv.
IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS VIII
Radiate head left
Rev.
CONCORDIA AVGVST
SC
Concordia seated left, with patera & cornucopia
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Trajan Denarius Trajan's Column152 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC
Laureate and draped bust right
Rev.
PM TR P COS VI PP SPQR
Trajan's column, shown with eagles on base, and surmounted by statue of Trajan
RIC 356ancientdave
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Trajan AE21 Antioch151 viewsObv.
AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAINOC CEB TEPM
Laureate head right
Rev.
KOINON CYPIAC
Turreted bust of Tyche to rightancientdave
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Titus Antioch Dupondius Cadeucus & Cornucopii151 viewsObv.
T CAESAR IMP PONT
Laureate head right
Rev.
TR POT COS III CENSOR
Winged cadeucus between crossed cornucopiiancientdave
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Hadrian Dupondius Salus149 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Radiate heroic bust right
Rev.
PONT MAX TR POT COS II
SALVS AVG (in ex.)
SC
Minted 118 A.D., very early issueancientdave
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Vespasian Dupondius Felicitas Publica148 viewsObv.
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS VI
Radiate head right
Rev.
FELICITAS PUBLICA
SC
Felicitas standing right with cornucopia and caduecusancientdave
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Antonia Dupondius147 viewsObv.
ANTONIA AVGVSTA
Draped bust right
Rev.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
SC
Claudius togate, standing left holding simpulum
RIC 104ancientdave
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Claudius As Constantia142 viewsObv.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP
Bare head left
Rev.
CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI
SC
Constantia standing left with spear, gesturing to mouthancientdave
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Vespasian Quadrans Cornucopia & Cadeucus141 viewsObv.
IMP VESP COS VIII
Crossed Cornucopias
Rev.
PM TR P P P COS VIII S C
Winged Cadeucus
14mm 2.57gancientdave
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Hadrian Sestertius Minerva137 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right
Rev.
PM TR P COS III
SC
Minerva standing left, holding spear and dropping incense onto candelabrum, shield with serpent at side
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Hadrian Sestertius Fortuna136 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III
Laureate head right
Rev.
FORTVNA AVG
SC
Fortuna facing left, holding rudder, & cornucopiaancientdave
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Nero Sestertius Annona & Ceres136 viewsObv.
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P
Laureate head right
Rev.
ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES
SC
Annona standing right holding cornucopia. Ceres seated left holding grain & torch, modius on altar between with ships' prow in the background
Minted 67 A.D. in Lugdunumancientdave
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Caracalla Denarius Salus134 viewsObv.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT
Laureate head right
Rev.
PM TR P XV COS III P P
Salus seated on throne left, holding cornucopia and feeding snake from a pateraancientdave
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Hadrian Sestertius Fortuna Redux134 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate, draped & heroic bust right
Rev.
PONT MAX TR P COS II
SC
FORT RED (in ex.)
Minted 118 A.D.ancientdave
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Vespasian As Aequitas133 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS
Laureate head right
Rev.
AEQVITAS AVGVST
SC
Aequitas standing left with scales & staffancientdave
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Vespasian Dupondius Concordia125 viewsObv.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS (III)
Radiate head right
Rev.
CONCORDIA AVGVSTI
SC
Concordia seated on throne left with cornucopiaancientdave
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Nero As Head Left Victory 124 viewsObv:
NERO CAES AR AVG GERM IMP
Laureate head to left
Rev:
SC
Victory walking left, holding shield ancientdave
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Trajan AE30 Zeus124 viewsObv.
AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANO CEB GEPM DAK
Laureate head right
Rev.
DHMARC EX UPATO
Head of Zeus Ammon rightancientdave
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Domitian Dupondius Ceres 2124 viewsObv.
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIAN COS V
Laureate and draped bust right
Rev.
CERES AVGVST
SC
Ceres standing left with corn ears and sceptre
Minted 77-78 A.D.ancientdave
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Trajan Sestertius Trajan on Horseback Trampling Dacian124 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V P P
Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder
Rev.
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
S C in exergue
Trajan on horseback right, spearing Dacian below horse
33mm 26.25g
RIC 543ancientdave
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Trajan Sestertius Temple123 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
Laureate head right, slight drapery
Rev.
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
SC
Lofty octastyle temple containing female diety standing right on pedestal holding long scepter & cornucopiae; triangular entablature above with male figure seated facing, sacrificing over altar, flanked by smaller kneeling figures; more statues on roof
This coin is now thought to represent the Temple of Divus Plotina & Trajan in the Forum of Trajan, which is thought to have been begun by Trajan and completed by Hadrian. This temple was situated directly behind the column of Trajan, at one end of his forum.ancientdave
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Titus Denarius Venus123 viewsObv.
T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
T R POT VIII COS VII
Nude Venus seen from rear, holding a spear and helmet, resting left elbow on columnancientdave
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Domitian As Virtus123 viewsObv.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER PP
Laureate head right
Rev.
VIRTVTI AVGVSTI
SC
Virtus standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazoniumancientdave
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Trajan Denarius Dacia Capta122 viewsObv.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P
Laureate bust right, wearing aegis
Rev.
COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC
DAC CAP in ex.
Dacia in mourning seated left on pile of captured armsancientdave
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Domitian Rome-for-Antioch As SC in wreath121 viewsObv.
CAESAR DOMIT COS II
Laureate head left
Rev.
SC in wreath
23mm 6.05 gancientdave
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Nero Denarius Salus120 viewsObv.
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
SALVS
Salus seated left on throne, holding a patera
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Hadrian AE19 "Semis" Zeus Ammon120 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate Head right
Rev.
COS III
Head of Zeus Ammon rightancientdave
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Nero Sestertius Temple of Janus119 viewsObv.
NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP P P
Laureate head right
Rev.
PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT
SC
Temple of Janus with doors shut, denoting peace throughout the empireancientdave
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Galba As Libertas Publica118 viewsObv.
IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P
Laureate head right
Rev.
LIBERTAS PVBLICA
SC
Libertas standing left, holding spear and pileusancientdave
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Livia as Salus Dupondius118 viewsObv.
SALVS AVGVSTA
Bust of Livia as Salus right
Rev.
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG P M TR POT XXIIII
Large SC surrounded by Tiberius' titles
Minted by Tiberius A.D. 22-23
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Domitian Cistophoric Tetradrachm Domitia118 viewsObv.
IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII
Laureate head right
Rev.
DOMITIA AVGVSTA
Draped bust of Domitia right
Minted in Rome for circulation in Asia 82 A.D.
26mm 10.55 g
RIC II 845 RPC II 866 RSC 2
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Domitian Sestertius Victory crowning Domitian117 viewsObv.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER PP
Laureate head right
Rev.
SC
Victory with palm branch crowning Domitian, who holds spear and thunderboltancientdave
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Nero Dupondius Securitas116 viewsObv.
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P
Laureate head left, globe on point of bust
Rev.
SECVRITAS AVGVSTI
SC
Securitas seated right, resting arm against back of throne, holding sceptre; before, lighted and garlanded altar, against which lighted torch leans
Lugdunum mint, Minted 66 A.D.
RIC 519 Cohen 325 BMC 342ancientdave
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Marcus Aurelius As Minerva115 viewsObv.
AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL
Bare head left
Rev.
TR POT X COS II SC
Minerva seated right right, hand held up to her head & holding spear. ancientdave
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Trajan Denarius Hercules115 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
Laureate head right
Rev.
P M TR P COS IIII P P
Statue of Hercules wearing lion skin, holding club and apple
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Hadrian As Salus114 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
COS III
Salus standing right, cradling serpent that she feeds from a pateraancientdave
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Nero As Temple of Janus114 viewsObv:
NERO CAESAR AV G GERM IMP
Laureate head right
Rev:
PACE PR VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT
Temple of Janus with doors closedancientdave
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Nero Dupondius Victoria113 viewsObv.
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P PP
Laureate head right
Rev.
VICTORIA AVGVSTI
SC
Victory walking right, carrying plam branch and wreath
Lugdunum mintancientdave
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Vespasian Head Left Antioch SC Semis113 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR VESP AVG
Laureate head left
Rev.
SC
SC within wreath
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Hadrian Denarius Concordia 2112 viewsObv.
IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER DAC
Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Rev.
PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG P P M TR P COS P P
CONCORD in ex.
Concordia enthroned left holding patera, arm on statue of Spes, cornucopiae below
Minted in first year of the reign, 117 A.D.
19mm 3.60g
Curtis Clay says,
"The earliest issue of Hadrian's reign, notable for giving him five honorary titles of Trajan, namely Optimus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus, and Pater Patriae, all of which however disappeared from his second issue of coins.
Obviously the Senate, upon hearing of Trajan's death in Cilicia and Hadrian's accession at Antioch, voted Hadrian these titles, and the mint immediately put them on the coins, but Hadrian modestly refused the titles, causing them to disappear from the coinage. It would have taken a month or so for news of the Senatorial awards to reach Hadrian in Antioch, and then for news of Hadrian's rejection of the titles to get back to Rome."
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Hadrian Sestertius Adoptio112 viewsObv.
IMP CAES DIVI TRAIAN AVG F TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder
Rev.
DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P
S C
Trajan standing right presenting a globe to Hadrian who is standing left
1st issue 117 A.D.ancientdave
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Claudius Thracian Mint Dupondius Ceres111 viewsObv.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Bare head left
Rev.
CERES AVGVSTA
SC
This coin is part of a rare and little understood issue thought to be from a provincial mint in Thrace, which copy contemporary Roman AE issues. These Thracian issues show unusually good style, rivaling that of the official Roman mint. The Thracian Ceres dupondius of Claudius is notable for having a 12 o'clock die axis, and centration dimples which immediately show it cannot be a product of the official Roman mint. The style is typically good enough though that these issues are often mis-attributed as normal Roman issues, as was the case with my coin.
This thread from 2009 has served as the best reference for these Thracian AE coins of Claudius that I have been able to find:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=57292.0
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Hadrian As Aequitas110 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Laureate head right
Rev.
AEQVITAS AVG
SC
Aequitas standing left holding scales and spearancientdave
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Hadrian Dupondius Pietas110 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS PM TR P COS III
Radiate & draped bust right
Rev.
PIETAS AVGVSTI
SC
Pietas standing right, holding incense over lit and garlanded altar at feet to right
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Domitian Denarius Minerva106 viewsObv.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P VII
Laureate head right
Rev.
IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P PP
Minerva standing left, holding spear and thunderbolt, shield behindancientdave
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Titus Dupondius Felicitas Publica 2105 viewsObv.
T CAESAR IMP COS V
Radiate head right
Rev.
FELICITAS PVBLICA
SC
Felicitas standing left with caduceus and cornucopiaancientdave
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Domitian Denarius Galloping Horseman104 viewsObv.
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
COS V
Helmeted & bearded horseman galloping rightancientdave
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Hadrian As Tyche102 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
COS III
SC
Tyche of Antioch seated left on rock, river god swimming below ancientdave
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Trajan Deultum AE19102 viewsObv.
IMP CAE NER TRA AVG GER PM TR P COS III PP
Laureate head right
Rev.
C F P D
Ox head facing right
Curtis Clay says.................
"The one small issue of low-denomination coins under Trajan, all of 100 AD (COS III), followed by a gap until Caracalla, i.e. until 212-217 AD, is noteworthy but not really explicable.
Jurukova, in her monograph on Deultum, thinks the Trajanic issue might have commemorated "some extraordinary event in the city's political development", perhaps a grant of some priviledge by Trajan. She points out that the Trajanic coinage of Stobi, a Roman municipium in neighboring Macedonia, was also apparently confined to 100 AD, Trajan's third consulship, so maybe Stobi received a similar priviledge at the same time and commemorated it in the same way, though with a larger issue of coins in at least two denominations.
I think it quite possible that Deultum's coins of Trajan were produced by the mint of Rome or from dies cut by Roman engravers, since their style is indeed very close to that of the mint of Rome. Jurukova notes that similarity too but does not attempt to explain it. Stobi's issue of 100 AD, in contrast, is not in Rome-mint style. A study of all provincial bronze coins that seem to have been produced by the mint of Rome might throw more light on this Deultum issue."ancientdave
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Trajan AE27 Zeus 102 viewsObv.
AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANO CEB GEPM DAK
Laureate head right
Rev.
DHMARC EX UPAT €
Head of Zeus Ammon rightancientdave
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Vespasian Denarius Standing Vesta102 viewsObv.
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII
Laureate head right
Rev.
VES-TA to either side of Vesta standing left, holding simpulum & scepter
*Small scratch on reverse*
Minted 72-73 A.D.ancientdave
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Trajan Denarius Fortuna Redux101 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC
Laureate and draped bust right
Rev.
PM TR P COS VI PP SPQR
FORT RED in ex.
Fortuna seated left, holdng cornucopia and rudderancientdave
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Domitian As Minerva101 viewsObv.
CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIANVS COS VII
Laureate head right
Rev.
SC
Minerva standing left, holding thunderbolt & spear, shield at sideancientdave
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Hadrian Sestertius Liberalitas Avg III101 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.
LIBERALITAS AVG III
SC
Hadrian, togate, seated left on platform, extending right hand; an officer standing left behind him, Liberalitas standing before him holding a coin counter; a citizen standing right the the foot of the platform, holdng out a fold of his toga
33mm 24.44 g
RIC 582c
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Titus As Geni P R100 viewsObv.
IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS VIII
Laureate head left
Rev.
GENI P R
SC
Genius of the Roman People standing left, pouring offering from patera over altarancientdave
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Titus Sestertius Fortuna Reduci99 viewsObv.
T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II
Radiate head right
Rev.
FORTVNAE REDVCI
SC
Fortuna standing right with cornucopia and rudder on globeancientdave
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Hadrian "Quadrans" Modius99 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Radiate Head Right
Rev.
COS III
Modius with 6 ears of grain
Rare. RIC 700ancientdave
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Trajan Sestertius Imperator VIIII99 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev.
IMPERATOR VIIII
SC
Trajan seated right on platform placed on left, accompanied by two officers, addressing group of soldiers and cavalrymen raising arms & standards to him
RIC 658vancientdave
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Antoninus Pius As Salus98 viewsObv.
ANTONINUS AVG PIVS P P
Laureate head right
Rev.
SALUS AVG SC
Salus standing left, feeding serpent in her armsancientdave
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Vespasian As Victoria Navalis96 viewsObv.
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III
Laureate head right
Rev.
VICTORIA NAVALIS
SC
Victory standing on ships' prow, holding palm and wreathancientdave
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Vespasian Antiochia Semis96 viewsVespasian AE21, struck in or shipped to Antioch 73-74 AD
Obv:
IMP VESP AVG PM TP
Laureate head of Vespasian left
Rev:
ANTIOCHIA
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right
This is a very interesting coin, probably at least partially responsible for the reassignment of these eastern AE issues to Antioch as opposed to Commagene, where they had long thought to belong. Note the Flavian looking features on the bust of Tyche.
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Domitian Quadrans Rhino96 viewsObv.
Rhinoceros advancing left
Rev.
IMP DOMIT AVG GERM
SC
I love this issue for several reasons. First, this little coin represents the only depiction of a rhinoceros in all of Roman numismatics. This fact just intrigues me, it seems so odd that it is such a unique one off appearance. I enjoy the fact that the depiction shows two horns, confirming that it is an African Rhinoceros. This coin led me on a little journey in trying to understand why this animal was depicted, why only once, and why at that particular time. It turns out that this coin was struck to depict a specific rhinoceros, displayed in fights in the Colosseum for the first time.
Martial describes the games in which this took place in his Liber De Spectaculis. The great T.V. Buttrey wrote a fantastic article on this in which he shows that this little coin points to a different date for these games. I dare you to read this article and not want to get one of these coins!
Domitian, the Rhinoceros, and the Date of Martial's Liber' De Spectaculis by T.V. Buttrey
http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/129/1291956404.pdf
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Hadrian As Leaping Griffin96 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate & draped bust right
Rev.
COS III
SC
Griffin leaping right
24.1 mm 6.635g
RIC II 681 corr. McAlee 549 Cohen 443
Ex. Lindgren collection, Ex. Butte College Foundation
Extremely Rare
FORVM (seller) says:
"The only plate coin known to us is the McAlee coin. All the references other than McAlee refer to Cohen, and none actually hold an example of the type. We did not find any examples online. Lindgren identified this coin as a Semis. Sear lists Rome and Antioch as possible mints. McAlee identifies the type as struck in Rome for use in Syria."ancientdave
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Trajan Dupondius Cuirass95 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
Radiate head right
Rev.
S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI
SC
Facing cuirass, consisting of lorica decorated with gorgoneion & figures, lappettes, & pterygesancientdave
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Hadrian Orichalcum Quadrans Standards95 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
COS III
SC
Three military standardsancientdave
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Trajan Dupondius Pax94 viewsObv.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
Radiate head right, wearing aegis
Rev.
S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI
SC
Pax standing left, holding branch & cornucopiae, foot on Dacian captiveancientdave
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Caligula As Vesta93 viewsObv.
C CAESAR GERMANICVS PON M TR POT
Bare head left
Rev.
VESTA
SC
Vesta seated on throne left, holding spear and pouring from cadeucusancientdave
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Titus Dupondius Felicitas Publica93 viewsObv.
T CAESAR IMP COS III CENS
Radiate head right
Rev.
FELICITAS PVBLICA
SC
Felicitas standing, holding cadeucus and cornucopiaancientdave
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Hadrian Orichalcum Semis Roma93 viewsObv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
COS III
SC
Roma seated left on cuirass & shield, holding figure of Victory in handancientdave
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Vespasian Antioch Dupondius Caduceus & Cornucopii93 viewsObv.
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head right
Rev.
PON MAX TR POT P P COS V CENS
Winged caduceus between crossed cornucopiiancientdave
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Titus Dupondius Salus 92 viewsObv:
IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII
Radiate head of Titus to right
Rev:
SALVS AVG
SC
Salus seated on throne to left, holding pateraancientdave
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Claudius Sestertius Spes92 viewsObv.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Laureate head right
Rev.
SPES AVGVSTA
SC
Spes walking left, holding flower & raising hem of her skirtancientdave
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