mc9

Here is a other variant of RIC 609 :

@expat and @seth77:

Thanks for your answer, now i look in to this closer.

Were stands the letter T on the back of Salus for?

Under a loup, i see clearly a little figur from a person under the right arm of Salus.

Thanks ,

mc9

Can someone help with this coin of Claudius II ?

To the left, under Salus' right arm, is a small figure, not a snake.

Not found in RIC.

Thank you,

mc9

Two different ( ugly ) portraits from Heraclius :

dN hERACLIYS P P AVG : diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVGY S //CONOB, cross
Tremissis, Constantinopolis, A.D. 610-641, Sear 786

Here is my only Heraclius Semisses with a good portrait :

δ N ҺЄRACLIЧS P P AVG : Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVGЧ I // CONOB : Cross potent set upon globe, text around
Semissis, Constantinople, A.D.610-641, Sear 784

@Valentinian : Thank you for looking it up.

Now i know where to search.

I will take foto's like you discribed and post them.

My only Phocas coin with portrait. I think it is a overstrike. Maybe someone knows more about this ?

This is what i found so far:

δ N FOCA + PERP AV : Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in his right hand and cross in his left
Large M in center; above, ANNO; XIIII in right field
Follis,  overstrike    5.33 gr, 24.10X25.65 mm

Thanks.

My only coin from Maurice Tiberius, and my only portrait from Carthage :

Obverse illegible : diademed bust right

Palmtree, 3 points in right lower field

Bronze nummus, Carthage, A.D.582-602, Sear 572b ; 0.46 gr.

Justinius II : monogram . From who is the second monogram? There is a T and E to the right.

JUSTIN II
Large Є; K to right
Monogram nr 8
Pentanummium, Kyzikos, A.D.565-578, Sear 375

Large Є,cross to right

Monogram nr ?

Pentanummium, Theoupolis Antioch, A.D. 565-578, Sear ?

Thanks!

Two Vesta coins for Vestalia:

Caligula :

C CAESAR AVGGERMANICUS PON M TR POT : bare head left

VESTA S|C : Vesta seated left, holding patera in left hand and sceptre in right, Vesta above

A.D. 37 - 41 ,RIC I 38, Rome, 9.72 gr

Julia Titi :

IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA : Draped bust  right, hair tied in a bun at back of head

S C across field, VESTA in exergue : Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left, holding palladium and transverse sceptre

Rome, A.D. 80-81, RIC II 180, Dupondius

Justinus II :

D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVC: diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Justin right

VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM // CONOB : Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right

AV tremissis, Constantinople, AD 565-578, Sear 353

DN IVSTI - NVS PP AVG : Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre; cross above

Large K with ANNO to left ; cross above, date across field; KYZ

Æ 20 Nummi,Cyzicus, A.D.573 – 574, Sear 373

My two best Justinianus portraits :

D N IVSTINI - ANVS P P AV : Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM /. CONOB : Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globe cruciger; to right, star.
Tremissis, Constantinople, A.D. 527-565, Sear 145

What a nose! Never seeing something like this on a coin.

D N IVSTINI - ANVS PP AVG : Diademed bust right
Large M between two stars, cross above, CON in exergue
Follis, Constantinople, A.D.527-539, Sear 160

Justinus I : 3 more portraits from him :

Here he wears his first glasses :

D N IVSTINVS P P AVG : Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM // CONOB : Victory standing facing, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right
Tremissis, Constantinople, A.D. 518 - 527 , Sear 58

D N IVSTINVS P P AVG : Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Large Chi-Rho monogram between B-Є
Pentanummium, Constantinopel, AD 518-527, Sear 77

D N IVSTINVS P P AVG : Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Tyche seated left; Э to left; all within shrine
Pentanummium, Antioch, AD 518-527, Sear 111

My favorite portraits, from each metal sort 1 :

D N ANASTASIVS P P AVC : pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right
VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM // CONOB : Victory advancing to right, head to left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star in right field
Tremissis, Constantinople, A.D.491-518, Sear-8

D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
+ AROMAD ✷ MINVTA. Monogram of Theodoric.
Quarter Siliqua, Sirmium, A.D. 491-518, Cf. Demo 72

Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Monogram of Anastasius.
Æ Nummus, Constantinople, A.D.491-498, Sear 13

And the last one in the Roman forum : The others are for the Byzantine sectoin.

Gelimer : Thisone could have kind of hat on

no text on obverse : Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Gelimer monogram within wreath
Æ Nummus, Carthage, A.D530-534, BMC Vandals 4-6

Baduila :

no obverse text : Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Baduila monogram within wreath
Nummus, Rome, A.D. 541-552, MEC 1, 163

@O-Towner

As requested

I start with Athalaric :

No text obverse : Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Monogram of Athalaric within wreath..
Nummus, A.D. 526-534, Rome, Demo 176ff

Same as before, but different wildeman head and text on obverse( i don't know what )

My last post in Roman portraits :

Aelia Zenonis

A ZENONIS : Pearl-diademed and draped bust right
Monogram of Aelia Zenonis.
Nummus, Constantinopolis, A.D.476, RIC 1018

Zeno :

This time a coin with a hole in it, but i love his young looking portrait, and 2 coins with the same monogram, but the first piece has a small S at the top left, the second a D to the right of the monogram?

D N ZENO PERP AVG : pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM // CONOB : Victory advancing to front, head left, holding wreath in right hand and globus cruciger in left; star in right field
AV Tremissis, Constantinople, AD 476-491, . RIC 919

D N ZENO P F AVG : Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Monogram ( number 1 )of Zeno within wreath;
Nummus , second reign, A.D. 476-491., Cf. RIC 958 ( Thessalonica ) or RIC 964 ( Nicomedia )

D N ZENO P F AVG : Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Monogram ( number 1 )of Zeno within wreath;
Nummus , second reign, A.D. 476-491., Cf. RIC 958 ( Thessalonica ) or RIC 964 ( Nicomedia )

Here some Leo I coins, sadly all have poor obverse.

D N LEO P F AVG : Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
No tekst, Lion crouching left, head right // CON
AE4, Constantinople, A.D.457-474, RIC X 674

D N LEO : pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
No tekst, Leo standing facing, head right, holding long cross and placing left hand on head of captive // CN
AE4, Constantinople, A.D.457-474, RIC X 703

D N LEO : pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
No tekst, Greek monogram type 5(a) within wreath, //KOC
AE4, Constantinople, A.D.457-474, RIC X 720

D N LEOS P F AVG : Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
No tekst, Latin monogram type 2 within wreath.
Æ4, Constantinople, A.D.457-474, RIC 688

Macrianus:

another poor quality coin, but my best portrait :

D N MARCIANVS P F AVG : diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Monogram of Marcianus;  in exerque CON
AE4, Constantinopolis, A.D.455 - 457, RIC X 542 monogram type ( 5,2 )

@Severus Alexander

The low silver present on the surface is intended for the Arcadius coin.

Without seeing the coin in hand I don't think a decent conclusion can be made about it from a foto or on a distance, so to avoid further speculation I have removed my content from the Valerian II piece and my additional replies

leaving this discussion.

Thanks anyway.

Gave flowers to my wife this morning for our wedding anniversary ( XXXVIIII years ), she fell out of the sky, that is May 25th! Sorry, wrong date.

Then realized that I posted the content for May 24 yesterday.

SORRY!  SORRY!!   SORRY!!!

Confuse.com

My favorite portraits from Theodosius II :

D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG : pearl - diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
CONCO - RDIA AVG // CON : Victory advancing facing, holding wreath in each hand.
Ae4, Constantinopel, (A.D.425-435), RIC 434 var. ( conco – rdia avg ); Weight: 0.55 g. Diameter: 10.45 mm

D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG : pearl – diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Monogram within wreath // CON : monogram type 3
AE 4, Constantinople, A.D. 445 – 450, RIC 463

@Irbguy :

Thank you for reading, you are right.

The material type for Arcadius has also been adjusted ( I did not payed attention to that ).  We are all here to learn.

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The Arcadius coin has a very low amount of silver present.