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Nice coins. All these tetradrachms are typically in such a good condition that they are unlikely to have been circulated a long time. I can add Price 466 Philippus II. Syria, Antiochia Billon tetradrachm Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC YΠATO Δ. Eagle standing head left, holding wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA SC Ref.: McAlee 1045, Prieur 466 Billon, 11.79g, 25.9mm

Commodus Rome, 188 CE, Denarius Obv.: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, Head laureate right Rev: P M TR P - XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Salus seated left, extending patera to snake rising from altar. AR, 2.85g, 17.6mm Ref.: RIC 169, C-544, BMC-250 Next: Commodus

Link: Constantin Constantinus I. (306-337) Obv: : IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right -Rev: SOLI INV- I -CTO COMITI, Sol, chlamys hanging behind, standing left, raising right hand and holding up globe in left hand- AE, 3.27g, 19.6mm Ref.: VI Rome 323a, p.388

Vespasian Denar, year 73 Obv.: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS, Head of Vespasian, laureate, right Rev.: PONTIF MAXIM, Vespasian, togate, seated right on curule chair, feet on stool, holding vertical sceptre in right hand and branch in left Ref.: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 546 Next: PONTIF... MAX...

Time for a Julian II without bull 😁 Julian II "the Apostate" February 360 - 26 June 363 Siscia mint, Obv: D N IVLIAN-VS NOB C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier with shield on his left arm spearing a fallen horseman wearing a pointed cap, M in left field, ΔSIS in exergue AE, 2.02g, 17.04 mm Ref.: RIC p.377, VIII 378

RPC 11683 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11683 It worries me that the two RPC specimens and the piece shown here have the same decentering and the same cracks at 10:30h and 01:00h. I only know this from casts.

Commodus Tetradrachm Commodus Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: M A KOM ANTω CЄB ЄYCЄB, laureate head right Rev.: Bust of Selene left within crescent; LΛ (date) to right, LΛ= year 30 = AD 189/190 Billon, 11.19g, 23mm Ref.: Geißen 2252, Dattari 3889 Next: Selene

Link: Seleukid SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos II Kallinikos (246-225 BC) Magnesia on the Maeander Obv.: Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind neck. Rev.: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo standing left, holding arrow and grounded bow; monogram to outer left and right; all within meander border. AE, 17mm, 5.14g Ref.: SC 670a; HGC 9, 347.

Nice coins. I also only have provincial examples Domitia Ionia, Ephesus Cistophorus (AD 82-96). Obv.: DOMITIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right. Rev.: VENVS AVG, Venus standing right, back facing, leaning upon column to left, holding helmet and sceptre. Ag, 10.39g, 26mm Ref.: RIC² 847 (Domitian); RPC II 870. Domitia Lydia, Philadelphia Obv.: ΔOMITIA AYΓΟΥCΤΑ Draped bust right Rev.: EΠΙ ΛΑΓΕT ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωN, Bunch of grapes AE, 3.14g, 15.1mm Ref.: SNG München 1336

Magnentius Centenionalis Obv.: D N MAGNENTIVS PF AVG, draped and cuirassed bust right. A behind Rev.: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Magnentius on horseback right, thrusting spear at man kneeling; TRS crescent. RIC 271, Bastien 32

Link: Livia Livia, wife of Augustus Cilicia, Augusta Æ 18mm Dated year 6 (AD 26/27) Obv.: IOYΛIΛ [CE]BACTH , Draped bust right Rev.: [E]TOYC ς AYΓOY CTANWN, Tyche seated right on rock, holding grain ear, river god Saros at feet. AE, 18mm, 4.36 g Ref.: SNG Levante 1241 (this coin), RPC I 4009 (this coin)

Obv.: OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent. Rev.: SAECVLARES AVGG / IIII, Hippopotamus advancing right From the issue celebrating the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome. Ag, 4.17g, 23mm Ref.: RIC 116b, RSC 63, RCV 9160 Ex collection of Dr. Robert Friedinger-Pranter Next: Another creature whose name begins with hippo

A worn, smooth Sestertius of Faustina II. I don't know why, but I like these smooth coins that have probably been in circulation for 100 years or more. Faustina II Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, Bust of Faustina II, draped, hair elaborately waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head. Reverse: AETERNITAS S C, Aeternitas, veiled, draped, standing left, holding globe surmounted by phoenix in extended right hand and leaning left arm on column. AE, 29mm, 20.46g Ref.: RIC 1693

Link: Ceres Faustina Senior Denarius after 141 Obv.: DIVA FAVSTINA, bust right Rev.: AVGVSTA, Ceres standing left, raising hand and holding torch Ag, 3.43g, 17.4mm Ref.: RIC 361a [C], CRE 83 [S]

Nov. 22 - still Constantius II CONSTANTIUS II. Reduced Siliqua, Arles Obv.: DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust Rev.: VOTIS/XXX/MVLTIS/XXXX within wreath, PCON Ag, 17mm, 2.1 g Ref.: RIC VIII, 207

Here are three portraits: P. Clodius M. f. Turrinus AR Denarius, 42 BC, Rome Obv.: Laureate bust of Apollo right; lyre behind Rev.: P•CLODIVS right; M•F• left, Diana standing facing, with bow and quiver over shoulder, holding lighted torch in each hand; AR, 3,78 g, 20 mm. Ref.: Sydenham 1117, Crawford 494/23, Babelon Clodia 14 Old collection label Antandros Asia Minor, Troas Ae10, 350-250 BC Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right Rev.: ANTAN , Head of a roaring lion right, grapes above A AE, 0.99g, 9.60mm Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 218 var. (no grapes), BMC Troas pg. 34, 8 Mysia, Pergamon AR Diobol (ca. 450 BC). Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev.: ΠΕΡΓ, Bearded head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara, within incuse square. Ag, 1.66g, 12mm Ref.: BMC Myisa 1 var., SNG France 1546-8, SNG von Aulock 1347

I like this unusual Nero: Nero Lydia, Thyateira AE 17 Obv.: NEPΩN KΛAVΔIOC KAICAP CEBA, Draped bust right. Rev.: ΘYATEIPHNΩN, Double axe. AE, 3.38g, 17mm Ref.: RPC 2382

I have to disagree. These are all important and significant differences. Here are two more of these earth-shattering differences: 1: Faustina II (RIC 698); indusium (a silk chemise) visible and not visible. 2: Faustina II (RIC 677) with one or two strands of braided hair:

Yes, but during the chinese Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279) large amounts of chinese coins were importet again.

Nice coin ! Here is a Hera mentioning her name: Nero Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: NEΡΩ KΛAΥ KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEΡ AΥ LIΔ, radiate bust left wearing aegis; L IΔ below year 14 (67/68) Rev.: HΡA AΡΓEIA, veiled bust of Hera Argeia right, wearing stephane, star in front Billon, 12.21g, 23x23.5mm Ref.: Milne 297, Curtis 126, RPC I 5315, BMC Alexandria 133, Geissen 200 Ex Chimpery Agencies (Aug. 1979)

Thereare some examples with head of Apollo left and vertical thunderbolt below the horse on acsearch: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2063686

Price 413 or 413 (var) Π Μ Υ monogram but with a crescent not with a dot https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.413 CNG gives the same references for dot and crescent dot: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3293719 crescent https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3315624

Two chinese coins with blue Azurite patina: Ant Nose Money Chu (440-220 BCE) Av: "Geistergesicht", die Bedeutung des Schriftzeichens ist unklar AE, 0.88g, 14.4x9.1mm Ref.: Hartill 1.4var., FD4var. Yuan Dynasty Shun Di 順帝 (Ukhaatu Khan) Obv: Zhi Zheng Tong Bao 至 正 通 寶 Rev: Rhe for 2 oben, 二 er below Valuet: 2 year 1350 AE, 5.75g, 27.4mm Ref.: Hartill 19.108, FD1800, S1109

Link: grain ears Faustina Junior Thrace, Philippopolis Obv: ΦΑΥCTEINA CEBACTH, Draped bust right. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙTΩΝ, Demeter standing left, holding two grain ears and long torch. AE, 12.93g, 25.6mm Ref.: Mouchmov, Philip. 133, 139-40 and 142 Ex Pecunem 33, Lot 292

Octavian Ionia, Ephesus Cistophorus (ca. 28 BC). Obv.: IMP CAESAR DIVI F COS VI LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX, Laureate head right. Rev.: PAX, Pax standing left, holding caduceus; to right, serpent rising left from altar; all within wreath. Ag, 11.51g, 26mm Ref.: RIC² 476, RPC I 2203, CRI 433. Next: Pax standing