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Flavius Iulius Constantius Reign: Constantius II; Mint: Sirmium, Pannonia secunda; Date: 355/361 AD Nominal: Siliqua; Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 4.33g Reference: RIC VIII Sirmium 66; OCRE Online: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.sir.66 Obverse: Bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right Inscription: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG Translation: Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus Translation: Our Lord Constantius, Pius Felix Augustus Reverse: Inscription in wreath; Mintmark (SIRM - Sirmium) in exergue Inscription: VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX Translation: Votis triginta, Multis quadraginta Translation: Vows for 30 years of rule; vows in the hope of 40 years

@JeandAcre and @John Conduitt always post such beautiful medieval coins. That's not my area at all (Roman coins). But they always post such great coins that every now and then I find myself bidding on one coin or another - and winning. Aethelred II (Aethelred the Unready), House of Wessex; Reign: Aethelred, Kings of All England; Moneyer: Oswulf; Mint: London; Date: 978/1016 AD; Nominal: Penny (long cross type); Material: Silver; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 1.65g; Reference: Seaby 1151; Reference: North 774; Reference: Hildebrand 288; Obverse: Draped and cuirassed bust left; Inscription: +AEDELRAED REX ANGLO; Translation: Aethelred, King of England; Reverse: Long cross voided with each limb terminating in three crescents; Inscription: +OSVLF MO LVND; Translation: Os(w)ulf, moneyor (at) London. Next: a coin from Elisabeth...

I've hunted down one or two new coins so far this weekend. I particularly like two of them. Once a typical Roma Sestertius and once a gold solidus from the Ostrogoth Athalaric. Nero, Sestertius, Roma Athalaric, Solidus, Victory

Dont worry... that happens, I often can't see the trees for the forest - and then it's always better if someone uninvolved looks, they usually find the right hit. Thanks so much! I set the OCRE Online Filter only to "As" nominal. The Dupondius example have a picture, the As not. So i dont see any picture of this Aeternitas Reverse.

Perfect timing - @Roman Collector you are the Faustina Expert - can i have 5min from you for a coin identification please. i search the half day for this coin - but i am blind - i find nothing similar. When i search for Faustina + Aeternitas + AE As i find many hits - example OCRE Online - but allways Aeternitas with a Scepter in the hand! Not like this presentation on my coin.

😂😂😂 Thats funny - same here. I got the Nero Sestertius and search for another nice coin for shipping costs - and see that Fulvia, but… So I have now only the Nero…

Ah YOU got the Fulvia 🙂 … I set a Pre-Bid, but forgot the live auction. Gratulation.

I will take the "g" from Weissenberg, so we dont have anytime "a" ... but i give you "a" again 😄 Gerasa or Jerash is located in the north of Jordan and about 40 kilometres north of Amman. The ancient city of Gerasa was part of the so-called Decapolis. The first traces of human settlement in Gerasa date back to the 6th millennium BC. Bronze Age and Iron Age traces have been preserved. The name Gerasa also comes from these times. The place probably belonged later to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The city, which was insignificant until the 1st century AD, experienced a rapid rise under Roman rule and under the Roman peace. It became part of the province of Syria and a member of the Decapolis in 64 BC and increasingly rivalled the older Petra as a trading city. Its inhabitants extracted ore from the nearby Adschlun Mountains. From the middle of the first century, this boom led to lively building activity and a rich abundance of architectural monuments that is still impressive today. In 106 AD, Gerasa became part of the new Roman province of Arabia Petraea. In the following decades, the Roman wars of expansion in the Near East led to a further increase in importance; well-developed roads were built to Pella, Philadelphia, Dion and the provincial capital Bos(t)ra. Emperor Hadrian paid a visit to the city in the winter of AD 129/130. In late antiquity, the political situation in the region changed fundamentally and the city lost importance. Nevertheless, the upper class remained prosperous. This period also saw the establishment of Christianity and the construction of many churches in the city. Gerasa had its own bishop – it is still a titular bishopric today -; Bishop Placcus (or Plancus) took part in the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD. Decapolis (“ten-city”) refers to ten ancient cities east and south of the Sea of Galilee, between Damascus in the north and Philadelphia (now Amman) in the south. These cities had been founded or recast on the Greek model after the conquest of the area by Alexander the Great and under his Seleucid successors. They were located in the region known as Koilesyria during the Diadochic period, which was long disputed between Seleucids and Ptolemies. The emergence of the Decapolis as a political-geographical unit is dated to the first century B.C. According to earlier opinion, the political changes in the course of the Roman invasion (Pompey in 64 BC) shaped this structure. According to Robert Wenning, on the other hand, in order to preserve their internal autonomy and to avoid subjugation and administration by the expansive Herodian-ruled Jewish state, these cities voluntarily subordinated themselves to the northern Roman province of Syria from 37 AD. This tactic was successful. After protracted battles between the Jewish ruling dynasty of the Herodians and the Nabataeans, the Herodians were able to occupy a territory east of the Jordan called Peraea, which stretched from the Dead Sea to the Decapolis. In the 2nd century AD, the advantages of autonomy led more and more cities in the region to declare themselves as belonging to the Decapolis. The Decapolis was thus not a foundation of Pompey, but a later consequence of his conquest of Syria and the creation of the Roman province located there. The Decapolis is mentioned in various ancient writings such as the New Testament (Mk 5:20 EU, Mk 7:31 EU, Mt 4:25 EU). The oldest enumeration is found in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder. According to this, the cities are: Damascus, Gadara (Umm Qais), Hippos (Susita), Dion, Pella, Raphana, Kanatha (El-Qanawat), Philadelphia (today Amman), Scythopolis (Bet She’an) and Gerasa (Jerash). The city of Gerasa has impressive monuments from ancient times, such as the Arch of Hadrian. The arch monument was built in the winter of 129/130 in honour of the Emperor Hadrian, who was visiting the city at the time. It was located outside ancient Gerasa. Originally, the arch was perhaps intended to serve as a new city gate, for according to an inscription, Hadrian wanted to found an entire city quarter on this site. However, this building project apparently fell victim to an economic crisis. The oval forum lies at the foot of the Temple of Jupiter. Its dimensions are 90 × 80 metres. The oval is lined with colonnades. The site was chosen strategically – it covers a natural depression. To compensate for this, the forum was built on 6 to 8 metre high foundations. The pear-shaped outline is untypical for a Roman forum, as the Romans preferred more regular shapes. According to many archaeologists, the forum is oval in order to connect the Temple of Zeus with the Roman part of the city on a north-south axis. However, the purpose of the oval marketplace remains controversial: either it was a trading place, or a sacrificial place. The Temple of Jupiter was built above the oval forum on a massive barrel vault. The entire slope was artificially shaped so that the temple of Jupiter could be built on this spot. Its site had already served as a sanctuary for various deities. Most likely, a temple of Zeus had been built on the site in Hellenistic times. One indication of this is that the Temple of Jupiter does not fit into a typical Roman city plan in terms of its location. The ruins that can still be seen today date from the 2nd century AD. The temple walls, parts of which are still standing today, are about 10 metres high. The temple building itself rested on a platform 41 metres long and 28 metres wide. Following the Syro-Nabataean style of construction, a staircase led up to the roof of the cella. Originally, the Holy of Holies was surrounded by 38 columns, three of which are still standing today. Other columns were rebuilt as part of the restoration programme of the Jordanian Department of Antiquities. The magnificent, 22-metre-wide Nymphaeum also dates from the 2nd century. Dedicated to the water nymphs, the two-storey sanctuary is one of the best-preserved buildings of ancient Gerasa. The lower floor of the nymphaeum was covered with marble. The upper one was decorated with frescoes, some of which are still recognisable. The roof construction is striking – a half-dome with a blasted gable arching over a large splendid fountain. The façade of the fountain was divided into niches containing statues. Some statues held large containers from which water poured into the basin of the magnificent fountain. A complex system of pipes brought the water from the surrounding area. The South Theatre was built around 90 to 92 AD. It had 32 rows of seats that could accommodate up to 5000 spectators. The theatre is built into the hillside to the west of the Temple of Jupiter, the upper tier was built over barrel vaults. The stage has a classical Roman design with two arched side doors and three scenery entrances. The audience was not blinded by sunlight because the theatre faced north. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the Temple of Artemis was particularly imposing with the dimensions of its enclosing wall of 160 × 120 metres and was certainly one of the most important buildings in the city. Pilgrims approached the temple via a processional road and stairs leading up from the city. Eleven of the temple’s once 32 columns remain standing, nine of which still bear their Corinthian capitals and thus tower 13 metres high. The cella itself measured 23 × 40 metres. There is no record of when the Artemis sanctuary was built. A dedicatory inscription on the western propylon on the Cardo gives the year 150 AD for its completion. In view of the enormous effort involved, the planning and the start of construction must be estimated to have been much earlier. Artemis coins on the occasion of Emperor Hadrian’s visit to Gerasa in 129/30 AD may have been minted in relation to such a building project. Several inscriptions (the oldest from the late 1st century AD) indicate that an Artemis cult site existed in Gerasa before the construction of the great sanctuary, but there is no evidence of its location. It was most likely not the site where the temple that has survived to the present day was built around the middle of the 2nd century, for there had previously been a necropolis there. An earlier cult of Artemis is attested by the minting of coins, which began in Gerasa in 67/68 AD and according to which Artemis seems to have been the most important deity in the city. Artemis-Tyche was a syncretic deity with attributes of Artemis/Diana and Tyche. The Artemis of Gerasa is probably the Greek interpretation of a Semitic goddess. As the patron goddess of Gerasa, Artemis merges with the Greek goddess of fate Tyche (often depicted with a mural crown on her head), who is explicitly worshipped elsewhere as the protector of a city. There is ample evidence that the Artemis at Gerasa was the interpretatio Graeca (Greek translation) of an older Semitic goddess, apparently the Phoenician Astarte or the Syrian Atargatis. Like Astarte, Artemis is interpreted as a moon goddess and is depicted on coins in Gerasa with the crescent moon. Thus, the martial fertility goddess Astarte could be found again in the Artemis of Gerasa via her lunar aspect. Artemis, like Astarte, combined a martial aspect and the aspect of fertility. Further indications of an imprint of the Gerasen Artemis by the Atargatis cult are the many Late Hellenistic and Imperial lion sculptures and the griffin sculpture found in Gerasa, which show companion animals of the goddess. They may have been placed in the sanctuary of Artemis. Furthermore, an imperial-period bust of a goddess carved out of a pillar or altar, growing out of a leaf goblet with an ear of grain, wearing a chiton and flanked by two lions, as well as an oil lamp type, preserved in three copies, on which Atargatis is enthroned between two animals and holds objects that cannot be determined, can be cited. As for Atargatis, there was also a water festival for Artemis in Gerasa and the water reservoir under the podium of the temple probably served cultic purposes (Information from A. Lichtenberger: Cults and Culture of the Decapolis, pp. 202 – 208). Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Reign: Marcus Aurelius Mint: Gerasa, Syria Date: 176/180 AD Nominal: Bronze Material: AE Diameter: 14mm Weight: 3.51g Reference: RPC IV.3 6611 (#8 this coin) Reference: Kindler Bostra 19 Reference: Sofaer 29 var. (same) Reference: Rosenberger 30 var. (same) Reference: Spijkerman 24 var. (obv. legend) RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6611 Rare: Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections) Obverse: Laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right Inscription: ΑV Κ ΚΟΜο Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Komodos Translation: Imperator Caesar Commodus Reverse: Draped bust of Artemis-Tyche, right; having quiver at shoulder Inscription: ΑΡΤ ΤVΧ ΓƐ Translation: Ártemis Týchē Geráza Translation: Deity Artemis-Tyche, City of Gerasa

Ipsus, renamed Iulia in the early Imperial period, was a station on an important trading route through Phrygia. The city is most famous for being the site of the Battle of Ipsus in 301BC when the Successors (Diadochoi) of Alexander the Great Seleucus Nicator and Lysimachus defeated Antigonus Monopthalmus and his son Demetrius Poliorcetes. The modern site is at Çayırbağ, formerly known as Sipsin. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Under the Magistrate Sergios Hephaistion Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period ca. 55 AD Material: AE; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 4.25g Mint: Iulia, Phrygia; Reference: RPC I. 3191 (Specimens 17, 1 in the core collections), vA Phryg. I 404–14 Obverse: Draped bust of Nero, right. The Inscription reads: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ for Neron Kaisaras (Nero Augustus). Reverse: Mên on horseback with spear, right. The Inscription reads: ΣΕΡΓΙΟΣ ΗΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ for Sergios Iphaistion Ioulieon (Magistrate Sergios Hephaistion, City of Iulia).

Link: Marcus Antonius Gordianus III with Furia Sabinia Tranquillina Under the legatus consularis Prosius Tertullianus Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 238/244 AD Material: AE; Diameter: 27.5mm; Weight: 14.18g Mint: Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior Reference: Varbanov 2038, RPC VII.2 Online 1436, AMNG 1176 Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed, bust of Gordian right vis-à-vis draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane left. The Inscription reads: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CE TPANKVΛΛEINA for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordianos Augustos Sebaste Trankuillina (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Augusta Tranquillina). Reverse: Athena standing left, holding owl and inverted spear, shield at her side; E (mark of value) to left. The Inscription reads: VΠ TEPTVΛΛIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛΙTΩN for Hypateon Tertullianou Markianopoliteon (The legate Tertullianus from Marcianopolis).

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III; Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 238/244 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 13.25g; Mint: Ococleia, Phrygia; Reference: RPC VII.1 731.1, BMC 6, SNG von Aulock 3899 var. (Obv. legend); Provenance: Ex Edward J. Waddell Collection, Ex Roma Numismatics London; Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front. The Inscription reads: AYT K M AN ΓOPAI[ANOC] for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordianos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus); Reverse: Demeter-Cybele and Zeus standing facing each other, Demeter holding sceptre and ears of corn, lion at her feet, Zeus holding eagle and sceptre; between them, lighted altar. The Inscription reads: ΟΚΟΚΛΙƐƱΝ for Okoklieon (from the People of Ococleia).

Argh - i dont see the last page - ok, a new try with Laodicea. Laodicea Combusta, later known as Claudiolaodicea, was a Hellenistic city in central Anatolia. Laodicea was one of the five cities built by Seleucus I Nicator and named after his mother Laodice. Its surname (Latin: Combusta) is derived by Strabo (from the volcanic nature of the surrounding country), but Hamilton asserts that there is not a particle of volcanic or igneous rock in the neighbourhood, and it may be added that, if such were the case, the town would rather have been called, in Greek, Laodikeia tês katakekaumenês. The most probable solution undoubtedly is that the town was at one time destroyed by fire, and that on being rebuilt it received the distinguishing surname. It was situated to the northwest of Iconium (now Konya), on the high road leading from the west coast to Melitene on the Euphrates. Some ancient authors describe it as situated in Lycaonia and others as a town of Pisidia, and Ptolemy places it in Galatia, but this discrepancy is easily explained by recollecting that the territories just mentioned were often extended or reduced in extent, so that at one time the town belonged to Lycaonia, while at another it formed part of Pisidia. Its foundation is not mentioned by any ancient writer. It was restored by Claudius and received the name Claudiolaodicea. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, as Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus; Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 69/79 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 10.42g; Mint: Laodicea Combusta, Lycaonia; Reference: RPC II. 1612 (Specimens 19, 7 in the core collections), vA Lyk. 141–50; Obverse: Laureate head of Vespasian, right. The Inscription reads: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤⲰΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ for Autokrator Kaisaras Vespasianos (Imperator Augustus Vespasianus); Reverse: Nike holding wreath and palm, standing, left. The Inscription reads: ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ ΝƐΙΚΗ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΛΑΟΔΙΚƐⲰΝ for Sebasti Neiki Klaudiolaodikeon (Augustus Victorious Claudiolaodicea). Next: Laodicea or Emessa Silver coinage...

This Tremissis is struck on a broad, slightly irregular flan with a burst extending in the form of a crack above the right shoulder (Justin I's left shoulder). The treatment of the victory is very particular; this example is close to n°677 to 684 from the Kapamadji collection, which has the legends degenerated and described as being in the name of Anastasius and in the name of Justinian. For many imitations of Roman imperial coinage, it is impossible to attribute them precisely to the Burgundians or the Visigoths. Very detailed and interesting information about barbaric tremissis in Spain and Southern France can be found here on the following website: http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan67399 COINAGE OF THE BURGUNDIANS OR VISIGOTHS Reign: Imitates a gold coin of the Byzantine Emperor Justin I Mint: barbaric tremissis in Spain or Southern France; Date: 6th century AD Nominal: Tremissis; Material: Gold; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 1.15g Reference: Tomasini 305 Reference: http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan67399 Obverse: Draped, diademed bust of Justin I on the right, a cross on the bust and a fibula on the shoulder Inscription: DN IVSTININVS P P AVG Translation: Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus Translation: Our Lord Justin, perpetual August Reverse: Stylized Victory walking right, in a line of exergue, holding a crown in her right hand; a spike of corn in the field, below the crown, and another above the wing Inscription: VICTORIA AVGVSTI CONOB Translation: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM CONOB Translation: Victory of the Augusts, Constantinopoli obryzum (Constantinople, 1/72 pound pure gold) Next: more barbaric imitations please...

Link: Ceretapa or Keretapa, also called Diocaesarea or Diocaesareia or Diokaisareia, was a Graeco-Roman town of Phrygia Pacatiana. It minted coins bearing the demonym Κερεταπεύς. The coins also show that there was near it a river or fountain Aulindenus. It was a bishopric with Silvanus representing the city at the Council of Ephesus, 431 AD. No longer the seat a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Its site is tentatively located near Kayadibi in Asiatic Turkey. Coinages from Ceretapa Diocaesarea belong to the rather rare coins. The issue of coins seems to have begun under Antoninus Pius. Then further under Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, as well as a type under Caracalla. I am not aware of any further coins under subsequent emperors. Hercules seems to have been a popular motif on the reverse, initially (under Antoninus Pius) as a pair with Zeus, then later – as here on the coin – the god-father Zeus is replaced by the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Under Caracalla, an issue with Dionysus on the reverse appeared out of sequence. Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Reign: Marcus Aurelius; Mint: Ceretapa Diocaesarea, Phrygia Date: probably 176/177 AD, otherwise 176/179 AD Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 35mm; Weight: 26.46g Reference: RPC IV.2 1836 (#6 this coin) RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1836 Rare: Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections) Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from front Inscription: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Lucios Aurelios Kommodos Translation: Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Reverse: To left, Zeus (emperor Marcus Aurelius) standing, right, wearing toga, holding scroll; to right, nude Heracles (youthful) standing, left, wearing lion-scalp, resting arm on club, holding lion skin; both clasping hands Inscription: ΚƐΡƐΤΑΠƐΩΝ ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡƐΩΝ Translation: Keretapeon Diokaisareon Translation: City of Ceretapa Diocaesarea

Bruttia Crispina Reign: Marcus Aurelius or Commodus Mint: Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia; Date: 178/182 AD Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 20.98mm; Weight: 4.00g Reference: RPC IV.2 1334 (#7 this coin) Reference: Hochard 1082 RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1334 Rare: Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections) Provenance: Concordia Numismatik Tumeltsham, Austria (Auction 4, Lot 1310) Obverse: Draped bust of Crispina, right Inscription: ΚΡΙϹΠƐΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ Translation: Krispeina Sebaste Translation: Crispina Augusta Reverse: Rivergod Hermos reclining, left, holding long reed, resting on water-urn Inscription: ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩ ϹΙΠΥΛο Translation: Magneton Sipulou Translation: City of Magnesia ad Sipylum

Link: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Reign: Pseudo-autonomous; time of Commodus Mint: Thyatira, Lydia; Date: 184/192 AD Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 14.73mm; Weight: 2.08g Reference: RPC IV.2 17366 Reference: Hochard 2672 Reference: SNG München 578 Reference: SNG Turkey İzmir 667 RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/17366 Rare: Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections) Provenance: Concordia Numismatik Tumeltsham, Austria (Auction 4, Lot 1322) Obverse: Bust of Heracles (head assimilated to portrait of bearded Commodus?) wearing lion skin around neck, right Inscription: – Translation: – Reverse: Lion advancing, right Inscription: ΘVΑΤƐΙΡΗΝΩΝ Translation: Tuateirenon Translation: City of Thyatira

Link: Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar Augusti Filius Reign: Marcus Aurelius; Mint: Antiochia ad Pisidiam, Pisidia; Date: 166/177 AD Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 17.6mm; Weight: 2.78g Reference: RPC IV.3 10413 (this coin) Reference: SNG von Aulock 4923 var. (obv. legend) RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10413 Rare: Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections) Provenance: Bucephalus Numismatic Baar, Switzerland (Auction 16, Lot 807) Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right Inscription: [LIEPCE?] COM CAES Translation: Commodus Caesar Reverse: Eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings Inscription: ANTIOCH COLON Translation: Antiochia Colonia

There are so many "Sssssssss" - so i will take the "L"... 😉 Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Reign: Commodus; Mint: Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia; Date: 184/190 AD Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 36mm; Weight: 28.15g Reference: RPC IV.2 9216 (#2 this coin) RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9216 Rare: Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections) Provenance: Savoca Numismatik Munich, Germany (Auction 166, Lot 1041) Obverse: Laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front Inscription: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Aurelios Kommodos Translation: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Reverse: To left, Zeus of Laodicea standing, right, holding long sceptre and eagle; to nude Heracles (bearded) standing, left, holding club and lion skin; both clasping hands Inscription: ΛΑΟΔΙΚƐΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΗΡΑΚΛƐΩΤΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ Translation: Laodikeon kai (H)erakleoton (H)omonia Translation: [City of] Laodicea [ad Lycum] and [City of] Heraclea [Salbace] in harmony

But that's strange that you couldn't transfer anything. A pity. If you had asked me - I could have transferred the money from Germany for you. Then you would have just sent me the money. I accept everything 😄

Greek Campania; Didrachm / Nomos of the Greek Italic Period 300/275 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 7.39g; Mint: Neapolis (Naples); Reference: HN Italy 576, Sambon 455; Provenance: Odysseus Numismatics, France; Obverse: Diademed head of female right; four dolphins around; Reverse: Man-headed bull standing right, head facing, crowned by Nike flying right above; ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ below.

Legio III Gallica was deployed by Caesar in 49 BC in the civil war and fought at Pharsalus and Munda. It later sided with Marc Antony at Actium. After his defeat, the legion was stationed in Syria. The legion was also significantly involved in another Roman civil war, the Four Emperors' War of 69 BC, and helped the Flavians to victory at the Battle of Cremona. Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony); Reign: Roman Republic, Civil War; Mint: Military mint, uncertain, possibly Patrae; Date: 32/31 BC; Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.35g; Reference: Sydenham 1217; Reference: Sear Imperators 350; Reference: Crawford RRC 544/15; Obverse: Ship, right, with sceptre tied with fillet on prow. Border of dots; Inscription: ANT AVG III VIR R P C; Translation: Antonius Augurus Triumvir Rei Publicae Constituandae; Translation: The augur Antonius, Triumvir for the restoration of the Republic; Reverse: Aquila between two standards. Border of dots; Inscription: LEG III; Translation: Legio III; Translation: Legio III Gallica. Next: a coin with a depiction that has some connection to Homer's Ilias...

Link: Diva Faustina I Senior (the Elder) under Antoninus Pius; Sestertius of the Roman Imperial period 141/146 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 32mm; Weight: 25.29g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Antoninus Pius 1146a; Provenance: Ex Peter Corcoran Collection, Ex CNG E245 (1 December 2010) 337; Obverse: Bust of Faustina I Senior, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top. The Inscription reads: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA for Diva Augusta Faustina; Reverse: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing, left, dropping incense out of right hand over lighted candelabrum-altar, left and holding box in left hand. The Inscription reads: PIETAS AVG S C for Pietas Augusta, Senatus consultum.

Tiberius Iulius Caesar under Augustus ; Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 8/10 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 23.26g; Mint: Lugdunum; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Augustus 240; Obverse: Head of Tiberius, left, bare. The Inscription reads: TI CAESAR AVGVSTI F IMPERATOR V for Tiberius Caesar Augusti Filius Imperator Quintus (Tiberius Caesar, son of Augustus, Imperator for the fifth time); Reverse: Altar of the three Gauls in Lugdunum, flanked by Victory holding wreath on column on each side, front decorated with corona civica flanked by nude male on each side. The Inscription reads: ROM ET AVG for Romae et Augusto (To Rome and the Augustus). Augustus, Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus; Dupondius of the Roman Imperial Period 9/14 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 25/27mm; Weight: 12.93g; Mint: Lugdunum; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Augustus 232; Obverse: Head of Augustus, right, laureate. The Inscription reads: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE for Caesar Augustus Divi Filius Pater Patriae (Caesar Augustus, son of the divine, father of the nation); Reverse: Altar of the three Gauls in Lugdunum, flanked by Victory holding wreath on column on each side, front decorated with corona civica flanked by nude male on each side. The Inscription reads: ROM ET AVG for Romae et Augusto (To Rome and the Augustus).

Alexander III the Great posthum; Struck under Lysimachos; Tetradrachm of the Kings of Thrace Period 288/281 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 30.5mm; Weight: 17.13g; Mint: Amphipolis, Macedonia; Reference: Müller 106; Thompson 191; Obverse: Diademed head of deified Alexander right with the horn of Ammon; Reverse: Athena Nikephoros seated left on throne, holding Nike and spear and resting left elbow on shield; in inner left field, caduceus and in outer right field, monogram. The Inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ for Basileos Lysimachou (King Lysimachos).

... i don't like ancient coins