Victor_Clark

some of my best finds have been on eBay...but everyone else should stop bidding there! 😁

Big-eyed with odd armor

Licinius II
A.D. 319
19mm 2.9g
LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left.
VIRTVS EXERCIT; Standard inscribed VOT/XX with captive seated on ground on either side, S-F across fields.
in ex. •TS•A•
RIC VII Thessalonica 79

Constantine I
A.D. 318
19mm 3.5gm
IMP CONSTANTI-NVS AVG; high crested helmet, cuir., spear across right shoulder, empty[?] left hand.
VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP; two Victories stg., facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar.
in ex. ASIS ✶
RIC VII Siscia 49

3 minutes ago, Curtis JJ said:

For Lugdunum they used a pair of captives seated back-to-back for a mintmark. An illustration of how captives were an ordinary and unremarkable feature of Roman life. They could be used as a minor decoration or a control symbol, no different than using a grain ear or plow or ship's prow or any other mint control symbol.

I think that the use of captives in the mintmark at this time references the military campaigns of Crispus against Germanic tribes.

A youngish Nero

Nero

A.D. 50- 54

PHRYGIA, Hierapolis

19x20mm   6.3g

Chares and Papias, magistrates

NEPΩN KAIΣAP; draped bust of Nero to right.

TI ΔIONYΣIOΣ IEPAΠO ΛITΩN; Apollo on horseback to right, with double axe over shoulder.

RPC I 2976; SNG Copenhagen 456

“The obverse is self explanatory: a youthful portrait of the emperor with some drapery, and a short inscription in Greek for the Latin form Nero Caesar. On the reverse we have the depiction of a male figure on horseback, holding a double axe over his shoulder. We know that this is a depiction of Apollo, who was the principal deity of Hierapolis, and who appears in different ways on the coinage. On this coin, we also have a personal Greek name, with two elements, Ti(berios) Dionysios , and the name of the people of the city, in the genitive plural as had always been normal on Greek coins. We know nothing about Dionysios other than his name.”

Andrew Burnett "The Augustan Revolution Seen from the Mints of the Provinces" The Journal of Roman Studies Vol. 101 (2011), p. 3

Here are two from the Mildenhall Hoard. It was discovered in 1833 and there were 1,286 coins from the 3rd century. One was a denarius of Caracalla and the rest were antoniniani from Valerian to Aurelian.

Gallienus

A.D. 267-268

Ӕ Antoninianus

19x22mm   3.2g

GALLIENVS AVG; radiate head right.

DIANAE CONS AVG; Antelope walking right.

In ex. XI[?]

RIC V Rome 181 

Gallienus

A.D. 267- 268

Ӕ Antoninianus

20x22mm     2.8g

IMP GALLIENVS AVG; radiate head right.

LIBERO P CONS AVG; panther walking left.

In ex. B

RIC V Rome 165; Göbl 713b

3 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

This type with the veiled bust and the DIVAE FAVSTIN AVG MATR CASTROR obverse inscription is not in RIC. 

 

Sorry, 😇 but this thread is for RIC VI and RIC VII 

44 minutes ago, Broucheion said:

Here is an obverse legend variation for RIC VI, Alexandria, 46b (OFF B), pp 667 for a radiate fraction of Maximianus I Herculius Augustus 

It's RIC VI Alexandria 59B with the normal obverse legend.

here is a Constantine I VLPP from Lyon

here's a Constantinopolis brockage from the Nether Compton Hoard

the lot was from Numismatik Naumann

I just picked up a group of brockages. I was most interested in the top right coin; which is a Constantine I from Siscia and should have had a VICT.LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse (cf. Siscia 84/ 95).

Severus II
A.D. 305- 306
27x31mm       10.4g
FL VAL SEVERVS NOB CAES; Laureate head right.
SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands; H in left field.
In ex. Γ       RIC VI Carthage 40a

Lot of five (5) AR Siliquae of Julian II. All coins: Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. RIC 218; RSC 163

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 425 (25 July 2018), lot 851 (part of); 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424).

Lot of five (5) AR Siliquae of Julian II. All coins: Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. RIC 218; RSC 163

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 425 (25 July 2018), lot 851 (part of); 1887 East Harptree, Somerset Hoard (IRBCH 1424).

1 hour ago, John Conduitt said:

But how can you maintain the record of say, the Rauceby Hoard, which the finders are selling on eBay (amongst other places)? eBay doesn't keep the photos posted for long, so very soon you're relying on the paper record and hearsay again.

"Please note that this hoard [Rauceby Hoard] was excavated; a full report on the excavations is held by the Historic Environment Record, Lincoln."

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/857468

Constantine I
A.D. 318- 319
19mm 3.1g
CON-STANTI-NVS AVG; cuirassed and helmeted bust left, spear pointing forward and shield on left arm.
VIRTVS AVGG; camp gate with closed doors and three turrets, across fields P-R
In ex. RP
RIC VII Rome 178

 

If you look in RIC VI at Aquileia 61b it is listed as Galerius. RIC includes spear or sceptre for obverse bust type.

according to RPC, "During the relevant period, only two issues were made, in years 96 (=AD 30/1) with the portrait of Pompey and 130(?) (+64/5) with the portrait of Nero." pg 590

there is an article on JSTOR that talks about these coins-- Festal and Dated Coins of the Roman Empire by A.A. Boyce

here's a Constantine with a hippocamp on his shield

Constantine I
A.D. 318-19
18mm 2.4gm
IMP CONSTANT-INVS AVG; high crested helmet, cuir., spear across r. shoulder, shield on left arm inscribed with hippocamp.
VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP; two Victories stg., facing one another, together holding wreath [shield] inscribed VOT PR on altar.
in ex. ΔSIS
RIC VII Siscia 56

The people of Antioch demonstrated against Julian II "shouting that his coinage had a bull and that the world was overturned." (Socrates, Hist. Eccl. 3.17)

2 minutes ago, Al Kowsky said:

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You can get an external CD drive that hooks up with a USB cable

No way this is being melted down as everyone would recognize that it was stolen. This will turn up in some drunken frat brothers house or some drunk stoners house

If you haven't seen it, this site uses RIC, Göbl and Sear numbers. 

https://bnumis.com/gallienus.net/index.html

Valens
A.D. 364- 378
Ӕ2 22mm 4.4g
D N VALEN-S P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
GLORI-A ROMA-NORVM; campgate with six rows, two turrets, no doors; S above.
In ex. SMTR
RIC IX Trier 29b

@BBA already posted an example. but here's my Domitius Domitianus

Domitius Domitianus
A.D. 295- 296
24mm 10.8g
IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS AVG; laureate head right.
GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, eagle to left; A in right.
In ex. ALE
RIC VI Alexandria 20