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Hi all, yes, this question is a bit of a clickbait and possibly unanswerable, but hopefully with your combined knowledge there can be shed some light on it? Here, I saw this sentence that got me questioning: So: 1. What could these ceremonial purposes be (and is this correct)? 2. What denarius types exactly from which emperors and what mint places are we talking about? 3. And is there a denarius type (from the tetrarchy) that can be seen as the latest denarius minted? Perhaps this is old news for some of you and possibly there are publications about this. But if so, please share and many thanks!

PS: forgot to share this photo from the museum!

Interesting topic, thanks all! If someone know about more publications, please share.

😅 I know the feeling! Great learning opportunity..

Thank you all for your kind words and beautiful coins! Below a coin from my collection. Constantine I, 307/310-337. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.61 g, 1 h), Treveri, 2nd officina (B), 317. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantine I to right. Rev. SOLI INVICTO COMITI / T-F/BTR Sol standing facing, head left, raising hand and holding globe in left. RIC VII Trier 132 (var.) (p. 178).

Me in my element inside the vault exposition room in the museum plus Trier has much more to offer, we have a great time!

Oh, there is so much to see, just incredible! Hope you like the photos. 👍🏻

More will follow!

That's indeed on the planning today, thanks!

I agree! Thanks for sharing this beautiful coin

I don't know, I imagine below the hotel!

A bit of topic, but my wife and I just arrived at the Ibis hotel at Trier for the weekend! I like they've got coin pictures on the wall..!

Hi Jon, I do not, but it would be great to collect somewhere relevant publications per coin type. This should be possible, when making reference descriptions per medieval coin type with description and (with links to online available) used sources. For only the medieval coins from The Netherlands this would be a major task, with thousands of coin descriptions. But, I hope, in future this will be done in cooperation with many people and perhaps with EU-funding. For now, this might be of some help: https://web.archive.org/web/20210504024150/https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/subjects/later-medieval-modern-coins.

Hi all, just encountered this great overview of open access numismatic publications: https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2010/10/open-access-ancient-numismatics.html. However, it seems a bit outdated. Does anyone know of any updates and/or other overviews?

Interesting..! https://greekreporter.com/2024/01/29/greek-city-rome-before-romans/

Arent Pol from The Netherlands (university of Leiden) is working on a book for several decades now. He has (I've heard) a database of c. 15.000 coins from this era. I realy hope he can finish his life's work real soon...

Between numismatics, there is no overall consensus, when a coin is a type, subtype or variant. I'd say your coin qualifies as a (text)variant. 👍🏻

These are typical symbols for a solar eclipse. You can check this on the NASA website. Earlier I wrote an article about this, see here. Although in Dutch, you'll get the idea.

I like the details, like the statues(?) in the middle.

Wow: Set of Colosseum Sestertii by Titus and Domitian. ; Set of Colosseum Sestertii by Titus and Domitian; Two coins in lot. [source] Coin #1: Titus; 79-81 AD, Rome, c. 80-81 AD, Sestertius, 27.99g. BM-190 pl. 50.2 (same rev. die), Paris-189 pl. LXXXI (same dies), RIC-184 (R2), Cohen-400 (80 Fr.). Obv: Colosseum seen from front and above between obelisk on base (Meta Sudans) and porticoed building of two stories (Baths of Titus), without legend; Rx: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII S - C Titus seated l. holding branch and roll on curule chair set on globe among arms. Ex Gemini XIII, 6 April 2017, lot 162. From a British collection, acquired in 1978 by Paul Munro Walker, Bournmouth. See N.T. Elkins, The Flavian Colosseum Sestertii, Numismatic Chronicle 166, 2006, p. 216, 6, pl. 31 (our dies). To demonstrate the popular nature of Vepasian's rule, the Colosseum was built on the site of Nero's demolished Golden Palace. The reverse type of Titus seated as master of the world (his curule chair set on globe), bringing peace (olive branch) by means of victory over enemies (captured arms), fits well with the recently discovered dedicatory inscription of the Colosseum, stating that the emperors constructed it "from booty" (ex manubis), doubtless chiefly the booty of the Jewish War. Coin #2: Domitian, Divus Titus; 81-96 AD, Rome, 81 AD, Sestertius, 25.02g. C-399 (80 Fr.), BMC Titus-191 note, RIC-131 (R), pl. 137 (same dies). Obv: No legend. The Flavian amphitheater filled with spectators, seen partly from above; Meta Sudans to l., two-storied porticus of the Baths of Titus to r. Rx: DIVO AVG T DIVI VESP F VESPASIAN Togate Titus seated l. on curule chair, holding branch and roll, and placing his feet on a captured cuirass; the curule chair rests on a globe, and other captured shields, spears, and a helmet are scattered before, below, and behind the emperor; S C in exergue. Titus himself struck the first Colosseum sestertii, but their production was then briefly continued by Domitian for Divus Titus, using one of the same Colosseum obverse dies that Titus had already used, coupled with two new reverse dies naming Divus Titus. Elkins knew just ten specimens of this Colosseum sestertius struck by Domitian for Divus Titus.To the best of our knowledge, a pair of Colosseum sestertii of this original period has never been offered together. The only other Colosseum coins issued are an exceptionally rare aureus and sestertius issued by Severus Alexander in 223, to commemorate the re-opening of the Colosseum after it had been struck by lightning in about 218, under the reign of Macrinus. These coins were struck 142 years after the coin of Domitian. Further study in the British Royal Numismatic Chronicle of 2006, in an article by Nathan T Elkins, "The Flavian Colosseum Sestertii: Currency or Largess?" shows that our Titus Colosseum is Elkins 7, of which 11 examples are recorded. But in total, there are about 40 examples from all recorded dies. Of Domitian colosseums, there are 10 recorded by Elkins. Our die is Elkins 9, of which there are six recorded, giving us a total of 10 by both dies, with our coin being the eleventh. Our coin is certainly unrecorded, as when we obtained it, it was in a slab from a far-less-used slabbing company, identified as Titus, and listed as corroded. In fact, our coin was not truly corroded at all, but rather heavily encrusted, and when it was artfully cleaned, it revealed the legend "DIVUS TITUS", which made it the excessively rare issue of Domitian. These coins are expected to feature in multiple upcoming publications; our Titus Colosseum is anticipated to replace #625B in David Hendin's "Guide to Biblical Coins" after the current 6th edition sells out. In this edition of David Hendin's Book, he lists the Domitian issue of the Colosseum, #626, as "RRR", the highest level of rarity. Even though this coin is listed in his book, it is not illustrated. Additionally, Whitman has hired Harlan J Berk to re-write Zander Klawans's book on Greek and Roman coins; in that book, this coin will certainly be illustrated. This pair of Colosseum Sestertii is being offered only as a pair at this FIXED PRICE of $325,000. . Coin #1: VF Coin #2: Some isolated corrosion, otherwise EF / VF Estimate: 325000 USD

Well..., Surely you know this coin: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-6068 ('In 44 BC, following the death of Julius Caesar, a comet appeared in the heavens over Rome and was accepted to be a manifestation of the divine soul of Julius Caesar. It was thought to herald a new age of peace and prosperity. Augustus used this event to emphasize his familial association with the deified Julius.') Of course not all stars on coins relates to comets, meteorites and solar eclipses. But..., many do. Read this book and you'll look and think different at/about coins with stars: https://www.amazon.com/Astronomical-Symbols-Ancient-Medieval-Coins/dp/0786469153

Ahh, just ordered the book with discount! Delivery cost is high, but still is a good deal. See: RIC V.4 - The Gallic Empire (AD 260-274) Order now with Leu's discount code 'LEU' and save 20% –– 2023 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first volume of the Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC) series by Harold Mattingly and Edward Allan Sydenham, the standard reference work for coins issued by the Roman emperors. Originally conceived as a ten-volume series, the final volume of RIC was published in 1994. By this point, many of the earlier volumes were already outdated, which is why they are since gradually revised. An updated RIC I (Augustus to Vitellius) appeared in 1984, RIC II (Vespasian-Hadrian) was split into three parts, two of which were published in 2007 (Vespasian-Domitian) and 2019 (Hadrian), respectively, while the volume dedicated to Nerva and Trajan is still in the making. Perhaps the most outdated of the original RIC volumes now is RIC V, which is dedicated to the coinage of the barracks emperors from Valerian I. to Florian (RIC V.1, published in 1927) and Probus to Maximian (RIC V.2, published in 1933), respectively. In the nine decades since the publication of RIC V.2 in 1933, new discoveries and research have greatly expanded our knowledge about the coinage of this turbulent yet crucial period of Roman history. We are thus very excited that our friend Dr. Jerome Mairat has just published RIC V.4: The Gallic Empire (AD 260-274) to coincide with RIC’s 100th anniversary.

Yes, I agree it's not from a Carolingian mint. But I do think it's related (inspired by) and from the same time. So possibly from an unknown (illegal?) mint. It would be nice to see if there exist other examples from the same time that might be related/inspired as well.

Here another early example with little cross and dots: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces345339.html And here with a longer and thinner cross like on your coin: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces345772.html.

Great and interesting coin! It looks like it's a coin that's inspired by the early Carolingian coins, like this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces115063.html and this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces346012.html (and check here for more: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/carolingian_empire-1.html). Possibly it's an 8-century coin. Did you check Simon Coupland? Maybe he encountered this coin type before or knows more about Carolingian-inspired coins.