Postvmvs

Link: barbarous Postumus 260-269AD Antoninianus IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG HERC PACIFERO Hercules, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand club and lion's skin in left hand

Of the several Carthaginian coins I have, this is the most interesting: On the obverse is the top of Tanit's head in the lower left, and another image of the Tanit's neck at 12 o'clock. This has implications on how the Carthaginians were striking coins. The lack of depressions around the strike indicates this all happened through only one striking, on an obverse die with at least two complete obverse images! The obverse die must've been the fixed/bottom die. Perhaps they alternated striking while a second worked placed the next blank on the other image.

Very interesting countermark. Do you know which letters are in the monogram?

Link: Hercules Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor, 260-269. Antoninianus (Billon, 21 mm, 3.45 g, 12 h), Cologne, 267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right. Rev. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI Hercules standing right, resting his right hand on hip and leaning left on club set on rock; lion skin draped over club. AGK -. Cunetio 2443. Elmer 390. RIC -. Very rare. Slightly rough and struck from a somewhat worn obverse die, otherwise, good very fine.

Many thanks Rasiel, this is a great resource! Do you have the post-2020 eBay information saved but not uploaded, or did you stop scraping in 2020?

Magnus Maximus AE4 383-388AD DN MAG MAXIMVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust r. rev., SPES ROMANORVM, campgate, star above Based on my notes a $2 pick bin find years ago. Next: a Byzantine bronze from an Italian mint

This coin is the weakest strike I have, although admittedly more than just a weak strike is going on... Victorinus Obverse: obliterated Reverse: INVICTVS, Sol radiate running left, nude, mantle floating over left shoulder, raising right hand and holding whip with left Next: another ancient error

Augustus (27 BC - AD 14) AE quadrans Obverse: LAMIA SILIVS ANNIVS, round simpulum and lituus Reverse: III VIR A A A F F, around S C Next: semis

Panormos, Sicily AE as Aucilius, Quaestor ca. 120BC Obverse: Janus Reverse: MAN (ligate) / ACIL / Q within wreath Next: another Janus

Pointy hat Sicily, Syracuse under Roman rule after 212BC Obverse: Apollo Reverse: ΣYPA / KOΣIΩN apex hat

Victorinus Æ Antoninianus. Colonia Agrippinensis, AD 270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing to left, sacrificing over altar Next: another Spes

The latest empress I have is Aelia Eudoxia, wife of Arcadius, 395-404. Obverse: (AEL EVDO) XIA AVG Reverse: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on a low column a shield inscribed with christogram Not sure if she qualifies as "late empire" or not... Coin has some good details, but unfortunately missing a good chunk and the mint mark is mostly off the flan. Based on my notes, I got it at a local coin show 25 years ago for 5 USD. Next: your best Spes

I am a sucker for imitative coins, so the only Tribute Pennies I have a fourrees:

Sicily, Syracuse under Roman rule after 212BC Obverse: Apollo Reverse: ΣYPA / KOΣIΩN apex hat From Wikipedia : The apex (plural: apices) was a cap worn by certain priests (the flamines and Salii) in ancient Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive-wood called diminutively an apicula, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool. This was worn on the top of the head, and was held there either by fillets only, or, as was more commonly the case, was also fastened by means of two strings or bands,[1][need quotation to verify] or offendices,[2] though the latter word is also interpreted to mean a kind of button, by which the strings were fastened under the chin.[3] The flamines were forbidden by law to go into public - or even into the open air - without the apex,[4] and hence we find the expression of alicui apicem dialem imponere used as equivalent to the appointment of a Flamen Dialis.[5] Sulpicius was deprived of the priesthood, only because the apex fell from his head whilst he was sacrificing.[6] Dionysius of Halicarnassus[7] describes the cap as being of a conical form. On ancient monuments it can appear round or conical. The albogalerus, or albus galerus was a white cap worn by the flamen dialis, made of the skin of a white victim sacrificed to Jupiter, and had the apex fastened to it by means of an olive-twig.[8] From the word apex was formed the epithet apicatus, applied to the flamen dialis by Ovid.[9] Next: something with a dog

Severus Alexander, AE28, Cappadocia, Caesarea Obverse: AY K M AYΡ CEOYH AΛEXANΔΡO, laureate head to right. Reverse: MHTΡOΠ KAICAΡI, Mt Argaeus on altar, ETΓ in exergue = Year 3 = 224/225 AD Next, a different mountain

Great coin with loads of detail! I have only one coin attributed to Justinian II and it is much cruder. The retrograde S in SCL makes me think it could be a local imitation.

Not that you can really tell on my worn example, but emperor Vespasian was definitely balding. Vespasian dupondius 69-79AD IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG COS IIII radiate bust left FORTVNAE REDVCI S-C Fortuna standing left, holding horizontal branch, rudder on globe and cornucopiae Next, a better Flavian

Postumus 260-269 antoninianus Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: LAETITIA AVG, galley left Next: a barbarous imitation in good silver

All three are modern fakes.

Thanks for the correction. The tag in the photo is from the original seller. Perhaps older reference books attributed to Ephesus?

I have a quinarius of Augustus that I unintentionally toned myself by leaving it in a paper flip for the last 20 or so years and forgetting about it, leading to iridescent blue-gold hues. Apologies for the cell phone photos, at some point I need to invest in a proper camera setup. The coloring is much more striking in the hand.

Postumus Antoninianus Obv:– IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– PACATOR ORBIS, Radiate, draped bust of Sol right. ca. 269 AD Next: an official mint coin with a spelling mistake

Gallia Belgica, Remi. Circa 1st century BC. AE 15mm (2.57 gm). Obv.: [REMO], three jugate busts left. Rev.: REMO, Victory driving biga left. Scheers 519; De la Tour 8040; BMC 57 Next: another jugate bust

I am seeing Faustina Sr.

Here is a Victorinus antoninianus with a palm branch as a field device to the lower right of Pax. Much like the "V" and star devices, the exact meaning of this device is unknown.