Victrix

Gaius (Caligula), 37-41. As (Copper, 29 mm, 11.48 g, 7 h), Rome, 37-38.

Thank you, I also was surprised 😃!

So happy to have finally won the centerpiece of my collection! ☺️ The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 4.00 g, 9h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter. Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 19 (A4/R9); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23; RBW 1683. Toned, some weakness, minor obverse die rust. Near VF.

Julius Caesar, Denarius, January-February 44, caesar imp, laureate head right, star behind, rev. p sepvllivs [macer], Venus standing left holding Victoriola and sceptre set on star, 3.48g/4h (Craw. 480/5b; CRI 106a; RSC 41). Slight crease by edge at 12 o'clock with resulting weakness. Decided to settle for a budget specimen that will be a good place holder 😊

Haha sorry but thanks. Needed another coin to justify the shipping costs from Artemide. Won at my max sadly :P.

First purchases of the year! Honestly I have no idea why I bought this germanic imitation 😂. But it looked very cute. The other one that caught my eye was this imperatorial issue by Fulvia (Wife of Mark Antony) and the peculiar amounts of counter marks on that coin. Havn't seen that many before on a quinarius.

Managed to win this Postumus in a group lot. As far as obverse goes this might be the best and sharpest one i've seen so far. Reverse is quite done but I don't care as much about that 😛.

Bit confused to read AR Antoninianus. Isn’t this just silvered?

The last 2 pick-ups for 2023. I always pick up Commodus pieces whenever I spot a good deal, the medieval denier picturing an armored knight from Germany (Brandenburg,12th century) looked awesome so figured why not 😛

Yes that's correct, normally they have a hole on the cheek of the emperor but this one is heavily pitted so can't know for sure. So that might be it 😄

Wonder if anyone can stylistically tell me from which area it likely came. Thanks 😊

Managed to find a budget specimen for arround 100 which I couldnt pass. 😊

Managed to win my first magna graecian bronze piece for 35 euro only. I love the encrustations mixed with patina😀. Date: 215-205 B.C. Denomination: Æ 26 mm. Weight: 10.80 grams. Obverse: Helmeted head of Ares left. Reverse: Hera Hoplosmia advancing right, holding spear and shield. Reference: Cf. SNG ANS 72

Managed to thankfully win one at near my max 😄. 2/3rd of the hoard will be sold in the near future by Noonan so there will be chance for the others to get one! Roman Imperial Coinage, Arcadius (383-408), Siliqua, Milan, 395-402, d n arcadi-vs p f avg, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, ‘Eastern’ Pteryges, rev. virtvs ro-manorvm, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding sceptre and Victoriola on globe, md ps in exergue, 1.32g/12h (MC 393, this coin; Hoxne 707 [C]; RIC X p.321, 1227; RSC 27b). Edge a little ragged, a few surface blisters, otherwise better than very fine This lot is a detectorist find and is registered with the The Portable Antiquities Scheme. The find number is NMS-AC7F17.

What makes you believe the first one to be a shield boss? I'm quite certain it's a part of horse harness pendant as the size and weight is to small for it being a shield boss. As for your wolf head , I've seen many zoomorphic roman mounts that were used as decorations on furniture/chests so it likely could have had that function. Maybe it was applied on a leather belt and it broke off which could be a possibility. Havn't quite seen this style on roman so it might be medieval but cool nonetheless! 😄

A Saalburg type D-frame buckle. The tongue - probably in the shape of a fleur-de-lys but possible just plain - is missing.The types dates to circa AD 30s to 130s. The two hinge-lugs were placed far apart on the earlier versions and then closer together like yours on the later versions. So we can probably date it with some certainty to the early 2nd century, circa 100-140 AD.

It is a variation of the Saalburg-type of D-frame buckle.They are quite early - Tiberian to Hadrianic (so, 30s-130s).They were used for either belt, not just pugio.

This is a horse decoration phalera.The two loops are for the harness straps. Interesting one loop has been repaired in antiquity - attached with three rivets.It is dated mid-second to mid-third century AD. Quite heavy arround 140 grams!

This is a shoulder hinge, Type F.v in M.D. Thomas' "Lorica Segmentata Vol. II: A Catalogue of Finds". This type of hinge was used to attach the hinged shoulder plates (surprise), of which there two on each shoulder. It was used on Corbridge type Lorica Segmentata which M.C. Bishop dates (in Vol.I) to roughly the last half of the first century - it likely began in the AD 40s and lasted until the end of Trajan's wars.

Belt plate 2nd-Early 3rd century. The decoration is vegetal - ivy or grape vine with leaves - common on Roman stuff and possibly related to bacchus.

Its a Saalburg type D-frame Roman military buckle from circa 100-130 AD.

The top belt piece is a piece of early La Tene/celtic belt The other item is a lorica squamata scale.

This type would be late-2nd to early-3rd century. Mount either for horse harness or belt.

These 2 mounts would come from the same general era. If you flip the top one vertical you can see the stylized dolphin in the centre of the design. They date roughly 150-225 AD.The top one is known as Klosterneuberg style after the finds at that abbey just north of Vienna. They would have been mounted on a leather belt not much wider than them. Just riveted to the leather. It is thought that the leather was often dyed as traces of read leather belts have been found on Roman military sites in the desert. So they likely looked like shiny brass or silver color (if tinned) on a red or black belt.

Dura-europos buckle+belt plate, the plate would have held some form of spindle that got lost. The form dates to the Antonine to Severan period (mid-2nd to early 3rd c AD).