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Link: Tetradrachm/Athena holding Nike Greek Coins, Thrace, Kingdom of Thrace, 323-281 BC, Tetradrachm 306-281 BC, Mint in Thrace. 16,78 g. Diademed head of deified Alexander right; horn of Ammon above ear / Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear, left arm resting on shield; mintmarks grapes and monogram. Düsseldorf S

C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba.Denarius serratus 106, Jugate, laureate heads of Di Penates l. Rev. Two soldiers standing facing each other, holding spears and pointing at sow which lies between them; in field above, S. In exergue, C. SVLPICI C·F· Babelon Sulpicia 1. Sydenham 572. RBW –. Crawford 312/1. next: a bronze depicting Julius Caesar

Link Athena/Owl EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Uncertain pharaoh(s). Late 5th–mid 4th centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.09 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 1 = Buttrey Type B. Toned, countermark and die break on obverse, test cut on reverse.

Commodus. 177-192 AD. Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck 192 AD. Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: Roma and Fides standing vis-à-vis, each holding spear and clasping hands; star between. SC in ex. next: a Titus bronze

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Link: Denomination AE as Caligula/Vesta

The Triumvirs. Lepidus and Octavian. November-December 43 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.72 g, 2h). Military mint traveling with Lepidus in Italy. Bare head of Lepidus right / Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 495/2c; CRI 140; Sydenham 1323; RSC 2; RBW 1752 Next: A military mint denarius

Link Artemis/Diana Roman Republic, AR denarius, 48 BC, Rome mint L. Hostilius Saserna. Obv - Bare head of Gallia right; carnyx (Gallic trumpet) behind Rev - Artemis Ephesia (Diana) standing facing, laureate, wearing long hair falling down her shoulders and long flowing robes, holding spear in left hand and stag by its antlers in her right.

Link: Snakes Marcus Antonius and Octavia. Cistophoric tetradrachm circa 39, AR 27.10 mm., 11.99 g.M·ANTONIVS·IMP ·COS· DESIG·ITER ET·TERT Jugate busts of Marcus Antonius and Octavia r. Rev. III·VIR – R·P·C· Bacchus standing l. on cista mistica between two interlaced snakes with heads erect. Babelon Antonia 61. C 3. Sydenham 1198. Sear Imperators 263. RPC 2202.

Link: Moesia,Nikopolis Macrinus Æ 27mm of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218.Marcus Claudius Agrippa, consular legate. AYT KM OΠΠЄΛ CЄVH MAKPEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / YΠ AΓPIΠΠA NIKOΠΟΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPΩ, Tyche standing to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopiae. H&J, Nikopolis 8.23.38.1; AMNG 1709 var. (legends); Varbanov 3341 var. (same) 27mm.,11.38g

You guys have some cool toned coins! I don’t have many with it, so I’ll just share my Mark Antony denarius that over time is getting some cool colours 😀

Vespasian sestertius that I managed to win at a keystone auction. Flavian dynasty is such a great era for sestertii, so hopefully can add Titus this year 😄.

Yes I'd be very interested in the british minted ones and to learn more about the types 🙂

Salve! My coin collection mainly consists of roman military moving mints. They never fail to tickle my fantasy...did the soldier die and get looted, did he survive and got to spend it? Along many other questions. So many interesting events can be linked to these military denarii. This coin in particular i'm very fond off. A denarius minted by the Rhine Legions. We do not know exactly when the Rhine legions began minting their own coins, althought it did occur at the latest with the victory at the battle of Vesontio and the subsequent open revolt of the legions against Nero. Characteristics for coins from the year 69 are military motifs, we find references to armies,the goddess of victory Victoria, the god of war Mars (in this case). The questions regarding the mint or mints of the Rhine legions can hardly be resolved. Cologne or the large legionary camps have been suggested,but even less than in the case of Galba can the extensive campaigns of the Rhine legions in 68 be assumed to have relied on monetary supply from a single, permanent mint. The documented die matches between the denarii in good silver and plated coins clearly show that subaerati are not ancient forgeries,but official pieces. Evidently, silver was scarce on the Rhine frontier,which,given the lack of nearby mines and sudden need to keep tens of thousands of soldiers content with local resources cannot be surprising. The infrastructure of the Germanic Provinces was,for good reasons,not designed for this purpose. Archeological find maps attest to concentrations of anonymous coins both in the Rhine hinterland and in Gaul, a circumstance that has contributed to assigning them to different warring parties. However it seems much more plausible to relate the distribution of finds to the numerous campaigns of the Rhine armies in 68 and 69, during which troop movements between sites on the Rhine, central and southern Gaul, the Alpine region and northern Italy are frequently attested. Please share any civil war denarii or year of 4 emperors coins you may have! 😄

Probably with English retail dealers or look for auctions on numisbids.

Haha I already am man! I'm mostly interested in the viking age but the ones that predate it are very interesting aswell. Kingdom of Kent was founded by settles from Jutland right? Wonderful coin you got there 😄

Never too late 😄. I'm going to get some more anglo-saxon stuff as it provides me a fresh break from collecting solely roman/greek and the history is just as fascinating.

Thanks for clarifying that, it are the auction photo's :P. However on certain dies the banner has a cross on top of it so I feel like it can be either way, although that common theory might be the right one. Amazing pieces tho! 😄

Sceat, primary phase, series A2, 'Kentish', diademed bust right, TIC rev. standard, TOTII, 1.17g, (N.40, S.775) Many thanks to John for guiding me 😄

Amazing pieces!

Yes I have a copy of that and many more artifacts of the Roman military, it’s a great book although with quite a lot of wrong attributions. I would recommend Legions of Rome by Stephen Dando Collins, gives the history of every Roman Legion 🙂.

I always have a weak spot for some 'high' silver coinage of Gallienus .

I'm into collecting roman military mint coins and military pieces from the roman period so wanted to share a favourite piece of mine.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.