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Let's choose another Nero from the same city 

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Cappadocia, Caesaraea-Eusebia. Nero, 54-68. AR Hemidrachm, AD 59-60. 14 mm, 1,56 g.
Obv: (NERO CLAVD DIVI) CLAVD F CAESAR AVG (GERMANI), laureate head of Nero to right Rev: Victory seated right on globe, holding wreath in both hands. BMC 409; RIC I Nero 617; RPC 3645

Next - Nero provincial. 

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3 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Next - Nero provincial. 

 

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Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Under the Magistrate Sergios Hephaistion; Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period ca. 55 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 4.25g; Mint: Iulia, Phrygia; Reference: RPC I. 3191 (Specimens 17, 1 in the core collections), vA Phryg. I 404–14; Obverse: Draped bust of Nero, right. The Inscription reads: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ for Neron Kaisaras (Nero Augustus); Reverse: Mên on horseback with spear, right. The Inscription reads: ΣΕΡΓΙΟΣ ΗΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝ ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ for Sergios Iphaistion Ioulieon (Magistrate Sergios Hephaistion, City of Iulia).

 

Next: Caligula provincial...

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Ionia. Smyrna. Caligula AD 37-41. Aviola, proconsul and Menophanes, magistrate. Bronze Æ
15 mm, 2,74 g
ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ƐΠΙ ΑΟΥ(Ι)ΟΛΑ, laureate head of Caligula, r. / ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ, Nike, r., with palm and wreath
RPC I 2473

Next - Claudius provincial

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CLAUDIUS, Cistophorus
Ephesus, 41-42 AD
S 1838 - C 3 - RIC 120
TI CLAVD CAES . AVG, bare head left.
COM ASI across field, distyle temple of Roma and Augustus, enclosing standing facing figures of Claudius, holding scepter, being crowned by Fortuna, holding cornucopia; ROM ET AVG on entablature.

Next: Claudius, Sestertius

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Claudius Sestertius, 50-54
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Bronze. Head of Claudius, laureate, right; TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P. Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left; SPES AVGVSTA S C; countermark NCAPR. Found Navenby, Lincolnshire.

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Septimius Severus AD 193-211. Rome. Denarius AR. 17 mm, 2,29 g. AD 202 - AD 210
SEVERVS PIVS AVG / head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH, Dea Caelestis, draped, riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; below, water gushing from rock
RIC IV Septimius Severus 266 (denarius); RSC 222; BMC 335-8

Next - Septimius Severus denarius. 

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Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). AR Denarius (19 mm, 3.20 g), Roma, 200 AD. Obv. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right.Rev. PM TR P VIII COS II PP, Victory advancing left, holding open wreath over shield set on low base. RIC 150. Nice portrait. Good very fine.Former: AuctionesGmbH

next: cool toning

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[IMG] Marcus Aurelius, Augustus 161-180 CE.
Roman AR denarius, 3.15 g, 18.1 mm, 11 h.
Rome, 36th emission, 178 CE.
Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head, right.
Rev: COS III P P, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius and cornucopia in left hand; to right, prow.
Refs: RIC 424; BMCRE 691; Cohen 151; RCV 4893; MIR 436-4/30.

Next: Annona.

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9 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Annona.

 

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Publius Aelius Hadrianus as Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 119/120 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 26.90g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 233; Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus; Reverse: Annona standing left, holding corn ears and cornucopia; at feet to left, modius, corn ears, and poppy; behind right, prow of ship. The Inscription reads: PONT MAX TR POT COS III / ANNONA AVG (in exergue) / S C (in field) for Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium. Annona Augusti. Senatus Consultum (High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time. Imperial grain supply. Decree of the senate).

 

Next: ancient Roman Coin with Ceres...

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Roman Republic. C. Vibius C.f. Pansa. 90 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.68g, 6h). Obv: PANSA; Laureate head of Apollo right; star (control mark) below chin. Rev: C·VIBIVS·C·F; Ceres walking right with two torches; before her, pig. Ref: Crawford 342/3b; Vibia 6. Nice Very Fine, small obverse banker's mark. From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex CNG 61 (25 Sept 2002), Lot 1322.

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Next: Pig.

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More pigs (plural).

Titus Caesar (son of Vespasian). AR Denarius 77-78 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, T CAESAR VESPASIANVS (counterclockwise from lower right) / Rev. Sow standing left with three piglets, two standing below her and one behind; in exergue, IMP XIII. RIC II.1 986 (Vespasian) (2007 ed.), RSC II 104, Sear RCV I 2443, BMCRE 227. 18.5 mm., 3.17 g.

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Bonus: ancient Egyptian amulet of goddess Nut in form of sow with piglets:

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Next, another denarius of Titus Caesar.

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Titus as Caesar Denarius, 75
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Rome. Silver, 18x20mm, 3.07g. Head of Titus, as Caesar, laureate, right; T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN. Pax, naked to waist, seated left, holding olive branch extended in right hand, left hand in lap; PONTIF TR P COS IIII (RIC II, Vespasian 783). From the Westbury Sub Mendip (Somerset) Hoard 2016, Portable Antiquities Scheme: SOM-F1847A.

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25 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Next: More Titus

 

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Imperator Titus Caesar divi Vespasiani filius Vespasianus Augustus
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 80/81 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 33mm; Weight: 25.52g; Mint: Eastern Mint (Thrace?); Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Titus 500; Obverse: Head of Titus, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII for Imperator Titus Caesar, Divi Vespasiani Filius, Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae, Consul Octavum (Imperator Titus, Caesar, son of the divine Vespasianus, Augustus, high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation, consul for the eighth time); Reverse: Captive standing to right of palm-tree; Judaea seated left on arms. The Inscription reads: IVD CAP S C for Iudaea Capta, Senatus Consultum (Conquest of Judea. Decree of the senate).

 

Next: a Flavian Women please...

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A toss up between Julia Titi and Domitia, but here's Domitia - in need of a new photo' and maybe some filters 😄

Ruler: Domitia (Augusta)
Coin: Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm
DOMITIA AVGVSTA - Draped bust right
VENVS AVG - Venus, naked to waist, standing right, leaning on column and holding helmet and spear
Mint: Rome (or Asia?) (ca 82 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 10.71g / 25,5mm / -
Rarity: R
References:
  • RIC 847 (Domitian)
  • RSC 9
Provenances:
  • Numismatica Arsc Classica 72, 1563 - 16-May-2013
Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online auction NN Live Auction 8 #141 6-Jul-2014

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Faustina II Denarius, 145-161
image.png.c51baf81d3731b80fc666ef7cdb2e858.pngRome. Silver, 18mm, 2.68g. Bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, right; FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL. Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and rudder set on dove, in left; VENVS (RIC III, Antoninus Pius 515A (denarius)). Found Rossington, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Portable Antiquities Scheme: SWYOR-D8E6A8.

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139 AD. Rome mint. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG [PII P P] legend with draped bust right. Rev: [IVNONI] REGINAE legend with Juna standing front, head left, holding patera and sceptre; S-C in fields. RIC 1077a; BMC 1116; Sear 4675.25.82 grams total. ("). From the estate of a Cambridge University academic.

 

Next Fortuna sitting.

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Macrianus

usurper, 260-261. Antoninianus (billon, 3.61 g, 20 mm), Samosata IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG: Bust of Macrianus, radiate, cuirassed, right. Rev. FORT REDVX Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, star in left field. RIC 7; Cohen 5; Sear 10800. Very fine. Very rare. Purchased from Sol Numismatik Jan 2022

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I guess Postumus counts as a usurper.

Postumus, silvered billon Antoninianus, Trier [Mairat] or Cologne Mint, 265-268 AD. [Mairat pp. 61, 64: 266-267 AD.] Obv. Radiate & draped bust right, IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG / Rev. Serapis, crowned and draped, standing left, raising right hand and holding transverse sceptre in left hand; in background, prow of galley right, SERAPI COMITI AVG. RIC V-1 329, RSC IV 358, Sear RCV III 10992 (ill. p. 364), Mairat 362 (pp. 532-533) & Pls 143-144 [Jerome Mairat, The Coinage of the Gallic Empire (Trinity, Oxford, 2014), available at https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:58eb4e43-a6d5-4e93-adeb-f374b9749a7f/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=Volume_1.pdf&type_of_work=Thesis ]. 21 mm., 3.80 g. 

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Next, Serapis.

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Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, 221 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 25.0 mm, 8.56 g, 6 h.
Pisidia, Isinda.
Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, bare-headed and draped bust of Annia Faustina, right.
Rev: Confronted heads of Serapis and Isis, Ι(CI)Ν-ΔΕΩΝ.
Refs: Ex Lindgren I A1322A (Plate coin); von Aulock, Pisidia I 833.
Notes: Busso Peus, Auction 366, lot 888, 29 Oct 2000; ex- Marcel Burstein (Nevada) collection; ex- Lindgren collection.

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Galba, 68-69 As Tarraco (?) September to December 68, Æ 27mm., 11.17g. Laureate head r., with globe at point of the bust. Rev. Libertas standing l., holding pileus in r. hand and rod in l. C #. RIC 73. Navilles 2019

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23 minutes ago, Dafydd said:

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Galba, 68-69 As Tarraco (?) September to December 68, Æ 27mm., 11.17g. Laureate head r., with globe at point of the bust. Rev. Libertas standing l., holding pileus in r. hand and rod in l. C #. RIC 73. Navilles 2019

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Doesn't look like Isis to me! 😉

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