Octavius Posted April 6 · Supporter Share Posted April 6 Real brothers - ( and father on obverse) Titus and Domitian Caesars riding horseback on this aureus of Vespasian... next - Imperial coin of Titus.... 5 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 7 · Member Share Posted April 7 Here is the first coin I ever bought individually from an auction 20 mm, 2,43 g. Titus, as Caesar under Vespasian. AR denarius. Rome. 77-78. T CAESAR VESPASIANVS, head of Titus, laureate, right / IMP XIII, sow left, with three piglets. RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 986. Next - pig, sow, or a closely related animal 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 7 · Supporter Share Posted April 7 Antoninus Pius and the Great sow. Often depicted on coins are celebrations of important events and, as this coin alludes to, the legendary founding of Rome. In this case these coins are intrinsically linked by images relating to the 900th year of the founding. This from Virgil The Aeneid Book VIII It was night, and through all the land, deep sleep gripped weary creatures, bird and beast, when Aeneas, the leader, lay down on the river-bank, under the cold arch of the heavens, his heart troubled by war’s sadness, and at last allowed his body to rest. Old Tiberinus himself, the god of the place, appeared to him, rising from his lovely stream, among the poplar leaves (fine linen cloaked him in a blue-grey mantle, and shadowy reeds hid his hair), Then he spoke, and with his words removed all cares: ‘O seed of the race of gods, who bring our Trojan city back from the enemy, and guard the eternal fortress, long looked-for on Laurentine soil, and in Latin fields, here is your house, and your house’s gods, for sure (do not desist), don’t fear the threat of war, the gods’ swollen anger has died away. And now, lest you think this sleep’s idle fancy, you’ll find a huge sow lying on the shore, under the oak trees, that has farrowed a litter of thirty young, a white sow, lying on the ground, with white piglets round her teats, That place shall be your city, there’s true rest from your labours. By this in a space of thirty years Ascanius will found the city of Alba. Antoninus Pius AE As, RIC 733, Cohen 450, BMC 1624 143-144 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERATOR II S-C, Sow facing right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another piglet in front. SC in ex. 25mm, 10.09gr Relatively Scarce NEXT: 1000th Year of Rome celebrations 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted April 7 · Supporter Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, expat said: NEXT: 1000th Year of Rome celebrations Otacilia Severa, Sestertius - Rome mint, 248 CE MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia right SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus, SC in field 22.44 gr Ref : Cohen #68, RCV #9171 Next : follow up with Rome millenium in 248 CE Q 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 7 · Patron Share Posted April 7 This humble sestertius was one of a large number of coins issued for the Ludi Novae Saeculares ("Games of the New Age" or the "Millennial Games") of AD 248, which marked the 1,000th anniversary of Rome's foundation. I happen to like the reverse design itself, apart from its historical significance. Otacilia Severa, 244-249 CE. Roman Æ sestertius; 11.52 g, 30.4 mm. Rome, 248 CE. Obv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: SAECVLARES AVGG SC, Hippopotamus standing right. Refs: RIC 200; Cohen 65; RCV 9170; Hunter 26. Next: An African animal. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 7 · Member Share Posted April 7 17 mm, 2,14 g. Domitian 81-96. Æ quadrans. Rome. 84-85. Rhinoceros walking left / IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around large S C. BMC 498; Cohen 674; RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 251; Old RIC II 435; Sear RCV I (2000), 2835. Next - quadrans 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 7 · Supporter Share Posted April 7 Quadrans , RR , c. 225 BCE. Head of Hercules in lion's skin / prow of ship. next... Roman galley... 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted April 7 · Supporter Share Posted April 7 2 minutes ago, Octavius said: next... Roman galley... Sextus Pompeius and Q. Nasidius, Denarius - Mint moving with Sextus Pompeius, Sicily, 42-39 BCE NEPTVNI, head of Pompey the great right, trident before head, dolphin below Q.NASIDIVS at exergue, galley sailing right, star in upper field 3.92 gr Ref : HCRI # 235, RCV # 1390, Crawford # 483/2, Sydenham # 1350, Cohen # 20 Ex Freeman & Sear, Ex Barry Feirstein collection (NAC auction # 42/279) Ex Roma Numismatics Next : imperatorial Q 6 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted April 7 · Supporter Share Posted April 7 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Qcumbor said: Sextus Pompeius and Q. Nasidius, Denarius - Mint moving with Sextus Pompeius, Sicily, 42-39 BCE NEPTVNI, head of Pompey the great right, trident before head, dolphin below Q.NASIDIVS at exergue, galley sailing right, star in upper field 3.92 gr Ref : HCRI # 235, RCV # 1390, Crawford # 483/2, Sydenham # 1350, Cohen # 20 Ex Freeman & Sear, Ex Barry Feirstein collection (NAC auction # 42/279) Ex Roma Numismatics Next : imperatorial Q Next : imperatorial https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-the-second-triumvirate Contemporary imitation of an Mark Antony denarius: 32-31 BC? AE-Denarius (bronze, 2.00g, 16x14mm). Legionary issue, mint moving with Antony, Legion XII? Obv: ANT, war galley under oar right with triple ram prow and scepter tied with fillet Rev: [XII] ANTIQ[VAE], legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards (signa) Next : Mark Antony Edited April 7 by Sulla80 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted April 7 · Supporter Share Posted April 7 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Sulla80 said: Next : Mark Antony Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius - Denarius minted 43 BCE M ANTO IMP RPC, Head of Marcus Antonius right, lituus behind him CAESAR DIC, Head of Caesar right, jug behind him 3.76 gr Ref : HCRI # 123, RCV #1465, Cohen #3 Next : triumvir Q Edited April 7 by Qcumbor 7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 8 · Supporter Share Posted April 8 Caesar Augustus was a triumvir of the second triumvirate. denarius with reverse of SIGNIS RECEPTIS , standards and clipeus virtutis. next , coin of or pertaining to member of the first triumvirate... 8 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted April 8 · Supporter Share Posted April 8 11 hours ago, Octavius said: next , coin of or pertaining to member of the first triumvirate... I had hoped for a coin connected to Crassus but am going to post this before we hit twelve hours. The type is attributed to the mint moving with Pompey in 49 BC: Roman Republic, moneyers: Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius, AR denarius, 49 BC, mint moving with Pompey. Obv: Q·SICINIVS III·VIR; head of Apollo right, hair tied with band; below, star. Rev: PR·S·C C·COPONIVS: Club upright, on which hangs lion's skin with head in profile; in fields, bow and arrow. 19mm, 3.75g. Ref: RRC 444/1a. Next: a coin from the time of the first triumvirate (59–49 BC) 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 8 · Supporter Share Posted April 8 Denarius of Crassus - time of first triumvirate. next - another coin of this period... 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted April 8 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 8 Roman Republic, Q. Cassius Longinus, AR Denarius, 55 BCE [Crawford] or 53 BCE [Harlan], Rome Mint. Obv. Young male head of Genius Populi Romani [Crawford & RCV] or Bonus Eventus [RSC & RRM II] right, with flowing hair, scepter behind, border of dots / Rev. Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt, lituus [curved augural staff used in reading auspices] to left and capis [jug used in same rituals] to right, border of dots; Q • CASSIVS in exergue. Crawford 428/3, RSC I Cassia 7 (ill.), Sydenham 916, Sear RCV I 391 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 23 at pp. 180-187, BMCRR Rome 3868. 19 mm., 3.77 g., 6 h.* * Harlan argues that the auspicial symbols on the reverse signal Bonus Eventus rather than Apollo. According to Crawford (Vol. I at p. 452), the eagle, lituus, and capis together symbolized imperium. He suggests that they refer to the Lex Cassia of 104 BCE, introduced by L. Cassius Longinus, under which individuals who had been deprived of imperium by popular vote, or had been convicted of a crime in a popular assembly, were excluded from the Senate. This coin is also discussed in Roberta Stewart, The Jug and Lituus on Roman Republican Coin Types: Ritual Symbols and Political Power, in Phoenix Vol. 51, No. 2 (Summer, 1997), pp. 170-189 at pp. 181-182 (DOI: 10.2307/1088493, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1088493). The author notes that the eagle and thunderbolt were “auspicial signs associated with Jupiter, the god of the auspices,” and that both moneyers in 55 BCE were adherents of Pompey, “whose position in 56-55 was problematical.” Thus, the coin’s allusion to these traditional symbols of political power -- reading auspices was a predicate to the conduct of public business -- “identif[ied] Pompey’s desire for political and military prestige with the political and religious values of Rome.” Next, another Roman Republican or Imperial -- but not Provincial -- coin with an eagle as a major element of the reverse. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted April 8 · Member Share Posted April 8 18 mm, 2,52 g. Hadrian AD 117-138. Æ quadrans or semis. Rome. 121-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, eagle standing facing, head right / P M TR P COS III // S C (in field), winged thunderbolt. RIC II Hadrian 624. Next - semis 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted April 8 · Supporter Author Share Posted April 8 M. Caecilius Q.f. Q.n. Metellus, Rome, 127 BC. Æ Semis (22mm, 7.18g, 12h). Laureate head of Saturn r. R/ Prow of galley r.; above, Macedonian shield. Crawford 263/3b; RBW 1067. Good Fine Ex London ancient coins Next: RR bronze 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted April 8 · Supporter Share Posted April 8 I was just about to post this coin as a semis, but Ryro beat me to it , so I'll now post it as a RR bronze - Aes Grave , Minerva , c. 275 BCE... Next - more RR bronze... 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 8 · Supporter Share Posted April 8 Republic Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus Semis, 128BC Rome. Bronze, 23mm, 8.27g. Laureate head of Saturn right. Prow of galley right; CN. DOMI above, S, ROMA below (RRC 261/2). Next galley. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 8 · Member Share Posted April 8 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 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 9 · Supporter Share Posted April 9 Valens Imitation Siliqua, 377-383 Imitating Trier. Silver, 18mm, 2.18g. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; D N VAPGN-SI P F AVG. Roma seated left on throne, holding inverted spear and Victoriola on globe; VRBS ROMA; TRPS in exergue (cf RIC IX 27). From the Colkirk (Norfolk) Hoard 2020, deposited 402. PAS: NMS-AC7F17. More silver imitations. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted April 9 · Patron Share Posted April 9 Faustina I, 138-140 CE. Unofficial imitative issue, 3.19 g, 17.6 mm, 6 h. Unknown mint/workshop, c. 145-161 CE. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: PIETATI AVG, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand onto lighted altar and holding box in left hand. Refs: Cf. BMC p. 67, † note, RSC 234b, CRE 113 and Strack 462 (Budapest), all of which read PIETAS AVG. Next: Faustina the Elder. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 9 · Supporter Share Posted April 9 Faustina the Elder Denarius, 141 Rome. Silver, 19mm, 2.58g. Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved in several loops round head and drawn up and coiled on top; DIVA FAVSTINA. Providentia, veil blown out in round behind head, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand with left hand on veil; AETERNITAS (RIC 351a). Found Ancaster. Next: veil 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted April 9 · Member Share Posted April 9 Constantius I Chlorus, AE Follis Obv:– DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO. Laureate, veiled and cuirassed head right Rev:– MEMORIA FELIX. Lighted altar; eagle to left and right Minted in Lugdunum (PLC). Autumn A.D. 307 - Summer A.D. 308 Reference:- RIC VI Lugdunum 264 (Scarce). Bastien XI 499 Weight:- 5.87 gms Size:- X-Axis 26.98mm, Y-Axis 23.81mm Next:- A lighted altar 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted April 9 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 9 Divus Carus (issued by Carinus), Billon Tetradrachm, undated (struck Autumn AD 283 [death of Carus] - Spring 285 [death of Carinus]), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, ΘΕω ΚΑΡω ϹΕΒ / Rev. Flaming altar tied with garland; star to left of flame; ΑΦΙΕΡ-ωϹΙϹ [Consecration, Dedication = Latin Consecratio] around altar. 18 mm., 6.64 g. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. X Online 75880 [temporary ID number] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/75880 ); BMC 16 Alexandria 2446 p. 316 (ill. Pl. XXX) (possible rev. die match?; ill at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/376891 as primary specimen of RPC type 75880) [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)]; Milne 4733 (possible rev. die match?; ill. at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/376905 as 18th specimen of RPC type 75880) [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; K & G 113.5 (ill. p. 341) [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008)]; Emmett 3995 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (Savio) 5570-71 [Savio, A. ed., Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 2007)]; Köln 3167-68 [Geissen, A., Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen, Köln, Band 4 Claudius Gothicus – Nachträge (1983)]. Purchased from Herakles Numismatics (Perry Siegel), Charlotte, NC, 12 Jan 2024 (at 2024 NYINC). Next, another bald or balding emperor, but not Carus. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 10 · Supporter Share Posted April 10 Galba Denarius, 68-69 Rome. Silver, 16x17mm, 3.03g. Bare head of Galba right; IMP SER GALBA AVG. Oak wreath, S P Q R, OB C S (RIC I, 167). From the Westbury Sub Mendip (Somerset) Hoard 2016, Portable Antiquities Scheme: SOM-F1847A. More bald. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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