Roman Collector Posted September 17, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 17, 2022 I'll take this as an excuse to post one of my Gallienus zoo coins with a griffin!Gallienus, AD 253-268.Roman billon Antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.5 mm, 12 h.Rome, AD 267-268, 4th officina, 10th emission.Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right.Rev: APOLLINI CONS AVG, griffin walking left, Δ in exergue.Refs: RIC 165K; Göbl 718z; Cohen 77; RCV 10180 var; Cunetio 1348. Next: Gallienus with an officina mark. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2022 Gallienus Billon-Antoninian, Mediolanum Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right. Rev.: INDVLG AVG, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe, P in left field (first officinia) Billon, 3.41g, 20.6x20.9mm Ref.: RIC 485, Göbl 1197c Next: Spes or Elpis 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Pescennius Niger (193-194). AR Denarius (16 mm, 2.17), Antioch, 194 AD. Obv. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, Laureate head of Pescennius Niger to right. Rev. BONAE SPEI, Spes advancing left, holding up flower in her right hand and hem of her skirt with her left. RIC 3d. fine. Purchased from Savoca Sept 2021 Next: another enemy of Septimius 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2022 53 minutes ago, Ryro said: Next: another enemy of Septimius Clodius Albinus... Next....Another enemy of Septimius 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shanxi Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2022 Pertinax: reigned 31. December 192 to 28 March 193 Pertinax AR Denarius, AD 193 Obv.: IMP CAES P HELV [PERTIN] AVG, laureate head right Rev.: VOT DECEN TR P COS II, Pertinax, togate and veiled, sacrificing left from patera over altar. Ag, 3.04g, 16x18mm Ref.: BMCRE 24, Cohen 56, RIC 13a Next: Pertinax 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 That is a damn good portrait @shanxi! Next: cool beard 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ryro said: Next: cool beard Postumus, Antoninianus, 260-269, Trier, , Billon 21MM Obverse- Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG Reverse- Serapis standing left, raising hand & holding sceptre; prow at his feet to left SERAPI COMITI AVG RIC-329 Trier mint (AD 267) Next...Serapis. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2022 Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Nero, AD 54-68. Billon Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.12g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 64/65). Obv: NЄPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄP; Radiate head right. Rev: AYTOKPA; Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathus; L-IA (date) to right. Ref: RPC I 5279; Köln 170; Dattari (Savio) 253; K&G 14.84; Emmett 133.11. Next: More Nero. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted September 17, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Edessa said: Nero Ouh... like the Nero face - fantastic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted September 17, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) Unfortunately I just deleted my Vesta reverse! Ref Nero Denarius, RIC 62, RSC 335, BMC 104 Nero Denarius. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / VESTA, hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof & statue of Vesta within. RSC 335. Next Nero Sestertius Edited September 17, 2022 by Dafydd 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 18, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) 6 hours. I have no Nero sestertius, but here's a Nero As to get the game moving again: Nero, AE As, 65 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, [NER]O CAESAR • AVG • GERM IMP / Rev. Temple of Janus with closed double doors on right, garland hanging above doors, latticed windows and wall to left [flan flaw at wall], PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, S|C across fields. RIC I Nero 306, BMCRE 227, Sear RCV I 1974 (ill.), Cohen 171. 27 mm., 9.61 g., 7 h. Next, another Nero Imperial bronze of any denomination. Edited September 18, 2022 by DonnaML 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 18, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 next: coin new to your collection 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) . Edited September 18, 2022 by Spaniard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 18, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 18, 2022 This one's a recent acquisition: Nero, AD 54-68. Roman provincial Æ 17 mm, 6.4 g. Pamphylia, Side, c. AD 55. Obv: ΝЄΡⲰΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, laureate and draped bust, right. Rev: ϹΙΔΗΤ, Athena advancing left, holding spear over shoulder and shield, serpent alongside her; pomegranate upper left field. Refs: RPC I, 3401; BMC 19.152,75; Mionnet Suppl. 7, p. 66,188; Sear GIC, 608; SNG France 784. Next: More Nero! 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted September 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted September 18, 2022 Nero. Semis of Antioch, Syria, Struck AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Large S C within circular border within laurel wreath. McAlee 289d; RPC I 4297. 7.39g, 22mm. NEXT: Coin from Antioch. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted September 18, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, IanG said: NEXT: Coin from Antioch. Gratian. 375-383 AD. AE Centenionalis (1.59 gm, 20mm). Antioch mint. Struck 378-383 AD. Obv.: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev.: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated facing, head left, holding globe and spear, Θ in left field, Φ in right field. ANTΔ. LRBC 2674; RIC IX Antioch 50b. Slightly double struck, Next..More Antioch. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 19, 2022 I've posted my tetradrachms from Antioch more than once recently, so I'll use this coin instead: Valentinian I, AV Solidus, 365 AD [Sear, Depeyrot] (reigned 364-375 AD), Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina. Obv. Rosette-diademed (with square & round rosettes separated by ovoid pearls), draped, & cuirassed bust right, D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG [Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus] / Rev. Valentinian, in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum or vexillum ornamented with “T” [uneven/Tau cross?] in right hand* and, in outstretched left hand, Victory standing left on globe, holding up crowning wreath towards emperor, RESTITVTOR – REIPVBLICAE around; in exergue, ANTΓ [Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina**]. RIC IX (1951) Antioch 2b (var. unlisted) ***; Sear RCV V 19267 at p. 294 (rosette-diademed, with no cross in the reverse left field, no stars or dots in the reverse exergue, and known from Officina 3, as well as Officina 10) (citing Depeyrot); Depeyrot II Antioch 23/1 Valentinian I (p. 281) (examples with this mint-mark, without stars or dots, & monogrammed cross in labarum rather than Chi-Ro, known from Officinas 3 & 10) (citing 1966 Maison Vinchon sale of this coin as the one example from 3rd Officina, with one other from 10th Officina) [Depeyrot, George., Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]. 21.2 mm., 4.44 g. Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique [Julien Cougnard], Montpellier, France, Feb. 2022, “from an old Parisian collection”; ex Maison Vinchon Auction Sale, Mon. 25 April 1966, Hotel Drouot, Paris, Lot 257 (sold for 780 French francs, = $159.16 in 1966 U.S. dollars). [Footnotes omitted.] Entry for this coin in 1966 Maison Vinchon catalogue: Next, another coin from one of the Valentinians. 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 19, 2022 · Patron Share Posted September 19, 2022 Rome, Valentinian II, AD 375-392. Roman Æ4 reduced centenionalis; 1.16 g Siscia Obv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed bust right Rev: VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; BSIS in exergue. Refs: RIC-9, 39a.2; Sear-20357. Next: Siscia. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2022 Delmatius AE Follis Obv: FL DELMATIVS NOB C / laureate head right Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS / 2 soldiers, one standard DSIS = Siscia mint RIC VII, p.458, 256 Next: Delmatius 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted September 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 19, 2022 Six hour rule. Next: Curule chair 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted September 19, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Next: one of your first RRs 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shanxi Posted September 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) Cn. Cornelius Blasio Denar, Rome, 112 BC Obv.: [CN. BLASIO] CN. F., helmeted head of Mars (Scipio Africanus??) right, star above Rev.: ROMA, Jupiter, scepter in left, thunderbolt in right, between Juno and Minerva Ag, 3.82g, 17mm Ref.: Albert 1084, Sear 173, Crawford 296/1 Next: Jupiter Edited September 19, 2022 by shanxi 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted September 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) "Jupiter" Roman Republic Post Reform Æ Semis (Anonymous) Circa 88 BC (?) Rome mint Diameter: 21mm Weight: 5.96 grams Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind Reverse: Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above; to right, dolphin downward, ROMA in exergue Reference: Crawford –; Sydenham –; BMCRR II, p. 589, 10 Other: 2h, dark green patina Ex-stevex6 NEXT => bring-on the ships!! Edited September 19, 2022 by Steve 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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