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[John Conduitt]

Aurelian

Aurelian Antoninianus, 272-274

Mediolanum. Bronze. Aurelian, radiate, cuirassed bust right; IMP AVRELIANVS AVG. Aurelian, laureate, standing left, holding sceptre and receiving wreath from woman; RESTITVT ORIENTIS; mintmark *S (RIC V.1, 234). From the South Petherton (Somerset) Hoard 2013, NGC 2066331-003.

[Pellinore]

Aurelian was murdered in September/ October 275 - after his murder possibly his wife Severina reigned on for a few months until Tacitus started his short reign in December, 275. Detailed doubts and data in this article. 

But here she is. 

 

3306. AE tetradrachm Severina 270-275, Alexandria, year 6 = 274/275. Obv. Bust r. OVLP CEVHRINA CEB. Rev. Eagle standing l., head r. Year ETOUC S = 6 (of 7). VF+. 20 mm, 8.65 gr. Emmett 3966. 

[Prieure de Sion]

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10 hours ago, Pellinore said:

Eagle

 

Koson Marcus Iunius Brutus
Stater of the Geto-Dacians Epoch 40/29 BC; Material: Gold; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 8.49g; Mint: Olbia (?), King of the Scyths; Reference: RPC I 1701A, BMC Thrace p. 208

Obverse: Roman consul (Brutus ?) accompanied by two lictors advancing left. Monogram B (?) to left. The Inscription reads: KOΣON for KOSON; Reverse: Eagle on scepter to the left, holding wreath in its claw.

 

[DonnaML]

Link: Eagle standing left with wreath in beak.

Trajan Decius, billon Tetradrachm, 249-251 AD, Syria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Radiate bust right, three pellets below (•••) (= 3rd Officina), ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev. Eagle standing left on palm branch, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ [= Tribunicia Potestas], in exergue: S C. [Group II, Officina 3.] RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online IX 1644 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644 ); Prieur 540 (11), McAlee 1120c (Group 2) (see p. 368), BMC 586. 24 mm., 12.85 g.

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A worn and scrubbed Trajan Decius

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust.

Valerian I, 253-260 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 23.5 mm, 7.57 g, 7 h.
Phrygia, Cotyaëum; P. Ael. Demetrianos, archon 253-260 CE.
Obv: AVT K Π ΛIK OYAΛEPIANO, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
Rev: EΠ Π AIΛ ΔHMHTPIANOY IΠ, AP/X in upper field, KOTIAEΩN in exergue, Hygieia and Asklepios standing face-to-face, left and right respectively, with their usual attributes; Telesphoros stands, facing, between them.
Refs: BMC 25.177,94; SNG von Aulock 3790.

[Sulla80]

Link: a coin (after 8 hours a weak link seemed acceptable)

Islamic Abbasid, Madinat al-Salam mint, al-Mahdi AH 158-169, Dated AH 159, AR Dirham 24mm, 2.94g

[DonnaML]

Links: AR, 24 mm., coin, old.

Lydia, Tralleis/Tralles, AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 78/77 BCE, Magistrate ΠTOΛ (Ptol-). Obv. Cista mystica with lid ajar and serpent emerging; all within ivy wreath / Rev. Bowcase (gorytos) with two serpents (one to left and one to right, heads at top); H [= date = Year 8 = 78/77 BCE, based on Year 1 of the Sullan era being 85/84 BCE*] over ΠTOΛ [PTOL] above, between serpents’ heads, TPAΛ [TRAL] in left field; to right, Dionysos in short chiton standing facing, head left, holding thyrsos in right hand and mask of Silenos in left hand. SNG Copenhagen 662-663 var. [different year] [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 28, Lydia Part 2 (Copenhagen 1947)]; BMC 22 Lydia 46-48 (p. 333) var. [different years] [Head, B.V., A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 22, Lydia (London, 1901); SNG von Aulock 3262-3264 var. [different year] [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin, 1962)]; Pinder 159 [same year -- “H”]; see also id. 157-158 [different years] [Pinder, M., Über die Cistophoren und über die kaiserlichen Silbermedaillons der Römischen Provinz Asien (Berlin, 1856) at pp. 565-566]. 24 mm., 12.64 g. [probably = 3 drachms, not 4], 1 h. Ex: CNG Auction 225 (13 Jan. 2010), Lot 144.  [Footnote omitted.]

Edited June 25, 2023 by DonnaML

[Roman Collector]

Link: AR cistophorus.

Antony and Octavia.
AR cistophorus, 25.6 mm, 11.71 gm.
Ephesus, 39 BCE.
Obv: M ANTONINVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, Jugate heads of Marcus Antonius and Octavia to right; he wears ivy wreath.
Rev: III VIR RPC, Cista mystica surmounted by figure of Bacchus, standing to left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus; on either side, coiled serpent.
Refs: SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; Franke KZR 472; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202; Sear 1513; BMCRR East 135-137.

[Captch]

4 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

Ephesus

Ephesus AE Unit

Turreted female head facing left, identity uncertain. Bee viewed from above flanked by E-Φ.

Ionia Ephesus, 305-288 BCE

1.295 gr, 10.8 mm, 1h

BMC Ionia #68 (pl. X #3)

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Bee viewed from above

The portrait of King Vittorio Emanuele III facing left with the name of the author below the neck, with lettering around the outside

Reverse A honeybee on a flower with the value on the bottom right, the date on the bottom

[DonnaML]

Link: King with mustache, facing left. 

George V AR “Wreath” Crown 1931 (milled edge, .500 silver, mintage 4,056). Obv. Bare head left, BM raised on truncation (for obverse engraver Bertram Mackennal), Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX / Rev. Imperial Crown, date 19-31 above, emblematic wreath surrounding with roses, thistles and shamrocks, small K.G. to right of lowest rose (for reverse engraver Kruger Gray), denomination CR-OWN at bottom separated by rose, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, .FID. .DEF. .IND. .IMP. [Obv. & Rev. legends together = "George the Fifth by the grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India."] 39 mm., 28.26 g.  S. 4036, old ESC 371 [H.A. Seaby & P.A. Rayner, English Silver Coinage from 1649 (4^th ed. 1974)]. Purchased from Sovereign Rarities Ltd., London, UK, Aug. 2022.*

*From dealer’s description: “The Wreath Crown design by Kruger Gray [introduced in 1927] was much admired and the type design continued in succeeding years at the request of the Bank of England who liked to stock them at Christmas time to present to good clients, hence why the mintages were always quite small for the normal currency pieces. Bertram Mackennal (later knighted) was the Australian engraver responsible for the obverse design.”

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FID DEF IND IMP

 

[Edessa]

Another George

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George and Britannia 1917 Half Penny

 

[DonnaML]

Link: Britannia.

Great Britain, Charles II AE farthing, 1675.

[Sulla80]

Link: well, not Roman, and it is AE (copper), and from a place where there was a bit of British rule (much after this coin) : a princely state under the British East India Company rule (1846 to 1858) and under the tutelage of the British Crown from 1858 to 1947 with the Partition of India when it became disputed territory.  This coin from Medieval Kashmir.

https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-medieval-kashmir

Edited June 27, 2023 by Sulla80

[DonnaML]

Link: King sacrificing over altar (from the description of the reverse at your blog).

Roman Republic, L. Pomponius Molo, AR Denarius, 97 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right, L• POMPON• MOLO / Rev. Numa Pompilius [legendary second king of Rome after Romulus], holding lituus in left hand, standing right before a lighted altar, at which he is about to sacrifice a goat, which is led by a victimarius standing left, NVMA•POMPIL in exergue (MA and MP in monogram). Crawford 334/1, RSC I Pomponia 6 (ill.), BMCRR Italy 733, Sydenham 607, Sear RCV I 214 (ill.). 19.7 mm., 3.86 g. * (Purchased from Marti Classical Numismatics, Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 2020; ex Spanish collection.)

*See RSC I at p. 77: “This type is an allusion to the supposed descent of the gens [Pomponia] from Pompo, one of the sons of Numa Pompilius, who is here represented as sacrificing to Apollo.” Crawford’s interpretation is the same; see Crawford Vol. I at p. 333.
 

[Edessa]

Link: Roman Republic, lighted altar and GOAT (Greatest Of All Time - Julius and Octavian)

The Triumvirs. Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94g, 6h). Southern or Central Italian mint, 36 BC Obv: [IMP • CAESAR DIVI • F • I]II • VIR • ITER • R • P • C; Bare head right, wearing slight beard. Rev: COS • ITER • ET • TER • DESIG; Temple of Divus Julius, statue of Julius Caesar, holding lituus, within tetrastyle temple set on podium; DIVO IVL on architrave, star within pediment, figures along roof line; lighted altar to left; around. Ref: Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; Sydenham 1338; RSC 90. Ex Nilus Coins, Aug 2007. A note stolen from a CNG listing: "This denarius clearly reflects Octavian's manipulation of the symbolism in his coinage to convey a particular political message. The obverse shows him with a beard, the typical attitude of mourning, worn in this instance for the death of Caesar, his assassinated patron. The reverse depicts the as-yet-to-be-built Temple of Divus Julius, located at the southern entrance of the Roman Forum, which would be dedicated on 18 August 29 BC. Although construction of a temple on the site of Caesar's cremation did not begin until after Actium, Octavian still depicted it on this earlier coin to emphasize his connection to the now "divine" Caesar, as well as his more traditional fulfilment of pietas".

[Prieure de Sion]

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36 minutes ago, Edessa said:

Temple

 

 

Marcus Iulius Philippus I Arabs
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 244/249 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 5.39g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: RIC -, RSC -, Bland 52

Obverse: Bust of Philip I the Arab, radiate, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG for Imperator Philippus Augustus; Reverse: Hexastyle temple with statue of Roma in centre. The Inscription reads: SAECVLVM NOVVM for Saeculum Novum (New century)

 

[ambr0zie]

Link Philip Arab 

Philip I Arab AD 244-249. Rome. Antoninianus AR. 22 mm, 2,42 g
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG. bust of Philip the Arab, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right / SAECVLARES AVGG, Low column inscribed COS III (cippus)
RIC IV Philip I 24

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Antoninanus Rome

 

[Pellinore]

Link: Gordian III

3278 A. Tetradrachm Gordian III (238-244), Alexandria. Dated RY Z (7, = 244). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Tyche reclining left on lectisternium (couch), holding rudder, resting elbow on pillow and leaning head backwards on hand. 22 mm, 13.89 gr. Emmett 3430.7. 

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, Pellinore said:

Gordian III

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 242 AD; Material: Billon Silver; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 12.19g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur 293, McAlee 875, RPC VII.2 3510; Provenance: Ex Nomos Numismatics Zürich Switzerland

Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front with trabea. The Inscription reads: AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordiano Sebastos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus); Reverse: Eagle standing facing, with wings spread, head and tail left, on ram, with head turned back, running left under crescent. The Inscription reads: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠA TO B for Demarchos exousia Hypatos to Beta (Invested with the Tribunician Power, Consul of the 2nd time).

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: Gordy!

Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ 27.1 mm, 12.33 g, 9 h.
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis, AD 241-244.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔЄCΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ | ΩN ΠPOC ICTP, Nimbate figure of snake-god Glycon, coiled in two coils, rising up, head right.
Refs: RPC VII.2, 1307; Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.36.22.4 (same dies); Varbanov 4146; Moushmov 1488; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 708; AMNG 2104 var.; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.

Edited June 28, 2023 by Roman Collector