Al Kowsky Posted June 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted June 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Pellinore said: 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. This is an excellent portrait for a late issue ☺️! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted June 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted June 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said: Link: Marcus Antonius Gordianus IIITetradrachm 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). P.d. Sion, Aside from being a mint state rarity, the portrait is a veristic masterpiece, & I wouldn't doubt that the magnificent eagle & leaping ram on the reverse was done by the same engraver 🤩. This is the finest billon tet of Gordian III that I've seen, & I've seen a lot of them 🤨. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted June 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2023 Link: missing from the British Museum Collection 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted June 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2023 Link: Spes 2620 B. Tetricus II 273-274. AE antoninianus, somewhat barbarous. Cologne or Trier. Obv. Radiate and draped bust right (slightly odd). C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES. Rev. Spes walking left, holding flowering branch and raising hem of skirt. SPES AVGG. 18 mm, 4.26 gr. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted June 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2023 Barbarous.Tetricus I and II Barbarous RadiateBritain. Bronze, 17mm, 1.55g. Radiate head of Tetricus I. Radiate head of Tetricus II (cf RIC V, Tetricus I 201). Found Forest of Dean 1870. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted June 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2023 Link: Tetricus barb I tried to find the most barbarous possible imitation. This one is almost a beauty in its abstraction, but still recognizable as a Tetricus imitation. I can only state: 10mm, 0.84g 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted June 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2023 Link: Another Tetricus Barb Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 271-274. Barbaric imitation, late 3rd century AD. Ӕ Minimi (14mm, 0.87g ,7h). Irregular mint. Obv: ...TETRICVS DS AVG (sic); Radiate and draped bust right. Rev: ...AVG; Pax (?) standing left holding standard. Very Fine for type, nice patina. Ex Warren Esty. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted June 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted June 30, 2023 Link: 49 minutes ago, Edessa said: Pax Marcus Ulpius Traianus as Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus AugustusDenarius of the Roman Imperial Period 103/111 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.42g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Trajan 187; Provenance: Ex Michael Kelly Collection, Ex Roma Numismatic London Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, right with aegis. The Inscription reads: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P for Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae (Imperator, of Trajan, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation); Reverse: Pax, naked to waist, seated left on throne, holding branch in right hand and transverse sceptre in left; in front of her kneels a Dacian. The Inscription reads: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI for Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi (The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes). 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted June 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2023 PaxHelena Follis, 337-340Treveri. Bronze, 16mm, 2.16g. Bust right wearing ornamental mantle, her hair elaborately dressed; FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG. Pax standing left holding branch and transverse sceptre; PA-X PV-BLICA; (mintmark TRP) (RIC VIII, 78). Found Eastbourne, Sussex. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted June 30, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 30, 2023 Lucius Verus riding down foe on an As that is somewhat rare and bears the obverse legend ARMENIACVS. This is an interesting type as Lucius was not an active campaigner and generally let his generals lead the forces assigned to him. Lucius Verus, 161-169 A.D. Type: AE As, 25.5 mm 12.1 grams, R1 according to ACSearch Obverse: L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, Bare-Headed Bust Facing Right Reverse: TRP IIII IMP II COS III, Emperor on Horseback Charging right holding spear, riding down foe. Reference: TBD, not in Wildwinds - edit: RIC 1404 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted June 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2023 HorsebackCharles I Group 3a1 Halfcrown, 1636-1638Tower. Silver, 15.02g. King on horseback left with scarf flying from waist, sword upright, larger horse, mintmark tun over crown; CAROLVS DG MA BR FR ET HI REX. Oval scroll garnished shield of arms; CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO (S 2773). From the Bledington Manor House (Gloucestershire) Hoard c1910 of 11 halfcrowns. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted July 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2023 Link: CAROLVS France, Feudal. Poitou-Melle (county). Anonymous, 11th-13th centuries. AR obole (17mm, 0.44g). Immobilized type in the name of Charles the Bald. Obv: +CAROLVS REX; Cross Rev: MET/ALO, Cross. Ref: Roberts 3877; PdA.2481v; B.414; D.911. NGC MS 61. From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Heritage 232302 (12 Jan 2023), Lot 62338. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2023 French feudal obolAnonymous Obol from the Abbey of Saint-Martin de Tours, 1100-1200Tours. Billon, 0.71g. Castle tournois; ✠ SCS MARTINVS (Saint Martin). Cross pattée; ✠ TVRONVS CIVI (City of Tours) (cf Poey d'Avant 1638). Found in Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore in the 1980s. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 1, 2023 · Patron Share Posted July 1, 2023 Link: billon. Hadrian, 117-138 CE. Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 12.76 g, 24.8 mm, 11 h. Egypt, Alexandria, year 21=136/7 CE. Obv: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ; laureate head of Hadrian, right, drapery on l. shoulder. Rev: L ΚΑ; Demeter standing facing, head l., wearing crescent, holding ears of corn and torch. Refs: RPC III, 6131; BMC 16.71,579; Köln 1209; Dattari 1335; Milne 1519; Emmett 832. Note: Ex-Clain-Stefanelli. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2023 More billonFerdinand V and Isabella I Blanca, 1497-1566Casa Vieja de Segovia. Billon, 18mm, 0.84g. Crowned Y monogram of Isabella I of Castile; pellet in left field, A in right field, castle below Y; + REX : ET : REGINA : CAST : LEGI (King and queen of Castile and Leon and Aragon and Sicily and Granada). Crowned F monogram of Ferdinand V of Aragon; pellets in left and right fields and below F; + FERNANDVS · ET · ELISABET · (Calico e Trigo 625). Found Digby, Lincolnshire, England. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted July 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) Link: Spain. Tiberius, AE As, 14-37 AD, Hispania Tarraconensis, Turiaso Mint [now Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain], M. Pont. Marsus and C. Mari. Vegetus, duoviri. Obv. Laureate head right, TI CAESAR AVG F IMP PONT M / Rev. Bull standing right, head facing, M PONT MARSO; MVN TVR in field above bull, C MARI VEGETO below, II VIR in right field [ligate letters underlined]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 418 (1992); RPC I Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/418; ACIP 3291a [Villaronga, L. & J. Benages, Ancient Coinage of the Iberian Peninsula: Greek / Punic / Iberian / Roman, Societat Catalana D 'Estudis Numismatics, Institut D 'Estudis Catalans (Barcelona, 2011)]; FAB 2450 [Alvarez-Burgos, F., La Moneda Hispanica desde sus origines hasta el Siglo V (Madrid, 2008)]; SNG Copenhagen 606 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 43, Spain-Gaul (Copenhagen 1979), Parts 40-43 reprinted as one volume, 1994]. 28 mm., 11.98 g. Purchased from Tom Vossen, Netherlands, May 2021; ex Aureo & Calico, Auction 364, 21 April 2021, Lot 1202. Edited July 1, 2023 by DonnaML 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2023 BullCrossed Striations Potin, 100-90BCCantii tribe, Kent. Potin, 18mm, 1.57g. Celticised head of Apollo left with ring-and-pellet motif in centre of head; equally-thin striations at 90 degree angles in fields. Celticised bull made up of curved lines, charging left (ABC 153; VA 112-01). 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted July 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 1, 2023 More Cowbell. I mean Bull. (Your vote, APIS, Taurus, or a Sacrifice to Jove) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) BeardRues Unit, 1-10Verlamion, Catuvellauni tribe, South East England. Bronze, 15mm, 1.67g. Bearded head, right; RVI(IS). Horseman right, VIR (S 272). Found Baldock, Hertfordshire 1997. Celtic Coin Index: CCI 98.1064. Edited July 1, 2023 by John Conduitt 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Conduitt Posted July 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2023 IberianMagnus Maximus Barbarous AE2, 383-388Spain imitating Lugdunum. Bronze, 22mm, 4.39g. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; D N MIG MA-MVS P F AVG. Emperor standing left, raising kneeling female; REPARATIO M AVGG (restoration of Maximus, instead of the usual REPARATIO REIPVB, restoration of the Republic) (cf RIC IX, 32). Struck in coastal Spain around 400 because of a coin shortage. An intermediary between the official Magnus Maximus coinage and the maiorinae of Maximus of Barcino (Barcelona). Possibly used during Visigothic rule in Barcino around 415. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2023 Occupation of Spain second Punic War 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2023 Horse. 'From the time of Boudicca' 😉Saenu Icenian L Unit, AD35-43Iceni Tribe, East Anglia, England. Silver, 1.23g. Back-to-back crescents, three lines behind. Stylised horse with linear head right, four-pellet daisy above, six pellets on horse's shoulder; SAENV below (ABC 1699; VA 770-1; S 446). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted July 2, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 2, 2023 Link: Horse right, no rider. Anonymous colonial civic issue, AE 23, 251 - 260 AD (Trebonianus Gallus to Valerian I), Troas, Alexandria Troas Mint. Obv. Draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown, vexillum inscribed CO AV over right shoulder, CO ALEX TR / Rev. Horse (of Erichthonius?) grazing to right, COL AVG, TROAD in exergue. RPC IX 505 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/505); Bellinger A486 [Alfred A. Bellinger, Troy, The Coins (Princeton 1961)]; BMC 17 Troas, 46 var. [diff. legends]; see also id. 45, 47-50 var. [Warwick Wroth, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 17, Troas, Aeolis, and Lesbos (London 1894)]; SNG Copenhagen 108-113 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 20, Troas (1945)]. 23 mm., 5.80 g. Purchased from Kenneth W. Dorney, ex Pars Coins. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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