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[Roman Collector]

Link: Lugdunum mint.


Probus, 276-282 CE.
Roman billon antoninianus, 4.96 g, 23.2 mm, 7 h.
Lugdunum, fourth emission, mid-to late 277 CE.
Obv: IMP C PROBVS·P·F·AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopiae held in both hands; IIII (officina 4) in exergue.
Refs: RIC 17; Bastien 195.

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Lugdunum

 

[Pellinore]

Link: Lugdunum

2785. Decentius (350-353), AE maiorina. Obv. Cuirassed bust right, DN DECENTIVS NOB CAES. Rev. Two Victories standing facing one another, holding between them a wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, supported on short column, VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE; SP between figures // RSLG. Lugdunum, 351-353. 20 mm, 4.21 gr, 6h. Reference: RIC VIII 137, p. 187. From the YOC Collection. Photo John Zielinski, who sold the coin in one of his nice CT auctions.

[Roman Collector]

Link: a coin reading VOT __ MVLT __ purchased from John Zielinski.

Time of Constans and Constantius II.
Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.59 g, 14.3 mm, 5 h.
Heraclea, AD 347-348.
Obv: VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma, left.
Rev: VOT XX MVLT XXX legend in four lines within laurel-wreath, •SMHB below.
Refs: RIC viii, p. 433, 56; LRBC I, 965; Cohen 10; RCV 17545.

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Ex-JAZ Numismatics

Jovian, A.D. 363-364 AE 19, 3.6 grams, 6h, Sirmium mint

Obverse: DN IOVIANVS P F AVG Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right

Reverse: VOT V MVLT X in four lines within wreath //BSIRM in exergue

Reference: RIC VIII 118, p.394

 

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This is Uno, not "Post it and pick it."

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ok, just skip folks

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It happens to us all @Ancient Coin Hunter still a nice coin.

VRBS ROMA

 

[Pellinore]

Link: Roma and wolf suckling twins

2967 B. AE imitation of a Constantine Roma commemorative, the model dating from c.330-335. Obv. Barbarous bust of Roma to the left. VRB. Rev. Wolf and twins. In exergue, “cBΓ”. 15 x 12 mm, 1.25 gr. Cf. Wildwinds for the model of this coin, maybe a Rome mint follis.

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Roma and Rome mint

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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Janus

 

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Didrachm / Quadrigatus of the Roman Republic Period 225/212 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 6.46g; Mint: Rome; Reference: Crawford RRC 28/3; Obverse: Laureate, Janiform head of Dioscuri. Border of dots; Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, right, driven by Victory. Jupiter holds sceptre in left hand and hurls thunderbolt with right hand. Line border. The Inscription reads: ROMA.

 

Comments: Long before the introduction of the denarius, the Romans had issued silver didrachms on an occasional basis starting in 326/5 BC. The designs of these didrachms were everchanging, and it appears as though the circumstance for each new issue was episodic. The final didrachm issue, best known as a quadrigatus, was by far the largest and most complex of these early Roman silver coinages. Unlike the miserly didrachm issues of earlier times, the quadrigatus was Rome’s first massive issue of coined silver. It was produced in very large quantities at several mints over a period of perhaps thirteen years starting in about 225 BC. Quadrigati initially may have been struck in modest quantities – following the model of earlier didrachm types – and that production began to occur on a large scale only after the Romans had declared war on Carthage in the spring of 218. Though the precise chronology of Roman coinage in the Second Punic War is not known, sometime between c.214 and 212 the denarius replaced the quadrigatus, a shift in Roman monetary policy that proved decisive. The designs of the quadrigatus coinage are of some interest. The obverse depicts a Janiform male head adorned with a laurel wreath. Though often described as the god Janus, the youthful, clean-shaven appearance has led many to conclude that it is the Dioscuri portrayed in an unusual manner. A youthful presentation of Janus, however, is not out of the question: on earlier Roman didrachms the god Mars is portrayed both as a mature man with a full beard (Cr. 13/1) and as a clean-shaven youth (Cr. 25/1 and 27/1), and a parallel may be drawn to the similarly diverse portrayals of Heracles on Greek coins. The reverse bears the inscription ROMA beneath an energetic quadriga scene, from which this coinage derives its familiar name, quadrigati nummi, as cited by Livy (xxii.52.2 and xxii.58.4) in the history of Rome that he composed some two centuries afterward. The chariot, driven by Nike, bears the figure of Jupiter, who wields a sceptre and raises a thunderbolt as if ready to deliver a punishing blow (Source: NAC Numismatica Ars Classica).

[Roman Collector]

Link: Jupiter in a quadriga.

M. Vargunteius, 130 BCE.
Roman AR Denarius, 3.87 g, 18.4 mm, 1 h.
Rome mint, 130 BCE.
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, M • (VAR) G behind, mark of value * below chin.
Rev: Jupiter driving triumphal quadriga right, holding palm frond and thunderbolt.
Refs: Crawford RRC 257/1; Sydenham CRR 507; RSC Vargunteia 1; Sear 133; Kestner 2314-5; BMCRR Rome 1068-9; RBW 1048.

[John Conduitt]

Jupiter

Claudius II Gothicus Antoninianus, 268-270

Rome. Billon, 18mm, 3.31g. Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, cuirassed, right; IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG. Jupiter, nude except for cloak around shoulders, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; IOVI VICTORI; N in right field (RIC V, 54). Found Royston, Hertfordshire.

[Prieure de Sion]

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Claudius

 

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus for Divus Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 63/68 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 24.5mm; Weight: 14.72g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur 48 (37 ex.), RPC I 4123 (11 specmien), McAlee 270/2; Provenance: Ex Karl H. Kluger Collection; Obverse: Laureate head of Nero, right, star behind head. The Inscription reads: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GER for Nero Claudius Divus Claudius filius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; Reverse: Laureate head of Claudius, right. The Inscription reads: DIVOS CLAVD AVG GERMANIC PATER AVG for Divos Claudius Augustus Germanicus Pater Augustus.

 

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Tetradrachm

Diocletian AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.38 g.)
Egypt, Alexandria mint, dated RY 6 (AD 290/1).
Obv. A K G OYA ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev. Eirene looking left, holding branch and scepter, leaning on a lituus shaped column, SL (date) across field. No reverse legend.
Attractive brown patina.
Rare variety with Eirene leaning and SL instead of LS

 

[Edessa]

Link: Roman Egypt. This one is a bit special to me as it was a gift from a gentleman in New York that I noticed was struggling to correctly list his father's collection on eBay around 20 years ago. I helped him with the attributions and the coins all sold for much more than I could afford at the time. He gave me this coin for my help. It remains the only Marcus Aurelius Drachm that I have in my collection.

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-169. Æ Drachm (31mm, 16.33g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 165/166). Obv: Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟС [ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟ]С СЄ; Laureate bust left, with traces of drapery. Rev: Two Canopic jars, with heads of Osiris and Isis, standing vis-à-vis on bases; facing each other; L-ς (date) across field, between bodies, crescent (barely visible). Ref: Geissen 2042: Dattari (Savio) 3437; K&G 37.272; Emmett 2100.6; RPC IV.4 14109 (temporary) (same dies as 14109.5, which is referenced as the Geissen 2042 example). Nice Fine, attractive chocolate brown surfaces. Scarce, twelve in RPC online, one on CoinArchives.

 

 

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Under authority of Marcus Aurelius

Under authority of Marcus Aurelius. AE As Rome 165-166 CE
•  Obverse Legend: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
Type: Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right
•  Reverse Legend: TR P VI IMP III COS II S C
Type: Victory, winged, draped, standing left, setting right hand on trophy, at base of which is a shield
RIC 1448, Cohen 282. 25mm, 8.94gr

 

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Lucius Verus under Marcus Aurelius

 

Lucius Verus under Marcus Aurelius
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 167/168 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.25g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 580; Provenance: Ex Roma Numismatic London; Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: L VERVS AVG for Lucius Verus Augustus; Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm, sloped over left shoulder, in left hand. The Inscription reads: TR P VIII IMP IIII COS III for Tribunicia Potestate Octava, Imperator Quartum, Consul Tertium (Holder of tribunician power for the eighth time, Imperator for the fourth time, consul for the third time).

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: reverse type.

Julia Domna 193-217 CE.
Roman provincial Æ triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm, 6 h.
Moesia Inferior, Tomis, 193-211 CE.
Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CЄ, bare-headed and draped bust, r.
Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜЄΩC, Nike advancing l., holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left.
Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811.

[John Conduitt]

Julia Domna (under Septimius Severus) Denarius, 196-202

Rome. Silver, 16mm, 2.15g. Bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right; IVLIA AVGVSTA. Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, left, peacock; IVNO REGINA (RIC IV, 560). Found Hertfordshire.

[DonnaML]

Link: peacock.

Diva Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, after 175 AD, Rome mint. Obv. Draped bust right, DIVA FAV-STINA PIA / Rev. peacock standing right, CONSECRATIO. RIC III 744, RSC II 71. 19.18 mm., 3.23 g.

[John Conduitt]

Faustina

Faustina II Denarius, 145-161

Rome. 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.

[Salomons Cat]

Link: Faustina the Younger and Venus holding apple and rudder

Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL
Draped bust right.
Rev: VENVS
Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder.

[John Conduitt]

Dolphin.

Olbia Dolphin, 400-300BC

Olbia, Thrace. Bronze cast dolphin, 2.49g (SNG BM 360).

[Pellinore]

Link: Dolphin

 

1019. AR stater, c. 340-320 BC. Byzantion, Thrace. Obv. Bull marches to the left over a dolphin. Above, lettering ΠΥ. Rev. Incuse cross, granulated pattern (‘mill-sail’). 16.5 mm, 5.01 gr.