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[Edessa]

Link: Bull

Roman Spain, Lepida-Celsa. Tiberius, AD 14-37. Æ As (30mm, 13.99g, 1h). Baggius Front and Cnaeus Bucco, duoviri for the second time. Obv: TI·CAESAR-AVGVSTVS; Laureate head right. Rev: C V I CEL-BAGG FRONT-CN BVCCO-II VIR II; Bull standing right, head facing. Ref: ACIP 3170; RPC I 279; Ripollès 279a. Good Very Fine. Red-brown patina. Ex CNG e515 (4 May 2022), Lot 370.

[Prieure de Sion]

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10 hours ago, Edessa said:

Bull

 

Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 21/20 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.74g; Mint: Samos, Ionia; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Augustus 475; Obverse: Head of Augustus, bare, right. The Inscription reads: CAESAR for Caesar; Reverse: Young bull standing right, head erect. The Inscription reads: AVGVSTVS for Augustus.

 

[Pellinore]

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3297. AE22 Severus Alexander (222-235). Mastaura, Lydia. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. CEYH ALEXANDROC CEB. Rev. Humped bull r. MACTAYREITWN. Obv. Laureate and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Long-horned bull r. 22.5 mm, 5.32 gr. 6h. RPC 4811 (6 pcs, mine is better). 'BMC 12; Mionnet IV, 465 corr (obv. legend); Sear 3327. SNG Munich 322; Waddington 5092; Paris 738.' Early 20th cent. collection of Dr. Wiegersma, Deurne, The Netherlands. 

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, Pellinore said:

Lydia

 

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Reign: Nero, under Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Mnaseas; Mint: Sardis, Lydia; Date: c. 65 AD; Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 4.26g; Reference: RPC I 3008 (#24 this coin); Reference: BMC 62; RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3008; Rare: Specimens 24 (8 in the core collections); Special: RPC Online Plate coin

Obverse: Draped bust of Senate, right; Inscription: ΘƐΟΝ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ; Translation: Theon Synkliton; Translation: The God Senate; Reverse: Zeus standing, left, with eagle and staff; Inscription: ƐΠΙ ΤΙ ΜΝΑϹƐΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ; Translation: Epi Tiberios Mnaseous Sardianon; Translation: Under Tiberius [Claudius] Mnaseas, City of Sardis

 

[Pellinore]

Link: Sardis

3170. Sardis, Lydia, AE20. (Nero) Octavia AD 60. Mindios, magistrate. Obv: (OKTAOYIAN) ΘEAN. Draped bust of Octavia right. Rev: EΠI (MINΔIOY) CTΡA TO B CAΡΔIANΩN (CTΡA and TO in monogram form). Demeter standing right on her bike, or pram? in a biga of winged serpents, holding a torch in each hand, crescent in upper field. 18 mm, 5.6 gr. RPC I 2999 (11 pcs); ‘BMC 125; Paris 1216-1217; Waddington 5245; GRPC Lydia 385’. 

[Salomons Cat]

1 hour ago, Pellinore said:

(Nero)

Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC I 53; RSC 119.

[Pellinore]

Jupiter with thunderbolt

 

 

2564 ER. Probus 276-282, Antoninianus serious misstrike. Obv. Helmeted head to the right with text SPFAVG. Rev. Jupiter holding his lightning strike. IOVI CONS PR(OB AVG). 25 x 21 mm, 3.12 gr. What happened??!!

[expat]

Thunderbolt

 

[Roman Collector]

 

Link: Thunderbolt on an Antonine coin.

 

Faustina II, 147-175 CE.
Roman provincial Æ 23 mm, 9.0 g.
Cilicia, Olba, c. 158-165 CE.
Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝΑ CЄΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina, right, wearing stephane.
Rev: ΟΛΒЄ-ΩΝ, winged thunderbolt.
Refs: RPC IV.3, 5828 (temporary); BMC 21.125,25; SNG von Aulock 5795; SNG Levante 657.
Notes: Obverse die-match to SNG von Aulock and SNG Levante specimens.

[Salomons Cat]

27 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Antonine coin.

Commodus, as Caesar, 166-177. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.48 g, 12 h), Rome, 175-176. COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM Bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, seen from behind. Rev. PRINC IVVENT Commodus, as prince of the youth, standing front in military attire, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and long scepter in his left; behind to right, trophy. BMC -. Cohen -. MIR 342-14/15 (no example recorded). RIC -. Apparently unpublished with this bust type. 
Ex Adrian Lang collection.

[AncientOne]

Link: Commodus

Mysia, Lampsacus. Commodus AE18

Obv: ΑV Λ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ / laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r., seen from centre. Rev: ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗΝΩΝ / Nike advancing, l., holding wreath and palm-branch. RPC IV.2, 600 (temporary)

[Roman Collector]

Link: Mysia.


Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.
Roman provincial Æ 26.3 mm, 9.32 g, 1 h.
Mysia, Cyzicus (group 2), AD 169-175.
Obv: ΦΑVϹΤEΙΝΑ ϹEΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, r.
Rev: ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄOΚΟΡ; nude Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse, caduceus and chlamys.
Refs: RPC IV.2 699 (temp); SNG Cop 115; Mionnet Suppl. 5, p. 225, 270.
 

[John Conduitt]

Chlamys

Galerius as Augustus Follis, 305-307

London. Bronze, 26mm, 9.59g. Laureate and armoured bust of Galerius right, seen from three quarters forward; IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG. Genius standing left, chlamys on left shoulder, holding a patera in the right hand and a cornucopia in the left hand; GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (RIC 52b).

[Prieure de Sion]

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3 hours ago, John Conduitt said:

Genius

 

Marcus Ulpius Traianus as Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 103/111 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.21g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Trajan 184; Provenance: Ex Aureo & Calico Numismatico Barcelona Spain

Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right. 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: Genius, naked, except for cloak round waist, standing left, sacrificing with patera in right hand over lighted altar, and holding cornucopiae in left. 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).

 

[expat]

Link; Trajan

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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Trophy

 

Pedanius Costa for Marcus Iunius Brutus

Reign: Roman Republic, Civil war; Mint: Military Mint, Asia Minor or Northern Greek; Date: 43/42 BC; Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.66g; Reference: Crawford RRC 506/2; Reference: Sydenham 1296; Reference: Babelon (Junia) 8 and (Pedania) 2; Provenance: Leu Numismatics Winterthur, Switzerland

 

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right; border of dots; Inscription: COSTA LEG; Translation: [Pedanius] Costa, Legatus; Translation: Pedanius Costa, vice commander; Reverse: Trophy with two spears and figure-eight shield; border of dots; Inscription: BRVTVS IMP; Translation: [Marcus Iunius] Brutus, Imperator; Translation: Marcus Iunius Brutus, supreme commander for military forces

 

[expat]

Apollo.

[DonnaML]

Links: Gallienus & Mediolanum mint.

Gallienus (son of Valerian I), Billon Antoninianus, 260-261 AD [Sear], 260 AD [Reinhardt], 258 AD [RIC], Mediolanum [Milan] Mint, 2nd emission (Göbl and Reinhardt), Legionary Issue. Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, two ribbons behind, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur with beard galloping right, raising his right hand in salute and holding club in left hand, LEG II PART VI P VI F ( = Legio II Parthica, VI Pia, VI Fidelis [see fn.]). RIC V-1 336j [joint reign], RSC IV 483, Sear RCV III 10262 (ill. p. 294), Göbl MIR [Moneta Imperii Romani] Band 36, No. 997r [ill. with other legionary series coins at http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan (Ed Flinn’s site Coinage of Gallienus and Family), and at Reinhardt p. 187, no. 6 (Frank Reinhardt, José de Sousa, & Heidemarie Bieker, Gallienvs Antoninianii, The Antoninianii Collection of Gallienus by Frank Reinhardt (Eng. trans. 2022), available at https://www.academia.edu/77282280/GALLIENUS_ANTONINIANII_English_version_PDF )]. 22 mm., 2.8 g, 12 h.  Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 21, 19 Jul 2022, Lot 4872; ex Collection of Dipl.-Ing. [ = Engineering Master’s Degree] Adrian Lang, b. Germany 1956 [see https://leunumismatik.com/source/images/auction/36/pdf/b2acb9be-1e8d-4395-a863-6c5c7c37ed4b.pdf for biography]. .[Footnote re Legionary Series & re Legio II Parthia omitted.]

[Salomons Cat]

14 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Link: ex Collection of Dipl.-Ing. [ = Engineering Master’s Degree] Adrian Lang, b. Germany 1956 [see https://leunumismatik.com/source/images/auction/36/pdf/b2acb9be-1e8d-4395-a863-6c5c7c37ed4b.pdf for biography]. 

Beautiful centaur!! And another one of the A.Lang coins! 😃 I'm a big fan of his collection. Here's the virtual catalogue: https://leunumismatik.com/gsw/auction/36/

Nerva
Denarius (3,50g, 18/19mm), Roma, 96 n. Chr.
Obv. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head to right.
Rev. CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands.
RIC 2, RSC 16. Ex GM 108 (2001), 1765. Ex A. Lang collection (not in auction). 

Edited July 20, 2023 by Salomons Cat

[El Cazador]

1 hour ago, Salomons Cat said:

Beautiful centaur!! And another one of the A.Lang coins! 😃 I'm a big fan of his collection. Here's the virtual catalogue: https://leunumismatik.com/gsw/auction/36/

Nerva
Denarius (3,50g, 18/19mm), Roma, 96 n. Chr.
Obv. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head to right.
Rev. CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands.
RIC 2, RSC 16. Ex GM 108 (2001), 1765. Ex A. Lang collection (not in auction). 

This is sharp

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Link: Centaur

Tranquillina Augusta, 241-244 C.E. AE25, 10.7g

MESOPOTAMIA, Singara

Obverse: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right

Reverse: Veiled Bust of Tyche Right; Centaur Sagittarius (Symbol of Legion I Parthica based in Singara) leaping right and discharging bow above

Reference: BMC Arabia p. 136, 14; SNG Copenhagen 258 

[AncientOne]

Link: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia, Rhesaena. Caracalla Æ16

Obv: Laureate head right, supported by eagle.
Rev: [LEG-III] to left and right of vexillum, S(retrograde)-P across lower fields, A on banner.
Lindgren I 2608.

[Prieure de Sion]

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3 hours ago, AncientOne said:

Mesopotamia

 

Lucius Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Reign: Abgar VIII; under Marcus Aurelius or Commodus; Mint: Edessa, Mesopotamia; Date: 177/192 AD; Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 16mm; Weight: 2.10g; Reference: RPC IV.3 6491; Reference: BMC 11–13; Reference: SNG Copenhagen 193 and 195; Rare: Specimens 27 (27 in the core collections); Provenance: Biga Numismatics Drunen, Netherlands (Auction 19, Lot 97)

Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right; Inscription: [AVT ΚΑΙϹΑΡ] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ; Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Komodos; Translation: Imperator Caesar Commodus; Reverse: Draped bust of Abgar VIII (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right; Inscription: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ [ΒΑϹΙΛЄVϹ]; Translation: Abgaros Basileus; Translation: King Abgar [VIII]

 

[ambr0zie]

Link Commodus 

 

Commodus AD 180-192. Rome, AD 186-189. AR Denarius
19 mm, 2,96 g
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate bust to right / FORTVNAE MANENTI, Fortuna seated to left, holding cornucopiae and rudder with left hand and restraining horse by the bridle with right; C V P P in exergue.
RIC III 191a; BMCRE 231; RSC 168a.

[Prieure de Sion]

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17 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Fortuna

 

Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus

Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 97 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 35mm; Weight: 31.19g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II Nerva 83 (sestertius); Cohen 67; BMCRE 107; Sear -; Banti 21 (18 Exemplare); Pedigree: Ex Auktion Adolph Hess Nachf. Nr. 182 (06.01.1926), Lot 1115 a; Pedigree: from the Collection of Arthur Löbbecke (1850-1932); Pedigree: from the Collection of Fritz Reusing (1874-1956); Pedigree: from the Collection of Paul Schürer (1890-1976)

 

Obverse: Head of Nerva, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P for Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae (Imperator Nerva, Caesar, Augustus, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time, father of the nation); Reverse: Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cornucopiae in left. The Inscription reads: FORTVNA AVGVST S C for Fortuna Augusti, Senatus Consultum (Good fortune of the emperor. Decree of the senate)