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[Ancient Coin Hunter]

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NERVA 96-98 C.E.

Billon Tetradrachm

25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 

Obverse: Bust of Nerva facing right, KAIS SEB AVT NEPOVAS

Reverse: Agathodaemon serpent coiled with head right, holding caduceus and grain ear within coils, wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. In exergue, LA.

Reference: Milne 542, Dattari 638 This coin is listed as "rare". 

Edited January 9 by Ancient Coin Hunter

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17 minutes ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said:

NERVA

 

Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus

Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 97 AD

Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.42g; Mint: Rome

Reference: RIC II Nerva 24; Provenance: Ex Classical Numismatics CNG USA

 
Obverse: Head of Nerva, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT for Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate (Imperator Nerva, Caesar, Augustus, high priest, holder of tribunician power).

 
Reverse: Priestly emblems: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus. The Inscription reads: COS III PATER PATRIAE for Consul Tertius, Pater Patriae (Consul for the third time, father of the nation).

 

[Roman Collector]

Link: priestly implements.

Saloninus, Caesar AD 258-260.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.39 g, 22.2 mm, 12 h.
Cologne, AD 258-260.
Obv: SALON VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVG, lituus, jug, simpulum and sprinkler.
Refs: RIC 9; Göbl 914e; Cohen 41; RCV 10767; Cunetio 744; Hunter 8.

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Link: kids of the Valerian extended family, bro of Saloninus

Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams Struck: 257-258, Cologne.

Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right

Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, the child Jupiter sitting right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding the goat's horn.

Reference: RIC 3 (Lyons); Cohen 26 (Saloninus); Elmer 67a; Goebl 0907e; Sear 10731.

Edited January 9 by Ancient Coin Hunter

[expat]

Goat(s)

AR denarius (3,87 g. 17 mm.). Rome, 138 B.C. C Renius
Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and 5 drop earring; behind, X designating value/
C•RENI below, ROMA in exergue, Juno Caprotina, holding crook, reins and scepter, driving biga of goats right.
Crawford 231/1; Sydenham 432; Renia 1.

[Prieure de Sion]

5 hours ago, expat said:

Head of Roma

 

Lucius Flaminius Chlio; Denarius of the Roman Republic Period 109/108 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.89g; Mint: Rome; Reference: Crawford RRC 302/1; Provenance: ex Naumann Numismatic Vienna; Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, right. Border of dots. Before Mark X. The Inscription reads: ROMA for Roma; Reverse: Victory in biga, right, holding reins in left hand and wreath in right hand. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: L FLAMINI CILO for Lucius Flaminius Chilo.

[lordmarcovan]

Head of Roma.

Phrygia, Amorium: ca. 160-220 AD.  Bronze pseudo-autonomous AE16.

 

Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma left, ΘEA PΩMH.

 

Reverse: Clasped hands, AMOPI / ANΩN. 

 

Reference: BMC 17-18 var.   16 mm.

 

An inexpensive bronze I just bought for my giveaway contests.  Couldn't resist that portrait, the patina, and the clasped hands.

 

[Prieure de Sion]

4 hours ago, lordmarcovan said:

Clasped hands

 

Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus; Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 238 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 4.77g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Pupienus 11b; Obverse: Bust of Pupienus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. The inscription reads: IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Pupienus Maximus Augustus; Reverse: Clasped right hands. The inscription reads: PATRES SENATVS for Patres Senatus (To the father of the senate).

 

[Hughie Dwyer]

6 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Clasped hands

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Nerva

Nerva Rome mint 97 AD
AE As, 10.15gr, 27mm RIC 77, Cohen 7, BMC 127
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right / AEQVITAS AVGVST S-C, Equitas standing left with scales & cornucopiae.
Marcus Cocceius Nerva was Roman emperor from 96 to 98. He was born November 8, 30 AD, and died January 27, 98 AD. Nerva became emperor when aged almost 66, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the succeeding rulers of the Flavian dynasty. Under Nero, he was a member of the imperial entourage and played a vital part in exposing the Pisonian conspiracy of 65.

[DonnaML]

Link: Aequitas.

Hadrian AE Sestertius, Rome Mint 137- Jul 138 AD (RIC II.3: “Group 13 – Time of the Caesars”). Obv. Bare head right, HADRIANVS – AVG COS III P P / Rev. Aequitas standing left holding scales in right hand and long scepter upright in left, AEQVI – [T]AS AVG; S – C across lower fields. RIC II.3 2371 (p. 232) & Pl. 173 (Scarce with bare head); numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.2371; Cohen 123; BMCRE III Hadrian 1482 var. (laureate) (see 1482 fn. at p. 465, citing Cohen 123 for bare-headed variety); Sear RCV II 3573 var. (laureate). 31 mm., 23.55 g. Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 222nd Buy or Bid Sale, Feb. 2023, Lot 270. Link to video of coin: https://www.hjbltd.com/#!/inventory/item-detail/ancient-coins/96793.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Hadrian orichalcum.

Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.78 g, , 26.1 mm, 7 h.
Rome, ca. AD 119-124.
Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing facing right before a lighted altar, raising her right hand and holding a box of incense in her left.
Refs: RIC 601c; BMCRE 1233-34; Cohen 1044; Strack 542; RCV 3665; Hill 257.

 

[lordmarcovan]

Link: Hadrian.

 

[expat]

Hadrian

RPC Volume: III №: 2958
Reign: Hadrian Persons: Hadrian (Augustus)
City: Tyana  Region: Cappadocia Province: Galatia-Cappadocia
Denomination: Æ (15 mm) 3.80 g. Issue: Year 20 (AD 135/6)
Obverse: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ; laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse: ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΕΤ - Κ (in field); Perseus standing facing, holding head of Medusa and harpa
Reference: Ganschow 1014b Specimens: 10 (Zero in the core collections)

[Prieure de Sion]

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4 hours ago, expat said:

Cappadocia

 

Mount Argaeus (modern Erciyes) is a dormant volcano about 3917 m high in Turkey. It is located 25 km south of Caesarea in Cappadocia. The mountain was and is a landmark of Caesarea. In his description of the surroundings of Caesarea, the geographer Strabon reported plains littered with fire pits where flames burst from the ground at night. According to Strabo, there were still sulphurous hot water vapours at Mount Argaeus in his time (54 BC to AD 19). The mountain was still occasionally depicted on the backs of coins for the Greek-minted provinces in Roman times - as on this coin presented here.

A neocorate was a rank or dignity granted by the Roman Senate and the Roman Emperor to certain cities which had built temples to the Emperor or had established cults of members of the Imperial family. The city itself was referred to as neokoros (pl. neokoroi). A temple dedicated to the emperor was also called neocorate. These titles came from the Greek word νεωκόρος, literally a temple-sweeper (νεώς, temple, κορεῖν, to sweep), and was also used for a temple attendant and for a priestly holder of high rank who was in charge of a temple. Starting in the 2nd century A.D., the title appeared on many coins. The term was first used as a title for a city for Ephesus and its Temple of the Sebastoi. There were approximately 37 cities holding the neocorate, concentrated in the province of Asia, but also in neighboring provinces. A city could be granted more than one neokoros, and the number of neokoroi was often indicated in the reverse legend of coins (B = 2, Γ = 3, ∆ = 4). Source: Numiswiki.

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III

Drachm of the Roman Imperial Period 241/242 AD; Material: Silver

Diameter: 20.4mm; Weight: 4.39g; Mint: Caesarea, Cappadocia

Reference: RPC VII.2 3372; Rare: Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Provenance: Odysseus Numismatique France

 

Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear The Inscription reads: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐ for Autokrator Kaisar Marcos Antonios Gordianos Sebastos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus); Reverse: View of Mount Argaeus; to left, pellet. The Inscription reads: ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ɛ), ƐΤ Ɛ for Metropoleon Kaisareia, Beta Neokoroi, Etous Epsilon (Metropolitan Caesarea, honor to have 2 temple for the imperial cult, Year 5 Dec. 241 - Dec. 242 AD).

 

 

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GORDIAN III AR Drachm. Caesarea mint. ETDelta - Mount Argaeus.
Obverse: AV KΔI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC C. Laureate head to right.
Reverse: MHTPO KAIC B N. Mount Argaeus, pellet to left, ETΔ in exergue.
Syd 603d Var.  Caesarea (Cappadocia) mint, A.D. 241 (year 4).  2,7 g - 18 mm

[Prieure de Sion]

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Drachm

 

Greek Gaul; Drachm of the Gallic Period 90/49 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 2.70g; Mint: Massalia (Marseille); Reference: Maurel (2016) 728; Depeyrot 55.56 var; Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder; Monogram under the chin; Reverse: Lion to the right, M to the right, ΤΑΛ in the heading. The Inscription reads: ΜΑΣΣΑ for Massalia (today Marseille, France).

 

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Drachm:

Ptolemy IV Philopator

or:

Iwaennetjerwy-menkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun, a name that means "Heir of the [two] Beneficent Gods, Chosen of Ptah, Powerful is the Soul of Re, Living Image of Amun."

Ptolemy IV 221-205 BC AE Drachma. (75.52g, 41mm, 12h)

Obverse: Bust of Zeus Ammon right

Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in front, ΛΙ between legs Reference: SNG Cop 199. 

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said:

Ptolemy

 

Ptolemaios VI Philometor

Tetradrachm of the Ptolemaic Kingdom Egypt Period 180/145 BC

Material: Silver; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 13.98g

Mint: Alexandria, Egypt; Reference: Svoronos 1489, SNG Copenhagen 262-8

Provencance: Odysseus Numismatics France

Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy right, wearing aegis around neck; Reverse: Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. The Inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ for Basileos Ptolemaiou (King Ptolemaios).

 

[panzerman]

Bahri Mamluks/ Egypt/ Syria

Baybars I 1260-76

AV Dinar ND

Alexandria Mint

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Alexandria mint

Elagabalus, Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated year 4, AD 220-221. 23mm, 11.63gr. A KAICAΡ MA AYΡ ANTωNINOC EYCEB, laureate head right. / L-B, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing modius decorated with a poppy. Milne 2811-2812; Köln 2334; Dattari 4139; Emmett 2952.4. Geissen 2313, RPC 10032

Edited January 12 by expat

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Elagabalus

 

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Elagabal

Stater of the Cimmerian Bosporus Empire Period 218/219 AD

Material: Gold Elektron; Diameter:20mm; Weight: 7.69g

Mint: Pantikapaion, Kingdom of the Bosporus; Reference: MacDonald 558/3

 

Obverse: Draped bust of Rhescuporis II with diadema to the right. In front of it a trident (attribute of Poseidon). Inscription: ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ · PHCKOVΠOPIΔOC for Basileos Rheskouporis (King Rhescuporis); Reverse: Draped bust of Elagabal with laurel wreath to the right. Inscription: ЄIΦ for Epsilon (5) + Iota (10) + Phi (500) = 515 (Dated year 515 of the Bosporan era = 218/219 AD).

[Roman Collector]

Link: Bosporus.

Claudius, AD 41-54 and Agrippina II, AD 50-59.
Roman provincial Æ 12 Nummia, 9.30 gm, 25.0 mm.
Bosporus, under King Kotys I, AD 50-54.
Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΟC, laureate head of Claudius, right.
Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗΝ, head of Agrippina II, left, in loop ponytail; BAK before.
Refs: SGI 5438; RPC 1925; BMC 13.52,7; Anokhin Bosporus 348; SNG Copenhagen 31.

[Ryro]

Link: Claudius

Koinon of Macedon. Claudius. A.D. 41-54. Æ. 9.43 gm. 23 mm. Beroea mint. His bare head left; TI KΛΑYΔΙΟC KAICAP / Macedonian shield; MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. RPC I 1612. SNG Copenhagen 1334. Varbanov 3005. Very Fine; pleasing dark green patina. Purchased from Savoca May 2021

The Koinon of the Macedonians was a confederation of Macedonian cities under a central government or king (or, under Roman rule, the Roman emperor). Rooted in the Hellenistic period, this central administration handled diplomatic issues both between member city-states and with foreign bodies. Coins issued in the name of the 'Macedonians' first appear during the reigns of Philip V and Perseus, and continued to appear under Roman rule. The Romans reorganized the Koinon around the imperial cult and put members of the local elite in charge. They organized and financed festivals and games, and were awarded Roman citizenship in return. The iconography of the Koinon issues (Alexander the Great, the Macedonian shield, and so on) reflect a powerful ethnic and civic identity that, as it was no longer a threat to Roman control, was allowed to flourish. (Howgego, Christopher; Heuchert, Volker; Burnett, Andrew, Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces. 2005.)

 

 

[ambr0zie]

14 mm, 4,54 g.
Kings of Macedon. Philip III Arrhidaeus 323-317 BC or Antigonus Gonatas 288-277 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. Ӕ. Three-quarter-front head (Herakles?) to the right placed in the center of a Macedonian shield / Macedonian helmet; in the field on the right, a caduceus; monogram in the left field.
No. 110 in the reference books: Cop.- - Price 2803 pl. 110