ambr0zie Posted February 11 · Member Share Posted February 11 (edited) Same reverse legend 19 mm, 2,31 g. Julia Maesa, Augusta 218-224. AR denarius. Rome. 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, bust of Julia Maesa, hair waved and turned up low at the back, draped, right / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, extending her right hand over a child and holding cornucopiae in left hand. RIC IV Elagabalus 249. Edited February 11 by ambr0zie 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 11 · Patron Share Posted February 11 Link: Julia Maesa. Julia Maesa, AD 218-225. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.53 g, 29.3 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 220-222. Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS S C, Felicitas standing left, sacrificing over lighted altar from patera held in right hand and vertical caduceus in left hand; star in right field. Refs: RIC 421; BMCRE 496, 497, 401; Cohen 47; RCV --. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 11 Link: Julia Maesa. Julia Maesa (grandmother of Elagabalus & Severus Alexander), AR Denarius, 218-22 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, IVLIA MAESA AVG / Rev. Fecunditas standing left holding cornucopiae, an unidentified small child at her feet, FECVNDI-TAS AVG. RIC IV-2 249, RSC III 8 (ill.), Sear RCV II 7749. 20.08 mm., 2.58 g. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted February 12 · Member Share Posted February 12 Link:- Julia Maesa again AND Fecunditae Julia Maesa denarius Obv:– IVLIA MAESA AVG Draped bust of Julia Maesa to right, her hair bound in a bun at the back Rev:– FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas seated left, holding branch and scepter; child to left and right. Minted in Antioch. A.D. 218-220 Reference– RIC 249, note; BMC p. 540, * note; RSC 7a. 2.74g, 20.20mm, 0o 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 12 · Member Share Posted February 12 Another empress with Fecunditas 32,9 mm, 23,53 g. Faustina II. Augusta 147-175. Ӕ sestertius. Rome. 161-176. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas holding child on each arm, two more children standing right and left; S-C across fields. RIC 1635 (Aurelius); Banti 56; BMCRE 902 (Aurelius). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salomons Cat Posted February 12 · Member Share Posted February 12 28 minutes ago, ambr0zie said: S-C Divus Vespasian, struck under Titus, AD 79-80, RIC² 359a. Reverse: E-X; SC on round shield set on column, upon which an urn sits, laurel branch to each side. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 12 · Supporter Share Posted February 12 S-C 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broucheion Posted February 12 · Member Share Posted February 12 (edited) Hi All, Link: Thunderbolt. PTOLEMY V EPIPHANES (205/204-180 BCE) CYPRUS, PAPHOS, probably after c 198 BCE AE Chalkous Size: 10x11 mm Weight: 0.95 g Die Axis: 12:30 Broucheion Collection P-2014-09-21.001 Obv: Thunderbolt with wings. No centration depression. Dotted border. Rev: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed, no cornucopia on shoulder; inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. No centration depression. Refs: Lorber CPE-B606 temp; Svoronos-1246, pl xl, 28 [2 listed]; BMC UNLISTED in Vol 6. Notes: Attribution of this variety to Ptolemy V is based on the thunderbolt, a type employed on the reverse of tetradrachms announcing his assumption of the epithet Epiphanes in 199/198 BCE. - Broucheion Edited February 12 by Broucheion 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 12 · Member Share Posted February 12 Taras, Calabria 276-272 BC (Period VII - The Pyrrhic Hegemony) AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.34g) Sostratos magistrate. O: Warrior on horseback right, holding shield and spears in left hand and thrusting spear downward with right; [E]Y behind, ΣΩΣTP - ATOΣ (magistrate) in two lines below. R: Taras riding dolphin left, holding cornucopia in left hand and Nike with laurel wreath in right; ΠOΛY to left, thunderbolt to right, T-APA[Σ] below. D'Andrea XLI, 1186; Vlasto 714; Evans VII, A2; Cote 371-72; SNG ANS 1084-85; HGC I, 883; SNG Cop 874; HN Italy 1001 ex CNG As the leading Greek city in Magna Graecia Taras was foremost in resisting Roman influence during the third century, forming an alliance with Metapontum and later supporting Pyrrhus of Epirus in his war against Rome from 281-275 BC, the period of this coin. It was during this time that the standard was reduced to c. 6.5g, and with its distinctly Epirote thunderbolt symbol this specimen represents one of the earlier 'light' didrachms. ~ Peter 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted February 13 · Member Share Posted February 13 Link - Taras Calabria, Taras, Silver Nomos Obv:– Helmeted, nude warrior riding on horse right, transverse spear in right hand, large round shield behind, [ΦI before], ΦHRAE / ΛHTWΣ below. Rev:– [T_A_RAS], Taras astride dolphin left, holding flower & cornucopiae; EI monogram & thymiaterion behind Minted in Calabria, Taras from .c. 272 - 235 B.C. Pheraeletos as magistrate Reference:– Vlasto 891 ???, SNG ANS 1209???. HN Italy 1037 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salomons Cat Posted February 13 · Member Share Posted February 13 28 minutes ago, maridvnvm said: dolphin Cn. Lucretius Trio. AR Denarius, 76 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Neptune right, trident over shoulder; behind, LXI. Rev: Winged boy on dolphin swimming right; below,L·LVCRETI/ TRIO. Cr. 390/2; B. (Lucretia) 3. AR. 3.91 g. 17.50 mm. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 13 · Supporter Share Posted February 13 Neptune Agrippa. Struck under his Grandson Caligula, 37-41 AD. M . AGRIPPA . L . F . COS . III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C in field flanking Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left. AE As 12.62gr, 28mm. RIC 58,Cohen 3. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 13 · Patron Share Posted February 13 Here's some Neptune! Claudius II, AD 268-270. Roman billon Antoninianus, 4.12 g, 20.6 mm, 5 h. Antioch, 1st emission, AD 268-269. Obv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and draped bust of Claudius Gothicus, right. Rev: NEPTVN AVG, Neptune, standing left, holding dolphin in right hand and trident in left hand; A in exergue. Refs: RIC 214; MER/RIC temp 1018; Cohen 183; RCV 11353; Hunter 78; Huvelin 1990, 5. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 13 · Member Share Posted February 13 Not Neptune, but Poseidon... Marcus Aurelius / Poseidon Cassandreia, Macedonia 161-180 AD AE21 (21mm, 6.78g) O: Laureate head right; M AVR ANTON AVG. R: Poseidon nude, standing slightly right; trident in right hand, dolphin in extended left hand; COL IVL AVG CASS. RPC Online IV 10319; Leake HN 3722 corr. (same coin); Varbanov III 2791 (R6) var. (Poseidon left) Extremely Rare ex Forvm Ancient Coins One of only two known examples with Poseidon standing right. “The noble acceptance of the prison of oneself is the ultimate, and only, duty of man.” ~ Peter 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted February 13 · Supporter Share Posted February 13 Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar. AE As. 151-152 AD. Struck under Antoninus Pius. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare head right. Rev: TR POT VI COS II. VIR-TVS and S-C across fields. Virtus standing left, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium. RIC 1307; Cohen 1013.13,0 g - 26,5 mm 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 13 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 13 Link: Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. Marcus Aurelius Caesar (under Antoninus Pius) AR Denarius, 145-146 AD, Rome Mint. Obv: Bare head right, clean-shaven, AVRELIVS CAE-SVG PII F / Rev: Honos standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae, COS II. RIC III Antoninus Pius 429a, RSC II Marcus Aurelius 110 (p. 202), BMCRE IV Antoninus Pius 594 (p. 85), ERIC II 301, Sear RCV (1981 ed.) 1279; A. Pangerl, "Vier Jahrzente Portraits des Marcus Aurelius auf römischen Reichsmünzen," 500 Years of Roman Coin Portraits (2d ed. 2017), pp. 318-333 at p. 324 Tabelle 1 (No. 3.10) & p. 326 (No. 10) [dated to 145-146 AD and classified at p. 439 as “Type 3: long head shape of adolescent boy; beginning moustache, increasing but discrete side burns”] (noting at p. 324 that "RIC gibt keinen Barttyp an"). 18.2 mm, 3.3 g. Purchased from Ars Coin Wien, 22 May 2018. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted February 13 · Member Share Posted February 13 Link: Marcus Aurelius as Augustus 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted February 14 · Member Share Posted February 14 One of my favourite coins. Link: Marcus Aurelius 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 14 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 14 Link: Marcus Aurelius "ARMENIACVS." Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius, 165-166 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, M ANTONINVS AVG - ARMENIACVS* / Rev. Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left with round shield at side, holding Palladium [statue of Pallas Athena taken to Rome by Aeneas] in her extended right hand and short vertical scepter (or spear) in left hand, P M TR P XX - IMP III COS III. RIC III Marcus Aurelius 155 corr. (erroneously describes Roma as seated on shield and identifies Palladium as Victory); RSC II Marcus Aurelius 490 at p. 210 (Palladium and short spear); BMCRE IV Marcus Aurelius 392 at p. 438 & fn. (Palladium and short spear); https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1937-0708-53 (same specimen as BMCRE 392, with same description); Sear RCV II 4923 (Victory and spear). 18 mm., 3.14 g., 6 h. Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 610. *See Edward A. Sydenham, Historical References on Coins of the Roman Empire (1968 ed.; orig. pub. 1917) at p. 109, explaining that Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus assumed the title of Armeniacus after the defeat of the Parthians and the recovery of Armenia (placing a new vassal on the Armenian throne), a victory achieved in 163 by Statius Priscus while Marcus Aurelius remained in Rome and Lucius Verus, dispatched from Rome in command of the troops, spent the time in Antioch “in luxury and dissipation, relegating the conduct of the war to his generals.” 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted February 15 · Member Share Posted February 15 Kings of the Cimmerian Bosphorus AV Stater ONV BE459= 162/3AD Eupator Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus link was MA 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted February 15 · Member Share Posted February 15 17 hours ago, panzerman said: Lucius Verus 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 15 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 15 Link: Providentia Deorvm. Diocletian, billon abdication Follis, 305-307 AD, Trier Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right in imperial mantle (trabea), holding olive branch and mappa, D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG / Rev. Providentia standing right, holding [scroll or short scepter?] and drapery with left hand and extending right hand to Quies standing left, holding branch downward with right hand and leaning on scepter with left hand, S - F across fields, PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG; PTR in exergue. 27x28 mm., 9.6 gm. RIC VI Trier 673a (p. 208), Sear RCV IV 12927. [Die match to example sold by Numismatik Naumann in 2015; see https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2337893.] 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted February 16 · Member Share Posted February 16 Link: Trier Valentinian II siliqua 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 16 · Patron Share Posted February 16 Link: Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe and spear. Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253. Roman AR antoninianus, 3.56 g, 21.1 mm, 5 h. Antioch, 4th officina, 3rd series, AD 252-3. Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right; •••• below bust. Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE AVG, Roma seated left, holding Victory and spear; shield beside her; •••• in exergue. Refs: RIC 89; Cohen 108; RCV 9647; Hunter p. cvi. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 16 · Member Share Posted February 16 Antioch... Julian II "The Philosopher" (as Augustus) 361-363 AD AE3 (18mm, 2.32g) O: Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield; D N FL CL IVLI ANVS P F AVG. R: VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; palm branch ANTB [palm branch] below. Antioch mint RIC VIII Antioch 219; Sear 4074v ex Andre Cichos Julian anticipated a successful trip to Antioch, but his experience there was a disappointment to him. The people chided him for his appearance, causing him to write ‘The Misopogon’ (or ‘Beard Hater’), a satire on himself but also a scathing indictment of the people of Antioch, whom he considered soft and degenerate, and wrote mockingly… “I say that you are liars and dancers, well skilled to dance in a chorus". The relationship declined even more after the locals burned the temple of Apollo at Daphne, and further still after Julian’s efforts to make economic reforms designed to end government corruption and ease famine in the city caused by years of drought. Julian finally left Antioch to march east and fulfill his plan to conquer Persia, but met his death in the attempt. Some say that the spearhead removed from his liver was actually Roman, but we will probably never know for certain. ~ Peter 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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