Phil Anthos Posted March 8 · Member Share Posted March 8 (edited) Severus... Septimius Severus 201-210 AD AR Denarius (18mm, 3.13g) O: Laureate head right; SEVERVS PIVS AVG. R: Severus, togate and veiled, standing left holding olive branch; FVNDATOR PACIS. RSC 205 / RIC 265 / BMC 330-31 / Sear 1753 ex Classica Antiquities Edited March 8 by Phil Anthos 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 8 · Supporter Share Posted March 8 (edited) Septimius Severus Septimius Severus AR Denarius, Rome 207 AD. 20mm, 3.31gr. RIC 207, RSC 493, BMC 531 SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XV COS III P P, Africa standing right, holding out folds of drapery containing fruits, lion at feet walking right. Edited March 8 by expat 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 8 · Member Share Posted March 8 Personification of a geographical area 20 mm, 3,74 g. Mn. Aquillius. AR serrate denarius. Rome. 71 BC. VIRTVS / III VIR, helmeted, draped bust of Virtus / MN AQVIL / MN F MN N / SICIL, warrior, holding shield and raising up fallen figure (or the consul Man. Aquillius raising Sicilia). Cr. 401/1; RSC Aquillia 2; BMC 3364. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 8 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 8 Link: another personification. Hadrian AR Denarius, Travel Series, Rome Mint, 130-133 AD (according to RIC II.3 p. 173: Group 10, “Provinces Cycle”). Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right / Rev: AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum in right hand and resting left arm on basket; to left, ibis standing right. RIC II.3 Hadrian 1482 & Pl. 30 (2019 edition), old RIC II 297d (1926 ed.), RSC II 99, Sear RCV II 3456, BMCRE III Hadrian 801-3, Foss 95 at p. 118 (dating Hadrian’s travels in Egypt to AD 130). 18 mm., 3.11 g., 7 hr. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 8 · Supporter Share Posted March 8 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) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 9 · Member Share Posted March 9 Head of Medusa 15,1 mm, 3,58 g. L. Plautius Plancus. AR denarius. Rome. 47 BC. [L · PLAVTIVS] below, head of Medusa facing, with coiled snake on either side / PLAN[CV] (or PLANCVS), Victory (or Aurora) flying right, head slightly left, holding reins and conducting four rearing horses of the sun. Crawford 453/1a or 1b (PLANCVS/PLANCV; BMC 4004/4008; Sydenham 959/959a; Plautia 15/15a; RBW 1583-4. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 9 · Patron Share Posted March 9 Link: Four horses of the sun. Probus, AD 276-282. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.15 g, 22.05 mm, 6 h. Serdica, 4th officina, 4th emission, AD 277. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust, left, in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter. Rev: SOLI INVICTO, Sol, in spread quadriga, raising right hand and holding whip in left hand; -/-//KAΔ. Refs: RIC 861 H; RCV 12040 var. (bust). 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 9 · Member Share Posted March 9 Probus... Probus 276-282 AD AE Antoninianus (20mm, 3.43g) O: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG. R: Female deity standing right, presenting wreath to Probus; RESTITVT ORBIS, Z in field between, XXI in ex. RIC 925 / Cohen 509 / Sear 3364 ex Jack H. Beymer 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 9 · Supporter Share Posted March 9 Probus Probus, 276-282 AD. AR Antoninianus (4.98 gm; 23 mm). Lugdunum mint. IMP C PROBVS . P . F . AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch in upraised hand and raising hem of skirt while holding sceptre; Officina D in left field. Pleasant toning. RIC 119(D.RC) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 10 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 10 Link: Pax. Gordian III AE (Orichalcum) Sestertius, AD 238-239, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVUS / Rev. Pax standing front, head left, holding branch in her right hand and transverse scepter in her left, PAX AVGVSTI; S – C across fields. 30 mm., 18.37 g., 12 h. RIC IV 256a, Sear RCV III 8721, Cohen 176. Purchased from Leu Numismatik AG, Winterthur, Switzerland, Web Auction 22, 21 Aug. 2022, Lot 185, ex Collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021) (Austria & Switzerland) and that of his father, Dr. Karl Blaschegg (1892-1951) (Austria) (see https://coinsweekly.com/whoswho-sammler/blaschegg-dr-med-max-1930-2021/) (with collector’s ticket stating “von Vater,” so acquired before 1951). Leu description notes “light doubling on reverse.” 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted March 10 · Supporter Share Posted March 10 More Pax: Carausius, Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Æ Antoninianus (24mm, 5.05g, 6h). London mint, struck AD 286-289. Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG; Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: P[A-X]-AVG; Pax standing left, holding olive branch and sceptre; F-O/ML. Ref: RIC V 98. Very Fine, nice green patina. From the Paul McIlroy Collection, Ex CNG e66 (11 Jun 2003), Lot 132 (part). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted March 10 · Member Share Posted March 10 8 hours ago, Edessa said: London mint 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 10 · Supporter Share Posted March 10 Cross on reverse JAIME I. (1213-1276 AD). Crown of Aragon. Obverse: ARAGON., bust of King Jaime, crowned and draped, left. Reverse: IACOBVS REX., cross of Caravaca, (Patriarchal Cross). 1 Denier (1/240th Libra), Billon. 1.09g. 18mm. Jaca mint, (1085-1340), Spain. CRU # 318. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 11 Another cross on the reverse: England, Elizabeth I, AR Sixpence 1562 (Milled), by Eloye Mestrelle.* Obv. Crowned and mantled bust left [large broad bust, frosted crown], with elaborately decorated dress, small Tudor Rose behind, ELIZABETH.D.G.ANG.FRA.ET.HIB.REGINA [Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland; curly “Z” in Elizabeth] around; after legend, mm. Star / Rev. Quartered shield over long cross pattée with divided date 15-62 above shield; POSVI-DEVM.AD-IVTORE-M·MEVM [I have made God my helper] around; before legend, mm. Star. 26 mm., 3.43 g. S. 2597 [Spink, Standard Catalogue of British Coins, Coins of England & the United Kingdom, Pre-Decimal Issues, 57th Edition, 2022]. Purchased at St. James’s Auctions No. 62, 14 Jun 2022, Lot 600; ex Spink 1976 (from Spink Numismatic Circular[?], Jan. 1976, with two old coin tickets). *See Spink p. 261: “Coins of exceedingly fine workmanship were produced in a screw press introduced by Eloye Mestrelle, a French moneyer, in 1561. With parts of the machinery powered by a horse-drawn mill, the coins produced came to be known as ‘mill money.” Despite the superior quality of the coins produced, the machinery was slow and inefficient compared to striking by hand. Mestrelle’s dismissal was engineered in 1572 and six years later he was hanged for counterfeiting.” After 1571, milled coinage was not reintroduced until the reign of Charles I in 1631, by Nicholas Briot (see Spink p. 288)), and did not entirely supercede the minting of hammered coinage until 1663, under Charles II, after Peter Blondeau’s machinery was introduced (see id. p. 344). 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 12 · Patron Share Posted March 12 Link: Empress with a left-facing bust. Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 25.21 g, 31.2 mm, 12 h. Rome, autumn AD 154-December AD 155. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, left, with Beckmann Type 5 coiffure. Rev: S C, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding out arrow in right hand and resting left on bow, set on ground. Refs: RIC –; BMCRE –; Cohen 208; Strack 1325 (Paris); RCV –; Banti (Paris) 114. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 12 · Supporter Share Posted March 12 Faustina/ PII FIL 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted March 14 · Supporter Share Posted March 14 Another coin with PII in the legend for 3.14.2024. Geta, as Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.26g, 12h). Laodicea ad Mare mint, struck AD 202-203. Obv: P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES; Bare headed and draped bust of Geta right, seen from behind. Rev: SEVERI PII AVG FIL; Priestly implements: lituus, knife, jug, simpulum and sprinkler. Ref: RIC IV 107; BMC 754; RSC 189. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 15 · Patron Share Posted March 15 Link: Priestly implements. Nerva, AD 96-98. Roman AR denarius, 3.37 g, 16.6 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 97. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT, laureate head, right. Rev: COS III PATER PATRIAE, Priestly implements (simpulum, aspergillum, jug, lituus). Refs: RIC 24, BMCRE 33-35; Cohen 48; RCV 3023; CBN 24. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 15 · Supporter Share Posted March 15 Link, 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. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 16 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 16 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. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 Beautiful patina! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 16 · Supporter Share Posted March 16 Link; Hadrian 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 16 · Patron Share Posted March 16 Link: watercraft. Gratian, AD 367-383. Roman Æ maiorina, 5.90 g, 21.4 mm, 11 h. Constantinople, AD 383. Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust, right, holding spear and shield. Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head right, on ship, raising right hand. Victory seated at helm. No wreath in field; in exergue, CONΓ. Refs: RIC 52a (unlisted officina). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted March 16 · Supporter Share Posted March 16 (edited) 3 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Link: watercraft. Gratian, AD 367-383. Roman Æ maiorina, 5.90 g, 21.4 mm, 11 h. Constantinople, AD 383. Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust, right, holding spear and shield. Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head right, on ship, raising right hand. Victory seated at helm. No wreath in field; in exergue, CONΓ. Refs: RIC 52a (unlisted officina). Link: watercraft Phoenicia, Arados. Uncertain king. Circa 380-351/0 BC. AR Third stater 2.91g. 13.2mm Obv: Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad right, with frontal eye Rev: Galley right above waves; 𐡌𐡀 (M A in Aramaic) above; dotted square above, linear semicircle below; all within shallow incuse. Edited March 16 by Sulla80 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 Phoenicia 14 mm, 2,08 g. Phoenicia, Tyre. Ӕ. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 121-122 AD. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; to left, palm frond / Astarte, holding wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left, standing left on galley; to left, ZMC; to right, monograms of MH and TYP; below, Phoenician letters. BMC 311; RPC III 3901; SNG Copenhagen 358; Rouvier 2260. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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