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[Deinomenid]

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Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Time of Hieronymos, circa 215-214 BC. Diademed head to left / Winged thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEOΣ and ΞA above, IEPΩNYMOY below
 

 

[Restitutor]

Link: Thunderbolt 

[DonnaML]

Link: Mars with spear and trophy

Trajan AR Denarius, ca. AD 114, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate & draped bust right, IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P / Rev. Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak behind, advancing right, holding transverse spear, pointing up to right, with right hand and trophy over left shoulder with left hand, COS VI P P S P Q R. RIC II Trajan 299, RSC II Trajan 103, BMCRE III Trajan 516. Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 from Herakles Numismatics at NYINC 2022. 20 mm., 3.41 g. 

[shanxi]

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Trajan
AR-Denar
Obv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right with drapery on left shoulder.
Rev.: [S P Q R OPTI]MO PRINCIPI / Pax seated left, holding branch and sceptre; at her feet, kneeling Dacian
Ag, 3.46g, 17.4x18.5mm
Ref.: RIC 188, BMC 216, C 417

[maridvnvm]

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Septimius Severus denarius

Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SE-V PERT AVG II C, laureate head right
Rev:– FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna (as Pax?) seated left holding branch and cornucopia
Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194
Reference:– RIC -, BMCRE -. RSC -

Scarcer obverse legend variety from the COS II series

[Roman Collector]

Link: Fortuna Redux.


Aurelian, AD 279-275.
Roman billon antoninianus, 3.61 gm, 20.6 mm, 12 h.
Mediolanum, 3rd emission, autumn 271 – autumn 272.
Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, wheel under seat; S in exergue.
Refs: RIC 128; MER/RIC 1466; CBN 452; Sear 11539; MIR 16, Hunter p. cx.

[kirispupis]

Link: rudder

Kings of Macedon. Alexander III ‘the Great’
Tetradrachm Silver, 27 mm, 17.11 g, 12 h
Salamis, struck under Menelaus, circa 315-306
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram and rudder; below throne, monogram of ΠE.
Price 3165. Light marks and with traces of overstriking
Ex Leu

[shanxi]

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Lydia, Hierakome - Hierokaisareia
Obv.: draped bust of Artemis Persica r., with bow and quiver at l. shoulder, ΠΕΡCΙΚΗ below (only partially visible)
Rev.: ΙΕP monogram, forepart of stag kneeling right, ring of pearls with big pearls
AE, 5.80g, 18mm
Ref.: SNG v. Aul. 2951

[Deinomenid]

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SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 450-440 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 16.97 g,). Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding goad in his right hand and the reins in both; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses; in exergue, ketos to right. Rev. ΣYRAKOΣ-I-ON Diademed head of Arethusa to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; around, four dolphins swimming right.

[Sulla80]

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SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 450-440 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 16.97 g,). Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding goad in his right hand and the reins in both; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses; in exergue, ketos to right. Rev. ΣYRAKOΣ-I-ON Diademed head of Arethusa to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; around, four dolphins swimming right.

LInk: Victory (aka Nike) & Biga galloping right

P. Cornelius Sulla, AR denarius (3.89g, 17-18mm, 12h), Rome, circa 151 BC

Obv: Head of Roma to right, wearing winged helmet ornamented with griffin's head; X behind

Rev: Victory, naked to the hips, driving galloping biga to right, holding reins in left hand and whip in right; P•SVLA below, ROMA in exergue

Ref: Crawford 205/1

Notes: for more on this coin see Sulla's uncle or grandfather

Edited October 27, 2022 by Sulla80

[shanxi]

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Anonymous
AR Denarius, 143BC, Rome
Obv.: Head of Roma right with winged helmet, X behind
Rev.: Diana in biga of stags right holding torch, crescent below, ROMA in exergue
Ag, 17.9x19.5mm, 4.21g
Ref.: Crawford 222/1, Sydenham 438

[Spaniard]

Link.... Head of Roma.

City Commemorative. 330-354 AD. AE Follis (2.40 gm, 17mm). Antioch mint. Struck 330-335 AD.
Obv.: VRBS ROMA, helmeted head of Roma left, wearing imperial mantle and ornamental necklace.
Rev.: she-wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above; SMANZ in exergue. RIC#91.

[Prieure de Sion]

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Hybrid coin with the obverse Constantinopolis and the reverse Urbs Roma, AE Nummus or Follis, Treveri, Diameter 16.3mm, Weight 1,65g mint 330-331 AD, Obv: Laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinople on the left, wearing the imperial mantle, holding a sceptre (CONSTANTINOPOLIS), Rev: The she-wolf on the left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, TRP in the exergue, Provenance: Odysseus Numismatique Montpellier.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by Prieure de Sion

[Roman Collector]

Link: Roman bronze with a left-facing bust!

Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.
Roman Æ as, 9.85 g, 26.0 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 148-151.
Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, Bust of Faustina II, draped, with band of pearls, left.
Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing right, arranging drapery on right shoulder, and holding apple in her left hand.
Refs: RIC 1410b (bust l.); BMCRE 2165; Cohen --; Strack 1304; RCV --.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link... Roman Bronze with green patina

 

 

Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 238 AD
Material: Silver
Diameter: 29/31mm
Weight: 19.68g
Mint: Rome
Reference: RIC IV Pupienus 20
Provenance: Ex Adrian Lang Collection, Ex Leu Numismatic Winterthur

Obverse:
Bust of Pupienus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. The inscription reads: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus.

Reverse:
Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. The inscription reads: CONCORDIA AVGG S C for Concordia Duorum Augustorum, Senatus Consultum (Harmony of the two emperors, decree of the senate).

[shanxi]

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Pupienus
AR Antoninianus, AD 238
Obv.: IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: PATRES SENATVS, clasped hands
Ag, 4.84g, 21.6mm
Ref.: RIC 11b, RSC 21

[maridvnvm]

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Marius Antoninianus

Obv:– IMP C MARIVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– CONCORD MILIT, Clasped hands.
Minted in Cologne
Reference– RIC 6; Hunter 3; Schulzki 1b; Elmer 633.

Found in Poundbury, Dorset in 1986
3.41 g. 19.99 mm. 180 degrees

Edited October 27, 2022 by maridvnvm

[Prieure de Sion]

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Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus, Rome, 238 AD, Silver Antoninianus, Diameter 22.30mm, Weight 4.89g, RIC IV Balbinus 10, Obv: Bust of Balbinus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, Rev: Clasped right hands CONCORDIA AVGG.

 

 

[Edessa]

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Balbinus, AD 238. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.04g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Obv: IMP C D CAE L BALBINVS AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICT-ORIA AVGG; Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond. Ref: RIC IV 8; RSC 27. Good Very Fine, light iridescent toning, hairlines. From the San Vicente Collection. Ex CNG eAuction 469 (3 Jun 2020), Lot 483. 

[kirispupis]

Link: Victory

Coele-Syria. Chalkis ad Libanon. Lysanias
40-36 BCE 19.88mm 4.32g
Obverse: Diademed head of Lysanias right, monogram below chin
Reverse: ΛYΣANIOY TETPAP-ΧOY KAI APXIEPEΩΣ, Athena standing left, holding Victory and resting hand on grounded shield, monogram in right field
RPC I 4770
Ex Marc Breitsprecher

[Prieure de Sion]

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Antiochos VIII Epiphanes Philometor Kallinikos (Grypos)

Tetradrachm of the Seleucid Empire Period 121/114 BC

Material: Silver

Diameter: 29mm

Weight: 16.44g

Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Seleucid Empire

Reference: SC 2298.2e, HGC 9 1197e

 

Obverse:

You can see the diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right.

 

Reverse:

Zeus Ouranós, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched hand and long sceptre. Crescent above, IE over A in left field, N in inner right field. All within laurel wreath border. The inscription reads: ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ for Basileos Antiochou Epiphanous (Basileús Antíochos ho Epiphanḗs / King Antiochos, the appearing God).

 

[kirispupis]

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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Tetradrachm
Seleukeia on the Tigris, 281-261 BC
Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ to left, monogram to outer left and right.
SC 379.5a; HGC 9, 128g. 16.80g, 29mm, 3h.
Acquired from Numismatik Naumann

[DonnaML]

Link: Apollo.

Roman Republic, C. [Caius/Gaius] Calpurnius Piso L.f. [son of Lucius] Frugi [son-in-law of Cicero, married to Tullia], AR Denarius, 67-59 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right in high relief, hair long and in ringlets; behind, control symbol ɸ (Greek letter phi) (Crawford obverse die 32; Hersh 1976 obverse die O-33) / Rev. Naked horseman galloping right wearing shaped conical cap, holding reins but carrying no palm branch or other object; above, control symbol sword [Crawford] or knife [Hersh 1976] with curved blade [Crawford reverse die 43, Hersh 1976 reverse die R-1038]; beneath horse, C• PISO• L• F• FRVG [with VG blurred on die]. Crawford 408/1a [Apollo laureate rather than wearing fillet]; BMCRR Rome 3774 [this die combination]; Hersh 1976 at p. 32, Corpus No. 89 [this die combination]; RSC I Calpurnia 24j [Apollo laureate/horseman wearing conical cap & carrying no palm branch or other object]; Harlan, Michael, Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins 63 BCE - 49 BCE (2d ed. 2015) (“Harlan RRM II”), Ch. 7 at pp. 54-59; Sear RCV I 348; Sydenham 846. 18 mm., 3.86 g. 6 h.  [Double die-match to Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 80, Lot 3048, 03.06.2014 (see https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2012900), previously sold by LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 100, Lot 398, 23/04/2007. ] [Footnotes omitted.]

[Roman Collector]

Link: Frugi family.


L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC.
Roman AR denarius, 3.68 g, 18.1 mm, 8 h.
Rome, 90 BC.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΨXXXVIII behind.
Rev: Horseman right with palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; CVII above, L·PISO FRVGI / ROMA monogram below.
Refs: Ghey, Leins & Crawford 340.1.84; RSC Calpurnia 11; Sydenham (CRR) 664b; BMCRR 1928; Sear 235.
Notes: Double die match to BMC specimen.

[DonnaML]

Link, Apollo again.

Roman Republic, L. Pomponius Molo, AR Denarius, 97 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right, L• POMPON• MOLO / Rev. Numa Pompilius [legendary second king of Rome after Romulus], holding lituus in left hand, standing right before a lighted altar, at which he is about to sacrifice a goat, which is led by a victimarius standing left, NVMA•POMPIL in exergue (MA and MP in monogram). Crawford 334/1, RSC I Pomponia 6 (ill.), BMCRR Italy 733, Sydenham 607, Sear RCV I 214 (ill.). 19.7 mm., 3.86 g.  (Purchased from Marti Classical Numismatics, Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 2020; Ex. Spanish collection.) Footnote omitted.