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Postumus, Antoninianus, 260-269, Trier, , Billon 21MM
Obverse- Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Reverse- Serapis standing left, raising hand & holding sceptre; prow at his feet to left SERAPI COMITI AVG
RIC-329 Trier mint (AD 267)

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Demetrios I Poliorketes
AE 18 mm, 5.20 g, 6 h
uncertain mint in Macedon or Greece (?)
circa 300 BCE
Prow to left. Rev. ΔΗΜ / ΒΑΣΙ Demetrios on horseback galloping left, hurling spear; to left, forepart of a lion right.
HGC 3, 1024. Newell 179 and pl. XVII, 18. SNG Alpha Bank -. SNG München -.
Ex Leu

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Here is a theme that wasn't posted for a while - you won't guess it, a prow!

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City Commemoratives AD 330-354. Siscia

Follis Æ

17 mm, 2,31 g

RIC VII Siscia 224

Obv: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand / Rev: Victory, winged, draped, standing left on prow, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand. Mintmark BSIS

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Constantius II AE reduced. Rome AD 352-355, under Constantivs II.
OBV: DN CONSTAN – TIVS PF AVG
Laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right. B behind bust.
REV: FEL TEMP RE – PARATIO
Soldier, helmeted, draped and cuirassed advancing left and spearing fallen horseman with right hand and wearing shield on left arm. Shield on ground to right of horseman wearing pointed cap, falling forward clutching horse’s neck.
Gamma in left field, R wreath Z in exergue.
22mm, 5.21g
Ric VIII Rome 257.
Purchased from Castellet Classical Numimatics

 

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Fausta (wife of Constantine I)
Antioch, 325-326 CE
BI Nummus 3.38g, 21mm, 11h.
FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right
SPES REIPVBLICAE, Salus standing facing, looking to left, veiled, with two children in her arms; SMANTЄ in exergue
RIC VII 69
Ex Roma

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Two links:

  1. Funky floral pattern
  2. Shared the name with a Harry Potter character

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Argolis, Hermione
Circa 360-310 BCE
14.46mm 2.26g
Obverse: Head of Demeter Chthonia left
Reverse: Torch flanked by E-P, all within wreath
BCD Peloponnesos 1297
Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale)
Ex CNG
Ex Marc Breitsprecher

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Nero, with Poppaea Sabina
Drachm of the Roman Imperial Period 62/63 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 16mm; Weight: 3.70g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur 88, RPC I 4187, McAlee 280; Provenance: Ex CNG Classical Numismatic Group 112 (11 September 2019), Lot 427; Obverse: Laureate head of Nero right. The Inscription reads: ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣ[ΑΡ] ΣΕΒ ΑΣΤΟΣ for Neron Kaisaros Sebastos (Nero Caesar Augustus); Reverse: Draped bust of Poppaea right. The Inscription reads: ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΝΕΡΩ[ΝΟ]Σ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY for Poppaia Neronos Sebastou (Poppaea Nero Augusta).
 
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Link: Title character in an opera (Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea). Here's Titus, as in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.

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Titus as Caesar, AD 69-79.
Roman AR Denarius, 3.27 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 76.
Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, laureate head right.
Rev: COS V, Eagle standing front on garlanded altar, thunderbolt in claws, wings open, head left.
Refs: RIC.191a; RIC2.861; BMCRE 191; CBN 166; RSC.59a; RCV 2438.

 

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Titus, as Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.11g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESP; Laureate head to right. Rev: PONTIF TR POT; Fortuna standing to left on cippus, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Ref: RIC II.1 696 (Vespasian); BMCRE 153 (Vespasian); Calicó 751. Very Fine; well-centered. From a private European collection. Ex Roma ESale 95 (13 Apr 2022), Lot 946.

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Difficult to post after such a coin, but better let the game flow.

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Domitian AD 81-96. Rome. As Æ
27 mm, 10,73 g
RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 707
Old RIC 394
AD 90 - AD 91
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P
Bust of Domitian, laureate, right
FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S C
Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae

 

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Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck AD 171...(32mm, 24.68 g)
Obv. Laureate, draped head right, IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXV
Rev. Fides standing left, holding Victory and standard, FIDES EXERCITVVM COS III SC
RIC III 997......Double die match to the only example in the British Museum Collection..

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Gallienus AD 253-268. Antioch
Billon Antoninianus 21 mm, 4,16 g

AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, bust of Gallienus, radiate, cuirassed, right / FIDES AVG, Mercury, nude except for cloak draped over left arm, standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left hand. Exergue: PXV. RIC V Gallienus 607; MIR 1667k; RSC 219

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Numerian AD 283-284. Rome

Follis Æ

22 mm, 3,47 g

IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, bust of Numerian, radiate, cuirassed, right / VNDIQVE VICTORES, Numerian, draped, cuirassed, standing left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on either side, captive

MintMark: -/-//KAΓ; OfficinaMark: ς

RIC V Carus 423

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Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 283/284 AD; Material: Billon Silver; Diameter: 21.7mm; Weight: 4.28g; Mint: Lugdunum; Reference: RIC V Carus 384; Obverse: Bust of Numerian, radiate, draped, right. The Inscription reads: IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Numerianus Augustus; Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing left, leaning on column, holding caduceus in right hand and sceptre in left hand. The Inscription reads: FELICITAS AVGG for Felicitas Duorum Augustorum (Good fortune of the two Augusti).
 
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AUGUSTUS (27 BCE-14 CE)
Denarius. Lugdunum.
19mm 3.77g
Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE. Laureate head right.
Rev: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT / C L CAESARES.
Caius and Lucius Caesar standing facing; two shields, two sceptres; lituus and simpulum above.
RIC² 209
Ex Numismatik Naumann

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Livia, wife of Augustus, and Julia, daughter of Augustus.
Roman provincial Æ 17.2 mm, 3.44 g.
Mysia, Pergamon, 10 - 2 BC.
Obv: ΛΙΒΙΑΝ ΗΡΑΝ ΧΑΡΙΝΟΣ, draped bust of Livia as Hera, right.
Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ, draped bust of Julia as Aphrodite, right.
Refs: RPC I 2359; BMC 15.139, 249; SGI 213; SNG Copenhagen-467; Vagi 370.

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