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Augustus
Phrygia, Laodicea
Zeuxis Philalethes, magistrate.
Obv.: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, Bare head of Augustus right; lituus in front.
Rev: ZEYΞΙΣ / ΘΙΛΑΛΗΘΗΣ / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, Staff entwined with serpent.
Æ, 3.49g, 16-17mm
Ref.: RPC 2895

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Caracalla, Thrace, Philippopolis, AE Tetrassarion (32 mm, 21.70 g), 209-211 A.D., AΥT K M AΥΡ ANTΩNEINOC Laureate head of Caracalla to right./ Rev.ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN Asklepios standing facing, head turned to the left, resting right hand on grounded serpent-entwined staff and holding left arm over which hang folds of drapery before him

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Caracalla Denarius

Obv:– M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– SEVERI AVG PII FIL, sacrificial implements
Minted in Rome. A.D. 196
Reference:– BMCRE 186 has matching bust type though not illustrated. RIC 4 (though bust from front rather than the more usual rear). RSC 587.

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Sacrificial implements.

Saloninus (Caesar) Antoninianus, 256
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Rome. Silver, 19mm, 2.52g. Radiate draped bust right seen from behind; L[IC] COR SAL VALERIANVS N CAES. Sacrificial Implements (Lituus, knife, patera, vase turned left, simpulum and aspergillum), PIETAS AVGG (RIC V.1, 26). From the Bristol (Somerset) Hoard II 1996

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Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-198, AR denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 196-198
Obv: M AVR ANTON-CAES PONTIF, bare headed, draped bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind
Rev: [DESTINATO IMPERAT], priestly implements: lituus, apex, bucranium, simpulum
Ref: RIC IV 6

Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-198, AR denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 196
Obv: M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: SEVERI AVG PII FIL, Priestly implements: lituus, cultellus, capis, simpulum, and aspergillum
Ref: RIC IV 4

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Probus

Obv:– IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– FELICIT TEMP, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and sceptre
Mint – Lugdunum (II in exe) Emission 8, Officina 2. Autumn – End 281 A.D.
Reference:– Cohen 210, Bastien 348. RIC 75 Bust type F

Weight 3.55g. 22.67mm. 180 degrees

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Probus
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
Obv.: K M AYP ΠΡΟΒΟC CEB, Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: L - B = year 2 (AD 276-277), Eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak.
Billon, 6.77g, 20.5mm
Ref.: Geissen 3126, Kampmann/Ganschow 112.5

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6 minutes ago, shanxi said:

Eagle & Tetradrachm

 

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Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 242 AD; Material: Billon Silver; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 12.19g; Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur 293, McAlee 875, RPC VII.2 3510; Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front with trabea. The Inscription reads: AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordiano Sebastos (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus); Reverse: Eagle standing facing, with wings spread, head and tail left, on ram, with head turned back, running left under crescent. The Inscription reads: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠA TO B for Demarchos exousia Hypatos to Beta (Invested with the Tribunician Power, Consul of the 2nd time).
 
 
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Anonymous issue under Maximinus II.
Roman billon quarter follis, 1.35 g, 16.3 mm, 11 h.
Antioch, officina 6, AD 311-312.
Obv: GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; river god Orontes swimming below.
Rev: APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left holding patera and lyre; S in right field, SMA in ex.
Refs: RCV 14927; Vagi 2954; Van Heesch 3(a); McAlee 170f.

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15 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

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Anonymous Moneyer
Victoriatus of the Roman Republic Period 211/210 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 16.20mm; Weight: 3.06g; Mint: Apulia; Reference: Crawford RRC 102/1; Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter, right. Border of dots; Reverse: Victory, right, crowning trophy. Line border. Controlmark Q. The Inscription reads: ROMA for Roma, the city goddess of Rome.
 
 
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Licinius II
AE-Follis , Antiochia, 317-320
Obv: DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, Bust of Licinius II, laureate, draped, left, holding sceptre in right hand and mappa in left hand
Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS/ Jupiter, nude, chlamys draped across left shoulder, standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and leaning on sceptre with left hand; to left, captive
OfficinaMark: BI
MintMark: SMANT
3.14g, 17mm
RIC VII, p.680, 29 (R4)

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Licinius II (Caesar, 317-324). AE Follis, 2.96 gram, 19.0mm, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint,
Obverse..D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C ("Our Lord Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Noblest Caesar"), helmeted, cuirassed bust left, shield in left hand and spear in right held over shoulder;
Reverse..IOVI CONSERVATORI ("To Jupiter the protector"), Jupiter standing facing, head left, nude but for chlamys over shoulder, Victory on globe offering wreath in his right hand, eagle-topped scepter vertical in left, eagle with wreath in beak on left, X/IIΓ (12 1/2) on right above bearded captive at feet seated right with head turned looking back at Jupiter, SMANTZ in exergue (7th officina)
RIC VII Antioch 36 (R3), SRCV IV 15410, Cohen VII 21,

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19.9 mm 2.38 g

Postumus (260-269 A.D.)

Billon Antoninianus

Colonia Agrippina (Cologne, Germany) mint, (ca. 260-61 A.D.)

 

Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped &cuirassed bust of Postumus right

Rev:  IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter walking right, hurling a thunderbolt

 RIC 311

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Postumus, silvered billon Antoninianus, Trier [Mairat] or Cologne Mint, 265-268 AD. [Mairat pp. 61, 64: 266-267 AD.] Obv. Radiate & draped bust right, IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG / Rev. Serapis, crowned and draped, standing left, raising right hand and holding transverse sceptre in left hand; in background, prow of galley right, SERAPI COMITI AVG. RIC V-1 329, RSC IV 358, Sear RCV III 10992 (ill. p. 364), Mairat 362 (pp. 532-533) & Pls 143-144 [Jerome Mairat, The Coinage of the Gallic Empire (Trinity, Oxford, 2014), available at https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:58eb4e43-a6d5-4e93-adeb-f374b9749a7f/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=Volume_1.pdf&type_of_work=Thesis ]. 21 mm., 3.80 g. 

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Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman AR denarius, 2.9g, 19mm, 6h.
Rome, issue 10, AD 217.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right.
Rev: P M TRP XX COS IIII PP; Serapis, wearing polos on head, standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter.
Refs: RIC 289c; BMCRE 188; Cohen/RSC 382; RCV 6846; Hill 1586.

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Antoninus Pius
Pergamon, Mysia
Magistrate Quartos (strategos for the second time)
AE 21, c. AD 144-158
Obv.: ΑV ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟС, laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.
Rev.: ƐΠΙ СΤΡ ΚοVΑΡΤοV ΤΟ Β ΠƐΡΓΑ, Serapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
AE, 7.23g, 21mm
Ref.: RPC IV 3195, Weisser 610, BMC 281, Cop 484

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Divus Antoninus Pius. Died 161 AD. AR Denarius (3.21 gm, 18mm). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, 161 AD. Obv.: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery.
Rev.: CONSECRATIO, funeral pyre of four tiers, decorated with garlands, surmounted by facing quadriga.
RIC 438 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 27/4-12 (Aurelius); RSC 164a. VF.

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38 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

DIvus

 

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Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula for Divus Augustus
Dupondius of the Roman Imperial Period 37/41 AD; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 29mm; Weight: 15.48g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 56; Provenance: Ex Künker Numismatic Germany incl. Certificate of Authenticity; Pedigree: from the famous Lottie and Mark Salton Collection incl. original Collectors Ticket; Obverse: Head of Augustus, radiate, left. The Inscription reads: DIVVS AVGVSTVS S C for Divus Augustus, Senatus Consulto (Augustus the divine, by decree of the Senate); Reverse: Gaius Caligula, laureate and togate, seated, left, on curule chair, holding branch in right hand and resting left hand against side. The Inscription reads: CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R for Consensus Senatus Et Equestris Ordinis Populi Que Romani (With the will of the senate, the equestrian order, and the Roman people).
 
 
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