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Link: Libertas holding pileus and vindicta.

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Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman Æ sestertius, 24.30 gm, 28.7 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 240.
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: LIBERTAS AVG SC, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and vindicta.
Refs: RIC 318a; Cohen 153; RCV 8717; Hunter 147.

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Link: Libertas / pileus

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Claudius
Copper As, Rome Mint
Obv.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left
Rev.: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA S C, Libertas standing facing, head right, holding pileus and extending left arm
AE, 10.87g, 28.9mm
Ref.: RIC I 97, BMCRE I 145

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Link..Antoninus Pius,  COS III, As.

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Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE As (9.86 gm, 25.5mm). Rome mint. Struck 140-144 AD.
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PI VS PP TRP COS III, laureate head right.
Reverse: ANNONA AVG, S-C, Annona standing right, holding grain ears over modius in right hand, cornucopia in left; at feet to right, prow right.
RIC III 675. VF.

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1 hour ago, ambr0zie said:

Annona

 

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Publius Aelius Hadrianus as Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 119/120 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 26.90g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 233; Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, bare chest, traces of drapery on far shoulder usually visible, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus; Reverse: Annona standing left, holding corn ears and cornucopia; at feet to left, modius, corn ears, and poppy; behind right, prow of ship. The Inscription reads: PONT MAX TR POT COS III / ANNONA AVG (in exergue) / S C (in field) for Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium. Annona Augusti. Senatus Consultum (High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time. Imperial grain supply. Decree of the senate).

 

 

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Link:- Hadrian, Ae Sestertius, heroic bust

Obv:- IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, Laureate bust right with drapery on far shoulder, strap across chest from right to left shoulder
Rev:- PONT MAX TR POT COS, FORT RED/S C in two lines in exergue, Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopiae
Minted in Rome. A.D. 117
Reference:- BMCRE 1111. Cohen 751 var. (cuirassed). RIC II 541a var. (cuirassed).

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Faustina Minor
Pautalia, Thrace, AE 21,
Obv.: ΦAVCTEINA - CEBACTH, diademed draped bust right, hair in a coil at the back

Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, (Tyche)-Fortuna standing slightly left, head left, kalathos on head, rudder held by tiller in right hand, cornucopia in left hand
Ref.: Ruzicka Pautalia 138, RPC Online IV.1 8330, Varbanov II 4490 (R3), BMC Thrace p. 142, 12; Moushmov 4114

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Link: Faustina II from Pautalia.

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Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial triassarion, 6.34 g, 23.4 mm, 7 h.
Thrace, Pautalia, AD 161-175.
Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝ-Α CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, right; band of pearls around head.
Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC-ΠΑVΤΑΛΙ-ΑC, Dionysus seated on panther walking, r., resting r. arm on panther, holding thyrsus.
Refs: RPC IV 8811; Ruzicka 99.
Notes: Double die match to RPC IV 8811(4) = Ruzicka 99(4) = Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum 8775.

 

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Shanxi beat me to the Fortuna.
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33 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Thrace

 

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Marcus Antonius Gordianus III with Furia Sabinia Tranquillina
Bronze of the Roman Imperial Period 241/244 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 26mm; Weight: 10.21g; Mint: Mesambria, Thrace; Reference: RPC VII.2 1243; Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, facing one another. The Inscription reads: AVT K M ANT ΓOPDIANOC AVΓ CEB TPANKVΛΛINA for Autokrator Kaisaros Marcos Antonios Gordianos Augustos Sebaste Trankuillina (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus, Augusta Tranquillina); Reverse: Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in arms. The Inscription reads: MECAMBPIANΩN for Mesambrianon (from the People of Mesambria).

 

  

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Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm

Obv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress
Rev:- ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right, long scepter vertical behind in left, Corinthian helmet right over ΠΑ monogram in inner left field under arm;
Minted in Mesembria c. 275 - 225 B.C.
References:- Karayotov p. 80 and pl. VII, 41 (O7/R18); Price 992; Müller 436
17.000g, 31.6mm, 180o

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1 hour ago, maridvnvm said:

Zeus

 

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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).
 
 
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Diocletianus
Alexandria
Billon-Tetradrachm
Obv.: ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, laureate head right.
Rev.: LZ (year 7, 290/291), Zeus enthroned left with patera and sceptre, eagle to left
Billon, 7.24g, 20.2mm
Ref.: Kampmann/Ganschow 119.67, G3252, D5779

 

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Link:- Diocletian, Alexandria

Diocletian, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– A K G OVAL DIOKLHTIANOC CEB, Laureate, draped bust right
Rev:– None, Nike walking (flying) right holding wreath and palm
Minted in Alexandria (L|*/D). Year 1. A.D. 284-285
Reference:– Milne 4879. Emmett 4066(4) R3. Curtis 2010. BMC 2517. Dattari 5729
 
7.27g. 20.31 mm. 0 degrees

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Links: once again, Diocletian and Alexandria, close to the end of the separate Provincial coinage, and even closer to the end of this year. Despite the nice provenance, this one didn't quite make my Top Provincials list for 2022.

Diocletian, Billon Tetradrachm, 292/293 AD (Year 9), Alexandria, Egypt mint. Obv. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, ΔΙΟΚΛHΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ / Rev. ENA/TOV / L [= Year 9 spelled out] within laurel wreath; in exergue, A [ = 1st Officina]. 19-20 mm., 7.39g., 12 h. Dattari 5787; Geissen 3264/65; BMC 16 Alexandria 2541 at p. 327; K & G 119.84; Emmett 4084.9, Milne 5065. Purchased from Dr. Martina Dieterle, Feb. 2022; ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß [Kress] Auction 139, 20 Jun 1967, Lot 717.

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Diocletian, Billon tetradrachm

Obv:– DIOKLHTIANOC CEB, Cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Elpis (Spes) standing left, branch and raising skirt
Minted in Alexandria (ENATOY|L//D). Year 9. A.D. 292-293
Reference:– Milne 5086. Köln 3262. Dattari 5675; Emmett 4046 (9) R1. Curtis 1990. BMC 2503
 
7.13g. 20.45 mm. 0 degrees

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Lydia. Thyateira. Trajan. 98-117 AD. AE 25mm (9.14 gm).
Obv.: ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ CΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ , laureate head right.
Rev.: ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ; Athena in long chiton standing facing, head left, holding patera in her extended right hand, resting with left on shield placed on ground beside her, behind which upright spear. RPC III 1823. VF.

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Lydia, Thyateira
Pseudo-autonomous issue, AD 200-270
Obv.: BOPEITHNH, bust of Artemis Boreitene left, with quiver over shoulder, seen from behind
Rev.: ΘΥATEΙPHNΩN, eagle standing facing, head left, with open wings
AE, 4.20g, 20.4mm
Ref.: SNG Munich 595; SNG Copenhagen 578; SNG von Aulock 3213; BMC 22

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