Anyone up for a game of coin UNO?

[Broucheion]

52 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Champagne and Brie

Champagne and brie. I do love them together! All that's missing is the caviar on toast.

- Broucheion

Edited June 8, 2023 by Broucheion

[robinjojo]

Link: Billon

Sabina, BI tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 15 (130/1 AD).

Cologne-1262; Dattari-2063; BM-918; RPC-5774 (9 specimens).

12.84 grams

Obverse: Bust of Sabina facing right.

Reverse: Sabina as Ceres, seated, left, holding ears of corn and scepter.

Edited June 8, 2023 by robinjojo

[John Conduitt]

Sabina

Sabina Denarius, 130-133

Rome. Silver, 17mm, 3.07g. Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing stephane; SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P. Concordia seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; cornucopiae below throne; CONCORDIA AVG. From the Londonthorpe II (Lincolnshire) Hoard, also known as Ropsley, found in March 2018. Portable Antiquities Scheme ID: LANCUM-F93E5B (This coin is in Image 1, first in second row).

[robinjojo]

Link: Sabina

Sabina, sestertius, Pietas,  128-136 AD.

RIC 1029

27.0 grams

Obverse: Bust of Sabina, diademed, wearing stephane with hair in queue, draped, right.

Reverse: Pietas seated left, holding patera and scepter.

 

Edited June 8, 2023 by robinjojo

[Roman Collector]

Link: Sabina sestertius.

Sabina, 117-137 CE.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 22.51 g, 31.2 mm, 6 h.
Rome, 132 CE.
Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter.
Refs: RIC 1028; BMCRE 1869; Cohen 38; RCV 3934; UCR 500; Strack 86.

 

[Edessa]

Link: A different Sabina.

Nero, AD 54-68. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.10g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 64-65. Obv: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS; Laureate head to right. Rev: AVGVSTVS AVGVSTA; On left, Nero, radiate and togate, standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; on right, Poppaea Sabina, veiled and draped, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Ref; RIC I 44; BMCRE 52-3; BN 199-200; Biaggi 220; Calicó 401. Near Very Fine. From the collection of Z.P., Austria. Ex Roma eSale 97 (26 May 2022), Lot 1021. Auction note: According to the accounts of Plutarch and Suetonius, Nero became enamored by Poppaea Sabina, the wife of Otho, a courtier and close friend of the emperor around AD 59. The two were divorced, and Otho was given the position of governor of Lusitania and ordered to relocate to Hispania. Tacitus claims that soon after the divorce, Poppaea pressured Nero to murder his mother Agrippina, and divorce and execute his first wife Claudia Octavia, with whom he had no children. Nero indeed divorced Octavia, claiming she was barren, and imprisoned her on the island of Pandateria on the charge of adultery. Poppaea became Nero's second wife in AD 62 and bore him a daughter, Claudia Augusta, in January the following year. Suetonius claims that Poppaea was expecting another child in AD 65, when she was kicked to death by the emperor (Life of Nero, 35.3). Both Cassius Dio and Tacitus support the claim that Nero killed his wife, though the bias of all three historians against Nero casts doubt over the reliability of their accounts. Indeed, Poppaea may have died of natural causes perhaps related to childbirth, a theory supported by the bestowal of divine honours upon her after her death, and the state funeral that she was afforded.

 

[ambr0zie]

Link - a very similar coin, but in silver 

Nero AD 54-68. Rome. AR Denarius. 20 mm, 2,65 g. Struck circa AD 64-65 or 65-66.

NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / [AVGVST]VS AVGVSTA, Nero, radiate and togate, standing left, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in right; to right, empress (Poppaea?), veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left. Note – some sources (Sear) indicate that the reverse characters are Augustus and Livia.

RIC I 45 and 57; WCN 55; RSC 43; BMCRE 54-5; BN 201.

[DonnaML]

Links: Nero and Poppea Sabina, this time on a Roman Provincial coin:

Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 11 (64/65 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate head of Nero, right, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ AY / Rev. Draped bust of Poppea Sabina [second wife of Nero and former wife of Otho], right, ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ around, LIA [Year 11] in right field. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 5280 (1992)]; RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5280; Emmett 128.11 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (Savio) 197-198 [Savio, A. ed., Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 2007)]; Milne 223 at p. 7 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; K&G 14.85 (ill. p. 59) [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria  (2008)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 124 at p. 16 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London 1892)]; Sear RCV I 2002 (Year 11; ill. of Year 10, at p. 394). 26.5 mm., 12.98 g.  Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique, Montpellier, France, Sep. 2021. 

[robinjojo]

Link: Sabina (I'm almost "Sabinaed" out)

Sabina, AR denarius,  Concordia, , NGC VF, possibly 128 -36 to 37-138 AD.

No legend reverse.

[expat]

AR Denarius

 

[Edessa]

Link: Victory

Roman Macedon, Philippi. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Claudius or Nero, AD 41-68. Æ Assarion (19mm, 4.13g, 12h). Obv: VIC-AV[G]; Victory standing left on base, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and a palm branch in her left. Rev. COHOR-PRAE/PHIL; Three standards. Ref: RPC I 1651; SNG Cop 306. Struck to commemorate the battle of Philippi.

[expat]

Link; Victory, palm branch

CONSTANTINE I. Æ. Follis. Sirmium 324-325 AD

Obverse: CONSTANTINVS AVG. Laureate head right.
Reverse: SARMATIA DEVICTA. Victory holding trophy and palm, stepping over a Sarmatian captive.
SIRM in exergue
2.99g. 20mm RIC VII, 48

[Roman Collector]

Link: Victory, trophy, captive.

Arcadius, AD 383-408
Roman Æ half-centenionalis; 1.15 g, 14.2 mm
Cyzicus, AD 388-392
Obv: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right
Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, with right hand carrying trophy over shoulder and dragging captive with left; ⳨ in left field, SMKΓ in exergue
Refs: RIC 26(c); LRBC 2578; RCV 20851.

[expat]

Link; Cyzicus

Licinius I AE Follis. AD 317-320. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate draped bust left holding mappa, orb and sceptre / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on a globe and sceptre, wreath left, Γ right. Mintmark SMK
17mm, 2.57 gr. Cyzicus, RIC VII 9r

 

[John Conduitt]

Licinius IOVI CONSERVATORI

Licinius I Nummus, 316-317

Alexandria. Bronze, 21mm, 3.17g. Laureate head right, IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG. Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; K – wreath / X / B; ALE (RIC VII, 18 B).

[Prieure de Sion]

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2 hours ago, John Conduitt said:

Jupiter

 

Marcus Antonius Gordianus III
Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 238 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 23mm; Weight: 4.3g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Gordian III 2; Provenance: Superior Galleries Numismatics New York

Obverse: Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. The Inscription reads: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus; Reverse: Jupiter, nude except for cloak on shoulders, standing front, head left, holding vertical sceptre in left hand and thunderbolt in right hand over Gordian III, togate, standing left and raising right hand. The Inscription reads: IOVI CONSERVATORI for Jovi Conservatori (To Jupiter the Protector).

 

[John Conduitt]

Gordian

Gordian III Antoninianus, 241-243

Rome. 20mm, 5.57g. Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right; IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG. Apollo, nude to waist, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and resting left elbow on lyre, P M TR P IIII COS II P P (RIC IV, 88). Found near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

[expat]

Link; Gordian III

 

[Prieure de Sion]

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Liberalitas

 

Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Reign: Commodus; Mint: Rome; Date: 190 AD; Nominal: Denarius
Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.51g

Reference: Yothr CRI.190.1a
Reference: RIC III Commodus 208; OCRE Online: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.com.208_denarius
Rare: R1; Provenance: Heritage Numismatics Dallas, USA (Auction 232308 February 2023, Lot 64114)

Obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right; Inscription: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P; Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus Pater Patriae; Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, Augustus, conqueror of the Britons, father of the nation

Reverse: Liberalitas, draped, standing front, head left, holding pileus in right hand and rod in left hand; Inscription: LIB AVG P M TR P XV COS VI; Translation: Liberalitas Augustorum, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta Decima, Consul Sextum; Translation: The liberality of the Augustus, high priest, holder of tribunician power for the 15th time, consul for the sixth time

 

Comment: Financial management under Commodus was particularly bad. Partly as a result of the senseless expenditure on competitions and games of all kinds, partly as a result of the lavish gifts to the people, there was a great shortage of money (Dio LXXII 16, 1-3. Comm. 16, 8-9). Commodus had numerous coins minted and issued with Liberalitas Augusti; LIB I in 175 AD, LIB II in 177/178 AD, LIB III in 180 AD, LIB IIII in 181 AD, LIB V in 182 AD, LIB VI in 185/186 AD, LIB VII in 190 AD, LIB VIII and LIB IX then for the last time in 192 AD. This lack of money was remedied by confiscations and the sale of offices, as well as by robbery and threats. This Liberalitas issue of Commodus is again related to the emperor’s “lucky” survival of a precarious situation – in this case the fall of Cleander; a Phrygian, was born into slavery and probably freed already under Marcus Aurelius. He played an important role from the beginning of Commodus’ reign. Thus Cleander had already established a personal relationship with Commodus in his childhood days, having been entrusted with his supervision at times. As “a cubiculo” he was already an influential person during the dominance of the praetorian prefect Perennis. When discontented Roman soldiers from Britain confronted the emperor in AD 185 to demand the head of Perennis, he is said to have advised Commodus to drop the prefect. With the fall of the Perennis, Cleander became the most important person in the emperor’s circle. Under Cleander’s influence, Commodus had moved closer to the Senate again and restricted the emperor’s beneficia to the people. However, Cleander is said to have been greedy and therefore sold both offices and senatorial dignities. He was generally hated by both the nobility and the people. As a result of a famine and a resulting hunger revolt, he was abandoned to the angry mob by Commodus (end of AD 189).

 

[John Conduitt]

Commodus

Commodus VICT BRIT Commemorative Sestertius, 184
Rome. Bronze, 29.5mm, 22.61g. Laureate head right; M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT. Victory, winged, draped, seated right on shields, cradling palm frond in right arm, inscribing shield set on knee and held in place by left hand, two shields on ground to left; P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P S C; VICT BRIT in exergue (RIC III, 440). A serious revolt erupted in Britain in 184, but was quickly put down and commemorated with coins.

[expat]

Link; Victory seated right

Aelia Flaccilla AE4.  AEL FLAC-CILLA, draped bust with elaborate headdress, necklace and mantle / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing a chi-rho on shield set on narrow column. 10mm, 1.28gr. RIC IX Antioch 54; Sear 20628
Born Spain 356CE, died Constantinople 386 CE. First wife of Theodosius I

 

[DonnaML]

Link: Aelia Flacilla. I can never pass up a chance to post this one!

Aelia Flaccilla (first wife of Theodosius I and mother of Arcadius & Honorius), AE maiorina, AD 383-386, Alexandria mint, 2nd Officina. Obv. Draped bust of Aelia Flaccilla right, wearing necklace, earrings, and elaborate headdress with diadem, right hand reaching up to clutch her necklace, AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG / Rev. Empress standing facing, head right, her arms crossed on her breast, SALVS REI-PVBLICAE; in exergue, ALEB [mint mark ALE = Alexandria; B = 2nd Officina]. 24 mm., 6.62 g. RIC IX 17 (p. 302); Sear RCV V 20622; Cohen 6; LRBC II 2897 [R.A.G. Carson, P.V. Hill, & J.P.C. Kent, Late Roman Bronze Coinage, A.D. 324-498 (London 1972)]. Purchased Nov. 2022 from Kirk Davis, Claremont, CA, Cat. No. 80, Fall 2022, Lot 79; ex Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Auction 75, 09.24.2013, Lot 2652.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Pearl-clutching.


Aelia Flaccilla, 379-386 CE.
Roman Æ maiorina, 4.74 g, 23.4 mm, 12 h.
Constantinople, 383-386 CE.
Obv: AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Empress standing, facing, head right, arms folded on breast. /⳨//CONSE.
Refs: Sear 20618.

 

[robinjojo]

Link: Aelia Flaccilla

Nice one, Donna!

Here's my example:

AE maiorina,  383-388 AD,  Constantinople, 5th officina.

RIC IX Constantinople 82

5.28 grams

Edited June 10, 2023 by robinjojo

[Pellinore]

Link: 5th officina

2767. Constantinus II as caesar, (316-337). Æ Follis,  Siscia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 320. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding Victory on globe and mappa / Vexillum inscribed VOT/X in two lines; captive seated to either side; S-F/ HL (ligate)//ЄSIS*above (crescent). 18mm, 2.31g, 6h. RIC VII 133.