The Time Period Game - year 2000 to year 2050

[shanxi]

Theodosius I. (year 379-395)
Cyzicus Mint
Obv: DN THEODOSIVS P F AVG, Bust of Theodosius I, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor, head right, standing facing, holding standard and globe , SMKA
AE, 22 mm, 4.2g
RIC 9, p.246, 27(a)

[Spaniard]

Valentinian II, 378-83 A.D., Antioch, AE2

DN VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed
 bust right 
REPARATIO REIPVB, Emperor standing facing, raising kneeling
 turreted woman & holding Victory on globe. 
Mintmark: ANTB

RIC IX Antiochia 42c

Edited January 20, 2023 by Spaniard
Re-edited description.

[Roman Collector]

Aelia Flaccilla, AD 379-386.
Roman AE Maiorina (AE 2), 4.78 gm, 21.55 mm, 6 h.
Antioch, AD 383-386.
Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory seated r., inscribing chi-rho onto shield set on cippus. T in field r, ANTЄ in exergue.
Refs: RIC 61.3; Sear 20616; Cohen 4; c.f. LRBC II 2747.

[Prieure de Sion]

Flavius Claudius Constantinus II

Follis of the Roman Imperial Period 328/329 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 2.91g; Mint: Siscia; Reference: RIC VII Siscia 216; Obverse: Bust of Constantine II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, left. The Inscription reads: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C for Constantinus Iulius Nobilis Caesar; Reverse: Camp gate with two turrets, without doors, with five or six stone layers; star above. The Inscription reads: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS STR for Providentiae Caesares (to the providence of the Caesars). Mintmark ESIS for 5th officina.

 

 

 

Flavius Claudius Constantinus II

Follis of the Roman Imperial Period 326 AD; Material: AE; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.47g; Mint: Augusta Treverorum (Treveri, Trier); Reference: RIC VII Treveri 479; Obverse: Bust of Constantine II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, left. The Inscription reads: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C for Constantinus Iulius Nobilis Caesar; Reverse: Camp Gate. Mintmark in exergue followed by dot on crescent. The Inscription reads: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS STR for Providentiae Caesares (to the providence of the Caesars). Mintmark STR for 2nd officina.

 

[Spaniard]

@Prieure de Sion...

Very nice coins!...But I think we're on 350-400 AD?😉

[Prieure de Sion]

1 minute ago, Spaniard said:

@Prieure de Sion...

Very nice coins!...But I think we're on 350-400 AD?😉

You are right, of course. That's what happens when you don't look at the bottom to see if you're already on the last page. I was still at the previous epoch 😞

 

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ....

 

 

[DonnaML]

I know I haven't been participating in this thread for the last 500 years or so, but here are a few coins from the 350-400 AD period, without the write-ups. I'll omit the Aelia Flaccilla and Theodosius I coins I just posted in the "Theodosius" thread, as well as a couple of Julian II coins I've recently posted, and limit myself to solidi and siliquae:

Solidi:

Valentinian I, AV Solidus, 365 AD (reigned 364-375 AD), Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina (provenance to 1966):

Valens (younger brother of Valentinian I, reigned as Emperor in East AD 364-378), AV Solidus, Treveri (Trier) Mint, 1st Officina, issued 376 - mid-377 AD after death of Valentinian I:

Arcadius, AV Solidus 397-402 AD, Constantinople Mint (9th Officina) (provenance to 1960):

Siliquae:

Constantius II (son of Constantine I), AR reduced Siliqua, Lugdunum (Lyon) Mint, 360-361 AD (East Harptree Hoard, 1887):

Julian II (nephew of Constantine I), AR reduced Siliqua, AD 360-361, Arles [Constantina/Arelatum] Mint, 1st Officina:

Julian II, AR reduced Siliqua, AD 362-363, Antioch Mint (Vale of Pewsey Hoard):

Jovian, AR Reduced Siliqua, Nicomedia Mint (now Izmit, Turkey), AD 363-364:

Valens (brother of Valentinian I), AR reduced Siliqua, AD 364-367, Rome Mint (East Harptree Hoard, 1887):

Gratian, AR reduced Siliqua, 368-375 AD, Trier Mint [Emperor in West, AD 367-383]:

Magnus Maximus [Emperor in West AD 383-388 by usurpation from Gratian], AR reduced Siliqua, AD 383-388, Trier Mint (Vale of Pewsey Hoard):

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by DonnaML

[ewomack]

This one recently appeared in another thread here, but it's the only coin I have from this time period.

Julian II (360 - 363) AE1 (BI Maiorina); Thessalonika Mint; Obv: DN FL CL IVLIANUS PF AUG; Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVB; Bull standing right, two stars above;*TESΓ in exergue; Ref: RIC 226; NGC Graded Ch. XF

Edited January 14, 2023 by ewomack

[Prieure de Sion]

13 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Solidi

Donna fantastic coins! Please marry me! 😉 

[DonnaML]

9 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Donna fantastic coins! Please marry me! 😉 

Thanks, but once was enough for me! Besides, I'm probably old enough to be your mother. Plus, you're obviously just a golddigger!

[Prieure de Sion]

45 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Thanks, but once was enough for me! Besides, I'm probably old enough to be your mother. Plus, you're obviously just a golddigger!

Oh if you knew - I am an old man 🙂 

[John Conduitt]

I like this period in Roman Empire coinage. Siliquae look good, solidi are more affordable than aurei and it isn't yet the time of the worst Theodosian bronzes. Even though the portraits are comical, they're still distinctive enough to recognise the emperor. It's as if they are true likenesses after all, but caricatures.

Magnus Maximus Solidus, 383-388

Augusta/London. Gold, 21mm, 4.59g, 6h. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Magnus Maximus right, seen from front; D N MAG MA-XIMVS P F AVG. Magnus Maximus and Theodosius I seated facing on double throne, jointly holding globe between them; half-length figure of Victory above facing between, vertical palm branch under throne; VICTOR-IA AVGG; AVGOB in exergue (RIC IX, 2b; Biaggi 2312 (this coin)). Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys. NGC #6057866-002. A double die match for this coin in the British Museum.

[DonnaML]

7 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

I like this period in Roman Empire coinage. Siliquae look good, solidi are more affordable than aurei and it isn't yet the time of the worst Theodosian bronzes. 

I was thinking the exact same thing as I was putting my post together 

[shanxi]

Congratulations,the first thousand years of coinage history are done, now it's time to start with the next 1000 years !

The twentieth time period (year 400 to 450) starts now.

In Rome, e.g. Arcadius, Honrius, Iohannes, Valentinian III, Theodosius II  and more

Worldwide: The Vandals, the Sassanid Dynasty, Kingdom of Axum, Sogdiana. In  China we have e.g, the Southern Qi Dynasty or the Northern Wei Dynasty. But of course, there are many more

 

For two days it is 

year 400 to the year 450

And remember: This is not only for exactly datable coins, but for all coins which fit in the time period, worldwide; i.e. all coins which were at least probably/possibly minted during this period

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by shanxi

[Spaniard]

Kumaragupta I, c. 415-455
Weight: 2.1gr, Diameter: 12/14 mm.
Obverse- Head of king right
Reverse- Stylized Garuda standing facing, with wings spread, sun above right,
Brahmin legend around: 'Paramabhagavata Maharajadhiraja Sri Kumaragupta Mahendraditya'

[AncientOne]

 

Aelia Eudoxia AE 18mm.

AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, diademed draped bust right being crowned by hand of god / Victory seated right, supporting shield on column.       Johannes. 423-425 AD. AE 12mm Rome mint. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding trophy over shoulder and dragging captive; christogram in left field.

[Roman Collector]

Honorius, 393-423 CE.
Roman Æ centenionalis, 1.38 g, 13.8 mm, 6 h.
Nicomedia, 415-423 CE.
Obv: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right; * behind.
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM, two emperors standing, supporting globe between them; SMNA in exergue.
Refs: RIC x, p. 272, 412; LRBC II 2456; RCV 21021; MIRB 75; Cohen 27.

[Prieure de Sion]

Flavius Honorius 

Solidus of Theodosius II 408/420 AD; Material: Gold; Diameter: 22mm; Weight: 4.48g; Mint: Constantinopolis; Reference: RIC X Theodosius II (East) 201; Obverse: Bust of Honorius, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in right hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on left arm. The Inscription reads: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG for Dominus Noster Honorius Pius Felix Augustus; Reverse: Constantinopolis, helmeted, draped, enthroned, facing front, head right, holding sceptre in right hand and Victory on globe in left hand, right foot on prow. The Inscription reads: CONCORDI-A AVGGG for Concordia augustorum (Harmony of the Augusts).

 

 

Theodosius II

Solidus of the East Roman Imperial Period 430/440 AD; Material: Gold; Diameter: 20.5mm; Weight: 4.41g; Mint: Constantinople; Reference: RIC X Theodosius II (East) 257; Provenance: Ex MDC Monnaies de collection Monaco Collection incl. original Collectors Ticket; Obverse: Bust of Theodosius II, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in right hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on left arm. The Inscription reads: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG for Dominus Noster Theodosius Perpetuus Augustus (Our Lord, Theodosius, perpetual August); Reverse: Constantinopolis, helmeted, draped, enthroned, left, holding cross on globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand; by the throne, a shield; star in right field. Mark A for Officina. The Inscription reads: VOT XXX MVLT XXXX for Votis Tricennalibus Multis Quadragennalibus (Vows for the thirtieth anniversary and more for the fourtieth anniversary).

 

 

[shanxi]

Iohannes (423 - 425)
Obv: [D]N IOHANN[ES P F AVG], Bust of Johannes, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right
Rev: VICTO[R-IA AVGG]/ Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand.
Mint Mark: ∈/-//RM
RIC 10, p.361, 1910
AE, 1.1g, 10 mm.

[DonnaML]

I skipped hundreds of years in this thread, until the 350-400 period, simply because I had way too many coins from each  period and was too lazy to choose from among them. But now we've come to 400-450, the last period from which I have any ancient coins at all -- a grand total of one! -- so that makes it easy for me. This will be my final contribution unless we ever go another 1,100 years and get up to Henry VIII!

Western Roman Empire, Honorius (son of Theodosius I and younger brother of Arcadius), 393-423 AD, AV Solidus, ca. 402-408 AD. Ravenna Mint. [Note that the capital was moved from Milan to Ravenna in 402 AD.] Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right [“slender bust” type; see Sear RCV V 20919 at p. 453], D N HONORI-VS P F AVG / Rev. Honorius in military attire, standing right, holding a plain military standard (a signum in the form of a vexillum, i.e., a banner draped vertically from a horizontal cross-bar attached to a pole) in right hand, and Victory on globe in left hand, his left foot set on (RIC: “spurning”) a bound barbarian captive seated left on ground with both legs visible and sharply bent at knees (bent right leg is raised upright; bent left leg lies flat on ground with left knee extending below exergue line and left foot resting against right leg*), VICTORI-A AVGGG, R-V [Ravenna] across fields and COMOB [Comitatus Obryziacum **] in exergue. RIC X 1287 at p. 328 (1994), Sear RCV V 20919 (2014), Depeyrot II Ravenna 7/1 Honorius (7th emission) at p. 188 (763 examples from mint) [Depeyrot, Georges, Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]; Dumberton Oaks Catalogue, Late Roman 735-736 & Plate 28 [P. Griessen. & M. Mays, Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, etc. (1992); see https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/432/mode/1up and https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/430/mode/1up ], Cohen 44. 21 mm., 4.45 g. Ex Collection of Egon Gerson [b. 1921; d. 2021]; David R. Sear A.C.C.S. Certificate of Authenticity dated Dec. 16, 1998, issued to Egon Gerson, No. 50AB/RI/CO/CN (“almost EF, flan slightly bent”). 

Detail of captive:

*Captive type does not seem to be included in list of captive types (a)-(d) associated with RIC X 1287 (list is under RIC X 1205 at p. 318), or in expanded list of captive types (a)-(g) for RIC X 1287 at Wildwinds; see http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/honorius/solidi_table.html:

“a = captive: one leg crossed over the other [from RIC]
b = captive: two parallel legs [from RIC]
c = captive: one leg visible, more or less straight [from RIC]
d = captive: one leg visible, sharply bent at the knee [from RIC]
e (added) = captive: kneeling
f (added) = captive: sitting
g (added) = captive: one leg straight, one leg sharply bent at the knee”

The captive type on this coin -- with both legs visible and sharply bent at knee, one of them with the knee upright and the other with the knee flat on ground -- simply does not fit in any of these categories. I have made no attempt to review the 400+ examples of RIC X 1287 at ACSearch to determine if there are any with the same captive type as mine. 

** Signifying “pure gold of the Imperial Court (COMOB)” (see https://finds.org.uk/romancoins/articles/page/slug/officina), used on Late Roman gold coins produced at a number of Western mints including Ravenna. See also https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=comob (“COMOB is a late Roman - Byzantine mintmark abbreviating the Latin, Comitatus Obryziacum. COMOB was originally a mintmark for the comitatensian mint, the imperial court mint that followed the emperor, opened under Gratian. When that mint settled down in Rome and other Western mints were opened, other mint marks were added in the field: RM for Rome, MD for Milan, RV for Ravenna, and AR for Arles. In the east they changed the mark in the exergue to indicate the mint: CONOB for CONstantinople and THESOB for THESalonica”); https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=CONOB (further explicating “Obryziacum” as follows” “The solidus weighed 1/72 of the Roman pound. "OB" was both an abbreviation for the word obryzum, which means refined or pure gold, and is the Greek numeral 72. Thus the . . . OB . . . may be read ‘1/72 pound pure gold’”). 

A different interpretation of the COM in COMOB can be found in Jones, John Melville, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (Seaby, London 1990). See the entry for COMOB and CONOB at p. 65, asserting that COMOB stands instead for Comes Obryzi: “The probable explanation is that it is the abbreviated title of the official who is known to have supervised the imperial gold supplies in the western part of the Empire, the ‘Count of Gold’ or Comes Auri . . ., in the alternative form, Comes Obryzi.” The only other authority I have found who states that COMOB means something other than Comitatus Obryziacum is David Sear: see Sear RCV V at p. 15, suggesting that the COM in COMOB “possibly indicat[es] the office of Comes Auri (‘Count of Gold’), the official charged with the responsibility of supervising the Imperial gold supplies in the western provinces of the Empire.” (Presumably, given the similar wording, either Jones took his interpretation from an earlier edition of Sear, or Sear took it from Jones.)
 

[El Cazador]

On 12/14/2022 at 7:20 AM, Deinomenid said:

c310BC, around the time he  invaded North Africa and  just before deciding  he was a king 🙂

Sicily. Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BC). AR Tetradrachm, ca. 317-301 BC. 17.06 gms. Wreathed head of Arethusa left, three dolphins around, AI below, rev. Charioteer driving quadriga right, triskeles above, AI monogram in ex. Ierardi 73 (O13/R47), HGC 2, 1348.

Is this yours? Ex Spink, $7,500 with fees, good, but incomplete example…

[El Cazador]

On 12/10/2022 at 11:40 PM, Deinomenid said:

I was confused why we were doing 100 year bites because once we get to say after 500BC there are quite a lot of coins dateable by decade not century. So I assumed I was misunderstanding the game. Apologies.

 

Here’s a ~410BC Katane tet. From where I am fortunate enough to be writing now,  though the locals insist on calling it Catania.

(And Etna is smoking. Slightly unnerving.)

SICILY, Catania (413-404). Tetradrachm (17.14g) with laureate head of Apollo. R/ Nike crowning a galloping quadriga, fish in exergue. AA : Vinchon, 1952. Pozzi 419 ("of great rarity"), Gulbenkian 194 (same right corner).

 

 

Did you win this at Prunier?

[shanxi]

This time period seems to be more difficult. Here is another one.

 

Aelia Eudoxia
Obv: AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, Bust of Eudoxia, pearl-diademed, draped, right, wearing necklace and earrings, crowned by Hand of God
Rev: SALVS REI – PVBLICAE, Victory, winged, draped, seated right on cuirass, pointing to a shield inscribed with a ☧, supported on a low column
RIC 10, p.249, 103

[shanxi]

The twenty-first time period (year 450 to 500) starts now.

This is a more difficult period. Let's see what you have.

In Rome, e.g. Marcian, Leo I, Leo II, Zeno

Worldwide, not many changes: The Vandals, the Sassanid Dynasty, Kingdom of Axum, Sogdiana. In  China we have e.g, the Southern Qi Dynasty or the Northern Wei Dynasty. But of course, there are many more

 

For two days it is 

year 450 to the year 500

And remember: This is not only for exactly datable coins, but for all coins which fit in the time period, worldwide; i.e. all coins which were at least probably/possibly minted during this period

[Spaniard]

Sassanian Drachm of Valkash 484 - 488 C.E.
Obverse: Bust of King Valkash to right, wearing mural crown with korymbos set on crescent, ribbon on left shoulder, flames on right
Reverse: Fire altar with ribbons and head of Valkash to right on shaft, flanked by two attendants, star and crescent flanking flames.
Mint LYH Rev-Ardashir Khuzistan.