Hughie Dwyer Posted October 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 26, 2023 Link: 35 minutes ago, expat said: Septimus Severus AR denarius 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 26, 2023 Septimius Severus 201-210 AD AR Denarius (18mm, 3.13g) O: Laureate head right; SEVERVS PIVS AVG. R: Severus, togate and veiled, standing left holding olive branch; FVNDATOR PACIS. RSC 205 / RIC 265 / BMC 330-31 / Sear 1753 ex Classica Antiquities ~ Peter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 26, 2023 Link: 1 hour ago, Phil Anthos said: RIC 265 Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caracalla; Antoninianus of the Roman Imperial Period 215 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 23mm; Weight: 5.03g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Caracalla 265e; Obverse: Bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. The inscription reads: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM for Antoninus Pius, Augustus, Germanicus (Antoninus Pius Augustus, conqueror of the Germans); Reverse: Sol, radiate, naked except for cloak, standing left, mounting quadriga. The inscription reads: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P for Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Octava Decima, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae (High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 18th time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation). 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted October 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) Link Caracalla Caracalla and Geta GIC 2716 Obv: AV K M AV ANTONINOC AV K ? CE? GETAC Laureate, cuirassed and draped busts of Caracalla & Geta facing. (Sear GIC 2716v / Moushmov 469) Rev: V F? OV??IANOV-MAPKIANO?O?[ITON?] Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia. E in left field. 32.45 mm 17.45 g Edited October 26, 2023 by Dafydd 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2023 Link: Caracalla Ref Caracalla AR Denarius, Rome 19 mm. 2,94 g. RIC 130a, RSC 97, BMC 280 Caracalla 196-198 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH below, Dea Caelestis (Cybele) riding lion springing right over water gushing from rocks on left, holding thunderbolt & sceptre, and wearing ”City Wall” crown. Purchased from Aeternitas Numismaticas 12th Aug. 2023. Ex, Solidus Numismatik auction 106, Lot # 1580 11th Oct. 2022 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted October 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 26, 2023 Link: A very young Caracalla 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted October 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2023 Link Trophy and Captives Iulius Caesar. Denarius Spain 46-45, AR 18mm., 3.68g. Diademed head of Venus r.; behind, Cupid. Rev. Two captives seated at sides of trophy with oval shield and carnyx in each hand; in exergue, CAESAR. Babelon Julia 11. C. 13. Sydenham 1014. Sear Imperators 58. RBW 1639. Crawford 468/1. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 26, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2023 Link: Spain, denarius 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 27, 2023 Helmeted rider 18 mm, 2,57 g. Domitian as Caesar 69-81 AD. AR denarius. Rome. 77-78. CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right / COS V - Soldier on horseback rearing right, raising right hand. RIC 957 (Vespasian); C 49a; Old RIC 242 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 27, 2023 Link: 2 hours ago, ambr0zie said: Domitian as Caesar Domitianus as Caesar under Titus; Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 80/81 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 17mm; Weight: 3.31g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Titus 267; Provenance: Ex CGB.fr Numismatique Paris France; Obverse: Head of Domitian, laureate, right. The Inscription reads: CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII for Caesar, Divi Filius, Domitianus, Consul Septimum (Caesar, son of the divine, Domitian, consul for the seventh time); Reverse: Goat standing left, within laurel wreath. The Inscription reads: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS for Principes Juventutis (Prince of the youth). 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2023 Link: goat Valerianus II as Caesar AR Antoninianus, AD 255 Obv.: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right Rev.: IOVI CRESCENTI, young Jupiter seated facing on goat standing right. Ag, 3.86g, 20.5mm Ref.: RIC 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 28, 2023 Link; Goat AR denarius (3,87 g. 17 mm.). Rome, 138 B.C. C Renius Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet and 5 drop earring; behind, X designating value/ C•RENI below, ROMA in exergue, Juno Caprotina, holding crook, reins and scepter, driving biga of goats right. Crawford 231/1; Sydenham 432; Renia 1. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 28, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 28, 2023 Link: Helmeted head of Roma, right. M. Vargunteius, 130 BCE. Roman AR Denarius, 3.87 g, 18.4 mm, 1 h. Rome mint, 130 BCE. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, M • (VAR) G behind, mark of value * below chin. Rev: Jupiter driving triumphal quadriga right, holding palm frond and thunderbolt. Refs: Crawford RRC 257/1; Sydenham CRR 507; RSC Vargunteia 1; Sear 133; Kestner 2314-5; BMCRR Rome 1068-9; RBW 1048. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 28, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 28, 2023 Link: Triumphal quadriga. Trajan AR Denarius, AD 107-108, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P / Emperor standing in triumphal quadriga to right (decorated with image of Trajan standing left erecting trophy to right), holding branch with right hand extended and eagle-tipped scepter with left hand, COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC. RIC II 139 corr. (bust type); BMCRE III Trajan 349 at p. 78; RSC II 94; Sear RCV II 3131. Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 at Roma Numismatics E-Sale 93, Lot 974. 19 mm., 3.03 g., 6h. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted October 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 28, 2023 Link: Trajan 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) Link: Quote Trajan Marcus Ulpius Traianus as Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 103/111 AD Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.42g; Mint: Rome Reference: RIC II Trajan 187 Provenance: Ex Michael Kelly Collection Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, right with aegis. The Inscription reads: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P for Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae (Imperator, of Trajan, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation). Reverse: Pax, naked to waist, seated left on throne, holding branch in right hand and transverse sceptre in left; in front of her kneels a Dacian. The Inscription reads: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI for Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi (The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes). Edited October 28, 2023 by Prieure de Sion 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) Link similar reverse legend 20 mm, 2,96 g. Trajan 98-117. AR denarius. Rome. 103-111. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, bust of Trajan, laureate, right, draped on left shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Victory, naked to hips, standing right, left foot set on a step, inscribing DACICA on shield. RIC II 130; BMCRE 322; Woytek 346b; RSC 80. Edited October 29, 2023 by ambr0zie 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2023 Link, Victory with shield Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty 54-68 AD AE As, Lugdunum mint. 66 AD. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P PP, bare head right, globe at point of bust / S-C to left and right of Victory flying left, holding shield inscribed SPQR. RIC 543; BMC 381; WCN 593; Cohen 302 28.5mm, 10.01gr 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 29, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 29, 2023 Here's a Nero. Nero, AD 54-68. Roman provincial Æ 17.7 mm, 4.17 g, 1 h. Lydia, Tralles, c. AD 60. Obv: ΝΕΡⲰΝ ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bare head, right. Rev: ΚΑΙC-ΑΡΕⲰΝ, bundle of four grain ears. Refs: RPC I, 2657; BMC 22.345, 125-27; SNG Cop 692; RG 5426; SNG von Aulock --. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted October 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 29, 2023 Link: grain ears Faustina Junior Thrace, Philippopolis Obv: ΦΑΥCTEINA CEBACTH, Draped bust right. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙTΩΝ, Demeter standing left, holding two grain ears and long torch. AE, 12.93g, 25.6mm Ref.: Mouchmov, Philip. 133, 139-40 and 142 Ex Pecunem 33, Lot 292 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 29, 2023 Faustina Provincial, also from Thrace. 21 mm, 6,60 g. Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Faustina II 147-175 AD. Ӕ. ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, r. / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Tyche standing, l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. RPC IV.1, 3917 (temporary); Jurukova 68, 72 and 74; BMC 7. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 29, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 29, 2023 Link: Hadrianopolis. Gordian III, AE 26x28 mm., AD 238-244, Thrace, Hadrianopolis (now Edirne, Turkey). Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [small planchet defect on cheek], seen from rear, AVT K M ANT – ΓΟPΔIANOC AVΓ (AVΓ ligate) / Rev. Helios, radiate, standing facing, head left, nude apart from cloak falling from left shoulder, raising right hand, and holding globe and whip in left hand, AΔPIANO – Π – OΛEITΩN. 26x28 mm., 9.56 g. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online VII.2 708 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/708) [Specimen 20 is this coin, used as “plate coin” for type]; Varbanov II 3793 [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Vol. II, Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia) (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria 2005)]; Jurukova 479 (die combination 249/497=465, a new combination) [Y. Jurukova, The Coinage of the Towns in Moesia Inferior and Thrace, 2nd-3rd centuries AD: Hadrianopolis (Sophia 1987)]. Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 223rd Buy or Bid Sale, 20 Apr. 2023, Lot 397, from Mark Gibbons Collection; ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 271, 20 May, 2020, Lot 257. (Video of coin at https://www.hjbltd.com/#!/inventory/item-detail/ancient-coins/100346?fromBbs=223rd Buy Or Bid Sale.) 8 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2023 Link: Gordy lll Thrace, Hadrianopolis, Gordian III (238-244 AD), AE26, Herakles capturing Cretan Bull. A rare mythological subject, the seventh labour of Herakles. The Cretan Bull was the same bull which Pasiphaë fell in love with, and it became the father of the Minotaur. VF, somewhat rough surfaces with irregular patination. Rare. Varbanov 3706 Purchased from Bermonsey Coins Ltd Oct 2023 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 Link: 9 minutes ago, Ryro said: Hadrianopolis Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix; Reign: Commodus, under Lucius Aemilius Iustus (legatus Augusti pro praetore); Mint: Hadrianopolis, Thrace; Date: 191/192 AD; Nominal: Bronze; Material: AE; Diameter: 27.5mm; Weight: 13.09g; Reference: RPC IV.1 25059 (this coin); Reference: Jurukova 116; Rare: Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections); Provenance: Concordia Numismatik Tumeltsham, Austria (Auction 5, Lot 386); Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right; Inscription: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝ; Translation: Autokrator Kaisaros Lucios Aurelios Komodos Antoninos; Translation: Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus; Reverse: Emperor on horseback, right, holding sceptre; Inscription: ΗΓ ΑΙΜΙΛ ΙΟVϹΤΟV ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ; Translation: Hegemon Aimilios Ioustous Adrianopoleiton; Translation: Legatus Augusti pro praetore Aemilius Iustus, City of Hadrianopolis 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted October 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 30, 2023 Syracuse, Reign of Hieron II 275-215 BC AE27 (17.93g) O: Laureate head of Hieron left; plow behind. R: Horseman prancing right, with couched spear; [IE]PΩNOΣ in ex. HGC 2, 1547; SNG ANS 919v; SNG Cop 833; Sear 1222v; BMC 2 570; CNS 193 ~ Peter 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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