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[Prieure de Sion]

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6 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

Mars

 

Marcus Ulpius Traianus as Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 103/111 AD
Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.39g; Mint: Rome
Reference: RIC II Trajan 161
Provenance: Ex Michael Kelly Collection, Ex Roma Numismatic London

Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. 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: Mars, helmeted, in military dress, standing front, head right, holding vertical spear in right hand and resting left on shield. 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).

[maridvnvm]

Link:- Mars in Military dress

Septimius Severus denarius 

Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, laureate head right
Rev:- MART VICTOR, Mars, in military attire, standing left, holding Victory and spear
Minted in Emesa, A.D. 194 - 195.
References :- BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC -.

This reverse type not listed in major references

[Prieure de Sion]

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7 hours ago, maridvnvm said:

Military

 

 
Gaius Iulius Caesar; Denarius of the Roman Republic Period late spring-early / summer 48 BC; Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 4.03g; Mint: Military mint, Greece (?); Reference: Crawford RRC 452/2; Obverse: Female (Clementia?) head, right, wearing oak-wreath and diadem. Border of dots. The Inscriptions reads: LII (Fifty-two); Reverse: Trophy with Gallic shield and carnyx; on right, axe. Border of dots. The Inscription reads: CAESAR for Caesar ([Gaius Iulius] Caesar).

[ambr0zie]

Link 48 BC 

18,9 mm, 3,66 g.
C. Vibius C.f. Cn. Pansa Caetronianus. AR denarius. Rome. 48 BC.
[PANSA], mask of Pan right / [C VIBIVS C F CN] IOVIS AXVR, Jupiter Axurus seated left on throne, holding patera and sceptre.
Crawford 449/1a; RSC Vibia 18; BMC 3978; Syd. 947.

[Roman Collector]

LInk: Moneyer named Pansa.

C Vibius C.f. Pansa, 90 BCE.
Roman AR denarius, 3.87 g, 18.2 mm, 1 h.
Rome, 90 BCE.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; PANSA behind, control mark (prow) below chin.
Rev: Minerva in quadriga right, holding spear and reins in left hand and trophy in right hand; C·VIBIVS·C·F in exergue.
Refs: Crawford RRC 342/5b; Sydenham CRR 684-684c; BMCRR 2265; Sear RCV 242.

[DonnaML]

Link: Moneyer named Vibius.

Roman Republic/Imperatorial Period, C. Vibius Varus, AR Denarius, 42 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Bacchus (or Liber)* right, wearing earring and wreath of ivy and grapes / Rev. Spotted panther [leopard]** springing left towards garlanded altar on top of which lies a bearded mask of Silenus or Pan,*** and against which leans a thyrsus with fillet (ribbon); C • VIBIVS in exergue, VARVS upwards to right. Crawford 494/36, RSC I Vibia 24, Sear RCV I 496, Sear Roman Imperators 192 (ill. p. 116), Sydenham 1138, BMCRR 4295. 17 mm., 3.60 g.  Purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Nov. 2020; ex Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 83, May 20, 2015, Lot 83; ex Frank Sternberg Auction 17, Zurich, 9 May 1986, Lot 519. [Footnotes omittted.]

 

[Prieure de Sion]

2 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Link: Moneyer named Vibius.

Roman Republic/Imperatorial Period, C. Vibius Varus, AR Denarius, 42 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Bacchus (or Liber)* right, wearing earring and wreath of ivy and grapes / Rev. Spotted panther [leopard]** springing left towards garlanded altar on top of which lies a bearded mask of Silenus or Pan,*** and against which leans a thyrsus with fillet (ribbon); C • VIBIVS in exergue, VARVS upwards to right. Crawford 494/36, RSC I Vibia 24, Sear RCV I 496, Sear Roman Imperators 192 (ill. p. 116), Sydenham 1138, BMCRR 4295. 17 mm., 3.60 g.  Purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Nov. 2020; ex Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 83, May 20, 2015, Lot 83; ex Frank Sternberg Auction 17, Zurich, 9 May 1986, Lot 519. [Footnotes omittted.]

 

That’s a lovely handsome example of this type! 😍

[ambr0zie]

Link panther 

9 mm, 0,40 g.
Mysia, Kyzikos. AR hemiobol. Circa 480-400 BC.
Forepart of boar left, retrograde K on shoulder, to right, tunny upward / Head of lion left, to upper left, head of panther facing, all within incuse square.
Rosen 522; Von Fritze II 13; SNG Ashmolean 540; SNG France 386.

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, ambr0zie said:

Mysia, Kyzikos

 

 
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Reign: Pseudo-autonomous; time of Commodus
Mint: Cyzicus, Mysia; Date: 180/192 AD; Nominal: Bronze
Material: AE; Diameter: 28mm; Weight: 10.20g

Reference: RPC IV.2 25001 (this coin)
RPC Online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/25001
Rare: Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Provenance: Biga Numismatics Drunen, Netherlands (Auction 17, Lot 173)
Special: 2nd known example (other Fritze 1917), RPC Online Plate coin

Obverse: Diademed head of hero Kyzikos (youthful), right
Inscription: ΚVΖΙΚοϹ; Translation: [King and Hero] Kyzikos

Reverse: Athena standing, right, holding spear and Nike; beside, shield
Inscription: ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝƐΟΚΟΡΩΝ; Translation: Kyzikenon Neokoron
Translation: City of Cyzicus, one Honorary title for an emperor Temple

 

Edited November 15, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[Edessa]

Link: Time of Commodus Provincial

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Commodus, AD 177-192. Billon Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.93g, 12h). Dated RY 29 (AD 188/189). Obv: M A KOM  ΑΝΤⲰ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ; Laureate head right. Rev: Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia (from which Genius issues holding a wreath); LKӨ (date) to left. Ref: Köln 2240; Dattari 3878; Milne 2681; Emmett 2553.29 (R1); RPC IV.4 3537 (63 examples). Very Fine, nice chocolate brown patina.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Commodus provincial.

Commodus, AD 177-192, and Crispina, AD 178-191.
Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 4.7 g.
Mysia, Parium, c. AD 179-180.
Obv: IMP CAI Λ AVR COMODVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus, right.
Rev: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust of Crispina, right.
Ref: RPC IV.2, 11735 (temporary).

[Prieure de Sion]

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11 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Crispina

 

Bruttia Crispina; Reign: Marcus Aurelius or Commodus
Mint: Rome; Date: 178/182 AD; Nominal: Denarius
Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 2.79g

Reference: RIC III Commodus 281a
OCRE Online: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.com.281a
Provenance: Noonans Numismatics London, Great Britain (Auction 21, Lot 505)
Pedigree: From the Graham Collection of Roman Imperial Coins (Bt Stanley Gibbons 1973)

Obverse: Bust of Crispina, draped, hair in round coil at back, right; Inscription: CRISPINA AVG; Translation: Crispina Augusta; Translation: [Bruttia] Crispina, the venerable; Reverse: Garlanded and lighted rectangular altar; Inscription: DIS GENITALIBVS; Translation: Dis Genitalibus; Translation: Fertility, belonging to procreation or belonging to birth

[ambr0zie]

A different shape of altar. 

26 mm, 14,80 g.
Diva Faustina I. Died 140-141. Æ as. Rome. Circa 141-146.
DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust r., wearing pearls bound on top of her head / PIETAS AVG SC, Pietas standing l., dropping incense onto lighted candelabrum-altar and holding acerrum.
RIC III 1192a (Pius); BMCRE 1468; C 241.

[expat]

Lit altar

Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus. AE Sestertius, Rome, AD 251-252

IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right / PIETAS AVGG, S-C, Pietas standing facing before lit altar, raising both hands.
RIC 117a; Cohen 86; Sear 9676.
23.15g. 28x31mm

[Roman Collector]

Link: T-Bone!

Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.
Roman provincial Æ 26.2 mm, 10.80 g, 12 h.
Moesia Superior, Viminacium, AD 251/2.
Obv: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, with hands outstretched; to left, bull standing right; to right, lion standing left; AN XIII in exergue.
Refs: RPC IX, 58; AMNG I.1, 163; BMC 41; Moushmov 56; SNG Hungary 509; Wiczay 2099.

[ambr0zie]

A similar reverse but not identical, a close emperor but not the same 

26 mm, 12 g.
Dacia, Sarmisegetusa. Volusian 251-253. Ӕ.
IMP CC VIB VOLUSIANVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / PROVINCIA DACIA, Dacia, standing left with branch & sceptre, between eagle & lion, AN V in exergue.
SGI 4360; RPC IX, 110; Varbanov 71.

[Prieure de Sion]

3 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Dacia

??? Does that count? 🙂 

 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[Prieure de Sion]

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3 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Volusian

 

Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus
Tetradrachm of the Roman Imperial Period 251 AD
Material: Billon Silver; Diameter: 25mm; Weight: 12.29g
Mint: Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria; Reference: Prieur 703 (1 ex.)
Provenance: Ex Dr. Gernot Heinrich Collection

Obverse: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; Z below. The Inscription reads: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΑΦΙΝ ΓΑΛ ΟΥΕΝΔ ΟΥΟΛΟΥCCIANOC CEB for Autokratoros Kaisaros Gaios Afinios Gallos Ouendumnianos Ouoloussianos Sebastos (Imperator Caesar Gaius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus).

Reverse: Eagle standing right on ground line, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; Z between legs, S C in exergue. The Inscription reads: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥCIAC for Demarchos exousia, Senatus Consulto (Invested with the Tribunician Power, by decree of the Senate).

[ambr0zie]

34 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

??? Does that count? 🙂 

 

No. It is tooled and has an altered patina. Normally it should count, as we accept ancients and medievals here, but not this one. Also believe me, from experience, that there is big chance it has bronze disease. 

To be ontopic

34 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Reverse: Eagle standing

25 mm, 12,22 g.
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Emesa. Caracalla 198-217. AR tetradrachm. 215-217.
AΥ•T K M ANTΩNEINOC CE•B•, laureate bust right / ΔΗΜΑΡX ΕΞ VΠΑΤOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, with wreath in beak; H under beak; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left between legs.
Prieur 983.

Edited November 16, 2023 by ambr0zie

[Roman Collector]

11 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

Caracalla

Caracalla AD 198-217.
Roman AR Denarius 3.37 g, 19.7 mm.
Rome mint, AD 211.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head, right.
Rev: INDVLG FECVNDAE, Julia Domna as Indulgentia, wearing polos, seated left on cerule chair, extending right hand and holding scepter.
Refs: RIC 214; BMCRE 73; RCV 6805.

[Prieure de Sion]

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6 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

cerule chair

 

 
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
Pedigree: From the famous Lottie and Mark Salton Collection

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).

 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Prieure de Sion

[expat]

Link, Dupondius of the Roman Imperial Period

Faustina II Orichalcum Dupondius, 13.55g, 27mm. Rome 161-164 CE.
RIC 1671, Sear 5303, BMCRE 995, Cohen 201.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed draped bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTAE, SC below, Salus seated left on a low decorative chair, feeding from a patera a serpent coiled around and raising up from altar.
Faustina II AR Denarius, 18mm, 3.27g. RIC 495a, RSC 15, BMC 1099
Rome mint 156/7 CE

[Shea19]

Link: Salus

Hadrian AR Denarius. Rome, 133-135 AD ,(18mm, 3.02g),HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding snake coiled round altar. RIC II.3 2048

[Prieure de Sion]

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6 hours ago, Shea19 said:

Salus

 

 
Titus Flavius Domitianus as Caesar
Denarius of the Roman Imperial Period 79 AD
Material: Silver; Diameter: 19mm; Weight: 3.43g; Mint: Rome
Reference: RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Vespasian 1084
Provenance: Ex Leu Numismatic Winterthur, Switzerland

Obverse: Head of Domitian, laureate, right. The Inscripotion reads: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI for Caesar Augustus Filius Domitianus Consul VI (Caesar, son of the emperor, Domitianus, Consul for the sixth time).

Reverse: Salus standing right with her legs crossed, resting her left arm on column, holding serpent in her right hand and patera in her left. The Inscription reads: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS for Principes Iuventutis (Prince of the youth).

[ambr0zie]

Leaning on column 

17,69 mm, 3,46 g.
Sicily, Katane. Æ. 216/5-206 BC.
Jugate busts of Serapis and Isis; grain-ear behind / KATANAION, Apollo standing slightly l., leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow; quiver and omphalos at feet.
CNS III, 22; SNG ANS -; HGC 2, 609.