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[expat]

Leaning on column

Trajan 109 AD Rome .
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP, laureate bust right, draped left shoulder / COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and leaning on column. RIC 120s, RSC 81b. Woytek 286a.
AR Denarius, 3.61gr, 19mm.

[DonnaML]

Links: Trajan denarius with same legends as previous coin on both obverse & reverse (albeit with additional words in the reverse exergue).

Trajan AR Denarius, AD 108-109, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP / Rev. Dacian captive, wearing peaked cap, standing left with hands bound in front of pile of arms, including round shield to right, and, to left, two curved swords, two spears, and an oblong shield; COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC around; in exergue, DAC CAP. RIC II 99, RSC II Trajan 121 (ill. p. 87), Sear RCV II 3137 (ill. p. 101). 3.04 g. Purchased from Emporium Hamburg, Auction 100, 15 Nov. 2022, Lot 356.

Edited November 17, 2023 by DonnaML

[ambr0zie]

Trajan with Dacian soldier/captive reverse 

17,3 mm, 3,2 g.
Trajan 98-117. AR Denarius. Rome. 103-111.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, bust of Trajan, laureate, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, DAC CAP, mourning Dacian seated left on pile of arms.
RIC II 98; BMCRE 390; Woytek 283b; RSC 120.

[Prieure de Sion]

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13 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Trajan

 

 
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Reign: Traianus; Mint: Rome; Date: 114/117 AD
Nominal: Sestertius; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 34mm; Weight: 26.70g
Reference: RIC II Trajan 655

Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right; Inscription: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P; Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Optimo, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae; Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Nerva Trajan, the best Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation.

Reverse: Trajan, in military dress, seated right on high platform on left, by him stand two officers; in front of him stand an officer and four soldiers whom he is haranguing; behind in background, three standards; Inscription: IMPERATOR VIII S C; Translation: Imperator Octavum Senatus Consultum; Translation: Imperator for the eighth time. Decree of the senate.

[Roman Collector]

1 hour ago, Prieure de Sion said:

... three standards

Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.24 g, 29.5 mm, 1 h.
Rome, AD 174-175.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: MATRI CASTRORVM S C, Faustina standing left, sacrificing over lighted altar and holding incense-box; three standards before.
Refs: RIC 1659; BMCRE 930-31; Cohen 164; RCV 5280; MIR 23-6/10a.
Notes: BMCRE 929 erroneously gives FAVSTINA AVGVSTA on obverse. The obverse inscription on that coin is in the dative case.

[Prieure de Sion]

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1 hour ago, Roman Collector said:

three standards

...sorry for Trajan again 🙂 

 

 
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Reign: Trajanus; Mint: Rome; Date: 113/114 AD
Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.23g
Reference: MIR. 419v1; Reference: Spink 3170; Reference: Sydenham 577a; Reference: RIC II Trajan 294 (denarius)

Obverse: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right; Inscription: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P; Translation: Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae; Translation: Imperator, of Trajan, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation.

Reverse: Aquila between vexillum on left and standard on right; Inscription: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI; Translation: Senatus Populusque Romanus Optimo Principi; Translation: The senate and the Roman people to the best of princes

[DonnaML]

Link: standards (this time a total of four, including two aquilae).

Elagabalus AR Denarius, 218-219 AD, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate draped bust right, no beard, ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG/Rev. Two standards between two legionary eagles, CONCORDIA MILIT. RIC IV-2 187, RSC III 15, Sear  RCV II 7505 (ill.). 18 mm., 2.8 g.

[expat]

I can shamelessly post my new arrival again

Elagabalus AR Denarius, Rome 220-222 AD
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory flying left, open diadem in both hands, shields to both sides, star in right field. RSC 300. RIC 161. BMC 234. 2,8 g - 18,5 mm

[Phil Anthos]

Syracuse, Reign of Agathokles

317-289 BC AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.14g) O: Wreathed head of Kore (Persephone) right, wearing pendant earring and necklace; KOPAΣ behind. R: Nike standing right, hammer in right hand, erecting trophy; triskeles to lower left, [ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΟΣ] behind, all within dotted border. Struck between 313–295 BC. HGC 2, 1536; SNG ANS 670-76; SNG Cop 766ff; Sear 972v; BMC 388v ex Museum Surplus “Kore, the Girl, is so intimately associated with her mother Demeter that they are often referred to simply as the Two Goddesses or even as Demeteres. Kore’s own enigmatic name is Persephone, or Phersephone, and in Attic Pherrephatta. In Homer she is mentioned alone and also in conjunction with her husband, Hades-Aidoneus, the personification of the underworld; her Homeric epithets are venerable, agaue, and awesome, epaine. Her two aspects, girl-like daughter of the Corn Goddess and Mistress of the Dead, are linked in the myth which, though ignored in heroic epic, is responsible almost exclusively for defining the picture of Demeter. The earliest extended version is the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, but Hesiod already alludes to it in the Theogony as an ancient and well known story, and aspects of the later tradition seem to preserve very ancient material.” ~ Walter Burkert (Greek Religion, 1985) ~ Peter

[AncientOne]

Cult statue of Kore.

Lydia, Silandos. Pseudo-autonomous Æ21. Roma/Kore

Pseudo-autonomous issue 3rd cent. AD. Æ (5,62 g. - 21 mm). Obv: ΘƐΑ ΡΩΜΗ; helmeted bust of Roma wearing cuirass and mantle, r., seen from rear Rev: ϹΙΛΑΝΔƐΩΝ; Kore of Sardis standing, facing, wearing tall crown; to l. or r., poppy; to r. or l., ear of corn RPC VI, 30391 (temporary)

[Shea19]

Link:  Roma with helmet
 

Commemorative Series, Follis (19 mm, 3.20 g), Siscia, 330-333. VRBS ROMA Draped bust of Roma to left, wearing crested Attic helmet. Rev. She-wolf standing left, head facing, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; above, two eight-pointed stars; in exergue, ΓSIS. RIC 222. 

From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang.

[Prieure de Sion]

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3 minutes ago, Shea19 said:

Commemorative Series

 

 
Commemorative series, struck under Constantine I. the Great
Follis of the Roman Imperial Period 333/335 AD
Material: silvered AE; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 2.73g
Mint: Alexandria; Reference: RIC VII Alexandria 64
Provenance: Ex Artemide Aste Numismatica San Marino

Obverse: Bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand. The Inscription reads: CONSTAN TINOPOLIS for Constantinopolis (Personification of the City Constantinople).

Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing left on prow, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand. The Inscription reads: SMALA for Alexandria, 1st officina.

[maridvnvm]

Link:- SMALA

Constantine the Great - AE3

Obv:– CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Laureate bust right
Rev:– PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, Campgate with five rows, two turrets, no doors, star above.
Minted in Alexandria (SMALA).
Reference:– RIC VII Alexandria 34 (S)

[Prieure de Sion]

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41 minutes ago, maridvnvm said:

Campgate

 
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.

[Roman Collector]

Link: Siscia.

Constantius II, AD 337-361.
Roman Æ 3 (1/4 maiorina?), 2.36 g, 18.7 mm, 11 h.
Siscia, AD 348-49, fifth officina.
Obv: D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Phoenix, nimbate, standing right on mound of rocks; ЄSIS(symbol 5) in exergue.
Refs: RIC viii p. 366, 240; LRBC II 1133; RCV 18250; Cohen 58.

[Prieure de Sion]

Link: 

2 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

pearl-diademed

 
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).

[maridvnvm]

Link:- AVGGG

Maximianus Herculius Antoninianus

Obv:– IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PAX AVGGG, Pax standing left holding olive branch and transverse sceptre
Minted in Camulodunum under Carausius (S-P//C).
Reference:- RIC V Camulodunum 42 Bust Type C

Weight 3.63g. 23.96mm. 180 degrees

[DonnaML]

Link: Pax.

France AE Medal, Peace of Luneville, 1801. Artist: Bertrand Andrieu, Minted by Paris Mint

Obv.: Bust of Bonaparte wearing military uniform, head bare, facing right; around, BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRAN.SE. [variety with legend beginning beneath Bonaparte’s bust]; on bust truncation, ANDRIEU F./ Rev.: Pax standing left with olive branch in raised right hand and cornucopiae held in left arm; around, PAIX DE LUNEVILLE; in exergue, LE XX. PLUVOISE / AN IX [= 9 Feb. 1801]; on ground left in small letters, ANDRIEU F.  41 mm, 38.74 g. Bramsen I 107 at p. 18 [Ludvig Ernst Bramsen, Médaillier Napoléon le Grand, ou, Description des médailles, clichés, repoussés, et médailles-décorations relatives aux affaires de la France pendant le consulat et l'empire, Vol. I, 1799-1809 (Copenhagen 1904), available at Neuman Numismatic Portal]; David Thomason Alexander, A Napoleonic Medal Primer (2022), No. 27 (p. 56; ill. p. 57) (medal incorrectly identified as Bramsen 108) (available at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/618630); Laskey XXI at p. 45; Millin & Millingen 41 at pp. 16-17 (ill. Pl. XII); Julius 905 at p. 57; Christian C. Jones Collection of Napoleonic Coins & Medals, Lot 1052.1 at p. 13 (ill.). Purchased from Paul J. Bosco, New York, NY ca. 1999, ex New Netherlands mail auction, Dec. 3, 1974, Lot 538 (with old New Netherlands coin envelope).

 

Edited November 21, 2023 by DonnaML

[maridvnvm]

Link:- Pax

Septimius Severus denarius

Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SE-V PERT AVG II C, laureate head right
Rev:– FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna (Fortuna as Pax?) seated left holding branch and cornucopia
Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194
Reference:– RIC -, BMCRE -. RSC -

Edited November 21, 2023 by maridvnvm

[Roman Collector]

Link: FORTVNAE ... Fortuna seated.

Faustina Junior, AD 161-175.
Roman AR denarius, 2.82 g, 17.7 mm, 2 h.
Rome, AD 161-175.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: FORTVNAE MVLIEBRI, Fortuna Muliebris enthroned left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 683; BMCRE 96; Cohen 107; RCV 5253; CRE 181.

[Prieure de Sion]

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45 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Fortuna

 

When a Emperor get a kick from a Horse...

Fortuna Manens was named for the more constant (and more desirable) form of luck, and the title means "Enduring" or "Abiding". She was depicted on coins of the Emperor Commodus as an enthroned Goddess with Her usual cornucopia to symbolize abundance. With Her right hand, however, she holds a horse by its bridle. The Fortuna Manens on the reverse is said to refer to a specific event, potentially fatal for the emperor, in which a horse was involved. Commodus, however, survived this event unharmed. See also Woods, David, Commodus and Fortuna Manens, in: NC 179 (2019), p. 173 ff.

If you want to read the whole story behind it - you can find the free PDF publication here:
https://cora.ucc.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/de0d9658-23f0-4246-a715-9c8a33cb366b/content 

 

 

 
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Reign: Commodus, Roman Imperial; Mint: Rome; Date: 189 AD
Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18mm; Weight: 3.29g
Reference: BMC 231; Reference: Cohen cf. 168; Reference: RIC III Commodus 191a

Obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right; Inscription: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT; Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus; Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, Augustus, conqueror of the Britons; Reverse: Fortuna Manens, draped, seated left, holding horse by bridle in right hand and corncucopiae in left; Inscription: FORTVNAE MANENTI C V P P; Translation: Fortunae Manenti. Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae; Translation: To lasting fortune. Consul for the fifth time, father of the nation

[maridvnvm]

Link:- Commodus

Commodus denarius

Obv:- M COMM ANTO - N AVG PIVS BRIT, Laureate head right
Rev:- LIR AVG R M TR P - XVII COS VII P P, Libertas standing left folding pileus and sceptre
Minted in Alexandria. A.D. 192
Reference:- BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC -.

2.60g. 17.69 mm. 0 degrees.

[Prieure de Sion]

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8 hours ago, maridvnvm said:

Commodus

 
Marcus Aurelius with Commodus; Mint: Rome; Date: 176/177 AD
Nominal: Sestertius; Material: AE Bronze; Diameter: 30mm; Weight: 23.03g
Reference: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1208; Reference: BMCRE 1606; Reference: Cohen 424
OCRE Online: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1208

Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right; Inscription: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI; Translation: Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Germanicus, Sarmaticus, Tribunicia Potestate Prima Tricesima; Translation: Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Sarmatians, holder of tribunician power for the 31st time.

Reverse: Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, togate, seated left on curule chair on platform, extending right hands and left arms at sides; behind them, officer, standing left; before them, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left; below, citizen, togate, standing right on steps of platform, holding out fold of toga; Inscription: IMP VIII COS III P P LIBERALITAS AVG VII S C; Translation: Imperator Octavum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Liberalitas Augusti Septima, Senatus Consultum; Translation: Imperator for the eighth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation, the seventh liberality of the Augustus. Decree of the senate.

In 175 AD such a decisive victory was won over the Sarmatians that Marcus Aurelius was hailed as emperor for the eighth time (IMP VIII, as also noted on this bronze) and soon afterwards took the name of the Sarmatian victor, as did his son Commodus. Now Marcus Aurelius had finally reached his goal; and he was already about to crown his hard work with the establishment of two new provinces, Marcomania and Sarmatia, when the revolt of Avidius Cassius forced him to make an early peace and set out for the East. As soon as Marcus had received the news of Cassius’ uprising, he had his son Commodus come to the border to give him the toga virilis. Since Commodus set out for Germaniam on 19 May 175 AD and received the toga virilis at the imperial border on 7 July 175 AD, the uprising of Cassius must have taken place at the end of April or beginning of May 175 AD, and the emperor’s departure about the middle of July 175 AD. Even before the emperor came to the east, the usurper was killed and his head delivered to the emperor. The short reign of Cassius had lasted three months and six days, i.e. from about the end of April to the beginning of August. Despite the quick suppression of the Cassian uprising, Marcus, accompanied by his wife Faustina and his son Commodus, continued the journey to the East once begun. The imperial family travelled through Syria, Egypt and Cappadocia, where he lost his wife Faustina to a sudden death at the foot of the Taurus in a village called Halala (Faustinopolis?).

When Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus sailed back from Athens to Italy about the beginning of November 176 AD, he was almost shipwrecked by a strong storm; but he landed happily at Brundisium and then entered his capital, which he had not set foot in for eight years, in the garb of peace. Immediately after his return, Marcus held (on 27 November 176 AD) a brilliant triumph de Germanis and de Sarmatis. Since then he has also been called Pater Patriae on the coins. The Tribunicia Potestate Prima Tricesima (TR P XXXI) of Marcus Aurelius, indicated on the bronze, lasted from 10 December 176 AD to 09 December 177 AD. The issue of this bronze, however, probably took place in the first weeks or months of this period, since the emperor already withdrew for some time to Lavinium to recuperate at the beginning of 177 AD; moreover, the ninth imperatorial acclamation (IMP IX) took place in the course of this year. To celebrate his happy arrival in Rome in November 176 AD, Marcus Aurelius had 200 denarii given to each citizen (Dio LXXI 32, 1) – to which the depiction on the reverse refers. The issue of this coinage, in commemoration of the emperor’s generosity, is therefore likely to be between December 176 AD and the beginning of 177 AD.

[DonnaML]

Link: Liberalitas.

Elagabalus AR Denarius, AD 219-220, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate & draped bust right, no beard, IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG / Rev. Liberalitas standing facing, head left, with coin holder in outstretched right hand and cornucopiae in left, LIBERALITAS AVG II. 19 mm., 3.15 g., 12 h. RIC IV-2 Elagabalus 100, RSC III Elagabalus 81a. Purchased from London Ancient Coins, 2 Jan. 2023.

N.B. The object held in Liberalitas's right hand is often described as an abacus, but I have been persuaded by a number of posts here and at Coin Talk that it's more likely to be a coin holder.

[Edessa]

Link: Marcus Aurelius 

Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.01g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR-AVG PII F COS II; Bare head right. Rev: S-C; Minerva standing to right, holding spear and resting on shield, S-C across fields. Ref: RIC III 1245 (Pius); BMCRE 1779 corr. (reverse type).