ambr0zie Posted August 6 · Member Share Posted August 6 Same reverse type 17,5 mm, 3,54 g. Constantine II, Caesar under Constantine I 317-337. Ӕ nummus. Treveri. 322. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate bust to left, wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and parazonium in left / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, large globe on an altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; three stars above, •STR• dot in exergue. RIC VII Treveri 382. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 6 · Supporter Share Posted August 6 Link: altar Crispina Augusta AD 178-182 AR Denarius Obv.: CRISPINA AVG, Draped bust right Rev.: DIS - GENITALIBVS. Garlanded and lighted altar Ag, 3.83g, 18mm Ref.: RIC 281A [R], CRE 277 [R] 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 6 · Member Share Posted August 6 16 mm, 3,17 g. Crispina. Augusta 178-191. AR denarius. 178-191. CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bust of Crispina, draped, hair in round coil at back, right / IVNO, Juno, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at left, peacock. RIC III Commodus 283; RSC 21. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 6 · Patron Share Posted August 6 Juno: Julia Soaemias, 218-222 CE. Roman AR Denarius, 2.65 g, 18.6 mm, 5 h. Rome, 218 CE. Obv: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: IVNO REGINA, Juno, veiled, standing right, holding scepter and Palladium. Refs: RIC 237; BMCRE 41-43; Cohen 3; RCV 7718; CRE 464. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol_Invictus Posted August 6 · Member Share Posted August 6 Link: Scepter Kanishka I, India, Kushan Empire, 127/8 – 152 AD AE Tetradrachm, Begram mint. 24mm, 17.74 grams. Obv: ÞAO ΚANηρKI ('King Kanishka' in Bactrian) king standing front, head left, right hand over altar and holding trident. Rev: OHÞO ('Oesho' in Bactrian = Shiva) Four-armed god standing front, head left, halo, holding diadem and thunderbolt in right hands and scepter and water pot in left. ANS Kushan 553. ex. Leu, web auction 25, lot 1374. 2023. Abels collection, privately acquired 2000. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 6 · Supporter Share Posted August 6 Link: Scepter Probus AE Antoninianus. Siscia, 279 AD. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, trophy standing between two captives. RIC 820, Cohen 942. Alföldi 101/033 22 mm, 4,87 g 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted August 6 · Member Share Posted August 6 Link: Captive-Trophy Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, 103-111. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS VPP, laureate bust right. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Dacia, seated on ground at base of trophy. RIC 223; BMC 191 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 7 · Supporter Share Posted August 7 Link: Trajan Trajan Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: AVT KAIC NEP TPAIAN CEB ΓEPM, Laureate head right Rev.: L - E= year 5= AD101/102, Eagle standing right Billon, 12.82g, 25.8mm Ref.: Geißen 450, Dattari 705 6 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 7 · Member Share Posted August 7 Trajan, Alexandria tetradrachm 25 mm, 12,87 g. Egypt, Alexandria. Trajan 98-117 AD. Billon tetradrachm. Dated RY 15 – 111-112 AD. ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate head of Trajan, right / L ΙΕ (date), canopus of Osiris, right, on base. Köln 574; Dattari (Savio) 648; RPC III, 4576; K&G 27.372; Emmett 371.15. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 7 · Supporter Share Posted August 7 Link: Alexandria tetradrachm. Egypt. Alexandria. Salonina AD 254-268. Billon-Tetradrachm 21 mm, 9,65 g Volume: X №: — (unassigned; ID 75575) Reign: Gallienus (sole reign) Persons: Salonina (Augusta) City: Alexandria Region: Egypt Province: Egypt Denomination: Tetradrachm Average weight: 9.76 g. Issue: Year 15 (AD 267/8) Obverse: ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑ ϹΑΛωΝΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ; draped and diademed bust of Salonina, right Reverse: L ΙΕ; eagle standing right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; to upper left, palm branch. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted August 7 · Supporter Share Posted August 7 Link: Alexandria Tetradrachm Egypt, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Billon Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.77g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 139/40). Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ; Bare head right. Rev: Eirene standing left, holding grain ears and caduceus; L• TPI TOY (date) around. Ref: Köln 1320; Dattari (Savio) 2216; K&G 35.53; RPC IV. 4 Online 13435 (19 examples); Emmett 1382.3. Toned Very Fine. Ex CNG eAuction 411 (9 Mar 2022), Lot 293. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 7 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 7 Links: Eirene; Alexandria. Probus, billon tetradrachm, 277-278 AD (Year 3), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, A K M AV ΠPOBOC CEB / Rev. Eirene [= Pax] standing left, wearing long chiton and peplos, holding long scepter obliquely with left hand and olive branch with right; L Γ [Year 3] in lower left field. Dattari 5529, Emmett 3986, Milne 4550 at p. 109 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)], Köln (Geissen) 3132, Sear RCV III 12124 (ill.). 23 mm., 8.7 g., 12 h. Purchased from JAZ Numismatics Auction 183, May 2021, ex Sallent Collection, ex Bertolami e-auction 41, lot 292, April 30, 2017. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 7 · Supporter Share Posted August 7 Link: Eirene Diocletian AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.38 g.) Egypt, Alexandria mint, dated RY 6 (AD 290/1). Obv. A K G OYA ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev. Eirene looking left, holding branch and scepter, SL (date) across field. No reverse legend. Scarce variety with unusual date order,SL instead of LS 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 7 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 7 Links: Diocletian; Alexandria. Diocletian, Billon Tetradrachm, 292/293 AD (Year 9), Alexandria, Egypt mint. Obv. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, ΔΙΟΚΛHΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ / Rev. ENA/TOV / L [= Year 9 spelled out] within laurel wreath; in exergue, A [ = 1st Officina]. 19-20 mm., 7.39g., 12 h. Dattari 5787; Geissen 3264/65; BMC 16 Alexandria 2541 at p. 327; K & G 119.84; Emmett 4084.9, Milne 5065; Kellner, Teil 22, “Diocletian Jahr 8 und 9,” p. 63 & Abb. 23 (ill p. 159) [this coin] [Wendelin Kellner, Die Münzstätte Alexandria in Ägypten (2009)].* Purchased from Dr. Martina Dieterle, Schenkenzell, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Feb. 2022; ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß [Kress] Auction 139, 20 Jun 1967, Lot 717. The photo in Kellner: *The commentary about this coin on the cited page of Kellner states: “In den Lorbeerkranz einer Münze der selben Offizin (Abb. 23) ist die Jahreszahl ENA/TOV / L eingeschrieben. Das Portrait stammt vom „2. Graveur“, allerdings lässt der in ordentlichen Strichen gezeichnete Bart auf eine Überarbeitung durch den „1. Graveur“ schließen.” (Translation: “The laurel wreath of a coin from the same Offizin (fig. 23) is inscribed with the year ENA/TOV / L. The portrait is by the ‘2nd engraver’, although the beard, drawn in neat strokes, suggests a reworking by the ‘1st engraver’.") 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 7 · Supporter Share Posted August 7 (edited) Link: Alexandria, late provincial, somethingdrachm. Big thanks to @Qcumbor for bringing the coin to my attention, although he was just trying to get me to stop whining with envy every time I saw his spectacular Domitius Domitianus 🤣. EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitius Domitianus RY 2 (297-8 CE) potin tetradrachm/hexagram/othergram; 9.56 gm, 23 mm Obv: ΔOMITIANOCCEB; laureate head right Rev: draped bust of Serapis to right, LB left and palm to right Ref: Dattari 6186; Emmett 4242 Edited August 7 by TIF 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 8 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 8 (edited) Links: Roman Alexandria; Sarapis (or Serapis; I can never decide how to spell it!) draped bust right. Nicely engraved as Roman Alexandrian coins go, I think. Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 19 (134/135 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head left; around from 2:00, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ [translation into Latin: Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus] / Rev. Draped bust of Sarapis right, crowned with modius adorned with leaves (appearing as dots), wearing taenia and himation; around, L ƐΝ – ΝƐΑΚ•Δ [Year 19, spelled out]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 5943 (2015); RPC III Online 5943 at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5943; Emmett 889.19 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 610 at p. 73 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)] [ill. RPC III Online 5943, Specimen 3 (primary illustration of type)] [same rev. leg.]; Milne 1100 at p. 28 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins in Ashmolean Museum (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)] [ill. RPC III Online 5943, Specimen 27] [same rev. leg.]; K&G 32.362 [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008)] [ill. p. 146, rev. leg. var.]; SNG France 4, Alexandrie II 1903 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France Vol. 4, Alexandrie II, Hadrien – Antonin le Pieux – Nomes (Zurich 2018)] [rev. leg. var.]; Dattari (1901 ed.) 1465 at p. 94 [ill. Pl. XXII; rev. leg. var.] [Dattari, Giovanni, Monete imperiali greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Catalogo della collezione (Cairo 1901)]. 24.5 mm., 13.50 g., 12 h. Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, LLC [CNG] Electronic Auction 524, 28 Sep 2022, Lot 390. Edited August 8 by DonnaML 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 8 · Supporter Share Posted August 8 Oooh goodie, let's get some Serapis variants going! Serapis-Asklepios-Harpokrates-Poseidon-Ammon-Helios-Nilus-Zeus (Serapis Pantheos) EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I Regnal year 4 (246/7 CE) BI tetradrachm; 22mm, 11.61 gmNGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5. Dated Regnal Year 4 (AD 246/7). Obv: A K M IOV ΦIΛΠΠOC ЄV CЄB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right Rev: bust of Serapis-Pantheos right; serpent-entwined trident behind, cornucopia before, L-Δ across upper fields Ref: Emmett 3510; Dattari 4916; RPC VIII unassigned, ID 2808 ex Morris Collection (Phil Peck) 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted August 8 · Member Share Posted August 8 Link: Horns Lysimachos Tetradrachm 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 8 · Supporter Share Posted August 8 Link: Athena Gordianus III Moesia Inferior, Odessos Æ Pentassarion Obv.: AYT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC AYΓ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian left and draped bust of Darzalas wearing kalathos and holding cornucopiae right, vis-à-vis. Rev: OΔΗCCEITΩN, Athena standing right, holding spear and resting on shield, E in field to left AE, 13.2g, 27.6mm Ref.: Varbanov 4469 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 8 · Member Share Posted August 8 Gordian with a confronted bust 31,3 mm, 21,27 g. Mesopotamia, Singara. Gordian with Tranquillina 238-244 AD. Ӕ. 243-244 AD. ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΑΒ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate and cuirassed, r., seen from rear, and Tranquillina, diademed and draped bust, l. / ΑΥΡ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ϹΙΝΓΑΡΑ, draped, veiled and turreted Tyche, seated l., on rock, holding ears of corn, with centaur (Sagittarius) l. leaping l., shooting bow, above her; below, lower l., half-length figure of river-god Mygdonius swimming l. RPC VII.2, 3468. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 8 · Patron Share Posted August 8 Link: Tyche on a rock pile. Claudius, 41-54 CE. Roman provincial Æ 23.2 mm, 7.13 g, 12 h. Cilicia, Caesarea (formerly Mopsuestia), 50/1 CE. Obv: ΤΙΒЄΡΙΟϹ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Claudius, right. Rev: ΚΑΙⳞΑΡΕΩΝ ΕΤΟΥⳞ Ε; veiled Tyche, seated right, on rocks and holding ears of corn; below, river god. Refs: RPC I 4086; SNG von Aulock 6348 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Copenhagen 177 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Schweiz II (Righetti) 1759 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Österreich (Caesarea in Cappadocia) 2759-60; RG 4744-45; BMC 21.31,4 (Anazarbus?). 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientCoinnoisseur Posted August 8 · Member Share Posted August 8 Link: Rock pile. Septimius Severus (193-211). AR Denarius, 209 AD. Obv. SEVERVS PIVS AVG. Laureate bust right. Rev. PM TR P XVII COS III PP. Neptune standing left, right foot on rock pile, holding trident. RIC IV 228. AR. 3.41g. 20.50 mm. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 8 · Supporter Share Posted August 8 Septimius Severus Rome, CE 206 AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343. ex Colosseo Collection 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted August 8 · Supporter Share Posted August 8 Septimius Severus AR Denarius, Rome 207 AD. 20mm, 3.31gr. RIC 207, RSC 493, BMC 531 SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XV COS III P P, Personification of Africa standing right, holding out folds of drapery containing fruits, lion at feet walking right. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maridvnvm Posted August 8 · Member Share Posted August 8 Septimius Severus denarius Obv:- SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Laureate head right Rev:- AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, reclining left with scorpion & cornucopiae; basket of corn-ears before References:- RIC 254, RCV02 6261, RSC 31 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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