TIF Posted September 8 · Supporter Share Posted September 8 Link: distyle temple Roman Republic, C. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maxsumus 75 BCE AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.82 gm Obv: bust of Cupid right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; behind, MAXSVMVS downwards Rev: distyle temple with figures of draped Jupiter and Libertas standing facing within; C EGNATIVS CN F below, CN N upwards to right, control to left Ref: Crawford 391/2; Sydenham 788 ex Andrew McCabe ex Vecchi Auction 15, 15 June 1999, lot 738 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 8 · Supporter Share Posted September 8 Link; Jupiter Maximianus, AE radiate fraction. 295-299 AD. Cyzicus. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA MI-LITVM, Emperor standing right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing left and holding sceptre. KΔ (Cyzicus, 4th oficina) in lower centre. 2.74g, 24mm. RIC VI Cyzicus 16B. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 8 · Supporter Share Posted September 8 Link: Kyzikos Valentinianus III Æ-Nummus, Kyzikos Obv: DN VALENTINIANO P F AVG, Bust of Valentinian, draped, cuirrased, right- Rev: Victory advancing forward, holding wreath in both hands. SMKA RIC X (theososius II), p. 274, 438, R3 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 8 · Patron Share Posted September 8 LInk: small coin from Cyzicus. Gratian, AD 367-383. Roman Æ half centenionalis. Cyzicus, AD 383. 0.91 g, 14.2 mm, 11 h. Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX in four lines, all within wreath; SMKB in exergue. Refs: RIC ix, p. 244, 22a; LRBC II, 2552; Cohen 77; RCV 20161. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 8 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 8 Link: Gratian. Gratian, AR reduced Siliqua, AD 368-375, Trier Mint [Emperor in West, AD 367-383]. Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG / Rev. Helmeted Roma seated left on throne, holding Victory on globe in right hand, and scepter in left hand, VRBS ROMA; in exergue, TRPS• (Trier Mint; PS = pvsvlatvm, struck from refined silver). RIC IX 27f(1) at p. 19, RSC V 86a, Sear RCV V 19964. 17 mm., 2.0 g. 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted September 8 · Supporter Share Posted September 8 (edited) Link: Roma holding Victory Roman Empire Trajan (AD 98-117) AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 110 Dia.: 18 mm Wt.: 3.46 g Obv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder. Rev.: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Roma standing left, holding Victory and Spear Ref.: RIC II 115 var., Woytek 287b Ex Michael Higley (Spartan) Collection with tag, AMCC 1, lot 396 (Dec. 2018) Edited September 8 by Curtisimo 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 9 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 9 Links: Trajan / Denarius / IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP / COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC. 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. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 9 · Supporter Share Posted September 9 Link: Dacian Trajan AR-Denar Obv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder Rev.: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Dacian seated left in mourning, on pile of captured arms, DAC CAP in exergue Ag, 3.44g, 18.5mm Ref.: RIC 098 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 9 · Supporter Share Posted September 9 Link: Captive(s) Claudius II AE Antoninianus. Cyzicus mint, 268-270 AD. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, (sometimes 1-3 dots beneath bust) / VICTOR GERMAN, two captives bound and seated back to back either side of trophy. RIC 247, Cohen 289. Weight: 3.29 gr. Diameter: 19.1 mm. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted September 9 · Supporter Share Posted September 9 Link: Trophy Sicily, Syracuse Agathokles (317-289 BC) AR Tetradrachm, struck ca. 305-295 BC (26 mm, 17.19 g) Obv.: KOΡAΣ Head of Kore to right, wearing grain wreath and pendant earring. Rev.: AΓAΘOKΛEIOΣ Nike, bare to the waist, standing right, attaching armor to trophy to her right, she holds a nail in her right hand and a hammer in her left; to left, triskeles of legs running to right. Ref.: Ierardi 143/141 (O38/R95). SNG ANS 674 (same obverse die). An unrecorded die combination; toned. Ex Walter F. Stoecklin Collection, Amriswil (1888-1975†) with collector tag indicating it was acquired in Taormina, Sicily, in 1931, Obolos 8, lot 118 (December 2, 2018) 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 10 · Supporter Share Posted September 10 Link: Nike Philippus I. Alexandria Billon-Tetradrachm Obv.: A K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC EVC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: LS, year 6 = AD 248/249, Nike advancing right with wreath and palm branch. Billion, 12.1g, 22.4mm Ref.: Geissen 2750 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herodotus Posted September 10 · Member Share Posted September 10 Link: Nike GREEK CILICIA, Elaioussa-Sebaste. (1st century BC). Æ O: Laureate head of Zeus right; ΘE behind. R: EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN; Nike advancing left, holding wreath; monogram above; EP to left SNG France 1142; SNG Copenhagen 418 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted September 10 · Member Share Posted September 10 Link: Nike/Victory Clodius Albinus. AD 195-197. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.77 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Laureate head right / Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 43c; RSC 79b. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 10 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 10 Link: Clodius Albinus. Clodius Albinus Caesar, AR Denarius 194 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES / Rev. Minerva, helmeted, standing left, holding olive branch and spear, and resting hand upon shield to right, MINER PACIF COS II. RIC IV-1 7, RSC III 48, Sear RCV II 6144, BMCRE V 98. 17 mm., 2.72 g. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 10 · Supporter Share Posted September 10 (edited) Link: Minerva L. Rubrius Dossenus AR Denarius, 87 BC, Rome Obv: Helmeted bust of Minerva right, wearing aegis; behind, DO[S]. Rev: Triumphal chariot with side panel decorated with eagle; above, Victory in chariot right (out of flan). In exergue, L RVBR[I]. Ag, 17.5mm, 4.07g Ref.: Sydenham 707, Crawford 348/3. Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection Edited September 10 by shanxi 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted September 10 · Supporter Share Posted September 10 Link: Minerva Domitian, AD 83., AE23 of Caesaria Maritima, Judea. 10.88 gr. 23mm IMP DOMITIANVS CAES AVG GERMANICVS, laureate head left / No legend, Minerva standing left, holding shield and spear, placing helmet on trophy consisting of cuirass, two shields and spears, two crossed greaves at bottom. Hendin 1455, Meshorer TJC 392, RPC II 2305, SNG ANS 492-494. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 10 · Member Share Posted September 10 Domitian / Minerva 89 AD AR Denarius (18mm, 3.07g) O: Laureate head right; IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR [P VIII]. R: Minerva standing right, wielding javelin and holding shield; IMP XIX COS XIIII CENS P P P. RSC 252 / RIC 137 / van Meter 39-3 ex Tom Cederlind "There was a raven, strange to tell, Perched upon Jove's own gable, whence He tried to tell us 'All is well' - But he had to use the future tense." ~ Suetonius (The Twelve Caesars) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 10 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 10 Link: Domitian. Domitian Caesar (son of Vespasian), AR Denarius 76 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, bearded, CAESAR AVG F • DOMITIANVS (Counter-clockwise beginning at 5:00) / Rev. Pegasus stepping right with left foreleg raised, wings curling to right, COS IIII above (with line above IIII to signify numerals) [Domitian COS IIII = AD 76; see table at Sear RCV I p. 308]. 19 mm., 3.43 g. RIC II.1 Vespasian 921 (2007 ed.), old RIC II 238 (1926 ed.), RSC II 47, Sear RCV I 2637 (ill. p. 485), BMCRE 193. Purchased from cgb.fr, March 2022.* *See Sear RCV I 2637 at p. 485 fn.: “The reverse type is copied from the coinage of Augustus (see [RCV I] no. 1629).” 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted September 10 · Patron Share Posted September 10 Link: Pegasus. Caligula, 37-41 CE. Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g. Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, 37-38 CE. Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right. Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right. Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 Another Pegasus. Ionian Sea: Islands off Epeiros. Korkyra, under Roman rule. Circa 229-48 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 4,49g, 5h). Obv: Wreathed head of Dionysos right. Rev: Pegasus flying right, monograms below. Ref: HGC 6, 65; SNG Copenhagen (Epirus) 199; BMC Thessaly pg. 136, 356. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 Link: Dionysos Lydia, Sardeis AE 17, after 133 BC Obv.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right Rev.: Wild animal (lion, panther or mythical creature) walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monogram below. AE, 17 mm, 4.47g Ref.: SNG Cop 464-465var, (monogram) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted September 11 · Supporter Share Posted September 11 Link: lion with broken spear in mouth THESSALY, The Oitaioi 167-146 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.30 g, 1h) Herakleia Trachinia mint Obv: Lion’s head left, spear in its jaws Rev: OITAI downward to right, ΩN downward to left, Herakles standing facing, holding club in both hands Ref: Valassiadis 9; BCD Thessaly II 494 (same obverse die) Ex Ardatirion (Bill Dalzell), March 2015 Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 290), lot 57 Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 199 Ex Vinchon (20 May 1959), lot 483 Ex M. Ratto 11 (16 May 1935), lot 239 Ex R. Ratto (4 April 1927), lot 1023 Ex Naville-Ars Classica V (18 June 1923), lot 1764 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herodotus Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 LINK: Herakles Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla. (AD 198-217). AE27(Tetrassarion?). O: AYT K M AYP CE ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped bust right. R: AΔPIANOΠΟΛEITΩN; Herakles standing left, resting right hand on club set on bucranium; holding lion skin in his left hand. Varbanov 3534; Moushmov 2654; Jurukova 301 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted September 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted September 11 Link: Club. Hadrian, AR Didrachm, 128-138 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ - ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ/ Rev. Club, handle at top, ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑ-ΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ [ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ = COS III, 128-138 AD; ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ = Pater Patriae]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 3109 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3109 ; Sydenham 280 [E. Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933)]; Metcalf, Caesarea 280 [Metcalf, W.E., The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus. ANSNNM (American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes & Monographs) No. 166 (New York 1996)]; SNG Von Aulock 6422 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 3: Pisidia, Lycaonia, Cilicia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Cyprus, Imperial Cistophori, Posthumous Lysimachus, Alexander tetradrachms (Berlin, 1964)]; Ganschow 178d [Ganschow, T., Münzen von Kappadokien, Band 1 Konigreich und Kaisareia bis 192 n. Chr. (Istanbul 2018)]. 21 mm., 6.02 g. Double die match to CNG E-Auction 110, 16 Mar 2005, Lot 134. See https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/70825. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted September 11 · Member Share Posted September 11 Link: Cappadocia, Caesarea, Didrachm, Club. Cappadocia, Caesarea. Nerva (Didrachm / AD 97) Obv: AVTOKPAT NEPOYAC KAICAP CEBACTOC Laureate head of Nerva right. Rev: VΠATOY TPITOY Club of Hercules. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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