COINS BY CITY: An Alphabetical A to Z of Coinage

Roman..
Clodius Albinus..193-195..AD.
Ar, denarius.
Obv. bare head right..
Rev. Minerva standing facing, head left, holding olive branch and shield.
Rome mint.
18mm x 3.69g.

 

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CARION ISLANDS: RHODES
Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Radiate head of Helios 3/4 facing
REVERSE: Rose with magistrates name above, caduceous left all within uncuse square
Struck at Rhodes 167-88 BC
1.6g; 12mm
Sear 5065v

 

=> Rhodes???

Rhodes, AR Hemidrachm
Rose & Head of Helios (incuse square ... a rare early type)


Rhodes, AR drachm (top view of rose)


Rhodes AE10



Rhodes AE27



... oh yeah!!

 

=> Rome

Caracalla


Julia Domna


M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus



Macrinus

 

Beautiful posts for the 'R's guys!!! (that's a unisex term by the way)

And all those gorgeous coins directly above posted by Steve...

Steve, my adoption by Martin fell through---so I'm still an 'orphan' in need of a 'legacy'......

 

True, same can be said if you share coins with friends and they tell there friends, coin shops, coin clubs and etc. Like movies before the internet, word use too get around by mouth and that is how they got popular.

 

I think I might be of some help with the Rome mint....but just as almost everyone here at CT ...
Then, just a few coins for your pleasure to see them, and mine to show off


Octavian, Denarius Italian mint, possibly Rome, 31-30 BC
Anepigraph, bare head of Octavian left
CAESAR - DIVI F, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath
3.84 gr
Ref : HCRI # 408, RCV # 1552v, Cohen # 66, RIC # 255
The following comment is taken from CNG, sale 84 # 957 :
"Following his victory at Actium, Octavian ordered a golden statue of Victory, standing on a globe and holding a wreath and palm, to be set up on an altar in the Curia in Rome. This statue had been captured by the Romans from Pyrrhus in 272 BC, and it assumed a somewhat tutelary mystique, protecting the Roman state from dissolution. In AD 382, the emperor Gratian ordered its removal. Two years later, the senator and orator Symmachus urged Valentinian II to replace it, a request that was met with stiff opposition from the bishop of Milan, Ambrose. Though it was briefly returned to its place by the usurper Eugenius, it was again removed following his defeat. Petitions to Theodosius I for its subsequent replacement were refused, on grounds that the once-important symbol of the gods’ blessing on the Roman Empire was now nothing more than a piece of paganism"



Agrippa, As - Posthumous issue of Caligula, in honour of his grandfather
Rome mint, ca AD 37/41
M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head of Agrippa left with rostral crown
Neptun standing left, holding trident and dolphin. Large S C in fields
10.9 gr
Ref : RCV #1812, Cohen #3

The following comment is a (quick) translation from CGB about a similar coin :

"Although Augustus associated his close friend Agrippa in his coinage, he didn't for him alone. Gaius honoured the memory of his grandfather, recalling he had been COS III in 27 BC while Augustus was COS VII at the same time.
Gaius, however, as the new emperor would like us to remember his double filiation : Through his father, Germanicus, he's descended from Nero Drusus and Antonia, thus from Tiberius ; through his mother Agrippina the elder, he tells us Agrippa and Julia are his grand parents and he's a grand grand son of Augustus. Agrippa remained prestigious all along the first century CE, although he had died 12 BC. Titus then Domitian will also strike this type, seemingly very succesfull towards population (see RCV 2589 and 2894)"



Nero, Denarius - Rome mint, AD 64/65
NERO CAESAR, laureate head of Nero right
AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, Nero standing facing, holding branch and victory on globe
3,32 gr
Ref : RCV #1941, Cohen #45, RIC # 47
The following comment, from NFA, auction XX catalog, # 118 :
Nero's coinage reform of A.D. 64 saw a reduction in the weight standard of both the aureus and denarius denominations. A whole new range of reverse types was introduced with an unmistakably imperial flavor, in marked contrast to the senatorial types of the pre-reform coinage. This coin depicts a standing figure of the emperor, wearing the radiate crown of the sun god Sol, holding a branch of peace and a small figure of Victory. An allusion to the settlement of the Parthian question, following Corbulo's successes in Armenia in A.D. 63, seems unmistakable. It is tempting to identify this reverse type with the statue of the sun god, with the facial features of the emperor, erected by Nero in front of his Domus Aurea (Golden House), which was one of the principal features of the reconstruction following the Great Fire of Rome in A.D. 64. The Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) was later erected on the site of the Domus Aurea's ornamental lake, and received its popular name from its close proximity to Nero's statue



Otho, Denarius - Denarius minted in Rome in 69 AD
IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, Bare head of Otho right
SECURITAS PR, Securitas standing left
3.50 gr
Ref : RIC # 8, RCV #2162, Cohen #17

Q

Ah ! and Mickey Zee, I already have two kids. They are grown up now, and we finally got rid of them, hence not in the mood for adopting anyone else

 

DRATS!!!!!

I guess you already suspect I LOVE all of your coins

 

Very nice coins Cucumber, all of which are way out of my budgetary range. Nice to look at though.

 

1 Galba sestertius 2 Titus sestertius
Great coinsWoW

 

Bing, they are out of my budgetary range either, nowadays. I've been lucky enough to acquire them years (decades for some) ago and couldn't most of themaford them now

Q

 

Well 'Q', if you ever need to clean up the 'clutter' of your 'old' coins, I'll reluctantly agree to take a few off your hands...Hey, wait, ask the Missus, I bet she'll agree you need the extra space

 

Stand in line Mikey!

 

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Clodius M.F. Turrinus. 42 BC. AR denarius. Rome Mint
Laureate head of Apollo right, Lyre behind; Diana Lucifera standing right, holding two torches. 18mm, 4.07gm


I won one of the two I was bidding on--apparently someone liked the other denarius even more than I did LOL..(.OK...OK...Who Done IT?? Who Done It ??)---That's a play on the Cagney character in the movie Mr. Roberts...trying to discover the 'culprit'.......

 

Man you ARE old; talking about Cagney movies.

Beautiful coin Mikey and no, it wasn't me who Clio'ed you.

 

AW c'mon guys---You remember that movie, dont'cha???? Cagney played the Captain on a cargo ship in the US Navy during WWII and Henry Fonda played Mr. Roberts and Jack Lemmon played Ensign Pulver and.......Sheesh, forget it......I bet only Bing remembers Bob Hope??? You do remember him, Bing right??? Hint-- 'Road Pictures' NOOOOOO????
And my doctor says I Should eat more fish HAH...

 

Love that Diana Lucifera Mikey. DL is one of my soft spots : a theme I would like to develop a bit more than I've done lately

Q

 

It's awfully quiet here on this thread...I feel like I'm in a library and softly whispering ......

No more 'R's ???

Are we all ready for some 'S's ???

 

The aSsault begins tomorrow, Mikey

I'm ready

 

Hrm, true, pretty quiet day here. If you're ready with the "S" city coins... well, gogogo!