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Septimius Severus 198-211

 

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Hypaepa in Lydia issued a series of these pieces which seem to date around 204-5, under two magistrates. Same obverse, 5 different reverses - according to RPC online at any rate! Recently acquired from Marc (www.mrbcoins.com).

 

Lovely strike on that coin! Wonderful detail.

 

Chersonese Thrace Silver Hemidrachm 400-350 BCE


Obverse
Forepart of a lion to right, head turned back to left.



Reverse
Quadripartite incuse square with two raised and two sunken squares; in one sunken quarter, caduceus, in another monogram and dot. The Reverse also has two tests cuts.

 

Septimius Severus (AD 193-211)



Struck: AD 201-202
Mint: Rome, Italy
Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
Reverse: FVNDATOR PACIS, emperor, togate and veiled, standing to left, holding olive branch in his right hand

 

Septimius Severus (AD 193-211)

 

Still need to take some pics, but just got back from a coin show and I now have three more Roman Empire coins for my pleasure.

Diocletian Antoninianus
Constantine the Great
Theodosius

I really do like the looks of these, but I just got home so maybe I will work some photos of these if I can later this afternoon.

 

Please don't read more into this than what it is, but I've never seen a Reverse like that. Again, this means nothing of importance. I'm a nobody, especially where ancients are concerned. Just wanted to congratulate you on your newest acquisition and say "I saw something I haven't seen before". Thanks

 

Thanks Ken, much obliged.

 

Volume: IV.2 №: 1727 (temporary)
Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Faustina II (Augusta)
City: Ancyra Region: Phrygia Province: Asia (conventus of Sardis)
Denomination: Æ (19 mm) Average weight: 3.89 g. Issue: Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 1 (c. 147–176, probably 147–169)
Obverse: ΦΑΥϹΤ(Ε)ΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ; draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse: ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ; cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports; between two stags
Reference: BMC 35–6, Cop 142–3

 

My Newps.

 

This was a big win for me at Leu today because I have chased this Legion for a couple of years. There were some decent buys to be had in the Republican section of this auction but I was focused on one coin.


Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.68 g, 11 h), military mint moving with Mark Antony (Patrae?), 32-31. ANT•A[VG] - III VIR[•R•P•C] Galley right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow. Rev. [L]EG XIIII Aquila between two signa. Babelon (Antonia) 122. Crawford 544/28. CRI 370. RBW -. Sydenham 1233. Bankers' marks on the obverse, and somewhat flatly struck, otherwise, nearly very fine.

From the collection of Roman Imperatorial coins of Martinus J. L. Janssen and from the T. R. Hardaker Collection, Baldwin's of St. James's 48, 24 September 2020, 508.

 

Septimius Severus Denarius (193-211 AD)

 

Roman Republic Silver Denarius of Gaius Coelius Caldus (minted in Rome in 104 BCE):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Caracalla (minted in Laodicea ad Mare in 198):

 

Roman Republic Silver Victoriatus (minted sometime between 211 and 208 BCE):

 

Roman Republic Silver Denarius of Lucius Valerius Acisculus (minted in Rome in 45 BCE):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Nerva (minted in Rome in 97):

 

Roman Republic Silver Quinarius (minted sometime between 187 and 172 BCE):

 

Roman Republic Silver Denarius (minted in Rome by Lucius Hostilius Saserna in 48 BCE):