Help with 3 LRB coins ID

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  1. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    Any help appreciated;

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  3. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    The first is a marriage commemorative of Gordian III and Tranquillina--a Roman provincial Pentassarion from Istrus in Moesia Inferior, Moushmov # 198; AMNG (Pick) # 524-525. It portrays "Serapis or Mithras, wearing kalathos on horse pacing right; altar before, eagle on pole behind" and an altar before on the reverse.

    Here's the listing in Moushmov:

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    And in AMNG (Pick):

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  4. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    The second is a mid- to late-third century antoninianus. Claudius Gothicus maybe? Gallienus, perhaps. It's unidentifiable and nearly valueless.
     
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  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    The third is a limes denarius of the early to mid third-century with LIBERALITAS reverse type. Can't make out which emperor it is. It is similarly valueless.
     
  6. Duane Charter

    Duane Charter Member

    Please explain "LRB"...it is not on my list of coin acronyms.
     
  7. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Late Roman Bronze.
     
  8. lrbguy

    lrbguy Well-Known Member

    Ironically, not one of the three is actually LRB, which properly begins with the reforms of Diocletian in the first Tetrarchy. The bronze antoniniani prior to that is technically classed as silver coinage.

    The limes denarius is of Severus Alexander. You can see the last part of his name which often reads [SE]V ALEXAND AVG. Here the first "A" is at the top of his head.
     
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  9. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Ah, yes. He issued several LIBERALITAS reverse types, so narrowing this down further will be impossible.
     
  10. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    @Roman Collector
    Thank you for the detailed explanation. I was aware that for second coin I could maybe find out who is portrayed on the obverse.
    Thank you for answering @Duane Charter s question for me as well.
     
  11. Makanudo

    Makanudo Well-Known Member

    @lrbguy
    That turned out to be so, ironically.
    I simply did not know, and since my collection is 90 percent small LRB coinage, I thought it was a safe bet to call them like that.
     
  12. Duane Charter

    Duane Charter Member

    Thank you for explaining LRB acronym.
     
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