It's a slow Thursday at work and so I thought I'd share a few new purchases made the last couple weeks. Helena, 306-337 AD AE Follis/AE3, Struck 325-326 AD, Heraclea mint. Obverse: FL HELENA - AVGVSTA, Bust of Helena, wearing necklace and mantle, right Reverse: SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICE, Securitas, draped, standing left, raising robe with right hand and lowering branch with left hand. Exergue: SMHA References: RIC VII Heraclea 79; LRBC 873 Size: 18.6mm, 2.9g Syria, Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Autonomous Issue (time of Augustus), Actian Year 44 (13/14 AD) Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right. Reverse: ANTIOXEΩN EΠI ΣIΛANOY, Ram running right, looking back, star above, ΔM below (40+4=44th year). References: McAlee 99; RPC I 4269 Size: 20.8mm, 6.0g Gordian III, AR Antoninianus Struck 240 AD, Rome Mint Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Radiate draped bust right. Reverse: PM TR P III COS II P P, Apollo seated left holding branch & resting on lyre. References: RIC IV 87, Cohen 237 Size: 23mm, 4g (^^ it needed a loving home and I didn't have any middle denominations of SA yet)Severus Alexander AE As, Struck 229 AD, Rome Mint Obverse: IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG, Laureate head right. Reverse: P M TR P VIII COS III P P, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and transverse spear in left hand, S-C across fields. References: RIC IV 494a, BMCRE 574 Size: 26.5mm, 11.7g Domitian AE As, Struck 92-94 AD, Rome Mint Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER P P, Laureate head right. Reverse: MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left; S-C across field. References: RIC II 756 Size: 28mm, 11.3g
Nice group! Cool Helena and I really want one of those Syrian sheep...I dig that Gordian also! Here's my Helena, I think I like the style of your better. Helena, Mother of Constantine I. AE Follis, 325-330 AD O: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Pearl-diademed and mantled bust right, wearing necklace. R:SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch pointing down; ∙ΓSIS in ex., Siscia mint, RIC 204. 20 mm, 2.6g
You've gotta love returning to the office after a weekend and working from home Friday to see 5 packages waiting to be opened!
For those interested, here's a little sneak peek at what welas in those envelopes... I'll try to post them individually, some in recent(ish) threads (recent Byzantine Autonomous thread, Antioch thread, Alexandrian thread, etc), and others that wouldn't relate to pay threads, right here. I wish my employer would allow that... But I like my job lol maybe a numismatic happy hour later!
I really like that first Helena, Justin. Very handsome with a great patina. But all of those coins are very nice. Excellent post.
Great new additions Justin. And your boss lets you mail them to the office. I'd stay on his/her good side.