My First ADVENTVS Coin

Super coin, Curtis! I like the portrait and especially the charming equestrian "Hey dudes, I'm here now" depiction.

Here's scarce Adventus for Aurelian's arrival in Rome:


And my favourite thuggish Philip portrait (sestertius):

 

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That coin is excellent, Curtis. Here's an ADVENTVS of Trajan Decius, who defeated Philip and entered Rome to take the throne after him.

TRAJAN DECIUS
AR Antoninianus. 4.58g, 23.2mm. Rome mint, AD 249-251. RIC 11. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ADVENTVS AVG, Trajan Decius, in military attire, on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding short sceptre in left hand.

 

Nice coin, Curtis!

That's not Annona, it's Cthulhu-Ammon!

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I had one "The Other Trajan" Adventus from a large mixed lot but I think I sold it some time ago, probably to another CoinTalker. Don't remember who. Decius looks rather sad about the situation.


Trajan Decius
Rome mint, 249-250 AD
antoninianus, 22 mm, 3.7 gm
Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed
Rev: ADVENTVS AVG, Decius on horse riding left, with left hand raised in salute & scepter in other arm
Ref: RIC 11b, RSC 4, Sear5 9366

 

I know Lovecraft was too poor to collect coins but is there any evidence o his being influenced by Classical studies?

 

Here is a web page on ADVENTVS types:

http://augustuscoins.com/ed/PROFECTIO/ADVENTVS.html

It has a list of the emperors who issued ADVENTVS types and a dozen examples, including this one:




Philip I, AD 244-249.
22 mm.
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG
ADVENTVS AVGG, Philip riding left, raising right in greeting and holding long scepter in left.

RIC 26b "245". Sear II 2916.
Foss Philip 6.

Philip's arrival in Rome in 244.

 

I wondered about this too. This came up in a Google search right off the bat - the site is www.oxfordscholarship.com but it looks a little "off" to me so I won't link it.

Classical Antiquity and the Timeless Horrors of H. P. Lovecraft
Author(s): Robinson Peter Kramer
"argues that such elements from Greek and Roman literature play a large role in establishing Lovecraft’s trademark atmosphere of terrifying sublimity and timeless horror."

I found a scanned text at:

https://www.academia.edu/32027223/C...aditions_in_Modern_Fantasy_Oxford_2017_92_117

 

That's a very helpful website, @Valentinian . Thanks!

 

I don't have a Philip of the type, but here is a reverse showing Probus adventing his way into Rome.



PROBUS Antoninianus, 276-282 AD

O: IMP PROBVS AVG Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield. R: ADVENTVS AVG Emperor riding left hand raised, left holding sceptre; at foot, captive., R (star) S in ex. 20x24 mm, 3.8g Rome mint, RIC 157m, Celebrates the successful return of Probus after a campaign against the Gauls.

 

That's the website of Oxford University Press. Definitely OK!

 

I remembered I have another ADVENTVS coin



Septimius Severus, denarius.
Rome mint, 202 AD.
RIC 248, RSC1.
17 mm, 3.3 g.
Obv. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head of Septimius Severus right.
Rev. ADVENT AVGG, Septimius on horseback left with raised hand & spear; before him, soldier holding vexillum & restraining the horse by its bridle.

The reverse type commemorates the return of the royal family to Rome after the second Eastern campaign.

 

I have this Probus antoninianus, hard to picture because of the remains of the silvering. It is very sharp though.



Probus 276-282, Antoninianus, Rome mint, 279, Adventus type. Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, tiny Medusa medal on breast. IMP PROB/ VS P F AVG. Rev. Probus on horseback left, holding sceptre, right hand raised; captive under the horse’s right leg. ADVEN/ TVS AVG. Exergue: R(thunderbolt)Z (= 7). EF, traces of silvering. 21 mm, 3.87 gr. Apparently from a large hoard found near Lyons.

 

Kind of late posting to this thread, but I'd forgotten I had it - an ADVENTVS AVGVSTI as issued for Elagabalus. What a disappointing "adventus" he proved to be:




Elagabalus Æ As
(c. 219-220 A.D.)
Rome Mint
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / ADVENTVS AVGVSTI, SC below, emperor on horseback left, holding baton.
RIC 341; Cohen 7; BMC 365.
(11.75 grams / 25 mm)