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CLAUDIUS
AE Quadran
OBVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG around hand holding pair of scales above PNR
REVERSE: PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT around S C
Struck at Rome, 41AD
2.8g, 15mm
RIC 85, Cohen 71, BMC 174

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Domitian Ae quadrans

Obv:- IMP DOMIT AVG GERM, Bust of Ceres left
Rev:- S-C, Bundle of three poppies and four corn ears
Reference:– RIC II new 243 (R). Cohen 17



Next:- One or more poppies

 

TITUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: T CAES IMP VESP CENS, laureate head right, "o" beneath neck
REVERSE: FIDES PVBL, hands clasped over caduceus, two poppies and two corn-ears
Struck at Uncertain Asian Mint or Ephesus, 76AD
2.9g, 19mm
RIC V 1485 (Vesp), RPC 1459
Ex David Atherton; ex Harry Sneh Collection; ex Sayles; ex Lavender

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AV Aureus ND 286 AD
Czyicus Mint
Diocletian

Next: another Roman coin from European Mint other then Roma

 

This one from Treveri, in Northern Gaul

Decentius, as Caesar, Æ Centenionalis, Treveri, AD 351-353
Obv: D N DECENTIVS FORT CAES, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right, A behind
Rev: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories holding wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines, christogram above; [TRS in exergue].
Size: 3.g, 20mm
Ref: RIC 316
Notes: When Nepotian took over Rome, Magnentius sent his office manager (magister officiorum), Marcellinus, to suppress the uprising and kill Nepotianus. Decentius, Magnentius' brother, became Caesar, in 351 after his brother took control of Italy. Battles with Constantius II didn't go well and both brothers eventually committed suicide, Magnentius in Lugdunum August 10, 353, and eight days later Decentius in Sens, leaving Constantius II in sole command of the Roman Empire. Justina, Magnentius' very young wife, survived and became the second wife of Valentinian I circa 370 and mother of Valentinian II who reigned 375-392.

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Carthage mint 2nd Punic War 203-201 BCE BI 1½ Shekels 24mm 9.4 g Wrthd Hd Tanit - Horse stndng R hd L, raised foreleg Pellet SNG COP 394

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NEXT: Bronze Zeugitania Carthago coin

 

Bronze Zeugitania Carthago coin


Carthage Zeugitania 400-350 BCE AE 15mm 3.39g Head of Tanit left Horse galloping r SNG Cop 97

Next: AE Siculo-Punic

 

Next: horse' head

 

Next up: A Bull

 

Next: Seleukos I bronze

 

Seleukos I AE


Seleucid Seleukos I 312-280 BCE AE 20 Athena-Elephant Spaer 129

Next: Another Seleukos I AE

 

Seleukos I Nikator AE from Apamea

Next: Another coin from Apamea

 

Here's a AR Cistorphoric Tetradrachm from Apamea - it's the picnic table symbol on the reverse that is the mint mark - left of the bow case entwined by serpents.

double strike on the reverse has made this one a bit challenging for me to properly attribute.

Next: a snake or snakes

 

The snake-god Glycon fits the bill!


Gordian III, AD 238-244.
Roman provincial Æ 27.1 mm, 12.33 g, 9 h.
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis, AD 241-244.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔЄCΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ | ΩN ΠPOC ICTP, Nimbate figure of snake-god Glycon, coiled in two coils, rising up, head right.
Refs: Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.36.22.4 (same dies); Varbanov 4146; Moushmov 1488; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 708; AMNG --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.

Next: Nicopolis ad Istrum.

 

Rome , Ae, Quadrans 214 BC; Hercules / Bull trampling serpent.

next... Aes Grave sextans.

 

Uh-ohhh... boo-boo time...

 

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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE17 Assarion
OBVERSE: AV K L CEVHPOC, laureate bust right
REVERSE: NIKOPOL PROC IC, Draped bust of Serapis in modius, facing right
Struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum, 193-211 AD
2.6g, 15mm
Moushmov 927

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Serapis


RI Maximinus II Daia 305-308 CE Folles AE30 Trier mint GENIO POPV-LI Genius-Serapis

Next: BCE Serapis [EDIT] NEXT: Any Roman Republic before 130 BCE

 

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