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Next: Theodosius III

 

That's very nice, but we're on "Aelia Eudocia."

 

Sorry the thing was not updated/ anyway here is Aelia Eudocia

NEXT: Theodosius III/ you can use the commomly accepted one from 700AD/ In Rasiels revised book its the ultra rare AV solidus from 602-09 son of Maurice Tiberius. Both are OK.

 

Looks like we came up empty on TIII...12 hours... lets go with a simple Athena & Trophy from Pergamon.


Mysia, Pergamon, AE 20, Pergamon, 8.2g, c. 200-133BC
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right
Rev: ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, Tropaion

NEXT: a coin you bought for the reverse

 

Although I like the portrait of this popularity contest winner from my Top 10 2021, it was not the main reason for buying it.


Next - a more casual depiction of Venus.

 

Lucilla Denarius...165-169 AD Rome 2.64g...18mm
Obverse- LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right
Reverse- VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre. RIC:784


Next...Lucilla with different hairstyle.

 

Different coiffure.

Lucilla, AD 161-182.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.10 g, 30.7 mm, 1 h.
Rome, AD 163-164.
Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bust of Lucilla, draped, right.
Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE S C, Juno, seated left on throne, holding flower on extended right hand and swaddled infant in left hand.
Refs: RIC 1747; BMCRE 1154-1160; Cohen 37; RCV 5504; MIR 9.

Next: Dative case obverse inscription.

 

Here's a Faustina II sestertius.
Obv.: DIVAE FAVSTINAE PIAE - Draped bust right, veiled
Rev.: MATRI CASTRORVM S C - Faustina seated left, holding globe surmounted by phoenix and sceptre; before her, three standards
Mint: Rome
Wt./Size/Axis: 24.30g / 31mm / 0h
Rarity: R2
References:

• RIC 1711 (M. Aurelius)
• Cohen 162

Acquisition: Paco Prado Private sale 25-Aug-2010


Apparently, there are no surviving inscriptions referring to Faustina II as a mater castrorum, though there are many for the later Julia Domna (hundreds). I took this photo' in January of one such in Ostia. I thought it interesting that castrorum was spelt with a K. Also, when Geta was removed from the scene the third line was changed from MATRI AVGG to MATRI AVGVSTI (just noticed the small I!), which explains the crowded end to the line.


Anyway - next - another mater castrorum (other than Faustina II)

 

12 hours



next: (double)denarius with Minerva on the reverse

 

Domitian AD 81-96. From the Tareq Hani collection. Rome
Denarius AR
20 mm., 3,00 g. Date: AD 87
RIC II, Part 1 (second edition) Domitian 517;Old RIC 100; RSC 228
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII
Head of Domitian, laureate, right
IMP XIIII COS XIII CENS P P P
Minerva advancing right, holding spear and shield

Next - another coin with a classic reverse for an emperor, where you could guess the ruler by only seeing the reverse.

 

An extremely common provincial. Guess the Emperor.



Next: A reverse you could guess from seeing the obverse.

 

Alex Sev

Next: a non tribute nonsense coin of Tiberius

 

Tiberius, AE As, 14-37 AD, Hispania Tarraconensis, Turiaso Mint [now Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain], M. Pont. Marsus and C. Mari. Vegetus, duoviri. Obv. Laureate head right, TI CAESAR AVG F IMP PONT M / Rev. Bull standing right, head facing, M PONT MARSO; MVN TVR in field above bull, C MARI VEGETO below, II VIR in right field [ligate letters underlined]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 418 (1992); RPC I Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/418; ACIP 3291a [Villaronga, L. & J. Benages, Ancient Coinage of the Iberian Peninsula: Greek / Punic / Iberian / Roman, Societat Catalana D 'Estudis Numismatics, Institut D 'Estudis Catalans (Barcelona, 2011)]; FAB 2450 [Alvarez-Burgos, F., La Moneda Hispanica desde sus origines hasta el Siglo V (Madrid, 2008)]; SNG Copenhagen 606 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 43, Spain-Gaul (Copenhagen 1979), Parts 40-43 reprinted as one volume, 1994]. 28 mm., 11.98 g. Purchased from Tom Vossen, Netherlands, May 2021; ex. Aureo & Calico, Auction 364, 21 April 2021, Lot 1202. *



* Turiaso was "a municipium of Hispania Tarraconensis, now Tarazona, situated on a small river that runs into the Ebro, to the south of Tudela." https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Turiaso (quoting Stevenson's Dictionary of Roman Coins (1880)). See also https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x51280 ("Located in the hinterland of NE Spain close to the Ebro river valley, c. 60km north of the ancient site of Bilbilis Augusta, the Iberian settlement named Turiasu later became an important Roman city called Turiaso. Under Visigothic rule it was called Tirasona and is now called Tarazona").

Tarazona is now in Aragon in the north of Spain. Under the Roman Empire, it was part of Hispania Tarraconensis, the largest of the three provinces in Roman Spain, along with Hispania Baetica and Lusitania. Under the Republic, before Augustus's reorganization in 27 BCE, Turiaso was part of Hispania Citerior (Nearer Iberia, i.e., closer to Rome, as compared to Hispania Ulterior).

For a discussion of Turiaso's coinage, see the section entitled "Regio Turiasonensis Turiaso," in Sir George Francis Hill, "Notes on the ancient coinage of Hispania citerior" (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, American Numismatic Society 1931) at http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan86651. The article includes, among other things, a list of all the names of magistrates (duoviri) found on the coins of Augustus and Tiberius minted in Turiaso, and notes that "G. Marius Vegetus [named on my coin] appears both as aedile and as duumvir. Under Augustus, both asses and semisses were struck by duoviri, and the aediles do not seem to have issued coins. Under Tiberius, as usual, the duoviri strike the asses, the aediles the semisses; but who was responsible for the sestertii or dupondii does not appear."

As for the bull on the reverse, Kevin Butcher notes at p. 62 of Roman Provincial Coins, supra, that "A standing bull, probably connected with anniversaries commemorating the foundation of the various colonies, occurs at Caesaraugustus, Celsa, Calagurris, Cascantum, Ercavica, Graccurris, Turiaso, and Clunia." Oxen pulling a plow were certainly a common symbol of the foundation of colonies on Roman coins, so such an interpretation is not surprising, even though a plow is nowhere in sight! See Jones, John Melville, A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins (Seaby 1990) at pp. 121-122 (entry for “Founder”), explaining that the Romans “inherited a custom from the Etruscans of defining the boundaries of a new city by marking them with a plough,” so that certain coins showing plowing can be interpreted as a reference to the founding of colonies.

Next, another Roman Provincial coin from Hispania.

 

Illyria Apollonia 290-160 BC .... Thrift store cigar box find.

 

Illyria?? That's where Albania is! We're on Roman provincial coin from Hispania.

 

Ah gocha... please disregard my ignorance, I've never been to neither... I thought ancient was just anything older than me.

 

Augustus
Hispania, Uncertain mint.. 27 B.C.-A.D. 14 Æ as (24 mm, 7.25 g). 'Moneta castrensis'. Mint in northewestern Spain, Probably struck before 23 B.C. [IMP] AVG DIVI F, bare head left; palm branch before, winged caduceus behind / Round shield with four linear outer panels and round central boss. ACIP 3301; RPC 3. Fine, earthen-green patina.
Ex: Silicua Subastas

The 'Moneta castrensis' coinage, lacking any sort of ethnic or magistrate, is impossible to place with certainty. Most examples are found in northwestern Spain, and stylistically show some affinity to the Spanish issues of Carisius. The obverse legend places the coinage after 27 B.C., and the fact that the coins lack any indication of the tribunican power suggest a terminus post quem of 23 B.C. It is most likely that the 'moneta castrensis' coinage was struck to finance Rome's efforts during the Cantabrian Wars, which brought an end to Spanish self-determination and finalized the province's subjugation.

Next up: image that's up for debate what it is

 

Where in Hispania is that one from?

 

Thanks for asking. A rather popular yet not so available type
Is it a maze? Is it a Rodela shield design??
I like to think, it's a shield with a maze design on it.
Op updated as well but here's what I've pieced together:
Augustus
Hispania, Uncertain mint.. 27 B.C.-A.D. 14 Æ as (24 mm, 7.25 g). 'Moneta castrensis'. Mint in northewestern Spain, Probably struck before 23 B.C. [IMP] AVG DIVI F, bare head left; palm branch before, winged caduceus behind / Round shield with four linear outer panels and round central boss. ACIP 3301; RPC 3. Fine, earthen-green patina.
Ex: Silicua Subastas

"The 'Moneta castrensis' coinage, lacking any sort of ethnic or magistrate, is impossible to place with certainty. Most examples are found in northwestern Spain, and stylistically show some affinity to the Spanish issues of Carisius. The obverse legend places the coinage after 27 B.C., and the fact that the coins lack any indication of the tribunican power suggest a terminus post quem of 23 B.C. It is most likely that the 'moneta castrensis' coinage was struck to finance Rome's efforts during the Cantabrian Wars, which brought an end to Spanish self-determination and finalized the province's subjugation."

But any corrections or speculation are always appreciated