My Newest Elagabalus Antoninianus

OK I wieghed and measured the Commodius. Weight - 10.2 grams. Diameter - 24.76 mm, Width 2.76 mm. Curious minds needed to know.

 

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Elagabalus Denarius

Cool Ripley. 10.2 grams, sounds like an AE As (Bronze) for the Commodus to me.

willieboyd2: Beautiful Elagabalus 'Victor Antonini Aug' denarius, awesome reverse, great detail.... I have thought about getting the matching denarii of the different Elagabalus Silver Antoninianii I have, but have seen alot of the ones I wanted sell waay too high for me.
I still just have one Denarius of Elagabalus, and it's the first silver Roman coin I ever did buy, still have it, as with all my Elagabalus coins, I don't plan on ever selling any of the ones I posted here... However I do have a Providentia reverse Elagabalus Antoninianus coin I am looking to sell possibly one of these days. The Elagabalus 'LIBERTAS AUG' silver denarius cost me a whole $9 heh, back in 2006.... not in too bad shape... I like it though, cool reverse....
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Elagabalus AR Denarius 'Libertas'
obv: IMP ANTONINUS PIUS AUG
rev: LIBERTAS AUG - Libertas standing holding pileus(liberty cap) and sceptre. Star in right field.

 

Its funny my first silver Roman silver piece was the "Hole in the Head Marcus Aurelius" and it turns out, it may not be a denarius at all. :dead-horse::foot-mouth::foot-mouth:

 

No, No Ripley my friend, you are still a little bit confused on this I think, the one of yours with the hole in head IS a denarius, it was the one you posted above that has no hole at all with what looks to be Minerva on the back that is a Drachm and has Greek titles rather than Latin, if you look the one with the hole in the head, it has Latin titles, a Roman God (Felicitas) on the reverse and looks to be from the Rome mint, the other one has a Greek God on the reverse, Greek titles, and looks to be from a different mint than Rome, but I know not which mint sadly, someone here does and will post in that thread eventually I hope. I am confused on this one too, as I cannot find any similar coin types.

The silver coin of yours in which is likely a Drachm, and has Greek titles is posted in the '5 good emperors" thread, post number 18 in that thread, #18, you posted it as being of Antoninus Pius, but dougsmit corrected you I believe.

Please do not take my tone to by harsh or condescending, I say this all in the nicest tone, hoping to spread correct knowledge of these coins, which I think is important.
I would suggest you may even want to start a brand new thread about that partcular coin alone, to find someone who knows where it is from, just be sure to provide the size of the coin and the photos.

Original Thread for those not familiar, 'the 5 good emperors' thread: http://www.cointalk.com/t163636/

 

Duhhhhh I am so lame. Heck its 2 in the morning. No wonder I am firing on only 1 cylinder.

 

Heh, happens to the best of us.... just be happpy knowing you may have a rarer coin than you thought. Roman Drachmai from provincial mints tend to be more rare and expensive than the Denarii which were struck in Rome, so assuming(which one should never do ) your coin is an authentic Marcus Aurelius Drachm, then it's quite a cool and somewhat rare coin.

I would really suggest starting a new thread titled something like: 'Aurelius AR Drachm - info please' something like that, with thetype of coin(Marcus Aurelius Roman silver drachm) we think it is in the title, that way the folks who knw this type of stuff, will see it and hopefully help you out.
That is what I would do if I had that coin, start a brand new thread about it that is.... especially since even doug wasn't sure of the mint or type .

 

Sighhhh I wish I had a RIC all I have is Sear and a couple of other books. DS has a nice original green binded RIC. I am so jealous.

 

NEWER Elagabalus Antoninianus

Well I just added this one to the collection.... and it is about the most stunning portrait I have of this Emperor aside from my Roma seated reverse one....... I just love the toning too. I will post more pics of both this one and the VICTOR ANTONINI AUG one when I can. Here is the details:

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Emperor Varius 'Elagabalus' Antoninus
Silver Antoninianus. Struck at the Rome Mint 219-220 A.D.

obv: IMP ANTONINVS AVG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: TEMPORVM FELICITAS - Felicitas standing left with long caduceus and cornucopiae.

4.4 grams, 23mm

RIC149(S), RSC281.

Ex. I Jones collection
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Let me know what you guys think, and there will be more photos coming.

 

Beautiful. Love the toning also. Great pickup!

 

Wonderful coin in great condition! I agree, the toning is very nice too.

 

Very nice Rex, quality as always.

 

Thank you everyone, I will see if I can manage to get some more photos when I have the chance. I really love the bust on both my newest ones, the - VICTOR ANTONINI AUG - from my first post in this thread and the - TEMPORUM FELICITAS - from my most recent post. I like the bust on the last one the most, the TEMPORUM FELICITAS one, I find it to be quite exquisite.

Another coin I recently bought, but have yet to recieve is a rare Unknown Eastern Mint Antoninianus of Philip I with the 'SPES FELICITATIS ORBIS' reverse, which in English means something along the lines of "Hope for a Happy World" I will start a thread about that rare series when I recieve it and can take some good photos, here is some great info on the type from dougsmith, a great guy who really knows his stuff. The first picture on this page shows the different types from this mint, only three different reverses were used, the only reverse I don't have now is the most popular I think 'PAX FUNDATA CUM PERSIS'.

http://dougsmith.ancients.info/philip.html

 

New pics

I forgot about this thread...

I figure it will be the perfect place to put up some of my new pics of my newest Elagabalus and Caracalla Antoninianii.

*~*~*All the new pics I have taken are a bit off color, and bright, since I had to use a temporary lighting setup with a bright warm light.*~*~*

First off: Elagabalus - VICTOR ANTONINI AUG

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Roman Empire
Emperor Varius 'Elagabalus' Antoninus (218 - 222 AD)
Silver Antoninianus, Rome Mint.
obv: IMP CAES M AUR ANTONINUS AUG - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: VICTOR ANTONINI AUG - Victory advancing right holding palm & wreath.
4.7 grams.
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I really like this portrait of the young emperor on this example, the reverse is a bit worn/weakly struck, but the obv is great in my opinion.

 

Caracalla - Serapis P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII PP

and my newest of Caracalla.
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Ancient Roman Empire
Emperor Caracalla (AD 198 - 217)
Silver Antoninianus (double denarius) Rome Mint

obv: ANTONINUS PIVS AVG GERM - Radiate bust right, draped. Seen from behind.

rev: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII PP - Serapis standing with raised hand and holding a sceptre in other.

weight: 5.03 Grams
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I really like the portrait on this one as well, plus the great centering is very nice.
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**P.S. : I also spoke above, a while back, in this thread about starting a new thread about my Philip I 'Unknown Eastern Mint' Silver Antoninianus with the SPES FELICITATIS ORBIS reverse... well I did that, and here is the link for anyone interested:
http://www.cointalk.com/t165882/ - it is worth checking out, dougsmit and some others left some very good replies and some nice photos of their coins of the type, it is quite an interesting series of coins.

 

An even NEWER Elagabalus Ant - SALUS ANTONINI AUG - High Grade

I just picked this guy up today, I love the portrait and style.....quite beautiful. A fairly high grade example IMHO.
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Roman Empire
Emperor Elagabalus (218 - 222 AD) Silver Antoninianus.
Rome Mint.

obv: IMP CAES M AUR ANTONINUS - Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed.
rev: SALVS ANTONINI AUG - Salus standing facing right, holding snake, which she feeds from patera in other hand.

5.20 Grams
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Another great coin!

 

That is a very nice coin!

 

Thats a beautiful example, love it's reverse.