ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

I have a Leo I AE4, but it's in such poor condition, one has to use one's imagination to see the lion on the reverse.

 

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Licinius I, Æ Follis
A.D. 308-324
Heraclea A.D. 313
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 3.29 grams
Obverse: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head of Licinius I right
Reverese: IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe, and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; Δ//SMHT
Reference: RIC 73
Other: 6 h … Brown patina

 

I see a nymph with large breasts.

 

Ohoo, I like that last one!

 

Lysimachos, Silver tetradrachm
Obv:– Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.
Rev:– BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣMAXOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield, spear behind, monogram in inner left field, monogram under Throne
Ainos mint. Posthumous issue struck after 281 B.C.
Reference:- Thompson -, Muller -.

Not the same dies or the same monograms, but clearly the same engraver as Meydicikkale 2691.

 

Lysimachos, Silver drachm
Obv:– Head of Herakles right clad in lion's head headdress.
Rev:– BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Zeus seated left on throne, eagle extended in right, long vertical scepter in left, forepart of lion over DI on left, K under throne
Minted in Colophon mint from . B.C. 299 - 296.
Ref:– Thompson 125, Müller -

Restoring the types from the lifetime of Alexander the Great but minted in the name of Lysimachos

 

Lucius Verus Sestertius
Obv:– L. AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, Laureate head right
Rev:– TR P IIII IMP II COS II, S-C, Mars walking right, holding a trophy and spear
Minted in Rome. A.D. 164
Reference:– BMCRE 1109. RIC 1379

 

Lucius Verus denarius
Obv:– L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder
Rev:– TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Mars standing right holding a spear resting left hand on shield
Minted in Rome. Dec. A.D. 163 – Dec. A.D. 164
Reference:– RIC 516

 

Lucilla Sestertius
Obv:– LVCILLA AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right
Rev:– VENVS S-C, Venus standing left holding apple & scepter
Minted in Rome.
Reference:– BMCRE 1167. Cohen 72. RIC III 1763

 

Licinius I

Obv:– IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, leaning on sceptre, Victory on globe in right hand; eagle with wreath to left
Minted in Thessalonica (.TS.A. in exe)
References:– RIC VI Thessalonica 60

 

Licinius I

Obv:– IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys round waist, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera
Minted in Lugdunum (TF | * / PLG). A.D. 315
Reference:– RIC VII Lugdunum 48 (R4). Bastien XI 598 (8 examples cited)

 

Licinius I

Obv:– IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys round waist, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera
Minted in Trier (T | F / BTR).
Reference:– RIC VII Trier 119

 

Licinius II

Obv:– D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, Laureate bust left, draped, holding orb and scepter and mappa
Rev:– IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS, Jupiter standing left, holding globe and scepter
Minted in Alexandria (Crescent in left field, B in right field, SMAL in exe.) in A.D. 317-320
References:– RIC Alexandria 25 (R2)



Obv:– DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, Laureate bust left, draped, holding orb and scepter and mappa
Rev:– IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on a globe and scepter
Minted in Cyzicus (wreath in left field, B in right field, SMK in exe.)
References:– RIC Cyzicus 11 B (R3)

 

I have this same type as well. This historical era is my specialty in collecting:

Minted at Constantinople to be used in Cherson.

BTW not sure how I forgot about Leo...

 

Leo I with lion reverse:

 

Leo I with Verina standing reverse:

 

Leo I with emperor dragging captive reverse:

 

Leo I, monogram reverse:

 

Licinius

 

Lucius Verus, Ancient Counterfeit with Faustina II Reverse

Silver denarius, for reverse cf. RIC III Faustina II A506a, Fair, illegal mint, weight 1.553g, maximum diameter 17.3mm, die axis 0o,obverse L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right; reverse LAETITIAE PVBLICAE, Laetitia standing left, diadem in right, scepter in right

"Interesting hybrid of a Marcus Aurelius obverse with a Faustina II reverse (RIC A506a.)" ex Forvm