Roman Vota types

JA, what a gorgeous helmet !

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I don't have a Vota, but I do have a yet to be photographed Constantine Jr.

 

Happy Holidays, fellas!!

Cheers

 

Are you going somewhere or are you gonna be around for the holidays?

 

Nope, I'm not goin' anywhere ... I'm working straight through the holidays (I get Christmas and Boxing Day off, but otherwise I'm the dude holding-down the ol' fort during the holidays)

=> I was merely feeling festive!!

 

Maximianus Herculius
Obv:– IMP MAXIMIANVS P AVG, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle
Rev:– VOTIS X, Emperors standing face to face sacrificing at altar
Minted in Lugdunum (no marks). Emission 10. 3rd Series. 1st March A.D. 293 – 20th November A.D. 293
References:– RIC V Part 2 466 Bust Type H (S). Bastien 528 (2 examples cited)

 

Diocletian
Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, Radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle headed sceptre
Rev:– PRIMIS X MVLTIS XX, Victory standing right, left, holding victory ileft foot on rock, inscribing VO/T X on shield on palm tree
Minted in Rome (_ R // XXID).
Reference:– Cohen 388. RIC V Pt. 2 177 Bust Type H (Rated scarce)

 

Hadrian Denarius
Obv:- HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right.
Rev:- VOTA PVBLICA, Hadrian standing left, sacrificing over tripod
Minted in Rome. A.D. 134-138
Reference:– RIC II 290; BMCRE 777; RSC 1481

 

Antoninus Pius
Obv:– ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, Laureate head facing right
Rev:– VOTA SVSCEPTA DEC III, COS IIII below, Pius veiled and togate, standing left sacrificing with patera over tripod
Reference RIC 293 Note 2

 

Constantius II, AR Reduced Siliqua
Obv:– DN CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX, surrounded by wreath
Minted in Siscia (//SIS). A.D. 6th November A.D. 355 - Summer A.D. 361
Reference:– RIC VIII Siscia 360 (Scarce)
1.86g. 19 mm.

Ex. Wayne G. Sayles

 

Constantine I AE3
obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG. Helmeted & cuirassed bust right
rev: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOTIS XX. Globe on altar inscribed VOT IS XX
exergue: STR
Struck 321 A.D. at Trier
RIC VII 303
Ex Langcroft Hoard

 

Another sad coin I bought in ignorance:

...but why show it here on the Vota page? When I bought this as of Antoninus Pius, I was impressed by the clear obverse legends
ANTONINVSAVG PIVSPPTRPXI
and even the COSIII SC on the reverse. The standing figure of Pius sacrificing even has some facial detail so, for my low end collection, it seemed a decent F+ bronze. It seemed the sort of coin I collect. However, when looking it up in my British Museum Catalog (BMCRE vol. IV #1816) and Sear #4323 I discovered that the coin should have had VOTA in the reverse exergue. With a bit of imagination you can see a trace of OT but I did not notice those ghosts of legends past until BMC told me to look for them. Perhaps this is the disadvantage to buying coins in person at a show. You have to decide there and then without referring to your books. Even if I had BMCRE IV on my Nook, there was nothing about the coin that would have made me take the effort to look it up before putting the coin in my pile to purchase.

It is amazing how some letters of the legend can carry more importance in my mind than others and I would really like the coin a lot more if it had a good strong VOTA. I do not think the dealer that sold it knew either but what struck me as a highlight of my adoptive period collection suddenly became just another as.

This brings up a subject that I know finds me in the minority. I avoid buying pretty coins that are missing something important. For example I really don't want fourth century coins without bold mintmarks (not that I don't have many). I could live with this coin had it been missing many random letters but was happy it had the bold TRP XI date and mourn the lost VOTA.

 

Doug => that is a very sad coin-tale (you are a great coin story-teller)

Oh, and I hear what you're saying, for I have a Hadrian AE Dupondus that fits into this exact same category (it has that great reverse of Pegasus, but the flan is a bit too small, so it is missing "COS" which should be located directly above Pegasus)

Ummm, if it's any consolation, I think that your poor misunderstood coin has fantastic eye-appeal ...

 

I finally found enough time to post more Vota


Constantius II, AE3-4
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, diademed head right
VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX, within a laurel wreath
At exergue SMANTI (Antioch mint)
1.70 gr
Ref : Cohen # 335, LRBC # 1398 var,

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Magnentius, Maiorina
Treveri mint, 1st officina,
DN MAGNENTIVS PF AVG, bare bust draped right, A behind
VICTORIA DD NN AVG ET CAE, two victories holding a wreath where is inscribed : VOT/V/MVLT/X. TRP at exergue
4.73 gr
Ref : Cohen # 68, Roman coins # 4024, LRBC # 56,

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Decentius, Maiorina
Lyon mint
DN DECENTIVS CAES, bare bust, cuirassed right
VICTORIA DD NN AVG ET CAE, two victories holding a wreath where is inscribed : VOT/V/MVLT/X. Dot and SV in field
4.46 gr
Ref : Cohen # 33, Roman coins # 4035, LRBC # 224

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Jovianus, AE3
AE3 struck in Sirmium, 2nd officina
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, Diademed and draped bust of Jovianus right
VOT V MULT X IN A LAUREL WREATH. BSIRM at exergue
3.32 gr
Ref : Cohen #35, RC #4087, LRBC #1624

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Valentinian I, Siliqua
Constantinople mint, 4th officina
DN VALENTINI - ANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VOT V in a laurel wreath, CP.delta at exergue
1.57 gr
Ref : RC # 4097v, RIC IX # 13a, Cohen # 69

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Arcadius, AE4
Heraclea mint, 1st officina, c. AD 383
DN ARCADIVS PF AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VOT / V within wreath, SMHA at exergue
1.27g, 14mm, 12h
Ref : RIC IX # 18b, LRBC II # 1964

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Theodosius II, Siliqua
Constantinople mint
D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, diademed draped and cuirassed bust right seen from front
VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX, within a laurel wreath, CONS* at exergue
2.16 gr, 18.5 mm
RIC X, # 381

Guess you got them all now
Q