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CLAUDIUS AE As
OBVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP P P, bare head left.
REVERSE: Minerva advancing right, holding shield and brandishing a javelin, S-C across fields
Struck at Rome, 50-4AD 10.5G, 25MM
RIC 116

 

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Huh, here's one I never got around to attributing. From the Goldberg mixed lot. I think it's Antoninus Pius, a semis from SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria.



and a Claudius As. Couldn't find it in my computer earlier because I misnamed it. Organizing these pictures is hard. I need a better system.

 

I don't recognize it, but it's a nice looking coin.

 

GALBA AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR.P, Laur. head right
REVERSE: PA X AVGVST Pax standing, head left, holding branch and cornucopia, S C in fileds
Struck at Rome, 68AD
13.2g, 27mm
RIC 283

 

Diva Julia Titi. Æ Sestertius
Struck under Domitian
Rome mint
AD 91
Died AD 91
Diameter: 34 mm
Weight: 24.31 grams
Obverse: Carpentum drawn right by two mules
Reverse: Legend around large S C

 

Lucius Verus AE Sestertius
164 AD
Diameter: 33 mm
Weight: 26.69 grams
Obverse: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head right
Reverse: TR P IIII IMP II COS II S-C, Victory standing right, placing a shield inscribed VIC/AVG in two lines on palm

 

Marcus Aurelius sestertius.

 

Two from the mystery mixed lot I bought : a Trajan struck in Rome for circulation in Syria, and a Claudius struck in Antioch.


TRAJAN, AE As, RIC 647
Rome mint (for circulation in Syria), 114-117 AD
O: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right.
R: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around an oak-wreath containing large S C.


CLAUDIUS, AE As, RPC I 4279
Antioch, 47-48 AD
O: IMP TI CLA CAE AV GER, laureate head right.
R: large SC in laurel wreath.

 

Diadumenian




... with a wee lil' eagle hidden in exergue

 

My favorite coin with S-C in my collection. This era saw the return of these well-known initials on coins after a three-century long absence, brought back ironically by a people that Romans of centuries past would have regarded as inferior.

Athalaric, Ostrogothic King of Italy (ruled 526-534 AD)
AE Decanummium
Obv: INVIC-TA ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right
Rev: DN ATHAL-ARICVS, Athalaric, in military outfit, standing, holding spear and shield, S-C across fields, X in left field
Rome mint (struck 526-534 AD)
Ref: BMC Vandals 69, COI 85b

 

Claudius AE Quadrans. 41-54 AD, 3.6g, 17mm

OBV: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG Around modius.

REV: PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT around large S dot C.

REF: RIC 84, Cohen 70.

 

Claudius AE As. 9.2g, 30mm

OBV: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR IMP, Bare head left.

REV: S-C across field, Minerva standing right, brandishing spear and holding shield on left arm.

REF: RIC 100, Cohen 84. BMC 149, BN 180, S 639

 

Domitian AE As. 81 - 96 AD, 8.5g, 28mm

OBV: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis.

REV: FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S-C, Fortuna standing left with rudder & cornucopiae.

REF: RIC 487, Cohen 122

 

Gaius Caligula AE As. 37-8 AD. 9.7g, 27mm

OBV: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, Bare head left.

REV: VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre.

REF: RIC 38, Cohen 27.

 

Marcus Agrippa AE As. Rome, 37-41 AD, 10.2g, 28mm, Axis 180° .

OBV: M AGRIPPA L F COS III: Head left wearing rostral crown.

REV: S-C: Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left.

MINT: Rome: 37-41 AD

REF: RIC-58, C-3, aorta 4

 

Nero. AD 54-68. AE As, Rome mint. 63 AD. 6.8g, 23.50mm

OBV: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP PP, Laureate head right.

REV: GENIO AVGVSTI, S-C across fields, I in exergue, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, sacrificing over lighted altar to left.

REF: RIC I 214; Sear 1977; WCN 269; BMC 252.

 

Antoninus Pius Æ Orichalcum Sestertius. 24.2g, 34mm

OBV: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, Laureate head right.

REV: LIBERTAS COS IIII S C, Libertas standing left holding purse and extending hand.

REF: Cohen 543. RIC III 929

 

Faustina I AE As. 138-161 AD, 10.6g, 27mm

OBV: DIVA FAV-STINA, Draped bust right.

REV: S-C in fields. Unknown figure.

 

Trajan AE Quadrans. 98-117 AD, 3.5g, 17mm

OBV: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG. Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder.

REV: She-wolf crouching left, SC in ex.

REF: RIC II 694, BMCRE 1061, Cohen 340.

 

Trajan AE As. Rome, 9.9g, 27.55mm

OBV: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM, Laureate head right.

OBV: TR POT COS III PP SC, Victory walking left, carrying shield inscribed SPQR.

REF: RIC 417, Cohen 628. Sear 3242