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Crispus, 317-326. London mint. 19 mm. 3.19 grams.
BEAT TRA *** NQLITAS [sic] around altar with globe on top and
VOT
IS
XX on it.
RIC London 279
Sear IV 16724

Next: Another Crispus.

 

RIC vol VII Aquileia 106 R1
322 AD
Obv: CRISPVS NOB CAES, bust r.
Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT X
Size: 18.95 mm
Weight: 2.8 grams

NEXT: Another Votive coin

 

A really worn Crispus votive

Crispus AE follis.. 321-324 AD. Siscia

IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C, laureate head right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, Wreath within is written VOT . X in three lines. Mintmark ΓSIS branch.

19mm, 3.13gr RIC VII Siscia 175

Peacock

 

FAUSTINA Sr. (138-141 AD)
AR Denarius
Lifetime Issue
O: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right.
R: IVNONI REGINAE, Peacock seated on throne and scepter behind.
18mm
3.5g
RIC-340, RSC-221 BMC (Antoninus Pius) 145 (same reverse die)

Ex Robert Kutcher Collection (Triton X, 8 January 2007), lot 1606 (part of)

Next: Any Toned Coin

 

Though shown several times before, this is one of the more nicely toned ancients that I have.

Syracuse, tetradrachm, Agathokles, 317-310 BC.
GCV# 971, Hirsch# 660, SNG ANS 5# 639
17.0 grams



Next: Green patina.

 

BOSPORAN KINGDOM
Tiberius Julius Thothorses, (278 - 309 A.D.)
Æ Stater
O: BAΣIΛEΩΣ θOΦθΩPΣOY; Diademed, draped bust of king right.
R: Laureate head of Diocletian right, tamga in right field / ZΠθ
Panticapaeum mint (?), AD 290.
7.6g
20mm
Anokhin 735, Mionnet 2, 160ff.

Next: Otacilia Severa

 

Okay, I don't think I've posted this one in Follow-the-Coin yet (not according to the search engine anyway), though I'm sure I've shared it elsewhere online.

Otacilia Sestertius (30mm, 21.92g, 6h) with the usual Concordia reverse type. RIC 203a, Rome, c. 245-7 CE:

Ex Mark Salton-Schlessinger (1914-2005) Collection (Kuenker 337, 5990), and reportedly ex George H. Earle, Jr. (1856-1928) Collection (Lot 703 of the Chapman 1912 sale was unfortunately not illustrated, no weights, but I tend to trust Salton on such matters; Fanning deemed Chapman-Earle the most important early American ancient coin auction in his 2020 book Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 1869-1939).
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NEXT: Figure seated left on reverse

 

NEXT: Any radiate portrait

 

How about a radiate Nero?



Thessalian League AE Diassarion (?) (20mm, 6.88g, 12h), with Taurokathapsia scene on the reverse (bull wrestler dismounting horse and trying to capture a bull by throwing a band around its horns). RPC I 1440.7

NEXT: Any portrait with a funny neck​

 

CARAUSIUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: IMP C CARAVSIVS PF I AVG, draped, cuirassed, and radiate bust r
REVERSE: PAX AVG, Pax stg. l. holding olive branch & vertical scepter, S P in l. & r. fields
Struck at Camulodunum 290-3 AD
3.58g, 23.8 mm
RIC 482

Next: Another Carausius

 

To get things started again, I'll invoke the 48-hour rule (used to 24, but fewer players these days)....

I don't think I have a Carausius, but I have Paxes... Here's my closest: This is a PAX coin that was known to be physically present in Britain for the duration of Carausius's reign. It was part of the "Wareham, Dorset, 1994" Hoard [PAS ID: IARCH-3DB3D1], deposited sometime around 271 CE, resting comfortably in a clay jar underground while Carausius held the island.



Philip I AR Antoninianus (3.87g). PAX AETERN. RIC 40b. This coin = CHRB IX 36 (Cheesman & Bland 1997): p. 222, #160.

NEXT: A coin from known hoard or findspot.​

 

I will do the Carausius since I have no coins that I know of, from a known hoard.


Carausius (287 - 293 A.D.)
Æ Antoninianus
O: IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and sceptre; S in left field; P in right field.
Camulodunum(?) Mint
4.53g
23mm
RIC 475

Next: VIRTVS reverse

 

NEXT: More Virtus

 

Volusian, antoninianus with VIRTVS AVGG

NEXT : Postumus

 

Postumus (260 - 269 A.D.)
AR Antoninianus
O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: FIDES EXERCITVS Four military standards, hand on top of second, eagle on third.
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 266 A.D.
3.8g
20mm
RIC V 303; Cunetio 2432; Elmer 417; RSC 65

Next: sestertius

 

Postumus Æ Double Sestertius. Treveri, AD 261. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Jupiter advancing to right, head reverted to left, holding eagle in left and thunderbolt in right hands. RIC V.2 178 (Lugdunum); C. 414; Mairat, 2014 (unpublished PhD thesis), -; Bastien 289; Auctiones e-3, 128 (same dies). 19.55g, 30mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; possibly the fifth known example as Bastien noted only three pieces, Mairat none, and there is only one on CoinArchives.



Next: More Postumus.

 

Ah, good! A chance to photography & share this one for the first time.

Postumus Billon Antoninianus (21mm, 2.48g, 6h), Trier or Cologne, 268 CE.
Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: PAX AVG / P. Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre.
Ref: RIC 318, Cunetio 2453.
Prov: Naville Numismatics, Ex Collection of Richard J Plant (1928-2020), the "Reverend of Numismatics" & author of many books on ancient & medieval coins.​

NEXT: More Beard + Crown (anyone, any period, any kind)

 

NEXT: Lugdunum mint

 

Tiberius, as (Lugdunum mint)

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