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AE 25mm (As)
OBVERSE: TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PON MAX IMP, laureate head left
REVERSE: COL AVGVSTA EMERITA, campgate
Struck at Emerita, Spain, 14-36 AD
9.27g, 25mm
RPC 42

Next: Camp/City gate

 

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I'm not altogether sure why, but it seems I made a point of accumulating Magnus Maximus & Flavius Victor campgates some years & decades ago (not especially nice ones, either).

These were the five I could quickly find for a group photo but I'm sure I have others somewhere (equally rough and now, to me, perplexing for their presence in my drawers):




NEXT: More architectural imagery on ancient coinage! (Defined broadly.)

 

Trajan Decius (249-251), Mesopotamia, Rhesaina.
Obv.: AYT. KAI. ΓAI. MEC. KY. [ΔEKIOC ? TPAI]ANOC CEB. , radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: [CEΠ.] PHCAINHCIωN L. III P. , Temple seen in perspective, eagle inside; beneath, the River-god Aborrhas (the Khabur) swimming left.

Next : more architecture

 

VOLUSIAN
AE30
OBVERSE: AVTOK K G AFIN GAL OVEND OVOLOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust right
REVERSE: ANTIOXEWN MHTRO KOLWN D-e, SC below, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple, the river-god Orontes swimming beneath her, ram leaping right above
Struck at Syria-Antioch, 251-253 AD
17.1g, 30mm
SNGCop 295

Next: Orontes

 

Trajan, tetradrachm, Phoenicia, Tyre, 103-11 AD.
Prieur 1498
14.3 grams



Next: Tyre

 

Tyre. Uncertain king. AR Shekel dated RY 4 (390/89 BC).
Obv.: deity, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right
Rev.: Owl standing right, head facing, crook and flail in background; |||| (date) to right.

Next : irregular shape

 

Constantius II AE follis. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, globe in hand / FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, Emperor, bare-headed and in military dress standing, holding standard with chi-rho on banner in his right hand, resting left hand on shield, two bound captives wearing Phrygian helmets kneeling, leaning to the left before him, star in left field. Mintmark SMNS
21mm, 3.62gr. RIC Nicomedia 71
NEXT: Chi-Rho

 

Hard to choose just one Chi-Rho coin, since I collect Roman "captives & barbarians coins" and many of them show Chi-Rho standards (or crosses or Tau-Rho/Staurogram symbols). Here's one that has a particularly clear Chi-Rho and that I don't think I've ever posted before.

Similar type to previous, but from Constantinople mint:

NEXT: Any early Christian symbols on ancient coins (crosses, Chi-Rho, Staurogram/Tau-Rho, anything I haven't thought of) ...

Greek coins with Chi-Rho (e.g., Ptolemaic ones exist) are acceptable too if anyone lucky enough to have one sees this in time...​

 

Theodosius II, solidus

NEXT : a very large ancient or medieval coin

 

Mary I of Scotland (1542 - 1567 A.D.)
Scotland
AR Bawbee
O: MARIA · D · G · R · SCOTORVM: A crowned thistle, 'M' to its left and 'R' to the right.
R: OPPIDVM · EDINBVRGI, Saltire behind a crown, flanked by a cinquefoil on each side.
Edinburgh mint
21mm
1.78g
SCBC 5432

Next: Any LRB.

 

Aelia Flaccilla AE4. AEL FLAC-CILLA, draped bust with elaborate headdress, necklace and mantle / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory seated right, inscribing a chi-rho on shield set on narrow column. 10mm, 1.28gr. RIC IX Antioch 54; Sear 20628
Born Spain 356CE, died Constantinople 386 CE. First wife of Theodosius I
NEXT: Anything Constantinople

 

Anastasius (491-518), AE follis, Constantinople

Next : Anastasius again

 

NEXT: Justin I

 

Next : Justinian I

 

43mm


NEXT: Justin II

 

Not the best example, but here's my Justin II Solidus:

NEXT: Facing head or bust obverse
(Byzantine or other ancient)​

 

Arcadius, AE3, Antioch
Obv.: D.N. ARCADIVS P.F. AVG. , helmeted bust facing, holding spear and shield
Rev.: CONCORDIA AVGG , Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding sceptre and victory on globe ; exergue : ANTΓ (Antioch)

Next : two people on obverse

 

Heraclius, follis, revolt of the Heracli, Alexandretta, 608-10.
Berk 534
10.62 grams

Obverse: OMN ERACLIO CONSULII, facing busts of Heraclius on left and his father, the Exarch Heraclius, on right, both bearded, bare-headed, and wearing consular robes, cross between their heads.
Reverse: Large M between ANNO and numerals representing the indictional year; above cross with A beneath; AΛEXANΔ in exergue.



Next: Any coin of Phocas.

 

Phocas (602 - 610 A.D.)Æ Follis
O: DN FOCA NE PE AV, Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter.
R: Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O Ч/III across field; τHЄUP
Antioch Mint,Dated RY 8 (609/10)
28mm
8.7g
DOC 90; MIB 84a; SB 672

Next: Any Roman Republic