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I agree, beautifull examples!

 

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Thank you! I really like these Roman coins with the personifications of various provinces and cities.

 

Thank you! The so-called "Travel series" coins are really interesting.

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Gordian III (minted in Rome in 241):

 

Not actually my latest purchase, but since it originally had the wrong description for the reverse on the slab, I asked for it to be fixed, and today the coin arrived in the new slab with the proper description:

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Hadrian (minted in Rome sometime between 133 and 135):

 

Roman Empire Silver Antoninianus of Trajan Decius (minted in Rome sometime between 249 and 251):

 

Roman Empire Gold Solidus of Theodosius II (minted in Constantinople sometime between 424 and 430):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Vespasian (minted in Rome in either 69 or 70):

 

Phoenician Silver Tetradrachm (minted in Marathos in either 226 or 225 BCE):

 

Ptolemaic Gold Mnaieion of Ptolemy II Philadelphos (minted in the name of Arsinoe II Philadelphos in Alexandreia sometime between 252 and 249 BCE):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Marcus Aurelius (minted in Rome in 164):

 

CARIA, Stratonicaea. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ (37mm, 24.32 g, 6h). Leon, son of Alcaios, prytanis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius, seen from behind vis-à-vis draped bust of Domna; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / Zeus Panamaros, draped, on horseback right, holding scepter; at feet right, lighted altar. RPC V.2 Online 73638 (this coin cited); BMC 55; SNG von Aulock 2668. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Brown patina with earthen highlights, minor porosity, area of light weakness on reverse. Good VF.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 126 (28 May 2024), lot 445.

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Septimius Severus (minted in Laodicea ad Mare sometime between 198 and 200):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Trajan (minted in Rome in either 107 or 108):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Caracalla (minted in Rome in 215):

 

Roman Empire Silver Antoninianus of Trebonianus Gallus (minted in Rome sometime between 251 and 253):

 

My Trajan Aureus, minted in Rome, AD 114-117. I definitely overpaid (I was just watching the hammer price--I forgot about the BP) but the reverse is one of the nicest I've seen of this type. This is a lifetime keep for me anyway.