Well, maybe not a party. Two guys not only wore the same stuff, but they have the same name. Just a few new later Roman bronzes that have arrived recently. These are additions/upgrades/mistaken duplicate. But I am happy with all three. So whatevs. I do not get the chance to buy much in the way of Diocletian, so this was a nice and cheap pickup. Diocletian, Antoninianus IOVI CONSER AVGG AE Antoninianus Diocletian Augustus: 284 - 305AD Issued: 287 - 288AD 22.0 x 21.0mm 4.00gr 6h O: IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. R: IOVI CONSER AVGG; Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter, eagle at feet, left. Exergue: A, right field. Lyons Mint RIC V Lugdunum 35, A, right; Bastien 76; Cohen 184. Aorta: 1371: B50, O32, R67, T93, M9. Victor's Imperial Coins/victor-clark: Victor Clark 282798504136 1/13/18 1/20/18 And recently I have been in the wastelands for Septimius Severus since I apparently bought everything in my price range in the last few months, lol. On a happy note, I won two Probus ants one of which is really nice and the other is pleasant even if a duplicate. Probus, Antoninianus, CLEMENTIA TEMP AE Antoninianus Probus Augustus: 276 - 282AD Issued: 276AD 22.0mm 2.40gr 6h O: IMP CM AVR PROBVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. R: CLEMENTIA TEMP; Probus standing right on left, holding eagle-tipped scepter, receiving globe from Jupiter, standing left on right, holding scepter. Exergue: ε, above line; XXI, below line. Antioch Mint; First Emission RIC V, 2 921, ε; Sear 11960. Aorta: 1977: B87, O25, R13, T95, M1. JAZ Numismatics/John Zielinski Auction 119, Lot 12. 1/18/18 1/24/18 I have this attributed with an Epsilon officina mark. It looks very faint but I feel that the mark above the center line is an Epsilon for sure. Which unfortunately makes this coin a duplicate for me. I thought there was no letter above the exergural line which is a variety I do not have. Oh well, I like the coin anyway. Probus, Antoninianus, CLEMENTIA TEMP BI Antoninianus Probus Augustus: 276 - 282AD Issued: 276AD 21.7mm 3.21gr 6h O: IMP CM AVR PROBVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right. R: CLEMENTIA TEMP; Probus standing right on left, holding eagle-tipped scepter, receiving globe from Jupiter, standing left on right, holding scepter. Exergue: Δ(Dot), above line; XXI, below line. Antioch Mint; First Emission. RIC V, 2 921, Δ(Dot); Sear 11960. Aorta: 1987: B87, O25, R13, T95, M1. frascatius/Tom Mann 232626222003 1/21/18 1/24/18 The above coin is one of the nicest Ants I have bought and I am happy it is a Probus. Feel free to share all Probus, Diocletian, Tetrarchy and fancy Ants that you have! Collection Progress: Probus: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322 Diocletian (Yes, I know it is only four coins, give me a break.): http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6326
All three are nice, but the last one, which looks to have most of it's silvering intact, is my favorite. Congrats! DIOCLETIAN Antoninianus OBVERSE: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right REVERSE: IOVI CONSER AVGG, Jupiter naked,standing facing, looking right,holding thunderbolt & sceptre eagle at foot with wreath in beak, XXIA in ex. Struck at Rome 292 AD 2.9g, 21.5mm RIC V Part II 166 PROBUS Antoninianus OBVERSE: IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate mantled bust left holding eagle-tipped sceptre REVERSE: SOLI INVICTO, Sol in galloping quadriga left, R-thunderbolt-B in ex. Struck at Rome, 275-6 AD 4.2g, 24mm RIC 202
@Bing- that quadriga is terrific. I'm not much into LRBs, but I like that one. Such a nice broad flan, too.
Thanks. I'm not much into third centry coins, but when a nice one pops up, well, a nice coin is a nice coin no matter when it was struck.
DIOCLETIAN: RI Diocletian Ӕ Quinarius 1.46g 16mm Rome AD 284-305 IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter stndng thunderbolt sceptre RARE RIC 193 RI Diocletian 284-305 CE AE Folles VOT XX PROBUS: RI Probus 276-282 CE Ant 21mm Riding Horse RI Probus 276-282 CE BI Quinarius 2.80g Cohen 768
I have serious personal conflict when i comes to silvered coins. I know they were issued that way and high grade examples should retain silver but my personal aesthetic preferences often favors coins of other colors. I am particularly displeased with high grade coins with blotchy remaining silver and would rather have them brown. That is not a high minded numismatic attitude but just the way I am. Diocletian with a bit of silver and red blended the way I prefer: Probus with a lot more silver but not 'artistically' deployed on the reverse: I would not have bought this Probus 'silver sneezer' were it not for the less common obverse legend. I would prefer the coin with no silver but we sometimes take what we find. PERPETVO IMP C PROBO P AVG Probus looks good in green, too. ...as does Diocletian. Very few silvered coins develop really nice green surfaces so I suspect the silver content retards patina development. This speckled surface coin is as good green as I have for Diocletian.
@Alegandron and @dougsmit Very nice Coins, both. @Alegandron U don’t have any quinarii much less of Diocletian or Probus. Those are exciting to see. @dougsmit I do not have a Perpetuo obverse which saddens me after seeing yours. As does your Concordia Militvm. Especially with the exergue mintmark combination there. As far as silvered coins go, I am conflicted as well. I would much rather buy a fully silvered or fully bronze coin. The in between examples really annoy me on some level so I tend to avoid them. The fully silvered coins typically quickly exit my buying price range so only when I find nice coins in that range do I bother to try and buy them. It’s part of the hunt I guess.
