Let's march through time with Roman Imperials!

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  1. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Reminds me of a John Mellencamp song...
    "A little ditty 'bout Mac & Diad,
    A Roman family growin' up in the Syrian.
    Oh yeaaaa, life goes oooon...
    long after the thrill of being Emperor is gone."



    A similar matching set of Mac & Diad...
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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Was out of town yesterday, will share random favorites as catchup & not all like Domna & clan.

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    Plautilla (202-205 A.D.)
    AR Denarius
    O: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, Draped bust right, hair in bun behind.
    R: HILARITAS, Hilaritas standing, holding palm branch and cornucopia.
    Laodicea Mint
    3.3g
    18mm
    RIC IV 371 (Caracalla) RSC 14

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    Clodius Albinus (193 - 195 A.D.)
    AR Denarius
    O: D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right.
    R: MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing front, head left, holding a spear and leaning on a shield.
    Rome Mint
    3.21g
    19mm
    RIC 7, RSC 48, RCV 6144, BMC 98

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    Elagabalus (218 - 222 A.D.)
    AR Denarius
    O.: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, from behind.
    R.: PM T R P IIII COS III P P, Sol radiate, half-draped, with flying cloak, advancing left, raising right hand and holding whip; in field, star.
    Rome mint, AD 220-221
    20mm
    3.49g
    RIC IVb Elagabalus 40 (p. 31)

    Reverse Die Clash

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    Macrinus, (217 - 218 A.D)
    AR Tetradrachm
    Carrhae, Mesopotamia
    O: AYT K M OΠ CE MAKPINOC CE, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind.
    R: ∆MAPX EΞ YΠATOC, eaglestanding front, wings spread, head right, between legs crescent, star in left field, two pellets (second officina?) in ex; REV LEG?.
    Carrhae mint 217 - 218 A.D
    25mm
    13.9g
    Prieur 836
     
  4. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

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    Bronze
    Grun-something-or-other (Grunsch...)?
    Kopf n. r. (head facing right)
    Dreifuss m. Schlange (tripod with snake)
    Diadumenian Nicopolis. original ticket
    I use this coin when introducing my younger students to learning "Caesar's English" vocabulary. He was nine years old when he became the Caesar. Some will always ask if he invented the salad. One story says that he was almost spared by the army that had captured him during his escape but they found a letter from him telling his father to not spare any of the rebels in the empire. So they showed him no mercy.
     
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  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    That says "Griechenland" (Greece).
     
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  6. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Macrinus and Diadumenian :

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  7. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Finally, I have one....from Triton II auction b3b6634a6f67b50eb76385be6cbbe0ed.jpg
     
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  8. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    provincial (ex serie) Caracalla and what i believe to be Marcrinus & Daidumenian bronzes. Greek Caracalla bronze 001.JPG Greek Caracalla bronze 004.JPG not rounds    snake coin 003.JPG not rounds    snake coin 004.JPG
     
  9. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Rarely posted & scarce Maesa Antoninianus

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    Julia Maesa (218 - 225 A.D.)
    AR Antoninianus
    O: IVLIA MAESA AVG, Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set on crescent.
    R: PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing facing, head left, extending hand and holding acerrum; lighted and garlanded altar to lower left.
    Rome Mint
    23mm
    4.58g
    RIC IV(part 2), pg 50, #264 (Elagabalus).
     
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  10. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Great antoninianus @Mat ! I don't think I have ever seen one of these.
     
  11. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

  12. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Wow !
    That's neat !

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  13. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    WoWiE! Simply beautiful portrait with a very detailed reverse. Thank you for sharing that beauty!
    CATCH UP POST! Here is my Elagabalus:
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    Elagabalus
    AR Denarius AD 218-222.
    Rome, AD 221/2. IMP
    ANTONINVS PIVS AVG,
    laureate and draped bust of
    Elagabalus right. Reverse
    ABVNDAN-TIA AVG,
    Abundantia standing facing,
    head left, emptying contents
    from cornucopiae; in right
    field, star. RIC 56; BMC 189;
    RSC 1a. Boldly struck
     
  14. Nemo

    Nemo Well-Known Member

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    Elagabalus aka Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus aka Varius Avitus Bassianus

    O: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, draped, horn. "IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG"
    R: Elagabalus standing left holding patera over altar. Club in left hand, star in right field."SACRED DEI SOLIS ELAGAB" - RSC 252

    This is the rare, initial, SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGABAL type, with the emperor sacrificing left not right, and with the star erroneously behind him rather than before him. The star apparently stood for his sun god, to whom the emperor was depicted sacrificing, and therefore it should have been placed before him, above his patera and the altar.

    We know that the star behind the emperor was wrong, because on quite a few dies of all four emperor-sacrificing types the star was eradicated from behind the emperor and re-engraved in front of him. Note that on the obverse Elagabalus is still unbearded, confirming the early date (c. summer 221).

    The normal type, emperor sacrificing right, star before him, was represented by 181 specimens in the Reka Devnia hoard, compared to 3 specimens for this early variety.
     
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  15. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Soaemias:

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    And her creepy kid!

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  16. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

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    Thank You RC
     
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  17. Mike Margolis

    Mike Margolis Well-Known Member

    Said before my collection was complete at about 100 coins but this completes a three coin set that comprise from my bit of knowledge anyway the noble high point of the Roman Empire since Augustus and Nerva. The other two are the sestertius I use as a profile pic and a divus Aurelius sestertius. This is not an easy coin to come by I believe. Must give away a couple coins not in my themes to get back to 100. coinboughtaureliusfautinaonordia.jpg
    Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 31 mm, 27.64 g, 12 h), Rome, 145. [AVRE]LIVS CAESAR AVG [PII F COS II] Bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. [VOTA PVBLICA / S C] Faustina and Marcus Aurelius standing vis-à-vis, clasping right hands; behind them stands Concordia placing her hands on their shoulders. BMC 1786. Cohen 1022. RIC 1253a. Minor smoothing and some cleaning marks, otherwise, fine.
    This type was issued to commemorate the marriage between Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Junior. They were a devoted couple and MA is known as "The Philosopher".
     
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  18. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ex serie denari of Julia Domna, Caracalla and Elagabalus (can't locate my Geta right now:p) Julia Domna AR denarius 001.JPG Julia Domna AR denarius 002.JPG caracalla denarius 003.JPG caracalla denarius 006.JPG sick kitty buddy elagalabus coffee 004.JPG sick kitty buddy elagalabus coffee 007.JPG
     
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  19. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Catching up a bit with this AR Tet of Elagabalus...

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  20. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Elagabal & Soemias

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  21. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I have such a hard time posting coins from this monster...

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    RI Elagabalus 218-222 CE AR Antoninianus Radiate Roma seated
     
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