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RR Anon AE Litra 260 BC Minerva star ROMANO Horse Hd BLACK Cr 17-1g S 593

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Commemorating Constantinople
5th/6th c. AD
Mint: Constantinople
AR Scripulum
Obvs: Helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constantinopolis right.
Revs: Large K.
13x15mm, 1.07g
Bendall 8c

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AR Siglos of Croesus
560-546 BC
Lion & Bull having fisticuffs / incuse

Next up: Minted before 500 BC

 

EL Hemihekte ND Sardes Mint struck 600-575BC
Aylattes of Lydia
My oldest coin...
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Daric minted circa 485-429 B.C. Carridice IIIb early Next coin Sestertius of Trajan

 

Half a coin, but no text....

 

Trajan Sestertius Rv. Trajan stg To right Mesopotania seated To left Tigris and Euphrates seated. Minted 116-117 A.D. RIC 642 Woytek 590v3 Next coin Trajan denarius

 

TRAJAN
AR Denarius. 3.12g, 20.7mm. Rome mint, AD 114-117. RIC II 354 var. (bust type); BMCRE pg. 111 note; RSC 274c. O: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: P M TR P COS VI PP S P Q R, Virtus standing right, holding spear and parazonium, left foot on helmet.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection; ex John A. Seeger Collection

Next: Trajan provincial

 

Trajan, Ruled 98-117 AD
AE26, Syria, Seleucis, Seleucia Pieria
Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΡΙСΤ СΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head right.
Reverse: СΕΛΕΥΚΕωΝ ΠΙΕΡΙΑС, filleted thunderbolt set on a pulvinar (cushioned stool or throne) of Jupiter (represented by the thunderbolt); Γ below stool.
References: RPC 3782, Butcher 47
Size: 26mm, 12.92g

Next: pulvinar

 

PULVINAR = Empty Throne = Seat of Power = Republic Curule Chair


RR P Furius Crassipes 84 BC AR Denarius 19mm 3.84g Rome Turreted head Cybele right foot upward Curule chair Cr 356-1a Syd 735 Furia 20

Next up: GLADIUS

 

next a bow and arrow.

 

Antiochus II Theos AR Tetradracm 261-246 BC Seleucia on the Tigris mint.
29mm 17.05g
Obv: diademed head of Antiochus right.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTI−OXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, examining arrow with right, resting left hand on grounded bow, monogram outer left, monogram outer right.
Houghton-Lorber 587

Next: Apollo

 

CARACALLA
AR Denarius. 3.24g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 215. RIC 254. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right. R: PM TR P XVIII COS IIII PP, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and lyre set on altar.

Next: Lyre

 

Hadrian, Ruled 117-138 ADOrichalcum As, Struck 125-128 ADMinted in Rome for circulation in Syria
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right.
Reverse: COS III, Lyre, S-C across field.
References: Butcher 25, RIC II 684
Size: 23mm, 7.07g

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SEVERUS ALEXANDER
AR Denarius. 2.96g, 19.2mm. Rome mint, AD 230. RIC 105 var. (no drapery); RSC 401. O: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on shoulder. R: P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Emperor standing right with spear and globe.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection

Next: Sev's mommy

 

Hadrian Sestertius Diana reverse 125-128 A.D. Next coin Diana

 

Guess mine is to late Julia Mamaea sestertius

 

Oooops Next coin Julia Domna

 

Glad you showed that Hadrian anyway.... what a beauty!

JULIA DOMNA
AR Drachm. 2.42g, 17.1mm. CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia, RY 5 of Severus (AD 197/8). Sydenham 440. O: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CЄ, draped bust right. R: MHTPOΠOΛ KAICAPIA / ЄT – Є, Aphrodite standing right, holding apple.

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