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Constans II
644 to 645 AD
Mint: Ravenna
AE Follis
Obvs: DN CONSTANTINVS PP. Bust facing, wearing crown and chalamys, and holding globus cruciger.
Revs: M between ANNO and numerals II II. Cross above, RAV in exergue.
20x26mm, 3.7g
Ref: Sear 1138, Gr.--, D.O. 206

Next: Ravenna mint post 500 AD

 

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Justinian I, Byzantine Empire
AE decanummium
Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe in left hand and shield in right hand
Rev: Large I, ANNO to left, regnal year XXXV to right, all within wreath
Mint: Ravenna (struck 561 AD)
Ref: SB 326; MIB 229



Next theme: Byzantine monogram

 

Next theme: Byzantine monogram

AE Follis Class 4 from Cyzicus mint of Heraclius in his 19th regnal year (AD 628/29)
Size: 21-23mm 6.3g
Obv:

• Heraclius (center) with
  
• Heraclius Constantine (right) eldest son of Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia aka Constantine III and shortest reigning byzantine monarch @ 4 months in AD 641, and
• Empress Martina (left) niece and second wife of Heraclius.

All are holding globus crucifer and wearing a crown and clamys
Rev: Large M with Monogram 24 on the left ANNO and cross above, numerals representing the 19th regnal year on the right (X/VI/III), officina below (A) and mint in exergue (KYZ)
Ref: DOC 178.3, S 841

Next theme: Moon & Stars

 

Moon and stars:


Faustina Jr, AD 161-175.
Roman AR denarius; 3.14 g, 17 mm.
Rome, AD 176 or later.
Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, crescent moon around large star, surrounded by six stars.
Refs: RIC 750; BMCRE 718; Cohen 83; RCV 5219; MIR 63; CRE 172.

Next: Posthumously issued

 

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Constantine I


Died AD 337. Æ FollisConstantinople mint. Struck AD 337-340. Veiled bust right / Constantine I driving quadriga right being crowned from above by the hand of God; CONS. RIC VIII 37; LRBC 1041.

Next up: quadriga

 

PROBUS
AE Antoninianus. 3.31g, 22mm. Rome mint, circa AD 276-282. RIC 202; Cohen 644. O: IMP PROBVS AVG, Bust radiate left, almost half-length, seen from front, wearing consular robes and holding eagle-tipped scepter. R: SOLI INVICTO, Sol raising right hand and holding globe and whip in left, in quadriga of horses leaping left; in exergue, crescent flanked by R and B (officina 2).
Ex Phillip Davis Collection

Next: Two or more horses, but not in any kind of -iga

 

Too slow....

 

M. Junius Silanus
145 BCE

Up next..... Coin with Discouri brothers caps

 

Both there wearing their caps...though the second brother looks like when the characters in back to the future start to fade away...



Mn. Cordius RufusDenarius 46, AR 18.9 MM 4.07g. RVFVS·III.VIR Jugateheads of Dioscuri r., wearing laureate pileii . Rev. MN. CORDIVS Venus standing l., holding scales in r. hand and sceptre in l., with Cupid perched on shoulder. Babelon Cordia 2. Sydenham 976. Sear Imperators 63

Next up: imperatorial

 

Anthony and Octavian
AR Denarius

Up next: Coin with portraits on obverse and reverse.

 

ANTONINUS PIUS with MARCUS AURELIUS
AR Denarius. 3.4g, 19mm, Rome mint, 140 AD, RIC 417a. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. R: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right.

Next: Provincial coin of Aurelius

 

SINOPE, PAPHLAGONIA
AE16
OBVERSE: Winged head of young Perseus
REVERSE: SINW-PHS, cornucopiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi, each surmounted by a star
Struck at Sinope, 120-100 BC
4.09g, 16mm
SNG Cop 306, SNGvA 231, Sear 3713
Ex JAZ Numismatics

Next: edit Too Late

 

AE Sextans c. 280 BC. - Caduceus - still used in the medical profession worldwide.

next - another Aes Grave - from Rome.

 

As Grave Crawford 35 Next coin struck as

 

Struck As.

Next A dolphin and horse on the same coin

 

CALABRIA, Tarentum
AR Nomos/Didrachm. 7.97g, 21.4mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 400-390 BC. Fischer-Bossert Group 26, 361a (V164/R283) = Vlasto 339 (this coin, illustrated in both); HN Italy 850. O: Naked ephebos on horse galloping right; small Λ below. R: Phalanthos, holding torch, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ below.
Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1043; CNG Auction 53 (15 March 2000), lot 31; Ex Vlasto Collection, 339 (Michel Pandely Vlasto, 1874-1936)

Next: Fractional silver of Tarentum

 

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Obol
Kantharos; three pellets around.

Bucranium; three pellets around.

Circa 380-325 BC
Weight: 0.33 g.
Diameter: 9 mm.

Rare with 3 pellets

cf. Vlasto 1617 (number of pellets); cf. BMC 432 (same). HN Italy 918; SNG France 3 specimens, c.f. 2201-03 (number of pellets)

Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 30.12.1992; with dealer's ticket), Ex-Numismatik Naumann auction 42 lot 15; Ex-Calgary Coin

A tiny coin with a fantastic design.


Next up a coin with a lion skin that isn't on someone's head

 

ROMAN REPUBLIC
Ti. Quinctius, moneyer.
AR Denarius. 3.83g, 20mm. Rome mint, 112 - 111 BC. Crawford 297/1b; Sydenham 563; Quinctia 6.O: Laureate bust of Hercules left, seen from behind, wearing lion skin across shoulders, club over right shoulder. R: Two horses galloping left; a desultor riding the nearest one; •/X above, rat below; TI and Q; D•S•S incuse on tablet in exergue.
Ex Demetrios Armounta Collection, with old Seaby ticket indicating 12 Sep 1963 purchase date.

Next: Another coin with both raised and incuse legends.

 

Ok, next one then: Coin with club, but no Hercules.

 

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm
Laureate head with eagle below / Head of Melqart draped in lion skin.


Next up, another coin from Tyre.