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RI Vitellius 69 CE AR Denarius Pont Max Vesta Seated

Next: Spain / Iberia / Celtiberia

 

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Celtiberian

I can’t remember if I’ve posted this one to the this thread or not...

Spain, Obulco
AE28, Obulco mint, struck mid II century BC
Dia.: 28 mm
Wt.: 16.83 g
Obv.: OBVLCO; female head right
Rev.: Celtic-Iberian legend: Magistrates names "Urkailtu" and "Neseltuko" between plow and grain ear.
Ref.: CNH 17, page 344
Ex Deacon Ray

Next: A non-sestertius Roman (or provincial) coin that weighs more than 15g.

 

This dupondius is on the heavy side and makes the grade!


Faustina Senior, AD 138-141.
Roman orichalcum dupondius, 16.19 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h.
Rome, AD 140-141.
Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by Faustina in biga right.
Refs: RIC 1189; BMCRE p. 236 *; Cohen 187; RCV --.

Next: something funerary: a mausoleum, pyre, altar to a consecrated ruler, etc.

 

Pyre



Antoninus Pius (Reg. 138-161 AD)
Posthumous Denarius,161 AD
Obv.: Divus Antoninus Pius / Laureate bust r., drapery on l. shoulder.
Rv: CONSECRATIO, Funeral pyre
Ag, 3.30g, 16.6x17.5mm
Ref.: RIC 438 (Aurelius), RSC 164a
Ex Pristina Hoard

Next: Someone else looking very old

 

All time great short lived Emperor Pertinax is looking pretty washed here (prob part of why one short sighted Pretorian ran him through):

Next up: someone with a ton of upside who suffered a early and unnatural demise

 

GERMANICUS - TONS of upside... died before his time!


RI Germanicus Caesar died 10 October 19 CE Copper As 27mm struck under Caligula- S-C RIC I 35 BMCRE I 49 Left

Next: Another Germanicus

 

Germanicus provincial from Anazarbaus. 28 mm. Struck 48/49 under Claudius.
ΓERMANIKOC KAICAP
bare head of Germanicus right
Bust of Zeus Olybris right before mountain with city acropolis.

Next: Provincial with city walls

 

Anchialus, Thrace, Septimius Severus (early and later)


next: a view of something from above or at a severe angle

 

MAXIMIANUS
AR Argenteus
OBVERSE: MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing before walls with 6 turrets
Struck at Ticinum, 295 AD
2.6g, 18mm
RIC VI 18b

Next: A different Maximianus

 

Maximianus, first reign, 286-305, Antoninianus, Lugdunum, AD 289-290
Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Radiate and cuirassed bust of Maximian to right Rev: PAX AVGG / S Pax standing front, head to left, holding Victory on globe in her right hand and transverse scepter with her left

Next: Another Victory on Globe

 

Valens siliqua from Arles:



Next: Western mint siliqua

 

Western siliqua:

Gratian, Western Roman Empire
AR siliqua
Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VRBS ROMA, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear
Mint: Trier
Mintmark: TRPS·
Date: 367-383 AD
Ref: RIC IX 46b



Next theme: dark-toned silver

 

Darkly toned denarius of Antoninus Pius.


next up light colored (Tiber Patina ) brass,

 

This has some darker areas, but I think it qualifies...



Next: luscious chocolate brown patina

 

EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus
year 1, CE 268
tetradrachm
Obv: AVTKKΛAΔIOCCEB; laureate draped bust right
Rev: eagle standing right, head left, wreath in beak; L- A in right field
Ref: Emmett 3878(1), R1
purchased from a mostly non-ancient coin dealer at WFOM, Chicago, Aug. 2014.

I'm also posting a darkly toned silver coin from two requests back just because it is such a good example of dark toning .


THRACE, Byzantion
340-320 BCE
AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm
Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left
Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern
Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21

Next: a meanie greenie (bronze coin with green patina)

 

Nero dupondius / Securitas


Next: a very two toned coin with patina worn through to the metal

 

next: Vespa dupondius

 

I don't know 'Vespa' but do find interest in a coin very similar to the Vespasian dupondius Andres2 posted. The coins were among the last orichalcum dupondii that did not used the radiate crown to mark the denomination. A coin stripped of patina is given away by its yellow color but we can have trouble separating these from asses when the coin is patinated.


back to Andres2:
next: Vespa dupondius

 

wrong image stuck in my mind...

The other "Vespa", currently being treated for a minor rash on his neck:

Vespasian, 69-79 AD, Æ Dupondius, Struck 73 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS IIII CENS, radiate head left
Rev: FELICITAS PVBLICA, S C across field, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae
Ref: RIC 539b

Next: another left-facing Roman Æ

 

HUT - LEFT


RI Constans 337-350 Æ Follis 22mm 3.9g Heraclea AD348-351 holding globe - FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier spear figure from hut Left

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