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Commodus, Ruled 177-192 AD
AE Sestertius, Struck 184 AD, Rome mint
Obverse: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head right.
Reverse: VOTA SVSCEP DECEN P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P, Commodus, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing over tripod from patera in right hand, S-C across fields.
References: RIC III 441c
Size: 30mm, 20.0 g

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Crispina, AD 177-182
Roman orichalcum dupondius, 13.19 g, 25 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 180-182.
Obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: IVNO LVCINA SC, Juno standing l., holding patera and scepter.
Refs: RIC 680; BMCRE 433; Cohen 24; RCV 6018.

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L. THORIUS BALBUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS THORIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Head of Juno Sospita wearing goat-skin headdress, acronym I. S. M. R. behind.
REVERSE: Bull charging right, F. above, L THORIVS below, BALBVS in exergue
Struck at Rome 105 BC
3.92g, 19mm
Cr 316/1, Sydenham 598, Thoria 1

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Sicily, Messana, The Mamertinoi
Circa 288-278 BC, AE Quadruple Unit
Series I struck circa 288-285 AD
Obverse: APEOΣ, Laureate head of Ares right; helmet head behind.
Reverse: MAMEP-TI-NΩN, Bull butting left.
References: Särström Series I, Group A; Calciati I pg. 91, 1; SNG ANS 399; SNG Copenhagen 428; SNG Morcom 623
Size: 27mm, 17.51g
Ex: CNG Auction 447, Lot 20 (7/3/2019);
CNG Mail Bid Sale 67, Lot 287 (9/22/2004);
From the Tony Hardy Collection

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Messana


Sicily Mamertini 288-278 BCE AE Pentonkion Mars-Eagle Mercenary Samnites Messana

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next: warrior with spear & shield

 

Gordian III, next another warrior with spear and shield. This was the type of my first ever ancient coin at age 11.

 

Macedonian Kings, Philip V. Bronze AE17. Aegis. Macedonian Kingdom, Philip V, 221 - 179 B.C. Bronze AE 17, obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse B-A / Φ, Athena Alkidemos standing right, brandishing javelin in right, aegis in left hand with head of medusa, dolphin lower right. SNG Cop 1244-1246var.

Close-up of shield

Only Aegis on this type that I am aware of.

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Aegis on AE


Pontic Kingdom, Amisos
AE21, 6.95g; 85-65 BC
Obv: Aegis with Gorgon head at center.
Rev: Nike advancing right carrying palm branch. AMI-ΣOY in field with mongrams.
Reference: SNG XI Stancomb 688.
Ex: @John Anthony

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Nike Advancing


Pamphylia-Side 190-36 BCE AE 15mm Minerva R - Nike advancing left wreath Sear Grk 5440 SNG Cop 408ff

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MAXIMIANUS
Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: A K M OVA MAXIMIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: L-Xi, Nike advancing right holding wreath and palm branch
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 292-293 AD
7.4g, 18mm
Emmett 4147

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next: temple of Venus & Roma

 

Tameanko (p. 161) writes, "The emperor Probus, AD 276-282, struck an enormous series of antoniniani showing a hexastyle temple with the legend ROMA AETER. This temple may be a representation of Hadrian's temple to Roma and Venus, with four central columns removed to show the statue of a seated Roma in the center."


Probus, AD 276-282.
Roman billon antoninianus, 3.79 g, 22.1 mm.
Rome, AD 277-280.
Obv: IMP PROBVS P F AVG, Bust of Probus, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding scepter surmounted by eagle in right hand.
Rev: ROMAE AETER, Hexastyle temple, Roma seated in center, holding Victory in right hand and scepter in left hand; in exergue, R -><- A.
Refs: RIC 183; Cohen 533; RCV 12027 var.

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Probus
Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate bust left wearing imperial mantle, holding Victory on globe in right hand
Rev:– VIRTVS AVG, Soldier standing left, holding Victory and spear, left hand on shield.
Minted in Lugdunum (//IIII) Emission 5 Officina 4. End A.D. 277 to start A.D. 278 (Bastien)
Reference(s) – Cohen 821. Bastien 258 (7 examples cited). RIC 111 var (Not listed with this bust type in RIC).

3.80 gms



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Probus IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG CONS III


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MAXENTIUS
AE Follis. 6.44g, 25.3mm. Aquileia mint, circa AD 309. Not in RIC, legend variant of RIC VI Aquileia 125. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate and mantled bust right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre. R: CONSERV VRB SVAE, a hexastyle temple with star in pediment and Victories as acroteria, within which is Roma seated facing, holding globe and sceptre; AQP in exergue.

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Patria del Friuli AR Denaro 1273-1299 AD Aquileia mint 21.7mm 1.15g
Obv: Patriarch Raimondo della Torre, wearing episcopal regalia, seated facing, holding ferula and ornamented book; RAIMVND[V'] PA.
Rev: Crossed fleur de lis; +AQVILE GENSIS
Biaggi 154.

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