"Nobile" Snack

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Mat, Sep 13, 2020.

  1. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    I've been doing really well not buying any ancients lately but I had some Forvm dollars that were to expire & I guess paypal missed me & sent me a coupon to use on Forvm as well, so instead of letting a decent amount of "digital $ " disappear, I decided to go ahead & buy something cheap.

    There wasn't too much grabbing my attention in a range I was willing to spend & this Philip I Ant. appeared, I decided to spend the coupons on this. I have many Philip I coins, mainly Tetradrachms. Plus I didn't have any reverses of "
    Nobilitas" on them. This coin has some short provenance to go with it. So it won out.

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    Philip I (244 - 249 A.D.)
    AR Antoninianus
    O: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, from behind.
    R: NOBILITAS AVGG, Nobilitas standing facing, head right, long scepter vertical in right hand, globe in left hand, ς (6th officina) left.
    4.34g
    25mm
    Rome Mint
    RSC IV 98, Hunter III 41, SRCV III 8938, RIC IV 8 corr. (officina mark)

    Ex. Beast Coins, Ex. Harlan Berk CICF show April 2018
     
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  3. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Really nice. I love the reverse
     
  4. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    That is part of the first Roman series to use Greek numerals to designate the workshops. I do not collect sets but this is a set I recommend as an exception. Four shops struck for PhilipI. Also below is one error coin where the 'B' (2) was engraved retrograde. Shop three was used for Philip II and four was Otacilia.
    A soldier (clothed)
    ro0920bb2075.jpg
    B Tranquillitas
    ro0940bb2008.jpg
    B retrograde
    ro0950bb2073.jpg
    E two emperors on horseback
    ro0955bb1990.jpg
    S Nobilitas
    ro0960bb2058.jpg

    gamma Philip II Mars (nude)
    ro1210bb2059.jpg

    delta Otacilia Severa Pietas
    ro1080bb1994.jpg

    I have no answer for why these numbers were assigned to the rulers but note that the other, Roman numeraled, Saeculares series used the same system.
     
  5. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Great set, Doug.
     
  6. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    That's a great-looking coin, Mat.

    Nobilitas is an interesting reverse type - a while back I was looking into it and came across this great FORVM post:

    https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_nobilitas.html

    So it seems Nobilitas didn't show up until Commodus. Here are three of mine:

    Commodus denarius:
    Commodus - Nobilitas Den Feb 19 (0).jpg

    Commodus sestertius:
    Commodus - Sest Nobilitas Jun 2019 (0).jpg

    Geta as a kid:

    Geta - Den. Nobilitas Dec 2017 (0).jpg
     
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  7. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Nice @Mat . A nice big flan!

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