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Another As


RR AE As P.CORNELIUS P.F. BLASIO BC 169-158 35mm 42.5g S 703 Syd 370 Cr 189-1

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another RR Semis

 

RR Semis


RR Anon AE Semis Rome after 211 BCE Laureate hd Saturn r S - Prow r S ROMA 19.3g 26mm Craw 56-3

Next: Another Semis

 

Wow, @Roman Collector, I didn't know orichalcum could end up with that kind of patina. Only as a measure of my total ignorance, how can you tell it's orichalcum? On an appropriately (Consider the Source) superficial level, it's anomolous for the denomination. Are there references for this issue that are that specific about its composition?

 

All sestertii of the Antonine period are orichalcum.

 

@Roman Collector you never cease to educate me. We are so lucky to have you around


Anonymous. Circa 88 BC(?).
Æ Semis (21mm, 4.33 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind / Prow of galley right; S (mark of value) above; to right, dolphin downward. Crawford –; Sydenham –; BMCRR II, p. 589, 10. Near VF, dark green patina. Rare. From the British Museum catalog: “The date of issue of this coin is doubtful. It is of the semiuncial standard, and corresponds in work and style to similar pieces also with symbols which Count de Salis has assigned to B.C. 88, i.e., after the passing of the Lex Papiria ...”

Next up: Beautiful Prow

 

RR Aes grave semis, c. 225 BCE with obv. Saturn and rev. prow.

next, a prow on a denarius...

 

12 hour rule.

Arcadius, A.D. 395-408
AE22, 5.7 grams, Antioch mint

Obverse: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG
Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right

Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor standing facing, head right, holding standard and globe

Mintmark: ANT

Reference: RIC IX Antioch 68C, pg. 294







Another AE 2 or larger of 5.7 grams or heavier. Any Late Roman emperor

 

next: emperor in galley

 

CONSTANS,
337-350 AD.
Æ-3
Obv.: DN CONSTANS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing left on galley, holding phoenix on globe, and standard with Chi-Rho on banner; Victory sits in stern, steering the ship. ΓSIS . (mint of Siscia). 3rd officina.
AE, 19mm, 2.57g
Ref.: RIC VIII, pg. 366, 238
Ex Vauction 298, Lot 154

Next: Constans

 

Constans (son of Constantine I), AE Centenionalis, Alexandria Mint (1st Officina) 348-350 AD. Obv. Draped and cuirassed bust left, wearing pearl diadem and holding globe in right hand, D N CONSTA - NS P F AVG / Rev. Emperor in military dress, standing left and holding labarum in right hand and shield in left, placing right foot on leg of one of two captives before him with hands bound behind their backs, wearing Phrygian caps and kneeling facing with their heads turned towards one another, FEL TEMP REPARATIO. ALEA [Alexandria Mint, 1st Officina] in exergue. RIC VIII 56(A) (p. 542), Sear RCV V 18706. 20 mm., 3.45 g. (Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 211th Buy or Bid Sale, 2020, Lot 302.)


Next: one of Constans's brothers.

 

Miliarense of Constantius II
Next miliarense of a different emperor

 

New theme,
Since we are on page 410, how about a coin around the time of sack of Rome. All I have is this coin from the dishonored Honorius and the three emperors from Antioch (406-408 AD).

Next, post a coin related to any of the following sackings other than the 410!

• Sack of Rome (390 BC) after the Battle of the Allia, by Brennus, king of the Senone Gauls
• Sack of Rome (410), by Visigoths under Alaric I
• Sack of Rome (455), by Vandals under Genseric
• Sack of Rome (546), by Ostrogoths under King Totila
• Siege of Rome (549–550) by Ostrogoths under King Totila
• Sack of Rome (1084), by Robert Guiscard's Normans
• Sack of Rome (1527), by mercenary troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

 

New coin,
Celtic Gaul Potin from the Senones tribe.
‘Indian head’ variety, 52 BC.

Next, abstract art

 

@JayAg47 -- This is another Celtic one (or Dacians, influenced by Celtic/La Tene culture), based on the Thrace, Odessos AE Units/Tetrachalkoi.

It is abstract in the Celtic art type of way, but it actually has two representations of faces and a flower mixed into (or hidden, as they say, in "Cheshire Cat Design") the abstract geometric pattern. The left facing bust appears when rotated 120' left.

I love this type because it illustrates that Celtic numismatic art looks different not because it is inept or unsophisticated, but because it was based on a different artistic philosophy and set of aesthetic principles. Rather than pursuing Greek realism, Celtic art was deliberately nonrepresentational, and sought to create beauty from abstract designs, geometric patterns, and imagery from nature.



Celtic-Thracian Tribes. Imitating Thrace, Odessos. AE “Tetrachalkon” (4.19g, 18mm). 3rd cent BC.

Obverse: Rosette with five curvilinear petals extending from central node or ball, all within large wreath or whorl of abstract floral imagery.

Obverse (12h): Celticized laureate head of Zeus facing right.

Obverse (4h): “Hidden” head facing left.

Reverse: Celticized horseman riding right. (No legend visible.)

References: Elsen 127, #92 (2015); Gorny & Mosch 126, #1086 (2003); Forum #CE37411 & #GB89084 (n.d.). Prototype: SNG BM 291; SNG Cop 670.

Notes: Rare, unpublished; four known examples of similar/related types, citing only prototype. Cf. “Zaravetz” (Tsarevets), Kugelwange (“ball cheek”), Doppelkopf (Janiform) types.


Next: An imitative that you find more interesting than the original.

 

Abstract / Imitative


Celtic Imitation Philip II 2nd C BCE AR Drachm Kugelwange type- Danube Valley - pecunum auction

Next: Celtic

 

Danube Celtic imitative tetradrachm.

Next, worn die on both sides.

 

Thanks, @Roman Collector. Wow (again)! I never knew that.

 

@JayAg47 -- Worn obverse & reverse dies (there's a die crack above Athena's nose guard that, based on earlier examples from the same die, appears to have possibly been re-engraved into a tiny dolphin symbol!). Also weakly struck, but worn dies.

Epirus, Ambrakia AR Stater. Ca. mid-4th cent BCE. AR Stater (8.42 gm; 20 mm). Ex-VAuctions 353, 31 (Corr., listed as Akarnania, Anaktorion (?)).

Unpublished type, though this reverse die has been paired with a Pegasos flying left, Ravel 169 (A75 [obv type] / P110 [rev type]). This obverse may be Ravel obv type A52, possibly A58, but this obv. die not found in Ravel’s study nor anywhere else besides an example formerly listed in Pars VCoins shop, misidentified as Ravel 169 (noted as "not available").



NEXT: Obverse and reverse images facing each other (around the edge) or forming a single scene.

 

Scene, Man (Arelian) looking at woman with multiple sacks hanging from chest:


Next up: Artemis of Ephesus