Won this ..... AR Antoninianus ND Roma Mint 20mm. 3.92g. 12h. .350 obv: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG Radiant bust Right/ Draped/ Cuirassed rev: IVNONI MARTIALI Temple/ Goddess Juno Seated inside facing Gaius Vibius Afinus Gallus Vendumnianus Volusianus as Caesar 6/251-6/253 He was the son of Trebonnius Gallus/ he was elevated to Augustus after the death of his brother Hostilianus in 251. Later was murdered with his Father by rebellious soldiers. Please post your Volusianus coins
but... it's not gold!? Did you notice that too, @panzerman? ;-) Seriously, neat coin, lovely reverse! Do you know something about the temple displayed on the reverse? Unfortunately I don't have a coin of Volusianus to share.
My first thought as well! Opened this post to see some golden goodies: highly disappointed ☹️ kidding of course. Nice coin.
Hmm, I think you may have linked to the wrong coin, or was this coin's photo taken in black & white? No gold is no go! I kid of course, nice coin & nice to see you add some poor man's gold. Great reverse.
Gorgeous! One of the nicest examples of that coin I've seen in private hands. You might be interested in this article I once wrote about this reverse type.
Nice one @panzerman - here's one of my Volusians Volusian (251-253 A.D.) AE Sestertius, 29 mm 16 grams, Rome mint Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: FELICITAS PVBLICA S-C, Felicitas standing left, leaning on column, holding caduceus and sceptre. Reference: RIC 251a, Cohen 35, Sear 9786.
John, Nice score ! Pictured below is a Tet of his father, Trebonianus Gallus. BTW, Hostilianus might be considered a "step brother" to Volusianus since he was adopted by Gallus as a co-emperor when Trajan Decius died. Antioch, Syria, Gaius Valens Hostilianus Quintus as Caesar, AD 249-251. Billon Tetradrachm: 11.74 gm, 28 mm, 8 h, 7th Officina. McAlee 1160e, Ex. Rare; Prieur 652, 2 coins cited.
I like the two inner columns of the temple, obviously indicating the two back columns of a round temple. See Dressel, Berlin Medallions, illustrating a bronze medallion and a sestertius in the Berlin collection that also show the two inner columns. Apparently they were usually omitted on the antoniniani, though RIC 175 cites an antoninianus of Volusian showing all four columns that Mattingly noticed in the Dorchester hoard. There are half a dozen such specimens in CoinArchives Pro, however, so less rare than I was thinking, and RIC's R2 rating must also be incorrect! I see that CGB overlooked the two extra columns in their description of Panzerman's excellent specimen.
Gorgous coin @panzerman Sadly my example has only two columns... Volusian, Antoninianus - Rome mint, AD 252 IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate and draped bust of Volusian right IVNONI MARTIALI, Juno seated within a distyle shrine, * in right field 3,60 gr Ref : RCV # 9750, Cohen #45 Volusian, Sestertius - Rome mint, AD 252 IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Volusian right CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia standing left holding patera and double cornucopiae. S C n field 16.49 gr Ref : RCV # 9784, Cohen # 21 Q
One in bronze: Volusian. 251-253 AD. Æ Sestertius. (27mm; 17.10gm; 1h). Obv: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: IVNONI MARTIALI, S-C across fields. Juno seated facing, holding wheat-ears and scepter in r. hand; all within domed distyle temple, set on three-tiered base. RIC IV 253a; Hunter 30.
It was in my watch list, but I didn't bid, because I had my eyes set on the Elagabalus Antoninian, which I showed earlier. Congratulations to a great coin!
Wonderful coin! And good to see that you’re into more than gold Looking forward to seeing more of the silver collection.
The temples, referred to as distyle on several of the coins, are judging by their domes, representations of circular (central plan) temples that would require more than two columns to stand. I think distyle is an incorrect description of the buildings. The temples’ depictions are schematic representations of a peristyle temple like the Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum.