Well not been to active in the coin buying stakes recently was feeling a little burnt out after a couple of deals went wrong :rolling: On saterday went off to a small coin/stamp/postcard fair with Ardatirion here in London and was tempted back into Romans LOL Many thanks to Bill for the help as my eye's are not quite what they once were Also bought some mini-sheets and some post cards LOL 210Ad Kingdom of Elymais Second Intermediate King, circa AD 210. Diademed and cuirassed bust with forked beard left - Artemis standing right with bow and arrow. 105-147Ad Kingdom of Parthia Vologases III AR drachm Ecbatana mint Sellwood 78-3 32-31Bc Mark Antony Legionary Denarius ANT AVG III VIR RPC Praetorian galley right LEG XV Legionary eagle between standards 37-41Ad Caligula Struck 39Ad AE quadrans C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG, S-C flanking small pileus PON M TR P III P P COS DES III, legend around large RCC 46Bc Roman Republican denarius of Mn Cordius Rufus Rome Crested Corinthian helmet, owl on helm RVFVS S.C. Aegis of Minerva with head of Medusa at center MN CORDIVS 170–217Ad Julia Domna provincial Wife of Septimus Sevrus Draped bust right, Artemis Ephesia countermark statue of Artemis Ephesia in tetrastyle temple 218-222Ad Elagabalus Carrhae in Mesopotamia (or similar) 222-235Ad Severus Alexander AR denarius IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate draped bust right ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left with corn-ears & cornucopiae, modius at foot 251-253Ad Trebonnianus Gallus Sestertius IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind LIBERTAS AVG-G, S C across field, Libertas standing left, holding pileus in extended right hand and long sceptre in left hand 253-260Ad Valerian I antoninianus FIDES MILITV 260-269Ad Postumus 1st emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire AR Antoninianus IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right FELICI-TAS AVG, Felicitas standing left with long caduceus & cornucopiae http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc
Love your Roman silver. Very, very nice. I also collect Bactria coins, they tell such an amazing story. Traci
Jezzzz DeOrc this is a tidal wave that you need ID'es. The coin you posted with a bull on the back, looks very similar to a Celtic coin I have from around 3rd century BC. Here it is, the coin on top: Traci
Got these for Xmas :smile Hadrian Denarius 117-138Ad IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right P M TR P COS III, Libertas seated left with branch & scepter LIB PVB in ex RSC 903 RIC 127 Severus Alexander 'Aquila and Standards' AE22 Bronze Nicaea, Bithynia. 222-235ad MAVP CEVH ALEXANDPOC AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from back NI-K-AI-E / ON, between and below three standards Same as SNGCop 520 but 6.4g not 4.4 Tetricus I Rebel Emperor in Gaul 270-273ad Antoninianus AD. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding two standards. RIC 70 or above With Thanks to Doug for new Id Aurelian Antoninianus 270-275ad Rad bust IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Pax standing with olive branch PAX AVGVSTI Constantine I AE Follis 312-313Ad Thessalonica IMP C CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing, head left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath left mintmark TS ·B· in ex RIC VI 61b,B Helena AE3 328-329Ad FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed, mantled with necklace bust right SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch & raising hem of robe with right hand, Possibly GSIS in ex (Siscia) ticket says Trier?
I came in very late on this so my help is probably way too late. I found no link to the ones not photographed here. The Tetricus II is correclty a Tetricus II but you listed the obverse legend as Tetricus I ending AVG. The photo clearly reads CAES at the end so the coin was IDed correctly. "Need help with this one" is Commodus from Philippopolis, Thrace, I believe. I'm not up on the rules on Coin Talk but I would suggest that requests for ID be posted one coin per post. That way the text would be adjacent to the photo rather than making us scroll up to a list of six descriptions over three images.
Doug if you want to see the coins then simply click on the link in my sig to Omnicoin Now about the rest, sorry but that is the only way I know how to post the pics if it is too dificult then thanks but I am not making anyone do anything they do not wish to do. As for the Tetricus I this is what the dealer here in London listed it as and that is what I listed it as. What might be clear to you is I am afraid not at all clear to me, as my eyesight is not the best, I would also point out that those coins I have just posted I did not ask for any id to be done?
The Tetricus I posted today was correctly Tetricus I but I see the reverse as FIDES MILITVM rather than the listed Laetitia. The Tetricus II was posted way back in Frbruary (before I discoverd CoinTalk) and is correctly IDed (I agree with the reverse listed) but the obverse for Tetricus can not end in AVG and does read CAES as it should. The common obverse for Tetricus II Caesar is C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES but this one is not fully claer on the left so I can't say what it read. I do not see either one as barbarous. The Tetricus I is pretty beat up but I think it probably was official. The barbarous coin in the bunch is the Claudius II Gothicus commemorative with Daggarjon's "sickly dragon, dead possum, weird alien salamander" reverse. It should be an eagle but I'll agree that the style is not very good. In this period, it is hard to draw a line between official and imitative examples but it makes little difference since both sell for about the same price. In fact, an imitative with wild style and perfect workmanship (full legends) should sell for more than the real thing.
Ah sorry Doug I thought that you meant the coins I had just posted, I will take another look at it and alter
Tetricus II Looking again, the legend is very clear (actually almost exceptional for these - the photo is just a little dark): C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES. Sorry I came across this old post because someone added to it recently and I failed to note that the first part of old. That is one reason to start a new thread for new coins rather than retrieving one from the archives. I only recently joined CoinTalk as a way of learning about things later than the ancients I collect. There are a lot of old posts that I have never seen but might have commented upon had I been a member when they were new. I'll try to pay more attention to dates on posts in the future.
Here's mine: Tetricus I Antoninianus - Salus Obverse: Radiate draped bust right IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG Reverse: Salus standing left, feeding serpent arising from altar SALVS AVGG Catalog: RIC 126, Size: 18mm
Recieved this as a early birthday present :high5: some corossion behind the head but still nice Septimius Severus Denarius L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V, laureate head right P M TR P III COS II P P, Mars advancing right with trophy over shoulder & spear RSC 396 I think I have the attribution correct if not I am sure you guy's will let me know :hug:
