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AV Tremissis ND struck 430AD
Constantinople Mint
Empress Aelia Eudocia/ spouse of Theodosius II
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Constantine I, Billon reduced Centenionalis, Siscia Mint 334-335 AD. Obv. Bust of Constantinopolis left, wearing laureate helmet and imperial robes, & holding scepter over left shoulder, CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS / Rev. Winged Victory standing left, right foot set on ship’s prow, holding transverse scepter in right hand and resting left hand on shield; • BSIS • [Siscia, Second officina] in exergue. RIC VII 241 (p. 456), Sear RCV IV 16469. 18 mm., 2.5 g.



Next: Constantinopolis.

 

next: wolf

 

That's Roma, not Constantinopolis! We still need a Constantinopolis.

 

OK, heres a green Constantinopolis



next: wolf

 

Here is a Republican wolf:


Next: Another wolf but NO twins allowed

 

Trajan AD 98-117. Rome
Quadrans Æ
114-117
20 mm., 3,01 g.
Legend: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Type: Head of Trajan, laureate, right
Reverse Legend: S C
Type: She-wolf walking right
RIC II Trajan 693

Next - Quadrans

 

Domitian (son of Vespasian), AE Quadrans [1/4 As] 84-85 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. African Rhinoceros with two horns advancing right with head down/ Rev IMP DOMIT AVG GERM (clockwise around starting at 1:00), S C across. RIC II-1 Domitian 249 (2007 ed.), Sear RCV II 2834, Cohen 673. (Legend starting at 1:00 rather than 7:00 is rarer variety, with only 4 examples at OCRE -- none at British Museum; see http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.249 -- and 8 at acsearch.) 16.5 mm., 2.56 g. [Issued after Domitian’s assumption of Germanicus title in late 83 AD, but before the Consular date XI was added to his quadrantes in 85. It was possibly distributed as a token and/or souvenir to the crowds at the Colosseum, which Domitian completed in 82 by adding its uppermost story. See Martial’s Liber De Spectaculis (http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/martial_on_the_games_of_domitian_01_text.htm) re exhibition of rhinoceros at Colosseum, and re practice of distributing tokens to crowd. See also T.V. Buttrey, “Domitian, the Rhinoceros, and the Date of Martial's ‘Liber De Spectaculis,’" The Journal of Roman Studies Vol. 97 (2007), pp. 101-112, at https://www.jstor.org/stable/20430573?seq=1.]



Next, another Roman Imperial pachyderm (= elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus).

 

Here is a munificent elephant from the party that Septmius threw to ingratiate himself to the people of Rome after defeating Clodius Albinus and before he headed east on his second Parthian expedition.

"after giving a gladiatorial show and bestowing largess upon the people, he set out for the Parthian war."
- Historia Augusta, 14.11
Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD, Rome, 197 AD, AR Denarius
Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT - AVG IMP VIIII, head laureate right
Rev: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, elephant walking right
Ref: RIC 100

Next: another coin recognizing the emperor's largess

 

Time for some Liberalitas!


Philip I, AD 244-249.
Roman AR antoninianus, 3.22 g, 22.6 mm, 5 h.
Rome, 5th officina, 4th emission, AD 245.
Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: LIBERALITAS AVGG II, Liberalitas standing left, holding counting board and cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 38c; RSC 87; RCV 8937; Hunter 21.
Notes. This donative was given to celebrate the arrival of the imperial family in Rome in AD 245.

Next: More Philip the Arab.

 

Philip I, AD 244-249. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 3.86g, 6h). Rome mint, 2nd officina, 5th emission. Struck AD 246. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: AE-QVIT-AS AVGG; Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. Ref: RIC IV 27b; RSC 9. Good Very Fine, lightly toned. Said to be from a British hoard of mid-3rd century antoniniani (all of good silver).

Next: Philip II.

 

Philip II, Antoninianus, (21mm, 3.12 g). Antioch mint. 1st issue. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 240a var.
From the Richard McAlee Collection

Next- Another child emperor

 

Next up: old man emperor

 

Sestertius of old man Galba...

next, another Galba...

 

Next: Vitellius

 

Den. of Vitellius...

next, his successor ...

 

Vespasian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 69-79.
Laureate head right.
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒΑ
Rev: Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm.
RPC II, 1659.
1.65 g, 17 mm

Next - a provincial coin of his successor.

 

nextrovincial of his successor

 

Philippopolis, Domitian, Æ 22 or As, AD 88-89.
Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P. Radiate head right
Rev: FILIPPOPOLITWN, Ares standing left, holding spear and shield
Ref: CoinProject, RPC 353 Specimen #12 (this coin)

Next: a rovincial coin of his successor

 

Seleucis and Pieria, Syria, Antioch
28 mm, 11.46 g
IMP CAESAR NERVA AVG III COS, laureate head of Nerva, r. / S C, in laurel wreath of eight bunches of leaves; below S C: no letter
RPC III, 3478 , Wruck 137, CRS 183, McAlee 421(l)


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