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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 1775204, member: 13719&quot;]Decided to take a break from posting my AEs <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It was tough picking 5. They are not posted n any order.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, Augustus 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Silver denarius, Fair, rough, Italian (Rome?) mint, weight 3.495g, maximum diameter 18.5mm, die axis 270o, c. 29 - 27 B.C.; obverse IMP CAESAR, Octavian, holding olive branch, driving triumphal quadriga right; reverse Victory standing right on prow, wreath in right, palm over shoulder in left</span></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">RIC 264, RSC 155 - RSC 115?, sear5 1555 ex Forvm</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">&quot;This coin commemorates Octavian&#039;s victory at Actium and his triumph. The silver for this issue may have come from the Ptolemaic treasury&quot;</span></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]282987[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Philip I AR Antoninianus. Antioch? mint, 244 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right, PM below bust / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Virtus standing right, holding spear &amp; resting hand on shield. RIC 74, RSC 245</span></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">21mm, 3.9gms</span></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]282983[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Otacilia Severa, Augusta February or March 244 - September or October 249 A.D.</span></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 9158, RIC IV 130, RSC IV 43, Choice gVF, 4.523g, 23.0mm, 180o, Rome mint, 247 A.D.; obverse OTACIL SEVERA AVG, draped bust right set on crescent; reverse PIETAS AVGVSTAE, Pietas, veiled, standing left, extending right, box of incense in left; full circles strike, bold portrait.</span></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]282984[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Caracalla AR Antoninianus. </span></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">216 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate draped bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Serapis, modius on head, standing left, raising right hand &amp; holding sceptre.</span></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Size: 22.5mm Weight: 5.3 grams</span></font></font></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">RSC 349b. RIC 280b BMC 165. Hill (1964) 1573.</span></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]282985[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; shield in left field, pellet-in-Π below throne.</span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: #000000">Price 136; Troxell, Studies, issue L8. </span></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]282986[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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