ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

34 viewsLaranda, known today as Karaman, Turkey, was destroyed by Perdiccas in about 322 B.C. and later became a seat of Isaurian pirates.


Silver obol, SNG Levante 225, SNG BnF 443, VF, 0.692g, 11.5mm, 270o, Laranda mint, c. 332 BC; obverse Baal seated left on backless throne, holding grain ear in right, long scepter vertical behind in left; reverse forepart of wolf right, crescent horns downward above, all within a double circular border of dots

 

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I have one Licinius.

It's nearly a die match to randygeki's example.

 

Question: Does Lucius Verus belong in the Ls or in the Vs? I just assumed the Vs. Or doesn't it matter?

 

I don't think it matters, as long as you're only posting it once ... if I had a whole bunch o' L-coins, then I'd post it as a V-coin (or vice-versa)

... there aren't a whole lotta rules for a contest/show without any prizes, right?

 

Whaaat? No prizes?? Hmmm, I think I may have to rethink this whole thread....

 

Oh-boy-o-boy, we get to move onto "M" today!! ...

=> I'm fairly sure there'll be quite a few purdy M-coins?!!

 

I'll slide an L in under the wire...


Licinius I; 308-324 AD
Bronze Æ Follis; 20mm/4.5g, Trier Mint
OBVERSE: IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. REVERSE: GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left.
(RIC VII, 121)

 

Maurice Tiberius:

 

Maximian I, from Carthage:

 

Bactria,Asia
Indo-Greek Kingdom (Modern Pakistan)
Menander I (165-130 BC)
Pushkalavati mint, Chief workshop.
AR Drachm 18 mm x 2.42 grams (Indian Standard Drachm)
Obverse: Heroic Bust of Menander I of Bactria Greek script- BASILEWS SWTHPOS MENANDOY
Reverse: Athena advancing right, thunderbolt in raised right hand, shield on left arm. Monogram in the left field. Kharoshti script-MAHARAJA SATRAP MENADRASA
ref: Bopearachchi Serie 3D; SNG ANS 694ff.
Note: Large flan, Exceptional.

 

Marcus Aurelius Denarius
Obv:– AVRELIVS CAESAR ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare head right
Rev:– TR POT VI COS II / CLEM, Clementia standing right, head left, holding patera and drawing out drapery from legs
Minted in Rome mint. A.D. 151-152
Reference:– BMCRE (Pius) 70. Cohen 25a. RIC III Pius 456a.
19mm. 3.16g.
Wonderfully high relief on the portrait

 

Marcus Aurelius Sestertius
Obv:– M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Rev:– RESTITVTORI ITALIAE IMP VI COS III / S C, Aurelius standing left holding sceptre and raising kneeling figure of Italia who holds a globe
Minted in Rome mint. Dec. A.D. 172 - Dec. A.D. 173
Reference:– BMCRE 1449 note (light drapery). RIC III 1078. Both cite Bement Coll. 1031 (rated Scarce).

Commemorating the successes of the Quadic war on the northern edges of Italy with the Germans.

 

Marcus Aurelius, Denariua
Obv:– ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, Laureate bust right
Rev:– P M TR P XVIII IMP II COS III, Mars standing right with spear & shield on ground
Minted in Rome. Dec. A.D. 163 – Dec. 164
Reference:– RIC II Marcus Aurelius 92

 

Macrinus, Billon Tetradrachm
Obv:– AVT K MA OP CE MAKPEINOC CE, laureate draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:– DHMARC EX VPATOC D, eagle standing facing, feet set on letters B and E, wings open, head left with wreath in beak, palm to left, bird between legs
Minted in Beroea, Cyrrhestica, Syria.
Reference:– SGI 2945. Bellinger 88. Prieur 889

Weight 12.39g. 26.29mm

 

Maximinus Thrax - Dupondius
Obv:– IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right
Rev:– SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated left, feeding snake rising from altar
Minted in Rome.
Reference:– RIC 86

 

Magnia Urbica, Antoninianus
Obv:– MAGN VRBICA AVG, Draped bust right on crescent, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane
Rev:– VENVS V-I_CTRIX, Venus standing left, holding helmet and scepter, shield at her feet
Minted in Rome (//KAS). A.D. 283-285
Reference:– RIC V Pt 2 343. Cohen 17

 

Magnia Urbica AE Antoninianus.
Obv:– MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, Draped bust right on crescent, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane
Rev:– VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing facing, head left, apple upward in right hand, vertical scepter in left
Minted in Lugdunum (D in left field).
RIC V pt. 2, 337. Bastien 617

 

Magnia Urbica - AE Antoninianus.
Obv:– MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, Draped bust right on crescent, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back to top of head and running under stephane
Rev:– VENVS GENETRIX, Venus standing facing, head left, apple upward in right hand, vertical scepter in left
Minted in Lugdunum (A in left field).
RIC V pt. 2, 337 var (not listed from this officina). Bastien -, Bastien Supplement -, Bastien Supplement II 613α (2 examples cited)
23mm, 3.16g

 

Maximianus Herculius - Antoninianus -
Obv:– IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– IOVI AVGG, Jupiter seated left, holding victory on globe in right hand and leaning on scepter in left hand
Minted in Lugdunum (//A). Emission 7, Officina 1. Sping A.D. 290 - 291
Reference:– Cohen 319. Bastien XI 332 (7). Voetter p. 57. RIC V Pt. 2 384a (Rated R)

IOVI coins are more usually made for Diocletian with Maximian favouring Hercules. A scarcer military bust type. Virtually fully silvered.

 

Maximianus Herculius, Follis -
Obv:– D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– GENIO PO ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera in right hand, cornucopia in left
Minted in Trier (S-A//PTR). A.D. 307
References:– RIC VI Trier 721