ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

Quintillus AE Follis

 

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Quintillus Ant.
Obv:– IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, Radiate, draped bust right
Rev:– MARTI PAC, Mars standing left, holding olive-branch & spear
Minted in Milan. (P in exe). A.D. 270
Reference:– RIC 58. Cohen 47

 

Quintillus Ant.
Obv:– IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, Radiate, draped bust right
Rev:– FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna, draped looking up, facing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Minted in Rome. (Z in right field)
Reference:– RIC 20

 

Quintillus Ant.
Obv:– IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, Radiate, draped bust right
Rev:– FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna, draped looking up, facing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Minted in Rome. (Z in right field)
Reference:– RIC 20

 

Ummm, how 'bout we combine "Q & R" ... both seem fairly rare/sparse

=> sound like a plan?

By the way, I tried contacting Windchild, but I'm not getting any response (hopefully our host is merely busy with school-work?) ... has anybody else heard anything from our lil' bro?

 

Sounds like a plan. I only have one "R" coin:

Romulus III

 

BTW, not heard from WC

 

The Byzantine emperors were named Romanus. Romulus was a boy who died in 309 AD as well as the first king and last Western Emperor.
Romulus, son of Maxentius, Rome mint


This coin concerns me greatly because I can not explain it. I bought it in 1995 from a trusted source. At first glance it appears to have been tooled around the portrait but, looking closer, there are questions. Why is the bottom of the neck higher and not cut around? Behind the head is a short space where the cutting is replaced by a raised ridge. I considered the possibility that the die caved in breaking around the weaker, thinner metal where head joined the field. That could mean that the coin was struck from a die made from an electrotype backed by another material and, therefore is probably a fake but I have never seen anything remotely like it on this or any other coin. I have posted this before on various sites asking opinions and never had a reply. If anyone has a wild guess or considered opinion, I would love to hear it. More, I'd like to see any coin with similar damage.

There is a Republican denarius with a head said to be Romulus the founder. Hadrian has a Romulus reverse type I have shown before. Romulus Augustulus is terribly rare in gold and way over my head price wise. His bronzes are all fakes cut from other coins. I suspect some of the gold ones are fake, too. There is a silver in RIC but I don't recall seeing one for sale. Another R is Regalianus who overstruck his coins on Severan emperors and is very crude crude. It may be just my imagination but it seems odd that you see as many coins offered in the name of his wife Dryantilla as of Regalianus himself. Since the coins were stuck on old denarii, they really were better than the stuff Gallienus was producing in 260. I would love to have one but I'd want one with an identifiable undertype on a 95% off sale. There are late Roman coins with reverse monogram of the puppetmaster Ricimer. R is a good letter for people who like to spend big money on ugly Roman coins.

 

You are right as usual Doug. My coin above is Romanus III not Romulus III, circa 1028-34AD

 

my only "r"...

emperor ren zong





reverse is blank.

 

Nothing for Q but I have some Rs...
Rudrasena I 199-222 AD

 

Rudrasena II 255-278 AD

 

Rudrasena III 348-378 AD

 

Romanus IV Diogenes


Still snickering about Anoob's comment, Jesus peeking in the window, holding a Heineken.

Speaking of, here's a roadside pic taken in Anguilla a couple of days ago.

"Gimme a be e e e e e e e er"

 

Rudrashima I s.195 AD

 

Rudrashima II s.304 AD

 

Keep the R coins coming.
This famous leader was born in the 1800s and he is depicted on 20th Century and 21st Century coins. Roosevelt (FDR) was the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945). He was the only American president elected to more than two terms. (The man was elected to four terms!) Obviously he is a historical World leader & IMO deserves to be in the A-Z thread (especially due to the fact that we are running out of R coins to post).

 

Yes! The Western Satraps, issuing coins with the busts of shady nightclub owners for almost 4 centuries.


And nice 10 cent piece.

 

Romulus & Remus suckling the she wolf. Ewwwww

 

Romulus, Posthumous follis
Posthumous issue under the reign of his father Maxentius
Ostia mint, 1st officina, AD 309-310
DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS, Bare head of Romulus right
AETERNAE MEMORIAE, Temple with domed roof surmounted by eagle, M OST P at exergue
7.35 gr
RCV # 15050 (550), Cohen #6, RIC VI # 34

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