Ancients => MAG-MAX => cha-ching!!

This was my fifth and final win from the recent CNG auction ...

=> yup, I scored myself another Roman ruler (*tick*)

This is only my second Siliqua example ... I think this coin has very sweet eye-appeal

Magnus Maximus. AR Siliqua
Treveri (Trier) mint
AD 383-388
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 1.96 grams
Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Constantinopolis seated facing, head left, on throne, holding globe and scepter
Reference: TRPS. RIC IX 84b.1 var. (scepter instead of spear); RSC 20†a var. (same)
Other: 12h … sweetly toned, cool flow-lines
Ex Baldwin’s 44 (2 May 2006), lot 316





Please jump on-board and post anything that feels like a Sunday thread-addition!

 

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ERIC-II Rarity Scale: (updated version) ... for Imperial coins

1 Constantine I
2 Trajan
3 Gordian III
4 Hadrian
5 Antoninus Pius
6 Augustus
7 Constantius II
8 Septimius Severus
9 Gallienus
10 Caracalla
11 Probus
12 Severus Alexander
13 Vespasian
14 Marcus Aurelius
15 Philip I
16 Anonymous
17 Domitian
18 Constantine II
19 Aurelian
20 Licinius I
21 Julia Domna
22 Nero
23 Diocletian
24 Commodus
25 Maximian
26 Claudius I
27 Faustina II
28 Postumus
29 Claudius II
30 Elagabalus
31 Constans I
32 Faustina I
33 Valens
34 Crispus
35 Valentinian I
36 Tiberius
37 Geta
38 Trajan Decius
39 Julian II
40 Maximinus I
41 Titus
42 Lucius Verus
43 Nerva
44 Theodosius I
45 Arcadius
46 Galerius
47 Valerian I
48 Gratian
49 Julia Mamaea
50 Philip II
51 Maximinus II
52 Constantius I
53 Salonina
54 Honorius
55 Trebonianus Gallus
56 Magnentius
57 Caligula
58 Victorinus
59 Otacilia Severa
60 Helena
61 Theodosius II
62 Lucilla
63 Tacitus
64 Tetricus I
65 Galba
66 Maxentius
67 Anastasius I
68 Vitellius
69 Valentinian II
70 Macrinus
71 Agrippa
72 Sabina
73 Volusian
74 Jovian
75 Carinus
76 Licinius II
77 Clodius Albinus
78 Julia Maesa
79 Carausius
80 Herennia Etruscilla
81 Crispina
82 Constantius Gallus
83 Numerian
84 Magnus Maximus
85 Aelius
86 Leo I
87 Severina
88 Carus
89 Tetricus II
90 Plautilla
91 Allectus
92 Germanicus
93 Quintillus
94 Florian
95 Pertinax
96 Pupienus
97 Herennius Etruscus
98 Delmatius
99 Galeria Valeria
100 Maximus Caesar
101 Zeno
102 Fausta
103 Procopius
104 Severus II
105 Decentius
106 Vetranio
107 Otho
108 Marcian
109 Diadumenian
110 Valerian II
111 Valentinian III
112 Aelia Flaccilla
113 Balbinus
114 Julia Soaemias
115 Julia Paula
116 Orbiana
117 Antonia
118 Aemilian
119 Hostilian
120 Vabalathus
121 Mariniana
122 Saloninus
123 Nero Claudius Drusus
124 Pescennius Niger
125 Theodora
126 Julia Titi
127 Drusus
128 Marius
129 Didius Julianus
130 Livia
131 Agrippina I
132 Eudoxia
133 Magnia Urbica
134 Hanniballianus
135 Paulina
136 Flavius Victor
137 Macrianus
138 Quietus
139 Aquilia Severa
140 Eugenius
141 Gordian II
142 Gordian I
143 Johannes
144 Romulus
145 Marciana
146 Didia Clara
147 Manlia Scantilla
148 Domitia
149 Constantine III
150 Laelianus
151 Basiliscus
152 Eudocia
153 Anthemius
154 Julian I
155 Pulcheria
156 Plotina
157 Agrippina II
158 Galla Placidia
159 Nigrinian
160 Majorian
161 Domitius Domitianus
162 Libius Severus
163 Matidia
164 Alexander
165 Pacatian
166 Julius Nepos
167 Verina
168 Tranquillina
169 Domitilla II
170 Jovinus
171 Caius Caesar
172 Martinian
173 Zenonis
174 Honoria
175 Nepotian
176 Britannicus
177 Clodius Macer
178 Domitilla I
179 Maximus
180 Leo II
181 Cornelia Supera
182 Licinia Eudoxia
183 Priscus Attalus
184 Uranius Antoninus
185 Dryantilla
186 Regalianus
187 Zenobia
188 Valerius Valens
189 Romulus Augustus
190 Constantius III
191 Petronius Maximus
192 Avitus
193 Jotapian
194 Annia Faustina
195 Euphemia
196 Glycerius
197 Ariadne
198 Constans II
199 Olybrius 4
200 Sebastianus
201 Proculus
202 Saturninus
203 Constantia
204 Silbannacus
205 Domitian II
206 Leontius I

 

Jovinus, Western Roman Empire
AR siliqua
Obv: D N IOVIN-VS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTOR-IA AVGG, Roma seated left on stylized cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reversed spear
Mint: Lugdunum
Mintmark: SMLDV
Date: 411-413 AD
Ref: RIC X 1717

 

Oh, and here is another of my Constantinopolis examples ...

Constantinopolis & Victory

 

now this scale is 1=easy 206= almost impossible?!?

 

yes

 

@stevex6 is the MAD MAXimum when it comes to blasting out coins!

MAGMAX!


RI Magnus Maximus 383-388 CE AE Follis

 

Theodoric, Ostrogothic Kingdom
AR quarter-siliqua
Obv: DN ANASTASI[VS PP] AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
Rev: INVICTA-A RO[MA], monogram of Theodoric surrounded by legend, legend separated by cross above, O below
Mint: Rome
Date: 491-518 AD
Ref: BMC 74 ff

 

Thanks for posting your relevant examples, fellas (I appreciate your participation efforts)

 

Here is a summary of last week's five CNG-wins:

1) EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. Æ Diobol
AD 138-161
Dated RY 17 (AD 153/154)
Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 8.61 grams
Obverse: Laureate bust right, slight drapery
Reverse: Winged caduceus; L I Z (date) across field
Reference: Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 8878; K&G 35.623 var. (obv. bust type); Emmett 1739.17 (R5)
Other: 12h … dark brown patina with touches of green. Rare

Ex A.K. Collection





2) A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus. AR Serrate Denarius
Rome mint
81 BC
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 3.68 grams
Obverse: Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; bucranium above
Reverse: Togate figure standing left on rock, holding aspergillum over head of ox standing right; lighted altar between them
Reference: Crawford 372/1; Sydenham 745; Postumia 7
Other: 10h … sweetly toned, a few light marks
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12745





3) Clodius Albinus. As Caesar, AR Denarius
Rome mint
AD 193-195
Struck under Septimius Severus, AD 194-195
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Weight: 3.32 grams
Obverse: Bare head right
Reverse: Minerva standing left, holding olive branch, spear, and shield set on ground
Reference: RIC IV 7; RSC 48
Other: 12h … VF
Ex Group SGF (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 366, 13 January 2016), lot 844





4) Geta. As Caesar, AR Denarius
Rome mint
AD 198-209
Struck under Septimius Severus, AD 200-205
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.55 grams
Obverse: Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Victory flying left, holding open wreath; to left, round shield set on base
Reference: RIC IV 23; RSC 206
Other: 12h … gorgeous toning





5) Magnus Maximus. AR Siliqua
Treveri (Trier) mint
AD 383-388
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 1.96 grams
Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Constantinopolis seated facing, head left, on throne, holding globe and scepter
Reference: TRPS. RIC IX 84b.1 var. (scepter instead of spear); RSC 20†a var. (same)
Other: 12h … sweetly toned, cool flow-lines
Ex Baldwin’s 44 (2 May 2006), lot 316






Yah, I'm pretty happy with this past auction's spoils!!

 

Again => I'd love it if you dude's unloaded your Sunday examples ... what else are ya gonna do between yard chores, eh?

 

Yeah I gotta a Sunday coin (Monday here) with a bite out of it like ValiantKnight's cool Theodoric. 28 BC Rome Senate house Curia Julia, still standing in the Roman forum.

 

Lets point out that this scale was based on the number of coins seen in commerce and not the actual number that exist or the price of coins sold. While Constantine may be at or near the top of all categories, his family members make up many more coins than some of the earlier rulers that beat them on the list. Trajan is bad enough but Augustus at 7 is ridiculous.

I can't help thinking that the others of the Constantinian period really belonged in the top five rather than top 20. Worse, to me, is how the post-Constantinian rulers of the 4th century could climb no higher than 33rd (Valens). Don't plan your budget based on this list. It might be interesting to survey the members of this list and see how many have each ruler versus how many want each one. If you want #82, Constantius Gallus, you probably have one. Who leads the list of people on the want list of CT members?

 

Yes I would have thought Augustus 7 coins were harder to come by than Caracalla at 10.

 

I'm gonna stop posting that rarity scale ... it usually gets somebody's gizzard goin'

 

Ancient Aussie => thanks for posting your cool Sunday example, my coin-friend

 

We should make a CT rarity list, probably have just as good an idea of how they should rank.

 

Great score. "Sweetly toned" indeed!

 

The results would differ on the best of surveys according to which sales were checked. I used to comment that it was rare to have a Septimius Severus coin illustrated in a price list but rare to have a Pescennius Niger not shown. In this case, it is rare for a G-VG Constantius II to be listed while worn out Augustus sell easily.

 

Ummm => are there any Mag Max coins out there? ... I'd love to see them