Famous Rulers Alphabetically, Let's do our ABC's!

Some of the Republicans probably don't count, but it made a nice rectangle.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

TODAY the famous person's letter is brought to you by the letter Q & R:




Post your Q's and R's

I will start with Q:

Q for Quintillus !

RI Quintillus 270 CE Ant - Rome mint - Radiate-Victoria RIC Vi 33

Post as many of your Ancient Coins featuring any person starting with the letter Q & R !

And please feel free to post ANY of your Catch-UP Letters!

PILE THEM ON!

 

R for Romulus !

RI Romulus 310-311 CE AE25 Rome Domed Shrine doors ajar with sm Eagle R E Q

 

Q is for Quietus !


RI Quietus usurper 260-261 CE Ant 3-74g Samasota mint Indulgentia patera scepter RIC V 5

 

"Q" is for ...another Quintillus


Quintillus
270 CE AE Antoninianus (19
mm, 2.88 g), Roma (Rome).
Obv. IMP C M AVR
QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate,
draped and cuirassed bust
right.
Rev. AETERNIT AVG Sol
standing left, raising right
hand and holding a globe; N
in left field.
RIC V, 7

"R" is for Richard the 3rd!

 

Hmm. I'm short on Qs and Rs for the usual suspects. How about a moneyer?

Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus


ROMAN REPUBLIC, Moneyer Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus
69 BCE (revised from Crawford's 72 BCE)
AR serrate denarius; 3.99 gm
Obv: draped bust of Amphitrite seen from behind, with head turned r.; behind, sea anemone; horizontal I to right of right shoulder (only partly visible on this coin)
Rev: Neptune in biga of hippocamps right, holding reins and brandishing trident; above, I and below, Q·CREPER·M·F / ROCVS
Ref: Crawford 399/1b; Babelon Crepereia 1. Sydenham 796a. Rare.
from HJB BBS 200, October 2016
ex NAC 78 lot 1828, from the JD Collection of Roman Republican Coins

 

Romanus I
931 to 945 AD
Mint: Constantinople
AR Miliaresion
Obvs: IhSЧS XRIStЧS nICA, Cross potent on three steps with cross beneath. At center oval medallion of Romanus, RW left and MA right.
Revs: +ROMANO CONSTANt StЄFAnOS CЄCONSTA ЄnWbR in five lines.
23mm, 2.85g
Ref: Sear 1755

 

Simply beautiful. A true ancient gem. Way to go @TIF The rarity, the amazing reverse and the beautiful Amphitrite all add up to just to me.
This coin, or one like it not in such pristine condition as yours, has been at the very top of my look out for list. I bid on one a while ago and got smoked! I have my "if I had a million bucks list": Sulla's dream, Eid Mar, the Gordians. But this is one I will eventually own and treasure.

 

IMPOSTER!!(misattributed, thru no fault of her own ) ..i have been informed by the kind, knowledgeable (and discreet) Roman Collector that this is actually Herennia Etruscilla and not Otacilla Severa..(i still love her^^) ..so henceforth, she will be known for who she really is, Herennia Etruscilla, my apologies to her, you and a tip o de hat to RC.

 

How about another Quintillus?

 

I have a few Richards

Richard I Coeur de Lion



Richard II

It's rather ugly, but groats of Richard II are much less common than his grandfather Edward III. I was very pleased to be able to get it.

 

R is for Rhoemetalkes:


Kings of Thrace under Roman rule AE 24 mm, 6.88 g
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟ[ΡΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ]ΤΟΥ, bare head of Augustus or Tiberius, right
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ], jugate bust of Rhoemetalkes I or II, diademed, and queen (Pythodorus?), right.
Refs: SGI 5405; BMC BMC 3. 209, 3; Forrer 207.

 

@TheRed I really like that groat of Richard II.

Here are 2 Anglo-Gallic coins of Richard I.

 

Cool Richard III. I have been looking for one for a while.

 

French Feudal, Toulouse
Raymond V-VII, r. 1148-1249
AR Denier, 19mm x 1.1 grams
Obv.: RAMON COMES, Cross Pattee in center, S in second quarter
Rev.: +TOLOSA CIVI, PAX in center
Ref.: Duplessy 1228, Roberts 4226, De Wit 442


French Feudal, Poitou
Richard I, r. 1168-1185
AR Denier, 17mm x 1 grams
Obv.: +RICARDUS REX, cross patée, annulet in third quarter
Rev.: PIC / TAVIE / NSIS, written in three parallel lines
Ref.: AGC 343A (1/a), Duplessy 926, Roberts 3887, SCBC 8008, De Wit 394


England
Richard I, r. 1189-1199 A.D.
London Mint, AR Short Cross Penny, 20.06mm x 1.8 grams
Obv.: [hEN]RICVS R[EX]. Bust facing seven pearled crown with sceptre;
Rev.: +[RIC]ARD . ON . LVN. Short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle
Ref.: North 967, SCBC 1347, CC99 R11D-010, De Witt 3193


Norman Italy - Calabria
Roger I, r. 1072-1101 (1098-1101)
Mileto Mint AE Trifollaro, 28.04 mm x 8.3 grams
Obv.: ROG [ERVS] COME +S. Roger, mounted left wearing Norman helm, holding kite shield and striped banner
Rev.: + MARIA [MATE]R DNI (’N’ retrograde). Enthroned nimbate Virgin Mary holding on lap Christ child, nimbate and in swaddling clothes right
Ref.: NCKS 131var., De Wit 3789, [MEC 14, 93]


Norman Italy - Sicily
Roger II, r. 1130-1154 (1130-8)
AE Follaro, 15.47 mm x 1.4 grams
Obv.: Ρ/Ο/ΓΕ/ΡΙ/Ο Ρ/Η/Σ (Vertically, Σ Retrograde). Roger standing with scepter in right hand
Rev.: +IC+XC+NI+KA around cross patent
Ref.: NCKS 226, [MEC 14, 177]

 

This is a stretch for a new "Q", but since I didn't included it earlier in either C or M...

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, 81 BCE

Some new Rs:

Rudrasena I (200-222, Western Satraps)


Richard I "Sans Peur" (943-996)


Umayyads in Spain: 'Abd al-Rahman III (912-961)


Raja Raja Chola (985-1013)


Delhi sultans: Radiyya (1236-1240)

 

TODAY the famous person's letter is brought to you by the letter S:



Post your S's

I will start with S:

S for Solaninus !


RI Saloninus 259 BI Ant Stndg Globe Spear Captive at feet

Post as many of your Ancient Coins featuring any person starting with the letter S !

And please feel free to post ANY of your Catch-UP Letters!

Here we GO ! PILE THEM ON !

 

S is for Salonina !


RI Salonina wife of Gallienus 254-268 CE AE Ant 3.61g 20mm Rome mint 267-268 CE crescent Deer Walking delta RIC V 16

 

Septimius Severus


Septimius Severus
Rome, CE 206
AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h
Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison
Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.
ex Colosseo Collection

Sauromates II


KINGS OF BOSPORUS, Sauromates II
Bosporan Era 495 (CE 198/9)
EL stater, 19 mm, 7.72 gm, 12h
Obv: BACIΛЄωC CAVPOMATOV; diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right
Rev: laureate head of Septimius Severus right; pellet to right; ЄЧV (date) below
Ref: Frolova p. 177 and pl. XXXIII, 9-10 (same dies as illustrations); Anokhin 576a; MacDonald 506/2
ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams collection
ex Buddy Ebsen Collection (Superior, 7 June 1987, lot 4114)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/weeell-doggies-sauromates-ii-septimius-severus-stater.269821/

Severus Alexander


EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander
year 12, CE 232/3
tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.87 gm
Obv: AKAIMAAVPCEVAΛEΞANΔPOCEV; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and grain ears; palm frond to left, L IB (date) to right
Ref: Emmett 3088.12 (R4); Köln 2474 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4264; K&G 62.172 var. (same)

Salonina


EGYPT, Alexandria. Salonina
(unsure of the year of this coin; date is LI_ so it's in the ~263-268 range)
potin tetradrachm, 20 x 23 mm, 9.1 gm
Obv: KOPNHΛIA CAΛωNEINA CEB; draped bust right
Rev: eagle standing left, head left, wreath in beak; LI _ in left field
Ref: ? since I can't read the date
Ex Professor James R. Eaton collection (1834-1897)

Severina


EGYPT, Alexandria. Severina
Regnal year 7, CE 275
Tetradrachm, 20 mm, 8.5 gm; year 7 (CE 275)
Obv: OVΛΠ CEVH PINA CEB; draped bust right, hair brushed straight with long plait running along the back of head and tucked under stephane
Rev: ETOVC; Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left; Z in right field
Ref: ?
Ex Professor James R. Eaton collection (1834-1897)

 

"S" is seriously for SULLA!!!



Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus
82 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.8 g). Military
mint traveling with Sulla. Helmeted head of
Roma right / Sulla driving triumphal quadriga
right; above, crowning Victory flying left.
As consul for the year 88 BC, Sulla was
awarded the coveted assignment of suppressing
the revolt of Mithradates VI of Pontus, but
political maneuvers resulted in this assignment
being transferred to Marius. In response, Sulla
turned his army on Rome,!