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Then you would have a great laugh if you heard me pronounce Greek or Latin in my West Virginia hillbillyeze.

 

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Iasos
Asia Minor, Caria
Æ10, circa 4th-3rd centuries BC
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left
Rev.: IAΣI, Head of nymph right, with hair in sakkos; crayfish to right.
Æ, 0.94g, 9.9mm
Ref.: Ashton 17-19

Next: Bronze, tinier than this one

 

Theodosius II AE4 9.7


Legend: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG
Type: Bust of Theodosius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right

Legend: CONCORDIA AVG
Type: Cross
MintMark: -/-//ALEA

Next, a emperor that is common in silver but rare in bronze.

 

Isn't that modern Greek? My professor in college hated the way the moderns made an iota out of anything. He disliked New Testament and later Roman era Greek grammar as well being quite a fan of the 5th century. Of course there is always the fact that there were many dialects over many centuries so we can not expect every pronunciation to match. We don't match today in English so we should not expect all the Greeks to either.

The usual version with the lizard tends to weigh 0.7g and is called a trihemiobol so I might suspect that this is half of that which would be 3/4 obol or tritartemorion?
0.7g


That was one of Steve's more appealing coins but I was too cheap to buy it.

 

There are many denarii of Pescennius Niger but no genuine Imperial bronzes. There are rare Provincial bronzes but I have none.


Next: a Roman ruler more common in gold than in the other metals

 

Pertinax, maybe? IDK. But to keep the party going I'll post him... again


Next up: Favorite lesser known ruler

 

What percentage of the US population has ever even heard of Quintillus? I wouldn't be certain it's even in the percental range...


Quintillus, Roman Empire, AE antoninian, 270 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [IMP C M] AVR CL QVINTILLVS A[VG]; bust of Quintillus, radiate, draped, r. Rev: SECVRIT AVG; Securitas, draped, standing l., legs crossed, leaning on column, holding sceptre; in field r., XI. 21mm, 3.00g. Ref: RIC V Quintillus 31.

Next: Securitas

 

Securitas

Constantine's Mother:

RI Helena mother Constantine AE Follis Securitas Nicomedia mint 325-326 CE 19mm 3.3g RIC-95 Sear 16619

Next: Another Mommy Dearest

 

Wow -- lots of possibilities ... Faustina II as mother of Commodus, Domna as mother of Caracalla and Geta, Soaemias as mother of Elagabalus, Mamaea as mother of Severus Alexander, Otacilia Severa as mother of Philip II, etc.

But I think I'll go with THE MOTHER OF CALIGULA!


Agrippina I, 14 BC - AD 33
Roman AE Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h.
Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD.
Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC.
Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3.

Next: Ponytail hairstyle.

 

Antonia
Daughter of Mark Antony, Wife of Nero Drusus, Mother of Claudius, Grandmother of Caligula
AR Denarius, Rome mint, AD 41-42
Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing barley wreath
Rev: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI (consistency of the emperor), Antonia standing facing, draped as Constantia, long torch in right, cornucopia in left
Ag, 3.717g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 225deg
Ref.: RIC 66, BMCRE I Claudius 111, Cohen 2, SRCV I 1900, CRE 1 [R2]

Next: another Antonia

 

next: coin of Nero Drusus

 

NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS
AE Sestertius
OBVERSE: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP - Bare head left REVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP Exe: SC - Claudius seated left, holding branch; weapons on floor
Rome 41BC-2 AD
28.6g, 36mm
RIC 93

Next: Coin larger than 36mm

 

Lysimachos, Kingdom of Thrace, AR tetradrachm

Obv:– Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.
Rev:– Athena enthroned l., holding Nike on extended r. hand and spear, and resting l. elbow on shield propped against throne; LUSIMACOU in l. field; KP monogram in inner field; BY on throne, BASILEWS in r. field; ornamented trident in exergue
Minted in Byzantium, circa 2nd Century B.C. (Posthumous Issue)

Weight 16.97g. Size 37.11 mm



Next:- Byzantium/Byzantion

 

Justinian I (527-565 A.D.)

AE Follis, Constantinople Mint, 10 grams, 28mm

Obverse: Diademed, Draped and Cuirassed Bust Right, DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG

Reverse: Large M, cross above, star to left and right, officina letter below

Reference: SB 160, Dumbarton Oaks Collection 30.





Other Byzantine/of Byzantium....I may have been a bit on the "late" side here.

 

another coin of a Byzantine emperor

 

Quintillus? I'll ask my nephew. He doesn't even know who Augustus is. I bet the American people, if questioned on the street, might not be able to name a single figure from Roman history except maybe Caesar and Mark Antony. Consider that only like 10% of folks queried could identify Iran on the map a couple of weeks back. I thought they taught geography and history in high school but I guess not.

P.S. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

Without referring to anything, how many emperors (defined as people who issued coins using the title Augustus) can you name? Give this same challenge to randomly selected history teachers whose classes include ancient Rome. I would guess many CT regulars will name 100 including usurpers and children who never were in real power but did have the title. Teachers on a college level? High school? Regular readers of historical fiction? I suspect CT wins this one.

 

Constans III (My Three Sons" reverse

another Byzantine Emperor keep theme going...

 

Reason, for the lack of knowledge is the education system. Poor curiculums/ teachers=badly educated kids. When, I went to highschool we where taught to learn all the names of the emperors/ wars/ facts. I still know all the emperors from Augustus-Romulus Augustalus in order. Same in geography, we memorized all Countries/ Capitals/ forms of currencies.....
John

 

I understand some curriculae are totally focussed on learning Tiddly Winks:



And, even their Sports (all Tiddly WInks) program have hazards:



I fought through my education, including getting my Masters. This was due to severe dyslexia ( I was tested in my 40's, never knowing WHY educating myself was so difficult.) My younger years of education was frustratingly lacking. However, as I progressed through the years, I began to ask a lot more questions, and self-educated myself in areas that I was weak. I also learned to do just ONE thing: READ. It opened EVERYTHING up to me.