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Numerian
Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PIETAS AVGG, Mercury standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Minted in Rome (//KAD). A.D. 283 - A.D. 284
Reference:– RIC 416 (C).

4.13g, 21.99mm, 180o



Nex:- Mercury

 

Marcus Aurelius denarius / Mercury (issued following the "Miracle of the rain")


Next: another coin associated with a specific historical event

 

AV Doppeldukat 1630
Johann Georg I Elector Sachsen
Commeration of 1530 Augsburg Confession
next: another coin that was struck to specify a historical event

 

CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II
Laureate head of Domitian right

No legend
Domitian on horseback prancing left, right hand raised, holding human-headed (helmet) sceptre in left

Rome 73 AD

3.25g

RIC 680 (C); Sear 2627


Ex-Forum

The reverse depicts Domitian participating in the Judaea Capta triumph of 71 A.D. He is, as Josephus described him, riding alongside in magnificent apparel and mounted on a horse that was itself a site worth seeing.

Next: Another triumphal coin

 

Sulla Triumph


RR Manlius Torquatus L. Corn Sulla 82 BCE AR den 17mm 3.7g Mil mint w Sulla. Roma - Sulla triumphal quadriga vict wreath Cr 367-3 Syd 759 S 286

Next: Another Triumph

 

GERMANICVS CAESAR
Germanicus in triumphal quadriga right holding eagle-tipped sceptre

SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM SC
Germanicus standing left, his right hand raised, holding legionary eagle in left

Rome, 37-41 AD

15.97g

Scarce

Sear 1820, RIC 57, BMCRE 93

Much nicer in hand

Next: Double headed but not a deity

 

So thrilled to actually have one of these:

Sextus Pompey
Ӕ As. Spain or Sicily, 45 BC. Laureate head of Janus, with the features of Cn. Pompeius Magnus; [MGN] above / Prow right; [PIVS] above, IMP below. Crawford 479/1; CPP I 671. 19.23g, 28mm,
Fine.
Ex-Savoca

Next up: more Pompei the great!

 

Sextus Pompey, 42-40 BC, AR denarius (3.00g), Sicily mint (Catania?)
Obv: Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right, MAG • PIVS • IMP • ITER around
Rev: Neptune, naked but for chlamys on left arm, holding apluster and resting right foot on prow, standing left between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders; PRÆF above, CLAS • ET • ORÆ/MARIT • EX • S • C in two lines in exergue
Ref: Cr.511/3a

Next: another coin from this time period (+/- 20 years)

 

M ANTO COS III IMP III
Head of Jupiter Ammon right

ANTONIO AVG SCARPVS IMP
Victory walking right holding wreath and palm

Cyrene summer of 31 BC
2.86g

Sear 1486; Imperators 390

Rare

In the will of Caesar, Scarpus received one eighth of certain legacies after the legacies given to Octavian. He along with his cousins from the will became heirs to his great uncle.

Scarpus became an ally to Mark Antony and commanded for him against the war on Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus. In the years leading up to Actium 31 BC, Antony appointed Scarpus to the military command of Cyrenaica. Scarpus had with him four legions to command. During his time in Cyrenaica Scarpus had control of the currency mint in Cyrene, as he became a moneyer. Scarpus had issued various coins bearing Antony’s name and Scarpus’ name was inscripted as an issuer of these coins.

After Antony & Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian at Actium, Scarpus withdrew his support from Antony and gave his support (including his legions) to Octavian. Antony after the defeat sailed back to North Africa and sent messengers to Scarpus for help.
Scarpus refused to see Antony’s messengers and put them to death. He gave his legions to Gaius Cornelius Gallus, Octavian’s lieutenant to command.

Augustus then appointed his cousin as Governor of Cyrenaica. Scarpus as he did for Antony, became a moneyer and issued various coins bearing Augustus’ name. On these coins, Scarpus had his name as an issuer of the coins.

Next: Another Imperatorial

 

Sextus Pompey issued this denarius with the portrait of Pompey the great.


Next: a fourree you wish you could afford in a solid coin

 

I am certainly guilty of buying fourees to save money, but these coins are hard enough to get with the lion and his mane, led alone with this much detail. If this weren't a fouree the price would be lofty:

THRACE, Chersonesos
386-338 BCE AR PlatedHemidrachm Forepart of lion right,head left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; VE monogram to right in opposite sunken quarters. BMC –; McClean 4117; Weber 2415; SNG Copenhagen 830
Next up: another Chernoses Coin

 

THRACE
AR Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Forepart of lion right, head turned back
REVERSE: Quadripartite incuse square, VE beside pellet / lekythos with strigil attached to strap
Struck at Cherronesos, 400-350 BC
2.22g, 13mm
BMC Thrace pg. 185, 44; Weber 2420; McClean 4113

Next: Coin with lekythos (a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing oil)

 

Given the time that has past - here is a nice "ewer" that looks like it might pass for a "lekythos" - if not for its Roman origins:
Philip II, as Caesar, 244-247, Antoninianus, Rome, 244-24
Obv: M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip to right
Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTOR Priestly implements: aspergillum, simpulum, ewer, secespita and lituus

Next: An Alexandrian Tetradrachm of Philip I or II

 

Here's a nice one, Philippus I as a stern old man.



Tetradrachm Philippus Arabs (244-249), Alexandria. Dated RY B (2, = 245). Obv. Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Homonoia standing facing with head left, raising hand and holding double cornucopia. 22 mm, 12.42 gr. Emmett 3487.2.

Show me a nice coin of sad Saloninus.

 

How about a nice coin for the issue of Saloninus who became sad some time after this coin was minted?


Saloninus, Caesar AD 258-260.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.39 g, 22.2 mm, 12 h.
Cologne, AD 258-260.
Obv: SALON VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVG, lituus, jug, simpulum and sprinkler.
Refs: RIC 9; Göbl 914e; Cohen 41; RCV 10767; Cunetio 744; Hunter 8.

Next: More priestly implements

 

Gordian III as Caesar sestertius


Next: a sestertius of another Caesar

 

next: Aelius

 

an Aelius that has seen better days...


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In my new collection, Nerva....

Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 A.D.

Obverse: Bust of Nerva facing right, KAIS SEB AVT NEPOVAS

Reverse: Agathodaemon serpent coiled with head right, holding caduceus and grain ear within coils, wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. In exergue, LA.

Reference: Milne 542, Dattari 638 (rare)