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AUGUSTUS
Æ Semis
OBVERSE: AVGVSTVS DIVI·F, Laureate head right
REVERSE: Q. PAPIR . CAR . Q.TER.MONT.II.VIR.Q., Hexastyle temple with IVNONI inscribed on the entablature, C I IL A among the columns of the temple
Ilici (Elche - Spain) After 12 BC
4.9g, 21 mm
RPC I 192; SNG Copenhagen 507

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Bashyk


Parthia 177-138 BCE AR Drachm Diademed draped bust Mithradates I left bashlik - archer seated on omphalos Sellwood 10.1

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Spanish minted coin


OSCA Spain AR silver denarius 204-154 BC. Head r beard -N behind - Horseman spear, Iberian PMAN BOLSCAN Burgos 1501 Villaronga 3

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Probus -
Obv:–IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PIAETAS AVG, Pietas standing left by altar, holding patera and box of perfumes
Minted in Lugdunum (Retrograde C in right field) Emission 9. Officina 2. January – August 282 A.D.
Reference:– Cohen 435. Bastien 417 (2 examples cited). RIC 120 var Bust type F (unlisted with Retrograde C in right field in RIC)

3.51 gms



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Theodora
Mint: Trier
337 to 340 AD
AE 3
Obvs: FL MAX THEODORAE AVG, Bust diademed and draped right.
Revs: PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas with child.
14x15mm, 1.68g

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wow- awesome- I am copying that coin for my archives- connects the headgear to the bow! and the Persian lineage of the Mithradates!

 

Thank you. Not the purdiest coin, but I liked it as it is an early version of the Parthian busts.

 

I have a Volgases but it only clearly shows him grasping the bow, not the bashlyk. very cool indeed.

 

2nd wife

Hmmm... my 2nd Wife is not named Poppea, but here is Nero's 2nd:


RI Poppea-Nero BI tetradrachm of Alexandria LI yr10 63-64AD Milne 217 RPC 5275

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Ancient Coins - FAUSTINA Jr.- DUPONDIUS - MATRI - MAGNAE - OLD FRENCH COLLECTION -

A/ FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA

R/ MATRI - MAGNAE// SC .
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11.41 g ; 24mm
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You guys know your Roman history better than I do. Is it true according to Gibbons anyway that this Empress(and Emperor) are really the end of the "glory days" of Rome which began the major decline with her son Commodus? I read that as far as coinage he made a major devaluation of the denarius.

 

Well, definitely the era of stability sort of ended. Even though Rome had some bad or questionable emperors in the 1st century (ie. Caligula, Nero, Domitian) the empire was still very prosperous, strong, and relatively stable, and there were some very good Emperors during that period too (I'd go as far as saying Tiberius was not a bad Emperor militarily or economically, and the "Reign of Terror" during his time in office is much exaggerated by the ancient historians). Rome reached the heights of power, wealth, and stability sometime between the rule of the Flavian Emperors and the reigns of the 5 Good Emperors (69-180). That 111 year period was a very good time to be alive, and there was only one questionable Emperor during that period, Domitian. Things changed somewhat after the death of Marcus Aurelius and the chaotic rule of his son Commodus.

After Commodus' terrible reign and death, and the subsequent civil wars you can definitely see a decrease in wealth in the empire, and inflation starting to crop up, as evidenced by the devaluation of the coinage and the birth of the double Denarius. However, I'd argue that despite those problems it was still a relatively good era as the empire was still more or less stable. The wheels didn't truly fall off the train until the murder of Emperor Alexander Severus in 235 CE. I think that was definitely the turning point. The next 50 years were full of civil war, near collapse of the empire, terrible economic problems, etc. The Rome that came out of that (the Late Roman Empire) was definitely never the same as the earlier Empire, though there were periods of prolonged stability in the late 3rd Century and the 4rth Century.

 

Lion pairs:

Phrygia, Cotiaeum. Philip I AE26 Kyble. C. Julius Ponticus, Archiereus

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Celebrating 1000 Anniversary of Rome Sestertius Philip I. Next Saecular.

 

Domitian Saecular games issue, Rome 88 AD, AE As, 11.21gm. Eagle in pediment.
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AEOLIS, KYME
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly off flan)
REVERSE: Quadrapartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern
Struck at Aeolis, 450BC
.46g, 7mm
SNG Cop 32

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Mine is 6mm in size

 

retrograde letters


Marsic Confederation denarius 89 BCE Italia-Italia seated shields vict Corfinium Campana retro B 105 HN Italy 412a Sear 228 RARE


Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograde L T-V 285

I understand the local Italia language Oscan was retrograde...

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Herod Agrippa


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