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Thanks, I will pull it out of storage and take those measurements. I would estimate it's about 18mm and a couple of grams, so not a large denomination.

 

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Roman Republic
L Livineius Regulus
AR Denarius
42 BCE
3.8g 19mm
Bare head of the praetor L. Livineius Regulus right - bankers mark and scratch on obverse
Gladiators in Arena. Gladiatorial scene; in foreground, one man attacks lion with spear; in back ground, second man with shield and sword attacks panther; on left, wounded boar; in exergue, L. REGVLVS
Cr 494-30 Syd 1112 Sear 489

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I think these are gladiators rather than soldiers fighting.

Denarius of T. Didius
Roma (in monogram) - Head of Roma right, * below
- Two soldiers fighting, one is attacking with a whip and the other defending with a sword
Exergue: T. DEIDI
Mint: Rome (113 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.78g / 19-20mm / 6h
References:

• RSC 2 (Didia)
• Sydenham 550
• Crawford 294/1

Acquisition/Sale: Beast Coins Vcoins 17-Nov-2012



That needs a new photo' - it's actually a nice coin.

Next - another coin with a ROMA monogram

 

LOL, my ROMA Monogram


RR
AR denarius
3.8g 18.0mm
T Didius
Rome 113-112 BCE
Roma star ROMA mono -
Two Gladiators whip sword
S 171 CR 294-1

Next: Another ROMA Monogram

 

L CALPURNIUS PISO FRUGI ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right, number LV behind
REVERSE: Horseman galloping right, holding palm L PISO FRVGI below, ROMA monogram, number LXXII above
Struck at Rome 90 BC
3.75g, 18.4mm
Cr340/1, Calpurnia 12
Ex Timeline Originals

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Sekaisa
Spain,
Circa 150-100 BC.
Obv: Bare male head right, wearing
beaded necklace; dolphin before,
Iberian 'SE' behind
Rev: Warrior on horseback right,
holding spear; Iberian 'SEKAISA'
in exergue. ACIP 1544; CNH 24.
Æ Unit. 20.84g, 30mm, 7h. Very Fine.
From the inventory of a European dealer;
Acquired from Tauler & Fau.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 68 27th Feb 2020

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SPHINX in Iberia (Spain)


Iberia Castulo Late 2nd C BC AE As 25mm Bust Nose Hand Sphinx

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IBERIA, Arse/Saguntum
AE Quarter Unit. 4.15g, 18.2mm. IBERIA, Arse/Saguntum, circa 150-100 BC. ACIP 1998; SNG BM Spain 1109. O: Scallop shell. R: Dolphin right; three pellets above, Iberian script below.
Ex @Bing Collection

Next: Formerly from the collection of another CT member

 

TITUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: T CAES IMP VESP CENS, laureate head right, "o" beneath neck
REVERSE: FIDES PVBL, hands clasped over caduceus, two poppies and two corn-ears
Struck at Uncertain Asian Mint or Ephesus, 76AD
2.9g, 19mm
RIC V 1485 (Vesp), RPC 1459
Ex David Atherton; ex Harry Sneh Collection; ex Sayles; ex Lavender

Next: Formerly from another CT member

 

Maximianus, AD 286 – 305.
AE Follis, 30mm, 8.9gm 5h; Rome mint, 300-301.
Obv.: IMP C MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, Laureate head right.
Rev.: SACRA MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS N N; Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Mintmark S-club.
Reference: RIC 100b
Ex Sallent Collection.

Next: Another formerly from another CT member

 

This one also came from @Sallent :

Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman AR denarius, 2.9g, 19mm, 6h.
Rome, issue 10, AD 217.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right.
Rev: PM TRP XX COS IIII PP; Serapis, wearing polos on head, standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter.
Refs: RIC 289c; BMCRE 188; Cohen/RSC 382; RCV 6846; Hill 1586.


Next: Another coin you obtained from a fellow CT member!

 

IBERIA, Ebusus
AE Quarter Unit. 3.33g, 17.3mm. Circa 2nd century BC. ACIP 719; SNG BM Spain 318-21. O: Squatting Kabeiros (Bes?) holding club and serpent. R: Bull butting left.
Ex @stevex6 Collection

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Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235
AR denarius, 21mm, 3.2g, 6h; Rome mint.
Obv.: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG; Draped bust right.
Rev.: FELICITAS PVBLICA; Felicias standing front, head turned left, legs crossed, holding caduceus and leaning left arm on column.
Reference: RIC Ivb, 335.
From the Sallent Collection, ex-JAZ Numismatics.

Next: Another coin you obtained from a fellow CT member!

 

I suspect we could do this all day...


ELAGABALUS
AE28. 12.6g, 28mm, PHOENICIA, Tyre, circa AD 218-222. Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; Price & Trell 748 (for rev. type). O: [IMP CAES] M AV ANTONIN[VS AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: [TVRIORVM], Dido overseeing the building of Carthage; she stands on the right, holding a rule and a transverse sceptre, facing left towards an arched city gate flanked by two towers, palm tree to her right; above the gate a mason works; below, another a worker digs with a pick, legend [∆ƐI-∆Ω] to his left and right; murex shell in upper field.
Ex @TIF Collection

Next: Another coin acquired from a CT member's collection

 

This nice Anglo-Gallic denar of Edward I is Ex @Orfew

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This one is Ex: David Atherton


Next: Another coin from a CTer.

 

TRAJAN
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: AYT KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANO CEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right
REVERSE: ΔHMAΡX EΞ UΠAT Γ, Arabia standing left holding branch and cinnamon sticks, camel to left at feet.
Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, or Bostra, Arabia, 100 AD
3.45g 18mm
Sydenham183
ex Ken Dorney

Next: Camel

 

Trajan AR Drachm, 115-Feb. 116 AD, Arabia Bostra (or Rome*) Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, with paludamentum, seen from rear, AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANѠ APICTѠ CƐB ΓƐPM ΔAK [equivalent of IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM DAC] / Rev. Bactrian (two-humped) camel, walking left, ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO ς [equivalent of TR P COS VI (sixth consulship)]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 4076 (2015); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=3&number=4076, SNG ANS VI 1158; Sydenham 205 [E. Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933)]. 19 mm., 3.10 g. Ex: Kenneth W. Dorney. (Coin is double die match to Roma Numismatics Auction, May 21, 2013, Lot 767 [https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=474&lot=767]; image of that coin is reproduced as Plate 14, No. 7 in Woytek & Butcher article cited in note below.)



* See Bernhard E. Woytek and Kevin Butcher, The Camel Drachms of Trajan in Context: Old Problems and a New Overstrike, The Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 175 (2015), pp. 117-136 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859784).

Next: Another Trajan coin with a reverse depicting an animal of some kind (including fish and birds!), other than a horse.

 

Trajan, AR tetradrachm, Tyre, 114-5 AD (TRP 19, COS 6) head rt. over eagle and club / Melqart

Next: A coin of Hadrian showing an animal but no horse AND no eagle

 

Hadrian
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
Obv.: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΣΕΒ, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
Rev.: L IZ, Nilus reclining left, holding reed in right hand, cornucopia in left; crocodile below
Billon, 13.12g, 24.9x23mm
Ref.: Dattari 1434 var. Milne 1351.

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