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RI Postumus struck by Aureolus 268 CE Revolt of Milan Concordia

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Magnus Maximus, 383 - 388 A.D.

AE 2, 24mm 5.7 grams

Obverse: DN MAG MAXIMVS PF AVG
Diademed head right, draped and cuirassed

Reverse: REPARATIO REIPVB
Maximus standing left, crowned by Victory, raising kneeled, turreted figure of a woman

Mintmark: TCON (Arles)

Reference: RIC IX, 26A, Sear 20650






Next: Gordian I or II

 

Does anyone here even have one?

 

I've seen a couple on CT...but don't think I have seen them post in this thread.
Two and a half hours to go

 

I think @Julius Germanicus can help us here....??

 

Next up: severed head

 

M SERGIUS SILUS ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: EX S C ROMA *, head of Roma right
REVERSE: horseman galloping left with sword & severed head held aloft, Q below horses leg, M SERGI below, SILVS in ex.
Struck at Rome 116 BC
3.66g, 18mm
Syd 534, Cr286/1, Sergia 1

Next: Roman Republican of your choice

 

RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius Quadrigatus Didrachm 225-215 BCE Craw 28-3 Sear 31
10 Asses = Denarius

Next: Pre-Reform of 211 BCE Roman Republic

 

Next up: Macedon under Roman control

 

Sure

Gordian I Sestertius:

Gordian II Sestertius:

Next: Sestertius with a left facing portrait !

 

next: another sestertius with a left facing portrait

 

I've got three of these and all other known specimen are of the same die. Most noticable point: it looks as if the emperor is sticking out his tongue! RIC 612 Ops

 

Really good coins you guys...but you are out of order and we still don't have: Macedon under Roman control

 

There you go



next: Koinon of Macedonia

 

ROME OCCUPYING MAKEDON


Roman Republic
Roman Occupied Macedonia
Gaius Publilius, Questor
Amphipolis Mint
As AE26 As
ROMA Griffin
MAKEDONWN TAMIOV GAIOV POPAILIOV oak wreath
BCE 148-146
SNG COP 1318


Next: More Occupied Makedon / Macedonia

 

This spooky ooky dude might be my first Macedonian coin under Roman control. Another of many I blame @TIF s.

Roman Republican Period


167-165 B.C. Æ Unit.
22 mm. 9.43 grams.
Obverse: Facing mask of Silenos with pointed ears, wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse: MAKE / ΔΟΝΩΝ in two lines within oak wreath.
SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; MacKay pl. III, 10; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 25.Very Fine. Dark earthen patina.
"Very little is known about this attractive and interesting type. Originally attributed as an issue of the Roman D. Julius Silanus, more recent scholarship, particularly hoard analyses, have proved this untenable. The period to which it now belongs was marked by turmoil caused largely by various barbarian invasions, and coin production was sporadic at all of the Macedonian mints, and probably related to military activity. The Silenos type and oak wreaths were common local motifs used on coins in the Thraco-Macedonian region."




Next up: Silenos (or his mask)

 

Roman Republic, C. Vibius Varus, AR Denarius, 42 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Head of Bacchus (or Liber)* right, wearing earring and wreath of ivy and grapes / Rev. Spotted panther [leopard]** springing left towards garlanded altar on top of which lies a bearded mask of Silenus or Pan,*** and against which leans a thyrsus with fillet (ribbon); C • VIBIVS in exergue, VARVS upwards to right. Crawford 494/36, RSC I Vibia 24, Sear RCV I 496, Sear Roman Imperators 192 (ill. p. 116), Sydenham 1138, BMCRR 4295. 17 mm., 3.60 g. Ex. Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 83, May 20, 2015, Lot 83; ex. Frank Sternberg Auction 17, Zurich, May 1986, Lot 519. [First two footnotes omitted.]



***The mask has more frequently been identified with Pan than with Silenus, but because the moneyer’s branch of the gens Vibia lacks the cognomen “Pansa” (a reason for the appearance of Pan on the coins of moneyers with that cognomen, as a pun), Silenus appears to be a more likely identification, given the association of Silenus with Bacchus. See Jones, supra at p, 289, identifying Silenus as “[a]n elderly attendant of Bacchus.” See also id. at p. 234 (entry for “Pan”), noting that “[a] bearded head which appears on [the obverse of] a silver sestertius of T. Carisius [46 BC), with a reverse type of a panther bearing a thyrsus, has been identified as Pan but is more likely to be a Silenus, matching the Bacchic reverse type.”

As a bonus: an actual Hellenistic pottery mask of Silenos from the 3rd Century BCE:



Next: Pan or mask of Pan.

 

Moneyer: C. Vibius C.f. Pansa
Obv.: PANSA - Mask of bearded Silenos right; below, control mark (two bells)
Rev.: C·VIBIVS·C·F - Mask of bearded Pan right; before, control mark (sistrum)
Mint: Rome (90 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.55g / 17mm / 5h
References:

• RSC 1 (Vibia)
• Sydenham 689
• Crawford 342/1
• BMCRR Rome 2310

Acquisition: Numismatica Ars Classica Online auction Auction 120 #539 7-Oct-2020






Next - some other Roman Republic denarius

 

The only Roman Republic denarius I have but I wanted to play

Q Antonius Balbus Denarius Serratus. 83-82 BC. Laureate head of Jupiter right, S C behind / Victory in quadriga right, control letter below, Q ANT BALB P R in ex.

Next: A proper Roman Republic denarius.