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MN. AQUILLIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS AQUILLIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: VIRTVS III VIR ; Helmeted bust of Virtus right.
REVERSE: MN AQVIL M N F MN N SICIL in ex.; The consul Man. Aquillius raising Sicilia
Rome 71 BC
3.3g, 19mm
RSC/Aquillia-2, SYD-798

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Victorinus, 268-270
Antoninianus, Köln
Obv: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, Bust of Victorinus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Victorinus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
Rev: VIRTVS AVG, Virtus, draped, cuirassed, standing right, holding spear in right hand and leaning on shield with left hand
AE, 2.11g, 20.3mm
Ref.: RIC 5b, p.393, 78

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Victorinus AD 269-271. Colonia Agippinensium (Cologne)
Antoninianus Æ
20 mm, 2,31 g
RIC V Victorinus 61
Date Range: AD 269 - AD 271
Obverse Legend: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG
Type: Bust of Victorinus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Victorinus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Victorinus, radiate, cuirassed, right
Reverse Legend: PROVIDENTIA AVG
Type: Providentia, draped, standing left, holding baton in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at foot, globe

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ANTONIUS PIUS
AE23
OBVERSE: [AVT]O KAI TI AIΛ AΔ[ ] (retrograde)
Laureate head left
REVERSE: ZEVΓMATEWN,
Tetrastyle temple with peribolos containing grove and having a colonnade (only roof slabs shown) to left and right, and in front a portico or panelled wall of two storeys; all within wreath
Struck at Commagene Zeugma Syria, 138-161AD
8.80g, 23mm
BMC 3
GIC 1492v

Next: Tetrastyle Temple

 

Philip II, AD 244-249.
Roman provincial Æ 23.8 mm, 8.42 g, 11 h.
Mesopotamia, Nisibis, AD 244-49.
Obv: ΑVΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust left
Rev: IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, tetrastyle temple; statue of Tyche within, ram above Tyche's head, river god below.
Refs: BMC 22-23*; Sear GIC 4157; SNG Cop 240*; SNG Hunterian 2.
*BMC and SNG Cop erroneously attribute this coin to Philip I.

Next: Left-facing bust on a Roman provincial.

 

Caligula, AD 37-41
Caria, Cidramus
AE 17
Obv.: ΣΕΒΑΣTOΣ, Bare head left.
Rev.: ΚΙΔΡΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΜΟΥΣΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ ΠΡ, Goddess Sparzene standing facing, with outstretched arms.
AE, 5.33g, 17mm

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Phrygia, Aezanis. Caligula Æ16
Obv: Γ ΚΑΙ ϹƐΒ ΓƐΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ / Laureate head of Caligula, r.
Rev: ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΠΡΑΞΙΜΕ / Draped bust of Artemis with bow, r.
Magistrate Praxime.

Next: Phrygia

 

next wolf or dog

 

I like this coin a lot.


LYKAONIA, Laranda (ca 324-323 BC) AR obol
Baaltars seated left, holding grain ear, bunch of grapes, and scepter
Rev: Forepart of wolf right; crescent above; all within circle of pellets.
Göktürk 82; SNG France 443 (uncertain Cilician mint); SNG Levante 225 (uncertain Cilician mint).
0,49 g, 11 mm

This coin type was previously attributed to an uncertain Cilician mint. Göktürk, in “Small coins from Cilicia and surroundings” reattributes it to the town of Laranda in Lykaonia.

Next - crescent

 

Spain, Castulo, before 214/2 BC, Æ Half Unit, Semis
Obv: Diademed male head right
Rev: Bull advancing right, head facing; crescent above

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next another bull

 

BULL


Marsic Confederation
AR Denarius
Bovianum(?) mint, 89 BCE.
3.93g, 20mm, 3h
Obv: Laureate head of Italia left, VITELIA = ITALIA in Oscan script
Rev: Soldier standing facing, head right, foot on uncertain object, holding inverted spear and sword, recumbent bull to right facing; retrograde B in exergue.
Ref: Campana 122 (same dies); HN Italy 407
Ex: Eucharius Collection.
Ex: Roma Auction 11, Lot 607

Next: SOW (not boar)

 

C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba, AR serrate denarius, Rome, 106 BC
Obv: Jugate heads of Dei Penates left, DPP before
Rev: Two male figures standing facing one another, each holding a spear and pointing at sow which lies between; L above.
Size: 18.5mm, 3.96g
Ref: Crawford 312/1, RSC Sulpicia 1

A temple with an inner sanctuary had been built for the images of the gods which Aeneas had brought with him from the Troad and set up in Lavinium, and the statues had been removed from Lavinium to this sanctuary; but during the following night, although the doors were most carefully closed and the walls of the enclosure and the roof of the temple suffered no injury, the statues changed their position and were found upon their old pedestals.
-Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities​

But Cato, in the Origin of the Roman Race instructs us thus: that a sow bore thirty piglets in the place where Lavinium now is, and when Aeneas had decided to establish a city there and was lamenting on account of the sterility of the soil, that in sleep there appeared to him likenesses of household gods encouraging him to persevere in the establishment of the city which he had begun; for, after as many years as were the offspring of that sow, Trojans would move to fertile spots and more fruitful soil and would establish the city of the most famous name in Italy.
- Origo Gentis Romanae, Thomas M. Banchich 2004
​

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MARSIC CONFEDERATION


Marsic Confederation denarius 89 BCE Italia-Italia seated on shields victory Corfinium mint Campana - Oscan language retrograde B 105 HN Italy 412a Sear 228

Next: Quinarius

 

Brutus
43-42 BC

NEXT: Another quinarius or another Brutus

 

BRUTUS:

RImp Brutus-Ahala 54 BC JBrutus cons 509 BC ServAhala mstr hrse 439 BC Sear 398; Craw 433/2


Next: like @jdmKY said! Another Quinarius or another Brutus

 

Brutus in 54 BC sending a clear message: "I am a tyrant killer descended from great tyrant killers on my mother's side and my father's side of the family - caveat tyrannis", or perhaps more simply "sic semper tyrannis"

My notes on this coin : here.

Next: another defender of "libertas" (or just a LIBERTAS)

 

Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 17.81 g, 29.5 mm, 12 h.
Rome, AD 251-252.
Obv: IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: LIBERTAS AVGG S C, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and scepter.
Refs: RIC 114a; Cohen 64 corr.; RCV 9674; Hunter 31.

Next: more Trebonianus Gallus!

 

Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus AD 251-253.
Billon-Tetradrachm
26 mm, 12,38 g
RPC vol IX 1805, Prieur 666 (4), McAlee 1172f
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡƐΒ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹƐΒ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus, r., seen from rear; below bust: VI / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C; eagle standing on line, facing, head l., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; between legs: Ϛ

Next - another coin with a side much better than the other.