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How about poor ol' Quintillus? He probably ruled for only 77 days!


Quintillus, AD 270.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.95 g, 20 mm.
Rome, 11th officina, issue 1, end AD 270.
Obv: IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from the front.
Rev: SECVRIT AVG, Securitas standing left, legs crossed, holding short scepter in right hand, leaning on column with left elbow; officina mark XI in right field.
Refs: RIC 31; MER/RIC temp 1194; Cohen 63; RCV 11451; Normanby 1197; Hunter 17.
Notes: MER/RIC lists 10 varieties of this coin, differing somewhat in bust type and presence or absence and placement of the officina mark.

Next: Securitas.

 

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Constans
Mint: Rome
337 to 340 AD
AE 3
Obvs: DN FL CONSTANS AVG
Revs: SECVRITAS REIP, Securitas leaning on column holding scepter. RQ
14x15mm, 1.6g
Ref: RIC VIII.250.11

Next: Rome post 400ad

 

VALENTINIAN III
AE4. 1.56g, 13.8mm. Rome mint, AD 425-435. RIC X 2123. O: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: VOT PVB, campgate with four layers and two turrets; Q above, RQM in exergue.

Next: Campgate, pre-300 AD

 

TIBERIUS
AE 25mm (As)
OBVERSE: TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PON MAX IMP, laureate head left
REVERSE: COL AVGVSTA EMERITA, campgate
Struck at Emerita, Spain, 14-36 AD
9.27g, 25mm
RPC 42

Next: Any coin from Emerita

 

Here's an Augustan denarius of Emerita/modern-day Merida and a photo' I took in 2012 of the entrace depicted on the coin.

RIC 9b.




There's currently only one arch!

ATB,
Aidan.

Next - some other silver coin with a chunk missing.

 

Alexius I/ Transitional
AR Histamenon Nomisma
1081 to 1082 AD
Obvs: ::KЄRO ΛΛЄϞIω IC XC, Christ bearded and nimbate wearing tunic and kolobion. Holds gospels in left hand
Revs: ·ΔIMITI ΔϵCΠTH, St. Demetrius standing 3/4 facing presenting labarum to Alexius which holds sword and grasps shaft of labarum.
27x29mm, 4.17g.
Thessalonica mint
Ref: Sear 1904, DOC 4.1
Note: Sear lists as "Extremely rare", chipped

Next: a different high silver content Schyphate

 

Denarius of Didius Julianus Reigned from 28 March to June 1 193 (basically yesterday.... some years ago RIC 1 Looks like I am out of order.

 

if you ever want to put a face to the saying "Money doesn't buy happiness," Didius Julianus would have to be the poster boy for that.

 

Didius Julianus is always cool!

 

Silver Scyphate


Sogdiana - Hyrcodes 3rd-4thCE AR Scyphate Reduced Drachm 12mm 0.56g Bukhara mint Male-Deity BMC Baktria p118

Next up: Another NON-Byzantine Scyphate...

 

Non-Byzantine Sycphate



Himyarite Kingom, AR coin, 1st Century AD
O: Male head, monogram, R: Head right. 14 mm, 1.4 g

Up next: A coin of the Kingdom of Axum.

 

KINGS OF AXUM, Anonymous
AE16. 1.25g, 15.5mm. Kings of Axum, Anonymous, circa AD 400-500. Munro-Hay Type 76. O: BAX + ACA, crowned bust right, holding cruciform sceptre. R: +TOV TO APECH TH XWPA (May This [the cross] Please the Country), Greek cross in circle; center with traces of gold gilding.
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf E-3, 9 July 16, Lot 84

Next: Coin of the Kingdom of Cappadocia

 

Awesome! Congrats Z!

 

Ariarathes VII Ar tetradrachm copying types of Antiochos VII of Syria SC 2136 107-101 B.C. Next coin Antiochos VII

 

Antiochus VII Euergetes, Seleucid Kingdom, BC 138-129
AR, tetradrachm, 16.59g, 30mm; 12h; Antioch
Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochus VII right
Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EVEPΓETOY; Athena Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, monogram above A; all within wreath.

Next a piece of architecture that's still standing.

 

The shell of this building still survives in the Roman Forum, enclosing the church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda. You may see photos and read about it here.


Faustina Senior, Augusta AD 138-141
Roman AR denarius; 3.27 g, 18 mm, 6:00
Rome under Antoninus Pius, AD 150
Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right
Rev: AED DIV FAVSTINAE, hexastyle temple on podium; statues to right and left and seated figure of Faustina in center; statues of Victory at corners of pediment
Refs: RIC 343; BMCRE 339; Cohen 1; RCV 4573

Next: Faustina I.

 

Faustina I, Wife Of Antoninus Pius
AR Denarius, Rome Mint, Struck 147 AD (after her death in 140 AD)
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust of Faustina I right
Reverse: AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing facing, head left, holding globe in right hand and rudder in left
References: RIC 348, RSC 6, BMC 360

Though, it's worn, I really like the delicate styling of Fortuna on the reverse (and the obv portrait it's shabby in style, either).

Next: Imperial of her daughter, FII