Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– P M TRI P COS II P P, Lion walking right, holding thunderbolt in mouth, before him, head of ox Minted in Siscia (XXIP) Emission 5, Officina 1. A.D. 278 Reference:– Cohen unlisted. Not listed in Alfoldi with this bust type. cf. Type 43, nº1 (cuirassed). RIC 612 Bust type C
Septimius Severus denarius Obv:- SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate bust right Rev:- INDVLGENTIA AVGG / IN CARTH, Dea Caelestis, goddess of Carthage, with elaborate headdress, looking front, riding right on springing lion, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, water gushing from rocks at left below Minted in Rome, A.D. 203 Reference:– RIC 266. RSC 222.
Great Britain - Farthing Obv:- GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA, Laureate, draped bust left Rev:- BRITTANIAR: REX FID: DEF: (note D over D in DEF), Seated Britannia facing right, holding a shield and trident, lion at feet, date below Britannia Date: 1822 in exe. Mintage : 5,924,000 Reference:- Spink 3822 (Generic reference.). Peck 1411.
M. Volteius M.f., denarius Obv:– Laureate, helmeted, and draped bust of Attis right; ladder behind Rev:– Cybele, wearing turreted crown and veil, in biga of lions right, holding patera, M. VOLTEI. M. F in exergue, control numeral OZ above Minted in Rome 75 B.C. Reference:– RSC Volteia 4. RRC 385/4. Sydenham 777. Weight 4.24g. 18.52mm. 180 degrees
BABALONIA, Babylon AR Stater (or Dishekel) 328-321 B.C. 16.08 grams, 22 mm x 5.5 mm thick Obv: Ba’al seated left holding scepter Rev: Lion walking left, control mark Г above. Grade: good Fine to a Very Fine nicely toned & centered. Other:Good silver 5.5 mm thick. Anonymous mintage of Eastern Alexandrine empire under the successors of Mazaeus (Stamenes 328-323 B.C., Archon 323-321 B.C.) See BMC.34, BMC.184/36. Babylonian stater coin sometimes called a tetradrachm according to the Attic standard due to its 16 gram weight. Ex Pegasi auction #19 lot 181 November 18, 2008. From private sale January 11, 2014.
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