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Roman Silver Denarius of Elagabalus (minted in Rome in either 219 or 220):

 

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Roman Silver Denarius of Julia Maesa (minted in Rome sometime between 218 and 222):

 

Kushan Gold Dinar of Vasishka (minted sometime between 247 and 265):

 

Empire of the Romans Gold Solidus of Justinian (minted in Constantinople sometime between 527 and 565):

 

Kushan Gold 1/4 Dinar of Huvishka (minted sometime between 151 and 192):

 

Kushan Bronze Dichalkon of Kujula Kadphises (minted in Paropamisadae sometime between 30 and 80):

 

Roman Republic Silver Denarius of Marcus Junius Brutus (minted in Rome in 54 BCE):

 

Hi All,

This one is a seldom seen denomination from Alexandria. When I saw it for sale on eBay I jumped at it (Seller's photos).

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HERACLIUS (5 Oct 610 - 11 Jan 641 CE)
EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA Undated: 618 - 628 or 629 - 641 CE
Æ 3 NUMMI
Size: 14 mm
Weight: 3.11 g
Axis: 6:00
Broucheion Collection B-2024-11-28.001​

Obv: Palm tree with fruit. Solid border.
Rev: Numeral Γ. In right field: Cross. Solid border.
Refs: Sear Byzantine 865; Dumbarton Oaks-201.1; MIB III-0214; BMC-Unlisted
Notes: From G. I. Bijofski (Gold Coin and Small Change: Monetary Circulation in Fifth-Seventh Century Byzantine Palestine) : "Alexandria: This mint went through a series of upheavals during the reign of Heraclius that apparently deeply affected the style and character of its copper coinage. It was reopened after a hiatus during the reign of Phocas (chapter 4.2.4). In 618/619 Egypt was occupied by the Persians until the Byzantine reconquest in 629. In 639 the Arabs invaded Egypt, and Alexandria was conquered in 642. The minting of dodecanummia, hexanummia, and the very rare 3 nummi was resumed apparently in 610 but no coins are confidently attributed to the period prior to 613."

- Broucheion

 

Sassanid Gold Dinar of Shapur I (minted in Ctesiphon sometime between 240 and 270):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Gordian III (minted in Rome in the Summer of 241):

 

Yes, and hopefully I will win a few more ancient coins at auctions over the next 8 days or so, and then about a dozen or so at the Triton and Stephen Album Rare Coins auctions in January.

 

Kingdom of Kuninda Silver Drachm of Amoghabhuti (minted sometime between 150 and 80 BCE):

 

Roman Empire Silver Denarius of Julia Aquilia Severa (minted in Rome sometime between 220 and 222):

 

Here is a fun one: a sestertius of Vespasian which was misidentified by the dealer as a COS III issue when it is actually COS VI (as you can see in the obverse legend.) This would place the date of minting not at AD 71, but AD 75 - a considerably rare year for sestertii. This coin type is rated R2 by RIC and is a double die match to the RIC plate coin. It's also a double die match to the only other specimen I could find online, that being a coin from the Curtis L. Clay collection recently sold by Harlan J. Berk.

The coin itself isn't quite MS, but come on, it's nearly two thousand years old.

VESPASIAN, AD 69-79​

AE Sestertius (33.21mm, 23.59g, 6h)
Struck AD 75. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VI, laureate head of Vespasian right
Reverse: ROMA, Roma standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and Victory in right; S C across fields
References: RIC II 815 (R2, same dies), RCV - ; ERIC II - .​

Worn with brassy highlights. This coin is one of only a handful of sestertius types that were struck for Vespasian in his sixth consular year (AD 75.) All of them are very rare; RIC II.1, published in 2007, records just eight different specimens from five types. This coin shares the same dies as the RIC plate coin (Vienna) and is also a double die match to HJB BBS 229, lot 513 (ex Curtis L. Clay Coll.), the only other specimen I could find outside of the three cited by RIC.​

 

Nabataea, Aretas IV quarter drachm. Very rare type, maybe five are known.

 

Congrats @Factor! That's a wonderful acquisition, and one to be proud of! Even though off-center, the reverse initial of Aretas is bold and distinctly the central focus, and the obverse portrait IS on-flan -- even though "by a nose". (If you grow tired of it please feel free to toss it my way, and I'll joyfully add it to my "Nabby" sub-collection.) ;-D

 

I now have 4 out of 12 Caesars down (the other three are Augustus, Caligula and a posthumous portrait of Julius Caesar). I've always had quite a soft spot for Claudius.



Claudius
Reign: A.D. 41-54.
Denomination: Æ As.
Diameter: 28 mm.
Weight: 10.09 grams.
Mint: Rome, A.D. 41-42.
Obverse: Bare head left.
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP
Reverse: Libertas standing right, holding pileus and extending hand.
LIBERTAS AVGVSTA SC
Reference: RIC 97.

 

Roman Empire Bronze Nummus of Valens (minted in Siscia sometime between 364 and 367):