Hello friends, here is a set of lovely and interesting coins that I’m offering well below retail - 4 Roman Imperials, 3 Provincials, and 2 Greeks of Pontos, Amisos. I hope you like them. Payment is by Paypal, shipping is an additional $4 for First Class Parcel with tracking. Shipping will be combined on multiple orders. These coins are guaranteed authentic for life. PM me if you’re interested. Cheers and happy collecting! If you would like to know more about any of these coins, historically or numismatically, feel free to PM on that account as well. John 1. SOLD Valerian I, AD 253-260 AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, 255-6. Obv.: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AFG; Radiate bust right. Rev.: FELICITAS AVGG; Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. Reference: RIC V(a) 87 (p. 45). ________________________________________ 2. SOLD Valerian I of Alexandreia Troas AE20; Alexandreia Troas Obv.: IMP LIC VARERIANVS AV; laureate, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rev.: COL AVG; grazing horse r. // TROA Reference: SNG von Aulock 7573 var (ending of both legends) ________________________________________ 3. SOLD Maximinus II as Augustus, AD 308-313 AE Follis, 21mm, 5.12g, 12h; Antioch mint: 312. Obv. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG; Laureate head right, parallel laurel ties. Rev.: GENIO-AVGVSTI; Genius standing facing, modius on head left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, head of Sol in right hand, cornucopiae in left; star / A // ANT. Reference: RIC VI, Antioch 164b (p. 643). ________________________________________ 4. This follis of Constantius II depicts the gate of a Roman fortress. This is a beautiful example of the type with a rich green patina and traces of silvering. (The Romans “pickled” these coins in various chemical solutions to give them a silver sheen - sometimes this silvering contains no silver at all, but rather an alloy of tin, lead, and antimony.) $29 Constantius II, 317-361 AD AE3, 19mm, 3.4g, 12h; Heraclea mint: 326 Obv.: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left. Rev.: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; Camp-gate with two turrets, no doors; 6 stone layers; star above // SMH epsilon dot Reference: RIC VII Heraclea 84 ________________________________________ 5. Here’s an antoninianus of Diocletian, occurring right before the denomination was discontinued. Compare this coin to the above ant of Valerian I, and you can see that it’s completely debased. This coin is bronze through and through. A lovely, well-struck example of the type with clean surfaces and nice eye-appeal, $25. Diocletian, 284-305 AD AE Antoninianus; Cyzicus Mint: 286-293 AD. Obv.: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG; Radiate, draped bust right. Rev. CONCORDIA MILITVM; Emperor standing right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory from Jupiter, standing left, holding vertical sceptre / A // XXI. Reference: RIC 5(b) 306 (p. 253). ________________________________________ 6. SOLD Marcus Aurelius Probus, AD 276-282 Billon Tetradrachm, 20mm, 7.66g; Alexandria, AD 277-278. Obv.: A K M AVT ΠPOBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right. Rev.: Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, in left field, LB (Year 2). Reference: Milne 4522. Emmett 3979(2) R1. Curtis 1846. ________________________________________ 7. SOLD Pontic Kingdom, Amisos AE21, 6.95g, 12h; 85-65 BC. Obv.: Aegis with gorgon head at center. Rev.: Nike advancing right with palm branch; monograms in r. and l. field; AMI-ΣOY. Reference: SNG Stancomb 688. ________________________________________ 8. SOLD Amisos, Pontos, time of Mithridates VI AE 18mm; 4.6g, circa 120-63 BC. Obv.: Bust of Mithridates as Perseus right, wing at his temple. Rev.: Cornucopiae between two pilei (caps of the Dioskuri) each surmounted by a star; AMI-ΣOY. Reference: SNG Stockholm 1848; SNG Cop. 161; BMC 65; Waddington 32. ________________________________________ 9. Here’s provincial bronze from Marcianopolis, Septimius Severus. This is a large, thin coin with great details and full legends, black patina. A really nice example of a provincial coin at the very modest sum of $29. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Septimius Severus AE26, 9.1g; struck under legate Julius Faustinianus, AD 193-211. Obv.: AV Λ CEΠTI CEVHPOC; Draped, cuirassed, laureate bust right, seen from behind. Rev.: YI ΦAYCTINIANOY MARKIANOΠOΛI//TΩN; Homonoia, diademed, in long double chiton and mantle, wearing kalathos, stg. r., holding cornucopia in l. arm and in extended r. hand patera. Reference: AMNG 568.2; Varbanov 796; Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.14.36.9. Notes: TΩN, in exergue, is retrograde to the rest of the inscription. This coin is a die match to the H/J plate coin.
