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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7332357, member: 110350"]I have no Trebonianus Gallus with Providentia, I'm afraid. But these two coins show Providentia with globe and cornucopia. Neither globe appears to have anything inscribed on it. The second one is shaped more like a pineapple than a globe:</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius, 161-62 AD; Obv: Bare head right, IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG / Rev. Providentia stdg. left holding globe & cornucopiae, PROV DEOR TR P XVI COS III. RIC III 50, RSC II 519. 17 mm., 3.3 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280696[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Verus AR Denarius 161-162 AD. Obv. Bare head right, IMP L AUREL VERVS AVG/ Rev. Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopiae, PROV DEOR TR P II COS II. RIC III 482, RSC II 155. 16 mm., 3.59 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280697[/ATTACH]</p><p>But, although the presence of the globe with Providentia is supposed to be <i>de rigueur</i>, it's missing from these two later coins. Does anyone have any idea why the globe disappeared?</p><p><br /></p><p>Numerian, AE Antoninianus, Feb/Mar 283 [promotion to Augustus] - Nov. 284 [death of Numerian], Ticinum Mint [now Pavia, Italy] (6th Officina). Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, IMP NVMERIANVS P F AVG / Rev. Providentia standing facing, head left, holding corn ears with right hand over modius at feet left, and holding cornucopiae in right arm, PROVIDENT AVGG; in exergue, VIXXI [6th Officina, 20/1 copper/silver ratio of alloy]. RIC V-2 447, Sear RCV III 12253, Cohen 83, Pink [Karl Pink 1949] p. 29, Series 4. 22.6 mm., 4.15 g. <i>Ex. Pegasi Numismatics, Auction 41, Dec. 11, 2019, Lot 627. Formerly in NGC slab, Cert. No. 5768552-009, Graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface 4/5.) </i>[<i>For dating, see </i><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Carus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Carus" rel="nofollow"><i>http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Carus</i></a><i>.</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280698[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian, billon abdication Follis, 305-307 AD, Trier Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right in imperial mantle (trabea), holding olive branch and mappa, D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG / Rev. Providentia standing right, holding [scroll or short scepter?] and drapery with left hand and extending right hand to Quies standing left, holding branch downward with right hand and leaning on scepter with left hand, S - F across fields, PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG; PTR in exergue. 27x28 mm., 9.6 gm. RIC VI Trier 673a (p. 208), Sear RCV IV 12927. [<i>Die match to example sold by Numismatik Naumann in 2015; see </i><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2337893" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2337893" rel="nofollow"><i>https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2337893</i></a>.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Unhappily, my one and only Treb Gallus depicts Felicitas:</p><p><br /></p><p>Trebonianus Gallus, AR Antoninianus. 251-253 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG/ Rev. Felicitas standing left, leaning against column, holding short caduceus and transverse scepter, FELICITAS PVBLICA. RIC IV-3 34a, RSC IV 41. Scarce. 22mm, 3.46g. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280700[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7332357, member: 110350"]I have no Trebonianus Gallus with Providentia, I'm afraid. But these two coins show Providentia with globe and cornucopia. Neither globe appears to have anything inscribed on it. The second one is shaped more like a pineapple than a globe: Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius, 161-62 AD; Obv: Bare head right, IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG / Rev. Providentia stdg. left holding globe & cornucopiae, PROV DEOR TR P XVI COS III. RIC III 50, RSC II 519. 17 mm., 3.3 g. [ATTACH=full]1280696[/ATTACH] Lucius Verus AR Denarius 161-162 AD. Obv. Bare head right, IMP L AUREL VERVS AVG/ Rev. Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopiae, PROV DEOR TR P II COS II. RIC III 482, RSC II 155. 16 mm., 3.59 g. [ATTACH=full]1280697[/ATTACH] But, although the presence of the globe with Providentia is supposed to be [I]de rigueur[/I], it's missing from these two later coins. Does anyone have any idea why the globe disappeared? Numerian, AE Antoninianus, Feb/Mar 283 [promotion to Augustus] - Nov. 284 [death of Numerian], Ticinum Mint [now Pavia, Italy] (6th Officina). Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, IMP NVMERIANVS P F AVG / Rev. Providentia standing facing, head left, holding corn ears with right hand over modius at feet left, and holding cornucopiae in right arm, PROVIDENT AVGG; in exergue, VIXXI [6th Officina, 20/1 copper/silver ratio of alloy]. RIC V-2 447, Sear RCV III 12253, Cohen 83, Pink [Karl Pink 1949] p. 29, Series 4. 22.6 mm., 4.15 g. [I]Ex. Pegasi Numismatics, Auction 41, Dec. 11, 2019, Lot 627. Formerly in NGC slab, Cert. No. 5768552-009, Graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface 4/5.) [/I][[I]For dating, see [/I][URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Carus'][I]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Carus[/I][/URL][I].[/I]] [ATTACH=full]1280698[/ATTACH] Diocletian, billon abdication Follis, 305-307 AD, Trier Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right in imperial mantle (trabea), holding olive branch and mappa, D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG / Rev. Providentia standing right, holding [scroll or short scepter?] and drapery with left hand and extending right hand to Quies standing left, holding branch downward with right hand and leaning on scepter with left hand, S - F across fields, PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG; PTR in exergue. 27x28 mm., 9.6 gm. RIC VI Trier 673a (p. 208), Sear RCV IV 12927. [[I]Die match to example sold by Numismatik Naumann in 2015; see [/I][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2337893'][I]https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=2337893[/I][/URL].] [ATTACH=full]1280699[/ATTACH] Unhappily, my one and only Treb Gallus depicts Felicitas: Trebonianus Gallus, AR Antoninianus. 251-253 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG/ Rev. Felicitas standing left, leaning against column, holding short caduceus and transverse scepter, FELICITAS PVBLICA. RIC IV-3 34a, RSC IV 41. Scarce. 22mm, 3.46g. [ATTACH=full]1280700[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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