Wednesday 30 January 2013

Constantius II, AE3

Constantius II
AE3

D N...TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
...TEMP..., legionary spearing a fallen horseman.

2.07 gm
17 x 17 x 1.2 mm
180°

A metal detecting find Suffolk.


Monday 28 January 2013

Licinius I, AE Follis, RIC VI Thessalonica 59

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Licinius I
As Augustus of the west, 308 - 313 A D
AE Follis

IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jove, standing half-left, holding Victoria upon the globe with his right hand, a sceptre with his left and a Chlamys draped across his left shoulder. Eagle with a wreath held in its beak to the left.

2.16 grams
21 x 23 x 0.9 mm
0 degrees

TS●Δ● (Thessalonica), struck in 313 A D
RIC VI Thessalonica 59


Sunday 27 January 2013

Olbia, AE31, SNGBMC 360

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Olbia
Coin: AE31

A leaping dolphin with a dorsal spine.

Weight: 2.16 grams
Dimensions: 31.5 x 8.5 x 2 mm

Mint: Olbia issued from around 400 - 300 B C
Reference: SNGBMC 360

Friday 25 January 2013

Gordian III, AE30 Pentassarion, Dionysopolis, Varbanov 565, Rare R3

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Gordian III
Augustus, 238 - 244 A.D.

Coin: AE30 Pentassarion

Obverse: M ANTωNINOC ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ - AVT KM,
Laureate and draped bust of Gordian III, to the left,
facing the draped bust of Zeus-Serapis, to the right.  
Reverse: ΔIONYCOΠ-OΛITΩN, Homonia, wearing a Kalathos upon her head, standing to the left, holding out a patera with her right hand and holding a Cornucopia with her left. E in the right field.

Weight: 15.15 grams
Diametre: 28 x 28 x 3 mm
Die axis: 20 degrees

Mint: Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior.
References: Varbanov 565, Moushmov 124
Rated Rare R3

Tuesday 8 January 2013

Gallic empire, Postumus, AE Double Sestertius, Trier, Victory, Senatus Consulto, Bastien 92

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Postumus
First emperor of the Gallic empire, 260 - 269 A D

AE Double Sestertius

Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS PIVS F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: VICTORIA AVG, Victoria, advancing to the left, holding a wreath with her right hand and a palm branch with her left. A bound captive seated to the left. S C in exergue.

Weight: 8.08 grams
Dimensions: 27 x 28 x 2.2 mm
Die axis: 200 degrees

Mint: Trier
Reference: Bastien 92
Rated Rare

A metal detecting find from Essex, found circa 2000 - 2012

Monday 7 January 2013

Commodus, AE As, Rome, Hercules, RIC III 644

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Commodus
As sole Augustus 177 - 192 A D

AE Assarius

L AEL AVREL CO-MM AVG P FEL, Bust of Commodus, wearing a lion's skin, in the guise of Hercules, facing to the right.
HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV S-C, in four lines between an upright club, all within a wreath.

9.86 grams
23 x 23.5 x 2.5 mm
170 degrees

Rome, struck in 192 A D
RIC III 644