Hadrian, AE Diobol, Alexandria, B.M.C. 682, S.N.G. Cop. 344

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Hadrian
Augustus, 870 - 891 A.U.C. (11th August 117 - 10th July 138 A.D.)

Coin: AE Diobol

Obverse: AVT KAI - TPA AΔΡΙΑ CEB, laurate bust facing to the right.
     Reverse: L ∆O∆EK, Demeter, standing half to the left, 

holding corn ears with her right hand and a long torch with her left.

Weight: 8.49 g
Diameter: 25 x 24 x 2.7 mm
Die axis: 330°

Mint: Alexandria, struck between AD
Reference: B.M.C. 682, S.N.G. Cop. 344
Note: L ∆O∆EK = Regnal Year 12 = 129-130 AD

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Valerian II, AR Antoninianus, Lyon, R.I.C. 9

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Valerian II
Cæsar, 1010 - 1011 A.U.C. (257-258 A.D.)

Coin: AR Antoninianus

Obverse: ...VALERIANO C..., radiate & draped bust right
Reverse: ...ONSACRAT..., Eagle of Jove, to the right, flying upwards to heaven, bearing Valerian II, who salutes with his right hand and holds a palm branch with his left.

Weight: 1.98 g
Diameter: 17.5 x 18 x 1.5 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Lyon, Posthumous issue
Reference: R.I.C. 9

Alexander Jannaeus, AE15 Prutah, Jerusalem, Meshorer 17

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Alexander Jannaeus
Hasmonean King of Judea, 103 - 76 B.C.E

Coin: AE15 Prutah

Obverse: A Pomegranate between a Double Cornucopia, two ears of Barley above.
Reverse: In archaic Hebrew "Yehonatan, the High, Priest, of the Jews", 

in four lines, surrounded by a wreath.

Weight: 2.24 g
Diameter: 15.5 x 15 x 1.5 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Jerusalem, issued between 103 - 76 B.C.
Reference: Meshorer 17

Tacitus, AE Antoninianus, Lyon, R.I.C. 65

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Tacitus
Augustus, 1028 - 1029 A.U.C. (275 – June 276 A.D.)

Coin: AE Antoninianus

Obverse: IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing to the left, holding a long Caduceus with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left. Δ - A across the fields.

Weight: 3.38 g
Diameter: 21 x 23.5 x 1.2 mm
Die axis: 240°
Mint: Lyon, fifth emission, struck in April 276 AD
Reference: R.I.C. 65

Severus Alexander, AE25, Marcianopolis, Varbanov 1872

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Severus Alexander
Augustus, 975 - 988 A.U.C. (222- 235 A.D.)

Coin: AE25

Obverse: AVT K M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔPOC IOVΛIA MAICA, Laureate, draped bust of Severus Alexander, facing right, confronting the draped bust of Julia Maesa facing left.
Reverse: VΠ TIB IOVΛ ΦHCTOV MARKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Homonia,  standing to the left, holding a Patera with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left.

Weight: 9.65 g
Diameter: 25 x 26 x 2 mm
Die axis: 10°
Mint: Marcianopolis, struck under the Magistrate Julius Festus.
Reference: Varbanov 1872 

Constantine I, AE Follis, Silvered, Thessalonica, R.I.C. VII Thessalonica 75

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Constantine I
Augustus of the west, 29th October 312 – 19th September 324 A.D.

Coin: AE Follis, silvered.

Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing to the left.
Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT, Two bound captives, seated to either side of a Vexillum with 

VOT XX on the banner. S - F across the fields.

Weight: 2.80 g
Diameter: 19.5 x 19.1. x 2 mm
Die axis: 180°
Mintmark: ●TS●Γ● (Thessalonica), struck in 320 AD
Reference: R.I.C. VII Thessalonica 75
Note: Original, intact Silvering

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Faustina the Younger, AE22, Pautalia, Ruzicka 139

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Faustina the Younger (II)
Augusta, 914 - 928 A.U.C. (161 – 175 A.D.)

Coin: AE22

Obverse: FAVCTEINA - CEBACTH, draped bust facing to the right, her hair knotted behind her head.
Reverse: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Tyche, standing to the left, a Kalathos upon her head, holding a rudder with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left.

Weight: 6.60g
Diameter: 22 x 21.5 x 2 mm
Die axis: 210°
Mint: Pautalia, struck between 147-153 AD
Reference: Ruzicka 139

Procopius, AE3, Cyzicus, R.I.C. IX Cyzicus 7

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Procopius
Usurper, controlled Thrace and Bithynia from 28th September 365 - 27th  May 366 A.D.
 

Coin: AE3

Obverse: D N PROCO-PIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the left.
Reverse: REPARTI-O FEL TEMP, Procopius, standing facing, his head turned to the right, holding the labarum with his right hand and resting his left hand upon a shield. ☧ in the upper right field.

Weight: 1.68 g
Diameter: 18 x 17 x 0.7 mm
Die axis: 330°


Mint: SMKA (Cyzicus), struck in 366 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. IX Cyzicus 7

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Aurelian, AE Antoninianus, Siscia, R.I.C. 251

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Aurelian
Augustus, 1023 - 1028 A.U.C. (270 – 275 A.D.)

Coin: AE Antoninianus

Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: ORIENS AVG, Sol, advancing to the left, raising his right hand in salutation, holding the globe with his left, trampling a bound Palmyran to the left, another bound Palmyran to the right looks back to Sol. A ✶ in the left field.
S in exergue.

Weight: 3.18 g 

Diameter: 22 x 21.2 x 1.1 mm
Die axis: 190°

Mint: Siscia
Reference: R.I.C. 251

Umayyad, AE Fals, Anonymous Mint, Pomegranate, Berman #70

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Umayyad Caliphate
41 - 130 A.H. (661–750 A.D.)

Coin: AE Fals

Obverse: لا الهَ اِلَّا اللّهُ وَحْدَهُ in three lines. 

What seems to be an old collection inventory number, 

١ (1) and ١٦٤ (164) in yellow paint, in Arabic, upon it.

Reverse: محمّد رسول الله around a Pomegranate.

Weight: 4.27 g
Diameter: 16.5 x 17 x 2.2 mm
Die axis: 240°
Mint: Anonymous, circa 698 - 750 AD
Reference: "Islamic Coins", Berman, 1976, No. 70

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Claudius II, AE Antoninianus, Cyzicus, R.I.C. 252

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Claudius II
Augustus, 1021 - 1023 A.U.C. (268 – January 270 A.D.)

Coin: AE Antoninianus, commemorating Claudius' victory over the Goths at Nassius in Moesia, which earned him the cognomen "Gothicus".

Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: VICTORIAE GOTHIC, two bound Gothic captives, beneath a trophy.

Weight: 4.96 g
Diameter: 20.5 x 22 x 2 mm
Die axis: 320°
Mint: Cyzicus
Reference: R.I.C. 252

Severina, AE Billon Antoninianus, Siscia, R.I.C. IV 13

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Severina
Augusta, 1027 - 1028 A.U.C. (274 - 275 A.D.)
 

Coin: AE Billon Antoninianus

Obverse: SEVERINAE AVG, diademed and draped bust facing to the right upon a Crescent.
Reverse: CONCO-RDIAE MILITVM, Concordia, standing half to the left, holding a Vexillum in each hand. III in the right field. XXI in exergue.

Weight: 4.68 g
Diameter: 22.4 x 22 x 1.3 mm
Die axis: 190°

Mint: Siscia
Reference: R.I.C. IV 13

Volusian, AR Antoninianus, Rome, R.I.C. IV 184

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Volusian
Co-Augustus, 1004 - 1006 (251-253 A.D.)
AR Antoninianus

Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLUSIANO AVG, 

radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: SALVS AVGG, Salus, standing to the right, holding a snake with her right hand and feeding it from a Patera with her left.

Weight: 2.66 g
Diameter: 20.5 x 21 x 1 mm
Die axis: 210°

Mint: Rome
Reference: R.I.C. IV 184

Lot of 34 AE Ancient coins, Low Grade

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Lot of 34 ancient coins, Low Grade

Consists of:

A Fourree Denarius, Gallienus Unofficial Issue, Gallienus Unofficial Issue, Gallienus Unofficial Issue, Tetricus I Unofficial Issue, Tetricus I, Claudius II Unofficial Issue, Claudius II, Claudius II Unofficial Issue, Claudius II Unofficial Issue and Claudius II AE Antoniniani.

Constantine I AE4, Crispus AE3, Constantine II AE3, Constantinian AE4, Constantinian AE4, Constantinian AE4, Constans AE4, Constans AE4, Constantinian AE3, Constantinian Unofficial AE4, Constans AE4 and Constantinian AE4.

Constantinian AE4, Constantinian Unofficial AE4, Constans Unofficial AE4, Theodora AE4, Theodora AE4, Theodora AE4, Magnentius Unofficial AE3, Valens Unofficial AE4 and Gratian AE3

2 x Byzantine anonymous folles, reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII.

Amastris, AE21, Paphlagonia, SNGCop 246

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Amastris, Paphlagonia
AE21

Ob: Bust of a Gorgon, facing half to the right, within an Aegis.
Rv: Nike, advancing to the right, carrying palm branch with her left hand and a wreath with her right. AMAΣ-TPEON across the fields.

Weight: 7.72 g
Diameter: 22.5 x 23 x 2 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Amastris, issued  between 120-63 B.C.
Reference: SNGCop 246

Numerian, AE Antoninianus, Ticinum, R.I.C. II 361

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Numerian
As Cæsar, 1036 - 1037 A.U.C. (282 – 283 A.D.)
AE Antoninianus.

M AVR NVMERIANVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
PRINCIPI IVVENTVT, Numerian, standing to the left, holding a baton with his right hand and a sceptre, transverse, with his left.

 KAΔ (21 parts Bronze to 4 parts Silver) in exergue.

3.84 g
21.5 x 21 x 1.2 mm
10°

Ticinum, 283 A.D.
R.I.C. II 361

Alexander Jannaeus, AE15 Prutah, Hendin 475, Meshorer 17

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Alexander Jannaeus
Hasmonean King of Judea, 103 - 76 BC

AE15 Prutah

Obverse: A Pomegranate between a Double Cornucopia, two ears of Barley above.
Reverse: In Archaic Hebrew "Yehonatan, the High, Priest, of the Jews", in four lines, 

surrounded by a wreath.

Weight: 2.24 g
Diameter: 15.5 x 15 x 1.5 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Jerusalem, issued between 103 - 76 B.C.
References: Hendin 475, Meshorer 17

Julian II, AE4, Thessalonica, R.I.C. VIII Thessalonica 210

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Julian II
As Cæsar, November 355 – February 360 A.D.

AE4

D N CL IVLIANVS NOB CAES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right. 

Seen from the front.
FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, legionary spearing a fallen horseman who is bare-headed and reaches  back. M in the upper left field.

2.04 g
16.5 x 15 x 1.2 mm
320°

SMTSε (Thessalonica), struck between 355 - 360 AD
R.I.C. VIII Thessalonica 210

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Massalia, Three AE Hemiobols, D.L.T. 1673

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Massalia
Issued between 121 - 49 B.C.
Three AE Hemiobols

1)
Obverse: Bust of Apollo, facing to the right.
Reverse: Sacrificial Bull, stumbling to the right. MAΣΣA above.

Weight: 2.25 g
Diameter: 15 x 14.5 x 1.7 mm
Die axis: 300°

Dark green, natural patina

2)
Obverse: Bust of Apollo, facing to the right.
Reverse: Sacrificial Bull, stumbling to the right. MAΣ below.

Weight: 1.86 g
Diameter: 14 x 15 x 1.8 mm
Die axis: 120°

Dark grey, natural patina.

3)
Obverse: Bust of Apollo, facing to the right.
Reverse: Sacrificial Bull, stumbling to the right. ..AΣΣA above.

Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 11 x 11.8 x 1.2 mm
Die axis: 230°

Dark grey, natural patina.

Reference: D.L.T. 1673

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Constantine I, AE Follis, MARTI CONSERVATORI, Mars, RIC VI 884

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Constantine I
As Augustus of the west, 1065 - 1077 A.U.C. (29th October 312 – 19th September 324 A D)

Coin: AE Follis

Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: MARTI CONSERVATORI, Mars, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing to the right.

Weight: 5.13 gm
Diameter: 22.5 x 24 x 1 mm
Die axis: 180°

Mint: Trier, issued between 310 - 313 A D
Reference: RIC VI 884

Byzantine, Constantine X, AV Histamenon, SB 1847

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Constantine X
Basileus, 1059 - 1067 A D
AV Histamenon

✙Iᖹς Xς REX REGNANTInm, Christ, seated facing on throne with upright arms, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium ans colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and in his left hand holding the book of gospels; double border.
✙KᗯN RAς, Λ, O ΔOVKAς, Constantine, bearded, standing facing on footstool, wearing crown, saccos ans loros, holding the labarum with his right hand and a globus cruciger with hs left; double border.

Weight: 4.26 gm
Diametre: 26 x 23 x 1 mm
Die axis: 150°

Mint: Constantinople
References: B.M.C. 1-3, SB 1847

Purchased from Artession in February 2007