Aurelian, Potin Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Milne 4362

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

Obverse: AK Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Nike, advancing to the right, holding a Wreath with her right hand and a Palm Branch with her left. L-Γ across the fields.

Weight: 7.99 g
Diameter: 20.4 x 20.2 x 3.5 mm
Die axis: 320°
Mint: Alexandria, Year 3, struck between 271 - 272 A.D.
Reference: Milne 4362

Commodus, Billon Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Milne 2691

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Commodus
Augustus, 933 - 945 A.U.C. (180 - 192 A.D.)
Coin: Billon Tetradrachm

Obverse: MA KOM ANTω - CEB EYCEB, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: ΠP-O-NOIA, Pronoia, radiate, standing to the left, her right hand raised and holding a sceptre with her left. L - Λ across the fields.

Weight: 11.49 g
Diameter: 23.8 x 22.2 x 3.2 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Alexandria, year 30, struck between 189 - 190 AD
Reference: Milne 2691

Trajan, Billon Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Milne 758

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Trajan
Augustus, 851 - 870 A.U.C. (28th January 98 – 9th August 117 A.D.)

Coin: Billon Tetradrachm

Obverse: AVT TP-IAN API-CεB ΓεPM ΔAKIK, radiate bust facing to the right. ✵ in the right field. An Aegis upon his left shoulder.
Reverse: Dikaiosyne, standing to the left, holding a set of Scales with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left. LI-Θ across the fields.

Weight: 11.61 g
Diameter: 25 x 23 x 3 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Alexandria, Year 19, 115 -116 A.D.
Reference: Milne 758

Claudius II, 2 x AE Potin Tetradrachms, Alexandria, Milne 4239 & 4244

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

Coins: Two AE Potin Tetradrachms

Obverse: AVT K KΛA-VΔIOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Nike, advancing to the right, holding a Wreath with her right hand and a Palm Branch with her left. LB (Year 2, 269 A.D.) in the left field.

Weight: 10.55 g
Diameter: 20 x 19.4 x 4.2 mm
Die axis: 320°
Mint: Alexandria, struck in 269 A.D.
Reference: Milne 4239

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Obverse: AVT K KΛA-VΔIOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Jugate busts of Nilus and Euthenia, facing to the right. 

A Cornucopia on Nilus' right shoulder. LB (Year 2, 269 A.D.) in the right field.

Weight: 11.00 g
Diameter: 20 x 20 x 4.5 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Alexandria, struck in 269 A.D.
Reference: Milne 4244

Carthaginian Coin, AE18, 250-200 BC, Scarce, Sear 6531

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Carthaginian
Coin: AE18

Obverse: Head and neck of a horse, facing to the right.
Reverse: A Palm tree with Dates.

Weight: 6.98 g
Diameter: 18 x 17.8 x 3.8 mm
Die axis: 110°
Mint: Carthage, Zeugitania, issued between 250-200 BC
Reference: Sear 6531
Rated Scarce

Constantine I, AE4, Postumous, Antioch, RIC VIII Antioch 112

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Constantine I
Coin: AE4, Postumous commemorative issue

Obverse: DV CONSTANTI-NVS P T AVGG, veiled bust facing to the right.
Reverse: VN MR (Veneranda Memoria), to either side of Constantine, standing to the right, togate and veiled.

Weight: 1.50 g
Diameter: 15.2 x 14.4 x 1.1 mm
Die axis: 170°
Mint: SMALΓ (Antioch), struck between 347-348 AD
Reference: RIC VIII Antioch 112

Drusus, AE17, Philippi, RPC 1659

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Drusus
Son of Tiberius, 740 - 776 A.U.C. 

(October 13 BC - September 23 AD)

Coin: AE17

Obverse: DRV●CAES, bare headed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Two Pontiffs plowing to the right, with two oxen , 

for the Roman colony of Colonia Augusta Iulia Philippensis at Philippi.

Weight: 4.69 g
Diameter: 17 x 17.5 x 2.5 mm
Die axis: 180°

Mint: Philippi, Macedonia, struck between 19 - 23 AD
Reference: RPC 1659

Rated Scarce

Vespasian, AE24 Diobol, Alexandria, Emmett 217

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Vespasian
Augustus, 824 - 834 A.U.C. (July 69-June 79 A.D.)

Coin: AE24 Diobol

Obverse: AVTOK KAIΣ  CEBA OVEΣΠAΣIANOV, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Crowned and draped bust of Isis, facing to the right,  

LΔ (Year 4, 71-72 AD) in the lower right field.

Weight: 8.86 g
Diameter: 24.5 x 24 x 2.5 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Alexandria
Reference: Emmett 217
Note: Holed, in antiquity, maybe for use as a Pendant.

Trajan, AE Drachm, Alexandria, Köln 689

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Trajan
Augustus, 851 - 870 A.U.C. 

(28th January 98 – 9th August 117 A.D.)
Coin: AE Drachm

Obverse: AVT TPAIAN - CEB ΓEPM ΔAKIK, 

laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Ares standing, half to the right, holding a parazonium with his right hand and a spear with his left, Athena, standing half to the left, resting her right hand upon a shield to her right and holding a spear with her left. 

Weight: 20.94 g
Diameter: 34 x 33 x 3 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Alexandria
Reference: Köln 689

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Germanicus, AE28 Dupondius, Rome, B.M.C. 94

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Germanicus (Nero Claudius Drusus)
Cæsar, 757 - 772 A.U.C. (4 – 19 AD)
AE28 Dupondius, commemorating the recovery, by Germanicus, of the Legionary Eagles (Aquilæ) lost in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D.

Obverse: GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, in a Quadriga, 

going to the right, holding the reigns and a sceptre.
Reverse: SIGNIS RECEP DEVICTIS GERM, Germanicus, cuirassed, advancing to the left, saluting with his right hand and holding an Aquila with his left. 

S-C across the fields.

Weight: 13.06 g
Diameter: 28.5 x 29 x 2 mm
Die axis: 200°
Mint: Rome, attributed to the reign of his son, emperor Caligula, 37 - 40 AD
References: B.M.C. 94, R.I.C. 57

Note: A metal detecting find, by Mr. Murray Jemison, near Chinon, France in 2010.

Postumus, AR Antoninianus, Cologne, R.I.C. II 315

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Postumus
First Gallic emperor, 1013 - 1022 A.U.C. (260 - 269 A.D.)

AR Antoninianus

IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
MONETA AVG, Moneta, standing to the left, holding a set of scales with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left.

3.33 g
21.5 x 22.5 x 1.1 mm
210°
Cologne, struck in 266 AD
R.I.C. II 315

Trajan Decius, AE29 Sestertius, Viminacium, Moushmov 44, Rare R2

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Trajan Decius
Augustus, 1002 - 1004 A.U.C. (249-251 A.D.)
AE29 Sestertius

IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust facing to the right.
PMS COL VIM, personification of Moesia, standing between a bull, to the left, and a lion, to the right. AN XI in exergue.

Weight: 12.24 g
Diameter: 27.5 x 30.2 x 2.5 mm
Die axis: 30°
Mint: Viminacium, Moesia Superior
References: Varbanov 164, Moushmov 44
Comment: The Bull & Lion were the emblems of
Legio VII Claudia which was stationed at Viminacium.
Rated Rare R2

Nero & Poppaea, Billon Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Köln 168

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Nero & Poppaea
Augustus and Augusta, 815 - 818 A.U.C. (62 - 65 A.D.)
Billon Tetradrachm

NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, radiate bust of Nero, facing to the right.
ΠΩΠΠAIA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Peppaea, facing to the right. LIA in the right field.

12.61 g
23 x 22 x 3.8 mm
330°
Alexandria, year 11 (64-65 AD)
Köln 168

Claudius, AE Diobol, Alexandria, Milne 114, LI (Year 10)

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Claudius
Augustus, 794 - 807 A.U.C. (41 – 54 A.D.)
AE Diobol

TIB KΛAV KAI - CEBAC ΓEPMA, laureate bust facing to the right. LI in the right field.
AYTO-KPA, four stalks of wheat, tied together with a winged Caduceus between.

7.97 g
24 x 24.5 x 2.2 mm
200°
Alexandria, struck between 49 - 50 AD
Milne 114

Cæsar Nero, AE19, Side, Pamphylia, B.M.C. 19, R.P.C. 3401

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Nero
As Cæsar, 804 - 807 A.U.C. (51 - 54 A.D.)
 

AE19

NEPωN KAICAP, laureate and draped bust facing to the right.
CIΔ-HT, Athena, advancing to the left, holding a spear over her right shoulder, and a shield,
a Serpent rises, to the left, in the lower left field, a Pomegranate in the upper left field.

4.18 g
19 x 16.5 x 1.9 mm
40°
Side, Pamphylia, issued between 51-54 AD
B.M.C. 19, R.P.C. 3401

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Septimius Severus, AE20, Edessa (Urfa), B.M.C.G.16

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Septimius Severus
Augustus, 946 - 964 A.U.C. (193-211 A.D.)

 
AE20

O..Λ CEVHPOC, laureate bust facing to the right.
CIΛEV-ABΓA-POC BA, draped bust of Abgar VIII, facing to the right, wearing a Parthian crown, with ✵, ✵ above ◡ and ✵ on it and holding a sceptre before him.

5.78 g
20.5 x 20 x 1.6 mm
30°
Edessa (Urfa), Mesopotamia, 197 - 211 AD
B.M.C.G.16

Severus Alexander, AE26, Deultum, B.M.C. 11

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

AE26

IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust facing to the right, seen from behind.
COL-FL PA-C DEV-LT, eagle of Jove, standing facing upon a garlanded altar, head turned to the left, holding a wreath in its beak, between two Vexillæ. Four ✳ with a ○ in the centre, on each banner. Four Phalleræ on each staff.

9.06 g
26 x 26 x 2.1 mm
40°
Deultum, Thracia
B.M.C. 11