Roman coin, Constantius II, AR Siliqua, Lyon, RIC VIII 216

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Constantius II
As sole Augustus, 350-361 A.D.

Coin: AR Siliqua

Obverse: D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, 

pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX, within a wreath. 
Weight: 1.41 g
Diameter: 15 x 14.8 x 1 mm
Die axis: 220°
Mintmark: LVG (Lyon), struck between 360-361 A.D.
Reference: RIC VIII 216

Roman coin, Diocletian, AE Post Reform Radiate Fraction, R.I.C. VI Heraclea 13-21

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Diocletian
As Augustus of the east, 1039 - 1058 A.U.C. (286 – 305 A.D.)

Coin: AE Post Reform Radiate Fraction
Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, 

radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: CONCORD-IA MILI-TVM, Diocletian, standing at left, holding a Parazonium with his left hand, receiving Victoria upon the globe from Jove, standing at the right, who holds a spear with his left hand. HΓ in the centre.
Weight: 3.13 g
Diameter: 20.2 x 19.5 x 1.2 mm
Die axis: 170°
Mintmark: HΓ (Heraclea), struck between 295 - 296 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. VI Heraclea 13-21

Byzantine, Justin I, AE30, Constantinople, SB 62

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Justin I
Augustus, 518 - 527 A.D.

Coin: AE30 (post reform follis)

Obverse: D N IVSTI-NVS  P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Large M between two ✷, ✝ above, officina ε below.
Weight: 14.50 g
Diameter: 30.2 x 30 x 2.8 mm
Die axis: 190°
Mintmark: CON (Constantinople)
Reference: SB 62

Rare, Skepsis, AE15, BMC 17.812; 14-15

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Coin: AE 15

Obverse: Forepart of Pegasus, 

in the form of a "horse-headed bird", to the right
Reverse: A Fir tree, Σ - K across the fields, all within a Square.
Weight: 3.48 g
Diameter: 14.2 x 14.2 x 2 mm
Die axis: 45°
Mint: Skepsis, Mount Ida, Troas,  Mysia, circa 400 -306 B.C.
Reference: SG 4134, BMC 17.812; 14-15
Rare variation
Note: The citizens of Skepsis were transported to Antigoneia (formerly Sigeia, laterly Alexandria Troas*) at the end of the 4th century (306 B.C.) by orders of king Antigonus, 

and invited back by king Lysimachus (circa 294 B.C.). 

Sigeia was renamed after Alexander the Great, by Lysimachus.

L. Julius Bursio, AR Denarius, Rome, Crawford 352/1a

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L. Julius Bursio
As Moneyer, 668 A.U.C. (85 B.C.)

Coin: AR Denarius

Obverse: Laureate, winged, and draped bust of Apollo Vejovis facing to the right. 

A Trident over his left shoulder, a control mark of a Tortoise in the left field.
Reverse: Victoria, steering a Quadriga, to the right, with her left hand 

and holding a Wreath with her right.  L IVLI BVRSIO in exergue.
Weight: 3.83 g
Diameter: 19.6 x 18.7 x 1.8 mm
Die axis: 190°
Mint: Rome
Reference: Crawford 352/1a

Lucilla, AE Sestertius, Rome, RIC III 1750, Scarce

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Lucilla
Augusta, 917 - 922 A.U.C. (164 - 169 A.D.)

Coin: AE Sestertius
Obverse: LVCILLA AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust facing to the right.
Reverse: IVNO REGINA, Juno, standing to the left, holding a Patera with her right hand and a Sceptre with her left. A  Peacock, to the left. S - C across the  fields.
Weight: 23.87 g
Diameter: 30 x 29.3 x 4.7 mm
Die axis: 160°
Mint: Rome, struck between 164 - 169 A.D.
Reference: RIC III 1750
Rated Scarce
Note: A metal detecting find, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England in April 2013

Severus Alexander, AE24, Caesarea, Syd 557, Rare

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Severus Alexander

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

Coin: AE24
Obverse: AVK CEOVH AΛEΞANΔ, 

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right. Seen from behind.
Reverse: METPOΠ - KAICAPI, Agalma of Mt. Argaeus, a wreath on top, upon a garlanded altar. ETΔ in exergue.
Weight: 12.43 g
Diameter: 26.5 x 25.5 x 2.2 mm
Die axis: 320°
Mint: Caesarea, Cappadocia, 225 A.D.
Reference: Syd 557
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Numerian, AE Antoninianus, Antioch, RIC II 466

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Numerian
As Augustus, 1037 - 1038 A.U.C. (283 – 284 A.D.)

Coin: AE Antoninianus
Obverse: IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS P F AVG, 

radiate and draped bust facing to the right. Seen from behind.
Reverse: VIRTVS AVGG, Numerian, standing at left, holding a sceptre with his left hand, being handed Victoria upon the Globe by his father, Carus, togate, standing at right and holding a spear with his left hand. B in the lower centre, XXI in exergue.
Weight: 4.09 g
Diameter: 19.8 x 19.6 x 1.3 mm
Die axis: 320°
Mint: Antioch, struck in 284 A.D.
Reference: RIC II 466

Valentinian II, AE2, Siscia, ✵ASISC, RIC IX 26b Siscia

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Valentinian II
As co-Augustus of the West, 

22nd November 375 – 15th May 392 A.D.

Coin: AE2
Obverse: D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG, 

pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: REPARATIO - REIPVB, Valentinian, standing, looking to the personification of the Roman Republic, raising her with his right hand and holding Victoria upon the Globe with his left.

Weight: 5.29 g
Diameter: 21.5 x 21.7 x 1.3 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mintmark: ✵ASISC (Siscia), struck between 378-383 A.D.
Reference: RIC IX 26b Siscia

Gordian III, AE27, Edessa, Mesopotamia, BMC 128-130, Babelon 86, Rare

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Gordian III
As Augustus, 991 - 997 A.U.C. (238-244 A.D.)

Coin: AE27
Obverse: AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB, 

radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: MHT KOΛ EΔECCHNΩN, Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche, facing to the left, looking at a statue of Aquarius upon a pedestal.
Weight: 17.06 g
Diameter: 27.5 x 27 x 3 mm
Die axis: 330°
Mint: Edessa, Mesopotamia
Reference: BMC 128-130, Babelon 86

Ptolemy III Euergetes, AE15, Berytus, 222 BC, Svoronos 839

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Ptolemy III Euergetes
Basileus, 246 - 222 B.C.

Coin: AE15
Obverse: Bust of Zeus-Ammon, facing to the right.
Reverse: ΠTOΛEMAIOY - BAΣIΛEΩΣ, 

Eagle of Zeus, standing to the left upon a thunderbolt. A Trident in the left field.
Weight: 2.16 g
Diameter: 15 x 14.8 x 1.3 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Berytus, 241-222 B.C.
Reference: Svoronos 839

Galeria Valeria, AE Follis, Thessalonica, Venus, RIC VI Thessalonica 33

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Galeria Valeria
Augusta, 1061 - 1063 A.U.C. (308-311 A.D.)

Coin: AE Follis
Obverse: GAL VALE-RIA AVG, laureate, draped bust facing to the right, wearing a necklace. 

Seen from the front.
Reverse: VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus, standing to the left, holding an Apple and lifting her robe.
✳ - A across the fields.
Weight: 6.43 g
Diameter: 25 x 22.6 x 1 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mintmark: ●SM●TS● (Thessalonica), struck between 308-310 A.D.
Reference: RIC VI Thessalonica 33

Volusian, AE29, Antioch, Tyche, B.M.C. 665, Rare

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Volusian
Co-Augustus, 1004 - 1006 A.U.C. (251-253 A.D.)

Coin: AE29

Obverse: AVTOK K Γ AΦIN ΓAΛ OVENΔ OVOΛOCCIANOC CEB, radiate and draped bust facing to the right. Seen from behind.
Reverse: ANTIOXEΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN, A Tetrastyle Temple containing the city Tyche, enthroned and the Orontes swimming to the left beneath her. Above the Temple, a shrine with Aries running to the right, above it and looking back.  Δ -E across the fields, S C in exergue.
Weight: 21.65 g
Diameter: 29 x 29 x 3.8 mm
Die axis: 150°
Mint: Antioch, Seleucis & Pieria, Syria, 251-253 A.D.
Reference: B.M.C. 665
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Hadrian, AE As, Holed, Cohen 1142 variation

Hadrian
Augustus, 870 - 891 A.U.C. (117 - 138 A.D.)
 

Coin: AE Assarius
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust facing to the right, his left shoulder draped.
Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Pax, standing to the left, holding a laurel branch with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left.  

S - C across the fields.

Weight: 6.68 g
Diameter: 26.5 x 24.6 x 1.3 mm
Die axis: 210°
Mint: Rome, struck between 121-122 A.D.
Reference: Cohen 1142 variation
Note: Holed in antiquity, likely for use as a Pendant.

Caesar Maximinus II, AE Follis, Serdica, Unlisted

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Maximinus II
As Cæsar of the east, 1058 - 1061 A.U.C. (305-308 A.D.)
 

Coin: AE Follis
Ob: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, 

laureate bust facing to the right.
Rv: GENIO CA-ESARIS, Genius, standing to the left, a modius upon his head, a Chlamys draped over his left shoulder, pouring Libations from a Patera with his right hand and holding a Cornucopia with his left. Δ in the right field.

Weight: 6.64 g
Diameter: 25.6 x 26.5 x 1.9 mm
Die axis: 190°
Mintmark: ●SM●SD● (Serdica)
Reference: RIC VI Serdica 37 Unlisted
Rated Scarce

Macrinus, AE29, Laodicea ad Mare, Syria, B.M.C. 20. 261, 97

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Macrinus
Augustus, 970-971 A.U.C. (217 – 218 A.D.)
 

Coin: AE29

IMP C M OP S-EVE MACRINO-S AVG,

 laureate bust facing to the right.
ROMAE FEL, the She-wolf, standing to the right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus.

Weight: 12.17 g
Diameter: 29 x 28 x 2.5 mm
Die axis: 340°
Mint: Laodicea ad Mare, Syria
Reference: B.M.C. 20. 261, 97
Rated Rare