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Gordian III Sestertius, Sol, 240 AD
Ruler: Gordian III
Province: Rome
Date: 240 AD
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III facing right
Reverse: AETERNITATI AUG SC, Sol standing front, facing left, raising hand and holding globe
Size: 31mm, 21.5g
Grade: aVF
Reference(s): RIC 297a; Sear 8702; Cohen 43
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Hadrian Sestertius: Ceres Reverse
Ruler: Hadrian.
Date: 122-125 AD.
Denomination: Sestertius.
Composition: Orichalcum.
Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian Right slight drapery on left shoulder; thunderbolt on shoulder strap and gorgoneion on breastplace. Legend reads: MP CAESAR TRAIAN HA-DRIANVS AVG.
Reverse: Legend reads: P M TR P COS III S C across field. Ceres veiled standing left
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Hadrian, 117-138 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE27, SC, Published in RPC, McAlee Plate Coin
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Date: 117-138 AD
Denomination: AE27
Composition: Leaded Bronze
Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC Θ ΤΡ Π ΥΙ Θ ΝΕΡ ΥΙω ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEBAC, Laurate bust of Hadrian right, draped and cuirassed, seen from front
Reverse: S·C, Numeral letter AB below, within laurel wreath of eight bunches of leaves, terminating in a circle
Size: 27.18mm, 14.4g, 1h
Grade: VF, dark green patina
Provenance: McAlee Plate Coin; published in RPC; ex Richard McAlee Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 246 (15 December 2010), Lot 286.
Reference(s): McAlee 536a = RPC III 3692/8 (this coin); Butcher 230; Hunter 3, 190; Waage 432; BMC Galatia -; for type, cf. SGICV 1238
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Hadrian, Sestertius, 125-128 A.D.
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Rome
Date: 125-128 A.D.
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: Laureate Bust of Hadrian facing right.
Reverse: COSIII SC, Roma seated facing left holding a cornucopia and victory
Grade: Choice EF
Reference(s): RIC II 636, BMC III 1295
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Julia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD, AE Sestertius, Juno, struck 211-217 AD, Banti Plate Coin
Ruler: Julia Domna, struck under Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: 211-217 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Bust of Julia Donna, draped, right; hair elaborately waived in nearly vertical waves, with seven horizontal ridges, fastened in a small bun at back and queue on neck
Reverse: IVNONI LV CINAE, Juno, draped, seated left, holding flower in extended right hand and child in swadling clothes at breast on left arm; S C in exergue
Size: 31.80mm, 23.55 g, 12h
Grade: aVF, well centred, light brown patina, hairline flan crack.
Provenance: illustrated in Banti; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 411 (13 December 2017), Lot 406; R. D. Frederick Collection, Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 290 (7 November 2012), lot 410; Thomas Olive Mabbott Collection, Hans M. F. Schulman Auction (Mabbott Part V, 7 July 1970), Lot 485
Reference(s): Banti 26 (this coin illustrated); RIC IV [Caracalla] 586; BMCRE IV [Caracalla] 211 (same reverse die as plate 74, 1); Cohen IV 93
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Julia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD, AR Denarius, Diana, struck 211-215 AD
Ruler: Julia Domna, struck under Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: 211-215 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Bust of Julia, draped, right; hair waved in vertical waves, with six horizontal ridges, fastened in a large bun at back and queue on neck
Reverse: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding long lighted torch, pointing slightly upward to left, in both hands
Size: 17.90mm, 2.4g, 1h
Grade: EF, fine style, obverse flan flaw
Reference(s): BMCRE V [Caracalla] 1; RIC IV 373A [Caracalla]; Cohen IV 32; RSC III 32
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Julia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD, Lydia, Sardis, AE Assarion
Ruler: Julia Maesa, struck under Elagabalus
Province: Lydia, Sardis
Date: 218-224/5 AD
Denomination: AE Assarion
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: IOYΛIA MAICA AY, Draped bust of Julia Maesa facing right
Reverse: CAPΔIANΩN Γ NЄΩKOPΩN, Mên, standing facing, looking left, wearing Phrygian cap; in right hand, holding pine cone; in left hand, holding long sceptre
Size: 17.25mm, 3.82g, 6h
Grade: gVF, roughness, earthen highlights
Provenance: ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 2 (26 November 2017), Lot 419
Reference(s): RPC VI Online 4495; BMC Lydia [Sardes] p. 266, 174 var. (rev. legend); SGICV 3240 var. (same; SNG Copenhagen -
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Julia Mamaea, 222-235 AD, AR Denarius, Vesta, struck c. 226 AD
Ruler: Julia Mamaea, struck under Severus Alexander
Province: Rome mint
Date: circa 226 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, Bust of Julia Mamaea right, draped, wearing stephane, hair waved, with four horizontal ridges
Reverse: VE-S-TA, Vesta veiled, draped, standing front, head left, holding palladium on extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left; fold of drapery over left arm
Size: 20.68mm, 2.6g, 7h
Grade: aEF, irregular flan, lustrous surfaces, lightly toned
Reference(s): BMCRE VI 381-383; RIC IV 360; Cohen IV 81; RSC III 81
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Lydia, Nacrassa, AE24, Pseudo-autonomous Issue, Time of Trajan to the Antonines, 98-161 AD
Ruler: Pseudo-autonomous
Province: Lydia, Nacrassa
Date: 98-161 AD (Time of Trajan to the Antonines)
Denomination: AE24
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, Young, draped bust of Senate facing right
Reverse: NAKΡACEΩN, Cult image of Artemis Ephesia facing between two stags
Size: 23.60mm; 5.2g, 12h
Grade: gVF, toned, some pitting
Provenance: ex Rusty Romans (ebay) 24 September 2006
Reference(s): SNG Copenhagen 288-289; SNG München 337; SNG Leypold 1090-1091; RPC III 1794; Walcher 2684; BMC Lydia 1-4; Weber 6853-6855; Mionnet IV, 502; SNG Righetti 1047; Lindgren I 759; SNG von Aulock -
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Lydia, Sala, AE17, Pseudo-autonomous Issue, Time of Antoninus Pius, 138-131 AD
Ruler: Antoninus Pius
Province: Lydia, Sala
Date: 138-131 AD
Denomination: AE17
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: СΑΛΗΝΩΝ, Draped bust of Athena or Roma right, in crested Corinthian helmet and aegis; within dotted borders
Reverse: ЄΠΙ ΑΝΔΡΟΝЄΙΚ[ΟΥ СΑΛ], Kybele seated left, turreted; she holds in right hand, patter, and rests left arm on tympanum; no lion at her feet: all within dotted border
Size: 17.25mm, 3.82g, 6h
Grade: gVF
Provenance: ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 2 (26 November 2017), Lot 415
Reference(s): BMC Lydia [Sala] p. 229, 18-19; SNG Copenhagen 424-425; RPC IV online 1416
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Macrinus, 217-218 AD, Phoenicia, Aradus, AR Tetradrachm, Prieur Plate Coin
Ruler: Macrinus
Province: Phoenicia, Aradus
Date: 217-218 AD
Denomination: AR Tetradrachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: AYT·KAIM·A·OΠ·CE·MAKPINOC, Laureate bust of Macrinus, right, seen from behind
Reverse: ΔHMARPX EΞ YΠATOC [A], Eagle facing, wings spread, head and tail right, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull's head right
Size: 26.67mm, 13.42 g, 7h
Grade: VF, toned with underlying luster, some light porosity.
Provenance: Prieur Plate Coin, from the Michael Prieur Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 443 (1 May 2019), Lot 383; ex Bourgey (17 May 1984), Lot 136 (part of)
Reference(s): Prieur 1243 (this coin cited and illustrated); Bellinger Syrian 239; SGICV 2959 (slight variations in obverse legend); cf. BMC Galatia p. 200, 398; Butcher -
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Mark Antony, Legionary Denarius
Ruler: Mark Antony (not an emperor).
Date: 32-31 BC
Denomination: Denarius.
Composition: Silver.
Obverse: ANT. AVG IIIVIR. R. P. C. praetorian galley right.
Reverse: Eagle between two legionary standards.
Size: 3.5g,
Grade: aF
Reference(s): RSC 27.1cf