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Click here to subscribeExceptional Sestertius Maximus as Caesar, Son of Maximinus I. 235-238 AD. Sestertius, 17.03g (12h). Rome, c. 236-8 AD. Obv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM Bust draped right with head bare. Rx: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S - C Prince standing left holding baton and spear, two standards behind him. BM 213. Cohen 14 (10 Fr.). RIC 13. Exceptional portrait. Virtually flawless. Choice EF
Ex Santamaria 1926. Ex Schulman 1930 Gordian I Africanus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 18.72g (11h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: VICTORIA AVGG around, S - C in field, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. BM 14. Cohen 14 (70 Fr.). RIC 12. Exceptional portrait of this 80-year-old proconsul of Africa whose reign lasted only a couple of weeks. Untouched surfaces. Virtually Mint State Ex Harlan J. Berk Collection = NAC 42, 20 November 2007, Barry Fierstein, lot 152 = Stack`s 1967, Hall Park McCollough, lot 1495 = J. Schulman, 5 June 1930, lot 548 = Santamaria, 25 May 1926, lot 664
Gordian Africanus II Gordian II Africanus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 23.65g (12h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: ROMAE AETERNAE around, S C in exergue, Roma seated left holding Victory and scepter. BM 23. Cohen 9 (70 Fr.). RIC 5. Excellent portrait of Gordian II. EF
Choice Pupienus Sestertius Pupienus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 19.28g (11h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG Bust draped, cuirassed right. Rx: PAX - PVBLICA around, S C in exergue, Pax seated left holding branch and scepter. BM 49, pl. 46 (same reverse die). Cohen 23 (15 Fr.). RIC 22a (S). Brown patination. Virtually flawless portrait of Pupienus. Near Mint State/EF. Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 404. Ex Spink, July 2000, Collection G. Powell, lot 1452
Gordian III as Caesar. 238 AD. Sesterius, 18.97g (12h). Rome. Obv: M ANT GORDIANVS CAES Bare-headed, draped bust right. Rx: PIETAS AVGG S C Sacrificial implements: lituus, knife, patera, pitcher, ladle, whisk. BM 65. Cohen 183 (20 Fr.). RIC 3. Rare sestertius as Caesar under Balbinus and Pupienus, well centered on round flan, dark brown patina. EF Ex Triton XIV, 4-5 January 2011, lot 786
FDC Gordian III Aureus Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Aureus, 4.93g (5h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: CONCORDIA AVG Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopia. RIC 41. Cohen 49 (Caylus = formerly in Paris, 80 Fr.). Flawless aureus of Gordian III stuck on an extremely broad flan. FDC Ex Berk 141, 5 January 2005, lot 13
Tranquillina, Wife of Gordian III. . Antoninianus, 4.08g (1h). Rome, after 241 AD. Obv: SABINA TRANQVILLINA AVG Diademed and draped bust right on crescent. Rx: CONCORDIA AVGG Gordian and Tranquillina standing facing each other and clasping hands. RIC 250 (R4). Cohen 4 (800 Fr.). Extremely rare. Good VF Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 800
Philip II Mule and Regular Issue Lot of Two Hippopotamus Sestertii of Otacilia Severa and Philip II. (0h). . (1) Marcia Otacilia, Sestertius, 16.24g (1h). Rome, 248 AD. Obv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG Bust draped right wearing stephane. Rx: SAECVLARES AVGG S C Hippopotamus standing right, raising head. RIC 200a (S), Cohen 65 (12 Fr.). (2) A sestertius with the same reverse type, 19.49g (12h), but of Philip II, Obv. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, RIC 272 (S), Cohen 75 (20 Fr.). A mule using the reverse type of his mother, very rare. Otacilia VF/Fine, Philip II EF (**Aaron, ENLARGE PHILIP II) First coin Ex Galerie des Monnaies, ANA Sale, St. Louis, 31 July 1979, lot 829; also ex Galerie des Monnaies Sales, 1978 and 1976. Second coin ex Frank Kovacs Collection, Helios 1, April 2008, lot 369
Philip II as Augustus. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.69 (11h). Alexandria, Year 7 = 249 AD. Obv: A K M IOY ΦIΛIΠΠOC EYCE Bust laureate, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: Laureate bust of Zeus right, fold of cloak on front shoulder, date L - Z across field. Dattari-Savio pl. 265, 5063 (same dies). Emmett 3612/7 (R3). Not in Cologne, BMC, or Oxford. Very rare. About EF Ex Peter Lowrek Collection Rare final year of the reign of Philip I and II at Alexandria, lasting only about a month from the Egyptian New Year on 29 August 249 until the arrival of news of their defeat and elimination in battle by Trajan Decius
Second Recorded Earliest Two Pannonias Type Trajan Decius. 249-251 AD. Antoninianus, 3.74g (7h). Rome. Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right. Rx: PANNON - IAE The two Pannonias, Upper and Lower, both veiled, standing close together, looking left and right respectively, and both raising their right hands; the one on the right also holds a transverse standard in her lowered left hand, while the top of a second standard can be seen between the two deities, as though held by the Pannonia on the left in her invisible left hand. RIC 24 (R2). A very rare variant type, apparently known previously only from a single specimen in the Dorchester hoard, Num. Chronicle 1939, p. 26, presumably now in the British Museum = RIC 24, unfortunately not illustrated in either publication. Not in CoinArchives Pro or the Berk photofile covering sale catalogues of c. 1970-1990. The website "249-253 AD: Four Bad Years" even denies the existence of RIC 24, but our coin disproves that assertion and confirms Mattingly`s description of the variety!. Struck from a worn obverse die. EF Decius` first PANNONIAE type, RIC 5 and 20, showed only a single Pannonia, draped and veiled, standing left but looking right, half raising her right arm and holding a standard in her lowered left hand, exactly like the Pannonia on the right in our two-figured type and also in the types of the rare RIC 25 and the common RIC 21a. RIC 24 and 25 may be regarded as preliminary artistic attempts to add a second Pannonia to the original single-figured type, before the normal type with two Pannonias, RIC 21a, was reached. In the first attempt, shown by our coin, the Pannonia in the single-figured type was simply duplicated, the only changes being that the second figure was made to look left not right, and that she was placed so close to the first Pannonia that her left arm and the lower half of her standard disappeared behind the raised right forearm of the first Pannonia, and only the top of her standard could be shown between the heads of the two figures. Being close together and near the center of the die, both figures could be made tall, like the single Pannonia in the first type. In the second attempt, RIC 25, all the details of the first attempt were repeated, except that the two Pannonias were made to stand farther from each other, necessitating a reduction in their height since they were now nearer the edges of the die, so that there would be no overlap between them and the left arm and full standard of the second figure could be depicted. This second variant of the two-figured type, like the first, was represented by only a single coin in the Dorchester hoard, but it appears to be a little commoner than the first variety, since four other specimens, all from different obverse and reverse dies than each other, may be seen in Sternberg XVIII, 1986, lot 591; Sternberg XIX, 1987, lot 921; Lanz 102, 2001, lot 918; and on the Four Bad Years website. Finally the decision was made to remove the standard from the left arm of the Pannonia on the left and instead place it upright on the ground before her, behind her half-raised right arm, where it may have been thought to mirror the standard held near the right edge of the type by the first Pannonia, and so to give the type better balance. This is the normal two-figured PANNONIAE type, RIC 21b (slightly misdescribed), represented by 159 antoniniani in the Dorchester hoard, and quite common also on Decius` sestertii, RIC 124a. For the sake of completeness it may be mentioned that this common PANNONIAE type of RIC 21 was replaced towards the end of Decius` reign by yet a third major type bearing the same legend, which showed the two Pannonias standing face to face and clasping right hands in front of a single standard resting on the ground between them (RIC 26 and 41) (Curtis Clay)
Volusian, Son of Trebonianus Gallus. 251-253 AD. Sestertius, 17.40g (12h). Rome. Obv: [IM]P CAE [C VIB] VOLV[SIANO] AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: VOTIS / DECENNA / LIBVS / S C in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC 264 (R ). Cohen 140 (8 Fr.). A scarce type commemorating Volusian`s undertaking of decennalian vows: only four specimens in CoinArchives Pro, none in Berk photofile. Struck on a small flan. Oilve patina. EF Ex Seaby`s Bulletin, January 1984, lot C45
Valerian I. 253-260 AD. As, 12.37g (12h). Antioch. Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: AEQVITAS [AVGG] (no S C) Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopia. Göbl 1558c (8 spec.). RIC 297 (citing Voetter, R). Not in Cohen. A rare “non-Roman” middle bronze of Valerian I. Fine Purchased from Vecchi, London, October 1974
Bust Left Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 2.32g (6h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GAL[LIEN]VS AVG Bust radiate, draped left, seen from front. Rx: LIBERO P [CO]NS AVG Tigress walking left, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 713o (12 spec.), pl. 56 (same dies). RIC 230. Cohen 588 (M. Roman, 3 Fr.). VF Rare with bust draped left. Göbl had images of twelve such specimens, and his illustrated example, from an Aufhäuser sale, is from the same die pair as ours. The Cunetio hoard contained no specimens of this reverse type with bust left
Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 3.34 (11h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: LIB - ERO.P.CONS AVG Tigress walking left, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 713u (6 spec.). Cunetio 1342 (5 spec.). RIC 230. Bust var. of Cohen 587. This cuirassed bust type seen from front is much scarcer than the normal "Head radiate right". EF
Portrait Left Plus Legend Error on Reverse Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 2.96 (6h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate left. Rx: SOLI CONS AVVG (sic) Bull standing right, X[I] (=officina 11) in exergue. Göbl 749c, pl. 58 (only one specimen, "Capelli", same dies). Cunetio hoard 1406 (one specimen, not illustrated, this example not mentioned by Göbl). RIC 285. Cohen 984 (Paris, 2 Fr., this specimen again not mentioned by Göbl). EF Acquired from CNG, with their ticket dated "8/07" A scarce reverse type, represented by only 16 specimens in the Cunetio hoard combined with the standard right-facing bust type; quite rare with head left, only one such coin in the hoard. Our coin also has an apparent engraver`s error in the reverse legend, AVVG for the correct AVG. The specimen illustrated by Göbl, being from the same dies, of course has the same error, though it is not pointed out by Göbl
Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 2.45g (1h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: SOL[I] CONS AVG Bull standing right, XI (=officina 11) in exergue. Göbl 749k, pl. 59 (only one specimen, Cunetio hoard, same obv. die) = Cunetio 1405, pl. 14. Bust var. of RIC 285 and Cohen 983 (2 Fr.). Possibly only the second specimen recorded with this bust type, and from the same obverse die as the other example, in BM ex Cunetio hoard. EF Acquired from CNG, with their ticket dated "1/07"
Bust Cuirassed Left Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 3.20g (5h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate, cuirassed left, seen from front. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Gazelle standing left, in exergue XII (=officina 12). Göbl 750t (1 spec.). Apparently only the second recorded specimen with this bust type, and from the same obverse die as the other specimen, illustrated by Göbl pl. 59, 750t = Alföldi, Weltkrise (1967), pl. 3.9. About EF
Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 3.35g (6h). Milan, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: LE - G II P[ART] VI P VI F Centaur walking left holding globe, fold of drapery fluttering behind back. Göbl 996n (45 spec.). Cunetio 1452 (7 spec.). RIC 335. Cohen 481 (3 Fr.). VF
Salonina, Wife of Gallienus. . Antoninianus, 2.94g (5h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: COR SALONINA AVG Bust draped right on crescent, wearing stephane. Rx: IVNONI CONS AVG Combined goat and stag standing left, Δ (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl 725cc (112 spec.). Cunetio 1418 (82 spec.). RIC 16. Cohen 70. VF
Further Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus and Salonina are offered in Group Lots 601-605 below Valerian II as Caesar. 256-258 AD. Antoninianus, 3.65g (6h). Antioch, 256-8 AD. Obv: P LIC COR VALERIANVS CAES Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rx: PRINCIPI IVBENTVTIS (sic) Prince standing left holding wand and transverse spear. Reverse legend var. of Göbl 1597d (9 spec.), RIC 51, and Cohen 84 (citing Rollin, 2 Fr.). Apparently unpublished with the late-Latin spelling variant IVBENTVTIS in the reverse legend, instead of the usual IVVENTVTIS. Another specimen, but with the spelling variant overlooked, was in NAC 42, 20 Nov. 2007, Barry Feirstein Part III, lot 402 (different dies). EF In late Latin the consonental letter V tended to be replaced by B: the earliest example on Roman coins may be an As of Caracalla in Vienna with reverse legend IVBENTAS IMPERII. Under Gallienus, the legend PRINCIPI IVBENTVTIS is also reported by Cohen 77-78 on another Eastern aureus and antoninianus type of Valerian II, but neither of these coins seems to be in Göbl; cf. his no. 1694b (attributed to Samosata)
Regalianus. 260 AD. Antoninianus, 3.00g (11h). Carnuntum. Obv: IMP C P C [REGALIANVS] AVG Bust radiate, draped right. Rx: , PROV[IDENTIA] AVG Providentia standing left, holding ears of wheat and cornucopia; at her feet, modius filled with wheat ears; copied from the similar PROVIDENTIA AVG type of Severus Alexander. Cohen 5 (400 Fr.). RIC 8 corr. (R5). Göbl A3. Extremely rare, fewer than 30 known examples. EF Ex NAC 72, 17 May 2013, lot 731. Ex Gorny & Mosch 180, 12 October 2009, lot 426
Aurelian. 270-275 AD. Denarius, 2.54g (11h). Rome. Obv: IMP AVREL - IANVS AVG Laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VIC - TO - RI - A AVG Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, captive seated at feet, A (=officina 1) in exergue. Göbl 139f1 (38 spec.). Paris 243. RIC 73. Cohen 255. EF Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex Berk 129, 24 October 2002, lot 250
Aurelian. 270-275 AD. Antoninianus, 3.46g (6h). Siscia, 271-2 AD. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of aegis on front shoulder. Rx: PAX A - GVSTI Pax advancing left holding branch and scepter, in field star and P (=officinal 1). Göbl 190c1 (19 spec.). Paris 769. RIC 232. Cohen 169. Unusually elegant reverse. EF
Extremely Rare Reverse Aurelian. 270-275 AD. Antoninianus, 3.09g (6h). Siscia, 272-4 AD. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of aegis on front shoulder. Rx: PACATOR ORIENTIS Emperor, laureate and in military dress, standing right, holding scepter and parazonium and placing left foot on hip of captive wearing Phrygian cap, seated right on ground before him; in field, T (=officina 3) and star. Göbl 192e3 (4 spec.), pl. 90 (same dies). Paris p. 356 (BM and 3 in Vienna), pl. 79 (same dies). RIC 231. Cohen 164 (Banduri, 20 Fr.). VF Purchased from Wayne Sayles A historically interesting type, calling Aurelian "Pacifier of the East", and very rare. Göbl records only four specimens, presumably the same four that Estiot mentions in her Paris catalogue, p. 356: three in Vienna and one in BM. Göbl, pl. 90, and Estiot, pl. 79, 116, each illustrate one of Vienna`s three specimens: both are from the same die pair as our coin. The Paris collection lacks this coin, and Cohen only cited it from Banduri`s work of 1718 on late Roman coins. Why RIC 231, despite Cohen`s twenty franc price, called this coin "C(ommon)", must remain a mystery!
Ex Emmett Collection Tacitus. 275-276 AD. Billon Tetradrachm, 8.21g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: A K KΛ TAKI - TOC CEB Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: ETOVC - A Athena seated left on throne with back leg in form of lion`s leg, holding Nike and scepter, shield with pelleted border and facing Medusa head in center leans against throne. Cologne 3114. Dattari 5514. BMC 2402. Oxford 4488. EF Ex Peter Lowrek Collection. Acquired from Beast Coins. Ex Keith Emmett Collection; acquired by Emmett from Olympus, February 1992
Probus. 276-282 AD. Aureus, 6.23g (12h). Ticinum. Obv: VIRTVS PROBI AVG Bust cuirassed left, almost half length, seen from front, wearing laureate, crested helmet, extending right hand to hold Victory bearing trophy, invisible left arm holds round shield with small Medusa head at center, and spear pointing upwards over shoulder. Rx: CONSERVAT AVG Sol standing right, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left, nude apart from cloak fastened on right shoulder and draped over left elbow. RIC 308 (R3), pl. II.12 (same dies). Calicó 4154 (same dies). Cohen 196 (150 Fr.). Elaborate military obverse type. Several scrapes and abrasions on both sides. EF Ex Lanz 147, 2 Novemeber 2009, lot 468
Unusual Medusa on Cuirass Probus. 276-282 AD. Antoninianus, 3.89 (11h). Siscia. Obv: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed left, seen from front, right hand holding spear over shoulder, shield covering left shoulder and arm; on cuirass, facing head.of Medusa enclosed by U-shaped border below and with two small wings above. Rx: ADVENTVS AVG Emperor on horseback left, raising right hand and holding transverse spear in left; in exergue, XXIP (officina 4). Alföldi, Siscia V, 5/42 (2 spec. in Vienna). Probus website, RIC 626, first illustration (this coin, image submitted by Phil Davis). EF Ex Phillip Davis Collection A small Medusa head, often placed between two sections of an aegis left and right of it, frequently decorates Probus` cuirass. The larger Medusa head on our coin, with distinct eyes, nose, mouth, and protruding tongue, and tightly surrounded by a border perhaps meant to represent the aegis, seems to be unusual; we could find no parallels in CoinArchives Pro, Berk photofile, the Gloucester Hoard publication, or the Hunter catalogue (Glasgow). The Probus website, under Mint of Siscia, illustrates our very coin under RIC 626, plus three other Siscia coins showing a rather large Medusa head on Probus` cuirass, though in different bust types than on our coin and combined with different reverse types: RIC 812 (fourth image), RIC 820 (last image), and RIC 821 (first image)
Magnia Urbica, Wife of Carinus. . Antoninianus, 5.12g (12h). Ticinum, 283-285 AD. Obv: MAGNA VRBICA AVG Draped and diademed bust right on crescent. Rx: VENVS VICTRIX Venus standing left, holding helmet and scepter and leaning on shield; in exergue SXXI (officina 2), in left field T. Venèra 1474 (1 spec.). RIC 347. Cohen 15 (10 Fr.). Considerably rarer than the same coin with T in exergue following SXXI, Venèra 1504-1529 (26 spec.). EF Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 826
Carausius. 287-293 AD. Antoninianus, 4.51g (6h). . Obv: IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: PA X - A - VG Pax standing left holding branch and vertical scepter, S - P across field. RIC 475. Struck on an extremely large flan. Reverse slightly doublestruck. Mint State Purchased from Harlan Berk, February 2003
Galeria Valeria, Wife of Galerius. . Follis, 6.19g (12h). Cyzicus, 308-9 AD. Obv: GAL VAL - ERIA AVG Draped bust right. wearing stephane. Rx: VENERI V - ICTRICI Venus standing left holding apple and raising drapery from shoulder, MKV in exergue, Δ in left field.. RIC 46 (C), officina Δ=4. Cohen 2 (8 Fr.). Mint State Ex Philip Ronzone Collection, acquired from CNG 60, 22 May 2002, part of lot 1870 (9 folles, Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection, the reverse of this coin is illustrated)
Sol Holding Victory Constantine I. 307-337 AD. Reduced Follis, 2.84g (12h). Rome, 316 AD. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: SOLI IN - VI - [CTO COM] D N Sol standing left, raising right hand and holding Victory on globe in left, RQ in exergue, star and crescent in field. RIC 49, officina Q=4 (r1). Cohen 509 (20 Fr.). VF An unusual reverse type valued at 20 francs by Cohen: Sol exceptionally holds a Victory on globe rather than a globe only, and he is termed not just "Companion", but "Companion of Our Lord"
Fausta, Wife of Constantine I. . Follis, 3.21g (6h). London, c. 318/319 AD. Obv: FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AG Draped bust right. Rx: SPES RE I - PVBLICAE around, PLON in exergue, Empress, veiled, standing left holding two children in her arms. RIC 300 (r1). Mint State Ex NAC R, 17 May 2007, lot 1631
Constantius II. 337-361 AD. Siliqua, 2.08g (5h). Lugdunum, 360-1 AD. Obv: D N CONSTAN - TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIA - DD NN AVG Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, only one wing visible, mintmark LVG in exergue. RIC 214 (C ). Bastien 258 (41 spec.). Cohen 259 (6 Fr.). Excellent portrait. Sharply struck, toned. Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex Stack`s, 5 May 1984, Frederick Knobloch Collection, lot 1348
Constantius II. 337-361 AD. Siliqua Siliqua, 2.33g (11h). Lugdunum, 360-1 AD. Obv: D N CONSTAN - TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX within wreath, mintmark LVG below. RIC 216 (C5). Bastien 260 (50 spec.). Cohen 343 (3 Fr.). Toned with some blue iridescence. Exceptionally sharp. Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection
Alexander the Great Contorniate. Contorniate, 28.39g (7h). . , Later 4th cent., perhaps c. 370 AD. Obv: ALEXANDER MA - [GNVS MACEDON] Bust of Alexander right wearing lionskin; palm branch engraved in rihgt field. Rx: A man wearing tunic and cloak leading a saddled and bridled horse right; the man looks back at the horse. From Alföldi`s obverse die Alexander V (pl. 5.2), reverse die 197 (e.g. pl. 69.11-12), a new die combination; also not in the addenda in Alföldi`s second volume, nor in the addenda in P.F. Mittag`s contorniate monograph, Alte Köpfe in neuen Händen (Bonn, 1999). This is a beautiful contorniate with a glossy black patination. In ancient times, a piece was broken out of the edge of the coin, not affecting its beauty or any of its design. EF This obverse die is scarce, being recorded by Alföldi in only eleven specimens, coupled with four other reverse dies. The same reverse die had previously been known combined with the two obverse dies Homer and Nero XII. The new die combination fits easily into the established die sequence; the obverses Alexander V and Nero XII, for example, were already known to share two other reverse dies, and reverse 170 now becomes a third reverse die that they share
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 6.01g (1h). Trier, 350 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: FEL TEMP - REPARATIO around, TRP in exergue, A in left field, Emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Bastien 10 (20 spec.). RIC 260 ©, officina P=1. Extremely sharp. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.05g (6h). Trier, 350 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: FEL TEMP - REPARATIO around, TRS in exergue, A in left field, Emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Bastien 11 (12 spec.). RIC 260 (C ), officina S=2. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.69g (7h). Trier, 350-1 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, TRP in exergue, A in right field, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 24 (16 spec.). RIC 264 (C2), officina P=1. Incredibly sharp. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 6.04g (7h). Trier, 350-1 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, TRS in exergue, A in right field, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 25 (13 spec.). RIC 264 (C2), officina S=2. Extremely sharp. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.51 (5h). Trier, 350-1 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, TRS followed by crescent in exergue, A in right field, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 29 (18 spec.). RIC 266 (C3), officina S=2. Some hair weakly struck above forehead and behind ear. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.19g (12h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, TRS followed by crescent in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, on left arm shield, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 33 (30 spec.). RIC 271 (C2), officina S=2. Some areas of weak striking in the hair. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.14g (7h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, TRP. in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, on left arm shield, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 34 (9 spec.). RIC 270 ©, officina P=1. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.85g (12h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, TRP in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, supported on short column. Bastien 39 (16 spec.). RIC 307 (C2), officina P=1. Hair above forehead weakly struck. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.54g (12h). Trier, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES around, TRP in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties below but does not rest on column. Bastien 64 (23 spec.). RIC 312 (C2), officina P=1. Mint State
Double Centenionalis Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 1, 7.84g (12h). Trier, 353 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES around, TRS in exergue, Large Chi-Rho, flanked by A and W. Bastien 86 (17 spec.). RIC 318 (C ), officina S=2. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.05g (12h). Ambianum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, .AMB followed by palm branch in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 113 (8 spec.). RIC 13 (C ). Reverse has minor weakness in striking at the highest points. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.18g (6h). Ambianum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, .AMB followed by star in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 113 (8 spec.). RIC 13 (C ). A second specimen, from different dies. Extremely Sharp. Near Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.80g (1h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, AMB in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 121 (2 spec.). RIC 20 (R ). Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 3.87g (6h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F A[VG] Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN [AVG ET C]AE around, AMB followed by crescent in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 125 (8 spec.). RIC 23 (S). Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.81g (7h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: [D N MAG]NEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG (AV ligate) ET CAE around, in exergue AMB preceded by star and followed by pellet within crescent, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Rev. legend variant (AV ligate) of Bastien 133 (3 spec.) and RIC 31 (S). Apparently the first attested ligature on a coin of Magnentius` reign: none seem to be mentioned by Bastien or RIC. Mint State
Double Centenionalis Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 1, 7.98g (7h). Lugdunum, 353 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES around, AMB in exergue, Large Chi-Rho, flanked by A and W. Bastien 135 (16 spec.). RIC 34 ©. Near Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.93g (6h). Lugdunum, 350-1 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, RPLG in exergue, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 154 (29 spec.). RIC 112 (C4), officina P=1. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.45g (6h). Lugdunum, 350-1 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, RSLG in exergue, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 155 (14 spec.). RIC 112 (C4), officina S=2. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.76g (5h). Lugdunum, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, RPLG in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, without shield on left arm, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 160 (22 spec.). RIC 115 (C3), officina P=1. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.72g (12h). Trier, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, LPLG in exergue, SP in lower middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties below but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 196 (4 spec.). RIC 312 (C2), officina P=1. EF
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 1, 7.96g (1h). Lugdunum, 353 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS [P F AVG] Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: SALVS D[D N]N AVG ET CAES around, LPLG in exergue, Large Chi-Rho, flanked by A and W. Bastien 203 (9 spec.). RIC 154 (C ), officina P=1. Mint State but some weakness in hair from striking
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.86g (12h). Arles, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - [T[IVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, PAR in exergue, E / IS in middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 268 (9 spec.). RIC 179 (C ), officina P=1. Mint State
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