Reverse: TRIB POT COS, Pietas, veiled, standing left, raising hand and holding incense box; to left, altar; S-C in fields; PIETAS in exergue
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 22 g
Minted circa February 25th-July 10th, 138 AD
Reverse: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II, Pax standing left, holding branch in extended right hand, and cornucopia in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.14 g
Reverse: L TPI TOV (year 3), Dikaiosyne seated on throne, facing left, holding scales, and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 11.33 g
Reverse: Large S•C; below, Γ (year 3); all within wreath
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 17.35 g
Reverse: Type: Antoninus Pius, bareheaded,in military dress, standing right, left foot set on globe, holding vertical spear reversed in right hand and parazonium upright at shoulder in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.52 g
Reverse: AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in lowered right hand and vertical scepter in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.64 g
Reverse: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia, draped, standing right, holding scepter in right hand and cornucopia in left
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 3.29 g
Reverse: ANNONA AVG, Modius with corn-ears and poppy
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.22 g
Reverse: Legend: IVNONI SISPITAE SC Type: Juno Sospita walking right, wearing goatskin, preceded by serpent on ground, brandishing spear and holding long shield
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 27.55 g
CNG dates to 141-143 AD
Reverse: Legend: SALVS AVG SC Type: Salus, draped, standing facing, head left, feeding snake coiled round altar, and holding rudder on globe
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 24.96 g
CNG dates to 141-143 AD
Reverse: SALVS AVG - Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar left and holding vertical sceptre in left; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 22.15 g
Reverse: TIBERIS, Tiber, crowned with reeds, reclining left, resting left elbow on rock, from which water flows and resting right hand on forepart of boat, on left; in left hand, a reed; SC in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 22.08 g
Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus, standing left, feeding snake coiled round altar and holding scepter; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 10.75 g
Reverse: Legend: CONCORDIAE Type: Pius standing right, holding small statuette of Concordia, clasping right hands with Faustina Senior standing left, holding sceptre; between them stand Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Junior, clasping hands over an altar; SC in ex.
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 27.98 g
"This reverse type is perhaps the most enigmatic of all of Antoninus' coins. The overall image is clearly that of matrimonial harmony, as evidenced both by the legend CONCORDIAE and by the male-female pairings. The difficulty, however, lies in the identification of the figures, particularly the smaller pair. Antoninus Pius is clearly identifiable: he holds the small statue of Concordia. He clasps hands with Faustina Sr. who, in her role as Pietas holds a sceptre; each stands on a low daïs, implying a somewhat elevated, though not quite divine status, as exemplar of marital concord. Of the smaller figures, Mattingly conveniently referred to them as a "man and a maid [who] plight their troth." Yet, in the first years of his reign, Antoninus Pius began to undo the dynastic arrangements established by Hadrian. Lucius Verus, though the son of Hadrian's earlier Caesar, Aelius, and clearly the previous emperor's favorite was delayed in his advancement and his betrothal to Faustina Jr. was soon annulled. In his place, Antoninus appointed Marcus Aurelius Caesar in 139 AD ; the following year, the new Caesar held the consulship for the first time. Now, as the clearly-designated heir-apparent, Marcus was without reservation be betrothed to the emperor's daughter, an event commemorated by our coin, and thus signal a new dynastic arrangement. Since Faustina Jr. was still a child, however, the actual marriage was delayed for five years." - CNG
Reverse: Legend: PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM S C Type: Winged thunderbolt vertical
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 23 g
Reverse: Legend: S C Type: Spes, draped, advancing left, holding dress and gathering up fold of skirt
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 26.47 g
Reverse: AEQVITAS AVGVST, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and scepter; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.16 g
Reverse: TITVS ET DOMITIAN CAES PRIN IV, Titus and Domitian, seated facing left side by side on curule chairs, each holding branch extended in right hand, left hands at side
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.27 g
Reverse: AEQVITAS AVGVST, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and scepter; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 12.44 g
Reverse: Legend: MVNIFICENTIA AVG COS III SC Type: Elephant wearing cuirass, walking right
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 8.14 g
Celebrating the generosity of Pius putting on games in the colosseum to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the founding of Rome and/or his tenth year of rule.
Reverse: Legend: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C Type: Legend in four lines, within oak wreath
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 9.63 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO - Pyre in four tiers, decorated with swagged hangings and garlands, surmounted by facing quadriga; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 23.28 g
Reverse: Legend: IMPERATOR II S CType: Victory, winged, draped, flying right, holding trophy, pointing upwards to right, in both hands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 25.29 g
"Antoninus Pius received his second imperial acclamation, as recorded in this coin’s reverse legend, for the victory by his governor in Britannia, Quintus Lollius Urbicus, over the Brigantes in 143 AD. It was Urbicus that also constructed the Antonine Wall in Scotland from Forth to Clyde." - CNG
The obverse translates to "Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Holding the power of the Tribune of the Plebs, Consul for the third time"
The reverse translates to "Commander-in-Chief for the second time" SC stands for "senatus consultum", a decree of the senate.
Reverse: Legend: COL ICO Type: Head of Athena facing right, wearing crested Athenian helmet
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 5.15 g
Reverse: Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ VΙΟС СƐΒΑC, Bare headed bust of Marcus with short beard, facing right, wearing cuirass, and paludamentum
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 26.92 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT COS IIII SC Type: Aeternitas standing facing, head left, holding scarf with left hand and extending right hand
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 9.21 g
CNG dates to 145-147 AD
Reverse: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing facing, head left, holding grain ears and anchor; modius at left; SC in fields; COS IIII in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 29.17 g
Reverse: Legend: SC Type: Mars, draped, naked but for cloak hanging behind him, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 23.57 g
CNG specifically dates to 147 AD
Reverse: IMPERATOR II - Fides, draped, standing, right, holding two corn-ears downwards in right hand and dish of fruit on raised left hand; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 22.88 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Antoninus Pius standing facing left, wearing toga, sacrificing with patera over tripod; SC in fields; VOTA in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 10.85 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Salus, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand feeding snake coiled around altar; she holds rudder set on globe in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.09 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO, Pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.17 g
Reverse: PIETATI AVG COS IIII - Pietas, draped, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and child in left arm: to left and right, a small child standing, left, each raising right hand; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 22.97 g
Reverse: TR POT XX COS IIII - Annona, draped, standing right, left foot on prow, holding rudder in right hand and modius in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.74 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing facing right, head left, on altar, decorated with garlands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.02 g
Reverse: CONCOR COMMODI P M TR P XVI COS VI, Concordia, draped, standing facing, head left, holding patera in extended right hand and scepter in left hand; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 22.71 g
Smoothing in fields ex. CNG eAuction 456 Lot 407
Reverse: IMP VII COS III, Roma, helmeted, draped, standing facing, head left, holding Victory in extended right hand and vertical spear in left hand; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 24.89 g
ex. CNG eAuction 457 Lot 289
Reverse: PAX AVG COS IIII, Pax, draped, standing facing, head left, with torch in right hand setting fire to heap of arms on ground at left, and holding cornucopia in left hand; SC in exergue
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 24.58 g
Reverse: MENSIS COL CAES ANTIOCH, Mên standing with foot on bucranium, facing, head right, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long scepter and Nike; behind his shoulders, crescent; to left, cock standing, facing left
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 9.07 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Fortuna, draped, standing facing, head right, holding rudder on globe in right hand and cornucopia in left
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 2.68 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Aequitas, draped, standing facing, head left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopia in left; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 23.31 g
Reverse: VOTA SOL DECENN II, Antoninus Pius, standing facing left, sacrificing with patera over tripod, left arm at side; by altar, bull reclining; S-C in fields; COS IIII in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 13.71 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Vesta, veiled, draped, standing facing, head left, holding simpulum in extended right hand and palladium in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.18 g
Reverse: TΡICKAIΔ, Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia; L in left field
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 21.15 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Togate figure standing, front, head left, on cippus in shrine of two arches, with semi-circular top: he extends right hand and holds vertical scepter in left; SC in exergue
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 25.54 g
Reverse: Tyche standing, facing, head, left., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; LΙϚ in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 13.89 g
Reverse: Eirene standing, facing, head, left, holding two ears of corn and caduceus; LIH in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 12.67 g
Reverse: ƐΥϹƐΒƐΙΑ, Eusebeia standing, left, wearing stephane, extending right hand over altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 6.35 g
Reverse: AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, holding long torch, vertical, in right hand and raising fold of skirt in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.39 g
Reverse: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩN PROC ICTRON - Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rod and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 4.54 g
Reverse: TR POT COS IIII, Minerva, standing right, brandishing javelin and holding shield; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 11.24 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Clasped hands holding caduceus between two corn-ears
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.06 g
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 4.15 g
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Providentia, standing left, pointing with right hand at large globe and holding scepter; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 13.45 g
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEIT, Dionysos standing left with kantharos and thyrsos.
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.57 g
Reverse: AETERNITAS, Juno, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding scepter, vertical, in left; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 10.5 g
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, Apollo naked, standing left by altar, holding patera and bow
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.25 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO, Peacock, walking right, head turned back left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.74 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar and holding palladium at shoulder in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.25 g
Reverse: TEMPL DIVI AVG REST, Octastyle temple, in which are seated figures of Divus Augustus and Livia; COS IIII in exergue; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 9.6 g
Inscription truncated on this example, and clearly a bust with drapery
Reverse of 1017 is: TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST
Inscription truncated on this example
Ex. Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 44, Lot 306, November 25th, 2016, Mention of Smoothed Fields (I agree)
Description goes on to say: The temple of Divus Augustus and Livia, started under Tiberius and
consecrated by Caligula, stood on the Capitol in Rome. It was probably renovated under Antoninus
Pius.
Ex. Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 19, Lot 256, February 26th, 2016
Reverse: COL ICO, Minerva/Athena standing, facing, head, l., holding Victoria/Nike over serpent and spear; to r., shield
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 6.45 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Vesta, standing left, sacrificing with patera in right hand near altar and holding palladium in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.46 g
Reverse: Φ ϹΑΜΟϹΑΤ ΙƐΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟΝΟ ΜΗΤΡ ΚΟΜ, turreted Tyche seated on rock, l., holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates)
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 11.12 g
Reverse: Reverse: AETERNITAS (S-C in fields), Aeternitas, draped, standing left, holding phoenix (nimbate right) on globe in right hand and with left hand holding out fold of skirt
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 25.16 g
Reverse: AETERNITAS (S-C in fields), Aeternitas, draped, seated, left on low seat, holding phoenix on globe on right hand and transverse scepter in left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 26.17 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Salus, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand feeding snake coiled around altar; she holds rudder set on globe in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.24 g
dating from CNG
Reverse: INDVLGENTIA AVG COS IIII, Indulgentia, draped, seated left, extending right hand and holding transverse scepter in left; S-C in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.54 g
"Indulgentia is an allegorical goddess or personification of indulgence, clemency, pardon."
It seems possible that this coin refers to Pius's suspension of the collection of taxes and the offering of grants for rebuilding, namely cities in the province of Asia struck by a major earthquake, specifically perhaps Cyzicus, Ephesus, and Smyrna in 152 AD.
Reverse: TEMPLVM DIVI AVG REST, Front view of octastyle temple, containing statues of Divus Augustus and Livia; COS IIII in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.21 g
"The temple of Divus Augustus and Livia, started under Tiberius and consecrated by Caligula, stood on the Capitol in Rome. It was probably renovated under Antoninus Pius." Ex. Roma E-Sale 69 Lot 981 March 16, 2020
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Annona seated right, holding cornucopia, modius at her feet; SC in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 11.56 g
Reverse: VOTA SVSCEP DECENN II, Marcus Aurelius, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over a tripod and holding scroll in left hand; COS III in exergue; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 21.24 g
VOTA SVCEP[TA] DECENN[ALIA] II = Vows(prayers) undertaken for twenty years of rule
Reverse: LK-B (year 22) above Bust of Nilus right, crowned with lotus, slight drapery on far shoulder; reed behind right shoulder, cornucopia before from which emerges a Genius holding a wreath
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 24.33 g
Reverse: LI-Z (year 17), Eagle standing facing, on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread References: Köln 169
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 24.05 g
Reverse: TR POT XX COS IIII, Providentia, draped, standing, pointing with right hand at large globe left and holding scepter, vertical, in left; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 9.53 g
Reverse: Large SC within laurel wreath; B above; Eagle below with head left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 8.59 g
Reverse: AVGVSTA, Throne, draped and ornamented, on which is a wreath; against it, on left, rests transverse scepter pointing upwards, to right
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.61 g
Reverse: TR POT COS IIII LIBERALITAS AVG V, Pius, seated left on platform on right; in front, attendant, seated left, and another, standing left, holding up account board; on steps to platform, citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 23.02 g
Reverse: AVGVSTA, Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, with patera in right hand sacrificing over lighted altar left, and holding palladium in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.96 g
Reverse: ROMA COS IIII: Roma, helmeted, draped, seated left, on throne, holding Victory on right hand and vertical spear in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.83 g
Reverse: PACI AVGVSTAE, Winged Pax-Nemesis advancing right, holding winged caduceus in left hand, pointing down at snake, holding out fold of drapery below chin with right hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.29 g
Reverse: ϹΑΟΥΑΤΡƐΩΝ, Sheaf of seven ears of corn
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
Reverse: ΗΓΕ ΠΟΜ ΟVΟΠΕΙϹΚΟV ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ, Pius on horseback, cradling scepter in arm; trotting to right
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 15.25 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT COS IIII LIB IIII Type: Liberalitas, draped, standing, left, holding coin counter in right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.11 g
"The occasion of this fourth largesse is recorded by the Ostian fasti for 145 AD: "Annia Faustina was married to Marcus Aurelius. Antoninus Augustus distributed a largesse of 90 denarii per man".. MS" - Harlan J. Berk Ltd. "Liberality is personified by the image of a woman, holding in one hand a tessera, or square tablet, furnished with a handle on which are cut a certain number of holes. These boards were used to quickly count the proper number of coins or other items for distribution to each person. It appears they would be dipped into a container, covered with coins and the excess swept away back into the container. The proper number of coins would fill the holes and then would be dumped out to the recipient. On coins this symbol indicated the prince had given to the people money, corn, and other articles of consumption. In the other hand she holds a cornucopia, to indicate the abundance of wheat contained in the public graineries. Liberalitas is represented as presiding at all congiaria. The liberalities of the Augusti, by which the distribution of their bounties to the people is signified, were of two kinds, ordinary and extraordinary." - Numiswiki
Reverse: Legend: AETERNITAS Type: Providentia or Aeternitas, veil blown out in round behind head, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand with left hand on veil
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.7 g
Reverse: Legend: IMPERATOR II S C Type: Fides, draped, standing, right, holding two corn-ears downwards in right hand and dish of fruit on raised left hand.
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 26.35 g
Reverse: Legend: AVGVSTA S C Type: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, holding palladium on extended right hand and long sceptre, sloping slightly to left, in left hand.
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 10.72 g
Reverse: Legend: COS IIII S C Type: Antoninus Pius, draped, standing in quadriga pacing left, extending right hand and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in left
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 23.11 g
Reverse: Legend: HONORI AVG COS IIII S C Type: Honos, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and cornucopiae, tip turned away from body, in left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 32.68 g
Reverse: Legend: TIBERIS S C Type: Tiber, crowned with reeds, reclining left, resting left elbow on rock, from which water flows and resting right hand on forepart of boat, on left; in left hand, a reed
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 26.19 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT XIX COS IIII S C Type: Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch extended downwards in right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 24.58 g
Reverse: Legend: COS III S C Type: Minerva, helmeted, draped, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding shield in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 11.06 g
Reverse: Legend: INDVLGENTIA AVG COS IIII S C Type: Indulgentia, draped, seated left, extending right hand and holding transverse sceptre in left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 25.93 g
Reverse: Legend: COS IIII S C Type: Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 25.54 g
Reverse: Legend: COS IIII S C Type: Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 25.91 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT XIX COS IIII S C Type: Fides Exercitus, standing left, holding two standards
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 24.44 g
Reverse: Legend: COS IIII S C Type: Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 25.44 g
Reverse: Legend: HONORI AVG COS IIII S C Type: Honos, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and cornucopiae, tip turned away from body, in left
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 26.71 g
Numismatik Naumann attributes the reverse as depicting Antoninus Pius himself, RIC and everyone else continues to call it Honos.
Reverse: Legend: IMPERATOR II S C Type: Victory, winged, draped, flying right, holding trophy, pointing upwards to right, in both hands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 28.95 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT XV COS IIII ANNONA AVG S C Type: Annona, draped, seated, left on low seat, holding two corn-ears in extended right hand over modius with corn-ears and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 23.76 g
Reverse: Legend: SALVS AVG COS IIII S C Type: Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar left and holding sceptre, vertical, in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 24.24 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT V IMP III COS II S C Type: Parthia, draped, seated left on shields before a trophy
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 26.12 g
This coin is propaganda celebrating the conquest of Parthia (modern Iran). On the obverse he is wearing the title PARTH MAX short for PARTHICVS MAXIMVS (meaning the Greatest victor over the Parthians). Note he is also wearing the title ARM short for ARMENICVS (meaning Victor over the Armenians), as in 163 AD they had captured Artaxata, the capital of Armenia. Marcus Aurelius decided to not take the ARM title as he had nothing to do with it.
Reverse: Legend: LΔЄKATOV Type: Bust of Serapis right, wearing modius
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 10.95 g
Reverse: Legend: PRIMI DECENNALES COS IIII S C Type: Oak-wreath
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT XXI COS IIII LIB VIII S C Type: Liberalitas, standing left, holding account-board and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 21.27 g
Reverse: Legend: DIVO PIO Type: Square altar
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.21 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT III COS II Type: Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing right, holding vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on round shield set on ground
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.32 g
Reverse: Reverse Legend: AVGVSTA Type: Ceres, veiled, draped, standing, left, holding two corn-ears downwards in right hand and lighted torch, vertical at her side, in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.2 g
Reverse: Legend: SALVTI AVGVSTAE S C Type: Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10.8 g
Reverse: Legend: COS IIII Type: Winged thunderbolt lying horizontal on draped throne
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.21 g
Reverse: Legend: AETERNITAS S C Type: Providentia, draped, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 13.27 g
Reverse: Legend: FIDES EXERCITVVM COS III S C Type: Fides, draped, standing left, holding Victory in right hand and legionary eagle in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 21.78 g
Reverse: Legend: CONCORDIA Type: Concordia, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopia in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.56 g
Reverse: Reverse inscription C L I COR Reverse design Melikertes-Palaimon standing, r., on dolphin, r., raising arm
Die Orientation: 9 H
Weight: 7.25 g
Reverse: Legend: DES IIII S C Type: Salus, seated left, feeding snake coiled round altar and resting left elbow on chair; under chair, flower
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 24.66 g
DES IIII signifies that he has been elected to become Consul for the 4th time in the new year, making this coin date to 144 AD.
Reverse: KOINON ΘECCAΛWN, Athena Itonia advacing right with javelin and shield
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 8.58 g
Reverse: Legend: TR P XX IMP IIII COS III Type: Victory, naked to waist, standing front, head right, holding palm, upright, in right hand and with left hand fixing shield, inscribed VIC PAR, on palm-tree right
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.68 g
Reverse: Legend: AVGVSTA Type: Venus, draped, standing front, head left, holding apple in right hand and resting left on large round shield at her side
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.87 g
Reverse: ΓΑΔΑΡЄѠΝ ΓΚС (date in legend), helmeted bust of Athena to right, wearing aegis
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.87 g
Ex. Roma E-Sale 78, Lot 769
Dated CY 223 = 159/60
Reverse: ΔΟΛΙΧΑΙⲰΝ Α, inside laurel wreath
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 8.23 g
Reverse: Reverse inscription L Δ (year 4) Reverse design draped bust of Nilus, r., crowned with taenia and lotus-buds; at shoulder, cornucopia
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 7.93 g
Reverse: Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΝƐΩΚ Κ ΜΗΤ Κ ΠΡΩ ΠοΝΤ ƐΤ (?) Reverse design: Emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus) standing, facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing toga and holding scroll
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 21.34 g
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.55 g
Reverse: Legend: TR POT COS III ITALIA S C Type: Italia, towered, draped, seated, left on globe, with zones and stars, holding cornucopia in right hand and scepter in left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 26.7 g
Ex. CNG E-Auction 482; Lot 423
Reverse: Legend: PIETATI AVG COS IIII S C Type: Pietas, draped, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and child in left arm: to left and right, a small child standing, left, each raising right hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 23.72 g
Reverse: Legend: DIANA LVCIF S C Type: Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding transverse lighted torch in both hands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 27.7 g
Reverse: L ΙΔ (of the year 14 in Greek), Roma (personification of Rome) seated on throne, facing left, holding spear and Nike (Victory)
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 12.52 g
Reverse: P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P, Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm, sloped over left shoulder, in left hand; in field, sometimes star
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.73 g
Reverse: LIBERAL AVG V COS III (The generosity of the Emperor for the 5th time, Consul for the 3rd time), Liberalitas, draped, standing front, head left, holding coin counting board up in right hand and cornucopia in left hand
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 2.69 g
Reverse: TR P COS II (Tribunitia Potestas [Tribune of the Plebs], Consul for the 2nd time), Modius with corn-ears and poppy
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.16 g
Reverse: CONCORD AVG TR P XVII COS III, Concordia, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on statuette of Spes: which seems to rest on the cornucopia
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.97 g
Reverse: ΤΥΑΝƐⲰΝ Τ Π Τ ΙƐΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤΟ ƐΤ Β, turreted Tyche seated, l., holding ears of corn and bunch of grapes, resting arm on seat, resting foot on swimming river-god (Euphrates); Tyche's seat decorated with griffin
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 8.81 g
Reverse: TR POT XX IMP IIII COS III S C, Victory, winged, naked to waist, standing front, head right, holding palm in right hand and with left hand placing on palm-tree a shield inscribed, VIC PAR
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 11.66 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO SC, Lucius Verus, seated left in quadriga drawn by four elephants, on each sits a driver
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 23.31 g
Reverse: FECVND AVGVSTAE S C, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, between two children and holding two infants in her arms
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 13.44 g
Reverse: AED DIV FAVSTINAE, Front view of Hexastyle temple in center of which is seated a statue of Faustina I; pediment is ornamented and roof has statues and quadriga as decoration; fencing in foreground
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.29 g
Reverse: TR POT VI ( or VII or VIII) IMP IIII (or V) COS III SC, Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm sloped over left shoulder in left hand
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 29.64 g
Reverse: COS IIII, Antoninus Pius, veiled, draped, standing left, with patera in right hand sacrificing over lighted tripod- altar and holding roll in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.36 g
Ex. HJB Sale 204; Lot 207 (7/18/2018)
Reverse: PROV DEOR TR P COS II, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.37 g
Reverse: VENVS S C, Venus, draped, seated left, holding winged Victory in extended right hand and scepter in left hand
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 21.57 g
Reverse: TR P IIII IMP II COS II S C, Victory, winged, half-draped, standing right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed VIC AVG
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: TR POT VIII IMP V COS III S C, Aequitas, draped, seated left on low seat, holding scales and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: PAX AVG COS IIII S C, Pax, draped, standing, left, with torch in right hand setting fire to heap of arms on ground left and holding cornucopia in left hand
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: S P Q R LAETITIAE C V P D S C, Legend within laurel-wreath
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: SALVTI AVG COS III S C, Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding scepter in left hand
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: VOTA PVBLICA S C, Marcus Aurelius, togate, standing,left and Faustina the Younger, draped, standing, right, clasping hands: behind and between them, Concordia standing, front, head right
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
"Faustina was originally engaged to Lucius Verus, Marcus’ future co-emperor. Her father, however, dissolved this engagement and in AD 145 Faustina was married to Marcus. The couple is shown in the position of dextrarum iunctio (joining right hands), a symbol of concord and the gesture adopted during marriage ceremonies." - CNG
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C, Eagle, head left, standing right on garlanded altar
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: HILARITAS S C, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm, nearly vertical, in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: [?] ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ, emperor (Marcus Aurelius) standing in biga, l., extending arm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Reverse: IMP VI COS III S C, Jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on throne, holding Victory, standing left and offering crown, on extended right hand, and holding long sceptre in left hand
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST COS IIII, Octastyle temple, in which are seated statues of Divus Augustus and Livia
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
The style of the portrait makes it seem to be an imitative. [The temple] "It was restored again in the late 150s by Antonius Pius,[1] who was perhaps motivated by a desire to be publicly associated with the first emperor.[9] The exact date of the restoration is not known, but the restored temple is shown on coins of 158 onwards,[10] which depict it with an octastyle design with Corinthian capitals and two statues – presumably of Augustus and Livia – in the cella. The pediment displayed a relief featuring Augustus and was topped by a quadriga. Two figures stood on the eaves of the roof, that on the left representing Romulus and the one on the right depicting Aeneas leading his family out of Troy, alluding to Rome's origin-myth. The steps of the temple were flanked by two statues of Victory.[11]"
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C - Eagle, head left, standing right, on globe
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
minted under Commodus
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C - Funeral pyre in tiers, draped, surrmounted by statue of Faustina in biga
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: PIETAS AVG S C - Priestly emblems: from left to right, knife, sprinkler, jug, lituus, simpulum.
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: COS IIII S C - Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopia in left
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: AVGVSTA S C - Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand near altar left and holding palladium at shoulder level in left
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: MATRI CASTRORVM S C - Faustina, draped, seated left, holding globe surmounted by phoenix in extended right hand and holding scepter in left hand; before her, three standards
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
"Faustina was awarded the title of 'Mater Castrorum' (Mother of the camps) in AD 174 in recognition of her compassion for the soldiers in sharing the hardships of military life on active campaign." Sear II, page 346.
Reverse: ΕΠΙ ΠΡV Κ ΛΟΓΙⳞ Κ ΑΤΤΑΛΟV ⳞVΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ - temple with eight columns enclosing statue of Dionysus(?) standing, l., holding patera(?) and long thyrsus(?)
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Reverse: COS IIII S C - Togate figure standing, front, head left, on cippus in shrine of two arches, with semi-circular top: he extends right hand and holds vertical sceptre in left
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: SALVS S C - Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
CNG dates to 178-182 AD There are two different RIC #'s for this type and the only difference is the obverse inscription, this one with the longer inscription referencing Commodus himself seems to be 5 times rarer than the type that just says CRISPINA AVG
Reverse: VENVS S C - Venus standing facing right, wearing drapery, drawing robe over right shoulder, holding apple in left hand
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: P M (?) TR P VIII (or VIIII) IMP VI COS IIII P P S C - Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing right, leaning on spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Coin too worn to be certain of the reverse inscription, narrowed it down to 3 RIC #s. So it's either starting with PM or not, and then either VIII or VIIII regarding the TR P
Reverse: IMP VIII COS III P P DE SARMATIS S C - Pile of captured arms consisting of cuirass, shields, helmet, vexillum, carnyces, and spears
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: HERCVL ROMAN AVGV - Club of Hercules with legend to either side in 3 lines within wreath
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: IVNO S C - Juno, diademed, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and long sceptre, vertical, in left hand
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: AVGVSTI PII FIL S C - Venus, standing left, holding Victory and leaning on shield, set on helmet
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, River-god reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae and resting on overturned urn, from which waters flow
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Reverse: ΦΛ ΝƐΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΠΑ - Ares (or warrior) standing, facing, head, r., wearing helmet and cuirass, holding spear, resting on shield
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ - Commodus on horseback facing right, holding spear
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Reverse: HERCVL ROMAN AVGV S C - Legend flanking club, all within laural-wreath
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: AVGVSTA - Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, with patera in right hand sacrificing over lighted altar left, and holding palladium in left hand
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: SALVS S C - Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: AVGVSTA, Vesta standing facing, head left, holding palladium in right hand, and scepter in left; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 25.3 g
RIC dates to 141 AD, various auction houses use various dates during Pius's reign, as it isn't the Aeternitas issue supposedly struck 10 years after her death, and Pius had coins struck in her name all the way up to his death, I think all we can say is it was stuck sometime between her deification and his death.
Reverse: Seated female figure, wearing drapery, facing right, feet on stool, holding patera and long scepter; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 10.14 g
Divine Augustus (died in 14 AD, ruled 40 years as 1st Emperor of the Roman Empire, deified at death) Commemorative minted under Tiberius (his stepson, adopted son, and reluctant successor)
AE (Bronze) As (denomination) (max diameter 29mm, weight 10.14g, axis 1h) Minted in Rome circa 15-16 AD
Obverse: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER (This translates to Divine Augusts, Father) Head of Augustus facing left, wearing crown; star at top; thunderbolt in left field
Reverse: No Inscription Seated female figure (Livia?) wearing drapery, facing right, feet on stool, holding patera and long scepter; SC in fields (SC means by decree of the senate)
(Livia was Augustus's wife and Tiberius's mother, so it would make sense, but RIC just says "seated female figure", could be an allegory or goddess, probably her in the guise of the later)
Reverse: SC inside an oak wreath
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 15.54 g
SC stands for "senatus consultum", a decree of the senate.
Reverse: CERERIS, Ceres seated facing left, with long torch, and ears of corn with poppies over altar
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 7.66 g
The obverse inscription translates to "Commander-in-Chief Augustus"
The reverse inscription translates to "of Ceres"
Reverse: P LVRIVS AGRIPPA IIIVIR AAAFF, Inscription surrounding large SC
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 11.5 g
Publius Lurius Agrippa as Moneyer
The obverse inscription translates to "Caesar Augustus, Chief Priest, Holding the power of the Tribune of the Plebs"
The reverse inscription translates to "Publius Lurius Agrippa, one of three magistrates responsible for casting and striking gold, silver, and bronze coinage"
SC stands for "senatus consultum", a decree of the senate.
Reverse: PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXI, Upright caduceus between two crossed cornucopias framing two crossed branches
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 14.76 g
Reverse: M POSTVM ALBIN L PORC CAPIT II VIR Q, Priest standing facing, holding simpulum and branch
Die Orientation: 8 H
Weight: 14.94 g
The obverse inscription translates to "Augustus, son of the Divine (referring to Julius Caesar)"
The reverse translates to "Marcus Postumius Albinus, Lucius Porcius Capito, Two men for a 5 year term"
Reverse: Altar-enclosure with double panelled door; uncertain ornaments at top; SC in fields; PROVIDENT in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10.17 g
Reverse: A PLAVTIVS PROCOS, Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, containing conical xoanon; semicircular courtyard
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 4 g
Denomination is probably supposed to be a quadrans given the size and weight per RPC.
The obverse inscription translates to "Commander-in-Chief Caesar, son of the Divine (referring to Julius Caesar)"
The reverse inscription translates to "Aulus Plautius, Proconsul"
Reverse: COLO PATR, Patera, aspergillum, jug, and lituus (priestly implements)
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 3.17 g
The obverse inscription translates to "[struck with] Permission of Caesar Augustus"
The reverse inscription translates to "Colonia Patricia"
Reverse: PONTIF·MAXIM·TRIBVN·POT·XXXIIII·, Inscription around large SC
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 10.36 g
Pontifex Maximus Tribunitia Potestas XXXIIII (Chief Priest, holding the power of the tribune of people [ability to veto legislation] for the thirty-fourth time)
Senatus Consulto ([struck] by the authority of the Senate)
Reverse: PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXIIII, Inscription around large SC
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.92 g
Reverse: APXIE-PATIKON ANTIOXEIΣ Λ, Inscription in four lines within wreath of an archiereus
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 14.5 g
This coin names Augustus as "Archiereus" which appears to be similar to Pontifex Maximus (Chief Priest), but for the region of Antioch.
The obverse inscription translates to something like "to Caesar Augustus, our Archiereus"
The reverse inscription translates to something like "The Archiereus of the Antioch region, Year 30"
Reverse: DIVOS IVLIVS, Head of Julius Caesar facing right, wearing laurel wreath
Die Orientation: 9 H
Weight: 20.82 g
Reverse: AVGVSTVS, Inscription inside laurel wreath
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.95 g
Tiberius countermarks
Reverse: SEGO BRIGA, Inscription in two lines inside wreath
Die Orientation: 3 H
Weight: 10.34 g
Reverse: AVGVSTVS, Inscription inside laurel wreath
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 8.99 g
Tiberius countermarks
Reverse: NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARES QVINQ C V I N C, Confronting bare heads of Nero and Drusus
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 15.23 g
The heads on the reverse are Nero Julius Caesar and Drusus Caesar, both sons of Germanicus, and adopted sons of Tiberius. Tiberius made it apparent that they were to succeed him, since his natural son "Drusus Julius Caesar" had died in 23 AD. History had other plans in mind of course.
The reverse translates to " Nero and Drusus, Caesars, Quinquennial (Duumvirs) of the Victorious Colony Julia Nova Carthago"
Reverse: ΛAMΨAK, Priapus standing facing left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.22 g
Reverse: ROM ET AVG, Altar highly decorated with corona civica, laurels, and nude male figures; Victories flanking
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 7.68 g
Reverse: P. CARISIVS LEG AVGVSTI, Inscription in three lines
Die Orientation: 2 H
Weight: 11.37 g
Because the inscription after AVGVST is off of the flan it could be either TRIB POTEST, TRIBVN POTEST, or TRIBVNI POTEST, making it either RIC 23, 24, or 25 respectively.
Reverse: L SVRDINVS IIIVIR AAAFF, Inscription around large SC
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 9.86 g
Reverse: K Y Z I surrounding torch within wreath
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.8 g
Reverse: Two priests plowing to the right with yoke of oxen
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.75 g
Reverse: MVN·TVRIASO·MN·SVLP·LVCAN·M·SEMP·FRONT·,II VIR inside oak wreath
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 14.66 g
Reverse: AΦPOΔIΣIEΩN, Cult statue of Aphrodite
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 4.65 g
Minted under Caligula
Reverse: AVGVSTVS, Eagle standing facing with wings spread, head to left
Die Orientation: 3 H
Weight: 1.87 g
Reverse: IMP CAESAR, A naval and military trophy consisting of the weapons and armor of a defeated enemy on a tree trunk on top of a prow of a captured galley with crossed anchor and rudder
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 3.71 g
Arranged around its base were additional arms and sometimes bound captives. Here, in place of the additional arms and/or captives the trophy sits on the beak (rostrum) of an enemy warship with a rudder and anchor at its base.
This denarius was part of a series of aurei and denarii that were struck between the autumn of 30 BC and 29 BC and which conveyed a general message of victory and re-foundation.
Sear associated this denarius with a contemporary aureus showing on its reverse a similar trophy housed in a tetrastyle temple decorated with a triskeles in its pediment. The obverse of that coin, a bust of Diana Siciliensis, led him to argue that the aureus commemorated Octavian's important victory over Sextus Pompey at the Battle of Naulochus in 36 BC.
The reverse of this denarius, however, does not specify a particular victor. The most likely possibility is that it commemorates Agrippa's victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium the previous September, the final triumph for Octavian, the undisputed master of the Roman Empire."
Reverse: LIBERALITATIS IVL EBOR; Patera, aspergillum, jug, simpulum, and knife
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 21.66 g
Reverse: PONTIF·MAXIM·TRIBVN·POTEST·XVII·, Livia as Pax seated facing right, feet on stool, holding scepter and patera
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 10.93 g
Reverse: SC inside laurel wreath
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 15.49 g
Reverse: MVNICIP CASCA[NT](ligature)VM, Bull standing right, head facing
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 10.51 g
Reverse: IVLIA AVGVSTA, Livia, veiled, seated facing right, holding long scepter in raised left hand and patera in extended right hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 8.71 g
Reverse: PONTIF·MAXIM·TRIBVN·POT·XXXIIII·, S·C at center
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 11.33 g
Reverse: ΠΤΟΛEMAIOY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle with closed wings standing facing left on thunderbolt; large aphlaston at left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 7.45 g
Reverse: Incuse of obverse
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 4.86 g
A bronze core fourrée of the aforementioned coin with plating entirely absent.
Denomination also called "Nomos".
Reverse: HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Constantius standing facing, head left, in full military attire, holding standard with chi-rho in right hand, and spear in left; being crowned by Victory at right; A in left field; .BSIS* in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 5.55 g
Issued by Vetranio
Second officina in Siscia mint
Was in an NGC slab as MS Strike 4/5 Surface 5/5 with a notation of silvering.
Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT, Military standard with VOT XX inscribed in two lines; captives at left and right; TT in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.55 g
Third officina at Ticinum
Reverse: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, Campgate of six layers with three turrets on top, no door, star above; .SMHB. in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.6 g
Second officina in Heraclea mint
Reverse: PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing left, holding branch and scepter
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.24 g
Reverse: PRAEF. CLAS ET. ORAE. MARIT. EX. S.C, The monster Scylla facing left, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club with both hands
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.74 g
Reverse: Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون Center: محمد رسول الله بخ
Die Orientation: 3 H
Weight: 2.85 g
Year 148 AH=765-766 AD
Translations:
Obverse margin: "In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat-al-Salam in the year eight and forty and one hundred"
Obverse center: "There is no deity except (the one) God, he has no equal"
Reverse margin: "Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it."
Reverse center: "Muhammad The Messenger Of God (Bakh)"
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΩΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Spiked Macedonian helmet adorned with ibex horn and cheek guards, aphlaston at inner left
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 5.05 g
Diodotus Tryphon as King
Translation of reverse: "King Tryphon, Commander-in-Chief"
Reverse: Margin: محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون Center: الله احد الله الصمد لم يلد و لم يولد و لم يكن له كفؤا أحد
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.76 g
Translations:
Obverse Margin: "In the name of God. This Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year ninety six"
Center: "There is no deity except | (the one) God alone |He has no equal"
Reverse Margin: "Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it."
Center: "God is One God | The eternal and indivisible, who has not begotten, and | has not been begotten and never is there | His equal"
Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe and scepter, eagle holding wreath in mouth at left, bound captive at right; XIIΓ in right field; SMKΓ in exergue
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 3.28 g
Minted at the third officina in Cyzicus
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - Genius standing facing, head left, before lighted altar, modius on head & chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera & cornucopia, star in right field; PLC in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 9.61 g
Reverse: Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year (XIII) to right, officina letter (ϵ) below; CON in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 21.4 g
Byzantine Empire
AE Follis
Minted at the fifth officina in Constantinople during regnal year 13 which corresponds to 539/540 AD (Reigns typically didn't start on January 1st, so there is overlap)
Reverse: AEQVIT AVG TR P COS II, Aequitas standing facing left, holding scales and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.69 g
Thus began the "Year of Five Emperors."
Reverse: PM TRP II COS PP, Maximinus in military attire, standing facing, head left, raising hand and holding spear, legionary standards on both sides
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.33 g
Reverse: B-I-P-Y surrounding club, all within laurel wreath
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 5.37 g
Reverse: Fire altar with attendants at left and right, Pahlavi script to left and right, inside triple circle, crescent with star above on four sides in margin
Die Orientation: 3 H
Weight: 4.12 g
The reverse script to the right of the right attendant near as I can tell the closest match translates to the Erankhvarrah-Shapur mint. I'm not 100% on this.
The script to the left on the reverse is the regnal year, but I could not match it against the examples on beast coins, which doesn't include every year, but includes several and all the above info which is very helpful with this confusing series.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding wand over globe and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.44 g
Reverse: Large M, ANNO at left, cross at top, B below, XVI at right, ΘEC in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 3.42 g
Byzantine Empire
Heraclius regnal year 16 = 624-625 AD
Second officina in Thessalonica mint
Reverse: Two incuse punches
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.68 g
10 punches, these are believed to have been to prove ownership when paying taxes, as this was a large sum of money, and the most common denomination, as compared to the thought that they were bankers marks to test that it isn't a plated fake
While the sun is clearly the sun, it used to be called a wart, however it seems no one mentions the other two orbs. I know nothing about astronomy but I think there's a high chance this is referencing some astronomical event.
Reverse: Sphinx walking right, wearing helmet, star at right, KASTILO in Iberic script below
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 19.37 g
Reverse: CONSTAN-TINVS-AVG, Inscription in three lines, small wreath above; SMANTΓ in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.07 g
This would make it the third officina within Antioch.
Reverse: Smooth, no design
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0.79 g
Kingdom of Salamis
Reverse: P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking right with trophy and transverse spear
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 2.9 g
Reverse: COS IIII P P, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 1.27 g
Reverse: SAECVLI FELICIT, Two children seated on throne, SC in fields
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 11.31 g
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVB, Bull standing facing right, two stars above; grain ΔSIS grain in exergue
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 8.19 g
But what do the stars represent? On 4 May 360, Venus joined Mars to form a single bright object between the horns of Taurus (the Bull) as the constellation set in the western sky. Two weeks earlier, Mars was between the horns, and the brighter planet, Venus, rested on the the bull's shoulder . There can be little doubt that Julian saw this planetary conjunction as an omen for his victory and showed it on his coins“
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head left, tower on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; SF in fields; PTR in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.69 g
Reverse: +VRBS AIDCCSuncertain symbol, Fulk monogram at center
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 0.77 g
Count of Anjou, France
AR Denier, Angers mint
Dated to the reign of Fulk IV-Fulk V, some have argued as late as the succeeding Geoffrey V Plantagenet
Fulk V would go on to be a crusader under the Knights Templar and eventually King of Jerusalem from 1131-1143
These people are possibly my Great x28, x27, and x26 Grandfathers respectively.
Translations
Obverse: "Count Fulk"
Reverse:"City of Angers"
Reverse: SPES PVBLICA - Spes walking left, holding flower, lifting skirt with left hand; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 22.26 g
Reverse: PROVIDEN DEOR, Fides standing facing right, holding standard in each hand, Sol standing facing left, hand raised and holding globe in left hand, star in between; KAA in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 3.4 g
So the obverse inscription varies from RIC 111 on the ANNIVS bit, RIC 111 is just ANN.
Reverse: Zeus Salaminios standing facing, head left, holding phiale and short scepter, eagle on left wrist
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.75 g
Mints were in Paphos and Salamis, neither RPC nor Tziambazis commits to attributing this issue to a specific mint.
Reverse: ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ ΠΡΟC ΙCΤΡ, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.89 g
Reverse: ? ALEXAN ?, Horse grazing facing right, COL in exergue?
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 4.43 g
The closest I could come to matching this up was by looking at sold examples, the type matches with " Bellinger A283", but the inscriptions on my coin are quite different on both sides.
Reverse: TR POT COS II, Concordia seated facing left, holding patera and resting arm on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.86 g
Reverse: TR POT XIIII COS II, Mars advancing right, carrying spear and trophy, SC in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 11.61 g
Reverse: PM TR P V COS II P P, Gordian in military attire, standing facing right, holding spear and globe; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 15.02 g
Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Arcadius on horseback facing right, right hand raised; ANTB in exergue
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 1.94 g
ANTB=Second officina in Antioch
Reverse: REPARTIO FEL TEMP, Procopius standing facing, head right, holding labarum and shield; SMKΓ in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 2.1 g
SMKΓ=Sacred Moneta (money) Cyzicus, third officina
Reverse: VOTA SVSCEPTA X, Caracalla standing facing, head left, wearin veil, holding patera over altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.75 g
VOTA SVSCEPTA X="vows (prayers) undertaken [for] ten [years] of rule"
Reverse: ΑΝΤ ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙƐΡ ΑСΥΛ, Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing turret headdress, holding small horse and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 9.2 g
"The Decapolis (Greek: Δεκάπολις Dekápolis, Ten Cities) was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the southeastern Levant. The cities were grouped together because of their language, culture, location, and political status, with each functioning as an autonomous city-state. Though sometimes described as a "league" of cities, it is now believed that they were never formally organized as a political unit. The Decapolis was a center of Greek and Roman culture in a region which was otherwise ancient Semitic-speaking peoples (Nabataeans, Arameans, and Judeans). In the time of the Emperor Trajan, the cities were placed into the provinces of Syria and Arabia Petraea; after a later reorganization several cities were placed in Syria Palaestina and later Palaestina Secunda. Most of the Decapolis region is located in modern-day Jordan, but Damascus is in Syria and Hippos and Scythopolis are in Israel."
Reverse: OYLΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC, Amphora
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 5.09 g
Reverse: GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI, Genius, polos on head, standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopia; standard in right field
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 4.39 g
GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI="to the Genius (guardian spirit) of the army in Illyria"
Reverse: VOT X MVLT XX, Inscription in four lines within wreath with "fancy bow"; ASIRM in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.5 g
ASIRM=minted at the first officina in Sirmium
Reverse: ANTIOCHE GEN COL C, Genius standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 5.02 g
Reverse: Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding large cithara, Nike crowning him; BRVN below; three pellets below
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 6.54 g
Reverse: Cross between I and B; AΛEΞ in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 2.61 g
Reverse: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, between bull and lion; AN III in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 22.48 g
AN III=Year 3
The lion and bull represent the two legions that were stationed there.
Reverse: ΠƐΡΓΑΙΩΝ, Three-legged chest with folding doors, with three purses upon it
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 5.29 g
Reverse: CIΛΛVEΩN, Tyche standing face left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 9.94 g
Reverse: BVZANTIΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding shield and inverted spear
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 10.3 g
Reverse: Three military trophies between capis and lituus; FAVSTVS monogram in exergue
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 2.61 g
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing facing, head left, holding phoenix on globe and labarum; on galley; Victory at right, steering; SMK∈ in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 5.86 g
Reverse: FIDES AVG, Mercury standing facing, head left, holding purse and caduceus; PXV in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 4.67 g
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ KAΣΣANΔΡOΥ, Spear head
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 4.29 g
Reverse: COL NINC CLAVΔ, Colonist wearing veil, plowing to right with oxen; star and standard in background
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10.98 g
1x incuse star
1x triangle (delta?) with dot in center; inside of circle
2x Nike facing right
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Bowcase at top, club underneath inscription, laurel branch below
Die Orientation: 9 H
Weight: 4.06 g
Reverse: FORTVNA COLO ANTIOCH, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopia
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 4.34 g
Reverse: ΓEΡMANIKOΣ ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN, Bare head of Germanicus facing left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.03 g
Reverse: Altar of Lugdunum, ROM ET AVG below
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 4.03 g
Reverse: Two incuse square punches
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.41 g
Reverse: COL IVL AVG PELLA, City-goddess seated facing left, wearing kalathos, right hand raised to her head
Die Orientation: 2 H
Weight: 10.11 g
Variety to listings referenced is this coin has Alexander wearing a crown as opposed to the laurel wreath.
Reverse: ΛΕVΚΙΩΝ, Bare head of Lucius facing right
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.79 g
RPC specifically calls the metal brass.
Reverse: SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing left in long robe, with raised right hand and holding up head of Serapis in left, star Γ to left, Mintmark SMN
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.22 g
Reverse: Imitating PIETAS AVGVSTOR, Priestly implements, sprinkler, simpulum, plain jug, and lituus
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.12 g
Reverse: AETERNITAS AVG N, The Dioscuri Castor and Pollux standing facing each other, each holding scepter and holding a horse by the bridle; MOSTQ in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 6.05 g
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing left, pouring libation from patera and holding cornucopia; HTB in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 9.29 g
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVB, Bull standing facing right, two stars above; CVZB in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 8.72 g
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing left, modius on head, nude except for chlamys on left shoulder (falls low); holding cornucopia in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right; K in left field; Epsilon over V in right field; ANT in exer
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 8.97 g
Reverse: LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing, holding pileus and vindicta
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.36 g
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing left, nude except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding cornucopia and patera; SIS in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.53 g
Reverse: CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing left, in hexastyle temple, holding globe and scepter; shield at side; crescent in pediment
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 6.2 g
Reverse: PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, View of one front of the temple of Janus, with latticed window to left, and garland hung across closed double doors on the right;SC in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10.04 g
Reverse: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Valentinian standing, looking right, in military dress, holding labarum and Victory on globe; SMNA in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 8.65 g
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI CMH (in ligature), Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing facing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopia in left; SMNB in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 6.68 g
Reverse: VIRTVS AVG, Galley rowing left; QC mint mark in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.23 g
Reverse: A PLAVTIVS PROCOS, Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which conical xoanon; semi-circular courtyard
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 2.86 g
Reverse: A PLAVTIVS PROCOS, Zeus Salaminios standing facing, holding philae and scepter; eagle rests on left wrist
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 3.02 g
RPC lists the wrong obverse inscription, it should be the inscription listed for RPC I 3905, this coincides with the plates in RPC I Part II anyway.
Reverse: C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing, each, wearing togas, resting hand on shield and spear, simpulum, right, and lituus, left, flanking, left and right respectively
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 3.8 g
Reverse: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN, Bare head of Octavian facing right; Δ below
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 9.93 g
RPC notes that Touratsoglou considers this denomination as the equivalent of 2 Asses but considers it 1 As itself.
Howgego believes the NK countermark to be short of Nero Kaisar
Reverse: VΠ CΤΑ ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ΙCΤΡΟΝ, Artemis standing facing right, holding bow and reaching for an arrow from quiver on her back
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10.5 g
Reverse: GER CAESAR PVLCHRO III VARIO IIVIR, Bare head of Germanicus facing right
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 6.67 g
Reverse: TR POT COS III, Spes, advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 10.2 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO, Pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.57 g
Reverse: AETERNITAS, Pietas standing left, by altar, right hand raised, holding incense box in left hand; S-C in fields
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 8.44 g
Reverse: IMPERATOR II, She-wolf, suckling twins, standing, right; below, boat
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 9.42 g
Reverse: ΑΝΤΙΟΧƐΩΝ, Nike advancing, r., holding wreath and palm-branch
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.3 g
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Annona, draped, seated right, holding cornucopiae in both hands: modius with grain stalks at her feet; SC in exergue
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 10.87 g
Reverse: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Ares (or Protesilaos) advancing left, holding shield
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Reverse: CONCORDIA, Clasped right hands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 1.85 g
RIC dates to her tenure as Augusta, CNG and other auction houses propose a tighter date range but no explanation as to why.
Reverse: AETERNITAS, Aeternitas, draped, standing left, holding phoenix on extended right hand and raising fold of skirt with left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.56 g
RIC dates to after 140 AD, but CNG dates to 146-161, supposedly the Aeternitas issues were struck years later in commemoration of her divinity.
Reverse: AETERNITAS, Throne, draped and ornamented, against which rests transverse scepter, pointing up right: in front, peacock standing right
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.08 g
Reverse: CONCORDIAE, Antoninus, togate, standing right, holding roll in left hand and clasping right hands with Faustina I, who stands left, veiled, draped, scepter in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.11 g
Reverse: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS DES II, Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding up caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.24 g
Reverse: VENVS VICTRIX: Venus, draped with right breast bare, standing facing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left hand on shield on top of helmet set on ground
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.66 g
Reverse: TR P XXXIII IMP X COS III P P: Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, holding two corn-ears (or poppy, or branch); at her feet, snake coiled round altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.74 g
Reverse: IVNONI REGINAE: Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and scepter in left hand; at left, peacock
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.06 g
CNG seems confident in a tighter date range than RIC which puts it at 161-176 AD.
Reverse: TR P VII IMP IIII COS III: Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm, sloped over left shoulder, in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.56 g
Reverse: FOR RED P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P: Fortuna, draped, seated left on low seat, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; under seat, wheel
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.57 g
Reverse: COS IIII: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, holding simpulum lowered in right hand and palladium at shoulder in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
Reverse: TR POT XXI COS IIII: Aequitas, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 3.59 g
Reverse: COS IIII: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar and holding palladium at shoulder in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.64 g
Reverse: DIANA LVCIFERA: Diana, draped, standing left, holding long lighted torch in both hands across body
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.54 g
Reverse: ASIA COS II S C: Asia, towered, standing left, holding crown in right hand and anchor in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 23.09 g
Roma Numismatics has this interesting tidbit: "This sestertius is part of a series portraying the provinces and struck for the offering of the "aurum coronarium", tributes donated by the provinces to the emperor upon accession and other special occasions. The practice was inherited from the Greeks who bestowed a gold crown on those deemed worthy of public honours and the tributes demanded by Hellenistic kings over the communities they ruled. Under the Romans, such tributes became statutory taxes and probably took the form of bullion utilised by the mint for striking of coins. The occasion provided a propaganda opportunity for Antoninus, who generously remitted half of the tribute to the provinces and Italy. The series of bronze coins, of which this sestertius is a part, commemorates the thirteen regions who presumably gave tribute and/or benefited from the emperors generosity (see RIC 574-596)."
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII S C: Fides Exercitus, standing left, holding two standards
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 9.18 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO: Eagle, standing front, head left, wings open
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.38 g
Reverse: ΠƐΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ: in laurel wreath
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.1 g
Reverse: PIETAS S C: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand on lighted altar left and holding box in left hand
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 24.94 g
RIC proposes a date range of 164-169, however CNG is adamant about the dating bein 161-162 right after she married Lucius Verus.
Reverse: VESTA: Vesta, veiled, standing left next to a decorated and lighted altar, holding simpulum in right hand and palladium in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.2 g
RIC dates to 164-180 AD, CNG says 161-162, others claim 164-169 .
Reverse: LIB AVG TR P V IMP IIII COS II P P: Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding coin board in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.39 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar left and holding long lighted torch, vertical, in left
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 13.42 g
RIC says 141 AD, some auction houses say 146, or 147, some say 146-161 AD, during the reign of Pius is all that's certain.
Reverse: LIBERTAS AVG IMP II COS P P S C: Libertas, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and rod in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 7.14 g
Reverse: LAETITIA S C: Laetitia, draped, standing front, head left, holding wreath in right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 25.15 g
ex. NGC XF 5/5 Strike 2/5 Surfaces, Smoothing RIC suggests 161-176 AD, CNG believes a tighter range of 161-164 AD.
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopia; SC in fields
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 8.23 g
A mule that appears to be from a pair of sestertius dies, but struck on an As sized flan, Faustina obverse and Antoninus Pius reverse. The reverse seems to be RIC 945, the obverse of the type mentioned above.
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C: Eagle, head left, standing right on garlanded altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 23.2 g
Reverse: MATRI MAGNAE: Cybele, towered, draped, seated left on throne, holding branch and resting left elbow on drum; behind, lion
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
Reverse: HILARITAS: Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm, nearly vertical, in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.29 g
Some auction houses list a tighter date range of 161-164 AD, 161-176 comes from RIC.
Reverse: LAETITIA: Laetitia, draped, standing right, holding wreath in right hand and sceptre in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.02 g
Reverse: P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P: Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.37 g
Reverse: SAECVLI FELICIT: Pulvinar, draped, on which are infants Commodus and Antoninus
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.06 g
Some auction houses suggest a tighter date range of 161-165 AD
Reverse: AFRICA COS II S C: Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, standing left, holding crown in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 26.52 g
"The provincial coin issues of Antoninus Pius begin early in his reign, circa AD 139, and represent something of a continuation from the similar series of his predecessor, Hadrian. Unlike Hadrian, Antoninus never left Italy over the 24 years of his reign and never saw the vast majority of the provinces depicted, although he did serve as governor of Asia during his senatorial career. Unlike Hadrian's series, where the provinces are usually shown in a submissive pose, those of Antoninus Pius are often depicted presenting a crown – reflecting the tradition of each provincial government sending to Rome a weighty gold crown upon a new emperor's accession. The provincial sestertii of Antoninus are, as a rule, quite rare and difficult to acquire in pleasing grades." - CNG
Reverse: PIETAS S C: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand on lighted altar left and holding box in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 21.43 g
Reverse: L ΙΖ; monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with six columns, garlanded, (barriers between columns), uncertain figure at each end of base; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 20.55 g
Reverse: L ΙΑ; kalathos containing three (or five) poppies; either side, torch
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 5.71 g