O: M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXIIII, radiate bust r.
R: FORT RED COS III SC
Fortuna std. Left
Reverse refers to vows made for Aurelius’ safe return before setting out on his German campaign.
Ex: Silenos
20070421
Marcus Aurelius CE 161-180
O: M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXIIII, radiate bust r.
R: FORT RED COS III SC
Fortuna std. Left
Reverse refers to vows made for Aurelius’ safe return before setting out on his German campaign.
Ex: Silenos
Antoninus Pius CE 138-161
AR Denarius, 3.08 g, Rome CE 148-149
RCV 4067 v
O: laur bust r. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP XII
R: Annona l, holding corn ears, modius at her feet and anchor
COS III
Ex: Silenos
RCV 4067 v
O: laur bust r. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP XII
R: Annona l, holding corn ears, modius at her feet and anchor
COS III
Ex: Silenos
Acquisition: 2005
Septimius Severus CE 193-211
RCV 6405 v
O: laur. Cuir bust r. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V
R: Annona stg l holding corn ears and cornucopiae, modius at feet
ANNONA AVG COS II PP SC
Ex: Amphora lot of 15 Roman bronzes
Propagandistic reassurance to the Roman populace that the North African corn supply was safe after the defeat of Pescennius Niger.
Roman Procurators of Judea CE 6 - 66
AE Prutah 16 mm, 2.09 g minted CE 54 (in the name of Claudius who ruled until 13 October CE 54 when he died)
Hendin 651
O: IOY/ΛIAAΓ/PIΠΠI/NA within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X.
Julia Agrippina was the wife of Claudius and mother of Nero.
R: Two crossed palm branches, around, TI KΛAVΔIOC KAICAP ΓEPM, date below palms L IΔ.
Ex: Ancient Byways
Hendin 651
O: IOY/ΛIAAΓ/PIΠΠI/NA within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X.
Julia Agrippina was the wife of Claudius and mother of Nero.
R: Two crossed palm branches, around, TI KΛAVΔIOC KAICAP ΓEPM, date below palms L IΔ.
Ex: Ancient Byways
Byzantine; Manuel I Comnenus CE 1143-1180
Billon Aspron Trachy, 30 mm 4.66 g
Sear 1965 v
O: Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium.
ΜΡ on left with line over it, ΘV on right with line over it
R: Manuel stg facing wearing crown, divitision and chlamys and holding labarum with plain globus cruciger in left hand.
MANVHΛ ΔεCΠOTHC
Ex: Ancient Byways
Sear 1965 v
O: Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium.
ΜΡ on left with line over it, ΘV on right with line over it
R: Manuel stg facing wearing crown, divitision and chlamys and holding labarum with plain globus cruciger in left hand.
MANVHΛ ΔεCΠOTHC
Ex: Ancient Byways
China; Yuan Dynasty CE 1279-1368
Emperor (Khaishan) Wuzong (CE 1281-1311) R: CE 1308-1311 nienhao Chi-da
AE 42 mm, 20.75 g, CE 1310
Schjöth 1099
O: Da yuan tung pao in Mongol seal-script
R: plain
Ex: Frank S. Robinson
According to Ann Paludan, Khaishan was “…a military hero from the steppes,…Utterly untrained in state affairs, he behaved like a nomadic chieftain. Bestowing honours and titles indiscriminantly, he appointed actors, butchers, Buddhist and Daoist clergy as ministers of state, and artisans as ‘dukes’ or ‘councillors’. Wildly extravagant, he lavished money on his palaces and Buddhist temples, supplementing revenue by selling licenses in the state monopolies and tripling the amount of paper money.” (p. 156)
AE 42 mm, 20.75 g, CE 1310
Schjöth 1099
O: Da yuan tung pao in Mongol seal-script
R: plain
Ex: Frank S. Robinson
According to Ann Paludan, Khaishan was “…a military hero from the steppes,…Utterly untrained in state affairs, he behaved like a nomadic chieftain. Bestowing honours and titles indiscriminantly, he appointed actors, butchers, Buddhist and Daoist clergy as ministers of state, and artisans as ‘dukes’ or ‘councillors’. Wildly extravagant, he lavished money on his palaces and Buddhist temples, supplementing revenue by selling licenses in the state monopolies and tripling the amount of paper money.” (p. 156)
China; Tang Dynasty CE 618-907
AE Cash 19 mm, 3.53 g,
Schjöth 315 variety
O: Kai yuan tung Pao “The currency of the Kai-yuan period”
R: crescent at 120’clock
Purchased at China Treasury Antique Gallery, 61, Shamian Main St., Guangzhou, PRC for RMB 10 (1.22 USD) in 2002.
The Kai-yuan is the ubiquitous currency of the Tang period. Schjöth remarked that he even encountered them during his tenure in China in the 19th century (p.22).
Schjöth also states that the Kai-yuan “were practically minted uninterruptedly for three hundred years.” For the entire Tang period.
Schjöth 315 variety
O: Kai yuan tung Pao “The currency of the Kai-yuan period”
R: crescent at 120’clock
Purchased at China Treasury Antique Gallery, 61, Shamian Main St., Guangzhou, PRC for RMB 10 (1.22 USD) in 2002.
The Kai-yuan is the ubiquitous currency of the Tang period. Schjöth remarked that he even encountered them during his tenure in China in the 19th century (p.22).
Schjöth also states that the Kai-yuan “were practically minted uninterruptedly for three hundred years.” For the entire Tang period.
Islamic; Ghaznavid CE 977-1186
Khurasan, Afghanistan & northern India
Zahir ad-Dawla Ibrahim CE 1059-1099
AV Dinar 24 mm, 4.16 g
Ex: Ancient Byways
Zahir ad-Dawla Ibrahim CE 1059-1099
AV Dinar 24 mm, 4.16 g
Ex: Ancient Byways
SOLD: 2007
China; Tang Dynasty CE 618-907
Emperor Suzong CE 756-762
AE 29 mm, 8.52 g,
Schjöth 352, Ding Fubao 693
O: Chien Yuan Chung Pao “The heavy currency of Chien Yuan”
R: blank
Ex: Frank S. Robinson
According to Schjöth “In the 1st year of Chien-yuan (A.D. 758) the chief minister, Ti Wuchi, was commanded to cast at Chiang-chou (in Southern Shansi) Chien yuan chung paos, which had double rims, and were to circulate jointly with K’ai-yuans, one representing fifty. This causing much hardship on the public, the value was reduced to thirty and even less.” (p.22)
“The reign of Suzong (756-762) and that of his eldest son, Daizong (762-779) , were dominated by the An Lushan rebellion which lasted until 763, and the records of that decade are biased and incomplete. Both emperors followed a policy of clemency towards the rebels, leaving local leaders in power, thus increasing provincial fragmentation. The population census fell from nearly 53 million in 754 to 17 million in 764 and the Tang dynasty never recovered from the devastation.” (p. 112-Paludan, A. Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors, London, Thames & Hudson, 1998).
According to William Langer’s Encyclopedia of World History, An Lushan was “…a Turkish adventurer who had been adopted by the emperor’s favorite concubine,….and had united three military commands, plunged the empire into particularly sanguinary and destructive civil war.” (755, page 364)
AE 29 mm, 8.52 g,
Schjöth 352, Ding Fubao 693
O: Chien Yuan Chung Pao “The heavy currency of Chien Yuan”
R: blank
Ex: Frank S. Robinson
According to Schjöth “In the 1st year of Chien-yuan (A.D. 758) the chief minister, Ti Wuchi, was commanded to cast at Chiang-chou (in Southern Shansi) Chien yuan chung paos, which had double rims, and were to circulate jointly with K’ai-yuans, one representing fifty. This causing much hardship on the public, the value was reduced to thirty and even less.” (p.22)
“The reign of Suzong (756-762) and that of his eldest son, Daizong (762-779) , were dominated by the An Lushan rebellion which lasted until 763, and the records of that decade are biased and incomplete. Both emperors followed a policy of clemency towards the rebels, leaving local leaders in power, thus increasing provincial fragmentation. The population census fell from nearly 53 million in 754 to 17 million in 764 and the Tang dynasty never recovered from the devastation.” (p. 112-Paludan, A. Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors, London, Thames & Hudson, 1998).
According to William Langer’s Encyclopedia of World History, An Lushan was “…a Turkish adventurer who had been adopted by the emperor’s favorite concubine,….and had united three military commands, plunged the empire into particularly sanguinary and destructive civil war.” (755, page 364)
20070419
Roman Republic; Imperatorial Period
Octavian BCE 43-27
AR Quinarius, 1.74 g, Italian mint, BCE 29-28
RCV 1568
O: barehd of Octavian r. CAESAR IMP VII (various bankers marks)
R: Victory stg on cista mystica surrounded by snakes
ASIA RECEPTA
According to VanMeter this coin refers to the reconquest of Asia Minor from Antony in BCE 30. (p. 66)
Lucius Verus CE 161-169 Provincial; Decapolis
GADARA
AE 26 mm, 9.3 g, dated Yr. 225 of Pompeian Era =CE 161-162
Spijkerman 55 v, RPC online Temporary Number 6679
O: AYT KAICAP Λ AYP OYHPOC
R: Hd of Herakles r. with thunderbolt in front.
ΠOM ΓA·ΔAP ЄKC
Ex: Amphora
for some info on Gadara, try this site: http://research.haifa.ac.il/~mluz/gadara.folder/gadara2.html#hist
Diva Faustina II CE 176-180
AE Sestertius, 17.57 g, minted Rome CE 176 or later
RIC 1717, RCV 5234, BMCRE 1591, C. 217, MIR 66
O: dr bust of Faustina II r. DIVA FAVSTINA PIA
R: SIDERIBVS RECEPTA, Faustina with veil billowing out around hd and shoulders, stg in galloping biga r.
RCV lists at £ 170 in Fine condition, RIC lists this coin as Rare.
The reverse inscription is the only time this inscription was utilized during the entire imperial period for a couple issues related to Diva Faustina. The Latin inscription means “Received by the stars”. A very poignant wish by her surviving husband, Aurelius.
Ex: Amphora via a lot of 15 Roman bronzes
Constantine I CE 307-337
AE 3, 2.95 g, London mint, CE 321-322
RIC 224 (R3)
O: CONSTANTINVS AVG
R: BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS/VOT/IS/XX/ PLON
Ex: Dr. Tom Buggey (TN)
cf. his website: http://tjbuggey.ancients.info/romeae2.html
The above photo is Dr. Buggey's.
He had the weight listed as 2.76 g, but weighing this on different scales revealed a weight as noted above. What the photo does not reveal is the pleasant green patina on the coin.
Commodus CE 177-192
AE Sestertius, 20.24 g, CE 181-182
RCV 5794
O: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG
R: PROV DE[OR TRP VI IMP IV COS III PP] SC
Providentia stg. to left with globe at feet
Ex: Leipziger Münzhandlung
RCV 5794
O: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG
R: PROV DE[OR TRP VI IMP IV COS III PP] SC
Providentia stg. to left with globe at feet
Ex: Leipziger Münzhandlung
Antoninus Pius CE 138-161
AE Sestertius, 22.02g, CE 146
RCV 4179 Scarce type
O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP, laur. Hd r.
R: HONORI AVG COS IIII SC, Honos stg. l holding cornucopia
Ex: Max Schlachter (1919-1987)/Plaza Stamp & Coin.
86 Congress Street
Bridgeport, CT
paid $10 in 1975
Iran; Sassanid; Shapur I CE 241-272
Göbl 23 reverse appears more like 26 though
O: hd of King r wearing merlon crown, Pahlavi inscription around.
R: Fire altar with two attendants and Pahlavi inscription.
Ex: Ken Dorney
Famous sculpture of Shapur I and Valerian in captivity at Naqsh-i Rustam, Iran.For more info on Shapur I try:
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/History/Sasanian/shapour_I.htm
Greek; Ptolemaic Egypt; Ptolemy III Euergetes BCE 246-222
AE Tetrobol 38mm, 47.32 g. Alexandria mint.
Svornos 1172 v.
B389
O: diad. Hd of Zeus Ammon r.
R: Eagle stg on thunderbolt l. with hd facing r with cornucopia over l. shoulder
ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ
Greek; Gaul; Massalia c. BCE 400
AR Obol, 0.63 g, Sear 72
O: hd of youthful male l.
R: wheel with four spokes M-A in two of the quarters.
Ex: CNG via Frank S. Robinson
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