AE 4, 15 mm, 1.7 g, Antioch mint, CE 347-348
RIC VIII Antioch 115 (R2)
O: diad bust r. DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG
R: inscription in wreath, VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in ex SMANZ
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Constans CE 337-350
RIC VIII Antioch 115 (R2)
O: diad bust r. DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG
R: inscription in wreath, VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in ex SMANZ
Late Roman or Early Byzantine Numisma Weight
Hendin W23 variety, AE 15 mm, 4.59 g, circa 5th –7th Century CE
O: Large N carved into surface indicating the weight as that of a “NUMISMA”
R: plain
Found in Israel
O: Large N carved into surface indicating the weight as that of a “NUMISMA”
R: plain
Found in Israel
Philip II CE 247-249
AR Antoninianus, 3.3 g, Rome CE 247-248
RCV 9275, RSC 72
O: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, rad cuir bust of Philip Jr. r.
R: SAECVLARES AVGG/III, goat walking l.
Commemorative of the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome during which they celebrated the LUDI SAECULARES or "secular games". The series by the family of Philip I is thought to depict many of the types of animals that were gathered together for the games and related processions.
Ex: Lynn’s Curios, purchased for $5.00 in 1975
Trebonianus Gallus CE 251-253
Bi. Antoninianus, 3.84 g, Antioch mint, late CE 251
RCV 9637, RSC 70
O: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS PF AVG, rad cuir draped bust r.
R: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars helmeted with shield adv. R.
Ex: Silenos
RCV 9637, RSC 70
O: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS PF AVG, rad cuir draped bust r.
R: MARTEM PROPVGNATOREM, Mars helmeted with shield adv. R.
Ex: Silenos
Philip I CE 244-249
AR Antoninianus, 4.04 g, Antioch mint, CE 244
RSC 113
O: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS PF AVG PM, radiate cuir. Bust r.
R: PAX FVNDATA CVM PERSIS, Pax to l. with olive branch in right hand.
Commemorates Philip’s peace agreement after the death of Gordian III, the PM in the obs inscription refers to his title as “PERSICVS MAXIMVS”
Maximinus CE 235-238
AR Denarius, 2.45 g, Rome CE 235-236
RCV 8315
O: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
R: PROVIDENTIA AVG
RCV 8315
O: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
R: PROVIDENTIA AVG
Gordian III CE 238-244
AR Antoninianus, 4.42 g, Antioch mint, CE 243-244
RCV 8626, RSC 167
O: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, rad. Cuir. Bust r.
R: ORIENS AVG, Sol left holding globe.
Ex: Ancient Byways
Elagabalus CE 218-222
RCV 7518 v
O: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
R: INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG * in field
Septimius Severus CE 193-211 Provincial; Moesia Inferior
MARKIANOPOLIS
AE Pentassarion, 25 mm, 9.73 g, circa CE 198-209
Moushmov 394 v
Legate Julius Faustinianus
O: laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, AVT K CEΠΤΙ CEVHPOC
R: Tyche standing left holding rudder & cornucopiae,
VΠ ΦAVCTINIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛ
Ex: Amphora
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)
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