| Author |
 Replies: 750 / Views: 65,386 |
|
|
|
Moderator
 United States
188213 Posts |
Very nice examples!  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Going to drop these off. I will post my Gordian III's if no one else posts anything before the time is up. Philip I. 247 (COS II) AR Antoninianus. 24.6 mm, 4.2g Rome. RIC IV.3 4, RSC 136 Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right. Rev: P M TR P IIII COS II P P Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia   Trajan Decius. ca. 249-251 AR (Billion) Antoninianus. 21.0mm, 3.2g Rome. RIC IV T. Decius 12b, RSC 16 Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right. Rev: D-ACIA Dacia, draped in long robe and standing left, holding staff   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
12/31/2024 9:15 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
1985 Posts |
My only decent Roman coin: Antoninianus - Gordian III (238-239) FIDES MILITVM IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG  |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Gordian III provides an awesome opportunity to get into ancients due to the huge number of varieties of coins available and the ease of finding AR antoniniani of the young Emperor in excellent shape. Outside of Rome, there are a great many provincial issues. I can't post one of mine until later (because it was minted prior to 240) but here are the other two. Gordian III. 241-243 AR Antoninianus. 22.0mm, 4.3g Rome. RIC IV Gordian III 148 Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: PROVID AVG Providentia, draped, standing left, holding wand in right hand over globe set on ground and sceptre in left hand Sadly, offerings of favor to Providentia were for naught, as Gordian III wouldn't live more than a year or two after this coin was struck.   Gordian III (with Tranquillina.) 241-243 AE Pentassarion. 26.0mm, 11.9g Thrace, Mesembria Moushmov 3998 (var.) Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ / CEB TΡANKYΛΛINA AUT(OKRATOR) K(AISAR) M(ARKOS) ANT(ONIOS) GORDIANOS AUG(OUSTOS) / SEB(ASTE) TRANQILLINA Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus / Augusta Tranquillina Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian to left, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina to right. Rev: MEC-AMBΡ-I-ANΩN (MESAMBRIANON) = Mesembria Apollo standing left, holding branch and lyre set on column to right.  Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
01/01/2025 03:10 am
|
|
Moderator
 United States
34398 Posts |
Quote:
I can't post one of mine until later (because it was minted prior to 240) but here are the other two. Pretty sure that we are on the decade of the 230s today, so please post them! Here is my Antoninianus of Gordon III that dates to between 238 and 244 AD. The obv inscription is IMP GORDIANUS PIUS III AUG while the rev features Hercules with a club and the inscription VIRTUTI AUGUSTI.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
A coin struck under pressure, metaphorically, as Moesia was becoming a frequent target of invasions by the Carpi and various Gothic tribes. One of the problems with having a massive empire was keeping its provinces safe; we talk about fighting a war on two fronts as being challenging, when the Romans were dealing with constant incursions, invasions, and rebellions across many, many more fronts than two - the Crisis of the Third Century had begun. Note the use of Latin legends on this coin. The colonia Viminiacium, and a good part of Moesia, had been Romanized, and the original Doric Greek had since been displaced by Latin; the coin I posted yesterday from Mesembria (geographically adjacent to the south/southwest of Moesia) features Greek legends. Much of Thracia was still Hellenic, retaining many of its Imperial Greek political structures and hierarchies, along with the use of the Attic Greek language; the policies of the Roman provincial officials were favorable towards Hellenization. Gordian III. 239 (AN II) AE Sestertius. 31.0mm, 17.5g, a big, chunky old coin. Moesia, Viminacium. Varbanov 108, AMNG (Pick) 76 Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG Laureate and draped bust right. Rev: PMS COL VIM, AN .I.I. in ex. = (Provinciae Moesiae Superioris COLonia VIMinacium) Moesia standing facing, head left, between a bull (representing Legionis VII Claudia) and a lion (representing Legionis IV Flavia Felix)   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
|
Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5172 Posts |
I was also confused about the decades, so this is a bit out of sequence, but I do like this 240s coin... even if it's in horrible condition.   Aigeai (or Aegeae), Cilicia Tranquillina (wife of Gordian III) dated year 289 of local era = 242/3 AD RPC VII.2 3177, not on Wildwinds I originally attributed this coin through the CNG example reposted in a gallery (at the time the relevant volume of RPC hadn't been posted online yet), which meant I had no idea it had a date! The date is actually clearer on my example than on the CNG one (...which is saying more about their coin than about mine). Nice to have a dated coin from that late in the Roman period. I'm not sure when exactly the local era would have started (it's apparently not the well-researched Caesarean era of Antioch, which starts two years earlier), so I can't convert this "242/3" to a single year, but it's definitely within the 240s. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
905 Posts |
 Elagabalus A.D. 222 AR Denarius 17x18mm 3.0g IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; laureate, and draped bust right P M TRP V COS IIII P P; Elagabalus standing left sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar and holding branch; in left field star. RIC IV Rome 53 |
|
Moderator
United States
188213 Posts |
Nice examples! |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
905 Posts |
 Caracalla A.D. 210- 213 AR Denarius 17x19mm 3.4gm ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT; laureate head right. MONETA AVG; Moneta stg. l., holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC IV Rome 224 |
|
Moderator
United States
34398 Posts |
Here is an AE 28 of Diadumenian from Markianopolis. It was minted in 217 or 218 AD and the reverse features a crescent moon with four stars.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
|
|
Moderator
United States
188213 Posts |
Wonderful pair. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
905 Posts |
 Septimius Severus A.D. 207 AR Denarius 18x19mm 3.3g SEVERVS PIVS AVG; laureate head right. P M TR P X V COS III P P; Africa, wearing elephant-skin head-dress, standing r., holding out drapery with fruits in its fold (?): at feet r., lion. RIC IV Rome 207 |
|
Moderator
United States
34398 Posts |
Julia Domna Denarius with IULIA AGUSTA and SAECULI FELICITAS inscriptions. It dates to 201 AD and attributed as RIC 577:   Tomorrow we drop back to the decade of the 190s and I'll be sitting on the sidelines for a little bit. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Sorry, been a bit busy lately!
I'll post later for the 190s. I only have two coins from the 200s and 210s (a Geta and a Greek prov from Elagabalus)
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
| |
Replies: 750 / Views: 65,386 |
First Page
Previous Page
Posted 12/31/2024 9:09 pm
