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 Septimius Severus A.D. 194- 195 AR Denarius 16x18mm 3.0g IMP C AEL SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II; Laureate head right. MONET AVG; Moneta standing front, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. RIC IV Emesa 411a |
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During the years 193-197, civil wars raged the Roman empire, with multiple rulers claiming to be emperor. Clodius Albinus was one of the pretenders, and in 196 he declared himself augustus, with Lugdunum (Lyons) in Gaul as his base. He was defeated and killed in battle in 197. 196-197 CE, denarius, Clodius Albinus, RIC IV Clodius Albinus 20. IMP CAES D CLO SEP ALB AVG / FIDES LEG-ION COS II, Lugdunum.  |
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Caracalla. 198-217 AD Thrace, Serdica Orichalcum Sestertius. 30.0mm, 13.4g Varbanov 2438, BMC 12 Rev: Serapis   Julia Domna. 193-197 AD AR Denarius. 20.0mm, 3.0g Rome. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA Draped bust right Rev: MATER DEVM Cybele seated left   Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD Thrace, Augusta Traiana. AE Pentassarion. 31.0mm, 15.37g Varbanov II 985 (var. obv. legend) Obv: AVT L SEPTI SEVEROS PE Draped, laureate and cuirassed bust right Rev: AUGOUSTOS TRAIANOS Hermes standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left hand; a rooster to his left.  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
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Great coins posted yesterday, including some that were minted for more than a decade. That is fine as we get to see more coins and there was at least one that allows us to drop back to the decade of the 180s today.
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  Commodus A.D. 183 #1236; Sestertius 26x30mm 17.2g M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT; laureate head right. P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P; Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter in his left; S-C across fields. RIC III Rome - Not listed in RIC with this reverse legend with Jupiter holding thunderbolt ex-Kellogg Collection Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943) was the founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium and inventor of the Corn Flake. stored in a pillbox from the sanitarium |
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Very nice! |
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I tend to go by "earliest possible date" rather than "latest possible date" but I could do the latter if that's preferable.
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 Faustina II A.D. 176 17x18mm 2.9gm FAVSTINA AVGVSTA; Bust right FORTVNAE MVLIEBRI (Womanly fortune); Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC III Rome 683 |
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Fantastic example! |
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I tend to go by "earliest possible date" rather than "latest possible date" Yes that is exactly the intention for this thread. For example, your most recent Orichalcum Sestertius, which was minted between 198 and 217 AD belongs to the decade of the 190s. This is exactly what you did. My comment was more that the minting period was too long since it goes past 208 or 209 AD. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Got it. It can be difficult to accurately date Roman Imperial coinage sometimes if there aren't any giveaways (consul/regnal year, references to specific events, etc.) especially for Emperors who reigned for quite a long time.
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100% agree and would add that it isn't just the Roman coins that often lack the specificity needed to advance this thread. And then sometimes you can pick up a coin like @vic's sweet Denarius or this Parthian Tet that is datable to *October* 173 AD. It features Vologases IV and is attributed as Sellwood S.84.48.   Added: tomorrow we drop back to the 160s! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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 Lucilla #1236; Sestertius A.D. 164- 169 LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F; draped bust right. HILARITAS S-C; Hilaritas stg. l., holding long palm and cornucopiae. RIC III Rome 1742 Daughter of Marcus Aurelius and wife of Lucius Verus |
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