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Spain
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My coins....really short time on power!! BALBINUS denarius RIC 8 sear5 #8491 Balbinus Denarius. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, & cuirassed bust right / VICTOR-IA AVGG, Victory standing front with wreath & palm. RIC 8, RSC 27. (22 april 238/29 july 238)   PERTINAX denarius RIC 8 Pertinax Denarius. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head right / OPI DIVIN TR P COS II, Ops seated left, holding two corn ears, left hand on top of throne. RSC 33 (1 january 193/28 march 193)   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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If you have a denarius with a "TR P" date you can date it to within a year. If you have a coin with both TR P and COS dates you can sometimes fix it within less than a month, from Dec. 10 (when the TR P number changed ) to Jan. 1, when the COS number changed, although most such coins are in the other 11 months. If you have a coin of a short-reign emperor (e.g. Macrinus) you can date it to within the period of his reign. If you consult RIC you can usually date late Roman coins to within a year or two.
Learning how scholars can pin down dates is lots of fun. If you just have a coin of an emperor, you can add to your appreciation of it if you can figure out when it was minted, more precisely. So, show us a coin you can date!
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This Carus antoninianus was minted in Oct 282 in Ticinum in  a pre emission. Obv. IMP C M AVR KARVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev. VIRTVS AVG, Virtvs st. right holding spear and shield Why October 282? 1. Carus became emporer in september 282, in Ticinum no Carus coins before october 2. VIRTVS AVG means a sole emporer, in october Carinus, his son became co-emporer as a Ceasar (1the emission) 3. Portrait is still that of Probus 4. Carus with a K was only in the beginning of his reign, the pre- and first emission in october Ed Edited by Eddop
03/05/2013 05:40 am
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 United States
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Gold - malamute67 - Balbinus
Silver - DavidUK - Justin II & Sophia folles, one of the nicest examples I've seen.
Bronze - Eddop - Carus
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Valued Member
Spain
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Gold.........ECHIZENTO-----A.PIUS
Silver.......EDOP----------CARUS
Bronze.......FURIUS RUFUS--MAXIMIANUS
Congrats to AUGUSTUS1 for this amazing smackdown!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gold - Severus II 'Emperor giving barbarian the shaft' right between the eyes too !
Silver - Balbinus .... nice !
Bronze - Carus with a 'K'
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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Gold - Malamute67 - Balbinus
Silver - DavidUK - Justin II & Sophia follis
Bronze - furius - Maximianus
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gold: Eddop Carus with a K dated to a month!
Silver: Malamute67 Balbinus dated to his short reign
Bronze: DavidUK Marcus Aurelius VIC PAR dated by TRP to a year and with a historical victory reference
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United States
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gold: duk's marcus aurelius
silver: ski, hadrian
bronze: m67's balbinus....didn't know who this guy was evern.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Gold: denariusMalamute's BALBINUS denarius
Silver:Echizento's Hadrian
Bronze: Eddop's Carus
Only one page of entries for a smackdown :( I wish there were more entries and more coins to salivate over, but some interesting background presented with the coins made for some interesting entries.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Marcus Aurelius. 139-180 AD. As, (Struck AD 145) Rome Mint. 9.58grams, 25mm, 180o. Obverse: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL, Bare head right. Reverse: HILARITAS / SC, Hilaritas standing left holding long palm and cornucopia. RIC 1260 (Antoninus Pius)   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
And the winners are....
Bronze three-way tie: DavidUK Justin II and Sophia, Echizento Hadrian, DavidUK Marcus Aurelius
Silver: Eddop, Carus with a K
Gold: malamute67 Balbinus
Congratulations to all who entered and especially to malmut67e, our new host.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Grats Malmute ^^ Good luck on hosting next one, I am hoping it will be something interesting that I can enter something for :)
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United States
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Congrats to all the winners.
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Valued Member
Spain
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Thankyou all for your votes!!  |
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