Coin Community Family of Web Sites Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors
Coin, Banknote and Medal Collectors's Online Mall Vancouvers #1 Coin and Paper Money Dealer Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors Royal Canadian Mint products, Canadian, Polish, American, and world coins and banknotes. Shop for APMEX Bullion on eBay!Specializing in Modern Numismatics 300,000 items to help build your collection!








Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?


This page may contain links that result in small commissions to keep this free site up and running.

Welcome Guest! Registering and/or logging in will remove the anchor (bottom) ads. It's Free!

Ancients Need ID | Roman Sestertii

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.
Author Previous TopicReplies: 7 / Views: 2,163Next Topic  
Valued Member
ziggy9's Avatar
United States
499 Posts
 Posted 02/17/2008  1:09 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add ziggy9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi
These are some coins that I call "Hail Mary" coins. I toss them out there and hope someone can catch what they are!

Image: Ancients-Need-ID-|-Roman-Sestertii hm1obv.jpg
24.72 KB

Image: Ancients-Need-ID-|-Roman-Sestertii hm1rev.jpg
28.62 KB

Image: Ancients-Need-ID-|-Roman-Sestertii hm2obv.jpg
36.83 KB

Image: Ancients-Need-ID-|-Roman-Sestertii hm2rev.jpg
33.06 KB

Image: Ancients-Need-ID-|-Roman-Sestertii hm3obv.jpg
28.92 KB

Image: Ancients-Need-ID-|-Roman-Sestertii hm3rev.jpg
27.98 KB

Thanks

Richard
Edited by Sap
03/19/2008 03:31 am
Moderator
Learn More...
echizento's Avatar
United States
23731 Posts
 Posted 02/17/2008  1:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
#1. Not being able to read the inscription I'm going to say this is a coin of the emperor Severus Alexander 222-235 AD.

#2. Appears to be the emperor Antoninus Pius 138-161 AD. The reverse looks like, the emperor seated left holding branch ans spear.

#3. Emperor Hadrian 117-138 AD,not sure on the reverse.

Moderator
Learn More...
Sap's Avatar
Australia
16829 Posts
 Posted 02/18/2008  05:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
#1: Severus Alexander is as good a guess as any. It's definitely a late-period sestertius (brass/bronze), rather than a base-silver antoninianus. Reverse legend starts with VICTORI... so a Victory theme seems logical. This one appears to be a good match.

#2: A brass sestertius of Antoninus Pius. Reverse is trickier; all I can read is "IIII", which doesn't help, since "COS IIII" appears on many of his coins. Fortunately, there aren't too many sestertii with seated figures; Indulgence seems to be a good match. This one is the best fit I found.

#3: The only legible text is "...AS AVG", which really doesn't help too much in this case. This FELICITAS reverse type is just one of several possible matches; AEQVITAS and PIETAS are equally possible.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Pillar of the Community
atlashealth's Avatar
United States
1691 Posts
 Posted 02/18/2008  6:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add atlashealth to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
E tu Brute!
Valued Member
valutarick's Avatar
Netherlands
376 Posts
 Posted 03/18/2008  2:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add valutarick to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry to cause any misshief, but the first coin as pictured is an Antiochian mint Empress, could be Theodora, mother of Constantine the great or Fausta, 1st wife of Constantine the Great..
Pillar of the Community
Learn More...
Victor's Avatar
United States
905 Posts
 Posted 03/18/2008  3:48 pm  Show Profile   Check Victor's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Victor to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree that the first coin is third century, but I believe that it is Gordian III. I have linked to a similar examples from Wildwinds:

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...RIC_0337.jpg

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear...ml#RIC_0338a


It can't be an empress from the fourth century for a few reasons, but mainly because it does not look like either Fausta or Theodora (at least any examples I have seen). Below are the Wildwinds pages for each.

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/fausta/i.html

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/theodora/i.html

Coin number one is also a sestertius, which was not issued during the period of Constantinian coinage. It also has SC on the reverse, which Constantinian AE coinage did not.
Moderator
Learn More...
Sap's Avatar
Australia
16829 Posts
 Posted 03/19/2008  03:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
OK, so I think all three of these sestertii have now been satisfactorily identified, to emperor if not right down to reverse type with certainty. I'll sum up, just so it's all in one post:

#1: brass/bronze sestertius of Gordian III, reverse shows Victory standing, VICTORIA AETER. RIC 337, Sear 8741. Dated to 243/4 AD.

#2: brass sestertius of Antoninus Pius, reverse (probably) shows Indulgence seated, INDVLGENTIA AVG COS IIII, SC in exergue, RIC 904, Sear 4183. Dated to 152/3 AD.

#3: brass sestertius of Hadrian, reverse (possibly) Felicitas standing, FELICITAS AVG SC, RIC 750, Sear 3595. Dated to 133 AD.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Valued Member
ziggy9's Avatar
United States
499 Posts
 Posted 03/19/2008  12:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ziggy9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thank you all for your help

Richard
  Previous TopicReplies: 7 / Views: 2,163Next Topic  

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.



    




Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us  |  Advertise Here  |  Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum © 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Forums
It took 0.27 seconds to rattle this change. Forums