CLAUDIUS I, AS, BRANCH MINT, MINERVA, cf RIC 100
Claudius I
As
Provincial or branch mint
Obv: [TI CLAVD]IVS CAESAR AVG PM T[RP IMP….]
Bare head left
Rev: SC
Minerva standing right holding spear and shield
cf. RIC 100
Claudius’ bronze coinage in 41 (not yet P P) was produced not only at Rome, but also at other branch mints in the provinces. Besombes and Barrandon identified the official branch mints as:
– Spain I (mint in military camp, Leon region, Astorga), dedicated to the military units in Spain
– Spain II (Tarraco), known from the La Pobla de Mafumet hoard
– Gaul (Lugdunum?).
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, SESTERTIUS, ROME MINT, VIRTUS, RIC 673c
Septimius Severus
Sestertius
Rome mint
Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VIRT AVG TRP II COS II PP SC
Virtus standing left holding small victory and spear
RIC 673c
ANONYMOUS, TERMESSOS MAJOR IN PISIDIA, AE 30mm, HEAD OF ZEUS, TYCHE, SNG VON AULOCK 5361
Anonymous
Termessos Major in Pisidia
AE 30mm
c.238-68 AD
Obv: TEPMHCCEΩN
Laureate and bearded bust of Zeus right, Θ below
Rev: TΩN MEIZONΩN
Tyche standing left, rudder in right, cornucopia in left, Θ right
SNG von Aulock 5361
MARCUS AURELIUS, KOINON OF THESSALY, AE 25mm (DIASSARION), ATHENA, BCD 960.4
Marcus Aurelius
Koinon of Thessaly
AE 25mm, Diassarion
Obv: ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝƐΙΝΟС
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΘƐССΑΛωΝ
Athena Itonia advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield
BCD 960.4, RPC 4563 (temporary)
AURELIAN, ANTONINIANUS, SERDICA MINT, DEO ET DOMINO NATO AVRELIANO AVG, RIC 306 (RARE)
Aurelian
270-5 AD
Antoninianus
Serdica Mint
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Obv: DEO ET DOMINO NATO AVRELIANO AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev: RESTITVT ORBIS
Female figure standing right, crowning Emperor in military dress standing left, holding spear (or long sceptre) in l. hand.
RIC 306, MIR 261ee4, BNC 1053, RIC (revised) 2803 (temporary number)
A very rare obverse legend and better preserved than most, if not all, of the six specimens listed on the new RIC website.