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    Interesting ancient coins, offered by Augustus Coins.

If you want to buy ancient coins, you are beginning at the right page. My coins are inexpensive; all cost much less than $1000. If you want to learn more about ancient coins, visit my educational ancient-coin website (begun in 1997 and expanded very many times since then). If you like to learn from books, visit my page of ancient-coin literature.  For more about me, see see here.

Contents: This is the main page with Roman coins and some of newest listings from other series too, at the top. For late Roman, Byzantine, or Greek coins, or books about them, use the links to the left.

Skip down to Republican, 1st C, 2nd C, or 3rd C
3rd C. more precisely: Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Elagablal, Severus Alexander,
  Gordian III, Philip, Valerian, Gallienus, Gallo-Roman, Claudius II, Aurelian,
  Probus, Tacitus, Carus and Family

Recent:  2021, July 30: Saladin! On the Byzantine page.
2021, July 23: Anastasius small module, Nicephorus II, Tiberius II XXX, on the Byzantine page.
2021, July 21 and 20: More books on the literature page.
July 16: Many important Byzantine and ancient-coin books at the top of the literature page.
July 15: Three non-Roman coins from Italy during the time of the Romans (at the top). Two ancient imitations from Spain of Republican semisses.
July 2: Roman Republican Janus/prow as.
June 28: Gallienus. One Roman and one Roman provincial, at the top.
June 27: Alexius III, at the top of the Byzantine page.
2021, June 21: Silver drachms of Trajan struck at Bostra, Arabia (at the top).
June 18: Galerius follis (at the top)
June 1: CONSTANTINOPOLI commemorative.
May 30: Oriental Greek, Hephthalite 1/4 drachm, at the top of the Greek page. Kushan, Vima Kadphises (top of this page). On the Byzantine page: Anonymous Class G. Justinian 10-nummi at Antioch. Constantine IV from Sicily. Arcadius, Theodosius, and Valentinian III, at the top of the late Roman page.
2021, May 26: Heraclius and two of Constans II, at the top of the Byzantine page.
May 24: Sestertius of Severus Alexander and Republican victoriatus (at the top).
May 18: A major AE rarity of Theodosius (first listing on this page)

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Purple means "SOLD" and no longer available

Early Italian, late 3rd C. BC before 217 BC.
25 mm. 11.70 grams.
Apulia, Luceria
Head of Ahtena right in Corinthian helmet with
5 dots above (for the denomination, a "quincunx")
Large wheel of 8 spokes with (weak) inscription between.
Sear Greek 587
Weber 460
Crawford, CMRR plate 20 on page 65.
Coinage in Italy contemporary with the expansion of Rome.
Very worn, as copper of the era tends to be.
Very slightly larger than a US quarter and twice as thick. [$49]

LUCANIA, Paestum (formerly Poseidonia).
16 mm. 3.81 grams
Second Punic War. 218-201 BC.
Æ Sextans
Female head right; •• (mark of value) to left /
Forepart of boar right; •• (mark of value) below.
Crawford, Paestum 12/1; HN Italy 1218. Weber 839
"The mint had the unique priviledge in Italy of being allowed to issue its own bronze coins right down to the time of Augustus and Tiberius." Sear Greek p. 66.
Worn, as usual. [$25]

LUCANIA, Paestum (formerly Poseidonia).
268-89 BC.
16 mm. 3.36 grams.
Æ Quadrans.
Diademed male head r.
Dolphin r. three dots for the denomination (3 out of 12 = a quadrans, 4 to an as)
"The mint had the unique priviledge in Italy of being allowed to issue its own bronze coins right down to the time of Augustus and Tiberius." Sear Greek p. 66.
Crawford, Paestum 6/2; HNItaly 1197. Crawford, Paestum 6/2; HN Italy 1197.
[$27 SOLD]

Roman Republican semis imitation from Spain
(which rarely had its own mint so locals issued imitations to supply the need for small change)
First century BC. c. 100-25 BC.
17-15 mm. 2.19 grams.
Head of Saturn right; S (mark of value) behind
Prow right; horizontal S (mark of value) above. Cf. Burgos R46.
cf CNG https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=270492
for a very similar coin, not as nice, for $60 plus fees.
Crawford "Unoffical imitations and small change under the Roman Republic" AIIN 29 (1982) plate XI, 21. Also, plate II 19 (same dies!)
"Found almost always in the south of Spain, near Seville"
Better than the CNG piece. [$49]

Roman Republican semis imitation from Spain
(which rarely had its own mint so locals issued imitations to supply the need for small change)
16-14 mm. 1.67 grams.
Very crude head left, no legend
a crude ships prow, right

Crawford ""Unoffical imitations and small change under the Roman Republic" AIIN 29 (1982) plate II, 16 is very similar including the best left and reverse design, which he says is crudest he has seen. See also plate XI, 40.
ex. Peter Beirne, Cumberland Coin Fair, March 2, 1996. [no ticket] [$47 SOLD]

Roman Republican as
Massive 32 mm and 32.79 grams.
Strck (shortly) after 211 BC.
Janus/Prow, "I" above (for 1 as)
Crawford 56/2
Lovely green patina.
[$195]

Gallienus, 253-268
VICTORIA AVG
Many coins of Gallienus have serious flaws like weak strikes, poor dies, corrosion, etc. Some are pretty nice but for a signifcant flaw here or there. This one is rare for being nearly perfect. No flaws. Good strike. Excellent centering.
For someone who appreciates a coin in outstanding condition. [$145 SOLD]
Bought at London Coin Galleries, Mission Viejo, California, in Jan. 1997 (no ticket)

Medieval Hungary. Anonymous. 12th C. 1141-1161
Tiny! Silver 12 mm. 0.33 grams.
The denomination is called a "denar"" It is sometimes called a "penny."
Cross and crescents/cross in circles
Huszar 92. Rethy-Probszt 88, plate V group V p. 57, between 1141 and 1161.
Small, well-struck, and cute. [$27]

Medieval Hungary. Stephan II. 1114-1131
Tiny! Silver. 11 mm. 0.33 grams.
The denomination is called a "denar"" It is sometimes called a "penny."
Rethy-Probszt 66, plate V, Stephan II 1114-1131
Excellent centering on a small silver coin [$27]

Medieval Hungary. Anonymous.
Tiny! 13 mm. Silver. 0.33 grams.
The denomination is called a "denar"" It is sometimes called a "penny."
Time of Beles III, Emmerichs, and Andreas II" c. 1173-1235
according to Rethy-Probszt X-146 group D, plate IX page 64 and page 62.
Wonderful multiple crosses. Very well struck and centered. Rare. Have you ever seen a coin with this many crosses? [$79]

Pamphlyia, Aspendos
465-430 BC
(Later the city has the well-known Slinger and wrestlers type)
Thick silver 20-19 mm. 10.95 grams.

Hoplite warrior right holding spear horizontal and shield in left, turtle between legs
Triskeles (three human legs running)
lion standing left behind lower leg [What an interesting type!]
EΣT (an abbreviation in Pamphylian script of the city name) all well-centered in an incuse square
A very old dumpy thick archaic coin! [$355, reduced to $325]

core of a fourree denarius, with all the silver plate gone.
Prototype, L. Torquatus, 113-112 BC
18-17 mm. 2.54 grams
Roma
horseman charging left with big circular shield
Sear 172. Crawford 295/1.
Unusual. Ex Baldwin's in London, March 9, 1988 (no ticket)
[$16, reduced to $14]

Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD)

North Black Sea area
Phanagoria in the name of Agrippia, 14-12 BC
Honorific name for the city adopted 14-12 BC because Agrippa under Augustus intervened in support of Polemo I.
late 1st C. BC.
21 mm. 5.79 grams.
Veiled female head right (Aphrodite Aptura, according to MacDonald)
AΓPIΠ-ΠEΩN prow left
H (H indicates value 8)
MacDonald 275/1 (is slightly worse). RPC I 1935 (is equal quality).
[$95] Very nice quality. The published coins I found are not better.
Not an imperial portrait, but issued in the time of Augustus.

Tiberius

Kingdom of the Bosporus
(Northern Black Sea area)
Aspurgus/Tiberius c. 35-37 AD
Aspurgus right
Bust of Tiberius right, TIBEPIΩY KAΣIAPOΣ legible
22 mm. 9.75 grams.
MacDonald Bosporus 300
[$169]

Claudius/Agrippina Jr.

Kingdom of the Bosporus
(Northern Black Sea area)
Under Kotys I, 45-63 AD.
22 mm. 5.96 grams.
TI KLAVΔIOY CEBACTOY KAICAPOC
Βust of Claudius right
IOVIAN AΓPIΠΠIAN CEBCTHN
Bust of Agrippina II left, monogram before neck
MacDonald 327 (photo has shorter obv. legend variety, quality about the same)
Anokhin 349 (worse)
Stancomb 970 (worse)
Smoothed and tooled. (Look on acsearch and you will see almost all are smoothed and tooled) There are not any on vcoins.
Rare and two imperial portraits. [$149]

Claudius, 41-54

Claudius, 41-54 AD.
Roman Alexandria.
26-25 mm.
Good portrait/eagle
[$95, reduced to $69]

Nero (54-68)

Vespasian (69-79)

[SOLD]

Titus (79-81)

[SOLD]

Domitian

Domitia, wife of Domitian
17-16 mm. 2.61 grams.
Provincial coin from Magnesia ad Sipylum
ΔOMITIA CEBACTH
MAΓNH CIΠY

RPC II 986 plate 43 (Their photo is of a smaller coin, only 14 mm, and equal on the obverse but slightly worse on the reverse, so this is a very good one "for type")
Her imperial coins are extremely rare, so this rare lady is usually found on a provincial coin.
[$119, reduced to $109]

Second Century

Trajan (98-117)

Hadrian (117-138)

[SOLD]

Antoninus Pius (138-161)

[SOLD]

Commodus (177-193)

[$59, reduced to $49] Septimius Severus (on right) and Caracalla (on left) at Beruit (Berytus). Two heads!
AE23-22, 8.16 grams. SGI city and obverse of 2301, different reverse.
Poseidon (Neptune) holds dolphin and trident. BER to right.
L&K 2264. BMC Berytus 130. SNG Copenhagen Phoenicia 107. [$59, reduced to $39]
ex Joel Malter XXXIV lot 587 Decem

Struck at Heliopolis, Coele-Syria
25-23 mm, thick, 11.70 grams.
agnostic urn on table with ornamental legs
COL HEL
Sear Greek Imperial --
L&K --, Lindgren III 1283variety (legend), Weber --, McClean 9440 variety, BMC Syria --
SNG Copenhagen Syria -- (439 has urn with no table, SNG Righetti --
[$65, reduced to $45] Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange, list of April 1988, lot 106, with ticket.

Rare Valerian at Flaviopolis, Cilicia. 253-260 AD. AE27-26. 11.99 grams. bust right/bust of Zeus right (not the usual Serapis w. slightly larger flan). Sear GI --, SNG France --, SNG Cop--, SNG von Aulock --, Lindgren & Kovacs --, L III --, SNG Righetti 1558, very similar. Note how few collections have this type. Rare [$35, reduced to $29] (This reverse type is sometimes on Maximinus I.)

[$95, reduced to $69] Gallienus, 30 mm.
Struck at Side in Pamphylia
E countermark over the original "IA" at the neck.
E = 5 assaria. Howgego Countermark 805
Sear Greek Imperial --,
von Aulock -- cf, plate 158, volume II for Valerian
L&K 1174 for obverse
SNG Copenhagen VI Pamphlia -- Supplement 523
Weber III --, SNG Righetti 1309 variety
ex Cederlind at $100, his #345 (list date uncertain, maybe 1990s?)
[$75, reduced to $65]

Aurelian usually comes as a radiate, either pre-reform or post reform. He also comes as a scarcer "denarius"--however almost always VICTORIA AVG. Far rarer, offered less than once a year, I think, is this PROVIDEN AVG denarius type.
None on vcoins. None at MA-Shops.
Roma had one, not better, in e-sale 27 for $143 including fees + shipping. CNG had one in 2010 for $185 + 12% + shipping. Elsen had one in 2011 for $207 + fees + shipping.
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG laureate bust right
PROVIDEN AVG
Providentia standing left holding wand over globe.
RIC 68 very rare type of an unusual denomination. You have seen his "Victory" reverse denarius, but likely not this type [$95]

Probus, 276-282
22-20 mm.
PAX AVG
RIC 706 Siscia. Sear III 12000 [$44] ex Berk in 1994

Probus, 276-282
CONCORDIA AVG
XXI in exergue and VII in the right field
RIC Siscia 661
Sear Roman Coins 11966
[$45]

Probus, 276-282
Antoninianus. 21-20 mm.
Probus in consular robes left, hlding eagle-tipped scepter.
VIRTVS AVGVSTI
RIC 234
Sear Roman Coins 12063
Struck 277-8 (The robes indicate it was a year he was Consul)
Beautiful detail in the robes. [$69]

Tacitus