Interesting ancient coins, offered by Augustus Coins. 

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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, Nov. 28:  Many sold coins removed entirely and many prices revised. 
Nov. 9: Fourré ancient imitations moved to here under their emperors (away from the discontinued page formerly devoted to ancient imitations).
Oct. 23:  Indo-Greek. Hatra (desert city) on the Greek page. 
2021, Oct. 22: Large Panticapaeum Pan/bow beauty (this page). Very rare Galerius aurelianus (the type, PRAESIDIA REIPVBLIC, was the subject of an article I will send along in pdf form). Two more Maximian aureliani (on that same Tetrarchy page).
2021, Oct. 14:  Helena, mother of Constantine (this page at the top).
Oct. 13:  Constantius "post-reform radiate". Lovely Licinius II campgate. Huge 47-45 mm Samanid multiple dirham. All on this page at the top.
Oct. 12:  Justin I, rare Sear 79 on the Byzantine page. Les "Poulains" de Corinthe, Tomb II by Oscar E. Ravel on the literature page.


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All coins are guaranteed genuine.

Reminder:  When you buy a coin you must add in the shipping cost. Don't think a coin offered at $20 elsewhere will cost you $20. It won't. Shipping could easily be $6 or more. In contrast, I charge only $2 for shipping a $20 coin in the US.

Purple means "SOLD" and no longer available

Newest first (down to the second horizontal line.)
After that, Roman coins before the 4th century are in chronological order below. Later Roman coins are on other pages linked in the sidebar.
  (Greek, Byzantine, and other coins are on their own pages with links at the top left.)

Newest next.  Skip the newest coins and go down to Roman coins in chronological order
 

Spectacular!  
Panticapaeum (Panticapaion) c. 314-310 BC.
In the north Black Sea region.
First note this coin is 25 mm or slightly more. 14.01 grams.
MacDonald 59. Anokhin 110.
Lovely near black color.
Very little wear. Nice centering. Full and clear legend. Search auction-results sites and you can see these in the 600-800-euro (+ fees) range. 
Look at the portrait of Pan!  Artwork worthy of Syracuse or a gold coin. [$285 SOLD] Wonderful!

 

Helena
Mother of Constantine
20-19 mm. 3.09 grams.
FL HELENA AVGVSTA
SMANTZ
RIC Antioch 67 "325-6" p. 689 "r4" (but there are 4 varieties. The general type is not rare at all.)
Good details and surfaces. There are even some tiny facial details on the reverse figure. Nicely centered. [$57 SOLD]

 

Constantius, 293-305-306
As Caesar
19 mm. 2.96 grams.
Radiate fraction
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
CONCORDIA MILITVM
mintmark KB in middle field
RIC VI Cyzicus 18a "c. 295-9"
Sear IV 14104
Lovely orange color, full flan, good eye and beard. A really nice coin. [$37]

Licinius II, 317-324, as Caesar
19 mm. 3.06 grams.
DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C
PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
campgate
MHTΔ
Tiny bust left, holding mappa and scepter
One way (known to every kindergardner) to indicate a person is not as important as another is to make their picture smaller. 
RIC VII Heraclea 19 "317" (His first issue)
Lovely light cover, perfect centering, nice grade, excellent bust [$45]
Please compare with vcoins prices. As I write, the closest one is $125 and not as nice. 

 

Maximian, 296-305
22 mm.
Post-refrom radiate
CONCORDIA MILITVM
RIC VI Cyzicus 15b "c.295-6"
Sear IV 13315
Lovely light earthern cover, full flan, good portrait [$29]  ($3 shipping. When you price a coin, be sure to include the cost of shipping.)





 

Maximian, aurelianus. 286-291.
25-23 mm. Very large for type. 
IMP C M AV VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG
VICTORIA AVGG
Emperor on left holding baton in left (parazonium?) and receiving Victory on globe from Diocletian on right holding transverse scepter. B in field, XXI in exergue.
RIC V.II Maximian 585, page 288 "Siscia, 291."
Sear 13179.
Large, full, flan [$69, reduced to $59]

Jovian, 363-364
AE3. 19 mm.
DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
VOT/V/MVLT/X
BSISC in exergue
RIC VIII Siscia 426 "scarce"
Obverse with lovely even green patina and name fully on the flan. [$39, reduced to $31]
[Please compare to vcoins prices.]

Constantius II, 324-337-361
DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG
CONCORDIA MILITVM
BSIS in exergue
Emperor standing holding two standards with chi-rho Christian symbols.
III in field left
RIC VIII Siscia 301, page 371 "25 Dec. 350-August 351"
Bold portrait and bold chi-rhos. Dark green patina [$49, reduced to $43 SOLD]
[Please compare to vcoins prices.]
 

 

Roman Republican  

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.
Small. 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, reduced to $43]
This coin cited in Rippolès and Witschonke, "The unofficial Roman Republican semisses struck in Spain" in Studies in Ancient Coinage in Honor of Andrew Burnett, 2015. #116h, not illustrated.

 

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, reduced to $155]

*****   I also have a page of numismatic literature (ancient-coin auction catalogs, books) for sale.

Roman Imperial Silver and AE 
 

Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD)

DIVVS AVGVSTVS restored by Titus
27 mm. 12.36 grams.
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Radiate head left
Vicory left holding shield with SP/QR, SC high in fields
IMP T VESP AVG REST   (restored)
BMC Titus 265
RIC II.1 Titus 446 dupondius, dated 80-81
ex Imperator Coins (Joe Mastrario) in 2006
ex Ancient Arts and Treasures (Winter Park, FL) before 2006, with their ticket
Hard dark green patina. [$245, reduced to $225]

 

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, reduced to $85] 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, reduced to $149 SOLD]

 

 

 

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Claudius, 41-54

 

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

 

 

 Nero (54-68)

[SOLD]

Vespasian (69-79)
 

[SOLD]

Titus (79-81) 

[SOLD]
 

Domitian
 

[SOLD] 
 

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Second Century

Trajan (98-117)

[SOLD]

Hadrian (117-138)
 

Second Century Imitations:

[$29, reduced to $25]  Hadrian, 117-138
18 mm.  3:00.  fourré. (ancient imitation)
    /FORT RED, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae 
    /PONT MAX ... COS II 
IMP CAESAR TRAIANV HADRIAN  (some letters crude) 
Prototype:  RIC --, cf. 41 of AD 118, similar obverse , that reverse with "PONT MAX" 
BMC --, cf. plate 48.6 in gold.  "PONT MAX" is on AE, not AR or AV. 

 

[$29]
19 mm fourré. (ancient imitation) 2.53 grams.
Hadrian, 117-138                                                          
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG 
    /PM TRP COS III, Victory right holding trophy forward 
plated piece: 19 mm. 6:00. 2.53 grams 
Remarkably nice reverse.
Prototype:  RIC 101 "AD 119-122", BMC 212, plate 51.1. Hill 237 "AD 123"
 

 

Hadrian, 117-138
20 mm fourré.  (ancient imitation)2.95 grams.
BMC 163, page 261, plate 50.5 for reerse. Obverse legend unlisted except close to some on p. 378 of "barbarous" types illustrated on plate 68, especially 68.9, 68.11 "Eastern (Antioch) or semi-barbarous(?) -- Paris and Vienna"  Hil 169 of AD 120 issue 7 "52" is the reverse. [$25, reduced to $15]

 

 

Antoninus Pius (138-161)

[SOLD]

 

Commodus  (177-193)

 

[$27, reduced to $23] Commodus, 177-192
 18-17 mm.  6:00.  2.33 grams
M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS
    /PM TRP XIII IMP VIII COS V PP
    Aequitas standing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia
    Hybrid: RIC -- but reverseof RIC 164, Dec. 187 - Dec. 188. Obverse of AD 183-185
    BMC --. Obverse of Dec. 183 - Dec. 185/BMC 242, page 733, plate 97.1.  For obverse legend see plate 93.11-19.
Commodus is uncommon as a fourré (ancient imitation)

 

Third Century:

Septimius Severus

Maximinus Thrax (235-238)



[$29] Maximinus I, Thrax. 235-238
18 mm. 2.00 grams. PROVIDENTIA AVG
prototype RIC 13, first legend, March 235 - Jan 236.
Glossy gray metal. Unusual and good condition for this type of metal.  Limes denarius. That is, made near the borders and not of good metal like official Roman issues. 

 

Trajan Decius (249-251)

Trebonianus Gallus. A.D. 251-253
 

Valerian (253-260)

 [Rare. $65, reduced to $43] Valerian (253-260) 

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 $27] (This reverse type is sometimes on Maximinus I.)

Gallienus (253-268)

[$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 $59] 

For a page of ancient imitations from the third century, see here.
 

Aurelian (270-275)

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. 
18 mm. 1.36 grams.
As I write, none on vcoins and 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, reduced to $42 SOLD] 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, reduced to $43 SOLD]

 

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, reduced to $65 SOLD]

 

 

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Tacitus

  [sold]

Florian 

  [sold]

 

Numerian, 283-4 as Augustus.
22-21 mm. 3.83 grams.
IMP C NVMERIANVS PF AVG
FIDES EXERCIT AVGG
Fides seated left holding standards
SMSXXI in exergue

RIC V.II Siscia 460

Attractive. Lovely patina. Good portrait. Long mintmark. [$79, reduced to $69, reduced to $65 SOLD]   

 

 

 

Carinus (283-285)

Go to, on this page, Republican, 1st C, 2nd C, or 3rd C  

Caracalla, Elagablal, Severus Alexander, Gordian III, Philip, Valerian, Gallienus, Gallo-Roman, Claudius II, Aurelian, Probus, Tacitus, Carus and Family 

Continue on another page with:
Roman: Diocletian through Licinius (the tetrarchy) or
with Constantinian coins,

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