Lucius
Verus A.D. 161—169 |
|
2419 |
A.D.
162/163 |
|
Æ drachm
(18.97 gm). |
Dattari
3785. Milne 2458 var. (drl and
cuir. bust). BMC —. |
Obv:
Bare headed, draped bust of Lucius Verus
r. |
Rev:
Tyche reclining l. on garlanded couch,
holding rudder and raising hand to
hd., date LΓ in upper l. field.
|
Note: The type
of Fortuna Redux was employed in the Rome
coinage of Lucius Verus in A.D. 162 and
in the earlier half of 163, expressing
the hope for his safe return from his eastern
campaigns. Alexandria had no sharply characterized
Tyche type equivalent to Fortuna Redux,
but more generalized Tyche types appeared
on the Romano-Egyptian coinage for regnal
years 2 through 4, to be displaced by various
types symbolizing victories won beginning
in year 5. The present type depicts Tyche
reclining at a lectisternium or
feast of the gods. |
| |
2420 |
A.D.
163/164 |
|
Billon
tetradrachm
(13.05 gm). |
Dattari
—.
Milne —.
Vogt —, but cf. F2028B
(M. Aurelius). |
Obv:
Bare-headed, dr. and cuir. bust of Lucius
Verus r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Bust of Athena r., wearing crested
helmet and aegis, date Δ (arranged
vertically) in r. field.
|
Note: Minerva
was one of the types of the Rome denarii,
sestertii, and dupondii of Marcus Aurelius
issued March-July A.D. 164. She reappeared
on his Rome coinage in A.D. 168, on
dupondii and asses, but was never employed
at Rome for Verus. At Alexandria Minerva's
equivalent Athena appears contemporaneously
on coins of both emperors, in year
4 on tetradrachms and in year 8 on
bronze diobols. The crossover of types
associated with one of the coemperors
at Rome to his colleague at Alexandria
seems to be a typical feature of the
coinage of this reign. |
| |
| 2421 |
A.D.
163/164 |
|
| Billon
tetradrachm
(13.41 gm). |
Dattari
3664 var. (dr. l. shoulder). Milne
2481 var. different bust and legend,
date LΔ.
BMC 1360 var. (bust with aegis).
|
| Obv:
Laur. and dr. bust of Lucius Verus r. |
| Rev:
Nike advancing r., holding wreath in both
hands, date ΔL in
front. |
Note: Victory
types first appear on the Rome coinage
of Aurelius and Verus in March-July
A.D. 164, celebrating Verus' Armenian
victories. At Alexandria they are in
evidence as early as year 2, which
began only six months after the accession
of the coemperors. |
| |
| 2422 |
A.D.
163/164 |
|
| Æ drachm
(23.27 gm). |
Dattari
3759 var. (l. foot on rock, date horizontal).
Milne 2499 var. (drapery on Poseidon's
thigh).
|
| Obv:
Laureate head of Lucius Verus r. with
dr. l. shoulder. |
| Rev:
Poseidon stg. l., holding dolphin and
trident, resting r. foot on rock, date LΔ in
l. field. |
|
2423
|
A.D.
165/166
|
|
Æ drachm
(18.23 gm).
|
Dattari
3780. Milne 2545 var. (CΗΜΑCΙΑ in
two lines).
BMC 1381 var. (CΗΜΑCΙΑ in
two lines, palm misdescribed as whip).
|
Obv:
Laureate head of Lucius Verus r. with
dr. l. shoulder.
|
Rev:
CΗΜΑCΙΑ, Semasia
on horse galloping l., wearing elephant
headdress and holding palm,
date Lς, in upper
r. field.
|
Note: Semasia,
a purely Alexandrian type, here makes
her first appearance on the coinage.
The name derives from a word for
"signal" and must mean an announcement
of important news, probably the report
of Verus' Parthian victories.
|
| |
| Lucilla daughter
of Marcus Aurelius and wife of Lucius
Verus |
2424
|
A.D.
166/167
|
|
Billon
tetradrachm (12.49 gm).
|
Dattari
3817. Milne —. BMC 1391. Curtis
781A.
|
Obv:
Draped bust of Lucilla r.
|
Rev:
Tyche, wearing modius, reclining l.
on garlanded couch, holding rudder
and raising l. hand to head, above
date LΖ.
|
| Note: Fortuna,
the Latin equivalent of Tyche, was
never employed on the Rome coinage
of Lucilla. |
| |
Commodus A.D.
177-192
|
|
2425
|
A.D.
189/190
|
|
Potin
tetradrachm (13.22 gm).
|
Dattari
3884. Milne 2964. BMC 1422.
Curtis 850.
|
Obv:
Laureate head of Commodus r.
|
Rev:
Elpis advancing l., holding flower
and lifting skirt, date LΛ across
field.
|
Note: Elpis
is the Hellenic equivalent of Spes.
As with the preceding lot, we have
here a personification that does
not appear at all on the Rome coinage
of Commodus' reign as sole emperor.
At Alexandria Elpis appears at the
beginning of the reign, as might
be expected, and not again until
this year. Possibly the type alludes
to the vota undertaken on the occasion
of the emperor's tricennalia. This
great occasion was commemorated on
his Rome coinage for the most part
obliquely, through the addition of
the epithet Felix to various
standard personifications.
|
|
2426
|
A.D.
189/190
|
|
Potin
tetradrachm (11.96 gm).
|
Dattari
3884 pl. xii. Milne 2964. BMC 1422.
Curtis 850.
|
Obv:
Laureate head of Commodus r.
|
Rev:
Sarapis as fountain god standing
three quarters l., wearing modius
and holding
patera, tohis r. lion's head water
spout pouring water into lebes-fountain,
date L—Λ across
upper field.
|
| |
| Crispina wife
of Commodus |
| 2427 |
A.D.
182/183 |
|
| Æ hemidrachm
(11.27 gm) |
Dattari —.
Milne —.
BMC —.
|
Obv:
Draped bust of Crispina r.
|
Rev:
Uncertain deity or personification
standing three quarters l., raising
hand (possibly with attribute) and
holding transverse sceptre, date [L]Κ—Β across
field.
|
Note: The
figure on the reverse of this coin
appears to be turreted, which would
plausibly identify her as Alexandria,
whose iconography did include a version
based on the City Tyche type of Asia
Minor. Personifications already recorded
for the bronze of Crispina include
Eirene, holding grain and caduceus,
for year 10; Moneta, holding scales
and sceptre, for year 11 (see Dattari
3969 and 3972); and Tyche, for year
21 (see Cologne 2262-2263). Commodus
employed a figure with the pose of
the present reverse in his year 30,
explicitly labelled as Pronoia, probably
too assertive a type for an empress,
and in any case far removed in time
from the issue offered here. |
| |
| Septimius
Severus A.D.
193-211 |
| 2482 |
A.D.
195/196 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm
(13.15 gm.) |
Dattari —. Milne —.
BMC 1458. Curtis X-906 var. (Tyche
wears modius). |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Septimius Severus
r. |
| Rev:
Tyche enthroned l., holding rudder
and cornucopiae, date LΔ in
field. |
Note: Fortuna
was a favorite type of Severus
in the early years of his reign,
appearing
on his Rome coinage in every year
from A.D. 194 to 200 and again
in A.D. 203. At Alexandria she
is a
regular feature of the potin tetradrachms
from years 2 through 6. The Rome
versions are usually identified
as Fortuna Redux, indicating that
the
type expresses the hope of the
emperor's safe return from the
constant military
campaigns of these years. As in the earlier
case of Lucius Verus (see lot 2419 above),
the Alexandria mint employed only a generalized
Tyche type. |
| |
| 2429 |
A.D.
199/200 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm
(13.37 gm.) |
Dattari —.
Milne —. BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Septimius Severus
r. |
| Rev:
Draped bust of Julia Domna, date L—Η in
front. |
Note: This
issue, with it's reverse portrait
of Julia Domna, slightly anticipates
the great burst of dynastic coinage
at Rome in A.D. 201 and 202, which
also employed many double portraits
in various combinations. Milne
was apparently in error in listing
the empress as a reverse type of
year 7 (see Milne, p. lxi and Christiansen, The
Roman Coins of Alexandria (Åarhus,
1987), p. 271).
|
| |
| Julia
Domna wife of Septimius
Severus and mother of Caracalla |
| 2430 |
A.D.
215/216 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.85 gm.) |
Dattari —.
Milne —. Cf. BMC 1471 and Curtis
X-927 (date LΚΓ). |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Domna r. |
| Rev:
Aphrodite enthroned three quarters
r., holding mirror and arranging
hair, date L—ΚΔ across
field. |
Note: Venus
Genetrix was added to the repertory
of Domna's Rome reverse types in
A.D. 215, and became her sole type
for 216 and 217. As in the case of
Severus' Fortuna Redux (see lot 2428
above), the Alexandrian equivalent
is not as sharply characterized as
the Rome version. |
| |
| Caracalla A.D.
198-217 |
|
| 2431 |
A.D.
200/201 |
|
Potin
tetradrachm (12.32 gm) |
Dattari
4044, pl. iv, this coin. Milne —.
BMC —. Curtis X-920. |
Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Caracalla r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Geta r., viewed from behind.,
date LGREEK in front. |
Note: This
coin, like the double portrait
coin of Septimius Severus and Julia
Domna above (see lot 2429), reflects
the important dynastic coinage
produced at Rome in A.D. 201 and
202.
|
| |
| 2432 |
A.D.
211/212 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.02 gm) |
Dattari
—. Milne —. BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Caracalla r., viewed from behind. |
| Rev:
Emperor, togate, on l., holding transverse
sceptre and receiving globe from Zeus
who stands on r., also holding transverse
sceptre, date L Θ in
field. |
| |
| Geta
as caesar A.D.
198-209 |
|
| 2433 |
A.D.
201/202 |
|
| Æ drachm
(15.45 gm) |
Dattari
—. Milne —. BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Bare headed, cuir. bust of Geta r. |
Rev:
Caracalla, veiled and togate, stg.
three quarters l., holding patera
and sceptre, date LΙ in
left field.
|
Note: This
exceedingly interesting coin conflates
two themes of the Rome coinage
of A.D. 202, dynastic pairings
and the sacrificial types used
to advertise the vota suscepta for
Severus' decennalian year.
|
| |
| 2434 |
A.D.
202/203 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.38 gm) |
Dattari
4080 var. (eagle stands on thunderbolt,
date Θ).
Milne 2724 var. (date Θ).
BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Bare headed, cuir. bust of Geta r. |
| Rev:
Eagle standing three quarters r.,
head l., wreath in beak, date LΙΑ across
field.. |
| |
| Elagabalus A.D.
218-222 |
|
| 2435 |
A.D.
219/220 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.60 gm) |
Dattari
4104. Milne 2768. BMC —. Curtis
946. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Elagabalus r. |
Rev:
Draped bust of Athena r., wearing
triple-crested Attic helmet ornamented
with griffin at front of crest,
date LΙΓ in
r. field. |
Note: Minerva,
the Roman equivalent of Athena, never
appeared on the Rome coinage of Elagabalus.
Yet Athena was a preferred type of
the Alexandrian coinage of this reign,
appearing every year on the tetradrachms,
usually in two different representations.
She was furthermore associated with
other members of the imperial family
including several empresses (see
lots 248, 2440, 244, and 2444 below),
though at Rome Minerva was considered
a masculine type. |
| |
| Julia
Paula wife of Elagabalus |
|
| 2436 |
A.D.
219/220 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.20 gm) |
Dattari
4160. Milne 2788. BMC 1532. Curtis
1005. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Paula r. |
Rev:
Draped bust of Alexandria l., wearing
laureate and turreted cap with brim,
date LΓ across field. |
Note: This
portrayal of Alexandria, with its
turreted crown representing city
walls, derives ultimately from
the iconography of the City Tyches
of Asia Minor. The attractive combination
of the mural crown with a soft
cap is a local flourish and marks
the type as a late variant.
|
| |
| Aquilia
Severa wife
of Elagabalus |
| 2437 |
A.D.
220/221 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.51 gm) |
Dattari
4187. Milne —. BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Aquilia Severa r. |
| Rev:
Eagle with wings spread standing three-quarters
r., wreath in beak, date LΔ in
upper left field. |
| |
| Annia
Faustina wife of Elagabalus |
| 2438 |
A.D.
221/222 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.06 gm) |
Dattari
4192. Milne 2837. BMC 1550. Curtis
—. |
Obv:
Draped bust of Aquilia Severa r.
|
| Rev:
Athena standing three quarters l., holding
Nike and resting hand on shield, date
LΕ in lower left field. |
| |
| 2439 |
A.D.
221/222 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.73 gm) |
Dattari
4196. Milne 2863. BMC —. Curtis 1026A. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Aquilia Severa r. |
| Rev:
Nilus reclining l., holding reed and cornucopiae,
many genii around, obelisk (Nilometer)
in background, date LΕ in exergue. |
Note: This
depiction of Nilus includes an
obelisk representing the Nilometer,
a monument recording the depth
of the annual innundations.
|
| |
| Julia
Soaemias mother
of Elagabalus |
| 2440 |
A.D.
221/222 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.43 gm) |
Dattari
4205, this coin. Milne 2838. BMC 199-200.
Curtis 1031. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Soaemias r. |
| Rev:
Athena standing three quarters l.,
holding Nike and resting left hand
on shield, date LΕ in
left field. |
| |
| Julia
Maesa grandmother
of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander |
| 2441 |
A.D.
219/220 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (10.99 gm) |
Dattari
4223v (isis bares breast). Milne 2782.
BMC 1575. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Maesa r. |
| Rev:
Draped bust of Isis left., wearing
headdress of disc between feathers,
date L Γ across
field. |
| |
| 2442 |
A.D.
221/221 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.70 gm) |
Cf.
Dattari 4236 (date LΔ).
Milne —.
BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Maesa r. |
| Rev:
Eagle standing three quarters l., head
reverted, wreath in beak, date L Ε across
field. |
| |
| Severus
Alexander as Caesar, A.D.
221-222 |
| 2443 |
A.D.
221/222 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.06 gm) |
Dattari
4240. Milne 2834. BMC 1582. Curtis
1038. |
| Obv:
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust
of Severus Alexander r., viewed
from front. |
Rev:
Draped bust of Athena r., wearing
crested Corinthian helmet with griffin
device at front of crest, date L Ε in
r. field.
|
| |
| 2444 |
A.D.
221/222 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.86 gm) |
Dattari
4241. Milne 2839. BMC 1583. Curtis
1039. |
| Obv:
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust
of Severus Alexander r., viewed
from front. |
Rev:
Athena standing three quarters l.,
holding Nike and resting l., hand
on shield, date L Ε in left
field.
|
| |
| Severus
Alexander A.D.
222-235 |
| 2445 |
A.D.
225/226 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.12 gm) |
Dattari
4252. Milne 2977v (no break in rev.
legend. BMC 1717. Curtis 1075. |
| Obv:
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust
of Severus Alexander r., viewed
from behind. |
Rev:
Draped bust of Julia Mamaea r.,
wearing stephane, date L ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥ.
|
Note: The
double portrait coinage featuring
the emperor and his mother was
introduced in his fourth regnal
year and continued through the
eighth. This corresponds roughly
with a period of increased emphasis
on Mamaea at Rome: in A.D. 224
she received a second officina
at the mint; in A.D. 225 a silver
medallion for the marriage of Severus
Alexander and Orbiana featured
a portrait of Mamaea on the obverse,
with busts of the imperial couple
on the reverse; and in A.D. 226
special medallion, this time of
bronze, paired the busts of Alexander
and Mamaea with an architectural
reverse.
|
| |
| 2446 |
A.D.
230/231 |
|
| Æ
drachm (17.68 gm). |
Dattari
4420v (attributes reversed, shield
on ground). Milne —. BMC —. Cologne
—. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Severus Alexander r. |
Rev:
Ares standing three quarters l.,
holding spear and parazonium, large
palm branch in left field, date
LΙ in r. field.
|
Note: Severus
Alexander revived the defunct bronze
drachm issue for his tenth year,
evidently as a special denomination
to commemorate his decennalia.
The palm branch, a symbol of victory,
marks the coins of the decennalian
year, just as a wreath or Victoria
herself was associated with imperial
anniversaries on the Rome coinage.
One striking difference, however,
is that the palm branch was retained
on the subsequent coinage of the
reign. Ares, who had not appeared
previously on the Alexandrian coinage
of this reign, would appear to
correspond to the Mars Ultor type
introduced on the Rom coinage in
A.D. 231 at the outset of the Persian
war.
|
| |
| 2447 |
A.D.
231/232 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.14 gm). |
Dattari
4311. Milne 3069. BMC 1625. Curtis
—. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Severus Alexander r., viewed
from behind. |
Rev:
Homonoia standing three quarters
l., raising r. hand and holding
double cornucopiae, larger palm branch
in left field, date LΙΑ in
r. field.
|
Note: Homonoia
was one of the regular types for
the Alexandrian coinage of this
reign; Milne recorded her for years
3-6 and 9-13. At Rome her equivalent
Concordia was restricted to emissions
associated with the imperial marriage.
However evidence of the coordination
of the imperial coinage may perhaps
be seen in the appearance of Concordia
on the coinage of Severus' Syrian
mint in A.D. 223, contemporaneously
with her debut at Alexandria. The
eastern mint ceased operations
immediately after the issue in
question, eliminating the possibility
of an extended parallel.
|
| |
| 2448 |
A.D.
234/235 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.99 gm). |
Dattari
4304 (bust viewed from behind, date
LΙ).
Milne 317. BMC 1600. Curtis X-1068. |
Obv:
Laureate,
draped and cuirassed bust of Severus
Alexander r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Jugate busts of Helios, radiate and
dreaped, and Selene, draped and wearing
crescent headdress, large palm branch
in r. field, date LΙΔ behind
heads. |
Note: Helios,
or Helios and Selene, appeared
annually on the Alexandrian coinage
from Severus' ninth through twelfth
regnal years, and again in the
fourteenth, corresponding to A.D.
229/230-A.D. 232/233 and A.D. 234/235.
Sol, the Roman equivilant of Helios,
was a regular type of the Rome
coinage from A.D. 230 to the end
of the reign. Sol certainly represents
the East in allusion to the Persian
war. It is quite likely that Helios
had similar connotations, through
his significance on the Alexandrian
coinage was doubtless not so narrow
as that of Sol at Rome.
|
| |
| 2449 |
A.D.
234/235 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.30 gm). |
Dattari
4418, pl. xxxii. Milne 3180v (obv. leg.).
BMC —. Curtis —, but cf. 1107 (LΑ).
|
Obv:
Laureate,
draped and cuirassed bust of Severus
Alexander r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
She-wolf standing r., suckling
twins, large palm branch above, date
LΙΔ in exergue.
|
Note: A
familiar symbol of Rome's foundation
legend, the she-wolf suckling Romulus
and Remus was never employed as
a type of Severus Alexander's Rome
coinage.
|
| |
| Orbiana wife
of Severus Alexander |
| 2450 |
A.D.
226/227 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.53 gm). |
Dattari
4451. Milne 2996. BMC —. Curtis
—. Cologne —.
|
Obv:
Draped bust of Orbiana r., wearing
stephane.
|
Rev:
Draped bust of Sarapis r., wearing
modius, date L—ς across
field.
|
Note: The
Agathodaemon serpent was a good luck
spirit sacred to Sarapis. Every Egyptian
town had its own Agathodaemon, worshipped
under a special name.
|
| |
| Julia
Mamaea mother
of Severus Alexander |
| 2451 |
A.D.
230/231 |
|
| Potin tetradrachm
(12.63 gm). |
Dattari
4462, pl. viii. Milne —.
BMC 1756, pl. xxiv. Curtis —, but
cf. 1120 (LΙΓ).
|
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Mamaea r.,
wearing stephane. |
| Rev:
Alexandria standing facing, head l.,
wearing elephant headdress, raising
r. hand and holding grain stalks
in l., large palm branch in left
field, date L—Ι across field. |
Note: The
palm branch denoting the achievement
of the emperor's decennalia attaches
to the coinage of the emperess-mother
as well.
|
| |
| 2452 |
A.D.
231/232 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm
(11.46 gm). |
Dattari
4528. Milne 3081. BMC 1749, pl. xiii.
Curtis 1135.
|
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Mamaea r.,
wearing stephane. |
Rev:
Sarapis enthroned l., holding patera
and sceptre, Cerberus at this feet,
large palm branch in r. field,
date L ΙΑ in upper left
field. |
| |
| 2453 |
A.D.
232/233 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.95 gm). |
Dattari
4522. Milne 3115. BMC 1743. Curtis
1140. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Mamaea r.,
wearing stephane. |
Rev:
Tyche, wearing modius, standing three
quarters l., holding rudder and
cornucopiae, date LΙΒ in
upper left field, large palm branch
in r. field.
|
Note: Tyche
was a favorite type of the Alexandrian
coinage of this reign, appearing in
nearly every year. Thus this Tyche
has no connection with the Fortuna
Redux type which appeared on the Rome
coinage of Severus Alexander in A.D.
231, marking his departure for the
Persian war. |
| |
| 2454 |
A.D.
233/234 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.99 gm). |
Dattari
4466. Milne 3139. BMC —, but cf. 1732
(LΙΔ).
Curtis 1121. |
| Obv:
Draped bust of Julia Mamaea r.,
wearing stephane. |
Rev:
Asclepius standing three quarters
l., holding patera over lighted
altar and resting on serpent staff,
large palm branch in r. field,
date LΙΓ in upper left
field.
|
| |
| Maximinus
I A.D. 235-238 |
2455
|
A.D.
235/236 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.67 gm). |
Dattari
4561. Milne 3213. BMC 1807. Curtis
1155. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Maximinus r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Emperor on horseback l., raising
r. hand and holding transverse
sceptre, date L Β across
field.
|
Note: This
is a puzzling type choice, for
the emperor on horseback raising
his hand in greeting usually commemorates
an imperial visit. Needless to
say, Maximinus never visited Egypt
and indeed did not even approach
rome until the rebellious Senate
elevated Balbinus and Pupienus
to the purple in A.D. 238.
|
| |
| 2456 |
A.D.
235/236 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (10.92 gm). |
Dattari
4571. Milne 3201. BMC —. Curtis 1154. |
| Obv:
Laureate and draped bust
of Maximinus r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Eirene Stg. three quarters l.,
holding olive branch and transverse
sceptre,
date L Β in left
field.
|
Note: Eirene
appeared on the Alexandrian coinage
in Maximinus' first two regnal
years, until August 30 of A.D.
236. At Rome, by contrast, Pax
is a type belonging to the latter
half of the reign, beginning late
in A.D. 236 after the emperor's
German victory.
|
| |
| 2457 |
A.D.
235/236 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.81 gm). |
Dattari
4595. Milne 3210. BMC 1795. Curtis —, but cf. 1175 (LΑ). |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Maximinus r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Sarapis standing facing, head r.,
wearing modius and holding sceptre,
date L Β across
field.
|
| |
| 2458 |
A.D.
236/237 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.00 gm). |
Dattari
4600. Milne 3224. BMC 1174. Curtis —,
but cf. 1178 (var. obv. legend, taenia
lacking). |
Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Maximinus r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Draped bust of Selene r., wearing
taenia, large crescent in front,
date LΓ behind.
|
| |
| 2459 |
A.D.
236/237 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.33 gm). |
Dattari
4604v (obv. leg.). Milne 3242. BMC —.
Curtis 1180. |
Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Maximinus r., viewed from behind.
|
Rev:
Tyche reclining left on couch, holding
rudder and raising hand to head,
date LΓ in upper left field.
|
| |
| 2460 |
A.D.
237/238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.66 gm). |
Dattari
4567v (obv. leg.). Milne 3270. BMC
1778. Curtis 1152. |
Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Maximinus r.
|
Rev:
Athena standing facing, head l.,
resting r. hand on spear and left
on shield, date L—Δ across
field.
|
| |
| Maximus Caesar,
A.D. 235-238 |
| 2461 |
A.D.
235/236 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.92 gm). |
Dattari
4639. Milne 3208.
BMC —. Curtis —. Cologne
—.
|
| Obv:
Bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust
of Maximus r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Bust of Sarapis l., wearing modius,
sceptre behind, date LΒ in
l. field.
|
| |
| 2462 |
A.D.
236/237 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.72 gm). |
Dattari
4617v (obv. leg.). Milne 3232. BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust
of Maximus r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Bust of Athena r., wearing aegis
and triple-crested Attic helmet with
griffin on bowl and four hourse foreparts
over visor, date LΓ in
front. |
| |
| Gordian
I A.D.
238 |
| 2463 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.38 gm). |
Dattari
4656. Milne 3296. BMC 1826. Curtis
1199. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian I r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Athena standing three quarters left
on arms, holding Nike and resting
left hand on spear, date LΑ in
left field. |
| |
| 2464 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.88 gm). |
Dattari
4658, pl. xviii (misdescribed with
rev. type r.). Milne —. BMC —.
Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian I r., viewed from front. |
| Rev:
Nike standing three quarters l.,
holding wreath and palm, date LΑ in
left field. |
| |
| 2465 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.06 gm). |
Dattari
4662. Milne 3300. BMC 1829.
Curtis 1210. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian I r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Tyche standing three quarters l.,
holding rudder and cornucopiae, date
LΑ in
upper left field. |
| |
| 2466 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.83 gm). |
Dattari
4663. Milne 3293. BMC 1824. Curtis
X-1211. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian I r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Zeus enthroned l.,
holding patera and sceptre, at his
feet eagle l., head reverted, date
LΑ in upper left field. |
| |
| Gordian
II A.D.
238 |
| 2467 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin tetradrachm
(10.63 gm). |
Dattari
4670. Cf. Milne 3303 (Gordian I). BMC
—. Curtis —. |
| Obv:Laureate,
draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian
I r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Eagle standing three quarters l.,
head reverted, wreath in beak, date
L—Α across field.
|
| |
| Balbinus A.D.
238 |
| 2468 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.03 gm). |
Dattari
4680. Milne —. BMC
1841. Curtis 1214. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Balbinus r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Athena standing facing, head l.,
resting r. hand on spear and left
on shield, date L—Α across
field.
|
| |
| 2469 |
A.D. 238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.74 gm). |
Dattari
4682v (obv. leg.). Milne 3307. BMC
1842. Curtis X-1213. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Balbinus r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Athena standing three quarters l.,
holding Nike and spear, round shield
propped against seat, date LΑ in
left field.
|
| |
| 2470 |
A.D.
135/136 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.74 gm). |
Dattari
4684. Milne 3312. BMC 1843v (rev.
leg.). Curtis 1219.
|
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Balbinus r., viewed from front. |
Rev:
Nike advancing three quarters l.,
holding wreath and palm, date LΑ in
left field.
|
| |
| Pupienus A.D.
238 |
| 2471 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.92 gm). |
Dattari
4679v (rev.
leg.). Milne 3318. BMC 1839v (rev.
leg.). Curtis
1224v (rev.
leg.).
|
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Pupienus r., viewed from behind. |
Rev:
Eagle standing three quarters l.,
head r., wreath in beak, date
L—Α across field.
|
| |
| 2472 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (12.23 gm). |
Dattari
4673. Cf. Milne 3315 (Gordian Caesar).
BMC —. Curtis —. |
| Obv:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
of Pupienus r. |
Rev:
Nike standing three quarters l.,
holding wreath, date LΑ in
left field.
|
| |
| Gordian
III as Caesar |
|
| 2473 |
A.D.
238 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (11.73 gm). |
Dattari
4693v (rev.
leg.). Milne 3311. BMC 1850. Curtis
1232v (rev.
leg.) |
| Obv:
Bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian III r. |
Rev:
Homonoia standing three quarters
l., raising hand and holding double
cornucopiae, date LΑ in left
field.
|
Note: Although
the type of Homonoia might appear
to speak to the collegial principate,
in fact it had become conventional,
appearing almost annually from
the reign of Severus Alexander
on.
|
| |
| Gordian
III 238-244 |
| 2474 |
A.D.
238/239 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.74 gm). |
Dattari
4805v (rev.
leg.).
Milne 3346. BMC 1907. Curtis 1251v
(rev. leg.).
|
Obv:
Laureate , draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian III r., viewed
from behind.
|
Rev:
Eagle standing three quarters l.,
head reverted, wreath in beak, date
L—Α across field.
|
| |
| 2475 |
A.D.
239/240 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.89 gm). |
Dattari
4802v (rev.
leg.). Milne
3368. BMC 1914v (rev.
leg.).
Curtis 1299v (rev.
leg.).
|
| Obv:
Laureate , draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian III r., viewed
from front. |
Rev:
Trophy flanked by seated captives,
date L—Γ across field.
|
Note: The
trophy type may commemorate the
suppression of the African rebellion
in A.D. 240. The type was repeated
in the following two regnal years,
and the allusion may have shifted
to Gordian's Persian campaign. However
it is also possible that the type
has no topical significance, but
merely serves to honor the military
in a general way, as did the Roman
Fides Militum and Concordia Militum
types.
|
| |
| 2476 |
A.D.
240/241 |
|
| Potin
tetradrachm (13.41 gm). |
Dattari
4712v (rev.
leg.).
Milne 3375. BMC 1864. Curtis X-1241.
|
| Obv:
Laureate , draped and cuirassed bust
of Gordian III r., viewed
from behind. |
| Rev:
Athena standing three quarters left
on arms, holding Nike and resting
left hand on spear, date LΔ in
left field. |
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