CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART:

ANCIENT COINS (181 through 190)




EC.72.181

Denomination: as (?)

Date: 81-96 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing right

Inscription: ...COS XII CENS PER
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Consul XII Censor Perpetuus
Translated: Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Consul for the 12th time, Censor for life

Reverse: Standing male figure with spear in right hand, object in left, left knee bent and raised

Inscription: SC...VIRTU...
Supplied: Senatus Consulto...
Translated: By decree of the Senate...

Weight: 11 g

EC.72.182

Denomination: sestertius

Date: 97 CE

Obverse: Faint laureate bust of Nerva facing right

Inscription: worn off

Reverse: Faint two mules grazing in front of a cart

Inscription: worn off

Notes: For this coin type see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. II: The Principate 31 BC-AD 296 (London 1980) 46 n. 531.

Weight: 20 g

EC.72.183

Denomination: as

Date: c. 96-98 CE

Obverse: Head facing right

Inscription: ...CAES NERVA...
Supplied: ...Caesar Nerva...

Reverse: Female figure standing with raised right hand and altar (?) below

Inscription: SC (faint)
Supplied: Senatus Consulto
Translated: By decree of the Senate

Weight: 8 g

EC.72.184

Denomination: as (?)

Date: c. 1st century CE (?)

Obverse: Male laureate head facing right

Inscription: badly worn

Reverse: Standing female figure holding lyre/harp in left hand, right arm outstretched

Inscription: SC (faint)
Supplied: Senatus Consulto
Translated: By decree of the Senate

Weight: 8 g

EC.72.185

Denomination: sestertius

Date: c. 117-138 CE

Obverse: Head facing right (Hadrian?)

Inscription: worn off

Reverse: Seated or recling figure with feet to left

Inscription: worn off

Weight: 21 g

EC.72.186

Denomination: as (?)

Date: c. 117-138 CE

Obverse: Laureate head facing right (Hadrian?)

Inscription: faint

Reverse: Standing female figure holding object in right hand over altar

Inscription: SC US AUGUST COS III

Notes: See EC.72.68 for a coin issued under Hadrian.

Weight: 9 g

EC.72.187

Denomination: sestertius

Date: c. 117-138 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Hadrian facing right

Inscription: ...ANUS...
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus
Translated: Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus

Reverse: Entirely worn off

Weight: 25 g

EC.72.188

Denomination: sestertius

Date: c. 138-161 CE

Obverse: Head facing right

Inscription: worn off

Reverse: Completely worn off

Notes: Issued under Antoninus Pius.

Weight: 19 g

EC.72.189

Denomination: denarius

Date: c. 138-161 CE

Obverse: Bearded head facing left

Inscription: worn off

Reverse: Completely worn off

Notes: Issued under Antoninus Pius.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.190

Denomination: denarius

Date: c. 200 CE (?)

Obverse: Bearded, laureate head facing right

Inscription: ...N AUG IMP...

Reverse: Winged Victory running towards shield (?) at left

Inscription: VICTOR...AUG...L

Weight: 2 g

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