CLARK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ART:

ANCIENT COINS (121 through 130)




EC.72.121

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 260-268 CE

Obverse: Bearded, laureate head of Postumus facing right

Inscription: IMP C POSTUMUS P P AUG
Supplied: Imperator Cassianius Postumus Pater Patriae Augustus
Translated: Emperor Cassianius Postumus, father of his country, Augustus

Reverse: Standing Postumus holding a spear

Inscription: P M TR P COS...
Supplied: Pontifex Maximus Tribunitia Potestate Consul
Translated: High Priest, exercising tribunician power, Consul

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.122

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 267-270 CE

Obverse: Bearded, crowned head of Marcus Piavvonius Victorinus, facing right

Inscription: IM...VICTORINUS P F AUG
Supplied: Imperator Victorinus Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Emperor Victorinus Pius Felix Augustus

Notes: Victorinus was one of the thirty tyrants in Gaul.

Reverse: Faint female figure

Inscription: worn off

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.124

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 270-273 CE

Obverse: Bearded, crowned head of Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus, facing right

Inscription: IMP TETRICUS...AUG
Supplied: Imperator Tetricus Augustus
Translated: Emperor Tetricus Augustus

Reverse: Standing Hilaritas holding a branch and cornucopia

Inscription: HILARITAS AUG
Translated: The cheerfulness of Augustus

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.125

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 270-273 CE

Obverse: Bearded, laureate head of Tetricus facing right

Inscription: ...RICUS P F AUG
Supplied: Tetricus Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Standing Salus, sacrificing out of a patera over an altar, holding a sceptre

Inscription: SALUS AUG
Translated: The surety of Augustus

Notes: For a very similar coin reverse see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. II: The Principate 31 BC-AD 296 (London 1980) 123 n. 951.

Weight: 2 g

EC.72.126

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 270-273 CE

Obverse: Bearded, laureate head of Tetricus facing right

Inscription: ...ICUS AU...
Supplied: Tetricus Augustus

Reverse: Faint figure

Inscription: worn off

Weight: 1 g

EC.72.127

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 270-273 CE

Obverse: Head of Aurelian facing right

Inscription: IMP...ELIANUS AUG
Supplied: Imperator Aurelianus Augustus
Translated: Emperor Aurelianus Augustus

Reverse: Aurelian standing left, holding a sceptre, receiving a wreath from a female figure standing right

Inscription: worn off

Notes: Below the figures on the reverse is the number XXI showing the value of the coin.

For this and a similar coin reverse see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. II: The Principate 31 BC-AD 296 (London 1980) 128 n. 976, 129 n. 984.

Weight: 3 g

EC.72.128

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 275-276 CE

Obverse: Bearded, crowned head of Tacitus facing right

Inscription: IMP C M CL TACITUS AUG
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus
Translated: Emperor Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus

Reverse: Salus standing left, feeding a snake out of a patera in her hand

Inscription: SALUS AUG...
Supplied: Salus Augusti
Translated: The surety of Augustus...

Notes: Below the figure on the reverse are the letters IA.

For this and a similar coin reverse see R. A. G. Carson, Principal Coins of the Romans, Vol. II: The Principate 31 BC-AD 296 (London 1980) 132 n. 996, 133 n. 1003.

Weight: 4 g

EC.72.129

Denomination: ?

Date: c. 276-282 CE

Obverse: Bearded, laureate head of Probus facing right

Inscription: IMP C M AUR PROBUS P AUG
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Augustus
Translated: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Augustus

Reverse: Man facing right with right arm outstretched

Inscription: CONS...RVAT AUG...
Supplied: Conservator Augusti
Translated: Preserver of Augustus

Weight: 6 g

EC.72.130

Denomination: antoninianus

Date: c. 282-283 CE

Obverse: Bearded, crowned head of Carus facing right

Inscription: IMP C M AUR CARUS P F AUG
Supplied: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Felix Augustus
Translated: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse: Standing Virtus holding a spear and shield

Inscription: VIRTUS AUG...
Translated: The courage of Augustus

Weight: 2 g

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