Ancient Coins

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Ancient Roman aureus1-2. Aureus with bust of Aurelian, minted in Pannonia, Siscia, ca. 270-71 ce, Bu

8-litrai silver coin of Syracuse, signed by the engraver Ly(sid…)  On the obverse, the head o

Silver hemidrachm of the Arcadian city of Tegea.  On the obverse, Zeus Lykaios, seated, with an eagl

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Coin of King Monounius I (r. ca. 290-270 BCE) of the Dardanian state, depicting a cow and suckling c

Denarius of Julia Mamaea, mother of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander (r. 222-235 CE).  On the obv

history-and-mystery:SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy, 465-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Slow quadriga, N

Silver hemidrachm from Gergis, in the Troad (present-day northwestern Turkey), perhaps minted for th

Silver didrachm issued by Athens, ca. 520 BCE, bearing a Gorgon’s head.  Now in the British Museum. 

Denarius of Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio, 112-111 BCE. On the obverse, the helmeted head of Scipio Africa

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Ancient Roman bronze coin of Constantius II (337-361 AD) found in Karghalik (Xianjiang Province), Ch

Silver coin with the head of Janus (front) and a horseman (back). Minted in what is now Romania, 3rd

Palazzo Massimo - early Roman bronze coinsAes grave (heavy bronze), 4th century BCE(Pic 2: Roman As

Coins of the ancient Macedonian Seleucid Empire

Denarius (62 BCE) of Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus.  On the obverse, the goddess Concordia (Concor

Gold daric of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, showing a king or hero with bow and spear.  Artist unkn

Sestertius of the notorious Roman emperor Commodus (r. 180-192 CE), issued to celebrate the quelling

Gold stater of the 30th Dynasty pharaoh Nectanebo II (r. 361-343 BCE), last native ruler of Ancient

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Aureus of the ill-fated Roman emperor Pertinax, who reigned for three months in 193 CE.  On the obve

Palazzo Massimo - Gold coins minted during the reign of PertinaxRome, July 2015

Denarius of Julius Caesar during his reign as dictator perpetuus, Feb.-Mar. 44 BCE, issued by the mo

Aureus of the Emperor Vespasian (r. 69-79 CE), with his portrait on the obverse, and the goddess For

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