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Silver Stater
Authority: ?
Greek – Metapontion
Obverse: Barley
Reverse: Ear of Barley
540-510BC
Minted in Metapontion
1924,1110.2 in British
Museum
Silver Didrachm
Authority: ?
Greek
Observe: Eagle facing
left
Reverse: Crab with
claws upswards
480-470BC
Minted in Akragas, Italy
Smaller in size than
previous
Silver Drachm
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: Rooster
Reverse: Hen within an
incuse square
Minted in Himera, Italy
1868,0730.105 in British
Museum
1994,0915.112 in British
Museum
Silver tetradrachm
Authority: Alexander
the Great
Macedonia
Obverse: Head of
young Herakles, right, in
lion scalp
Reverse: Zeus seated,
left, holding eagle and
scepter
310BC-290BC
Minted in Corinth
1888,0614.17 of British
Museum
Silver stater
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: Boeotian
shield
Reverse: Infant Herakles
strangling two serpents
446BC-426C
Minted in Thebes
EH,p395.58.Theb in
British Museum
Silver Stater
Authority: ?
Greek – Metapontion
Obverse: Leukippos
wearing crested
Corinthian helmet
Reverse: Ear of barley
340-330BC
Minted in Matepontion
Silver
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: Head of a
nymph
Reverse: Seated Nike
with a bird on her arm
400-370BC
Minted in Terina, Italy
Silver Didrachm
Authority: ?
Greek
Observe: Eagle facing
left
Reverse: Crab with
claws upwards
480-470BC
Minted in Akragas, Italy
1903,0201.4in British
Museum
Silver coin
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: Persephone
wearing earring and
necklacebeneath chin, a
dot; behind neck, a star
of eight rays; around,
four dolphins: border of
dots.
Reverse: Quadriga left,
driven by charioteer
holding reins
4th Century BC
Minted in Syracuse,
Italy
Engraved by Euaitenos
1918,0204.35 of British
Museum
1994,0915.112 in British
Museum
Silver tetradrachm
Authority: Alexander
the Great
Macedonia
Obverse: Head of
young Herakles, right, in
lion scalp
Reverse: Zeus seated,
left, holding eagle and
scepter
310BC-290BC
Minted in Corinth
G.2194 in British
Museum
Silver tetradrachm
Authority: ?
Greek – Athenian
Obverse: Head of
Athena, wearing earring
and crested helmet
decorated with oliveleaves
Reverse: Owl; to left,
olive-spray and crescent
450BC-406BC
Minted in Athens
1948,0506.16 of British
Museum
Silver coin (stater?)
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: Head of Hera
Reverse: Labyrinth
350BC-300Bc
Gold Stater
Authority: Alexander
the Great
Greek
Obverse: Helmeted
head of Athena, right;
snake on helmet
Reverse: Nike standing,
left, holding stylis and
wreath
328-323BC
Minted in Lampsacus
Silver tetradrachm
Authority: ?
Greek – Athenian
Obverse: Head of
Athena, wearing earring
and crested helmet
decorated with oliveleaves
Reverse: Owl; to left,
olive-spray and crescent
450BC-406BC
Minted in Athens
Silver stater
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: turtle
Reverse: Incuse square
with five sunk sections,
two triangular and
three square.
550BC-480BC
Minted in Aegina
HPB,p68.3 of British
Museum
1948,0506.16 of British
Museum
Gold coin
Authority: ?
Persian Empire
Obverse: Great king in
'kidaris' and 'kandys',
with bow and spear
1885,0606.28 in British
Museum
1888,0614.17 of British
Museum
05.44.388 in Met.
Museum
Silver Stater
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: Pegasus facing
right
Reverse: Head of
Athena facing right
515-450BC
Minted in Corinth
Silver Stater
Authority: ?
Greek
Obverse: Pegasus facing
left
Reverse: Head of
Athena facing left,
Helios behind
600-500BC
Minted in Corinth
1866,1201.2813 in
British Museum
1840,1010.45 in British
Museum
Minted in Knossos
G.2022 of British
Museum
Reverse: Oblong incuse
500-480BC
Minted in Iran
1919,0516.15 in British
Museum
Silver Coin
Authority: ?
Obverse: War galley,
“9” inscription
Reverse: King in a
horse-drawn carriage
Minted in Sidon
1995,0607.7 in British
Museum
Copper Sextans
Authority: ?
Roman Republic
Obverse: Outside of
scallop shell – symbol of
Hermes
Reverse: Mark of
Caduceus
280-276BC
Minted in Rome
R.12173 in British
Museum
Copper as
Authority: ?
Roman Republic
Obverse: Head of
Apollo facing right
Reverse: Head of Apollo
facing left
275-270BC
Minted in Rome
Comments: Heavy,
significantly larger than
most other coins,
significantly faded
Gold Aureus
Authority: Julius Caesar
Roman Republic
Obverse: Veiled female
head
Reverse: Lituus, jug, and
axe of Rome
46BC
99.35.113 in Met.
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Julius Caesar
Roman Republic
Obverse: Pontifical
emblems - culullus,
aspergillum, axe and
apex
Reverse: Elephant
crushing dragon,
“CAESAR” inscription
49BC
1843,0116.653 in British
Museum
R.12179 in British
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Augustus
Obverse: Head of
Augustus, wearing oakwreath, left
Reverse: Comet with
eight rays and tail
upwards – meant to be
the manifestation of the
soul of Julius Caesar
19BC-18BC
Minted in: Zaragoza
1860,0330.22 of British
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Augustus
Obverse: Bare head of
Octavian, right
Reverse: Laureate
terminal figure facing,
placed on winged
thunderbolt, says
“Caesar” to right of
figure - thought to be
honoring Terminus
after reestablishment of
boundaries in the east
29BC-27BC
Minted in Italy
(Brundisium)
2002,0102.4787 in
British Museum
Silver Quanarius
Authority: Augustus
Roman Empire
Obverse: Head of
Augustus, “AVGVTVS”
inscription
Reverse: Nike standing
left on prow, holding
wreath in right hand
and palm in left hand
21BC
Minted in Peloponnese
R.6183 in British
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Augustus
Minter: Petronius
Turpilanius
Obverse: Head of
Augustus, “CAESAR
AVGVSTVS” inscription
Reverse: Pegasus
walking right,
“P.PETRON TVRPILIAN
III VIR” inscription
19-4BC
Minted in Rome
R.6021 in British
Museum
1915,0407.17 of British
Museum
Copper Sesterius
Authority: Claudius I
Roman Empire
Obverse: Head of
Claudius laureate
Reverse: Spes
advancing holding
flowers and skirt
50-54AD
Minted in Rome
R.9854 in British
Museum
IMITATION Bronze
Sesterius
Authority: Claudius
Obverse: Bust of
Claudius; “CLAVDIVS
CAESAR AVG PMTR P I
M P.P.P. TI” inscription
Reverse: Spes offering a
flower to Vespasian
who stands to the right,
holding a standard. He
is accompanied by Titus
Silver Denarius
Authority: Marcus
Brutus
Obverse: Head of
Neptune, trident
underneath, “CASCA”
and “LONGVS”
inscriptions
Reverse: Nike – goddess
of victory – holding
palm branch, “BRVTVS”
inscription
43-42BC
Mint uncertain
Copper Sesterius
Authority: Tiberius
Obverse: Carpentum
(Honored Livia’s
recovery from illness)
drawn right by two
mules, its front and side
panels decorated with
Victories and other
figures, “S.P.Q.R IVLIAE
AVGVST” inscription
Reverse: Inscriptions –
“SC” – “TI CAESAR DIVI
AVG F FAVGVST P.M TR
POT XXIIII”
22-23 AD
Minted in Rome
Silver tridrachm
Authority: Mark Antony
Roman Republic
Obverse: Head of
Antony and bust of
Octavia facing right
Reverse: Bacchus – god
of wine – standing
between two snakes
holding vase, leaning on
thyrsus
39Bc
Minted in Ephesus
Bronze as
Authority: Nerva
Obverse: Head of
Nerva, “IMP NERVA
CAES AVG P M TR P II
COS III P P” inscription.
Reverse: Two hands
shaking, “CONCORDIA
EXERCITVVM”
inscription
97AD
Minted in Rome
Bronze Sesterius
Authority: Hadrian
Obverse: Bust of Trajan,
Reverse: Roma seated,
holding vertical spear in
left hand and with right
hand receiving Victory
from extended right
hand of Trajan, standing
left.
103 AD
Minted in Rome
2002,0102.5021 in
British Museum
1980,1111.6 in British
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Tiberius
Obverse: Head of
Tiberius, laureate, “TI
CAESAR DIVI AVG F
AVGVSTVS” inscription
Reverse: Unknown
Female figure, draped,
seated on chair, holding
branch in left hand and
long sceptre in right
hand, “PONTIF MAXIM”
inscription
14-37 AD
Minted in Lugdunum
1988,0917.52 in British
Museum
R.6349 in British
Museum
Bronze Setserius
Authority: Nero
Obverse: Head of Nero,
“NERO CLAVD CAESAR
AVG GER [P M TR P
IMP] P P” inscription
Reverse: Roma
helmeted and in
military dress, seated
left on cuirass, holding
Victory in right hand,
left hand resting on
Silver denarius
Authority: Octavian
Roman Empire
Obverse: Head of
Octavian, “CAESAR COS
VI” inscription
Reverse: Crocodile
facing right, “EGVPTO
CAPTA” inscription
28BC
Minted in Italy
Silver Denarius
Authority: Hadrian
Obverse: Diademed and
draped bust of Sabina,
“SABINA AVGVSTA”
inscription
Reverse: Concordia
seated, with patera and
scepter, “CONCORDIA
AVG” inscription
117-138 AD
Minted in Rome
Silver Denarius
Authority: Augustus
Obverse: Bust of Victory
right, wings spread
Reverse: Naked male
figure standing right
foot on globe, holding
aplustre in right hand
and vertical scepter in
left - thought to be
honoring Terminus
after reestablishment of
boundaries in the east
32BC-29BC
R.6162 of British
Museum
Copper Dupondius
Authority: Caligula
Obverse: Germanicus,
bare-headed and
cloaked, standing in
ornamental slow
quadriga right, holding
eagle-tipped sceptre
Reverse: Germanicus,
bare-headed, cuirassed
and wearing tunic,
standing, raising arm
and holding aquila in
left hand
Depicts Germanicus’s
victory over Germans
37-41AD
Minted in Rome
R.6473 in British
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Antoninus
Pius
Obverse: Bust of
Fuastina the Elder,
“DIVA FAVSTINA”
inscription
Reverse: Ceres, veiled
and draped, extending
right hand and holding
torch in left hand,
“AVGVSTA” inscription
141-161AD
Copper as
Authority: Caligula
Roman Empire
Obverse: Head of
Caligula
Reverse: Vesta seated
on ornamental throne –
state cult of Vesta had
an association with the
emperor as Pontifex
Maximus
40-41AD
Minted in Rome
R.6458 in British
Museum
Bronze Sesterius
Authority: Marcus
Aurelius
Obverse: Bust of
Marcus Aurelius, “IMP
M ANTONINVS AVG TR
P XXIX” inscription
Reverse: Fides standing,
holding Victory in
extended right hand
and vertical standard in
left hand, “COS III” and
“S C” inscriptions
and Domitian; “SPES
AVGVSTA” inscription
B.12720 in British
Museum
Bronze Sesterius
Authority: Antoninus
Pius
Obverse: Bust of
Faustina the Younger,
draped, “FAVSTINA
AVGVSTA AVG PII F”
inscription
Reverse: Diana,
standing, holding arrow
in right hand and bow
set on ground with left
hand, “S C” inscription
153-154
Minted in Rome
Silver Denarius
Authority: Commodus
Obverse: Head of
Commodus, laureate,
“M COMMODVS
ANTON AVG PIVS”
inscription
Reverse: Roma holding
Victory on extended
right hand and spear in
left hand, “TR P VIII IMP
VI COS IIII P P”
inscription
183 AD
Minted in Rome
1938,0512.32 in British
Museum
R.14171 in British
Museum
parazonium; “ROMA”
inscription
60sAD
Minted in Rome
R.11839 in British
Museum
R1935,0404.207 in
British Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Elagabalus
Obverse: Bust of Julia
Maesa, “IVLIA MAESA
AVG” inscription
Reverse: Felicitas
sacrificing from patera
held in right hand over
lighted altar and
holding long caduceus
in left hand; “SAECVLI
FELICITAS” inscription
218-222 AD
Minted in Rome
Silver Radiate
Authority: Caracalla
Obverse: Bust of
Caracalla, radiate and
draped, “ANTONINVS
PIVS AVG GERM”
inscription
Reverse: Sol standing
left, right hand raised
and holding whip in left
hand, “P M TR P XX COS
IIII P P” inscription
217 AD
Minted in Rome
R.15610 in British
Museum
1898,0204.56 in British
Museum
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
1913,0614.16 in British
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Elagabalus
Obverse: Bust of
Elagabalus, laureate
and draped, “IMP CAES
M AVR ANTONINVS
AVG” inscription
Reverse: Fides seated,
holding eagle on
extended right hand
and vertical standard in
left hand, “FIDES
EXERCITVS” inscription
218-219 AD
Minted in Rome
1992,0509.164 in British
Museum
1978,0108.202 in British
Musuem
Bronze Sesterius
Authority: Caracalla
Obverse: Bust of Julia
Domna, “IVLIA PIA FELIX
AVG” inscription
Reverse: Felicitas
sacrificing over lighted
altar from patera held
in extended right hand
and holding long
vertical caduceus in left
hand, “SAECVLI
FELICITAS” and “S C”
inscriptions
211-217AD
Minted in Rome
R.15925 in British
Museum
Minted in Rome
170-171 AD
Minted in Rome
R.13173 in British
Museum
R.14615 in British
Museum
Silver Denarius
Authority: Severus
Alexander
Obverse: Bust of Julia
Mamaea (SA’s mother),
draped, “IVLIA
MAMAEA AVG”
inscription
Reverse: Fecunditas
extending hand to child
standing right before
her and holding
cornucopia in left hand,
“FECVND AVGVSTAE”
inscription
232 AD
Minted in Rome
R.16208 in British
Museum