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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