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Roman Coin Identification
JSums12
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Hey all, I am new to collecting and received some roman coins recently.
Just wanted to get help Identifying a few coins. Some are more worn then others.
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Just need some clarifying on which pairs of pics belong together; I assume the two with the coin standing on edge belong together? And the two really worn ones belong together?
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded the DPOTD twice.
Yep I see the photos did not post in order that I wanted them to.
picture #1 = #3
picture #2 = #5
picture #4 = #6
OK, so let's see what we've got. You've got three Roman denarii, all from the middle period of Imperial history.
Coin 1 (pictures 1 and 3): emperor Lucius Verus, reverse PROV DEOR TRP II COS II, Providentia standing holding globe and cornucopia; that last part of the reverse legend indicates the date of issue to be AD 161-162. Similar coin for sale on VCoins.
Coin 2 (pictures 2 and 5): emperor Hadrian, reverse PM TRP COS III, LIB PVB in exergue, Liberty seated holding branch and sceptre. The dating information on the coin is somewhat broad but the coin has been dated archaeologically to AD 120-121. This one has a Numista page.
Coin 3 (pictures 4 and 6): emperor Antoninus Pius, reverse TR POT XX COS IIII, Annona standing with foot on prow of ship, holding rudder and modius (a bucket of grain). "TR POT XX" dates the coin fairly precisely to AD 156-157. Here's a rather worn one for sale.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded the DPOTD twice.
Awesome. Thank you, I've had these for awhile and I'm just looking to catalogue them properly.