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Reduced Follis of Constantius II
This coin features a profile of Constantius II, allowing subjects to learn what their ruler looked like. The reverse side has the image of a Roman camp gate. During Constantius’ rule the empire was beset by conflict, both with other states and…
AE Follis of Constantius II
Two soldiers are confronting each other while holding a spear in their outer hand and a shield with the other. There is a "standard" between them, usually a pennant, flag, or banner strung to a pole representing a calvary unit for the kingdom the…
Tags: 4th Century, Army, Bronze (metal), Byzantine Empire, Cavalry, Greek, Soldier(s), Standard
AR Denarius of Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus
The obverse side features the bust of the Genius Populi Romani (GPR) with a sceptre over his shoulder. The genius of the Roman people is the higher power who creates and maintains life. The reverse side features a scepter surrounded by a wreath, a…
AR Siglos of Darius the Great
The obverse of the coin is an image of Darius the Great, King of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, holding a lance while running. This depiction of the king shows him as heroic, as a fearsome warrior who had recently conquered the area from Greek…
Tags: Achaemenid, Coin, Persian, Siglos, silver
Denarius of Diva Faustina Sr
A bust of Annia Galeria Faustina, better known as Faustina Senior or Major, is on the obverse side. She was married to Emperor Antoninus Pius and they had two sons and two daughters, one of whom was also called Faustina (or Faustina Junior or Minor).…
Tags: Ceres, Diva, Faustina, royal women
AE Sestertius of Domitian
Domitian has gotten a bad rep as the paranoid successor of a popular father and brother. He was the second son of emperor Vespasian and the last of the Flavian Dynasty. His 15-year reign was marked by his strengthening of the Roman economy, a…
Tags: Bronze (metal), Domitian, Latin, Roman, Roman Empire, sestertius
AR Denarius of Elagabalus
The obverse depicts Elagabalus, born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassius, a controversial and absent emperor. Elagabalus forced Rome to worship the Syrian sun deity, Elagabal, in place of Jupiter; arranged a marriage to a prominent enemy of Rome, Urania; …
Tags: Elagabalus, Roma, shield, spectre, Victory