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Attribution: Butcher 387; SNG Copenhagen 126
Date: Dated Year 205 - AD 156/7
Obverse: Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right
Reverse: ET-O-YC, Aries the Ram leaping right with head reverted, crescent and star above; ZC (date) below
Size: 19.03mm
Weight: 4.95 grams
Rarity: 5
Description: good Fine. good Fine. Ex T.B. Cartwright collection, pictured on his research site below. The type depicting the star of Bethlehem that heralded the birth of Jesus Christ. Michael Molnar wrote a book on these coins and is the leading authority on this series. For more information you can click here Figure 26 (this coin) on Zach Beasley's site based on Michael Molnar and T.B. Cartwright's research. ex Beast Coins with tag, priced at $150.
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Attribution: RPC X 62054.4 (this coin) - 4 specimens
Date: AD 253-260
Obverse: IMP C VALERIANVS A, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: DEO AESC, Asklepios seated right, examining foreleg of bull; C G I H P (Colonia Gemella Julia Hadriana Pariana) in exergue
Size: 21.22mm
Weight: 3.95 grams
Rarity: 7
Description: VF with roughness and harsh cleaning. Very Rare. ex Frank Kovacs with his tag.
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Attribution: RIC Vi 58 Rome
Date: AD 260-268
Obverse: CORN SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind
Reverse: AVG IN PACE, empress seated left holding olive branch and transverse scepter, MS in exergue
Size: 20.73mm
Weight: 1.96 grams
Rarity: 5
Description: AVG IN PACE or AUGUSTA IN PEACE is considered by many to be the first overtly Christian legend. In 261 the emperor Gallienus restored the rights of Christians and ended the persecution started by Trajan Decius in 250AD. His wife Salonina was reputed to be a Christian herself and the end of the persecution would have put her at peace. This legend was not used by any other emperor or empress
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Attribution: RIC IV 574 Rome
Date: AD 225
Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate and draped bust right
Reverse: LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI III, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding abacus and cornucopia; S-C across fields
Size: 25.78mm
Weight: 10.39 grams
Rarity: 5
Description: good Fine
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Attribution: Sear Byzantine 675 Antioch mint
Date: Dated Year 1 - AD 602/3
Obverse: O N FOCA NЄ PЄ AV, Phocas holding globus cruciger and Leontia holding cruciform scepter, both standing facing
Reverse: Large X, A/N/N/O to left, cross above, I (date) to right, e (officina) below
Size: 18.36mm
Weight: 3.42 grams
Rarity: 5
Description: VF, light roughness.
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