Roman Imperial Coins

Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. Rome - A.D. 201. AR Denarius. Laureate head right / 'RECTOR ORBIS' Caracalla, naked, standing facing, head left, holding globe & spear. Good Very Fine. A classic reverse design, old collectors ticket included.

Caracalla. A.D. 198-217., Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Æ Assarion. Laureate head right / Nude, winged Eros standing left with legs crossed & holding torch. About Very Fine & Scarce.

Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. Rome - A.D. 199. AR Denarius. Laureate head right / 'SECVRIT ORBIS' Securitas enthroned right at ease & holding sceptre; altar to right. Lustrous About Extremely Fine & Scarce thus.

Caracalla. A.D. 198-217., Rome - A.D. 213. AR Denarius. Laureate bust right / 'P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P' Serapis standing raising right hand & holding sceptre. Toned About Extremely Fine.

Geta as Caesar. A.D. 198-209., Rome - A.D. 209. AR Denarius. Bare head right / 'PONTIF COS II' Genius/Bonus Eventus standing left sacrificing from patera over altar & holding corn ears. Flan crack, bright About Extremely Fine with a choice portrait.

Julia Maesa (born AD 160) AR. Denarius. Obv. Draped bust of Julia Maesa facing to rightbust right, Rev. PIETAS AV Pietas standing left sacrificing over an altar holding box of incemse. [Sear 7754] Good Very Fine+. Julia Maesa was the Grandmother of the Emperors Elagabalus and Severus Alexander.

Julia Paula, Wife of Elagabalus., Rome - A.D. 220. AR Denarius. Draped bust right / 'CONCORDIA' Concordia standing left holding patera with star above it. Good Very Fine & Very Scarce.

Julia Soaemias (died AD 222) Mother of Elagabalus. AR Denarius, Rome AD 220-222. Obv. Draped bust right. Rev. VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus standing left holding apple and sceptre, star in field to right. [Sear 7719 var.] Good Very Fine & Scarce.

Macrinus. A.D. 217-218., Seleucis & Pieria, Beroea. Billon Tetradrachm. Laur. & draped bust R. / Eagle stg. facing, head L., with wings spread & wreath in beak; mintmark between legs. Good Very Fine & Rare!

In A.D. 208 Septimius Severus set off for Britannia to conquer the island but he would never see Rome again! The people and the landscape of Caledonia (Scotland) proved too much and Septimius Severus, exhausted by his efforts, fell ill and died in York in early A.D. 211. His dying words to his sons were ‘stay friends, be generous to the soldiers and no one else matters’. In his reign he had increased a soldiers pay from 375 to 500 silver Denari a year, a good wage in those days! This meant he created over 1000 different denarius reverse types. We offer you these silver Denari with the head of Septimius Severus on the obverse and various reverses from the Roman Emperor who died in York. Offered here in Fine grading.

Septimius Severus was Roman Emperor from AD 193-211. In AD 208 he travelled to Britain to strengthen Hadrian’s Wall and went on to invade Scotland that same year but his plans were cut short when he became ill and died in York in AD 211. We have a few silver denarius in Very Fine Condition minted during his reign. There are different types but all have his portrait on the obverse, and usually a standing or seated figure on the reverse. PHOTOGRAPH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF COIN SUPPLIED.

Septimius Severus. A.D. 193-211., Laodicea ad Mare - A.D. 198. AR Denarius. Laureate head right / 'SALVTI AVGG' Salus enthroned left feeding snake from patera. Reflective Good Very Fine & Scarce.

Septimius Severus. A.D. 193-211., Rome - A.D. 209. AR Denarius. Laureate head right / 'P M TR P XVII COS III P P' Salus enthroned left feeding snake from patera. Good Very Fine.

Severus Alexander, AD 222-235, AR Denarius. Obverse: Laureate and draped bust of Alexander facing to right. Reverse: P M TR P VI COS II P P, Mars walking right with spear and trophy. [RIC 61, RSC 305] Near Mint with much lustre.

Born around A.D.208 in Phoenicia, Severus Alexander was the cousin of the unpredictable Emperor Elagabalus. He was adopted as heir in A.D. 221 at the age of thirteen and seamlessly took over in A.D. 222. The new emperor was young and weak, his mother, Julia Mamaea, and his grandmother, Julia Maesa, ruled the empire early on. Later, Severus Alexander assumed more power and was a reasonably successful ruler. He was popular with the people as he helped with debts and had many building projects. He also fought a difficult and partially successful campaign against the Persians from A.D. 231-234. But while campaigning against the German tribes on the Rhine in A.D. 235 his mother tried to pay the enemy to leave! The army saw this as dishonourable and chose a new emperor Maximinus, a Thracian. Alexander and his mother were murdered by their own troops in A.D. 235 at their camp near Mainz in Germany. We offer Silver Denarius of Severus Alexander in a Good Very Fine condition with various reverses. Don’t miss out on the last of the Severan Dynasty.

Severus Alexander. A.D. 222-235. Alexandria, Roman Egypt - A.D. 228. Billon Tetradrachm. Laureate bust right / Helmeted bust of Athena Parthenos right. Good Very Fine & Scarce. This has particularly refined detail for Egyptian coins, pleasing bust of Athena.

Severus Alexander. A.D. 222-235., Rome - A.D. 228. AR Denarius. Laur. bust R. / 'P M TR P VI COS II P P' Mars adv. R. hdg. trophy & spear. Flan chip, Lustrous Good Extremely Fine & Scarce thus.