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AMERICAN
NUMISMATIC
MUSEUM
THE
AMERICAN
SOCIETY
NOTES
NUMISMATIC
SOCIETY
NEW YORK
1969
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CONTENTS
GREEK
Hyla A. Troxell and William F. Spengler. A Hoard of
I
Early Greek Coins fromAfghanistan
Nancy M. Waggoner. The Early Alexander Coinage at Seleucia
on the Tigris
21
Jennifer Warren. The Earliest Triobols of Megalopolis
31
ROMANAND BYZANTINE
Richard E. Mitchell. The Fourth Century Origin of Roman
Didrachms
R.
J.
Jones. Vettienus Monetalis
Joan M. Fagerlie. Roman and Byzantine Medallions in the
Collection of the American Numismatic Society
Eugene Dwyer. An Alexander/MacedoniaContorniate
Arthur F. Johnson. A New AnonymousBronze ofConstantineX
41
73
77
93
97
MEDIAEVAL
D. M. Metcalf. A Hoard of "Porcupine" Sceattas
101
ORIENTAL
Richard W. Bulliet. A MuctaziliteCoin of Mahmd of Ghazna 119
Paul Z. Bedoukian. The Copper of the Later Kings of Cilician
Armenia
131
L. N. Kukuranov. The "Urd" Issues of Emperor Akbar
137
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ROMAN
AND
BYZANTINE
COLLECTION
OF
MEDALLIONS
THE
NUMISMATIC
IN THE
AMERICAN
SOCIETY
Joan M. Fagerlie
(Plates VII-XVIII)
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1. JE 42.01 gr. t
a.D. 140-144
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS [III]
Bust r., laureate and cuirassed.
Rev. : [NA]VIVS in ex.
Augur Attus Navius cutting the whetstonein the presence
of Tarquinius Priscus (cf. Livy I.36).1
Ex E. T. Newell Coll.
Gnecchi II, p. 13, 32-33 var.; Cohen 567 var.
2. M 39.10 gr. t hammered into a contorniate.
A.D. 154-155
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XVIII
Bust r., laureate, draped and cuirassed.
Rev.: COS III!
Hercules nude, seated facing on rock covered with lion's
skin, holding club in r. hand; shield and cuirass to r.
Ex E. T. Newell Coll.
Gnecchi II, p. 11, 17; Cohen 215.
1 A seriesof medallionsdepictinglegendaryscenesfromRome's past was
forthecelebration
issuedby Antoninus
Pius between139-147in preparation
of Rome in the year 147.
of the ninehundreth
of the founding
anniversary
Cf.Toynbee,p. 143.
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MEDALLIONS
79
(A.D. 161-180)
A.D. 163-164
3. JE 55.52 gr.
Obv.: M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG PM IMP II TR P XVIII COS III
Bust 1., cuirassed.
Rev.: No legend. Female figure standing beneath tree on 1.,
facingr., leaning on table and feedingsnake entwinedabout
statuette of Salus which is on top of the table; a vase is on
table at 1. and a garland hangs down from table; a bird
rests on cross-barbetween table legs.
Ex Pierpont Morgan Coll. = Sambon Cat. Nov. 18, 1907, no. 2172
(Martinetti-NervegnaColl.); Baldwin, NNM 17, no. 2.
Gnecchi II, p. 37, 81 and pl. 66, 3 (thisspecimen); Cohen 1050 var.
a.D. 174-175
4. JE 48.74 gr. t
Obv.: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX
Bust r., laureate and cuirassed; cuirass ornamented with
head of Medusa.
Rev.: IMP VII COS III
Victoryseated 1.,holding shield on which VIC; trophyto r.
AVG
Ex Adra M. Newell Coll.
Gnecchi II, p. 28, 14; Cohen 323.
LUCIUS VERUS (A.D. 161-169)
a.D. 166
5. JE 42.84 gr. t
Obv.: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
Bust r., laureate, draped and cuirassed.
Rev.: TRP VI IMP III! COS II
Lucius Verus in military dress, standing on platformaddressingthe troops.
Ex Pierpont Morgan Coll. = Sambon Cat. Nov. 18, 1907, no. 2254
(Martinetti-NervegnaColl.); Baldwin, NNM 17, no. 3; Toynbee,
pl. XLII, 4.
Gnecchi II, p. 46, 14; Cohen 288.
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JOAN M. FAGERLIE
LUCILLA (Wife of L. Vrus)
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MEDALLIONS
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JOAN M. FAGERLIE
Naville Cat. XVII, Oct. 3, 1934, no. 1576; Boyce, pp. 45 if.
Gnecchi II, p. 77, 6; Cohen 584.
SEVERUS
ALEXANDER
(A.D. 222-235)
a.D. 226
13. M 55.14 gr. t
Obv.: IMP CAES M AVRELSEV ALEXANDERPIVS FELIX AVG
Bust 1., laureate, draped and cuirassed.
Rev.: PONTIF MAX TR P V COS II PP
Emperor in quadriga r., holding eagle-headed sceptre and
being crowned by Victory.
Ex Adra M. Newell Coll. = Naville Cat. X, June 15, 1925, no. 1765
(Petrowicz-RogersColl.) = J. Hirsch Cat. XXIX, Nov. 9, 1910,
no. 1221 = Sotheby Cat. June 29, 1893, no. 230 (Hermann D.
Weber Coll.).
Gnecchi II, p. 82, 21; Cohen 481.
GORDIAN III (A.D. 238-244)
a.D. 242
14. M 47.67 gr. t
Obv.: IMP GORDIANVSPIVS FELIX AVG
Bust 1., laureate, draped and cuirassed.
Rev. : VICTORIA AVG
Temple with four columns; N6IKH on pediment; OI~lAOcPOPOC on frieze; emperor and other figuresin sacrificial
scene in frontof temple.
Ex PierpontMorgan Coll. = Sambon Cat. Nov. 18, 1907, no. 2668
[pl. = 2268] (Martinetti-NervegnaColl.) ; Baldwin, NNM 17,no. 6.
Gnecchi II, p. 92, 50 (this specimen); Cohen 370.
OTACLIA, PHILIP
a.D. 248
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MEDALLIONS
83
(A.D. 253-260)
A.D. 253
16. JE 6.65 gr.
Obv.: CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM
Confrontingbusts of Valerian (on r.) and Gallienus (on 1.);
both laureate, Valerian draped and cuirassed, Gallienus
cuirassed.
Rev.: LIBERALITASAVGG
The two emperorsseated on curule chairs on platform;two
figuresbehind them; Liberalitas on 1. with cornucopiae and
tessera; another figureapproaches the platform.
Ex Naville Cat. XVIII, Oct. 10, 1938, no. 430 = Sartiges Coll.,
pl. XXXIX, 358; Mosser, p. 67.
Gnecchi III, p. 52, 6; Cohen 6; RIC V, p. 62, 5.
GALLIENUS
(A.D. 253-268)
A.D. 258
(A.D. 276)
A.D. 276
6*
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JOAN M. FAGERLIE
Rev. : MONETA AVG
The Three Monetae.
Ex Naville Cat. XVIII, Oct. io, 1938, no. 458 = Sartiges Coll.,
pl. XLI, 380 = J. Hirsch Cat. VIII, May 18, 1903, no. 2654;
Mosser, p. 68.
Gnecchi II, p. 115, 3; Cohen 43.
PROBUS
(A.D. 276-282)
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MEDALLIONS
85
(A.D. 284-305)
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JOAN M. FAGERLIE
Rev.-.MONETA AVGG
The Three Monetae.
Ex Max Schlesinger Fixed Price List No. 2, 1936, no. 649
(BaranoffColl.) = J. Hirsch Cat. XXIV, May 10, 1909, no. 2455
(Consul Weber Coll.).
Gnecchi II, p. 126, 24; Cohen 333.
CONSTANTIUS
(A.D. 293-305)
CHLORUS
(A.D. 293-306)
I (A.D. 307-337)
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MEDALLIONS
87
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A.D. 341-342
on shield.
Ex E. T. Newell Coll.
Gnechi II, p. 148, 24; Cohen 206.
34. JE 12.94 gr.
Obv.: DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG
Bust r., diademed, draped and cuirassed.
Rev.: MONETA AVGG
The Three Monetae; R in ex.
Ex E. T. Newell Coll.
Gnecchi II, p. 147, 11; Cohen 144.
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Rome
MEDALLIONS
89
(A.D. 350-353)
Constantinople
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Obv.: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
Bust r., diademed, draped and cuirassed.
Rev. : VICTORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor in militarydress, holding labarum in r. hand and
Victory on globe in 1.; CONSPT in ex.
Gnecchi not; Cohen 22.
VALENTINIAN
I (A.D. 364-375)
(A.D. 395-423)
13.09 gr.
Obv.: DN HONORIVS PF AVG
Bust r., diademed, draped and cuirassed.
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Rome
MEDALLIONS
91
Constantinople
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VII
ANS MEDALLIONS
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VIII
ANS MEDALLIONS
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