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Obv. Boeotian shield
Rev. volute krater; on either side [Β]Ο/Ι[Ω] (=BOIO)
Weight: 2.5g
Diameter: 12.9mm

Thespiae was founded sometime in the Archaic Period before 750 BCE. Its founding is associated with the nymph Thespia as in Pausanias, or…

Obv. bust of Athena (helmeted?) r. with large circular earring; potential hair ornamentation near neck
Rev. in incuse square, owl standing r. facing out; olive branch behind; ΑΘΕ in front
Weight: 4.2g
Diameter: 13.6mm

A drachm was the…

Obv. bust of Trajan r. draped with diadem; around IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GERM
Rev. soldier standing r. holding spear and parazonium; around PARTH[...] PM CAP COS V
Weight: 2.7g
Diameter: 18.7mm

Trajan’s campaign against the Parthian…

Obv. bust of Roma with helmet r.; in front, X
Rev. at left, shepherd Faustulus; wolf in front of tree standing l. bust r. with twins Romulus and Remus suckling; below, ROMA; unclear around, SEX PO [FOSTLVS]
Weight: 3.7g
Diameter: 18.8mm

Little…

Obv. bust of Antoninus Pius r.; around DIVVS ANTONINVS; border of dots
Rev. Antoninus Pius togate sitting l. with sceptre in l. hand and branch in r. hand; around DIVO PIO; border of dots
Weight: 3.4g
Diameter: 18.1mm

After an emperor died and…

Obv. bust of King Tatius r.; behind SABI[N]; border of dots
Rev. Sabine women being carried off; below L TITVRI; border of dots
Weight: 3.7g
Diameter: 18.4mm

Titus Tatius was a legendary Sabine king who ruled alongside Romulus at the founding…

Obv. bust of Roma r.; in front MANLI; behind PROQ; vague border of dots
Rev. triumphal quadriga marching r.; below [L] SVLLA IM[P]
Weight: 4.0g
Diameter: 16.3mm

Sulla held various political and military offices in the Roman Republic, during…

Obv. bust of Venus with diadem r.; border of dots
Rev. Aeneas walking l. carrying his father Anchises on his shoulder and household god or Victory in r. hand; behind CAESAR; border of dots
Weight: 3.8g
Diameter: 17.6mm

Julius Caesar continued a…

Obv. bust of Roma with helmet r., vague border of dots
Rev. biga with Victory charging r.; below, [C] PVLCHER; vague border of dots
Weight: 4.0g
Diameter: 17.8mm

C. Claudius Pulcher, as referenced in the coin’s reverse legend, may have been a…

Obv. bust of Faustina draped r.; around DIVA FAVSTINA; border of dots
Rev. Juno? standing l. draped with scepter; around AETERNITAS
Weight: 3.6g
Diameter: 17.5mm

Faustina I, or Faustina the Elder, was the wife of Antoninus Pius and became…