Antioch Mint First and Second Issues ~251-252 AD
This section shows the 'fine style' antoniniani from the first two issues struck at Antioch. The first issue uses only an officina mark on the obverse. As a comparison, all Antioch antoniniani are from the first issue and never use officina marks on the reverse. The second issue, also using the 'fine style' have marks on both sides of the coin.
During this period, princes (Caesars) were usually shown with '3/4 facing forward' bust. This was invariably true for Herennius Etruscus, and Hostilian (even after he became Augustus). Early coins of Volusian have this bust but later coins (including all of Group I, or 'coarse portrait') show the bust with right shoulder forward.
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RIC |
Obverse/Reverse |
Notes |
Obverse Photo |
Reverse Photo |
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| 224a | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | .../- |
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| ADVENTVS AVG Emperor on horseback l., raising r. hand and holding scepter. |
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224 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
unlisted obverse legend .../- |
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| ADVENTVS AVG Emperor on horseback l., raising r. hand and holding scepter. |
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224 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
unlisted obverse legend, unlisted bust type .../... |
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| ADVENTVS AVG Emperor on horseback l., raising r. hand and holding scepter. |
| 225 | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | ../.. 3.91g |
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| AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas stg, l., holding scales and cornucopia. |
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225 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSINO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Blundered obverse legend ../.. |
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| AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas stg, l., holding scales and cornucopia. |
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225 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right shoulder back |
Unlisted bust type -/- |
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| AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas stg, l., holding scales and cornucopia. |
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225 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
AEQVTAS (sic) .../- 3.97g Gorny & Mosch 164-167 lot 2186 |
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| AEQVTAS AVG Aequitas stg, l., holding scales and cornucopia. |
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225 var unlisted |
IM C V AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | AEQVTAS (sic) Same as above except obverse legend starting IM C... |
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| AEQVTAS AVG Aequitas stg, l., holding scales and cornucopia. |
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225 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right shoulder back |
Unlisted obverse legend, unlisted bust type .../.... |
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| AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas stg, l., holding scales and cornucopia. |
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225 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Obverse legend starts with IM C vii/- |
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| AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas stg, l., holding scales and cornucopia. |
| 228 | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | vii/- |
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| MARTI PACIFERO Mars advancing l., holding branch and spear. |
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228 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANVS AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | unlisted bust type |
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| MARTI PACIFERO Mars advancing l., holding branch and spear. |
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228 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
"VOLVUSSIANVS" (with an extra S) .../... |
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| MARTI PACIFERO Mars advancing l., holding branch and spear. |
| unlisted | IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
A hybrid with the reverse of Philip the Arab (RIC 78).
Although this could have been made with a die made during Philip's reign
that miraculously re-appeared during the reign of Gallus, it is more
likely that an engraver accidentally copied the a Philip reverse (see
RIC 231var below for a similar error). ../- |
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| PM TRP VI COS PP Felicitas stg. l., holding cadaceus and cornucopia |
| 230a | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
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| PAX AVGVS Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse scepter. |
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230a var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Unlisted bust type |
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| PAX AVGVS Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse scepter. |
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230a var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Unlisted legend -/- vii/-
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| PAX AVGVS Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse scepter. |
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230a var unlisted |
IIMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Unlisted reverse legend ending in 'AVGVG' ../.. ../.. ../.. (collection of Dr. F. Óvári)
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| PAX AVGVG Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse scepter. |
| 230a | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Pax is carrying a cornucopia instead of a sceptre! .../... (collection of Dr. F. Óvári)
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| PAX AVGVS Pax stg. l., holding branch and cornucopia. |
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230b var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
VOLVSSIANVS sic ..../.... |
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| PAX AVGVS Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse scepter. |
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231 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
"SC" added; K. Pink postulated that the engraver was
copying the reverse from a bronze coin (Gallus of Volusian sestertius of
Rome with PAX reverse) and this has been gernerally accepted as the best
explanation. Barry Murphy had an even better idea - the engraver
had been engraving Antioch tetradrachms (which although silver, do have
SC on the reverse). Unlisted obverse legend starting with 'IM' instead of 'IMP'. ./-
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| PAX AVGVS SC Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse scepter. |
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231 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Another "SC" coin with an unlisted obverse legend, this
one this with the second 'V' in AVGVS inverted (or accidentally replaced
with an A). ..../-
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| PAX AVGAS SC Pax stg. l., holding branch and transverse scepter. |
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232 var unlisted |
IIM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Legend starting IM CV... Note that none of them
have a reverse officina mark so this reverse is from clearly the first
issue. ./- vii/- .../- |
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| PVDICITIA AVG Pudicitia, veiled, std. l., raising right hand, holding transverse scepter |
| 234a | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | -/.. |
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| ROMAE AETERNAE AVG Roma std, l., on shield holding victory and spear. |
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234a var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | ../.. |
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| ROMAE AETERNAE AVG Roma std, l., on shield holding victory and spear. |
| 234b | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
A rare variation with the bust seen from front and the
name spelled VOLVSSIANVS. iv/iv |
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| ROMAE AETERNAE AVG Roma std, l., on shield holding victory and spear. |
| 234c | IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Obverse legend stating only 'IM' instead of 'IMP' Mint ?/vi 3.75g |
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| ROMAE AETERNAE AVG Roma std, l., on shield holding victory and spear. |
| 235 | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
This is what Cohen would call a "double antoninianus".
It is 6.4 grams. -/.... |
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| SAECVLVM NOVVM Hexastyle temple with figure in center. |
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235 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
unlisted bust type ../- |
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| SAECVLVM NOVVM Hexastyle temple with figure in center. |
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235 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. | Unlisted obverse legend |
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| SAECVLVM NOVVM Hexastyle temple with figure in center. |
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235 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Same as above but eagle on temple! I have a Gallus
antoninianus with the same reverse. The are quite rare. The
eagle and the statue - which looks like seated Jupiter - make it quite
certain this is the Temple of Jupiter. .../- |
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| SAECVLVM NOVVM Hexastyle temple with figure in center. |
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236a var
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IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Unlisted bust type ../.. |
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| SAECVLLVM NOVVM Hexastyle temple with figure in center. |
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236 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from front, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Unlisted: Temple is tetrastyle and not hexastyle,
also, the obverse legend says VOLUSSIANVS (with an extra 's').
iv/iv |
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| SAECVLLVM NOVVM Tetrastyle temple with figure in center. |
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237b corr
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IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
RIC accidentally spells the obverse legend VBERTAS
(applies to all coins part of RIC 237) 5.5 grams (very thick) ..../- (first issue) .../- (first issue) |
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| VBERITAS AVG Uberitas stg. l., holding purse and cornucopia |
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237b corr var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
Misspelled UDERITAS, a common error existing on many dies
and mentioned in nearly every book that discusses this series. .,/. (?) |
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| VDERITAS AVG Uberitas stg. l., holding purse and cornucopia |
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237b var unlisted |
IMP CV AF G ALVEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
Different bust type, same misspelled reverse legend Mint ..../.... |
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| VDERITAS AVG Uberitas stg. l., holding purse and cornucopia |
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237b corr var unlisted |
IMP CV AF G ALVEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
Another of the unlisted bust type, finally, the correct
spelling Mint ..../.... |
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| VBERITAS AVG Uberitas stg. l., holding purse and cornucopia |
| 237c corr | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
"VOLVSSIANVS"
Mint iiv/iiv Mint iv/iv |
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| VBERITAS AVG Uberitas stg. l., holding purse and cornucopia |
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237 corr var unlisted |
IM CV AF G ALVEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
Obverse legend starting with IM C... Mint ../.. Mint vii/- (1st issue issue) |
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| VBERITAS AVG Uberitas stg. l., holding purse and cornucopia |
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237 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF G ALVEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
Uberitas is supposed to carry a cornucopia and not
sceptre.
4.0g From collection of Dr. F. Óvári |
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| VBERITAS AVG Uberitas stg. l., holding purse and transverse sceptre |
| 238 | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
3.96 grams Mint vii/- (1st issue) |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory advancing. l., holding wreath and palm. |
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238 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
Unlisted bust type Mint ../.. |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory advancing. l., holding wreath and palm. |
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238 var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
Many thanks to Jean-Andre. Unlisted bust type, obv legend spelled VOLVSSIANVS Mint iiv/iiv |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory advancing. l., holding wreath and palm. |
| unlisted | IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust seen from back, radiate, draped, cuirassed r. |
A very rare, early type .../- ?/- |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory advancing. r., holding wreath and palm. |
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239 var unlisted |
IM CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder forward |
Legend starting with IMC ..../- ./- |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory stg. r. standing on globe, holding wreath and palm. |
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239a
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IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder forward |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory stg. r. standing on globe, holding wreath and palm. |
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239a var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANO AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
Unlisted bust type ..../.... |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory stg. r. standing on globe, holding wreath and palm. |
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239b var unlisted |
IMP CV AF GAL VEND VOLVSSIANVS AVG Bust r., right shoulder back |
As above but "VOLVSSIANVS" 4.17g Mint .../... |
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| VICTORIA AVG Victory stg. r. standing on globe, holding wreath and palm. |
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