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Box 2

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Contains 135 Results:

Sepphoris, Judaea, AD 98-177

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 170B
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Coins in approximate chronological order.

Dates: AD 98-177
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / Other Antiquarian Coins

Judaea (Bar Kichba War), AD 132-135

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 171
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Coins in approximate chronological order.

Dates: AD 132-135
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / Other Antiquarian Coins

Byzantium, AD 9th century

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 172
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Coins in approximate chronological order.

Dates: AD 9th century
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / Other Antiquarian Coins

Byzantium, AD 10th century

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 173
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Coins in approximate chronological order.

Dates: AD 10th century
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / Other Antiquarian Coins

Seljuk Empire, AD 1196-1204

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 174
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Coins in approximate chronological order.

Dates: AD 1196-1204
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / Other Antiquarian Coins

Gordian II, AD 238

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 41
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection includes the original dealer description for each coin, inventories and appraisals, and some notes by Handshu. Most of the documentation consists of the dealer and auction catalogs Handshu selected his coins from and issues of periodicals which provide an overview of the market for coins. Handshu's reference books on coins have been cataloged separately for the Library's collection. The majority of the coins provide a nearly complete collection of portraits of Roman emperors from...
Dates: AD 238
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / 1. Roman Coins / Imperial Rome

Elagabalus denarius, AD 218-222

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 42
Scope and Contents In his boyhood he was appointed priest of the sun-god Elagabalus and it is by this name that he is best known. In ad 218 he became emperor after a revolt instigated by his grandmother Julia Maesa. His reign was notorious for religious fanaticism, cruelty, bloodshed and excesses of every description. There was general dissatisfaction when on March 6, 222 Elagabalus and his mother Julia Soaemias were murdered and their bodies were dragged through the streets of Rome and thrown into the...
Dates: AD 218-222
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / 1. Roman Coins / Imperial Rome

Severus Alexander denarius, AD 222-235

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 43
Scope and Contents

In 221 he was adopted by Elagabalus, his cousin. After the murder of Elagabalus Alexander was proclaimed emperor. The emperor was very much under the influence of his mother and this was resented by the army. On March 22, 235 Alexander and his mother Julia Mamaea were murdered at their camp near Mainz and the soldiers proclaimed Maximinus one of their commanders as emperor.

Dates: AD 222-235
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / 1. Roman Coins / Imperial Rome

Maximinus I denarius, AD 235-238

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 44
Scope and Contents

Of Thracian peasant stock, he was a man of great stature and physical strength. He joined the ranks of the Roman army and gained rapid promotions. His reign was characterized by his hatred of nobility and ruthless cruelty towards anyone suspected of conspiring against him. His troops finally mutinied and murdered both him and his son Maximus on 24 June AD 238.

Dates: AD 235-238
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / 1. Roman Coins / Imperial Rome

Maximus sestertius, AD 235-238

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 45
Scope and Contents

Son Of Maximinus. He was murdered with his father near Aquileia on June 24, AD 238.

Dates: AD 235-238
Found in: Special Collections / Joel Handshu antiquarian coin collection / 1. Roman Coins / Imperial Rome
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