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Prof. Henry H. Armstrong Collection

In 1909 and 1910, Prof. Henry H. Armstrong lived in Rome working as a Research Associate of the Carnegie Institution in Archaeology teaching at the American School for Classical Studies in Rome. Professor Armstrong's article "Privernum" from the Jan. - Mar. 1911 issue of the American Journal of Archaeology is included in NumisWiki. This was the first of a series of articles (at least three) about Privernum contributed to the American Journal of Archaeology by Professor H. H. Armstrong. He aquired most of the coins in his collection during his time in Italy. From 1918 until his death in 1935 he taught at Beloit College as head of the Department of Romance Languages. Nicknamed "Sparky" by the students, his death after a two-week illness came as a shock to the college. His coins, inherited by his son, sat in a cigar box for the next 74 years.

|Henry| |Armstrong| |Collection|, |Aurelian,| |August| |270| |-| |October| |or| |November| |275| |A.D.||antoninianus|
From the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection. In 1910, when he purchased this coin, Professor Armstrong lived in Rome working as a Research Associate of the Carnegie Institution in Archaeology teaching at the American School for Classical Studies. From 1918 until his death in 1935 he taught at Beloit College as head of the Department of Romance Languages. Nicknamed "Sparky" by the students, his death after a two-week illness came as a shock to the college. His coins, inherited by his son, sat in a cigar box for the next 74 years.
WR43096. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-1 128, VF, flat centers, weight 3.706 g, maximum diameter 22.1 mm, die axis 0o, Mediolanum (Milan, Italy) mint, obverse IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left on wheel, rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, P in exergue; from the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection, handwritten envelope notes, "Purchase, Champion, 1910"; SOLD


Maximian, 285 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D., Commemorative Issued by Constantine the Great

|Henry| |Armstrong| |Collection|, |Maximian,| |285| |-| |305,| |306| |-| |308,| |and| |310| |A.D.,| |Commemorative| |Issued| |by| |Constantine| |the| |Great||reduced| |follis|
From the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection. A handwritten card notes, "Bought at Piperno, Dec 13, 1909." Piperno, ancient Privernum, was renamed Priverno in 1928. Prof. Armstrong wrote a series of articles on Privernum that were published in the American Journal of Archaeology.

Constantine the Great issued this commemorative, ironically honoring a man he had forced to commit suicide. The reverse legend translates, "The rest and retirement of the best and most meritorious [emperors]," referring to the dead and deified emperors Claudius II Gothicus, Maximian and Constantius I. Constantine struck commemoratives with this reverse for each of these emperors, with whom he had familial connections.
SH43100. Billon reduced follis, RIC VII Rome p. 310, 104 (R3); SRCV IV p. 496, 16400; Cohen VII 495 (2 fr.), F, weight 3.193 g, maximum diameter 18.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 317 A.D.; obverse DIVO MAXIMIANO SEN FORT IMP, laureate and veiled head right; reverse REQVIES OPTIMORVM MERITORVM (retirement most deserved), Emperor seated left on curule chair, raising hand, scepter in left hand, R[...] in exergue; from the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection, handwritten card notes, "Bought at Piperno, Dec 13, 1909"; scarce; SOLD


Caligula, 16 Mar 37 - 24 Jan 41 A.D., Nero and Drusus Caesars on Obverse

|Nero| |Claudius| |Drusus|, |Caligula,| |16| |Mar| |37| |-| |24| |Jan| |41| |A.D.,| |Nero| |and| |Drusus| |Caesars| |on| |Obverse||dupondius|
From the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection. In 1910, when he purchased this coin, Professor Armstrong lived in Rome working as a Research Associate of the Carnegie Institution in Archaeology teaching at the American School for Classical Studies. From 1918 until his death in 1935 he taught at Beloit College as head of the Department of Romance Languages. Nicknamed "Sparky" by the students, his death after a two-week illness came as a shock to the college. His coins, inherited by his son, sat in a cigar box for the next 74 years.
SH41426. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC I Gaius 34 (S), BMCRE I Gaius 44, Cohen I Nero et Drusus 1, BnF I Gaius 52, Hunter I Gaius 18, SRCV I -, VF, encrustations, weight 16.649 g, maximum diameter 30.2 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 37 - 38 A.D.; obverse NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARES (Nero and Drusus caesars), Nero and Drusus Caesar riding right, cloaks flying behind; reverse C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT (Gaius Caesar, Augustus, Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunitia Potestas), around large S C (senatus consulto); from the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection, handwritten envelope notes, "Purchase, Scalco(?), 1909 - 1910" and a value of 10 francs!; scarce; SOLD


Romulus, Son of Maxentius, Died 309 or 310 A.D.

|Romulus|, |Romulus,| |Son| |of| |Maxentius,| |Died| |309| |or| |310| |A.D.||follis|
From the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection. In 1910, when he purchased this coin, Professor Armstrong lived in Rome working as a Research Associate of the Carnegie Institution in Archaeology teaching at the American School for Classical Studies. From 1918 until his death in 1935 he taught at Beloit College as head of the Department of Romance Languages. Nicknamed "Sparky" by the students, his death after a two-week illness came as a shock to the college. His coins, inherited by his son, sat in a cigar box for the next 74 years.
SH41430. Billon follis, RIC VI Ostia 34, Cohen VII 6, SRCV IV 15050, Hunter V 7 - 8 var. (officina), VF, weight 5.758 g, maximum diameter 23.8 mm, die axis 0o, 1st officina, Ostia (port of Rome) mint, late 309 - 310 A.D.; obverse DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS, bare head right; reverse AETERNAE MEMORIA, Sepulcher of Divus Romulus, brick facade, dome-shaped roof, no columns, right door open, surmounted by eagle with spread wings, MOSTP in exergue; from the Prof. Henry H. Armstrong collection, handwritten envelope notes, "Purchase, 1909 - 1910"; SOLD







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