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| Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Perge, Pamphylia |   | Perga was the capital of Pamphylia. Today it is a large site of ancient ruins, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of Antalya on the southwestern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. During the Hellenistic period, Perga was one of the richest and most beautiful cities in the ancient world, famous for its temple of Artemis. It also is notable as the home of the renowned mathematician Apollonius of Perga. |
| RP58738. Bronze AE 14, SNG BnF 402, SNG Cop 317, Nice VF, weight 2.652 g, maximum diameter 14.3 mm, die axis 180o, Perge mint, obverse ΚΑΙCΑΡ Α∆ΡΙΑΝΟC, laureate and draped bust right; reverse ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑC ΑΡΤΕΜΙ∆ΟC, Artemis standing left, long torch vertical behind in right, quiver over shoulder, bow in left; scarce; $105.00 (€80.85) |
| Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia |  | "...the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)" (Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40). |
| RP58786. Bronze AE 31, Schultz Magnesia 113 (R4), Imhoof-Blümer MG 311, RPC Online -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG München -, BMC -, et al. -, aF, weight 17.386 g, maximum diameter 31.1 mm, die axis 180o, Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, magistrate Diophantus; as caesar, 139 - 161 A.D.; obverse Μ ΑΙΛΙΟC ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΒΗΡΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed young bust right; reverse ΓΡΑΜ ∆ΙΟΦΑΝ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, facing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene, wearing polos and veil, flanked by two Nikes over shoulders crowning her, eagles with open wings at feet; very rare; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia |  | "...the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)" (Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40). |
| RP58787. Bronze AE 31, Schultz Magnesia 113 (R4), Imhoof-Blümer MG 311, RPC Online -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG München -, BMC -, et al. -, aF, weight 14.825 g, maximum diameter 31.7 mm, die axis 180o, Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, magistrate Diophantus; as caesar, 139 - 161 A.D.; obverse Μ ΑΙΛΙΟC ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΒΗΡΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed young bust right; reverse ΓΡΑΜ ∆ΙΟΦΑΝ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, facing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene, wearing polos and veil, flanked by two Nikes over shoulders crowning her, eagles with open wings at feet; very rare; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia |  | "...the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)" (Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40). |
| RP58788. Bronze AE 28, Schultz Magnesia 113 (R4), Imhoof-Blümer MG 311, RPC Online -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG München -, BMC -, et al. -, aF, weight 12.155 g, maximum diameter 28.1 mm, die axis 180o, Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, magistrate Diophantus; as caesar, 139 - 161 A.D.; obverse Μ ΑΙΛΙΟC ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΒΗΡΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed young bust right; reverse ΓΡΑΜ ∆ΙΟΦΑΝ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, facing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene, wearing polos and veil, flanked by two Nikes over shoulders crowning her, eagles with open wings at feet; very rare; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D., Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia |  | "...the temple of Artemis Leukophryene, which in the size of its shrine and in the number of its votive offerings is inferior to the temple at Ephesos, but in the harmony and skill shown in the structure of the sacred enclosure is far superior to it. And in size it surpasses all the sacred enclosures in Asia except two, that at Ephesos (to Artemis) and that at Didymoi (to Apollo)" (Strabo, Geography 14. 1. 40). |
| RP58789. Bronze AE 30, Schultz Magnesia 113 (R4), Imhoof-Blümer MG 311, RPC Online -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG München -, BMC -, et al. -, aF, weight 15.083 g, maximum diameter 30.0 mm, die axis 180o, Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, magistrate Diophantus; as caesar, 139 - 161 A.D.; obverse Μ ΑΙΛΙΟC ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟC ΒΗΡΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed young bust right; reverse ΓΡΑΜ ∆ΙΟΦΑΝ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, facing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene, wearing polos and veil, flanked by two Nikes over shoulders crowning her, eagles with open wings at feet; very rare; $100.00 (€77.00) |
| Apameia, Phrygia, c. 133 - 48 B.C. |  | Rome received Apameia with the Pergamene Kingdom in 133 B.C., but sold it to Mithridates V of Pontus, who held it till 120 BC. After the Mithridatic Wars it became a great center for trade, largely carried on by resident Italians and Jews. By order of Flaccus, nearly 45 kilograms of gold, intended by Jews for the Temple in Jerusalem was confiscated in Apamea in 62 B.C. |
| GB62330. Bronze AE 22, SNG Cop 181; SGCV II 5121; cf. BMC Phrygia p. 84, 86 (magistrates), VF, weight 6.083 g, maximum diameter 22.0 mm, die axis 0o, Apameia mint, c. 133 - 48 B.C.; obverse head of Zeus right, wearing wreath of oak and laurel leaves; reverse ΑΠΑΜΕ − ∆ΙΟ∆ΩΡ / ΚΡΑΤΕ, cultus-statue of Artemis Anaitis facing, wearing kalathos and veil, taenia hanging from each hand; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius, Ankyra, Phrygia |  | The image on ther reverse closely resembles a 1st centruy A.D. sculpture of Atremis, the Lady of Ephesus, now at the Ephesus Archaeological Museum. The Ionians worshiped Artemis as a mother goddess, akin to the Phrygian Cybele. Her cult image was adorned with multiple rounded breast like protuberances on her chest. They have been variously interpreted as accessory breasts, eggs, grapes, acorns, or even bull testes. Excavation at the site of the Artemision in 1987/8 found a multitude of tear-shaped amber beads that once adorned the ancient wooden xoanon. |
| RP62502. Bronze AE 19, SNG Cop 139, SNGvA 3436, aVF, weight 4.144 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 180o, Ankyra mint, obverse ΦAVCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right; reverse ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ, cultus-statue of Ephesian Artemis standing facing flanked by stags; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Tomis, Moesia Inferior |  | Artemis is depicted here in the same pose as The Diana of Versailles, a slightly over life-size Roman marble statue from the 1st or 2nd century A.D., copying a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, c. 325 B.C. The sculpture has a stag at her side, rather than a hound. The sculpture may have come from a sanctuary at Nemi or possibly from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. In 1556, it was given by Pope Paul IV to Henry II of France, a subtle allusion to the king's mistress, Diane de Poitiers. It is now in in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. |
| RP48184. Bronze AE 27, Varbanov 4799, AMNG I 2742, aVF, weight 11.080 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 225o, Tomis mint, obverse Α Κ Λ CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Artemis advancing right, bow in left, drawing arrow from quiver with right, hound at feet, ∆ in left field; interesting portrait; $85.00 (€65.45) |
| Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D. |  | Lucifer means lightbringer, from the Latin lux "light" and ferre "to bear or bring." The word Lucifer is found in only one place in the Bible -- Isaiah 14:12 -- but only in the King James and related versions: "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! The King James Version is based on the Vulgate, the Latin translation of Jerome. Jerome translated the Hebrew helel (bright or brilliant one) as "lucifer," which was a reasonable Latin equivalent. And yet it is this lucifer, the bright one or lightbearer, that came to be understood by so many as the name for Satan, Lord of Darkness. -- Sunrise magazine, October/November 1996. |
| RS48397. Silver denarius, RIC IV 127, RSC IV 69, gVF, weight 2.528 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 241 A.D.; obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, lit long transverse torch in both hands; $80.00 (€61.60) |
| Syracuse, Sicily, Agathocles, 317 - 289 B.C. |  | With an army of mercenaries, through deceit, and after banishing or murdering some 10,000 citizens, Agathocles made himself master of Syracuse and later most of Sicily. Machiavelli wrote of him, "It cannot be called prowess to kill fellow-citizens, to betray friends, to be treacherous, pitiless, and irreligious" and cited him as an example of "those who by their crimes come to be princes." According to the historian Justin, very early in life Agathocles parlayed his remarkable beauty into a career as a prostitute, first for men, and later, after puberty, for women, and then made a living by robbery before becoming a soldier and marrying a rich widow. |
| GB82369. Bronze litra, Calciati II p. 277, 142; SNG ANS 708 ff., F, weight 8.117 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 45o, Syracuse mint, 317 - 289 B.C.; obverse ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ, draped bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder; reverse ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ, winged thunderbolt; $70.00 (€53.90) |
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