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| Greek, Bronze Krater(?) Handle, Ornamented With Head of Dionysos, c. 400 - 200 B.C. |   | This handle was probably once attached to a krater, a punch-bowl type vessel used for diluting and serving wine. The earliest kraters were bronze and almost exclusively the volute-type. Very few bronze kraters have survived. Most often only the handles remain. |
| AG40492. Greek bronze krater(?) handle, height 12.7 cm (4 5/8"), ornamented with facing head of Dionysos, $1585.00 (€1220.45) |
| Egyptian Blue Faience Votive Cup with Cartouche of Amenhotep III, c. 1391 - 1350 B.C. |  | Amenhotep III, meaning Amun is Satisfied, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1391 B.C. to December 1353 B.C., or June 1388 BC to December 1351 or 1350 B.C. |
| AB30968. height 5.7 cm (2 1/8"), turquoise-glazed faience cylindrical votive cup inscribed with the Cartouche of Amenhotep III, Choice, $1350.00 (€1039.50) |
| Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt, 132 - 135 A.D. |  | These coins are usually overstruck on earlier denarii or drachms. Traces of the undertype bust and obverse legend are visible on the reverse.
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| SH63938. Silver zuz, Mildenberg p. 255,161 (O21/R81); Hendin 1433; TJC 285. AJC II 275, 68; overstruck on a Roman denarius or drachm of Trajan(?), VF, weight 3.484 g, maximum diameter 18.6 mm, die axis 180o, undated third year, 134 - 135 A.D.; obverse paleo-Hebrew inscription: Simon, bunch of grapes in three lobes hanging from branch, which has a tendril to the left and a leaf to the right; part of undertype legend visible, 6:00 - 8:00 (GER?); reverse paleo-Hebrew inscription: for the freedom of Jerusalem, fluted jug, handle on left, willow branch on right; ex Gemini; $900.00 (€693.00) |
| Myrina, Aeolis, Mid 2nd Century B.C. |  | At the time this coin was issued, Myrina was a thriving town popular with tourists and known for its terracotta, glassware and oysters. Today it is perhaps best known for these beautiful tetradrachms! |
| SH58667. Silver tetradrachm, Sacks 25; SNG Fitzwilliam 4329; BMC Troas p. 136, 10, VF, weight 16.737 g, maximum diameter 34.1 mm, die axis 0o, Myrina mint, mid 2nd century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, hair braided, ribbons flowing behind; reverse MURINAIWN, Apollo Grynios advancing right holding patera and laurel branch with fillets; omphalos and amphora at feet; monogram left, all within laurel wreath; $850.00 (€654.50) |
| Athens, Greece, "New Style" Tetradrachm, c. 122 - 121 B.C. |  | The "New Style" tetradrachms were issued by Athens as a semi-autonomous city under Roman rule. The new-style Owls are markedly different from the Owls of Periclean Athens or the "eye in profile" Athena head of the Fourth Century. They were struck on thinner, broad flans, typical of the Hellenistic period, with a portrait of Athena that reflected the heroic portraiture of the period. The owl now stands on an amphora, surrounded by magistrates' names and symbols, all within an olive wreath. The amphora is marked with a letter that may indicate the month of production. Letters below the amphora may indicate the source of the silver used in production. |
| SH62473. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson Athens 521c, Svoronos Athens pl. 53, 24 (same dies), VF, weight 16.675 g, maximum diameter 28.1 mm, die axis 0o, Athens mint, c. 122 - 121 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right, triple-crested helmet decorated with curvilinear ornament on the shell, Pegasos right above the raised earpiece, and protomes of horses above the visor; reverse A-QE / EURU-KLEI / ARI-ARA / AR/CIP, owl standing right on amphora on its side; the three Graces on right standing facing; M on amphora, ME below, all within olive wreath; magistrates Euryklei-, Ariara-, and Arxir-; $800.00 (€616.00) |
| Athens, Greece, "New Style" Tetradrachm, c. 122 - 121 B.C. |  | The "New Style" tetradrachms were issued by Athens as a semi-autonomous city under Roman rule. The new-style Owls are markedly different from the Owls of Periclean Athens or the "eye in profile" Athena head of the Fourth Century. They were struck on thinner, broad flans, typical of the Hellenistic period, with a portrait of Athena that reflected the heroic portraiture of the period. The owl now stands on an amphora, surrounded by magistrates' names and symbols, all within an olive wreath. The amphora is marked with a letter that may indicate the month of production. Letters below the amphora may indicate the source of the silver used in production.
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| SH63569. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson Athens 597f; magistrates Themisto-, Theopompos, and Theodor, VF, weight 16.743 g, maximum diameter 32.1 mm, die axis 315o, Athens mint, c. 117 - 116 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right, triple-crested helmet decorated with curvilinear ornament on the shell, Pegasos right above the raised earpiece, and protomes of horses above the visor; reverse A-QE / QEMI-STO / QEO/POM/POS / QEO/DWR, owl standing right on amphora on its side; trophy on a prowright on right; K on amphora, ME below, all within olive wreath; $800.00 (€616.00) |
| Athens, Greece, "New Style" Tetradrachm, c. 118 - 117 B.C. |  | The "New Style" tetradrachms were issued by Athens as a semi-autonomous city under Roman rule. The new-style Owls are markedly different from the Owls of Periclean Athens or the "eye in profile" Athena head of the Fourth Century. They were struck on thinner, broad flans, typical of the Hellenistic period, with a portrait of Athena that reflected the heroic portraiture of the period. The owl now stands on an amphora, surrounded by magistrates' names and symbols, all within an olive wreath. The amphora is marked with a letter that may indicate the month of production. Letters below the amphora may indicate the source of the silver used in production.
The two torches likely refer to Demeter who is frequently depicted holding a torch in each hand. |
| SH62485. Silver tetradrachm, Thompson Athens 590c-d var (I on amphora), Svoronos Athens pl. 57, 18 var (same), VF, weight 16.729 g, maximum diameter 29.3 mm, die axis 0o, Athens mint, c. 118 - 117 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right, triple-crested helmet decorated with curvilinear ornament on the shell, a griffin right above the raised earpiece, and protomes of horses above visor; reverse A-QE / AMM/WNI/OS - KAL/LIAS / BUTT/AKOS, owl standing right on amphora on its side, two torches on right, K on amphora, ME under amphora, all within olive wreath; $750.00 (€577.50) |
| Roman Republic, Mark Antony, Triumvir and Imperator, 44 - 30 B.C. |  | On 26 November 43 B.C. Octavian, Antony and Lepidus meet in Bononia, and enter into an official five-year autocratic pact, the Second Triumvirate. To cement their reconciliation Octavian agreed to marry Clodia, a daughter of Antony's wife Fulvia by her former husband Publius Clodius Pulcher. The triumvirs proscribed 130 senators and 2,000 equites, who were branded as outlaws and deprived of their property.
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| SH64353. Silver quinarius, Banti-Simonetti CNR II 133 (this coin); Crawford 489/4; CRI 121; RSC 82; Sydenham 1159; Kestner 3716; BMCRR Gaul 36, gVF, toned, a couple of banker’s marks; Military mint traveling with Antony and Lepidus in Transalpine Gaul, weight 1.900 g, maximum diameter 14.0 mm, die axis 180o, late summer-autumn 43 B.C.; obverse Lituus, capis, and raven standing left on ground line; M A(NT) IMP above; reverse Victory standing right, crowning trophy of arms standing before her with wreath in her right, palm frond over shoulder in left; ex Triton XVI, lot 930; ex Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection; ex Künker 124 (16 March 2007), lot 8491; scarce; $700.00 (€539.00) |
| Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Tripod Vessel, c. 500 - 1000 A.D. |  | "Indigenous societies [of Costa Rica] continue to be a great unknown. The northern zone is almost forgotten. The southern zone is largely unknown when in fact the natives in Talamanca resisted the Spaniards, their tactics and attempts at colonization" -- Costa Rica National Museum director Cristian Kandler. |
| AH59755. Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Tripod Vessel, c. 500 - 1000 A.D., 14 inches high, legs with molded openwork rattling faces, polychrome faces around the rim; repaired with soot deposits attesting use and authenticity; perhaps much nicer and brighter polychrome if professionally cleaned of soot; from a New Jersey collection; $600.00 (€462.00) |
| China, Ching Dynasty, Blue and White Ginger Jar, c. 18th Century |  | The Qing Dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China. Under the Qing, traditional forms of art flourished. Imperial patronage encouraged the industrial production of ceramics and Chinese export porcelain. |
| AO59764. China, Ching Dynasty, blue and white ginger jar, c. 18th century, floral ornamentation with characters, 8.5 inches, from a New Jersey collection; $600.00 (€462.00) |
| Greek, Apulia, South Italy, Gnathian Ware, Black Glazed Bottle, c. Late 4th Century B.C. |  | Gnathia ware is named for ancient Gnathia (now Egnazia) in eastern Apulia, where the first vases of this type were found in the mid-19th century. Gnathian ware was produced c. 370 - 270 B.C. This type of grape and vine decoration was most popular c. 320 B.C. |
| AL59774. Greek, South Italy, Gnathian Ware, black glazed bottle, c. Late 4th century B.C., 3.25 x 5", intact, light deposits, lovely grape clusters and vines in pale yellow on black glazed body; from a New Jersey collection; $600.00 (€462.00) |
| Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III The Great, 336 - 323 B.C. |  | The period 285 - 275 B.C. was chaotic for Macedonia. In 286 B.C., Lysimachos took Pella from Pyrrhus. In 281, Seleucus defeated and killed Lysimachus but before he could claim Macedonia as his prize, Ptolemy Keraunos, the son of Ptolemy, murdered him and seized the throne. Antigonus marched north to take the throne but Keraunos defeated him. In 279 B.C. a great horde of Gauls descended on Macedonia, crushed Keraunos' army, and killed him in battle. Two years of complete anarchy followed. After plundering Macedonia, the Gauls invaded Greece, but in 278 B.C. a Greek army forced them to retreat to Thrace. In 277, Antigonus beached his ships near Lysimachia, abandoned his camp, and concealed his men for an ambush. The Gauls, as expected, came to loot his camp and attack the ships. Antigonus' army trapped them with the sea to their rear and inflicted a crushing defeat. Antigonus' then claimed the Macedonian throne. |
| SH63693. Silver tetradrachm, Price 565, Müller Alexander 953, VF, nice style, weight 16.808 g, maximum diameter 27.1 mm, die axis 0o, Pella mint, posthumous, c. 285 - 275 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse ALEXANDROU, Zeus enthroned left, eagle in extended right, long scepter vertical behind in left, legs crossed, right leg drawn back, oenochoe under throne; $500.00 (€385.00) |
| China, Kansu, Yangshao Culture, Neolithic Vessel, c. 2500 B.C. |  | Published in 'Oriental Antiquities and Art: An Identification and Price Guide, 2nd Edition! |
| AO59763. Yangshao Culture, pot, c. 2500 B.C., 12 x 13 inches; "Oriental Antiques & Art: An Identification and Price Guide, 2nd Ed, p. 136 (this piece), repaired, pot with zig zag and cross within circle designs on the upper half; from a New Jersey collection; overseas orders may require additional an shipping charge; $470.00 (€361.90) |
| Islamic, Egypt(?), Wheel Cut Miniature Glass Bottle, 10th - 11th Century A.D. |  | |
| AS61819. Wheel cut miniature bottle; cf. Corning Islamic I 209 - 210; 1 inch high, 10th - 11th Century A.D.; vessel of pale green glass, wheel cut baseline and wheel cut alternating arrowheads on the body, top of neck missing; from a New Jersey collection; rare; $430.00 (€331.10) |
| Egypt, Small Alabaster Cup, c. 2nd - 1st Millennium B.C. |  | |
| AS61824. Egypt, small alabaster cup; 1 x 1.4 inches, carved from yellow banded alabaster, rim chips and soot deposits; from a New Jersey collection, $430.00 (€331.10) |
| Maroneia, Thrace, 377 - 365 B.C. |  | Maroneia was on the coast about midway between the mouths of the Hebrus and the Nestus. It was named after Maron, son of Euanthes, a priest of Apollo, who in the Odyssey gives Odysseus the wine with which he intoxicates Polyphemos. Maron was also sometimes identified as a son of Dionysos. Grapes and vines are symbols of Dionysos or Maron, and advertise the famous wine of Maroneia. |
| SH63583. Silver triobol, Schönert-Geiss 251 (V39/R46), SNG Cop 616 (different dies), VF, weight 2.586 g, maximum diameter 15.3 mm, die axis 90o, Maroneia mint, 377 - 365 B.C.; obverse Forepart of horse prancing left, A-N-Q around; reverse grape bunch on vine with leaves and tendrils, kantharos lower left, MA lower right; all within dotted square within shallow incuse square; $330.00 (€254.10) |
| Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 Dec 192 A.D., Philippopolis, Thrace |  | A Neolithic settlement dating around 4000 B.C. establishes Plovdiv, Bulgaria among the world's oldest cities. It was a walled Thracian city called Eumolpias when it was conquered by Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. He renamed it Philippopolis. When it regained independence, the new Thracian name was Pulpudeva. In Latin it was sometimes called Trimontium (City of Three Hills). An important crossroads in the Roman Empire, it became the capital of Roman Thracia.
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| RP65210. Bronze AE 21, RPC online 7613, Varbanov 1115, Mouchmov 246; BMC Thrace 22, gVF, weight 4.955 g, maximum diameter 21.4 mm, die axis 180o, Philippopolis mint, obverse AUT KAI L AU-RH KOMODOC, laureate head right; reverse FILIPP-OPO-LEITWN, kantharos; ex Helios Numismatik auction 7 (12 Dec 2011), lot 541; scarce; $190.00 (€146.30) |
| Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D. |  | |
| SH59932. Copper quadrans, BMCRE III 1068, RIC II 687, Cohen 349, VF, weight 2.363 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 98 - 102 AD; obverse IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder; reverse S C, Urn containing palm frond and wreath set on three-quarter view table; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Thasos, Thrace, 168 - 90 B.C. |  | Thasos had been subject to Persia, Sparta, Athens or Macedonia for most of its history. After the Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 B.C., Rome granted Thasos its "freedom." It was still a "free" state in the time of Pliny, the 1st century A.D. Of course, Thasos was "free" under Rome only in much the same way that Rome was a "republic" under Augustus and the emperors. |
| SH60594. Bronze AE 16, SNG Cop 1056, Nice VF, weight 3.371 g, maximum diameter 15.4 mm, die axis 60o, Thasos mint, 168 - 90 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right wearing Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse QASION, bow above club, amphora within bow, inscription below; excellent Herakles; $180.00 (€138.60) |
| Pergamon, Mysia, c. 133 - 67 B.C. |  | The cista mystica was a basket used for housing sacred snakes in connection with the initiation ceremony into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). In the Dionysian mysteries a snake, representing the god and possibly symbolic of his phallus, was carried in a cista mystica on a bed of vine leaves. The cista in the mysteries of Isis may also have held a serpent, perhaps associated with the missing phallus of Osiris.
The Thyrsus is the staff carried by Bacchus and his associates; topped by a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves and wreathed with tendrils of vine or ivy. |
| GS62547. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergumum 40; Pinder 121; SNG BnF 1744; BMC Mysia -; SNG Cop -, aVF, weight 11.716 g, maximum diameter 26.8 mm, die axis 0o, Pergamon mint, c. 133 - 67 B.C.; obverse cista mystica with snake, all within ivy wreath; reverse ornamented bow-case with two snakes, ME over monogram and A above, Pergamon monogram left, snake coiled around thyrsos right; $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Pergamon, Mysia, c. 133 - 67 B.C. |  | The cista mystica was a basket used for housing sacred snakes in connection with the initiation ceremony into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). In the Dionysian mysteries a snake, representing the god and possibly symbolic of his phallus, was carried in a cista mystica on a bed of vine leaves. The cista in the mysteries of Isis may also have held a serpent, perhaps associated with the missing phallus of Osiris.
The Thyrsus is the staff carried by Bacchus and his associates; topped by a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves and wreathed with tendrils of vine or ivy. |
| GS62552. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergumum 41; Pinder 114; SNG BnF 1745; SNG Cop 437; BMC Mysia p. 125, 116, VF, weight 11.614 g, maximum diameter 26.1 mm, die axis 45o, Pergamon mint, c. 133 - 67 B.C.; obverse cista mystica with snake, all within ivy wreath; reverse ornamented bow-case with two snakes, MH over monogram above, Pergamon monogram left, snake coiled around thyrsos right; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Pergamon, Mysia, c. 133 - 67 B.C. |  | The cista mystica was a basket used for housing sacred snakes in connection with the initiation ceremony into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). In the Dionysian mysteries a snake, representing the god and possibly symbolic of his phallus, was carried in a cista mystica on a bed of vine leaves. The cista in the mysteries of Isis may also have held a serpent, perhaps associated with the missing phallus of Osiris.
The Thyrsus is the staff carried by Bacchus and his associates; topped by a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves and wreathed with tendrils of vine or ivy. |
| GS62546. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergumum 45; Pinder 124; SNG BnF 1747; BMC Mysia p. 125, 118; SNG Cop -, aVF, weight 11.323 g, maximum diameter 28.4 mm, die axis 0o, Pergamon mint, c. 133 - 67 B.C.; obverse cista mystica with snake, all within ivy wreath; reverse ornamented bow-case with two snakes, MOS over monogram in wreath above, Pergamon monogram left, snake coiled around thyrsos right; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Ephesus, Ionia, 68 - 67 B.C. |  | The torch is an attribute of Artemis and a civic symbol of Ephesus.
The cista mystica was a basket used for housing sacred snakes in connection with the initiation ceremony into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). In the Dionysian mysteries a snake, representing the god and possibly symbolic of his phallus, was carried in a cista mystica on a bed of vine leaves. The cista in the mysteries of Isis may also have held a serpent, perhaps associated with the missing phallus of Osiris. |
| GS62550. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Ephesus 72; Pindar 53, F, weight 11.545 g, maximum diameter 27.2 mm, die axis 45o, Ephesos mint, 68 - 67 B.C.; obverse cista mystica with snake within ivy wreath; reverse ornamented bow-case flanked by two snakes, stalk of grain between two cornucopias above, XZ (year 67) over EFE on left, torch right; rare; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Pergamon, Mysia, c. 133 - 67 B.C. |  | The cista mystica was a basket used for housing sacred snakes in connection with the initiation ceremony into the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). In the Dionysian mysteries a snake, representing the god and possibly symbolic of his phallus, was carried in a cista mystica on a bed of vine leaves. The cista in the mysteries of Isis may also have held a serpent, perhaps associated with the missing phallus of Osiris.
The Thyrsus is the staff carried by Bacchus and his associates; topped by a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves and wreathed with tendrils of vine or ivy. |
| GS62545. Silver cistophoric tetradrachm, Kleiner Pergumum 49; Pinder 118; SNG BnF 1752; SNG Cop 440; BMC Mysia p. 126, 122, VF, obverse off center, weight 11.641 g, maximum diameter 29.6 mm, die axis 0o, Pergamon mint, c. 133 - 67 B.C.; obverse cista mystica with snake, all within ivy wreath; reverse ornamented bow-case with two snakes, TH over monogram above, Pergamon monogram left, snake coiled around thyrsos right; $130.00 (€100.10) |
| Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D. Mallos, Cilicia |  | Coins of Antoninus Pius from Mallus are exceedingly rare and absent from most museums and major collections. |
| RP59745. Bronze AE 21, SNG Levante 1275; RPC Online 10298; SNG BnF -, BMC Cilicia -, SNG Cop -, aF, weight 4.485 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 0o, Mallus mint, obverse [AUTO...ANT...], laureate bust right, slight drapery on right shoulder; reverse MALLWTWN, tripod entwined by serpent; extremely rare; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Gordian III Pius, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Neocaesarea, Pontus |  | Neocaesarea (modern Niksar, Turkey) was a favorite residences of Mithridates the Great and later of King Polemon and his successors. Pompey made it a city and gave it the name of Diopolis, while Pythodoris widow of Polemon, made it her capital and called it Sebaste. Judging from its coins the city was probably renamed Neocaesarea during the reign of Tiberius. In 344 and again in 499 the city was destroyed by an earthquake. |
| RP51390. Bronze AE 28, Rec Gén 53; SNGvA 109; BMC Pontus p. 34, 14 var (no palm beneath table), VF, weight 14.425 g, maximum diameter 28.2 mm, die axis 225o, Neocaesarea mint, 241 - 242 A.D.; obverse AU K M ANT GORDIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse KOI PONT MH NEOKAICAPIAC, Agnostic table with ornate prize urn and palm on top, palm below table, ET POH in ex.; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Philippi, Macedonia, c. 356 - 345 B.C. |  | Lindgren does not note the K above left but traces of it seem to be present on the plate image. |
| GB56082. Bronze AE 16, Lindgren 119 corr(?); BMC Macedonia p. 97, 10 corr(?) (H right); SNG ANS 666 var (G over grain ear); Bellinger Philippi p. 40 var (BMC coin), VF, weight 4.411 g, maximum diameter 16.7 mm, die axis 180o, Philippi mint, time of Philip II, c. 356 - 345 B.C.; obverse Herakles' head right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse FILIPPWN, tripod lebes, K over grain ear left, HA monogram right; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Central Europe, Bronze - Iron Age Pottery Bowl, 3rd - 1st Millennium B.C. |  | |
| AB59756. Central Europe, Iron Age pottery bowl, 3rd - 1st millennium B.C.; 1.75 x 4 inches, from a New Jersey collection; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Central Europe, Bronze - Iron Age Dipper Cup, 3rd - 1st Millennium B.C. |  | |
| AB59757. Central Europe, Iron Age dipper cup, 3rd - 1st millennium B.C.; 2 x 3.75 inches, from a New Jersey collection; $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Central Europe, Bronze - Iron Age Dipper Cup, 3rd - 1st Millennium B.C. |  | |
| AB59758. Central Europe, Iron Age dipper cup, 3rd - 1st millennium B.C.; 1.75 x 3 inches; from a New Jersey collection, $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Central Europe, Bronze - Iron Age Dipper Cup, 3rd - 1st Millennium B.C. |  | |
| AB59759. Central Europe, Iron Age dipper cup, 3rd - 1st millennium B.C.; 1.75 x 4 inches; from a New Jersey collection, $95.00 (€73.15) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | Found at Cholorema (near Halmyros) in Thessaly. |
| GB49199. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 193; BMC Thessaly p. 16, 4 var (KP-A); BCD Thessaly 1085 var (obv K); SNG Cop 44 var (P above); SGCV I 2073, VF, weight 4.366 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 315o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys; reverse [K]-PA/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart, crow standing on right wheel; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | The city of Krannon was situated near the source of the river Onchestus, named for the son of Poseidon. It was the home of the powerful family of the Scopadae. |
| GB49207. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 200; BCD Thessaly 1086 var (obv K); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 5 var (same); SNG Cop 43 var (rev legend); SGCV I 2073, aVF, weight 4.654 g, maximum diameter 16.8 mm, die axis 180o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos; reverse KPA/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Judaea, Valerius Gratus, Roman Prefect under Tiberius, 15 - 26 A.D. |  | |
| JD59174. Bronze prutah, Hendin 1336, Meshorer TJC 326, F, weight 2.197 g, maximum diameter 16.3 mm, die axis 90o, Caesarea mint, 17 A.D.; obverse IOULIA, vine leaf and small bunch of grapes on branch; reverse amphora with scroll handles flanked by date L - D (year 4); $90.00 (€69.30) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | It was customary in time of drought to take a sacred chariot with Hydria in procession through the City to supplicate Apollo for rain, and if a crow settled on the wheels, that was the sign that Apollo would grant the prayers of the faithful. -- Rev. Edgar Rogers in The Copper Coinage of Thessaly |
| GB49226. Bronze dichalkon, BCD Thessaly 1085 var (reverse legend); cf. Rogers 191.ff.; BMC Thessaly p. 16, 3; SNG Cop 44 var (obv P); SGCV I 2073, gF, weight 4.364 g, maximum diameter 18.5 mm, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys, A right, N below; reverse [K]PAN, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart, crow standing on right wheel; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; unpublished variety; $85.00 (€65.45) |
| The First Jewish Revolt, 66 - 70 A.D. |  | In 67, the Nabataean king Malichus II sent an army to help Vespasian in the siege of Jerusalem. |
| JD59176. Bronze prutah, Hendin 1360, gF, weight 2.616 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 180o, Jerusalem mint, year 2, 67 - 68 A.D.; obverse amphora with broad rim and two handles, year 2 (in Hebrew) around; reverse vine leaf on small branch, the freedom of Zion (in Hebrew) around; $81.00 (€62.37) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | In 322 B.C., at Krannon, Thessaly, the Macedonian general Antipater decisively defeated an anti-Macedonian alliance of the Athenians, Aetolians, Thessalians, the Phoceans, the Lokrians and some Peloponnesian states. After the defeat, Athens was forced to abolish its democracy, the leaders responsible for the war were sentenced to death and a Macedonian garrison was stationed at the port of Mounychia. |
| GB49214. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 197; BCD Thessaly 1086 var; BMC Thessaly p. 16, 5 var (obv letter); SNG Cop 43 var (same); SGCV I 2073, aVF, weight 4.706 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys, K behind; reverse K-PA/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $80.00 (€61.60) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | It was customary in time of drought to take a sacred chariot with Hydria in procession through the City to supplicate Apollo for rain, and if a crow settled on the wheels, that was the sign that Apollo would grant the prayers of the faithful. -- Rev. Edgar Rogers in The Copper Coinage of Thessaly |
| GB49218. Bronze dichalkon, SNG Cop 44; BCD Thessaly 1085 var (obv A/N); Rogers 193 var (obv T); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 4 var (no obv P); SGCV I 2073, VF, weight 3.859 g, maximum diameter 16.7 mm, die axis 180o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys, P behind; reverse K-PA/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart, crow standing on right wheel; countermark: Y-shaped punch; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $80.00 (€61.60) |
| Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Neocaesarea, Pontus |  | Neocaesarea (modern Niksar, Turkey) was a favorite residences of Mithridates the Great and later of King Polemon and his successors. Pompey made it a city and gave it the name of Diopolis, while Pythodoris widow of Polemon, made it her capital and called it Sebaste. Judging from its coins the city was probably renamed Neocaesarea during the reign of Tiberius. In 344 and again in 499 the city was destroyed by an earthquake. |
| RP51389. Bronze AE 27, Rec Gén 46; SNGvA 104; cf. BMC Pontus p. 34, 12 (Gordian III), aVF, weight 15.035 g, maximum diameter 29.1 mm, die axis 180o, Neocaesarea mint, 222 - 235 A.D.; obverse AU K M AU CE ALEXANDPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse KOI PONTO NEOKEC MH, Agnostic table with prize urn and palm on top, vase below with with two palm fronds inside, ET POA in ex; $80.00 (€61.60) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | The city of Krannon was situated near the source of the river Onchestus, named for the son of Poseidon. It was the home of the powerful family of the Scopadae. |
| GB49200. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 197; SNG Cop 43; BCD Thessaly 1086 var (obv K); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 5 var (same); SGCV I 2073, gF, weight 4.606 g, maximum diameter 16.7 mm, die axis 270o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys; reverse K-PA/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $75.00 (€57.75) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | The city of Krannon was situated near the source of the river Onchestus, named for the son of Poseidon. It was the home of the powerful family of the Scopadae. |
| GB49203. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 197; BCD Thessaly 1086 var (obv K); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 5 var (same); SNG Cop 43 var (same); SGCV I 2073, F, black patina, weight 4.259 g, maximum diameter 16.8 mm, die axis 180o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos; reverse K-PA/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart; ex BCD collection; $75.00 (€57.75) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | Found near Larissa. |
| GB49205. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 194; BCD Thessaly 1085 var (obv K); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 4 var (same); SNG Cop 44 var (same); SGCV I 2073, gF, weight 4.412 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 180o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos; reverse KP-A/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart, crow standing on right wheel; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $75.00 (€57.75) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | |
| GB49213. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 201; BCD Thessaly 1086 var (obv K, reverse legend); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 5 var (same); SNG Cop 43 var (same); SGCV I 2073, F, weight 3.982 g, maximum diameter 16.4 mm, die axis 90o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos; reverse AT-LAN / KRA, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $75.00 (€57.75) |
| Koinon of Macedonia, Reigns of Severus Alexander - Philip I, 231 - 247 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great |  | The reverse legend is blundered. On other examples, the B (indicating the second Neokorie) is before, after or above NEWKOP (often abbreviated). It appears the engraver, out of space, improvised.
The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year.
The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.
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| RP50389. Bronze AE 25, AMNG III 601 var (rev legend); SNG Cop 1353 var (same); BMC Macedonia p. 25, 131 var (same); SNG Hunterian 746 var (same & star right), F, encrustation, weight 12.027 g, maximum diameter 25.3 mm, die axis 45o, Beroea(?) mint, probably struck under Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse ALEXANDROU, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, thunderbolt under chin; reverse KOINON MAKEDONWN NEW B R (sic), table with lion's feet, upon it two agonistic prize urns each containing a palm frond; $70.00 (€53.90) |
| Macedonian Kingdom, Kassander, c. 319 - 297 B.C. |  | Antipater's son but not his heir, Kassander seized power. He had no intention of surrendering rule to Alexander's son, who was to be king when he came of age. In 309 B.C., Kassander had Alexander's young son and the boy's mother, Roxane, murdered. In 305 B.C., he declared himself king of Macedonia. |
| GB34817. Bronze AE 17, SNG Cop 1160 var (monograms), SNG Alpha Bank 890 ff. var (monograms), VF, weight 5.797 g, maximum diameter 17.6 mm, die axis 180o, Macedonian mint, 305 - 297 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse KASSANDROU BASILEWS, tripod, monogram left, LU monogram right; $65.00 (€50.05) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | It was customary in time of drought to take a sacred chariot with Hydria in procession through the City to supplicate Apollo for rain, and if a crow settled on the wheels, that was the sign that Apollo would grant the prayers of the faithful. -- Rev. Edgar Rogers in The Copper Coinage of Thessaly |
| GB49215. Bronze dichalkon, unpublished retrograde reverse legend; cf. Rogers 191 ff.; BCD Thessaly 1085; BMC Thessaly p. 16, 3; SNG Cop 44; SGCV I 2073, VF, nice green patina, weight 4.407 g, maximum diameter 16.6 mm, die axis 45o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys; reverse PK (upper right, retrograde KP), hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart, crow on right wheel; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; rare variation; $65.00 (€50.05) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | It was customary in time of drought to take a sacred chariot with Hydria in procession through the City to supplicate Apollo for rain, and if a crow settled on the wheels, that was the sign that Apollo would grant the prayers of the faithful. -- Rev. Edgar Rogers in The Copper Coinage of Thessaly |
| GB49179. Bronze dichalkon, BCD Thessaly 1085 var (obv A/N); Rogers 193 var (obv T); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 3 var (no obv letter); SNG Cop 44 var (P above); SGCV I 2073, aVF, reverse off center, weight 4.788 g, maximum diameter 18.2 mm, die axis 90o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos, L behind horseman; reverse KP-A/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart, crow standing on right wheel; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $60.00 (€46.20) |
| Kyzikos, Mysia, 4th - 3rd Century B.C. |  | Cyzicus was one of the great cities of the ancient world. During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.) Cyzicus was subject to the Athenians and Lacedaemonians alternately. In the naval Battle of Cyzicus in 410, an Athenian fleet completely destroyed a Spartan fleet. At the peace of Antalcidas in 387, like the other Greek cities in Asia, it was made over to Persia. Alexander the Great captured it from the Persians in 334 B.C. |
| GB59160. Bronze AE 11, SNGvA suppl. 7350, SNG BnF 431, SNG Cop 56, aVF, weight 1.568 g, maximum diameter 10.7 mm, die axis 180o, Cyzicus mint, 4th - 3rd Century B.C.; obverse head of Kore Soteira right, wearing grain wreath; reverse tripod lebes, tunny fish below, KY-ZI clockwise from upper right; $60.00 (€46.20) |
| Kyme, Aeolis, c. 350 - 250 B.C. |  | Cyme, one of the oldest and noblest of the Aeolian cities, was probably a colony of Cyme in Euboea, though according to tradition it was founded by the Amazon Kyme. Its inhabitants were mainly agricultural and averse to seafaring. |
| GB59700. Bronze AE 11, SNG Cop 41 ff., SNGvA 1625, SGCV II 4186, F, weight 1.358 g, maximum diameter 11.4 mm, die axis 90o, Kyme mint, c. 350 - 250 B.C.; obverse eagle standing right with closed wings; reverse one-handled vase, K-Y across field; $60.00 (€46.20) |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. |  | In 322 B.C., at Krannon, Thessaly, the Macedonian general Antipater decisively defeated an anti-Macedonian alliance of the Athenians, Aetolians, Thessalians, the Phoceans, the Lokrians and some Peloponnesian states. After the defeat, Athens was forced to abolish its democracy, the leaders responsible for the war were sentenced to death and a Macedonian garrison was stationed at the port of Mounychia. |
| GB49225. Bronze dichalkon, Rogers 197; SNG Cop 43; BCD Thessaly 1086 var (obv K); BMC Thessaly p. 16, 5 var (same); SGCV I 2073, aVF, dark sea-green patina, weight 4.571 g, maximum diameter 17.6 mm, die axis 270o, Krannon mint, 350 - 300 B.C.; obverse horseman galloping right, wearing petasos and chlamys; reverse KP-A/NNO, hydria (water carrying vessel) mounted on cart; ex BCD collection with his handwritten round tag; $55.00 (€42.35) |
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