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Vessels and Cups on Ancient Coins

Vessels and cups depicted on coins were often those used in religious ceremonies, but also those used in daily life. The amphora, used to store olive-oil and wine, is often depicted on coins, especially from cities that were big wine producers.

Thebes, Boiotia, c. 425 - 400 B.C.

|Boiotia|, |Thebes,| |Boiotia,| |c.| |425| |-| |400| |B.C.||stater|
The largest city in Boeotia, leader of the Boeotian confederacy, and rival of Athens, Thebes sided with Persia during Xerxes' invasion in 480 B.C. Thebes ended Sparta's power at the Battle of Leuctra in 371. The Sacred Band of Thebes famously fell to Philip II at Chaeronea in 338. After a revolt in 335, Alexander the Great destroyed the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar.
SH67175. Silver stater, BCD Boiotia 388; BMC Central p. 76, 72 and pl. XIII, 12; SNG Lockett 174; SNG Berry 595; HGC 4 1325, VF, banker's mark, weight 12.169 g, maximum diameter 22.1 mm, die axis 180o, Thebes mint, c. 425 - 400 B.C.; obverse Boeotian shield club across one half; reverse Amphora, ornate handles, fluting on upper half of body, Θ-Ε flanking across field; ex Triskeles Auction auction 2, lot 32 (25 Apr 2013); SOLD


Thebes, Boiotia, Greece, c. 363 - 338 B.C.

|Boiotia|, |Thebes,| |Boiotia,| |Greece,| |c.| |363| |-| |338| |B.C.||stater|
The largest city in Boeotia, leader of the Boeotian confederacy, and rival of Athens, Thebes sided with Persia during Xerxes' invasion in 480 B.C. Thebes ended Sparta's power at the Battle of Leuctra in 371. The Sacred Band of Thebes famously fell to Philip II at Chaeronea in 338. After a revolt in 335, Alexander the Great destroyed the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar.
SH59517. Silver stater, BCD Boiotia 551; Hepworth 1; Head Boeotia p. 63; BMC Central p. 80, 111; SNG Cop 314; HGC 4 1334, aEF, toned, scratches, weight 12.141 g, maximum diameter 21.141 mm, Thebes mint, magistrate Agla -, 363 - 338 B.C.; obverse Boiotian shield; reverse ornate amphora, AΓ-ΛA across fields, all within a concave incuse circle; ex CNG, ex Pegasi; SOLD


Maximus, Caesar, 235 or 236 - 24 June 238 A.D.

|Maximus|, |Maximus,| |Caesar,| |235| |or| |236| |-| |24| |June| |238| |A.D.||denarius|
Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in society with respect to others.
SH05480. Silver denarius, RIC IV 2, BMCRE VI 201, RSC III 3, SRCV III 8405, Choice EF, weight 2.99 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, early 236 - Apr 238 A.D.; obverse MAXIMVS CAES GERM, bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse PIETAS AVG (to the piety of the Emperor), implements of the augurate and pontificate, from left to right: lituus (augur's wand), secespita (knife), ewer (jug), simpulum (ladle) and aspergillum (sprinkler); scarce; SOLD


Lokri Opuntii, Lokris, Greece, 340 - 333 B.C.

|Lokris|, |Lokri| |Opuntii,| |Lokris,| |Greece,| |340| |-| |333| |B.C.||triobol| |or| |hemidrachm|
Lokrian Ajax (the Lesser) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. Locrians are mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as following Ajax, the son of Oïleus, to the Trojan War in forty ships, and as inhabiting the towns of Kynos, Opus, Calliarus, Besa, Scarphe, Augeiae, Tarphe, and Thronium. Lokrian Ajax was called the "lesser" or "Lokrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He is also mentioned in the Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid.
GS73966. Silver triobol or hemidrachm, BCD Lokris 98; BMC Central p. 2, 9; SNG Cop 50; SNG Lockett 1700; de Luynes 1958; Pozzi 1339; SGCV I 2330; HGC 4 997, Choice VF, weight 2.762 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 0o, Lokri Opuntii mint, 340 - 333 B.C.; obverse head of Persephone right, wearing wreath of grain, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; reverse OΠONTIΩN, Ajax son of Oileus, advancing right in fighting attitude, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, short sword in right hand, shield on left arm ornamented inside with coiled snake (control symbol), kantharos (control symbol) below; SOLD


Teos, Ionia, 370 - 340 B.C.

|Teos|, |Teos,| |Ionia,| |370| |-| |340| |B.C.||hemidrachm|
Teos was a flourishing seaport until about 540 B.C., when the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great invaded Lydia and Ionia. The town survived but most of the citizens fled to the newly founded colonies of Abdera and Phanagoria. Under the Roman Empire, the town was noted for its wine, a theater and its Temple of Dionysus. The site is now farmland.
SH60639. Silver hemidrachm, SNG Cop 1445, SNGvA 8019, BMC Ionia 27 (triobol), SNG Kayhan -, VF, toned, weight 1.516 g, maximum diameter 12.5 mm, die axis 315o, Teos (near Sigacik, Turkey) mint, 370 - 340 B.C.; obverse griffin seated right, left forepaw raised; reverse THI / ΔIOΓE-NHΣ, kantharos; SOLD


Herennius Etruscus, Early 251 - First Half of June 251 A.D.

|Herennius| |Etruscus|, |Herennius| |Etruscus,| |Early| |251| |-| |First| |Half| |of| |June| |251| |A.D.||antoninianus|
Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in society with respect to others.
SL89806. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV Decius 143, RSC IV 14, Hunter III 7, SRCV III 9521, NGC Ch XF, strike 4/5, surface 5/5 (2412821-154), weight 3.83 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, as caesar, 250 - early 251 A.D.; obverse Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse PIETAS AVGVSTORVM (to the piety of the Emperor), implements of the pontificate and augurate: aspergillum (sprinkler), culullus (cup) or simpulum (ladle), ewer (jug), patera (libation bowl), and lituus (augural wand); from the Martineit Collection of Ancient and World Coins; NGC| Lookup; SOLD


Lokris Opuntia, Lokris, Greece, c. 340 - 330 B.C.

|Lokris|, |Lokris| |Opuntia,| |Lokris,| |Greece,| |c.| |340| |-| |330| |B.C.||triobol|
Lokrian Ajax (the Lesser) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. Locrians are mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as following Ajax, the son of Oïleus, to the Trojan War in forty ships, and as inhabiting the towns of Kynos, Opus, Calliarus, Besa, Scarphe, Augeiae, Tarphe, and Thronium. Lokrian Ajax was called the "lesser" or "Lokrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He is also mentioned in the Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid.
GS83462. Silver triobol, BCD Lokris 98; BMC Central p. 2, 9; SNG Cop 50; SNG Lockett 1700; de Luynes 1958; Pozzi 1339; SGCV I 2330; HGC 4 997, aVF, attractive style, tight flan, etched surfaces, weight 2.385 g, maximum diameter 15.3 mm, die axis 0o, Lokris Opuntia mint, c. 340 - 330 B.C.; obverse head of Persephone right, wearing wreath of grain, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; reverse OΠONTIΩN, Ajax son of Oileus, advancing right in fighting attitude, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, short sword in right hand, shield on left arm ornamented inside with coiled snake (control symbol), kantharos (control symbol) below; scarce; SOLD


Saloninus, Summer 260 A.D.

|Saloninus|, |Saloninus,| |Summer| |260| |A.D.||antoninianus|
In 258, Valerian II, Gallienus' eldest son died. He was possibly murdered by Pannonia's governor Ingenuus. Valerian named Saloninus, another of Gallienus' sons, Caesar.
RS60278. Silver antoninianus, Göbl MIR 914e, RIC V-1 9, RSC IV 41, SRCV III 10767, aVF, well centered, some porosity, tiny encrustations, edge cracks, weight 3.167 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 0o, Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne, Germany) mint, as caesar, 258 - summer 260 A.D.; obverse SALON VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse PIETAS AVG (to the piety of the Emperor), implements of the augurate and pontificate, from left to right: lituus (augural wand), secespita (knife), ewer (jug), simpulum (ladle), and aspergillum (sprinkler); SOLD




  



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