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SNG Poland, Volume 1, The archaeological and Ethnographical Museum in Lodz, Part 4 Galatia - Zeugitana
by Mariusz Mielczarek
The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences; Hardback, 313 coins in SNG format with coins and descriptions on facing pages.BK09876. SNG Poland, Volume 1, The Archeological and Ethnographical Museum in Lodz, Part 4, Galatia - Zeugitana; SOLD
Monumental Coins
MONUMENTAL COINS
By
Marvin Tameanko
SNG Manchester (Great Britain VII)
SNG Manchester
Great Britain Volume VII
Manchester University Museum, The Raby and Güterbock Collections
BK34179U. SNG Manchester (Great Britain VII), Manchester University Museum, The Raby and Güterbock Collections, 1986, quarto (A4) format, russet cloth board covers, 1472 coins, 57 plates with facing text, 135 pages; USED, cover sun bleached with shadow of book that was stacked on top (see cover photo), otherwise fine; SOLD
Roman Republic, Lead Glans Sling-Bullet, 2nd - 1st Century B.C.
According to the contemporary report of Vegatius, Republican slingers had an accurate range of up to six hundred feet. The best sling ammunition was cast from lead. For a given mass, lead, being very dense, offered the minimum size and therefore minimum air resistance. Also, lead sling-bullets were small and difficult to see in flight. In some cases, the lead would be cast in a simple open mold made by pushing a finger, thumb, or sharpened stick into sand and pouring molten metal into the hole. The flat top end was carved to a matching point after the lead cooled. More frequently, they were cast in two-part molds. Sling-bullets were made in a variety of shapes including an ellipsoidal form closely resembling an acorn; possibly the origin of the Latin word for lead sling-bullet: glandes plumbeae (literally leaden acorns) or simply glandes (meaning acorns, singular glans). The most common shape by far was biconical, resembling the shape of an almond or an American football. Why the almond shape was favored is unknown. Possibly there was some aerodynamic advantage, but it seems equally likely that there was a more prosaic reason, such as the shape being easy to extract from a mold, or that it will rest in a sling cradle with little danger of rolling out. Almond-shaped lead sling-bullets were typically about 35 millimeters (1.4 in) long and about 20 millimeters (0.8 in) wide. Sometimes symbols or writings were molded on the side. A thunderbolt, a snake, a scorpion, or others symbols indicating how it might strike without warning were popular. Writing might include the name of the military unit or commander, or was sometimes more imaginative, such as, "Take this," "Ouch," "Catch," or even "For Pompey's backside."AW66458. Lead glandes sling bullet; cf. Malloy Weapons 138 - 146; Petrie Tools XLIV 15 - 23; roughly biconical, without symbols or inscriptions, c. 40 - 90 grams, c. 3 - 5 cm long, one sling-bullet randomly selected from the same group as those in the photo, ONE BULLET, BARGAIN PRICED!; SOLD Out of Stock!
Reading Medieval European Coins
An excellent and inexpensive book on understanding medieval European coin inscriptions. Chapters on abbreviations, monograms word separators, and medieval numismatic grammer. Helpful appendicies include illustrative lists of personal names, titles, and useful words found on medieval coins. BL43185. Reading Medieval European Coins by Ralph S. Walker, 1979, 8" x 5" paperback, 44 pages, illustrated; SOLD Out of Stock!
SNG Manchester (Great Britain VII)
BK34132. SNG Manchester (Great Britain VII), Manchester University Museum, The Raby and Güterbock Collections, 1986, quarto (A4) format, russet cloth board covers, 1472 coins, 57 plates with facing text, 135 pages; USED, like new; SOLD
Descripcion General de las Monedas de los Reyes Visigodos de España
BK34217U. Descripcion General de las Monedas de los Reyes Visigodos de España by Aloiss Heiss, 1978 Paris reprint of 1872 original; in Spanish on the gold coins of the Visigoths in Spain; 6 ¾" x 9 ¾", 183 pages plus 13 plates of line drawings of coins and 9 pages of values; gilt green hardback; near fine condition; SOLD
Studies in Early Byzantine Gold Coinage
An important compilation of scholarly artciles on early Byzantine gold coinage. Kroh page 94, four stars. Includes the following:
- The Joint Reign Gold Of Justin I and Justinian I (William E. Metcalf)
- The Monte Judica Hoard and the Sicilian Moneta Auri under Justinian I and Justin II (Niall Farehead and Wolfgang Hahn)
- Carthage: The Moneta Auri under Justinian I and Justin II, 537-578 (Cecile Morrisson)
- The Minting of Gold Coinage at Thessalonica in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries and the Gold Currency of Illyricum and Dalmatia (D.M. Metcalf)
- Seventh Century Byzantine Coins in southern Russia and the Problem of Light Weight Solidi (John Smedley)
- Microchemical Analysis of the Metal Content of Some Eighth- Century Coins of Rome and Ravenna (Wolfgang Hahn)
- The Debasement of the Provincial Byzantine Gold Coinage from the Seventh to Ninth Centuries (W.A. Oddy).
BK34138. Studies in Early Byzantine Gold Coinage edited by Wolfgagng Hahn & William Metcalf, American Numismatic Society, New York, 1988, Numismatic Studies No. 17; 142 pages, 24 plates, 4 figures, hardbound red cloth; out of print, |price| new was $75; used, fine condition; SOLD
Colloquium in Memory of George Carpenter Miles (1904 - 1975)
A selection of articles in remembrance of George Miles, one of the twentieth century's most noted orientalists and numismatists. Includes: - "The 'Arab-Byzantine' Bronze Coinage of Syria: An Innovation by 'Abd al Malik." 12 pages with photos by Michael Bates
- "Some Invaders of Anthens in Late Antiquity" by Alison Frantz.
- "Kufesque in Byzantine Greece, the Latin West and the Muslim World" by Richard Ettinghausen.
BK34161. Colloquium in Memory of George Carpenter Miles (1904-1975), American Numismatic Society (1976), softcover, 47 pp., illustrated throughout; SOLD
Coin Hoards From Roman Britain Volume XI
The eleventh volume, is dedicated to finds of Roman hoards from the early imperial period (with terminal dates up to AD 235) discovered between 1997 and 2001. The highlight of the volume is the Shapwick Villa (Somerset) hoard of over 9,000 denarii, the largest hoard of its kind from Britain to be fully published. It is complemented by an important essay on hoards of the Severan period from Britain by Richard Abdy and Roger Bland.BK10551. Coin Hoards From Roman Britain Volume XI edited by Richard Abdy, Ian Leins, and Jonathan Williams, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 36, 2002, 223 pages, 10 plates, new, shelf-worn, priced at FORVM's cost!; SOLD Out of Stock!
Berk-England Sale of Very Important Byzantine Bronze Coins
Identified by Warren Esty as possibly the best ever sales catalog for Byzantine bronze. A must have reference for Byzantine coin collectors.BK34191. Berk-England Sale of Very Important Byzantine Bronze Coins - December 7, 1989 - Hardbound Edition, NYC, Harlan J. Berk / Victor England, 64 pages, 368 lots, all illustrated, many with enlarged photographs, red cloth board covers, includes prices realized, USED, very good condition; SOLD
Coins of Olbia
BK43241. Coins of Olbia by P. O. Karyshkovskij, 1988, Russian text; SOLD
Coins of Greek Sicily
BK34135. Coins of Greek Sicily by Kenneth Jenkins, Durst reprint, paperback, 64 pages, spectacular coins!; used, fine condition (|price| new is $15); SOLD
Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C.
This type was a special military coinage produced by Caesar during his final campaign. This campaign against the Pompeian forces in Spain culminated in the battle of Munda on 17 March 45 B.C. The obverse refers to Caesar's mythical descent from the goddess Venus. The reverse refers to Caesar's victories in Gaul and the Gaulish captive may be Vercingetorix.SH77463. Silver denarius, Crawford 468/1, Sydenham 1014, RSC I 13, BMCRR Spain 89, Sear CRI 58, SRCV I 1404, gVF, dark toning, porous, light marks, weight 3.377 g, maximum diameter 20.2 mm, die axis 45o, Spanish mint, 46 - 45 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Venus right, small Cupid behind; reverse two captives (male and female) seated at base of trophy of Gallic arms, CAESAR in exergue; ex Gorny & Mosch auction 233 (6 Oct 2015), lot 2252; SOLD
Crusaders, Edessa?, c. 1110 - 1130 A.D.
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years and co-author of Coins of the Crusader States. Alex Malloy believes this coin is unique and important.
Ex John J. Slocum Collection. His envelope says, "New York, L. Dil, Aug 29, 1973."SH32027. Bronze follis, unpublished, Malloy CCS -, Metcalf Crusades -, F, weight 4.993 g, maximum diameter 21.5 mm, obverse facing bust of Christ, cross in right; reverse uncertain, probably a cross and illiterate rough imitation of Arabic inscription; probably overstuck on an Islamic or Byzantine coin; SOLD
Constantine the Great, Early 307 - 22 May 337 A.D.
Soon after the Feast of Easter 337, Constantine fell seriously ill. He left Constantinople for the hot baths near his mother's city of Helenopolis. There, in a church his mother built in honor of Lucian the Apostle, he prayed, and there he realized that he was dying. He attempted to return to Constantinople, making it only as far as a suburb of Nicomedia. He summoned the bishops, and told them of his hope to be baptized in the River Jordan, where Christ was written to have been baptized. He requested the baptism right away, promising to live a more Christian life should he live through his illness. The bishops, Eusebius records, "performed the sacred ceremonies according to custom." It has been thought that Constantine put off baptism as long as he did so as to be absolved from as much of his sin as possible. Constantine died soon after at a suburban villa called Achyron, on 22 May 337.RL88937. Billon reduced centenionalis, RIC VIII Antioch 39; LRBC I 1374; SRCV V 17488; Voetter 34; Cohen VII 760; Hunter V p. 283, 4 ff. var. (officina), EF, glossy black patina, red earthen deposits, weight 1.821 g, maximum diameter 15.0 mm, die axis 330o, 10th officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, posthumous, Sep 337 - 347 A.D.; obverse DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG (Divus Constantinus Pater Trium Augusti = Divine Constantine, father of the three emperors), veiled bust right; reverse Constantine in quadriga right, veiled, the hand of God (Manus Dei) reaches down to take him up to heaven, star above, SMANI in exergue; SOLD
Talbot, Allum and Lee, One Cent
US32187. aF-8, rough, English mint, 1794; obverse LIBERTY & COMMERCE 1794, Liberty standing, with cap on scepter; reverse TALBOT ALLUM & LEE NEW YORK ONE CENT, ship sailing right; lettered edge; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kyrenaica, Ptolemy III Euergetes - Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), 246 - 116 B.C.
Alexander the Great received tribute from the cities of Kyrenaica after he took Egypt. Kyrenaica was annexed by Ptolemy I Soter. It briefly gained independence under Magas of Cyrene, stepson of Ptolemy I, but was reabsorbed into the Ptolemaic empire after his death. It was separated from the main kingdom by Ptolemy VIII and given to his son Ptolemy Apion, who, dying without heirs in 96 B.C., bequeathed it to the Roman Republic.GP65946. Bronze AE 14, Svoronos 873 (Ptolemy II), SNG Cop 445 (Ptolemy III), Weiser 105 (Ptolemy V), Noeske 130 (Ptolemy III), SNG Milan 485 (uncertain date), VF, weight 2.500 g, maximum diameter 13.5 mm, die axis 0o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, 246 - 116 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis; reverse head of Libya right, wearing tainia, cornucopia below chin; SOLD
Mesembria, Thrace, c. 351 - 88 B.C.
(sampi) was an archaic Greek letter used between the 7th and the middle of the 5th centuries B.C., probably to denote some type of a sibilant (hissing) ΣΣ or TΣ sound, and was abandoned when the sound disappeared from Greek. The name sampi is of medieval origin. The letter's original name in antiquity is not known. Its use has been attested at the Ionian cities Miletus, Ephesos, Halikarnassos, Erythrae, and Teos, at the Ionian colony of Massalia in Gaul, on the island of Samos, and at Kyzikos, Mysia. At Mesembria, on the Black Sea coast of Thrace, it was used on coins in an abbreviation of the city's name, spelled ΜΕTΑ. In a famous painted black figure amphora from c. 615 B.C., known as the "Nessos amphora," the inscribed name of the eponymous centaur Nessus is rendered in the irregular spelling ΝΕΤΟΣ.BB54675. Bronze AE 11, SNG BM 278, SNG Cop 656, Topalov Mesembria 11, VF, weight 1.030 g, maximum diameter 11.0 mm, Mesambria (Nesebar, Bulgaria) mint, c. 351 - 88 B.C.; obverse Athena in crested helmet right; reverse M-E-T-A (T = archaic Greek letter sampi = ΣΣ) counterclockwise, in the four quarters of a radiate wheel (solar disk?); scarce; SOLDTauromenion, Sicily, c. 210 - 201 B.C.
In 212 B.C., the Roman General Marcus Claudius Marcellus conquered the fortified city of Syracuse. Archimedes, the famous inventor was killed during the attack. This coin type was struck after Tauromenium submitted peacefully to Marcellus. In 208, Marcellus died in an ambush by a Carthaginian force of Numidian horsemen.GB56534. Bronze AE 22, Calciati III, p. 223, 29 ff., F, weight 5.242 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 180o, Tauromenion (Taormina, Sicily) mint, c. 210 - 201 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena left, small owl behind, dot border; reverse TAYPOMENTIAN, Pegasus left, hind legs on short exergue line, linear border; rare; SOLD
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