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Die Frühe Münzprägung Vom Kimmerschen Bosporus

|Numismatic| |Books|, |Die| |Frühe| |Münzprägung| |Vom| |Kimmerschen| |Bosporus|
The early coinage of the Cimmerian Bosporus (mid-6th to early 4th century BC): The coins of the cities Pantikapaion, Theodosia, Nymphaion, and Phanagoria, and also the Sindi.
BK13181. Die Frühe Münzprägung Vom Kimmerschen Bosporus by Nina A Frolova, 2004, in German, 100 pages, new, priced below FORVM's cost!; $100.00 SALE PRICE $90.00


Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.

|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Alexander| |the| |Great,| |336| |-| |323| |B.C.||AE| |17|NEW
Born a leader, his genius and charisma led the Macedonian Army across the world creating an empire spanning from Greece to India. His reign begins the Hellenistic Age, a time when civilization flourished. He was regarded as a god and his fame grew even greater after his premature death at thirty-three.
GB112864. Bronze AE 17, Price 395, Müller Alexander -, F/VF, weight 5.140 g, maximum diameter 17.2 mm, die axis 90o, Macedonian mint, 325 - 310 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse YE monogram over club right above, BAΣI horizontal across center, quiver left laying on bow below; first example of this type handled by FORVM; rare; $100.00 SALE PRICE $90.00


Persian Empire, Lydia, Anatolia, Darius II - Artaxerxes II, c. 420 - 375 B.C.

|Persian| |Lydia|, |Persian| |Empire,| |Lydia,| |Anatolia,| |Darius| |II| |-| |Artaxerxes| |II,| |c.| |420| |-| |375| |B.C.||siglos|NEW
A number of markings in the reverse dies of sigloi of this same Carradice type and group are known. All are rare. This reverse die is published in the "The Dinar Hoard of Persian Sigloi" in Studies Price. Carradice does not recognize the "olive leaf" in his description.
GS114954. Silver siglos, Carradice Type| IV (middle) B; Carradice Price 264 (same dies), aVF, obv. flatly struck, die wear, weight 5.276 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) or subsidiary mint, c. 420 - 375 B.C.; obverse bearded Great King kneeling right, dagger drawn back in right, bow in left; reverse oblong incuse punch, "olive leaf"(?) inside incuse; extremely rare variant; $110.00 SALE PRICE $99.00


Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Edessa, Mesopotamia

|Mesopotamia| |&| |Babylonia|, |Elagabalus,| |16| |May| |218| |-| |11| |March| |222| |A.D.,| |Edessa,| |Mesopotamia||AE| |18|NEW
Although the site of Urfa has been inhabited since prehistoric times, the city was founded in 304 B.C. by Seleucus I Nicator and named Edessa after the ancient capital of Macedonia. In the late 2nd century, as the Seleucid dynasty disintegrated, it became the capital of the Arab Nabataean Abgar dynasty, which was successively a Parthian, Armenian, and Roman client state and eventually a Roman province. Its location on the eastern frontier of the Empire meant it was frequently conquered during periods when the Byzantine central government was weak, and for centuries, it was alternately conquered by Arab, Byzantine, Armenian, Turkish rulers. In 1098, the crusader Baldwin of Boulogne convinced the Armenian king to adopt him and then seized power, establishing the first crusader state known as the County of Edessa and imposing Latin Christianity on the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic majority of the population.Edessa
RP114966. Bronze AE 18, RPC Online VI 7777 (many legend variations); BMC Arabia p. 102, 72 var. (legends); SNG Cop 213 var. (same), aVF, green patina, highlighting reddish earthen deposits, scratches, weight 2.907 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 325o, Mesopotamia, Edessa (Urfa, Sanliurfa, Turkey) mint, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse AVT(O?) KAIC MAP AYP AN, radiate head left, visible part of shoulder and chest bare; reverse KOΛW MA-P EΔECCA, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche left; $80.00 SALE PRICE $72.00


Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt

|Roman| |Egypt|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Provincial| |Egypt||dichalkon|NEW
Pan is the Greek god of the wilds of nature, hunters, shepherds and flocks, rustic music, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is also recognized as the god of fields, groves, wooded glens, and often affiliated with sex; because of this, Pan is connected to fertility and the season of spring.
RX114993. Bronze dichalkon, Geissen 972; Dattari-Savio 1814; Kampmann-Ganschow 32.388; BMC Alexandria 700; SNG Cop 339; RPC Online III 5701.1; Emmett 1196.11, aVF, broad flan, porous/rough bare metal, obv. edge beveled, edge splits, weight 1.737 g, maximum diameter 14.7 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 126 - 28 Aug 127 A.D.; obverse laureate head right, slight drapery on his left shoulder; reverse Pan advancing left, raising right hand, lagobolon in left hand, date LI-A (year 11) across field; ex Naville Numismatics auction 85 (19 Nov 2023), lot 278; $60.00 SALE PRICE $54.00


Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt

|Roman| |Egypt|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Provincial| |Egypt||drachm|NEW
This coin was once part of the Dattari Collection, probably the finest Alexandrian coin collection ever assembled. Giovanni Dattari (1853 - 1923) was a self-taught collector and successful trader of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities. He held a near monopoly in the antiquities trade in Cairo. He also shared his expertise and first-hand knowledge of Egypt with the foremost scholars of his time. Dattari assembled a collection of over 25,000 ancient coins. His 1901 work, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, cataloged 6411 of his coins from Roman Alexandria, and is still a primary reference for the coinage of Roman Egypt. Dattari also made pencil rubbings of more than 13,000 coins from Roman Alexandria in his collection; these were finally published in 2007 by Adriano Savio. In 1920, Dattari donated much of his collection to the Museo Nazionale Romano. After his death, the remainder of his collection was sold.
RX113872. Bronze drachm, cf. RPC III 5023, Geissen 760; Dattari 1782; Milne 84; Kampmann-Ganschow 32.49; BMC Alexandria -, F, green patina, light earthen deposits, obv. edge beveled, weight 21.512 g, maximum diameter 33.5 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 117 - 28 Aug 118 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIC TPAIANOC A;ΔPIANOC (or similar, Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus), laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse Nilus reclining left, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, reeds in right hand, left arm resting on crocodile(?) and cornucopia, LB (year 2) in exergue; ex Leu Numismatik auction 26 (8 Jul 2023), lot 7006 (part of); ex Eric ten Brink Collection; ex Naville Numismatics 57 (26 Apr 2020), lot 265 (realized £55 plus fees); $95.00 SALE PRICE $85.50


Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Caesaraea-Eusebia, Cappadocia

|Cappadocia|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Caesaraea-Eusebia,| |Cappadocia||1/3| |assarion|NEW
Kayseri, Turkey was originally named Mazaca. It was renamed Eusebia by Ariarathes V Eusebes, King of Cappadocia, 163 - 130 B.C. The last king of Cappadocia, King Archelaus, renamed it "Caesarea in Cappadocia" to honor Caesar Augustus upon his death in 14 A.D. Muslim Arabs slightly modified the name into Kaisariyah, which became Kayseri when the Seljuk Turks took control, c. 1080 A.D.
RP113874. Bronze 1/3 assarion, RPC Online III 3146A.2 (this coin, type added post-publication, 10 spec.), F, dark patina, porosity, edge cracks, weight 1.918 g, maximum diameter 13.5 mm, die axis 0o, Cappadocia, Caesaraea-Eusebia (Kayseri, Turkey) mint, 117 - 118 A.D.; obverse laureate head right, no inscription; reverse club, ET - B ([regnal] year 2) flanking, all within oak wreath; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (08 Jul 2023), lot 7006 (part of); ex Eric ten Brink collection; first specimen of the type handled by FORVM; rare; $70.00 SALE PRICE $63.00


Kingdom of Thrace, Rhoemetalces I, c. 11 B.C. - 12 A.D., Augustus Reverse

|Kingdom| |of| |Thrace|, |Kingdom| |of| |Thrace,| |Rhoemetalces| |I,| |c.| |11| |B.C.| |-| |12| |A.D.,| |Augustus| |Reverse||AE| |23|NEW
When the Cotys VII, King of Thrace, died about 48 B.C. Rhoemetalces I became the guardian of his nephew Rhescuporis I, his brother's young son and heir. In 13 B.C., Rhescuporis I was defeated and slain in battle by Vologases, chief of the Thracian Bessi, who was leading a revolt against Rome. As Rhescuporis I had left no heir, Rhoemetalces became king. An ally of Augustus, the Roman Historian Tacitus described Rhoemetalces as attractive and civilized. After his death, Augustus divided his realm, half for his son Cotys VIII and the other half for Rhoemetalces' brother Rhescuporis II. Tacitus states that Cotys received the cultivated parts, most towns and most Greek cities of Thrace, while Rhescuporis received the wild and savage portion with enemies on its frontier.
MA113877. Bronze AE 23, Youroukova 204; RPC I 1711; SNG Cop 1188; SNG Tübingen 972; BMC Thrace p. 209, 4; Weber 2743, aF, well centered, rough, weight 7.916 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 180o, c. 11 B.C. - 12 A.D.; obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ POIMHTAΛKOY, jugate heads of Rhoemetalces I, diademed, and Queen Pythodoris right; reverse KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, bare head of Augustus right; $60.00 SALE PRICE $54.00


Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Laodicea ad Lycus, Phrygia

|Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus|, |Tiberius,| |19| |August| |14| |-| |16| |March| |37| |A.D.,| |Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus,| |Phrygia||AE| |18|NEW
BMC assigns this type to Augustus. RPC I assigns it to Tiberius but notes the difficulty in determining if it is a coin of Augustus or Tiberius. It certainly looks like Augustus, but many portraits of Tiberius intentionally exaggerate his resemblance to Augustus. In any case, it is a beautiful portrait in fine Greek style. We know the KOP monogram stands for KORNHLIOS because it is spelled out in full on coins of another Dioscourides under Domitian.
MA113883. Bronze AE 18, RPC I 2906; SNG Cop 547; SNG Lewis 1596; AMC I 1406; Waddington 6262; Weber 7138; BMC Phrygia p. 301, 141, aF, dark patina, porosity, weight 5.565 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, die axis 0o, Laodicea ad Lycus (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, obverse ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head right; reverse Zeus Laodicea standing left with eagle and staff, ΛAOΔIKEΩN downward on left, ΔIOΣKOYPIΔHΣ downward on right and KOP monogram outer right ([magistrate] Cornelius Dioskourides); $55.00 SALE PRICE $49.50


Julia Mamaea, Augusta, Mother of Severus Alexander, 222 – 235 A.D.; Caesarea, Cappadocia

|Cappadocia|, |Julia| |Mamaea,| |Augusta,| |Mother| |of| |Severus| |Alexander,| |222| |–| |235| |A.D.;| |Caesarea,| |Cappadocia||AE| |27|NEW
Mount Erciyes (Argaios to the Greeks, Argaeus to the Romans) is a massive stratovolcano 25 km to the south of Kayseri (ancient Caesarea) in Turkey. The highest mountain in central Anatolia, with its summit reaching 3,916 meters (12,848 ft). It may have erupted as recently as 253 B.C. Strabo wrote that the summit was never free from snow and that those few who ascended it reported seeing both the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south in days with a clear sky.
MA113938. Bronze AE 27, Ganschow 844, RPC VI T6759, Wellenheim 6495, aF, weight 11.174 g, maximum diameter 26.7 mm, die axis 0o, Cappadocia, Caesarea (Kayseri, Turkey) mint, 223 - 224 A.D.; obverse IOVΛIA MAMAEA CEBACTH, draped bust right, wearing stephane, obscure countermark; reverse MHTPOΠ KAICAP, agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on garlanded altar, ET Γ (year 3) below; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 24 (06 Dec 22), lot 4995 (part of); ex European collection formed before 2005; rare; $60.00 SALE PRICE $54.00











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