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Commodus, 177-192. Denarius (Silver, 15mm, 2.73g), Rome, 192. 0 viewsObv. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL Laureate head of Commodus to right.
Rev. P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond with her left; in field to left.
References: BMC 332. Cohen 568. RIC 237.CanaanMay 25, 2018
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Commodus sestertius with the Annona reverse11 viewsCommodus. Sestertius. Roma mint. 183 AD.
19.67 grs and 27 mm.
Observe : M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS. Laureate bust right.
Reverse : ANNO AVG TRP VIII IMP VI COS IIII PP and SC. Annona standing left, holding Victory in hand and a cornucopia. In front a modius with grains. Behind, a galley with two or three sailors.
RIC 377 var. and Cohen 14 var. (due to the reverse legend with ANNO).labienusMay 25, 2018
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Calabria, Taras (c. 344-340 B.C.), Silver Stater.3 views8.03g., 2h
Naked youth on a horse pacing right, crowning the horse with a wreath held in his extended right hand, K(KAA?) and an upright club below the horse, rev. TAP-A-Σ, Phalanthos riding on a dolphin left, holding a kantharos in his extended right hand, and a trident and a shield in his left, Ω below dolphin's tail, waves below.
Fischer-Bossert, Group 49, 685 (V260/R532); Vlasto 509 (these dies); SNG Lloyd 173 (these dies); SNG ANS 960; HN Italy 887. An exceptional example, well-struck from fresh dies and perfectly centred on a flan of good metal, extremely fine and most attractive. LeoMay 25, 2018
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Campania, Neapolis. (Circa 300 BC)2 viewsAR Didrachm
20 mm, 6.98 g
Obverse: Head of nymph r., wearing taenia, triple-pendant earring and necklace; four dolphins around (only the bottom two around the neck visible).
Reverse: Man-headed bull walking r., being crowned by Nike; ΘE below bull. [NE]OΠOΛI[TΩN] in exergue
Sambon 457; HNItaly 576; SNG ANS 336.
Neapolis was founded ca. 650 B.C. from Cumae. Ancient tradition records that it had originally been named after the siren Parthenope, who had been washed ashore on the site after failing to capture Odysseus (Sil. Pun. 12.33-36). The early city, which was called Palae(o)polis, developed in the SW along the modern harbor area and included Pizzofalcone and Megaris (the Castel dell'Ovo), a small island in the harbor. Megaris itself may have been the site of a still older Rhodian trading colony (Strab. 14.2.10). Owing to the influx of Campanian immigrants, the town began to develop to the NE along a Hippodamian grid plan. This new extension was called Neapolis, while Palae(o)polis became a suburb. Incited to a war with Rome by the Greek elements, the city was captured in 326 B.C. by the proconsul Quintus Publilius Philo (Liv. 8.22.9), and the suburb ceased to exist. Neapolis then became a favored ally of the Romans; it repulsed Pyrrhos, contributed naval support during the First Punic War, and withstood the attacks of Hannibal. Nathan PMay 25, 2018
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The Ma'abed - Temple at Marathos (Amrit)0 viewsOne of the most important excavations at Marathos (Amrit) was the Phoenician temple, commonly referred to the "ma'abed," dedicated to the god Melqart of Tyre and Eshmun. The colonnaded temple, excavated between 1955 and 1957, consists of a large court cut out of rock measuring 47 × 49 metres (154 × 161 ft) and over 3 metres (9.8 ft) deep, surrounded by a covered portico. In the center of the court a well-preserved cube-shaped cella stands. The open-air courtyard was filled with the waters of a local, traditionally sacred spring, a unique feature of this site. The temple—which was dated to the late 4th century BC, a period following the Persian expansion into Syria—shows major Achaemenid influence in its layout and decoration. According to Dutch archaeologist, Peter Akkermans, the temple is the "best-preserved monumental structure from the Phoenician homeland."
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrit#/media/File:Amrit01.jpg
Photo by Jerzy StrzeleckiJoe SermariniMay 25, 2018
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Sicily. Messana. The Mamertinoi. Ae Quadruple Unit (288-278 BC).1 views19.38 g
Obverse: APEOΣ Laureate head of Ares to right; behind, helmet.
Reverse: MAMEPTINΩN Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt.
Calciati I, 92, 3. SNG ANS 402.
After the tyrant of Syracuse Agathocles died in 289 BC, the majority of his mercenaries became unemployed. Some bands dispersed but the Mamertines attempted to stay in Syracuse. Hailing from Campania (a region in southern Italy), perhaps related to the Samnites, the civilized Greeks did not take kindly to a large armed mob of uncultured barbaroi loitering around the Hellenistic center of Sicily. Barred from settling in Syracuse, these mercenaries headed north until they came across the town of Messana on the north-east tip of Sicily.
The city offered its hospitality to the band of mercenaries and in return the mercenaries slaughtered many of the men and leading figures of the city and claimed it for themselves. The women and possessions were split among the mercenaries as their own. It was at this time that the mercenaries seem to officially proclaim themselves as the Mamertines as they began to mint their own coinage. The name Mamertines means the sons of Mamers, Mamers being an Italic war god with the Latin equivalent of Mars. Soon afterwards, the Italian town of Rhegium suffered a similar fate.
With Messana and its sister city of Rhegium across the strait, the Mamertines held a commanding position in Sicily and the shipping routes that passed through the Strait of Messina. With Messana as a base of operations the Mamertines were able to plunder, pirate, and raid the surrounding countryside with considerable success. Syracuse was unable to react immediately due to its internal political disorder. This left Sicily split between Carthage in the west and disunited Greeks and Mamertines elsewhere.
When Hiero II of Syracuse attempted to dislodge the Mamertines in 265, they enlisted the aid of a nearby Carthaginian fleet, whose swift intervention forced Hiero to withdraw. The Mamertines soon regretted the Carthaginian occupation and appealed to Rome for protection, citing their status as Italians. Rome was hesitant to become entangled in a conflict outside of Italy or to come to the aid of the piratical Mamertines. Yet Rome's fear of a Carthaginian stronghold so close to Italy—and greed for plunder in what they assumed would be a short war against Syracuse—outweighed their concerns. The Romans invaded Sicily and marched to the Mamertines' aid.
When the Mamertines learned that the Romans were approaching, they persuaded the Carthaginian general to withdraw his forces from the city. The general, regretting this decision to abandon the city, took the fateful steps of allying with Hiero. The combined Carthaginian and Syracusan forces then besieged Messana. After attempts to negotiate a truce failed, Carthage and Rome began hostilities. Both sides were confident of a quick and decisive victory. Neither side anticipated the horror that was to come: a ferocious, generation-long war that would transform the Roman and Carthaginian empires, upend the balance of power in the western Mediterranean, and set the stage for Hannibal's avenging assault on Italy. Nathan PMay 25, 2018
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1901 VICTORIA BRONZE "OLD HEAD" HALFPENNY0 viewsObverse: VICTORIA.DEI.GRA.BRITT.REGINA.FID.DEF.IND.IMP. Veiled bust of Queen Victoria facing left.
Reverse: HALF PENNY. Britannia seated facing right, right hand resting on shield, left hand holding trident. 1901 in exergue.
Diameter 25mm
SPINK: 3962
Victoria's "veiled head" portrait was designed by Thomas Brock (1847 - 1922), this is marked by a small "T.B." below the Queen's bust.*AlexMay 25, 2018
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Sear 08392 viewsHeraclius (610 – 641 CE) Follis, weight 11.13g, diameter 30mm. Mint of Cyzicus, first officina, struck in 612/3 [= regnal year I I I].Abu GalyonMay 25, 2018
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088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Pisidia, Antioch, SNG France 3 1316, AE-22, S/R//--, ANTIO CHIO CL, Vexilium surmounted by eagle,14 views088p Valerian I. (253-260 A.D.), Pisidia, Antioch, SNG France 3 1316, AE-22, S/R//--, ANTIO CHIO CL, Vexilium surmounted by eagle,
avers: IMP CAERAS LL OVNAHHIR, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
reverse: ANTIO CHIO CL, Vexilium surmounted by eagle, between two standards. S-R between the masts.
exergue: S/R//--, diameter: 21-22mm, weight: 4,24g, axis: 0h,
mint: Pisidia, Antioch, date: 253 A.D., ref: SNG France 3, 1316; Krzy. VII, 35.,
Q-001quadransMay 25, 2018
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varb4393_40 viewsElagabalus
Odessos, Thrace
Obv: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right
Rev: OΔHCCEITΩN, Great God Odessos standing facing, head left, wearing kalanthos, holding patera over flaming altar and cornucopia.
25 mm, 6.93 gms
Varbanov 4393Charles MMay 25, 2018
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84ff0 viewsCarausius 287-93AD
AE antoninianus
Obv: IMP CARAVS[IVS.....AV]G
Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev: LEG XXX [VL]PIA
Neptune standing left with dolphin and trident
Unmarked (London?) mint
RIC 84-5mauseusMay 24, 2018
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Noesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 10. Commodus, HrHJ(2017), 8.10.9.1. var.0 viewsCommodus, AE 177-192
AE 22, 5.66g, 21.8mm, 15°
obv. AVT K M AVR - H KOMODOC
Laureate head r.
rev. NEIKOPOLE - ITWN PROC ICTRON
Nike in girded double chiton, on globe stg. l., holding in raised r. hand wreath; without
palmbranch in l. field
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) not in Varbanov
c) not in Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2017):
cf. no. 8.10.9.1 (same rev., but with palmbranch in l. field)
probably unpublished
VF, brown patina
JochenMay 24, 2018
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Bruttium, The Brettii (Circa 211-208 BC)6 viewsĆ Double Unit (Didrachm)
26 mm, 16.19 g
Obverse: Head of Ares left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin
Reverse: BRET-TIWN, Hera Hoplosima (or Athena) advancing right, holding spear and shield; racing torch right.
Scheu 72; SNG ANS 82; HN Italy 1987
The Brettii were an indigenous Italian people who emerged in southern Italy in the mid-fourth century BC. Ancient authors describe them as a group of revolted slaves and miscellaneous fugitives who came together after seeking refuge in the rugged mountains of the area. Nonetheless, it is more likely that most of these people were native Oenotrians or Pelasgians who had escaped from domination by the Greek cities and other native groups to the north. By the mid-third century BC, this disparate congregation of people, now known as the Brettii, had become the predominant power over most of Italy south of the river Laos, including the important mints of Consentia, Medma, Hipponium, Terina, and Thurium (Diod. XVI.15; Strabo VI). Their rising power, however, was eventually checked by the expansion of Roman authority in their region. In the 280s BC, they united with their neighbors, the Lucanians, against Rome, an adventure that proved inconclusive. Soon thereafter, they aided Pyrrhos in his war against Rome, an unsuccessful endeavor that resulted in the Romans carrying on the conflict against the Brettians after defeating the Epiran leader. The Brettians submitted to the Romans, but in the face of Hannibal's successes against Rome, they again allied themselves with Rome's enemy during the Second Punic War (Livy XXII. 61). In this conflict, the Brettians were completely invested in the alliance with Carthage, such that the entire region of Bruttium became a veritable Punic fortress, and it was during this war that the entire series of Brettian coinage was struck. Once again, though, the Brettii had supported the losing side, and this time the Romans were determined to squash any further ability of the Brettians to threaten them. In the aftermath of Hannibal's defeat, the Romans subjugated Bruttium through annual military deployments and the establishment of three colonies, at Tempsa, Kroton, and Vibo Valentia (Livy XXXIV. 45 and XXXV. 40). Unlike other Italian populations that had been conquered by the Romans, the Brettii were also not admitted as Roman allies and could not serve in the Roman military (Appian, Annib. 61). Little is known of the Brettii thereafter.Nathan PMay 24, 2018
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Sicily, "Kainon." Circa 360-340 BC.2 viewsAE 21, 7.66 g
Obverse: Griffin springing left over grasshopper
Reverse: Horse prancing right, star above, over "KAINON" (the new coinage).
CNS 10; SNG ANS 1176 (Alaesa)
Not identifiable with a known city in Sicily, the Kainon issues have traditionally been attributed to Alaesa. They may also have been struck by mercenaries in the employ of Dione of Leontini.Nathan PMay 24, 2018
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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2017) 8.14.21.81 viewsSeptimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18, 2.43g, 17.52mm, 45°
obv. AV KAI CE. - CEVHROC
Laureate head r.
rev. NIKOPOL - IT PROC IC
Hygieia in long garment stg. r., feeding snake in l. arm from patera in r. hand
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1384 (like ex. #1, Berlin)
b) Varbanov 2387
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2017) No, 8.14.22.8 (same dies)
F+, dark green patina JochenMay 24, 2018
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Asia Minor, Ionia, Ephesos, cista mystica, serpents, piloi of the Dioskouroi3 viewsIonia, Ephesos
Cistophoric Tetradrachm
Obv.: Serpent emerging from cista mystica with raised lid, all within ivy wreath with fruits.
Rev.: Two snakes coiled around a bow case, piloi of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars flanking, ΕΦΕ to left, snake coiled with head right below.
Ag, 28mm, 12.12g
Ref.: DCA -; Kleiner-Noe Series -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -. shanxiMay 24, 2018
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BCC RI1721 viewsRoman Imperial
Gallienus 253-268 CE
AE Antoninianus
Obv:GALLIENVS AVG
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev:IOVI CONSERVA(T?)
Jupiter standing left, holding
globe and scepter. No mint mark.
22mm. 3.32gm. Axis:0
Poss. ref: RIC 641 Antioch Mintv-drome
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Troas, Birytis. Ca. 350 - 220 BC. Quart unite AE 1 viewsReference.
BMC 6; SNG Copenhagen 250; SNG Munchen 170 SNG Tubingen 2574.
Obv: no legend.
Head of Kabeiros left, wearing pileos.
Rev: B-I/P-Y and club, all within laurel wreath.
1.36 gr
11 mm. okidoki
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RIC 980 Vespasian denarius103 viewsCAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate bust of Vespasian right
IMP XIX
Modius filled with seven grain ears in fields to left and right
Rome 78 AD
3.00g
RIC II 980 (C); Sear 2293, RSC 215
Ex-FrascatiusJay GT4
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(0247) PHILIP II19 views247 - 249 AD
AE 27 mm
O: AVTOK K M IOVLI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R: ANTIOxEWN - MHTPO KOLWN D-E S-C, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right, ram over.
Syria, Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria; cf. SMG 272; BMC 566.laney
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