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GG, Antiochos Theos, 261-246 BCGold stater, 18.46mm, 8.37g, EF
Struck before c. 250 BC under Diodotos I at Ai Khanoum(?) [Baktria] mint
Diademed middle-aged head of Diodotus I right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, naked Zeus striding left, aegis over extended left arm, about to hurl fulmen with raised right arm; eagle at feet, N inner left field. RCOA
Ex: Glenn Woods
Newell, ESM 713; Mitchner p. 39, 63Lawrence W
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GG, Carthage, c. 310-290 BCElectrum shekel, 18.8mm, 7.76g, choice VF
Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn; she wears necklace and triple earring; pellet in lower left field / Horse standing right on double exergal line; pellet in lower right field. COA
Ex: Glenn Woods
Sear 6462; Jenkins V, 249Lawrence W
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GG, Lesbos, c. 377-326 BCElectrum hekte, 11mm, 2.55g, VF
Struck c. 356 BC at Mytilene
Head of Dionysos right, hair wreathed with ivy / Head of Satyr facing within linear incuse square
Ex: Freeman & Sear
Bodenstedt 90Lawrence W
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GG, Lesbos, c. 377-326 BCElectrum hekte, 10mm, 2.55g, VF
Struck c. 332 BC at Mytilene
Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, serpent lower left, all within linear incuse square
Ex: Forum Ancient Coins
Bodenstedt 100Lawrence W
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GG, Metapontion, c 340-330 BC (Time of Alexander the Molossian)Gold third-stater, 13.65mm, 2.57g, aVF
Head of Hera right, wearing stephane / METAΠON, ear of barley with leaf to right upon which bird is perched, its wings folded. RCOA
Ex: Forvm Ancient Coins
HN Italy 1578; Noe-Johnston 3, G1 and pl 18.
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GG, Ptolemaic, Arsinoe II, died c. 268 BCGold oktadrachm, 28mm, 27.7g, VF
Postumous strike by Ptolemy Philadelphos at Alexandria, c. 268 - 250 BC
Veiled head of Arsinoe right, wears stephane and cow's horn, holds sceptre; K behind, circle of dots around / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornuacopiae with fillets; circle of dots around
Svoronos 475Lawrence W
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GG, Ptolemy Philadelphos, 282-246 BCGold tetradrachm, 13.8g, VF
Struck at Alexandria c. 270-261 BC
AΔEΛΦΩN, diademed and draped busts of Ptolemy Philadelphos and Arsinoe II; shield behind / ΘEΩN, diademed and draped busts of Ptolemy Soter and Berenike I
Svoronos 604Lawrence W
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GG, Ptolemy Soter, 305-283 BCGold pentadrachm, 22.82mm, 17.82g, EF
Postumous strike under Ptolemy Philadelphos at Tyre c. 271-267 BC
Diademed head of Ptolemy Soter right, wearing aegis / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing half left atop a thunderbolt, wings closed, H above club in left field. RCOA
Ex: Forvm Ancient Coins
Svoronos 636 (citing 8 specimens); BMC p. 9,74 (same obv die)Lawrence W
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GG, Taras, c. 280 BC (Time of Pyrrhos)Gold quarter-stater, 11.7mm, 2.13g, aVF
Laureate head Apollo to right, with long hair; AP behind / Eagle with wings spread standing half left atop wingless fulmen; AP and TAPANTINΩN before. RCOA
Ex: Hess-Leu, 27th March 1956, lot 12
Fischer-Bossert p. 370, G59g and pl. 68 (this coin); HN Italy 986; Vlasto 49; SNG ANS 1043
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RGA, Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161Gold aureus, 19.9mm, 7.02g, EF
Struck c. AD 153/4 at Rome
ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P XVII, laureate head left / COS IIII, togate, bare-headed emperor standing facing, looking left, holding globe with extended right and scroll with left hand at side. SCOA
Ex: Harlan Berk
RIC III, 233e; Calico 1530 (same obv die); Cohen 314
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RGA, Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161Gold aureus, 19.7mm, 7.26g, VF
Struck c. AD 152/3 at Rome
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate head right / LIBERALIT-AS VII COS IIII, lictor standing facing, head left, holding abacus in right hand and rod (faces?) with axe in left. RCOA
Ex: Glenn Woods
RIC 229; BMCRE p. 116Lawrence W
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RGA, Aurelian, AD 270-275Gold aureus, 21.4mm, 4.46g, EF
Likely struck at Milan c. AD 271-2 (or Rome 274-5)
IMP C L DOM AVRE-LIANVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; aegis with small Medusa head across breast / VIRTVS AVG, helmeted Mars, with cloak tied round waist, advancing right holding transverse spear and trophy; captive with hands bound behind back crouching on ground to right. COA
Ex: Harlan Berk
Gobl 127q and pl. 74 (O96/R298, Rome, AD 274-5); Paris, CBN/Estiot, 424-5 and pl. 13 (Milan, AD 271-2, same dies); RIC 15 (Rome); C-269 var (bust draped and cuirassed, 120 Fr.); Calico 4050b (same dies, Sisca in error)Lawrence W
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RGA, Hadrian, AD 117-138Gold aureus, 7.09g, VF
Struck at Rome AD 118
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust left / P M TR P COS II SALVS AVG, Salus seated left, feeding snake coiled around altar.
RIC 46v (bust right); Cohen 1368Lawrence W
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RGA, Septimius Severus, AD 193-211Gold aureus, 20.5mm, 7.24g, aVF
Struck at Rome c. AD 210
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Victory advancing to right, head turned back, leading small captive by the hand, and holding trophy over shoulder. RCOA
Ex: Harlan Berk
RIC 232; Calico 2517 (same dies)Lawrence W
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RGA, Severus Alexander, AD 222-235Gold aureus, 20.55mm, 5.92g, FDC
Struck AD 230 at Rome
IMP SEV ALE–XANDER AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, emperor as Romulus advancing right, holding spear and trophy. COA
Ex: Gemini III, lot 430
RIC 103; BMCRE 620Lawrence W
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RGS, Constantine the Great, AD 307-337Gold solidus, 20.14mm, 4.43g, gVF
Struck at Thessalonika AD 324
Diademed head right in Hellenistic style / CONSTANTINVS AVC SMTSΔ, Victory seated left holding wreath-bearing Nike and cornucopiae; shield below to right. ERCOA
Ex: Forum Ancient Coins
RIC 131 (citing 4 specimens); Cohen 102Lawrence W
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RGS, Julian the Apostate, AD 360-363Gold solidus, 22.1mm, 4.46g, EF
Struck at Antioch in Syria c. AD 362-3
FL CL IVLIA-NVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with long beard / VIRTVS EXERCI-TVS ROMANORVM, helmeted soldier advancing right, head left, dragging captive with right and holding trophy over shoulder; ANT A in exergue. RCOA
Ex: Freeman & Sear
RIC 197 (citing a specimen at Vienna); Cohen 79 var
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RGT, Pulcheria, AD 414-453Gold tremissis, 14.12mm, 1.5g, EF
Struck c. 450-453 at Constantinople
AEL PVLCH-ERIA AVC, pearl-diademed and draped bust right with necklace and earrings, hair elaborately weaved / Cross within wreath, CONOB* in exergue. COA
Ex: Beast Coins
RIC Marcian 521 (wreath-tie 14); Sear 4306Lawrence W
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RGT, Visigoths in imitation of Valetinian III, AD 425-455Gold tremissis, 14.15mm, 1.5g, gVF
Struck c. 439-455 at Toulouse
D N FLA VALENTINIANVS P R AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross within wreath, COMOB beneath. COA
Ex: Triton X, lot 819 (Imperial issue in error)
RIC X 3721; Reinhart 32-6; Cohen 49Lawrence W
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RZG, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, AD 945-959 (joint rule)Gold solidus, 19.8mm, 4.41g, choice EF
Struck at Constantinople
+ IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger (with three pellets in each limb of cross), pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels / CONSTANT CE ROMAN AVGG b R, facing busts of Constantine VII, with short beard (on left) and Romanus II, beardless, both crowned and holding between them long patriarchal cross, Constantine wears loros, whilst his son is clad in chlamys. COA
Ex: Glenn Woods
Sear 1751, DO 15
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RZG, Justinian II, second reign, AD 705-711Gold solidus, 19.61mm, 4.2g, EF
Struck c. 705-708 at Constantinople
ON IhS ChS REX REGNANTIUM, bust of Christ facing, with short curly hair and close beard, cross behind head, wearing tunic over colobium, right hand raised in blessing, holding the book of Gospels before him in left / [D N IVSTINIANVS ET] TIbERIUS PP A-, facing half-length figures of Justinian (on left), and his son Tiberius, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding between them with their right hands cross potent on two steps. RCOA
Ex: Glenn W. Woods
Sear 1414; DO 2aLawrence W
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