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Persian Tarsos, Balakros. Satrap of CiliciaBaal of Tarsos seated left, holding lotus-tipped scepter, grain ear and grape bunch to left, ivy leaf to right B (Balakros) above, T below seat
Draped bust of Athena facing slihtly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, single-pendant earring, and necklace
Tarsos, Cilicia
333-329 BCE
25.5mm; 10.72g
AR Stater
Casabornne Series 2; SNG Lenante supp. 21
EX- CNG e-Auction 485 lot 166Jay GT403/02/21 at 21:19Schatz: Someone really took an axe to this one.
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0004 Hero Wrestling Bull Protome Facing Right and Bridled Horse Facing RightThessaly Greece, the City of Larissa
Obv: bull head and neck r., head turned to face the viewer, on the l. and behind half figure of the hero Thessalos1 to r. with l. arm over the bull's neck and r. hand below the bull's muzzle. All within border of dots.
Rev:[Λ]Α r. and upwards, head and neck of bridled horse r. All within incuse square.
Denomination: silver obol; Mint: Larissa; Date: c. 460 - 440 BC2; Weight: 1.01g; Diameter: 11mm: Die axis: 180º; References, for example: Liampi Corpus p. 102, 6 (V4-R5), Pl. 4, 13 and 14; BCD Thessaly II 353.3; HGC 4, 480.
Notes:
1Considered the ancestor of all Thessalians. The figure is also sometimes considered to be Jason (of Jason and the Argonauts), who according to one tradition was the father of Thessalos (HGC 4, p. 132).
2This is the date given in HGC 4.
Provenance: Ex Numismatik-Naumann November 14, 2020.
Photo Credits: Numismatik-Naumann
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Tracy Aiello03/02/21 at 21:16Schatz: The detail on these small fractions is amazing!
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Parthia/Persia, Arsaces XVI (Unknown King II) ca. 78/7-62/1 B.C.AR Tetradrachm
Seleukia on the Tigris Mint
Sellwood 30.2
Sunrise 311
Ex. Gemini XIV
Ex. Phillip AshtonWilliam T202/12/21 at 16:19Schatz: Great image of a young ruler.
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Parthia/Persia, Artabanos I ca. 127-124 B.C.AR Drachm
Ecbatana Mint
Sellwood 20.1
Sunrise 278 (Artabanos III)
Ex. FSR CoinWilliam T202/12/21 at 16:16Schatz: Lovely portrait
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Kamnaskires I/II, AR DrachmKamnaskires I/II, AR Drachm, 147 to 139 B.C.
Obv: Diademed bust facing right within fillet border
Rev: BASILEWS KAMNASKE, HS in exergue, Apollo facing left, holding arrow and bow, sitting on an omphalos, legend around, within dotted border.
Mint: Most likely minted while Kamnaskires was not in control of Susa.
Weight: 4.13 grams
Die axis 12 o'clock
van't Haaff 2.1.2-1a (Plate Coin)
van't Haaff believes that Kamnaskires I and II are the same ruler. There is no evidence to suggest that they were two different rulers.
This is from Stephen Album's List 228, Item 20646, September 2007.Howard Cole08/16/20 at 14:44Schatz: An absolute beauty!
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Antiochos III MegasAR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.04 g, 12h). ΔI mint, in Southern or Eastern Syria. Struck circa 197-187 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos; ΔI in exergue. SC 1112; HGC 9, 447y. ThatParthianGuy08/16/20 at 14:38Schatz: Lovely piece - wish I had it.
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Taras, Calabria 272-240/35 BC (Period VIII - The Roman Alliance I)
AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.47g)
Agatharkos magistrate.
O: Nude youth on horseback right, placing wreath on horse's head; ΑΓΑΘ-A / PXΟΣ (magistrate) in two lines below.
R: Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding cornucopia in left hand and [kantharos] in extended right hand; lighted torch behind, TAPAΣ below.
D'Andrea XLIV, 1368; Vlasto 852-54; SNG France 2011; Evans VIII, B1; McGill II, 96-98; SNG ANS 1179-80; HN Italy 1028
ex Goduto Giuseppe
This coin attracted me, even though some reverse elements are slightly off center.
However most didrachms of this late period are very 'mushy', particularly the magistrates name and ethnic, so the scarcity of such a well struck specimen was too alluring to pass up.
Enodia08/16/20 at 14:30Schatz: Love it. It's a true classic.
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Mithradates I (171-138 B.C.)AR Drachm
O: Bare-headed bust left with long beard wearing diadem, earring visible, reel and pellet border.
R: Archer (Arsaces) seated right on omphalos wearing bashlyk and holding bow, legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ
Hekatompylos Mint
4.01g
20.5mm
Sellwood #11.1; Shore #24Mat12/21/19 at 16:18Schatz: Love that one, particularly the nicely draped scar...
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00095 Facing Head of Larissa - AI SignedThessaly Greece, the City of Larissa
Obv: Head of the nymph Larissa facing ¾ l., wearing ampyx with ΓΕΥ inscription (not visible)1, hair floating freely above head, tiny IA above top locks of hair (off of flan), prominent raised right shoulder2 (garment clasp visible?), spherical earring with bead pendant. Border of dots.
Rev: Horse crouching r., bucranium brand on haunch, forelegs spread, raised tail (off of flan), tiny AI under belly3, reign trails into exergue with exergue line sloping downward under horse's muzzle, ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ directly below exergue line with ΣΑΙ breaking into that line.
Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Larissa; Date: c. 405/400 BC - c. 370 BC4; Weight: 6.11g; Diameter: 19mm; Die axis: 90º; References, for example: SNG Cop vol. 11, 126; Herrmann Group VII, Series I, Reverse II, pl. VI, 16 and 19; HGC 4, 434; Lorber - Shahar Group 3 Head Type 14 (O35/R2 - Sp. b, this very coin) = Florilegium Numismaticum Group One Head Type 11 with Reverse 21.2 - Sp. b (this very coin).
Notes:
1Lorber presumes that these letters are "...an abbreviated epithet of the nymph Larissa." (Lorber Early in FlorNum, p. 261).
2Lorber invites us to interpret this "distinctive gesture" as the nymph "...tossing her ball, an action regularly depicted on trihemiobols and obols of the fifth century." (Lorber Early in FlorNum, p. 262).
3Lorber understands these letters to be the signature of the mint's chief engraver, who replaced ΣΙΜΟ. See Lorber Early in FlorNum, p. 261.
4This is the date range provided in Lorber 2008, p. 126.
The city of Larissa was named after the local water nymph, said to be the daughter of Pelasgos. He was said to be the ancestor of the pre-Greek Pelasgians. According to myth Larissa drowned while playing ball on the banks of the Peneios river. (HGC 4 p. 130).
Provenance: Ex Shanna Schmidt Numismatics October 30, 2019; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 29, May 11, 2005, lot 176; Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Auction XXXIII, May 3, 1994, lot 929.
Photo credits: Shanna Schmidt Numismatics
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Tracy Aiello12/19/19 at 00:44Schatz: What a portrait!
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001 AUGUSTUS SIGNIS RECEPTIS EMPEROR: Augustus
DENOMINATION: Denarius
OBVERSE: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, Bare head of Augustus right
REVERSE: SIGNIS RECEPTIS, round shield inscribed CL V between aquila and standard; SPQR around shield
DATE: c19-18 BC
MINT: Colonia Patricia (Spain)
WEIGHT: 4.00 g
RIC: I.86a (C)Barnaba612/18/19 at 22:14Schatz: Love this one! Beautifully centered.
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Kamnaskires-OrodesAE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 12.1.1-3E
This coin published as figure seven in:
“Der Sammler Pieter Anne van't Haaff und seine Forschungen zur Münzprägung der Elymais”
("The Collector Pieter Anne van't Haaff and His Research on the Coinage of the Elymais")
by Michael Stal
Published in “Sammlungen und Sammler
Tagungsband zum 8. Österreichischen Numismatikertag
S ONDERDRUCK”
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee 2019Kamnaskires01/02/19 at 23:06Schatz: My favorite! Beautiful strike and lovely tone.
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PhraatesAE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van’t Haaff 14.7.1-1B.a variant (pellet to left of anchor)Kamnaskires10/22/18 at 16:11Schatz: An absolute favorite of mine. Not too many around ...
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Kamnaskires-OrodesAE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 12.1.1-3EKamnaskires10/22/18 at 16:05Schatz: I love the KO tetras, this one is in excellent con...
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PARTHIA/PERSIA, Parthian Empire, Mithradates II, c. 121 - 91 B.C.SH86429. Silver tetradrachm, Sellwood 24.4, BMC 3, Boston MFA 2216, Sunrise 284, Shore 67 var., EF, fantastic high relief bust, well centered on a tight flan, slightest die wear, slightest porosity, weight 15.696 g, maximum diameter 28.2 mm, die axis 0o, Seleukeia on the Tigris mint, c. 119 - 109 B.C.; obverse diademed bust of Mithradates to left, long beard, wearing torc and elaborate robes; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣ-AKOY EΠIΦANOYΣ / TY (square clockwise, ending in exergue)), Arsakes I seated right on omphalos, bow in right hand, palm branch right; ex Pars (2008), ex Antiqua Inc. (2000)Joe Sermarini03/07/18 at 20:03Schatz: My kind of coin! Lovely flow lines and great detai...
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051 Caracalla (196-198 A.D. Caesar, 198-217 A.D. Augustus ), Rome, RIC IV-I 054b, AR-Denarius, PART MAX PONT TR P IIII, Trophy, #1051 Caracalla (196-198 A.D. Caesar, 198-217 A.D. Augustus ), Rome, RIC IV-I 054b, AR-Denarius, PART MAX PONT TR P IIII, Trophy, #1
avers: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate, and draped bust right.
reverse: PART MAX PONT TR P IIII, Two Persians bound and seated back to back at the base of the trophy.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 3,00g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date: 201 A.D.,
ref: RIC IV-I 054b, p-220, RSC 175cf, BMC 262, Sear 6853,
Q-001quadrans02/08/18 at 11:45Schatz: Lovely portrait and reverse!
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PARTHIA/PERSIA, Mithradates II, AR drachmEcbatana
119-109 BC
bearded diademed bust left
archer without beard, with cloak and bashlyk seated on throne, holding bow
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ
Sellwood 26.1; Shore 77J. B.12/24/17 at 11:14Schatz: Absolutely beautiful and in top condition!
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0038 Hadrian Dupondius 117 AD ConcordiaReference.
RIC II, 538b; C. 260; BMC 1107; Strack 502; RIC 38
Bust B1
Obv. IMP CAES DIVI TRAIAN AVG F TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER
Radiate, cuirassed with exposed upper part of breastplate with balteus strap
Rev. DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS P P; CONCORDIA in ex. S C in ex.
Concordia seated left on throne, holding out patera and resting on a figure of Spes; cornucopiae under throne.
12.31gr
28 mm
12h
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Note.
From the Estate Collection of Dr. Richard Dotyokidoki01/18/17 at 10:21Schatz: A great coin in wonderful condition.
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Parthia, Sellwood 31.6.(???), Orodes I. (90-77 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 31.6.(???), Orodes I. (90-77 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: King head, left, w/tiara (3 rows of pellets, eight-point star as side decoration, long ear flap) and diadem w/ribbon, mustache, short beard; earring(???), cuirass, dotted border 8 to 14h.
revers: Archer, right, on throne, w/bow in right hand. 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/ MEΓAΛoY/ APΣAKoY /AVToKPAToPoΣ /ΦIΛoΠAToPoΣ /EΠIΦANoYΣ /ΦIΛEΛΛΗNoΣ, exergual line.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 19,4-21,3mm, weight: 3,91g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ekbatana (???), date: (???) B.C., ref: Sellwood_31-6, (???)
Q-001quadrans11/28/16 at 09:49Schatz: Very nice specimen, well centered and with a compl...
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Parthia, Sellwood 87.15., Vologases V. (191-208 A.D.), BI-Tetradrachm, King left on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 87.15., Vologases V. (191-208 A.D.), BI-Tetradrachm, King left on throne, #1
avers: King head, left, w/multi-strand diadem, loop, and 4 ribbons, curly hair on top, side hair in a bun of concentric curls over the ear, mustache, long triangular beard, earring (?) 2-layer necklace w/central medallion, tunic/cuirass w/ornamental border.
reverse: King, left, on the throne, receiving wreath or diadem from facing goddess in a long robe, between the heads the year HΦ (194/195 AD), exergual line, partial letters around the edge.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 24mm, weight: 13,12g, axes: 0h,
mint: Seleucia, date:HΦ=194/195 A.D., ref: Sellwood 87.15, Shore 444,
Q-001quadrans11/28/16 at 09:48Schatz: One of the best I have ever seen regarding metal a...
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Kamnaskires-OrodesAE drachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 12.3.1-2A2.eKamnaskires09/24/16 at 19:42Schatz: This guy always looks so wild. Wonder what he was ...
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Kamnaskires-OrodesAE drachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 12.3.1-1B.e (this coin)
Ex-Van't Haaff CollectionKamnaskires09/24/16 at 19:40Schatz: The hair bunches look like ripe grapes.
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Greek coin obverse09/24/16 at 19:37Schatz: Looks like the Parthian ruler Gotarzes II. Can you...
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PhraatesAE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 14.7.1-1B.a (this coin)
Ex-Van't Haaff CollectionKamnaskires09/12/16 at 11:27Schatz: Love the shape of the beard!
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Phraates IV S52.10Phraates IV 38-2BC. Drachm, 18mm, 3.70g
Obverse: Bareheaded bust L, pointed beard, wart on brow, segmented necklet, wearing diadem, eagle bearing wreath behind head.
Reverse: Archer seated R on throne, holding bow. BASILEWS BASILEWN/ARSAKOY/APIPHANOUS FILHELLHNOS
Sellwood 52.10Robert_Brenchley12/29/10 at 12:35Schatz: Perhaps you could turn the reverse by 180 degrees ...
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