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RhegionBRUTTIUM, Rhegion. c. 415/0-387 BC. Tetradrachm (16.73 g). Lion’s mask facing. Rev. ΡΗΓΙΝΟΝ Laureate head of Apollo to right, with olive sprig behind. Herzfelder 95f (this coin).
Ratto 1926, lot 776,
Naville V, lot 758,
Ratto 1912, lot 353,
ex Froehner collection, Ratto 1909, lot 1059Jul 31, 2020
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HyriaCAMPANIA, Hyrianoi. Circa 405-400 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 7.55 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Man-headed bull standing right. Rutter 46 (O26/R40); HN Italy 539.
from the Baldwin Maull collection, CNG e-sale 452, 18 September 2019, lot 11; Stacks, 30 January 1958, lot 1; from the Polese collection, Canessa V, 12 June 1928, lot 28Jul 28, 2020
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VeliaLUCANIA, Velia. Circa 340-334 BC. AR Nomos. Theta Group. Helmeted head of Athena leftt; pellet in P behind neck / Lion standing right; Φ above. Williams 264 (O152/R203); HN Italy 1284; ; HGC 1, 1310
from the Alfred Blondel collection, Elsen 8 September 2018, lot 11; Hess-Leu 11, 24 March 1959, lot 3;, Jacob Hirsch XXXIV, 5.5.1914, lot 66; from the Hartwig collection, Santamaria 7.3.1910, lot 343; reputedly from the Vicomte de Sartiges collection (not in the catalogue)Jul 28, 2020
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VeliaLUCANIA, Velia. Circa 300-280 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.43 g, 2h). Philistion group. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin; Δ above visor, [Φ before neck] / Lion standing right; Φ-I flanking pentagram above. Williams 424 (O210/R300); HN Italy 1306; SNG ANS 1367
Jean Elsen 142, 14 September 2019, lot 22Jul 28, 2020
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VeliaLUCANIA, Velia. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 7.20 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with griffin, palmette on neck guard; A before crest, IE within linear square behind neck guard / Lion attacking stag left. Williams 561 (O281/R394); HN Italy 1318
from the Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred Mirsky collection, Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 59Jul 28, 2020
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VeliaLUCANIA, Velia. Circa 340-334 BC. AR Nomos (23mm, 7.56 g). Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet decorated with griffin; Π behind / Lion walking right; Φ above, X below. Williams 255 (O149/R202); SNG ANS 1298 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1543 (same dies); HN Italy 1284
Kunker 216, 8 October 2012, lot 94Jul 28, 2020
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VeliaLucania, Velia. Circa 300-280 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.53 g, 10h). Philistion Group. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with dolphin, Φ on neck-guard / Lion walking right; above, Φ, trident, I. Williams 505; HN Italy 1312
Kunker 216, 8 October 2012, Ciani, 1 June 1921, lot 94Jul 28, 2020
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VeliaLucania, Velia AR Stater. Period VII, signed by Philistion. Circa 305-290 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with winged Nike in quadriga on bowl, Pegasos on neck guard, ΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΩΝΟΣ on crest holder; Θ behind, E before / Lion crouching left holding sword in mouth and right paw, the Dioskouroi above between Φ-I; YEΛHTΩN in exergue. Williams 409b (this coin); Mangieri 163 (this coin); SNG Lockett 559. 7.51g, 22mm, 7h.
from ADM collection, Noble Numismatics 96, 5 April 2011, lot 4954; Triton II, 1 December 1998, lot 110Jul 28, 2020
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Philip II.Kingdom of Macedon. Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Pella, circa 336-328 BC. Struck under Alexander III. Laureate head of Zeus right / Nude youth on horseback right, holding palm in right hand and reins in left; ΦIΛIΠΠOY around, wreath below. Le Rider 387. 14.31g.Aug 15, 2013
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VeliaAR stater, signed by Philistion, 7.30g, circa 305-290 BC, Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with winged Nike in quadriga on bowl, pegasus on neck guard, FILISTIWNOS on crest holder; Q behind, E before. Rev: Lion crouching left holding sword in mouth and right paw, the Dioskouroi above between F-I; UELHTWN in exergue. Williams 409 (c), this coin.
ex Lloyd and Evans collectionsFeb 05, 2013
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VeliaAR stater, 7.29g, Obv: Head of Athena right, Rev: Lion standing in front of palm tree, Williams 490(r), this coin, SNG Lockett 563, this coin.
ex Lockett collectionFeb 05, 2013
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Syracuse tetradrachmSICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Hieron I, circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath / Diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; four dolphins around. SNG ANS 107Nov 13, 2012
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Thasos staterObv. Anepigraphic. Archaic-style ithyphallic Silenos running r., carrying protesting nymph. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. No symbols or monograms. Struck c. 525-463 BC. HGC 6, 331Nov 13, 2012
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Ptolemy III. EuergetesPtolemy III Euergetes (246 – 221 BC), Drachm, AE 42, 74,94 gm, Zeus Ammon, facing right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt, closed wings, head facing left, cornucopia in left field, CHI RHO monogram between legs, Svoronos 964Jul 04, 2011
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Ptolemy I.Ptolemy I; 323-310 BC, Alexandria, c. 312-285 BC, AR Tetradrachm, 14.18g. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I r., aegis around neck, within beaded border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, P and monogram in l. field, Sv. 252, SNG Cop. 69
Ex Harlan J. Berk BBS 46, 6.12.1986, lot 332Jun 26, 2011
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Demetrios I. SoterDemetrios I. Soter (161 -150), AE Serrate, 15,62g, Laureate head of Apollo right; bow and quiver behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, SNG Cop. 239.Jun 24, 2011
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TrajanTrajan AE As. 10,70 g. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V PP, laureate head right, with aegis / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C, Victory standing right, fixing a shield inscribed VIC DAC to a palm tree. RIC 529, Cohen 454Jun 22, 2011
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Julia DomnaJULIA DOMNA, wife of Septimius Severus, 193-217
Sestertius, late 195-early 196. AE 18.89 g. IVLIA - AVGVSTA Draped bust r., the hair in a large bun on the back of the head. Rev. CE-RES / S - C Ceres, wearing long dress and veil, standing facing, head turned l., holding long torch with her l. hand, ears in her lowered r. hand over burning round altar. RIC 848
CERES is a comparatively common type on sestertii, so must fall before the drastic cutback in the production of sestertii early in 198, and indeed even before the preliminary cutback of sestertius production in mid-196.
Its date is beyond question late 195-early 196, since CERES is the type that appeared on Julia's New Year's issue of large bronze medallions and asses for 1 January 196. In the course of 196, after defeating Albinus on 19 Feb. 196 (not 197 as all the books say), Septimius cancelled the annual New Year's issues of medallions and asses, so that none at all were issued for 1 Jan. 197 or 198.
The misdating of Julia's CERES type to 198 that appears in various resources is due to P.V. Hill, whose work on the Severan coinage is largely mere guesswork and therefore often grossly mistaken. It is a shame that Hill's largely erroneous dates have now been taken over as fact and so given wide currency by David Sear in his new Roman Coins and Their Values!
I was able to establish the true chronology of the coinage of 193-8 in my Oxford thesis of 1972, which Hill couldn't of course consult for his first edition of 1964, and didn't consult for his second edition of 1977, though the Coin Room at the BM has a copy.
This CERES sestertius is no. 1761 in my die catalogue, obv. 453, rev. 661, other specimens in BM 764, Glasgow, Paris, and Naples.
Obv. die 453 is interesting, because it was used first with the CERES rev. die 661, like this coin; then with all five recorded MATRI CASTRORVM dies, this type coming from this obv. die only on sestertii; and finally with an early rev. die of the next normal type, HILARITAS.
HILARITAS of 196 was the last comparatively common sestertius rev. type of Julia's early coinage; then came the preliminary cutback, and the next three types, DIANA LVCIFERA, IVNO REGINA, and VESTAE SANCTAE, were considerably scarcer. Thereafter came the drastic cutback early in 198. (Curtis Clay)
Jun 21, 2011
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Antiochos VII EuergetesAntiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm, 16.52 g. Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, monogram above A; all within laurel wreath. SC 2061.2Jun 20, 2011
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