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1st Century BC - 1st Century CE, IRON AGE BRITAIN, Tribe: Trinovantes, AE Unit, Struck c.10 BC – 10 CE in Camulodunum(?) in Essex under DubnovellaunusObverse: Head facing right, hair(?) lines on head divided by clear centre parting.
Reverse: Horse prancing left; complex pellets and circles above and below.
Diameter: 13.5mm | Weight: 1.61gms | Axis: 3h
SPINK: -- | BMC -- | ABC 2413
VERY RARE
Very rare uninscribed bronze unit of Dubnovellaunus found in Essex. The type is designated as a “Dubnovellaunus Centre Parting” bronze unit in ABC (Ancient British Coins), and to date (January, 2023) it is unlisted in any other major reference works.
DUBNOVELLAUNUS
It is generally thought that Dubnovellaunus succeeded his father Addedomarus as king of the Trinovantes somewhere around 10-5 BC and ruled for several years before being supplanted by Cunobelinus of the Catuvellauni.
In the Res Gestae Divi Augusti, a British king called Dumnovellaunus appears, alongside Tincomarus of the Atrebates, as a supplicant to Augustus in around AD 7 and, given the chronology, it is indeed possible that Dubnovellaunus of the Trinovantes is the same person as the Dumnovellaunus who presented himself to Augustus. The spelling variation is due to a Celtic, rather than a Latin, interpretation of the ruler's name.
It is worth mentioning that the authors of ABC (Ancient British Coins) also think that Dubnovellaunus of the Trinovantes could possibly be the same individual as the Dumnovellaunus who ruled in Kent in the 30s - 20s BC, they suggest that he could have been a Cantian king who later gained control over the southern part of the Trinovantes and that therefore he might have ruled both territories north and south of the Thames estuary for a few years. It should be noted however, that Van Arsdell, an authority on the Celtic Coinage of Britain, emphatically disputes this.
TRINOVANTES
The Trinovantes were one of the Iron Age Celtic tribes of Pre-Roman Britain. Their territory was on the north side of the Thames estuary in the present day counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk, and also included lands now located in Greater London. They were bordered to the north by the Iceni, and to the west by the Catuvellauni. Their capital was Camulodunum (modern Colchester).
Shortly before Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55 and 54 BC, the Trinovantes were considered the most powerful tribe in Britain. At this time their capital was probably at Braughing (in modern-day Hertfordshire). In some copies of Caesar's Gallic War their king is referred to as Imanuentius, although no name is given in other copies which have come down to us. That said however, it seems that this king was overthrown by Cassivellaunus, king of the Catuvellauni, some time before Caesar's second expedition and that Imanuentius' son, Mandubracius, fled to the protection of Caesar in Gaul. During his second expedition Caesar defeated Cassivellaunus and restored Mandubracius to the kingship. Cassivellaunus agreed to pay tribute and also undertook not to attack him again.
The next identifiable king of the Trinovantes, known from numismatic evidence, was Addedomarus, who took power around 20 – 15 BCE, and moved the tribe's capital to Camulodunum. For a brief period, around 10 BCE, Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni issued coins from Camulodunum, suggesting that he must have conquered the Trinovantes, but he was soon forced to withdraw, perhaps as a result of pressure from the Romans. Addedomarus was restored and Tasciovanus' later coins no longer bear the mark “REX”. Addedomarus was briefly succeeded by his son Dubnovellaunus, around 10 to 5 BCE, but a few years later the tribe was conquered by either Tasciovanus or his son Cunobelinus.
The Trinovantes do not appear in history again until their participation in Boudica's revolt against the Romans in 60 CE. After that though they seem to have embraced the Romanisation of Britain and their name was later given to one of the “civitates” of Roman Britain, whose chief town was Caesaromagus (modern Chelmsford in Essex).
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ALFOLDI 065.040OBVERSE: IMP PROBVS P F AVG
REVERSE: SALVS AVG (Salvs standing)
BUST TYPE: F1 = radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/S//XXI
WEIGHT 3.62g / AXIS: 12h / DIAMETER: 21-23mm
MINT: Siscia
RIC 748
ALFOLDI 065.040 (1 ex. only cited)
COLLECTION NO. 1498
Provenance: EBAY auction no. 202856719662 (ancientground) of 2020-02-11 Barnaba6
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Apollonia Pontica Topalov 55 - Silver Obol410/404 – 341/323 B.C.
0.57 gm, 8.5 mm
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo ¾ left with short hair
Rev.: Anchor; crayfish to left, A to right
Topalov Apollonia p.596, 55; p.395, 1-3; p.774;
HGC 3, 1317;
SNG Bulgaria (Ruse) II, 296/297
Is this coin a fouree (ancient imitation – silver coating a base metal core) or a heavily damaged silver coin – fire, electrolyses?
Topalov Type 55: "Apollo's Head Turned Aside to 3/4 - Upright Anchor" Silver Obol (410/404 – 341/323 B.C.)
Obv.: Laureate Apollo ¾ left (rarely right) with short hair.
Rev.: Upright anchor with thick flukes and a rectangular stock. The letter A on one side and the additional symbol of a crab viewed from above on the other side between flukes and the stock.Jaimelai
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ARTUQUIDS OF MARDIN -- Husam Al Din Yulus ArslanARTUQUIDS OF MARDIN -- Husam Al Din Yulus Arslan (1184-1201) AE 32 mm. Dirhem. Large diademed Roman-style head l. (Sun?), small crowned byzantine bust facing (Jupiter?) wearing loros (ancient consular toga); kufic legend. Rv. Four lines kufic legend citing Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din Yusuf bin Ayyub (Saladin). 15,31 g, d=33 mm. SS 101, Type 34. Mitchiner, WoI 1035. Hennequin, BN 468, 1098.dpaul7
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B 059 Anonymous Follis, SB ????, AE-Follis, Class A2 (?), (Ancient (Barbar) Imitation), B 059 Anonymous Follis, SB ????, AE-Follis, Class A2 (?), (Ancient (Barbar) Imitation),
(Class A2, attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII.)
averse: +ЄMMΔ VOHΛI instead of +ЄMMA NOVHΛ, IC-XC, Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
reverse: +IhSyS / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings", all S are "revers" !!!
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 24,5-26,6mm, weight: 9,04g, axis: 6h,
mint: Ancient (Barbar) Imitation., date: ??? A.D., ref: SB ???,
Q-001quadrans
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Barbarica III secolo, minimissimoBarbarica, minimissimo. Zecca gallica o britannica
AE, 7,31 mm, 0,3 gr, MB
D/ busto a dx
R/ non decifrabile
Provenienza: ex Marc Breitsprecher (Ancient Imports, Usa) collection. Acquisita nel maggio 2012paolo
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Bosporus Satyr LionCimmerian Bosporus Kingdom, 325 - 310 BC, 19mm, 6.42g, SNG Stancomb 553, SNG BM Black Sea 883-5, Macdonald 70, HGC 7, 114
OBV: Ivy wreathed head of young satyr left
REV: Π-Α-[N] around head of lion left
Panticapaeum (Ancient Greek: Παντικάπαιον, romanized: Padikápeon)
was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea,
which the Greeks called Taurica. The city was built on Mount Mithridat,
a hill on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
It was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC.SRukke
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Byzantine, Anonymous Follis, SB ????, AE-Follis, Class A2 (?), (Ancient (Barbar) Imitation), Anonymous Follis, SB ????, AE-Follis, Class A2 (?), (Ancient (Barbar) Imitation),
(Class A2, attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII.)
averse: +ЄMMΔ VOHΛI instead of +ЄMMA NOVHΛ, IC-XC, Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
reverse: +IhSyS / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings", all S are "revers" !!!
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 24,5-26,6mm, weight: 9,04g, axis: 6h,
mint: Ancient (Barbar) Imitation., date: ??? A.D., ref: SB ???,
Q-001quadrans
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Campgate: Costantino II, AE3, zecca di TessalonicaConstantine II, Thessalonica mint
AE, 18 mm, 2.7 gr
D/ CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust left
R/ PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, campgate with two turrets and star above, SMTSD in ex
RIC VII 157
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo (Roma Italia, dal 26 febbraio 2014, numero catalogo 200), ex Alexander Fishman collection (Ancient Coins, Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada, fino al 2013)paolo
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Cimmerian Bosporos. Panticapaeum. (Circa 325-310 BC)AE17 (4.07 gm)
Obverse: Head of bearded satyr left
Reverse: Î -A-N, head of bull left.
MacDonald 67. Anokhin 132.
Panticapaeum (Ancient Greek: Παντικάπαιον, translit. Pantikápaion, Russian: Пантикапей, translit. Pantikapei) was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city was built on Mount Mithridat, a hill on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus. It was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC.
This area eventually came to be ruled by the Spartocids, a Hellenized Thracian dynasty that ruled the Hellenistic Kingdom of Bosporus between the years 438–108 BC. They had usurped the former dynasty, the Archaeanactids, a Greek dynasty of the Bosporan Kingdom who were tyrants of Panticapaeum from 480 - 438 BC that were usurped from the Bosporan throne by Spartokos I in 438 BC, whom the dynasty is named after.
Spartokos I is often thought to have been a Thracian mercenary who was hired by the Archaeanactids, and that he usurped the Archaeanactids becoming "king" of the Bosporan Kingdom, then only a few cities, such as Panticapaeum. Spartokos was succeeded by his son, Satyros I, who would go on to conquer many cities around Panticapaeum such as Nymphaeum and Kimmerikon. Satyros's son, Leukon I, would go to conquer and expand the kingdom beyond boundaries his father ever thought of.
Ultimately, the Bosporan Kingdom entered into a decline due to numerous attacks from nomadic Scythian tribes in the subsequent centuries leading up to its fall.Nathan P
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Constantine II, RIC VII, Aquileia 95Constantine II, AD 317-340
AE 3, 2.81g
Aquileia, AD 321, 3rd officina
obv. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, l.
rev. CAESARVM NOSTRORVM
Laurel wreath inscribed with VOT / X
in ex. dot AQT dot
ref. RIC VII, Aquileia 95; C.39
R1!, F+/about VF, nearly black patina
pedigree:
ex Marc Breitsprecher (Ancient Imports)
ex coll. Victor Failmezger
ex Numismatic Fine Arts Auction 3/93, Lot 2150
ex old Bavarian coll. #4159
ex A. Riechmann/Halle #1623 (AD 1919?)
For more information please look at the article 'The Bavarian Collection' at the board 'History and Archaeology'.Jochen
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Constantine II, RIC VII, Siscia 236Constantine II, AD 317-340
AE 3, 2.14g
Siscia, AD 334/335, 5th officina
obv. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Bust, cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. GLOR - IA EXER - CITVS
Two soldiers, helmeted, with spear and shield, stg. facing each other, between them two standards
in ex. dot ESIS dot
ref. RIC VII, Siscia 236; C.114
about VF
pedigree:
ex Marc Breitsprecher (Ancient Imports)
ex coll. Victor Failmezger
ex Numismatic Fine Arts Auction 3/93, Lot 2170
ex old Bavarian coll. #4414
For more information please look at the article 'The Bavarian Collection' at the board 'History and Archaeology'.Jochen
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Cr 18/6 Cast Æ UnciaRome, c. 270 b.c.e.
o: Barley-grain; pellet to l.
r: Barley-grain; pellet to r.
25mm, 26.65gm, 6h
The "Apollo/Apollo" group, not quite the earliest Roman bronze. The "uncia" or ounce being 1/12th of the Roman pound. This specimen, though having some corrosion, comes rather close to a pound of 320 grams. It also shows the shape of the cast rather distinctly. If we had more photo options, I would show the (ancient) sprue mark and bevel of the cast more clearly.PMah
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Fausta, RIC VIII, Trier 483Fausta, Augusta AD 324-326, 2nd wife of Constantine I
AE 3, 3.85g, 19.26mm
Trier, AD 326, 1st officina
obv. FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG
Bust, draped, with necklace, r.: hair in 5 waves and small bun in neck
rev. SALVS REI - PVBLICAE
Fausta, in long garmant and veiled, stg. l., holding two infants at her breast
in ex. STR crescent with dot in cavity
ref. RIC VII, Trier 483; C.6
about VF, slightly rough
pedigree:
ex Marc Breitsprecher (Ancient Imports)
ex coll. Victor Failmezger (plate coin)
ex Numismatic Fine Arts Auction 3/93, Lot 1919
ex old Bavarian coll. #473, acquired AD 1919(?)
For more information please look at the article 'The Bavarian Collection' in the board 'History and Archaeology' Jochen
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Ilion, AE 13, Head of Athena right/ Athena Ilias to left, IΛI, caduceus-HTroas, Ilion (ancient Troy). AE 13mm (1.82g) after 159 B.C. Head of Athena r., wearing crested Attic helmet. Athena Ilias to left, IΛI downward in r.field; caduceus-H in l.field. Bellinger T60; Ex Gert Boersema, photo credit Gert BoersemaPodiceps
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Iran, Bisitun (Behistun), Kermanshah ProvinceOn the road from Hamadan (ancient Ekbatana) to the city of Kermanshah halfway up Mount Bisitun a number of unique bas reliefs from about 520 BC catch the eye. The Achaemenid king Dareios I (522 - 486 BC) had the largest one chiseled into the face of the mountain to tell the world of his triumph over his rival Gaumata and nine other rebels. The sensational part of the relief are the extensive cuneiform inscriptions above, below, and to the sides of the figures. They are in Elamite, Babylonian, and Old Persian, the latter a language which was created on the king’s order since up to then there was no written Persian language. The creation is a mixture of Elamite, Babylonian, and Aramaic. It was not deciphered until the middle of the 18th cent. AD by a British officer, adventurer, and amateur archeologist Sir Henry Rawlinson.
Schatz
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Italy, Sicily, Agrigento, Valley of the TemplesThe Valle dei Templi (English: Valley of the Temples, Sicilian: Vaddi di li Tempri) is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek Akragas), Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily as well as a national monument of Italy. The area was included in the UNESCO Heritage Site list in 1997. Much of the excavation and restoration of the temples was due to the efforts of archaeologist Domenico Antonio Lo Faso Pietrasanta (1783–1863), who was the Duke of Serradifalco from 1809 through 1812.
The term "valley" is a misnomer, the site being located on a ridge outside the town of Agrigento.
Joe Sermarini
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Jug #6Western Asia (Holy Land)
Iron Age II C (800-587 BC)
14.9 cm (5.9”)
Amiran (Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land), plate 89, fig. 20
Description:
Vessel (“dipper juglet”) with rounded bottom, tall neck flaring toward broken rim, loop handle, remnants of red slip.
Ex-NY City collection (estate sale)Kamnaskires
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Jug #7Western Asia (Holy Land)
Iron Age II C (800-587 BC)
12.7 cm (5”)
Amiran (Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land), plate 88, fig. 17
Description:
Vessel (“dipper juglet”) with rounded bottom, tall neck flaring toward broken rim, loop handle.
Ex-NY City collection (estate sale)Kamnaskires
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Jug #8Western Asia (Holy Land)
Iron Age II C (800-587 BC)
10.16 cm (4”)
Amiran (Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land), plate 89, fig. 15
Description:
Common southern Holy Land jug form (as per Amiran) with squat globular body, rounded base, handle drawn from rim to shoulder.
Ex-NY City collection (estate sale)Kamnaskires
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Jug #9Western Asia (Holy Land)
Iron Age II C (800-587 BC)
9.53 cm (3.75”)
Amiran (Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land), plate 89, fig. 15
Description:
Common southern Holy Land jug form (as per Amiran) with squat globular body, rounded base, handle drawn from rim to shoulder.
Ex-NY City collection (estate sale)Kamnaskires
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Kese PegasusNumista 340677 (other references there)
Male head right, with three vertical dots behind / Forepart of Pegasus to the right, three horizontal dots above.
KESE under Pegasus, in ancient Iberian script (three symbols left to right Ke-S-E)
Cessetani people (ancient non-Celtic Iberians), Kese (Cese), Hispania (modern-day Vila-seca, Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain), first half of the 2nd century BC (195–170 BC).
Æ 15-16mm 2.62g 9hYurii P
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Licinius II VOT XX SIS star SISCIA Mint (Ancient Imitation)note from Dane from Helvecta
LICINIVS IVN NOB C or LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES are all VOT V reverses and are on the VOT V page of my list (RIC 154, 155, 162), or they have different reverses types such as trophy with captives, Victoriae Laetae etc.
There are no Licinius II coins with a VOT XX reverse in RIC except one single coin: RIC VII Rome 212 with the mintmark RP and even that one should be seen as dubious. Licinius II was Caesar for only 7-8 years, from 317 to 324 AD. A VOT X would be suitable, but not one repeating his vows for 20 years.
In addition, the obverse legend of this coin is very peculiar without the full name, simply being (as far as I can see) LICIN LICIN IVN dot H AES, so no LICINIVS which should be there somewhere. And finally, the gamma of the mintmark is quite poor, resembling more an I than a gamma.
So in my opinion it is an ancient imitationJames b4
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Literature, COLOSSEUM COIN EXCHANGE FPL 59, 22 Nov 1991 (Ex BCD Library Duplicates, Malter Library) Numismatic Literature (Sale Catalogs). COLOSSEUM COIN EXCHANGE (Ira Teitelbaum, Hazlet, NJ) Fixed Price List 59 + MBS 91, 22 Nov 1991.
304 Ancient coins (500 lots, incl. antiquities), f. ill. on 13 b&w pl. of coins (36 pl. total), 11 pp. (ancient coins desc. on pp. 1-6). “Special” FPL is a small offering of Sumerian bead necklaces ($19-25 + $4 S&H).
References: Fitzwilliam, A-D [LINK]; not in Gengerke [LINK].
Provenance: Ex BCD Library; ex library of Joel L. Malter (1931-2006), addressed to Malter Galleries (Encino, CA), postmarked 13 October 1991 AND 6 November; possibly ex Malter Numismatic Library sale (Malter Auction 88, 4-5 June 2006, incl. >50 boxes of mixed sale catalogs, at least 7 w/ miscellaneous material).
Notes: Joel Malter’s numismatic library was one of his great lifelong achievements, and its sale (held at his private residence!) generated tremendous excitement and record prices. He died the following day. See e-Sylum (Numismatic Bibliomania Society) article: [LINK].
This was the first auction that I ever bid in. I won Lot 2, Aegina Drachm: [Gallery LINK]. But lost my copy of the catalog. Luckily I found this one in the 2022 sale of BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50, Lot 1041, part).Curtis JJ
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Pontius Pilatus, prutah (Boyd collection)Ponzio Pilato, prutah (30-31 d.C.)
AE, 15.32 mm, 2.3 gr., B
D/ Lituus
R/ Anno in corona non distinguibile
Hendin 649/650
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (15 dicembre 2008, numero catalogo 34), ex Marc Breitsprecher collection (Ancient imports, Grand Marais MN Usa, 2007), ex Baldwin's auction 42 (London, 2005), ex W.C. Boyd collection (London, gennaio 1896). Precedente proprietario indecifrabile sul cartellino autografo.paolo
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Premoneta celtica, area danubiana, (800-500 a.C.)Proto moneta ad anello celtica (800-500 a.C.). Area danubiana.
AE, 3.7 gr, 19 mm (diametro)
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (6 dicembre 2007, numero catalogo 108), ex dr. Alexander Fishman collection (Ancient Coins, Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada, fino al 2007)
NOTA: origine da hoard ungherese. Presentato sul sito lamoneta.it nel maggio 2008paolo
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RIC 0143 VespasianÆ Sestertius, 27.31g
Rome mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: CAES AVG F DES IMP AVG F COS DES IT; S C in field; Titus and Domitian stg. l. and r., with spears; Titus (to r.) also with parazonium, Domitian with roll
RIC 143 (R). BMC 528. BNC 473.
Acquired from NumisCorner, June 2020.
An iconic dynastic sestertius struck during Vespasian's great bronze issue of 71. The type was struck both at Rome and Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) and announced Vespasian's intention to found a dynasty. Mattingly in BMCRE II calls it a 'famous' type placing the figures on the reverse as Titus on the left and Domitian on the right. While that is the conventional numismatic placement for the two Caesares, here we see the figure on the right holding a parazonium an attribute of an imperator, which of the two could only be Titus. Conversely, the figure on the left is holding something smaller (a book scroll?) that does not appear to be a parazonium. The reverse legend corresponds for this placement of the figures with the first half of the legend CAES AVG F DES for Domitian on the left, the second half IMP AVG F COS DES IT for Titus on the right. The legend has caused confusion over the years with some numismatists creating the phantom title Designatus Imperator for Titus. The title COS is implied for Domitian after DES in the legend as a kind of numismatic shorthand. Gunnar Seelentag attempted to clear up the matter in his Numismatic Chronicle, Vol 167 (2007) article 'Titus and the Supposed Title Designatus Imperator', but doubts remain. Curtis Clay has proposed that the traditional view of Titus on the left and Domitian on the right is correct, pointing out that both are holding a parazonium, theorising Titus's is hidden behind his body with only the handle showing. His arguments in full can be read here: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=44488.0 The reverse type itself is fairly rare with only a handful of specimens coming to market each decade. Flavian dynastic types are far more common in silver.
Fantastic early style portrait.David Atherton
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RIC 1132 VespasianÆ Sestertius, 24.45g
Lyon mint, 71 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; globe at point of bust
Rev: CAESAR AVG F DES IMP AVG F COS DES II; S C in exergue; Titus and Domitian stg. front, each with spear and parazonium
RIC 1132 (R). BMC 799. BNC -.
Acquired from Romae Aeternae, June 2019.
An iconic dynastic sestertius struck during Vespasian's great bronze issue of 71. The type was struck both at Rome and Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) and announced Vespasian's intention to found a dynasty. Mattingly in BMCRE II calls it a 'famous' type placing the figures on the reverse as Titus on the left and Domitian on the right. While that is a conventional numismatic placement for the two Caesares, here we see the figure on the right holding a parazonium an attribute of an imperator, which of the two could only be Titus. Conversely, the figure on the left is holding something smaller (a roll?) that does not appear to be a parazonium, despite the above RIC description. The reverse legend corresponds for this placement of the figures with the first half of the legend CAES AVG F DES for Domitian on the left, the second half IMP AVG F COS DES II for Titus on the right. The legend has caused confusion over the years with some numismatists creating the phantom title Designatus Imperator for Titus. The title COS is implied for Domitian after DES in the legend, a kind of numismatic shorthand if you will. Gunnar Seelentag attempted to clear up the matter up in Numismatic Chronicle, Vol 167 (2007), but doubts remain. Curtis Clay has proposed that the traditional view of Titus on the left and Domitian on the right is correct, pointing out that both are holding a parazonium, theorising Titus' is hidden behind his body with only the handle showing. His arguments in full can be read here: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=44488.0 The reverse type itself is fairly rare with only a handful of specimens coming to market each decade, this Lugdunese specimen is much scarcer than those from Rome. Flavian dynastic types are far more common in silver.
Fantastic style with old cabinet toning. Same reverse die as Gemini IX, lot 414.
NB: Special thanks to Curtis Clay for additional numismatic information.
David Atherton
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RIC 1235 VespasianÆ As, 9.42g
Lyon mint, 77-78 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; globe at point of bust
Rev: PROVIDENT in exergue; S C in field; Garlanded Altar
RIC 1235 (C). BMC 846 var. (plain altar). BNC 848 var. (same).
Acquired from Kölner, June 2019.
Late in Vespasian's reign the mint at Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) struck a fairly large issue of bronze at a time when the mint at Rome was winding down its own bronze production. Presumably this late issue was produced to address a shortage of bronze coinage in the Western provinces. Many of the types were recycled from earlier issues from both Rome and Lyon. The common PROVIDENT altar type was sometimes struck at Lyon with a decorative garland, as seen on this example. Although this variant is not rare, surprisingly it is missing from the BM collection. Although the type is commonly described as an altar, Marvin Tameanko has convincingly argued it is actually a sacellum, or small shrine. Originally, Tiberius struck the Provident altar type for Divus Augustus. It was later revived during the recent Civil War and was struck by both Galba and Vitellius.
Provenanced to an old 'South German collection from the 1920s to the 1950s'. Nice old cabinet tone. David Atherton
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RIC 1237 VespasianÆ As, 10.23g
Lyon mint, 77-78 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; globe at point of bust
Rev: S C in field; Eagle stg. front on globe, wings outstretched, head r.
RIC 1237 (C3). BMC 848. BNC 849.
Acquired from London Ancient Coins, November 2021.
Late in Vespasian's reign the mint at Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) struck a fairly large issue of bronze at a time when the mint at Rome was winding down its own bronze production. Presumably this late issue was produced to address a shortage of bronze coinage in the Western provinces. Many of the types were recycled from earlier issues from both Rome and Lyon.
This iconic eagle on globe type copies a similar reverse struck under Tiberius for Divus Augustus. The connection to Augustus demonstrates Vespasian's worthiness as his successor. The type is fairly rare at Rome and more commonly found from the mint at Lugdunum (Lyon). It is almost exclusively reserved for the As issues at both mints.David Atherton
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RIC 1241 VespasianÆ As, 9.41g
Lyon mint, 77-78 AD
Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.; globe at point of bust
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI; S C in field; Victory adv. l., with wreath and palm
RIC 1241 (C). BMC 851. BNC 853.
Acquired from London Ancient Coins, July 2022.
Late in Vespasian's reign the mint at Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) struck a fairly large issue of bronze at a time when the mint at Rome was winding down its own bronze production. Presumably this late issue was produced to address a shortage of bronze coinage in the Western provinces. Many of the types were recycled from earlier issues from both Rome and Lyon, such as this common Victory type.David Atherton
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Barbaric Julia DomnaJulia Domna --AR Denarius. Contemporary (ancient) imitation. IVLIA DOMINA (sic) AVG. R: Vesta seated left holding palladium and sceptre. featherz
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Hadrian, Fourree (Ancient Counterfeit) DenariusObv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Laureate and draped bust, right.
Rev: COS III
Star over crescent.
Fourre, 3.2 gm, 18.1 mm
Comment: Fourree.
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Roman Empire, Licinius I - R3This is a very nice example of an AE3 reduced follis for Licinius I, from the mint at Arelate, officina (workshop) 1
Obv inscr: IMP LICINVS P F AVG. The bust of the emperor is wearing a laurel wreath and a cuirass, so it is a B5 class bust. This example is a bit special because the name of the emperor is misspelled.
Rev.: SOLI INVICTO COMITI, with C and S in the two fields r and L, and PARL in the exergue, which is the mint mark for Arelate officina P (for Prima = first) (as I mentioned above).
The coin is a variant of a coin listed in the standard reference Roman Imperial Coinage, vol VII, as #155 for the mint at Arelate (ancient Arles, France). Because of the misspelling this coin is not actually listed, and the "normal" version is rated as an R4.
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Roman Empire, Licinius I. AE3This is a very nice example of an AE3 reduced follis for Licinius I, from the mint at Arelate, officina (workshop) 1
Obv inscr: IMP LICINVS P F AVG. The bust of the emperor is wearing a laurel wreath and a cuirass, so it is a B5 class bust. This example is a bit special because the name of the emperor is misspelled.
Rev.: SOLI INVICTO COMITI, with C and S in the two fields r and L, and PARL in the exergue, which is the mint mark for Arelate officina P (for Prima = first) (as I mentioned above).
The coin is a variant of a coin listed in the standard reference Roman Imperial Coinage, vol VII, as #155 for the mint at Arelate (ancient Arles, France). Because of the misspelling this coin is not actually listed, and the "normal" version is rated as an R4.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Trajan AE dupondius SPQRTrajan, 114-117 A.D., Rome mint.
OBV: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, radiate, draped bust right.
REV: SENATVS POPVLESQVE ROMANVS, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. S--C surrounding her.
Submitted by Andrew (ancientcoins)
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ROMAN REPUBLIC, C. Norbanus --AR DenariusC. Norbanus --AR Denarius. Contemporary (Ancient) counterfeit, not official mint issue. Diademed Venus R/Grain Ear, Fasces and Caduceus. Sydenham 739 (as official issue). featherz
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Sassinid, Ardashir I Tetradrachm, Gobl SN II/5/2Mint unknown, Ardashir I Tetradrachm, 224 - 242 A.D. BI, 26mm 11.31g, Gobl SN II/5/2 (plate I/7)
O: Bust right with long beard wearing Parthian-style headdress (Gobl II/5) with ear flaps, Pahlavi legend.
Reverse: Fire altar without attendants; Pahlavi legend.
Note: Per Arya Arvand (and thanks!) The visible Pahlavi (ancient Persian) script on the obverse of your coin is:
"mzdysn bgy" which reads: "mazdaysan bag" meaning: "worshiper of MAZDA, the lord"
and on the reverse (right side): " 'rthštr" which reads: "Artaxshahr" or Ardashir.
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SRI LANKA (imitazione romana) 433-459 d.C.Sri Lanka o Sud India, imitazione monete romane del IV-V secolo (Valentiniano I o Onorio). Databile 433-459 d.C.
D/ busto con elmo a sinistra
R/ figura stante (?)
AE, 1,2 gr., 14,31 mm., MB/D
Moneta 25 (Jarman*)
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (29 aprile 2008, numero catalogo 63); ex Marc Breitsprecher collection (Ancientimports, Grand Marais MN Usa, 2007), ex Jarman collection (Germany, prima del 2007); ex collezione privata (Germany, prima parte del XX secolo); ex Sri Lanka hoard (prima parte del XX secolo)
NOTA NUMISMATICA: l'hoard di cui faceva parte questa moneta è stato acquistato da un viaggiatore tedesco a Ceylon nel XX secolo. E' passato, poi, al ph.dr. Francis Jarman*, che è stato il primo a tentare una classificazione approssimativa. Il numero di classificazione è proprio quello relativo al lavoro di Jarman e si riferisce alla moneta nell'hoard. La classificazione è stata ultimata da Marc Breitsprecher.
NOTA STORICA: si ritiene che queste imitazioni circolassero nel sud dell'India e che servissero originariamente per gli interscambi con i mercanti romani. Nel libro "Taprobane: Ancient Sri Lanka as known to Greeks and Romans"; (1996) di Don Patrick Mervyn Weerakkody (professore e capo del dipartimento dei linguaggi classici dell' University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka) si sostiene che furono introdotte nello Sri Lanka con l'invasione dall'India di re Pandu (primo dei sette baroni Pandyas) che dominò l'isola dal 433 al 455 d. C., all'inizio dell'era feudale. Si pensa che gran parte delle monete in questione fossero utilizzate dai soldati di Pandu per le donazioni ai templi e per i normali pagamenti. L'abbandono di questi hoard potrebbe essere il risultato delle interferenze che hanno accompagnato la ribellione Sinhala (cingalese) condotta da Dhatusena, che ha posto fine al regno pandiano e alla dominazione dell'India del Sud sull'isola nel 459 d.C.
* [Storico e numismatico inglese, attualmente docente alla Universität Hildesheim, Institut für Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft, in Germania]
paolo
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Teodosio I, zecca di Antiochia (383-395 d.C.)AE4, 11 mmm, 1,28 gr. (383-395 d.C.)
D/ DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG, busto perlato-diademato, drappeggiato e corazzato a dx
R/ SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Vittoria che avanza a sx, portando un trofeo sulla spalla e trascinando un prigioniero; ANT D (delta) in ex
RIC IX Antiochia 67b
NOTA: identificato sul forum FAC in italiano, presentato dal venditore canadese (ACC, Richmond Hill, Ontario) come imitazione vandala di Valentiniano II
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (19 giugno 2010, numero catalogo 112), ex dr. Alexander Fishman collection (Ancient Coins, Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada, fino al 2010).paolo
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Turkey, Antalya Province, Limyra - TheaterLimyra was a small city in Lycia on the southern coast of Asia Minor, on the Limyrus River, about 5 1/2 KM from the mouth of that river. The ruins are about 5 km northeast of the town of Finike (ancient Phoenicus) in Antalya Province, Turkey. It was a prosperous city, and one of the oldest cities in Lycia. It had rich and abundant soil, and gradually became one of the finest trade settlements in Greece. Pericles adopted it as the capital of the Lycian League. The city came under control of the Persian Empire after it was conquered by Cyrus the Great. He later annexed Lydia and its territories after a decisive victory at the Battle of Thymbra and the Siege of Sardis, where he defeated armies twice as large as his. Cyrus then got his greatest general: Harpagus of Media to conquer the much smaller kingdoms in Anatolia, while he went to conquer the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Anatolia would become an important place for the Persian monarchs who succeeded Cyrus. The massive Royal road constructed by Darius went from the Persian capital of Persepolis, to the Anatolian city of Sardis. Limyra would stay under Persian control until it was conquered and sacked by Alexander the Great. It is mentioned by Strabo (XIV, 666), Ptolemy (V, 3, 6) and several Latin authors. Gaius Caesar, adopted son of Augustus, died there (Velleius Paterculus, II, 102). Ruins consist of a theater, tombs, sarcophagi, bas-reliefs, Greek and Lycian inscriptions etc. About 3 km east of the site is the Roman Bridge at Limyra, one of the oldest segmented arch bridges of the world.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LimyraTheater1.jpg
Photo by Kpisimon, 8 May 1988
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 UnportedJoe Sermarini
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Turkey, Cilicia, Olba, Temple of ZeusPhoto by Klaus-Peter Simon 1995. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olba_(ancient_city)Joe Sermarini
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[103tis] Tisna, Aiolis, 350 - 300 B.C.Bronze AE 17, SNG Cop 283, choice gVF, 3.960g, 16.7mm, 180o; Obverse: horned head of river-god Tisnaios left, slightly facing; Reverse :TIS/NAION either side of one-handled cup; superb and unusual style!; rare. Ex FORVM.
The following research was done by Jochen (Tribunus Plebis, 2006; Procurator Caesaris; Caesar), a member extraordinaire of the FORVM Discussion Boards, and the originator and leading contributor to our Coins of Mythological Interest Board:
"Von Mogens Herman Hansen, Thomas Heine, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Oxford University Press, p.1051: 835. *Tisna (Tisnaia) Map 56. Lat. 38-45, long. 27.05 but see 'infra' C:? The toponym Tisna can be reconstructed from the city-ethnic attested by C4 coin legends (infra). Presumably the community took its name from the river Tisna, a personification of which was depicted on Tisna's coins. Tisna struck bronze coins in C4. Types: obv. beardless male head l., horned (river god Tisnaios); rev. one-handle vase, or spearhead, or sword in sheath; legend TISNAI or TISNAIO or TISNAIOS or TISNAION (Imhoof-Blumer (1883) 275 nos.241-42; Head, HN2 557; Robert (1937) 189; BMC Troas 149; SNG Cop Aeolis 283). The book I found under books.google.de It is the first lexicon of all identifiable Greek city states of the Archaic and Classical period (c. 650-325 BC).
You can see that Tisna must be a small city in Aiolis known only by its coins. It is not mentioned in 'Der kleine Pauly' nor depicted in my Historical Atlas.
[The emphasis is mine, J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.]
Aeolis (Ancient Greek Αιολίς Aiolís) or Aeolia was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor, mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolian Greek city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of Mysia which bounded it to the north, Ionia to the south, and Lydia to the east. In early times, the Aeolians' twelve most important cities were independent, and formed a league: Cyme (also called Phriconis), Larissae, Neonteichos, Temnus, Cilla, Notium, Aegiroessa, Pitane, Aegae, Myrina, Gryneia, and Smyrna.
According to Homer's description, Odysseus, after his stay with the Cyclopes, reached the island of Aeolus, who provided him with the west wind Zephyr.
Aeolis was an ancient district on the western coast of Asia Minor. It extended along the Aegean Sea from the entrance of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles) south to the Hermus River (now the Gediz River). It was named for the Aeolians, some of whom migrated there from Greece before 1000 BC. Aeolis was, however, an ethnological and linguistic enclave rather than a geographical unit. The district often was considered part of the larger northwest region of Mysia.
By the 8th century BC, twelve of the southern Aeolian city-states were grouped together in a league. The most celebrated of the cities was Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey), but in 699 BC, Smyrna became part of an Ionian confederacy. The remaining cities were conquered by Croesus, king of Lydia (reigned 560-546 BC). Later they were held successively by the Persians, Macedonians, Seleucids, and Pergamenes. Attalus III, the last king of Pergamum, bequeathed Aeolis to Rome in 133 BC. Shortly afterward, it was made part of the Roman province of Asia. At the partition of the Roman Empire (395 AD), Aeolis was assigned to the East Roman (Byzantine) empire and remained under Byzantine rule until the early 1400s, when the Ottoman Turks occupied the area.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolis
Ed. by J.P.Fitzgerald, Jr.
Thank you, Jochen.
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