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Antonivs Protti

Commodus. Æ Sestertius. Ex Kricheldorf.
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Reign: Emperor, A.D. 177-192.
Denomination: Æ Sestertius.
Diameter: 30 mm.
Weight: 20.43 grams.
Mint: Rome, A.D. 180.
Obverse: Laureate head right.
Reverse: Commodus seated left on platform, holding roll, attended by officer holding scepter; Liberalitas standing facing, holding tessera and cornucopia; citizen mounting steps of platform.
Reference: RIC 300; Ex Kricheldrof, Liste 3 (1955), lot 70; Ex MünzZentrum Köln, Auktion 64 (1988), lot 359.2 commentspaul1888

Greek Coins
Pangaean District, Eion. Trihemiobol; Pangaean District, Eion; 5th Century BC, Trihemiobol, 0.77g. Cf. SNG ANS-287 (H behind goose's feet) and 291 (H right of goose's neck). Obv: Goose standing r., head turned back, lizard above, H (faint) before goose's feet. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Ex Morton and Eden/Sotheby 51, A Collection of Exceptional Greek Coins, 24 October 2011, lot 97; ex NFA VIII, 6 June 1980, lot 97. Formerly in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Catalogue (1955), 610; acquired by Boston as part of the Edward Perry Warren Collection, Regling, Sammlung Warren (1906), 569; obtained by Warren as part of the Canon Greenwell Collection in 1901.paul1888

020p Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), Syria, (Seleucis and Pieria), Antioch, RPC II 1955, AR-Tetradrachm, ЄΤΟΥϹ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Γ, Eagle with wreath in beak #1020p Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), Syria, (Seleucis and Pieria), Antioch, RPC II 1955, AR-Tetradrachm, ЄΤΟΥϹ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Γ, Eagle with wreath in beak #1
avers: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥЄϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΟϹ, Laureate head of Vespasian, right.
reverse: ЄΤΟΥϹ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Γ, Eagle with spread wings, with wreath in beak standing left, on the club.; in left field, palm branch.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 25,0-26,5mm, weight: 15,13g, axis: 0h,
mint: Syria, (Seleucis and Pieria), Antioch, date: 70-71 A.D.,
ref: RPC II 1955, Wruck 84, McAlee 23,
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

107a01. ArcadiusAE2. Heraclea (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint. 5.173g. 22.0mm. Obverse D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, spear in right hand, shield on left arm, hand of God above offering diadem; reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM (glory of the Romans), emperor standing facing, head left, labarum in right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield at side, captive kneeling right on left, SMHA in exergue. RIC IX Heraclea 12, LRBC II 1955. From the Errett Bishop Collection. A FORUM coin.lawrence c

1955 JOHN II AE HALF TETARTERON S-1955 DOC 17 CLBC 3.4.6
OBV Bust of St. Demetrius beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and saigon. Holds in r. hand sword and l. shield.

REV Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece, and paneled loros of a simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum headed scepter and in l. gl. cr.

Size 16mm

Weight 2.22gm

Great portrait of John II.

DOC lists 13 examples with weights from 1.05gm to 2.92gm and sizes from 15mm to 18mmSimon

1955A JOHN II AE HALF TETARTERON S-1955 DOC 17 CLBC 3.4.6
OBV Bust of St. Demetrius beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and saigon. Holds in r. hand sword and l. shield.

REV Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece, and paneled loros of a simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum headed scepter and in l. gl. cr.

Size 16.81mm

Weight 1.9gm

DOC lists 13 examples with weights from 1.05gm to 2.92gm and sizes from 15mm to 18mmSimon

1955B JOHN II AE HALF TETARTERON S-1955 DOC 17 CLBC 3.4.6 OBV Bust of St. Demetrius beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and saigon. Holds in r. hand sword and l. shield.

REV Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece, and paneled loros of a simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum headed scepter and in l. gl. cr.

Size 17.22mm

Weight 2.17gm

DOC lists 13 examples with weights from 1.05gm to 2.92gm and sizes from 15mm to 18mmSimon

20 Centavos - Rui Barbosa1955 CE

Obverse: Bust of author and lawyer Ruy Barbosa (1849-1923) facing left

·RUI BARBOSA· * BRASIL·

Reverse: Denomination above line, date below, star above line.

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1955 Pericles J2

30. Eadred.Penny, 946-955.
Obverse: +E.AD.RED.REX A / Small cross.
Reverse: ÐEODM / +++ / AER M
Moneyer: Theodmaer.
1.44 gm., 22 mm.
North #706; Seaby #1113.

Provenance: Ex Richard Cyril Locket (1873-1950), Glendinings Part I, June 1955, lot 592 (part).Callimachus

AE half Tetarteron John II SB 1955Obverse: Faing bust of St Demetrius, beardless, wearing nimbus and military attire and holding sword and shield. to l.
Reverse: +IW AEC or similar, bust facing wearing crown and loros and holding labarum and gl cr.
Mint: Thessalonica
Date: 1181-1143 CE
Sear 1955 H 11.13-14
13mm 2.00wileyc

Argolis, Hermione. 360-320/10 BC, Æ ChalkousWreathed head of Demeter Chthonia left.
Torch; E-P across field; all within wreath of grain ears.

HGC 5, 753 (C); Grandjean Group I, emission 2B, d38/r36 (this coin cited as Coll. BCD, 25); BCD Peloponnesos 1297.

(12 mm, 2.06 g, 12h).
Classical Numismatic Group, July 2009; ex- BCD Collection, purchased from Leu, January 1979; ex- Jacob Hirsch (1874-1955) with his ticket; ex- Professor Athanasios Rhousopoulos (1823-1898) Collection (R/G 5310 = Rhousopuolos Griechen 5310 per Hirsch ticket).n.igma

Athens TetradrachmTetradrachm (AR), 17.05g, 28mm, 6h. Ca. 449-404. Flament pl. IV, 2 (this coin). ex Glendinning, 18-20 April 1955 no383. Waxy deposit in Athena's ear and below the earring was cleaned, see the new photo in my gallery (I initialy believed it was horn silver)6 commentspaparoupa

BCC LS36 Lead Seal Horse/Snake?Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
6th - 7th Century CE
Obv: Horse advancing left with
uncertain objects in field, possibly
a snake underfoot, and a tree to right.
Rev: Damaged, incomplete cruciform
monogram, containing Greek letters
Δ, Φ, O, Y, I?, and at least one other
letter to left.
22.75 x 21 x 3.75mm. 10.79gm. Axis:0
cf. DOAKS, BZS.1955.1.4510 for a
horse rendered in similar style.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection1 commentsv-drome

BhutanKm7.1 - Deb (1/2 Rupee) - N/D, Ma-tam period (III) (1835-1910)
Km27 - 1 Pice - N/D (struck 1951, 1955)
Daniel F

Castulo, Spain, Semis, BullAE Semis
Castulo, Spain
Circa Second and First Centuries BC
22.0mm 5.62gr 3h
O: CN VOC STF; Bare male head, right.
R: Bull, right. CN and (Crescent) above.
Burgos 728
lucernae 281178195547
10/10/13 1/29/17Nicholas Z

Crawford 390/2, ROMAN REPUBLIC, L. Lucretius Trio, AR DenariusRome, The Republic.
L. Lucretius Trio, 74 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.89g; 20mm).
Rome Mint.

Obverse: Laureate head of Neptune with trident over left shoulder; control-mark V, behind.

Reverse: Winged boy riding bridled dolphin to right; L·LVCRETI TRIO below.

References: Crawford 390/2; Sydenham 784; BMCRR 3247-70; Lucretia 3.

Provenance: Ex Roma Numismatics XII (29 Sep 2016) Lot 530; CNG Triton XVII, Lot 532; Archer M. Huntington (d. 1955) Collection, ANS 1001.1.24776.

L. Lucretius Trio is not known to history. His coins were attributed to 76 BCE by Crawford, but Hersh and Walker down-dated the issue to 74 BCE in their analysis of the Mesagne Hoard (ANS Museum Notes 1984). Michael Harlan proposed an even later date of 72 BCE.

The coin’s design has received various interpretations over the years. Grueber thought it referred to a naval victory by one of the moneyer’s ancestors. The use of Neptune, wearing a victor’s wreath, is clear. Crawford thought the reverse may depict Palaemon, a child sea-god who came to sailors in distress. Palaemon’s mother was Leucothia, whose name bears slight resemblance to Lucretius. Harlan believes the reverse depicts a winged Cupid gleefully playing on a dolphin, and that the coin alludes to naval victories by Lucullus over Mithridates in 73 BCE (remember, Harlan proposed 72 BCE for the issue date). Whichever interpretation is correct, it’s a charming design somewhat reminiscent of 3rd century didrachms of Taras.

The obverse dies bear control-marks, each specific to a single die.
Carausius

Crawford 408/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, C. Piso Frugi, AR DenariusRome. The Republic.
Caius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 61-59 BCE
AR Denarius (3.96g; 18mm).
Rome Mint.

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing right; wheel with four spokes (control mark), behind.

Reverse: Horse with rider carrying palm, galloping right; II or П above; C PISO L F FRVG, below.

References: Crawford 408/1a (O17/R31); Sydenham 850f; Hersh O-17/R-1023; Banti 245/2 (this coin illustrated); Calpurnia 24.

Provenance: Ex Naville Numismatics 39 (29 Apr 2018), Lot 472; DeFalco FPL 80 (1968); Munzen und Medaillen XVII (2-4 Dec 1957), Lot 185; De Falco FPL 31 (Dec 1955), Lot 155.

Caius Piso Frugi, was the son of Lucius Piso Frugi who produced a huge coinage during the Social War in 90 BCE. Caius was son-in-law to Cicero, marrying Cicero’s daughter Tullia in 63 BCE. He was quaestor in 58 BCE, during which time he fought hard for repeal of Cicero’s exile. He died in 57 BCE, just before Cicero returned to Rome. Cicero thought very highly of him.

Crawford dated Caius’ coinage to 67 BCE, the year of his engagement to Tullia. The near mint state condition of Caius’ coins in the Mesagne Hoard caused Hersh and Walker to bring down the date of Caius’ mint magistracy toward the close of the hoard material, circa 61 BCE. In “Roman Republican Moneyers and Their Coins” (2nd ed.), Michael Harlan suggests a slightly later date of 59 BCE, which would be the latest possible date for the series given the hard dates of Caius’ quaestorship in 58 and death in 57.

With his coinage, Caius reissued the coin types of his father which allude to the celebration of the Ludi Apollinares instituted by Frugi's ancestor during the Second Punic War. These games were held at the Circus Maximus in July of each year and lasted 8 or 9 days, consisting of horse racing and performances.

While his father’s 90 BCE coinage was hurriedly and sloppily produced due to wartime exigency (dies were often used to the brink of destruction), Caius’ coinage was considerably well made – struck in high relief and good style. Reverse dies were convex – resulting in characteristic “cupped” reverses – to fully-strike the high relief obverses. Obverses are in two varieties: the first, with Apollo’s hair bound with a fillet or taenia; the second with his hair laureate. Hersh (1976) knew of 204 obverse dies. Laureate dies are considerably fewer than fillet/taenia dies. The reverses are quite varied, depicting the horsemen wearing various caps or capless and carrying whip, torch, palm or nothing. Hersh knew of 232 reverse dies. Obverse and reverse dies bear a series of control marks consisting of symbols, letters, Greek and Roman numbers and fractional signs. The obverse/reverse die links in the series are very random within the estimated three workshops, and are considered evidence for the “die box” method of die management by the mint officials.
1 commentsCarausius

Crawford 518/1, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Octavian, AR DenariusRome. The Imperators.
Octavian and Lucius Cornelius Balbus, 41 BCE
AR Denarius (3.36 grams; 18mm).
Military mint in Italy.

Obverse: C•CAESAR • III • VIR R•P•C; Bare head of Octavian, facing right.

Reverse: Club; BALBVS above, PRO • PR below

References: Crawford 518/1; HCRI 298; Sydenham 1325a; BMCRR (Gaul) 83-5; Julia 91.

Provenance: Ex Andrew McCabe Collection [CNG Esale 432 (14 Nov 2018) Lot 276]; ex American Numismatic Society Collection 1001.1.12863 [CNG 96 (14 May 2014) Lot 732]; ex Archer M. Huntington (d. 1955) Collection.

This scarce type was produced by Octavian’s legate, Lucius Cornelius Balbus, as propraetor. Balbus was a native of Gades (Cadiz) in Spain where there was a temple to Hercules, to which the Club reverse alludes. Balbus was favored and honored by both Pompey and Caesar. Upon Caesar’s assassination, he allied with Octavian who appointed him praetor urbanus and ultimately, in 40 BCE, he received the consulship (the first foreign-born citizen to do so). He was extremely wealthy and bequeathed 25 denarii to every Roman citizen in his will!
1 commentsCarausius

CyprusKm33 - 3 Mils - 1955
Km55.2 - 5 Cents - 1987
Km41 - 50 Mils - 1970Daniel F

Deborah Consumptive Relief Society (Brownâ€™s Mills, Pemberton Township, Burlington Co., NJ)AE token, 31.5 mm., undated.

Obv: • DEBORAH CONSUMPTIVE RELIEF • along rim above and LUCKY PIEDE / BROWN’S MILLS IN-THE-PINES in two rows along rim below, HE THAT GIVETH / KNOWETH NO WANT in two rows in center, NON- / SECTARIAN / CHARITY in three rows in center above and below, WHITEHEAD - HOAG in tiny letters along rim at 6 o’clock.

Rev: WILL / YOU HELP THE / SICK / REGAIN / THEIR / HEALTH, in six rows above and to left of a man in bed.

Ref: None known.

Note: Established in 1922 as a tuberculosis sanitarium, where many believed that the air in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens was therapeutic. When antibiotics eliminated tuberculosis in the late 1940s, the organization began to shift emphasis to treating heart diseases. In 1959 it changed its name to Deborah Hospital, and in 1973 it again changed its name to Deborah Heart and Lung Center, under which name it still operates in Brown’s Mills. It conducted a $1 million fund drive in 1929, and was apparently very active in fundraising thereafter.

Note: Minted by The Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, NJ (1880-1955).Stkp

Divus Augustus Dupondius, by Caligula, Ex Huntington, ANS, HSA CollectionsRoman Imperial. Gaius (Caligula), naming Divus Augustus, Æ Dupondius (29.5 mm, 16.57 g, 6h), Rome mint, 37-41 CE.
Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS / S – C. Radiate head of Augustus left.
Rev: CONSENSV · SENAT · ET · EQ · ORDIN · P · Q · R ·. Statue of Caligula (or Augustus?) seated left on curule chair, holding branch.
Ref: RIC I 56 (Gaius), OCRE: [LINK]; Cohen 87; BMC 88; MIR 11-5
Prov: Ex Collections Archer Huntington (1870-1955), American Numismatic Society [Acc. No. 1001.1.22981] & Hispanic Society of America [same No.].

Notes: Archer M. Huntington (AMH) founded the Hispanic Society of America and was a major benefactor of the American Numismatic Society (and president, 1905-10). HSA & ANS remain (for now) neighbors in Manhattan's Audubon Terrace, commissioned by Huntington in 1907.

The two institutions battled in the courts & press over the fate of AMH's collection (c. 2008-12). The ANS, to whom the collection had been on "permanent loan" for >65 years, vehemently opposed a planned sale by HSA, the legal owner of the 37,895 coins. The courts permitted HSA's highly controversial 2012 sale. By summer 2013, though, anonymous donors had returned ~26,500 of them. Remarkably, ANS re-deaccessioned (!) & consigned several thousand to auction, incl. this coin & two others now in my coll.

Detailed timeline & bibliography in Forum Disc. Topic 128306, Reply 5 (7 Jan 2023) [LINK]Curtis JJ

East Caribbean States - British East Caribbean TerritoriesKm2 1 cents 1965
Km3 2 cents 1957
Km4 5 cents 1955
Km5 10 cents 1965
Km6 25 Cents 1955
Daniel F

Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City (New York, New York)AE gilded with only residual guilding remaining, 38.4 mm., 0°

Obv: FEDERATION // FOR THE / SUPPORT OF // JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETIES // OF NEW / YORK CITY, surrounding "FOR THE POOR WILL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND" / 1926, surrounding candelabra flanked by 91 IN -- ONE, ×¦×“×§×”â€Ž ( = tzedakah = charity) rising from base. W. & H. CO. NEWARK, N. J. in tiny letters along rim at 6:00.

Rev: CHARITY / MY SHARE / FOR / 1926 / LUCKY TOCKEN, 1916 -- 1926 on ribbon above.

Beginning at the end of the 19th century the federation model was adopted by Jewish communal leaders around the country as a successful way to bring together affiliated social service agencies, consolidate their administrative functions, reduce duplication in services, raise funds efficiently and better serve the needs of the community. A Committee on Federation was convened by Felix M. Warburg and first met on February 26, 1916 to sort through the various plans that had been proposed for a federation of philanthropic agencies, and to appoint a Special Committee of Seven for this work. The Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City was formally chartered by the State of New York on January 10, 1917. The foundational year of 1916 indicated on this token presumably alludes to the convening of the Committee on Federation and Special Committee of Seven.

It was then affiliated with 42 institutions. In 1944, when the Federation merged with The Brooklyn Federation of Jewish to form the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, the Federation was affiliated with 91 institutions. The Federation was presumably already affiliated with 91 institutions by 1926, as the obverse bears the slogan, "91 in One."

As a result of increased fund raising after the Yom Kippur War of 1973, in 1974 the Federation and United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York began to combine their fundraising campaigns. They remained separate but conducted a joint campaign, the UJA-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Joint Campaign, from 1974 through 1986. The two organizations were fully merged as UJA-Federation of New York as of July 1, 1986.

Note: Minted by The Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, NJ (1880-1955).Stkp

George Westinghouse, 1963 NYU Hall of Fame MedalObv: GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE 1846 - 1914, bust facing right.

Rev: THE HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ©1963, male figure operating a large wheel symbolic of Westinghouse's invention of the air brake and alternating current.

Category: Inventor

Year Elected: 1955

Medal Issued: 1963

Sculptor: Edmondo Quattrocchi

Mint: Medallic Art Company

Details: Bronze, 44 mm, 0°
Matt Inglima

GS Sicily, Syracuse, c. 250-215 BCSilver 5 litrae, 19.4mm, 4.48g, gVF
Reign of Hieron II 275-215 BC
Diademed and veiled head of Philistis left, wreath behind / BAΣIΛIΣΣAΣ ΦIΛIΣTIΔOΣ, winged Nike driving slow biga right; MI Above. RCOA
Ex: Freeman & Sear; Dr. J.H. Judd Collection, Leu 13, lot 133, 1976; R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining, 1955, lot 920; Dr. S. Pozzi Collection, Naville I, lot 660, 1921.
BMC p. 215, 562; Pozzi 660 (this coin); SNG Lockett 1015 (this coin)1 commentsLawrence W

Hadrian (Raetia)Sestertius of Hadrian, emperor of Rome 117-138
"Travel series"
Raetia
Exercitus type
RIC 929
RIC II.3 1955
O: [HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP]
R: RAETICVS SC

Ex- CGB NumismaticsSt. George's Collection

Half Shekel Tyre Uncertain DatePHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel. Uncertain date.
O:Laureate bust of Melkart right
R: Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, illegible date above club; crude monograms to right, [Phoenician letter] between legs.

The Isfiya hoard uncovered in 1955 consisted of more than 4,000 shekels and half shekels. The coins had a full range of dates through the 50s AD (about the Tyre year 170s). About 15 percent of the coins had crude and unreadable dates. Since the hoard had almost no coins in the 20s to 30s AD (mid Tyre year 140s through the 150s), the finders made a conjecture that that's where these unreadable coins fall. All these coins with unreadable dates had a KP monogram. Mine lacks readable monograms so I cannot be sure about its period of striking. However, this coin is consistent with the coins in this group.1 commentsNemonater

IndonesiaKm12 - 10 Sen - 1957
Km11 - 25 Sen - 1955
Km35 - 50 Rupiah - 1971
Km42 - 100 Rupiah - 1978
Km53 - 100 Rupiah - 1994Daniel F

Israel500 Pruta - (1955) Wor:P-24a1 commentsDaniel F

istrusvarb660_2Elagabalus
Istrus, Thrace

Obv: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC. laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: ICTPI-HNΩN, E in left field. Tche standing left holding rudder and cornucopia.
32 mm, 16.99 gms

Varbanov 660

From Gorny & Mosch Auction 265, lot 694.2 commentsCharles M

Jewish Home for Convalescents (Grand View-On-Hudson, Rockland Co., New York)AE token, 31.5 mm., undated.

Obv: JEWISH HOME FOR CONVALESCENTS and NON SECTARIAN along rim with Stars of David between, GRAND VIEW/ON THE HUDSON/CITY OFFICE/219 - 2ND AVE., N.Y.C. above candelabra, WHITEHEAD - HOAG in tiny letters along rim at 6 o’clock.

Rev: WILL/YOU HELP THE/SICK/REGAIN/THEIR/HEALTH/ONE DOLLAR, above and to left of a man in bed.

Ref: None known.

Note: Founded by the Federation of Rumanian Jews in 1915 and opened for patients in 1917. It was dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Solomon Schechter, who took a personal interest in the Home. It was incorporated in New York State in 1917, and its current status is active.

Note: Minted by The Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, NJ (1880-1955).Stkp

JOHN II 1/2 Tetaereron S-1955 DOC 17Facing bust of St. Demetrius, beardless wearing nimbus and military attire, and holding sword and sheild. Rev Bust facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and gl. cr. DOC 17 15mm Fine +

*** Difficult to find nice ones and easily confused with Saint George Manuel half tetarteron, inscription of saint is the key.*** Simon

John II AE half tetarteron Thessalonica Sear 1955Task_Force

John II, SBCV 1955Θ / ΔI / MI - T / PI / O / C
Facing bust of St. Demetrius, wearing military attire
[+IW] ΔEC
Facing bust of John searing loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger
AE half tetarteron, 16mm, 1.41gnovacystis

LebanonKm19 - 1 Piastre - 1955Daniel F

Licinius I, Follis, IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, (Palm), Γ, SMNBI Follis
Licinius I
Augustus: 308 - 324AD
Issued: 317 - 320AD
18.0mm 3.10gr 6h
O: IMP LICINIVS AVG; Laureate mantled bust left, holding mappa and scepter on globe.
R: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Jupiter standing left, holding Victory and scepter, palm to left.
Exergue: Γ, right field; SMN, below line.
Nicomedia Mint
RIC VII, 24, Γ; Aorta: -; B17, O16, R30, T34, M9.
okta2000-2013 271955514482
8/22/15 2/3/17Nicholas Z

Macedonian Kings, Alexander III (336-323 BC) AE, Sardes mintAncient Greek, Macedonian Kings, Alexander III (336-323 BC) AE, Sardes mint

Obverse: No legend. Heracles head right, clad in Nemean lion head dress tied at neck.

Reverse: ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Quiver at top facing left, Club pointing right, trident monogram below.

Reference: Price 2552, Müller 0841

Ex: Kayser-i Rum Numismatics
Gil-galad

Medals of NumismatistsLauri O. Th. Tudeer, (1884 - 1955).
Author of: Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Syrakus, Berlin. 1913.
AE, 56 mm, 79.5 g, (1951)Pekka K

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 26. Elagabal, HrHJ (2018) 8.26.31.01 (plate coin)Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 26, 12.73g, 25.7mm, 0°
struck under governor Novius Rufus
obv. AVT K M AVRH - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. V - P NOBIOV ROVFOV NIKOPOLITWN PRO / C ICTRON
Kybele, in long garment, wearing mural crown, std. sidesattle frontal and looking r. on lion leaping r., resting with l.
arm on tympanon and holding in raised r. hand sceptre
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1955 (1 ex., Lübbecke, in bad state)
b) Varbanov 3992
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.26.31.1 (this coin)
rare (R7), VF, glossy green patina with some delaminations
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!
Jochen

Morocco, Volubilis CapitolTo the south of the basilica stands the capitol, a temple dedicated to the Roman Capitoline triad, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. It is composed of a single cella reached by thirteen steps. Four other chapels complete the complex, of which one was dedicated to the goddess Venus. The temple was reconstructed in 218 C.E. by Macrinus, as is indicated by an inscription found in 1924. The temple’s porticos were restored in 1955. In 1962, restoration work started again; the stairs were restored (only three steps remained out of the original thirteen), and the walls of the cella as well as the architectural elements (column drums, bases and capitals) were restored.

NorwayKM405 - 5 Ore - 1962
KM398 - 1 Ore - 1955
KM403 - 1 Ore - 1965
KM411 - 10 Ore - 1968
KM360 - 25 Ore - 1900
KM402 - 50 Ore - 1956
KM385 - 1 Krone - 1938
KM409 - 1 Krone - 1960Daniel F

Orville and Wilbur Wright, 1967 NYU Hall of Fame MedalObv: WILBUR WRIGHT 1867 - 1912, ORVILLE WRIGHT 1871 - 1948, busts of the Wright Brothers, side by side, facing left, laurel branches below.

Rev: THE HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ©1967, a rendering of the 1903 Wright flyer flying through a ring of clouds toward the sun, modern jet/rocket planes flying in opposite direction. Below is a depiction of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus.

Category: Inventors

Year Elected: 1955 & 1965

Medal Issued: 1967

Sculptor: Paul Fjelde

Mint: Medallic Art Company

Details: Bronze, 44 mm, 0°
Matt Inglima

Peloponnesos, Elis c. after 191 BCSilver drachm, reduced weight, 18.4mm, 4.68g, aVF
Eagle flying right, its wings raised over back and with tail-feathers spread, about to attack with its beak a hare which is held in its talons / F - A either side of elaborately ornamented wingless thunderbolt.
Ex: Forvm Ancient Coins; B. A. Seaby (Jan 1955 circular, page 21)
BMC Peloponnesus, page 73, #134; Sear GCV 2899v.
Certificate of Authenticy by David R. Sear, ACCS
Note: The interesting "counter tag" for this coin is in the "cigar box" album. 5 commentsLawrence W

Probus, Antoninianus, ADVENTVS AVG, R (Thunderbolt) ΔAR Antoninianus
Probus
Augustus: 276 - 282AD
Issued: 279AD
20.0mm 3.00gr
O: IMP PROBVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.
R: ADVENTVS AVG; Probus riding horse left, raising right hand and holding scepter in left hand; seated captive to left.
Exergue: R(Thunderbolt)Δ
Rome Mint
Aorta: B72, O74, R4, T56.
RIC 157; Cohen 37; Sear 11953.
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8/22/15 2/3/17Nicholas Z

R., Syria, Antioch, 020p Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RPC II 1955, AR-Tetradrachm, ЄΤΟΥϹ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Γ, Eagle with wreath in beak #1R., Syria, Antioch, 020p Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RPC II 1955, AR-Tetradrachm, ЄΤΟΥϹ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Γ, Eagle with wreath in beak #1
avers: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥЄϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΟϹ, Laureate head of Vespasian, right.
reverse: ЄΤΟΥϹ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Γ, Eagle with spread wings, with wreath in beak standing left, on the club.; in left field, palm branch.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 25,0-26,5mm, weight: 15,13g, axis: 0h,
mint: Syria, (Seleucis and Pieria), Antioch, date: 70-71 A.D.,
ref: RPC II 1955, Wruck 84, McAlee 23,
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

Rabbi Chaim Berlin High School (Brooklyn, New York)AE token, 31.5 mm., 10.98 gr., dated 1928

Obv: RABBI CHAIM BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL and ישובת ר״ חיים ברלין [Yeshivot Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin] along rim, EVERY/DOLLAR HELPS above building, תרפח [year 5688] and 1928 in fields to the sides, WHITEHEAD HOAG in tiny letters at 3-4 o’clock along rim.

Rev: – HELP BUILD THE FIRST JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL – and BROWNSVILLE & EAST NEW YORK along rim, $1.00 beneath building.

Ref: Kenny, So-Called Dollars 208; Friedenberg, Jewish Minters [?] 572; ANS Database 2000.1.374.

Note: Named after Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), chief rabbi of Moscow (1865-1889), head of rabbinical court in Volozhin, Belarus (1889-1892), chief rabbi of Kobrin, Belarus (1892-1897) and Elizavetgrad, Ukraine (1897-1906), and co-chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem (1906-1912).

Note: The first yeshiva in Brooklyn, founded in 1904. The yeshivot are Lithuanian-style Haredi men’s yeshivot and now include elementary, high school, post-high school and rabbinical divisions. The high school division is now at 1571 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn.

Note: Minted by The Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, NJ (1880-1955).Stkp

RIC 0966 VespasianusObv : CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, Laureate head left.
Rev : ANNONA AVG, Annona seated left, with sack of corn ears.
AR/Denarius 17.95 mm 2.996 g 6 h - Struck in Rome 77-78 AD
RIC 966 (R), RSC 30, BMCRE 298, BNF 260
ex Naville Numismatics Live Auction 33 lot 447 - From The Apostolo Zeno Collection - ex Dorotheum Auktion 1 13-06-1955 Lot 392 (parte of)4 commentsFlaviusDomitianus

ROMAN EMPIRE, Trajan AR DenariusTRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.47 g, 7h). Struck circa 107-111 AD. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae.
RIC II 118 corr. (silver, not gold); BMCRE 281; RSC 85. 2 comments

ROMAN EMPIRE, Trajan DenariusTRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.47 g, 7h). Struck circa 107-111 AD. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC II 118 corr. (silver, not gold); BMCRE 281; RSC 85. Good VF.
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RPC 1955 Vespasian TetradrachmΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΟΥΕϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Laureate head right

ƐΤΟΥϹ ΝƐΟΥ ΙƐΡΟΥ Γ
Eagle with wreath in beak standing left, on club.; in left field, palm branch

Antioch, Syria

70-71 CE (Group 4, year 3)

14.46g; 30mm

RPC 1955; 12 specimens.
A scarcer type

Ex-Barakat

Minted just after the destruction of Jerusalem.

Fine style Syrian portrait in good silver. Nice toning in hand.

8 commentsJay GT4

Sear 1955Orthodoxcoins

Sear 1955John II Comnenus (1118 - 1143 CE) Half-tetarteron, weight 1.2g, diameter 18mm. Mint of Thessalonica.Abu Galyon

Sear 1955John II Comnenus (1118 - 1143 CE) Half-tetarteron, weight 1.74g, diameter 16mm. Mint of Thessalonica.Abu Galyon

Sekaisa - AEc. 200-150 BC
male head right, lion behind
horseman galloping right, holding reins and sceptre with eagle on top
ŚEKaISA
ACIP 1525; SNG BM Spain 829
13,6g 25mm
ex Aureo & CalicóJ. B.

Selge Hemiobol. Gorgoneion/ Head of Athena, astragalosPisidia, Selge, ca.300-190 B.C. AR. Obv.: Gorgoneion. Rev. Head of lion r. Astragalos below. SNG von Aulock 5275 (also with astragalos below lion’s head), SNG BN Paris 1955var. Ex Gerhard RohdePodiceps

Serdica Septimius Severus Caecina Largus (198-99AD)Serdica

Caecina Largus (198-99AD)

AE 28 15.01g

Ob: AV K Λ CEΠT | CEVHPOC
Laureate draped and cuirassed right

Rev: HΓE KA[IKI ΛA]PΓOV
Ex: CEPΔΩN
Eagle on garlanded altar, wings spread with wreath in beak, head right. Standards either side of altar.

Ruzicka p. 16 #43; Varbanov (E) III 1955; Hr/J 12.14.47.1(this coin); Mionnet Supp.II -; Mushmov "monnaies et les ateliers monetaires de Serdica" (1926) p.60 #43 (Sophia 4939, also cited in Ruzicka, not depicted in either)

Nice obverse; some corrosion on reverse, black patina
rennrad12020

Shekel of Tyre, 126 BCE – 66 CESilver tetradrachm of Tyre, 28 mm, 14 grams. Struck 126 BCE - 66 CE.

Obverse: Laureate Bust of Melqart right
Reverse: Inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; KP to right, HL & club to left, Phoenician "B" between legs.

Reference: BMC 50, Rouvier 1955 or like.

Added to collection: May 29, 2005Daniel F

Sources - 000931 Horse Prancing Left, Larissa Left With Hydra In Front On GroundBCD Thessaly II: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly. Triton XV Auction. (3 January 2012, New York).
Boston MFA: Brett, Agnes B. Catalogue of Greek Coins, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1955.
HGC: Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece...Sixth to First Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Vol. 4. Lancaster/London: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc, 2014.
Liampi 1992/LIMC: Liampi, Katerini. “Larisa”. In Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae VI 1. Kentauroi Et Kentaurides - OIAX. Switzerland: Artemis Verlag Zürich und München, 1992: 213 - 216.
Traité: Babelon, Ernest. Traité des Monnaies Grecques et Romaines: Tome Quatrième. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1926.
Warren: Regling, Kurt. Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren. Berlin: George Reimer, 1906.Tracy Aiello

Sources 0006 Rider and Larissa SeatedBCD Thessaly II: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly. Triton XV Auction. (3 January 2012, New York).
BMC Thessaly: Gardner, Percy. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Thessaly to Aetolia. London, 1883.
Boston MFA: Brett, Agnes B. Catalogue of Greek Coins, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1955.
HGC: Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Vol. 4. Lancaster/London: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc, 2014.
Kagan, Jonathan. "The So-Called Persian Weight Coins of Larissa". Obolos 7. 2004.
Lorber, Catharine C. "Thessalian Hoards and the Coinage of Larissa" in American Journal of Numismatics, second series 20 (2008): 119 - 142.
Traité: Babelon, Ernest. Traité des Monnaies Grecques et Romaines: Tome Quatrième. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1926.
Warren: Regling, Kurt. Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren. Berlin: George Reimer, 1906.
Weber: Forrer, L. Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Greek Coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber: Volume II. London: Spink & Son, 1924.Tracy Aiello

Stonewall Jackson, 1972 NYU Hall of Fame MedalObv: STONEWALL JACKSON 1824 – 1863, bust of Thomas Jonathan Jackson facing left within a laurel border.

Rev: Stonewall Jackson in action on his horse, rallying his men, much as he did at Cedar Mountain where he charged waving a sword in one hand and a flag in the other. In the left field the words: RALLY MEN and in bottom right field: HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ©1972, within a laurel border.

Category: Military

Year Elected: 1955

Medal Issued: 1972

Sculptor: Granville Carter

Mint: Medallic Art Company

Details: Bronze, 44 mm, 0°
Matt Inglima

Syria, The Ma'abed - Temple at Marathos (Amrit)One 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 Sermarini

Taiwan - Republic of ChinaY533 - 10 Cents - 1955
Y536 - 1 Yuan - 1975 (Year 64)Daniel F

United States of America: 1934 Julian-Morgenthau $5 Federal Reserve Note (Fr#1955B)1 commentsQuant.Geek

United States of America: 1934 Julian-Morgenthau $5 Federal Reserve Note (Fr#1955B)Quant.Geek

Vespasian Vesta AR Denarius, Ex Archer Huntington, ANS & HSA w/ museum tagRoman Imperial. Vespasian AR Denarius (17mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint, struck July-December 71 CE.
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M. Laureate head right.
Rev: TRI POT. Vesta seated left, draped, holding simpulum.
Ref: RIC II.1 46; RSC / Cohen 561.
Prov: Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955) Collection; loaned, then bequeathed to Hispanic Society of America (HSA 22362); on loan, American Numismatic Society (1001.1.22362; late 1940s - 2012); Sotheby's sale of Huntington coll. (8 Mar 2012); acq. anon. consortium (incl. Jose Vico, et al.); returned to ANS among 26,500 others (May 2012 - sum. 2013); sold, CNG e-Auction 397 (17 May 2017), 522; Lampasas Collection; CNG 487 (10 Mar 2021), 510; Charles Chamberlain Collection; CNG 509 (9 Feb 2022), 664; present disposition: Curtis JJ Coll. (USA).

Notes: Archer M. Huntington (AMH) founded the Hispanic Society of America and was a major benefactor of the American Numismatic Society (and president, 1905-10). HSA & ANS remain (for now) neighbors in Manhattan's Audubon Terrace, commissioned by Huntington in 1907.

The two institutions battled in the courts & press over the fate of AMH's collection (c. 2008-12). The ANS, to whom the collection had been on "permanent loan" for >65 years, vehemently opposed a planned sale by HSA, the legal owner of the 37,895 coins. The courts permitted HSA's highly controversial 2012 sale. By summer 2013, though, anonymous donors had returned ~26,500 of them. Remarkably, ANS re-deaccessioned (!) & consigned several thousand to auction, incl. this coin & two others now in my coll.

Detailed timeline & bibliography in Forum Disc. Topic 128306, Reply 5 (7 Jan 2023) [LINK]3 commentsCurtis JJ

Yugoslaviakm44 - 10 Para - 1965
Km46.1 - 50 Para - 1965
km29 - 50 Para - 1953
km59 - 1 Dinar - 1975
km31 - 2 Dinara - 1953
km33 - 10 Dinara - 1955Daniel F

[18H505] Herod Archelaus, Ethnarch 4 B.C. - 6 A.D.Herod Archelaus Prutah, Hendin 505, 17.9mm, 3.37 grams. VF/VF+, Reverse: Helmet; Obverse: Grapes, Heavy FULL weight, 4 B.C.E. - 6 C.E. A nice BOLD coin with a large flan and HEAVY weight. Ex Zuzim Judaea.

JUDEA: Bronze [prutah] of Herod Archelaus, 4 BC-AD 6. The obverse shows a bunch of grapes, with the name of Herod in Greek; the reverse has a helmet with cheek pieces, two crests (probably of horse's hair) on the left and on the right, and a small caduceus below (Banks, Florence Aiken. Coins of Bible Days. New York: Sandford J Durst Numismatics Publications, 1955. 86).

". . . the widow . . . . may have offered grape-and-helmet-adorned [prutah] of Herod Archelaus, the son of Herod the Great whose reign had inspired such fear in Joseph as to cause him to take Mary and the young child Jesus to Galilee instead of to Judea upon their return from Egypt (Banks, Florence Aiken. Coins of Bible Days. New York: Sandford J Durst Numismatics Publications, 1955. 97).

Son of Herod the Great, he inherited the southern part of his father's kingdom – Judaea, Samaria and Idumaea. Jerusalem was his capital. Augustus denied him the title king and gave him the title ethnarch, with a promise to name him king if he governed well. He was so unpopular with his subjects that Augustus deposed him, banished him to Gaul and annexed his territory (Joseph Sermarini).

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.

Cleisthenes

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