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Antiochos IX, KyzikenosAE 18, Syria, Antiochos IX, ca. 116-95 B.C. Obv: Head of bearded Herakles facing right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΞΟΥ ΦΙΛΟ ΠΑΤΡΟΥ around Athena standing left, holding Nike, monogram and aplustre in field. Black patina, gF. Lindgren I, 1867, SC 1250, Hoover HGC 9, 1250 (S).Molinari
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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain
PB Tessera (9mm, 0.76 g)
Cornucopia or aplustre(?)
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Gülbay & Kireç -
Ardatirion
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0002 Sextus Pompey -- Neptune and Naval TrophySextus Pompey, Imperator and Prefect of the Fleet
[Youngest Son of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great)]
Obv: [MAG or MA (ligatured) G]⦁PIVS⦁IMP⦁ITER; Portrait of Neptune facing r., diademed and bearded, trident over l. shoulder. Border of dots.
Rev: [PRAE (AE ligatured) F⦁CLAS⦁ET⦁ORAE (AE ligatured)]⦁MAR (ligatured) IT⦁EX⦁S⦁C⦁; Naval trophy with trident on top and anchor on bottom, prow stem on l. and aplustre on r., at base two representations of Charybdis and two dog heads of Scylla. Border of dots.
Denomination: silver denarius; Mint: Sicily, uncertain location1; Date: summer 42 - summer 39 BC2; Weight: 3.89g; Diameter: 17mm; Die axis: 30º; References, for example: Sear CRI 333; BMCRR v. II Sicily 15, 16, and 17 variant3; Sydenham 1347 variant3; Crawford RRC 511/2a or 2b4.

Notes:

Obverse legend: MAG[NUS]⦁PIVS⦁IMP[ERATOR]⦁ITER[UM]
Reverse legend: PRAEF[ECTUS]⦁CLAS[SIS]⦁ET⦁ORAE⦁MARIT[IMAE]⦁EX⦁S[ENATUS]⦁C[ONSULTO]

1Sear CRI, Crawford RRC, Sydenham, and DeRose Evans (1987) all place the minting of this coin type in Sicily, but they do not reference a possible location. Grueber BMCRR v. II Sicily suggests Messana.
2This is the date range argued for in Estiot 2006 (p. 145). Estiot recommends returning to Crawford's proposal of 42 - 40 BC. Crawford RRC, p. 521 suggests the period in 42 BC after Sextus Pompey defeated Q. Salvidienus Rufus. Grueber BMCRR v. II Sicily, p.562 proposes 38 - 36 BC and Sydenham, p. 210 adopts the same datation. DeRose Evans (1987), p. 129 offers a time between late summer 36 and September 36 BC.
3Grueber BMCRR v. II Sicily 15, 16, and 17 and Sydenham 1347 only list a reverse legend containing MAR (ligatured) I but the coin here is MAR (ligatured) IT.
4It is impossible to see the full obverse legend, so it cannot be determined if MA is ligatured or not. The reverse legend is clearly the first variety of 2a or 2b, a variety not found on 2c.

Provenance: Ex Shanna Schmidt Numismatics April 11, 2019; from the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland; acquired from Hess AG in Luzern, from the Ernst Haeberlin collection, Cahn & Hess, Frankfurt, July 17, 1933 Lot 2889.

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0006 Sextus Pompey -- Pompey the Great and Neptune with Catanaean BrothersSextus Pompey, Imperator and Prefect of the Fleet
[Youngest Son of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great)]

Obv: [MAG⦁PIVS⦁IMP⦁ITER]; portrait of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus r.; behind jug; before lituus. Border of dots.
Rev: above, [PRAE (AE ligatured) F]; in exergue, CLAS⦁ET⦁[ORAE (AE ligatured)⦁MAR (ligatured) IT⦁EX⦁S⦁C]; Neptune standing l., wearing diadem, aplustre in r. hand, cloak over l. arm, r. foot on prow,; on either side a Catanaean brother bearing one of his parents on his shoulders1. Border of dots.
Denomination: silver denarius; Mint: Sicily, uncertain location2; Date: summer 42 - summer 39 BC3; Weight: 3.68g; Diameter: 17mm; Die axis: 30º; References, for example: Sear CRI 334; BMCRR v. II Sicily 7, 8, 9, and 10; Sydenham 1344; Crawford RRC 511/3a.

Notes:

Obverse legend: MAG[NUS]⦁PIVS⦁IMP[ERATOR]⦁ITER[UM]
Reverse legend: PRAEF[ECTUS]⦁CLAS[SIS]⦁ET⦁ORAE⦁MARIT[IMAE]⦁EX⦁S[ENATUS]⦁C[ONSULTO]

1Grueber BMCRR v. II Sicily appears a bit hesitant in his pronouncement that the representation of the Catanaean brothers in fact refers to Sextus' title Pius (p. 561), but Sear CRI appears to have no such hesitation when he states "...the type illustrates the theme of 'Pietas' in connection with the assumption of the name Pius." (p.203). DeRose Evans (1987) goes further (pp. 115 - 116), arguing that Sextus chose the Catanaean brothers ("...he consciously identifies himself with the south Italian heroes") as a way to deliberately contrast his Pietas with that of Octavian's.
2Grueber BMCRR v. II Sicily tentatively suggests Catana as a possible location and Sear CRI follows suit.
3This is the date range argued for in Estiot 2006 (p. 145). Estiot recommends returning to Crawford's proposal of 42 - 40 BC. Crawford RRC, p. 521 suggests the period in 42 BC after Sextus Pompey defeated Q. Salvidienus Rufus. Grueber BMCRR v. II Sicily, p.560 proposes 42 - 38 BC and Sydenham, p. 210 follows suit. DeRose Evans (1987), p. 129 offers a time between late summer 36 and September 36 BC.

Provenance: Ex Shanna Schmidt Numismatics 11 June 2019; from the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Hess AG in Luzern prior to 1975. Ex Dr. Jacob Hirsch 33, 17 November 1913 Lot 1058.

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4 commentsTracy Aiello
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000b. Pompey the GreatThe Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 9h). Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right / Neptune, holding aplustre and resting right foot on prow, standing left between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). Fine, lightly toned, bankers’ marks on obverse.

AMPHINOMUS and ANAPIS (or Anapias), two brothers, of Silicy, respecting whom it is related that they saved their parents, at the peril of their own lives, from the flames of Etna, at the moment when an eruption of that volcano threatened their immediate destruction. This was a favourite subject with the ancients, in symbolising filial piety; and is often represented on Greek coins of Catana (Catania), where this noble action is alleged to have been performed. Of these two Sicilian brothers, types of that devoted love, which is ever cherished by good children towards the earthly anthors of their being, Cornelius Severus, alluding to Mount Edna, thus expresses himself: "Amphinomus and his brother, both equally courageous in the performance of a duty, whilst the flames murmured their threats against the neighbouring houses, rescue their decrepid father, and their aged mother."
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001e. Sextus PompeyYounger son of Pompey. Survived war against Julius Caesar, then off and on again wars against Triumvirate. Provided shelter to those fleeing the proscriptions. His control of the sea routes for grain shipments to Rome created constant problems for the Triumvirate. His main base was in Sicily until he was beaten by a fleet led by Agrippa. He finally was executed by Antony in 35 BC.

Coin: Denarius (37/6 BC). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Obv: MAG PIVS IMP ITER. Bare head right of Pompey Senior; jug to left, lituus to right. Rev: PRAEF / CLAS ET ORAE / MARIT EX S C. Neptune standing left, foot set on prow, holding aplustre; Catanean brothers to left and right, each bearing one of their parents on their shoulders.
Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334.
3.63 g., 18 mm.
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01 - 01 - Sexto Pompeyo (65 - 35 A.C.)AR Denario 16,00 mm de 3,44 gr.

Anv: MAG·PIVS·IMP·ITER, Busto a cabeza desnuda de Pompeyo Magno a der. Capis detrás y Lituus delante.
Rev: PRAEF / CLAS·ET·ORAE / MARIT·EX·SC, Neptuno estante a izq., portando Aplustre (Acrostolium), su pié der. sobre una Proa de Galera, a ambos lados los hermanos Catanos Anapias y Amphinomus, quienes llevan a sus padres en los hombros.

Acuñada durante los años 37 - 36 A.C.
Ceca: Catania - Sicilia.

Referencias: Craw. 511/3a - Syd. #1344 - BMCRR Sicily #93 - RSC I #17, p.105 - Sear RCTV Vol.I #1392, p.265 - BMCRE Sicily #7 - Cohen T.1 #17, p.5

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01 - 01 - Sexto Pompeyo (65 - 35 A.C.)AR Denario 16,00 mm de 3,44 gr.

Anv: MAG·PIVS·IMP·ITER, Busto a cabeza desnuda de Pompeyo Magno a der. Capis detrás y Lituus delante.
Rev: PRAEF / CLAS·ET·ORAE / MARIT·EX·SC, Neptuno estante a izq., portando Aplustre (Acrostolium), su pié der. sobre una Proa de Galera, a ambos lados los hermanos Catanos Anapias y Amphinomus, quienes llevan a sus padres en los hombros.

Acuñada durante los años 37 - 36 A.C.
Ceca: Catania - Sicilia.

Referencias: Craw. 511/3a - Syd. #1344 - BMCRR Sicily #93 - RSC I #17, p.105 - Sear RCTV Vol.I #1392, p.265 - BMCRE Sicily #7 - Cohen T.1 #17, p.5
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037b Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 1196, Rome, AE-As, -/-//S-C, Galley with four rowers right and Neptune, #1037b Marcus Aurelius (139-161 A.D. as Caesar, 161-180 A.D. as Augustus), RIC III 1196, Rome, AE-As, -/-//S-C, Galley with four rowers right and Neptune, #1
avers: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, Laureate head right.
reverse: IMP VIII COS III, around, FELICITA/TI AVG•P•P, in field, S-C below, Galley with four rowers, facing right; on the stern, Neptune, standing right, his foot on a rock, holding trident and dolphin or aplustre.
exergue: -/-//S-C, diameter: 24,5-26,0mm, weight: 12,55g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date:176-177 A.D.,
ref: RIC III 1196-p-, BMC RE 4 1618, p.661,
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2) The Pompeians ROMAN IMPERATORIAL
Pompey the Great / Sextus Pompey
37/6 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.72 g, 2h). Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana.

Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis behind, lituus before / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre and resting foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, who carry their parents on their shoulders.

Cr 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). Near VF, toned, scratches.

Ex CNG
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3092 Hadrian Denarius 117-30 AD Galley right Eastern MintReference
RIC 3092; Strack *55 (same die pair);Cohen 445.

Bust A1

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Laureate head of Hadrian to right.

Rev. COS III
Galley with five oarsmen to right; at stern, arched cabin under a curved aplustre.

3.35 gr
19 mm
6h
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3092 Hadrian Denarius 117-30 AD Galley right Eastern MintReference
RIC 3092; Strack *55; Cohen 445

Bust A1

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Laureate head of Hadrian to right.

Rev. COS III
Galley with five oarsmen to right; at stern, arched cabin under a curved aplustre.

3.11 gr
18 mm
12h
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6145 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 136-37 AD Monumental AltarReference.
RPC III, 6145; Dattari 1892; Emmett 910.21; Milne 1554

Issue L KA = year 21

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev, L ΚΑ
Monumental altar (of Caesareum) with six columns, surmounted with pyre, enclosing Eusebeia (?) in centre

23.40 gr
33 mm
12h

Note RPC.
Often described as altar of Agathodaemon (K; Bakhoum; Vogt, pp. 106-9; S. Handler, AJA 75 (1971), pp. 68-9); BMC said ‘enclosing statue of goddess facing; on her head, disc. (Altar of Caesareum).’ D just said: ‘Altare. Peristylium con sei colonne d’ordine Corintio, tra quelle di centro un personaggio in piede a s.; versa incense sopra altare. Sulla sommità una pyra e su ciascuna cantonata un aplustrum; le cantonate alle base hanno un ordine indecifrabile.’ Only clue is the aplustres. Some varieties have little altars between the columns (D1894). There are some round objects hanging up among the columns (e.g. D1894, Boston). The bases of the structure at l. and r. are in the form of the upper part of a human body. The same structure, with and without the central figure, also occurs on Antonine coins, which are often much better preserved than the Hadrianic pieces: see RPC IV online. J. McKenzie, The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt (Yale, 2007), p. 187 describes it as a ‘distinctive but unidentified structure’, rejecting as unsatisfactory the identifications as the monumental altars in the Caesareum, the altar of Agathos Daimon or the altar of Alexander.
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Akarnania, Leukas, 87 BC, AR DidrachmCult statue of the goddess Aphrodite Aeneias with stag standing right, holding aplustre, bird on standard behind; all within a laurel wreath.
ΛΕΥΚΑΔΙΩΝ ΦΙΛΑΝΔΡΟΣ (Leukadion Philandros) above prow of galley right.

de Callataÿ Didrachms of Leukas 195-212 dies O31/R2; BCD Akarnania 313-314; BMC 180, 101-103; Postolokas, Lambros 67, 688 var.

(23 mm, 7.90 g, 11h)
Forestier & Lambert.

Based on the study of de Callataÿ, Didrachms of Leukas, this coin was struck in the summer and autumn of 87 BC as a contribution to Sulla’s campaign against Mithrades Eupator. De Callataÿ connected it with the encampment of Sulla’s troops at Leukas that year and argued that the coinage is a pseudo-civic Greek coinage issued by and for for the Romans. This is reflected in the reverse iconography where the galley prow is distinctively Roman, identifieable as such by the wolf head on the prow, above the ram, a decorative element unknown on Greek vessels.

This coin was struck when the Hellenistic age was in advanced decline, succumbing to the expansionary drive of Rome. The coins of this issue were often struck from relatively crude dies in an advanced state of wear. Yet they retain a charm and aesthetic that in some sense seems to speak of the last gasps of a dying Hellenistic age. The obverse image is thought to depict the cult statue of Aphrodite Aeneias, whose sanctuary was situated near the town of Leukas, overlooking the shipping canal that separated the island from the mainland.
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Alexander IIAlexander II, king of Syria
circa 128 BC
8.1g, 19.4mm, 4.9mm thick, 0°
Obv: head of young dionysos right, werathed with ivy
Rev: BAΣIΛΕΩΣ/ AΛEXANΔPOY on either side of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae,
monogram and aplustre in left field
Sear 7133
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Alexander IIAlexander II, king of Syria
circa 128 BC
5.55g, 18.8mm, 3.5mm thick
Obv: head of young dionysos right, werathed with ivy
Rev: BAΣIΛΕΩΣ/ AΛEXANΔPOY on either side of Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae,
monogram and aplustre in left field

Sear 7133
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Alexander III AR TetradrachmObv: Head of Herakles right in lion's skin.
Rev: Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, monogram and aplustre; beneath throne, amphora; in right field, inscription ALEXANDROU.
Mint: Amphipolis
Date: 315 - 294 BC
Weight: 17.00g
Ref: Price 4680
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Anonymous, Sidon, Phoenicia, AE24, ΣIΔONOΣ IεPAΣAE24
AE
Greek Imperial: Sidon, Phoenicia
Anonymous
Issued: 116 - 117AD
23.50mm 10.20gr 0h
O: NO LEGEND; Veiled and turreted head of Tyche, right; aplustre behind head.
R: ΣIΔONOΣ IεPAΣ; Cart of Astarte on two wheels, holding baetyl beneath a canopy.
Exergue: ZKS = Date.
Sidon, Phoenicia Mint
VF
BMC 197; SNG Cop 247.
NBS Auctions Web Auction 13, Lot 665.
7/31/22 9/16/22
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Antiochos VII EuergetesFRONT/ Bust of Eros right. BACK / BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EUERGETOU, Headdress of Isis, scepter as monogram to left; aplustre and date EOP below. Minted in the Selukid Kingdom. Struck 138-129 BC. Ref: SNG UK 1301.617-620; BMC 52 (British Museum Catalog #52).

EX ; Andreas Reich


From the Sam Mansourati Collection
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Antiochus IV "Epiphanes"OBV: Diademed head of Antiochus IV, right.
REV: BASILEWS ANTIOXOU
Apolo seated left on omphalos holding
arrow and resting on bow. Aplustre at left.
Serrated Bronze AE 14

Lindgren #1031
175 B.C. - 164 B.C.
14mm 2.4gm
Danny S. Jones
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Aphrodite Aeneias Akarnania, Leukas, 167-100 BC, AR Didrachm
Cult statue of the goddess Aphrodite Aeneias with stag standing right, holding aplustre, bird on standard behind; all within a laurel wreath. / ΛΕΥΚΑΔΙΩΝ ΦΙΛΑΝΔΡΟΣ (Leukadion Philandros) above prow of galley right.
BCD Akarnania 313-314; BMC 180, 101-103; Postolokas, Lambros 67, 688 var.
(23 mm, 7.90 g, 11h)

This coin was issued as the Hellenistic age was in decline, succumbing to the expansionary drive of Rome. The coins of this issue were often struck from relatively crude dies in an advanced state of wear. Yet they retain a charm and aesthetic that in some sense seems to speak of the last gasps of a dying Hellenistic age. The obverse image is thought to depict the cult statue of Aphrodite Aeneias, whose sanctuary was situated near the town of Leukas, overlooking the shipping canal that separated the island from the mainland.
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Arados Phoenicia,Arados 81-80 b.c
Dated Tetradrachm

Obverse:Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right
Reverse:ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ;Nike standing left,holding aplustre and palm;all within wreath;Date and monogram at left field

27.66mm 14.79gm

SEAR 5952
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Arados TetradrachmArados --AR Tetradrachm. 15.26g. 26mm. Dated 91/0 B.C. Draped and turreted bust of Tyche r. Rv. Nike standing l. holding aplustre and palm. BMC 224. 1 commentsfeatherz
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Aradus, Phoenicia, Tyche/Aplustre, AE11Aradus Phoenicia circa 174 - 110 BC
AE11, 1.2g
Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche Right
Reverse: Aplustre
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Athens New Style Tetradrachm 139/8 BCObs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet: No Pegasos
32.8mm 16.87g Thompson issue (new) 26
Thompson catalogue : Obs 264 : Rev NEW
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
upon which month mark Κ control AN below
2 complex magistrates monograms in both fields
RF symbol : Aplustre
All within a surrounding olive wreath
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Cilicia, Corycus. After 1st Century AD. Obv: KW PVKI. Galley aphlaston/aplustre.
Rev: AVTO NOM. Winged caduceus.
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CILICIA, Corycus. Valerian ICILICIA, Corycus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (29mm, 17.00 g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding grape bunch over panther and thyrsus; in left field, table carrying prize crown inscribed [ΘEMIA] and containing a caduceus, palm, and aplustre. SNG France 1122 (same dies); SNG Levante 820 (same dies). Good Fine, green patina, roughness. 1 commentsecoli
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Cleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIIICleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII, 125 - 121 BC, Hoover 1189, SC 2263, Antioch, year 191 (122 - 121 BC)
OBV: Diademed and radiate head right
REV: Owl standing facing on overturned amphora; date and aplustre in exergue
21mm, 8.1g
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Crawford 384/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, L. Papius, AR Serrate DenariusRome. The Republic.
L. Papius, 79 BCE.
AR Serrate Denarius (3.82g; 20mm).
Rome Mint.

Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress tied at neck, facing right; control symbol (aplustre) behind.

Reverse: Griffon leaping right; control symbol (prow stem), below; L•PAPI in exergue.

References: Crawford 384/1 (symbol pair 134); Sydenham 773; BMCRR 2981 (symbol pair 5); Papia 1 (symbol pair 47).

Provenance: Ex Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection [Goldberg 96 (14 Feb 2017) Lot 1963]; bought from Ariadne Galleries in 1980’s; The Numismatic Auction Ltd. (Tradart) 1 (13 Dec 1982) Lot 203.

Papius is only known through his coins. Juno Sospita was a deity who’s temple was in Lanuvium, a Latin town 32 kilometers southeast of Rome, and it’s likely that Papius came from that town.

These denarii have paired obverse and reverse control symbols, with almost all symbol pairs appearing on only one set of dies (N.B.: I'm aware of at least one pair that appears on multiple dies). Crawford counts 211 die pairs. The paired control symbols have some loose relationship to one another, i.e. the bow and stern of a galley on this coin. Sydenham argued that the symbols were propaganda for popularist trade guilds. However, because of the breadth and variety of symbol material, Crawford rules-out any intended meaning. This same control system of paired symbols would be re-used 20 years later by another Lanuvian, L. Roscius Fabatus.
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Crawford 505/2, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, C. Cassius and M. Servilius, AR DenariusRome, The Imperators.
C. Cassius and M. Servilius, Summer 42 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.85g; 19mm).
Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius (likely Sardis).

Obverse: C·CASSI·IMP; laureate head of Libertas, facing right.

Reverse: M·SERVILIVS - LEG; aplustre with branches terminating in flowers.

References: Crawford 505/2; HCRI 225; Sydenham 1312 (R7); BMCRR (East) 83; Cassia 21; Servilia 42.

Provenance: Stack's (17 Jan 2020) Lot 20084; Edward J. Waddell e-Sale (1990s) Lot 42; R. Ratto FPL IX (1933) Lot 1057; Valerio Traverso Collection [M. Baranowsky (25 Feb 1931), Lot 1270]; R. Ratto FPL (1927) Lot 625; Leo Hamburger Auction (27 Nov 1922), Lot 61; Johann Horsky Collection [A. Hess (30 Apr 1917) Lot 2600].

This rare type comprised part of the final series of coins struck in the name of Cassius, lead conspirator against Julius Caesar, probably at Sardis in Summer, 42 BCE. It celebrates Cassius’ victory over the fleet of Rhodes in the waters off Kos. The aplustre, an ornamental stern of a Roman galley, is symbolic of Cassius’ naval victory, and the floriate branches (roses) may refer to Rhodes. Shortly after his victory over the Rhodians, Cassius met-up with his co-conspirator Brutus in Sardis, where this coin was likely struck. Within just a few months of producing this coin, Cassius’ troops were defeated by Antony at Philippi and he committed suicide on his own birthday, 3 October 42 BCE. Marcus Servilius struck this final coinage on behalf of Cassius. Servilius was tribune in 44 BCE and was respected by Cicero. After Caesar’s assassination, he served in the east as a Legate under both Cassius and Brutus, and he struck coins for both men. He was likely related to Brutus, whose mother’s name was Servilia. Legates were staff members of military commanders, on whose recommendation they were appointed by the Senate. Legates often served as deputies for their commanders, but practically exercised no independent authority. For example, a Legate had no independent authority to strike coinage, and did so based solely on the imperium of the commander for whom he served – thus we see the names of both the Legate and his commander on this coin.
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Crawford 511/3, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Sextus Pompey, AR DenariusRome, The Imperators.
Sextus Pompey, Summer 42-40 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.82g; 20mm).
Sicilian Mint (Catana?).

Obverse: MAG·PIVS·IMP·ITER; bare head of Pompey the Great, facing right, flanked by jug and lituus.

Reverse: PRAEF/CLAS·ET·ORAE/MARIT·EX·S·C; Neptune standing left with foot on prow and holding aplustre, between the Catanaean brothers, each carrying a parent on their shoulders.

References: Crawford 511/3a; HCRI 334; Sydenham 1344 (R4); BMCRR (Sicily) 7; Pompeia 27.

Provenance: Ex Phil Peck ("Morris") Collection [Heritage 61151(26 Jan 2020) Lot 97155]; Professor Angelo Signorelli Collection [P&P Santamaria (4 Jun 1952) Lot 732].

Sextus Pompey was younger son of Pompey the Great. After Caesar's assassination, in 43 BCE, Sextus was honored by the Senate with the title "Commander of the Fleet and Sea Coasts" (Praefectus Classis et Orae Maritimae), which title is abbreviated on the reverse of this coin. Near the same time, Cicero recommended him for augurship; however, Sextus would not actually received augurship until after the Pact of Misenum in 39 BCE. Instead, shortly following the Senate’s designation of Sextus as Commander, the Second Triumvirate was formed and they placed Sextus' name on their proscription list. Sextus soon occupied Sicily with his fleet where he provided haven to other Romans proscribed by the Triumvirs. He retained control of Sicily from 42 to 36 BCE. In 42 BCE, Octavian sent Salvidienus Rufus to dislodge Sextus, but Rufus was defeated. It was likely between this defeat of Rufus and the Pact of Misenum with the Triumvirs (39 BCE) that Sextus struck much of his coinage, including this type.

Piety, or devotion, was an important character trait to the Romans on multiple levels including devotion to parents and family; devotion to the state; and devotion to the gods. The surname “Pius” was adopted by Sextus in recognition of his dutiful continuation of the struggle of his father in support of the Republic, and this notion of piety is strongly depicted on Sextus’ coinage. The obverse of this coin shows Pompey the Great, reflecting Sextus’ devotion to his father’s memory. Pompey’s head is flanked by symbols of the augurate, perhaps alluding to both Sextus’ claim to the augurate following Cicero’s recommendation and Sextus’ devotion to the gods. The rough seas around Sicily were beneficial to Sextus and particularly rough on his enemies, thus Neptune is prominently displayed at the center of the reverse. The reverse also depicts the Catanean brothers of Sicilian myth, Amphinomus and Anapias, helping their elderly parents escape the deadly lava flow of Mount Etna. Representing devoted children, the Catanean brothers may be allegorical references to Sextus’ surname “Pius”, or an indication of the Sicilian city (Catana) in which this issue may have been struck, or both.

This is a particularly complete example of this difficult type which frequently comes off-struck or on small flans.

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Domitian & Domitia, AE-25. Aegeae, Cilicia. AD 88-89. Two Aplustres.Roman Empire, Domitia and Domitian, AD 81 - 96. AE-25. CILICIA, Aegeae. Æ-25. Dated year 135 (88/9 AD). 10.75g. Laureate head of Domitian rt. vis à vis draped bust of Domitia lt. / Two aplustres within laurel wreath. SNG Levante 1708 = RPC II 1773; SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -. 1 commentsFausta
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EB0621 Antoninus Pius / TempleAntoninus Pius 138-161 AD, AE Drachm of Alexandria. Year 17 = 153-154 AD.
Obv: V _ AVT K T AI AΔPI ANTWNINOC CEVE, laurate and bearded bust right of Antoninus Pius.
Rev: Altar (Temple) of Caesareum (or Agathodaimon) as seen from the front, with six columns, garlanded front, set on two-tiered base, fire altar (pyre of burning pinecones) atop, aplustre (aphlaston) at each corner, Z in exergue and across L-I ( LIZ = year 17 ).
References: Dattari 3011, Emmett 1448-17.
Diameter: 38mm, Weight: 28.302 grams.
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Ephesus, Ionia

Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: ƐΦƐСΙΩΝ →ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩ to right Ν, in field Δ, galley sailing, right, with aplustre on stern, standard on prow, with helmsman and four rowers.
21 mm, 3.09 gms

RPC Online 4928; Karwiese 673-5
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Ephesus, Ionia

Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: ƐΦƐСΙΩΝ →ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩ to right Ν, in field Δ, galley sailing, right, with aplustre on stern, standard on prow, with helmsman and four rowers.
23 mm, 4.86 gms

RPC Online 4928; Karwiese 673-5

Ex. Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins. From Numismatik Naumann, Auction 91, lot 919.
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FAUSTUS CORNELIUS SULLAAR denarius. 56 BC. 4.05 g, 9h. Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress, paws knotted below his chin; SC above FAVSTVS monogram behind. / Globe surrounded by four wreaths, the larger jewelled and tied with fillet; aplustre and stalk of grain below. Crawford 426/4a. RSC Cornelia 61 .
Gemini II,lot 257.
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FAUSTUS CORNELIUS SULLAAR denarius. 56 BC. 4.05 g, 9h. Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress, paws knotted below his chin; SC above FAVSTVS monogram behind. / Globe surrounded by four wreaths, the larger jewelled and tied with fillet; aplustre and stalk of grain below. Crawford 426/4a. RSC Cornelia 61 .
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Faustus Cornelius SullaAR denarius. 56 BC. 4.05 g, 9h. Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion's skin headdress, paws knotted below his chin; SC above FAVSTVS monogram behind. / Globe surrounded by four wreaths, the larger jewelled and tied with fillet; aplustre and stalk of grain below. Crawford 426/4a. RSC Cornelia 61 .
This coin is one of ten million denarii that the Senate of Rome commissioned for the purchase of wheat in the year 56 BC. All those extra denarii, struck alongside the normal coin issues, bear the letters S.C for "Senatus Consulto" (by decree of the Senate) on their obverse, behind the head of Hercules. The ligated letters FAVS refer to the moneyer, Faustus Cornelius Sulla.

The ear of grain on the reverse illustrates that this denarius was indeed minted in connection with the purchase of wheat. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, who transacted the business, was the father in law of the moneyer Sulla, and effectually used his son in law's position to advertise himself. Three of the wreaths on the reverse commemorate the three triumphs of Pompey: He was the first Roman to celebrate a triumph on each of the three then-known continents. With this Pompey had made Rome a world power, which is symbolized by the globe in the middle. The fourth wreath, larger than the others, stands for the extraordinary honor that Pompey was bestowed with in 63 BC, when he was allowed to wear a golden headdress when going to the circus or the theater.
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Gens Lutatia, denario (109-108 a.C.)Gens Lutatia, Q. Lutatius Cerco, denario (109-108 a.C.), Roma
AR, 3.39 gr, 19 mm, MB/BB
D/ CERCO, ROMA; testa di Roma, con elmo ornato di stella e piuma; dietro, X barrata.
R/ Q LVTATI (legato) / Q; galera verso destra: a prua l’acrostolium termina con una testa elmata; a poppa, sull’aplustre, è visibile la testa del gubernator. Una corona di quercia come contorno.
Crawford 305/1
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo (Roma, Italia, dal 25 settembre 2017, numero catalogo 283), ex collezione Alessandro Vanni, Tinia Numismatica (Follonica, Italia, fino al settembre 2017)
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GREEK, Macedonian kingdom, Kassander - Antigonos II GonatasKINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.26 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Macedon or Greece. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; aplustre in left field. Price 862A.
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Lysimachos, tetradrachma, 297-282 B.C.THRACE, Lysimachus (306-281), AR tetradrachm, 297-282 BC. BC Lampsacus.
Obverse: Tiara Head. Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY Athena seated left, leaning on shield and holding a small Nike. A left aplustre.
Ref: Thompson, Lysimachus, 48; Müller, Lysimacus 356.. 17.19 g.
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Head (male) rightJUDAEA. Ascalon. Claudius. Æ.A.D. 52/53 (?). Obv: (ΣE)BAΣ(-T)OΣ. Laureate head left; cuntermark on head. Rev: (AΣKAΛΩ, GNP BP to right). Tyche-Astarte standing left on prow, holding sceptre and aplustre; to left altar, to right dove. Ref: RPC 4887. Axis: 360°. Weight: 10.36 g. Note: It may be assumed that the coin depicts Claudius, since all four specimens noted by Howgego bearing this countermark are from that emperor. CM: Male head right, in rectangular punch, circa 8 x 10 mm. Howgego 143 (4 pcs). Collection Automan.Automan
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L Papius Denarius Serratus, Papia 1, Sym. var. RRC 134Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, aplustre.
Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in field, prow
Minted in Rome from . B.C. 79.
Reference(s) – RSC Papia 1. RRC 384/1. RCTV 311.
Symbol variety – RRC 134. Babelon -. BMCRR 47.

3.81g. 19.07 mm. 180 degrees.
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Macedonia, Philip IIMACEDONIAN KINGDOM
Philip II (359-336 BC)
AR tetradrachm (13.77 gm). Amphipolis, posthumous issue under Cassander as regent, ca. 316-311 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm frond, on horseback right; aplustre below; • in Π below raised foreleg.
Le Rider pl. 46, 18. SNG ANS 740.
Attractively toned. Insignificant flan crack at 4:00 on obverse, otherwise Extremely Fine.
Ex Heritage
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Marcus Aurelius, 161 - 180 AD, AE As, Galley with RowersMarcus Aurelius, 161 - 180 AD
AE As, Rome Mint, 26mm, 8.92 grams
Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG GER-M SARM TR[P X]XXI, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius right.
Reverse: FELICI/TATI AVG/P P in three lines above, [C]OS III in exergue, [S] C across lower field, galley rowed right by three oarsmen; at stern, Neptune standing right, foot on rock, holding trident and aplustre.
RIC 1195 // BMC 1618 // Cohen 191
Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange 66 (23 November 1992), 265. _8008 sold
Antonivs Protti
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Nero, RPC I 4891Ascalon, Gaza mint, Nero, 54-68 A.D. AE, 23mm 11.59g, RPC I 4891, BMC 93
O: ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head, r.
R: AΣKAΛΩ, Tyche-Astarte standing, l., on prow holding sceptre and aplustre; to l. altar; to r., dove, to r., AOP
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Paphlagonia, Sinope. Nymph and Sea Eagle Drachm.Asia Minor. Paphlagonia. c. 325 BC. Ariarathes I of Cappadocia. AR Drachm (5.41 gm, 18.0mm, 10h) of Sinope. Head of nymph Sinope left, hair in sphendone, w/ triple pendant earring and necklace. Aplustre to left, Aramaic 'm to right. / Sea-eagle flying left, clutching dolphin. ARYDRT (in Aramaic) below. EF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2016. ex-Spink USA Auction 325 #120. SNG Cop 4 (Bosporus-Bithynia) #290; SNG France 7 # 464-465; HGC 7 #434; Simonetta 6, Coins p.15; SNG BM Black Sea 1459; Waddington Recueil Général I/I #36 (1925 ed.). (plate XXV #8-9). cf. CNG EA 424 #241.Anaximander
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Phoenicia - Marathos - Ptolemy VI Philometor ca. 186–145 BC) Phoenicia - Marathos - Ae17.1 ~ 17.7mm. (2nd century BC, 7.67gm.) Obv: Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI as Hermes to right, caduceus at shoulder. Rev: Marathos standing left holding aplustre. Phoenician date and legend before and behind. (BMC 23 / S. 6038) ddwau
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PHOENICIA, AradosAR Tetradrachm, 65/66 BC
Obverse- Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right
Reverse- Nike standing half-left, holding aplustre and palm; date and control letters in left field; all within wreath.
Dated Year 195= 65/66 BC
BMC 269
27mm , 14.5 gm
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Phoenicia, Arados 110-109 B.CAE 14.25mm (Thickness 1.24mm), weight 0.99g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D.

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters resh (R), yodh (Y), shin (SH) & aleph (´) right, Aradian era date 150 left and the letter tet (T) far left.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 115-114 B.CAE 11.71mm (Thickness 2.58mm), weight 1.91g, die axis = 1h (30 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters taw (T) taw, (T), yodh (Y) & mem (M) in right field, Aradian era date 145 left and Phoenician letter gimel (G) far left.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 130-129 B.CAE 12.46mm (Thickness 1.98mm), weight 1.58g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters qoph (Q), beth (B) & heth (H) in left field, Aradian era date 130 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 142-141 B.CAE 13.75mm (Thickness 1.84mm), weight 1.54g, die axis = 1h (30 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters nun (N) & ayin (´) in left field, Aradian era date 118 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 142-141 B.CAE 13.41mm (Thickness 2.05mm), weight 2.00g, die axis = 1h (30 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters nun (N) & aleph (´) in left field, Aradian era date 118 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 144-143 B.CAE 12.57mm (Thickness 2.42mm), weight 1.99g, die axis = 1h (30 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters nun (N) & aleph (´) in left field, Aradian era date 116 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 146-145 B.CAE 13.03mm (Thickness 2.11mm), weight 1.60g, die axis = 1h (30 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters nun (N) & aleph (´) in left field, Aradian era date 114 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 146-145 B.CAE 13.03mm (Thickness 2.50mm), weight 1.86g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D.

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters aleph (´) nun (N) & aleph (´) in left field, Aradian era date 114 in right field.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 148-147 B.CAE 13.34mm (Thickness 2.40mm), weight 2.09g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters nun (N) & Lamedh (L) in left field, Aradian era date 112 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 148-147 B.CAE 12.05mm (Thickness 1.84mm), weight 2.23g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters nun (N) & Lamedh (L) in left field, Aradian era date 112 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 149-146 B.CAE 12.97mm (Thickness 2.13mm), weight 1.69g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters heth (H) & sadhe (TS) in left field, Aradian era date 111-114 (?) right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 149-146 B.CAE 12.34mm (Thickness 2.08mm), weight 1.65g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters heth (H) & sadhe (TS) in left field, Aradian era date 111-114 (?) right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 158-157 B.CAE 12.67mm (Thickness 1.81mm), weight 1.61g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters lamedh (L) & mem (M) in left field, Aradian era date 102 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 167-164 B.CAE 12.45mm (Thickness 2.29mm), weight 1.62g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters nun (N) & aleph (´) in left field, Aradian era date 93-95 (?) right.

Ref: Duyrat 2005, Pg.71 No.2500-2505; HGC10 Pg.25 No.93.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 174-173 B.CAE 12.28mm (Thickness 2.31mm), weight 1.76g, die axis = 12h (0 degrees), denomination D (Hemichalkous).

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.

Reverse: Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters Heth (H) & Daleph (D) in left field, Aradian era date 86 right.
Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados c. 64 BCAR tetradrachm, 27.65 mm, 14.33g, Nice VF
Draped bust of Tyche (city-goddess) right, her hair rolled and in chignon, over which veil falls to her shoulders, and wearing turreted crown / Nike standing left, holding aplustre in raised right hand and palm-branch at her side in left, APAΔIΩN behind, C9P (= year 196), Phoenician letter (=q), and AΣ in field to left, all within laurel-wreath. Banker's mark obverse at ear.
BMC Phoenicia, pg 33, #276, Sear 5991v
Certificate of Authenticy by David R. Sear, ACCS
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Phoenicia, Arados, Tyche, NikePhoenicia, Arados
Tetradrachm
Dated year 193 (67/66 BC)
Obv.: Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right
Rev.: Nike standing to right, holding aplustre and palm, Γ P(retrograde)Ρ (= year 193), phoenician letter Gimel and MΣ below, AΡAΔIΩN in right field; all within wreath.
Ref.: BMC 271, Duyrat, Arados 97, 3837
Ex CNG (Jan. 1999)
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PHOENICIA: MarathosAE 17, Phoenicia, Marathos, 153-52 B.C BC. Obv: Tyche right with palm behind. Rev: Marathos standing with aplustre, Aradian era date 107, or 153-52 B.C, to right, aXF. SG 6041, Hoover HGC 10, 202 (R1).Molinari
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Price 862 Alexander III the Great
Drachm
Uncertain Greece 325-310 BC

Obverse:Head of Alexander the Great as Herakles wearing lions skin.
Reverse:Zeus on throne holding eagle;ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ;aplustre left throne.

18.01mm 4,12gm

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Price 862 Alexander III the Great
Drachm
Uncertain Greece 325-310 b.c

Obverse:Head of Alexander the Great as Herakles wearing lions skin.
Reverse:Zeus on throne holding eagle;ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ;aplustre left throne.

19.18mm 3.93gm

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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, VALERIAN IAE 33. Corycus. 253-260 AD. 22,18,grs. Radiate,draped and cuirassed bust right. AVT K ΠO ΛIK OVAΛEPIAN-OC. / Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding grape cluster and thyrsus, before marked prize crown of which emerge palm branch, aplustre and caduceus, resting on three-legged table. Panther with head reverted towards grapes standing left at his feet . KIΩTΩN AV NAVAP around ,KΩPV in exergue. PX IC in right field.
SNG Levante 819. Same dies.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Hadrian, AE SestertiusSesterce d'Hadrien. RIC 635
Avers: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS. Tête laurée à droite, avec pan de draperie sur l'épaule gauche
Revers: COS III S C. Neptune debout à gauche, le pied droit posé sur une proue de navire, tenant un long trident et un aplustre
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ROMAN IMPERATORS, Pompey the Great, 49 to 48 BC.Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, 49–48 BC.
AR Denarius, uncertain Sicilian mint, 42-40 BC.
Obv.MAG PIVS IMP ITER, bare head of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus right; capis (jug) to left, lituus to right.
Rev. PRÆF, Neptune standing left, holding aplustre and resting foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, who carry their parents on their shoulders, in ex. CLAS ET ORÆ / MARIT EX SC.
RSC 17 (I, 105); Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344.
3,83g.
Provenance: Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 79, lot 1037.
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Roman Imperial: Marcus Aurelius as Augustus, AE As.Marcus Aurelius as Augustus, AE As, Rome 177 A.D. 9.00g - 24.8mm, Axis 12h.

Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Rev: IMP VIII COS III / FELICITATI AVG P P / S-C - Galley rowed left by four oarsmen, Neptune, holding trident and dolphin or aplustre, standing right at the stern, S-C below.

Ref: RIC III 1194.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
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Roman Provincial: Antoninus Pius as Augustus, AE Drachm.Antoninus Pius as Augustus, AE Drachm, Egypt, Alexandria Year 15=151-151 A.D.16.47g - 31.7mm, Axis 12h.

Obv: AVTKTAIΛAΔPANTωNINOC - Laureate head left.

Rev: L-I-E - Facade of the Caesareum with four garlanded columns enclosing statue of a veiled goddess standing facing and dropping incense on an altar; on top, a stony burning pyre between two aplustres, L-I-E (year 15) in fields.

Ref: Dattari 2999 bis var; Emmett 1449; Milne 2162 var; BMC Alexandria 1201 var.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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Seleucid Kingdom, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175 - 164 B.C.Bronze serrated AE 14, SNG Spaer 1041 ff., Fair, Seleukia Pieria mint, 2.439g, 13.3mm, 0o, obverse laureate head of Apollo right, monogram behind; reverse BASILEWS ANTIOCOU, naked Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, aplustre in field;
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Seleukid - Diodotos Tryphon 142-138 BCPortrait Coin
Mint: Antioch; Date: 142-138 BC
Obv: Diademed head of Tryphon facing right, Lathing dimple, boarder of dots.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ, right., ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, left,
around Macedonian helmet with cheek guards,
adorned with spike and ibex horn, aplustre to lower left.
Size: 18mm; 5.12gms
Ref: BMC Vol. 4, Seleucid Kings of Syria, pg.69, No.14/
Sear 7089v. / SC 2034.2a
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SELEUKID KINGDOM--(09) ANTIOCHOS IX PHILOPATOR (KYZIKENOS)114/3-95 BC.
Dated SE 200 (113/2 BC)
O: Diademed head right
R: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY / FILOPATOROS, Vertical winged thunderbolt; to outer left, monogram above aplustre; Sigma (date) to inner left
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Sextus PompeyMAG PIVS IMP ITER
Bare head of Pompey Magnus right; capis behind, lituus before

Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders, PRAEF above, CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C in two lines in exergue.

Uncertain mint in Sicily, (Catania?)

37-36 BC

3.25g

Rare

Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; Sear 334; RRC 511/3a; BMCRR Sicily 7; Pompeia 27; Catalli 2001, 824

Ex-Londinium

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Struck by Sextus Pompey after his victory over Salvidienus and relates to his acclamation as the Son of Neptune. Although Sextus Pompey was the supreme naval commander, Octavian had the Senate declare him a public enemy. He turned to piracy and came close to defeating Octavian. He was, however, defeated by Marcus Agrippa at the naval battle of Naulochus (3 September 36 B.C.). He was executed by order of Mark Antony in 35 B.C
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Sextus Pompey - AR denariusSicily
37-36 BC
bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis (jug) to left, lituus to right
MAG·PIVS·IMP·ITER
Neptune standing left, foot on prow, holding aplustre and chlamys; the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions on either side, holding their parents on their shoulders.
PRAEF
CLAS·ET·OR(AE) / (MAR)IT·EX·S·C
Crawford 511/3a, SRCV I 1392, RSC I Pompey the Great 17, Sydenham 1344, BM Sicily 93
3,4g 20mm
ex Aurea Numismatika

scarce

Reverse depicts Sicilian story of Amphinomus and Anapias which also indicate probable location of the mint (Catania):
"A stream of fire burst forth from Etna. This stream, so the story goes, flowing over the countryside, drew near a certain city of the Sicilians. Most men, thinking of their own safety, took to flight; but one of the youths, seeing that his father, now advanced in years, could not escape and was being overtaken by the fire, lifted him up and carried him. Hindered no doubt by the additional weight of his burden, he too was overtaken. And now let us observe the mercy shown by the Gods towards good men. For we are told that the fire spread round that spot in a ring and only those two men were saved, so that the place is still called the Place of the Pious, while those who had fled in haste, leaving their parents to their fate, were all consumed."

Neptune symbolizes Sextus' command of the seas and obverse is a reference to his piety in upholding the Republican ideals of his late father.
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Sextus Pompey Naval TrophySextus Pompeius Magnus Pius AR Denarius. (3.52g) Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC.
O: Diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident over left shoulder; MAG•PIVS upwards behind, IMP•ITER downwards before
R: Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet, the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left, with two heads of Scylla at base; PRAEF•CLAS•ET ORAE•MARIT•EX•S•C around.
- Crawford 511/2a; RSC 1a; Sydenham 1347;

Struck by Sextus Pompey after his victory over Salvidienus and relates to his acclamation as the Son of Neptune. The inscription PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE MARIT abbreviates Praefectus Classis et Orae Maritimae, which translates Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet and the Sea Coasts.


Salvidienus and Agrippa were with Octavian at Apollonia in March 44 BC when Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome. Salvidienus became one of the most trusted of Octavian’s generals during the civil wars following Caesar’s death. In 42 BC he commanded the fleet of Octavian against Sextus Pompeius, who had taken control of Sicily and was harassing the coasts of Italy. However, Salvidienus was defeated in a naval battle fought off Rhegium, largely because of the inexperience of his crews.

This title was held by both Pompey the Great and his son Sextus Pompey. Although Sextus Pompey was the supreme naval commander, Octavian had the Senate declare him a public enemy. He turned to piracy and came close to defeating Octavian. He was defeated by Marcus Agrippa at the naval battle of Naulochus (3 September 36 B.C.) and was executed by order of Mark Antony in 35 B.C.

In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster that lived on one side of Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, opposite her counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other - so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass dangerously close to Scylla and vice versa. Scylla made her first appearance in Homer's Odyssey, where Odysseus and his crew encounter her and Charybdis on their travels. Later myth gave her an origin story as a beautiful nymph who gets turned into a monster. The idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being forced to choose between two similarly dangerous situations. - FAC
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Sextus Pompey. 42-40 BC. AR Denarius.Roman Imperatorial. Sextus Pompey. 42-40 BC. AR Denarius (3.87 gm, 19.2mm, 11h). Bare head of Pompey the Great between jug & lituus, MAG PIVS IMP ITER. / Neptune standing, holding aplustre & resting foot on prow, between Catanaean brothers Anapias & Amphinomus, carrying their parents. PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE [MARIT EX S C]. nEF. Pegasi Auction XVIII #385. RSC 17; Babelon Pompeia 21-27; BMCRR Sicily 7; Crawford RRC 511/3a; RSC 1 #17; Sear CRI 334; SRCV I #1392; Sydenham 1344; Vagi 34.Anaximander
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Sicily, Himera, Bronze tetras, Calciati I, p. 42, 31/4Himera mint, Bronze tetras, Calciati I, p. 42, 31/4, 1.791g, 13.6mm, obverse nude rider prancing on goat left, blowing conch, three pellets between legs, grain kernel below; reverse [IMEΠAION], Nike advancing left, wings spread, aplustre in rightcasata137ec
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SNGCop 195 Antiochus IV Serrated AE14. 175-164 BC.SNGCop 195 Antiochus IV Serrated AE14.
175-164 BC. Diademed head right / BASILEWS
ANTIOCOU, Apollo seated left on omphalos holding
arrow and resting on bow, aplustre at left.
Lindgren 1031. Coin #658
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THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.97 gm, 11h)THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.97 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Lampsacus, 297-281 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, resting left arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion boss, transverse spear beyond; aplustre to outer left, monogram to inner left. Thompson 48.4 commentsMark R1
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TITUSAR denarius. Antioch,72 AD. 3,48 g. Laureate head right. T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT / Neptune standing left, right foot on globe, holding aplustre and sceptre. NEP RED.
RIC 366. RSC 122.
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TITUSAR denarius. Antioch,72 AD. 3,48 g. Laureate head right. T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT / Neptune standing left, right foot on globe, holding aplustre and sceptre. NEP RED.
RIC 366. RSC 122.

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Tryphon SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. Æ (18mm, 5.78 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Diademed head right / Spiked Macedonian helmet adorned with wild goat horns; aplustre to inner left. SC 2034.2a; HGC 9, 1061.

A military commander and leading supporter of the usurper Alexander I Balas, Diodotos placed Antiochos VI on the Seleukid throne following Balas' death. Two years later, upon the death of the young king, Diodotos took the throne himself, supposedly upon the acclamation of his troops. Unlike previous usurpers, Diodotos did not fabricate his lineage into the Seleukid house, but maintained that the Seleukid line had ended, and his was the beginning of a new era. He broke tradition by assuming the title autocrat rather than king, and took the name Tryphon ('the magnificent'). His reign proved very unpopular, and a new Seleukid claimant, Antiochos VII Sidetes, rose against him. Within three years Tryphon was defeated and killed.
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Tryphon 142-138 B.C.Diodotus Tryphon, 142-138 BC, Ae18.4~19.3mm. Weight 5.50g. Obv: Diademed head right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ AYTOKPATOPOY, spiked Macedonian helmet with horn. Aplustre inner left field.ddwau
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