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THRACE, Odessos. Circa 280-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.44 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above civic monogram. Topalov, Odesos 23; Price 1151; HGC 3.2, 1584. Quant.Geek
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6 Maximinus IIANTIOCH
Semi-autonomous issue under Maximinus II, ca. 310 AD

GENIO ANTOCHENI - Genius of Antioch seated, facing; Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre.

'The last civic coinages and the religious policy of Maximinus Daza', J. van Heesch. c.310 (Antioch).
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Δ in circular punchIONIA. Smyrna. Civic. Æ 20. Time of Gordian to Valerian. Obv: .IEPACVNKΛHTOC. Laureate and draped bust of the Roman Senate right, countermark on bust. Rev: CMVPΓNE-ΩKOPΩN. Figure of Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia, inside tetrastyle temple. Ref: Ex. Lindgren II:556; BMC 233. Axis: 180°. Weight: 4.95 g. CM: Δ in circular punch, 5.5 mm. Howgego 791 (34 pcs). Note: The countermark was probably not applied before the time of the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus. Collection Automan.Automan
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Δ in circular punchBITHYNIA. Tium. Civic. Æ 24. First half of 3rd century A.D. Obv: .TE-IOC. Diademed and draped bust of Teos right; countermark on neck. Rev: TIAN-ΩN. Dionysus standing facing, head left, emptying contents of cantharus, holding thyrsus. Ref: BMC -; SNG von Aulock 928ff (obverse).Axis: 30°. Weight: 5.72 g. CM: Δ in circular punch, 6 mm. Howgego 789 (34 pcs). Note: The latest coin bearing this countermark was issued for Hostilian. Collection Automan.Automan
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SPAIN, Oducia
PB Tessera (19mm, 3.95 g)
MF/OD within wreath (Municipium Flavium Oducensis)
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Cf. Casariego, Cores, & Pliego 14b

The municipia Flavia were a series of small towns founded as part of Vespasian's reconstruction of Spain. These settlements are notable in that the civic laws are preserved in stone for many of the settlements.
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (19mm, 3.35 g, 12 h)
Helmeted gladiator standing right, holding clipeus and gladius; CVR to left
Helmeted gladiator standing right, holding clipeus and gladius; M to left
Rostovtsev 528, pl. IV, 38; München 97; BM 175, 1040-6, 1050; Milan 81-2

Rostovtsev interprets the legend as curator muneris, possibly an individual related to the managing of the games, though a curator muneris pecuniae, a magistrate in charge of civic revenues, is recorded in some areas.
Ardatirion
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (15mm, 2.54 g)
BOY/Λ/ ΘЄO within wreath
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Gülbay & Kireç -

Apparently issued by the Boule, a local council in charge of civic matters. Theo is either the name of a magistrate or an epithet of the Boule.
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GERMANY, Kriegsgeld. Berleberg
FE 10 Pfennigen (20mm, 2.39 g, 12h)
Dated 1917
STADT BERLEBURG, civic coat-of-arms; below, *1917*
KRIEGSNOTGELD/ 10/ * PFENNIG *
Ardatirion
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GERMANY, Kriegsgeld. Münster.
FE 25 Pfennigen (23mm, 5.15 g, 12h)
Dated 1918
STADT MÜNSTER I/W, civic coat-of-arms; * KRIEGSGELD * below
25/ PFENNIG/ 1918 within ornamented square tablet
Ardatirion
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GERMANY, Kriegsgeld. Siegen.
FE 10 Pfennigen (22mm, 4.07 g, 12h)
Dated 1918
Civic coat-of-arms; STADT SIEGEN below
KRIEGSGELD 1918/ 10/ * PFENNIG *
Ardatirion
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0001 Sasanian Empire Khusro II -- Year 2 -- BishapurObv: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. on two lines reading down leftward and outward is GDH/'pzwt (xwarrah abzūd) and to the r. on one line reading down is hwslwd (Husraw) = Khusro has increased the royal glory; frontal bust facing r. of bearded Khusro II with a hair globe drawn to the back of the neck, crown with three merlons and attached to the top of the crown cap are wings (group of pellets within the base) with an attached crescent and star, double pearl diadem with three ribbons behind, earring made up of three dots, neckline edged with a row of pearls, both shoulders decorated with a crescent and star, double row of pearls from shoulders to breast, two dots on the breast, star in upper l. field, star and crescent in upper r. field, two dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, and 9h.
Rev: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. reading down is year tlyn of Khusro II's reign and to the r. reading down is the mint mark BYSh = year 2 of Khusro II's reign, Bishapur; fire altar with a base consisting of two slabs and a shaft with two ribbons pointing upwards to the r. and l. of the shaft with four altar slabs on top and flames consisting of four tiers rendered as four then three then two then one upward stroke, star to the l. and crescent to the r. of the top two tiers, to the l. and r. of the altar are two frontal facing attendants each holding a sword pointing downwards with the r. hand over the l. hand and wearing a rounded cap, three dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, 9h, and 12h.
Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Bishapur; Date: year 2, 591 - 592 AD; Weight: 4.12g; Diameter: 29mm; Die axis: 90º; References, for example: Göbl II/2; SNS Iran 580 and 581 (same mint and regnal year).

Regnal year 2 saw major changes to the coinage of Khusro II. First, the defeat of Wahrām Chōbēn (Wahrām VI) brought to an end the interruption of Khusro II's xwarrah and so wings representing Vərəθraγna/Verethragna (Avestan), Wahrām (Middle Persian), Bahrām (Persian), i.e. the god or personification of victory, were added to Khusro II's crown. Second, for the first time in Sasanian coinage the ideogram GDH (xwarrah) is added to the legend (obverse). Third, on the reverse six pointed stars are added to the crescent moons outside of the three dotted rims at 3h, 6h, 9h, and 12h. Six pointed stars can be considered representations of the sun (see Gariboldi 2010 pp. 36ff and the sources referenced in footnote 71, p. 37).

See Daryaee (1997) for an interesting study of the religious and political iconography on the coinage of Khusro II*. He argues that Khusro II implemented iconographic changes in regnal year 2 (591 - 592 AD) as a direct result of suppressing the rebellion (with the assistance of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice) of the brilliant general Wahrām Chōbēn (Wahrām VI) in 591 AD. Further iconographic changes were carried out in regnal year 11 (600 - 601 AD) in response to the final defeat in 600 AD of the 10 year rule/rebellion of Wistahm**, his uncle (as the brother-in-law of his father Ohrmazd IV) and former staunch supporter.

*The study cannot be intended to be complete. For example, there is no discussion of the legend 'pd that appeared, beginning in the 12th regnal year but not present for all subsequent years or at all mints, in the second quadrant outside of the rims on the obverse. Gariboldi 2010 (p.64) translates the legend as "good", "excellent", "wonderful" while Göbl 1983 (p. 331) translates it as "praise".

**There is some debate about when Wistahm was finally eliminated. Daryaee, following Paruck 1924, relies on (purported?) numismatic evidence that the last coin minted in his name was for year 10. Therefore Daryaee states that 600 AD was the year of elimination (Daryaee 1997, p. 53 n. 38. Also see Daryaee 2009, p. 33 n. 166 for a slightly more tepid assertion). Frye 1984 implies a 10 year rule for Wistahm, stating that "it was not until 601 that the rule of Chosroes [Khusro] was restored over all of the empire..." (p. 336). Göbl SN, however, states that 10 years of reign are said to be represented, although personally he had only seen coins of years 2 through 7 (p. 53). Thus Wistahm's years in SN's Table XI are listed as "591/2 - 597?" Malek 1993 also lists Wistahm's years as 591/2 - 97 (p. 237).

Provenance: Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins Auction 36, January 25, 2020

Photo Credit: Stephen Album Rare Coins

Sources

Daryaee, Touraj. 'The Use of Religio-Political Propaganda on Coins of Xusrō II." The Journal of the American Numismatics (1989-), vol. 9 (1997): 41-53.
Daryaee, Touraj. Sasanian Persia: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire. London: I. B. Tauris, 2009.
Frye, Richard. The History of Ancient Iran. Munich: C.H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1984.
Gariboldi, Andrea. Sasanian Coinage and History: The Civic Numismatic Collection of Milan. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2010.
Göbl, Robert. Sasanian Numismatics. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt and Biermann, 1971.
Göbl 1983: Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3 (1), The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983: 322 - 336.
Malek, Hodge. "A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics." The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), vol. 153 (1993): 227 - 269.
Paruck, F.D.J. Sasanian Coins. Bombay: 1924.
SNS Iran: Akbarzadeh, Daryoosh and Nikolaus Schindel. Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran A Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh. Wien: Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften, 2017.


2 commentsTracy Aiello
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0002 Sasanian Empire Khusro II -- Year 5 -- CtesiphonObv: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. on two lines reading down leftward and outward is GDH/'pzwt (xwarrah abzūd) and to the r. on one line reading down is hwslwd (Husraw) = Khusro has increased the royal glory; frontal bust facing r. of bearded Khusro II with a hair globe drawn to the back of the neck, crown with three merlons and attached to the top of the crown cap are wings (lines within the base, wings open) with an attached crescent and star, double pearl diadem with three ribbons behind, earring made up of three dots, neckline edged with a row of pearls, both shoulders decorated with a crescent and star, double row of pearls from shoulders to breast, two dots on the breast, star in upper l. field, star and crescent in upper r. field, two dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, and 9h.
Rev: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. reading down is year ḥwmŝ‵ of Khusro II's reign and to the r. reading down is the mint mark WYHC = year 5 of Khusro II's reign, Ctesiphon; fire altar with a base consisting of two slabs and a shaft with two ribbons pointing upwards to the r. and l. of the shaft with four altar slabs on top and flames consisting of four tiers rendered as four then three then two then one upward stroke, star to the l. and crescent to the r. of the top two tiers, to the l. and r. of the altar are two frontal facing attendants each holding a sword pointing downwards with the r. hand over the l. hand and wearing a rounded cap, three dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, 9h, and 12h.

Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Ctesiphon;1 Date: year 5, 594 - 595 AD; Weight: 4.10g; Diameter: 31.34mm; Die axis: 90º; References, for example: Göbl II/2.

Notes:

1See Schindel (2005) pp. 296 - 299 for an argument identifying the Pahlavi mint signature WYHC with Ctesipon.

See Daryaee (1997) for an interesting study of the religious and political iconography on the coinage of Khusro II*. He argues that Khusro II implemented iconographic changes in regnal year 2 (591 - 592 AD) as a direct result of suppressing the rebellion (with the assistance of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice) of the brilliant general Wahrām Chōbēn (Wahrām VI) in 591 AD. Further iconographic changes were carried out in regnal year 11 (600 - 601 AD) in response to the final defeat in 600 AD of the 10 year rule/rebellion of Wistahm**, his uncle (as the brother-in-law of his father Ohrmazd IV) and former staunch supporter.

*The study cannot be intended to be complete. For example, there is no discussion of the legend 'pd that appeared, beginning in the 12th regnal year but not present for all subsequent years or at all mints, in the second quadrant outside of the rims on the obverse. Gariboldi 2010 (p.64) translates the legend as "good", "excellent", "wonderful' while Göbl 1983 (p. 331) translates it as "praise".

**There is some debate about when Wistahm was finally eliminated. Daryaee, following Paruck 1924, relies on (purported?) numismatic evidence that the last coin minted in his name was for year 10. Therefore Daryaee states that 600 AD was the year of elimination (Daryaee 1997, p. 53 n. 38. Also see Daryaee 2009, p. 33 n. 166 for a slightly more tepid assertion). Frye 1984 implies a 10 year rule for Wistahm, stating that "it was not until 601 that the rule of Chosroes [Khusro] was restored over all of the empire..." (p. 336). Göbl SN, however, states that 10 years of reign are said to be represented, although personally he had only seen coins of years 2 through 7 (p. 53). Thus Wistahm's years in SN's Table XI are listed as "591/2 - 597?" Malek 1993 also lists Wistahm's years as 591/2 - 97 (p. 237).

Provenance: Ex Marc R. Breitsprecher, Classical Numismatist October 2, 2018.

Photo Credit: Marc R. Breitsprecher, Classical Numismatist

Sources

Daryaee, Touraj. "The Use of Religio-Political Propaganda on Coins of Xusrō II." The Journal of the American Numismatics (1989-), vol. 9 (1997): 41-53.
Daryaee, Touraj. Sasanian Persia: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire. London: I. B. Tauris, 2009.
Frye, Richard. The History of Ancient Iran. Munich: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1984.
Gariboldi, Andrea. Sasanian Coinage and History: The Civic Numismatic Collection of Milan. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2010.
Göbl, Robert. Sasanian Numismatics. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt and Biermann, 1971.
Göbl 1983: Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3 (1), The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983: 322 - 336.
Malek, Hodge. "A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics." The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), vol. 153 (1993): 227 - 269.
Paruck, F.D.J. Sasanian Coins. Bombay: 1924.
Schindel, Nickolaus. "Sasanian Mint Abbreviations: The Evidence of Style." The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), vol. 165 (2005): 287 - 299.
1 commentsTracy Aiello
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0003 Sasanian Empire Khusro II -- Year 35 -- CtesiphonObv: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. on two lines reading down leftward and outward (with the first word extending through the inner rim) is GDH/'pzwt (xwarrah abzūd) and to the r. on one line reading down is hwslwd (Husraw) = Khusro has increased the royal glory; frontal bust facing r. of bearded Khusro II with a hair globe drawn to the back of the neck, crown with three merlons and attached to the top of the crown cap are wings (lines within the base, wings open) with an attached crescent and star, double pearl diadem with three ribbons behind, earring made up of three dots, neckline edged with a row of pearls, both shoulders decorated with a crescent and star, double row of pearls from shoulders to breast, two dots on the breast, star in upper l. field and star and crescent in upper r. field both extending through the inner rim, two dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, and 9h.
Rev: Pahlavi script legend: to the l. reading down is year pncsyh of Khusro II's reign and to the r. reading down is the mint mark WYHC = year 35 of Khusro II's reign, Ctesiphon; fire altar with a base consisting of two slabs and a shaft with two ribbons pointing upwards to the r. and l. of the shaft with four altar slabs on top and flames consisting of four tiers rendered as four then three then two then one upward stroke, star to the l. and crescent to the r. of the top two tiers, to the l. and r. of the altar are two frontal facing attendants each holding a sword pointing downwards with the r. hand over the l. hand and wearing a crescent cap, three dotted rims with a star on a crescent at 3h, 6h, 9h, and 12h.
Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Ctesiphon;1 Date: year 35, 624 - 625 AD; Weight: 4.11g; Diameter: 32.6mm; Die axis: 90º; References, for example: Göbl II/3.

Notes:

1See Schindel (2005) pp. 296 - 299 for an argument identifying the Pahlavi mint signature WYHC with Ctesipon.

See Daryaee (1997) for an interesting study of the religious and political iconography on the coinage of Khusro II*. He argues that Khusro II implemented iconographic changes in regnal year 2 (591 - 592 AD) as a direct result of suppressing the rebellion (with the assistance of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice) of the brilliant general Wahrām Chōbēn (Wahrām VI) in 591 AD. Further iconographic changes were carried out in regnal year 11 (600 - 601 AD) in response to the final defeat in 600 AD of the 10 year rule/rebellion of Wistahm**, his uncle (as the brother-in-law of his father Ohrmazd IV) and former staunch supporter.

*The study cannot be intended to be complete. For example, there is no discussion of the legend 'pd that appeared, beginning in the 12th regnal year but not present for all subsequent years or at all mints, in the second quadrant outside of the rims on the obverse. Gariboldi 2010 (p.64) translates the legend as "good", "excellent", "wonderful" while Göbl 1983 (p. 331) translates it as "praise".

**There is some debate about when Wistahm was finally eliminated. Daryaee, following Paruck 1924, relies on (purported?) numismatic evidence that the last coin minted in his name was for year 10. Therefore Daryaee states that 600 AD was the year of elimination (Daryaee 1997, p. 53 n. 38. Also see Daryaee 2009, p. 33 n. 166 for a slightly more tepid assertion). Frye 1984 implies a 10 year rule for Wistahm, stating that "it was not until 601 that the rule of Chosroes [Khusro] was restored over all of the empire..." (p. 336). Göbl SN, however, states that 10 years of reign are said to be represented, although personally he had only seen coins of years 2 through 7 (p. 53). Thus Wistahm's years in SN's Table XI are listed as "591/2 - 597?" Malek 1993 also lists Wistahm's years as 591/2 - 97 (p. 237).

Provenance: Ex Forum Ancient Coins June 8, 2018, from the Jyrki Muona Collection; Ex CNG e-auction 59 (26 Feb 2003), lot 77; Ex CNG e-auction 57 (4 Apr 2001), lot 47.

Photo Credit: Forum Ancient Coins

Sources

Daryaee, Touraj. "The Use of Religio-Political Propaganda on Coins of Xusrō II." The Journal of the American Numismatics (1989-), vol. 9 (1997): 41-53.
Daryaee, Touraj. Sasanian Persia: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire. London: I. B. Tauris, 2009.
Frye, Richard. The History of Ancient Iran. Munich: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1984.
Gariboldi, Andrea. Sasanian Coinage and History: The Civic Numismatic Collection of Milan. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 2010.
Göbl, Robert. Sasanian Numismatics. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt and Biermann, 1971.
Göbl 1983: Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. The Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3 (1), The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983: 322 - 336.
Malek, Hodge. "A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics." The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), vol. 153 (1993): 227 - 269.
Paruck, F.D.J. Sasanian Coins. Bombay: 1924.
Schindel, Nickolaus. "Sasanian Mint Abbreviations: The Evidence of Style." The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), vol. 165 (2005): 287 - 299.
2 commentsTracy Aiello
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001 - Augustus As (as Ceasar under Augustus) - RIC 230AE As.
Obv:- CAESAR PONT MAX, Laureate bust right. ·CCARN" in circle in countermark.
Rev:- ROM ET AVG; Front elevation of the Altar in Lyon, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, these being made by nude male figures, usually stylized, to left and right, Victories on columns facing one another.
Minted in Lugdunum. B.C. 15 to B.C. 10.
Ref:- BMC 550. RIC I Augustus 230

Rare countermark
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003a2. TiberiusTiberius
Copper as, thin flan, 5.461g, 25.7mm, 315o, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, as caesar, 12 A.D.; obverse TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, laureate head right; reverse ROM ET AVG, Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with corona civica between laurels and nude male figures, flanked by Victories on columns facing center raising wreaths. RIC I 245.

A FORUM coin.
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007 - Tiberius As (as Ceasar under Augustus) - RIC 245 AE As.
Obv:- TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, laureate head right
Rev:- ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, nude figures, & Victories.
Minted in Lugdunum. A.D. 12-14
Ref:- RIC 245 [Augustus], Cohen 37, BMC 585, Paris 1769
27 mm, 10.04gm
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007a. Civil Wars 68-69The Civil Wars erupted in Gaul in March 68 under the leadership of Vindex, quickly followed by Galba in Spain. Vindex was beaten, but Galba's revolt continued. Clodius Macer also rose up in Africa. About a year later, in March 69, pro-Vitellian forces rose up in Gaul. Finally, in late 69, a separate widespread revolt under the leadership of Julius Civilis erupted in Southern Gaul, but eventually was crushed. Some portrait coins were struck, but the majority of coinage from this period was one of three types: 1) denarii with the portrait of Augustus; 2) denarii with symbolic devices; and 3) bronze coins of Nero that were overstruck with SPQR [an example of this type of coin is in the Civil Wars gallery].

Coin: Vindex AR Denarius. Uncertain Gallic Mint, AD 68. SALVS GENERIS [HVM]ANI, Victory standing to left on globe, holding palm branch and wreath / S P Q R, within corona civica with circular jewel in bezel at apex. RIC I 72 (Civil War); BMCRE 34. 3.35g, 17mm, 6h. From a private German collection; Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 341, 1 October 2020, lot 5810. Roma Numismatics Auction 85 Lot 1604.
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007a1. Civil WarVindex AR Denarius. Uncertain Gallic Mint, AD 68. SALVS GENERIS [HVM]ANI, Victory standing to left on globe, holding palm branch and wreath / S P Q R, within corona civica with circular jewel in bezel at apex. RIC I 72 (Civil War); BMCRE 34. 3.35g, 17mm, 6h. From a private German collection; Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 341, 1 October 2020, lot 5810. Roma Numismatics Auction 85 Lot 1604.1 commentslawrence c
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06 Nero RIC I 15Nero. 54-68 A.D. AR Denarius. Rome Mint. 54 A.D. Oct.-Dec.. (3.43g, 19.1mm, 9h) . Obv: NERO CAESAR AVG IMP, bare head right. Rev: PONTIF MAX TR P IIII PP around oak-wreath enclosing EX SC. RIC I 15 (R2).

A worn but scarce pre-reform denarius from early in Nero’s reign. Despite the wear, the weight of this specimen is quite nice. The EX SC with the oak wreath could allude to the Senate’s awarding of the corona civica to Nero. This specimen also has a very unusual die axis for imperial coinage of the Roman mint from this time.
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1769 Hadrian Sestertius Roma 130-38 AD Hadrian standing vis-à-vis JudaeaReference.
RIC 1769; Strack 755; Banti 37

Bust C2+

Obv. HADRIANVS COS III P P
Bare head draped bust, viewed from side

Rev. ADVENTUI AVG IVDAEAE; S C in ex.
Hadrian standing right, one hand raised in gesture of address and the other holding scroll: facing him is Italia standing left holding patera over altar placed in the centre, and also holding incense box. Two children stand by her feet. Victim bull at foot of altar

26.16 gr
31 mm
12h

Note.

Hadrian’s arrival in Judaea is commemorated on a very rare ADVENTUS sestertius. On the reverse, the emperor greets the figure of Judaea sacrificing over a pagan altar, accompanied by two children. It would be hard to imagine an image more offensive to Jewish sensibilities.


Hadrian made a brief visit to Judaea circa AD 130, during his second great provincial tour of AD 129-132. Prior to his arrival, rumors spread among the Jews that he intended to rebuild Jerusalem and the great Temple, destroyed during the Jewish War of AD 66-73, so he was at first warmly welcomed. However, Hadrian decided to rebuild the city as the Roman veteran colony of Aelia Capitolina, with a temple to Jupiter replacing the one once dedicated to Jehovah. This ultimately sparked the bloody Bar Kokhba Revolt of AD 132-135, which devastated the province and darkened Hadrian's final years. The rare coinage issued to mark his visit, with the legend ADVENTVS AVG IVDAEA ("the Emperor Enters Judaea") depicts Hadrian being greeted by a female personification of the province and two children. Judaea was renamed Syria Palaestina in response to the Bar Kochba conflict, though precisely when this occurred is not known.

Judaea was the empire’s most troubled province during Hadrian’s reign. For Romans, offering ritual sacrifice to the imperial state cult was a normal civic obligation. Most ancient religions were broadly tolerant of each other’s deities, but the Jews’ fierce insistence that their one, invisible God forbade any form of idolatry in their land was a constant source of tension.
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3730 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian Trichalkon. 128-29 AD Ram A aboveReference.
RPC III, 3730/3; McAlee 125 (a); SNG Copenhagen 115; BMC --

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ANTIOXЄωN THC MHTPOΠOΛЄωC
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right.

Rev. ЄT ZOP
Ram leaping right, head left; star within crescent and A above.

4.26 gr
17 mm
12h
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3732 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian Trichalkon. 128-29 AD Ram Γ aboveReference.
RPC III, 3732; McAlee 125c; BMC 102; SNG Copenhagen 117.

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ANTIOXЄωN THC MHTPOΠOΛЄωC.
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right.

Rev. ЄT ZOP
Ram leaping right, head left; star within crescent and in field, l., Γ

4.87 gr
17 mm
12h
okidoki
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3732 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian Trichalkon. 128-29 AD Ram Γ aboveReference.
RPC III, 3732/8; McAlee 125c; BMC 102; SNG Copenhagen 117.

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ANTIOXЄωN THC MHTPOΠOΛЄωC.
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right.

Rev. ЄT ZOP
Ram running r, looking back; above, crescent and star; in field, l., Γ

4.36 gr
18 mm
12h
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741_P_Hadrian_pseudo_RPC3733.jpg
3733 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian Trichalkon. 128-29 AD AltarReference.
RPC III, 3733/2; CRS 262; McAlee 124(d)

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗС ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωС
Turreted and veiled head of the Tyche of Antioch, right.

Rev. ΕΤ ΖΟΡ
Lighted garlanded altar; no letter

4.41 gr
18 mm
12h
okidoki
1115_Pseudo_Hadrian_RPC3734.jpg
3734 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian Trichalkon. 128-29 AD AltarReference.
RPC III, 3734/5; McAlee 124a

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗС ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωС
Turreted and veiled head of the Tyche of Antioch, r.

Rev. ΕΤ ΖΟΡ
Lighted garlanded altar; Α (in field, l.)

4.20 gr
16 mm
12h
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1423_P_Hadrian_RPC3736_Pseudo.jpg
3736 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian Trichalkon. 128-29 AD Altar ΓReference.
RPC III, 3736/8; BMC 107; CRS 265; McAlee 124(c)

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕⲰϹ
Turreted and veiled head of the Tyche of Antioch, r.

Rev. ΕΤ ΖΟΡ
Lighted garlanded altar; Γ (beneath)

4.82 gr
17 mm
6h
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748_P_Hadrian_pseudo_RPC_3742.jpg
3742 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian. 128-29 AD, Laurel-branch ΑReference.
RPC III, 3742/7; BMC 901; McAlee 129(a)

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωС
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo, right

Rev. ΕΤΟΥС ΖΟΡ
Laurel-branch: Α (in field, r.)

3.75 gr
18 mm
6h
okidoki
903_P_Hadrian_pseudo_RPC3745.jpg
3742 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian. 128-29 AD, Laurel-branch Reference.
RPC III, 3742/8;

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩ(Ν) ΜΗΤΡΟ
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo, right.

Rev. ΕΤΟY[С] [ΖΟ]Ρ
Laurel-branch no letter

3.96 gr
14 mm
12h
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615_P_Hadrian_pseudo_RPC3744.jpg
3744 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian. 128-29 AD Laurel-branch ΓReference.
RPC III, 3744/3; CRS 280a; McAlee 129(c)

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωС
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo, right.

Rev. ΕΤΟ(ΥС) ΖΟΡ
Laurel-branch: Γ (in field, r.)

3.49 gr
16mm
12h
okidoki
1231_P_Hadrian_Pseudo_RPC3746.jpg
3746 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian. 128-29 AD Laurel-branch ΑReference.
RPC III, 3746; CRS 278; McAlee 130(a); BMC Galatia etc. p164, 109

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωС
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo, left

Rev. ΕΤΟΥ ΖΟΡ
Laurel-branch: Α (in field, r.)

2.84 gr
15 mm
12h
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762_P_Hadrian_Pseudo_RPC3751.jpg
3754 SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Hadrian. Dichalkon 128-29 AD Lyre B aboveReference.
RPC III, 3754/6; McAlee 128b.

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωС
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo, left.

Rev. ΕΤΟ(ΥС) ΖΟΡ
Lyre; B (above)

3.21 gr
17 mm
6h

Note.
Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser sold 20.02.1997
okidoki
221_P_Hadrian__BMC_112.jpg
3755 SYRIA, Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Hadrian. Dichalkon 128-29 AD Lyre Γ aboveReference.
RPC III, 3755/7; BMC Syria 112 var (A above) (p.164) ; McAlee 128(c); Waage 427

Issue Civic bronze coins dated Year 177

Obv. ANTIOXEwN THC MHTPOΠ OΛEwC
Laureate and draped bust of Apollo left.

Rev. ETOY ZOP
Lyre (r above)

2.76 gr
16 mm
12h
okidoki
DomitianARDenariusHorseman.jpg
712a, Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D.Domitian, as Caesar, AR Denarius. 77-78 AD; RIC 242, VF, 18mm, 3.18grams. Obverse: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIA[NVS], laureate head right ; Reverse: COS V below man with hand raised out behind him on horse prancing right. RSC 49a. Scarce. Ex Zuzim Judaea.

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families

Titus Flavius Domitianus(A.D. 81-96)


John Donahue
College of William and Mary

Domitian was born in Rome on 24 October A.D. 51, the youngest son of Vespasian, Roman emperor (A.D. 69-79) and Domitilla I, a treasury clerk's daughter. Little is known about Domitian in the turbulent 18 months of the four (five?) emperors, but in the aftermath of the downfall of Vitellius in A.D. 69 he presented himself to the invading Flavian forces, was hailed as Caesar, and moved into the imperial residence.

As emperor, Domitian was to become one of Rome's foremost micromanagers, especially concerning the economy. Shortly after taking office, he raised the silver content of the denarius by about 12% (to the earlier level of Augustus), only to devaluate it in A.D. 85, when the imperial income must have proved insufficient to meet military and public expenses.

Domitian's reach extended well beyond the economy. Late in A.D. 85 he made himself censor perpetuus, censor for life, with a general supervision of conduct and morals. The move was without precedent and, although largely symbolic, it nevertheless revealed Domitian's obsessive interest in all aspects of Roman life. An ardent supporter of traditional Roman religion, he also closely identified himself with Minerva and Jupiter, publicly linking the latter divinity to his regime through the Ludi Capitolini, the Capitoline Games, begun in A.D.86. Held every four years in the early summer, the Games consisted of chariot races, athletics and gymnastics, and music, oratory and poetry.

Beyond Rome, Domitian taxed provincials rigorously and was not afraid to impose his will on officials of every rank. Consistent with his concern for the details of administration, he also made essential changes in the organization of several provinces and established the office of curator to investigate financial mismanagement in the cities. Other evidence points to a concern with civic improvements of all kinds, from road building in Asia Minor, Sardinia and near the Danube to building and defensive improvements in North Africa.

While the military abilities of Vespasian and Titus were genuine, those of Domitian were not. Partly as an attempt to remedy this deficiency, Domitian frequently became involved in his own military exploits outside of Rome. He claimed a triumph in A.D. 83 for subduing the Chatti in Gaul, but the conquest was illusory. Final victory did not really come until A.D. 89. In Britain, similar propaganda masked the withdrawal of Roman forces from the northern borders to positions farther south, a clear sign of Domitian's rejection of expansionist warfare in the province.

Domitian's autocratic tendencies meant that the real seat of power during his reign resided with his court. The features typically associated with later courts - a small band of favored courtiers, a keen interest in the bizarre and the unusual (e.g., wrestlers, jesters, and dwarves), and a highly mannered, if somewhat artificial atmosphere, characterized Domitian's palace too, whether at Rome or at his Alban villa, some 20 kilometers outside of the capital.

On 18 September, A.D. 96, Domitian was assassinated and was succeeded on the very same day by M. Cocceius Nerva, a senator and one of his amici. The sources are unanimous in stressing that this was a palace plot, yet it is difficult to determine the level of culpability among the various potential conspirators.
In many ways, Domitian is still a mystery - a lazy and licentious ruler by some accounts, an ambitious administrator and keeper of traditional Roman religion by others. As many of his economic, provincial, and military policies reveal, he was efficient and practical in much that he undertook, yet he also did nothing to hide the harsher despotic realities of his rule. This fact, combined with his solitary personality and frequent absences from Rome, guaranteed a harsh portrayal of his rule. The ultimate truths of his reign remain difficult to know.

Copyright (C) 1997, John Donahue.
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.

Perhaps the reverse of this Domitian/Horseman specimen depicts Domitian as he rode a white horse behind his father, Vespasian, and his brother, Titus, during their joint triumph celebrating their victory over Judaea (see: Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. Trans. Robert Graves. London: Penguin, 2003. 304).

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Cleisthenes
Smyrna_Mithradates_VI_AE_25.jpg
88 BC - In Celebration of the Slaughter of 80,000 Romans in Asia Minor Ionia, Smyrna, 88-85 BC, AE 25
Diademed head of Mithradates VI of Pontos right.
ZMYPNAIΩN right, EPMOΓENHΣ/ΦPIΞOΣ to left of Nike standing right, palm frond over one shoulder while crowning the city’s ethnic with wreath.
Milne, Autonomous Smyrna 340; Callataÿ pl. LI, P-Q; SNG Copenhagen 1206.
(25 mm, 14.86 g, 12h)

This coin was struck in the First Mithradatic War, at a time when Mithradates VI had all but expelled the Romans from Asia Minor. A civic issue from Smyrna, it was an overt statement of the city’s support for Mithradates in his campaign against Rome as well as a celebration of Mithradates success in freeing most of Asia Minor from the Roman yoke. The issue probably commenced shortly after Mithradates had organised the murder of 80,000 Roman citizens in a single night across the cities of Asia Minor in the Spring of 88 BC. The issue was short lived, as the tide of military fortune quickly turned against Mithradates when he had to face Sulla. Ultimately, he was forced to negotiate a truce (the Treaty of Dardanos) with the Romans in 85 BC, bringing Asia Minor firmly back into the Roman Empire. This brought this coinage to an end. However, the peace was short lived and hostilities between Rome and Mithradates resumed two years later, continuing intermittently for the next twenty years until Mithradates death in 66 BC following a succession of military defeats at the hands of Pompey the Great.
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Cuarto_Follis_Maximino_II_Antioch_Vagi_2955.jpg
A116-30 -Acuñacion Civica Anonima Semi-Autonoma (311 - 312 D.C.)AE15 ¼ de Follis o Nummus 19 x 15 mm 1.2 gr.
Moneda tradicionalmente atribuida a Julian II hasta que J.Van Heesch en su artículo “The last Civic Coinages and the Religious Police of Maximinus Daza”, publicado en el Numismatic Chronicle vol.153 Pags. 66 y subsiguientes (1993), realiza un detallado estudio de este tipo de acuñación cívica anónima del cuarto siglo, donde demuestra que estas monedas se acuñaron bajos los auspicios de Maximino II Daya conmemorando “La Gran Persecución” de los Cristianos y por consiguiente la Victoria Pagana, al honrar con ellas a los antiguos dioses grecorromanos Júpiter, Apolo, Tyche, y Serapis. Recordemos que en dicha persecución (desde finales del 311 a finales del 312 D.C.) se cerraron Iglesias, encarcelando y/o desterrando a los cristianos. Esta campaña fue particularmente fuerte en Nicomedia, Antioquia y Alejandría, los tres centros principales del Imperio de Oriente. Estas persecuciones menguaron al año siguiente posiblemente como resultado de la preocupación de Maximino II al provocar abiertamente a los Emperadores Asociados de Occidente Constantino I y Licinio I.

Anv: "IOVI CONS - ERVATORI" – Júpiter semidesnudo, sentado en un trono a izquierda, portando globo en la mano de su brazo derecho extendido y largo cetro vertical en la izquierda.
Rev: "VICTOR - IA AVGG" – Victoria avanzando a izquierda, portando guirnalda en la mano de su brazo derecho extendido y hoja de palma en la izquierda. "ANT" en exergo y "B" en campo derecho.

Acuñada 311 - 312 D.C.
Ceca: Antiochia (Off. 2da.)

Referencias: Cohen Vol.VIII #53 Pag.49 (Julián II) (10f) - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #7952 Pag.94 – Vaggi #2955 - J.Van Heesch “The last Civic Coinages and the Religious Police of Maximinus Daza (1993)” #2.
mdelvalle
tarsus.jpg
AE 26 Civic Issue of Tarsus in Cilicia after 164 BCObverse: City goddess (Tyche) seated right on a throne holding an ear of grain, at her feet swims the river god Kyndos.
Reverse: Jupiter Nikephoros seated right holding staff. TARSEWN (of the Tarsians) in the right field
The obverse symbolizes the city on the banks of the Kyndos river, holding the symbol of its prosperity. Tarsos was the birthplace of the Apostle Paul. In the Roman era the figure of Jupiter has replaced the ancient God, Sandan.
SNGLev979m(ref. Wildwinds), w.t 14.7 gms
daverino
Kyme_tetradrachm_a.jpg
Aeolis, Kyme, ca. 151-145 BC, AR Tetradrachm Head of the Amazon Kyme right, hair bound with tainia.
KYMAIΩN METROΦANHZ Bridled horse standing right, left foreleg raised above an oinochoe (one-handled jug), all within laurel wreath.

Oakley obverse die 1; BMC Aeolis p111, 74, SNG Copenhagen 104 (same obverse die).

(33 mm, 16.77 g, 12h).
Forum Ancient Coins.

Dating to 151-145 BC based on the analysis of recent hoards: Commerce (“Demetrius I” Hoard), 2003 (CH 10.301) by Lorber and Gaziantep Hoard (CH 9.257; 10.308) by Meadows and Houghton date the stenophoric civic issues of Kyme to the interval ca. 151-145 BC.
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Aeolis,Myrina. AE13. Helios/amphora. Civic issue. 200-25 BC.Obv: Radiate head of Helios right.
Rev: MY-ΡI across fields at the base of an amphora.
ancientone
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Afghanistan: Anonymous Civic Copper (1245 AH) AE Falus (Undocumented)1 commentsQuant.Geek
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Afghanistan: Anonymous Civic Copper (1289 AH) AE Falus, Qandahar (Undocumented)Quant.Geek
Akarnania,_Leukas,_167-100_BC,_AR_Didrachm.jpg
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 BalasAlexander Balas, struck SE 166, 147-6 BC. Ascalon Mint. Diademed head r. / Zeus draped from waist, standing, facing, head left, extending right hand above civic initials and holding wreath. Date outer left. SC 1847, Spaer 1556.ecoli
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Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm of AradosMacedon, Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.14 gm, 27mm, 7h) of Arados, Attic standard. Struck under Menes or Laomedon, 324-320 BC. Head of Herakles clad in lion skin headdress, r. / Zeus Aetophoros enthroned l., holding sceptre and eagle. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Σꭥ in left field, ΑΡ (civic) monogram under throne. VF. SNG Cop 2 #800; ACNAC Dewing 1065 (same dies, rev. die engraved with only Σ in l. field); Duyrat group IV, series 6 #402 (D77/R156); HGC 3.1 #910n; Muller pg. 297 (plate XIX #1363); Price 3321; Rouvier 51; SNG Alpha Bank 671 corr. (Σꭥ). cf SNG Delepierre 1007 (no ꭥ).1 commentsAnaximander
Alexander_tet.jpg
Alexander The great, Mesembria, tetradrachmKings of Macedon. Alexander III. "the Great" (336-323 BC). AR Tetradrachm (29 mm, 16.74 g). Civic issue, Mesembria mint, c. 250-187 BC.
Obv. Head of Herakles wearing lion's skin right.
Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, rev: Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; to left, corinthian helmet above monogram.
Price p. 182, 992 var. (slightly different monogram).
ex Auctiones eAuction #10, Lot 12
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Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, Phaselis Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, IA/F in left field
Minted in Phaselis mint. Civic issue, dated CY 11 (208/7 BC).
Reference:– Price 2849.
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ALEXANDER TROAS CIVIC ISSUE, AE25, BMC 52, HorseOBV: COL ALEX TRO, Turreted & draped bust of city goddess or Tyche right; vexillum behind
REV: COL AL [EX TRO], Horse feeding right, tree behind; beside the horse, a herdsman wearing chlamys, holding pedum in right hand, standing right
24.9mm, 5.6g
Minted at Alexander Troas, 250-270 AD
Legatus
ALEXANDRIA_TROAS_2.jpg
ALEXANDRIA TROAS CIVIC ISSUE AE 19, SNG Cop 117, EagleOBV: CO-L TRO, draped and turreted bust of Tyche right; vexillum behind
REV: CO-L AVG, TRO in exergue, eagle standing right on the forepart of a bull
5.06g, 19mm

Minted at Alexandria Troas, Third Century AD
Legatus
antiochia_maximinusII_Vagi2954.jpg
Anonymous Civic Issue of Antiochia, Vagi 2954AE 16, 1.87g
Antiochia 7th officina, struck in the time of Maximinus I., AD 310-312(?)
obv. GENIO AN - TIOCHEINI
Tyche of Antiochia, veiled and turreted, seated frontal on rocks, river-god
Orontes swimming before
rev. APOLLONI (sic!) - SANCTO
Apollo Musagetes, in stola, stg. l., holding patera and lyra
Z in r. field
in ex. SMA
Vagi 2954; not in RIC
rare, about VF, nice sand-patina

The obv. shows the famous Tyche of Antiochia made by Eutychides of Sikyon 2nd half of 4th century BC. The rev. could be the Apollo of Antiochia made my Bryaxis 400-350 BC.
Jochen
antiochia_maximinusII_Vagi2955_2.jpg
Anonymous Civic Issue of Antiochia, Vagi 2955AE 15, 0.80g (1/4 Follis)
Antiochia 1st officina, struck in the time of Maximinus I., AD 310-312(?)
obv. IOVI CONS - ERVATORI
Jupiter seated l., holding globus and sceptre
rev. VICTOR - IA AVGG
Victoria stg. l., holding wreath and palm
A in r. field
in ex. ANT
Vagi 2955; not in RIC
rare, VF+

The obv. could be the Zeus Nikephoros of the Temple of Apollo at Daphne (near Antiochia) which Antiochos IV commissioned for his great festival of 167 BC.
Jochen
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Anonymous Pagan Civic Coinage AntiochObverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI Jupiter, wearing cloak, seated left, holding sceptre and globe

Reverse: VICTORIA AVGG , S in field to right, ANT in exergue, Victory, wearing long dress holding wreath in her raised hand

Cohen 53, rare!

16mm, 1.39 grams
TLP
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Anonymous, AE19, ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝAE19
Anonymous Civic Issue
Tarsos, Cilicia
Issued: 164BC - Roman Era
19.0mm 5.50gr 11h
O: NO LEGEND; Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche, right.
R: ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ; Monument of Sandan; Sandan standing on a horned and winged lion, holding grain ear and bipennis within a triangular structure on an altar with garlanded front.
Exergue: Three control marks: ΡΔΥ ΡΑΤ ΔΙ.
Tarsos, Cilicia
SNG Tahberer -; Mionnet -; Mionnet Supplement -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Pfalz -; Ziegler -; BMC -; SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supplement -; SNG Cop -; SNG Cop Supplement -.
Ares Numismatics Web Auction 10, Lot 198.
7/4/20 8/6/20
Nicholas Z
10721_10722.jpg
Anonymous, Civic Issue, Eritrea, Euboia, AE17, ΕΥΒΟΙΕΩΝAE17
Anonymous
Civic Issue
194 - 180BC
17.0mm 4.50gr 1h
O: NO LEGEND; Veiled head of Isis (?), right.
R: ΕΥΒΟΙ-ΕΩΝ (second half of legend in exergue); Bull, butting head, right.
Eretria, Euboia Mint
BMC 8, p. 98, 40; Wallace pl. XV, 9; Sear 2477.
Greater Chicagoland Coin and Currency Show Tinley Park, IL Convention Center I-Coin Joliet, IL
2/27/20 3/6/20
Nicholas Z
10723_10724.jpg
Anonymous, Civic Issue, Mylasa, Caria, AE12, MYAE12
Anonymous
Civic Issue
230 - 210BC
12.5 x 11.5mm 1.50gr 0h
O: NO LEGEND; Horse standing right, foreleg raised.
R: M-Y; Left and right of trident facing downward.
Mylasa, Caria Mint
Fine
Mionnet IV, 352; Waddington 2452; Akarea 34; Sear 4911; Weber 6528; SNG Cop 422; BMC 11; SNG von Aulock 2619.
Greater Chicagoland Coin and Currency Show Tinley Park, IL Convention Center I-Coin Joliet, IL
2/27/20 3/6/20
Nicholas Z
3942_(1)_3943_(1).jpg
Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE14, ΣΑΙΔΙΑΝΩΝ, MΛOAE Unit
Sardes, Lydia
Civic Issue
133 - 131BC
14.0mm 3.30gr 6h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right.
R: ΣΑΙΔΙΑΝΩΝ; Club, monogram, all within wreath.
Monogram: MΛO
BMC Lydia 13; SNG von Aulock 3125.
nomismaauctions 132118062545
3/11/17 4/1/17
Featured on Wildwinds, March, 2017.
Nicholas Z
10127_10128.jpg
Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE14, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, APBAE14
Civic Issue
Issued: 133 - 100BC
14.5 x 13.0mm 4.70gr 8h
O: NO LEGEND; Head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ, above club; ΑΝΩΝ, below club; legend above and below club and monogram at club head, all within an oak wreath.
Monogram: AP over B
Sardes, Lydia Mint
Unlisted in major references.
Kurth AE Lydia Supplement 2A;
Zacny Collection 10127 10128
Featured on Wildwinds, October, 2019
shtil42-4/Gospodin Atanasov 303319896353
10/20/19 10/31/19
Nicholas Z
11970_11971.jpg
Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE15, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, ΡΗΑAE15
Anonymous Civic Issue
Sardes, Lydia
15.0mm 3.27gr 7h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ; Legend around club within laurel wreath.
Exergue: Monogram: ΡΗΑ
Sardes, Lydia Mint
BMC 18
Ares Numismatics Web Auction 10, Lot 74.
7/4/20 8/6/20
Nicholas Z
9167_9168.jpg
Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE16, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, ΛΛΔAE16
Greek Provincial
Sardes, Lydia
Civic Issue
133 - 131BC
16.0mm 4.00gr 7h
O: NO LEGEND; Apollo head right, beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ, above club; ΑΝΩΝ, below club.
Sardes, Lydia Mint
Monogram: ΛΛΔ
SNG Cop 470; BMC 10
shtil42-4/Stiliyana Atanasova 303183306833
6/16/19 7/6/19
Nicholas Z
11858_11859.jpg
Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE16, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, IVOAE16
Anonymous Civic Issue
Sardes, Lydia
Issued: 133 - 131BC
16.0mm 4.05gr 7h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ; Club and legend within laurel wreath.
Exergue: Monogram, IVO.
Sardes, Lydia Mint
BMC 10ff; GRPC Lydia 17; Gokyildirim Istanbul 486; Arminus Numismatics 5930; Solidus Numismatik Auction 14, Lot 2456.
Added to Wildwinds, June, 2020.
Themis Numismatics Auction 7, Lot 103.
6/27/20 7/17/20
Nicholas Z
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Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE16, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, NEAE16
Anonymous Civic Issue
Issued: 133 - 1BC
16.0mm 3.18gr 6h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ; Legend around club within laurel wreath.
Exergue: Monogram: NE, ligate.
Sardes, Lydia Mint
SNG Keckman 373; Johnston Sardes 189; Paris 1139C; GRPC Lydia 18.
Ares Numismatics Web Auction 10, Lot 73.
7/4/20 8/6/20
Nicholas Z
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Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE16, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, ΩΠKEAE16
Civic Issue: Sardes, Lydia
Anonymous
Issued: 133BC - 14AD
16.0mm 3.95gr 4h
O: NO LEGEND; Head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ; Club within wreath, city ethnic above and below club; beaded border.
Exergue: ΩΠKE Monogram 172 from GRPC.
VF
GRPC 69; Gokyildirim Istanbul 469; Johnston Sardis 190; Manisa Museum 04270.
Savoca Munich/Claudia Savoca 114th Blue Auction, Lot 262
8/26/21 10/8/21
Nicholas Z
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Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE16, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, OLYAE16
Anonymous
Civic Issue: Sardes, Lydia
Issued: 133 - 131BC
16.0mm 3.17gr 4h
O: NO LEGEND; Head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ; Club within wreath, city ethnic above and below club; beaded border.
Exergue: OLY Monogram 98 from GRPC.
Sardes Lydia Mint
VF
Paris 1138; GRPC 34.
Savoca Munich/Claudia Savoca 114th Blue Auction, Lot 265.
Plate coin on WW.
8/26/21 10/8/21
Nicholas Z
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Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE17, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, ΥΓΡAE17
Sardes, Lydia
Civic Issue
133 - 100BC
17.0 x 15.5mm 4.90gr 6h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ; Legend above and below club, monogram at head of club; all within oak wreath.
Monogram: ΥΓΡ
Johnston Sardes 187; SNG Cop 477.
blitx1978e.U 123954428400
11/3/19 11/26/19
Nicholas Z
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Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE17, ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, PMEAE17
Greek Provincial: Sardes, Lydia
Anonymous
Civic Issue
133 - 1BC
17.0 x 15.0mm 3.20gr 7h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣΑΡΔΙ-ΑΝΩΝ; Club within oak wreath.
Sardes, Lydia Mint
Exergue: PME Monogram
Johnston 186
Ares Numismatics Web Auction 6, Lot 69.
1/19/20 2/24/20
Nicholas Z
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Antioch - AE trihemichalkon?146-147 AD
draped bust of Tyche right wearing mural crown with three turrets
ANTIOXEΩN
garlanded ligted altar
I
ET EϘP
RPC IV.3, 7197 (temporary); McAlee (Civic) 59, Cop 123
2,9g 15,5mm
J. B.
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Antioch ad Orontem 128 - 129 A.D.Civic dichalkon, Antioch ad Orontem, Syria, Ae 15.6~15.9mm. 3.31g. Dated Year 177 Caesarean era. (AD 128-129). Obv: ANTIOXEWN MHTPOΠOΛE, laureate head of Apollo left. Rev: ETOYC ZOP A, six string lyre, star above. Butcher 274; McAlee 128 (a).ddwau
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Antioch Civic Issue ZeusAntioch, Seleukis & Pieria, Civic Issue, 90 - 89 BC, 21.73mm max, 7.2g, BMC Galatia, etc. pg. 153, 14
OBV: Laureate head of Zeus right,
REV: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ METΡOΠOΛEΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, Nike in outstretched right,
long scepter in left, trident inner left field near legs,
SRukke
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Antioch on the Orontes Civic issue. 1st cent. B.C. AE21mm Antioch on the Orontes Civic issue. 1st cent. B.C.
Obv. Zeus facing right, dotted border.
Rev. Zeus enthroned holding Nike, ΑΝΤΙΟΞEΩΝ MHTPOΠOLEΩΣ/AYTONOMOY
Double strike mint error.
Ref. Hoover HGC 9
Lee S
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Antioch, civic issueAntioch, Syria. Municipal Coinage, civic issue. AE20,weight 6.99 g. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ to left and right of Zeus seated left, holding Nike (with wreath) and sceptre in left, date in ex.

1 commentsddwau
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Antioch, civic issueAntioch, Syria. Municipal Coinage, civic issue. AE21,weight 8.00 g. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ to left and right of Zeus seated left, holding Nike (with wreath) and sceptre in left, date in ex.ddwau
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Antioch, Civic Issue, 1st Century B.C.
Bronze AE 21 tetrachalkon, BMC Syria p. 153, 12 ff.; RPC I 4201 ff., F, Antioch mint, weight 5.853g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 0o, obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ANTIOCEWN THS METROPOLEWS, Zeus enthroned left, Nike in outstretched right, long scepter in left; ex Forvm
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Antioch, Syria, Civic Coinage under Nero, 59 - 60 A.D.Antioch, Syria, Civic Coinage under Nero, 59 - 60 A.D. Ae 16.5~17.2mm. 4.60g. Antioch mint, Pseudo-autonomous issue. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right. Rev: ANTIOXE ET HΡ (Antioch year 108 Caesarian Era), lyre. RPC I 4293, McAlee 107b.1 commentsddwau
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Antioch, Syria, Civic Coinage under Nero, 59 - 60 A.D.Antioch, Syria, Civic Coinage under Nero, 59 - 60 A.D. Ae 15.8mm. 3.72g. Antioch mint, Pseudo-autonomous issue. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right. Rev: ANTIOXE ET HΡ (Antioch year 108 Caesarian Era), lyre. RPC I 4293, McAlee 107b.ddwau
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Antoninus Pius, RIC 827a, As of AD 145-147 (corona civica) Æ As (11.5g, Ø27mm, 12h). Rome, AD 145-147.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head right.
Rev.: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI S·C in four lines within oak wreath.
RIC 827a (C); BMC 1762; Cohen 791; Kankelfitz 156/119; RHC 128/49
Ex D.Ruskin, Oxford, 1995.
Issued to on the occasion of the fourth consulate of Antoninus Pius in AD 145
Charles S
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Antoninus Pius, RIC 853b, As of AD 148 (Corona civica)Æ As (9.0g, Ø 25mm, 12h). Rome, AD 148.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, laureate bust right.
Rev.: PRIMI DECEN - NALES COS IIII S C, within oak wreath.
RIC 853b (S); BMC 1817; Cohen 675; Strack 1012; RHC 139/71
Ex G. Henzen, Amerongen, 1995.

Issued on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the emperor's accession.
Charles S
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Argolis, Epidauros ca. 250-240 BC, AR HemidrachmLaureate head of Asklepios left; Θ re-cut over an effaced E behind.
EΠ monogram within wreath.

HGC 5, 729; Requier Monnayage Series 4 [2], 202 (this coin) dies D2/R3, weight recorded as 2.34 g on BCD tag = Requier 2, 202); BCD Peloponnesos 1243-44 (same dies); Dewing 1931 (same dies).

(16 mm, 2.35 g, 7h).

Struck from worn dies as are all examples of this the last civic hemidrachm issue of Epidauros.

CNG Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX, 1, Spring 2014, 976803 from the BCD Collection; ex-1979/80 Epidauros Hoard (CH VII, 69).

This emission was the last civic silver issue struck by Epidauros. It was struck on a reduced weight standard that was adopted throughout most of the Peloponnesos from around 250 BC. It utilized an obverse die from the preceding emission on which the Θ mint control (D2) was re-cut over the earlier E mint control (D1). In 243 BC the last of pro-Macedonian tyrants that had ruled Epidauros for the previous fifty years was forced to step aside by Aretos of Sikyon, the strategos of the Achaean League. This event probably bought to an end the civic silver issues of Epidauros, although bronze civic coinage continued down to ca. 200 BC. After this, a few Epidauran issues in silver and bronze, conforming to Achaean League standards, were made in the period leading up to the defeat of the League by Rome in 146 BC
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Artaxerxes II - Darius IIIPersian Empire, Lydia, Anatolia, Artaxerxes II - Darius III, c. 375 - 340 B.C., Silver siglos, 5.490 g, maximum diameter 15.1 mm, die axis 0, Carradice Type IV (late) C, 46 ff.; BMC Arabia 172 ff.; SNG Kayhan 1031; SGCV II 4683; Rosen 674; Klein 763; Carradice Price p. 77 and pl. 20, 387 ff.

Following Darius II came Artaxerxes II (called Mnemon), during whose reign Egypt revolted and relations with Greece deteriorated. His reign (dated as from 404 to 359 B.C.E.) was followed by that of his son Artaxerxes III (also called Ochus), who is credited with some 21 years of rule (358-338 B.C.E.) and is said to have been the most bloodthirsty of all the Persian rulers. His major feat was the reconquest of Egypt.
This was followed by a two-year rule for Arses and a five-year rule for Darius III (Codomannus), during whose reign Philip of Macedonia was murdered (336 B.C.E.) and was succeeded by his son Alexander. In 334 B.C.E. Alexander began his attack on the Persian Empire.

Siglos was the Greek transliteration of the Semitic denomination ""shekel"" which became a standard weight unit for silver in the Achaemenid Persian Empire after the conquest of Babylonia by Cyrus the Great in 539 B.C. Ironically, silver sigloi seem to have been struck primarily in the western part of the empire and the standard went on to influence several Greek civic and royal coinages in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. There is endless debate about whether the figure on the obverse represents the Persian Great King or an anonymous royal hero, but since the Greeks regularly referred to the parallel gold denomination as the ""daric"" it seems clear that at least some contemporaries considered it a depiction of the king. Of course, whether this is what the Persian authorities intended or an example of interpretatio Graeca must remain an open question.
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Asia Minor, Mysia, Pergamon, cista mystica, serpents, NikeMysia, Pergamon
Cistophoric Tetradrachm
Obv.: Serpent emerging from cista mystica with raised lid, all within ivy wreath with fruits.
Rev.: Bowcase between two serpents; civic monogram to left. Control: To right, Nike flying left, holding wreath.
Ag, 28mm, 12.38g
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 403
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auktion 78, Lot 191
shanxi
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Asia Minor, Mysia, Pergamon, cista mystica, serpents, stylisMYSIA. Pergamon.
Cistophor (Circa 166-67 BC).

Obv: Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath.
Rev: Bowcase between two serpents.
Controls: Civic monogram to left, stylis (ship's mast) to right.
AR, 12.56g, 30mm
Ref.: Kleiner & Noe Series 15; SNG Copenhagen 406.

shanxi
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AugustusAugustus AE As, c. 9-14 AD, Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with corona civica between laurels and nude male figures; on columns left and right, Victories holding wreath;below, ROM ET AVG. 27mm, 10.77g RIC 1, 233.Ancient Aussie
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Augustus - Semis - RIC 234Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE. Augustus, bare, r.
Rev: ROM ET AVG. Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, these being flanked by nude male figures; to l. and r. Victories on columns, facing one another
Size: 20,5 mm
Weight: 4,61 g
Mint: Lugdunum
Date: 9-14 AD
Ref: RIC I 234
Rarity: R3 (RIC I)
vs1969
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Augustus Alter of LugdunumAugustus, As, 15 - 10 BC, Lugdunum, 24.72mm, 11.3g, RIC 230, BMC 550, Van Meter 93,
OBV: CAESAR PONT MAX, Laureate head right.
REV: ROM ET AVG, Alter of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels,
Victories on columns facing one another
SRukke
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Augustus Sestertius, C. Gallius LupercusAUGUSTUS, 27 BC-14 AD. Æ Orichalcum Sestertius (20.16 gm) of C. Gallius Lupercus, 16 BC. Civic crown / Large S C. RIC.377(SHolding_History
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Augustus, AE Semis, RPC I 99Augustus
27 B.C. – 14 A.D.

Coin: AE Semis

Obverse: PERM CAES - AVG, Bare headed bust facing left.
Reverse: IVLIA TRAD, in two lines within a Civic Crown.

Weight: 9.27 g, Diameter: 23.2 x 22.4 x 2.9 mm, Die axis: 230°, Mint: Julia Traducta, Spain, struck between 12-10 B.C. Reference: RPC I 99

According to Strabo, between 33 - 25 BCE, the name "Iulia Traducta" ("transferred Iulia"), refered to the fact that part of the population had been moved from the city of Iulia Constantia Zilitanorum in North Africa.
Constantine IV
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Augustus, RIC 230, As of 15-10 BC (Altar of Lugunum)Æ As (11.4g, Ø27mm, 11h) Lugdunum mint. Struck 15-10 BC.
Obv.: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head right
Rev.: ROM ET AVG (ex.), Altar of Lugdunum decorated with the corona civica between laurels; l. and r. Victories on columns facing one another.
RIC 230; BMCRE 550
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Augustus, RIC 233, As of AD 9-14 (Altar of Lugdunum) Æ As (10.7g, Ø 25mm, 2h) Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 9-14.
Obv.: CAESAR AVGVSTVS·DIVI F·PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right
Rev.: ROM ET AVG (ex.), Altar of Lugdunum decorated with the corona civica between laurels flanked by stylized male figures; left and right of the altar, Victories on columns facing one another.
RIC 233; Cohen 237; Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 53/92
ex D.Ruskin (Oxford, 1995)
Dedication of the altar of Lugdunum (at present Lyons) and creation of the community of the Gauls in 10 BC
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Augustus, RIC 237, for Tiberius, As of AD 10-14 (Altar of Ludunum)Æ As (10.2g, Ø 25mm, 2h) Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 10-14.
Obv.: TI CAESAR AVGVST F·IMPERAT V, bare head of Tiberius left
Rev.: ROM ET AVG (ex.), Altar of Lugdunum decorated with the corona civica between laurel branches flanked by stylized male figures; left and right of the altar, Victories on columns facing one another.
RIC (Augustus) 237; Cohen (Tiberius) 31; Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 56/1
ex D.Ruskin (Oxford, 1994)
Dedication of the altar in Ludugnum (Lyon) presided over by Tiberius together with Augustus in 10 BC.
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Augustus, RIC 245, for Tiberius, As of AD 10-14 (Altar of Lugdunum) Æ As (8.5g, Ø24mm, 4h) Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 10-14.
Obv.: TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, laureate head of Tiberius right.
Rev.: ROM ET AVG (ex.), Altar of Lyons decorated with the corona civica between laurel branches flanked by stylized male figures; left and right of the altar, Victories on columns facing one another.
RIC (Augustus) 245; Cohen (Tiberius) 37; BMCRE 585; Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 56/1
ex G.Henzen, 1995
Dedication of the altar in Ludugnum (Lyon) presided over by Tiberius together with Augustus in 10 BC.
Charles S
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Augustus, RIC 375 (countermarked)Augustus, 27 BE - AD 14
AE dupondius, 7.50g, 28mm, 0°
struck under moneyer C. Cassius Celer , Rome, 16 BC
obv. [AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTES]
(legend in 3 lines in corona civica)
rev. [C CASSIVS CEL]ER IIIVI[R AAAFF]
around big S - C
ref. RIC I, 375
countermarked:
obv. AVG (MPC 75), TICAE (AE ligate; MPC 90)
rev. CAE (MPC 77), PP (MPC 81)

AVC, TICAE refer to the emperor Tiberius Claudius. The abbreviation AVC is most likely another title of Tiberius and stands not for Augustus Caesar.
MPC = Martini Prangerl Collection
Jochen
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Barbaric Alexander TetradrachmSilver tetradrachm, uncertain (tribal?) mint, c. 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.
O: head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin headdress;
R: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, AΛEΞAN∆POY downward on right, wreath to left; X below throne
-cf. Price B36 ff. (barbarous, uncertain prototypes); Obverse die match to CNG E- Auction 190 lot 42

Price (p. 506) notes that the ‘barbarous’ copies of Alexander III tetradrachms differ from contemporary imitations in that they were meant not to defraud but rather to provide coinages for the local economies in areas on the fringes of the classical world.

Many Greek cities across what was once Alexander's empire struck Alexander tetradrachms as civic coinage, even centuries after the death of the great conqueror. Similarly, peoples on the fringes of the Greek world also struck Alexander tetradrachms; sometimes with unusual or bizarre style, and often with illiterate blundered inscriptions. These coins are often described as "barbaric." We can attribute some of these imitative types to specific places or tribes. Other coins, such as this one, are a mystery. - FAC
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BCC GR18 Gabala-Syria Autonomous Civic IssueAutonomous Civic Issue
Gabala-Syria
1st Century BCE
Obv:Bearded head to right (Poseidon?)
Rev:ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ Crab holding crescent
in raised claws. Black patina.
AE 15x16mm. approx. 4.0g Axis:0
Possible references: SNG München 826
or Mionnet, V, 233, 624.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1976
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