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Bohemia. Wladislaw II (1471-1516)Fiala/Donebauer 962, Saurma 410/VI 185
AR Weißpfennig; Kuttenberg mint, struck 1490-1516; .43 g., 14.33 mm. max.
Obv.: W[LAD]ISLAVS SECVNDVS, Bohemian lion rampant, facing left.
Rev.: blank (uniface)
Called Weißpfennig/Bílý Peníz, as opposed to the smaller denomination heller, which was called Schwarzpfennig, due to their lack of silver. Stkp
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Cilician Armenia. Levon I, the Great (1199-1219)Vardanyan Class A Phase 5; Bedoukian Groups 221b-258b and 264-266, specifically 248 and 265, Plate III, 228 (for Group 221b-258b); cf. Nercessian 286; Metcalf Group II/C, Plate XII, 21
AR tram, 3.01 g., 22.41 mm. max., 270°
Obv: + ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳ[ԱՒ]ՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ (= Lewon Tagawor Hayots = Levon, King of the Armenians), King seated on a throne ornamented with lion heads, feet resting on a footstool, wearing a crown and a royal mantel, holding a cross in the right hand and fleur-de-lis in the left.
Rev.:[Reverse C] + ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ Ա[ՍՏ]ՈՒԾ [letter Ծ Type 6] (= Karogowt eambn astowtzoy = By the will of God), double-barred cross (Type 7c] with solid bar of pseudo-seriffed or wasted outline; dot beneath lower horizontal arm, 3 dots at the base of the shaft) entirely within circle between two lions [Type 5a] (boldly dotted mane but plain shoulder, three ribs), rampant, back-to-back, each with heads reverted. Artistic style.
The common tram of Levon I was struck during his entire reign, and probably for several years after his death until the coronation of Hetoum I as king (in 1226). According to Metcalf, the Bedoukian system (focusing on obverse inscriptions) is mechanical and not workable, and is a non-classification. According to Vardanyan, the Bedoukian system conflicts with observed die links. Metcalf focused on die comparisons. Vardanyan, also focusing on die comparisons, established a relative chronology for this coinage.Stkp
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Cilician Armenia. Levon I, the Great (1199-1219)Vandanyan Class C Phase 1b ; Bedoukian Groups 267-283a, specifically 276 var. (no footstool); cf. Nercessian 288 var. (no footstool); Metcalf Group III/C, Plate XII, 24
AR tram/drachm, 3.20 g., 22.98 mm. max., 270°
Obv: + ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ (= Lewon Tagawor Hayots = Levon, King of the Armenians), King wearing a crown and a royal mantel, holding a cross in the right hand and fleur-de-lis in the left, seated on a throne ornamented with lion heads, his left foot turned outward, no footstool.
Rev.: [Reverse C]: + ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈՒԾ [letter Ծ Type 6] (= Karogowt eambn astowtzoy = By the will of God), double-barred cross [Type 7c] (with outlined bar of pseudo-seriffed or wasted outline; 3 dots at the base of the shaft) entirely within circle between two lions [Type 5a] (boldly dotted mane but plain shoulder, three ribs), rampant, back-to-back, each with heads reverted. Reverse artistic style.
The obverse and reverse inscriptions and long-cross are a match for Bedoukian 276 (King's left foot turned outward, but footstool), B. 248 (but left foot not facing outward, and footstool), and B. 265 (long-cross entirely within circle, but left foot not facing outward, and footstool). None are listed with any inscription combination with both the left foot facing outward and no footstool except those with the king holding the lily in his right hand and the cross in his left (B. 662f and B. 665c-672). As such, it is not an exact match to any, and closest to B. 276.
The common tram of Levon I was struck during his entire reign, and probably for several years after his death until the coronation of Hetoum I as king (in 1226). According to Metcalf, the Bedoukian system (focusing on obverse inscriptions) is mechanical and not workable, and is a non-classification. According to Vardanyan, the Bedoukian system conflicts with observed die links. Metcalf focused on die comparisons. Vardanyan, also focusing on die comparisons, established a relative chronology for this coinage.Stkp
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Hugh IIIKing of Jerusalem (1268 - 1284 CE)
King of Cyprus (1267 - 1284 CE)
Obverse: hVGVG REI DE
Cross pattee.
Reverse: IRL M: ED ChIPR
Lion rampant, left.
*It is supposed that Thomas Aquinas' work On Kingship was written for Hugh III.Pericles J2
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Netherlands, Westfriesland, (1648 A.D.), KM 14,2/1648, AR-Thaler/Leeuwendaalder/Lion Dollar, CONFIDENS•DNO•NON•MOVETVR•1648 lily, Lion Rampant, #1Netherlands, Westfriesland, (1648 A.D.), KM 14,2/1648, AR-Thaler/Leeuwendaalder/Lion Dollar, CONFIDENS•DNO•NON•MOVETVR•1648 lily, Lion Rampant, #1
avers: MO•ARG•PRO•CON FOE•BELG•WESTF, Knight standing left, head right, holding up garnished coat-of-arms in the foreground.
reverse: CONFIDENS•DNO•NON•MOVETVR•1648 Lily(Mintmark), Lion Rampant.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 40,5mm, weight: 27,0g, axis: 9h,
mint:Netherlands, Westfriesland, Mintmark: Lily, date: 1648 A.D., ref:KM 14,2/1648, Davenport 4870 / Delmonte 836,
Q-001quadrans
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Probus, AE Antoninianus, RIC V, II 911 Cyzicus, SOLI INVICTO, Sol in a QuadrigaProbus
Augustus, 276 - 282 A.D.
Coin: AE Antoninianus
Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust facing left, wearing the Imperial Robe and holding an Eagle-tipped Sceptre with his right hand.
Reverse: SO-LI INVICT-O, Sol, his head turned to the left, in a Quadriga, facing, all four Horses rampant, raising his right hand in Blessing and holding the Globe with his left. CM / XXIV underneath.
Weight: 4.12 g, Diameter: 22 x 21.8 x 1.1 mm, Die axis: 10°, Mint: Cyzicus, Reference: RIC V, II 911 CyzicusConstantine IV
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Roman, Probus, AE Antoninianus, RIC V, II 864 Serdica variation, unlisted, SOLI INVICTO, Sol in a Quadriga, ScarceProbus
Augustus, 276 - 282 A.D.
Coin: AE Antoninianus
Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing left, holding a Spear with his right hand, over his right shoulder and a Shield with his left.
Reverse: S-OL-I INVICT-O, Sol, his head turned to the left, in a Quadriga, facing, all four Horses rampant, raising his right hand in Blessing and holding the Globe with his left. KA●Δ● in exergue.
Weight: 4.64 g, Diameter: 21.6 x 21.8 x 1.3 mm, Die axis: 160°, Mint: Serdica, Reference: RIC V, II 864 Serdica variation, unlisted (obverse legend includes P F, reverse has no exergual line)
Rated ScarceConstantine IV
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Salonina Sestertius IvnoAE Sestertius
Salonina, 253-268 CE
Diameter: 26~29mm, Weight: 15.69 grams, Die axis: 6h
Obverse: CORNELIA SALONINA AVG
Draped and diademed bust to right.
Reverse: IVNO REGINA SC
Juno, draped, standing facing left, holding patera in outstretched right hand, and sceptre in left hand.
Mint: Rome
References: RIC 46, C 62
Notes:
- The wife of Emperor Gallienus, her fate following the assassination of her husband is not certain.
-Salonina was said to be an intellectual woman, and her and her husband were patrons of the influential Greek philosopher Plotinus.
-The Historia Avgvsta records an incident where Salonina was sold gems that turned out to be glass. The seller was apprehended, and was told he would be fed to a lion. When at last the gate was opened, a chicken emerged. The emperor Gallienus was supposed to have said "He deceived, and then was himself deceived".
- Bronze fractional coinage during this period of Roman history is scarce. The silver antoninianus became so debased and inflation so rampant, metal was used to mint this more valuable denomination, rather than fractions such as sestertii. This sestertius dates to 255-256 CE.
Purchased from Downies Melbourne Ancient Exclusives July 2016, number 134, Ex Dix Noonan Web 15 March 2012, lot 1262 (part of), from the John Quinn collectionPharsalos
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