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Philip I the Arab, February 244 - Late September249 A.D., Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. Orichalcum medallion, cf. RPC VIII U2169; SNG Levante 778; SNG BnF 1040; SNG Righetti 1630; SNG Pfalz 1078; BMC Cilicia p. 140, 50 (various legend arrangements), VF, broad flan, portrait, dark brown patina, light encrustation, a few small pits, marks, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum (Silifke, Turkey) mint, weight 34.823g, maximum diameter 40.0mm, die axis 180o, obverse AYT K M IOYΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse CEΛEYKEΩN TΩN ΠPOCT, confronted busts of Tyche, right, draped, kalathos on head, cornucopia behind, and Apollo, left, laureate and draped, laurel branch before, KAΛYK/A∆N/Ω in three lines above, EΛEYΘEP/AC in two lines below; 40 millimeters1 commentspaul1888

(0198) CARACALLA and SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS 198-217 AD
Struck ca. 208 AD (on the tenth anniversary of Caracalla's reign)
AE 23 mm; 10.04 g
O: [IMPP CAESS SEVER ANT AVGG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus, seen from behind, to left, facing bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, seen from behind, to right. (confronted busts)
R: [DECENNALES ANTONINI COS III /] COL BER, tetrastyle temple, with stairs from front, containing Astarte facing, crowned by Nike standing on column.
Berytus, Phoenicia; cf BMC 70.122-71.129; Sear GIC 2302, SNG Righetti 2246. Rarelaney

(0218) ELAGABALUS--Tyre218 – 222 AD
AE 28mm, 9.73g
O: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
R: Nude male figure (probably representing King Pygmalion of Tyre=Pu'mayatton, 831-785 BC) advancing left, chlamys over extended right arm, holding transverse spear and shield(?) in raised left hand ; behind him at right, 4 stags leaping right; star above; murex shell below
Phoenicia, Tyre (Tyros);
ref. Rouvier VII, p.80, 2388; BMC Phoenicia p.277, 408; Babelon ("Les Perses Achemenides")
2244; Mionnet V, 657; not in SNG Copenghagen, SNG UK, SNG Deutschland, SNG
Righetti, Lindgren; Rare
(thank you to Jochen for details)laney

005cc. Valeria MessalinaMessalina, 41-48 AD

Size/Weight: 17mm, 3.36g

AEOLIS, Aegae. Messalina. Augusta, AD 41-48. Draped bust right / Zeus Aëtophorus standing left. RPC I 2430; SNG Copenhagen 23.

Obverse: CÐ„BACTH MÐ„CAÎ›Ð„INA draped bust right
Reverse: AIÎ“AÐ„Î©N Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter

This should look familiar, A. Reich :)

Attribution: RPC 2430, SNG Aulock -, SNG Leypold -, SNG Righetti -, Lindgren -, Sear GIC – ecoli

006a6. NeroAugusta, Cilicia. 24.2mm, 9.62 g. 8.00 gr. Dated 48 AD. Obv: NEΡΩN KAICAΡ, laureate head right. Rev: AYΓOYCTANΩN ETOYC HM draped bust of youthful Dionysus right, thyrsos over shoulder, kantharos in left field. Lindgren III 1461; SNG Levante 1243; BMC 5-6; RPC I 4012; SNG Righetti 1521; SNG France 2, 1895.lawrence c

030a19. ElagabalusBronze AE 18, cf. Sofaer 53, Spijkerman 56, Rosenberger IV 35, SNG ANS 1373 ff., SNG Cop 150, SNG Righetti 2548, BMC Arabia -, VF, Petra (Jordan) mint, weight 2.827g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 180o, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AVP ANTONIN (or similar), laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse emperor ceremonially plowing right with a cow and an ox, marking the pomerium (sacred boundary) to found the new colony, togate, right hand raised, PETΛA above, COLON in exergue. A FORUM coin.lawrence c

035a02. PupienusTarsos (Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey). Bronze hexassarion. 28.145g, 35.7mm. 180o. Obverse AYT KEC M ΛO∆ ΠOΠΛHNIOC CE, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Pupienus to right, seen from behind, Π − Π divided across field; reverse TAPCOY MHTPOΠOΛ A / M K Γ B (the last four letters in the fields), Athena advancing right, head turned back left, Nike in right hand, spear in left hand, oval shield on left arm. SNG BnF 1636 (same dies); SNG Levante 1116; SNG Pfalz 1390; SNG Righetti 1678; BMC Cilicia p. 210, 244; RPC 2970. A FORUM coin.lawrence c

049p Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Cappadocia, Caesarea, SNG Righetti 1787, AR-Drachm, MHTP KAICA, Mount Argaeus, #1049p Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Cappadocia, Caesarea, SNG Righetti 1787, AR-Drachm, MHTP KAICA, Mount Argaeus, #1
avers: AY KAI Λ CЄΠT CЄOYHΡOC, Laureate head right.
reverse: MHTP KAICA, Mount Argaeus surmounted by a star, date below ЄT IЄ (year 15, 207 A.D.),
exergue: -/-//ЄT IЄ, diameter: 17,0mm, weight: 2,95g, axis:0h,
mint: Cappadocia, Caesarea, date: (ЄT IЄ, year 15), 207 A.D.,
ref: Syd-400var.(?), SNG Righetti 1787; SNG Fitz 5464; Paris 548A; Ganschow 433d; Henseler 776.
Q-0012 commentsquadrans

051p Caracalla (196-198 A.D. Caesar, 198-217 A.D. Augustus ), Pisidia, Antioch, SNG Righetti 1337, AE-22, -/-//--, ANTIOCH GEN COL CA, Fortuna or female Genius standing left, #1051p Caracalla (196-198 A.D. Caesar, 198-217 A.D. Augustus ), Pisidia, Antioch, SNG Righetti 1337, AE-22, -/-//--, ANTIOCH GEN COL CA, Fortuna or female Genius standing left, #1
avers: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
reverse: ANTIOCH GEN COL CA, Fortuna or female Genius standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 22,0mm, weight: 6,06g, axis: 0h,
mint: Pisidia, Antioch, date: 198-203 A.D.,
ref: SNG Righetti 1337, SNG Leypold II 1994,
Q-001quadrans

053p Geta (209-211 A.D.), Bithynia, Nikaia, Righetti 8671, otherwise unpublished, AE-26, ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩN, Tyche, #1053p Geta (209-211 A.D.), Bithynia, Nikaia, Righetti 8671, otherwise unpublished, AE-26, ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩN, Tyche, #1
avers: ..ΠΤΙΜ•ΓETΑC•KΑI, Laureate head of the younger Geta right. Behind the bust countersign.
reverse: ΝΙΚΑ ΙΕΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 26,0mm, weight: 10,01g, axis: 1h,
mint: Bithynia, Nikaia, date: 209-211 A.D.,
ref: Righetti 8671, otherwise unpublished.
Q-001quadrans

074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Mesopotamia, Nisibis, BMC 25 and 23 (obv./rev.), AE-25, -/-//--, Tyche seated facing in tetrastyle temple #01074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), Mesopotamia, Nisibis, BMC 25 and 23 (obv./rev.), AE-25, -/-//--, Tyche seated facing in tetrastyle temple #01
avers: AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and decorated shield.
reverse: IOΛ CEΠ KOΛΩ NECIBI MHT, Tyche seated facing, above, ram (Aries) leaping right, head left, below, river-god swimming right, all within tetrastyle temple.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 24,0-25,0mm, weight: 9,45g, axis: 0h,
mint: Mesopotamia, Nisibis, date: 244-249 A.D.,
ref: BMC 25 and 23 (obv./rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Righetti 2620 (same dies), Rare bust!
Q-0012 commentsquadrans

251Herennius Etruscus 251AD
AE 26mm
Tarsos in Cilicia
Obv: K VIN EPENNIO ETPOVC ΔΕΚION KE
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: TAPCOV MHTPOΠΟΛΕΩC
Pyramidal monument for Sandan over base decorated by horned animal heads (oxen?) and covered by a round canopy supported by two figures wearing large mantle and Phrygian helmet; above eagle.
SNG France 1781, SNG Righetti 1706mauseus

2697 PAMPHYLIA, Perge Hadrian, Artemis with stagReference.
RPC III, 2697/11; SNG BN Paris 400; Waddington 3345, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Righetti -

Obv. AΔPIANOC-KAICAP
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from rear

Rev. APTEMIΔOΣ-ΠEPΓIAC
Artemis standing right, bow in left hand, reaching for arrow in quiver with right, stag right behind

5.48 gr
21 mm
12h

Note.
FORVM
Beast coins
Ex David Cannon Collection1 commentsokidoki

3869 PHOENICIA, Sidon. Hadrian, 117 AD Europa on bullReference.
RPC III, 3869/12; Rouvier 1473, BMC 224, Abou Diwan 1535-8

Issue Year 227

Obv. ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩ ΣΕΒ
laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ
Europa on bull galloping r.; in r. field, ZΚΣ

10.14 gr
23 mm
12h

Note.
From the François Righetti Collectionokidoki

3914 Phoenicia, Acco-Ptolemaïs. Hadrian Tyche Reference.
RPC III, 3914; Kadman 105; Sofaer 139-41

Obv. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right

Rev. COL PTOL
Tyche with two ears of corn seated r. on rocks; below, river god

8.14 gr
23 mm
12h

Note.
From the François Righetti Collectionokidoki

4030 JUDAEA, Gaza Hadrian 132-33 AD Tyche Reference.
RPC III, 4030; Sofaer 69; De Saulcy 6-7, BMC 36

Issue Year 4 = 193

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС С
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right

Rev. ΓΑΖΑ Δ (Ε)ΕΠΙ ΓЧΡ
Tyche standing left, holding scepter and cornucopia; heifer to lower left, symbol of Marnas to lower right.

8.58 gr
21 mm
12h

Note.
From the François Righetti Collection, purchased from Shraga Quedar.1 commentsokidoki

4031 JUDAEA, Gaza Hadrian 132-33 AD Heracles standingReference.
RPC III, 4031; Sofaer 73

Issue Year 4 = 193

Obv. Α ΚΑ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ СƐ
Laureate head of Hadrian, right with slight drapery

Rev. ΓΑΖΑ Δ ΕΠΙ ΓЧΡ
Heracles standing r., with club and lion-skin; to l., מ

4.16 gr
17 mm
12h

Note.
From the François Righetti Collection.

Hadrian visited Gaza more than once, and it was upon such a visit in AD 128 that an additional reckoning date, that of the επιδημία (imperial visit), was added. During one of his trips the great temple of Zeus-Marnas may have been founded, as it first appears on the coins of Hadrian.okidoki

5018 MACEDONIA Amphipolis, Antoninus Pius Ae 25 147-61 AD TycheReference
RPC IV 5018 (temp); Köhler-Osbahr 465; Be (Righetti 342)

Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝο[С]
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius

Rev. ΑΜΦΙΠοΛΙС (sic)
Turreted Tyche seated, left, holding patera and extending her drapery

8.13 gr
25 mm
6hokidoki

Andronicus II Palaeologus Hyperpyron Sear 2461Andronicus II Palaeologus AV Hyperpyron

4.20g, 25.0mm, 180 degrees, Constantinople mint, 1325-1328 CE and later.

Attribution: DOC 494-497. Sear 2461. PCPC 185 (sigla 4). Double struck obverse.

O: Half-length figure of the Virgin (Theotokos), orans, within four groups of towers on city walls. sigla: •/fleur de lis.

R: ANONIKVC AͶAIVC (fragments of ANΔPONIKOC twice), Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III, kneeling to left and right respectively.

Ex-CNG eAuction 530 (4 Jan 2023) Lot 913. Ex-J.-P. Righetti Collection.3 commentsRon C2

Anonymous, AE17, ϑΕΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝAE17
Greek Imperial: Pergamon, Mysia
Anonymous
Issued: 27 - 138AD
17.0mm 3.20gr 0h
O: ϑΕΑΝ CΥΝΚΛΕΤΩΝ; Draped bust of the senate, right; beaded border.
R: ϑΕΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝ; Turreted and draped bust of Roma, right; beaded border.
Pergamon, Mysia Mint
VF
SNG von Aulock 7526; SNG Righetti 749; BMC 216.
NBS Auctions Web Auction 7, Lot 742.
7/18/21 8/20/21Nicholas Z

Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE15, ΣAPΔIANΩN, ΩAΔYAE15
AE
Greek Imperial: Sardes, Lydia
Anonymous
Issued: 133BC - 14AD
14.90mm 4.23gr 2h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣAPΔI-ANΩN; City ethnic above and below club within laurel wreath.
Exergue: ΩAΔY = Monogram 164.
Sardes, Lydia Mint
GRPC Lydia 60; Righetti Sale, Part 4, Lot 826.
Olympus Numismatik/Emre Cetin Auction 5, Lot 450.
7/30/23 10/9/23Nicholas Z

Anonymous, Sardes, Lydia, AE15, ΣAPΔIANΩN, OΔYAE15
Greek Imperial: Sardes, Lydia
Anonymous
Issued: 133 - 1BC
15.00mm 4.27gr 2h
O: NO LEGEND; Laureate head of Apollo, right; beaded border.
R: ΣAPΔI-ANΩN; City ethnic above and below club within laurel wreath; beaded border.
Exergue: OΔY = Monogram 141.
Sardes, Lydia Mint
Fine
GRPC Lydia 32; Winterthur 3909; Righetti Sale IV, 827; Gokyildirim Istanbul 459.
Bucephalus Numismatic Auction 15, Lot 429.
2/11/23 3/15/23Nicholas Z

antioch0001Semi-autonomous, 3rd Century (Includes time of Elagabalus)
Antioch, Caria

Obv: ΙƐΡΑ ϹVΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ; draped bust of the Senate, right.
Rev: ANT-IO-XЄ-ΩΝ; Tetrastyle temple, containing Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
22 mm, 4.12 gms

SNG Righetti 939; BMC 24.Charles M

Antiochia ad Orontem, AE16, Artemis/ LyreAntiochia ad Orontem, Syria. Quasi-autonomous AE16, 59/60 A.D. (time of Nero), 15mm, 2.99g. Obv: diademed bust of Artemis right. Rev: ANTIOXE ET HP, Lyre. BMC 88, SNG Righetti 1899. Very fine, off center strike. Ex Rutten & WielandPodiceps

Antoninus Pius Serpent on GalleyAntoninus Pius, Nicomedia, 138 - 161 AD, Bithynia, 18mm, 3.61g
OBV: AYT KAICAP - ANTWN [INOC], Laureate head right.
REV: NEIKOMHDEIAC MHTPOPOLEWC, Coiled serpent right atop forepart of galley right.
Not in BMC___, von Aulock___, SNG Copenhagen__, RPC IV,
Righetti -, Leypold -, Kleinasiatische Münzen -, Lindgren -

An obverse die match sold in Lanz Auction 97, Lot 622

Extremely Rare
4 commentsSRukke

Antoninus Pius. Zeugma, commagene*** AE 22 mm 10.3 grams 138-161 AD
OBV :: AUTO KAI TI AIL ADRI ANTWNEINOC CEB EUCEBHC. Laureate head right
REV :: ZEU-GMA-TEWN. Tetrastyle temple with peribolos , 2 rows of blocks supporting . groove descending stairwell
EX :: none
Minted in Zeugma , Commagene
SNG COP 28, BMC p. 124, 1 ff.; SGICV 1492 (AE 25); SNG Righetti 1847
Purchases 12/2008Johnny

Augusta Traiana Caracalla Sicinnius ClarusCaracalla as co-emperor
Governor Q. Sicinnius Clarus Po[ntianus?] 202AD cf. Stein Reichsbeamte Thracia p.46-7
AE27 13.65g
Ob: [AVT K M AVPHÎ›IOC | ANTÎ©NINOC]
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: HÎ“E CIKINNIOV KÎ›APOV A[VÎ“OVCTH]
Ex: TPAIANHC
City gate with three turrets with battlements

Obverse legend worn away, reverse more detail, dull black patina
Cf. BMC 11 under Trajanopolis; Schönert-Geiss Die Münzpragung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis p. 86 # 228 reverse depicted Tafel 10; Mionnet Supp. 2 p.511 #1809 (Trajanopolis)
M & M cites Trell 247, 79 in addition to confirming my attributions above.
The legend is slightly different from the British Museum specimen (=#230). I think this reverse die is more common. Placement of kappa in relation to central tower is an indication of die.

This coin appears to be from Righetti’s collection M & M Auction 15 (21 10 2004) lot 77 Righetti Teil IV!
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=99790

No tags from auction nor Righetti’s own
1 commentsrennrad12020

BCC RGP19 Salonina Tyre-PhoeniciaRoman Provincial
Tyre - Phoenicia
Salonina 254-268C.E.
Obv: CORNE SALONINA AVG
Diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: COL TYRO METR
Roma seated left, holding two figures in right
hand, spear in left hand, shield below and murex
to right. This reverse type is known from a coin
of Gallienus (BMC 480). A similar, apparently
unpublished type for Salonina exists, with Roma
holding an eagle instead of two figures (this coin
is not listed in SNG Copenhagen, SNG Hunterian,
SNG Righetti, or BMC).
AE25x27mm. 14.51g. Axis:0
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima 1978
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome

Captives & Captors: "Rape of the Sabines," Founding Myth of Rome, on Titurius Sabinus DenariusRoman Republican. L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus AR Denarius (19mm, 3.89 g, 6 h), Rome 89 BCE.
Obv: SABIN Bare-headed and bearded head of King Titus Tatius to right; in field to right, TA monogram.
Rev: L•TITVRI Rape of the Sabine women.
Ref: Babelon (Tituria) 1; Crawford 344/1a.
Prov: Ex JP Righetti Collection, w/ his handwritten tag (Leu WA 20 [16 Jul 2022], 2263) & J.M.A.L. Collection (formed 1970-2000) (Chaponnière & Firmenich 13 [16 May 2021], 254 [part]).
[If JMAL sees this & wishes to share more about the provenance & the collection, I would love to hear!]

Notes: It is often emphasized that the “Rape of the Sabines,” one of Rome’s founding myths, refers to "rape" in an older sense of the word, meaning "abduction." Nonetheless, the purpose of the abduction was to compel marriage and reproduction. Even if the Sabine women (at least some) eventually accepted the marriages in Livy's version, it is difficult to remove the modern reading of "sexual assault" from the myth.
It is quite revealing that Romans publicly took great pride in the myth of their founding fathers kidnapping and forcing the mothers of the first Romans into relationships we’d call slavery today. Two thousand years ago, though, such coercive social relations were far less objectionable (at least to those in power).3 commentsCurtis JJ

Caracalla * Nemesis - Pessinus * Ã† 29, 198-217 AD.
Caracalla * Nemesis – Pessinus, Galatia * Bronze Provincial

Obv: Caracalla, Laureate, cuirassed (and draped?) bust, left facing. ANTONINOC AVÎ“OVCTOC
Rev: Nemesis standing, left facing, holding measuring rod in right hand, bridle in left. Î Î•CCI N OVNTIÎ©N

Exergue: N/A

Mint: Pessinus (Galatia).
Struck: 198-217 AD.

Size: 29.79 mm.
Weight: 14.6 gms.
Die axis: 0°

Condition: As seen here, marginally nicer in hand and considerably more to the brown than the green side in the patina.
All in all a very pleasant coin.

Refs: (?) ~ Not Found in the following *
Lindgren I, II or III
Sear
BMC (at least from the time when Wroth's volume on Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria was published).
SNG France 3
Coll Pozzi
SNG Pal
SNG Righetti
SNG Hunterian
ANS
Gorny & Mosch – nor in –
Wheaton College Col.

Apparently an unknown issue.
2 commentsTiathena

Caracalla - Alexandreia, TroasCaracalla (198-217 AD), Æ (22 mm, 6.55 g) Alexandreia, Troas. Obverse: ANTONINV-S PIVS AV, laureate bust right. Reverse: COL AVG TR-OA, eagle with open wings on animal protome. References: SNG Righetti 781; SNG Stockholm 2154.Jan

Cilicia, Hieropolis-Kastabala. Caracalla AE25. Julia Domna reverse Caracalla AD 198-217. AE 24
Date Struck : AD 198-217
Weight : 12.09 g
Obverse Legend : AVT K M AV ANTwNEINOC
Obverse Description : Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend : IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CEB
Reverse Description : Domna standing facing, head left, extending arm over lit alter.
SNG Righetti 1725
Ziegler 1431

ancientone

Cilicia, Olba, pseudo-autonomous, SNG Paris 799-800Cilicia, Olba, pseudo-autonomous, AD 10-11
AE 21, 8.09g, 21.44mm, 225°
struck under Aias, son of Teukros, archiereus and toparch of Kennatis and Lalassis (year 1)
Obv:. TEVKROV - AIANTOS
Priestking Aias, wearing priest's cap, as Hermes with kerykeion
Rev.: Triskeles (sign of the Teukri), flanked by ET - A (year 1)
above ARXIEREWS / TOPARXOV
beneath KEN - NAT / LALASSA
Ref.: SNG Levante 630; SNG von Aulock 5783; SNG Copenhagen 186; SNG BnF 799/800; RPC 3725; BMC 119, 2; Ziegler 361; Staffierie Olba, 7ff.; Lindgren 1563; Righetti 1608
F+, olive green patina
Jochen

Cilicia, Tarsos;Hercules standing r. AE 34Gordian III; Cilicia, Tarsus, 238-244 A.D. AE 34, 22.22g. Rev: Hercules standing r., head l., holding branch (?) in r. hand and bow with arrow in l. hand, lionskin over l. shoulder and falling from l. arm. Cf. SNG Levante 1127 (same Obv. die, different Hercules rev. type). Rare: this exact Hercules type not in Paris, Levante, BMC, Righetti, Winsemann Falghera, or Lindgren. Ex H.J.BerkPodiceps

Commodus, Perge (Pamphylia), Artemis, AE13AE13, 2.73g
obv: KAI KOMOΔOC; laureate and draped bust right
rev: [ΠEP]ΓAIΩ[N], Artemis standing right, holding bow and arrow

SNG von Aulock -; SNG PfPS -; SNG Righetti -; Lindgren -; BMC -areich

Commodus, Tmolos-Aureliopolis, Tmolos crowning Tyche, AE30Commodus, 177-192 AD, Tmolos-Aureliopolis / Tmolus-Aureliopolis, Lydia

30mm, 13.34g

obv: AV K M AVP KOMMOÎ”OC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; countermark Î” on head
rev: AÎ OÎ›Î›Î©NIÎ”HC CTPA ANÐ„Î˜ / AVPHÎ›IO / TMÎ©; city-goddess, turreted, seated right, holding on her knee cista mystica; behind, mountain-god Tmolos, naked but for nebris round body, advancing right, placing a wreath upon her head with his right and holding in left over his shoulder a branch of wine with three bunches of grapes (?)

BMC Lydia, p. 324, No. 5, SNG Aulock -, SNG Leypold -, SNG Righetti -, Imhoof-Blumer KM -, Lydische Stadtmünzen -, Lindgren I + III -, Sear GIC –

ex R&Wareich

dokimion0001Pseudo-autonomous --2nd-3rd Century
Dokimion, Phrygia

Obv: Draped bust of Hermes right, kerykeion in front of face.
Rev: ΔOKIMЄΩN, River god reclining left, holding reed and resting left elbow on overturned urn from which water flows.
16 mm, 2.07 gms

Righetti Collection, Volume 5, #467.Charles M

Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Antioch, SyriaDomitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Antioch, Syria
Bronze as . 14.254g, 28.5mm, 0o, Antioch mint, 81 - 96 A.D.
Obverse : CAES AVG - IMP DOMITIANVS, laureate head right
Reverse : large S•C (center dot not struck) within laurel wreath, dot inside lower half of S
SNG Righetti 1939 (same dies), McAlee 406(c)
Ex ForumVladislav D

EB0556 Philip II / EirenePhilip II AE 28 of Pisidia, Antioch 247-249 AD.
Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: CAES ANTIOCH COL, S-R. Eirene walking left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre.
References: SNG Righetti 1369; SNG von Aulock 4974; KRZY. PII1.3; SNG France 3, 1273-1276; Waddington 3611; SNG Cop 78; Hunter 24.
Diameter: 28mm, Weight: 12.059 grams.EB

Elagabal, Ancyra (Phrygia), Asklepios, AE25AE25, 8.75g
obv: ANTONEINΩC A; radiate head right
rev: MHTROΠ ANKYPAC; Asklepios standing facing

SNG von Aulock -; Lindgren -; SNG Righetti -;

Or is it Caracalla? Doesn't look much like his coins from there.areich

Elagabalus (218-222 AD); AE16; Marcianopolis, Moesia InferiorRoman Provincial, Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior, Elagabalus (218-222 AD) AE16, 2.35g, 16mm

Obverse: AΥΤ K M AΥΡ ANΤΩNƐINOC, Laureate head right.

Reverse: MAΡKIANOΠOΛIΤΩN, Nemesis (Dikaiosyne) standing left, holding scale and staff, rod or ell.

Reference: AMNG ! 904; Hristova & Jekov 6.26.35.7, Varbanov GIC Vol.I 1377v

Ex: J.P.Righetti inventory # 9950, Sphinx NumismaticsGil-galad

Furia Sabina Tranquillina wife Gordian IIITranquillina AE19 of Saitta, Lydia. AD 241-244. 3.82 g.
aw. FOYR TRANKYLLEINA CA
diademed and draped bust right.
rew. CAITTHNON, YLLOC
river-god Hyllos reclining left, holding
reed, resting left arm on an overturned vase from which
waters flow.

BMC 63-64; SNG von Aulock 3104; SNG Righetti 1071; Imhoof
Flussgötter 322; Weber 6892; Mionnet IV, 623; SNG Cop 412;
Leypold I, 1173.

Furia Sabina Tranquillina ur.225 - zm. 244 AD
cesarzowa 241-244 ADWaldemar S

Gallienus Alexandria Traos Horse GrazingGallienus, 253 - 268, 19mm, 5g, Alexandria Traos, SNG Righetti 789
OBV: IMP LICIN GALLIENVS, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REV: COL AVG-TRO, horse grazing right
SRukke

Gergis, Troas350-300 B.C.
Æ 17mm (3.36 gm, 9h)
Obv.: Head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendant necklace
Rev.: Sphinx seated right, Î“Î•Î¡ right, monogram left
SNG Copenhagen 339-40; SNG von Aulock 1514;
Sear 4099 (var.); BMC 17. p. 55 5-8

From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 106493 commentsJaimelai

GREEK, Quasi-Autonomous, Aeolis, Aegae mint. 1st - 3rd Centuries A.D.Aeolis, Aegae mint. 1st - 3rd Centuries A.D. Bronze AE 15, 4.21 g, 14.6mm, VF. Obv: draped bust of Senate right, IERA CUNKLHTOC. Ref: lyre (kithara), AIGA-EWN. Ref: SNG Cop 16, Lindgren -, SGIC -, BMC -, SNG von Aulock -, SNG Righetti -. RARE.

Hadrian, Ionia, Smyrna, Zeus, AE33134/5 AD, M. Antonius Polemos, strategos
33mm, 27.32g
obv: [AVT KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC]; laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder
rev: ΠOΛEMΩV CTPATEΓOV AVE HXE CMYP; Zeus seated right holding scepter
Klose 19-25 (V8/R-, unlisted rev. die); BMC 328 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 1362; SNG von Aulock 2210

From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 7162
1 commentsareich

Hadrianopolis Antoninus Pius C. Iulius Commodus Orfitianus Tyche seatedAntoninus Pius

AE 32 16.71g.

Governor C. Iulius Commodus Orfitianus (154/55 AD)

Ob: AVT KA]I T[A]I AΔPIA |ANTΩNEINOC
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right

Rx: HΓE IOV KOMMO | ΔOV AΔPIANOΠO
Turreted Tyche seated on rocks left, holding grain ears in right hand resting right foot on swimming river god

cf.Varbanov (E) II 3176; cf. Mionnet Supp. II p.303 #614; BMC -; cf. RPC IV 9297 (4 examples)

nice dark green patina, edge crack, VF

ex: Leu Numismatik web auction 11(Feb 22 2020) lot 1267
ex: Jean-Pierre Righetti collection inv. no. 10124rennrad12020

Ionia, Smyrna, Zeus Akraios / lion, AE18ca. 193-235 AD
18mm, 3.82g, 6h
obv: ZEVC AKPAIOC; head of Zeus Akraioc right
rev: CMYPNAIΩN; lion right
Klose 53 (V9/R46); BMC 172; SNG Copenhagen 1285; SNG von Aulock 2183

From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 5530
M&M sale 15 (2004), lot 678 (unsold)

2 commentsareich

Irenopolis, Cilicia AE assarion of Caracalla, 217-218 ADCaracalla
Cilicia, Irenopolis
AE assarion – 23mm
Struck 216-217 AD, countermarked under Gordian III
Laureate and draped bust right. C/m: Laureate head right
AYTOKPATÎ©P ANTÎ©NINOC
Bust of Dionysus r. with thrysos and bunch of grapes
EIRHNOÎ OÎ›ITON ET EÎžP
SNG Righetti 1579, SNG Pfalz 6 640, Imhoof KM S442. For c/m: Howgego 105Ardatirion

ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira . Artuqids . Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174 . Æ Dirhem Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan. AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Æ Dirhem
25mm, 7.31 g, 6h.
Obverse : Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator .
Reverse :Partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and margins .
Whelan Type VII; S&S Type 1; Album 1820.1.
Ex UBS 62 ; Ex Walter Ruf ; Ex J. P. Righetti Collection ; Ex CNG .
Vladislav D

Julia Domna, CappadociaJulia Domna, Cappadocia

AE 25; 8.923g, 25.1mm
Cappadocia, Caesarea (Kayseri, Turkey) mint, 206 A.D.

IOVΛIA ∆OMNA AVΓOYC,
draped bust right;
MHTPO KAICAPIA,
four grain ears atop rectangular altar, ET I∆ on altar, NEΩKO (in exergue)

unpublished(?), cf. Sydenham Cappadocia 463 (ET I∆ in ex, etc.), SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Hunterian -, SNG Tüb -, SNG Righetti -, BMC Galatia -arizonarobin

Julia Domna, NicaeaNicaea, Bithynia

IOYLIA DOMNA CE
draped bust right

NIKAIEWN
eagle standing right, wings open, head left, on altar between two standards

SNG Righetti 638 corrected (obv. legend), same dies.
wildwinds example, thank you dane for the attribution
Ae 26mm; 10.13garizonarobin

Julia Domna, ThessalonicaJulia Domna
Bronze AE 25; 6.050g, 19.8mm, 225o,

IOVLIA DOMNA
draped bust right

QECCALONIKEWN
Ares advancing right in military garb, spear in right, shield in left

Thessalonica mint, c. 196 - 211 A.D.;

Unpublished; Varbanov III -; SNG Cop -; SNG ANS -; BMC -; AMNG III -; Lindgren -; Weber -; SNG Righetti -,
Wildwinds example

Prov. Forum Ancient Coins
Information from Forum purchase:
This reverse is known for Septimius Severus from Moushmov 6737, but it is not in the plates. Varbanov lists the Severus coin (4351, referencing Moushmov, printed in 1912) but apparently never having seen an example, he was unable to identify the diameter and did not list rarity. Our coin, entirely unpublished, has this extremely rare war god reverse inappropriately on the reverse of the empress2 commentsarizonarobin

laodicea0001aSemi-autonomous AD 218-222 (time of Elagabalus)
Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia

Obv: CYNЄΔPIOY NЄΩN, diademed half-length bust of the Synedrion of the Neoi to left, wearing cloak around his neck and holding two rods in his left hand..
Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ NЄΩKOPΩN, Tyche standing front, head to left, holding patera, grain ears and inverted kerykeion in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; at feet to left, wheel and rudder.
25 mm, 8.21 gms

SNG Righetti 1195.

From Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13, lot 888. From the auction catalogue: The Synedrion of the Neoi was the assembly of adolescents of a city between the ephebia and their full membership in the ekklesia, i.e. when they were roughly 20-30 years old. The organization mostly focused on athletic and military exercises in the Hellenistic era, however, by the time the Greek cities fell under control of the Romans, the role must have shifted away from preparing the youth of the polis for war. Although the exact task of the Neoi in the Roman era is hard to assess, public inscriptions in their name attest their continuous significance to the civic life of many Greek cities, perhaps most prominently so in Laodicea ad Lycum, where they even financed the present coin emission (CYNЄΔPIOY NЄΩN is to be read as '[coin of] the Synedrion of the Neoi'). Extremely rare, apparently the third known example. Charles M

Lydia, Akrasos, Athena / Telesphoros, AE1414mm, 1.43g
obv: helmeted bust of Athena, wearing Aegis right, linear border
rev: AKPAC-IOTΩN; Telesphoros standing facing
SNG von Aulock -; SNG Leypold -; SNG Righetti -
1 commentsareich

Lydia, Apollonishieron, Athena / Zeus Lydios, AE21AE21, 4.35g
obv: helmeted head of Athena right
rev: [] AÎ OÎ›Î›ONI; Zeus Lydios standing facing, head left, holding scepter and patera

cf. BMC Lydia, p. 23, nos. 1-3 (without magistrate name), SNG von Aulock - , SNG Leypold - , Lindgren - , Lydische Stadtmünzen - , SNG Righetti - , asiaminorcoins - , acsearch - 4 commentsareich

Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum, Tyche / Dionysos, AE19AE19, 3.57g
obv: N(!)AÎ“NHCIA; turreted bust of Tyche right
rev: MAÎ“NHTÎ©N; Dionysos with thyrsos and rhyton facing, head left, panther(?) at feet left
SNG Aulock -, SNG Leypold -, SNG Righetti, Lindgren -, Lydische Stadtmünzen -

ex Roland Müller collectionareich

Lydia, Mostene, Tyche / Hermes, AE1818mm, 3.39g
obv: Î›V - Î”Î©N; turreted and draped bust of Tyche right
rev: MOCT - HNÎ©N; Hermes standing facing, head left, nude but for chlamys, holding caduceus and purse, at his feet to left, ram

SNG Aulock -; BMC -; SNG Leypold -; SNG Righetti -; Lindgren -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG München -areich

Lydia, Nakrasa, Herakles / Snake on altar, AE15AE15, 2.89g
obv: bearded head of Herakles right
rev: NAKPACITÎ©N; coiled snake on altar right
Lydische Stadmünzen p.105,2 (snake left, not pictured); SNG Aulock -; SNG Leypold -; Lindgren -; SNG Righetti -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG München -; asiaminorcoins - 1 commentsareich

Lydia, Philadelphia, Homonoia with Smyrna, AE25AE25, 6.04g
obv: DHMOC Î¦IÎ›AÎ”EÎ›Î¦EÎ©N NEOK; head of Demos, wearing taenia right
rev: K CMYP Î“ NEÎ© OMO; Kybele on throne left, holding patera and scepter
cf. SNG von Aulock 3068 (same obverse die, same reverse with longer legend); SNG Leypold -; SNG Righetti -; Lindgren -; Lydische Stadtmünzen -areich

Lydia, Saitta, Herakles/lion, AE1515mm, 2.11g
obv: bearded head of Herakles left, club over right shoulder, dotted border
rev: CAIT; lion walking left, dotted border

cf. SNG Leypold 1146 (head right); cf. Lindgren III, #504 (same); BMC -; Righetti -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG München -3 commentsareich

Lydia, Sardes, Zeus Lydios / serpent around omphalos, AE15AE15, 2.07g
obv: ZEVC Î›VÎ”IOC, laureate and draped bust of Zeus Lydios right
rev: CAPÎ”IANÎ©N, serpent around omphalos

BMC -; SNG Aulock -; SNG Leypold -; SNG Righetti -; Lindgren -; Imhoof-Blumer KM -; Lydische Stadtmünzen –; SNG München -; SNG Tübingen -areich

Lydia, Tabala, Senate / river god Hermos, AE2020mm, 5.10g, 180°
obverse IEPA CYNKLHTOC, draped youthful bust of the Roman Senate right
reverse TABALEWN / EPMOC, river god Hermos reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on urn

SNG Aulock 3190; SNG Leypold 1250; Lindgren 825; SNG Righetti 1096; SNG München; SNG Tübingen 3832f.

ex FORVM areich

Lydia, Thyateira, Athena/eagle, AE1414mm, 1.10g
obv: helmeted bust of Athena, wearing aegis, right
rev: Î˜YATEIPHNÎ©; eagle standing facing, head right

SNG Aulock -, SNG Leypold -, SNG München -, SNG Tübingen -, Kleinasiatische Münzen, Lydische Stadtmünzen, SNG Righetti -, Lindgren - areich

Lydia, Thyateira. Commodus AE25Obv: AYT KAI Λ KOMMOΔO, laureate head right.
Rev: ΘYATEIΡHNΩN, Artemis-Hekate walking right, looking left, crescent on shoulders, holding torch in each hand.
SNG Righetti 1101; Welzl 6325; GRPC Lydia 252.ancientone

Lydia, Thyateira. Titus AE19Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΙΤΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ. Laureate bust r.
Rev: ΘΥΑΤЄΙ ΡΗ ΝΩΝ. Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm.
RPC II 940; SNG Cop. 598; SNG Righetti 1099.ancientone

Maximus, Kios, Athena, AE1818mm, 3.59g
obv: ΓIOV OVH MAXIMOC K [?]; bare-headed and draped bust right
rev: KIAN&Onega;N, helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis

SNG Aulock -; Lindgren -; SNG Righetti -; SNG Leypold -; GICV -; BMC -;areich

Mesopotamia, Edessa, Gordian III, BMC 124Gordian III, AD 238-244
AE 30, 17.41g
obv. AVTOK KM ANT GORDIANOC CEB
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. MHT - KOL EDECCHNWN
Bust of city-goddess (Tyche), draped, veiled and wearing mural-crown, l.; l.
before a small burning altar and a small statue of Aquarius, stg. r. on a
pedestal.
BMC 124; SNG Copenhagen 221; SNG Righetti 2604; Sear 3789
F/about VF
Because Aquarius is standing on a column it is probably a monument. Such is not known for Aquarius but for Marsyas as symbol of a Roman colony. But this is not proved for Edessa (Hill).
The Aquarius could be the river-god Skirtos, today Daysan river.

This rev. is known for Tranquillina and occurs too on coins of Carrhae.
Jochen

Mesopotamia, Nisibis, 074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), BMC 25 and 23 (obv./rev.), AE-25, -/-//--, Tyche seated facing in tetrastyle temple #01Mesopotamia, Nisibis, 074p Philippus I. (244-249 A.D.), BMC 25 and 23 (obv./rev.), AE-25, -/-//--, Tyche seated facing in tetrastyle temple #01
avers: AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and decorated shield.
reverse: IOΛ CEΠ KOΛΩ NECIBI MHT, Tyche seated facing, above, ram (Aries) leaping right, head left, below, river-god swimming right, all within tetrastyle temple.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 24,0-25,0mm, weight: 9,45g, axis: 0h,
mint: Mesopotamia, Nisibis, date: 244-249 A.D.,
ref: BMC 25 and 23 (obv./rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Righetti 2620 (same dies), Rare bust!
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 23. Macrinus, HrJ (2013) 6.23.38.02Macrinus, AD 217-218
AE 26, 9.47g, 25.94mm, 0°
struck under governor P. Furius Pontianus
obv. AVT K OPELLIOC CEVH MAKREINOC
Bust, cuirassed with scale armour, laureate, r.
rev. VP PONTIANOV MAR - KIANOPOLEITWN (WN ligate?)
Tyche, in long garment and mantle, wearing kalathos, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and in r.
hand rudder, set on globe.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 711
b) Varbanov (engl.) 1129 corr. (= AMNG 711, but wrong description!)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.23.38.2
F+, dark green patina
Pedigree:
ex. J.P.Righetti inventory #9931Jochen

Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 25. Diadumenian, HrJ (2013) 6.25.13.02 corr.Diadumenian, AD 217-218
AE 24 (so-called Dreier), 9.19g, 24.20mm, 15°
obv. M OPELLION ANTWNEINON K (NE ligate)
Bust, draped and cuirassed, bare-headed, r.
rev. MARKIANO- POLEITWN
Artemis huntress, in short chiton and wearing boots, chlamys waving behind, advancing r., holding bow in
extended l. hand and drawing arrow from quiver over r. shoulder; at her feet hound leaping r.
in lower l. field Gamma
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 786 (2 ex., Löbbecke, London)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 1313
c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.25.13.2 corr. (writes in error K OPELLION M)
F+, dark green patina
pedigree:
ex coll. Righetti, inventory #8310 (not listed)Jochen

Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 25. Diadumenian, HrJ (2013) 6.25.47.02 Diadumenian, AD 217-218
AE 18, 3.28g, 17.75mm, 195°
obv. M OPELLIOC ANTWNEINOC (NE ligate)
Bust, cuirassed with scale armour, bare-headed, r.
rev. MARKIANOPOLEIT
Tripod with lebes
ref. a) not in AMNG:
rev. AMNG I/1, 806
obv. AMNG I/1, 803 (Snake staff)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
cf. #1306 (= AMNG 806)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.25.47.2
Rare, F/F+, black-green patina
pedigree:
ex coll. J.P.Righetti, inventory #9946, but not listed in SNG Righetti
Jochen

Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 26. Elagabal, HrJ (2013) 6.26.05.11 (plate coin)Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 17, 2.92g, 16.57mm, 0°
obv. AVT KM AVR - ANTWNEINOC (WNE ligate)
laureate head r.
rev. MARKIAN - OPOLEITWN (WN ligate)
Goddess (Abundantia?) in long garment and mantle, stg. l., resting with raised l. hand on
sceptre and holding in lowered r. hand grain-ears
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.26.5.11 (plate coin)
d) not in Pfeiffer
very rare, F+, some incrustations
Pedigree:
ex J.P.Righetti coll., inventory #9953Jochen

Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 28. Elagabal & Julia Maesa, HrJ (2013) 6.28.01.05 (plate coin)Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 28, 10.59g, 27.52mm, 0°
struck under governor Julius Antonius Seleucus
obv. AVT KM AVRH ANTWNEINOC IOVLIA MAICA AVG
Head of Elagabal, laureate, r., and bust of Ioulia Maesa, draped and wearing stephane, l.
rev. VP.IOVL.ANT.CEL - EV - KOV MARKIANOP
in ex. OLITWN (smaller letters)
Zeus, bearded, in himation,stg. l., holding patera in extended r. hand and resting with raised l. hand on
sceptre
in lower r. field E
ref. a) not in AMNG:
rev. AMNG I/1, 936 var. (different legend distribution)
obv. f.e. AMNG I/1, 939 (Hades-Serapis)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.28.1.5 (plate coin)
rare, about VF, dark green patina
pedigree:
ex J.P.Righetti inventory #9983Jochen

Moesia inferior, Markianopolis, 44. Philip II & Serapis, HrJ (2014) 6.44.10.03 #2Philip II, Caesar AD 244-247
AE 27, 13.94g, 26.96mm, 30°
struck under governor Prastina Messalinus
obv. M I[OVLIOC] FILIPPOC KAI / CAR AVG
Confronted busts of Philip II, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, bare-headed, r., and Serapis, draped and wearing
kalathos, l.
rev. VP PRACT MECCALLEI[NOV MARK]IANOPOLEITWN (WN ligate)
Hermes, nude, stg. crooked l., looking facing, r. foot set on ram's head, l. arm with chlamys resting on r. knee; between his feet
turtle on ground, behind him tree stump with kerykeion before
in r. field E (for pentassarion)
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1209, pl.XVI, 25, rev. same die (2 ex., Philippopel, Sophia Tacchella revue num. 1893, 73, 23)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 2107
c) Hristova/Jekov (2014) No. 6.44.10.3
rare, about VF, slightly rough
Pedigree:
ex coll J.P.Righetti, No.10008

About the use of AVG in the younger Philip compare Mommsen 'Römisches Staatsrecht 2, 1164, note 5. (Pick)

The rev. shows the statue of the Sandal Binder of Lysipp. Sometimes called 'Jason' or 'Cincinnatus' in error. The correct interpretation as Hermes based on the description in the Ekphrasis of Christodoros of Koptos.2 commentsJochen

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 14. Septimius Severus, HrHJ (2018) 8.14.47.25 (plate coin)Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 18, 2.42g, 17.94mm, 30°
obv. AV KAI CE - CEVHROC
laureate head r.
rev. NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTR
Tripod, l. foot entwined by snake, head r.
ref. a) cf. AMNG I/1, 1424
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.14.47.25 (plate coin)
F+
Pedigree:
ex. J.P.Righetti coll., inventory #10137

Sometimes you must have a real coin in hand to see the full legend.Jochen

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 18. Caracalla, HrHJ (2018) 8.18.36.14 #2Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 17, 3.40g, 16.69mm, 225°
obv. [AV KEC] - ANTWN
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. NIKOPOLI - PROC ICTR (retrograde)
Homonoia stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and patera in r. hand
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1597 (1 ex., Wien)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.18.36.14
scarce, some corrosion
Pedigree:
ex J.P.Righetti coll. of Moesia, inventory #10152 Jochen

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 23. Macrinus, HrHJ (2018) 8.23.35.19Macrinus, AD 217-218
AE 26, 12.76g, 26.35mm, 180°
struck under governor Statius Longinus
obv. [AV]T KM OPPELI CEVH - MAK[RINOC]
laureate head r.
rev. [VP CTATIOV LONG]IN - OV NIKOPOLITWN PRO
in l. and r. field C - IC
in ex. TRW
Aequitas in long garment and mantle, diademed, stg. frontal, head l., holding in l. arm cornucopiae and in
r. hand scales
ref. a) AMNG I/1, [1771] var. (different rev. legend)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3571 (same dies, cites in error AMNG 1773)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.23.35.19
scarce, F+, dark green patina with light green highlights
Pedigree:
ex. J.P.Righetti inventory #10166
Jochen

Moesia, Istros, Athena / Dionysos, AE1717mm, 3.47g
obv: helmeted head of Athena right
rev: ICTPHNΩN; Dionyos facing, head left with kantharos and thyrsos
ex Righetti collectionareich

Moesia, Markianopolis, ? / lion, AE1414mm, 1.6g
obv: bust of ?, wearing Taenia right
rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN; lion right

AMNG - ; Hristova/Jekov -; BMC -; Lindgren -; SNG Righetti -; Sear GICV -; Moushmov -
Not known to Ivan Varbanov and the Varna museum.
ex iNumis5 commentsareich

Mysia, Attaia, Demos / Heros, AE1917-19mm, 3.03g
2nd century AD
Obv: ΔHMOC, diademed head of Demos right.
Rev: ATTAITΩN, naked youth (Heros?) right, left foot on rock.

BMC Mysia -, SNG Aulock -, SNG Leypold-, SNG Righetti -, Lindgren I+III -, Imhoof-Blumer KM -, Sear -, but cf. SNG Aulock 7203 for a similar reverse type combined with a Synkletos obverse.

ex Rutten & Wielandareich

Mysia, Kyzikos, pseudo_autonomous, SNG Paris 596AE 17, 4.13g
struck c. AD 170-190 (late Antoninian time)
obv. (anepigraphic)
head of Kore Soteira, with grain wreath, r.
rev. KVZIK - KHWN
Jar with two handles
von Fritze, KK 26, 30; SNG Paris 596
rare, about VF, good style
ex coll. J.-P. Righetti

In Kyzikos Persephone was warshipped as Kore Soteira (= Saviour). 3 commentsJochen

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