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didrachm, 330/290 BC
7.82 g
obv: head of Demeter left
rev: ear of grain, tongs to left, META to right
(Johnston C 4.20 (this coin); Rutter, Historia Numorum 1583)
from Ars Classica 15, Luzern 1930, No. 167, ex Künker e-Auction 17, No. 7
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AE Onkia, 2.11 g, Sicily, Panormos, ca. 415-380 B.C. Obv: Forepart of Man-headed bull facing left, possibly ear of corn above or simply an encrustation divided from the man-faced bull by the tooler, in which case SYS should be above. Rev: Horse trotting right, ear of corn above. Calciati I, 272, no. 11. Hoover HGC 2, 1062 (this coin); Giuseppe Bucetti "Monete, Storia e topografia della Sicilia Greca," p. 344 (this coin); MSP I, 48b (this coin illustrated).

Definite tooling around the major devices, on the legs and back. Face apparently untouched though field in front has been smoothed.

Ex. Dr. Busso-Peus, Auction 386, No. 108 (unsold). Tooled.
2 commentsMolinari
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Ionia, Samos. Didrachm; Ionia, Samos; Magistrate Asklepiades, 310-300 BC, Didrachm, 6.22g. Barron-p. 214, 2b (this coin). Obv: Facing lion's scalp. Rx: Forepart of ox r. with dotted truncation, SA and olive branch below, [A]SK?H?IA?[HS] above. Ex M & M List 169, 1957, no. 18; this coin listed in Barron's monograph on Samos (1966).
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LUCANIA, Velia. 290-270 BC. AR Nomos (7.44 gm). Helmeted head of Athena decorated with griffin / Lion attacking stag. Williams.567 (o) (this coin). Nicely toned VF+, full crest. ex R T Williams collection. Ex: Baldwin’s Auction 75, lot 2264, September 26, 2012.3 commentspaul1888
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Greek Coins. Calabria, Tarentum.
Litra circa 430, AR 0.77g. Cockle-shell. Rev. Female head l., wearing earring. Jameson 100 (this coin). Vlasto 1158. SNG France 1636. Historia Numorum Italy 840.
Old cabinet tone and very fine / good very fine

Ex Gemini sale VII, 2011, 18. From the Jameson and the Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky collections.
1 commentsMichael S6
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Deccan). Uncertain. Circa 600-650. AE (Bronze, 19 mm, 4.34 g, 12 h), Vishnukundin style, struck somewhere in the Pallava-Visnukundin-Eastern Chalukya Region. SRI KU TA or SRI KRI TA (in Brahmi) Bull standing to right; above, legend in Brahmi; all within circle. Rev. Sankha flanked by lamp stands; all within rayed border. B.U. Abels: A Short Presentation on One West-Indian and One South-Indian Coin, in: Numismatic Digest 39 (2015), p. 128, ill. 2 (this coin). B.U. Abels: An Early Chalukya Coin, in: The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, L, Part I & II (1988), p. 37-38 (this coin). Quant.Geek
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SATRAPS OF CARIA. Pixodaros, circa 341/0-336/5 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 19 mm, 6.93 g, 12 h), Halikarnassos. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right with drapery below. Rev. ΠIΞΩΔAΡOΥ Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding long scepter in his left hand and double-axe in his right. SNG Copenhagen 596-7. SNG von Aulock 2375-6. Pixodarus Hoard, CH IX, pl. 35, 44a (this coin);
ex Bourgey, 14 May 1914, 87 (pictured); ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, Auction 21, 1981, 80; ex NFA, Auction 9, 1980, 268; ex Leu, Web Auction 12, 2020, 443
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Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. 179-168 B.C. AR drachm. ca. 171/0 B.C. Aristokrates, magistrate.
Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. 179-168 B.C. AR drachm (15 mm, 2.60 g, 12 h). ca. 171/0 B.C. Aristokrates, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose with bud to left; in left field, club; above, magistrate's name: [ΑΡΙ]ΣΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ. R. J. H. Ashton, ""Clubs, Thunderbolts, Torches, Stars and Caducei: more Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms from Mainland Greece and the Islands,"" NC 162 (2002), 17 (A6/P5; this coin). Toned. Very fine.
Ex: TRISKELES AUCTIONS 326 ON VAUCTIONS
LOT 48, 29 Sep 2017; Ex Naville V (18 June 1923), 2669. Ex: British Museum

The Pseudo-Rhodian drachms were struck, probably by the Macedonians under Perseus but possibly by the Romans, to pay for Mercenaries from Crete and Rhodes who would have been familiar with Rhodian coinage. The coins in the name of the magistrate Aristokrates with the club symbol in the field is the largest known individual issue of pseudo-Rhodian drachms from the Third Macedonian War, and used at least twenty-nine obverse dies.
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Ancient Greek
LUCANIA
Metapontion, struck circa 340-330 BC
Female head right / Seven-grain barley ear; ΜΕΤΑ upward to left
7.60 g, 20 mm, silver
References: HGC I, 1052, HN Italy 1538; Numismatic Notes and Monographs #47, The Coinage of Metapontum, 1931, Sydney P. Noe 509c (this coin); ex-Lloyd, Helbing 55:lot 3364 (pictured) 11/08/1928; ex-Woodward, Ars Classica XV: lot 174 (pictured) 07/02/1930; ex CNG Trition IV, Part 1, lot 47, 12/5/2000
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JUSTINIAN I, AU Solidus, struck 545 - 565 at ConstantinopleObverse: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. Cuirassed facing bust of Justinian I wearing plumed helmet and diadem from which two pearls depend on either side. Holding globus cruciger in his right hand and shield, adorned with rider galloping right, in his left.
Reverse: VICTORIA AVGGG A. Victory in the guise of an Angel standing facing holding long staff topped with staurogram in right hand and globus cruciger in left, eight pointed star in right field; in exergue CONOB. (The letter after AVGGG in the legend indicates the number of the officina, the A indicating the first officina on this coin).
Slightly clipped
Diameter: 20mm | Weight: 4.08gms | Die Axis: 6
SBCV: 140 | DOC: 9a
1 comments*Alex
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81Domitian 81-96 AD
AE 20mm
Abydos in Troas
ABY within wreath
RPC 892b (this coin)
This is the only example recorded on the RPC website
1 commentsmauseus
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AHG 234 . The Antioch Hoard of Gallienus . Gallienus, August 253 - 24 March 268 A.D.Gallienus, August 253 - 24 March 268 A.D.
Billon antoninianus . 2.927g, 19.7mm, 180o, Antioch mint, 254 - 255 A.D.
Obverse : IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse VICTORIAE AVGG, soldier standing right, vertical spear in right, resting left on shield
Göbl MIR 1566d (Antioch), SRCV III 10397 (Antioch), RIC V 300 (Viminacium), AHG 234 (this coin)
From the Antioch Hoard of Gallienus . Ex Forum
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AHG 272 . The Antioch Hoard of Gallienus . Salonina, August 254 - c. September 268 A.D.Salonina, August 254 - c. September 268 A.D.
Billon antoninianus . 2.763g, 20.1mm, 0o, Syrian mint, 258 - 260 A.D.
Obverse : CORN SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, crescent behind
Reverse : CONCORDIA AVGG, emperor and empress standing confronted, clasping hands
Göbl MIR 1691p (Samosata), SRCV III 10630 (uncertain Syrian mint), RIC V 63 (Antioch), Cohen 31, AHG 272 (this coin)
From the Antioch Hoard of Gallienus . Ex Forum
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Baktrian Kingdom, Diodotos I, ca. 255/250-240 BC, AR Tetradrachm Diademed head of Diodotos I right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Zeus advancing left hurling thunderbolt, eagle at feet, ΙΔΤ (Iota, Delta, Sampi) monogram in inner left field.

Holt A6.4 (this coin); Kritt A6 (plate 2 A6 this coin); CSE 1294 (this coin); SNG Lockett 3109 (this coin ID: SNGuk_0300_3109); Pozzi 2945 (this coin); ESM 717α (this coin); SNG ANS 77; SC 631.a; Bopearachchi 2E; Mitchiner 64d; Qunduz 6; HGC 9, 243.
Mint "A" - Ai Khanoum

(26 mm, 15.73 g, 6h).
Herakles Numismatics; ex- Houghton Collection (CSE 1294); ex- Lockett Collection (SNGLockett 3109); ex- Pozzi Collection: Naville Sale I (1921) 2945 (sold for CHF 35).

This coin has a very distinguished provenance and has been published as plate coin in four reference works.

The emission with the ΙΔΤ (Iota, Delta Sampi) mint control mark is the most abundant of the Diodotid issues, representing about 13% of known Diodotid precious metal coins. The same control carries over into the early coinage of Euthydemos, although eventually displaced by the PK control monogram after 208/6 BC when Antiochos III captured Ai Khanoum while Euthydemos remained besieged at Baktra, after which it appears that Baktra/Balkh assumed the role of primary royal mint in Baktria. In is notable that the Archaic Greek letter Sampi forms the bottom of the ΙΔΤ monogram. It is an Archaic Greek form of a double Sigma that persisted in Greek dialects of Asia Minor. Many Greek settlers from Asia Minor migrated to Baktria, including the illustrious ruler Euthydemos from Magnesia in either Lydia, or Ionia. The archaic Greek Sampi possibly traveled to Baktria with the earliest Greek settlers from Asia Minor.
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ROME
PB Tessera (20mm, 4.49 g, 12h)
Apollo standing facing, holding lyre
Clasped hands within wreath
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 382 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
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ROME
PB Tessera (20mm, 4.72 g, 12h)
Apollo standing left, holding branch, resting left arm on tripod
TCE
Rostovtsev 2035 = Scholz 1784 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (18mm, 2.99 g, 12h)
Palm frond and cornucopia
Clasped hands
Rostovtsev -; München 297; Scholz 1126 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (16mm, 1.82 g, 12h)
DHS
PR PR
Rostovtsev 3443 = Scholz 1715 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (18mm, 2.38 g, 12h)
Dog standing right
Poppy
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 994 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME. The Two Lucii
PB Tessera (20mm, 3.12 g, 12 h)
DVO
LL
Rostovtsev 1358 = Scholz 1422 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (14mm, 3.58 g, 12h)
Galley
Anchor
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 577 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (17mm, 2.99 g, 12h)
G P R F in circle within wreath
Palm frond
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 1858 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (18mm, 5.05 g, 12h)
LIC
(MA)(NV)
Rostovtsev -; Scholz 1540 (this coin)

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (16mm, 3.65 g, 12h)
Rudder
TI
Rostovtsev 2444; Scholz 1794 (this coin); München 438

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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ROME
PB Tessera (17mm, 2.80 g, 12h)
The Charites (the Three Graces) standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view
Modius with three grain ears
Rostovtzev 358.72 = Scholz 461 (this coin); Milan 52; München 67-70; BM 1330-3, 1335-8, 1340-1

Ex Trau Collection
Ardatirion
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CORINTHIA, Corinth
PB Tessera (15mm, 3.37 g)
Pegasos flying left; [COR?] below
Blank
BCD Corinth 529 (this coin)

Ex BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 529

This intriguing piece stands out from the main series of countermarked bronze type tesserae found at Corinth.
Ardatirion
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IONIA, Ephesos. Alexander.
PB Tessera (17mm, 3.95 g, 4h)
Artemis kneeling right, bathing, within grotto surmounted by half-length figure of Aktaion, wearing antlers and raising arms
Hippocampus right, AΛЄ Ξ around
Gülbay & Kireç –; Gorny & Mosch 212 (5 March 2013), lot 3333 (same dies); Vossen 35 (this coin)

Ex Tom Vossen Collection, 35
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IONIA, Ephesos. Marchos, grammateus of the Boule.
PB Tessera (18mm, 8.88 g)
MAR ΓP BOV, composite head of Silenos facing right and young horned Pan facing left; c/m: bird (stork?) standing right
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Gülbay & Kireç –; Vossen 42 (this coin)

Ex Tom Vossen Collection, 42; Münzzentrum Rheinland 161 (11 January 2012), lot 315; Münzzentrum Rheinland 159 (4 May 2011), lot 357
Ardatirion
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IONIA, Ephesos.
PB Tessera (21mm, 6.53 g) Dated SE 469 (AD 157/8?)
Rider on horseback right, holding whip; YΞΘ below
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç –; Vossen 57 (this coin)

Ex Tom Vossen Collection, 57; Münzzentrum Rheinland 150 (7 January 2009), lot 263; Münzzentrum Rheinland 134 (30 August 2006), lot 404
Ardatirion
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EAST AFRICA, Kilwa Sultanate. 'Ali bin al-Hasan. Late 5th century AH / 11th century AD
Æ Fals (21mm, 2.68 g, 3 h). Kilwa Kisiwani mint.
Inscription in two lines; star at center
Inscription in three lines
Album 1180; Walker, Kilwa 12; SICA 10, 589-91; Zeno 87054 (this coin)

Acquired in the 1960's, likely through circulation in Dar-es-Salaam.

Chittick ("On the Chronology of the sultans of Kilwa" in NC 13, 1973), the excavator of Kilwa Kisiwani, notes that these issues were found in the earliest stratigraphic layers and accordingly reassigns them to the first sultan of Kilwa. Walker and Freeman-Grenville gave them to an otherwise unattested 13th century ruler of the same name. However, the picture is muddled by finds from the excavations at Songo Mnara, occupied only between the 14th and 16th centuries, where this type was among the most numerous to be found. The type is unlikely to have remained in circulation for such a long period and may been reissued by subsequent rulers.
Ardatirion
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EAST AFRICA, Kilwa Sultanate. Suleyman bin al-Hasan. AH 702-717 / AD 1302-1316
Æ Fals (23mm, 2.06 g, 11 h). Kilwa Kisiwani mint.
Inscription in two lines; star at center
Inscription in three lines
Album 1183; Walker, Kilwa 3; SICA 10, 602-11; Zeno 87052 (this coin)

Acquired in the 1960's, likely through circulation in Dar-es-Salaam.

The dating is adapted from Chittick ("On the Chronology of the sultans of Kilwa" in NC 13, 1973) - Bosworth (The New Islamic Dynasties) gives different dates. However, considering the uncertain nature of both the chronologies and how they relate to the coinage, particularly in light of the finds at Songo Mnara, all dates should be considered hypothetical.
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 17.5 mm; 2.14 g
O: AVT KM AVP ANTWNEINOC Laureate head right
R: MARKIANOPOLI/ TWN Lion standing left
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis mint
Ref: (all apparently from the same dies as this coin)
Pfeiffer, Münzen aus Markianopolis, 2nd ed., Kaarst 2013, 443.
AMNG 915: Paris, rev. ill. pl. XX.1; Hristova-Jekov, Marcianopolis, 2006, p. 149, ill. 6; Lanz 82, 1997, lot 546
d.s.

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00001 Larissa Profile Left, Jason’s Sandal RightThessaly Greece, the City of Larissa

Obv: Archaic representation of Larissa in profile to the l. All within a border of dots.
Rev: Jason’s sandal to the r., Λ - Α above. All within incuse square.
Denomination: silver obol; Mint: Larissa; Date: c. 500 - 479 BC; Weight: .65g; Diameter: 10mm: Die axis: 210º; References, for example: Weber 2826, pl. 109; Herrmann Group 1 Obolen; SNG Cop 90; BCD Thessaly I 1098 (this coin); HGC 4, 404.

Provenance: Ex. Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 133 Lot 53 21 Nov 2022, from the collection of “A Man In Love With Art.”; Ex. BCD Thessaly Nomos AG Auction 4 Lot 1098 May 10, 2011.

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000411 Horse Prancing Right, Larissa Left Bouncing BallThessaly Greece, the City of Larissa

Obv: horse prancing r. All within a border of dots.
Rev: Λ - Α (lower l. corner, upper r. corner) Larissa walking l. wearing Chiton, l. hand lowered behind her and bouncing a ball in front of her with raised r. hand. All within incuse square.
Denomination: silver obol; Mint: Larissa; Date: c. 460 - 440 BC; Weight: .99g; Diameter: 10mm: Die axis: 180º; References, for example: Imhoof-Blumer Nymphen: p. 69 no. 186 pl. V no. 18; Herrmann Group II b 𝛃 pl. I 16; Traité IV, 654 var. legend placement, Larissa r., pl. CCXCVI, 11; BCD Thessaly I 1111 (this coin); HGC 4 486.

Provenance: Ex. Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 124 Lot 111 June 23, 2021, from the collection of “A Man In Love With Art.”; Ex. BCD Thessaly Nomos AG Auction 4 Lot 1111 May 10, 2011; Ex. Leu Numismatik 50 Lot 127 April 25, 1990.

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00095 Facing Head of Larissa - AI SignedThessaly Greece, the City of Larissa

Obv: Head of the nymph Larissa facing ¾ l., wearing ampyx with ΓΕΥ inscription (not visible)1, hair floating freely above head, tiny IA above top locks of hair (off of flan), prominent raised right shoulder2 (garment clasp visible?), spherical earring with bead pendant. Border of dots.
Rev: Horse crouching r., bucranium brand on haunch, forelegs spread, raised tail (off of flan), tiny AI under belly3, reign trails into exergue with exergue line sloping downward under horse's muzzle, ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ directly below exergue line with ΣΑΙ breaking into that line.
Denomination: silver drachm; Mint: Larissa; Date: c. 405/400 BC - c. 370 BC4; Weight: 6.11g; Diameter: 19mm; Die axis: 90º; References, for example: SNG Cop vol. 11, 126; Herrmann Group VII, Series I, Reverse II, pl. VI, 16 and 19; HGC 4, 434; Lorber - Shahar Group 3 Head Type 14 (O35/R2 - Sp. b, this very coin) = Florilegium Numismaticum Group One Head Type 11 with Reverse 21.2 - Sp. b (this very coin).

Notes:
1Lorber presumes that these letters are "...an abbreviated epithet of the nymph Larissa." (Lorber Early in FlorNum, p. 261).
2Lorber invites us to interpret this "distinctive gesture" as the nymph "...tossing her ball, an action regularly depicted on trihemiobols and obols of the fifth century." (Lorber Early in FlorNum, p. 262).
3Lorber understands these letters to be the signature of the mint's chief engraver, who replaced ΣΙΜΟ. See Lorber Early in FlorNum, p. 261.
4This is the date range provided in Lorber 2008, p. 126.

The city of Larissa was named after the local water nymph, said to be the daughter of Pelasgos. He was said to be the ancestor of the pre-Greek Pelasgians. According to myth Larissa drowned while playing ball on the banks of the Peneios river. (HGC 4 p. 130).

Provenance: Ex Shanna Schmidt Numismatics October 30, 2019; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 29, May 11, 2005, lot 176; Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Auction XXXIII, May 3, 1994, lot 929.

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018 - Commodus (177-192), denarius - BM 184, RIC unlistedObv: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P, Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre.
Minted in Rome 186 AD

The cuirassed bust are rare on denarii. This particular type are unlisted in both RIC and Cohen, though the obverse legend and reverse type (not legend) are equal to RIC 117, Cohen 486. The only coin I know of with this bust and reverse legend is BM 184. The BM coin and this coin are struck with diferent obverse dies, hence ther must have been at least two pairs of dies striking this type. Thers should be more coins of this type out there, if anyone knows of one I´ll be very happy to hear about it! (Many thanks to mr Curtis Clay for information on this coin).
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0205 Hadrian Denarius Roma 119-23 AD Concordia with double cornucopiaRIC 205 (note 112 this coin); Strack 61 var.; RIC II 118; BMCRE 260; RSC 255a.

Bust A4

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate bare bust with drapery

Rev . P M TR P COS III, CONCORD in exergue,
Concordia seated left on throne, holding out patera and leaning on figure of Spes set on globe; double cornucopia under throne.

2.91 gr
18 mm
6h
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050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Lydia, Hermocapelia, GRPC Lydia 57, AE-15, Dionysos standing left, #1050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Lydia, Hermocapelia, GRPC Lydia 57, AE-15, Dionysos standing left, #1
avers: IOVΛ(ΙΑ) CEBACTH, Draped bust right.
reverse: ΕΡΜΟΚΑΠHΛΕΙΤ, Dionysos, wearing short chiton and boots, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 14,0-15,0mm, weight: 1,72g, axis: 7h,
mint: Lydia, Hermocapelia, date: 193-211 A.D.,
ref: GRPC Lydia 57, Plankenhorn (Naumann) 1020 (this coin),
Q-001

"Ex: Naumann Numismatik, Plankenhorn Coll. Sale, auction 92, lot 1020, April 2017. Unpublished."
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053. 2'nd Jewish (bar Kokhba) Revolt.Zuz (denarius), attributed to Year 3 (134-35 AD).
Obverse: (Shim'on) / Bunch of Grapes.
Reverse: (For the Freedom of Jerusalem) / Lyre with three strings.
3.19 gm., 18.5 mm.
Mildenberg #205.19 (this coin); Hendin #734.

This coin likely started out as a denarius of one of the Roman emperors between Vespasian and Hadrian. Many coins of the Second Jewish Revolt show traces of the earlier Roman coin. This coin is no exception, and traces of the previous coin can be seen on the obverse in and around the bunch of grapes.

The bunch of grapes on the obverse is an ancient symbol of blessing and fertility. As such it occasionally appears on ancient coins of other areas besides this series. Given the messianic nature of the Bar Kokhba revolt, the bunch of grapes takes on added significance because in Jewish prophetic literature, grapes (and the vine or vineyard) are often symbolic of the restoration of Israel, or even symbolic of Israel itself.

The lyre on the reverse is associated with temple worship, as are trumpets, which are also found on coins of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. King David is mentioned as playing a lyre, and there are numerous Biblical references to praising the Lord with the lyre and trumpets. (The word "kinnor," sometimes translated as "harp," is really a type of lyre.) Even today the lyre is an important Jewish symbol and the state of Israel has chosen to portray it on the half New Israeli Sheqel coin.
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064 - Septimius Severus denarius - RIC 060 var.Obv:- L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP V, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev- P M TR P III COS II P P, Mars walking right holding spear and trophy
Minted in Rome. A.D. 194
Reference(s) - BMCRE W113 (Citing an anonymous gift from 1924 from the Plevna hoard same obverse die). RIC IV unlisted (RIC 60 var but draped and cuirassed instead of plain head). RSC 396a (citing BMCRE coin)
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071 - Elagabalus denarius - RIC 87Elagabalus Denarius
Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing holding patera over an altar and branch. Star in right field. Horn on ground to his left
Minted in Rome. A.D. 222
Reference– BMC 209 note. RIC 87 (where it is rated Common citing Cohen). RSC III 58. Cohen 58 (illustrated with star in right field) valued at 50 Fr. No examples in RD.
ex Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG Sale 42, Lot 379, 20th November 2007, ex Barry Feirstein Collection, previously privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.
Described as Lightly toned and good extremely fine by NAC.
21 mm. 3.11 gms. 0 degrees.

The coin would certainly seem to be scarcer than the "Common" rating given in RIC would imply. No examples in RD, only one example on acsearch (this coin). No examples on Wildwinds (the RIC 87 there would appear to be in error).
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099. Macrinus.Denarius, April - Dec. 217 AD, Rome mint.
Obverse: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG / Laureate bust of Macrinus.
Reverse: PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P / Fides standing, foot on helmet, holding standard in each hand.
3.45 gm., 20 mm.
RIC #22A; Sear #7345.

A case is made in RIC (vol. IV, pt. 2) for assigning coins with the older portrait (as is this coin) to the mint of Antioch, and the younger portrait to the mint of Rome. Recent scholarship, however, favors Rome as the mint for all coins of this reign.
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125 - Aurelian Ant. - RIC - RIC temp #2671.1Obv:- IMP C L DOM AVRELIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:- ORIENS AVG, Mars in military dress stg. right, holding long sceptre in left hand, receiving globe from Sol standing left, holding whip in left hand, resting with right foot on a bound captive in oriental dress seated left, head turned right
Minted in Serdica (–/–//XXI(•)P(•)). Issue 7, Phase 2. April – November A.D. 274
Reference:- RIC Unlisted, RIC temp #2671.1 corr. (this coin)

Same reverse die as RIC temp #2672
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130Antinous, d. 130AD
Pb tessera
c.138 AD
Obv "L H"
Bust of Antinous right wearing hem hem crown
Rev "L H"
Bust of Serapis Helios right
Emmet 4357, Wilding 8a (this coin)
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130 - Tacitus Antoninianus - RIC -Obv:– M CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– CLEMENTIA TEMP, Mars in military dress standing left, holding olive branch in right hand, spear and shield which rests on ground in left hand..
Minted in Cyzicus (//S). Issue 1, Officina 2. November – December A.D. 275
Reference(s) – Cohen -. LV -. RIC -. BNC p.404. RIC temp #3879 (1 example cited, this coin)
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16 Constantius II imitation (Failmezger, Plate coin)Constantius II imitation (Failmezger, Plate coin)

Obverse: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, Long-necked diademed cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Blundered legend, soldier spearing fallen horseman, Phrygian helmet, sitting on ground, arm(s) up, II left.

Size: 23.49 mm 6.g

Failmezger 462aCS (This Coin)
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163 Flavius Victor (387-388 A.D.), AE-4 Follis, RIC IX 047a, Arleate, SPES ROMANORVM, Campgate, Rare! Modern Fake !!!163 Flavius Victor (387-388 A.D.), AE-4 Follis, RIC IX 047a, Arleate, SPES ROMANORVM, Campgate, Rare! Modern Fake !!!
Avers:- DN-FL-VIC-TOR-P-F-AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
revers:- SPES-ROMA-NORVM, Campgate, 2 turrets, 4 layers plus 1 layer on turrets, star above, no doors.
exerg:-|-//P-CON, diameter: 14mm, weight: 1,29g, axes: 11h,
mint: Arleate, date: 387-388 A.D., ref: RIC IX 47a, Rare !
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by "postvmvs":
"Identified in the Forvm thread on the eBay seller 'Romanseller' (ca. Aug. 2005) but never listed here. An example struck from the same dies (but not the same coin) appeared as Lot 788 of Auction 384-385 (Nov. 2005) by Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger estimated at 175 EUR, where it was identified as a fake before the end of the sale."

Thank you postvmvs, maridvnvm and Pscipio !!!
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1871 Victoria Young Head Shield Gold SovereignGreat Britain, Victoria (1837-1901), Gold Sovereign, 1871, die number 14, Bentley 558 (this coin), SCWC KM 736.2, Friedberg 387i, Marsh 55, MCE 531, SCBC 3853B, gEF-aUNC, toned, tiny obverse rim nick, hint of doubling in legend both sides, raised hairline flaw in last A of legend to rim, raised die flaw through 8 of date, edge milled, weight 7.97g (AGW 0.235oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 180°, London mint, 1871; obverse VICTORIA DEI-GRATIA (Victoria, by the Grace of God), third young filleted head left, hair bound with double fillet, waved and pulled back in ponytail ending in single corkscrew curl at back, W.W. raised on truncation for engraver William Wyon, 1871 below, toothed border surrounding; reverse BRITANNIARUM-REGINA FID: DEF: (Queen of the Britains, Defender of the Faith), crowned quartered shield of Arms of the United Kingdom bearing three lions passant guardant for England, lion rampant for Scotland and seven-stringed harp for Ireland, within open laurel wreath tied with bow at base, emblems in exergue with die number 14 above, rose at centre, thistle to left, shamrock to right, small rosette either side, engraved by Jean Baptiste Merlen, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Baldwin's (26 Jan 2020); ex Bentley Collection, Part II, Baldwin's auction 76 (27 Sep 2012), lot 558; ex Douro Cargo, Spink auction 118 (20-1 Nov 1996), lot 1377 (part of); £750.00.Serendipity
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1873-M Victoria Young Head Gold SovereignAustralia, Victoria (1837-1901), Gold Sovereign, 1873-M, Bentley 760 (this coin), McDonald 147, QM 79 R, SCWC KM 7, Friedberg 16, Marsh 95, SCBC 3857, gEF-aUNC, lightly toned, with proof-like underlying brilliance, lightly bag marked, M below nearly touches neck, first G in legend die flawed to rim, trace of hair spur in upper curve of tail, dragon claws all present of 4/4 arrangement, the last a stub claw, edge milled, weight 8.0g (AGW 0.2359oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 180°, Melbourne mint, 1873; obverse VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D: (Victoria, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Britains, Defender of the Faith), third young filleted head left, hair bound with double fillet, waved and pulled back in ponytail ending in single corkscrew curl at back, W.W. raised and buried in truncation for engraver William Wyon, mint mark M below, toothed border surrounding; reverse St. George, nude but for crested Attic helmet, paludamentum fastened in front by fibula billowing behind and high-topped boots (calcei equestri), on horse rearing right, with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, holding bridle in left hand and short sword in right, looking down, trampling and slaying prostrate dragon to lower right, with broken lance in its side, looking back and up at St. George, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley-Pole, 1873 in exergue, tiny B.P. raised to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (24 Apr 2020); ex Bentley Collection, Part II, Baldwin's auction 76 (27 Sep 2012), lot 760; ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada (12 Nov 1990); scarce; £475.00.Serendipity
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1908-M Edward VII Gold SovereignAustralia, Edward VII (1901-10), Gold Sovereign, 1908-M, Bentley 820 (this coin), McDonald 229, QM 184 (part of), SCWC KM 15, Friedberg 33, Marsh 192, SCBC 3971, gEF-aUNC, some light bag marks, hairline scratch in obverse field, edge milled, weight 8.0g (AGW 0.2359oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 0°, Melbourne mint, 1908; obverse EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: (Edward VII, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India), bare head right, tiny De S. raised below truncation for engraver George William de Saulles, toothed border surrounding; reverse St. George, nude but for crested Attic helmet with three-strand streamer, paludamentum fastened in front by fibula billowing behind and high-topped boots (calcei equestri), on horse rearing right, with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, holding bridle in left hand and short sword in right, looking down, trampling and slaying prostrate dragon to lower right, with broken lance in its side, looking back and up at St. George, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley-Pole, mint mark M at centre of ground-line, 1908 in exergue, tiny B.P. raised to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (2020); ex Bentley Collection, Part II, Baldwin's auction 76 (27 Sep 2012), lot 820; ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada (1998); £450.00.Serendipity
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1911-C George V Gold SovereignCanada, George V (1910-36), Gold Sovereign, 1911-C, Bentley 884 (this coin), SCWC KM 20, Friedberg 2, Marsh 221, SCBC 3997, coronation issue, gEF-aUNC, some nicks in obverse field and over St. George helmet, edge milled, weight 8.0g (AGW 0.2359oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 0°, Ottawa mint, 1911; obverse GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP: (George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India), bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, toothed border surrounding; reverse St. George, nude but for crested Attic helmet with three-strand streamer, paludamentum fastened in front by fibula billowing behind and high-topped boots (calcei equestri), on horse rearing right, with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, holding bridle in left hand and short sword in right, looking down, trampling and slaying prostrate dragon to lower right, with broken lance in its side, looking back and up at St. George, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley-Pole, mint mark C at centre of ground-line, 1911 in exergue, tiny B.P. raised to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (27 Aug 2020); ex Bentley Collection, Part II, Baldwin's auction 76 (27 Sep 2012), lot 884; ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada (14 Aug 1992); £525.00.Serendipity
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1911-S George V Gold SovereignAustralia, George V (1910-36), Gold Sovereign, 1911-S, Bentley 727 (this coin), McDonald 237, QM 187, SCWC KM 29, Friedberg 38, Marsh 271, SCBC 4003, coronation issue, gEF-aUNC, toned, a few light hairlines, edge milled, weight 8.0g (AGW 0.2359oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 0°, Sydney mint, 1911; obverse GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP: (George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India), bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, toothed border surrounding; reverse St. George, nude but for crested Attic helmet with three-strand streamer, paludamentum fastened in front by fibula billowing behind and high-topped boots (calcei equestri), on horse rearing right, with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, holding bridle in left hand and short sword in right, looking down, trampling and slaying prostrate dragon to lower right, with broken lance in its side, looking back and up at St. George, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley-Pole, mint mark S at centre of ground-line, 1911 in exergue, tiny B.P. raised to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (1 May 2020); ex Bentley Collection, Part II, Baldwin's auction 76 (27 Sep 2012), lot 727; ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada (14 Jan 1992); £390.00.Serendipity
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1918-M George V Gold SovereignAustralia, George V (1910-36), Gold Sovereign, 1918-M, Bentley 831 (this coin), McDonald 259, QM 194, SCWC KM 29, Friedberg 39, Marsh 236, SCBC 3999, gEF-aUNC, reverse rim nick, black spot on dragon shoulder, some bag marks, edge milled, weight 7.9881g (AGW 0.2355oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 0°, Melbourne mint, 1918; obverse GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP: (George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India), bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, toothed border surrounding; reverse St. George, nude but for crested Attic helmet with three-strand streamer, paludamentum fastened in front by fibula billowing behind and high-topped boots (calcei equestri), on horse rearing right, with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, holding bridle in left hand and short sword in right, looking down, trampling and slaying prostrate dragon to lower right, with broken lance in its side, looking back and up at St. George, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley-Pole, mint mark M at centre of ground-line, 1918 in exergue, tiny B.P. raised to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (27 Aug 2020); ex Bentley Collection, Part II, Baldwin's auction 76 (27 Sep 2012), lot 831; £600.00.Serendipity
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1921-P George V Gold SovereignAustralia, George V (1910-36), Gold Sovereign, 1921-P, Bentley 867 (this coin), McDonald 269, QM 201, SCWC KM 29, Friedberg 40, Marsh 260, SCBC 4001, gEF-aUNC, blemish by mouth with some hairlines, edge milled, weight 7.9881g (AGW 0.2355oz), composition 0.917 Au, 0.083 Cu, diameter 22.05mm, thickness 1.52mm, die axis 0°, Perth mint, 1921; obverse GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP: (George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India), bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, latter stop absent, toothed border surrounding; reverse with die axis slightly off-centre, St. George, nude but for crested Attic helmet with three-strand streamer, paludamentum fastened in front by fibula billowing behind and high-topped boots (calcei equestri), on horse rearing right, with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, holding bridle in left hand and short sword in right, looking down, trampling and slaying prostrate dragon to lower right, with broken lance in its side, looking back and up at St. George, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley-Pole, mint mark P at centre of ground-line, 1921 in exergue, tiny B.P. raised to upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, toothed border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (27 Aug 2020); ex Bentley Collection, Part II, Baldwin's auction 76 (27 Sep 2012), lot 867; ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada (23 Apr 1993); £650.00.Serendipity
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1960 Hadrian Sestertius Roma 130-38 AD Hadrian on horsebackReference.
Banti 296 (this coin); RIC II, 935; C. 585 var. (same); BMCRE 1689 var. (same); Strack 809; Hill 887; RIC 1960

Bust C2+

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

Rev. EXERCITVS SYRIACVS / SC in ex.
Hadrian, holding sceptre, riding left with hand raised is gesture of address, towards a crowd of three soldiers with standards

28.20 gr
31 mm
6h

Note.
Ex Monsieur Note (1910-1982) Collection, France.= Lanz 18 1980=Banti 296
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19th Century framed uniface plaster cast dupondius of LiviaObv:- SALVS AVGVSTA, Draped bust of Livia-Salus r., hair knotted behind
Rev:- TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG P M TR POT XXIIII, round S C.
References (for original coin) :- Cohen 5. RIC 47

Famed uniface plaster cast from 19th century.
Originally mounted on velvet and one would assume in a display case. Traces of velvet still attached to underside of frame.
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19th Century framed uniface plaster cast sestertius of MacrinusObv:- IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing left. holding baton over globe and cornucopia
References (for original coin) :- Cohen 110 (30f.) RIC 195 b

Famed uniface plaster cast from 19th century.
Originally mounted on velvet and one would assume in a display case. Traces of velvet still attached to underside of frame.
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218aElagabalus 218-22 AD
AE 31 mm
Philippopolis in Thrace
Two wrestlers fighting
BMC -; Moushmov 5404; Nenov Ele4-A-3 (this coin); RPC VI temp. 557 (2 specimens) ; Varbanov Philippopolis Xvii 19.2
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24. Alfred.Penny, first coinage 871-875, mint ?.
Obverse: +AELBRED REX / bust of Alfred.
Reverse: MON / EALHERE / ETA
Moneyer: Ealhere.
1.21 gm., 19 mm.
North #627; Seaby #1057.

The similarities of the lunnettes coinage of Burgred and the first coinage of Alfred has long been noted. There is evidence of an agreement between Mercia and Wessex to produce a unified coinage in the two states. This agreement was continued by Burgred and Alfred. At the beginning of Alfred's reign in 871, there were just two mints operating in Mercia and Wessex: London and Canterbury. Philip Grierson, in his book Medieval European Coinage: Volume 1, The Early Middle Ages, has Ealhere a moneyer in Canterbury.

A more detailed analysis of Alfred's coinage comes to a different conclusion. The Lunettes Coinage of Alfred the Great by A. W. Lyons & W. A. Mackay (2008, BNJ 78, 4) places this obverse die in Group 2 Mercian Style Lunettes, variant IV: "Horizonal bust." Characteristics: Bust lacks a bonnet, the hair is comprised of several horizontal lines usually ending in pellets and sloping between 45 to 60 degrees. Double-banded diadem surmounted by a crescent. Distinctively cut "wedge" lips. The eye is a small circle with a dot in the center.

The reverse die of this coin is Lunettes type C (illustrated under Burgred in North, p. 67.) However, Table 2B does not show the moneyer Ealhere using reverse type Lunette C. So coins with this die combination were evidentally not known to Lyons & Mackay.

Table 2D, listing all the moneyers of Alfred's Lunette coinage, says Ealhere used obverse dies of Group 1 variant I, and Group 2 variant IV (the obverse die on this coin). Lyons & Mackay suggest that Ealhere was located in central or west Wessex as he used London and Canterbury dies.
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253aValerian I 253-60 AD
AE 28 mm
Anemurium in Cilicia
Legend within wreath, amphora above
SNG Lev 520 (this coin)
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270aAurelian 270-5 AD
AE antoninianus
Milan mint
Obv "IMP AVRELIANVS AVG"
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "ADVENTVS AVG"
Aurelian on horseback riding left
RIC -; Gőbl 54a1 (this coin)
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270aAurelian 270-5 AD
AE antoninianus
Siscia mint
Obv "IMP AVRELIANVS AVG"
Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev "CONCORD[..] MILI"
Concordia standing left holding two standards in each hand
RIC -; Gőbl 173 l2 (this coin)
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3338 CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. Tridrachm 117-18 AD Head of AlexanderReference.
RPC III, 3338/21; Prieur 715A (this coin); SNG France 2326; SNG Levante –

Issue Year 164 (ΔΞΡ)

Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder.

Rev. ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΤΟΥС ΔΞΡ
Head of Alexander with taenia, r.; below, goat, l., head turned back.

10.05 gr
25 mm
12h

Note.
CNG eAuction 375 2016, estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 159 (31 May 2011), lot 136; Gorny & Mosch 156 (5 March 2007), lot 1802.
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3422 COMMAGENE, Samosata. Winged caduceus.Reference.
Lindgren 1899 (this coin); RPC III, 3422

Issue No date

Obv. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒΑСΤΟС
Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, r., with paludamentum, seen from rear.

Rev. СΑ-ΜΟ
winged caduceus

4.48 gr
16.5 mm
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46. Richard I.Penny, London mint.
Obverse: HENRICVS REX / Crowned bust, facing, with sceptre at left.
Reverse: +STIVENE . ON . LVN / Short cross voided, with quatrefoil in each angle.
Moneyer: Stivene.
1.36 gm., 19 mm.
North #968; Seaby #1348A (old #1348).

Classification from North, Vol.1, p. 163-64, 170, Addendum; and Seaby 1994:
- The moneyer Stivene coined types 2 - 4b.
- Types 2 and 3 can be eliminated because the beard consists of small curls.
- Type 4 has beard consisting of pellets (as does this coin).
- Type 4b has a much coarser portrait and letters; the pellets in the crown run into one line.

North (1963) assigns type 4 to John, but later works (Seaby 1994, for example) assign 4a-4b to Richard. It appears that Stivene coined only for Richard. The difficulty in attribution stems from the fact that both Richard and John kept the name of their father (Henry II) on their coins.

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5035 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Hemidrachm 117-18 AD Nike leftReference.
RPC III, 5035.2; Dattari-Savio Pl. 86, 1770 (this coin); Emmett --

Issue L B = year 2

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΝΟ[С (sic) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС]
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder.

Rev. L B
Nike advancing, l., holding wreath and palm-branch

14.46 gr
29.5 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
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5049 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 117-18 AD Dikaiosyne standingReference
RPC III, 5049.2; Dattari-Savio Pl. 65, 1346 (this coin); Emmett 833.2

Issue L B = year 2

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ (sic)
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Β
Dikaiosyne standing facing, head l., holding scales and cornucopia

12.34 gr
22 mm
12h
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5050 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 117-18 AD Dikaiosyne standingReference.
RPC III, 5050 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 65, 1347 (this coin).Emmett 833.2

Issue L B = year 2

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΝΟС (sic) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Β
Dikaiosyne standing facing, head l., holding scales and cornucopia

12.52 gr
25 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.

In ancient Greek culture, Dikē (/ˈdiːkeɪ/ or /ˈdɪkiː/; Greek: Δίκη, English translation: "justice") was the goddess of justice and the spirit of moral order and fair judgement based on immemorial custom, in the sense of socially enforced norms and conventional rules. According to Hesiod (Theogony, l. 901), she was fathered by Zeus upon his second consort, Themis. She and her mother were both personifications of justice. She is depicted as a young, slender woman carrying a physical balance scale and wearing a laurel wreath while her Roman counterpart (Justitia) appears in a similar fashion but blind-folded. She is represented in the constellation Libra which is named for the Latin name of her symbol (Scales). She is often associated with Astraea, the goddess of innocence and purity. Astraea is also one of her epithets referring to her appearance in the nearby constellation Virgo which is said to represent Astraea. This reflects her symbolic association with Astraea, who too has a similar iconography.

The sculptures of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia have as their unifying iconographical conception the dikē of Zeus, and in poetry she is often the attendant (paredros) of Zeus.
In the philosophical climate of late 5th century Athens, dikē could be anthropomorphised as a goddess of moral justice.
She was one of the three second-generation Horae, along with Eunomia ("order") and Eirene ("peace")
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5071 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 117-18 AD AmmonReference.
RPC III, 5071.7 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 71, 7491 (this coin).Emmett 905.3

Issue L B = year 2

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r., star

Rev. L Β
Bust of Ammon, r., crowned with disc

12.32 gr
24 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
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5084 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 117-18 AD HermesReference.
RPC III, 5084/2; Dattari-Savio Pl. 67, 1388 (this coin). Dattari 1388 and Pl. XVI (this rev. Illustrated); Emmett 860.0

Issue L B = year 2

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r., star

Rev. L Β
Bare head right, drapery on left shoulder, and over back of neck (no caduceus)

15.00 gr
24 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection. Apparently unique and illustrated in Dattari.
3 commentsokidoki
1383_P_Hadrian_RPC5087_7.jpg
5087 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 126-27 AD bust NilusReference.
RPC III, 5087/7; Dattari-Savio Pl. 68, 1417 (this coin); Emmett 875.2

Issue L B = year 2

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r., star

Rev. L Β
Draped bust of Nilus, r., crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, cornucopia at shoulder

13.05 gr
23.4 mm
12h
2 commentsokidoki
1275_P_Hadrian_RPC5142_9.jpg
5142 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 118-19 AD Dikaiosyne Reference.
RPC III, 5142.9; Dattari-Savio Suppl. 18, 11 (this coin); Emmett 833.3

Issue L Γ = year 3

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Γ
Dikaiosyne standing facing, head l., holding scales and cornucopia

13.18 gr
23 mm
12h
okidoki
1016_P_Hadrian_RPC5155_8.jpg
5143 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 118-19 AD Eagle Reference.
RPC III, 5143; Dattari-Savio Pl. 72, 1556 (this coin); Emmett 834.3

Issue L Γ = year 3

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L L (L Γ) engravours error
Eagle standing, r., on thunderbolt

13.82 gr
24 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection
1 commentsokidoki
974_P_Hadrian_RPC5144.jpg
5144 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 118-19 AD HeliosReference.
RPC III, 5144 (this coin illustrated). Dattari-Savio Pl. 66, 1380 (this coin); Emmett 852.3

Issue L Γ = year 3

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Γ
Radiate and draped bust of Helios, right

12.57 gr
24 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection
okidoki
895_P_Hadrian_Emmett866_03.jpg
5145 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 118-19 AD IsisReference.
RPC III, 5145/5; Dattari-Savio Pl. 67, 1395 (this coin); Emmett 866.3

Issue L Γ = year 3

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Γ
Reverse design draped bust of Isis, crowned with taenia, disc and horns, r.

12.37 gr
24 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
1 commentsokidoki
1237_P_Hadrian_RPC5206_3.jpg
5206 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 119-20 AD IsisReference.
RPC III, 5206/3; Emmett 866.4; Kampmann & Ganschow 32.116.;Köln--; Milne 937; Dattari-Savio Pl. 67, 1396 (this coin).

Issue L Δ = year 4

Obv. AΥT KAI TΡAI AΔΡIA CEB
Laureate bust r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L-Δ
Draped bust of Isis, crowned with taenia, disc and horns, right

13.89 gr
23 mm
12h
1 commentsokidoki
894_P_Hadrian_Emmett850_04.jpg
5220 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 119-20 AD Harpocrates Reference.
RPC III, 5220; Dattari-Savio Pl. 66, 1376 (this coin); Emmett 850.04

Issue L Δ = year 4

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r. crescent

Rev. L Δ
Harpocrates standing facing, head l., holding cornucopia

13.11 gr
26 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
920_P_Hadrian_Emmett905_5.jpg
5255 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 120-21 AD AmmonReference.
Emmett 905.5; RPC III, 5255.4 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 71, 7494 (this coin).

Issue L E = year 5

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r. crescent

Rev. L Ε
Bust of Ammon, r., crowned with disc

12.95 gr
24.5 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
1054_P_Hadrian_RPC5256.jpg
5256 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 120-21 AD Canopus of OsirisReference.
RPC III, 5256/20; Dattari-Savio Pl. 61, 1320; Emmett 827.5

Issue L E = year 5

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r. crescent

Rev. L Ε
Canopus of Osiris right

14.28 gr
23 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
819_P_Hadrian_Emmett850_5.jpg
5263 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 120-21 AD HarpocratesReference.
Emmett 850.5; RPC III, 5263/2; Dattari-Savio Pl. 66, 2421 (this coin).

Issue L E = year 5

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r. crescent

Rev. L Ε
Harpocrates standing facing, head l., raising finger to lips, holding cornucopia

12.77 gr
22 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
896_P_Hadrian_Emmett1037_5.jpg
5292 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 120-21 AD SerapisReference.
RPC III, 5292.6; Dattari-Savio Suppl. 154 (this coin); Emmett 1037.5

Issue L E = year 5

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder.

Rev. L Ε
Temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Sarapis standing facing, head l., holding sceptre; to l., altar, Temple with sun disc between horns

15.91 gr
33 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
1112_P_Hadrian_RPC5294.jpg
5294 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 120-21 AD Nike advancingReference.
RPC III, 5294/2; Dattari-Savio Pl. 86, 1775 (this coin); Emmett 1007.5

Issue L E = year 5

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Ε
Trophy with standing captive; to r., Nike advancing l. holding wreath and palm-branch; between, kneeling captive

17.96 gr
34 mm
12h
okidoki
1291_P_Hadrian_RPC5294_3.jpg
5294 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 120-21 AD Nike advancingReference.
RPC III, 5294.3; Dattari-Savio Pl. 86, 7726 (this coin) and Pl. XXXXVI (this rev. Illustrated).); Emmett 1007.5

Issue L E = year 5

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Ε
Trophy with standing captive; to r., Nike advancing l. holding wreath and palm-branch; between, kneeling captive

17.51 gr
34 mm
12h
1 commentsokidoki
1384_P_Hadrian_RPC5298_1.jpg
5298 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Diobol 120-21 AD Eagle rightReference.
RPC III, 5298/1; Dattari-Savio Pl. 99, 7929 (this coin); Emmett 1121.5

Issue L E = year 5

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Ε
Eagle standing, right

9.17 gr
25.62 mm
12h
okidoki
1385_P_Hadrian_RPC5331.jpg
5331 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 121-22 AD Nike standingReference.
RPC III, 5331/6; Dattari-Savio Pl. 67, 1413 (this coin); Emmett 874.6

Issue L Ϛ = year 6

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r crescent

Rev. ΝΙΚΗ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, L Ϛ
Nike standing, r., inscribing shield; below, captive

13.84 gr
22.6 mm
12h
1 commentsokidoki
923_P_Hadrian_Emmett874_6.jpg
5332 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 121-22 AD Nike standingReference.
RPC III, 5332/3; Dattari-Savio Pl. 67, 7445 (this coin); Emmett 874.6

Issue L Ϛ = year 6

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r crescent

Rev. L Ϛ
Nike standing, r., inscribing shield; to r., rocks?

13.78 gr
25 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
922_P_Hadrian_Emmett903_6.jpg
5343 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 121-22 AD ZeusReference.
Emmett 903.06; RPC III, 5343.14 (this coin); Dattari-Savio Pl. 70, 7486 (this coin).

Issue L Ϛ = year 6

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder (to r crescent) (sic)

Rev. L Ϛ
Bust of Zeus, with taenia, r.

12.95 gr
24.5 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
1089_P_Hadrian_RPC5345.jpg
5345 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 120-21 AD Canopi facingReference.
RPC III, 5345 (this coin illustrated). Dattari-Savio Pl. 78, 7592 (this coin); Emmett 934.6

Issue L Ϛ = year 6

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L Ϛ
Two canopi, on basis

22.73 gr
35 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection
okidoki
1155_P_Hadrian_RPC5375.jpg
5375 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 122-23 AD Canopus van OsirisReference.
RPC III, 5375.3; Dattari-Savio Pl. 64, 1323 (this coin); Emmett 827.7

Issue L Z = year 7

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r., crescent

Rev. L Ζ
Canopus, right

12.15 gr
23 mm
12h
okidoki
892_P_Hadrian_Emmett890_8.jpg
5442 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 123-24 AD Sarapis bust on eagleReference.
RPC III 5442/3 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 69, 1466 (this coin); Emmett 890.3

Issue L H = year 8

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian, r., with aegis

Rev. L Η
Draped bust of Sarapis, wearing kalathos, facing; below, eagle standing facing, head l., with outstretched wings.

11.93 gr
23 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
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