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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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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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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
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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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5 commentsTracy Aiello
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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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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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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.
Callimachus
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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.

Callimachus
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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")
okidoki
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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.
okidoki
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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5450 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 123-24 AD EutheniaReference.
Emmett 969.08; Dattari-Savio Pl. 81, 7639 (this coin). RPC III, 5450/9

Issue L H = year 8

Obv. AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB
Radiate head of Hadrian, r., waering aegis

Rev. L H
Euthenia reclinging left, holding grain-ear and poppy, on andro-sphinx.

25.17 gr
35 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection
NAC 42 (2013), p. 131 no. 24c
okidoki
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5490 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 124-25 AD Two CanopiReference.
RPC III, 5490/6; Dattari-Savio Pl. 65, 1329 (this coin). Dattari 1329 (this coin) and Pl. XI (this rev. illustrated); Emmett 829.9

Issue ƐΤ ƐΝΑΤ = year 9

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev. ƐΤ ƐΝΑΤ
Two Canopi on base facing

11.19 gr
26.4 mm
12h
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5534 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 124-25 AD Eirene standingReference.
RPC III, 5534/6; Dattari-Savio Pl. 66, 7409 (this coin).Emmett 838.9

Issue ΕΤ Θ = year 9

Rev. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev. ΕΤ Θ
Eirene standing facing, head l., holding ears of corn and caduceus

12.46 gr
25 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
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5539 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 124-25 AD Nike leftReference.
RPC III, 5539/6; Dattari-Savio Pl. 67, 1415 (this coin). Datttari 1415 and Pl. XVIII (this rev. illustrated); Emmett 871.9

Issue ΕΤ Θ = year 9

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev. ΕΤ Θ
Nike seated on shield, l., holding wreath and palm-branch

14.00 gr
24 mm
12h
okidoki
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5544 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 124-25 AD Zeus standingReference.
RPC III, 5544.3 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 70, 1511 (this coin); Emmett 904.9

Issue ΕΤ Θ = year 9

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev. ΕΤ Θ
Zeus standing facing, head l., holding thunderbolt and sceptre

12.20 gr
24 mm
12h
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5653 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 126-27 AD bust NilusReference.
Emmett 875.11; RPC III, 5653/5; Dattari-Savio Pl. 68, 1429 (this coin).

L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ = year 11

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r.

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

13.32 gr
26 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
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5691 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Obol 126-27 AD PantherReference.
Emmett 1167.11; RPC III, 5691/32; Köln 974; Dattari 2040 and Pl. XXXII, 2040 Dattari-Savio Pl. 101, 2040 (this coin).

Issue L ΙΑ = year 11

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

Rev. L ΙΑ
Panther standing, r., head l.

5.18 gr
19 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari Collection.
okidoki
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5741 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 129-30 AD Two Dioscuri Reference.
RPC 5741.8 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 80, 1685 (this coin); Emmett 949.14

Issue L IΔ = year 14

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev. L ΙΔ
two Dioscuri (nude) standing facing, holding spears; above, stars; behind, horses; above, crescent

27.46 gr
35 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection. Illustrated in Dattari.
okidoki
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5748 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Hemidrachm 129-30 AD Isis Pharia standing Reference.
Emmett 1093.14; Dattari-Savio Pl. 85, 7711 (this coin). RPC III, 5748.23 (this coin cited).Corr. (holding Situla)

Issue L IΔ = year 14

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev. L ΙΔ
Isis Pharia advancing, r., head r., holding sistrum and sail with situla

12.64 gr
29 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
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5779 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 130-31 AD Hadrian and Alexandra standingReference.
Dattari-Savio Pl. 75, 1611 (this coin). RPC 5779.1 (this coin cited); Emmett 964.15;

Issue L IE = year 15

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, l., seen from rear

Rev. L ΙΕ
Alexandria, head bowed, standing, r.; to r., Emperor (Hadrian), laureate-headed, wearing toga, standing facing, head l., holding sceptre

24gr
35 mm
12h
okidoki
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5854 EGYPT, Alexandria Hadrian Hemidrachm 132-33 AD Sarapis standingReference.
Emmett 1105.17; RPC III, 5854; Dattari-Savio Pl. 89, 1829 (this coin).

Issue L IZ = year 17

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

Rev. L ΙΖ
Sarapis standing facing, head l., holding sceptre; to l., Cerberus.

10.55 gr
28 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari Collection.
okidoki
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5879 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 133-34 AD Athena standing Reference.
RPC III, 5879 (this coin illustrated). Dattari-Savio Pl. 76, 1636 (this coin).Emmett 925.18

Issue L IH = year 18

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

Rev. L ΙΗ
Athena standing facing, head l., holding Nike and shield

26.79 gr
36 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
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6153 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Drachm 136-37 AD Athena standingReference.
RPC III, 6153; Dattari-Savio Pl. 76, 1631 (this coin).; Emmett 924.21

Issue L KA = year 21

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear

Rev. L ΚΑ
Athena standing facing, head l., holding ears of corn and shield

27.00 gr
34.50 mm
12h
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6231 EGYPT, Alexandria Hadrian Hemidrachm 136-37 AD EutheniaReference.
Emmett 1086.21 ; RPC III, 6231/5; Dattari-Savio Pl. 82, 1713 (this coin).

Issue L KA = year 21

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

Rev. L ΚΑ
Euthenia reclining, l., holding ears of corn

15.16 gr
30 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
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6233 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Hemidrachm 136-37 AD Pharos lighthouseReference.
Dattari-Savio Pl. 95, 1935 (this coin). RPC III, 6233/5; Emmett 1103.21

Issue L KA = year 21

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

Rev. L KA
Pharos lighthouse surmounted by two Tritons, each blowing a trumpet, between a lantern surmounted by a statue, holding situla and scepter; entryway below.

11.31 gr
30 mm
12h
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6276 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Nome Obol 126-27 AD Sobek-Geb/Kronos standingReference.
RPC 6276/30; Dattari-Savio Pl. 301, 10969 (this coin).; Emmett 1256

Issue Coptite

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

Rev. ΚΟΠΤ, L ΙΑ
Sobek-Geb/Kronos standing, l., bearded, veiled, wearing sun disk, holding harpa in l. hand, and dorcas gazelle, l., in r. hand

5.07 gr
21 mm
12h
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6295 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Nome Obol 126-27 AD head of PremarresReference.
Emmett 1221.11; RPC III, 6295/22; Dattari-Savio Pl. 295, 10882 (this coin). Geissen 3381. RPC 62.95.22 (this coin cited).

Issue Arsinoite

Obv. AYT KAI TPAI A∆PIANOC CEB
laureate bust right.

Rev. APCI NOI LIA (year 11)
Head of Premarres (Amenemhet III), bearded at chin, r., wearing nemes with uraeus

4.50 gr
19 mm
12h

Interesting topic:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=123596.0
okidoki
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63 Constantius I as Caesar: London follis.Follis, ca 298-300 AD, London mint (group II).
Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C / Laureate and curassed bust of Constantius I.
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI / Genius standing, holding patera and cornucopiae.
Mint mark: (none)
9.71 gm., 27 mm.
RIC #14a; Sear #14034 (this coin).

This very coin is pictured in Sear vol. IV at the listing of #14034.
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6349 EGYPT, Alexandria Hadrian Nome Obol 126-27 AD Bearded godReference.
Emmett 1263.11 ; RPC III, 6349; Dattari-Savio Pl. 303, 235 (this coin). Dattari 6288.

Issue Lycopolite

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

Rev. ΛΥΚΟ, L ΙΑ
Bearded god (Wepwawet or Osiris) standing, l., wearing atef crown, holding jackal, l., in r.

5.52 gr
20 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
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6390 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Nome Obol 126-27 AD Isis standingReference.
RPC III 6390/22; Dattari-Savio Pl. 304, 6299 (this coin). Dattari 6299 and Pl XXXV (this rev. Illustrated) Emmett 1246

Issue Memphite

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

Rev. ΜΕΜΦΙ, L ΙΑ
Isis standing, facing, head l., wearing basileion upon vulture headdress, holding in l. hand figure of Ptah, standing, r., wearing sun disk and was-sceptre in hands, and raised uraeus, l., wearing pschent, in r. hand

5.75 gr
19.5 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection. Illustrated in Dattari.

Figure of Ptah, God of Creation
The Pschent was the name of the Double Crown worn by rulers in ancient Egypt
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6399 EGYPT, Alexandria Hadrian Nome Obol 126-27 AD Heracles standingReference.
Emmett 1233.11; RPC III, 6399; Dattari 6356. Dattari-Savio Pl. 309, 387 (this coin).

Issue Prosopite

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СΕΒ
Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right.

Rev. ΠΡΟСω, L ΙΑ
Young Harsomtous/Heracles standing, facing, head l., wearing nemes and hem-hem crown, raising r. hand to mouth, holding club surmounted by falcon in l. hand.

5.51 gr
19.5 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari Collection.
okidoki
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6438 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Nome Obol 126-27 AD Young Horus standingReference.
Dattari-Savio Pl. 313, 1176 (this coin). RPC 6438.13 (this coin); Emmett 1268

Issue Phthenote

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СΕΒ
Laureate and drapery bust of Hadrian, r.

Rev. ΦΘΕΝΕΘΥ, L ΙΑ
Young Horus standing, facing, head l., holding one hawk, l. in l. hand, and another hawk, r., in r. hand

5.32 gr
19 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
okidoki
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6485 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Nome Obol 126-27 AD Onuris-Shu standingReference.
RPC III, 6485.18 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 311, 11148 (this coin); Emmett 1217

Issue Sebennyte inferior

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

Rev. СΕΒΕ Κ, L ΙΑ
Onuris-Shu standing, l., wearing military dress and helmet, holding spear in l. hand, and bunch of grapes in r. hand

4.60 gr
19 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari collection.
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 167-146 BC. AR hemidrachm. 16mm 2.55g.
Laureate head Zeus right/ Achaian league monogram. Monogram A-TEI-N across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
Agrinion Hoard 553a (same rev. die); Clerk 82a; Benner-Patrai-29 (this coin).
exBeast Coins.
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ACHAIA, Achaean League, Patrai-Patras. 88-30 BC. AR hemidrachm. 15mm 2.16g.
Laureate head Zeus right/ Achaian league monogram. XE SW PA across fields. dolphin below. All within laurel wreath tied at bottom.
VF. Toned. BCD 508.7 (this coin); Clerk 81; Benner-Patrai-51 (this coin). exBeast Coins.
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AE half follis Justin I SB 228Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield , cross to right
Reverse: Large K, cross above, ANNO to left, regnal yr XIII to rt (only yr for this mint of this coin).
Mint: Antioch
Date: 539/40 CE
Sear 228
31mm, 9.63g
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AE18 Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 DC.Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 161-180.
167 DC. 2.53 gr. 18mm
AY KAI M AYΡH ANTΩNEIN, bare head right.
ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, Homonoia, kalathos on head, standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.
Varbanov 839; Varbanov Philippopolis 15.1.5 (this coin).
Antonivs Protti
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Alexander I Balas 150-145 B.C.Alexander I Balas 150-145 BC. (Double struck coin). Ae 19.1~20.6mm. 5.18g. Obv: Head of Alexander I right, as Alexander the Great, wearing lionskin headdress, dotted border. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Apollo standing left, holding arrow in outstretched right hand, and bow in left. Hoover 901; SC 1795 and 1805.ddwau
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Antoninus Pius (138 - 161 A.D.)AE diobol
EGYPT, Alexandria
O:Laureate bust r., drapery on l. shoulder.
R: Agathodaemon erect, crowned with skhent; in field, L-IE. issued 151-2 (year 15)
7.45g
23mm
RPC Online 15718 (this coin), Dattari-Savio Pl. 162, 3066 (this coin).

From the Dattari collection.

From the Orfew collection, ex Naville 34 lot 281, 17.09.2017.

Giovanni Dattari assembled what was undoubtedly the best ever collection of Imperial-era Alexandrian coins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; see Lucia Carbone, “Giovanni Dattari and His Fabled Collection of Alexandrian Coins,” ANS Journal (Issue 2, 2018), pp. 6-27.
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Argolis, Epidauros ca. 250-240 BC, AR Hemidrachm Laureate head of Asklepios left, E behind.
EΠ monogram within wreath.
HGC 5, 729; Requier Monnayage Series 3 [2], 183 (this coin) dies D1/R3; BCD Peloponnesos 1242 (same dies).

(15 mm, 1.98 g, 10h).
Gorny & Mosch 225, 15 Oct. 2014, 1494; ex- Kricheldorf 39, Feb. 1987, 62; ex-1979/80 Epidauros Hoard (CH VII, 69).

Struck on the reduced weight standard introduced around 250 BC. From the same dies as the following example (Requier 202) on which the E of the obverse has been re-cut to a Θ.
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Argolis, Hermione, 360-320/10 BC, Æ Dichalkon Wreathed head of Demeter Chthonia right.
Torch between letters E and P, all within a wreath of grain.

HGC 5, 754 (S); Grandjean Group II, emission 3B d40/r38; BCD Peloponnesos 1298.5 (this coin); Lindgren 1692 (this coin); BMC 15.

(13 mm, 1.80 g, 12h).
Kirk Davis Classical Numismatics, October 2008; Kirk Davis Catalogue 50, Fall 2006, 51; ex-BCD Collection: LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006, 1298.5; ex- Henry Clay Lindgren Collection #1692
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Argolis, Hermione, ca. 280-250 BC, AR Triobol Wreathed head of Demeter Chthonia left.
EP monogram above ΔI, all within wreath of grain.

BCD Peloponnesos 1302 (this coin); HGC 5, 748; Grandjean, Monnayage Group II, Emission 8, D16/R25 (this coin cited).

(15 mm, 2.58 g, 11h)
Auctiones GmbH 47, 24 April 2016, 25; ex- BCD Collection: LHS Numismatics 96, 8-9 May 2006, 1302; ex- GMRH, May 1979, SFr 500 (per BCD ticket); ex- Ashmolean Museum from the E.S.G. Robinson Collection, donated to the Ashmolean, disposed of as a duplicate.

This coin has a notable provenance that can be traced back to the collection of Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson (1887-1976) a classical numismatist and the Keeper of the Coin and Medal Department at the British Museum 1949-1952. He endowed the Ashmolean with his coin collection in 1964. Within three years of his death the Ashmolean disposed of this coin from the collection, despite the type being extremely rare. That's gratitude for you!
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Argolis, Hermione. ca 210 BC.AE Dichalkon 2.26g
Obv: Head of Demeter, right
Rev: EP between two torches in wreath.
BCD 1305.1 (this coin). Agora 794.
ex Pegasi A21-116.
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Arkadia, Heraia, ca. mid-4th Century BC, Æ DichalkonHead of Athena wearing crested Attic helmet right.
Straight sided letter H.

HGC 5, 840 (this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 1367 (this coin); BMC 27; Traité 1020.

(15 mm, 2.70 g, 1h).
ex- BCD Collection: LHS 96 Lot 1367 (8 May 2006). Found near Phigaleia (in SW Arkadia) per BCD collection tag and acquired by BCD through exchange with AR in March 1994.

Heraia was a fortified city located in western Arkadia on the border with Elis. It was situated on one of the banks of the river Alpheios upstream from Olympia. Little is known of its history. The site of the ancient city was excavated in 1931, but it remains closed to the public. Phigaleia, where this coin was found, was a fortified city, located about 50 km due south of Heraia in one of the most elevated parts of the Peloponnesos. Phigaleia fell into decay under Roman rule in the third century AD.
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Athens TetradrachmTetradrachm (AR), 17.05g, 28mm, 6h. Ca. 449-404. Flament pl. IV, 2 (this coin). ex Glendinning, 18-20 April 1955 no383. Waxy deposit in Athena's ear and below the earring was cleaned, see the new photo in my gallery (I initialy believed it was horn silver)6 commentspaparoupa
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bmcxxx-3Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: [IM]P CAES MAV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing paludamentum .
Rev: Turreted figure of Astarte standing facing within hexastyle temple, placing hand on trophy to left and being crowned by Victory standing on column to right; TVRIORVM below, altar between palm tree and murex shell in exergue.
29 mm, 11.52 gms

BMC-; SNG Cop-; CNG E-Sale 356, lot 391; CNG E-Sale 362, lot 301; CNG E-Sale 378, lot 374; Roma Numismatics Limited, E-SALE 57, Lot 688 (this coin).
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Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR AN-TONINVS AV, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front; indistinct counter mark.
Rev: TVR-IO-RV-M, Victory standing left on galley, holding wreath in right hand and trophy cradled in left arm; to left, palm tree; between, murex shell.
26 mm, 11.85 gms

BMC---; SNG Cop---; Cf. Rouvier 2385; Cf. Imhoof - Blumer, Monnaies grecques, p. 447, No 42; Roma Numismatics Limited, E-SALE 62, Lot 692 (this coin).

Neither Rouvier nor Imhoof - Blumer mention the galley.
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Byzantine Period, Principality of ANTIOCH . Bohemond III ( 1163-1201) . Ex. Roupen hoard0.80g, 17 mm . 'Helmet' denier class B/C ('mule') of Bohemond III (c1165?).
Obv. +BOAMVNDVS Helmeted head left
Rev. +ANTIOCHIA Cross pattée, crescent in second angle .
Metcalf 372-373
Marcus Phillips 'The Roupen hoard of Helmet pennies of Antioch', Numismatic Chronicle 2005, pp 249-276 . Plate 30 - 27(this coin).
Purchased from C.J.Sabine
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Byzantine Period, Principality of ANTIOCH . Bohemond III or IV ( 1163-1216 ) . Ex. Roupen hoard. Ex. Roupen hoard . Principality of ANTIOCH . Bohemond III or IV ( 1163-1216 )
0.83g, 18 mm . Helmet denier ('Irregular') class J of Bohemond III/IV
Obv. +BOAIIVIIDVS Helmeted head left
Rev. +A.ITIOCII.IA Cross pattée, crescent in second angle .
Metcalf 417-437
The existence of die links with coins in the name of Roupen shows that the
introduction of the annulet marked the end of the issue .
Marcus Phillips 'The Roupen hoard of Helmet pennies of Antioch', Numismatic Chronicle 2005, pp 249-276 . Plate 34 - 331(this coin).
Ex 'Roupen' hoard No 331
Purchased from C.J.Sabine
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BYZANTINE, Constantine XI, AR 1/8 stavraton, 1448-1453 ADConstantine XI. Palaeologus. 1448-1453 AD. Eighth-stravrata, 0.48g. (h). Constantinople, Siege of Constantinople.
Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr. and holding book of Gospels, IC and B to left and right.
Rx: Crowned bust of Constantine facing, wearing maniakon.
Bendall, Revue Numismatique 1991, 'The Coinage of Constantine XI', p. 135-142. pl. XVII, 148 (this coin).
From the Constantine XI Hoard. Gemini Xii Lot 468
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BYZANTINE, Phocas & Leontia, AE Follis, Struck c.A.D.602-603 at AntiochObv: D(retrograde) N FOCA NE PE AV. Standing figures of Phocas on left, holding cross on globe and Leontia, nimbate, on right, holding sceptre topped by cross; cross between their heads.
Rev: Large Langobardian M, ANNO to left,cross above, numeral representing the regnal year to right (Year 1 on this coin). In exergue, THEuP', the mintmark for Theupolis (Antioch).
Sear 671
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 380-325 BC. AR Tritemorion(?) 0.47 g
Female head left / Three crescents facing outward around central pellet.
Vlasto 1139 (this coin); HN Italy 924.
Near VF, toned, cleaning marks. Apparently unique.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2874; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1139; Nervenga Collection (Sambon, 18 November 1907), lot 381.
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 425-415 BC. AR Nomos20mm, 7.25 g, 6h
Taras, nude, extending hand and holding shield, riding dolphin left; scallop shell below.
Taras, as Oikistes, seated left, balancing spindle on extended hand and holding strigil with lekythos.
Fischer-Bossert Group 18, 269 (V125/R202); Vlasto, Taras, Type 53C; Vlasto 244–5 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG Ashmolean 233 (same dies).
Old cabinet tone, typical die wear on reverse. VF.
Very rare, only 7 noted by Fischer-Bossert, no additional pieces in CoinArchives (except for the present coin).

Ex Matthew Curtis Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 460, 29 January 2020), lot 17.
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 430 - 425 BC. AR Nomos26mm, 7,84g
Phalanthos, nude, riding on dolphin to right, his left arm outstretched; below, scallop shell.
Rev. Beardless man, wearing himation around his waist, seated on stool to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and spindle with his left.
FB 243 a (this coin). HN III 844. Kraay/Hirmer 303. Vlasto 213. Vlasto TO 34.
Rare. Toned. Of lovely classical style. Good very fine.
Franke-Hirmer plate coin! Dark tone, obverse double strike.
Ex Hess-Leu Auktion 7, Luzern 1957, Los 16; ehemals Paris (RNum 1905 Taf. 2.45).
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 460-420 BC. AR Nomos7.77g, 22mm, 7h
Taras on dolphin to l., holding strigil in extended r. and resting l. on back of dolphin; beneath, cray-fish to l.; plain border.
Male figure, as before, naked to waist, seated to l. on chair, holding in extended r. small net in which a fish to l., and resting l. arm on back of chair.
Vlasto 219 (this coin). Sir H.Weber collection 535, plate. 24 (this coin). Fischer-Bossert 33.
Ex Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 535, plate 24. Weber purchased from Sim sale in 1890.
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CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 465-455 BC. AR Nomos7,68 g
ΤΑΡΑϞ Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, both of his arms outstretched to left; below, scallop shell.
Rev. Hippocamp to right.
Fischer-Bossert 108. Jameson 87 (this coin). Vlasto 135.
Nicely toned, and with an excellent reverse. Somewhat rough surfaces, otherwise, good very fine.
Leo
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Calabria, Taras. From Sir Arthur Evans Collectionc. 240-228 BC. AR Nomos, 6.39g (10h). Obv: Naked youth riding horse at full gallop right, holding torch behind him; in field to left monogram HPAK; below, ΔΑΙΜΑΧΟC. Rx: ΤΑ - ΡΑC in field under Taras astride dolphin left holding trident in left hand and kantharos in right; in field to right, monogram ANΔPE. Vlasto 938 (this coin). Evans, Tarentum (1889), p. 194, pl. X. 1 (this coin). Ex Vlasto Coll. 938, pl. XXX. From the Sir Arthur Evans Collection.Leo
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Calabria, Taras. Half stater circa 333-331/0AV 4.26 g.
TAPANTINΩN Head of Hera r., wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring and necklace; in l. field, E.
Rev. TAPAΣ Dolphin rider l., holding small dolphin on outstretched r. hand and trident in l.; below, T – K.
Vlasto 5. de Luynes 247 These dies). Jameson 149 (these dies). AMB 90 (these dies). Fischer-Bossert G7h (this coin). Historia Numorum Italy 902.
Very rare and possibly the finest specimen in private hands. A portrait of exquisite
style, work of a very talented master engraver. Extremely fine
Ex Sammlung Dr. G.W., erworben bei Crédit Suisse Monetarium Zürich am 14.6.1996.

In the late fourth century BC, Taras fell under increasing pressure from neighbouring Italic peoples, particularly the Lucanians and the related Brettians. As a means of defending themselves against the growing threat, the Tarentines took to hiring foreign mercenary commanders and their armies. These commanders were often important and powerful figures in mainland Greece. In 340 BC, the Tarentines hired Archidamos III, the Eurypontid Spartan king to wage war against their enemies. When the Lucanian menace was renewed in 334 BC, the Tarentines hired Alexander I of Epeiros, the Molossian king who was not only brother to Olympias and uncle to Alexander the Great, but also father of Pyrrhos, whose own Italian adventures are the subject of legends. Alexander the Molossian was very keen to take up the call for military aid both in an effort to parallel the glory enjoyed by his Macedonian nephew as he began the conquest of the Persian Empire and to cheat an oracle that linked the doom of Alexander I to the river Acheron and the city of Pandosia—both in Epeiros, he assumed. From 333 to 332 BC, Alexander the Molossian was extremely successful, inflicting numerous defeats on the Lucanians, Brettians, and Samnites, recapturing Greek cities, like Herakleia (a colony of Taras) and Metapontion, and even seizing several Brettian settlements. However, by 331 BC his relationship with the Tarentines had begun to fray due to the king’s meddling in the civic politics of the region, and the Lucanians and Brettians were prepared to renew the conflict. Alexander I encamped with his army on three hills on the border between Lucania and Bruttium near a small city, but found himself besieged by the enemy during a heavy rainfall. He attempted to escape the battle by fording a nearby river, but was killed by a Lucanian spear. The name of the river turned out to be the Acheron and that of the nearby city, Pandosia. It was bad luck for Alexander the Molossian that Greek colonists in other lands often had a taste for naming cities and local geographical features after those in their homeland. This beautiful gold hemistater was struck at Taras as part of the financial support for the great army of Epeirote and Italiote Greek mercenaries that Alexander I led. Fending off barbarians was never cheap and one can only imagine how much more expensive it made things to have a king serving as mercenary commander. The obverse depicts Hera, a goddess often favoured by Dorian Greek peoples, like the Tarentines, while the reverse features a dolphin rider—a popular type at Taras. There is disagreement among numismatists as to whether this rider is correctly identified as Taras, the mythological eponymous founder of the city or as Phalanthos, the historical oecist responsible for the foundation of Taras. Both have stories attached to them of being saved by dolphins when they were at risk of drowning. In this particular case since the rider carries a trident, the weapon of Poseidon, and Taras was said to be the son of the same god it may be more likely that we are looking at Taras rather than Phalanthos here.
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CALABRIA. Taras. Circa 365-355 BC. AR Nomos 21 mm, 7.89 g, 2 h
Youthful nude jockey riding horse standing right; to right, bearded herm left; below horse, TH. Rev. TAΡ[AΣ] Phalantos, with wild flowing hair, riding dolphin left, holding oinochoe in right hand. Fischer-Bossert 564b (this coin). Vlasto 410 (same obverse die). Beautifully toned and of fine style. Minor areas of flatness, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Prof. Langlotz Collection, Auctiones AG 23, 17-18 June 1993, 185.

This is a particularly charming depiction of the hero Phalanthos, with wild waving hair and an impish smile, indicating how much he is enjoying the dolphin ride.
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Caracalla --AE32, Cilicia, Diokaisarea. Obv.: Laureate bust of Caracalla, eagle & T-bolt countermarks. Rev.: Athena, riding quadriga, holding thunderbolt and snake-fringed shield. SNG Levante 673 (same eagle-countermark, same dies but not the thunderbolt-countermark); Howgego 337 (for same two countermarks on one coin). (featherz)featherz
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Caracalla AE27 of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AVT K AVP CE ANTΩNEINOC, laureate draped bust right / AΔΡIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Hermes standing forward, head left, with purse and caduceus, chlamys hanging from right arm. Moushmov 2658; Jurukova 335; Varbanov 3545.

Caracalla AE27 of Hadrianopolis, Thrace.
AVT K AVP CEY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / AΔΡIANOΠΛEITΩN, Hermes standing front, head left, chlamys hanging from right arm, holding purse and caduceus.
Varbanov 3542 (this coin).
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Caracalla AE27, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla AE28 of Hadrianopolis. AVT K M AVR CEV ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right / ADRIANOPOLEITWN, naked figure of Apollo or Bonus Eventus standing left, holding patera & branch, lit altar to left at feet. Varbanov 3614 (this coin).
27mm.,10,05g. Moushmov 2610
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Caracalla from CiliciaCaracalla --AE32, Cilicia, Diokaisarea. Obv.: Laureate bust of Caracalla, eagle & T-bolt countermarks. Rev.: Athena, riding quadriga, holding thunderbolt and snake-fringed shield. SNG Levante 673 (same eagle-countermark, same dies but not the thunderbolt-countermark); Howgego 337 (for same two countermarks on one coin).1 commentsfeatherz
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Caria, MylasaCARIA, Mylasa(?). Circa 420-390 BC. AR Tetartemorion (5mm, 0.18 g, 9h). Forepart of lion left, head right / Bird standing right; pellet to upper left and lower right; all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 922–3; SNG Kayhan 944–6; SNG von Aulock 1818; SNG Copenhagen –; Klein 432 (Miletos; this coin). VF, toned, porosity, obverse poorly struck. From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Elsen FPL 258 (October-December 2011), no. 62.ecoli
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China Wang Mang AE Cash.CHINA. Xin Dynasty.
Emperor Wang Mang AD 9-23.
AE Cash, 23mm, 2.8g.
Fifth reform, with inner rim; struck AD 14-23.
Obv.:(wealth coin).
Rev.: blank, as made.
Reference: Hartill #9.32.
Ex-Alex Fishman
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Constantine I PRINCIPIA IVVENTTVTIS from LondonConstantine I
A.D. 317- 318
18mm 3.4g
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
PRINCIPIA I-VVENTTVTIS; Constantine in military dress standing right, head right, cloak spread, reversed spear in right and left resting on shield; crescent in left field.
In ex. PLN
RIC VII London --; LMCC 8.11.013

should come after RIC VII London 132

ex Bourton-on-the-Water Hoard (scattered) #1454 (this coin). "Bourton-on-the-Water (Gloucestershire) Hoard of Constantinian Folles", Numismatic Chronicle 1973
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Constantine XI 1/8 stavratonConstantine XI Palaeologus (1448-1453) 1/8 stravraton, Constantinople. 0.48g
Bust of Christ IC/B
Bust of Constantine
Bendall, Revue Numismatique 1991, 'The Coinage of Constantine XI', p. 135-142. pl. XVII, 148 (this coin).
From the Constantine XI Hoard. Gemini Xii Lot 468. I am second owner besides the deceased in 1453.
Chance Vandal
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Corinth Stater Ex-Pozzi Collection 1688Greek (Classical). Corinth, Corinthia. AR Stater (8.54g, 21mm, 9h). 4th Cent BCE.
Obv: Pegasos flying r., Ϙ below. Rev: Head of Athena l., wearing Corinthian helmet and necklace. Γ below chin, dove in wreath to r.
Reference: Ravel 1029; Pegasi 419; BCD Corinth 110; SNG Lockett 2094; Pozzi/Boutin 1688/3756 (this coin).
Provenance: Ex Dr. S. Pozzi (1846-1918) Collection, Naville I (14 March 1921), 1688; illustrated in Boutin (1979), No. 3756; acq. by private treaty c. 1991, Glass Shoppe Coins (Tucson, AZ, Halden Birt owner but coin purchased from Tony Tumonis [?]).
Notes: Coin in hand video (LINK) ; FAC Topic 102458 ("Old Auction Catalogue Madness!") Reply 298 (LINK)
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Crawford 124/1, ROMAN REPUBLIC, Meta Series, AR VictoriatusRome, The Republic.
Meta Series, 206-195 BCE.
AR Victoriatus (3.02g; 19mm; 5h).
Rome Mint.

Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter, facing right.

Reverse: Victory standing toward right, crowing trophy with wreath; meta in field between; ROMA in exergue.

References: Crawford 124/1; Sydenham 259 (R5); BMCRR 494-5; RBW 569 (this coin).

Provenance: Ex RBW Collection [NAC 61 (2011) Lot 563]; bought from Charles Hersh in March 1998; Lawrence Collection [Glendining (7 Dec 1950) Lot 37]; Haeberlin Collection [Cahn/Hess (17 Jul 1933) Lot 310 (part)].

Shortly after the introduction of the denarius coinage, the Romans began adding symbols and letters to their coins. This Victoriatus contains a meta symbol on the reverse. A meta was a tall, conical, turning post. There was a meta at either end of the central divider of the Circus Maximus, denoting the turning point for chariot races. These turning posts probably served a critical function as the dirt and dust clouds from the chariots and their teams likely obscured participants’ visibility. During the Flavian period (nearly 300 years after this coin was struck) the Meta Sudans, so named because of its water feature, was erected in Rome as a turning point for triumphal processions.
Carausius
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Crawford 337/5, ROMAN REPUBLIC, D. Silanus, AE AsRome. The Republic
Decimus Silanus, 91 BCE
AE As (13.46g; 28mm)
Rome Mint.

Obverse: Head of Janus; I (mark of value = 1 As) above.

Reverse: Prow facing right; D SILANVS L F, above.

References: Crawford 337/5; Sydenham 649; BMCRR 1853-8; Junia 23; RBW 1234 (this coin).

Provenance: Ex Roma Auction XI (7 Apr 2016), Lot 590; ex RBW Collection [NAC 63 (2012), Lot 9]; purchased privately from Freeman & Sear 14 Jan 2006.

The moneyer is unknown except for his coins. The As is the only denomination of bronze coin known to have been struck in Silanus’s name. There was a full series of contemporaneous, anonymous bronze coins struck in response to the Lex Papiria. It’s likely that additional bronze coin production was simply not required, and so Silanus focused on silver coin production to defray the costs of the war.

Bronze coins of this era of the Republic often have pronounced casting sprues from the flan production phase of the minting process. This coin has a sprue at 11h obverse, 7h reverse. These are an expected part of the fabric of Roman Republican bronze coins of the Social War era.
Carausius
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Crawford 472/2, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, L. Papius Celsus, AR DenariusRome, Moneyer Issues of the Imperatorial Period.
L. Papius Celsus. 45 BCE
AR Denarius (3.61g; 21mm; 3h).
Rome mint, 45 BCE.

Obverse: TRIVMPVS; Laureate head of Triumphus, facing right, with trophy over shoulder.

Reverse: CELSVS•III VIR || L•PAPIVS; she-wolf places stick on fire; eagle, with wings extending outside dot border, fans flames.

References: Crawford 472/2; HCRI 83; Sydenham 965 (R4); BMCRR 4023; Papia 3; Bahrfeldt Nachtrage, Vol. 1 (1897), pl. IX, nr. 206 (this coin).

Provenance: Ex Nomisma 65 (17 Jun 2022) Lot 52; Tradart (8 Nov 1992) Lot 154; Sternberg XI (20-1 Nov 1981) Lot 527; Peter Hoefer Collection (Feb 1980) [Silbermunzen der Romischen Republik Privatsammlung PH]; E. J. Haeberlin Collection [Cahn-Hess (1933) Lot 2742], acquired before 1897, per Bahrfeldt.

The moneyer, who was a member of the Papia gens, likely had ancestral origins in Lanuvium, as another of his denarii (with same reverse) depicts Juno Sospita on the obverse. Ancient Lanuvium, a Latin town 32 kilometers southeast of Rome, was famous for its temple to Juno Sospita, who is often depicted on coins by members of the Papia gens [see my example here: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=149837]. The reverse depicts one of the foundation myths of Lanuvium: when Aeneas witnessed a she-wolf bringing wood to feed a fire and an eagle fanned the flames, while a fox tried to extinguish the blaze with a wet tail. The eagle is shown with its wings extending beyond the line border of the coin, suggesting a divine origin. Lanuvium and Lavinium are frequently confused, and this confusion appears to have applied to this foundation myth in literature, both ancient and modern.

The provenance of this coin is almost as interesting as its devices. It can be traced back to the famous E.J. Haeberlin Collection, jointly sold by Cahn and Hess in 1933. Also, it is described and shown on the plates of Bahrfeldt, Nachträge und Berichtigungen zur Münzkunde der römischen Republik, vol 1 (1897) where it is cited to the Haeberlin collection; thus we know Haeberlin acquired it before Bahrfeldt’s publication in 1897!
Carausius
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Crawford 477/1, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Sextus Pompey, AR DenariusRome, The Imperators.
Sextus Pompey, 45-44 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.85g; 18mm; 8h).
Spanish Mint.

Obverse: SEX MAG[N-IMP] SAL; bare head of Pompey the Great, facing right.

Reverse: PIETA[S]; Pietas facing left, holding palm and transverse scepter.

References: Crawford 477/1b; HCRI 232a; Sydenham 1042 (R7); BMCRR Spain 93; Pompeia 18; RBW 1670 (this coin).

Provenance: NAC 120 (6-7 Oct 2020) Lot 626; RBW Collection [NAC 63 (2012) Lot 441]; Munzen und Medaillen FPL 511 (1988), Lot 62.

Likely struck in Spain after Caesar departed following his victory at Munda over the Pompeian forces led by Sextus’ brother Gnaeus, this was Sextus Pompey’s first coinage and was used to assemble forces and ships to resurrect the Pompeian cause. There is uncertainty whether this issue occurred before or after Caesar’s assassination on the Ides of March in 44 BCE; with Sear suggesting Sextus may have felt more comfortable issuing coins after the assassination. The use of Pompey the Great’s head and imagery relating to Sextus’ pious devotion to his father’s cause were common devices on Sextus’ coinage until his eventual downfall.

This is one of the rarities of the Imperatorial series, with Schaefer’s Roman Republican Die Study including only 7 obverse dies (for 2 varieties) and 10 reverse dies. There is a known obverse die link to a coin of Sextus’ elder brother, Gnaeus, used to strike coins before Munda. This coin is likely the earlier of the two obverse varieties as it omits the name “Pius” which Sextus later adopted. Many of the issues with the obverse of this coin are die damage – including the flatness to the head and the die break before the forehead.

There is dispute as to the meaning of SAL on the obverse. David Sear believes it is part of legend (possibly an abbreviation of salutatus), while Crawford thinks it is a mintmark of Salpensa in Spain.
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Crusaders . Principality of ANTIOCH . Bohemond III ( 1163-1201.) . Ex 'Roupen' hoardCrusaders . Principality of ANTIOCH . Bohemond III ( 1163-1201.) . Ex 'Roupen' hoard
0.80g, 17 mm . 'Helmet' denier class B/C ('mule') of Bohemond III (c1165?).
Obv. +BOAMVNDVS Helmeted head left
Rev. +ANTIOCHIA Cross pattée, crescent in second angle .
Metcalf 372-373
Marcus Phillips 'The Roupen hoard of Helmet pennies of Antioch', Numismatic Chronicle 2005, pp 249-276 . Plate 30 - 27(this coin).
Purchased from C.J.Sabine
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Crusaders . Principality of ANTIOCH . Bohemond III or IV ( 1163-1216.) . Ex 'Roupen' hoardCrusaders . Principality of ANTIOCH . Bohemond III or IV ( 1163-1216.)
0.83g, 18 mm . Helmet denier ('Irregular') class J of Bohemond III/IV
Obv. +BOAIIVIIDVS Helmeted head left
Rev. +A.ITIOCII.IA Cross pattée, crescent in second angle .
Metcalf 417-437
The existence of die links with coins in the name of Roupen shows that the
introduction of the annulet marked the end of the issue .
Marcus Phillips 'The Roupen hoard of Helmet pennies of Antioch', Numismatic Chronicle 2005, pp 249-276 . Plate 34 - 331(this coin).
Ex 'Roupen' hoard No 331
Purchased from C.J.Sabine
Vladislav D
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Alexandria, Egypt

Obv: [A KAICAP MA] AVP ANTWNINOC [EV CEB], laureate head right.
Rev: Alexandria standing facing, head right, turreted, holding small Sarapis bust in right hand; in field, L-B. .
24 mm, 12.00 gms

RPC Online 10021 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 224, 4100 (this coin).

From the Dattari Collection. Acquired from Naville Numismatics Auction 53, lot 347. Catalog notation: "Very rare, apparently unique."
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dattari4128Elagabalus
Alexandria, Egypt

Obv: A KAICAP MA AVP ANTWNINOC [EV CEB], laureate draped bust right.
Rev: Nike in galloping biga right; in field, L-Ɛ.
23 mm, 11.86 gms

RPC Online 10153 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 224, 4128 (this coin). Geissen 2346 (this coin cited).

From the Dattari Collection. Acquired from Naville Numismatics Auction 53, lot 348.
Charles M
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Alexandria, Egypt

Obv: A KAICAP MA AVP ANTWNINOC EV CEB, laureate head right.
Rev: Rev. Nilus seated left, head right, on rocks, holding out concuopia and reed; in field, L-Γ.
24 mm, 11.20 gms

RPC Online 10056 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 224, 4131 (this coin).


From the Dattari Collection. Acquired from Naville Numismatics Auction 54, lot 335.
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Domitian, AD 81-96CILICIA, Anazarbus.

AE 2 Assaria, 27 mm (16.29 gm).

AYTO KAI ΘE YIOΣ ΔOMITIANOΣ ΣE ΓEP, laureate head of Domitian, right / KAIΣAPEΩN ΠP ANAZAPBΩ, Veiled head of Tyche, right; in right field, ETOYΣ/IΓP. Struck AD 94-95.

RPC II, 1754.5; SNG vA, 5474 (this coin).

CNG 70, Lot 567. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5474. Dated CY 113 (94/5 AD).




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EB0685 Tiberius / GalleyTiberius, 14-37, Æ 27, SPAIN, Saguntum.
Obverse: Bare head right.
Reverse: Galley sailing right; d/m: D D in rectangular incuse (Decreto decuriones, to revalidate coin).
References: RPC I 202, Heiss PL. 28 #20, for c/m: Howgego -.
Diameter: 27.5mm, Weight: 11.595g.
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