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Macedonia under Roman rule. Gaius Publius Quaestor. 148-146BC. AE19mm. Obv. Athena in crested helmet. Rev. Grazing cow right. GAIOY TAMIOU. SNG ´Cop. 1323Lee S
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EGYPT. Alexandria. Domitian, 81-96. Diobol
(25 mm, 7.42 g, 11 h),
Obv: RY 10 = 90/1. [ΑΥΤ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ [ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ] Laureate head of Domitian to right, with aegis on his left shoulder.
Rev: L I Agathodaemon serpent riding horse to right.
Dattari (Savio) 563. Emmett 276.10. K&G 24.110. RPC II 2584A.
Extremely rare. Somewhat porous and with light deposits, otherwise, good fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Leu Numismatic Web auction 17 Lot 2103 Sunday August 15, 2021

I was first made aware of this coin a few years ago. Ever since, I have trying to grab one when they come up at auctions. The problem is 2-fold. First, it is a rare type. If the attribution of RPC 2854A is correct, it is even rarer than RPC 2854 which is on its own a rare coin. RPC online has my coin as RPC 2854 but I am not sure they are correct. The presence or absence of Aegis on the bust seems to be the key factor in differentiating these types.

I have found that I am attracted to the Alexandrian bronzes struck for Domitian. So many of the Egyptian themed coins are interesting and are a real departure from the reverses of the imperial coinage from the same time period.

Rarity aside it is the reverse of this coin that really shines. A coin that depicts a snake riding a horse? Yes, I will take one of those please. The reverse is so interesting that there is more demand for this type than the current supply. I consider myself lucky to add this fascinating type to my collection.

From the auction description: “According to Emmett, the reverse of this interesting issue is connected to the grain harvest. The horse represents the continuous cycle of the seasons, while Agathodaemon ensures that the grain will sprout, thus ensuring Egypt's prosperity.”

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Euboia, Euboian League. AR Drachm.
Date: c. 304-290 B.C.
Denomination: AR Drachm.
Diameter: 17 mm.
Weight: 3.70 grams.
Obverse: Head of the nymph Euboia left.
Reverse: Filleted head and neck of cow facing slightly right; EY above; BCD Euboia 22; HGC 4, 1421; Ex Glendining 13 November 1957, lot 94.
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587cfCarausius 287-93AD
"Denarius"
Obv "......AVSIVS PE A"
Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev "VBERVTA ....."
Cow standing right being milked
London mint (?)
-/-/RSR
RIC - (cf 587-8)
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617-8cfCarausius 287-93
Antoninianus
Obv "IMP CARAVS....."
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev "VVEBTAS AVG"
Cow standing right being milked
London Mint (?)
-/-/RSR
RIC - (cf 617-8, also 581-8 for variant reverse spellings on the "denarius")
mauseus
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Apollonia - Ceka 115.Illyria, Apollonia After 229 BC
AR Drachm.
TIMHN, Cow standing left, looking back at suckling calf, Gamma AK monogram below.
APOL DAMOFWNTOS around square with double stellate pattern.
xokleng
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ILIRIA - DIRRAQUIO/EPIDAMNOSAR dracma 18X16 mm 2.4 gr.

Anv: "MENIΣ [KOΣ ]" (Nombre de la Autoridad Monetaria que la acuña), sobre una Vaca a der. mirando a su ternero que se amanta a izq.
Rev: "AYP / ΔIO / [NY] / [ΣIOY]" – Doble Forma estrellada, dividida por dos líneas y rodeada por una doble línea formando un contorno cuadrado.
Los diseños del reverso de Korkyra así como de sus colonias, Apollonia (Apolonia) y Dyrrhachion (Dirraquio), han sido objeto de mucha especulación numismática. Eckhel (Doctrina numorum veterum [Vienna, 1792/3], II:155) aceptó la opinión de Laurentius Beger (Observationes Et Conjecturae In Numismata Quaedam Antiqua [Brandenburg, 1691]), que argumentó que el diseño del reverso representa el jardín de Alkinoos, el mítico rey de Phaiakia, descrito en detalle por el poeta Homero (Od. 7.112-133). Basado en el supuesto de que mítica Phaiakia era la isla de la antigua Korkyra (mod. Corfú), y sabiendo que Korkyrans colonizaron tanto Apollonia y Dyrrhachion, Beger (ya través de él, Eckhel) concluyeron que los elementos centrales eran flores y que el diseño general debe representar tanto el diseño del jardín, o las puertas que conducen a ella. Más tarde, la mayoría de los numismáticos, como Böckh, Müller, Friedlander, y von Sallet, argumentaron que los elementos centrales del diseño eran más como la estrella, mientras que Gardner favoreciendo una interpretación floral, aunque sea como una referencia a Apolo Aristaios o Nomios, no el jardín de ALKINOOS. Más recientemente, Nicolet-Pierre volvió a examinar la cuestión del diseño del reverso en su artículo sobre la moneda arcaica de Korkyra ("À props du monnayage archaïque de Corcyre," SNR 88 [2009], pp. 2-3) y ofreció una nueva interpretación. Tomando nota de un pasaje de Tucídides (3.70.4) en la que ese autor citó la existencia en la isla de un recinto sagrado (temenos) dedicado a Zeus y ALKINOOS, sugirió que el diseño del reverso podría haber sido inspirada por esto, y no en el jardín de ALKINOOS que detalla Homero.

Acuñación: 200 - 30 A.C.
Ceca: Dyrrhachion - Illyria (Hoy Durré en Albania)

Referencias: Sear GCTV Vol.I #1900 var Pag.187 – BMC Vol.7 #62-64 Pag.69 – SNG Copenhagen #467 - Maier #201 - Ceka #320
mdelvalle
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(02) AUGUSTUS (Posthumous restoration issue)Struck under Trajan, 98–102 AD,
Æ 23 mm, 13.16 g
o: DIVOS AVGVSTVS – Bare head of Augustus
R: COL·/IVL in upper field, on r., AVG and on l. BER; Founder, veiled, ploughing to r. with ox and cow
Phoenicia, Berytus
cf. Sawaya 2009, p. 37, No, 565; cf. BMC Phoenicia 53 ff
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01-80 - Beritos - Fenicia - AUGUSTO (27 A.C. - 14 D.C.)AE22 22 mm 12.0 gr.
Acuñada a Divo Augusto durante el reinado de Trajano.
La Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus fue fundada por veteranos de las 5ta. y 8va. legione, probablemente en el 14 A.C.


Anv: " DIVOS AVGVSTVS " Cabeza desnuda de Augusto viendo a derecha.
Rev: "COL·/ IVL " (en campo centro alto), "AVG" (en campo derecho) y , "BER" (en campo izquierdo), rodeando a Fundador velado, arando a derecha con un buey y una vaca .

Acuñada probablemente 98–102 D.C.
Ceca: Beritos - Fenicia

Referencias: RPC I #1651 Pag.308 - Sawaya 2009 #565 Pag.37 - BMC Phoenicia #65-5 Pag.60
mdelvalle
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020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0841, RIC II(1962) 096, Rome, AR-Denarius, COS VII, Cow right, #1020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0841, RIC II(1962) 096, Rome, AR-Denarius, COS VII, Cow right, #1
avers: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, Laureate head right.
reverse: COS VII, Cow advancing right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,5-19,0mm, weight: 3,22g, axes: 5h,
mint: Rome, date: 75-76 A.D., ref: RIC² 0841, RIC II(1962) 096, BMC 177, RSC 118, BNC 153,
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020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0944, RIC II(1962) 107, Rome, AR-Denarius, -/-//COS VIII, Cow right, #1020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0944, RIC II(1962) 107, Rome, AR-Denarius, -/-//COS VIII, Cow right, #1
avers: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, Laureate head left.
reverse: COS VIII, Pair of Oxen, under yoke left.
exergue: -/-//COS VIII, diameter: 16,7-17,3mm, weight: 3,32g, axes: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 77-78 A.D., ref: RIC² 0944, RIC II(1962) 107, BMC 209, RSC 134a, BNC 185,
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020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0944, RIC II(1962) 107, Rome, AR-Denarius, -/-//COS VIII, Cow right, #2020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0944, RIC II(1962) 107, Rome, AR-Denarius, -/-//COS VIII, Cow right, #2
avers: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, Laureate head left.
reverse: COS VIII, Pair of Oxen, under yoke left.
exergue: -/-//COS VIII, diameter: 16,7-17,6mm, weight: 3,27g, axes: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 77-78 A.D., ref: RIC² 0944, RIC II(1962) 107, BMC 209, RSC 134a, BNC 185,
Q-002
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030a19. ElagabalusBronze AE 18, cf. Sofaer 53, Spijkerman 56, Rosenberger IV 35, SNG ANS 1373 ff., SNG Cop 150, SNG Righetti 2548, BMC Arabia -, VF, Petra (Jordan) mint, weight 2.827g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 180o, 16 May 218 - 11 Mar 222 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AVP ANTONIN (or similar), laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse emperor ceremonially plowing right with a cow and an ox, marking the pomerium (sacred boundary) to found the new colony, togate, right hand raised, PETΛA above, COLON in exergue. A FORUM coin.lawrence c
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1 Centavo Cowboy1989 CE

Obverse: Face value with big numeral, country name below; on background big circle resembling the center of Brazilian flag, on right one 5-pointed star, indicating face value in Braille code.
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CENTAVO
BRASIL

Reverse: Cattle herder riding, in front silhouettes of cows, issuing year below. 1989
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1199-1216, John, AR Penny, Struck 1207 - 1211 at Dublin, IrelandObverse: IOHANNES REX around triangle enclosing a crowned and draped facing bust of King John holding, in his right hand, a sceptre tipped with a cross pommée which extends through the side of the triangle into the legend. Quatrefoil to right of bust.
Reverse: ROBERD ON DIVE around triangle containing sun over crescent moon and a star in each angle. Cross pattée at apex of each point of the triangle and above legend on each of the three sides. Moneyer: Roberd, cognate with the modern English name of Robin.
Diameter: 18mm | Weight: 1.2gms | Die Axis: 4h
SPINK: 6228

Third issue "REX" coinage. This was the only coinage struck by King John in his own name.

John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of the first Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
John, the youngest of the five sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was not expected to inherit significant lands which resulted in him being given the nickname John Lackland. However, after the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young and when Richard I became king in 1189, John was the potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's administration whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade but despite this, after Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England.
King John contracted dysentery at Lynn in 1216 but, just before his death, he managed to dictate a brief will. This will still survives and as part of it John requested: "I will that my body be buried in the church of St. Mary and St. Wulfstan of Worcester".
Some of King John's favourite hunting grounds were in Worcester, at Kinver and Feckenham, and he had a special affection for Saint Wulfstan, one of the two great Anglo-Saxon saints whose shrines and tombs were also at Worcester. Both Saint Wulfstan and Saint Oswald can be seen in miniature beside the head of the effigy of King John on his tomb.
Medieval effigies usually show the subject in the prime of life, however the effigy on King John's tomb is unique in that not only is it a life-like image of him, it is also the oldest royal effigy in England.
King John's tomb has been opened twice, once in 1529 and again in 1797. At the first opening it was said that John's head was covered with a monk's cowl, however it is now thought that this was probably his coronation cap. When the tomb was opened for the second time the antiquarians responsible discovered that a robe of crimson damask had originally covered the king's body but, by 1797, most of the embroidery had deteriorated. They also found the remains of a sword which lay down the left side of the body along with parts of its scabbard.
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136 - Numerian - RIC 390 - Bust Type F var (Lugdunum) (//C)Obv:– IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PACATO-R ORBIS, Emperor advancing right, holding shield and sword, captive, cowering beneath
Minted in Lugdunum (C in exe) Emission 9 Officina 3. Summer A.D. 284
Reference:– Cohen 41 (30 F). Bastien 618 (2 examples). RIC 390 Bust type F var (Officina).

The coin appears to be billon rather than silvered and is the ONLY occurence of this reverse type.

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136 - Numerian - RIC unlisted - Bust Type F (Lugdunum) (//C)Obv:– IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PACATO-R ORBIS, Emperor advancing right, holding shield and sword, captive, cowering beneath
Minted in Lugdunum (C in exe) Emission 9 Officina 3. Summer A.D. 284
Reference:– Cohen 41 (30 F). Bastien 618 (2 examples). RIC Unlisted.

The coin appears to be billon rather than silvered and is the ONLY occurence of this reverse type.
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177aCrispina
AE 27mm
Ilion in Troas
Victimarius on cow, left, in front of a statue of Athena of Ilion on pedestal
BMC67, SNG Cop 413
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1795 AE Halfpenny, North Wales, Anglesey.Obverse: No legend. Druid's head wearing cowl facing left, surrounded by oak wreath; engraver's initial "W" (for Wyon) in raised letters at bottom of bust (see inset).
Reverse: RULE BRITANNIA. Britannia facing left, seated on globe, her right hand holding spear, her left arm holding laurel-branch and resting on shield at her side; in exergue, 1795.
Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON, the rest engrailed.
Diameter: 29mm
Dalton & Hamer: 429
RARE

The diesinker for this token was Thomas Wyon and it was probably manufactured by Peter Kempson at his works in Birmingham.
The Druid's head was a feature of the Parys Mine in Anglesey, North Wales and was used on some of the earliest issues of 18th century Tokens.
This piece was issued for general circulation.

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1ap Claudius41-54

As
Bare head, left, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP
Libertas, LIBERTAS AVGVSTA SC

RIC 97

According to Suetonius: Claudius was born at Lugdunum (Lyon) on the 1st of August 10BC in the consulship of Iullus Antonius and Fabius Africanus, on the day when the very first altar to Augustus was dedicated there, the child being given the name Tiberius Claudius Drusus. When his elder brother Germanicus was adopted into the Julian family (in 4 AD), he added the name Germanicus also. He lost his father when still an infant (in 9 BC), and throughout his childhood and youth was severely afflicted by various stubborn ailments so that his mind and body lacked vigour, and even when he attained his majority he was not considered capable of a public or private career.

Nevertheless, he applied himself to liberal studies from his earliest youth, and often published examples of his proficiency in each area, though even so he was excluded from public office and failed to inspire any brighter hopes for his future. His mother Antonia the Younger often condemned him as an unfinished freak of Nature, and when accusing someone of stupidity would say: ‘He’s a bigger fool than my son Claudius.’ His grandmother Augusta (Livia) always treated him with utter contempt, and rarely even spoke to him, admonishing him, when she chose to do so, in brief harsh missives, or via her messengers. When his sister Livilla heard the prophecy that he would be Emperor some day, she prayed openly and loudly that Rome might be spared so cruel and unmerited a fate.

Having spent the larger part of his life in such circumstances, he became emperor at the age of fifty (in AD41) by a remarkable stroke of fate. Caligula’s assassins had dispersed the crowd on the pretext that the Emperor wished for solitude, and Claudius, shut out with the rest, retired to a room called the Hermaeum, but shortly afterwards, terrified by news of the murder, crept off to a nearby balcony and hid behind the door-curtains. A Guard, who was wandering about the Palace at random, spotting a pair of feet beneath the curtain where Claudius was cowering, dragged the man out to identify him, and as Claudius fell to the ground in fear, recognised him, and acclaimed him Emperor.

Eutropius summarizes: His reign was of no striking character; he acted, in many respects, with gentleness and moderation, in some with cruelty and folly. He made war upon Britain, which no Roman since Julius Caesar had visited; and, having reduced it through the agency of Cnaeus Sentius and Aulus Plautius, illustrious and noble men, he celebrated a magnificent triumph. Certain islands also, called the Orcades, situated in the ocean, beyond Britain, he added to the Roman empire, and gave his son the name of Britannicus. . . . He lived to the age of sixty-four, and reigned fourteen years; and after his death was consecrated3 and deified.

This was the first "good" coin I ever bought and therefore marks the begiining of an addiction.
Blindado
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1ek Magnentius350-353

Centenionalis

Bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust, right, D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG
Two victories, VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES

RIC 173

Zosimus recorded: Magnentius thus gained the empire, and possessed himself all the nations beyond the Alps, and the whole of Italy. Vetranio, general of the Pannonian army, upon hearing of the good fortune of Magnentius, was himself inflamed with the same desire, and was declared emperor by the legions that were with him, at Mursa, a city of Pannonia. While affairs were thus situated, the Persians plundered the eastern countries, particularly Mesopotamia. But Constantine, though he was defeated by the Persians, yet resolved to subdue the factions of Magnentius and Vetranio. . . . Constantius advanced from the east against Magnentius, but deemed it best first to win over Vetranio to his interest, as it was difficult to oppose two rebels at once. On the other hand, Magnentius used great endeavours to make Vetranio his friend, and thus to put an end to the war against Constantius. Both therefore sent agents to Vetranio, who chose to adopt the friendship of Constantius rather than that of Magnentius. The ambassadors of Magnentius returned without effecting their purpose. Constantius desired that both armies might join, to undertake the war against Magnentius. To which proposal Vetranio readily assented. . . . When the soldiers heard this, having been previously corrupted by valuable presents, they cried out, that they would have no mock emperors, and immediately began to strip the purple from Vetranio, and pulled him from the throne with the determination to reduce him to a private station. . . . Constantius, having so well succeeded in his design against Vetranio, marched against Magnentius, having first conferred the title of Caesar on Gallus, the son of his uncle, and brother to Julian who was afterwards emperor, and given him in marriage his sister Constantia. . . .

Constantius now gaining the victory, by the army of Magnentius taking to flight, a terrible slaughter ensued. Magnentius, therefore being deprived ofall hope, and apprehensive lest the remnant of his army should deliver him to Constantius, deemed it best to retire from Pannonia, and to enter Italy, in order to raise an army there for another attempt. But when he heard that the people of Rome were in favour of Constantius, either from hatred to himself, or because they had heard of the event of the battle, he resolved to cross the Alps, and .seek for himself a refuge among the nations on that side. Hearing however that Constantius had likewise engaged the Barbarians near the Rhine against him, and that |65 he could not enter Gaul, as some officers had obstructed his passage thither in order to make their court to Constantius, nor through Spain into Mauritania, on account of the Roman allies there who studied to please Constantius. In these circumstances he preferred a voluntary death to a dishonourable life, and chose rather to die by his own hand than by that of his enemy.

Thus died Magnentius, having been emperor three years and six months. He was of Barbarian extraction, but lived among the Leti, a people of Gaul. He understood Latin, was bold when favoured by fortune, but cowardly in adversity, ingenious in concealing his natural evil disposition, and deemed by those who did not know him to be a man of candour and goodness. I have thought it just to make these observations concerning Magnentius, that the world may be acquainted With his true character, since it has been the opinion of some that he performed much good, who never in his life did any thing with a good intention.
Blindado
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229 BC- Epidamos-Dyrrhachium, Illyria AR DrachmCow standing Right, looking back at suckling calf, MENIEKOS in greek above, nike flying right above legend, monogram/thunderbolt below
Square containing stellate pattern, legend around square.

after 229 BC, 3.23 gms, Sear Greek Coins and their Values sg1900 variant

Meniskos-Kallenos name combination, Class 5 drachm, issued in year -5 (last issue = year -1) that can be around the 70's of the first century BC.
Well centered, well struck specimens are rare. Here you can identify both obverse symbols, flying Nike (=Victory) above Meniskos (wreath in hand off-flan) and thunderbolt in the exergue. The legend on the reverse is DYP KA[L] [LH] NOS (lower segment off-flan).
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2x Illyrian drachmDyrrhachium, Illyria, AR drachm. AΛKAIOΣ, cow standing right, head left, suckling calf, grain-ear below / DUR NIKOMACOU around double stellate pattern.

Dyrrhachium, Illyria. AR Stater. Circa 450-350 BC. Cow standing left suckling calf, small Δ on cow's rump / Δ Y P, double stellate pattern; club beneath.

Both weight: 6.1g

(NEED TO ADDITIONALLY MORE PRECISELY IDENTIFY)
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3912 Phoenicia, Acco-Ptolemaïs. Hadrian. Æ 21 Hadrian, as founder plowingReference.
RPC III, 3912; Kadman 103; cf. Rosenberger 48 (head right); cf. Rouvier 1000 (same).; Hendin 819

Obv. IMP TRA HADRIA[NO CAESAR]
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front.

Rev. DIVOS CLAV above, C-O-L/PT-OL in two lines across field. (COL PTOL=Colonia Ptolemais)
Claudius, as founder plowing right with yoked bull and cow; in background, four standards.

11.02 gr
21 mm
12 h

Agora Auctions.
From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.
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4025 JUDAEA, Gaza Hadrian 132 AD Tyche of GazaReference.
RPC III, 4025; Rosenberger 60; SNG ANS 916; BMC Palestine 31

Obv. AVT KAI TPA AΔPIANOC CE
laureate and draped bust right.

Rev. ΓAZA Γ EΠ I, BYP
Tyche of Gaza standing left, holding scepter and cornucopia; heifer (Cow) standing to left; date in upper left field; Marnas symbol in right.

10.41 gr
26 mm
12 h
okidoki
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AE tetarteron Alexios I SB 1932Obverse: Patriarchal cross on two steps; in field A-Delta/K-theta.
Reverse: Bust facing earing cown and loros, holding labarum and gl. cr.
Mint: Thessalonica
Date: post reform 1092-1118 CE
Sear 1932 H 8.13-15
14mm 1.81gm
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Alexander Swap's Dundee (Angusshire) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1797Alexander Swap's Dundee (Angusshire) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1797. Obverse: View of a church with legend: "DUNDEE HALFPENNY 1797", "ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH FOUNDD. 1772". Reverse: View of ruined archway and battlements with legend: "COWGATE PORT * THE LAST REMAINS OF OUR ANCIENT WALLS *", "W WRIGHT JUN DES" with the star over "F". Edge inscription: "PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ALEXR SWAP & CO * + +". Alexander Swap & Co., were merchants with a business in Overgate, Dundee. Ex-MacMillan Collection.Ancient Aussie
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Ancient ChinaStone imitation of Cowrie shellsecoli
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Ancient ChinaStone copy of cowrie shellsecoli
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Ancient China, Bone imitation of cowrie shellecoli
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Ancient China: Shou and Zhang Dynasty (18th-6th Century BCE) Cowrie Shells (Hartill-1.1)Quant.Geek
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Ancient Greek BestiaryClockwise: Lion of Chersonessos, Dyrrhachion Cow, Calf and Wasp; Dove of Sikyon; Pegasos of Leukas (mythical); Lion and Bull of Tarsos; Macedonian Horse and Human.
Center: Owl of Athens.
Of the animals listed above, it is said that the human animal is the most violent and destructive of all.
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Antoninus Pius, 10Jul. 138-7 to Mar. 161 AD, Rome mintOrichalcum sestertius, Sear RCV II 4252, RIC 967, (BMCRE 2016), (Cowen 1008); Weight 21.4 gr., Max Diameter 32.3 mm; Rome mint, 156-7 AD; Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right, Rev. TR POT XX COS IIII S C, Justitia (?) seated left on chair formed by 2 crossed cornuacopiae, holding sceptre; Thin olive patina with with brass showing through in areas, very worn, pitted and corrosion spots mainly on rev.Steve E
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Apollania - Ceka 24Apollonia, Illyria.
AR drachm.
ARISTWN, Cow standing left her head looking back suckling her calf /
APOL and AINEA around Double stellar pattern in square.
xokleng
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Apollonia - Ceka 24Apollonia, Illyria.
AR drachm 16 mm, 3.1 g.
ARISTWN, Cow standing left her head looking back suckling her calf /
APOL and AINEA around Double stellar pattern in square. BMC 4
xokleng
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Apollonia - Ceka 83Illyria, Apollonia,
AR Drachm. 19X17 mm, 3,2 g.
NIKANDROS above cow standing left suckling calf, monogram below /
APOL ANDRISKOY around double stellate pattern.
xokleng
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Apollonia cow & calf: ARISTWNIllyria, Apollonia, Greece, c. 200 - 80 B.C. Silver drachm, BMC Illyria p. 56, 4, Apollonia, 3.061g, 18.2mm, 0o; obverse ARISTWN, cow left, head turned, suckling calf right; reverse APOL-AI-NE-A, double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards; ex FORVMPodiceps
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Apollonia Drachm after 229 BCSilver Greek drachm
NIKANDROS. Cow left, suckling calf
APOL ANDRISKOY.
Illyria
Dino
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Apollonia, ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΣIllyria, Apollonia, Greece, c. 200 - 80 B.C. Silver drachm, BMC Illyria p. 56, 5, aVF, Apollonia mint, 2.989g, 20.8mm, 135o, c. 200 - 80 B.C.; obverse ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΣ, cow left, head turned, suckling calf right, monogram in ex; reverse ΑΠΟΛ − ΑΝ−ΔΡΙΣ−ΚΟΥ, double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards; ex FORVMPodiceps
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Apollonia, Cow & calf: NIKHNIllyria, Apollonia, Greece, c. 200 - 80 B.C. 27607. Silver drachm, BMC Illyria p. 57, 11; SNG Cop 380, 3.081 g, 17.1. mm, 270 o, Obverse “NIKHN”, cow left, head turned, suckling calf right; reverse “APOL – AUTO-BOU-OLOU”, double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards. ex FORVM.1 commentsPodiceps
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Apollonia, Illyria229 - 80 B.C.
Silver drachm 3.09 gm, 18.5 mm
Obv.: Cow left, head turned, suckling calf right, AΓIAΣ above (magistrate AGIAS)
Rev.: AΠOΛ – EΠI-KA-ΔOY around double stellate pattern within
double linear square with sides curved inwards
BMC vii Illyria p. 56, 5,
D. Sear Greek Coins and Their Values. Vol. I, p. 185, 1878-1879
Apollonia mint
Jaimelai
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Apollonia, Illyria229 - 80 B.C.
Silver drachm 3.22 gm, 17 mm
Obv.: Cow left, head turned, suckling calf right, NIKANΔPOΣ above (Magistrate Nikandros)
Rev.: AΠOΛ – AN-ΔPIΣ-KOY around double stellate pattern within
double linear square with sides curved inwards
BMC vii Illyria p. 56, 5
Apollonia mint
Jaimelai
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Apollonia, IllyriaObv: NIKHN, Cow standing left, looking back at a calf which it suckles.

Rev: AΠOΛ AYTOBOYΛOY, a square containing a double stellate pattern.

Silver Drachm, Apollonia, Illyria, 3rd - 2nd Century BC, after 229

3.1 grams, 17.75 mm

GCV 1878 (var.)
Matt Inglima
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Apollonia, Illyria (229-30 BC BC) AR DrachmAncient Greek, Apollonia, Illyria (229-30 BC BC) AR Drachm, 17.8mm, 3.11g, 6h

Magistrate: Agrias, Epikadou

Obverse: AΓIAΣ, Above cow standing left suckling calf.

Reverse: AΠOΛ - ƐΠI - KA - ΔOY, Double stellate pattern.

Reference: Ceka 3, BMC 15

Ex: Tom Mullally
Gil-galad
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Apollonia, Illyria, Autonomous AR Drachm. ca (229-30 BC)Ancient Greek, Apollonia, Illyria, Autonomous AR Drachm. ca (229-30 BC), Agias (Moneyer), Epikadou (Magistrate), 3.3g, 18mm

Obverse: AΓIAΣ, Cow standing left suckling calf.

Reverse: AΠOΛ ƐΠI KA ΔOY, Legend around double stellate pattern. A control mark outside of first circle border.

Reverse: BMC 15-16 (pending)
Gil-galad
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Apollonia, Illyria, Drachm, ΑΠΟΛ ΑΙΝΕΑAR Drachm
Greek Provincial
Apollonia, Illyria
Issued: 2nd Century BC
16.5mm 3.40gr 0h
O: ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝ; Cow standing left, head looking right, suckling calf, right.
R: ΑΠΟΛ ΑΙΝΕΑ; Double stellate pattern within double linear square, with sides curved inwards.
Mionnet Supp. 9; BMC 4; Ceka 24.
Holding History/Nathan Hochrein
VCoins Inventory # C458
11/21/14 4/30/17
Nicholas Z
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Apollonia, Illyria, Drachm, ΑΠΟΛ ΑΝΔΡΙΣΚΟΥAR Drachm
Greek Provincial
Apollonia, Illyria
Issued: After 229BC
17.0mm3.20gr 5h
O: ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΣ; Cow standing left, head looking right, suckling calf, right.
R: ΑΠΟΛ ΑΝΔΡΙΣΚΟΥ; Double stellate pattern within linear double square with sides curved inwards.
BMC 5; Ceka 83.
Holding History/Nathan Hochrein
12/7/14 4/30/17
Nicholas Z
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Apollonia, Illyria, Drachm, ΑΠΟΛ ΑΥΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΥAR Drachm
Greek Provincial
Apollonia, Illyria
17.0mm 3.20gr 3h
O: NIKHN; Cow standing left, suckling calf, right.
R: ΑΠΟΛ ΑΥΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΥ; Double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards.
Mionnet Supp. 18; BMC 11-12; Ceka 88.
Holding History/Nathan Hochrein
VCoins Inventory # C456
11/21/14 4/30/17
Nicholas Z
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Apollonia, Illyria, Drachm, ΑΠΟΛ ΑΥΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΥAR Drachm
Greek Provincial
Apollonia, Illyria
16.5mm 3.30gr 7h
O: ΞΕΝΩΝ; Cow standing right, head looking left, suckling calf, left.
R: ΑΠΟΛ ΑΥΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΥ; Double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards.
Exergue: Obverse: Eagle standing right, head left, top center.
Ceka 92.
Holding History/Nathan Hochrein
VCoins Inventory # C459
11/21/14 4/30/17
Nicholas Z
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Apollonia, Illyria, Drachm, ΑΠΟΛ ΔΑΜΟΦΩΝΤΟΣAR Drachm
Greek Provincial
Apollonia, Illyria
Issed: After 229BC
16.0mm 3.10gr 9h
O: ΤΙΜΗΝ; Cow standing left, head looking right, calf suckling, right.
R: ΑΠΟΛ ΔΑΜΟΦΩΝΤΟΣ; Double stellate pattern within double linear square, with sides curved inwards.
Exergue: ΓΛΚ monogram, obverse, left field.
Mionnet 19; SNG Cop 381; BMC 14; Ceka 115.
Holding History/Nathan Hochrein
12/7/14 4/30/17
Nicholas Z
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Apollonia, Illyria, Drachm, ΑΠΟΛ ΕΠΙΚΑΔΟΥAR Drachm
Greek Provincial
Apollonia, Illyria
Issued: 230 - 229BC
19.5 x 17.0mm 3.50gr 5h
O: ΑΓΙΑΣ; Cow standing left, looking right, suckling calf, right.
R: ΑΠΟΛ ΕΠΙΚΑΔΟΥ; Double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards.
BMC 15-16; Ceka 3.
Holding History/Nathan Hochrein
VCoins Inventory #: C452
11/21/14 4/30/17
Nicholas Z
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Apollonia, Illyria, Drachm, ΑΠΟΛ ΚΑΙΡΗΝΟΣAR Drachm
Greek Provincial
Apollonia, Illyria
19.0 x 16.5mm 3.40gr 6h
O: ΞΕΝΟΚΛΗΣ; Cow standing left, head looking right, suckling calf, right.
R: ΑΠΟΛ ΚΑΙΡΗΝΟΣ; Double stellate pattern within double linear square, with sides curved inwards.
Mionnet Supp. 22; BMC 39; Ceka 91.
Holding History/Nathan Hochrein
12/7/14 4/30/17
Nicholas Z
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Apollonia, Illyria, Greece, (200 - 80 B.C.)AR Drachm
Ariston (Moneyer), Ainea (Magistrate),
O: APIΣTΩN (moneyer), cow left, head turned, suckling calf right.
R: AI/NE/A Curved, double-stellate pattern, no center device line, petal rays, seven dots, line border
3.2g
17.5mm
3 commentsMat
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Arabia Petraea, Petra. Elagabalus AE20.Obv: IMP C M AVR ANTONINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: PETRA, COLON, Founder plowing right with bull and cow.
ancientone
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BCC CM36x CaracallaRoman Provincial
Caesarea Maritima
Caracalla 211-217CE
Obv: IM C M AV ANTONINVS
Laureate, draped bust right.
Rev: CO I FL AV FC CAESAR
Founder plowing to right with
bull and cow yoked.
AE 22mm 10.81gm. Axis:210
Kadman #71 (Same die?)
Surface find, 1971
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC rgp17 Valerian I TyreRoman Provincial - Tyre
Valerian I 253-260 CE
Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG
Laureate bust right.
Rev: COL TYR[O METR]
Cadmus standing before edifice, holding
patera and hasta. Before him, murex shell,
and cow, at his feet. Greek letters in field:
ΘΗ/ΒΕ [THEBE]
AE 26x27mm. 14.42gm. Axis:0
Possible reference: Rouvier 2500 Extremely Rare.
See Rouvier 2532, BMC 487, and AUB 311 for this
reverse on coins of Gallienus
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection

This coin commemorates the mythological figure of Cadmus on his quest for his sister, Europa, founding the city of Thebes as a colony of ancient Phoenicia-Tyre in the place where the sacred cow lay down. I love this coin for its connection to ancient mythology and history. Stevenson's Dictionary of Roman Coins gives an excellent description of this same reverse for a coin of Gallienus, on page 825
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Bruttium, AE26 Brettian league, c. 215-205 BC
Head of Ares left
BPETTIWN, Hera Hoplosmia going right, holding spear and shield, cow's head ? under shield
14.44 gr, 26 mm
Ref : Sear #702v
3 commentsPotator II
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Bruttium, The Bretti, drachmDiademed, draped and winged bust of Nike right, bird? behind

BPETTIΩN
River-god Aisaros/Dionysos standing, crowning himself, holding cloak and scepter, monogram and shield to right

216-214 BC Punic war issue

4.81g

Rare with these control marks. Only 2 on acsearch including this one, both from same dies and die flaws.
Struck with worn obverse die.

Arslan dies 81/107’; Scheu S65; HN Italy 1970

Ex-CNG 452 Lot 48; From the John L. Cowan Collection; Ex-Pegasi, 31 May 2012 Auction 24 lot 44.
2 commentsJay GT4
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Byzantion - AR Hemidrachm387-340 BC
forepart of cow left, below dolphin swimming left
(BY)
wide ornamented trident
Schönert-Geiss Byzantion 778; SNG BM 17; Klein 88; SNG Cop 484 var. (monogram); BMC Thrace p. 94, 23 var. (same), SGCV I 158
1,9g 10mm
J. B.
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Byzantion bullByzantion, Circa 340-320 BC. Byzantion drachm (siglos?), Schonert-Geiss 1–235; SNGBMC 21-33; SNG Ashmolean 3569–3571; SNG Copenhagen 476. 16 mm, 4.45 g. Obverse: cow standing left on dolphin, ΠY above. Reverse: reverse incuse square of mill-sail pattern, punched surfaces textured with dots. ex Numismatik Lanz and ex areich, photo credit areichPodiceps
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Byzantion, Thrace357 - 340 B.C.
Silver Tetrobol
2.51 gm, 14 mm
Obverse: Cow standing left on dolphin foreleg raised, ΠΥ above (the first letter is an archaic form of "B" used at Byzantium)
Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern, punched surfaces textured with dots
Sear 1582; BMC Thrace pg. 94, 15/16
1 commentsJaimelai
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Caesarea, Septimus Severus, 193-211 AD, 17.77g, AE27.5Obverse: Bust to r
Reverse: Severus as founder, wearing toga, ploughing with bull and cow; above, Nike. Latin inscription: COL P[R FL] AVG F C. Kadman, 1957, 63; Rosenberger II, 48.
rare
Maritima
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Calabria. Tarentum. Nomos (Circa 302-280 BC)AR Nomos

21 mm, 7.78 g

Obv: Youth, holding shield, on horse rearing left; ΣΛ to right, ΦΙΛΩΝ below.
Rev: TAPAΣ.
Phalanthos, holding crowning Nike, riding dolphin left; waves below.

Vlasto 684-5; HN Italy 964.

In Greek mythology, Phalanthos (Φάλανθος) is a divine hero, the leader of the Spartan Partheniae and the founder of Taranto. In Ancient Greece, the Partheniae or Parthenians were a lower ranking Spartiate population which, according to tradition, left Laconia to go to Magna Graecia and founded Taras, modern Taranto, in the current region of Apulia, in southern Italy. In Greek mythology, Phalanthos is a divine hero, and the leader of the Spartan Partheniae.

At least three distinct traditions carry the origins of the Parthenians. The oldest is that of Antiochus of Syracuse, according to which the Spartiates, during the first Messenian war (end of the 8th century BC), had rejected like cowards those who had not fought, along with their descendants:

"Antiochus says that, during the Messenian war, those Lacedemonians which did not take part with the mission shall be declared as slaves and called Helots; as for the children born during the mission, we shall call them Parthenians and deny them of all legal rights."

The Parthenians were therefore the first tresantes ("trembling"), a category which gathers the cowards and thus excludes themselves from the community of the Homoioi, the Peers. Thereafter, Parthenians plotted against the Peers and, discovered, would have been driven out of Sparta, from which they departed for Italy and founded Taras, whose date is traditionally fixed in 706 BC - which archaeology does not deny.

In the second tradition, according to Ephorus (4th century BC), the Spartiates swore during the Messenian War, not to return home as long as they had not attained victory. The war prolonged and Sparta's demography being threatened, the Spartiates let the young Spartans who had not sworn the oath return home. These were ordered to copulate with all the girls available. The children who were born from these unions were named Parthenians. Their mothers, since they were compelled by the state to procreate, were legally considered unmolested and fit to marry once the war was over.

Lastly, a third tradition, made the Parthenians bastards who had resulted from the unions of Spartan women and their slaves, always during the Messenian war. The same tradition is told to explain the origins of Locri, also in Magna Graecia.
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Caracalla, 198–217 CEAR denarius, Rome, 213 CE; 3.43g., 19.4mm., BMCRE 48–9, RIC 206a, RSC 220. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT; head laureate right. Rx: PM TR P XVI COS IIII PP; Hercules, naked, standing half-left, holding branch and club with lion's skin.

Notes: Second issue of the sole reign of Caracalla. Perhaps the bearded figure on the reverse is intended to represent Caracalla as Hercules; its head bears a strong resemblance to Caracalla's "angry scowl" portrait as shown on the obverse.
2 commentsBritannicus
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China - Zhou Dynasty - Jade imitation cowryZhou Dynasty
Jade imitation cowry
Holes at top and bottom, single channel carved down center
Filed reverse
Hartill –
Ardatirion
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China Bone Imitating Cowrie ShellProto-money
Circa 1200-700 BCE
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China Bone Imitating Cowrie Shell China Bone Imitating Cowrie Shell
Proto-money
Circa 1200-700 BCE
JayAg47
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Cow, Apollonia, Illyria, Greece, c. 200 - 80 B.C.Silver drachm, BMC 14, SNG Cop 382, VF, 2.947g, 18.3mm, 135o, Apollonia mint, c. 200 - 80 B.C.; obverse TIMHN, cow left, head turned, suckling calf right, monogram below; reverse APOL / DAMO-FWN-TOS, double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards;1 comments
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CowrieWestern Zhou dynasty (1046-771 BCE)

Primitive deer-bone cowrie-shell imitation.

19mm, 2.40 grammes. Hartill type #1.2.
Belisarius
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Crawford 497/2, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Octavian, AR DenariusRome, The Imperators.
Octavian, 44-27 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.96g; 21mm).
Military Mint, 42 BCE.

Obverse: CAESAR·III-VIR·R·P·C; Bare head of Octavian with slight beard, facing right.

Reverse: Curule chair with legs decorated by eagles and wreath on empty seat; inscribed C[ÆS](AR) [•DIC •PE]R.

References: Crawford 497/2a; HCRI 137; Sydenham 1322; BMCRR Gaul 76; Banti-Simonetti 386 (this coin illustrated).

Provenance: Ex John L. Cowan Collection [CNG eSale 469 (Jun 2020) Lot 351]; acquired from Pegasi (6/8/2013); CNG Triton XVI (2013) Lot 968; Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection [Rauch 83 (2008), Lot 170]; Kunker 124 (2007) Lot 8562; L. Simonetti Collection [Banti-Simonetti (1974) 386]; Hess-Leu Auction 41 (24-5 Apr 1969), Lot 68.

Octavian is depicted with a beard of mourning for Julius Caesar, which he would not shave until Brutus and Cassius were defeated at Philippi later in the year. While the obverse visually reflects Octavian’s personal status as the mourning, adopted son and heir of the recently deified Julius, the obverse inscription highlights his new political status as a member of the triumvirate with Antony and Lepidus. The reverse honors Julius Caesar by referencing his Senatorial appointment as dictator for life and showing a memorial wreath on the curule chair representing Caesar’s imperium. Curule chairs were symbols of political and/or military power in the Roman Republic, perhaps originating from the folding campaign stool of a general, and also derived from the Etruscan kings who dispensed justice from a seat in the royal chariot (“currus”). In the Republic, only high-level magistrates would use curule chairs, including consuls, praetors and certain aediles (so-called “curule aediles”).
1 commentsCarausius
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Crawford 502/2, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Brutus, AR DenariusRome. The Imperators.
Brutus, 44-42 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.76g; 17mm).
Military Mint, Spring-Summer 42 BCE.

Obverse: L·SESTI - PRO·Q; Veiled and draped bust of Libertas, facing right.

Reverse: Q·CAEPIO·BRVTVS·PRO·COS; Tripod with axe on left and simpulum on right.

References: Crawford 502/2; HCRI 201; Syd 1290; BMCRR East 41; Junia 37; Sestia 2.

Provenance: Ex Alan J. Harlan Collection [Triton XXII (9 Jan 2019), Lot 951]; Kunker 288 (13 Mar 2017) Lot 314; Theodor Prowe Collection [Hess (20 May 1912) Lot 933].

Marcus Junius Brutus was posthumously adopted by his maternal uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio. Afterward, Brutus sometimes used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which both honored his uncle and advertised his maternal descent from Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala. Ahala was a Roman Republican hero who had killed someone with regal aspirations. In his early political career, Brutus issued coins with the portrait of Ahala on one side (see Crawford 433/2; http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-144687). Following the assassination of Caesar, Brutus resurrected his use of the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, as on this coin, again alluding to this Servilian connection in his family tree. Combined with the bust of Liberty on the obverse of this coin, the message is clear: that the assassins were liberators from monarchy in the old Republican tradition of their ancestors. The reverse shows the symbols of Brutus’ membership in the college of priests.

This example comes from the collection of Theodor Prowe of Moscow, one of the great collections of the early 20th century, which was auctioned in three separate 1912 sales by Bruder Egger (Greek) and Hess (Roman).
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Decentius AE Barbarous Imitation (Victories/wreath) v.1MAGNUS DECENTIUS as Caesar, AD 350-3
AE Barbarous Imitation (22.14mm, 5.06g, 6h)
Likely struck AD 350-3
Imitation of the Lugdunum mint
Obverse: [D N D]ECENTI-VS CAESAR, bare-headed, draped and/or cuirassed bust of Decentius right
Reverse: VICT[? ? ? ? ?] VG ET CES, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them wreath encircling VOT [? ?] [MVLT] X which is resting on short column; [?]PLG in exergue

These 'unofficial' issues were struck to help alleviate severe local shortages of coinage.

From the collection of Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), naval veteran of the War of 1812 and later captain of the USS Constitution.

The son of a naval officer, Daniel Turner (born 1794, Staten Island, New York) began his own career in the United States Navy as a midshipman on January 1, 1808, at the age of fourteen. Following brief duty at the New York Naval Station, he served aboard the USS Constitution on the North Atlantic Station. On June 17, 1810, he transferred to the frigate President and remained there until June 1812, when he was ordered to Norwich, Connecticut to command the gunboats there. On March 12, 1813, Turner received his commission as a lieutenant.
On March 14, two days later, Turner was sent to Sackett's Harbor, New York, located on the shores of Lake Erie. There, he took command of Niagara, a brig in Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron. However, just before the Battle of Lake Erie, he relinquished command to Captain Jesse D. Elliott and assumed command of Caledonia. The little brig played an important role in the battle on September 10, 1813, because, at one point in the action, her two 24-pounder long guns were the only ones in Perry's flotilla capable of returning the distant fire of the three heaviest Royal Navy ships then in the process of pounding Perry's flagship Lawrence. For his part in the American victory at Lake Erie, Lt. Turner received the praise of Perry, a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress, and a sword from the state of New York.
In the summer of 1814, Turner succeeded to the command of schooner Scorpion, and he cruised Lakes Erie and Huron in her supporting army operations around Detroit and blockading British forces at the Nottawasaga River and Lake Simcoe. On September 6, 1814, Turner and his command were captured by the British when he brought Scorpion alongside the former American schooner Tigress which, unbeknownst to him, had been captured a few days earlier. After a period of imprisonment at Fort Mackinac, Lt. Turner returned to the United States in exchange for a British prisoner of war.
Between 1815 and 1817, Turner cruised the Mediterranean in the frigate Java commanded by his old superior on the Great Lakes, Oliver Hazard Perry. During that deployment, Java visited Algiers and Tripoli in a show of American naval strength calculated to impress the Barbary pirates and intimidate them into honoring their treaties with the United States. In 1817, Java returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to be laid up.
Between 1819 and 1824, Turner returned to sea in the schooner Nonsuch attached to a squadron commanded again by Oliver Hazard Perry. In addition to hunting West Indian pirates, his ship sailed up the Orinoco River to carry Perry on a diplomatic mission to the Venezuelan government under Simon Bolivar. During the return downriver, Perry and many of the crew contracted yellow fever. Turner was close at hand when his mentor died at Trinidad on August 23, 1819. During the remaining years of Turner's assignment to Nonsuch, his ship worked along the east coast of the United States, patrolled in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and made a brief cruise to the Mediterranean in 1824.
Following shore duty at Boston, Massachusetts, Turner returned to sea in 1827 for a three-year assignment with the West India Squadron, as the commanding officer of Erie. In 1830, he came ashore again for three years at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Promoted to captain on March 3, 1835, Turner spent a long period waiting orders before returning to sea in 1839 in command of USS Constitution. He sailed the Pacific Squadron in "Old Ironsides," until he was relieved in 1841. From 1843 to 1846, he commanded the American squadron which operated along the Brazilian coast. From that duty, he reported ashore again as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Captain Daniel Turner died suddenly on February 4, 1850 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Adapted and compiled from the Foster History and the USS Constitution Museum websites)

In addition to being a competent naval commander, Daniel Turner was also a keen coin collector, and during his career he accumulated a large collection of nearly three hundred ancient coins, which he stored in a wooden chest along with his own handwritten labels. In 2015, 165 years after the Commodore's death, the Turner descendants consigned this collection to Cowan’s Auction house of Cincinnati, Ohio.
3 commentsCPK
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Denga - Ivan IV MoscowIvan IV The terrible

(1535 - 1547 CE)

Obverse: Horseman brandishing sabre on galloping horse, right.

Reverse: Below the tilde a three-line Cyrillic inscription. КНЯЗЬ ВЕЛИКИЙ ИВАН

КНSЬ
ВЕЛIКI
IВАН

(Grand Duke Ivan)
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Diocletian Post-Reform Radiate (CONCORDIA MILITVM, RIC VI 21) v.1DIOCLETIAN, AD 284-305
AE Post-Reform Radiate (20.65mm, 3.00g,1h)
Struck AD 295-298. Heraclea mint
Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Diocletian right
Reverse: CONCORDIA MIL-ITVM, Diocletian, in military attire, standing right, holding short scepter and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding long vertical scepter; H A in lower field
References: RIC VI 21, RCV 12833

From the collection of Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), naval veteran of the War of 1812 and later captain of the USS Constitution.

The son of a naval officer, Daniel Turner (born 1794, Staten Island, New York) began his own career in the United States Navy as a midshipman on January 1, 1808, at the age of fourteen. Following brief duty at the New York Naval Station, he served aboard the USS Constitution on the North Atlantic Station. On June 17, 1810, he transferred to the frigate President and remained there until June 1812, when he was ordered to Norwich, Connecticut to command the gunboats there. On March 12, 1813, Turner received his commission as a lieutenant.
On March 14, two days later, Turner was sent to Sackett's Harbor, New York, located on the shores of Lake Erie. There, he took command of Niagara, a brig in Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron. However, just before the Battle of Lake Erie, he relinquished command to Captain Jesse D. Elliott and assumed command of Caledonia. The little brig played an important role in the battle on September 10, 1813, because, at one point in the action, her two 24-pounder long guns were the only ones in Perry's flotilla capable of returning the distant fire of the three heaviest Royal Navy ships then in the process of pounding Perry's flagship Lawrence. For his part in the American victory at Lake Erie, Lt. Turner received the praise of Perry, a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress, and a sword from the state of New York.
In the summer of 1814, Turner succeeded to the command of schooner Scorpion, and he cruised Lakes Erie and Huron in her supporting army operations around Detroit and blockading British forces at the Nottawasaga River and Lake Simcoe. On September 6, 1814, Turner and his command were captured by the British when he brought Scorpion alongside the former American schooner Tigress which, unbeknownst to him, had been captured a few days earlier. After a period of imprisonment at Fort Mackinac, Lt. Turner returned to the United States in exchange for a British prisoner of war.
Between 1815 and 1817, Turner cruised the Mediterranean in the frigate Java commanded by his old superior on the Great Lakes, Oliver Hazard Perry. During that deployment, Java visited Algiers and Tripoli in a show of American naval strength calculated to impress the Barbary pirates and intimidate them into honoring their treaties with the United States. In 1817, Java returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to be laid up.
Between 1819 and 1824, Turner returned to sea in the schooner Nonsuch attached to a squadron commanded again by Oliver Hazard Perry. In addition to hunting West Indian pirates, his ship sailed up the Orinoco River to carry Perry on a diplomatic mission to the Venezuelan government under Simon Bolivar. During the return downriver, Perry and many of the crew contracted yellow fever. Turner was close at hand when his mentor died at Trinidad on August 23, 1819. During the remaining years of Turner's assignment to Nonsuch, his ship worked along the east coast of the United States, patrolled in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and made a brief cruise to the Mediterranean in 1824.
Following shore duty at Boston, Massachusetts, Turner returned to sea in 1827 for a three-year assignment with the West India Squadron, as the commanding officer of Erie. In 1830, he came ashore again for three years at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Promoted to captain on March 3, 1835, Turner spent a long period waiting orders before returning to sea in 1839 in command of USS Constitution. He sailed the Pacific Squadron in "Old Ironsides," until he was relieved in 1841. From 1843 to 1846, he commanded the American squadron which operated along the Brazilian coast. From that duty, he reported ashore again as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Captain Daniel Turner died suddenly on February 4, 1850 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

(Adapted and compiled from the Foster History and the USS Constitution Museum websites)

In addition to being a competent naval commander, Daniel Turner was also a keen coin collector, and during his career he accumulated a large collection of nearly three hundred ancient coins, which he stored in a wooden chest along with his own handwritten labels. In 2015, 165 years after the Commodore's death, the Turner descendants consigned this collection to Cowan’s Auction house of Cincinnati, Ohio.
CPK
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Dyrrachium, Illyria, Drachm, DYP AYKIΣKOYAR Drachm
Greek Provincial Dyrrhachium, Illyria
Magistrate Meniskos
Issued: After 229BC
18.0mm 3.21gr 6h
O: MENIΣKOΣ; Cow standing right, looking left, calf suckling left; statue of diety, right.
R: DYP AYKIΣKOY; Double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards.
Mionnet 122; BMC 94 - 95; Ceka 325.
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Nicholas Z
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Dyrrhachion - AR drachmRoman Protectorate
92-48 BC
cow standing right, calf standing left, ivy-wreath, tripod right
ΦIΛΩTAΣ
(AΓ)
double stellate pattern within double linear square
ΔYP_KΛEI_TOPI_OY
Ceka 454
3,29g 17mm
J. B.
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Dyrrhachion, Illyria, Autonomous c. (250-200 BC), AR DrachmAncient Greek, Dyrrhachion, Illyria, Autonomous c. (250-200 BC), AR Drachm

Obverse: MƐNIΣKOΣ, Meniskos and Kallonos, magistrates. Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; above, Nike with wreath flying right; thunderbolt in exergue, all within dotted circle border.

Reverse: Double stellate pattern; ΔYP-KAΛ-ΛΩ-NOΣ around; all within linear circle border.

Reference: Ceka 322; Maier 256; SNG Copenhagen 476. VF- grade.
Gil-galad
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DYRRHACHIUMDYRRHACHIUM, ILLYRIA
AR drachm. After 229 B.C.

O: FILOSTRATOS, cow standing right, head left, suckling calf, ivy wreath above, tripod to right (monogram below).

R: DUR KLEITORIOU around double stellate pattern.

Ceka 431; BMC 90
This coin pictured and described as example of Ceka 431 on wildwinds.com

Ex Tony Owens, Nov 2012
Sosius
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Dyrrhachium Illyria Cow and CalfDyrrhachium, Illyria, Greece, silver drachm, 200 - 30 BC, 18mm, 3.3g, Maier 309
OBV: MACATAS, Cow suckling calf right
REV: Νε (βρίσ) κου, double stellate pattern within double linear square with sides curved inwards
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Dyrrhachium, Illyria229 - 30 B.C.
Silver drachm
2.81 gm, 17 mm
Obv.: Cow right, head turned, suckling calf left, AKAIOΣ above (moneyer Alkaios?) border of dots, grain/corn ear in exergue
Rev.: ΔYP – magistrate's name - around double stellate pattern within double linear square with straight sides, horizontal single device line, horizontal rays with triple dots
BMC vii Illyria p. 74, 139 var.;
Sear 1899-1901 var.
Jaimelai
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Dyrrhachium, Illyria AR Drachm (250-200 BC), Magistrates; Theodotos, PhilonosAncient Greek, Dyrrhachium, Illyria AR Drachm (250-200 BC), Magistrates; Theodotos, Philonos 19.6 mm, 3.37, 3h

Obverse: ΘƐOΔOTOΣ, Cow standing right, looking left, suckling calf, vine branch, leaves and bunches of grapes below.

Reverse: ΔΥΡ ΦI-ΛΩ-NOΣ, Double stellate pattern.

Reference: Ceke 230, Maier 392

Ex: Tom Mullally
1 commentsGil-galad
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Dyrrhachium, Illyria, AR drachm. After 229 BC.Obverse :  EUNOUS, cow standing right, head left, suckling calf, head of Isis right above.  
Reverse :DUR FANISKOU around double stellate pattern. Struck after 229 B.C.   19mm.
Ref: Ceka 177.
Same coin is listed at Wildwinds.


From the Sam Mansourati Collection.
Sam
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Dyrrhachium, Illyria, Greece, c. 200 - 30 B.C.Silver drachm, BMC 112, SNG Cop 495 var, VF, 2.636g, 16.8mm, 225o, Dyrrhachium mint, obverse XENWN, cow suckling calf right, eagle above; reverse DUR above, PUR left, double stellate pattern within double linear square;1 commentsb70
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Dyrrhachium, XENWNIllyria, Dyrrhachium AR Drachm. 200-30 BC. XENWN, cow & calf, eagle on scepter above / DUR XARO PIN OU around stellate pattern. SNG Cop 498.
Podiceps
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EB0019 Cow, Dolphin / Incuse SquareByzantion, Thrace, Silver Tetrobol, 357 - 340 BC.
Obverse: Cow standing left on dolphin foreleg raised, ΠΥ above (the first letter is an archaic form of "B" used at Byzantium).
Reverse: Granulated mill-sail incuse square.
References: Sear 1582; BMC Thrace pg. 94, 15/16.
Diameter: 13.5mm, Weight: 2.002g.
Ex: Harold F. Donald.
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EB0024 Cow / Stellate SquareDyrrhachium, Illyria AR Drachm, Philemos and Aristenos, 229 BC.
Obverse: ΦIΛHMΩN, cow standing right, looking back at calf which it suckles, head of Hera right above, holding sceptre over shoulder; owl in exergue.
Reverse: AΡIΣTHNOΣ, square containing double stellate pattern.
References: Cf. Ceka 424 (without owl).
Diameter: 19mm, Weight: 3.408g.
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