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ROMAN EMPIRE, Marcus Aurelius, AE Sestertius, RIC 1033168 viewsSesterce, Marc-Aurèle, 170-171 (Bronze) RIC 1033. C. 281
Avers : M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVTête laurée de Marc-Aurèle à droite.
Revers : IMP VI-COS III SC Rome assise sur un trône portant la victoire et une lance, bouclier adossé au siège.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Claudius I, AE Quadrans. RIC 84168 viewsClaudius. 41-54 AD. Æ Quadrans (3.70 gm). Struck 41 AD. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG,
three-legged modius / PON M TR P IMP COS DES IT around large S·C. RIC I 84HELEN S
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Antoninus Pius, AE Sestertius, RIC 615a168 viewsÆ Sestertius (26,15g, Ø 33mm, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 140-144.
Obv.: ANTONINVS · AVGVSTVS PIVS, laureate head right, aegis on left shoulder.
Rev.: P P TR P COS III around, [S C in ex.], Aeneas, wearing short tunic and cloak, advancing right, looking back, carrying his father Anchises on his shoulder and holding his son Ascanius by the hand. Anchises, veiled and draped, carries a box (or crown?) in left hand, Ascanius wears a Phrygian cap and holds a pedum.
RIC 615a; BMCRE 1264; Cohen 655 [80Fr.]; Strack 904; Banti 309; Foss (Roman Historical Coins) 128:57b.
Ex Numphil, june 2014 auction.
This very rare type has been struck from a single obverse die, with a bust with aegis and with the unique obverse legend "ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS PIVS" found nowhere else in the coinage of Antoninus Pius. This die was used exclusively with two very similar reverse dies differing only in the legend: TR P COS III (this specimen) and TR POT COS III.Charles S
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Byzantine, Alexius I Comnenus, AU Hyperpyron SBCV-1913168 viewsAlexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Hyperpyron (Gold, 31 mm, 4.30 g, 6 h)
Constantinople, post-reform coinage, 1092-1118. +ΚЄ ROHΘЄI Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. A/ΛЄ/ΖΙω / ΔЄC/ΠΟ/ΤΗ; in right field, Tω / KO/MNH/Nω Alexius I standing facing, wearing crown, divitision and exaggerated jeweled chlamys, holding labarum with his right hand and globus cruciger with his left; in upper right field, manus Dei to left
This coin came with an original ticket for a dealer in Amsterdam. Jacques Schulman. From a sale in 1956
Simon
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GREEK, Zeugitania, Carthage, Tetradrachm167 viewsCarthage
Tetradrachm
350-325 BC
Sear 643.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Licinius II AE3167 viewsAttribution: RIC 162, Siscia
Date: AD 320-321
Obverse: LICINIVS IVN NOB C,
laureate head right
Reverse: CAESARVM
NOSTRORVM around wreath
containing VOT dot V, Δ SIS*
in exergue
Size: 18.2 mmNoah
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GREEK, Thasos, c.411 - 350 BC. Silver Trihemiobol 167 viewsThasos, c.411 - 350 BC. Silver Trihemiobol. Satyr running rt. / Amphoraon,either side,ΘΑΣ on left, ΙΩΝ on right. 12mm in diameter,even you can see Satyr's collarbone~
XLi
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Trajan AE Sestertius166 viewsFrom an equestrian statue of the emperor. RIC 599.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, City Commemorative, Constantinopolis AE3166 views337-340 AD, Alexandria mint.
Obv.: CONSTANTINOPOLIS - Helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left, holding reversed spear over shoulder.
Rev.: Victory standing prow, holding sceptre and leaning on shield. SMALA in exergue.
RIC 17.Minos
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GREEK, Paeonia, Lykkeios AR Tetradrachm165 viewsKings of Paeonia, Lykkeios (359-335 BC)
Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev.: Herakles strangling the Nemean lion; bow and quiver to lower right.
AMNG III/2, 8; Paeonian Hoard 63; SNG ANS 1019 (all from same obv. die).Minos
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GREEK, Achaean League, Messenia-Messena. Circa 175-168 BC. 165 viewsAR Hemidrachm (18mm, 2.46 g).
Laureate head of Zeus right / Monogram; O-OP-N across field, M below; all within wreath tied at bottom.
Agrinion 325d-e; Clerk 304; BCD 722.7, 724; Benner-Messene-23 (same obverse die).
exBeast Coins. Dino
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GREEK, Achaean League, Aigieon. ca. 88-30 BC.165 views AR Hemidrachm 15mm (2.2 g.).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. AIGIEWN.
rev: Achaian League monogram;CTO to left, API above, DA right, MOC below;all within laurel-wreath, tied below.
Sear-2973;BMC 24f.; SNG Cop. 235; BCD 430; Benner-Aigion-20.
Dino
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GREEK, Italy, Calabria, Taras165 views272-240 BC (Period VIII - The Roman Alliance)
AR Didrachm (18mm, 6.6g)
Lykinos magistrate.
O: Naked boy on horse pacing left, placing wreath on horse's head; ΣY (engraver) above, AYKI - NOΣ (magistrate) in two lines below.
R: Taras astride dolphin left, hurling trident with right hand, chlamys wrapped around left arm; owl behind; TA-PA[Σ] below.
Vlasto 836 / Evans VIII, A8 / Cote 473 / SNG ANS 1165 / SNG Cop 916 / SNG France 1999 / HN Italy 1025 / Sear 374v
ex Olympvs Coins
Following Pyrrhus’ withdrawal Taras was forced to submit to a Roman garrison in 272 BC, the period of this coin.
Enodia
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PARTHIA/PERSIA, Achaemenid, AR Siglos165 viewsLydia, Anatolia, Artaxerxes II - Darius III, c. 375 - 340 B.C., Silver siglos, Carradice Type IV (late) C, 46 ff.; BMC Arabia 172 ff.; SNG Kayhan 1031; SGCV II 4683; Rosen 674; Klein 763; Carradice Price p. 77 and pl. 20, 387 ff.Nemonater
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ROMAN REPUBLIC, Anonymous - Quadrigatus/Didrachm165 viewsAnonymous. Silver Didrachm (6.80g, 22.5mm), ca. 225-214 BC. Uncertain mint.
O: Laureate head of Janus (Dioscuri?), two annulets atop head.
R: ROMA incuse on solid tablet in exergue, Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter, in galloping quadriga right driven by Victory. - Described in listing as Cr. 29, 3 Syd. 65Nemonater
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BYZANTINE, Constantine IV, AV Solidus.164 viewsConstantine IV, Pogonatus, 15 July 668 - 10 July 685 A.D.
Cf. Sear 1153.
Constantine IV ruled jointly with his father, Constans II, from A.D.654 to A.D.668, and then with his brothers, Heraclius and Tiberius, from A.D.659 until A.D. 681.
Constantine IV, Pogonatus should be credited with saving Europe from Muslim conquest when, after besieging Constantinople for four years, the Arabs led by caliph Muawija I were forced to retreat. The use by the Byzantines of the famous "Greek Fire" having made the city impregnable. In A.D.681 Constantine IV deposed his two brothers. Constantine IV was succeeded by his 16 year old son Justinian II in A.D.685.
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BYZANTINE, Romanus IV, A.D.1068-1071, AV Histamenon164 viewsROMANUS IV Diogenes, A.D.1068-1071. AV Histamenon Nomisma (27mm, 4.00 gm). Constantinople mint.
Obv: Constantius and Andronicus, each holding a globus cruciger, standing facing on either side of Michael holding labarum and akakia; all on beaded exergual line
Rev: Christ, nimbate, standing facing on footstool, crowning Romanus and Eudocia, each holding a globus cruciger.
DOC III 2; SB 1861.
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GREEK, Attica, Athens, Tetradrachm 449-414 BC 164 viewsAttica, Athens AR Tetradrachm after 449 B.C. Obv-Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev-Owl standing, facing, with olive sprig and crescent behind. Nice even gray toning with superb high relief portrait. Struck 449-414 B.C.E. Super sharp detail . 17.00 g, Starr 22 ff.
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GREEK, Arachosia, ca. 220-200 BC, Lysimachos/Alexander Hybrid Imitative AR Tetradrachm - Coin Hoards X Plate 16, 181 (this coin)164 viewsDiademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.
Barbarized legend …ΛΕΞA... Zeus left seated on a backless throne, eagle in right hand, scepter held in left hand, pellet beneath throne above poorly defined dotted strut, indistinct possible mint control in left field.
Miller East Arachosia Hoard (Quetta Hoard, 2002 (CH 10.275), 181 (this coin) in Hoover, Meadows and Wattenberg Coin Hoards X Plate 16, 181 (this coin); SC p 483-488 Addenda III A Third Century Hoard from Arachosia.
(23 mm, 16.7 g, 6h)
ex- the East Arachosia (Quetta) Hoard 2001 (CH 10.275) buried ca. 206-200 BC.
This is a challenge for all but the cognoscenti. Notwithstanding its superficially shabby appearance, it qualifies as the best of its type because that is what it is, the best of four examples known. To appreciate this it is necessary to understand the background to the coin. This imitative hybrid was unknown to numismatists until 2001 when four examples were discovered in the East Arachosia (Quetta) Hoard in southwestern Pakistan, to date the only known find of the type. Three of the four examples, in lesser condition than this one, Miller (CH 10.275) 180 and 182 & 183 are now in the collection of the ANS as noted by van Alfen in AJN 14 (2002) p. 183-186 & pl. 29, #6, #7 & #8 (ANS 2002 acquisitions #460- #462; accession numbers: 2002.19.3 - 19.5). This fourth specimen is the only example outside of a museum collection.
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GREEK, Italy, Calabria, Taras163 views281-272 BC (Period VII - The Pyrrhic Hegemony)
AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.44g)
Apollo(...) magistrate.
O: Warrior in crested helmet on horse cantering left, carrying large round shield and two spears; ΞΩ behind, [AΠOΛΛΩ] (magistrate) below.
R: Taras (of the plump Dionysiac type) riding dolphin left, holding bunch of grapes in extended right hand, distaff over left shoulder; ANΘ to right, TAPAΣ below.
Vlasto 789-91 / Evans VII, F2 or F6 / Cote 413 / SNG ANS 1131-1133 / HN Italy 1013
This plump rendition of Taras, differing greatly from previous images, is actually meant to represent a young Iacchus, the son of Dionysus and Persephone, and signifies the influence of the chthonic cult of Dionysus upon the religion of Taras. Enodia
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Perseus AR Drachm163 viewsThird Macedonian War. Hermias magistrate. Minted in Thessaly. 171-170 BC.
Obv.: Head of Helios facing.
Rev.: Rose with bud to right.
SNG Keckman 795.
 Minos
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SUB-ROMAN, Vandals, Huneric 477-484 AD162 viewsObv: Bust Left with Branch (indistinct)
Rev: N / IIII
BMC 7, 12
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GREEK, Thasos, AR Drachm, 430-390 BC162 viewsIsland of Thasos, cca. 430-390 B.C., AR Drachm
Obverse: Satyr abducting nymph
Reverse: Incuse square in dotted svastika pattern
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ROMAN EMPIRE, TACITUS antoninianus RIC V (1) 163162 viewsTicinium mint, AD 275-276
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate bust of Tacitus right
SECVRIT PERP, Securitas standing left leaning on column, retrograde µ at exergue
4.03 gr
Ref : RCV #11812, Cohen #131, RIC V (1) 163
Potator II
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Roman Empire, CALIGULA - Ori. Sestertius, c37-8AD162 viewsCALIGULA - Ori. Sestertius, c37-8AD
Ori. Sestertius, c37-8, c34mm, c25.3g.
Roma. Gaius Caligula (37-41 AD). Sestertius. 40-41 AD.
C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII PP Pietas veiled and draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand, left arm resting on small facing figure on basis;
in exergue, PIETAS. R/ Hexastyle garlanded temple surmounted by quadriga, before which Gaius veiled and togate, sacrifices with patera over garlanded altar; one attendant leads bull to the altar; a second attendant holds patera; on left,
[D]IVO and big S; on right, AVG and big C. RIC I, 51; BMCRE 69 ceasaro
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BYZANTINE, Phocas, AE Follis, A.D.602 - 610.161 viewsPhocas reigned from November A.D. 602 to October A.D.610.
AE Follis minted at Cyzicus.
Sear: 665.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Zeno AE4 474-491 Antioch (mintmark off flan)161 viewsObv: ...ENON...
Rev: Monogram (slightly blundered)
RIC X 970
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GREEK, Cilicia, Kelenderis, Stater c. 425 - 350 B.C.161 viewsSilver stater, SNG Levante 23 (same dies); SNG Cop 83 (same dies); SNGvA 5631 (same dies); BMC Lycaonia p. 54, 20 ff. var. (no dolphin); SNG BnF 66 var. (same), VF, superb style, well centered, light toning, 10.685g, 20.9mm, 270o, Kelenderis mint, c. 425 - 350 B.C.; obverse nude horseman facing sidesaddle on horse rearing right, whip in right; reverse KELEN, goat kneeling right, looking back, dolphin right in exergue.
Kelenderis was a port town, one of the oldest in Cilicia, described in Hellenistic and Roman sources as a small, but strong castle. The rider on the obverse may be Castor, who was not only a horse trainer but also the protector of sailors, an appropriate type for a port town.
*With my sincere thank and appreciation , Photo and Description courtesy of FORVM Ancient Coins Staff.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, HADRIAN, EGYPT, Alexandria, Dichalkon 126-27 AD Crocodile standing right161 viewsReference.
Emmett 1291; RPC III, 6297; Köln 3383; Dattari 6212
Issue Arsinoite
Obv.
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder
Rev. ΑΡС, L ΙΑ
Crocodile, wearing sun disk, right
2.76 gr
15 mmokidoki
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Caracalla - AR denarius160 viewsRome
216 AD
laureate head right
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe
P M TR P_XVIIII COS IIII P P
RIC 281b, C 359J. B.
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GREEK, Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC, AR Tetradrachm in the name of Philip III Arrhidaios, 323-317 BC – Seleukeia on the Tigris - SC 118160 viewsHead of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right hand and scepter in left, pentalpha in left field.
SC 118 (same obverse die); Price P229 (uncertain eastern mint); Thompson, ANSMN 31, 160 (same obverse die); Commerce (“Seleucus I”) Hoard 2005 (CH10.256) 1517-1522 (one of these coins).
Seleukeia on the Tigris
(24 mm, 17.16 g, 6h)
ex- Arthur Houghton Collection (New Series 744); ex- Commerce (“Seleucus I”) Hoard 2005 (CH10.256).
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BYZANTINE, Manuel II Palaeologus, AR 1/2 stavraton, 1403-1425 AD160 viewsManuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425), AR 1/2 stavraton, 1403-1425, Constantinople. Class II.
Obverse: B. Christ's face, between IC-XC. A left christogramme.
Reverse: B. the haloed Emperor face between two points.
Sear 2551; D.O. 1414; PCPC 334.5: Ref.. 3.44 g.
Jean Elsen auc 118 lot 515
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BYZANTINE, Justinian I, AV Solidus, A.D.527-565160 viewsBYZANTINE COINS
Justinian I (527-565)
(D) Solidus (4.39 g), Constantinopolis, 1 Officina, AD 542-565. Bust / Victoria.
Sear 140, 7 MIB, summer 4.3. Clipped minimal, minor scratches.
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Roman Empire, Galba denarius, Gaul mint160 viewsGalba AR Denarius. Gaul, Narbo? (68-69 A.D.)
SER GALBA IMPERATOR - Laureate head right
VICTORIA P R - Victory standing facing on globe, holding wreath and palm
RIC 111
Ex. Gorny & Mosch, ex. Stacks and BowersHolding_History
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Roman Empire, Tiberius Denarius160 viewsTiberius denarius Group 4, c. 18 - 35 A.D. Lugdunum mint, 17.5mm., 3.79g.
O: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS; One of the ribbons of Tiberius' laurel wreath falls over his neck.
R: PONTIF MAXIM; No base under the throne (just the single exergual line), Pax usually holds scepter (or rarely a reversed spear), her feet rest on a low footstool.
- RIC 30
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Domitian, AE As, RIC 304b159 viewsMint:Roma
Nov/Dec 85 AD
Dimensions:2.65cm/10,43Grms.
Obverse : IMP CAES DOMITIAN - AVG GERM COS XI CENS PER P P.
"Imperator Cæsar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Consul undecimus Censor Perpetuus Pater Patriæ"
Reverse: SALVTI - AVGVSTI// SC.
“Saluti Augusti”
Réf: C. 419, RIC 304b, BMC. RCV.2808.
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GREEK, Thrace, Maroneia AR Tetradrachm159 viewsLate 2nd-mid 1st centuries B.C. AR Tetradrachm, 16.18g, 31mm, 12h. Schonert-Geiss-1150 (V51/R158); SNG-Copenhagen-; Dewing-1296 (same as obverse die). Obverse wreathed head of young Dionysos right. Reverse Dionysos standing half left, holding grapes and narthex stalks, monogram to inner left & right. DIONYSOU SOTEROS MARONITON. Near EF, minor die wear on reverse. Ex CNG 88(14 Sept. 2011) lot 52. Ex CNG 286 (5 Sept. 2012) lot 22.
Jason T
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GREEK, Laranda, Lycaonia, AR obol, 400-330 BC.159 viewsLaranda, Lycaonia, AR obol, 400-330 BC. 0.55gm 10 mm Bust of Herakles, facing , lionskin over shoulder, large H to left / Forepart of wolf right, star above. cf SNG France 3, 2311.
Very RareBritanikus
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III the Great, Tetradrachm159 viewsGreece, Alexander III 'The Great' of Macedon, Silver Tetradrachm, 17.23g, Babylon mint, struck ca 317-311 BC
mitresh
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GREEK, ITALY, CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 380-325 BC. AR Diobol159 viewsCALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 380-325 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.19 g, 11h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet decorated with hippocamp / Herakles kneeling right, holding club, battling the Nemean Lion. Vlasto 1297 (this coin); HN Italy 911. VF, toned, obverse off center. Good metal.Leo
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Antoninus Pius, AE Sestertius, RIC 772158 viewsMint:Roma.
Dimensions: 31mm/29,65grms.
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P
Reverse: HONORI AVG COS IIII S/C
Ref: C.414 , RIC.772, BMC1683
Conservation: SUP/TTB
RR
Very Heavy coin
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ROMAN EMPIRE, ANTONINUS PIUS sestertius, RIC 618158 viewsRome mint, AD 140/144
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right
PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, winged thunderbolt with four barbs at each end, S - C in field
25.86 gr, 31 mm
Ref : Cohen #682 (four barbs), RCV # 4208, RIC III # 618Potator II
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GREEK, Lycia, Lycian league, Kragos, AR drachm or hemidrachm157 viewsObv: Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: K-R to left and right of lyre.
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INDIA, KushanEmpire, Vima Kadphises, AE26157 viewsKushans, Vima Kadphises, c. AD 110-120, Large AE Octodrachm (16.54gm), Kapisa.
O: Greek inscription. King standing l., sacrificing at altar; trident. tamgha and club in field.
R: Karosthi inscription. Siva stg. facing in front of bull.
Cf. MACW 3008+.
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Herennius Etruscus, Antioch157 viewsbillion tetradrachm.
Herennius Etruscus, AD 250-251, Antioch, Syria.
Obv: Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust r., seen from behind, ERENNE TROU ME KU DEKIOC KECAR
Rev: Eagle with head to l., tail to r., wreath in beak and wings spread, standing on palm, SC in exergue, DHMARC EXOUCIAC
No officina mark under bust so it is Prieur 626, 5 specimens in the collections he examined
RareTanit
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Roman Empire, Domitian, Sesterius with Secular Games Ceremony from AD 88-89157 viewsÆ Sestertius, 26.3g, Ø 36mm, 6h, Rome, AD 88-89
Obv.: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM PM TR P VIII CENS PER P P, laurate head right
Rev.: COS XIIII / LVD SAEC / SVF P D / S C in ex., Domitian seated left on platform gives fumigant to citizen accompanied by child.
RIC 376 [R2]; BMCRE 428; C. 81; Sear RCV II 2761; Foss (Roman Historic Coins) 30
This issue is part of a series which commemorates major events of the Secular Games which took place in october AD 88: this scene depicts the distribution of purifying incense (suffimenta) to the people. This ceremony took place at the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, which is visible in the background.Charles S
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GREEK, Pisidia, Selge AR Stater157 views(325-250 BC)
Obv.: Two wrestlers grappling; B-H-Δ across field.
Rev.: Slinger standing right; K between legs, triskeles, club, and filleted cornucopia to right.
SNG France 1944.Minos
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GREEK, SICILY, The Sileraioi, ca 357-336 BC. AE Litra157 viewsSICILY, The Sileraioi. ca 357-336 BC. AE Tetras over Æ Litra (Calciati II S. 86 N 41). SILERAIWN retrograde, forepart of a man-headed bull right / Naked Leukaspis charging right with spear & shield. Calciati III S. 301 Em. 2/9. Almost Extremely fine/Very Fine.
Tetras, 357 - 339, Überprägung einer Bronze-Litra Dionysios' I. (vgl. Calciati II S. 86 N 41). S-ILEPAIW-N(retrograd). Androkephaler Stier nach rechts. Rs: Nackter Krieger mit Schild und Speer nach rechts stürmend, im Feld SIL-A. Campana, CNAI "; Calciati III S. 301 Em. 2/9. 6,86g. Fast vorzüglich/sehr schön.
Ex. Lanz, Auction 153 (2011), Numismatiche Raritaeten, Los 0101
I've only seen a handful of these in records of the last ten years, and this is by far the best I've found.Molinari
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine I, Trier, RIC VII 341 (PTR•)157 viewsConstantine I. AD 307/310-337. Æ Follis . Treveri (Trier) mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 321.CONSTANTINVS AVG Helmeted and cuirassed bust right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS Globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; three stars above; PTR•. RIC VII 341
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GREEK, ISLANDS of THRACE / Thasos157 viewsCirca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (19mm, about 8.14 g). Satyr running right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 2; SNG Copenhagen 1009; HGC 6, 331. VF, toned, minor roughness.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection Sam
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GREEK, Macedon, Neapolis157 viewsAR hemidrachm. Neapolis ( Macedon). c. 424-350 BC. 1,70 grs. Facing gorgoneion, protruding tongue / Head of Artemis Parthenos right, hair rolled up and tied in taenia. N-E / Π-O around. All within circular incuse.
SNG ANS 430-459.benito
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ROMAN IMPERATORS, Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, Silver Denarius, SRCV I 1558, RSC I 123, RIC I 267, Sear CRI 422, BMCRR 4348157 viewsSH16777. Silver denarius, SRCV I 1558, RSC I 123, RIC I 267, Sear CRI 422, BMCRR 4348, EF, lustrous, weight 3.781g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 180o, Italian (Rome?) mint, obverse bare head of Octavian right; reverse IMP CAESAR on architrave of the Actian arch, depicted as a single span surmounted by a large statue of Octavian in a facing triumphal quadriga; mirror luster, slight rainbow toning, struck flat on the top edge of the reverse, banker's marks
Joe Sermarini
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine I, Posthumous Commemorative, Alexandria - RIC VII 32156 viewsConstantine I Posthumous AE4
obv: DV CONSTANTINVS PT AVGG. Head of Constantine, veiled, right.
rev: VN MR. Constantine, veiled, standing between VN/MR.
exergue: SMAL delta
Struck 347-348 A.D. at Alexandria
RIC VII 32d
Ex: Lord Best
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INDIA, Kushan-Huviska-oHpO156 viewsKushan Empire, Huvishka, Gold Dinar, 21 mm, 7.80g, OhPo (Oesho) or Shiva type (with 4-arms)
Obv: Bearded King's bust emerging from clouds holding a short mace/goad in right hand and a sceptre/sword in left hand, flames coming out from the right shoulder. The King is wearing beautiful clothes and ornaments but the overall look of the King, bearded and with heavy jowl, is nomadic, barbaric and fierce. If the desire was to convey an image of a fierce and uncompromising warrior, then the same has been communicated very well by the die engraver. The King rising from the clouds and with flames coming out from shoulders indicate the King's claim to divinity.
Rev: 4-arm Shiva, nimbate and wearing a 'dhoti' (Indian loin cloth), holding in various arms, Damru or the celestial drum (upper right), Kamandla or water-pot with water pouring forth (lower right), Trishul or trident (upper left) and a Mrig or antelope held by its horns (lower left). The kamandla with water pouring forth symbolizes the blessing of the God on the King's investiture featured on the Obv while the Mrig held by its horns symbolizes the control of (an ascetic) Shiva over sensory perceptions, desires etc of which a fast moving and easily agitated deer/antelope is a symbol. Shiva is also known by various other names with the most popular ones being "Maha Yogi" (Great Ascetic) where Shiva is shown with matted hair and ash smeared over body sitting in "Padmasana" (Padma - Lotus, Asana - yogic posture). He is also termed as "Pashupatinath" (Lord of Animals or Wild Beasts) where the reference to animals/wild beasts is to the wild passions/desires etc that leads mere mortals astray but over which Shiva has mastery and full control. Shiva is also called "Mahadeva" (The Great God), "Mahakaal" (The Great (controller of) Death, Destruction or Time, a reference to Shiva's ability to destroy (evil/ignorance) for new creation and creativity), "Neelkanth" (Blue Throated Lord, a reference to Shiva's selfless act of consuming poison generated from the churning of the ocean to elicit the elixir of life that the Gods drank to become immortal), "Rudra" (Fierce, Mighty, Terrifying etc, a reference to Shiva's ability to eliminate evil and usher peace), etc.
A very fine piece of art in which the swaying 'rudraksha mala' (garland) around the neck of Shiva conveys the necessary vigour and motion together with the other objects shown in the iconography viz vibrating drum, pouring water etc. The facial features of both the King and the Deity complement each other symbolizing common association with the King claiming his right to rule as a "Dev-putra" (Son of God) with the blessing of the God. A powerful iconographic symbol.mitresh
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ROMAN EMPIRE, VRBS ROMA, Commemorative, (330-335 A.D.), Nicomedia, RIC VII 195, AE-3, -/-//SMNS, She-wolf left, #1,156 viewsROMAN EMPIRE, VRBS ROMA, Commemorative, (330-335 A.D.), Nicomedia, RIC VII 195, AE-3, -/-//SMNS, She-wolf left, #1,
avers: VRBS ROMA, Helmeted bust of Roma left.
reverse: She-wolf and twins, 2 stars above with three dots vertically placed between them.
exergue: -/-//SMNS, diameter: 16,0-16,5 mm, weight: 2,39 g, axis: 11 h,
mint: Nicomedia, date: 330-335 A.D., ref: RIC VII 195, Sear 16521,
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Byzantine, MANUEL COMNENUS, Billion Aspron Trachy SBCV-1966 DOC IV -13c 156 viewsOBV Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand. Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross
REV Full length figure of emperor, bearded on l., crowned by Virgin nimbate. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar piece, jeweled loros of a simplified type ; holds in right hand labarum-scepter, and inl. Gl cr.Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.
Size 31mm
Weight 4.63gm
A nearly perfect strike and that is exceptional. If you notice Christs head you will see the nimbus dots ever so slightly out of alignment. The dies were fresh when struck. Truly Exceptional.
Simon
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Antoninus Pius, Commemorative AR Denarius, RIC 438155 viewsAD138 – 161 a posthumous issue
Rome Mint 161-180 AD (under Marcus Aurelius)
2.65 grams
Obv.: DIVVS ANTONINVS Bare head right
Rev.: CONSECRATIO Funeral pyre of four tiers, surmounted by quadriga.
Richard M10
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BYZANTINE, John II, 1118 - 1143, Electrum Aspron Trachy154 viewsElectrum aspron trachy, clipped, 1.512g, 24.6mm, 180o, Constantinople mint.
Obverse: Christ seated facing on throne without back, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left hand, IC right, XC left.
Reverse: + Iw DECPO / TH - Q / EG / RW [...], John (wearing crown, divitision and chlamys) and St. George (nimbate, in military dress, holding sword) standing facing, holding patriarchal cross with globus at base.
Sear 1941; DO 8b; Scarce.
ex Edward J. Waddell, appears slightly more golden in hand
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Valens, AV Solidus154 viewsValens, 364-378 AD, AV solidus
Obverse: DN VALENS PERP AVG diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE emperor standing, head right, with standard & Victory
Sear 4104
21mm, 4.39 grams
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine II 154 viewsConstantine II
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, buste of Constantine II LD
GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, SMH gamma in ex., o on banners
Heraclea, RIC VII Heraclea 112, r4, 330-335 AD
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GREEK, Achaean League, Elis. Circa 191-188 BC. 154 viewsAR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.42 g, 6h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; above, eagle standing right; in fields, N-I/Σ-Ω; below, FA; all within laurel wreath.
Benner 1; BCD Peloponnesos 663. VF, toned.
Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 89.
Dino
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Roman Empire, Probus Antoninianus 276-282 RIC 187154 viewsProbus Antoninianus 276-282 RIC 187
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantine I, the Great - RIC VI Lugdunum 287153 viewsObv:– IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped bust right (seen from the rear)
Rev:– GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, wearing modius and chlamys, sacrificing from patera on flaming altar and holding cornucopiae
Minted in Lugdunum (CI | H/S / PLC) A.D. Autumn A.D. 308 to start A.D. 309 (Bastien)
Reference:– Bastien 509 (75 examples cited). RIC VI 287 (though Bastien groups both Modius and Towered versions into one group)
6.35 gms. 25.67 mm.maridvnvm
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III the Great AR Drachm153 viewsMagnesia mint (319-305 BC).
Price 1980Minos
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III the Great AR Drachm153 viewsMiletos mint (295-275 BC).
Price 2148Minos
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ROMAN EMPIRE, CONSTANTINE I, THE GREAT Follis, not in RIC153 viewsNicomedia mint, 2nd officina, c. AD 311
IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; Laureate head right
VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS Mars/Virtus advancing right in military dress, holding transverse spear and shield ; trophy over shoulder. B in right field. SMN in exergue.
4.8 gr, 22 mm
RIC-, C-, Roman coins -
RIC lists this type only for Licinius and Maximinus . "Iovi Conservatori and Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. Date, c. 311". Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 70c.
Please see Victor Clarks website for further information at : http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/unlisted/Potator II
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PUNIC, Siculo-Punic153 viewsCarthage
Siculo-Punic Mint
370-325BC
Wreathed head of Tanit left
Horse galloping right
17mm, 5.5 grams
gVF
Sassari 56-136, Holleman Munten List 106WindchildPunico
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Severus Alexander, AR Denarius151 viewsAlexander Severus, 222-235 AD, AR denarius - Mars advancing right
Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: P M TR P VI COS II P P Mars advancing right with spear and trophy
RIC 61, RSC 305
2.84 grams, 19mm
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Trajan Decius, Antioch 151 viewsBillion tetradrachm
Trajan Decius, AD 249-250 (second issues), Antioch, Syria
Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust seen from behind, AUT KG ME KU DEKIOC TRAIANOC CEB
Rev: Eagle with head r., wreath in beak, wings spread and tail l., standing on palm, SC in exergue, two dots (officina mark) beneath bust, DHMARC EXOUCIAC
The two dots as officina mark and the eagle's head to r. makes this Prieur 525, 11 specimens known in the collections he reviewed.
Rare.Tanit
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Hadrian, Rome mint, struck 134-138 AD, AE Sestertius151 viewsHADRIANVS AVG COS III PP bare-headed and draped bust right
RESTITVTOR HISPANIAE, SC Emperor standing left, raising the kneeling figure of Hispania holding branch, rabbit between
RIC 952, Cohen 1272
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JUDAEA, Judah (Yehudah), Aristobulus Hendin 465151 viewsHendin 465 - Judah (Yehudah) Aristobulus. 104-103 B.C.E. AE Prutah. Hebrew inscription (Yehudah the High Priest and the Council of the Jews -
YHNTN HCHN HGDL V'chVR YHDEM) surrounded by wreath / Non visible: Double cornucopiae adorned with ribbons; pomegranate between horns.
Script reads:
DUHY
DGNHKH
RB(CH)VLO
YDUHY
Interestingly, Gadol is spelt as GDOL, unlike the commen GDL.Aarmale
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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, PHILIPPUS II, Tetradrachm151 viewsAntioch mint, AD 248
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philippus II right
ΔHΜΑΡX ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟΔ, Eagle standing right, holding a wreath in beak. ANTIOXIA / SC at exergue
13.92 gr
Ref : BMC #551, Prieur # 474_291Potator II
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GREEK, Italy, Calabria, Taras Oecist Stater151 viewsCalabria, Taras
425-415 BC, Nomos, 7.99g. Fischer-Bossert-279 (V127/R212), Vlasto-255.
Obv: Phalantos naked and ithyphallic riding dolphin left; extending right hand and holding cuttlefish in left hand.
Rx: Oecist naked to waist, seated left on stool and balancing distaff on right hand, a lekythos on his left wrist.
Ex Gemini XII, 11 January 2015, lot 13. Ex NAC 10, 9 April 1997, lot 17. Ex M&M Basel 10, 1951, lot 161. With interesting and unusual types: Phalantos holds cuttlefish on obverse, while on reverse Taras(or Oecist?) is shown seated rather than on horseback. Nicely centered and well struck, except for Phalantos' head on obverse; rare; beautifully toned. EFLeo
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Byzantine, Maurice Tiberius, AE Follis, Antioch150 viewsObv: Bust facing, wearing crown and consular robes. Mappa in right hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in left.
Struck 582-602 A.D. at Antioch.
BCV: 532
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Valentinian I150 viewsObv: DNVALENTINI ANVSPFAVG, Rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE; Valens standing facing, head right, holding labarum & Victory on globe; , KONSTAV:(TAV in monogram). Arleate mint 364-367. Rare mint and possible unpublished variant (Normally with Pearl diademed for this type)
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III the Great AR Drachm150 viewsKolophon mint (319-310 BC).
Price 1794Minos
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ROMAN REPUBLIC, Ti Claudius Ti.f. Ap. n. Nero150 viewsAR Denarius, Rome mint, 79 BC
Obv: Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder. S.C. before. Border of dots
Rev: Victory in biga right, holding palm branch and reins in left hand, and laurel wreath in right hand. Control-mark A.IIII above exergue. TI.CLAVD.TI.F/ APN in exergue. Border of dots.
Weight: 3.88g
Crawford 383/1 | Sear RCV I 310 | RSC Claudia 6
ex F Sternberg Auction VII, Zurich, November 1977, Lot 378
nemesis
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Augustus AE As Eagle on Globe150 viewsDivus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ As (10.24 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 34-37. Radiate head left / Eagle standing facing, head right, on globe. RIC I 82 (Tiberius); Sutherland, Divus 3.cng sale XXIX 3/30/94 LOT 523
Adrian W
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Medieval, Hungary, Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.), Cu-23, CÁC I. 16.17.32v., H-, CNH I.-, U-, #01150 views16.17.32v. Béla III., King of Hungary, (1172-1196 A.D.), Cu-23, CÁC I. 16.17.32v., H-, CNH I.-, U-, #01
avers: Illegible Kufic legend-imitation, a similar legend in lines in a circle of dots, a border of dots.
reverse: Illegible Kufic legend-imitation, a similar legend in lines in a circle of dots, a border of dots. (with IOI).
exergue: -/-//IOI, diameter: 22,5-23,0 mm, weight: 1,83g, axis: 11h,
mint: Esztergom, date: A.D., ref: Huszár-, CNH I.-, Unger-, Tóth-Kiss-Fekete: CÁC I.(Catalog of Árpadian Coinage I./Opitz I.), Privy-Mark/Szigla: 16.17.32v.,
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BYZANTINE, Nicephorus III, A.D.1078 - 1081149 viewsAnonymous AE Follis attributed to Nicephorus III, A.D.1078 - 1081.
Sear: 1889
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ROMAN REPUBLIC, Q Pomponius Rufus Denarius. 73 BC149 viewsobv: Laureate head of Jupiter right, RVFVS before, SC behind
rev: Eagle standing left on scepter, head right, holding wreath in claw; numeral before (VI), symbol behind, Q POMPONI in ex
ref:Cr398/1, Syd 793
Extremely rareberserker
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ROMAN EMPIRE, NERO, Denarius, RIC 47149 viewsRome mint, AD 64/65
NERO CAESAR, laureate head of Nero right
AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, Nero standing facing, holding branch and victory on globe
3,32 gr
Ref : RCV #1941, Cohen #45, RIC # 47Potator II
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GREEK, Pontos, Amisos, AE 27, ca. 120-95 BC149 viewsMale head (youthful Mithradates VI?) wearing bashlyk (Persian leather cap) right.
AMI-ΣOY either side of quiver with strap.
HGC 7, 236; SNG BMC Black Sea 1135-8; SNG Stancomb 669; SNG Copenhagen 131; SNG von Aulock 57-58; Laffaille 414; Callataÿ p. 248, n. 19, pl. XLVIII, A–B.
Struck circa 120-111 or 100-95 BC.
(27 mm, 21.54 g, 12h)
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Domitian, Denarius148 viewsSilver denarius, Rome shortly before 13 September 96 A.D.; IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XV laureate head right
IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P, Minerva Victrix flying left, holding shield and spear; RIC 194, RSC 294
One of the reformed reverses mentioned above. Unlike the previous type, the coins were struck with more than one reverse die. So far I did not see a die match yet. It is interesting that most of these were engraved quite hastily in a poor style that perhaps would have been unacceptable in the previous years; perhaps Domitian ordered the reform to be carried out at a fast pace. Still, the specimen here was finelly executed.
FORVM AUCTIONS
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantius I Chlorus, Siscia RIC VI-090a(Γ)148 viewsAE Follis
Siscia mint, 295 A.D.
11.42g, 28mm
RIC VI-90a
Obverse:
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
Laureate head right.
Reverse:
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
Γ in right field
* SIS
Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopiae.Will J
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GREEK, Italy, Calabria, Taras148 views330-302 BC (Period V)
AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.98g).
O: Naked warrior in crested helmet on horse prancing right, spearing downward with right hand, shield and two extra spears in left; ΔΑΙ below. R: Naked ephebe riding dolphin left, holding trident over shoulder with right hand and shield decorated with hippocamp in left; ΦΙ to left, ΤΑΡΑΣ to right, murex shell below.
Vlasto 594; Cote 239; Evans V, B5; Fischer-Bossert 1022a; HN Italy 935; SNG ANS 991.
ex Heidelberger Munzhandlung.Enodia
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Roman Empire, Vespasian, RIC 544148 viewsVespasian, 69-79 A.D. AR Denarius, 3.16g. 21.41mm. Rome, 73 A.D.
Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS. Laureate head of Vespasian to right.
Rev: MAXIM PONTIF. Nemesis walking to right holding caduceus over snake.
C 385, RIC 544.
Ex: E. E. Clain-Stefanelli collection. Ex: Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 92 Part 2, Lot 2133 May 24, 2016; Ex: Ed waddell
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BYZANTINE, Basil I the Macedonian with Constantine (AD 867-886)148 viewsAR Miliaresion Constantinople
AD 868-879
3.01 grams
Sear 1708
Obv.: IhSUS XRISTUS NICA, cross potent on three steps, globe beneath, triple border
Rev.: +bASI/ LIOS CE/ CONSTAN/ TIN' PISTV/ bASILIS/ ROMEO' in six lines, triple border Richard M10
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ROMAN REPUBLIC, C Hosidius CF Geta Denarius 68 bc147 viewsC Hosidius CF Geta Denarius 68 bc - Diana / Wild Boar attacked by houndPhiloromaos
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GREEK, ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm147 views(24mm, 17.20 g, 2h).
Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597. Good VF, toned. Attractive early style.
This tetradrachm belongs among the earlier period of the “frontal eye” issues of the mid-late 5th century. The palmette is still delicate, as is the general style of the owl, and the incuse is rather deep and abruptly transitions to the flat surface.Leo
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