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BCC CG43 Red Slip Ware Scrolled Tendril Rim? FragmentRoman Pottery Fragment
Caesarea Maritima
1st-5th century CE?
Rim? fragment of a Roman terracotta red-
slip vessel, slightly everted lip, decorated
with an applied or moulded scrolled tendril,
terminal end only, remaining. Above and
below the scroll are impressed grooves,
further bordered by raised horizontal ridges
with near vertical hatch marks. The interior
and exterior slip very waterworn and eroded
through to the substrate. Moulded and wheel
made. Medium fine-grained, light reddish-tan
clay. 2.5 x 1.85 x 0.45cm. 1.44gm.
Surface find from Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
(click for larger pic)v-dromeSep 29, 2023
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Hadrian As Tyche 2Obv.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
COS III
S C across fields
Tyche of Antioch seated to left on rocks, towered and holding grain ears, river-god Orontes swimming to left below
125-128 AD
24mm 10.81g
RIC II 680 BMCRE 1350 McAlee 544ancientdaveSep 28, 2023
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Domitian Caesar As Domitian on HorsebackObv.
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIAN COS II
Laureate, draped bust right
Rev.
PRINCIP IVVENT
S C across lower fields
Domitian on horseback left, holding sceptre and raising right hand
73 AD
26mm 11.91g
RIC 662 Cohen 400 Paris 696 BMC 686
ancientdaveSep 28, 2023
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Vespasian Eastern As Ceres StandingObv.
IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
Rev.
PONT MAX TR POT PP COS VIII CENS
S C across fields
Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding corn-ears and cornucopiae
77-78 AD Uncertain Eastern Mint
27mm 14.12g
RIC 1497 RPC II 1470
ancientdaveSep 28, 2023
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Augustus Quadrans EagleObv.
IMP CAESAR
Laureate head of Augustus to right
Rev.
AVGVSTVS
Eagle with wings spread
15 BC-AD 10
19mm 3.19g
RIC 227 Cohen 29 BMC 561ancientdaveSep 28, 2023
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Julius NeposJULIUS NEPOS AE4
474-475 A.D., probably Mediolanum
OBV: Head r.
RV: Nepos monogram within wreath, RIC X 3222, C. cf. 2
R4
Privately owned in Germany since the early 1980s.
Hirsch Coin, Auction 383, Lot 2781Mark ZSep 28, 2023
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N73Roman Provincial Coin. AE33 of Caracalla. Tarsus Mint. AD 215-217. Obv: Laureate head of Caracalla right / AVT KAI M AVP CEVHPOC ANTΩNEINOC CEB Π Π. Rev: Emperor holding spear, parazonium and chlamys, trophy of armour with two captives / ANTΩNIANHC CEVH AΔP MHT; ΔE; TAPCOV in exergue. SNG Levante 1056.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 (11 May 2023), Lot 889Sebastian H2Sep 28, 2023
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N72Roman Provincial Coin. AE28 of Philip I. Zeugma Mint. AD 244-249. Obv: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Philip right / AYTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB. Rev: Temple of Zeus Katabaites, tetrastyle temple with cult image of Zeus seated, holding sceptre, peribolos below containing grove, and capricorn right below, with eagle standing right, wings closed countermark / ZEYΓMATEΩN. RPC 27407; CRS 31a; SNG Copenhagen 32; c/m. GIC 340.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 (11 May 2023), Lot 889Sebastian H2Sep 28, 2023
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N71Roman Provincial Coin. AE22 of Lucius Verus. Antioch Mint. AD 161-169. Obv: Laureate head of Lucius Verus right / AYT K Λ AYΡHΛ OYHΡOC CEB. Rev: Large S C within laurel wreath of eight pairs of broad leaves terminating in a pellet, with H and looped ties below. RPC IV 7075.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 (11 May 2023), Lot 889Sebastian H2Sep 28, 2023
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N70Roman Provincial Coin. AE26 of Septimius Severus. Samosata Mint. AD 193-211. Obv: Laureate head of Septimius Severus left / Λ CEΠT CEYHΡOC ΠEΡTINAZ CEBAC. Rev: Turreted and draped busts of two Tyches (Tyche of Samosata and Tyche of another city) facing each other / Φ CAMOCATωN THC MHTΡOΠOΛE. SNG Munich 388; Righetti IV, 324; BMC Galatia 31 var.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 (11 May 2023), Lot 889Sebastian H2Sep 28, 2023
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N69Roman Provincial Coin. AE16 of Septimius Severus. Markianopolis Mint. AD 193-211. Obv: Laureate head of Septimius Severus right / AYK Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC Π. Rev: Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos / MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩN. HRJ 61485.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 (11 May 2023), Lot 889Sebastian H2Sep 28, 2023
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N68Roman Provincial Coin. AE21 of Julia Mamaea. Istros Mint. AD 222-235. Obv: Bust of Julia Mamaea, wearing stephane / IOVΛIA MAMAIA CEBA. Rev: Sea eagle with spread wings, swooping on dolphin / ICTΡHNΩN. RPC VI 2052; Mouchmov 193, AMNG 520, BMC Thrace 18.
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 (11 May 2023), Lot 888Sebastian H2Sep 28, 2023
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0006 Rider and Larissa SeatedThessaly Greece, the City of Larissa
Obv: Rider on a horse prancing r. on groundline, holding a single spear transversally with petasos flying backwards and chlamys on his back, beneath horse's belly a lion's head facing r. Border of dots or small grains.1
Rev: The nymph Larissa2 seated r. on a chair with a back ending in a swan's head, r. hand resting on her lap or thigh and holding a phiale, l. arm raised with palm forward,3 Λ and Α above to l. and r. of head with R and Ι to r. of body turned 90º and downward, all within a shallow incuse square.
Denomination: silver trihemiobol; Mint: Larissa; Date: mid- to late 5th Century BC4; Weight: 1.28g5; Diameter: 13mm; Die axis: 60º; References, for example: BMC Thessaly p. 25, 13; Warren 687 var. No mention of lion's head; Weber 2838; Traité IV, 651, pl. CCXCVI, 9; Herrmann Group II, pl. I, 7; Boston MFA 875 var. no lion's head and reference to two spears; Lorber 2008 pl. 41, 5; BCD Thessaly II 154; HGC 4, 466.
Notes:
1Forrer, BCD Thessaly II, and Hoover refer to the border as composed of dots; Babelon refers to the border as composed of small grains.
2Herrmann does not associate the figure on the reverse with the nymph Larissa. Instead he refers to the figure as a "sitting male" and cites two examples from Berlin and Warren 687 as having the indication of beards (p.9). He declares that the meaning [interpretation] of the sitter cannot be determined, but he invites us to think of a deity (p. 11). Brett in Boston MFA follows Herrmann's interpretation.
3Forrer and BCD Thessaly II state that Larissa is holding a mirror, Hoover mentions only that the arm is raised, Babelon indicates that the left arm is raised with palm forward, and Herrmann describes the left hand as raised in an "adoring gesture". On the coin here the left hand clearly has the thumb separated from the rest of the fingers with the palm facing forward; there is no indication that the hand is holding anything. I wonder what the intention of the gesture could have been.
4Dates in the sources cited here run the gamut of the 5th Century BC. Herrmann: c. 500 - 479 BC; Babelon: c. 470 - 430 BC; HGC: c. 440 - 420 BC; Forrer: c. 430 - 400 BC. In light of Kagen (2004) and his belief that Herrmann's Group I ended c. 460 BC it seems appropriate to choose the date range specified in BCD Thessaly II.
5Herrmann argues that Group II was struck on the Persian weight standard. (He believed that the same held true for Group I). Kagan (2004) demonstrates that Larissain coinage was not struck on the Persian weight standard.
The city of Larissa was named after the local water nymph, said to be the daughter of Pelasgos. He was said to be the ancestor of the pre-Greek Pelasgians. According to myth Larissa drowned while playing ball on the banks of the Peneios river. (HGC 4 p. 130).
Provenance: Ex Nomos AG December 8, 2019.
Photo Credits: Nomos AG
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City of Rome CommemorativeAE Follis AE3, A.D. 330-333, Heraclea, 18.2mm, 2.10g, 180°, RIC VII 124; scarce.
Obv: VRBS ROMA. Helmeted bust of Roma left.
Rev: Romulus and Remus suckling from she-wolf, two stars above; SMHE● in ex.Marti Vltori
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Constantine I CampgateConstantine I AE3 "Campgate-Trier" FTN* Constantine I "the Great" AD 306-337 AE3 "Blessed serenity (peace).
Obv: CONSTA-NTINVS AVG- Laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-surmounted scepter.
Rev: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG - Campgate with two turrets and one star. Exe: PTR (dot in crescent) Trier mint: AD 322 = RIC VII, 475
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