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THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 405/0-370 BC. AR Drachm.Obverse ; Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx and necklace.
Reverse ; Horse grazing left.
BCD Thessaly II 218; HGC 4, 432.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection.
6.11 gr , EF.Sam04/24/16 at 21:59Enodia: very handsome earlier type.
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G., Thessaly, Scotussa, (360-344 B.C.), AE-20, SNG Cop 256, Bunch of grapes on vine branch, Rare!!!,Thessaly, Scotussa, (360-344 B.C.), AE-20, SNG Cop 256, Bunch of grapes on vine branch, Rare!!!,
avers: Head of nymph faceing.
revers: ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΣΑΙ-ΩΝ, Bunch of grapes on vine branch.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 20-20,5mm, weight: 7,89g, axes:5 h,
mint: Thessaly, Scotussa, date: 360-344 B.C., ref: SNG Cop 256, Rogers 543,
Q-001quadrans04/24/16 at 21:57Enodia: nice!
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RIC 0544 Vespasian NemesisIMP CAES VESP AVG CENS
Laureate head of Vespasian right
PONTIF MAXIM
Nemesis advancing right holding caduceus over snake
Rome 73 AD
2.94g
RIC 544 (R), BMC 97, RSC 385.
Rare
Ex-Indalo
The reverse is copied from a denarius of ClaudiusJay GT404/22/16 at 15:45Enodia: i like it! 
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Cypriot Bronze Appliqué Fragment of Eros/CupidCyprus, 1st-2nd Cent. AD. 7.83g.Molinari04/15/16 at 18:25Enodia: really cool piece!
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Antony & Octavia tetradrachmM ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Conjoined heads of Antony and Octavia right, Antony wearing an ivy wreath
III VIR RPC
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes
Ephesus, summer-autumn 39 BC
11.22g
Imperators 263, RPC 2202, Babelon Antonia 61, Syndenham 1198, BMCRR east 135
Punch mark on the obverse protrudes onto the reverse
Ex-Numisantique
This series of Cistophori from Asia commemorates the marriage of Antony and Octavia and celebrate's Antony's divine status in the east as the "New Dionysus" which was bestowed on him when he arrived in Ephesus in 41 BC. Antony's titulature of "Imperator and Consul designate for the second and third times" fixes the period of issue to the latter part of 39 BC after the Pact of Misenum in July and before Antony's second Imperatorial acclamation in the winter of 39-38BC
Jay GT404/12/16 at 15:59Enodia: great dual portraits!
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Livia (+ AD 29), Dupondius - *Rome mint, AD 22-23 under the reign of Tiberius
SALVS AVGVSTA, draped bust of Salus (Livia) right
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG P M TR POT XXIIII, around large S C
13.90 g, 27 mm,.
Ref : RCV # 1740 (450), Cohen # 5 (6), RIC I, 47.
Ex Auctiones.GmbHPotator II03/27/16 at 21:09Enodia: great coin! and a nice portrait of the Poison Quee...
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Antony & the Caesar'sSince most of the 12 Caesar's were more closely related to Antony than to Augustus I thought it was appropriate to include Antony in my 12 Caesar's group shot. Individual coins can be seen in my galleries. While I have better portraits of some Emperor's I chose these for their interesting reverses and styles.
Clickable for a larger photo.Jay GT403/17/16 at 16:58Enodia: cool group shot... great collection!
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Paeonia, King Patraos stater03/16/16 at 23:23Enodia: nice clear detail, especially the reverse scene.
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Vespasian / Titus and DomitianAR Denarius
Vespasian Rome mint, 3,26g 69-70 AD
O: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Laureate head right.
R: TITVS ET DOMITIAN CAES PRIN IV; Titus and Domitian, togate, seated on curule chairs, each holding branch extended in right hand, left hands at sides.
- RIC 6, BMC 46, RSC 541Nemonater03/16/16 at 23:22Enodia: nice family portrait! 
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RIC 1345 VespasianAR Denarius, 3.24g
Uncertain Western Mint, 69-70 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVGVSTV; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.
Rev: LIBERTAS PVBLICA; Libertas stg. l., with pileus and rod
RIC 1345 (R2). BMC -. RSC -. BNC -.
Ex Pecunem 41, 6 March 2016, lot 675.
Many mints were operating during the civil war of 68/69 in the west and it is sometimes difficult to pin down certain issues to a specific mint. This Libertas type with an unusual AVGVSTV ending the obverse legend is one such coin and was totally unknown until recently. The reverse type suggests Spain, as does the portrait style - which is very similar to the gold and bronze issues from Tarraco. However, RIC notes that this variety of the type has no known Spanish provenance, unlike the other Libertas type (see my V1339) attributed to Spain. The coin's theme is a civil war one and most certainly was struck very early in Vespasian's reign.
A beautiful coin in hand with a spectacular portrait.
David Atherton03/16/16 at 01:09Enodia: quite nice. this portrait is very lifelike.
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1633 - Mark Antony, DenariusStruck in a travelling mint, moving with Mark Antony in 41 BC
ANT AVG IMP III VI R P C, Head of Mark Antony right
Fortuna standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopiae in left; at feet, stork; below, PIETAS COS
3,82 gr - 20 mm
Ref : Crawford # 516/2, Sydenham # 1174, HCRI # 241, C # 77
Ex. Auctiones.GmbH
The following comment is copied from NAC auction # 52/294 about the very rare corresponding aureus :
The year 41 B.C., when this aureus was struck at a mint travelling in the East with Marc Antony, was a period of unusual calm for the triumvir, who took a welcomed, if unexpected, rest after the great victory he and Octavian had won late in 42 B.C. against Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi. Antony’s original plan of organising an invasion of Parthia was put on hold after he sailed to Tarsus, where he had summoned Cleopatra VII, the Greek queen of Egypt. She was to defend herself against accusations that she had aided Brutus and Cassius before Philippi, but it is generally agreed that the summons was merely a pretext for Antony’s plan to secure aid for his Parthian campaign. Their meeting was anything but a source of conflict; indeed, they found much common ground, including their agreement that it was in their mutual interests to execute Cleopatra’s sister and rival Arsinoe IV, who had been ruling Cyprus. In addition to sharing political interests, the two agreed that Antony would winter in Egypt to share a luxurious vacation with Cleopatra that caused a further postponement of Antony’s designs on Parthia. Thus began another of the queen’s liaisons with noble Romans, a prior having been Julius Caesar (and, according to Plutarch, Pompey Jr. before him). During the course of his stay in Egypt Cleopatra was impregnated, which resulted in twins born to her in 40 B.C. But this care-free period was only a momentary calm in the storm, for trouble was brewing in both the East and the West. Early in 40 B.C. Syria was overrun by the Parthians, seemingly while Antony travelled to Italy to meet Octavian following the Perusine War, in which Octavian defeated the armies of Antony’s wife and brother. The conflict with Octavian was resolved when they signed a pact at Brundisium in October, and Syria was eventually recovered through the efforts of Antony’s commanders from 40 to 38 B.C.{/i]
Potator II03/15/16 at 06:41Enodia: excellent coin, with a very life-like potrait. nic...
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0680 Hadrian Sestertius Roma 119-23 AD Spes Reference.
Strack 576; RIC II, 612b; Banti 595; RIC 680
Bust B1 crop
Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate, cuirassed bust cropped of its pteryges (thunderbolt on leather strap)
Rev. P M TR P COS III S C
Spes advancing left, holding flower and hitching robe
28.15 gr
33 mm
6h
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Lepczyk 61 (13 March 1985), lot 365; Vatican Museum duplicate from St. John’s College Collection, no. 429.okidoki03/13/16 at 22:37Enodia: very nice!
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RIC 0688 VespasianAR Denarius, 2.84g
Rome mint, 74 AD
Obv: IMP CAESAR in exergue; Vespasian stg. r., with branch and sceptre, in quadriga r.
Rev: VESP AVG across field; Victory on prow r., with wreath and palm
RIC 688 (R). BMC 147. RSC 569. BNC 121. Hendin 1484 corr. (rev. legend).
Ex Nomos Obolos 4, 21 February 2016, lot 575. Ex GH Collection. Ex Superior Galleries, The Moreira sale, Part II, 10-11 December 1988, lot 2374.
A major feature of Vespasian's coinage is in its use of antiquarian styled types and recycled ones from previous eras. K. Butcher and M. Ponting in The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage have shown that a big component of Vespasian's silver bullion consisted of recycled denarii from the republic and early empire. Vespasian's moneyers were removing the older worn coinage and replacing them with brand new coins and in the process keeping some of the familiar reverse designs that the Roman public had grown accustomed to.
With that in mind, this very rare coin which copies not only the reverse design from a denarius of Octavian, it also copies the obverse. The only change is with the reverse legend VESP AVG to indicate Vespasian's authority. Being undated, it is difficult to correctly place in the series. RIC assigns it to 74 AD based on the legends. D. Hendin to 71-72, just after Vespasian and Titus' joint triumph for the Jewish War.
This denarius is so rare I have only been able to locate six other examples, all of which are in public collections: BM 3 examples (one plated), Paris (BNC 121, obv die match with mine), Berlin (rev die match with mine), and ANA NY. Curtis Clay has kindly informed me of several other examples offered at auction: "Glendining, 1952, Ryan Part 5, part of lot 2147, not illustrated, 'only fine but rare.' Perhaps the same coin as Trau Sale, 1935, lot 625, pl. 8: a worn example. Stack's, Knobloch, May 1980, lot 300. VF, but small edge chip (the ANA NY coin). Leu, April 1982, lot 327, VF."
I think the RIC frequency rating of 'rare' really underestimates the rarity of the type.
Fantastic old cabinet toning on a large 20mm flan. David Atherton03/10/16 at 04:48Enodia: i'm a Greek coin snob and even i love this one...
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020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0939, RIC II(1962) 104, Rome, AR-Denarius, COS VIII, Rome standing left corn ear, #1020 Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), RIC² 0939, RIC II(1962) 104, Rome, AR-Denarius, COS VIII, Rome standing left corn ear, #1
avers: IMP CAESAR VESPSIANVS AVG, Laureate head right.
reverse: COS VIII, Mars standing left, holding spear and trophy, wheat-ear at the foot on the right side.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,0mm, weight: 3,43g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 77-78 A.D., ref: RIC² 0939, RIC II(1962) 104, BMC 203, RSC 129, BNC 179,
Q-001quadrans03/08/16 at 05:14Enodia: terrific coin!
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AR Nomos of Neapolis, Campania c340-241 BCOBV: Head of nymph facing right, bunch of grapes(?) to left
REV: Man-faced Bull walking right, Victory overhead crowning with wreath.
Sambon 436, SNG ANS 366, weight 7.3 gms; 18 mm
A coin which has all the things that I like about the ancient Greeks - beautiful sense of natural form, balanced design, and whimsical imagination. The small flan cuts off some elements of the overall design and put it in range of my budget.daverino03/02/16 at 03:45Enodia: yes, a nice one indeed, and still better centered ...
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035a Antoninus Pius (138-161 A.D.), Rome, RIC III 0431 (Marcus Aurelius), AR-Denarius, CONSECRAIO, Eagle on the altar, #2035a Antoninus Pius (138-161 A.D.), Rome, RIC III 0431 (Marcus Aurelius), AR-Denarius, CONSECRAIO, Eagle on the altar, #2
avers: DIVVS ANTONINVS, Bare-headed bust right.
reverse: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing right on the altar, head turned left.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,0-19,0mm, weight: 2,75g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date: Consecration issue, struck after Pius' death in 161 A.D.,
ref: RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 431,p-247, RSC 155, BMC 48,
Q-002quadrans02/01/16 at 22:01Enodia: agreed, a very warm portrait.
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112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0005.0080, -/-//XXIT, Bust F1/Gvar., RIC V-II 629, AE-Antoninianus, ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding left, Rare!!112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), Siscia, Alföldi 0005.0080, -/-//XXIT, Bust F1/Gvar., RIC V-II 629, AE-Antoninianus, ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding left, Rare!!
avers: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
reverse: ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding left hand raised, left holding sceptre.
exergue: -/-//XXIT, diameter: 21-23mm, weight: 3,59g, axis: 7h,
mint: Siscia, 5th emission, date: 278 A.D., ref: RIC V-II 629, p-85, Alföldi 0005.0080,
Q-001quadrans01/29/16 at 05:09Enodia: nice detail!
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Augustus denariusCAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI PATER PATRIAE
Laureate head of Augustus right
C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius stg. facing, shields and spears between them
Lugdunum 2 BC-4 AD
3.76g
Sear 1597
ex-Holding History
Encrustations cleaned from behind Augustus head
Children of Marcus Agrippa and Augustus daughter Julia.
Jay GT401/28/16 at 18:17Enodia: a very nice coin, with a strong portrait.
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RIC 1464 Vespasian Ephesus denariusIMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR PPP
Laureate head right
CONCORDIA AVG
Concordia seated left, annulet below, star in Exergue
3.41g
Ephesus 74 AD
RIC 1464 (R2)
Rare
Ex-Calgary coin
about XFJay GT412/29/15 at 18:26Enodia: great portrait!
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Mazaios, Satrap of Cilicia AR StaterCILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC., 10.78g. AR Stater
O: Baaltars seated left, head and torso facing, holding eagle, grain ear, and grape bunch in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; TN (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) below throne, B’LTRZ ("Baal of Tarsos" or "Baaltars" in Aramaic) to right
R: Lion attacking bull left; MZDY (Mazaeus in Aramaic) above, monogram below.
- Casabonne Series 2, Group C; SNG France –; SNG Levante 106. -Ex Walter M. Shandruk Collection
The obverse of this coin depicts the Baal of Tarsos.
"Baal" is a Semitic word for "Lord" or "God." The symbols of an eagle, wheat stalk, grapes, and a scepter may represent Baal’s capacity as a god involved in the seasonal cycles of life and death.
The reverse features a lion-and-bull motif as did earlier Anatolian coins of Kroisos/Croesus. But here, on the reverse, the full bodies of both lion and bull are shown, and the lion is ferociously jumping on the back of the bull, who's kneeling.
If you assume that a kneeling bull (without a lion) on the scores of later Greek and Roman coins is symbolic of Zeus, a position that Marvin Tameanko has persuasively argued for (Celator, Jan. 1995, pp. 6-11), and that the lion is symbolic of the supreme god, or Baal, of the Celicians, the symbolism of this coin, may be direct and simple: Our god is more powerful than your god.
The Baal obverse of Mazaios' coinage may have been used as the model for the Zeus reverse of Alexander the Great's huge output of silver coinage, though Martin Price believed that both coinages were based on similar models. Price did feel, however, that the celator who engraved the latter Mazaios staters also engraved Alexander III's Tarsos tetradrachms.
Mazaios (also referred to as "Mazaeus" and "Mazday") was the Persian satrap of Celicia beginning c. 361 BC, then the satrap of both Celicia and the larger territory of Transeuphratesia/Transeuphrates (Syria and Palestine, also known as Abar Nahara) beginning c. 345 BC.
Mazaios fought Alexander the Great at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC. After this loss, he fled to Babylon. With the Great King Darius III of Persia also fleeing Alexander's army, Mazaios was the person who surrendered the capital of the Persian Empire, Babylon, to Alexander later in 331 BC, which prevented the sack of the city. For doing this without a fight, Alexander appointed him governor of Babylon, which at the time was the world's largest city. Mazaios died in 328 BC.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=baal
Nemonater12/24/15 at 19:36Enodia: wonderful coin with stunning detail. congratulatio...
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Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos)121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.72 g, 11h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star in extended right hand and scepter in left; to outer left; ΣIΔΩ/IEP/AΣ in three lines above monogram; C9P (date) in exergue. SC 2330.1; CSE 723; HGC 9, 1197g; DCA 268. Near EF, lightly toned. In 121 BCE, a very rare astronomical event occurred in the sky. The moon had eclipsed Jupiter, a significant celestial body of the ancient world. This phenomenon was visible from Antioch, the capital of the then-collapsing Seleucid Empire. Antiochos VIII saw this as a good omen, a harbinger that a great leader would come to Syria, so he struck symbols of the eclipse on the reverse side of Tetradrachms. The crescent above Zeus' head is the moon, and the star hovering above his hand is Jupiter.
ThatParthianGuy12/16/15 at 04:06Enodia: beautiful!
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Macedonia, Kings, 015 Philip II., (359-336 B.C), SNG ANS 947, AE-18, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ/ Π, Youth on horseback right,Macedonia, Kings, 015 Philip II., (359-336 B.C), SNG ANS 947, AE-18, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ/ Π, Youth on horseback right,
avers: Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia. Small "A" behind the head of Apollo.
reverse: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Youth on horseback right, Π below.
exergue: -/-//Π, diameter: 17,5-18mm, weight: 6,37g, axis: 5h,
mint: Macedonia, Kings, Philipp II., date: ca. 359-336 B.C., ref: SNG ANS-947,
Q-001quadrans11/20/15 at 00:42Enodia: nice cameo patina.
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KINGS OF MACEDON. Kassander (316-297 BC). Ae 1/4 or 1/2 Unit. Uncertain mint in Macedon.Reference. Unrecorded Fraction
Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1163; SNG Alpha Bank -.
Obv: Helmet with nose and cheek guards right.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / KAΣΣANΔΡOΥ.
Spear head right.
1.60 g.
13 mm.okidoki11/12/15 at 23:01Enodia: interesting martial type... helmet and spear, no s...
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Terracotta headTerracotta fragment of a head of a woman with high braided hair and a wig topping it. 38mm. Roman, Flavian, late 1st centuryCharles S11/08/15 at 03:25Enodia: very nice!
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AIOLIS, LARISSA PHRIKONIS4th century BC.
Æ 10.5 mm 1.16 g
O: Horned female river-god facing slightly right
R: Laureate head of Apollo right.
SNG München 565; SNG Copenhagen 212
Extremely rarelaney11/08/15 at 00:57Enodia: interesting and unusual type. nice find!
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Tiberius, AD 14-37AE as, 11g, 28mm, 6h; Rome mint: c. 22/23 AD - 26.
Obv.: DIVUS AVGVSTVS PATER; Radiate head of Augustus left.
Rev.: Altar enclosed with double panelled door, uncertain ornaments above; S - C // PROVIDENT
Reference: RIC I Tiberius 81 (p. 99).
Notes: sold to Aleg, 11/7/15John Anthony11/08/15 at 00:27Enodia: nice portrait.
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Gela - OnkiaGela
Onkia
AE (12 - 14 mm)
420 - 405 BC.
Av.: ΓEΛAΣ / bull advancing left, Value mark (dot) in exergue
Rev.: horned head of Gelas right
1,27 Gr.
HGC 2 - 383 (R2)nummis durensis09/20/15 at 00:26Enodia: an interesting coin. however the bull is advancing...
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G., Thessaly, Larissa, (c.344-337 B.C.), AR-Trihemiobol, SNG Coop 134, ΛΑΡ-IΣ / AIΩN, Horseman galloping right, Rare !Thessaly, Larissa, (c.344-337 B.C.), AR-Trihemiobol, SNG Coop 134, ΛΑΡ-IΣ / AIΩN, Horseman galloping right, Rare !
avers: Head of the nymph Larissa facing, turned slightly to the left.
revers: ΛΑΡ-IΣ / AIΩN, Horseman - Thessalian cavalryman, wearing petasos and chlamys and holding staff, riding cantering horse to right.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 11,5-12,5 mm, weight: 1,36g, axes: 9 h,
mint: Thessaly, Larissa, date: 344-337 B.C., ref: SNG Copenhagen 134, Hermann Group VII, pl. VI, 1,
Q-001quadrans09/14/15 at 22:41Enodia: such a beautiful design. but then, being based on ...
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Marcus Aurelius SestertiusM ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV
Laureate bust right
IMP VI COS III SC
Victory standing right attaching shield, inscribed VIC GER to palm tree
26.41g
RIC 1029, Sear 4978, BMC1423
Ex-ANE
Worn but with a lovely smooth chocolate patina
Sold Forum Auction March 2019Jay GT408/25/15 at 21:28Enodia: great pic Jay!
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Phokaia, Ionia521-478 B.C.
Silver Obol
0.71 gm, 8.9 mm
Obv.: Head of griffin left
Rev.: Rough irregular quadripartite incuse square
BMC Ionia p.215, 84;
[SNGvA 2118; Klein 449]
Ex-Forvm GA71688
Jaimelai08/21/15 at 05:39Enodia: a screaming griffin, what a powerful image for suc...
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CARIA. Knidos. Ae (Circa 250-210 BC). Uncertain magistrate.Reference.
SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Isegrim -; apparently unpublished.
Obv:
Laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev:
Prow right; uncertain name above; below, kerykeion right.
1.66 gr.
12 mm.okidoki08/13/15 at 21:08Enodia: lovely portrait!
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Antoninus Pius, RIC 587, Sestertius of AD 139 (Crown series: Phoenicia)Æ Sestertius (27,11g, Ø 34mm, 6h). Rome, AD 139.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right.
Rev.: PHOENICE around, COS II in ex., S | C, Phoenicia, with turreted head-dress, standing left, holding diadem as crown and short sceptre, palm tree behind; prow by left foot.
RIC 587 (R); BMC 1193; Cohen 596; Strack 794; Banti 265 (3 spec.); RCV 4202
Ex ArtCoins Roma E-Auction 28, July 2015.Charles S08/04/15 at 18:17Enodia: wonderful portrait!
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Q. Sicinius – Sicinia-5ROMAN REPUBLIC Q. Sicinius, 49 BC AR denarius (17mm, 3.8g) Rome mint.– Q. Sicinius, Sicinia, 49 B.C. Roma Head of Fortuna Populi Romani r., wearing diadem; before, FORT downward. Palm-branch tied with fillet and winged caduceus, in saltire; above, wreath; below, Q SICINIVS; on either side, III VIR. Cr 440/1; Syd 938; SRCV 410; Sicinia-5Bud Stewart07/25/15 at 17:44Enodia: beautiful coin, and what a terrific reverse.
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IONIA, Ephesos. Æ. Kyandros, magistrate. Circa 200 BC, Reference.
SNG Kayhan 290 var. (magistrate); SNG Copenhagen 263-6 var. (same).
Obv. E-Φ
Bee within wreath.
Rev. Kyandros
Stag standing right, head reverted; quiver above.
1.97 gr
12 mmokidoki07/25/15 at 07:04Enodia: nice coin, with a well-centered bee. or is it a wa...
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Macedonia, Kings, 016 Alexander III., (The Great, 356-323 B.C.), Price 0311, Macedonian, AE-18, (Unit), Bow in bow-case and club, #1Macedonia, Kings, 016 Alexander III., (The Great, 356-323 B.C.), Price 0311, Macedonian, AE-18, (Unit), Bow in bow-case and club, #1
avers: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion-skin headdress.
reverse: AΛEΞAN(Δ)POY, (Legend error "Δ" are missing) Quiver on bow and club, Π below.
exergue: -/-//Π, diameter: 18mm, weight:6,01 g, axes:6h,
mint: Macedonian mint, date: 336-323 B.C., ref:Price 311,
Q-001quadrans07/12/15 at 05:35Enodia: a beautiful bronze!
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Lucania Thourioi Stater 385 - 360 BC.Obv ; Helmeted head of Athena, helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident.
Rev ; QOURIWN, bull butting; fish in exergue.
G/aVF , 20.8 mm, 7.44 gr.
EX THE COLIN E. PITCHFORK COLLECTION.
EX CNG.
Thourioi, was a city of Magna Graecia on the Gulf of Tarentum, near the site of the older Sybaris. It owed its origin to an attempt made in 452 BC by Sybarite exiles and their descendants to re-people their old home. The new settlement was crushed by Croton, but the Athenians lent aid to the fugitives and in 443 BC Pericles sent out to Thourioi a mixed body of colonists from various parts of Greece, among whom were Herodotus and the orator Lysias.
The pretensions of the Sybarite colonists led to dissensions and ultimately to their expulsion; peace was made with Croton, and also, after a period of war, with Tarentum, and Thourioi rose rapidly in power and drew settlers from all parts of Greece, especially from Peloponnesus, so that the tie to Athens was not always acknowledged. The oracle of Delphi determined that the city had no founder but Apollo, and in the Athenian Expedition in Sicily Thourioi was at first neutral, though it finally helped the Athenians.
Thourioi had a democratic constitution and good laws, and, though we hear little of its history till in 390 BC it received a severe defeat from the rising power of the Lucanians. Many beautiful coins testify to the wealth and splendor of its days of prosperity.
In the 4th century BC it continued to decline, and at length called in the help of the Romans against the Lucanians, and then in 282 BC against Tarentum. Thenceforward its position was dependent, and in the Second Punic War, after several vicissitudes, it was depopulated and plundered by Hannibal in 204 BC.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam06/18/15 at 17:34Enodia: nice one
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Thessaly, Larissa, Nymph Larissa, HorseLarissa, Thessaly
AR Drachm, (Mid to late 4th century BC)
Obv.: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair held by an ampyx.
Rev: ΛAPIΣ / AIΩN, Horse grazing right.
Ag, 5.97g, 19x19.5mm
Ref.: BCD Thessaly II 318
Ex Pecunem 31, Lot 116
shanxi06/17/15 at 18:02Enodia: beautiful!
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Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC, Æ 15 Three quarter right facing laureate head of Apollo.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Nike right erecting a trophy; controls outer left and right indecipherable or off-flan.
SC 389; HGC 9, 178 (R1).
Seleukia on the Tigris mint.
(15 mm, 2.67 g, 6h).
Gorny & Mosch 216, 16 October 2013, 2618.
Wonderfully rendered head of Apollo accompanied by a very dynamic Nike; a delightful little bronze! n.igma04/30/15 at 06:01Enodia: enchanting portrait, and a very nymph-ish Nike.
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Calabria Tarentum AR DrachmHead of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla preparing to hurl a stone
Owl standing to right on olive branch, head facing; ZOR (magistrate) to right, TAP to left.
3.07g
Circa 281-276 BC.
Vlasto 1048. McGill 135, Cote 348, Sear 367v. Jay GT404/11/15 at 19:12Enodia: very nice!
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Sold! Thrace Mesembria DiobolCrested Corinthian helmet facing.
M-E-T-A within wheel, surrounded by border of radiating lines.
SNG. BM. 268
11 mm
1.30g
Black Sea Hoard fake
Sold to Calgary Coin Sept 2022Jay GT404/08/15 at 12:50Enodia: nice one!
(edit; oh well, maybe not)
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Calabria, Tarentum, 334-330 BC, AR Didrachm Naked horseman crowning himself on stationary horse right, small ΣA and large Ionic capital beneath.
Taras holding sea snake and whip astride dolphin facing left, KO in lower right.
Fischer-Bossert group 75, 960-973; HN Italy 941-942; SNG ANS 1026; Vlasto 654-8; Evans V, E1 and McGill II, 57-58.
(20 mm, 12h).
Spink & Son Ltd, July 1988.n.igma04/04/15 at 18:32Enodia: a less common type with nice strike and surfaces, ...
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Sicily, Syracuse, Hiketas II, 287-278 BC, Æ 21 Wreathed head of Kore right; ΣYPA in right field.
Charioteer in biga galloping right, star above, Î X in exergue.
SNG ANS 763 var. (torch symbol on obverse; X in exergue of reverse).
(21 mm, 9.41 g, 5h).
LWHT Collection; Classical Numismatic Group electronic Auction 167, 27 June 2007, 37; from the Charles Gillet collection; ex-Stacks 23 May 1990, 262.n.igma04/04/15 at 18:21Enodia: a lovely depiction of The Maiden.
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Kings of Macedon, Alexander III The Great, 336-323 BC, AR Tetradrachm - Tarsos Head of young Herakles right in lion skin headdress, paws tied at neck.
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOΥ Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, pellet under throne. ΔI monogram graffiti before head of Zeus.
Price 2993; Newell Tarsos 3 (Newell’s Officina A, dies IX/25) pl. II, 2 (same dies); Muller 1291.
Tarsos mint 333/2 BC.
(26 mm, 17.18 g, 11h).
ex- Gorny & Mosch.
Newell catalogued forty examples of this type from six obverse and thirty reverse dies indicating a far more prolific issuance than the inaugural Tarsos 1 emission to which it is die linked by five examples struck with Tarsos obverse die III. All of the specimens of Tarsos 3 catalogued by Newell originated in the Demanhur Hoard. Price did not catalog any additional specimens to those noted by Newell in the British Museum Collection, which holds five specimens from the Newell Collection. n.igma04/04/15 at 01:20Enodia: i really like this coin. the reverse is a bit pecu...
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Seleukos I Nicator Tetradrachm -- Babylon -- 309-300 BC16.407 g, 26.2 mm, 270°
Babylonian Mint
Silver Tetradrachm; High Relief, Tight Flan, Corrosion
Minted by Seleukos as King of Syria; In Name and Style of Alexander
Price 3704; Müller Alexander 714; Armenak Hoard 135
Obverse: Head of Herakles Wearing Nemean Skin Headdress Right.
Reverse: BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞAN∆POY (Of King Alexander), Zeus Aëtophoros Enthroned Left Holding Eagle and Staff.
Philip III Arrhidaeus was the mentally deficient, bastard son of Philip II and a dancer, Philinna of Larissa, and therefore the half-brother of Alexander the Great. On the death of Alexander he was elected king by the Macedonian Army. He was, however, imprisoned upon his return to Macedonia and in October 317 B.C. he was executed under orders from Olympias, Alexander's mother, to ensure the succession of her grandson. Seleukos served under Alexander III as an infantry general. Following, Alexander's death, he served as Commander of the Companions in Babylon under Perdiccas and Satrap of of Babylon under Antipater. During the renewed Wars of the Diadochi, Seleukos founded the Seleukid Empire in 312 BC. The Seleukid dynasty ruled Syria until Pompey made Syria a Roman province in 63 BC.
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Newest FORVM purchase. A great coin; the picture really doesn't do it justice.Hydro03/26/15 at 04:16Enodia: nice coin. this depiction of Zeus is very regal.
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Marcus AgrippaM AGRIPPA L F COS III
head of Agrippa left wearing rostral crown
SC
Neptune standing holding dolphin and trident
AE As
Issued by Caligula in honour of his deceased grandfather Agrippa
Minted in Rome 37-41 A.D.
9.06g
Ex- Ancient TreasuresJay GT403/22/15 at 02:31Enodia: another great coin! another classic mug, but i rea...
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Calabria, Taras Didrachm 272-235 BCYouth on horse standing left with monogram N below, holding wreath above its head.
Taras holding Nike & trident, on dolphin left, TAPAΣ to right API-ΣTO below.
Calabria, Taras
250 BC
21 mm, 6.7gm
Ref: SNG-Cop-923, Vlasto 873v
Ex-Imperator Coins
New photo!Jay GT403/22/15 at 02:17Enodia: very nice! i missed this one, but what terrific de...
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Roman AE-Key, #03Roman AE-Key, #03
size:59x19 mm,
weight: 33,81g,
distribution: Roma,
date:
ref:
Q-001quadrans03/14/15 at 07:00Enodia: very cool, and in remarkable condition.
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Greek, Calabria, Tarentum AR nomos (c. 272-240 BC)o/ Youth on horseback right; behind, Nike flying right, crowning him.
r/ Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding grain ear and ornate trident; monogram behind.
6.1g. 19mm
Vlasto 911 This coinAugustin Caron03/07/15 at 00:37Enodia: a wonderful aquisition. i'm green with envy! ...
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GREEK, pseudo-autonomous, Asia minor, Lydia, Saittai, BMC 23AE 22, 5.82g, 225°
Struck early 3rd century
obv. AZIO - T - THNOC
bust of Men Aziottenos, r., wearing Phrygian cap ornamented with stars,
crescent behind shoulders
rev. CAITTHNWN
Youthfull river-god Hermos leaning l., holding reed in r. hand and cornucopiae
in l. arm; resting l. ellbow on inverted vase from which water is flowing l.
ERMOC in ex.
ref. BMC 23; SNG von Aulock 3089; Imhoof-Blumer p.127, 1; published in Patricia Lawrence, In Memory of
Eugene Numa Lane, in MVSE, vol. 42, Annual of the Museum of Art and Archeoloy, University of Missouri,
vol. 42, 2008, p. 31, fig. 6
rare, good VF
added to www.wildwinds.com
added to asiaminorcoins.com
The stars on the cap clearly seen on this specimen are not mentioned in BMC nor SNG von Aulock. Pat Lawrence: "A glorious coin!"
Hermos, today Gediz in Turkey.Jochen03/07/15 at 00:33Enodia: a good looking and very interesting coin, congratu...
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Roman Open work belt plateRoman bronze Open work Military belt plate.
Washer and pin on reverse peened over to secure leather belt
65mm x 23mm
12.86g
Pannonia
2nd century AD
Antonine period
See other belt plate for a match in my galleryJay GT403/04/15 at 23:39Enodia: this is a cool piece.
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Bronze Roman Seal boxBronze seal box with image of lion, jug above, wreath below, ( horse head to right?)
Attached to packages or letters that are tied with strings. The strings pass into the box which is then filled with wax, to protect against tampering.
Bronze
26mm x 21mm x 7mm.
3mm diameter holes
5.56g
2-3rd Century?
Pannonia
Ex-Ancient TreasuresJay GT402/13/15 at 16:19Enodia: a cool item, but i'm thinking it's a lion ...
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Lucania, Metapontion, ca. 510-470 BC, AR DidrachmBarley ear of six grains, META upwards on left, all within cable border.
Incuse barley ear of seven grains.
HN Italy 1482; SNG ANS 237; SNG Copenhagen 1166; Noe 205.
(20 mm, 8.08 g, 12h).
Kirk Davis Classical Numismatics Catalogue 50, Fall 2006, 3.n.igma02/01/15 at 03:50Enodia: Beautiful! and such a numismatically important typ...
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305 Diocletian Diocletian AE Antoninianus. Siscia? mint. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, Jupiter, half naked, standing right holding sceptre & globe, facing Hercules with lionskin, club & victory on globe, crescent & delta between, XXI in ex. RIC V 323. Randygeki(h2)01/17/15 at 18:21Enodia: nice coin!
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Greek, SICILY, Herbessos, Calciati III.5.OS.15=this coinSICILY, Herbessos. Circa 339/8-335 BC. Æ Litra (29mm, 20.82 g, 12h). Laureate head of Sikelia right / Head of man-faced bull right. Castrizio Series III, 1; Campana 5b; CNS 5; HGC 2, 412.
Calciati Plate Coin (Calciati III.5.OS.15=this coin)
Ex. CNG eAuction 327, lot 407 (Continental Collection); Ex. Titano 14, lot 31.Molinari01/10/15 at 21:17Enodia: a really interesting and somewhat unusual piece. n...
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Mark Antony restitution issue by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius VerusANTONIVS AVGVR III VIR R P C
Galley moving left over waves
ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST
Legionary eagle between two standards LEG VI across lower field
Rome 168-9 AD
3.17g
Sear 5236; RIC 443; RSC Mark Antony 83
Ex-ANE
Sear:
The reasons for this remarkable restoration remain obscure. Mattingly suggests that Legio VI Ferrata, which had fought for Antony at Philippi in 42 BC, may have played a leading role in the Parthian War of AD 164, the exceptional commemoration of this achievement on the coinage being prompted both by the legion's long and distinguished history and the similarity of the names "Antonius" and "Antoninus". The 200th Anniversary of the battle of Actium perhaps provides a more obvious reason for the issue.
Curtis Clay:
The reason for the restoration is not in doubt in my opinion, having been discerned by Mommsen in 1859.
Because of their lower silver content, Antony's legionary denarii were excluded from Trajan's recoinage of 107, and therefore Trajan did not restore this type.
But by the reign of Marcus and Verus, the silver content of the current denarius had fallen to the point that it had now become profitable to recoin Antony's denarii. Marcus and Verus did so, and therefore restored the coin too, picking at random one of the commoner legions for their restoration, since it was quite unnecessary to restore coins for several different legions, or for all of them!
The Reka Devnia hoard, ending essentially in c. 241 AD, still contained 9 original legionary denarii of Antony, plus 20 restorations by Marcus and Verus!
Sold back to ANE February 2020Jay GT401/09/15 at 02:10Enodia: an interesting coin.
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Pontos, Amisos, ca. 125-100 BC, Æ Obol - Struck under Mithradates VI Male head right, wearing bashlyk.
AMI-ΣOY either side of quiver and unstrung bow.
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.
Probably struck ca. 120-111 BC.
(25 mm, 21.62 g, 12h).
Classical Numismatic Group electronic Auction 341, 17 December 2014, 170.
Nicely detailed and amongst the best preserved examples of the type.n.igma01/08/15 at 05:41Enodia: i like the rather peculiar style... very clean, es...
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Attica, Eleusis, ca. 322/17-307 BC, Æ 15 Triptolemos holding ears of wheat, in winged chariot drawn left by two serpents.
Pig standing right on a long torch (bacchos) within wreath of wheat ears; legend EΛEY (illegible) below.
BMC Attica p. 113, 10; Svoronos pl. 103.26-28; SNG Copenhagen 421-423; Kroll, Agora, 49.
(15 mm, 2.22 g, 8h).
Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 159, 3 June 2008, 480; ex- John Twente Animal Collection.n.igma12/28/14 at 23:58Enodia: nice aquisition with a cool provenance. or, from y...
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THESSALY, GOMPHOIca. 306 - 283 BC
AE 19.5 mm 8.26 g
GOMPHOI-PHILIPPOPOLIS
O: Head of a nymph facing, slightly left
R: GOMPHEWN; Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre
Rogers 220, SNG Cop. 51laney12/28/14 at 23:27Enodia: cool coin!
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Cilicia, Tarsos, Satrap Mazaios, 361-334 BC, AR StaterBaaltars, wearing a himation over his lower limbs, seated to left, holding a lotus-tipped sceptre, a thymiaterion surmounted by an eagle on left, Aramaic legend BLTRZ (Baaltars) to right.
Lion advancing left on ground, Aramaic legend MZDY (Mazday = Mazaios) above.
Casabonne Series 5, Group B; SNG Levante 188; SNG France 431; SNG von Aulock 5463; BMC 64.
(22 mm, 10.52 g, 11h).
Harlan J. Berk; ex- Lewis Egnew Collection: Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7695.
This coin type is from a short-lived emission, stuck immediately prior to Alexander the Great’s invasion of Asia. The attribution of the walking-lion series of Mazaios was originally given to the mint of Tarsos, but Newell argued that they more likely were struck at Myriandros in his study of that mint in AJN 53 (1919). Later, J.D. Bing, in AJN 1 (1989), argued for an alternative attribution of the Myriandros coinage to the mint of Issos. While most dealers and numismatic works continue to follow the attribution of Newell, Casabonne’s study of Cilicia during the Persian period convincingly returns these coins of Mazaios to the mint of Tarsos.
n.igma12/22/14 at 04:15Enodia: great coin! both sides are very bold. and an infor...
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103 BC Q. Minucius M.f. ThermusHead of young Mars left, wearing crested helmet
Q THERM MF (THE and MF in monogram)
Roman soldier advancing right, fighting with uplifted sword a barbarian soldier before him and protecting with shield a fallen comrade at his feet
Rome 103 BC
3.71g
Sear 197
Sold Forum Auction December 2017
Jay GT412/07/14 at 19:25Enodia: i agree, the reverse is action-packed!
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Tetrarchy Imperial Lead SealTwo augusti Diocletian and Maximian face to face.
Below the two Caesares Galerius and Constantius face to face.
Dolphin between
17.79g
Sold to Calgary Coins 2015Jay GT412/07/14 at 19:18Enodia: what an interesting piece!
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Æ Litra 21 mm , 8,7 g circa 295 BC.
SWTEIRA, head of Artemis Soteria right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, quiver over shoulder / AGAQOKLEOS BASILEOS, winged thunderbolt.
Antonivs Protti11/23/14 at 04:23Enodia: very nice
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Phliasia, Phlious, ca. 400-350 BC, Æ Chalkous Bull butting left, head lowered and turned to face viewer.
Large Φ with two pellets.
HGC 5, 177; BCD Peloponnesos 129; Weber 3882 (this coin); MacIsaac Issue 2, G.
(14 mm, 1.60 g, 3h).
CNG Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX, 1, April 2014, 834574; ex- BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); ex- Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 7, Sotheby’s, 25 October 1984), lot 306 (part of); ex- Sir Hermann Weber Collection, no. 3882 purchased from W.C. Thieme, Leipzig, 1888.
Provenance Notes:
Sir Hermann David Weber (1823-1918) was a German physician who had a very distinguished lifetime career in medicine in England, including that of being a doctor to the royal family. Collecting from the late 1870’s, he amassed one of the largest private collections of ancient Greek coins of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It consisted of over 8,500 coins in total. Weber purchased this humble Phlious chalkous in 1888 from the dealer W.C. Thieme, Leipzig. Spink and Son purchased the collection from the executors of Weber’s estate, with the condition that the firm undertake the publication of the collection. This was duly completed by the mid-1920’s in a four-volume work that remained a standard reference for ancient Greek coinage throughout much of the twentieth century. Spink and Son dispersed the Weber collection, from whence this coin found its way into the collection of the prominent American collector Virgil M Brand.
Virgil M. Brand (1862-1926), born into a wealthy American brewing family in Chicago, developed an interest in coin collecting in 1889 and amassed one of the greatest private collections of all time, consisting of 368,000 ancient and modern coins including 68,000 gold coins. Each coin in the collection was documented by an entry in what became a thirty-volume set of descriptive ledgers. A lifetime bachelor and somewhat eccentric character, Brand chose to live modestly in a small apartment above his brewery in Chicago, shunning ostentation and devoting his time to the pursuit of his collecting, reading and local charity. He spent over $3 million on coins during his life. The collection was housed in cigar boxes that were packed into leather satchels, hidden behind his book collection. Virgil M. Brand died intestate and amongst various probate disputes his two brothers began to sell off the most prominent pieces from the collection in the 1930’s. Eventually, Jane Brand Allen, a niece of Virgil M. Brand, inherited the remains of the collection. These coins were sold in a series of auctions conducted by Sotheby’s, Bowers and Merena and Spink and Son during the 1980’s.
By this means the coin came into the collection of BCD the pre-eminent collector of mainland Greek coins during the last half of the twentieth century. BCD disposed of the coins of the Peloponnesos from his collection in 2006 at which time this coin passed into the inventory of the Classical Numismatic Group from whom it was purchased after its listing in the first edition of the newly revived Classical Numismatic Review produced by the company in April 2014.n.igma11/23/14 at 03:48Enodia: a really cool coin type, but what a fascinating pr...
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Sinope, Paphlagonia125-100 B.C.
Bronze AE21
8.30 gm, 21 mm
Obv: Bust of Artemis right wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder.
Rev: ΣINΩ-ΠHΣ to either side of tripod with lebes
Sear 3712;
BMC 13, p.100, 51;
SNG Vol: IX 1524 British Museum
HGC 7, 417;
[SNG Cop 313]
Jaimelai11/22/14 at 22:47Enodia: a lovely Artemis
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RIC 0042 Vespasian Denarius IMP CAES VESP AVG PM
laureate head of Vespasian right
AVGVR PON MAX
simpulum, sprinkler, jug and lituus (emblems of the augurate and pontificate)
Rome 70-71 AD
Sear 2281; RIC II, part 1, 42 (R)
3.55g
Rare! Only one specimen in the Reka Devnia hoard, compared to 36 with TRI POT.Jay GT411/21/14 at 04:52Enodia: Great portrait!
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Calabria, Taras DidrachmNaked youth galloping right on horseback left, crowning horse with right hand, monogram ΣY in field behind youth and ΛΥK INOΣ below horse
Taras seated on dolphin left, holding chalmys and thrusting trident in right hand, owl behind TAPAS in Exergue
Calabria 272-235 BC
6.62g
Vlasto 836
Ex-Pars Coins
Ex-Calgary CoinsJay GT410/28/14 at 00:17Enodia: a nice example Jay, with great detail on Taras.
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Thrace - LysimachusBronze AE 17, 305 - 281 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Athena right; reverse "BASILEWS LUSIMACOU", lion forepart right, spear head below, caduceus and monogram leftNeal A10/23/14 at 02:45Enodia: i really like the full-crested obverse.
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Greek - Kassander Bronze AE 18Greek Bronze AE 18, Pella or Amphipolis mint, 305 - 297 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress tied at neck; reverse "BASILEWS KASSANDROU", horseman riding right, right arm raised, diagonal thunderbolt below horse, "A" rightNeal A10/23/14 at 02:44Enodia: nice one.
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Oitaioi, Thessaly360-344 B.C.
Silver Hemidrachm
2.51 gm, 16.3 mm
Obv: Head of lion left, spear in jaws
Rev.: Herakles standing facing, holding club; OITAΩN (retrograde) to left
*Ex Dave Surber Collection*
Sear 2155;
BMC 7, p.37, 1, 2;
BCD 487;
[SNG Cop 176]
Jaimelai10/23/14 at 00:21Enodia: cool type, and a nice pedigree too!
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RIC 0703 Vespasian DenariusIMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Laureate head of Vespasian right.
PON MAX TR P COS V
Winged caduceus.
Rome 74 AD
3.32g
RIC 703 (C2); BMC 138; RSC 362
Ex-ANEJay GT410/07/14 at 05:07Enodia: what a great mug!
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Lucius Plautius PlancusObv: Medusa facing, flanked by coiled snakes; L PLAVTIVS below.
Rev: Victory facing, her wings spread, conducting four rearing horses; [PLANCVS] below.
Silver Denarius, Rome mint, 47 BC
3.8 grams, 19.5 mm, 225°
RSC Plautia 15, S429
Ex: FORVMMatt Inglima09/14/14 at 23:11Enodia: very nice. this reverse is one of my favorite repu...
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THRACE, AbderaTHRACE, Abdera. Circa 395-360 BC. AR Tetrobol. Protes, magistrate. Griffin springing left / Laureate head of Apollo left within square; ΠP-Ω-TH-Σ around. May, Abdera Period VI, 324 (A236/P277); SNG Copenhagen 334.
Ex. Coin Elf!
Molinari08/22/14 at 05:07Enodia: i like this coin a lot, very nice.
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Cast Bronze Dolphins of Olbia5th-3rd Centuries BC, Cast bronze dolphin proto-currency of Olbia. These ones are special because they levitate, as evidenced from the photo.Molinari08/22/14 at 04:59Enodia: a nce pod! 
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GREEK, Sicily, Syracuse05/14/14 at 15:19Enodia: nice patina
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Plinthophoric Drachm,188-170 BC, AR 16mm. 2.8grm.Drachm,188-170 BC,
Obv. Radiate head of Helios right
Rev. P-O, rose, bud to right in incuse square. ΑΓΗΣΙΔΑΜΟΣ (magistrate), Helmet (Symbol left field).
Ref. BMC18. p. 252, 238-9, Jenkins Plinthophoric Group A, 16, SNG Keckman I, 631, Sammlung Karl 558Lee S02/25/14 at 15:49Enodia: very nice portrait.
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L. Julius L.f. Caesar – Julia-4aROMAN REPUBLIC L. Julius L.f. Caesar. 103 BC. AR Denarius (16mm - 3.87 g). Rome mint. CAESAR, helmeted head of Mars left; •L (retrograde) above head / Venus Genetrix in biga left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre before them, •L (retrograde) above; L. IVLI. L.F. in exergue. Crawford 320/1; Sydenham 593a; Julia 4a; RCV 198Bud Stewart02/23/14 at 23:59Enodia: wonderful coin!
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181 Julia Domna - UnlistedIVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right; FORTVN REDVC, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Unlisted Syrian mint.
Traded :/ :)Randygeki(h2)02/01/14 at 07:23Enodia: that's a really nice portrait.
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Lucania, Thourioi StaterHead of Athena right wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident
ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
Bull butting right, solid exurgal line below HR monogram above
c. 420-400 BC
6.74g
SNG ANS-1041-2 var
Ex-HJB; Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7072 (Lewis Egnew Collection)Jay GT412/30/13 at 19:03Enodia: great bull!
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Faustina Junior, VenusAr Denarius
FAVSTINAE AVG P II AVG FIL
draped bust right
VENVS
Venus standing left, holding rudder and apple
RIC 517c
arizonarobin12/27/13 at 04:42Enodia: i love the well centered Venus. but yes, the portr...
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Bruttium; the BrettiLaureated and bearded head of Zeus right, at left thunderbolt, dotted border
BΡETTIΩN
warrior attacking right holding shield and spear; below bucranium. Dotted border.
211-208 BC
Scheu 42; HNItaly 1988; SNG Copenhagen 1658; SNG ANS 108.
8.05g
Round punch mark on obverseJay GT412/11/13 at 17:29Enodia: nice coin Jay!
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Pontos, Amisos, AE2424 mm, 21.08 g
obv: head right wearing bashlyk
rev: AMIΣOY; quiver and unstrung bow.
areich11/28/13 at 16:00Enodia: a lovely portrait with delicate features, very nic...
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GREEK, Rhodes, AR DrachmSilver drachm minted in the city of Rhodes, under magistrate Stasion.
Circa 205 - 190 B.C.
The obverse with a beautiful facing head portrait of the famous patron deity of the City, Helios. He is shown with wind blown hair and facing slightly right.
The reverse with a blossoming rose, thunder bolt in left field, tendrils in right.
The legend above bearing the magistrates name and reading:
ΣTAΣIΩN
"Of Stasion"
The island nation of Rhodes, just off the Turkish mainland was a highly successful commercial centre in antiquity. The Island also boasted one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of Rhodes. The Colossus was a monstrous statue, standing over 98 feet tall, that stood at the entrance to the city's harbour and depicted the island's patron god, Helios.
The widely traded coinage of Rhodes also proudly displayed the image of their god on the obverse. While the reverse employs a visual pun on the City name, as the Greek word for Rose is Rhodon.
Diameter: 15 mm.
Weight: 2.60 g11/19/13 at 16:37Enodia: Beautiful Helios!
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ANTIQUITIES, Greek, Iron spear, c.300 B.C.An ancient Greek Iron spear point, dating to approximately 300 B.C.
A powerful weapon with long cylindrical socket for attachment to a wooden pole, now long since perished. The blade itself of elongated, triangular form with strong central mid rib.
Height: 14 inches. 10/31/13 at 07:07Enodia: very cool!
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Lucania, Velia AR DidrachmHelmeted head of Athena left, wearing Phrygian helmet decorated with centauress, KE monogram behind
Lion left, tearing prey, A above, KE monogram below, ΥΕΛΗΤΩΝ in ex.
Circa 334-300 BC
7.22g
Williams 327 (O.174/R.243)
BMC 74; HN Italy 1294.
Ex-Calgary coin
The KE obverse monogram is the signature of Kleudoros, the artist or mint master of Velia.Jay GT410/26/13 at 22:50Enodia: great coin! i love these lion & prey types
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Mark Antony Legionary Denarius LEG VIIIANT AVG III VIR R P C
galley r. mast with banners at prow
LEG VIII
legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae mint 32-31BC
3.63g
This legion is not LEG VIII Augusta which was disbanded by Caesar and re-enlisted by Octavian.
Ex-Forum
Jay GT410/22/13 at 16:28Enodia: nice addition Jay!
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Syracuse, Sicily, Hiketas, 288 - 279 BBronze AE 23, Calciati II p. 312 ff., 168 (various obv symbols), EF, partial flat strike, 7.564g, 22.8mm, 180o, Syracuse mint, obverse DIOS ELLANIOU, laureate head of young Zeus Hellanios right, uncertain symbol behind head; reverse SURAKOSIWN, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, star left
"Hicetas was tyrant of Syracuse for about nine years. The only recorded events during his rule are his victory over Phintias, tyrant of Agrigentum, and his defeat to the Carthaginians at the river Terias. He was expelled from Syracuse by Thynion shortly before Pyrrhus arrived in Sicily."Randygeki(h2)10/16/13 at 05:30Enodia: great eagle! nice patina too.
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Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 188 - 84 B.C.Silver hemidrachm, cf. SNG Keckman 642 ff. (various magistrates and control symbols)Dexikrates, Fine/Fair, scratches, underweight (perhaps imitative), 0.905g, 13.0mm, 135o, Rhodos (Rhodes) mint, c. 188 - 84 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse rose with bud to right, P-O in fields, magistrates name above,ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ, control symbol lower left, all within a shallow square incuse;Randygeki(h2)10/16/13 at 05:26Enodia: nice coin!
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