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Bruttium, Lokroi Epizephyrioi
300-268 BC 5.27 g (1942) SNG Danish National Museum
1874 4.92 g (1975) SNG ANS 3 543
AE18 of Locri (Locroi Epizephyrii), 290-270 BC or later
Obv. hd Athena, wearing Corinthian helmet
Rev.winged thunderbolt, LOKRWNCoin #616
cars100

CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 375-300 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.78 g, 12h). Pegasos flying left / Pegasos standing left; Δ-I below. BCD Corinth -; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. BMC 208. Fine, toned, porous.

Ex Coin Galleries (14 November 1984), lot 121.areich

AR Stater Corinthia, Corinth, ca. 400-350 BC
Obverse: pegasos flying right, Q below
Reverse: helmeted head of Athena right, tripod behind, EY above helmet
Weight 8.37 g
Reference Ravel 675; Pegasi 257/11 commentspaul1888

Metapontum, Lucania, c. 340 - 330 B.C.
|Italy|, |Metapontum,| |Lucania,| |c.| |340| |-| |330| |B.C.|, NEWLeukippos (or Leucippus) was a son of king Oinomaos of Pisa. He fell in love with the nymph Daphne and disguised himself as a girl to join her company. When she discovered his true identity in the bath, he was slain by the nymphs. Based on this portrait, his plan was doomed from the start.

Another Leukippos, unrelated to the coin, was a philosopher in the first half of 5th century B.C. This Leukippos was the first Greek to develop the theory of atomism; the idea that everything is composed entirely of various imperishable, indivisible elements called atoms. His theory was elaborated in far greater detail by his pupil and successor, Democritus. Leukippos was born in Miletus or Abdera.
GS110591. Silver nomos, Johnson-Noe B3.15 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 497 (same); Historia Numorum Italy 1576; SNG ANS 443, VF, fine style, toned, areas weakly struck, irregularly shaped flan, Metapontion (Metaponto, Italy) mint, weight 7.812g, maximum diameter 22.5mm, die axis 315o, c. 340 - 330 B.C.; obverse ΛEYKIΠΠOΣ (clockwise from above), head of Leucippus right, bearded, wearing Corinthian helmet with a plain bowl, dog (control symbol) seated left behind; reverse barley ear, stalk and leaf on right, bird with open wings on leaf, META upward on left, AMI below leaf; from the CEB Collection, Ex: Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc, Summer Bid Sale, June 27, 1986, lot 45.paul1888

Philip II, 359 - 336 BC. AE18. Struck after 356 BC at an uncertain mint in MacedoniaObverse: No legend. Young male head, usually identified as Apollo, with hair bound in a taenia, facing left.
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Naked rider on horse prancing left, uncertain control mark, often described as the head of a lion, beneath the horse. The control mark looks a bit like the ram on the prow of a galley to me, but that is just my personal opinion.
Diameter: 17.4mm | Weight: 6.9gms | Die Axis: 12
SNG ANS 872 - 874

The bronze series of this type is extensive and differentiated principally by the different control marks. These control marks are symbols and letters which generally appear on the reverse, very occasionally the obverse, of the coin, and they were used to identify the officials responsible for a particular issue of coinage.
Philip II won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC, and it is thought that the horseman on the reverse of this coin commemorates that event.

Philip II of Macedon was King of Macedon from 359 until his death in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III Arrhidaeus. In 357 BC, Philip married Olympias, who was the daughter of the king of the Molossians. Alexander was born in 356 BC, the same year as Philip's horse won at the Olympic Games.
Only Greeks were allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, and Philip was determined to convince his Athenian opposition that he was indeed worthy to be considered Greek. And, after successfully uniting Macedonia and Thessaly, Philip could legitimately participate in the Olympics. In 365 BC Philip entered his horse into the keles, a horseback race in the 106th Olympics, and won. He proceeded to win two more times, winning the four horse chariot race in the 352 BC 107th Olympics and the two horse chariot race in the 348 BC 108th Olympics. These were great victories for Philip because not only had he been admitted officially into the Olympic Games but he had also won, solidifying his standing as a true Greek.
The conquest and political consolidation of most of Greece during Philip's reign was achieved in part by the creation of the Macedonian phalanx which gave him an enormous advantage on the battlefield. After defeating Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC Philip II established the League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, with him at it's head, with the intention of invading the Persian empire. In 336 BC he sent an army of 10,000 men into Asia Minor to make preparations for the invasion by freeing the Greeks living on the western coast and islands from Persian rule. All went well until the news arrived that Philip had been assassinated. The Macedonians were demoralized by Philip's death and were subsequently defeated by Persian forces near Magnesia.
Philip II was murdered in October 336 BC, at Aegae, the ancient capital of the Macedonian kingdom, while he was entering into the town's theatre. He was assassinated by Pausanius, one of his own bodyguards, who was himself slain by three of Philip's other bodyguards. The reasons for Philip's assassination are not now fully known, with many modern historians saying that, on the face of it, none of the ancient accounts which have come down to us appear to be credible.5 comments*Alex

Philip II, 359 - 336 BC. AE18. Struck after 356 BC at an uncertain mint in MacedoniaObverse: No legend. Young male head, usually identified as Apollo, with hair bound in a taenia, facing left.
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Naked rider on horse prancing right, forepart of bull butting right control mark (helmet?) beneath the horse.
Diameter: 19mm | Weight: 6.95gms | Die Axis: 9
GCV: 6699 | Forrer/Weber: 2068

The bronze series of this type is extensive and differentiated principally by the different control marks. These control marks are symbols and letters which generally appear on the reverse, very occasionally the obverse, of the coin, and they were used to identify the officials responsible for a particular issue of coinage.
Philip II won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC, and it is thought that the horseman on the reverse of this coin commemorates this event.

Philip II of Macedon was King of Macedon from 359 until his death in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III Arrhidaeus. In 357 BC, Philip married Olympias, who was the daughter of the king of the Molossians. Alexander was born in 356 BC, the same year as Philip's horse won at the Olympic Games.
The conquest and political consolidation of most of Greece during Philip's reign was achieved in part by the creation of the Macedonian phalanx which gave him an enormous advantage on the battlefield. After defeating Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC Philip II established the League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, with him at it's head, with the intention of invading the Persian empire. In 336 BC, Philip II sent an army of 10,000 men into Asia Minor to make preparations for the invasion by freeing the Greeks living on the western coast and islands from Persian rule. All went well until the news arrived that Philip had been assassinated. The Macedonians were demoralized by Philip's death and were subsequently defeated by Persian forces near Magnesia.
Philip II was murdered in October 336 BC, at Aegae, the ancient capital of the Macedonian kingdom, while he was entering into the town's theatre. He was assassinated by Pausanius, one of his own bodyguards, who was himself slain by three of Philip's other bodyguards. The reasons for Philip's assassination are not now fully known, with many modern historians saying that, on the face of it, none of the ancient accounts which have come down to us appear to be credible.*Alex

Philip II, 359 - 336. AE18. Struck after 356 BC at an uncertain mint in Macedonia Obverse: No legend. Young male head, usually identified as Apollo, with hair bound in a taenia, facing right.
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Naked rider on horse prancing right, retrograde E control mark beneath the horse.
Diameter: 17.16mm | Weight: 6.09gms | Die Axis: 12
SNG ANS 919 - 920

The bronze series of this type is extensive and differentiated principally by the different control marks. These control marks are symbols and letters which generally appear on the reverse, very occasionally the obverse, of the coin, and they were used to identify the officials responsible for a particular issue of coinage.
Philip II won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC, and it is thought that the horseman on the reverse of this coin commemorates this event.

Philip II of Macedon was King of Macedon from 359 until his death in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III Arrhidaeus. In 357 BC, Philip married Olympias, who was the daughter of the king of the Molossians. Alexander was born in 356 BC, the same year as Philip's horse won at the Olympic Games.
The conquest and political consolidation of most of Greece during Philip's reign was achieved in part by the creation of the Macedonian phalanx which gave him an enormous advantage on the battlefield. After defeating Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC Philip II established the League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, with him at it's head, with the intention of invading the Persian empire. In 336 BC, Philip II sent an army of 10,000 men into Asia Minor to make preparations for the invasion by freeing the Greeks living on the western coast and islands from Persian rule. All went well until the news arrived that Philip had been assassinated. The Macedonians were demoralized by Philip's death and were subsequently defeated by Persian forces near Magnesia.
Philip II was murdered in October 336 BC, at Aegae, the ancient capital of the Macedonian kingdom, while he was entering into the town's theatre. He was assassinated by Pausanius, one of his own bodyguards, who was himself slain by three of Philip's other bodyguards. The reasons for Philip's assassination are not now fully known, with many modern historians saying that, on the face of it, none of the ancient accounts which have come down to us appear to be credible.*Alex

Philip II, 359 - 336. AE18. Struck after 356 BC at an uncertain mint in MacedoniaObverse: No legend. Young male head, usually identified as Apollo, with hair bound in a taenia, facing right.
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Naked rider on horse prancing left, spearhead control mark beneath the horse.
Diameter: 18.00mm | Weight: 6.00gms | Die Axis: 12
SNG ANS 850 | Mionnet I: 750

The bronze series of this type is extensive and differentiated principally by the different control marks. These control marks are symbols and letters which generally appear on the reverse, very occasionally the obverse, of the coin, and they were used to identify the officials responsible for a particular issue of coinage.
Philip II won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC, and it is thought that the horseman on the reverse of this coin commemorates this event.

Philip II of Macedon was King of Macedon from 359 until his death in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III Arrhidaeus. In 357 BC, Philip married Olympias, who was the daughter of the king of the Molossians. Alexander was born in 356 BC, the same year as Philip's horse won at the Olympic Games.
The conquest and political consolidation of most of Greece during Philip's reign was achieved in part by the creation of the Macedonian phalanx which gave him an enormous advantage on the battlefield. After defeating Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC Philip II established the League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, with him at it's head, with the intention of invading the Persian empire. In 336 BC, Philip II sent an army of 10,000 men into Asia Minor to make preparations for the invasion by freeing the Greeks living on the western coast and islands from Persian rule. All went well until the news arrived that Philip had been assassinated. The Macedonians were demoralized by Philip's death and were subsequently defeated by Persian forces near Magnesia.
Philip II was murdered in October 336 BC, at Aegae, the ancient capital of the Macedonian kingdom, while he was entering into the town's theatre. He was assassinated by Pausanius, one of his own bodyguards, who was himself slain by three of Philip's other bodyguards. The reasons for Philip's assassination are not now fully known, with many modern historians saying that, on the face of it, none of the ancient accounts which have come down to us appear to be credible.*Alex

Corinthia, AR. staterPegsi 453 / SNG Cop. 98 / 375-300 BC
obv: Helmeted hd. of Athena l. Delta-I flanking behind Artemis
Pospheres adv. l.
rev: Pegasos flying l.1 commentshill132

GreeceGreece - Central, Peloponnesos, Crete & The Cyclades.
Thessaly, Akarnania, Boeotia, Euboia, Attica, Corinthia, Sikyonia, Peloponnesos, Argolis, Phokaia, Arkadia, Lokris.2 commentsAnaximander

Sicily Syracuse drachm
Sicily, Syracuse, AE drachm (c. 375-344 BC)
28mm, 24.64g, 12h. Struck under Dionysos I and Dionysos II.
O/ ΣYPA. Head of Athena in corinthian helmet l.
R/ Sea-star between two dolphins. Pellet below.
Hoover1436 T.MooT

Sinope, Paphlagonia - BMC 49Sinope, Paphlagonia.
189-193 BC.
Head of young Ares right in Corinthian helmet /
SINW-PHS, sword in sheath, with strap. xokleng

Trajan. 98-117 CE. Caesarea Maritima. Trajan. 98-117 CE. Æ 32mm
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Statue of the Tyche of Caesarea within semi-circular tetrastyle shrine with Corinthian columns; half figure of river-god to right of statue, altar with horns
Ros-192 commentsMaritima

ROME
PB Tessera
(17mm, 3.32 g, 12 h)
Facing head of Medusa
Corinthian helm right; gladius below; [R to upper right?]
Rostovtsev 1669; München 274; BM 1692Ardatirion

CORINTHIA, Corinth
Æ Tessera (14mm, 3.65 g)
Struck in the mid-1st century AD
Pegasos flying right; COR below
Blank
Edwards, Corinth Excavations 231; BCD Corinth 519-23; Amandry 1Ardatirion

CORINTHIA, Corinth
PB Tessera (15mm, 3.37 g)
Pegasos flying left; [COR?] below
Blank
BCD Corinth 529 (this coin)

Ex BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 529

This intriguing piece stands out from the main series of countermarked bronze type tesserae found at Corinth. Ardatirion

EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus
PB Tessera (21mm, 10.52 g, 2h)
Draped bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helm and aegis
Athena flying left on globe, holding wreath and palm frond over shoulder
Milne 5291; Dattari (Savio) 11817 (same dies); Köln 3509-17 var. (no letters, no globe)Ardatirion

EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus
PB Tessera (21mm, 3.89 g, 12 h)
Draped bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helm and aegis; spear before
Nike advancing left, holding palm frond and wreath
Milne 5292-4; Dattari (Savio) -; Köln 3528 (same dies)Ardatirion

EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus
PB Tessera (16mm, 2.63 g, 2h)
Draped bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helm and aegis; spear before
Nike advancing left, holding palm frond and wreath; OÎž to left
Milne 5297; Dattari (Savio) -; Köln 3523-5Ardatirion

EGYPT, Oxyrhynchus
PB Tessera (22mm, 12.13 g)
Draped bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helm and aegis
Oak wreath enclosing uncertain letters (OÎž monogram?)
Milne 5317-9; Dattari (Savio) -; Köln 3557-8Ardatirion

(02) AUGUSTUSTIME OF AUGUSTUS (31 BC - 14 AD)
AE 17 mm 3.24 g
O: PEGASUS FLYING R
R: P AEBV / TIO SP F / C HEIO / PAMPH[I / [LO]
(UNDER THE PREFECTS P. AEBUTIUS SP F AND C. HEIUS PAMPHILUS)
Corinth, (Amandry IX D1 R1) RARE laney

(04) CALIGULA37-41 AD.
Struck 37-38 AD
AE21 (6.69 g)
Obv. C CAESAR AVG, Bare head to right.
Rev. P VIPSANIO AGRIPPA IIV CO, Pegasus flying to right.
Achaea, Corinth. RPC 1172; BCD Korinth 402.
laney

*SOLD*Greek Thracian - Mesembria AR Diobol

Attribution: SNG BMC 268 variant
Date: 400-350 BC
Obverse: Crested Corinthian helmet facing
Reverse: META between four spokes of wheel
Size: 16 mm
ex-ForvmNoah

002a, Aigina, Islands off Attica, Greece, c. 510 - 490 B.C.Silver stater, S 1849, SNG Cop 503, F, 12.231g, 22.3mm, Aigina (Aegina) mint, c. 510 - 490 B.C.; Obverse: sea turtle (with row of dots down the middle); Reverse: incuse square of “Union Jack” pattern; banker's mark obverse. Ex FORVM.

Greek Turtles, by Gary T. Anderson

Turtles, the archaic currency of Aegina, are among the most sought after of all ancient coins. Their early history is somewhat of a mystery. At one time historians debated whether they or the issuances of Lydia were the world's earliest coins. The source of this idea comes indirectly from the writings of Heracleides of Pontus, a fourth century BC Greek scholar. In the treatise Etymologicum, Orion quotes Heracleides as claiming that King Pheidon of Argos, who died no later than 650 BC, was the first to strike coins at Aegina. However, archeological investigations date the earliest turtles to about 550 BC, and historians now believe that this is when the first of these intriguing coins were stamped.

Aegina is a small, mountainous island in the Saronikon Gulf, about midway between Attica and the Peloponnese. In the sixth century BC it was perhaps the foremost of the Greek maritime powers, with trade routes throughout the eastern half of the Mediterranean. It is through contacts with Greeks in Asia Minor that the idea of coinage was probably introduced to Aegina. Either the Lydians or Greeks along the coast of present day Turkey were most likely the first to produce coins, back in the late seventh century. These consisted of lumps of a metal called electrum (a mixture of gold and silver) stamped with an official impression to guarantee the coin was of a certain weight. Aegina picked up on this idea and improved upon it by stamping coins of (relatively) pure silver instead electrum, which contained varying proportions of gold and silver. The image stamped on the coin of the mighty sea power was that of a sea turtle, an animal that was plentiful in the Aegean Sea. While rival cities of Athens and Corinth would soon begin limited manufacture of coins, it is the turtle that became the dominant currency of southern Greece. The reason for this is the shear number of coins produced, estimated to be ten thousand yearly for nearly seventy years. The source for the metal came from the rich silver mines of Siphnos, an island in the Aegean. Although Aegina was a formidable trading nation, the coins seemed to have meant for local use, as few have been found outside the Cyclades and Crete. So powerful was their lure, however, that an old proverb states, "Courage and wisdom are overcome by Turtles."

The Aeginean turtle bore a close likeness to that of its live counterpart, with a series of dots running down the center of its shell. The reverse of the coin bore the imprint of the punch used to force the face of the coin into the obverse turtle die. Originally this consisted of an eight-pronged punch that produced a pattern of eight triangles. Later, other variations on this were tried. In 480 BC, the coin received its first major redesign. Two extra pellets were added to the shell near the head of the turtle, a design not seen in nature. Also, the reverse punch mark was given a lopsided design.

Although turtles were produced in great quantities from 550 - 480 BC, after this time production dramatically declines. This may be due to the exhaustion of the silver mines on Siphnos, or it may be related to another historical event. In 480 BC, Aegina's archrival Athens defeated Xerxes and his Persian armies at Marathon. After this, it was Athens that became the predominant power in the region. Aegina and Athens fought a series of wars until 457 BC, when Aegina was conquered by its foe and stripped of its maritime rights. At this time the coin of Aegina changed its image from that of the sea turtle to that of the land tortoise, symbolizing its change in fortunes.

The Turtle was an object of desire in ancient times and has become so once again. It was the first coin produced in Europe, and was produced in such great quantities that thousands of Turtles still exist today. Their historical importance and ready availability make them one of the most desirable items in any ancient coin enthusiast's collection.

(Greek Turtles, by Gary T. Anderson .1 commentsCleisthenes

005e2. GermanicusAE 20mm, 5.05 g. Corinth. C. Heius Pollio and C. Mussius Priscus, duovirs. Obv: GERMANICVS CAESAR COR, Bare head right. Rev: C MVSSIO PRISCO IIVIR HEIO POLLIONE ITER, Legend in four lines within wreath. RPC 1142.lawrence c

007 Lucius Caesar. AE21 6.7gmobv: CAESAR CORINTH bare head r. of Augustus
rev: C SERVILIO M ANTONIO HIPPARCHO IIVIR/ CL confronted busts of Lucis and Gaius Caesar
"sons of Agrippa and Julia, grandsons of Augustus"hill132

024d Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC II(1962) 008, Anonymus AE-Quadrans, Rome, Owl standing half left, S/C//--, #1024d Domitian (69-81 A.D. Caesar, 81-96 A.D. Augustus), RIC II(1962) 008, Anonymus AE-Quadrans, Rome, Owl standing half left, S/C//--, #1
Anonymous AE Quadrans. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius.
avers: Draped, cuirassed bust of Minerva right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
revers: Owl standing hal left.
exe: S/C//--, diameter: mm, weight: , axis: h,
mint: Rome, date: 84-85 A.D., ref: RIC II(1962) 008, p-216,
Q-001quadrans

027a04. CaracallaAE31. Zela, Pontus. 205-206 AD. 30.7mm, 14.42 g. Obv: AY KAI AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right. Rev: ZHΛITΩN TOY ΠONTOY, year mark ET PMB in ex. (year 142 of the local era) hexastyle temple with Corinthian columns, the gable of which is divided into three components, dot in central pediment.
BMC Pontus p. 41, 3 var. A FORUM coin.lawrence c

037p Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.), Corinth, Achaea, AE-26, Minerva/Athena standing left,037p Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.), Corinth, Achaea, AE-26, Minerva/Athena standing left,
avers:- M-AVR-ANTONINVS-AVG, Laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass, right.
revers:- C-L-I-COR, Minerva/Athena standing, left, holding Victoria/Nike over altar and spear; to right, owl standing, facing.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 26mm, weight: 12,81g, axis: 4h,
mint: Corinth, Achaea, date: 161-180 AD., ref: BCD Corinth 688, Lanz 105 (26/11/2001), coll. BCD, http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/5160/
Q-001quadrans

0383 Pergamon - AE 21c. 2nd century BC
head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet
trophy
AΘHNAΣ / NIKHΦOPOY
ΠEPΓ ?
Sear 3960; SNGCop 393ff, SNGvA 1374
5,6g 20mmJ. B.

04. "Abydus": Stater in the name of Alexander the Great.Stater, ca 323 - 317 BC, "Abydus" mint.
Obverse: Head of Athena in crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with a serpent.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Nike holding wreath and ship's mast; monogram and star at left, cornucopia at feet.
8.60 gm., 18 mm.
P. #1524; M. #381; S. #6704.1 commentsCallimachus

049p Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Corinth, Not listed, AE-24, Demeter standing right, #1049p Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.), Corinth, Not listed, AE-24, Demeter standing right, #1
avers: ..IVL..L SEP SEV .., Laureate head right with Countermark (Yung boy head right).
revers: CLI COR, Demeter (?) standing right, holding sceptre (?) and patera.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 24mm, weight: 6,79g, axes: 5h,
mint: Corinth, date: 193-211 A.D.,
ref: Not listed, ???,
Q-001quadrans

087 B.C., L. Rubrius Dossenus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 348/3, Rome, L•RVBRI, Victory in quadriga right, Rubria 3, #1087 B.C., L. Rubrius Dossenus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 348/3, Rome, L•RVBRI, Victory in quadriga right, Rubria 3, #1
avers: Bust of Minerva right, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis, behind, DOS.
reverse: Triumphal quadriga with side-panel decorated with thunderbolt right, above, Victory with outspread wings in biga, in exergue, L•RVBRI.
exergue: -/-//L•RVBRI, diameter: 15,5-16mm, weight: 3,67g, axis: 11h,
mint: Rome, date: 87 B.C., ref: Crawford 348-3, Syd 707, Rubria 3,
Q-001quadrans

1. Cnaeus Pompey Jr.Denomination: AR Denarius
Date: 46-45 BC
Obv: Head of Roma right, in Corinthian helmet; before, M POBLICI LEG PRO, behind, P R.
Rev: CN MAGNVS IMP, Hispania standing right, holding two spearrs over shoulder and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier standing left on prow, armed and with sword.
Diameter: 18.5mm
Weight: 3.90 grams
Mint: Corduba
Crawford 469/1a
Ex Classical Numismatic Review Vol XLVI No. 1 (Winter 2021), 559027.
Ex CNG Feature Auction 115 (15 September 2020), lot 592. 2 commentsRomancollector

1086 THRACE, Byzantium Hadrian AE 27 117-138 AD Corinthian helmetReference.
RPC III, 1086; Varbanov 3657v (rev. legend with TO B after magistrete).

Obv. AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIANOC AVΓ
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front.

Rev. BYZANTIΩN EΠI ΔHMHTPOC TO B
crested Corinthian helmet right, with cheek-pieces

11.60 gr
27 mm
6hokidoki

112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II ???, Ticinum, SALVS-AVG, Bust-Gvar-left, A/-//--, Salus seated left, Not in RIC !!!112 Probus (276-282 A.D.), AE-Antoninianus, RIC V-II ???, Ticinum, SALVS-AVG, Bust-Gvar-left, A/-//--, Salus seated left,
avers:- VIRTVS-PROBI-AVG, Radiate, helmeted (Corinthian helmet), cuirassed bust right, without spear and shield. Not in RIC this type of bust !!!
revers:- SALVS-AVG, Salus seated left, feeding serpent rising from altar.
exe: A/-//--, diameter: 23-24,5mm, weight: 3,88g, axis: 0h,
mint: Ticinum, date: ??? A.D., ref: RIC-V-II ???, p-,
Q-001
"Another exceedingly rare coin! No bibliographic reference, you are right. I just know another similar coin, from a private Dutch collection.
Yours is from the same obverse die. You generally have many interesting coins from Siscia. This exception from the Ticinum mint is stunning. Congratulations again,
S. Estiot" Thank you S.Estiot.4 commentsquadrans

112-111 B.C., Cn. Cornelius Cn.F. Blasio, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 296/1e, Rome, #1112-111 B.C., Cn. Cornelius Cn.F. Blasio, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 296/1e, Rome, #1
avers: CN•BLASIO•CN•F, Helmeted head of Mars right (Corinthian helmet), above the star, behind the wreath.
reverse: Jupiter standing facing between Juno and Minerva, in the field Î¥, below ROMA.
exergue: -/-//ROMA, diameter: 17,5-19mm, weight: 3,99g, axis: 9h,
mint: Rome, date: 111-112 B.C., ref: Crawford 296/1e, Sydenham 561b, Cornelia 19,
Q-001quadrans

138-161 AD - ANTONINUS PIUS AR denarius - struck 158-159 ADobv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP (laureate head right)
rev: TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST COS IIII (octastyle temple [8 columns] in which the statues of Augustus and Livia reside)
ref: RIC III 143D (R), Cohen 809 (8frcs)
3.01 gms, 18mm,
Rare

History: The Temple of Divus Augustus was built between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, behind the Basilica Julia. It is known from Roman coinage that the temple was originally built to an Ionic hexastyle design (see my Caligula sestertius). During the reign of Domitian the Temple of Divus Augustus was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt and rededicated in 89/90 with a shrine to his favourite deity, Minerva. The temple was redesigned as a memorial to four deified emperors, including Vespasian and Titus.
It was restored again in the late 150s by Antoninus Pius, who was perhaps motivated by a desire to be publicly associated with the first emperor. The exact date of the restoration is not known, but the restored temple was an octostyle design with Corinthian capitals and two statues - presumably of Augustus and Livia - in the cella. The pediment displayed a relief featuring Augustus and was topped by a quadriga. Two figures stood on the eaves of the roof, that on the left representing Romulus and the one on the right depicting Aeneas leading his family out of Troy, alluding to Rome's origin-myth. The steps of the temple were flanked by two statues of Victory.1 commentsberserker

15. Mesembria: Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great.Tetradrachm, ca 250 - 175 BC, Mesembria mint.
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Zeus sitting, holding his attendant eagle and sceptre. Monogram under throne, Corinthian helmet at left.
16.66 gm., 33 mm.
P. #1013.1 commentsCallimachus

19. Mesembria: Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great.Tetradrachm, ca 175 - 125 BC, Mesembria mint.
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Zeus sitting, holding his attendant eagle and sceptre. ΔΑ and Corinthian helmet to left, monogram under throne.
16.57 gm., 30 mm.
P. #1055; M. #472.Callimachus

1953A JOHN II AE TETARTERON S-1953V DOC 14 Zervos Variation
OBV Half length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds gospels open in l. hand

REV. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds in r. hand jeweled scepter on a long shaft and in l. Globus cruciger.

Size 19.17mm

Weight 3.6gm

This is a variation of the normal SBCV-1953 first published by Orestes Zervos in Jan 2005, The difference is very subtle, the article deals with this being found in the excavations at Corinth in almost equal numbers of SBCV-1953 but I found it a difficult and rare coin to acquire.Simon

1967 IONIA. Smyrna Pseudo-autonomous under Hadrian Nike advancingReference
RPC III, 1967; Klose V Serie B, 15–120;

Magistrate Biôn (strategos)

Obv. ϹΤΡΑΤΗ ΒΙΩΝΟϹ
Draped bust of Athena, r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet

Rev. ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Nike advancing l., holding wreath in r. hand and palm in left

2.93 gr
16 mm
6hokidoki

1ae2 FulviaFirst wife of Marc Antony

ca 83-40 BC

AR Quinarius
Bust of Victory right with the likeness of Fulvia, III VIR R P C
Lion right between A and XLI; ANTONI above, IMP in ex

RSC 3, Syd 1163, Cr489/6

Fulvia was the first Roman non-mythological woman to appear on Roman coins. She gained access to power through her marriage to three of the most promising men of her generation, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio, and Marcus Antonius. All three husbands were politically active populares, tribunes, and supporters of Julius Caesar. Fulvia married Mark Antony in 47 or 46 BC, a few years after Curio's death, although Cicero suggested that Fulvia and Antony had had a relationship since 58 BC. According to him, while Fulvia and Antony were married, Antony once left a military post to sneak back into Rome during the night and personally deliver a love letter to Fulvia describing his love for her and how he had stopped seeing the famous actress Cytheris. Cicero also suggested that Antony married Fulvia for her money. At the time of their marriage, Antony was an established politician. He had already been tribune in 49 BC, commanded armies under Caesar and was Master of the Horse in 47 BC. As a couple, they were a formidable political force in Rome, and had two sons together, Marcus Antonius Antyllus and Iullus Antonius.

Suetonius wrote, "[Antony] took a wife, Fulvia, the widow of Clodius the demagogue, a woman not born for spinning or housewifery, nor one that could be content with ruling a private husband, but prepared to govern a first magistrate, or give orders to a commander-in-chief. So that Cleopatra had great obligations to her for having taught Antony to be so good a servant, he coming to her hands tame and broken into entire obedience to the commands of a mistress. He used to play all sorts of sportive, boyish tricks, to keep Fulvia in good-humour. As, for example, when Caesar, after his victory in Spain, was on his return, Antony, among the rest, went out to meet him; and, a rumour being spread that Caesar was killed and the enemy marching into Italy, he returned to Rome, and, disguising himself, came to her by night muffled up as a servant that brought letters from Antony. She, with great impatience, before received the letter, asks if Antony were well, and instead of an answer he gives her the letter; and, as she was opening it, took her about the neck and kissed her."

After Julius Caesar was assassinated, Antony became the most powerful man in Rome. Fulvia was heavily involved in the political aftermath. After Caesar's death, the senate realized his popularity and declared that they would pass all of Caesar's planned laws. Antony had attained possession of Caesar's papers, and with the ability to produce papers in support of any law, Fulvia and Antony made a fortune and gained immense power. She allegedly accompanied Antony to his military camp at Brundisium in 44 BC. Appian wrote that in December 44 and again in 41 BC, while Antony was abroad and Cicero campaigned for Antony to be declared an enemy of the state, Fulvia attempted to block such declarations by soliciting support on Antony's behalf.

Antony formed the second triumvirate with Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus on 43 BC and began to conduct proscriptions. To solidify the political alliance, Fulvia's daughter Clodia was married to the young Octavian. Appian and Cassius Dio describe Fulvia as being involved in the violent proscriptions, which were used to destroy enemies and gain badly needed funds to secure control of Rome. Antony pursued his political enemies, chief among them being Cicero, who had openly criticized him for abusing his powers as consul after Caesar's assassination. Though many ancient sources wrote that Fulvia was happy to take revenge against Cicero for Antony's and Clodius' sake, Cassius Dio is the only ancient source that describes the joy with which she pierced the tongue of the dead Cicero with her golden hairpins, as a final revenge against Cicero's power of speech.

In 42 BC, Antony and Octavian left Rome to pursue Julius Caesar's assassins, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Fulvia was left behind as the most powerful woman in Rome. According to Cassius Dio, Fulvia controlled the politics of Rome. Dio wrote that "the following year Publius Servilius and Lucius Antonius nominally became consuls, but in reality it was Antonius and Fulvia. She, the mother-in‑law of Octavian and wife of Antony, had no respect for Lepidus because of his slothfulness, and managed affairs herself, so that neither the senate nor the people transacted any business contrary to her pleasure."

Shortly afterwards, the triumvirs then distributed the provinces among them. Lepidus took the west and Antony went to Egypt, where he met Cleopatra VII. When Octavian returned to Rome in 41 BC to disperse land to Caesar's veterans, he divorced Fulvia's daughter and accused Fulvia of aiming at supreme power. Fulvia allied with her brother-in-law Lucius Antonius and publicly endorsed Mark Antony in opposition to Octavian.

In 41 BC, tensions between Octavian and Fulvia escalated to war in Italy. Together with Lucius Antonius, she raised eight legions in Italy to fight for Antony's rights against Octavian, an event known as the Perusine War. Fulvia fled to Greece with her children. Appian writes that she met Antony in Athens, and he was upset with her involvement in the war. Antony then sailed back to Rome to deal with Octavian, and Fulvia died of an unknown illness in exile in Sicyon, near Corinth, Achaea.Blindado

2013 Elizabeth II SS Gairsoppa 1/4oz Silver BritanniaGreat Britain, Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 1/4oz Silver Britannia, 50 Pence, 2013, SS Gairsoppa commemorative, SCWC KM 1080.1, SCBC BSD12, one-year type, BU, struck in 99.9% silver recovered from the SS Gairsoppa, issued for the US market in tubes, minor marks, incuse edge lettering SS GAIRSOPPA •, weight 7.86g (ASW 0.25oz), composition 0.999 Ag, diameter 22.0mm, thickness 2.6mm, die axis 0°, Royal mint, 2013; obverse ELIZABETH ' II ' D ' G-REG ' FID ' DEF (Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith) clockwise from lower left and ' 50 ' PENCE ' arcing below, fourth crowned head right, IRB raised below truncation for engraver Ian Rank-Broadley, crenellated border surrounding; reverse ' BRITANNIA ' 2013 '-' 1/4 '-' OUNCE ' FINE ' SILVER ' around inner linear circle, Britannia standing facing, head left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, long hair, chiton and peplos billowing behind left, trident in outstretched right hand, olive branch in left on grounded shield ornamented with Union Jack, left foot on rock with two waves beyond left, NATHAN (Philip Nathan) raised on rock in exergue, crenellated border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex eBay sale (23 Jan 2024); £36.04.Serendipity

2014 Elizabeth II SS Gairsoppa 1/4oz Silver BritanniaGreat Britain, Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 1/4oz Silver Britannia, 50 Pence, 2014, SS Gairsoppa commemorative, SCBC BSD14A, modified reverse, scarcer second-year type, BU, struck in 99.9% silver recovered from the SS Gairsoppa, minor marks, incuse edge lettering SS GAIRSOPPA •, weight 7.86g (ASW 0.25oz), composition 0.999 Ag, diameter 22.0mm, thickness 2.6mm, die axis 0°, Royal mint, 2014; obverse ELIZABETH ' II ' D ' G-REG ' FID ' DEF (Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith) clockwise from lower left and ' 50 ' PENCE ' arcing below, fourth crowned head right, IRB raised below truncation for engraver Ian Rank-Broadley, crenellated border surrounding; reverse ' BRITANNIA ' 2014 '-1/4 oz-' 999 ' FINE ' SILVER ' around inner linear circle, Britannia standing facing, head left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, long hair, chiton and peplos billowing behind left, trident in outstretched right hand, olive branch in left on grounded shield ornamented with Union Jack, left foot on rock with two waves beyond left, NATHAN (Philip Nathan) raised on rock in exergue, crenellated border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex Sovereign Rarities (8 Jan 2023) with COI; £150.00.Serendipity

2019 Elizabeth II 1oz Gold BritanniaGreat Britain, Elizabeth II (1952-2022), 1oz Gold Britannia, 100 Pounds, 2019, SCBC BGF18D, UNC, edge milled, weight 31.21g (APW 1oz), composition 0.9999 Au, diameter 32.69mm, thickness 2.7mm, die axis 0°, Royal mint, 2019; obverse ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 100 POUNDS · (Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith, 100 Pounds), fifth crowned head right, J.C raised below truncation for engraver Jody Clark, guilloche background, crenellated border surrounding; reverse ' BRITANNIA ' 2019 '-1 oz-' 999.9 ' FINE ' GOLD ' around inner linear circle, Britannia standing facing, head left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, long hair, chiton and peplos billowing behind left, trident in outstretched right hand, olive branch in left on grounded shield ornamented with Union Jack, left foot on rock with two waves beyond left, NATHAN (Philip Nathan) raised on rock in exergue, speckled radial sunburst background, crenellated border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex RM (2019); £1,578.00.Serendipity

218 CORINTHIA, Corinth Hadrian As 117-28 AD IsthmusReference.
RPC III, 218/7; NCP 14/6 and pl. C, XXXVII

Obv. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., with paludamentum, seen from front

Rev. COL LAV IVL COR
Tetrastyle temple; within, Isthmus seated l., his right hand on his head, l. resting on rudder.

7.7 gr
20 mm
3h1 commentsokidoki

22278 Athena/Eagle22278 Athena/Eagle
Obv: Bust of Athena right, in high-crested Corinthian helmet and an aegis
Rev: AÎ AMEÎ©N ATTAÎ›OY BIANOÎ¡OÎ£
above and beneath eagle alighting right on maeander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskuri surmounted by two stars. 1 star over eagle
Magistrates Attalos and Bianoros
Mint: Apameia, Phrygia 22.5mm 8.7g
SNG Copenhagen 165-6; SNG München 112-3; SNG von Aulock 3468; BMC 54.
1 commentsBlayne W

233 CORINTHIA, Corinth Hadrian As 128-38 AD ZeusReference.
RPC III, 233/4; P: 837; P: 836

Obv. IMP CAES TR-A HADR AVG
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., with paludamentum

Rev. COL L IVL CORINT
Head of Zeus, with taenia, right

7.30 gr
23 mm
6h2 commentsokidoki

2680 PAMPHYLIA , Attalea Hadrian Athena Reference.
RPC III, 2680/2; Baydur 192, Attaleia -; SNG France -; SNG Pfalz - ; SNG Cop 286.

Obv. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right

Rev. ΑΤΤΑΛΕΩΝ
Bust of Athena with Corinthian helmet and aegis, right

5.10 gr
20 mm
6h2 commentsokidoki

2824 LYCAONIA, Iconium. Hadrian AthenaReference.
RPC III, 2824/7; SNG von Aulock 293; Waddington 4766.

Obv. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from behind.

Rev. ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕωΝ
Reverse design bust of Athena with Corinthian helmet and aegis

5.52 gr
20 mm
6h

City Claudiconium (= Iconium)okidoki

285 PELOPONNESUS, Patras Hadrian Reference.
RPC III, 285/4; BCD Corinth 613 (as Corinth).

Issue Asses

Obv. HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P
Laureate bust of Hadrian, r., with paludamentum, seen from front

Rev. COL A A PATREN
Mercury standing facing, head l., holding caduceus on l. shoulder; at his feet, l. and r., ram and amphora

8.11 gr
20 mm
12h2 commentsokidoki

405-367 BC - Dionysis I - Syracuse, Sicily - Calciati 62 - AE DrachmKing: Dionysios I
Date: 405-367 BC
Denomination: AE Drachm
Condition: Fair

Obverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet.

Reverse: Two dolphins around starfish.

Sicily, Syracuse
Calciati 62
28.73g; 33.4mm; 0°Pep

41-54 AD - CLAUDIUS & AUGUSTUS AE21 of Thessalonica - struck under Claudiusobv:TI KLAY KAICAP CEBACTOC GEP (laureate head of Claudius left)
rev: TEOC CEBACTOC TECCALONEIKEWN (radiate head of Augustus right)
ref: RPC 1578, SNG ANS 842, BMC Macedonia -; SNG Copenhagen -
mint: Thessalonica, Macedonia
8.19 gms, 21 mm
Rare

Under the Roman Empire, Thessalonica became the capital city of the Roman province of Macedonia (146 BCE). Paul wrote the epistles to the Thessalonians, from Corinth in 51 AD.berserker

504. Constantius II Campgate NicomediaNicomedia

Titular see of Bithynia Prima, founded by King Zipoetes. About 264 B.C. his son Nicodemes I dedicated the city anew, gave it his name, made it his capital, and adorned it with magnificent monuments. At his court the vanquished Hannibal sought refuge. When Bithynia became a Roman province Nicomedia remained its capital. Pliny the Younger mentions, in his letters to Trajan, several public edifices of the city — a senate house, an aqueduct which he had built, a forum, the temple of Cybele, etc. He also proposed to join the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmora by a canal which should follow the river Sangarius and empty the waters of the Lake of Sabandja into the Gulf of Astacus. A fire then almost destroyed the town. From Nicomedia perhaps, he wrote to Trajan his famous letter concerning the Christians. Under Marcus Aurelius, Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth, addressed a letter to his community warning them against the Marcionites (Eusebius, "Hist. Eccl.", IV, xxiii). Bishop Evander, who opposed the sect of the Ophites (P.L., LIII, 592), seems to have lived at the same time. Nicomedia was the favorite residence of Diocletian, who built there a palace, a hippodrome, a mint, and an arsenal. In 303 the edict of the tenth persecution caused rivers of blood to flow through the empire, especially in Nicomedia, where the Bishop Anthimus and a great many Christians were martyred. The city was then half Christian, the palace itself being filled with them. In 303, in the vast plain east of Nicomedia, Diocletian renounced the empire in favour of Galerius. In 311 Lucian, a priest of Antioch, delivered a discourse in the presence of the judge before he was executed. Other martyrs of the city are numbered by hundreds. Nicomedia suffered greatly during the fourth century from an invasion of the Goths and from an earthquake (24 Aug., 354), which overthrew all the public and private monuments; fire completed the catastrophe. The city was rebuilt, on a smaller scale. In the reign of Justinian new public buildings were erected, which were destroyed in the following century by the Shah Chosroes. Pope Constantine I visited the city in 711. In 1073 John Comnenus was there proclaimed emperor and shortly afterwards was compelled to abdicate. In 1328 it was captured by the Sultan Orkhan, who restored its ramparts, parts of which are still preserved.

RIC VII Nicomedia 158 R2

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5568 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 125-26 AD Mars, wearing crested Corinthian helmetReference.
RPC III, 5568; D1271 = Staffieri; Emmett 810.10

Issue L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ= year 10

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

Rev. L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Helmeted half-length nude bust left of Mars (Ares), seen from behind, wearing crested Corinthian helmet

12.87 gr
25 mm
12h

Note.
From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Münz Zentrum 29 (27 April 1977), lot 126; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 1271.

In the aforementioned article by Giovanni, he compares the reverse of this coin to the statue found at Hadrian’s villa (Fig. 7 in his article).
See G.M. Staffieri, ‘Sulla testimonianza di un Ares policleteo nella monetazione imperiale alessandrina’, NAC 22 (1993), pp. 187-99, where the design is compared to the statue found at Hadrian’s villa.4 commentsokidoki

7264.1 Prusias I and II, 228-149 BCBronze Æ29, 28.5mm, 9.21g, VF
Head Athena left wearing crested Corinthian style helmet / BAÎ£IÎ›EÎ©Î£ Î POYÎ£IOY, Nike walking right holding trophy over shoulder, monogram in field to right. Medium green patina.
Ex: John C. Lavender
SNG Cop 642Lawrence W

79 BC L Papius Serrated denariusHead of Juno Sospita right clad in goat's skin control symbal behind (base of column), bead and reel in border

L PAPI
Gryphon leaping right control symbol (Corinthian capital) below, bead and reel border

Trade guild: Builders

3.9g

Rome
79 BC

Sear 311 RRC 89

Ex-Calgary Coin

To see the amazing variety of control marks on this series:
www.bonannocoins.com/l_papius/l_papius_db.php

SOLD to Calgary Coin June 20171 commentsJay GT4

A Metapontine Nomos Depicting LeukipposGreek (Late Classical). Lucania, Metapontion AR Nomos (21mm, 7.79g, 7h), temp. Alexander Molossian, King of Epirus, c. 340-330 BCE.
Obv: Helmeted head of Leukippos right; to left, lion's head; below, monogram (Gamma?).
Rev: META. Grain ear with leaf, club of Hercules above leaf; below, AMI (monogram of Alexander).
Ref: Johnston class B 2.35; HN Italy 1575; F.S. Benson, "Ancient Greek Coins: II. Magana Graecia" (AJN 35.1, 1900) No. 23 & ill. 15 [LINK] = Nanteuil 159 (same dies).
Prov: Ex-VAuctions Triskeles. Ex-JB (Edmonton, d. 2019) Collection (with his original insert)

Notes: Metapontion was one of the Greek colonies on the Italian peninsula known collectively as Magna Graecia, settled by the Achaeans around the turn of the 7th century BCE. Leukippos, who appears in Corinthian helmet on the obverse, was the legendary founder of the city who reputedly led the first settlement. Johnston attributed this scarce pair of "mature dies" to the same artist who engraved the finest Distater dies, or possibly an engraver under his tutelage, very closely approximating his refined style.
[ALT: Stater, Didrachm, Leucippus, Metapontum]1 commentsCurtis JJ

aa Lydia, Sala. Pseudo-autonomous AE19. Magistrate AndronikosObv: CALH NWN, helmeted bust of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev: EPI GO YAL ANDPONEIKOS, Kybele seated left, turreted, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum, lion at foot.
Magistrate G. Val. Andronikos
SNG Cop 417-419var (Magistrat), BMC 229.9ancientone

AchaeaAchaea, province of the Roman Empire, consisted of the modern-day Peloponnese in southern Greece and is bordered on the north by the provinces of Epirus and Macedonia. The region was annexed to the Roman Republic in 146 BC following the sack of Corinth by the campaign of Roman general Lucius Mummius. L. Mummius was awarded the cognomen "Achaicus" as "conqueror of Achaea" for his actions.ancientone

Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Bust of Athena r. wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev: AΘH NA IΩN Bucranium bound by wreath.
Time of Hadrian and the Antonines.
BMC 810.ancientone

Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: AΘHN-A-IΩN, Athena Parthenos standing facing, Nike crowning her with wreath extended in right hand, left holds a spear and rests on a grounded shield.
c. 115 - 160 A.D.
BMC Attica 686-7.ancientone

Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22Obv: Draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev: AΘHNAIΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left.
Kroll 318ancientone

Achaea. Attica, Athens. AE22. TriptolemosObv: Bust of Athena l. wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev: AΘH NA IΩN / Triptolemos standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, l.
Time of Hadrian and the Antonines.
22mm., 6.1g.
ancientone

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Lucius Verus AE26 Melikertes-PalaimonPeloponnesus. Corinthia, Corinth. Obv. bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass, r. [IMP L AVR VERVS AVG] Rev. Melikertes-Palaimon riding on dolphin, l.; in pine wreath C L I COR.

A fragmentary Isthmian ode of Pindar portrays the founding of the Isthmian Games as a funerary celebration for Melikertes. Examination of the language in which Pindar speaks of the cults of other heroes at places where athletic contests were celebrated in their honour leads to the conclusion that Melikertes was worshipped as a hero at the Isthmian Sanctuary, at least by the time of Pindar, although no remains of a shrine to him before the Roman period have been found.3 commentsancientone

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Antoninus Pius AE20. HomonoiaPeloponnesus. Corinthia, Corinth. Obv. Antoninus Pius laurate bust r. Rev. Homonoia standing l. holding cornucopia and wreath. CLI COR.

Not listed in BCD.

HOMONOIA was the spirit (daimona) of concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind. Her opposite number was Eris (Strife). She was sometimes numbered amongst the goddesses Praxidikai, (Exacters of Justice), who were said to be daughters of an early Theban King named Ogygos. As such Homonoia was probably closely identified with the Theban Goddess-Queen Harmonia (Harmony).ancientone

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Caracalla Æ24.Obv: Laureate, draped bust of Caracalla left. Melikertes-Palaimon.
Rev: CLI COR / Melikertes-Palaimon reclining right on the back of a dolphin, pine tree in background.
24mm., 8.1 g.
BCD Corinth 930.1 commentsancientone

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Commodus AE18. NikeAchaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Commodus AE18. Nike advancing rt. Wreath in right hand, palm over shoulder in left. CLI COR.
BCD Corinth 814.ancientone

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Marcus Aurelius Æ 26mm. Bellerophon. Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: CLI COR Bellerophon riding Pegasos flying right, attacking a chimaera, facing right.
BCD 706; SNG Copenhagen -.

Bellerophon in Greek mythology was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles", whose greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame.
The replacement of Bellerophon by the more familiar culture hero Perseus was a development of Classical times that was standardized during the Middle Ages and has been adopted by the European poets of the Renaissance and later.
ancientone

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Nero Æ20. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius FrontoCorinthia, Corinth. Nero. 54-68 AD. Æ 20mm . Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto, Duovirs. Struck 67-68 AD. Laureate head of Nero left / Nero stands facing within tetrastyle temple. BCD Corinth 480. SNG Copenhagen 235-236. RPC I 1208.

Duoviri, "the two men" was the official style of two joint magistrates. Such pairs of magistrates were appointed at various periods of Roman history both in Rome itself and in the colonies and municipia. 2 commentsancientone

Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Septimius Severus AE26.Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: CLI COR. Hermes standing left, holding caduceus and a ram at his feet.
BCD Corinth 832 obv. BCD Corinth 917 (Caracalla) rev.
26mm, 7.0 gm.1 commentsancientone

Achaean League, Elis.Sear 2993 var., BMC Peloponnesus p. 4.

AR hemidrachm, 13-13.5 mm, circa 196 - 146 B.C.

Obv: laureate head of Zeus facing right.

Rev: AX monogram in laurel wreath, F - A at sides, CΩ/CIAC below.

The period of mintage begins with the Roman general, T. Quinctius Flamininus' proclamation of the "Freedom of Greece" in 196 B.C. and ends with the destruction of the League and the sack of Corinth by the Romans in 146 B.C. During this short period the league was the dominant state in Greece.Stkp

ACHAIA, Achaean League, Corinth. c. 167-146 BCAR Hemidrachm, Obv: Laureate head of Zeus l. Rx: Pegasus flying r. over AX monogram with A-K-S across fields; all within laurel wreath, tied left. Ex John Twente Animal Collection; ex HJB Buy or Bid, 2/17/1981. About VF, 2.27g. BCD-73.2, Agrinion-583, Clerk-111; Benner-Korinth-11. HJBerk BBS 159, lot 167.3 commentsDino

ACHAIA, Achaean League, Corinth. Circa 195-188 BC.AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 2.31 g, 10h).
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Monogram of the Achaian League; to left, koppa; below, monogram; all within laurel wreath.

Benner 6; BCD Peloponnesos 71. VF, toned.

Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales); CNG 221, lot 82.1 commentsDino

ACHAIA, Aigieon. 37-31 BC.AE hexachalkon (5.67 g)
Theoxios and Kletaios, magistrates.
obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
rev: Zeus standing right, holding eagle on outstretched arm and preparing to cast thunderbolt; Î˜EOÎžIOÎ£ KÎ›HTAIOÎ£ around. Kroll, Bronze 2; BCD Peloponnesos 436.

Located along the northern coast of the Peloponnesos, Achaia was a narrow territory between Sicyon and Elis. One theory suggests that Achaia’s original inhabitants were driven to the area from Achaia Phthoitis, which itself was located across the Gulf of Corinth in southern Thessaly. A number of prehistoric and Mycenaean ruins in the western part of the Achaia indicate that the district was long inhabited, even into remote antiquity. Twelve city-states were located there: Aigai, Aigira, Aigion, Bura, Dyme, Helike, Olenos, Patrai, Pherai, Pelene, Rhypes, and Tritaia. Achaian colonies were established in Magna Graecia at Kroton, Kaulonia, Metapontion, and Sybaris. From the mid-5th century onward, much of the history of Achaia is interconnected with the Achaian League. Dino

Achaia, Florent de Hainaut. Denier Tournois.Crusaders. Achaia, Florent de Hainaut. 1289-1297 AD. BI Denier (19mm, 0.89 g, 6h). Type 2. Corinth (?) mint. Short cross pattée ⁎✠FLORЄNS˙P⚻Ch ⸙ (Florent, Prince of Achaia). / Châtel tournois. (the Carolingian basilica of the Abbey of St Martin of Tours). +DЄ CL⚻RЄNCI⚻'. VF. CNG E392 #660. Malloy Preston Seltman CCS (Achaea) 13a; Metcalf Crusades Type F2 (1983 ed.) pl. 31 #728-730, (1995 ed.) #953-7, Pylia Hoard (ANSMN 17) p.182; Schlumberger pl. 12 #18.Anaximander

Achaia, Isabella de Villehardoiun. Denier Tournois.Crusaders. Achaia, Isabella de Villehardouin. 1297-1301 AD. BI Denier Tournois (0.73 gm, 20.6mm, 3h) of Corinth. Short cross pattée. ✠▴YSᴧ̅BЄLLᴧ̅•P ᴧ̅Chˀ ⁎ (Isabella, Princess of Achaea). / Châtel Tournois (basilica in the style of Tours), its spire in the form of Ʌ, ✠ above and ⋯ below. ✠⁎DЄ CLᴧ̅RЄNCIᴧ̅. VF. Obv. ghosting from Châtel in central fields. Pegasi Numismatics Auction 34 #899. Malloy Preston Seltman CCS (Achaea) 15a; Metcalf Pylia Hoard (ANSMN 17) p.183, Crusades (1983 ed.) #741 (1995 ed.) #970-973. cf. Schlumberger pl.12 #19.Anaximander

Achaia, William II de Villehardoiun. Denier Tournois.Crusaders. Achaia, William II de Villehardouin. 1245-1278 AD. BI Denier Tournois (0.92 gm, 19.1mm, 5h) of Corinth (?) Short cross pattée. ✠ :G: PRINCE ΛCh' (Guillaume, Prince of Achaia). / Châtel Tournois (Carolingian basilica of the Abbey of St Martin of Tours.), its spire in the form of Ʌ, ✠ above and ⋯ below. v CLΛRENTIΛ D. gVF. Pegasi Numismatics A34 #898. Malloy Preston Seltman CCS (Achaea) 10a; Metcalf Pylia (ANSMN 17) pl. 39 #5, cf. Crusades (1995) # 255ff, (1983) pl.31 #718; Schlumberger pl. 12 #12.Anaximander

AE Drachm of Syracuse Time of Dionysus I, ca 400 BCObverse: Head of Athena facing left wearing a Corinthian helmet with an olive wreath on the bowl, inscription S Y R A
Reverse: 8-pointed Seastar between two dolphins
Calciati 62 (ref. Wildwinds) 28 mm. 34 grams

The coin has some damaged spots but overall shows the Greek love of beautiful forms. My Christmas present to myself this year.1 commentsdaverino

AE of Side, Pamphylia.Head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet.

Pomegranate.

BMC 152, 71; SNG Deutschland 4, 476. Will Hooton

AE14 Mesembria 4th century BCAE14 Mesembria, Thrace (Black Sea area) 4th century BC., - crested Corinthian helmet facing / M-E-T-A in four quarters of radiate wheel (1.75 grams, 15/14 mm) Mesembria mint 350 AD., SNG BM 274 SNG Stancomb 228 SNG Cop. 654, Fine, nice green patinaNORMAN K

Aeolis, Elaia. After 340 BC. Æ11 Obv: Head of Athena left in Corinthian helmet.
Rev: Grain-seed within olive-wreath.ancientone

AEOLIS, TemnusAE14, 14.05mm (2.24 gm).

Athena in crested Corinthian helmet right / A - Θ - T - A, warrior standing, wearing crested helmet and cuirass, javelin in right hand, shield on left arm; A in upper left field, Θ in upper right field, T in lower left field and A in lower right field. Struck 3rd century BC.

SNG Cop 4, 259.socalcoins

Agathokles, AE16, NO LEGENDAE16
Agathokles
King: 317 - 289BC
Issued: 310 - 309BC
16.0mm 3.62gr 0h
O:ΣYRAKOΣION; Helmeted head of Athena, right. Griffin on Corinthian helmet.
R: NO LEGEND; Mounted horseman right, carrying lance, wearing chlamys.
Calciati CNS II n.117; SNG ANS 700
Savona Auctions 10th Blue Auction, Lot 82
9/29/18 12/5/18Nicholas Z

AIOLIS, ELAEAca. 300 BC
AE 11 mm 1.33 g
O: Bust of Athena left wearing a Corinthian helmet
R: E - L on either side of corn grain between two olive branches

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AIOLIS, ELAEAca. 300 BC
AE 10.5 mm, 1.24 g
O: Bust of Athena left wearing a Corinthian helmet
R: Corn grain between two olive branches
laney

Aiolis, ElaiaSear 4203 var. (size), SNG Kayhan 83; SNG Copenhagen 169; SNG von Aulock 1605.

AE unit, struck ca. ca 350-320 BC., 1.30 g., 11.18 mm. max., 90°

Obv.: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.

Rev.: E-[Î›], corn grain within olive wreath.

Elaia was the port of Pergamum; the site is not precisely determined but is near Zeytindag, Izmir Province, Turkey.Stkp

AKARNANIA, Anaktorion.AKARNANIA, Anaktorion

Founding:

Kypselos & Gorgos, 7th century BC

The Corinthians sent by Cypselus and Gorgus took possession of this shore and also advanced as far as the Ambracian Gulf; and both Ambracia and Anactorium were colonized at this time. (Strabo 10,2,8)

AKARNANIA, Anaktorion. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 7.89 gm). Pegasos flying left; AN monogram below / Helmeted head of Athena left; NA[Y] to left, AN monogram and ring with pendants behind. Pegasi II pg. 504, 73. Near VF.

Ex-CNG eAuction 105, Lot: 33 116/1501 commentsecoli

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