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HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.33 gm). Struck 134-138 AD.
Estimate $10000
HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.33 gm). Struck 134-138 AD. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / COH PRAETORI / S C in exergue, Hadrian standing right on low daïs with praefectus praetorio behind and centurion on ground before and holding sword and virga, addressing a vexillifer, holding a vexillum and oblong shield, standing between two signiferi, each holding a military standard and clipeus. Banti 135 (this coin); RIC II -; Strack -; BMCRE -; Cohen -. EF, untouched green patina. Unique. [See color enlargement on plate 15] ($10,000)
Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, with Spink Taisei, 16 November 1994), lot 406; Leu 33 (3 May 1983), lot 59; Münzen und Medaillen XXVIII (19-20 June 1964), lot 335.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Triton XV, lotto 897.  THESSALY, Thessalian League. Mid – late 1st century BC. Æ Tetrachalkon or Trihemiobol (23mm, 11.76 g, 12h). Eubiotos and Petraios, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / [ΘEΣ]ΣA-ΛΩN, Taurokathapsia scene: The hero Thessalos jumping from his horse, in background galloping right, onto a bull running right, the head of which he restrains with a band held in both of his hands; [EY]BIOTOY above, ΠETPAIOΣ below. Burrer p. 62; Rogers 58 corr. (scene misdescribed); see also Nomos 4, 1391 with additional reference to the article by Stoyas. Near VF, green patina.
The reason four of these coins are offered here together, is the attempt to show (by illustrating a variety of reverse dies) the taurokathapsia scene as clearly as possible. The man has just jumped off his horse, which is galloping away in the background, and has put the band around the bull’s forehead. On the last two coins, we can see one of his legs dangling in the air below the bull. His body is hidden by the bull’s body, but we can see his head and his arms, especially his right one.

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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Apameia on the Orontes mint(?). Diademed head right / Elephant standing right; monogram to right. SC 1065.6; Houghton, Elephants, Type B, obv. die a1; HGC 9, 453a. Good VF, a little porosity.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Auction 88, lot 273, 14/09/2011

AURIC CHERSONESOS, Karkinitis. Circa 350-340 BC. Æ (22mm, 4.23 g, 12h). Poly-, magistrate. Female head left, wearing polos, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Warrior on horse rearing right, preparing to hurl spear; ΠOΛ[...] behind. SNG BM Black Sea 694 var. (magistrate); SNG Stancomb -; SNG Copenhagen 1 var. (magistrate). VF, dark brown surfaces, some tooling and smoothing. Very rare.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Triton XVI, lot 164, 8/01/2013

TAURIC CHERSONESOS, Karkinitis. Circa 345-340 BC. Æ (22mm, 6.42 g, 12h). Herak-, magistrate. Head of Female (Hera or Tyche?) left, wearing ornamented mural crown / Warrior, holding spear aloft in right hand, on horse rearing right; HPA[K] to left, KAPKI below. Anokhin 607; Medvedeva 3; Stolba 1–4; SNG BM Black Sea 694 var. (magistrate); SNG Pushkin 595 var. (same); SNG Stancomb 450. VF, rough dark brown patina, a hint of smoothing.
From the Alex Shubs Collection.

 

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ISLANDS of SICILY. Lopadusa(?). 3rd century BC. Æ 19mm (3.35 g, 6h). Crab; Punic 'MB' below / Warrior advancing right, holding shield and spear. Calciati III 4; SNG Copenhagen 475. VF, dark green-brown patina. Rare.

Illustrazione: Annibale incita le sue truppe.

ISLANDS between SICILY and TUNISIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 2nd Century BC. Æ 17mm (2.44 g). Crab; Punic letters below / Warrior with shield and spear walking right. CNS III p. 370, 4; SNG Copenhagen 475; Müller 4. Near VF, dark brown patina, light roughness.

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KINGS OF MACEDON. Pyrrhos of Epiros (287-285 and 274-273). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Ae.
Obv: Macedonian shield with king´s monogram on boss.
Rev: BA?I. 
Macedonian helmet within oak wreath. Controls: Labrys.
SNG Alpha Bank 971.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Weight: 4.2 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.

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THESSALY. Kierion. Obol (3rd quarter of the 4th century BC). Obv: Bridled horse galloping right. Rev: ΚΙΕΡΙΕΙΩΝ . Warrior, naked but for helmet, shield and short sword, in fighting attitude right. BCD Thessaly II 104.2. Condition: Fine. Weight: 0.6 g. Diameter: 10 mm.

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Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.96 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 202-209. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Geta on horseback right, leading two mounted knights right. RIC IV 37b corr. (obv. legend); RSC 162a. VF, porous, tiny edge crack at 1 o’clock. Rare.

 

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CONSTANTIN Ier LE GRAND (25/07/306-22/05/337)
Flavius Valerius Constantinus Auguste (25/12/307-22/05/337)
Centenionalis ou nummus 328 N° brm_115958 
Date : 328
Nom de l'atelier : Constantinople
Métal : cuivre
Diamètre : 19,00mm
Axe des coins : 6h.
Poids : 2,96g.
Degré de rareté : R1
  
Etat de conservation : SUP/SPL
Commentaires sur l'état de conservation : Portrait particulier. Jolie patine vert noir. Revers de toute beauté et de haut relief.    Prix :  155,00 € N° dans les ouvrages de référence : RIC.22 (R3) - C.243 (4f.) - RC.3875 - MRK.136 /145
Titulature avers : CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG.
Description avers : Tête diadémée de Constantin Ier à droite (O'b), le diadème formé de laurier et de cabochons gemmés.
Traduction avers : 'Constantinus Maximus Augustus', (Constantin premier auguste).
Titulature revers : GLORIA - EXERCITVS/ S|-//CONS.
Description revers : Soldat ou Constantin Ier debout à droite, tête nue, vêtu militairement, tenant une haste renversée de la main droite et appuyé de la gauche sur son bouclier.
Traduction revers : “Gloria Exercitus”, (La Gloire de l'armée).

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TROAS, Ilium. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. 30mm Hektor advancing, Ships Prows in background. Bellinger T257 (CNG)

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TROAS, Ilium. Gordian III. 238-244 A.D. 24mm (Gorny & Mosch 134, 1941)

 

 

Modificato 4 Novembre, 2016 da King John

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TROAS, Ilium. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. 30mm Hektor advancing, Ships Prows in background. Bellinger T257 (CNG)

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Troas, Iliun. Caracalla 198-217 A.D. AE 27mm Hector advancing with shield and spear. 

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TROAS. Dardanos. Ae (4th-3rd century BC).
Obv: Warrior on horse riding right.
Rev: ΔAP. 
Cock standing left, head lowered in attitude of attack; to left, female head left.
Cf. SNG Copenhagen 300-3 (cock right).
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 3.78 g.
Diameter: 15.00 mm.

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THESSALY, Trikka. 4th century BC. Æ Chalkous (12mm, 1.36 g, 1h). Head of the nymph Trikke right, wearing earring; Δ behind neck / TPIK–K–AI–Ω–[N] (AI upside down), warrior, nude but for crested helmet, advancing right, holding spear in right hand and shield in left. Rogers –; BCD Thessaly II 787.3 (same dies). Near VF, olive green patina that is flaked around the edges. From the BCD Collection.A note from BCD from the Triton sale: The signed obverses of Trikka are of superior style but not always carefully struck. It seems that the die cutters had no control over the mint workers as is sometimes the case with the earliest Thessalian bronzes.

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Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 215-212 BC. Xeonkrathes, magistrate. Bearded strategos on horse walking left, wearing short tunic and chlamys, raising right hand in salutation, parazonium under left arm; ΞΕΝΟΚΡΑΤΗC below, monogram and pileus above / Wreathed Taras seated astride dolphin to left, naked but for chlamys raised in left hand, trident over right shoulder; waves with cuttlefish below, TAPAΣ to left, monogram to right. Vlasto 955-958; HN Italy 1058. 6.34g, 20mm, 9h. Near Extremely Fine. The earlier dating of this bellicose issue by Rutter and Vlasto (235-228 BC) does not take into account the fact that this type is found freshly struck in hoards that can be dated to after 215 BC on account of their containing Roman Victoriati, which are securely dated to 211-208. Rome considered Tarentum to be a considerable liability and likely to go over to Hannibal, having only recently been conquered and sacked (272 BC) by Roman forces after the departure of Pyrrhos, and was heavily garrisoned as a result. This issue, with its depiction of a strategos as liberator, denoted by the pileus, may be a thinly veiled declaration of support for the Punic warlord. The presence however of a Greek magistral name as well as the distinct Tarentine style indicates this issue must have been produced prior to the Punic occupation of the city.

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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Ca. 240-228 BC. AR didrachm or nomos (19mm, 6.38 gm, 5h). Olympis, magistrate. Cavalryman on horse galloping right, wearing cuirass and brandishing javelin held in right hand, wreath to left, OΛMΠIΣ below / Taras, holding cantharus and cornucopia, on dolphin left; tripod to right, TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 942. HN Italy 1055. A rare and intriguing die pairing. Attractively toned. NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5.

 

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Tarentum. Ca. 280 BC. AR stater or nomos (7.84 gm). Ey..., Nikon... and Ari..., magistrates. Warrior on horseback galloping left, holding shield and spear; in upper right field, E[Y]; below, [N]IKΩN / TAPAΣ, Taras astride dolphin swimming left, holding stalk of grain; in left field, API; below, spearhead right. Vlasto 701-3. HN Italy 969. Well struck. Choice extremely fine.

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PHOENICIA, Sidon. Uncertain king. Circa 435-425 BC. AR 1/2 Shekel (7.10 g, 12h). Phoenician pentekonter sailing left over waves / King of Persia standing right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder; behind, incuse facing head (Bes?); before, incuse head of goat right. Elayi & Elayi 75 var. (-/R23 [unlisted obv. die]); Betlyon 5; Rouvier 1078; BMC 2; SNG Copenhagen 188-9. Good VF, darkly toned. Exceptional for issue. Very rare.

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MACEDON. Koinon. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Gordian III (238-244). Ae.
Obv: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟV. 
Head of Alexander right, wearing lion's skin.
Rev: KOINON MAKEDONΩN B NEΩK. 
Horseman galloping right, soldier lying below horse.
AMNG III 705 var. (obverse bust).
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 9.88 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.

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Constantius II. AD 337-361. Æ Centenionalis (21mm, 3.39 g, 7h). Rome mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 348-350. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding globe; N to right / Constantius on horse rearing right, preparing to hurl spear at two barbarians to lower right; N/-//RP. RIC VIII 153. VF, brown surfaces, minor flan split.

Illustrazione: gli Ostrogoti attaccano le difese del tempio di Adriano (assedio di Roma del 537).

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LOKRIS
LOKRI OPUNTII
Drachm, circa 300 BC. AR 5.31 g., 12¢. Head of Demeter l., hair wreathed with three leaves of wheat, wearing triangular drop earring and necklace. Rev. Ajax advancing l, viewed ¾ from behind, with spear and shield decorated with Gorgoneion. ΛOKΡΩN, from top r. down circular, monogram UPO between his legs. Corpus group 2, 3b. De Luynes 1960 (same dies).
Extremely rare. One of only six known Lokri drachms. Corroded surfaces,
especially on the obverse, otherwise about very fine / very fine. Ex CH 8 (1994) 254 but not mentioned as part of the contents.
The long spear of Ajax and the spearhead embedded on his shield just below the face of the Medusa (see above, lot 75) are also visible on the reverse of this drachm. This means that the Lokri reverse die was carefully copied from the Opuntian.
This collector has always wanted to own a nice specimen of this coin and after some research has concluded that two of these rarities that appeared in past auctions are now unaccounted for: the Jameson specimen, no. 2058 in the catalogue, and Pozzi (Boutin) 3133, the better one of the two Pozzi pieces, the one that never made it to the Naville I sale. The other Pozzi piece, no. 1346 in the sale, is now part of the Empedocles collection and awaits publication in a future SNG Greece volume. [Information courtesy of Alan Walker who owns the Jacob Hirsch auction copy of the Pozzi sale with the names of the buyers]. Looking at the published forgeries of Christodoulos in the Journal International d’Archéologie Numismatique of 1920, one wonders if this better Pozzi piece was condemned because of the similarity of its reverse die to Christodoulos 233. The variation of the reversed N at the end of the legend on the fake illustrated by Svoronos would not be of any significance; Christodoulos, as well as his follower Orphanides, were well known for continuously retouching and altering their dies between strikings so that practically none of their forgeries were exact die duplicates.

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The Roman Republic
L. Axsius L.f. Naso, Axia, Rome, 71 BC (RRC), 73 BC (BMCRR), Denarius , AR, gr. 3,9, mm 19. Helmeted head of Mars r.; below, NASO; before, S.C; behind, control-mark. Rv. Diana in biga of stags r., holding reins in l. hand and spear in r. hand; behind, two dogs; below, dog; behind, control-mark; in ex. L. AXSIVS. L. F. RRC 400/1b; BMCRR Roma 3354; B.Axia 2; Sydenham 795, Catalli 2001, 570.
Rare. Fine style. Old cabinet tone. Extremely fine.
The coin is probably the banker mentioned in the “tessera nummularia” (ILLRP 1019), or the person who was outlawed in the triumviris’ lists in 43 b.C., during the civil war. A. Axius, one of his ancestors, was friend with Cicero (Cic. Ad. Att., III, 15; IV, 15). On the front of the coin is the figure of a young Mars wearing a helmet embellished on the sides by two feathers; iconographic custom confirmed by Valerio Massimo who speaks of the helmet of the god as: “galea duobus distincte pinnis” (Val. Max., I, 8,6).
The helmet has two variances: with and without the ridge. On the opposite side is Diana standing on the chariot pulled by two deers, followed and preceded by small dogs. The choice of depicting Diana might refer to the origins of the gens Axia of the Sabina region where the worship of the goddess was particularly strong. The deers are natives of India - Plinio (N. H., VIII, 76) talks about them.

 

NELL'ILLUSTRAZIONE:  Gli hastati (talvolta in italiano, astati, deriva dal latino  hastati, ovvero coloro che erano "dotati inizialmente di hasta"), legionari romani  che formavano la prima linea da battaglia nelle legioni manipolari della Roma repubblicana, seguiti dai più esperti principes e triarii.

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ANCIENT COINS
GREEK COINS
SAMARIA
No.: 178
Estimation: $ 800.-
d=19 mm
Obol, about 372-333. AR 0.67 g. Head of lion with open mouth l. Rev. Nude male figure standing r., holding sword in his r. hand and holding out his l. hand to taunt rearing lion, all in shallow incuse. M-Q pl. 19, 127 (this specimen). Very rare. Very fine.