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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Live Auction 2	Auction date: 30 August 2018
Lot number: 221 Price realized: 2,000 GBP   (Approx. 2,600 USD / 2,224 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Pergamon, circa 287-282 BC. Head of the deified Alexander 'the Great' right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros enthroned left, shield decorated with Medusa's head resting against base of throne, spear resting behind; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΞΟΥ to left, crescent to outer left, cult statue to inner left, monogram in exergue. Thompson 218. 17.07g, 29mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Estimate: 200 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: EFESTO REALIZZA LO SCUDO DI ATENA, CON TESTA DI MEDUSA AL CENTRO (VASO ATTICO DEL III SEC.A.C.)

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > eLive Auction 50	Auction date: 18 July 2018
Lot number: 95 Price realized: 140 EUR   (Approx. 163 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT Philippus II., 246-249. Æs, Perge (Pamphylia); 6,56 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz, darunter Globus//Hephaistos sitzt r. mit Hammer und Schild. SNG France 517. Attraktives Exemplar, gutes sehr schön Exemplar der Auktion Kölner Münzkabinett 56, Köln 1992, Nr. 384. Der Revers bezieht sich wohl auf den 18. Gesang von Homers Ilias, in dem ausführlich geschildert wird, wie Hephaistos den Schild des Achilleus schmiedet. Estimate: 50 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: TETI ATTENDE LE ARMI DI ACHILLE NELLA FUCINA DI EFESTO, AFFRESCO ROMANO DELLA CASA DEL TRICLINIO A POMPEI (MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI NAPOLI)

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Paul-Francis Jacquier > Auction 45

Lot number: 1557 Price realized: 320 EUR   (Approx. 373 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.

Lot description: PROBUS, 276-282. Münzstätte Siscia. Antoninian, 4. Em., 1. Phase, 277. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG. Panzerbüste mit Helm und Stkr., geschultertem Speer, Balteus und Schild links; auf dem Schild Medusakopf. Rv/ VIRTVS PR–OBI AVG/XXIP. Kaiser mit Speer n. links galoppierend, einen gefallenen Gegner niederstechend. C 931. RIC 818. 4,91 g. Seltene Büstenvariante. Gutes sehr schön Erworben in London im November 1995. Starting Price: 85 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'IMPERATORE PROBO

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 311, lot 74, 25/09/2013

THESSALY, Krannon. Circa 350-300 BC. Æ Dichalkon (18mm, 5.13 g, 7h). Laureate head of Zeus or Poseidon right / KP–A, rider, wearing petasos, on horseback right. Rogers 182; BCD Thessaly II 117.7 var. (A below horse; same obv. die). Good VF, black and brown patina, cleaning marks. From the BCD Collection.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 251, lot 179, 9/03/2011

EGYPT, Persian Administration. Sabakes. Circa 335-333 BC. Æ (10mm, 1.34 g, 12h). Head of Satrap right, wearing Persian headdress / Archer crouching right, drawing bow. Nicolet-Pierre, Monnaies type B, pl. 26 = Alram 374; Winzer 20.1. VF, dark green patina. Very rare.
Sabakes, the penultimate Persian satrap in Egypt, fell in battle against Alexander the Great at Issos. His successor, Mazakes, handed over Egypt to the Macedonians in 332 BC.

[King John]

Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 160, lot 2530, 9/10/2007

RÖMISCHE KAISERZEIT
Objekt-Nr.: 2530
Maxentius, 306 - 312 n. Chr. AE Follis (7,62 g.), 310 - 311 n. Chr. Mzst. Rom. Vs.: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Kopf mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: ADLOCVTIO AVG N / REP, Maxentius steht zusammen mit einem Offizier auf einem Tribunal u. spricht zu Soldaten. RIC 242. Sehr schweres Exemplar! R! Grüne Patina, ss
Estimation: € 2.500,00

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Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 114, lot 382, 26/05/2003

RöMISCHES KAISERREICH
HADRIANUS (117 - 138)
No.: 382
Schätzpreis-Estimation: EUR 3000,-
d=33 mm
Sesterz, 137. HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P. Büste mit Lorbeerkranz und Paludament rechts. Rs: DISCIPLINA AVG / S C. Hadrianus in Feldtracht mit Schriftrolle in der Linken nach rechts schreitend; dem Kaiser folgen drei Standartenträger in Feldtracht mit Feldzeichen bzw. Vexillum sowie ein Centurio mit Stab (vitis) in der Rechten. RIC 746. C. 542 var. BMC 1487 var. Hill 830. 23,55g. Sehr selten. Grünbraune Patina, sehr schön.

[VALTERI]

Da Cizico di Misia, un particolare "guerriero" : un giovane, nudo ed in ginocchio, regge con la mano destra un elmo corinzio ed impugna con la sinistra una spada .

Dal diritto di uno statere in elettro che passerà in asta NumismatikNaumann 74 al lotto 122 il prossimo 03-02-2019 . 

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 94, lot 539, 27/09/2004

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN
THRACIA
AINOS. 
AR-Drachme, 357/341 v. Chr.; 3.76 g. Kopf des Hermes mit flachem Petasos fast v. v.//Kultstatue des Hermes Perpheraios auf Thron. May -. RR Sehr attraktives, fast vorzügliches Exemplar
Exemplar der Auktion Tkalec und Rauch, Wien, April 1986, Nr. 81. Die Kultstatue auf dem Revers wird im siebten Iambus des Kallimachos erwähnt. Die Statue soll vom Scamander weggetrieben und schließlich in den Netzen einiger Fischer aus Ainos gelandet sein. Als es den Fischern nicht gelang, ihren Fund zu Feuerholz zu verarbeiten, warfen sie ihn zurück ins Meer, doch sie fanden die Statue erneut, erkannten diesmal, worum es sich handelte und brachten ihren Fund in ihre Heimatstadt.
Schätzpreis: 2,500,00 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: RITI IN OCCASIONE DELLA COLLOCAZIONE DI UN'ERMA

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 225, lot 238, 13/01/2010

MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ 26mm (7.70 g, 1h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / The Three Graces, arm in arm: the first with head right, holding wreath, the second with head left, and the third with head left, holding amphora. Hristova & Jekov 6.10.26.2 var. (obv. legend); Moushmov -; Varbanov -. Good VF, dark green patina, light scratches.
From the Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces.
The Three Graces (or Charities) were goddesses of beauty, charm, and amusement, the embodiment of loveliness in all its aspects. Although their names varied from place to place, the most commonly encountered are Aglaea (“Beauty”), Euphrosyne (“Cheer”), and Thalia (“Flowering”). Over time an artistic convention of depicting the Graces developed: the three deities were shown undraped, each with one arm placed on the figure adjacent to them, the central figure standing facing the opposite direction as the others. This is the convention that one finds in numismatic depictions of the goddesses.
CNG is proud to offer the current selection from the Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces. This subject not only served as a theme in building a collection, but also as an area of scholarly pursuit for Staal, and many of his coins in this sale have been published in his monograph The Three Graces and their Numismatic Mythology (Santa Clara. 2004 [available for purchase through CNG]). As numismatic depictions of the Three Graces appeared most often on Roman Provincial (Greek Imperial) coinage, the majority of this offering can be found below in the Provincial section. See also lots 65, 66, and 109 of the Greek section and lot 360 of the Roman Imperial section for additional coins from the Staal Collection. Further offerings will be made available in our spring Mail Bid sale and upcoming internet auctions.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXII	Auction date: 8 January 2019
Lot number: 396 Price realized: 100,000 USD   (Approx. 87,390 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: EGYPT, Pharaonic Kingdom. Nektanebo II. 361-343 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.23 g, 12h). Horse prancing right / Hieroglyphic representation of "good gold": pectoral necklace (nebew = "gold") crossing horizontally over a windpipe and heart (nefer = "good"). FF-BD 2g (D1/R2 – this coin); SNG Berry 1459 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 1 (same dies); ACGC 1064 (same dies); Adams III 2075 (same obv. die); Hunt I 106 (same obv. die); Zhuyuetang 121 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned, a little off center on obverse.  From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Josey Collection (Sotheby's New York, 8 December 1992), lot 67. One of the great (and very popular) rarities for ancient gold coinage collectors is the gold stater (or daric?) issued by the Egyptian Pharaoh Nektanebo II. The authors of the die study cited above could account for only 42 examples struck from 3 obverse and 3 reverse dies with 5 die combinations. They also listed 5 examples from the Mit Rahineh hoard (IGCH 1658) that they could not examine for their die study. The attribution to Nektanebo II is based primarily on circumstantial historical evidence and not the coins themselves, which do not bear any specific ethnic or monogram. Nekht-har-hebi, or Nektanebo II as he was known to the Greeks, was the nephew of the Pharaoh Tachos (Djedhor). Placed in command of the Egyptian army in Syria during the Satrapal Revolt, he turned his troops against his own king, and uncle, and took Egypt by force. In 351-350 BC, he repelled a Persian invasion but was driven from his throne in 344-343 by a second assault. He then fled Egypt and found refuge in Ethiopia and retained control of Upper Egypt for another few years. Nektanebo most likely would have issued his gold staters to pay the mercenaries in his army. What makes the coinage of Nektanebo stand out is the adoption of a purely Egyptian design. This is the only known ancient coinage to employ a hieroglyph – a purely Egyptian coin. Estimate: 75000 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 103, lot 426, 14/09/2016

GAUL, Central. Arverni . Circa 50-30 BC. Æ (16mm, 1.85 g, 5h). Helmeted and draped bust right, wing over shoulder; EPAD to right / Warrior standing half-left, holding winged standard, shield and spear. Depeyrot, NC III, 238; D&T 3607. VF, olive green patina, earthen deposits. Rare.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 3	Auction date: 27 October 2018
Lot number: 174 Price realized: 900 CHF   (Approx. 899 USD / 790 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PHRYGIA. Prymnessus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Assarion (Orichalcum, 22 mm, 5.61 g, 7 h), time of Gallienus, 253-268. MIΔAC BACIΛЄYC Draped and cuirassed bust of King Midas to right, wearing Phrygian cap decorated with stars. Rev. ΠPYMNHCCIЄΩN (sic!) Dikaiosyne standing front, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and grain ears in her left. SNG Copenhagen 663 corr. (same dies, but I in reverse legend overlooked). SNG von Aulock 3938 var. (differing reverse legend). Von Aulock, Phrygien II, 962-967 (same dies). Rare. A remarkably attractive example of this interesting issue. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. The obverse of this coin shows us the Phrygian King Midas, who is best known for his 'Golden Touch': when Midas was offered a reward of his choice by Dionysos for his hospitable treatment of the god's drunken foster father Silenos, the greedy King wished for everything he touched to be turned into gold. However, Midas soon realized that the divine gift was in fact a curse, as he was now unable to eat or drink. Starving and dying of thirst, he beseeched Dionysos: 'Father Lenaios, forgive me! We have sinned. But have pity on me, I beg you, and save me from this costly evil!' (Ovid met. XI, 133.4). The merciful god forgave the King, and he ordered him to wash himself in the spring of the Paktolos to hand the divine power over to the river, which thus explained its richness of alluvial gold that was used to strike the early Lydian electrum coinage. Estimate: 750 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: RE MIDA SI BAGNA NEL FIUME PER LIBERARSI DALL'INCANTESIMO IN BASE AL QUALE TUTTO CIO' CHE TOCCAVA SI TRASFORMAVA IN ORO Secondo Erodoto (viii, 138) nei giardini del re Mida sarebbe stato catturato Sileno, che Mida avrebbe restituito al corteo di Dioniso (Ov., Met., xi, 85 ss.; Hygin., Fab., 191; Serv., Ad Aen., x, 142). Riconoscente Dioniso avrebbe concesso al re di trasformare in oro tutto quanto avesse toccato. Avendo però Mida notato che anche i cibi e le bevande si trasformavano in metallo rischiando di conseguenza di morire di fame, chiese aiuto a Dioniso il quale lo consigliò di lavarsi nel fiume Pattolo (che da allora divenne ricco di oro), mentre il re ritornò allo stato normale.

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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 417, lot 557, 2/11/2016

Kaiserliche Prägungen
Gallienus, 253-268. Antoninian 258/259, Rom. Büste mit Strahlenkrone, Speer und Schild nach links / Kaiser mit Speer und Schild über gefallenem Krieger. RIC 403 C. 1208 MIR 890i Lückger in Frankf. Mzz. 1931, S. 227, 15 3.06 g.; Dunkle, bläulich schimmernde Tönung Sehr schön

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > ANA Signature Sale 3066	Auction date: 17 August 2018
Lot number: 30049 Price realized: 8,000 USD   (Approx. 7,012 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancients LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 377-326 BC. EL sixth stater or hecte (10mm, 2.54 gm, 1h). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Head of bearded male right, possibly the dynast Diogenes of Mytilene or the Athenian adventurer Chares / Head of young male right, possibly prince Paris, wearing Phrygian cap. Bodenstedt 102. Particularly problem-free surfaces with subtle toning and two handsome portraits. Very rare obverse type, apparently occurring on just this one die, and one of the very few portraits of a living person on a Greek coin struck before the death of Alexander the Great of Macedon. Two identifications of obverse figure seem possible - Diogenes or Chares. Diogenes was leader of the Mytilenean oligarchs, until expelled in 334 BC, but was reinstalled by the Persians as tyrant of Mytilene the next year. Lost to history is whether he was still alive and ruling in 332 BC when Mytilene was occupied by the Macedonian army. Chares of Athens supported Demosthenes' anti-Macedonian party, but then fled Athens to the Persians soon after the battle of Chaeronea. He welcomed Alexander the Great at the city of Ilium but then rejoined the Persians soon thereafter. Occupying Mytilene with 2,000 Persian soldiers, Chares surrendered to a Macedonian general and then disappears from history. Estimate: 5000-6500 USD

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 346	Auction date: 13 February 2019
Lot number: 2521
RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN, RÖMISCHES KAISERREICH  NERO. 54-68, Sesterz. Belorbeerter Kopf l. Rs: Kaiser reitet r., hinter ihm reitet ein Soldat r. mit Vexillum. C. 90. R.I.C. 168. Dunkle Patina. L. korrodiert. Felder etw. geglättet. vz/vz-ss Seit 5 Jahren in deutscher Sammlung.  Estimate: 750 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: DECURSIO EQUITUM DALLA COLONNA ANTONINA

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Savoca Numismatik, Live Online Auction 12, lot 129, 22/01/2017

Kings of Macedon. Corinth. Demetrios I Poliorketes 306-283 BC.
Tetradrachm AR
28mm., 16,77g.
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aetophoros seated left on throne decorated with Nike; cornucopia in left field, NO below throne.
The corinthias strucked this coin, with a Nike on the shoulder of Zeus, after beaten the athenians in a war.
very fine
Price 691.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: TETI ATTENDE LE ARMI DI ACHILLE NELLA FUCINA DI EFESTO, PARTICOLARE DI UN  AFFRESCO ROMANO DELLA CASA DEL TRICLINIO A POMPEI (MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI NAPOLI). NOTARE IL PARTICOLARE DEL POGGIAPIEDI, MOLTO SIMILE A QUELLO RAFFIGURATO AI PIEDI DI ZEUS SULLA MONETA.

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Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 109, lot 239, 18/06/2011

SYRIE, COELE-SYRIE, CHALCIS, Ptolémée (85-40), AE bronze, 73-72 av. J.-C. Droit : Tête l. de Zeus à droite. Revers : Deux figures masc., en habit militaire, debout face à face, tenant chacune une lance. A droite, [LMΣ] (an 240 de l'ère séleucide). Ref.: SNG Cop. 413; BMC 3-5 var; Kindler, Ituraeans, 2. 5,97g. Patine foncée.

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Münz Zentrum Rheinland, Auction 181, lot 71, 17/05/2017

Pyrrhos von Epeiros 288-284 v. Chr. und -274--272. AE-Dichalkon 16/17mm 5,19g. Makedon. Rundschild; mittig Monogramm für PYPPoY / Makedon. Helm, ohne Busch und Wangenklappen, über Monogramm und BA-SI im Eichenkranz. AMNG 185, 2 Tf. 33, 23, SNG München - .

ILLUSTRAZIONE: FALANGITA DI PIRRO

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Numismatik Nauman, Auction 74, lot 175, 3/02/2019

PERSIA. Alexandrine Empire. Time of Stamenes to Seleukos (Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC). GOLD Double Daric. Babylon.

Obv: Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding bow and spear; monogram to left and right.
Rev: Wavy patterned incuse punch.

Nicolet-Pierre - (unlisted controls).

Highly attractive and extremely rare.

Condition: Choice extremely fine, lustrous.

Weight:16.71 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 436	Auction date: 23 January 2019
Lot number: 371
COELESYRIA, Chalcis ad Libanum. Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII. 36-31 BC. Æ (20mm, 7.43 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (Egyptian) and 6 (Phoenician) of Cleopatra (32/1 BC). [BAC]IΛ[ICCAC] KΛЄOΠA[TPAC], draped bust of Cleopatra right, wearing stephane; all within pelleted border / ЄTOYC KA TOY [KAI ς ΘЄAC NЄωTEPAC], bare head of Mark Antony right. Rouvier 440 (Berytus); BMC 15 (Berytus); SNG München 1006; SNG Copenhagen 383 (Phoenicia); RPC I 4771; HGC 9, 1451; DCA 476. VF, brown patina. Well-defined portrait of Cleopatra. From the William Whetstone Collection. Estimate: 500 USD

[King John]

Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 159, lot 504, 8/12/2014

RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN 
KAISERREICH 
CARACALLA (196 - 217) 
Byzantion in Thrakien 
Bronze. ANTWNINOC - AVGOVCTOC, gepanzerte Büste mit Lorbeerkranz, Aegis und geschultertem Speer nach rechts. Rs: ANTWNINIA CEBACTA BUZANTIWN, zwei nackte Athleten nach links stehend, ihre rechten Hände erhoben, mit den Linken je ein Palmzweig haltend. Ihnen gegenüber steht ein weiterer nackter Athlet, der ebenfalls die Rechte erhoben hat; in der Mitte befindet sich eine Preisurne. Varbanov 1757; BMC 78. 18,16g. Sehr selten. Etwas überarbeitet, patiniert, vorzüglich/fast vorzüglich.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 52	Auction date: 10 January 2019
Lot number: 231
Lot description: Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos, as Satrap, Æ17. Struck under Kassander, Lysimacheia, circa 317-305 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right; below, ΛY and lion forepart right. Thompson 2; Price P4 (Philip III). 6.26g, 17mm, 11h.  Very Fine.  Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 23, 9 January 2016, lot 112. Estimate: 50 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: RICOSTRUZIONE DEI COLORI ORIGINARI DEL FREGIO DEL PARTENONE