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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 138	Auction date: 18 May 2023
Lot number: 246 Price realized: 50,000 CHF   (Approx. 55,230 USD / 51,281 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Rhodes. Tetradrachm circa 404-385, AR 15.24 g. Head of Helios facing three-quarters r. Rev. POΔION Rose with single bud on l., in r. field, Φ / star. All within incuse square. Bérend, SNR 51, 59 (this coin illustrated). Ashton 39. Hecatomnus 80 (this coin). Rare. An impressive portrait of excellent style struck in high relief. Lovely old cabinet tone and good extremely fine Ex Leu 15, 1976, 311 and Tkalec 19 February 2001, 135 sales. From IGCH 1209 and from van Every collection and the Collection of an Aesthete. In his die study of the early Rhodian tetradrachms in Hecatomnus, R. Ashton notes that the hair above the left forehead of Helios was recut on obverse die A52 (Hecatomnus p. 143, n. 72). The recut die is known to have been struck paired with reverse dies 64 and 65, but this coin is the first instance of it having been used with reverse die 63. The coinage of Rhodes has been the subject of intensive study in recent decades, and many aspects of the series are now more clearly defined. Coinage for 'Rhodes' commenced in 408/7 B.C. after the citizens of three major cities on the island largely abandoned their ancestral homes to create a new city, Rhodes, on the northern tip of their island. This bold act was the catalyst by which Rhodes became a powerful maritime state that prospered throughout the political chaos of the Greek world during the forthcoming age of the Hellenistic monarchies. This Chian-weight tetradrachm was struck in the midst of the period of great production at Rhodes, by which time the mint's engravers were routinely producing facing heads of excellent style in high relief. This series covers nearly two decades that span the tail end of the 5th and the early years of the 4th Century B.C.; it includes 41 different symbols and control letters that have thus far been identified, though statistical analysis suggests that more are yet to be discovered. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Rhodian coinage from this period is that it appears to have enjoyed relatively limited circulation. Hoard evidence shows that they are seldom found outside of the island of Rhodes or the nearby regions on the mainland. Considering the formidable reputation of Rhodian sailors and their extensive mercantile contacts, one might presume that the larger silver coins would be widely dispersed throughout the Greek world, especially since the Delian inventories indicate that Rhodian coinage was commonly used, and coins of the Rhodian type apparently were in demand by Greek mercenaries. A key to this riddle might be the anachronistic weight standard used by Rhodes, which may have assured that its coins were not readily exchangeable with those struck to the more popular Attic and Phoenician/Ptolemaic weight standards. Though it is always possible that most of the Rhodian coins exported in trade were melted due to their inconvenient weight, it is just as likely that Rhodian coinage was struck to a local standard with the intention that it would remain local to pay for the extraordinary expenses accrued each year by this powerful state, and that trade was largely conducted in the 'international trade currencies' produced by the major Greek states. Estimate: 30000 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 109	Auction date: 11 May 2023
Lot number: 469 Price realized: 550 GBP   (Approx. 694 USD / 633 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Pisidia, Selge AR Triobol. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Head of Herakles facing slightly to right, wreathed with styrax and with lion skin draped around neck; club in left field / ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ, club to left and sacred tree on altar to right; bukranion in right field. SNG BnF 1959; BMC 37. 2.42g, 15mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone. Rare. Acquired from Apollo Numismatics (private sale with old dealer's ticket); Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, ANA Signature Sale 3010, 12 August 2010, lot 22002; Ex David P. Herman Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 73, 13 September 2006, lot 387. Estimate: 300 GBP

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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 72, lot 672, 16/05/2013

The Roman Empire
Commodus augustus, 177 - 192
Medallion 179, Æ 47.06 g. L AVREL COMMODVS AVG – GERM SARM TR P III Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. IMP II – COS II P P Female figure standing r. beneath a tree and leaning with r. hand on table upon which are placed a vase, a laurel-garland and a figure of Salus, around which a serpent entwines itself and feeds from the l. hand of the women; underneath, on the cross-bar of the table a raven. C 225. Gnecchi 38 and pl. LXXX, 10. BMC Roman Medallions 4. Extremely rare. A pleasant portrait and a very intriguing reverse composition, green patina and good very fine / about extremely fine When this medallion was struck in 179, eighteen-year-old Commodus was firmly established as heir to the throne of his aging father. The two emperors were together on the Danubian front for the campaign season of that year, but Marcus’ health was by then so fragile that the war was conducted by Taruttienus Paternus, who likely battled the Quadi. However, declining health did not prevent Marcus from devoting himself to the work of office. He appears to have ordered a systematic harassment of the Quadi and the Marcomanni to prevent them from tending to their flocks or cultivating the fields. Furthermore, Roman captives were recovered and German deserters, including three thousand Naristae, were welcomed within the borders of the empire. There were also victories in the realm of diplomacy with the Jazyges and the Buri. After so many years of dedicated work both in Rome and on the northern front it must have been clear by 179 that failing health was now the emperor’s greatest enemy. Indeed, by March, 180 the emperor had become fatally ill, dying on the 17th. Thus, we find the context for this medallion with its pictorial scene of an offering to Salus. The fact that this medallion type was also issued for Marcus during the period December, 178 to the spring of 179 (Gnecchi II, pl. 60, 10) suggests the present medallion must have been a companion piece, and thus belongs to the early months of 179. This elaborate and well-executed type shows a devotee beneath a laurel(?) tree, leaning against a table to feed a serpent that entwines around a statuette of Salus. A vase, which may be an apothecary jar, and a laurel or flower garland rest upon the table; the crow or raven perched on the cross-beam below rounds out the scene as an allusion to Asclepius. This design was first used by Marcus in 164 (Gnecchi II, pl. 63, 3), and a related, though differently arranged, scene (Gnecchi III, pl. 149, 7) had been issued by Antoninus Pius in 138/9. In acknowledging the debt this medallion owes to other art forms, such as painting and bas-relief sculpting, Tonybee notes that the design “...vividly recalls a small rosso antico relief in the Capitoline Museum: the only important point in which the relief differs from the medallion is that in the former the devotee is offering Salus fruit, while the snake helps itself from a patera held in Salus’ hand.”

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Byzantine Collection	Auction date: 18 July 2023
Lot number: 389 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Byzantine Struck Æ Medallic Icon of the Epiphany. Ravenna, 6th-7th century AD. EMMA-NVHL, bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus behind head with flowing hair and beard and wearing pallium over colobium / Scene of the Adoration of the Magi: the three magi dressed in Persian style robes, cloaks and Phrygian caps, bearing gifts and standing reverently to right before the nimbate infant Jesus whose right hand is raised in benediction, sitting upright on the lap of Mary seated on a high back chair to left; star of Bethlehem above, two doves below. S. Bendall, A Private Collection, Wolverhampton 1988, 387.1; H. Goodacre, A Handbook of the coinage of the Byzantine Empire, London 1957, p. 340 (attributed to the time of John V and Anna of Savoy). 9.51g, 24mm, 11h. Near Mint State; the second and finest of two known examples, the other pierced and tooled. Exhibited at the 3rd Congress of Christian Archaeology, 1932 (sold with contemporary congress envelope dated "25 - 29 Sett. 1932 X"); Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XV, 5 April 2018, lot 712 (hammer: £4,400). This remarkable medal depicts on the obverse a very early lifelike image of Christ as seen on several mosaic scenes in the church of St. Apollinare in Classis, Ravenna, dated to the reign of Justinian I (527-565) and a fresco on a wall of the Catacomb of Commodilla on the Via Ostiense in the periphery of Rome, dated to the reign of Constantine IV (668-685). The Romanised title Emmanuel derives from the Hebrew Immanu'El ('God with us'), and appears in the Book of Isaiah as a sign that God will protect the House of David. The Gospel of St Matthew (1:22-3) quotes part of this: 'a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel', as a prophecy of the birth of the Messiah and the fulfilment of Scripture in the person of Jesus. With the possible exception of the Good Shepherd, the scene of the magi in worshipful adoration before the Holy Child is the earliest and most frequent artistic representation of Jesus' life and ministry. The iconography is in the style of the celebrated mosaic of the Epiphany scene in the church of St. Apollinare. Estimate: 2500 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: I RE MAGI RAFFIGURATI IN UN MOSAICO  DEL V-VI SECOLO NELLA BASILICA DI SANT'APOLLINARE NUOVO A RAVENNA

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 138 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Time of Agathokles, circa 310-306/5 BC. Head of Kore to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace; KOPAΣ to left / Nike standing to right erecting trophy to right; AI monogram to lower left, triskeles to right, AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ in exergue. Ierardi 88b (O18/R57, this coin) = Basel 512 (this coin); BAR Issue 23; Gulbenkian 334 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 379 (same dies); McClean 2835 (same dies); HGC 2, 1536. 16.69g, 28mm, 10h. Fleur De Coin; magnificent old cabinet tone, engraved in refined style, struck on a broad flan, very well centred and exceptionally complete for the type. Likely the finest known example of the type. This coin published in M. Ierardi, Tetradrachms of Agathocles of Syracuse (AJN 7-8, 1995-1996); This coin published in H.A. Cahn et al., Griechischen Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien (Basel, 1988); Ex Long Valley River Collection, Auction XX, Roma Numismatics Ltd., 29 October 2020, lot 83; Ex Star Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 48, 21 October 2008, lot 53; Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 13, 8 October 1998, lot 512. With the usurpation of Agathokles in 317 BC, Syracuse once more monopolised the right of coinage for the whole of Sicily, even more distinctly than in the time of Dionysios. Yet the reign of Agathokles, as noted by Malcolm Bell (Morgantine Studies I, 1981) 'was a watershed for the arts in Sicily, just as it was for politics. The change from a conservative late-classical style to the new modes of the early-Hellenistic period came very quickly, within the space of a decade, and it coincided with the replacement of democratic government by the new monarchy. It is clearly perceptible in the coins that... document the full acceptance of early-Hellenistic style.' Depicted often as a cruel and unscrupulous adventurer and tyrant, Agathokles achieved little of lasting historical importance; indeed after his death anarchy erupted both in Syracuse, where a damnatio memoriae was decreed, and in other places that had been under his rule (Diod. Sic. 21.18). Nonetheless, his patronage of the arts left a legacy of beauty as embodied by a small number of surviving works of art from his reign, and smaller but no less wonderful objects such as this stunning coin. Estimate: 30000 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII    Auction date: 22 March 2023     Lot number: 415

Price realized: 30,000 GBP   (Approx. 36,697 USD / 34,000 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees

Lot description:
Baktria, Sophytes AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246-235 BC. Attic standard. Head of Seleukos(?) to right, wearing laurel wreathed Attic helmet decorated with spiral pattern on crest and eagle wings on cheek-guard, tied under chin; no letters on bust truncation / Cockerel standing to right; kerykeion behind, ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ downwards to right. Jansari 67-70 (O1/R1); cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 1; for type, cf. SNG ANS 21-3 (drachm); Mitchiner 29 (drachm); Whitehead NC 1943, pp. 64, 1 and pl. III, 7-8 (drachm); Roma XIV, 365 (same dies). 16.89g, 29mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine; featuring a stunning old cabinet tone and a bold, expressive Hellenistic portrait. Extremely Rare.
From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA.
This portrait, which has all too often been simply assumed to be that of Sophytes himself, is eminently worthy of further scrutiny. It is the work of a highly talented individual, and depicts what should by any account be a great general, helmeted in Attic style and wearing the laurel wreath of a conqueror. Unfortunately the actions of Sophytes, whatever they might have been, were either not recorded or have long since been lost. We cannot therefore determine whether this individual may indeed have performed such deeds as to be worthy of commemoration in such a fashion. In examining the features of the individual depicted on this coin however, it becomes immediately apparent that there are distinct similarities with certain idealised portraits of Seleukos I. It is conceivable that we should see in this portrait not an image of the unknown ruler Sophytes, but an idealised image of the deified Seleukos, as can be found on the somewhat earlier coinage of Philetairos. Those images (cf. in particular Gulbenkian 966) have nearly identical features - in particular the heavy brow, aquiline nose, down-turned mouth and prominent chin.
The historical sources offer us few clues as to the dating of Sophytes' rule. They tell us that Stasanor was satrap of Baktria until at least 316 BC, and that Seleukos reintegrated Baktria into his empire on his eastern anabasis in c. 305. An early date therefore seems highly unlikely. Turning to the evidence of the coin itself, numismatists have correctly observed that the obverse portrait is derived from the similar type of Seleukos on his trophy tetradrachms (SC 174), which should be dated to after c. 301 BC; the presence of the somewhat worn elephant-quadriga tetradrachm in the present group pushes the date even further to the right, and into the third century. Now, the presence of this type in this group along with coins of Andragoras indicates a considerably later date than previously supposed. We have already proposed with good reason that the coinage of Andragoras should be dated to c.246/5-239/8 BC and that given the patterns of wear that may be observed upon them, there is sufficient justification to argue for the dating of Sophytes' named coinage to c. 246/5-235, after Andragoras had begun coining but before Diodotos II would have been free to dispose of any lesser regional powers. This turbulent time period has already afforded us a plausible reason for the striking of Andragoras' coinage. It is possible that Sophytes too was prompted to look to the security of his own territory following the effective withdrawal of the central government's influence in that area. Diodotos I too struck his own coinage in Baktria, which while bearing his own portrait on the obverse nevertheless maintained the name 'Antiochos' on the reverse as a token symbol of loyalty. Does Sophytes coinage, with a distinctly 'local' reverse type, seek to achieve the same veneer of loyalty as that of Philetairos and Diodotos by placing the image of Seleukos I, the founder of the Seleukid empire, on his obverse?
Estimate: 30000 GBP

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VAuctions > Pars Coins Sale 36	Auction date: 27 March 2023
Lot number: 309
Lot description: ROMAN EMPIRE. Probus, 276-282 AD. Silvered bronze Antoninianus (4.08 gm; 23 mm). Rome, 279. IMP PROBVS AVG Radiate and cuirassed bust of Probus to right. Rev. VICTORIA GERM / R(crescent)A Trophy between two captives. Cohen 768. RIC 222. Lovely strike on a full flan. Nicely centered. Brown patina. Choice Superb. Estimate: 125 USD Starting price: 75 USD

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 590 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 136. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, head to left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC II.3 2236 (this coin illustrated); C. 1452; BMCRE p.335 note; Calicó 1394a (cf. 1393, same rev. die). 7.38g, 19mm, 7h. Near Mint State. Very Rare and among the finest known examples of the type. This coin illustrated in R.A. Abdy and P.F. Mittag, Roman Imperial Coinage II.3 (London, 2019); Ex Bolla Collection, A. Tkalec AG - Astarte S.A., 28 February 2007, lot 36; Reportedly privately purchased from M. Ratto in 1958. This reverse type most likely makes reference to Hadrian's victory over Simon Bar Kochba in Judaea during the last Romano-Jewish war, known to contemporary Romans as the Expeditio Judaica (Jewish Expedition). Strack (pp. 132–9) and Mattingly (BMCRE p. cxlvi), both attribute the Victory reverses on the late aurei of Hadrian to this victory. This large-scale rebellion lasted from AD 132-136, and succeeded in establishing an independent state of Israel over parts of Judaea for over two years. Jewish gains were short-lived however, as Hadrian drafted in six full legions with auxiliaries and vexillations from up to six further legions, which finally crushed the revolt. According to Cassius Dio, 580,000 Jews were killed during the rebellion, 50 fortified towns and 985 villages were razed to the ground, and many more Jews sold into slavery. Roman military casualties were significant; Cassius Dio claimed that "many Romans, moreover, perished in this war". Therefore, Hadrian, in writing to the Senate, did not employ the opening phrase commonly affected by the emperors: "If you and your children are in health, it is well; I and the army are in health." Legio XXII Deiotariana was disbanded after severe losses, and Legio IX Hispana was possibly also disbanded as a result of the war, according to recent scholarship. Estimate: 35000 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 540	Auction date: 14 June 2023
Lot number: 66 Price realized: 60 USD   (Approx. 56 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THESSALY, Krannon. Circa 350-300 BC. Æ Dichalkon (18.5mm, 5.48 g, 7h). Laureate head of Poseidon (or Zeus) right / Warrior on horse rearing right. BCD Thessaly II 117.7 var. (orientation of ethnic); HGC 4, 384. Dark brown surfaces. VF. Ex BCD Collection (his ticket included). Estimate: 100 USD

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10 minuti fa, santone dice:

Sono dei piccoli capolavori artistici - numismatici

 

Lo scopo di questa discussione è proprio questo: mettere in luce la bellezza delle monete antiche per l'acquisto delle quali non sempre sono necessarie somme alte, come ad esempio nel caso dell'ultima moneta da me postata.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 169 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Argolis, Argos AR Trihemiobol. Circa 270-260/50 BC. Wolf at bay to left; Θ above / Crested Corinthian helmet to left, decorated with wreath; Π-Y flanking. BCD Peloponnesos 1114 (this coin); HGC 5, 674. 1.17g, 12mm, 10h. Extremely Fine; old cabinet tone with beautiful golden iridescence around devices to obverse and attractive rainbow iridescence to reverse. Ex North River Collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 93, 22 May 2013, lot 325; Ex BCD Collection, LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 96, 8 May 2006, lot 1114. Estimate: 1750 GBP

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Nomos AG > obolos 28	Auction date: 2 July 2023
Lot number: 440 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: THRACE. Philippopolis. Elagabalus, 218-222. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 28 mm, 16.90 g, 7 h). AYT K M AYPHΛ ANTΩNEINOC Laureate head of Elagabalus to right. Rev. MHTPOΠOΛEΩC ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠOΛΕ/ΩC (NE)ΩKO/P(OY) To left, naked and helmeted warrior standing to right, holding spear in left hand and wearing chlamys over left shoulder, clasping right hands with naked and helmeted warrior standing left, holding shield in left arm. Varbanov 1699. Rare, well centered, and boldly struck, with brown and olive-green patina. Very fine. Starting price: 100 CHF

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 138	Auction date: 18 May 2023
Lot number: 750 Price realized: 150,000 CHF   (Approx. 165,691 USD / 153,844 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Septimius Severus, 193 – 211. Divus S. Severus. Aureus after 211, AV 7.14 g. DIVO SEVERO PIO Bare head r. Rev. CONSECRATIO Emperor with sceptre seated on eagle flying r., holding thunderbolt. C –. BMC –. RIC . Calicó 2440a (this coin). Apparently unique and in exceptional state of preservation. A spectacular portrait of enchanting beauty perfectly struck in high relief and an interesting reverse type. A perfect Fdc Ex Dürr&Michel 16 November 1998, 91 and NGSA 5, 2008, 264 sales. This coin is illustrated in The Roman Aurei by X. E. Calicó. Due to an explosion of public outrage at the murder of Pertinax and the sale of the imperial title to Didius Julianus in 193 BC, revolt quickly erupted in the Roman provinces. Septimius Severus, the governor of Pannonia Superior, was proclaimed emperor by the forces under his command as were Clodius Albinus in Britannia and Pescennius Niger in Syria. The close proximity of Pannonia to Italy meant that Severus reached Rome first and claimed the capital before his rivals. With Julianus already dead before he arrived, Severus consolidated his power in the capital and negotiated a settlement with Albinus in which he was named Caesar in return for his support against Niger. With no need to fear attack from Albinus, Severus marched on to Syria with the full might of the western Roman legions and defeated Niger at the Battle of Issus in AD 194. Despite this victorious conclusion to the bloody Year of the Five Emperors, Septimius Severus did not take much time to enjoy peace in its aftermath. In AD 195, he made war on the Parthian Empire in response to interference in the Roman client-kingdoms of Mesopotamia. Returning to Rome in triumph, he was forced to march against Albinus in the following year after assuming power as a rival Augustus. Albinus was defeated near Lugdunum and committed suicide in AD 197, finally leaving Severus as sole master of the Roman world. With the corpse of Clodius Albinus barely cold, Severus immediately embarked on a new war against the Parthians, this time with his sons Caracalla and Geta serving as co-emperors. This conflict, which continued until AD 199, was crowned by the sacking of of the Parthian capital at Ctesiphon. The victorious Severus and his family gradually returned to Rome by way of Syria and Egypt. He spent the next several years celebrating the ludi Saeculares and settling the affairs of North Africa, before it became necessary to undertake a campaign against the Caledonians in Britannia in AD 208. Together with his sons, he was able to push the Caledonians back beyond the Antonine Wall and restore security to the province. Unfortunately, the Emperor fell ill at Eboracum (York) in AD 210 and died on 4 February AD 211. This unique and stunningly preserved gold aureus was struck for distribution as a donative to the army on the occasion of Severus' funeral and deification. The obverse is a brilliantly-realized portrait of the Emperor, showcasing his trademark flowing pronged beard, but without the laurel wreath of a reigning emperor. He had become a god, but the trappings of earthly imperial power now belonged to his sons, Caracalla and Geta, alone. The pristine reverse type shows the dead Emperor carrying the scepter of Jupiter and preparing for his ascent to heaven on the back of an eagle. The eagle, representing the soul of the deceased Emperor, was a common motif for Roman imperial consecratio issues, but here the comparison of Severus to Jupiter is underlined by the addition of the thunderbolt at the feet of the eagle. He was perhaps worthy of the comparison. His advances of the frontiers in Britannia and in the East brought the Roman Empire to the greatest territorial extent it would ever reach. Estimate: 100000 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 559 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Nero Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 65. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust to right, wearing aegis on far shoulder / Roma seated to left, holding Victory and parazonium; foot on helmet, shields behind, S-C across fields, ROMA in exergue. RIC I 275; C. 264; BN 364; BMCRE 180. 26.99g, 36mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Acquired from Noonan's. Estimate: 2000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE:  Apoteosi di Antonino Pio e Faustina, dalla base della Colonna di Antonino Pio, 161 d.C.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 271 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: Pontos, Amisos AR Drachm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-100 BC. Bust of Perseus to right, with harpa over shoulder / Aegis with facing gorgoneion, monogram to right. SNG BM Black Sea 1127-8; RG p. 62, 12, HGC 7, 235. 3.99g, 17mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; only two other examples on CoinArchives, with this example being far superior. Estimate: 1000 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 2 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Eastern Gaul, uncertain tribe AR Quinarius. Circa 1st century BC. Celticised male head to right within torque / Celticised figure advancing to left, holding large torque; annulets in field, all within wreath. D&T 205; LT 9388. 1.91g, 16mm, 6h. Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Scarce, and easily the finest example of this unusual type to appear at auction in over 20 years. Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG; Ex Hestia Collection, formed over the past five decades; Ex Emmert Collection. Estimate: 1000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DEL GALATA MORENTE CON TORQUE AL COLLO E TORQUE IN ORO

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 289 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Ionia, Miletos AR Drachm. Circa 205 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right / Lion standing to left, head reverted; MI monogram over ME monogram in left upper field, sun-burst in right upper field, [M]ENANΔΡ[ΟΣ] in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references, for magistrate's name cf. Kinns, Review, p. 255 and Giessener Münzhandlung 90, 330 (hemidrachm); for type cf. Deppert-Lippitz 633-4 (hemidrachms); cf. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 26, 212 (hemidrachm); for dating cf. P Kinns, Milesian Notes in Opuscula Anatolica II, 2003, pp. 11-12. 5.35g, 20mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Unique and unpublished, save for its previous auction appearance, and of great numismatic importance. Ex Long Valley River Collection, Roma Numismatics, Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 180; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XI, 7 April 2016, lot 298; Ex private German collection. This beautiful drachm of Miletos represents a remarkable break with the city's century and a half old tradition of issuing silver coinage with a profile head of Apollo. While a facing-Apollo head had been employed at Miletos from c. 260 BC for bronze issues that would retain the same types (facing Apollo, and lion standing with head reverted) through to the end of the series c. 200 BC, prior to the publication of this coin in Roma Numismatics XI, the facing-Apollo series was known in silver only from the extremely rare hemidrachm denomination (surviving in only seven examples). These hemidrachms were assessed by P. Kinns (Opuscula Anatolica II, 2003, Milesian notes, pp. 11-12) as being struck at a higher than usual weight (2.53g - 2.82g, compared to an average of 2.35g - 2.53g for the 'regular' profile head issues), corresponding to an earlier standard in use around 260-250 BC. He furthermore observes that this higher weight standard was quickly abandoned in favour of a return to lighter profile-head coins. This unique drachm confirms the higher weight standard briefly used, as it equates to two hemidrachms of 2.68g, which is precisely as expected given the mean weight of the surviving specimens. The circumstance for the striking of the facing-Apollo silver coins, which are contemporary with the final group of middle-denomination facing-Apollo bronzes, may be found in the Cretan War of 205-200 BC. The Macedonians under Philip V had just concluded a favourable treaty with Rome following the First Macedonian War, but undertook not to expand further westwards; while Rome preoccupied itself with Carthage then, Philip looked east and resolved to seize control of the Greek world. Having defeated the Kingdom of Pergamon and allied with the Aetolian League and several of the major Cretan cities, the only serious power that opposed Philip was the city-state of Rhodes and its allies. Despite Rhodes and its allies having dealt the Macedonian navy near crippling losses in the Battle of Chios in 201, Philip was not defeated and shifted his attention to Karia. Rhodes' fleet had repositioned to the strait between Lade and in order to block the approach to Miletos - the most likely Macedonian objective, and the door to Karia and Rhodes' own mainland territories, however the Rhodian fleet accepted an engagement at a numerical disadvantage and this time were defeated in short order. Polybius (The Histories, XVI.15) relates that "the Milesians, in great alarm at what had happened... voted a crown to Philip for his brilliant attack", and the city fell under Macedonian control. Though the historical sources for this conflict are sparse, Miletos had long maintained a close relationship with the Ptolemies, as had Rhodes, and with Miletos being located in close proximity to the Rhodian Peraia (the mainland territories controlled and colonised by Rhodes), it is safe to infer that if the city was not in fact allied to Rhodes prior to 201 BC, it was at least sympathetic to its neighbour. Even if Philip's intentions were not clear to the Milesians at the outbreak of war, or even after he had captured and razed Kios and Myrleia, sacked Thasos and enslaved its people after having given them assurances of safety, they would certainly have understood his designs when in the winter of 203/2 he formed an alliance with Antiochos III of the Seleukid Empire in which Antiochos promised to help Philip take control of Ionia, as well as Kyrene and the Cyclades. It is highly likely then, given also that this coin is struck to a weight standard matching that of the contemporary Rhodian coinage, that this issue was a short-lived product of the Cretan War, discontinued after the city's capitulation to Philip. Estimate: 7500 GBP

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oma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 439 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Augustus AR Cistophorus of Ephesus, Ionia. Circa 25 BC. IMP•CAESAR, bare head to right / Capricorn to right, head reverted, bearing cornucopiae on back; AVGVSTVS below; all within laurel wreath. RPC I 2213; RIC I 477; BN 916. 11.92g, 27mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine; stunning old cabinet tone. Scarce in this condition. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 100, 7 October 2015, lot 1831 (hammer: USD 3,750). The significance of the constellation Capricorn to Augustus is subject to debate, with some ancient sources reporting that it was his birth sign and others relating that he was conceived under the sign - the latter tying in with his official birthday on 23-24 September. Although we now view conception and birth as two separate events, the Romans viewed conception through to birth as a continuous process. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits Capricorn from late December to late January, marking midwinter and the shortest day of the year. For this reason, often it was considered a hostile sign but Augustus chose to interpret it positively since it had governed two major events in his life - the granting of imperium to him by the Senate in January 43 BC, and the acceptance of the title Augustus on 16 January 27 BC. The capricorn is represented as a goat with a fish tail, and is often thought to be a representation of Pan escaping an attack by the monster Typhon. Having jumped into the Nile, the half of Pan's body which was submerged was transformed into a fish. An alternative interpretation is that the goat is Amalthea, who suckled the infant Zeus after Rhea rescued him from being devoured by his father Cronus. The broken horn of Amalthea transformed into the cornucopiae, which on the present example is carried on the back of the capricorn. It is a symbol of fertility and abundance, and here accompanies the corona civica, awarded to Romans who saved the lives of fellow citizens by slaying an enemy, but in the case of Augustus for having saved the entire Roman citizenry from the horrors of further civil war. In 27 BC, Augustus had declared Ephesus the capital of Asia Minor, promoting the city above the former capital Pergamum. The decision to use such striking imagery alongside his birth sign for issues minted in the new capital reinforced Augustus as the head of the new imperial regime. Estimate: 3000 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Live Auction 7	Auction date: 10 July 2023
Lot number: 70 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Ostrogoths, Athalaric Æ 10 Nummi. Rome, AD 526-534. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to right / D N ATHALARICVS, soldier standing facing, head to right, holding spear and shield between S-C; X in left field. Metlich 85b; cf. MEC 132; BMC Vandals 62-71; Ladich 44 (Ravenna). 2.51g, 16mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; cleaning marks. Rare. Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l. (San Marino), Auction L, 3-4 November 2018, lot 476. Estimate: 150 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: SOLDATO OSTROGOTO

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3107	Auction date: 3 May 2023
Lot number: 30027 Price realized: 32,000 USD   (Approx. 28,950 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancients LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus (561-546 BC). AV stater (17mm, 10.76 gm). NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5. Sardes, "heavy" standard, ca. 561-550 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left, both with outstretched foreleg / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Berk "100 Greatest Ancient Coins", 9.2. BMC Lydia 30. Boston MFA 2068. Gulbenkian 756. Glistening goldenrod surfaces with a subtle die shift around the head of the bull creating an almost imperceptible hint of movement to the dynamic scene. Truly stunning in hand. Estimate: 20000-30000 USD

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MACEDONIAN EMPIRE Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283. Gold stater 290/289, Amphipolis. Diademed and horned head of Demetrios to r. Rev. BAΣI - ΛEΩ(Σ) Macedonian horseman cantering to r., wearing kausia, holding couched spear; monograms behind and between horse's legs. 8.57 g. Newell 113. Of highest rarity. Three heavy marks on reverse. Uncirculated. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auction Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24. November 1994, lot 46.. Ex Collection R. Jameson 1003.. Ex Collection Imhoof-Blumer. While this coin has, regrettably, damage on its reverse, it is still probably the finest specimen of this great rarity on the market. A similar piece in conservation fine, with scratches and a heavy gouge, fetched $2101.- in a 2007 CNG electronic auction. SINCONA10, 85

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MYTILENE. Lesbos. Ca. 521-478 B.C. Electrum Hekte. Forepart of a winged lion l. Rv. Incuse head of a rooster l. with a granulated comb, incuse rectangular punch behind. 2.57 grams. Bodenstedt Em 9.1, Jameson 1472. Extremely Fine.