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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVIII	Auction date: 5 July 2023
Lot number: 587 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 128-129. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COS III, emperor on horseback to right, raising hand. RIC II.3 930; C. 410; BMCRE 503; Calicó 1221a. 7.36g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; a magnificent portrait on a large planchet. Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXV, 22 September 2022, lot 1021. This very attractive equestrian aureus was struck to mark the triumphant return to Rome of the emperor, and shows him riding into the city accepting the honours and praise of the people. Mattingly and Sydenham argue that during his four year absence from Rome there had been little change in the coinage, no development of style, and the mint had been virtually inactive. However, upon his return there was a great new output of coinage, of which this is a stunning example. For his new coinage, Hadrian drops the long legends favoured by his predecessor Trajan, preferring to simplify them to HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P on the obverse and COS III on the reverse. This new obverse legend very distinctly calls into mind the coinage of the first emperor Augustus, while the new, larger and more gracious style of imperial portrait that fills the fields of the flan is a complete change from the small, careful and cramped types of Trajan. Reverse types such as this one complement the new style and the result is a very attractive and artistic coin. Hadrian's reign was dominated by his extensive travels across the provinces, and indeed he spent more than half of his reign outside of Italy. A known Hellenophile, shortly before the return to Rome that prompted the issue of coinage to which this aureus belongs the emperor had toured Greece and this, coupled with his studies in Greek academia, art and sculpture led the change to the very Hellenistic design we see here, a piece which can be seen as the product of the highest flourishing of Roman art and sculpture. Although no sculpture or written record of such survives, it is quite probable that this reverse type was modelled on an equestrian statue of Hadrian that stood in Rome and that is lost to us today. We know that numerous equestrian statues of emperors once graced Rome, and we know that equestrian statues of Hadrian in particular existed sources corroborate one at Aelia Capitolina on the Temple Mount directly above the Holy of Holies, and another is known to have adorned the Milion built by Constantine I at Constantinople, which along with an equestrian statue of Trajan, must have been removed from its original location and placed there. Indeed, if it were the case that this coin depicts a now lost sculpture, this missing statue would easily fit into a series of imperial equestrian statues that are both well-attested and displayed on the Roman coinage, beginning with the sculpture of Augustus that can be seen on denarii of 16 BC struck under the moneyer L. Vinicius (RIC 362), through Domitian's addition to the Forum Romanum in AD 91 and Trajan's own statue in the Forum Traiani. All of these followed a traditional mode, of which the gilt bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius, which was also featured on that emperor's coinage and which is preserved in the Capitoline Museum, is the sole surviving example. Estimate: 17500 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 13	Auction date: 27 May 2023
Lot number: 333 Price realized: 3,800 CHF   (Approx. 4,194 USD / 3,912 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Elagabalus, 218-222. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 2.99 g, 11 h), Rome, 218-219. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. FIDES MILITVM Elagabalus, laureate and in military attire, standing front, head to right, holding transverse spear in his right hand; before him, a soldier standing front, head to left, holding signum in his right hand and oval shield in his left; behind to left, another soldier, standing front, head to right, holding signum in his right hand. BMC 16 and pl. 85, 9 (same dies) = Cohen 41 corr. = RIC 75 corr. (reverse misdescribed). Lanz 32 (1985), 699 (same dies). Leu 75 (1999), 1565 (same dies). Thirion 38 (this coin cited). Cf. Calicó 2994 (aureus). Of the highest rarity, perhaps the fourth known example. A beautifully toned coin with a very impressive reverse. Good very fine. Ex Leu 5, 27 October 2019, 427 and Münzen und Medaillen FPL 191, July 1959, 77. This extremely rare denarius, which corresponds to Calicó 2994, was struck early in Elagabalus' reign: it shows the juvenile emperor in a martial fashion amidst two soldiers and praises the loyalty of the army, which had formed the backbone of the Severan countercoup against Macrinus. Julia Maesa, who by and large ran the imperial administration during the four year rule of her grandson Elagabalus, had obviously not forgotten the famous dictum of her brother-in-law Septimius Severus, who on his deathbed had advised his sons Caracalla and Geta to 'be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, and scorn all other men'. However, the behavior of her grandson would later turn out to be so outrageous that he and his mother Julia Soaemias were killed by soldiers riled up by Julia Mamaea, Maesa's second daughter and mother of the designated successor to the throne, Severus Alexander. Estimate: 3500 CHF

 

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Esemplari di notevole bellezza 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 542	Auction date: 19 July 2023
Lot number: 492 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction -
Lot description: ROMAN IMPERIAL. Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. Æ Follis (18.5mm, 3.05 g, 5h). Londinium (London) mint. Struck AD 319. Cuirassed bust left, wearing high-crested helmet decorated with eight-pointed stars, holding spear over shoulder / Two victories standing facing one another, together holding vota shield inscribed VOT/ PR in lines, resting on column; –|–//PLN. RIC VII 156; C&T 9.01.004. Mostly silvering, toned, flan crack. EF. Wonderful bust type. From the C. J. Sabine Collection. Estimate: 150 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: SOLDATI DELL'ESERCITO DI COSTANTINO

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 13	Auction date: 27 May 2023
Lot number: 118 Price realized: 4,000 CHF   (Approx. 4,415 USD / 4,117 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.57 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Zeus to right; before, small serpent to right. Rev. Half-length bust of Nike to right, wings spread and draped, wearing laurel wreath, pendant earrings and pearl necklace; above, two stars; all within linear square. Bodenstedt 101. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock 7741. A beautiful piece with a wonderful rendering of Nike on the reverse. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. Estimate: 1000 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUETTA RAFFIGURANTE NIKE, MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO DI IZMIR, TURCHIA

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXVII	Auction date: 22 March 2023
Lot number: 49 Price realized: 1,100 GBP   (Approx. 1,346 USD / 1,247 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Calabria, Tarentum AR Diobol. Circa 325-280 BC. Head of Herakles facing slightly to left, wearing lion skin headdress; club to left / Herakles standing to right, wrestling the Nemean Lion; club to left, Φ between legs of Herakles. Vlasto 1348 (same dies); HN Italy 977; SNG ANS -; SNG BnF 2112 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 476; HGC 1, 835. 0.97g, 13mm, 2h. Near Mint State; attractive old cabinet tone. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 72, 16 May 2013, lot 827. Estimate: 500 GBP

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I ritratti di Ercole sembrano quasi identici 

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 382	Auction date: 16 March 2023
Lot number: 104 Price realized: 650 EUR   (Approx. 690 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PAEONIA. KÖNIGREICH. Patraos, 335-315 v. Chr. AR-Tetradrachme; 12,93 g. Apollokopf r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Reiter r. ersticht gestürzten Gegner. Paeonian Hoard 392 (stempelgleich); SNG ANS vergl. 1040. Feine Tönung, vorzüglich Aus einer 2005 abgeschlossenen Sammlung. Estimate: 300 EUR

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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 123	Auction date: 23 May 2023
Lot number: 624 Price realized: 1,600 USD   (Approx. 1,484 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. Laureate head right / Libertas standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 19; RSC 113. Stunning iridescent tone, lustrous, trace deposits. EF. According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, "Libertas", the vindicta, which Libertas carries, was "the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation." Estimate: 1000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL GIULIO CESARE DEI FUMETTI DI ASTERIX CHE ASSOMIGLIA IN MANIERA IMPRESSIONANTE AL RITRATTO DI NERVA SU QUESTA MONETA...

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Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 2	Auction date: 4 June 2023
Lot number: 513 Price realized: 85 EUR   (Approx. 91 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PHRYGIA. Bruzus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Septimius Severus to Macrinus (circa 193-218). AE Assarion. Obv: BPOYZOC. Turreted and draped bust of city-goddess to left, with cornucopia at her shoulder, holding scepter in her right hand. Rev: ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝΩ/Ν POYΦINOC - ΑΝΕΘΗ/Κ. Apollo standing facing, head to right, drawing bow. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Leypold 1474. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 4,47 g. Diameter: 19 mm. Starting price: 50 EUR

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 539	Auction date: 31 May 2023
Lot number: 226 Price realized: 120 USD   (Approx. 112 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PISIDIA, Selge. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.84 g, 12h). Gorgoneion / Helmeted head of Athena right; astragalos to left. SNG BN 1948–54 var. (symbol); SNG Ashmolean 1546–50. Toned, slight die wear. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Estimate: 100 USD

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 161 | Silver	Auction date: 16 April 2023
Lot number: 283 Price realized: 120 EUR   (Approx. 133 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Lykaonia. Iconium (as Claudiconium). Hadrian AD 117-138. Bronze Æ 18 mm, 3,88 g ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bare-headed and draped bust of Hadrian to left / ΚΛΑΥΔЄΙΚΟΝΙЄⲰΝ, Perseus standing front, head to right, holding head of Medusa in his right hand and harpa in his left. very fine RPC III 2825. Starting price: 50 EUR

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 1033 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: TROAS. Gergis. Circa 350-300 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.63 g). Laureate head of the Sibyl Herophile facing slightly to right. Rev. ΓEP Griffin seated to right; all within incuse square. CNG E-Auction 170 (2007), 70. Leu Web Auction 9 (2019), 291. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 1590 Price realized: To Be Posted
Lot description: PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Darios I, circa 520-505 BC. Siglos (Silver, 15 mm, 4.93 g), Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes. Half-length bust of Persian king or hero to right, holding arrows in his right hand and bow in his left. Rev. Rectangular incuse punch. BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10). Sunrise 17. An unusually well struck example with excellent details. Harshly cleaned and with some horn silver, otherwise, good very fine. From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 100 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: Rilievo raffigurante il dio Marduk con le sembianze di sovrano e guerriero

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Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 16, lot 360, 26/09/2018

Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 450-420 BC. Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves and five umbels; at base of stem, two tiny leave to

and right / Head of Zeus Ammon to right, hair secured in a plait, with dotted neck truncation; KYP before, all within circular torque-like border. BMC -, cf. 42-43, pl. V, 16-17; Traité III -; SNG Copenhagen -; Delepierre -; McClean -; Boston MFA -; Jameson -. 17.40g, 26mm, 4h.

Extremely Fine; wonderful, lustrous metal. Extremely Rare.
From the Dr. Albert Potts collection;
Acquired privately in Paris, 1967.
Kyrene was founded in 631 BC by Dorian settlers from Thera and their leader Battos, as instructed by the Delphic oracle. Around a hundred years later as the city grew in prosperity to rival even Carthage, Kyrene began issuing silver coins of archaic style on small, thick modules. Virtually all of the coins of Kyrene display the badge of the city and the principal source of its wealth - the silphium plant.
It was described as having a thick root, a stalk like fennel, large alternating leaves with leaflets like celery, spherical clusters of small yellow flowers at the top and broad leaf-like, heart-shaped fruit called phyllon. The plant was valued in ancient times because of its many uses as a food source, seasoning for food, and, most importantly, as a medication. Perfumes were made from the flowers, the stalk was used for food or fodder while the juice and root were used to make a variety of medical potions.
Aside from its uses in Greco-Roman cooking (as in recipes by Apicius), the many medical applications of the plant included use to treat cough, sore throat, fever, indigestion, aches and pains, warts, and it has even been speculated that the plant may also have functioned as a contraceptive, based partly on testimony from Pliny.
The plant only grew along a narrow coastal area, about 125 by 35 miles. Much of the speculation about the cause of its extinction rests on a sudden demand for animals that grazed on the plant, for some supposed effect on the quality of the meat. Overgrazing combined with over harvesting and climate change led to its extinction. Pliny reported that the last known stalk of silphium found in Kyrenaika was given to the Emperor Nero as a curiosity. The city never recovered from the extinction of its principal export, and economic decline combined with a series of devastating earthquakes led to the abandonment of the city in the 4th Century AD.
The syncretic god Zeus Ammon, depicted on the obverse of this coin, combines the Greek Zeus with the Egyptian king of gods, Amun-Ra, who was often shown in Egyptian art with a ram's head. Zeus Ammon was also especially worshipped in Sparta and Thebes, both of which are recorded by Pausanias as having temples to the god (see his Description of Greece 3.18.3 and 9.16.1). The oracle was famed in later times for being visited by Alexander the Great in 331 BC and later Hannibal.

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Di eccezionale somiglianza 

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26Auction          date: 8 July 2023             Lot number: 2245
Price realized: To Be Posted
PHRYGIA. Aezanis. Claudius, 41-54. Assarion (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.35 g, 12 h), Pausanias Menandros, magistrate. ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙCΑΡ Laureate head of Claudius to right. Rev. ЄΠΙ - [Π]ΑΥCANIOY / [MЄ]NANΔP[OY] - AIZANIΤⲰΝ Zeus standing front, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left. BMC 76. RPC I 3095. SNG Copenhagen 89. A beautifully preserved piece with a fine portrait. About extremely fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price: 50 CHF

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Spink > Auction 389	Auction date: 11 May 2023
Lot number: 152 Price realized: 60 USD   (Approx. 55 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ancient India. Uncertain Eastern realm. AR Vimshatika, ca. 5th-4th Century BC. 4.44 gms. Unusual geometric pattern suggestive of winding rivers. Seven countermarks on back. Little is known of this series which was found in easternmost India. Although north and further west, Panchala has been suggested, while some posit the design as an extension of the "worm" symbol found on Matsya issues. Very Fine.. Estimate: $100 - $150

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 468 Price realized: 4,600 CHF   (Approx. 5,169 USD / 4,720 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 411-340 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.98 g, 3 h). Head of Dionysos to left, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. ΘAΣIΩN Herakles, wearing lion skin, kneeling right and shooting his bow; before, kantharos; all within linear frame within circular incuse. HGC 6, 342. Le Rider, Thasiennes 23. An impressive piece of beautiful style. Harshly cleaned and with some scratches and delaminations. Good very fine. From the Sam 'Duck' Reed Collection and that of Nelson Bunker Hunt, Sotheby's, 19-20 June 1991, 181. Starting price: 750 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE. STATUA DEL v SECOLO A.C. DI ERACLE ARCIERE DA EGINA

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 1275 Price realized: 1,000 CHF   (Approx. 1,124 USD / 1,026 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLANDS OFF CARIA, Kos. Circa 345-340/30 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 19 mm, 7.04 g, 12 h), Biton, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. BITΩΝ / KΩION Veiled head of Demeter to left. HGC 6, 1306. Pixodarus p. 235, 23 (A3/P13). SNG Copenhagen 621. SNG Keckman 289. SNG von Aulock 2751-2. Bright and attractive, and with a beautiful reverse. Struck from a somewhat worn obverse die, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 250 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 2465 Price realized: 180 CHF   (Approx. 202 USD / 185 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25 mm, 13.94 g, 12 h), RY 18 = 133/4. ΑΥΤ ΚΑIC ΤΡΑΙAN•ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right, seen from behind. Rev. L I-Η Serapis seated left on throne, holding scepter in his left hand and extending his right over Cerberus at his feet to left. Dattari (Savio) 1479-80. Emmett 892.18. K&G 35.571. RPC III 5871. Beautifully toned and of fine style. Good very fine. From the Sam 'Duck' Reed Collection, ex Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 67, 27 August 1991, 509. Starting price: 100 CHF illustrazione: statua di Serapide in trono, Museo Archeologico di Napoli

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Anche gli incisori dei conii erano degli artisti, così come gli scultori e i pittori 

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 969 Price realized: 55 CHF   (Approx. 62 USD / 56 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: BITHYNIA. Herakleia Pontika. 364-352 BC. Trihemiobol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.85 g, 12 h). Head of the youthful Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Trophy to left, composed of cuirass, round shield, helmet and spear; to left, K; to right, bow in quiver; above to left, ivy leaf. RG 29. SNG BM Black Sea 1593 var. (no grapes, differing style and with ethnic on obverse). SNG Copenhagen 418 var. (no grapes, differing style and with ethnic on obverse). Extremely rare. Harshly cleaned and porous, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 110	Auction date: 3 August 2023
Lot number: 380 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos Æ 24mm. Nikomedia mint, circa 182-149 BC. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / The centaur Chiron walking to right, cloak over shoulder, playing lyre; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ to left, monogram between forelegs. RG 26; SNG Copenhagen 641; HGC 7, 629. 6.37g, 24mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; beautiful olive-green patina, well-centered and sharply struck. Chiron was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren, as he was called as the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs" (Homer, Iliad 11.831). Throughout Greek mythology, there were many heroes who were trained by Chiron, including Achilles, Ajax, Asklepios, Herakles, Jason, Perseus, and Theseus. Estimate: 150 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 26	Auction date: 8 July 2023
Lot number: 1342 Price realized: 300 CHF   (Approx. 337 USD / 308 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 385-375 BC. Obol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.82 g, 3 h). Bearded head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. MA Swan standing left on barley grain, head turned to right. Goktürk 33. SNG Levante -. SNG Paris 384. A lovely, well centered and unusually attractive piece. Good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 50 CHF