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MONGOL: Anonymous, ca. 1230-1280, AE ½ fen (5.56g), H-—, shao da ban fen, crescent above on reverse, Fine to VF, RRR, ex Zhao Quanzhi Collection. Token issues valued at "½ fen of silver" were cast in bronze and likely produced during the period when the Mongols were occupying Jin territory in their conquest of China. A related piece is published by Hartill, number 19.3 in his Cast Chinese Currency catalog.

 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXI	Auction date: 9 January 2018
Lot number: 250 Price realized: 1,600 USD   (Approx. 1,341 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Galerius. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Potin Tetradrachm (20mm, 7.30 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 295/296). ΓΑΛ ΜΑΞI MIANOC K, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Galerius left, wearing a chin strap, holding a spear over his right shoulder and a shield on his left shoulder; his helmet decorated with a crowning Nike; star over L ∆ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) – (but cf. 6110 – a similar bust right with shield only); K&G – (but. cf. 122.39 – same); Emmett 4221.4 (R5 – citing this coin); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 249 (this coin). Near EF, brown patina with touches of green. Extremely rare, perhaps unique.  From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions IV, 21 September 1988), lot 357. In his book, Giovanni has identified the bust on the reverse of this coin as Roma. This cataloguer understands the logic of this identification, but I still prefer my original attribution of the bust to Galerius. Giovanni also indicates that this coin may possibly be from the Col. James W. Curtis collection, as he cites a similar coin in his book as X-2125. The X before the collection number actually indicates that the coin was not owned by Curtis, and also, Curtis is describing Dattari 6110, with the type facing right, and without a spear.  Estimate: 500 USD

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AUGUSTUS, 27 BC.-AD 14. Denarius, 29 BC. AR 3.45 g. IMP Bearded head of Mars r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet; linear circle. Rev. CAESAR on rim of round shield, with star at centre, lying on crossed spear and sword. BN I, 71, 87. C. 44. RIC 61, 274. Slightly irregular flan.
Good very fine
Estimate: 1050 USD

 

 

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TEOS
Stater, ca. 470 - 449 v. Chr. 11.98 g. Greif auf Friesband nach rechts sitzend, die linke Pranke erhoben, vor der rechten Pranke Ente nach rechts stehend. Rs: Viergeteiltes Quadratum incusum. Balcer 101. Boston 1939. Rs. kleine Schürfspur, vorzüglich.
Estimate: 2.250 EUR

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Thessaly, Pelinna; AE 14, Thessaly, Pelinna, 400-344 BC, 2.50g. Rogers-, Grose-, similar to Grose-4658 but obol. Obv: Rider r. wearing chlamas and kausia. Rx: Warrior with shield and spear advancing l. Ex Berk 128, 2002, lot 550. . Fine+

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Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann) > Auction 59	Auction date: 5 November 2017
Lot number: 61 Price realized: 80 EUR   (Approx. 93 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Ae. Uncertain mint in Macedon.  Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΑΛΕΞ.  Warrior on horse rearing right. Controls: Below, kerykeion between B - A. Price 372.  Condition: Good very fine. Weight: 6.15 g. Diameter: 20 mm. Estimate: 75 EUR

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Hadrian Ӕ As. Rome, AD 119-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right, drapery over left shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III, Britannia seated facing, foot on rock, resting head on hand and holding sceptre; large shield right; S-C across fields; BRITANNIA in exergue. RIC 577. 6.46g, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Featured continuously on British coins from 1672-2008, Britannia is the Roman personification of the island province of Britain, and first appeared on coins during the reign of Hadrian as this very well preserved example illustrates. Intended to be a visual signifier of the province itself, Britannia is appropriately equipped with a spear and a distinctive shield with a sharp central point, both military attributes referencing Britain's position at the farthest edge of Roman power. She is also well clothed against the inclement weather of the island in a Birrus Britannicus, or hooded cloak.
Hadrian's reign was characterised by his travels abroad as he gave direct instruction for the defence and enhancement of the empire. He is known to have visited Britain around AD 122, when he ordered that the northern frontier of the empire be protected by a monumental construction known to us as Hadrian's Wall.
However, coins featuring Britannia were struck before the building of the wall began, as the titles afforded Hadrian on this issue of asses and the style of the portraiture firmly dates the coin to between 119 and 121, so she cannot have been linked to this event. Though a rebellion in the north of the province was suppressed early in Hadrian's reign by the Governor, there was no major event to precipitate an issue of commemorative coinage, leading us to surmise that the appearance of Britannia before Hadrian's visit was planned carefully at the mint in Rome where these coins were struck to fit the pattern of personifications appearing on the coinage for other provinces.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA COSTRUZIONE DEL VALLO DI ADRIANO

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Aureus 134-138, AV 7.38 g. HADRIANVS – AVG COS III P P Bare head r. Rev. Hadrian advancing r. ahead of three soldiers carrying standards; in exergue, DISCIPLINA / AVG. Catálogo de la colección de monedas y medallas de Manuel Vidal Quadras Y Ramón de Barcelona, Barcelona 1892 (reprinted in 1975), vol. I, p. 254, n. 3396 (this coin). C 540. BMC 602. RIC 232. Bourgey & Desnier p. 67, 200 (this coin). Calicó 1251a (this coin, Hadrian misdescribed as veiled on reverse).
Very rare. A bold portrait and a finely detailed reverse composition, a
scratch on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: LE TRIBU' DEI PITTI ATTACCANO IL LIMES ROMANO IN BRITANNIA DIFESO DAL VALLO DI ADRIANO 

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Galba, 68-69. Denarius 68, Tarraco (?) Obv. HISPANIA Laureate and draped bust of Hispania to r. two javelins behind, round shield below, two corn ears in front. Rev. GALBA IMP Galba, bare-headed and in military dress, on horse to l. right hand raised in salute. 3.40 g. RIC 2. C. 77. Rare. Very fine.
Ex list (Circular) Spink & Son Ltd. 78. London February 1970. Lot 1210. Tag and envelope enclosed. 

 

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s/d. Egipto. Reina/Faraón Hatshepsut (1508-1458 a.C.). Medalla en oro. 26 mm. 7,86 g. Proof.

Illustrazione: la regina Hatshepsut

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ROMAN REPUBLIC
L. Hostilius Saserna. Denarius 48 BC, Rome. Obv. Head of Gallic captive right. Rev. L HOSTILIVS. Biga driven to right. RRC 448/2a; Syd. 952; BMC 3994. AR. 3.97 g.
XF-AU
Ce denier républicain est certainement l'un des plus recherchés, alors que son interprétation reste controversée. Lieutenant de César durant la Guerre des Gaules, L. Hostilius Saserna remplit la fonction de Triumvir monetalis, avant les Guerres d'Afrique. Les monnaies frappées à son nom datent donc de 49 à 46 av. J.-C.

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Tribes of Thrace, the Dentheletae Æ21. Late 5th Century BC. Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / ΔΑΝΤΗΛΗΤΩΝ, warrior charging right with sword, holding shield in defensive position. Prokopov, Turnovo 2012, 143-173, 144 ff. and Plate. 1 No. 5. Further examples recorded in: A. Topalov, Urban Bronze Coins of small Denomination from the Propontis Area, Sofia 2005, Nr. 59; Ägyptische, griechische, etruskische, römische Altertümer: Sammlung Prof. Dr. Ernst Pfuhl, Basel; Sammlung Dr. Philipp Lederer, Lugano und anderer Besitz; Vasen, Terrakotten, Bronzen, Marmorfiguren und -reliefs, Gläser, Schmuck; Auction in Luzern, Wednesday, 21. Mai 1941. Luzern, Galerie Fischer 1941 (1941) 169. 15.41g, 20mm, 8h.
Round regular flan, well centred, Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
One of the most powerful Thracian tribes, the Dentheletae ruled the upper Strymon valley, far from the coast and centres of Hellenistic culture. This interesting piece clearly shows that despite this, the tribe had contact with Hellenistic influences and that it absorbed and assimilated them. Indeed, Livy attested that the Dentheletae were allies of Philip V of Macedon (Ab Urbe Condita, Book XL, pp22), though this was not to save them from Hellenistic warmongering: he plundered their lands for supplies in 214 BC during the First Macedonian War.

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CELTIC, Central Gaul. Aedui. Circa 100-50 BC. AR Unit (1.84 g, 4h). Celticized head right; DVBNOCO[V] before / Warrior standing facing, holding severed head; DVBNREIX to right. D&T 3213; Depeyrot, NC IV, 214; CCCBM II 480-2. Good VF, toned, minor porosity.
From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection.

ILLUSTRAZIONI: LA BATTAGLIA NELLA FORESTA DI TEUTOBURGO (9 D.C.)

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MACEDON, Sermyle. Circa 500-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.70 g). Attic standard. Warrior, holding spear aloft in right hand, on horseback right; ΣERMYΛIAO-N below / Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern, four-pointed star in center. AMNG III/2, 3, pl. XXI, 5 = Traité I 1668 = Hirsch 987 (same obv. die); SNG ANS –; Leu 81, lot 172 = Leu 48, lot 124 (same obv. die); Sternberg XVI, lot 101 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, usual slight granularity, a few scratches under tone. Rare.
From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 1997 from F. Shore. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Autumn Sale 95 (26 October 1995), lot 172; Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (2 March 1994), lot 221; Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 414; Hess–Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 127.
Very little is known of the early history of Sermyle. During the Greco-Persian wars, the city supplied troops and ships to the Persians, and afterward became a member of the Thracian District of the Delian League. During the Peloponnesian War, many of their citizens were killed by the Peloponnesians, and Sermyle was turned over to the Chalkidians until the Peace of Nikias, whereafter the city appears under Athenian control. In the 4th century BC, Sermyle joined the Chalkidian League, and was apparently one of the cities destroyed by Philip II, as it disappears from the historical record after 348 BC. The coinage of the city was small, with a short issue of silver tetradrachms and fractions in the early 5th century, and a limited issue of bronze in the early 4th.

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Sicily, Himera AR Litra. Circa 470-450 BC. Forepart of monster with bearded human head, goat's horn, lion's paws and curled wings to left / Rider, holding whip and grasping horn of goat running left. SNG ANS 174; HGC 2, 451. 0.76g, 11mm, 6h. Edge chipped, otherwise near Extremely Fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: FRAMMENTO DI TERRACOTTA CHE RAFFIGURA DUE OPLITI; IL PRIMO A SINISTRA SUONA UN CORNO

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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 203	Auction date: 18 January 2018
Lot number: 56 Price realized: To Be Posted
Sicily, Gela. Didrachm; Sicily, Gela; c. 425 BC, Didrachm, 8.31g. Jenkins-463 (O88/R176). Obv: Helmeted warrior on horseback r. turning back to spear fallen naked hoplite with shield on ground behind him. Rx: Head of river god Gelas l. wearing diadem and with small bull's horn above forehead, all within olive wreath. Ex Sotheby, 16 June 1981, lot 12.The known examples of this coin all come in exactly this condition, suggesting that they all derive from a single hoard that was discovered sometime before 1900 . VF Buy price: $3975 Starting Price: 2783 USD

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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Pharnabazos. Persian military commander, circa 398-396/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.67 g, 2h). Head of Pharnabazos right, weaing satrapal cap tied below his chin, and diadem; ΦAP-N-[A]-BA around / Ornate ship’s prow left, decorated with a griffin and prophylactic eye; before and aft, two dolphins downward; below, tunny left; all within shallow incuse circle. Maffre 5 (D5/R4) = Bozdek 7 (this coin); Winzer 9.3; SNG France 395; SNG von Aulock 1216; BMC 12; ACGC 951; Franke & Hirmer 718. Good VF, toned, slightly granular surface. Very rare, Maffre located thirteen extant examples, eight of which are in museum collections.
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (18 November 1994), lot 276a.
Pharnabazos, a member of the Persian nobility, was satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, which later became the satrapy of Daskylion. In 399 BC, a war between Sparta and Persia ensued. Agesilaos, one of the Spartan kings, attacked the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia. Though hard pressed by the Spartan invasion of his territory, Pharnabazos was able to organize the Persian fleet under the command of the mercenaries Konon of Athens and Evagoras of Salamis, and destroy the Spartan fleet at Knidos in 394 BC. At the same time, he assisted Athens with financial aid to further undermine the Spartans. The land campaign, however, was less successful and the war dragged on. The arrival of a Spartan delegation at the Persian capital resulted in a peace treaty and, contrary to the wishes of Pharnabazos, a renewed alliance. For all of his work, Pharnabazos was recalled from his satrapy and married to the king's daughter, Apame.
This exceptional coinage of Kyzikos was struck during this period of warfare between the Spartans and Persians. The issue commenced after Pharnabazos received the responsibility for the management of the Achaemenid navy in 398 BC, and ended with the temporary closure of the mint in 396 BC due to the Spartan presence in the area. Maffre's die study suggests that, although only thirteen examples are known today, the coinage was quite massive. Echoing the earlier observations of G. Le Rider and O. Casabonne, Maffre discounts the temptation of earlier numismatists to assign the coinage to a special emission commemorating a specific naval victory. Instead, the sheer size of the emission suggests that the issue was likely used to finance Pharnabazos' navy in general - not only the construction and maintenance of hundreds of ships, but also the service of thousands of men. While the coinage did not commemorate a particular naval victory, it was instrumental in facilitating Pharnabazos' naval success that culminated in the Battle of Knidos.

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Greek 
Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos, 305 - 281 BC
AE Unit, 23mm, 7.28 grams
Obverse: Male head right wearing Phrygian helmet.
Reverse: Trophy of arms and armor.
SNGCop1164

[VALTERI]

Da una pregevole dracma di Argo, il più forte ( dopo Achille ed Aiace ) dei guerrieri achei all'assedio di Troia, qui nell'impresa della sottrazione del Palladio .

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CELTIC, Iceni. Queen Boudicca. Circa AD 61. AR Unit (1.07 g, 11h). Normal Face-Horse A type. Celticized head right; branch to left, trefoils to right / Celticized horse right; pellet below tail, wheel above, lozenge-shaped box below. Allen, Coins 84-94; Van Arsdell 790-1; SCBC 434. CCI 000528 (this coin). VF, toned.
From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection. Ex Rudd 50 (March 2000), no. 39; Forncett Hoard, Norfolk, 1997.
Although these types have traditionally been ascribed to Queen Boudicca, hoard studies and finds over the past 15 years have shown that the Normal Face-Horse series probably began much earlier, and continued into her reign.

Illustrazione: Boudicca (33-61 d.C.), regina della tribù degli Iceni che viva nell'odierna zona di Norfolk (Inghilterra orientale). Boudicca guidò la più grande rivolta anti-romana delle tribù dell'isola.

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MACEDON, Sermyle. Circa 500-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07 g). SERMVLIAN (S is of 3-bar form), helmeted warrior riding right, preparing to cast a spear; four pellets around / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF, a few small marks, minor porosity.. Possibly unique.
This exceptional coin introduces a new type to Sermyle’s coinage. Typically the tetradrachms from Sermyle have on their obverse a bare-headed or nude warrior on horseback. Some of these have a single, large pellet in the field. This warrior on this coin wears a crested Attic helmet, and there are four pellets around him. While this type is not known on issues of Sermyle, particular didrachms of the Ichnai have a similar warrior with two pellets (SNG Ashmolean 2266 and SNG Lockett 1322). As discussed by Raymond in her work on the regal Macedonian series, and concurred by later numismatists (e.g. C. Lorber. “The Goats of ‘Aigai’” in pour Denyse) it is known that the tribes and cities in the Thraco-Macedonian region often struck an “alliance” coinage that had concurrent symbols and attributes for their types. As such, it is possible that the present coin and these particular Ichnai coins were part of one of these alliance issues, and the pellets denoted their denomination.
Estimate: $5000

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The Roman Empire
Constantine I caesar, 306 – 307. Argenteus circa 306-307, AR 3.48 g. Laureate head r. Rev. Three-turreted camp camp gate. C 705. RIC 154.
Very rare. Old cabinet tone and about extremely fine

ILLUSTRAZIONE: tesserarius (I secolo d.C.) . Il tesserarius, nell'esercito romano, era un sottufficiale che nel castrum aveva il compito di distribuire una tavoletta di legno con sopra scritta la parola d'ordine per entrare nel forte. Le parole erano molto semplici, visto che molti soldati erano analfabeti.

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LA PARABOLA DEI TALENTI (Matteo 25,14-30)

14 Avverrà come di un uomo che, partendo per un viaggio, chiamò i suoi servi e consegnò loro i suoi beni. 15 A uno diede cinque talenti, a un altro due, a un altro uno, a ciascuno secondo la sua capacità, e partì. 16 Colui che aveva ricevuto cinque talenti, andò subito a impiegarli e ne guadagnò altri cinque. 17 Così anche quello che ne aveva ricevuti due, ne guadagnò altri due. 18 Colui invece che aveva ricevuto un solo talento, andò a fare una buca nel terreno e vi nascose il denaro del suo padrone. 19 Dopo molto tempo il padrone di quei servi tornò, e volle regolare i conti con loro. 20 Colui che aveva ricevuto cinque talenti, ne presentò altri cinque, dicendo: Signore, mi hai consegnato cinque talenti; ecco, ne ho guadagnati altri cinque. 21 Bene, servo buono e fedele, gli disse il suo padrone, sei stato fedele nel poco, ti darò autorità su molto; prendi parte alla gioia del tuo padrone. 22 Presentatosi poi colui che aveva ricevuto due talenti, disse: Signore, mi hai consegnato due talenti; vedi, ne ho guadagnati altri due. 23 Bene, servo buono e fedele, gli rispose il padrone, sei stato fedele nel poco, ti darò autorità su molto; prendi parte alla gioia del tuo padrone. 24 Venuto infine colui che aveva ricevuto un solo talento, disse: Signore, so che sei un uomo duro, che mieti dove non hai seminato e raccogli dove non hai sparso; 25 per paura andai a nascondere il tuo talento sotterra; ecco qui il tuo. 26 Il padrone gli rispose: Servo malvagio e infingardo, sapevi che mieto dove non ho seminato e raccolgo dove non ho sparso; 27 avresti dovuto affidare il mio denaro ai banchieri e così, ritornando, avrei ritirato il mio con l'interesse. 28 Toglietegli dunque il talento, e datelo a chi ha i dieci talenti. 29 Perché a chiunque ha sarà dato e sarà nell'abbondanza; ma a chi non ha sarà tolto anche quello che ha. 30 E il servo fannullone gettatelo fuori nelle tenebre; là sarà pianto e stridore di denti.

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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus
Estimate $150 
THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 20mm (3.95 gm). Laureate head right / Nude athlete facing right, wielding a javelin. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Thrace, etc. -; Mionnet I -. VF, dark green patina, porous. ($150)
The javelin, along with the discus and broad-jump carrying weights, was unique to the ancient Pentathlon; the remaining two events were the 200-yard foot race and wrestling. The ancient javelin differed from its modern counterpart in that a finger thong was used; i.e., a leather thong attached to the shaft of the javelin with a loop for the athlete's first and second fingers. The device functioned as a sling and was also used on Greek military javelins. Purportedly, Napolean Bonaparte tested the finger thong finding that an untrained athlete could throw the javelin 81 feet without the thong and 211 feet with the thong. In antiquity, it is believed that an athlete was given five attempts to produce his best effort with the javelin.

Greek Coins 
Islands off Caria, Cos 
Triple siglos circa 470, AR 16.44 g. KOS Naked discobolos, his body inclined to l., about to throw the discus; behind, tripod. Rev. Crab in the centre of diagonally divided incuse square with partially dotted borders. Traité II, 1737 and pl. CXLVIII, 10 (this coin). BN, Cabinet des Médailles et Antiques, Les Monnaies Guide du Visiteur, pl. XII, 1381 (this coin). Schefold, Meisterwerke 446 (this coin). Boston 2014 (these dies). SNG Fitzwilliam 4759 (these dies). Barron, Essays Robinson, p. 78, 6 bis k (this coin).
Extremely rare and among the finest specimens known. Struck on unusually good metal
with a superb old cabinet tone, two minor die breaks, otherwise good very fine Ex M&M 77, 1992, 126 and Sotheby’s Zürich 26 October 1993, 55 sales. From the duplicates of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.

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Aspendos AR Stater, c. 380-325 BC
Aspendos , Pamphylia. AR Stater (24 mm, 10.95 g), c. 380/75-330/25 BC.
Obv. Two wrestlers beginning to grapple with each other; between them, FИ.
Rev. ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙΥΣ, Slinger striding right, preparing to launch sling-bolt; to right, triskeles to left. 
SNG Paris 101.
A sharp, fresh coin, very well struck. Nearly FDC.
From the D.A.K. Collection.