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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 261	Auction date: 4 March 2019
Lot number: 77
Lot description: SIZILIEN. MAMERTINOI. AE Quincunx (14,30g). 264 - 241 v. Chr. Vs.: Kopf des Zeus mit Lorbeerkranz n. r. Rs.: ΜΑΜΕ[ΡΤΙΝΩΝ], Krieger mit Speer und großem Rundschild n. l. laufend, am l. oberen Rand vier Wertkugeln. HGC 846; CNS I 45. Grüne Patina, vz-St Ex CNG Electronic Auction 386, 2026, 54. Estimate: 750 EUR

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Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > e-Auction 8	Auction date: 19 January 2019
Lot number: 163 Price realized: 110 EUR   (Approx. 125 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Persis Artaxerxes III. und Mithra, 1./2. Jhdt. Hemidrachme, Persepolis. Büste mit Diadem, rechts Triskeles / Büste mit Diadem in Strahlenkranz. Alram 629 (Drachme). 1.24 g.; Sehr schön Estimate: 50 EUR illustrazione: ARTASERSE III

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 29 | Silver	Auction date: 30 December 2018
Lot number: 68 Price realized: 220 EUR   (Approx. 252 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Lesbos. Methymna circa 500-460 BC.  Diobol AR   11mm., 1,39g.      Facing gorgoneion / Bearded male head right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within dotted square, all within incuse square.   very fine Franke, Methymna 6; SNG Copenhagen -.     Starting Price: 75 EUR

 

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 109, lot 184, 12/09/2018

PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 465-430 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 10.75 g). Warrior, nude but for crested helmet, advancing right, holding shield and spear / Triskeles within incuse square. SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 4483 var. (ethnic); SNG Copenhagen 175. Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck. Exceptional for issue.

 

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 52	Auction date: 10 January 2019
Lot number: 229 Price realized: Unsold
Lot description: Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Diobol. Late 4th Century BC. Head of Medusa facing / Upturned anchor; A, on left, and crayfish, on right, under flukes; [Γ]Λ[AY] in left field. SNG BM Black Sea 171; SNG Stancomb 46 corr. 1.33g, 10mm, 6h.  Good Very Fine; lightly toned.  From a private European Collection.  Estimate: 40 GBP

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 7	Auction date: 23 February 2019
Lot number: 153
Lot description: KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. AE (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.70 g, 1 h), uncertain mint in western Asia Minor, circa 323-310. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ Bow in bowcase, club and torch. Price 2800. Good very fine. Starting Price: 50 CHF illustrazione: la battaglia del fiume Idaspe del 326 a. C. combattuta dall'esercito di Alessandro il Grande contro quello del re indiano Poro

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton V, lot 302, 15/01/2002

MACEDON, Uranopolis
Estimate $500
MACEDON, Uranopolis . Circa 300 BC. Æ 16mm (3.51 gm). Eight pointed star / OURANIDW-[P]OLEWS, Aphrodite Urania seated left on globe, holding sceptre in right hand. SNG ANS 914ff; BMC Macedonia pg. 134, 2ff; SNG Copenhagen 455ff; Laffaille -. Superb EF, dark greenish brown patina. Exceptional for this issue. ($500)
The name of this city and types depicted on this coin refer to Uranos, the divine personification of the sky and scarcely known in cult. From Hesiod (Theogony 126ff.) we know he was produced by Gaia, became her consort, but hating her children he caused them to remain confined within her. Gaia in revenge instigated his castration by their son Cronos and cast his severed genitals into the sea which engendered Aphrodite.

ILLUSTRAZIONE AFRODITE URANIA, OLIO SU TELA DI CHRISTIAN GRIEPENKEL (1878)

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[King John]

Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 6	Auction date: 9 December 2018
Lot number: 148 Price realized: 320 CHF   (Approx. 323 USD / 283 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: KINGS OF MACEDON. Perseus, 179-168 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 2.59 g, 5 h), pseudo-rhodian issue, uncertain mint in Thessaly, magistrate Hermias, circa 171/0. Head of Helios facing slightly to right. Rev. EPMIAΣ / Z-Ω Rose with bud to right. Price, Larissa, pl. LV, 247. SNG Keckman 795. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine. From an old Swiss collection, formed in the early to mid 20th century. Starting Price: 50 CHF

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XV, lot 103, 3/01/2012

(103.2) THESSALY, Kierion. Mid 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (14mm, 1.23 g, 4h). Head of the nymph Arne left, wearing pendant earring and necklace / ΚΙΕΡΙ l. up, ΕΙΩΝ r. down, Arne, half-kneeling to her l., playing with knucklebones to her r. Unpublished (?) with obv. to left. VF, lightly toned with rough surfaces and on a triangular flan.
ILLUSTRAZIONE: AFRODITE ACCOVACCIATA, COPIA ROMANA DI UN ORIGINALE BRONZEO DI DOIDALSA DEL 250 A.C.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 437	Auction date: 6 February 2019
Lot number: 245 Price realized: 650 USD   (Approx. 570 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PANNONIA. Legio XI Claudiana. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 22.67 g, 6h). Countermark applied during the Civil War, circa August AD 69. (Legio) XI (Claudiana) in square countermark on a bronze sestertius of Nero. Pangerl 82; MacDowall, "Two Roman Countermarks of AD 68," in NC (1960), pl. VIII, 1, 2, and 4 (read as barred X). Host coin Near VF, c/m VF, brown patina. From the Richard Baker Collection, purchased from Frank Kovaks, February 1996. MacDowall describes this type as a barred X, and gives it to Legio X Gemina. Pangerl follows Kos, reading the countermark as XI for Legio XI Claudia. In the late summer of AD 69, that legion was stationed at Poetovium in Pannonia, where a number of these coins have been found.  Estimate: 300 USD

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 261	Auction date: 4 March 2019
Lot number: 89
SIZILIEN. SYRAKUS. Herrschaft der Deinomeniden, 485 - 466 v. Chr. Didrachme (8,94g). Um 470 v. Chr. Vs.: Nackter Reiter auf gezäumtem Pferd n. r., mit der L. Zügel haltend. Rs.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, Kopf der Arethusa umgeben von drei Delfinen n. r. Boehringer 101 (stgl.); HGC 1353. R! Fein getönt, vz Estimate: 2500 EUR illustrazione: terracotta siciliana del 500 a.C. circa (Boston, fine Arts Museum)

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 346	Auction date: 13 February 2019
Lot number: 2572
RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN, RÖMISCHES KAISERREICH  TRAIANUS. 98-117, Sesterz. Belorbeerte und drapierte Büste r. Rs: Kaiser reitet r., vor ihm ein, hinter ihm 3 Soldaten. C. 311. R.I.C. 662. Schöne, etw. fleckige Patina. Felder etw. geglättet. RR ss/vz-ss Seit 5 Jahren in deutscher Sammlung. Dargestellt ist der Aufbruch Trajans zu einem Feldzug. Estimate: 750 EUR

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Live Auction 3	Auction date: 25 October 2018
Lot number: 879
Lot description: Maximian AR Argenteus. Heraclea, circa AD 295. MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right / VICTORIA SARMATICA, four princes sacrificing over tripod, before gate in six-turreted enclosure; HB in exergue. RIC 7. 3.56g, 18mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 12h, minor scrape to rev. under attractive old cabinet tone. Very Rare.  Estimate: 400 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: CAVALIERI SARMATI

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Solous (Sicily)
Obv. Laureate head of Poseidon to right; behind, trident.
Rev. Nacked helmeted warrior, holding shield in left arm and spear in right hand. COΛONTINωN.
Weight: g 5.5
Diameter (max): mm 19.5
After 241 b.C. 

This coin is reproduced on CNS - First volume - page 313 as Solous 21 .

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[King John]

Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 318	Auction date: 11 March 2019
Lot number: 415
Lot description: SICILIA. SYRAKUS. Agathokles, 317-289 v. Chr. Æs; 1,83 g. Apollokopf l. mit Lorbeerkranz//Hund sitzt l. und blickt auf Schlange zurück. Calciati 149 (Ds 64/Rl 1); Hoover vergl. 1525. R Dunkle Patina, vorzüglich Exemplar der Auktion Pecunem 32, München 2015, Nr. 37. Estimate: 150 EUR

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A bronze AE20 of Pergamon in Mysia showing a snake wound around the Omphalos.

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Nomos, Auction 4, lot 1358, 10/05/2011

Coins of Thessaly, the BCD Collection
Trikka
First half of the 4th century BC. Trichalkon (Bronze, 21mm, 8.42 g 7). Head of the nymph Trikka to right, wearing a pendant earring and with her hair in a roll. Rev. TRIKKAI - WN Asklepios, draped to the waist, seated right on backless stool, holding staff over his left shoulder and holding dove by its wings in his right hand, feeding it to a snake coiled to left on the right; below stool, A. Rogers 552. SNG Copenhagen 267. SNG Munich 192. Rare and clear. Dark, greenish-black patina. Very fine. A note from BCD : Although a professional source initially assured BCD that snakes do not eat birds, she subsequently changed her mind. It is possible that the scene may have some kind of ritualistic meaning rather than just showing a snake being fed. In any case, for what it is worth, people who have eaten snakes usually remark that they taste like chicken.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ASCLEPIO E LA FIGLIA IGEA CHE NUTRONO UN SERPENTE, BASSORILIEVO DEL IV SECOLO A.C.

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVI	Auction date: 26 September 2018
Lot number: 329 Price realized: 2,400 GBP   (Approx. 3,159 USD / 2,681 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; Key symbol below horse / Two Persian soldiers, standing vis-a-vis, each holding spear, with bow in bowcase over shoulder; Aramaic legend 'TRZ' between, letters 'L R' before right hand figure. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -; SNG Levante -; Traité II, 526, pl. CVI, 6 = Casabonne Type D1, pl. 2, 9 = Hunterian p. 546, 3 and pl. LX, 6; MIMAA -. 10.72g, 22mm, 9h. Extremely Fine. Of the greatest rarity, apparently only the second known example, and the only one in private hands.  From the collection of P.R., United Kingdom. Babelon considered the two figures on the reverse of this coin to be "deux rois de Perse", noting that J. P. Six (NumChron 1884, p. 155) identified them as soldiers, but countering this description with the observation that they both wear 'le costume royal'. In fact, as shown on the 'Relief of the Immortals' at the Apadana Palace, Persepolis, their attire may be considered to be generic, and not necessarily indicative of any special status. While probably not simply representing the frontier guards of Syria and Cilicia as suggested by Six, the type likely does hold some military significance. Certainly, the Syrian Gates (the Belen pass) were of great strategic importance, as attested first-hand by both Xenophon and Alexander the Great, however garrison of this natural choke-point would logically fall not to Cilicia whose territory one would have to pass through before reaching the gates, but to the forces of the satrapy beyond. Indeed Xenophon informs us that they were guarded by a garrison of the King's troops.  The Cilician Gates (a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau) which were of no less importance were guarded by the Cilician troops of the Syennesis, local ruler of Cilicia, and could well be represented here, but in this case it is quite an oblique reference.  The paucity of surviving specimens suggests that this issue, along with the other related types of the period, was perhaps either a payment for the services of a small group of mercenary Greek soldiers (for the native Cilician troops would not themselves be paid by their overlords) or part of a tribute which was then melted down into bullion again almost in its entirety, leaving only a couple of surviving specimens.  Estimate: 3000 GBP

[King John]

Savoca Numismatik, 4th Blue Auction, lot 1662, 29/12/2017

Roman Imperial
Honorius AD 393-423. Antioch Follis Æ 14mm., 2,16g. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback riding right, raising right hand, mintmark ANTΓ. very fine RIC IX Antioch 69e; Sear 20999.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: cavaliere romano, bassorilievo in marmo del I secolo a. C., particolare della tomba del prefetto Tiberio Flavio Micalo (Museo archeologico di Istanbul).

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 364, lot 378, 2/12/2015

SWITZERLAND. The Fabians / Recall of Cincinnatus. AR Medal (32mm, 9.95 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Zeal of the Fabians: the Fabian forces defiantly exiting Rome to engage Veii; dated year 275 (479 BC) in exergue / Recall of Cincinnatus (“From the Plow to the Dictatorship”): Cicinnatus, in the midst of plowing, is presented with the baton of command by the deputies of the Senate; dated year 294 (461 BC). Eisler 10a; Catenacci pp. 22-23. EF, toned. From the RBW Collection.

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Syracuse Athena - horseman 116
Obv. Head of Athena to right in ornamented Corinthian helmet with a gryphon. Behind, amphora. In front, ΣΥPAKOΣIΩN.
Rev. Horseman running to right, with lowered spear and chlamys.
Weight: g 8.8
Diameter (max): mm 23.1
This coin is reproduced on CNS - Second volume - page 246 as Syracuse 116 .

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Tarentum, Calabria, AR diobol. ca 325-280 BC. 0.97 g.

 Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right.

FI to right of Herakles standing left, head facing,

holding Antaeus off the ground, about to throw him to the ground, club below.

 HN Italy 1063; Cf. Vlasto 1443-4.

 With permission of cngcoins.com, Sep 2007

Ex James E. Cain Collection. Estimate $200.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ERACLE E ANTEO, SCULTURA ROMANA DEL II SECOLO D.C. (PALAZZO PITTI)

Anteo era un  gigante figlio di Posidone. Ricevendo forza dal contatto con sua madre, la Terra, vinceva facilmente tutti quelli che incontrava e con i crani delle sue vittime decorava il tempio paterno. Fu vinto da Eracle, che lo tenne sospeso dal suolo e lo strozzò.

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Online Auction 263	Auction date: 7 March 2019
Lot number: 3164
Lot description: MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE. Autonome Prägungen unter Philipp V. und Perseus. Tetrobol (2,22g). 185 - 168 v. Chr. Vs.: Makedonischer Schild, darauf Stern von sechs Sicheln. Rs.: ΜΑΚΕ- ΔΟΝΟΝ, dazwischen Schiffsheck, davor N, oben im Feld Stern. AMNG III 1 S.30, 20. Tönung, ss Estimate: 80 EUR

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cgb.fr > e-Monnaies December 2018	Auction date: 4 December 2018
Lot number: 45 Price realized: Unsold
Lot description: TRAJANUS Sesterce Type : Sesterce  Date: 107  Mint name / Town : Rome, Decennalia  Metal : bronze  Diameter : 33,5 mm  Orientation dies : 6 h.  Weight : 26,05 g.  Comments on the condition: Magnifique portrait avec tous les détails du drapé visibles sur l'épaule. Très bel exemplaire avec une patine vert profond, granuleuse. Joli revers de style fin Catalogue references : C.407 (4 fr.) - RIC.503 - BMC/RE.800 - HCC.256 - RCV.3198 var. (1050$) - MRK.27 /113-10 - H.1/337 - SIR.180  Pedigree : Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXVII, n° 635 et de la collection du Docteur J.-M. F Obverse Obverse legend : IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P. Obverse description : Buste lauré de Trajan à droite avec l'égide (O*4). Obverse translation : "Imperatori Cæsari Nervæ Traiano Augusti Germanico Dacico Pontifici Maximo Tribunicia Potestate Consuli quinto Patri Patriæ", (À l'empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique dacique, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la cinquième fois, père de la patrie). Reverse Reverse legend : S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI/ S|C. Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche, le pied droit posé sur la tête d'un Dace. Reverse translation : "Senatus Populus Que Romanus Optimo Principi", (Le sénat et le peuple romain au meilleur des Princes). ILLUSTRAZIONE: RICOSTRUZIONE DELLE REALI FATTEZZE DI TRAIANO

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 318	Auction date: 11 March 2019
Lot number: 1286
Lot description: MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT. Hadrianus, 117-138. - für Diva Faustina mater. AR-Denar, nach 141, Rom; 3,25 g. Drapierte Büste r.//DEDICATIO-AEDIS Sechssäuliger Tempel. BMC 306; Coh. 191; RIC 388. R Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich Exemplar der Sammlung Dr. Klaus Berthold. Erworben 2013. Zur Tempeldarstellung siehe Losnr. 1281. Estimate: 100 EUR