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Triskeles Auctions, Sale 17, lot 346, 16/09/2016

Lydia, Tripolis. Trajan. A.D. 98-117. Æ (21 mm, 7.19 g, 12 h). ΤΡΙΠΟΛ, draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ?, emperor, in military dress, standing facing, head left, crowning trophy and holding spear. SNG Copenhagen 745; SNG Munich 811; BMC 55. Rare and unusual. Mottled dark green patina, minor roughness. Very fine. This coin presents an unusual departure from the norm in that the obverse, instead of depicting the bust of the emperor, shows the bust of Athena, replete with the aegis of Zeus on her breast and majestically wearing a crested Corinthian helmet. The emperor is relegated to the less important position of the reverse, although he is shown in full form actively engaged either crowning or erecting a trophy. The types are heroic and clearly relate to Trajan's foreign policy, a policy which necessitated expanded military activity. Perhaps the unusual nature of this coin was done purposefully in order to draw attention to its subject matter, and thereby promote legionary recruitment.

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 68	Auction date: 16 March 2019
Lot number: 238
Lot description: Sicily, Morgantina, The Hispani, c. 2nd century BC. Æ Semis (21mm, 6.45g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena l.; above, ram head l.; below chin, P. R/ Warrior, holding spear, on horseback r. Campana 23; CNS III, 4; SNG ANS 478-80; HGC 2, 914. Rare, VF Starting Price: 90 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 438	Auction date: 20 February 2019
Lot number: 265 Price realized: 1,100 USD   (Approx. 971 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.34 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. VF. Estimate: 1000 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, lot 81, 6/01/2015

CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 10.78 g, 10h). Baaltars seated left, his torso facing, holding eagle-tipped scepter in extended right hand; to left, grain ear and grape bunch above L (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) below throne, B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to right / Lion left, attacking bull right above crenellated walls; MZDY ZY 'BRNHR’ W ḤLK (‘Mazaios, Governor of Transeuphrates and Cilicia’ in Aramaic) above. Casabonne Series 4, Group A; SNG France 360; SNG Levante 113; Sunrise 67 (this coin). Good VF, toned, a little soft, die break and a little porosity on obverse, small pit on reverse.
From the Sunrise Collection.
The Aramaic inscription on the reverse of this stater has prompted Biblical coin researcher David Hendin to reconsider the meaning of this coin type. It traditionally is translated as “Mazaios governor of Transeuphrates and Cilicia,” but Hendin translates it somewhat differently as “Mazaios who is over Eber Nahara and Cilicia.” The similarity of this inscription and a descriptive phrase used in two books of the Old Testament (which was codified at approximately the time this coin was struck) has led to Hendin’s suggestion that the walls on this coin represent the ones encompassing Jerusalem, which less than a century before had been rebuilt by Nehemiah, as related in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. (A fuller discussion of the subject is presented on pages 100-103 of the 4th edition of Hendin’s Guide to Biblical Coins. )

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Storia di un calco umano pompeiano...

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 318	Auction date: 11 March 2019
Lot number: 385
Lot description: SICILIA. PANORMOS. Römische Herrschaft. Æs, nach 241 v. Chr.; 7,78 g. Zeuskopf r. mit Lorbeerkranz, Zepter über Schulter//Viersäuliger Tempel. Calciati 160; Hoover 1072; RPC 636. Dunkle Patina, schön-sehr schön Exemplar der Sammlung R. Bussey, E-Sale Roma Numismatics 7, London 2014, Nr. 44. Estimate: 50 EUR

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 31 | Silver

Lot number: 140 Islands off Attica. Salamis circa 339-318 BC.   Bronze Æ   16 mm., 3,82 g. Head of nymph Salamis right, wearing stephanos / ΣΑΛΑ, shield of Ajax, to right his sword in its sheath, triskeles on shield. See Head, Historia Numorum, pg. 392. The shield and sword are those of Ajax, the son of Telamon, to whom there was a temple in the island (Paus. i. 35. 3), and in whose honour the festivals called ΑIANTEIA were celebrated. This coin was doubtless issued on these occasions. Starting Price: 75 EUR

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Sicily, Solus. Circa After 241 BC. Obverse: Head of Poseidon right, trident behind. Reverse: COLONTINWN Warrior standing left, brandishing spear and shield. References: SNG ANS Calciati I, 313, 23 SNG München 917 Rare. Size: 14mm, 2.45g.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 405, lot 625, 6/09/2017

Byzantine 
Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (18mm, 0.78 g, 6h). TypeG. Thessalonica mint. Michael the Archangel standing facing, holding sword / Manuel, holding labarum, and St. Demetrius, holding sword, enthroned facing, holding model of city of Thessalonica between them. DOC 9; SB 2183. VF, brown patina.
From the Iconodule Collection.

 

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVII	Auction date: 28 March 2019
Lot number: 693
Lot description: M. Arrius Secundus AR Denarius. Rome, 43 BC. Youthful male head (Quintus Arrius, with the features of Octavian) with slight beard to right; M ARRIVS behind / Soldier advancing to right, holding spear in left hand and with sword at belt, reaching back with right hand to take one of two military standards held by another soldier behind him. Crawford 513/3; BMCRR -; RSC Arria 3; Sydenham 1085; CRI 320; Woytek, Arma et Nummi p. 558; RBW -. 3.99g, 19mm, 5h. Near Extremely Fine; light cabinet tone over lustrous metal, small mineral encrustation on rev. Excessively Rare, the finest of only four known examples, of which just two are in private hands (the other two in Rome: Capitol, Gnecchi). Missing from virtually all major private and public collections including the BM, and one of the most sought after types in the entire Republican series. From the inventory of Roma Numismatics Ltd., privately purchased from an old private European collection. The first prominent family member of the Arria gens was Quintus Arrius who was praetor in 72 BC and propraetor the year after and was involved in the Third Servile War, the first slave uprising to pose a threat to the city of Rome. It is also possible that he was the father or at least a relation of the moneyer Marcus Arrius Secundus as it is likely that the military scene on the reverse of this coin commemorates Quintus' victory over the slave leader Crixus, a victory which, according to Livy (see The Periochae 96.1), left 20,000 of Crixus' men dead.  Quintus' decisive victory over Crixus was one of the few successes for the Roman armies during the Third Servile War and was thus worthy of commemoration by his descendant. It has been argued by Sear in The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators that this coin's reverse displays what could possibly have been an actual episode in the battle, in which Quintus resorts to a desperate attempt to rally his men by throwing a standard into the midst of the enemy ranks in order to incite his troops to recover it. A similar act is also related by Livy as having occurred when Marcus Furius Camillus fought the Antiates who had invaded Roman territory in the 380s BC: "Then, after sounding the charge, he sprang from his horse and, catching hold of the nearest standard-bearer, he hurried with him against the enemy, exclaiming at the same time: 'On, soldier, with the standard!' When they saw Camillus, weakened as he was by age, charging in person against the enemy, they all raised the battle-cry and rushed forward, shouting in all directions, 'Follow the General!' It is stated that by Camillus' orders the standard was flung into the enemy's lines in order to incite the men of the front rank to recover it. It was in this quarter that the Antiates were first repulsed, and the panic spread through the front ranks as far as the reserves." (Livy, History 6.8) Coupled with the accompanying denarius and aureus minted under Marcus Arrius, which feature military gifts reflecting honours awarded for bravery and distinction in battle, it seems likely that the moneyer chose to honour his family member's victory with these coins, although the anonymity of the portrait and the total lack of reference to such an episode in the classical literature of the Servile War means we cannot be certain.  A feature highlighted by both Sear and Sydenham of this extremely rare coin is the similarity of the portrait to representations of Octavian. Moreover, two other moneyers for this year, Numonius Vaala and Servius Rufus, also unmistakeably recall political figures in their coins' portraits, with Vaala's denarius (see CRI 322) resembling Julius Caesar and Rufus (see CRI 324) choosing M. Junius Brutus. Pointing out that these similarities can hardly be a coincidence, both Sear and Sydenham explain these similarities as the moneyer's playing it safe during a period of political turmoil by displaying political affiliations but retaining deliberate ambiguity. Estimate: 50000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: EVOLUZIONE DELL' EQUIPAGGIAMENTO DEL LEGIONARIO ROMANO

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVII	Auction date: 28 March 2019
Lot number: 639
Lot description: Domitian Æ23 of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 81-96. [DO]MITIANVS CAES AV[G GERMANI]CVS IMP, laureate head left / Athena standing left, supporting trophy and holding spear and shield. Meshorer 392; Hendin 1455; RPC 2305. 10.62g, 23mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; a superb example of this popular issue. From a private English collection; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 41, 2 December 2017, lot 446 (professionally cleaned and conserved since). Estimate: 500 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVII	Auction date: 28 March 2019
Lot number: 809
Constantine I AV Solidus. Siscia, AD 335. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG, Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing VOT XXX in two lines on a shield set on her knee; Genius standing before helping to support the shield; SIS in exergue. RIC VII 243 (this specimen cited); Depeyrot 23/2. 4.46g, 22mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare.  Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Crédit Suisse) Monetarium Zurich, List 57, March 1992, no. 258; Ex Adolph Hess AG - AG Leu & Co., 27 March 1956, lot 424. Estimate: 17500 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXII	Auction date: 8 January 2019
Lot number: 201 Price realized: 35,000 USD   (Approx. 30,587 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.85 g, 11h). Attic standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, mintmaster. Struck circa 179-178 BC. Diademed head right; ZΩIΛOΣ below neck / BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; two monograms to right; all within oak wreath; star below. Mamroth, Perseus 1 (same obv. die as illustration); AMNG III 1; HGC 3, 1091; SNG Berry 383 (same obv. die); SNG München 1196 (same obv. die); Athena Fund II 452 (same obv. die); Bendenoun 18 (this coin); Consul Weber 1275 = de Sartiges 212 = Kunstfreund 238 = Gillet 811 (same obv. die); de Luynes 1712 (same dies); GPCG pl. 42, 7 = EHC 588 = Boehringer, Chronologie, pl. 7, 5 (same dies). Choice EF, lightly toned. Well centered.  Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 79 (with Tradart, 20 October 2014), lot 9; The Numismatic Auction I (13 December 1982), lot 70. Estimate: 25000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DI PERSEO, ULTIMO RE DI MACEDONIA, A SKOPJE, MACEDONIA DEL NORD

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVII	Auction date: 28 March 2019
Lot number: 429
Thracian Chersonesos, Kardia(?) AR Tetradrachm. Miltiades II, circa 499-493 BC. Lion standing to right, left paw raised and head reverted / Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet, pearl necklace and earring; all within incuse square. BMC Thrace -; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité pl. 57, 15 (same dies); Seltman pl. 24, A332/P419 (same dies); Weber 2400; Kraay-Hirmer pl. 140, 432 (same obverse die); ACGC 566. 15.52g, 24mm, 8h. Near Extremely Fine; pleasant light tone. Extremely Rare; among the finest of approximately eight known specimens. From the Thrax Collection; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 54, 24 March 2010, lot 92. Miltiades II's life provides a reflection of the changing political sphere in ancient Greece in the years leading up to and including the Persian invasion: he was at one point tyrant of the Thracian Chersonesos and a Persian vassal, at another strategos for Athens and said to have been responsible for the tactics employed by the Athenians that resulted in victory at the Battle of Marathon.  Miltiades was born in Athens to an aristocratic family and his father, Kimon Koalemos, had found fame as a chariot-racer in the Olympics. He was named after his maternal uncle, Miltiades the Elder, who in circa 555 BC had founded an Athenian colony on the Thracian Chersonesos, a strategically important peninsula that was situated along the route by which Athens imported grain from the Black Sea region. When their uncle died childless, Miltiades' brother Stesagoras was appointed tyrant of the Chersonesos but was murdered around four years later in 515/4 BC, prompting the Athenian tyrant Hippias to send Miltiades to rule in his place. When he arrived, Miltiades devised a trap for the ruling men of the Chersonesos by hiding away in mourning for his brother and when they came to console him, he had them all imprisoned (Herodotus, Histories 6.38-9). He thus eliminated at a stroke many of his would-be rivals and proceeded to solidify his power by establishing a guard of 500 men and marrying Hegesipyle, the daughter of the Thracian king Oloros. Very soon afterwards, Darios I, King of Persia, invaded the region and Miltiades was obliged to submit to Persian dominance and serve Darios on a military campaign against the Skythians. No friend to Darios, he threw off the Persian yoke when he was able to and joined the Ionian Revolt (499-494 BC), however when the Persians regained control Miltiades was forced to flee back to Athens.  Herodotus relates that Miltiades was not received warmly when he returned to the now democratic Athens but was put on trial for tyranny in the Chersonesos (Histories 6.104). Having been acquitted he was later elected as one of the strategoi in 490 BC and is credited with persuading the Athenians to leave the city and confront the Persians at the now famous Battle of Marathon. He argued that his was the best method since he had witnessed the Persian battle tactics in person and suggested attacking in a formation which allowed the best Greek troops to circle around and envelop the Persians. In the event this proved highly successful and the Athenians were able to rout the considerably larger Persian army.  This coin is perhaps to be dated to the period of the Ionian Revolt and, although it has no name to identify Militiades, it is believed to have been issued by him for the reasons that it was struck on the Attic rather than Persian standard, and that it prominently features the head of Athena, in common with the contemporary Athenian coinage. It is suggested to have been minted at Kardia on account of the use of the lion - the ancient heraldic symbol of Miletos, both founder of the city of Kardia in the late 7th Century BC and the principal driving force behind the Ionian Revolt. Estimate: 20000 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 54	Auction date: 28 February 2019
Lot number: 558 Price realized: 260 GBP   (Approx. 347 USD / 305 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
P. Fonteius P. f. Capito AR Denarius. Rome, 55 BC. P•FONTEIVS•P•F•CAPITO•III•VIR, helmeted and draped bust of Mars Tropaeophorus right, with trophy over shoulder / MN•FONT•TR•MIL, Roman horseman right, thrusting his spear at a Gallic enemy who is about to slay an unarmed comrade below. Crawford 429/1; RSC Fonteia 17. 3.98g, 17mm, 12h.  Extremely Fine, with an old cabinet tone. Previously slabbed by NGC #4629554-001 and graded Ch AU Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5. From the collection of PT, United States;  Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100, 29 May 2017, lot 329; Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. 168, 22-24 November 1990, lot 434. Estimate: 200 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVII	Auction date: 28 March 2019
Lot number: 257
Lot description: Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Patraos Type. Circa 4th - 3rd century BC. Celticised laureate head of Apollo to right / Warrior on horse rearing to right, spearing enemy who defends himself with raised shield; ΠATPAOY before. Paeonian Hoard pl. 9, 508 (same dies); Lanz 999 (this coin). 10.39g, 22mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Rare. From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997). Estimate: 300 GBP

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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXII	Auction date: 8 January 2019
Lot number: 201 Price realized: 35,000 USD   (Approx. 30,587 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.85 g, 11h). Attic standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, mintmaster. Struck circa 179-178 BC. Diademed head right; ZΩIΛOΣ below neck / BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; two monograms to right; all within oak wreath; star below. Mamroth, Perseus 1 (same obv. die as illustration); AMNG III 1; HGC 3, 1091; SNG Berry 383 (same obv. die); SNG München 1196 (same obv. die); Athena Fund II 452 (same obv. die); Bendenoun 18 (this coin); Consul Weber 1275 = de Sartiges 212 = Kunstfreund 238 = Gillet 811 (same obv. die); de Luynes 1712 (same dies); GPCG pl. 42, 7 = EHC 588 = Boehringer, Chronologie, pl. 7, 5 (same dies). Choice EF, lightly toned. Well centered.  Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 79 (with Tradart, 20 October 2014), lot 9; The Numismatic Auction I (13 December 1982), lot 70. Estimate: 25000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUA DI PERSEO, ULTIMO RE DI MACEDONIA, A SKOPJE, MACEDONIA DEL NORD

Quando ero stato a Skopje mi era sfuggita, me la appunto per la prossima a volta, città che ha però un invidiabile Museo con sezione numismatica di incredibile portata e organizzazione, quando lo vidi mi vergognai per la mia città che non aveva nulla, fu una umiliazione ...in piccolissima parte rimediata ...

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Roma Numismatics Ltd,  E-Sale 52, Auction date: 10 January 2019, Lot number: 225

Macedon, Koinon of Macedon Æ26. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III or Philip I, AD 238-249. Beroea, AD 238-249. AΛЄΞANΔPOV, head of Alexander the Great right, wearing crested Attic helmet with griffin on the bowl / KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN B NЄ, lion advancing right; above, club with hasp to right. AMNG III 852. 8.74g, 26mm, 7h. 
About Good Very Fine. 
From a private UK collection.
Estimate: 75 GBP

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ALESSANDRO IL GRANDE

[VALTERI]

Ancora un piccolo elmo corinzio crestato, elemento accessorio di una bella rappresentazione di Taras sul delfino, dal rovescio di un nomos di Taranto .

Passato il 3 Marzo  in asta Naumann 75 al lotto 21 .

[King John]

5 ore fa, VALTERI dice:

Ancora un piccolo elmo corinzio crestato, elemento accessorio di una bella rappresentazione di Taras sul delfino, dal rovescio di un nomos di Taranto .

Passato il 3 Marzo  in asta Naumann 75 al lotto 21 .

Bellissima moneta!

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XVII	Auction date: 28 March 2019
Lot number: 780
Lot description: Caracalla Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 215. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIII [IMP III] COS IIII P P, Isis standing right, holding sistrum and presenting grain ears to Caracalla standing left, holding reversed spear, foot on crocodile between. BMCRE 287; C. 334; RIC 544. 18.25g, 31mm, 7h. Near Mint State.  Ex E. P. Nicolas Collection, Maison Platt, 9-10 March 1982, lot 597. This type records the infamous visit of Caracalla to Alexandria, the capital of the province of Egypt. Since the conclusion of his campaign against the Alamanni in 213-4, it had become apparent that the emperor was unhealthily obsessed with the great Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great. At this point he appears to have begun openly emulating Alexander in his personal style. Indeed, Cassius Dio (78.7-78.23) relates that "he was so enthusiastic about Alexander that he used certain weapons and cups which he believed had once been his, and he also set up many likenesses of him both in the camps and in Rome itself. He organised a phalanx, composed entirely of Macedonians, sixteen thousand strong, named it 'Alexander's phalanx', and equipped it with the arms that warriors had used in his day." Caracalla's visit in 215 to Alexandria while on his way east should then have been a happy occasion. However the emperor, "hearing that he was ill-spoken of and ridiculed by them for various reasons, not the least of which was the murder of his brother... concealing his wrath and pretending that he longed to see them... first greeted [the leading citizens] cordially... and then put them to death. Then, having arrayed his whole army, he marched into the city, after first notifying all the inhabitants to remain at home and after occupying all the streets and all the roofs as well. And, to pass over the details of the calamities that then befell the wretched city, he slaughtered so many persons that he did not even venture to say anything about their number, but wrote to the senate that it was of no interest how many of them or who had died, since all had deserved to suffer this fate." Estimate: 6000 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: CARACALLA, IN MEZZO A DUE ALTI UFFICIALI, SI DISSETA DURANTE UN'OPERAZIONE MILITARE SUL LIMES GERMANICO-RETICO

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Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 1, lot 284, 31/08/2013

Seleukid Kings of Syria. Antiochos VI Dionysos Nikator AR Tetradrachm.Seleukid Kings of Syria. Antiochos VI Dionysos Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Antioch, circa 143/142 BC. Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI right / The Dioskouri on rearing horses charging left, each holding couched spear and wearing helmet adorned with star, all within wreath border. SC 2000.3.d. SMA 242. 16.50g, 33mm, 1h. About Extremely Fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: CAVALIERE SELEUCIDE

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Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 10, lot 583, 27/09/2015

Seleukid Kings of Syria, Antiochos II Theos Æ20. Tarsos, circa 261-246 BC. Dioskouroi on horseback rearing right / Athena Promachos standing right; below, Seleukid anchor right. SC 566.1; HGC 9, 254. 9.18g, 20mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine.

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Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 3	Auction date: 27 October 2018
Lot number: 10 Price realized: 13,000 CHF   (Approx. 12,982 USD / 11,407 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: CELTIC, Northwest Gaul. Veneti. 2nd century BC. Quarter Stater (Gold, 12 mm, 1.92 g, 3 h), 'à la petite tête nue' type. Celticized head of Apollo to right, with strings of pearls ending in miniature human heads coming out of his own head. Rev. Devolved charioteer, driving cart drawn by a centaur to left, holding reins with his right hand and long branch ending in a vexillum-like banner in his left; below, winged male figure to left. De Jersey p. 65, fig. 24. DT 2126. LT 6840. Extremely rare and perhaps the finest known. A splendid, superb and exceptionally attractive example of wonderful style. Extremely fine. From the Keltika Collection, Switzerland. Estimate: 7500 CHF