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Editions V. Gadoury, Auction 2012, lot 425, 1/12/2012

Constantine IV 668-685 AD - Solidus of Costantinopolis, 668-685 AD, AV 4,50g. ON COS J NYS P Bust helmeted and cuirass, facing 3/4 right, with short beard, holding spear and shield with horseman device. R/. VICTOA cross potent between Heraclius and Tiberius. Sear 1156; UNC

 

 

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Agora Auctions, Sale 37, lot 246, 28/07/2015

Magnentius. A.D. 350-353. Æ centenionalis (23.2 mm, 4.00 g, 7 h). Trier mint, Struck A.D. 351-352. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AG, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A behind head / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback right, spearing a fallen horseman, shield and broken spear beneath horse; TRP crescent in exergue. RIC 271; LRBC 55. VF.
Ex Elwood Rafn collection.

 

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 54	Auction date: 28 February 2019
Lot number: 13
Lot description: Etruria, Populonia Æ Sextans. Late 3rd century BC. Head of Menvra right, wearing Corinthian helmet; two pellets above / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna', owl standing to right on two pellets, head facing; crescent above. EC I, 135.83 (O5/R18); HN Italy 186. 8.16g, 23mm, 10h.  Near Very Fine; attractive dark green patina. From the collection of Z.P., Austria. Estimate: 150 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: STATUETTA DI LARAN, IL DIO ETRUSCO DELLA GUERRA, V SECOLO A.C., MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE DI FIRENZE

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 56	Auction date: 9 May 2019
Lot number: 179 Price realized: 100 GBP   (Approx. 130 USD / 116 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Argolis, Argos AR Trihemiobol. Circa 270-260/50 BC. Wolf at bay left; Θ above / Crested Corinthian helmet left, decorated with wreath; ΔE below. BCD Peloponnesos 1105-6; BMC 88. 1.09g, 11mm, 9h. Very Fine. From the estate of a Genevois collector, via Chaponnière & Firmenich SA. Estimate: 50 GBP

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 60	Auction date: 1 August 2019
Lot number: 88
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 240-228 BC. Olympis, magistrate. Warrior on horseback to right, brandishing spear in right hand and holding reins with left; wreath behind, OΛYMΠIΣ below / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos and cornucopiae; tripod to right, TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 942; HN Italy 1055. 6.46g, 21mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Estimate: 400 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: PIETRA TOMBALE AFFRESCA DA PAESTUM, MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE DI PAESTUM

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > E-Auction 71	Auction date: 16 June 2019
Lot number: 374
Sicily, Messana, The Mamertini, c. 220-200 BC. Æ Pentonkion (26mm, 12.81g, 1h). Laureate head of Ares l.; sword in scabbard behind. R/ Warrior, horse behind, standing l., spear in l., r. holding head of horse. CNS I, 25; SNG Copenhagen 447; HGC 2, 849. Green patina, VF Starting Price: 320 GBP illustrazione: particolare da un avaso apulo del IV secolo a. C.  Nella seconda metà del IV secolo a.C. in Apulia le tombe erano del tipo a camera ipogea a più stanze. Ricco era il corredo costituito da armi e soprattutto dal vasellame. Quest’ultimo formava il servizio utilizzato nel corso delle cerimonie presso la tomba o faceva direttamente parte del corredo stesso: in una tomba aristocratica di Canosa di Puglia sono stati rinvenuti più di 400 vasi tra dipinti e acromi. Nel vasellame di corredo molti erano i pezzi di minor misura, realizzati anche con tecnica sovraddipinta e a vernice nera, usati normalmente nella vita quotidiana. Tra questi, tuttavia, spicca almeno una coppia di grandi vasi di prestigio con scene dipinte figurate, destinati ad arricchire il cerimoniale funerario con espliciti riferimenti alla celebrazione del rango o alla salvezza personale: trasportati trionfalmente nel corteo funebre manifestavano la ricchezza raggiunta dal defunto. Anche il ceto medio non rinunciava ai vasi simbolici. Così, pure in tombe non aristocratiche, il corredo era formato da una coppia di grandi vasi di prestigio, molte coppe per bere, oinochoe dal lungo collo per versare e molto vasellame di uso corrente.

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Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 3, lot 552, 25/02/2018

Roman Provincial 
IONIA. Ephesus. Gallienus, 253-268. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 6.96 g, 1 h). AYT•ΠΟ•ΛΙΚ•ΓΑΛ[ΛΙΕΝΟC] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right, seen from behind. Rev. EΦECIΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ The hero Androklos walking right, holding spear over his left shoulder and dead boor with his right hand; behind, tree. SNG Copenhagen 512. SNG von Aulock -. Rare. An unusually attractive example with a fine green patina. Light smoothing, otherwise, good very fine.
From the Ktistes Collection, ex CNG E-Auction 203 (2009), 294 (expertly cleaned since).
Androklos was the mythological founder of Ephesus, instructed by the oracle of Delphi to found his city at a place indicated by a fish and a boar. One day, when Androklos and his hunting companions were grilling fish, one of them escaped from the pan, setting the bushes on fire. This startled a boar who tried to flee, but was killed by Androklos, thus fulfilling the prophecy.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 447	Auction date: 3 July 2019
Lot number: 458 Price realized: 500 USD   (Approx. 443 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.29 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa Spring AD 113-Summer AD 114. Laureate and draped bust right / Aquila between two signa. RIC II 294; Woytek 419v; RSC 577a (this coin illustrated). Toned, scratches under iridescent tone. Good VF. Ex G. R. Arnold Collection (Glendining, 17 June 1969), lot 451 (part of). Estimate: 150 USD

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 60	Auction date: 1 August 2019
Lot number: 525
Lot description: Julia Domna (wife of S. Severus) Æ28 of Ilium, Troas. AD 193-217. IOV ΔOMN CЄBACTH, draped bust right / [Є]K[T]Ω[P] IΛIЄNΩN, Hector charging to right, holding shield and about to hurl torch. Bellinger T225. 9.47g, 28mm, 6h.  Very Fine; slightly rough green patina. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives. Acquired from Classical Numismatic Group LLC; Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 58, 1 October 2017, lot 257. The mint of Ilium had been idle during the civil war that followed the death of Commodus in AD 192, but when Septimius Severus emerged as victor new coins gradually began to appear. While Septimius' wife Julia Domna occupies the obverse of this coin, its reverse recalls a moment from the city's mythological past that had taken root in narratives of the Trojan War. Hector is depicted in the moment before he launched the momentous assault that finally penetrated the Achaean rampart: holding a shield to protect himself Hector strides forward determined to plant a flaming torch into the prow of an Achaean ship, a moment related in Homer's Iliad: 'And now, tell me, O Muses that hold your mansions on Olympus, how fire was thrown upon the ships of the Achaeans. Hector came close up and let drive with his great sword at the ashen spear of Ajax. He cut it clean in two just behind where the point was fastened on to the shaft of the spear. Ajax, therefore, had now nothing but a headless spear, while the bronze point flew some way off and came ringing down on to the ground. Ajax knew the hand of heaven in this, and was dismayed at seeing that Zeus had now left him utterly defenceless and was willing victory for the Trojans. Therefore, he drew back, and the Trojans flung fire upon the ship which was at once wrapped in flame. The fire was now flaring about the ship's stern, whereon Achilles smote his two thighs and said to Patroklos, "Up, noble horseman, for I see the glare of hostile fire at our fleet; up, lest they destroy our ships, and there be no way by which we may retreat. Gird on your armour at once while I call our people together."' (Hom. Il. 16.112-124). Estimate: 750 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: IL DUELLO TRA ETTORE E ACHILLE

 

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 448	Auction date: 17 July 2019
Lot number: 153 Price realized: 250 USD   (Approx. 223 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 465-430 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.86 g, 10h). Warrior advancing right, holding spear and shield / Triskeles; EΣT above; all within incuse square. SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 4477 var. (ethnic); SNG Copenhagen 173. Lightly toned. VF. Estimate: 150 USD

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Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann),Auction 59, lot 250, 5/11/2017

Roman Provincial Coins
PISIDIA. Amblada. Geta (Caesar, 198-209). Ae. Obv: ΠO CЄΠ ΓЄTAC KAICAP. Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: AMBΛΑΔЄωN ΛΑΚЄΔAIMONIωN / ΦΙΛ-APTЄMIΔ. Soldier standing left, holding spear and shield; to left, trident above amphora. Von Aulock, Pisidiens, 137-40; BMC 1; Elsen 132, lot 308 (which realized a hammer of €750) = Elsen 96, lot 498 = Elsen 90, lot 411 = Elsen 81, lot 612 = Asia Minor Coins online #5013. Very rare Condition: Very fine. Weight: 8.70 g. Diameter: 25 mm.

 

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Nomos, Auction 3, lot 97, 10/05/2011

Coins of the Greeks
Messenia
Messene. Circa 183-182 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 16.79 g 9). Diademed head of Demeter to right, wearing diadem formed of pearls and wheat ears, and a pearl earring. Rev. MESSANIWN Zeus Ithomatas standing right, hurling thunderbolt with his right hand and with an eagle with spread wings perching on the wrist of his outstetched left arm; below his left arm, SWSIKRA above a tripod. BCD Peloponnesos 710 = de Nanteuil 978 = Grandjean 86b ( this coin ). Very rare. Toned. Good very fine. From the Spina collection and the BCD Collection, LHS 96, 8 May 2006, 710, ex Bank Leu 36, 7 May 1985, from the collections of H. Nanteuil and S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 1885.
This coin was struck during a short-lived revolt of Messene against its forced membership in the Achaian League. Unlike other revolt coinages, which were withdrawn and melted down, the rare Messenian tetradrachms must have continued to circulate since the vast majority known today are quite worn; this is, in fact, one of the finest in existance.

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > Auction 67	Auction date: 11 July 2019
Lot number: 392 Price realized: 3,000 GBP   (Approx. 3,766 USD / 3,344 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Vespasian (69-79), Sestertius, Rome, AD 71 AE (g 24,96; mm 33; h 6) IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head r., Rv. SPES - AVGVSTA, Spes standing l., offering flower to three Roman soldiers. RIC I 462 = II 206; C 514.  Extremely rare. Green patina and extremely fine. This rare and interesting sestertius type was issued in 71 AD, the year which witnessed the great joint triumph of Vespasian and Titus through the streets of the capital in celebration of their victory in Judaea. The style appears to be provincial and the type has been tentatively attributed to Tarraco (modern Tarragona) in Spain, a short-lived mint which had its origins in Galba's Spanish rebellion against Nero. The interesting reverse, which proclaims the hope for the future brought by the new emperor (Spes Augusta), depicts the goddess Spes in her usual pose in company with three military figures in whom we should probably recognize Vespasian and his two sons. Together they represent the state's new-found stability and the anticipation of the continuance of good government through the establishment of a second imperial dynasty. Starting Price: 2600 GBP

 

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Elmo corinzio coronato d'alloro. Moneta in bronzo coniata a Entella. IV secolo a.c.

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Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 208	Auction date: 5 September 2019
Lot number: 39
Lot description: Attica, Athens. Tetradrachm; Attica, Athens; c. 350-294 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.88g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena r. Rx: Owl r., crescent and olive twig with two leaves behind; ?T? in r. field. Ex Goldberg 96, 14 February 2017, lot 1651. Ex Hanbery Collection, purchased privately from Frank Kovacs in 1989.Beautiful dark toning . EF Starting Price: 1268 USD

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Relief of a Falling Warrior
2nd century A.D.
Roman
Marble; 53.3 × 81 × 17.5 cm (21 × 31 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Alfred E. Hamill, 1928.257

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > Auction 67	Auction date: 11 July 2019
Lot number: 201 Price realized: 180 GBP   (Approx. 226 USD / 201 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Sicily, Solus, Bronze, 4th century BC AE (g 2,35; mm 15; h 12) Helmeted head of Athena facing, slight r., Rv. Warrior knelling r., holding bow and arrow; on l., punic letters. CNS 5; SNG ANS 742. Rare. Green patina and extremely fine. Starting Price: 150 GBP

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Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions > Auction 67	Auction date: 11 July 2019
Lot number: 58 Price realized: 160 GBP   (Approx. 201 USD / 178 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Sicily, Akragas, Bronze, ca. 240-212 BC AE (g 10,48; mm 23; h 12) ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ, laureate head of Apollo r.; behind monogram; before monogram, Rv. ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ nude warrior, holding spear. CNS 143; HGC 155.  Untouched green patina and about extremely fine. Starting Price: 80 GBP

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Gemini, Auction X, lot 61, 13/01/2013

Crete. Cydonia. c. 320-270 BC. Stater, 11.21g. (h). Obv: Head of Maenad left, wearing wreath of ivy. Rx: ΚΥΔΩΝ Hero Kydon standing left, stringing bow. Svoronos 23. SNG Delepierre 2350. From sharper dies and less worn than usual for Cretan coins. VF.
Ex Lewis Egnew Collection .
The ancestor of the Cydonians, Kydon, is said to have been a son of the legendary king of Crete, Minos. Kydon’s deeds and fate are not known, although the quince was named after him (μηλον Κυδωνιον)! .

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Medaillen Deutschland - Geographisch: Bayer: Silbermedaille 1814 (Stiglmaier/Loos), auf den Raub der Proseripina in der römischen Mytologie, 40,38 mm, 28,40 g, selten, Belag auf Rv, kl. Kratzer, vorzüglich.
Provenance: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner Auction 36 of 09.02.2017, lot: 4237.

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Baldwin's Auctions Ltd, Auction 44, lot 71, 2/05/2006

Estimate: £ 800.-
Cydonia, Stater, late 4th Century BC, Nymph Dictynna right wearing wreath of grapes and vine-leaves, signature of Neuantos (illigible), rev KUDWN, archer Kydon standing left, stringing bow, 11.37g, 12h (SNG Cop 406 var; Svoronos 3, pl.9, 3 same obverse die; Le Rider pl. 9, 19). Very fine and rare.
£800-1000

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 442	Auction date: 17 April 2019
Lot number: 645 Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 89 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ATTICA, Athens. Time of Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (20mm, 5.39 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Athena right / AΘHN-A-I-ΩN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield. Kroll 318; Svoronos pl. 86, 6-12. VF, dark brown patina. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1380. Sear (1982) opines that "this type probably represents the brass statue of Athena Promachos on the Akropolis."  Estimate: 100 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: LA GIGANTESCA STATUA DI ATENA PROMACHOS SULL'ACROPOLI DI ATENE, OPERA DI FIDIA

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 114 Auction date: 6 May 2019 Lot number: 967 Price realized: 350 CHF   (Approx. 344 USD / 307 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.   Constantine IV, Pogonatus 13 April 654 – 10 July 685. Solidus, 674-681, AV 4.45 g. d N CO• – ANY P P Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing three-quarters r., holding spear and shield with horseman and fallen enemy motif. Rev. VICTORIA – A – VGYH Facing figures of Heraclius on l., and Tiberius on r., both beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding long cross; between them, cross potent on base and three steps. In exergue, CONOB. DO10g. MIB 8a. Sear 1156. A mark on edge at 11 o'clock and insignificant marks, otherwise good extremely fine Estimate: 300 CHF

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > Monthly Auction 271933	Auction date: 18 August 2019
Lot number: 35412
Probus (AD 276-282). BI antoninianus (23mm, 3.58 gm, 12h). XF. Serdica, 1st officina, AD 277. IMP C M AVR PROBVS INVICT AVG, helmeted, radiate, cuirassed bust of Probus left, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield in left / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Probus on horseback right, spearing kneeling barbarian, shield before; KA•A• in exergue. RIC V.II 852. Very rare.  From the Morris Collection. Ex Barry P Murphy with tag. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/probus-ad-276-282-bi-antoninianus-23mm-358-gm-12h-xf/p/271933-11344.s?type=CoinArchives271933 Estimate: 100-200 USD