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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 317	Auction date: 9 March 2026
Lot number: 261 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction
Lot description: PAMPHYLIEN. ASPENDOS. Stater ø 20mm (10,99g). 465 - 430 v. Chr. Vs.: Nackter Krieger mit Helm, Speer u. Schild n. r. schreitend. Rs.: Triskeles in Quadratum incusum. SNG BN . RRR! Unpubliziert! Zarte Tönung, fast vz Ex PML collection. Zwei weitere, stempelgleiche Exemplare bei CNG eAuction 429, 2018, Los 167 und CNG eAuction 432, 2018, Los 83. Estimate: 1000 EUR

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Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3129	Auction date: 12 January 2026
Lot number: 34064 Price realized: 46,000 USD   (Approx. 39,519 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Ancients Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE sestertius (32mm, 26.98 gm, 6h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style, owner's mark. Rome, AD 134-138. HADRIANVS-AVG COS III P P, laureate, draped bust of Hadrian right, seen from behind; collector's mark: crowned C in incuse oval punch left field / RESTITVTORI PHRYGIAE, Hadrian standing facing (on right), head left, volumen in left hand, raising kneeling Phrygia (on left) with right hand; SC in exergue. Banti 682 (this coin). Havercamp, Numophylacium Reginae Christinae (The Hague, 1742), p. 63, pl. XIII, no. XXIII. RIC II.3 1891 (same dies). Very rare. Struck from truly superb Fine Style dies. Umber toning with orichalcum highlights. A magnificent specimen. From the Mirabilis Collection. Ex Künker, Auction 347 (22 March 2021), lot 433; acquired in 2009 in Berlin; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection (Ars Classica XVII, 1934), lot 1422. Four other specimens with the collector's mark "crowned C" are known; all are Imperial-era sestertii, and the mark is in the same position on all of them. In the 19th century, the mark was commonly attributed to Queen Christina of Sweden (hence the Havercamp reference), but this attribution was refuted at the beginning of the 20th century. King Christian IV of Denmark and Charles I of Englandhave also been considered, however, these attributions are also highly improbable. Even after almost 100 years, Max von Bahrfeldt's observation remains valid: we are not entirely clear about the meaning of the collector's mark. See Bahrfeldt, Max von, Collector's Marks on Coins, in: BfM 1923, pp. 456 ff. Unlike many emperors who ruled from Rome, Hadrian spent much of his reign visiting the provinces to strengthen frontiers, oversee military defenses, and promote cultural unity. He journeyed through Gaul, Britain, where he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall, then to Spain, North Africa, Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt. His travels reflected both administrative diligence and personal curiosity, as he admired Greek culture and supported architectural projects throughout the empire. These journeys not only reinforced Roman presence and order but also expressed Hadrian's vision of a cohesive and well-governed empire. Not all of the provinces are represented in each denomination. Phrygia is one of the more difficult provinces to obtain from Hadrian's travel series, and is not known in gold or silver. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

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Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 158	Auction date: 5 November 2025
Lot number: 139 Price realized: 26,000 CHF   (Approx. 32,130 USD / 27,960 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Satraps of Caria, Mausolus, 377 – 353 Tetradrachm, Mylasa circa 377, AR 25 mm, 14.99 g. Archer, crowned with kidaris, standing r., shooting an arrow. Rev. Zeus Labraundos standing r., holding labrys and long sceptre. Traité ii, 116 and pl. xci, 6. Konuk, The Coinage of the Hekatomnids of Caria (unpublished D.Phil thesis) 19 = Pixodarus pl. 33, 2 = Mildenberg, Über das Münzwesen im Reich der Achämeniden, in AMI 26 (1993), pl. 12, 108 = Hurter, Studies Price pl. 32, 35 = Mildenberg, Studies Price pl. 61, 80 (this coin). Zhuyuetang 16 (this coin). Of the highest rarity, apparently only three specimens known of which this is the only one in private hands. A coin of great historical importance and symbolism. Old cabinet tone and very fine Ex Leu sale 25, 1980, 166. From the Pixodarus hoard and privately purchased from CNG (inventory number 61667). The famous dynast Mausolus, whose Carian name is thought to mean "Much Blessed," succeeded his father, Hecatomnus, as satrap of Caria in 377/6 BC. Although he is sometimes implicated in the series of satrapal rebellions known collectively as the Great Satraps' Revolt (370-362/1 BC) against Artaxerxes II, Mausolus generally seems to have remained loyal to the Persian Great King. Indeed, once order had returned to the Persian Empire, he was even rewarded with the addition of Lycia to his satrapy. Although the Great King seems to have been ultimately pleased with Mausolus, he developed an unpleasant reputation for injustice and despotism among his subjects due to his financial demands and his frequent use of trickery to achieve his goals. As a result, several plots against his life were formed in the 360s, but all came to naught. In order to undermine the renewed power of Athens and increase his own influence, Mausolus supported the Greek cities and islands of western Asia Minor fighting for freedom from the Second Athenian Naval League in the Social War (357-355 BC). By the end of the conflict, the Carian satrap had managed to gain control of the nearby islands of Rhodes, Cos, and Chios. Mausolus also controlled parts of Ionia, including the important city of Miletus, although it is unclear when these fell under his influence. He died at Labraunda in 353/2 BC, a few years after the conclusion of the Social War and shortly after yet another plot against his life was thwarted. Artemisia, his sister-wife, held a lavish funeral, including athletic games, for the dead satrap before his body was interred in the great Mausoleum of Halicarnassus––a monumental tomb counted by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is thought that Mausolus was worshipped at the Mausoleum as a semi-divine hero still in the second century BC. The great tomb of Mausolus remained intact as a wonder through the Roman period, but over time, it was knocked down by repeated earthquakes. In 1494, the stones of the ruined Mausoleum were reused by the Knights of St. John of Rhodes to build a castle at Bodrum as a defense against the Ottoman Turks. The present coin illustrates the multicultural character of Mausolus' rule as satrap of Caria. The obverse type is a traditional depiction of the Great King as an archer, reflecting his loyalty to the Persian Great King, on whose behalf he ostensibly held power. The reverse depicts Zeus Labraundos-an indigenous Carian deity whose major cult center was located at Mylasa, the original capital of the Hecatomnid dynasty. The tetradrachm denomination, however, is entirely Greek. Estimate: 20000 CHF