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Nomos AG > obolos 11	Auction date: 7 December 2018
Lot number: 354
Lot description: KINGS OF SOPHENE. Arsames I, circa 255-225 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 5.18 g, 12 h), First series. Diademed and draped bust of Arsames I to right, wearing bashlyk with beaded edges. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΜΟΥ Arsames on horseback to right holding spear against two attacking soldiers; beneath his horse, fallen enemy soldier. Bedoukian 2. Kovacs 1. Nercessian 3. Well struck on a broad flan. About very fine. Starting Price: 200 CHF

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Nomos AG
Auction 15  22 Oct 2017

Kings of Sophene. Arsames II, circa 230 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 22 mm, 6.69 g, 12 h). Diademed head of Arsames to right, wearing a low, truncated tiara; all within a filleted border. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΜΟΥ Horseman, wearing low tiara and light robes, charging to right, holding a couched lance. Alram 170. Bedoukian 5. Nercessian 6. Rare. Well struck, nicely centered and with a dark olive patina. Nearly extremely fine.

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > eLive Auction 44	Auction date: 4 April 2017
Lot number: 181 Price realized: 60 EUR   (Approx. 64 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT Philippus I., 244-249. Æs, Zeugma (Commagene); 13,69 g. Drapierte Büste r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Viersäuliger Tempel auf der Akropolis von Zeugma, im Abschnitt Capricorn r. BMC 29. Braune Patina, sehr schön Exemplar der Sammlung Dr. Rainer Pudill. Erworben am 23. September 1998, Seifert, Köln. Der Capricorn auf dem Revers ist das Emblem der in Zeugma stationierten Legio IV Scythica. Estimate: 60 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: La Legio IV Scythica in marcia

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«I Romani, lanciando dall'alto i giavellotti, riuscirono facilmente a rompere la formazione nemica e quando l'ebbero scompigliata si gettarono impetuosamente con le spade in pugno contro i Galli; questi erano molto impacciati nel combattimento, perché molti dei loro scudi erano stati trafitti dal lancio dei giavellotti e, essendosi i ferri piegati, non riuscivano a svellerli, cosicché non potevano combattere agevolmente con la sinistra impedita; molti allora, dopo aver a lungo scosso il braccio, preferivano buttare via lo scudo e combattere a corpo scoperto» (Giulio Cesare, De bello gallico)

ILLUSTRAZIONE:  punta piegata di un giavellotto (pilum)

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Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. > Auction 139	Auction date: 8 December 2018
Lot number: 101
Lot description: GAULE NARBONNAISE, Volcae Tectosages, AR drachme, vers 118-74 av. J.-C. Type à la tête cubiste. D/ T. à g. devant laquelle s''affrontent deux dauphins. R/ Croix cantonnée d''une balle de fronde au 1er et au 2e, d''une hache au 3e et d''un pendant au 4e, un croissant dans chaque canton. Savès 1 et suiv.; Allen, BMC, 59; Depeyrot 2002, 73; Scheers, Lyon, 23-24. 2,78g. Très Beau à Superbe Very Fine - Extremely Fine Estimate: 125 EUR

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 6	Auction date: 9 December 2018
Lot number: 310
CILICIA. Tarsos. Circa 410-385 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 10.22 g, 1 h). Persian Satrap on horseback riding right, wearing kyrbasia; to left, bee or horse fly. Rev. ??? ('trz' in Aramaic) Hoplite kneeling right, wearing Corinthian helmet, holding spear and round shield; in field to right, grain ear; all within incuse square. SNG Levante -. SNG Paris 221. Rare. Very fine. From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s to 1990s. Starting Price: 150 CHF

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 27 | Silver	Auction date: 25 November 2018
Lot number: 170
Ionia. Magnesia ad Maeander circa 300-200 BC. ΑΡΙΣΤΑΓΟΡΑΣ ΖΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΥ (Aristagoras, son of Zenodotos, magistrate) Bronze Æ    15mm., 3,41g.   Armed horseman prancing right, holding spear / Humped bull butting left, ΜΑΓΝ above, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΓΟΡ ΖΗΝΟΔΟ in exergue, withing circular maeander pattern. very fine    BMC Ionia -; SNG von Aulock -; Sear -; Mionnet -; cf. Newell, Hoards 44, 7 (for magistrate's name). Starting Price: 75 EUR

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VAuctions > Auction 325	Auction date: 30 June 2017
Lot number: 469 Price realized: 245 USD   (Approx. 215 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Cyprus, Roman Administration. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Late 1st century B.C. Æ (17 mm, 2.83 g, 1 h). Ca. A.D. 4. Capricorn right; above, star / Scorpion; star below. Parks 7; RPC 3916. Rare. Brown surfaces, light porosity. Good very fine.  Historically there has been some question amongst numismatists as to the mint location of these uninscribed coins depicting the types of a capricorn on the obverse and a scorpion on the reverse, both associated astrologically by the placement of a star in the field. In the past they have been attributed to a mint in Commagene or Galatia, but as find spots are known mainly from Cyprus it has now been shown that the coins originated at a mint on the island. The dating is conjectural, but the combination of the zodiacal devices as coin types suggests that the issue was struck to celebrate Augustus' adoption of Tiberius in A.D. 4.  Augustus was born 23 September 63 B.C. and thus his solar zodiacal sign is Libra, yet he publicly identified as a Capricorn, his lunar zodiacal sign. Why he did so is not known, but must have been for personal reasons. The capricorn figures prominently not only in Augustan coinage (e.g., on certain Imperial denarii, on coins from Cibyra, Dioshieron, Leptis Magna, Parium, Smyrna, Tralles, and on the cistophori of Asia Minor, amongst others) but also in other mediums, such as beads and cameos, and in literature (both Manilius [Astron. 2.507-9] and Suetonius [Aug. 94.12] identify Augustus as a Capricorn). Unlike Augustus, Tiberius's zodiacal sign is from the solar cycle, and as he was born on 16 November 42 B.C. it is Scorpio.  The well-known engraved Arabian onyx cameo known as the Gemma Augustea commemorates Tiberius' successes against the Illyrians. According to Parks, it is ""particularly relevant to the interpretation of this series, since it associates both Augustus and Tiberius with their respective zodiacal signs on the same subject"" (Parks p. 56). The upper register shows a disc containing a capricorn above the head of Augustus, who is shown seated to the left, and in the background is a star. The lower register depicts a scene of soldiers erecting a trophy to commemorate their Illyrian victory. The shield attached to this trophy is adorned with a scorpion, the sign of Tiberius.  Tiberius was out-of-favor with Augustus from 6 B.C. until A.D. 4. Augustus had named as his heirs his grandsons, Gaius and Lucius, the children of his closest friend and confidant, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and his daughter, Julia. However, both caesars had died by A.D. 4, and with no other suitable candidate for the succession Augustus adopted Tiberius. This coin type was probably struck at that time to advertise Tiberius' adoption by Augustus. One curious question of this coin type is which direction is the scorpion supposed to face? With devices like shields, stars and scorpions it is often not an easy question to answer. In this case, however, the normal die-axis used in Cyprus at this time was 12 o'clock, which indicates that the correct orientation of the scorpion is to the right with the star below. Estimate: 200 USD

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Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 14, lot 525, 21/09/2017

Roman Republic 
C. Numonius Vaala AR Denarius. Rome, 41 BC. Bare head of Numonius Vaala right; C•NVMONIVS downwards before, VAALA upwards behind / Soldier advancing left, holding sword and shield, attacking a vallum defended by two soldiers; VAALA in exergue. Crawford 514/2; RSC Numonia 2. 3.93g, 19mm, 10h.
Good Extremely Fine. Well centred and struck. Old collection tone. Rare.
The Corona Vallaris was a Roman military award given to the first soldier to breach the enemy rampart (vallum), and was awarded regardless of rank. That the reverse type chosen by Numonius Vaala for his denarii depicts the deeds of an ancestor which resulted in the cognomen Vaala is a distinct possibility, though the details of the relative in question, or the particular instance at which such an award might have been won, are not known to history.

 

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Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 16, lot 60, 17/06/2015

Lucania, Bronze, Metapontion, c. 300-250 BC, Ae (g 4,83 mm 15 h 5), Head of Leukippos r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet, Rv. META, Demeter standing facing, head r., l. hand on hip, holding long cross-torch in r. Johnston 66 HNItaly 1702 SNG Copenhagen 1249 SNG ANS 561.Brown patina with green shades, good extremely fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: AGRIMENSORE ROMANO

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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 31, lot 14, 26/10/2005

The Roman Empire
Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD
No.: 14
Schätzwert/Estimation: CHF 50000
d=21 mm
C. Antistius Vetus. Aureus circa 16 BC, 8.18 g. C ANTISTI VETVS – III VIR Bust of Victory r. Rev. PRO VALETVDINE – CAESARIS Veiled priest standing l., holding patera over lighted and garlanded altar, to which victimarius, holding knife in r. hand, leads a bull. In exergue, S P Q R. Bahrfeldt 186.1 and pl. XIV, 12 (this coin). M.M. Evans, Hair-dressing of Roman Ladies as Illustrated on Coins, NC 1906, pl. III, 10 (this coin). J. Evans, On Some Rare and Unpublished Roman Gold Coins, NC 1908, 1 and pl. X, 1 (this coin). Calicó 122 (this coin). B. Antestia 23. BMC p.19, †. C –. CBN –, p. 96, *. RIC 369.
Of the highest rarity, the only specimen in private hands of only three known.
A delightful portrait and a superb reverse composition. About extremely fine
Ex Naville III, 1922, Evans, 19 and Glendining 1951, Ryan part IV, 1627 sales. Gnecchi collection.
Though this aureus bears the name of the moneyer C. Antistius Vetus its designs are devoted entirely to Augustus, who recently had left for Gaul following a Germanic invasion of that province. The bust of Venus is clearly a reference to Augustus’ fanciful descent from the Trojan prince Aeneas, and the sacrifice scene on the reverse records vows the senate and the people of Rome made for the health of Augustus (PRO VALETVDINE CAESARIS S P Q R). Other coins struck for this occasion include aurei and denarii of an Imperial mint in Spain (RIC 146-153) and denarii of Rome (RIC 351-353) by L. Mescinius Rufus, one of Vetus’ two colleagues in that year’s collegium of moneyers.
Romans had good reason to be concerned, for Augustus’ personal health was notoriously frail and the invasion of Gaul had been devastating. Three Germanic nations conspired to defeat Marcus Lollius, the legate commanding on the Rhine, after which they looted Gaul, gathered tremendous booty and returned across the Rhine.
This was the greatest defeat Augustus’ armies had suffered to date. Augustus determined the best way to safeguard Gaul – at this time was the Empire’s greatest provincial source of revenue and agricultural product – was to neutralize the threat, Germany. When Augustus left in 16 B.C. he would not see Rome again for three years, during which he re-organized Gaul, established the Imperial mint at Lugdunum and laid the groundwork for the costly campaigns of his stepsons Tiberius and Drusus.
The brothers initially gained control of Noricum and Rhaetia and then, separately, worked to stabilize the frontiers of the Rhine and Danube. Augustus established fifty legionary camps along the southern shore of the Rhine, built a fleet and placed Drusus in command of some 50,000 soldiers as the governor of Gaul. Drusus’ conquest of Germany began in 13 B.C. when Tiberius was campaigning in Pannonia and Augustus returned to Rome. Drusus’ war lingered until his own death in 9 B.C. without much lasting effect; indeed, a generation later, in A.D. 9, Augustus’ attention was once again drawn to Germany following the massacre of Varus’ three legions in the Tuetoburg forest.

 

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Live Auction 3	Auction date: 25 October 2018
Lot number: 959 Price realized: 130 GBP   (Approx. 168 USD / 147 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Ostrogoths, Athalaric Æ 10 Nummi. Rome, AD 526-534. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted and draped bust of Roma right / D N ATHALARICVS, Athalaric standing facing, head right, holding spear and shield; X (denomination) to left, S-C across fields. BMC Vandals 69-71; MEC I, 132; MIB I, 77. 3.14g, 18mm, 6h. Very Fine.  Estimate: 100 GBP ILLUSTRAZIONE: GUERRIERO OSTROGOTO

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Obolos (by Nomos), Webauction 5, lot 442, 26/06/2016

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes III, circa 230-220 BC. Bronze (19mm, 4.13 g 7), Tyana. Head of Ariarathes III to right, wearing tiara. Rev. API Ariarathes on horseback right, brandishing spear in his upraised right hand. Simonetta 3. Rare. Earthern highlights on dark patina. Good very fine.

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11 ore fa, King John dice:

Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 31, lot 14, 26/10/2005

The Roman Empire
Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD
No.: 14
Schätzwert/Estimation: CHF 50000
d=21 mm
C. Antistius Vetus. Aureus circa 16 BC, 8.18 g. C ANTISTI VETVS – III VIR Bust of Victory r. Rev. PRO VALETVDINE – CAESARIS Veiled priest standing l., holding patera over lighted and garlanded altar, to which victimarius, holding knife in r. hand, leads a bull. In exergue, S P Q R. Bahrfeldt 186.1 and pl. XIV, 12 (this coin). M.M. Evans, Hair-dressing of Roman Ladies as Illustrated on Coins, NC 1906, pl. III, 10 (this coin). J. Evans, On Some Rare and Unpublished Roman Gold Coins, NC 1908, 1 and pl. X, 1 (this coin). Calicó 122 (this coin). B. Antestia 23. BMC p.19, †. C –. CBN –, p. 96, *. RIC 369.
Of the highest rarity, the only specimen in private hands of only three known.
A delightful portrait and a superb reverse composition. About extremely fine
Ex Naville III, 1922, Evans, 19 and Glendining 1951, Ryan part IV, 1627 sales. Gnecchi collection.
Though this aureus bears the name of the moneyer C. Antistius Vetus its designs are devoted entirely to Augustus, who recently had left for Gaul following a Germanic invasion of that province. The bust of Venus is clearly a reference to Augustus’ fanciful descent from the Trojan prince Aeneas, and the sacrifice scene on the reverse records vows the senate and the people of Rome made for the health of Augustus (PRO VALETVDINE CAESARIS S P Q R). Other coins struck for this occasion include aurei and denarii of an Imperial mint in Spain (RIC 146-153) and denarii of Rome (RIC 351-353) by L. Mescinius Rufus, one of Vetus’ two colleagues in that year’s collegium of moneyers.
Romans had good reason to be concerned, for Augustus’ personal health was notoriously frail and the invasion of Gaul had been devastating. Three Germanic nations conspired to defeat Marcus Lollius, the legate commanding on the Rhine, after which they looted Gaul, gathered tremendous booty and returned across the Rhine.
This was the greatest defeat Augustus’ armies had suffered to date. Augustus determined the best way to safeguard Gaul – at this time was the Empire’s greatest provincial source of revenue and agricultural product – was to neutralize the threat, Germany. When Augustus left in 16 B.C. he would not see Rome again for three years, during which he re-organized Gaul, established the Imperial mint at Lugdunum and laid the groundwork for the costly campaigns of his stepsons Tiberius and Drusus.
The brothers initially gained control of Noricum and Rhaetia and then, separately, worked to stabilize the frontiers of the Rhine and Danube. Augustus established fifty legionary camps along the southern shore of the Rhine, built a fleet and placed Drusus in command of some 50,000 soldiers as the governor of Gaul. Drusus’ conquest of Germany began in 13 B.C. when Tiberius was campaigning in Pannonia and Augustus returned to Rome. Drusus’ war lingered until his own death in 9 B.C. without much lasting effect; indeed, a generation later, in A.D. 9, Augustus’ attention was once again drawn to Germany following the massacre of Varus’ three legions in the Tuetoburg forest.

 

Rarissima moneta,  bellissimo il rovescio con la scena del sacrificio, indubbiamente tutte grandi monete dai grandi significati 

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Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K. > Auction 75	Auction date: 13 November 2018
Lot number: 796 Price realized: 110 EUR   (Approx. 124 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN. RÖMISCHE KAISERZEIT. Decentius Caesar, 350 - 353. Reduzierte Doppelmaiorina, Lugdunum oder irregulär. Büste mit DN DECENTIVS NOB C AVG (!) / Christogramm, Mzst.: PSLG. RIC - RR ! 6,03 g schwarze Patina, Sfr. am Rand, ss - vz Starting Price: 80 EUR

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 430	Auction date: 10 October 2018
Lot number: 314 Price realized: 260 USD   (Approx. 227 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus. 81 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (20mm, 4.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; bucranium above / Togate figure standing left on rock, holding aspergillum over head of ox standing right; lighted altar between them. Crawford 372/1; Sydenham 745; Postumia 7. Good VF, toned, a couple light scratches. This type refers to the Battle of Lake Regillus (circa 496 BC), at which the Roman army, under the command of A. Postumius Albus, defeated the Latin League, led by Tarquin the Proud, the former king of Rome. Prior to the battle, the Romans made a special sacrifice to Diana at her temple on the Aventine Hill.  Estimate: 200 USD

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton VIII, lot 844, 11/01/2005

L. Pomponius Molo. 97 BC. AR Denarius (3.92 gm, 1h). Rome mint.
Estimate $300
L. Pomponius Molo. 97 BC. AR Denarius (3.92 gm, 1h). Rome mint. L. POMPON. MOLO, laureate head of Apollo right / NVMA POMPIL in exergue, Numa Pompilius standing right, holding lituus before lighted altar at which he is about to sacrifice a goat held by a youth. Crawford 334/1; Sydenham 607; Kestner 2643; BMCRR Italy 733; Pomponia 6. EF, toned. ($300)
From the Claude Collection.

 

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Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann), Auction 56, lot 116, 6/08/2017

BOIOTIA. Federal Coinage. Ae (287-244 BC). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: BOIΩTΩN. Trophy right. BCD Boiotia 82; HGC 4, 1178. Condition: Good fine. Weight: 6.34 g. Diameter: 20 mm.

 

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Nomos AG > obolos 11	Auction date: 7 December 2018
Lot number: 427
Lot description: TROAS. Ilium. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Medallion (Bronze, 35 mm, 27.97 g, 7 h), 161-165. AYT KAI M AYPHΛ ANTΩNEINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. ΕΚΤΩΡ / [IΛIEΩN] Andromache standing left presenting little Astyanax to Hector standing right in full armor . RPC 87 (temporary), citing only one example in the Hermitage Museum from the excavations of Schliemann (Bellinger T 150). Extremely rare, well struck with a brown patina and with a stunning reverse. Some rough areas, otherwise, good very fine. Starting Price: 700 CHF ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'ULTIMO SALUTO DI ETTORE  ALLA MOGLIE ANDROMACA E AL FIGLIOLETTO ASTIANATTE ALLE PORTE SCEE

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 27 | SilverAuction date: 25 November 2018  Lot number: 333
Lydia. Hypaipa . Nero AD 54-68. ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ ΚΟΝ (Metrodoros Kon, magistrate)
Bronze Æ  17mm., 3,06g.
NEΡΩN KAICAΡ, bare head right / YΠAIΠHNΩN MHTΡOΔΩΡOC around, KON in right field, Hero standing left, holding bipennis.
RPC I 2542.     Starting Price: 75 EUR

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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 434	Auction date: 12 December 2018
Lot number: 33
Lot description: THESSALY, Perrhaiboi. 4th century BC. Æ Trichalkon (18mm, 6.99 g, 1h). Head of Hera, wearing veil and necklace, facing slightly left / ΠΕΡΡΑΙΒΩ[Ν], Zeus standing left, holding thunderbolt in left hand, scepter in right. Rogers 439 var. (star to inner right on rev.); BCD Thessaly II 558; HGC 4, 156. VF, dark brown patina with a couple spots of red. Ex BCD Collection. Estimate: 75 USD

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Blue Auction 7 Auction date: 26 May 2018 Lot number: 255 Price realized: 34 EUR   (Approx. 40 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.   Lot description: Mysia. Adramytteion after 350 BC.  Bronze Æ    11mm., 1,69g.     Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Zeus, slightly right / Eagle standing left on pediment.     Very fine   Von Fritze 4, pl. i, 6.

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Online Auction 259	Auction date: 20 October 2018
Lot number: 3243 Price realized: 200 EUR   (Approx. 230 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: THESSALIEN. PHARSALOS. Drachme (5,88g). 424 - 405/404 v. Chr. Vs.: Athena mit attischem Helm n. r., darauf Greif, im Nacken E. Rs.: F-A-R-S, Reiter mit Petasos und erhobenem Lagobolon auf galoppierendem Pferd n. r. Lavva, Pharsalos 163 (V76/R96); BCD Thessaly (Nomos AG) 1291. ss Estimate: 120 EUR

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Obv: GALLIENVS AVG - Radiate, helmeted bust left wearing cuirass and holding spear and shield. Rev: MARTI P-ACIF - Mars, walking left, holding spear, shield and olive branch. (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-rare-gallienus-lion.302639/page-2)

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1 ora fa, King John dice:

Obv: GALLIENVS AVG - Radiate, helmeted bust left wearing cuirass and holding spear and shield. Rev: MARTI P-ACIF - Mars, walking left, holding spear, shield and olive branch. (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-rare-gallienus-lion.302639/page-2)

Gallieno che conio’ quantità industriali di Monete per le truppe anche in Milano con la testa radiata e elmo e’ sempre interessante, indubbiamente con una miriadi di varianti e variantine che solo per le milanesi sono tantissime e ben riportate sul recente libro Mir di Toffanin per chi volesse studiarlo meglio.