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RöMISCHE MüNZEN
REPUBLIK
C. IULIUS CAESAR († 44)
No: 422
Schätzpreis/Estimation DM 1000,-
d=18 mm
Denar, 49-48, mobile Feldmünzstätte Caesars. CAESAR. Elefant nach rechts schreitend und einen schlangenartigen, sich aufbäumenden Drachen niedertretend. Rs: Schöpfkelle (simpulum), Weihwedel (aspergillum), Opferaxt (securis) und Priesterkappe (apex). Cr. 443/1. Syd. 1006. BMC (Gaul) 27. Bab. (Iulia 9. C. 49. 3,85g. Fein getönt, perfekt zentriert und scharf ausgeprägt, kleine Prüfspur am Rand, sonst fast Stempelglanz. 
Aus Slg. H.C. Levis, Naville - Ars Classica, Auktion XI (Luzern, 18.-20. Juni 1925), Nr. 160, und aus Slg. Prof. Dr. H. Wintz, Erlangen.

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BRUTUS. Late Summer-Autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.60 gm). Mint moving with Brutus in northern Greece.
Estimate $40000 
BRUTUS. Late Summer-Autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.60 gm). Mint moving with Brutus in northern Greece. L. Plaetorius Cestianus, magistrate. L. PLAET. CEST BRVT IMP, bare head of Brutus right / EID. MAR, pileus between two daggers pointing downward. Crawford 508/3; A.H. Cahn, "EIDibus MARtiis," QT XVIII (1989), 20; CRI 216; Sydenham 1301; BMCRR East 68; RSC 15. EF, minor porosity and surface roughness. Rare. ($40,000)
Marcus Junius Brutus was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus and JULIUS CAESAR's former mistress, Servilia. By 59 BC he acquired the alternative name Quintus Caepio Brutus through adoption by his uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio. Brought up by Porcius Cato, he was educated in philosophy and oratory and long retained a fierce hatred of his natural father's murderer, Pompey. He began his political career in 58 BC by accompanying Cato to Cyprus. As triumvir monetalis in about 54 BC he issued coins illustrating his strong republican views with Libertas and portraits of his ancestors L. Junius Brutus ­ who overthrew Tarquinius Superbus (the last Etruscan king of Rome)-- and Servilius Ahala, the later fifth century BC tyrannicide (Crawford 433/1 and 2). In 53 BC he served in Cilicia as quaestor to Appius Claudius Pulcher, whose successor, Cicero, found that 'the honourable Brutus' was extracting 48 per cent interest on a loan to the city of Salamis in Cyprus, contrary to the lex Gabinia.
 

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Samaria (late 4th century BC). AR ma'ah-obol (8.4 mm, 0.60 gm, 2h). Persian king seated r. on throne smelling flower and holding scepter / lb " »eb (BDYHBL) to l. of bearded male standing r., wearing kidaris, sniffing flower and holding another flower in l. hand. M-Q SC 14. M-Q CS 37. Hendin 1033. Very Fine.
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Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 400 BC. Hecte or 1/6 stater, 2.72g. (h). Obv: Perseus kneeling right, his head reverted, wearing a winged magic hood. A cloak over his shoulders is fastened with a circular brooch on his breast and its end covers his left arm, in which he holds head of Medusa. Below, tunny fish right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Traite II 2, pl. 174, 19. von Fritze 162. SNG Paris 312. This coin is highly sought after and does appear on a somewhat regular basis, but a coin of this sharpness and centering is unparalleled. Even the head of Medusa is detailed. Mint State.
The Argive hero Perseus undertook to obtain the head of Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, whose look could turn any living creature into stone. The gods equipped Perseus with an adamantine sword, a helmet of invisibility, winged shoes, and a magic knapsack. Even after decapitating Medusa, he had to avoid looking at her head, which had retained its deadly power. Perseus rescued the Phoenician princess Andromeda by using Medusa's head as a weapon against the sea-monster that was threatening her. Perseus married the princess and in Greek myth became the ancestor of the Persians .

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PONTOS. Amisos. Ae (Circa 85-65 BC).
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: AMIΣOY.
Perseus standing facing, holdig harpa and head of Medusa, Medusa's body at his feet.
SNG Stancomb 683 var. (no monogram to right).
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 18.3 g.
Diameter: 28 mm.

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Μέδουσα, una delle Gorgoni, l'unica mortale delle tre, figlia delle divinità marine Forco e Cheto.

Era in origine una bella fanciulla, ma le sue chiome vennero tramutate in serpenti da Atena che volle punirla per essersi concessa a Poseidone in uno dei templi dedicati alla dea.

Il suo aspetto era diventato così tremendo che chiunque la guardava in faccia diventava di pietra. Per questo Perseo, quando le tagliò la testa, ricorse a un lucido scudo di bronzo su cui si rifletteva l'immagine del mostro.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: METOPA DEL TEMPIO DI HERA ARGIVA ALLA FOCE DEL SELE, PAESTUM (SA)

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RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN (ROMAN COINS) 
-Kaiserliche Prägungen 
Schätzung (estimation): 6000,-- EUR
Geta, 209 - 212.. Sesterz 210, auf den Aufbruch der kaiserlichen Familie nach Britannien. Kopf / Caracalla und Geta zwischen 3 Soldaten mit Standarten und gefangenem Schotten. RIC 157b; C. 146. 28.96 g. Schwarzgrüne Patina, Sehr selten Vorzüglich/Sehr schön
743.
-Kaiserliche Prägungen

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Kings of Sophene. . Arsames circa 240 BC.
Bronze Æ
17mm., 3,71g.
Bust right, wearing tiara / Warrior on horseback right, pointing spear in direction of two soldiers standing left, each holding spear and round shield. 2
nearly very fine
Bedoukian, Coinage 2; AC

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Armenia. Tigranes II the Great. 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.69g. (h). Obv: Draped bust of Tigranes right, wearing Armenian tiara and Greek diadem. The tiara is adorned with an eight-pointed star flanked by two eagles back to back, the heads turned to each other. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ Tyche of Antioch, draped and wearing a turreted crown, seated right on a rock, holding palm branch in right hand. At her feet, river god Orontes swimming right. All within laurel wreath. Below throne, letters Μ and A. Cf. Bedoukian, Artaxiads, pp. 47 ff. See NFA XXVII (1991), lot 76 (same dies). On the coinage of Tigranes II, see F. de Callatay, L’histoire des guerres mithridatiques, pp. 224 ff., and now Y.T. Nercessian, Armenian Numismatic Journal 26, 3-4 (2000), pp. 43-108 [non vidimus]. Extremely well struck. EF.
Ex Al Zaloom Collection .
The king of kings, Tigranes II the Great, was one of the most powerful rulers in the period of the Mithridatic Wars. Ally and son-of-law of Mithridates VI of Pontus, he conquered the Cappadocian kingdom and some provinces of the Parthian Empire, and also Seleucid Syria, Commagene, and the eastern part of Cilicia. However, when Mithridates VI sought refuge in Armenia after being defeated by the Roman general Lucullus in 71 BC, Tigranes got into serious trouble with the Romans. Between 69 and 66 BC Tigranes lost most of his conquests to the Roman general Pompeius and had to be happy to be allowed to keep his inherited Armenian kingdom. In the end, he got the title “friend of the Roman people” .

 

illustrazione: Tigrane II e Mitridate VI re del Ponto

 

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CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.71 g, 2h). Wreathed head of female facing slightly left / Persian king, holding knife, bow and quiver on back, fighting griffin. CNG 70, lot 362, otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare, this and the previous lot are the second and third known.

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Valerianus I AR Antoninianus
Valerianus I (253-260 AD). AR Antoninianus (20-23 mm, 3.62 g). Asian mint.
Obv. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. PIETAS AVGG, emperors sacrificing at altar, on left holding eagle tipped scepter, on right holding parazonium.
MIR 1676e.
Extremely fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: VALERIANO SI ARRENDE AL RE PERSIANO SAPORE I

« [...] Sapore I chiese di incontrarsi con l'imperatore romano, per discutere ciò che fosse necessario. Valeriano, una volta accettata le risposta senza neppure riflettere, mentre si recava da Sapore in modo incauto insieme a pochi soldati, fu catturato in modo inaspettato dal nemico. Fatto prigioniero, morì tra i Persiani, causando grande disonore al nome romano presso i suoi successori. »

(Zosimo, Storia nuova, I, 36.2.)

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GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN 
SIZILIEN 
ALAISA 
 Bronze, nach 263. Kopf des Dionysos (?) nach rechts. Rs: AΛAIΣAΣ APX, stehender Krieger mit korinthischem Helm, Lanze und Parazonium. Calciati I S. 60 5/2, SNG ANG 1188, SNG Copenhagen -. 2,42g. Selten. Bestens zentriert mit sehr gut lesbarer Legende, vorzüglich.

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THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION. Uncertain. Hemiobol (5th century BC).
Obv: Crested Corinthian helmet left.
Rev: Crab within incuse square.
Cf. CNG E-273, lot 9; otherwise unpublished in the standard references.
Extremely rare
Condition: Good very fine.
Weight: 0.32 g.
Diameter: 6 mm.

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Greek Coins
Camarina
No.: 74
Schätzwert/Estimation: CHF 40000.-
d=29 mm
Tetradrachm circa 425-405, AR 17.24 g. Fast quadriga driven r. by helmeted Athena, holding reins and kentron; above the horses Nike flying l. to crown her. In exergue, barley grain. Rev. KAMAPINAI – ON Head of young Heracles l., wearing lion skin; below chin, olive-sprig with fruit. Rizzo pl. 5, 13 (these dies). SNG München 402 (these dies). Kraay-Hirmer pl. 53, 149 (these dies). Westermark-Jenkins 146.
Very rare and among the finest specimens known. A coin in extraordinary state of
preservation, well-struck on an exceptionally large flan on sound metal.
A masterly executed and finely detailed portrait of Heracles in the
finest style of the period. Good extremely fine
The brief series of the tetradrachms of Camarina, only 20 years (425-405), coincides with the period of the City’s maximum splendour. It consists of only 13 obverse and 21 reverse dies. The representations on both remain largely unchanged on all the emissions: on the obverse a running quadriga driven by Athena wearing a chiton and crowned by Nike, on the reverse the bearded or un-bearded head of Heracles wearing lion skin. Only on W-J 143 the signature EXE is visible on both the obverse and reverse; on W-J 145 EXAKES is visible on the reverse and on W-J 149 it appears in full, EXAKESTIDAS, on the obverse. Amongst these, the best, from a stylistic point of view is, without doubt, W-R 143; W-R 145 is mediocre and W-R 149 is of a discreet level. None of these coins can aspire to the position of masterpieces of the mint which are, undoubtedly, the issue W-J 151 and the one offered here, W-J 146.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.62 g, 11h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Ar–, mintmaster. Struck circa 188/7-184 BC. Head of the hero Perseus left, wearing winged helmet surmounted by griffin’s head; harpa in background; all in the center of a Macedonian shield / Club; AP (mintmaster’s) monogram and BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΦIΛIΠΠOY below, monograms to lower left, and right; all within oak wreath tying to left; harpa to outer left. Mamroth, Philip 3; de Luynes 1702; Pozzi 973 = Pozzi, Boutin 2051(this coin); Rhousopoulos 1189. Good VF, old cabinet tone. Fine style.
From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Maison Platt, May 1984. Ex Prof. Samuel-Jean Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 1921), lot 973. 

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RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN 
KAISERREICH 
PESCENNIUS NIGER (193 - 194)
Denar, Antiochia, 193/4. IMP CΛES PE[SC] NIGER IVST AVG. Portraitkopf mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts; Rs: [VIRT]V[TI AVG]. Legionär stehend en face, Kopf nach rechts, in den Händen Speer und Rundschild. Abschnitt. RIC -, vgl. 92a; BMCRE -; Hunter -; C. -, vgl. 80. 2,11g. St. 12. Sehr selten. Prägeschwächen in den Legenden, sonst vorzüglich.
Estimate: 2000 EUR

ILLUSTRAZIONE: LEGIONARIO ROMANO DEL II SECOLO D.C.

 

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lettera di un legionario romano del III secolo:

Aurelius Polion, soldato della Legio II Auditrix, a suo fratello Heron, alla sorella Ploutou, alla madre Seinouphis la panettiera e signora (?), tanti cari saluti. Prego giorno e notte che voi godiate di buona salute, e omaggio sempre tutti gli dei da parte vostra. Io non smetto di scrivervi, ma voi non pensate mai a me. Ma io faccio la mia parte scrivendovi sempre e non smettendo mai di stare vicino a voi con la mente e con il cuore. Eppure non mi scrivete mai per dirmi della vostra salute e di come ve la cavate. Sono preoccupato per voi, perché sebbene riceviate spesso lettere da me, non avete mai risposto, così non posso sapere come voi … mentre ero in Pannonia vi ho spedito (delle lettere), ma mi avete trattato come un estraneo … sono partito … e voi siete felici che (?) … l’esercito.  Io non ho … voi … per l’esercito, ma io … sono andato via da voi. Vi ho mandato sei lettere … proverò a ottenere un permesso dal comandante e verrò da te in modo che tu possa capire che sono tuo fratello… Ho chiesto (?) niente a voi per l’esercito, ma vi ho delusi perché sebbene vi abbia scritto, nessuno di voi (?) … ha considerazione. Sentite, vostro (?) vicino … sono tuo fratello. Anche voi, rispondetemi … scrivetemi. Chiunque di voi …, inviate il suo … a me. Salutate mio padre Aphrodisios e mio (?) zio (?) Atesios … sua figlia … suo marito e Orsinouphis e i figli della sorella di sua madre, Xenphon e Ouenophis conosciuto anche come Protas … gli Aurelii … la lettera …

 

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« Mi sembra che i Romani, i quali cercano di essere molto pratici in questa disciplina, seguano una strada del tutto opposta a quella dei Greci. Questi ultimi infatti, quando piantano l'accampamento, ritengono sia di somma importanza adattarsi alle difese naturali del luogo stesso, sia perché così evitano di faticare con la costruzione di fossati, sia perché credono che le difese artificiali non possano eguagliare quelle naturali, che il terreno può loro offrire. E così, nel predisporre il piano generale dell'accampamento, sono costretti a cambiare continuamente il suo assetto [...] per cui nessuno sa mai con precisione quale sia il suo posto e della propria unità. I Romani, al contrario, preferiscono fare la fatica di scavare i fossati e di costruire le altre opere di fortificazione per avere sempre un unico tipo di accampamento, sempre uguale e ben conosciuto a tutti. »

(Polibio, VI, 42.1-2.)

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Roman Republic. P. Licinius Nerva, moneyer. AR Denarius minted at Rome, 113-112 BC
Roman Republic. P. Licinius Nerva, moneyer. AR Denarius minted at Rome, 113-112 BC. Helmeted bust left of Roma, holding spear over right shoulder and shield; above, crescent; to left, XVI in monogram. Reverse: Voting scene - to left, citizen leaning right receiving ballot from attendant below bridge; to right, citizen standing right placing ballot in cista. Sear 169; Licinia 7; Cr. 292/1; Syd. 548. Light porosity. Very Fine. The tribune C. Licinius Crassus first brought the tribes together into separate
enclosures to vote in the comitia in 145 BC; the ballot for magisterial elections was introduced in 139 BC. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Provenance: The Pat Coyle Collection.

Al rovescio della moneta e nell'illustrazione: scene di votazioni  a Roma.

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RÖMISCHE KAISERZEIT
Objekt-Nr.: 2130
Hadrian, 117 - 138 n. Chr.
AE Sesterz, (25,58 g.), 134 - 138 n.Chr. Mzst. Rom. Vs.: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P, barhäuptige Büste nach r. Rs.: EXERCITVS, im Abschnitt: SYRIACVS / SC, Kaiser zu Pferd grüßt vier Soldaten mit Standarden. RIC 934 var.; C. 570. R! Olivgrüne Patina, s­ss
Estimation: € 200,00
Hammer price: € 420,00

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CRISPUS (1/04/317-09/326)
Flavius Julius Crispus César (317-326)
Centenionalis ou nummus 320 N° brm_123166 
Date : 320
Nom de l'atelier : Siscia
Métal : cuivre
Diamètre : 19,00mm
Axe des coins : 12h.
Poids : 3,08g.
Degré de rareté : R1
  
Etat de conservation : TTB+
Commentaires sur l'état de conservation : Patine foncée. Très beau portrait inhabituel / Métal légèrement corrodé au revers.    Prix :  85,00 € N° dans les ouvrages de référence : C.166 - RIC.123 (R2)
Titulature avers : IVL - CRIPVS NOB CAES.
Description avers : Buste de Crispus lauré, drapé et cuirassé à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant avec lance sur l'épaule droite et bouclier sur l'épaule gauche (F*2).
Traduction avers : 'Iulius Crispus Nobilissimus Cوsar', (Jules Crispe très noble césar).
Titulature revers : VIRTVS - EXERCIT/ VOT/ X/ S|F/HL// ASIS*.
Description revers : Etendard au bas duquel sont assis deux captifs ; celui qui est à gauche a les mains liées derrière le dos ; l'autre est dans l'attitude de la tristesse.
Traduction revers : 'Virtus Exercitus/ Votis decennalibus', (La Virilité de l'armée/ Vœux pour le dixième anniversaire du règne).
Historique : Crispus est le fils de Constantin et de Minervine. Né vers 300, il fut nommé césar en 317 avec Constantin II et Licinius II. Il fut accusé par sa belle-mère d'avoir voulu abuser d'elle, à tort ou à raison. Constantin, devant ces accusations, fit mettre son fils aîné à mort au début 326.

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Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 125-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / Hadrian on horseback right, raising right hand; COS III across field. RIC 186c; Calicó 1218a. 7.13g, 20mm, 5h.
Near Mint State. Well struck from dies of very fine style, perfectly centred and displaying brilliant lustre. Certainly among the finest surviving aurei of Hadrian.
This very attractive equestrian aureus was struck to mark the triumphant return to Rome of the emperor, and shows him riding into the city accepting the honours and praise of the people. Mattingly and Sydenham argue that during his four year absence from Rome there had been little change in the coinage, no development of style, and the mint had been virtually inactive. However, upon his return there was a great new output of coinage, of which this is a stunning example. 
For his new coinage, Hadrian drops the long legends favoured by his predecessor Trajan, preferring to simplify them to HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS on the obverse and COS III on the reverse. This new obverse legend very distinctly calls into mind the coinage of the first emperor Augustus, while the new, larger and more gracious style of imperial portrait that fills the fields of the flan is a complete change from the small, careful and cramped types of Trajan. Reverse types such as this one complement the new style and the result is a very attractive and artistic coin. 
Hadrian’s reign was dominated by his extensive travels across the provinces, and indeed he spent more than half of his reign outside of Italy. A known Hellenophile, shortly before the return to Rome that prompted the issue of coinage to which this aureus belongs the emperor had toured Greece and this, coupled with his studies in Greek academia, art and sculpture led the change to the very Hellenistic design we see here, a piece which can be seen as the product of the highest flourishing of Roman art and sculpture. 
Although no sculpture or written record of such survives, it is quite probable that this reverse type was modelled on an equestrian statue of Hadrian that stood in Rome and that is lost to us today. We know that numerous equestrian statues of emperors once graced Rome, and we know that equestrian statues of Hadrian in particular existed – sources corroborate one at Aelia Capitolina on the Temple Mount directly above the Holy of Holies, and another is known to have adorned the Milion built by Constantine I at Constantinople, which along with an equestrian statue of Trajan, must have been removed from its original location and placed there. 
Indeed, if it were the case that this coin depicts a now lost sculpture, this missing statue would easily fit into a series of imperial equestrian statues that are both well-attested and displayed on the Roman coinage, beginning with the sculpture of Augustus that can be seen on denarii of 16 BC struck under the moneyer L. Vinicius (RIC 362), through Domitian's addition to the Forum Romanum in AD 91 and Trajan's own statue in the Forum Traiani. All of these followed a traditional mode, of which the gilt bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius, which was also featured on that emperor’s coinage and which is preserved in the Capitoline Museum, is the sole surviving example.

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CRETE, Kydonia. AR Stater ca. 280 BC 9.48g. Artemis Diktynna and Hero Kydon stringing his bow. (image courtesy of Kunker 136, 224)

 

CRETE, Kydonia. Circa 320-270 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 5.22 g, 12h). Head of Artemis Diktynna; hero Kydon standing left, stringing bow. Svoronos, Numismatique 25; Boutin 164; Traeger 223 (Bill Hearn collection)

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Thrace, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222. 27mm. Castor and Pollux. Mouchmov 5403 

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SAMNIUM, Akudunniad (Aquilonia). Circa 260-250 BC. Æ Obol (19mm, 6.52 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right; small shield to left / Warrior standing left, holding phiale, spear, and shield. Campana, Agg. Aquilonia 1; HN Italy 620. Fine, dark brown surfaces, a few cleaning marks. Very rare, none in CoinArchives. From the Continental Collection.

Illustrazione: guerriero sannita