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SCYTHIA, The Sindi. Circa 4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.44 gm).
Estimate $2000
SCYTHIA, The Sindi. Circa 4th century BC. AR Diobol (1.44 gm). Nude young man kneeling right, stringing bow and holding belt / [SI]NDWN, owl with spread wings standing facing. Zograph, The Ancient Coins of the Northern Black Sea Littoral, 33(ii), pl. xxxix, 38; SNG Stancomb -; SNG BM Black Sea -; Anokhin -; SG 3624; Head, HN pg. 495. Toned EF, high relief obverse, great style for such a small coin. Very rare. ($2000)
The Sindi were a Scythian tribe that settled on the east coast of the Black Sea sometime in the mid-1st millenium BC. Their main port, also called Sindi, was on the coast to the south-east of Pantikapion, and was active in the trade with the Thracian cities on the opposite side of the Black Sea. Sindi later became the Greek city of Gorgippia.
According to Herodotus, the Sindi and other Scythian tribes regarded Herakles as their forebearer, and from Giel (1886) onwards the experts have described the kneeling figure as this hero. A closer reading of the relevent text (Herodotus 4:9-10) suggests an alternate identification. Herakles was passing through the empty lands of Colchis when his horses were spirited away. Searching for them, he came upon a half-serpent, half-woman monster, who promised to return his horses if he would lie with her. The result of this union was three sons. When the she-monster asked what the fate of the children should be, Herakles gave her a bow and a belt, and declared that the first child who could buckle the belt and string the bow should be ruler of the land. That child was Skythes, the first of the Skythians. A votive gold bow case from Melitopol features a allegorical scene of the death of a Skythian noble, part of which shows Herakles handing a bow to a child, undoubedly Scythes.This coin represents not Herakles, but his son, the eponymous founder of the Skythian nation. This myth has interesting echos in the story of Jason and Medea.

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Greek Coins
Scythian rulers in Thrace, Canites circa 180 – 150
Bronze circa 180-150, Æ 11.61 g. Jugate and veiled busts of Demeter and Kore r. Rev. BASILEWS -KANITOU Two ears of barley with stalks and leaves; below, BAKM. SNG Stancomb 314. Green patina and extremely fine

ILLUSTRAZIONE: GUERRIERI SCITI.

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Greece - Syria - Chalkis / Ptolemaios (ca. 85-40 BC) - AE19 (6.57 gm.) - Laur. head of Zeus right / Two warriors stg. face to face, each holding spear, two stars above (SNG Cop. 413 / cf. S. 5897) - a.VF / rare

ILLUSTRAZIONE: SOLDATI TOLEMAICI "ROMANIZZATI"

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Solous 21
Obv. Laureate head of Poseidon to right; behind, trident.
Rev. Nacked helmeted warrior, holding shield in left arm and spear in right hand. COΛONTINωN.
Weight: g 5.5
Diameter (max): mm 19.5
After 241 b.C. 

This coin is reproduced on CNS - First volume - page 313 as Solous 21 .

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KAISERZEITLICHE PROVINZIALPRÄGUNGEN
PROVINZ ASIA
Objekt-Nr.: 312A
Claudius und Agrippina minor, 41 - 51 n.Chr.
Cistophor, (11,08 g.), Mzst. Ephesos. Vs.: TI CLAVD CAES AVG AGRIPP AVGVSTA, gestaffelte Büsten des Claudius und der Agrippina minor n. l. Rs.: DIANA EFESIA, Kultbild der Artemis Ephesia. RIC 119; RPC 2224; BMC 231. R! Herrlich getönt, gutes ss
Estimation: € 3.200,00

ILLUSTRAZIONE: Artemide Efesia risalente al II secolo d.C. La statua rappresenta l'immagine cultuale presente nel tempio di Artemide a Efeso. Originariamente l'immagine cultuale era in ebano, ricoperta di vesti preziose e gioielli periodicamente rinnovati per mezzo di elaborate cerimonie. Qui l'immagine veste un chitone (χιτών) stretto sotto un grembiule (ἐπενδύτης) legato da una cintura. Sul busto propendono un insieme di "mammelle", che in realtà intendono rappresentare gli scroti di toro offerti alla dea: la castrazione di questi animali a lei sacrificati indica il potere che la dea ha sugli uomini e la garanzia che essa offre sulla loro fertilità. La corona cilindrica (πόλος) e l'aureola sono in alabastro, frutto del restauro di Alberto Albacini; la testa, i piedi e le mani sono in bronzo, opera del restauro di Giuseppe Valadier. È conservata presso il Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli.

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IONIA, Ephesus. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ (27mm, 11.74 g, 1h). Marcus Acilius Aviola, proconsul; Aechmocles, magistrate. Struck AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Three-quarter view of temple. RPC 2626; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock 7863; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Waddington 1620. VF, green patina. Rare and attractive.
From Group CEM.
RPC (p. 433) notes that this type with NEOKORΩN in the reverse legend...“is the earliest occurrence of this word on coins, and it is generally thought that it does not refer to the establishment of the imperial cult at Ephesus but to the position of Ephesus as the ‘temple-keeper’ of the Temple of Artemis (J. Keil, ‘Die erste Neokorie von Ephesos,’ NZ 1919, cf. S. Price, Rituals and Power , p. 65, n. 47). But the argument that it cannot refer to a provincial temple of Nero at Ephesus is not very strong; it is based on coins of Domitian which refer to a second neocorate at Ephesus. As a neocorate for Nero would not have been included in the numbering because of his damnatio memoriae , it is argued, the first neocorate must refer to something else.”
RPC goes on to detail the suspect nature of the Domitianic coins, concluding there is no good evidence that Ephesus was neocorate for the second time during the reign of Domitian. Additionally, the authors of RPC note the discrepancies between the temple depicted on Nero’s coins (RPC 2626-8) and a seemingly close to standard way of representing the famous temple of Artemis, concluding (p. 433): “Thus, the view that the Neronian coins refer to and depict a neocorate temple in his honour seems to merit reconsideration.” However, the pediment, though clumsily executed on the reverse die used to strike the current specimen, is surmounted by a star (see, for the clearest published example, the specimen in SNG von Aulock), a detail particularly associated with Divus Julius (and thus perhaps we are viewing the Temple of Roma and Divus Julius in the agora, though why not seen on the coinage of Augustus, the temple’s dedicator?).

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MACEDON. Skione. Ae (Circa 400-350 BC).
Obv: Diademed male head right.
Rev: ΣKIΩNAI. 
Corinthian helmet right.
SNG ANS 716.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 5.22 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.

 

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Roman Empire, AR denarius, 27 BC-14 AD, Augustus, uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), struck circa 19 BC. RIC-86a; RSC-265. 3.33 grams. Bare head right / Round shield inscribed, aquila and signum flanking. Toned Fine with minor marks on head, off-center reverse. 
Estimate: $200 - $300

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Monedas Antiguas - Imperio Romano
CARACALLA. 210-213. Roma. Denario. PROFECTIO AVG. Caracalla hacia la der. con lanza, detrás dos insignias legionarias. Cy105. C508. RIC225. Peso 2´98 grs. EBC-. Tono.

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Greek Coins
Olbia
Estimate: CHF 1'200.00
Didrachm (Silver, 5.74 g 11), late 2nd – 1st century BC. Helmeted head of Athena to right; behind, branch within oval countermark. Rev. / Round shield over vertical spear; to left, monogram. SNG BM 684. SNG Cop. 100. SNG Lockett 1084 (this coin). Very rare. Nicely toned. Countermarked as usual, otherwise, good very fine.
Ex Hess-Leu 45, 12 May 1970, 90 and from the collection of R.C. Lockett, II, Glendining & Co., 12 February 1958, 999.

 

ELEGIA DI ARCHILOCO, LIRICO GRECO DEL VII SECOLO A.C.

“Uno dei Sai si fa bello dello scudo, arma incensurabile che presso un cespuglio a malincuore lasciai; ma ho salvato la vita. Che cosa mi importa di quello scudo? Vada in malora; presto me ne procurerò un altro non peggiore.”

(Arch., fr. 5 W.)

[joannes carolus]

Salve King John, dopo questa splendida e veramente interessante carrellata  mi permetto di postare una testa di guerriero  .... in contromarca !!  Se è fuori luogo non me ne voglia, è a titolo di curiosità, complimenti per il bellissimo lavoro fatto !

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14 minuti fa, joannes carolus dice:

Salve King John, dopo questa splendida e veramente interessante carrellata  mi permetto di postare una testa di guerriero  .... in contromarca !!  Se è fuori luogo non me ne voglia, è a titolo di curiosità, complimenti per il bellissimo lavoro fatto !

Non è affatto fuori luogo! Se puoi posta le immagini della moneta intera con le relative specifiche per completezza.

Modificato 15 Maggio, 2017 da King John

[joannes carolus]

mi fa piacere che interessi : la moneta  (mm.22,2   g. 7,00) II-I sec. a.C. è di TOMIS, Moesia Inferiore, sul Mar Nero. La sua classificazione mi è stata comunicata dal prof. Dimitar Draganov, del museo numismatico di Ruse, Bulgaria, dopo aver girato parecchio su internet per capire la vera provenienza della moneta che per pochi euro avevo acquistato per curiosità ( per la bella contromarca) in una'asta italiana che la classificava " siracusana"... Al dritto teste sovrapposte dei Dioscuri; al rovescio due cavalli al galoppo verso destra; sopra, astro, ( TWLY), sotto (POCEI).  Il guerriero dovrebbe quindi essere Scita.

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@joannes carolus bella ed originale monetina davvero: mai visti  due cavalli al galoppo senza cavalieri su una moneta... 

[joannes carolus]

questa è l'unica che ho trovato in internet...asta Numismatik Naumann n. 18 lot 43 1Giugno2014...anch'essa con la stessa contromarca 

KINGS OF SKYTHIA. Uncertain King. Ae (Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC).
Obv: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right, wearing pilei. Countermark: Male head right.
Rev: TΩΛΥ / ΠΟCΕΙ. 
Two horses walking right.
SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -; SNG Copenhagen -; CNG, EA 144/58 (First specimen).
Condition: Near very fine.
Weight: 6.38 g.
Diameter: 23 mm.

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Marcus Antonius and L. Livineius Regulus
Aureus 42, AV 8.01 g. M·ANTONIVS – III.VIR·R·P.C Head of M. Antonius r. Rev. L·REGVLVS – IIIVIR·A·P.F Hercules seated facing on rock, holding spear and sword, with lion’s skin draped over lap; on r, shield decorated with gorgoneion. Babelon Antonia 22 e Livineia 3. C 25. Bahrfeldt 48 and plate VI, 17 (these dies). Sydenham1103a. Sear Imperators 143a. Calicó 91. Crawford 494/2. Extremely rare, apparently only fifteen specimens known of which only five are in private hands. Struck on a very broad flan and good very fine Ex Sternberg sale 21, 1988, 324. The portrait aurei of 42 B.C. are devoted to the three members of the second triumvirate – Octavian, Antony and Lepidus. All were produced by four moneyers, Clodius, Mussidius, Varus and Regulus, and Buttrey’s proposal that the four moneyers struck in the same year has generally been accepted. Each moneyer struck portrait aurei for each triumvir, making it a comprehensive series. The aurei of L. Livineius Regulus are unique within the group because they are not die linked with coins of the other three moneyers. This aspect, taken with the unusual characteristics of some of Regulus’ silver coins, allowed Buttrey to argue that Regulus was the primus, or leading member, of the college of four moneyers. If so, the coins of Regulus may have been struck first, with those of Clodius, Mussidius and Varus following in a manner that allowed them to be die linked among each other. Based upon the inscription PRAEF.VR on one of Regulus’ denarii, Buttrey suggests Regulus was serving as the praefect of the city of Rome in 42 B.C., and that his duties included control of the coinage when consuls were absent. Thus, Regulus out of necessity may have become one of the moneyers so he could perform his expanded duties as praefect. Regulus’ portrait aurei were carefully conceived, as the reverse type associated with each triumvir refers to the divine forbearers of the men: Octavian claimed descent from Venus, which is implied by Regulus’ type of Aeneas carrying Anchises; Lepidus counted Mars among his ancestors, which is alluded to by his type depicting the Vestal Virgin Aemilia; and Antony is said to have been descended form Hercules, who is shown on the aurei Regulus produced for him. As Buttrey points out, offering descent from a divinity as a qualification for authority was not original to this series; similar overtures had been made on earlier coinage by Sulla (with Venus), Pompey (with Neptune) and Julius Caesar (with Venus). However, Regulus’ coins show a strengthening of that trend, and imply that “...the Fortune of the city was to be assured by divinity as it were made flesh.” The portrait die of this specimen was paired only with one reverse die, assuring us that it did not have a particularly long life. Stylistically it is perhaps the finest of all the Antony portrait dies employed by these moneyers. The inscription IIII VIR A P F is instructive, if not entirely clear. It almost certainly abbreviates quatuorviri argento publico feriundo or quattuorvir auro publico feriundo, with the latter representing the first time gold was included as part of the regular issues – something of a landmark in the development of Roman coinage.

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Lucius Verus augustus, 161 – 169 Denarius 163-164, AR 18mm, 3.16 g. L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS Laureate head right. Rev. TR P IIII – IMP II COS II Mars standing right, holding spear and resting l. hand on shield. RIC M. Aurelius 516. C. 230. BMC 287.
Extremely fine.

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Asia Minor
Bithynia
Herakleia Pontika
Estimate: CHF 2'000.00
Hemidrachm (Silver, 2.44 g 3), c. 394-352. Head of bearded Herakles in lion's skin headdress to left. Rev. Club above bow case with arrows; below right, crescent. BMFA 1369. SNG BM 1584-1585. SNG von Aulock 6931. Rare. Nicely toned. Extremely fine.
From the collection of O.H. Knoepke, Glendining's 10 December 1986,247.

FIGURA : PARTICOLARE TRATTO DALLA COLONNA TRAIANA RAFFIGURANTE ARCIERI SIRIACI, AUSILIARI DELL'ESERCITO ROMANO (SCENA CVIII)

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Dorotheum > November 2016 Coin Auction	Auction date: 16 November 2016
Lot number: 168 Price realized: 320 EUR   (Approx. 342 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: Traianus 98-117 AR Denar, Rom 112/113. Av: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, Büste des Traian r. mit Lorbeerkranz und Paludamentum an der Schulter. Rv: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Standbild des l. reitenden Traianus mit Lanze und Victoriola. (Das Standbild war auf dem Traiansforum aufgestellt.) MIR 394b. RIC -. =3,00 g 8h= (kl. Kr.) III Prov. Slg. E. J. Haeberlin. Starting Price: 160 EUR IMMAGINE: Scena XXIII della Colonna Traiana, dove si riconoscono cavalieri sarmati catafracti della popolazione dei Roxolani. Catafratti sarmati roxolani combatterono infatti contro Traiano durante la conquista della Dacia degli anni 101-106.

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Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 105	Auction date: 10 May 2017
Lot number: 824 Price realized: Unsold
Lot description: Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 27.01 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 66. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Nero standing left with praetorian prefect on low platform to right, addressing three soldiers to left, standing right, the first two holding signa; the praetorian camp in the background; ADLOCVT COH in exergue. RIC I 492; WCN 430; Lyon 168/1a (D386/R403). Good VF, green patina, some areas of roughness along edge. Rare.  From the Collection of a Director. Ex Vinchon (23 April 1976), lot 29. Estimate: 2000 USD ILLUSTRAZIONE: NERONE CONFERISCE ALLE TRUPPE LE ONORIFICENZE MILITARI.

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@joannes carolus Guarda cosa ho trovato: una moneta del tutto simile alla tua (Dioscuri affiancati/cavalli al galoppo verso destra) ma coniata in un contesto ben diverso: interessante!

 ZEUGITANIA. Utica. Ae (2nd century BC).
Obv: Jugate and laureate heads of the Dioscuri right; each surmounted by star.
Rev: Two horses walking right; above, punic legend.
SNG Copenhagen 428.
Ex Ritter (2002)
Condition: Fine.
Weight: 14.04 g.
Diameter: 29 mm.

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[joannes carolus]

Bravo! veramente curioso, due mondi così lontani! chiaramente i due cavalli senza cavaliere sono legati ai Dioscuri... chissà se è solo una coincidenza o qualcosa di più...

intanto ne ho trovata un'altra come la mia, ma questa volta senza contromarca...il guerriero è andato a riposare!

Moushmov 1726

Thrace, Tomis. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 22mm. Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi right / Horses of the Dioskouroi right; TOMI above.

 

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ROMAN COINS
ROMAN EMPIRE
VESPASIANUS, 69-79
No.: 277
Estimate: $ 1000
d=29 mm
Dupondius, 70. AE 15.12 g. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III Radiate head r. Rev. ROMA / S-C Roma, in military attire, seated l. on cuirass, holding parazonium with her l. hand, wreath in her outstretched r. hand; her r. foot on helmet, behind cuirass, two shields. RIC 72, 476. C. 411. BN III, 152, 568. Nice green patina.
Extremely fine

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ROMAN COINS
ROMAN EMPIRE
PROBUS, 276-282
No.: 335
Estimate: $ 120
d=24 mm
Antoninianus, Ticinum. AR 4.13 g. VIRTVS P-ROBI AVG Similar bust to previous. Rev. MART-I PACIF/I / QXXI Mars, in military attire and with helmet, hurrying l., holding shield and spear in his l. hand, laurel branch in his raised r. hand. RIC V/2, 71, 509. C. 358. Scarce. Light silver wash.
Extremely fine

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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, trophy over shoulder / MN•FONT•TR•MIL, Roman horseman thrusting his spear at a Gallic enemy who is about to slay an unarmed comrade. Crawford 429/1; Sydenham 900. 3.88g, 20mm, 1h.
Etremely Fine. Struck on a broad flan, even grey toning.
This coin records the exploits of this moneyer’s uncle Mn. Fonteius who was governor of Narbonese Gaul between 76-73 BC. The reverse type depicts some now unknown battle that occurred while Mn. Fonteius was serving in the capacity of a military tribune, wherein he may have saved the life of a comrade in battle.