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Click here to subscribeConstantine III AV Solidus. Lugdunum, AD 408-409. D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AAAVGGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; L-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC 1506, Depeyrot 20/3. 4.45g, 21mm, 12h. Mint State.
Baktria, 'Athenian Series' AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 261-239/8 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl; MNA behind / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig, crescent and grape bunch behind, AΘE before. Bopearachchi, Sophytes -; Mitchiner -; SNG ANS -; N&A 18-19; Leu 83, 264. 16.74g, 25mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Only three other specimens previously recorded. The appearance of the letters MNA on their own, not preceded by ΣTA, which also appear in abbreviated form as MN and M, both on this ‘Athenian Series’ coinage and on the helmeted portrait issues of Sophytes, is suggestive of MNA being either a magistral mark, or an engraver’s signature. While the prominent placement of MNA on both the double daric and the tetradrachm would seem to be counter-indicative of its being a signature because of its brazen size and obtrusiveness, on the helmeted portrait coins of Sophytes it is very discreetly placed on the bust truncation. The fact that it is so well hidden (and on the tetradrachms, abbreviated simply to ‘M’) very strongly argues against it being a magistrate or subordinate official’s name. The Baktrian ‘Athenian series’ coinage, judging from its lack of wear, must have been issued immediately prior to or concurrent to Sophytes’ named coinage.
Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hekte. Circa 500-450 BC. Half-length bust of a winged female deity or spirit to left, wearing kekryphalos headdress, round earring and long-sleeved chiton, in her right hand holding a tunny fish by the tail, and raising a flower to her chin / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 75; cf. Boston MFA 1448 = Warren 1519 (stater); SNG BN 206. 2.70g, 10mm. Very Fine.
Manlia Scantilla AV Aureus. Struck under Didius Julianus. Rome, 28th March-early June AD 193. MANL SCANTILLA AVG, draped bust right / IVNO REGINA, Juno standing left, draped and veiled, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left; peacock to left at her feet. RIC 7a (Julianus); C. 1; BMCRE 10 and pl. 3, 13 (same obv die); Woodward, NC 1961, 1 and pl. VI, 9 (same); Kent-Hirmer pl. 108, 372 (same); Calicó 2004. 6.65g, 20mm, 6h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. This aureus, struck during the brief 66 day reign that her husband Didius Julianus bought for himself when the Praetorian Guard put the empire up for auction, shows Manlia Scantilla as the proud bearer of the title Augusta. Granted by the Senate on the accession of Julianus, Scantilla and her daughter Didia Clara were both struck coinage with their new honours in all three metals, though in a peculiar departure from normal practice only utilising one reverse type throughout: the goddesses Juno for Scantilla, and Hilaritas for Clara. Very little is known of the life of Scantilla, save that her husband having been killed in favour of Septimius Severus as emperor, she and her daughter were stripped of their imperial titles. Scantilla died in obscurity, in marked contrast from the associations she chose to make with the single reverse type featuring Juno for her coins. One third of the Capitoline Triad and married to Jupiter, Juno Regina looked after the women of Rome, presiding over marriage and fidelity, and was afforded an attribute in the peacock, equivalent to the eagle present in depictions of Jupiter, which was both the signifier of conjugal concord but also a solemn and ever-watchful attendant as befitted the patron goddess of Rome and the Empire. It was with this iconography that Scantilla directly placed herself in line with the divine principate and began to develop a public image of herself and her role as the one to carry on the dynasty.
Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina, Judaea. AD 198-217. AYT KAI ANTωNINOC CE, laureate bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TOΔ, eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, a theatrical mask to left. Prieur 1618 var. 13.42g, 25mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Sabina AV Aureus. Rome, AD 128-136. SABINA•AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust right, wearing stephane / CONCORDIA•AVG, Concordia seated to left on throne, holding patera and resting arm on statue of Spes on low cippus. RIC -, 398 note; BMCRE 894; pl. 64,12 (same dies); Calicó 1429 (same dies). 7.36g, 19mm, 12h. 7.36g, 19mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Light reddish tone. Rare.
Baktria, Sophytes AR Didrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246/5-235 BC. Attic standard. Head of Seleukos(?) right, wearing laurel wreathed Attic helmet decorated with spiral pattern on crest and eagle wings on cheek-guard; MNA on bust truncation / Cockerel standing right; kerykeion behind, ΣΟΦYΤΟΥ to right. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 2 = Alpha Bank 7461; for type cf. SNG ANS 21-23 (drachm); Mitchiner 29 (drachm); Whitehead NC 1943, pp. 64, 1 and pl. III, 7-8 (drachm). 8.00g, 20mm, 6h. Near Mint State. The second known specimen, the only Attic standard example, and of considerable numismatic interest.
Severus Alexander Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 10 = AD 230/231. Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ СЄV ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟС ЄΥϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hermanubis standing right wearing kalathos, holding winged caduceus and palm branch, jackal behind to left, palm branch to right; L I (date) to left. Emmett 3165A.10; Dattari (Savio) -; RPC VI Online 10455 (temporary). 26.22g, 34mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine, the finest known example. Extremely Rare. The reign of Severus Alexander witnessed what is probably quite fair to describe as the last great flourishing of numismatic art at the mint of Alexandria, before several centuries of steady decline. The mint had ceased operations following the great massacre perpetrated by Caracalla in 215, and was only reopened after his assassination and the accession of Macrinus, under whose rule it produced an extremely limited coinage. Under Elagabalus output increased markedly, though by now the principal denomination had long been the tetradrachm, and the bronze drachm was struck in very limited numbers. In the reign of Severus Alexander a renewed threat from the East presented by the Sassanids, who had entirely overwhelmed Rome’s old adversary the Parthian Empire, required a fresh output of coinage on a larger scale than Alexandria could fulfil. As a result, tetradrachms were struck both at Alexandria and at Rome, whence they were imported into Egypt. Severus Alexander’s reign also saw the reintroduction of the drachm on a much greater scale (only two types had been struck under his predecessor), with a wide variety of types both old and new, fully utilising the skills of the engravers evidently brought back to work at Alexandria under Elagabalus. Struck on large flans with dies engraved as competently as any during the ‘golden age’ reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, this would be the last ever issue of bronze drachms from Alexandria before the demonination was forever rendered obsolete by inflationary forces and retained only as a unit of account. In his paper entitled “The Onomastic Evidence for the God Hermanubis” (Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Papyrology, 2007), Amin Benaissa succinctly describes the conflation of the Greek god Hermes with the Egyptian god Anubis: “Hermanubis is known from a handful of epigraphic and literary sources, mostly of the Roman period. Plutarch cites the name as a designation of Anubis in his underworldly aspect (De Is. et Os. 375e), while Porphyry refers to Hermanubis as ‘composite,’ and ‘half-Greek’ (De imaginibus fr. 8, p. 18.1–2 Bidez). The name has been restored in a second-century BC dedicatory inscription from Delos (ID 2156.2), which would be its earliest attestation, but otherwise it appears in three inscriptions of the Roman period, two from Egypt and one from Thessalonike. It is clear that the name is a result of the assimilation of the Egyptian god Anubis to the Greek god Hermes, which is well attested in a number of literary, epigraphic, and artistic sources. Although Hermes was traditionally equated with the Egyptian Thoth, his function as psychopompos encouraged his association with Anubis given the latter's comparable funerary role in Egyptian religion as embalmer and guardian of the dead and as leader of the deceased to the tribunal of Osiris. This assimilation resulted in widespread Greco-Roman representations of the canine-headed Anubis with attributes of the Greek Hermes, such as the distinctive staff known as the kerykeion or winged sandals. In Roman Alexandria there emerges a new iconographical type, well represented in coins and sculpture, in which a fully anthropomorphic young god is flanked by a dog and holds the same attributes as the said Anubis, in addition to wearing the kalathos headdress. It is this type that art historians have traditionally labelled ‘Hermanubis’.”
L. Farsuleius Mensor AR Denarius. Rome, 75 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Libertas right; MENSOR before, S•C and pileus behind / Roma in biga right, holding reins and spear, assisting togate figure to mount into the chariot; ↓XX below horses, L•FARSVLEI in exergue. Crawford 392/1b; RSC Farsuleia 2. 3.92g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Old collection tone with attractive iridescence to rev.
Anastasius I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 498-518. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spearand shield decorated with cavalryman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG S, Victory standing left, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. MIBE 7; Sear 5. 4.47g, 21mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine.
Honorius Æ Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 393-423. D N HONORIVS AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; all within square beaded border / EXAGIVM SOLIDI, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; all within square beaded border. Bendall, Byzantine Weights, p. 17, 5; Sabatier 3; NGSA 5, 3 December 2008, 322. 4.24g, 16mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I, AR Drachm. Dated RY 17 = 14/13 BC. Jugate diademed busts of Obodas and Hagaru right / Diademed and draped bust of Obodas right; date (in Nabataean) to left. Meshorer, Nabataea 32-34 (Obodas III); DCA 965. 4.52g, 20mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Minor flan split to edge of a very broad flan.
Aurelian AV Aureus. Antioch, AD 270-275. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust left / I VCTORIA AVG (sic) Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm. RIC 377; C. 252 var. (obv legend, rev scene); Calicó 4012. 5.10g, 22mm, 6h. Extremely Fine; fields and details extensively smoothed and repaired.
Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 604-607. dN FOCAS PERP AVG, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger; star in right field / VICTORIA AVGG Θ, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right, CONOB in exergue. DOC -; MIBE 14; Sear 624. 4.27g, 23mm, 6h. Near Mint State; area of metal impurity. Rare.
Antoninus Pius, as Caesar, AV Aureus. Rome, AD 138. IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS, bare-headed and draped bust right / AVG•PIVS•P•M•TR•P•COS•DES•II, Pietas standing left, sprinkling incense over lighted altar with right hand, holding fold of her dress with left arm. RIC 14b; Calicó 1478; BMCRE 31. 6.90g, 19mm, 6h. Very Fine.
Theodosius I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 379. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REIPVB, Theodosius I and Gratian enthroned facingholding a globe between them, Victory above facing with wings spread, crowning them with laurel wreathes; TESOB in exergue. RIC 33b var. (emperors holding mappa); Depeyrot 33/2 var. (same); DO -. 4.25g, 20mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare, known to Depeyrot by only two examples for Gratian and two for Theodosius I. Only one example is represented on CoinArchives. This was evidently a very short-lived issue, and the reverse legend appears to have been swiftly supplanted by VICTORIA AVGG, and Victory was now shown hovering between the two emperors, no longer holding wreaths above their heads.
Anastasius I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 498-518. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with cavalryman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG A, Victory standing left, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. DOC 7a; MIBE 7; Sear 5. 4.47g, 20mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
Augustus AR Denarius. Rome, 19-18 BC. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. TVRPILIANVS III VIR FERON, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing stephane and pearl necklace / CAESAR AVGVSTVS•SIGN•RECE•, bare-headed Parthian kneeling right, extending in right hand a standard, to which is attached a vexillum marked X, and holding out left hand. RIC 288; RSC 484; BMC 14. 3.48g, 20mm, 9h. Extremely Fine; harshly cleaned surfaces. Iridescent blue tone.
C. Poblicius Q. f. AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 80 BC. Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right; P above, ROMA behind / Hercules strangling the Nemean lion; club at his feet, bow and arrows in bowcase to lower left, P to upper left, C•POBLICI•Q•F upwards to right. Crawford 380/1; RSC Poblicia 9. 3.88g, 19mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Attractive iridescent tone.
P. Plautius Hypsaeus AR Denarius. Rome, 60 BC. Draped bust of Leuconoë right, with pearled band in hair and wearing earring and necklace; dolphin swimming downward to left, P•YPSAE•S•C to right / Jupiter, holding reins in right hand, throwing thunderbolt with left, driving quadriga left; CEPIT upwards behind, C•YPSAE•COS PRIV in two lines in exergue. Crawford 420/2a; RSC Plautia 12. 3.75g, 18mm, 2h. Good Extremely Fine. Slightly off-centre, but lustrous and far more beautiful in hand.
Justin I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 518-527. D N IVSTINVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, sholding spear and shield with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG B, angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. DOC 2; MIBE 3; Sear 56. 4.45g, 20mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Well centred.
Macrinus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Felicitas standing left, cradling cornucopiae with her left arm and holding long caduceus with her right. RIC 20c; BMCRE 34; Hunter -; C. 64; Calicó 2954. 6.50g, 22mm, 6h. Near Mint State; stunning lustre. Extremely Rare. Having orchestrated the assassination of Caracalla, we are told by Cassius Dio (79.4), on account of a prophesy that had been noised abroad that he and his son were destined to hold imperial power, Macrinus was declared emperor by the army four days after his predecessor’s death. He had used the intervening time well, communicating with all the nearby detachments of soldiers to obtain their allegiance. The Senate, so far away, was powerless to intervene, and so because he had removed the hated Caracalla and more importantly because he had the support of the army, Macrinus was accorded the title Augustus, and the title of Caesar was conferred on his son Diadumenian. Macrinus himself, the first emperor to hail from the equestrian class and the first emperor of Mauretanian descent, took the name Severus to suggest continuity with the Severan dynasty who had ruled since 193. A shameful end to the campaign against Parthia, now under Macrinus’ direction, was reached when the emperor agreed to pay a large indemnity in return for peace, so that he might instead face the threats from Dacia and Armenia. His popularity fell further when he undertook to return Rome to economic stability following the ruinously profligate spending of Caracalla; as part of his reforms Macrinus proposed to reduce the burden of military spending by lowering the pay of future recruits to the level set by Septimius. Though the veteran soldiers were to be unaffected by the pay reduction, they viewed the policy as a foreshadowing of eventual reductions in their own privileges and pay, thus significantly reducing Macrinus’ popularity with the legions that had declared him emperor. For the whole of his short reign, Antioch was Macrinus’ principal residence and an imperial mint was set up there to meet the immediate monetary demands of the emperor. The coinage struck at this mint was Roman in character and style, rejecting local references in favour of traditional and time-honoured themes, such as Felicitas as depicted here, who represented the virtue of harmony that resulted from good governance and was closely associated with the ‘blessedness’ renewed under each new reign. Such an association was particularly important for an emperor raised by an army previously loyal to Caracalla and the Severans, of which house there were still a number of living members.
Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Zodiac Series. Dated RY 8 = AD 144/5. AVT K T AIΛ A∆P [ANTωNЄINOC C]ЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / Venus in Taurus (night house): diademed and draped bust of Aphrodite left, star of eight rays before her, bull butting left below; L-H (date) across fields. Köln 1492; Dattari (Savio) 2960; K&G 35.280; Emmett 1450.8. 24.26g, 32mm, 12h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Philoxenos Aniketos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 125-110 BC. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKHTOY ΦΙΛOΞENOY, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust right / ‘Maharajasa apadihatasa Philasinasa’, Philoxenos, in military attire, on horse rearing right; monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi 5C; SNG ANS 1183-6; HGC 12, 268. 9.77g, 28mm, 10h. Near Extremely Fine.
L. Farsuleius Mensor AR Denarius. Rome, 75 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Libertas right; MENSOR before, S•C and pileus behind / Roma in biga right, holding reins and spear, assisting togate figure to mount into the chariot; XVI below horses, L•FARSVLEI in exergue. Crawford 392/1b; RSC Farsuleia 2. 3.93g, 20mm, 7h. Mint State. Minor flatness to rev. Lustrous and toned, with iridescent highlights around the devices.
Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus AR Denarius. Rome, 54 BC. Bust of Libertas right; LIBERTAS downward behind / Consul L. Junius Brutus, between two lictors, preceded by accensus, all walking left; BRVTVS in exergue. Crawford 433/1; RSC Junia 31. 3.94g, 18mm, 7h. Good Very Fine. Struck a decade before the assassination of Julius Caesar and recalling the legendary expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome in 509 BC by L. Junius Brutus, his ancestor and the consul of that year, Brutus here uses the reverse type to illustrate his strong republican views, while the presence of the goddess Libertas on the obverse was particularly prescient of his participation in the events of 44 BC, the word 'libertas' reportedly being the watchword with which Brutus signalled the all-clear to his fellow conspirators. When he became consul in 54, Brutus' full name was Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, on account of his having been adopted by his uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio. Having reverted to his birth name for a time, following Caesar's assassination Brutus revived his adoptive name in order to illustrate his links to another famous tyrannicide, Gaius Servilius Ahala, from whom he was also descended.
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Athens, 38 BC. Radiate bust of Sol right; III•VIR•R•P•C•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT around / Antony standing right, wearing the priestly robes of an augur, holding lituus; M•ANTONIVS•M•F•M•N•AVGVR•IMP•TER around. Crawford 533/2; CRI 267; RSC 13a. 3.88g, 21mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Uncommonly complete for the issue.
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Heliokles II Dikaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 90-75 BC. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOY HΛIOKΛEOYΣ, diademed and draped bust right / 'Maharajasa dhramikasa Hiliyakresasa' in Kharosthi, radiate Zeus standing slightly left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; monogram to lower left. Bopearachchi 1A; SNG ANS 1139-41; HGC 12, 377. 9.82g, 26mm, 11h. Near Mint State. Very Rare.
Baktria, Sophytes AR Drachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246/5-235 BC. Attic standard. Head of Seleukos(?) right, wearing laurel wreathed Attic helmet decorated with spiral pattern on crest and eagle wings on cheek-guard; MNA on bust truncation / Cockerel standing right; kerykeion behind, ΣΟΦYΤΟΥ to right. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 3; G&M 169, 149 (same mark on bust truncation); cf. SNG ANS 21-23 (M only on bust truncation); cf. Mitchiner 29b (M only); cf. Whitehead NC 1943, pp. 64, 1 and pl. III, 7-8 (M only). 3.89g, 17mm, 6h. Mint State.
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I, AR Drachm. Dated RY 17 = 14/13 BC. Jugate diademed busts of Obodas and Hagaru right / Diademed and draped bust of Obodas right; date (in Nabataean) to left. Meshorer, Nabataea 32-34 (Obodas III); DCA 965. 4.62g, 17mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Exceptional metal quality.
Maurice Tiberius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 583-602. D N MAVRC TIb P P AV, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGG I, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. DOC 5j; MIB 6; Sear 478. 4.55g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
Cn. Lentulus AR Denarius. Spanish (?) mint, 76-75 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Genius Populi Romani right, with sceptre over shoulder; G•P•R above / Sceptre topped with wreath, globe and rudder; EX to left, S•C to right, LENT•CVR•Ӿ•FL in exergue. Crawford 393/1b; RSC Cornelia 55. 3.91g, 19mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Iridescent highlights.
Justinian I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 538-545. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG A, angel standing facing, holding long cross in right hand and globus cruciger in left; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. DOC 8d; MIBE 61; Sear 139. 4.44g, 22mm, 5h. Good Extremely Fine. Unusual style.
Valens AV Solidus. Antioch, AD 364-367. D N VALENS PERF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with Christogram and Victory on globe; cross in left field, *ANTS* in exergue. RIC 2d.xxxvii.3; Depeyrot 20/2. 4.50g, 22mm, 5h. Near Extremely Fine; light marks in rev. field.
C. Valerius Flaccus AR Denarius. Massalia, 82 BC. Draped and winged bust of Victory right; tripod behind / Legionary eagle between two standards inscribed H (Hastati) and P (Principes); C•VAL•FLA (ligate) upwards to left, IMPERAT upwards to right, EX• S•C below. Crawford 365/1a; RSC Valeria 12. 3.66g, 18mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Pleasing iridescent toning.
Valens AV Solidus. Antioch, late AD 366-367. D N VALENS PERF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with Christogram and crowning Victory on globe; ANTΘ• in exergue. RIC 2d.xviii var. (unlisted officina); Depeyrot 27/3. 4.47g, 21mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Heliokles II Dikaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 90-75 BC. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOY HΛIOKΛEOYΣ, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust right / 'Maharajasa dhramikasa Hiliyakresasa' in Kharosthi, Zeus standing slightly left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; monogram in left field. Bopearachchi 3A; Mitchiner 2, 290a (Heliokles I); SNG ANS -. 9.83g, 25mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Faustina II AV Aureus. Rome, AD 161-164. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing stephane / SALVTI AVGVSTAE, Salus seated left, leaning left arm on chair, holding in right hand a patera from which she feeds a serpent coiled around altar. RIC 717; BMCRE 154; Calicó 2074; Biaggi 935 var. (no stephane). 7.20g, 19mm, 6h. Very Fine.
Postumus Æ Double Sestertius. Colonia Agrippinensis, AD 260. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EXERCITVS AVG, emperor on horseback left, raising right hand and addressing three soldiers standing to right before, each holding signa; SC in exergue. RIC 116; Elmer 199; Bastien 21. 29.02g, 34mm, 6h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Demetrios I Aniketos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 200-185 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with right hand, holding club and lion's skin in left; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; SNG ANS 188-189; HGC 14, 63. 16.86g, 34mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Caracalla Æ31 of the Koinon of Cyprus, Cyprus. AD 198-217. M ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓΟΥCΤΟΥC, radiate, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KOINON KYΠPIΩN, Temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. SNG Copenhagen 92 var. (bust type); BMC 63. 19.43g, 31mm, 12h. Very Fine.
Michael VI Stratioticus AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1056-1057. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + mIXA HL AVTOCRAT, Michael standing facing on left, wearing crown with pendilia and jewelled chlamys, holding globus cruciger, and being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing on right, wearing nimbus crown, pallium and maphorium; barred MӨ between. DOC 1a; Sear 1840; Berk 310. 4.39g, 25mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin; one of the finest known examples. Extremely Rare. Michael’s reign was short. The elderly patrician was chosen as heir by the Empress Theodora on her deathbed in early September 1056. Having been military finance minister (hence the epithet Stratioticus), and apparently a relative of the powerful courtier Joseph Bringas (who had been influential during the reign of Romanovs II), he was recommended to Theodora for the position. His appointment ended the 189 year long Macedonian Dynasty that had begun with Basil I. Although Michael was able to survive an early conspiracy organised by a nephew of the former emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, Michael faced the disaffection of the military aristocracy, which he further alienated by ignoring the perceived rights of the general Nikephoros Bryennios. Thus putting himself at odds with this still powerful element of society, when Nikephoros was arrested for plotting to overthrow the emperor the military aristocracy rallied around a general named Isaac Komnenos, who was proclaimed emperor by his troops in Paphlagonia on 8 June 1057. On 26 August 1057, Michael’s army was routed at the Battle of Petroe near Nicaea, leaving nothing between Isaac and Constantinople. Michael attempted to negotiate by offering Isaac the position of Caesar, and so the position of heir to the empire. During the negotiations riots erupted in the city in favour of Isaac, and the Patriarch of Constantinople convinced Michael to abdicate. Following the Patriarch’s advice, Michael lived out the rest of his days as a monk, and retired to his private home, dying there in or around 1059.
M. Plaetorius M. f. Cestianus AR Denarius. Rome, 69 BC. Draped bust of Fortuna right, control symbol behind / Half-length bust of Sors facing, head slightly right; tablet inscribed SORS below, M•PLAETORI CEST•S•C around. Crawford 405/2; RSC Plaetoria 10. 3.84g, 19mm, 6h. Near Very Fine. Rare.
The Gepids, Pseudo-imperial coinage AR Quarter Siliqua. In the name of Anastasius. Sirmium, circa AD 520-540. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / A INVICTA RVMAN, monogram of Theoderic; cross above and star beneath. Kraus 63-64 (Theoderic); MIB I, 46 var. (Theoderic); MEC I, -; Demo 75 var. (Theoderic); Metlich -, cf. p. 43, fig. 22 (Theoderic). 0.86g, 15mm, 2h. Extremely Fine.
Constantius II AV Solidus. Antioch, AD 347-355. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS PERP AVG, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REIPVBLICAE, Roma, seated facing on left, and Constantinopolis, seated left on right, supporting round shield inscribed VOT XX MVLT XXX; SMANZ in exergue. RIC 84; Depeyrot 6/4. 4.40g, 22mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine.
Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch, AD 193. IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IVSTITIA AVGVS, Justitia standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae. BMCRE -; RSC -; RIC -, cf. 45-47 for type. 3.09g, 18mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. Excellent metal quality, and engraved in fine style. A supremely attractive example of Pescennius' silver coinage.
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 180-170 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIMAXOY, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and filleted palm; monogram to inner right. Bopearachchi 1D; Mitchiner 124b; SNG ANS 276-7. 16.76g, 33mm, 12h. Very Fine.
Visigoths, Spain. Witteric AV Tremissis. Emerita (Mérida), AD 603-609. + VVITTERICYS RE+, facing bust / + EMERE T Λ PIV(horizontal S), facing bust. CNV 175.8; MV 193b; Miles, Visigoths 143a; MEC 1, 227. 1.48g, 18mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Minor flatness, otherwise sharply struck and well centred. Very Rare.
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Agathokles Dikaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 185-175 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕOYΣ, Zeus standing facing, holding figure of Hekate with torches in outstretched right hand, and sceptre in left; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; Mitchiner 137a; SNG ANS 230. 16.76g, 32mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine.
Hadrian Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 18 = AD 133/4. AVT KAIC TPAIAN• AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia standing right, holding billowing sail with both hands; to right, the Pharos of Alexandria: high tower with entrance to left at base and decorated with bosses along sides and surmounted by lantern room, decorated at base by Tritons blowing horns and itself surmounted by statue of Poseidon(?); L-IH (date) above. Köln 1121-2; Dattari (Savio) 1768; K&G 32.588; Emmett 1002.18. 24.80g, 34mm, 12h. Very Fine.
C. Hosidius C. f. Geta AR Denarius. Rome, 68 BC. Draped bust of Diana right, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace, and with bow and quiver over shoulder; III VIR downwards to left, GETA downwards to right / The Calydonian boar standing right, its front legs thrust forward, pierced through by a spear and harried by a hound below; C•HOSIDI•C•F in exergue. Crawford 407/2; RSC Hosidia 1. 4.07g, 19mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin. An exceptionally sharp and complete example of this type. Although the significance of the type to the moneyer who caused it to be struck remains a mystery, the classical myth which it depicts and the lesson it carried regarding the consequences of neglecting the Gods would have been a message well known to and easily recognised by the ancient Romans. The Calydonian boar was sent by Diana to ravage the lands of Calydon in Aetolia, where the king Oeneus had not afforded her the proper rites and respect. With the citizens cowering behind city walls, a hunt was organised in which the lone female hunter, Atalanta, was the first to draw blood when she pierced the boar through its side with her spear, as depicted in this fine reverse type.
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