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Click here to subscribeDidius Julianus Æ25 of Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia. AD 193. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΔΙΔΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟC ΑΥΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple with shield in pediment; ΠΡ-ΟΥ across fields, CΑΕΩΝ in exergue. BMC 15; Rec. gen. I, 4, 66 and pl. C, 17. 13.97g, 25mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72, 16 May 2013, lot 1626 (professionally conserved since).
Arcadius AV Solidus. Mediolanum, AD 395-402. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and crowned by Victory on globe, with foot on captive to lower right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC IX 35b = RIC X 1205; Depeyrot 16/1. 4.49g, 21mm, 11h. Extremely Fine.
Theodosius II AV Semissis. Constantinople, AD 444. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing + XXXV in two lines on shield set on knee; star and shield to left, staurogram to right, CONOB in exergue. RIC 331; MIRB 42c; Depeyrot 80/4. 2.17g, 18mm, 6h. About Extremely Fine.
Carausius BI Radiate. London, March AD 289 - March 290. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, trabeate and cuirassed bust left, holding scipio / PA-X AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; F-O across fields, ML in exergue. RIC 104; Webb -. 3.68g, 23mm, 12h. Very Fine. Very Rare.
Zeno AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 474-475. D N ZENO PERP AVG, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman / VICTORIA AVGGG I, angel standing left, holding long cross; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. RIC 910 and 929; Depeyrot 108/1. 4.49g, 19mm, 5h. Near Mint State.
Allectus BI Radiate. London, AD 293-295. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, with laureate shoulder straps / PA-X AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; S-A across fields, ML in exergue. Burnett 44; RIC 33; Webb 44. 4.76g, 23mm, 5h. Extremely Fine.
Constantius II AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 350-355. DN CONSTANTIVS MAX AVGVSTVS, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REIPVBLICAE, Roma seated facing and Constantinopolis seated facing slightly left, with right foot on prow, each holding sceptre and supporting shield between them inscribed VOT XXX MVLT XXXX; *TESSU* in exergue. C. 122; Depeyrot 12/1; RIC 153. 4.66g, 22mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 80, 20 October 2014, lot 269.
Septimius Severus Ӕ Sestertius. Rome, AD 203. SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XI, laureate and cuirassed bust right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, Dea Caelestis(?) riding right on lion, holding drum and sceptre, over waters gushing from rock; SC in right field, IN CARTH in exergue. Hill, Severus 619 var. (bust type); BMC -; RIC -, cf. 759 (As). 30.84g, 32mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. As he hailed from Leptis Magna in the province of Africa, the production of coins under Septimius Severus bearing this interesting reverse scene and specifically referencing Carthage in the legend have traditionally been taken to mark the granting of a special favour to this city of his native land. It is often suggested that perhaps Severus caused to have built a new aqueduct to improve the water supply, based on the presence of water in the design, though being struck as it was in AD 203 after his successful campaign during the previous year this issue is perhaps more likely to be celebrating the newly expanded and refortified province of Africa as a whole. Although not being named on the coin, that the figure on the reverse is the principle female deity of Carthage, Dea Caelestis, is a generally accepted point. Also understood is Severus' attachment to the province of Africa, and therefore we can assume a continued reverence and worship of the traditional deities of the land by the Emperor. Perhaps then we might see in the scene depicted here the emperor appropriating the local deity of Carthage and carrying her to Rome over the waves of the Mediterranean, just as we see the similar action taken by a later emperor of the Severan dynasty marked in the numismatic record with reverse types showing the transportation of the sacred Stone of Emesa to Rome by Elagabalus in 218.
Carausius BI Radiate. London, no mintmark, circa AD 287. [IMP CARA]VSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / LITI-IA (sic), Laetitia standing right holding trident, clasping hand of Carausius standing left holding sceptre (same reverse die to previous coin). Unpublished in the standard references, for reverse type with legend EXPECTATE VENI or similar, cf. RIC 216 (MSC) and 554 (RSR); Webb 264-5 and 603. 2.70g, 19mm, 10h. Fine. Extremely Rare.
Vabalathus Æ Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IVԐNVS AVG, Hercules standing right, leaning on club and holding three apples, lion skin over left arm; star to right. C. 4; RIC 4; Göbl 359; BN 1265. 3.98g, 22mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Rare.
Constantine IV AV Solidus. Syracuse, circa AD 668-673. D N CONSt…, crowned bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger with thumb emerging from behind globe / VICTORI…, cross potent set on three steps between facing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, both holding globus cruciger with thumb emerging from behind globe; CONOB in exergue. Cf. MIB 30; DOC 55a; Spahr 161; Sear 1201 (all with spike or finger emerging only from obverse globe); Elsen sale 114, 2012, 526 (same dies). 4.40g, 19mm, 6h. Very Fine. Very Rare. The thumb emerging from the globes held by Constantine IV and his family have not been noted in the standard publications.
Constantine I BI Nummus. London, circa AD 311-312. CONSTANTINVS A-VG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and studded shield / COMITI AVGG NN, Sol standing left, with raised right hand, holding globe in left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. CT 7.03.049 var; RIC 186 var. 3.30g, 25mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Hadrian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM TR P COS III, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder / LOCVPLETATORI ORBIS TERRARVM, Hadrian seated left on raised platform, extending arm before him, with Liberalitas, standing left, emptying cornucopiae into folds of togas of two citizens standing right on ground before them; SC in exergue. RIC 585b; BMC 1194; Hill 245. 25.48g, 33mm, 6h. About Extremely Fine. Very Rare, and in exceptionally good condition for the issue. Known from ancient sources such as Dio Cassius (LXIX.8.1a) to have made regular and generous largesse to the the people of Rome, Italy and indeed many of the provinces as well, Hadrian is here presented as the 'Benefactor of the World' in a reverse legend never used before or seen again on any Roman coinage. Taken with the rare type of the same issue that depicts the similarly unusual scene of a lictor burning the promissory notes relating to tax arrears of nine million sestertii that Hadrian had cancelled, which is accompanied by the legend RELIQVA VETERA HS NOVIES MILL ABOLITA (RIC 590 ff.; BMC 1206 ff.), it would appear that the munificence of Hadrian knew no bounds. Modern historians have, to a certain extent, viewed this behaviour as simply a means to securing his power in the wake of the scandal surrounding the legality of his adoption by Trajan and the execution of four senators suspected of conspiring against him, however the regularity and continued occurrence of liberalities throughout his reign as we find recorded on the coinage perhaps suggest that Hadrian also had a desire to raise the living standards of the citizenry of all classes and distributed the wealth of the state as he saw appropriate.
Herodians, Agrippa II, with Domitian, Æ21. Caesarea Maritima, dated RY 26 = 85/6 CE. IM CA D VES F DOM AV GER COS XII, laureate bust of Domitian right, wearing aegis / EΠI BA AΓPI around large SC; ET KS (date) in exergue. RPC II 2272; Meshorer 164; Hendin 1326. 6.25g, 21mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Rare; an outstanding example of the type.
Augustus AR Denarius. Emerita, circa 25-23 BC. P. Carisius, legate. IMP CAESAR AVGVST, bare head left / P CARISIVS LEG PRO PR, bird’s-eye view of town, with gateway, in which are two doors and on which are three battlements in front and walls around and behind; EMERITA inscribed above doors. RIC 9b; RSC 398; BMCRE 291 = BMCRR Spain 128; BN 1039-43. 3.93g, 21mm, 12h. Near Mint State. Very Rare variety with left facing bust.
Constantine I BI Nummus. London, circa AD 312-313. CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / ROMAE RESTITVTAE, Roma seated left, holding branch and globe; star in left field, PLN in exergue. CT 7.12.007; RIC -. 5.05g, 23mm, 4h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Constantine I BI Nummus. London, circa AD 311-312. CONSTANTINVS P AV-G, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with central boss / CONCO-R-D MILIT, Concordia standing slightly left, holding signum in each hand; star in right field, PLN in exergue. Cf. CT 7.04.024 (3); RIC 203. 3.68g, 23mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Rare.
Allectus BI Radiate. London, AD 293-295. IMP C ALLECTVS P F I AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVI-D AVG, Providentia standing left, holding baton over globe and cornucopiae; S-P across fields, C in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references, cf. Burnett 162; RIC 97; Webb 153. 4.06g, 23mm, 6h. Fine-Very Fine. Very Rare.
Philip I Æ39 of Tripolis, Lydia. AD 244-249. AVT•K•M•IOVA•ΦIΛIΠΠOC•AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / TRIΠOΛE-I-TON K• ΛAOΔIK• [NEΩK], Leto, with veil billowing, advancing left while looking backwards; in each arm she holds a twin, the innermost leans to crown Zeus Laodikeos who stands left, holding sceptre and extending right hand towards her; OMONOIA in exergue. SNG von Aulock -, cf. 3323 (different obverse bust type and legend); Franke-Nollé pl. 102, 2371. 22.48g, 39mm, 6h. About Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Carausius BI Radiate. London, October AD 287 - March 288. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Carausius, with right hand raised and holding sceptre in left, on horseback left, captive below hoof; ML in exergue. RIC 10; Webb 17. 4.17g, 21mm, 6h. Very Fine. Rare.
Magnus Maximus AR Heavy Miliarense. Treveri, AD 383-388. D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, laurel-and-rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within wreath with jewel at apex; TRPS in exergue. RIC 80; C. -; Vierhoff 5 March 1823, 2873. 4.46g, 25mm, 6h. About Extremely Fine. Of the highest rarity.
Octavian AR Denarius. Uncertain Eastern mint, 28 BC. CAESAR•DIVI•F COS•VI, bare head right; small Capricorn right below neck truncation / Nile crocodile standing right with jaws closed; AEGVPTO above, CAPTA below. RIC 545; CRI 432; RSC 4; BMCRE 653 = BMCRR East 246; BN 928-30. 3.86g, 21mm, 2h. Near Mint State. A marvellous example of the type. Very Rare. Bearing the Nile crocodile as the sole element of the reverse design, and with the simple legend conveying a succinct message, this coin proudly announces Octavian's annexation of Egypt to the Empire. After the Battle of Actium Octavian invaded Egypt in August 30 BC and, with the conquest that followed, at once assured his supremacy by the death of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, and guaranteed his power through the great wealth of Egypt and the grain supply that could be harnessed for Rome. The Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the last of the great Hellenistic kingdoms, had been reduced to the status of a Roman province. However, this coin is more than just a propagandistic type proclaiming the achievements of Rome's de-facto ruler to the masses, as the subtle imagery makes an important statement about Octavian himself. In contrast to the issues of this type minted in Italy, which bear a lituus on the obverse in reference to Octavian's membership of the priestly College of Augurs, those struck in the East bear the Zodiac sign of the Capricorn under the bust truncation. Appropriately for this reverse type, in ancient mythology the origins of the Capricorn could be found in Egypt. Represented as a goat with a fish tail, it is often thought to be a representation of Pan escaping an attack by the monster Typhon for, having jumped into the Nile, the half of Pan's body which was submerged was transformed into a fish. The significance of the constellation Capricorn to Augustus is subject to debate, with some ancient sources reporting that it was his birth sign and others relating that he was conceived under the sign - the latter tying in with his official birthday on 23rd-24th September. Although we now view conception and birth as two separate events, the Romans viewed conception through to birth as a continuous process, which perhaps explains this anomaly. Under the tropical Zodiac, the sun transits Capricorn from late December to late January, marking midwinter and the shortest day of the year. For this reason, it was often considered a hostile sign and indeed it was in January 43 BC that the Senate had granted Octavian Imperium, which many would have seen as a bad omen. However, Octavian clearly chose to interpret his Zodiac sign positively as the Capricorn remains a prominent feature on the coinage even after he has been honoured with the title 'Augustus', an event which fittingly occurred on 16 January 27 BC.
Tiberius III AR Solidus. Constantinople, AD 698-705. D TIbERIVS PE AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear in right hand and shield over far shoulder / VICTORIA AVGY Δ, cross potent set on three steps; CONOB in exergue. DOC 1d; MIB 1; Sear 1360. 4.43g, 20mm, 7h. Near Mint State.
Honorius AV Solidus. Mediolanum, AD 394-395. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. Depeyrot 16/2; RIC IX 35c; cf. RIC X 1206a. 4.53g, 21mm, 12h. Mint State.
Three Items of Royal Memorabilia comprising Royal Doulton Ltd.Edn.plate, 'To Celebrate the Life of Diana, Princess of Wales', 1791/2000, a resin bust of the Princess in an iconic gown, and a boxed pair of Queen Elizabeth ll and Prince Philip figures, dressed in Garter robes, issued to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee
Carausius BI Radiate. London, no mintmark, October AD 290 - March 293. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PA-X AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; S-P across fields. RIC 475; Webb 532. 4.75g, 25mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Some silvering.
Gordian III Æ30 of Apameia, Phrygia. AD 238-244. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΣ, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΠΑΡ ΒΑΚΧΙΟΥ ΠΑΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesos facing, arms outstretched horizontally at sides, fillet hanging from each; two deer behind, both with heads upturned; Ζ in right field. SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; SNG Cop -; SNG München ; SNG Tübingen -; Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, 512 and Gorny & Mosch 241, 1916 (this coin); otherwise apparently unpublished. 13.86g, 31mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Carausius BI Radiate. London, no mintmark, AD 287-290. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ORI-E-N AVG, Sol walking left with right hand raised, holding globe in left; star in left field. RIC 94; Webb 119; Hunter 15 (same dies). 3.06g, 20mm, 7h. Very Fine. Rare. Purchased from Spink and Son Ltd., May 1992.
Honorius AV Solidus. Mediolanum, AD 394-395. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGGG, Emperor standing right, holding labarum and Victory on globe, treading on captive to right; M-D across fields, COMOB in exergue. Depeyrot 16/2; RIC IX 35c; cf. RIC X 1206a. 4.43g, 21mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine.
Commemorative Series Æ Nummus. Struck under Constantius II and Constans in Rome, AD 348. ROMA, helmeted and draped bust of Roma right / Virtus standing facing in military attire, head right, holding spear and shield; P-R across fields. RIC 104; Vagi 3049. 2.42g, 16mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Earthen 'desert' patina. Rare, and in exceptional condition for the type.
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 155-130 BC. Diademed bust left, wielding spear, aegis on shoulder; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ around / Athena standing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding shield; monogram in right field, Karosthi script around. Bopearachchi 3B; SNG ANS 686-690. 2.42g, 17mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the estate of an English numismatist.
Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Sidon, Phoenicia. AD 213-217. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CΕ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔΗΜΑΡX ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; cart of Astarte below. Prieur 1362. 12.54g, 28mm, 6h. Very Fine. Rare.
Ionia, Ephesos AV Stater. Circa 133-88 BC. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane, necklace of pearls and with her bow and quiver over her shoulder / Cult statue of the Artemis of Ephesos facing, a fillet hanging from each hand, deer to inner left, bee to inner right; Ε-Φ across fields. B.V. Head, 'On the chronological sequence of the coins of Ephesus', Num. Chron. 1880, p. 69, 2, and plate 5, 3 = Berlin, SM 219. 8.51g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare, possibly only the second example known. The Hellenistic era gold coinage struck at Ephesos is extremely rare and rarely well preserved. Previously thought to have all been struck during the Mithradatic wars, this is now believed not to be the case. Some appear to be dated by the era of the Province of Asia and the dates they bear are too early for them to be Mithradatic War issues. That being said, they were not necessarily all issued at the same time, and such undated types as the present specimen could well have been issued much later. For an in depth discussion on the dating of this series cf. Gilbert K. Jenkins, 'Hellenistic gold coins of Ephesus', in Festschrift E. Akurgal, Anadolu-Anatolia 21, 1978/80, Ankara, 1987, pp. 183-8, pls. A-B. The reverse of this coin depicts the famous cult statue of Ephesian Artemis, housed in the great temple of Artemis that is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The original image of the goddess was a wooden xoanon that had represented a pre-Hellenic goddess who the Greeks later equated with Artemis. This first image, which was kept decorated with jewellery, was possibly lost in a flood in the 8th or 7th century which destroyed the temple; excavations have discovered the tear-shaped amber drops of elliptical cross-section which must have dressed it. In circa 550 BC, when reconstruction of the temple was begun (partly financed by Kroisos), it was undertaken in grand style and was supposedly the first Greek temple to be built of marble. The wooden xoanon was replaced by a new ebony or grapewood statue sculpted by Enoidos, which presumably survived until the temple was again destroyed, this time by an act of arson on the part of one Herostratos. The second destruction of the temple coincided with the birth of Alexander the Great; Plutarch later noted that Artemis was too preoccupied with Alexander's delivery to save her burning temple. The form of the goddess is distinctly near-eastern in appearance; characteristics such as her legs being enclosed in a tapering pillar-like term are closely related to Egyptian and Hittite images, and the curious feature of the many protuberances on her chest (usually described as breasts or eggs) are decidedly non-Greek in origin, and indeed have defied explanation or identification for centuries, though an association with fertility seems implicit.
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