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Click here to subscribeLeo I AV Solidus. Constantinople, circa AD 465-466. D N LEO PERPET AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust three quarters facing, holding spear over right shoulder and shield, decorated with horseman motif, on left arm / VICTORIA AVGGG B, Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field; CONOB in exergue. RIC 605; MIRB 3b; LRC 527; Depeyrot 93/1. 4.50g, 20mm, 5h. Fleur De Coin.
Theodosius I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 378-383. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Theodosius I and Valentinian II enthroned facing, holding globe between them; above throne, Victory facing with wings spread; between, palm frond; COM in exergue. RIC 34j.1. 4.51g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 218-222. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / SALVS ANTONINI AVG, Salus standing right, feeding a snake, which she holds in her arms, from a patera. RIC 140. 3.44g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Toned and lustrous, with iridescent highlights.
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Rome, AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS P P, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and cornucopiae. RIC 11; BMCRE 21; RSC 216. 3.38g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Lustrous with pleasant light toning.
Diva Mariniana AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 254-256. DIVAE MARINIANAE, veiled and draped bust right, set on crescent / CONSECRATIO, Apotheosis of Mariniana: Mariniana, raising hand and holding sceptre, reclining left on peacock flying upward to the right. RIC 6; RSC 16. 3.92g, 22mm, 11h. Near Extremely Fine.
Anastasius I AV Tremissis. Constantinople, AD 491-518. D N ANASTASIVS P P AV, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 8. 1.46g, 15mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Lustrous and well preserved for the issue.
Justinian I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 542-565. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, shield with horseman device on left shoulder, globus cruciger in right hand / VICTORIA AVGGG, angel standing facing, holding long cross in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; officina Θ, star in right field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 139; DOC 6. 4.47g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine.
Diadumenian, as Caesar, Æ As. Rome, AD 217-218. M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADVMENIANVS CAES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Diadumenian standing facing, head right, holding standard in right hand and sceptre in left; two standards behind. RIC 212; Cohen 9; BMC 159. 11.20g, 26mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Rare. Ex Numismatik Lanz 56, 13 May 1991, lot 610; Ex Spink & Son Circular 88, May 1980, lot 3552.
Probus Æ Silvered Antoninianus. Rome, AD 281. IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving quadriga left, holding whip and globe and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC 200. 3.82g, 20mm, 5h. Virtually as struck, Good Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining, which has an attractive iridescent tone.
Magnus Maximus AV Solidus. Treveri, AD 383-388. D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, two emperors, in consular robes, seated facing on throne with their legs draped, together holding a globe; between and behind them the upper portion of a Victory with outspread wings; between and below them, a palm branch, TROB in exergue. RIC 77b; Depeyrot 52/1. 4.51g, 21mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Rare, particularly in such exceptional state of preservation. Magnus Maximus was acclaimed emperor by his troops whilst he was a general of the field army of Britain in 383. After defeating the senior western emperor Gratian, he sent ambassadors to Theodosius I in the East and Valentinian II in Italy, and was recognized by Theodosius as Augustus in return for leaving Valentinian II in power. The reverse of this coin, showing two emperors sharing a globe, reflects the sharing of imperial power across the whole of the Empire, and this is reinforced by the presence of the second 'G' in the last word of the reverse legend (AVGG = Augustorum), indicating that it is of two emperors rather than one. Sutherland and Carson suggest in RIC that, due to a number of factors including the similar size of the figures of the emperors, this coin was struck during the period of relative peace between Maximus and Theodosius; other issues of this type from the Italian mints show one figure much smaller than the other, which is thought to indicate the elevation of Maximus' son Flavius Victor to Augustus in 384.
Trajan Decius AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria. Circa AD 250-251. AYT K Γ ME KY TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC CEB, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; S below bust truncation / ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC, eagle with head right, tail left and wings spread, standing on palm; SC in exergue. Prieur -; RPC IX -; Unpublished in the standard references. 12.71g, 25mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Centrally struck on a planchet of generally good metal. Toned.
Severus Alexander Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 223. IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P, Pax seated left, holding branch and sceptre; SC in exergue. RIC 402. 21.94g, 31mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Well detailed, with an expressive portrait. Warm brown patina.
Otacilia Severa Æ28 of Heliopolis, Syria. AD 244-249. OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right, with crescent at shoulder / COL IVL AVG FEL, the Tyche of Heliopolis, wearing chiton, peplos and turreted head-dress, standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopiae; naked male to left and right, inflated veil above held aloft by two female figures on pedestals; HEL in exergue. BMC 24; SNG Copenhagen 436. 18.12g, 28mm, 12h. Very Fine. Sand patina.
Theodora AV Tetarteron Nomisma. Second reign, Constantinople, AD 1055-1056. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus crown, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction, holding Book of Gospels with left; IC-XC across fields / +ΘEOΔWP AVΓO, bust of Theodora facing, wearing crown, saccos and loros, and holding jewelled sceptre and globus cruciger. DOC 2; Sear 1838. 3.97g, 18mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Of fine style, well centred, with underlying lustre. Very Rare.
Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 602-610. dN FOCAS PERP AVI, draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV I, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 9; DOC 10; Sear 620. 4.49g, 21mm, 7h. Near Mint State, minor scrape on rev.
Kings of Elymais, Kamnaskires IV AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, dated SE 254 (59/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust left, c/m: Nike standing left / BACIΛEΩC KAMNACKIPOY TOY ET BACIΛEΩC KAMNACKIPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left, holding sceptre; monogram K above knee, date ΔNΣ in exergue. Alram 458. 14.68g, 28mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. In superb style with a fine portrait. Very Rare, especially dated.
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 250-251. IMP CAE TRA DEC AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PANNONIAE, the two Pannoniae, veiled, standing right and left, facing one another, clasping right hands in front of standard in centre. RIC 41a. 3.40g, 21mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Rare with this obverse legend.
Germany. Palatinate (Pfalz). Karl Theodor (1743-1799) Rhine-gold Ducat. 1764. CAR•THEODOR•D28/07/2016G•C•P•R•S•R•I•A•T•&EL•, draped bust right, hair tied with ribbon; AS below / SIC FULGENT LITTORA RHENI, view of the city of Mannheim and a group of gold miners, intersected by the Rhine; AD•NORM•CONV 1764 in exergue. Friedberg 2037. 3.48g, 21mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Hadrian Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 = AD 130-131. AYT KAI TPAI [AΔPIA CԐB], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Alexandria standing right and holding two corn-ears, bowing head and kissing the hand of Hadrian, who stands facing with head left and holds sceptre; L-IE across fields. RPC 5777; Emmett 964; Dattari (Savio) 1610; BMC 870. 25.82g, 33mm, 12h. Very Fine.
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 218-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / LIBERALITAS AVG III, Libertas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae; star in right field. RIC 103. 3.15g, 18mm, 12h. Mint State. Old collection tone with vivid blue iridescence on reverse.
Diadumenian, as Caesar, AR Tetradrachm of Gaza, Judaea. AD 217-218. M OΠ ANTΩN KAI, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX EZ ΥΠΑΤΟC Τ Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak, star in upper right field, sign of Marnas between legs. Prieur 1697. 13.56g, 27mm, 2h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Quietus BI Antoninianus. Samosata, AD 260-261. IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe; star in left field. RIC 10; RSC 12; Göbl 1741. 4.21g, 23mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely well preserved for the type. Well centred on a broad flan.
Galba Æ Sestertius. Rome, July AD 68-January AD 69. SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right with globe at point of bust / HISPANIA CLVNIA SVL, Galba, bare-headed and in military dress, seated left on curule chair, holding parazonium and extending hand to the draped figure of Hispania standing right, holding cornucopiae and extending palladium to emperor; in exergue, SC. AGC 367 (A122 / P189) = Hess, Luzern 211, 1932, 444; for similar varieties cf. RIC 469-73; CBN 237-8; BMC 252-254; Cohen 86-8 (200 francs). 24.90g, 35mm, 7h. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the second recorded example. Attractive light golden-brown Tiber tone. At the outbreak of the Civil War of Vindex on 2 April AD 68 the scion of the gens Sulpicia and governor the province of Tarraconensis, Servius Supicius Galba, declared himself legatus SPQR. Soon after the news of Nero’s death on 9 June of the same year Galba accepted the titles Augustus and Caesar from the Senate. The remarkable Hispania Clunia Sul commemorative issue, struck later in the short Augustate of Galba, emphasises his Spanish power-base and has been fully discussed by Kraay in ACG, pp. 39-40. This singular reverse type depicts Galba at Clunia, curiously referred to by his family name SVL[picius] and seated on a sella curulis before the standing personification of Hispania, who offers him the imperium in the form of the palladium. The older theory that the legend 'SVL' after CLVNIA was an honorary epithet given by Galba to that city, has no corroborating evidence to support it, and must therefore be dismissed. In the 1st century BC the original Iberian settlement of the Arevaci, had struck denarii with the Iberian legend Kolounioko and asses with the Latin legend CLOVNOQ. It was refounded, probably as a municipium, during Tiberius’s reign. By the time of Galba's revolt against Nero it was an important fortified town in the Conventus Tarraconensis. It was at Clunia that Galba had given the standard to the new Legio VII Gemina in June 68 (Tacitus, Histories 2.11.1; 3.22.4; Dio Cassius 55.24; Suetonius, Galba 10) and it was at Clunia that Galba took refuge after the defeat of Vindex in Gaul in June 68, and before his slow march to Rome with Otho in the autumn of 68. In an interesting providential anecdote concerning Clunia, it is recorded that according to the priests of Jupiter at Clunia, a certain nobly-born girl matched the prophecies spoken of in a trance by another girl two centuries before, that 'the lord and master of the world would some day arise in Spain' (Suetonius, Galba 9).
Tiberius II Constantine AV Solidus. Ravenna, AD 579-582. D M TIB CONSTANT P P AVG, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / VICTORIA AVGG H, cross potent set on four steps, CONOB in exergue. MIBE 15; Ranieru 437; Sear 468. 4.49g, 22mm, 6h. Near Mint State. Very well struck and centred on a broad flan.
Hadrian Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14 = AD 129-130. AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CԐB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Zeus reclining left on eagle standing on thunderbolt, holding patera and sceptre; L-IΔ across fields. RPC 5743; Emmett 1069; BMC 673; Dattari (Savio) 1879. 28.04g, 35mm, 11h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Balakros, satrap of Cilicia under Alexander III. Circa 333-323 BC. Facing bust of Athena, draped, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace / Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped sceptre, grain ear and grape bunch to left, B above ivy leaf to right, T under throne. SNG Levante Suppl. 21; SNG France 368; SNG von Aulock 5964. 10.48g, 23mm, 10h. Good Very Fine.
Justinian II AV Solidus. First reign, Constantinople, AD 687-692. D IVSTINIANVS PE AV, bust facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys and crown decorated with cross on circlet, and holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV Θ, cross potent on three steps, CONOBΓ in exergue. DOC 6; Sear 1247. 3.98g, 18mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Slight edge knock by globus. Underlying lustre. Rare.
Hungary. Kingdom of Hungary, Ferdinand II (1619-1637) AR Taler. Kremnica (Kremnitz), 1637 KB. FERDINAND-•D•G•RO•I•S•AVG•GER•HV-BOH•REX•, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, wearing elaborate ruff / ARCHIDVX•AVS•DVX•BVR•MAR•MOR•CO•TYR•1637, crowned and nibate double-headed eagle with, on breast, crowned coat-of-arms within Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, holding sword and sceptre; K-B across fields. Davenport 3129; Herinek 580. 28.34g, 47mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Minimal wear. Lightly toned and lustrous.
Roman Gaming Token (?), designed and elaborately cut from a Theodosius II Æ Nummus. [D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right] / Cross within wreath, X in jewel at top; [SMKA in exergue]. RIC 449. 1.48g, 13mm. Very Fine. Coin of good style, interesting re-working of the design.
Commodus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 190-1. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate and draped bust right / MIN AVG P M TR P XVI COS VI, Minerva hurrying right, head turned back, holding branch, spear and shield. RIC 222; Calicó 2287; BMC 301, pl. 98.18 (same dies). 7.07g, 20mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. A very fine style portrait of Commodus. Ex Gemini VIII - Heritage, 14 April 2011, lot 358; Ex Peus 364, 27 April 2000, lot 197; Ex Peus 361, 3 November 1999, lot 616. Commodus is often credited by ancient sources with the near destruction of the Roman Empire, through a combination of disinterest in governance and an all-consuming belief that he was of god-like status. With his accession, says the contemporary historian Cassius Dio, "our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust, as affairs did for the Romans of that day" (LXXII.36.4). By the latter years of his reign when this aureus was struck, Commodus believed Hercules was his divine patron, and he worshipped him so intensely that eventually he came to believe himself an incarnation of the mythological hero, reinforcing the image he was cultivating of himself as a demigod who, as the son of Jupiter, was the representative of the supreme god of the Roman pantheon. The growing megalomania of the emperor permeated all areas of Roman life, as is witnessed in the material record by the innumerable statues erected around the empire that had been set up portraying him in the guise of Hercules, and his coinage. The reverse of this stunning aureus depicts Minerva, daughter of Jupiter and a member of the Capitoline Triad; she had been the patron deity of Domitian, and perhaps ignoring the failure of the goddess to protect his predecessor, Commodus here solicits her favour. The other types of Commodus featured on the coinage of his later years also boldly proclaim his aspirations to divinity, for example the following lot depicting Commodus as Hercules himself.
Constantine IX Monomachus AV Tetarteron Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1042-1055. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTINM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, wearing nimbus crown, and holding book of Gospels / +CWNSTANTNOS' LE RM, crowned bust facing, wearing jewelled chlamys, holding labarum in right hand and globus cruciger in left. DOC 6; Sear 1833. 4.03g, 18mm, 6h. Good Very Fine.
Macrinus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 217-218. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; diminutive figure of Macrinus standing to left. RIC IV 5; Clay Issue 1; RSC 142a. 3.10g, 18mm, 5h. Good Extremely Fine. Ex Adolph Hess AG & Bank Leu AG 45, 12 May 1970, lot 597; Ex Hirsch 12, 25 April 1957, lot 461.
Octavian AR Denarius. Rome or Brundisium, 32-27 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Pax right; olive branch before, cornucopiae behind / Octavian in military attire advancing right, raising hand and holding spear over shoulder; CAESAR-DIVI F across fields. RIC 253. 3.66g, 19mm, 4h. Good Very Fine.
Hadrian Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12 = AD 127-128. AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CԐB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae with infant Genius, who offers him wreath; crocodile right below; Iς above, LΔωΔЄK in exergue. RPC 5717; Emmett 1014; Dattari (Savio) 1806; BMC 784. 24.57g, 36mm, 11h. Very Fine.
Caracalla Æ Tetrassarion of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 212-215. AΥT K M AΥΡH ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding a spear in his right hand and a shield bearing a head of the Medusa on left shoulder / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Nike standing left with open wings, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond with her left. Varbanov - (but cf. 1639 and 1640, this reverse type struck under Geta). 16.98g, 28mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Constantius II AV Solidus. Nicomedia, AD 351-355. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / GLORIA REIPVBLICAE, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated facing, holding spear in left hand, and Constantinopolis, turreted and draped, seated left, holding sceptre in left hand and resting right foot on prow; they support between them a shield inscribed VOT XXX MVLT XXXX in four lines; SMNC in exergue. RIC 74; Depeyrot 5/2. 4.45g, 22mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine, light scratch on obv. Rare. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Andreas Sommer Collection; Ex Aretusa 4, 22 March 1996, lot 697.
Theodosius II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 408-420. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, helmeted, three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / CONCORDIA AVGG E, Constantinopolis seated facing, holding sceptre and Victory on globe, resting her foot on a prow; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. RIC 202; Depeyrot 73/2. 4.50g, 20mm, 7h. Near Mint State.
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