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Click here to subscribeTheodosius II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 402-403. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, helmeted, three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / CONCORDIA AVGGG Z, Constantinopolis seated facing, holding sceptre and Victory on globe, resting her foot on a prow; CONOB in exergue. RIC 27; Depeyrot 56/2. 4.16g, 19mm, 6h. Good Very Fine.
Municipal coinage of Rome Æ 20 Nummi. Municipal coinage of Rome, AD 526-534. INVICTA ROMA, draped bust of Roma to right, wearing crested helmet, pendant earring and necklace / She-wolf standing to left, head turned back to watch the two infants Romulus and Remus suckling; two stars flanking Chi-Rho above, mark of value XX below. Hahn, MIB 71c (Theoderic); Kraus 29; Metlich 84b. 4.40g, 20mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Rare, and very well preserved for the type. Although the most noticeable of the bronze coins used in Italy under the Ostrogoths are the countermarked asses and other earlier types, in fact these did not make up the bulk of the copper coinage in circulation at that time. Under Odovacar and the Ostrogoths the Roman Senate enjoyed a brief Indian summer of power; amongst its activities was a revival of the ancient Senatorial privilege of minting in bronze, which after a very brief issue in the name of Zeno, then consisted of types purely Roman in character, making no reference to either imperial or royal authority. This revived Senatorial coinage features the helmeted bust of Roma along with the ironic obverse inscription INVICTA ROMA, and recalls the ancient silver coins of the Republic. This Senatorial coinage came to an end in 535/6 when it was briefly replaced by the portrait coins of Theodahad. In 537, after the occupation of Rome by the forces of Belisarius, this was in turn replaced by a regular 'Byzantine' imperial coinage in the name of Justinian. When Rome again fell under Ostrogothic control and the mint was reopened in 549, the coinage issued there was purely royal and Ostrogothic in character. This series may therefore be rightfully described as the final issue of coinage struck by the ancient Romans in their own name.
Gallienus Ó”28 of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 253-268. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate bust right, wearing paludamentum and cuirass / Lion walking left; inscription around and in exergue, COL IVL AVG FEL BERV. BMC 270; Rouvier 616. 15.10g, 28mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Pleasing sand patina. Very Rare, with no examples listed on CoinArchives.
Marius Æ Antoninianus. Cologne, AD 269. IMP C MARIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SAEC FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus in her right hand and cornucopiae with her left. RIC 10; AGK (corr.) 4b; Elmer 634. 2.56g, 20mm, 1h. About Extremely Fine.
Theodosius II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 441-450. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarters facing, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P, Constantinopolis enthroned left with shield behind, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; foot on prow, star in left field, CONOB in exergue. RIC 323; Depeyrot 84/1. 4.44g, 20mm, 6h. Extremely Fine.
Trajan Ó” Sestertius. Rome, AD 114-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / Trajan seated on platform right, addressing soldiers accompanied by two officers; IMPERATOR VIIII below, SC in exergue. RIC 658; C. 178. 25.22g, 33mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Pleasant Tiber tone. Ex Cayon, 12-14 December 2007, lot 3256.
Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 = AD 157-158. AVT K T AIΛ AΔ ANTωNINOC, laureate and draped bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae with infant Genius, who offers him wreath and to whom he looks back; crocodile right below, LK in left field, A in right field. Emmett 1621 var. (obverse legend). 26.86g, 35mm, 10h. Good Very Fine. Excellent style.
Hadrian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Salus seated left, holding patera, feeding snake rising from altar, SALVS AVG in exergue. RIC 137 var. (SAL AVG), cf. RIC 139. 3.27g, 19mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine.
Leo 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. 4.51g, 20mm, 5h. Near Mint State.
Michael VI Stratioticus AV Tetarteron Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1056-1105. Facing bust of the Virgin, nimbate and orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; MHP ligate – ΘV across field / +MIXAHL AVTOCRAT, Michael standing facing, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, holding long cross in right hand and akakia in left. DOC 2; Sear 1841. 4.03g, 20mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. A wonderful example of the type. Very Rare.
Michael VII AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1071-1078. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; IC-XC across fields / + MIXAHΛ RACIΛ O Δ, crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding labarum with pellet on shaft and globus cruciger. DOC 2d; Sear 1868. 4.34g, 28mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine.
Tiberius Æ 'Dupondius' of Oea, Syrtica. AD 22-29. Bare head of Tiberius left; before, eagle facing, head right, with wings spread, holding palm frond in beak; laurel branch behind / Laureate and draped bust of Apollo right; lyre before; all within laurel wreath. RPC 832; MAA 34; SNG Copenhagen 31. 11.71g, 22mm, 2h. Good Very Fine.
Kings of Elymais, Kamnaskires V AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, Year 267 = 46/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, with pointed beard; star and anchor behind / BACIΛEΩC KAΠNACKIPOY TOY EΓ BACIΛEΩC KAΠNACKIPOY, diademed and draped bust left, wearing beard, date in exergue. Van’t Haaff p. 75, subtype 1-4. 13.61g, 28mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Octavian AR Denarius. Rome, 28 BC. Laureate bust of Apollo of Actium, right, with features of Octavian / Octavian, veiled and in priestly robes, ploughing right with team of oxen; IMP•CAESAR in exergue. RIC 272; BMC 638; RSC 117. 3.88g, 19mm, 4h. Very Fine. The obverse of this rare coin borrows from the Greek tradition of moulding the features of a deity to resemble the ruler, as was the case on the coinage of Alexander and his father Philip. The reverse depicts Octavian as city founder of Nicopolis in Epeiros, established in 31 BC at the site of the battle of Actium in memory of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra. The sacred boundary was marked by a pomerium or sacred furrow. On the spot where Octavian's own tent had been pitched he built a monument adorned with the beaks of the captured galleys; and in further celebration of his victory he instituted the so-called Actian games in honour of Apollo Actius, who had an ancient temple on the promontory there.
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Demetrios I AR Tetradrachm. Circa 200-185 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin headdress; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in right hand and cradling club in left arm draped with lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1C corr. (monogram) = Qunduz 28 (same obv. die); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; Boston MFA Supp. 309 (same obv. die); cf. Calcutta I 1 and pl. I, 9; MIG –. 16.38g, 35mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87, 18 May 2011, lot 731.
Honorius AR Half-Siliqua. Uncertain mint, AD 395-402/408. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGGG, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding cross chrismée in right hand and spear in left hand. Unpublished in the standard references, cf. cgb.fr MBS 38, 30 April 2009, lot 1358. 0.59g, 12mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare, one other example on CoinArchives.
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 221. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing over tripod, holding patera and branch; star in left field. RIC 146b. 2.73g, 18mm, 12h. Mint State. Minor flan crack. Attractive light old cabinet tone, lustrous surfaces.
Constans Æ Half Centenionalis. AD 337-350. Trier, AD 348-350. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, radiate phoenix standing to right on banded and dotted globe; TRS• in exergue. RIC 234; LRBC 35. 2.79g, 19mm, 12h. Near Mint State. Exceptionally sharp.
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Rome, AD 222-228. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC 127. 3.57g, 18mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Struck in high relief. Lightly toned with golden and blue highlights.
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Athens, 38-37 BC. III•VIR•R•P•C•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT, radiate bust of Sol right / M•ANTONIVS•M•F•M•N•AVGVR•IMP•TER, Antony standing right, dressed as priest, veiled, wearing toga and holding a lituus. Crawford 533/2; RSC 13a. 3.81g, 20mm, 2h. Good Very Fine. Areas of flat strike.
Lucius Verus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 164. L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Victory, naked to waist, standing right, holding writing instrument in right hand and with left hand steadying shield inscribed VIC AVG that is set atop palm tree. BMC 296; Calicó 2177; C. 247 var.; RIC 525. 7.26g, 19mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Leu 50, 25 April 1990, lot 321. Shortly after Lucius Verus succeeded to the position of co-emperor in AD 161, a position he shared with Marcus Aurelius, the peace Antontinus Pius had negotiated with the Parthians collapsed. The Parthian king Vologases IV invaded the Kingdom of Armenia, then a Roman client state, expelling the king and installing his own. Both initial attempts to recover the territory of Armenia by the Governor of Cappadocia, Marcus Sedatius Severianus, and the Governor of Syria, L. Attidius Cornelianus, were unsuccessful. Marcus Aurelius took the decision to send his imperial colleague Lucius Verus to defend the Eastern territories in person. This aureus was struck shortly following the successful invasion of Armenia and capture of Artaxata in AD 183 by M. Statius Priscus, the former Governor of Britain who had been sent to replace Severianus as the Governor of Cappadocia. The obverse proudly boasts the title of Armeniacus, which was granted to Verus despite him having never seen combat. Verus is believed to have spent the majority of the campaign in Antioch, where his contribution to military matters is one of historical dispute. Nevertheless, the recovery of Armenia into the empire as a subordinate client kingdom saw the end of the limited themes which had featured on the early gold issues of the two Augusti in favour of the new – Minerva, Felicitas, Pax – including Victory, who is depicted on the reverse of this coin.
Marc Antony AR Quinarius. Lugdunum, early 42 BC. Winged bust of Victory right, with the likeness of Fulvia; M•VIR•R•P•C around / Lion walking right; XLI across fields; ANTONI above; IMP in exergue. Crawford 489/6; Lyon 3; King 76; CRI 126; RSC 3 (Fulvia). 1.77g, 13mm, 1h. Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Honorius Æ Exagium Solidi Weight. 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. 4.23g, 15mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. No mint marks indicate where the exagium solidi were manufactured – the only differentiation that can be discerned is that the exagia from the West are square, and those from the East are round.
Livia Æ21 of Corinth, Corinthia. L. Arrius Peregrinus and L. Furius Labeo, duovirs. Circa AD 32-34. L ARRIO PEREGRINO II VIR, draped bust of Livia right / L FVRIO LABEONE II VIR, hexastyle temple, COR below. BCD 383; SNG Copenhagen 214 var. (variety with bust right). 7.09g, 22mm, 4h. About Very Fine. Very Rare.
Allectus Æ Antoninianus. 'C' mint, AD 293-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding signum in each hand; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC 70; Burnett, Coinage 127. 4.10g, 22mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Partial silvering remaining.
Anastasius I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 492-507. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding shield with horseman device on left shoulder; spear in right hand over shoulder / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing to left, holding long cross; officina A, star in left field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 4. 4.25g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine.
Seleukid Kings of Syria, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Tyre, Dated SE 184 = 129-128 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, eagle standing left on prow; palm branch under far wing, APE monogram above YTP monogram on club in left field, AΣ above AΠP in right field, FP monogram between eagle's legs. SC 2195.2. 14.25g, 27mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine.
Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius. Rome, March-December AD 161. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate bust right with drapery on far shoulder / LIB AVGVSTOR TR P XV COS III, Aurelius and Verus seated to left on platform; before them, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and wand, below, man standing to right, looking up. RIC 806 var.; C. 402 var. 24.22g, 33mm, 11h. Near Extremely Fine. Rare. Ex Numismatik Lanz 146, 25 May 2009, lot 462.
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 218-222. IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / PROVID DEORVM, Providentia standing left, legs crossed, holding rod and cornucopiae and leaning on column; globe at her feet. RIC 130. 2.96g, 21mm, 12h. Mint State. Well detailed and lightly toned, with iridescent highlights.
Valentinian I AV Solidus. Lugdunum, AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding Victory on globe and labarum; SMLVG• in exergue. Bastien 24; Depeyrot 11/1; RIC 1a. 4.57g, 21mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Contact mark on obv. cheek.
Anastasius I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 492-507. D N ANASTASIVS PERP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding shield with horseman device on left shoulder; spear in right hand over shoulder / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing to left, holding long cross; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 3. 4.47g, 20mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Rare obverse legend and unusually lacking an officina letter on the reverse.
Arcadius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 388-392. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA AVGGG I, Constantinopolis, turreted, seated facing, head right, holding sceptre and shield inscribed VOT V MVL X; CONOB in exergue. RIC 70c.6; Depeyrot 46/3. 4.46g, 20mm, 5h. Near Mint State.
Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Syria. AD 207-208. AYT KAI CEOYHPOC CE, laureate and draped bust right / ΔHMAPX EΞ VPATOCΓ, eagle standing facing, head left, holding beak in wreath, star between legs. Prieur 1140. 13.59g, 26mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 602-610. dN N FOCAS PERP AVI, draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV E, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 9; DOC 10; Sear 620. 4.44g, 20mm, 7h. As Struck and Uncirculated. Untouched fields of incredible lustre.
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Philoxenos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 125-110 BC. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKHTOY ΦΙΛOΞENOY, diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with head of Gorgon and wing, aegis on shoulder and brandishing spear with right hand / 'Maharajasa apadihatasa Philasinasa' in Kharosthi, Philoxenos, in military attire, on horse rearing right; Σ and monogram to upper left. Mitchiner 343c; Bopearachchi 9C; SNG ANS 1198. 9.81g, 25mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare, and of exceptional metal quality for the type. The present type is something of an exciting anomaly within the Indo-Greek series. Although the use of an aegis as part of the king's raiments is a well known element on the Indo-Greek series, it is most unusual to find the helmet itself similarly decorated with the elements of an aegis. It is shown covered with a pelt of scales, set with the head of the Gorgon, with a wing to the side. This is a notable departure from the usual bull's horn decoration, a custom that went back to Eukratides I (circa 171-145 BC). For the use of these elements in denoting the aegis in Classical and Hellenistic art, see the late fifth century BC Athena Lemnia of Pheidias, the first century BC Alexander Mosaic, and the first century AD Blacas Cameo.
Maximus, as Caesar, Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 236. C IVL VERVS MAXIMVS CAES, bare-headed and draped bust right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, Maximus in military dress standing left, holding wand, two legionary signa to right; S-C across fields. RIC 9. 18.25g, 30mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Attractive dark patina. Ex Wayne C. Phillips Collection of Roman Sestertii; Ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 84, 5 May 2010, lot 1182.
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