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Click here to subscribeAntiqued - Ceramic Phrenology / Medical Life-Size Head / Bust, by L.N. Fowler. c.1950's / 1960's. Crackle Glaze Finish. Lorenzo Fowler Ran a Successful Phrenological Publishing Business In London, In The Second Half of The 19th Century. 18.5 Inches - 46 cm High. 9 Inches - 24 cm Across the Shoulders.
Antiqued - Collection of Ceramic Phrenology / Medical Items ( 3 ) Three In Total. Comprises 1/ Hand - Palmistry. 9 Inches High. 2/ Piggy Bank In The Form of a Butcher Chart Pig, Explaining The Various Cuts. 3/ Phrenology Head / Bust - Study of The Mind. 8.5 Inches - 21.5 cm High. All Pieces From The 1950's / 1960's. All Free From Damage and In Excellent Condition - Please See Photos.
"Gaul, Massalia AR Drachm. Circa 130-121 BC. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace, bow and quiver over shoulder / Lion walking to right, Π - K between legs; MAΣΣA-ΛIHTΩN around. Depeyrot 41/31. 2.63g, 16mm, 12h.Extremely Fine; beautifully toned. Engraved in very fine style for Massalia by an evidently competent Greek engraver and unlike most of the semi-barbarous contemporary dies."
"Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II or III Æ20. Circa 133-103 BC. Bust of Pylaemenes as Herakles right; club over shoulder, lion skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. SNG BM Black Sea 1552; SNG Copenhagen 321; SNG von Aulock 149. 6.74g, 20mm, 11h.Very Fine. Minor scratches on obverse."
"Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria, 204-180 BC. Draped bust right, wearing diadem adorned with grain sheaf / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; B in left field, NI between legs. Svoronos 1275; Mørkholm, Portrait Group XIV; cf SNG Copenhagen 529 (Ptolemy IV); CNG Triton XVII, 425. 12.98g, 25mm, 12h.Very Fine. Very Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives."
"Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Didrachm. Tyre, dated SE 184 = 129/8 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] ΔHMHTPIOY, eagle standing left on prow left, with palm frond behind; to left, club surmounted by A PE in two lines, A and monogram above ∆ΠP (date) to right, monogram between legs. SC 2196.2c; HGC 9, 1125; DCA 232. 14.07g, 27mm, 12h.Good Very Fine. "
"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; M on bust truncation / Cockerel standing right; kerykeion behind, ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ 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); cf. Roma XIV, 366. 7.99g, 22mm, 6h.Good Very Fine. The fifth known specimen, one of four Attic standard examples. From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA. "
"Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Circa 171-145 BC. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / The Dioskouroi on horses prancing right, each holding spear and palm; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below, monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 1D; SNG ANS 432. 16.97g, 33mm, 12h.Very Fine. Rare.Ex private American collection, Roma Numismatics XIV, 21 September 2017, lot 375 (hammer: £2,050)."
"Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Circa 170-145 BC. Helmeted bust right / The Dioskouroi on horses prancing right, each holding spear and palm; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ above, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below, monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 6O; SNG ANS 467. 16.54g, 33mm, 12h.Near Extremely Fine. Wonderful old collection tone. Ex private American collection, Roma Numismatics XIV, 21 September 2017, lot 376 (hammer: £3,300).'Eukratides led many wars with great courage, and, while weakened by them, was put under siege by Demetrios, king of the Indians. He made numerous sorties, and managed to vanquish 60,000 enemies with 300 soldiers, and thus liberated after four months, he put India under his rule' (Justin XLI, 6).Eukratides was one of the last but most important Greco-Baktrian kings, responsible for the overthrow of the Euthydemid dynasty and for waging numerous campaigns against the Indo-Greek kings, temporarily holding territory as far east as the Indus. By the range, quantity and quality of his coinage, which included the above mentioned medallion, we can surmise that his was a reign of considerable significance and prestige.Eukratides was murdered on his way home from India, apparently by his son, who hated his father so much that he 'ran with his chariot over the blood of his father, and ordered the corpse to be left without a sepulchre' (Justin XLI,6). The subsequent civil war between rival members of the dynasty, combined with external pressures from the Indo-Greeks, Sogdians and Parthians led to the ultimate collapse of the Greco-Baktrian Kingdom a mere fifteen years later, when it was conquered by the Parthians under Mithradates."
"Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Circa 170-145 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY EYKPATIΔOY, the Dioskouroi on horseback to right, holding palms and lances; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 6E; SNG ANS 465. 16.97g, 30mm, 12h.Extremely Fine; light iridescent tone."
"Sasanian Kings, Khosrau II (AD 591-628) AR Drachm. SHY mint (Shyraz), dated RY 37 (?) (AD 628). Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star-in-crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; monogram behind head, stars flanking crown, double border, star-in-crescents in margin/ Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; date in Pahlavi to left, mint to right. Göbl II/3. 4.14g, 34mm, 10h. Near Extremely Fine."
"Hadrian Æ25 of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. 117-138 CE. IMP TRA HADRIANO CAES AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / [CO]L I FL AVG CAESARENS, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus. RPC III 3959; Meshorer, Caesarea 28; Rosenberger 29; Sofaer 30; SNG ANS 767. 12.02g, 25mm, 12h.Very Fine."
"Antoninus Pius Ӕ23 of Aelia Capitolina, Judaea. 138-161 CE. IMP ANTONINVS AVG P P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CO ΛE(retrograde) [CΛ], the Dioscuri standing facing, heads facing, each holding spear and resting arm on hip; star above each head; . RPC IV Online 6403 (temporary); Meshorer, Aelia 23; Sofaer 26-7. 8.85g, 23mm, 11h.Near Very Fine."
"Marcus Aurelius Ӕ30 of Philadelphia, Decapolis. 161-180 CE. ΑVΤ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝOС, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΦΙΛ ΚO С ΗΡΑΚΛЄΙ[OΝ] ΑΡΜΑ, sacred wagon of Hercules, with domed roof on four pillars, drawn to right by four horses. RPC IV Online 6295 var. (temporary, bust type); Spijkerman 21-2 var. (bust type); Rosenberger 22 (same); Sofaer -; SNG ANS -. 22.57g, 30mm, 6h.Very Fine. A previously unrecorded variant of an extremely rare type."
"Trebonianus Gallus Æ25 of Neapolis, Judaea. 251-253 CE. AV[T KAI Γ OYЄ TPЄB Γ]AΛOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / [ΦΛ NЄ]ACΠOΛЄѠC, Mt. Gerizim surmounted by temple complex; supported by eagle, standing facing, with head left and wings spread. RPC IX 2144; Harl 110; SNG ANS 1031-5. 11.32g, 25mm, 12h.Good Fine.Mount Gerizim forms the southern peak of the valley in which the modern city Nablus (Biblical Shechem) is situated, standing opposite Mount Ebal to the north. According to Samaritan tradition it was the location chosen for the holy temple, as opposed to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, and the location of many notable events such as the sacrifice of his son Isaac by Abraham (Genesis 22:2). Deuteronomy (11:29) records Moses' direction to the Israelites in advance of their entry to the Promised Land, that ""when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal"". Under the Romans in the second century AD (perhaps during the reign of Hadrian), a temple to Zeus was erected on one of the peaks of Mount Gerizim, which is the subject of the present reverse type. The city of Neapolis, situated at the base of the mountain, produced several issues with the sanctuary as the focus of interest during this period, while the presence of the imperial eagle supporting the mountain, coupled with the figure of Marsyas, is symbolic of imperial favour towards this Eastern city."
"Fabius Africanus, as proconsul, Ӕ Dupondius of Hadrumetum, North Africa. Struck under Augustus, 6-5 BC. [AFRIC FABIVS MAX COS PROCOS VII EPVL], bare head right / [HADRVM], draped bust of Baal right, wearing tiara, raising hand and holding two grain ears. RPC I 780; MAA 91; Müller, Afrique 29; SNG Copenhagen 64-5. 11.34g, 29mm, 12h. Fair. Rare; only two other examples on CoinArchives."
"Nero, with Agrippina II, AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 3 and year 105 of the Caesarian Era = AD 56-57. NEPΩΝOΣ KΛAYΔIOY [ΘEOY YI KAIΣAP]OΣ ΣEB, head right, wearing oak wreath / AΓPIΠ[ΠEINHΣ] ΣEBAΣTHΣ, draped bust of Agrippina II right; Γ above EP (dates) before. McAlee 253; Prieur 74; RPC I 4175. 14.49g, 25mm, 12h.Near Very Fine. "
"Nero, with Poppaea, Æ26 of Tavium(?), Galatia. Circa AD 62-65. ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ], laureate head of Nero right; c/m: sphinx seated right / ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑΣ [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΣ], draped bust of Poppaea right. RPC I 3562; SNG France 2400. 13.75g, 26mm, 1h.Very Fine. Unusually detailed portraits for the type. "
"Trajan Æ Semis. Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria, AD 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, radiate bust right, slight drapery at neck / [P M TR POT] XX COS VI PP, oak wreath with ties, large S•C within. McAlee 523a; RPC III 3664; RIC 659. 2.59g, 20mm, 6h.Very Fine. Extremely rare bust variant. "
"Trajan AR Mule Didrachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 112-114. AVT KAI NEPOYAC TPAIANOC CEBAC ΓEPM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΥΧΗ CEBACTOY, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RPC III-; Sydenham-. 6.71g, 20mm, 6h.Good Very Fine. This didrachm was struck from an obverse die of Trajan (see RPC III 2980) and a reverse die created for the didrachms of Nerva (see RPC III 2972). "
"Hadrian AR Tridrachm of Tarsus, Cilicia. AD 117-138. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Sandan standing right on a horned lion, wearing on his left side a bowcase and sword, raising his right hand and holding bipennis and wreath in his left. Prieur 769; RPC III 3268. 10.07g, 24mm, 12h.Good Very Fine. Toned, minor graffito on the obverse and areas of flat striking on reverse. Ex Leu Web 3, 25 Feb 2018, lot 671."
"Antinous Æ Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated year 21 = AD 136/7. ANTINOOV HPѠOC, draped bust left, wearing hem-hem crown / Antinous (as Hermes) on horseback to right, wearing chlamys, holding caduceus with his right hand; L below horse, [KA] (date) before. Köln 1278 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 2090 & 8015; K&G 34a.6; RPC III 6235; Emmett 1347.21. 13.01g, 27mm, 11h.Near Very Fine. Rare. Antinous' death by accidental drowning in the Nile in October AD 130 was a severe blow to Hadrian, for the youth had been his close companion and confidant for nearly five years, and had accompanied the emperor throughout his great tour of the empire beginning in March 127. Hadrian's marriage to Sabina was an unhappy one, and Antinous has been described as the one person who seems to have connected most profoundly with Hadrian"" throughout the latter's life (see R. Lambert, Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous, 1984, p.30). It is unsurprising therefore that Hadrian decreed that Antinous should be elevated to the Roman pantheon as a god, and that a city should be built at the site of his death. What was most unexpected however was that he deified the young man without consulting the Senate, and that he ordered Antinous' image to be placed on coinage across the empire. The coinage in the name of the deified Antinous was substantial. In all, over thirty cities issued bronzes bearing his image, though none as prolifically as Alexandria in Egypt, where his cult, associated with Osiris, was particularly strong. Hadrian himself, we are told, preferred to associate Antinous with Mercury/Hermes, but across the Empire he was far more widely syncretised with the god Dionysus. A great many busts and statues of his were set up in cities across the Roman world, of which numerous examples survive including the iconic 'Braschi Antinous', now in the sala rotonda of the Vatican Museums. That statue, on whose head modern restorers placed a sort of pine cone, would have originally been topped with a lotus flower or hem-hem crown, as on the present coin type. To create the myriad busts, statues and engraved images Hadrian turned to Greek sculptors to perpetuate the melancholic beauty and diffident manner of Antinous, in the process creating what Caroline Vout (Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome, 2007) described as ""the last independent creation of Greco-Roman art"". All of his images share certain distinct features, including tousled curls, a perfect Hellenic nasion, and a downcast gaze – that allow him to be instantly recognized."""
"Marcus Aurelius Æ30 of Parium, Mysia. Circa AD 166-180. [IMP CAES M AVRL(inverted)E ANTONINVS AYG(?)], bare-headed and cuirassed bust right, wearing paludamentum / Emperor on horseback right; [C G I H PAR(?)] below. RPC IV Online 3019 (temporary); SNG Righetti 740; SNG France -; Naumann 44, 564. 15.23g, 30mm, 1h.Fine. Extremely Rare; RPC Online cites only two examples and there are three others on CoinArchives."
"Septimius Severus AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 208-209. ΑΥΤ•ΚΑΙ• •CЄOYHΡOC•CЄ•, laureate and draped bust right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ΕΞ•ΥΠΑΤΟC•ΤϕÕ, eagle standing facing with spread wings, head left, and wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan Group 3, 25; Prieur 1149. 13.53g, 27mm, 12h.Near Extremely Fine. "
"Julia Domna (wife of S. Severus) Æ21 of Thuria, Messenia. AD 198-205. IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CЄ C(sic), draped bust right; Δ below / OΘ[VPI]ATѠN(sic), Apollo(?) standing facing, head left, holding spear and tripod(?); Λ-A across field. BCD Peloponnesos -; for similar rev., cf. BCD Peloponnesos 834.5 (Caracalla). 4.74g, 21mm, 8h.Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded."
"Caracalla Æ24 of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 198-217. AVK M AVP CЄOVH ANTΩNEINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / IEPAC BVBΛOV, Astarte standing facing, being crowned by Nike, who stands to right on short column; both within tetrastyle temple with arched roof of shell pattern. AUB 45; BMC 29; SNG Copenhagen 141. 15.16g, 23mm, 12h. Very Fine. Scarce. "
"Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 215-217. •ANTΩNЄINOC••[C]ЄB AYT K M A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOΔ, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head right, with wreath in beak; •Δ•-•E• across upper fields. McAlee 682; Prieur 226. 11.21g, 26mm, 5h.Very Fine. "
"Geta, as Caesar, Æ17 of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-209. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare-headed and draped bust right / MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩN, serpent climbing tripod and arising from bowl. AMNG I 705; Hristova & Jekov 6.22.47.1; Varbanov 1115. 3.12g, 17mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Well centred, and of good style. "
"Geta AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 209-211. AVT•KAI• •ΓЄTAC•CЄ, laureate and draped bust right / ΔHMAPX•ЄΞ•VΠATOC•TO•B•, eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1173. 12.92g, 26mm, 12h.Good Very Fine. "
"Macrinus Æ25 of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218. Statius Longinus, legatus consularis. [AVT K M OΠЄΛ CЄV MAKPINOC], laureate bust right / [VΠ C]TA ΛONΓЄINOV NIKO[ΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPΩ], the mountain-god Haemus seated left on rock, resting arm above head and holding spear; AIMOC in left field; bear advancing right below. Varbanov 3428-9. 8.30g, 25mm, 1hr. Good Fine. Very Rare.In Greek mythology, the mountain-god Haemus was known as King of Thrace and son of Boreas, the god of winter. King Haemus hubristically compared himself and his wife, Rhodope, to Zeus and Hera. In anger, the king and queen of the gods punished the pair by turning them into mountains. These mountains were said to make up part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greeks often referred to the region as the 'Peninsula of Haemus.'"
"Severus Alexander, as Caesar, Æ26 of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 221-222. MAP AVPHΛI AΛЄΞANΔPOC [KЄ], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛ, Tyche seated on rocks left, holding grain ears; below, river-god swimming left; Δ-Ɛ and S-C across fields. McAlee 823b. 10.59g, 26mm, 1h.Near Very Fine. Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives."
"Julia Mamaea (mother of S. Alexander) Æ Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 10 = AD 230/1. [IOV MA]MAIA CЄB MHT CЄB K CTP[A], draped bust right, wearing stephane / Griffin seated right, with forepaw on wheel; L-I (date) across fields. RPC VI Online -; Emmett -; Dattari (Savio) -. 6.68g, 23mm, 12h.Near Very Fine. The first recorded example."
"Gordian III AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 240. AYTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΔHMAPX [Ε]ΞOYCIAC, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, wreath in beak; SC in exergue. McAlee 860; Prieur 282. 12.99g, 28mm, 6h. Very Fine."
"Trajan Decius Æ22 of Cibyra, Phrygia. AD 249-251. ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ[ΑΙΑΝΟϹ] ΔЄΚΙΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KΙΒVΡ[ΑΤѠΝ], distyle temple containing the basket of Cibyra. RPC IX 784; SNG von Aulock 3756. 4.58g, 22mm, 6h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare, only one example on CoinArchives. "
"Valerian I Æ28 of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-260. IMP C P LIC VALERIAN[VS AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / C[OL TYRO ME]TRO, eagle standing facing, head left with wreath in beak; murex shell in left field; above, vexillum inscribed LEG III GAL. Rouvier 2512-3; Lindgren & Kovacs 2397; BMC -; CNG e375, 112. 11.89g, 28mm, 6h.Good Fine. Rare."
"Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Year 15 = AD 267/8. AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, head left, with wings closed and wreath in beak; palm to left, L IЄ (date) to right. Köln 2942; Dattari (Savio) 5276; K&G 90.98; Emmett 3806. 8.87g, 21mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. "
"Aurelian and Vabalathus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 and RY 5 = AD 271/2. A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate and draped bust right; LB (date) in right field / A C OVABAΛΛAΘOC AΘHN V A C P, laureate, diademed and draped bust right, L-Є (date) across fields. Emmett 3914. 9.74g, 20mm, 12h.Good Very Fine."
"Ti. Quinctius AR Denarius. Rome, 112-111 BC. Laureate and bearded bust of Hercules left, seen from behind, wearing lion skin across shoulders, club over right shoulder / Two horses galloping left with a naked rider (desultor) on the nearer horse; •G (control mark) in upper right field, rat left below between TI and Q, D•S•S incuse on tablet in exergue. Crawford 297/1a; RSC Quinctia 6. 3.96g, 19mm, 5h.Near Extremely Fine. "
"L. Valerius Flaccus AR Denarius. Rome, 108-107 BC. Draped bust of Victory right; below chin, XVI monogram / Mars advancing left, holding spear and trophy; apex before, grain ear behind, L•VALERI•FLACCI in two lines downward in left field. Crawford 306/1; RSC Valeria 11. 3.82g, 19mm, 3h.Near Extremely Fine.Ex private Spanish collection."
"Lucius Appuleius Saturninus AR Denarius. Rome, 104 BC. Helmeted bust of Roma left / Saturn driving quadriga right, holding reins in left hand and harpa in right hand; C (downwards) with two pellets (control mark) below, L•SATVRN in exergue. Crawford 317/3b; RSC Appuleia 1. 3.75g, 19mm, 3h.Very Fine."
"P. Servilius Rullus AR Denarius. Rome, 100 BC. Cuirassed bust of Minerva left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; RVLLI upwards behind / Victory driving fast biga right, holding palm and reins; P below horses, [P]•SERVILI•M•[F] in exergue. Crawford 328/1; RSC Servilia 14. 3.34g, 19mm, 6h. Very Fine. Deep old cabinet tone. "
"A. Postumius A. f. Sp. n. Albinus AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 81 BC. Draped bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder; bucranium above / Togate figure standing left on rock, holding aspergillum over bull; between them, lighted altar; A•POST•A•F•S•N•ALBIN around. Crawford 372/1; RSC Postumia 7. 3.75g, 19mm, 10h. Very Fine. "
"C. Considius Nonianus AR Denarius. Rome, 57 BC. Laureate and diademed bust of Venus right; C•CONSIDI•NONIANI downwards behind, S•C before / Temple on summit of rocky mountain surrounded by wall with towers on each side and gate in centre; ERVC above gate. Crawford 424/1; RSC Considia 1a. 3.92g, 19mm, 6h.Extremely Fine; attractive old cabinet tone with hints of iridescence. Very complete for the issue.Ex Bernard Poindessault (1935-2014) legacy; ticket included.The worship of Venus Erycina was derived from Eryx in Sicily where the goddess had a famous temple, which was said to have been built by the hero Eryx, a son of Aphrodite and King Butes, and of which a view is shown here. This moneyer was the brother of M. Considius Nonianus who was praetor in c. 52 BC, and who as civil war was breaking out in 49, the senate assigned as propraetor to succeed Julius Caesar in the province of Cisalpine Gaul. Both brothers supported Pompey in the civil war, and one or other may have been responsible for the repair or restoration of the temple of Venus Erycina at the command of the Senate."
"Octavian AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Octavian in Greece, autumn 42 BC. Helmeted and draped bust of young Mars right, spear over left shoulder; CAESAR III VIR•R•P•C around / Aquila between two signa, all set on ground line; above, trophy, holding oval shields; S-C flanking aquila. Crawford 497/3; CRI 138; Sydenham 1320; RSC 248. 3.79g, 19mm, 11h.Extremely Fine; attractive old cabinet tone. Rare."
"Syrtica, Oea Æ Semis. Pseudo-autonomous issue struck during the reign of Tiberius, AD 24-29. Bust of Tyche right, wearing helmet and turreted crown; WY-'T in Neo-Punic script across fields / Tripod, with bow and quiver attached to left and right legs. RPC I 836; MAA 36; SNG Copenhagen 21. 4.69g, 21mm, 9h.Near Very Fine. Rare."
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!["Nero, with Poppaea, Æ26 of Tavium(?), Galatia. Circa AD 62-65. ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ [ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ], laureate head of Nero right; c/m: sphinx](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/6d1e91a4-f9d5-4561-da87-9743215b590c/468x382.jpg)
!["Trajan Æ16 of Nacolea, Phrygia. AD 98-117. [ΑV ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС] KAI CAP CЄ, radiate head right / NAKOΛЄΩ[N], winged caduceus. R](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/cf5347be-786f-42b3-fa1a-160a780249e8/468x382.jpg)
!["Marcus Aurelius Æ30 of Parium, Mysia. Circa AD 166-180. [IMP CAES M AVRL(inverted)E ANTONINVS AYG(?)], bare-headed and cuira](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/fdbc6b7c-6000-45d5-f27f-88baf200772a/468x382.jpg)
!["Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 215-217. •ANTΩNЄINOC••[C]ЄB AYT K M A, laureate, draped and cui](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/c039f30f-71c7-4fdb-9802-b6130bac0520/468x382.jpg)
!["Geta, as Caesar, Æ23 of Gytheion(?), Lakonia. AD 198-209. ΛΟV C[ЄΠ] ΓЄTAC KAI(sic), bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust r](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/9b1ce1b9-b9ae-4799-d6b0-5422fe0eb9c1/468x382.jpg)
!["Severus Alexander, as Caesar, Æ26 of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 221-222. MAP AVPHΛI AΛЄΞANΔPOC [KЄ], bare-headed, drap](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/cb3a2d64-a31e-4e88-d064-5b858dcb4ef7/468x382.jpg)
!["Julia Mamaea (mother of S. Alexander) Æ Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 10 = AD 230/1. [IOV MA]MAIA CЄB MHT CЄB K CTP[](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/9f1b9660-aea2-42d3-872b-20e8746ea7a5/468x382.jpg)
!["Trajan Decius Æ22 of Cibyra, Phrygia. AD 249-251. ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ[ΑΙΑΝΟϹ] ΔЄΚΙΟϹ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KΙΒV](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/162a015c-80b6-4669-b23f-c89417e9f8ff/468x382.jpg)
!["Valerian I Æ28 of Tyre, Phoenicia. AD 253-260. IMP C P LIC VALERIAN[VS AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / C[OL](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d7f2130e-d626-4cb2-b7ea-a915011373da/11ecdcad-2f53-4233-a56a-b8f5c9edc400/468x382.jpg)
