Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.04 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 69-70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IVD?E? C?PT?, palm tree; to right, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right; shield to right; helmet, shield, and spear to left of palm. RIC II 1357 = Calicó 646a = BMCRE, p. 7, * and note corr. (Jewess described as sitting at foot of trophy) = Santamaria (25 May 1926), lot 236 (same dies); Hendin –; BN –; Biaggi –. Good Fine. Extremely rare, the second known. This piece confirms the authenticity of the previously known example. Future Hendin plate coin. Citing the singular Santamaria specimen as the only example of the type then known, the authors of BMCRE expressed doubt about its authenticity. This doubt was noted by the authors of the revised RIC volume, who went further, calling it “possibly a modern forgery with rev based on bronze IVDAEA CAPTA types.” None of the authors, however, detailed any specific criteria to support their allegations, or even noted that they examined the piece in hand. Nonetheless, the present coin, struck from the same dies as the Santamaria piece, is clearly authentic, thus rendering the doubts of the authors of RIC and BMCRE moot. This coin will be illustrated in the forthcoming 6th edition of David Hendin’s Guide to Biblical Coins.
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CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.82 g, 6h). Veiled and draped bust of female facing slightly left, wearing earrings and necklace / Bearded head of Herakles left, lion skin around neck. SNG France 480; SNG Levante 220; Gökturk 40; Troxell & Kagan –; Mildenberg, Kleingeld 29; Winzer –; Sunrise 105 (this coin). EF, toned, a little porosity. Exceptional for issue. From the Sunrise Collection.
Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 29.63 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 103-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Trajan on horseback riding right, thrusting spear at falling Dacian before. RIC II 536; Woytek 203h (this coin referenced); Strack 361 (bust type unlisted); Banti 213; BMCRE –. EF, hard dark green patina with earthen overtones in devices. Good portrait coin for Trajan. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P Wyprächtiger Collection; Hess-Leu 49 (3 May 1971), lot 356.
Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Quinarius (18mm, 1.72 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck mid AD 112-Summer AD 114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER D?C P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm frond over shoulder in left. RIC II 147; Woytek 440f and pl. 88 = Strack 191ß = King 55b (this coin); RSC 433c; BMCRE 438. Superb EF, beautiful cabinet toning, a couple of minor flan splits. Extremely rare and the finest known. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Sternberg I (30 November 1973), lot 113; Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 297; Niklovits Collection (L. Hamburger, 19 October 1925), lot 810; F. Martinetti Collection; G. Nervegna Collection (Sambon-Canessa, 18 November 1907), lot 1876.
CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.35 g, 11h). Veiled and draped bust of female facing slightly left, wearing earrings and necklace / Bearded head of Herakles left, lion skin around neck. SNG France –; SNG Levante –; Gökturk –; Troxell & Kagan 21; Mildenberg, Kleingeld –; Winzer –; BMC p. 239, 2; Sunrise 106 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, a little die wear on obverse. Excellent metal. Very rare denomination. From the Sunrise Collection.
Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 122-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P COS III, S C across field, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting garment. Cf. RIC II 612; Strack 576?; Banti 595 (this coin illustrated); AdG p. 45 = Kent & Hirmer 288 (this coin); BMCRE 1256. Superb EF, dark emerald green patina. An exquisite coin. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Sotheby’s (8 July 1996), lot 114; Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 343; Erich von Schulthess-Rechberg Collection (Hess-Leu 17, 23 March 1961), lot 170; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part VIII, Glendining`s, 26 May 1959), lot 34; Earl Fitzwilliam Collection (Christie’s, 30 May 1949); lot 133.
Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS • III in exergue, Hadrian, in military outfir, right on galloping horse, holding spear in right hand. RIC II 187 (bust type d); Strack –; Calicó 1228 = Biaggi 594; BMCRE 435; Kampmann 14 (this coin). Choice EF, attractively toned, traces of underlying luster. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 433.
CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.70 g, 9h). Head of female facing slightly left / Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, bow in case on back, standing right, fighting griffin standing left on hind legs; all within shallow incuse square. SNG France –; SNG Levante –; Göktürk 38; Mildenberg, Kleingeld –; Troxell & Kagan –; Winzer –; Sunrise 107 (this coin). Good VF, toned, light porosity, a few light scratches. Extremely rare, only the second example published. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 362.
Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP CAES AEL • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right / PONT MAX TR POT COS, Pietas, veiled, standing right before lighted and garlanded altar, raising right hand and holding incense box in left. RIC III –; Strack 10 = Münzhandlung Basel 6, lot 1729 (same dies); Calicó 1608 = Biaggi 751 (this coin); BMCRE 7. Good VF, red tone in devices. Extremely rare first issue of Antoninus Pius as Augustus. From the D. Fagan Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind. Ex Biaggi Collection, no. 751.
KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.09 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Susa mint. Struck under Aspesias, Satrap of Susiana, circa 316-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BASI?EOS A?E?AN?POY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; wreath in left field; below throne, AI above strut, monogram below. Price 3857; Sunrise 156 (this coin). EF, minor obverse die shift. From the Sunrise Collection.
Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.24 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Strack 471; Calicó 1758 = Biaggi 807; BMCRE 405 (Pius); Morgan 139 (this coin). EF, toned. Ex Myron Stepath Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1523; J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (Stack`s, 14 September 1983), lot 82; Strozzi Collection (Sangiorgi, 15 April 1907), lot 1914.
Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 148-149. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG PII F, bareheaded bust right, wearing slight beard; drapery on left shoulder / TR POT III C OS II, Fides standing right, holding grain ears in right hand and patera of fruits in left. RIC III 445d (Pius); Strack 199 (bust type unlisted); Calicó 1934 = Morgan 144 (this coin); BMCRE 696/694 (Pius; obv./rev.; same dies); Biaggi 871/875 (obv./rev.). EF, toned. Exceptional portrait. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Myron Stepath Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1530; J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (Stack`s, 14 September 1983), lot 83.
Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ As (28mm, 11.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late AD 176-early AD 177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, laureate head right / IMP VIII • COS III, S C across lower field, quinquereme right with four rowers visible, gubernator at stern; at prow, igure of Neptune, holding trident and dolphin, standing right; FELICITATI/AVG P P in two lines above. RIC III 1196; MIR 18, 378-9/30; BMCRE 1615 note; Kampmann 15 (this coin). EF, brown patina. Well centered and well struck. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex New York Sale III (7 December 2000), lot 690.
CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.67 g, 6h). Head left, wearing wreath of grain ears / Eagle, with spread wings, standing left on the back of lion recumbent left; all within dotted square. SNG France 474; SNG Levante 230; Göktürk 43; Mildenberg, Kleingeld –; Troxell & Kagan –; Sunrise 109 (this coin). Near EF, lightly toned, light porosity. From the Sunrise Collection.
KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes I. 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 5.29 g, 11h). Gaziura mint. Baal of Gaziura seated left, torso facing, holding grape bunch, grain ear, and eagle in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; B’L GZYR (in Aramaic) to right / Griffin left attacking stag kneeling left. Simonetta 5a; Simonetta, Coins 1f; HGC 7, 791 (this coin illustrated); Sunrise 147 corr. (no name on rev.; this coin). Good VF, toned, minor flat spot on obverse. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 284.
Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 200-207. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / IVNO REGINA, Juno standing left, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left; at feet to left, peacock standing left. RIC IV 560; Calicó 2618a (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 42 note; Biaggi 1142. EF, toned. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 49; Leu 33 (3 May 1983), lot 95; Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 3, Sotheby`s, 9 June 1983), lot 372; O’Hagan Collection (Part IV, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 July 1908), lot 531.
KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes VII Philometor. Circa 106-101/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.51 g, 12h). In the name and types of Antiochos VII of Syria. Ariaratheia or Eusebia-Tyana mint. Struck circa 104-102 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos VII right / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY EYEPGETOY, Athena Nikephoros standing left; two monograms to outer left, O-? across inner fields; all within wreath. Lorber & Houghton Series 1, Issue 3, 176-8 (dies A9/P1); SC 2148; SMA 298 (Antiochos VII); HGC 9, 1069; Sunrise 220 (this coin). EF. Well centered. From the Sunrise Collection.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 31.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 211-213. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right; c/m: large H with four-rayed star below; to left, crescent with horns to left; all within circular incuse / SECVRITATI PERPETVAE, S C in exergue, Securitas enthroned right, resting head on right hand, with right arm resting on throne back, and holding scepter in left; lighted and garlanded altar to right. For coin: RIC IV 512d; Banti 115; BMCRE 250-2 (Septimius, Caracalla, and Geta); for c/m: Howgego 825. Near EF, attractive olive-brown patina, minor roughness on reverse. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich, acquired from Leu, May 1998.Most of the known coins bearing this countermark are provincial issues of Tium, hence the attribution to that city.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 5.10 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, draped, and cuirassed adult bust right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, radiate lion advancing left, holding thunderbolt in jaws. RIC IV –; RSC –; BMCRE –; CNG E-214, lot 419; DDTP p. 23 = AdG p. 34 (this coin). Superb EF, toned. Rare bust type for this year’s reverse. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 5 (Spring 1998), no. E140.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (26mm, 11.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, S C across field, Asclepius standing facing, leaning to left on serpent-entwined staff set on ground; globe to right; to left; small hooded figure of Telesphorus standing facing. RIC IV 554b; BMCRE 292; Kampmann 16 (this coin). EF, beautiful green patina. Well struck. An exceptional coin. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 401.
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.16 g, 12h). Artaxata mint. Dated RY 36, month H (60 BC). Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles / BASI?E-OS BASI?EON TIGPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch in extended right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; ?? (year) above arm, H (month) below, ZC in exergue; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, c (a29/p22) = Sunrise 222 corr. (mint and date; this coin, illustrated in SCADA); M&D 74; CAA 75; AC 40; DCA 431 (75/4 BC on Armenian Era dating). VF, toned. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex R.A. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 85, 15 September 2010), lot 16; Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 11.
Diva Paulina. Died before AD 235. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 22.22 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. DIVA PAVLINA, veiled and draped bust right / C ONSECR ATIO, S C across field, Paulina, raising right hand and holding scepter in left, seated left on peacock flying right. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 132 (Maximinus); Banti 1. Near EF, choice olive-green patina, areas of minor roughness, traces of earthen deposits. From the RAM Collection. Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 1578.Although Paulina’s name is not mentioned by any of the ancient writers, the numismatic evidence is quite sufficient to prove that she was the wife of Maximinus I (235-238 AD) and probably the mother of the Caesar Maximus. A provincial bronze issue in her name from the Cilician mint of Anazarbus actually bears a date corresponding to the year 235/6 AD. Like her Roman issues this coin is posthumous, but it does accord her the imperial title of Augusta suggesting that she was still alive at the time of her husband`s accession but died shortly afterward. The single surviving stone inscription in which she is mentioned (CIL x. 5054) gives a fuller version of her name and titles, Diva Caecilia Paulina Pia Augusta.
CYPRUS, Kition. Baalmelek II. Circa 425-400 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 10.75 g, 3h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand, bow extended before him in left hand; monogram (or ankh) to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; L B’LMLK (in Aramaic) above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Tziambazis 19; Babelon, Perses 678; BMC 35; Sunrise 110 (this coin). EF, toned, overstruck on uncertain type. Exceptional for issue. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 185 (8 March 2010), lot 176.
Diocletian. AD 284-305. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck circa AD 295. DIOCLETI ANVS AVG, laureate head right / VICTORIA SARMAT, the four tetrarchs standing facing one another before city enclosure with six turrets, sacrificing over tripod. RIC VI 16a; Jelocnik 29; RSC 488d; DOC –; Hunter –; AdG p. 34 (this coin). Superb EF, toned. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 477.
Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 314-15. CONSTANTI NVS P F AVG, laureate head right / RESTITVTO RI LI BE RTATIS, Roma, holding scepter in left hand, enthroned right, shield at side, handing globus held in right hand to Constantine in military attire, standing left, extending right hand to receive globus and cradling parazonium in left arm; PTR. RIC VII 25 var. (rev. legend breaks); cf. Alföldi 428-9 (for type); Depeyrot 20/7; Calicó –; DOC –; Hunter –; Biaggi 1990; Kampmann 18 = AdG p. 42 = DDTP p. 25 (this coin); NAC 49, lot 468. Choice EF, lustrous, hairline die break in obverse field. Extremely rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Antiqua FPL VII (1999/2000), no. 111.
Julian II. AD 360-363. Æ (28mm, 8.66 g, 12h). Sirmium mint, 1st officina. 4th emission. D N FL CL IVLI ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing right; two stars above; *ASIRM(palm). RIC VIII 107; Elmer, Kupfergeldreform, 59; LRBC 1622; Hunter 40 var. (officina); Kampmann 19 (this coin). EF, green patina. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex James Fox Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1784.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.60 g, 6h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint I. Struck circa 300-296/5 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a coiled serpent / BASI?EOS SE?EYKOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; monogram below right wing. SC 115.2; ESM 2 (A1/P– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 9, 4d; CSE 939 = Sunrise 170 (this coin). EF, a few minor spots of encrustation, slightly weak strike in center of obverse. Exceptionally detailed reverse. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 438; Arthur Houghton Collection, 939.
Galla Placidia. Augusta, AD 421-450. AV Tremissis (13mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Rome or Ravenna mint. Struck AD 440-455. D N GALLA PLA CIDIA P F AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right, cross on shoulder / Latin cross pattée within wreath; COMOB. RIC X 2062 (Rome and/or Ravenna; same dies as illustration); Depeyrot 47/9 (Rome); DOCLR 831 (Ravenna [or Rome?]; same dies); Biaggi 2336 (same dies); Kampmann 20 (this coin). Superb EF, lustrous. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 776.
Galla Placidia. Augusta, AD 421-450. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Uncertain Asian mint. Struck under Theodosius II, AD 443. GALLA PLA CIDIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right, wearing single-drop earring and pearl necklace, crowned by manus Dei above / IMP • XXXXII • COS XVII • P • P •, Constantinopolis, draped and wearing plumed helmet, enthroned left, left foot set on prow, holding globus cruciger in extended right hand and scepter in left; shield set on ground to right; star to left; COMOB. RIC X 305; Depeyrot 84/6 (Constantinople mint); Biaggi –; DOCLR 834 var. (different number of •’s); G. Giacosa, Women of the Caesars (Milan, 1977), pl. lxv (this coin). EF, some short scratches. Extremely rare late issue of this remarkable empress. Ex Julius Caesar and His Legacy (Numismatic Fine Arts, 13 May 1991), lot 146; Numismatic Fine Arts XXII (1 June 1989), lot 163.From the NFA catalogue: “The empress Galla Placidia had a most extraordinary career spanning the first half of the turbulent fifth century. Born about 388, she was the daughter of Theodosius the Great by his second wife Galla, and half-sister of Arcadius and Honorius. Taken prisoner by Alaric during the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, she was eventually married to his successor, Ataulf. Following Ataulf’s death she was ransomed to the Romans for 600,000 measures of grain, and in 417 married the general Constantius by whom she had a son, the future emperor Valentinian III, and a daughter, Honoria. She acted as regent for the first twelve years of her son’s reign (425-437), but then gradually faded into the background as the political influence of the general Aetius increased. Her final years were devoted to the erection of sacred buildings in Ravenna, and her tomb, which contained also the remains of Honorius and Constantius III, is still to be seen in the city.Coins honoring Galla Placidia were struck both in the western empire, under her son Valentinian III, and in the East by her nephew Theodosius II. She may already have held the rank of Augusta under Honorius, but if not she certainly received it in 424 when Valentinian was created Caesar. This attractive solidus, issued from an uncertain Asian mint, may be closely dated by Theodosius II’s titles which appear on the reverse. His forty-second imperatorial acclamation, corresponding to the years of his reign, covers the period 10 January 443 to 10 January 444, whilst the celebration of his eighteenth and final consulship on 1 January 444 indicates that the issue to which the present coin belongs had ceased before the end of the year 443. After the reign of Theodosius II the seated figure of Constantinopolis disappeared from the gold coinage of the eastern empire, not to be seen again until the reign of Justin II more than a century later.”
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.12 g, 9h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint II. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / BASI?EOS SE?EYKOY, Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; anchor above, T between shield and elephants. SC 131.7; ESM 90; HGC 9, 32a; Sunrise 173 corr. (this coin). VF, light porosity, slight die shift on obverse. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk.
Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.50 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck 492-507. D N ANASTA–SIVS P P AVC, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand, shield over left shoulder / VICTORI–A AVCCC, Victory standing left, holding staff surmounted by reversed staurogram in right hand; star to left; Z//CONOB. DOC 7g.2; MIBE 7, pl. 1, 7 = N. Fairhead and W. Hahn, “The Monte Judica Hoard and the Sicilian Moneta Auri under Justinian I and Justin II,” SEBGC p. 29, 1 = Berk 32 (this coin); SB 5. Superb EF, lustrous. From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 54; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 434 (June 1981), no.19; Monte Judica Hoard.This attractive coin belongs to, and is seemingly the earliest issue from, a hoard discovered sometime around 1981 on Monte Judica in the province of Catania, Sicily. The hoard is highly important for the light it shines on the production of Sicilian gold under Justinian I and Justin II.
Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (32mm, 13.36 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa 547-565. D N IVSTINI–?NVS P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand, shield over left shoulder / Large M; cross above, star below, R/O–M/A across field; all within wreath border. DOC (329); Tolstoi 313; BMC Vandals p. 112, 30; MIBE 221 (this coin cited); SB 299. Fine, brown surfaces, minor scratches. Extremely rare, possibly the third known and the only one in private hands (the others in the British Museum and the Hermitage [= Tolstoi]). Ex Georges Zacos Collection (privately purchased from Zacos by the present consignor circa 1973).
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.07 g, 2h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / BASI?EOS SE?EYKOY, Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; EP monogram to lower left, ?I in lower middle field. SC 173.11; ESMS Tr.54 (A40/P6); ESM 413; HGC 9, 20; Sunrise 174 corr. (monogram; this coin). EF, toned, great metal. Among the finest. From the Sunrise Collection.
Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated IY 4 (585/6). D N mAVRIC TI? P P AV AN ?, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in right hand / VICTORI–A AVCC ?, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram in right hand, globus cruciger in left; CONOB. DOC (218); MIBE 25a; Berk 91 (this coin illustrated); SB 548. Superb EF. Lustrous. Rare. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Ex “An Important Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 153.
PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris. Circa 285-250 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 9.64 g, 12h). Head of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap decorated with laurel branch and star / Aphrodite seated left, holding in extended right hand Nike, who crowns her with wreath held in both hands, and cradling lotus-tipped scepter in left arm; rose to left, AMASTPEION to right. Callataÿ, Premier 37 (D16/R15); RG 5; HGC 7, 356; SNG BM Black Sea 1304 (same dies); Boston MFA 1361 (same dies); Sunrise 148 (this coin). Good VF, attractively toned. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Halliwell Collection (Baldwin’s 68, 28 September 2010), lot 3414.There is speculation that the obverse of this coin actually depicts Amastris, a niece of Darios III of Persia, who became a pawn in the complex dynastic quarrels that followed the death of Alexander. She had been given as wife to Alexander`s general Krateros, but was dismissed when Krateros arranged a marriage for himself with the daughter of Antipater. Amastris then married Dionysos, tyrant of Herakleia, by whom she had three children before his death in 306 BC. In 302 BC, she married Lysimachos of Thrace, who soon acquired a more profitable alliance by wedding Arsinoë, the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt. Amastris then retired to the territory of Herakleia, where she founded a new city named after herself. She was not destined to find peace, however; in 288 BC her two covetous sons had her drowned and seized her city for themselves.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.58 g, 8h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / BASI?EOS SE?EYKOY, Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; monogram to lower left and in lower middle field. SC 174.2; ESMS S-17; ESM 425; HGC 9, 34; Sunrise 175 (this coin). Good VF, toned, light porosity, softly struck obverse. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Robert Weimer Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 1009; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby`s, 19 June 1991), lot 6147; Numismatic Fine Arts X (17 September 1981), lot 218.
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern military mint, 5th officina. Struck circa 613-616/8. ? NN ??RACLIVC ?t ??RA CONSt P P, crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, each wearing chlamys; cross above / VICTORIA AV??, cross potent set on three steps; ?•//CONOB. Bendall, Jerusalem, pl. XLI, 18 (this coin); DOC –; MIB 107a (Rome or Alexandria?); SB 928. EF. Extremely rare. Regarding this and the two following lots, Bendall (p. 317) notes: “There also exist other extremely rare solidi of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine struck at this time, all in the east in the experience of the writer, which are illustrated here (figs. 18-21), which can surely only indicate that in the troubled times between 613 and 616/8 there may have been a number of ephemeral mints connected with Heraclius’ campaigns in the east.”
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.33 g, 5h). Uncertain eastern military mint, 5th officina. Struck circa 613-616/8. ?? ?? ??RACCI?S ?R ??RA CONSt P P AVG (? and t retrograde), crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, each wearing chlamys; cross above / VICTORI–A AV??, cross potent set on three steps; ?//CONOB. Bendall, Jerusalem, pl. XLI, 20 (this coin); DOC –; MIB –; cf. SB 929. Superb EF, slightly double struck, lamination on reverse. Extremely rare. Regarding this and lots 1302 and 1304, Bendall (p. 317) notes: “There also exist other extremely rare solidi of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine struck at this time, all in the east in the experience of the writer, which are illustrated here (figs. 18-21), which can surely only indicate that in the troubled times between 613 and 616/8 there may have been a number of ephemeral mints connected with Heraclius’ campaigns in the east.”
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Uncertain eastern military mint, 1st officina. Struck circa 613-616/8. ?? ?? ??RACLIVS ?t ??RA CONST P P, crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, each wearing chlamys; cross above / VICTORIA [A]V??, cross potent set on three steps; A//CONOB. Bendall, Jerusalem, pl. XLI, 21 (this coin); DOC –; MIB –; cf. SB 929. EF, minor obverse die break, a few faint scratches on reverse. Extremely rare. Regarding this and the two previous lots, Bendall (p. 317) notes: “There also exist other extremely rare solidi of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine struck at this time, all in the east in the experience of the writer, which are illustrated here (figs. 18-21), which can surely only indicate that in the troubled times between 613 and 616/8 there may have been a number of ephemeral mints connected with Heraclius’ campaigns in the east.”
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.18 g, 10h). Susa mint. Struck circa 305/4-295 BC. Head of hero (Alexander or Seleukos?) right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with the ear and horns of a bull / BASI?EOS [SE?EYKOY], Nike standing right, holding in both hands a wreath that she places on trophy to right; [H to lower left], AX in lower middle field. SC 174.5; ESMS S-31; ESM 418; HGC 9, 34; Sunrise 176 corr. (control marks; this coin). Near EF, toned, slight granularity, light scratch on obverse, reverse off center. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.Struck from the same dies as New York Sale XXXII, lot 178, which verifies the control mark that is off the flan on this piece.
Tiberius III (Apsimar). 698-705. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 6th officina. D tIBERI–?S P? AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear in right hand, shield over left shoulder / VICTORIA AV??, cross potent set on three steps; ?//CONOB. DOC 1e; MIB 1; Berk 193 (this coin); SB 1360. Choice EF, lusrous. From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 347.
Justinian II. Second reign, 705-711. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 705. ? N I?S C?S R?X R?GNANTI?M, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / ? N IVS–tINIA–NVS M?LT?S AN, crowned facing bust of Justinian, wearing loros, holding cross potent set on three steps in right hand, globus cruciger inscribed PAX in left. DOC 1; MIB 1; SB 1413; Kampmann 21 (this coin). Superb EF, lustrous, a few deposits on obverse. Well struck. From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 603 (Christmas 1998), no. 143; Leu 50 (25 April 1990), lot 407.
Anastasius II Artemius. 713-715. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. ? N ART?MI?S A–NASTASI?S M?L•, crowned bust facing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left / VICTORIA AV??, cross potent set on three steps; T//CONOB. DOC 2h; MIB 2; Füeg 2.I.11; Berk 207 (this coin); SB 1463. Superb EF. Considerable luster. From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 376.
Leo III the "Isaurian". 717-741. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.50 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 717-720. ? N D L?O–N P A M?L, crowned bust right, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left / VICTORIA AV??, cross potent set on three steps; A//CONOB. DOC 1a; MIB 1; Füeg 1.B.1; Berk 214 (this coin); SB 1502. EF, scratches on reverse. From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 388.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.10 g, 1h). Susa mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / BASI?EOS SE?EYKOY, Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants right; spearhead above, facing head of Sol to right, ?A monogram and AP in exergue. SC 177.1a; ESMS EL.4 (A2/P1); ESM 307; HGC 9, 18c; Sunrise 178 (this coin). EF, toned. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.95 g, 4h). Uncertain mint 18, in Areia, Margiana, or Baktria. Horned and bridled head of horse right / BASI?EOS SE?EYKOY, anchor. SC 256.2; ESM 752; HGC 9, 40; Sunrise 179 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, some horn silver. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 668.
Eudocia, with Michael VII and Constantius. 1067. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. +I?S XIS R?X R??NANTI?m, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / +MIX ?V–?K ??NS, Eudocia, holding jeweled scepter in right hand, standing facing on footstool, flanked by her sons Michael and Constantius, each holding globus cruciger and akakia. DOC 1; Berk 319 (this coin); SB 1859. EF, toned. A well struck example. From the Collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby’s New York, 2 November 1998), lot 539.Eudocia ruled as regent from the death of her husband Constantine X in May of 1067 until the end of the year. At the time, the empire was facing a military crisis in the east as the Seljuq Turks advanced further into Asia Minor, and the prevailing feeling was that a competent military leader should be emperor. Eudocia, despite having declared that she would never remarry, took the hand of Romanus IV Diogenes on 1 January 1068. Romanus’ own rule lasted a little over two and a half years, as he was captured by the Turks at the Battle of Mantzikert in August of 1071. Eudocia was re-established as regent for two months before being coerced into retiring to a convent. Whether this issue dates to her first or second term as regent has been debated, but the former seems more logical. While by no means abundant, the output of this coinage seems too large to be condensed into the short span of her second regency.
temp. Andronicus I Gidon(?). Emperor of Trebizond, 1222-1235. AR Aspron Trachy (24mm, 2.77 g, 6h). The Virgin Mary standing slightly right, orans; (MHP)–TV across upper field, star to left / Christ Chalkites standing facing; IC–XC across upper field, X/?/A–K/H/(TH)/S (sic) downward to left and right. S. Bendall, “A further note on a possible early coinage of the Empire of Trebizond,” NumCirc CXIV.4 (August 2006), p. 208, fig. 1 var. (rev. legend correctly spelled); S. Bendall, “An Early Coinage of the ‘Empire’ of Trebizond?,” NumCirc CX.3 (June 2002), p. 114, fig. 1 = DOC 1 = SB 2148 var. (star on Virgin’s maphorion, rev. legend correctly spelled) . EF. Excellent strike. Rare. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.This coin belongs to a rare issue that is usually attributed to Nicaea, but Bendall`s analyses (op. cit. above) of these coins reveal that they are more likely early issues of Trebizond under Andronicus Gidon. It could possibly be his second issue after a seemingly unique copper trachy with his name and the title “Comnenus”, a family from which he did not hail. The extreme rarity of that issue may indicate that such a claim was not well received.The icon of Christ Chalkites was highly venerated. It was kept in vestibule of the imperial palace at Constantinople and may refer to hopes of a reunited Byzantine Empire.
VISIGOTHS, Spain. Uncertain king. Circa 507-580. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.44 g, 6h). In the name of Justinian I. Emerita (Mérida) mint. (retrograde C) N IVSTIN INANSV P P C, diademed and draped bust right; cross on breast / VICTOP I ?VCTINI, Victory advancing right, holding palm frond over left shoulder and wreath in outstretched right hand; • O?(retrograde C) in exergue. Tomasini Group JAN 4; cf. Chaves 65 (for type); cf. MEC 1, 201 (same); Kampmann p. 63, bottom (this coin). Choice EF, small “x” graffito in obverse field. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.18 g, 7h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; HP monogram to outer right AP monogram in exergue. SC 379.2; ESM 148; HGC 9, 128g; Sunrise 181 (this coin). EF, toned, a few minor marks. From the Sunrise Collection.
CAROLINGIANS. Pépin `le Bref` (the Short). King of the Franks, 754/5-768. AR Denier (17mm, 1.24 g, 5h). Sancta Maria (Laon [episcopal]) mint. Large R • P •; long bar above / SCÆ/(MAR)I in two lines; long bar above. Depeyrot 492 (this coin referenced and illustrated); M&G 13 var. (rev. legend); MEC 1, –. Good VF, toned. Unique. From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Alan Davisson, 10 January 2010. Found in the départment de l’Aisne, Picardy.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.16 g, 6h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing three arrows in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; to inner left, monogrm above and below arm; at feet, forepart of horse grazing left. SC 409.2c; ESM –; HGC 9, 128h; Sunrise 182 (this coin). Superb EF, toned. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.28 g, 12h). Alinda or Mylasa mint. Diademed head of Antiochos I right, with rejuvenated features / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding bow in his right hand, left hand on omphalos; ?O monogram to inner left. SC 551.1; WSM 1481; HGC 9, 246b; Sunrise 183 (this coin). VF, lightly toned, a little die wear. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.16 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 28, in Syria or Mesopotamia. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; F to outer right. SC 577.1; Le Rider, Antioche p. 53, 10-2 (A4/P5); HGC 9, 238p; Sunrise 184 (this coin). EF, toned. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
INDIA, Colonial. Dutch India. Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. AR “5 Stuivers” (19mm, 3.06 g). Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) countermarked issue. Struck 1661 or shortly thereafter. Dutch East India Company monogram, C above (for Colombo); all within round incuse struck on reverse of 1631 Goa for Malacca mint Tanga (Gomes 11.01). Scholten 1280. Host coin VF; countermark VF, deeply toned, countermark poorly struck, flan flaw on reverse, spots of hard green. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Taisei 19 (23 February 1995), lot 39.
INDIA, Colonial. Dutch India. Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. AR “5 Stuivers” (18mm, 2.24 g). Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) countermarked issue. Struck 1661 or shortly thereafter. Dutch East India Company monogram, C above (for Colombo); all within round incuse struck on obverse of 164[0] Ceilão mint Tanga (Gomes 15.01). Scholten 1281. Host coin VF; countermark VF, toned. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) XII (5 November 1987), lot 381.
INDIA, Colonial. Dutch India. Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. AR “10 Stuivers” (21mm, 4.00 g). Galle in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) countermarked issue. Struck 1655/1665 or shortly thereafter. GAL monogram within circular incuse struck on reverse of 1652 Goa mint Double Tanga (Gomes 17.07). Scholten 1265. Host coin Fine; countermark VF, toned. Rare. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) XII (5 November 1987), lot 380.
INDIA, Colonial. Dutch India. Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. AR “5 Stuivers” (20mm, 2.98 g). Galle in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) countermarked issue. Struck 1655/1665 or shortly thereafter. GAL monogram within circular incuse struck on obverse of 1632-1638 Goa for Malacca mint Tanga (Gomes 10.01-02, or 11.01-07). Scholten 1267. Host coin VF; countermark Good VF, deeply toned, pit and spots of hard green on shield. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Baldwin’s, 8 January 1987.
INDIA, Colonial. Dutch India. Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. AR “10 Stuivers” (19mm, 4.02 g). Jaffna in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) countermarked issue. Struck 1658 or shortly thereafter. Dutch East India Company monogram, I above (for Jaffna); all within round incuse struck on reverse of 16[43(?)] Goa mint Double Tanga (cf. Gomes 17.03 illustration). Scholten 1287 (date not listed). Host coin VF; countermark VF, toned, some scratches under tone. Extremely rare. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) XII (5 November 1987), lot 383.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.64 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck circa 162-155/4 BC. Diademed head right in laurel wreath border / BASI?EOS ?HMHTPIOY, Tyche, holding scepter in right hand, cradling cornucopia in left arm, seated left on backless throne with winged Tritoness support; monogram to outer left. SC 1638.1g; SMA 95; HGC 9, 795f; Sunrise 197 (this coin). EF, toned, slight die wear and a tiny nick on obverse. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1341; Gorny & Mosch 159 (8 October 2007), lot 247.
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