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Click here to subscribeIonia, Ephesos Æ Tessera. Circa 1st century AD. Stag lying left, head right, ?-? across fields, C?O?? in exergue / ??????? ??? ???? ???????, bee. SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186; SNG von Aulock 1875. 5.85g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine. During the Hellenistic period and throughout the 1st century AD, a series of tesserae were made at the cult centre of Ephesos. The legend remains an enigma and its meaning is uncertain.
Rhodos, Rhodes AV Quarter Stater. Circa 125-88 BC. Diogne(tos), magistrate. Head of Helios right, wearing radiate stephanos, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Rose in profile, with bud to left; ?IO?NH above, P-O flanking, crested helmet to lower right. Jenkins, Rhodian 160; T. Hackens, "Trésor hellénistique trouvé à Délos 1964" in BCH 89 (1965), 46; cf. SNG Keckman 672; cf. SNG von Aulock 2822 (same obv. die); cf. SNG Copenhagen 798 (same obv. die); HGC 6, 1416. 1.79g, 11mm, 11h. Good Very Fine; scuff on rev. Very Rare.
Cilicia, Mallos AR Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Bearded male deity with two pairs of wings in kneeling-running stance to left, holding solar disc with both hands / Swan standing to right, eagle upon its back; MAP?O before, all within incuse circle. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -, cf. 375-6 (same obverse die?); SNG Levante -; Traité 1394, pl. CXXXVII, 20; Casabonne -; MIMAA -. 10.97g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare - the fourth known example. From the collection of P.R., United Kingdom.
Cilicia, Soloi AR Obol. Circa 350-330 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / ?O?E?[N], grape bunch hanging from vine; monogram in inner left field. SNG France -; SNG Switzerland -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Traité -; Peus 369, lot 226 (same dies); Lanz 144, lot 272 (same). 0.64g, 11mm, 3h. Near Extremely Fine. The finest, and possibly third known, example of this variant reverse type.
Kings of Armenia Minor, Aristoboulos Æ26. Nicopolis-ad-Lycum, or Chalkis, dated year 17 = AD 70/1. BACI?E?C A[PICTOBOY?]OY ET IZ, diademed head left; c/m: monogram within square incuse / [TIT?] O?[EC?A]C[IAN? AYTOKPAT?P CEBACT?] in six lines [within wreath]. Kovacs 301; Meshorer 367a; Hendin 1258; Sofaer 172; RG 3; RPC II 1692; for c/m: Kovacs 24; Howgego pl. 33, 722.1. 11.60g, 26mm, 11h. Very Fine - Near Blank. A fine portrait. Very Rare. Son of Herod of Chalkis and great-grandson of Herod I the Great, Aristoboulos hailed from the Herodian Dynasty of Roman vassal kings and in turn was granted the kingdom of Armenia Minor in AD 54 by the emperor Nero (Josephus 'Antiquities', XX.158). Though uncertain, his wife Salome is often identified as the young woman whom the New Testament relates danced for Herod the Great and, at the encouragement of her mother, received the severed head of John the Baptist in return (Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29). The martyrdom by beheading of John the Baptist is a holy day observed by various Christian churches, and a theme often seen in art, sculpture, music and poetry. A loyal client king of Rome, Aristoboulos supported the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo in the Roman-Parthian War of AD 58-63, receiving a portion of Greater Armenia as reward, and in AD 73 supplied troops to the governor of Syria, Lucius Caesennius Paetus, who had persuaded the new emperor Vespasian that Antiochos IV of Commagene was planning to revolt and side with Vologases I of Parthia. Aristoboulos' decision to strike coins in only two years of his reign, years 13 (AD 66/7) and 17 (AD 70/1), as asserted by Kovacs, noted by Hendin (pg. 275), and proven by the clear date on a coin from the only other known issue of Aristoboulos, that which features dual portraits of himself and Salome (cf. Triton XIX, 277 and RPC I, 3839) is significant. The years AD 66 and AD 70 mark the beginning and end of the First Jewish-Roman War, as commemorated in the reverse of the present type which refers to Titus, whom Vespasian had left to suppress the revolt while he himself made his bid for imperial power. The two issues, struck at the beginning and end of the war, honouring first Nero and now Titus, probably therefore represent a public reaffirmation of Aristoboulos' loyalty to his Roman patrons. Also king of Chalkis from AD 57 until his death in 92, whereupon the region was absorbed into the Roman provincial territories, a mint location in Chalkis has been cited as a possibility for the production of Aristoboulos' coinage, though traditionally it has been noted as 'presumably' being from Nicopolis-ad-Lycum, where a specimen was acquired by F. Cumont c. 1900. Given the close proximity of Chalkis to the war in Judaea and the notable similarity in appearance and fabric of these coins to those of Chalkis, a mint location in Chalkis cannot be discounted.
Kings of Sophene, Mithradates II Philopator Æ17. Arkathiokerta(?), after 85 BC. Head left, wearing tiara; c/m / BA?????? ???????? ???O, club within wreath. Nercessian, Coinage -; Kovacs 36; AC 193-4. 4.74g, 17mm, 6h. Very Fine - Good Fine. From the property of a European Gentleman, privately purchased from Numismatik Lanz 2016-7.
Kings of Sophene, Mithradates II Philopator Æ17. Arkathiokerta(?), after 85 BC. Head left, wearing tiara / BA?????? ???????? ???O, club within wreath; c/m: MI? in incuse rectangle. Nercessian, Coinage -; Kovacs 36; AC 193-4. 2.54g, 16mm, 6h. Very Fine. From the property of a European Gentleman, privately purchased from Numismatik Lanz 2016-7.
Commagene, Samosata Æ Oktachalkon. Circa 30 BC. Lion walking right / ?AMO?AT? ?O?E??, Tyche seated on rock right, holding palm. RPC I 3849; AC 238; Kovacs 290. 15.35g, 25mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. A highly attractive example of the issue. From the property of a European Gentleman, privately purchased from Numismatik Lanz 2016-7. RPC suggests the occasion for striking this issue may have been the siege of Samosata by Publius Ventidius Bassus and Mark Antony (vol. 1, p. 572).
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios III Eukairos AR Tetradrachm. Damaskos, dated SE 219 = 94/3 BC. Diademed head right / ?A???E?? ?HMHTPIOV ?EOV ?I?O??TOPO? ??THPO?, cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; N above monogram in outer left field, OI? (date) and monogram in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2450.8; DCA 303; HGC 9, 1305. 16.07g, 26mm, 2h. About Good Very Fine. Dark tone over lustrous metal.
Volusian Æ26 of Neapolis, Judaea. 251-253 CE. A[VT] KAIC ? OYI TP?B [OYO?OYCAN], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ?? N?AC?O???C, Mt. Gerizim surmounted by temple complex; supported by eagle, standing facing, with head left and wings spread. RPC IX 2158; Harl 131-6. 12.15g, 26mm, 6h. 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.
P. Cornelius P. f. Lentulus Spinther AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Apamea, Phrygia. 57-56 BC. Kastoros, son of Apollodoros, magistrate. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; P LENTVLVS [P F] IMPERATOR in two lines above, A?A to left, two flutes to right, KA?TOPO? A?O??O??POY below. Stumpf 73; BMC 26 = Bunbury, CN 1883, 45; Waddington 7011. 12.28g, 25mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare - two examples recorded by Stumpf.
Poppaea (wife of Nero) Æ24 of Perinthus, Thrace. AD 62-65. ?O??[AIA] ??BA?TH, draped bust right, wearing stephane / Isis headdress between two corn ears, ?-E across fields; all within wreath. RPC I 1756; Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos, 277; Varbanov 27. 8.48g, 24mm, 7h. About Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Severus Alexander Æ27 of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated year 4 = AD 225/6. AY K C?OVH A???AN?, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / MHTPO?O KAICA, agalma of Mt. Argaeus in distyle temple with solar disk in pediment; ?T? (date) in exergue. Sydenham, Caesarea -, cf. 544 & 568 for the same rev. type struck in different years. 13.90g, 27mm, 12h. Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Struck from dies of fine style. Rare.
Valerian I Æ28 of Irenopolis-Neronias, Cilicia. Dated CY 203 = AD 254/5. [AVT K ?] ?I OVA??PIANOC C?, radiate and cuirassed bust right; c/m: Hygeia standing left within oval incuse / ?IPHNO?O?IT?N, Dionysos driving facing biga of panthers, holding cantharus and thyrsus; C(retrograde)? (date) in right field, H (mark of value) in left field. Karbach 150; cf. SNG France 2271-2; for countermark, Howgego 251. 21.86g, 28mm, 7h. Good Fine.
Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo IV and Leo III, AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 764-773. CO?STA?TI?OS S L?O? O ??O', crowned facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV, each wearing chlamys; cross above, pellet between / C L?ON P A M?L, crowned facing bust of Leo III wearing loros, holding cross potent in right hand. Sear 1551; DOC 2d.2; Füeg 6.A.4. 4.46g, 20mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Slightly wavy flan. Ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 321, 26 February 2014, lot 742.
A single stone certificated diamond ring set in 18ct gold, the round brilliant cut diamond in a traditional four claw setting, to plain shoulders and shank, size O, Birmingham hallmarks (partially rubbed) for 18ct gold, with an accompanying copy certificate from IGL stating the stone to be 1.00 carat, ideal cut, colour K and clarity I2, cased
An antique three stone diamond ring set in 18ct gold together with a Victorian diamond and gold brooch, the ring with three graduated old round brilliant cut diamonds in spaced rubover gypsy settings, plain shank size O, Birmingham hallmarks for 18ct gold,1907; the outline of the brooch shaped like a London underground sign, with a central flowerhead of seven similar cut diamonds on a gold circular plaque, the arms also plaques, the outer circle of openwork, the whole embellished with ropetwist, bead and wirework decoration, Birmingham hallmarks for 15ct gold,1896, length 4.7cm, safety chain, replaced pin; total estimated weight of diamonds 0.35cts, gross weight 10.7g (2)
A blue topaz and diamond cluster ring together with an opal, single stone ring, the first with an oval cut saturated blue topaz in a border of alternating larger and smaller round brilliant cut diamonds, claw set in white gold to a plain tapered square section shank of yellow gold, size O, London hallmarks for 9ct gold, 1989; the second an oval cabochon opal four claw set between wire twist shoulders, plain shank size P, yellow metal stamped '585', both cased (2)
A cluster ring and a bracelet both set with emeralds and diamonds, the ring with an oval cut emerald to an inner close and outer spaced double border of round brilliant cut diamonds, plain tapered shank size O, white metal stamped '18ct', length of ring head 1.45cm; the bracelet of yellow metal stamped '750', composed of crossover links each with two tapered ribbon ends with the narrow parts overlapping, and between each of their swallow tail ends a small navette shaped link set alternately with either a round brilliant cut diamond or a round cabochon emerald, masked clasp with safety catch, length 20.5cm (2)
An amethyst bead necklace and a cultured disc pearl necklace, the first of approximately 11mm diameter amethyst rondelles to a loop and ring clasp, length 40cm; the second of approximately 14mm freshwater pearl discs in soft natural shades, presumed unbleached and undyed, of pale peach, apricot, cream and mushroom, to a textured C and O sliding clasp stamped '925' to indicate Sterling silver, length 50cm
An Austrian 14ct gold and diamond ring, with a white gold pierced oval beaded and millegrain patterned plaque collet set to the centre with a rose cut diamond, and two smaller similar diamonds above and below, to a plain tapered shank size approximately O, Austrian horse's head mark for local manufacture, 14ct gold, and further stamped '585'
An 18ct gold, amethyst and green hardstone ring, the rectangular cushion shaped deep cabochon amethyst measuring 17 x 14mm, collet set between arched shoulders each channel set with a line of calibré cut green hardstones, probably tourmalines, the perpendicular faces set with a square of nine similar stones, tapering into the broad band, size O, London hallmarks for 18ct gold, 2009
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