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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 149

Miscellaneous English Coins comprising: William III halfcrown 1696N (Norwich Mint) OCTAVO, 1st bust, large shields, 2nd harp, rare but very worn Poor, 2 x halfcrowns 1933 & 1936 Fine, florin 1883 scratches on bust VG, 10 x silver threepences, £0.22½ face value pre-20 silver, 9 x farthings: 1731, 1739, 1806, 1822, 1825, 1828, 1831, 1838 & 1850 various grades, half farthing 1844 & third farthing 1884 VF+, together with a Maria Theresa restrike thaler 1780X, attractively toned prooflike EF or+ & Roman: Postumus antoninianus, rev. HERC PACIFERO Hercules standing left holding olive branch, club & lion`s skin AVF

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 345

A rare Minton Parian figural group 'The Three Marys', 35 cm tall indistinctly marked, features in Paul Atterbury's book 'The Parian Phenomenon', 37 cm tall.

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Stroud Auctions Ltd.
Lot 364

A rare Royal Doulton blue and white flambe elephant.

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High Road Auctions
Lot 275

A rare Mughul style mother of pearl pilgrims flash. H. 22 cm, W. 22 cm.

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 8

Double-Signed, Possibly by the Artist Polycrates. Ex Bunbury 1896. Ex Perkins 1902. Ex Boston 1955 Bruttium. Terina. 410-405 BC. Stater, 7.16g (5h). Obv: Head of nymph Terina right, hair in sphendone decorated with meander pattern, wearing necklace; artist`s signature Π behind. Rx: Nike seated left with open wings on cippus, wearing chiton and himation; holding olive branch in right hand and resting left hand on cippus; artist`s signature Π on cippus. Holloway & Jenkins 47. Regling 43 (this coin). Boston MFA 1955, 213 (this coin). HN Italy 2602. EF Ex The New York Sale, Prospero Collection, 4 January 2012, lot 112. Ex M&M 54, 26 October 1978, lot 79. Ex Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Ex Sir E. Bunbury Collection, Sotheby 1896, lot 246. Ex Catherine Page Perkins Collection Literature: Guide to the Catherine Page Perkins Collection of Greek and Roman Coins, Boston 1902, #35 (this coin) Terina, Kurt Regling, #43d (this coin), Berlin 1906 Catalogue of Greek Coins, Agnes Baldwin Brett, Boston 1955, #213 (this coin) From the preface of the 1902 MFA Boston Perkins Guide: "As evidence of the estimation in which certain of them are held by connoisseurs, it may be of interest to state that one coin now in this collection was sold at a London auction a few years ago for over $1500, and another, at a different sale, brought over $900. Figures like these show that the formation of a collection of first-rate Greek coins is no longer a simple or inexpensive matter" (Edward Robinson, Director of the Museum) From the Introduction of the 1902 MFA Boston Perkins Guide: "No, 35, Terina (Pl. I), recalling the style of the Nike Balustrade (see casts, Nos. 491-497); and No. 28 Croton (Pl. I), which seems to reproduce the `Theseus` of the Parthenon (cast 410 C)." From the text of the 1902 MFA Boston Perkins Guide: "34-35 Terina, colonized from Croton 35 (Pl. I.) Nike (Victory) seated, holding an olive spray. This graceful and beautiful figure is among the finest creations of Greek coin-engraving. It is probably the work of the artist of the Pandosia stater, No. 32 (Pl. I). Compare the gem-like fineness of this coin with the similar but more sculpturesque and broadly treated coin of Elis, No. 355" The seated Nike is one of the most charming coin images from the late fifth century. Obviously the engraver Π "who clearly shows a sculptural tendency" (Jongkees) was well informed about avant-garde works of art. The informal, nonchalant posture of the goddess, the slightly rippling folds of her garments, all this shows features of the `rich style` developed by Attic sculptors after the Parthenon sculptures had been finished in 432 BC. The closest parallels can be found among the reliefs of the Nike temple parapet, the famous one showing Nike fixing her sandal in particular. Known as the `ornate style` in South Italian vase-painting, the `rich style` was not confined to sculptures, but it barely has parallels among Greek coins. Here is one of the rare examples where a talented coin engraver was stimulated by the most innovative artists of the Attic school in other media. Of the 605 coins in the Perkins collection that Boston purchased in three sections in 1895,1897 and 1900 only 57 were illustrated in the plates. That is less than 10% and our Terina was one of them. This coin left the museum, not in the 1980 sale of Boston duplicates held by NFA but by private treaty. It was sold to Herbert Cahn of M&M Basel before 1978. Cahn was one of the most renowned numismatists of the last century who was known for his scholarship and great eye. Further attesting to the importance of this coin are the comments, already cited, by the probable author of the Perkins guide, Jacob Hirsch of Ars Classica fame, who anonymously wrote the de Sartiges catalogue in France in 1910, spoke perfect English and thus probably wrote the Perkins Guide. A coin of this artistic quality combined with rarity, condition and provenance rarely comes into the market. Only 14 coins are recorded by Regling for this unique reverse die. It is very unusual that a signed coin or any coin can be linked to a famous sculpture group and further to a famous sculpture. It seems likely that these dies were created by Polycrates who was the author of the Acragas decadrachm dies which date to around the same time

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 10

Double Signed Kimon Masterpiece Sicily. Syracuse. 406/5 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.16g (8h). Obv: Three-quarter facing head of Arethusa, artist`s signature ΚΙΜΩΝ on headband. Dotted border. Above, [ΑΡΕΘΟΣΑ]. Rx: Racing quadriga left, Nike flying right above, crowning driver; artist`s signature ΚΙΜΩΝ on exergual line. In exergue, wheat ear and ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Tudeer 80. Jameson Coll. 1835. SNG Oxford 2004. Nanteuil Coll. 358. For the meaning of the obverse type, see W. Fischer-Bossert in S. Vogt (ed.), Gedenkschrift Manfred Gutgesell (forthcoming). Some reverse porosity. A significant amount of horn silver has been removed from this coin since the 2011 Hirsch sale. EF/VF+ Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, lot 21. Ex G. Hirsch 275, 22-23 September 2011, lot 3289. Ex M&M 79, 28 February and 1 March, 1994, lot 186 Kimon’s facing Arethusa is one of the most famous head designs of antiquity, rivaling even the Arethusa of Euainetos’ decadrachm. Like the latter, Kimon’s facing Arethusa was quickly adopted by other mints in Sicily and abroad, as well as by vase painters and metal workers. The design’s adoption even in remote areas such as Lycia and Cilicia shows that it got to the heart. The point is not in the boldness to show a head 3/4 facing to the observer – this idea had been in the wind for many years, though mainly among vase painters. The revolutionary attraction is in the facial expression that gives voice to a new philosophy of life. In archaic and early classical times, heads looking to front were used by both vase painters and sculptors for characterizing dying and dead warriors, as well as monsters like the Gorgons. Then, facing heads were something scary. Heads about to turn around, thus seen in three-quarter perspective, only came into fashion in early classical times, c. 470 BC. Judging from the scenarios they were used in, they are thought to characterize a process of reasoning, or a sophisticated perception like listening to music. Kimon’s facing Arethusa, however, is totally different. The nymph is not acting as a mythological being, executing her role in the myth told about her and the river god Alpheios. She is not acting at all, but merely presenting herself to the observer, thereby enjoying herself rather than executing a role. This design appears to be the earliest forerunner of a new view of the Greek gods. In fifth century art, the gods were acting beings, engaged in human affairs. In fourth century art, the gods kept to themselves, enjoying their divine sphere, and no longer dealing with human trifles. On the one hand, this development accords with old Greek thinking, expressed as early as Homer who spoke of the “easy-living gods”. On the other, this view of the gods is totally new, and revolutionary. The old gnawing doubt as to whether deities were really controlling human affairs, thereby setting moral standards and balancing out the many great injustices of human life, forced its way into Greek philosophy during the fifth and fourth centuries, thus leading to new designs in Greek art. So Kimon’s facing Arethusa is likely to be the first, and most influential, predecessor of masterpieces of fourth century art like Praxiteles’ Cnidian Aphrodite and Olympian Hermes. The short die chain this coin belongs to consists of just four dies, two obverse dies and two reverse dies, three of which were signed by Kimon, and the fourth one made by him, too. The obverse die of our coin (Tudeer’s O29) might be the prototype; the late Leo Mildenberg demonstrated that Tudeer’s arrangement must be modified, thereby putting O29 first and O28 second. The reverse die (R53) is a highly sophisticated variant of a famous Catanean model, the tetradrachm made by Kimon’s rival Euainetos. Surprisingly in view of its importance – the influence that both the obverse and the reverse types were to exert on contemporaneous coinages, and the high esteem this die pair enjoys among coin collectors and connoisseurs of art – the die pair is extremely rare. Tudeer knew five specimens in 1913, just one of them in private hands (the Jameson coin that was to come up again in the Hunt Collection). Since then only three or four more specimens have emerged, one of them in the Ognina Hoard

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 15

Historically Important Double Sheqel Carthago Nova. 237-227 BC. Dishekel, 13.41g (12h). Obv: Diademed male head left with curly hair. Rx: Prow of war galley with triple ram, on the deck a pile of shields. Beneath, hippocamp right. Dotted border. E.S.G. Robinson, Punic Coins of Spain, in R.A.G. Carson and C.H.V. Sutherland (eds.), Essays in Roman Coinage presented to Harold Mattingly (Oxford 1956), pp. 37 f., 49, no. 4(b), pl. II. G.K. Jenkins and R.B. Lewis, Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins (London 1953), p. 45 [on findspots]. L. Villaronga, Las monedas hispano-cartaginesas (Barcelona 1973), no. 12. Pleasant toning. Powerful portrait, virtually unaffected by two holes in left field. Historically important and excessively rare. About EF Ex NAC 72, 16 May 2013, lot 805 This intriguing issue of the Carthaginian ‘provincial’ series with diademed portrait and prow of galley was, to judge from the known findspots, issued by a mint in southwestern Spain, probably at Carthago Nova (Cartagena) rather than Gades (Cadiz). The dating is somewhat controversial, although the wide bracket 237-209 BC is generally accepted. The diademed head on the obverse is clearly a portrait, depicting a man in his prime so possibly Hasdrubal, the son-in-law of Hamilcar Barcas, rather than Hamilcar himself. After the Carthaginian defeat in the First Punic War (264-241 BC) and the Libyan rebellion (241-239 BC), Hamilcar attacked Spain, the main supplier of silver in the western Mediterranean, and started conquering vast territories in its southwest. In 230 BC a native revolt broke out, Hamilcar was killed in a skirmish, and his son-in-law Hasdrubal succeeded him. Being a capable governor, Hasdrubal restored the Carthaginian position, and founded Carthago Nova, which had an excellent harbor, as the seat of Carthaginian government in Spain. Carthago Nova is therefore likely to be the mint of this issue that combines the prow of a war galley with the portrait of a young ruler. A date of issue not long after the city`s foundation (for financing building activities and the fleet) seems more likely than a date in the Second Punic War (218-202 BC). At any rate, 209 BC, when Scipio Africanus Maior conquered Carthago Nova, would be the latest possible date. Ony two other specimens of this dishekel appear to be known, namely in Madrid, published by Robinson (14.80 g), and in NAC 66, 2012, lot 1 (ex A. Huntington,13.68 g); plus two specimen of the corresponding shekel, in Leu 20, 1978, lot 55 (7.38 g, 12 h), and in Copenhagen (SNG Cop. Suppl. 1332, 7.29 g, 12 h)

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 36

Rare Hand Symbol Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.10g (1h). Pella, c. 325-315 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: open hand symbol and K monogram beneath trhone. Price 242. This is the only time that the hand symbol is used on coins of Alexander. VF

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 38

Two Coins with Khnum Symbol Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.84g (12h). Memphis, 332-323 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet. Rx: Standing Nike holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. In left field, ram`s head right with crown of Isis (khnum symbol) above; A before Nike`s feet. Price 3963a (same obverse die). Beautifully centered and extremely rare and desirable. Small contact mark on cheek of Athena. Good EF Ex Hess-Divo 315, 28 October 2009, lot 201

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 45

Rare Argos Mint Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.89g (11h). Argos, c. 190 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm, harpa symbol in left field. Price 734-5. EF This issue was struck in connection with the Roman conflict against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus III

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 58

Rare Pine-Cone Symbol Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.90g (11h). Perga, c. 212/211 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: pine-cone symbol with I in left field. Price 2922. Good VF The pine-cone symbol on our Perga tetradrachm was used only this one time in the entire Alexandrian series

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 63

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.02g (12h). Carne, c. 225/4 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: KAP (AP ligate) in left field above a palm tree and cornucopia. Phoenician letters under throne and in exergue. Prcie 3431. VF Price suggests that these rare Alexander types were issued by Seleucus III to finance expeditions to reconver Seleucid possessions in Asia Minor

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 65

Macedonian Kingdom. Demetrius Poliorcetes. 306-283 BC. Drachm, 3.27g (11h). Uncertain mint in Euboeia, c. 290-287 BC. Obv: Diademed and horned head of the young Demetrius right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Poseidon standing left, foot on rock, monogram in outer left field. Newell 154. VF Extremely rare; known to Newell in three specimens, all from the same obverse die as the present coin

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 66

Two Extremely Rare Antigonus Gonatas Drachms Macedonian Kingdom. Antigonus Gonatas. 276-239 BC. Drachm, 4.17g (10h). Amphipolis, 271/0-265 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right, wearing seaweed wreath. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ Athena advancing left, holding shield and brandishing thunderbolt; Macedonian helmet in inner left field, TI in inner right field. AMNG III/2, p. 187, 5, pl. 33, 26. Weber Coll. 2192. SNG Cop. 1203. SNG Lockett 1526. SNG Berry 360. SNG Oxford 3262. Dewing Coll. 1205. Winterthur 1621. SNG Alpha Bank 984-5. I.L. Merker, ANSMN 9 (1960), pp. 40, 44 f. Toned VF For the reverse type which is a free imitation of the cult statue of Athena at Pella, see A. Baldwin Brett, ANSMN 4, 1950, pp. 55-72

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 75

Macedonian Kingdom. Antigonus Doson. 229-221 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.07g (9h). Amphipolis, c. 227-225 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right wearing seaweed wreath. Rx: Apollo seated left on prow inscribed ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, holding bow in his right hand; star in right field above prow, two monograms below. John Ward Collection, Sotheby, 4-5 April 1973, lot 344 (same dies). Merker-. SNG Alpha Bank-. SNG Copenhagen-. Grose-. Very rare variety with star above prow and two monograms arranged vertically below. EF

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 76

Early Abdera Tetradrachm Thrace. Abdera. 540/35-520/15 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.82g (10h). Obv: Griffin seated left, raising right forepaw. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. May 4. It is rare to find a tetradrachm of Abdera this early, so well struck and centered. Toned EF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex New York Sale XIV, 10 January 2007, lot 83

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 77

Abdera Octodrachm Thrace. Abdera. c. 510-490 BC. Octodrachm, 28.96g (11h). Obv: Griffin seated left, raising right forepaw, AB below raised foreleg. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. May 44. The octodrachms of Abdera are normally struck off-center. This coin is perfectly centered and beautifully struck, with even the fine details on the neck of the griffin very sharp. Rare, only two examples of the AB magistrate known to May. Choice EF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 105

Rare Magistrate`s Name Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus. 306-281 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.00g (11h). Uncertain Mint, Early posthumous, c. 270 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Magistrate`s name ΣΩΣΙΘ below outstretched arm; HM monogram on throne. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p. 55, 64. Muller 564. M&M 72, 6 October 1987, lot 553 (same dies). CNG 41, 19 March 1997, lot 398 (same dies). Thompson-. VF Extremely rare; magistrates` names are very seldom encountered on tetradrachms of Lysimachus

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 112

Thessaly. Gyrton. c. 340-330 BC. Hemidrachm, 3.03g (8h). Obv: Head of the Nymph Gyrtona facing, turned slightly to the left, her hair bound with a ribbon. Rx: ΓYP Horse kneeling to left, preparing to roll over. De Hirsch 1137=Traité IV, 741, pl. CCC,10. J. Hirsch XIII, 1905 (Rhousopoulos) 1272 (same dies). Extremely Rare. About XF Ex Nomos 4, 10 May 2011, lot 1050. Ex Leu 48, 20 May 1989, lot 177

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 122

Starr Group I Attica. Athens. c. 475-470 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.06g (8h). Obv: Archaic head of helmeted Athena right. Rx: Owl standing upright. AΘΕ to right, to left crescent and drooping olive branch with two leaves and two olives. Starr Group I (same obverse die as no. 10). Extremely rare: Starr knew only twelve coins in his Group I, the earliest to bear the crescent moon on the reverse, and very few new specimens have appeared. One of the most interesting aspects of Starr Group I is that the leaves of the olive branch droop straight down, as on the latest issues of Athens before Marathon, which Seltman, surprisingly, wrongly viewed as being the very earliest Athenian owls. This issue disproves Seltman`s dating. Nearly EF After the Persian Wars, Athens slowly redesigned her coinage. In Starr’s first group the transition can be felt in the still archaic (not archaizing) heads of Athena that are reminiscent of the late archaic donations found on the Athenian Acropolis. At that time, Athens was organizing the Delian League in order to wage war against the dominions of the Persian Empire in Thrace and Asia Minor, but mainland Greece still had to recover from the Persian Wars, so no major actions were undertaken until the late 470s

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 130

Attica. Athens. 4th century BC. Quarter obol Tetartemorion or 1/4 obol, 0.16g (9h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ with crescent below. Svoronos pl. 17, 53-56. Very rare denomination. Very nicely centered. About EF (AARON, 3X ENLARGEMENT PLEASE!!) Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Ed Waddell, 23 February 1998 As the Attic playwright Aristophanes tells us, coins of tiny size like this one were carried in the mouth when shopping. In one of his plays a young girl greets her father by kissing him on the mouth and extracts coins from his inner cheek with her tongue (Aristoph. Wasps, line 609)

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 131

Earliest New-Style Obverse Type Attica. Athens. New Style. c. 185-180 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.70g (1h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, without border of dots. Rx: Α-ΘΕ, monograms of ΑP and ΜHT. Οwl standing right, head facing, on fallen amphora. Symbols of kerchnos to right, bakchos below amphora; all within wreath. Thompson 4 (obverse die) and 5b-7 (monograms on reverse). Very rare early obverse die without border of dots, new with these monograms on reverse. Light gray toning. Mint State Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Frank Kovacs This is one of only four very early obverse dies in the Athenian New Style series that omit a border of dots around the type. That omission is shown only by the three obverse dies of the first issue, and by this first die of the second issue; the remaining three obverse dies of the second issue, and all obverse dies from Issue 3 on, have the border of dots surrounding Athena`s head. Our coin is also noteworthy for showing the AP and MHT monograms coupled with this first obverse die of the issue. Thompson`s two coins from this obverse die showed instead the monograms ΠAP and MHT, and she knew the monograms AP and MHT only coupled with the three later obverse dies of the issue showing the border of dots

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 137

Very Rare Proto-Tortoise Attica. Aegina. 510-490 BC. Stater, 12.18g Obv: Sea-turtle of proto-tortoise type with heavily segmented shell. Rx: Incuse "mill-sail". Milbank 12. Arnold-Biuchhi, Beer-Tobey and Waggoner, ANSMN 33, p. 17, 123-124, pl. 10. Holloway, ANSMN 17, pl. viii, 5-6. SNG Lockett 2635 = Pozzi 1632. This is a highly unusual and very rare type showing a sea turtle with a segmented shell. Struck in high relief. Slightly granular obverse, otherwise About EF/EF

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 143

Elis, Olympia. First quarter of 3rd Century BC. Stater, 12.16g (7h). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rx: Eagle, with closed wings, standing right on the tail of a snake, coiling upwards and striking towards the eagle’s head; to left, vertical thunderbolt. To right, H. Seltman 211-212 var. (CT/ –, new reverse die). BCD Peloponessus 652 (this coin). Extremely rare, the only known example. Obverse struck with worn die. VF/EF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 652. Ex BCD Collection. Ex Atalanti/North of Elis Hoard of 1975 (Picard p. 324 = Coin Hoards II, 75)

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 148

Of Exceptional Quality Crete. Cnossus. c. 300-220 BC. Drachm, 5.34g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left. Dotted border. Rx: ΚΝΩΣΙΩΝ Male figure wearing drapery over lower abdomen and upper legs, enthroned left on a square labyrinth, holding Nike in his extended right hand and a scepter in his left, monogram on left. Dotted border. Svoronos 82 (pl. VI, 15). BMC 28 (pl V,14) (this reverse die). Jameson 2519 (this reverse die). Very Rare. EF Ex New York Sale, Prospero Collection, 5 January 2012.

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 149

Ex Hess-Leu 1970 Crete. Itanus. c. 380-350 BC. Stater, 11.00g Obv: Bearded sea-god (Triton), half man and half fish, standing right, holding transverse trident with speared fish at end in right hand, holding dolphin by tail in left. Rx: Eight-pointed star within shallow incuse square. Le Rider pl. VIII, 14 (same dies). Svoronos 7 (same obv. die as no. 4 - pl. XVIII, 24). Dewing 2037. One of the most desirable types of the coinage of Crete, with an impressive pedigree. Extremely rare. About EF/EF Ex Triton XVI, 8 January 2013, lot 403. Ex Gemini III, 9 January 2007, lot 162. Ex Hagen Tronnier Collection, Künker 94, 27 September 2004, lot 898. Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 23 October 1984, lot 138. Ex Hess-Leu 45, 12 May 1970, lot 220

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 152

Pontic Kingdom. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.72g (12h). Pergamum, 85/4 BC. Obv: Head of Mithradates with flowing hair right. Rx: Stag grazing left with star and crescent in front and two monograms in back. Above, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; below, ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ. All within ivy wreath. De Callatay, p. 23, pl. XIII; Gulbenkian Coll. 944; Pozzi Coll. 2098. Powerful portrait of Mithradates as a god. Iridescent toning. A few contact marks on the obverse. Mint State Ex Nancy Walsh Collection, acquired from Berk 72, 4 August 1992, lot 147 After having relinquished Athens and Greece proper to the Romans, Mithridates withdrew to Asia Minor. For a couple of years, he established a mint at Pergamon, before he was forced to leave the conquered territories in western Asia Minor in 84 BC (peace treaty of Dardanos, ending the 1st Mithridatic War). Thus, the Mithridatic tetradrachms of Pergamon are fairly rare, and their artistic quality matches that of the products of the former Attalid mint

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 158

Mysia. Cyzicus. 2nd Century BC. Tetradrachm, 16.60g (10h). Obv: Wreathed head of Kore right. Rx: KYZI-ΚΗΝΩΝ Flaming torch left. Above and below, monograms. All within wreath. SNG Paris 449 var. (lower monogram). Very rare. EF to point of wear, but somewhat granular surfaces with even gray toning Ex Richard P. Miller Collection

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Lot 173

Excessively Rare Early Depiction of Homer Ionia. Smyrna. c. 200 BC, concurrent with the earliest bronze Homereia. Drachm, 4.02g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Border of dots. Rx: Homer seated left, himation draped over knees, holding scepter in left hand, reading from scroll held before him; [Σ]MYPNAIΩN before. Milne, NC 1921, p. 143 f. (same dies). Leu 38, 13 May 1986, lot 116 (same dies; realized Sfr 5800 + commission!) Milne 1914-. BMC (not in catalogue, an example was subsequently obtained by the BM). Grose-. SNG von Aulock-. SNG Cop.-. Slight wave in planchet at 10h. VF/Good Fine Excessively rare. Apparently the fourth known example and the second in private hands, the other two being in the collections of the British Museum and Utrecht (Dutch Royal Collection). Milne knew of the Utrecht example from a cast when he wrote his 1914 NC article on Smyrna silver coins but declined to include it in that article. Presumably he entertained doubts about its authenticity, although he couched these doubts in euphemism about being "puzzled" by the cast. His excitement at being able to confirm the authenticity of this dramatic and brilliantly executed type is evident in his later article devoted to it alone. He writes, "This drachma is clearly earlier in style than any of the Smyrnaean drachmas previously published, and differs from all in the treatment of the figure of Homer on the reverse, wherein it is artistically far superior to either the later drachmas or the bronze Homereia, which have a similar type. In both of the latter groups the figure is in simple profile, with the right hand up to the chin, the roll held out almost horizontally in the left, the sceptre transversely resting on the right shoulder, and the whole body draped: the general effect is clumsy and huddled. The coin now under consideration shows a more majestic treatment, which suggests a derivation from a Zeus type: the upper part of the body is partly turned out of profile to the front, the roll in the right hand is pointed upwards on the diagonal of the knee-angle, the sceptre is vertical, and only the legs are draped. In the execution as well as in the conception of the type the superiority is equally marked." Milne places this coin--correctly in our estimation--at the very beginning of the Homereia series at Smyrna. The absence of a magistrate`s name points to the same conclusion. Milne saw the remnants of a monogram in the exergue of the BM coin, but we believe this to be a misreading as neither the present specimen nor the Leu example show anything at all below the exergual line. This is an opportunity to own what is arguably the finest depiction of the renowned poet Homer on any ancient coin

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Lot 198

Important Seleucus Portrait Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus I. 280-261 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.89g (12h). Sardes, c. 277-272 BC. Obv: Diademed, horned head of Seleucus I right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow in extended right hand and resting left hand on omphalos. Control marks A in inner left field, AΣ in exergue. SC 323.1b. Newell, WSM 1364. Powerful portrait of the founder of the dynasty. Pleasant gray toning. Rare and much sought after. EF/Good VF Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Ex Bank Leu 2, 25 April 1972, lot 275

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Lot 206

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus II. 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.59g (12h). Alexandria TroasObv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow; monograms in outer right and outer left fields, horse grazing right in exergue. SC 490. WSM 1562. Winged portraits of Antiochus II are rare. VF

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Lot 207

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus II. 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.54g (12h). Alexandria TroasObv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow; monogram in outer right field, horse grazing left and monogram in exergue. SC 492. WSM 1566. Winged portraits of Antiochus II are rare. VF

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Lot 212

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus II. 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.02g (12h). Ephesus (?)Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow. In outer left field, monogram. In exergue, star (partly off flan). SC 543.4. WSM 1488. Meydancıkkale 2863 (Magnesia). Obverse somewhat softly struck, otherwise VF The mint of this issue remains uncertain. In earlier literature, it was attributed to Magnesia on the Maeander, but Ephesus seems to be a better candidate. At any rate, this coin is a rare product from the westernmost part of the Seleucid Empire after Antiochus II recaptured Ionia from the Ptolemies

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Lot 216

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus II. 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.00g (6h). Uncertain mint in MesopotamiaObv: Diademed head of king right. Thin dotted border Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monograms in outer right field and in exergue. SC 579.1. Houghton Coll. I 1310. This extremely rare issue was struck by an uncertain mint in northern Mesopotamia or Media. Excellent portrait. About EF

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Lot 224

Antiochus I, "The Savior": Attribution Debated Seleucid Kingdom. Interregnum. The "Soter" Coinage. 246-244 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.00g (11h). Perhaps the ΔΕΛ Mint, associated with AntiochObv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Border of dots. Rx: ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. No control marks. SC 641. WSM 1144. Le Rider, Antioche, pp. 74 f. Houghton Coll. I 419. About EF The rare tetradrachms issued in the name of Antiochus I Soter, this coin and the next two in our sale, are something of an enigma. Newell attributed them to Apamea in the interregnum after the murder of Antiochus II, conjecturing that they were struck to pay the troops permanently garrisoned in and around Apamea while Antioch, the Syrian capital, was occupied by Ptolemaic troops. He believed that the neutral types were selected to protect the local authorities regardless of the outcome of the civil war. Le Rider, however, rejected Newell`s attribution to Apamea. He tentatively assigned the "Soter" tetradrachms to a mint closely associated with Antioch, perhaps a second workshop within the mint or a facility located in an Antioch suburb such as Daphne; but he left open the possibility that they might be products of a different mint, struck later than the interregnum

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Lot 247

Extremely Rare Draped Bust Seleucid Kingdom, Antiochus Hierax. 242(?)-227 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.77g (12h). Eastern Cilicia, 227 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in outer right field and in exergue. SC 914.1. Very rare draped bust type on obverse, exceptional on a Seleucid coin. VF

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Lot 255

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.79g (11h). Seleucia on the CalycadnusObv: Diademed head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Horse forepart and AN monogram in outer left field. SC 1016. WSM 1331. About EF Rare mint

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Lot 264

Exquisite Portrait Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.96g (1h). Antioch on the Orontes, Series 2, c. 211/10-209/8 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right (type B), of dry, naturalistic style, with mature features, (small eye, pointed nose, tight lips), bangs beginning to thin at temple. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow, with grip marked by four pellets. Monogram in outer left field. SC 1043.9. WSM 1073. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 127 f., 21-23, pl. 13, 16. Exquisite portrait. EF This very rare issue from the Antiochene mint displays the portrait of the ruler in his prime, soon after his victorious campaign against Armenia. The style is extraordinarily fine, conveying the king`s resolution in the face of the hard decisions that he continually had to make

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Lot 287

Seleucid Kingdom. Philip I Philadelphus. c. 95/4-76/5 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.84g (12h). AntiochObv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠIΦΑΝΟΥΣ [ΦI]ΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, holding Nike and scepter, laurel wreath border. SC II 2463.3h. SMA 448. Lifetime portraits of Philip Philadelphus are rare, as are all of his posthumous portraits. Light iridescent toning. EF Ex Phillip Davis Collection

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Lot 290

Very First Siglos Asia Minor. Achemenid Empire. Darius I. 520-505 BC. Siglos, 5.14g Obv: Half length bust of bearded Persian king, holding bow and handful of arrows. Rx: Irregular incuse. Carradice Type I, pl. XI, 10. Extremely rare early type with half-length portrait and handful of arrows. The next issue eliminates the arrows. VF

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Lot 292

Judaea Under Persian Rule. Hezekiah. Half-Ma-Ah-Obol, 0.24g (6h). Obv: Young male head right. Rx: YHZQH (Hezekiah) beneath forepart of winged horned lynx left. Hendin 1065. TJC 24. AGCI, 12. Obverse off center at 12h. Reverse exceptional. Very rare. VF/EF

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Lot 293

John Hyrcanus I. 134-104 BC. Prutah, 0.86g (3h). Obv: Paleo-Hebrew inscription (Yehohan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) in two lines above and two lines below palm branch. Rx: Lily between two ears of grain; border of dots. Hendin 1134a. TJC Group C1. AJC Group O. This variety is extremely rare. VF

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Lot 296

Agrippa I. 37-44 AD. AE 25, 12.07g (12h). Caesarea Paneas, Year 5, 40/1 AD. Obv: [ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒ]ΑΣΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΑΝ[ΙΚΩ] (For Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus), Laureate head of Caligula left. Rx: [ΝΟΜΙΣ]ΜΑ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ (coin of King Agrippa). LE=Year 5=40/41 in exergue; Germanicus stands in triumphal quadriga right. Hendin 1240. TJC 230-1,116. AJC II 2. RPC 4976. Extraordinary quality for this very rare issue. About EF

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Lot 298

The Bar Kokhba War. Middle Bronze or AE 21, 5.73g (12h). Obv: (Simon Prince of Israel); palm branch within a wreath. Rx: (Year two of the freedom of Israel); Wide lyre of four strings. Mildenberg 27. Hendin 1406. TJC 263a. Very rare variety. Good VF or better

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Lot 301

Extremely Rare Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. 100-127/8 AD. AV Stater, 7.80g (12h). Obv: BACILEYC O[OHM]O KAΔΦICHC King, holding club, standing in biga driven right by servant of reduced size. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. In right field, nandipanda. Göbl 5. Extremely rare. Only a few specimens recorded. Approaching VF

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Lot 324

Extremely Rare Swastika Type Kushano-Sassanian Empire. Wahram Kushanshah I. Late 4th century AD. AV Stater, 7.71g (11h). Obv: King standing left, sacrificing at altar, holding trident. In right field, swastika. Rx: Shiva standing facing. Behind, bull Nandi standing left. Göbl 714. Probably less than five recorded. Toned Good VF

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Lot 325

Attic Weight Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I as Satrap. 323-305 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.08g (12h). Alexandria, c. 316-312/0 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant-skin headdress. Border of dots. Rx: ΑΛΕΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ Athena Alkidemos advancing right, AΠ monogram in inner left field, letters EY and small eagle [on thunderbolt] in right field. Svoronos 44, pl. II, 23 (same dies). Zervos issue 20A (dies 299/a). Very rare second elephant issue of Ptolemy I which is of Attic weight. These coins were called in and reissued at the much lighter Rhodian standard. Toned EF Ex CNG 88, 14 September 2011, lot 532 The elephant headskin portraits of Alexander are the first unmistakable coin portraits of the (deceased) ruler. They were imitated by both Agathocles of Syracuse (a rare issue of gold staters) and Agathocles of Bactria (commemorative tetradrachms)

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Lot 332

Rare Dated Bronze Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IX. 116-107 BC. AE 18, 9.02 (11h). Alexandria, Year 3 = 114/3 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, date LΓ in right field. Svoronos 1191 (20 specimens). Dated bronze coins were only issued in two years (LΓ and LΔ). VF

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Lot 335

Mauretania. Juba II. 25 BC - 24 AD. AE 28, 16.72g (11h). CaesareaObv: Head of Juba II right wearing diadem and with club over shoulder. In front, REX IVBA. Rx: ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ ΒΑCΙΛΙCCΑ Crown of Isis with wheat ears below and crescent above. SNG Righetti 3053. Müller 101. Mazard 354. SNG Cop. 608. Rare: HJB photofile has only one specimen, in worse condition. Struck in high relief. Weak at the highest point of the hair. Good VF Ex CNG E222, 11 November 2009, lot 219. Ex Auctiones 29, 12 June 2003, lot 437. Ex J.P. Righetti Collection, his inventory number 8285 (original Righetti ticket retained)

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Lot 338

Rare Anonymous Denarius Anonymous. Denarius, 4.20g (1h). Uncertain mint, After 211 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind. Rx: Dioscuri on horseback right, each holding spear. Crawford 54/1. Beautiful toning. Small die break over eye. Quite rare and seldom offered. EF Ex Nancy Walsh Collection

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Lot 340

Anonymous: Crescent. Denarius, 4.52g (11h). Rome, 207 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind. Rx: Dioscuri on horseback right, each holding spear; crescent above. Crawford 57/2. Quite rare and seldom offered. Minor die rust on obverse. EF Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 210, 27 August 1991, lot 67

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Lot 386

Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. Sestertius, 25.17g (12h). Lugdunum, c. 10-14 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS - DIVI F PATER PATRIAE Head laureate right. Rx: ROM ET AVG in exergue, Altar of Roma and Augustus at Lugdunum, flanked by two Victories on columns. BM 565. Paris 1696, pl. LXVII (same obv. die). RIC 231a. Cohen 236 (20 Fr.). Exceptional Augustus sestertius struck on a broad flan. Perfectly centered. Very rare in this quality. VF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from CNG, September 2007

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Lot 398

Nero. 54-68 AD. Sestertius, 24.26g (6h). Lugdunum, 66-68 AD. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P Head laureate right, globe below tip of neck. Rx: PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S - C Temple of the Twin Janus (Ianus Geminus) near the Roman Forum, closed double doors at right with garland hanging above them, each door divided into three panels with a large circular handle in the central panel, latticed window to left at top of side wall.. RIC 583 = MacDowall 475 (Vienna, Oxford, Madrid). Giard, Lyon 272 (Vierordt sale, lot 868). Rare: not in BMC, Paris, or Cohen with this obverse legend. Dark olive patination. About EF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Mike Vosper, May 2007 The reverse legend forms a complete sentence: "Since peace has been established for the Roman people on land and sea, he closed the temple of Janus." The legend first appears on aurei in 64 AD, so the closure of the temple apparently took place immediately after Corbulo`s settlement with the Parthians in the preceding year, 63 AD

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Lot 399

Nero. 54-68 AD. Copper semis, 6.53 (6h). Rome, 64 AD. Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P Head laureate right. Rx: CERTAMEN - QVINQ - ROM CO, without S C, Prize table, its legs ending in lions` feet, on top of which are an urn decorated with at least two human figures, and an oak wreath whose ties hang down to left and right of the table`s back right leg. On the strut between the table`s two front legs, two griffins leaping towards each other; above the griffins, a hanging garland fastened at both ends and in the middle; below on the ground, a shield. BM 250 note (Naples). Paris 252, pl. XLIII (same dies). Cohen 65 (6 Fr.). RIC 91. MacDowall 306, p. 44 (3 spec., Paris, Naples, Oxford, all same dies as ours). Rare early copper semis without SC, fine style. Fine/VF Acquired from Platt in Paris, June 1968 From Nero`s earliest issue of bronze coins, struck in 64 AD, experimentally omitting the normal letters S C, and before the change from copper to orichalcum asses and semisses. These rare copper semisses without S C are found with two reverse types, Roma seated and Prize table. The Prize table pieces, according to MacDowall, were struck from only one obverse die and two reverse dies, namely our reverse die reading CERTAMEN and a second die reading just CERTAM. This reverse type commemorates Nero`s establishment in 60 AD of games on the Greek model to be held at Rome every four years: "Contests on a four-year cycle established at Rome"

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Lot 407

Vitellius. Billon Tetradrachm, 13.02g (12h). Alexandria. Obv: ΩΛOY OYIT K[AIΣ ΣEB Γ]EPM AYT Head laureate right. Rx: Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, date LA in left field. RPC 5372 (18 spec.). Oxford 372. Dattari 340. Cologne 260. Emmett 196/1. VF Ex Peter Lowrek Collection Rare, because Vitellius` reign at Alexandria lasted only about two months: from c. May 69 when news of his victory over Otho on 16 April reached Egypt, until 1 July 69 when Vespasian was proclaimed Augustus at Alexandria

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Lot 412

Jewish Triumph on Sestertius Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Sestertius, 25.04 (7h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAES VESP IMP PON TR POT COS II CENS Head laureate right. Rx: S C in exergue, Titus riding in quadriga right, holding scepter and branch, large wreath on front of car and on side Victory advancing right holding out small wreath as though to crown the large one. RIC 611 (R2), pl. 41 = Paris 671, pl. LVII (same rev. die). BM 668, pl. 27.1 (same rev. die). Hendin 1542. Cohen 226 (12 Fr.). Rare depiction of Titus` Jewish triumph on a sestertius, continued from several of Titus` earlier COS II isses. This later issue, with COS II CENS for Titus and COS IIII CENS for Vespasian, is very rare on sestertii with any reverse type. Very dark olive patination. VG/Fine Acquired from a Fred Knobloch list, December 1965

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Lot 413

Hendin Plate Coin. Ex Brand Collection Titus. 79-81 AD. Sestertius, 24.68g (5h). Rome, 80-1 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P [COS] VIII Head laureate left. Rx: IVD - CAP across field, S C in exergue, Palm tree, at base of which (a) on left, Judaea seated left on pile of shields, supporting head with hand in mourning, a helmet on ground before the shields, and (b), on right, Jew standing right, hands tied behind back, yoke and shield at his feet. RIC 151 (R2), pl. 94 = Paris 156, pl. LXXVIIII (same dies as ours). Hendin 1593a. BM 169 (S - C in field). Cohen 109 (12 Fr.). Rare variant with Jew looking right not left. Minor smoothing and numerous small cleaning marks. Lower right edge of obverse weakly struck. VF Ex CNG 53, 15 March 2000, lot 125 (Marian A. Stinton Collection, ex Virgil Brand Collection)

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Lot 418

Mercury`s Mother, Ex Voirol Collection Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.06 (6h). Rome, 96 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P XV Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P Maia (mother of Mercury) advancing left., holding bird with raised wings in extended right hand and winged caduceus by shoulder in lowered left hand. RIC 786 (R2), pl. 134 (Oxford, same rev. die). BM 237A (Tinchant Gift, 1937). Cohen 295 (Rollin, 20 Fr.). VF/Fine Ex Voirol Collection, M&M 38, 6-7 December 1968, lot 403. Ex M&M VI, 6-7 December 1946, lot 804. This specimen published by H.A. Cahn, Flaviana Inedita, Num. Chronicle 1946, p. 22, 50 An extraordinary reverse type, known only from rare denarii struck at the very end of Domitian`s reign; this deity with bird and caduceus interpreted as Maia, the mother of Mercury, by T.V. Buttrey in Journal of Roman Archaeology 15, 2002. The type may come from only two reverse dies, (1) that of our coin, also shown by the Oxford specimen illustrated in RIC; by a specimen in CoinArchives Pro (G. Hirsch 266, 2010, lot 1978); and by Mazzini d.297, with obverse TR P XVI; (2) a second reverse die with obverse TR P XV, Gorny & Mosch 211, 2013, lot 594

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Lot 420

Rare Ceres and Annona Type for Domitian Domitian. 81-96 AD. Sestertius, 24.09g (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS PER P P Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on shoulders. Rx: ANNONA - AVGVSTI around, S C in exergue, Ceres seated left holding wheat ears and torch, Annona standing right holding cornucopia, modius on altar at her feet, stern of ship in background. RIC 396 (R2). BM 360, pl. 74.1 (same obv. die). Cohen 18 (Bordeaux Museum, 6 Fr.). A scarce sestertius reverse type, struck only in 85-86 AD, particularly rare in this issue with titles COS XI CENS PER on obverse. A well-known sestertius reverse type of Nero, revived for Domitian. Excellent surfaces, brown patination. About EF Ex Collection Richard P. Miller, acquired from Baldwin`s, London, May 2007

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Lot 421

Domitia, Wife of Domitian. . Aureus, 7.55g (7h). Rome, c. 83 AD. Obv: DOMITIA AVGVSTA IMP DOMITIANI (counterclockwise) Bust draped right. Rx: CONCORDIA - AVGVST (clockwise) Peacock standing right. RIC 679 (R3, citing Bourgey, 6 Dec. 1961, 40). BMC 60 note, citing Montagu Sale, 1896, lot 244 (same dies as our coin). Calicó 945, illustrating the Montagu specimen. Obv. legend var. of Cohen 4 (300 Fr.). A charming aureus with a stately portrait, and very rare. Nearly EF The second and rarest of Domitia`s three issues of aurei, apparently struck from just this one obverse die. Domitia`s aurei seem to fall into three issues of varying sizes, as follows: 1. RIC 150, 152, 155, 82-83 AD. Obverse legend DOMITIA AVGVSTA IMP DOMIT running counterclockwise. Two reverse types, also with counterclockwise legends: CONCORDIA AVGVST, Peacock standing right, and DIVVS CAESAR IMP DOMITIANI F, Domitian`s deified infant son seated on the celestial globe. Most of Domitia`s aurei belong to this issue, which is securely dated to 82-83 (a) by the fact that the corresponding denarii of Domitia were struck at the elevated weight and fineness which were used only in those two years, and (b) by the occurrence of the same obverse type of Domitia as a reverse type on aurei of Domitian, who still uses his early obverse legend IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M of 81-83 AD. 2. RIC 679, our coin, probably 83 AD, because Domitian is not yet called GERM, a title he received towards the end of 83. Obverse legend still running counterclockwise, and the same as in issue 1, but with the longer ending IMP DOMITIANI rather than just IMP DOMIT. The portrait with a more massive clump of hair from Domitia`s ear to above her forehead than in issue 1. Only one reverse type, Peacock standing right, as in issue 1 but with the legend now running clockwise, in two variants: CONCORDIA AVGVST, as on Montagu 244, the Bourgey coin cited by RIC 679, and our coin, or CONCORDIA AVGVSTA, Hess-Leu, 7 April 1960, lot 318, a variant that RIC omits, the coin in question being from the same obverse die as our piece and Montagu 244. This issue was struck in gold only, without corresponding denarii, and may have used just one obverse die. 3. RIC 678, 680, 681, calling Domitian GERM, so probably dating to late 83-84 AD. Obverse legend DOMITIA AVG IMP DOMITIAN AVG GERM, now running clockwise rather than counterclockwise as before. With the same massive clump of hair in Domitia`s portrait as in issue 2. Also repeating the same Peacock reverse type and clockwise reverse legend as in issue 2, but now also with a third legend variant, CONCORDIA AVGVSTI in addition to CONCORDIA AVGVST and CONCORDIA AVGVSTA. Aurei of this issue are rarer than those of issue 1, but less rare than those of issue 2. A unique corresponding denarius is also known (RIC 683). In the new RIC, pp. 252 and 314, our issues 2 and 3, despite the change of obverse legend direction and the omission of Domitian`s title GERM in the first case and its inclusion in the second, are amalgamated into a single issue, and both are tentatively assigned to 88-89 AD, though with little evidence (weights of aurei, possible inclusion of living Julia Titi in same issue). Surely the aurei without GERM in a counterclockwise legend have to be separated from those with GERM in a clockwise legend, and the chronolgy for the resulting issues 2-3 suggested above is, in our opinion, more likely than RIC`s (Curtis Clay)

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