We found 216995 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 216995 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
216995 item(s)/page
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)
Lot 441
Aelius as Caesar. 136-138 AD. Denarius, 3.72g (7h). Rome, 137 AD. Obv: L AELIVS - CAESAR Head bare right. Rx: CONCORD in exergue, TR POT - COS II around, Concordia seated left on seat without back, feet on footstool, holding patera and placing left elbow on cornucopia resting on ground beside seat. BM 981. Cohen 1 var. (12 Fr.). Cf. RIC 436. Superb portrait of Aelius. Virtually Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection
Lot 459
Crispina. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.16g (12h). Alexandria, Year 21=180/1 AD. Obv: KPEICÎ EINA - CEBACTH Bust draped right. Rx: Fortuna Redux seated left, wheel under seat, holding rudder and double cornucopia; above, date L KA. Cologne 2262. Dattari 3974. BMC 1449. Oxford 2618. Sear 6023. Extremely rare, one of the finest known. About VF Ex Peter Lowrek Collection
Lot 460
Ex H.P. Hall Collection, 1950 Pertinax. 193 AD. Sestertius, 26.82g (12h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES P HELV - PERTINAX AVG Head laureate right. Rx: OPI DIVIN - TR P COS II S - C Ops seated left, holding two wheat ears in right hand and placing left hand on seat behind her. BM 42. Cohen 34 (200 Fr.). RIC 20 (R2). Exquisite portrait. Smooth red patination on obverse. About EF Ex H.P. Hall Collection, Glendining, 16-21 November 1950, lot 1655
Lot 465
Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Sestertius, 22.31g (11h). Rome, 196 AD. Obv: L SEPT SEV PE - RT AVG IMP VIII Bust laureate, cuirassed right. Rx: FORTVNAE REDVCI around, S C in exergue, Fortuna Redux seated left, wheel below seat, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. BM 600, pl. 25.7 (same dies). RIC 720. Bust var. of Cohen 193 (8 Fr.). Green patination. VF Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Rauch, Summer Auction, 13 September 2010, lot 828
Lot 1079
Assorted 20th Century Children`s Costume including cotton and flannel baby gros; child`s paisley jacket; juggling puppet, miniature celluloid dolls; two pairs of silk quilted bootees; wool work chair seat bearing a Bowes Museum exhibition label `Miss Headlam, Whorlton`; floral appliques and corsages; 19th century white cotton caps, black lace; two velvet panels impressed `J P Million Servier & Cie a Lyon` bead appliques etc (two boxes)
Loading...-
216995 item(s)/page