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Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 445-420 BC. Poseidon advancing right, wielding trident in upraised right hand and extending left hand before him; ΠOMEΣ before / Bull standing left, ΠOMEΣ (retrograde) above. HN Italy 1114; SNG ANS 657. 8.07g, 18mm, 9h. Extremely Fine. Attractive old tone with iridescent flashes. Ex NGSA 7, 27 November 2012, lot 129; Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in April 1977. As a Lucanian city, Poseidonia sided with Pyrrhos of Epeiros when he landed in Italy, and upon the latter’s withdrawal the Lucani suffered severe reprisals from Rome throughout a ten year punitive campaign. When Hannibal invaded Italy it was unsurprising then that most of the Lucani sided with the Carthaginians. Poseidonia however, having become a Roman city in 273 BC, remained faithful to Rome’s cause and was granted civic honours as a result, including the right to mint its own coins once more.
Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus with P. Servilius Casca Longus AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with the army (western Asia Minor or northern Greece), summer - autumn 42 BC. CASCA LONGVS, laureate bust of Neptune right, trident below / BRVTVS IMP, Victory in long tunic walking to right, palm branch over left shoulder and breaking diadem with both hands, broken sceptre on ground. Crawford 507/2; CRI 212; RSC 3; Sydenham 1298; Kestner 3779; BMCRR East 63-65. 3.90g, 19mm, 12h. Near Mint State. Sound, lustrous metal. A superb example.
L. Staius Murcus AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Murcus, 42-41 BC. Head of Neptune right, with trident over shoulder / Male figure on right, holding sword in left hand and right hand raising kneeling female figure on left, between them, trophy with sword and shield, MVRCVS•IMP in exergue. Crawford 510/1; Sydenham 1315; CRI 337; Statia 1. 3.87g, 21mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. Like many commanders of the Imperatorial age, not a great deal is known about the career of L. Staius Murcus. Appian relates that he served under Caesar in Gaul and Africa, and was present at the Senate House on the Ides of March and whilst he did not participate in Caesar's murder, he approved of the deed. Following Caesar's assassination, the Senate sent Murcus to Syria as proconsul to besiege Q. Caecilius Bassus alongside Cassius. Murcus was posted to blockade the fleet of Cleopatra as she came to the aid of Marc Antony and Octavian. Domitius Ahenobarbus was sent to assist him in this, and the two formed a highly successful partnership, which resulted in dominance over the seas between Greece and Italy. This partnership was not to last long however, and as a rift formed between the two Murcus joined forces with Sextus Pompey. Murcus' stubbornness and refusal to cooperate with Pompey's plans led to a growing suspicion on behalf of the latter, who soon had Murcus assassinated.
Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus with P. Servilius Casca Longus AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with the army (western Asia Minor or northern Greece), summer - autumn 42 BC. CASCA LONGVS, laureate bust of Neptune right, trident below / BRVTVS IMP, Victory in long tunic walking to right, palm branch over left shoulder and breaking diadem with both hands, broken sceptre on ground. Crawford 507/2; CRI 212; RSC 3; Sydenham 1298; Kestner 3779; BMCRR East 63-65. 3.94g, 19mm, 12h. Good Very Fine.
Kushan Empire, Mahi AV Dinar. Uncertain mint, circa AD 300-305. Mahi standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; pu in Brahmi below arm; mahi in Brahmi to outer right / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; tamgha to upper left. ANS Kushan 1666; MK 588; Donum Burns 766-8. 7.73g, 19mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
Carausius BI Radiate. London, no mintmark, circa AD 287. [IMP CARA]VSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / LITI-IA (sic), Laetitia standing right holding trident, clasping hand of Carausius standing left holding sceptre (same reverse die to previous coin). Unpublished in the standard references, for reverse type with legend EXPECTATE VENI or similar, cf. RIC 216 (MSC) and 554 (RSR); Webb 264-5 and 603. 2.70g, 19mm, 10h. Fine. Extremely Rare.
Thrace, Byzantion AR 9 Obols. Circa 240-220 BC. Antipater, magistrate. Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right / Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; ΠΥ to left, monogram to right, EÎ I ANTIÎ ATΡΟΥ below. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1031; cf. SNG BM Black Sea 62; SNG Copenhagen 487. 5.66g, 21mm, 1h. Mint State. Very Rare; exceptional for the type.
Kushan Empire, Vasudeva II AV Dinar. Circa AD 290-310. Mint III (C). Vasudeva, nimbate, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident; flame at shoulder; filleted trident to left, tamgha to right; symbol to left of filleted trident; annulet to left of Vasudeva’s right leg; between legs, pellet above retrograde swastika; symbol to right of of Vasudeva’s left leg; triple pellets below Vasudeva’s left arm / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem in upraised right hand and trident in left; behind, the bull Nandi, with annulet on rump, standing left; tamgha to upper left; triple pellets below Nandi's head. MK 688 (dies unlisted); Donum Burns -. 7.80g, 27mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Sicily, 42-40 BC. The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune, in foreground, galley left adorned with legionary eagle, sceptre and trident; MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER around / Scylla left, wielding a rudder in both hands; PRÆF•CLAS•ET•ORÆâ€¢[MAR IT•EX•S•C] around. Crawford 511/4a; CRI 335; Sydenham 1348; RSC 2. 3.83g, 18mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Rare.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 280-272 BC. Eu... and Apollo..., magistrates. Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse that raises left foreleg; EY above, ΑΠΟΛΛΩ and two amphorae below / Taras astride dolphin left, holding kantharos and cradling long trident; ΘI behind, TAPAΣ below. HN Italy 1010; Vlasto 763; SNG ANS 1119. 6.51g, 22mm, 7h. Extremely Fine.
Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Poseidon, diademed and wearing chlamys over shoulders, advancing right, wielding trident in upraised right hand and extending left hand before him; ΠOΣ behind / Incuse of obverse, but with ΠOΣ in relief. HN Italy 1107; Gillet photo file 207 (same dies); SNG Locker Lampson 25; NAC 64, 639 = NAC 78, 1352 (same dies). 7.53g, 30mm, 12h. Near Mint State. Very Rare. In truly exceptional state of preservation, displaying perfect metal and a wonderful level of detail. Engraved in finest archaic style; a bold, monumental type. One of the very finest of all the known incuse Poseidonia staters. From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s. Little is known of Poseidonia from its foundation at around the end of the Seventh Century BC by colonists from Sybaris other than that information which can be gleaned from archaeological study of the city and its remaining artefacts. The literary tradition offers only a terminus ante quem for the foundation, circa 530, provided by Herodotos who refers to the city as in existence when Hyele was founded c.540-535. The archaeological evidence suggests a foundation date of c.600 (E. Greco; Poseidonia ii. 73 n. 7). Evidence from votive figurines and the city’s architecture suggest close trade relations with Metapontion during the sixth and fifth centuries, but the relationship with its mother city appears not to be have been particularly strong, since its coins are struck on the Campanian-Phokaian standard rather than the Italic-Achaian standard in use at Sybaris. Nonetheless, Poseidonia accepted refugees from Sybaris after their city was destroyed by Kroton in 510, evidenced by the fact that in the early fifth century Poseidonia's coins adopted the Achaian weight standard and the bull seen on Sybarite coins. A. J. Graham (Colony and Mother City in Ancient Greece, 1999) thinks it was plausible that the number of refugees was large enough for some kind of synoecism to have occurred between the Poseidonians and the Sybarites, possibly in the form of a sympolity. Poseidonia’s relationship to the Sybarites then remained strong enough that in 453 Sybaris was refounded with the apparent blessing and sponsorship of Poseidonia. The city does not make further appearance in the classical sources until the late fifth century, when according to Strabo it was conquered by the Lucani. Although Aristoxenos would have us believe that the Greek identity of the city was effaced and that the Poseidoniatai were completely barbarianised, a sizeable Greek population must have remained despite the conquest, as the archaeological record shows both Greek and Oscan culture continuing to thrive alongside one another. Despite no single temple having been definitively identified as pertaining to Poseidon, the cult of this god must have played an important role in the city, as evidenced both by its name and by the principle type of its coinage, of which the present piece is a magnificent example. The outstanding quality of the engraving is noteworthy; we are presented with two well-proportioned and finely detailed images of what must surely have been a statue, which many scholars have with good reason assumed that this figure was inspired by, such is the consistency with which it is depicted (though minor variations of detail, including the beard, do occur) and the monumental quality it possesses. Indeed, the figure bears much similarity to the Artemision Bronze in compositional style; proponents of the argument that the Artemision Bronze is Poseidon (rather than Zeus) cite the coinage of Poseidonia in their favour.
Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Poseidon, diademed and wearing chlamys over shoulders, advancing right, wielding trident in upraised right hand and extending left hand before him; ΠOΣ behind / Incuse of obverse, but with ΠOΣ in relief. HN Italy 1107; SNG Lloyd 428; New York Sale XXVII, 81 (same dies). 7.18g, 30mm, 12h. Very Fine. From a private American Collection.
Agrippa, Æ As, struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD.Obv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown.Rev: S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left.RIC 58; Sear 1812.Good fine. 29mm, 10.8g.
Apulia, Tarentum, Nomos, c. 332-302 BC; AR (g 7,81; mm 20; h 7); Horseman galloping r., holding shield and spears; below, ?A, Rv. TAPA?, oecist riding dolphin l., holding cantharus and trident; on l., monogram and pellet; on r., dolphin. HNItaly 937; Vlasto 605.Old cabinet tone, about extremely fine - extremely fine.
Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, Denarius, Sicily, 42-40 BC; AR (g 3,55; mm 19; h 2); Head of Neptune r., trident over shoulder; around, MAG PI - VS - [IMP ITER] Rv. Trophy with trident above and anchor below, prow-stem on l. and aplustre on r., two heads of Scylla at base; around, PRAEF CLAS ET OR - [AE MAR IT EX S C]. Crawford 511/2b; Pompeia 21; Sydenham 1347.Rare. Cabinet tone, about extremely fine - extremely fine.
Agrippa (Gaius, 37-41), As, Rome, AD 37-41; AE (g 10,80; mm 28; h 6); M AGRIPPA L - F COS III, head l., wearing rostral crown, Rv. Neptune cloaked standing l., holding small dolphin and trident; in field, S - C. RIC 58; C 3.Dark green patina: about extremely fine.This lot is sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy.
Kings of Macedonia, Philip II (359-336, and posthumous issues), Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, c. 355-348 BC; AR (g 14,47; mm 25; h 6); Laureate head of Zeus r., Rv. ?I?I?-?OY, Philip II on horseback l., raised hand, wearing chlamys and causia; below, trident. Le Rider, pl. 26, n.78; SNG ANS 462.Cabinet tone, minor flan crack: about extremely fine.
Kings of Macedonia, Demetrios I (306-283), Tetradrachm, Uncertain mint, c. 291-290 BC; AR (g 16,75; mm 28; h 1); Diademed and horned head r., Rv. BA?I?E?? ?HMHTPIOY, Poseidon Pelagaios seated l. on rock, holding aphlaston and trident; on l., Phrygian helmet. Newell 136 (unrecorded dies); Classical Numismatic Group -Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 171.Rare. Cabinet tone, minor die shift on obverse, anyway extremely fine.
Greek/Macedon, Philip II, 359 to 336 BCE. AV stater (8.5 grams). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. Charioteer driving chariot drawn by two rearing horses to right, holding reins in his left hand and goad in his right; below horses, trident to right. Le Rider 310 (D 143/R 237). Size: 0.7" W (1.8 cm) Provenance: Ex- Collection of James Farmer, Maryland, collected from major galleries and auction houses between 1995 and 2005 Condition: A very nice example in choice VF. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #120372

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