Gemini X Auction

sunday, January 13, 2013

AUCTION X In Conjunction with the 41th Annual New York International Numismatic Convention At the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 301 Park Avenue, New York, New York Norse Suite, 18th Floor

Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 3:20 PM Presented by Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. B & H Kreindler

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Back Cover Coins: Lots: 34, 77, 123, 133, 288, 315, 356, 361, 433, 579, 587, 589 Introduction Pages: Lot 21

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ORDER OF SALE Part I (begins Sunday, January 13 at 3:20 PM)

Part II (begins after dinner break)

Greek Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-153

Roman Imperatorial Coins Continued . . . . . 401-553

Roman Republican & Imperatorial Coins . 154-400

Roman Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554-589

Dinner break for bidcard holders in auction room

Byzantine Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590-600 Harry N. Sneh Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601-798 Group Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799-831

Randy Haviland

Randy Haviland was born in September of 1949. He studied at McAllister College before he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam Era. In 1971 Randy married Jan Myers and was employed in the family business. Randy also held several positions within an international trade organization including president of the association. He received several awards from the association for development, leadership, and distinguished service to the organization. Randy also attained the rank of Eagle Scout and was a Scout Master for a local troop. Beyond collecting he enjoyed scuba diving, fishing, and cave diving.

Randy Haviland came from a family of collectors. His grandmother, on his father’s side, was the instigator who started the family down the collecting avenue. She gave Randy his first coins and from that time on the fever was forever high for collecting. His father was also a collector, but mostly of stamps. When in grade school, Randy had the opportunity to seriously begin his collecting passion.

Randy’s collecting spans U.S. Coins, U.S. Paper Currency, Ancients, and finally settled on Roman Imperatorial Coins. Not only did he enjoy the collecting of coins; he collected the history that spoke from each coin as well. Randy’s love of collecting coins put life into history, which he passed on to his family and friends, making history more alive for everyone. On a trip to the British Museum we found our way into the Hall of Roman Leaders. Randy saw his knowledge of the Roman Leaders laid out before him as he moved from one Roman Leader’s bust to another. He explained to his family who succeeded whom, the wars, the troubles, the victories, or a child that was divorced from their family and others adopted to create a line of succession the leader wanted.

Randy passed away in February of 2012. In addition to Jan, his wife of 40 years, he is survived by his mother Van; one daughter Alice and her husband Marcus; two grandchildren Mya and Xavier; two brothers; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Warren; a nephew, Donald; and a sister, Vanette.

From the wondering eyes of a fourth grader, seeing collecting as a mainline into history, Randy enjoyed his collections and the history it presented to him. Randy’s hope would be for all the collectors that are the successful bidders to enjoy and gain the pieces of history that so inspired Randy’s collecting over the many decades.

Harry N. Sneh

Harry Naftali Sneh was born in Israel in 1953. He came to the United States with his parents as a youth, and has lived in California for most of his life. Harry studied engineering, and earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Cal Poly University, and a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a registered engineer in California. For most of his professional life, Harry worked for the California Environmental Protection Agency.

Harry started to collect world coins and paper money as a child, often getting exciting new additions when his father came home from a trip. The desire to collect never wavered, and as an adult Harry formed a major currency collection which he developed for over twenty years.

But Harry was always fascinated by ancient history and archaeology, and when he sold his currency collection his attention was drawn to ancient coins.

Harry initially found himself most interested in Judean coins. He was then attracted to the Judaea Capta commemoratives of the Flavian emperors. From there, he started to specialize in the Flavian imperial series, adding to his collection many rarities including unique coins not listed in the major references. Harry’s collection of the silver issues of Titus, which he collected systematically, is a special source of pride.

It is Harry’s wish that the coins from his collection will bring much satisfaction to their new owners, and that they will take good care of them for future collectors. For collectors are merely curators of these fascinating small pieces of history, preserving them for future generations.

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Part I Greek Coins

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Gaul. Morini. c. 55-50 BC. AV Stater, 5.73g (12h). Obv: Blank. Rx: Disjointed horse standing right; shield before; four large pellets and inverted crescent above; S, retrograde S, crescent, and large pellet below. Van Arsdell, p. 75, 87-1. De La Tour 8707. EF $650

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Apulia. Teate. c. 225-200 CB. Nummus, 29.34g (6h). Obv: Head of Zeus Dodona right, wearing oak wreath. Rx: TIATI Eagle, wings raised, standing right on thunderbolt; value mark N to right. HN Italy 703. Weber Coll. 474.

SNG Morcom 223. Green patination. VF $800

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 171, 27 October 2010, lot 2.

Ex Peus 400, 22 April 2010, lot 9.

One of the rare examples of the small Gaulish group of the Celtic coinage of Britannia. The metal (a reddish gold alloy), the type, and the fabric are clearly related to the coinage of Britain, and give food for thought about early trade connections to the Continent.

2.

Campania. Neapolis. c. 300 BC. Triobol, 0.82g (10h). Obv: Apollo head right. Rx: Quadriga.

HN Italy 580. BMC 93. SNG ANS 424. SNG Copenhagen 471. Winterthur 161. Very rare.

Weakly struck reverse. About VF $350 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7018, Lewis Egnew Collection.

A very rare issue of Neapolis that was issued after the city had made an alliance with Rome in 326 BC. Instead of the siren Parthenope and the man-headed bull ( the river god Acheloos), the types are Apollo and a chariot, thus announcing something new. Neapolis was soon to return to her traditional types, but a new chapter in her history had begun.

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Single Die Type

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Calabria. Tarentum. c. 480-470 BC. Nomos, 8.02g (3h). Obv: Phalanthos on dolphin, arms outstretched for balance; open mussel shell below. Rx: Four-spoked wheel, dolphin swimming left in one quadrant. Fischer-Bossert 90 (V48/R59). Vlasto 93 (same dies). SNG ANS 1234 (same dies). HN Italy 833. Good VF

$8,000 Ex Nomos 5, 25 October 2011, lot 104. Ex CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 69.

The dolphin rider Phalantos is shown in a gesture of astonishment, probably recognizing that he is approaching firm land. The foundation myth of Tarentum centers on an old sea deity who combines features of Poseidon and young heroes and is represented as a dolphin rider.

The Tarentines liked to embellish his image with all kinds of appropriate adjuncts, especially seafood. The mussel shell symbol only occurs on this single die. Extremely rare.

Enlargement

Unpublished

5. c. 280-230 BC. Didrachm, 6.90g (3h). Obv: Diademed head of nymph left. Rx: Boy on trotting horse holding palm leaf; horse’s front left leg raised and TA symbol below. Dolphin beneath horse, symbol of horse’s front leg in upper left field. Apparently unpublished with this symbol. For the Campano-Tarentine series, see HN Italy 2098. VF $1,000 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7030.

Combining types from Campanian cities and Tarentum, the Campano-Tarentine coinage remains a mystery and has not yet been closely studied. Judging from the coins’ fabric, the mint may have been situated at Tarentum, but the series circulated in Campania rather than Calabria. The abundance of symbols (our coin adds a new one to the inventory) suggests that the mint was an experienced one.

Enlargement

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Lucania. Metapontum. 530-510 BC. Drachm, 2.55g (12h). Obv: Ear of barley. Rx: Ear of barley in incuse. SNG ANS 208. HN Italy 1460.

Rare denomination. VF $500

7.

Poseidonia. c. 530-500 BC. Stater, 7.25g (12h).

Obv: ΠΟΣ (retrograde) Bearded Poseidon striding right, nude except for cloak draped over arms, brandishing trident. Rx: Same type, reversed and incuse, except trident head and ethnic which are in relief. SNG ANS 615 (same dies). AMB 159 (same obverse die). HN Italy 1107. Obverse slightly doublestruck. About EF/ EF $5,000 Ex Manhattan Sale 1, 5 January 2010, lot 14.

Ex James T. Berdach Collection.

The incuse coinage of Magna Graecia is known for bold types, and the early coinage of Poseidonia provides one of the best examples: the striding god of the sea Poseidon who gave the city its name. The combination of simple types and subtle artistic execution makes these coins a must for the serious collector. A fine specimen of the early issues of Poseidonia, depicting Poseidon in his common guise, as a man in his prime, with a long beard (compare the following lot).

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Drachm, 3.34g (12h). Obv: Beardless Poseidon, diademed, advancing right with left arm outstretched brandishing trident held high behind head and with mantle falling over both arms.

In left field, ΠΟΣ. Border of dots and cable going around at edge. Rx: Incuse of same type.

In right field, ΠΟΣ retrograde. Gorini, La monetazione incusa della Magna Grecia (1975), p.

31, 6 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 1273. SNG ANS 619. HN Italy 1108. Good VF $5,500 Ex Al Zaloom Collection. Ex NAC 13, 8 October 1998, lot 160. Ex Collection Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig.

The fact that Poseidon is beardless is exceptional and interesting: this is one of the latest examples for an early archaic guise of the brothers Zeus and Poseidon representing them as young men. A beardless Zeus, for example, is known from the pediment of the temple at Corcyra, c.

590 BC, and from a few vase paintings. It is remarkable to find this old iconography still persisting on a coin.

the Strait of Messina, Rhegion and Messana.

On the obverse, a chariot of mules (Apene) is depicted, while on the reverse a hare is shown.

The reverse type has to do with the cult of the god Pan, although Aristotle claims that Anaxilas put a hare on his coins because he had introduced hares to Sicily and was proud to have done so.

Last Issue of Rhegium

10. c. 425-420 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.31g (7h). Obv: Lion’s scalp facing, two olive leaves with berries in right field. Rx: City founder Iokastos seated left, holding staff and resting left hand on drapery fold by hip, snake below seat, city name retrograde, all within wreath. Herzfelder 59. HN Italy 2491. Toned EF/About EF $25,000 This is one of the last die combinations used in the lion’s scalp/seated Iokastos series. The youthful Iokastos is a beautiful Greek depiction reminiscent of the beautiful Phalantos on the early series of Tarentum, possibly by the same hand (see Fischer-Bossert, Tarentum 201). The obverse of this coin is very sharp and in relatively high relief. This is a wonderful piece of early classical Greek art.

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Bruttium. Rhegium. 478-470 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.51g (9h). Obv: Charioteer driving biga of mules right. In exergue, laurel leaf. Dotted border. Rx: ΡΕΓΙΝΟΝ Hare right.

Dotted border. Caltabiano Caccamo, pl. 64-65, series IIB. SNG ANS 626. About VF $2,500 Enlargement

When the tyrant Anaxilas of Rhegion won the race of the mule chariots at Olympia, he changed the type of his coins in both cities at 10

11. c. 415/10-387 BC. AE 18, 4.55g (2h). Obv: ΡΗΓΙΝΟΝ Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Rx: Wreath with encircled H in center. HN Italy 2529; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, p. 11, no. 43. This series being exceptionally rare. EF $1,000 This coin appears to be the finest known of its type. There is another version of Apollo which is also a rarity but can be found in the references. Our example exhibits a completely different head of Apollo stylistically and the reverse is incredibly well centered and well struck. There were extreme weight fluctuations in the bronzes of southern Italy at the time and our piece is much lighter than the other known type, for example CNG 84, 5 May 2010, lot 94.

Signed by Euainetos

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Sicily. Katane. Signed by the artist Euainetos. c. 408/7 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.87g (2h). Obv: Quadriga with driver in full gallop left. Nike flying overhead holding a tablet with the signature of the artist of the coin Euainetos [EYAIN], the signature not being visible due to corrosion. Below exergual line, crab. Rx: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ Laureate head of Apollo left.

In front, wool fillet with four wool bobbles, a loop at the top for hanging and a bell at the bottom. Behind, large crawfish. Rizzo pl. XIV, 6.

SNG ANS 1260. SNG Munich 437. Seltman, Masterpieces of Greek Coinage, p. 84, 35b

(same reverse die). Gardner, NC (1876), p. 29.

Fischer-Bossert, SNR 77 (1998), pp. 28-31, pl. 6, 11 (same dies). Very granular obverse.

Exceptionally beautiful reverse. Fine/Good VF $12,000 Ex M&M Basel 72, 6 October 1987, lot 515.

This coin from Katane is one of the absolute highlights of Greek artistry. It is signed by the artist Euainetos. The head of Apollo, though male, appears to the viewer to be that of a beautiful, attractive woman. He has delicate features and the hair is thrown up high with mounds of curls. Charles Seltman in his Masterpieces of Greek Coinage comments on how the coin of Catane and the Syracusan tetradrachm that he shows in his book are so similar in appearance that they might be brother and sister. Percy Gardner in his article in NC 1876 sums it up quite beautifully when he says ‘…the distinguishing mark of which is delicacy and extreme refinement passing into luxuriousness. The fastidiousness of the lips and the great delicacy of the nose will be especially striking if we compare this representation with the last but one (No. 24 is a full-frontal view of Apollo, which is considerably less refined than our coin). The length of the hair and its confinement at the back show a return to archaistic treatment’.

Enlargement

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Unique Variant

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Messana. c. 317-311 BC. Bronze, 10.35g (7h).

Obv: ΜΕΣΣΑΝΑ Female head left, the hair tied twice by a long taenia, wearing triple ear pendant and necklace. Beneath the ends of the taenia, shell. Dotted border. Rx: Μ-ΕΣΣΑΝΙΩΝ Mule biga standing right, the charioteer holding three reins and extending goad over the mules with other hand. Line border. Caltabiano Caccamo 783-786 (same obverse die). On the date, see SNG Morcom 619. Spectacular brown patination. Choice EF $2,000

15.

Selinus. c. 530 BC. Stater, 7.14g. Obv: Celery leaf. Rx: Ten section incuse alternately raised and incused with raised pellet in center. SNG Lloyd 1208. SNG Fitzwilliam 1154. Very rare reverse incuse for this issue. Good VF $850 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7155, Lewis Egnew Collection.

The celery leaf (selinon) is a canting badge for the city name. The delicacy and accuracy of these early depictions of plants is astonishing.

Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 30.

A unique variant of the series. Usually the charioteer holds a palm branch as a sign of victory.

On this coin he is holding a goad (kentron) for urging on the animals.

Enlargement

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Syracuse. c. 485-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.30g (3h). Obv: Quadriga driven right by charioteer, holding reins; above, Nike flying right to crown horses. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa left, wearing necklace, four dolphins around.

Boehringer 42. SNG ANS 8. Dewing Coll. 692 (same dies). For the dating, see now C. ArnoldBiucchi, NACQT 36 (2007), p. 65 f. This coin is beautifully centered and on a broad flan with the desirable type of the long-haired, left-facing Arthusa. About VF

$3,500 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7158.

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Himera. c. 430-409 BC. Hemilitron, 11.05g (3h). Obv: Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue. Rx: Six large pellets. Calciati 24/3.

SNG Morcom 597. Brown green patination.

Choice EF $350 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

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In 485 BC, the wealthy landowners of Syracuse (Gamoroi) had to deal with a turmoil, and sought help from the tyrant of Gela, Gelon.

Gelon took advantage of the invitation by subduing Syracuse and establishing himself as tyrant there. Our coin belongs to the first issue that was struck after Gelon’s coup.

Ex Gemini V, 6 January 2009, lot 374.

Ex American Numismatic Society Inv. 1944.100.55798 Edward T. Newell Bequest, 1944. Ex Hirsch XXIII (1909), lot 486.

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Tetradrachm, 16.96g (3h). Obv: Quadriga driven right by charioteer, holding reins; above, Nike flying right to crown horses. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa left, wearing necklace, four dolphins around. Boehringer 48. SNG München 922 (same dies). Nicely centered, very pleasant type, another left facing Arethusa. VF $3,500 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7162.

As on the previous coin, Nike is crowning the outer left horse rather than the charioteer, because the charioteer was regarded as the mere servant of the chariot’s owner, whereas the ability of the outer left horse to guide the team through left turns was crucial to winning the race.

This highly desirable type with Arethusa’s hair blowing upward occurs on fourteen dies, but only one of them bears the artist’s signature.

Eukleidas’ Arethusa ‘with the blowing hair’ can be considered the last artistic sign of life of the Syracusan democracy, for the tyrant Dionysios was soon to take power there, changing the coinage from tetradrachms to decadracms which he used to pay his mercenaries. Our coin is from the collection of Edward T. Newell, highly regarded numismatic author and president of the American Numismatic Society from 1916 until his untimely death in 1941. Newell bequeathed his vast collection of ancient coins to the ANS, who de-accessioned this particular piece as a duplicate four years ago.

Ex Hirsch, Newell, ANS Collections

Tudeer 109 (This Coin). Unique

18. c. 400 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.05g (12h). Obv: Fast quadriga in three-quarter view, driven to left, third horse with head turned back, above Nike flying right to crown the charioteer, in exergue dolphin left. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Arethusa facing left, wearing double earring and necklace, hair covered in a sakkos, engraver’s signature ΕΥΚΛΕΙ on a pinakion below truncation, four dolphins around. Tudeer 88 (V33/R60). SNG ANS 295 (this coin). SNG Oxford 2007. Toned. Good VF $18,000

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Sicily. Syracuse. c. 410-400 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.79g (5h). Obv: Prancing quadriga driven right by female charioteer holding reins and kentron; above, Nike flying left to crown him.

Rev. ΣΥPAKO[ΣΙΩN] Head of Arethusa left.

Around, four dolphins. Unique specimen.

Tudeer 109a (this coin). It is quite remarkable that in the 99 years since its publication in 13

Tudeer this coin has remained the only specimen recorded. Toned VF $20,000 Ex MMAG List 565 (1993), lot 13. Ex Auctiones S.A. (1993), lot 133. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (1970), lot 69. Ex De Nanteuil Collection lot 362. Ex Naville 4 (1922), lot 368. Ex Sotheby’s (December 1907), Stanford lot 47.

This is one of the rare contemporary imitations of Syracusan coins, made either by indigenous people (the Sicels) or by an irregular mint of the Syracusans themselves during the war against the Carthaginians, soon after 410 BC. Its good style points to the second option.

small silver coins that supplemented the latest group of tetradrachms of the signing artists, and copied their types.

Double Signed Kimon Masterpiece

21.

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. EF/VF+ $120,000 Ex M&M 79, 28 February and 1 March, 1994, lot 186. Ex Hirsch 275, 22-23 September 2011, lot 3289.

Enlargement

Third Recorded

20. c. 405-400 BC. Hemidrachm, 2.04g (9h). Obv: Fast quadriga left with Nike crowning driver.

Rx: Arethusa left with two dolphins. Thin line border. Jameson 834. SNG Munich 1092. VF

$1,000 Only the third specimen recorded. Before the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysios I, switched to large-size bronze issues (notorious for being overvalued), he struck an attractive series of 14

Kimon’s facing Arethusa is one of the most famous head designs of antiquity, rivaling even the Arethusa of Euainetos’ decadrachms. Like the latter, Kimon’s facing Arethusa was quickly adopted by other mints at home and abroad, as well as by vase painters and metal workers. The design’s attraction even in remote areas such as Lycia and Cilicia shows it got to the heart.

The point is not in the boldness to show a head 3/4 facing to the observer – this idea was in the wind for many years, though mainly among vase painters. The revolutionary attraction is in the expression that gives a voice to a new philosophy of life. In archaic and early classical times, facing heads were used by both vasepainters 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 fash-

ion 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 two obverse 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 has 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. Despite 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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Signed Decadrachm

22. c. 400-380 BC. Decadrachm, 43.08g (7h). Obv: Quadriga galloping left, driven by a charioteer holding reins and directing the horses with a goad. Above, Nike flying right to crown the charioteer. In exergue, panoply of arms on two steps: cuirass, two greaves, and a Phrygian helmet. Border of dots. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of nymph Arethusa left, wearing a reed 15

wreath, triple ear pendant, and necklace.

Beneath her chin, Δ; around, four dolphins; on the lower one, signature ΕΥΑΙΝΕ. Gallatin R IX/D I. SNG Fitzwilliam 1277 (same dies).

Signed die. Obverse struck with a rusty die but well centered. Extremely beautiful head of Arethusa. Because of the centering the complete name of the city shows above the head of Arethusa but none of the master’s signature which is below Arethusa’s neck. Only two reverse dies with the delta symbol were produced. VF/EF

$20,000

“Beyond these coins, human comprehension cannot go”, Winckelmann wrote about Sicilian coins. He may well have had in mind the Syracusan decadrachms designed by the master engravers Kimon and Euainetos. Especially the series of the latter, which is also the larger one, became renowned in the whole Mediterranean for the beauty of its head of the nymph Arethusa, and was therefore copied by numerous mints in Italy and mainland Greece. Despite its serenity, the series was issued in gloomy times, when Dionysios I had to finance largescale campaigns against the Carthaginians.

Hoard evidence suggests that the decadrachms were not struck before c. 400 BC, i.e after the first five years of Dionysios’ rule when he had consolidated his empire and was about to undertake another campaign against the Carthaginian armies, conquering Motye in 397 BC, though thereby risking the survival of Syracuse. The decadrachms are thought to have been payment for his army of mercenaries. One wonders whether these Campanian professional soldiers appreciated the artistic value of what they got. Maybe they did; at least the Campanian pottery workshops did so when the mercenaries came back home, and adopted the head of Arethusa for a new series of blackglazed cups with a medaillon in the center, featuring the decadrachm Arethusa.

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23.

Siculo-Punic. c. 410-395 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.17g (4h). Obv: Forepart of bridled horse right, wheat grain in right field, Nike above holding wreath; dotted border. Rx: Palm tree with drooping branches, small date bunches; legend QRTHDST in Punic letters. Jenkins, SNR 53 (1974), p. 37, no. 20 (O6/R20). SNG Copenhagen 71. SNG Delepierre 716. Good VF

$2,500 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

This is one of the earliest coins struck by the Carthaginians in Sicily. The issue was to finance the war against the Greek cities of Selinus and Himera, captured and destroyed by the Carthaginian army in 409/8 BC. The types are distinctively Carthaginian: the horse that was part of the omen indicating where to found the city of Carthage, and the palm tree (phoinix), a pun pointing to the origin of Carthage, Phoenicia.

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Prancing Horse

24. c. 350 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.23g (12h). Obv: Head of Persephone right, dolphins around.

Rx: Horse prancing right, date palm behind.

Jenkins, SNR 56 (1977), p. 45, no. 131 (5 specimens cited). Gulbenkian Coll. 366, McClean 3043 (both from the same dies). The reverse of this type is rare and highly desirable. Choice EF $15,000 This series of Carthaginian coins struck for their campaigns on Sicily connects the Syracusan Arethusa head with the old badges of Carthage, the horse and the palm-tree (phoinix, a pun for Phoenicia). The Arethusa head may well have been interpreted as the head of Tanit, a Phoenician goddess. Our coin is struck from one of the few dies that combine the grace of the Syracusan nymph with the dark expression of the Phoenician deity who forced the Carthaginians to sacrifice their first-born children to her.

25. c. 320-300 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.11g (1h).

Obv: Head of Tanit right, dolphins around.

Rx: S’MMHNT (People of the Camp) Horse’s head right, date palm behind. Jenkins, SNR 56 (1977), p. 51, 176 (10 specimens cited). Choice EF $9,500 The horse’s head in this reverse type was so brilliant that it even attracted the Romans who made it the model for the first Roman issue of didrachms. In Rome, it might have been interpreted as the October horse, a special religious sacrifice, while at Carthage the horse was part of the omen sanctioning the foundation of the city.

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Rsmlqrt. c. 350-300 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.98g (11h). Obv: Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, above Nike flying right to crown driver.

Rx: Large head of Arethusa right with flowing wavy hair, wearing triple pendant earring and pearl necklace, three dolphins around. Jenkins SNR 50 (1971), 16 (08/R13) (same dies). EF

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Last Issue of Carthage

27.

Zeugitana. Carthage. 200-146 BC. Serrated Double Shekel, 12.62g (12h). Zeugitana, Carthage, c. 149-146 BC, last issue of Carthage.

Obv: Head of Tanit left. Rx: Horse prancing right; caduceus above. Visona, SNR 86 (2007), p. 44, no. 28 (this coin). Only 6 recorded, two from this die combination, BM (3 pieces), Parma, and another one in private hands.

Extremely rare last issue of Carthage with caduceus symbol. About VF $1,000

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Macedonia. Uncertain. c. 480-460 BC. Hemiobol, 0.40g (11h). Obv: Horse trotting right. Rx: Helmet. Apparently unpublished. For the presumptive Royal Macedonian model, see Raymond, pp. 84 f., pl. V, 35 ff. (tetrobols).

Crystallized. VF/Fine $300

Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7843, Lewis Egnew Collection.

A specimen of the last series of Carthage, and accordingly rare, issued during the desperate resistance against the three year siege of the city by the Romans which ended in complete disaster: the Romans were not content to destroy the city and sell all survivors into slavery but also cursed Carthage and scattered salt over the ruins and adjacent areas.

Unpublished

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Bisaltian District. Bisaltae. c. 500-460 BC. Obol, 0.30g. Obv: Forepart of horse right. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Cf. SNG ANS 922 and Svoronos, Hellenisme, pl. XII, 21. VF $300 Another possibly unique fraction from the North Greek region that varies the image of a wild horse found on the coinage of Maroneia, Selymbria, and other North Greek cities

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Thraco-Macedonian. Uncertain Mint. c. 5th century BC. Obol, 0.68g. Obv: Horse standing right with head turned back. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Slightly crystallized. VF $300 A calm composition that is one of the most attractive among the many depictions of horses on North Greek and Thessalian coins.

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31.

Chalcidian District. Dicaea. c. 510-470 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.44g (5h). Obv: Rooster standing right. Rx: ΔΙΚΑ clockwise within four-part incuse square. AMNG III, p. 58, 6, pl. XIII, 21.

Fine $300

Three Exceptional Mende Tetradrachms

32.

Mende. c. 510-500 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.88g.

Obv: ΜΙΝΔ-ΑΙΟΝ Ithyphallic ass walking right, crow perched on rump pecking tail; plant below. Rx: “Mill Sail” incuse. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27 (1926), p. 8, 8.

SNG ANS 294, both from the same obverse die.

Toned EF $9,000

The donkey as the badge of Mende had Dionysiac origins. So here the bunch of grapes held by the donkey points to the god of wine.

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Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7254, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA, 4 December 1991, lot 44.

One of the most impudent images chosen to represent a city on any Greek coin, the likes of which could hardly appear on any modern coin!

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34. c. 425 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.91g (5h). Obv: Dionysus holding kantharos reclining on ass.

Rx: ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ Grape vine with four bunches of grapes within square. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27 (1926), p. 36, 93.

Jameson 1965. SNG ANS 350 (same obverse die). Artistically this is one of the finest dies of the Mende series. Some reverse porosity. Toned EF/VF $15,000 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7256, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA, 14 December 1989, lot 425.

On this obverse, the drunken god Dionysus looks like a philosopher rather than the raving god of wine. A wonderful work of art, obviously stimulated by the Attic school that made the Parthenon frieze.

33. c. 520-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.31g. Obv: Donkey standing right, holding bunch of grapes in mouth. Above, ΜΙΝΔΑΙ retrograde. Dotted border. Rx: Four-part incuse square, diagonally divided. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27,17. Pozzi 772. SNG Oxford 2280. EF $12,500 Ex Gorny 67, 2 May 1994, lot 85.

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100 Greatest Ancient Coins Plate Coin

35.

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. Octodrachm, 28.78g. c. 492-480/79 BC. Obv: Horseman wearing chlamys and petasos, holding two spears and leading horse; Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Raymond pl. II, 6.

SNG ANS 1. EF $25,000 Ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, lot 129. Plate coin in Harlan J. Berk, 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, p. 15.

Alexander I was the founder of the Macedonian kingdom. He managed to conquer large parts of the Chalcidian district, including the silver mines operated by the tribe of the Bisaltae. This is one of his earliest issues, the image pointing to the strength of the Macedonian army: a fine breed of horses and strong cavalrymen. The detail of the two spears is noteworthy; ancient sources attest that hunters and cavalrymen used to carry two spears, the second one in reserve in case the first throw missed.

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Spectacular Philip Tetradrachm

36.

Philip II. 357-336 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.44g (1h). Amphipolis, c. 348-342 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right, the laurel wreath including berries; dotted border. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Boy riding horse right, holding palm branch in right hand and reins in left; beneath raised foreleg of horse, grasshopper. Le Rider p. 92, 203 (D94/R172), pl. 31. The appearance of a Philip tetradrachm of this artistic quality and condition is a rare event. Mint State $2,500

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37.

Tetradrachm, 14.26g (2h). Pella, c. 323-315 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Dotted border. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟY Boy rider on horseback right, holding palm branch in right hand.

Beneath horse, coiled snake. In exergue, Boeotian shield. Dotted border. Le Rider p. 68, 530, pl. 22. SNG Lockett 1414. Mint State

$2,500

38.

Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Stater, 8.52g (12h). Asia Minor, uncertain mint, c. 320 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right wearing pearl necklace and crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with serpent. Rx: AΛEΞANΔPOY Nike advancing left holding wreath and ship’s mast, lion’s head and hook in left field, pentagram in right field below Nike’s wing. Not in Price. EF

$2,000 This is another unknown variant to supplement the large gold coinage of Alexander the Great and his immediate successor Philip III. Both the lion’s head and the pentagram can be found on issues from Abydus and Magnesia in Asia Minor, but this coin does not fit the coinage of either of those mints. The style is clearly reminiscent of early posthumous issues from Asia Minor, however.

40.

Stater, 8.64g (1h). Citium, c. 325-300 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. On bowl of helmet, ketos right. Rx: ΑΛΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ] Nike standing left, holding wreath, monogram below wing. Price 3104. SNG Berry 170. Near Mint State $4,000 Ex Christian Pepper Collection, St. Louis.

Purchased from Burdette G. Johnson, St. Louis Stamp and Coin Company, in the 1940s (comes with original envelope).

The Cypriote coinage in the name of Alexander the Great is known for its delicacy. Here Athena appears as an attractive virgin, while on coins from other parts of the empire she is often rather reminiscent of a village beauty.

Unpublished Variant

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Stater, 8.52g (11h). Miletus, c. 300-295 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike standing left holding wreath, helmet crest and double ax in middle and lower left field. Price 2135. Extremely beautiful head of Athena. EF $3,000 Struck in the name of Alexander the Great after the battle of Ipsos (301 BC), where the founder of the Seleucid empire, Seleukos I, had defeated his rival Lysimachus. The vision of the empire of Alexander then faded away, since the diadochs had divided it among themselves, but the name of the great Alexander was still used to validate the coinage.

41.

Philip III. 323-317 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.20g (1h). Susa, c. 320-317 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin. Dotted border.

Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Zeus seated left holding eagle and scepter, Ξ under throne. Price P216 var. (Ξ beneath strut). VF $500 A rare variant of the coinage issued in the name of the poor king Philip III, who never ruled on his own and was soon murdered when he was no longer useful to the diadochs.

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Unpublished Reverse

42.

Danubian District. Istrus. 4th century.

Drachm, 6.17g (7h). Obv: Two frontal male heads, one inverted. Rx: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ Sea eagle perched left on dolphin, ΦΥ in ligature below.

SNG Stancomb 148. SNG Black Sea-. EF with luster $500 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

43.

Drachm, 4.88g (2h). Obv: Two frontal male heads, one inverted. Rx: Sea eagle standing left on dolphin, monogram below. SNG Black Sea 254. SNG Stancomb 149. Toned EF $400 Ex Coin Galleries, February 2005, lot 63.

Unpublished

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44.

Thrace. Uncertain Mint. c. 500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.34g (4h). Obv: Head of bridled horse. Rx: Ram’s head left. Beneath, ivy leaf.

All in shallow incuse. Apparently unpublished.

Good VF $300 An attractive but enigmatic addition to the early North Greek coinage. The types are reminiscent of Maroneia, but the coin does not entirely fit that series.

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45.

Byzantium. c. 420-390 BC. Drachm, 3.32g.

Obv: Cow left. Symbol above. Rx: Square incuse partitioned by two diagonal lines. This variant apparently unpublished. VF $300 With its reverse punch reminiscent of Thracian issues of the first half of the fifth century, this specimen appears to be one of the earliest coins of Byzantium.

46.

Kingdom of Thrace. Rhaescuporis I and Cotys II. c. 43-42 BC. AE 17, 4.19g (1h).

Obv: Diademed, draped bust right, seen from front; BAΣIΛEYΣ KOTYΣ around. Rx: Trophy consisting of cuirass on stake, helmet, crossed shields, and figure-of-eight shield; BAΣIΛEΩΣ -[PAIΣKO]YΠOPIΔOΣ around. RPC I 1703 (three specimens cited). Sear, Imperators 683.

Flatly struck. VF $400

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 314.

Rare. The reverse is apparently copied from the denarius of Brutus of 43-42 BC, Crawford 505/5.

47.

Lysimachus. 323-281 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.07g (12h). Lampsacus, c. 297/6-282/1 BC. Obv:

Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Thin dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left on throne holding Nike crowning legend on outstretched arm. Her other arm rests on a shield behind her. Monogram below outstretched arm and herm in outer left field.

Thompson 58. Thompson, ANSMN 31 (1986), p. 80 #776 (Armenak Hoard). Extremely beautiful style. EF $2,500 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

The boldest and most beautiful dies of the Lysimachus coinage were produced by Lampsacus and Pergamon. The expression of Alexander’s face on this die reveals both his longing and his ferocity.One of the most famous portraits in early Hellenistic art.

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48.

Thessaly. Thessalian League. c. 196-146 BC. Double victoriatus, 6.30g (12h). Obv: Head of Zeus right wearing laurel wreath. Rx: ΘΕΣΣΑ ΛΩΝ Athena Itonia advancing right about to hurl spear and protecting herself with shield.

Magistrate's name ΦΙ ΛΟΚ ΕΠΙΚΡΑ above Athena and below exergual line. Monograms to left and right. BMC 31. Toned EF $400

49.

Attica. Athens. c. 430 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.19g (9h). Obv: Head of Athena right with small upright olive leaves on front edge of Attic helmet; beaded necklace. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. In upper left field, olive twig with two leaves and crescent moon beneath.

All in square incuse. Svoronos, pl. 14. SNG Munich 52. Struck in high relief. Mint State

$2,000

50. c. 353-294 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.20g (7h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena wearing circular earring. Rx: ΑΘΕ Shaggy Owl standing right, head facing, the first letter of the ethnic partially behind the head. In upper left field, olive twig and crescent moon. All in square incuse. Bingen group II. For the dating of the pi-style group, see now J.H. Kroll, Hesperia 80 (2011), pp.

229-259. Extremely nice and well centered for this issue. Toned EF $500 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

51. c. 132/1 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.02g (12h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Dotted border.

Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing on Panathenaic amphora. ΔΩΡ/ΟΘΕ ΔΙΟΦ Forepart of lion in inner right field, A on amphora, below ΔΙ. All within olive wreath. Thompson 383c. Lightly toned.

Mint State $1,000 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

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52. c. 131/0 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.89g (11h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Dotted border. Rx: AΘΕ Owl standing on Panathenaic amphora. ΑΝΤI-ΟΧΟ ΚΑΡΑ-ΙΧΟΣ ΜΕΝ-ΑΝ.

Elephant symbol in right field. On Amphora, Ι; below, ΜΕ. All within olive wreath. Thompson 399. SNG Copenhagen 213. Toned Mint State

$1,000

8.34g (7h). Obv: Pegasus flying right. Rx: Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet. Behind head, Ε, sword in a scabbard, and a mysterious symbol (horse's leg?) with fillet. Not listed in Calciati, nor in any of the major references (cf.

SNG Copenhagen 324). The attribution rests on the letter E on the reverse, Ephyra appears to be less probable. The handful of coins attributed to this city by Calciati all have a fish hook symbol. This coin has instead a sword scabbard and uncertain second symbol. Good VF $1,000 Echinus might have been situated on the Ambracian Gulf, but the exact location remains controversial.

From the Redpath Collection, purchased in the 1990s.

The elephant elegantly symbolizes the ’Seleucid’ name Antiochos.

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Unpublished 53. c. 128/7 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.98g (11h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing on Panathenaic amphora. ΑΧΑ-ΙΟΣ ΗΛΙ ΠΥΘΟ-ΚΛΗΣ. In the left field, cornucopia with grain symbol. On the amphora, Ι; below, ΣΦ. All within olive wreath.

Thompson 425, reverse as 426c. Toned EF $700 Purchased from Hasen Tobia, 28 November 1981.

55.

Stratos (?). c. 350-300 BC. Stater, 8.03g (12h).

Obv. Pegasos flying left. Beneath, Σ and monogram ΡΗΟ. Rx. Helmeted head of Athena left.

Behind, cithara. Not found in the major references. A kindred type, but without Σ, was attributed to Rhegion by Calciati II, p. 589; cf.

SNG Oxford 1596. Choice EF $2,000

Unique Echinus

54.

Acarnania. Echinus. c. 350-300 BC. Stater, 24

The coinage of Stratos has not yet been carefully studied. This coin appears to add something new to the record, an issue supplementing the output of Corinthian colonies in Acarnania and Illyria that took part in the oversea grain trade between Sicily and the mother-city Corinth.

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Ex Prowe/Garrett

56.

Arcadia. Pheneus. c. 350 BC. Stater, 11.27g (10h). Obv: Head of a local nymph (Maia?) right with corn wreath. Rx: ΦΕ-ΝΕ-ΩΝ Hermes advancing left, holding caduceus in right hand, looking back at infant Arkas held on left arm.

To right, ΑΡΚΑΣ. S. Schultz, SNR 71 (1992), p. 53, no. 6.12, pl. 9 (this coin). SNG Berry 867, SNG Fitzwilliam 3897 (same dies). Head of Hermes flatly struck and partially off flan on reverse, a few old light scratches and a scrape on obverse, but still an attractive Toned EF $20,000 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7463, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA 28, 23 April 1992, lot 676. Ex NFA Journal 38 (1990), 39. Ex LeuNFA 16 October 1984 (Garrett II), lot 229. Ex Egger 40 (1912), Prowe Collection, lot 1162.

Ex Egger, 10 December 1906, lot 399.

The rare coins of Pheneus were minted in the short period of freedom and prosperity for the city after the wars between the Boeotians (led by the general Epaminondas) and the Spartans, and before the conquest of mainland Greece

by Philip II and Alexander the Great. While the obverse type harks back to the popular Arethusa head of the Syracusan decadrachms, the reverse is original: the local hero Arkas, ancestor of the Arkadians, being rescued as a

young child by the god Hermes. Being the son of Zeus and the nymph Kallisto, Arkas was in danger of falling victim, as his mother did, to the jealous rage of Zeus’ wife Hera. Therefore Hermes brought the child to his own mother, the nymph Maia, who lived in the mountains near Pheneos, where Arkas then grew up. Even today, the Pheneos valley remains a place to escape to and relax, especially for hasseled contemporary Athenians.

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Messene. Struck by the magistrate Apollonidas. c. 50-30 BC. Hemidrachm, 2.16g (10h). Rx: Diademed head of Zeus right. Rx: Tripod; ME-Σ across upper field; Magistrate’s name in three lines across central and lower fields; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 747 (this coin). BMC 17. Grandjean 201 (same dies). Very rare. About EF/VF $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 317. Ex LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 747. Ex BCD Collection. Ex Glendining’s, 11 October 1993, lot 34 (part).

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58.

Elis under the Achaean League. 30s BC. Hemidrachm, 2.25g (11h). Rx: Laureate head of Zeus right. Behind, ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ. Dotted border. Rx: Large X surrounded by monograms; thunderbolt below. BCD Peloponnesos 694 (this coin). Clerk 264. Areas of flat striking, otherwise EF with luster $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 153, 13 March 2007, lot 180. Ex LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 694. Ex Rauch 43, 5 June 1989, lot 323.

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Achaia, Patrae. Struck by the magistrate Damasias, son of Agesilaus. mid 30s BC. Hemidrachm, 2.31g (10h). Rx: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephanos. Rx: ΔA/ MACIAC above Patrai monogram; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 525-8. McClean 6325. SNG Lockett 2348. Toned VF $800 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2194. Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from Spink, December 1977.

Struck in conjunction with Antony’s coming war with Octavian. The features of Aphrodite on this coin are often thought to resemble those of Cleopatra.

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60.

Crete. Praesus. c. 420-380 BC. Drachm, 4.99g (6h). Obv: Herakles kneeling right, shooting arrow; lionskin over shoulders. Rx: Bird (eagle?) flying right within incuse square.

Very rare as stater; perhaps unpublished in this smaller denomination. Cf. Svoronos 5; Traité II 3, 1444-5; BMC p. 70, 2; De Luynes Coll. 2370 (staters). Fine/VG $500 Ex Lewis Egnew Collection.

The coinage of Praesus has no constant type, but Herakles is prominent. The reverse image is puzzling; the bird resembles a dove rather than the eagle of Zeus that would be expected here.

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Cydonia. c. 320-270 BC. Stater, 11.21g (1h).

Obv: Head of Maenad left, wearing wreath of ivy. Rx: ΚΥΔΩΝ Hero Kydon standing left, stringing bow. Svoronos 23. SNG Delepierre 2350. From sharper dies and less worn than usual for Cretan coins. VF $3,000 Ex Lewis Egnew Collection.

The ancestor of the Cydonians, Kydon, is said to have been a son of the legendary king of Crete, Minos. Kydon’s deeds and fate are not known, although the quince was named after him (μηλον Κυδωνιον)!

charming Athena head, realistic eagle, and neat fabric of our coin suggest that the responsible local magistrate attempted to employ the best artists and craftsmen available.

62.

Gortyna. c. 310 BC. Stater, 11.24g (2h). Obv: Europa seated three-quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand. Rx: Bull standing right, head reverted. Overstruck on tetradrachm of Cyrene. The undertype is clearly visible at 3h on the reverse. Svoronos 58. SNG Delepierre 2373. For similar overstrikes in this series, see Le Rider, pl. XIV, 5-10. VF $3,000 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7473, Lewis Egnew Collection.

Crete at the turn of the fourth to the third century BC experienced a large influx of silver coins from Cyrenaica. Cretan mercenaries who received that money abroad are usually seen as the reason for the influx, but this is no satisfactory explanation, since Cretan mercenaries were employed in many other parts of the Greek world too. Some of the Cyrenaican issues even circulated in Crete, and are found there rather than in Cyrenaica, for example the Magas didrachms. So the explanation remains unknown.

63.

Itanus. c. 320-270 BC. Drachm, 5.30g (6h).

Obv: Head of Athena left. Rx: [Ι]ΤΑΝΙΩΝ Eagle standing left, head turned back; Triton behind; all in incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 475. SNG Delepierre 2398. BMC p. 52, 13m, pl. XIII, 6. Well centered. Toned VF $850 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7475, Lewis Egnew Collection.

Itanus, a coastal city in Eastern Crete, was not a prolific mint like Knossos or Phaestus. The

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Bithynia. Heracleia Pontica. c. 305-284 BC. Didrachm, 9.70g (12h). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress, tied at his neck. Rx: [H]PAKΛEΩTAN, Dionysos enthroned to left, holding a kantharos and a thyrsos. SNG von Aulock 366. SNG Black Sea 1618. BMC 32. SNG Stancomb 823 var. (monogram). Obverse weakly struck. Near Mint State $3,000 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7489, Lewis Egnew Collection.

Struck between the tyrant Dionysios’ death in 305 BC and the capture of Heracleia by the diadoch Lysimachus in 284 BC, that is during the regency of Dionysios’ widow Amastris: see W Stancomb, NC 160 (2000), p. 267. This group of coins is very rare compared to the coins struck by the four tyrants between 364 and 305 BC. Earliest Issue

65.

Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 600-550 BC. EL Stater, 16.30g Obv: Head of tunny fish left, jaws closed, backbone protruding from truncation at right. Below, tail of tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished denomination. Fritze 6, pl. I, 5 (sixth and twelfth), cf. Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 10, no. 12. VF $18,000 The tuna was the sole type on the earliest 27

electrum coinage of Cyzicus, but the relationship between type variety and denomination was inconsistent. In some series a whole tuna indicated a stater and just part of the fish indicated a smaller denomination, but our coin is a stater and shows just the head and the tail of a tuna. In any case all staters of this early period are very rare, and ours with this type seems to be unpublished. Later Cyzicus used a much wider variety of types, including many copied from foreign coins.

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68.

EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.30g. Obv: Fish swimming right. Above, fish tail to left.

Below, fish head to left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze -, cf. 12, pl. I, 12. Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 12, 32. Boston 1403. VF $750 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

Remarkable Archaic Portrait Enlargement lot 65

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66.

EL Hecte, 2.65g. Obv: Head of tunny fish right, jaws slightly open, backbone protruding from truncation at left. Both above and below, a tail of tunny fish to left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze -, cf. 1-2 (opposite direction).

Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 10, 14 (twelfth). Possibly unlisted denomination. EF

$1,500

69. c. 530-480 BC. EL Hecte, 2.66g. Obv: Bearded head with long hair facing left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 66, pl. II,19. SNG Paris 194. Rosen Coll. 447.

Exquisite archaic male head. Extremely rare and desirable. About EF $18,000 One of the most charming types of the late archaic Cyzicene coinage. The splendid head is reminiscent of sculptures in the round.

Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.36g. Obv: Head of tunny fish right, jaws open. At truncation, one dot. Rx: Incuse square. Fritze -, but cf. 9, pl. I, 8. SNG T端bingen 2206. Furthermore, cf.

Rosen Coll. 418, and Hurter & Liewald, SNR 85 (2006), p. 9, 3. EF $1,500

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Spectacular Archaic Herakles

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70. c. 550-500 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.36g. Obv: Winged, nude man standing left, holding tunny fish by tail in each hand. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 27, pl. I, 28 (stater). Hurter & Liewald, SNR 83 (2004), p.

32, 27. VF $1,250 Possibly only the third specimen known of this denomination. The other two are Lanz 74 (1995), lot 195, and Gorny & Mosch 199 (2011), lot 330.

73. c. 530-500 BC. EL Hecte, 2.64g. Obv: Bearded, helmeted head of a Herakles left, the truncation dotted. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze -, but see Hurter & Liewald, SNR 81 (2002), p. 28, 17. SNG Aulock 7291.With his determined expression, this is one of the most impressive depictions of Herakles known in archaic Greek art. EF $18,000 Ex Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 October 2011, lot 348.

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71.

EL Hecte, 2.69g Obv: Head of lioness left, growling, truncation dotted. Behind, tunny fish.

Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 39, pl.

I, 40. Boston 1415. SNG Paris 179. SNG von Aulock 7273. EF $3,000

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72.

EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.31g. Obv: Head of lioness left, growling, truncation dotted.

Behind, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 39, pl. I, 40 (staters and hectae).

Rosen Coll. 433. EF $1,000

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Siren Stater

74. c. 550-500 BC. EL Stater, 16.20g. Obv: Winged Siren standing left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 74, pl. II, 29. Boston 1441. SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 299.

Very rare. VF $5,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

The Sirens are known from Homer’s Odyssey (12, 39 ff.), where they are demons ensnaring 29

seamen by their singing. The Greeks depicted Sirens, like the Harpies, in the shape of Oriental monsters, as bird-women. No doubt Homer’s story inspired the engraver of our coin who imagined a Siren enjoying a formidable capture.

75.

EL Hecte, 2.63g. Obv: Winged Siren standing left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 74, pl. II, 29. SNG Paris 203. SNG von Aulock 7278. EF $2,000

EF

$30,000

Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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76. c. 530-480 BC. EL Hecte, 2.66g. Obv: Winged forepart of boar left. Below, tunny fish downwards left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square.

Fritze 61, pl. II, 12. This denomination does not appear in the major references. Countermark on obverse. Good VF $750

78.

EL Hecte, 2.66g. Obv: Gorgoneion facing, mouth open, tongue protruding. Below, tunny fish. At left, banker’s mark. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 129, pl. IV, 15. Cf. SNG Aulock 7295 (twelfth). EF $6,000

Spectacular Medusa

77. c. 520-450 BC. EL Stater, 16.19g. Obv: Gorgoneion facing, mouth open, tongue protruding. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 129, pl. IV, 15. Boston 1445. It is very rare to find an electrum stater of Medusa let alone one of this spectacular quality.

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79. c. 500-460 BC. EL Hecte, 2.68g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena facing left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square.

Fritze 67, pl. II, 20. Boston 1447. SNG Aulock 1184. Extremely beautiful head of Athena. EF $10,000 An elegant type from the time of the transition between late archaic and early classical style.

Athena wears an Attic helmet as on Athenian

coins, but the Cyzicene coin does copy Athens and was by a much more talented engraver than those at the contemporary Attic mint.

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82. c. 550-500 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.30g. Obv: Siren flying left between two tunny fishes. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 25, pl. I, 26. Boston 1400. A rare and highly unusual type, boldly combining the spheres of air and sea. VF $500 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

80.

EL Stater, 16.07g. Obv: Dog standing left, forepaw raised. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 93, pl. III, 12. Boston 1469. SNG von Aulock 1192. SNG Paris 230. The type is rendered with far more detail than usual. About EF $7,500 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

83. c. 520-490 BC. EL Stater, 15.92g. Obv: Winged sphinx crouching left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 72, pl. II, 25. Boston 1450. SNG Paris 200. Exceptionally nice. Some areas of flat striking, otherwise about EF $7,500 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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81.

EL Hecte, 2.71g. Obv: Dog standing left, forepaw raised. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 93, pl. III, 12. Boston 1470. SNG Aulock 1193. SNG Paris 231. Exceptionally nice. EF $750

The sphinx has a distinctly archaic head type, so may have been inspired by an early archaic cult statue. The sphinx played a prominent role in Theban mythology, as a monster that devoured people who could not answer enigmatic questions, until Oedipus solved her riddles and removed her.

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series. This head of a young woman with chastely covered hair might have made the contemporary Greeks think of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, since chastity did not contradict allure, but sometimes even enhanced it.

84. c. 500-470 BC. EL Stater, 16.12g. Obv: Upper body of winged woman (Harpy?) left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square.

Fritze 75, pl. II, 30. Boston 1448. SNG Paris 205. Rosen Coll. 454. Doublestruck. VF $3,000 87. c. 500-480 BC. EL Stater, 16.07g. Obv: Nude man kneeling left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 112, pl. III, 31. Boston 1487. SNG Paris 253. About EF $20,000

Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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85.

EL Hecte, 2.71g. Obv: Upper body of winged woman (Harpy?) left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 75, pl. II, 30.

SNG Aulock 7280. SNG Paris 206. EF $4,000

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86. c. 460-450 BC. EL Hecte, 2.75g. Obv: Head of young woman facing left, hair covered by sakkos, truncation dotted. Below, tunny fish left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 106, pl. III, 25. Cf. Roma Num. 3, 31 March 2012, lot 263. Extremely beautiful archaic female head. Good VF $14,000 This is a very rare issue whose beauty rivals the contemporary Arethusa heads of the Syracusan 32

88.

EL Stater, 16.46g. Obv: Nude man kneeling left, holding tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 112, pl. III, 31. Boston 1487. SNG Paris 253. About EF $15,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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89. c. 500-430 BC. EL Hecte, 2.63g. Obv: Forepart of ram left, truncation dotted. Behind, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 46, pl. I, 47 (staters). SNG Aulock 1175. VF $1,000

92. c. 550-500 BC. EL Stater, 16.17g. Obv: Ram kneeling left, head reverted. Below, tunny fish.

Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 47, pl.

I, 48. Boston 1419. SNG Aulock 1190. SNG Tübingen 2213. Fine $3,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

Double-Bodied Sphinx

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90.

EL Hecte, 2.69g. Obv: Sow standing left.

Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 45, pl. I, 46. SNG Paris 184.

Rosen Coll. 437. Dewing Coll. 2170. About EF

$1,000

93. c. 500-460 BC. EL Hecte, 2.68g. Obv: Sphinx consisting of two bodies but one head facing.

Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 128, pl. IV, 14. SNG Paris 280. Spectacular centering on an immense flan.

EF $10,000 Compare the owl with two bodies on Athenian diobols, where the doubling indicates the denomination. Here, at Cyzicus, it is just artistic playfulness, as with the picture puzzles on coins of Phocaea (Bodenstedt 55, 62), or the Cilician triple head (Jameson Coll. 1458A), or many Philistian ‘grylloi’ (see H. Gitler, Transeuphratène 20 (2000), pp. 73-87).

91.

EL Stater, 16.15g. Obv: Sow standing left.

Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 45, pl. I, 46. SNG Aulock 7275 = Jameson Coll. 2164. Sow’s head off flan, otherwise About EF $2,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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Unique Horsefly Hecte

94. c. 380-360 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.32g. Obv: Draped head right of beardless youth with long, curly hair, wearing Persian headdress. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 142, pl. IV, 28-29 (staters and hectae), but see Hurter & Liewald, SNR 83 (2004), p. 34, 142 (citing another 1/12 stater: Vinchon 24 November 1994, lot 64). EF $18,000 Usually interpreted as representing Attis, the Phrygian god of vegetation, this image might instead depict Paris, the young prince of Troy, famous for acting as judge in the beauty contest of the goddesses. A homage in the coinage of Cyzicus to the myths of nearby Troy would not be out of place. The type is also reminiscent of a somewhat later hecte of Phocaea (Bodenstedt 84).

96. c. 550-530 BC. EL Hecte, 2.29g. Obv: Horsefly.

Rx: Incuse square with rough surface. TraiteĚ II 2, 1870, pl. 152, 16 (same obverse die, but struck in silver, attributed to Ephesus, cf. Hauck & Aufhäuser 19 (2006), lot 108, and Tkalec (29 Feb. 2000), lot 118). The hemihecte Triton VIII (2005), lot 407 could be part of the same issue.

This is a unique and wonderful hecte. Nothing like it has ever been seen in electrum and it is artistically spectacular. EF $40,000 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 140 (reconsigned by consignor as the funds were not settled).

A very surprising coin, first because its obverse die seems to show not a bee, as one might initially think, but a horsefly, and second because the same obverse die was also used to strike a silver coin, the reverse there showing a rosette within an incuse square. Where exactly these coins were struck cannot yet be established.

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Unpublished Hecte

95.

Ionia. Uncertain Mint. c. 560-500 BC. EL Hecte, 2.36g. Obv: Forepart of ram right. Rx: Irregular incuse square. The type with a ram facing left is well known, cf. Weidauer 49-51.

Apparently an unparalleled variant of Weidauer 48. Beautifully drawn forepart of ram. EF

$5,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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Unpublished Scarab Hemihecton

97. c. 550-480 BC. EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater) on Phocaean standard, 1.28g. Obv: Beetle. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Not in the major references, but cf. Helios 8 (2012), lot 276. This spectacular little coin has a decidedly Egpytian flavor and is completely unprecedented. Struck in extremely high relief. About EF $15,000 The type is reminiscent of the cicada on rare Phocaean hectae (Bodenstedt 55), but the style is different. There is a similar issue displaying a scarab (Rosen Coll. 25; SNG Keckman 328, and 330; a small fraction in the Artemision deposit: Hogarth 81), but that coin is struck on the Milesian standard.

XV (2012), lot 124 (both from same die and reverse punch). VF $500 Recent research has proven that Stanley Robinson’s dating of the Artemision deposit is more or less correct (pace G. Le Rider, La naissance de la monnaie, pp. 59 ff.). Therefore the famous WALWET coinage can be redated to the third quarter of the seventh century BC, i.e. to the reign of the Lydian ruler Ardys II rather than Alyattes (605-561 BC). Though the chronology of the Mermnad dynasty is still insecure, the equation WALWET = Alyattes appears to be more questionable than ever (cf. Le Rider, pp.

49-57). Thus the inscriptions on royal Lydian coins (besides WALWET, there is KUKALIM) apparently refer not to kings, but to other people who were supervising or perhaps financing the issues. The WALWET coinage appears to represent a transitional stage between the usually anonymous early issues and the inscribed official state issues; an exciting moment in the history of coinage.

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New Attribution to Lydia

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Kingdom of Lydia. Ardys II. 671-624 BC (traditional). (formerly attributed to Uncertain Ionia). EL Hemihecton (1/12 stater), 1.18g Lydia, Sardes, c. 640-620 BC. Obv: Lion’s head right. To right, Lydian inscription [WALWET].

Rx: Incuse square punch. Weidauer 112 (from the Artemision deposit). SNG Kayhan 1015. Cf. Gorny & Mosch 199 (2011), lot 498, and Triton

99.

Ionia. Uncertain mint. 6th century BC. EL Hecte, 2.35g. Obv: Lion’s head right, jaws open, tongue protruding. Rx: Incuse square with rough cross pattern. Weidauer 119. SNG Berry 1029. EF $5,000

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EL Hecte, 2.35g. Obv: Lion’s head right, jaws open, tongue protruding. Rx: Two incuse squares side by side. Weidauer -. Not found in any of the major references. EF $1,500

Ex Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 October 2011, lot 398.

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Unpublished

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101. c. 630 BC. EL Hecte, 2.37g. Obv: Bridled horse’s head left. Rx: Incuse square. Weidauer 141 = Weber Coll. 5718. EF $8,000 In recent decades, this series has become better known than at the time when Liselotte Weidauer published her book on electrum coins. The series is a vast one, consisting of hectae and minor fractions down to 1/48 staters. A related hemihecton (1/12 stater) was found in the Artemision deposit (Hogarth 77), thus establishing an early date for the whole issue. The location of the mint cannot yet be determined, but it might have been one of the major cities in the plains of Ionia where horses could be bred.

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Ionia. Uncertain Mint. 6th century BC. EL Hecte, 2.38g. Obv: Head of bull right. Rx: Starlike pattern within incuse. Cf. SNG von Aulock 1786, and Lanz 147 (2009), lot 91. Apparently unpublished. The star-shaped reverse punch is attested with the bull on obverse, but hitherto only with the bull facing left. EF $4,000

Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

A new type among the numerous Milesianweight electrum issues that cannot yet be attributed to mints. The abundance of types has made scholars wonder whether private persons or associations (bankers, temples, dynasts) were the issuers rather than civic mints. However, one has to keep in mind that among early Greek coinages many had constantly changing types (Cyzicus, Phocaea and Mytilene continued this in later times), and so the complexity of early Greek electrum coinage does not imply a multitude of little mints. The image of this coin, the bull, is a powerful symbol that was used by the Lydian king Croesus, the Samians, and the Poseidonians in the West.

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102.

Uncertain Mint in Ionia or Lydia. c. 630 BC. EL Hecte, 2.30g. Obv: Head of bridled horse left. Rx: Four-part incuse square filled with pellets in a star-like formation. Weidauer 141 = Weber Coll. 5718. Though this coin belongs to the same issue as the previous lot, it is in a very different, softer style. VF $2,500 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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104. c. 570-480 BC. EL 1/24 stater (Phocaean standard), 0.62g. Obv: Head of ram right. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square, one quarter almost filled. Not found in any of the major references, but cf. CNG 76 (2007), lot 731; Tkalec, 29 February 2000, lot 109; Gorny & Mosch 160 (2007), lot 1496. VF $300

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$300

Ex Gorny & Mosch 200, 10-12 October 2011, lot 1745.

BC, and cannot be connected with any Greek alliance. Rather they indicate the prosperity of Ionia under the early Persian kings Cyrus and Darius I, the golden age that was unnecessarily brought to an end by the ambitions of the tyrant of Miletos, Aristagoras, who instigated the Ionian rebellion. The masterly design and fabric of this coin reflect the age of the archaic poets and Ionian philosophers.

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108.

Phocaea. c. 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 stater, 0.62g.

Obv: Head of seal left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 2.2. Rosen Coll. 334.

Good VF $300

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106. c. 550-500 BC. EL 1/24 stater (Phocaean standard), 0.63g. Obv: Swastika. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Berry 1016. Boston 1782.

McClean 8028. SNG Aulock 1778. EF $300 Ionian Revolt

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109.

EL Hecte, 2.60g. Obv. Head of griffin left, jaws open, tongue protruding. Behind, seal swimming upwards. Rx: Incuse square. Bodenstedt 12. Boston 1892. McClean 8245. EF $1,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

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107. c. 520 BC. EL Hecte (Milesian standard), 2.30g.

Obv: Eagle standing left with head reverted.

Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Aulock 7778; Boston 1808; BMC Ionia pl. I, 23 (staters); MMAG 72 (1987), lot 144 (trite). EF

$5,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

This type belongs to a group of issues that have been dated to the Ionian Revolt of 500494 BC on the authority of an article by Percy Gardner (JHS 1911). The majority of the types concerned, however, must be dated to c. 530/20

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110. c. 550-480 BC. EL Hecte, 2.59g. Obv: Forepart of man-headed, bearded bull left, truncation dotted. Behind, seal swimming downwards.

Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 16.

TraitĂŠ II 2, 2094, pl. CLVIII, 5. EF $1,000 The man-headed bull is likely to be the river god Acheloos. A kindred representation can be found on coins of Cyzicus (Gulbenkian Coll.

607).

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variant apparently unpublished, cf. Bodenstedt 16 (ram’s head left instead of right). Fine $750

111.

Teos. c. 540-478 BC. Half stater (Aeginetic drachm), 5.93g. Obv: Griffin seated right, jaws open, tongue protruding, left foreleg raised. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer, SNR 47 (1968), p. 30, 30 ff. SNG Aulock 2255. Toned About EF $1,000

Rams can be found in various religious contexts: in the Dionysiac imagery, as the sacrifice for heroes (unlike the sacrifice for the Olympian gods, the cow), and as the sacred animal of the Cabeiroi (cf. the coins of Cebren). It is not clear which cult is alluded to here; in any case the direction of the ram’s head, left instead of right, is exceptional at Mytilene, where most types face right.

Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

Unpublished Not in Barron

112.

Samos. c. 400-365 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.55g (5h). Obv: Lion’s scalp facing. Rev. ΣA Forepart of bull right, an olive-branch behind.

Above, magistrate’s name ΜΑΚΑPΕΟΣ. Not in Barron. Very rare with this magistrate. EF $13,000

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Caria. Uncertain Mint. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.28g (7h). Obv: Head of lion left, mouth open and tongue protruding. Rx: Knucklebone. Apparently unpublished in the major references; cf. SNG Keckman 837 ff; SNG Kayhan 941 ff. VF $300

Although playing knucklebone (astragalos) was a popular pastime in ancient times and several coin types refer to this game, this combination of roaring lion with knucklebone seems to be unattested in the primary references.

One of the rare additions to Barron’s corpus.

The magistrate Mακαρευς is known from a coin found in a hoard from Miletos (see B. Weisser, Arch. Anz. 2009/1, pp. 151-158, esp. p. 152, no.

9).

Unpublished

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113.

Lesbos. Mytilene. c. 500-440 BC. EL Hecte, 2.50g (11h). Obv: Ram’s head left; below, cock running right. Rx: Incuse lion’s head right. This 38

115. c. 520-490 BC. Stater, 10.58g. Obv: Forepart of lion. Rx: Irregular incuse, divided into two oblong halves. SNG Kayhan 930. Cf. SNG Aulock 803; Rosen Coll. 613. Somewhat crystallized. About EF $3,000 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7608, Lewis Egnew Collection.

One of the characteristic but still unattributable

Carian coins with strong technical affinities to the coinages of Posidion, Kamiros and Lindos.

The incuse pattern (a square divided into two oblong halves) is also known from these series.

The lion type and the style point to a mint in Caria proper rather than to one of the major island mints.

Signed by ΞENO Bérend SNR 1972, #24 (This Coin)

116.

Rhodes. c. 408/7-404 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.09g (12h). Obv: Head of Helios three-quarter facing with flowing hair; Rx: ΡΟΔΙΟΝ Rose with two buds and signed ΞENO in small letters between tendril and rose. Bérend, Les tetradrachms de Rhodes de la première période, SNR 51 (1972), p. 13, no. 24, pl. 2 (this coin). Ashton in Meadows & Shipton, Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World, p. 99, no. 4. This spectacular tetradrachm of Rhodes, first published in 1972 and then in 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, is one of only three artist-signed tetradrachms of Rhodes. Struck in ultra high relief. Toned EF $70,000

In Rhodes, his cult included a very unusual and spectacular sacrificial rite: “a quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses, is driven over a precipice into the sea, with its overtones of the plight of Phaeton noted“ (W. Burkert, Greek Religion, p. 174). The obverse of our coin expresses well the power of the sun god who could make the people of Rhodes perform such a cruel rite.

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Ex 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, Harlan J. Berk, pp. 48 & 123 (this coin).

One of the earliest coins of the city of Rhodes, struck immediately after the foundation of the new capital of the island, and rivaling its contemporary female counterpart, Kimon’s facing Arethusa head from Syracuse. While the impressive reverse image of a rose is a simply a pun on the name of city and island, the obverse image of the sun god Helios refers to the most popular cult of Rhodes. Despite his oriental origins (gods like Shamash), Helios was a panhellenistic deity but did not have many sanctuaries.

117.

Quasi-autonomous. c. 31 BC-60 AD. AE 34, 24.79g (12h). Obv: Radiate, ivy-wreathed head of Dionysus right. Rx: Victory advancing right holding aphlaston and palm, ΡΟΔΙΩΝ before, ΤΑΜΙΑ ΤΕΙΜΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ (Teimostratos as Treasurer) around. RPC 2749. SNG Copenhagen 886. VF/Fine $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk, October 2004.

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stretched foreleg. Rx: Two square punches of different size side by side, both with irregular surfaces. Boston 2073. SNG Aulock 2875.

Dewing Coll. 2431. Berk 6. VF $10,000

118.

Cos. Nikias, tyrant. c. 30 BC. AE 32, 22.61g (11h). Obv: Lightly bearded and bare head of Nikias right, NIKIAΣ behind. Rx: Laureate head of Asclepius right; ΚΩΙΩΝ before; XAPMYΛΟΣ behind. RPC 2731. Sear, Imperators 746. BMC 199. Rare. Good VF

$1,200

The light-weight series of Croeseids was issued after the Persians conquered Sardis in 541/0 BC, and probably before the Persians started to issue their royal currency, darics and sigloi, c.

515 BC.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs XVI, 29 September 2004, lot 112.

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119.

Kingdom of Lydia. Alyattes. 605-561 BC (traditional). EL Trite, 4.74g , c. 620-580 BC. Obv: Head of lion facing right with radiate wart on nose. Rx: Two incuse square punches side by side. Weidauer 59. SNG Berry 1135. Punch mark in eye, otherwise VF $1,000 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

Gold Stater

121.

Cilicia. Celenderis. c. 400-350 BC. Stater, 10.62g (10h). Obv: Nude horseman seated sideways on horse prancing right, holding whip in right hand and reins in left. Dotted border.

Rx: ΚΕΛΕΝ Goat kneeling right, head reverted.

Below, olive spray. SNG Copenhagen 84. BM 24, pl. X, 2. EF $1,500 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

120.

Croesus. 555/4-541/0 BC. Stater, 8.07g. Sardes, c. 530 BC. Obv: Confronted foreparts of lion facing right and bull facing left, each with out40

The obverse type refers to a popular Greek contest: a horse race during which the rider had continuously to jump off and on the horse. Such a rider was called a keletes, so the type might also be a canting badge of the city name.

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Nagidus. c. 400-380 BC. Stater, 10.76g (5h).

Obv: Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy-leaf wreath. Dotted border. Rx: ΝΑΓΙΔΕΩΝ Head of Aphrodite right, hair covered in sphendone.

Lederer 14. Traité II 2, p. 914, 1500, pl. 141, 1. SNG Levante 2. McClean 9070, pl. 326, 19.

Test cut behind head of Aphrodite, otherwise toned EF $1,250 Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.

The rare coins of Nagidos are known for their charming images of the goddess of love, Aphrodite. On this early issue, another deity claims superiority: Dionysus, who was identified with the indigenous god of vegetation, Tarhu. Tarhu was also the god of the old Hittite city Tarhuntassa, whose ruins can still be found in the province of Konya. Many of the old Hittite traditions had survived in Cilicia (Aphrodite may well have been identified with her Hittite counterpart, Hepat), although the Greeks had no knowledge of the Hittites. The historian Herodotus even thought the Hittite rock reliefs in western Asia Minor were made

by Egyptians. Sic transit gloria mundi.

see W. Weiser, ZPE 76 (1989), p. 280, pl. 19, 19; O. Casabonne, La Cilicie à l’époque achéménide (Paris 2001), pl. 2, 26. The hoplite, usually indistinct because struck from a worn die, is exceptionally sharp on this specimen. Choice EF $10,000 Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7682, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA, 18 October 1990, lot 835.

At first sight, the two types of this issue, a Persian satrap and a Greek soldier, seem to contradict each other. After all, some decades earlier the Persians had been defeated by the Athenians and their allies in southern Asia Minor in a battle at the river Eurymedon.

However, the Persians had learned from their experiences and soon started to hire Greek mercenaries, who proved to be loyal and fought in all later battles of the Persian empire, even against their compatriots. One of the most famous examples is the so-called March Up Country, the expedition led by Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes II in 400 BC that was described by the Greek historian Xenophon. So our coin gives a picture of the actual warfare of the period. Moreover, this coin is a real gem.

Spectacular Hoplite Stater

123.

Tarsus. c. 425-400 BC. Stater, 10.63g (2h).

Obv: Persian satrap on horseback right. Rx: TRZ Warrior, nude but for the helmet, kneeling left, holding round shield ornamented with Medusa head and spear. SNG Aulock 5913.

SNG Paris 226. SNG Levante 61. Furthermore,

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Persian Rarity

124.

The Persian Empire. Pharnabazus. 400-390 BC. Tetradrachm (Phoenician standard), 14.59g (11h). c. 395 BC. Obv: Head of a Persian right, wearing a tiara knotted beneath chin.

Rx: Persian great king running right, holding bow and spear. On left, warship downwards.

Above, [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ]. Cf. the famous Berlin specimen from the same issue: K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (Berlin 1924), pl. 19, 425; C.M. Kraay and M. Hirmer, Greek Coins (London 1966), pl. 184, 623; K. Fittschen, Griechische Porträts (Darmstadt 1988), pl. 28, 3; L. Mildenberg, On the socalled Satrapal Coinage, in O. Casabonne (ed.), Mecanismes et innovations monétaires dans l’Anatolie grec achéménide (Paris 2000), p. 12 f., pl. 3, 2; J. Bodzek, ΤΑ ΣΑΤΡΑΠΙΚΑ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΑ (Krakow 2011), p. 187 f., pl.

IX, 5. For the dating, see E.S.G. Robinson, NC (1948), pp. 48-56. VG $2,000 The symbol on the reverse, a Greek trireme, points to preparations for a naval campaign.

The Phoenician standard does not make much sense in the central Aegean Sea. Thus Robinson might have been right in attributing this issue to Konon’s military preparations before the sea battle off Knidos in 394 BC. Konon, an Athenian politician, was then backed by the Persian Empire, namely by the satrap Pharnabazos. After supporting the Spartans during the final period of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), the Persians had soon started to feel uneasy with Spartan arrogance, and eventually switched to the side of their former enemy, Athens. As their general, Konon conquered Rhodes in 396 and defeated the Spartan navy off Knidos in 394. These campaigns that led to the decline of Spartan predominance in 42

the Aegean are the background of this exceptional issue.

125.

Kingdom of Cilicia. Tarcondimotus I. c. 39-31 BC. AE 21, 7.60g (1h). Anazarbus, Obv: Diademed head of Tarcondimotus I right, anchor countermark on neck. Dotted border.

Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ Τ]ΑΡΚΟΝΔΙΜΟ-ΤΟΥ [ΦΙΛΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ] Zeus enthroned to left holding Nike and scepter. RPC 3871. Sear, Imperators 835. SNG Aulock 5413. SNG Paris 1913. SNG Levante 1257. Wright, Anatolian Studies 58 (2008), pp. 115-126.Impressive portrait. EF $100 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Created dynast by Pompey in 64 BC, Tarcondimotus I was a friend and informant of Cicero during Cicero’s governorship of Cilicia in 51-50 BC. During the Roman Civil Wars, Tarcondimotus switched his loyalty from Caesar to Caesar’s murderer Cassius, and eventually from Cassius to Cassius’ nemesis, Mark Antony.

He died soon after the battle of Actium in 31 BC.

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126.

Northwest Asia Minor. 5th century BC. Diobol, 1.20g. Obv: Eagle walking right.

Rx: Incuse horse’s head facing left. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG ANS -, but cf. Rauch 77 (2006) lot 144; DNW A6 (2008), lot 5435; Roma Numismatics 3 (2012), lot 180.

Extremely rare type. VF $300

Appears to be an unpublished variety per Cathy Lorber (some stylistic variations on the portrait and no date in the exergue). Simonetta, p. 23, nos. 1-2, pl. I, 11-12 (“Ariarathes IV”). For the reattribution, see O. Mørkholm, NC 1962, pp.

408-9. VF $2,000 127.

Cappadocian Kingdom. Ariarathes V. 163-130 BC, Year 30=133 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.89g (12h). Obv: Diademed portrait head of Ariarathes V right. Rx: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑPIAPAΘΟΥ on left, ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ in exergue, Athena standing left holding spear and shield resting on the ground behind her, and Nike before her who crowns the king’s name; A and two monograms in upper fields; date Λ in second line in exergue. Simonetta, p. 23, no 2, pl. I, 12 (“Ariarathes IV”), reattributed to Ariarathes V by O. Mørkholm, NC 1962, pp.

408-9. VF $1,000 Ariarathes V had an eventful life and reign.

He was the grandson of the Seleucid ruler Antiochos III, but nevertheless had trouble with Demetrius I who promoted the Cappadocian usurper Orophernes. Eventually Ariarathes got the support of the Romans and was reinstituted as king of Cappadocia. He was married to Nysa, a daughter of Pharnaces I of Pontus, who formed a plot against her husband and their children; five of her six sons were then murdered. The only one to survive, Ariarathes VI, was to become the next king of Cappadocia.

128.

Tetradrachm, 16.80g (11h). Unknown mint, Undated early issue. Obv: Diademed head of Ariarathes V right. Rx: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑPIAPAΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ, Athena standing left. Monograms in outer and inner left field.

Tetradrachms of the Cappadocian rulers have never been common. We are proud to present a new variety of the tetradrachms of Ariarathes V with a strong, determined portrait. These rare tetradrachms might have been issued as an accession series rather than during the conflict with Demetrius I of Syria and the usurper Orophernes, whose famous portrait coins appear to be a reaction to this one.

Spectacular Portrait

129.

Ariarathes VII. 107/6-101/0 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.20g (11h). Mint A, c. 107/6-104/3 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Ariarathes VII right.

Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ Athena standing left, resting left hand on shield and with spear leaning against left arm, holding in right hand Nike who faces her, crowning the royal epithet. In the inner field, Ο-Λ. In outer left field, monogram above Α. All in laurel wreath. Houghton & Lorber, NC 166 (2006), p. 65, nos. 3-9, pl. 15 (issue 1, A3/P2), same dies. Krengel, SNR 90 (2011), p. 55, pl. 4, 48 (same dies). For dating the reign of Ariarathes VII, see now Krengel, op. cit., pp. 33-78. A coin of exceptional quality. EF $10,000 This coin is part of a small regular Cappadocian issue among the vast pseudoSeleucid coinage of the Cappadocian kingdom.

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Ariarathes VII also issued tetradrachms in the name and with the portrait of Antiochos VII that are linked to our coin by issue marks, fabric, and style.

130.

Seleucid Kingdom. Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.83g (12h). Antioch, c. 197-187 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus III right, one diadem end waving upward behind, the other falling forward over shoulder, fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo, slight drapery on right thigh, seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow with five pellets on its grip; in outer left field bow in bowcase.

SC 1045.2. WSM 1116ζ, pl. XXXI.14-15. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 142, nos. 197-219, pl. 15, 19-21. Marvelous high relif portrait. EF $750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Antiochus III the Great was the last ruler who managed to unite nearly the whole Seleucid empire in its old glory. After his successful campaigns in the Upper Provinces in the East (Armenia, Parthia, Baktria, and northwest India) he defeated the Ptolemaic army in Palestine and thus reconquered the southern Syrian coast. However, his secret alliance with Philip V of Macedon brought him into conflict with the Romans. He was heavily defeated several times, particularly at Magnesia in 190 BC. This coin might have been issued for financing his campaigns against the Romans in the Aegean.

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Spectacular Head of Zeus

131.

Antiochus IV. 175-164 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.77g (12h). Syria. Antioch, 168 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚHΦΟΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left holding scepter and Nike who faces right, offering crown to Zeus. SC 1398. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 202, 230-252, pl. 23, 6-9. SNG Spaer 1003.

Choice EF $36,000 This rare issue of Antiochus IV with Zeus head on obverse is special in several respects. For the first time, Antiochus’ epithet Nikephoros (Bearer of Victory) is introduced in the royal titulature. Accordingly, the reverse displays not Apollo, the god of the dynasty, but Zeus holding Nike, and the head of the Zeus replaces the portrait of the ruler on the obverse. The occasion for this small issue might have been Antiochus’ return to Antioch after his second Egyptian campaign, but the types also attest his ambitions to be a patron of Greek culture and religion at home and abroad.

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Zeus Tetradrachm of a Different Style

Exquisite Apollo Tetradrachm

132.

Tetradrachm, 16.62g (12h). Antioch, 168 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚHΦΟΡΟΥ Zeus seated on throne left, holding scepter in left hand and in right hand Nike crowning the epithet “Manifest God”. SC 1399. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 203, nos. 253-272, pl. 23, 14. Newell SMA 63.

Houghton Coll. I 107. EF $12,500

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Tetradrachm, 16.71g (12h). Antioch. Syria, 166 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right.

Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ Apollo Citharoedus, robed, standing right, holding cithara in left arm and patera in right hand. SC 1401. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 217, 552-561, pl.

25, 12-16. Gulbenkian Coll. 1040. Only about fifteen specimens of this spectacular issue are recorded. Choice EF $48,000

Another fine example of the festival series issued for Antiochus’ return from the second Egyptian campaign in 168 BC. The Zeus head that has temporarily replaced the ruler’s portrait on the obverse has often been interpreted as a secret portrait, i.e the king in the guise of the god. However, this is not the way the ancients created portraits. The Zeus head has clearly idealized features: besides the calm expression, there is the modest (non-human) depression at the root of the nose, which is a mark of divinity in sculptures in the round too.

So the portrait does not depict the king, but is nevertheless one of the last great works of art of Greek classicism.

A spectacular, and extremely rare coin issued for the panhellenic festival celebrated in the sanctuary of Apollo at Daphne, near Antioch, in 166 BC, late in Antiochus’ reign. Antiochus is known for his failures rather than for his achievements: his unsuccessful attempt to conquer Ptolemaic Egypt and his lost war against the Maccabean rebels in Judaea. However, Antiochos IV was a devoted patron of Greek culture abroad as well as in his realm, sponsoring temples in Athens and elsewhere. The celebration at Daphne was the last major demonstration of his ambitions, and the nearly classical beauty of the coins issued on this occasion does justice to them.

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seated left holding scepter in left hand and in right hand Nike standing left extending wreath toward edge of coin. Date ZΠP in exergue, ΔH monogram in outer left field, letters A Π under throne. SC 2181.8. De Hirsch Coll. 1708. VF

$500

134.

Antiochus V. 164-162 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.72g (1h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus V right, diadem ends falling straight behind, fillet border. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYΠATOPOΣ Zeus seated left, holding scepter in left hand and in right hand Nike who crowns royal name. Monogram in outer left field. SC 1575.2, pl. 10 (same obverse die). Le Rider, Antioche, p. 237, 74 ff., pl. 26, 8-21. Good VF $750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Ponterio 141, 13 January 2007, lot 1507.

Son of Antiochus IV, Antiochus V became king of the Seleucid empire when he was nine years old. The corrupt council ruling in his name was weak, and during the following three years large parts of the empire were lost. When in 162 Demetrius I, the son of Seleucus IV, escaped from Rome where he had lived for years as a hostage, Antiochus was murdered and Demetrius acclaimed as the new ruler.

135.

Syria. Demetrius II. Second Reign, 129-125 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.54g (12h). Damascus, Year 187 = 126/5 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Demetrius II right, bearded, diadem ends falling straight behind, fillet border. Rx: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY NIKA-TOPOΣ Zeus 46

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 7, 22 February 2002, lot 189.

Son of Demetrius I, Demetrius II was taken captive by the Parthians in 138 BC and was retained for ten years in Hyrcania, married to a Parthian princess. When in 129 BC Antiochus VII invaded Mesopotamia, the Parthian king Phraates II freed Demetrius in order to cause another internal struggle within the Seleucid dynasty. Demetrius had been an unpopular king during his first reign and was not able to win the affection of his subjects. It did not help that he maintained his long Parthian beard, as shown on our tetradrachm. Eventually even his wife, Cleopatra Thea, refused to help him, and he was killed when seeking refuge at Tyre.

136.

Armenia. Tigranes II the Great. 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.69g (12h). Obv: Draped bust of Tigranes draped right, wearing Armenian tiara and Greek diadem. The tiara is adorned with an eight-pointed star flanked by two eagles back to back, the heads turned to each other.

Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ Tyche of Antioch, draped and wearing a turreted crown, seated right on a rock, holding palm branch in right hand. At her feet, river god Orontes swimming right. All within laurel wreath. Below throne, letters Μ and A on two

different levels. Cf. Bedoukian, Artaxiads, pp.

47 ff. See NFA XXVII (1991), lot 76 (same dies). On the coinage of Tigranes II, see F. de Callataÿ, L’histoire des guerres mithridatiques, pp. 224 ff., and now Y.T. Nercessian, Armenian Numismatic Journal 26, 3-4 (2000), pp. 43-108 [non vidimus]. Extremely well struck. EF

$3,000

January 2008, lot 1760 (part).

Tyrian shekels were accepted currency for paying the temple tax at Jerusalem, and are generally thought to have made up the “thirty pieces of silver” that Judas received for betraying Jesus. Our example was struck during the lifetime of Jesus, about ten years before the crucifixion.

Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

The king of kings, Tigranes II the Great, was one of the most powerful rulers in the period of the Mithridatic Wars. Ally and son-of-law of Mithridates VI of Pontus, he conquered the Cappadocian kingdom and some provinces of the Parthian Empire, and also Seleucid Syria, Commagene, and the eastern part of Cilicia.

However, when Mithridates VI sought refuge in Armenia after being defeated by the Roman general Lucullus in 71 BC, Tigranes got into serious trouble with the Romans. Between 69 and 66 BC he lost the most of his conquests to the Roman general Pompeius and had to be happy to be allowed to keep his inherited Armenian kingdom. In the end, he got the title “friend of the Roman people”.

Unlisted Date

138.

Year 98 = 29/28 BC. Half shekel, 6.95g (1h).

Obv: Laureate head of Melqart right. Dotted border. Rx: TYPOY PAΣ (sic, IE omitted or obliterated by the letters in field) - KAI AΣVΛOY Eagle standing left on prow, palm over its shoulder, club and date YH in field before, letters BNΠ behind, Phoenician letter between eagle’s legs. RPC I and its printed and online supplements list neither half shekels nor shekels with this date 98=29/28 BC. VF $650 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Ponterio 110, 7 November 2000, lot 464.

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Phoenicia. Tyre. Year 144 = 18/19 AD. Shekel, 14.15g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Melqart right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TVPOV IEP[AΣ KAI AΣVΛ]OV Eagle standing left on prow, palm over its shoulder, club and date PMΔ in field before, KP and monogram behind, Phoenician letter beth between eagle’s legs. RPC 4657 (6 spec.). Prieur 1417.

BM 199. Toned VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Triton XI, 9

139.

Year 172 = 46/47. Shekel, 14.23g (12h). Obv: Head of Herakles (Melqart) right, wearing diadem. Rx: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ Eagle 47

standing left on thunderbolt (off flan), club before. Date (ΡΟΒ) to left, KP to right with monogram below, and Phoenician letter beth between legs of eagle. BMC 208. Cohen, Dated Coins of Antiquity, p. 507. RPC 4672. Prieur 1433. Mint State $650

140.

Year 172 = 46/47 AD. Shekel, 14.34g (12h).

Obv: Head of Herakles (Melqart) right, wearing diadem. Rx: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt (off flan), club before. Date (ΡΟΒ) to left, KP to right with EPH monogram below, and Phoenician letter beth between legs of eagle. BMC 208.

Cohen, Dated Coins of Antiquity, p. 507. RPC 4672. Prieur 1433. Mint State $850

141.

Judaea. Herod the Great. 40-4 BC. 8 Prutah, 6.29g (11h). Samaria, Year 3 = 40 BC. Obv: HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ Tripod, ceremonial bowl (lebes) above, date LΓ (year 3) and monogram TP in field left and right. Rx: Military helmet, facing, with cheek pieces and straps, star above flanked by two palm branches. Hendin 1169.

RPC 4901. VF $750

date LΓ and monogram. Hendin 1170. RPC 4902. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

143.

2 Prutah, 1.92g (11h). Samaria, 40 BC. Obv: Poppy on stalk. Rx: HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ around winged caduceus. Hendin 1171a. RPC 4903 var. (date and monogram). VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

144.

Prutah, 2.40g (12h). Samaria, 40 BC. Obv: Palm branch with objects (leaves?) on either side. Rx: HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ around aphlaston, O in left field. Hendin 1172a. RPC 4904 var. (date and monogram). EF $600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini IX, 9 January 2012, lot 177. Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Goldberg 25, 2 June 2004, lot 3041. Ex Daniel M. Friedenberg Collection.

Very rare without date or monogram: struck from a single obverse and reverse die set according to Menorah Coin Project.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

142.

4 Prutah, 4.49g (4h). Samaria, Year 3 = 40 BC. Obv: Shield with decorated rim. Rx: HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ around crested helmet flanked by 48

145.

2 Prutah, 3.44g (10h). Jerusalem. Obv: ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC Cross within open diadem. Rx: Tripod table, flat object (vessel?)

upon it, flanked by palm branches. Hendin 1178a. RPC 4905. EF $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

146.

Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II. 285-246 BC. Octadrachm, 27.67g (12h). Alexandria. Obv: ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ Jugate busts right of Ptolemy II, diademed and wearing chalmys, and Arsinoë II, diademed and veiled; behind Celtic shield; dotted border. Rx: ΘΕΩΝ Jugate busts right of Ptolemy I, wearing diadem and aegis, and Berenice I, diademed and veiled; dotted border.

SNG Copenhagen 132. Svoronos 603. Dewing Coll. 2752. Good VF $5,000 Purchased by a private collector from Tom Cederlind.

A dynastic issue of paramount importance: Ptolemy II celebrates both the marriage to his own sister, Arsinoe II, and the divination of his parents, thereby also marking a divine status of the sibling rulers, and claiming all the rights of the earlier pharaohs of Egypt.

Berenice 15 Drachms

147.

Ptolemy III, In the Name of Berenice II. 246221 BC. Pentekaidecadrachm (15 drachms of

the Ptolemaic standard), previously believed to a dodecadrachm, 52.68g (12h). Alexandria.

Obv: Diademed and veiled bust of Berenice II right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΗΣ Cornucopia bound with fillet between laureate caps of the Dioscuri. Svoronos 988, pl. 35, 2.

D. Vagi, ‘The Ptolemaic Pentakaidekadrachm’, SAN XX.1 cover story (1997), pp. 5-10. H.A. Hazzard, Ptolemaic Coins (Toronto, 1995), c1052 (dodecadrachm). SNG Copenhagen -.

Noeske -. Boston MFA -. SNG Berry -. This is one of the largest silver coins ever struck by the Greeks. Less than forty recorded. Usual but minor flan crack at 3h. EF $44,000

Ex Sotheby’s Zürich, 27 October 1993, lot 937.

Ex NFA XXX, 1992, lot 178 (sold for $48K).

Berenice II was one of the strong personalities among ancient queens. A daughter of Magas, ruler of Cyrene, Berenice was first engaged to Ptolemy III. However, after Magas died, she had to marry a brother of the king of Macedon, Antigonus Gonatas. But when Antigonus was murdered, she eventually (in 246 BC) married her first intended husband, the king of Egypt, Ptolemy III. When Ptolemy departed on a campaign soon thereafter, Berenice deposited a lock of her hair in a sanctuary as a pledge for his safe return. Allegedly, this lock of hair disappeared from the temple was placed among the stars by the gods, as Callimachus relates in a famous poem. Ruling together with her husband, Berenice had the official title “Sister and wife of the king”, and was venerated as Isis and Aphrodite. After Ptolemy III died in 221 BC, her attempt to assume the regency for her son Ptolemy (IV) failed, and she was murdered.

Our coin gives an idea of her personality: with one of the largest silver denominations ever struck in antiquity (only a Bactrian king issued larger ones), the queen was exceptionally revered by the royal mint.

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Berenice Mnaieion

148.

AV Mnaieion (formerly Octadrachm), 27.66g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: Head of Berenice II right, diademed and veiled; dotted border.

Rx: ΒΕΡΕΝΙKHΣ ΒΑΣΙΛIΣΣΗΣ Cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 1113, pl. xxxv, 1, 12, 17. SNG Copenhagen 169. Boston Suppl.

322. BMC Ptolemies, p. 59, 1, pl. XIII, 2. EF $28,000 As on her Phoenician tetradrachms (Bosten 2348, etc.), Berenice is shown in her prime, being the mother of several children, when she was running the kingdom for her husband who was frequently absent during his Syrian campaigns.

Ptolemy V Portrait

149.

Ptolemy V. 204-180 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.09g (12h). Uncertain Phoenician mint, 204-199 BC. Obv: Draped and diademed bust of Ptolemy V facing right. Dotted border.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram in left field. Dotted border. Svoronos 1258. SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 1301. BMC p. 73, 55 var.

Mørkholm, Israel Numismatic Journal 5 (1981), p. 9, 13. About EF $1,000

coins with the portrait of the founder of the dynasty, Ptolemy I, the Ptolemaic mints in Phoenicia and Cyprus issued coins with the portrait of the current ruler on special occasions. This seems to be an accession issue, produced in, or soon after, the period when Ptolemy V ruled under the supervision of the ambitious chancellor Sosibios.

Elegant Head of Cleopatra

150.

Cleopatra VII. 51-30 BC. AE 40 drachms, 8.66g (0h). Alexandria. Obv: Diademed bust of Cleopatra VII right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ Eagle standing on thunderbolt left. In left field, cornucopia, in right field, Μ. Dotted border. Svoronos 1872. SNG Copenhagen 422. BMC, p. 123, 5. Hazzard c1155. Weiser 184. Noeske 383. This is a very elegant and possibly even accurate portrait of Cleopatra. Her coins normally come extremely worn though of late a few wonderful coins like this have come into the market. The scarcer forty drachma denomination with M rather than Π in reverse field. EF/VF $12,000

Purchased from Hasen Tobia, 28 November 1981.

One of the rare portrait coins of Ptolemy VI. While the mint of Alexandria regularly issued 50

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151.

Numidia. Juba I. c. 60-46 BC. AE 21, 7.65g (10h). Obv: Head of Numidia right, wearing elephant’s skin headdress. Rx: Lion walking right, head facing, Punic legend above. SNG Copenhagen 532. Mazard 93. About VF $650 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Rare.

154.

Roman Republic. Anonymous. Quadrans, 78.30g (6h). c. 280-276 BC. Obv: Open hand; on left, three pellets. Rx: Two barley-grains; between three pellets. Thurlow/Vecchi 4a.

Haeberlin 40 (67 specimens known). Crawford 14/4. BMC Italy 12. Sydenham, Aes Grave 39.

VF $1,000 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

Ex Carfrae/Tolstoi

152.

Mauretania. Bocchus II. 49-33 BC. AE 18, 3.12g (9h). Lix mint. Obv: Bearded head of king right; Punic legend around. Rx: Six-rayed star between wheat ear and grapes; Punic legend around. SNG Copenhagen 539. Mazard 115. Rare. Good VF $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

153.

Lot of two AE 17. 49-33 BC. Lix 1 Mint. Obv: Bearded head of king right. Rx: Six-rayed star between corn ear and grapes; 2.81g, 10h; SNG Copenhagen 539, Mazard 116. 2. Obv: Bearded head of king left; Punic legend around. Rx: Six-rayed star between wheat ear and grapes.

2.97g, 10h; SNG Copenhagen 542, Mazard 117.

Average grade fine $650 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

155.

Anonymous. Uncia, 10.51g (12h). 217-215 BC. Obv: Facing head of Sol; in left field, pellet. Rx: Pellet between two stars over crescent; below, ROMA. Crawford 39/4. Sydenham 96.

Beautiful olive-green patina. EF $3,000 Ex RBW I, NAC 61, 5 October 2011, lot 124.

Acquired from Charles Hersh, April 1989.

Ex Glendining’s, 15 November 1949, MayrHarting, lot 3. Ex Hess, 11 March 1912, Tolstoi, lot 56. Ex Sotheby’s, 23 May 1894, Carfrae Collection.

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Ex Goodman, Ex Brand, Ex Tolstoi

around. Crawford 409/2. Sydenham 808. RSC Plaetoria 3. Iridescent toning. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 79, 17 September 2008, lot 948.

156.

L. Hostilius Tubulus. Uncia, 3.86g (7h).

105 BC. Obv: Head of Roma right. Rx: L.H. TVB downward in oak wreath; ROMA below.

Crawford 315/1. Sydenham-. Babelon Hostilia 1. EF $600 Ex Triton I, 2-3 December 1997. lot 1134. Ex Goodman Collection. Ex Sotheby’s, 25 October 1984, lot 478 (part.) Ex Virgil Brand Collection, part VIII. Ex A. Hess, March 1912, lot 661. Ex Count Tolstoi Collection.

159.

M. Aemilius Lepidus. Denarius, 3.98g (2h).

Rome, 61 BC. Obv: Diademed female head right. Rx: Equestrian statue of M. Lepidus right, holding trophy over shoulder; M LEPIDVS in exergue. Crawford 419/1a. Sydenham 827.

RSC Aemilia 21b. VF+ $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Scarce.

157.

M. Cato. Denarius, 3.95g (10h). Rome, 89 BC. Obv: Female head right, M. CATO below, ROMA behind. Rx: Victory seated right holding patera; ST below throne, VICTRIX in exergue.

Crawford 343/1c. Sydenham 596a. RSC Porcia 6. Nice VF $250

160.

Q. Cassius Longinus. Denarius, 3.82g (5h).

55 BC. Obv: Head of Liberty right, LIBERT behind, Q CASSIVS before. Rx: Curule chair within temple of Vesta; to left, urn; to right, voting tablet inscribed AC. Crawford 428/2.

Sydenham 918. RSC Cassia 8. Minor area of weak strike. EF $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

158.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. Denarius, 3.76g (6h). Rome, 67 BC. Obv: Turreted bust of Cybele right, CESTIANVS and lion forepart behind, globe before. Rx: Curule chair, hammer to left, M PLAETORIVS AED CVR EX SC 52

161.

Denarius, 3.86g (9h). Rome, 55 BC. Obv: Head of Bonus Eventus right, scepter behind. Rx: Eagle on thunderbolt, between lituus and capis, Q CASSIVS below. Crawford 428/3. Sydenham 916. RSC Cassia 7. Nicely toned. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

162.

P. Licinius Crassus M.f. Denarius, 4.14g (4h).

Rome, 55 BC. Obv: Bust of Venus right, S.C behind. Rx: Female figure leading horse left with right hand and holding spear in left hand; at her feet, cuirass and shield; P路CRASSVS路 M路F around. Crawford 430/1. Sydenham 929.

RSC Licinia 18. Toned. VF $300

165.

Denarius, 3.93g (7h). Rome, 54 BC. Obv: Head of L. Iunius Brutus right, behind BRVTVS. Rx: Head of C. Servilius Ahala right, behind AHALA. Crawford 433/2. Sydenham 907. RSC Junia 30. Toned. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E125, 26 October, 2005, lot 179.

163.

M. Junius Brutus. Denarius, 3.83g (5h). Rome, 54 BC. Obv: Head of Liberty right, LIBERTAS behind. Rx: L. Junius Brutus, consul 509 BC, walking left between two lictors who hold fasces over shoulder, and preceded by accensus; BRVTVS in exergue. Crawford 433/1.

Sydenham 906. RSC Junia 31. Beautifully toned. VF $400

166.

P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus. Denarius, 3.73g (7h). Rome, 50 BC. Obv: Head of the consul M. Claudius Marcellinus right, [MARCELLINVS] before, triskeles behind.

Rx: M. Claudius Marcellinus carrying trophy within tetrastyle temple, MARCELLVS on right, COS QVINQ on left. Crawford 439/1.

Sydenham 1147. RSC Claudia 11 . Area of weak strike. Fine+ $250

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

164.

Denarius, 3.53g (7h). Rome, 54 BC. Obv: Head of Liberty right, LIBERTAS behind. Rx: L. Junius Brutus, consul 509 BC, walking left between two lictors who hold fasces over shoulder, and preceded by accensus; BRVTVS in exergue. Crawford 433/1. Sydenham 906. RSC Junia 31. Light porosity; scratches before face.

VF $175

167.

Q. Sicinius. Denarius, 3.92g (12h). Rome, 49 BC. Obv: Head of Fortuna right, FORT before, PR behind. Rx: Caduceus and palm in saltire, laurel wreath above, Q SICINIVS below, III VIR to sides. Crawford 440/1. Sydenham 938.

RSC Sicinia 5. Sear, Imperators 1. Area of weak strike. EF

$300

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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168.

Cn. Nerius. Denarius, 3.85g (8h). Rome, 49 BC. Obv: Head of Saturn right, harpa over shoulder; NERI Q VRB behind. Rx: L LENT – [C M]ARC to either side of legionary eagle between standard of the hastati, on left, and standard of the principes, on right; below, CO – S. Crawford 441/1. Sydenham 937. RSC Neria 1. Sear, Imperators 2. EF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 263.

169.

Man. Acilius Glabrio. Denarius, 3.69g (7h).

Rome, 49 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Salus right, SALVTIS upward behind. Rx: Valetudo standing left, leaning on column and holding snake, MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV behind and before. Crawford 442/1a. Sydenham 922.

RSC Acilia 8. Sear, Imperators 16. Toned; small edge cut at 4h. EF $300

171.

Julius Caesar. Denarius, 4.05g (8h). Gaul, 49-8 BC. Obv: Elephant standing right, trampling serpent; CAESAR in exergue. Rx: Ladle, sprinkler, ax with handle topped by lion’s head, priest’s hat (apex). Crawford 443/1. Sydenham 1006. Sear, Imperators 9. EF $1,200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

172.

Denarius, 3.97g (7h). Gaul, 49-48 BC. Obv: Elephant standing right, trampling serpent; CAESAR in exergue. Rx: Ladle, sprinkler, ax with handle topped by lion’s head, priest’s hat (apex). Crawford 443/1. Sydenham 1006. Sear, Imperators 9. EF $1,000 Ex Al Zaloom Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

170.

Denarius, 3.95g (1h). Rome, 49 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Salus right, SALVTIS downward behind. Rx: Valetudo standing left, leaning on column and holding snake, MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV behind and before. Crawford 442/1b. Sydenham 922. RSC Acilia 8a, Sear, Imperators 16a. Beautifully toned. About EF

$350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Scarce variety with SALVTIS downward on obverse.

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173.

Q. Sicinius & C. Coponius. Denarius, 4.04g (7h). Rome, 49 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, star below; Q.SICINIVS before, III.VIR behind.

Rx: Club of Hercules surmounted by lion skin with scalp to right; arrow on left, bow on right; C COPONIVS PR S C around. Crawford 444/1a. Sydenham 939. RSC Sicinia 1. Sear, Imperators 3. Beautifully toned. About EF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Cornelia 64. Sear, Imperators 4. Toned; light porosity. VF $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

174.

Denarius, 4.07g (6h). Rome, 49 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, star below; Q.SICIN[IVS] before, III.VIR behind. Rx: Club of Hercules surmounted by lion skin with scalp to right; arrow on left, bow on right; C COPONIVS PR S C around. Crawford 444/1a. Sydenham 939.

RSC Sicinia 1. Sear, Imperators 3. Toned. VF

$250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Rare Reverse Brockage

175.

Reverse brockage. Denarius, 3.91g (12h).

Rome, 49 BC. Obv: Incuse of reverse. Rx: Club of Hercules surmounted by lion skin with scalp to right; arrow on left, bow on right; C COPONIVS PR S C around. Crawford 444/1a.

Sydenham 939. RSC Sicinia 1. Sear, Imperators 3. Area of weak strike. VF $150

177.

Denarius, 3.89g (1h). Apollonia, 49 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right; L LENT C MARC before, COS behind. Rx: Jupiter standing facing, holding thunderbolt and eagle; on right, altar decorated with garland; on left, star and Q. Crawford 445/2. Sydenham 1030. RSC Cornelia 65. Sear, Imperators 5. Well-centered and nicely toned. Choice VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1793.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 282.

176.

L. Cornelius Lentulus & C. Claudius Marcellus. Denarius, 3.36g (3h). Apollonia, 49 BC. Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa at center and ears of wheat between the legs. Rx: Jupiter standing right, holding thunderbolt and eagle, harpa and COS to r. Crawford 445/1a. Sydenham 1029a. RSC

178.

Denarius, 3.84g (1h). Apollonia, 49 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right; L LENT C MARC before, COS behind. Rx: Jupiter standing facing, holding thunderbolt and eagle; on right, altar decorated with garland; on left, star and Q. Crawford 445/2. Sydenham 1030. RSC Cornelia 65. Sear, Imperators 5. Area of weak strike. EF $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 1501. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

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179.

Denarius, 4.05g (11h). Ephesus, 49 BC. Obv: Head of Jupiter right. Rx: Cult statue of Ephesian Artemis with hands extended, fillet hanging from each; L·LENTVLVS to right, MAR COS to left. Crawford 445/3b.

Sydenham 1031. RSC Cornelia 66 2. Sear, Imperators 6. VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 1502. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

180.

Pompey the Great, struck by Cn. Calpurnius Piso, quaester. Denarius, 3.91g (7h). Greece, 49-48 BC. Obv: [CN PISO] PRO Q, head of Numa Pompilius right; NVMA on diadem.

Rx: Prow right, MAGN above, PRO COS below. Crawford 446/1. Sydenham 1032. Sear, Imperators 7. Mint State $1,500

181.

Pompey the Great, struck by Varro, proquaestor. Denarius, 3.93g (4h). Greece, 49 BC. Obv: VARRO PRO Q Terminal bust of Jupiter right, diademed. Rx: Upright scepter between dolphin right and eagle standing left; MAGN PRO/COS in two lines in exergue,. Crawford 447/1a. Sydenham 1033. Sear, Imperators 8.

VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 64, 24 September 2003, lot 814.

182.

L. Hostilius Saserna. Denarius, 3.90g (4h).

Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right. Rx: Victory walking right, holding trophy and caduceus; L HOSTILIVS before, SASERNA behind.

Crawford 448/1a. Sydenham 951. RSC Hostilia 5. Sear, Imperators 17. Area of weak strike.

VF/EF $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 1825.

Choice “Vercingetorix” Portrait

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183.

Denarius, 3.84g (5h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Bearded bust of Gallic enemy (“Vercingetorix”) with flowing hair right, behind, Gallic shield.

Rx: Biga driven by charioteer, warrior facing backward holding shield and hurling spear; L HOSTILIVS above, SASERN below. Crawford

448/2a. Sydenham 952. RSC Hostilia 2. Sear, Imperators 18. Magnificent obverse. About EF

$2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Hess-Divo 317, 27 October 2010, lot 755. Ex Harlan J. Berk 94, 16 January 1997, lot 326. Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex NFA Fall Mail Bid, 18 October 1990, lot 1335.

185.

C. Vibius C.f.C.n. Pansa Caetronianus.

Denarius, 3.76g (1h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Mask of Pan right, PANSA behind. Rx: Jupiter Axurus seated left, IOVIS.AXOR before, C. VIBIVS C.F.C.N behind. Crawford 449/1a.

Sydenham 947. RSC Vibia 18. Sear, Imperators 20. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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184.

Denarius, 3.89g (7h). 48 BC. Obv: Head of female Gaul right, with long disheveled hair; carnyx behind. Rx: L. HOSTILIVS [SASE] RNA, Diana of Ephesus facing, holding long spear; stag to left. Crawford 448/3. Sydenham 953. RSC Hostilia 4. Sear, Imperators 19. Mint State $1,000

186.

Denarius, 3.95g (11h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Mask of Pan right, PANSA below, pedum behind. Rx: Jupiter Axurus seated left, C VIBIVS C F C N behind, [IOVIS AXVR] before. Crawford 449/1b. Sydenham 948. Sear Imperators 20a. RSC Vibia 19. Hair flatly struck. EF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1798.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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187.

Denarius, 3.82g (5h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Head of young Bacchus right, PANSA behind. Rx: Ceres walking right, holding two torches; plow before, C. VIBIVS C.F.C.N behind. Crawford 449/2. Sydenham 946. RSC Vibia 16. Sear, Imperators 21. Mint State $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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188.

Denarius, 3.91g (7h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Libertas right, LIBERTATIS behind. Rx: Roma, right breast bare, seated right on pile of arms, holding scepter and placing left foot on globe; on right, flying Victory crowning Roma; on left, C PANSA C F N. Crawford 449/4. Sydenham 949. RSC Vibia 20.

Sear, Imperators 23. Area of weak strike; light scratch before face. EF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

191.

Denarius, 3.93g (9h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Bare head of the consul Aulus Postumius Albinus right, A POSTVMIVS COS around. Rx: ALBINV / BRVTI.F within wreath of grain ears. Crawford 450/3b. Sydenham 943. Sear Imperators 27. RSC Postumia 14. Toned. EF

$500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 1512. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

Scarce.

189.

Albinus Bruti f. Denarius, 3.84g (7h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Head of young Mars right. Rx: Crossed Gaulish trumpets, oval shield above, round shield below, ALBINVS to right, BRVTI.F to left. Crawford 450/1a. Sydenham 941. RSC Postumia 11. Sear, Imperators 25.

Nicely toned. VF+ $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

192.

C. Pansa & Albinus Bruti f. Denarius, 3.75g (8h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Mask of Pan right, C PAN[SA] below. Rx: Clasped hands holding caduceus, ALBINVS BRUTI F below.

Crawford 451/1. Sydenham 944. RSC Vibia 22.

Sear, Imperators 28. A few light scratches and area of weak strike. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 226. Ex Harry Alderman Collection.

Scarce.

Important Gold Rarity Randy Haviland's Favorite

190.

Denarius, 3.95g (10h). Rome, 48 BC. Obv: Head of Pietas right, PIETAS behind. Rx: Two hands clasped around caduceus, ALBINVS. BRVT[I. F] below. Crawford 450/2. Sydenham 942. Sear Imperators 78. RSC Postumia 10.

Small scratch on nose. EF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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193.

Julius Caesar. Aureus, 8.59g (1h). Mint moving with Caesar, 48 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right, wearing oak wreath and diadem, LII behind. Rx: CAE - SAR below trophy of

Gallic arms, ax in right field. Crawford 452/1.

Sydenham 1008 (R8). Sear, Imperators 10.

Bahrfeldt 17. Choice EF $40,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

The LII=52 on obverse apparently indicates Caesar’s age, so means that this type was struck after Caesar’s fifty-second birthday on 13 July 48 BC. Extremely rare; perhaps a dozen known examples.

195.

Augustus and Julius Caesar, ancient imitation. Plated Denarius, 2.60g (11h). After 20 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Augustus right. Rx: [C] AE - SAR below trophy of Gallic arms, ax in right field. Unpublished; various obverse prototypes; cf. Crawford 452/2, reverse. VF $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

196.

Julius Caesar. Quinarius, 1.88g (1h). Mint moving with Caesar, 48 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right, wearing oak wreath and diadem, LII behind. Rx: [C]AE - SA[R] below trophy of Gallic arms, shield in right field, wreath in left.

Crawford 452/3. Sydenham 1012 (R6). Sear, Imperators 14. Very scarce. Somewhat rough and scratched from old cleaning. About VF$600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lot 1330.

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194.

Denarius, 3.65g (4h). Mint moving with Caesar, 48 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right, wearing oak wreath and diadem, LII behind. Rx: CAE SAR below trophy of Gallic arms, ax in right field. Crawford 452/2. Sydenham 1009. Sear, Imperators 11. Mint State $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

197.

L. Plautius Plancus. Denarius, 3.59g (11h).

Rome, 47 BC. Obv: Mask of Medusa, serpents at sides of face, L. PLAVTIV below. Rx: Aurora flying, conducting four horses of the Sun, PLANCV below. Crawford 453/1a. Sydenham 959. RSC Plautia 15. Sear, Imperators 29.

Well-centered, fully struck and nicely toned.

Choice VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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198.

Denarius, 3.96g (11h). Rome, 47 BC. Obv: Mask of Medusa, serpents at sides of face, L. PLAVTIV below. Rx: Aurora flying, conducting four horses of the Sun, PLANCV below.

Crawford 453/1a. Sydenham 959. RSC Plautia 15. Sear, Imperators 29. Minor area of weak strike. VF+ $400

200.

A. Licinius Nerva. Denarius, 4.01g (10h).

Rome, 47 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Fides right, NERVA behind, FIDES before. Rx: Onearmed horseman galloping right, holding shield and sword, dragging captive by the hair; [A L] ICINI below, III VIR across field. Crawford 545/1. Sydenham 954. RSC Licinia 24. Sear, Imperators 30. Toned. VF $250

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 276.

Unpublished Variety of L. Plautius Plancus

199.

Denarius, 3.88g (3h). Rome, 47 BC. Obv: Mask of Medusa, serpents at sides of face, L. PLAVTIV below. Rx: Aurora flying, conducting four horses of the Sun, PLANCV below.

Crawford 453/1e var. Sydenham 959 var. RSC Plautia 15c var. Sear, Imperators 29. EF $1,250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 164, 20 May 2009, lot 316.

Unpublished variety combining L PLAVTIV on the obverse with PLANCV on the reverse. The normal legends are L PLAVTIVS / PLANCVS. Both of these varieties missing the final S are known, but until now not in combination with each other.

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201.

Denarius, 3.96g (11h). Rome, 47 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Fides right, FIDES before, A.LICINIVS behind. Rx: Horseman right, dragging captive by hair; NERVA below, III VIR around. Crawford 454/2. Sydenham 955. RSC Licinia 23. Sear, Imperators 30a. Toned; minor area of weak strike. VF $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

202.

C. Antius C.f. Restio. Denarius, 3.55g (8h).

Rome, 47 BC. Obv: Head of the tribune Antius Restio right, RESTIO behind. Rx: Hercules walking right, with club and trophy, lion’s skin over arm, C ANTIVS CF to right. Crawford 455/1a. Sydenham 970. RSC Antia 1. Sear, Imperators 34. Beautifully toned; minor area of weak strike on head. VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton VI, 14 January 2003, lot 768. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

203.

Denarius, 3.40g (2h). Rome, 47 BC. Obv: Jugate heads of the Dei Penates right; DEI PENATES behind. Rx: Hercules Triumphalis nude, walking right, head left, holding club and trophy, cloak over left arm; C•ANTIVS•C•F• behind. Crawford 455/2. Sydenham 971. RSC Antia 2. Sear, Imperators 35. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk in 2002.

204.

Julius Caesar, struck by Aulus Allienus, governor of Sicily. Denarius, 3.97g (7h). Sicily, 47 BC. Obv: C CAESAR [I]MP COS ITER Diademed and draped bust of Venus right. Rx: A ALLIENVS PRO COS Trinacrus standing left, right foot on prow, holding triskeles.

Crawford 457/1. Sydenham 1022 (R7). Sear, Imperators 54. Fine+ $1,000

206.

Julius Caesar, Uniface trial strike? Denarius, 10.99g (12h). 47-46 BC or later. Obv: Head of Venus right. Rx: Blank, irregular depression in center. Cf. Crawford 458/1. Cf. Sydenham 1013. Cf. Sear, Imperators 55. Fine $100 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

The purpose of this enigmatic piece is quite uncertain. A trial strike to test the die is one possibility. The very convincing lime deposits are persuasive evidence that it is ancient. Sold as is, no returns.

207.

Hybrid of Q. Sicinius with C. Coponius And Julius Caesar. Plated denarius, 2.80g (11h). After 46 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, Q.SICINIVS before, III.VIR behind.

Rx: Aeneas walking left, carrying Palladium and Anchises; CAESAR behind. Cf. Crawford 444/1, obverse and 458/1, reverse. Davis Class E, Group 1aa. Toned. About VF $300

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 129, 24 October 2002, lot 158.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

205.

Julius Caesar. Denarius, 3.62g (6h). Mint moving with Caesar in Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right. Rx: Aeneas walking left, carrying Palladium and Anchises; CAESAR behind. Crawford 458/1. Sydenham 1013. Sear, Imperators 55. EF $800

208.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio. Denarius, 3.88g (1h). Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right; Q METEL before, PIVS behind. Rx: Elephant walking right, SCIPIO above, IMP in exergue. Crawford 459/1.

Sydenham 1046. RSC Caecilia 47. Sear, Imperators 45. Toned. About EF $750

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 1830.

209.

Denarius, 3.82g (11h). Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right; Q METEL before, PIVS behind. Rx: Elephant walking right, SCIPIO above, IMP in exergue. Crawford 459/1. Sydenham 1046. RSC Caecilia 47. Sear, Imperators 45. Nicely toned. Choice VF $750

Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

210.

Denarius, 3.63g (11h). Utica, 47-46 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Jupiter right; below, eagle’s head and scepter; METEL·PIVS before, SCI·IMP behind. Rx: Curule chair between an ear of corn and head of carnyx; above, scales set on cornucopia; CRASS·IVN on right, [LEG·PRO.PR] on left. Crawford 460/2.

Sydenham 1048 (R6). RSC Caecilia 49. Sear, Imperators 41. Area of weak strike. VF $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 1521. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

212.

Denarius, 3.72g (10h). Utica, 47-46 BC. Obv: Lion-headed figure of Genius of Africa (Sekhmet) standing facing, holding ankh; above, [C]. T. A; P. CRASSVS. IVN on right, LEG. PRO. P. R. on left. Rx: Victory standing left, holding winged caduceus and small round shield; P·CRASSVS·IVN before, LEG PRO·PR behind. Crawford 460/4. Sydenham 1050 (R6).

RSC Caecilia 51. Sear, Imperators 43. VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 1523. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

Choice Head of Utica Denarius

211.

Denarius, 3.93g (7h). Utica, 47-46 BC. Obv: CRASS IVN LEG PRO PR Turreted head of Utica right; caduceus before, prow below, grain ear behind. Rx: METEL PIVS SCIP IMP Trophy between lituus and pitcher. Crawford 460/3. Sydenham 1049 (R6). RSC Caecilia 52.

Sear, Imperators 42. Good VF $3,000 62

213.

Denarius, 3.85g (10h). Utica, 47-46 BC. Obv: Head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin; wheat stalk and Q. METELL before, plow below, SCIPIO IMP behind. Rx: Hercules standing facing, EPPIVS to right, LEG. F. C. to left. Crawford 461/1. Sydenham 1051. RSC Caecilia 50. Sear, Imperators 44. VF $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E54, 4 December 2002, lot 96.

214.

Ancient imitation. Plated Denarius, 2.75g (10h). After 47 BC. Obv: Female head right, [ROMA] behind, M. CATO PRO PR before.

Rx: Victory seated right holding patera; [V]ICTRIX in exergue. Crawford 462/1a.

Sydenham 1053. RSC Porcia 10. Sear, Imperators 46a. Apparently struck from dies mechanically transferred from an official denarius. Core exposed on head. VF $100

217.

Mn. Cordius Rufus. Denarius, 3.83g (1h).

Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Jugate heads of Dioscuri right, wearing laureate caps; two stars above, RVFVS III V[IR] behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding scales and scepter, Cupid on her shoulder, MN CORDIVS behind. Crawford 463/1a. Sydenham 976. RSC Cordia 2. Sear, Imperators 63. VF $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

215.

Denarius, 3.93g (11h). Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Female head right, M. CATO PRO PR before. Rx: Victory seated right holding patera; VICTRIX in exergue. Crawford 462/1c. Sydenham 1052. RSC Porcia 9. Sear, Imperators 46. Fine+ $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

218.

Denarius, 4.13g (12h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Owl perched on Corinthian helmet right, RVFVS behind. Rev. Aegis decorated with head of Medusa, MN CORDIVS around. Crawford 463/2. Sydenham 978. RSC Cordia 4. Sear, Imperators 64. EF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, lot 946. Ex Claude Collection.

216.

Quinarius, 1.99g (4h). Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, M. CATO PRO PR around. Rx: Victory seated right holding patera; VICTRIX in exergue. Crawford 462/2. Sydenham 1054. RSC Porcia 11. Sear, Imperators 47. Toned. About VF $150

219.

Denarius, 4.09g (11h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right, RVFVS SC behind. Rx: Cupid on dolphin right; below, MN CORDIVS. Crawford 463/3. Sydenham 977. RSC Cordia 3.

VF $250

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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220.

T. Carisius. Denarius, 3.80g (5h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Aphrodisian Sibyl right. Rx: Sphinx right, T CARISIVS above, III VIR in exergue. Crawford 464/1. Sydenham 983. RSC Carisia 10. Sear, Imperators 69. Minor area of weak strike, but well-centered and exceptional for issue. About EF

$500

223.

Denarius, 3.98g (7h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Roma right, ROMA behind. Rx: Cornucopia on celestial globe between scepter and rudder, T. CARIS below; all within wreath. Crawford 464/3b. Sydenham 984b. RSC Carisia 5. Sear, Imperators 71b. Area of weak strike. EF $250

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

221.

Denarius, 4.34g (7h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Bust of Victory right, two locks of hair down neck, Rx: Cap of Vulcan over anvil between tongs and hammer; all within wreath. Crawford 464/2. Sydenham 982b. RSC Carisia 1b. Sear, Imperators 73. Flip over double strike. Toned.

VF $300

224.

Denarius, 3.63g (4h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Roma right, ROMA behind. Rx: Cornucopia on celestial globe between scepter and rudder, [T.] CARIS below; all within wreath. Crawford 464/3b. Sydenham 984b. RSC Carisia 5. Sear, Imperators 71b. Area of weak strike. VF $200

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E54, 4 December 2002, lot 97.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

222.

Denarius, 3.95g (2h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Roma right, ROMA behind. Rx: Cornucopia on celestial globe between scepter and rudder, T. CARISI below; all within wreath. Crawford 464/3a. Sydenham 984a. RSC Carisia 4. Sear, Imperators 71b. EF with luster $600

225.

Denarius, 3.65g (10h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Bust of Victory right. Rx: Victory in biga right, T. CARISI in exergue. Crawford 464/4.

Sydenham 986. RSC Carisia 2. Sear, Imperators 72. VF $250

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Tkalec, 29 February 2008, lot 250.

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Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 280.

226.

Denarius, 3.43g (5h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Bust of Victory right, SC behind. Rx: Victory in quadriga right, T. CARISI in exergue.

Crawford 464/5. Sydenham 985. RSC Carisia 3.

Sear, Imperators 73. VF $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 332.

229.

Denarius, 3.58g (3h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, A behind; border of dots. Rx: Curule chair, C CONSIDI above, PAETI in exergue. Crawford 465/2a. Sydenham 991. RSC Considia 2. Sear, Imperators 77b. Area of weak strike. VF $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

227.

Sestertius, 0.95g (10h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Diademed bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder. Rx: Hound running right, [T路] CAR above. Crawford 464/8a. Sydenham 989.

RSC Carisia 7. Sear, Imperators 76. Rare.

Minor porosity. About VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

230.

Denarius, 3.70g (3h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right, PAETI behind. Rx: Victory in quadriga left, C CONSIDI in exergue. Crawford 465/3. Sydenham 992. RSC Considia 6. Sear, Imperators 78. Toned. About EF $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 281.

228.

C. Considius Paetus. Denarius, 3.95g (1h).

Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, border of dots. Rx: Curule chair, C CONSIDI above, PAET[I] in exergue. Crawford 465/1b.

Sydenham 990a. RSC Considia 3. Sear, Imperators 77a. Obverse off center. Area of weak strike. VF $150

231.

Denarius, 3.81g (9h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Venus left, PAETI behind. Rx: Victory in quadriga left, C CONSIDI in exergue. Crawford 465/4. Sydenham 993. RSC Considia 7. Sear, Imperators 78a. VF $150

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 333.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 282.

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in August 46 BC, when he distributed the sum of 5000 denarii to each of his soldiers plus 100 denarii a man to the populace of Rome.

232.

Denarius, 4.02g (2h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Bust of Minerva right. Rx: Victory in quadriga right, C CONSIDI in exergue. Crawford 465/5. Sydenham 994. RSC Considia 5. Sear, Imperators 79. EF $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 154, 19 April 2007, lot 259.

235.

Julius Caesar. Denarius, 3.47g (8h). 46 BC. Obv: DICT ITER COS TERT Head of Ceres right. Rx: AVGVR PONT MAX Priestly emblems; to right, M. Crawford 467/1b.

Sydenham 1024. Sear, Imperators 57a. Nicely toned. About EF $850 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 298.

233.

Sestertius, 1.04g (1h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Winged bust of Cupid right, with small head; C·CONSI[DIVS] around. Rx: Double cornucopia set on globe. Crawford 465/8a. Sydenham 997. RSC Considia 10. Sear, Imperators 81a.

Somewhat rough. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1337.

Rare.

Elegant Head of Venus

236.

Denarius, 3.71g (9h). Mint moving with Caesar in Spain, 48 BC. Obv: Head of Venus left, with star in her hair and Cupid on her shoulder; behind, scepter; before, lituus. Rx: Gallic captives beneath trophy, CAESAR in exergue.

Crawford 468/2. Sydenham 1015. Sear, Imperators 59. EF $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E59, 26 February 2003, lot 132.

234.

Julius Caesar with A. Hirtius as praetor.

Aureus, 8.26g (8h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: C CAESAR - COS TER Veiled female head right.

Rx: A HIRTIVS PR Priestly implements: lituus, pitcher, ax. Crawford 466/1. Sydenham 1017.

Sear, Imperators 56. Good VF $5,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Probably struck for Caesar’s quadruple triumph 66

Enlargement

Personification of Corduba

237.

Gnaeus Pompey, struck by M. Poblicius, legate. Denarius, 3.67g (7h). Spain, 46-45 BC. Obv: Head of Roma right, M. POBLICI. LEG. PRO [PR] around. Rx: Hispania standing right, shield on back, two spears under left arm; with right hand, presenting palm to Pompeian soldier armed wi 35. Sear, Imperators 48. Toned. VF

$600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

238.

Denarius, 3.76g (7h). Spain, 46-45 BC. Obv: Head of Roma right, M. POBLICI. LEG. PRO PR around. Rx: Hispania standing right, shield on back, two spears under left arm; with right hand, presenting palm to Pompeian soldier armed with sword, his left foot on prow, [CN] MAGNVS. IMP below and right. Crawford 469/1c. Sydenham 1035. Sear, Imperators 48.

Somewhat granular. VF $400

240.

Gnaeus Pompey, struck by M. Minatius Sabinus. Denarius, 3.01g (2h). Spain, 46-45 BC. Obv: IMP CN MAGN Head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus right. Rx: PR路Q Personification of Corduba, turreted, standing right amidst heap of arms, holding transverse spear and grasping the hand of Pompeian soldier disembarking from ship; in exergue, M路MINAT / SABIN. Crawford 470/1a.

Sydenham 1036a (R8). Sear, Imperators 49.

Buttrey 1/b. Counter mark on cheek and in field below bust. VF $3,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 160, 1 July 2008, lot 188.

Choice Toned Gnaeus Pompey Denarius

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

239.

Denarius, 3.95g (5h). Spain, 46-45 BC. Obv: Head of Roma right, M. POBLICI. LEG. PRO PR around. Rx: Hispania standing right, shield on back, two spears under left arm; with right hand, presenting palm to Pompeian soldier armed with sword, his left foot on prow, [CN] MAGNVS. IMP below and right. Crawford 469/1e. Sydenham 1035a. Sear, Imperators 48a.

VF $500

241.

Denarius, 3.50g (7h). Spain, 46-45 BC. Obv: IMP CN MAGN Head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus right. Rx: PR路Q Pompeian soldier between the personification of two Spanish cities, the one on the left raising her right hand to greet him and the one on the right kneeling to present him with shield; in exergue, M路MINAT / SABI. Crawford 470/1b. Sydenham 1037 (R8). Sear, Imperators 52. Buttrey 1/e. Dark tone; two dings on edge. EF $10,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 45, 2 April 2008, lot 22. Ex Barry Feirstein Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 64, 24 September 2003, lot 825.

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244.

Denarius, 3.39g (4h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Triumphus right, TRIVMPVS below; behind, trophy. Rx: She-wolf standing right, attending to fire; to right, eagle standing left, fanning flames with wings; L. PAPIVS in exergue, CELSVS. III. VIR above. Crawford 472/2. Sydenham 965. RSC Papia 3. Sear, Imperators 83. Nice VF $400 Enlargement lot 241

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Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

242.

Gnaeus Pompey. As, 28.89g (10h).

Tarraconensis, 46-45 BC. Obv: Janus head.

Rx: Prow right; CN MAG above; IMP below.

Crawford 471/1. Sydenham 1040. RPC 601.

Sear, Imperators 53. About VF $250

245.

Lollius Palicanus. Denarius, 3.83g (1h).

Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Libertas right, LIBERTATIS behind. Rx: Rostra on which stands subsellium, PALIKANVS above. Crawford 473/1. Sydenham 960. Sear Imperators 86. RSC Lollia 2. EF $1,000

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

243.

L. Papius Celsus. Denarius, 3.98g (7h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat’s skin. Rx: Rx: She-wolf standing right, attending to fire; to right, eagle standing left, fanning flames with wings; L. PAPIVS in exergue, CELSVS. III. VIR above. Crawford 472/1. Sydenham 964. RSC Papia 2. Sear, Imperators 82. VF $300

246.

Denarius, 3.96g (7h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Libertas right, LIBERTATIS behind. Rx: Rostra on which stands subsellium, PALIKANVS above. Crawford 473/1. Sydenham 960. Sear Imperators 86. RSC Lollia 2. Several bankers’ marks. VF $300

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

247.

Denarius, 3.91g (6h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Honos right, HONORIS behind. Rx: Curule chair, garlanded and surmounted by wreath, between two stalks of grain; PALIKANVS above. Crawford 473/2d.

Sydenham 961. RSC Lollia 1. Sear, Imperators 87. Good VF $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 924.

248.

L. Valerius Acisculus. Denarius, 3.56g (8h).

Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, star above, ACISCVLVS and pickaxe behind. Rx: Europa seated on bull right, L VALERIVS in exergue. Crawford 474/1a. Sydenham 998. RSC Valeria 17. Sear, Imperators 90. Good VF $300

250.

Denarius, 3.69g (9h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, star above, ACISCVLVS and pickaxe behind. Rx: Owl with helmeted human head walking right, carrying two spears and shield, L VALERIVS in exergue. Crawford 474/2b. Sydenham 999a. RSC Valeria 19. Sear, Imperators 91a. Toned; area of weak strike. VF

$500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

251.

Denarius, 3.55g (5h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, star above, ACISC[VLVS] and pickaxe behind. Rx: Head of Sibyl right, [L VA]LERIVS before; all within laurel wreath.

Crawford 474/3a. Sydenham 1000 (R7). RSC Valeria 14. Sear, Imperators 92. Toned; corrosion and area of weak strike. Fine $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Very rare.

Anguipedic Giant!

A Classic Republican Rarity

249.

Denarius, 3.91g (1h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, star above, ACISCVLVS and pickaxe behind. Rx: Europa seated on bull right, L VALERIVS in exergue. Crawford 474/1a. Sydenham 998. RSC Valeria 17. Sear, Imperators 90. EF $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

252.

Denarius, 4.09g (8h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right, pickax and ACISCVLVS behind, all within laurel wreath.

Rx: Anguipedic giant facing, right hand grasping thunderbolt which has pierced his side, 69

left hand raised; [L] VALERIVS in exergue.

Crawford 474/4. Sydenham 1003 (R9). Sear, Imperators 93. RSC Valeria 21. Some areas of weak strike. About EF $8,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini II, 11 January 2006, lot 272.

Among the rarest types in the entire Republican series, R9 in Sydenham. The reverse illustrates the battle of the Gods and Giants, symbolizing the victory of Caesar against all his enemies.

Sear in Imperators plausibly suggests that the apparent identification of Caesar with the supreme deity may have led to protests by the dictator’s Republican supporters and the abrupt termination of the issue.

Enlargement lot 252

253.

Denarius, 2.92g (2h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Head of Helios right, ACISCVLVS and pickaxe behind. Rx: Luna in biga right, L VALERIVS in exergue. Crawford 474/5. Sydenham 1002. RSC Valeria 20. Sear, Imperators 94. Area of weak strike. Good VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Unpublished and unique denarius?

Sold as is, no returns

254.

Denarius, 3.13g (4h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Garlanded head of Bacchus right, ACISCVLS (sic) and pickaxe behind; all within laurel wreath. Rx: Laureate and diademed head of Venus right, L VALERIVS before. Crawford-.

Sydenham-. RSC Valeria-. Sear, Imperators-.

Somewhat corroded. VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

While a handful of “new” Republican quinarii have appeared in recent years, of types known previously only on denarii, it has been hundreds of years since an entirely unknown Roman Republican denarius has been discovered. The present piece is therefore a true “holy grail” of Republican numismatics, if it is authentic.

We believe it is a genuine new discovery of enormous importance, but not without reservations. There are many arguments in favor of this coin’s authenticity. The extensive coinage of L. Valerius Acisculus is unusually varied, including representations of Apollo, Europa on bull, a human-headed owl, Sibyl, Jupiter, an anguipedic giant, Sol, Luna in biga, Victory, a pick ax and a double cornucopia. There are five main denarius types, with a number of subvarieties; one quinarius and two sestertii. The fractions are of considerable rarity, while the denarius with Jupiter and the giant, Crawford 474/4, is one of the classic rarities of the entire Republican series. (See lot 252 for an example of this desirable type.) Given this abundance of imagination, the addition of Bacchus and Venus to Acisculus’ pantheon is hardly unexpected.

The engraving style of the present piece is entirely consistent with late-Republican artistic norms; compare for example the head of Venus here to that on the famous “Sulla’s Dream” denarius of L. Aemilius Buca, Crawford 480/1, struck a year later in 44 BC. This coin incor-

porates subtle and persuasive details such as the laurel wreath surrounding Bacchus and the double-headed pick or acisculus--a punning allusion to the moneyer’s cognomen--which occur on other types of this issue. If this is a modern invention, it is a remarkably adroit and ingenious one. The physical appearance of the coin is somewhat troubling however. The overall light corrosion could, potentially, be an artifice intended to hide evidence of forgery.

The obverse legend is slightly blundered--ACISCVLS rather than ACISCVLVS--and the letter forms are atypically sketchy in comparison to the “normal” types of this issue. The slight “bulge” on the face of Bacchus is difficult to explain. That said, the difficulties, while real, seem insufficient to justify condemnation of this coin out of hand. Close examination under a microscope reveals very persuasive mineral deposits and no unambiguous evidence of forgery. The same corrosion, on a coin of “normal” types, would not engender an outright declaration of forgery. Many experts have examined it, without arriving at consensus as to its authenticity. The original seller of this piece, Tom Cederlind, stated that Dr. Jonathan Williams of the British Museum had carefully examined it and believed it to be genuine.

Other experts in Republican numismatics have expressed misgivings about it or condemned it unequivocally . One longtime student made the astute observation that a “discovery” piece such as this will always engender doubts if the circumstances of its discovery are unknown. We urge prospective bidders to carefully examine this piece and arrive at their own conclusion as to its authenticity. Sold as is, no returns.

Enlargement

255.

Julius Caesar, struck by L. Munatius Plancus. Aureus, 7.72g (11h). Mint moving with Caesar, 46-45 BC. Obv: C·CAES - DIC·TER Draped bust of Victory right. Rx: L·PLANC - PRAEF·VRB Pitcher. Crawford 475/1a. Sydenham 1019 Sear, Imperators 60.

About VF $4,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

256.

Aureus, 8.03g (5h). Mint moving with Caesar, 46-45 BC. Obv: C·CAES - DIC·TER Draped bust of Victory right. Rx: L·PLANC - PR·VRB Pitcher. Crawford 475/1b. Sydenham 1019b Sear, Imperators 60a. VF $4,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Pedigreed Gold Quinarius of Caesar

257.

Quinarius, 4.02g (1h). Mint moving with Caesar, 46-45 BC. Obv: C·CAES - DIC·TER Draped bust of Victory right. Rx: L·PLANC - PRAEF·VRB Pitcher. Crawford 475/2.

Sydenham 1020 (R8). Sear, Imperators 61 (this coin illustrated). Bahrfeldt 22.9 (this coin).

Treasure of Ancient Coinage, December 1996, ANS / New York International Numismatic Convention Exhibit Catalogue, p. 77, 71 (this 71

coin). Cohen 32 (350 Fr.). Very rare and seldom offered. Good VF $15,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 24, 5 December 2002, lot 2. Ex Triton III, 1999, lot 823. Ex Hess-Leu 1963, lot 135. Ex M&M XVII, 1957, lot 306. Ex Hess, 2.11.1912, Theodore Prowe collection, lot 1101. Ex Hirsch XII, Consul Weber collection, lot 706.

Choice Portrait of Pompey the Great

259.

Sextus Pompey. Denarius, 3.75g (7h). Spain, 45-44 BC. Obv: Bare head of Pompey the Great right, SEX MAGN PIVS IMP around, SAL below. Rx: Pietas standing left, PIETAS behind.

Crawford 477/3a. Sydenham 1042a (R7). Sear, Imperators 232b. Buttrey 6/D. Exceptional for issue. EF $8,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

Enlargement lot 257

258.

Julius Caesar. Dupondius, 13.97g (11h).

Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Winged bust of Victory right, CAESAR DIC TER before. Rx: Minerva advancing left, holding trophy over shoulder and shield decorated with Gorgon’s head, from which streamers hang down; snake proceeding before her; C CLOVI before, PRAEF behind.

Crawford 476/1a. Sydenham 1025. RPC 601.

Sear, Imperators 62. About VF $600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex HJB 132, 14 May 2003, lot 653.

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260.

Denarius, 3.93g (11h). Spain, 45-44 BC. Obv: Bare head of Pompey the Great right, SEX MA[GN PIVS] IMP around, [SAL] below. Rx: Pietas standing left, PIETAS behind. Crawford 477/3a. Sydenham 1042a (R7). Sear, Imperators 232b. Same dies as previous lot. A bit porous.

VF $2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton X, 9 January 2007, lot 539.

261.

Denarius, 3.33g (3h). Spain, 45-44 BC. Obv:

Bare head of Pompey the Great right, SEX MAGN PIVS IMP around, SAL below. Rx: Pietas standing left, PIETAS behind. Crawford 477/3a. Sydenham 1042a (R7). Sear, Imperators 232b. Nice Fine $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

262.

Sextus Pompey, struck by F. Eppius. As, 16.95g (8h). Sicily, 43-36 BC. Obv: Janus head, altar between heads; above, MAGNVS; below, [PIVS·IMP·F]. Rx: Prow right; [EPPIVS] above; LEG below. Crawford 478/1a.

Sydenham 1045. RPC 601. Sear, Imperators 234. Scarce. Fine $250

behind. Rx: ‘Sulla’s Dream’: Sulla reclining on rock, Selene descending from mountain, Victory in background. Crawford 480/1. Sydenham 1064 (R7). RSC Aemilia 12. Toned. VF $2,750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1338. Ex Glendining’s, 2 April 1952, lot 1870 (part). Ex V. J. E. Ryan Collection.

Enlargement

First Portrait of Caesar

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

263.

Sextus Pompey. As, 21.35g (12h). Sicily, 43-36 BC. Obv: Janus head with features of Pompey the Great; above, MAGNVS. Rx: Prow right; above, [IVS; below, IMP. Crawford 479/1.

Sydenham 1044. RPC 601. Sear, Imperators 336. VF $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

265.

Julius Caesar, struck by M. Mettius.

Denarius, 3.57g (12h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: CA[ESAR DICT] QVART Wreathed head of Caesar right, lituus curved to left behind. Rx. Juno Sospita in biga right, holding shield and spear; M METTIVS in exergue. Crawford 480/2a. Sydenham 1063. Sear, Imperators 103.

Excellent portrait. Nicely toned; some pitting on reverse. VF $2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex UBS 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1108. Ex Herzfelder.

Pedigreed Sulla’s Dream, Ex Ryan

264.

L. Aemilius Buca. Denarius, 4.07g (9h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right, L BVCA

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Denarius, 3.96g (4h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; [CAESAR IMP] before, lituus and simpulum behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and resting arm on shield set on globe; H before, M METTIVS behind. Crawford 480/3. Sydenham 1056. Sear, Imperators 100. Area of weak strike. VF $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 64, 24 September 2003, lot 830. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

267.

Julius Caesar, struck by L. Aemilius Buca.

Denarius, 3.56g (4h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR IM before, P M and crescent behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter; L AEMILIVS behind, BVCA before. Crawford 480/4. Sydenham 1060. Sear, Imperators 102.

Nicely toned; area of weak strike. VF $1,500

269.

Julius Caesar, struck by P. Sepullius Macer.

Denarius, 3.87g (2h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right, CAESAR IMP before, star behind. Rx: P SEPVLLIVS MACER Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter star below. Crawford 480/5b.

Sydenham 1071. Sear, Imperators 106a. EF

$3,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 135, 10 December 2003, lot 190.

Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Denarius, 3.31g (2h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR IM before, P M and crescent behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter; L AEMILIVS behind, BVCA before. Crawford 480/4. Sydenham 1060. Sear, Imperators 102.

Fine $800 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Denarius, 3.98g (5h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right, CAESAR [IMP] before, star behind. Rx: P SEPVLLIVS MACER Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter star below. Crawford 480/5b.

Sydenham 1071. Sear, Imperators 106a. Alföldi, Caesar in 44 v. Chr., pl. XLVI, 113. Banker’s on right obverse field. Area of weak strike. About VF $700 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 173, April 2011, lot 212.

Toned EF Caesar Portrait

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Julius Caesar, struck by L. Aemilius Buca.

Denarius, 4.23 (11h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR DICT before, PERPETVO behind. Rx: L路BVCA Fasces and caduceus in saltire, in field left, axe and in field right, globe; above, clasped hands. Crawford 480/6. Sydenham 1063. Sear, Imperators 103. Nicely toned. EF $10,000

273.

Denarius, 3.91g (1h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; [C]AESAR before, DICT PERPETVO behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter; L BVC[A] behind. Crawford 480/8. Sydenham 1061. Sear, Imperators 105. Toned. VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 45, 2 April 2008, lot 26. Ex Barry Feirstein Collection (privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk).

Enlargement

274.

Julius Caesar, struck by P. Sepullius Macer.

Denarius, 3.83g (1h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR before, DICT PERP[ETVO] behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on shield; P路SEPVLLIVS downwards behind, MACER downwards before. Crawford 480/10. Sydenham 1073. Sear, Imperators 107a.

Nicely toned; area of weak strike. VF $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

272.

Denarius, 3.96g (7h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR before, DICT PERPETVO behind. Rx: Venus seated right, holding Victory and scepter; [L] BVCA behind. Crawford 480/7b. Sydenham 1062. Sear, Imperators 104a. Flatly struck on wreath but excellent portrait. Mint State $7,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 1835.

275.

Denarius, 3.39g (10h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR before, DICT PERPETVO behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on star; P路SEPVLLIVS downwards behind, MACER downwards before. Crawford 480/11.

Sydenham 1072. Sear, Imperators 107b. Area of weak strike. Good Fine $800

Very scarce.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on star; P路SEPVLLIVS downwards behind, MACER downwards before.

Crawford 480/14. Sydenham 1074a. Sear, Imperators 107e. Area of weak strike.VF $1,000 276.

Denarius, 3.20g (1h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR before, DICT PERPETVO behind.

Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on shield; P路SEPVLLIVS downwards behind, MACER upwards before.

Crawford 480/12. Sydenham 1074. Sear, Imperators 107c. Small area of corrosion at 9h on reverse. EF $5,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 52, 7 October 2009, lot 897.

A very rare variety with MACER upwards on reverse; only a single die noted by Crawford.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

279.

Julius Caesar, struck by C. Cossutius Maridianus. Denarius, 4.00g (6h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Caesar right; [CAES]AR before, DICT IN PERPETVO behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and resting arm on shield set on globe; [C] MARIDIANVS behind. Crawford 480/15.

Sydenham 1068. Sear, Imperators 111a. Head of Venus weakly struck. Good VF $2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, lot 952.

277.

Denarius, 3.94g (5h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR before, [DI]CT PERPETVO behind.

Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on shield; P路SEPVLLIVS downwards behind, MACER downwards before.

Crawford 480/13. Sydenham 1074. Sear, Imperators 107d. Nicely toned. About EF$2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Denarius, 3.83g (10h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Caesar right; [CAES]AR before, DICT PERPETVO behind.

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280.

Julius Caesar, struck by P. Sepullius Macer.

Denarius, 3.51g (7h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAES[AR] before, IMPER behind. Rx: Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on star; [P路SE]PVLLIVS downwards behind, MACER downwards before. Crawford 480/18.

Sydenham 1070. Sear, Imperators 108. Scarce variety. Tiny scratch under chin. VF $1,200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

281.

Julius Caesar, struck by C. Cossutius Maridianus. Denarius, 3.72g (12h). Rome, 44 BC. Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR PARENS PATRIAE around.

Rx: C. COSSVTIVS MARIDIANVS in form of cross, A A A F.F in angles. Crawford 480/19.

Sydenham 1069. Sear, Imperators 112. Area of weak strike. VF $2,500

Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.80g (1h). 44 BC. Obv: Bearded and veiled head of M. Antony right; behind, jug and before, lituus. Rx: P·SEPVLLIVS MACER Desultor galloping right, holding whip in right hand and reins of second horse with left; in left field, wreath and palm branch. Crawford 480/22. Sydenham 1077. Sear, Imperators 142. Some light corrosion. About EF $2,500

284.

Sextus Pompey, struck by Q. Nasidius, praefectus classis. Denarius, 3.39g (9h). Massilia, 42-38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus right; trident before; below, dolphin right; NEPTVNI behind. Rx: Galley with bank of rowers right, under full sail, helmsman steering rudder, hortator standing on prow; star to upper left, [Q] NASIDIVS below. Crawford 483/2. Sydenham 1350. Sear, Imperators 235.

VF $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Heritage 339, January 2004, lot 12139.

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Julius Caesar. Aureus, 7.93g (7h). 44 BC. Obv: CAES DIC – QVAR Diademed bust of Venus right. Rx: COS·QVINC within laurel wreath. Crawford 481/1. Sydenham 1021. Sear, Imperators 117. Bahrfeldt 23. About EF $6,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

285.

Corinth. Julius Caesar, struck by L. Aeficius Certus and C. Julius, duovirs. AE 24, 8.60g (9h). Corinth, 44 or 43 BC. Obv: Laureate head right; LAVS.IVLI/CORINT behind. Rx: Bellerophon, striking downward with spear, mounted on Pegasus flying right; L CERTO [AEFICIO] above, [C IVLIO IIVIR]. RPC 1116. Sear, Imperators 614. BCD 314-7. VF

$1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex BCD Collection (not in catalogue).

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Corinth. Inst L. Cas, duovirs. AE 20, 5.28g (11h). Corinth, 42 or 41 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus-Poseidon right, countermark A on neck. Rx: Athena standing right, brandishing spear and shield. RPC 1118. Sear, Imperators 616. Amandry IIIa D 4, R 5, Vis. pl. III, R5 (this coin). BCD 319. VF $100

the years 44-42 BC. According to Grueber in BMCRR II p. 471 note and Sear, this very rare denarius, whose obverse refers to the province that Caius was trying to occupy, may have been struck in Apollonia during the siege by Brutus.

A classic rarity of the Imperatorial series.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E81, 21 January 2004, lot 60.

Among the Finest Known Caius Antonius Denarii

287.

Caius Antonius. Denarius, 3.93g (11h). 43 BC. Obv: C ANTONIVS M F PROCOS Draped bust of Genius of Macedonia right, wearing Macedonian cap. Rx: PONTIFEX Emblems of pontificate: two ladles and ax. Crawford 484/1.

Sydenham 1286 (R8). Sear, Imperators 141. EF $30,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 164, 20 May 2009, lot 327. Ex Lanz 112, 25 November 2002, lot 269.

Caius Antonius, younger brother of Mark Antony, was made praetor and pontifex in 44 BC through Julius Caesar’s influence. In 43 BC he tried to occupy the province of Macedonia which the Senate had voted to him but then taken away. Brutus, however, opposed him, besieged him at Apollonia in Illyricum, captured him, and, early in 42, put him to death to avenge the murder of Cicero by the Triumvirs. Thus Caius was closely connected with the great men and momentous events of 78

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Monumental Portrait of Julius Caesar

288.

Julius Caesar, struck by L. Flaminius Chilo.

Denarius, 3.59g (6h). Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right, wearing laurel wreath. Rx: Venus Genetrix as Felicitas

standing left, holding caduceus in outstretched right hand and long scepter in left; L • FLAMINIVS down right field, IIII VIR up left. Crawford 485/1. Sydenham 1089. Sear, Imperators 113. Beautifully toned; two light scratches before face. EF $12,500

beam, above which are five cypress trees, the statue on the left holds a poppy, that on the right a lily. Crawford 486/1. Sydenham 1148.

RSC Accoloeia 1. Sear, Imperators 172. Toned.

VF+ $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 76, 12 September 2007, lot 1286. Ex Karl Sifferman Collection.

291.

Petillius Capitolinus. Denarius, 3.12g (9h).

Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Head of Jupiter right, CAPITOLINVS behind. Rx: Temple of six columns, PETILLIVS below. Crawford 487/1. Sydenham 1149. RSC Petillia 1. Sear, Imperators 173. Minor light corrosion. VF $500 Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1805.

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L. Flaminius Chilo. Denarius, 3.89g (5h).

Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Venus right, IIII·VIR behind, PRI·FL before. Rx: Victory in prancing biga right; L·FLAMIN below horses, CHILO in exergue. Crawford 485/2. Sydenham 1088. RSC Flaminina 2. Sear, Imperators 171. VF $300

292.

Denarius, 3.83g (11h). Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Head of Jupiter right, [CA]PITOLINVS behind.

Rx: Temple of six columns, PETILLIVS below.

Crawford 487/1. Sydenham 1149. RSC Petillia 1. Sear, Imperators 173. Area of weak strike.

VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 238.

290.

P. Accoleius Lariscolus. Denarius, 3.72g (9h). Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Diana Nemorensis right, P. ACCOLEIVS LARISCOLVS around. Rx: Triple cultus statue of Diana Nemorensis facing, supporting a

293.

Denarius, 3.19g (10h). Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, PETILLIVS above, CAPITOLINVS below.

Rx: Temple of six columns. Crawford 487/2a.

Sydenham 1150. RSC Petillia 2. Sear, Imperators 174. Toned. VF $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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294.

Denarius, 3.64g (4h). Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, PETILLIVS above, CAPITOLINVS below. Rx: Temple of six columns; S to left, F to right. Crawford 487/2b. Sydenham 1151. RSC Petillia 3. Sear, Imperators 174a. Toned; slightly granular. EF

$500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

295.

Denarius, 3.84g (7h). Rome, 43 BC. Obv: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, PETILLIVS above, CAPITOLINVS below. Rx: Temple of six columns; F to left, S to right. Crawford 487/2c. Sydenham 1152. RSC Petillia 4. Sear, Imperators 174b. This configuration, with F to left and S to right, is by far the scarcest variety of this type. EF $1,500

297.

Denarius, 3.75g (12h). Cisalpine Gaul, 43 BC. Obv: M ANTON IMP R P [C]. Bare head of Antony right; behind, lituus. Rx: CAESAR DIC Laureate head of Caesar right; behind, pitcher. Crawford 488/2. Sydenham 1066. Sear, Imperators 123. Toned. VF $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

298.

Lepidus and Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.64g (7h). Transalpine Gaul, 43 BC. Obv: M ANTON IMP Lituus, jug and raven. Rx: M LE[PID] IMP Simpulum, aspergillum, ax and apex. Crawford 489/2. Sydenham 1156. Sear, Imperators 119a. Rare. About EF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Tkalec, 29 February 2008, lot 273.

296.

Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Denarius, 4.15g (5h). Cisalpine Gaul, 43 BC. Obv: M ANTON IM[P]. Bare head of Antony right; behind, lituus. Rx: CAESAR DIC Laureate head of Caesar right; behind, pitcher. Crawford 488/1. Sydenham 1063. Sear, Imperators 118.

Toned. VF $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 1561.

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299.

Quinarius, 1.79g (3h). Transalpine Gaul, 43 BC. Obv: M ANT IMP [Lituus], pitcher, and raven. Rx: Victory standing right, crowning trophy. Crawford 489/3. Sydenham 1158. Sear, Imperators 120. EF $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Leu 86, 5 May 2003, lot 719.

Two Rare Imperatorial Aurei

300.

Quinarius, 1.78g (10h). Transalpine Gaul, 43 BC. Obv: M ANT IMP Lituus, pitcher, and raven. Rx: Simpulum, aspergillum, ax, and apex. Crawford 489/3. Sydenham 1158. Sear, Imperators 120. Rare. Toned. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

303.

L. Cestius, C. Norbanus. Aureus, 8.05g (1h).

43 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress. Rx: L·CESTIVS / S C – PR Curule chair with legs decorated with eagles, on top, Corinthian helmet; in exergue, C·NORBA. Crawford 491/1a. Sydenham 1153.

Sear, Imperators 195. Calicó 3a. EF $12,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

301.

Mark Antony. Quinarius, 1.75g (7h).

Transalpine Gaul, 43 BC. Obv: [III VIR] R P C Winged bust of Victory (with features of Fulvia) right. Rx: [A]- X[LI] ANTON[I] IMP, lion walking right. Crawford 489/6. Sydenham 1163. Sear, Imperators 126. Toned; slightly bent. VF $250

Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

302.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.56g (11h). 42 BC. Obv: C CAESAR IMP Bare head of Octavian right.

Rx: Equestrian statue of Octavian standing left, right hand extended; SC in exergue. Crawford 490/1. Sydenham 1318. Sear, Imperators 131.

Toned. Fine+ $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 375. The reverse depicts one of the statues erected at Rome on Octavian’s return from the war with Brutus and Cassius in 43 BC.

304.

Aureus, 8.06g (9h). 43 BC. Obv: C·NORBANVS / L·CESTIVS Draped bust of Sibyl right; in right field, PR. Rx: Cybele on throne in biga of lions left, holding patera in right hand and resting left hand on tympanum; in upper left field, S·C. Crawford 491/2. Sydenham 1155. Sear, Imperators 196.

Calicó 5b. EF $12,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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P. Clodius Turrinus Aureus, Ex Brand

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Rarest Caesar Portrait

305.

Julius Caesar, struck by P. Clodius. Denarius, 3.91g (8h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: IMP – CAESAR Laureate head of Caesar right. RX: P CLODIVS – M F Mars standing facing, head turned left, wearing helmet and holding spear in right hand and sword in scabbard in left hand. Crawford 494/16. Sydenham 1123. Sear, Imperators 114. Cohen 37 (100 Fr.). Some light porosity. About EF $7,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk, November 2004.

Extremely rare; the rarest reverse of all Caesar portrait denarii. The present cataloguer is aware of only two other examples offered in the past 20 years, one in very low grade.

306.

P. Clodius M.f. Turrinus. Aureus, 7.33g (10h).

Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Radiate head of Sol right.

Rx: Crescent surrounded by five stars; below, P. CLODIVS MF. Crawford 494/20a. Sydenham 1114a. Sear, Imperators 181a. Rare. Old damage at top left. VF $4,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 138, lot 22. Ex Glendining’s, 9 October 1989, lot 692. Ex Virgil Brand Collection (purchased from Jacques Schulman in 1900).

307.

Denarius, 3.71g (7h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Radiate head of Sol right; behind, quiver. Rx: Crescent surrounded by five stars; below, P.CLODIVS / M·F·. Crawford 494/21.

Sydenham 1115. RSC Claudia 17. Sear, Imperators 182. Fine $250 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 137, 31 March 2004, lot 277.

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Denarius, 3.90g (7h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, lyre behind.

Rx: P.CLODIVS on right, M.F on left, Diana Lucifera standing right holding two long torches, bow and quiver on her shoulder.

Crawford 494/23. Sydenham 1117. RSC Claudia 15. Sear, Imperators 184. EF $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

311.

Octavian, struck by L. Livineius Regulus.

Denarius, 3.67g (11h). 42 BC. Obv: C CAESAR III VIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: L LIVINEIVS REGVLVS Victory, naked to the hips, standing right, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm-branch over her shoulder in left. Crawford 494/25.

Sydenham 1107 . Sear, Imperators 157. EF

$1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 64, 24 September 2003, lot 851. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

309.

Julius Caesar, struck by L. Livineius Regulus. Denarius, 3.69g (10h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right, laurel branch behind, caduceus before. Rx: Bull charging right, L LIVINEIVS above, REGVLVS below. Crawford 494/24. Sydenham 1106. Sear, Imperators 115. Some light pitting.

VF $1,500

312.

L. Livineius Regulus. Denarius, 3.53 (5h). 42 BC. Obv: Head of praetor L. Livineius Regulus right. Rx: Curule chair between six fasces; L. LIVINEIVS above, REGVLVS in exergue.

Crawford 494/28. Sydenham 1110 . RSC Licinia 11. Sear, Imperators 177. Tone EF $500

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

310.

Denarius, 3.56g (12h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right, laurel branch behind, caduceus before. Rx: Bull charging right, L LIVINEIVS above, REGVLVS below. Crawford 494/24. Sydenham 1106. Sear, Imperators 115. Fine $450

313.

Denarius, 3.72g (4h). 42 BC. Obv: Head of praetor L. Livineius Regulus right. Rx: Wild beast fight: man with spear attacks lion, man with sword and shield attacks panther, wounded boar at upper left; REGVLVS in exergue.

Crawford 494/30. Sydenham 1112 . RSC Licinia 12. Sear, Imperators 179. Fine+ $350

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 127, 25 June 2002, lot 611.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Denarius, 4.12g (7h). 42 BC. Obv: Head of praetor L. Livineius Regulus right, L. REGVL[VS] PR around. Rx: Curule chair between two fasces; REGVLVS F above, PRAEF VR in exergue. Crawford 494/31.

Sydenham 1113 . RSC Licinia 8. Sear, Imperators 180. Area of weak strike on head.

EF $300

316.

Denarius, 3.71g (6h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Bare head of Mark Antony right, wearing short beard. Rx: Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; C VIBIVS on right, VARVS on left. Crawford 494/32.

Sydenham 1328. Sear, Imperators 149. Area of $500 weak strike. Fine+

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Very Rare Octavian Portrait

Spectacular Portrait of Mark Antony

315.

Mark Antony, struck by C. Vibius Varus.

Denarius, 4.19g (10h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Bare head of Mark Antony right, wearing short beard. Rx: Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; C VIBIVS on right, VARVS on left. Crawford 494/32. Sydenham 1328. Sear, Imperators 149.

Exceptional; among the finest known examples.

Mint State $10,000

317.

Octavian, struck by C. Vibius Varus.

Denarius, 3.77g (11h). 42 BC. Obv: Bearded head of Octavian right. Rx: Fortuna standing left holding Victory and cornucopia; C VIBIV[S] behind, [VARVS] before. Crawford 494/33. Sydenham 1145 (R7) . Sear, Imperators 158. Cohen 539 (200 Fr.). Very rare. VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Pedigreed Aureus, ex Feaurdent

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

318.

C. Vibius Varus. Aureus, 7.62g (2h). 42 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. C·VIBIVS – VARVS Venus standing left, looking at herself in mirror held in left hand; behind her, column. Crawford 494/34. Bahrfeldt 37.

Sydenham 1137. Sear Imperators 190 (this coin $20,000 illustrated). Calicó 33a. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 52, 7

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October 2009, lot 289. Ex Künker 93, 2005, lot 1149. Ex Lanz 88, 1998, Benz, lot 726. Ex Bourgey, November 1957, Ex De Castro Maya, lot 253. Ex Feaurdent 1924, Vallet, lot 65.

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Julius Caesar, struck by L. Mussidius Longus. Denarius, 3.95g (7h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right. Rx: Rudder, cornucopia on globe, winged caduceus, and flamen’s cap; L. MVSSIDIVS. LON[GVS] above. Crawford 494/39a. Sydenham 1096c.

$3,000 Sear, Imperators 116. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton VI, 14 January 2003, lot 788.

Enlargement

Enlargement

319.

Denarius, 3.84g (1h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Head of Bacchus right wearing ivy wreath.

Rx: Panther springing left towards altar, mask atop altar and thyrsus leaning against it, C VIBIVS in exergue, VARVS at right. Crawford 494/36. Sydenham 1138. RSC Vibia 24. Sear, $300 Imperators 192. Toned. VF+ Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

320.

Denarius, 4.07g (8h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Bust of Minerva right. Rx: Hercules standing left, resting right hand on club and holding lion skin over left arm; C.VIBIVS behind, VARVS before. Crawford 494/38. Sydenham 1140. RSC Vibia 26. Sear, Imperators 194. Area of weak $250 strike. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

322.

L. Mussidius Longus. Denarius, 3.52g (3h).

Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Bust of Victory right, with features of Antony’s wife Fulvia. Rx: Victory in biga right, MVSSIDIVS above, LONGVS below. Crawford 494/40. Sydenham 1095. Sear Imperators 186. RSC Mussidia 4. Dark toning. $1,000 About EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, lot 962. Ex Claude Collection.

Enlargement

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323.

Denarius, 3.83g (7h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Winged bust of Victory right, with features of Antony’s wife Fulvia. Rx: Victory in biga right, MVSSIDIVS above, LONGVS below.

Crawford 494/40. Sydenham 1095. RSC Mussidia 4. Sear, Imperators 186. Toned.

About VF $300

325.

L. Mussidius Longus, obverse brockage.

Denarius, 3.89g (12h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Bust of Concordia right, CONCORDIA behind, star below chin Rx: Same, incuse. Crawford 494/42b. Sydenham 1093b. RSC Mussidia 6a. $400 Sear, Imperators 188a. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

324.

L. Mussidius Longus, ancient imitation.

Denarius, 3.02g (10h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Bust of Concordia right, CONCOROCA (sic, the second C backwards) Rx: Two statues of Venus Cloacina on platform inscribed CLOACIN; around, L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS. Cf. Crawford 494/42a. Cf. Sydenham 1093. Cf. RSC Mussidia 6b. Cf. Sear, Imperators 188. VF

$400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 140, 27 September 2004, lot 257.

Although the collector purchased this as an official denarius with a blundered legend, the present cataloguer considers it to be an unofficial imitation, struck outside the empire.

The relatively light weight reinforces this supposition.

326.

L. Mussidius Longus. Denarius, 3.69g (1h).

Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Bust of Concordia right, CONCORDIA behind, crescent under chin.

Rx: Two statues of Venus Cloacina on platform inscribed CLO[ACIN]; around, L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS. Crawford 494/42c. Sydenham 1093b. RSC Mussidia 6a. Sear, Imperators 188b. Somewhat overcleaned. VF $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk in 2002.

327.

Denarius, 3.77g (4h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Radiate, draped bust of Sol facing. Rx: Two statues of Venus Cloacina on platform inscribed CLOACIN; around, L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS. Crawford 494/43a. Sydenham 1094. RSC Mussidia 7. Sear, Imperators 189. Toned; face $300 weakly struck. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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328.

Denarius, 3.62g (1h). Rome, 42 BC. Obv: Radiate, draped bust of Sol facing. Rx: Two statues of Venus Cloacina on platform inscribed CLOAC; around, L MVSSIDIVS LONGVS. Crawford 494/43b. Sydenham 1094a. RSC Mussidia 7a. Sear, Imperators 189a. A bit granular. VF+ $500

330.

Denarius, 3.65g (12h). Italy, 42 BC. Obv: LEPIDVS PONT MAX III V R P C Bare head of M. Lepidus right. Rx: C CAESAR IMP III VIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 495/2d. Sydenham 1323. Sear, $1,000 Imperators 140a. VF

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Exceptional Lepidus and Octavian Denarius

329.

Lepidus and Octavian. Denarius, 3.57g (7h).

Italy, 42 BC. Obv: LE[PIDVS P]ONT MAX III V R P C Bare head of M. Lepidus right. Rx: C CAESAR IMP III VIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 495/2d. Sydenham 1323. Sear, Imperators 140a. Exceptional for this crude issue. EF $3,000

331.

Denarius, 3.90g (5h). Italy, 42 BC. Obv: LEPIDVS PONT M[AX III V R P] C Bare head of M. Lepidus right. Rx: C CAESAR IMP III VIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 495/2d. Sydenham 1323. Sear, Imperators 140a. Clear name of Lepidus above portrait. Area of weak strike. VF $750

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

332.

Denarius, 3.84g (7h). Italy, 42 BC. Obv: LEPIDVS PONT MAX [III V R P C] Bare head of M. Lepidus right. Rx: CAESAR IMP III VIR [R P C] Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 495/2a-b. Sydenham 1323. Sear, Imperators $750 140. Area of weak strike. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Unique Double-Headed Lepidus Bronze

333.

Sicily. Lepidus. AE 15, 2.58g (8h). Sicily, 42 BC. Obv: LEPIDVS PO[NT MAX III V R P C] Bare head of M. Lepidus right. Rx: [LEPIDV] S PONT MAX III V [R P C] Bare head of M. Lepidus right. Cf. Crawford 495/2. Cf. Sydenham 1323. Cf. Sear, Imperators 140. Fine

$1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

At first glance, this fascinating piece appears to be simply the bronze core of a plated, but otherwise “normal,” denarius of Lepidus and Octavian. Both portraits are that of Lepidus however, and enough of the reverse legend remains to demonstrate that both sides bear the titles of Lepidus as well. The portraits are quite refined, and were presumably copied from a denarius of the best style. There seems every reason to believe it was created intentionally and is at least quasi-official in nature, most likely as an attempt to fill a gap in small change in Lepidus’ province of Sicily. Unpublished and probably unique.

ANTONI IMP around. Rx: Radiate head of Sol facing in distyle temple; III VIR R P C around. Crawford 496/1. Sydenham 1168. Sear, Imperators 128. Area of weak strike. VF $600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Exceptional Antony Denarius

336.

Denarius, 4.02g (7h). Italy, 42 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, lituus behind. Rx: Radiate head of Sol right, M ANTONIVS III VIR RPC around. Crawford 496/2. Sydenham 1170. Sear, Imperators 127. Exceptional for issue; faint scratch above nose. About EF $3,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

Enlargement

334.

Cabellio. Lepidus. Obol, 0.47g (7h). Cabellio, 48 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right; CABE before. Rx: LE-PI flanking cornucopia; all within laurel wreath. RPC 528. Sear, Imperators 491. Scarce. EF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

335.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.84g (9h). Italy, 42 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, M 88

337.

Denarius, 3.62g (8h). Italy, 42 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, lituus behind. Rx: Radiate head of Sol right, M ANTONIVS III VIR RPC around. Crawford 496/2. Sydenham 1170. Sear, Imperators 127. Area of weak strike. Fine+$400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

338.

Octavian. Denarius, 4.12g (7h). Mint moving with Octavian, 42 BC. Obv: CAESAR III VIR R P C Bust of Octavian right. Rx: Curule chair, on which lies wreath, inscribed [C] AESAR·DIC·PER; legs are decorated with sculptured eagles. Crawford 497/2a. Sydenham 1322 . Sear, Imperators 137. Near Mint State

$1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Wayne Phillips Collection.

339.

Denarius, 3.79g (7h). Mint moving with Octavian, 42 BC. Obv: CAESAR III VIR R P C Bust of Mars right. Rx: Trophy set on legionary eagle flanked by two standards, SC below. Crawford 497/3. Sydenham 1320. Sear, Imperators 138. Tiny banker’s mark on cheek.

VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 131, 2 April 2003, lot 328.

340.

Cassius, struck by Lentulus Spinter.

Denarius, 3.46g (5h). Smyrna, 42 BC. Obv: Tripod surmounted by cauldron, fillet hanging on either side, C CASSI on left, IMP on right.

Rx: Pitcher and lituus, LENTVLVS / SPINT below. Crawford 500/1. Sydenham 1308 (R9).

Sear, Imperators 219. Cohen 7 (200 Fr.). $4,500 Mint State Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk, April 2007.

341.

Brutus, struck by L. Sestius, proquaestor.

Denarius, 3.43g (1h). Military mint, 42 BC. Obv: Veiled and draped bust of Libertas right; L SESTI PRO Q around. Rx: Tripod; ax to left, simpulum to right, Q CAEPIO [BRVTV]S PRO COS around. Crawford 502/2. Sydenham 1290.

Sear, Imperators 201. Obverse struck in high $3,000 relief. Mint State Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

342.

Denarius, 3.78g (11h). Military mint, 42 BC. Obv: Veiled and draped bust of Libertas right; L SESTI PRO Q around. Rx: Tripod; ax to left, simpulum to right, Q CAEPIO [BRVTV]S PRO COS around. Crawford 502/2. Sydenham 1290.

Sear, Imperators 201. EF $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

343.

Cassius, struck by Lentulus Spinter.

Denarius, 3.59g (5h). Smyrna, 42 BC. Obv: Diademed, draped bust of Liberty right, C CASSI IMP behind, LEIBERTAS before.

Rx: Pitcher and lituus, LENTVLVS SPINT below. Crawford 500/3. Sydenham 1307. Sear, $1,500 Imperators 221. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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344.

Denarius, 3.78g (5h). Smyrna, 42 BC. Obv: Diademed, veiled head of Liberty right, C CASSI IMP behind, LEIBERTAS before.

Rx: Pitcher and lituus, LENTVLVS SPINT below. Crawford 500/5. Sydenham 1305. Sear, Imperators 223. Iridescent toning. EF $1,200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

345.

Brutus, struck by Lentulus Spinter. Denarius, 3.90g (11h). Smyrna, 42 BC. Obv: Ax, simpulum and sacrificial knife, BRVTVS below.

Rx: Pitcher and lituus, LENTVLVS / SPINT below. Crawford 500/7. Sydenham 1310. Sear, Imperators 198. Mint State $3,000

347.

Brutus, struck by L. Sestius, pro-quaestor.

Quinarius, 1.37g (11h). Mint moving with Brutus in southwestern Asia Minor, 42 BC. Obv: L. SESTI before, PRO. Q behind, diademed, veiled, and draped bust of Libertas right. Rx: Q. CAEPIO. BRV[TVS. PRO. COS] Victory advancing right, holding palm branch over left shoulder and wreath in right. Crawford 502/3. Sydenham 1291. Sear, Imperators 202. Scarce. Light porosity. VF

$500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lot 1354.

Scarce.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk, March 2008.

346.

Brutus. Denarius, 3.90g (8h). Military mint in Lycia, 42 BC. Obv: Head of Liberty right, LEIBERTAS before. Rx: Plectrum, lyre and laurel branch, CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO COS around. Crawford 501/1. Sydenham 1287. Sear, Imperators 199. Beautifully toned. Choice VF $1,400

348.

Brutus, struck by C. Flavius, legate.

Denarius, 3.35g (11h). Military mint in Lycia, 42 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Apollo right; lyre before, C FLAV HEMIC LEG PRO PR around.

Rx: Trophy composed of helmet, cuirass, shield with incurved sides, and two swords, being crowned with wreath by Victory standing left, holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder; Q CAEP in exergue, BRVT to right, IMP to left. Crawford 504/1. Sydenham 1294. Sear, $2,500 Imperators 205. Toned. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E56, 8 January 2003, lot 105.

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Rare Cassius Aplustre Aureus

349.

Cassius. Aureus, 7.83g (6h). 43-42 BC. Obv: C·CASSI·IMP Laureate head of Libertas right.

Rx: M SERVILIVS – LEG Aplustre with each branch ending in a flower. Crawford 505/1.

Bahrfeldt 60. Sydenham 1311 (R8). Sear Imperators 224. Good VF $15,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

351.

Brutus, struck by Pedanius Costa. Denarius, 3.56g (11h). Military mint, 42 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, COSTA before, LEG behind.

Rx: Military trophy, BRVTVS IMP around.

Crawford 506/2. Sydenham 1296. Sear, $1,000 Imperators 209. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

352.

Brutus. Quinarius, 1.84g (4h). Mint moving with Brutus, 42 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Libertas right, LEIBERTAS behind. Rev. Prow-stem and anchor in saltire. Crawford 506/3. Sydenham 1288. Sear, Imperators 210.

Scarce. Light porosity. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1325.

Enlargement

350.

Denarius, 3.09g (6h). Military mint, probably Sardis, 42 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Liberty right; C CASSEI IMP behind. Rx: M SERVILIVS LEG, Crab, holding apluster in its claws; below, rose and untied diadem. Crawford 505/3. Sydenham 1313. Sear, Imperators 226. $1,500 Toned; light corrosion. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Freeman & Sear 14, 21 June 2007, lot 384.

353.

Brutus, struck by P. Servilius Casca Longus.

Denarius, 3.59g (1h). 42 BC. Obv: CASCA LONGVS Wreathed head of Neptune right; below, trident. Rx: BRVTVS IMP Victory walking right on broken scepter, holding palm branch over left shoulder and broken diadem with both hands. Crawford 507/2. Sydenham 1298. Sear Imperators 212. Toned. VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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354.

Brutus, struck by L. Plaetorius Cestianus.

Denarius, 3.37g (11h). Military mint in Greece or Asia Minor, 42 BC. Obv: Veiled bust of Ceres right, modius on head; L PLAET CEST behind. Rx: Ax and simpulum, BRVT IMP below. Crawford 508/2. Sydenham 1300 (R6).

Sear, Imperators 214. Struck on an extremely broad flan. Choice VF $2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

355.

Denarius, 3.28g (11h). Military mint in Greece or Asia Minor, 42 BC. Obv: Veiled bust of Ceres right, modius on head; L PLAET CEST behind. Rx: Ax and simpulum, BRVT IMP below. Crawford 508/2. Sydenham 1300 (R6).

Sear, Imperators 214. Fine $350 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ides of March

356.

Denarius, 3.73g (11h). 43-42 BC. Obv: BRVT IMP above bare head of Brutus right, L PLAET CEST behind portrait. Rx: EID MAR Pileus between two daggers. Crawford 508/3.

Sydenham 1301 (R9). Sear, Imperators 216.

H.A. Cahn, EIDibus MARtiis, Quaderni ticinesi XVIII, 1989, p. 215, 3a, pl. I, same dies.

Banker’s mark in right obverse field. VF $60,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

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Second Known Q. Cornuficius Bust of Africa Aureus

357.

Q. Cornuficius. Plated Aureus, 3.86g (5h).

Africa, 42 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Africa right, wearing elephant skin. Rx: Q. Cornuficius standing left wearing veil and holding lituus in right hand; Juno Sospita stands on right with crow perching on shoulder holding spear and shield in left hand and crowning Q. Cornuficius with right; Q CORNVFICI AVGVR IMP around. Crawford 509/3. Sydenham-. Sear, Imperators 229. Amandry 3 (same dies, denarius). Pit on obverse affecting elephant’s ear; core $10,000 exposed in places. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

Quintus Cornuficius was the republican governor of Africa Vetus (the “old” province) from 44-42 BC, during the civil wars. He was a man of considerable refinement, a poet and orator and a close friend of Cicero and Catullus. In

43 BC, Cornuficius refused to hand over his province to Antony’s nominee, and he was proscribed by the triumviral government. In 42 BC, he was attacked by Titus Sextius, the governor of the neighboring province of Africa Nova. The course of this local conflict mirrored that of the wider civil war. Cornuficius enjoyed some initial success, even briefly invading Sextius’ province, but he was ultimately defeated and killed outside Utica in 42 BC. Before his defeat, Cornuficius produced a remarkable coinage in gold and silver, of astonishing artistic achievement. The three obverse types, heads of Africa, Jupiter Ammon, and Ceres-Tanit, all refer to his province of Africa. They share a common reverse, which depicts Cornuficius as augur being crowned by Juno Sospita, seemingly a reference to his own Lanuvine origin.

All of these coins are of considerable rarity today. In Tresors Monetaires XX, 2002, p. 1-4, Michel Amandry published a definitive die study and corpus of this fascinating issue. In silver, the Africa head is the rarest of the three types, known in a handful of examples; we are unaware of a sale since the Haeberlin specimen appeared in 1933. This type is unique in gold, the single known example acquired by the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb in 1927. The present coin is arguably the second specimen.

It is unquestionably ancient; less certain is its intended use. An unusually high percentage of the denarii of Cornuficius are plated; it is probable that they belong to his official issue, struck in the closing days of his war, when silver supplies were dwindling. A plated aureus struck at the same time is not unexpected, and has an equal claim to being official. Another possibility is that the present coin was created as a presentation piece, and was not intended to circulate as an aureus. Least likely is the possibility that it is simply an ancient counterfeit; the chances of such an excessively rare coin serving as the host for a forger’s dies is quite small.

Enlargement

Excessively Rare Cornuficius Denarius, Countermarked by Vespasian

358.

Denarius, 3.50g (8h). Africa, 42 BC. Obv: Obv: Head of Ceres-Tanit left, IMP VES countermark on neck. Rx: Q. Cornuficius standing left wearing veil and holding lituus in right hand; Juno Sospita stands on right with crow perching on shoulder holding spear and shield in left hand and crowning Q. Cornuficius with right; Q CORNVFICI AVGVR IMP around. Crawford 509/5. Sydenham 1354 (R9). Sear, Imperators 231. Excessively rare; R9 in Sydenham. Fine

$4,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Peus 378, 28 April 2004, lot 412.

Enlargement

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tripod to right. Crawford 511/1. Sydenham 1346 Sear, Imperators 332. Jane D. Evans, Sicilian Coinage of Sextus Pompeius, Mus. Notes 32, 1987, p. 130, 2. Mint State $60,000 359.

Cn. Statilius Libo, prefect. AE 21, 8.58g (5h).

Uncertain mint in Spain, Mid to late 1st century BC. Obv: Bare head of Libo right; CN. STATI. LIBO before, [P]RAEF behind. Rx: Patera and capis, SACERDOS in exergue. RPC 483. SNG Copenhagen 471. VF $300

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk. Ex LHS 103, 5 May 2009, lot 214. Ex Münzen und Medaillen 43, 1970, lot 240. Ex Münzen und Medaillen 15, 1955, lot 703.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Frank Kovacs in 2003.

360.

L. Staius Murcus. Denarius, 3.47g (10h). Mint moving with Murcus in the Ionian Sea, 41 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Neptune right, trident over left shoulder. Rx: Trophy; before, male figure standing right holding sword in left hand and with right hand raising kneeling female on left; MVRCVS IMP in exergue. Crawford 510/1. Sydenham 1315 (R8). RSC Statia 1.

Sear, Imperators 337. Extremely rare. Fine

$2,000

Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Peus 378, 28 April 2004, lot 413.

Pedigreed Sextus Pompey Aureus

361.

Sextus Pompey. Aureus, 8.16g (7h). Sicily, 42 BC. Obv: MAG PIVS IMP ITER Bare head of Sextus Pompey right; all within oak wreath.

Rx: PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX SC Bare heads of Pompey the Great right vis-à-vis Gnaeus Pompey Junior left; lituus to left, 94

362.

Denarius, 3.52g (3h). Sicily, 42 BC. Obv: MAG PI[VS IMP] ITER Diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident behind. Rx: PRÆF CLAS ET O R [Æ MARIT E]X S C Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left; heads of Scylla and Charybdis at base. Crawford 511/2b. Sydenham 1347. Sear, Imperators 333.

Toned; area of weak strike. VF/About EF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E92, 23 June 2004, lot 97.

363.

Denarius, 3.90g (1h). Sicily, 42 BC. Obv: [MAG PIVS] IMP ITER Diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident behind.

Rx: PRÆF CLAS [ET O R Æ MARIT EX S C] Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left; heads of Scylla and Charybdis at base. Crawford 511/2. Sydenham 1347. Sear, Imperators 333. Nicely toned; short flan. VF

$1,500

365.

Denarius, 3.92g (1h). Sicily, 42-40 BC. Obv: The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune; in foreground, galley left adorned with legionary eagle, scepter, and trident; [MAG PIVS I]MP ITER around. Rv. The monster Scylla l. wielding a rudder as a club; PRÆF. [CLAS. ET. ORÆ MARIT SC]. Crawford 511/4. Sydenham 1348. Sear, $1,000 Imperators 335. Nicely toned; VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex UBS 55, 16 September 2002, lot 1866.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

364.

Denarius, 3.98g (11h). Sicily, 42-40 BC. Obv: MAG PIVS. IMP. ITER Bare head of Pompey the Great right; behind, capis; before, lituus.

Rx: PRÆF above, [CLA]S ET. O[RÆ/MARIT EX. SC] in two lines in exergue, Neptune standing left, leaning forward, holding aplustre and resting foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, who carry their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a. Sydenham 1344. Sear, Imperators 334. $3,500 EF

366.

Denarius, 3.57g (4h). Sicily, 42-40 BC. Obv: The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune; in foreground, galley left adorned with legionary eagle, scepter, and trident; [MAG P]IVS IMP ITER around. Rv. The monster Scylla l. wielding a rudder as a club; PRÆF. CLAS. ET. OR[Æ MARIT S] C. Crawford 511/4a-c. Sydenham 1348. Sear, Imperators 335. Reverse doublestruck, creating an extra legend. VF $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 124, 3 January 2002, lot 394.

367.

Mark Antony, struck by Q. Paquius Rufus, legatus coloniae ducendae. AE 19, 6.80g (11h). Philippi, 42 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, [A] I C V [P] around. Rx: Togate figure seated left on curule chair, Q PAQVIV[S/R]VF LEG/C D before. RPC 1647. $400 Sear, Imperators 678. Fine Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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368.

C. Clodius C.f. Vestalis. Denarius, 3.79g (4h).

Rome, 41 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Flora right; C·CLODIVS C·F before, flower behind.

Rx: Female figure seated left, holding culullus in right hand; VESTALIS behind. Crawford 512/2. Sydenham 1135. RSC Claudia 13. Sear, Imperators 317. Toned. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

369.

Marcus Arrius Secundus. Denarius, 3.83g (7h). Rome, 41 BC. Obv: Head of Quintus Arrius with features of Octavian right; M.ARRIVS behind, SECVNDVS before. Rx: Spear between wreath and square ornament.

Crawford 513/2. Sydenham 1084 (R7). RSC Arria 2. Sear, Imperators 319. Toned; banker’s mark on head; area of weak strike. Fine $450 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk in 2002.

370.

C. Numonius Vaala. Denarius, 3.25g (8h).

Rome, 41 BC. Obv: Head right of Numonius Vaala with features of Caesar; C NVMONIVS before, VAALA behind. Rx: Warrior left attacking a vallum defended by two soldiers, VAALA in exergue. Crawford 514/2. Sydenham 1087.

RSC Numonia 2. Sear, Imperators 322. Nicely $3,000 toned; area of weak strike. VF

of Caesar. Other denarii of the same year portrayed Octavian and Brutus, also without naming them. The confusion and uncertainty of Roman politics in the years following the murder of Caesar is thus graphically reflected on the coins. This”secret” propaganda war cannot have pleased Octavian, although two of the three types (including the present coin) favored his interests. 40 BC saw a last emission from the legal college of moneyers, this time tightly controlled by Octavian. After that the official issues cease, and the “personal” coinage of Antony and Octavian becomes the coinage of the State.

371.

L. Servius Rufus. Denarius, 3.39g (4h). Rome, 41 BC. Obv: Head right of Servius Sulpicius Rufus with features of Brutus; LSERVIVS before, RVFVS behind. Rx: Dioscuri standing facing. Crawford 515/2. Sydenham 1082 (R6).

Sear Imperators 324. RSC Sulpicia 10. Rare and important; the only “affordable” portrait coin of Brutus. Fine $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

372.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.94g (3h). 41 BC. Obv: ANT AVG IMP III V R P C Head of Antony right. Rx: PIETAS COS Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; at feet, stork. Crawford 516/2. Sydenham 1174. Sear, $1,500 Imperators 241. Toned. Nice VF

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

The portrait, though unnamed, is surely that 96

Pedigreed Mark Antony Aureus

Imperators 242. Bahrfeldt 77. VF

$15,000

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

373.

Mark Antony. Aureus, 8.05g (11h). Military mint moving with Antony in Asia, 41 BC. Obv: M ANTONIVS IMP III VIR R P C Bare head right; lituus behind. Rx: PIETAS COS across field; Pietas standing left, holding lighted censer and cornucopia surmounted by two storks.

Crawford 516/4. Sydenham 1171 (R7), Sear, Imperators 237. Cohen 78. Bahrfeldt 83/7 (this coin). Voetter, Bachofen 679 (this coin). VF $12,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex M&M 93, 16 December 2003, lot 66. Ex Arthur Bally-Herzog Collection. Ex Br端der Egger 39, 1912, lot 619.

Ex K. A. Bachofen von Echt Collection.

Enlargement

375.

Lucius Antony and Mark Antony, struck by M. Nerva. Denarius, 3.55g (1h). Ephesus, 41 BC. Obv: Bare head of Mark Antony right, M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M NERVA PRO Q P around. Rx: Bare head of Lucius Antony right, L. ANTONIVS behind, COS before.

Crawford 517/5a. Sydenham 1185. Sear, Imperators 246. Toned, with underlying light porosity. VF $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

Mark Antony and Octavian in Gold

374.

Mark Antony and Octavian. Aureus, 8.00g (1h). Moving mint, 41 BC. Obv: M ANT IMP AVG IIIVIR R P C M BARBAT Q P Bare head of Mark Antony right. Rx: CAESAR IMP PONT IIIVIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 517/1a. Sydenham 1180. Sear,

376.

Denarius, 3.97g (7h). Asia Minor, 41 BC. Obv: Bare head of Mark Antony right, jug behind, [M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M] NERVA PRO Q P around. Rx: Bare head of Lucius Antony right, L. ANTONIVS behind, [CO]S before.

Crawford 517/5c. Sydenham 1186 (R7). Sear, Imperators 247. Choice EF with luster $5,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk, private sale.

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Enlargement lot 376

379.

Mark Antony and Octavian, struck by Lucius Gellius Poplicola. Denarius, 3.47g (2h).

Asia Minor, 41 BC. Obv: M ANT IMP AVG III [VIR R P C] L GELL QP Bare head of Antony right, vase behind. Rx: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, Bare head of Octavian (with features of Antony) right, lituus behind.

Crawford 517/8. Sydenham 1188. Sear, Imperators 250. Obverse corroded. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 129, 24 October 2002, lot 163.

377.

Mark Antony and Octavian, struck by M. Barbatius Pollio. Denarius, 3.53g (11h).

Ephesus, 41 BC. Obv: M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT QP Bare head of Antony right. Rx: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C, Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 517/2. Sydenham 1181. Sear, Imperators 243.

EF $1,500

Quite a scarce variety, issued by Gellius rather than M. Barbatius Pollio (Cr-517/2). These pieces are characterized by thin, spread flans, fine-style dies, and most notably by the augural symbols behind the heads of the Triumvirs. A quick survey finds roughly 13 examples of the “normal” Cr-517/2 for every one of the present type.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

378.

Lucius Antony and Mark Antony, struck by M. Nerva. Denarius, 3.57g (1h). Ephesus, 41 BC. Obv: Bare head of Mark Antony right, M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M NERVA PRO Q P around. Rx: Bare head of Lucius Antony right, L. ANTONIVS behind, COS before.

Crawford 517/5a. Sydenham 1185. Sear, $400 Imperators 246. Bold Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 125, 27 February 2002, lot 349.

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380.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.96g (11h). 41 BC. Obv: C CAESAR III VIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: Club; BALBVS above, PRO PR below. Crawford 518/1. Sydenham $400 1325a . Sear, Imperators 298. Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 949.

381.

Denarius, 3.43g (5h). 41 BC. Obv: C CAESAR

III VIR RPC Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: Equestrian statue of Octavian galloping left, right hand extended; in exergue and to right, POPVL IVSSV. Crawford 518/2. Sydenham 1317 . Sear, Imperators 299. Weakly struck on head. VF $450 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Attractive Ahenobarbus Denarius

382.

Cn. Domititius Ahenobarbus. Denarius, 3.93g (4h). 41 BC. Obv: Bare head of L. Ahenobarbus right, AHENOBAR before. Rx: CN DOMITIVS IMP around prow, on which trophy. Crawford 519/2. Sydenham 1177. Sear, Imperators 339.

Nicely toned. About EF $5,000

384.

Mark Antony with Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus. Denarius, 2.91g (10h). Corcyra (?), 40 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, lituus and ANT IMP behind, III VI[R R P C] before. Rx: Prow right, star of eight rays above, [CN DOMIT AHENOBARB]VS IMP around. Crawford 521/2. Sydenham 1179. Sear, Imperators 258. Some corrosion. Fine $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton V, 16 January 2002, lot 1843. Ex Peus 330, 24-26 April 1991, lot 1048 (cover coin). Ex Sternberg XIII, 17-18 November 1983, lot 520.

Choice Toned Mark Antony Denarius

383.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.66g (7h). Corcyra (?), 40 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, lituus behind. Rx: M ANT IMP / III VIR R P C Caduceus between two cornucopias on globe. Crawford 520/1. Sydenham 1189. Sear, Imperators 256. Beautiful old toning. $5,000 Choice VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex UBS 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1177. Ex M端nzhandlung Basel.

385.

Hybrid of Juba II and Mark Antony. Plated denarius, 2.64g (8h). After 25 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Juba II right, blundered legend around. Rx: Prow right, star of nine rays above, blundered but recognizable legend around. Unpublished; cf. SNG Copenhagen 567 (obverse) and Crawford 521/2 (reverse). $750 Mint State Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 139, June 2004, lot 246.

The origin of this enigmatic piece is utterly mysterious. The weight of 2.64g, combined with a SG of 9.10, indicate the coin must be plated, but nowhere does the core show through. This implies an ancient forgery, but the blundered legends further indicate a source outside the borders of Rome or Mauretania.

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386.

Mark Antony, struck by L. Plancus.

Denarius, 3.73g (11h). Greece, 40 BC. Obv: Lituus and capis, M ANTON IMP AVG III VIR R P C around. Rx: Jug between thunderbolt and caduceus; L PLANCVS IMP ITER around.

Crawford 522/4. Sydenham 1191 (R7). Sear, Imperators 255. Rare. Fine+ $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

389.

Octavian, struck by Ti. Sempronius Gracchus. Denarius, 3.72g (2h). 40 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right, with short beard; DIVI behind, IVLI F before. Rx: Standard, legionary eagle, plow, and measuring rod; above and on right, TI SEMPRONIVS; below, GRACCVS; on left, downwards, Q DESIG. Crawford 525/2. Sydenham 1127. Sear, Imperators 326. Choice VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1328.

387.

Octavian, struck by Q. Salvius. Denarius, 3.50g (10h). 40 BC. Obv: C CAESAR III VIR R P C Bare head right. Rx: Winged thunderbolt, Q S[SALVIVS] IMP COS DESIG around.

Crawford 523/1a. Sydenham 1326b . Sear, Imperators 300. Nicely toned. VF $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 127, 25 June 2002, lot 284.

Rare Labienus Denarius

390.

Julius Caesar, struck by Ti. Sempronius Gracchus. Denarius, 3.30g (9h). Rome, 40 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right, S behind, [C] before. Rx: Standard, legionary eagle, plow, and measuring rod; above and on right, TI SEMPRONIVS; below, GRACCVS; on left, downwards, Q DESIG. Crawford 525/4a. Sydenham 1129. Sear, Imperators 327a.

Irregularly shaped flan. Light porosity.

About VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 139, June 2004, lot 243.

388.

Labienus. Denarius, 3.20g (4h). 40 BC. Obv: Q LABIENVS PARTHICVS IMP Bare head right. Rx: Parthian horse standing right with bridle and saddle, to which bow-case and quiver are attached. Crawford 524/2. Sydenham 1357 (R9). Sear, Imperators 341. Hersh obverse die B, new reverse die (similar to Hersh’s 19). Fine $15,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 125, 27 February 2002, lot 348.

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391.

Julius Caesar, struck by Q. Voconius Vitulus.

Denarius, 3.75g (1h). Rome, 40 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right; DIVI IVLI before, lituus behind. Rx: Bull-calf walking left; Q VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS in exergue.

Crawford 526/2. Sydenham 1132. Sear, Imperators 329. Area of weak strike. About VF

$1,200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

$600

513. Fine

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 984.

392.

Denarius, 3.27g (6h). Rome, 40 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Caesar right. Rx: Bullcalf walking left; Q VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS Q / DESIGN in exergue, S - C to sides. Crawford 526/4. Sydenham 1133. Sear, Imperators 331. Toned. About VF $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1329. Ex CNA IV, 21 September 1988, lot 404.

395.

Eumenea, Phrygia. Fulvia. AE 19, 6.68g (10h). Eumenea, Phrygia, c. 41-40 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Fulvia as Nike right. Rx: Nike advancing left, ΦΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ behind, ΖΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΓΟΣ ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ before. RPC 3139. BMC 20. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 45, 2 April 2008, lot 50. Ex Barry Feirstein Collection, privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

393.

Sardinia, Turris Libisonis. M. Lurius. As, 15.99g (7h). Turris Libisonis, c. 46-40 BC. Obv: Bare male head right; plow below.

Rx: Hexastyle temple façade. RPC 622. Sear, Imperators 511. FITA 205-206. Fine $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Rare. The authors of RPC suggest that the portrait is that of M. Lurius, Octavian’s governor and presumed founder of Turris Libisonis.

396.

Sicily, Segesta. C Iulius C f Longus, duumvir.

AE 24, 5.98g (1h). Segesta, Triumviral period?

Obv: Two pilei, stars above; C IVLIV[S C F] LONGVS [II VIR] around. Rx: Dolphin r.; EX DD below. RPC 649. Sear, Imperators 524. VF $400

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 157, 17 December, 2007, lot 337.

The attribution of this very scarce coin has been problematic; traditionally it has been assigned to Tyndaris. The authors of RPC reattributed it to Segesta on the basis of an inscription found there naming Longus as IIvir there.

394.

Sardinia, Caralis. M. Atius Balbus, praetor. AE 30, 35.16g (7h). Sardinia, Caralis, c. 40 BC. Obv: Jugate heads right, ARISTO MVTVM[BAL RICOCE SVF] around. Rx: Tetrastyle temple; [VENERIS] around, KAR in exergue. The portraits are probably those of municipal officials. RPC 624. Sear, Imperators

397.

Islands off Sicily, Cossura. AE 25, 15.06g (10h). Islands between Africa and Sicily, 101

Cossura, 1st century BC, perhaps of the Triumviral period. Obv: Head of Isis right, wearing khat/klaft and necklace; behind, Nike flying right, crowning her; countermark: REG incuse before. Rx: COSSVRA, symbol of Tanit above; all within laurel wreath. RPC 675. Sear, Imperators 541. Calciati 6. VF $400

Rx: CAESAR IMP III VIR R P C, Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 528/2a. Sydenham 1193. Sear, Imperators 261. Iridescent toning. $1,250 VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 139, June 2004, lot 245.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 398. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

Rare Portrait of Julius Caesar from Dyme

398.

Dyme. Julius Caesar, struck by C. Arrius A. F. and C. Julius Tanginus, duovirs. AE 23, 7.53g (7h). Dyme, 40 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Julius Caesar right; behind head, countermark star of six rays in circular indent; C.ARRI.A.F.C.I.D.C.IVL.TANG around. Rev. Plow right, II.VIR.QVINQ.EX.D.D. RPC 1283.

Sear, Imperators 644. BCD 491 (same obv. die).

Fine $650

400.

Denarius, 3.74g (3h). Italy, 40-39 BC. Obv: Bare head of Mark Antony right, M ANTON IMP III VIR R P C around. Rx: Bare head of Octavian right, CAESAR IMP III VIR R P C. Crawford 528/2b. Sydenham 1193a. Sear, Imperators 261a. Toned; area of weak strike on Antony’s hair. VF $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1345. Ex Marc Poncin Collection.

Part II After Dinner Break

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2774. Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale).

Very rare; this and another BCD specimen are seemingly the only recent sales. That coin shared both an obverse die and the star countermark with this one.

399.

Mark Antony and Octavian. Denarius, 3.89g (9h). Italy, 40-39 BC. Obv: M ANTON IMP III [VIR R P C Bare head of Antony right below.

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401.

Denarius, 3.37g (6h). Military mint in Syria (?), 41 BC. Obv: M ANTON IMP [III VIR R P C] AVG Bare head of Antony right. Rx: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 528/3. Sydenham 1194. Sear, Imperators 251. Scarce variety. Area $500 of weak strike. VF/Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

402.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.92g (7h). Italy, 39 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right, IMP before, CAESAR behind. Rx: Caduceus; ANTONIVS IMP left and below. Crawford 529/2a.

Sydenham 1327a. Sear, Imperators 302. Nicely toned; area of weak strike. VF $1,600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex UBS 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1187. Ex Münzhandlung Basel.

403.

Denarius, 3.74g (11h). Italy, 39 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right, IMP before, CAESAR behind. Rx: Caduceus; ANTONIVS IMP left and below. Crawford 529/2c. Sydenham 1327a.

Sear, Imperators 302a. EF $2,000

(6h). Mint moving with Octavian in Gaul, 39 BC. Obv: Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; behind, III VIR; before, R P C. Rx: Two hands clasped round caduceus; around, M ANTON C CAESAR. Crawford 529/4b.

Sydenham 1195. Sear, Imperators 304. Toned; tiny defect on face. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

406.

Quinarius, 1.56g (4h). Mint moving with Octavian in Gaul, 39 BC. Obv: Diademed and veiled head of Concordia right; behind, III VIR; before, R P C. Rx: Two hands clasped round caduceus; around, M ANTON C CAESAR. Crawford 529/4b. Sydenham 1195. Sear, Imperators 304. Somewhat corroded. VF $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Leu 91, 10 May 2004, lot 493.

404.

Mark Antony with Octavian. Denarius, 3.77g (1h). Italy, 39 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, ANTONIVS behind, IMP before. Rx: Winged caduceus, CAESAR-IMP at bottom left and right. Crawford 529/3. Sydenham 1328. Sear, Imperators 303. Banker’s mark in $500 Antony’s ear. Bold Fine/VF

407.

Cn. Domititius Calvinus. Denarius, 3.55g (2h).

Spain, 39 BC. Obv: Head of Hercules right, OSCA behind. Rx: Simpulum, aspergillum, ax, and apex; below, DOM.COS.ITER.IMP. Crawford 532/1. Sear, Imperators 342. Burgos 1509. Nicely toned. EF

$2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 1846.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

405.

Octavian with Mark Antony. Quinarius, 1.69g

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4.85g (9h). Sparta, c. 39 BC. Obv: Bare head right, ATPATINOC behind. Rx: Eagle standing right, ΛΑ/ΦΙΔΙ in field. RPC 1101. Sear, Imperators 607. Grunauer XVI, 9. BCD 900. $1,200 About VF 408.

Mark Antony and Octavia. Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 11.58g (11h). Ephesus, 39 BC. Obv: Head of Antony right wearing ivy wreath as New Dionysus, lituus below, all enclosed within ivy wreath; M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT around. Rx: Bust of Octavia right, on cista flanked by snakes; III VIR on left, R P C on right. Sear, Imperators 262. Sydenham 1197. RPC 2201. BM East 133.

Minor porosity. EF $500

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Frank Kovacs in 2004.

Very rare; other than three examples in BCD, we find no recent sales.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

409.

Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 11.87g (12h).

Ephesus, 39 BC. Obv: Jugate heads right of Antony, wearing ivy wreath as New Dionysus, and Octavia; M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT around. Rx: Dionysus standing l. holding cup ant thyrsus on basket flanked by snakes with entwined tails; III VIR on left, R P C on right. Sear, Imperators 263. Sydenham 1198. RPC 2202. BM East 135. Minor porosity.

EF $750

411.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.98g (2h). Athens, 38 BC. Obv: Mark Antony standing right, veiled and wearing augur’s robe, holding lituus; M ANT]ONIVS M F M N AVGVR IM[P TERT] around. Rv. Radiate head of Sol right; III VIR R P C COS DESIG ITER ET TERT around. Crawford 533/2. Sydenham 1199. Sear, $1,000 Imperators 267. Toned. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Rare Portrait of L. Sempronius Atratinus from Sparta

410.

Sparta. L. Sempronius Atratinus. AE 20, 104

412.

Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar. Denarius, 3.77g (7h). 38 BC. Obv: DIVOS IVLIVS DIVI·F Confronted heads of Julius Caesar, wreathed right, and Octavian, bare-headed left.

Rx: M路AGRIPPA路COS / DESIG. Crawford 534/2. Sydenham 1330 (R7). Sear, Imperators 306. Rare. Fine+ $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

413.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.96g (5h). 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: [M AG]RIPPA COS/DESIG, in two lines across field. Crawford 534/3. Sydenham 1331. Sear, Imperators 307. Nicely toned. VF+ $1,000

416.

Octavian. Sestertius, 18.41g (11h). Italy, 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; star below chin, [DIVI] F behind. Rx: DIVOS IVLIVS in wreath. Crawford 535/2. Sydenham 1336. RPC 621. Sear, Imperators 309. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1808.

414.

Denarius, 3.84g (3h). 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: [M AG]RIPPA COS/ DESIG, in two lines across field. Crawford 534/3. Sydenham 1331. Sear, Imperators 307.

Area of weak strike. VF $400

417.

Sestertius, 17.75g (7h). Italy, 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; star below chin, [DIVI] F behind. Rx: DIVOS IVLIVS in wreath.

Crawford 535/2. Sydenham 1336. RPC 621.

Sear, Imperators 309. Light pitting. About VF $300

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

415.

Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar.

Dupondius, 19.95g (1h). Italy, 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; CAESAR before, DIVI F behind. Rx: Wreathed head of Caesar right; DIVOS before, IVLIVS behind. Crawford 535/1. Sydenham 1335. RPC 620. Sear, $1,000 Imperators 308. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

418.

Mark Antony, obverse brockage. Denarius, 3.47g (12h). Syria, 38 BC. Obv: Head of M. Antony right; M ANT AVGVR [III VIR R P C] around. Cf. Crawford 536/1 or similar. Fine

$400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs XVI, 29 September 2004, lot 306.

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419.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.66g (5h). Syria, 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, ANT AVG III VIR R P C around. Rx: IMP TER divided by military trophy holding sword and oblong shield; round shield and prow at base. Crawford 536/3. Sydenham 1204. Sear, Imperators 272.

Toned. VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

421.

Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar, ancient imitation. Dupondius, 5.42g (4h). After 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; [CAESAR] before, D[IVI F] behind. Rx: Wreathed head of Caesar right; [D]IVOS before, [I]VLIVS behind. Cf. Crawford 535/1. Cf. Sydenham 1335. Cf. RPC 620. Cf. Sear, Imperators 308. $300 Fine+

Crawford notes this variety with AVG rather than AVGV in the obverse legend from the Haeberlin Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 655.

420.

Akko Ptolemais. Mark Antony. AE 25, 10.25g (1h). Akko Ptolemais, Year 11 = 39/38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Mark Antony right within a laurel wreath. Rx: Tyche standing left holding aphlaston and rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left; in right field ΠTOΛ[E] / MAE[ΩN] / IEPAΣ in three lines; in left field L IA / KAI AΣYΛOY in two lines. RPC I 4740, same dies as pl. 171, 4740/9. Sear, Imperators 918. $500 Kadman 73. Good Fine

422.

As previous. Dupondius, 7.91g (11h). After 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; [CAESAR] before, [DIVI F] behind. Rx: Wreathed head of Caesar right; DIVOS before, [I]VLIVS behind. Cf. Crawford 535/1. Cf. Sydenham 1335. Cf. RPC 620. Cf. Sear, Imperators 308. Area of weak strike. VF $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 727.

One of the very few city coins of ancient Israel with an Imperatorial portrait.

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423.

Syria. Gaius Sosius. AE 20, 6.84g (11h).

Uncertain mint in Syria, c. 38 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: Fiscus, sella quaestoria, and

hasta; below, [Q]. RPC 5410. Sear, Imperators 958. AMNG 228. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

The portrait on the obverse of this coin is very much in dispute. There is a detailed discussion in RPC I, pp. 715-716. The portrait has been attributed to Brutus by Friedländer, Augustus

by Gaebler and finally Caesar by M. Price. The portrait bears a striking resemblance to that of RPC 4082-3 which has been interpreted as Augustus and attributed to Cilicia. The obverse legend of that type is PRINCEPS FELIX. The coins of our type have normally been considered Macedonian due to the similarities between the reverse type and those of the Quaestor, Aesillas. However, RPC notes that the hasta, which symbolized imperium, the money chest, and quaestor’s chair were objects that symbolized Roman authority and there is no other evidence linking the coin to Macedonia.

Additionally, no specimens have been found in Macedonia, but two are reported to have come to light in Cilicia, which accordingly seems more likely to have been the approximate location of the mint. The most recent suggestion is that this is the portrait of the governor Sosius, who was stationed in Syria and commanded the fleet during the time of dispute between Mark Antony and Octavian. He later surrendered to Octavian and was pardoned after Antony and Cleopatra fled Actium.

An Extensive Selection of Fleet Coinage

424.

Mark Antony and Octavia, struck by M. Oppius Capito, propraetor and praefectus classis. Dupondius, Fleet Coinage, Heavy Series, 17.00g (10h). Achaea, c. 38 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, facing draped

bust of Octavia left; M ANT IMP TERT COS DES[IG ITER ET III VIR RPC] around. Rx: Two galleys side by side right, pileus to either side; [M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C] around; B below. RPC 1464. Sear, $600 Imperators 288. Amandry 1C. Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection, privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

425.

As, Fleet Coinage, Heavy Series, 6.09g (9h).

Achaea, c. 38-37 BC. Obv: Jugate busts of Mark Antony and Octavia right; [M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET III VIR RPC] around. Rev. Galley right. [M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C] around; below, A. RPC 1465. Sear, Imperators 288. Amandry 1D. VF $450 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex HJB 137, 31 March 2004, lot 525.

426.

As, Fleet Coinage, Light Series, 4.34g (9h).

Achaea, c. 38-37 BC. Obv: Jugate busts of Mark Antony and Octavia right, uncertain countermark on Antony’s neck; M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET III VIR RPC around.

Rev. Galley right. M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C around; below, A. RPC 1470. Sear, Imperators 296. Amandry 2C. Fine+ $350

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 1031. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

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Among the Finest Known

427.

As, Fleet Coinage, Light Series, 3.89g (2h).

Achaea, c. 38-37 BC. Obv: Jugate busts of Mark Antony and Octavia right, uncertain countermark on Antony’s neck; M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET III VIR RPC around.

Rev. Galley right. M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C around; below, A. RPC 1470. Sear, Imperators 296. Amandry 2C. Fine

$300

430.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.96g (10h). 37 BC. Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR R P C around empty field. Rx: Simpulum, sprinkler, capis, and lituus. Crawford 537/1. Sydenham 1332 (R6). Sear, Imperators 310. Perhaps the finest known example of this very rare type. Nearly mint state $6,000

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E123, 28 September 2005, lot 69.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini II, 10 January 2006, lot 300.

428.

Mark Antony, struck by L. Bibulus M.f., praetor designatus. As, Fleet Coinage, 11.38g (9h). Syria, c. 38-37 BC. Obv: Jugate busts of Mark Antony and Octavia right. Rx: Galley right; below, A and head of Medusa. RPC 4091.1 (this coin illustrated) = Amandry 1, (D1/ R1; this coin illustrated). Sear, Imperators 276.

VG $500

Enlargement

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 79, 17 September 2008, lot 635. Ex J.S. Wagner Collection.

429.

Semis, Fleet Coinage, 4.47g (7h). Syria, c.

38-37 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: Galley right, stern ending in boar’s head. RPC 4092. $300 Sear, Imperators 277. VG/VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Lindgren Collection.

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431.

Denarius, 4.06g (9h). 37 BC. Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F [III VIR ITER R P C] Bare head right, with slight beard. Rx: Simpulum, sprinkler, capis, and lituus; COS ITER ET TER [DESIG] around. Crawford 538/1. Sydenham 1334. Sear, Imperators 312. Toned; area of $300 weak strike. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 64, 24 September 2003, 881. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

432.

Denarius, 3.39g (7h). 37 BC. Obv: [IMP CAESAR] DIVI F III VIR ITER R P C Bare head right, with slight beard. Rx: Simpulum, sprinkler, capis and lituus; COS ITER ET [TER DESIG] around. Crawford 538/1. Sydenham 1334. Sear, Imperators 312. Fine $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 130, 6 January 2003, lot 110.

434.

Crete, Cnossus. L. Lollius. AE 26, 9.38g (11h). Cnossus, c. 37 BC. Obv: Bust of Artemis Dictynna right, wearing taenia; bow in bow case over shoulder. Rx: Stag standing right; L.LOL above, [LI]/VS before, uncertain letter below. RPC 909. Sear, Imperators 578. Buttrey, Studies in Numismatic Method Presented to $500 Philip Grierson, 28. Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

433.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.58g (10h). 37 BC. Obv: ANTONIVS AVGVR COS DES ITER ET TERT Bare head right. Rx: IMP TERTIO III VIR R P C Armenian tiara right; crossed bow and arrow behind. Crawford 539/1. Sydenham 1205. Sear, Imperators 297. Hair weakly struck, otherwise EF $3,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 1219. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Ponterio 49, 13 June 1991, lot 2139.

435.

Thessalonica. Mark Antony and Octavian.

AE 27, 19.29g (5h). Thessalonica, Year 5=37 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Eleutheria right; E (date) to left; [ΘΕΣ]ΣAΛONIK]EΩN EΛEYΘEPIAΣ] around. Rx: Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; M ANT AYT Γ· KAI AVT around. RPC 1551. Sear, Imperators 672. Glossy olive surfaces. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E52, 6 November 2002, lot 82.

Enlargement

The bust of Libertas on the obverse “refers to the grant of freedom by the Triumvirs to Thessalonica in 42 BC after the battle of Philippi, the victory which is celebrated on the reverse” (RPC, p. 297).

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436.

AE 26, 14.37g (4h). Thessalonica, 37 BC. Obv: Bust of Libertas right, ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ around. Rx: Nike advancing l. holding wreath and palm, [Μ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΤ] on left, Γ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤ on right. RPC 1551. Sear, Imperators 672. Area of weak strike. About VF $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex HJB 137, 31 March 2004, lot 352.

439.

Spain, Lepida-Celsa, struck by C. Balbus and L. Porcius, duovirs. AE 29, 15.24g (2h). c. 44-36 BC. Obv: Head of Victory right, palm over shoulder; C VIL below, PR II VIR above.

Rx: Bull standing right, C BALBO above, L. PORCIO below. RPC 262. Burgos 800. Nice $250 VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Choice Spanish Bronze

437.

AE 22, 13.67g (1h). Thessalonica, 37 BC. Obv: Head of Agonothesia right, ΑΓΝΩΘΕΣΙΑ around. Rx: ANT/ KAI in two lines within wreath. RPC 1552. Sear, Imperators 673. SNG ANS 819. VF $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

438.

Sicily, Enna, L. Munatius & M. Cestius, duovirs. AE 20, 9.98g (11h). Sicily, Enna, c.

44-36 BC. Obv: Female head (Persephone?) right, MVN HENNA-E before. Rx: Triptolemos standing left, extending hand; M CESTIVS M-VNATIVS II VIR around. RPC 662. Sear, $200 Imperators 532. Calciati 13. Fine+ Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1160. Ex Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular C.7, September 1992, no. 4817.

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440.

Spain, Lepida-Celsa, struck by L. Nep. and L. Sura, duovirs. AE 29, 14.06g (2h). c.

44-36 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right, COL. VIC.IVL.LEP before. Rx: Bull standing right, PR.II.VIR above, L. NEP.L.SVRA below. RPC 263.41 (this coin). Sear, Imperators 460. SNG Copenhagen 538. EF $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 1, 29-30 March 1989, lot 356.

Second Triumvirate

441.

Ephesus. Antony, Octavian and Lepidus.

AE 17, 5.02g (1h). Ephesus, c. 40-36 BC. Obv: Jugate heads of the Triumvirs right. Rx:

Cult statue of Artemis facing. RPC 2572. Sear, Imperators 729. Scarce. VF $500

Imperators 584. Svoronos 1903. Fine

$450

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

The identity of the Crassus who struck this coin is uncertain. Perhaps most likely is M. Licinius Crassus, son of the Triumvir, as proposed by Grant in FITA.

442.

Sardinia, Uselis. M. Atius Balbus, praetor.

AE 23, 8.22g (12h). Sardinia, Uselis (?) c. 38-36 BC. Obv: Bare head of Balbus left, [M] ATIVS BALBVS.PR around. Rx: Helmeted bust of Sardus Pater right, spear over shoulder; [SA]RD PATER around. RPC 625.

Sear, Imperators 514. Obverse a bit doublestruck. Fine $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E63, 23 April 2003, lot 34.

Rare Cleopatra Portrait from Damascus

445.

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra VII. 51-30 BC. AE 26, 10.90g (12h). Damascus, Year 276=37/36 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust right. Rx: Tyche seated left, holding cornucopia; ςOΣ (date) to left, grain ear at feet, ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ behind; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; all within wreath.

RPC 4781. Sear, Imperators 930. Fine+ $1,000

443.

AE 23, 5.73g (4h). Sardinia, Uselis (?) c.

38-36 BC. Obv: Bare head of Balbus left. Rx: Helmeted bust of Sardus Pater right, spear over shoulder. RPC 625. Sear, Imperators 514. Fine

$100

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E58, 12 February 2003, lot 17.

446.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.99g (5h). Italy, 36 BC. Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR ITER R P C Bare head right, with slight beard. Rx: Tetrastyle temple within which veiled figure holding lituus in right hand; on architrave, DIVO IVL; in left field, lighted altar; COS ITER ET [TER DESIG] around. Crawford 540/2. Sydenham 1545. Sear, Imperators 315. $600 VF

444.

Crete, Cnossus. Crassus. AE 28, 8.53g (2h).

Cnossus, c. 37-36 BC. Obv: Crocodile right.

Rx: Prow right, CRAS above. RPC 914. Sear,

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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447.

Quinarius, 1.83g (5h). Italy, 36 BC. Obv: IMP CAESAR Galley with rowers under full sail right. Rx: DIVI F Victory advancing left with wreath and large palm branch. Sydenham 1339.

Sear, Imperators 315A. Cohen 94. BMC Africa 38. Fine $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 64, 24 September 2003, lot 883. Ex Tony Hardy Collection.

450.

Sicily, Lilybaeum. L. Sempronius Atratinus.

AE 23, 17.13g (11h). Lilybaeum, 36 BC. Obv: Veiled and turreted head right, within triangular ornament, [Λ]ΙΛΥΒΑΙ[ΙΤΑΙC] around. Rx: Serpent entwined around tripod; ATPATI[NO] to left, [Π]ΥΘΙ[ΩΝ] to right. RPC 655. Sear, $200 Imperators 529. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Atratinus was an Antonian general aiding Octavian in the struggle against Sextus Pompey.

448.

Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar.

Dupondius, 19.85g (11h). Vienna in Gaul, 36 BC. Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F DIVI IVLI Back to back bare heads of Caesar left and Octavian right. Rx: C• I• V, prow of quinquireme right. RPC 517. Sear, Imperators 485.

SNG Copenhagen 703. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

449.

Julius Caesar and Octavian. Dupondius, 17.30g (9h). Lugdunum, c. 36 BC. Obv: Bare heads of Caesar and Octavian back to back; branch between, IMP CAESAR DIVI F DIVI IVLI around. Rx: Prow right; globe above, COPIA in exergue. RPC 515. Sear, Imperators $800 483. Flan thin under portrait VF/EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 985.

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451.

Cyrene. L. Lollius. AE 29, 21.05g (11h).

Cyrene, c. 37-34 BC. Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right; lotus-tipped scepter before, B behind. Rx: Curule chair; uncertain letter between legs. RPC 911. Sear, Imperators 577. Buttrey, Studies in Numismatic Method Presented to Philip Grierson, 25. About VF

$1,200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs XVI, 29 September 2004, lot 179.

452.

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra VII. 51-30 BC. AE 20, 6.48g (11h). Orthosia, Year 2=36/35 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust right. Rx: Baal of Orthosia driving biga drawn by grif-

fins right; [LB] (date) to left; ΟΡΘΩCIEΩN in exergue. RPC 4501. SNG Copenhagen 174.

Sear, Imperators 896. Fine/Fine+ $600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs XVI, 29 September 2004, lot 154.

393. BMC 313. Paris 1021. Cohen 127. RIC $1,000 543b. Toned. Nice VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton XI, 8 January 2008, lot 636.

Excellent Cleopatra Portrait

453.

AE 20, 7.23g (12h). Tripolis, Year 2=36/35 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust right. Rx: Nike, holding wreath and palm, standing right on prow; ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ to left, LB (date) to right. RPC 4510. SNG Copenhagen 174. Sear, Imperators 899. Fine $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Künker 133, 11 October 2007, lot 8278.

454.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.83g (5h). Italy or Illyricum, 35/34 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: Round shield, with three concentric circles of studs and central boss; IMP above, CAE-SAR to either side, DIVI F below. Sear, Imperators 392. BMC 309. Paris 1017. Cohen 126. RIC 543a. Toned; ding on $400 chin. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

455.

Denarius, 3.69g (7h). Italy or Illyricum, 35/34 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian left. Rx: Round shield, with three concentric circles of studs and central boss; IMP above, CAE-SAR to either side, DIVI F below. Sear, Imperators

456.

Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.79g (11h). Alexandria, 34 BC. Obv: CLEOPATRAE [REGINAE REGVM FILIO] RVM REGVM Draped and diademed bust of Cleopatra right, prow before. Rx: ANTONI ARMENIA D[EVICTA] Bare head of Antony right, Armenian tiara behind. Crawford 543/1.

Sydenham 1210 (R7). Sear, Imperators 345.

Light corrosion; minor area of weak strike. VF

$6,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 128, 28 August 2002, lot 271.

457.

Cyrene. A. Pupius Rufus, propraetor and quaestor. AE 28, 10.64g (6h). Cyrene, c.

34-31 BC. Obv: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, ΑΥΛΟC ΠΟΥΠΙΟC around. Rx: Sella castrensis with cushion on seat; fasces on either side; [T]AMIAΣ [ANT]ICTPA around; ΛΔ to right.

RPC 919 var. (date?). Sear, Imperators 587 var. (same). Buttrey, Studies in Numismatic Method Presented to Philip Grierson, 36. Good VF $200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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458.

Corinth. Q. Caecilius Niger and C. Heius Pam, duovirs. As, 8.80g (7h). Corinth, 34-31 BC. Obv: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing fillet and pearl necklace. Rx: Pegasus flying right; [L•] CAECIL • NI[GR] above, II VIR in right field, C • HEIO P AM below. RPC 1127. Sear, Imperators 625. Amandry D3/R9. Choice EF

$500

ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, double cornucopia; in right field, Π. Svoronos 1871, pl. LXIII, 3. Weiser, Cologne 183. SNG Copenhagen 419-421. McClean 9847. H. Troxell, The Norman Davis Collection, ANS 1969, #335 (this coin). Sear, Imperators 948. $400 About Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 705. Ex Norman Davis Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 372.

459.

Corinth. Q. Caecilius Niger and C. Heius Pam, duovirs. As, 8.59g (5h). Corinth, 34-31 BC. Obv: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing fillet and pearl necklace. Rx: Pegasus flying right; [L•] CAECIL • NI[GR] above, II VIR in right field, C • HEIO P AM below. RPC 1127. Sear, Imperators 625. Amandry D2/R3. VF $200

461.

AE 26, 15.47g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: Draped bust of Cleopatra VII right, her hair bound up by a fillet. Rx: ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, double cornucopia; in right field, Π. Svornos 1871. SNG Copenhagen 419-421. McClean 9847. Sear, Imperators 948.

Strong portrait; a bit rough. VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex BCD Collection (not in catalogue).

460.

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra VII. 51-30 BC. AE 26, 20.29g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: Draped bust of Cleopatra VII right, her hair bound up by a fillet. Rx: ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ 114

462.

AE 22, 10.21g (10h). Alexandria. Obv: Draped bust of Cleopatra VII right, her hair bound up by a fillet. Rx: ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, double cornucopia; in right field, M. Svoronos 1872. Sear, Imperators 949. $750 VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 997.

Imperators 363. VF+

$750

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 134, 8 October 2003, lot 231.

463.

AE 26, 5.35g (10h). Paphos. Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right. Rx: Eagle standing left, transverse palm behind; monogram in right field; ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ around. RPC 3903. Svoronos 1875. VF $450 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs XVI, 29 September 2004, lot 177.

Very rare; better than the RPC plate coin. This is seemingly the half denomination of RPC 3901, which depicts Cleopatra (as Aphrodite) holding in her arms the baby Caesarion (the son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, depicted as Eros).

464.

AE 20, 6.66g (11h). Damascus, Year 280=33/32 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust right. Rx: Tyche seated left, holding cornucopia; L ΠΣ (date) to left, ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΩΝ behind; below, river god Orontes swimming right; all within wreath. RPC 4783. Sear, Imperators 931. Fine+

$600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1001. Ex Patrick Villemur Collection.

465.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.74g (7h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XII ANTIQVAE Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/9. Sydenham 1231. Sear,

466.

Denarius, 3.50g (6h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: [LEG XII] ANTIQVAE Legionary eagle between two standards.

Crawford 544/9. Sydenham 1231. Sear, Imperators 363. Area of weak strike. VF $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Rare Ancient Die

467.

Ancient forger’s die. Iron reverse die of Mark Antony legionary denarius. 18 mm x 14 mm, 22.03g . After 31 BC. Reverse die of a denarius of LEG XII ANTIQVAE, legionary eagle between two standards (all retrograde).

Cf. Crawford 544/9, Sydenham 1231, and Sear, Imperators 363. $4,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

468.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.27g (7h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT [AVG] III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: CHORTIS SPEC[VLATORVM] Three standards, each decorated with two wreaths and a model of a prow. Crawford 544/12. Sydenham 1214. Sear, $100 Imperators 386. Scarce. Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E94, 21 July 2004, lot 144.

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Sydenham 1223. Sear, Imperators 356. Toned. $350 VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

469.

Denarius, 3.56g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG II Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/14.

Sydenham 1216. Sear, Imperators 349. Fine+

$100

Rare Ancient Die

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

470.

Denarius, 3.08g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG III Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/15.

Sydenham 1217. Sear, Imperators 350. VF $400

473.

Ancient forger’s die. Iron reverse die of Mark Antony legionary denarius. 33 mm x 20 mm, 77.46g . After 31 BC. Reverse die of a denarius of LEG VI, legionary eagle between two standards (all retrograde). Cf. Crawford 544/19, Sydenham 1223, and Sear, Imperators 356. $4,500

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 140, 27 September 2004, lot 260.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini I, 11 January 2005, lot 299.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

That this die must be the product of an ancient forger, rather than of Antony’s military mint, is evidenced by the poor centering of the image on the die face. Part of the border of dots is missing, as is the bottom of the left standard. This is inconceivable on an official mint product engraved by hand. It is, however, completely consistent with a die made from an impression of an actual coin. The shallow relief on the present artifact is also consistent with this explanation.

472.

Denarius, 3.50g (6h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: [ANT AVG] III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG VI Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/19.

474.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.62g (4h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG

471.

Denarius, 3.75g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG IV Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/17.

Sydenham 1219. Sear, Imperators 352. VF $400

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VII Legionary eagle between two standards.

Crawford 544/20. Sydenham 1224. Sear, Imperators 357. Area of weak strike. EF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

475.

Denarius, 3.25g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG [III VIR R P C] Galley right. Rx: LEG XXIII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/39.

Sydenham 1246. Sear, Imperators 383. Fine

$100 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

478.

Denarius, 3.26g (7h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG VIIII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/22.

Sydenham 1226. Sear, Imperators 360. Scarce variety with LEG VIIII rather than IX. Area of weak strike. VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 1228.

Ex CNG E94, 21 July 2004, lot 145

476.

Denarius, 3.74g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG VII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/20.

Sydenham 1224. Sear, Imperators 357. Toned. $400 VF

479.

Denarius, 3.65g (6h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG X Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/24.

Sydenham 1228. Sear, Imperators 361. Toned; $300 area of weak strike. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

477.

Denarius, 3.06g (2h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG VIII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/21.

Sydenham 1225. Sear, Imperators 358. A few $500 light scratches. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 1227.

480.

Denarius, 3.50g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XI Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/25.

Sydenham 1229. Sear, Imperators 362. Area of $400 weak strike. Toned VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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481.

Denarius, 3.47g (7h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XIII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/27.

Sydenham 1232a. Sear, Imperators 367.

Banker's mark on obverse. VF $350

484.

Denarius, 3.35g (6h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG [III] VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XV Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/30.

Sydenham 1235. Sear, Imperators 371. Area of weak strike. About VF $300

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

482.

Denarius, 3.41g (11h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XIII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/27.

Sydenham 1232a. Sear, Imperators 367.

Toned VF $450

485.

Denarius, 3.83g (7h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XVI Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/31.

Sydenham 1236. Sear, Imperators 372. EF

$1,250

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 1238.

483.

Denarius, 3.61g (9h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XIIII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/28.

Sydenham 1233. Sear, Imperators 370. One of the scarcest legions, rare with XIIII rather than $250 XIV. Area of weak strike. Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 1235.

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486.

Denarius, 3.45g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XIX Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/35.

Sydenham 1242. Sear, Imperators 378. Toned.

$400 VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E100, 27 October 2004, lot 133.

487.

Denarius, 3.26g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XX Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/36.

Sydenham 1243. Sear, Imperators 380. Area of weak strike. Fine $150

490.

Denarius, 3.78g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XXIII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/39.

Sydenham 1246. Sear, Imperators 383. Toned. $1,000 VF+ Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 67, 22 September 2004, lot 1248.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

A rare short-lived legion.

Exceptional Cleopatra Portrait from Berytos

488.

Denarius, 3.63g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XXI Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/37.

Sydenham 1244. Sear, Imperators 381. VF

$300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

491.

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra VII. 51-30 BC. AE 22, 9.91g (10h). Berytos, Year 6=32/31 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust right. Rx: Baal of Berytos, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, trident in left, in quadriga of hippocamps right; BH to left, LS above LAK to right.

RPC 4530. Svoronos 1887. Sear, Imperators 903. Extremely rare; perhaps the finest of the handful of known examples. Extremely sharp portrait. EF $6,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton X, 9 January 2007, lot 425.

489.

Denarius, 3.42g (5h). Mint moving with Antony, 32-31 BC. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XXII Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/38.

Sydenham 1245. Sear, Imperators 382. Slightly $400 rough. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E101, 10 November 2004, lot 101.

Enlargement

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492.

Chalkis. Cleopatra and Mark Antony. AE 25, 8.03g (11h). Chalkis, 32/1 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Cleopatra right, wearing stephane. Rx: Bare head of Mark Antony right. RPC 4771.

Sear, Imperators 926. Svoronos 1887. BMC Phoenicia 15. Struck on an unusually broad flan. VF $400

495.

AE 20, 6.28g (12h). Chalkis, Year 282=32-31 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; ΝΕ behind, [L ΒΠΣ] before. Rx: Bare head of Zenodorus left, ZΗΝΟΔΟΡΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΗΡΕΩΣ around. RPC 4774. Sear, $300 Imperators 929. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Choice, Pedigreed Mark Antony Denarius

493.

AE 20, 5.82g (11h). Chalkis, 32/1 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Cleopatra right, wearing stephane. Rx: Bare head of Mark Antony right. RPC 4771. Sear, Imperators 926. Svoronos 1887.

BMC Phoenicia 15. About VF $600 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E94, 21 July 2004, lot 122.

494.

Chalkis. Octavian and Zenodorus, tetrarch and archereus. AE 20, 6.48g (11h). Chalkis, Year 282=32/31 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right; NE behind, L ΒΠΣ before. Rx: Bare head of Zenodorus left; ZHNOΔΟΡΟΥ TETPAPXOY KAI APXHPEΩΣ around. RPC $200 4774. Sear, Imperators 929. VF+ Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E100, 27 October 2004, lot 102. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 534. Ex David Freedman Collection.

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496.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.63g (10h). 31 BC. Obv: Head of Antony right, M ANTONIVS AVG IMP IIII COS TERT III VIR R P C around. Rx: Victory standing left holding wreath tied with fillet in right hand and shouldering palm branch with left hand; on right below DVR; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 545/1. Sydenham 1211. Sear, Imperators 387.

Beautifully toned, with isolated pitting. EF

$5,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex UBS 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1214. Ex Münzhandlung Basel, 15 March 1938, lot 501.

Enlargement

Sear, Imperators 347. High relief portrait; light $2,000 scratch on reverse. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

497.

Denarius, 3.78g (11h). 31 BC. Obv: [M ANTONIVS] AVG IMP IIII COS TERT III VIR R P C Head of Marcus Antonius right.

Rx: Within a laurel wreath, Victory standing left holding wreath tied with fillet in right hand and shouldering palm branch with left hand; on right below DVR. Crawford 545/1. Sydenham 1211. Sear, Imperators 387. Toned. VF $800

The “P.” on these denarii is the only instance of an artist’s signature in the entire coinage of the Republic. It was first pointed out in a Santamaria auction catalogue in 1920.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

500.

Mark Antony, struck by M. Silanus.

Denarius, 3.50g (1h). Athens, 32 BC. Obv: ANTON AVG [IMP III COS] DES III III V R P C] Head bare right, artist’s signature P. concealed in hair behind ear. Rx: M SILANVS AVG / Q PRO COS in two lines across field.

Crawford 542/1. Sydenham 1208. Sear, Imperators 346. Old scratches in field in front of and behind head. Toned. VF $500

498.

Denarius, 3.47g (10h). 31 BC. Obv: M ANTONIVS AVG IMP IIII COS TERT III VIR R P C Head of Antony right. Rx: Victory standing left holding wreath tied with fillet in right hand and shouldering palm branch with left hand; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 545/2. Sydenham 1211a. Sear, Imperators 388.

Banker’s mark on neck. EF $4,000

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk, June 2004.

Artist’s Signature

499.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.66g (1h). Athens, 32 BC. Obv: ANTON AVG IMP III COS [DES III III V R P C] Head bare right, artist’s signature P. concealed in hair behind ear.

Rx: ANTONIVS / AVG IMP III in two lines across field. Crawford 542/2. Sydenham 1209.

501.

L. Pinarius Scarpus, for Mark Antony.

Denarius, 3.66g (11h). Cyrenaica, 31 BC. Obv: Head of Jupiter Ammon right, M ANTO COS III IMP IIII around. Rx: Victory standing right, holding palm branch and wreath tied with fillet; ANTONI[O] / AVG before, [SCARPVS IM] / P behind. Crawford 546/2d. Sydenham 1280. $1,500 Sear, Imperators 390. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 124, 3 January 2002, lot 403.

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Rare Equestrian Aureus of Octavian

502.

L. Pinarius Scarpus, for Octavian. Denarius, 3.61g (11h). Cyrenaica, 31 BC. Obv: Head of Jupiter Ammon right, [AVGVR] behind, PONTIF before. Rx: Victory on globe right, IMP CAE[SAR] / DIVI F in two lines across field. Crawford 546/4. Sydenham 1281 (R7).

Sear, Imperators 411. Cohen 125 (d’Ailly Coll., 120 Fr.). VF $2,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 137, 31 March 2004, lot 288.

Scarpus ranks as one of the consummate survivors of the Imperatorial period. Despite his kinship with Julius Caesar and thus with Octavian, Scarpus served at the battle of Philippi as a commander under Mark Antony, and just before Actium Antony made him governor of Cyrenaica with command over four legions. After Antony’s defeat, however, Scarpus defected to Octavian.

As governor of Cyrenaica he issued rare coins first for Antony, then for Octavian. The reverse of the present coin seems to copy Octavian’s denarius with reverse CAESAR - DIVI F, Victory standing left (rather than right) on globe, suggesting that this type of Octavian’s must have been struck before 31 BC.

503.

Denarius, 2.77g (1h). Cyrenaica, 31 BC. Obv: Open right hand and wrist; IMP CAESARI above, SCARPVS IMP below. Rx: Victory standing right on globe; DIVI F before, AVG PONT behind. Crawford 546/6. Sydenham 1282 (R6). Sear, Imperators 413. Rare. Scratched $600 and corroded. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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504.

Octavian. Aureus, 7.66g (5h). 32-31 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: Equestrian statue of Octavian galloping left, right hand extended.

Bahrfeldt 104. C 73. BMC 594. RIC 262. Sear Imperators 394. Numerous small contact marks in obverse field. Good VF $7,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1202.

Enlargement

505.

Denarius, 3.69g (4h). Italy, 32-31 BC. Obv: Diademed bust of Venus right, wearing necklace. Rx:. Octavian, in military attire, advancing left with cloak flying behind, extending right arm and holding transverse scepter in left hand: CAESAR - DIVI F across field. Sear, Imperators 397. BMC 609. Paris 1. Cohen 70. $500 RIC 251. Toned. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1203.

506.

Denarius, 3.69g (9h). Italy, 31-30 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: Pax standing left holding branch and cornucopia; CAESAR before, DIVI F behind. Sear, Imperators 399. BMC 605. Paris 26. Cohen 69. RIC 252. Toned; area of weak strike. VF $300

Amphipolis, c.32-30 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: Artemis Tauropolos, holding billowing veil, on bull charging right. RPC $100 1626. Sear, Imperators 676. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Spectacular Portrait

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

507.

Denarius, 3.76g (9h). Italy, 32-31 BC. Obv: Diademed bust of Pax right, olive branch before, cornucopia behind. Rx: Octavian, in military attire, walking right, right hand raised.

Spear over shoulder: CAESAR - DIVI F across field. Sear, Imperators 400. BMC 611. Paris 6.

Cohen 70. RIC 253. VF $400

510.

Octavian. Aureus, 7.83g (6h). 31-30 BC. Obv: Bare head right. RX: Victory in fast biga right, holding palm in right hand and reins in left; in exergue, CAESAR DIVI F. Sear, Imperators 402. BM 593. Cohen 67 var. (wreath and palm in right hand). RIC 261. Bahrfeldt 105b.

Weakly struck at the highest point of the head.

Very rare. EF $15,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 126, 23 April 2002, lot 203.

508.

Denarius, 3.76g (10h). Italy, 32-31 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: Mercury, naked, seated right on rock, petasus slung on his back, holding lyre; CAESAR DIVI F across field. Sear, Imperators 401. BMC 596. Paris 73. Cohen 61. RIC 257. A few faint scratches $500 before face. VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

509.

Amphipolis. Octavian. AE 20, 6.64g (1h).

Enlargement

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Pedigreed Octavian Aureus

Rare Quadriga Aureus of Octavian

511.

Aureus, 7.80g (10h). 31-30 BC. Obv: Obv: Head bare left, no legend, line border. Rx: CAESAR DIVI F in exergue, tensa in form of small temple with leaping quadriga at apex of pediment, drawn right by four pacing horses, line border. Bahrfeldt 107.8 (this coin). C 77.

BMC 590. RIC 259. CBN 80. Sear, Imperators 404. Calicó 190 (this coin). Biaggi 99 (this coin). Rare. Faint evidence of mounting on edge; a few marks. VF $15,000

512.

Aureus, 7.80g (6h). 31-30 BC. Obv: Bare head left. Rx: Triumphal quadriga left, surmounted by very small fast quadriga to left; in exergue, CAESAR – DIVI – F. Bahrfeldt 108. Cohen 76.

BMC 591. RIC 258. Sear, Imperators 405. CBN 81. About VF $7,500

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 49, 21 October, 2008, lot 117. Ex Glendining’s, 19 July 1950, Platt Hall I, lot 778. Ex Bourgey, 5 May 1913, lot 119. Ex Bourgey, 3 June 1912, lot 119.

Ex J. Hirsch XXIX, 1910, Herzfelder, lot 912.

Not a triumphal quadriga on the reverse, as the standard catalogues say: see C. Clay, Die Münzprägung des Kaisers Nero, Num. Zeitschrift 96, 1982, pp. 45-47.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

513.

Denarius, 3.66g (2h). Italy, 31-30 BC. Obv: Head bare left, no legend. Rx: CAESAR - DIVI F across field, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. Sear, Imperators 407. BMC 603. Paris 36. Cohen 64. RIC 254b.

Small patch of corrosion on obverse. VF $500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Beautifully Toned Octavian Denarius

514.

Denarius, 3.92g (1h). Italy, 31-30 BC. Obv: Head bare left, no legend. Rx: CAESAR - DIVI F across field, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath and palm. Sear, Imperators 408. BMC 604, pl. 15.1 (same obv. die). Paris 41-2, pl. II (same obv. die). Cohen 66. RIC 255.

From the same obverse die as the BM specimen and the two in Paris. Some obverse hairlines. $3,500 Beautifully toned. EF Enlargement

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Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 164, 20 May 2009, lot 336.

515.

Denarius, 3.88g (2h). Italy, 31-30 BC. Obv: Diademed bust of Victory right. Rx: Neptune, naked but cloak over shoulders, standing left with right foot on globe, holding scepter and aplustre; CAESAR - DIVI F across field. Sear, Imperators 409. BMC 615. Paris 12. Cohen 60.

RIC 256. Nicely toned. Choice VF $2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

516.

Denarius, 3.73g (11h). Italy, 30 BC. Obv: Victory standing right on prow. Rx: Emperor holding branch and reins in triumphal quadriga right, CAESAR DIVI F in exergue. Sear, Imperators 410. BMC 616. Paris-. Cohen 75.

RIC 263. Rare with this reverse legend. Toned.

Good VF $1,200 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton XI, 8 January 2008, lot 646.

517.

Denarius, 3.65g (11h). Italy, 30 BC. Obv: Victory standing right on prow. Rx: Emperor holding branch and reins in triumphal quadriga right, IMP CAESAR in exergue. Sear, Imperators 416. BMC 617. Paris 98. Cohen $450 115. RIC 264. VF

518.

Tralles. Octavian, struck by Menandros Parrhasiou in honor of Vedius Pollio. AE 17, 4.88g (12h). Tralles, c. 30 BC. Obv: Bare head of Vedius Pollio right, uncertain object behind; ΟYHIΔΙΟΣ ΚΑIΣΑPEΩN around. Rx: Laureate head of Zeus right. ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΡΑΣΙΟΥ around. RPC 2635. Sear, Imperators 734. Fine $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Frank Kovacs XVI, 29 September 2004, lot 255.

Pollio was a famous equestrian and friend of Octavian’s. He eventually fell out of favor though, dying in exile in 15 BC, in part because of his habit of feeding recalcitrant slaves to his tame lampreys

519.

AE 17, 3.75g (12h). Tralles, c. 30 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: Clasped hands holding caduceus; KAIΣΑΡΕΩΝ around, monogram of MENANΔ to left, monogram of ΠΑΡΥ to right. RPC 2638. Sear, Imperators 737. Very rare; one example cited in RPC. Choice VF

$1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Frank Kovacs in 2003.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Rare Temple Aureus of Octavian

520.

Octavian. Aureus, 7.39g (6h). 29-27 BC. Obv: Draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over left shoulder. Rev. IMP.CAESAR on architrave of temple enclosing military trophy on naval base; triskeles on pediment. Sear, Imperators 418. BM 643. Paris 91. Cohen 121.

RIC 273. Bahrfeldt 110. Calicó 206. Very rare.

Matte surface. VF $10,000

522.

Denarius, 3.57g (10h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: IMP • CAESAR on the architrave of the Roman Senate House (Curia Julia), porch supported by four short columns, statue of Victory on globe surmounting apex of roof, statues of standing figures at the extremities of the architrave. Sear, Imperators 421. BM 631. Paris 52. Cohen 122. RIC 266. Light $400 corrosion. VF

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex NAC 52, 7 October 2009, lot 910.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E94, 21 July 2004, lot 146.

Enlargement

523.

Denarius, 3.65g (8h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: IMP • CAESAR on the architrave of the Roman Senate House (Curia Julia), porch supported by four short columns, statue of Victory on globe surmounting apex of roof, statues of standing figures at the extremities of the architrave. Sear, Imperators 421. BM 631. Paris 52. Cohen 122. RIC 266. $200 Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 126, 23 April 2002, lot 202.

521.

Denarius, 3.49g (9h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: Trophy set on prow of galley right; crossed rudder and anchor at base; IMP CAESAR across field. Sear, Imperators 419. BM 625. Paris 57. Cohen 119. RIC 265a. $500 Light corrosion. VF

524.

Denarius, 3.43g (8h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: IMP • CAESAR on the architrave of arch surmounted by facing quadriga bearing Octavian. Sear, Imperators 422. BM 624. Paris 66. Cohen 123. RIC 267. Fine $200

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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525.

Denarius, 3.63g (10h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Head of Octavian as Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath without ties. Rx: Rostral column ornamented with two anchors on front, bearing statue of Octavian standing front, naked apart from cloak over left shoulder and behind back, holding spear and parazoniumi; IMP CAESAR across field. Sear, Imperators 423. BM 633.

Paris 68. Cohen 124. RIC 271. Planchet chip on obverse edge at 10h. Toned. VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

526.

Denarius, 3.55g (10h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rx: Octavian, veiled and laureate, holding whip and plowing with yoke of oxen right; in exergue, IMP CAESAR. Sear, Imperators 424. BM 638. Paris 92. Cohen 117. RIC 272. Nice iridescent toning.

Choice VF $1,000

528.

Denarius, 3.77g (4h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian left. Rx: Ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below; IMP CAESAR across field.

Sear, Imperators 426. BMC 630. Paris 43.

Cohen 116. RIC 269b. Scarce variety with head left. Struck on an immense planchet. About EF

$1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 140, 27 September 2004, lot 261.

529.

Denarius, 3.50g (9h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Laureate bust of Octavian right, as Jupiter Terminus; thunderbolt behind. Rx: Octavian seated left on curule chair, holding Victory in extended right hand; [IMP] CAESAR across field. Sear, Imperators 427. BMC 637. Paris 43.

Cohen 116. RIC 270. Toned; light corrosion on reverse. VF $300

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG E60, 12 March 2003, lot 82.

527.

Denarius, 3.75g (8h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: Bare head of Octavian right. Rx: Ithyphallic boundary-stone of Jupiter Terminus, surmounted by laureate head of Octavian facing; winged thunderbolt below; IMP CAESAR across field.

Sear, Imperators 425. BMC 628. Paris 49.

Cohen 114. RIC 269a. Area of weak strike on $800 head. EF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

530.

Gaul, Arausio. Agrippa and Octavian.

Dupondius, 18.18g (7h). Arausio, c. 30-29 BC. Obv: Bare heads of Agrippa and Augustus back to back; IMP above, DIVI F below. Rx: Prow right; medallion enclosing a ram’s head above.

RPC 533. Sear, Imperators 503. Scarce. Fine $100

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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531.

Province of Mauretania. Octavian. 33-28 BC. AE 23, 6.94g (2h). Iol/Cherchel. Obv: Bare head of Augustus right, IMP CAESAR before.

Rx: Head of Africa right, wearing elephant skin headdress; DIVI F before. RPC 878. Sear, Imperators 573. SNG Copenhagen 543. Mazard 122. Very rare. Fine $400

534.

Quinarius, 1.48g (11h). Italy, 29-28 BC. Obv: Bare head right, [CAES]AR IM[P VII] around.

Rx: Victory standing left on cista mystica between two snakes; ASIA on right, RECEPTA on left. Sear, Imperators 429. BMC 647. Paris $100 899. RIC 276. Cohen 14. Fine+ Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Toned Crocodile Denarius First Alexandrian Roman Issue

532.

Octavian. 80 Drachm, 16.36g (11h).

Alexandria, 30-28 BC. Obv: Bare head right.

Rx: Eagle standing left, cornucopia in left field; Î (denomination) in right field. RPC 5001.

Sear, Imperators 951. Cologne 1. VF $100

535.

Denarius, 3.54g (1h). Italy, 28 BC. Obv: Head bare left, lituus behind, CAESAR COS VI around. Rx: Crocodile standing right, jaws open; AEGYPTO above, CAPTA below. Sear, Imperators 431. BM 652. Paris 907. Cohen 3.

RIC 275b. Toned. VF $2,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

533.

Denarius, 3.81g (7h). Italy, 30-29 BC. Obv: MP below helmeted, lightly bearded head of youthful Mars right. Rx: CAESAR on upper rim of round shield, boss of shield ornamented with star, crossed sword and spear behind. Sear, Imperators 428. BMC 644. Paris 87. Cohen 44. $1,000 RIC 274. Toned. Good VF

536.

Denarius, 3.50g (4h). Italy, 28 BC. Obv: Head bare left, lituus behind, CAESAR COS VI around. Rx: Crocodile standing right, jaws open; AEGYPTO above, CAPTA below. Sear, Imperators 431. BM 652. Paris 907. Cohen 3. RIC 275b. Toned; delamination on reverse. $1,000 About EF

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini V, 6 January 2009, lot 788.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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537.

Denarius, 2.98g (10h). Uncertain eastern mint, 28 BC. Obv: Head bare right, capricorn below neck is mostly off flan, CAESAR DIVI F COS VI around. Rx: Crocodile standing right, jaws closed; AEGYPTO above, CAPTA below. Sear, Imperators 432. BM 653. Paris 928. Cohen 4.

RIC 545. Fine $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

540.

Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 11.95g (1h). Ephesus, 28 BC. Obv: Laureate head right, IMP CAESAR DIVI F COS VI LIBERTATIS P R VINDEX around. Rx: Pax standing left holding caduceus; behind, snake emerging from cista mystica; PAX to left; all within laurel wreath.

Sear, Imperators 433. BM 691. Paris 908. RPC 2203. RIC 476. Nicely toned. VF $1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

538.

Denarius, 2.51g (4h). Uncertain eastern mint, 28 BC. Obv: Head bare right, capricorn below neck, CAESAR DIVI F COS VI around.

Rx: Crocodile standing right, jaws closed; AEGYPTO above, CAPTA below. Sear, Imperators 432. BM 653. Paris 928. Cohen 4.

RIC 545. VG $100 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 130, 6 January 2003, lot 421.

541.

Spain, Lepida-Celsa, struck by L. Pompeius Bucco and L. Cornelius Fronto, duovirs.

AE 29, 16.32g (1h). before 27 BC. Obv: Head of Octavian right, COL.V.I CELSA before, II VIR behind. Rx: Bull standing right, L POMPE BVCCO above, L CORNE FRONT below. RPC 269. Burgos 611. VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton VI, 14 January 2003, lot 548.

Calicó Plate Coin

539.

Octavian, ancient imitation. Denarius, 3.56 (11h). 28 BC or later. Obv: Head bare right, lituus behind, CAESAR (S retrograde) COV VI around. Rx: Crocodile standing right, jaws open; AEGYPTO above, CAPTA below. cf.

Sear, Imperators 430. cf. BM 650. cf. Paris 905. cf. Cohen 2. cf. RIC 275a. Davis A/1b. $1,000 Choice VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 147, 1 February 2006, lot 222.

542.

Octavian. Aureus, 7.83g (3h). Struck after 16 January 27 BC. Obv: CAESAR • COS • VII CIVIBVS • SER[VATEIS] Bare head right. Rx: AVGVSTVS above, S C across lower field, eagle with wings spread, standing facing on oak wreath, head left; behind, laurel branches flanking. RIC 277; Sear, Imperators 435; 129

Calicó 173a (this coin illustrated); BMC 6568. Significant dings and other contact marks, slightly wavy flan. To point of wear VF $5,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Triton XI, 8-9 January, 2008, lot 666. Ex Santamaria, 16 January 1924, lot 17.

545.

Province of Asia. Augustus. Dupondius, 11.50g (12h). 25 BC. Obv: Bare head right. Rx: C•A within dotted circle within wreath of laurel leaves and rostra. RPC 2234. Howgego 2b. Fine

$100 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Enlargement

Rare Portrait of Potitus Valerius Messala

543.

Parium. Agrippa and Augustus. Dupondius, 12.06g (12h). Parium, c. 27 BC or later. Obv: Bare head of Octavian/Augustus right, IMP CAESAR DIVI F C G I P around. Rx: Bare head of Agrippa right, M AGRIPPA before.

RPC 2560. SNG Paris 1431. Scarce. Some porosity. Fine+ $150 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

546.

Phrygia, Aezanis. Augustus, struck by Potitus Valerius Messala, proconsul. AE 20, 8.72g (5h). Phrygia, Aezanis, c. 25 BC. Obv: Bare head of Potitus Valerius Messala left; ΠOTIT MEΣΣAΛAΣ around. Rx: Right hand holding scales suspended; [E]ZEANITΩN above, monogram to right. RPC 3067 (3 spec.). SNG $2,000 von Aulock 3342. Very rare. Fine Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Privately purchased from Frank Kovacs in 2003.

544.

Macedonia, Pella. Octavian, struck by Nonius Sulpicius, duovirs. As, 11.71g (11h).

Pella, c. 29-26 BC. Obv: Octavian, in military dress, standing right; holding spear, foot set on prow; IMP DIVI F across field, ACTIO below, Rx: Wreath on curule chair, NONIVS SVLPICIVS II VIR QVINQ around. RPC 1548.

Sear, Imperators 669. Scarce. Choice About EF

$1,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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547.

Mark Antony and Augustus. ancient imitation. Denarius, 3.07g (1h). After 19 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT Q P around. Rx: SIGNIS RECEPTIS above and below S P Q R around shield inscribed CL V; standard on left, aquila on right. Unpublished; cf. Crawford

517/2, obverse, and Paris 1141, reverse (this die). EF/VF $750 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex HJB 134, 8 October 2003, lot 243.

Another enigmatic piece, combining unrelated types separated by some twenty years. It shows no evidence of being other than good silver; its weight of 3.07g is light, but not impossibly so. See Harlan J. Berk 126, lot 166 for another example of this rare reverse variant with aquila right and eagle left, also weighing 3.07g.

550.

Thessalonica. Augustus and Divus Julius Caesar. AE 20, 8.72g (10h). Thessalonica, 27 BC-AD 14. Obv: Head of Caesar right, ΘΕOC before. Rx: Head of Augustus right, ΘΕΣΣΑ behind, ΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ before. RPC 1554.

Touratsoglou pl. 1, (R3: apparently new obverse die, pl. 1). Sear, Imperators 675. Glossy olive surface. EF $650 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 126, 23 April 2002, lot 465.

548.

Octavian. Aureus, 7.88g (7h). Lugdunum, 15-13 BC. Obv: AVGVSTVS – DIVI F Bare head right. Rx: IMP – X Apollo Citharoedus wearing long drapery, standing left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left; in exergue, ACT. BMC 459. RIC 170. CBN 1394.

Calicó 215. EF/VF $8,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

551.

Thessalonica. Augustus and Divus Julius Caesar. AE 20, 10.36g (10h). Thessalonica, 27 BC-AD 14. Obv: Head of Caesar right, ΘΕOC before; AK c/m on neck. Rx: Head of Augustus right, ΘΕΣΣΑ behind, ΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ before.

RPC 1554. Sear, Imperators 675. Green patina.

$350 VF Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

549.

Spain, Calagurris. Augustus, struck by L. Baebius Priscus and C. Granius Brocchus, duovirs. 27 BC-AD 14. Quadrans, 3.35g (11h).

Spain, Calagurris. Obv: Bare head right, MV CAL AVGVSTVS around. Rx: II • VIR/L • PRISC/C • BROC in three lines within wreath.

RPC 443. Burgos 428 corr. (laureate head $400 right). Choice EF

552.

AE 20, 7.88g (5h). Thessalonica, c. 14 AD. Obv: Head of Caesar right, ΘΕOC behind. Rx: Head of Augustus right, CEBACTOY behind, $200 ΘΕ before. RPC 5421. About VF

Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex CNG 85, 15 September 2010, lot 576.

This piece has traditionally been assigned to Thessalonica, in the BMC catalogue for

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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instance. Touratsoglou however rejects this on the basis of die axis and style. The authors of RPC concur, describing the mint as “uncertain.” More recently though an example has appeared (CNG 75, lot 798) which is dielinked to a piece unambiguously bearing the city’s ethnic. The suggestion there that this is indeed a coin of Thessalonica, struck from a reverse die reworked to accommodate the deification of Augustus, is accepted here.

553.

Koinon of Thessaly. Augustus and Tiberius, struck by Megalokles Arist, strategos. AE 23, 11.49g (7h). Koinon of Thessaly. Obv: Laureate head of Augustus right. Rx: Athena Itonia standing right with shield and spear; ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΥ ΜΕ-ΓΑΛΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΑΡΙ around; to right, monogram of ΦΥ. RPC 1428. Rogers 66. Cut on the reverse at 1h. About EF $200

555.

Cilicia, Aegeae. AE 31, 22.70g (12h). Cilicia, Aegeae, Year 90 = 43/4 AD. Obv: Bust of Isis right, wearing calathus. At right, cornucopia containing an aphlaston. Border of dots. Rx: ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ. Athena Promachos advancing left, holding spear and shield. In left field, ΑΘΑ above date [Q]. RPC I 4039, pl. 152 = SNG Levante 1696 (same obverse die). EF $4,000 Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Gemini IX, 9 January 2012, lot 149.

Apparently the second recorded specimen. Since Aegeae was a base of the Roman Imperial navy, the Isis on this coin might be Isis Euploia, the goddess popular among sailors.

Ex Evans, Rollin & Feuardent 1909

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

554.

Tiberius. 14-37 AD. Denarius, 3.69g (5h).

Lugdunum. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI - AVG F AVGVSTVS Head laureate right. Rx: PONTIF - MAXIM Livia seated right holding scepter and branch, throne legs ornamented, footstool below feet, single line beneath throne. BM 48.

Paris 28. RIC 30. Cohen 16. Extremely elegant $1,000 portrait. Choice EF

556.

Claudius I and Nero. Aureus, 7.68g (6h).

Lugdunum, 51-54 AD. Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM TRIB POT P P Head of Claudius laureate right. Rx: NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT Bare-headed, draped bust of Nero Caesar left.

BM 79. Paris 85. RIC 82 (R2). Calicó 391.

Cohen 4 corr. (80 Fr.). Von Kaenel 1081 (this coin), also 1092, pl. 14 (same reverse die). This reverse die was also used to strike a denarius with the same types, Paris 90, pl. XXII. Scratch behind Nero’s head in right field. Good VF $4,000

Ex Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 March 2006, lot 408.

Ex Collection John Evans, Rollin & Feuardent, 26-27 May 1909, lot 36.

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ing left, which were introduced together in 61 AD, show for the first time on Roman coins the motif of Divinity or Emperor placing foot on head of defeated enemy. For these interpretations see C. Clay, Münzprägung von Nero, Numismatische Zeitschrift 96, 1982, pp. 33-6 and 50-1.

557.

Claudius I. 41-54 AD. Sestertius, 28.42g (6h).

41-2 AD. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Head laureate right. Rx: EX S C / O B / CIVES / SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. Von Kaenel pl. 18, 1261-87. BM 118, pl. 34.13. Paris pl. XXV, 153-5. Cohen 39.

RIC 96. Struck at a branch mint probably located in northwestern Spain. Portraits of Claudius on a sestertius this nice are rare. A few isolated obverse pits. EF with black patination $2,750

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Ex Claude Burgan Numismatique, with their ticket.

Spectacular Portrait

558.

Nero. 54-68 AD. Aureus, 7.71g (4h).

Lugdunum, 62/63 AD. Obv: NERO . CAESAR AVG . IMP Head bare right. Rx: PONTIF MAX TR - P VIIII COS.IIII.P.P around, EX - S C in field, Roma standing left, placing right foot on head of enemy on ground before her along with three enemy shields, while she balances parazonium on her right knee with right hand and holds vertical spear with left. BM 40. Paris 45.

RIC 36 (R3). Calico 435. C 229 (40 Fr.).

$25,000 Mint State This reverse type, though traditionally described as Virtus, might actually depict one of a pair of statues of Roma Victrix erected by the Senate (EX S C) in commemoration of two victories of Nero’s armies in Britain and Armenia.

This type and its companion with Roma stand-

559.

Aureus, 7.31g (8h). Rome, 64 AD. Obv: NERO CAESAR - AVGVSTVS Head laureate right.

Rx: VESTA Round temple of Vesta on platform reached by four steps, six columns visible, between columns statue of Vesta seated front, extending right arm and holding scepter in left.

BM 101. Paris 229. Cohen 334 (60 Fr.). RIC 61 $4,000 (R). Calicó 448. Good VF/EF Acquired from Tom Cederlind.

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Temple of Isis Rarity

560.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Sestertius, 24.30g (6h).

Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: S - C Front view of temple of Isis, showing four columns, on podium of five steps; between the columns, at entrance to an inner shrine, is a statue of Isis, standing front, holding patera; to the right and left of the steps statues standing on low bases; above, a semicircular pediment, with elaborate ornamentation above; within it, Isis on dog running right. RIC 204 (R2). Paris 537, pl. XLVIII (same dies). Cohen 485 (40 Fr.). Kraay, unpublished die catalogue, 210 (A47/P39). Cf. BM 780, pl. 35.3 (same rev. die, obv. VESPASIANVS). This is one of the best preserved of only about a dozen recorded specimens of this extraordinary architectural type. EF $12,000 A rare type, known only from this single sestertius reverse die. Kraay found this reverse die coupled with (a) three obverse dies of Vespasian’s first sestertius issue of 71 (legend with VESPASIANVS, six specimens), and (b) one obverse die of his second sestertius issue of the year (with VESPASIAN, four specimens, all from the same dies as our coin). A composite bust of Isis had appeared on the Republican denarius Crawford 409/1, but Egyptian religions at Rome were suppressed by Augustus and Tiberius, and this is the first type celebrating an Egyptian deity to appear in the Roman imperial coinage. Why the type was chosen, however, is uncertain. The traditional explanation, that the type commemorates Vespasian’s spending of the night before his Jewish triumph 134

of June 71 in the Temple of Isis on the Campus Martius at Rome, has been refuted by Kraay’s analysis of the sestertius coinage of 71, which showed that this type must have been struck c.

March-April 71, at the end of the year’s first and the beginning of the year’s second issue of sestertii, so several months before Vespasian celebrated his triumph.

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Hendin Plate Coin

561.

Sestertius, 26.44g (7h). Rome, c. 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: IVDAEA CAPTA S C Judaea seated right on cuirass in attitude of mourning under palm tree, emperor standing right on other side of tree, placing foot on helmet and holding spear and parazonium. RIC 167 (C3). BM 543. Paris 498.

Cohen 239 (12 Fr.). Cat. 221, dies A56 / P86, in Colin Kraay’s unpublished Oxford dissertation, known to him from a coin in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. VF $4,000

562.

Sestertius, 27.24g (6h). Rome, Spring-Summer 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: IVDAEA - CAPTA around, S C in exergue, palm tree, to left bearded Jew with cloak over shoulders standing right, hands tied behind back, behind him two shields; to right Judaea, veiled, seated right on cuirass, supporting head with hand in attitude of mourning, a shield protrudes from behind her knees. RIC 233 (C). BM 532. Paris 491. Hendin 1509. Cohen 233 (8 Fr.).

Kraay 468 (A54/P85). A scarce type in this final issue of the year with VESPAS only in obverse legend: most of Vespasian’s Judaea Capta sestertii were struck in the second issue of the year with obverse VESPASIAN. EF $7,500 Ex NAC 59, 4 April 2011, lot 945.

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563.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Sestertius, 25.88g (7h).

Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-81 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Head laureate right. Rx: PAX - AVGVST S - C Pax standing left holding branch and cornucopia. RIC 498 (C), pl. 115 (Oxford, same obv. die). RPC 501 (29 spec.).

BM 309. Paris 323. Cohen 141 corr. VF $2,500

Spectacular Herakles Image

564.

Sardes. Lydia. AE 21, 5.17g (6h). Sardes, Lydia, 2nd cent. AD. Obv: Bare head of bearded Herakles left, no legend. Rx: CAPΔI - ANΩN Omphale, naked but for lionskin hanging from neck and shoulders, walking right, carrying club over her left shoulder. SNG Aulock 3140 (same obverse die). BM 79, pl. XXV.11 135

(same obverse die). EF

$2,000

Spectacular Portrait

Ex Nomos 3, 10 May 2011, lot 147.

To atone for his slaying of Iphitus, Herakles had to serve for a year as slave of the Lydian queen Omphale, who is therefore often depicted wearing Herakles’ lionskin and carrying his club.

Enlargement lot 564

566.

Sestertius, 26.33g (7h). Rome, 101-2 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRA - IAN AVG GERM P M Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: TR POT - COS IIII P P around, S C in exergue, Pax seated left holding branch in right hand, left arm resting on arm rest and holding transverse scepter, volutes on throne back. MIR 107b (86 spec.). BM 745 note and 747 corr. RIC 432 var. Paris 144. Cohen 636. A truly incredible classic portrait of Trajan with flawless surfaces. Magnificent EF $5,000 Ex Goldberg 47, 25 May 2008, lot 1292.

565.

Trajan. 98-117 AD. Aureus, 7.30g (7h). Rome, 114-6 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: FORT RED in exergue, P M TR P COS - VI P P SPQR around, Fortuna Redux, veiled, seated left holding rudder and corn ucopia. MIR 525f-1 (79 specimens). Calicó 1026 (same dies). BM 569.

Cohen 153 corr. (40 Fr.). RIC 319. Near Mint $7,500 State Ex Berk 138, 1 June 2004, lot 27.

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567.

Sestertius, 26.27g (6h). Rome, 115 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG

GER DAC P M TR P COS V[I] P P Bust laureate, draped right, seen from side. Rx: IMPERATOR VII[II] / S C in exergue, The army saluting Trajan “imperator” for the ninth time; Trajan sits right on platform, extending right hand and attended by two standing officers, while a lictor shouldering fasces stands right before platform; the army is represented by (a) three soldiers standing left, all wearing helmets and holding shields, the first two raising their right arms to acclaim Trajan and the third holding a horse by the bridle and (b) the heads and standards of three standard-bearers, unhelmeted, visible in a second row above the heads of the soldiers and the horse in the front row. MIR 549v (71 specimens). BM 1019.

Paris 844. RIC 657 (R). Cohen 178 (25 Fr.). VF

$1,200 From the same dies as Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 October 2005, lots 2494-5. After major victories, the army saluted the emperor “imperator” (“commander”), entitling him to celebrate a triumph in Rome if the Senate decreed one. This sestertius of Trajan, a similar sestertius with IMPERATOR VIII, and a similar aureus with IMPERATOR VII, are the only Roman coins to depict such a salutation, commemorating in this case the first three victories of Trajan’s Parthian war.

568.

Sabina, Wife of Hadrian. Sestertius, 22.82g (5h). Rome, 128-c. 136 AD. Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA - HADRIANI AVG P P Bust draped right, hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane. Rx: S C in exergue, Ceres, veiled, seated left on basket, holding wheat ears and torch. BM 1879. Cohen 69 (8 Fr.). RIC 1019. Glossy green patina with some losses in

the surface. EF

$3,000

Ex New York Sale XX, 7 January 2009, lot 417.

569.

Antinous. Medallion, 35 mm, 31.47g Smyrna, Ionia, c. 134-135 AD. Obv: ANTINOOC [HPΩ]C Head bare right. Rx: Blank. The reverse types attested with this obverse die are Bull standing right, Panther standing right with thyrsus, Ram standing right, and Prow right, all with the legend ΠOΛEMΩN ANEΘHKE CMVPNAIOIC, “Polemo dedicated (this coinage) to the people of Smyrna”. Klose, Smyrna, obverse die V7=8=11, pl. 36. Good Fine $2,000 Ex NAC I, 19 May 1999, lot 1965.

Ex Ponton d’Amécourt Collection 1887

570.

Antoninus Pius as Caesar. 138 AD. Aureus, 7.46g (6h). Rome. Obv: IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS Bare-headed, draped bust right.

Rx: CONCORD in exergue, TRI.POT COS DES.II around, Concordia seated left holding patera in right hand and resting left elbow on statuette of Spes standing on column behind her; cornucopia beneath seat. BM 1020, pl.

67.19 (same dies). Strack 414 (only the BM spec. with this bust type). Calicó 1485 (same dies). RIC 438 note. Cohen 128 corr. (40 Fr.). A scarce aureus of Antoninus as Caesar, rare with 137

title COS DES II. Very special high relief portrait of Antoninus Pius from this very famous French collection. Choice EF $8,000 Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 724. Ex Ponton d’Amécourt Collection, Rollin & Feuardent, 25-30 April 1887, lot 263. With an old collector’s capsule with edge in pattern of gold braid, and attached tickets in German naming the d’Amécourt provenance.

Spectacular Marcus Aurelius Sestertius

572.

Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Sestertius, 24.56g (6h). Rome, 161 AD. Obv: IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M Bareheaded bust right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: PROV DEOR - TR P XV COS III S - C Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopia. BMC p. 520, citing Cohen 515 (Paris). RIC 814 corr. Struck on broad, almost medallic flan, with high relief portrait of the emperor. Choice EF $5,000

Enlargement lot 570

Ex NAC 54, 24 March 2010, lot 450 (Luc Girard Collection).

One of Marcus’ earliest types as Augustus, rare on sestertii, particularly with his second obverse legend ending P M. Not in BM by 1975; no other specimens in CoinArchives Pro, just our coin; two others in Berk photofile, namely Lanz 34, November 1985, lot 587 (same obverse die), and Vinchon, November 1986, lot 736.

571.

Sestertius, 27.09g (6h). Rome, 25 February-10 July 138. Obv: IMP T AELIVS CAE - SAR ANTONINVS Bare head right. Rx. TRIB POT CO – S around, PIE – TAS and S - C across field, Pietas standing left by altar, raising right and holding box of incense. BM 1943. Cohen 604 (4 Fr.). RIC 1083a. Lovely early portrait of $3,500 Antoninus Pius. EF Ex Triton VI, 14-15 January 2003, lot 894.

138

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(citing Montagu Sale 1896, lot 425, same dies as ours). Calic贸 2177 (same dies). Bust var. of $15,000 Cohen 247 (45 Fr.). FDC Ex Lanz 92, 4-5 June 1999, lot 696.

573.

Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius.

Sestertius, 30.04g (1h). Rome. Obv: FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA Bust draped right, double band of pearls in hair. Rx: HILA - R - ITAS around, S - C in field, Hilaritas standing left holding long palm and cornucopia. BM 911. Cohen 112.

RIC 1642. Before striking, the flan of this sestertius was apparently smoothed with a rotating tool that cut concentric lines into the surface, those lines still being visible at 1h - 8h on the obverse edge and 2h - 5h and 8h - 10h on the reverse edge. Virtually mint state portrait of the empress $4,000

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FDC Exceptional Lucius Verus Sestertius

574.

Lucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Aureus, 7.23g (6h). Rome, 164 AD. Obv: L VERVS AVG - ARMENIACVS Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: TR P IIII - IMP II COS II Victory, naked to waist, standing right, holding writing instrument in right hand and with left hand steadying shield inscribed VIC / AVG that is set atop palm tree. BMC 296 note = RIC 525

575.

Sestertius, 25.77g (11h). Rome, 164 AD. Obv: L AVREL VERVS AVG - ARMENIACVS Bust 139

laureate, cuirassed right. Rx: REX ARMEN / DAT in two lines in exergue, TR P IIII - IMP II COS II around, S - C in field, Verus seated left on camp seat on platform, resting left hand on parazoium at his hip and extending right hand to crown the Armenian King Sohaemus, who stands left before the platform, raising his right hand to his head to accept the diadem; behind Verus on the platform, two officers, and in front of him, lictor standing left holding fasces.

Rev. var. of BM 1106 and RIC 1371 (there lictor standing right). Cohen 161 (30 Fr.). Well centered on round flan, reddish-brown patina.

Choice EF $4,000 Ex Numismatica Genevensis 6, 30 November 2010, lot 177. Ex Egger XLIII, 14 April 1913, [Herzfelder], lot 1211.

Enlargement lot 575

576.

Lucilla. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.75g (12h).

Alexandria, Year 7 = 166/167 AD. Obv: ΛOYKIΛΛA CE - B ANT C ΘY Bust draped r. Rx: LZ in upper field, Tyche reclining left on couch, kalathos on head, holding rudder in r. hand, resting left elbow on pillow and supporting head with left hand. Cologne 2196 corr. (same obverse die). Obverse legend variant of Dattari 3817 and Emmett 2475-7 (R3). Obverse legend ending ANT C ΘY rather than the normal ANT CE ΘY. According to the consignor 140

who has been collecting Roman Egypt for thirty years, this is the best Lucilla tetradrachm he has $2,500 ever owned. VF Ex Lanz 151, 30 June 2011, lot 777.

577.

Commodus. 177-192 AD. Sestertius, 19.17g (5h). Rome, 192 AD. Obv: L AEL AVREL CO - MM AVG P FEL Head laureate right. Rx: P M TR P XVII IMP VIII [CO]S VII P P Securitas seated left, holding scepter in left hand and extending right hand towards boy standing before her, representing the Human Race; star in lower right field. BM 701. Cohen 576. RIC 611. EF $2,000 This redescription of the reverse type, wrongly called Pietas seated in the standard catalogues, is suggested by a new aureus showing the same type but labeling it SEC GEN HVM, Spink 65, 1988, lot 246.

578.

Pertinax. 193 AD. Denarius, 3.18g (6h). Rome.

Obv: IMP CAES P HELV - PERTIN AVG Head laureate right. Rx: VOT DECEN TR P COS II Pertinax, togate and veiled, sacrificing left from patera over tripod altar and holding roll. BM 24. Cohen 56 (50 Fr.). RIC 13a (R2). EF $1,500 Ex Al Zaloom Collection. Ex Lanz 120, 18 May 2004, lot 376.

The earliest Roman coin type to commemorate the undertaking of decennalian vows at the beginning of an emperor’s reign.

Unique and FDC

579.

Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Aureus, 7.28g (6h). Rome, 194 AD. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT - AVG IMP IIII Head laureate right. Rx: ANNONA - AVGVSTI Annona standing left holding two wheat ears in right hand and cornucopia in left; on ground before her, modius containing three wheat ears and poppy; behind, stern of ship with hook-like extension and figures on its side, probably Victory crowning a trophy. Unpublished reverse type. FDC $35,000 A new variant of the Annona type in the early coinage of Septimius Severus, struck from Septimius’ only known IMP IIII obverse die for aurei, that acclamation marking his victory over Pescennius Niger at Issus in c. spring-summer 194 AD. Now a simpler Annona reverse type, without the ship’s stern behind her and with legend ANNONA AVG COS II P P, had been introduced on sestertii and dupondii of Septimius a little earlier in 194, while the emperor was still IMP III, and was then continued when he became IMP IIII (BMC pl.

22.7); the message intended was apparently that Septimius would assure Rome a sufficient supply of grain while he was away in the East suppressing Niger’s revolt. Our new aureus type changed the legend of the bronze coins to ANNONA AVGVSTI, and added a ship’s stern behind Annona, an obvious attribute of the goddess, since grain had to be transported to Rome by sea. A type like ours, with Annona standing between modius and prow and holding wheat ears and cornucopia, had appeared at intervals during the second century AD, namely for Trajan c. 106-7 (e.g. BMC pl.

12.13), for Hadrian in 118-9 (e.g. BMC pl.

76.7), for Antoninus Pius in 138-9 (e.g. BMC pl. 25.4), and finally for Marcus Aurelius in 177 (BMC pl. 68.15). After use on our new

aureus of Septimius in 194, the type reappeared one final time on rare asses and sestertii of Caracalla in 202, now with the extraordinary legend ANN AVGG SAECVLI FELICISSIMI (HCC pl. 19, 77). In several of these types the ship’s stern was shown adorned with a garland, and in a variant type of Commodus a figure of Victory ornaments the side of the stern (BMC pl. 103.14), providing parallels for the possible Victory crowning trophy on the ship’s stern on the new aureus. The same IMP IIII obverse die of our aureus then surprisingly remained in use during the IMP V period in 195, as shown by its occurrence with Septimius’ two successive forms of Eastern victory titles of that year, PART ARAB PART ADIAD and then merely ARAB ADIAB.

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141

Septimius Aureus, Caracalla as Roma on Reverse

580.

Aureus, 7.20g (6h). Rome, 207 AD. Obv: SEVERVS - PIVS AVG Head laureate right.

Rx: P M TR P XV - COS III P P Draped bust of Minerva right with facial features of Caracalla and long hair reaching shoulders behind neck, wearing earring, necklace, and crested helmet.

BM 528. Calicó 2512. Cohen 486 (Paris, 200 Fr.). RIC 206 (R2). Choice EF $10,000 Ex Berk 134, 8 October 2003, lot 13.

Very rare. That the head on reverse deliberately represents Caracalla as Roma (or Minerva) is suggested by the corresponding denarius that replaces the imperial titles on the reverse with the legend RESTITVTORES VRBIS, “Restorers of the City”. The plural legend implies that both Severus and Caracalla are depicted on the coin, therefore that the bust of Roma is intended to represent Caracalla, whose features she indeed bears! For an illustration of this denarius see Seaby’s Roman Silver Coins III, p. 42, 597.

Ex Vierordt Collection 1923

581.

Aureus, 7.30g (6h). Rome, 209 AD. Obv: SEVERVS - PIVS AVG Head laureate right.

Rx: VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM The three emperors on horses prancing left, raising their right hands in greeting; Septimius in the center, laureate and bearded, Caracalla in foreground to right, laureate and unbearded, and Geta in the background to left, without beard or laurel wreath. BM 374. Cohen 770 (citing BM, 300 Fr.). RIC 305 (R3). Calicó 2578. Near Mint State $20,000 Ex J. Schulman, 5 March 1923, L. Vierordt Collection, lot 1845.

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582.

Billon tetradrachm, 11.92g (12h). Alexandria, Year 4 = 195/6 AD. Obv: AYT [K Λ CEΠ] CEYH EY ΠEPT CEB APA AΔI Head laureate right. Rx: LΔ in left field, Eagle with closed wings standing right on thunderbolt, head left, holding wreath in beak. Dattari-Savio pl. 216, 7708. Obverse legend variant of Cologne 2269 and Emmett 2666-4. With just EY rather than the normal EYCE in obverse legend. An exceptional example of a very rare coin: the mint of Alexandria struck very few tetradrachms for Septimius and his family. EF $2,500 Ex CNG 88, 14 September 2011, lot 1102.

584.

Gordian III. AE 33, 23.84g (2h). Perinthus, Thrace. Obv: M ANTΩ ΓOP - ΔIANOC AVΓo Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: ΠEPIN - ΘIΩ - N around, ΔIC NEΩKO / PΩN (NE ligate) in two lines in exergue, Galley traveling right through waves, with mainsail and foresail filled with wind, containing eight rowers and steersman or emperor seated in stern between two vexilla. Schönert obv. B, 809 (Berlin, Cambridge), pl. 49-50. McClean 4270, pl. CLV.1 (same dies). Impressive! Cleaned, otherwise EF $2,200 Ex NAC 59, 4 April 2011, lot 1103.

FDC

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583.

Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. As, 9.43g (12h). Rome, 231-2 AD. Obv: IMP ALEXAN - DER PIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: MARS VLTOR S - C Mars walking right holding spear and shield. BM 845 (overweight specimen). Cf. RIC 637 (does not distinguish “walking” and “running” Mars). Cf. Cohen 170 (“Mars $600 running”). Green patina, EF Found in Germany.

585.

Probus. 276-282 AD. Aureus, 6.15g (1h).

Serdica. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: MARS -V - I - CTOR Helmeted, nude Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder, barbarian seated on ground before him, supporting head with hand in attitude of mourning. Calicó 4164 = Triton III, 30 Nov. 1999, lot 1169 (same dies). Obverse legend var. of Cohen 331 (120 Fr.) and RIC 824 (R) corr., $15,000 pl. VI.14 (same rev. die). FDC Ex Berk 139, 4 August 2004, lot 24.

Apparently only the second recorded specimen of this aureus with only P instead of P F in obverse legend. The same reverse die of our coin was also used with a P F obverse and with 143

the obverse legend IMP C PROBVS INVICTVS AVG: see RIC pl. IV.14 and Calicó 4165.

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FDC Facing Portrait of Licinius II

Enlargement lot 585

Mint State

586.

Maximianus. 286-305 AD. Aureus, 5.34g (7h). Cyzicus, 291 AD. Obv: MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS Head laureate right. Rx: CONSVL III P P - PROCONSVL Togate and laureate Maximian standing left holding globe and vertical scepter. Depeyrot 11/5, p. 135 (43 spec.). RIC 596 (R2). Cohen 78 (150 Fr.).

Portrait in high relief, die wear on beard. $12,000 Mint State Ex Berk 113, 14 March 2000, lot 41.

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587.

Licinius II as Caesar. 317-324 AD. Aureus, 5.30g (1h). Nicomedia, 321-2 AD. Obv: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C Bare-headed, unbearded, draped, cuirassed bust facing; on right shoulder oval enclosing diamond and five annulets instead of the usual cuirass flaps. Rx: IOVI CONSER - VATORI CAES Jupiter seated facing on platform inscribed SIC.V. / SIC.X., holding Victory on globe and scepter, at feet eagle with wreath in beak, SMNΓ in exergue.

RIC 42, officina Γ=3 (6 spec. with off. Γ).

Depeyrot 31/2 (16 spec. with off. Γ). Calicó 5151b. Cohen 28 (300 Fr.). Of the standard references only Calicó notices and illustrates our unusual bust variety with a decorative plaque rather than cuirass flaps on the Caesar’s right $65,000 shoulder. FDC

Only Third Recorded of Rome

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588.

Hanniballianus. 335-337 AD. Reduced follis, 1.57g (11h). Constantinople. Obv: FL HANNIBALLIAN[O REG]I Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front.

Rx: [SE - CV]RITAS PVBLICA Euphrates reclining right, holding [scepter] in right hand and reaching left hand towards [urn at his side] from which water flows; above his knees, a reed; mintmark [C]ONSS (sixth officina) in exergue. RIC 147 (r2). Cohen 2 (40 Fr.). EF

$800

589.

Licinia Eudoxia, Wife of Valentian III. Solidus, 4.46g (6h). Rome, c. 444-445 AD. Obv: LICINIA EVDO - XIA P F AVG Draped bust with triple pearl necklace facing, wearing a crown based on a double string of pearls, which also hangs down to her shoulders on each side; at the center of the crown a gem and, above the gem, a cross with two globes at its base; six rays also emerge from the crown, three to the left of the cross and three to the right. Rx: SALVS RE - I - PVBLICAE Licinia enthroned frontally, wearing a pearl diadem which also hangs down to her shoulders on both sides, holding a globus cruciger and a long cross whose staff is made up of pellets; R - M across field, COMOB in exergue. RIC 2016 (R5), pl.

49 (same rev. die). Depeyrot 43/2, p. 153 (1 spec., in BM). Very rare and desirable facing portrait, and substantially rarer from Rome than from Ravenna. Depeyrot, for example, knew eighteen specimens from Ravenna, but only two from Rome, namely in BM and, with variant reverse legend spacing, in Forli. This is only the third recorded specimen. Choice EF $55,000 Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 500. Ex K端nker 168, 12 March 2010, lot 7954 (realized 45,000 euros plus fees). Ex Biaggi Collection 2357.

Biaggi, whose full name was Leo Biaggi di Blasy, was a fascistic Italian who moved to Spain in the 1930s, possibly as an agent of Mussolini. He became a permanent resident of Spain and evidently a close friend of Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator who was put into power by the fascist governments of Italy and Germany. While working for the Red Cross, Biaggi issued the passport for the infamous Nazi Adolf Eichmann, allowing him 145

to immigrate to South America on the so-called Rat Line. He purchased most of his unsurpassed collection of Roman gold coins in the 1940s-1960s, with his last purchase coming in Hess-Leu sale 49 in 1971. Biaggi died in 1978 and the family sold the collection at that time.

facing holding long cross and globus cruciger, star to right. In exergue ALEXAOB. This type was unknown until recently so is not in any of the major references. Today five specimens are recorded. For three other examples, all from the same dies as ours, see Gemini IX, 9 January 2012, lot 528; Lanz/Bernardi 148, 4 January 2010, lot 167; and Lanz 151, 30 June 2011, lot 943. Justinian’s right eye is flatly struck. $15,000 Mint State

Enlargement

Enlargement lot 589

Alexandria Solidus

590.

Justinian I. 527-565 AD. Solidus, 4.43g (6h).

Alexandria, c. 527-537 AD. Obv: D N IVSTINI - ANVS PP AVG Helmeted bust of Justinian 3/4 facing in military dress holding spear over shoulder and shield, small cross on helmet.

Rx: VICTORI - A AVGGG A Victory standing 146

591.

Tiberius III. 698-705 AD. Solidus, 4.43g (12h). Constantinople. Obv: D TIbERIuS PE AV Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and cuirassed and holding spear diagonally across his body and shield. Rx: VICTORIA AVÎśuS Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. Berk 193. Sear 1360. DO 1.

MIB 1. Mint State $1,500

592.

Justinian II, Second Reign. 705-711 AD. Solidus, 4.34g (12h). Constantinople. Obv:

Bust of Christ facing. Rx: Half-length figures of Justinian and Tiberius facing, each wearing crown, divitision and chlamys; they hold between them a cross potent. Berk -. Sear 1414.

DO 2a. MIB 2a. Mint State $2,500

[Avζu] Cross potent on globus. Berk 209. Sear 1465. DO 4. MIB 5. Spectacular strike. Mint $2,500 State

593.

Philippicus (Bardanes). 711-713 AD. Solidus, 4.26g (6h). Constantinople. Obv: D N FILEPICuS MuLTuS Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and loros, and holding globus cruciger in right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in left. Rx: VICTORIA Avζu B Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. Berk 204. Sear 1447. DO 1b. MIB 1. Grafitti in reverse right field. Mint State $2,000

Enlargement

594.

Anastasius II, Artemius. 713-715 AD. Solidus, 4.32g (6h). Constantinople. Obv: D N ARTEMIuSA ANSTASIuS MuL Bust facing with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger and akakia. Rx: VICTORIA AvζuE Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. Berk 207. Sear 1463. DO 2. $2,500 MIB 2. Mint State

595.

Semissis, 2.16g (5h). Constantinople. Obv: D N ARTEMIuS [MuL] Bust facing with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger and akakia. Rx: VICTORIA

596.

Theodosius III of Adramytium. 715-717 AD. Solidus, 4.30g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: D N ThEODO SIuS MuL A Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and loros, and holding patriarchal cross on globe in right hand and akakia in left. Rx: VICTORIA Avζu Δ Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. Berk 211. Sear 1487. DO 1. MIB 1. Mint State $6,000

Enlargement

597.

Leo III. 717-741 AD. Solidus, 4.46g (6h).

Constantinople. Obv: DNO LEON P A MuL Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger and akakia. Rx: VICTORIA Avζu E Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. Berk 214. Sear $2,000 1502. DO 1. MIB 1. Mint State 147

Ex Christian Pepper Collection 1940's

598.

Irene. 797-802 AD. Solidus, 4.38g (6h).

Constantinople. Obv: Bust of Irene facing, wearing crown and loros and holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter. Rx: Bust of Irene as on obverse. Berk 236. DO 1. Sear 1599. Excellent balanced strike on both obverse and reverse. Toned from sitting in a brown envelope for sixty years. EF $9,000 Ex Christian Pepper collection. Purchased from the renowned St. Louis dealer Burdette G. Johnson, St. Louis Stamp and Coin Company, in the 1940s.

600.

Michael VII, Ducas. 1071-1078 AD. EL Stemenon Nomisma, 4.40g (12h).

Constantinople. Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels; to left, IC; to right, XC. Rx: +MΙΧΑΗΛ RACIΛ O Δ Bust facing, bearded, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum with a pellet on the shaft and globus cruciger; double dotted border. Berk 328. DO 2d. Sear 1868. FDC $500

Harry N. Sneh Collection

Enlargement

599.

Constantine IX, Monomachus. 1042-1055 AD. EL Stamenon Nomisma, 4.36g (6h).

Constantinople. Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels; triple border. Rx: Bust of Constantine IX facing, bearded, wearing crown, loros and saccos, and holding long cross and globe surmounted by pelleted cross; triple border. Berk 303. DO 3. BN 4-10. BMC 6-9 (Constantine VIII). Ratto 1970-1 (Constantine $500 VIII). Sear 1830. FDC 148

601.

Pompey the Great. Denarius, 3.56g (4h). 42-40 BC. Obv: MAG PI[VS IMP ITER] Head of Pompey the Great right between augural symbols, pitcher and lituus. Rx: [PRAEF] CLAS ET OR[AE MAR]IT EX S [C] Neptune standing left, foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers with their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a. Sear, Imperators $750 334. Sydenham 1344 (R5). VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Goldberg 25, 2 June 2004, lot 3134 (Daniel M. Friedenberg Coll.).

The reverse legend records Sextus Pompey’s command as “Prefect of the Fleet and of the Sea Coasts by Decree of the Senate”.

602.

Mark Antony and Octavian. Denarius, 3.15g (12h). 41 BC. Obv: M ANT IMP AVG IIIVIR R P C M BARBAT Q P Bare head of Mark Antony right. Rx: CAESAR IMP PONT IIIVIR R P C Bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 517/2. Sydenham 1181. Cohen 8 (30 Fr.). Sear, Imperators 243. VF $650

605.

As, 11.77g (7h). Rome, 37-8 AD. Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT Head bare left. Rx: VESTA S - C Vesta seated left holding patera and scepter. BM 46.

Cohen 27. Paris 54. RIC 38. VF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Ponterio 102, 29 July 1999, lot 298.

603.

Tiberius. 14-37 AD. Drachm, 3.68g (11h).

Caesarea, Cappadocia. Obv: TIBEPIOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ Head laureate right. Rx: ΘEOY ΣEBAΣTOY YIOΣ Mount Argaeus surmounted by radiate and naked figure standing left, holding globe and scepter. RPC 3620.

Sydenham 42. Sear 289. About VF $350

606.

Agrippa. Died 12 BC. As, 12.38g (7h). Rome, Struck under Caligula. Obv: M AGRIPPA L - F - COS - III Head left wearing rostral crown. Rx: S - C across field, Neptune standing left holding dolphin and trident. BM 161. Cohen 3. Paris 77.

RIC 58. EF $850 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

604.

Caligula. 37-41 AD. Drachm, 3.68g (1h).

Caesarea, 37-38 AD. Obv: C CAES[AR AVG] - GERMANICVS Head bare right. Rx: IM[PERATOR P]ONT MAX AVG TR POT Ladle and lituus. RPC 3624. BM 102. Paris $850 161. Cohen 12 (60 Fr.). VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Sayles & Lavender.

Enlargement

149

607.

Augustus, Divus. Dupondius, 16.38g (6h).

Rome, struck by Claudius, c. 43-4 AD. Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS S - C Head of Divus Augustus radiate left. Rx: DIVA - AVGVSTA Cult statue of the Deified Livia seated left holding wheat ears and poppy in right hand and long torch in left. BM 224. Paris 256. Cohen 93 (4 Fr.). RIC 101 (R2). VF $400

609.

Vitellius. 69 AD. Denarius, 3.48g (7h). Tarraco.

Obv: A VITELLIVS - [I]MP GERMAN Head laureate left, truncation ending in globe, small palm branch before. Rx: VICTORIA AVGVSTI Victory flying left holding round shield inscribed [SP/QR]. BM 94. Paris 13.

Cohen 101 (15 Fr.). RIC 36. Sear 2191. Flan split through hair and forehead of Vitellius. VF

$400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Livia died in 29 AD, but she was only deified thirteen years later, on 17 January 42 AD, by her grandson Claudius. Claudius instituted Livia’s cult in the Temple of Divus Augustus at Rome and placed her cult statue there, a fact which the present dupondius seems to commemorate.

610.

Denarius, 3.25g (7h). Rome, 70 AD. Obv: [I]MP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate right. Rx: COS ITER - TR POT Neptune standing left, right foot set on prow, holding dolphin and trident. RIC 25 (R). BM 14. Paris 395 (as imitation). Cohen 90 (2 Fr.).

EF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Pars Coins, 2010.

608.

Galba. 68-69 AD. Denarius, 3.29g (5h). Rome.

Obv: IMP SER GALBA - CAESAR AVG Head laureate r. Rx: DIVA -AVGVSTA Livia standing l. holding patera and scepter. BM 8. Paris 83.

Cohen 55. RIC 186 (R). About EF/VF $850

Very scarce: only three specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. This Neptune type commemorates Vespasian’s sea voyage from the East to Rome in 70 AD.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

As emperor, Galba honors his former benefactress: Suetonius tells us that as a young man Galba benefited from Livia’s favor and was also bequeathed a substantial sum in her will.

150

611.

Denarius, 3.48g (6h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: [IMP] CAES VES - P AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: AVGVR / PON MAX above and below four sacrificial implements: ladle, whisk, pitcher, lituus. RIC 42 (R). BM 48. Paris 35.

Cohen 42. VF

$300

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Helios, November 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection.

Rare variant with PON MAX in reverse legend, repeating the P M from obverse legend: only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard. In the later, much commoner variant of the same type, PON MAX was replaced by TRI POT.

Omitted Letter in Obverse Legend

614.

Denarius, 3.46g (6h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESP A - VG P M COS IIII Head laureate right. Rx: VICTORIA - AVGVSTI Victory advancing right, holding palm and placing wreath on standard set in ground before her.

RIC 362 (C2). BM 74. Paris 60. Cohen 618.

Reverse refers to victory in Jewish war (Judaea Capta). Good VF/VF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

612.

Denarius, 3.21g (7h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VE - P (sic) AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: AVGVR / TRI POT above and below four sacrificial implements: ladle, whisk, pitcher, lituus. Obverse legend var. of RIC 43, BM 50, Paris 36, and Cohen 43. VF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Helios, November 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection.

Interesting engraver’s error in obverse legend, the S of VESP omitted, probably occurring on just this one obverse die.

613.

Denarius, 3.30g (6h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: IMP - CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII Head laureate right. Rx: TRI - POT across field, Vesta, veiled, seated left holding ladle. RIC 359 (C).

BM 70. Paris 442. Cohen 563. Attractive type with no circular legend on reverse, and scarce with this obverse legend: seven specimens in $200 Reka Devnia hoard. VF

Mule with Antiquated Reverse Type

615.

Denarius, 3.24g (6h). Rome, c. 74 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG (counterclockwise) Head laureate right. Rx: AVGVR / TRI POT above and below four sacrificial implements: ladle, whisk, pitcher, lituus. RIC 698 (R3, unique in BM), pl. 6 (same obv. die). $800 Good VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from CNG E192, 23 July 2008, lot 248 ($1200 plus fees).

Apparently an official muled coupling of a reverse type of 71-2 with an obverse legend of late 74. From the same obverse die as the previously unique specimen that the BM acquired in 1987, and notably better preserved than that discovery coin. The only example of this mule available to collectors.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

151

616.

Denarius, 3.41g (6h). Rome, 75 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate right. Rx: PON MAX - TR P COS VI Pax seated left resting left elbow on throne and holding branch. RIC 772 (C3). BM 161. Paris 139. Cohen 366. EF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from CNG E-Auction, 25 March 2001, lot 62074.

617.

Denarius, 3.47g (6h). Rome, 75 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate right. Rx: PON MAX - TR P COS VI Securitas, naked to waist, seated left, resting left elbow on arm rest and raising fold of drapery above head with right hand. RIC 774 (C). BM 165. Paris 143. Cohen 367 (2 Fr.). Rare, only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard, in Sofia, since the 38 specimens stated to be in the Varna section of the hoard were clearly really Cohen 371. Good VF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

618.

Denarius, 3.46g (7h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate left. Rx: IOVIS - CVSTOS Jupiter standing facing, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding scepter. RIC 850 (R2). BM 279. Paris 407. Cohen 223. Scarce with portrait left: only six specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. About VF

$200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

152

619.

Denarius, 3.43g (6h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG Head bare left. Rx: PON MAX - TR P COS VII Pax seated left resting left elbow on throne and holding branch. RIC 853 (R2), pl. 9 (eBay 2003, same dies). BMC p. 34. Paris 161 corr., pl. XXXII (same dies). Cohen 374. VF/About VF $650 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from CNG E238, 11 August 2010, lot 377.

Three aspects make this denarius noteworthy and rare: first the bare portrait, instead of laureate as normal; second the portrait facing left rather than the normal right; and finally the date TR P VII in the reverse legend, instead of TR P VI which is normal with this Pax seated type. Apparently the type continued to be struck for a short time only in 76 AD (COS VII). The COS VII on our coin indeed looks as though it might have been altered in the die from a previous COS VI, in the same way that on a parallel Pax-seated denarus die of Titus COS IIII was definitely altered to COS V, RIC 865 note and pl. 58 (enlargements). “Extremely rare bare head, only seen on coins of 75 and 76” (Harry Sneh); underpriced by Cohen at only two francs.

620.

Denarius, 3.07g (7h). Rome, 77 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate left. Rx: COS VIII in exergue, Pair of oxen under yoke left. RIC-944 (C). BM 209.

Paris 185. Cohen 134 corr. (2 Fr.). Scarce with left-facing portrait: seven specimens in Reka $200 Devnia hoard. VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from David Hendin.

621.

Denarius, 3.43g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate left. Rx: TR POT X - COS VIIII Radiate nude figure standing front atop rostral column, holding scepter and parazonium. RIC 1066 (R). BM 253. Paris 410 (as an imitation, but might be official). Cohen 560. Scarce reverse type, rare with portrait left: none such in Reka Devnia hoard. EF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from David Hendin, 2009.

622.

Vespasian, Divus. Died 79 AD. Denarius, 2.62g (5h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: EX S C across field, Victory stepping left placing shield on trophy, beneath which sits mourning Judaea. RIC 364 (C). BM 112. Paris 90. Cohen 144 (6 Fr.). Hendin 1586. Scarce: 12 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Slightly granular reverse. EF/Good VF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, ex CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1514 (part).

623.

Denarius, 3.10g (6h). Rome, 80-1 AD. Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: Two capricorns, horned and bearded, on globe supporting shield inscribed S C; the globe is between the capricorns and their tails are not shown. RIC 357 (C2). BM 129. $250 Paris 101. Cohen 497. EF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1514 (part).

624.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Sestertius, 24.90g (7h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III Bust laureate right, Medusa head and aegis on front shoulder. Rx: RO - MA and S - C across field, Roma standing left holding statuette of Pax or Victory in right hand and transverse legionary eagle in left; she rests her left elbow on a trophy (cuirass mounted on tree trunk), and places her left foot on a helmet; an oval shield leans against the trophy. RIC 107 corr. (R2), pl. 18 = BM 775, pl. 34.6 (same dies). Cohen 417 (MusĂŠe Correr, 10 Fr.). Exceptional portrait $850 style. VF/Fine Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Jencek, February 2011.

An elaborate Roma type, showing her leaning on trophy and holding statuette and legionary eagle, apparently known only from two sestertius reverse dies of Galba (RIC 450-1; Kraay, Galba, pl. IV, P22 and P24) and two more of Vespasian, ours with RO - MA across field and another with ROMA to left in circular legend (RIC 106-7; Kraay, P57 and P77).

Very rare; of our exact variety Kraay 78 knew just four specimens, namely BM 775, Oxford ex Fitzwilliam 401, Ryan part 2355, and Mazzini 416. RIC sees a fold of cloak on the front shoulder of Vespasian’s portrait, but the highly accurate and reliable Kraay calls it an aegis, which accords with its appearance on our coin. The identity of the statuette held by Roma is hard to establish, because its attributes are often indistinct: Pax with branch and cornucopia, Fortuna with rudder and cornucopia, and Victory with wreath and palm have all been proposed. The 153

trophy on which Roma leans is missing the helmet which would usually represent its “head�, but Roma places her left foot on a helmet, which we should perhaps interpret as belonging to the trophy.

Unique Judaea Capta Variety Plate Coin in Hendin

626.

Sestertius, 26.30g (6h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S - C Libertas standing left holding cap and scepter. RIC 237 (R2). BM 548 note.

Paris 505, pl. XLV (same obv. die). Cohen 255. $500 About EF/About VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

625.

Sestertius, 25.15g (7h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate left. Rx: VICTORIA [AV]GVSTI around (starting at upper right), S - C across field, Victory standing right, left foot on helmet, inscribing OB / CIVES / SER on shield set on palm tree. RIC 220 (R3, this unique spec.). Hendin 1507d, pl. 46 (this coin).

Good Fine $650

A rare reverse type in this issue: C. Kraay in his unpublished Oxford dissertation found only a single reverse die of this type still in use in the final issue of 71, characterized by the abbreviation VESPAS in the obverse legend. Our coin now shows a second reverse die of the type, unknown to Kraay, that was also used in this issue. The type had been common in the two earlier issues of 71, with first VESPASIANVS, then VESPASIAN in the obverse legend.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Imperial Coins.

A rare legend-arrangement variant of this Jewish-victory reverse type, with the legend beginning at upper right rather than lower left as usual, known to Kraay in only this one reverse die, his P105, but not in combination with this left-facing obverse die, his A43. RIC 220 cites this identical specimen from Imperial Coins in 2004, and Hendin 1507d illustrates the same coin in his fifth edition, pl. 46. Apparently a unique variant.

627.

As, 11.52g (6h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III Head laureate left. Rx: VICTORIA - NAVALIS Victory standing right on prow, holding wreath and palm. RIC 338 (R2), pl. 29 (rev. only) = BM 792, pl. 36.9 (same dies as ours). Cohen 634 (M. Asselin, 2 Fr.). Rare with portrait left, probably only a couple of specimens known; RIC 338 cites just BM 792 (there misattributed $375 to Tarraco) and Vienna. VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

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in Oxford and Rome, and should have known several others too, to justify its rarity rating R.

628.

As, 10.41g (6h). Rome, 77-8 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN COS VIII (counterclockwise) Head laureate left. Rx: AEQVITAS - AVGVST S - C Aequitas standing left holding scales and long rod. RIC 1005 (R). Fine $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Forvm Ancient Coins.

Aequitas was apparently a rare type on Roman asses of 77-8 AD: not listed in the Paris catalogue or Cohen for either Vespasian COS VIII, Titus COS VI, or Domitian COS V, while BMC too omits the Vespasian and Titus coins but cites an example for Domitian from the Coats Collection in Glasgow. RIC 1005, to justify its rarity rating R, must have known several specimens of this As for Vespasian, but cites only one from Auckland, which is from different dies than ours (pl. 54).

629.

40-as, 10.61g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN COS VIIII (counterclockwise) Head laureate left. Rx: S - C across field, Spes advancing left holding flower and raising skirt. RIC 1093 (R), pl. 57 (Oxford, $300 same obv. die). VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Sayles & Lavender, November 2010.

Bronze coins dated to Vespasian’s last year, COS VIIII = 79 AD, are all very rare. This particular As with Spes in not in BMC, the Paris catalogue, or Cohen. RIC 1093 lists specimens

630.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Aureus, 6.99g (1h). Rome, Late 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP CENS Head laureate right. Rx: PONTIF - TRI POT Titus seated right on curule chair, placing feet on footstool and holding scepter and branch. RIC 555 (C). BM 114. Paris 96, pl. XXX (same rev. die). Cohen 168 (40 Fr.). $2,000 About VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Goldberg, 7 June 2000, lot 3564 (Dr. Jon Kardatzke Coll.).

Heifer of Myron, Walking Left

631.

Aureus, 7.15g (7h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIAN Head laureate right. Rx: COS V in upper field, Heifer walking left. RIC 859 (R2), pl. 9 (same rev. die). BM 190, pl. 5.19 (same rev. die). Cohen 55 (BM, 50 Fr.). Calicó 736 (same rev. die). VF/Good VF

$4,500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from James Beach in December 2009. Substantially rarer with the heifer walking left as here rather than right. “The heifer is unquestionably the famous statue of Myron which had been placed

by Augustus in the ‘Porticus Apollonis’ and was transferred by Vespasian to the temple of Peace” (BMC, p. xxxviii).

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acrostolium and scepter. RIC 366 (C). BM 80.

Paris 68. Cohen 121 (3 Fr.). Good VF/VF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Scarce: four specimens in Reka Devnia hoard.

This type of “Neptune the Returner” refers to the sea voyages of Vespasian and Titus from the East to Rome in 70 and 71 AD respectively.

Enlargement lot 631

632.

Aureus, 7.17g (7h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS Head laureate left. Rx: AETER - NITAS Aeternitas, veiled, standing left before lighted altar, holding busts of Sun and Moon with rays and crescent respectively. RIC 867 (R3, unique in Rome, not illustrated). BM 303 note (citing the Rome spec. from R. It. 1914, p. 176). Bust var. of Paris 267. Good Fine $2,000 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Malter 90, 21 September 2008, lot 134.

Apparently only the second recorded specimen of this interesting aureus with portrait left, the other being in the Gnecchi Collection in Rome.

The same obverse die was also used for the type COS V, Heifer, RIC 869, pl. 10, and also for a denarius with reverse COS V, Eagle on altar, lot 645 below.

633.

Denarius, 3.33g (7h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT Head laureate right. Rx: NEP - RED Neptune standing left, right foot set on globe, nude except for cloak hanging down behind from shoulders, holding 156

634.

Denarius, 3.22g (6h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT Head laureate right. Rx: No legend. Standing emperor, left foot on globe, holding spear and parazonium, and seated mourning Judaea on either side of palm tree. RIC 369 (R2). BM 85. Cohen 392 (10 Fr.) var. Cf. Paris 74 (aureus). Fine style, iridescent toning, flaw in right obverse field. $500 Good VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.

This Judaea Capta type is comparatively common at Antioch (portrait draped and cuirassed), but rare at Rome (portrait head only). RIC 369 rates the Rome-mint denarius R2, “very few examples known”, and the Paris collection lacks a specimen of this coin. CoinArchives contains 26 denarii of this type, 24 of them struck at Antioch and only two struck at Rome.

The same obverse die was also used for an aureus with reverse Emperor in triumphal quadriga right: Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, Harry Sneh Collection, lot 304.

Enlargement

121. Excellent portrait. EF/VF

$500

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 March 2003, lot 2043 = 113, 18 October 2001, lot 5729.

635.

Denarius, 3.07g (6h). Rome, Late 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP - VESP CENS Head laureate right Rx: SALVS - AVG Salus seated left holding patera in right hand and resting left elbow on throne. RIC 518 (R2). Rare: cited by RIC from Vienna and Walter Holt; not in BMC, Cohen, or the Paris catalogue. Good Fine $250

Unpublished with CENS in obverse legend; this coin, reported by Harry Sneh to the RIC authors, will be RIC 528A in the supplement that they are preparing. A second specimen, from different dies, was shown by Moonmoth on Forvm Ancient Coins, Discussion Group, December 2008.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Jewish Triumph

636.

Denarius, 3.34g (6h). Rome, Late 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PONT TR POT CENS Head laureate r. Rx: FIDES - PVBL Clasped hands in front of winged caduceus that is flanked by a wheat ear and a poppy on each side. RIC 528 (R). BM 91A. Obv. legend var. of Cohen 87 (6 Fr.). Rare: no specimens in Reka Devnia hoard; not in the Paris collection; acquired by the BM from the L.A. Lawrence Collection in 1950. Pleasant VF $450

638.

Denarius, 2.97g (0h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS Head laureate right. Rx: No legend; Titus in quadriga right, holding branch and scepter, commemorating his and Vespasian’s triumph over the Jews (Judaea Capta) in 71 AD. RIC 531 (R). BM 94 (not illustrated). RSC 395a. Hendin 1483 var.

About VF $500

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Rauch Summer Auction, 15 September 2010, lot 529.

Unpublished Titus as Caesar Denarius

637.

Denarius, 3.36g (7h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT CENS Head laureate right. Rx: NEP - RED Neptune standing left, right foot set on globe, nude except for cloak hanging down behind from shoulders, holding acrostolium and scepter. Obv. legend var. of RIC 366, BM 80, Paris 68, and Cohen

Though comparatively common at Antioch, this triumphal-quadriga denarius is rare at Rome, especially with CENS in the obverse legend.

The British Museum acquired its specimen with CENS from the Devonshire Collection in 1844, but Paris does not possess this variant and Cohen, overlooking the BM coin, omitted it from his famous catalogue of Roman imperial coins. There are no specimens in CoinArchives Pro, Wildwinds, or Berk photofile, though the RIC authors apparently knew of several examples apart from the BM’s, to judge from their rarity rating “R”.

157

123. Cohen 161. About EF

$350

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E214, 15 July 2009, lot 392.

639.

Denarius, 3.21g (1h). Rome, Late 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP - VESP CEN Head laureate right.

Rx: PONTIF - MAXIM Vespasian seated right on curule chair, holding scepter resting on chair seat and branch. RIC 553 (R). BM 112. Paris 97. Cohen 158. About EF $350

A rare variant of a scarce type: only three specimens of this type in Reka Devnia hoard, none with just VESP not VESPASIAN in obverse legend.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

A rare variant of a scarce type: only three specimens of the type in Reka Devnia hoard, none with just CEN rather than CENS in obverse legend. Both variants appear to be mules using a reverse legend intended for Vespasian; Titus struck the same type but with his own legend, PONTIF TRI POT.

642.

Denarius, 3.47g (6h). Rome, 74 AD. Obv: T CAESAR - IMP V[ESP] Head laureate right.

Rx: PONTIF - TR P COS III Titus seated right on curule chair, holding scepter supported on chair seat and branch. RIC 692 (R). BM 150.

Paris 123. Cohen 161. Good VF $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

640.

Denarius, 3.48g (1h). Rome, Late 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP - VESP CENS Head laureate right. Rx: PONTIF - TRI POT Titus seated right on curule chair, holding scepter supported on chair seat and branch. RIC 556 (C). BM 116.

Cohen 169 (3 Fr.). Rare: only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard. Paris 95-6 has two aurei of these types, but no denarius. VF $250

A rare variant of a scarce type: only three specimens of this type in Reka Devnia hoard, none with just VESP not VESPASIAN in obverse legend. The reading V[ESP] on our coin seems to be guaranteed by IMP beginning at 10 rather than at 12 o’clock; cf. RIC pl. 6, 690-696 with VESP and 705-707 with VESPASIAN.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

641.

Denarius, 3.18g (5h). Rome, 74 AD. Obv: T CAESAR - IMP VESP Head laureate right. Rx: PONTIF - TR P COS III Titus seated right on curule chair, holding scepter supported on chair seat and branch. RIC 692 (R). BM 150. Paris 158

643.

Denarius, 3.61g (5h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIAN Head laureate right. Rx: COS - V across field, Eagle with raised wings standing right on garlanded altar, head left. RIC 861 (C). BM 191. Paris 166. $450 RSC 59a. Good portrait. EF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Marty Schmitt, eBay, 19 November 2002.

Enlargement Enlargement

644.

Denarius, 3.21g (5h). Rome, Late 76 AD. Obv: T CAESAR - IMP VESPASIAN Head laureate right. Rx: IOVIS - CVSTOS Jupiter standing front holding patera over altar and scepter. RIC 863 (R2). Obv. legend var. of BM 305, Paris 268, and Cohen 106. EF/Good VF $350

RIC 871 cites this same specimen. A very rare reverse variant at Rome (commoner at the uncertain Asia Minor mint that copied Roman types) with eagle looking right rather than left, and apparently unique coupled with portrait left on the obverse. The variant with portrait right is R2 according to RIC 870, and the illustrated BM specimen (pl. 10) is from the same reverse die as our coin, confirming the rarity of this reverse type at Rome. The obverse die of our coin was also used for aurei: see lot 632 above and also RIC 869, pl. 10.

Bust Left

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG 53, 15 March 2000, lot 1498.

A neglected rare variant of this denarius with VESPASIAN rather than VESPASIANVS in the obverse legend, originally published by Gnecchi in Riv. It. 1893, p. 282, but overlooked in BMC and the first edition of RIC, which allows us to date the IOVIS CVSTOS type precisely to 76 AD, when Titus’ obverse legend with VESPASIANVS replaced that with VESPASIAN.

Unique Variant, This Coin Cited in RIC

645.

Denarius, 3.43g (6h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: [T] CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS Head laureate left. Rx: COS - V across field, Eagle with raised wings standing left on garlanded altar, head right. RIC 871 (R3, citing this coin from eBay $400 2002). VF

646.

Denarius, 3.31g (7h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS Head laureate left. Rx: COS - V across field, Eagle with raised wings standing right on garlanded altar, head left. RIC 873 (R2), pl. 10 (different dies). BMC 192 note (citing Cohen). Cohen 60 (Rollin).

Good VF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Rare with portrait left: not in BM by 1976, not in the Paris catalogue nor in the Reka Devnia hoard, since the reported seven specimens in Sofia were doubtless actually Cohen 59 with portrait right. RIC 873 cites two specimens with portrait left, in Rome and on eBay in 2003; the eBay coin, which is illustrated, is far inferior to ours.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from 159

647.

Denarius, 3.17g (6h). Rome, 77-8 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: COS - VI Mars standing left holding spear and trophy. RIC 948 (C). BM 221. Paris 195. Cohen 65. Attractive portrait in high relief.

EF $500

649.

Denarius, 3.41g (7h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: T CAESAR - VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: CERES - AVGVST Ceres, veiled, standing left holding wheat ears and long torch.

RIC 974 (R). BM 321. Paris 282. Cohen 31.

Scarce: only seven specimens in Reka Devnia $300 hoard. EF/VF

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Unpublished Bust Left

Enlargement

648.

Denarius, 3.01g (7h). Rome, 77-8 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP - VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: COS - VI Mars standing left holding spear and trophy, large wheat ear behind him.

RIC 949 (C). BM 222. Paris 196. Cohen 66. $300 Good VF/VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Possibly from the same obverse die as BM 222, pl. 6.20 = RIC 949, pl. 11. The reverse type copies that of the denarius of L. Valerius Flaccus struck c. 108-107 BC, Crawford 306/1.

Vespasian’s motive for “restoring” many Republican and early imperial reverse types on his gold and silver coinage may have been that he was melting down and recoining the original coins bearing those types in order to profit from Nero’s debasement of 64 AD. 160

650.

Denarius, 3.18g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS Head laureate left. Rx: TR P VIII - COS VII Venus, seen half from behind, naked except for drapery around legs, standing right, left elbow on column, holding helmet and spear. Unpublished bust variety of RIC 1078 (C), BM 255, Paris 223, and Cohen 332 (6 Fr.). Apparently unique.

Interesting large portrait in high relief. VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

This denarius is hitherto unrecorded with portrait left; Harry Sneh has reported it to the RIC authors, and this coin will become RIC 1078A in their projected supplement.

First Issue of Titus

651.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Denarius, 3.35g (6h). Rome,

79 AD. Obv: IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate right. Rx: CE - RES AVGVST Ceres, veiled, standing left holding wheat ears and long torch. RIC 3 (R). BM 105.

Good VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 271, 17-19 February 2011, lot 2287.

A rare type for Titus as Augustus: not in the Reka Devnia hoard, the Paris collection, or Berk photfile; not in Cohen, who apparently overlooked the BM specimen, since it has been in the collection since 1823. Two other scarce reverse types, ANNONA AVG and TR POT VIII COS VII, male captive kneeling before trophy, occur with this same obverse legend, and these three types together apparently make up the earliest denarius issue of Titus’ reign, struck only between his accession on 23 June 79 and the beginning of his ninth tribunican year on 1 July, as the titles of the dated type show. With the new tribunician year on 1 July 79, Titus’ obverse legend was changed to IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, and the Ceres and Annona types were discontinued.

Hendin Plate Coin

653.

Denarius, 3.36g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP - XIIII COS VII Bare-chested male captive wearing trousers, cloak around shoulders and falling behind him, hands tied behind back, kneeling right at base of trophy of arms. RIC 12 (R). BM 5. Paris 4.

Cohen 274 corr. Hendin 1583 var. Good VF

$550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

This coin illustrated in Hendin’s fifth edition, pl.

51, there mislabeled “1582” (should be “1583 var.”). Rare without P P in reverse legend. This reverse type, often thought to commemorate the Roman victory in Judaea (“Judaea Capta”), was copied from a Republican denarius of C. Memmius, Crawford 427/1, so may in fact just be a “restored” type, indicating that Titus was recoining many of the Republican and early imperial denarii still in circulation.

652.

Denarius, 3.24g (6h). Rome, July 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Laureate head right. Rx: TR P VIIII - IMP XIIII - COS VII Capricorn left, horned and bearded, celestial globe with crossing longitudinal and latitudinal lines below. RIC 5 (C). Cohen 280. $400 BMC p. 224 note. About EF

654.

Denarius, 3.25g (6h). Rome, c. July 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P VIIII - IMP XIIII - COS VII Venus, seen half from behind, naked except for drapery around legs, standing right, left elbow on column, holding helmet and $250 spear. RIC 15 (R2). VF

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Berk 155, 31 July 2007, lot 241.

Rare without P P in reverse legend: not in BM or the Paris collection, and no such specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Titus must have accepted the title Pater Patriae quite soon after the beginning of his ninth tribunician year on 1 July 79 AD.

Not in BMC, the Paris collection, or Cohen without P P in reverse legend; RIC 15 quotes this variety from Berlin and a private collection. Very rare early issue of Titus as Augustus not yet naming him P P (Father of his Country).

161

Scarce: seven specimens in Reka Devnia hoard.

Curious reverse type copied from two moneyers’ denarii of Augustus, apparently depicting a procession in honor of Ceres.

655.

Denarius, 3.30g (7h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Laureate head right. Rx: TR - P VIIII - IMP XIIII - COS VII P P Capricorn left, horned and bearded, celestial globe with crossing longitudinal and latitudinal lines below. RIC 19 (C). BM 22.

Paris 16. Cohen 280. Scarce: five specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. VF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Extremely Rare Bust Left

658.

Denarius, 3.09g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P Quadriga left with garlanded tall round car, from which flower protrudes. RIC 26 (R2), pl. 84 (Glasgow 5, same rev. die). EF $550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

656.

Denarius, 3.25g (5h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P Ceres seated left holding wheat ear, poppy, and torch. RIC 22 (C). BM 7. Paris 7.

Cohen 270. Scarce: four specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. EF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

657.

Denarius, 3.34g (5h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P Quadriga left with garlanded tall round car, from which flower protrudes. RIC 25 (C).

BM 18. Paris 15. Cohen 278 (8 Fr.). Toned EF $500

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E151, 1 November 2006, lot 231.

162

Very rare with portrait left: not in Reka Devnia hoard, not in BM or Paris, not in Cohen; BMC p. 433 = RSC 278a reports a specimen in Budapest that was published by F. Gnecchi in 1907, and Glasgow too has a specimen which is now illustrated in the new RIC. Curious reverse type copied from two moneyers’ denarii of Augustus, apparently depicting a procession in honor of Ceres.

Hendin Plate Coin

659.

Denarius, 3.45g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP - XIIII COS VII P P Bare-chested male captive wearing trousers, cloak around shoulders and falling behind him, hands tied behind back, kneeling right at base of trophy of arms. RIC 31 (R2).

BMC p. 433. Hendin 1583a, pl. 51 (this coin). $400 VF/Fine+ Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E168, 11

July 2007, lot 233.

This coin illustrated in Hendin’s fifth edition, pl. 51, 1583a. Very rare with portrait left: in 1907 Gnecchi reported a specimen in Budapest, and RIC 31 now cites two further examples in ANS and in Baldwin/M&M III of 2000. This reverse type is often thought to commemorate the Roman victory in Judaea (“Judaea Capta”), but see note to lot 653 above.

660.

Denarius, 3.35g (7h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P Venus, seen half from behind, naked except for drapery around hips, standing right, left elbow on column, holding helmet and spear.

RIC 35 (R). BM 11. EF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Rare with portrait left: not in the Reka Devnia hoard, Paris, or Cohen. RIC records and illustrates the BM specimen, acquired in 1925, which is from different dies than ours.

662.

Denarius, 3.29g (7h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Laureate head left. Rx: TR P VIIII - IMP XV COS VII P P Capricorn left, horned and bearded, celestial globe with crossing longitudinal and latitudinal lines below. RIC 38 (R2). Not in the earlier standard catalogues with portrait left; RIC 38 cites this variant from Vienna and a private collection. Very rare. About VF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired from a CNG Web Auction.

663.

Denarius, 3.38g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XV CO[S] VII P P Ceres seated left holding wheat ear, poppy, and torch. RIC 40 (C). BM 23. Paris 19.

Cohen 287 (2 Fr.). Scarce: seven specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. EF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

661.

Denarius, 3.16g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Laureate head right. Rx: TR P VIIII - IMP XV - COS VII P P Capricorn left, horned and bearded, celestial globe with crossing longitudinal and latitudinal lines below. RIC 37 (R). BM 35. Paris 32.

Cohen 294. Scarce: four specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Die irregularity in field before $350 Vespasian’s mouth. EF

664.

Denarius, 3.35g (6h). Rome, 79 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII P P Ceres seated left holding wheat ear, poppy, and torch. RIC 41 (R2). BMC 23 note. VF $400

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Very rare with portrait left, a variant first

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

163

reported in ASFN 1884, p. 175. RIC 41 cites another specimen from Boric-Breskovic’s catalogue of the Belgrade collecton; ours could be only the third recorded.

665.

Denarius, 3.54g (7h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P IX IMP - XV - COS VIII P P Trophy with two captives sitting at its base: a male seated left with hands bound behind back and a female seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC 105 (R2), pl. 86 = Glasgow 33, pl. 44 (same dies). C 307 (M. Hamburger, 3 Fr.). BM 37 note. Hendin 1584b (interpreting as Judaea Capta). About VF $450

667.

Denarius, 3.36g (6h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P IX IMP XV - COS VIII P P Winged thunderbolt on square seat with strut and fringed seatcover. RIC120 (C). BM 56. Paris 45. Cohen 314. Rare with portrait left: apparently only three specimens in Reka Devnia hoard, since the additional eight examples reported from Varna are probably $250 miscatalogued. Good Fine Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, MBS 17, 15 December 2009, lot 222 (A. Lynn Collection).

The rarer variant of this reverse type with male captive on left and female on right rather than vice versa; very rare with portrait left. Our specimen is from the same dies as the one in Glasgow cited and illustrated by RIC; RIC apparently knew of another specimen, or possibly just an earlier appearance of our specimen, to justify the rarity rating R2 rather than R3.

668.

Denarius, 3.34g (5h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P Throne with curved back decorated with three floral ornaments; below, fringed seatcover and strut. RIC 122 (C2). BM 58. Paris 48.

Cohen 313. EF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

666.

Denarius, 3.24g (6h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P Upright laurel wreath resting on curule chair without back, and with legs ending in lions’ paws. RIC 108 (C2). BM 66. Paris 53 var. $550 Cohen 318. Fine portrait. Toned EF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from David Vagi of Smythe, NYC, 2001.

164

669.

Denarius, 3.31g (7h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P Tripod with fillets streaming out left and right, on top of which is dolphin right. RIC 129 (C).BM 80. Paris 69. Cohen 323. Scarce with portrait left: only three specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Fine style portrait. About EF

$400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

round shield. About VF

$200

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

670.

Denarius, 3.43g (6h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M Head laureate left. Rx: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P Tripod with fillets streaming out left and right, on top of which is dolphin right. RIC 129 (C). BM 80. Paris 69. Cohen 323. Scarce with portrait left: only three specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. VF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from CNG.

671.

Denarius, 3.06g (6h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M. Head laureate right. Rx: TR P IX IMP XV - COS VIII P P Tripod with fillets streaming out left and right, on top of which are two ravens and dolphin right over wreath. RIC 131 (R). BM 82.

Paris 66. RSC 323a. Very scarce with ravens on tripod, only three specimens in Reka Devnia Hoard. About EF $475

A plated ancient counterfeit with thick silver coating, coupling an obverse of Titus as Caesar in c. 76-78 AD with a reverse of Domitian as Caesar under Titus several years later (RIC 268).

673.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Fourrée Denarius with reverse of Domitian, 3.05g (6h). Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN AVG (counterclockwise) Head laureate right. Rx: COS V across upper field, She-wolf standing left, head turned back, suckling Romulus and Remus; boat in exergue. Cf. BM 146, pl. 47.19 var. (also plated, different obv. legend). VF $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 410.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

A plated ancient counterfeit, the reverse copying a well-known denarius of Domitian as Caesar, RIC 961, while the obverse shows Titus as Augustus, but with a legend that never appeared on official coins. It is the same as the scarce first obverse legend of Titus’ reign, IMP T CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, but without IMP.

672.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Fourrée Denarius with reverse of Domitian, 3.27g (6h). Obv: T CAESAR - VESPASIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: PRINCEPS - IVVENTVTIS Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding

674.

Julia Titi. Denarius, 3.02g (6h). Rome, 79-81 AD. Obv: IVLIA IMP T AVG F - AVGVSTA (clockwise) Bust draped right, hair piled high in front and tied in knot at back. Rx: VESTA in exergue, Vesta, veiled, seated left holding 165

Palladium and transverse scepter. RIC 389 (R).

Paris 108. Cohen 16 (30 Fr.). BMC 144 note.

Bold Fine/VG $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

A rare reverse type in a rare issue: there was only one specimen of this VESTA denarius of Julia Titi in the Reka Devnia hoard, compared to eight specimens with VENVS AVGVST and three with VENVS AVG. The VESTA denarii also differ from the Venus coins in both obverse legend and portrait: the legend runs clockwise rather than counterclockwise and has AVGVSTA as the last rather than the second word; and the portrait is without stephane and has a different coiffure, with the hair piled high above the forehead and bound behind in a small knot rather than a long plait.

676.

Sestertius, 27.94g (7h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT III COS II Head laureate right. Rx: S - C across field, Mars advancing right holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC 563 (R2), pl. 38 (Oxford plaster cast, same obv. die). BMC p.

429 (Vienna). Tiber patina. VF $550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from James Beach in NYC. Very rare, not in Cohen or the Paris or BM collections. The BMC addenda describe a specimen in Vienna, and the new RIC 563 adds two more, a Kraay plaster cast in Oxford and CNG 60, 2002, lot 1594. Titus’ bronze coins of 72-3 are exceptional for recording his imperatorial and tribunician numbers, in this case IMP IIII and TR POT III.

675.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Sestertius, 23.85g (6h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR [PO]T COS II Head laureate right. Rx: IVDAE[A] - CAPTA S C Judaea seated right on cuirass in attitude of mourning under palm tree, to left of tree emperor standing right, placing left foot on helmet and holding spear and parazonium. RIC 422 (R). BM 631, pl. 25.1 (same obv. die). Paris 618. Cohen 113 (20 Fr.). Hendin 1523. The same obverse die was also used with reverse ROMA S - C, Roma standing left, Paris 620, pl.

LIV. Almost EF details, but with rough $550 surfaces. Fine/Good Fine

677.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Sestertius, 19.79g (7h). Rome, 80-1 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Head laureate left. Rx: PROVIDENT - AVGVST S C Togate Vespasian standing right, handing globe to togate Titus standing left; between them, below the globe, a rudder; Vespasian is radiate, Titus bare-headed, and Titus also holds roll in left hand. RIC 162 (C). BM 178. Paris 170. Cohen 179 (15 Fr.). $400 Good Fine

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Ponterio.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Ken Dorney.

166

Aequitas standing left holding scales and scepter. RIC 415 (R2). BM 825D. A rare isue: see last lot. RIC 415 cites our As from Ljubljana; another specimen was in J. Schulman, 1923, Vierordt, lot 1044 (different dies than ours). VF

$400 678.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Dupondius, 12.78g (6h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: T CAES VESPAS IMP P TR P COS II Head radiate right. Rx: FELICITA - S - PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 413 (R2). BMC 639 note.

EF/Good VF $750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; ex CNG E147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 216.

A rare obverse legend form with CAES VESPAS on Titus’ bronzes of 72 AD, recorded by the new RIC on only two sestertii (R2 and R3), four asses (all R2), and this one dupondius (R2). BMC knew this dupondius only from an “Additions to Cohen” article in ASFN 1884; RIC cites specimens in Rome, Vienna, and the excavation coins from Vindonissa.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Sayles & Lavender.

680.

Dupondius, 14.26g (6h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP III PON TR POT II COS II Head radiate right. Rx: FELICITA - S - PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 482 (R2, citing specimens in Rome and Belgrade). BMC p. 146 note (R. It. 1903, the Rome spec.). Very rare. About VF, dark green patina $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

An unusual obverse legend form of Titus including his imperatorial and tribunician numbers, very rare on dupondii. Two other dupondii of this issue are from the same obverse die: the next lot in this sale with reverse ROMA VICTRIX and the Paris CONCORDIA AVGVSTI coin illustrated by RIC 481, pl. 36.

Enlargement

679.

As, 11.78g (5h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: T CAES VESPAS IMP P TR P COS II Head laureate right. Rx: AE - QVITAS - AVGVSTI S - C

681.

Dupondius, 12.82g (6h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP III PON TR POT II COS II Head radiate right. Rx: ROMA - VICTRIX S C Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and spear; behind the cuirass, several shields and other captured arms. RIC 167

483 (R2, specimens in Stockholm and Arethusa 4, not illustrated). Cohen 193 corr. (Wiczay), whence BMC p. 146. A very rare obverse legend on dupondii. See the preceding lot, which is from the same obverse die. Excellent portrait.

VF/Fine $400

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from David Hendin, December 2010.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.

Enlargement

682.

As, 10.63g (6h). Rome, 72 AD. Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP III PON TR POT II COS II Head laureate right. Rx: VICTORIA - AVGVSTI S C Victory advancing right, raising wreath to crown standard topped by hand before her and holding palm over left shoulder.

RIC 485 (R2), pl. 36 (same dies) = BM 651.

Cohen 380 (no source, 6 Fr.). Titus’ unusual obverse legends including his imperatorial and tribunician numbers are very rare on asses too.

VF/EF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

684.

As, 10.50g (6h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT III COS II Head laureate right. Rx: VICTORIA - AVGVSTI around, S C in exergue, Victory advancing right, with right hand holding out wreath to crown standard, with left hand holding palm over shoulder. RIC 572 (R2). RIC cites specimens in Vienna and Budapest, plus Gorny 79, 14 Oct. 1996, lot 556, which is from the same dies as our coin. Very rare obverse legend on middle bronzes, cf. lots 680-683 above. About VF/About EF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Titus IVDAEA CAPTA As Hendin Plate Coin 683.

As, 10.26g (6h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAESAR VESPASIAN IMP IIII PON TR POT III COS II Head laureate right. Rx: FIDES PVBLICA S C Clasped right hands in front of caduceus and two wheat ears. RIC 571 (R2), pl. 39 (Oxford, same dies as ours). A very rare obverse legend form on middle bronzes, see lots 680-682 above. Strong portrait. Good VF/EF

$750 168

685.

As, 9.55g (6h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP PON TR P COS II CENS Head laureate right. Rx: IVDAEA - CAPTA S C Judaea seated

right on cuirass in attitude of mourning below palm tree. RIC 626 (R3), pl. 42 = BM 672.

Hendin 1560, pl. 50 (this coin). About VF $800 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from David Hendin; this is the plate coin in the current fifth edition of Hendin’s Guide to Biblical Coins.

Apparently only the second or third specimen recorded: the others are BM 672, acquired with the Hamburger Collection in 1908, and a specimen in an Italian private collection reported

by F. Gnecchi in R. It. 1893, p. 283, which may or may not be the same coin as either BM 672 or our piece. Our coin is from the same dies as BM 672, whose reverse is illustrated in RIC, pl.

42, 626, and whose obverse die, according to RIC p. 104, note 115, is the same as RIC 638 on the same pl. 42.

687.

Dupondius, 9.99g (6h). Rome, 74 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP COS III CENS Head radiate right. Rx: FELICITA - S - PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 742 (C). BM 707. Paris 729. Cohen 81. Excellent portrait. VF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

688.

Dupondius, 13.34g (6h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CA[ES]AR IMP COS V Head radiate right.

Rx: FELICIT - AS - PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 909 (R). Paris 761. Cohen 84 (Paris). BMC p. 170 (citing Cohen). VF/Good $400 VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

686.

As, 10.96g (6h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP PON TR P COS II CENS Head laureate right. Rx: S - C across field, Domitian on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding scepter surmounted by human bust in left. RIC 633 (R2), pl. 42 (Oxford, rev. only, same die as ours). BMC p. 155 note (BNS 1884). VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Ponterio.

Possibly a mule combining an obverse of Titus with a reverse type meant for Domitian Caesar (RIC p. 104, note 117). Very rare: quoted in BMC from BNS 1884, RIC 633 cites specimens in Oxford and Budapest.

An apparent die break obscures the letters ES in the obverse legend. COS V bronzes of Titus are scarce: only one such As, no dupondii or sestertii, in the BM collection by 1976.

689.

As, 11.45g (6h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP COS V Head laureate right. Rv: S - C across field, Spes advancing left holding flower and raising skirt. RIC 914 (R). BM 728. $375 Cohen 212 (no source). VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

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690.

Titus. 79-81 AD. As, 9.69g (7h). Rome, 80-81 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII Head laureate left. Rx: AETERNIT AVGVST S - C Aeternitas standing right, placing left foot on helmet and holding scepter and cornucopia. RIC 220 (R). Paris 212. Cohen 12 (6 Fr.). BMC 208 note. VF $250

692.

As, 12.03g (6h). Rome, 80-81 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII Head laureate left. Rx: VICTORIA - AVGVST S - C Victory standing right on prow, holding wreath before her in right hand and palm over shoulder in left. RIC 249 (C). Paris 223. Cohen 367.

BMC 217 note. Glossy surface. Bold VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

The object under Aeternitas’ foot is usually a globe, but on this reverse die seems to be a helmet instead.

691.

As, 9.72g (6h). Rome, 80-81 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII Head laureate left. Rx: SECVRIT - AVGVST S C Securitas, wearing stephane, seated left before lighted and garlanded altar, holding scepter in right hand and supporting head with left; a semicircular extension of the back of the throne frames her head. RIC 241 (R2). Unusual portrait. Good VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

A rare variant, cited by RIC 241 from specimens in Berlin and Munich. The reverse legend can also be SECVRIT AVG or SECVRITAS AVGVST, and Securitas may sit right rather than left; on the obverse the portrait may face either way.

170

Restoration of Galba

693.

Galba, restored by Titus. 68-69 AD. Sestertius, 25.01g (6h). Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-81 AD. Obv: IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P Head laureate right. Rx: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII around large S C, REST in field above. RPC 524, pl. 21 = BM 305, pl. 56.9 (same dies as ours). RIC 421 (C). Paris 319.

Cohen 350 (100 Fr.). Komnick 13.0 (20 spec.).

About VF $1,000 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs. Ex NAC 46, 2 April 2008, lot 1001.

One of the rarer emperors in Titus’ restored series: Komnick found twenty specimens of this sestertius, from eleven obverse and twelve reverse dies, and Galba’s five types of restored middle bronzes are even rarer, being known in only a couple of specimens each.

694.

Augustus, Divus restored by Titus. As, 11.09g (6h). Rome, 80-81 AD. Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER Head radiate left. Rx: Altar enclosure with double doors; around IMP T VESP AVG REST, in exergue PROVIDENT, in field S - C. RIC 454 (C3). BM 268. Paris 282. Komnick 38.0 (63 spec.). Cohen 559 (10 Fr.). VF

$500

IMP VIII Head bare left. Rx: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST around large S C. RIC-432 (C2). Komnick 19.0 (28 spec., from 21 obv. and 24 rev. dies). RPC 516 var. Paris 293, pl. LXXXVIII. BM 284 var, pl. 54.7. Cohen 73 (10 Fr.). By an oversight this type without P M TR P P P COS VIII in reverse legend was omitted from RPC II, though both BM 284 and Paris 293 are clearly from this provincial mint, not Rome. Dark patination, some porosity. EF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear, MBS 8, 5 February 2003, lot 420.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

695.

As, 8.56g (5h). Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-81 AD. Obv: DIVVS AV - GVSTVS PATER Head radiate left, star above forehead. Rx: IMP T CAES AVG RESTITVIT around, S C in upper field, eagle with raised wings standing left on globe, head turned right and upwards. RIC 462 (R). Komnick 34.0 (12 spec. from 6 obv. and 7 rev. dies). BM 275. RPC 514. Rare reverse legend variant with T CAES instead of T VESP, and with RESTITVIT written out rather than $750 abbreviated. EF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

696.

Tiberius, restored by Titus. 14-37 AD. As, 10.36g (7h). Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-81 AD. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST

697.

Drusus restored by Titus. As, 9.40g (7h).

Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-81 AD. Obv: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N Head bare left. Rx: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST around large S C. RIC 437 (C3).

RPC 517. Paris 299, pl. LXXXVIII. BM 286287 (mixing provincial mint and Rome). Cohen 6 corr. (10 Fr.). Komnick 24.0 (54 spec.). Good VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

698.

Germanicus restored by Titus. As, 10.36g (6h). Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-81 AD. Obv: GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N Head bare left. Rx: IMP T CAES DIVI V[ESP F AV]G REST around large S C. RIC 442 (C). BM 293, pl. 55.8. Komnick 25.0 (26 spec.). Cohen 12 (20 Fr.). RPC 518. Some $400 reverse smoothing. VF Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

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699.

Claudius I restored by Titus, spelling error.

As, 8.67g (6h). Rome. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AG (sic) P M TR P IMP P P Head bare right. Rx: IMP T VESP - AVG REST S C Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC 487 (C). BM 301.

Komnick 60.1 (14 spec. from 1 obv. and 2 rev. dies). Cohen 105 var. (10 Fr.). Engraver’s error in obverse legend, AG for AVG, V omitted.

Excellent portrait. Some reverse edge corrosion.

EF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 138, 8 March 2005, lot 1947 and Gorny 97, 11 October 1999, lot 932.

700.

Domitian as Caesar. 70-81 AD. Denarius, 3.42g (6h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: CAES AVG F DOMITIAN COS II (clockwise) Head laureate right. Rx: No legend, Domitian, togate, cloak flying out behind him, on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding scepter topped by human bust in left. RIC 539 (R). BM 122.

Cohen 665 (Elberling, 5 Fr.). Excellent portrait.

Good VF/EF $750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Sayles & Lavender, 2009.

This is the earliest denarius of Domitian as Caesar, with the obverse legend unbroken and running clockwise and showing DOMITIAN rather than just DOMIT, and with a cloak sometimes flying from Domitian’s shoulder on the reverse; our specimen shows the cloak.

A little later DOMITIAN was shortened to 172

DOMIT, the legend was broken above the portrait, and the flying cloak was no longer depicted on the reverse; a little after that the obverse legend direction was changed to counterclockwise, still with DOMIT, while the reverse variant without flying cloak continued. Both of the early variants of this denarius with clockwise obverse legend are rare, while the variant with counterclockwise legend is comparatively common. Our denarius with clockwise legend and DOMITIAN was first published by Elberling in 1862, and was then taken over from Elberling

by Cohen 665 in his second edition of 1880.

The British Museum acquired its specimen from Lincoln in 1912. CoinArchives Pro, Wildwinds, and Berk photofile each contain just one specimen, at least two of them without the cloak on reverse; there were none in the Reka Devnia hoard.

Enlargement lot 700

701.

Denarius, 3.46g (7h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: CAES AVG F - DOMIT COS II (clockwise) Head laureate right. Rx: No legend, Domitian, togate, without flying cloak, on horse prancing left, raising right hand and holding scepter topped by human bust in left. RIC 541 (R2).

Cohen 664 (5 Fr.). BM 129 var. Paris 105 var.

Interesting portrait. VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Helios, eBay, 29 November 2010 (A. Lynn Collection).

This is the second earliest denarius struck for Domitian as Caesar, with the obverse legend

still running clockwise but now shortening DOMITIAN to DOMIT and breaking above the portrait, and without the cloak flying from Domitian’s shoulder on the reverse. Very rare: RIC 541 cites this denarius from Oxford and Vienna and Harlan Berk had a specimen in stock a number of years ago, but there are no examples in BMC, the Paris catalogue, CoinArchives Pro, Wildwinds, or the Berk photofile.

Mule From Old Reverse Die

704.

Denarius, 3.22g (6h). Rome, 80 AD. Obv: CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII Head laureate right. Rx: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS Salus standing right, leaning on column, legs crossed, holding snake and feeding it from patera. RIC 269 (R3). Excellent portrait. Nicely toned. Good VF $550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Grotjohann, eBay, September 2009.

Enlargement

702.

Denarius, 3.36g (7h). Rome, 76 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVG F - DOMITIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: COS IIII Winged Pegasus standing right, raising left foreleg, only near wing shown, pointing forward. RIC 921 (C2). BM 193. Paris 170. Cohen 47. EF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

703.

Denarius, 3.35g (5h). Rome, 77-8 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVG F - DOMITIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: COS V in upper field, She-wolf and twins left, the wolf turning her head back right, boat in exergue. RIC 961 (C2). BM 240.

Paris 209. Cohen 51. VF/EF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

This coin is a mint mule. When Domitian’s obverse legend changed from AVG F to DIVI F early in 80, his reverse types too were meant to change, Salus feeding snake, Vesta seated, and Clasped hands before a legionary eagle on prow being replaced by Altar, Helmet on throne, Minerva fighting, and Goat in wreath. However, a few of the old Salus feeding snake reverse dies survived and were erroneously coupled with a new DIVI F obverse die. RIC 269 knew only one official specimen of this mule, namely Lanz 54, 12 November 1990, lot 520. Our coin, apparently the second recorded, is from the same obverse die as the Lanz piece, but from a different reverse die. Glasgow 3, HCC p. 270, has the same types and legends, but is plated, so merely an ancient counterfeit.

705.

Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.22g (7h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVG Head laureate right. Rx: TR P - COS VII Tripod, with fillets streaming out left and right, on which are ravens standing left and right, and, in center, dolphin above wreath. RIC 5 (C). BM 4. Paris 4. Cohen 552 173

(6 Fr.). Rare first issue of Domitian’s reign not yet calling him P P or recording his designation to the consulship in 82; only three specimens of this coin in Reka Devnia hoard. Mint State

$500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E243, 27 October 2010, lot 323.

706.

Denarius, 3.45g (12h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG PONT Head laureate right. Rx: P P COS VII - DES VIII Dolphin coiled around anchor. RIC 13 (R2), pl. 117 (private collection, same dies as ours). Not in BMC, Cohen, or the first edition of RIC. VF

$400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Freeman & Sear in 2010, from the A. Lynn Collection. Purchased by Lynn from CNG, with CNG ticket attesting the coin’s provenance from a hoard of denarii, January 2002.

Very rare with just PONT in obverse legend, apparently attesting that the popular assembly that elected Domitian Pontifex Maximus only met a couple of weeks after his accession, and that in the meantime the emperor was content to called himself merely Pontifex on his coins. The placement of P P at the beginning rather than the end of the reverse legend is also unusual and rare, and was probably the short-lived initial order, stressing the important new title, Father of his Country, which had just been accepted by the emperor.

707.

Denarius, 3.02g (7h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M Head laureate 174

right. Rx: COS VII - DES VIII P P Lighted and garlanded altar, with flame in center and horns left and right. RIC 20 (R2). Very rare without TR P in the reverse legend. RIC 20 cites just two specimens of this denarius, including ours from the Hauck & Aufhäuser sale; not in BMC, Cohen, or the first edition of RIC. EF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Freeman & Sear in 2009, from the A. Lynn Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 17, 18 March 2003, lot 258. Ex G. Hirsch 3, April 1954, lot 323.

708.

Denarius, 3.30g (5h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PONT Head laureate right. Rx: COS VII - DES VIII P P Minerva standing left holding Victory and spear, behind her shield leaning against her legs. RIC 29 (R3). Very rare with just PONT in obverse legend; see comment to lot 706 above. Only the second recorded specimen of this particular denarius, and better preserved than the first, in the C. Clay collection from Wayne Phillips List 250 of 2000. About VF $275 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

709.

Denarius, 3.44g (7h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR P COS VII - DES VIII P P Wreath on curule chair, the legs of which terminate in lions’ paws. RIC 48 (C). BM 18. Paris 17. Cohen 570 (2 Fr.). Not a common coin: just five specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Good VF

$300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from

Freeman & Sear in 2010, from the A. Lynn Collection, and previously from a hoard of denarii acquired by CNG in January 2002, according to a CNG ticket.

because including DIVI VESP F on obverse and starting with P P on reverse; apparently unique with this reverse type. VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 17, 15 December 2009, lot 237 (A. Lynn Collection).

710.

Denarius, 3.32g (6h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG PONT Head laureate right. Rx: TR P COS VII - DES VIII P P Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC 56 (R2). BMC p. 299.

RSC 560a. Rare early obverse legend with PONT: see note to lot 706 above. Possibly just the fourth specimen recorded of this particular denarius, the others being in Rome, reported

by F. Gnecchi in Riv. Ital. 1896, p. 164; Reka Devnia hoard, p. 17; and C. Clay Collection (same dies as ours). Fine style. EF $450

712.

Denarius, 3.43g (6h). Rome, 82 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR POT - COS VIII P P Square throne draped with tasseled cloth, on which lies winged thunderbolt. RIC 101 (R). BM 26. Paris 30. Cohen 597 (2 Fr.). Rare: no specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Good VF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E212, 17 June 2009, lot 294.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Acquired from Barry Murphy in 2009; earlier in the Jyrki Muona Collection.

Unlisted in RIC

711.

Denarius, 3.54g (5h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: P P COS VII - DES VIII Frontal throne with round back in the form of an arch decorated with a wreath, topped by a palmette in the middle and three small projections like flickering candle flames on each side; a fringed seat cover hangs down in front, above a thin leg strut. Not in the new RIC; apparently unpublished until the appearance of this specimen in Freeman & Sear MBS 17, 15 Dec. 2009, lot 237. Rare legend forms on both sides,

713.

Denarius, 3.62g (7h). Rome, 82-3 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: IVPPITER CONSERVATOR Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread, tips pointing downwards. RIC 144 (R). BM 52. Paris 53. Cohen 320. Good VF

$400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Scarce: none in Reka Devnia hoard. This denarius and all those down to lot 719 were struck on Domitian’s reformed standard of 82-85 AD, which raised the weight of his aurei and the fineness and weight of his denarii to approximately the standards of Augustus. As a result, these reformed coins of Domitian were preferentially melted down and recoined by later emperors, making them uncommon today.

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Legend Error

714.

Denarius, 3.36g (7h). Rome, 83 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M Head laureate right. Rx: TR POT II OCS (sic) - VIIII DES X P P Minerva fighting right with spear and shield on capital of rostral column, owl at her feet.

RIC 164 note; cf. BM 41, Paris 39, and Cohen 606 (2 Fr.). Struck on Domitian’s reformed standard of 82-85 AD. With engraver’s error OCS for COS in reverse legend, doubtless occurring on just this one reverse die, reported

by RIC 164 note from Münz Zentrum 140, 2 Oct. 2007, lot 407. VF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

716.

Denarius, 3.43g (7h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC Head laureate right. Rx: P M TR POT IIII - IMP VIII COS XI P P Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC 256 (R2).

Cohen 364 (Rollin, 2 Fr.). BMC 71 note. On Domitian’s finer and heavier standard of 82-85 AD, so comparatively few have survived. RIC cites our denarius from Oxford and Vienna; not in Paris, and BM 71 is a bust variety with aegis.

Good VF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Acquired from Barry Murphy, 2009. Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.

Elegantly Rendered

715.

Denarius, 3.47g (7h). Rome, 84 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: P M TR POT III - IMP V COS X P P Minerva standing left holding thunderbolt and spear, with shield behind her leaning against her legs.

RIC 186 (R2). BM 48. Paris 47. Cohen 352 corr. (2 Fr.). Bold VF $500

717.

Denarius, 3.26g (7h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG GERMANIC Head laureate right. Rx: P M TR POT IIII - IMP VIII COS XI P P Minerva standing left holding spear and placing left hand on hip. RIC 266 (R2).

BM 74. Paris 77. Cohen 360. On Domitian’s finer and heavier standard, so comparatively few have survived. The Reka Devnia hoard was lacking not only this coin, but this entire issue.

About EF $450

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Acquired from Barry Murphy, 2009. Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Acquired from Barry Murphy, 2009. Ex Jurki Muona Collection.

On Domitian’s finer and heavier standard of 82-85 AD, so comparatively few have survived: none in Reka Devnia hoard. Portraits with the aegis on the emperor’s neck only appeared on Domitian’s denarii for about a year, in 84-85 AD.

718.

Denarius, 3.40g (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P IIII

176

Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: IMP VIIII COS XI CENSO - RIA POTESTAT P P Minerva standing left holding thunderbolt and spear, with shield behind her leaning against her legs. RIC 321 (R2; BM 1982 acquisition and eBay, 2003) Cf. BM 79, Paris 81, and Cohen 178, with just CENS POT in reverse legend. On heavy standard and with aegis on portrait: see notes to preceding lots. Good VF $450

Freeman & Sear, 2009. Ex A. Lynn Collection.

This Germania Capta reverse type, though normal on aurei and continuing to the end of the reign, is rare on denarii and confined to 85 AD, occurring only in the three variants RIC 326, 331, and 341, all rated R2. The broken spear below the captive here rests on the shield she sits on, rather than below it as usual.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear, 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection; Lynn acquired it from a hoard of denarii bought

by CNG in 2002.

Very rare, possibly only third known, with CENSORIA POTESTAT written out in the reverse legend, doubtless immediately after Domitian’s assumption of that censorial power.

Enlargement

Germania RIC Plate Coin

719.

Denarius, 3.37g (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P IIII Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: IMP VIIII COS XI CENSORIA POTESTAT P P German woman, naked to waist, wearing breeches, seated right on oblong shield, supporting head with left hand, right hand on shield behind her; below her on the shield, a broken spear. RIC 326 (R2). Paris 85, pl. XCIII (same rev. die). Cohen 183 (Rollin, 10 Fr.). BMC 81 note (citing Cohen). With aegis on portrait, and from the rare CENSORIA POTESTAT issue; the final denarius in this sale to be struck on Domitian’s raised standard. About EF $1,000

720.

Denarius, 3.40g (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P V Head laureate right. Rx: IMP VIIII COS XI - CENS POT P P Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC 342 (R2), pl. 124 (Jyrki Muona Coll., this coin).

Not in BMC, Cohen, or the Paris collection. A rare issue: RIC records four denarius types with these titles, all rated R2. Small ding on cheek and neck of emperor and small mark in right obverse field. VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Barry Murphy. Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Purchased from 177

Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XIIII COS XII - CENS P P P Minerva advancing right brandishing spear and holding shield.. RIC 454 (R).

Paris 103. Cohen 208 (Rollin, 2 Fr.). BMC p.

320 (citing Cohen). EF $400 721.

Denarius, 3.12g (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P V Head laureate right. Rx: IMP VIIII COS XI - CENS POT P P Minerva standing left holding spear and placing left hand on hip. RIC 345 (R2). BM 84. Paris 86. Cohen 185 (2 Fr.). A second type from the same rare issue. Toned EF $500

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired from Helios, eBay, 29 October 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection.

A rare issue already showing IMP XIIII with COS XII, i.e. before the end of 86 AD; this acclamation is common on denarii of the following year (COS XIII = 87 AD).

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Barry Murphy in 2009. Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.

722.

Denarius, 3.44g (6h). Rome, 86 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P VI Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XII COS XII - CENS P P P Minerva standing left holding thunderbolt and spear, shield behind her leaning against her legs. RIC 447 (R). BM 97. Paris 101. Cohen 202 note. VF $300

724.

Denarius, 3.44g (6h). Rome, 87 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P VII Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XIIII COS XIII CENS P P P Minerva standing left holding spear, left hand on hip. RIC 521 (C). BM 114.

Cohen 222 (no source). Not common: only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard. Paris 112 has an aureus of this type, but no denarius. VF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Berk 170, 29 July 2010, lot 175.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Purchased from Helios, eBay, October 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection.

The title IMP XII is rare in combination with TR P VI: apparently Domitian’s next acclamation, IMP XIII, was announced soon after his sixth tribunician year began on 13 September 86.

723.

Denarius, 3.40g (6h). Rome, 86 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P VI 178

725.

Denarius, 3.09g (7h). Rome, 88 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P VII Head laureate right. Rx: COS - XIIII across field, Minerva standing left holding spear, left hand on hip. RIC 555 (R2), pl. 127 (Jyrki Muona Coll., different dies). Paris 113, pl.

XCIV (different dies). Cohen 66 (Paris, 10 Fr.).

BMC p. 324 (citing Cohen). EF/VF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired on eBay,

Saecular Games

22 January 2011.

Notably different from the usual denarius of Domitian as Augustus with its much longer reverse legend written in a circle along the edge. Such denarii with only a single imperial title written across the field were issued only in 87 and 88 AD, and all varieties are very rare.

727.

Denarius, 3.17g (6h). Rome, 88/9 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII Head laureate left. Rx: COS XIIII - LVD SAEC FEC Herald walking left, wearing feathered cap, holding wand and shield. RIC 597 (R2), pl. 128 (Berk stock, same dies). Obv. legend var. of BM 133. VF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Helios 1, 17 April 2008, lot 245 (Frank Kovacs Collection).

Enlargement

726.

Denarius, 3.22g (6h). Rome, 88 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on front shoulder and behind neck.

Rx: IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P P P Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC 574 (R2, citing this coin from CNG 58). Very rare with aegis on portrait in 88 AD, an attribute that was normal on denarii only several years earlier, in 84-85 AD. Wonderful portrait. About EF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired from Freeman & Sear in 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection. Ex CNG 58, 18 September 2001, lot 1163.

Rare Saecular Games reverse type, very rare with portrait left on obverse. Our coin may be only the third recorded specimen, and also shares its dies with the other two, namely Berk stock 2005, cited and illustrated by RIC 597, and CNG 53, 2000, lot 1523.

Unlisted Head Left Herald Denarius

728.

Denarius, 2.96g (6h). Rome, 88/9 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM P M TR P VIII (clockwise) Head laureate left. Rx: COS XIIII - LVD SAEC FEC Herald walking left, wearing feathered cap, holding wand and shield. Unlisted obv. legend var. of RIC 597 and 598, aparently unique. Corrosion on reverse.

About VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Enlargement

A new obverse legend variant, apparently unique, of this rare Saecular Games denarius with portrait left: our coin has DOMITIAN in a clockwise legend, while the two previously 179

known variants have DOMIT in a clockwise legend (see preceding lot) and DOMITIAN in a counterclockwise legend (BM 133). The obverse die of our coin was also used with the reverse Saecular Games cippus within wreath: RIC 605, pl. 129 (unique in ANS).

729.

Denarius, 3.48g (6h). Rome, 88/9 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P VIII Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XVII COS XIIII CENS P P P Minerva standing left holding thunderbolt and spear, shield behind her leaning against her legs. RIC 659 (R). BM 149. Paris 140. Cohen 245 (2 Fr.). Only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard. IMP XVII is a scarce acclamation, evidently soon superseded by the even rarer IMP XVIII and then the common IMP XIX. About EF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Purchased from Helios, eBay, October 2010. Ex A. Lynn Collection.

730.

Domitian as Caesar. 70-81 AD. Imitative Denarius, 2.82g (5h). Obv: CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII Head laureate right.

Rx: PRINCEPS - IVVENTVTIS Vesta, veiled, seated left holding malformed Palladium (looks like globe with rod extending downward from it) and transverse scepter. An ancient imitation in good silver, copying RIC (Titus) 99 (obverse AVG F…COS VII) but with the succeeding DIVI F obverse legend. Good VF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG 58, 19 September 2001, lot 1152 (part).

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731.

Dupondius, 12.57g (5h). Rome, 76-7 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIAN COS IV Bust laureate, draped right. Rx: FELICIT - AS PVBLICA S - C Felicitas standing left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 928 (R2).

Not in BMC, the Paris collection, or Cohen with this obverse legend. Glossy green patination. About VF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Rare and interesting. There would appear to be only one middle-bronze obverse die of Domitian Caesar with legend ending DOMITIAN COS IV. Our coin shares its obverse die with RIC 928 and RIC 933 on pl. 52-53, and other specimens observed by C. Clay have also always been from that same obverse die. Perhaps this die was originally cut to read COS III, but to allow its continued use in 76 AD COS III was altered to COS IV, there being no room to add a fourth stroke to produce the normal form COS IIII. That hypothesis would explain firstly the exceptional form IV, when other Flavian coins struck at Rome always showed IIII, and second the abbreviation DOMITIAN, which was that used on Domitian’s middle bronzes dated COS II and COS III, whereas those dated COS IIII not IV always showed DOMITIANVS.

732.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Aureus, 7.00g (6h).

Spain, Tarraco, 70 AD. Obv: IMP.CAESAR. VESPASIANVS.AVG Head laureate right. Rx: COS.ITER - TR.POT Pax seated left hold-

ing branch and winged caduceus. RIC 1311 (R2), pl. 71 = BM 355, pl. 11, 7 (same dies).

Calicó 607. Carradice et al., Tarraco (2010), 8 (three specimens, from two obverse and one reverse die). A very rare Tarraco-mint aureus, apparently only the fourth specimen recorded.

Distinctive portrait. About Very Fine $3,250

Tarraco, c. 69-70 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate left. Rx: VICTORIA IMP - VESPASIANI Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm.

RIC 1340 (R). BM 361. Paris 30 var. Cohen 631 (100 Fr.). Some corrosion on lower part of obverse. About EF $750

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Pegasi, 2011.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

733.

Vespasian with Titus and Domitian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.32g (6h). Tarraco, 70 AD. Obv: [IMP] CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head of Vespasian laureate right. Rx: [CAES]AR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG [F PR] Bare heads of Titus and Domitian facing each other. RIC 1302 (R), pl. 71 = Paris 2, pl. XXVII (wrongly under Rome, same rev. die as ours).

BM 351A, pl. 11.3 (same obv. die as ours).

Cohen 5 (30 Fr.). Fine $375 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from The Time Machine, January 2011.

According to Harry Sneh’s ticket this specimen is listed and illustrated in I. Carradice et al., Les Monedas de la Provincia Tarraconensis (69-70 dC), Barcelona 2010, D-3.6, p. 153, 12 specimens known. Much rarer than the Romemint version of the same coin.

100 Francs in Cohen

734.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.13g (6h).

According to Harry Sneh’s ticket this specimen is cited in I. Carradice’s Tarraconensis book, D-11.33 (same obverse die as D-11.23).

Interesting reverse legend and rare, but Cohen’s 100-franc valuation seems excessive! The die axis of our coin is inverted, showing that the mint in question sometimes used that axis, not restricting itself to the upright axis, as RIC states.

735.

Vespasian, fourrée coupling rare Lugdunese obverse legend with Rome-mint aureus reverse type. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 2.93g (6h).

Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG TR P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: VIC - AVG across field, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath and palm. . Fine $150 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

A plated ancient counterfeit coupling a rare obverse of Vespasian at Lugdunum in 71 AD (BM 363) with a Rome-mint reverse of aurei only (RIC 47). RIC 48 tentatively accepts a Rome-mint denarius of the VIC AVG type, but as Harry Sneh observed the only known specimen, Paris 48, is from the same reverse die as our present plated coin, so must itself also just be a plated ancient counterfeit.

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736.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. As, 10.09g (8h).

Lugdunum, 77-8 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P Head laureate right, small globe under point of neck. Rx: IVDAEA - [CAPTA] S C Judaea seated right on cuirass in attitude of mourning below palm tree, a shield and two spears before her, four shields and a vexillum behind her. RIC 1233 (C). BM 845. Paris 844. Cohen 240. Slightly bent. Good Fine $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

in Cohen or the Paris collection, and apparently unknown until the BM acquired a specimen in 1935. That BM coin was the only one recorded by Giard in his Lyon monograph, no.

100. Another specimen, from the same dies as the present one, was in Berk 151, 1 November 2006, lot 497, and the RIC authors must also have known a couple of other examples to justify lowering their rarity rating to R.

738.

Dupondius, 14.02g (6h). Lugdunum, 77-8 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP AVG F PON TR P COS VI CENSOR Head laureate right, globe below point of neck. Rx: SECVRITAS - AVGVSTI S - C Securitas seated right before lighted and garlanded altar, supporting head with right hand and holding scepter with left, no torch beside altar. RIC 1265 (R). BM 861. Paris 868. Cohen 260 (2 Fr.). Green patination. VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Smythe.

737.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Sestertius, 27.24g (6h). Lugdunum, 77-8 AD. Obv: [T] CAES IMP AVG F PON TR P COS VI CENSOR Head laureate right, globe below point of neck. Rx: IVDAEA - CAPTA S C Judaea seated right on cuirass in attitude of mourning under palm tree, Jew with hands tied behind back standing right on other side of tree, shield on ground behind Jew and other captured arms before Judaea.

RIC 1245 (R). Giard, Lyon 100, pl. L (unique in BM) = BMC II, 2nd ed., Addenda p. 432.

Obverse somewhat porous. About Very Fine

$750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from David Hendin.

739.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 2.72g (6h).

Ephesus, 70 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS II TR P P P Head laureate right.

Rx: LIBERI IMP - AVG VESPAS Titus and Domitian, togate, veiled, standing left, heads 3/4 facing, each holding patera in right hand, left hands at side; sideways Φ in exergue.

RIC 1411 (R). BM 443. RPC 819 (8 spec.).

Cohen 249 (12 Fr.). “The Children of Emperor Vespasian Augustus.” Titus and Domitian look 3/4 front, not left as stated in RIC and RPC. About EF/EF $500

A rare type on Lugdunese sestertii of Titus. Not

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

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Engraver’s Error in Obverse Legend

Enlargement

740.

Denarius, 3.33g (7h). Ephesus, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P Head laureate right. Rx: PACI - AVGVSTA[E] Victory advancing right holding wreath and palm, EPHE (PHE ligate) in lower right field.

RIC 1431 (C). BM 457. Paris 352. Cohen 276 (20 Fr.). RPC 833 (26 spec.). EF $350

742.

Denarius, 2.69g (12h). Ephesus, 71 AD. Obv: IMPERATOR T CAESAR AVGVSTI E (sic) Head laureate right. Rx: CONCORDIA - AVG Ceres, veiled, seated left holding two wheat ears, poppy, and cornucopia, EPHE ligate in exergue. Obv. legend var. of RIC 1440 (R), BM 467, Paris 358, Cohen 39 corr. (40 Fr.), and RPC 843 (7 spec.). Good VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Ponterio, c. 2003.

From the same obverse die as the unique aureus in BM with AVG in Wreath reverse type, RIC 1437, pl. 77 = BM 462, pl. 16.13. The E instead of F at the end of the obverse legend is evidently an engraver's error.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

741.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Denarius, 3.27g (5h). Ephesus, 71 AD. Obv: IMPERATOR T CAESAR AVGVSTI F Head laureate right. Rx: CONCORDIA - AVG Ceres, veiled, seated left holding two wheat ears, poppy, and cornucopia, EPHE ligate in exergue. RIC 1440 (R). BM 467. Paris 358. Cohen 39 corr. (40 Fr.). RPC 843 (7 spec.). This rare Eastern issue wrongly gives Titus “Imperator” as a praenomen. VF

$300

743.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.13g (8h).

Uncertain Eastern Mint (annulet below portrait), 76 AD. Obv: [I]MP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate right, annulet below portrait is off flan. Rx: COS - VII across field, Eagle standing left, head right, wings half raised, on altar. RIC 1471 (R2), pl. 79 (different dies).

Berk 124, 3 Jan. 2002, lot 425 (also different dies). Not in BMC or the Paris collection from this mint. Some porosity on obverse. About VF

$300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired from Lanz, eBay, 8 February 2010.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

A recent addition to the rare denarii of this 183

“annulet� mint in Asia Minor, apparently unknown before the publication of Berk 124 late in 2001. BM 393 and RPC 1464 indeed knew this reverse type at the mint, but only as a mule with an obverse of Domitian Caesar, not with the correct portrait of Vespasian himself.

744.

Denarius, 3.51g (8h). Uncertain Eastern Mint (annulet below portrait), 76 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate right, annulet below tip of neck. Rx: PON MAX - TR P COS VII Winged caduceus upright. RIC 1477 (R). RPC 1453 (8 spec.). BM 483. Paris 371. From the same obverse die as a specimen in ANS, RPC pl. 68, 1453/6. Fine style, bold portrait. EF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 347.

745.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Denarius, 2.88g (6h). Uncertain Eastern Mint (annulet below portrait), 76 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP - VESP CENS Head laureate right, annulet below tip of neck. Rx: COS - V across field, Eagle standing left, head right, wings half raised, on altar. RIC 1481 (R). RPC 1457 (4 spec.). BM 485. Paris 373. The same obverse die was also used with three other reverse types: see the next two lots in this sale, and also BMC, pl. 17.14 and RIC, pl. 79, 1482. VF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired from David Vagi, Smythe, c. 2001.

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746.

Denarius, 2.95g (12h). Uncertain Eastern Mint (annulet below portrait), 76 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP - VESP CENS Head laureate right, annulet below tip of neck. Rx: FIDES - PVBL Two clasped hands in front of caduceus flanked by two poppies and two wheat ears. RIC 1485 (R). RPC 1459 (3 spec.). Paris 376. The same obverse die was also used with three other reverse types: see the preceding and following lots, and the note to the preceding lot. Some porosity. EF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; acquired from Ritter, 2010.

747.

Denarius, 3.39g (6h). Uncertain Eastern Mint (annulet below portrait), 76 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP - VESP CENS Head laureate right, annulet below tip of neck. Rx: PON MAX - TR P COS V Winged caduceus upright. Erroneously giving Titus the title PON MAX of Vespasian.

RIC 1486 (R2). RPC 1460 (2 spec., ANS and Berlin). Not in BMC, the Paris collection, or Cohen. Very rare, possibly just the third known specimen. The same obverse die was also used with three other reverse types: see the preceding two lots, and the note to lot 745. About VF

$250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

748.

Domitian as Caesar. 70-81 AD. Denarius, 3.20g (12h). Uncertain Eastern Mint (annulet

below portrait), 76 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVG F - DOMITIANVS Head laureate right. Rx: PON MAX - TR P COS IIII Winged caduceus upright. Wrongly giving Domitian two titles of Vespasian, PON MAX and TR P. RIC 1496 (R2). RPC 1469 (BM and Paris spec.).

Paris 377. BM 489. Cohen 369 corr. (Paris).

Very rare: RPC 1469 cites only the BM and Paris specimens, and RIC 1496 adds no others.

Excellent portrait. Some granularity. EF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

749.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 11.02g (7h). Probably Rome Mint for circulation in Asia. Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M. Head laureate right.

Rx: No legend, Legionary Eagle between two standards, the standard on left surmounted by hand, the one on right by banner. RIC 516 (R).

BM 149. RPC 861 (7 spec.). Cohen 398 (150 Fr.). Rare. VF $750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from CNG, c. 2001.

consecration of Vespasian. VF/EF

$600

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Manhattan Sale 1, 5 January 2010, lot 228.

751.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Orichalcum As, 6.53g (6h).

Struck at Rome for use in Syria, 80-1 AD. Obv: T CAESAR IMP PON TR POT Head laureate right. Rx: S C in laurel wreath. RIC 1573 (R2), pl. 83 (Oxford, same obv. die). RPC 1195, pl.

90 = Paris 896, pl. LXXIII (different dies). BM 237. McAlee 391 (V. Rare, his spec. from same obv. die as ours). Very rare with this obverse legend. VF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

752.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Semis, 3.00g (6h).

Struck at Rome for use in Syria, 74 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP TR POT Head laureate right. Rx: ANTI - OCHIA Towered and draped bust of city goddess of Antioch right. RIC 1574 (C).

RPC 1997 (14 spec.). McAlee 392 (Scarce). VF

$300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Triton XIII, January 2010, lot 1396 (part).

750.

Domitian as Caesar. 70-81 AD. Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 11.17g (5h). Probably Rome Mint for circulation in Asia, 80-1 AD. Obv: CAES DIVI F - DOMITIANVS COS VII Head laureate right. Rx: DIVO - VESP across field, Altar enclosure with doors. RIC 517 (R). RPC 862 (8 spec.). BM 150. Paris 112. Cohen 95 (70 Fr.).

Rare reverse type commemorating the

753.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 2.97g (12h).

Antioch, 72 AD. Obv: [IMP CAESAR VESPA] - SIANVS AVG Head laureate left. Rx: VICTORIA - AVG Victory standing right on 185

globe, holding wreath before her and palm over shoulder. RIC 1547 (R2). RPC 1921 (2 spec.).

BM 498. Cohen 588 (Elberling, 2 Fr.). Portrait in high relief. About EF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Sayles & Lavender, c. 2008.

The only bust left on an Antioch denarius; otherwise this portrait appears only on aurei, with a legend ending COS IIII (RIC 1548-1552).

The Victory on globe type too appears only here on the aurei and denarii of Vespasian and Titus at Antioch. Very rare, apparently only the fourth recorded specimen of this denarius.

The first was reported by Elberling in 1863, whence Cohen took it over in the first volume of his second edition (1880). The specimen acquired by the BM from Feuardent in 1925 was that same Elberling coin, as Elbering’s picture proves. A second specimen is in Vienna, according to RPC and RIC; and a third was in Gorny & Mosch 117, 2002, lot 500, whence it was acquired by A. Lynn and then resold in Helios 4, 2009, lot 292. There are no other specimens in CoinArchives Pro, Windwinds, CNG Research, or Berk photofile. The three illustrated specimens (ours, BM ex Elberling, Gorny & Mosch ) appear to all come from the same obverse die, but are from three different reverse dies.

(2 Fr.). Portrait in high relief. EF

$350

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

The incuse DIA below portrait appears to be clashing damage from a CONCORDIA AVGVSTI reverse die earlier coupled with this same obverse die; interesting, because clashing damage can usually only be observed on the reverses of Roman coins, not on the obverses.

755.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Denarius, 3.33g (6h). Antioch, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CA[ES IMP] VESP PON TR POT Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: CONCORDIA (N retrograde) AVGVSTI Concordia seated left holding patera and cornucopia. Rev. legend var. of RIC 1560 (R2), RPC 1932 (7 spec.), BM 514, and Cohen 44 (citing BM, 40 Fr.!). Apparently unpublished with the backwards N in CONCORDIA in the reverse legend. Bold portrait. EF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1518.

Die Clash Damage on Obverse

754.

Denarius, 3.18g (7h). Antioch, 72-3 AD. Obv: IMP CAE[S] VES[P AV]G P M COS IIII Head laureate right, below neck incuse letters DIA, retrograde. Rx: NEP - RED Muscular Neptune standing left, nude except for cloak hanging from left shoulder, placing right foot on globe and holding acrostolium and scepter. RIC 1555 (C). BM 506. RPC 1928 (13 spec.). Cohen 274 186

756.

Denarius, 2.99g (7h). Antioch, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP P - ON TR PO[T] Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: CONCORDIA - [AVGV]STI Concordia seated left holding patera and cornucopia. RIC 1560 (R2). RPC 1932 (7 spec.). BM 514. Cohen 44 (citing BM, 40 Fr.!). Rare Eastern reverse type missing from the Paris collection, though Cohen’s 40 franc evaluation seems excessive. Flan crack at 3h.

Good VF $275 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Capta). RIC 1562 (C). RPC 1934 (17 spec.).

BM 518. Paris 322. Cohen 392 (10 Fr.). Scrape in hair of emperor. EF $750 757.

Denarius, 3.23g (5h). Antioch, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: NEP - RED Neptune standing left, nude except for cloak hanging from left shoulder, placing right foot on globe and holding acrostolium and scepter.

RIC 1561 (C). RPC 1933 (20 spec.). BM 516.

Cohen 122 (6 Fr.). About EF $350

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Enlargement

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E164, 9 May 2007, lot 148 (with Pegasi ticket from earlier purchase).

758.

Denarius, 3.02g (6h). Antioch, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES [IMP VESP] - PON TR POT Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: NEP (N retrograde) - RED Neptune standing left, nude except for cloak hanging from left shoulder, placing right foot on globe and holding acrostolium and scepter. “The N of NEP is frequently reversed - reversed Ns are not uncommon at this mint” (RIC, p. 178, note 81). RIC 1561 (C).

RPC 1933 (20 spec.). BM 516. Cohen 122 (6 Fr.). EF $600

760.

Trajan. 98-117 AD. Denarius, 3.17g (6h).

Rome, c. 107-8 AD. Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Bust laureate right with fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC Emperor in quadriga right, holding laurel branch and eagle-tipped scepter; on side of car is Victory erecting trophy. MIR 273b (59 spec.).

BM 349. RIC 139 corr. Paris 282. Cohen 94 (10 Fr.). Apparently commemorating Trajan’s second Dacian triumph in 107 AD. Scarce: five specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. VF/EF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Tom Cederlind.

759.

Denarius, 3.28g (6h). Antioch, 72-3 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: No legend.

Standing emperor, left foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium, and seated, mourning Judaea on either side of palm tree (Judaea

761.

Titus, restored by Trajan Decius.

Antoninianus, 3.95g (7h). Rome, 251 AD. Obv: DIVO TITO Head radiate r. Rx: CONSECRATIO Altar, lighted. RIC 82b (R).

Cohen 405 (3 Fr.). Rare: only two specimens in Dorchester Hoard. EF $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from CNG. 187

ate left. Rx: ETOYΣ NEOY IEPOY Θ Zeus Salaminius standing left, head front, holding patera and scepter, eagle on left wrist. RPC 1808 (17 spec.), pl. 83 (same dies). Prieur 1572 (5 spec.). Rare. Bold Fine $300 762.

Mark Antony and Octavia. Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 11.68g (11h). 39 BC. Obv: M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT Head of Antony right, lituus below, all enclosed within ivy wreath. Rx: III VIR / R P C Bust of Octavia right, on cista flanked by snakes. RPC 2201. Cohen 2 (35 Fr.). Sydenham 1197. Sear, Imperators 262. Bold Fine $400

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E149, 4 October 2006, lot 260 (Garth Drewry Coll.); purchased by Drewry from Spink America, January 1999.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142, 10-11 October 2005, lot 1941.

765.

Galba. 68-69 AD. Tetradrachm, 14.60g (12h). Antioch, Year 2=Oct. 68-Jan. 69 AD. Obv: AYTOKPATWP ΓAΛBAC KAICAP CEBACTOC Head bare right. Rx: ETOVC B Eagle standing left on laurel branches, wreath in beak, palm branch in left field. RPC 4198 (17 spec., 7 obv. dies). Prieur 100 (31 spec.).

McAlee 308 (same obv. die). Good portrait. VF

$500

763.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Hemidrachm, 1.67g (11h).

Caesarea, Cappadocia. Obv: AYTOKPATWP TI[TO]C KAICAP CEBAc Head laureate right.

Rx: No legend, Nike advancing right holding wreath and palm. Obv. legend var. of RPC 1661; Metcalf, Conspectus 19; Sydenham 116; and Sear 775. The obverse legend apparently showing CEBAc rather than the normal CEBA, the additional C being small for lack of space.

About EF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Herakles Numismatics.

764.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Didrachm, 6.38g (12h). Cyprus, Year 9=76/77 AD. Obv: AYTOKPATΩP TITOC KAIΣAP Head laure188

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG 57, 28 March 2001, lot 859.

766.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Tetradrachm, 14.80g (11h). Antioch, Year 1=69 AD. Obv: AVTOKPAT KAIΣA OVEΣΠAΣIANOV Head laureate right with aegis around neck. Rx: ETOYΣ - NEOY IEPOY - A Eagle with spread wings standing right on thunderbolt, palm branch before him. RPC 1936 (7 spec., 1 obv. die). Prieur 103 (4 spec.). McAlee 324 (Rare), his illustrated specimen from same dies as ours.

Rare tetradrachm of Vespasian’s first year at Antioch, July-September 69 AD, apparently all

struck from just one obverse die. VF

$400

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1304.

767.

Tetradrachm, 14.33g (11h). Antioch, Year 2=69/70 AD. Obv: AYTOKPA OYECΠACIANOC - KAICAP CEBACTOC Head laureate right. Rx: ETOYΣ - NEOY IEPOY B Eagle with spread wings and wreath in beak standing left on club, palm branch before him. RPC 1954 (63 spec., 21 obv. dies).

Prieur 122 (35 spec.). McAlee 345. Broad flan.

Good VF $300

769.

Vespasian and Titus. 69-79 AD. Tetradrachm, 14.36g (12h). Antioch, Year 2=69/70 AD. Obv: AVTOKPAT KA[IΣA OVEΣΠAΣ]IANOV Bust of Vespasian laureate left with fold of cloak on shoulder. Rx: ΦΛAYI O[EΣΠ KAIΣ ET]OYΣ NEOY IEPOY around, B in lower r. field, Laureate head of Titus right, star behind.

RPC 1942 (31 spec., 5 obv. dies). Prieur 108 (3 spec.). McAlee 330. Specimen 15 of RPC 1942 is stated to show no fold of cloak on Vespasian’s shoulder on the obverse, but our coin from the same dies shows that the cloak was indeed present on the die, and was just flatly struck on the RPC example. VF $450

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

768.

Tetradrachm, 14.70g (2h). Antioch, Year 2=69/70 AD. Obv: AVTOKPATΩP KAIC - AP CEBACTOC OVECΠACIANOC (starting upper r.) Head laureate right. Rx: ETOVC NEOV IEPOV B, the letters set on an engraver’s guide circle in field; Eagle with spread wings and wreath in beak standing left on club, palm branch before him. RPC 1971 (93 spec., 25 obv. dies). Prieur 135 (23 spec.). McAlee 357. Well centered with full legends. Expressive portrait. About EF $450

770.

Tetradrachm, 13.28g (12h). Antioch, Year 2=69/70 AD. Obv: [AVTOKP]AT KAIΣA OVEΣΠAΣIANOY Bust of Vespasian laureate left with fold of cloak on shoulder, carried by eagle flying left. Rx: T ΦΛAYI OEΣΠ K[AIΣ ET]OYΣ NEOY IEPOY around, B in lower r. field, Laureate head of Titus right, lituus behind. RPC 1944 (11 spec., 4 obv. dies). Prieur 109 (8 spec.). McAlee 331 (Rare). About VF/ EF $400

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Spink America.

189

September 2009, lot 848 (Gordon S. Parry Coll.). Ex CNG 43, 24 September 1997, lot 1086.

771.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Tetradrachm, 14.77g (12h). Caesarea Maritima, Judaea, Year 3=70/71 AD. Obv: AYTOKP TITOC - KAIΣ OYECΠ Bust laureate right with aegis on shoulder. Rx: ETOYΣ Γ - IEPOY Eagle with spread wings and wreath in beak standing left on palm branch, club before him. RPC 1967 (32 spec., 8 obv. dies). Prieur 140 (17 spec.).

McAlee 379. An exceptionally attractive and well-centered specimen of this rare and historically important tetradrachm, which is usually found more worn and off center on an undersize flan. VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, acquired from Ephesus (Paul Landsberg).

This issue centering on Titus and dated to 70/71 AD may have been struck at Caesarea Maritima in Judaea in association with the Judaea Capta coins, soon after Titus’ capture of Jerusalem in c. August 70 AD; cf. RPC, p. 276, following McAlee, pp. 121-2.

772.

Tetradrachm, 14.09g (1h). Caesarea Maritima, Judaea, Year 3=70/71 AD. Obv: AYTOKP TITOΣ [KAIΣ OYECΠ] Bust laureate right with aegis on shoulder. Rx: [ETOYΣ Γ] IEPOY Eagle with spread wings and wreath in beak standing left on [caduceus], club before him, quiver and bow emerge from behind his left shoulder and wing. RPC 1969 (5 spec., 1 obv. die). Prieur 142 (4 spec.). McAlee 381 (V. Rare). Fine $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG 82, 16 190

A very rare variant of this important issue (see preceding lot), with the eagle standing on caduceus (off flan on our coin) rather than on palm branch and with a quiver and bow emerging from behind his shoulder; all recorded specimens come from a single obverse die.

773.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Tetradrachm, 13.15g (12h).

Alexandria, Egypt, Year 3=80/81 AD. Obv: AVTOK TITOY KAIΣ OVEΣΠAΣIANOY ΣEB Laureate head right. Rx: OMO - NOIA Homonoia/Concordia seated left, holding out branch, date L Γ in lower left field. RPC 2467 (31 spec.). Cologne 322. Dattari 423. About EF

$300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Ed Waddell.

774.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. AE 17-20, 4.71g (1h). Perga, Pampyhylia. Obv: TITOC - KAICA[P] Head laureate right. Rx: APTEMIΔOC - ΠEPΓAIAC Artemis running right, holding torch and bow. RPC 1514 (7 spec.). VF $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Ed Waddell.

The reverse legend names Artemis of Perga in the genitive case, implying that it’s her coin.

ETOY NEOY IEP Head laureate right. Rx: ΔW[PITWN] along right edge, date BΛP in left field, Turreted Tyche standing left, head right, holding vexillum and cornucopia. RPC 2089 (7 spec.). Green patination. VF/Fine $100 775.

Nero. 54-68 AD. AE 22-24, 11.48g (12h).

Akko-Ptolemais, Phoenicia, After 60 AD. Obv: NER CAES AVG - COS IIII IMP XIIII P P Head laureate right, lituus in field before neck.

Rx: DIVOS [CLAVD GER FELIX] around, PTOL upside down in exergue, C - O - L - C C ST across field, Divus Claudius as founder plowing right with ox and cow; behind, four vexilla representing the four legions whose veterans were settled in the colony. RPC 4749 (9 spec.). VF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Coin Galleries MBS, 14 April 1999, lot 284.

An interesting reverse type commemorating Claudius’ settlement of army veterans and establishment of a Roman colony at Ptolemais between 50/51 AD and the end of his reign. As Harry Sneh observed, this well preserved specimen allows two improvements in our description of the obverse: first, the obverse legend begins with just NERO, not IMP NERO, suggesting production before Nero’s acceptance of the praenomen IMP in 66 AD, a question left open by RPC; second, there is a lituus before Nero’s neck which has not previously been noticed, though it is faintly visible in the RPC illustration too (pl. 172, 4749) and on other specimens found online.

776.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. AE 22, 8.80g (12h). Dora, Phoenicia, Year 132=69/70 AD. Obv: T [Φ]ΛAYI OYEΣΠ - KAIΣ

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

777.

Trajan. 98-117 AD. AE 21-26, 11.34g (12h).

Dora, Phoenicia, Year 175=111/112 AD. Obv: AY[TO]K KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CE[B ΓEPMAN] ΔAK Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck; star in right field before neck. Rx: Veiled and turreted bust of Tyche of the City right, ΔW to left and date POE below, all in oak wreath. BM 33. VF

$300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Heritage 357, Long Beach, 9 September 2004, lot 12091.

778.

AE 19, 6.31g (12h). Dora. Phoenicia, Year 175=111/112 AD. Obv: AYTO NEP TPA KAI CE ΓEPM ΔAK Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck; star in right field before neck. Rx: ΔWPITWN along right edge, date L POE upwards on left, Turreted Tyche standing left holding vexillum and cornucopia. BM 34. Good VF $150 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt.

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779.

Judaea, Herod I the Great. 40-4 BC. 2 Prutot, 2.74g (12h). Obv: Tripod table with bowl between two palm branches. Rx: HPΩΔOV BAΣIΛEΩΣ Diadem inclosing cross. RPC 4905. Hendin 1178. This coin listed on menorahcoinproject.org, dies O9/R35. Well centered.

Choice VF $150 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Ponterio 130, 1 May 2004, lot 1375. Ex Rosenblum 33D, August 2003, lot 37.

782.

Judaea, The Jewish War. 66-70 AD. AE Eighth Shekel, 6.60g (11h). Year 4=69/70 AD. Obv: Lulav branch flanked by an etrog on either side, Hebrew inscription (=Year 4) around. Rx: Chalice with pearled rim, Hebrew inscription (=to the redemption of Zion) around. Hendin 1369. VF $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk.

780.

Herod Antipas (4 BC-39 AD. AE Half Unit, 6.11g (12h). Year 37=33/4 AD. Obv: HPWΔOV - [TETP]XOV around, [L] - ΛZ across field, Palm branch upright. Rx: TIBE / PIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC 4931. Hendin 1212.

Listed in menorahcoinproject.org, dies O1/R8.

VF $350

The edges of the flans of this issue were beveled, leaving one face of the coin smaller than the other. Usually the lulav was struck on the broad side, and the chalice on the smaller side, but on this specimen the types were reversed, the lulav appearing on the small side and the chalice on the broad side.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Stack’s, February 2003, lot 124. Ex Hendin List 76, May 2001, lot 35.

781.

Valerius Gratus, Procurator under Tiberius.

Bronze Prutah, 1.84g (4h). Year 4=17/8 AD. Obv: [TIBEPIOC] above vine leaf on tendril.

Rx: [K]AICAP above, date L - Δ across field, Kantharos with scroll handles. Hendin 1337.

RPC 4952. This specimen listed and illustrated on menorahcoinproject.org, die R13. Good VF

$250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Ed Waddell E103, 28 February 2006, lot 29.

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783.

Domitian, Local Judaea Capta Coinage.

81-96 AD. AE 25-27, 16.48g (12h). After 83 AD. Obv: [IMP DOMI]TIANVS CAES AVG GERMAN[ICVS] Head laureate right. Rx: No legend. Minerva fighting right on galley, owl standing at her feet, flanked by trophy on left and palm branch on right. RPC 2304 (13 spec.).

Hendin 1454. Scarce. Good Fine $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection; purchased from David Hendin, December 2010.

spec.). Hendin 1460. Scarce. About VF

$200

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

784.

AE 23, 11.95g (12h). After 83 AD. Obv: IMP - DOMITIANVS - [CAES AVG] GERMANICVS Head laureate left. Rx: No legend. Minerva standing left, placing helmet atop trophy with right hand and holding round shield and spear in left. RPC 2305 (20 spec.). Hendin 1455. VF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex CNG E53, 20 November 2002, lot 76.

785.

AE 23, 11.01g (12h). 92-3 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P XII Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XXIII C - OS XVI CENS P P P Victory advancing left holding wreath and trophy. RPC 2308 (15 spec.).

Hendin 1459. VF $300

787.

Titus as Caesar, Local Judaea Capta Coinage. 70-79 AD. AE 23, 10.91g (11h).

Caesarea Maritima, Judaea, c. 71-73 AD. Obv: AYTOKP TITO - Σ KAIΣAP Laureate head right. Rx: IOYΔAI[A]Σ - EAΛWKVIAΣ Trophy, to left of which kneeling captive with hands tied behind back, to right pelta-shaped shield. RPC 2313. Hendin 1449. Well centered.

About VF $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

The captive on reverse kneels on one knee, rather than sitting with his legs drawn up as on the second coin in lot 822 below. This difference, though not described in the standard references, is also evident on the ANS specimens, SNG 477-8 (kneeling), 479-482 (sitting).

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Goldberg 41, 28 May 2007, lot 2520 (Alan Levin Coll.).

Ex Superior VI, lot 97.

The imperatorial number is unorthodox, Domitian never officially became IMP XXIII. From the same obverse die as Hendin’s countermarked specimen, pl. 43, 1459a.

786.

AE 19, 7.03g (12h). 92-3 AD. Obv: IMP DOMIT - AVG GERM P M Head laureate right.

Rx: VICTOR - AVG Trophy. RPC 2309 (15

788.

Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE 17, 3.41g (2h). Aelia Capitolina, Judaea (Jerusalem), Obv: IMP CAE - ANTONIN T (the T upside down) Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: CA.C Eagle flying right holding thunderbolt in talons.

Meshorer 34. Not in BMC or SNG ANS. Rare.

VF $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

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789.

Nero. 54-68 AD. AE 20-22, 11.51g (1h).

Caesarea, Samaria, Year 14=68 AD. Obv: [NEPΩN] - KAI ΣEBAΣTOΣ Head laureate right, star in field before neck. Rx: KAIΣAPIA H ΠPO - Σ - EBAΣTΩ ΛIMEN City goddess standing left, wearing kalathos or turreted crown, with parazonium hanging at side, setting right foot on prow and holding human head and vexillum; date L IΔ in left field. RPC 4862 (65 spec.). VF $150

others of Sepphoris (RPC 4849-50, see lot 796 below) are the only ones to name the future emperor Vespasian as governor of Syria under Nero. The obverse legend of our coin apparently reads CEBAC, not just CEB as described in RPC.

Enlargement

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from David Hendin.

With fully legible reverse legend, from which two letters have been omitted: the first Σ of ΣEBAΣTΩ and the final I of ΛIMENI. The obverse legend seems to show just KAI instead of the usual KAIΣAP.

790.

Nero, under Vespasian as governor of Syria.

54-68 AD. AE 22, 12.28g (1h). Caesarea, Samaria, Year 14=68 AD. Obv: NEPΩN CEBAC - [KAICAP] Head laureate right. Rx: EΠI / OYECΠA / CIANOY / KAIΣAPE / L IΔ within wreath. RPC 4865 (5 spec.). SNG ANS 759. Very rare and historically interesting. The reverse legend naming Vespasian is very clear.

Far superior to the RPC plate coin (BMC 34) and the ANS specimen. Fine/VF $750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt.

This rare coin of Caesarea Maritima and two 194

791.

Hadrian. 117-138 AD. AE 28-30, 21.16g (12h).

Caesarea, Samaria. Obv: IMP TRA HADR - IANO CAES AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: COL I FL AVG around, CAESAREN in exergue, Founder, veiled and togate, plowing right with bull and cow yoked; above, a small Victory flying left to crown him.

With complete legends on both sides. BM 54.

SNG ANS 766. Fine $250 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Ed Waddell.

792.

Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. 139-161 AD. AE 25, 12.59g (11h). Caesarea, Samaria, Obv: AVRELIO CAES - ANTON AVG P F Bust draped, cuirassed right, head bare. Rx: COL PRIMA FL - AVG CAESAREA Draped bust of

Serapis right wearing kalathos. BM 81. SNG ANS 776. About EF $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt.

793.

Titus. 79-81 AD. AE 24, 11.95g (12h).

Caesarea Panias, Trachonitis, Struck under Agrippa II, Year 26=85/6 AD. Obv: AVTOKP TITOC - KAICAP CEBAC Laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, with Medusa head on breastplate. Rx: ETO - KS [BA] / AΓPI - ΠΠ[A] in two lines across field, Victory advancing right holding wreath in right hand and palm branch over shoulder in left. RPC 2276 (6 spec.). Hendin 1284. Exceptional portrait. VF $350

795.

Titus. 79-81 AD. AE 23, 10.90g (1h). Caesarea Panias, Trachonitis, Struck under Agrippa II, Year 14=73-74 AD. Obv: AVTO[KP TITOC] - KAICAP CEB Laureate, cuirassed bust right with Medusa head on breastplate. Rx: L IΔ ΒΑ[C] / AΓP - IΠΠ in two lines across field, Victory advancing right holding wreath in right hand and palm branch over shoulder in left.

RPC 2247, pl. 97 (same obv. die). Hendin 1303 var. Very rare with L not ET preceding the date and Victory advancing rather than standing; only one specimen in a private collection cited

by RPC 2247; ours is from the same obverse die. VF/Fine $350 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection. Ex Goldberg 41, 28 May 2007, lot 2466 (Alan Levin Coll.). Ex Goldberg 10, May 2001, lot 2615.

794.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. AE 26-28, 13.53g (12h).

Caesarea Panias, Trachonitis, Struck under Agrippa II, Year 27= 86/7 AD. Obv: AVTOKPA O[YECΠA]CI KAICAPI CEBACTW Head laureate right. Rx: ETOY - KZ ΒΑ / AΓPI - ΠΠA in two lines across field, Tyche with calathos standing left holding two wheat ears and cornucopia, without star in left field. RPC 2283 (7 spec.). Hendin 1288. Rare variant without star on reverse: only one such coin among the seven cited by RPC 2283, not mentioned by Hendin 1288. Good Fine $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

796.

Nero, naming Vespasian as governor of Syria. 54-68 AD. AE 24, 14.96g (12h).

Sepphoris, Galilea, Year 14=67/68 AD. Obv: Caduceus between two crossed cornucopias, legend names Sepphoris Irenopolis (City of Peace) and Neronias and begins “Under Vespasian”, [EΠI OY]ECΠACIANOY. Rx: L ΔI / NEPΩNO / KΛAYΔIOY / KAICAPO / C in five lines within wreath. RPC 4849 (14 spec.).

VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Zuzim Judaea.

Cf. Hendin, 4th ed., p. 407: “The earliest coins of Sepphoris were issued in 68 C.E. by Agrippa II, naming Vespasian under the emperor Nero.

These coins establish that Vespasian was a governor as well as a general before he took the throne”. See also lot 790 above.

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797.

Trajan. 98-117 AD. AE 26, 14.64g (12h).

Sepphoris, Galilea, Obv: TPAIANOΣ AYTO - KPATΩP EΔΩKEN Head laureate right. Rx: ΣEΠΦΩ / PHNΩN in two lines within laurel wreath. BM 1. SNG ANS 1086. The obverse legend states that Trajan “made a gift” to the city, perhaps the privilege of producing the actual coins so marked (BMC Palestine, pp. xixii). Attractive blue-green patination. VF/EF

$300

I tetradrachm, Antioch, Year 164=149/8 BC; Antiochus VI drachm, Antioch, Year 170=143/2 BC; Tryphon (142-139 BC), AE 18, Antioch; Demetrius II, Second reign, didrachm, Tyre, Year 183=130/29 BC; SC 1782.2g, 2002.2a, 2034.2c, and 2196.1b; first and third ex Freeman & Sear 7, 22 Feb. 2002, lots 164 and 183. Fine to VF $1,000 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

800.

Lot of Three Roman Provincial Tetradrachms.

Augustus, Antioch, Year 28=4/3 BC, RPC 4153, ex Ponterio 117, 18 Jan. 2002, lot 328; Vespasian and Titus, Alexandria, Year 8=75/6 AD, RPC 2447, ex CNG E138, 26 April 2006, lot 181; Trajan, Tyre, TR P XV=111 AD, McAlee 439, ex Ponterio 106, 7 April 2000, lot 457. Fine to VF $500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Ed Waddell.

798.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. AE 17, 5.58g (12h). Gadara, Decopolis, Year 137=73/74 AD. Obv: TITOΣ KA[I] -ΣAP Laureate head right.

Rx: [ΓA]ΔA - PE - ΩN Crossed cornucopias, between them a cruciform ornament with dots in each corner, date L ZΛ[P] above. RPC 2096.

BM 3. Spijkerman 30, pl. 27 (same obv. die).

The cruciform ornament on reverse is also clear on Spijkerman’s specimen and is described by him, but it cannot be seen on the BM specimen illustrated in RPC, pl. 94, 2096, and is not mentioned in the RPC text. VF $200 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Spink’s.

Group Lots 799.

Lot of Six Greek Coins, Alexander III and Seleucid. Two Alexander III tetradrachms, Ake Ptolemais, Year 38=309/8 BC and Babylon, 317-311 BC, Price 3295 corr. and 3726, the first ex Triton XI, 2008, lot 1760 (part). Four Seleucid: Alexander 196

801.

Lot of Two Denarii and a Rare Caesarean Drachm. Augustus, Moneyer M. Durmius, Rome,19 BC, Head of Honos / Kneeling German surrendering standard, RIC 315 corr.; Hadrian, Rome, c. 132 AD, scarce head laureate left / FORTVNAE REDVCI, RIC 247; Domitian as Caesar, Caesarea, drachm, Year 9=76/7 AD, rev. OMONOIA CEBACTH, Concordia seated left, RPC 1657 (only two spec., both in ANS). Fine $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

802.

Lot of Five Denarii of Vespasian. Four of Rome, with reverses Titus and Domitian on horseback, Titus and Domitian seated, Fortuna Redux standing, and radiate figure on rostral column; the fifth of Antioch, rev. Concordia seated; RIC 5 (R), 6 (R), 19 (C), 1065 (R), and 1554 (R2). The two dynastic reverses rare, neither in Reka Devnia hoard; the rostral column coin ex A. Lynn Collection. Good to VF

$400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

803.

Lot of Five Denarii of Titus as Caesar. All of Rome, with reverses Neptune standing, winged caduceus (two varieties), Annona seated, and Venus leaning on column; RIC 366 (C), 693 (R), 706 (R), 972 (C), and 1078 (C). The two caduceus coins rare, none and two specimens respectively in Reka Devnia hoard. Fine to VF $550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

804.

Lot of Four Denarii of Titus as Augustus. Three of 79 AD, with reverses Radiate figure on rostral column, Quadriga containing flower, and Venus leaning on column; the fourth of 80, with reverse Plain thunderbolt (unwinged) lying on throne. All mint of Rome, RIC 28 (C), 43 (R), 53 (R), and 119 (C2). The quadriga piece rare: from the same dies as Paris 30, pl. LXXIV; none in Reka Devnia hoard; not in BM. Fine to Good VF $575 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

805.

Lot of Six Denarii of Domitian as Caesar and as Augustus in 81. With reverses COS V Helmeted horseman, PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS Minerva fighting right, Throne with triangular back, Thunderbolt on throne, Dolphin coiled around anchor, and Throne with round back. All mint of Rome, RIC Vesp. 957 (C2), Titus 268 (C), Domitian 3 (R), 4 (C), 54 (C2), and 67 (R). Generally VF $700 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

XII on 13 September 92. Our reverse die was clearly originally engraved showing IMP XXI, but an additional stroke was then squeezed in to produce IMP XXII. The third and fourth coins ex Helios, November 2010 (A. Lynn Collection). Fine to VF

$400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

808.

Lot of Seven Imitative Flavian Denarii with Interesting Hybrid Type Combinations, Including Judaea Capta. All plated or in base silver. 1. Vespasian, obverse Head left of 75-79 AD, reverse IVDAEA seated of 70. 2-6. Titus, with reverses AVGVR TRI POT of Vespasian; IVDAEA seated of Vespasian; Dolphin coiled around anchor with invented obverse legend IMP CAES TITVS VESPASIANVS AVG; Emperor seated left of 73-74 AD but with obverse and reverse titles of Titus as Augustus in 79; IVPPITER CONSERVATOR, Eagle on thunderbolt, of Domitian. 7. Obverse Domitian as Caesar, reverse IMP - XIX Modius of Vespasian.

Good to About VF

$550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

806.

Lot of Three Denarii of Domitian. Two as Augustus, mint of Rome, reverses Throne with round back and Minerva fighting right, RIC 64 (R) and 572 (C3); the second coin ex Helios, November 2010 (A. Lynn Collection). One as Caesar, rare “annulet” mint in Asia Minor, 76 AD, reverse COS - IIII, Eagle on altar, RIC 1492 (R), RPC 1466 (4 spec.). Fine to VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

807.

Lot of Four Denarii of Domitian as Augustus, all Rare Dates. All mint of Rome. 1. 85 AD, with GERMANIC on obverse, reverse P M TR POT IIII IMP VIII COS XI P P, Minerva fighting right atop rostral column, RIC 259 (R2). 2-3. 89 AD, TR P VIII / IMP XXI COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva fighting right and Minerva fighting right atop rostral column, RIC 674 (R) and 675 (R2). IMP XXI is rare with TR P VIII, evidently only being announced shortly before Domitian became TR P VIIII on 13 September 89. The Reka Devnia hoard contained no denarii of any type from this issue. 4. AD 92, TR P XI / IMP XXII COS XVI CENS P P P, Minerva standing left holding spear, RIC 738 (R2). IMP XXII is rare with TR P XI, evidently only being announced shortly before Domitian became TR P

809.

Lot of Three Rare Asses of Vespasian. 1. Rome, 71 AD, reverse Eagle on globe, RIC 322 (R). 2.

Lugdunum, 71 AD, reverse Victory advancing left, RIC 1176 (R). 3. Tarraco, 70 AD, 8.31g, 6h, obv.

[I]MP CAESAR VESPASIAN[VS AVG P M TR P] Head laureate right, rev. COS DESIG [III - TR POT] Aequitas standing left holding scales and transverse scepter; Carradice et al., Tarraconensis, As 13 (1 spec., Madrid, same dies); not in RIC, obverse legend variant of RIC 1322 (1 spec.). A very rare reverse legend in a rare series of asses, apparently only the second specimen recorded with this obverse legend. VG to Good Fine $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

810.

Lot of As and Quadrans of Vespasian, both Judaea Capta types, plus a Quadrans of Titus.

1. Vespasian, As, Rome, 71 AD, reverse IVDAEA CAPTA, Judaea mourning at base of palm tree, RIC 303 (R), pl. 27 (probably same dies). 2. Vespasian, quadrans, Rome, 71 AD, obv. Trophy, rev. Standard, RIC 344 (R), pl. 29 (same obv. die). 3. Titus, quadrans, Rome, 80-81 AD, Modius / S C in laurel wreath, RIC 255 (C), Paris 228, pl. 83 (same dies), 197

ex CNG E106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 234 (Tony Hardy Collection). VG to Good VF $550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

811.

Lot of Four Sestertii of Titus. 1 and 2. As Caesar, Rome, 72 AD, reverses IVDAEA - CAPTA S C, Emperor, palm tree, mourning Judaea; and [S] - C, Titus riding down enemy, who defends himself with sword and oblong, probably German, shield. RIC 422 (R) and 430 (R). The second coin, considered a Judaea Capta type by Hendin 1524, ex Goldberg 41, part of lot 2841 (Alan Levin Collection). 3. As Caesar, Rome, COS III CENS, 74 AD, reverse Spes advancing left, RIC 739 (R2). All of Titus’ sestertii dated COS III CENS are very rare. 4. As Augustus, Rome, 80-81 AD, reverse FELICIT PVBLIC, Felicitas standing left, RIC 144 (C2). Fine to About VF

$1,000 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

812.

Lot of Two Dupondii and One As of Titus. 1-2.

Titus as Augustus, Dupondii, Rome, 80-81 AD, both with portrait left, reverses SALVS - AVG S C and [SECVR]ITAS - P R S C, RIC 204 (C) and 211 (R).

Ex CNG E108, 2005, lot 113 (Rudolph Berk Coll.) and CNG 67, 2004, lot 1376 respectively. 3. Titus as Caesar, As, Rome, 73 AD, COS II CENS, reverse VICTORIA - AVGVST S - C, Victory standing right on prow, RIC 641 (R). VF to Good VF $750 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

813.

Lot of Two Dupondii and One As of Titus, All Rare. 1-2. Titus as Augustus, Dupondii, Rome, 80-81 AD, reverses CERES - AVGVST S - C and CONCORD - AVGVST S C, RIC 187 (R2) and 194 (R3, unique in Oxford), pl. 98 (same dies). The first exceptional for being a dupondius (yellow metal) with laureate rather than radiate portrait, the second, ex Freeman & Sear and A. Lynn Collection, rare for the abbreviation CONCORD rather than CONCORDIA on reverse. 3. Titus as Caesar, As, Rome, 73 AD, COS II CENS, reverse VICTORIA - NAVALIS S - C, Victory standing right on prow, RIC 644 (R). Fine to About VF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

198

814.

Lot of Four Asses of Titus. 1-2. Titus as Caesar, Rome, 72 AD, COS II, reverses S - C Legionary eagle between two standards and AEQVITAS AVGVSTI S- C, RIC 449 (R) and 469 (R2). 3. Titus as Augustus, Rome, 80-81 AD, reverse GENI - P R S - C, Genius of the Roman People sacrificing at altar, RIC 226 (R). 4. Titus as Caesar, Lugdunum, 77-78 AD, COS VI CENSOR, reverse S - C Spes advancing left, RIC 1273 (C3), ex CNG 147, 6 Sept.

2006, lot 217. Fine to VF $600 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

815.

Lot of Three Dupondii of Titus and One Sestertius of Domitian. 1-2. Titus as Caesar, dupondii, struck at Rome for circulation in Syria, 74 AD, reverse TR POT COS III CENSOR, Winged caduceus between two crossed cornucopias. The first coin with the proper obverse legend T CAESAR IMP PONT, RIC 761 (C); the second a mule with obverse die meant for standard Roman dupondii, legend T CAES IMP COS III CENS, McAlee 388 (Ex. Rare), RIC 767 (R), pl. 48 = Paris 908, pl. LXXII = RPC 1993, pl. 90 (same dies as ours). 3. Titus as Augustus, dupondius, Thracian mint, 80-81 AD, reverse Roma seated left, RIC 503 (R), RPC 507 (9 spec.). 4. Domitian as Caesar, sestertius, Thracian mint, 80-81 AD, reverse Pax standing left, RIC 507 (R), RPC 504 (6 spec.), ex CNG E169, 25 July 2007, lot 239 (J.S. Wagner Coll.).

Fine to About VF

$500 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

816.

Lot of Restored As of Claudius and Two Middle Bronzes of Domitian. 1. As of Claudius restored

by Titus, Thracian mint, 80-81 AD, reverse Minerva fighting right, RIC 489 (R), pl. 114 = Paris 317, pl. XC (same obv. die). 2. Domitian as Caesar, As, Rome, 76-77 AD, COS IIII (rare issue), reverse AEQVITAS - AVGVST S - C, RIC 929 (R). 3.

Domitian as Caesar, dupondius (yellow metal), Rome, 80-81 AD, reverse CERES - AVGVST S - C, RIC 308 (C). Fine to VF $375 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

817.

Lot of Ten Jewish and Judaean Provincial Bronze Coins. 1-2. Herod the Great, 8 Prutot and prutah, Hendin 1169 and 1188. 3-7. Procurators under Augustus and Tiberius, prutahs, Marcus

Ambibulus (1) and Valerius Gratus (4), Hendin 1329, 1335, 1338, 1339, 1340; four ex Goldman 25, 2 June 2004, lots 3056, 3057, and 3248. 8-10. The Jewish War, 66-70 AD, 2 prutahs and AE eighth shekel, Hendin 1360a (2) and 1369, the eighth shekel ex Triton IX, 9 Jan. 2008, lot 1760 (part). Fine to Good VF

$800 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

818.

Lot of Two Noteworthy Flavian Provincial Bronzes. 1. Vespasian, Dora, Phoenicia, AE 22,10.18g, 12h, Year 132=69/70 AD, reverse Turreted Tyche holding vexillum and cornucopia, RPC 2088 (9 spec.), ex Ponterio 134, 23 April 2005, lot 1465. 2. Titus and Domitian, uncertain mint, AE 17, 4.14g, 7h, obv. TITTW KAIΣAPI Laureate head of Titus left, rev. ΔOMETTIANW KAICAPI Laureate head of Domitian right, the emperor’s names curiously written with double T’s, RPC 2813 (2 spec.), pl. 120 (same dies), apparently the third recorded specimen. Very Fine and Fine $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

819.

Lot of Four Flavian Provincial Bronzes. 1.

Vespasian, Dora, Phoenicia, AE 21, reverse Turreted Tyche holding vexillum and cornucopia, RPC 2089 (7 spec.). 2. Titus as Caesar, Berytus, Phoenicia, AE 22-24, rev. Togate emperor as founder plowing right with ox and cow, RPC 2045 (17 spec.), ex CNG E126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 261 (Garth R. Drewry Coll.).

3. Titus, Philadelphia, Lydia, AE 19, rev. Cult statue of Anatis standing front between two lions, RPC 1330 (9 spec.). 4. Domitian, Caesarea, Samaria, AE 19, rev. City goddess holding human head and standard, RPC 2231 (7 spec.). Fine to VF $400 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

820.

Lot of Five Flavian Provincial Bronzes, Struck Under Agrippa II. 1. Vespasian, struck under Agrippa II, AE 27, rev. Tyche standing left, RPC 2252 (3 spec.), ex CNG E163, 2007, lot 71 (misattributed). 2-4. Titus, struck under Agrippa II, AE 25, AE 23, and AE 20, rev. Victory standing right (2) and Galley left, RPC 2246 (only 1 spec.), 2255 (3 spec.), and 2258 (5 spec.), first and third ex Waddell 101, lots 48-49. 5. Domitian, struck under Agrippa II, AE 21, rev. Victory inscribing shield, RPC 2251 (6 spec.). About Fine to VF $550 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

821.

Lot of Four Flavian Provincial Bronzes.

1-2. Ascalon, Judaea, Vespasian and Titus, both AE 21, rev. Turreted Tyche standing left on prow, holding standard and aphlaston, RPC 2207 (8 spec.) and 2209 (12 spec.). 3. Titus, Gadara, Decapolis, AE 15, rev. bust of City goddess right, RPC 2095 or 2097. 4. Titus, Philadelphia, Arabia Petraea, AE 23, Heracles holding club in oval countermark (Howgego 17) on emperor’s portrait, rev. Laureate head of Domitian/Heracles right, lionskin around neck, RPC 2106 (9 spec.). Fine to Good Fine $300 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

822.

Lot of Four Flavian Provincial Bronzes.

1-2. Greek Judaea Capta, Vespasian (very rare in this series) and Titus, AE 21 and AE 24, rev. Victory inscribing shield and Captive seated below trophy, RPC 2310 (4 spec.) and 2313 (43 spec.). 3.

Domitian, Ascalon, Judaea, AE 21, rev. Turreted Tyche standing left on prow, holding standard and aphlaston, RPC 2211 (12 spec.). 4. Domitian as Caesar, Gaba, Trachonitis, AE 19, Year 136=77/78 AD, rev. Men standing front, RPC 2233 corr. (4 spec.), pl. 96 (same obv. die). Fine to VF $650 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

823.

Lot of Four Provincial Bronze Coins (NonFlavian). 1. Nero, struck under Agrippa II, Uncertain Neronias mint, AE 23, rev. Names of King Agrippa and mint Neronias within a circle and wreath, RPC 4989 (9 spec.), ex Ponterio 134, 23 April 2005, lot 1482. 2. Hadrian, Gaza, Palestine, AE 24, dated Year 192=131/2 AD and “Year 3 after the visit [of Hadrian in 130]”, rev. Tyche standing left, heifer at her feet, BM 31, SNG ANS 916 (same obv. die). 3. Antoninus Pius, Aelia Capitolina, Judaea, AE 21, rev. Dionysos standing emptying cup to panther, BM 18. 4. Volusian, Caesarea, Samaria, AE 22, 14.35g, rev. Dionysos reclining left on back of lion walking right, legend calls Caesarea METR S PAL, “Metropolis of Palestine Syria”. Fine to VF

$700 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

824.

Lot of Six Provincial Bronze Coins of Trajan and Hadrian. 1-2. Trajan, Tiberias, Galilea, AE 25 and AE 15, Years 81=99/100 AD and 90=108/9 AD, rev.

City goddess standing and Anchor, BM 4 and 18, 199

SNG ANS 1099 and 1105. 3-4. Hadrian, Tiberias, Galilea, AE 22 and 17, both Year 101=119/20 AD, rev. Tyche standing left, foot on prow, holding human bust and scepter, and (second coin) Nike standing right, head left, BM 29 and 32, SNG ANS 1114 (same dies) and 1112 (same obv. die). 5-6.

Hadrian, Akko-Ptolemais, Phoenicia, AE 22 and AE 19, rev. Divus Claudius (DIVO CLAVD) plowing right as colony founder, four standards behind, and (second coin) Tyche standing left holding rudder attached to ship, BM 23 and 25. Fine to VF $450 Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

825.

Lot of Three Hemidrachms of the Lycian League.

All with Obv: Head of Apollo right. Rx: Lyre.

1. Masicytes, struck under Julius Caesar, 48-42 BC; 2.00g, 12h; Troxell Period IV, Series 1, 86.

2. Cragus, struck under Brutus, 42 BC; 1.50g, 1h; Troxell Period IV, Series 2, 90; symbol: tripod.

3. Cragus, struck under Mark Antony, early 30s BC; 1.72g, 11h; Troxell Period IV, Series 3, 95. VF to EF

$500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

826.

Lot of Three Hemidrachms of the Lycian League.

All with Obv: Head of Apollo right. Rx: Lyre.

1. Phaselis, c. 167-150 BC; 2.70g, 1h; Troxell Period II, Series 1, 47; symbols: torch and headdress of Isis. 2. Masicytes, struck under Brutus, 42 BC; 1.69g, 1h; Troxel Period IV, Series 2, 92; symbol: filleted branch; ex Harlan J. Berk 156, lot 295.

3. Masicytes, struck under Mark Antony, late 30s BC; 1.54g, 1h; Troxel Period IV, Series 3, 98; symbol: owl. VF $500

BC; AE 19, 4.66g, 11h; SNG Copenhagen 342.

7. Cilicia, Tarcondimotus I, c. 39-31 BC; AE 21, 8.04g, 1h; RPC 3871. 8. Greek; AE 21, 4.43g, 7h.

Fine to VF

$800 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

828.

Lot of Four Greek AE. 1. Sicily, Cephaloedium, c. 344-336 BC; AE 14, 2.29g, 3h; Calciati 5; ex CNG E127, 23 November 2005, lot 23. 2. Sicily, Morgantina, after 211 BC; hexas, 2.40g, 7h; Erim, Morgantina II, 17; Lindgren II, 633 (this coin).

3. Corinth, c. 40-30 BC; AE 15, 2.43g, 10h; BCD 510 (this coin); ex CNG E91, 9 June 2004, lot 112.

4. Thessalian League, struck by Nikokrates and Eubiotos, magistrates, 48-27 BC; AE 20, 8.26g, 12h; BCD 1392. Fine to VF $400 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

829.

Lot of Three Silver and AE of the Caesar Supremacy. All struck in Antioch, the silver in the name of Philip Philadelphus. 1. Year 3, 47/6 BC; AE 23, 12.34g, 1h; RPC 4219. 2. Year 4, 46/5 BC; tetradrachm, 15.53g, 1h; RPC 4128. 3. Year 6, 44/3 BC, struck under Cassius; tetradrachm, 14.11g, 11h; RPC 4130. About VF to EF

$500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

830.

Lot of Five AE of the Kingdom of Galatia, Amyntas. 39-25 BC. 1. AE 22, 8.70g, 11h; RPC 3502. 2. AE 16, 4.08g, 12h; RPC 3503. 3. AE 17, 3.32g, 10h; RPC 3504. 4. AE 22, 9.26g, 10h; RPC 3505. 5. AE 19, 7.53g, 10h; RPC 3506. VF $500

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

827.

Lot of Eight Greek Silver and AE. 1. Arsinoe III, Paphos; AE 10, 1.58g, 11h; SNG Copenhagen 650.

2. Juba II, Numidia, 60-46 BC; denarius, 3.45g, 11h; RPC 717. 3. Gaul, Massalia, after 49 BC; AE 11, 1.80g, 12h; SNG Copenhagen 826; ex Leu 86, 5 May 2003, lot 184 (part); ex Sternberg XIII, 17 November 1983, lot 18. 4. Gaul, Massalia, c. 49-27 BC; AE 12, 2.14g, 9h; SNG Copenhagen 845; ex Leu 86, 5 May 2003, lot 184 (part). 5. Celtic Britain, Iceni (“Boudica,”) 65-1 BC; AR unit, 1.19g, 9h; Van Arsdell 794.1. 6. Ionia, Ephesus, 48-27 200

831.

Lot of Four Jewish AE. 1. Mattathias Antigonus, 8 prutah; 12.03g, 12h; Hendin 1162. 2. Mattathias Antigonus, 4 prutah; 6.81g, 9h; Hendin 1163.

3. Herod the Great, 2 prutah; 3.53g, 7h; Hendin 1178a. 4. Herod the Great, half-prutah; 0.94g, 7h; Hendin 1190. Fine $300 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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