Gemini Numismatic Auctions XI

sunday, January 12, 2014

AUCTION XI In Conjunction with the 42nd Annual New York International Numismatic Convention At the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 301 Park Avenue, New York, New York Norse Suite, 18th Floor

Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 3:20 PM Presented by Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. B & H Kreindler

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ORDER OF SALE Part I (begins Sunday, January 12 at 3:20 PM)

Roman Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385-575

Greek Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-335

Byzantine Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576-594

Dinner break for bidcard holders in auction room

Ancient Group Lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595-606

Part II (begins after dinner break)

World Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607-663

Roman Republican & Imperatorial Coins . 336-384

Richard Miller

Richard Miller acquired his first Roman coin at age 14, when taking Latin as a high school freshman in Michigan. It was an AVF sesterce of Maximinus I, of whom he had never heard. With the help of Zander Klawans’ little green book, he was on the way to deciphering Roman coin inscriptions and to see how Maximinus fit into Roman history. He purchased Gibbons’ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, one volume at a time as lawn-mowing income permitted. His interest grew apace, and at Wesleyan University he was a 1964 honors graduate in Classical Languages. This was followed 15 years later by a master’s degree in Latin at Wayne State University in Detroit.

After Wesleyan he married his high school sweetheart, Janet Braeuninger, with whom he will celebrate 50 years of marriage in June. They have two daughters and five young grandchildren, all close by in Michigan. Richard worked for years on daily newspapers in Connecticut and Michigan, ending as publisher of The Daily Tribune in Oakland County. The newspaper was sold in 1978.

He then joined the regional investment firm First of Michigan, where after several assignments, including qualified plans manager, he was named corporate vice-president and director of the firm’s 31 branches in Michigan and Indiana. After his retirement, he became an adjunct instructor at Wayne State, where he taught Classics, Latin and ancient civilization.

Along the way, Richard became interested in ancient Greek silver coinage, then specifically Hellenistic silver with the mentoring of Arthur Houghton. Richard has published articles, hoards, die studies and tabular information in the American Journal of Numismatics, Schweizer Münzblätter, the Swiss Numismatic Review, Coin Hoards X: Greek Hoards, co-published by the ANS and the Royal Numismatic Society, and Seleucid Coins II, vol. 2.

Richard acquired much of his Greek coinage collection from Harlan J. Berk Ltd., and is especially pleased to have Harlan in charge of auctioning it. Proceeds will go to the college funds of his grandchildren.

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Part I Greek Coins

1.

Celtic. Trinovantes. c. 45-40 BC. Stater, 5.51g (9h).

Obv: Stylized head of Apollo right. Rx: Stylized horse right. Van Arsdell 1487-1. EF $1,200 Ex Künker 153, 14 March 2009, lot 8003.

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Trinovantes and Catuvellauni. c. 10-20 AD. Stater, 5.41g (3h). Obv: Grain ear with awns; CA-MV. Rx: Horse galloping right; above, branch and star; beneath, dot in circle and CVNO. Van Arsdell 1933-3.

Spink (2002 ed.) 286. EF $1,200 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 March 2006, lot 5.

Camulodunum is Colchester and King Cunobelinus is possibly “Old King Cole” or Shakespeare’s Cymbeline.

4.

Lucania. Metapontum. c. 330-290 BC. Stater, 7.71g (9h). Obv: Head of Demeter left, hair wreathed with grain; Δ[EΞ] (retrograde) below chin. Rx: Barley ear with leaf on left, lighted altar on tip of leaf; META and YΛ to right. Johnston C10.4. SNG ANS 503. Pleasant toning.

EF $1,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Edward Waddell web auction, 24 November 2004.

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Poseidonia. c. 530-500 BC. Drachm, 3.49g (12h). Obv: ΠΟΣ Poseidon standing right wearing chlamys and holding trident. Double beaded border around. Rx: Incuse of obverse. HN Italy 1108. SNG ANS 620-624. Pleasant dark toning. VF/EF $1,800 Purchased from Art Coins Roma 6, 10 December 2012, lot 63 (comes accompanied with import certificate).

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Apulia. Venusia. 2nd Century BC. AE 15 or Semis, 2.65g (1h). Obv: Draped bust of Mercury right wearing petasos. Rx: Mercury’s winged boot with caduceus to left. HN Italy 726. SNG ANS 770. AMB 67. EF $600

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6. c. 460/50 BC. Stater, 7.33g (8h). Obv: Poseidon standing right, wearing chlamys round shoulders, hurling trident.

At right, ethnic. Rx: ΠΟΜΕΣ Bull standing right. HN Italy 1114. C.M.Kraay, Atti e Memorie della Società Magna Grecia 8 (1967), pp. 113 ff. Group B, pl. 48, 6 var. (bull to left). SNG ANS 661 var. SNG Lloyd var.

SNG Lockett 442 var. (bull to left). Pleasant toning. Far nicer than normally seen for this issue. Near EF $2,500 Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 43 (from the Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred Mirsky Collection).

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Bruttium. Croton. 500-490 BC. Nomos, 7.94g (9h).

Obv: Tripod. Rx: Eagle flying right, incuse. Traité pl.

70.8; SNG ANS 288. Good VF $1,400 Ex HJB 142, 15 March 2005, lot 45. Ex M&M 75, 4 December 1989, lot 107.

Double-Signed, Possibly by the Artist Polycrates Ex Bunbury 1896 Ex Perkins 1902. Ex Boston 1955

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Terina. 410-405 BC. Stater, 7.16g (5h). Obv: Head of nymph Terina right, hair in sphendone decorated with meander pattern, wearing necklace; artist’s signature Π behind. Rx: Nike seated left with open wings on cippus, wearing chiton and himation; holding olive branch in right hand and resting left hand on cippus; artist’s signature Π on cippus. Holloway & Jenkins 47. Regling 43 (this coin). Boston MFA 1955, 213 (this coin). HN Italy 2602. EF $50,000 Ex The New York Sale, Prospero Collection, 4 January 2012, lot 112. Ex M&M 54, 26 October 1978, lot 79.

Ex Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Ex Sir E. Bunbury Collection, Sotheby 1896, lot 246. Ex Catherine Page Perkins Collection.

Literature: Guide to the Catherine Page Perkins Collection of Greek and Roman Coins, Boston 1902 #35 (this coin) Terina, Kurt Regling, #43d, Berlin 1906 Catalogue of Greek Coins, Agnes Baldwin Brett, Boston 1955 #213 (this coin) From the preface of the 1902 MFA Boston Perkins Guide: “As evidence of the estimation in which certain of them are held by connoisseurs, it may be of interest to state that one coin now in this collection was sold at a London auction a few years ago for over $1500, and another, at a different sale, brought over $900. Figures like these show that the formation of a collection of first-rate Greek coins is no longer a simple or inexpensive matter” (Edward Robinson, Director of the Museum)

From the Introduction of the 1902 MFA Boston Perkins Guide: “No, 35, Terina (Pl. I), recalling the style of the Nike Balustrade (see casts, Nos. 491-497); and No. 28 Croton (Pl. I), which seems to reproduce the ‘Theseus’ of the Parthenon (cast 410 C).” From the text of the 1902 MFA Boston Perkins Guide: “34-35 Terina, colonized from Croton 35 (Pl. I.) Nike (Victory) seated, holding an olive spray. This graceful and beautiful figure is among the finest creations of Greek coin-engraving. It is probably the work of the artist of the Pandosia stater, No. 32 (Pl. I). Compare the gem-like fineness of this coin with the similar but more sculpturesque and broadly treated coin of Elis, No. 355” The seated Nike is one of the most charming coin images from the late fifth century. Obviously the engraver Π “who clearly shows a sculptural tendency” (Jongkees) was well informed about avant-garde works of art. The informal, nonchalant posture of the goddess, the slightly rippling folds of her garments, all this shows features of the ‘rich style’ developed by Attic sculptors after the Parthenon sculptures had been finished in 432 BC. The closest parallels can be found among the reliefs of the Nike temple parapet, the famous one showing Nike fixing her sandal in particular. Known as the ‘ornate style’ in South Italian vase-painting, the ‘rich style’ was not confined to sculptures, but it barely has parallels among Greek coins. Here is one of the rare examples where a talented coin engraver was stimulated by the most innovative artists of the Attic school in other media.

Of the 605 coins in the Perkins collection that Boston purchased in three sections in 1895,1897 and 1900 only 57 were illustrated in the plates. That is less than 10% and our Terina was one of them. This coin left the museum, not in the 1980 sale of Boston duplicates held

by NFA but by private treaty. It was sold to Herbert Cahn of M&M Basel before 1978. Cahn was one of the most renowned numismatists of the last century who was known for his scholarship and great eye. Further attesting to the importance of this coin are the comments, already cited, by the probable author of the Perkins guide, Jacob Hirsch of Ars Classica fame, who anonymously wrote the de Sartiges catalogue in France in 1910, spoke perfect English and thus probably wrote the Perkins Guide. A coin of this artistic quality combined with rarity, condition and provenance rarely comes into the market. Only 14 coins are recorded by Regling for this unique reverse die. It is very unusual that a signed coin or any coin can be linked to a famous sculpture group and further to a famous sculpture. It seems likely that these dies were created by Polycrates who was the author of the Acragas decadrachm dies which date to about the same time.

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its early stages on the obverse, the reverse exceptional.

Toned. aEF $35,000 Ex The New York Sale XXX, 9 January 2013, lot 25. Ex M&M 54, 26 October 1978, lot 107. Ex Walter Niggeler, Bank Leu/Munzen und Medaillen, 3-4 December, 1965, lot 127. Ex Merzbacher II, 15 November 1910, lot 241.

Ex Carlo Stiavelli, Santamaria, 6 April 1908, lot 178. Ex Franz Merkens, J. Hirsch XIV, 27 November 1905, lot 191. Ex Theodor Prowe, Egger, 28 November 1904, lot 217. Ex Cahn, 25 February-2 March 1901. Ex Walcher von Molthein, Rollin & Feuardent 1895, lot 478.

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Double Signed Kimon Masterpiece Die Engraver’s Masterpiece. Rizzo Plate Coin

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Sicily. Naxos. c. 460/50 BC. Drachm, 4.35g (9h). Obv: Head of Dionysos right, wearing an ivy wreath in his hair. Rx: NAXION Naked and bearded Silenos squatting, facing, inclined slightly to the left, and turning his head towards the drinking vessel which he holds in his right hand, meanwhile supporting himself by his left hand resting on the ground. His animal tail curls behind him and beneath him to the left. Cahn 56.3 (V41/R47) = Rizzo, pl. XXVIII, 14 (this coin). Boston 306, SNG Lloyd 1152, and Jameson 676 (all from the same dies).

Of superb early classical style, with the usual die flaw in 10

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Syracuse. 406/5 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.16g (8h). Obv: Three-quarter facing head of Arethusa, artist’s signature ΚΙΜΩΝ on headband. Dotted border. Above, [ΑΡΕΘΟΣΑ]. Rx: Racing quadriga left, Nike flying right above, crowning driver; artist’s signature ΚΙΜΩΝ on exergual line. In exergue, wheat ear and ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ.

Tudeer 80. Jameson Coll. 1835. SNG Oxford 2004.

Nanteuil Coll. 358. For the meaning of the obverse type, see W. Fischer-Bossert in S. Vogt (ed.), Gedenkschrift Manfred Gutgesell (forthcoming). Some reverse porosity. A significant amount of horn silver has been removed from this coin since the 2011 Hirsch sale. EF/VF+

$75,000

Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, lot 21. Ex G. Hirsch 275, 22-23 September 2011, lot 3289. Ex M&M 79, 28 February and 1 March 1994, lot 186.

Kimon’s facing Arethusa is one of the most famous head designs of antiquity, rivaling even the Arethusa of Euainetos’ decadrachm. Like the latter, Kimon’s facing Arethusa was quickly adopted by other mints in Sicily and abroad, as well as by vase painters and metal workers. The design’s adoption even in remote areas such as Lycia and Cilicia shows that it got to the heart. The point is not in the boldness to show a head 3/4 facing to the observer – this idea had been in the wind for many years, though mainly among vase painters. The revolutionary attraction is in the facial expression that gives voice to a new philosophy of life. In archaic and early classical times, heads looking to front were used by both vase painters and sculptors for characterizing dying and dead warriors, as well as monsters like the Gorgons. Then, facing heads were something scary. Heads about to turn around, thus seen in three-quarter perspective, only came into fashion in early classical times, c. 470 BC. Judging from the scenarios they were used in, they are thought to characterize a process of reasoning, or a sophisticated perception like listening to music. Kimon’s facing Arethusa, however, is totally different. The nymph is not acting as a mythological being, executing her role in the myth told about her and the river god Alpheios. She is not acting at all, but merely presenting herself to the observer, thereby enjoying herself rather than executing a role. This design appears to be the earliest forerunner of a new view of the Greek gods. In fifth century art, the gods were acting beings, engaged in human affairs. In fourth century art, the gods kept to themselves, enjoying their divine sphere, and no longer dealing with human trifles. On the one hand, this development accords with old Greek thinking, expressed as early as Homer who spoke of the “easy-living gods”. On the other, this view of the gods is totally new, and revolutionary. The old gnawing doubt as to whether deities were really controlling human affairs, thereby setting moral standards and balancing out the many great injustices of human life, forced its way into Greek philosophy during the fifth and fourth centuries, thus leading to new designs in Greek art. So Kimon’s facing Arethusa is likely to be the first, and most influential, predecessor of masterpieces of fourth century art like Praxiteles’ Cnidian Aphrodite and Olympian Hermes. The short die chain this coin belongs to consists of just four dies, two obverse dies and two reverse dies, three of which were signed by Kimon, and the fourth one made by him, too. The obverse die of our coin (Tudeer’s O29) might be the prototype; the late Leo Mildenberg demonstrated that Tudeer’s arrangement must be modified, thereby putting O29 first and O28 second. The reverse die (R53) is a highly sophisticated variant of a famous Catanean model, the tetradrachm made

by Kimon’s rival Euainetos. 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 by Artist Phrygillos

11. c. 410-400 BC. Hemilitron, 4.00g (12h). Obv: Female head wrapped in sphendone at back of neck, dolphin behind and artist’s signature (ΦΡΥ) on sphendone. Rx: Four-spoked wheel with EV PA and two dolphins in each of the spokes. SNG ANS 412. Signed Sicilian bronzes were frequently encountered but now very much less so especially because of all the forgeries in the market. The authenticity of this one is beyond question. EF $800 Ex Berk 124, 3 January 2002, lot 613.

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Siculo-Punic. c. 320-315 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.14g (12h).

Obv: Head of Persephone-Tanit left with dolphins swimming around her head. Dotted border. Rx: Horse’s head left with large palm behind and Punic script (a m m ch n t) beneath. Line border. SNG Fitzwilliam 1493 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 1638 (same dies). Jenkins, Punic Sicily 188. Of very fine style, showing stronger Greek than Punic influence. Excellent surfaces. Choice EF $7,500

Young Tanit head left, wearing single-pendant earring.

Rx: Horse standing right, palm tree behind. C. Lorber, CH IX, p. 285, no. 37, pl. 55 (this coin). These billon tridrachms were struck after the Punic War, when Hannibal had a need for money but was challenged by a shortage of silver. This coin was struck early in that period in a sweeter, more Sicilian style, rather than the harder edge Carthaginian style. The dies for this issue were cut in very low relief, thus the coins appear to be of a lower grade than they actually are. VF+ $1,000 Historically Important Double Sheqel

Purchased from Roma Numismatics, London (importation certificate accompanies lot).

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Zeugitania. Carthage. 310-270 BC. EL Trihemistater, 10.49g (12h). Obv: Head of Tanit left, wreathed with grain, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with many pendants. Dotted border. Rx: Horse standing right, uraeus above, pellet behind hoof of left back leg. Jenkins & Lewis Group 10b, 444 (same obverse die). Gulbenkian 387-8. SNG Copenhagen 183. Good VF $6,000 Ex Gemini I, 11-12 January 2005, lot 61.

Billon Tridrachm

14. c. 215-213 BC. Billon tridrachm, 11.24g (12h). Obv: 12

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Carthago Nova. 237-227 BC. Dishekel, 13.41g (12h).

Obv: Diademed male head left with curly hair. Rx: Prow of war galley with triple ram, on the deck a pile of shields. Beneath, hippocamp right. Dotted border. E.S.G. Robinson, Punic Coins of Spain, in R.A.G. Carson and C.H.V. Sutherland (eds.), Essays in Roman Coinage presented to Harold Mattingly (Oxford 1956), pp. 37 f., 49, no. 4(b), pl. II. G.K. Jenkins and R.B. Lewis, Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins (London 1953), p. 45 [on findspots]. L. Villaronga, Las monedas hispanocartaginesas (Barcelona 1973), no. 12. Pleasant toning.

Powerful portrait, virtually unaffected by two holes in left field. Doublestruck on reverse. Historically important and excessively rare. About EF $12,500 Ex NAC 72, 16 May 2013, lot 805.

This intriguing issue of the Carthaginian ‘provincial’ series with diademed portrait and prow of galley was, to judge from the known findspots, issued by a mint in southwestern Spain, probably at Carthago Nova (Cartagena) rather than Gades (Cadiz). The dating is somewhat controversial, although the wide bracket 237-209 BC is generally accepted. The diademed head on the obverse is clearly a portrait, depicting a man in his prime so possibly Hasdrubal, the son-in-law of Hamilcar Barcas, rather than Hamilcar himself. After the Carthaginian defeat in the First Punic War (264-241 BC) and the Libyan rebellion (241-239 BC), Hamilcar attacked Spain, the main supplier of silver in the western Mediterranean, and started conquering vast territories in its southwest. In 230 BC a native revolt broke out, Hamilcar was killed in a skirmish, and his son-in-law Hasdrubal succeeded him. Being a capable governor,

Hasdrubal restored the Carthaginian position, and founded Carthago Nova, which had an excellent harbor, as the seat of Carthaginian government in Spain.

Carthago Nova is therefore likely to be the mint of this issue that combines the prow of a wargalley with the portrait of a young ruler. A date of issue not long after the city’s foundation (for financing building activities and the fleet) seems more likely than a date in the Second Punic War (218-202 BC). At any rate, 209 BC, when Scipio Africanus Maior conquered Carthago Nova, would be the latest possible date. Ony two other specimens of this dishekel appear to be known, namely in Madrid, published by Robinson (14.80 g), and in NAC 66, 2012, lot 1 (ex A. Huntington,13.68 g); plus two specimen of the corresponding shekel, in Leu 20, 1978, lot 55 (7.38 g, 12 h), and in Copenhagen (SNG Cop. Suppl. 1332, 7.29 g, 12 h).

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Mint State Derrones

17. c. 475-450 BC. Dodekadrachm, 34.47g (11h). Obv: Driver, holding goad in right hand, in oxcart right, Corinthian helmet above; Π between ox’s legs, I to right, Ǝ above. Rx: Triskeles. Cf. Svoronos pl. I, 10-16.

Unpublished, but several from the same dies have appeared in trade in recent years. Obverse type is very complete. Head of driver is not struck up, otherwise EF

$10,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan Berk in 2007.

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Macedonian Tribes. Derrones. c. 480-465 BC. Dodecadrachm, 30.39g. Obv: Ox cart with basket-weave sides driven right by bearded man with whip, Corinthian helmet above, aphlaston under ox. Rx: Triskeles of human legs. Unpublished. This is a remarkable coin for several reasons. The large incuse air bubbles on the reverse show that during the minting process the flans were created by pouring molten metal onto a smooth surface. While the obverse is slightly doublestruck, it shows mint luster which is seldom seen on dodecadrachms. Mint State $32,500

Svoronos knew the inscriptions Euergetes , Xe…, and Ekco… on dodecadrachms of the Derrones (pl. ii, 5-7), and surmised that they might be the names of tribal chieftans. Our unpublished coin adds the new name ΠΕΙ… to this short list.

Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 24.

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Bisaltae. c. 470 BC. Octodrachm, 28.86g (11h). Obv: Bridled horse walking right, in background nude warrior standing right, torso facing, wearing kausia and holding two spears whose points emerge above the horse’s raised left foreleg; CΙΣ--ΑΛ--ΤΙ--Κ--ΩΝ around. Rx: Shallow quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Svoronos pl. XI, 1-3.

Beautifully centered and well-struck. Nearly EF $12,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

The Bisaltian series is a short-lived one that might have lasted for ten or fifteen years only. The Macedonian king Alexander I undertook the task of conquering the Bisaltian district in order to gain control of the silver mines there. Having accomplished his goal, he adopted the coin type of the Bisaltian coinage but put his own name in place of theirs.

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Aegeae. 5th century BC. Hemiobol, 0.34g. Obv: Goat’s head right, the truncation dotted. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. Tiny bend in flan at 2h. The goat seems to have real personality. Struck in high relief. EF $500 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 14 (purchased but not paid for).

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Dicaea. 490-475 BC. Trihemiobol, 0.71g (12h). Obv: ΔΙ-ΚΑ. Rooster standing right. Rx: ΔΙ-ΚΑ (bustrophedon) in four-part incuse square. Not to be found in the major references, but cf. Hirsch 267, 2010, lot 119, and Peus 393, 2007, lot 155 (with different reverses). Good VF/EF $600 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 18 (purchased but not paid for).

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Mende. 520-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.52g. Obv: Ithyphallic ass walking right; retrograde [MIN]ΔΑΙ[Ν].

Rx: Mill-sail incuse. Noe 18. Bold Fine $4,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

19.

Macedonia. Acanthus. 510-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.85g (10h). Obv: Bull kneeling left, attacked by lioness, leaping right onto the bull’s back; Θ at upper left, acanthus flower in exergue. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Desneux 80-82 (different obverse dies). SNG ANS 10. Some areas of flat striking, otherwise beautifully centered and toned EF $7,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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23.

460-423 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.67g (11h). Obv: Besotted Dionysos, holding kantharos, reclining left on back of an ass standing right; to right, bird standing right. Dotted border. Rx: MENΔΑΙOΝ arrayed around vine bearing five bunches of grapes; all within incuse square. Noe 73. SNG ANS 340 (same dies). Nicely toned and wellcentered. VF $4,800

26.

Scione. c. 424 BC. Tetrobol, 1.83g (1h). Obv: Head of youth right, wearing taenia. Rx: ΣΚΙΩΝΑΙΩΝ Corinthian helmet right. At left, laurel twig. SNG Lockett 1370 (same obverse die). SNG ANS 712-713. Granular surface, otherwise About EF $600 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 26 (purchased but not paid for).

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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27.

Tragilus. c. 450-400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.30g (9h). Obv: Bunch of grapes. Circle of dots. Rx: TPAI beginning at upper left, in four-part incuse square. BMC p.130, 4.

Struck in high relief. EF $350

24.

Neapolis. 5th century BC. Obol, 0.74g. Obv: Gorgoneion with closed lips. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Traité II 1, no. 1742, pl. LV, 17. BMC p. 84, 13. Cf. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 18, 58. VF $300 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 22 (purchased but not paid for).

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28.

Uncertain Mint. 500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.35g Obv: Forepart of horse right, head turned three-quarters to front. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. A remarkable obverse type, difficult to render on such a small coin. About EF $500 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 35 (purchased but not paid for).

25.

Potidaea. c. 480 BC. Tetrobol, 2.84g (3h). Obv: Poseidon Hippios carrying trident, on horseback right. On the neck of the horse, dot. Below horse, pellet. Rx: Female head right, wearing dotted, pointed headdress (alopekis) and necklace, in incuse square. Traité II 1, no. 1641, pl. LII, 9. SNG ANS 693 (same reverse die). McClean pl. 116, 13 (same reverse die). Dewing Coll. 1075 (same reverse die). SNG Lockett 1368 (same obverse die). VF $2,500

29.

500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.24g (9h). Obv: Hippocamp swimming right. Rx: Head of nymph right. Linear border.

Not to be found in the major references. VF/Fine $250

Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 23 (purchased but not paid for).

Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 36 (purchased but not paid for).

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30.

500-450 BC. Hemiobol, 0.36g. Obv: Spearhead. Border of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse square. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 17 (1998), p. 15, 37. SNG ANS 1003. SNG Cop. 464. Klein Coll. 119. About EF $250 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 37 (purchased but not paid for).

Kangaroo Mouse

31.

5th century BC. Obol, 0.56g. Obv: Kangaroo mouse squatting left. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Not to be found in major references. This coin has normally been misinterpreted as one of the monkey obols, but this sharply struck example proves otherwise. EF $2,000 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 47 (purchased but not paid for).

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33.

Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Stater, 8.61g (2h). Pella II 1, c. 340-328 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Galloping biga driven right by charioteer holding whip; trident symbol below horses. Le Rider 326 (D148/R249, this coin). SNG ANS 144-154. Extremely beautiful head of Apollo struck in high relief. Mint State $5,000 Ex Gemini I, 11 January 2005, lot 72. Ex Commander David R. Hinkle Collection. Ex CNG 42, 29-30 May 1997, lot 230. Ex Peus 268, 1968, lot 24.

In CNG 42, the obverse die of this stater is identified as Le Rider’s D131 in an earlier state, prior to the addition of symbols in the field behind Apollo’s head. D148 is the same die in its original state, before being reëngraved.

FDC

34.

Stater, 8.63g (12h). Pella III A, c. 323-315 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Galloping biga driven right by charioteer holding whip; thunderbolt symbol below horses. Le Rider pl. 67 (D188/R321, new combination). Exquisite head of Apollo. FDC $6,500

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32. c. 400 BC. Obol, 0.46g. Obv: Head of young Hermes, wearing petasos, right. Border of dots. Rx: Four-part incuse, X design within square in each of the four quarters. A.P. Tzamalis, Nomismatika Khronika 16 (1997), p.

14, 10. Cf. SNG ANS 905-906. Traité II 1, no. 1512, pl.

XLVII, 14. For the reverse, cf. SNG ANS 1007. VF $300 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 50 (purchased but not paid for).

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throne with bull ear symbol in left field and monogram under throne. Price 3612. Obverse struck in high relief.

EF $400 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Brian Kritt at NYINC, 19 January 2002.

35.

Alexander III The Great. 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.21g (3h). Pella, c. 325-315 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left holding eagle on outstretched arm. On left symbol of bee on rose. Price 206b. Unusual symbol with bee on flower.

Mint State $2,000

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Memphis Mint Collection Two Coins with Khnum Symbol

38.

Stater, 8.84g (12h). Memphis, 332-323 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet. Rx: Standing Nike holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. In left field, ram’s head right with crown of Isis (khnum symbol) above; A before Nike’s feet. Price 3963a (same obverse die). Beautifully centered and extremely rare and desirable. Small contact mark on cheek of Athena.

Good EF $6,000 Ex Hess-Divo 315, 28 October 2009, lot 201.

Rare Hand Symbol

36.

Tetradrachm, 17.10g (1h). Pella, c. 325-315 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: open hand symbol and K monogram beneath trhone.

Price 242. This is the only time that the hand symbol is used on coins of Alexander. VF $400

37.

Tetradrachm, 17.24g (5h). Babylon, c. 325-323 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ[ΟΥ] Zeus seated left on

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Tetradrachm, 17.04g (11h). Memphis, c. 332-323 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left, ram’s head symbol with Isis crown to left and Δ with crossbar under throne. Price 3964. SNG Saroglos 662. Struck on a broad flan. Pleasant toning. EF $6,000 17

border. Price 3976. SNG Saroglos 683. Slight abrasion on cheek of Alexander, otherwise Mint State $4,500

40.

Stater, 8.53g (1h). Memphis, 332-323 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: Nike standing left holding wreath, EY in left field, rose in right field. Price 3966. Mint State $5,000

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Unpublished Didrachm Enlargement

41.

Tetradrachm, 17.24g (11h). Memphis, under Ptolemy, 321 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, supporting eagle on extended right hand and holding lotus scepter in left, rose in left field, moneyer’s abbreviated name ΔΙ—O under and behind throne.

Price 3971. O.H. Zervos, “The Early Tetradrachms of Ptolemy I,” ANSMN 13, Issue II (dated 325 BC). SNG Copenhagen 7-8. SNG Saroglos 665. Flawless tetradrachm. Struck in high relief. Virtually unimproveable.

Mint State $6,000

43.

Fourrée Didrachm, 7.60g (11h). Memphis. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: .ΔΝΔ.. Zeus enthroned left. In left field, rose symbol. Beneath throne, ΙΔ. Dotted border. Not listed in Price. Unpublished didrachm. A didrachm of the Memphis mint, whether fourrée or not, is previously unknown. The quality of the die work leads us to believe that this coin could be a mint product, possibly a trial or experiment. VF $3,000

Unpublished Memphis Obol

Ex Gemini V, 6 January 2009, lot 390. Ex ANS inventory no. 1997.9.182. From the Estate of John D. Leggett, Jr., 1997.

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Tetradrachm, 17.16g (1h). Memphis. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left, thunderbolt symbol left of Zeus and letters ΔI under throne. Dotted 18

44.

Obol, 0.64g (9h). Memphis. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Y] Zeus seated left on throne with eagle on outstretched arm. Rose symbol in left field. Dotted border. Apparently unpublished. This denomination is unrecorded in Price. VF/Fine $1,000

Rare Argos Mint

throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: HΔ monogram and letters KOI below in left field. Price 1166. EF $400 Unpbublished Symbol Combination

45.

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III The Great. 336323 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.89g (11h). Argos, c. 190 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm, harpa symbol in left field.

Price 734-5. EF $500 This issue was struck in connection with the Roman conflict against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus III.

46.

Tetradrachm, 17.06g (1h). Uncertain Peloponnese, c.

310-275 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Price 844. VF

$350

47.

Tetradrachm, 15.90g (3h). Odessus, c. 280-200 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: KOI in left field and Δ below throne. Price 1162. About EF $400

48.

Tetradrachm, 16.83g (12h). Odessus, c. 280-200 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on

49.

Tetradrachm, 16.99g (12h). Heraclea, c. 205-200 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: MΠ and HP monograms in left field and Θ beneath throne.

Price 1278-1311 (unlisted symbol combination).

Choice EF $500

50.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (1h). Pergamum, c. 215-200 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control mark: fly symbol in left field. Price 1476. Cf. SNG Saroglos 418. Good VF

$350 Two Meander Symbol Tetradrachms

51.

Tetradrachm, 17.03g (1h). Magnesia ad Maeandrum, c.

200-196 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: two monograms in left field, meander pattern in exergue.

Price 2039. About VF $300 19

on outstretched arm. Control marks: name ΗΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝ and rose in left field, PO under throne. Price 2522. EF

$400

52.

Tetradrachm, 16.92g (12h). Magnesia ad Maeander, c.

200-196 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: horse’s head above monogram in left field, meander pattern in exergue. Price 2049. VF+ $400

53.

Tetradrachm, 16.78g (1h). Smyrna, c. 220-200 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: Female head left with crown of towers and monogram in left field.

Price 2247-2258 var. (monogram unpublished), cf. SNG Oxford 2801. Really exquisite style on reverse with head of city goddess in left field which will later appear on the obverse of Smyrna tetradrachms. VF/EF $500

54.

Tetradrachm, 17.10g (12h). Chios, c. 270-220 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: sphinx seated right and monogram in left field, HΛ monogram under throne. Price 2369. About EF $400

This very interesting Rhodian tetradrachm can be firmly dated to c. 201-190 BC at a time when Rhodes was minting coinage with the help of some wealthy magistrates. This piece was minted under an individual named Hephaistion. According to Kleiner (ASNMN 17, 1971, pp. 95-125), Ptolemy Philopator died in 204 leaving his domain to his six-year-old son Ptolemy Epiphanes. Both Philip V of Macedon and Antiochus III of Syria saw this as a great opportunity to take over the young ruler’s domain. Hence, the issuance of coinage was used to support a military effort to control the territory.

56.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (11h). Western Asia Minor, c. 325280 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control mark: stag standing right in left field. Price 2724 (same dies).

Unusual style. Chest of Zeus weakly struck, otherwise Good VF $400 Phaselis Mint

57.

Tetradrachm, 16.84g (1h). Phaselis, c. 218-217 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: A in left field and Φ under throne. Price 2831. Good VF $400 Rare Pine-Cone Symbol

55.

Tetradrachm, 16.63g (12h). Rhodes, c. 201-190 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle 20

58.

Tetradrachm, 16.90g (11h). Perga, c. 212/211 BC. Obv:

Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: pinecone symbol with I in left field. Price 2922. Good VF

$500 The pine-cone symbol on our Perga tetradrachm was used only this one time in the entire Alexandrian series.

Possible Camp-Mint Issue, Unpublished

62.

Tetradrachm, 16.93g (1h). Phoenicia, Aradus, c. 245215/4 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ[ΟΥ] Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, AB monogram above palm tree. Apparently unpublished; cf.

Price 3365-3404, for the monogram cf. Price 3344.

About EF $750

59.

Tetradrachm, 16.97g (12h). Pamphylia, c. 220-180 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: Θ and A in left field. Price 2983. EF $400

This puzzling coin combines two features of the Alexander coinage of the city of Aradus, the palm-tree symbol and the AB monogram. While the style of our coin matches the late 3rd century issues of Arados, the AB monogram is a revival of a late 4th century issue. Since the Aradian AP monogram is missing under the throne of Zeus, it is not clear whether this is a late regular issue or rather a military imitation varying the earlier official issues.

60.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (12h). Pamphylia, c. 220-180 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress.

Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: Θ and A in left field. Price 2983. A second specimen, from the same dies.

EF

$400

63.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (12h). Carne, c. 225/4 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm. Control marks: KAP (AP ligate) in left field above a palm tree and cornucopia. Phoenician letters under throne and in exergue. Prcie 3431. VF $350 Price suggests that these rare Alexander types were issued by Seleucus III to finance expeditions to reconver Seleucid possessions in Asia Minor.

61.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (11h). Aradus, Date partially off flan, around c. 219-214 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle on outstretched arm.

Control marks: palm tree in left field and monogram under throne. In exergue, date in Phoenician. Price 33813385. SNG Oxford 3002. EF $400

64.

Demetrius Poliorcetes. 306-283 BC. Drachm, 3.22g (1h). Tarsus, 298-295 BC. Obv: Nike standing left on prow of galley left, blowing trumpet and cradling stylis in her left arm. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Poseidon advancing left, with chlamys on left arm, brandishing trident. In left field, Α; in right field, monogram. Newell 44.

VF $350 21

65.

Drachm, 3.27g (11h). Uncertain mint in Euboeia, c.

290-287 BC. Obv: Diademed and horned head of the young Demetrius right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Poseidon standing left, foot on rock, monogram in outer left field. Newell 154. VF $750

67.

Drachm, 3.84g (10h). Amphipolis, c. 271/0-265 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right, wearing seaweed wreath. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ Athena advancing left, holding shield and brandishing thunderbolt; Macedonian helmet in inner left field, TI in inner right field. References as preceding lot. A second specimen from the same obverse die but a different reverse die. VF/About VF

$1,800

Extremely rare; known to Newell in three specimens, all from the same obverse die as the present coin.

Two Extremely Rare Antigonus Gonatas Drachms

66.

Antigonus Gonatas. 276-239 BC. Drachm, 4.17g (10h).

Amphipolis, c. 271/0-265 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right, wearing seaweed wreath. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ Athena advancing left, holding shield and brandishing thunderbolt; Macedonian helmet in inner left field, TI in inner right field. AMNG III/2, p. 187, 5, pl.

33, 26. Weber Coll. 2192. SNG Cop. 1203. SNG Lockett 1526. SNG Berry 360. SNG Oxford 3262. Dewing Coll.

1205. Winterthur 1621. SNG Alpha Bank 984-5. I.L. Merker, ANSMN 9 (1960), pp. 40, 44 f. Toned VF

$2,000 For the reverse type which is a free imitation of the cult statue of Athena at Pella, see A. Baldwin Brett, ANSMN 4, 1950, pp. 55-72.

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68.

Tetradrachm, 17.09g (7h). Amphipolis, c. 274/1-260/55 BC. Obv: Macedonian shield with head of Pan and pedum in center. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ Athena Alkis advancing left raising thunderbolt in right hand and holding up shield in left. Boston 713. SNG Saroglos 925. See Mathisen, ANSMN 26, 1981, p. 111, for further discussion of the monogram. Beautifully toned. Perfectly centered. Choice EF $2,000 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

69.

Tetradrachm, 16.07g (4h). Amphipolis, c. 274/1-260/55 BC. Obv: Macedonian shield embossed with head of Pan left, wearing knotted chlamys, lagobolon behind. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ Athena advancing left, hurling thunderbolt; helmet with double crest in lower left field, monogram in right field. Mathisen, pl. 22, 38. SNG Alpha Bank 986. SNG Saroglos 923. VF $600

70.

Tetradrachm, 17.04g (10h). Amphipolis, c. 274/1-260/55 BC. Obv: Macedonian shield embossed with head of Pan left, wearing knotted chlamys, lagobolon behind.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ Athena advancing left, hurling thunderbolt; helmet with double crest in lower left field, KT in right field. Mathieson, p. 111, note 47.

SNG Alpha Bank-. VF $500

71.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (1h). Amphipolis, c. 274/1-260/55 BC. Obv: Macedonian shield embossed with head of Pan left, wearing knotted chlamys, lagobolon behind. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ Athena advancing left, hurling thunderbolt; helmet with double crest in lower left field, KT in right field. Mathisen, p. 111, note 47. SNG Saroglos 927. A second specimen, from different dies. VF

$600

72.

Antigonus Doson. 229-221 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.99g (11h). Amphipolis, c. 227-225 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right wearing seaweed wreath. Rx: Apollo seated left on prow inscribed ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, holding bow in his right hand; monogram below. SNG Alpha Bank 1046-1047. SNG Berry 362. SNG Saroglos 933. EF $800

73.

Tetradrachm, 17.08g (12h). Amphipolis, c. 227-225 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right wearing seaweed wreath.

Rx: Apollo seated left on prow inscribed ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, holding bow in his right hand; monogram below. SNG Alpha Bank 1046-1047. SNG Berry 362.

SNG Saroglos 933. A second specimen, from different dies. EF $800

74.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (11h). Amphipolis, c. 227-225 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right wearing seaweed wreath.

Rx: Apollo seated left on prow inscribed ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, holding bow in his right hand; monogram below. SNG Alpha Bank 1046-1047. SNG Berry 362.

SNG Saroglos 933. A third specimen, from a different die pair. EF $800

75.

Tetradrachm, 17.07g (9h). Amphipolis, c. 227-225 BC. Obv: Head of Poseidon right wearing seaweed wreath.

Rx: Apollo seated left on prow inscribed ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ, holding bow in his right hand; star in right field above prow, two monograms below. John Ward Collection, Sotheby, 4-5 April 1973, lot 344 (same dies).

Merker-. SNG Alpha Bank-. SNG Copenhagen-. Grose-.

Very rare variety with star above prow and two monograms arranged vertically below. EF $800 23

Early Abdera Tetradrachm

76.

Thrace. Abdera. 540/35-520/15 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.82g (10h). Obv: Griffin seated left, raising right forepaw. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. May 4. It is rare to find a tetradrachm of Abdera this early, so well struck and centered. Toned EF $5,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex New York Sale XIV, 10 January 2007, lot 83.

78.

Period IV (according to May), c. 473/70-449/8 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.45g (9h). Obv: Griffin seated left with symbol of scarab in front. Dotted border. Rx: ΕΠΙ ΦΙΤΤΑΛΟ (magistrate’s name) around square. Inner square is segmented into four sections. May 127, pl. VIII (A107/P104). Significant old scrape on wings of griffin, otherwise Good VF $1,500 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Frank Kovacs, NYINC, 11 January 2007.

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Abdera Octodrachm

79.

439-410 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.18g (8h). Obv: Griffin leaping left. Rx: ΑΘΕΝΑΙΟΣ around edge of incuse square; within linear frame, Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos and pine staff. May 218. Nicely centered. Pleasant toning. Good VF/VF $2,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Berk 154, 24 May 2007, lot 87.

77. c. 510-490 BC. Octodrachm, 28.96g (11h). Obv: Griffin seated left, raising right forepaw, AB below raised foreleg. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. May 44. The octodrachms of Abdera are normally struck off-center.

This coin is perfectly centered and beautifully struck, with even the fine details on the neck of the griffin very sharp. Rare, only two examples of the AB magistrate known to May. Choice EF $12,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

80.

411-385 BC. Tetradrachm, 13.17g (11h). Obv: Griffin leaping left. Rx: ΠΡΟΜΗΘΙΔΗΣ around edge of incuse square; within, dolphin swimming left. May 343 var. (dolphin left). Center of obverse flatly struck, possibly from worn die. Reverse extremely fresh. VF/EF $2,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Waddell web auction, 11 September 2002, lot 4. Ex Jim Gossett Collection.

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81. c. 365-345 BC. Reduced Tetradrachm, 10.22g (1h).

Obv: ΑBΔΗ-ΡΙΤΕΩΝ Griffin squatting right, front leg raised. Rx: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟ[Ν]ΥΣΑΔΟΣ. May 537 (same obverse die). Good VF $2,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Privately purchased from Leu Numismatik in January 2005.

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Thasos. 435-411 BC. Obol, 0.58g. Obv: Dolphin right over dolphin left. In the field, two pellets. Rx: Fourpart incuse square with irregular surfaces. Svoronos, Hellénisme, pl. X, 25. Guide de Thasos, pl. I, 9 (dolphins the other way round). Traité II 1, no. 1750, pl. LV, 22.

Rosen Coll. 146. SNG Lockett 1224. SNG Fitzwilliam 1811. SNG Cop. 1020. Dolphins struck in high relief.

Mint State $400

Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 75 (purchased but not paid for).

Nymph Obol

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84. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.28g (12h). Obv: Head of nymph left. Rx: ΘΑ-Σ Dolphin left, all in incuse square. BMC p. 222, 63. SNG Lockett 1239. Exquisite head of nymph.

Somewhat reminiscent of fine Sicilian style. About EF

$500 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 76 (purchased but not paid for).

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82. c. 365-345 BC. Reduced Tetradrachm, 10.33g (11h). Obv: ΑBΔΗ-ΡΙΤΕΩΝ Griffin squatting right, front leg raised.

Rx: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΕΠΙ ΠΥΘΟΔΟΡΟ.

May 552 (same dies). Toned EF $3,000

85. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.28g (4h). Obv: Head of nymph left. Rx: ΘΑ-Σ Dolphin left, all in incuse square. BMC p.

222, 63. SNG Lockett 1239. Guide de Thasos, pl. I, 13.

Lovely head of nymph. EF $350

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Privately purchased from Leu Numismatik in January 2005.

Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 77 (purchased but not paid for).

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86. c. 400 BC. Hemiobol, 0.27g (7h). Obv: Head of nymph left. Rx: ΘΑ-Σ Dolphin left, all in incuse square. BMC p. 222, 63. SNG Lockett 1239. Guide de Thasos, pl. I, 13. A second specimen, from different dies Wonderfully detailed head of nymph. EF $500 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 78 (purchased but not paid for).

89.

Tetradrachm, 16.45g (12h). Lampsacus, c. 297/6-282/1 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to left, ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ to right. Athena seated left, holding Nike who crowns inscription in right hand and resting left elbow on shield decorated with lion’s head behind her; monogram HP in inner left field, crescent in exergue.

Thompson 47. Toned EF $2,000 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Frank Kovacs, NYINC, 11 January 2007.

87.

Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus. 306-281 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.93g (11h). Lysimachia, c. 297/6-282/1 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in outer left field, lion’s head in exergue. Thompson 11. VF $300

88.

Tetradrachm, 16.97g (1h). Lampsacus, c. 297/6-282/1 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Torch in inner left field, crescent below throne. Thompson 43. Good VF $450

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90.

Tetradrachm, 17.26g (11h). Pella, c. 286/5-282/1 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field above outstretched arm. Thompson 244 var. (no second monogram). EF $450

91.

Tetradrachm, 16.83g (11h). Byzantium, Posthumous, before c. 235 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. AP monogram in inner left field.

Thompson-. Meydancikkale 2697 (same obverse die). VF

$350

92.

Tetradrachm, 16.77g (12h). Byzantium, Posthumous, c.

280-250 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field. Thompson-.

Meydancikkale 2700. Seyrig 2. Good VF $400

93.

Tetradrachm, 16.89g (12h). Byzantium, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟ[Υ] Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Δ in inner left field. Meydancikkale 2693. Cf. Muller 513. Cf. Mektepini 108. Seyrig-. Nearly EF $400

94.

Tetradrachm, 16.82g (1h). Chalcedon, c. 270 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: KAΛXA-ΔΟΝΙΩΝ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field, grain ear in exergue. Cf. Seyrig 18 (grain ear in exergue but different monogram) and 21 (this monogram in inner left field). Possibly an unpublished variety.

Nearly EF $400

95.

Tetradrachm, 16.81g (11h). Chalcedon, c. 270 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. ΛΓ monogram in inner left field, grain ear in exergue. Seyrig 22 var. Nearly EF $400

96.

Tetradrachm, 16.91g (12h). Chalcedon, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her.

VB monogram in inner left field, grain ear in exergue.

Seyrig-. Meydancikkale-. Cf. Mektepini 148. EF $500 27

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field, grain ear and monogram in exergue. Apparently unpublished. SeyrigMeydancikkale-. Mektepini-. EF $400

Two Lysimachi from the Same Dies 97.

Tetradrachm, 16.76g (11h). Chalcedon, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her.

Monogram in outer left field. Apparently unpublished.

Seyrig-. Meydancikkale-. Mektepini-. Cf. Thompson 220 for this monogram used at Pergamum. Good VF $400

98.

Tetradrachm, 17.16g (12h). Chalcedon, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field, monogram in outer right field, grain ear and KA in exergue. Apparently unpublished. Seyrig-. Cf. Meydancikkale 2706-12. Cf. Mektepini 146-156. Cf. Thompson 220 for this monogram used at Pergamum. EF $400

100.

Lot of two from the same dies. 306-281 BC. Tetradrachm, (12h). Cius, Early posthumous, c. 270 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her.

Monogram in inner left field, ear of grain in exergue.

The first weighs 16.87g, the second 16.76g. Thompson 182 var. (no outer monogram, no club). The issues of Lysimachus tetradrachms were so extensive that it is unusual to come across two specimens struck from the same pair of dies. Both coins are EF $800

Unpublished

99.

Tetradrachm, 16.89g (10h). Chalcedon, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ 28

101.

Tetradrachm, 16.76g (12h). Cius, c. 288/7-282/1 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. ΛE in inner left field, ear of grain in exergue. Thompson 182 var. (no outer monogram, no club; inner monogram somewhat different). Nearly EF/EF $400

gram in inner left field, club in outer left field. Mektepini 160. Seyrig-. Meydancikkale-. SNG Fitzwilliam-.

EF/About EF $400

Rare Magistrate’s Name

102.

Tetradrachm, 16.78g (12h). Cius, c. 288/7-282/1 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. ΛE in inner left field, ear of grain in exergue. Thompson 182 var. (no outer monogram, no club; inner monogram somewhat different). A second specimen of the same variety, from the same obverse die but a different reverse die. About EF $400

103.

Tetradrachm, 16.83g (1h). Cius, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. ME monogram in inner left field, club in outer left field. Mektepini 160. Meydancikkale-. SNG Fitzwilliam-. Athena’s head and chest weakly struck. About EF $450

105.

Tetradrachm, 17.00g (11h). Uncertain Mint, Early posthumous, c. 270 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Magistrate’s name ΣΩΣΙΘ below outstretched arm; HM monogram on throne. ImhoofBlumer, Monnaies Grecques, p. 55, 64. Muller 564.

M&M 72, 6 October 1987, lot 553 (same dies). CNG 41, 19 March 1997, lot 398 (same dies). Thompson-. VF

$2,000 Extremely rare; magistrates’ names are very seldom encountered on tetradrachms of Lysimachus.

Portrait of excellent early Hellenistic style, unusual for posthumous Lysimachus tetradrachms, which normally reproduce the style of their earlier, more classical models.

104.

Tetradrachm, 16.95g (12h). Cius, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. EM mono-

106.

Tetradrachm, 16.96g (12h). Uncertain Mint, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field. Cf. Muller 527.

Seyrig-. Meydancikkale-. Mektepini-. SNG Fitzwilliam-.

EF $600

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Unpublished

107.

Tetradrachm, 16.88g (11h). Uncertain Mint, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram VΣ (?) in inner left field. Apparently unpublished. Seyrig-. Meydancikkale-.

Mektepini-. SNG Fitzwilliam-. EF $750

Barbarous Imitation

110.

Types of Lysimachus, ancient “barbarous” imitation. 306-281 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.70g (11h). Imitation of Lampsacus, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field. Cf. Meydancikkale 2612. Cf. Mektepini 194. Kostial-. Small test cut in hair behind ear on obverse. VF $500 A work of early Celtic art, likely produced by a military mint associated with one of the Galatian tribes that invaded Asia Minor during the second quarter of the third century BC.

108.

Tetradrachm, 16.88g (12h). Uncertain Mint, c. 270/60 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Monogram in inner left field.

Apparently unpublished. Meydancikkale-. Mektepini-.

SNG Fitzwilliam-. EF $750 Another impressive portrait of Alexander in early Hellenistic style.

109.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (12h). Uncertain Mint, c. 275-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and horn of Ammon. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike crowning legend in right hand and resting left elbow on a shield behind her. Different monogram in inner left field than on preceding lot. Apparently unpublished.

Meydancikkale-. Mektepini-. SNG Fitzwilliam-. Weakly struck on reverse, otherwise EF $500 30

Unique Mule

111.

Hybrid of Lysimachus and Seleucid types, ancient imitation. 306-281 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.44g (11h).

Uncertain mint, c. 245-225 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander the Great right, horned, wearing diadem.

Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ − [Α]ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Naked Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and resting left hand on bow. For the obverse, see Meydancıkkale 2720, 2733 and 2734. For the reverse, see C. Boehringer in Carson/Jenkins Essays, pl. XI, 9. VF/Fine+ $4,500 This hybrid tetradrachm is without parallel as far as we can discover. The obverse rather accurately copies that of the posthumous Lysimachus tetradrachms that were struck by numerous mints in both Thrace and Asia Minor for decades after Lysimachus’ death in 281 BC. The reverse, however, is Seleucid both in type, Apollo seated on the omphalos at Delphi, and legend, that of a ruler with the Seleucid name Antiochus. The style of the reverse is slightly barbarous, indicating that the coin is irregular rather than a mule produced in an official city

mint that had recently been captured by a Seleucid general. The absence of control marks supports this view.

Perhaps our coin was struck by the Galatian mercenaries that Antiochus Hierax engaged for his war against his brother Seleukus II Callinicus in the 230s BC; the engraver of the reverse die could have worked earlier in a Celtic workshop in Thrace or Asia Minor. At any rate, this coin gives us a fascinating glimpse into the frequently changing borders and allegiances in Asia Minor during the almost continuous wars between the Hellenistic rulers in the third century BC.

112.

Thessaly. Gyrton. c. 340-330 BC. Hemidrachm, 3.03g (8h). Obv: Head of the Nymph Gyrtona facing, turned slightly to the left, her hair bound with a ribbon. Rx: ΓYP Horse kneeling to left, preparing to roll over. De Hirsch 1137=Traité IV, 741, pl. CCC,10. J. Hirsch XIII, 1905 (Rhousopoulos) 1272 (same dies). Extremely Rare. About XF $15,000

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114. c. 479/475-460 BC. Obol, 0.87g (7h). Obv: Head of nymph Larissa right with drop earring, her hair bound with a ribbon and tied at the back; border of dots. Rx: Sandal of Jason left, above ΛA upside down, all in shallow incuse square. Herrmann Group Ic, p. 11,4. SNG Ashmolean 3843. Good VF $3,000 Ex Triton XV, 3 January 2012, lot 139.

Ex Nomos 4, 10 May 2011, lot 1050. Ex Leu 48, 20 May 1989, lot 177.

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115.

Acarnania. Leucas. c. 330-300 BC. Stater, 8.50g (4h).

Obv: Pegasus flying left, Λ below. Rx: Helmeted head of Athena left; behind, four-legged stool with cushion.

Calciati 123. Mint State $1,500 113.

Larissa. c. 479/475-460 BC. Hemidrachm, 2.74g (8h).

Obv: Head of Jason left sporting a light beard and wearing petasos with strings fastened behind his head and under his chin; border of dots. Rx: Sandal of Jason left, above ΛA upside down, all in shallow incuse square. Cf. Traité pl. XLIII, 5. BCD 136. Struck on small, thick flan with reverse slightly off center. VF $4,500 Ex Triton XV, 3 January 2012, lot 136.

116.

Boeotia, Thebes. c. 390/80 BC. Stater, 12.08g (11h).

Obv: Boeotian shield. Rx: Amphora, ivy leaf hanging from each handle, above, club left; E/X-E to left and right. All within incuse concave circle. BCD Boiotia 482 (same rev. die). EF $650 Ex CNG 73, 13 September 2006, lot 254.

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Tight Hair Curl Variety

117.

Euboea, Carystus. c. 411-336 BC. Stater, 7.44g (12h).

Obv: Cow standing right, head reverted toward suckling calf standing left below. Rx: ΚΑ-ΡΥΣΤΙΩΝ Cock standing right. Robinson 27 (P13/A5). Dewing Coll. 1530. Old scratch in upper right obverse field. VF $800 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

Wappenmünzen Obol

120. c. 505 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.48g (5h). Obv: Archaic helmeted head of Athena right with crest decorated in ‘chevron and dots’ pattern. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head front, with four-leaf olive sprig behind. Seltman 280 (A182/P228) “Doric” style. Svoronos pl. 5, 2. The head of Athena is very well-centered and highly unusual, showing tight hair curls as opposed to long hair. Only about four dies in the archaic Athenian series show this characteristic. Nearly EF $7,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Leu Numismatics at NYINC,16 January 2004.

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118.

Attica, Athens. c. 515-510 BC. Obol, 0.64g (7h). Obv: Knucklebone in incuse. Rx: Wheel with four spokes.

Rosen 187. Dewing 1569. Fine/VF $1,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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121. c. 500-480 BC. Obol, 0.76g (10h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Rx: Owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field, olive twig. All within incuse square. SNG Lockett 1832. SNG München 38. VF/Good VF $9,500 119. c. 510 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.94g (11h). Obv: Archaic helmeted head of Athena right with crest decorated in ‘chevron and dots’ pattern. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head front, with multiple leave olive sprig behind. Seltman Group L; see pp. 94-98; catalog of Group L, pp. 197-199.

Seltman XV (A221/P290) var. (multiple leaf). This is the early multiple leaf olive branch, Group L. Very nicely centered showing full crest of helmet. Toned. About VF/ VF $5,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Fred Shore, FPL, 15 October 1997.

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Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 350 (The Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection).

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Starr Group I

122. c. 475-470 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.06g (8h). Obv: Archaic head of helmeted Athena right. Rx: Owl standing upright.

AΘΕ to right, to left crescent and drooping olive branch left with two leaves and two olives. Starr Group I (same obverse die as no. 10). Extremely rare: Starr knew only twelve coins in his Group I, the earliest to bear the crescent moon on the reverse, and very few new specimens have appeared. One of the most interesting aspects of Starr Group I is that the leaves of the olive branch droop straight down, as on the latest issues of Athens before Marathon, which Seltman, surprisingly, wrongly viewed as being the very earliest Athenian owls.

This issue disproves Seltman’s dating. Nearly EF $20,000 After the Persian Wars, Athens slowly redesigned her coinage. In Starr’s first group the transition can be felt in the still archaic (not archaizing) heads of Athena that are reminiscent of the late archaic donations found on the Athenian Acropolis. At that time, Athens was organizing the Delian League in order to wage war against the dominions of the Persian Empire in Thrace and Asia Minor, but mainland Greece still had to recover from the Persian Wars, so no major actions were undertaken until the late 470s.

Starr Group IIA

123. c. 470/65 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.00g (1h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing, with olive sprig and crescent behind. Starr Group IIA, 20 (same dies) Starr Group IIA lists only eight coins, one of which is cut in half. This, like the last lot, is one of the earliest Athenian tetradrachms with a crescent moon, but it aleady looks much more like the standard Athenian tetradrachms that were to follow. Very well-centered with nearly a full crest on the obverse. Good VF $15,000 Issued along with the decadrachms, this tetradrachm was either struck for the Athenian general Kimon’s campaign in southern Asia Minor, or it may have been produced from the booty from the battle near river Eurymedon (c.

467 BC).

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Exceptional Starr Group IV Athens

124. c. 460-454 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.17g (4h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing, with olive sprig and crescent behind. Starr Group IV, 130. This tetradrachm belong to the far larger but extremely beautiful Starr Group IV. It is struck in high relief and has a beautiful archaic smile. Choice EF

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This marvelous tetradrachm was struck during the early 33

years of the Athenian general Perikles’ career, shortly before the Athenians took possession of the Delian League’s cash box in 454. Afterwards the output of the Athenian mint was to increase quickly, soon developing standardized features and less individual styles.

helmet which is unheard of for an obol. Excellent surfaces. Nearly EF $2,500 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 91.

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Full Crest

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127. c. 450 BC. Obol, 0.65g (3h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, adorned with three olive leaves.

Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. In the upper left corner, olive twig. All within incuse square. Svoronos pl. 10, 46. Excellent head of Athena with much of the crest of the helmet. VF $600 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 90.

125. c. 440-420 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.82g (6h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head front, with olive sprig and crescent behind. Svoronos pl.

12, 24. Toned EF $2,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Empire Coins, FPL 76, September 1994.

Struck during the wars between Athens and Thebes or even in the early years of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.

Full Crest on Obol

126. c. 450 BC. Obol, 0.64g (12h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, adorned with three olive leaves.

Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. All within incuse square. SNG München 40-41. Svoronos pl. 11, 43-44. Beautifully centered with the full crest of the 34

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128. c. 440 BC. Obol, 0.68g (1h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, adorned with three olive leaves.

Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing. In the upper left corner, olive twig. All within incuse square. Svoronos pl. 10, 40. VF $750 Ex Gemini IX, 8 January 2012, lot 93.

Satrapal Owl

129. c. 420-380 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.34g (8h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena with countermark (W) on cheek. Rx: ΑΘΕ Owl standing right, head facing, with olive sprig and crescent behind. P. van Alfen, AJN 14 (2002), p. 19, no.

6, pl. 12 (countermark 31, see p. 5) = ANS 1953.171.229.

See also SNG ANS 4 = ANS 1944.100.24223. Mint State

$4,000 The types and style of this tetradrachm are near those of late fifth century issues of Athens, but the sloping reverse legend and the sloppy treatment of Athena’s hairdo prove that this must be an imitative coin. Most interesting is the countermark on Athena’s cheek, including the Aramaic letter shin (s²). Since shin is the first letter of the Samarian ethnic and its abbreviations (see now Sofaer Collection, p. 207), coins with a shin countermark are often attributed to Samaria, although not all countermarks were necessarily applied by the same mints that struck the coins. Anyway the shin countermark is just one of a wide range of both figural and letter punches used to mark Athenian and pseudo-Athenian coins circulating in the Levant. An overview of these punches (van Alfen, p.

5) shows that attributing them to the major mints would be hazardous; rather they will be personal badges of magistrates or bankers’ marks. In this case it is clear the coin was produced by a Levantine mint, most probably controlled by a governor or even a satrap (the standardized fabric of such pseudo-Athenian coins reveals experienced minting staffs). A countermark was not necessary for getting the coin into circulation, but a banker or warlord may well have wished to check, and mark, coins passing into or out of his treasuries. So this beauty from the Levant gives a fascinating glimpse of financial habits at a time when the orient was starting to get monetized.

As the Attic playwright Aristophanes tells us, coins of tiny size like this one were carried in the mouth when shopping. In one of his plays a young girl greets her father by kissing him on the mouth and extracts coins from his inner cheek with her tongue (Aristoph. Wasps, line 609).

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Earliest New-Style Obverse Type

131.

New Style. c. 185-180 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.70g (1h).

Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, without border of dots. Rx: Α-ΘΕ, monograms of ΑP and ΜHT. Οwl standing right, head facing, on fallen amphora. Symbols of kerchnos to right, bakchos below amphora; all within wreath. Thompson 4 (obverse die) and 5b-7 (monograms on reverse). Very rare early obverse die without border of dots, new with these monograms on reverse. Light gray toning. Mint State $10,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Frank Kovacs.

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130.

4th century BC. Quarter obol Tetartemorion or 1/4 obol, 0.16g (9h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΑΘΕ with crescent below. Svoronos pl. 17, 53-56. Very rare denomination. Very nicely centered. About EF $750 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Ed Waddell, 23 February 1998.

This is one of only four very early obverse dies in the Athenian New Style series that omit a border of dots around the type. That omission is shown only by the three obverse dies of the first issue, and by this first die of the second issue; the remaining three obverse dies of the second issue, and all obverse dies from Issue 3 on, have the border of dots surrounding Athena’s head. Our coin is also noteworthy for showing the AP and MHT monograms coupled with this first obverse die of the issue. Thompson’s two coins from this obverse die showed instead the monograms ΠAP and MHT, and she knew the monograms AP and MHT only coupled with the three later obverse dies of the issue showing the border of dots.

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Sulla

132. c. 137/6 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.92g (11h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right; dotted border. Rx: Α-ΘΕ ΜΙΚΙ (on left) ΘΕΟΦΡΑ (on right). Οwl standing right, head facing, on fallen amphora. H on amphora and ΣΩ in exergue, symbol of Nike driving quadriga below right inscription; all within wreath. Thompson 319c. EF $600 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Palladium, 4 March 1996.

Elephant Symbol

134.

Athens during occupation by Sulla. 86-84 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.10g (11h). Attica, Athens, 87/6 BC. Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, bowl decorated with griffin. Rx: Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora, monograms to left and right. Thompson 1328.

Flatly struck on Athena’s neck and the amphora, much better quality than usual. Toned VF $1,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

The two monograms are interpreted as ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΤΑΜΙΟΥ, Marcus the treasurer. These imitations were struck by a camp mint of the Roman general Lucullus (they are mentioned by ancient sources under the nickname Leukolleia) while his colleague Cornelius Sulla was engaged in besieging Athens (Ch. Boehringer, Zur Chronologie mittelhellenistischer Münzserien, pp. 28-31).

Milbank 2

133. c. 131/0 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.79g (11h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right; dotted border. Rx: Α-ΘΕ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΚΑΡΑ/ΙΧΟΣ /ΠΡΩ/ΤΟΓ Οwl standing right, head facing, on fallen amphora. Z on amphora and ΣΦ in exergue, symbol of elephant below right inscription; all within wreath. Thompson 399 (obverse die). A new variant: third magistrate and month on amphora like Thompson 399a-b, ΣΦ below amphora like Thompson 399c-e. EF $1,000

135.

Aegina. 550-530 BC. Stater, 12.26g. Obv: Smoothshelled sea turtle with row of dots down center of shell.

Rx: Rough incuse, divided into eight sections, two of them filled and three partially filled. Milbank 2. Dewing 1654. Beautifully centered. Struck in high relief with a full row of dots down the center of the shell. EF $6,000

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear at NYINC, 19 January 2002.

One of the earliest products of the Aeginetic mint, thus one of the earliest silver coins from mainland Greece.

The magistrate Antiochus, connected with the elephant symbol, was long thought to be the Seleucid king Antiochus Epiphanes, who is known to have lived in Athens before his accession to the Syrian throne: see Thompson, pp. 158-160.

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Milbank 3

136. c. 510-490 BC. Stater, 12.26g. Obv: Smooth-shelled sea turtle with row of dots down center of shell. Rx: Union Jack pattern incuse. Milbank 3. Extremely well-centered on an extremely nice planchet. EF $6,000

Exceptional Broad Flan

139. c. 380-360 BC. Stater, 12.01g. Obv: Land tortoise. Rx: Skew pattern incuse with five segments. SNG Delepierre 1545. SNG München 566-7. SNG Copenhagen Suppl.

264. Dewing 1686. Struck in high relief. Some weakness at the highest point of the shell. On a large broad flan. EF with luster $10,000 Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 389. Ex Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. Ex Goldberg, The Millennia Collection, 26 May 2008, lot 31.

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Very Rare Proto-Tortoise

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137.

Aegina. 510-490 BC. Stater, 12.18g. Obv: Sea-turtle of proto-tortoise type with heavily segmented shell. Rx: Incuse “mill-sail”. Milbank 12. Arnold-Biuchhi, BeerTobey and Waggoner, ANSMN 33, p. 17, 123-124, pl. 10.

Holloway, ANSMN 17, pl. viii, 5-6. SNG Lockett 2635 = Pozzi 1632. This is a highly unusual and very rare type showing a sea turtle with a segmented shell. Struck in high relief. Slightly granular obverse, otherwise About EF/EF

$4,000 Milbank 15

138. c. 480-456 BC. Stater, 12.31g. Obv: Smooth-shelled sea turtle, with row of dots down the middle and across top of shell, in the form of a ‘T’. Rx: Large incuse square, of ‘skew’ pattern, divided by straight lines into five compartments. Milbank 15. This coin is an excellent example of the more commonly seen sea turtle. Exceptional centering with all four legs of the turtle on flan. EF $4,000

140.

Elis, Olympia. 85th Olympiad, 440 BC. Stater, 11.71g (3h). Obv: Eagle flying right with both wings above his body, grasping hare by the back with his talons and tearing at it with his beak. Rx: Thunderbolt with wings below and volutes above; F-A to either side. Seltman 67 (AN/ aω). BCD 36 (this coin). SNG Berry 827 (same dies).

SNG Delepierre 2069 (same dies). Toned VF/Fine

$2,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Lanz 121, 22 November 2004, lot 190. Ex Leu 90, 10 May 2004, lot 36.

Ex BCD Collection.

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Famous “Waterloo Nike” Reverse

Fitzwilliam 3707 (same dies). BCD lot 69, from the same obverse die as our coin, is praised as being “one of the prettiest pieces known”. Our example is better. EF $8,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, lot 342. Ex CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 377.

141.

87th Olympiad, 432 BC. Stater, 12.08g (2h). Obv: Eagle flying right with wings above his body, grasping hare by the back with his talons and tearing at it with his beak; graffitto KO above eagle’s head. Rx: Nike, wearing peplos and chiton, seated left on the upper of two steps, holding with her right hand a long palm branch with frond behind her head, and resting her left hand on the step behind her; below lower step, olive spray. Seltman 133. BCD 55 (same dies). SNG Delepierre 2093. Part of Nike’s head off flan, but still over all somewhat better than the BCD example. VF $10,000

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Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

As Seltman notes, this lush depiction of Nike was engraved by an artist who had previously worked on the Parthenon sculptures. A masterpiece of fifth-century Greek coinage.

143.

First quarter of 3rd Century BC. Stater, 12.16g (7h).

Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rx: Eagle, with closed wings, standing right on the tail of a snake, coiling upwards and striking towards the eagle’s head; to left, vertical thunderbolt. To right, H. Seltman 211-212 var.

(CT/ –, new reverse die). BCD Peloponessus 652 (this coin). Extremely rare, the only known example. Obverse struck with worn die. VF/EF $4,000 Enlargement

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 652. Ex BCD Collection. Ex Atalanti/North of Elis Hoard of 1975 (Picard p. 324 = Coin Hoards II, 75).

Special Head of Hera Special Hemidrachm

142.

91st Olympiad, 416 BC. Stater, 11.94g (3h). Obv: Head of Hera right, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes interspersed with the letters H-P-A. Rx: F-A across field, fiery thunderbolt within olive wreath. Seltman 251 (EC/ nn). BCD 68 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 381. SNG 38

144. c. 330s BC. Hemidrachm, 2.79g (7h). Obv: F-A Hera with stephanos and pendant earrings. Rx: Eagle with wings open standing left, head right, on a rock. Seltman pl. 12, 26. Probably one of the finest known examples

of this issue. Highest point of Hera’s hair is flatly struck, otherwise EF $2,000 From a Chicago collection put together in the 1940s.

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Ex Jameson Collection

145. c. 269-250 BC. Stater, 12.28g (1h). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rx: F-A, eagle with closed wings standing right on tail of coiled serpent, control letters A-P (latter retrograde) across field. Seltman 237/238 (new combination). Jameson 2510 (this coin). Pleasant cabinet toning.

EF $12,000 Ex Gemini I, 11 January 2005, lot 146. Ex BCD Collection (Leu 90, 10 May 2004, lot 220). Ex Stack’s sale, 4 December 1984, lot 99. Ex Jameson Collection 2510. Ex Ars Classica XV, 2 July 1930, lot 810. Ex J. Horsky Collection (Hess 155, 30 April 1917, lot 966).

147.

Pheneus. c. 370-340 BC. Obol, 0.85g (12h). Obv: Head of Hermes right with petasos at back of neck. Rx: ΦE Ram standing right. Above, caduceus. Traité II 3, 890.

Weber 4317. A piece of excellent style and superior preservation. Toned. About EF $1,500 From a Chicago collection put together in the 1940s.

Of Exceptional Quality

148.

Crete. Cnossus. c. 300-220 BC. Drachm, 5.34g (12h).

Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left. Dotted border. Rx: ΚΝΩΣΙΩΝ Male figure wearing drapery over lower abdomen and upper legs, enthroned left on a square labyrinth, holding Nike in his extended right hand and a scepter in his left, monogram on left. Dotted border.

Svoronos 82 (pl. VI, 15). BMC 28 (pl V,14) (this reverse die). Jameson 2519 (this reverse die). Very Rare. EF

$32,500 Ex New York Sale, Prospero Collection, 5 January 2012.

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146.

Arcadia. Cleitor. c. 370-350 BC. Obol, 0.81g (10h).

Obv: Head of Athena left wearing helmet with crest.

Rx: Horse with loose bridle prancing right. Above, retrograde K; below, H. Boston 1258. Weber 4273. Beautifully centered. Gray toning. Nearly EF/EF $350

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Ex Hess-Leu 1970

149.

Itanus. c. 380-350 BC. Stater, 11.00g. Obv: Bearded sea-god (Triton), half man and half fish, standing right, holding transverse trident with speared fish at end in right hand, holding dolphin by tail in left. Rx: Eight-pointed star within shallow incuse square. Le Rider pl. VIII, 14 (same dies). Svoronos 7 (same obv. die as no. 4 - pl.

XVIII, 24). Dewing 2037. One of the most desirable types of the coinage of Crete, with an impressive pedigree. Extremely rare. About EF/EF $15,000 Ex Triton XVI, 8 January 2013, lot 403. Ex Gemini III, 9 January 2007, lot 162. Ex Hagen Tronnier Collection, Künker 94, 27 September 2004, lot 898. Ex Münzen und Medaillen 66, 23 October 1984, lot 138. Ex Hess-Leu 45, 12 May 1970, lot 220.

Two Magnificent Tetradrachms of Mithradates the Great

151.

Pontic Kingdom. Mithradates VI. 120-63 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.84g (11h). Year 213=85/4 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Mithradates right. Rx: Stag grazing left; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, star, crescent and monogram to left, date ΓΙΣ (year 213) and monogram to right, ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ / ΕΥΠΑΤΟPΟΣ / A below; all within ivy wreath. De Callataÿ, p. 16, D5/R4 (this coin listed as specimen f). Hunter 3 (same dies). BMC 6. SNG Cop. 236. Dewing 2122. Iridescent toning. Mint State $6,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 1399. Ex William N. Rudman Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell Fixed Price List #68, 1996, lot 55. Ex Lanz 74, 20 November 1995, lot 190. Ex Busso Peus 326, 1-3 November 1989, lot 164. Ex Busso Peus 323, 1-4 November 1988, lot 790.

An exceptional example; described by the collector as “a masterpiece of coin sculpture… beyond grading… overall the most beautiful coin I own”.

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150.

Cyprus. Unstruck copper flan. Tetartemorion or 1/4 obol, 2.56g. Obv: Blank. Rx: Blank. Cast copper planchet with casting spurs intact $200 Ex Richard P Miller Collection.

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152.

Tetradrachm, 16.72g (12h). Pergamum, 85/4 BC. Obv: Head of Mithradates with flowing hair right. Rx: Stag grazing left with star and crescent in front and two monograms in back. Above, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; below, ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ. All within ivy wreath.

De Callatay, p. 23, pl. XIII; Gulbenkian Coll. 944; Pozzi Coll. 2098. Powerful portrait of Mithradates as a god.

Iridescent toning. A few contact marks on the obverse.

Mint State $6,500 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection, acquired from Berk 72, 4 August 1992, lot 147.

After having relinquished Athens and Greece proper to the Romans, Mithridates withdrew to Asia Minor. For

a couple of years, he established a mint at Pergamon, before he was forced to leave the conquered territories in western Asia Minor in 84 BC (peace treaty of Dardanos, ending the 1st Mithridatic War). Thus, the Mithridatic tetradrachms of Pergamon are fairly rare, and their artistic quality matches that of the products of the former Attalid mint.

153.

AE 25, 14.44g (12h). Smyrna, c. 88-86 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Mithradates right.

Rx: ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩ[Ν] ΕΡΜΟΓΕΝ[ΗΣ] ΦΡΙΞΟΣ Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm. BMC 118.

McClean 8286, pl. 287, 6. Winterthur 3148. For the date, see M. Price, NC 1968, p. 6. Excellent portrait of Mithradates. Struck on a glossy brown planchet. Mint State $1,000

gram. Waddington 9b. Jameson 1387. SNG von Aulock 6878. A second specimen, from different dies. VF $350

156.

Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-460 BC. EL Hekte, 2.66g. Obv: Nude, winged, male monster with human body, lion’s head and tail, running left in kneeling-running pose, head right; jaws open, tongue protruding; rounded wings outspread; bent, extended right arm holding tunny downwards; left arm flexed and held at waist with closed fist.

Boston 1459 var. (different denomination). Not listed in v. Fritze (cf. 22 for a similar type). Unusually well-centered for issue. Good EF $6,500

Ex Nancy Walsh Collection.

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154.

Bithynian Kingdom. Prusias I. 228-182 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.71g (1h). Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ Zeus Stratius standing left, holding wreath over royal name and scepter; in inner left field, thunderbolt over ME ligate and monogram. Waddington 9b. Jameson 1387. SNG von Aulock 6878. Intimate portrait. VF $450

155.

Tetradrachm, 16.70g (1h). Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ Zeus Stratius standing left, holding wreath over royal name and scepter; in inner left field, thunderbolt over ME ligate and mono-

Second Recorded

157. c. 475 BC. EL Hemihekton, 0.86g. Obv: Protome of lioness leftwards, head looking right, truncation dotted.

At right, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. v.

Fritze 50. Cf. SNG Paris 188-189 (different denomonations). Hurter & Liewald, SNR 83 (2004), p. 32, no. 50 (hemihekton). Somewhat unusual type. VF $550

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158.

2nd Century BC. Tetradrachm, 16.60g (10h). Obv: Wreathed head of Kore right. Rx: KYZI-ΚΗΝΩΝ Flaming torch left. Above and below, monograms. All within wreath. SNG Paris 449 var. (lower monogram).

Very rare. EF to point of wear, but somewhat granular surfaces with even gray toning $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

160.

Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.80g (11h).

Obv: Laureate head of Philetaerus right. Dotted border.

Rx: ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ Athena enthroned left, crowning royal name with right hand and resting left elbow on shield behind her, transverse spear visible behind her head; in field bee at left, EYM monogram in center, and bow at right. Westermark group VI A. SNG Paris-. SNG von Aulock-. Good VF/VF $450 The corpulence of Philetaerus’ portraits has led some to suppose that he may have been a eunuch. In any case, he had no children, so left his kingdom to his nephew Eumenes, who for his part initiated the practice of placing Philetaerus’ posthumous portrait on his coins.

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159.

Pergamum Kingdom. Philetaerus. 282-263 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.90g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Seleucus I right. Rx: ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ Athena enthroned left, extending right hand to shield before her, and holding transverse spear with left hand; ivy leaf above her right arm, bow in outer right field. Newell 15b. SNG Paris 1598. Bold portrait struck in high relief. VF $4,000 Philetaerus, entrusted with the stronghold of Pergamum

by King Lysimachus of Thrace, switched to the side of Seleucus I of Syria in 282 AD, and continued to show that king’s portrait on his coins after Seleucus was assassinated in 280. The Pergamum mint’s high-quality portraiture makes these Pergamene portraits of Seleucus I even more desirable than his portraits on coins struck by Seleucid mints.

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161.

Tetradrachm, 16.95g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Philetaerus right. Rx: ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ Athena enthroned left, crowning royal name with right hand and resting left elbow on shield behind her, transverse spear visible behind her head; in field bee at left, EYM monogram in center, and bow at right. Westermark, Group VI A. SNG Paris-. SNG von Aulock-. From the same dies as the preceding lot. Bold VF $450

162.

Attalus I. 241-197 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.89g (1h). Obv: Laureate head of Philetaerus right. Rx: ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ Athena enthroned left, crowning royal name with right hand and resting left elbow on shield behind her, transverse spear visible behind her head; in field bee at left, thunderbolt in center, and bow at right. Westermark 68, V.CXII. SNG Paris 1624. Especially good portrait. Tiny rim bump at 5h on obverse. About EF $500

163.

Tetradrachm, 16.89g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Philetaerus right. Rx: ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ Athena enthroned left, crowning royal name with right hand and resting left elbow on shield behind her, transverse spear visible behind her head; in field monogram in center and bow at right. Westermark V.CXVIII/R.2. SNG Paris 1626.

About EF $450 Two Tetradrachms of Troy

165.

Ilium. 2nd Century BC. Tetradrachm, 16.68g (11h).

Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet with laurel wreath. Rx: Athena Illias standing right, holding spear and distaff, owl at feet. ΑΘΗΝΑΣ before, monogram and ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ behind, ΜΗΤΡΙΚΕΤΟΥ in exergue. Bellinger, Troy T39 (Paris only). Bellinger, ANSMN 8, p. 12, 4. Ding on cheek of Athena and mark in left field adjoining the crest of her helmet, otherwise VF with even light gray toning $5,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan Berk in November 2000. Ex Kastner 10, May 1976, lot 50.

164.

Troas. Alexandreia Troas. 94 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.68g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left. Rx: Apollo Smintheus (the Mouse God), draped, walking right holding bow and arrow. ΑΠΟΛΛΩNΟΣ and date ΣΖ (Year 207) before, monogram and ΖΜΙΘΕΩΣ behind, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ / ΑΜΦΙΟΥ in exergue. Unpublished date and magistrate. Bellinger A150 var. De Callataÿ pl.

XXXIX D2, same obverse die used with years 95 and 93 BC. Even light gray toning. Two small contact marks at 7h on obverse, otherwise pleasant VF $5,000

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Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

The word “smintha” seems to derive from the Phrygian language, and means “mouse” or “rat”. Apollo Smintheus was accordingly an exterminator of rats and plagues.

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166.

Tenedos. c. 160 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.57g (11h). Obv: Janiform male and female heads, the male laureate and facing left, the female diademed and facing right. Rx: Double ax; ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ above, monogranm and grape bunch left, omphalos right, all within laurel wreath.

Unpublished controls. De Callataÿ, Tenedos-. SNG Cop.-.

BMC-. Of the finest style for this issue. Light gray toning with hints of iridescence. Good VF $7,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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170.

Heracleia ad Latmum. 2nd Century BC. Tetradrachm, 16.56g (11h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Attic helmet decorated with a volute, Pegasos, and the foreparts of five horses. Rx: HPAKΛEΩTΩN Club, below which Nike advancing left between two monograms, all within wreath. Deppert-Lippitz 763. Beautiful light gray toning. Mint State $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

167.

Aeolis. Aigai. c. 150 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.73g (11h).

Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, bow and quiver over shoulder. Rx: AIΓAIEΩN Zeus standing left, holding eagle and lotus-tipped scepter. Monogram in left field, all within wreath. SNG Cop. 6. Dewing 2227. Obverse struck in high relief. Excellent gray toning. Highest points of the hair weakly struck. Near Mint State $4,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex NAC M, 20 March 2002, lot 2315.

171.

Lebedus. c. 150 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.36g (12h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: ΛEBEΔIΩN Owl standing right, head facing, on club, between two cornucopias. ΑΠΟΛΛ-ΟΔΟΤΟΣ below, all within wreath.

Amandry 18a (this coin). Pleasant gray toning with some hints of iridescence. Near Mint State $3,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Kastner 4, 1973, lot 116.

168.

Ionia. Ephesus. c. 202-133 BC. Drachm, 4.16g (12h).

Obv: Ε-Φ Bee with straight wings. Dotted border.

Rx: Stag standing right. In the background, palm tree. At right, ΑΔΑΙΟΣ. P. Kinns, NC 1999, p. 84. SNG Kayhan-.

Toned EF $200

169. c. 202-133 BC. Drachm, 4.07g (11h). Obv: Ε-Φ Bee with straight wings. Dotted border. Rx: Stag standing right. In the background, palm tree. At right, ΑΔΑΙΟΣ. P. Kinns, NC 1999, p. 84. SNG Kayhan-. From the same dies as the preceding lot. Toned EF $200 44

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172.

Miletos. c. 175-150 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.80g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Border of dots.

Rx: [ΜΙ]ΛΗΣΙΩΝ Lion standing right, head reverted; star above, EΠIKPATHΣ below, KPATEPOΣ to right.

Deppert-Lippitz 763. Obverse struck in high relief.

Virtually Mint State $4,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

Excessively Rare Early Depiction of Homer

173.

Smyrna. c. 200 BC, concurrent with the earliest bronze Homereia. Drachm, 4.02g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Border of dots. Rx: Homer seated left, himation draped over knees, holding scepter in left hand, reading from scroll held before him; [Σ]MYPNAIΩN before. Milne, NC 1921, p. 143 f. (same dies). Leu 38, 13 May 1986, lot 116 (same dies; realized Sfr 5800 + commission!) Milne 1914-. BMC (not in catalogue, an example was subsequently obtained by the BM). Grose-. SNG von Aulock-. SNG Cop.-. Slight wave in planchet at 10h.

VF/Good Fine $5,000 Excessively rare. Apparently the fourth known example and the second in private hands, the other two being in the collections of the British Museum and Utrecht (Dutch Royal Collection). Milne knew of the Utrecht example from a cast when he wrote his 1914 NC article on Smyrna silver coins but declined to include it in that article. Presumably he entertained doubts about its authenticity, although he couched these doubts in euphemism about being “puzzled” by the cast. His excitement at being able to confirm the authenticity of this dramatic and brilliantly executed type is evident in his later article devoted to it alone. He writes, “This drachma is clearly earlier in style than any of the Smyrnaean drachmas previously published, and differs from all in the treatment of the figure of Homer on the reverse, wherein it is

artistically far superior to either the later drachmas or the bronze Homereia, which have a similar type. In both of the latter groups the figure is in simple profile, with the right hand up to the chin, the roll held out almost horizontally in the left, the sceptre transversely resting on the right shoulder, and the whole body draped: the general effect is clumsy and huddled. The coin now under consideration shows a more majestic treatment, which suggests a derivation from a Zeus type: the upper part of the body is partly turned out of profile to the front, the roll in the right hand is pointed upwards on the diagonal of the knee-angle, the sceptre is vertical, and only the legs are draped. In the execution as well as in the conception of the type the superiority is equally marked.” Milne places this coin--correctly in our estimation--at the very beginning of the Homereia series at Smyrna. The absence of a magistrate’s name points to the same conclusion.

Milne saw the remnants of a monogram in the exergue of the BM coin, but we believe this to be a misreading as neither the present specimen nor the Leu example show anything at all below the exergual line. This is an opportunity to own what is arguably the finest depiction of the renowned poet Homer on any ancient coin.

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174. c. 155-145 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.84g (11h). Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right. Rx: ZΜΥΡ-ΝΑΙΩΝ and monogram within laurel wreath. Milne, Autonomous 141. Milne, Silver obv. die A. SNG Cop.-. BMC 4 (same obv. die).

Some porosity on obverse. EF to point of wear $2,400 Ex CNG e-sale 266, 19 October 2011, lot 157.

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Dawn of Coinage

175.

Samos. c. 630-600 BC. EL Stater (Samian standard), 17.28g. Obv: Typeless with raised irregular surface.

Rx: Two parallel rectangular incuses with rough surfaces side by side. Weidauer 195 (8 recorded). Robinson, ANS Centennial Publication, fig. 8. EF $32,500

177.

Alabanda. 166 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.34g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rx: ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ Pegasos prancing right; B below. Waggoner XLVI, 13.

EF $3,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 October 2005, lot 1558.

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178.

Cnidus. c. 449-411 BC. Drachm, 6.05g (9h). Obv: Forepart of a roaring lion to right, its jaws gaping and tongue protruding. Rx: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing a necklace, within incuse square. Cahn 88 (V41/R60), pl.

VII. SNG Keckman 134 (these dies). Beautiful archaic head on reverse. Excellent light gray toning. EF $4,000 Ex NY Sale 27, The Prospero Collection, 4 January 2012, lot 539. Ex Frank Sternberg XXIV, 19-20 November 1990, lot 105.

176.

Caria. Antiocheia ad Maeandrum. 197-190 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.83g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo left. Rx: ANTIOXEΩΝ Pegasos flying right; ΤΙΜΟΚΛΗΣ below. Waggoner Series 1. SNG von Aulock 2383. Obverse softly struck. Reverse extremely powerful. Pleasant gray toning. EF $3,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Privately purchased from Harlan Berk in November 2000.

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Ex SNG Berry 1129

179.

Rhodes. 167-88 BC. Drachm, 2.84g (11h). Obv: Radiate head of Helios right. Rx: P-O to right and left. Above, ΑΝΑΞΙΔΟΤΟΣ Rose with vine to right and serpent coiled around omphalos to left; all within incuse square.

SNG Berry 1129 (this coin). Sear 5063. Flan crack on reverse at 12h, otherwise toned EF $400

Inscribed Walwet Trite

7 November 2012, lot 45). Peus also auctioned a few examples of this type that shared the same obverse die, for example Peus 407, 7 November 2012, lot 747 and Peus 406, 25 April 2012, lot 138.

180.

Lydia. Alyattes. c. 650-620 BC. EL Trite, 4.68g Obv: Head of lion right with jaws opened wide and wart on face; before, name FAΛFEI (“Walwet”) . Rx: Irregular incuse. Weidauer 91. Dewing 2420. About EF $7,500 Ex Harlan J. Berk 145, 14 September 2005, lot 2.

It appears that the Lydian series of WALWET, KUKAS and -LATE- should be dated a bit earlier than was normally thought in recent years. A date in the third quarter of the seventh century BC appears to be reasonable.

Therefore an equation of WALWET with King Alyattes (ruled 605-561) is not possible unless a new assessment of the written sources changes the date of his rule entirely. WALWET and his colleagues should accordingly be regarded as magistrates or wealthy noblemen of the Lydian court who organized the royal Lydian coinage on behalf of the king.

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182.

Dynasts of. Kherei. c. 410-390 BC. Stater, 8.55g (7h).

Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right, letter behind (v).

Rx: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress. Lycian script behind head. SNG Cop. Suppl. 451.

SNG von Aulock 4198. Excellent image of Herakles on the reverse. Chin of Athena slightly off flan with an old scratch on her cheek, otherwise EF $1,400 Ex CNG e-auction 81, 21 January 2004, lot 45.

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181.

Lycia. Kherei. c. 430-410 BC. Stater, 8.58g (10h).

Obv: Head of Athena right wearing crested helmet. Rx: Forepart of mythical bull right with curved wing and bearded human head. In right field, legend ‘Kherei’, which is off flan. SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 453 (same dies). Müseler and Nollé VI, 15. Small area of flat strike on the bull’s beard. Obverse softly struck, otherwise EF

$1,700 It appears that the same obverse dies were used for this reverse type and another with winged bull (see Peus 407,

183.

Dynast (Trbbenimi). c. 390-360 BC. Stater, 9.66g. Obv: Lion’s scalp facing. Rx: Triskeles with initials I Y M around. SNG von Aulock 4224. Silver toning with some hints of iridescence. Nose and right side of lion’s jaw weakly struck, otherwise EF

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Inaugural Issue of Side

184.

Pamphylia. Perga. c. 250-240 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.64g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Artemis right with large hair-roll, bow and quiver over shoulder. Rx: APTEMIΔOΣ ΠEPΓAIAΣ Artemis standing left, holding scepter and wreath, deer standing before, turning head to gaze at the goddess; no letter in left field. Colin, p. 36, 4. Cf. Ward Coll. 732. One of the earliest autonomous issues, still without a numbering letter. Reverse weakly struck, otherwise EF $2,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

185. c. 250-240 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.97g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder. Rx: APTEMIΔOΣ ΠEPΓAIAΣ Artemis standing left, holding scepter and wreath, deer standing before, turning head to gaze at the goddess; Γ in outer left field. Colin, p. 37, 12. VF $500

186. c. 250-240 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.93g (11h). Obv: Laureate head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder. Rx: APTEMIΔOΣ ΠEPΓAIAΣ Artemis standing left, holding scepter and wreath, deer standing before, turning head to gaze at the goddess; Δ in outer left field. Cf. Colin, p. 37.

Previously unrecorded early issue with Δ. Well-struck.

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187.

Side. c. 203 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.02g (12h). Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.

Dotted border. Rx: Nike, wearing chiton and himation, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand. In left field, pomegranate and letters AΦ. SNG Paris -. SNG von Aulock -. See A. Meadows, AJN 21 (2009), p. 80, n. 58, and H. Seyrig, RN 1963, 57-63, on the dating. While the Athena on the obverse is in beautiful style, the walking Victory on the reverse is utterly exquisite. EF with luster

$4,000 This is one of the earliest autonomous tetradrachms of Side, which according to A. Meadows may have been produced to pay for the war that the Seleucids were waging in Asia Minor around 203 BC.

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188. c. 203-190 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.01g (1h). Obv: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rx: Nike, wearing chiton and himation, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand. In left field, pomegranate and letters ΔΙ. Dotted border. SNG von Aulock 8533. SNG Paris 685. In wonderful style and struck on a broad flan.

Exquisite Victory on the reverse. EF $2,000

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189. c. 203-190 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.87g (1h). Obv: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rx: Nike, wearing chiton and himation, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand. In left field, pomegranate and letters ΔΙ. SNG von Aulock 8533. SNG Paris 685. Chest of Nike weakly struck, otherwise EF $1,000

192.

Cappadocian Kingdom. Ariarathes V. 163-130 BC. Drachm, 4.13g (12h). Uncertain mint, possibly Mazaka Eusebeia or Tyana. Obv: Diademed head of king right.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ Athena Nikephoros standing left. Monograms in inner left field and outer right field; in exergue, ΓΛ. BMC Galatia, p.

31, 33. SNG von Aulock 6269. SNG Copenhagen Suppl.

697. SNG Ashmolean 1965. Extremely beautiful portrait.

Light gray toning. Choice EF $350

193.

Seleucid Kingdom. Seleucus I. 312-280 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.17g (12h). Sardes, c. 282/1 BC. Obv: Head of young Herakles right in lion-skin headdress.

Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter. Primary control E in left field and secondary control AΣ under throne.

Dotted border. SC 3.1. WSM 1350. Gray toning. aEF/EF

$500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Spink at NYINC, 12 January 2006.

190. c. 203-190 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.65g (12h). Obv: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rx: Nike, wearing chiton and himation, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand. In left field, pomegranate and letters AP. SNG Paris 663. Mint State $1,500

The control letter E in reverse field is engraved atop a small protrusion in the surface of the coin, probably replacing an earlier control mark which had been eradicated from the die.

Unpublished Drachm

191. c. 203 BC. Drachm, 4.09g (11h). Obv: Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rx: Nike, wearing chiton and himation, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand. In left field, pomegranate and letters AΦ.

SNG Paris -. SNG von Aulock -. Apparently unpublished as drachm in this issue. Very scarce denomination. For the date, see lot 187 above. Toned VF/About VF $600

194.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (11h). Sardes, c. 282/1 BC. Obv: Head of young Herakles right in lion-skin headdress.

Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Zeus enthroned left holding Nike and scepter. Primary control E in left field, secondary control AΣ under throne. Dotted border. SC 3.3a. WSM 1352. Extremely powerful image of Zeus. Mint State $800 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from CNG website, December 2005. From Seleucus I Commerce Hoard, 2005.

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ESM 301. On the identity of the helmeted head, see O. Hoover, SNR 81, 2002, pp. 51-63. Iridescent toning.

Small pit on back of cheek plate. EF/Good VF $1,750

195.

Tetradrachm, 16.89g (1h). Seleucia I (First Workshop), from c. 300 BC. Obv: Head of young Herakles right in lion-skin headdress. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter. Primary control M in left field and secondary control ΔI under throne. Thin dotted border. SC 117c. ESM 4.

Iridescent toning. EF $500

Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Ed Waddell, 14 December 1999. Ex Gorny 50, 24 September 1990, lot 406.

Important Seleucus Portrait

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Leo Dardarian at NYINT, 9 December 1995.

198.

Antiochus I. 280-261 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.89g (12h).

Sardes, c. 277-272 BC. Obv: Diademed, horned head of Seleucus I right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow in extended right hand and resting left on hand omphalos. Control marks A in inner left field, AΣ in exergue. SC 323.1b. Newell, WSM 1364. Powerful portrait of the founder of the dynasty. Pleasant gray toning. Rare and much sought after. EF/Good VF $7,500

196.

Tetradrachm, 16.99g (9h). Seleucia II (Second Workshop), from c. 296/5 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right within border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Helmeted and draped Athena, brandishing spear in right hand and with shield on left arm, in chariot drawn right by four horned elephants. Anchor symbol above, AI monogram behind Athena and Θ symbol above elephants. Dotted border. SC 130.33c. Newell, ESM 81.

BMC 26. SNG Spaer 97. Pleasant VF/EF $600

Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Ex Bank Leu 2, 25 April 1972, lot 275.

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. Purchased from Pegasi, 15 December 1999.

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197.

Tetradrachm, 17.18g (10h). Susa, c. 305/4-295 BC. Obv: Bust of Seleucus right, wearing helmet covered with panther skin and adorned with bull’s ear and horns, panther skin tied around neck. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Nike standing right, crowning trophy.

Control marks: AP (lower left), AΠ monogram (lower right) and symbol Helios bust facing between Nike and trophy. Border of dots. SC 173.16. Kritt, ESMS Tr. 107.

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199.

Tetradrachm, 16.80g (2h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In left field, monogram.

SC 335.4. WSM 940. Bold portrait. VF/Good Fine $400

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand rested on bow. Monograms in left and right outer fields. Dotted border. SC 379.6; ESM 177. Sharply struck. About EF $450

200.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (6h). Seleucia. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monograms in outer left field and outer right field, the latter partly off flan. Dotted border. SC 379.3. ESM 152, pl. XIV, 4. Pozzi 2933. VF $400

201.

Tetradrachm, 16.97g (1h). Seleuceia on the Tigris.

Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. AP and HP monograms in outer left and outer right fields respectively. Dotted border. SC 379.3a. ESM 149. Portrait struck in high relief. aVF

$400

202.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (3h). Seleucia on the Tigris.

Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monograms in outer left and outer right fields. Border of dots. SC 379.3c. ESM 155. Exquisite portrait struck in high relief.

Choice EF $800

203.

Tetradrachm, 17.11g (8h). Seleucia, c. 281-261 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx:

204.

Tetradrachm, 16.89g (2h). Seleucia. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on arrow. Monograms in outer field on left and right. SC 379.4; ESM 154; Houghton Coll. I 952. VF

$400

205.

Tetradrachm, 16.77g (6h). Ecbatana. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [Α]ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding three arrows, resting left hand on bow, forepart of grazing horse before.

Two monograms in inner left field, above and below the arrows. Border of dots. SC 409.2f. ESM 528. About VF

$400

206.

Antiochus II. 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.59g (12h).

Alexandria Troas. Obv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow; monograms in outer left and outer right fields, horse grazing right in exergue. SC 490. WSM 1562. Winged portraits of Antiochus II are rare. VF $400 51

207.

Tetradrachm, 16.54g (12h). Alexandria Troas.

Obv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow; monogram in outer right field, horse grazing left and monogram in exergue. SC 492. WSM 1566. Winged portraits of Antiochus II are rare. VF $400

208.

Tetradrachm, 17.10g (12h). Sardes. Obv: Diademed head right of Antiochos I. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow; ΑΣ ΑΝ in exergue. SC 518a. WSM 1385. Exceptional portrait. EF/VF $550

209.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (11h). Sardes. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow; two monograms in exergue. SC 518e. WSM 1388.

Good VF $400

210.

Tetradrachm, 17.07g (12h). Sardes. Obv: Diademed head right of Antiochos I. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [Α]ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow; two monograms in exergue. SC 518e var. (position of monograms reversed). WSM 1406 var.

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211.

Tetradrachm, 17.04g (12h). Tarsus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Monograms in outer left field and in exergue.

SC 562 var. (control is retrograde). Scrape on body of Apollo. About VF $300

212.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (12h). Ephesus (?). Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow. In outer left field, monogram. In exergue, star (partly off flan). SC 543.4.

WSM 1488. Meydancıkkale 2863 (Magnesia). Obverse somewhat softly struck, otherwise VF $350 The mint of this issue remains uncertain. In earlier literature, it was attributed to Magnesia on the Maeander, but Ephesus seems to be a better candidate. At any rate, this coin is a rare product from the westernmost part of the Seleucid Empire after Antiochus II recaptured Ionia from the Ptolemies.

213.

Tetradrachm, 16.75g (10h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In outer left field, monogram; in outer right field, ΔΙ. SC 571.1. WSM 976. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 40, nos. 1-23. Boston 2154. VF $350

214.

Tetradrachm, 16.94g (11h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow; monograms in outer fields. SC 571.2. WSM 980. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 41, nos. 27-45, pl. 3, 15-17. Meydancıkkale 2755. VF $350

215.

Antiochus II in the name of Seleucus I. Tetradrachm, 16.66g (4h). Laodiceia ad Lycum. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; dolphin above monogram in left field, second monogram below throne. Border of dots. SC 576.5. WSM 1225. VF $350

216.

Tetradrachm, 17.00g (6h). Uncertain mint in Mesopotamia. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Thin dotted border Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monograms in outer right field and in exergue. SC 579.1. Houghton Coll. I 1310. This extremely rare issue was struck by an uncertain mint in northern Mesopotamia or Media. Excellent portrait. About EF $450

217.

Tetradrachm, 16.96g (4h). Mesopotamia, Seleucia, 261 BC or soon afterwards. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monogram in outer left field, Σ/Μ in outer right field. Dotted border. SC 587.2.

ESM 186. Houghton Coll. I 960. Another flamboyant portrait of Antiochus I, struck soon after his death. About EF $400

218.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (12h). Seleucia. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monograms in both outer fields. Dotted border. SC 587.1c. Good VF $400

219.

Tetradrachm, 17.10g (5h). Seleucia. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤ-ΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monograms in both outer fields. Dotted border. SC 587.1c. A second specimen, from different dies. About EF $450

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220.

Tetradrachm, 16.98g (4h). Seleucia, 261 BC or not long thereafter. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right, looking upwards. Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In outer fields, monograms. Dotted border. Cf. SC 587.4. VF $400

223.

Tetradrachm, 16.92g (12h). Seleuceia on the Tigris. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting on left omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monograms in outer left and right fields. SC 587.4b. ESM 189. A third example, again from a different die pair. VF $350

Antiochus I, “The Savior”: Attribution Debated

221.

Tetradrachm, 16.86g (7h). Seleucia, 261 BC or soon thereafter. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right.

Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In outer fields, monograms. Dotted border. SC 587.4b. ESM 189, pl. XVI, 10. Good VF $400 It is widely agreed that the finest and most moving numismatic portraits of Antiochus I were those produced, like this one and the next two lots, by the mint of Seleucia shortly after his death, early in the reign of his son Seleucus II.

222.

Tetradrachm, 16.98g (2h). Seleucia, 261 BC or soon thereafter. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right.

Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤ-ΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In outer fields, monograms. SC 587.4b. ESM 189, pl. XVI, 10. A second specimen, from different dies.

About EF $400

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224.

Seleucid Kingdom. Interregnum. The “Soter” Coinage. 246-244 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.00g (11h).

Perhaps the ΔΕΛ Mint, associated with Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Border of dots. Rx: ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. No control marks. SC 641. WSM 1144. Le Rider, Antioche, pp. 74 f.

Houghton Coll. I 419. About EF $450 The rare tetradrachms issued in the name of Antiochus I Soter, this coin and the next two in our sale, are something of an enigma. Newell attributed them to Apamea in the interregnum after the murder of Antiochus II, conjecturing that they were struck to pay the troops permanently garrisoned in and around Apamea while Antioch, the Syrian capital, was occupied by Ptolemaic troops. He believed that the neutral types were selected to protect the local authorities regardless of the outcome of the civil war. Le Rider, however, rejected Newell’s attribution to Apamea. He tentatively assigned the “Soter” tetradrachms to a mint closely associated with Antioch, perhaps a second workshop within the mint or a facility located in an Antioch suburb such as Daphne; but he left open the possibility that they might be products of a different mint, struck later than the interregnum.

225.

246-244 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.96g (11h). Perhaps the ΔΕΛ Mint, associated with Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Dotted border. Rx: ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. No control marks. SC 641. WSM 1144. Le Rider, Antioche, pp. 74 f. Houghton Coll. I 419. A second example of the “Soter” coinage, from the same obverse die in a later state, but a different reverse die. Reverse weakly struck. Pleasant portrait $400

226.

246-244 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.86g (12h). Perhaps the ΔΕΛ Mint, associated with Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Dotted border. Rx: [Σ]ΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΑΝΤ-ΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. No control marks. SC 641. WSM 1144. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 74 f. Houghton Coll. I 419. A third example of the “Soter” coinage, from different dies. VF $400

227.

Seleucus II Callinicus. 246-226 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.84g (1h). Uncertain Mint 40, probably in Commagene.

Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo standing left, testing arrow and leaning on tall tripod. Letters NA in inner left field. SC 727.4. Broad flan. VF $400

228.

Tetradrachm, 16.17g (12h). Seleucia on the Tigris. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Thin border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo standing left testing arrow and resting elbow on tall tripod. Monogram in inner left field. Thin circle of dots. SC 763.2a. WSM 201A. Exquisite portrait struck in very high relief. Some light porosity. EF $500 Ex Richard P Miller Collection.

229.

Tetradrachm, 16.94g (5h). Seleucia. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Thin border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo standing left, testing arrow and leaning on tall tripod, monograms in inner left and outer right fields. Border of dots. SC 764.1. ESM 204. VF $500

230.

Antiochus Hierax. 242(?)-227 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.86g (12h). Parium. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Star in upper left field, monogram in exergue. SC 835.6. Houghton Coll. I 656. Sharply struck. Old scratch on neck, otherwise EF $475 Antiochus Hierax, the younger son of Antiochus II and Laodice, was more ambitious than his brother Seleucus II. He claimed territories in Asia Minor and established a rule of his own, but he was not able to prevail against another strong ruler, Attalus I of Pergamum. Eventually Hierax escaped to Egypt and was subsequently killed by Thracian robbers.

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231.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (11h). Abydos. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Long torch in inner left field; in exergue, Pegasus forepart and monogram. SC 849.2. WSM 1552a.

Beautiful portrait struck in high relief. EF/VF $500

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232.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (11h). Abydos. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Long torch in inner left field; in exergue, eagle and monogram. SC 841. WSM 1556. EF $450

233.

Tetradrachm, 16.86g (1h). Lampsacus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Long torch in inner left field; Pegasus forepart and monogram in exergue. SC 849.2. WSM 1552α. From the same beautiful obverse die as lot 231 above. Horn silver behind portrait at 10h and at upper right on reverse.

EF $550 56

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234.

Tetradrachm, 16.89g (1h). Lampsacus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow; bee in inner left field. SC 850.2. WSM 1545. EF

$500

235.

Tetradrachm, 17.03g (11h). Lampsacus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow; bee in inner left field. SC 850.2. WSM 1545. A second specimen, from different dies. Expressive portrait.

EF/VF $450

236.

Tetradrachm, 17.07g (1h). Lampsacus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow; control mark tripod in exergue. SC 851.4. WSM 1543. Bold VF $450

on bow. Two monograms in outer left field, horse grazing right symbol in exergue. SC 877.7. VF $450

237.

Tetradrachm, 17.10g (12h). Lampsacus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Bee in exergue. SC 852.1. Excellent portrait.

Minor flan flaws on cheek. Good EF/VF $450 Troy Mint

238.

Tetradrachm, 16.92g (12h). Ilium. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Owl in inner left field. SC 869.2. Very bold, detailed portrait in high relief. EF $750

239.

Tetradrachm, 16.78g (11h). Alexandria Troas, Workshop A(?): Series I, Group A. Obv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in inner left field, horse grazing right symbol in exergue. SC 875.9. Good VF $450

240.

Tetradrachm, 16.87g (12h). Alexandria Troas, Workshop A(?): Series I, Group A. Obv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting

241.

Tetradrachm, 13.99g (11h). Alexandria Troas, Workshop A(?): Series II, Group A. Obv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in outer left field, horse grazing right symbol in exergue. SC 877.8. Unusual youthful portrait. Pleasant VF $500

242.

Tetradrachm, 16.86g (12h). Alexandria Troas. Obv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monogram in outer right field, another monogram and symbol of horse grazing left in exergue. The reverse type is slightly barbarized. SC 882.1. WSM 1590. Excellent portrait.

Well-struck on obverse. EF/About EF $600

243.

Tetradrachm, 16.96g (1h). Alexandria Troas. Obv: Diademed and winged head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in inner left field, above and below Apollo’s right arm; horse grazing left symbol in exergue. Cf. SC 882. WSM 1580 ff. Houghton Coll. I 645. Unpublished monograms, and differently placed than normal. Small but deep die fault on final letter of ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Sharp portrait. EF/About EF $750 This interesting new type matches the later issues of 57

Hierax from Alexandria Troas. Unlike the other issues, this one has the monograms in the inner field, and the monograms are new to the record.

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246.

Tetradrachm, 17.09g (5h). Perhaps Smyrna. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In outer left field, monogram. In outer right field, ΘΕ ligate. Cf. SC 898.3.

The reverse particularly sharp and well centered. EF

$550 Extremely Rare Draped Bust

244.

Tetradrachm, 16.83g (12h). Teos. Obv: Diademed head of Antiochus II right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Filleted palm branch in outer left field, monogram in exergue. SC 896.1.

About EF $450

245.

Tetradrachm, 17.26g (6h). Uncertain mint, perhaps Smyrna or Sardes. Obv: Diademed head of king right.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in outer left field. SC 897. WSM 1429. Die break on neck. Extremely sharp portrait struck in high relief. Virtually Mint State $600

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247.

Tetradrachm, 16.77g (12h). Eastern Cilicia, 227 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in outer right field and in exergue. SC 914.1.

Very rare draped bust type on obverse, exceptional on a Seleucid coin. VF $1,500

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248.

Seleucus III. 226-223 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.09g (12h). Tarsus. Obv: Diademed head of king right.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. SC 917.

Houghton Coll. I 460. About EF $450

250.

Tetradrachm, 16.90g (12h). Temporary Antioch subsidiary mint. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. SC 921.5b WSM 1027. About EF $450

Splendid Portrait, Extraordinary Omphalos on Base

249.

Tetradrachm, 17.08g (11h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕ-ΥΚΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos set on base, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. SC 921.1. WSM 1029.

Highly detailed obverse die. Most unusual small omphalos set on large base on reverse, which seems to be part of the design, not just a striking fault. About EF $500

251.

Tetradrachm, 17.07g (1h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monogram in outer left field, letters ΣΩ downwards in outer right field. SC 921.5b. WSM 1026.

Gorgeous portrait, lush and struck in high relief. EF

$1,000

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252.

Tetradrachm, 17.01g (11h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor, c. 213-204 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow.

Monogram in outer left field. SC 966.1. WSM 1451.

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253.

Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.01g (11h).

Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor, c. 213-204 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monogram in outer left field. SC 966.1. WSM 1451. A second specimen from the same obverse die, in a slightly more worn state, coupled with a different reverse die. EF $400

254.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (1h). Antioch, c. 211/0-209/8 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow; letters Ω (upside down) and P in outer left field. SC 1043.8. WSM 1071. Exquisitely detailed reverse. EF $500

255.

Tetradrachm, 16.79g (11h). Seleucia on the Calycadnus.

Obv: Diademed head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Horse forepart and AN monogram in outer left field. SC 1016.

WSM 1331. About EF $450 Rare mint.

256.

Tetradrachm, 17.11g (12h). Tarsus. Obv: Diademed head of king right (Type B). Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. AK monogram in outer left field, ΠA monogram in outer right field. SC 1025 var. (there Aii portrait type). Nearly EF $400

Struck during Antiochos’ eastern campaign (the so-called Anabasis, i.e., the march to the upper territories, 212-205 BC) when Antiochos was conquering Armenia, invading Parthia and laying siege to the capital of Bactria.

257.

Tetradrachm, 17.13g (11h). Tarsus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos , holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. AK monogram in outer left field, ΠΛ monogram in outer right field. SC 1027. BMC 9. Sharp portrait.

Good EF $550

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258.

Tetradrachm, 17.24g (12h). Tarsus mint, or a subsidiary mint administered by Tarsus. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. A-crescent monogram in outer left field, ΠA monogram in outer right field; symbol bull charging left in exergue. SC 1035. VF $400

259.

Tetradrachm, 16.99g (12h). Antioch, Series 3, c. 204-197 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Letters Ω (upside down) and P in outer left field. SC 1044.1 (same obverse die). Exquisite reverse. EF $550 Struck just before or in the course of the Third Syrian War (202-195 BC) between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires, when Antiochus III was at the height of his power and glory.

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260.

Tetradrachm, 16.99g (1h). Antioch, Series 3, c. 204-197 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Letters Ω (upside down) and P in outer left field. SC 1044.1 (same obverse die). A second specimen, from the same obverse die. Good VF $400

261.

Tetradrachm, 17.06g (11h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monogram in outer left field. SC 1041.1. WSM 1044. EF $475

262.

Tetradrachm, 16.99g (12h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In outer left field letters Ω (upside down) and P and a monogram. SC 1041.2.

WSM 1045. High relief portrait. About EF/EF $475

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263.

Tetradrachm, 16.92g (12h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. In outer left field monogram and letters Ω (upside down) and P. SC 1041.3.

WSM 1046. EF $450 Exquisite Portrait

264.

Tetradrachm, 16.96g (1h). Antioch on the Orontes, Series 2, c. 211/10-209/8 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right (type B), of dry, naturalistic style, with mature features, (small eye, pointed nose, tight lips), bangs beginning to thin at temple. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow, with grip marked by four pellets.

Monogram in outer left field. SC 1043.9. WSM 1073. Le Rider, Antioche, p. 127 f., 21-23, pl. 13, 16. Exquisite portrait. EF $2,000 This very rare issue from the Antiochene mint displays the portrait of the ruler in his prime, soon after his victorious campaign against Armenia. The style is extraordinarily fine, conveying the king’s resolution in the face of the hard decisions that he continually had to make.

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265.

Tetradrachm, 16.94g (11h). Mint associated with Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow.

Monogram in outer left field. SC 1063. WSM 1186. VF

$350

266.

Drachm, 4.24g (1h). Possibly Apamea on the Orontes.

Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Elephant walking right. Control marks: MP ligate above and monogram in exergue. SC 1065.2.

Houghton, ANSMN 31, 103-106 (Nisibis). CSE 1187.

WSM 631a (Ecbatana). Pleasant gray toning. Good VF

$750 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear MB Sale 7, 22 February 2002, lot 151.

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267.

Tetradrachm, 17.03g (10h). Possibly Laodicea by the Sea. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Border of dots.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow.

Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. SC 1069.2. About EF

$400

seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Rose in outer left field, monogram (off flan) in outer right field. SC 1122.1. Exceptional portrait struck in high relief. EF $550

268.

Tetradrachm, 16.97g (4h). Possibly Laodicea by the Sea. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. Dotted border. SC 1072 var. (has the portrait style of SC 1069 but the control marks of 1072, slightly varied). About EF

$400

269.

Tetradrachm, 16.79g (4h). Possibly Laodicea by the Sea. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. SC 1072 var. A second specimen, from the same obverse die as the preceding lot. EF/VF

$450

272.

Tetradrachm, 17.24g (12h). “Rose” mint. perhaps Edessa, from c. 213 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right.

Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Rose in outer left field, monogram in outer right field. SC 1121.2c. ESM 395. Obverse well centered on broad flan. Mint State $600

273.

Tetradrachm, 17.08g (12h). Nisibis Mint, Series I, c.

212/211 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx:[ Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Three monograms in outer left field, outer right field, and in exergue, the second two off flan. SC 1128.3.

Good VF $400

270.

Tetradrachm, 17.08g (12h). “Rose” Mint, Perhaps Edessa, from c. 213 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right.

Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Monogram and Ω in outer left field. Dotted border. SC 1121.1. EF $550

271.

Tetradrachm, 17.07g (12h). “Rose” Mint, perhaps Edessa, from c. 213 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right.

Dotted border. Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo

274.

Tetradrachm, 16.70g (12h). Uncertain mint in northern Mesopotamia, Late in reign. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Border of dots. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Letters A and Σ in outer left field, Πo monogram in outer right field. SC 1133.2. WSM 842, die A2. Struck on an extremely broad flan. Nearly EF

$400 63

falling straight behind. Rx: [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] ANTIOXOY Elephant walking right. In lower right field, ΕΣ. SC 1135.1 (this coin). ANSMN 31, 93 (this coin). Gray toning with some porosity, particularly on obverse.

Fine/About EF

$4,000

275.

Tetradrachm, 16.86g (12h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, resting left hand on bow. Πo monogram in outer left field. SC 1133.2 var. (monogram differently placed). VF/Good Fine $350

Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Ex Gemini II, 10 January 2006, lot 134. Ex Arthur Houghton Collection.

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Tetradrachm, 16.78g (11h). Uncertain mint in Northern Mesopotamia, c. 197-187 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Πo monogram in outer left field.

SC 1133.2 var. (monogram differently placed). A second specimen from different dies. About EF $400

279.

Drachm, 4.25g (11h). Uncertain Mint 68, Series 2, Late in Reign. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ANTIOXOY Elephant walking right.

Control mark ΕΣ in exergue. SC 1136b. Houghton, ANSMN 31, 95 = WSM 852. SNG Spaer 695. Pleasant toning. VF/EF $1,000 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Freeman & Sear MB Sale 7, 22 February 2002, lot 150.

277.

Tetradrachm, 16.88g (11h). Nisibis, After 197 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Letters [A]Σ in outer left field, ΣΩ in outer right field. SC 1133.4. Cf. WSM 846, pl. X, 4. Houghton Coll. II 262. EF/VF $400

278.

Tetradrachm, 16.42g (12h). Uncertain Mint 68, in Northern Mesopotamia, after 197 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right, with receding hairline, diadem ends 64

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280.

Antiochus III, Second Reign. 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.01g (8h). Seleucia on the Tigris, Series I, c. 220 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo, seated left on ompha-

los, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. Circle of dots. SC 1161.2 (same obverse die). EF $450

281.

Tetradrachm, 17.02g (4h). Susa. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Dotted border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand on bow. Two monograms in outer left and outer right fields. Border of dots. SC 1206. ESM 380y.

Hair in front of diadem weakly struck, otherwise good EF

$400

282.

Tetradrachm, 17.05g (8h). Ecbatana. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monogram above horse’s head in outer left field, second monogram in outer right field. SC 1230. ESM 579. Excellent portrait struck in high relief. About EF

$450

284.

Demetrius I. 162-150 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.35g (1h).

Antioch on the Orontes, Undated series, 162-155/4 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right with lean features and light beard, diadem ends falling straight behind. Laurel wreath border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Tyche seated left on backless throne with winged tritoness support, holding short scepter and cornucopia. Monogram in outer left field. SC 1637c. Newell SMA 83. SNG Spaer 1256. Pleasant gray toning. EF $350 Ex Richard P Miller Collection.

285.

Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.61g (12h). Antioch on the Orontes.

Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟV ΕVΕΡΓΕΤΟV Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand and resting left hand on shield, spear propped against Athena’s arm. Monogram above A in outer left field, and A above M in inner right field. SC 2061.4e. Newell SMA 283. Some iridescent orange toning on obverse. EF/VF $300 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Empire Coins, List 76, September 1994, lot 79.

283.

Tetradrachm, 17.15g (5h). Ecbatana. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding arrow, left hand resting on bow. Monogram above horse’s head in outer left field, second monogram in outer right field. SC 1230.

ESM 579. A second example, from different dies. Sharply struck. Detailed portrait. Choice EF $500

286.

Alexander II. 128-122 BC. Drachm, 4.00g (12h). Tarsus, c. 125-122 BC. Obv: Diademed head of king right.

Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Sandan standing right on back of horned, winged animal standing right; two monograms in outer left field. SC 2212.1.

Iridescent blue/orange toning. Scarce and desirable nonHellenistic reverse taken from the Hittite culture. Two old scratches on obverse. EF/VF $750 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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Very First Siglos

287.

Philip I Philadelphus. c. 95/4-76/5 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.84g (12h). Antioch. Obv: Diademed head of king right. Fillet border. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠIΦΑΝΟΥΣ [ΦI]ΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, holding Nike and scepter, laurel wreath border. SC II 2463.3h. SMA 448. Lifetime portraits of Philip Philadelphus are rare, as are all of his posthumous portraits. Light iridescent toning. EF $350

290.

Asia Minor. Achemenid Empire. Darius I. 520-505 BC. Siglos, 5.14g. Obv: Half length bust of bearded Persian king, holding bow and handful of arrows. Rx: Irregular incuse. Carradice Type I, pl. XI, 10. Extremely rare early type with half-length portrait and handful of arrows. The next issue eliminates the arrows. VF $1,000

Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

288.

Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.00g (12h). Seleukeia on Tigris, c. 119109 BC. Obv: Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑ-ΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4 variant (palm in right field). Cf. Shore 67 (same). Mint State $3,000 Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 118.

289.

Kingdom of Persis. Vadfradad (Autophradates) I. Early 2nd Century BC. Tetradrachm, 15.39g (3h). Obv: Diademed head of king right, wearing kyrbasia. Border of dots. Rx: Fire temple; Ahura-Mazda above; to left, Vadfradad standing right; to right, standard. Cf. Alram 540. Obverse struck in high relief. Pleasant gray toning.

EF $2,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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291.

Achaemenid Empire. c. 480-410 BC. AV Daric, 8.33g.

Obv: Great King running right, wearing pointed crown, quiver over shoulder, holding bow and spear. Rx: Rectangular incuse with rough surface. Carradice, Type III. BMC pl. 24, 26. SNG Berry 1447. SNG Kayhan 1029. Nicely centered, showing full crown. EF $4,000

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292.

Judaea Under Persian Rule. Hezekiah. Half-Ma-AhObol, 0.24g (6h). Obv: Young male head. Rx: YHZQH (Hezekiah) beneath forepart of winged horned lynx left.

Hendin 1065. TJC 24. AGCI, 12. Obverse off center at 12h. Reverse exceptional. Very rare. VF/EF $6,000

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293.

John Hyrcanus I. 134-104 BC. Prutah, 0.86g (3h). Obv: Paleo-Hebrew inscription (Yehohan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) in two lines above and two lines below palm branch. Rx: Lily between two ears of grain; border of dots. Hendin 1134a. TJC Group C1. AJC Group O. This variety is extremely rare. VF $3,500

Menorah

294.

Mattathias Antigonus. 40-37 AD. Prutah, 1.26g (12h).

Obv: Mattatayah the High Priest around showbread table.

Rx: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΟΥ; seven-branched menorah. Hendin 1168. Beautifully centered.

About EF $75,000 Other than the first type of the Year One Shekel of the Jewish War, the Menorah coin of Antigonus Mattatias is the most significant and sought-after of all Jewish coins.

At the time that this coin was minted the golden showbread table was considered more relevant than the menorah, which is why it is on the obverse. Possibly because of its relationship to the Christian Mass and the body of Christ our modern perception has changed totally. Less than forty of these coins are recorded. While we hesitate to call anything the finest known, this specimen is marginally better than Bromberg and far better than the two Sheshona examples. A testament to its rarity is the fact that in fifty years this is the first example of this important coin that we have ever had the honor to offer.

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295.

Herod The Great. 40 BC. 8 Prutot, 7.30g (12h). Obv: Helmet, frontal view, wreath featuring acanthus leaf around, cheek pieces and straps, star above flanked by palm branches. Rx: Greek inscription “of King Herod”; Tripod, ceremonial bowl (lebes) above, flanked by date (Year 3) and monogram. Hendin 1169. TJC 44. AJC II,1.

RPC 1, 4901. Good VF/EF $1,000

296.

Agrippa I. 37-44 AD. AE 25, 12.07g (12h). Caesarea Paneas, Year 5, 40/1 AD. Obv: [ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒ] ΑΣΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΑΝ[ΙΚΩ] (For Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus), Laureate head of Caligula left. Rx: [ΝΟΜΙΣ]ΜΑ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ (coin of King Agrippa). LE=Year 5=40/41 in exergue; Germanicus stands in triumphal quadriga right. Hendin 1240. TJC 230-1,116. AJC II 2. RPC 4976. Extraordinary quality for this very rare issue. About EF $35,000

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rule in Bactria. When fighting the Parthian empire, he appears to have made an alliance with Seleucus II who was not able to reconquer the lost satrapy.

297.

The Jewish War. 1/8 Shekel or AE 20, 6.35g (12h). Obv: (Year 4=69/70 AD) Lulav bunch, flanked by an etrog on each side. Rx: (To the redemption of Zion); chalice with pearled rim. Hendin 1369. TJC 214. AJC 11, 262, 30.

About EF $7,500

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Hellenistic Masterpiece

298.

The Bar Kokhba War. Middle Bronze or AE 21, 5.73g (12h). Obv: (Simon Prince of Israel); palm branch within a wreath. Rx: (Year two of the freedom of Israel); Wide lyre of four strings. Mildenberg 27. Hendin 1406. TJC 263a. Very rare variety. Good VF or better $3,500

Mint State

300.

Agathocles. c. 185-180 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.99g (11h).

Obv: Diademed and draped bust right. Border of dots.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ Zeus standing front holding statue of Hekate and scepter; monogram in inner left field. Bopearachchi 1D. Bopearachchi & Rahman 149. SNG ANS 230. Exquisite portrait struck in high relief. This had to be one of the last coins struck from this die because of the large die break across the reverse.

Mint State $5,500 Ex CNG 84, 5 May 2010, lot 784.

299.

Bactrian Kingdom. Diodotus I as satrap under Antiochus II. c. 255/250-c. 235 BC. Gold Stater, 8.30g (6h). First Diodotid mint, in eastern Bactria, c. 240 BC or shortly after. Obv: Diademed head of Diodotus I right.

Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ANTIOΧ[OΥ] Zeus, viewed half from behind, advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt in raised right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm, in inner left field wreath above eagle with raised wings standing left. SC 629.2. Holt Series A, Group 8, 7. This coin is unusual because it lacks the normal test cut. Extremely sharp portrait. Mint State $7,500 Ex Gemini II, 11 January 2006, lot 163.

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The Bactrian ruler Agathocles is not mentioned by ancient sources. All we know about him is gleaned from his coins. He is most remarkable for his commemmorative coins that combine his portrait with those of Alexander the Great, Antiochus (I), the Bactrian rulers Diodotos (I and II), Euthydemos, Pantaleon and Demetrios. It folows that his reign should be dated to c.

180 BC, but the meaning of the gallery is not clear. It has been speculated that he was an usurper who tried to proclaim ancestors in rule in order to legitimate his own, but perhaps this is too modern a thought. It should also be noted that Agathocles struck bilingual bronze coins (with Karoshti or Brahmi coin legends) featuring Buddhistic symbols and deities of the Hindu pantheon: the earliest representations of Hindu gods known so far. He might have been a multisided personality and a sparkling spirit.

Extremely Rare

301.

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

Göbl 5. Extremely rare. Only a few specimens recorded.

Approaching VF $12,500

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302.

AV Distater, 15.95g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOΗ - MO KAΔΦICHC King seated facing on cloud, head right, holding club in right hand, flames rising from both shoulders. In left field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. Behind, bull standing right, head facing. In left field, nandipanda. Göbl 10. Virtually Mint State $15,000

303.

AV Distater, 15.96g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC King seated facing on throne, head left, holding laurel branch in right hand, flames rising from right shoulder. In left field, club; in right field, tamgha.

Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand.

Behind, bull standing right, head facing. In left field, nandipanda. Göbl 11. Extremely sharp strike. Mint State

$15,000

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304.

AV Distater, 16.00g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC Bust of king left on cloud, holding club in right hand, flames rising from right shoulder. In right field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. Behind, bull standing right, head facing. In left field, nandipanda. Göbl 13. EF $13,000

305.

AV Stater, 7.94g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC Draped bust of king right on cloud, holding club in right hand, flames rising from left shoulder. In left field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. In left field, tamgha; in right field, nandipanda. Göbl 18. VF $1,000

306.

AV Stater, 7.91g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC Draped bust of king right on cloud, holding club in right hand, flames rising from left shoulder. In left field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. In left field, tamgha, in right field, nandipanda. Göbl 18. A second specimen, with a smaller bust of the king. VF $1,200 69

307.

AV Stater, 7.95g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC Draped bust of king left on cloud, holding club in right hand. In right field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. In left field, tamgha, in right field, nandipanda. Göbl 19. Extremely sharp portrait. Mint State/Near Mint State $2,000

310.

AV Distater, 15.93g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC Draped bust of king right on cloud, holding club in right hand, flames rising from left shoulder. In left field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. Behind, bull standing right, head facing. In left field, nandipanda. Göbl 20. A second specimen, from the same obverse die. About EF $13,000 Ex Gemini III, 9 January 2007, lot 256.

308.

AV Stater, 7.94g (11h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC Draped bust of king left on cloud, holding club in right hand. In right field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. In left field, nandipanda. Göbl 19. A second specimen, from different dies. Good VF $1,000

311.

Kanishka I. 127/8-153 AD. AV Stater, 7.99g (12h). Obv: King standing left, sacrificing over altar, holding goad and standard, flames rising from right shoulder.

Rx: MIIPO Miiro (Mithra) standing left, raising right hand. In left field, tamgha. Göbl 31. EF $850

Ex Gemini III, 9 January 2007, lot 261.

312.

AV Stater, 7.92g (11h). Obv: King standing left, sacrificing at altar, holding goad and standard, flames rising from right shoulder. Rx: Orlagno standing right, holding spear and sword. In right field, tamgha. Göbl 63. EF $1,250 309.

AV Distater, 16.00g (12h). Obv: BACIΛEYC OOH - MO KAΔΦICHC Draped bust of king right on cloud, holding club in right hand, flames rising from left shoulder. In left field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing left, holding trident in right hand. Behind, bull standing right, head facing. In left field, nandipanda. Göbl 20. Contact mark on tip of nose of king, otherwise Mint State $13,000 Ex Gemini III, 9 January 2007, lot 255.

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313.

Huvishka. 152-192 AD. AV Stater, 8.00g (12h). Obv: Nimbate, draped bust of the king left on cloud, holding mace-scepter and spear. Rx: Mioro (Mithra) standing left, holding wreath in right hand. In left field, tamgha. Göbl 174. Excellent half-length portrait. Mint State $1,500

314.

AV Stater, 7.89g (12h). Obv: Nimbate, draped bust of the king left on cloud, holding mace-scepter and spear. Rx: Ardoxsho standing right, holding cornucopia. In right field, tamgha. Göbl 219. Extremely sharp. Mint State

$1,500

318.

AV Stater, 7.96g (12h). Obv: Nimbate bust of king left on cloud, holding mace and scepter. Rx: Ashaeixsho standing left, raising right hand in benediction. In left field, tamgha. Göbl 342. Mint State $1,500

315.

AV Stater, 7.82g (12h). Obv: Nimbate, draped bust of the king left on cloud, holding mace-scepter and spear. Rx: Ardoxsho standing right, holding cornucopia. In right field, tamgha. Göbl 219. A second specimen, from different dies. EF/VF $1,500

319.

Vasudeva I. 192-225 AD. AV Stater, 7.97g (11h). Obv: King standing left, sacrificing at altar, holding trident.

Rx: Shiva standing facing, holding trident and fillet.

Behind, bull Nandi standing left, head facing. In right field, tamgha. Göbl 502. VF/EF $750

Ex Freeman & Sear, MBS 13, 25 August 2006, lot 763.

316.

AV Stater, 7.69g (12h). Obv: Crowned and diademed bust of king left on cloud, holding mace-scepter and hilt of sword. Rx: Mithra standing left, extending hand, cradling filleted scepter, and holding hilt of sword; tamgha to left.

Göbl 291 (dies 33/8). Donum Burns -. Mint State $2,700

320.

AV Stater, 8.02g (12h). Obv: King standing left, sacrificing at altar, holding trident. In left field, trident tip. Rx: Shiva standing facing, holding trident and fillet. Behind, bull Nandi standing right, head facing. In right field, tamgha. Göbl 506. Near Mint State $1,000

Ex CNG E286, 5 September 2012, lot 197.

317.

AV Stater, 7.96g (12h). Obv: Draped bust of king left on cloud, holding mace in right hand. Rx: NANA Nana standing right, holding scepter and box. In right field, tamgha. Göbl 300. VF $750

321.

Kanishka II. Mint V E, 4th Emission, c. 225-240 AD. AV Stater, 7.94g (12h). Obv: Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident. Rx: Ithyphallic Siva with three pronounced heads standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left, head facing; tamgha to upper left. Göbl 634 var.

Donum Burns 285 var. Obverse flatly struck, otherwise EF $2,000

Ex CNG E286, 5 September 2012, lot 198.

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Attic Weight

322.

Kipunada. c. AD 345-375. AV Stater, 7.69g (11h). Obv: Kipunada standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted standard; filleted trident to left. Rx: Ardokhsho seated facing, holding wreath and cornucopia; tamgha to upper left. Göbl 595. EF $1,000 Ex CNG E256, 25 May 2011, lot 185. Ex Gorny 69, 18 November 1994, lot 488.

323.

Peroz. 395-425 AD. AV Stater, 7.84g (12h). Obv: King standing left, sacrificing at altar, holding trident. In left field, trident, in right field, tamgha. Rx: Shiva standing facing. Behind, bull Nandi standing left, head facing.

Göbl 705. Really splendid obverse. Mint State $2,500

325.

Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I as Satrap. 323-305 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.08g (12h). Alexandria, c. 316312/0 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant-skin headdress. Border of dots. Rx: ΑΛΕΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ Athena Alkidemos advancing right, AΠ monogram in inner left field, letters EY and small eagle [on thunderbolt] in right field. Svoronos 44, pl. II, 23 (same dies). Zervos issue 20A (dies 299/a). Very rare second elephant issue of Ptolemy I which is of Attic weight. These coins were called in and reissued at the much lighter Rhodian standard. Toned EF $5,000 Ex CNG 88, 14 September 2011, lot 532.

The elephant headskin portraits of Alexander are the first unmistakable coin portraits of the (deceased) ruler. They were imitated by both Agathocles of Syracuse (a rare issue of gold staters) and Agathocles of Bactria (commemorative tetradrachms).

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Extremely Rare Swastika Type

324.

Kushano-Sassanian Empire. Wahram Kushanshah I. Late 4th century AD. AV Stater, 7.71g (11h). Obv: King standing left, sacrificing at altar, holding trident. In right field, swastika. Rx: Shiva standing facing. Behind, bull Nandi standing left. Göbl 714. Probably less than five recorded. Toned Good VF $2,000 72

326.

Ptolemy I, In the Name of Alexander III the Great.

305-282 BC. Tetradrachm, Ptolemaic Standard, 15.54g (12h). Alexandria, c. 303 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Alexander right wearing elephant-skin headdress. Border of dots. Rx: ALΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Athena Alkidemos advancing right. Helmet, IΣ monogram, and small eagle on thunderbolt to right, Border of dots. Light graffito Π in front of Athena’s face. Svoronos 165. Jenkins early group e. Weber 8227 (same obverse die). Some iridescent blue toning. About EF $3,000 Ex CNG 87, 18 May 2007, lot 689.

Exceptional Decadrachm

327.

Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II. 285-246 BC. Decadrachm, 35.84g (12h). Alexandria. Obv: Portrait head of Arsinoe II right, wearing stephane and veil; behind, O. Dotted border. Rx: ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopia bound with fillet.

Troxell, ANSMN 28, pl. 4, 1 (same dies); pp. 42, 56.

Svoronos 492. SNG Cop.-, but cf. 135. Many Arsinoe decadrachms are heavily corroded. This coin not only has no corrosion whatsoever, but also bears a wonderful portrait of Arsinoe with beautifully detailed hair. We had to look in Svoronos to find anything approaching this quality. Virtually Mint State $10,000 Ex Richard P Miller Collection. Purchased from Spink & Son, NYINC, 16 January 2003.

Married to her brother Ptolemy II, Arsinoe II was the first female to rule the Ptolemaic kingdom. While her brother was absent fighting the Seleucids, his sister ran Egypt. She was also the first female ruler to be deified by both Greeks and Egyptians.

328.

Arsinoe II Philadelphos, Struck under Ptolemy III. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion or One-Mina Piece (formely Octadrachm), 27.75g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: Veiled head right, wearing stephane; Ξ to left, lotus-tipped scepter in background. Rx: ΑΡΣΙΝΟΩΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ Double cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 489. Troxell, pl.

8, 3 (same obverse die). Numerous scratches in obverse field. Some scrape marks on edge. Heavily cleaned, otherwise VF $5,000

329.

Ptolemy IV. 221-205 BC. AV Mnaieion or One-Mina Piece or AV Octadrachm, 27.79g (11h). Alexandria, c. 217 BC. Obv: Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis, trident with lotus bud on middle prong over shoulder. Border of dots. Rx: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Radiate cornucopia bound with royal diadem; ΔI below. Svoronos 1117. SNG Cop. 196. Boston 2283. Far better than normally seen. Mint State $12,000 Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 376.

330.

Ptolemy V. 205-180 BC. Tetradrachm, 13.82g (12h).

Alexandria. Obv: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right with aegis. Dotted border. Rx: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Dotted border. SNG Cop. 245. Svoronos 1231. Lovely gray toning. EF $500

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Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Purchased from Frank Kovacs.

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Unpublished

331.

AE 26, 29.50g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: Laureate and bearded head of Zeus right, dotted border. Rx: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, star in left field. Apparently unpublished with star in left field. About VF/VF $500 Rare Dated Bronze

332.

Ptolemy IX. 116-107 BC. AE 18, 9.02 (11h). Alexandria, Year 3 = 114/3 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, date LΓ in right field. Svoronos 1191 (20 specimens). Dated bronze coins were only issued in two years (LΓ and LΔ). VF $500

333.

Cleopatra VII. 50-31 BC. AE 22, 40 Drachmai, 8.63g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII right. Circle of dots. Rx: KΛEOΠATPAΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; in field to left, double cornucopia; to right, mark of value M (=40). Svoronos 1872. BMC 6. Sear 7956. VF $750 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection.

335.

Mauretania. Juba II. 25 BC - 24 AD. AE 28, 16.72g (11h). Caesarea. Obv: Head of Juba II right wearing diadem and with club over shoulder. In front, REX IVBA. Rx: ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ ΒΑCΙΛΙCCΑ Crown of Isis with wheat ears below and crescent above. SNG Righetti 3053. Müller 101. Mazard 354. SNG Cop. 608. Rare: HJB photofile has only one specimen, in worse condition.

Struck in high relief. Weak at the highest point of the hair. Good VF $600 Ex CNG E222, 11 November 2009, lot 219. Ex Auctiones 29, 12 June 2003, lot 437. Ex J.P. Righetti Collection, his inventory number 8285 (original Righetti ticket retained).

Part II After the Dinner Break Roman Coins

336.

Anonymous. Didrachm, 7.16g (7h). Rome, 269-266 BC. Obv: Bust of Hercules right, club and lion skin over shoulder. Rx: She-wolf right, suckling twins, in exergue ROMANO. Crawford 20/1. Sydenham 6. EF $3,000 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Privately purchased from HJB, May 1994.

334.

Cyenaica. Cyrene. Early 3rd century BC. Didrachm, 7.62g (11h). Obv: Head of Karneios left. Rx: Silphium plant with KY-PA to left and right, tripod symbol to left and EΠ monogram to right. Ward Coll. 912 = BMC pl.

23, 18 (same dies). VF $1,500 Ex Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 October 2011, lot 582. Ex G. Hirsch 180, 24-26 November 1993, lot 458.

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Crawford 57/2. Quite rare and seldom offered. Minor die rust on obverse. EF $350 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 210, 27 August 1991, lot 67.

337.

Quadrigatus, 6.48g (5h). Rome, 225-212 BC. Obv: Laureate, janiform head of Dioscuri. Rx: Jupiter holding scepter and hurling thunderbolt in chariot driven right by Victory; ROMA incuse on tablet. Crawford 28/3. VF+/EF

$1,000 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection.

Rare Anonymous Denarius

341.

L. Antestius Gragulus. Denarius, 3.93g (1h). Rome, 136 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, GRAG behind.

Rx: Jupiter in quadriga right, L.ANTES below horses, ROMA in exergue. Crawford 238/1. Sydenham 451. RSC I Antestia 9. Nicely toned. VF+ $350 Ex Philip Ronzone Collection.

338.

Denarius, 4.20g (1h). Uncertain mint, After 211 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind. Rx: Dioscuri on horseback right, each holding spear. Crawford 54/1.

Beautiful toning. Small die break over eye. Quite rare and seldom offered. EF $700 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection.

342.

M. Marcius Mn.f. Denarius, 3.91g (5h). Rome, 134 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, crossed X below chin, modius behind. Rx: Victory in biga right, M MARC / RO - MA below divided by two ears of wheat.

Crawford 245/1. Sydenham 500. RSC Marcia 8.

Mint State

$800

339.

Wheel. Denarius, 4.39g (7h). Sicily(?), 209-208 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind.

Rx: Dioscuri riding right, 6-spoked wheel below horses; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 79/1. Sydenham 519.

Nicely toned. VF+ $400 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 131, 2 April 2003, lot 131.

340.

Crescent. Denarius, 4.52g (11h). Rome, 207 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind. Rx: Dioscuri on horseback right, each holding spear; crescent above.

343.

M. Acilius M.f. Denarius, 3.91g (1h). Rome, 130 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, M ACILIVS M F around within double circle of dots. Rx: Hercules in quadriga right, holding club, trophy, and reins; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 255/1. Sydenham 511. Acilia 4. Nicely toned. VF $350 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 115, 2 August 2000, lot 344.

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344.

M. Caecilius Q.f. Q.n. Metellus. Denarius, 3.82g (12h). Rome, 127 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, star on helmet, ROMA upward behind. Rx: M.METELLVS.Q.F. around Macedonian shield, elephant’s head in center; all in laurel wreath. Crawford 263/1a. Sydenham 480b. Caecilia 28. Good VF $350 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 324.

345.

Q. Fabius Maximus. Denarius, 3.78g (5h). Rome, 127 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, mark of value below chin; ROMA behind, Q MAX before.

Rx: Cornucopia on thunderbolt, all within wreath.

Crawford 265/1. Sydenham 478. Fabia 5. VF $350 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 323.

346.

M. Tullius. Denarius, 3.89g (1h). Rome, 120 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA behind. Rx: Victory in quadriga right, wreath above, X below horses, M TVLLI in exergue. Crawford 280/1. Sydenham 531.

Tullia 1. Minor flat strike. EF $250 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 82, 13 July 1994, lot 553.

347.

Anonymous. Denarius, 3.84g (9h). Rome, 115-14 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind, ROMA below. Rx: Roma seated right on shields, Wolf and Twins before, two birds in field. Crawford 287/1. Sydenham 530. Nicely toned. Excellent style. VF $450 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 77, 16 June 1993, lot 186.

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348.

Q. Lutatius Cerco. Denarius, 3.89g (3h). Rome, 109-8 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Mars or Roma right, ROMA above, CERCO before, X behind. Rx: Q. LVTATI / Q above galley sailing right, all within oak wreath.

Crawford 305/1. Sydenham 559. Lutatia 2. Slightly rough. EF $600 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 76, 21 April 1993, lot 275.

349.

Lucius Appuleius Saturninus. Denarius, 3.90g (10h).

Rome, 104 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma left.

Rx: Saturn in quadriga left, V and three dots above, L SATVRN in exergue. Crawford 317/3a. Sydenham 578.

Appuleia 1. EF $350 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 651.

350.

L. Julius L.f. Caesar. Denarius, 3.77g (3h). Rome, 103 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left, CAESAR behind.

Rx: Venus Genetrix in biga left, drawn by two cupids, before them lyre, L IVLI L F in exergue. Crawford 320/1.

Sydenham 593. Julia 4. Reverse slightly weak. EF $350 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 656.

351.

C. Fabius C.f. Hadrianus. Denarius, 3.96g (6h). Rome, 102 BC. Obv: Veiled and turreted bust of Cybele right, dot over Ε behind. Rx: Victory in biga right, stork before horses; C FABI CF in exergue. Crawford 322/1a.

Sydenham 589. Fabia 15. Light scratch on reverse. About EF $350 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 334.

352.

L. Julius. Denarius, 3.84g (11h). Rome, 101 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, wheat ear behind. Rx: Victory in biga right, L IVLI below. Crawford 323/1.

Sydenham 585. Julia 3. Minor weak strike. EF $300 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 660.

355.

P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus. Denarius, 3.35g (9h). Rome, 100 BC. Obv: Bust of young Hercules right, turned from spectator, wearing lion’s skin, club over shoulder, shield behind, A and two dots before, ROMA below. Rx: LENT MAR F in exergue, Roma standing facing, being crowned by the Genius of the Roman People, A and two dots to l. of Roma, all within laurel wreath.

Crawford 329/1b. Sydenham 604a. Cornelia 25a.Similar to the last lot, but the control marks differently positioned on both sides. Minor weak strike. EF $400 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 670.

353.

M. Lucilius Rufus. Denarius, 3.96g (2h). Rome, 101 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, PV behind; all within wreath. Rx: Victory in biga right; RVF above, M LVCILI in exergue. Crawford 324/1. Sydenham 599. Lucilia 1.

Nearly Mint State $400 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 82, 13 July 1994, lot 568.

356.

C. Censorinus. Denarius, 4.00g (4h). Rome, 88 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right. Rx: Free horse galloping r., C.CENSORI below; thunderbolt above, CX in exergue. Crawford 346/2b. Sydenham 714a. Marcia 19d.

Virtually Mint State $650 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 80, 18 January 1994, lot 688.

354.

Pub. Lentulus Marcelli F. 100 BC. Denarius, 3.93g (12h). Rome. Obv: Bust of young Hercules right, turned from spectator, wearing lion’s skin, club over shoulder, shield and dot over T behind, ROMA below. Rx: LENT MAR F in exergue, Roma standing facing, being crowned by the Genius of the Roman People, dot over T between them, all within laurel wreath. Crawford 329/1a. Sydenham 604. RSC Cornelia 25. According to Crawford, the control marks on this coin and the next are always the same on obverse and reverse, and each control mark appears on only a single pair of dies. About EF

$400

357.

Anonymous, Issue of Gar, Ogvl, Ver. Denarius, 3.81g (4h). Rome, 86 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below. Rx: Jupiter in quadriga right.

Crawford 350A/2. Sydenham 723. Small flan defect on chin. EF $300 Ex Philip Ronzone Collection.

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Q F behind, E above. Crawford 380/1. Sydenham768.

Poblicia 9. Nicely toned. EF $700 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 142, 15 March 2005, lot 159.

358.

Mn. Fonteius C.f. Denarius, 3.86g (4h). Rome, 85 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Vejovis right, CF below chin, thunderbolt below head, MN FONTEI behind. Rx: Infant winged Genius seated on goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus below, all within laurel wreath. Crawford 353/1c. Sydenham 724a. Fonteia 10. Nicely toned. EF

$500 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection.

362.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. Denarius, 3.90g (4h).

Rome, 69 BC. Obv: Bust of Proserpina right, bird behind.

Rx: Pitcher and torch, M PLAETORI to right, CEST EX SC to left. Crawford 4405/4b. Sydenham 803. Plaetoria 7. Beautifully toned. Exceptional obverse style. EF

$1,000 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 117, 28 November 2000, lot 328.

359.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. Denarius, 3.61g (9h). Rome, 81 BC. Obv: Head of Pietas right, wearing diadem, stork before. Rx: Elephant standing left, Q.C.M.P.I in exergue.

Crawford 374/1. Sydenham 750. Caecilia 43. Slightly weakly struck. About EF $400 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 99, 25 November 1997, lot 253.

360.

C. Marius C.f. Capito. Denarius, 3.85g (10h). Rome, 81 BC. Obv: Bust of Ceres right wearing wreath of wheat ears, C MARI C F CAPIT VIIII around. Rx: Farmer plowing left with yoke of oxen, VIIII above. Crawford 378/1a. Sydenham 744. Maria 7. Scarcer variety with nothing in exergue. EF $450

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363.

Denarius, 3.71g (5h). Rome, 67 BC. Obv: Winged bust of Vacuna right, CESTIANVS behind, SC before.

Rx: Eagle on thunderbolt, M PLAETORIVS M F AED CVR around. Crawford 409/1. Sydenham 809. Babelon, Plaetoria 4. EF $650

Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 99, 25 November 1997, lot 254.

361.

C. Poblicius Q.f.. Denarius, 4.00g (8h). Rome, 80 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA behind, E above. Rx: Hercules standing left strangling Nemean lion, club at feet, bow and quiver to left; C POBLICI 78

364.

Q. Pomponius Musa. 66 BC. Denarius, 4.28g (6h).

Rome. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, scroll behind head. Rx: Clio, muse of History, standing left, holding scroll, left elbow resting on draped column. Crawford 410/3. Sydenham 813 (R4). Struck on a broad flan. Very nicely toned. One of the better looking Muses we have handled. EF $1,500

365.

Denarius, 3.80g (11h). Rome, 66 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, star behind. Rx: Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, standing left, pointing with wand to globe on tripod; to left, MVSA, to right, Q. POMPONI. Crawford 410/8. Sydenham 823. Pomponia 22. Toned. VF+ $800

367.

C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. Denarius, 3.80g (6h). Rome, 64 BC. Obv: Diademed, draped bust of Diana right with bow and quiver at shoulder, GETA before, III VIR behind. Rx: Calydonian Boar standing right, wounded by spear and attacked by dog, C HOSIDI C [F] in exergue. Crawford 407/2. Sydenham 903. RSC Hosidia 1. EF $600

Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 123, 23 October 2001, lot 492.

Exquisite Head of Sibylla

366.

L. Torquatus. Denarius, 3.95g (4h). Rome, 65 BC. Obv: Head of Sibylla right, SIBVLLA below, laurel wreath around. Rx: L TORQVAT III VIR divided by tripod surmounted by amphora and two stars, all within ornamented torque. Crawford 411/1a. Sydenham 837a. Manlia 11.

Exquisite obverse style. About EF $1,500

368.

L. Furius Cn.f. Brocchus. Denarius, 3.84g (5h). Rome, 63 BC. Obv: Bust of Ceres right wearing wreath of wheat ears, between wheat ear and barley grain, III VIR to either side, BROCCHI below. Rx: Curule chair between fasces, above, L FVRI / CN F. Crawford 414/1.

Sydenham 902. Furia 23. Attractive and unusual obverse style. EF $500 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection.

Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 275, 25 June 2002, lot 127.

This obverse of this very scarce type is arguably the most attractive in the entire Republican series; the present example is well struck and well centered, from one of the best dies.

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369.

M. Piso M.f. Frugi. Denarius, 3.88g (7h). Rome, 61 BC. Obv: Terminal bust of Mercury right, wreath and star behind, dish below chin. Rx: M PISO M F FRVGI above sacrificial knife and patera, all within wreath. Crawford 418/2b. Sydenham 825 (R5). Calpurnia 23. VF $1,200 Enlargement

Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 125, 27 February 2002, lot 330.

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370.

M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus.

Denarius, 3.87g (10h). Rome, 58 BC. Obv: Kneeling figure right (King Aretas of Nabataea), holding reins of camel; M SCAVR / AED CVR above, EX on left, SC on right; REX ARETAS in exergue. Rx: Jupiter in quadriga left; P HYPSAE / AED CVR above; [CAPT V] on right, [C HYPSAE COS PREIV] in exergue. Crawford 422/1b.

Sydenham 913. RSC Aemilia 8. Nicely toned. Broad flan and well-centered for issue. EF $500

373.

Q. Pompeius Rufus. Plated Denarius, 3.17g (4h). Rome, 54 BC. Obv: SVLLA COS Bare head right of the dictator Sulla, the moneyer’s maternal grandfather. Rx: RVFVS COS Bare head right of Q. Pompeius Rufus, the moneyer’s paternal grandfather. Crawford 434/1. Sydenham 908. Pompeia 4. Some breaks in surface. About EF $500

Ex Philip Ronzone Collection.

Sulla and Rufus, the moneyer’s two grandfathers, were consuls together in 88 BC. These are the first portaits to appear on Roman coins, and the only numismatic portrait of the famous Sulla, a precursor of Pompey, Caesar, and the Roman emperors.

371.

Faustus Cornelius Sulla. Denarius, 3.60g (9h). Rome, 56 BC. Obv: S C and monogram of FAVSTVS, Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion skin. Rx: Globe surrounded by one large wreath, three small wreaths, aplustre, and wheat ear. Crawford 426/4a. Sydenham 882.

Cornelia 61. Beautifully toned. About EF $800 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 125, 27 February 2002, lot 333.

Struck by the son of the dictator Sulla, with types referring to the predominant politician of the time, Pompey the Great. The three small wreaths recall Pompey’s three triumphs, while the large wreath is the golden wreath granted to Pompey in 63 BC.

Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 92, 11 September 1996, lot 223.

Republican Rarity

374.

(M. Valerius) Messalla. Denarius, 3.69g (7h). Rome, 53 BC. Obv: Helmeted bust of Roma right, spear over shoulder, MESSAL F before. Rx: Curule chair; PATRE COS above, scepter and diadem below, S - C on either side. Crawford 435/1. Sydenham 934. Valeria 13. Of considerable rarity: R7 in Sydenham and 80 francs in Cohen and Babelon, fewer than 10 obverse and 11 reverse dies according to Crawford. Flatly struck at 4h on obverse and corresponding 12h on reverse. VF $1,750 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 126, 23 April 2002, lot 185.

372.

Q. Caepio Brutus. Denarius, 3.83g (8h). 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. Junia 31. Nicely toned. Front figure’s head is flatly struck. EF $800 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 82, 13 July 1994, lot 598.

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A fascinating document of the struggles between Republicanism and monarchy during the final years of the Roman Republic. “The reverse type portrays the subjection of the attributes of royalty to that of Republican legality; it reflects the temporary exclusion of Pompey from the possibility of achieving sole rule as a result of the election of Consuls for 53, one of them the father of the moneyer” (Crawford, p. 457). The reverse legend PATRE COS, meaning “in the consulship of my father,” also affords an unusually vivid glimpse at the nepotism typical of the late Republic.

Scrape on Africa’s hair and light scratches in upper field on reverse, otherwise Mint State $1,500

375.

Julius Caesar. Denarius, 3.90g (5h). 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.

Variant type recognized by B. Woytek, in cruder style and with the elephant’s two front legs and two back legs virtually parallel with each other. Mint State $1,500 Ex Randy Haviland Collection.

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Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 115, 2 August 2000, lot 359.

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378.

T. Carisius. Denarius, 3.91g (4h). Rome, 46 BC. Obv: Head of Juno Moneta right, two locks of hair down neck, MONET[A] behind. Rx: T CARISIVS above cap of Vulcan over anvil between tongs and hammer, all within wreath. Crawford 464/2. Sydenham 982. RSC Carisia 1b.

Flat strike at bottom of obverse. VF+/EF $1,000

376.

Denarius, 3.70g (4h). Africa, 47-6 BC. Obv: Head of Venus right. Rx: Aeneas walking left carrying Palladium and Anchises, CAESAR behind. Crawford 458/1.

Sydenham 1013. Sear, Imperators 55. Bold EF $1,500 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 72, 4 August 1992, lot 205.

377.

Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. Denarius, 3.88g (10h).

Africa, 47-46 BC. Obv: Head of Africa right wearing elephant headdress formed into band, plow below, wheat ear before, legend Q METEL PIVS - SCIPIO IMP. Rx: Hercules “Farnese” standing facing, leaning on massive club set on base, legend EPPIVS - LEG.F.C. Crawford 461/1. Sydenham 1051. Caecilia 50. Sear, Imperators 44.

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379.

L. Valerius Acisculus. Denarius, 3.54g (9h). Rome, 45 BC. Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right, star above, ACISC[VLVS] and pickax behind. Rx: Head of Sibyl right, [L VA]LERIVS before; all within laurel wreath.

Crawford 474/3a. RSC Valeria 14. Sear, Imperators 92.

Sydenham 1000 (R7). Unsually high grade for this issue.

Reverse off-center. EF $1,200 81

Fulvia Portrait

380.

Mark Antony. Quinarius, 1.74g (6h). Transalpine Gaul, 43 BC. Obv: III VIR R P C Winged bust of Victory (with features of Fulvia) right. Rx: A- XLI ANTONI IMP, lion walking right. Crawford 489/6. Sydenham 1163. Sear, Imperators 126. Exceptional for issue. Nicely toned. EF

$800

Enlargement

Ex Philip Ronzone Collection. Ex Davissons 20, February 2004, lot 72.

381.

Brutus, struck by Pedanius Costa. Denarius, 3.81g (1h). Military Mint in East, 42 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, COSTA before, LEG behind.

Rx: Military trophy, BRVTVS IMP around. Crawford 506/2. Sydenham 1296. Sear, Imperators 209. Nice medium gray toning. Exceptional obverse style. EF

$2,500 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 82, 13 July 1994, lot 604.

383.

Denarius, 3.87g (6h). Moving Mint. Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG XXI Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/37. Sydenham 1244. Cohen 58. Sear, Imperators 381. Mint State $1,500

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Exquisite Octavian Denarius Enlargement

382.

Mark Antony. Denarius, 3.48g (6h). Moving Mint.

Obv: ANT AVG III VIR R P C Galley right. Rx: LEG VI Legionary eagle between two standards. Crawford 544/19. Sydenham 1223. Cohen 33. Sear, Imperators 356.

Mint State $1,500 82

384.

Octavian. Denarius, 3.52 (2h). Rome, 36-30 BC. Obv: IMP 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. BM 644. Paris 87. RIC 274. Cohen 44.

Sear, Imperators 428. Perfectly struck and centered.

Extraordinary Mint State $4,000

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Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts

385.

Augustus. 27 BC-14 AD. Aureus, 7.78g (5h). Lugdunum, 8 BC. Obv: AVGVSTVS - DIVI F Head laureate right.

Rx: C CAES above, [AVGVS F] in exergue, Gaius Caesar on horse galloping right, wearing bulla around neck, holding sword and shield, legionary eagle and two standards behind him. BM 498. Paris 1457. Cohen 39 (50 Fr.). RIC 198. Good Fine $3,000

387.

Tetradrachm, 14.96g (1h). Antioch, Year 26=5 BC. Obv: Head laureate right, Greek legend “Caesar Augustus”, bead and reel border. Rx: Tyche of Antioch seated right with river-god Orontes at her feet, Greek legend “Year 26 after the Victory”, monograms expandable to “COS 12” and “Antioch” in field; border of dots. RPC 4151 (8 coins, 4 obv. dies). Prieur 50 (27 spec.). Extremely pleasant toning. EF $1,500 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex HJB 129, 24 October 2002, lot 129.

Exceptional Portrait

Ex Gemini I, 11-12 January 2005, lot 609. Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts, acquired in 1975.

In 8 BC Augustus introduced his twelve-year-old grandson and adopted son Gaius Caesar to the Roman army in Gaul. The bulla around Gaius’ neck signifies that he was still a child and had not yet assumed the toga of manhood (J. Pollini, Gaius Caesar on horseback, Museum Notes 30, 1985).

386.

Sestertius, 25.17g (12h). Lugdunum, c. 10-14 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS - DIVI F PATER PATRIAE Head laureate right. Rx: ROM ET AVG in exergue, Altar of Roma and Augustus at Lugdunum, flanked by two Victories on columns. BM 565. Paris 1696, pl.

LXVII (same obv. die). RIC 231a. Cohen 236 (20 Fr.).

Exceptional Augustus sestertius struck on a broad flan.

Perfectly centered. Very rare in this quality. VF $2,500

388.

Agrippa. Died 12 BC. As, 10.67g (8h). 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. Extremely beautiful portrait of Agrippa struck in high relief. Brown patination.

Choice EF $6,500

Enlargement

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from CNG, September 2007.

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389.

Tiberius. 14-37 AD. Denarius, 3.87g (7h). 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. Virtually Mint State $1,500

390.

Sestertius, 27.68g (5h). Rome, 22-3 AD. Obv: CIVITATIBVS ASIAE - RESTITVTIS Statue of Tiberius, togate and laureate, seated left on curule chair holding patera and scepter. Rx: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around large S C. BM 70.

Paris 52. Cohen 3 (15 Fr.). RIC 48. Light field smoothing. EF $1,500

on globe; he places foot on cuirass, scattered at his feet and under chair are also various shields, spears and a helmet, while a sword rests upright against the globe.

Paris 130 (pl. XXIII). Cf. RIC 93 (mint of Rome, not recognizing any branch-mint attributions). For the mint, see Besombes and Barrandon, Revue num. 155, 2000, pl.

VI.8. Exceptionally well struck portrait. EF $4,000

392.

Caligula and Divus Augustus. 37-41 AD. Denarius, 3.76g (4h). Lugdunum, 37 AD. Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT COS Bare head of Caligula right.

Rx: No legend, radiate head of Divus Augustus right between two stars. BM 4. Paris 3. Cohen 11 (12 Fr.).

RIC 2. These dies not in Giard, Monnayage de Lyon.

Grey toning. EF $11,500 “Caligula at first intended to bestow on Tiberius similar honours to those enjoyed by Augustus, but desisted in face of the passive resistance of the Senate. The two stars (on his earliest aurei and denarii) suggest two ‘divi’, Augustus and (Tiberius)” (Mattingly, BMC I, p. cxliv).

Pictured in the June 2013 Numismatist article “Same as the Last Guy” by Harlan J. Berk, p. 59.

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from CNG, November 2007.

The statue depicted on the obverse was erected to Tiberius by fourteen cities of Asia to commemorate his generosity in coming to their aid after they suffered severe damage in an earthquake in 17 AD (BMC pp. cxxxiii-iv).

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391.

Nero Claudius Drusus, Father of Claudius. Died 9 BC. Sestertius, 29.71g (7h). Military Mint in NW Spain, struck under Claudius, 41-2 AD. Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP Bare head of Drusus left, portrait like Claudius. Rx: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C Claudius togate and holding branch seated left on curule chair resting 84

393.

Caligula. 37-41 AD. Sestertius, 26.30 (5h). Rome, 40-41 AD. Obv: C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P Head laureate left. Rx: SPQR / P P / OB CIVES / SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. BMC p. 157

note. Paris 116, pl. XVII (same rev. die). Cohen 26 (8 Fr.). RIC 53 (R2). Bronzes of Caligula’s third and fourth tribunician years are considerably rarer than those of his first year. About VF/VF $2,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Forvm Ancient Coins, June 2007.

(12h). Year 2 = 41/2 AD. Obv: TI KΛAYΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP Laureate head of Claudius right, date LB before neck. Rx: ANTΩNIA - ΣEBACTH Draped bust of Antonia right. RPC 5117 (34 spec.), Dattari 114. Oxford 61. Cologne 63. Emmett 73/2.

Pleasant gray toning. VF/About EF $750 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection. Ex CNG 88, 14 September 2011, lot 1071 (“Group CEM”).

Britannicus Sestertius 394.

Claudius I. 41-54 AD. Sestertius, 24.57g (6h). Tarraco, 41-2 AD. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Head laureate right. Rx: SPES - AVGVSTA around, S C . in exergue, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. BM 124. Cohen 85. Paris 250. RIC 99. Von Kaenel 1397, pl. 22 (same rev. die). Exquisite untouched portrait. Virtually Mint State $4,000

395.

Sestertius, 27.66g (12h). Tarraco, early 42 AD. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P Head laureate right. Rx: EX S C / P P / OB CIVES / SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. Von Kaenel pl. 37, 1731-41. Paris pl. XXVII, 207. Types of BM 1856, RIC 112, and Cohen 38 (4 Fr.), who do not recognize Claudius’ provoncial mintages. Struck at a branch mint located in northeastern Spain, probably Tarraco. Olive green patina.Tiny contact mark in neck below chin. EF

$2,000

397.

Britannicus, Son of Claudius and Messalina. Died 55 AD. Sestertius, 26.10g (6h). Uncertain eastern provincial mint. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG F BRITANN[IC]VS Bare-headed and draped bust left. Rx: S - C across field, Mars advancing left, holding spear and shield. RIC I, p. 130, note. BMC 306, pl. 37.5 (same dies). H.-M. von Kaenel, “Britannicus, Agrippina Minor und Nero in Thrakien,” SNR 63 (1984), Type B, 4-12 (same dies). Cohen 2 (2500 Fr.). Light olive toning.

Scrape below bust, otherwise very good portrait with near complete legends. About VF $35,000 Ex Triton V, 15-16 January 2002, lot 1881.

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Spink, London, May 2007, with two Spink tickets.

396.

Claudius I and Antonia. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.51g

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398.

Nero. 54-68 AD. Sestertius, 24.26g (6h). Lugdunum, 66-68 AD. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P Head laureate right, globe below tip of neck. Rx: PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S - C Temple of the Twin Janus (Ianus Geminus) near the Roman Forum, closed double doors at right with garland hanging above them, each door divided into three panels with a large circular handle in the central panel, latticed window to left at top of side wall.. RIC 583 = MacDowall 475 (Vienna, Oxford, Madrid). Giard, Lyon 272 (Vierordt sale, lot 868). Rare: not in BMC, Paris, or Cohen with this obverse legend. Dark olive patination.

About EF $4,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Mike Vosper, May 2007.

The reverse legend forms a complete sentence: “Since peace has been established for the Roman people on land and sea, he closed the temple of Janus.” The legend first appears on aurei in 64 AD, so the closure of the temple apparently took place immediately after Corbulo’s settlement with the Parthians in the preceding year, 63 AD.

399.

Copper semis, 6.53 (6h). Rome, 64 AD. Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P Head laureate right. Rx: CERTAMEN - QVINQ - ROM CO, without S C, Prize table, its legs ending in lions’ feet, on top of which are an urn decorated with at least two human figures, and an oak wreath whose ties hang down to left and right of the table’s back right leg. On the strut between the table’s two front legs, two griffins leaping towards each other; above the griffins, a hanging garland fastened at both ends and in the middle; below on the ground, a shield. BM 250 note (Naples). Paris 252, pl.

XLIII (same dies). Cohen 65 (6 Fr.). RIC 91. MacDowall 306, p. 44 (3 spec., Paris, Naples, Oxford, all same dies as ours). Rare early copper semis without SC, fine style.

Fine/VF $350 Acquired from Platt in Paris, June 1968.

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From Nero’s earliest issue of bronze coins, struck in 64 AD, experimentally omitting the normal letters S C, and before the change from copper to orichalcum asses and semisses. These rare copper semisses without S C are found with two reverse types, Roma seated and Prize table. The Prize table pieces, according to MacDowall, were struck from only one obverse die and two reverse dies, namely our reverse die reading CERTAMEN and a second die reading just CERTAM. This reverse type commemorates Nero’s establishment in 60 AD of games on the Greek model to be held at Rome every four years: “Contests on a four-year cycle established at Rome”.

400.

AE 36, 25.07 (11h). Rhodes, after 64 AD. Obv: AYTOKPATΩP [NEPΩN KAI]CAP Head laureate and radiate right. Rx: Victory standing left on [prow], holding wreath and palm; in left field, ethnic POΔI / ΩN and rose. RPC 2772 (20 spec.). Glossy green patination. EF

$600

401.

Nero and Poppaea. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.87g (12h).

Alexandria, Year 10 = 63/4 AD. Obv: [Ν]ΕΡΩ [ΚΛΑΥΔ ΚΑΙ]Σ ΣΕΒ ΓΕP AΥ Radiate head of Nero right. Rx: ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ Draped bust of Poppaea right, date LI on right. RPC 5275 (54 spec.). Dattari 196.

Oxford 222. Cologne 157. Emmett 128/10. Toned EF

$200 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection. Ex NAC 42, 20 November 2007, Barry Feirstein Collection Parts II-III, lot 314. Ex CNG 46, 24 June 1998, lot 927.

interesting issues of sestertii ever produced by the mint of Rome, with portraits of superb style and many fascinating, often multifigured reverse types, seven of which were struck from only a single reverse die each and none of them from more than four reverse dies. Our ADLOCVTIO type is known from two reverse dies, ours with S - C in field and a second with S C in exergue below the legend ADLOCVTIO. 402.

Galba. 68-69 AD. Sestertius, 26.19g (7h). Rome. Obv: SER GALBA IMP - CAESAR AVG TR P Head laureate left. Rx: LIBERTAS - PVBLICA S - C Libertas standing left holding cap and scepter. BMC p. 319. Paris 196, pl. XV (same obv. die). Cohen 110 (4 Fr.). RIC 389 (S).

Kraay’s obv. die A84, pl. XIV, but rev. die unknown to Kraay. Struck on a broad flan. Beautifully centered with left-facing bust. VF $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from John Jencek, June 2007. Ex Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 1902 (Robert Schonwalter Collection). Ex Hess-Leu, 16 April 1957, lot 348.

Exceptional Galba Dupondius Ex Virgil Brand

404.

Dupondius, 13.76g (7h). Rome. Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P Bust laureate, draped right. Rx: SPQR OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. BM 139. Paris 216, pl. XVI (same dies). Cohen 306 (5 Fr.). RIC 419 (S). Exquisite untouched portrait of Galba of the finest style. EF $25,000 Ex NAC 45, 2 April 2008, Barry Feirstein Part IV, lot 99.

Ex Virgil Brand Collection.

403.

Sestertius, 25.39g (6h). Rome. Obv: SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAE - SAR AVG P M TR P Bust laureate right with aegis (Medusa head and snakes) on front shoulder.

Rx: ADLOCVTIO in exergue, S - C across field, Galba addressing the army. On the left, Galba in military dress standing right on platform, attended by officer standing behind him, and guarded by two lictors standing right before the platform, holding fasces over their shoulders.

On right, two helmeted soldiers standing left, looking up at the emperor, the first holding a shield, the second a spear and a shield. Between the soldiers, the head and forelegs of a horse; above their heads, a vexillun, a standard, and a legionary eagle. BMC p. 356, * (Walters Coll.). Paris 235, pl. XVII (same dies). Cohen 4 (40 Fr.). RIC 464. Kraay 374 (dies A 124/ P 188, Paris and 4 other spec.). Dark brown patina in fields, the portrait and the three main figures of the reverse type toned yellow orichalcum. VG/About VF $2,000

As often in the early empire, the letters S C were omitted from this reverse type because they were felt to be already included in the SPQR.

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Ex Knobloch List, March 1965, Stanton Collection, lot 709.

From Kraay’s ‘Officina G’, one of the finest and most 87

about two months: from c. May 69 when news of his victory over Otho on 16 April reached Egypt, until 1 July 69 when Vespasian was proclaimed Augustus at Alexandria.

405.

As, 10.87 (7h). Rome. Obv: SER SVLPI [G]ALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P Head laureate right. Rx: S - C across field, Three standards set on prows, the middle one topped by a legionary eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings raised. Bust var. of BM 264 and Paris 257, pl.

XIX. Cohen 268 (4 Fr.). RIC 508 (R). Kraay 388c (dies A i/ P iii, this coin). Scarce: Kraay found four reverse dies with this type in his Officina G. About VF/VF $450 Purchased from Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, July 1970; from the Niggeler Collection, earlier in Münzhandlung Basel 1, 28 June 1934, lot 312.

406.

Vitellius. 69 AD. Sestertius, 26.08g (5h). Rome. Obv: A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P Bust laureate, draped r., seen from side. Rx: PAX - AVGVSTI S - C Pax standing l. holding branch and cornucopia..

BMC p. 377. Paris 92, pl. XXIV (same obv. die). Cohen 67 (80 Fr.). RIC 118. A Rome mint Vitellius sestertius in high grade is the "Holy Grail" for the collector of Roman portrait sestertii. Fine portrait in high relief. VF $5,000

408.

Billon Tetradrachm, 12.28g (11h). Alexandria. Obv: [ΩΛOV OVIT] KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEPM AVT Head laureate right. Rx: Nike flying left holding wreath and palm, date LA in left field. RPC 5372 (18 spec.). Dattari 340. BMC 218. Oxford 372. A second specimen, from different dies.

Fine $750 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection.

409.

Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.16 (7h). Rome, 70 AD. Obv: [IMP] C[A]ESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head laureate right. Rx: IVDAEA in exergue, Mourning Judaea, veiled and supporting head with left hand, seated right on ground beside trophy. RIC 2 (C2). BM 35. Paris 23. Cohen 226 (5 Fr.). Hendin 1479. Fine high-relief portrait with compressed features. Toned EF $1,500 With Leu Numismatik ticket.

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from CNG 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1740 (J.S. Wagner Collection).

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407.

Billon Tetradrachm, 13.02g (12h). Alexandria. Obv: ΩΛOY OYIT K[AIΣ ΣEB Γ]EPM AYT Head laureate right. Rx: Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, date LA in left field. RPC 5372 (18 spec.). Oxford 372. Dattari 340. Cologne 260. Emmett 196/1. VF $1,500 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection.

Rare, because Vitellius’ reign at Alexandria lasted only 88

410.

Sestertius, 23.23g (5h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES

VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: CAES AVG F - DES IM - P AVG - F COS around, DES ITER and S C in exergue, Titus and Domitian in military dress standing side by side, looking at each other, each holding spear and parazonium. RIC 152 (R2), pl. 21 = Paris 475, pl. XLIII (same rev. die).

BMC 528 note. Cohen 48 (20 Fr.). Kraay 289 (A81/P116, 1 spec.). Kraay knew only this one reverse die bearing this exact abbreviation of the titles of the two Caesars, combined with S C in exergue. Light smoothing in reverse field. VF $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Triton XIII, 6 January 2010, lot 1440.

An interesting and scarce reverse type of spring 71, naming Titus “designated imperator” and Domitian “designated consul for the second time”.

Exceptional Vespasian Sestertius

Jewish Triumph on Sestertius

412.

Titus as Caesar. 70-79 AD. Sestertius, 25.04 (7h). Rome, 73 AD. Obv: T CAES VESP IMP PON TR POT COS II CENS Head laureate right. Rx: S C in exergue, Titus riding in quadriga right, holding scepter and branch, large wreath on front of car and on side Victory advancing right holding out small wreath as though to crown the large one. RIC 611 (R2), pl. 41 = Paris 671, pl. LVII (same rev. die). BM 668, pl. 27.1 (same rev. die). Hendin 1542. Cohen 226 (12 Fr.). Rare depiction of Titus’ Jewish triumph on a sestertius, continued from several of Titus’ earlier COS II isses. This later issue, with COS II CENS for Titus and COS IIII CENS for Vespasian, is very rare on sestertii with any reverse type. Very dark olive patination. VG/Fine $750 Acquired from a Fred Knobloch list, December 1965.

411.

Sestertius, 26.32g (7h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III Head laureate right. Rx: ROMA S - C Roma standing left holding Victory and spear. RIC 443. BM 560. Paris 526, pl.

XLVII (same rev. die). Cohen 419 (4 Fr.). From reverse die P174 in Kraay’s unpublished die study, but a new obverse die, unknown to Kraay. Exceptional portrait.

Olive patination. Choice EF $5,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from CNG, June 2007.

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Hendin Plate Coin. Ex Brand Collection

413.

Titus. 79-81 AD. Sestertius, 24.68g (5h). Rome, 80-1 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P [COS] VIII Head laureate left. Rx: IVD - CAP across field, S C in exergue, Palm tree, at base of which (a) on left, Judaea seated left on pile of shields, supporting head with hand in mourning, a helmet on ground before the shields, and (b), on right, Jew standing right, hands tied behind back, yoke and shield at his feet. RIC 151 (R2), pl. 94 = Paris 156, pl. LXXVIIII (same dies as ours). Hendin 1593a.

BM 169 (S - C in field). Cohen 109 (12 Fr.). Rare variant with Jew looking right not left. Minor smoothing and numerous small cleaning marks. Lower right edge of obverse weakly struck. VF $2,500 Ex CNG 53, 15 March 2000, lot 125 (Marian A. Stinton Collection, ex Virgil Brand Collection).

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Exceptional Portrait

414.

Sestertius, 25.30g (6h). Rome, 80-81 AD. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Head laureate left. Rx: S C Spes advancing left holding flower and raising skirt. RIC 170 (C2). BM 183. Paris 174. Cohen 222.

Fine left-facing portrait. Toned Tiber patination.

Good EF $7,500

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Judaea Capta Semis

415.

Semis, 3.40g (1h). Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-1 AD. Obv: [I]MP [T] CAESAR DIVI VESPAS F AVG Head laureate right. Rx: [IV]D - CAP and S - C across field, Judaea seated left on shield in attitude of mourning to left of palm tree, to right of tree two spears, helmet, and yoke. RIC 504 (R). BM 259. Paris 325. Hendin 1598.

Cohen 112 (10 Fr.). RPC p. 137 (misattributed to Rome, without full specimen list or illustrations). Unexpected denomination for a Judaea Capta type. Fine $750 Ex CNG 76/1, 12 September 2007, lot 1432.

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416.

Lot of three Flavian sestertii. (1) Divus Vespasian, struck by Titus, 80-81 AD. 22.95g, 7h. Obv: DIV[O] / AVG / VESP in field, S P Q R in exergue, seated statue of Divus Vespasian, holding scepter and Victory on globe, on wagon drawn right by four elephants with drivers. Rx: Legend of Titus around large S C. RIC 257 (R); BM 222, pl. 51.5 (same obv. die); Paris 229, pl.

LXXXIII (same obv. die); Cohen 205 (25 Fr.). (2) Titus, 80-81 AD. 22.68g, 7h. Obv: IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII Head laureate right. Rx: PIETAS - AVGVSTI around (final I added by tooling), S C in exergue, togate Titus and Domitian clasp hands and hold scepters, veiled Pietas/Concordia standing between them joins their right hands. RIC 159 (R2), pl. 95 = Paris 166, pl. LXXIX (same dies); BMC 177 note; Cohen 151 (30 Fr.). (3) Titus, Thracian mint, 80-81 AD. 25.68g, 7h.Obv: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F A - VG 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), BM 309, Paris 323, Cohen 141 corr. (4 Fr.). Second coin tooled, third has fine portrait. About Fine to VF

$900 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection; the second coin from G. Hirsch 269, 24 September 2010, lot 2748.

Colosseum Sestertius Ex Dutch Royal Collection

417.

Divus Titus. 79-81 AD. Sestertius, 23.12g (6h). Rome, 81 AD. Obv: Colosseum seen from front and above between obelisk on base (Meta Sudans) and porticoed building of two stories (Baths of Titus), without legend.

Rx: DIVO AVG T DIVI VESP [F VESPASIAN] around, S C in exergue, Titus, togate, seated left holding branch and roll on curule chair set on globe among arms. RIC 131 (R2). BMC p. 262, 191 note, pl. 70.1 (Paris, same dies). Paris 543, pl. CXVIII (same obv. die). Cohen 399 (80 Fr.). Hendin 1599. N.T. Elkins, The Flavian Colosseum Sestertii, Numismatic Chronicle 166, 2006, p. 219, 9, pl. 32 (our dies). Extensive light pitting, brown patination. About Fine/VG $5,000 Ex Dutch Royal Collection, deaccessioned in J. Schulman 254, November 1971, part of lot 3409. This specimen listed in Elkin’s Appendix to his die catalogue of Colosseum sestertii, Numismatic Chronicle 169, 2009, p. 203, 9h.

To prove the popular nature of Vepasian’s rule, the Colosseum was built on the site that had recently been occupied by Nero’s Golden Palace. The reverse type of Titus seated as master of the world (his curule chair set on globe), bringing peace (olive branch) by means of victory over enemies (captured arms), fits well with the recently discovered dedicatory inscription of the Colosseum, stating that the emperors constructed it “from the proceeds of booty” (ex manubis), doubtless chiefly the booty of the Jewish War. This Colosseum type was struck mainly for the living Titus, but after Titus’ death Domitian continued it for Divus Titus, taking over one of the Colosseum obverse dies of Titus and cutting two new reverse dies with Titus’ titles as Divus. Our coin belongs to this rarer second issue for Divus Titus rather than Titus alive.

Head laureate right. Rx: IMP XXII COS XVII CENS P P P Maia (mother of Mercury) advancing left., holding bird with raised wings in extended right hand and winged caduceus by shoulder in lowered left hand. RIC 786 (R2), pl. 134 (Oxford, same rev. die). BM 237A (Tinchant Gift, 1937). Cohen 295 (Rollin, 20 Fr.). VF/Fine $600 Ex Voirol Collection, M&M 38, 6-7 December 1968, lot 403. Ex M&M VI, 6-7 December 1946, lot 804. This specimen published by H.A. Cahn, Flaviana Inedita, Num. Chronicle 1946, p. 22, 50.

An extraordinary reverse type, known only from rare denarii struck at the very end of Domitian’s reign; this deity with bird and caduceus interpreted as Maia, the mother of Mercury, by T.V. Buttrey in Journal of Roman Archaeology 15, 2002. The type may come from only two reverse dies, (1) that of our coin, also shown by the Oxford specimen illustrated in RIC; by a specimen in CoinArchives Pro (G. Hirsch 266, 2010, lot 1978); and

by Mazzini d.297, with obverse TR P XVI; (2) a second reverse die with obverse TR P XV, Gorny & Mosch 211, 2013, lot 594.

Finest Domitian Portrait

419.

Sestertius, 26.46g (6h). Rome, 82 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M Head laureate right.

Rx: TR P COS VIII - DES VIIII P P Minerva standing left holding spear and placing left hand on hip. RIC 105 (C2). BM 274. Paris 285. Cohen 581 (4 Fr.). Excellent portrait, both sides well centered on round flan. Dark brown patina. Virtually Mint State $10,000 Ex Leu 71, 24 October 1997, lot 349.

Mercury’s Mother, Ex Voirol Collection

418.

Domitian. 81-96 AD. Denarius, 3.06 (6h). Rome, 96 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG - GERM P M TR P XV

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Rare Ceres and Annona Type for Domitian

420.

Sestertius, 24.09g (6h). Rome, 85 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS PER P P Bust laureate r., aegis with Medusa head and snakes on shoulders.

Rx: ANNONA - AVGVSTI around, S C in exergue, Ceres seated left holding wheat ears and torch, Annona standing right holding cornucopia, modius on altar at her feet, stern of ship in background. RIC 396 (R2). BM 360, pl.

74.1 (same obv. die). Cohen 18 (Bordeaux Museum, 6 Fr.). A scarce sestertius reverse type, struck only in 85-86 AD, particularly rare in this issue with titles COS XI CENS PER on obverse. A well-known sestertius reverse type of Nero, revived for Domitian. Excellent surfaces, brown patination. About EF $3,500 Ex Collection Richard P. Miller, acquired from Baldwin’s, London, May 2007.

421.

Domitia, Wife of Domitian. Aureus, 7.55g (7h). Rome, c. 83 AD. Obv: DOMITIA AVGVSTA IMP DOMITIANI (counterclockwise) Bust draped right. Rx: CONCORDIA - AVGVST (clockwise) Peacock standing right. RIC 679 (R3, citing Bourgey, 6 Dec. 1961, 40). BMC 60 note, citing Montagu Sale, 1896, lot 244 (same dies as our coin).

Calicó 945, illustrating the Montagu specimen. Obv. legend var. of Cohen 4 (300 Fr.). A charming aureus with a stately portrait, and very rare. Nearly EF $30,000 The second and rarest of Domitia’s three issues of aurei, apparently struck from just this one obverse die.

Domitia’s aurei seem to fall into three issues of varying sizes, as follows: 1. RIC 150, 152, 155, 82-83 AD. Obverse legend DOMITIA AVGVSTA IMP DOMIT running counterclockwise. Two reverse types, also with counterclockwise legends: CONCORDIA AVGVST, Peacock standing right, and DIVVS CAESAR IMP DOMITIANI F, Domitian’s deified infant son seated on the celestial globe. Most of Domitia’s aurei belong to this issue, which is securely dated to 82-83 (a) by the fact that the corresponding denarii of Domitia were struck at the elevated weight and fineness which were used only in those two years, and (b) by the occurrence of the same obverse 92

type of Domitia as a reverse type on aurei of Domitian, who still uses his early obverse legend IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M of 81-83 AD. 2. RIC 679, our coin, probably 83 AD, because Domitian is not yet called GERM, a title he received towards the end of 83. Obverse legend still running counterclockwise, and the same as in issue 1, but with the longer ending IMP DOMITIANI rather than just IMP DOMIT. The portrait with a more massive clump of hair from Domitia’s ear to above her forehead than in issue 1. Only one reverse type, Peacock standing right, as in issue 1 but with the legend now running clockwise, in two variants: CONCORDIA AVGVST, as on Montagu 244, the Bourgey coin cited by RIC 679, and our coin, or CONCORDIA AVGVSTA, Hess-Leu, 7 April 1960, lot 318, a variant that RIC omits, the coin in question being from the same obverse die as our piece and Montagu 244. This issue was struck in gold only, without corresponding denarii, and may have used just one obverse die. 3. RIC 678, 680, 681, calling Domitian GERM, so probably dating to late 83-84 AD. Obverse legend DOMITIA AVG IMP DOMITIAN AVG GERM, now running clockwise rather than counterclockwise as before. With the same massive clump of hair in Domitia’s portrait as in issue 2. Also repeating the same Peacock reverse type and clockwise reverse legend as in issue 2, but now also with a third legend variant, CONCORDIA AVGVSTI in addition to CONCORDIA AVGVST and CONCORDIA AVGVSTA. Aurei of this issue are rarer than those of issue 1, but less rare than those of issue 2. A unique corresponding denarius is also known (RIC 683). In the new RIC, pp. 252 and 314, our issues 2 and 3, despite the change of obverse legend direction and the omission of Domitian’s title GERM in the first case and its inclusion in the second, are amalgamated into a single issue, and both are tentatively assigned to 88-89 AD, though with little evidence (weights of aurei, possible inclusion of living Julia Titi in same issue). Surely the aurei without GERM in a counterclockwise legend have to be separated from those with GERM in a clockwise legend, and the chronolgy for the resulting issues 2-3 suggested above is, in our opinion, more likely than RIC’s (Curtis Clay).

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422.

Nerva. 96-98 AD. Sestertius, 30.85g (6h). Rome, 97 AD. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG - P M TR P II COS III P P Head laureate right. Rx: FORTVNA - AVGVST S - C Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopia. BM 134. Paris 119. Cohen 72 (5 Fr.). RIC 98. A thick, heavy specimen. Beautiful classic portrait of Nerva. Perfectly centered, dark brown patina. Highest point of hair flatly struck, otherwise EF/VF $2,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Dimitri Markov, May 2007.

423.

Dupondius, 13.90g (6h). Rome, 97 AD. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P Head radiate right. Rx: LIBERTAS - PVB[LI]CA S - C Libertas standing left holding cap and scepter. BM 138A. Paris 125. Cohen 120. RIC 101. Beautiful hard apple-green, glossy patination. Exceptional portrait. Choice EF $2,000 Ex Berk 162, 15 January 2009, lot 221.

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424.

Lot of three sestertii of Nerva and Trajan. (1) Nerva, 96 AD. 21.92g, 6h. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG - P M TR P COS II P P Head laureate right. Rx: CONCORDI[A] - EXERCITVVM S - C Clasped hands before legionary eagle set on prow. BM 86, RIC 54; not in the Paris catalogue or Cohen. (2) Trajan, c. 107-110 AD. 24.55g, 6h. Obv: COS V, Bust laureate right with fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI around, S C in exergue, Trajan on horseback right riding down enemy who is falling to the ground between the horse’s hind legs and forelegs. MIR 317bC (59 spec.), BM 839, Paris 305, Cohen 508 (12 Fr.). (3) Trajan, c. 108-110 AD. 25.05g, 6h. Obv: as last. Rx: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI around, S C in exergue, Dacia supporting head in mourning, seated left on pile of arms beside trophy. MIR 326bD (78 spec.), BM 791, Paris 528, Cohen 531 (4 Fr.). Lot of three sesterii. The Nerva Fine (better portrait), the two Trajans VF $900 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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Exceptional Danube Bridge Sestertius

425.

Trajan. 98-117 AD. Sestertius, 25.16g (6h). Rome, c.

104-107 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Head laureate right. Rx: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S - C Victory, naked to waist, standing right, placing left foot on helmet, holding stylus in right hand and resting left hand on shield inscribed VIC / DAC attached to palm tree. MIR 204aB (9 spec.). Cohen 452 = BMC 812 note = RIC 527. Not in the BM or Paris collections with this bust type, though Cohen, apparently in error, cites it from Paris. Apple-green patina. With some losses of patination on the jaw, neck, and base of bust, otherwise glossy EF

$1,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from CNG E223, 2 December 2009, lot 436.

Medallic Obverse, MIR Plate Coin

426.

Trajan. 98-117 AD. Sestertius, 27.95g (6h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Heroic bust right, laureate, with bare chest seen from front and fold of cloak on left shoulder and behind neck. Rx: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI around, S C in exergue, Victory stepping left, with right hand placing helmet atop trophy to complete it and holding palm branch in left hand. MIR 256d (5 spec.), pl.

51 (illustrating this coin). Bust variety of BM 817, RIC 523, and Cohen 444. Medallic style heroic bust of Trajan.

Glossy olive patination. EF $4,000 Ex Triton V, 15-16 January 2002, lot 1962.

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427.

Sestertius, 27.32g (7h). Rome, c. 104-11 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C Trajan’s Danube Bridge, depicted as a single arching span between entrance and exit gates topped by statues; a boat in the river below. MIR 314bD (7 spec.), pl. 63 (two illustrated, ours is from the same dies as the second of them). BM 851. Paris 315. Cohen 542 (8 Fr.). RIC 569. Exceptional iconic sestertius rarely seen in this quality. Choice EF $12,000 Ex Gemini II, 10 January 2005, lot 346; this coin published in Collecting World Coins, Winter 2005/2006, Cover and p. 19.

Although other identifications have continued to be advanced in both academic and trade literature, Strack’s arguments for the traditional identification of this bridge type on Trajan’s bronze coins as representing Trajan’s Danube Bridge were virtually conclusive and should really have ended the debate. See C. Clay’s review of Woytek’s book on Trajan in Numismatic Chronicle 172, 2012, pp. 357-8.

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428.

Sestertius, 26.55g (6h). Rome, 116-7 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P Bust laureate, draped right, seen from side Rx: REX PARTHIS - DATVS around, S C in exergue, Trajan, attended by officer, seated left on camp chair on platform, placing diadem on head of Parthamaspates, who stands left before platform; before Parthamaspates, Parthia kneels right wearing pointed hat and extending both hands to receive the new king. MIR 594v2 (134 spec.). BM 1046. Paris 920. RIC 667. Cohen 328 (20 Fr.). Glossy blue-green patination on obverse. Well-centered on a broad flan. EF/VF $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 March 2010, lot 2014.

429.

Dupondius, 13.30g (6h). Rome, 116-7 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P Bust radiate, draped right, seen from side. Rx: SENATVS PO - PVLVSQVE RO - MANVS S C Trajan in military dress rushing to right between two trophies, looking back at the one behind him and extending his right arm to complete it, and holding spear pointing downwards in left hand. MIR 586v (110 spec.). BM 1052. Cohen 356 (10 Fr.). RIC 676. Beautiful light green patination. Good VF/EF $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Berk 160, 11 June 2008, lot 408.

The two trophies probably represent Trajan’s twelfth and thirteenth imperatorial acclamations which he won during his Parthian campaign of 115-6 AD, the latter for his capture of the Parthian capital Ctesiphon (Strack, p.

226), a victory which earned him the title Parthicus that is recorded in the obverse legend.

430.

Lot of three sestertii of Trajan. (1) 111 AD. 28.86g, 7h. Obv: COS V, Bust laureate right showing bare chest, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: ARAB ADQVIS in exergue, SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI around, S - C across field, Arabia standing right, head left, holding branch over camel at her feet in right hand and conical object in left hand. MIR 363d (3 spec.); bust var. of BM 877, Paris 704, RIC 466, and Cohen 32 (10 Fr.). (2) 112-113 AD. 25.06g, 6h. COS VI, Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: DACIA AV - GVST around, PROVINCIA / S C in exergue, Dacia holding standard seated left on rocks, before her two boys holding wheat ears and bunch of grapes respectively. MIR 467b (19 spec.), BM 960, Paris 766, RIC 621, Cohen 125 var. (12 Fr.). From the same reverse die as MIR 467c, pl. 93. (3) Circa 115 AD. 26.24g, 6h. Obv: NER OPTIMO COS VI, Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: IMPERATOR VIII / S C in exergue, The army saluting Trajan “imperator” for the eighth time; Trajan and two officers on platform, lictor standing before, five soldiers and horse with three standards above them represent the army. MIR 548f (5 spec.), pl. 110 (same dies); bust variety of BM 1017, Paris 84, RIC 655, and Cohen 176 (25 Fr.). The third coin lightly, the second heavily tooled. Generally VF $900 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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432.

Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Denarius, 3.41g (7h). Rome, c. 121-4 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG Bust laureate, draped right, seen from front. Rx: CONCORD in exergue, P M TR P - COS III around, Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on statue of Spes standing behind her throne.

Strack 61, bust γ (Vienna, Rome, Budapest). Bust var. of BM 257-9, Cohen 255, and RIC 1138. Excellent portrait.

Mint State $450 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

431.

Lot of three sestertii of Trajan and Hadrian. (1) Trajan, 114 AD. 25.32g, 6h. Obv: NER OPTIMO COS VI, Bust laureate, draped right, seen from side. Rx: FORT RED / S C in exergue, SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS around, Fortuna Redux seated left holding rudder and cornucopia. MIR 505v (19 spec.), BM 1026, Paris 847, Cohen 158 (4 Fr.), RIC 652. (2) Trajan, 116-117 AD, 28.37g. 6h. Obv: Long legend including PARTHICO, Bust laureate draped right, seen from side.

Rx: ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE S C (=”Armenia and Mesopotamia placed under the control of the Roman people”) Trajan standing left, head right, holding spear and parazonium; at his feet Armenia seated left wearing tiara, flanked by the river gods Tigris and Euphrates, each holding reed and reclining on urn from which water flows. MIR 590v3 (57 spec.), BM 1033, Paris 916, Cohen 39 (20 Fr.), RIC 642. (3) Hadrian, c. 132 AD. 23.63g, 6h. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Bust laureate, draped right, seen from side. Rx: RESTITVTORI BITHYNIAE around, S C in exergue, Hadrian, on right, standing left raising kneeling Bithynia, who wears crown of towers and holds rudder over shoulder. BM 1803, Cohen 1240 (15 Fr.), RIC 948.. Generaly VF, but the two Trajans overcleaned and somewhat tooled $900 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection; second coin acquired from Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 March 2010, lot 2014.

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433.

Denarius, 3.52 (6h). Rome, c. 124-8 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: COS III Sacrificial implements: ladle, sprinkler, pitcher, lituus. BM 453. Cohen 454 (2 Fr.). RIC 198. Excellent portrait, scarce reverse type. Toned Mint State $500 Ex Triton VI, 14-15 January 2003, lot 884.

434.

Denarius, 3.46g (6h). Rome, c. 132 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Head laureate right.

Rx: ROMVLO - CONDITORI Romulus advancing right holding spear and trophy over shoulder. BM 710. Cohen 1316 (5 Fr.). RIC 266. Not common: 23 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Mint State $500 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

435.

Denarius, 3.50g (6h). Rome, c. 132 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Bust laureate left, fold

of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck.

Rx: FORTVNAE - REDVCI Fortuna Redux, veiled, seated left holding rudder and cornucopia. Cohen 783 (Paris).

RIC 247. Bust var. of BM 648. About EF $400

differently, but was then altered in the die: traces of the eradicated letters C - O - S - I running counterclockwise are visible from 9 to 3 o’clock!

Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

The reverse type apparently refers to Hadrian’s return to Rome from his second great provincial tour in c. 132 AD. Rare with bust left on obverse: there were no such coins in the Reka Devnia hoard. This coin confirms Mattingly’s supposition that the specimen in Paris may show a fold of cloak on Hadrian’s shoulder, since Cohen 783 says “bust (not head) laureate left”. BM 648 has simply head laureate left, without the fold of cloak. Strack 240 lists four specimens with head laureate left, including the one in Paris, but his bust codes do not distinguish between “head laureate” and “bust laureate, with fold of cloak (or aegis) on front shoulder”.

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Unpublished Eastern Denarius of Hadrian

436.

Denarius, 3.36g (12h). Eastern Mint, c. 130-1 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: COS above, I - I - I symmetrically below, Crescent moon with one star within and four more stars in a horizontal line above the crescent.

There are also two dots, perhaps representing background stars, below the second star and between the third and fourth stars in the line of four. Apparently unpublished obverse-legend and reverse-type variant of Strack *49; BMC p. 380, 28; Cohen 464; and RIC 357 (wrongly under Rome). Toned EF $1,000 This coin differs on both obverse and reverse from the rare known Eastern denarius of similar type, Strack *49 (3 specimens, all illustrated on his pl. XIX). On the obverse, our coin omits P P from the legend; HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS is a much rarer obverse legend on these Eastern denarii of Hadrian than HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P. The same obverse die was also used with the type COS III Sacrificial implements, Strack *16, pl. XX. On the reverse, the arrangement of the stars and the legend is different on our coin: in the known type the stars are arranged in three rows containing one, three, and one star respectively, and COS is written to the left, III to the right. On our coin in contrast there are only two rows of stars, containing four and one star respectively, and COS is written above, III below. Curiously, the reverse legend on our die was originally arranged

437.

Sestertius, 25.71 (7h). Rome, c. 123 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIA - N HADRIANVS AVG Bust laureate, draped right, seen from front. Rx: P M TR P - COS III S C Ceres standing left holding wheat ears and long torch. BM 1249. Bust var. of Cohen 1075 and RIC 610.

Dark green patina. About EF $750 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Mike Vosper.

Rare Britannia Dupondius of Hadrian

438.

Dupondius (yellow metal), 11.66 (12h). Rome, c. 132 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Bust laureate draped right. Rx: BRITA - NNIA around, S C in exergue, Britannia seated left, head front, setting right foot on pile of rocks, supporting head in right hand, resting left elbow on large round shield, and holding spear under left arm. BM 1724, pl. 94.11 (rev. only, same die as ours, but in a later state, with damage from die clashing 97

in right field). Cohen 195 (citing BM, 60 Fr.). RIC 846 (R2). Fine $650 Ex Hohenkubin Collection of Roman middle bronzes, Lanz (Graz) IV, 23 November 1974, lot 284.

One of the rarest types in Hadrian’s “Travel” series of c.

132 AD: only about six sestertii and ten middle bronzes seem to be recorded. Strack 712-713 lists five specimens of the middle bronze with legend BRITANNIA like ours, plus two with legend BRITTANNIA; two others with BRITANNIA are BM 1723A and CNG 70, 2005, lot 961.

Not in the Glasgow, Mazzini, or Trau collections; and no further specimens in Berk photo file, CoinArchives Pro, or Wildwinds. A similar Britannia seated type is much commoner, however, on asses of c. 122 AD with reverse legend BRITANNIA PONT MAX TR POT COS III S C.

439.

Koinon of Bithynia, AE 34, 26.40g (7h). Obv: AVT KAIC TPAI - AΔPIANOC CEB Head laureate right.

Rx: KOI - NON across field, BEIΘVNIAC in exergue, Temple of eight columns, with slightly more space and dot between the middle two columns; in pediment, shewolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus and turning her head back to lick them. RG 43 (BM, Berlin, Imhoof). BMC 14-15. Dark green patina with remains of orange encrustation highlighting the details of the types and legends. EF $2,000

440.

Sabina, Wife of Hadrian. Denarius, 3.23g (7h). Rome, 128-c. 136 AD. Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA - HADRIANI AVG P P Bust diademed, draped right, hair falling in plait down neck. Rx: CONCOR - DIA AVG Concordia seated left holding patera and resting left arm on statuette of Spes standing on globular base; under throne, cornucopia.

BM 895. Cohen 12. RIC 398. Excellent portrait. Toned EF $500 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

441.

Aelius as Caesar. 136-138 AD. Denarius, 3.72g (7h).

Rome, 137 AD. Obv: L AELIVS - CAESAR Head bare right. Rx: CONCORD in exergue, TR POT - COS II around, Concordia seated left on seat without back, feet on footstool, holding patera and placing left elbow on cornucopia resting on ground beside seat. BM 981.

Cohen 1 var. (12 Fr.). Cf. RIC 436. Superb portrait of Aelius. Virtually Mint State $1,200 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

Ex Berk 142, 15 March 2005, lot 383.

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Exceptional Largesse Scene Aureus

Unpublished Misspelling on Dupondius

442.

Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Aureus, 7.08g (6h). Rome, 145 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS P P TR P COS IIII Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: LIB IIII in exergue, Antoninus presiding at his Fourth Largesse. The emperor, togate, sits left on curule chair on platform, extending right hand and holding roll in left. Before him on the platform, Liberalitas standing left holding coin counter and cornucopia; on ground before platform, citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga to receive coins. BM 546. Calicó 1572. Strack 149. Bust variety of Cohen 496 (100 Fr.) and RIC 141. Elaborate historical reverse type, rare in this condition. Mint State $25,000

443.

Dupondius, 13.47g (12h). Rome, 145-7 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS - P P TR P COS IIII Bust radiate right, fold of cloak wrapped around neck at back but not appearing on front shoulder. Rx: [FELICI]TAS AVA (sic) S - C Felicitas standing left holding capricorn and long caduceus. Bust type and reverse legend variety of BM 1734, Cohen 364 (3 Fr.) corr., and RIC 800.

Exceptional bust type with fold of cloak visible only behind neck; unpublished engraver’s error AVA for AVG in reverse legend. Dark green patina. Virtually Mint State

$1,250

The Ostian Fasti record that this largesse to the Roman people was in the amount of 90 denarii per citizen and took place in spring 145, soon after the wedding of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II. Without specifically mentioning the largesse, the Historia Augusta states that Antoninus fully celebrated the wedding of his daughter and adopted son, even to the point of distributing a donative to the soldiers. See Strack, pp. 109 and 131.

Ex Berk 160, 13 August 2008, lot 412.

This type on aurei, sestertii, and dupondii of Antoninus Pius of 145-7 AD is the only occurrence of Felicitas with a capricorn on Roman coins, apparently harking back to the happiness of the reign of Augustus, whose birth sign was the capricorn: see Strack III, p. 136.

444.

Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. Denarius, 3.55g (1h). Rome, 140-4 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PI - VS P P TR P COS III Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right.

Rx: AVRELIVS CAES - AR AVG PII F COS Bare head of Marcus Caesar right. BM 155. Cohen 15 (5 Fr.). RIC 417a. Virtually Mint State $750 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

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445.

Diva Faustina I. Died 140 AD. Sestertius, 25.33g (6h).

Rome. Obv: DIVA FAV - STINA Bust draped right. Rx: AETERNITAS above, S C in exergue, Statue of Diva 99

Faustina I seated under roof supported by two columns on car drawn left by two elephants, ridden by mahouts holding goads. Faustina is veiled and holds scepter in right hand; the elephant in foreground wears a fringed saddle blanket, and a checked pattern on its right foreleg indicates its wrinkled skin; the side of the car is divided into two panels, the broader upper one decorated with crossed torches and other uncertain objects, the lower narrower one decorated with a hanging garland. BM 1504. Cohen 57 (40 Fr.). RIC 1113 (R). Nicely patinated.

VF $1,000 Purchased from Seaby, January 1968; with Seaby ticket handwritten by David Sear.

446.

As, 10.77g (12h). Rome. Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA Bust draped, veiled right. Rx: AETER NITAS S - C Providentia standing left holding globe and scepter. Fabric and a few spots of metal glinting through the patina suggest that this coin is an As rather than a dupondius. BM 1459. C 38. RIC 1163a. An As of exceptional quality. Choice EF $900

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447.

Lot of four Antonine sestertii. (1) Antoninus Pius, 140144 AD. 27.09g, 10-11h. Obv: COS III, Head laureate right. Rx: OPI - AVG around, S C in exergue, Ops seated left holding transverse scepter and pulling out drapery from left shoulder. BM 1258, Cohen 569 (8 Fr.), RIC 612. (2) Marcus Aurelius, 173 AD. 23.33g, 11h. Obv: TR P XXVII, Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: GERMANICO - AVG IMP VI COS III S - C Trophy, between German woman seated on shields, supporting head with hand, and German man standing with hands tied behind back. BMC 1436 note, Cohen 228 (15 Fr.), RIC 1060. (3) Marcus Aurelius, 178 AD. 21.49g, 12h.

Obv: TR P XXXII, Head laureate right. Rx: FELICITAS - AVG - IMP VIIII COS III P P S - C Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and scepter. BM 1676, RIC 1227, Cohen 184 var. (4) Lucius Verus, 164 AD. 21.48g, 12h.

Obv: L AVREL VERVS AVG - ARMENIACVS Bust laureate, cuirassed right. Rx: TR P IIII - IMP II COS II S - C Mars standing right holding spear and shield. BMC 1115

note, RIC 1385, bust var. of Cohen 232. VF to EF $2,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection; second coin from Cornelius Vermeule Collection, with Vermeule’s ticket recording provenance from Christie’s 1948 Fitzwilliam Sale, lot 192, the collection of an aristocratic British family formed in the eighteenth century.

448.

Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. 139-161 AD. Aureus, 7.18g (12h). Rome, 160 AD. Obv: AVRELIVS - CAES AVG PII F Bare-headed bust right, with fold of cloak on front shoulder and wrapped around neck at back. Rx: TR POT XIIII - COS II Mars, naked apart from helmet and cloak flying left and right from waist, advancing right holding spear pointed diagonally upwards and trophy over shoulder. BM 994. Calicó 1973 (same obv. die). RIC 481a. Cohen 752 (40 Fr.). EF/ About EF $8,000

450.

Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Sestertius, 21.92g (1h).

Rome, 170 AD. Obv: M ANTONINVS - AVG TR P XXIIII Head laureate r. Rx: PROFECTIO AVG and S C in exergue, COS III above, Emperor holding transverse spear on horse pacing right, preceded by one helmeted soldier who looks back at him, and followed by three helmeted soldiers. BM 1375. Cohen 502 corr. (25 Fr.). RIC 977. The reverse type commemorates Marcus’ return to the Danube front after the death of Lucius Veru early in 169. Glossy dark olive patination. EF $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Eukratides, June 2010.

Ex Lanz 150, Numismatic Rarities, 13 December 2010, lot 311 (weight wrongly 6.44g).

449.

Denarius, 3.34g (7h). Rome, 145 AD. Obv: AVRELIVS CAE - SAR AVG PII F Head bare right. Rx: COS - II Honos, togate, standing left holding branch and cornucopia. BM 594. Cohen 110. RIC 429a. Exquisite portrait. Mint State $750 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

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451.

Faustina II. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.44g (1h).

Alexandria, Year 20 = 156/7 AD. Obv: ΦAYCTINA CEBACTH Bust draped right. Rx: Antoninus Pius on horse pacing right; the emperor is laureate, wears military dress with flying cloak, raises right hand in greeting, and carries slanting spear visible behind his head; date L - K across field. Dattari-Savio pl. 170, 9077 (same dies).

Emmett 1941/20 (R5, “highest rarity”, citing the Dattari spec.). Not in Cologne, BMC, or Oxford. An interesting type, very rare for Faustina II, which also occurs on tetradrachms of Antoninus Pius and of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar with the same date, Year 20. VF $500 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection.

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Upside Down Altar

452.

Diva Faustina II, legend placement error. Died 175 AD. Denarius, 3.11g (1h). Rome. Obv: DIVA FAV STINA PIA Bust draped right. Rx: CONSECRA - TIO, beginning at 2 o’clock and ending at 10 o’clock; Altar enclosure with base, central door, and volutes left and right on top. The reverse legend was meant to start at 8 o’clock and end at 4 o’clock, but the engraver confused the top and bottom of the altar and engraved the legend upside down. If the reverse is turned so that the legend is correctly aligned, then the altar is upside down. Legend error of BM 725, Cohen 75, and RIC 746. Possibly unpublished, though C. Clay knows another example of this error, from the same reverse die, in a private collection. Exceptional portrait in high relief, interesting engraver’s error on reverse. Mint State $600

454.

Denarius, 3.26g (6h). Rome, 164 AD. Obv: L - VERVS AVG - ARMENIACVS Head bare right. Rx: TR P IIII - IMP II COS II Mars standing right holding spear and shield. BM 282. Cohen 229. RIC 515. Nicely toned.

Virtually Mint State $400 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

Ex Harlan J. Berk Collection, 1965

Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

FDC Lucius Verus Aureus

453.

Lucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Aureus, 7.09g (5h). 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 (citing Montagu Sale 1896, lot 425, same dies as ours). Calicó 2177 (same dies). Bust var. of Cohen 247 (45 Fr.). FDC $22,000

455.

Lucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Sestertius, 21.35g (12h).

Rome, 168 AD. Obv: L VERVS AVG - ARM PARTH MAX Head laureate right. Rx: TR P VIII - IMP IIII COS III S - C Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm..

BMC p. 603. Cohen 211 corr. RIC 1466. Rare with IMP IIII in this year. That title was apparently superseded by IMP V very soon after 10 December 167. Though struck in low relief, this coin has an exquisite portrait of Lucius Verus with completely pristine surfaces, save a flan crack at 8h on the obverse. Choice EF $6,000 This sestertius was the cover coin in Harlan Berk’s first catalogue of ancient coins, 1965.

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456.

Commodus. 177-192 AD. Sestertius, 28.05g (6h). Rome, 184 AD. Obv: M COMMODVS ANTO - NINVS AVG PIVS Head laureate right. Rx: P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII S - C Pax seated left holding branch and cornucopia. BM 531. RIC 405. Cohen 453. About EF

$1,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Glenn Woods.

457.

Sestertius, 25.09g (12h). Rome, 190 AD. Obv: M COMMOD ANT P F - ELIX AVG BRIT P P Head laureate right. Rx: LIBERAL AVG VII P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI S - C Liberalitas standing left holding coin counter and cornucopia. BM 650. RIC 563. Cohen 320.

Exquisite portrait. Completely untouched surfaces. Green patination. Virtually Mint State $3,000

459.

Billon Tetradrachm, 12.16g (12h). Alexandria, Year 21=180/1 AD. Obv: KPEICΠEINA - CEBACTH Bust draped right. Rx: Fortuna Redux seated left, wheel under seat, holding rudder and double cornucopia; above, date L KA. Cologne 2262. Dattari 3974. BMC 1449. Oxford 2618. Sear 6023. Extremely rare, one of the finest known.

About VF $2,500 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection.

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Ex H.P. Hall Collection, 1950

With tag from former ICG slab, graded EF40, “Robert Richendollar”.

458.

Crispina, Wife of Commodus. Denarius, 3.28g (6h).

Rome. Obv: CRISPINA - AVGVSTA Bust draped right.

Rx: VE - NVS Venus standing left, holding apple and drawing up fold of drapery from left shoulder. BM 44.

Cohen 35 (3 Fr.). RIC 286a. EF with some iridescent toning

$350

460.

Pertinax. 193 AD. Sestertius, 26.82g (12h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES P HELV - PERTINAX AVG Head laureate right. Rx: OPI DIVIN - TR P COS II S - C Ops seated left, holding two wheat ears in right hand and placing left hand on seat behind her. BM 42. Cohen 34 (200 Fr.).

RIC 20 (R2). Exquisite portrait. Smooth red patination on obverse. About EF $14,000 Ex H.P. Hall Collection, Glendining, 16-21 November 1950, lot 1655.

Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

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Exceptional Didia Clara 461.

Manlia Scantilla, Wife of Didius Julianus. Denarius, 3.02g (5h). Rome, c. 193 AD. Obv: MANL SCA NTILLA AVG Bust draped right. Rx: IVNO RE - GINA Juno, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet peacock standing left, looking back at Juno. BMC 11. RIC 7a. Cohen 2 (300 Fr.). Toned.

About EF $6,000

Exceptional Manlia Scantilla Sestertius

463.

Didia Clara, Daughter of Didius Julianus. Sestertius, 21.31g (6h). Rome. Obv: DIDIA CLA - RA AVG Bust draped right. Rx: HILAR TEMPOR S - C Hilaritas standing left holding long palm and coruncopia. BM 38, pl.

4.7 (same rev. die). C 4 (50 Fr.). RIC 20 (R2). Excellent portrait, warm brown patina. EF/VF $12,000 From A.M. Woodward’s obverse die 2, Coinage of Didius Julianus and His Family, Num. Chronicle 1961, p. 80 and pl. 10.2.

462.

Sestertius, 19.60g (12h). Rome, 193 AD. Obv: MANLIA SCA - NTILLA AVG Bust draped right. Rx: IVNO REGINA S - C Juno, veiled, standing left holding patera and scepter, peacock at her feet. BM 36, pl. 4, 5 (same obverse die). RIC 18a (R2). Cohen 6 (50 Fr.). Woodward, Coinage of Didius Julianus, Numismatic Chronicle 1961, p. 80, obverse die 14, pl. XI.6, reverse die G, pl. XI.5, a new die combination. Broad flan, glossy olive patination.

Completely untouched. About EF $15,000 Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 473.

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465.

Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Sestertius, 22.31g (11h). Rome, 196 AD. Obv: L SEPT SEV PE - RT AVG IMP VIII Bust laureate, cuirassed right. Rx: FORTVNAE REDVCI around, S C in exergue, Fortuna Redux seated left, wheel below seat, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia. BM 600, pl. 25.7 (same dies). RIC 720. Bust var. of Cohen 193 (8 Fr.). Green patination. VF $1,000 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection, acquired from Rauch, Summer Auction, 13 September 2010, lot 828.

464.

Lot of three sestertii, Didius Julianus and two Septimius Severus. (1) Didius Julianus, 193 AD, 19.00g, 11h. Obv: IMP CAES M DID SEV - ER IVLIAN AVG Head laureate right. Rx: RECTOR - ORBIS S - C Didius Julianus, bare-headed, togate, standing left holding globe and roll. BM 29, Cohen 17 (30 Fr.), RIC 16. (2) Septimius Severus, 193. 24.62g, 5h. Obv: IMP CAES L SEPT - SEV PERT AVG Head laureate right. Rx: VICT A[VG T]RP COS S - C Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. BM 476, pl. 20.2 (same obv. die); Cohen 683 (8 Fr.); RIC 656. (3) Septimius Severus, 194 AD. 22.69g, 6h. Obv: L SEPT SEV PE - RT AVG IMP IIII Head laureate right. Rx: AFRICA S - C Africa standing right wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding out fold of her drapery from which wheat ears emerge, lion at her feet. BM 514, Cohen 28 (10 Fr.), RIC 676.

The Didius Julianus tooled, the second Septimius with nice green patina. Fine to VF $1,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection. The first coin from CNG E225, 13 January 2010, lot 365; the third from CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1402 (Marc Melcher Collection) = CNG 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1572.

466.

Divus Septimius Severus. Died 211 AD. Denarius, 3.41g (7h). Rome. Obv: DIVO SEVERO PIO Bare head right.

Rx: CONSECRATIO Eagle with spread wings standing right, head left, on globe. RIC Caracalla 191c.

BMC Caracalla 21. Cohen 84 (5 Fr.). EF $650 Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 757.

467.

Julia Domna, Wife of Septimius Severus and Mother of Caracalla. Denarius, 2.89g (7h). Rome, 215 AD. Obv: IVLIA PIA - FELIX AVG Bust draped right, coiffure still with large bun at back. Rx: LVNA LVCIFERA Luna in biga of horses left; she holds the reins and has a crescent on her head and a fold of drapery encircling her head.

BM 10. Cohen 105. RIC 379c. Rare: only three specimens in Reka Devnia hoard.. EF $750 The large bun in Julia’s hair shows that this is one of the earliest denarii of the type; for the commoner later variant with small bun, see e.g. BMC pl. 67.11.

105

Signorelli Collection 1953

468.

Caracalla as Caesar. 195-198 AD. Sestertius, 25.54g (6h). Rome, 196 AD. Obv: M AVR ANTO - NINVS CAES Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: SPEI PERPETVAE S - C Spes advancing l. holding flower and raising skirt. BM 613. Cohen 595 (8 Fr.). RIC 401. Fine portrait of youthful Caracalla. EF $4,000 Ex Berk 162, 15 January 2009, lot 227. Ex UBS 78, 9-10 September 2008, lot 1762 (Gillardi Collection). Ex Santamaria, 13 March 1953, Signorelli, Part 3, lot 731.

470.

Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Denarius, 2.89g (6h). Rome, 220-1 AD. Obv: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped right. Rx: LIBERTAS AVG Libertas standing left holding cap and scepter, star combined with globe in field right. BM 220. Cohen 92. RIC 107. Exceptional quality. Mint State $300 The star in field on Elagabalus’ coins was certainly intended to represent the sun, specifically the emperor’s sun god. The addition of a globe to the star on this and some other coins was probably meant to indicate this fact: this heavenly body had perceptible breadth and was not a mere point of light like an ordinary star.

Flawless Elagabalus Sestertius

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471.

Sestertius, 20.12g (12h). Rome, 221 AD. Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from the front, without “horn”. Rx: P M TR P IIII COS III P P S - C Emperor in Syrian priestly dress sacrificing left from patera over lighted and garlanded altar and holding knotted “club”, slain bull on ground behind altar, star in left field. BM 443 var. Cohen 201 (20 Fr.). RIC 327. This exquisite portrait of Elagabalus cannot possibly be improved upon.

Struck on a glossy, flawless, blue-green planchet. It is of the finest possible quality. Mint State $20,000 Ex NAC 52, 7 October 2009, lot 1163.

469.

Plautilla, Wife of Caracalla. Denarius, 3.29g (6h).

Rome, c. 202-205 AD. Obv: PLAVTILLA - AVGVSTA Draped bust right. Rx: CONCORDIA - AVGG Concordia standing left holding patera and sceptre. RIC 363a. BM 411. Cohen 1. EF

$350 Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 772.

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Possibly a mule, struck early in 222 from an old reverse die of 221: on denarii, the “horn” seems to have been removed from Elagabalus’ portrait only early in 222, so we would expect this “hornless” sestertius obverse die too to have been engraved in 222 not 221.

473.

Aquilia Severa, second and fourth wife of Elagabalus.

Sestertius, 19.27g (11h). Rome, Late 220 AD. Obv: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG Bust draped right with ealry coiffure and wearing stephane. Rx: CONCORDIA S - C Concordia standing left holding in right hand patera above lighted and garlanded altar, and in left hand double cornucopia; star in right field. BM 433, pl. 96.8 (same obv. die). Cohen 4 (120 Fr., with engraving, same obv. die). RIC 390 (R2). Exquisite portrait of this very rare empress Aquilia Severa. With a glossy dark green patina.

Absolutely untouched surfaces. Slight disturbance of glossy patina from being in the earth at 5h. Virtually Mint State $15,000 Ex Hess-Divo 317, 27 October 2010, lot 899. Ex New York Sale XXII, 6 January 2010, lot 197.

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Stone of Emesa

472.

AE 22, 11.52g (6h). Samaria, Neapolis. Obv: Laureate, cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, seen from front, on neck rectangular countermark with letter A. Rx: Quadriga facing carrying the stone of Emesa decorated with eagle on left and Mount Gerizim on right. Sofaer 102.

Rosenberg 50. Meshorer, City Coins 137. Green patination with light earthen encrustation. EF $1,500

Comparable to the EF specimens from the same obverse die and with similar patination in J. Schulman’s Vierordt Sale, 1923, lot 2008, and Glendining’s Hall Sale, 1950, lot 1789. Aquilia Severa’s sestertii seem to come from only two obverse dies, namely our die and the second one illustrated in RIC, pl. VII.3. For the relative rarity of the sestertii of Elagabalus’ three wives, cf. C. Clay’s assemblage of plaster casts of the coins in BM, Vienna, ANS, Oxford, Cambridge, and some from the trade: Julia Paula, 33 specimens, 11 obverse dies; Aquilia Severa, 16 specimens, two obverse dies; Annia Faustina, four specimens, one obverse die.

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Exceptional Julia Soaemias

474.

Julia Soaemias, Mother of Elagabalus. Denarius, 2.91 (6h). Rome, 218 AD. Obv: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVGVSTA Bust draped right. Rx: IVNO REGINA Juno, veiled, standing right holding scepter and Palladium. BM 41. Cohen 3 (3 Fr.). RIC 237. Scarce, only 7 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Exceptionally beautiful portrait of Julia Soaemias, lightly toned flan with orange iridescence. Virtually Mint State $750

476.

Orbiana, Wife of Severus Alexander. Denarius, 2.61g (12h). Rome, c. 226 AD. Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG Bust draped right, wearing stephane.

Rx: CONCORDI - A - AVGG Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopia. BM 287. Cohen 1 (20 Fr.). RIC 319. Excellent portrait. EF $1,100 Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 509. Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 793.

Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

Interesting first issue of Soaemias, datable to 218 because the corresponding aureus (BM 39, 7.24g) predates Elagabalus’ return in that year to the reduced aureus standard of Caracalla. The mint apparently erroneously thought that Soaemias rather than Julia Maesa was the predominant lady in Elagabalus’ family, for there was no corresponding early issue of coins at Rome for Maesa! (unpublished research by C. Clay)

477.

Julia Mamaea, Mother of Severus Alexander.

Denarius, 3.20 (7h). Rome, 231-2 AD. Obv: IVLIA MA - MAEA AVG Draped bust right wearing stephane.

Rx: FELICI - TAS - PVBLICA Felicitas seated left holding short caduceus and cornucopia. BM 658 (misdated to 230 AD). Cohen 24. RIC 338. Exceptional quality.

Mint State $300 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

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Exquisite Sestertius

478.

Diva Paulina, Wife of Maximinus I. . Denarius, 2.47g (1h). Rome. Obv: DIVA PAVLINA Bust draped, veiled right. Rx: CONSECRATIO Paulina seated left on peacock flying right, waving goodbye and holding scepter. BM 127. RIC 2. Cohen 2 (50 Fr.). Choice EF $1,000 Ex CNG 61, 25 September 2002, lot 2009.

Exceptional Sestertius

475.

Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Sestertius, 22.65g (1h).

Rome, 232-5 AD. Obv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG Bust laureate right, fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: SPES PVBLICA S - C Spes advancing left, left foot forward, holding flower and raising skirt.

BM 902. Cohen 549. RIC 648. A common coin, but hard to find in this quality. Mint State $1,000 108

479.

Maximus as Caesar, Son of Maximinus I. 235-238 AD. Sestertius, 17.03g (12h). Rome, c. 236-8 AD. Obv:

MAXIMVS CAES GERM Bust draped right with head bare. Rx: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S - C Prince standing left holding baton and spear, two standards behind him.

BM 213. Cohen 14 (10 Fr.). RIC 13. Exceptional portrait.

Virtually flawless. Choice EF $6,000

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Gordian Africanus II

Ex Santamaria 1926. Ex Schulman 1930

480.

Gordian I Africanus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 18.72g (11h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: VICTORIA AVGG around, S - C in field, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. BM 14. Cohen 14 (70 Fr.). RIC 12.. Exceptional portrait of this 80-yearold proconsul of Africa whose reign lasted only a couple of weeks. Untouched surfaces. Virtually Mint State

$20,000 Ex Harlan J. Berk Collection = NAC 42, 20 November 2007, Barry Fierstein, lot 152 = Stack’s 1967, Hall Park McCollough, lot 1495 = J. Schulman, 5 June 1930, lot 548 = Santamaria, 25 May 1926, lot 664.

481.

Gordian II Africanus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 23.65g (12h).

Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: ROMAE AETERNAE around, S C in exergue, Roma seated left holding Victory and scepter. BM 23. Cohen 9 (70 Fr.).

RIC 5. Excellent portrait of Gordian II. EF $15,000

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Choice Pupienus Sestertius

482.

Pupienus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 19.28g (11h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG Bust draped, cuirassed right. Rx: PAX - PVBLICA around, S C in exergue, Pax seated left holding branch and scepter. BM 49, pl. 46 (same reverse die). Cohen 23 (15 Fr.). RIC 22a (S). Brown patination. Virtually flawless portrait of Pupienus. Near Mint State/EF. $12,000

484.

Sesterius, 18.97g (12h). Rome. Obv: M ANT GORDIANVS CAES Bare-headed, draped bust right. Rx: PIETAS AVGG S C Sacrificial implements: lituus, knife, patera, pitcher, ladle, whisk. BM 65. Cohen 183 (20 Fr.).

RIC 3. Rare sestertius as Caesar under Balbinus and Pupienus, well centered on round flan, dark brown patina.

EF $6,000

Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 404. Ex Spink, July 2000, Collection G. Powell, lot 1452.

Ex Triton XIV, 4-5 January 2011, lot 786.

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483.

Gordian III as Caesar. 238 AD. Denarius, 3.02g (6h).

Rome. Obv: M ANT GORDIANVS CAES Bare-headed, draped bust right. Rx: PIETAS AVGG Sacrificial implements: lituus, knife, pitcher, ladle, sprinkler. BM 63.

Cohen 182 (20 Fr.) var. RIC 1 (R2). Minor granularity, otherwise Mint State $2,200

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FDC Gordian III Aureus

485.

Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Aureus, 4.93g (5h). Rome.

Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: CONCORDIA AVG Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopia. RIC 41. Cohen 49 (Caylus = formerly in Paris, 80 Fr.). Flawless aureus of Gordian III stuck on an extremely broad flan. FDC $10,000 Ex Berk 141, 5 January 2005, lot 13.

Philip II Mule and Regular Issue

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486.

Tranquillina, Wife of Gordian III. . Antoninianus, 4.08g (1h). Rome, after 241 AD. Obv: SABINA TRANQVILLINA AVG Diademed and draped bust right on crescent. Rx: CONCORDIA AVGG Gordian and Tranquillina standing facing each other and clasping hands. RIC 250 (R4). Cohen 4 (800 Fr.). Extremely rare.

Good VF $15,000 Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 800.

487.

Lot of Two Hippopotamus Sestertii of Otacilia Severa and Philip II. (1) Marcia Otacilia, Sestertius, 16.24g (1h). Rome, 248 AD. Obv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG Bust draped right wearing stephane. Rx: SAECVLARES AVGG S C Hippopotamus standing right raising head. RIC 200a (S), Cohen 65 (12 Fr.). (2) A sestertius with the same reverse type, 19.49g (12h), but of Philip II, Obv. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, RIC 272 (S), Cohen 75 (20 Fr.). A mule using the reverse type of his mother, very rare. Otacilia VF/Fine, Philip II EF $4,000 First coin Ex Galerie des Monnaies, ANA Sale, St. Louis, 31 July 1979, lot 829; also ex Galerie des Monnaies Sales, 1978 and 1976. Second coin ex Frank Kovacs Collection, Helios 1, April 2008, lot 369.

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488.

Philip II as Augustus. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.69 (11h). Alexandria, Year 7 = 249 AD. Obv: A K M IOY ΦIΛIΠΠOC EYCE Bust laureate, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: Laureate bust of Zeus right, fold of cloak on front shoulder, date L - Z across field. Dattari-Savio pl. 265, 5063 (same dies). Emmett 3612/7 (R3). Not in Cologne, BMC, or Oxford. Very rare. About EF $750 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection.

Rare final year of the reign of Philip I and II at Alexandria, lasting only about a month from the Egyptian New Year on 29 August 249 until the arrival of news of their defeat and elimination in battle by Trajan Decius.

Second Recorded Earliest Two Pannonias Type

489.

Trajan Decius. 249-251 AD. Antoninianus, 3.74g (7h).

Rome. Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right. Rx: PANNON - IAE The two Pannonias, Upper and Lower, both veiled, standing close together, looking left and right respectively, and both raising their right hands; the one on the right also holds a transverse standard in her lowered left hand, while the top of a second standard can be seen between the two deities, as though held by the Pannonia on the left in her invisible left hand. RIC 24 (R2). A very rare variant type, apparently known previously only from a single specimen in the Dorchester hoard, Num. Chronicle 1939, p. 26, presumably now in the British Museum = RIC 24, unfortunately not illustrated in either publication.

Not in CoinArchives Pro or the Berk photofile covering sale catalogues of c. 1970-1990. The website “249-253 AD: Four Bad Years” even denies the existence of RIC 24, but our coin disproves that assertion and confirms Mattingly’s description of the variety! Struck from a worn obverse die. EF $500 Decius’ first PANNONIAE type, RIC 5 and 20, showed only a single Pannonia, draped and veiled, standing left but looking right, half raising her right arm and holding a standard in her lowered left hand, exactly like the Pannonia on the right in our two-figured type and also 112

in the types of the rare RIC 25 and the common RIC 21a.

RIC 24 and 25 may be regarded as preliminary artistic attempts to add a second Pannonia to the original singlefigured type, before the normal type with two Pannonias, RIC 21a, was reached. In the first attempt, shown by our coin, the Pannonia in the single-figured type was simply duplicated, the only changes being that the second figure was made to look left not right, and that she was placed so close to the first Pannonia that her left arm and the lower half of her standard disappeared behind the raised right forearm of the first Pannonia, and only the top of her standard could be shown between the heads of the two figures. Being close together and near the center of the die, both figures could be made tall, like the single Pannonia in the first type. In the second attempt, RIC 25, all the details of the first attempt were repeated, except that the two Pannonias were made to stand farther from each other, necessitating a reduction in their height since they were now nearer the edges of the die, so that there would be no overlap between them and the left arm and full standard of the second figure could be depicted.

This second variant of the two-figured type, like the first, was represented by only a single coin in the Dorchester hoard, but it appears to be a little commoner than the first variety, since four other specimens, all from different obverse and reverse dies than each other, may be seen in Sternberg XVIII, 1986, lot 591; Sternberg XIX, 1987, lot 921; Lanz 102, 2001, lot 918; and on the Four Bad Years website. Finally the decision was made to remove the standard from the left arm of the Pannonia on the left and instead place it upright on the ground before her, behind her half-raised right arm, where it may have been thought to mirror the standard held near the right edge of the type by the first Pannonia, and so to give the type better balance. This is the normal two-figured PANNONIAE type, RIC 21b (slightly misdescribed), represented by 159 antoniniani in the Dorchester hoard, and quite common also on Decius’ sestertii, RIC 124a. For the sake of completeness it may be mentioned that this common PANNONIAE type of RIC 21 was replaced towards the end of Decius’ reign by yet a third major type bearing the same legend, which showed the two Pannonias standing face to face and clasping right hands in front of a single standard resting on the ground between them (RIC 26 and 41) (Curtis Clay).

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490.

Volusian, Son of Trebonianus Gallus. 251-253 AD. Sestertius, 17.40g (12h). Rome. Obv: [IM]P CAE [C VIB] VOLV[SIANO] AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: VOTIS / DECENNA / LIBVS / S C in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC 264 (R). Cohen 140 (8 Fr.). A scarce type commemorating Volusian’s undertaking of decennalian vows: only four specimens in CoinArchives Pro, none in Berk photofile. Struck on a small flan. Oilve patina. EF $500

Ex Seaby’s Bulletin, January 1984, lot C45.

491.

Valerian I. 253-260 AD. As, 12.37g (12h). Antioch.

Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: AEQVITAS [AVGG] (no S C) Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopia. Göbl 1558c (8 spec.). RIC 297 (citing Voetter, R). Not in Cohen. A rare “non-Roman” middle bronze of Valerian I. Fine $350 Purchased from Vecchi, London, October 1974.

492.

Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 2.53g (11h).

Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: HERCVLI CONS [A]VG Lion with mane pacing left, roaring (mouth open), A (=officina 1) in exergue. Göbl 709b (4 specimens). Cunetio hoard 1339 (one specimen). RIC 201. Cohen 316 (BM, 10 Fr.). One of the rarest types of Gallienus’ CONS AVG Animal series. Near Mint State $300 Acquired from CNG, with their ticket dated “8/07”.

493.

Antoninianus, 3.30g (5h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: SOLI CONS AVG, AI (sic)=officina 1, Winged horse prancing right.

Officina letter variant of Cunetio Hoard 1337 and RIC 283. EF $100 The officina letter on the reverse is exceptionally placed to the right of rather than below the groundline and it also appears to be followed by the equivalent Roman numeral I. It seems that these anomalies were in the die and cannot be explained as resulting from doublestriking, of which there is no trace.

Bust Left

494.

Antoninianus, 2.32g (6h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GAL[LIEN]VS AVG Bust radiate, draped left, seen from front. Rx: LIBERO P [CO]NS AVG Tigress walking left, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 713o (12 spec.), pl. 56 (same dies). RIC 230. Cohen 588 (M. Roman, 3 Fr.). VF

$150 Rare with bust draped left. Göbl had images of twelve such specimens, and his illustrated example, from an Aufhäuser sale, is from the same die pair as ours. The Cunetio hoard contained no specimens of this reverse type with bust left.

495.

Antoninianus, 3.34 (11h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: LIB - ERO.P.CONS AVG Tigress walking left, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 713u (6 spec.).

Cunetio 1342 (5 spec.). RIC 230. Bust var. of Cohen 587.

This cuirassed bust type seen from front is much scarcer than the normal “Head radiate right”. EF $200 113

Tigress Type Mislabeled

496.

Antoninianus, 3.36g (12h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: [GALLIEN]VS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: APOLLINI CONS AVG Tigress pacing left, head raised, B (weak) in exergue. Apparently unpublished: not in Göbl, as either a normal type or an engraver’s error; not in the Cunetio Treasure or in Ian Carradice’s appendix on the CONS AVG Animal issue of Gallienus; not in Cohen or RIC. EF

$300 An apparently unpublished engraver’s error, represented by two specimens from the same reverse die in the Gallienus Animal collection whose highlights are being offered in the present sale. The officina letter B is weak on the specimen described above, but it is better struck and distinctly a B on the second example, not offered here. This Tigress type of officina B should been labeled LIBERO P CONS AVG (Göbl 713), not APOLLINI CONS AVG as here. The APOLLINI legend would have been correct with the Griffin type, officina Δ, or the Centaur right or left type, from officinae Z and H respectively.

497.

Antoninianus, 2.76g (11h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: [G] ALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: APOLLINI CONS AV - G Griffin standing left, Δ (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl 718b (44 spec.). Cunetio 1348 (88 spec.).

RIC 165. EF $150

498.

Antoninianus,, 2.79g (5h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: IOVI CONS AVG Goat-stag mixture walking right, S (=officina 6) in exergue. Göbl 731u (20 spec.). Cunetio 1378 (15 spec.). RIC 163. EF $100

499.

Antoninianus, 3.13g (11h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: 114

GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: NEPTVNO CONS AVG Capricorn right, in exergue S (=officina 6).

Göbl 732b (21 spec.). Cunetio 1377 (3 spec.). RIC 245.

One of the rare secondary reverse types in Gallienus’ animal series: a hippocamp not a capricorn is usually associated with the legend naming Neptune. EF $100

500.

Antoninianus, 3.28g (1h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: APOLLINI CON[S A]VG Centaur walking right shooting arrow from bow, Z (=officina 7) in exergue. Göbl 735b (194 spec.).

Cunetio 1378 (143 spec.). RIC 163. EF $150

501.

Antoninianus, 3.11g (5h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: APOLLINI CONS AVG Centaur walking left holding globe and rudder, H (=officina 8) in exergue. Göbl 738b (210 spec.).

Cunetio Hoard 1386 (245 spec.). RIC 164. Cohen 73.

About EF/EF $100 Criocamp

502.

Antoninianus, 3.29g (1h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: MERCVRIO CONS AVG Criocamp right (monster with forepart of ram, rear part of sea monster or serpent), in exergue H (=officina 8). Göbl 741b (14 spec.). Cunetio 1389 (5 spec.). RIC 242. Cohen 631 (6 Fr.). About EF $200

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503.

Antoninianus, 2.28g (2h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: [GAL]LIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: NEPTVNO CO[NS AVG] Hippocamp right, rudder below right foreleg, in exergue N (=officina 9). Göbl 743b (96 spec.).

Cunetio 1392 (146 spec.). RIC 245. Cohen 667 (3 Fr.).

EF $100

504.

Antoninianus, 4.29g (1h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Stag standing left, X (=officina 10) in exergue. Göbl 744b (157 spec.). Cunetio Hoard 1397 (131 spec.). RIC 179. Heavy specimen, very large. EF

$100 Stag in Wrong Officina, Unpublished

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Portrait Left Plus Legend Error on Reverse

506.

Antoninianus, 2.96 (6h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate left. Rx: SOLI CONS AVVG (sic) Bull standing right, X[I] (=officina 11) in exergue. Göbl 749c, pl. 58 (only one specimen, “Capelli”, same dies). Cunetio hoard 1406 (one specimen, not illustrated, this example not mentioned by Göbl). RIC 285. Cohen 984 (Paris, 2 Fr., this specimen again not mentioned by Göbl). EF $200 Acquired from CNG, with their ticket dated “8/07”.

505.

Antoninianus, 4.15g (1h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Stag with branching antlers standing left, two front legs vertical and parallel, two back legs parallel and bent slightly forward at knees, XI (=officina 11) in exergue. Apparently unpublished; not in Göbl, Cunetio treasure or Appendix 5 in the Cunetio report on the Animal coins by I. Carradice. Silvered Mint State $300

A scarce reverse type, represented by only 16 specimens in the Cunetio hoard combined with the standard rightfacing bust type; quite rare with head left, only one such coin in the hoard. Our coin also has an apparent engraver’s error in the reverse legend, AVVG for the correct AVG. The specimen illustrated by Göbl, being from the same dies, of course has the same error, though it is not pointed out by Göbl.

Ex Berk 166, 15 October 2009, lot 408.

Animal and officina mismatched: the stag with branching antlers normally appears in officina X, while officina XI has the same legend DIANAE CONS AVG but shows gazelle with two simple, one-pronged horns, not stag.

The X of XI in exergue is damaged by a short flan crack and therefore not distinct, but it cannot be anything else, because XI is the only two-digit officina number in Gallienus’ Animal issue. The standing pose of our stag, with legs strictly parallel, is also unusual: normally the stag walks with one front leg and one back leg advanced, see sketches 40-44 in Carradice’s table of the animal types, on p. 191 in the Cunetio report.

507.

Antoninianus, 2.45g (1h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: SOL[I] CONS AVG Bull standing right, XI (=officina 11) in exergue. Göbl 749k, pl.

59 (only one specimen, Cunetio hoard, same obv. die) = Cunetio 1405, pl. 14. Bust var. of RIC 285 and Cohen 983 (2 Fr.). Possibly only the second specimen recorded with this bust type, and from the same obverse die as the other example, in BM ex Cunetio hoard. EF $250 Acquired from CNG, with their ticket dated “1/07”.

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Bust Cuirassed Left

508.

Antoninianus, 3.20g (5h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate, cuirassed left, seen from front. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Gazelle standing left, in exergue XII (=officina 12). Göbl 750t (1 spec.).

Apparently only the second recorded specimen with this bust type, and from the same obverse die as the other specimen, illustrated by Göbl pl. 59, 750t = Alföldi, Weltkrise (1967), pl. 3.9. About EF $150 Mule

509.

Gallienus mule with reverse of Salonina. Antoninianus, 2.81g (7h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLI[ENVS AV]G Head radiate right. Rx: IVN - O - NI CO[NS AVG] Combined goat and stag walking left, [Δ] (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl pl. 133, 725b = Venera pl. 5, 3853. RIC 224. Cohen 419 (citing BM). A very rare mule joining an obverse of Gallienus with Salonina’s IVNONI CONS AVG reverse type. There were no specimens of this coin in the Cunetio hoard; Cohen 419 quotes it from a specimen in BM. VF $125

interesting striking error, of a sort that appears fairly frequently on Roman imperial sestertii and middle bronzes but only rarely on denarii or antoniniani, suggesting that two reverse dies were being used alternately and at rapid speed with the same obverse die, the overstrikes occurring when a finished coin was not removed promptly enough from the obverse die, so was erroneously struck with the second reverse die too. This ingenious explanation first occurred to Colin Kraay in 1974: see Num. Chronicle 2012, pp. 361-2. For the appearance of the same error on several Eastern antoniniani of Gordian III, the two overstruck dies in these cases showing different reverse types, see Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, lot 478.

511.

Antoninianus, 3.93g (2h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: one Hippocamp reverse die overstruck on another.

Visible from the overstrike: [NEPTV]NO CONS AVG Hippocamp swimming right, long fork-like fin emerging behind front legs. Surviving from the undertype: ONS AVG, with the head and forelegs of the hippocamp; in size and arrangement clearly different from the same details in the overtype, so struck from a different die.

Mint error involving the type Göbl 743b (96 spec.), Cunetio 1392 (146 spec.), RIC 245, Cohen 667 (3 Fr.).

EF $100 Rare Siscia Mint

One Tigress Reverse Die Overstruck on Another

510.

Antoninianus, 3.25g (4h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIE - NVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: LIBERO.P.CONS A, interrupted in exergue by remains of legend from the undertype, BERO.P.CONS, Tigress pacing left, head raised, [B] (=officina 2) in exergue not visible because of the surviving legend from undertype.

The undertype and overtype were from different dies, as shown by the different spacing of the letters in the surviving portions of the two reverse legends. Cf. Göbl 713b (123 spec.), Cunetio hoard 1341 (198 spec.), RIC 230, and Cohen 586 (3 Fr.). EF $100 This and the next Animal coin of Gallienus show an 116

512.

Antoninianus, 2.69g (1h). Siscia, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Stag standing left, mintmark SI in exergue.

Göbl 1517b (1 spec., Judenburg-Strettweg hoard, 1989), pl. 109 (same rev. die). VF $200 CONS AVG Animal coins of Gallienus struck at Siscia rather than Rome, with mintmark SI, are extremely rare.

Göbl 1516-1519 knew only five such specimens in all, showing four different reverse types. Our coin is apparently the second recorded specimen of Göbl’s 1517b, and shares its reverse die with the other specimen, as noted above. The Siscian engraver has slightly simplified the reverse type, giving the stag a standing pose with strictly parallel forelegs and hind legs. At Rome, in contrast, the stag of officina X strides left, with one foreleg and

one hind leg advanced; see Carradice’s drawings in the Cunetio report, p. 191, fig. 40-42.

513.

Antoninianus, 3.35g (6h). Milan, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: LE - G II P[ART] VI P VI F Centaur walking left holding globe, fold of drapery fluttering behind back. Göbl 996n (45 spec.). Cunetio 1452 (7 spec.). RIC 335. Cohen 481 (3 Fr.). VF $100

514.

Salonina, Wife of Gallienus. Antoninianus, 2.94g (5h).

Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: COR SALONINA AVG Bust draped right on crescent, wearing stephane. Rx: IVNONI CONS AVG Combined goat and stag standing left, Δ (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl 725cc (112 spec.). Cunetio 1418 (82 spec.). RIC 16. Cohen 70. VF $100

PRINCIPI IVBENTVTIS is also reported by Cohen 77-78 on another Eastern aureus and antoninianus type of Valerian II, but neither of these coins seems to be in Göbl; cf. his no. 1694b (attributed to Samosata).

516.

Regalianus. 260 AD. Antoninianus, 3.00g (11h).

Carnuntum. Obv: IMP C P C [REGALIANVS] AVG Bust radiate, draped right. Rx: , PROV[IDENTIA] AVG Providentia standing left, holding ears of wheat and cornucopia; at her feet, modius filled with wheat ears; copied from the similar PROVIDENTIA AVG type of Severus Alexander. Cohen 5 (400 Fr.). RIC 8 corr. (R5).

Göbl A3. Extremely rare, fewer than 30 known examples.

EF $9,500 Ex NAC 72, 17 May 2013, lot 731. Ex Gorny & Mosch 180, 12 October 2009, lot 426.

Further Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus and Salonina are offered in Group Lots 601-605 below

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515.

Valerian II as Caesar. 256-258 AD. Antoninianus, 3.65g (6h). Antioch, 256-8 AD. Obv: P LIC COR VALERIANVS CAES Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rx: PRINCIPI IVBENTVTIS (sic) Prince standing left holding wand and transverse spear. Reverse legend var. of Göbl 1597d (9 spec.), RIC 51, and Cohen 84 (citing Rollin, 2 Fr.). Apparently unpublished with the late-Latin spelling variant IVBENTVTIS in the reverse legend, instead of the usual IVVENTVTIS. Another specimen, but with the spelling variant overlooked, was in NAC 42, 20 Nov. 2007, Barry Feirstein Part III, lot 402 (different dies). EF $200 In late Latin the consonental letter V tended to be replaced by B: the earliest example on Roman coins may be an As of Caracalla in Vienna with reverse legend IVBENTAS IMPERII. Under Gallienus, the legend

517.

Divus Claudius II. Struck under Constantine I. Died 270 AD. AE 14, 1.26g (1h). Rome, c. 318/318 AD. Obv: DIVO CLAVDIO OPTIMO IMP Laureate and veiled head right. Rx: REQVIES OPTIMOR MERIT Claudius seated left on curule chair, raising hand and holding scepter; mintmark RS (unclear) in exergue. RIC 106, officina S=2 (s). Cohen 243 (3 Fr.). EF $150 Ex NAC R, 17 May 2007, lot 1605.

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518.

Aurelian. 270-275 AD. Denarius, 2.54g (11h). Rome.

Obv: IMP AVREL - IANVS AVG Laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VIC - TO - RI - A AVG Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, captive seated at feet, A (=officina 1) in exergue. Göbl 139f1 (38 spec.). Paris 243. RIC 73. Cohen 255. EF $200 Ex Nancy Walsh Collection. Ex Berk 129, 24 October 2002, lot 250.

519.

Antoninianus, 3.46g (6h). Siscia, 271-2 AD. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of aegis on front shoulder. Rx: PAX A - GVSTI Pax advancing left holding branch and scepter, in field star and P (=officinal 1). Göbl 190c1 (19 spec.). Paris 769. RIC 232. Cohen 169. Unusually elegant reverse. EF $150

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placing left foot on hip of captive wearing Phrygian cap, seated right on ground before him; in field, T (=officina 3) and star. Göbl 192e3 (4 spec.), pl. 90 (same dies).

Paris p. 356 (BM and 3 in Vienna), pl. 79 (same dies).

RIC 231. Cohen 164 (Banduri, 20 Fr.). VF $200 Purchased from Wayne Sayles.

A historically interesting type, calling Aurelian “Pacifier of the East”, and very rare. Göbl records only four specimens, presumably the same four that Estiot mentions in her Paris catalogue, p. 356: three in Vienna and one in BM. Göbl, pl. 90, and Estiot, pl. 79, 116, each illustrate one of Vienna’s three specimens: both are from the same die pair as our coin. The Paris collection lacks this coin, and Cohen only cited it from Banduri’s work of 1718 on late Roman coins. Why RIC 231, despite Cohen’s twenty franc price, called this coin “C(ommon)”, must remain a mystery!

Ex Emmett Collection

521.

Tacitus. 275-276 AD. Billon Tetradrachm, 8.21g (11h).

Alexandria. Obv: A K KΛ TAKI - TOC CEB Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: ETOVC - A Athena seated left on throne with back leg in form of lion’s leg, holding Nike and scepter, shield with pelleted border and facing Medusa head in center leans against throne. Cologne 3114. Dattari 5514. BMC 2402. Oxford 4488. EF $350 Ex Peter Lowrek Collection. Acquired from Beast Coins.

Ex Keith Emmett Collection; acquired by Emmett from Olympus, February 1992.

Extremely Rare Reverse

520.

Antoninianus, 3.09g (6h). Siscia, 272-4 AD. Obv: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG Radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of aegis on front shoulder. Rx: PACATOR ORIENTIS Emperor, laureate and in military dress, standing right, holding scepter and parazonium and 118

522.

Probus. 276-282 AD. Aureus, 6.23g (12h). Ticinum.

Obv: VIRTVS PROBI AVG Bust cuirassed left, almost half length, seen from front, wearing laureate, crested helmet, extending right hand to hold Victory bearing trophy, invisible left arm holds round shield with small Medusa head at center, and spear pointing upwards over

shoulder. Rx: CONSERVAT AVG Sol standing right, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left, nude apart from cloak fastened on right shoulder and draped over left elbow. RIC 308 (R3), pl. II.12 (same dies).

Calicó 4154 (same dies). Cohen 196 (150 Fr.). Elaborate military obverse type. Several scrapes and abrasions on both sides. EF $15,000

(Glasgow). The Probus website, under Mint of Siscia, illustrates our very coin under RIC 626, plus three other Siscia coins showing a rather large Medusa head on Probus’ cuirass, though in different bust types than on our coin and combined with different reverse types: RIC 812 (fourth image), RIC 820 (last image), and RIC 821 (first image).

Ex Lanz 147, 2 Novemeber 2009, lot 468.

524.

Carus, Divus. Died 283 AD. Antoninianus, 3.67 (5h).

Lugdunum. Obv: DIVO CARO PIO Head radiate right.

Rx: CONSECRATIO Eagle with half-raised wings standing left, head right, I in exergue (officina 1). Bastien 622 (31 spec.). Venera Hoard 192-200 (9 spec.). RIC 29.

Cohen 18. Silvered Mint State $200 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

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Unusual Medusa on Cuirass

523.

Antoninianus, 3.89 (11h). Siscia. Obv: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed left, seen from front, right hand holding spear over shoulder, shield covering left shoulder and arm; on cuirass, facing head.of Medusa enclosed by U-shaped border below and with two small wings above. Rx: ADVENTVS AVG Emperor on horseback left, raising right hand and holding transverse spear in left; in exergue, XXIP (officina 4). Alföldi, Siscia V, 5/42 (2 spec. in Vienna). Probus website, RIC 626, first illustration (this coin, image submitted by Phil Davis). EF

$250

525.

Magnia Urbica, Wife of Carinus. Antoninianus, 5.12g (12h). Ticinum, 283-285 AD. Obv: MAGNA VRBICA AVG Draped and diademed bust right on crescent. Rx: VENVS VICTRIX Venus standing left, holding helmet and scepter and leaning on shield; in exergue SXXI (officina 2), in left field T. Venèra 1474 (1 spec.). RIC 347. Cohen 15 (10 Fr.). Considerably rarer than the same coin with T in exergue following SXXI, Venèra 15041529 (26 spec.). EF $800 Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 826.

Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

A small Medusa head, often placed between two sections of an aegis left and right of it, frequently decorates Probus’ cuirass. The larger Medusa head on our coin, with distinct eyes, nose, mouth, and protruding tongue, and tightly surrounded by a border perhaps meant to represent the aegis, seems to be unusual; we could find no parallels in CoinArchives Pro, Berk photofile, the Gloucester Hoard publication, or the Hunter catalogue

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Mint State Aureus

526.

Maximianus. 286-305 AD. Aureus, 5.35g (11h).

Ticinum, c. 303-4 AD. Obv: MAXIMIAN - VS AVGVSTVS Head laureate right. Rx: XX / MAXI / MIAN / I AVG / SMT in five lines in wreath. RIC 12b (R3). Depeyrot 7/2 (p. 4, 10 spec.; two spec. illustrated on pl. 9, both from the same reverse die as ours). Calicó 4770 (same dies as ours). Cohen 705 (d’Amécourt, 120 Fr.). Interesting reverse type celebrating Maximian’s completion of twenty years of rule. Mint State $18,000

Rare Jugate Portrait

528.

Constantius I and Galerius as Caesars. 293-305 AD. Follis, 6.86g (12h). Trier, c. 298-9 AD. Obv: CONSTANTIVS ET MAXMIAN[V]S NB C Jugate busts of the two Caesars right, both laureate, draped, cuirassed, seen from front. Rx: GENIO [P]OPV - LI ROMANI Genius standing left, modius on head, naked apart from cloak over shoulders, holding patera and cornucopia; in exergue TR, in field B (officina 2) and star. RIC 373 (R3, citing examples in BM and Madrid). Cohen 1 (pp. 92-3, 100 Fr.). Green patination. EF $2,000 Very rare and interesting jugate portrait of the two Caesars of the Diocletianic tetrarchy, struck only at Trier. Two other illustrated examples are both from the same obverse die as our coin: CNG E140, 24 May 2006, lot 174 and UBS 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1935 (withdrawn, but must reproduce an authentic original). Trier also struck a variant of the same type with the jugate busts of Constantius I and Galerius only cuirassed, not draped and cuirassed: Sternberg VIII, 16-17 November 1978, lot 683. In the same issue of folles Trier also struck three other jugate obverse types which were similarly exclusive to this mint: of Diocletian and Maximian, of Diocletian and Galerius, and of Maximian and Hercules (RIC 318, 319, and 276).

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527.

Carausius. 287-293 AD. Antoninianus, 4.51g (6h). .

Obv: IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: PA X - A - VG Pax standing left holding branch and vertical scepter, S - P across field. RIC 475. Struck on an extremely large flan.

Reverse slightly doublestruck. Mint State $300 Purchased from Harlan Berk, February 2003.

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529.

Galeria Valeria, Wife of Galerius. Follis, 6.19g (12h).

Cyzicus, 308-9 AD. Obv: GAL VAL - ERIA AVG Draped bust right. wearing stephane. Rx: VENERI V - ICTRICI Venus standing left holding apple and raising drapery

from shoulder, MKV in exergue, Δ in left field. RIC 46 (C), officina Δ=4. Cohen 2 (8 Fr.). Mint State $400 Ex Philip Ronzone Collection, acquired from CNG 60, 22 May 2002, part of lot 1870 (9 folles, Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection, the reverse of this coin is illustrated).

Zodiac Band with Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer

530.

Constantine I. 307-337 AD. Solidus, 4.44g (5h).

Ticinum, 315 AD. Obv: CONSTANTI - NVS P F AVG Head laureate right. Rx: RECTOR TOTIVS ORBIS Constantine in military dress seated left on cuirass and two shields, resting right hand on zodiac band and holding parazonium in left, at right Victory standing left behind him places wreath on his head and holds palm, S.M.T in exergue; the zodiac band shows the three signs Taurus (Bull) at the bottom, Gemini (Twins) in the center, and Cancer (Crab) at the top. Rauch 77, 10 April 2006, lot 658 (same dies). Mintmark variant of RIC 54 (BM only, pl. 10), Depeyrot 16/4 (p. 72, BM only), and Cohen 643 (BM, 800 Fr.). Apparently only the fourth specimen recorded with this interesting reverse type: this coin and the Rauch specimen with mintmark S.M.T; BM and NAC 52, 7 October 2009, lot 606 with mintmark SMT. Mint State/Choice EF $25,000 Ex Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, lot 511.

This reverse type, calling Constantine RECTOR TOTIVS ORBIS, “The Master of the Whole World,” seems to refer to his defeat of Maxentius in 312, since a similar type of the emperor seated holding zodiac, but without the figure of Victory crowning him, also struck at Ticinum at about the same time, calls the emperor RESTITVTOR LIBERTATIS, “The Restorer of Liberty,” the epithet Constantine assumed for eliminating Maxentius (RIC 39 and 55).

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Sol Holding Victory

531.

Reduced Follis, 2.84g (12h). Rome, 316 AD. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: SOLI IN - VI - [CTO COM] D N Sol standing left, raising right hand and holding Victory on globe in left, RQ in exergue, star and crescent in field. RIC 49, officina Q=4 (r1). Cohen 509 (20 Fr.). VF $250 An unusual reverse type valued at 20 francs by Cohen: Sol exceptionally holds a Victory on globe rather than a globe only, and he is termed not just “Companion”, but “Companion of Our Lord”.

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Toned with some blue iridescence. Exceptionally sharp.

Mint State $300 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

532.

Fausta, Wife of Constantine I. Follis, 3.21g (6h).

London, c. 318/319 AD. Obv: FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AG Draped bust right. Rx: SPES RE I - PVBLICAE around, PLON in exergue, Empress, veiled, standing left holding two children in her arms. RIC 300 (r1).

Mint State $800 Ex NAC R, 17 May 2007, lot 1631.

533.

Constantius II. 337-361 AD. Siliqua, 2.08g (5h).

Lugdunum, 360-1 AD. Obv: D N CONSTAN - TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIA - DD NN AVG Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, only one wing visible, mintmark LVG in exergue. RIC 214 (C). Bastien 258 (41 spec.). Cohen 259 (6 Fr.). Excellent portrait.

Sharply struck, toned. Mint State $300 Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex Stack’s, 5 May 1984, Frederick Knobloch Collection, lot 1348.

535.

Alexander the Great Contorniate. Contorniate, 28.39g (7h). Later 4th cent., perhaps c. 370 AD. Obv: ALEXANDER MA - [GNVS MACEDON] Bust of Alexander right wearing lionskin; palm branch engraved in right field. Rx: A man wearing tunic and cloak leading a saddled and bridled horse right; the man looks back at the horse. From Alföldi’s obverse die Alexander V (pl. 5.2), reverse die 197 (e.g. pl. 69.11-12), a new die combination; also not in the addenda in Alföldi’s second volume, nor in the addenda in P.F. Mittag’s contorniate monograph, Alte Köpfe in neuen Händen (Bonn, 1999).

This is a beautiful contorniate with a glossy black patination. In ancient times, a piece was broken out of the edge of the coin, not affecting its beauty or any of its design. EF $5,000

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This obverse die is scarce, being recorded by Alföldi in only eleven specimens, coupled with four other reverse dies. The same reverse die had previously been known combined with the two obverse dies Homer and Nero XII. The new die combination fits easily into the established die sequence; the obverses Alexander V and Nero XII, for example, were already known to share two other reverse dies, and reverse 170 now becomes a third reverse die that they share.

534.

Siliqua, 2.33g (11h). Lugdunum, 360-1 AD. Obv: D N CONSTAN - TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX within wreath, mintmark LVG below.

RIC 216 (C5). Bastien 260 (50 spec.). Cohen 343 (3 Fr.).

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The Next Thirty Lots are all from the Bridgnorth Hoard

538.

AE 2, 5.05g (6h). Trier, 350 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: FEL TEMP - REPARATIO around, TRS in exergue, A in left field, Emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Bastien 11 (12 spec.). RIC 260 (C), officina S=2. Mint State $500

536.

Constantius II, Four FEL TEMP REPARATIO Bronzes from Bridgnorth Hoard. 337-361 AD. Two with type Emperor in ship steered by Victory, struck before Magnentius’ revolt: RIC Trier 214 (C3), 5.57g, 1h; and RIC Rome 107 (C), 6.04g, 6h. Two with type Fallen Horseman, one struck for Constantius by Magnentius, Bastien 238 (6 spec.), RIC Arles 146 (S), 4.80g, 12h; one struck after Magnentius’ defeat, RIC Trier 190 (C3), 2.74g, 12h. Four coins in lot. EF $400

537.

Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 6.01g (1h). Trier, 350 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: FEL TEMP - REPARATIO around, TRP in exergue, A in left field, Emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Bastien 10 (20 spec.). RIC 260 (C), officina P=1. Extremely sharp. Mint State $500

539.

AE 2, 5.69g (7h). Trier, 350-1 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, TRP in exergue, A in right field, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 24 (16 spec.).

RIC 264 (C2), officina P=1. Incredibly sharp. Mint State

$500

540.

AE 2, 6.04g (7h). Trier, 350-1 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, TRS in exergue, A in right field, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 25 (13 spec.).

RIC 264 (C2), officina S=2. Extremely sharp. Mint State

$500

541.

AE 2, 5.51 (5h). Trier, 350-1 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, TRS followed by crescent in exergue, A in right field, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner.

Bastien 29 (18 spec.). RIC 266 (C3), officina S=2. Some hair weakly struck above forehead and behind ear.

Mint State $400 123

542.

AE 2, 5.19g (12h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, TRS followed by crescent in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, on left arm shield, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 33 (30 spec.). RIC 271 (C2), officina S=2. Some areas of weak striking in the hair. Mint State $400

543.

AE 2, 5.14g (7h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, TRP. in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, on left arm shield, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 34 (9 spec.). RIC 270 (C), officina P=1.

Mint State $500

rassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait.

Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES around, TRP in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties below but does not rest on column.

Bastien 64 (23 spec.). RIC 312 (C2), officina P=1. Mint State $500 Double Centenionalis

546.

AE 1, 7.84g (12h). Trier, 353 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES around, TRS in exergue, Large Chi-Rho, flanked by A and W. Bastien 86 (17 spec.). RIC 318 (C), officina S=2.

Mint State $800

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544.

AE 2, 4.85g (12h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, TRP in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, supported on short column. Bastien 39 (16 spec.). RIC 307 (C2), officina P=1.

Hair above forehead weakly struck. Mint State $400

545.

AE 2, 4.54g (12h). Trier, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cui124

547.

AE 2, 5.05g (12h). Ambianum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait.

Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, .AMB followed by palm branch in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 113 (8 spec.). RIC 13 (C).

Reverse has minor weakness in striking at the highest points. Mint State $400

548.

AE 2, 5.18g (6h). Ambianum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait.

Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, .AMB followed by star in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 113 (8 spec.). RIC 13 (C). A second specimen, from different dies. Extremely Sharp.

Near Mint State $400

549.

AE 2, 4.80g (1h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait.

Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, AMB in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 121 (2 spec.). RIC 20 (R). Mint State $500

550.

AE 2, 3.87g (6h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F A[VG] Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN [AVG ET C]AE around, AMB followed by crescent in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 125 (8 spec.).

RIC 23 (S). Mint State $500

551.

AE 2, 4.81g (7h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: [D N

MAG]NEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG (AV ligate) ET CAE around, in exergue AMB preceded by star and followed by pellet within crescent, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Rev. legend variant (AV ligate) of Bastien 133 (3 spec.) and RIC 31 (S). Apparently the first attested ligature on a coin of Magnentius’ reign: none seem to be mentioned by Bastien or RIC. Mint State

$500 Double Centenionalis

552.

AE 1, 7.98g (7h). Lugdunum, 353 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES around, AMB in exergue, Large ChiRho, flanked by A and W. Bastien 135 (16 spec.). RIC 34 (C). Near Mint State $700

553.

AE 1, 7.09g (1h). Lugdunum, 353 AD. Obv: [D] N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES around, AMB in exergue, Large ChiRho, flanked by A and W. Bastien 143 (5 spec.). RIC 43 (S). Mint State $700

554.

AE 2, 5.93g (6h). Lugdunum, 350-1 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, RPLG in exergue, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 154 (29 spec.).

RIC 112 (C4), officina P=1. Mint State $500 125

N AVG ET CAES around, LPLG in exergue, Large ChiRho, flanked by A and W. Bastien 203 (9 spec.). RIC 154 (C), officina P=1. Mint State but some weakness in hair from striking $450 555.

AE 2, 5.45g (6h). Lugdunum, 350-1 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: FELICITAS - REI PVBLICE around, RSLG in exergue, Emperor in military dress standing left holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner. Bastien 155 (14 spec.).

RIC 112 (C4), officina S=2. Mint State $500

556.

AE 2, 4.76g (5h). Lugdunum, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, RPLG in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, without shield on left arm, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 160 (22 spec.). RIC 115 (C3), officina P=1. Mint State $500

557.

AE 2, 4.72g (12h). Lugdunum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, LPLG in exergue, SP in lower middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties below but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 196 (4 spec.).

RIC 312 (C2), officina P=1. EF $400

558.

AE 1, 7.96g (1h). Lugdunum, 353 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS [P F AVG] Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: SALVS D[D N] 126

559.

AE 2, 4.86g (12h). Arles, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - [T[IVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait.

Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, PAR in exergue, E / IS in middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 268 (9 spec.). RIC 179 (C), officina P=1. Mint State $500

560.

Decentius as Caesar. 351-353 AD. AE 3, 3.28g (11h).

Trier, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N DECENTI - VS FORT CAES Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES around, TRS in exergue, I in middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien Suppl. 69i (1 spec.). RIC 317 (R2), officina S=2. Rare with VICT in reverse legend rather than the normal VICTORIAE. Some weakness in hair.

Mint State $450

561.

AE 2, 5.26g (1h). Ambianum, 351 AD. Obv: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, AMB followed by palm branch in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom and rests on short column. Bastien 108 (3 spec.).

RIC 8 (R). Mint State $600

562.

AE 2, 4.77g (6h). Ambianum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIAE D[D NN AV]G ET CAE around, AMB followed by palm branch in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on short column. Bastien 112 (9 spec.). RIC 12 (C). Mint State $600

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Confirmation of Projected Type

563.

AE 2, 4.52g (6h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, in exergue AMB followed by pellet within crescent, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on short column, Chi-Rho above wreath. Bastien 128 (projected only, no spec. found). RIC 26 (R, citing BM, probably in error). Our coin is apparently the first known of this variety for Decentius at Ambianum, confirming the hypothesis of Bastien 128 and Late Roman Bronze Coinage 16 that such a coin should exist. Mint State $600 Since this type and mintmark are definitely known for Magnentius, they could be expected to occur for Decentius also. RIC 26 cites such a coin of Decentius from the British Museum, but probably in error, since Bastien 128 projects the type only, and could find no actual specimen anywhere.

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564.

AE 2, 4.34g (6h). Ambianum, c. Aug.-Dec. 352 AD. Obv: D N DECENTI[VS NO]B CAES Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE Two Victories standing face to face and holding wreath, within which VOT / V / MVLT / X; Chi-Rho above wreath, in exergue AMB preceded by star and followed by crescent.

RIC 30 (S). Bastien 132 (3 spec.). Mint State $600

565.

AE 1, 9.56g (6h). Lugdunum, 353 AD. Obv: D N DECENTI - VS NOB CAES Bare-headed, cuirassed bust r., seen from front. Rx: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES Chi-Rho flanked by Alpha and Omega, [L or R]SL[G] in exergue. RIC 155 (S), officina S=2 (assuming mintmark LSLG). Bastien 205 (3 spec.) or 207 (0 spec.). Fine $400 Since the mintmark RPLG occurs for Magnentius, Bastien assumes that RSLG must have been struck for Decentius, though no such coin has yet been recorded.

Our coin could be that previously unknown variety, or the known coin with LSLG; the decisive first letter of the mintmark, L or R, is off flan.

127

unknown not only to Bastien at the mint of Lugdunum (p. 257), but also to Kent at any mint (RIC p. xxxix). The closest known legends add CL or P F: D N CL IVLI ANVS AVG or D N IVLIAN - VS P F AVG. Bastien found only a few imitative siliquae of Julian with Lugdunese mintmarks, none particularly reminiscent of our coin: see his p. 147 and pl. XXXII-III, I 134-141.

566.

AE 2, 4.98g (1h). Arles, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N DECENTIVS CAESAR Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, SAR in exergue, IS in lower middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVL / X, wreath has short ties on left and right at bottom but does not rest on short column. Bastien 267 (5 spec.). RIC 178 (S), officina S=2.

EF $400

567.

Julian II. 360-363 AD. Siliqua, 1.83g (6h). Lugdunum, 360-1 AD. Obv: FL CL IVLIA - NVS P P AVG Pearldiademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front.

Rx: VOTIS / V / MVLTIS / X within wreath, mintmark LVG below. RIC 218 (C5). Bastien 261 (63 spec.). Cohen 163 (3 Fr.). Contact mark on cheek. Toned. EF $200 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

Unpublished

568.

Reduced Siliqua, possibly irregular, 1.97g (6h).

Lugdunum, c. 361 AD. Obv: D N IVLIA - NVS AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, unbearded. Rx: VOT / V / MVLT / X in wreath, LVG in exergue. Obv. legend var. of RIC 229 (R2) and Bastien 272 (5 spec.). EF $350 Ex Philip Ronzone Collection.

Is this coin official? The sloppy lettering on the reverse might suggest that it is irregular, but on the other hand the portrait and lettering on the obverse look official, and the metal appears to be good silver Julian’s obverse legend on this coin, D N IVLIA - NVS AVG, is new: 128

569.

Valentinian I. 364-375 AD. Siliqua, 2.09g (6h). Rome, 364-7 AD. Obv: D N VALENTINI - ANVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VRBS - ROMA Roma seated left holding Victory on globe and reversed spear, mintmark RP in exergue. RIC 11a, officina P=1 (C). Cohen 81 (6 Fr.).

Extremely sharp portrait. Hairline between cheek, nose and field, otherwise Mint State $200 Ex Phillip Davis Collection.

570.

Procopius. 365-366 AD. AE 15, 2.59g (11h). Heraclea.

Obv: DN PROCO - PIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, seen from front. Rx: REPARATI-O FEL TEMP Emperor standing left, head right, holding labarum in right hand and resting left on shield; chi-rho symbol above in right field, pellet in left field, SMHΓ in exergue. RIC 7, new mintmark SMHΓ with pellet in left field. A similar coin was in Berk 134, 8 October 2003, lot 457. Cohen 9 (30 Fr.). VF $200 Ex NAC R, 17 May 2007, lot 1648.

571.

Honorius. 393-423 AD. Solidus, 4.48g (6h).

Constantinople, c. 403-408 AD. Obv: D N HONORI - VS P F AVG Helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust facing three quarter right, holding spear and shield with horseman and enemy motif. Rx: CONCORDI - A AVGG Γ Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head right,

on throne ornamented with lions’ heads, holding scepter and Victory on globe, right foot on prow; in field left, eight-rayed star; in exergue, CONOB. RIC 201 (R), officina Γ=3. Depeyrot 73/1 (p. 251, 11 spec. from officina Γ). MIRB 13b. Faint graffiti in obverse field, otherwise EF $1,500 Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 584. Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 884.

RIC 348 (This Coin): Victory Motif on Emperor’s Shield

573.

Siliqua, 1.35g (5h). Constantinople, c. 404-408 AD. Obv: D N HONORI - VS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VIRTVS RO - MANORVM Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reverted spear; in exergue, RMPS. RIC 1267 (S). Cohen 57. EF $700 Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 885.

572.

Solidus, 4.43 (12h). Thessalonica, 408-420 AD. Obv: D N HONORI - VS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust three-quarters front, holding spear over right shoulder, shield by left shoulder decorated with standing, facing figure of Victory holding up two wreaths. Rx: CONCORDI - A AVGG Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated front, head right, placing right foot on prow and holding scepter and Victory on globe; star in left field, COMOB in exergue. RIC 348 (R4), pl. 15 (apparently this coin). Depeyrot 47/1, p. 226 (2 spec.).

Hahn 52b. A surprising and very rare variant in this otherwise mundane series. Beautifully struck from fresh dies. Mint State $2,500 Ex Gemini I, 11-12 January 2005, lot 481. Ex Triton IV, 5 December 2000, lot 731.

574.

Pulcheria, Sister of Theodosius II. Solidus, 4.47g (12h).

Constantinople, c. 423-425 AD. Obv: AEL PVLCH ERIA AVG Draped bust right wearing pearl diadem, cross on shoulder, Hand of God holding crown above. Rx: VOT XX - MVLT XXX I Victory standing left, supporting long jeweled cross, star in field above cross, CONOB in exergue. RIC 226 (R2), officina I=10. Depeyrot 74/3, p. 252 (9 spec. from officina 10). Extremely Fine $7,000 Ex Gemini I, 11-12 January 2005, lot 484.

This rare solidus is from Thessalonica’s first issue of solidi under Theodosius II, distinguished by the Victory holding two wreaths on the emperor’s shield.

575.

Anonymous. Bust of Constantinopolis. 1/3 Siliqua, 0.52g (6h). Constantinople, c. 530-580 BC. Obv: No legend. Helmeted and draped bust of Constantinopolis right, seen from front, wearing pearl necklace. Rx: Large letter K. Simon Bendall, Anonymous Silver, Revue Numismatique 158, 2002, no. 8c. VF $250

Enlargement

Hoard evidence cited by Bendall suggests that this type, originally issued for the dedication of Constantinople in 330 AD, was revived and struck in some volume in the sixth century, presumably beginning on the two hundredth anniversary of the city’s dedication.

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First Portrait of Christ

576.

Justin II. 565-578 AD. Light weight Solidus or 23 Siliquae, 4.08g (6h). Constantinople. Obv: D N IVSTINVS P P AVG Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding Victory on globe. Rx:[ V]ICTORI - A AVCCC Θ S Constantinopolis seated front holding scepter and globe, in exergue, OB *+*. MIB 7. DO -. EF $700 Ex Gorny & Mosch 134, 11-12 October 2004, lot 3207.

Ravenna Mint

577.

Solidus, 4.51g (7h). Ravenna. Obv: D N I - VSTI - NVS PP AVI Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding in right hand globe surmounted by Victory crowning the emperor and in left hand shield ornamented with horseman. Rx: VICTORI - A AVGGG Z (officina 7) Constantinopolis seated front, head right, holding spear and globe cruciger, CONOB in exergue. Berk 70. MIB 20. Sear 407.

Mint State $1,500

579.

Justinian II. First reign, 685-695 AD. Solidus, 4.38g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: IhS CRISTOS REX— RESNANTIUM, facing bust of Christ, with long hair and full beard, wearing pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, cross behind head. Rx: D IUSTINI—ANU—S SERV ChRISTI, Justinian standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding akakia and cross potent on base, officina S in lower right field, [CONOP] in exergue. DO 7b. MIB 8. Berk 186 var. Sear 1248. Virtually flawless solidus with the images of Christ and Justinian perfectly struck. Only a bit of the legend on the left side of the reverse is missing. Mint State $10,000

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Ceremonial Miliarense

578.

Constans II. 641-668 AD. Ceremonial Miliarense, 3.83g (7h). Constantinople, c. 654-659 AD. Obv: Facing busts of Constans II, helmeted with long beard and mustache, on left, and Constantine VI, shorter and beardless, on right. Rx: Cross potent flanked by two palm branches.

MIB 141. Ceremonial miliarenses can be identified by the palm branches on either side of the cross on the reverse. They are all extremely rare. VF $750 130

580.

Solidus, 4.37g (5h). Constantinople. Obv: IhS CRISTOS REX—RESNANTIUM, facing bust of Christ, with long hair and full beard, wearing pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, cross behind head. Rx: D IUSTINI—ANU—S SERV ChRISTI, Justinian standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding akakia and cross potent on base, B (= officina 2) in lower right field, CONOP in exergue.

DO 7b. MIB 8. Berk 186 var. Sear 1248. Contact mark on tip of nose, otherwise beautifully struck. Mint State

$8,000 Ex Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, lot 537.

in benediction and holds the book of Gospels in his left.

Rx: D N IuS - TINIA - NuS MuLTUS AN Facing bust of Justinian II with short beard and crown with cross atop.

He holds a cross potent on three steps in right hand and a globus cruciger, inscribed PAX, in left hand. Sear 1413.

DO 1. Berk 200. Some areas of flat striking, otherwise Mint State $2,000

Enlargement

Unpublished Officina

581.

Tiberius III. 698-705 AD. Solidus, 4.38g (7h).

Constantinople. Obv: D TIbERI - uS PE AV Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and cuirassed and holding spear diagonally across his body and shield.

Rx: VICTORIA – Avζu HC Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. MIB 3, but HC (officina 8) unpublished. Mint State $1,200

Leo III Hexagram, New Officina

584.

Leo III. 717-741 AD. Hexagram, 2.67g (6h).

Constantinople, 717-720 AD. Obv: DNO LEO - N - P A MUL Bust facing, with short beard, wearing plumed helmet and cuirassed, holding spear and shield. Rx: VICTORIA - AVSY S Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. MIB 23, new officina S=6. Cf. DO 20 and Sear 1511. Extremely beautiful and rare. EF $1,000 Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 518.

582.

Solidus, 4.34g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: D TIbER - IuS PE AV Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and cuirassed and holding spear diagonally across his body and shield. Rx: VICTORIA – Avζu Z Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. Berk 193. MIB 1. Sear 1360. Mint State $1,000

Apparently a flip strike, to judge from the visible fragments of the legends of the original strike, namely VICT on the obverse to the left of DNO LEO of the second strike, and DNO LE on the reverse to the left of VICT of the second strike. Our coin was struck by officina S=6, a new variety: previously this hexagram had only been recorded from officinae Δ=4 and E=5.

Pax Type

583.

Justinian II. 2nd Reign, 705-711 AD. Solidus, 4.32g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: D N Ihs Ch[S R]EX REGNANTIuM Facing bust of Christ with short curly hair and cross behind his head. He raises his right hand

585.

Constantine V. 741-775 AD. Solidus, 4.41g (6h).

Constantinople, c. 741-751 AD. Obv: Bust of Constantine V facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding cross potent and akakia. Rx: Facing bust of Leo III (the emperor’s deceased father), with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding cross potent and akakia. Berk 225. Sear 1550. DO 1. Good EF $2,200

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586.

Solidus, 4.46g (6h). Constantinople, c. 751-757 AD. Obv: Facing busts of Constantine V (on left) and his son Leo IV (on right). Rx: Facing bust of Leo III. Berk 226. DO 2. Sear 1551. Mint State $2,000

587.

Leo IV with Constantine VI, Leo III and Constantine IV. 775-780 AD. Solidus, 4.41g (6h). Constantinople, c. 776-778 AD. Obv: Facing busts of Leo IV, with short beard (on left) and Constantine VI, beardless (on right), each wearing crown and chlamys; between their heads, pellet; in field above, cross. Rx: Facing busts of Leo III (on left) and Constantine V (on right), both with short beards, each wearing crown and loros; between their heads, pellet; in field above, cross. Berk 232. Sear 1583.

DO 1b. EF $2,500

588.

Solidus, 4.41g (6h). Constantinople, c. 778-780 AD. Obv: Facing busts of Leo IV, with short beard (on left) and Constantine VI, beardless (on right), each wearing crown and chlamys; between their heads, pellet; in field above, cross. Rx: Leo IV and Constantine VI seated facing on double throne, each wearing crown and chlamys; between their heads, cross; in field to left pellet; in field to right, pellet and B. Berk 233. Sear 1584. DO 2. Some areas of weak striking on the loros on the obverse and on the head of the emperor on the reverse. About EF/EF $2,500

589.

Constantine VI with Irene, Leo III, Constantine V andLeo IV. 780-797 AD. Solidus, 4.41g (5h).

Constantinople. Obv: Facing busts of Constantine VI, 132

beardless (on left) and Irene (on right), both crowned and with cross between their heads. Constantine wears chlamys and holds a globus cruciger in his right hand. Irene wears loros and holds a globus cruciger in her right hand, 2 pellets between their faces. Rx: Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV seated facing, each wearing crown and chlamys. Berk 234. Sear 1593. DO 1. EF $7,500

590.

Constantine VI and Irene. 780-797 AD. Solidus, 4.41g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: IRInH AΓOVSTI Bust of Irene facing wearing crown and loros, and holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter. Rx: COnSTAn tINOSbAS’Θ Bust of Constantine VI facing, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger and akakia. Berk 235. Sear 1594. DO 3b1. Mint State

$12,500

Enlargement

591.

Nicephorus I and Stauracius. 802-811 AD. Solidus, 4.41g (5h). Constantinople, c. 803-811 AD. Obv: nICIFOROS bASILE’ Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding cross potent and akakia.

Rx: StAVRACIS dESPOX Facing bust of Stauracius, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger and akakia. Berk 238. Sear 1604. DO 2c7.

Some areas of flat striking on obverse legend and on arm of emperor on reverse, otherwise Mint State $3,500

Ancient Group Lots

592.

Isaac Comnenus. Usurper in Cyprus. 1184-1191 AD. Billon aspron trachy, 3.92g (7h). Nicosia (?). Obv: Bust of Christ facing, beardless, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium and raising right hand in benediction.

Rx: Issac standing facing, wearing crown, divititision and sagion, and holding cruciform scepter and akakia. Sear 1992. VF $400 Purchased from Spink & Sons.

Extremely Rare

593.

Isaac Comnenus. Usurper in Cyprus. 1184-1191 AD. Billon aspron trachy, 2.35g (6h). Uncertain Cypriot Mint “A”. Obv: The Virgin standing facing, orans, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium. Rx: Isaac standing facing on dais, wearing crown, divitision and chlamys, and holding long cross and globus cruciger; in upper right field, manus Dei. Sear-Bendell 1995. Hendy 11. Good

$150

595.

Lot of Eight Greek Silver and Bronze Coins. 1.

Alexander the Great, AE 16, 6.05g. 2. Seleucus I, AE 20, 8.92g, ESM 415. 2. Macedonia, AE 11, 3.85g. 4.

Pharsalos, chalkous, 1.79g, Rogers 509. 5. Demetrius I, serrate AE 16, 3.45g, SC 16.46. 6. Menander, tetradrachm, 9.56g. 7. Menander, drachm, 2.41g.

8. Apollodotus I, square drachm, 1.36g. VF to VG $200 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

596.

Lot of Five Greek Silver Coins. 1. Alexander the Great, tetradrachm, 16.95g, Price 3866. 2. Seleucus I, stater, 14.99g, ESM 275. 3. Seleucus II, tetradrachm, 15.08g.

4. Seleucus III, tetradrachm, 16.08g, SC 939.4.

5. Antiochus IV, tetradrachm, 14.78g. VF to Fine $300 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

597.

Lot of Four Greek Coins, Three AR Tetradrachms and one AU Stater. 1. Lysimachus, postumous AU stater, 8.28g. 2. Athens, tetradrachm, 16.66g. 3. Athens, New Style tetradrachm, 16.25g, Thompson 364g.

4. Alexander the Great, tetradrachm, 16.63g. Mint State to Fine $600 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

598.

Lot of Four Greek Tetradrachms. 1. Seleucus II, tetradrachm, 15.87g. 2. Another, 16.83g. 3. Ancient imitation of Alexander the Great tetradrachm, 16.89g.

4. Another, 16.39h. Fine to VG $250 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

594.

Andronicus II. 1282-1328 AD. Trachy, 1.28g Constantinople. Obv: Two large confronting B’s. Rx: I C / X - C within the arms of a cross. Cf. Ratto, lot 2227.

Light green patina. EF $100

599.

Lot of Four Ancient Silver and Bronze Coins. 1.

Ptolemy II, AE 27, 16.70g, Sv. 576. 2. Aigospotamoi, AE 18, 7.65g, SNG Cop. 854. 3. Otacilia Severa, antoninianus, 4.45g, RIC 116b. 4. Justinian I, follis, 21.05g.

VF to Fine $200 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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600.

Lot of Four Greek Tetradrachms. 1. Athens, “money of necessity”, 12.43g, Sv. pl. 15, 12-18. 2. Persian imitation of Athens tetradrachm, 16.93g. 3. Athens, plated New Style tetradrachm, 14.85g,Cf. Thompson 483.

4. Alexander the Great, -15.69g. VG to Fine $400 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

601.

Lot of Three Rare Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus.

All mint of Rome, c. 267-8 AD. (1) 2.75g, 6h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Antelope standing right, Γ (=officina 3) in exergue. Göbl 717b (11 spec.), Cunetio 1347 (4 spec.).

Rare with antelope standing right not left. (2) 2.41g, 11h.

A similar coin with Antelope right, but with the antelope’s legs differently arranged: the two right legs, nearest the viewer, are both advanced before the two left legs, in the background. This variant not recorded by Carradice in his appendix on the Animal coins in the Cunetio report. (3) 2.79g, 5h. Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate r. Rx: DIA - NAE CONS AVG Stag walking l., X (=officina 10) in exergue. Göbl 744z (1 spec., Vienna), pl. 58 (different dies); Cunetio 1396 (1 spec., not illustrated); Cohen 59 (Gréau Sale); RIC 178. Ex Berk 135, 10 Dec. 2003, lot 301. Very rare with longer obverse legend adding IMP. EF to VF $150

602.

Lot of Three Rare Tigress Antoniniani of Gallienus.

All mint of Rome, c. 267-8 AD. (1) 3.06g, 1h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right, both wreath ties curving left. Rx: LIBERO P CONS AVG Tigress walking left, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 713f (3 spec.). Rare portrait variant with both wreath ties curving left, shown by only three specimens in Göbl’s photofile. (2) 3.16g, 6h. A similar coin, but with bust radiate, cuirassed right on obverse. Göbl 713w records only five specimens with this bust type, and the example he illustrates, pl. 56, is from the same die pair as ours. (3) 3.49g, 6h. A similar coin, but Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG, Head radiate right. Göbl 713z (2 spec.), Cunetio 1340 (3 spec.), RIC 229, Cohen 590 (Musée du Mans, 5 Fr.). Rare with IMP added to obverse legend. EF to About EF $150

603.

Lot of Three Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus, Rare Bust Varieties, One Unpublished. All mint of Rome, c.

267-8 AD. (1) 2.66g, 5h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust 134

radiate, draped, cuirassed left, seen from back, holding spear pointed upwards below chin and shield decorated with Medusa head by left shoulder. Rx: IOVI CONS AVG Goat-stag mixture walking left, S (=officina 6) in exergue. A rare and elaborate left-facing military bust, Göbl’s bust r, unknown to him in combination with this reverse type, his 730, so apparently a unique new variety. (2) 2.64g, 1h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right, one wreath tie overlaps neck. Rx: APOLLINI CON[S] AVG Centaur walking right about to shoot arrow from bow, Z (=officina 7) in exergue.

Normanby Hoard pl. 10, 342 (same obv. die) = Göbl pl.

57, 735w (bust misclassified as cuirassed only rather than draped and cuirassed); not in Cunetio hoard, RIC, or Cohen with this bust type. Appparently only the second recorded specimen with this bust type, and from the same obverse die as the first specimen, which was part of the Normanby hoard. (3) 2.99g, 11h. Obv: G[ALLIEN]VS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right, seen from front, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Gazelle standing right, XI (=officina 11) in exergue. Göbl 747u (1 spec.), RIC 181, Cohen 164. Very rare with bust cuirassed instead of the standard “Head radiate right”.

Göbl knew only one such specimen, whose source he unfortunately misquotes. There may have been another example in Cunetio 1402, not illustrated, if the bust description there is erroneous (“draped and cuirassed, seen from front”). VF to Fine $100

604.

Lot of Three Rare Antoniniani, Including Two Unpublished Varieties. (1) 2.82g, 7h; Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALL[IENVS] AVG Head radiate r. Rx: NEPTVNO CO[NS AV]G Hippocamp swimming l., two spike-like fins on back and two more on belly, N (=officina 9) in exergue. Göbl 742b (4 spec.), pl. 58 (different dies); RIC 246 (RN 1892). Very rare reverse variant with hippocamp left rather than right, unknown to Cohen and not represented in the Cunetio hoard. Göbl 742b records four specimens, illustrating one from the Baldersdorf hoard. (2) 2.95g, 12h. A similar coin with hippocamp left, but with bust radiate, cuirassed right on the obverse, an apparently unpublished bust variant of this rare coin.

The hippocamp is larger and has a fork-like fin emerging behind its front legs. (3) Salonina, Milan, Antoninianus, 2.37g, 5h. Obv: SALONINA AVG Bust draped right on crescent, wearing stephane. Rx: VENVS [VI]CT Venus standing left holding helmet and transverse scepter; a fold of drapery hangs from her left elbow, but there is no shield there. Reverse type variant of Göbl 1313r (11 spec.), RIC 67 corr., and Cohen 127, apparently unpublished without the shield behind Venus on which she usually rests her left elbow. VF to EF $150

605.

Lot of Three Rare Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus. Mint of Rome, c. 267-8 AD. (1) 2.95g, 7h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: LIBERO.P.CONS AVG Tigress walking and looking right, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 715b (6 spec.), RIC 230, Cohen 591 (BM, 3 Fr.). Rare with tigress walking right rather than left: Göbl’s photofile included only six such coins, there were none in the Cunetio hoard, and Cohen 591 cited this variety from the BM, meaning that it was not in the Paris collection in his day. Moreover, our coin shows the tigress looking forward, not with raised head as on the Vienna specimen illustrated by Göbl, pl. 56, 715b, and the BM specimen reproduced by Carradice’s sketch in the Cunetio report, p. 190, fig. 4.

(2) 3.09g, 11h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: APOLLINI CONS AVG Griffin standing right, Δ (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl 721b (2 spec.), RIC 166, Cohen 75 (Paris, 1 Fr.). Very rare variant with griffin standing right rather than striding left as usual. Göbl 721 knew of only two such coins with obverse legend GALLIENVS AVG like ours, plus six specimens with obverse legend IMP GALLIENVS AVG; there were no specimens of either variety in the Cunetio hoard.

(3) 2.38g, 6h. Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate r. Rx: APOLL[INI CON]S AVG Griffin sitting l., Δ (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl 722z, Cunetio 1350 (1 spec.), RIC 165, Cohen 78 (citing BM, 3 Fr.). Rare with griffin sitting left rather than striding left. There was only one such coin in the Cunetio hoard; Cohen cites it from the BM, indicating its absence in the Paris collection in his day. Göbl’s Table 20 alleges that he knew 66 specimens of this coin, but that figure must be an error, meant to apply to some other variety. VF to Fine $100

606.

Group Lot of 40 Byzantine Copper Trachea. Lots are of various rulers and mints. Sear numbers are as follows: 2128, 2259, 2265, 2267, 2268, 2270, 2280, 2282, 2297, 2330, 2353, 2360, 2364, 2368, 2370, 2372, 2373, 2376, 2377, 2383, 2387, 2391, 2393, 2398, 2428, 2432, 2433, 2435, 2436, 2438, 2439, 2440, 2357, 2359, 2381, 2383, 2386, 2387, 2390, 2392. This is a superior group averaging VG to VF, with many rarities $2,000

World Coins

607.

Austria. Leopold I, The Hogmouth.

1657-1705. Thaler, 29.00g. Hall Mint, 1701. Obv: D:G:ROM:IMP:SE:A:G:H:B:REX Laureate bust right.

Rx: ARCHID:AVST:DVX:BV:COM:TYR Crowned arms with order chain. Davenport 3245. KM 1303.4.

Toned EF $250 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

608.

Charles VI. 1711-1740. Thaler, 28.72g.

Hall Mint, 1719. Obv: CAROLUS VI D:G:ROM:IMP:S:A:G:HI:HU:B:REX Bust right. Rx: ARCHID:AUST:DUX BU:COM:TYROL Crowned imperial eagle supporting arms. Beautifully toned with hues of violet and yellow-blues. Davenport 1053. Moser/ Tursky 842. KM 1594. AU $325 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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609.

German States. Brunswick-Wolfenb端ttel. Rudolph August. 1666-1685. Thaler, 28.90g. 1667. Obv: D.G. RUDOLPH AUGUSTUS DUX BRUNS ET LUN Helmeted arms. Rx: REMIGIO ALTISSIMI ANNO Wildman holding tree with H.S. at base. Davenport 6379.

Toned EF $400

611.

Hall. Francis I. Half Thaler. 1746 (CGL) Mint official, Carl Gottlieb Laufer, N端rnberg. Obv: FRANCISCVS D.G. ROM IMP SEMP AVG Bust of Francis. Rx: MONETA NOVA REIPUBLIC AE HAL AESUEVIC AE Three ornate shields with laurels flanking top CGL at center. KM 30. Raff 50. Proof like surfaces. NGC MS63

$500 Rare Peso

612.

Columbia. Medellin. Gold 1 Peso. 1873/2. (Mislabled on NGC Holder) Obv: ESTADOS UNIDOS DE COLOMBIA Female head left. Rx: MEDELLIN LEI UN PESO Condor with wings outstretched. Full details, nicely struck but with all surfaces grainy as struck from rusty dies. Type of KM157.1. Restrepo-unlisted (cf. 324).

NGC MS64

$400 In 1871, Colombia went on the gold standard, pegging the peso to the French franc at a rate of 1 peso = 5 francs. This peg only lasted until 1886. All of these types are struck using a Liberty head on the obverse and a condor on the reverse.

610.

Brunswich-L端neburg. George Ludwig as Elector.

1698-1714. Thaler, 29.03g. 1710. Obv: GEORG: LUD: D: G:D: BR: & L:S:R:I:EL Crowned arms. Rx: IN RECTO DECUS Wildman holding tree with R.B. to right. Davenport 2065. KM 35. EF $400

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Rare Harold II

613.

Gibraltar. French Colony Martinque. “HeartPierced” Dollar. ND 1770-72. 10 Bits. Obv: VTRAQUE VNUM. Rx: FERDND.VI.D.G.HISPAN.ET IND. REX Countermarked coinage Type IV. Blunt heart-shaped hole with ornamental edges cut out from a Mexico Pillar 8 Reales 1754 MO MM. KM 20, NGC VF30 $2000 Research by Bob Lyall (SNC December 2007 and February 2008) identifies Gibraltar as the origin for these coins with heart-shaped holes that are now identified as the Type I piercing. Ongoing research continues to look at this series, but unpublished research would seem to indicate that the Type IV is also Gibraltar. The Dominica Act of September 1798 clearly states that dollars with heart-shaped holes were in circulation on that island. Local finds now suggest that these might be the Type II piercings.

615.

Anglo-Saxon. Harold II. 1066 AD. Penny. London Mint, Leofsige, moneyer. Pax type. +HΛROLD REX ΛNGI Crown head left; scepter before. Rx: +LEOFSI ON LVNDE, PΛX between two parallel lines. Rare. Seaby 1186. North 836. Grueber & Keary 65. BMC 1.

NGC AU55 $2,000 Harold Godwinson or Harold II, reigned for only ten months and was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.

After the death of Edward the Confessor on January 5th 1066, the Witenagemot confirmed Harold to succeed.

Upon hearing this news Duke William II of Normandy began plans for invasion while Harold met those plans by preparing his fleet against the invaders. The fleet however was unable to sail for nearly seven months possibly due to unfavorable winds and thus Harold was forced to return to London to deal with the invading forces of Harold Hardrada of Norway and Harold’s brother Tostig Godwinson whom he was able to successfully defeat.

Shortly after, Harold marched his troops 241 miles to intercept William as he had now landed in Sussex in southern England. On October 14th, the two armies met at the Battle of Hastings where Harold was defeated and killed. It was later said that Harold was killed and dismembered by four knights including Duke William.

614.

Great Britain. Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924 AD. Penny. Stefvan, moneyer. Obv: +EADWEARD REX Small cross pattée. Rx: STEFV/ AN M-Θ in two lines divided by a row of three crosses.

Seaby 1087. North 649. NGC AU58 $1,000

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616.

William I. 1066-1087. Winchcombe mint, Silver Penny, 1.40g. Obv: PILLELM REX Bust facing crowned and diademed, Rx: Cross pattée, letters P A X S each within annulet in each angle, +GOLDPINE ON PINC. North 848, Seaby 1257. BMC type VIII, Toned EF $500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

619.

Henry VIII. 1509-1547. Gold Half Soverign, 6.30g.

Third Coinage, 1544-1547. Tower Mint. Obv: HENRIC 8 D G AGL FRANCIZ HIBE REX Bearded facing portrait of king seated on throne, holding orb and scepter, birds on pillars of throne to either side, Tudor rose below.

Rx: Crowned shield with lion and dragon supporters, hr monogram below. Roman and Lombardic mixed lettering around. Seaby 2294. North 1827. Strong facing portrait of king on obverse. About VF/Fine $2,500

617.

Richard I. 1189-1199. Canterbury mint. Reinald moneyer, Silver Penny, 1.50g. Obv. hENRICVS Rx.REINALD ON CAV. North 967; Seaby 1347. Toned VF $200 Purchased Spink 1971. Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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618.

Henry VI, First Reign. 1422-1461. Gold Half Noble, 3.30g. London, Annulet Issue, 1422-1430. Obv: HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS HYB King standing on ship holding sword and shield, annulet by sword arm. Rx: Floriate cross with letter h at the center, alternating crowns over lions in angles with annulet in outer spandrel. Seaby 1805. North 1417. Friedberg 113. VF

$1,500

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620.

Henry VIII. Second Coinage, 1526-1544. Pheon mm (struck 1526-44) Groat, 2.60g. Obv: HENRIC VIII D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX Crowned portrait of Henry VIII right. Rx: POSVI DEU ADIVTORE MEU Long Cross fourchée over royal shield. Some double striking in front of face. Very pleasant coin. North 1797, Seaby 2337E Toned VF $800

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

621.

Charles II. 1660–1685. Six Pence 1681. Obv: CAROLVS II DEI GRATIA Draped bust right, Rx: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 1681 Crowned Cruciform shields, interlinked C’s in angles die axis. ESC 1520, Seaby 3382 NGC AU53 $500

Two Mint State Pierreale

622.

George III. 1799 Bronze Restrike. Soho Copper Half Penny. Obv: laureate and draped bust right. Rx: Britannia seated. Seaby 3778. NGC PF 65 BN $300

Rare Pattern

624.

Italy. Kingdom of Sicily. Peter I the Great of Aragon and Constance. 1282-1285 AD. Gold Pierreale, 4.31g (4h). Messina Mint. Obv: +.SUMMA.POTENCIA.EST. IN DEO. / +.P.DEI.GRA.ARAGON & SICIL.REX. in two circles, with annulet stops, bordered by three dotted circles, around coat of arms of Aragon. Rx: +XPS. VINCIT.XPS RENAT.XPS IMPAT / +COSTA.DEI.GRA. ARAG.SICIL.REG in two circles, with pellet stops, bordered by three dotted circles, around eagle standing left, head right, with wings raised. & added between ARAGON and SICIL in obverse legend; RENAT not REGNAT in reverse legend. Spahr 4. Friedberg 654.

Mint State $6,000

623.

Bank of England. 1811 pattern 5 shillings and six pence bank token. By designer John Phillp. Type C/4 struck in copper. Obv: GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX Laureate and draped bust right. Rx: BANK OF ENGLAND TOKEN FIVE SHILLINGS & SIXPENCE 1811 Britannia seated facing left on rock. ESC 195. L&S 107. NGC PF65 BN Cameo $1,800 Extremely rare with only one other in the population report in this grade with nothing graded higher.

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625.

Kingdom of Sicily. Peter I the Great of Aragon and Constance. 1282-1285 AD. Gold Pierreale, 4.38g (5h).

Messina Mint. Obv: +.SUMMA.POTENCIA.EST.IN DEO. / +.P.DEI.GRA.ARAGON & SICIL.REX. in two circles, with annulet stops, bordered by three dotted circles, around coat of arms of Aragon. Rx: +XPS.VINCIT. XPS RENAT.XPS.IMPAT. / +.COSTA.DEI.GRA.ARAG. SICIL.REG. in two circles, with pellet stops, bordered by three dotted circles, around eagle standing left, head right, with wings raised. Second type with crowned eagle; variant with four additional periods (pellets) in reverse legend, namely at beginning and end of both the outer and the inner legends. Spahr 7A records only three of these extra dots, omitting the one at the end of the outer legend after IMPAT, but this may merely be a misprint.

Spahr 7A. Friedberg 654. Mint State $6,000 139

626.

Netherlands. West Friesland. 1587. Gold Ducat. Obv: DEVSFORTMVD ET SPESNOS? Knight standing holding battle-ax and sword. Rx: MONO AVR DOMI WESTFRIS IS Crowned arms. Friedberg 291 NGC AU58

$500 Possibly Finest Known

627.

Spanish Netherlands. Brabant. Antwerp. Philip IV, as King of Spain. (1621-1665) Double Ducaton, 1648.

64.86g. Obv: PHIL IIII D G HISP ET INDIAR REX, Draped bust right. Rx: ARCHID AVST DVX BVRG BRAB Zc, crowned coat-of-arms with lion supporters.

Cabinet patina. Huntington No. 1001.1. 1,284. Davenport 4453. NGC MS62 $4,500 Ex. NGSA Auction November 27, 2012, Lot 798

628.

Russia. Peter I, The Great. 1689-1725. Rouble, 28.10g.

1723. Obv: Bust right with high neckband, eagle on breast, Order chain. OK (Ottfried Konig) on sleeve, Peter Alexievitch Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia.

Rx: Four Russian P’s in the form of a cross. Davenport 1658. Severin 640. Bitkin 854. KM 162.2. VF $600

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

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629.

Poltina, (Half Rouble). Moscow Mint. Cryrillic Date (1704). Obv: Laureate bust of Peter right legend around.

Rx: Double-headed eagle with crown above; MД below, legend around. Bitkin 538. Severin 131. KM 106.2. Uzd 0468. NGC VF20

$900

630.

Poltina, (Half Rouble). Moscow Mint. Cryillic Date (1705). Laureate bust of Peter right legend around. Rx: Double-headed eagle with crown above, legend around.

Bitkin 545. KM 106.1. NGC VF30 $900

631.

Poltina, (Half Rouble). 1710. Obv: Bust of Peter right legend around. Rx: Double-headed eagle with crown above and date to left. Severin 259. Uzd 0520. Bitkin 577. KM A129. NGC VF Details, Planchet flaw $500

632.

Poltina, (Half Rouble). Cryillic Date (1718) Obv: Laureate bust right, Rx: Crown above double-headed eagle. Variety of Severin 353, Bitkin 590. KM 156. NGC VF Details, Obverse scratched $500

633.

Polupoltinnik, (Quarter Rouble). ND (1704) MД. Obv: Laureate bust right, Rx: Crown above double-headed eagle. Severin 110, KM 112.2, VF $900

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s

636.

Peter II. 1727-1730. Rouble. 1727. Obv: Bust right.

Rx: Four crowned Russian P’s in cross form with two I’s in angles. 1727 inside the two side P’s. Stars in legend.

Moscow Mint lettered edge. Davenport 1687. KM 182.1.

NGC VF Details. Surface Hairlines $700

634.

Catherine I. 1725-1727. Rouble. 1725. Obv: EKATEPIHA.IM II EPATPИIIA. Bust left, Rx: Crown above crowned double headed-eagle. Davenport 1664.

KM 168. NGC VF Details. Scratches $450

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

635.

Rouble. 1726. Obv: Bust Left with broken legend.

Rx: Crown above crowned double-headed eagle Bottom tail feathers curled down. Davenport 1664. KM 168.

NGC XF Details. Surface Hairlines $350

637.

Anna. 1730-1740. Rouble. 1736. Obv: Bust right, Rx: Crown above crowned double-headed eagle. Severin 1221, Davenport 1673. KM 197. NGC VF Details. Test punch damage $300

638.

Elizabeth. 1741-1761. Rouble, 26.20g. St. Petersburg 1742. Obv: Bust right. Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast. : ends the legend. Davenport 1677, KM C#19b.3 Strong VF $850

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

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639.

Rouble, 25.50g. St. Petersburg, 1752 CNB RI. Obv: Bust right with St. Petersburg mintmark below. Rx: Crowned double-eagle with arms on breast. Severin variety of 1589, Davenport 1677, KM C#19b.5. VF $600

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

640.

Peter III. 1761-1762. Rouble. St. Petersburg, 1762 CΠb HK (Nazar Kutuzov). Obv: Bust right, Peter III, by the grace of God, emperor of all Russia. Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast, Coin rouble.

Davenport 1682. Bitkin 11. Severin 1882. KM C#47.1.

NGC VF Details, Surface hairlines $650

641.

Rouble, 23.30g. St. Petersburg, 1762 CΠb HK (Nazar Kutuzov). Obv: Bust right, Peter III, by the grace of God, emperor of all Russia. Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast, Coin rouble. Davenport 1682. Bitkin 11. Severin 1882. KM C#47.1. Fine $500

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

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642.

Catherine II. 1762-1796. Rouble, 23.90g. Moscow, 1762 MMA AM. Obv: Bust with ruffle around the neck.

Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast.

Severin variety of 1896, Davenport 1683. KM C#67.1 EF

$800 Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

643.

Rouble. St. Petersburg 1776 CNB RY.Obv: Bust with no ruffle around the neck. Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast, Severin 2112, Davenport 1684, KM C#67a.2. NGC AU53. $350

644.

Paul I. 1796-1801. Rouble. 1798 CM MB Obv: NOT UNTO US, NOT UNTO US, BUT UNTO THY NAME in ornamental square tablet. Rx: Four P’s in cross form with I in center. Severin 2429, KM C#101a. Davenport 1688.

NGC XF45 $800

645.

Alexander I. 1801-1825. Rouble. St. Petersburg. 1804 CNB OT. Obv: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast. Rx: IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COIN within crowned wreath. Davenport 279, KM C#125. NGC AU Details, Surface hairlines. Beautiful golden and blue hues

$900

646.

Nicholas I. 1825-1855. Rouble. 1829 CNB HT. Obv: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast and year. Rx: PURE SILVER 4 ZOLOTNICKS 21 DOLAS with crown and wreath. Davenport 282, KM C#161.

NGC UNC Details, Surface hairlines. $450

647.

Rouble. St. Petersburg 1854 CNB HI Obv: PURE SILVER 4 ZOLOTNICKS 21 DOLAS Crowned doubleheaded eagle with arms on breast. Rx: COIN RUBLE and date in wreath, crown above. Fancy bar on reverse.

Davenport 283, KM C#168.1. NGC AU Details, Surface hairlines. $350

648.

Poltina (Half Rouble). St. Petersburg 1848 CNB HI. Obv:

PURE SILVER 2 ZOLOTNICKS 10 ½ DOLAS Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle Rx: Crowned date and value in wreath. Lettered edge. Bitkin 261, Severin 3539, KM C#167.1. NGC MS62 $500

649.

Poltina (Half Rouble). 1855 St. Petersburg, CNB HI. Obv: PURE SILVER 2 ZOLOTNICKS 10 ½ DOLAS Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle Rx: Crowned date and value in wreath. Lettered edge. Severin 3630, KM C#167.1. NGC MS61. $400

650.

5 Kopeks. St. Petersburg, 1846 CNB NA. Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle Rx: Crowned date and value in wreath Severin 3487, KM C#163. NGC MS62 $175

Two Rare Memorial Roubles

651.

Nicholas II. 1894-1917. Rouble. Alexander II Memorial.

St. Petersburg Mint, 1898. Obv: Bust to left with legend, Alexander II Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias.

Born 17 April 1818 died 1 March 1881. AΓ on truncation. Rx: Alexander II memorial in the Kremlin with the legend, Commenced by the Emperor Alexander III 1892 and completed by the emperor Nicholas II 1898.

In exergue In the Moscow Kremlin and Rouble. Severin 4055. Bit 323 (R). Uzdenikov 4198. KM Y#28. Rare.

NGC MS61. $3,750

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

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652.

Rouble. Alexander III Memorial. St. Petersburg Mint, 1912. Obv: Bust left with legend, Alexander III Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias. Born 26 February 1845 died 20 October 1894. AΓ on truncation. Rx: Enthroned statue of the Czar with legend Through the love of the people and Nicholas II, This statue was erected in Moscow 1912, Rouble below. Davenport 297. Bit 330 (R). Severin 4165. KM Y#69. Rare. NGC MS61 $8,500

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

653.

Siberia. 1777 KM. Kopek. Obv: Crowned monogram within wreath. Rx: Value, date within oval shield with supporters. KM C#3. NGC AU58BN

$125

654.

Spain. Fernando V & Isabel. 1476-1516 Seville, Gold 2 Excelentes ND, 6.90g. Obv: +FER:NANDVS:ET:ELISABE:DE Crowned busts facing, no star under the mint mark. Rx: SVB:VMBRA:ADARVM Arms on eagle. Calico 69, Friedberg 129. Wonderful condition. EF $2,500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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655.

Castile & Leon. Pedro I, The Cruel. 1350-1369. Real, 3.50g Seville. Obv: +DOMINVS:MICHI:ADIVTOR:ETE GO:DIS:/::PICIAM:INIMICOS:MEOS in two concentric circles, crowned P.

Rx: +PETRVS:REX:CASTELLE:ELEGIONIS arms of Castile and Leon; three annulets around, S below. Cayon 314, EF $200

656.

Enrique III. 1390-1409. Real, 3.10g, Seville. Obv. + DOMINVS:MICHI: ADIVTOR:EDEGO:/:*DISCIPIAM: INIMICO in two concentric circles, crowned M. Rx: ENRICVS:DEI:GRACIA:REX coat-of-arms of Castile and León within quatrelobe; three stars around, S below.

Cayon 480. VF $200

657.

Lot of 3 Thailand. Kingdom of Siam. Rama IV. Gold Pod Duang (Bullet Money). 1807-1868. Half Baht, 7.6g, Monogkut & Chakra. KM C166. Quarter Baht, 3.9g, Chakra & (? Unclear) KM C165. 1/8 Baht, 1.9g, P’ra Tao. KMC 154. All is VF to EF condition $1,800

Bullet coins began being used in the 13th and 14th century and were made of both gold and silver. The gold comes in denominations ranging from 1/32 to 4 bahts. They are all stamped with symbols representing the chakra as well as the stamp for the ruler.

World Group Lots 658.

Lot of Two Hammered. 1. Normandy. Richard I. 943996. Denier, 1.24g. Obv: Cross with pellets RICARDVS. Rx: Stylized Romanesque temple with X and pellets. D 16. 2. Anglo-Gallic. Richard Coeur de Lion. 1172-1199.

Denier, 0.70g. First Type. Obv: RICA RVDVS in two lines with cross above, W below. Rx: AGVITANIE Cross within inner circle. Elias 4. Fine to VF $250

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

659.

Lot of Two English Hammered. 1. Elizabeth I. 15581603. Sixth Issue, 1593. Sixpence, 3.10g. Obv: Elizabeth with rose behind. Rx: Coat of arms with date above.

S 2578b. Toned VF. 2. Charles I. 1625-1649. Shilling, 6.00g. Obv: Charles left with shield above. Rx: Oval garnished shield with shield above. S 2787. Both toned VF

$350

Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

660.

Lot of Two Russian Roubles. 1. Petter II. 1727-1730.

Rouble 1728. Obv: Laureate bust right. Rayed star of order on breast. Dot ends legend. Rx: No stars in legend. Date in cruciform with 4 crowns, monograms in angles. Lettered edge. Davenport 1668, Severin 971, KM 182.2. 2.Anna Ivanova 1730-1740. Rouble 1731. Obv: Bust right. Rx: Crown above crowned double-headed eagle without tongues, shield on breast. Davenport 1670, Severin, 1074, KM 192.1. Fine to VF $500

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

Enlargement

661.

Lot of Two Russian Roubles. 1. Catherine I. 17251727. Rouble 1727. Obv: Bust right. Rx:Crown above crowned double-headed eagle. Stars in reverse legend.

Lettered edge MOCKOBCKOTO ДBOP…Davenport 1665, Severin 860, KM 177.1 2. Petter II 1727-1730.

Rouble 1729. Obv: Laureate bust right. Rayed star of order on breast. Dot ends legend. Rx: Date in cruciform with 4 crowns, monograms in angles. Lettered edge.

Davenport 1669, KM 182.3. Peter II planchet defects Fine. Catherine VF $500

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

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662.

Lot of Two Russian Roubles 1. Alexander II (The Liberator) 1855-1881. Rouble 1859, Subject: Nicholas I Memorial. Obv: Head Left. Rx: Monument. Severin 3681, KM Y28. 2. Nicholas II 1894-1917. Rouble 1913 BC. Subject: 300th Anniversary-Romanov Dynasty. Obv: Conjoined heads facing quarter right. Rx: Crowned double headed imperial eagle. Severin 4179, KM Y70.

VF $150

Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.

663.

Lot of Three Micellaneous World. 1. Mexico Phillip V 1700-1746. 8 Reales 1741 MoMF. Obv: Crowned hemispheres between crowned Pillars of Hercules. Inscription VTRAQUE VNUM (Union of two worlds). Rx: Crowned shield. KM103. 2. Charles III 1759-1788. 8 Reales 1783MoFF. Obv: Armored bust of Charles III right.

CAROLUS.III.DEI.GRATIA. Rx: Crowned Shield. KM 106.1 3. France Louis XVI 1754-1793 Ecu 1785K, Obv: Bust left. Caduceus privy mark. Rx: Crowned round arms of France within branches. Bordeaux mint. KM 564.8.

Fine to VF $500 Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.

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