E-SALE 84
Date: 2021-06-16 00:00:00
Lots: 1374
Total starting: £ 0.00
Total realized: £ 322,329.00 (+0.00%)
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Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 673
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes V Æ 13mm. Artagigarta(?), circa AD 6-12. Draped bust to right, wearing tiara tied with diadem / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY] MEΓAΛOY, eagle standing to left. Kovacs 185; ACV 166; CAA 156. 1.47g, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine; some cleaning marks to obv.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Very Fine; some cleaning marks to obv.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 674
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes VI Æ 18mm. Artagigarta(?), circa AD 60-62. Head to right, wearing tiara tied with diadem / Nike standing to right, holding wreath; BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY to right, MEΓAΛOY to left. Kovacs 198; CAA 148; ACV 162-3. 4.85g, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 675
Kings of Commagene, Mithradates II Æ 14mm. Laodikeia, circa 25-20 BC. Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Club tied with fillet; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΜΙΘΡAΔ[ΑΤOY] to left, [AP] below. Kovacs 235; ACV 195. 2.51g, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 676
Kings of Commagene, Mithradates II Æ 20mm. Laodikeia, circa 25-20 BC. Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Nike advancing to right, holding wreath; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] to right, [MI]ΘPA[ΔATOY] to left, AP monogram below. Kovacs 234. 6.24g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Good Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 677
Pontos, Amisos AR Drachm. 4th century BC. Head of Hera to left, wearing stephane / ΠΕΙΡΑ, Owl with spread wings standing facing on shield; ΑΦ−ΡΟ across fields. RG I 1; SNG BM Black Sea 1071; SNG Stancomb-. 5.10g, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 41, 2 December 2017, lot 325.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 41, 2 December 2017, lot 325.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 678
Pontos, Amisos AR Drachm or Siglos. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Draped bust of Hera to right, wearing turreted stephanos / Owl standing facing with spread wings; Σ-KO across fields, ME-ΓA below. SNG BM Black Sea 1111; HGC 7, 232. 3.92g, 16mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 679
Pontos, Amisos Æ 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 105-90 or 100-95 BC. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Thyrsos leaning against cista mystica draped with panther skin; monograms to upper left and right, ΑΜIΣOY below. SNG Stancomb 696; SNG BM Black Sea 1201; HGC 7, 243. 8.29g, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 680
Kings of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator AV Stater. First Mithradatic War issue. Struck in the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Tomis, circa 88-86 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander to right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated to left, shield at her side; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙMΑXOY to left; ΘΕΜ to inner left, TO on throne, ornamented trident in exergue. Callataÿ pp. 141-2 (D3/R-); AMNG I, 2485; HGC 3.2, 1931.
NGC graded Ch XF 5/5 - 4/5 (#4374104-007).
NGC graded Ch XF 5/5 - 4/5 (#4374104-007).
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 681
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Circa 175-150 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander to right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated to left, left arm resting on shield; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ crowned by Nike to left, grain ear in inner left field. Cf. SNG Stancomb 17 (contemporary imitative); cf. HGC 7, 530. 16.98g, 33mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 682
Bithynia, Nikaia Æ 25mm. C. Papirius Carbo, procurator, 62-59 BC. Youthful head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy; NIKAIEΩN to left, monogram below chin, [uncertain date below] / Roma seated to left on pile of shields, holding crowning Nike in extended right hand, spear in left; EΠI ΓAIOY to right, ΠAΠIPIOY KAPBΩNOΣ to left, PΩMH in exergue. RG 5; SNG Copenhagen 465; SNG von Aulock 531; HGC 7, 590. 8.81g, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the Vitangelo Collection.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the Vitangelo Collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 683
Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint EL 1/48 Stater. 6th century BC. Milesian Standard. Blank / Bird standing to right within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Miletos 1/24 stater type with lion head on the obverse (Hilbert M17). 0.21g, 6mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 684
Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Obol. Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. Head of horned lion or a mythological creature to left / Incuse square with central pellet and raised diagonal lines. Unpublished; cf. Savoca Online 25, lot 110; CNG E-369, lot 140; CNG E-321, lot 167. 0.66g, 8mm.
Good Very Fine. An Extremely Rare and interesting type.
From a private European collection.
Good Very Fine. An Extremely Rare and interesting type.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 685
Asia Minor, uncertain southern mint AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 320-280 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, lagobolon to left, K below throne. Price 3070. 17.00, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; obverse weakly struck.
Martin Price placed this issue at an uncertain mint in southern Asia Minor. During the late 4th century and early 3rd century BC the Kings of Macedon, the Seleukid Kings of Syria and the Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt led military campaigns against each other in that particular area. Therefore this issue could be linked to all three kingdoms since all three of them were striking coins in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great'. There is nothing on the coin suggesting a connection to a particular ruler or kingdom.
Good Very Fine; obverse weakly struck.
Martin Price placed this issue at an uncertain mint in southern Asia Minor. During the late 4th century and early 3rd century BC the Kings of Macedon, the Seleukid Kings of Syria and the Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt led military campaigns against each other in that particular area. Therefore this issue could be linked to all three kingdoms since all three of them were striking coins in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great'. There is nothing on the coin suggesting a connection to a particular ruler or kingdom.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 686
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, monogram within circle above grape bunch in left field. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38, 69; Roma E-76, lot 10 (same dies); cf. HGC 6, 1134 (Chios). 4.09g, 20mm, 1h.
Near Mint State; highly lustrous.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
This issue belongs to a group of imitations which are apparently modelled on Alexander type drachms struck at Chios (c. 280-270 BC). Their existence was noted by Robert Bauslaugh in 1979 (‘The posthumous Alexander coinage of Chios’ in ANSMS 24 (1979), pp. 1-45) and more recently has been the subject of a die-study by Catherine Lorber (see references). Most reverse dies identified by Lorber bear controls inspired by Chian prototypes, usually the letter M or a monogram based on this letter, sometimes circled with a grape bunch suspended from it. Others exhibit controls which do not appear to be inspired by Chian prototypes however they are linked to the ‘pseudo-Chios’ issues by obverse die or style (for classification and commentary on style, see Lorber p. 23-25, also compare Price 2317-2325, pl. CXXXIII).
Lorber has tentatively argued that the minting authority of this imitative coinage was likely a local dynast in Asia Minor and the imitative Alexander drachms satisfied their need to pay foreign mercenaries who naturally required coinage acceptable in international markets. Furthermore, the controls of the pseudo-Chian issues which are unrelated to Chios itself suggest strong allusions to cities in Asia Minor with alliance to or under the control of the Ptolemaic kingdom (for example, Ephesos - see Lorber Group 2, 7-9). Lorber notes that the use of ethnic symbols may have pertained to mercenary units and served as an accounting device by the issuing authority, it being unlikely that it was at the demand of the mercenaries themselves (p. 27).
Despite the controls linking the series to Ptolemaic possessions in Asia Minor, the use of the elephant head control strongly alludes to the Seleukid empire and Antiochos III (Lorber Group 6, 151ff). Lorber has posited the theory that the pseudo-Chian drachms were struck by a local dynast who entered the service of the Seleukid crown following the successful campaign of Antiochos III in Asia Minor of 197 which stripped Ptolemy V of his possessions there, the mint perhaps being located along one of the invasion routes (p. 28). .
Near Mint State; highly lustrous.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
This issue belongs to a group of imitations which are apparently modelled on Alexander type drachms struck at Chios (c. 280-270 BC). Their existence was noted by Robert Bauslaugh in 1979 (‘The posthumous Alexander coinage of Chios’ in ANSMS 24 (1979), pp. 1-45) and more recently has been the subject of a die-study by Catherine Lorber (see references). Most reverse dies identified by Lorber bear controls inspired by Chian prototypes, usually the letter M or a monogram based on this letter, sometimes circled with a grape bunch suspended from it. Others exhibit controls which do not appear to be inspired by Chian prototypes however they are linked to the ‘pseudo-Chios’ issues by obverse die or style (for classification and commentary on style, see Lorber p. 23-25, also compare Price 2317-2325, pl. CXXXIII).
Lorber has tentatively argued that the minting authority of this imitative coinage was likely a local dynast in Asia Minor and the imitative Alexander drachms satisfied their need to pay foreign mercenaries who naturally required coinage acceptable in international markets. Furthermore, the controls of the pseudo-Chian issues which are unrelated to Chios itself suggest strong allusions to cities in Asia Minor with alliance to or under the control of the Ptolemaic kingdom (for example, Ephesos - see Lorber Group 2, 7-9). Lorber notes that the use of ethnic symbols may have pertained to mercenary units and served as an accounting device by the issuing authority, it being unlikely that it was at the demand of the mercenaries themselves (p. 27).
Despite the controls linking the series to Ptolemaic possessions in Asia Minor, the use of the elephant head control strongly alludes to the Seleukid empire and Antiochos III (Lorber Group 6, 151ff). Lorber has posited the theory that the pseudo-Chian drachms were struck by a local dynast who entered the service of the Seleukid crown following the successful campaign of Antiochos III in Asia Minor of 197 which stripped Ptolemy V of his possessions there, the mint perhaps being located along one of the invasion routes (p. 28). .
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 687
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, amphora to left. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38; cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 43, type 575; cf. Lanz 893. 3.81g, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 688
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, dotted monogram in left field. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38, 2-3; cf. HGC 6, 1134 (Chios). 4.14g, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 689
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, monogram off-flan. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38; cf. Roma E-80, lot 23; cf. Roma E-75, lot 9; cf. Lanz 888. 4.04g, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 690
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, monogram within circle in left field. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38, 70 (A32/P-); cf. HGC 6, 1134 (Chios). 4.15g, 19mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 691
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, circle in left field. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38 (this control unlisted); cf. Roma E-75, lot 16; cf. HGC 6, 1134 (Chios). 3.44g, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 692
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, wreath(?) in left field. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38; cf. Roma E-75, lot 14; HGC 6, 1134 (Chios). 4.35g, 18mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine; lustrous.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine; lustrous.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 693
Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend [AΛEΞANΔPOY] to right, monogram within circle in left field. Cf. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38, 39(A20/P-); cf. HGC 6, 1134 (Chios). 4.13g, 17mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.