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 . 820
Karia, uncertain mint AR Hemiobol. Circa 500-450 BC. Confronted foreparts of two bulls / Forepart of bull to left. SNG Keckman 912 (tetartemorion); SNG Kayhan 968-70 (same); Klein 501; Troxell 11C. 0.24g, 7mm, 12h.
Very Fine; pleasant cabinet tone.
From a private European collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 92, 2 October 2020, lot 526.
Very Fine; pleasant cabinet tone.
From a private European collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 92, 2 October 2020, lot 526.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 821
Karia, uncertain mint ('Mint C') AR Hemiobol. Circa 400-350 BC. Head of lion facing slightly to left / Head of bull to left, Karian letter on neck; all within incuse circle. CNG E-262, lot 135; Savoca Blue 5, lot 159; Agora 83, lot 50; cf. Konuk, Coin M38 = SNG Kayhan 1726 var. (no Karian letter). 0.37g, 8mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From a private European collection.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 822
Satraps of Karia, Maussolos AR Tetradrachm. Halikarnassos, circa 370-360 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right / ΜΑΥΣΣΩΛΛO, Zeus Labraundos standing to right, holding labrys and spear; small O between his leg and sceptre. Konuk, Identities 21; HN Online 2120; SNG von Aulock 2359; SNG Kayhan 872. 14.63g, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; struck from worn reverse die, scratches to both sides.
From a private North American collection.
Good Very Fine; struck from worn reverse die, scratches to both sides.
From a private North American collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 823
Karia, Halikarnassos Æ 18mm. Circa 125-88 BC. Head of Poseidon to right / Ornamented trident head; headdress of Isis below to left, ALIKAP to left, uncertain magistrate name to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Savoca 13, lot 226 and Gorny & Mosch 247, lot 4023 (different magistrate). 5.77g, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Possibly an unrecorded type.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Very Fine. Possibly an unrecorded type.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 824
Karia, Halikarnassos Æ 18mm. Circa 125-88 BC. Head of Poseidon to right / Ornamented trident head; headdress of Isis below to left, ALIKAP to left, MEΛ(?)AN to right. Cf. BMC 33; cf. SNG Copenhagen 363; SNG von Aulock -. 4.79g, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare with this combination of magistrate name and headdress of Isis.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Very Fine. Rare with this combination of magistrate name and headdress of Isis.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 825
Karia, Halikarnassos Æ 18mm. Circa 125-88 BC. Head of Poseidon to right / Ornamented trident head; headdress of Isis below to left, ALIKA[P] to left, [...] ЄPMѠN(?) to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. 6.44g, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare and possibly unpublished with this combination of magistrate name and headdress of Isis.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Very Fine. Rare and possibly unpublished with this combination of magistrate name and headdress of Isis.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 826
Karia, Halikarnassos Æ 17mm. Circa 125-88 BC. Head of Poseidon to right / Ornamented trident head; crescent below to left, [A]LIKA[P] to left, [...] to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. SNG von Aulock 8079 and 8085. 5.41g, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a North American dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 827
Karia, Kaunos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 490-470 BC. Iris in kneeling-running stance to right with hands outstretched, looking back / Griffin standing to right, foreleg raised, within incuse square. HNO 433 (temporary); Konuk Period I, 21-45; SNG Keckman 813-6; SNG von Aulock 8039. 2.45g, 12mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 828
Karia, Kaunos AR Stater. Circa 430-410 BC. Iris running to left, head reverted, holding [kerykeion] in right hand and wreath in left / Triangular baetyl, inverted Δ and Γ across upper fields; all within incuse square. HNO 220 (temporary); Konuk Period V, 100; BMC Cilicia p. 97, 9 (tentatively attributed to Mallos); SNG von Aulock 2349. 11.60g, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 829
Karia, Kaunos AR Stater. Circa 410-390 BC. Iris running to left, head reverted, holding kerykeion in right hand and wreath in left / Triangular baetyl, inverted Δ and Γ across upper fields, I in lower left field; all within incuse square. HNO 2324 (temporary); Konuk Period V, 108-10; BMC Cilicia p. 97, 9 (attributed to Mallos?); Hirsch 263, 2423. 11.44g, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare; seemingly the first example to appear on the market since 2009.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Beginning as a crude triangular punch mark, then shown as a central device with horn-like tags, and eventually evolving into a depiction with handles at the top, it was originally thought that the reverse type seen here was possibly a relief map similar to those found on some issues of Ionia, or simply a patterned incuse design. However, as explained by Konuk ('The Early Coinage of Kaunos', in Price Essays, pp. 197-223) it is now known to be the triangular baetyl, or sacred stone, that was venerated in the city. During excavation of an unusual round building near the harbour of Kaunos in 1991, a conical piece of limestone broken into two parts was discovered. Standing at the very centre of this building and dug into the ground to about half of its full height, it appears that this sacred stone was the sole object of worship for a cult established in the fifth century, and thus is very likely the exact baetyl depicted on the coinage of the city.
Baetyls such as that at Kaunos were often meteorites, and thus to the ancients had been sent by the gods and required veneration. Iris, seen here on the obverse, was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of Hera (two roles possibly conflated because the rainbow seems to connect the earth and the sky), and thus a very fitting deity to appear on the coinage of a city that had received a physical message from above.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare; seemingly the first example to appear on the market since 2009.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Beginning as a crude triangular punch mark, then shown as a central device with horn-like tags, and eventually evolving into a depiction with handles at the top, it was originally thought that the reverse type seen here was possibly a relief map similar to those found on some issues of Ionia, or simply a patterned incuse design. However, as explained by Konuk ('The Early Coinage of Kaunos', in Price Essays, pp. 197-223) it is now known to be the triangular baetyl, or sacred stone, that was venerated in the city. During excavation of an unusual round building near the harbour of Kaunos in 1991, a conical piece of limestone broken into two parts was discovered. Standing at the very centre of this building and dug into the ground to about half of its full height, it appears that this sacred stone was the sole object of worship for a cult established in the fifth century, and thus is very likely the exact baetyl depicted on the coinage of the city.
Baetyls such as that at Kaunos were often meteorites, and thus to the ancients had been sent by the gods and required veneration. Iris, seen here on the obverse, was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of Hera (two roles possibly conflated because the rainbow seems to connect the earth and the sky), and thus a very fitting deity to appear on the coinage of a city that had received a physical message from above.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 830
Karia, Mylasa AR Tetrobol. Circa 520-490 BC. Forepart of roaring lion to left / Rough incuse punch. SNG Kayhan 933. 1.72g, 11mm.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 92, 2 October 2020, lot 525.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 92, 2 October 2020, lot 525.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 831
Karia, Mylasa(?) AR Tetartemorion. Circa 420-390 BC. Head of lion to right / Bird to right, pellets in field [above left] and below right; all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 922; SNG Kayhan 944-946. 0.24g, 5mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, lot 305;.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, lot 305;.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 832
Karia, Mylasa(?) AR Tetartemorion. Circa 420-390 BC. Head of roaring lion to right / Bird standing to left, pellets in field [above left] and below right; all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 924; SNG Kayhan 947-948. 0.30g, 6mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, lot 306;.
Near Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, lot 306;.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 833
Karia, Mylasa AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. Circa 310-300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, monogram in left field, EY below throne. Price 2479; HNO 1732 (temporary); SNG Delepierre 1054. 4.26g, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 834
Karia, Mylasa AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 300-280 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram in left field. Price 2488; Müller 1269. 4.07g, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From a private European collection.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 835
Karia, Mylasa AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 300 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram in left field, KH below throne. Price 2480; Thompson, Alexandrine, Group 1, 5. 4.26g, 16m, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 836
Karia, Trapezopolis Æ 15mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. ΤΡΑ[ΠЄΖΟΠΟΛΙΤ]ΩΝ, helmeted and draped bust of Athena to right / ΔΙΑ Π[ΟΛΙ Α]ΔΡΑСΤΟV, humped bull butting to right. RPC IV.2 Online, 942 (temporary). 2.40g, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 837
Karia, Trapezopolis Æ 25mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, circa AD 150-200. ΙЄΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ, diademed head of the youthful Senate to right / ΤΡΑΠЄΖΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, naked Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and resting left hand on hip; kithara to right. RPC IV.2 Online 2050 (temporary) corr. (rev. type). 8.42g, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 838
Rhodos, Kamiros EL 1/24 Stater. Circa 500-480 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Fig leaf / Rough incuse square. HNO 1234 (temporary); BMC Caria p. 223, 1; HGC 6, 1379 (Aiginetic standard). 0.62g, 8mm.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 839
Rhodos, Kamiros EL 1/24 Stater. Circa 500-460 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Fig leaf / Rough incuse square. HNO 1234 (temporary); BMC Caria p. 223, 1; HGC 6, 1379 (Aiginetic standard). 0.51g, 7mm.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 840
Rhodos, Kamiros EL 1/12 Stater. Circa 500-460 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Fig leaf / Rough incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references in this denomination, for type cf. HNO 1234 (temporary); BMC 1; SNG Copenhagen 710; HGC 6, 1379 (Aiginetic Standard, 1/24 Stater); Roma XXI, lot 234. 1.20g, 11mm.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.