Electronic Auction 345
Date: 2015-02-25 00:00:00
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (35mm, 25.61 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Table surmounted by prize urn containing two palms; amphora and five balls below. Cf. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 372; Varbanov 1424. VF, green surfaces, light smoothing.Ex Classical Numismatic Group E-320 (12 February 2014), lot 278.The reverse of this medallion is one of many similar types struck by Philippopolis to commemorate the Pythian Games (τὰ Πύθια), one of the four Greek Panhellenic Games that occurred in the second year of each four-year Olympic cycle. Held in honor of Apollo, the god of arts and "civilization", these games featured competitions for athletics, music, and poetry, and were meant to evoke the best of Greco-Roman culture. This particular event in AD 215, coming as it did in during Caracalla's march east to fight the Persians, must have invested the event with further significance: by situating the occurrence of the games at such a crucial moment, the gods had signaled their approval for Caracalla's enterprise against the "barbarians."
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Medallion (36mm, 21.56 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and curiassed bust right / Octastyle temple, with shield and spear in pediment. Mouchmov, Philippopolis –; Varbanov 1665. VF, dark brown patina, some smoothing. Rare.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group E-54 (4 December 2002), lot 70.
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (28mm, 16.63 g, 8h). Laureate head right / Two soldiers standing facing one another and clasping hands; one to right holds shield. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 487; Varbanov 1699. Near VF, green-brown surfaces, some pitting.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (30mm, 15.31 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear / Apollo Kitharoedus standing facing, head right, raising hand over head and holding lyre set upon tripod to right. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 476; Varbanov 1701. VF, green-brown surfaces, some porosity.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (23mm, 7.85 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Prize urn, with two palm fronds. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 512; Varbanov 1798. Fine, brown patina, some roughness on the obverse.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Tetrassarion (28mm, 10.88 g, 2h). ΓAIOV OV MA[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [K]OINON Θ-ЄCCAΛΩN, Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear held in her right hand, shield on her left arm; tiny star. Burrer, MA-G 42 var. (star before bust; rev. legend unclear); BCD Thessaly II 983 var. (star before bust, arrangement of rev. legend) and 985.1 var. (obv. legend, arrangement of rev. legend, star behind Athena[?]); Rogers 118 var. (obv. legend, arrangement of rev. legend, star behind Athena). Fine, brown patina, light roughness.From the BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales; purchased from Frank Kovacs, December 1983, for $125).
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ATTICA, Athens. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Gallienus, circa AD 264-267. Æ (21mm, 7.97 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Athena seated left on throne, holding patera and spear; serpent-entwined olive tree to left. Kroll 350; Svoronos pl. 87, 33-6; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 702. VF, green patina.
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Hadrian, AD 117-138. Æ (21mm, 6.67 g, 12h). Head of Aphrodite right / Bellerophon on Pegasus flying right, holding spear in right hand and preparing to strike the Chimaera standing left below. BCD Corinth 637 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 298. Fine, brown surfaces, minor porosity. Rare.
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ACHAEA, Patrae. Domitian. AD 81-96. Assarion (23mm, 9.72 g, 9h). Laureate head right / Priest plowing left. RPC 359.2; BCD Peloponnesos 551.5. Fine, green-brown patina.Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales; purchased from Frank Kovacs, December 1996, for $20).
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ACHAEA, Patrae. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 2 Assarion (25mm, 6.74 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hermes seated left on rock pile, holding caduceus; to left, ram standing left, head right. BCD Peloponnesus 575.1 (this coin). VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness.From the LJH Collection. Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 575.1.
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PONTOS, Amisos. C. Caecilius Cornutus. Praetor, 56 BC. Æ (20mm, 8.14 g, 1h). Helmeted bust of Roma right / Roma seated left on shields, holding Nike. Malloy 49; Stumpf 131; HGC 7, 248. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare.
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BITHYNIA, Flaviopolis (as Cretaia). Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ (20mm, 5.00 g, 6h). Draped bust right / Stag standing right. RG 6; SNG Copenhagen 402. Near VF, brown patina. Rare.From the J. Herbert Collection.
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BITHYNIA, Juliopolis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (22mm, 5.20 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Three signa. RG 45; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 9. Near VF, green-brown patina.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MYSIA, Cyzicus. 1st century BC-2nd century AD. PB Stater Weight (26mm, 21.23 g). KYZ (Z retrograde) C[T]A above and below caduceus to right / Blank. Cf. Rochesnard p. 69/2 (torch in place of caduceus, CTA upside down). VF, tan-brown patina, pitted surfaces.Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection (sold previously as the Demarete Collection).
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TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Mid 3rd century AD. Æ (20mm, 5.74 g, 11h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; vexillum to left / Eagle, with wings uplifted, perched right on head and neck of bull facing right. Bellinger A490; SNG Copenhagen 114; BMC 53-6. Good VF, dark green patina.From the J. Herbert Collection.
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TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Mid 3rd century AD. Æ (20mm, 5.55 g, 11h). Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; vexillum to left / Eagle, head left with wings spread, standing facing on head and neck of bull facing right. Bellinger A491; SNG Copenhagen 115; SNG von Aulock 1467; BMC 57. Good VF, dark green patina.From the J. Herbert Collection.
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IONIA, Ephesus. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (20mm, 4.64 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Prize urn, with two palm fronds; A above. Imhoof-Blumer, KM 3; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock –; BMC –. VF, green-brown patina, some cleaning marks. Very rare.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ (30mm, 12.01 g, 7h). IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CЄB, draped bust right / CA MI ΩN, tetrastyle temple, with shield in pediment and containing statue of Hera facing. SNG von Aulock 2307 var. (obv. legend); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –. VF, black-green patina. Only the second example known, and the only with this obverse legend. Very rare.From the LJH Collection. Ex Münz Zentrum 58 (23 April 1986), lot 1386.
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LYDIA, Thyateira. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (20mm, 4.47 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Prize urn, with two palm fronds. SNG Copenhagen 620. Near VF, green patina.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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CARIA, Antiochia ad Maeandrum. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Medallion (33mm, 21.16 g, 6h). Aphrodisios, archon. AY[T] K ΠO ΓAΛΛIHNO, radiate, helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / [ЄΠI AP]X • AΦPOΔICIOY • IЄPAKOC •, [AN]TIOX[Є]ΩN in exergue, Jupiter Capitolinus, holding Nike on globe in right hand and scepter in left, seated left before table carrying agonistic urn containing two palms and inscribed [OYA]ΛЄ[PIA?]; amphora below table. Unpublished in the standard references, but for similar without magistrate's name see: BMC 2431; SNG Copenhagen 63; SNG Hunterian 1910; SNG Lewis 1639. Good VF, brown patina, natural pit on reverse. Extremely rare.Ex Triton XVII (7 January 2014), lot 778.
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CARIA, Orthosia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Late 1st century AD. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Head of Dionysus right / Panther right, head left; filleted thyrsus behind. RPC II 1210 var. (orientation of ethnic). VF, dusty green patina.