Electronic Auction 345
Date: 2015-02-25 00:00:00
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MOESIA, Istros. 4th century BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 5.79 g). Facing male heads, the right inverted / Sea eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below. AMNG I 417; SNG BM Black Sea 246. VF, toned.From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 15 (30 October 2000), lot 60729.
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Justin I. 518-527. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (30mm, 14.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. D N IVSTI NVS P P AVC, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M (mark of value); star to left and right, cross above, Γ below; CON. DOC 8c; MIBE 11; SB 62. VF, green patina, a few pits.Ex Khristov Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes(?). 204-180 BC. Æ Hemiobol (17.5mm, 3.64 g, 11h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Draped bust of Libya right, wearing tainia; double cornucopia below chin. Svoronos –; Weiser 104 (Ptolemy V); Asolati 74 (Ptolemy V–VI); Buttrey, Coins 254–9 (Ptolemy IV–VIII); SNG Copenhagen 446 (Ptolemy IV–VIII); Noeske –. VF, earthen green patina.
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MOESIA, Istros. 4th century BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 5.26 g). Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram below. AMNG I 421; SNG BM Black Sea 254–5. EF, toned, underlying luster.From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 718230 (February 2000).
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Justin I & Justinian I. 527. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (32mm, 18.71 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Struck 4 April-1 August 527. DN IVSTIN ЄT IVSTINIANV AG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Justin right / Large M; star to left, cross above and to right, B below; CON. DOC 10a var. (obv. legend); MIBE 4; SB 125. Good VF, light brown patina, some spots of bronze disease. Rare.Ex Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V or Ptolemy VI. 204-180 BC or 180-145 BC. Æ Tetrobol (27mm, 16.65 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 197-183/2 BC. Draped and wreathed bust of Isis right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1234; Weiser 130; SNG Copenhagen 247–8; Noeske 178–81. Good VF, hard green patina, earthen deposits.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 319 (29 January 2014), lot 142.
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MOESIA, Kallatis. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Æ (16.5mm, 3.23 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Club and bow in bowcase. AMNG I 276; SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Copenhagen 180. VF, attractive green patina. Rare.Ex Freeman & Sear 5 (14 May 1999), lot 84.
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Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 8th officina. Struck 537-542. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; H//CONOB. DOC 9h; MIBE 7; SB 140. VF, two minor reverse die breaks.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V or Ptolemy VI. 204-180 BC or 180-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.16 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1231 and 1489; SNG Copenhagen 244–5 and 262–8; Noeske 176–7 and 192–3. VF, toned, lacquered.From the Michael Joffre Collection.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 4.22 g). Anchor; crayfish to right / Swastika within incuse. Topalov, Apollonia 9; SNG BM Black Sea 148. VF, uneven tone.Ex Daniel Koppersmith Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 311, 25 September 2013), lot 460; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 268 (16 November 2011), lot 4.Around 610 BC, Ionian Greeks from Miletos established an important outpost on the western Black Sea coast. Originally called Antheia, and located on a natural peninsula and three nearby islands, the city quickly became a prosperous trading post by exporting copper, honey, grain, and timber, while importing wine, salt, textiles, and pottery for resale to the inland Thracians. The city's key trading partners at the time included fellow-commercial centers Miletos, Athens, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes.Prosperity soon enabled Antheia to expand and develop as an important cultural metropolis. An important temple to Apollo was constructed within the city in the late 5th century BC. For 500 talents, it commissioned the Greek sculptor Kalamis (of Boeotia) to cast a 13 ton, 10 meter high, bronze statue of Apollo for the new temple (Strabo VII.6.1). So popular was this temple of Apollo, that the city was now renamed Apollonia in its honor. In 72 BC, during his war against the Thracian Bessi, the proconsul of Macedon, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73 BC), sacked the city and had the statue transported to Rome, where it was displayed on the Capitol (Pliny, NH XXXIV.18; Strabo VII.6.1).The 5th and 4th century BC coinage of Apollonia Pontika reflects that city's origins: commercial wealth and maritime power. The gorgon was a popular apotropaic device, seen as warding off evil; thus a number of ancient Greek cities adopted it as a coin design. The anchor and the crayfish attest to the city's reliance on maritime commerce for its economy, and the anchor depicted on these coins is actually one of the first anchors of modern design rendered in Greek art.
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Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (41mm, 22.20 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 12 (538/9). Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M; cross above, date across field; B//KYZ. DOC 164b; MIBE 120; SB 207. Near VF, rough green and reddish-brown patina.Ex Roger Liles Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 324, 9 April 2014), lot 519 .
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. 180-145 BC. Æ Diobol (20mm, 6.87 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1426; Weiser 143 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 315–20; Noeske 216–20. Good VF, dark brown patina.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.39 g). Anchor; A to left, four pellets below lower crossbar / Swastika within incuse. Cf. Topalov, Apollonia 17 and 19; SNG BM Black Sea –. VF, toned. Very rare.From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 249 (part of).Around 610 BC, Ionian Greeks from Miletos established an important outpost on the western Black Sea coast. Originally called Antheia, and located on a natural peninsula and three nearby islands, the city quickly became a prosperous trading post by exporting copper, honey, grain, and timber, while importing wine, salt, textiles, and pottery for resale to the inland Thracians. The city's key trading partners at the time included fellow-commercial centers Miletos, Athens, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes.Prosperity soon enabled Antheia to expand and develop as an important cultural metropolis. An important temple to Apollo was constructed within the city in the late 5th century BC. For 500 talents, it commissioned the Greek sculptor Kalamis (of Boeotia) to cast a 13 ton, 10 meter high, bronze statue of Apollo for the new temple (Strabo VII.6.1). So popular was this temple of Apollo, that the city was now renamed Apollonia in its honor. In 72 BC, during his war against the Thracian Bessi, the proconsul of Macedon, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73 BC), sacked the city and had the statue transported to Rome, where it was displayed on the Capitol (Pliny, NH XXXIV.18; Strabo VII.6.1).The 5th and 4th century BC coinage of Apollonia Pontika reflects that city's origins: commercial wealth and maritime power. The gorgon was a popular apotropaic device, seen as warding off evil; thus a number of ancient Greek cities adopted it as a coin design. The anchor and the crayfish attest to the city's reliance on maritime commerce for its economy, and the anchor depicted on these coins is actually one of the first anchors of modern design rendered in Greek art.
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Justinian I. 527-565. Æ 1/2 Follis (27mm, 11.27 g, 12h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 32 (558/9). Helmeted and cuirrased facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif; cross to right / Large K; cross above, date across fields; e below. DOC 247; SB 231. Fine, earthen black patina.From the Peter Lee Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (29.5mm, 24.22 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; lotus to left, scepter across foreground. Svoronos 1406; Lorber, Lotus, Series VII, 3; Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 299. VF, rough green patina. Rare.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.34 g, 6h). Anchor; crawfish to right / Gorgoneion. Topalov, Apollonia 38; SNG BM Black Sea 150–1. Good VF, toned, minor porosity.From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 249 (part of).Around 610 BC, Ionian Greeks from Miletos established an important outpost on the western Black Sea coast. Originally called Antheia, and located on a natural peninsula and three nearby islands, the city quickly became a prosperous trading post by exporting copper, honey, grain, and timber, while importing wine, salt, textiles, and pottery for resale to the inland Thracians. The city's key trading partners at the time included fellow-commercial centers Miletos, Athens, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes.Prosperity soon enabled Antheia to expand and develop as an important cultural metropolis. An important temple to Apollo was constructed within the city in the late 5th century BC. For 500 talents, it commissioned the Greek sculptor Kalamis (of Boeotia) to cast a 13 ton, 10 meter high, bronze statue of Apollo for the new temple (Strabo VII.6.1). So popular was this temple of Apollo, that the city was now renamed Apollonia in its honor. In 72 BC, during his war against the Thracian Bessi, the proconsul of Macedon, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73 BC), sacked the city and had the statue transported to Rome, where it was displayed on the Capitol (Pliny, NH XXXIV.18; Strabo VII.6.1).The 5th and 4th century BC coinage of Apollonia Pontika reflects that city's origins: commercial wealth and maritime power. The gorgon was a popular apotropaic device, seen as warding off evil; thus a number of ancient Greek cities adopted it as a coin design. The anchor and the crayfish attest to the city's reliance on maritime commerce for its economy, and the anchor depicted on these coins is actually one of the first anchors of modern design rendered in Greek art.
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Justinian I. 527-565. Æ 6 Nummi (11mm, 2.30 g). Alexandria mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large S. DOC 275; MIBE 166; SB 248. Fine, brown patina.
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KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Ptolemy. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.04 g, 10h). Caesarea mint. Dated RY 31 (AD 6). Diademed and draped bust of Juba right / Diademed and draped bust of Ptolemy right; date to right. Mazard 377 (same dies as illustration); MAA 134; SNG Copenhagen –. VF, toned, struck with worn dies, area of flat strike. Very rare.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.80 g, 5h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia 45; SNG BM Black Sea 160-1 var. (symbols reversed). Good VF, some marks on obverse, a few light scratches.Around 610 BC, Ionian Greeks from Miletos established an important outpost on the western Black Sea coast. Originally called Antheia, and located on a natural peninsula and three nearby islands, the city quickly became a prosperous trading post by exporting copper, honey, grain, and timber, while importing wine, salt, textiles, and pottery for resale to the inland Thracians. The city's key trading partners at the time included fellow-commercial centers Miletos, Athens, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes.Prosperity soon enabled Antheia to expand and develop as an important cultural metropolis. An important temple to Apollo was constructed within the city in the late 5th century BC. For 500 talents, it commissioned the Greek sculptor Kalamis (of Boeotia) to cast a 13 ton, 10 meter high, bronze statue of Apollo for the new temple (Strabo VII.6.1). So popular was this temple of Apollo, that the city was now renamed Apollonia in its honor. In 72 BC, during his war against the Thracian Bessi, the proconsul of Macedon, Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73 BC), sacked the city and had the statue transported to Rome, where it was displayed on the Capitol (Pliny, NH XXXIV.18; Strabo VII.6.1).The 5th and 4th century BC coinage of Apollonia Pontika reflects that city's origins: commercial wealth and maritime power. The gorgon was a popular apotropaic device, seen as warding off evil; thus a number of ancient Greek cities adopted it as a coin design. The anchor and the crayfish attest to the city's reliance on maritime commerce for its economy, and the anchor depicted on these coins is actually one of the first anchors of modern design rendered in Greek art.
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Justin II. 565-578. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Struck 567-578. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding Victory on globe and shield / Constantinopolis seated facin, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; C to left; Γ//CONOB. DOC 7a; MIBE 3a; SB 348. VF, areas of flat strike, a few scratches.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.25 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo facing / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 56; SNG BM Black Sea 167 corr. (obv. type). EF, lightly toned.