Electronic Auction 345
Date: 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Lots: 742
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Electronic Auction 345 . 379
MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 13.61 g, 12h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Triptolemos standing right, raising hand and driving biga of winged serpents. AMNG I 1906; H&J 8.26.23.2; Varbanov 3911. Near VF, green-brown surfaces.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 12.43 g, 7h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VΠ / NOBIOV / POVΦOV / NIKOΠOΛI / TΩN ΠPOC / ICTPΩ in six lines; all within laurel wreath. AMNG I 2007; H&J 8.26.54.1; Varbanov 3940. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 12.10 g, 7h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ares standing left, holding round shield and reversed spear. AMNG I 1917; H&J 8.26.11.4; Varbanov 3969. Fine, porous brown surfaces.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 11.48 g, 6h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate head right / Artemis advancing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; at feet to right, hound right. AMNG I 1915; H&J 8.26.13.4; Varbanov 3976. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 11.07 g, 12h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate head right / Artemis advancing left, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; at feet to left, hound left. AMNG I –; H&J 8.26.13.6; cf. Varbanov 3977. VF, green patina, a few light cleaning marks. Rare.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 10.08 g, 1h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / City-gate, with two battlemented towers and surmounted by facing quadriga. AMNG I 2003; H&J 8.26.46.1; Varbanov 3986. Near VF, green patina, some encrustation on the obverse and striking weakness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 9.51 g, 1h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elagabalus standing left, holding reversed spear and patera over lighted and garlanded altar to left. AMNG I 1986; H&J 8.26.34.2; Varbanov 4023. Fine, tan surfaces.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 10.38 g, 9h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. AV K M AV[P A]NTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV [NIK]OΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTP/ON, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. AMNG I –; H&J 8.26.9.2 corr. (obv. legend; same dies as illustration); Varbanov 4051 var. (obv. legend). VF, brown surfaces, some roughness. Rare.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 13.45 g, 1h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serapis standing facing, raising hand and holding scepter. AMNG I 1900; H&J 8.26.6.2; Varbanov 4059. Near VF, green-brown surfaces, some roughness on the reverse.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection (purchased from Sayles & Lavender).
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (26mm, 12.20 g, 7h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate bust right, with slight drapery / Zeus seated left on throne, holding patera and scepter. AMNG I 1894 var. (no drapery); H&J 8.26.1.2; Varbanov 4093 var. (no drapery). VF, green patina, some roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 13.69 g, 1h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing left, holding branch and patera over lighted and garlanded altar to left. AMNG I 1909 var. (radiate); H&J 8.26.7.5; Varbanov 4103 var. (same). VF, brown surfaces. Rare.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 12.95 g, 12h). Novius Rufus, legatus consularis. Laureate head right / Zeus seated left on throne, holding Nike and scepter. AMNG I 1893; H&J 8.26.1.1 (this coin illustrated); Varbanov 4108 (this coin illustrated). VF, tan surfaces, some minor roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Tetrassarion (29mm, 11.12 g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding scepter and cornucopia; to right, Δ (mark of value) above half-length figure of river-god facing. AMNG I 3246; Varbanov 5299. VF, dark brown surfaces, minor roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Tetrassarion (25mm, 10.92 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus. AMNG I 3151; Varbanov 5311. VF, dark green patina, a few spots of roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Tetrassarion (27mm, 13.55 g, 7h). AV K MAP AVPH CEV AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate and draped bust right / ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕ/ΩC, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; Δ (mark of value) to left. AMNG I 3240; Varbanov 5348 var. (obv. legend). Good VF, green patina, minor roughness. Rare obverse legend.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Tetrassarion (25mm, 10.92 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Serpent coiled right, with radiate crown; Δ (mark of value) to left. AMNG I 3270; Varbanov 5388. VF, brown surfaces, light porosity.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Tetrassarion (24mm, 10.19 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Severus Alexander on horse riding right, holding scepter and raising hand; Δ (mark of value) in exergue. AMNG I 3253; Varbanov 5427. Near VF, olive-brown patina, minor roughness.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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THRACE, Deultum. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (24mm, 7.75 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Concordia-Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. Draganov 288-90 (same obv. die); Jurukova 111; Varbanov 2258. VF, tan surfaces.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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THRACE, Deultum. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (23mm, 8.30 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. Draganov 433 (same dies); Jurukova 99; Varbanov 2298. VF, brown surfaces, some porosity.From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.
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THRACE, Perinthus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 1st-3rd centuries AD. Æ (26mm, 7.42 g, 6h). Veiled and draped bust of Demeter right, holding grain ears in raised hand / Artemis Tauropolos advancing right, holding torch in each hand. Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 120-7; Varbonov –. VF, dark green surfaces, some smoothing and tooling.
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THRACE, Philippopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (37mm, 22.85 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Table surmounted by prize urn containing four balls; palm and amphora below. Cf. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 372; Varbanov 1420 (same obv. die). VF, green surfaces, light smoothing.Ex Classical Numismatic Group E-320 (12 February 2014), lot 277.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."