Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ As (24mm, 10.37 g, 12h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate head right / Victory standing right, with foot on uncertain object, inscribing shield set upon palm tree to right. RIC IV 837A. VF, brown patina, some roughness.Ex Frank Robinson 67 (28 November 2006), lot 223.Septimius Severus waged his last military campaign against the Caledonians on the northern border of Britain, where he himself died at his campaign headquarters at York in February AD 211. Among those who accompanied him on the campaign were his wife Julia Domna, as well as his sons Caracalla and Geta. Septimius and Caracalla commanded this campaign, with Caracalla becoming sole commander after his father had fallen ill. The two often did not agree on matters of strategy and we are told that at one point that Caracalla became so enraged that he appeared ready to stab his father in the back before the entire army. Upon Severus' death at York in February AD 211, Caracalla made peace with the Caledonians on less-than-favorable terms, which required the Romans retreat to the agreed border of Hadrian's Wall
SICILY, Syracuse. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. 344-317 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (22mm, 10.88 g, 11h). Timoleontic Symmachy coinage. 1st series, circa 344-339/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right / Upright thunderbolt; [grain ear or eagle to right]. Cf. CNS 71–2; HGC 2, 1440 corr. (CNS reference). Near VF, dark brown patina, traces of undertype.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.20 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Laureate head left / S•P•Q•R/P • P/OB•CIVES/SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. RIC I 37. Good VF, green and reddish-brown patina, rough surfaces, several large cuts through Caligula's portrait.Defaced in antiquity for Damnatio memoriae!
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Laodicea mint. Struck AD 198. Laureate head right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 495; RSC 361. Near EF, toned.
EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Eravisci. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.16 g, 9h). Imitating L. Roscius Fabatus of circa 62 BC. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat's skin headdress; branch to left / Female standing left, feeding serpent; to right, four small pellets around large pellet; pseudo-legend in exergue. Freeman dies 11/– (unlisted rev. die); KMW 1574–7; cf. Leu 86, lot 734. For prototype, cf. Crawford 412/1. VF, porous.
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (28mm, 10.70 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. Bare head left / Vesta seated left, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 38. VF, dark green patina, some porosity, a few cleaning scratches.
Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ As (27mm, 13.57 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa AD 198-200. Draped bust right / Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm frond and cornucopia. RIC IV 877 (Severus). Good VF, dark green patina, minor roughness.
SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Æ Hemilitron (22mm, 12.30 g, 4h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Wreathed head of Kore left; uncertain symbol behind neck / Bull butting left; above, dolphin left above NK monogram; below, dolphin left. BAR Issue 8; CNS 96; HGC 2, 1444. Near VF, green patina, patches of red, cleaning scratches.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. Æ Decanummium (20mm, 3.53 g, 6h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 5 (586/7). Crowned bust facing, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter / Large X (mark of value); A/N/N/O to left, cross above, U (date) to right, e below. DOC 197; MIBE 100b; SB 536. VF, dark green patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits.
Caracalla, with Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.56 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 201-202. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / CONCORDIAE AETERNAE, draped busts of Septimius Severus, radiate, and Julia Domna, diademed, right; all set upon crescent. RIC IV 125a; RSC 5a. VF, some porosity rare. Rare.
SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Æ Trias or Hexas (14mm, 2.07 g, 9h). Struck circa 308/7 BC. Helmeted head of Athena left / Thunderbolt. CNS 118; BAR Issue 26; HGC 2, 1509. VF, dark green-brown patina.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (28mm, 11.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. Bare head left / Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield. RIC I 100; von Kaenel Type 60. Near EF, brown surfaces, areas of light smoothing.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 208. Laureate head right / Caracalla riding horse right, holding transverse spear. RIC IV 107; RSC 511. EF, lustrous.Ex Berk BBS 126 (23 April 2002), lot 374.
Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius. 668-685. Æ Follis (23mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck 668-674. Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Large M, flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing; monogram above; SCL. DOC 60; MIB 104; Anastasi 220; SB 1207. VF, dark brown to black patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits. A flip-over double strike.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 208. Laureate head right / Caracalla riding horse right, holding transverse spear and trampling upon captive to lower right. RIC IV 108; RSC 510. Good VF.Ex Berk BBS 125 (27 February 2002), lot 443.
SICILY, Uncertain Punic mint. Circa 300 BC. Æ Half Shekel (17mm, 3.53 g, 12h). Palm tree / Horse standing right, head left. MAA 22; HGC 2, 1674. VF, dark brown (almost black) patina, with spots of red.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.96 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 209. Laureate head right / Caracalla on horse rearing left, preparing to hurl spear at foe on ground to lower left. RIC IV 113; RSC 468. Near EF.Ex Berk BBS 137 (31 March 2004), lot 355.
CARTHAGE. Circa 400-350 BC. Æ Unit (16.5mm, 3.05 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background. MAA 18; SNG Copenhagen 109. VF, dark green patina, flip-over double strike.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (28mm, 12.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. Bare head left / Libertas standing right, holding pileus and extending left hand. RIC I 113; von Kaenel Type 77. VF, dark green and brown surfaces, some roughness.