Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Decanummium (18mm, 4.65 g, 2h). Carthage mint. Dated RY 13 (539/40). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large I; cross above, A/N/N/O X/III (date) across field; CAR. DOC 297; MIBE 199; SB 269. Fine, attractive green patina with earthen highlights, struck off center on the obverse. Rare.
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SYRTICA, Sabratha. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (24mm, 8.66 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 8-14. Bare head of Augustus right; lituus to right / Head of Serapis right; Neo-Punic R to right; uncertain c/m on face. RPC I 814; MAA 43; SNG Copenhagen 40 var. (Neo-Punic legend). Near VF, green-brown surfaces, flan crack.
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Justin II, with Sophia. 565-578. Æ Follis (30mm, 15.23 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Dated RY 7 (571/2). Nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter, respectively / Large M; Christogram above, date across field; ∆//CON. DOC 33d; MIBE 43c; SB 360. VF, dark green patina, a few cleaning scratches.
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ As (25mm, 12.27 g, 12h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate head right / Victory standing right, holding vexillum in both hands; bound captive seated to left and right. RIC IV 837a. EF, green patina, with a few spots of turquoise.Ex Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection (Triton IX, 9 January 2006), lot 1511.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
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Late 2nd-1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.57 g, 12h). Stylized head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; schematic style / Stylized Herakles standing left, head right, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; X to inner left, legend degraded. OTA Class III; cf. Lukanc 1206 (same obv. die). Fine, toned, some porosity, test punch on reverse.
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Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Decanummium (16mm, 3.12 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck 540-547. Diademed, draped, and cuirased bust right / Cross with star in each angle; all within wreath. DOC 364; MIBE 237; Ranieri 382; SB 333 (Uncertain mint). VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.52 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 211. Laureate head right / Fortuna seated left on throne, holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel below. RIC IV 246; RSC 154. Near VF, minor roughness. Very rare final issue.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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