Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.12 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 210. Laureate head right / Caracalla on horse rearing left, preparing to hurl spear at foe on ground to lower left. RIC IV 118b; RSC 487. Good VF. Very rare.
CARTHAGE. Circa 350-320 BC. Æ Unit (16mm, 5.50 g, 7h). Carthage mint. Palm tree / Head of horse right. MAA 20; SNG Copenhagen 102. Near VF, dark green-brown patina.
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Quadrans (17mm, 2.87 g, 8h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42. Modius / Legend around large S C. RIC I 90. VF, dark green and brown patina, minor smoothing.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.12 g, 7h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate head right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 231; RSC 632. Good VF.Ex Berk BBS 139 (4 April 2004), lot 314.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
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (32mm, 19.84 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. Good VF, gray-brown patina, obverse slightly weak and with some pitting.
Nicephorus II Phocas. 963-969. Æ Follis (24mm, 5.78 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Crowned bust facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger / [+]ҺICHF'/ ЄҺ ΘЄω ЬA/[S]ILЄVS Rω/MA[I]ωҺ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1782. VF, dark green patina, weakly struck in a few places, cleaning scratches.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.79 g, 12h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Victory standing right, erecting trophy; to right, woman standing facing; bound captive seated to her left. RIC IV 464; Banti 132. Near VF, yellow-brown patina.Ex Peus 388 (1 November 2006), lot 1124.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
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (31mm, 16.87 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. VF, gray-brown patina.
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.41 g, 3h). Rome mint. Struck AD 46-47. Laureate head right / DE BRITANN on architrave of triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left between two trophies. RIC I 34; von Kaenel Type 27; RSC 18. VF, lightly toned, porous.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 263 (31 August 2011), lot 307; Classical Numismatic Group 76 (12 September 2007), lot 1387.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (26mm, 10.57 g, 7h). 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 522a corr. (obv. legend). VF, red-green patina, some light smoothing.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 132 (1 February 2006), lot 216.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
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (30mm, 18.60 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. VF, gray-brown patina.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.70 g, 12h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 211. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / VICT BRIT TR P XIIII COS III / S C, Victory standing right, erecting trophy; to right, woman standing facing; bound captive seated to her left. RIC IV 483d var. (rev. legend); Banti 133. VF, heavy green patina, fields lightly smoothed.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 129, 21 December 2005), lot 379.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
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (32mm, 19.85 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left, Punic B to right. MAA 84a; Müller, Afrique 150; SNG Copenhagen 340. Good VF, gray-brown patina.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (28mm, 10.94 g, 7h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Bare head right, globe at point of neck / Victory advancing left, holding in both hands shield inscribed S P Q R. RIC I 543; WCN 593; Lyon 228. VF, dark green patina, some roughness.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (24mm, 8.63 g, 6h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 211. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Victory standing right, with foot on uncertain object, inscribing shield set upon palm tree to right. RIC IV 490 var. (bust type). Fine, dark green patina, minor roughness.Ex J. S. Vogelaar Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 204, 11 February 2009), lot 137.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
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (30mm, 22.04 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left, Punic B to right. MAA 84a; Müller, Afrique 150; SNG Copenhagen 340. Good VF, gray-brown patina, minor planchet flaws.
Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. Æ Tetarteron (21mm, 3.70 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1152-circa 1160(?). Facing bust of St. George, holding spear and shield / Facing bust of Manuel, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC 18; SB 1975. VF, green and brown patina, some roughness.
Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate lion advancing left, with thunderbolt in jaws. RIC IV 273d; RSC 322. Good VF, some roughness.
CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Shekel (23mm, 4.68 g). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right, [head left]; Punic Ḥ below. MAA 90d; SNG Copenhagen 306. VF, brown surfaces, flip-over double strike.