Electronic Auction 367
Date: 2016-01-27 00:00:00
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.13 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 216. Laureate head right / Serapis standing facing, head left, extending hand and holding scepter. RIC IV 280c; RSC 348. Near EF, lustrous.
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 437-410 BC. Cast Æ (32mm, 3.19 g). Dolphin right / APIX on blank surface. Anokhin 179 var. (legend); SNG BM Black Sea 374-6 var. (same). Good VF, earthen green patina.
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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Semis (21mm, 5.42 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. Bare head right, globe at point of neck / Table seen from three-quarter angle, bearing urn and wreath; round shield resting against table leg. RIC I 560 var. (spacing of reverse legend); WCN 631; Lyon 253. VF, rough dark green patina, pit on obverse.This coin commemorates the quinquennial Neronia, a celebratory festival featuring competitions in music and poetry, gymnastics, and horsemanship. The games were held twice under Nero, in AD 60 and 65.
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (23mm, 10.74 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 217. Laureate head right / Pluto seated left on throne, holding scepter and extending hand toward Cerberus seated facing to left. RIC IV 569. Near VF, green patina.
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 437-410 BC. Cast Æ (31mm, 1.75 g). Dolphin left / OY on blank surface. Anokhin 180; SNG BM Black Sea 369. Good VF, earthen green patina.
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Latin Rulers of Constantinople. 1204-1261. Æ Trachy (20mm, 1.10 g, 6h). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Sts. Helena and Constantine standing facing, each holding scepter, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 35; SB 2057. VF, green and brown patina.
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Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 200-205. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Nobilitas standing right, holding scepter and palladium. RIC IV 13a; RSC 90a. Good VF, minor porosity.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 2.88 g, 8h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 45; SNG BM Black Sea 160–1. Good VF.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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Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.24 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. Laureate head right / Jupiter seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC I 53; RSC 119. VF, a bit bright, porous.
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Geta. AD 209-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.41 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 209. Laureate head right / Geta on horse rearing left, preparing to hurl spear at foe on ground to lower left. RIC IV 68; RSC 130. Near EF.
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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.86 g, 8h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 45; SNG BM Black Sea 160–1. VF.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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Theodore Comnenus-Ducas. As emperor of Thessalonica, 1225/7-1230. Æ Trachy (22mm, 1.73 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1224-1225(?). Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Theodore and St. Demetrius, holding sword over shoulder, standing facing, supporting between them staff topped by cross-in-circle and triangular decoration. DOC 4; LBC 324-6; SB 2161. VF, areas of weak strike.
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Geta. AD 209-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.03 g, 6h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate head right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 91; RSC 220. Near EF.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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THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.83 g, 2h). Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 45; SNG BM Black Sea 160–1. VF.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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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Semis (17mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Laureate head right / Table seen from three-quarter angle, bearing urn and wreath; round shield resting against table leg, S (mark of value) above. RIC I 233; WCN 325. VF, dark green patina, some roughness.This coin commemorates the quinquennial Neronia, a celebratory festival featuring competitions in music and poetry, gymnastics, and horsemanship. The games were held twice under Nero, in AD 60 and 65.
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Geta. AD 209-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 6h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate head right / Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 92; RSC 219. Good VF.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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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 100-96 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.30 g, 12h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; KΦ monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Müller 171; Callataÿ Group 2B, p. 142 and pl. 38, O; Seyrig, Monnaies pl. 24, 14. Good VF, minor marks.
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Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. Æ Trachy (24mm, 1.71 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Bust of the Theotokos facing / Manuel, holding holding akakia, and St. Demetrius, holding spear, standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 5; LBC 352-3 var. (module); SB 2179. VF, brown patina, areas of flat strike.
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Geta. AD 209-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.97 g, 1h). British Victory type. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate head right / Victory advancing right, holding trophy in both hands. RIC IV 231A; RSC 629. Near EF.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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KINGS of THRACE, Odrysian. Sparadokos. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 1.19 g, 3h). Forepart of horse left, retrograde B at truncation / Eagle flying left, holding serpent in its beak; all within incuse square. Peykov B0040 var. (no retrograde B); Topalov 63 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 1065-7 var. (same). VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare with letter on horse.
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Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65-66. Laureate head right / Salus seated left on ornamented throne, holding patera. RIC I 60; RSC 314. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, a few light scratches.