SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. Joint reign with Seleukos I, 294-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.95 g, 6h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint I. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; in left field, retrograde HP monogram(?) above ΠO. Cf. SC 120.1a (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 9, 17. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Unpublished variety with these control marks.
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (20mm, 7.27 g, 1h). Struck circa 263-218 BC. Head of Zeus left, wearing tainia / Ornate trident head flanked by dolphins; AI to lower left. CNS 197 R1 3; BAR Issue 60; HGC 2, 1550. VF, green patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.70 g, 1h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. Laureate head right / Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, two shields and two spears between them; above, on left, simpulum right, and on right, lituus left. RIC I 207; Lyon 82; RSC 43. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, a few scratches on the portrait.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.93 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Diademed head right / Horned and bridled horse's head right, with braided, flame-like forelock; Δ in circle to upper right. SC 431.2; HGC 9, 136. Near VF, toned, porous, struck with worn obverse die. Rare.
SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ (22mm, 10.30 g, 3h). Struck circa 269/5-240 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears / Pegasos flying right. CNS 201; BAR Issue 57; HGC 2, 1549. VF, brown patina.From the Edgar L. Owen Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.82 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. Laureate head right / Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, two shields and two spears between them; above, on left, lituus right, and on right, simpulum left. RIC I 210; Lyon 85; RSC 43c. VF, toned, minor porosity, a few marks. Nice full flan.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos I Soter. 281-261 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.61 g, 6h). Aï Khanoum mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, and holding bow in his left hand; monogram to inner left. SC 438.1a; HGC 9, 128i. Fair, toned, porous.
IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ Unit (21mm, 8.63 g, 9h). Head of Tanit left / Head of horse right. MHC 115; ACIP 584; SNG BM Spain 68–73. Fine, brown patina.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.64 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 2 BC-AD 12. Laureate head right / Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, two shields and two spears between them; above, on left, lituus right, and on right, simpulum left; x below them. RIC I 212; Lyon 86; RSC 43d. VF, toned, minor porosity, edge cut. Rare variety.
IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ (12mm, 1.80 g, 12h). Laureate head of female left / Helmet left. MHC 117; ACIP 586; SNG BM Spain 82–4. Near VF, dark brown patina, some roughness.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.72 g, 9h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 13-14. Laureate head right / Livia, as Pax, seated right, holding scepter and olive branch. RIC I 220; Lyon 94; RSC 223. VF, lightly toned, minor deposits, two marks on Augustus' forehead, compact flan.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.80 g, 1h). Sardes mint. Struck circa 246–245 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios standing right, leaning on tripod; monograms to inner left and inner right. SC 653.2; HGC 9, 303g. VF, rough surfaces.
IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ Unit (23mm, 11.21 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left; Punic mem below chin / Horse standing right. MHC 124 var. (letter); ACIP 598; SNG BM Spain 47–9 var. (no letter on obv.). Near VF, earthen green patina, some roughness.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 2.44 g, 2h). Mint in Gaul (auxiliary mint of Lugdunum?). Struck circa 10 BC. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread. RIC I 227; Lyon –; RPC I 508. Fine, dark green patina, obverse roughness, cleaning marks.Giard, in Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon, regards this issue as a product of an auxiliary mint of Lugdunum. They were probably minted in the territory of the Lingones, the Aedui, or the Sequani, if not struck in Lugdunum.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.08 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Northern Syria. Diademed head right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; no control marks or date. SC 1812; HGC 9, 875d. VF, deposits, somewhat overcleaned. Very rare, none in CoinArchives or handled by CNG previously.
IBERIA, Abdera. Early 2nd century BC. Æ Half Unit (20mm, 7.40 g, 2h). Male head right; club to left / Dolphin right above tunny left; Iberian 'BDRT below. ACIP 871; SNG BM Spain 461. Fine, thick earthen green patina. Very rare.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.94 g, 2h). Rome mint. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck 19/8 BC. Head of Liber right, wearing ivy-wreath / Parthian kneeling right in attitude of submission, offering up vexillum (marked X) and extending hand. RIC I 287; RSC 485. VF, lightly toned, struck slightly off center.This coin commemorates the major diplomatic coup of Augustus' reign: the recovery of the Roman standards, lost by Crassus at the battle of Carrhae in 54 BC, from the Parthians. The reference to Liber, who was the Latin equivalent of Dionysus and of eastern origin, is a special mythological allusion to the event and an ad hoc use of such mythology by Augustus that later would be considered unsuitable and discarded from the canon of his public image.
SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos II Kallinikos. 246-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.68 g, 1h). Sardes mint. Struck circa 246–245 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios standing right, leaning on tripod; monograms to inner left and inner right. SC 654.4; HGC 9, 303g. VF, rough surfaces.
IBERIA, Bilbilis. Late 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. Æ As (26.5mm, 14.37 g, 10h). Bare male head right; Iberian bi to left; to right, dolphin upward / Warrior, holding spear, on horseback right; Iberian bilbilis below. ACIP 1577; SNG BM Spain 865. VF, pale earthen green patina.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Quinarius (13mm, 1.46 g, 4h). Contemporary imitation. Uncertain mint. Struck circa 29-28 BC or later. VVLIVS VINI (S and N are retrograde), bare head right / Victory standing left on cista mystica, holding wreath and palm frond; coiled serpent to left and right. Cf. RIC I 276; King 1; RSC 14 for prototype. VF, toned, weakly struck in spots, scratches and marks.An interesting contemporary imitation of an Augustus quinarius.