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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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IBERIA, Bolskan. Circa 150-100 BC. Æ Half Unit (18mm, 4.94 g, 1h). Bare bearded head right; Iberian bo to left / Warrior, holding spear, on horseback right; Iberian bolśkan below. ACIP 1416; SNG BM Spain 738–9. Good VF, dark brown patina.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
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Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ As (28mm, 10.79 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 15-16. Radiate head of Augustus left; star above, thunderbolt before / Female figure (Livia or Pietas), seated right, holding patera and scepter. RIC I 72 (Tiberius). VF, green patina, some minor smoothing.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 15.98 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 217 (96/5 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, N above A; ZIε (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2450.3; HHV 12–5 (obv. die A4); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 303. VF, toned, some deposits.
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IBERIA, Carmo. Circa 200-150 BC. Æ As (31mm, 17.12 g, 10h). Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos; kerykeion to right / CARMO between two grain ears right. ACIP 2389; SNG BM Spain 1582. VF, dark green-brown patina, some roughness.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
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Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.19 g, 10h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Ornamented carpentum drawn right by pair of mules / Legend around large S C. RIC I 51 (Tiberius). VF, red, green and brown patina, tooled and smoothed.Ex Gorny & Mosch 220 (11 March 2014), lot 1603.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 15.98 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 217 (96/5 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, ΔI above N; ZIε (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2450.4; HHV 16–20 (obv. die A4); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 303. VF, toned, some deposits, struck with worn obverse die.
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IBERIA, Gadir. Early 2nd century BC. Æ Unit (26.5mm, 9.58 g, 7h). Head of Melqart left, wearing lion skin; club to right / Two tunnies left; between them, pellet-in-crescent, star, and Phoenician aleph; Phoenician MP'L above, 'GDR below. ACIP 667; SNG BM Spain –. VF, dark green-brown patina, reverse off center. Very rare.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
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Agrippa. Died 12 BC. Æ As (28mm, 11.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Head left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing left, holding small dolphin and trident. RIC I 58 (Gaius). VF, green and brown patina, some tooling and smoothing with a few spots of fill.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 15.49 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 222 (91/0 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, N above EY monogram; BKε (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2451.6; HHV 82 (obv. die A14); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 304. VF, some roughness. Well centered on a broad flan.
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IBERIA, Kastilo. Late 2nd century BC. Æ As (25mm, 13.43 g, 6h). Diademed male head right; hand to right / Griffin standing right, paw raised; [star to right]. ACIP 2143; SNG BM Spain 1323. Good VF, dark green-brown patina under thick earthen encrustation.From the Camerata Romeu Collection.
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Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 14-15 or 15-16. Laureate head right / Tiberius, holding eagle-tipped scepter and branch, driving triumphal quadriga right. RIC I 2 or 4; Lyon 122; RSC 46 or 48. VF, toned, marks, bent.
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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.06 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 222 (91/0 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, N above A; [BKε (date) and monogram in exergue]; all within wreath. SC 2451.6; HHV 90 (obv. die A19); HGC 9, 1305; DCA 304. VF, toned, some minor deposits.
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