ARCADIA, Caphya. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (21mm, 3.99 g, 5h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis, with billowing veil, advancing left, holding torch and bow. Unpublished in the standard references. Fine, green patina under a layer of earthen deposits.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.From the same obv. die as BCD Peloponnesos 1391 and SNG Copenhagen 216. The reverse is recorded in the standard references for Septimius (BCD Peloponnesos 1385), Domna (NCP p. 100), and Caracalla (BCD Peloponnesos 1392.6). In NCP, the figure is fancifully described as a "female figure, indistinct, running, a serpent arched over her head; holds in right, head of serpent."
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ARCADIA, Mantinea. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Assarion (21mm, 5.58 g, 8h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Laureate head right / Juno enthroned left, holding scepter. CNG E-349, lot 255 (same obv. die); otherwise unpublished. Near VF, green patina, hard encrustation. Possibly the second known.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
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ARCADIA, Mantinea. Plautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. Æ Assarion (21mm, 6.10 g, 12h). Draped bust right, with hair tied in back / Artemis right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow. BCD Peloponnesos 1510.4 var. (hair down in waves); BCD Peloponnesos II 2900 var. (same); BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 94. Fine, green patina, weak reverse. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
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ARCADIA, Orchomenus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 5.84 g, 8h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. BCD Peloponessos –; BCD Peloponessos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; cf. NCP p. 97 (Tyche holds patera and cornucopia). Good Fine, rough green and brown patina. Very rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.The BCD/LHS sale features this type for Septimius (1589.2), Domna (1587, 1588.4), and Geta (1588.5). NCP does not list a reference for its Tyche type of Caracalla. Since all other Tyche types from Orchomenus seem to depict the goddess with a rudder rather than patera, it is possible that the NCP description is erroneous.
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ARCADIA, Pheneus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Laureate head right / Hades seated left, extending hand over Cerberus and holding scepter. BCD Peloponnesos 1637; BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 98. Fine, green patina under a layer of earthen deposits. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
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ARCADIA, Phialia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Assarion (22mm, 6.07 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 198-209. Laureate head right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD Peloponnesos 1647.2 var. (arrangement of obv. legend); BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 107. Near VF, green patina, roughness. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
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ARCADIA, Phialia. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.28 g, 10h). Struck circa AD 198-209. Draped bust right / Artemis standing left, holding bipennis and spear. BCD Peloponnesos 1653/1652 (for obv. die/rev. type); BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 106. Good Fine, green and red-brown patina, light scratches. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
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ARCADIA, Phialia. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.50 g, 10h). ΛOV CЄΠ [ΓЄ]-TAN KAI CЄ[B], bareheaded and draped bust right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. BCD Peloponnesos 1660 (same dies); BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; NCP p. 107. Near VF, rough green and red-brown patina. Rare.From the J. S. Wagner Collection.From the BCD (LHS) catalog: This coin is quite curious because the legend ostensibly describes Geta as being Augustus. This is surely a mistake by the die engraver because the bare-headed portrait clearly shows Geta as still being Caesar. There is, in fact, no evidence for any Peloponnesian coinage in the name of Geta as Augustus."
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces I & Pythodoris, with Augustus. Circa 11 BC-AD 12. Æ (23mm, 8.63 g, 7h). Jugate heads of Rhoemetalces and his queen Pythodoris right / Bare head of Augustus right. Youroukova 204; RPC I 1711. VF, green-brown patina, some roughness on the obverse.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces, with Augustus. Circa 11 BC-AD 12. Æ (19mm, 4.37 g, 5h). Diademed head of Rhoemetalces right / Bare head of Augustus right. Youroukova 194-200; RPC I 1718. VF, green-brown patina, some roughness.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhoemetalces III, with Gaius (Caligula). AD 38-46. Æ (23mm, 12.62 g, 6h). Laureate head of Caligula left / Diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces right. Youroukova 210; RPC I 1724. VF, green patina.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates I, with Hadrian. AD 93/4-123/4. AV Stater (19mm, 7.75 g, 1h). Dated Bosporan Era 418 (AD 121/2). Diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right / Laureate head of Hadrian right; HIY (date) below. MacDonald 392/1; RPC III 816. VF.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates I. AD 93/4-123/4. Æ 48 Units (25mm, 12.30 g, 12h). Struck AD 117/8-123. Diademed and draped bust right / MH (mark of value) within wreath. MacDonald 398/7; Frolova II pl. XIV, 4. VF, brown surfaces, some smoothing.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis II, with Caracalla. AD 211/2-226/7. AV Stater (18mm, 7.57 g, 1h). Dated Bosporan Era 512 (AD 215/6). Diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis right; scepter to right / Laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right; BIΦ (date) below. MacDonald 555/1 (sword). VF.
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Rhescuporis II, with Elagabalus. AD 211/2-226/7. AV Stater (19mm, 7.69 g, 12h). Dated Bosporan Era 517 (AD 220/1). Diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis right; trident to right / Laureate head of Elagabalus right; ZIΦ (date) below. MacDonald 560/1. VF.
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.19 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hexastyle temple, with pellet in pediment. Cf. RG 475 (bust type, arrangement of ethnic). Near VF, dark green-brown surfaces.
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Assarion (22mm, 6.33 g, 7h). Laureate head right / Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. RG –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –; Hirsch 293, lot 2890. VF, green patina, with some areas of red and scattered cleaning marks. Extremely rare.
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Assarion (21mm, 5.01 g, 7h). Laureate head right / Venus kneeling right, head left, viewing herself in mirror held by Cupid to left, also holding torch; to right, another Cupid holding torch. RG 588; cf. Pecunem 31, lot 341; Gorny & Mosch 208, lot 1801. Fine, green patina, some areas of corrosion. Very rare.The scene of "Venus and the Mirror" served as a popular type explored by artists during the 15th-16th centuries, producing such famous works as Velázquez's Rokeby Venus, Rubens' Venus at the Mirror, and Titian's Venus with a Mirror.
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BITHYNIA, Nicomedia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 11.24 g, 1h). ANTΩNЄINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / NIKOMHΔЄΩN ΔIC NЄΩKOPΩN, Hygea standing right, feeding serpent held in hands. RG –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –; apparently unpublished. Near VF, green patina, some scratches in the fields. Extremely rare.
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