Electronic Auction 369
Date: 2016-02-24 00:00:00
Lots: 690
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Crispina. Augusta, AD 178-182. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.35 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, circa AD 178-182. Draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding apple and drawing up fold of drapery. RIC III 286a (Commodus); MIR 18, 19-4a; RSC 35. Near EF.
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 172/1-111/0 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.03 g, 1h). Dated CY 98 (162/1 BC). Bee; date to upper left, monogram to upper right / Stag standing right; palm tree in background. Duyrat 2782–822; HGC 10, 63; DCA 774. VF, toned, some porosity.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Philoxenos Aniketos. Circa 125-110 BC. Æ Double Unit(?) (22mm, 8.08 g, 12h). Tyche standing left, raising hand and holding cornucopia; monogram to lower left / Zebu standing right; Σ below. Bopearachchi 10H; HGC 12, 274. VF, dusty dark green patina, cleaning scratches.
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 204. Laureate head right / Dea Caelestis riding lion right, head right, holding thunderbolt and scepter; below, water gushing right from rocks. RIC IV 266; RSC 222. Good VF, toned, a few minor deposits.The INDVLGENTIA type of Septimius is one of the most picturesque and also one of the most common (in silver) of the period. Most people do not realize, however, that there are four distinct reverse types: 1) Dea Caelestis, looking to front, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a thunderbolt and scepter; 2) Dea Caelestis, looking right, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a thunderbolt and scepter; 3) Dea Caelestis, looking to front, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a drum and scepter; 4) Dea Caelestis, looking to front, riding a lion leaping to the right, holding a drum, no scepter. The first two varieties are the most common. The third variety is very rare. The last variety is extremely rare. Similar types were also struck in the name of Caracalla in AD 203. Interestingly, the direction of the deity's head appears to have a chronological significance. An examination of the dated bronze and gold reveals that the examples with the deity's head facing were struck late in 203, while those with the head facing right were struck early in 204.
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 393-358 BC. AR Shekel (18mm, 12.35 g, 3h). Melkart, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right, riding hippocamp right; below, waves above dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail diagonally in background; Phoenician mem to right. E&E-T Group II.1.2.1.a; HGC 10, 316. Fine, bright surfaces, some roughness.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Hermaios Soter, with Kalliope. Circa 105 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.43 g, 12h). Conjoined busts of Hermaios, diademed and draped, and Calliope, draped and wearing stephane, right / King on horseback right; monogram below. Senior, Hermaios H1bD; Bopearachchi 2B; HGC 12, 288. Good VF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.31 g, 6h). British Victory issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 210-211. Laureate head right / VICTORIAE BRIT, Victory seated left on shield, holding shield and palm frond. RIC IV 335; RSC 731. VF, lightly toned.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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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod III Antipas. 4 BCE-39 CE. Æ Unit (24.5mm, 11.93 g, 11h). Tiberias mint. Uncertain date. Palm frond; [date across field] / Mint in two lines within wreath. Hendin 1203, 1207, or 1211. VF, rough green patina.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Diomedes Soter. Circa 115-105 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.31 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / The Dioskouroi standing facing, each holding spear and scepter; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 8/9B (obv./rev.); HGC 12, 284/285 (obv./rev.); CNG 94, lot 846. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 3.95 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, AD 215-217. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / LVNA LVCIFERA, Luna, with fold of drapery floating around and above her head, driving biga of horses left. RIC IV 379a (Caracalla); RSC 106. VF, some porosity and light scratches.Julia Domna was associated with Luna Lucifera, "the light-bearing Moon", while Septimius Severus associated himself with Sol, god of the Sun. The concept of identifying themselves with the Sun and Moon speaks of the eternal nature of the imperial house.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Herod III Antipas. 4 BCE-39 CE. Æ Half Unit (23mm, 10.62 g, 12h). Tiberias mint. Uncertain date. Palm frond; [date across field] / Mint in two lines within wreath. Hendin 1204, 1208, or 1212. VF, rough green patina.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Hermaios Soter. Circa 105-90 BC. AR Drachm (2.14 g, 12h). Posthumous issue struck by Indo-Skythians near Kabul, circa 55-50 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus enthroned slightly left, raising hand and holding scepter; monogram to right. Senior, Hermaios 31aD.1; Bopearachchi 13A; HGC 12, 303. VF, toned, traces of deposits in diadem.
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.45 g, 12h). Laodicea mint. Struck AD 202. Laureate head right / Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC IV 504; RSC 100. VF, toned.
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ Prutah (18mm, 2.94 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Umbrella-like canopy with fringes / Three grain ears; date flanking. Hendin 1244. VF, earthen dark green patina, a few cleaning marks.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Hermaios Soter. Circa 105-90 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 9.74 g, 12h). Posthumous issue struck by Indo-Skythians near Kabul, circa 80-75 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Zeus enthroned slightly left, raising hand and holding scepter; monogram to right. Senior, Hermaios 27T.2; Bopearachchi 10E; HGC 12, 298. Good VF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.13 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 215. Laureate head right / Aesculapius standing facing, holding serpent-entwined rod in right hand; to left, Telesphorus standing facing; globe to right. RIC IV 253; RSC 307. VF, lightly toned, some minor porosity.
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ARABIA, Southern. Saba'. Late 4th–mid 2nd centuries BC. AR nṣf – Unit (14mm, 4.20 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right; N (in retrograde South Arabian; mark of value) on cheek / Owl standing right, head facing; [olive spray and crescent to left]; all within incuse square. Van Alfen, Studies, Group SII.A; CAF 1.1i; HGC 10, 720. VF, find patina.
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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Apollodotos II Soter Philopator Megas. Circa 80-65 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 1.48 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Athena Alkidemos left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 2D; HGC 12, 392. VF, toned, small flan split.
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Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.61 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 200-205. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Nobilitas standing right, holding scepter and palladium. RIC IV 13a; RSC 90. Near EF, toned, lustrous.
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PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AR Siglos (13mm, 5.38 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10. VF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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INDO-SKYTHIANS. Maues. Circa 125-85 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 9.13 g, 12h). Zeus standing left, extending hand and holding scepter / Nike standing right, holding filleted palm frond and wreath; monogram to lower right. Senior 1.2T; HGC 12, 524. Near EF, toned.From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.