Keystone Auction 11
Date: 2023-03-03 00:00:00
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PHRYGIA, Eumeneia. Livia. AD 14-29. Æ` (14mm, 3.26 g, 12h). Kleon Agapetos, magistrate. Struck under Tiberius. Draped bust left / Legend in five lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 3148; SNG Copenhagen 392. Earthen green patina. VF. Very rare.
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LYCIA, Bubon. Augustus. 27 BC - AD 14. Æ (16.5mm, 2.50 g, 12h). Bare head right / Warrior standing left, holding vertical spear in right hand and raising left. RPC I 3353; SNG Copenhagen 56. Green patina. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one example in CoinArchives.
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PAMPHYLIA, Perge. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ (16mm, 2.14 g, 2h). Laureate head left / Cult statue of Artemis of Perge, within distyle temple. RPC II 1512. Earthen green patina. VF. Very rare, only one specimen in CoinArchives.
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PAMPHYLIA, Side. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ Pentassarion (33.5mm, 18.09 g, 7h). Struck AD 247. AYT K MAPK IOYΛ CЄOYHP ΦIΛIΠΠON CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; Є (mark of value) to right / ICOΠYΘIOC, prize table inscribed CIΔHTΩN holding agonistic crown, inscribed IЄPOC; beneath, amphora between two palms. SNG BN –; Watson 928; RPC VIII Online 21160. Attractive green patina, minor weakness and light roughness. Near EF. Very rare, only three known to RPC, two in CoinArchives. The Isopythic Games at Side were begun by Gordian III in AD 243 and celebrated again by Philip I in 247.
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PISIDIA, Antiochia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (33mm, 27.02 g, 6h). Laureate head right / She-wolf standing right under tree, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Kryzanowska dies XXXVIII/69; SNG BN 1140 (same dies). Dark brown surfaces with orange earthen deposits. Repatinated. VF.
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LYCAONIA, Iconium. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (27.5mm, 13.33 g, 6h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf standing right, suckling twins; overarching branch of tree above, S R in exergue. Von Aulock, Lykaoniens 360; SNG von Aulock 5394 (same dies); SNG Righetti 1460 (same obv. die). Smooth brown patina with light earthen fields. EF. A handsome piece. Iconium, now the city of Konya in south-central Turkey, is a bronze age settlement that was refounded a s a Roman colony under the emperor Claudius. It was visited by the Apostle Paul on his first missionary journey circa AD 47-48.
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CILICIA, Diocaesarea. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Hexassarion (31mm, 15.41 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two Tychai facing one another, the one on the left seated, the one on the right standing and holding a rudder and cornucopia; below, the river-god Calycadnus swimming right. Staffieri, Diocaesarea 22 ; SNG BN 880-1 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); RPC VIII 2053; SNG Levante 676 var. (same). Green patina with earthen highlights. VF. Well struck for issue.
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 13.26 g, 12h). Struck AD 247. YTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔΗΜΑΡX ЄΞOYCIAC ΥΠΑ ΤO Γ, eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 375 (this coin); McAlee 922. Toned, lightly granular surfaces, faint doubling on reverse. EF.
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.92 g, 12h). Struck AD 248-249. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 1052; RPC VIII Online 29181; Prieur 476. Lustrous; exceptional metal. Choice EF. A sharply struck and attractive piece.
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Herennius Etruscus. As Caesar, AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 6h). 1st officina. Bareheaded and draped bust right; • below / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. McAlee 1153a; RPC IX 1698; Prieur 628. In NGC encapsulation 5872737-177, graded AU.
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DECAPOLIS, Dium. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ (23mm, 12.08 g, 12h). Dated CY 270 (AD 207/8). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hadad standing facing, holding eagle-tipped scepter and Victory; recumbent bull to left and right; OC (date) to right. Spijkerman 7; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 6-7. Green patina with orange highlights. VF.
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JUDAEA, Roman Administration. Domitian. 81-96 CE. Æ (24mm, 11.03 g, 1h). Judaea Capta issue. Caesarea Maritima mint. Struck 92/3 CE. Laureate head right / Nike advancing left, holding wreath in left hand and trophy in right. Meshorer 395; Hendin 6486; RPC II 2308; Sofaer 36-8. Dark green patina with red highlights. VF. Ex Bellwether Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 18.81 g, 1h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Trajan, holding eagle-tipped scepter and branch, driving quadriga right; L IE (date) above. Köln 587; Dattari (Savio) 753-4; K&G 27.412; RPC III 4604.3; Emmett 459.15. Brown and red surfaces. VF. Ex DMS Collection.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.84 g, 11h). Dated RY 10 (AD 125/6). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Canopic jar to right; L ΔE KATOY (date) around. Köln 903; Dattari (Savio) 1325; K&G 32.351; RPC III 5578; Emmett 827.10. Toned, slight granularity. Good VF. Well struck and detailed canopic jar. Canopic jars were used by the Egyptians to contain the internal organs that were removed from bodies in the process of mummification. Starting in the New Kingdom, the tops of the jars were carved or molded in the form of the heads of the four sons of Horus, who protected each organ: Hapy (baboon, lungs), Imsety (human, liver), Duamutef (jackal, stomach), and Qebehsenuef (falcon, intenstines). The one seen on the reverse of this tetradrachm represents Imsety. By Roman times, embalmed bodies no longer had the viscera removed; canopic jars were interred empty and were symbolic in nature.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Potin Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 10.43 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 261/2). AYT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Eagle standing left, wings folded, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; ЄNATOV (date) upward in left field, L to right. Köln 2908-9; Dattari (Savio) 5286; K&G 90.56; Emmett 3802.9. Red-brown patina, high silver content. Good VF. Well struck. Ex DMS Collection; Triskeles Auctions (27 June 2013), lot 911.
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Potin Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 11.41 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 267/268). laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left, L Iε (date) to lower right. Köln 2942-3; Dattari 5276-7; K&G 90.98; Emmett 3807.15. Dark brown patina with traces of red. EF. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 854 (October 1990), no. C523.
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Anonymous. Circa 270 BC. Æ Aes Grave Uncia (25mm, 22.51 g, 12h). Apollo/Apollo series. Rome mint. Barley grain; • (mark of value) to left / Barley grain; • (mark of value) to right. Crawford 18/6; ICC 38; HN Italy 284; RBW 22. Attractive green patina, some earthen encrustation. VF. Ex Judy Day Frink Collection (Triton XXV, 11 January 2022), lot 5320; purchased from Edward J. Waddell.
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Anonymous. 211-208 BC. AR Victoriatus (16mm, 11h). Luceria L (second Crawford series). Luceria mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right, with free-flowing hair; all within bead and reel border / Victory standing right, placing wreath on trophy; L between. Crawford 97/1a; Sydenham 121; RSC 36e*; RBW 394. In NGC encapsulation 4374448-130, graded MS, Fine Style.
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C. Antestius. 146 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.87 g, 1h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; dog upward to left, X (mark of value) below chin / The Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback riding right. Crawford 219/1a; Sydenham 406; Antestia 2; RBW 938. Nicely centered with some luster remaining, edge chips. EF. Ex Marti Hervera (25 September 2003), lot 177.
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Numerius Fabius Pictor. 126 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value behind, N below chin / The flamen Quirinalis, Q. Fabius Pictor, seated left, holding apex and spear; shield at side inscribed QVI/RIN in two lines; A behind the flamen's head. Crawford 268/1b; Sydenham 517a; Fabia 11; RBW –. In NGC encapsulation 5771910-001, graded VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 (25 May 2020), lot 478; Jesus Vico 123 (2010), lot 121.An apparently unrecorded variety with control mark "A" on the reverse. This is the first series with control marks, applied to both sides of coins in the form of letters of the Latin alphabet. Crawford published a paper ('N.FABI PICTOR', NC 1965, pp. 149-54) on this series identifying 13 obv. and 19 rev. letters. Letter G on both the reverse and obverse has appeared since then. All 21 letters but T are known on the reverse, showing an unusually high consumption of reverse dies compared to obverses. The reverse die of this coin, published in "P. Debernardi: 'Some Unlisted Varieties and Rare Dies in Roman Republican Coinage', NC 2010, pp. 94", is unique, and represents the last die of the series, using an upside down letter A.
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M. Tullius. 119 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.90 g, 3h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right / Victory, holding palm frond and reins, driving galloping quadriga right; wreath above, X (mark of value) below horses. Crawford 280/1; Sydenham 531; Tullia 1; RBW 1103. Toned, areas of light porosity, minor marks and flan flaw at edge. Good VF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 915056 (January 2012).