Electronic Auction 548
Date: 2023-10-18 00:00:00
Lots: 1168
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Electronic Auction 548 . 566
Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Antioch mint. Struck AD 247-248. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETERNITAS AVGG, Elephant walking left, guided by mahout, holding goad and wand. RIC IV –; Bland Study 19; RSC 17 var. (obv. legend). Lightly toned. Good VF. Ex Berlin Collection (Nomos Obolos 1, 8 February 2015), lot 396.
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.12 g, 6h). Dated CY 21 (AD 116/7). Laureate head of Trajan right, set on eagle standing right; club to left / Laureate bust of Melqart-Herakles right, with lion's skin tied around neck, KA (date) in legend. McAlee 467; RPC III 3562; Prieur 1522 (Tyre). Lightly toned, minor porosity, edge marks, ex-mount. VF. Rare. Last year of issue of this popular type. Purchased by the consignor 3 April 1989.
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OSTROGOTHS. Theoderic. 493-526. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (24mm, 8.53 g, 12h). Municipal issue. Class 3. Rome mint, 5th officina. INVIC TA ROMA, helmeted and draped bust of Roma right / Eagle standing left, head right, wings spread; XL (value) to left; · Є · in exergue. COI 76b; MEC 1, 102-3; MIB I 74a; BMC Vandals 18; Demo 42. Black-green surfaces, smoothing. VF. From the Libertas Collection.
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GREEK. Asia Minor. Lot of seventeen (17) silver fractions. Includes: various cities, denominations, issues, and types. Notably includes one (1) AR Drachm of Mysia, Kyzikos and one (1) AR Obol of Aeolis, Myrina. Fine - Near VF, some with porosity. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Seventeen (17) coins in lot.
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Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 15.95 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 5th emission of Philip I, AD 246. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopia. RIC IV 203a; Banti 4. Brown patina, smoothing. VF.
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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. Lightly toned with underlying luster, flan flaws, deposits. EF. A sharply struck and attractive piece.
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CRUSADERS, Edessa. temp. Joscelin I de Courtenay or Joscelin II. 1131-1150. Æ (18mm, 2.41 g). Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator / Blundered three-line legend. Metcalf, Crusades –; CCS –; cf. Naumann 128, lot 1074 (for type). Dark brown patna, cleaning marks, smoothing. Near VF. From the Iconodule Collection. Ex Leu Web Auction 23 (22 August 2022), lot 4086 (there attributed to a a contemporary imitation of a Byzantine A2 Class follis).
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GREEK. Asia Minor. Lot of nine (9) silver fractions. Includes: various cities, denominations, issues, and types. Average Fine, some with porosity. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Nine (9) coins in lot.
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Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 4th officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Hippopotamus with head level walking right; IIII. RIC IV 116b (Philip I); RSC 63-4 var. (head down or up). Lightly toned, some underlying luster. Near EF. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 9 (7 September 2019), lot 1114.
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Paltus. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (22mm, 8.73 g, 12h). Struck AD 194. Laureate head right / Tyche seated left, holding cornucopia, half-figure of a river-god at her feet left. Meyer-Wittelhoffer 8. Brown surfaces, porosity. Near VF. Extremely rare. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1254.The ЄΓPH at the beginning of the reverse legend is enigmatic. Two coins of Severus (with Julia Domna) from Paltus in the Hunterian, pg. 209, 1 and 3, have a similar first word in the reverse legend, ЄΓΓPHA. No satisfactory explanation of this word has been forthcoming.
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CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Henry of Champagne. 1192-1197. Æ Pougeoise (16mm, 1.06 g, 6h). Cross pattée; annulets in quarters / Fleur-de-lis. Metcalf, Crusades 199-200; CCS 33. Orangish earthen black-green patina, light roughness. Near VF.
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GREEK. Asia Minor. Lot of four (4) AR Obols. Includes: various cities and types. Average Near VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Four (4) coins in lot.
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Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. AR Antoninianus (23mm, 3.57 g, 1h). Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 4th officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Hippopotamus with head level walking right; IIII. RIC IV 116b (Philip I); RSC 63-4 var. (head down or up). Lightly toned, underlying luster, struck with a slightly worn reverse die. Good VF. Purchased by the consignor from Mike Vosper, 1999.
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COELESYRIA, Damascus. Tiberius. As Caesar, AD 4-14. Æ (19mm, 9.15 g, 12h). Dated SE 325 (AD 13/14). Bare head right / Draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; L ЄKT (date) to left. RPC I 4795.10 (this coin, [Augustus, note]); BMC 3 (male head, time of Augustus). Rough green patina, cleaning marks, off center obverse. Near VF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 844.RPC catalogues this coin under Augustus but notes: "Presumably the head is supposed to be an imperial portrait; if so, Tiberius seems more likely, in view of its youthful look and similarity to the portraits on other Tiberian coins (4797–8). The portrait is not like that on 4793–4." With this information; the bare head and the clear date on other specimens, we have catalogued this coin as Tiberius as Caesar.
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CRUSADERS, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Guy of Lusignan. Lord of Cyprus, 1192-1194. BI Denier (18.5mm, 0.82 g, 6h). Gateway with three battlements; star in center / Cross pattée; pellets in first and fourth quarters, crescents in second and third; annulet in legend. M&P pl. 17, 8; Metcalf, Crusades 629-30; CCS 3b. Toned, areas of peripheral weakness. Near VF. Rare.
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GREEK. Asia Minor. Lot of five (5) silver issues. Includes: various. Good Fine - VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.
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Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 5th emission of Philip I, AD 246. Radiate and draped bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II standing left, holding globe and reversed spear. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). Lightly toned, underlying luster, small deposit on obverse. Near EF. Ex Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang Collection (Leu Numismatik Web Auction 21, 19 July 2022), lot 4733.
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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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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I b. Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30.1mm, 3.36 g, 4h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated AH 43 (frozen date; struck circa AH 54-55). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / ∵ - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 399-403; SICA 1, 245-6; Album 14. Edge clip, staining on obverse. VF. This is the first Islamic coin to bear the name of a caliph.
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GREEK. Levant & the Near East. Lot of five (5) Seleukid AR Tetradrachms. Includes: various. Average Fine. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.
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Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Semis (20.5mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 3rd emission, AD 250. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Mars standing left, holding shield set on ground to left and spear. RIC IV 128. Rough green patina, smoothed. VF. The smallest denomination of coinage for Trajan Decius is the Semis and is represented by this single type. From the Libertas Collection, purchased from Coen's, 23 September 1974.