Electronic Auction 552
Date: 2023-12-13 00:00:00
Lots: 1036
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INDIA, INDIAN IMITATION. Late 2nd-mid 3rd century. AV (21.5mm, 6.57 g, 12h). Hybrid Imitation of Huvishka. Nimbate, crowned, and diademed half-length bust left on clouds, holdingtrident / Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing right. Cf. Triton XXV, Session 2, lot 6291. Toned, deposits in devices, areas of weak strike. VF. Contemporary ornate tubular mount attached.
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INDIA, Post-Kushan (Jammu and Kashmir). Vigraha. 5th century AD. Pale AV Dinar (21mm, 7.78 g, 12h). Abstract Kushan style king standing left; ka in Brahmi to left, monogram of Kidara in Brahmi to right / Abstract Ardoxsho seated facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; deva in Brahmi to left, śri vigraha in Brahmi down right . MACW 3650; Donum Burns 1612. Toned, traces of reddish deposits. VF.
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INDIA, Post-Kushan (Jammu and Kashmir). Vigraha. 5th century AD. Pale AV Dinar (22mm, 7.64 g, 12h). Abstract Kushan style king standing left; ka in Brahmi to left, monogram of Kidara in Brahmi to right / Abstract Ardoxsho seated facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; deva in Brahmi to left, śri vigraha in Brahmi down right . MACW 3650; Donum Burns 1612. Toned, traces of reddish deposits. VF.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I. AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.17 g, 3h). Mint III ("Hamadan"?). Phase 2, circa AD 260-272. Bust right, wearing diadem and mural crown with korymbos and earflaps / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants wearing mural crowns. SNS type IIc/1b, style Q, Groupe d; Sunrise –. Toned with iridescence, deposits on reverse. VF. Ex Londinium inventory #YOC69.
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SASANIAN KINGS. Narseh (Narsē). AD 293-303. AR Drachm (26mm, 3.71 g, 3h). Style A/1. Ctesiphon mint. Phase 1. Bust right, wearing crown with arcades, three foliate branches, and korymbos; hair in single group / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, both wearing mural crowns, the left with korymbos; fravahr and taurus symbol flanking flames. SNS type Ia/1a, Style A/1; Sunrise 802-3. Lightly toned, roughness. VF. From the David Welsh Collection. Ex Heritage 351 (3 June 2004), lot 12441 (part of).
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KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) (I–II). Circa AD 230-245. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.81 g, 12h). Imitating Kushan king Vasudeva I. Uncertain mint in Baktria. Early series. Vasudeva standing left, flames on shoulder, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; to right, triple pellets above tamgha / OhÞO to right, ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident with O on shaft; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; to upper left, pellet and tamgha; triple pellets to left of rear leg. Cf. MK 652; ANS Kushan 1690; Donum Burns –. Toned, traces of deposits, scratches, obverse struck with worn and rusty die, edge marks. VF.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Eastern Turkestan. Xizhou Huihu. Circa 9th to 13th century. CU (21mm, 2.69 g). Uighur legend around central square hole / Blank. XN 079-081, cf. Zeno 19360. Earthen red-brown patina, a few cleaning marks. Near VF. From the St. George Collection.
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LOCAL ISSUES, Semirech'e. Türgesh Kaghans. Anonymous. Early–mid 8th century AD. Æ (25mm, 4.92 g). 'Cash' type. Sogdian legend around central square hole / Curved tamgha around central square hole. Smirnova 1589; Zeno 246692. Earthen brown patina. Near VF. From the St. George Collection.
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SPAIN, Caesaraugusta. Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29mm, 11.91 g, 3h). Licinianus and Germanus, duoviri. Laureate head left / Priest plowing right with yoke of oxen. ACIP 3100; RPC I 371; Burgos 391. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity, spot of green verdigris on reverse. Near VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection.
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SPAIN, Celsa. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (28mm, 12.65 g, 4h). L. Baggius and Mn. Flavius Festus, duoviri. Laureate head right / Bull standing right, head facing. ACIP 3164c; RPC I 273; Burgos 809. Brown patina, porosity, cleaning marks. VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Ex Jencek Historical Enterprise 29 (10 February 2015), lot 25.
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SPAIN, Emerita. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Dupondius (35mm, 24.80 g, 5h). Laureate head left / City gate with view of city walls above. ACIP 3407a; RPC I 41; Burgos 1037. Dusty green and brown patina, light roughness, cleaning marks, scrape on neck. Near VF. Ex W. Toliver Besson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 473 (29 July 2020), lot 175, purchased from Aeternitas Numismatics, 17 January 2013; Vico 116 (6 March 2008), lot 20.
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SPAIN, Italica. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ As (29mm, 16.88 g, 1h). Bare head right / Altar inscribed PROVIDE/NTIAE/AVGVSTI in three lines. ACIP 3333; RPC I 65; Burgos 1593. Red-brown patina, porosity, deposits. Near VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection, purchased from John Jencek.
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GAUL, Narbo. Octavian. Circa 40 BC. Æ As (31mm, 18.92 g, 3h). Bare head right, wearing slight beard / Prow of galley right, with multi-tier superstructure and mast. Amandry, RAN 4-11; RPC I 518; SNG Copenhagen 705-6 (Uncertain). Green-brown patina, porosity, a few cleaning marks, obverse a bit off center. Near VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection.
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GAUL, Nemausus. Augustus, with Agrippa. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 13.52 g, 9h). Struck AD 10-14. Heads of Agrippa, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate, back to back; P-P across field / Crocodile right, chained to palm frond with wreath at top with long ties to right; two palm fronds at base. RPC I 525; SNG Copenhagen 700-1. Earthen brown patina, obverse scratches. Near VF. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased 18 May 2003.
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GAUL, Vienna. Octavian, with Divus Julius Caesar. Circa 36 BC. Æ Dupondius (31mm, 20.04 g, 12h). Bare heads of Divus Julius Caesar left and Octavian right, back to back / Prow of galley right, with multi-tier superstructure and mast. RPC I 517; RIC I 158; SNG Copenhagen 703-4. Green patina, smoothing, cleaning scratches, flan cracks, deposits. Good Fine.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Callatis. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 13.04 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles advancing right, carrying the Erymanthian boar over his shoulders; E (mark of value) in right field. RPC VI Online 1741; AMNG I 331; Varbanov 343; Voegtli type 3b. Green patina, slight roughness, minor cleaning marks. Near VF. Very rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1076 (hammer $1205).Hercules, made temporarily insane by the goddess Hera, murdered his wife and children. Once recovered, and distressed by his actions, Hercules consulted the Delphic Oracle to find a means of expiating his sin. As a punishment, Apollo replied that the hero would have to serve his cousin Eurystheus, the king Tiryns, a man whom Hercules despised, for a period of twelve years. Because Eurystheus also hated Hercules, he devised a series of ten feats of such difficulty that they would be either insurmountable, or Hercules would die in the attempt. Because Hercules received assistance in completing two of the tasks, Eurystheus added two more. Each labor became more fantastic, and eventually Hercules was compelled to break the bonds of the supernatural in order to complete his task. Once he accomplished the Labors, Hercules was absolved of his guilt, and preceded to perform many other heroic feats.The Erymanthean Boar resided in a grove sacred to Artemis near Mount Erymanthus in Arcadia, and would descend from the wilderness to wreck havoc on the surrounding farms and groves. While hunting for it, Hercules visited his friend, the centaur Pholus, who lived in a cave on the mountain. Hungry and thirsty, the centaur provided him with food, but shied from offering him the wine he had because it did not belong to him, and was for the use of all the centaurs. Heracles nevertheless opened the jar, and, smelling the wine's aroma, the other centaurs became excited and intoxicated. A fight soon ensued, and Heracles slew a number of centaurs with arrows poisoned by the blood of the Hydra. During the melee, another of Heracles' friends, the kindly centaur Chiron, was accidentally wounded. Although Chiron did not die, as he was immortal, he did experience great pain. Heracles attempted to medicate the wound, but his ministrations were of little avail. In return for his kindness, however, Chiron offered advice to the hero as to how he could capture the Boar. Once again pursuing the creature, he easily trapped the Boar by pursuing it through the mountain snows until the creature collapsed from exhaustion. Netting the animal, he carried it back to Tiryns and presented it to Eurystheus. Frightened by the Boar, Eurystheus hid himself in a large bronze crater.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Assarion (19mm, 2.84 g, 7h). Laureate head right / Isis standing facing, head left, holding sistrum and situla. HH&J, Nikopolis 8.10.30.2; RPC IV.1 Online 10929; AMNG –; Varbanov 2158. Dark green patina, minor porosity, reverse slightly off center. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one known to RPC, one more in CoinArchives. From the Aleph Collection.
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ Tetrassarion (26.5mm, 14.16 g, 6h). Statius Longinus, legatis consularis. Laureate head right / Apollo standing left, holding branch and sacrificing from patera over lighted altar to left. HH&J, Nikopolis 8.23.7.13; AMNG I 1739; Varbanov 3566. Dark brown patina, light porosity, minor smoothing and cleaning scratches. VF. Rare. From the Quietus Collection. Ex Roma E-Sale 32 (7 January 2017), lot 608.
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THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Tetrassarion (26mm, 10.30 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / City gate with one door and two towers. Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 535 (V237-R521); RPC VII.2 695; Varbanov 3754. Dark green patina, light roughness. VF.
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THRACE, Perinthus. Poppaea. Augusta, AD 62-65. Æ Triassarion (24mm, 9.66 g, 12h). Struck under Nero, AD 59-63. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Headdress of Isis; Π–E across field; all within laurel wreath. Schönert, Perinthos 270 (O:F/R:270); RPC I 1756; Varbanov 27. Yellow-brown surfaces, minor porosity, deposits on reverse. Near VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 338 (09 May 2018), lot 556; Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29 May 1997), lot 1171.
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THRACE, Sestus. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (13mm, 1.97 g, 12h). Bare head left / Cornucopia. Von Fritze, Sestos 24; RPC I 1741A. Green patina, obverse lamination flaws, reverse scratch. Good Fine. Very rare. From the Joshua Lee collection. Ex Aventine Numismatics.