Lot 32092 > CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 84-30 BC. AR drachm (20mm, 4.16 gm, 4h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Euphranor, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / EYΦPANΩP, rose in full bloom seen from above; caduceus left below; P-O across field. HGC 6, 1456.
Lot 2092
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32093 > CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 84-30 BC. AR drachm (20mm, 4.20 gm, 10h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Micion, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / MIKIΩN, rose in full bloom seen from above; caduceus left below; P-O across fields. HGC 6, 1456.
Lot 2093
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32094 > CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 84-30 BC. AR drachm (19mm, 4.03 gm, 10h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Meicion, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / MEIKIΩN, rose in full bloom seen from above; caduceus left below; P-O across field. HGC 6, 1456.
Lot 2094
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32095 > CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 84-30 BC. AR drachm (20mm, 3.88 gm, 2h). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5. Basileides, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly left, hair parted in center and swept to either side / BAΣIΛEIΔHΣ, rose in full bloom seen from above; grain ear left below; P-O across field. HGC 6, 1456.
Lot 2095
Starting price: 52USD
Lot 32096 > CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 1st century AD. AE (36mm, 24.84 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF S 5/5 - 4/5. Sphairos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / PO, rose in full bloom seen from above; ΣΦAIPOΣ below, all within wreath. HGC 6, 1468. Ashton 105-6. SNG Copenhagen 870.
Lot 2096
Starting price: 110USD
Lot 32097 > LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.65 gm). NGC VF 4/5 - 4/5. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Linzalone 1090. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Lydia was the first kingdom of the ancient world to make widespread use of the newly invented medium of coinage. Previously, city-states along the Anatolian coast had experimented with pre-weighing nuggets of electrum and marking them with various abstract designs. Alyattes, who founded the Lydian Kingdom circa 619 BC, standardized the striking of coins on a wide scale and used as an obverse design an image of the sun (shown as a "radiate globule") rising over a lion's head, the symbol of his family, the Mermnadae.
Lot 2097
Starting price: 125USD
Lot 32098 > LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.71 gm). About XF, countermarks. Uninscribed, Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Head of lion right, mouth open, mane bristling, radiate globule above eye / Two square punches of different size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Linzalone 1090. Weidauer 86. Boston 1764. SNG von Aulock 2868. SNG Kayhan 1013. Ex Classical Numismatic group, private sale with old dealer tag
Lot 2098
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32099 > LYDIAN KINGDOM. Walwet (before ca. 560 BC). EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.32 gm). NGC Choice VF 3/5 - 3/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes(?) mint. Confronting lion's heads, only the left (facing right) visible; WALWET (in Lydian script) between / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, side by side, with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer Group XVII, 103.
Lot 2099
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32100 > LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL 1/12 stater or hemihecte (8mm, 1.17 gm). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, radiate nodule on forehead / Incuse square with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer 90. Traité I 47. SNG Kayhan 1015.
Lot 2100
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32101 > LYDIAN KINGDOM. Alyattes or Walwet (ca. 610-546 BC). EL 1/12 stater or hemihecte (7mm, 1.18 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, radiate nodule on forehead / Incuse square with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer 90. Traité I 47. SNG Kayhan 1015.
Lot 2101
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32102 > LYDIAN KINGDOM. Croesus (561-546 BC). AV 1/12 stater or hemihecte (7mm, 0.66 gm). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5. Sardes, 'light' standard, ca. 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion on left and bull on right, each with extended foreleg / Incuse square punch with irregular interior surfaces. SNG Munich 9. Gulbenkian 759. Extremely rare denomination.
Lot 2102
Starting price: 310USD
Lot 32103 > LYDIA. Sardes. Ca. 188-173 BC. AR tetradrachm (33mm, 11h). NGC Choice XF, Fine Style. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; veiled, turreted, draped bust of Tyche left in left field, KA monogram below throne. Price 2693.
Lot 2103
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32104 > ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Darius I (ca. 520-505 BC). AR siglos (9mm, 5.34 gm). NGC VF S 5/5 - 5/5. Half-length bust of Persian hero-king right, crowned and wearing royal robes, arrows in right hand, bow in outstretched left hand / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type I (pl. XI, 10). BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 25. Sunrise 17. Very rare.
Lot 2104
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32105 > CILICIA. Tarsus. Pharnabazus, as Satrap (ca. 380-374/3 BC). AR stater (22mm, 10.73 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Ca. 380-379 BC. Head of female (Arethusa?) facing, turned slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing single pendant earrings and necklace with pendants; dolphin to lower left, linear border / FRNBZW (Aramaic), bearded head (Mars?) left, wearing crested Attic helmet with upturned cheek flap decorated with griffin head, drapery around neck; no border. Casabonne series 3. SNG von Aulock 5916-7. Ex Pars Coins, private sale with old dealer tag
Lot 2105
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32106 > CILICIA. Tarsus. Mazaeus, as Satrap (361-334 BC). AR stater (23mm, 11.05 gm, 1h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5. B'LTRZ (Aramaic), Ba'altars seated left, head facing, eagle, grain ear and grapes in right hand, scepter in left; TR (Aramaic) to lower left, M (Aramaic) below strut / MZDI (Aramaic), lion attacking bull left. Casabonne series 2, group C. SNG Levante 106. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG France 2 -. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's, 20 June 1991), lot 614 (part)
Lot 2106
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32107 > CILICIA. Tarsus. Mazaeus, as Satrap (361-334 BC). AR stater (23mm, 11.01 gm, 1h). NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5, slight die shift. B'LTRZ (Aramaic), Ba'altars seated left, head facing, eagle, grain ear and grapes in right hand, scepter in left; TR (Aramaic) to lower left, M (Aramaic) below strut / MZDI (Aramaic), lion attacking bull left. Casabonne series 2, group C. SNG Levante 106. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG France 2 -. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's, 20 June 1991), lot 614 (part)
Lot 2107
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32108 > CYPRUS. Paphos. Stasandros (ca. 425-400 BC). AR stater (22mm, 10.95 gm, 3h). NGC Choice XF 3/5 - 4/5. Bull standing left on beaded double line; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, all within dotted border / pa-si sa-ta-sa-to (Cypriot script), eagle standing left; ankh to lower left, all within dotted square border in incuse square. Babelon, Perses 749a. BMC (Paphos) plate XXI, 9.
Lot 2108
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32109 > CYPRUS. Salamis. Uncertain king (480-460 BC). AR stater (20mm, 8h). NGC VF. e-u-we-le-to-to-se (Cypriot=Euelthon (father of Nicodamus)), ram recumbent left; ivy leaf before, dotted border / pa-u-si-o (Cypriot), legend counterclockwise around from lower right, large ornate ankh enclosing pa (Cypriot); all within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 12-3 var. (reverse legend). BMC plate X, 7-8 var. (same). Tziambazis -. SNG Copenhagen -.
Lot 2109
Starting price: 115USD
Lot 32110 > SELEUCID KINGDOM. Seleucus I Nicator (312-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.19 gm, 10h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Seleucia II (2nd Workshop), from ca. 296/5 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY, Athena, brandishing spear overhead in right hand, shield on left arm, in car of quadriga pulled by horned elephants right; anchor right above, AB monogram to right of name, HIXP monogram below name in exergue, dotted border. SC 130.20. ESM 49.
Lot 2110
Starting price: 210USD
Lot 32111 > SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.62 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. "Sardes" (really a Phrygian mint, probably Laodicea on the Lycus), series 3, from 203 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right with youthful features but very shallow eye, break in bangs indicating incipient baldness at temple, horn over ear, one diadem end waving upward, the other falling straight behind; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTI-OXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on plain grounded bow right behind. SC -, cf. 998 (obverse die of 997 and 998.1-4). No examples listed in SC for this obverse with no controls on the reverse and Apollo seated left.
Lot 2111
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32112 > SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus III the Great (222-187 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 12h). NGC Choice VF. ΔΙ mint in southern or eastern Syria, from ca. 202 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right, older portrait with short hair lying close to skull, hairline with slight break, diadem ends falling straight behind; heavy dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand resting on grounded bow with grip marked by two pellets at right; ΔΙ in exergue, heavy dotted border. SC 1112.
Lot 2112
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32113 > SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes) (138-129 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 14.14 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Tyre, dated Seleucid Era 176 (137/6 BC). Diademed, draped bust of Antiochus VII right, seen from front; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ-ANTIOXOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; A/PE above club surmounted by TYP monogram to left, AΣY monogram above ϚOP (date) to right, ΓΠP monogram between legs. SC 2109.4a.
Lot 2113
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32114 > SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes) (138-129 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.75 gm, 11h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue under Ariarathes VII (112-100 BC) of Cappadocia, ca. 104-102 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus VII right, diadem ends falling straight behind; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / EYEP-ΓETOY, Athena standing facing, head left, Nike in left hand extending wreath toward border, right hand resting on grounded shield, spear resting against left arm; ΔΙ monogram above A in outer left field, Δ in inner right field, laureate border. SC 2144.4.
Lot 2114
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32115 > SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus VIII Epiphanes (Grypus) (121-96 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.89 gm, 1h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 1/5, brushed. Mallus. Diademed head of Antiochus VIII right, diadem ends falling straight behind; M in left field, bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTI-OXOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ, cult statue of Athena Magarsia standing facing, grounded spear in right hand, left hand outstretched; star above each shoulder, BK monogram to lower left, TI to lower right. SC -, cf. 2290 for type.
Lot 2115
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32116 > PHOENICIA. Byblus. Ozbaal or Azbaal (ca. 400-340 BC). AR shekel (25mm, 13.14 gm, 2h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. War galley proceeding left with prow terminating in lion's head, containing three hoplites with crested helmets and round shields, on zigzag line of waves; OZ (Phoenician) above back of hippocamp left, murex shell below / 'ZBL' MLK GBL (Phoenician), lion left attacking bull left. SNG Copenhagen 132. HGC 10, 133.
Lot 2116
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32117 > NEAR EAST or EGYPT. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 18.50 gm, 3h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. Peter van Alfen, "The 'Owls' from the 1989 Syria Hoard with a review of Pre-Macedonian Coinage in Egypt," AJN 14 (2002), pl. 11, 2. For Athens prototype, cf. HGC 4, 1597. cf. SNG Copenhagen 31-40. cf. Kroll 8.
Lot 2117
Starting price: 52USD
Lot 32118 > PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter (305/4-282 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 15.61 gm, 12h). NGC XF 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, bankers mark, scratches. Attic standard, in the name of Alexander III the Great. Alexandria, ca. 306-300 BC. Horned head of deified Alexander III right, wearing elephant skin headdress, mitra and scaly aegis; dotted border / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear with right hand, shield on left arm; helmet right above eagle right on thunderbolt in outer right field, HP monogram in inner right field. CPE 65. Svoronos 170.
Lot 2118
Starting price: 130USD
Lot 32119 > PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285/4-246 BC). AR stater or tetradrachm (26mm, 11h). NGC Choice XF. Tyre, undated (ca. 274 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck; dotted border / ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; TYP monogram above club in left field. CPE 561. Svoronos 644.
Lot 2119
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32120 > PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-180 BC). AR stater or tetradrachm (27mm, 14.23 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Alexandria, ca. 204 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck; dotted border / ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks, dotted border. Svoronos 1231. SNG Copenhagen 244-245. Ex Pegasi Numismatics, Auction XXIII (23 November 2010), lot 270
Lot 2120
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32121 > PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC). AR didrachm (22mm, 6.94 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5. Uncertain mint in Cyprus, dated year 106 of an uncertain era, 157/6 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck; beaded border / ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; PϚ (date) on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1213 (Ptolemy IV). SNG Copenhagen 552.
Lot 2121
Starting price: 210USD
Lot 32122 > PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Arsaces XVI (ca. 78-62/1 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.01 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, scuff. Seleucia on the Tigris. Diademed bust of Arsaces XVI left, wearing short beard and spiral torque; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΕΓΑ-ΛΟY ΑΡΣ-ΑΚΟY / ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, archer (Arsaces I) enthroned right, wearing cidaris, bow in outstretched right hand; KΔO monogram above bow. Sellwood 30.2 (unknown king). Shore - (Orodes I). Sunrise 311. Very rare.
Lot 2122
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32123 > BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Euthydemus II (ca. 185-180 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 11h). ANACS XF45. Diademed, draped bust of Euthydemus right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / EYΘYΔΗMΟY, Heracles standing facing, holding wreath, club, and lion skin; KP monogram to left. Bopearachchi 1C. Bopearachchi & Rahman 142. SNG ANS 216. Euthydemus II was evidently the son of Demetrius I, the great Greco-Bactrian king whose conquests pushed deep into Northern India and enlarged the realm to its greatest territorial extent. He seems to have ruled jointly with his father, but likely did not succeed him, as all of his rare coins depict him as a young boy.
Lot 2123
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32124 > BACTRIAN KINGDOM. Eucratides I the Great (ca. 170-145 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.95 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Draped and cuirassed bust of Eucratides I right, seen from front, wearing crested Bactrian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, the Dioscuri on horses prancing right, both with couched spear in right hand, palm in left over shoulder; ΔΝΦ monogram in lower right field. HGC 12, 131. Bopearachchi 6F. High relief portrait with abundant golden toning.
Lot 2124
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32125 > JUDAEA. Herodians. Herod I the Great (40-4 BC). AE 8-prutot (24mm, 6.65 gm, 12h). XF, altered surfaces. Samarian mint, dated Regnal Year 3 (38/7 BC). Facing helmet with star atop crest; palms to either side / HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, tripod with ceremonial bowl above; L-Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. Hendin 1169. Altered surfaces, thus ineligible for encapsulation. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ex Zuzim Judaea, private sale with old dealer tag
Lot 2125
Starting price: 82USD
Lot 32126 > JUDAEA. Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135). AR zuz (20mm, 3.38 gm, 1h). NGC AU 3/5 - 4/5, overstruck. Dated Year 2 (AD 133/4). Sm' (Paleo-Hebrew abbreviation for Simon), name within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, medallion at top, tendrils at bottom / Year 2 of the freedom of Israel (Paleo-Hebrew), fluted oinochoe with handle on left, upright willow branch to right. Hendin 1391. Overstruck on a denarius of Hadrian with significant details and legend of the host coin visible on the reverse.
Lot 2126
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32127 > JUDAEA. Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135). AR zuz (18mm, 3.39 gm, 2h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 5/5, overstruck. Undated issue of Year 3 (AD 134/5). Simon (more accurately Simna with letter arrangement) (Paleo-Hebrew), name within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, medallion at top, tendrils at bottom / For the freedom of Jerusalem (Paleo-Hebrew), fluted oinochoe with handle on left. Hendin 1423. From the Estate of Gerald 'Jerry' Farber
Lot 2127
Starting price: 210USD
Lot 32128 > INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (21mm, 12h). ANACS XF40. Main mint, Mathura/Gandhara. Þ-AONANOÞAO BA-ZOΔHO KOÞANO, Vasudeva I standing facing, nimbate head left with mustache, wearing jewel edged triangular helmet with front and side medallions, flames on right shoulder, fully armored with knee length tunic with heavy segmented collar and neck guard, coils covering arms, skirt of plate mail over trousers and boots, long sword on left hip, sacrificing with right hand over lit altar to left, trident in left; filleted trident to left / O-hÞ-O, ithyphallic Siva standing facing, nimbate with hair in topknot and curls continuing over shoulders, bare to waist, wearing ankle length dhoti with symmetrical folds, diadem in right hand, trident with bent shaft in left; the bull Nandi behind standing left with only left back leg visible, tamgha to right. ANS Kushan 1084 and Göbl 503.6 (reverse)/ANS Kushan 1085 and Göbl 509 (obverse).
Lot 2128
Starting price: 210USD
Lot 32129 > INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasishka (ca. AD 247-267). AV dinar (22mm, 12h). ANACS XF45. Main mint, Gandhara, early phase. ÞAONANOÞAO BAZH-ÞKO KOÞANO, Vasishka standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing jeweled conical hat, and earring, jeweled open kaftan with loose fitting sleeves and arched hemline, over high collared tunic, trousers and boots, sacrificing with right hand over altar to left, staff surmounted by dot tipped ribbons in left hand; filleted trident to left, kho (Brahmi) between altar and leg, tha (Brahmi) between feet, chu (Brahmi) to right of staff / APΔOXÞO, Ardoxsho seated facing on wide, high backed throne with ornate legs, nimbate head facing, feet on piles of scattered coins, filleted garland in right hand, cradling cornucopia in left arm; tamgha to upper left, tha (Brahmi) to upper right. ANS Kushan 1606-7.
Lot 2129
Starting price: 110USD
Lot 32130 > INDIA. Kushan Empire. Kanishka III (ca. AD 267-270). AV dinar (21mm, 7.87 gm, 11h). ANACS AU 58. Taxila, 4th emission. ÞAONANOÞAO KANH-ÞKO KOÞANO, Kanishka III standing facing in sleeveless jeweled kaftan with open front and arched hemline, over armor, coils covering arms, trousers and boots, nimbate head left wearing jeweled conical hat, flames on right shoulder, sword in scabbard on left hip, filleted standard in left hand, sacrificing over altar to left with right hand; filleted trident to left; ga (Brahmi) to right of altar; gho (Brahmi) between legs; pri (Brahmi) to right of scepter / OhÞO, ithyphallic, exceptionally muscular, Siva standing facing, with three nimbate heads, bare to waist, wearing knee-length dhoti and knee-high boots, garland or diadem in right hand, trident in left; the bull Nandi behind standing left, tamgha to upper left. cf. ANS Kushan 1645 for type (Siva with one head and ankle length dhoti). Note - the holder assigns this coin to Kanishka II, however, apart from the noted exception for variety, the obverse matches Kanishka III in ANS.
Lot 2130
Starting price: 420USD
Lot 32131 > INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva II (ca. AD 290-310). AV dinar (21mm, 12h). ANACS AU 50. Main mint, Mathura/Gandhara. ÞAONANOÞAO BA-ZOΔHO KOÞANO, Vasudeva standing facing, nimbate head left, with sideburns and mustache, wearing conical jeweled hat, stylized flames on right shoulder, partially opened kaftan with sharply arched hemline over trousers and boots, long sword on left hip, sacrificing with right hand over lit altar to left, ribboned staff with double knot finials in left; filleted trident to left, rju (Brahmi) between altar and left, gho (Brahmi) between feet, tra (Brahmi) to right of feet, rda (Brahmi) to right of staff / OhÞO, ithyphallic Siva standing facing, nimbate with hair in topknot and curls continuing over shoulders, bare to waist, wearing ankle length dhoti with symmetrical folds, diadem in right hand, trident with bent shaft in left; the bull Nandi behind standing left, tamgha to upper left. ANS Kushan 1650. Göbl 630.3.
Lot 2131
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32132 > INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva II (ca. AD 290-310). AV dinar (21mm, 12h). ANACS AU 50. Main mint, Mathura/Gandhara. ÞAONANOÞAO BA-ZOΔHO KOÞANO, Vasudeva standing facing, nimbate head left, with sideburns and mustache, wearing conical jeweled hat, stylized flames on right shoulder, partially opened kaftan with sharply arched hemline over trousers and boots, long sword on left hip, sacrificing with right hand over lit altar to left, ribboned staff with double knot finials in left; filleted trident to left, rju (Brahmi) between altar and left, gho (Brahmi) between feet, tra (Brahmi) to right of feet, rda (Brahmi) to right of staff / OhÞO, ithyphallic Siva standing facing, nimbate with hair in topknot and curls continuing over shoulders, bare to waist, wearing ankle length dhoti with symmetrical folds, diadem in right hand, trident with bent shaft in left; the bull Nandi behind standing left; tamgha to upper left. ANS Kushan 1650. Göbl 630.3.
Lot 2132
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32133 > INDIA. Kushan Empire. Mahi (ca. AD 300). AV dinar (22mm, 7.84 gm, 11h). ANACS MS 63. Uncertain mint. Mahi standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing partially opened kaftan with sharply arched hemline, sacrificing with right hand over lit altar, ribboned staff with double knot finials in left; filleted trident to left, ma (Brahmi) under king's left arm, mahi to right, traces of Bactrian inscription around rim / OΔOΔO, Goddess Ardoxsho seated facing, filleted investiture garland in right hand, cornucopia in left; tamgha to left above. ANS Kushan -. Göbl 582. Donum Burns 755. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 421 (30 May 2018), lot 423; Heritage Auctions, 3057 Long Beach (7 September 2017), lot 32169 ANS Kushan only has one entry (1666) for Mahi, which is of very different style from the present example, and with pu (Brahmi) on the obverse instead of ma.
Lot 2133
Starting price: 575USD
Lot 32134 > INDIA. Gupta Empire. Samudragupta (ca. AD 344-378). AV dinar (21mm, 11h). ANACS Fine 15. Javelin type. Samudragupta, standing facing, nimbate head left, javelin in left hand, dropping incense with hand over lit altar to left; decorated altar surmounted by a Garuda facing at left, samadra (Brahmi) to right / Ardoxsho seated facing on throne, nimbate head facing, resting feet on scattered piles of coins, diadem in right hand, cornucopia in left; tamgha in left field, parakrama (Brahmi) to right. MACW 4773ff.
Lot 2134
Starting price: 160USD
Lot 32135 > INDIA. Post-Kushan (Jammu and Kashmir). Kidarite Successors. Namvihakya. Mid 5th-6th centuries AD. Debased AV dinar (21mm, 12h). ANACS EF 40. Abstract Kushan style king standing left; monogram of Kidara and jaya (Brahmi) to right / Abstract Ardoxsho seated facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; hakya (Brahmi) to left, sri namvi (Brahmi) to right. MACW 3655. Donum Burns 1615.
Lot 2135
Starting price: 110USD
Lot 32136 > INDIA. Bengal. Khadga Kings of Samatata. Anonymous Issue. ca. AD 575-600. AV dinar (21mm, 9h). ANACS AU 58. King standing facing, head left, bow in left hand, arrow in right; standard surmounted by conch shell at left, thick dotted border / Lakshmi standing right, holding lotus in both hands, cloak flying behind; illegible inscription to right, all in linear circle, thick dotted border. Mitchiner 2000, 55.
Lot 2136
Starting price: 155USD
Lot 32137 > BITHYNIA. Nicaea. Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AE (22mm, 7.47 gm, 1h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 2/5, light smoothing. C. Vibius Pansa, proconsul, dated Civic Year 236 (47/6 BC). NIKAEΩN, bare head of Julius Caesar right / EΠI ΓAIOV / OVBIOV / ΠANΣA, Nike advancing right, palm frond in left hand over shoulder, wreath upward in right; uncertain monograms to lower left and inner right, ςΛΣ (date) in exergue. RPC I 2026. BMC 8-9. This issue was one of only two Roman Provincials which have definitive lifetime portraits of Julius Caesar and was the first of them, the other from Lampsacus in 45 BC. The first appearance of his portrait on coinage in Rome was on the denarii of M. Mettius, in January 44 BC. C. Vibius Pansa was part of the Caesarian faction at Rome and was friends with Caesar under whom he served in Gaul. He was elected Plebian Tribune in 51 BC and appointed governor of Bithynia et Pontus in 47 BC. He was the son of Caius Vibius C.f. C.n Pansa Caetronianus, who served as moneyer in Rome in 48 BC.
Lot 2137
Starting price: 555USD
Lot 32138 > PHRYGIA. Cibyra. T. Clodius Eprius Marcellus, as Legate of Lycia (AD 53-56). AE (18mm, 4.20 gm, 1h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. MAP-KEΛΛOC, laureate head of Marcellus right / ΚIBY-PATΩN, eagle standing facing on altar, head right, tail right. SNG von Aulock 8397 ("time of Tiberius"). RPC I 2890. Very rare with only six examples in sales archives. Marcellus was consul twice and is best known today for his prosecution of Thrasea Paetus, a critic of the emperor Nero. In AD 79, Marcellus committed suicide after being found guilty of participating in a plot against Vespasian.
Lot 2138
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32139 > CAPPADOCIA. Caesarea. Britannicus (AD 41-45). AE (23mm, 6.63 gm, 11h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 4/5, countermark. Dated Year 8 (AD 48/9). KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP-BPITANNIKOC, bare head of Britannicus left; countermark of Mount Argaeus with KΛ Θ on neck / ANTWNIA / OKTAOYIA, Antonia (on left) and Octavia (on right) standing facing, turned toward each other, both holding cornucopia in outer hand, clasping inner hands; KAICAP ET H (date) in exergue. Sydenham, Caesarea 61. RPC I 3656. Howgego 424 for countermark.
Lot 2139
Starting price: 16USD
Lot 32140 > SYRIA. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 12.48 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style. 2nd group, AD 207-208. AVT KAI-CЄOYHPOC-C, laureate, cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from front, gorgoneion on breastplate, trabea on left shoulder / ΔHMAP•X•ЄΞ VΠATOC•Γ•, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1141.
Lot 2140
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32141 > ASIA MINOR. Uncertain mint. Caracalla, as Augustus (AD 198-217). AR tridrachm (25mm, 8.32 gm, 7h). NGC VF 5/5 - 1/5. IM C M AVR•AN-TONINVS AVG, laureate head of young Caracalla right / VICTORIA-AVGVSTI, Victory advancing left, holding wreath on both hands over shield set on low base. RIC IV.I 358A. Extremely rare. No examples in sales archives. RIC lists this coin as R3 and notes one example in Vienna.
Lot 2141
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32142 > EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE drachm (37mm, 12h). NGC Choice Fine, scratches. Dated Regnal Year 19 (AD 134/5). AVT KAIC TPAIAN-AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head of Hadrian left / L-ЄNNЄ-AKΔ (date), Zeus reclining left, patera in right hand, thunderbolt in left, on back of eagle standing facing, head right, tail left, wings spread. Emmett 1069.
Lot 2142
Starting price: 258USD
Lot 32143 > Anonymous. Ca. 225-214/2 BC. AR didrachm or quadrigatus (22mm, 6.34 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF S 5/5 - 4/5. Laureate head of youthful Janus, two small annulets on top of head / Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, scepter in left, in fast quadriga right driven by Victory; ROMA incuse on raised tablet below. Crawford 28/3. Sydenham 64.
Lot 2143
Starting price: 6USD
Lot 32144 > Anonymous. Ca. 225-217 BC. AE semis (43mm, 70.98 gm, 11h). VF. Laureate head of Saturn left, S (mark of value) behind / Prow of war galley right, S (mark of value) above.
Lot 2144
Starting price: 115USD
Lot 32145 > L. Procilius f. (ca. 80 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.88 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5. Rome. Laureate head of Jupiter right, S•C behind / L•PROCILI / F, Juno Sospita advancing right, brandishing spear with right hand, shield on left arm; serpent coiled erect right before. Crawford 379/1. Sydenham 771. Procilia 1. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's, 20 June 1991), lot 1040 (part)
Lot 2145
Starting price: 360USD
Lot 32146 > C. Hosidius C.f. Geta (ca. 68 or 64 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.77 gm, 3h). NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5. Rome. GETA-III•VIR, draped bust of Diana right, seen from front, wearing stephane, pendant earring and necklace, hair tied in top knot; bow and quiver over left shoulder / C•HOSIDI C F, Calydonian boar running right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog crouching right. Crawford 407/1. Sydenham 904. Hosidia 2. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts (Auction XXVIII, 23 April 1992), Lot 999; Numismatic Fine Arts (Auction XX, 9 March 1988), Lot 25
Lot 2146
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32147 > Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.86 gm, 2h). NGC AU 3/5 - 3/5, brushed. Military mint traveling with Caesar in northern Italy, ca. 49-48 BC. CAESAR, elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent / Pontifical implements: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (axe surmounted by dog or wolf's head), and apex. Crawford 443/1. Sydenham 1006. Julia 9.
Lot 2147
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32148 > Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 4.00 gm, 3h). NGC XF 3/5 - 4/5. Military mint traveling with Caesar in northern Italy, ca. 49-48 BC. CAESAR, elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent / Pontifical implements: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (axe surmounted by dog or wolf's head), and apex. Crawford 443/1. Sydenham 1006. Julia 9. From the Estate of Gerald 'Jerry' Farber
Lot 2148
Starting price: 68USD
Lot 32149 > Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.89 gm, 5h). NGC AU S 5/5 - 5/5. Military mint moving with Caesar in North Africa, 48-46 BC. Diademed head of Venus right / CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, palladium in right hand, carrying Anchises on his left shoulder. Crawford 458/1. CRI 55. Sydenham 1013. Lovely toning.
Lot 2149
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32150 > Octavian, as Sole Imperator (31-27 BC). AR denarius (21mm, 3.73 gm, 3h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5, bankers mark. Italian mint (Rome?), 30-29 BC. Laureate terminal bust of Octavian right, as Terminus; thunderbolt behind / IMP - CAESAR across fields, Octavian seated left on curule chair, togate and holding Victory in right hand. RIC I, 270. CRI 427. RSC 116.
Lot 2150
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32151 > Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (20mm, 3.69gm 7h). NGC VF 5/5 - 3/5. Spain (Colonia Patricia?), ca. 18-16 BC. Bare head of Augustus right with well-manicured hair; linear border / AVGVSTVS, Capricorn right, holding globe attached to rudder and bearing cornucopia on back. RIC I 126.
Lot 2151
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32152 > Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (21mm, 3.88 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Lugdunum, 2 BC-AD 4. CAESAR AVGVSTVS-DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head of Augustus right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Caius and Lucius Caesars, togate, standing facing, each supporting grounded shield, spears resting against shields; simpulum (inward on left) and lituus (inward on right) above; C L CAESARES in exergue. RIC I 207.
Lot 2152
Starting price: 210USD
Lot 32153 > Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). AR denarius (20mm, 3.72 gm, 5h). NGC XF S 5/5 - 4/5. Lugdunum, 2 BC-AD 4. CAESAR AVGVSTVS-DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head of Augustus right; dotted border / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT / C L CAESARES, Gaius and Lucius Caesars, togate, standing facing, each supporting grounded shield with inner hand, spears resting against shields; simpulum (on left) and lituus (on right) turned inwards above, dotted border. RIC I 207
Lot 2153
Starting price: 170USD
Lot 32154 > Tiberius (AD 14-37). AR denarius (18mm, 3.83 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Lugdunum. TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right / PONTIF-MAXIM, Livia (as Pax), seated right on chair, feet on footstool, scepter in right hand, olive branch in left, plain chair legs; double line below. RIC I 26.
Lot 2154
Starting price: 105USD
Lot 32155 > Tiberius (AD 14-37). AR denarius (19mm, 3.78 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Lugdunum. TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right / PONTIF-MAXIM, Livia (as Pax), seated right on chair, feet on footstool, scepter in right hand, olive branch in left, plain chair legs; double line below. RIC I 26.
Lot 2155
Starting price: 300USD
Lot 32156 > Tiberius (AD 14-37). AR denarius (19mm, 3.86 gm, 3h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Lugdunum. TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right / PONTIF-MAXIM, Livia (as Pax), seated right on chair, feet on footstool, scepter in right hand, olive branch in left, plain chair legs; double line below. RIC I 26.
Lot 2156
Starting price: 1USD
Lot 32157 > Agrippina Senior (died AD 33). AE sestertius (35mm, 31.94 gm, 6h). Choice XF, details. Rome, ca. AD 37-41. AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI, draped bust of Agrippina Senior right, seen from front, hair falling in queue down back of neck / S•P•Q•R / MEMORIAE / AGRIPPINAE, decorated funerary carpentum drawn by two mules left, the side ornamented, the cover supported by standing figures at the corners. RIC I (Gaius) 55. BMCRE 86-7 (Caligula). Areas of bronze disease, which have since been neutralized and repaired, and the surfaces sealed in museum wax, thus ineligible for encapsulation. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ex Private Japanese Collection; The Dr. Patrick Tan Collection (Heritage Auction 3032, CICF, 10 April 2014), lot 23898; Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 639 Vipsania Agrippina was born in 14 BC to Julia the Elder, daughter of Caesar Augustus, and to his right-hand-man Marcus Agrippa. Though her Julio-Claudian family was the most powerful in the Empire, it was also shot through with intrigue, tension, and untimely death. Her father died when she was only two. A few years later Augustus exiled her mother for serial adultery, effectively orphaning her and her three brothers, who were taken into the imperial household and raised by the emperor and his wife, the arch-manipulator Livia Drusilla. In the drama-filled last decade of Augustus' reign, all three of her brothers died young, or were murdered, clearing the path for the succession of Livia's son Tiberius. Agrippina was also married during this span, between 1 BC and AD 5, to Germanicus, the charismatic nephew of Tiberius and her own second maternal cousin. Though supremely political, the union was also very happy and the couple eventually had nine children, including the future emperor Gaius 'Caligula' and empress Agrippina the Younger. All ancient historians agree Agrippina was a model of rectitude and matronly virtue; she also went beyond the traditional role of a Roman wife and mother in accompanying Germanicus on risky military campaigns and foreign postings. The Roman people admired her courage; however she also had an imperious nature and longed for the day when her husband would inherit supreme power. The mysterious death of Germanicus while on a diplomatic mission in the East in AD 19 dashed these hopes. Agrippina believed Tiberius and/or Livia had a hand in his demise and made no secret of her suspicions. This put her squarely in the crosshairs of Sejanus, Tiberius' unscrupulous Praetorian prefect, who waged a patient campaign to undermine her in the eyes of Tiberius and the public. In AD 29 she was charged with treason and banished to a remote island; repeatedly abused and starved, she died four years later. Upon the death of Tiberius, her son Gaius 'Caligula' became emperor and rehabilitated his mother's reputation, striking this handsome sestertius to mark the occasion when her ashes were formally returned to Rome and interred in the mausoleum of Augustus.
Lot 2157
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32158 > Gaius 'Caligula' (AD 37-41), with Divus Augustus. AR denarius (19mm, 3.39 gm, 11h). NGC Fine 4/5 - 1/5, smoothing. Lugdunum, AD 37. C•CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT COS, bare head of Caligula right / Radiate head of Divus Augustus right, flanked by two six-pointed stars. RIC I 2.
Lot 2158
Starting price: 625USD
Lot 32159 > Nero (AD 54-68). AE sestertius (34mm, 25.65 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5. Rome, ca. AD 65. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head of Nero right / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, three-quarter view of temple of Janus with latticed window on left, front doors closed on right, garland draped across arched entrance; S-C across fields. RIC I -, cf. 266 (bust with aegis).
Lot 2159
Starting price: 210USD
Lot 32160 > Antoninus Pius, as Caesar (AD 138-161). AE sestertius (30mm, 24.45 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Rome, AD 138. IMP T AELIVS CAE-SAR ANTONINVS, bare head of Antoninus Pius right / TRIB POT-CO-S, Pietas standing facing, head left, box of incense in left hand, raising right hand over lighted and garlanded altar to left, PIE-TAS / S-C across fields. RIC II.3 2743. Ex Niggeler Collection
Lot 2160
Starting price: 74USD
Lot 32161 > Divus Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AE sestertius (32mm, 25.93 gm, 12h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5. Rome, after AD 161. DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head of Divus Antoninus Pius right / CONSE-CRATIO, four tiered ustrinum (or pyre) - the lowest most of which represents a plain draped podium with three small festoons, and the profile of a festoon at each end. The next tier forms the sepulchral chamber for the reception of the dead body. In the center is a pair of paneled folding doors, flanked by three niches on left and two niches on right, all with statues and surmounted by a cornice. The tier above has four arched niches with statues and a cornice represented by beads; and the upper forms a lofty plain attic with hanging drapery in front. A lit torch flanks each end of the upper tier, which forms a pedestal surmounted by the quadriga of the deceased. All the tiers diminish in width from the base upwards so as to assume a pyramidal form. S-C across fields. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 1266. Ex Spink, private sale with old dealer tag
Lot 2161
Starting price: 190USD
Lot 32162 > Clodius Albinus, as Augustus (AD 195-197). AR denarius (17mm, 3.17 gm, 11h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 195 or AD 196-197. IMP CAES D CLO-SEP ALB AVG, laureate head of Clodius Albinus right / FIDES LEG-ION COS II, clasped hands holding aquila. RIC IV.I 20b.
Lot 2162
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32163 > Gordian I Africanus (March-April AD 238). AR denarius (20mm, 2.51 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 1/5. Rome. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian I right, seen from behind / SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas seated left, short scepter in right hand. RIC IV.II 5.
Lot 2163
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32164 > Gordian II Africanus (March-April AD 238). AR denarius (19mm, 11h). ANACS Fine 15, tooled. Rome. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian II right, seen from behind / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head left, leaning left arms on column, legs crossed, wand downward in right hand over globe at feet, cornucopia in left. RIC IV.II 1. BMCRE 13. RSC 5. Born around AD 192, Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus the Younger followed his father into the Roman Senate during the reign of Elagabalus (AD 218-222). He attained the consulship in the reign of Severus Alexander (AD 222-235) and served as legate of Legio IV Scythica near Antioch, as well as governor of Achaea. In AD 237, he was appointed as a legate (or general) to Africa, a province then governed by his father. While a son serving under a father was hardly unusual, Africa at this time had no legionary force of its own, meaning Gordian II had command only over a small band of palace guards and auxiliary troops. In March of AD 238, a cadre of North African nobles in the town of Thysdrus forced the elder Gordian to accept the purple. Aged nearly 80, Gordian I realized he could not carry the burden alone and proclaimed his son Gordian II as co-emperor. However, Capelianus, governor of neighboring Numidia, remained loyal to Maximinus and marched on Carthage with the veteran Legio III Cyrenaica. Gordian II gathered a ragtag force and marched out to meet him, but the defenders had more heart than skill and fell in droves before the swords of Capelianus' legionaries. Gordian II died in battle and his body was never recovered. Upon hearing of the outcome, the elder Gordian hung himself. But the 22-day reign of the Gordians proved the aristocracy of Rome was not yet a spent force, and the revolt they began eventually succeeded in toppling Maximinus.
Lot 2164
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32165 > Pupienus (April-June AD 238). AR denarius (21mm, 3.29 gm, 5h). NGC MS 4/5 - 5/5. Rome. IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus right, seen from behind / P M TR P COS II P P, Felicitas standing facing, head left, caduceus in right hand, scepter in left. RIC IV.II 6.
Lot 2165
Starting price: 725USD
Lot 32166 > Pupienus (April-June AD 238). AR denarius (21mm, 2.08 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Rome. IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus right, seen from behind / PAX-PVBLICA, Pax enthroned left, branch upward in right hand, transverse scepter in left. RIC IV.II 4.
Lot 2166
Starting price: 255USD
Lot 32167 > Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-253). AE sestertius (28mm, 5h). NGC XF, Fine Style. Rome. IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus right, seen from behind / IVNONI MARTIALI, Juno enthroned facing, corn ears in right hand, globe in left, in round distyle temple decorated with festoons; S-C across fields. RIC IV.III 109.
Lot 2167
Starting price: 105USD
Lot 32168 > Laelianus, Romano-Gallic Empire (AD 269). BI antoninianus (20mm, 2.99 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Moguntiacum or Trier, mid AD 269. IMP C LAELIANVS P F AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust of Laelianus right, seen from front / VICT-ORI-A A-VG, Victory advancing right, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left over shoulder. RIC V.II 9.
Lot 2168
Starting price: 500USD
Lot 32169 > Theodosius I, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 379-395). AV solidus (20mm, 4.23 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, clipped. Sirmium, 8th officina, AD 393-395. D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Theodosius I right, seen from front / VICTORI-A AVGGG H, emperor with bare head in military dress standing right, vexillum with X on banner in right hand, Victory on globe in left, left foot on bound captive turned back and looking up; S-M across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC IX 15a8. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's, 20 June 1991), lot 985 Although RIC does not distinguish, there are two reverses for this issue - one with the emperor bare headed, as on the present example, and the other with the emperor wearing a pearl diadem.
Lot 2169
Starting price: 110USD
Lot 32170 > Honorius, Western Roman Empire (AD 393-423). AV solidus (19mm, 4.39 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, 6th officina, ca. AD 397-402. D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Honorius facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield with horseman motif in left / CONCORDI-A AVGG S• (S retrograde), Constantinopolis seated facing on backless throne, helmeted head right, scepter in right hand, Victory on globe in left, right foot on prow; CONOB in exergue. RIC X 8. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's, 20 June 1991), lot 996
Lot 2170
Starting price: 360USD
Lot 32171 > Honorius, Western Roman Empire (AD 393-423). AV solidus (20mm, 4.27 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Ravenna, ca. AD 395-423. D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Honorius right, seen from front / VICTORI-A AVGGG, emperor standing active right, left foot on captive with bent knees and large bust, vexillum in right hand, Victory on globe in left; R-V across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 1328.
Lot 2171
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32172 > Honorius, Western Roman Empire (AD 393-423) AV semissis (17mm, 2.21 gm, 6h). ANACS XF 45. Ravenna, ca. AD 408-423. D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Honorius right, seen from front / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing VOT/X/MVLT/XX on shield held by small winged genius standing left; R-V across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 1312 or 1334. Flan flaw on reverse noted for accuracy. Ex Bramhall Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 96, 14 May 2014), lot 892; Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection (Spink, 13 July 2000), lot 289; Sternberg XIX (18 November 1987), lot 864
Lot 2172
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32173 > Valentinian III, Western Roman Empire (AD 425-455). AV solidus (21mm, 4.35 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Ravenna, AD 426-430. D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian III right, seen from front / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Valentinian standing facing, long cross in right hand, Victory on globe in left, right foot on human-headed serpent with closed coil; R-V across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 2011. Ex Malter Galleries, private sale with old dealer tag
Lot 2173
Starting price: 360USD
Lot 32174 > Arcadius, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 383-408). AV solidus (20mm, 4.47 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, 9th officina, ca. AD 397-402. D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Arcadius facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / CONCORDI-A AVGG Θ, Constantinopolis seated facing on plain throne, helmeted head right, scepter in right hand, Victory on globe in left, right foot on prow; CONOB in exergue. RIC X 7.
Lot 2174
Starting price: 360USD
Lot 32175 > Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 402-450). AV solidus (22mm, 4.45 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, ca. AD 441-450. D N THEODOSI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Theodosius II facing, head turned slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / I II P XXXXII COS-XVII P P, Constantinopolis enthroned left, left foot on prow, scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right, grounded shield at side; star in left field, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 285. The M in IMP on the reverse is missing the middle two legs. It doesn't appears as though it's an issue with the die being filled in as much as it looks like they were never engraved in the first place.
Lot 2175
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32176 > Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 402-450). AV solidus (20mm, 4.40 gm, 7h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, 10th officina, ca. AD 408-420. D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed facing bust of Theodosius II, head turned slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / CONCORDI-A AVGG I, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, helmeted head right, right foot on prow, scepter in right hand, Victory on globe in left; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 202.
Lot 2176
Starting price: 360USD
Lot 32177 > Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 402-450). AV solidus (21mm, 4.44 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU S 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, 1st officina, ca. AD 408-419. D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Theodosius II facing, head turned slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / CONCORDI-A AVGG A, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, helmeted head right, right foot on prow, scepter in right hand, Victory on globe in left; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 202.
Lot 2177
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32178 > Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 402-450). AV solidus (21mm, 4.46 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, January-October AD 425. D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / SALVS REI-PVBL-ICAE, Theodosius II seated facing and Valentinian III standing, both wearing consular robes, mappa in right hand, cruciform scepter in left; star above, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 235.
Lot 2178
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32179 > Zeno, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 474-491). AV solidus (20mm, 4.46 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5, brushed. Constantinople, 3rd officina, second reign, AD 476-491. D N ZENO-PERP AVG, diademed with no frontal jewel, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Zeno facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI-A AVGGG Γ, Victory standing facing, head left, long jeweled cross with horizontal crossbar in right hand; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 911 and 930.
Lot 2179
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32180 > EARLY GOTHS. Taman Peninsula Region. Late AD 3rd-mid 4th centuries. BI denarius (18mm, 1.66 gm, 11h). VF. Degraded male head right of abstract design, rays emanating from central figure; group of four pellets and two crescents in field / Degraded figure of Mars carrying transverse spear and trophy; circle flanking legs on both sides, all within wreath. L.N. Kazamanova, "Varvarskie podrazhaniia rimskim denariam s tipom idushchego Marsa," Vestnik Drevneél Istorii 1 (1961), Group III. D. Faltin, "Taman Imitiations - ‘Coins of the Unknown People," The Celator 20, 7 (July 2006), pp. 22-6. Very rare. Although unrecognized in western numismatic literature, these coins have been studied by Russian and Ukranian numismatists over the past century. The vast majority of the extant specimens have been found in the region of the Taman Peninsula, although some have been found throughout the Black Sea region and northern Caucasus. The context of their finds suggest they are datable from the mid-third to the early fourth centuries AD. The consensus among Russian numismatists is that these coins were issued by the Goths. Most prominent among these numismatists is L.N. Kazamanova, who has produced the most detailed study of the coins to date. She has determined that the coinage began as imitations of Roman denarii, the prototypes being of Marcus Aurelius or Septimius Severus with Mars advancing right on the reverse. Over time the obverse portrait and reverse type became more degenerate, eventually resulting in types that no longer resemble the original prototype. In her survey of the coins, Kazamanova has divided them into three groups based on the level of degeneration of the types, as well as their silver content. The present coin is from the latest group, which are of highly-debased billon with very degraded designs.
Lot 2180
Starting price: 4USD
Lot 32181 > GERMANIC TRIBES. Uncertain. Ca. mid-late 5th century AD. AV solidus (22mm, 4.49 gm, 5h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5. Struck in the name of Theodosius II. D N THEOOO-VIS P F AVC (F inverted), pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield in left with horseman motif, diadem ribbons to left / VOT XXX-S-NVLT XXXX Δ (S retrograde), Constantinopolis enthroned left, foot on prow in the shape of an animal standing left, globus cruciger in right hand, scepter in left; shield at her side, star in right field; CONOB in exergue. Cf. RIC X 322 for prototype.
Lot 2181
Starting price: 210USD
Lot 32182 > Anastasius I (AD 491-518). AV solidus (21mm, 4.52 gm, 7h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, 8th officina. D N ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Anastasius I facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI-A AVGGG H, Victory standing facing, head left, long staff surmounted by reversed staurogram in right hand; star in left field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 5. Ex Harlan Berk, private sale with old dealer tag
Lot 2182
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32183 > Justinian I the Great (AD 527-565). AV solidus (21mm, 4.48 gm, 6h). NGC MS S 5/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, 6th officina, ca. AD 545-565. D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, wearing plumed helmet with pendilia, globus cruciger in right hand, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI-A AVGGG S, angel standing facing, staff surmounted by staurogram in right hand, globus cruciger in left; star to right, CONOB in exergue. Sear 140. DOC 9.
Lot 2183
Starting price: 625USD
Lot 32184 > Phocas (AD 602-610). AV solidus (21mm, 4.42 gm, 6h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, 5th officina, AD 607-609. d N FOCAS-PЄRP AVG, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust of Phocas facing, globus cruciger in right hand / NICTORIA-AVϚЧ Є, angel standing facing, long staff terminating in staurogram in right hand, globus cruciger in left; CONOB in exergue. Sear 620. Interesting blundering of the reverse legend. Ex Steven Damron, private sale with old dealer tag
Lot 2184
Starting price: 525USD
Lot 32185 > Heraclius (AD 610-641), with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas. AV solidus (20mm, 4.50 gm, 6h). NGC Choice MS 5/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, 10th officina, dated Indictional Year 9 (AD 636/7). Heraclius, wearing long beard and mustache (in center), Heraclius Constantine, beardless (on right), and Heraclonas, smaller and beardless (on left), all standing facing, Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine crowned, Heraclonas uncrowned in plain cap, all wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder and with globus cruciger in right hand; cross in upper left field / VICTORIA-AVϚЧ I, cross potent set on three steps; monogram in left field, Θ (date) in right field, CONOB+ below. Sear 760.
Lot 2185
Starting price: 110USD
Lot 32186 > Constans II Pogonatus (AD 641-668), with Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius. AV solidus (19mm, 4.44 gm, 7h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Constantinople mint, 4th officina, AD 662-667. d N CON-AN, draped facing busts of Constans II (on left), wearing plumed helmet with integral crown and long beard, and Constantine IV (on right), crowned, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder; cross above between / VICTORIA A-VϚЧ Δ, crowned and draped figures of Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, both with globus cruciger in right hand; flanking cross potent set on three steps, CONOB in exergue. Sear 964.
Lot 2186
Starting price: 260USD
Lot 32187 > Leontius (AD 695-698). AV solidus (19mm, 4.46 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Constantinople, 7th officina. D LЄO-N PЄ AV, facing bust of Leontius, bearded, wearing crown with cross on circlet and lozenge pattern loros, akakia in raised right hand, globus cruciger in left / VICTORIA-AVϚЧ Z, cross potent set on three steps; CONOB below. Sear 1330.
Lot 2187
Starting price: 420USD
Lot 32188 > Leo III the Isaurian (AD 717-741), and Constantine V. AV semissis (17mm, 2.13 gm, 7h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, light graffito, clipped. Constantinople, AD 732-737. d N D LЄO-N PA MЧL·, crowned facing bust of Leo III, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left / d N CONSTA-NTINЧS M, crowned facing bust of Constantine V, beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, cross potent on globe in right hand, akakia in left. Sear 1506. DOC 12.
Lot 2188
Starting price: 2USD
Lot 32189 > Constantine V Copronymus (AD 740/1-775), with Leo III. AV solidus (22mm, 4.40 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, bent. Constantinople, AD 742-751. G-LЄO-N P A MЧL', crowned facing bust of Leo III, chlamys pinned at right shoulder, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left / G N CO-N-StANtINЧS•, crowned facing bust of Constantine V, with short beard, chlamys pinned at right shoulder, cross potent in right hand, akakia in left. Sear 1550 var (pellet). DO 3.1, 1d.1.
Lot 2189
Starting price: 105USD
Lot 32190 > Constantine V Copronymus (AD 740/1-775), with Leo IV. AV solidus (19mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 757-775. COhSTAhTInOSS LЄOn O nЄOS, crowned and draped facing busts of Constantine V (on left) with short beard, and Leo IV (on right), beardless, both wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder; cross above between their heads, pellet in center / G-LЄ-ON PA MЧL Φ, crowned facing larger bust of Leo III, with short beard, wearing loros, cross potent in right hand. Sear 1551. DO 3.1, 2g.1.
