| Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd > Auction 60 | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 254 Price realized: 800 USD (Approx. 733 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Bosporan Kingdom. Kotys I, with Britannicus. Æ 8 Units (5.53 g), AD 49-54 Bare head of Britannicus right. Reverse: Diademed head of Cotys right; behind, royal monogram behind, below chin, H. MacDonald 328; Anokhin 345; RPC I 1926. Lovely black patina. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd > Auction 60 | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 115 Price realized: 160 USD (Approx. 147 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Bosporan Kingdom. Mithradates III. Æ 12 Units (8.71 g), AD 39/40-44/5 Diademed head of Mithradates III right. Reverse: Lion's skin draped over club; to left, bow in case; to right, trident; below, IB (mark of value). MacDonald 313; Anokhin 1432; RPC I 1910. Olive brown patina. Extremely Fine. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Spink > Auction 24121 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 40 Price realized: 180 GBP (Approx. 228 USD / 210 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: a Selection of Bronze and Silver of the Greek Black Sea, from the Classical Period to Roman Provincial Rule (14), including: Kolchis, Dioskourias, AE, Two pilei surmounted by stars, rev. DI-OS/KOY-RIA/D-OS, across thyrsos, 3.06g (SNG BM Black Sea 1021; HGC 7, 205; SNG Copenhagen 102-3), light porosity but otherwise good fine; Kimmerian Bosphorous, Phanagoria (as Agrippia), AE 8-units, veiled and diademed head of Aphrodite Urania right, rev. prow left, H to right, 5.24g (SNG Stancomb 631; RPC I 1935), good fine; Kimmerian Bosphorus, Pantikapaion, AE 17, c. 250-225 BC, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. eagle standing facing, head left, wings open, PAN below, 3.81g (SNG BM Black Sea 907; SNG Stancomb -; Anokhin 138; MacDonald 121/2), good fine, rare; AE 19, c. 47-16 BC, head of Apollo right, rev. bow and bow-case, 5.69g (HGCC 7, 122. MacDonald 219) good fine, well-struck; AE 13, c. 310-303 BC, head of Satyr right, rev. bow-case (3): 1.39g; 1.89g; 1.00g, good fine, nice patina to all; another AE, bearded head right, rev. eagle standing lef ton thunderbolt, head right, monogram to left, 8.35g, good fine to very fine; AR hemiobol, c. 400-375, head of lion facing, rev. APOL within quadripartite division, 0.33g (Anokhin 1141), fine; another, as before, rev. as beore with pattern to central cross, 0.36g (McDonald 21/2)), fine; Kings of Bosporus, Sauromates I (AD 99-101) AE 48, diademed draped bust right, c/m tor giht, rev. MH within wreath, 8.82g (Anohkin 419), fine to good fine; Roman Provincial, Philip I, 'the Arab'/Bosporus Kingdom, Rhescuporis IV, AE units, bust of King right, rev. bust of Philip I right (3): i) 6.63g; 7.58g; 6.89g, about very fine; (14).. Estimate: £200 - £300 |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 432 Price realized: 275 USD (Approx. 259 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (25mm, 15.94 g, 12h). Bare head right; c/m: female head right / Spear, sella quaestoria, and fiscus; Q below sella. RPC I 5409.78 (this coin); AMNG II 29 (Pella) note; FITA 13-19 (Thessalonica[?]). For c/m: Howgego –. Glossy black patina, light deposits, cleaning scratches, small flan crack at countermark. Fine. The similarity of this coin's reverse to that of Aesillas led to the earlier attribution of this issue to Macedonia. Unlike the more typical club of Hercules, the presence of a spear (hasta) suggested the issuer to be an as-yet-unknown quaestor propraetore, who, unlike Aesillas, would have held the power of imperium. Based on this assumption, Grant gave the issue to M. Acilius at Thessalonica, whom he tentatively identified as Caesar's governor of Macedonia in the final year of the Dictator's life. The style of the portrait is identical to a coin of the possible Cilician Colonia Iulia Veteranorum (RPC I 4082). That coin bears the additional obverse legend PRINCEPS FELIX, a title which clearly identifies the portrait as Augustus. Imhoof-Blumer and Grant both assigned the issue to the southwestern areas of the Black Sea, but to date no specimen of our coin has turned up in sites there, as one might expect if that region were its point of origin. Since the publication of RPC I, four specimens have been recorded in the Amasya Museum, with additional specimens in Samsun and Amasra, indicating without any real doubt an origin in northern Asia Minor. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 191 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14. Trichalkon (Bronze, 19 mm, 7.10 g, 11 h), P. Quinctilius Varus, legate of Syria, CY 27 (Actian Era) = 5/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right; behind, palm frond. Rev. [ΑΝΤΙ]ΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ / ZK The Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock, holding palm branch in her right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming right. CNG E-Auction 545 (2023), 429 corr. (same dies, but palm frond not noted). McAlee 87A (same obverse die). RPC I 4252 var. (no palm frond). Extremely rare and of great historical interest. A beautiful example of this interesting issue with very attractive earthen highlights. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine. Ex Naumann E-Auction 114, 6 March 2022, 599. The extremely unusual palm frond behind the head of Zeus appears only on a single die of Varus from the year 27 after the Actian Era, corresponding to our year 5/4 BC. As a military victory symbol, F. Kovacs associates it with the expedition of the Syrian governor to Jerusalem in 4 BC. The background was Varus' involvement in the inheritance dispute of Herod, who in 5 BC accused his son and heir Antipater of attempted patricide. In his capacity as the governor of Syria, Varus was tasked with overseeing the adjudication of this matter. He sentenced the accused to death, a judgment ratified by Augustus and carried out in March 4 BC, mere days before the passing of Herod the Great. Prior to this, the monarch had designated his son Archelaus, born of his union with Malthake, as his successor. The ensuing inheritance dispute with Herod Antipas and Herod II prompted Varus to send the three brothers to Rome for judgment. In spring 4 BC, the Roman procurator Sabinus traveled to Jerusalem. Defying the governor's directives, he attempted to appropriate Herod's estate and loot the temple treasury, sparking a Jewish rebellion. Sabinus and his retinue soon found themselves besieged by insurgents within a fortress in Jerusalem, only being freed when Varus himself appeared on the scene with a relief force of two Syrian legions. Faced with the spreading revolt, the governor cracked down hard and, according to Josephus, had the uprising crushed and 2,000 Jews crucified. This resounding military success may explain why a palm branch appears as a symbol of victory on our coin, which was likely minted in the summer of 4 BC. Rome remained victorious, but the suppression of the uprising and the mass execution of insurgents undoubtedly fueled hatred against the occupying power and laid another cornerstone for the later Jewish rebellions against the Empire. From a Roman standpoint, however, the quelling of the rebellion marked a resounding success, propelling Varus further along the trajectory of his career. In 7 AD, he became the first governor of the newly established province of Germania. Two years later, instead he gained eternal infamy when he fell victim to the ambush orchestrated by Arminius, which culminated in the devastating Battle of the Teutoburg Forest where Varus' entire army was annihilated. Varus, in despair, met his tragic end by his own hand, marking the abrupt end of his illustrious career and prompting the withdrawal of Roman troops from the new Germanic province. Estimate: 2500 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 2 | Auction date: 10 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 265 Price realized: 30 EUR (Approx. 32 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Roman Provincial Kings of Thrace Rhoemetalces I & Pythadoris, with Augustus. Circa 11 BC-AD 12. AE (21mm, 9.9 g.). [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙ]ΜΗΤΑΛΚΟV Diademed head of Rhoemetalces I and draped bust of Pythodoris, conjoined right. Rev. ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟV. Bare head of Augustus right. Yurukova 204-8; RPC I 1711; SNG Copenhagen 1188-9. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 40 EUR Starting price: 30 EUR |  |
