| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 405 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Phoenicia, Karne Æ 19mm. Dated Aradian era 39 = 221/0 BC. Turreted head of Tyche to right / Asklepios standing to right, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, crowned by Nike standing to left on column before; Phoenician G in inner left field, Phoenician date to left. Duyrat, Ateliers, Series 3, 46–8; HGC 10, 179; DCA 815; CNG e421, 366. 6.04g, 19mm, 12h. Near Very Fine. Very Rare; only ten noted by Duyrat, seemingly only one other on CoinArchives. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Spink > Auction 24121 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 246 Price realized: 120 GBP (Approx. 152 USD / 140 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Roman Empire, Provincial Bronzes of Elagabalus (6): i) Julia Paula, Mysia, Parium, diademed and draped bust right, rev. Capricorn right, bearing cornucopiae on its back and with globe between its forelegs, 6.23g (BMC 111. Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 119, 76; RPC 3858), rich red patina, fine; ii) Moesia, Marcianopolis, laureate and draped bust right, rev. Homonia standing left holding patera and cornucopiae,10.60g (Moushmov 633), slightly worn, light patina, fine to good fine; iii) Moesia, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Novius Rudus as legate, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Asklepios standing facing, looking left, holding serpent-entwined staff, 11.34g (RPC 1160.1), nice golden green patina, good fine; iv) Macedonia, Thessalonica, obverse as before, rev. Nike advancing left, holding small cabeirus and palm branch, 6.57g (BMC 103; Moushmov 6769), nice green patina, good fine to very fine; v) Antioch, AE 4-Assaria, laureate bust right, slight drapery to far shoulder, rev. Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ears, river god Orontes swimming left below, 11.06g (McAlee 810a), bright patina, about very fine; vi) another, 5.32g, fair to good (6).. Estimate: £150 - £200 |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 124 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF CAPPADOCIA. Archelaos Philopatris Ktistes, 36 BC-AD 17. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 3.74 g, 1 h), RY 20 = 17/6 BC. Diademed head of Archelaos to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ APXEΛΑΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ TOY ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ Club; in field to right, K (date). BMC 1. DCA 464. RPC I 3601.10 (this coin). Simonetta, Coins, 1 corr. (reverse legend). Simonetta 1. SNG Copenhagen 165. Rare and undoubtedly among the finest known examples. A wonderful coin, beautifully toned and with a portrait of great sensitivity and beauty. Faint marks, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Auctiones AG 20, 8-9 November 1990, 464 and from the collection of Osman Nouri Bey, Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, 1021. The coinage of the longstanding Cappadocian monarch, Archealos Philopatris Ktistes, diverges significantly from that of his Ariobarzanid predecessors. Firstly, spanning his reign of fifty years, his coins consistently depict him as a youthful ruler - a deliberate emulation of his patron, Augustus, in Rome. Secondly, departing from the traditional depiction of a standing Athena on the reverse, Archealos opts for Herakleian imagery, notably featuring the hero's club on the drachms. Thirdly, his hemidrachms mark the debut of the Argaios, showcasing a schematic portrayal of the sacred mountain on the reverse, coupled with a portrait of Herakles on the obverse. Lastly, and perhaps most notably, Archealos adopts the titles 'Philopatris' ('lover of the fatherland') and 'Ktistes' ('founder'), departing once again from the conventions of his predecessors. Archelaos' choice of epithets reveals his political agenda. By adopting the titles 'Philopatris' and 'Ktistes,' he presents himself as the patriotic re-founder of the Cappadocian Kingdom, a fitting characterization for one of the most accomplished Roman client kings of his era. Upon ascending the throne, Archelaos clearly sought legitimacy not only through the support of the Roman superpower but also by aligning himself with local customs and the influential Cappadocian nobility. On the international stage, he strategically arranged the marriage of his daughter, Glaphyra, to Alexander, the son of Herod the Great, in 17 BC. This union resulted in three children: a daughter and two sons, Alexander and Tigranes, both of whom later ascended to the throne as Armenian kings (as Tigranes V and Tigranes VI). Tragically, Glaphyra's first husband, Alexander, was killed by Herod in 8/7 BC. Subsequently, she married Juba II of Mauretania, divorcing him in 4 AD to marry her first husband's half-brother, Herod Archelaos. However, Archelaos himself also met a tragic end. Despite his lengthy fifty-year reign, he was deposed and arrested by Tiberius in 14 AD, narrowly avoiding capital punishment due to alleged dementia. He spent his remaining years in exile and passed away in 17 AD at the age of eighty. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 1 | Auction date: 16 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 143 Price realized: 40 EUR (Approx. 44 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Greek Kings of Cappadocia. Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios, (96-63 BC.) AR Drachm (18 mm, 4,08 g.) RY 22 = 74/3 BC. Diademed head of Ariobarzanes to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ - ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ / KB Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and shield and spear with her left; to inner left, monogram; all within all within filleted border. Simonetta 30b. Good Very Fine. Very Rare with this reverse type exhibits a filleted border on the reverse which was probably issued in commemoration of Ariobarzanes I's restoration to the throne by Lucullus. The key drachm to the Cappadocian series. Estimate: 50 EUR Starting price: 40 EUR |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 881 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch Æ 21mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, dated year 25 of the Actian Era = 7/6 BC. P. Quinctilius Varus, legate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ, Tyche seated to right on rocky outcropping, holding palm branch; EK (date) to right; at feet, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming to right. RPC I 4252; McAlee 85. 8.11g, 21mm, 12h. Very Fine. The name of Publius Quinctilius Varus has become synonymous with the ignominious defeat suffered by Rome at the hands of Arminius and his confederation of German tribes in the Teutoburg forest. A son-in-law of the emperor, Varus had been consul in 13 BC (along with the future emperor Tiberius), governor of Syria, where he had sent two legions into Judaea to quell local unrest after the territory was converted to a Roman province, and subsequently governor of Germania. In AD 9, Augustus resolved to shorten Rome's borders by bringing the vast region of Germania across the Rhine under Roman dominion. Varus was tasked with negotiating a peaceful annexation, but the mixed Gauls and Germans of this land were not prepared to accept Roman overlordship. The Cherusci under Arminius, along with other allies, betrayed and ambushed Varus in the dank Teutoburg Forest of northwest Germany as the army marched in extended column, having neglected even to send out scouts. The so called 'Battle of the Teutoburg Forest' or in German, 'Varusschlacht', was fought over an extended area several kilometres long, resulting in the total annihilation of the XVII, XVIII and XIX Roman legions in a brutal series of ambushes that lasted for three days. Varus, sensing defeat, committed suicide, and when Augustus heard of the disaster, he rent his clothes and was seen to repeatedly butt his head against the wall of his palace, screaming 'Quintili Vare, legiones redde!' - 'Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!' Such was the magnitude of this disaster and the profound psychological shock it created, that the 17th, 18th and 19th legions were never reformed. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 398 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: Greek KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 18 mm, 8.54 g, 10 h), posthumous issue, Tyre, regnal year 29 of Azemilkos = c. 321/0 (?). Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet adorned with griffin to right on bowl, and pearl necklace. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Nike standing facing, head to left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and stylis with her left; in left field, AK (in Phoenician script) and - (date). Cf. Newell, Dated, 30 (Ake, O L/R-) and Price 3276 (Ake). For the attribution to Tyre: A. Lemaire, Le monnayage de Tyr et celui dit d'Akko dans la deuxième moitié du IV siècle avant J.-C., RN 1976, pp. 11-24. Extremely rare and interesting. Minor marks and struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise, good very fine/extremely fine. Although the full date is mostly off the flan to left, the use of Newell's obverse L, which appears to have been used only for staters of year 29 makes it seem very likely that the missing date here is also year 29. Indeed, the engraver of this reverse die seems likely to have been the same individual who produced the very similar reverse die used for the unpublished year 29 staters, utilising the same obverse die, that appeared as CNG 85, 2010, 532 and CNG E400, 2017, 34 (do note that those two were struck before our piece since our obverse die is clearly much more worn). Starting price: 2000 CHF |  |
