| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 247 Price realized: 480 CHF (Approx. 545 USD / 504 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PISIDIA. Apollonia-Mordiaeum. Gallienus (sole reign), 253-268. Medallic Bronze (Ae, 42.19 mm, 41.79 g). AYT K Π Λ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right. Rev. ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Octastyle temple facade stylized with two groups of four columns to left and right, set on ornate base decorated with pellets row, emperor's statue in the middle, standing facing slightly to left, in military dress and holding scepter in the left hand, ΛΥ ΘΡ ΚΟ in exergue, under the ground line. RPC X, - (unassigned); SNG von Aulock 157-183. SNG Copenhagen 99. SNG France 1365-1366. Green patina. Very Fine. Starting price: 20 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2257 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: IONIA. Ephesus. Gallienus, 253-268. Diassarion (?) (Bronze, 25 mm, 8.05 g, 7 h). AVT ΠO ΛΙΚ N ΓΑΛΛΕΙΗΝΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΕΦΕCIΩΝ A ACIAC Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver with her right hand and holding bow with her left; behind her, a tree. Karwiese, Ephesos, 1085 (this coin). RPC X online 61081.4 (this coin). Very rare, one of four known examples. Struck on a slightly short flan and surfaces a bit rough, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of Dr. P. Vogl, ex Naumann E-Auction 59, 5 November 2017, 220, Naumann E-Auction 42, 3 April 2016, 461 and Münzzentrum Albrecht 63, April 1988, 1290. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2209 Price realized: 300 CHF (Approx. 341 USD / 317 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARCADIA. Mantinea. Caracalla, 198-217. Assarion (Bronze, 23 mm, 6.28 g, 1 h). MAP AVPH ANTΩNI Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. MANTINEΩN Artemis standing front, head to right, holding a bow in her right and and drawing an arrow from a quiver on her back with her left; at her feet, hound running right. BCD Peloponnesos 1505. Very rare. Minor roughness, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. In the first years of the 3rd century, a whole series of Peloponnesian towns issued their own bronze in the name of Septimius Severus, Domna, Caracalla, Plautilla, and Geta, forming, for some of the lesser-known settlements, the only coinage ever issued by these communities. As noted by Seyrig, such coins often ended up in the Near East. The most likely explanation for this remarkable cross-regional movement of local bronze coins is that they were carried there as pocket money by Peloponnesian soldiers who were recruited by in 214/5 Caracalla into his 'Greek Phalanx' to fight against the Parthians on his eastern campaign. Clearly there was no need for such an outdated military formation in the professional Roman army of the 3rd century - the sole role of the unit was to please the emperor, who portrayed himself as a new Alexander, one of most famous cases of a Roman imitatio Alexandri. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1169 Price realized: 220 GBP (Approx. 278 USD / 256 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Gallienus Æ 24mm of Neocaesarea, Pontus. Dated CY 200 = 263/4. AYT K ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MHTPO NЄOKAICAPIAC, two prize urns set on base inscribed AKTIA, each containing palm frond and with another palm frond between; ET C (date) below. RPC X Online unassigned ID 77879 (this coin the second listed example); Leu Web 8, 632 (hammer: 500 CHF). 10.10g, 24mm, 7h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; apparently the second known example. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk); Ex Aquila Numismatics, Auction 5, 25 September 2022, lot 387. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 188 | Black | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 48 Price realized: 800 EUR (Approx. 880 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Pontos. Amaseia. Septimius Severus AD 193-211. Dated CY 208=AD 205/6 Bronze Æ 31 mm, 18,50 g AV Κ Λ CΕΠ CΕΟΥΗΡΟC ΠΕΡ ΣΕΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔΡ CΕ ΑΝΤ ΑΜΑCΙAC ΜΗΤ ΝΕ ΠΡ ΠP/ ΕΤ CΗ, Altar of Zeus Strateus; on top, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head right, holding wreath in beak; tree to left. . RG 55. NGC graded Ch XF Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5 The term "Zeus Stratios" refers to a specific cult or epithet of the Greek god Zeus in the context of the Kingdom of Pontus. The Kingdom of Pontus was an ancient Hellenistic state founded by Mithridates I in the northeastern part of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). It emerged as a powerful political and cultural center during the Hellenistic period. "Zeus Stratios" likely refers to a manifestation of Zeus as a god of war or a protector in a military context. The term "Stratios" is derived from the Greek word "stratos," meaning army or military. In this context, it signifies Zeus in his role as a deity associated with the protection and well-being of the army. Cults and epithets of gods with specific attributes were common in ancient Greek religion, and various regions and kingdoms might have had their unique ways of venerating and addressing specific gods. Starting price: 1 EUR |  |
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| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 146 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 2381 Price realized: 16,000 CHF (Approx. 17,619 USD / 16,391 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Aurelian, 270 – 275. Aureus, Mediolanum mid 271, AV 20 mm, 4.91 g. IMP C D AVRE – LIANVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. ATVENTV – S AVG Emperor on horseback l., holding sceptre and raising r. hand; in exergue, S. C –. RIC –. Göbl –, cf. 27b. (aureus) and cf. 28A (antoninianus with ATVENTVS). Calicó –. An apparently unrecorded variety of an exceedingly rare type. Several minor marks and an edge nick at eleven o'clock on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine Aurelian, arguably the greatest of Rome's so-called military emperors of the third century, hailed from Sirmium in Pannonia Inferior, and was either of very humble origins or possibly of equestrian stock. He joined the legions when he was around twenty years of age, ca. A.D. 235, rising rapidly through the ranks to become, first, a cavalry commander during Gallienus' reign, and subsequently to the position of Magister equitum – cavalry commander and, effectively, the overall commander of the Roman army after the emperor – under Claudius II as well as a member of that emperor's inner circle of advisors. While still a cavalry commander under Gallienus, Aurelian led a contingent in the Battle of Naissus (A.D. 268), which saw the Goths defeated, and participated in the siege of Mediolanum against the usurper Aureolus, during which Gallienus was assassinated and Claudius II was proclaimed the new emperor. Under Claudius II, Aurelian successfully led the cavalry in many engagements against various invading tribes along Rome's borders in Rhaetia and in the Balkans – principle among them the Alemanni and, again, the Goths – and when Claudius succumbed to the plaque in A.D. 270 while himself campaigning against these Germanic tribes the soldiers elevated Aurelian to the purple. Aurelian's first task as emperor was to secure his power by defeating Quintillus, the brother of Claudius II who had been elevated to the throne by the Roman Senate. He made short shrift of the Senate's choice, and the august body had no choice but to immediately confirm his position. With this accomplished, Aurelian set about the task of restoring the res publica, as the previous two decades had seen Rome suffer greatly from incursions of barbarian tribes, widespread instability, devastating plaques, a number of usurpers, and ultimate financial collapse, all of which eventually led to the splintering of the Empire itself. In the west the general Postumus and his successors had created a breakaway Gallic Empire consisting of the Roman provinces of Britannia, Gaul and Spain, while in the east the city of Palmyra under Queen Zenobia and her son took control of much of Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt. By the time Aurelian had secured his position as emperor, the Gallic Empire was on its last legs, and Aurelian decided to wait to deal with it. Thus, in A.D. 272 he focused his attention on the Palmyrene Empire, which had recently cut off shipments of Egyptian grain to Rome, the Eternal City's principal source of food.Marching through Asia Minor, all but two cities – Byzantium and Tyana – opened their gates to Aurelian's troops. At Tyana, the city authorities had refused to submit, but after capturing the city the emperor magnanimously spared its inhabitants. When other cities in the east heard of the emperor's benevolence towards Tyana, they readily opened their gates to the emperor. Thus within six months Aurelian was before the gates of Palmyra itself, which quickly surrendered after its queen fled the city. Aurelian's conquest over the Palmyrene Empire permitted the reinstitution of the Egyptian grain supply to the Empire's capital, thus freeing the city of Rome from imminent starvation. The emperor was hailed as Parthicus Maximus and Restitutor Orientis ("restorer of the East"). Estimate: 10000 CHF |  |
