| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 349 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: DECAPOLIS, Petra(?). Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ (22.5mm, 7.52 g, 2h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pius galloping left on horse, raising right hand, chlamys billowing behind. RPC IV.3 Online 3982. Brown patina with earthen highlights. Good Fine. Very rare enigmatic issue. There is no indication of a city name on this coin, just the names and titles of Aurelius and his adoptive father, Antoninus Pius. RPC lists the region, city, and obverse identity as uncertain but we do know a couple of things: the obverse legend was only used by Marcus Aurelius during his reign as Caesar. And while the reverse legend does not help identify the city, of the eight cited in RPC, now nine with this coin, we know that at least two of them were found in or around the city of Petra. This does not guarantee Petra as the mint of course, the coins could have been dropped there in trade, but it does show that they circulated in the area. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 295 Price realized: 150 USD (Approx. 139 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: THRACE, Deultum. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ Tetrassarion (24mm, 7.50 g, 9h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Founder plowing with yoke of oxen right. Draganov, Deultum 1876-82 (O170/R22); Jurukova, Deultum 498; RPC VIII Online 48598; Varbanov 3106. Dark brown patina, flan adjustment marks, areas of flatness. Good VF. From the Deultum Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 252 Price realized: 60 USD (Approx. 56 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CILICIA, Ninica-Claudiopolis. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (23.5mm, 5.38 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NI/CO within laurel wreath. Kubitschek, Ninica –; RPC IV.3 Online 5824; SNG BN –; SNG Levante –. Earthen green-brown patina, pits, edge splits with flan crack. Near VF. Extremely rare, only three known to RPC, one more in CoinArchives. From the Aleph Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 369 Price realized: 250 USD (Approx. 233 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PISIDIA, Antiochia. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (22.5mm, 6.88 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / River-god Anthios reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Krzyźanowska dies I/5; RPC VIII Online 1250/1252 (for obv./rev.); SNG BN –. Earthen brown patina, minor roughness. VF. Very rare, only one known to Krzyźanowska, unpublished in RPC. From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind (June 1998). Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 772 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,953 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Medallion (425mm, 65.70 g, 12h). Rome mint. Stuck under Antoninus Pius, AD 154-155. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR POT VIIII COS II, Salus, draped at waist, seated right, holding and feeding serpent draped over arms with extended right hand, to right, Hercules, nude but for cloak draped over shoulders, standing left, leaning on club set on ground to left held in right hand; at center, tree. Gnecchi – cf. RIC III p. 184 (for struck years); Banti –. Brown surfaces, roughness. Good Fine. Apparently unpublished. From the Ellison Collection. Ex Morris (Phil Peck) Collection (Heritage Monthly 271933, 18 August 2019), lot 35514 (part of). Among the little-known attributes of Hercules were his healing powers, which are associated with springs and thermal baths. Here, on this extremely rare medallion, he is paired with Salus, goddess of health, who is shown feeding a serpent (a reference to Aesculapius, god of healing). The tripod and tree are also symbols of healing. Estimate: 4000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 396 Price realized: 160 USD (Approx. 150 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: BITHYNIA, Tium. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ (21.5mm, 5.96 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 139-147. Bareheaded and draped bust left / Dikaiosyne-Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RG 71 var. (wheel at feet); RPC IV.1 6136.4 (this coin); Corsten 217. Brown and green patina, cleaning scratches, porosity. Good Fine. Very rare, only four in RPC. From the MDA Collection, purchased from Ancient Imports, 2 April 2008. Ex C.A. Whitefield Collection, 1996. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
