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Leu Numismatik AG - Auction 15, Lot 15
BRUTTIUM. The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. Hemidrachm (Gold, 14 mm, 2.10 g, 5 h), Second Punic War issue. Third coinage, Attic standard. Bearded head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress; behind, club; below, small Γ. Rev. BPETTIΩN Nike driving fast biga to right, holding kentron and reins in her left hand; below, small serpent coiling to right. Arslan 5/8. HN Italy 1953. Jameson 404 (same dies). Scheu G.8 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 1613 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 540 (same dies). Very ... | 1 Jun 2024 | Upcoming
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Leu Numismatik AG - Auction 15, Lot 23
SICILY. Lilybaion (as 'Cape of Melkart'). Circa 330-305 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.24 g, 12 h). 𐤓𐤔𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 ('RŠMLQRT' in Punic) Charioteer driving quadriga galloping to right, holding kentron in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying left, crowning the charioteer with a wreath. Rev. Head of Tanit-Persephone to right, wearing wreath of grain leaves, triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; around, four dolphins. Jameson 598 (same dies). Jenkins, Punic, 47 (O16/R36). SNG... | 1 Jun 2024 | Upcoming
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Leu Numismatik AG - Auction 15, Lot 106
IONIA. Erythrai (?). Circa 500-480 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 16 mm, 7.00 g). Nude hero (Erythros?) on horseback to right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1835 (same reverse die). Jameson 2269 (same reverse die). Rosen (same reverse die). SNG von Aulock 1943 (same reverse die). SNG Lockett 2814 (this coin). Traité II, 480 and pl. XII, 10. Rare and with an exceptional pedigree. A beautiful piece of wonderful late Archaic style. About extremely fine.
From the Hermann Robinow Collection, Mort... | 1 Jun 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Auction 126, Lot 750
Domitia. Augusta, AD 82-96. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Domitian, AD 88-89. DOMITIΛ ΛVG IMP DO MITIΛN ΛVG GERM, draped bust right, wearing hair massed high in front and in long plait behind / CONCORDIΛ • ΛVGVST •, peacock standing right. RIC II.1 678 (Domitian); Calicó 946b (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 249 note (Domitian); BN 217 (Domitian; same obv. die); Biaggi 446; Jameson 83 (same obv. die). Minor smoothing in obverse field, some scratches and marks on rev... | 28 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Auction 126, Lot 798
Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 166. M ΛNTONINVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate head right / P M TR P XX IMP III COS III, Felicitas, draped, standing left, right foot on globe, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 153; MIR 18, 124-2/30; Calicó 1899 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE p. 439, note 393; Adda 276 (this coin – wrong photo of rev.); Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Lustrous. Superb EF. Portrait of artistic merit.
Fro... | 28 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Classical Numismatic Group - Auction 126, Lot 847
Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.85 g, 7h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. IMP SEV ALE XAND AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery / P M TR P VIIII CO S III P P, Severus Alexander, as Romulus, in military dress, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left. RIC IV 103; Calicó 3121 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 620; Biaggi 1330 (same dies); Jameson –; Mazzini –. Lustrous. Superb EF.
From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex K... | 28 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2019
Calabria, Tarentum.
Nomos circa 385-380, AR 20 mm, 7.86 g. Nude youth on horse standing r., raising r. hand to crown horse. Rev. TAPAΣ Dolphin rider l., resting both hands on dolphin's. Vlasto 350 (this coin). Fischer-Bossert 446a (this coin). SNG ANS 890. Jameson 114 (these dies). Historia Numorum Italy 880.
Rare. Wonderful old cabinet tone, minor traces of double striking on reverse,
otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Triton sale XIX, 2016, 4. From the Vlasto and Camerata Romeu col... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2121
Syracuse.
24 litrae circa 214-214, AR 30 mm, 20.25 g. Diademed head l.; in r. field, cornucopiae. Rev. BAΣIΛEOΣ – ΙΕΡΩΝYMOY Winged thunderbolt. Jameson 887 (this coin). Holloway 3b (this coin, erroneously illustrated as 3a in the plates). AMB 537 (this coin).
Of the highest rarity, very few specimens known and possibly the only one in private hands.
An issue of tremendous importance and fascination with a delicate portrait of
fine Hellenistic style and a lovely old cabinet tone. Trac... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2204
Mysia, Cyzicus.
Stater circa 550-475, EL 20 mm, 15.99 g. Head of Athena l., wearing crested Attic helmet; beneath, tunny-fish l. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Traité pl. VI, 28. Greenwell 25 (this coin). von Fritze 67 and pl. 2, 20 (this coin illustrated). Jameson 2171 (this coin). Weber 4791 (this coin). Kraay-Hirmer 701 (this obverse die). Gillet 1053 (this coin).
Rare and undoubtedly one of the finest electrum staters of Cyzicus in existence.
A masterpiece of numismatic Arch... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 146, Lot 2396
Maxentius augustus, 307 – 312.
Aureus, Ostia circa 310-312, AV 19 mm, 5.24 g. MAXENTI – VS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust facing. Rev. VICTORIA AET – ERNA AVG N Victory advancing r. presenting globe to Maxentius, in military attire, seated l. on cuirass, extending his r. hand to receive globe and leaning l. on shield set on the ground. At emperor's feet, helmet and in exergue, P OST. C –. A. Baldwin Brett, NC 1933, 139 (2) and pl. XXVI, 7 (this coin). Beaurains 192 (... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 59
Sicily, Siculo-Punic AR Tetradrachm. Lilybaion (as 'Cape of Melkart'), circa 330-305 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga to right, Nike flying above to left to crown charioteer; Punic legend RSMLQRT in exergue / Head of Tanit-Persephone to right, wearing wreath of grain-ears, triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; three dolphins around. Jenkins, Punic 37 (O14/R28); Jameson 597 (same dies); de Luynes 920 (same dies); HGC 2, 741. 17.56g, 25mm, 1h.
Good Ver... | 21 Mar 2024 | 2,400 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 68
Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga to left; Nike above, flying to right, crowning charioteer with open wreath; grain ear in exergue / Diademed head of Arethusa to right, wearing earring and necklace, hair in ampyx and sphendone; ΣYPAKOΣION and four dolphins around. Tudeer 63 (V22/R41); Fischer-Bossert 63 (V22/R41); SNG ANS 281; Rizzo pl. XLVII, 10 (same dies); BMC 22... | 21 Mar 2024 | 2,400 GBP | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 69
Sicily, Syracuse AV 100 Litrai - Double Dekadrachm. Dionysios I, circa 405-400 BC. Unsigned dies in the style of Kimon. Head of Arethusa to left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, hair in sphendone ornamented with two stars; ΣYPAKO[ΣIΩN] before, A behind / Herakles kneeling to right, strangling the Nemean Lion. Bérend 30; Gulbenkian 324 (same dies); Rizzo pl. L, 12 (same rev. die); SNG ANS 332-333 (same dies); Pozzi 606 (A rather than AK behind); Jameson 1917 var. (A behind); HGC 2,... | 21 Mar 2024 | 20,000 GBP | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3114, Lot 33083
Ancients
BITHYNIAN KINGDOM. Prusias I (ca. 230-182 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 17.01 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Diademed head of Prusias I right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing facing, head left, crowning royal name with diadem in right hand, grounded scepter in left; thunderbolt above ME monogram above ANΣ monogram in inner left field. Waddington 9b. Jameson 1387. SNG von Aulock 6878. Cleanly struck with sharp and delicate devices on a broad flan.
Even before the Wars... | 16 Jan 2024 | 2,200 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 54
SICILY, Naxos. Circa 461-430 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.25 g, 5h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Silenos, nude and ithyphallic, squatting half-left, holding kylix in right hand and supporting himself with his left, tail behind; N-A-XI-ON around; all within shallow concave circular incuse. Cahn 55 (V41/R46); Campana 8 var. A/a; HGC 2, 990; SNG Lloyd 1151 = Weber 1467 (same dies); SNG Lockett 841 = Pozzi 508 (same dies); Basel 385 (same dies); Gillet 484 = Sartiges 110 (same... | 9 Jan 2024 | 62,500 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 103
SICILY, Lilybaion (as 'Cape of Melkart'). Circa 350-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.28 g, 11h). Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath held in both hands; [RŠ]MLQRT ("Raš Melqart" in Punic) in exergue / Head of female right, wearing sphendone, triple-pendant earring, and linear necklace; three dolphins swimming around. Jenkins, Punic 5 (O4/R4); CNP 315; HGC 2, 731; Boston ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 2,500 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 112
CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. EL 1½ Shekels – Tridrachm (21mm, 10.34 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears with pellet on its leaf, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with nine pendants / Horse standing right, head left; ouraios above; pellet behind forward hind hoof. Jenkins & Lewis Group Xb, 428; CNP 41i; MAA 32; SNG Copenhagen 996; Bement 600; Jameson 923; de Luynes 3747–8; Weber 8491. Flan crack, trace deposits, scrape on edge. Good VF.
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Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 120
THRACE, Ainos. Circa 412/1-410/09 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 16.49 g, 1h). Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos with pelleted rim / Goat standing right; AIN-I above, kerykeion to right; all within incuse square. May, Ainos, Period II, 259 (A159/P170); AMNG II 288; HGC 3, 1269; Boston MFA 779 = Warren 465; Jameson 1048. Iridescent tone, a few scratches and some porosity on obverse. Near EF.
Ex Sheikh Saud Al-Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 126, 17 November 2021), lot 89; Nomos 3 ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 9,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 228
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.57 g). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian headdress; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 142; Greenwell 56; Boston MFA 1523; SNG BN 292–3; BMC –; Gillet –; cf. Gulbenkian 644 (stater); Jameson –; Weber –. Light scratches. Near EF.
From the Siren Collection.
The portrait on this particular issue is thought to be Attis, the consort of Phrygian Kybele. The androgynous Kybele/Agdistis was castrated ... | 9 Jan 2024 | 1,500 USD | |
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Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 659
Tiberius, with Divus Augustus. AD 14-37. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.81 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 14-16. TI CΛESΛR DIVI ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head of Tiberius right / DIVOS ΛVGVST DIVI F, laureate head of Divus Augustus right; six-pointed star above. RIC I 24; Lyon 118, 6a (D3/R4); Calicó 311; BMCRE 29; BN 1-2; Adda 16 (same rev. die); Biaggi 167; Jameson 32; Mazzini 3 (Tiberius and Augustus). Lustrous, some light hairlines. EF. Two wonderful portraits. Rare.
Ex Numismatica Ars Class... | 9 Jan 2024 | 25,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 752
Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Restored issue of Julius Caesar. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or AD 112/113. C • IVLIVS • CAES IMP • COS III, bare head of Julius Caesar right / IMP • CAES • TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Venus, bare to waist, standing right, leaning left elbow on column, holding helmet in right hand and transverse spear in left; shield on ground to right. RIC II 806; Woytek 851 (same dies as illustration – this coin referenced); Komnick 53.0, 1 (V1/R1); Calicó... | 9 Jan 2024 | 35,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 765
Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 153-154. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PI VS P P TR P XVII, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS IIII, Antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and volumen in left. RIC III 233a; Strack 270ζ; Calicó 1526a; BMCRE 812; Biaggi 717; Jameson –; Mazzini 311. In NGC encapsulation 2401326-004, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
Estimate: 3000 USD... | 9 Jan 2024 | 5,500 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 769
Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, early AD 150s. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / CONSECR ATI O, peacock walking right, head turned back left. RIC III 384 (Pius); Beckmann dies df129/P4, a (this coin referenced); Strack 453α (Pius); Calicó 1783; BMCRE 472; Adda 248; Biaggi 819; Jameson 122; Mazzini 174. Some underlying luster. Good VF. An attractive... | 9 Jan 2024 | 11,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 770
Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145-147. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG PII F, bare bust right, slight drapery / COS DES II, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm frond in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 425 var. (no drapery) (Pius); Calicó 1835 var. (only represented by a line drawing, no drapery); BMCRE 507† (Pius); Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –. Lustrous, minor hairlines. EF. Unpublished variety of... | 9 Jan 2024 | 8,750 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 810
Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 201. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Roma, helmeted, draped to feet, seated left on small, round shield, holding palladium on extended right hand and scepter, nearly vertical, in left, resting feet on stool. RIC IV 288; Calicó 2529a; BMCRE 358; Biaggi 1101; Jameson –; Mazzini –. In NGC encapsulation 4938386-016, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, edge scuff.
Ex Numismatica Geneve... | 9 Jan 2024 | 14,000 USD | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 115, Lot 90
Sicily, Syracuse AR Drachm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 410-405 BC. Head of Athena facing three-quarters to left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; on either side, two dolphins snout to snout; [ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ around] / Naked Leukaspis advancing to right, wearing crested helmet and holding spear in right hand and oval shield in left; sword suspended by strap over right shoulder; [square altar] ornamented with garland in background left, and to right, forepart of slain ram on its back; [Σ... | 21 Dec 2023 | 130 GBP | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 576
BRUTTIUM. Kaulonia. Circa 475-425 BC. Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 8.20 g, 1 h). KAVΛ Apollo, nude, advancing to right, with a laurel branch in his upraised right hand and a daimon running to right on his outstretched left arm; to right, stag on pediment. Rev. KAVΛ Stag standing right; to right, laurel branch. HN Italy 2046. Jameson 411 (same dies). Noe, Caulonia, 93 (same dies). SNG ANS 180 (same dies). SNG Fitzwilliam 731 (same dies). SNG Lockett 586 (same dies). A beautiful example with light tong... | 9 Dec 2023 | 1,600 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 551, Lot 468
Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, circa AD 133-135. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust right, with queue and stephane / VE S TA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne, holding palladium on extended right hand and scepter in left. RIC II.3 2544 (same obv. die as illustration); Calicó 1439; Biaggi 683; Jameson 110; Mazzini (same obv. die). A few scratches, earthen deposits, minor edge marks. Fine.
Ex C... | 29 Nov 2023 | 3,000 USD | |
