| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 565 Price realized: 340 CHF (Approx. 393 USD / 357 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.48 g, 12 h), dated year 224 = 160/1 AD. AYT KAIC M AYP ANTWNEINOC Draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right, seen from the rear. Rev. ΓΑ∆Α-ΡEWN ∆ΚC laureate head of youthful Heracles with lion skin knotted at neck to right. RPC IV.3, 6293 (temporary). Spijkerman 38. Sofaer pl. 138, 37. Dark brown patina. Rare. Very fine. The ruins of Gadara (today located at Umm Qais in Jordan) are dramatically overlooking the Sea of Galilee. In 63 BC Pompey placed the city under Roman control and had it rebuilt as a bulwark against Nabataean expansion. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 564 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. (Bronze, 24 mm, 10.38 g, 12 h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΑΝΤωΝEΙΝΟC CEΒ EYC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ Head of Herakles to right, lion's skin tied at neck. RPC IV.3 Online temp. 6292. Spijkerman 32. Rare. Fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1256 Price realized: 75 CHF (Approx. 85 USD / 79 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Elagabalus, 218-222. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 8.86 g, 12 h), Julius Antonius Seleucus, legatis consularis. AYT K M AYPEΛIOC ANTONEINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. YΠ•IOYΛ•ANT•CΕΛEYKOY MAPKIANOΠΟ/ΛITΩN Nemesis-Aequitas standing front, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cubit-rule in her left; at feet to left, wheel. H&J -, cf. 6.26.35.5 (differing legends). Varbanov 1581. Beautiful turquoise patina. Minor spots of corrosion on the obverse and light weakness on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2165 Price realized: 90 CHF (Approx. 102 USD / 95 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Caracalla, 198-217. Pentassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 12.85 g, 1 h), Julius Faustinianus, consular legate, 207-210. AYT M AYPHΛI ANTΩNEINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. YI ΦAYCTINIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN Homonoia standing front, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. H&J 6.18.36.1. Varbanov 938. Beautiful green patina. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 2132 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1275 Price realized: 50 CHF (Approx. 57 USD / 52 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PONTUS. Neocaesarea. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 15.56 g, 12 h), CY 171 = 234/5. ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ϹЄ ΑΛЄΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΝЄΟΚΑΙϹΑ ΜΗΤΡ ΔΙϹ ΝЄΩΚ / ЄΤ ΡΟΑ Front view of two tetrastyle temples, each with a globe in the pediment. Price & Trell 249, fig. 178. RPC VI Online 30319 (temporary). Extremely rare, just two examples cited in RPC. Porosity, otherwise, very fine. From an American collection, privately acquired from M&M Numismatics Ltd. The twin tetrastyle temples seen on the reverse of this bronze coin of Severus Alexander are neocorate temples, as referenced by the inscription ΔΙϹ ΝЄΩΚ[OPON]. The first was probably erected under Septimius Severus, and the second under Severus Alexander, both representing worship of the imperial cult. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 146 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: The Anthony Milavic Collection of Ancient Games Coins Athletes Victorious and holding a wreath SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Valerian I, 253-260. (Bronze, 27 mm, 15.53 g, 12 h), 256/257. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian to right, seen from behind. Rev. COL IVL AV-G FEL HEL Nude athlete, standing facing, head to left, holding a wreath in his right hand and a palm branch in his left. Klose 178. RPC X Online 63823. Sawaya 811–816 (Valerian II, D111/R293, same dies). Nicely centered and with a dark red-brown-green patina. Good very fine. From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.), acquired in June 1992 from CNG. Starting price: 400 CHF |  |
