| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61356 | Auction date: 29 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 25070 Price realized: 240 USD (Approx. 221 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients NABATAEAN KINGDOM. Malichus I (ca. 60-30 BC). AE (16mm, 2.84 gm, 12h). NGC VF 4/5 - 4/5. Petra, RY 28 (33/2 BC). Diademed bust of Malichus I right / Palm of hand, date across field. Meshorer, Nabataea 19. Ex Heritage Auction, Auction 232118 (5 May 2021), lot 61174. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/oriental/ancients-nabataean-kingdom-malichus-i-ca-60-30-bc-ae-16mm-284-gm-12h-ngc-vf-4-5-4-5/a/61356-25070.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61356-01292024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33206 Price realized: 1,600 USD (Approx. 1,470 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients IONIA. Smyrna. Vespasian Junior (ca. AD 95/6). AE (18mm, 2.36 gm, 6h). NGC VF 4/5 - 2/5, smoothing. Ca. AD 94/5. ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟϹ, bare head of Vespasian Junior right / ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ, Nike advancing left, wreath in outstretched right hand, palm branch cradled in left. RPC II 1029. Nicely articulated designs visible on the charcoal surfaces. Ex S&S Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 525, 19 October 2022), lot 643; Classical Numismatic Group inventory 723804 (December 2000); Sternberg XXXV (28 October 2000), lot 493; Aufhäuser 8 (9 October 1991), lot 387. Emperor Domitian faced significant challenges in securing an heir to maintain the imperial lineage. His only biological child, whose name remains undiscovered, passed away as an infant around AD 83. A marital rift with his spouse, Domitia, ensued soon after, and though they reconciled later, no further offspring emerged. To preserve the Flavian Dynasty's reign, Domitian adopted his two great-nephews in AD 94 or 95, bestowing upon them the names Vespasian and Domitian. These boys, two among seven siblings, were born to Domitian's niece, Flavia Domitilla III, and her spouse, Flavius Clemens, the latter being the grandson of Vespasian's brother, Flavius Sabinus. However, this arrangement unraveled tragically in AD 95 when Clemens, after being appointed Consul, was accused of "atheism," removed from office, and executed. His wife Domitilla was also charged and exiled to the island of Pandateria, echoing the fate of Augustus' daughter Julia. The accusation of atheism, a rare capital offense, hints at a possible conversion to Christianity or Judaism by the couple. The fate of the boys remains uncertain, but their youth likely didn't shield them from Domitian's vengeance. The subsequent fate of the boys remains unknown, and Domitian's rule ended with his assassination in July of AD 96. The turbulent era of Vespasian the Younger is immortalized in rare coins minted in Smyrna during the boys' fleeting ascendancy in AD 94/5. The engraved inscription, ΟΥƐϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟϹ, translating to "Vespasian the Youngest", confirms the child's identity on the obverse. These scarce coins are a testament to that transient epoch, with die studies revealing only a scant number were ever forged to begin with. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-provincial/ancients-ionia-smyrna-vespasian-junior-ca-ad-95-6-ae-18mm-236-gm-6h-ngc-vf-4-5-2-5-smoothing/a/3114-33206.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 32188 Price realized: To Be Posted | |
| Lot description: Ancients PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony, as Rulers of the East (37-31 BC). AE (20mm, 6.24 gm, 12h). NGC VF 4/5 - 2/5. Coele Syria, Chalcis, 32/1 BC. BACIΛICCHC KLEOΠA-TPA, diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right / ETOYC KA TOY KAI E ΘEAC NEΩTEPAC, bare head of Antony right. RPC I 4771. Clear details with easily identifiable portraits of the power-couple. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ptolemaic-egypt-cleopatra-vii-and-marc-antony-as-rulers-of-the-east-37-31-bc-ae-20mm-624-gm-12h-n/a/3115-32188.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61379 | Auction date: 27 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 24138 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Ancients MINT UNCERTAIN. Vespasian with Titus (AD 69-79). AE (16mm, 2.65 gm, 6h). NGC VF 2/5 - 2/5. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙCΑP OYЄCΠACΙΑΝΟC CЄ, laureate head of Vespasian right / ΤΙΤΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ, laureate head of Titus right. RPC II 2808 (online specimen 4=this coin). An exemptional example of this rare type. Ex Leu Numismatics, Web Auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 3101; Leu Numismatics, Web Auction 15 (27 Feb 2021), lot 1628. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-provincial/ancients-mint-uncertain-vespasian-with-titus-ad-69-79-ae-16mm-265-gm-6h-ngc-vf-2-5-2-5/a/61379-24138.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61379-05272024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61356 | Auction date: 29 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 25010 Price realized: 4,300 USD (Approx. 3,958 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Arsaces I (ca. 247-211 BC). AR drachm (16mm, 4.24 gm, 12h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Mithradatkart-Nisa(?). Head of Arsaces I left, wearing bashlyk; dotted border / ΑΡΣΑΚΟY / KRNY (Aramaic), Arsaces I seated left on backless throne, with bow in outstretched right hand; MT monogram below throne, dotted border. Shore 2. Sunrise 238. Sellwood 3.1. From the Dynasty Collection, #282. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-parthian-kingdom-arsaces-i-ca-247-211-bc-ar-drachm-16mm-424-gm-12h-ngc-au-4-5-4-5/a/61356-25010.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61356-01292024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33011 Price realized: 3,800 USD (Approx. 3,491 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients BRUTTIUM. Rhegium. Ca. 450-420 BC. AR tetradrachm (27mm, 17.34 gm, 7h). NGC VF 4/5 - 3/5, scuff. Ca. 435-425 BC. Lion scalp mask facing; bunch of grapes on vine, all within dotted border / RECINOS (retrograde), Iocastus seated left, head right, with grounded staff in left hand; all within laurel wreath border. Herzfelder 51 (D22/R42). SNG Lloyd 682 (same rev. die). de Luynes 785 (same dies). McClean 1864 (same dies). HN Italy 2488. HGC I 1635. Extremely rare, especially with only this reverse die depicting Iocastus head reverted, and this coin is seemingly the only example in sales archives. A handsome piece with hues of peach toning that reveal themselves as it catches the light. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XVIII (29 September 2019), lot 495; Künker, Auction 100 (21 June 2005), lot 6. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-bruttium-rhegium-ca-450-420-bc-ar-tetradrachm-27mm-1734-gm-7h-ngc-vf-4-5-3-5-scuff/a/3114-33011.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
