| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 435 Price realized: 220 GBP (Approx. 277 USD / 257 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nabataea, Malichos II, with Shaqilat AR Drachm. Petra, dated RY 24 = AD 63/4. Laureate and draped bust of Malichos to right; date at end of legend to left / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right. CN 210; Meshorer, Nabataea -, cf. 139 (dated RY 23); DCA 983. 4.00g, 14mm, 12h. Very Fine. Very Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives and not listed by Meshorer. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 405 Price realized: 110 GBP (Approx. 139 USD / 128 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nabataea, Malichos II, with Shaqilat AR Drachm. Petra, dated RY 23 = AD 62/3. Laureate and draped bust of Malichos to right; date at end of legend to left / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right. CN 209; Meshorer, Nabataea 139; DCA 983. 4.10g, 14mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 406 Price realized: 50 GBP (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat, AR Drachm. Petra, uncertain date, but circa AD 70/1-105/6. Laureate head of Rabbel to right; [date at end of legend to left] / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right. Cf. CN 230-4; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 151-4; DCA 985. 3.48g, 12mm, 12h. Very Fine. Estimate: 75 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 439 Price realized: 190 GBP (Approx. 240 USD / 222 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat, AR Sela' - "Drachm". Petra mint, dated RY 2 = AD 71/2. Laureate head of Rabbel to right; date at end of legend to left / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right. CN 216; Meshorer, Nabataea, 143; DCA 984. 4.03g, 14mm, 12h. Very Fine. Rare. Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
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| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 537 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 150 USD / 137 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PISIDIA. Antioch. Commodus, 177-192. (Bronze, 24 mm, 6.78 g, 6 h), circa 177-180. M AVRELI COMMODVS Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right. Rev. ANTIOCHIA COLONI Mên standing facing, head turned to right, left foot resting on bucranium, holding scepter in right hand and Nike in left. Krzyzanowska dies -, but cf. II/3. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online temp. 8649 (reverse legend and rooster to left of Mên). SNG BN -. Dark green patina. An unpublished variant of RPC 8649 and extremely rare. Very fine. Mên was a Phrygian lunar deity with roots in both Mesopotamian and Zoroastrian religion. In central and western Asia Minor he was often worshiped in association with the goddess Anahita. At Antioch in Pisidia, which was a Roman colony with legionnaires stationed nearby, there was a large temple complex to Mên Askaenos. The inscriptions in the temple all date to the colonial period, and suggest his cult was highly regarded, similarly to the god Mithras who also had lunar elements to his worship, by the Roman soldiers in the area. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 529 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.08 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 147/8). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Apollo Didymeus standing left, holding stag in left hand and bow in right; L ЄNΔЄ KATOV (date) around. Köln 1564 var. (legend arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 2145; K&G 35.387; RPC IV.4 1033; Emmett 1359.9 (year unrecorded). Toned, porosity, spots of verdigris. VF. Very rare. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Holyland Numismatics, 28 April 2012. The cult center of Apollo Didymeus near Miletos achieved a high level of fame throughout the ancient world. The 26th Dynasty pharaoh Necho II (610-595 BC) won two great battles in Syria, and dedicated his armor to the shrine of Apollo (Herodotus ii, 159). Its oracle was second in popularity only to that of Delphi. His influence played a significant role in initiating Diocletian's persecution of the Christians in the fourth century. His popularity continued until 314 when Constantine I declared Christianity the only official religion of the Roman empire. The temple of the Oracle at Dydima was sacked and its pagan priests tortured–many to their deaths. Soon after, a Christian church was built on its foundation. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
