| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 666 Price realized: 15 GBP (Approx. 19 USD / 18 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Septimius Severus Æ 28mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211. Aurelius Gallus, consular legate. AY K Λ [CЄΠ] CЄVHPOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / [Y AY ΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙ]ΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩN, Dionysus standing to left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. H&J 6.14.8.6; AMNG 556; Varbanov 744. 11.39g, 28mm, 2h. Near Very Fine. Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 701 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Severus Alexander Æ 26mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 222-235. Ti. Julius Festus, strategos. AVT K M AVP [...]ΔΡΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / YΠ TIB IOYΛ ΦHCTOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera and cornucopiae. RPC VI 1646 (temporary); AMNG I 1010. 8.64g, 26mm, 12h. Very Fine. Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2215 Price realized: 700 CHF (Approx. 796 USD / 739 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PONTUS. Neocaesarea. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 31 mm, 13.73 g), CY 141 = 204/5. AY K Λ CЄΠ CЄ[YHPOC] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from behind. Rev. KOINO B Π NЄOKAIC MHTPO / ЄT PMA Male togate figure standing facing, holding a scroll and with two attendants standing behind him; to left and right, two other togati, who are reasoning with the central figure and one of which is holding a scroll; on the left, another togatus is bending over, holding a scroll. BMC -. Çizmeli -, cf. pl. IX, 112 (same reverse die, but for Caracalla). Leu 3 (2018), 147 (same dies). Martin -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG Righetti -. SNG von Aulock -. Of the highest rarity, apparently the second known example, and with a reverse of great interest. Slightly rough and with minor deposits, otherwise, nearly very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This remarkable reverse type shows a group of six togate men engaged in a heated discussion: a central figure dominates the group, with two attendants standing behind him, while two other figures are trying to win him over to their side with their arguments; the one on the left is pointing to the right; the one on the right places his right hand on the shoulder of the central figure; on the far left, another figure is bending over from behind to follow the discussion. It is noteworthy that the reverse composition finds its parallels in another issue of Neocaesarea, where the Tyche of Neocaesarea is seated as a central figure and is surrounded by five other Tychai (Cf. Çizmeli 50-53, although the majority of the existing examples of this type are modern cast forgeries, unfortunately), most likely those of the neighboring cities Amaseia, Comana, Sebastopolis, Sebasteia and Zela. Our coin, however, probably shows the Demos of Neocaesarea surrounded by the Demoi of Amaseia, Comana, Sebastopolis, Sebasteia and Zela. Whether those issues refer to a specific event such as the meeting of the Pontic Koinon is unclear (although the fact that the issue with the Tychai is dated to 205/6, not 204/5 as this coin, speaks against it), but it is certainly worth noting that the Demoi are togati, which emphasizes Pontus' close relations to Rome, as the toga is the sign of a Roman citizen and the constitutio Antoniniana was still a decade away. Starting price: 200 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2175 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: THRACE. Anchialus. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 12.67 g, 7 h). AΥ K Λ CЄΠ CЄYHPOC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from behind. Rev. OYΛΠIANΩN AΓXIAΛΕ/ΩN Hermes seated left on rock, holding winged kerykeion in his right hand. AMNG II 468. Varbanov 251 corr. (bust type). Well struck and with a very attractive dark green patina. Very minor deposits, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From the collection of Mark Gibbons, Newcastle, ex Roma E-Auction 95, 13 April 2022, 685. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 469 Price realized: 1,600 USD (Approx. 1,465 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LYDIA, Hypaepa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (37mm, 23.90 g, 6h). Aurelius Damas & Aurelius Lucius Damas, strategoi. AYT K M AYP CЄ ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠI AYP ΔAMA KAI ΛOYKIOY CTPA YΠAIΠHNΩN, Cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, veiled and draped; to right, Helios, radiate, standing facing, head left, holding torch in raised right hand and globe in left. Hochard 861 (D94/R209) = Altinoluk 111B = Kurth 279 (this coin); Waddell 1, lot 270. Dark brown patina, minor marks. Near EF. Extremely rare, the finer of two known specimens. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 766; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 631; Sternberg XIV (24 May 1984), lot 382. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1055 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Caracalla and Julia Domna Æ 27mm of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 215. Quintillianus, consular legate. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVC[TOC IOVΛIA ΔOMNA], laureate head of Caracalla to right, facing draped bust of Domna to left / VΠ K VNTIΛIA[NOV MAPKIAN]OΠOΛITΩ, Serapis standing facing, raising hand and holding sceptre; Є to left. AMNG 654; Varbanov 1038. 12.46g, 27mm, 12h. Good Fine. Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
