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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 614 | Auction date: 29 July 2026 |
| Lot number: 585 Price realized: 60 USD (Approx. 53 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARABIA, Bostra. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (13mm, 1.72 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. Kindler, Bostra 20 var. (legends); Spijkerman 29 var. (same); RPC IV.3 Online 17193; Rosenberger –; Sofaer 27-29 var. (same). Earthen brown patina, scratches. VF. Extremely rare legend variety, three recorded in RPC. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 611 | Auction date: 17 June 2026 |
| Lot number: 636 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 647 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARMENIA, Satala. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (24mm, 7.93 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / LEG XV, griffin seated left, resting right forepaw on wheel. Dandrow, Satala Type I, 1-4 (O1/R1); Fox, Four Cm-B1a; RPC IV.3 17513.12 (this coin); CNG EA 573, lot 415. Brown surfaces, roughness. VF. Well centered with complete legends. Rare. Coins of Legio XV Apollinaris were unknown prior to September, 2022, when two coins were sold by Agora Auctions, which included one of this type. Agora argued an origin of an uncertain Arabian or Mesopotamian mint due to Verus' involvement in the Armenian front of the Parthian war and his capture of Artaxata. Both of the specimens sold through Agora were part of a collection of predominantly Cappadocian coins. None of these coins have a city name inscribed but hoard find locations places them in Armenia and around Cappadocia. Although the sigil of the Legio XV Apollinaris is unknown, the connection between the griffin and Apollo is clear. Additionally, Howgego records two countermarks of this legion with LXV and XV (Howgego 740i and 740ii), which he attributes to Caesarea in Cappadocia. This series has now been studied by Dandrow and Fox, both publishing in the last couple of years, who have identified the mint as Satala in Armenia. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 618 | Auction date: 7 October 2026 |
| Lot number: 513 Price realized: 475 USD (Approx. 424 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CILICIA, Mallus. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (20mm, 5.97 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Founder Amphilochus standing facing, head left, holding laurel branch; at his feet, boar standing left. RPC IV.3 Online 6897.3 (this coin); SNG BN –; SNG Levante 1279. Yellow-brown surfaces, slight roughness and deposits. Near VF. Very rare. Ex CPK Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 614 | Auction date: 29 July 2026 |
| Lot number: 587 Price realized: 160 USD (Approx. 141 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ARABIA, Charachmoba. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (22mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; (legend retrograde). Spijkerman 2; RPC VI Online 9364.6 (this coin); Rosenberger 1 var. (legends not retrograde); Sofaer 1 var. (same). Black-green patina with earthen overtones. Near VF. A very rare mint, striking coins only during the reign of Elagabalus. From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 1064. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 608 | Auction date: 29 April 2026 |
| Lot number: 569 Price realized: 90 USD (Approx. 77 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: DECAPOLIS, Philadelphia. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (18mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; [to right, small bust of Athena, left] / Tyche, turreted, standing right, with foot on prow(?), holding long scepter and cornucopia. Spijkerman 18; RPC IV.3 Online 6637; Rosenberger 19; Sofaer 21; Dow, ACTTB, p. 50 (this coin). Earthen green patina, light porosity. Near VF. From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 210 (13 May 2009), lot 153. The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter From Joshua to Solomon. CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 612 | Auction date: 1 July 2026 |
| Lot number: 365 Price realized: 275 USD (Approx. 241 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CILICIA, Hierapolis-Castabala. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (41mm, 29.31 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Tyche, veiled and turreted, standing right, presenting wreath to Commodus standing left, holding spear. Robert, Hierapolis 31 corr. (obv. legend); RPC IV.3 5807; SNG BN 2237; SNG Levante 1588. Brown and green patina, roughness, minor deposits. Near VF. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
