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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 419
᷅ SOLD: Macedon under the Romans, Koinon of Macedon, AE Diassarion, Nero, 50-54 AD
Ruler: Koinon of Macedonia, during time of Nero
Province: Macedon
Date: 50-54 AD
Denomination: AE Diassarion
Composition: Copper
Obverse: KAIΣAP NEPΩN, Bare head of Nero to left
Reverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ, Macedonian shield
Size: 24.31mm, 9.0g
Grade: gVF, toned
Provenance: ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 1, Lot 696; from a European collection, formed before 2005
Reference(s): SNG Copenhagen 1335; RPC I 1614; AMNG III 242
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᷅ SOLD: Macrinus, 217-218 AD, Phoenicia, Aradus, AR Tetradrachm, Prieur Plate Coin
Ruler: Macrinus
Province: Phoenicia, Aradus
Date: 217-218 AD
Denomination: AR Tetradrachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: AYT·KAI·ΠO·CE·MAKPINOC, Laureate bust of Macrinus, right, seen from behind
Reverse: ΔHMARPX EΞ YΠATA, Eagle facing, wings spread, head and tail right, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull's head right
Size: 25.43mm, 11.6g, 7h
Grade: VF, well struck, toned
Provenance: Prieur Plate Coin, from the Michael Prieur Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 449 (31 July 2019), Lot 336; ex Berk BBS 60 (16 January 1990), Lot 408
Reference(s): Prieur 1248 (this coin cited and illustrated); McAlee - ;BMC Galatia -; Butcher -
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᷅ SOLD: Macrinus, AE26, Moesia, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Hermes, 217-218 AD
Ruler: Macrinus, struck under Legate Statius Longinus
Province: Moesia, Nikopolis ad Istrum
Date: 217-218 AD
Denomination: AE26
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: AVT K M OΠEΛΛE CEV H MAKPINOC, Laureate, cuirassed bust of Macrinus facing right, seen from behind
Reverse: YΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOLITΩN ΠROC ICTPΩ, Hermes, naked but for chlamys hanging from left shoulder, standing facing, head left, kerykeion in left hand, purse in right hand, rooster at feet left, biting at the purse
Size: 26mm, 11.5g, 7h
Grade: gF, darkly toned, smoothed fields
Reference(s): Moushmov 1291
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 538
᷅ SOLD: Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE22, SC, struck 151-152 AD, Lindgren Plate Coin
Ruler: Marcus Aurelius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 151-152 AD
Denomination: AE22
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: [AYT]K M AVPHΛ ANT-ΩN[INOC CEB], Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, facing right
Reverse: SC / IA in wreath; all within dotted border
Size: 22.41mm, 11.7g, 12h
Grade: gVF, tight flan, reverse slightly off centre, desert patina,
Provenance: from the Clay Lindgren Collection, illustrated in Lindgren I; Ex JAZ Numismatics (December 2017)
Reference(s): Lindgren I 1986 (this coin, illustrated); Butcher 406.i.a.; BMC Galatia -
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᷅ SOLD: Marcus Aurelius, As Caesar, 139-161 AD, AE Sestertius, Genius Exercitus, struck 151-152 AD
Ruler: Marcus Aurelius as Caesar; struck under Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 151-152 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: AVRELIVS [CAE] - SA[R] AVG [PII FIL], Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right
Reverse: TR POT VI COS II, Genius Exercitus, in military dress, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted altar left and holding legionary eagle, vertical at left shoulder; S-C left and right, in field
Size: 34.22mm, 26.5g, 7h
Grade: Fine, well centred, brown surfaces, edge crack at 2 o'clock
Provenance: Pedigreed to 1915. ex Jacques Schulman FPL LXII (1915), no. 1242 (part of) with original tags, ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 409 (8 November 2017), Lot 615
Reference(s): BMCRE IV [Pius] 1911A var. (drapery on left shoulder); RIC III [Pius] 1302 var. (same); Cohen III 648 var. (same); Banti 318
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᷅ SOLD: Marcus Aurelius, Dupondius, Boat Reverse, 176-177 AD
Ruler: Marcus Aurelius
Province: Rome
Date: 176-177 AD
Denomination: Dupondius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TRP XXXI, Radiate head of Emperor facing right
Reverse: IMP VIII COS III FELICITATI in two lines, AVG PP high in field; S-C left and right, low in field; Galley rowed right, by four oarsmen: in stern, Neptune, holding trident in right hand and aplustrue in left, standing right, under curved arch
Size: 29mm, 12.1g, 12h
Grade: gF, nice cabinet toning, some evidence of light tool
Reference(s): BMC 1615
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᷅ SOLD: Mark Antony, Legionary Denarius
Ruler: Mark Antony (not an emperor).
Date: 32-31 BC
Denomination: Denarius.
Composition: Silver.
Obverse: ANT. AVG IIIVIR. R. P. C. praetorian galley right.
Reverse: Eagle between two legionary standards.
Size: 3.5g,
Grade: gF
Reference(s): RSC 27.1cf
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 486
᷅ SOLD: Maxentius, 306-312 AD, AE Follis, Roma and Emperor in Temple, struck 307 AD
Ruler: Maxentius
Province: Roman Empire, Aquileia mint, 3rd officina
Date: Struck late summer of 307 AD
Denomination: AE Follis
Composition: Silvered copper
Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Head of Maxentius, laureate, right
Reverse: CONSERV-VRB SVAE, Roma seated left, on shield, in tetrastyle temple, right handing globe to Maxentius (in military dress, standing right), left hand holding sceptre; seated captive between; Victories as acroteria; wolf and twins in pediment; in exergue, mintmark AQ Γ (3rd officina)
Size: 25.36, 6.4g, 12h
Grade: EF, well centred on tight flan, well defined portrait, cabinet toning, no traces of silvering, traces of verdigris on reverse
Provenance: ex H.D. Rauch eAuction 24 (29 September 2017), Lot 412
Reference(s): RIC VI Aquileia s113
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᷅ SOLD: Maxentius, 306-312 AD, AE Follis, Roma and Emperor in Temple, struck 307 AD
Ruler: Maxentius
Province: Roman Empire, Aquileia mint, 2nd officina
Date: Struck late summer of 307 AD
Denomination: AE Follis
Composition: Silvered copper
Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Head of Maxentius, laureate, right
Reverse: CONSERV-VRB SVAE, Roma seated left, on shield, in tetrastyle temple, right handing globe to Maxentius (in military dress, standing right), left hand holding sceptre; seated captive between; Victories as acroteria; wolf and twins in pediment; in exergue, mintmark AQ S (2nd officina)
Size: 27.83, 6.5g, 7h
Grade: EF, well centred, well defined portrait, cabinet toning, traces of silvering, traces of verdigris on obverse
Provenance: ex H.D. Rauch eAuction 24 (29 September 2017), Lot 411
Reference(s): RIC VI Aquileia s113
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᷅ SOLD: Maxentius, 306-312 AD, AE Follis, Roma in Temple, struck 307 AD
Ruler: Maxentius
Province: Rome mint, 1st officina
Date: Struck early Autumn of 307 AD
Denomination: AE Follis
Composition: Silvered copper
Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Head of Maxentius, laureate, right
Reverse: CONSERVATO-RES VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, in hexastyle temple, holding glove in right hand, sceptre in left, shield at side; knobs as acroteria; plain pediment; in exergue, R*P mintmark
Size: 26.20mm, 6.10 g, 11h
Grade: Good VF, well centred on tight flan, well defined portrait, cabinet toning
Provenance: From the Matthew Rich Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 412 (17 January 2018), Lot 673); ex Fairfield Collection, Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 329 (25 June 2014), Lot 547; ex Elliott-Kent Collection, Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 232 (28 April 2010), Lot 349
Reference(s): RIC VI Roma 194a
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᷅ SOLD: Maximinus I, AR Denarius, Salus, AD 235-236
Ruler: Maximinus I
Province: Rome
Date: AD 235-236
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated left, feeding from patera a serpent arising from altar
Grade: gVF
Reference(s): RIC 14, RSC 85a, BMC 99
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᷅ SOLD: Maximinus II Daia, 308-313AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AE2 Silvered Follis, Genius, struck 312 AD
Ruler: Maximinus II Daia
Province: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
Date: 312 AD
Denomination: AE2 Follis
Composition: Silvered bronze
Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, facing right
Reverse: GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding head of Sol in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; * | A, in left and right fields; ANT in exergue
Size: 20.82mm, 4.7g, 1h
Grade: Choice gVF, well centred, boldly struck, darkly toned with mostly intact silvering, bare metal in places creating a nice contrasting effect
Provenance: ex WCN Online June 2017
Reference(s): RIC VI Antioch 164b; SRCV IV 14840