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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 48
᷅ SOLD: Dyrhachium, Illyria, AR Drachm, c 229 BC
Province: Dyrrhachium, Illyria
Date: c 229 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΞENΩN, cow standing right, looking back at calf which it suckles, eagle standing right above
Reverse: DUR PURBA, square containing double stellate pattern, club to left.
Size: 20mm
Grade: aVF
Reference(s): Ceka 360; SNG Alpha Bank -
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᷅ SOLD: Dyrrhachium, Illyria, Silver Drachm, c 229 BC
Province: Illyria Dyrrhachium.
Date: 3rd to 2nd Century BC.
Denomination: Drachm.
Composition: Silver.
Obverse: Cow standing right suckling calf. Legend reads: SILANO.
Reverse: Square containing double stellate pattern. Legend reads: DUR --- STO NOS.
Size: 3.3g.
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 571
᷅ SOLD: Elagabalus, 218-222 AD, AE26, Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Demeter
Ruler: Elagabalus, struck under Sergius Titianus, consular legate / governor of Moesia Inferior
Province: Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis
Date: 218 to 222 AD
Denomination: AE26
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: AVT K M AVPHA ANTΩNEINOC, Laureate head of Elagabalus, facing right
Reverse: VΠ CEPΓ TITIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Demeter standing, facing left; in left hand, holding two corn-ears in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Size: 26.40mm, 10.94g, 12h
Grade: VF, centration dimple on obverse, well centred, boldy struck, smooth fields, green (repatinated) surfaces, slight bare metal on rim
Provenance: From the Hoffman Collection, ex Pegasi Numismatics Auction 3217 (14 November 2017), Lot 316
Reference(s): Varbanov I 1483; AMNG I/I -; Moushmov -; BMC Thrace -; Lindgren II -; Lindgren III -; Weber II -; SGICV -
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 710
᷅ SOLD: Elagabalus, 218-222 AD, AR Denarius, Emperor at Altar, struck 221 AD
Ruler: Elagabalus
Province: Rome mint
Date: 221 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, with horn, bearded, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from the front
Reverse: P M TR P III COS III P P, Elagabalus, laureate, draped to feet, with large knot in girdle at waist, standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over garlanded and lighted altar, left, and holding club, sloped slightly up to right, at left shoulder, in left: star, high left, in field
Size: 19.69mm, 3.1g,6h
Grade: gVF, toned
Reference(s): RIC IV 46; BMCRE V 256-258; Cohen IV 204; RSC II 196
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᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, 196-146 BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 196-146 BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Wreathed head of the Nymph Histiaia right
Reverse: [IΣTI] - AEIΩN, Nymph Histiaia seated right on stern of galley, ornamented with wing, holding naval standard; AP monogram and labrys in exergue
Size: 14.5mm, 2.39g, 12h
Grade: EF, high relief, exceptional life-like portrait on obverse
Provenance: Ex Barry P. Murphy
Reference(s): BMC 61; BCD 391; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Christomanos -
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᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, Delta Y Monogram, 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of the Nymph Histiiaia right, wearing earring, necklace and vine-wreath; hair in sphendone
Reverse: IΣTI [A]EIΩN, Nymph Histiaia, her hair bound with vine-wreath, right breast bare, seated right on the stern of a galley, ornamented with wing, and holding a mast with cross-piece (trophy-stand); to her right, ΔY monogram
Size: 13.27mm, 2.3g, 3h
Grade: VF, finest style, well centred on tight flan, some iridescence
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 125
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 76; HGC 4, 1524; BCD Euboia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 707
᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, SI and Labrys symbols, 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of the Nymph Histiiaia right, wearing earring, necklace and vine-wreath; hair in sphendone
Reverse: IΣTI - AEIΩN (retrograde), Nymph Histiaia, her hair bound with vine-wreath, right breast bare, seated right on the stern of a galley, ornamented with wing, and holding a mast with cross-piece (trophy-stand); below, ΣI and labrys (double-axe, or bipennis)
Size: 15.26mm, 2.5g, 8h
Grade: aVF, boldly struck, tight flan, splendid old cabinet tone
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 122
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 64; BCD Euboia 392; HGC 4, 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -
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᷅ SOLD: Euboia, Histiaia, AR Tetrobol, SI and Labrys symbols, 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Province: Euboia, Histiaia
Date: 3rd to 2nd centuries BC
Denomination: AR Tetrobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Head of the Nymph Histiiaia right, wearing earring, necklace and vine-wreath; hair in sphendone
Reverse: IΣTI - AEIΩN (retrograde), Nymph Histiaia, her hair bound with vine-wreath, right breast bare, seated right on the stern of a galley, ornamented with wing, and holding a mast with cross-piece (trophy-stand); below, ΣI and labrys (double-axe, or bipennis)
Size: 15.06mm, 2.5g, 7h
Grade: aVF, well centred, splendid old cabinet tone
Provenance: ex Nomos AG Obolos 10 (30 Jun 2018) Lot 123
Reference(s): BMC Central Greece p. 130, 64; BCD Euboia 392; HGC 4, 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -
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᷅ SOLD: Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AE As, Vesta, Posthumous issue, struck 146-161 AD
Ruler: Faustina I the Elder, third issue, struck under Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 141-161 AD
Denomination: Ae As
Composition: Copper
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and piled in bun on top of head: a band of pearls round hair in front
Reverse: Vesta, veiled, standing left, holding long lighted torch, vertical, in right hand and palladium at shoulder in left; S C left and right in field
Size: 28.18mm, 14.55g, 12h
Grade: VF, well centred, brown surfaces
Provenance: Pedigreed to 1915, ex Jacques Shulman (April 1916) with original tags; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 409 (8 November 2017), Lot 613; ex UBS 45 (15 September 1998), Lot 892.
Reference(s): BMCRE IV [Pius] 1601-1602 RIC III [Pius] 1196; Cohen II 269
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᷅ SOLD: Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AE Sestertius, Ceres, Posthumous Issue, struck 141-161 AD
Ruler: Faustina I the Elder, struck under Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 141-161 AD (third issue)
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and piled in bun on top of head: a band of pearls round hair in front
Reverse: AVGVS-TA, Ceres, in wreath of corn-ears, draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears downwards in right hand and long torch, vertical in left; S C, left and right, low in field
Size: 31.48mm, 22.49g, 6h
Grade: Good VF, expressive portrait, cabinet-toned
Provenance: From the Matthew Rich Collection, ex Chiltern Collection, Classical Numismatic Group eAuction (13 February 2013), Lot 296; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 412 (17 January 2018), Lot 543
Reference(s): BMC IV [Pius] 1509; RIC III [Pius] 1116, Cohen II 76; SRCV II 4614
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 539
᷅ SOLD: Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AE Sestertius, Venus, Lifetime issue, struck 139-141 AD
Ruler: Faustina I the Elder, lifetime issue
Province: Rome mint
Date: 139-141 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII PP, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right: the hair is elaborately waved and coiled with bands across the head, is drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil on top
Reverse: VENERI AVGVSTAE, Venus, draped, standing right, with right hand gathering up drapery from right shoulder and holding up apple in left; S C left and right, in field
Size: 32.79mm, 24.0g, 5h
Grade: VF, well centred, brown surfaces, filled die in parts of reverse legend
Provenance: From the Hoffman collection; Ex Pegasi Numismatics Auction 37(14 November 2017), Lot 501; Pegasi Numismatics Auction 34 (24 May 2016), Lot 515
Reference(s): BMCRE IV [Pius] 1120; RIC III [Pius] 1081; Cohen II 282; SRCV II 4677
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 666
᷅ SOLD: Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AR Denarius, Aeternitas, Providentia or Urania, Posthumous Issue, struck 141-161 AD
Ruler: Faustina I the Elder, struck under Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome
Date: 141-161 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled, with bands across the head, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil on top
Reverse: AETER NITAS, Providentia or Aeternitas, with veil blown out in round behind head, draped, standing front, head left, holding globe on extended right hand, left hand on veil
Size: 17.58mm, 3.2g, 5h
Grade: VF, toned, granulated surfaces
Reference(s): BMCRE IV [Pius] 375; RIC III 351; Cohen II 32; RSC II 32; SRCV II 4578