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᷅ SOLD: Ancient Electrum Ring, 1st to 3rd centuries AD
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᷅ SOLD: Ancient Roman Ring
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᷅ SOLD: Ancient Roman Ring
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᷅ SOLD: Anglo-Saxon, Continental Sceattas, AR Sceat, struck c. 690-715/20 AD, Published in Beowulf
Ruler: Eanred; struck under moneyer Monne
Province: Mint in Frisia (Domburg?)
Date: circa 837-841 AD
Denomination: AR Sceat, Series D, type 8
Composition: Copper alloy
Obverse: ‘Standard’ with central annulet surrounded by right angles
Reverse: Cross pattée; chevron at end of each arm, annulets (some with pellets) in quarters
Size: 11mm, 1.09g
Grade: VF, dark find patina.
Provenance: from the Beowulf Collection, Classical Numismatic Group Auction 75, (23 May 2007), Lot 1367; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 444 (15 May 2019), Lot 570
Reference(s): Beowulf 29 (this coin); OdV&M ‘cross with four circles variety’, 11–3 (same obv. die); Abramson 10.10; SCBI 63 (BM), 300; North 163; SCBC 793
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 588
᷅ SOLD: Anglo-Saxon, Kings of Northumbria, Eanred, 810-841 AD, AE Styca, struck c. 837-841 AD, Hoard Coin
Ruler: Eanred; struck under moneyer Monne
Province: Anglo-Saxon, Kings of Northumbria, York mint
Date: circa 837-841 AD
Denomination: AE Styca, Phase II, Group C
Composition: Copper alloy
Obverse: + EΛNRED REX, small cross pattée
Reverse: + MOИNE, small cross pattée
Size: 13mm, 1.24 g, 7h
Grade: gVF, dark brown surfaces with minor encrustations
Provenance: from the Bolton Percy Hoard, 1847; ex Triskeles Auction 328 (15 December 2017), Lot 714; Peter Moffat Collection, CNG eAuction 286 (5 September 2012), Lot 574 (part; misdescribed as being from the 1967 portion of the hoard); 'Property of a Nobleman' (Christie's, 14 April 1981), Lot 119; William Fennell Collection
Reference(s): North 186; SCBC 862
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᷅ SOLD: Anonymous Folles of Christ, Time of Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025 AD, Christ Pantocrator
Ruler: Time of Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII
Province: Constantinopolis
Date: 976-1025 AD
Denomination: AE Follis
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing nimbus cross ornamented with two dots in the limbs of the cross, holding book of Gospels with both hands, the cover ornamented with central pellet in border of dots
Reverse: + IҺSЧS/ XRISTЧS/ ЬASILЄЧ/ ЬASILЄ in four lines; ornament above and below
Size: 27.69mm, 11.2g, 6h
Grade: gVF, glossy dark-brown surfaces, some areas of roughness and flatness of strike
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 443 (1 May 2019), Lot 642
Reference(s): DOC III A2.24a; SBCV 1813
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᷅ SOLD: Anonymous Folles of Christ, Time of Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025 AD, Christ Pantocrator
Ruler: Time of Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII
Province: Constantinopolis
Date: 976-1025 AD
Denomination: AE Follis
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing nimbus cross ornamented with two dots in the limbs of the cross, holding book of Gospels with both hands, the cover ornamented with central pellet in border of dots
Reverse: + IҺSЧS/ XRISTЧS/ ЬASILЄЧ/ ЬASILЄ in four lines; square ornament above and below
Size: 31.59mm, 13.5h, 6h
Grade: gVF, irregular flan, glossy dark-brown surfaces
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 446 (19 June 2019), Lot 468
Reference(s): DOC III A2.47; SBCV 1813
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 671
᷅ SOLD: Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD, Cappadocia, Caesarea, AR Drachm, Mt. Argaeus, struck 139 AD
Ruler: Antoninus Pius
Province: Caesarea, Eusebia
Date: 139 AD
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΑΝΤωΝƐΙΝΟС СƐΒΑСΤΟС, Head of Antoninus Pius, facing right
Reverse: VPA TOC B, Mt. Argaeus with trees; on summit, nude figure holding globe and sceptre
Size: 19.29mm, 3.3g, 5h
Grade: gVF, toned, edge crack
Provenance: ex private collector
Reference(s): RPC Online VI 6294 (temp.); Sydenham 299 var. (no trees); SNG Copenhagen 128; RPC SGICV -
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᷅ SOLD: Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD, AE Sestertius, Aequitas, struck 148-149 AD
Ruler: Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 148-149 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, Head of Antoninus, laureate, right
Reverse: COS III, Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales, extended, in right hand and cornucopiae in left; S C left and right, low in field
Size: 31.61mm, 21.8g, 10h
Grade: VF, glossy dark patina
Reference(s): BMCRE IV 1824; RIC III 855; Cohen II 232; Banti 100
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᷅ SOLD: Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD, AE Sestertius, Emperor at Altar, struck 153-154 AD
Ruler: Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 158-159 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS PP TR P XXII, Head of Antoninus, laureate, right
Reverse: VOTA SVSCEP DECENN III, Antoninus, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod-altar left, left hand holding roll at side; S-C left and right, in field; COS IIII in exergue
Size: 32.85mm, 25.54, 12h
Grade: Fine, well centred, brown patina, cleaning scrapes on reverse
Provenance: Pedigreed to 1915, ex Jacques Shulman (September 1915) with original tags, ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 409 (8 November 2017), Lot 610
Reference(s): RIC III 1009a; Banti 527; SRCV II 1279; BMCRE IV -; Cohen II -
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᷅ SOLD: Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD, AE Sestertius, Tiberis Reclining, struck 140-144 AD
Ruler: Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 140-144 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS PP TR P COST III, Head of Antoninus, laureate, right
Reverse: TIBERIS, Tiberis, crowned with reeds, reclining let, resting left elbow on [rock or oveturned urn], from which water flows and placing right hand on forepart of boat, on let, holding reed in left hand; S C in exergue
Size: 33.65mm, 23.5g, 12h
Grade: gF-aVF, well centred, fine portrait, toned
Provenance: From the Steve P Collection, ex Dionysus Coins (eBay, November 2017)
Reference(s): RIC III 643a; BMCRE IV 1313 note; Cohen II 820-821; Banti 416; Strack III 863d; SRCV II 4237 var. (urn);
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᷅ SOLD: Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD, AR Denarius, Pax, 155-156 AD
Ruler: Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: 150-151 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, Head of Antoninus, laureate, right
Reverse: TR POT XIX COS IIII, Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left
Size: 17.34mm; 2.8g; 6h
Grade: VF, lightly toned
Reference(s): BMCRE IV 856; RIC III 252l; Cohen II 979; RSC II 979