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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 195
᷅ SOLD: Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaeus, Half-Brother of Alexander the Great, AR Drachm, Kolophon, 323-317 BC
Ruler: King Philip III Arrhidaeus
Province: Kolophon Mint
Date: 323-317 BC
Denomination: Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Alexander as Herakles right facing wearing lionskin headdress
Reverse: ΦILIPPOY ('Filippou'), Zeus seated left on throne, one leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre.
Size: 17.5mm, 4.2g, 11h
Grade: gVF, attractive toning
Reference(s): Price P43; Müller P50; SNG Alpha Bank 852; SNG Berry 235
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᷅ SOLD: Macedon, Thessalonika, Janus, c 99 BC
Ruler: Macedon, Thessalonica
Date: After 99BC
Denomination: AE28
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: Laureate head of Janus
Reverse: THESSALONIKES two Centaurs prancing back to back each holding a thyrsos or spear
Size: 20mm
Reference(s): BMC 34
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 821
᷅ SOLD: Macedonian Dynasty, Leo VI, "the Wise", 886-912 AD, AE Follis
Ruler: Leo VI the Wise
Province: Constantinople mint
Date: 886-912 AD
Denomination: AE Follis
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: +LЄOҺ ЬASILЄVS ROM, Bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding akakia in left hand
Reverse: +LЄOҺ/ЄҺ ӨЄO ЬA/SILЄVS R/OmЄOҺ in four lines
Size: 26.55mm, 7.8g, 6h
Grade: VF, well struck, attractive dark green patina with earthen fill
Reference(s): SBCV 1729; DOC 8
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 833
᷅ 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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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 338
᷅ 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: 646
᷅ SOLD: Manuel I Comnenus 1143-1180 AD, AE Half Tetarteron, struck c. 1143-1152 AD
Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus
Province: Thessalonica mint
Date: circa 1143-1152 AD
Denomination: AE Half Tetarteron
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: Monogram, M-K-Λ-Δ
Reverse: Bust of Manuel facing, beardless, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and globus cruciger
Size: 17.26mm, 1.7g, 6h
Grade: gF, brown patina
Provenance: ex uncleaned lot, cleaned by Ancient Coin Traders
Reference(s): SBC 1977; DOC IV 20
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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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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 515
᷅ 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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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 296
᷅ 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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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 162
᷅ 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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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 487
᷅ 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