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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 197
᷅ SOLD: Baktrian Kings, Menander I Soter, AR Drachm, Athena, 160-145 BC
Ruler: Menander I Soter
Province: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date: 160-145 BC
Denomination: Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of King Menander the Saviour'), heroic bust of Menander, viewed from behind, head turned to left
Reverse: Athena standing right, brandishing thunderbolt and holding aegis, Karosthi legend around, monogram in field to left
Size: 16mm, 2.4g, 1h
Grade: gVF, darkly toned
Reference(s): Sear 7604; SNG Copenhagen 303-4 var. (monogram)
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 198
᷅ SOLD: Baktrian Kings, Menander I Soter, AR Drachm, Athena, 160-145 BC
Ruler: Menander I Soter
Province: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date: 160-145 BC
Denomination: Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of King Menander the Saviour'), heroic bust of Menander, viewed from behind, head turned to left
Reverse: Athena standing right, brandishing thunderbolt and holding aegis, Karosthi legend around, monogram in field to left
Size: 16mm, 2.4g, 12h
Grade: gVF, darkly toned
Reference(s): SNG Copenhagen 303; Sear 7604
This coin was struck in antiquity. It is a valuable piece of history that is unique and irreplaceable. It tells us a story of civilisation past. It makes us reflect on the wonders of yesterday. Whose hands did this coin pass through? What spectacles did it bear witness to?
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 200
᷅ SOLD: Baktrian Kings, Menander I Soter, AR Drachm, Athena, 160-145 BC
Ruler: Menander I Soter
Province: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date: 160-145 BC
Denomination: Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of King Menander the Saviour'), heroic bust of Menander wearing crested helmet facing right
Reverse: Athena standing right, brandishing thunderbolt and holding aegis, Karosthi legend around, monogram in field to right
Size: 18mm, 2.4g, 12h
Grade: aVF, toned, wide flan
Reference(s): Sear 7603; SNG Copenhagen 294-7 var. (monogram)
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 346
᷅ SOLD: Baktrian Kings, Menander I Soter, AR Drachm, Athena, 160-145 BC
Ruler: Menander I Soter
Province: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date: 160-145 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of King Menander the Saviour'), heroic bust of Menander, viewed from behind, head turned to left
Reverse: Athena advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield, Karosthi legend around, monogram in field to right
Size: 16mm, 2.4g, 2h
Grade: aVF, lightly toned
Reference(s): Sear 7602; SNG Copenhagen 299-302 var. (monogram)
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 87
᷅ SOLD: Bronze coin of Alexander the Great
Ruler: Alexander the Great.
Date: 350 BC.
Denomination: AE 17.
Composition: Bronze.
Obverse: Alexander the great as Herakles (Hercules) facing right.
Reverse: Thunderbolt "A" (alpha)?and "B" (Beta)?between a bow in a case and a club.
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 483
᷅ SOLD: Bruttium, Kroton, AR Stater, 480-430 BC
Province: Bruttium, Kroton
Date: 480-430 BC
Denomination: AR Stater
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet; on left, Ϙρo (retrograde)
Reverse: Incuse eagle flying right
Size: 20.52mm, 8.1g, 10h
Grade: VF, attractive cabinet toning, lustrous surfaces, chipped flan
Provenance: ex H.D. Rauch eAuction 24 (29 September 2017), Lot 22; ex Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 19 (11 November 2015), Lot 92; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 182 (20 February, 1998), Lot 6
Reference(s): SNG ANS 289 (same dies); HN Italy 2108; SNG Copenhagen 1766 var. (legend not retrograde); SNG Gale 1048-1049 var. (legend to right); BMC Italy [Croton] p. 345, 34 var. (legend on right); SGCV I 257 var. (legend on right)
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 76
᷅ SOLD: Caligula Ae As: F
Ruler: Caligula
Date: 37 - 41AD
Denomination: Ae AS
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: Bare head of Caligula facing left
Reverse: Vesta seated left holding patera and transverse scepter
Size: 33mm
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 116
᷅ SOLD: Caligula Sestertius
Ruler: Caligula
Date: 37-41 AD.
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalicum
Obverse: Bare head of Emperor Caligula facing right.
Reverse: SPQR PP OBCIVES SERVATOS; legend in wreath.
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 658
᷅ SOLD: Caracalla, 198-217 AD, AR Denarius, Apollo, struck 215 AD
Ruler: Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: 215 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Head of Caracalla, laureate, right
Reverse: PM TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Apollo, naked but for cloak hanging from his shoulders behind him, standing front, head left, holding branch in right hand and resting left on lyre on low base
Size: 18.88mm, 3.6g, 6h
Grade: gVF, well toned, some granularity
Reference(s): BMCRE V 107-109; RIC IV 254; Cohen IV 282; RSC III 282
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 719
᷅ SOLD: Caracalla, 198-217 AD, AR Denarius, Emperor Sacrificing at Altar, struck 217 AD
Ruler: Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: 217 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Head of Caracalla, laureate, right
Reverse: VOTA SVSCEPTA X, Caracalla, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over lighted tripod left, and holding roll in left hand at side
Size: 19.77mm, 2.9g, 12h
Grade: gVF, weak reverse strike, worn reverse die, toned
Reference(s): BMCRE V 524-526; RIC IV 179; Cohen IV 689; RSC III 689; SRCV II 1965
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 711
᷅ SOLD: Caracalla, 198-217 AD, AR Denarius, Felicitas, struck c. 196-198 AD
Ruler: Septimius Severus and Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: circa 196-198 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, Bust of Caracalla, draped, right
Reverse: IMPERII FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and child on left arm
Size: 17.73mm, 2.6g, 7h
Grade: aF, toned, deposits, chipped edge,
Reference(s): RIC IV 9; Cohen IV 95; RSC III 95; SRCV II 5574; BMCRE V-
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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 686
᷅ SOLD: Caracalla, 198-217 AD, AR Denarius, Jupiter, struck 217 AD
Ruler: Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: 217 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Head of Caracalla, laureate, right
Reverse: PM TR P XX COS IIII P P, Jupiter, naked but for cloak over left shoulder, standing front, head left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Size: 18.18mm, 2.9g, 7h
Grade: gVF, toned, granular surfaces
Reference(s): BMCRE V 181; RIC IV 286; Cohen IV 373 (Jupiter standing left); RSC III 373