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www.ancientcointraders.com pID: 290
Hadrian, Dupondius, Aeternitas, 119-121 AD
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Rome
Date: 119-121 AD
Denomination: Dupondius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, Bust of Hadrian, radiate, facing right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse: AETERNIT A S AVGVSTI, Aeternitas, draped, standing to front, head left, holding up heads of Sun on right hand and of Moon on left; S-C left and right, in field
Size: 23 m, 14.6g, 6h
Grade: aVF, dark brown surfaces, green patina in places
Reference(s): BMC 1220 var. (drapery on left shoulder); Cohen 135
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Hadrian, Sestertius, 125-128 A.D.
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Rome
Date: 125-128 A.D.
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: Laureate Bust of Hadrian facing right.
Reverse: COSIII SC, Roma seated facing left holding a cornucopia and victory
Grade: Choice EF
Reference(s): RIC II 636, BMC III 1295
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Hadrian, Sestertius, Fortuna, 134-138 AD
Ruler: Hadrian
Province: Rome
Date: 134-138 AD
Denomination: Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Laureate and draped bust right
Reverse: FORTVNAE REDVCI S C, Hadrian standing right holding roll, clasping hands with Fortuna who holds cornucopia and rudder in left
Size: 31mm, 24.6g, 6h
Grade: VF
Provenance: ex FORVM Ancient Coins (September 2006)
Reference(s): RIC II 761; Cohen II 790, BMCRE III 1518
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Illyria, Dyrrhachion, AR Stater, c. 340-280 BC
Province: Illyria, Dyrrhachion
Date: circa 340-280 BC
Denomination: AR Stater
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf below, standing left; above, ΣΩ monogram
Reverse: Δ-Y-P (retrograde), double stellate pattern divided by line, within double linear square border; below, club; all within linear circular border
Size: 21.98mm, 10.9g, 10h
Grade: VF, weak obverse strike
Provenance: ex Triskeles Auction 22(15 December 2017), Lot 77; ex Classical Numismatic Group (2017)
Reference(s): Meadows, CH (forthcoming) 152 (this coin); BMC Thessaly [Illyria] p. 67, 28; HGC 3, 34; cf. SGCV I 1892 (diff. monogram); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Soutzos -
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Indo-Scythian Kingdom, Azes, AE Tetradrachm, c. 58-20 BC
Ruler: Azes I-II
Province: Indo-Scythian Kingdom, India, Taxila mint
Date: circa 58-12 BC
Denomination: Tetrdrachm
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: BASILEWS BASILEWN MEGALOU AZOU, Humped Brahman bull (zebu) walking right, Whitehead symbol 15 (Z in square) above
Reverse: Kharosthi "jha" to right / Kharosthi legend, Lion or leopard standing right, Whitehead symbol 26 above
Size: 25.2 mm, 12.2 g
Grade: aVF
Reference(s): Whitehead 259; BMC p. 86, 141.
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Ionia, Ephesus, AR Drachm, 134/3 BC, SNG Von Aulock Plate Coin
Province: Ionia, Ephesus
Date: 134/3 BC (A = year 1)
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Lion’s skin hanging over club ; the whole within vine-wreath
Reverse: ΕΦΕ, Bunch of grapes lying upon a laurel leaf; above, bee; to left, A; to right, a long torch (off-field)
Size: 17.04mm, 3.0g, 7h
Grade: EF, well struck, old cabinet tone; likely the finest specimen of this type
Provenance: published in SNG von Aulock, from the von Aulock and GMH collections; ex Leu Numismatik Auction 13 (29 April 1975) Lot 227; ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114, Part I (7 May 2019), Lot 239
Reference(s): SNG von Aulock 1859 = Kleiner-Noe series 40, 8a and pl. XVII, 7 (this coin illustrated); Kleiner Ephesus 76; BMC Ionia p. 64, 155 var. (no A, bee in wreath to right); SNG Copenhagen 314 var. (same); SGCV II 4392 var. (same)
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Ionia, Miletus, AR Drachm, c. 260-250 BC, Maiandros, magistrate
Ruler: Maiandros, magistrate
Province: Ionia, Miletus
Date: circa 260-250 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm, Persic standard
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left
Reverse: [M]AIANΔPIO[Σ], Lion standing left, looking back at star of with rays; to left, MI monogram
Size: 20.62mm, 5.0g, 1h
Grade: VF, lovely old cabinet tone, light scratches and depsots; edges filed, likely to fit in bezel
Provenance: Referenced in Kinns Review. From the collection of an English Queen’s Counsel, purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd. (their ticket included; ex Glendining (1 March 1978), Lot 12
Reference(s): Kinns Review, p. 240 (this coin referenced); Roma E-Sale 62, lot 310 (same dies); BMC Ionia p. 192, 92 (stater); Deppert-Lippitz Period IV, Group II, –; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -
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Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes, AR Drachm, Plinthophoric Coinage, struck c. 190-170 BC, SNG Berry Plate Coin
Ruler: stuck under Anaxidotos, magistrate
Province: Rhodes
Date: circa 188-167 BC
Denomination: AR Drachm
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Radiate head of Helios right
Reverse: ΑΝΑΞΙΔΟΤΟΣ, Rose with bud; stem to right; serpent entwined around omphalos to left; to left and right, P-O; all within shallo incuse square;
Size: 16.45mm, 3.0g, 12h
Grade: aEF, well centred, slight flan crack on reverse at 12h, old cabinet tone
Provenance: Illustrated in SNG Berry; from the Burton Y Berry Collection; ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114, Part II (7 May 2019), Lot 1204; ex Gemni LLC Auction XI (12 January 2014), Lot 179
Reference(s): SNG Berry 1129 (this coin, illustrated); Jenkins Rhodian, Group B, 30; SNG Copenhagen 809-810; BMC Caria p. 253, 247-248; HGC 6, 1457; SGCV I 5063; SNG Keckman -
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Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR Eighth Stater – Diobol, Satyr, c. 500-480 BC
Province: Islands off Thrace, Thasos
Date: circa 500-480 BC
Denomination: AR Eighth Stater – Diobol
Composition: Silver
Obverse: Archaic Satyr running right
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square
Size: 10.97mm, 0.87g
Grade: VF, toned, cleaning scratches on obverse, deposit and light scuff on reverse
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 407 (11 October 2017), Lot 42; ex Cederlind 156 (30 September 2010), Lot 35
Reference(s): Le Rider Thasiennes 4; SNG Copenhagen 191-194 (Lete in Macedon); SNG Ashmolean 3653; Rosen 144; Svoronos HPM, pl. 10, 18-20; HGC 6, 333; SGCV I -
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Julia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD, AE Sestertius, Juno, struck 211-217 AD, Banti Plate Coin
Ruler: Julia Domna, struck under Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: 211-217 AD
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Obverse: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Bust of Julia Donna, draped, right; hair elaborately waived in nearly vertical waves, with seven horizontal ridges, fastened in a small bun at back and queue on neck
Reverse: IVNONI LV CINAE, Juno, draped, seated left, holding flower in extended right hand and child in swadling clothes at breast on left arm; S C in exergue
Size: 31.80mm, 23.55 g, 12h
Grade: aVF, well centred, light brown patina, hairline flan crack.
Provenance: illustrated in Banti; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 411 (13 December 2017), Lot 406; R. D. Frederick Collection, Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 290 (7 November 2012), lot 410; Thomas Olive Mabbott Collection, Hans M. F. Schulman Auction (Mabbott Part V, 7 July 1970), Lot 485
Reference(s): Banti 26 (this coin illustrated); RIC IV [Caracalla] 586; BMCRE IV [Caracalla] 211 (same reverse die as plate 74, 1); Cohen IV 93
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Julia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD, AR Denarius, Diana, struck 211-215 AD
Ruler: Julia Domna, struck under Caracalla
Province: Rome mint
Date: 211-215 AD
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Obverse: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Bust of Julia, draped, right; hair waved in vertical waves, with six horizontal ridges, fastened in a large bun at back and queue on neck
Reverse: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding long lighted torch, pointing slightly upward to left, in both hands
Size: 17.90mm, 2.4g, 1h
Grade: EF, fine style, obverse flan flaw
Reference(s): BMCRE V [Caracalla] 1; RIC IV 373A [Caracalla]; Cohen IV 32; RSC III 32
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Julia Maesa, Augusta, 218-224/5 AD, Lydia, Sardis, AE Assarion
Ruler: Julia Maesa, struck under Elagabalus
Province: Lydia, Sardis
Date: 218-224/5 AD
Denomination: AE Assarion
Composition: Bronze
Obverse: IOYΛIA MAICA AY, Draped bust of Julia Maesa facing right
Reverse: CAPΔIANΩN Γ NЄΩKOPΩN, Mên, standing facing, looking left, wearing Phrygian cap; in right hand, holding pine cone; in left hand, holding long sceptre
Size: 17.25mm, 3.82g, 6h
Grade: gVF, roughness, earthen highlights
Provenance: ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 2 (26 November 2017), Lot 419
Reference(s): RPC VI Online 4495; BMC Lydia [Sardes] p. 266, 174 var. (rev. legend); SGICV 3240 var. (same; SNG Copenhagen -