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Roman Republic, c. 206 - 194 B.C.

|Members| |Auction| |Listed|, |Roman| |Republic,| |c.| |206| |-| |194| |B.C.||Sextans|
Sextans, a Roman coin, which is marked sometimes on the obverse, sometimes on the reverse, or on both sides with two globules, denoting it to be the sixth part of the as, or two ounces (uncia) because the as was divided into twelve. It has for its types the head of Mercury and the prow of a ship. Some of these pieces bear the names of Roman moneyers.
MA114148. Copper Sextans, weight 1.327 g, maximum diameter 14.5 mm, die axis 135o, c. 206 - 194 B.C.; obverse head of Mercury right. wearing winged petasus, two pellets above; reverse prow of galley right, ROMA above, uncertain symbol right, two pellets below; $120.00 (€112.80)


Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, c. 540 - 470 B.C.

|Apollonia| |Pontica|, |Apollonia| |Pontika,| |Thrace,| |c.| |540| |-| |470| |B.C.||hemiobol|NEW
Apollonia Pontica was founded as Antheia by Greek colonists from Miletus in the 7th century B.C. They soon changed its name to Apollonia after building a temple for Apollo. The temple contained a colossal statue of Apollo by Calamis, which was later taken to Rome and placed in the Capitol. The anchor on the coinage is evidence of the importance of its maritime trade.
MA114219. Silver hemiobol, SNG Bulgaria II 95; Topalov Apollonia p. 570, 17; SNG Stancomb 32; HGC 3.2 1326 (R1), VF, bumps, scratches, tight flan, weight 0.458 g, maximum diameter 7.0 mm, Apollonia Pontica (Sozopol, Bulgaria) mint, c. 540 - 470 B.C.; obverse anchor flukes up, large flukes, perpendicular crossbar, four pellets below; reverse swastika pattern, bends to right (clockwise), ends forked, two lines parallel to ends in each quarter; rare; $90.00 SALE PRICE $81.00


|Members| |Auction| |Listed|, |Septimius| |Severus,| |9| |April| |193| |-| |4| |February| |211| |A.D.,| |Amphipolis,| |Macedonia||AE| |24|NEW
Excavations of Roman Amphipolis have revealed traces of all the impressive architecture one would expect from a thriving Roman city. A bridge, gymnasium, public and private monuments, sanctuaries, and cemeteries all attest to the city's prosperity. From the early Christian period (after 500 CE) there are traces of four basilicas, a large rectangular building which may have been a bishop's residence, and a church. -- Ancient History Encyclopedia
MA114897. Bronze AE 24, BMC Macedonia p. 58, 126 (same obverse die); Varbanov 3268 (R4) var. (obv. legend); Moushmov 6106; SNG Cop -, weight 10.725 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 0o, Amphipolis mint, 9 Apr 193 - 4 Feb 211 A.D.; obverse Λ CEΠT CE-OYHPOC ΠEP A-YΓ (YHP ligate), laureate and draped bust right; reverse AMΦIΠOΛEITWN, Tyche of Amphipolis seated left on a throne, wearing kalathos, veil, long chiton and mantle, phiale in extended right hand, star below seat; $80.00 (€75.20)


|Members| |Auction| |Listed|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Miletopolis,| |Mysia||AE| |20|NEW
Miletopolis was in northern Mysia, at the confluence of the Macestus and the Rhyndacus, west of Lake Miletopolitis Limne. There seems to have been a tribe there, called Milatæ, for whom Miletopolis was the chief town. Nothing is known of the history of Miletopolis except that its inhabitants colonized the city of Gargara.
MA114908. Bronze AE 20, RPC 1653, weight 4.567 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, obverse AYTO TΡAIA AΔΡIANO(C), laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse MEIΛHTOΠOΛEITΩN, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena, right, wearing aegis; ex Rosensans Blue Auction 1, lot 624; $80.00 (€75.20)


Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Moneyer P. Licinius Stolo

|Augustus|, |Augustus,| |16| |January| |27| |B.C.| |-| |19| |August| |14| |A.D.,| |Moneyer| |P.| |Licinius| |Stolo||sestertius|NEW
The abbreviated Latin reverse legend identifies the moneyer who struck this issue, P. Licinius Stolo, as a Triumvir Auro, Argento, Aere, Flando, Feriundo - one of three magistrates for casting and striking gold, silver, and bronze.
RB114201. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC I 345 (S), SRCV I 1652, BMCRE I 175, BnF I 302, Cohen I 441, aF, broad flan, weight 24.857 g, maximum diameter 36.2 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, P. Licinius Stolo, 17 B.C.; obverse inscription in three lines: OB above, CIVIS within, and SERVATOS below oak wreath, between two laurel branches; reverse P LICINIVS STOLO III VIR A A A F F, legend around large S C; big 36mm sestertius!; ex Priapus Numismatics e-auction 1 (5 Nov 2023), lot 696; scarce; $78.33 (€73.63)


Byzantine Empire, Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine, 23 January 613 - 11 January 641 A.D.

|Members| |Auction| |Listed|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Heraclius| |&| |Heraclius| |Constantine,| |23| |January| |613| |-| |11| |January| |641| |A.D.||follis|
In 629, the Islamic prophet Muhammad had recently succeeded in unifying all of the nomadic tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. Those tribes had previously been too divided to pose a serious military threat to the Byzantines or the Persians. Now unified and animated by their new conversion to Islam, they comprised one of the most powerful states in the region. The first conflict between the Byzantines and Muslims was the Battle of Mu'tah in September 629. A small Muslim skirmishing force attacked the province of Arabia but were repulsed. Because the engagement was a Byzantine victory, there was no apparent reason to make changes to the military configuration of the region. Also, once the severity of the Muslim threat was realized, the Byzantines had little preceding battlefield experience with the Arabs, and even less with zealous soldiers united by a prophet. Even the Strategicon, a manual of war praised for the variety of enemies it covers, does not mention warfare against Arabs at any length. The following year the Muslims launched raids into the Arabah south of Lake Tiberias, taking Al Karak. Other raids penetrated into the Negev reaching as far as Gaza. The Battle of Yarmouk in 636 resulted in a crushing defeat for the larger Byzantine army; within three years, the Levant had been lost again. By the time of Heraclius' death in Constantinople, on February 11, 641, most of Egypt had fallen as well.
MA112950. Bronze follis, cf. DOC II-1 106c; Wroth BMC 156; Tolstoi 248; Ratto 1415; Hahn MIB 164a; Sommer 11.57; SBCV 810; Morrisson BnF -, gF, overstruck on earlier coin, weight 5.756 g, maximum diameter 23.1 mm, die axis 210o, 3rd officina, Constantinople? (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, obverse Heraclius in military dress holding long cross on left, Heraclius Constantine in chlamys holding globus cruciger on right; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross above, ANNO left, regnal year right, Γ below (3rd officina), [C..] (mint) in exergue; $65.00 (€61.10)


Mesembria, Thrace, 300 - 250 B.C.

|Mesembria|, |Mesembria,| |Thrace,| |300| |-| |250| |B.C.||AE| |20|
The wheel on the reverse is depicted with a degree of perspective, which is unusual on ancient coins.

(sampi) was an archaic Greek letter used between the 7th and the middle of the 5th centuries B.C., probably to denote some type of a sibilant (hissing) ΣΣ or TΣ sound, and was abandoned when the sound disappeared from Greek. The name sampi is of medieval origin. The letter's original name in antiquity is not known. Its use has been attested at the Ionian cities Miletus, Ephesos, Halikarnassos, Erythrae, and Teos, at the Ionian colony of Massalia in Gaul, on the island of Samos, and at Kyzikos, Mysia. At Mesembria, on the Black Sea coast of Thrace, it was used on coins in an abbreviation of the city's name, spelled META. In a famous painted black figure amphora from c. 615 B.C., known as the "Nessos amphora," the inscribed name of the eponymous centaur Nessus is rendered in the irregular spelling NETOΣ.
GB98883. Bronze AE 20, SNG Stancomb 229, SNG Cop 658, SNG BM 276 var. (helmet left), gF, weight 6.780 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 0o, Mesambria (Nesebar, Bulgaria) mint, 300 - 250 B.C.; obverse Thracian helmet with cheek guard right; reverse wheel with hub and four spokes, METAM/BPIANΩN (T = archaic Greek letter sampi = ΣΣ) divided, above and below; rare; $70.00 SALE PRICE $63.00


Roman Republic, Anonymous, Second Punic War, 211 - 206 B.C.

|Members| |Auction| |Listed|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Anonymous,| |Second| |Punic| |War,| |211| |-| |206| |B.C.||quadrans|
The Second Punic War was between Carthage and the Roman Republic from 218 to 201 B.C. Hannibal made a surprising crossing of the Alps and, reinforced by Gallic allies, delivered crushing victories over Roman armies in the battle of the Trebia, the giant ambush at Trasimene, and again at Cannae. Many Roman allies went over to Carthage. Against Hannibal's tactical genius, the Romans used the Fabian strategy. Rome blocked attempts to reinforce Hannibal and, more capable in siegecraft, recaptured all of the major cities that had defected. Meanwhile, Scipio Africanus took Carthago Nova and ended Punic rule in Iberia. The final showdown was the Battle of Zama in Africa. Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal, harsh terms were imposed, and Carthage became a Roman client-state.
MA114142. Copper quadrans, Crawford 56/5, Sydenham 143c, BMCRR Rome 255, Russo RBW 209, SRCV I 1037, aF, weight 7.620 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 270o, Rome mint, Second Punic War, 211 - 206 B.C.; obverse head of Hercules right, wearing Nemean Lion scalp headdress, three pellets (mark of value) behind; reverse war galley prow right, ROMA above, three pellets (mark of value) below; $60.00 (€56.40)


Procopius, 28 September 365 - 27 May 366 A.D.

|Members| |Auction| |Listed|, |Procopius,| |28| |September| |365| |-| |27| |May| |366| |A.D.||centenionalis|NEW
In 363, as a general under Julian II, Procopius, together with Sebastianus, was entrusted with controlling the upper Tigris with 30,000 men and, if possible, he was to join King Arsaces II of Armenia and march southward, to reach Julian's army in Assyria. However, when Procopius reached the main Roman army near Thilsaphata, between Nisibis and Singara, Julian had died and he met the new emperor, Jovian.
MA114426. Bronze centenionalis, LRBC II 2331, RIC IX Nicomedia 10.2 (R3), Cohen VIII 8, SRCV V 19884, F, green patina, scratches, edge ragged with many chips, weight 2.618 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 0o, 3rd officina, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, 28 Sep 365 - Apr 366 A.D.; obverse D N PROCO-PIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed draped and cuirassed bust left; reverse REPARATIO FEL TEMP (happy times restored), Procopius standing facing, head right, labarum in right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield, uncertain object at feet, (Christ monogram) in upper right field, SMNΓ in exergue; very rare; $60.00 (€56.40)


Kingdom of Thrace, Rhoemetalces I, c. 11 B.C. - 12 A.D., Augustus Reverse

|Kingdom| |of| |Thrace|, |Kingdom| |of| |Thrace,| |Rhoemetalces| |I,| |c.| |11| |B.C.| |-| |12| |A.D.,| |Augustus| |Reverse||AE| |23|NEW
When the Cotys VII, King of Thrace, died about 48 B.C. Rhoemetalces I became the guardian of his nephew Rhescuporis I, his brother's young son and heir. In 13 B.C., Rhescuporis I was defeated and slain in battle by Vologases, chief of the Thracian Bessi, who was leading a revolt against Rome. As Rhescuporis I had left no heir, Rhoemetalces became king. An ally of Augustus, the Roman Historian Tacitus described Rhoemetalces as attractive and civilized. After his death, Augustus divided his realm, half for his son Cotys VIII and the other half for Rhoemetalces' brother Rhescuporis II. Tacitus states that Cotys received the cultivated parts, most towns and most Greek cities of Thrace, while Rhescuporis received the wild and savage portion with enemies on its frontier.
MA113877. Bronze AE 23, Youroukova 204; RPC I 1711; SNG Cop 1188; SNG Tübingen 972; BMC Thrace p. 209, 4; Weber 2743, aF, well centered, rough, weight 7.916 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 180o, c. 11 B.C. - 12 A.D.; obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ POIMHTAΛKOY, jugate heads of Rhoemetalces I, diademed, and Queen Pythodoris right; reverse KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, bare head of Augustus right; $60.00 SALE PRICE $54.00




  



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