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AL23898. Pottery Oil lamp, cf. Ennabli p. 87 & pl. XIV, 290 (very similar, palmettes vice squares and circles); Louvre Lamps p. 109, 89; 14 cm (5 1/2") long, Choice, complete and intact, slip worn, 5th century A.D.; mold made, red clay with cream slip, lion leaping right, stretching from wick hole across channel and discuss toward handle, shoulder decorated with alternating pattern of ornate concentric squares and heart-shapes, with concentric circle on each side at the nozzle end, two fill holes, lug handle, raised ring base, concentric circles mark on bottom; ex Griffin Gallery of Ancient Art (Boca Raton FL); SOLD
Kyrene, Kyrenaika, North Africa, c. 37 - 36 B.C.
This is perhaps the last numismatic depiction of a silphium plant.
The Crassus in named on this coin cannot be the wealthy triumvirate colleague of Julius Caesar and Pompey, who died in 53 B.C., long before this coinage. This Crassus is almost certainly his grandson, Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger. He fought with Sextus Pompey but transferred his loyalty to Marc Antony in c. 36 B.C. Under Mark Antony he was responsible for Crete and Cyrene. Shortly before Actium, Crassus defected to Octavian. He was consul in 30 B.C., triumphed in 27 B.C., and died long after.GB96100. Bronze quadrans, RPC Online I 918 (12 spec.); BMC Cyrenaica p. 64, 26; Asolati 149a-b; SNG Cop 1312; Müller Afrique -, VF, brown tone, well centered, porous, edge cracks/splits, beveled obverse edge, weight 3.366 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 180o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, magistrate Crassus, c. 37 - 36 B.C.; obverse KPA (Crassus), head of Libya right, with corkscrew curls; reverse silphium plant, K-Y/P-A (Kyrene) flanking in two divided lines; rare; SOLD
Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Lepcis (Leptis) Magna, North Africa
Lepcis (Leptis) Magna was a Phoenician settlement, then a Roman provincial trade center, and is today Al Khums, Libya. It became the third most important city in Africa after it gave birth to a Roman emperor: Septimius Severus. Today Leptis boasts some of the most impressive and well preserved Roman ruins in the world.SH30340. Bronze AE 26, RPC I 851, aVF, weight 8.448 g, maximum diameter 25.5 mm, Lepcis Magna mint, obverse [LPQY] (neo-Punic ethnic), head of Dionysos right; reverse bull's hide and club; SOLD
Tiberius Gemellus and Germanicus II, Twin Grandsons of Tiberius, c. 19 - 23 A.D., Kyrene, Kyrenaica, North Africa
Tiberius Gemellus and Germanicus II were the twin sons of Drusus and Livilla, the grandsons of the Emperor Tiberius, and the cousins of the Emperor Caligula. Gemellus is a nickname meaning "the twin." Germanicus II died in childhood. Because Gemellus' was too young to assume the throne, Caligula was summoned by Tiberius to Capri in 35 where he and Gemellus were made joint-heirs. Tiberius may also have selected Caligula because, according to Suetonius, Tiberius detested Gemellus, believing he was result of an adulterous affair by his mother. Tacitus records that while they were in Capri, Tiberius, with Gemellus in his arms, looked at Caligula in tears and told him: "You will kill him, and another will kill you." Caligula had Gemellus killed in late 37 or early 38, not long after assuming power, and was himself assassinated in 41.RP96983. Bronze AE 20, RPC I 948 (1 spec.); BMC Cyrenaica p. 121, 52; Asolati 171, aF, rough, porous, corrosion, off center, edge crack, weight 3.203 g, maximum diameter 20.1 mm, die axis 0o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, c. 19 - 23 A.D.; obverse dromedary (one-humped Arabian camel) standing right in laurel wreath border; reverse bare heads of the twin sons of Drusus, Tiberius Gemellus (on left) and Germanicus II (on right) face to face, TIB ΓEP above, KAIΣAPEΣ below; extremely rare, only three other specimens known to FORVM, zero sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; SOLD
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Cyrene, Cyrenaica
In 74 B.C., Cyrene was made a Roman province. Previously under the Ptolemies the Jewish inhabitants had enjoyed equal rights. Under, Rome they were increasingly oppressed by the now autonomous and much larger Greek population. Tensions came to a head in the insurrection of the Jews of Cyrene under Vespasian in 73 A.D. and especially during Kitos War, under Trajan, in 117. The later revolt was quelled by Marcius Turbo, but not before huge numbers of civilians had been brutally massacred by the Jewish rebels. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, the Jewish rebellion left Libya so depopulated that a few years later Hadrian had to establish new colonies there just to maintain the viability of the settlement.RP86686. Silver hemidrachm, RPC III 3 (76 spec.); SNG Cop 203 (Caesarea); Sydenham Caesarea 178 (Caesarea), BMC Galatia p. 53, 56 (Caesarea), gVF, attractive style, toned, minor porosity, light bumps and marks, light encrustations, weight 1.618 g, maximum diameter 15.0 mm, die axis 195o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, 100 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIΣ NEP TPAIAN ΣEB ΓEPM, laureate head right; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠAT Γ (Consul for the 3rd time), head of Zeus-Ammon right, bearded and horned; from the Jyrki Muona Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group, auction 73 (13 Sep 2006), lot 762; very rare; SOLD
Drusus, Son of Tiberius, 13 B.C. - 23 A.D., Kyrene, Kyrenaica, Tiberius Gemellus and Germanicus II Reverse
Tiberius Gemellus and Germanicus II were the twin sons of Drusus and Livilla, the grandsons of the Emperor Tiberius, and the cousins of the Emperor Caligula. Gemellus is a nickname meaning "the twin." Germanicus II died in childhood. Because Gemellus' was too young to assume the throne, Caligula was summoned by Tiberius to Capri in 35 where he and Gemellus were made joint-heirs. Tiberius may also have selected Caligula because, according to Suetonius, Tiberius detested Gemellus, believing he was result of an adulterous affair by his mother. Tacitus records that while they were in Capri, Tiberius, with Gemellus in his arms, looked at Caligula in tears and told him: "You will kill him, and another will kill you." Caligula had Gemellus killed in late 37 or early 38, not long after assuming power, and was himself assassinated in 41.RP99149. Bronze dupondius, RPC I 946; BMC Cyrenaica p. 121, 49; Asolati 168, aF, green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, off center, weight 12.274 g, maximum diameter 27.8 mm, die axis 0o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, c. 23 A.D.; obverse ΔPOYΣOΣ KAIΣAP AYΓOYΣTOY YIOΣ, laureate head of Drusus to right, lituus behind, simpulum before; reverse bare heads of the twin sons of Drusus, Tiberius Gemellus (on left) and Germanicus II (on right) face to face, TIB ΓEP above, KAIΣAPEΣ below; ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 92 (16 Dec 2021), lot 754; rare; SOLD
Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Utica, Zeugitana
Our specimen appears to be struck in copper prompting us naming it "as" but the heavy weight, which is usual for the series over several years probably means that these coins were valued as a dupondius.
MMIV on the reverse stands for Municipes Municipii Julii Uticensis.SH32262. Copper as (or dupondius), RPC I 738, VF, weight 12.456 g, maximum diameter 29.4 mm, die axis 0o, Zeugitana, Utica mint, 28 - 29 A.D.; obverse TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG IMP VIII, bare head left; reverse C VIBIO MARSO PROCOS II SEX TADIVS FAVSTVS IIV, Livia seated right, scepter in left, patera in extended right hand, M - M / I - V across fields; SOLD
Kingdom of Mauretania, Ptolemy, 24 - 40 A.D.
Ptolemy was the son of King Juba II and Queen Cleopatra Selene II. His mother was the daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. Ptolemy was educated in Rome and Roman citizen. In late 40, Caligula invited Ptolemy to Rome. After welcoming him with appropriate honors, he ordered his assassination. Mauretania became a Roman province.GB42809. Bronze AE 23, SGICV 6033, Müller Afrique 197, SNG Cop -, Fair, weight 6.669 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 255o, Caesarea (Cherchel, Algeria) mint, obverse REX PTOLEMAEVS, diademed and draped bust of Ptolemy right; reverse lion leaping right, star above; very rare; SOLD
Kingdom of Numidia, Juba II, 25 B.C. - 23 A.D.
Juba's father, an ally of Pompey, was defeated by Julius Caesar and committed suicide. After Juba II was paraded in his triumph, Caesar, and later Octavian, raised him. He learned Latin and Greek and became a Roman citizen. Juba II accompanied Octavian on campaigns and fought alongside him in the battle of Actium. They became longtime friends and Augustus restored him as King of Numidia.SH57780. Silver drachm, Alexandropoulos 95, Mazard 241, SNG Cop 579 - 580, Müller Afrique 23 var. (no crescent), VF, weight 3.006 g, maximum diameter 17.1 mm, die axis 180o, Caesarea (Cherchell, Algeria) mint, 16 - 17 A.D.; obverse REX IVBA, diademed head right; reverse cornucopia, flanked two dangling looped fillets, transverse scepter behind, crescent upper right; scarce; SOLD
Kingdom of Mauretania, Juba II with Cleopatra Selene, 25 B.C. - 24 A.D.
After his father's defeat and suicide, Juba II was take to Rome and paraded in Caesar's triumph. He was then raised in Caesar's household where he and Octavian became lifelong friends. He accompanied Octavian on campaigns after Caesar's death even fighting at the battle of Actium against his future wife's parents. Cleopatra Selene was the daughter of Cleopatra VII by Marc Antony. After the battle of Actium, she was raised by Octavia, Octavian's sister. Augustus restored Juba II as the king of Numidia c. 28 B.C. and later arranged for him to marry Cleopatra Selene II giving her a large dowry and appointing her queen.GB85847. Bronze AE 28, Alexandropoulos 209, Mazard 351 (RRR), SNG Cop 605, De Luynes 4013, Fair, scratches, weight 13.110 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, die axis 45o, Caesarea (Cherchell, Algeria) mint, 25 B.C. - 24 A.D.; obverse REX IVBA, diademed and draped bust right, club over shoulder; reverse BACI-ΛICCA / KΛEOΠATPA, headdress of Isis, with stalks of grain, crescent above; very rare; SOLD
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