Coins from famous collections.....

Dattari Collection

@Sulla80 graciously pointed out that mine was a plate coin!


Egypt, Alexandria.
In the name of Livia, wife of Augustus Diobol
circa 1-2 (year 31),
Æ 23.5mm., 7.46g.
Draped bust r. Rev. Athena standing l., holding Nike and leaning on shield;
L-ΛA.
Dattari-Savio Pl. 3, 60 (this coin). RPC pag. 692, 5 (this coin cited).
Very rare. Nice brown-green tone. Very Fine
From the Dattari collection.
Naville Comments: In our opinion is correct the interpretation of Dattari on this coin and the date shown on the Rev. is L-ΛA and not LMA as suggested from RPC.
ex Dattari-Savio Pl. 3 60-this coin RPC page 692-5-this coin
RARE
Ex: Naville Numismatics

 

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Frank Sternberg


225-214 BCE
Roman Republic
Anonymous
BILLON Quadrigatus / Janus Didrachm
Obv: Head of Janus
Rev: Jupiter in galloping quadriga right
18.22mm, 4.1 grams
Ref: Sydenham 64. Crawford 28/3
Comment: good Fine.
ex Frank Sternberg Zurich with tag and envelope. Purchased in 1997 for $300.
Ex: Ancient Imports

 

BCD Collection


Phlius, Phliasia, The Peloponnesus
Æ12, 1.8g; 400-350 BC
Obv.: Bull butting left, head lowered and turned to front.
Rev.: Large Φ surrounded by four pellets.
Reference: BCD Peloponnesos 109 var, BMC 16
Ex-BCD Collection, not in Leu sale, from GMRH, Aug 1981.

 

VESPASIAN
Æ Dupondius
OBVERSE: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V CENS, radiate head left
REVERSE: FELICITAS PVBLICA S-C, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus & cornucopiae
Struck at Rome, 74AD
10.2g, 28mm
RIC 716, (RIC [1962] 555), Cohen 152, BMC 698
Ex: J.Q. Adams

lot 785 of the John Quincy Adams sale (Stacks, 1971) purchased by Christian Blom. Chris sold it to Mendel Peterson of the Smithsonian Institution (it comes with his tag) who sold it to Gene Brandenberg, Trojan Antiques.

 

This one arrived just today from Naumann's auction on 1 August. Researching its provenance online led me to the Busso Peus sale of the Walter Neussel collection back in 2017. Naumann said nothing about this.

Here's the Peus auction listing:


And here's my photo and catalog description:


Faustina I, AD 138-140.
Roman Æ as or dupondius, 13.77 g, 28.1 mm, 11 h.
Rome, AD 140.
Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA-FAVSTINA, veiled bust, right.
Rev: S C, crescent and seven stars.
Refs: RIC 1199b; BMC 1478; Cohen 276; Strack 1249; RCV --.
Notes: Ex Walter Neussel, Peus E-Auction 420, lot 5290, 18 Nov 2017, acquired October 1959, Maison Platt, Paris.

 

Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Zweigarm Type.




Description
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Zweigarm Type. Circa 3rd century BC.
Unknown tribe.
Celticised, bearded head of Zeus to right, with two 'horns of Ammon'; the neck truncation and dotted border forming volutes / Stylised rider wearing crested helmet on horseback to left, right arm outstretched; wheel and pellets before. Göbl, OTA pl. 25, 291/5 (same dies); Lanz 585 (this coin).

13.30g, 24mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Rare.

From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);
This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #104[reverse]).

As far as I know, the Hermann Lanz collection was the most extensive collection of eastern Celtic coinage ever assembled

 

Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian, Drachm circa 134-135AD (year 19)



Egypt, Alexandria. Dattari. Hadrian, 117-138 Drachm circa 134-135 (year 19), Æ 34.9mm
27.33g
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. L ƐΝΝƐΑΚΔ Bust of Ammon r., set on basis, crowned with disc. RPC 5944. Dattari-Savio Pl. 93, 7819 (this rev. only.
From the Dattari collection.

 

BRUTTIUM.KROTON.circa 480-430BC.AR.Nomos ( didrachm ). (7.67g, 20mm, 5h )
Tripod, Heron standing left, volute in exergue.
Reverse.Incuse tripod.
Ref:SNG ANS 312.
Good very fine, attractive gray tone.
Ex: David Sellwood collection. Baldwins Argentium sale 4th June 2016.

 

THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 380-365 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.78 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, wearing grain ears in hair / ΛA-P-I-ΣAI, Thessalian warrior, holding spear, on horseback right. L-S Series 5; BCD Thessaly II 292; HGC 4, 446. Good VF, toned, some roughness, metal flaw on obverse.

From the BCD Collection.

 

Reading your post again reminded me that I grew up with a descendent of John Quincy Adams. I never truly appreciated the significance of that until High School, when we were diving deeper into US History. Yes, his name is John Quincy Adams, and yes he was a descendent.

LOL, however, all through elementary, Jr High, High School, and Sports (a little guy, but he was active in several sports), we always gave him CRAP about his middle name QUINCY!

 

My best provenance is probably Terence Cheeseman aka Maple Leaf Collection

 

The only coin from a famous collector that I've acquired since I posted in this thread originally, back in March, is this one -- which actually passed through the hands of three different famous collectors/dealers, namely RBW (Robert B. Witschonke), BCD (see coin ticket below), and ASW (Alan S. Walker).

Roman Republic, C. Antestius, AR Denarius 146 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged helmet with peaked visor (ornamented with griffin’s head?), pearl necklace, and earring of pellets in form of bunch of grapes, C • ANTESTI upwards behind [partially off flan, ANTE ligate], X [mark of value, 10 asses]* beneath chin / Rev. Dioscuri holding spears, on horseback galloping right; puppy running right below horses’ hooves, with both forefeet raised; in exergue, ROMA; minor flan flaws on reverse. Crawford 219/1e, RSC I Antestia 1, BMCRR I 859, Sear RCV I 95/1 (ill.), Sydenham 411. 19 mm.. 3.76 g., 3 h. Ex. CNG Auction 378, July 13, 2016, Lot 408; ex. RBW [Richard B. Witschonke] Collection; ex. BCD Collection [see old coin ticket], purchased by RBW from BCD March 1985; ex. ASW [Alan S. Walker, currently Dir. of Nomos AG]. **





*My only denarius issued before the re-tariffing of that denomination to 16 asses circa 141 BCE.

** Crawford states at Vol. I p. 258 that the moneyer “is otherwise unknown,” and suggests that “[t]he moneyer’s cognomen, if the puppy is held to be significant, may perhaps be Catulus,” meaning puppy or wolf cub in Latin. (Emphasis in original.) Grueber suggests a different (and even more speculative) possibility for the significance of the puppy, namely that “[t]he dog was evidently the symbol of the Antestia gens, and consequently the earlier coins, which have that symbol and are without moneyer’s name, may have been issued by a member of this gens.” (See BMCRR p.114 n. 1.) The earlier coins Grueber refers to comprise the amonymous dog series cataloged as BMCRR 486-492 (Crawford 122/1-122/6), dated circa 206-195 BCE -- i.e., 50+ years prior to the issuance of this coin. Without more, positing a family connection to those earlier anonymous coins based solely on the presence of dogs on them would seem rather tenuous, especially given that there do not appear to be any dogs on the later Antestia gens coins, either under the Republic or under Augustus during the period when moneyers’ names were still listed.

Some of the subtypes or varieties of this issue have the moneyer’s name on the reverse, with the puppy on the obverse behind Roma’s head. According to Grueber (p. 114 n. 1), this kind of varying interchange was an “innovation” that began with this issue.

 

In regard to the kind comment posted by @hotwheelsearl I do not know if I am that distinguished but thank you. Seleukos VI Ar Tetradrachm Antioch 95-94 BC Obv Head right Diademed. Rv. Zeus Nikephoros seated left SC 2415b HGC 1270 Houghton(1983) 364 This coin illustrated. 16.06 grms 26 mm Photo by W. Hansen A coin from the Aurthur Houghton Collection He had authored and co authored a number of books and articles including Seleukid Coins (with C. Lorber) His collection has been featured twice in the series Ancient Coins in North American Collections (IV and IV Part II) His collection of coins of the Seleukid Kingdom was among the finest ever assembled.

 

I also have a coin from the "Vitangelo Collection," but good luck finding out who he is or was. Every Google search I've done brings me either to auction listings or back here to CT.

 

I just received a coin from the Abramowitz Family collection of Judean & Biblical related coinage, auctioned by Superior in 1993. I got it for a fraction of what it costed then, not a surprise given the amount of them appeared in the trade during the last 30 years. What is surprising is that the seller (Stack's and Bowers) did not mention its provenance in the lot description, it would have bumped up the hammer price in my opinion. Abramowitz sale:



My (low quality, sorry) pictures