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DIOSCURI


Roman Republic Anon 210 BCE AE 23 Quincunx 6.96g Apollo P behind Dioscuri Luceria mint, 5 pellets Cr 99-4 Syd 309 S 910 R

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The Dioscuri, heroes who came to Rome’s aid in her time of need and brought Roman victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus.

Roman Republic: L. Memmius, 109-108 BC, AR Denarius
Obv: Male head right, wearing oak-wreath
Rev: The Dioscuri standing facing, holding their horses
Ref: Crawford 304/1; Memmia 1

and about 400 years later:
Roman Empire: Maxentius, AD 307-312, Æ Follis, Ostia mint, 4th officina, struck AD 309-312
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: The Dioscuri standing facing one another, each holding scepter and bridle of horse; MOSTQ
Ref: RIC VI 35

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Next, Luna

 

Here's a Luna.

Moneyer: Mn. Aquillius
Obv.: X - Head of Sol right
Rev.: MN AQVIL - Luna in biga right, holding reins in both hands; above, three stars; below, one star
Exergue: ROMA
Mint: Rome (109 or 108 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.96g / 20mm / -
References:

• RSC 1 (Aquillia)
• Sydenham 557
• Crawford 303/1

Provenances:

• Ex. M.J. Collection

Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online Auction NN Live 49 #341 12-May-2019



Next - Sol

 

Cilicia, Soloi, circa 100-30 BC, AE
Size: 23mm, 7.21 g, 12h
Obv: Radiate head (of Helios?) right
Rev: Athena Nikephoros seated left; ΣΟΛΕΩΝ downward to left.
Ref: SNG France 1193; SNG Levante 873
Note: ex CNG, ex Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection

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Hi All,

A seldom seen Ptolemaic AE from Ptolemais-Lebedus in Ionia.



Lebedus was 36 km to the NW of Ephesus. The Turkish villages Urkmez and Doganbeyli lie near the remains of the ancient city. It was built on the bay of Ephesus, on the western coast of Asia Minor. Traces of the city can be found on the Kisik Peninsula and on the mainland opposite. The peninsula is low and rocky, about 270m long, and is connected with the mainland through an isthmus 200m wide. On the western mainland there is a hill about 60m high. The position Koimetouria is to the east, within 1 hour from the peninsula. Ancient remains have been traced in both positions. Hellenistic years it was renamed Ptolemais, possibly by the king of Egypt Ptolemy III Euergetes (‘Benefactor’/246-221 BC) and maintained the name until about the early 2nd century BC. [As seen 18 Jan 2022 at http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=6928 ]

- Broucheion

Next: Another coin from Ionia.

 

How about a coin from Smyrna showing Homer!

Ionia, Smyrna
Menophilos Krabaus, magistrate.
Ae Homereium, struck ca. 105-95 BC
Dia.: 21 mm
Wt.: 7.05 g
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ MHNOΦIΛOΣ KPABAYΣ.
Homer, holding scroll and resting chin upon hand, seated left on plinth; sceptre behind
Ref.: Milne 1927, 294
Ex Plankenhorn Collection of Ionian Coins

Next: A coin showing a person who is still famous with the general population today.

 

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Cleopatra VII, Ptolemaic Kingdom
AE 40 drachmae
Obv: Diademed & draped bust right
Rev: KΛEOΠATΡAΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣA, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in left field, M (40) in right field
Mint: Alexandria
Date: 51-30 BC
Ref: Svoronos 1872



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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE As. 9.11g, 25.9mm. Rome mint, AD 210. RIC 804; Cohen 551-2. O: [SE]VER[VS] PIVS AVG, laureate head right. R: P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Roma right holding palladium and spear; before her, a kneeling captive; SC in exergue.
Ex RJM Collection; ex Alex G. Malloy, Ancient Coins LIII (coin #235); ex William Turner Collection, acquired circa 1812-1817
Notes: William Turner (1792-1867) was a British diplomat whose post in the Foreign Office in the early 19th century led him on a series of travels throughout Greece and Asia Minor. In 1820, he published a book on his travels entitled Journal of a Tour in the Levant, in which he would sometimes describe his acquiring of coins and other antiquities at the places he visited. After his death, his coin collection was inherited by his son, Mansfield Turner, in whose family it would remain until 1987.

Next: Another old provenance

 

I have a couple of Duke Of Northumberland coins, catalogued by Admiral Smyth in 1856. Here's one of them:

Moneyer: Pinarius Natta
Obv.: X - Helmeted head of Roma right
Rev.: NATTA - Victory in biga right
Exergue: ROMA
Mint: Rome (149 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.40g / 18mm / 9h
References:

• RSC 1 (Pinaria)
• Sydenham 390
• Crawford 208/1
• Smyth p. 167 #45 (this coin)

Provenances:

• Ex. Noble Sale 107A, lot 3573
• Ex. Colin Pitchfork Collection
• Ex. Sotheby's 4-Nov-1982, lot 232
• Ex. Duke of Northumberland Collection

Acquisition: Del Parker NYINC Bourse 11-Jan-2019



Next - another old provenance

 

I think my oldest (though not most extensive) provenance is my siliqua from the Harptree Hoard of 1887.


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The oldest, well-documented and illustrated provenance I have is this one. It was formerly owned by Clarence Bement (1843-1923):


Julia Domna, AD 193-217
Roman orichalcum dupondius; 10.61 gm, 24.2 mm
Rome, issue 6, AD 195
Obv: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas enthroned right, nursing one child, second child stands before her.
Refs: RIC 844; BMCRE 494; Cohen 43; Hill 126; RCV 6639
Notes: Ex Ars Classica VIII, 1924, Bement Collection, lot 1184. Die-match to BMCRE-494, pl. 21.4.

It appears in Ars Classica VIII, 1924, Bement Collection, lot 1184. Here's the listing from that auction:




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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

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my favourite







next: PAX

 

Vespasianus (69-79) Denarius
AD 70
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, head of Vespasian, laureate, right
COS ITER TR POT Pax, draped. seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and winged caduceus in left

Next - a coin from an emperor's 2nd year of reign.

 

Philip II appointed emperor in 247 AD age 10, this coin minted in 249, he and his father were killed that same year:



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