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Baktria. Indo-Greek Kingdom. Antialkidas. Circa 130-120 BC. Æ Unit (19x17mm, 7.94g, 12h). Indian standard. Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara. Obv: BASILEWS left, [NIKHFOROU] above, ANTIALKIDOU right; Laureate bust of Zeus right; thunderbolt over shoulder. Rev: Caps of the Dioskouroi with two palms between; monogram below left. Ref: Mitchiner MIG 280b; Bopearachchi Series 16; SNG ANS 1113-1118; Hoover HGC 12, 262. About Fine, nice patina and some good detail, flaw on reverse. Ex Cayon January 2011, Lot 1022.

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Somewhat out-of-round.



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rather odd looking RR aes grave uncia;

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RR semuncia.

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Anonymous 215-212 BC. Rome
Sextans Æ
29 mm, 16,32 g
Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; •• (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; •• (mark of value) below. Crawford 41/9; Sydenham 107; BMCRR 72.

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RR Aes grave As ;
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For obvious reasons, here is Venus Cloacina, the great goddess of the even greater sewer:

Roman Republic, moneyer: L. Mussidius Longus, AR denarius, 42 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Head of Concordia r., wearing veil; behind, CONCORDIA upwards. Rev: Shrine of Venus Cloacina with two statues, inscribed CLOACIN; above, L M[VSSID]IVS LONGVS. 17.5mm, 3.68g. Ref: RRC 494/2a.

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Hadrian looks suspicious at Salus with a BBQ



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Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Denarius (2.82 gm, 19mm). Laodicea mint. Struck 200/1 AD.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: SAL GEN HVM, Salus standing left, holding serpent-entwined scepter, and raising kneeling figure personifying the human race. RIC #350; BMC 701; RSC 558a. gVF.

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Phrygia, Philomelium. Caracalla AE24. AD 198-217.
Obv: ANTωNЄINOC ΠЄ AY Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind.
Rev: ЄΠI AΔPIANO ΦΙΛOMHΛ Dionysos standing facing, head to left, kolding Kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos with his left; to left at feet, panther.
Magistrate Adrianos.

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Vespasian AV Aureus, 75 AD (Cos VI), Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CAESAR - VESPASIANVS AVG [counter-clockwise from 5:00] / Rev. Victory holding palm branch in left hand and wreath in outstretched right hand, standing left on cista mystica flanked by two coiled serpents with heads pointing upwards*, PON MAX - TR P COS VI [clockwise from 8:00]. Two small edge dents/cuts on obverse at 3:00 and 6:00 (possibly from old jewelry mount). 19 mm., 7.22 g. RIC II-1 Vespasian 775 (2007 ed.), old RIC II Vespasian 82 (1926 ed.), BMCRE 168, Cohen 370, Sear RCV I 2254 (ill. p. 431). Purchased from Arete Coins, Seattle, WA, Dec. 2021; ex. Triskeles Auctions Sale 21, Lot 392, 29 Sep. 2017; ex. Ars Classica XVIII (“COLLECTION TRÈS IMPORTANTE MONNAIES ROMAINES FORMÊE PAR UN DIPLOMATE ÉTRANGER DEPUIS LONGTEMPS DÉCÉDÉ” [Collection of Vicomte de Sartiges]), Lot 144 [ill. Pl. 6], 10 Oct. 1938, l'Hôtel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland (Experts Dr. Jacob Hirsch & M. Lucien Naville); ex. Collection of Louis, Vicomte de Sartiges (1859-1924), published in Sartiges, Vicomte de, “Collection du vicomte de Sartiges. Séries grecque et romaine, en 1910, ainsi que les acquisitions depuis cette date”
(Paris, D.A. Longuet; Plates I-XLIII published 1910; undated supplement contains five additional plates), Pl. XXVI, No. 105 [this coin, acquired before 1910]. [Footnotes omitted.]



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Impressive coin and provenance!

 

Aureus of Vespasian with both his sons on reverse.

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P. FURIUS CRASSIPES ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FURIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Turreted head of Cybele (Tyche) right, behind, foot pointing upwards, AED.CVR behind head
REVERSE: Curule chair inscribed P FOVRIVS; CRASSIPES in exergue
Rome 84 BC
3.88g. 19Mm
Cr 356/1c; Syd 735b

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