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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3002157, member: 57495&quot;]I don&#039;t go out of my way to collect them, but they&#039;re nice to have and I seem to have picked up more than I realized.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This one&#039;s from SNG Levante.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]742948[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsos</b></p><p>Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia.</p><p>AR Stater. 10.7g, 24.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsos, circa 375 BC. SNG Levante 85 (<i>this coin</i>); Casabonne Type 2; Moysey Issue 6; SNG France 282 = de Luynes 2839 = Traité II 609. O: Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; lotus below throne; all within crenelated wall. R: Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, holding arrow; winged solar disk to upper right, bow to lower right; c/m: bull standing right within incuse square.</p><p><i>Ex CNG 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1553; Ex CNG 96 (14 May 2014), lot 516; Ex Eduardo Levante Collection (CNG 64, 24 September 2003), lot 337.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>A Lindgren plate coin bought from [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER].</p><p>[ATTACH=full]742949[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare</b> </p><p>AE17. Very Rare. 3.0g, 16.6mm. SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare, circa 1st century AD. Lindgren 2070 (<i>this coin</i>). O: ‬IOYΛIЄωN TωN KAI ΛAOΔIKЄωN, Bust of Dionysos right, thyrsos before. R: Artemis (?) standing left, holding staff and branch; monogram to right.</p><p><i>Ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Illustrated in Hristova and Jekov&#039;s <i>The local coinage of the Roman empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III A.D, MARCIANOPOLIS.</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]742950[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE25. 7.69g, 25mm, MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. H&amp;J 6.10.26.4 (<i>this coin illustrated</i>); RPC IV online 4319; AMNG I 540; Varbanov 702 corr. (direction of heads). O: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ, the Three Graces standing facing, heads left, right, and right, respectively: the left holds oinochoe over dolphin, the center drapes arms over others, and the right holds wreath over oinochoe.<i></i></p><p><i><i>Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection; Ex Alexandre de Barros Collection (CNG E143, 12 July 2006, lot 115); ex CNG 47 (16 Sep 1998) lot 833.</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p>Used to illustrate this Legionary type in David Sear&#039;s <i><i>Roman Coins and their Values</i>.</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]742953[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>MARK ANTONY</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.61g, 17.8mm. Patrae (?) mint, autumn 32 - spring 31 BC. Sear RCV Vol. 1 p. 284, 1483 (<i>this coin illustrated</i>); Crawford 544/8. O: ANT AVG above Praetorian galley right, III VIR R P C below. R: CHORTIVM PRAETORIARVM, Legionary eagle (Aquila) between two standards (signa).<i></i></p><p><i><i><i>Ex Stack&#039;s Sale December 2001, Lot #142; Ex Ponterio &amp; Associates Sale 108 August 2000, Lot #307; Ex Gerhard Hirsch Auction 179, September 1993, Lot #770</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i>Roman Provincial Coinage Volume II</i> plate coin, but apparently shown on the plate with the wrong reference number!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]742965[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>DOMITIAN</b></p><p>AE22. Extremely Rare. 7.85g, 22mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa AD 81-96.&nbsp; BCD Corinth 533 (this coin). RPC 128, 1 (<i>this coin, erroneously shown as 127 on Plate 6</i>). O: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GER, laureate head right. R: COL IVL AVG COR, Chimera advancing right.<i></i></p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection (Lanz sale 105, 2001, lot 533)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Plate coin in Ravel&#039;s <i>Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M.P. Vlasto.&nbsp; </i>Also illustrated in Fischer-Bossert&#039;s catalogue and die study, <i>Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent</i>.</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]742969[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Nomos. 7.97g, 21.4mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 400-390 BC. Fischer-Bossert Group 26, 361a (V164/R283) = Vlasto 339 (<i>this coin, illustrated in both</i>); HN Italy 850. O: Naked ephebos on horse galloping right; small Λ below. R: Phalanthos, holding torch, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ below. <i></i></p><p><i>Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1043; CNG Auction 53 (15 March 2000), lot 31; Ex Vlasto Collection, 339 (Michel Pandely Vlasto, 1874-1936)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Another one from the Fischer-Bossert book.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]742970[/ATTACH] <b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Nomos. 7.50g, 20.2mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 325-281 BC. Fischer-Bossert 870c (<i>this coin</i>); Vlasto 607; SNG Copenhagen 849; SNG France 1800 (same obverse die). O: Nude rider on horse galloping to right, stabbing with spear held in his right hand and holding two other spears and shield with his left; below, ΣΑ. R: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; below, little dolphin leaping left; K in left field.</p><p><i>Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 12</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I currently have 14 Dattari-Savio plate coins, but this is the one picked up most recently.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]742972[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><b>MARCUS AURELIUS, as Caesar</b></b></p><p>Billon Tetradrachm. 12.86g, 24.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 13 of Antoninus Pius (AD 149/150). Dattari (Savio) 3185 (<i>this coin</i>); Emmett 1868.13 (R4); Staffieri, <i>Alexandria In Nummis</i> 169 (<i>this coin</i>); RPC Online temp #14367 (4 examples). O: M AVPHΛIC • KAICAP, bareheaded and draped bust right. R: Zeus (‘Jupiter Capitolinus’) enthroned left, holding phiale in his extended right hand and scepter with his left; at his feet, eagle standing left, head right, wings closed; L IΓ (date) across upper field.</p><p>Catalog notes: &quot;Very rare, nice metal, and of fine style, probably the finest known for the type.&quot;</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; Ex Dr. Piero Beretta Collection; Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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