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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2855570, member: 51347&quot;]<b>A few more recents:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678791[/ATTACH]</p><p>Balbinus, AD 238</p><p>AR Denarius, 20mm, 3.7g, 12h; Rome, AD 238. </p><p>Obv.: IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG; Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: VICTORIA AVGG; Victory standing front with wreath and palm. </p><p>Reference: RIC 8</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678792[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Anonymous. </b>Circa 235 BC. Æ Double Litra (19.5mm, 6.54 g, 8h). Rome mint. Head of Hercules right; club below / Pegasus right; club above, ROMA below. Crawford 27/3; HN Italy 316. VF, rough, brown surfaces.<i>From the RJM Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]678794[/ATTACH]</i></p><p>Victoriatus circa 206-195, AR 16.5mm., 2.61g. Laureate head of Jupiter r. Rev. Victory crowning trophy; in centre field, sow r. and in exergue, ROMA. Sydenham 253. Russo RBW 554. Crawford 121/1.</p><p>About Very Fine.</p><p>Privately purchased from L. Simonetti Firenze. - From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678795[/ATTACH]</p><p>MAKEDON </p><p>Alexander III. 336-323 BC. </p><p>AR Obol (7mm, 0.51g). </p><p>Babylon mint. </p><p>Lifetime issue, struck circa 336-323 BC. </p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress </p><p>Rev: Club, bow, and quiver; monogram in wreath left, M right. </p><p>RARE</p><p>Ref: Price 3744. Near EF!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678796[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome Silbersud-Antoninianus 285 AD</p><p>Grade: extremly fine Abbreviations</p><p>Catalog: RIC 343</p><p>Material: bronze</p><p>Weight: 3.40 g</p><p>Diameter: 23.00 mm</p><p>Silvered-Antoninian of Magna Urbia, coined 285 AD in Rome.</p><p>Obv: Drap. Bust on crescent n. Right, wears Diadem MAGNIA VRBICAE AVG</p><p>Rev: Venus on the left, holding apple and scepter, at the foot of a shield VENVS GENETRIX</p><p>Preservation: excellent RIC 343, C.17 rare! Fine portrait!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678797[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lucilla Ar. denarius, LVCILLA AVUGVSTA, bust r., rev., IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno seated on l. low seat, holding a flower and child in swaddling clothes (Seaby, 36.) </p><p>3.1 g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678798[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic, </p><p>Ti. Minucius C.f. Augurinus, moneyer.</p><p>AR denarius, 18mm, 3.9g, 8h; Rome mint, 134 BC</p><p>Obv.: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, XVI monogram. Border of dots.</p><p>Rev.: Spiral column; standing on column, statue holding staff in right hand; at base of column, two corn-ears; on left, togate figure holding loaves(?) in both hands and placing left foot on modius; on right, togate figure holding lituus in right hand; above, ROMA; on left, TI MINVCI C F upwards; on right, AVGVRINI downwards. Border of dots. </p><p>Reference: Crawford 243/1; Sydenham 494; Minucia 9. </p><p><i>From the Collection of Fred Shore</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678799[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egyptian Amenhotep III Scarab</b></p><p>New Kingdom, Reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 BC. </p><p>Obv: A stone scarab with detailed carapace and legs; </p><p>Rev: to the underside a cartouche with Neb Maat Ra, the prenomen of Amenhotep III, and series of hieroglyphs; pierced through body for suspension. </p><p>41.37 grams, 45mm (1 3/4&quot;) </p><p>Ex Gustave Mustaki collection, some of the Mustaki collection is in the British Museum,</p><p>Comments:&nbsp; the collection was exported to the UK with export permits in 1948. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]678800[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. </b>Circa 215-201 BC. Æ Shekel (20mm, 9.03 g, 4h). Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse stepping right; long kerykeion in background. CNP 226; MAA 91; SNG Copenhagen 327. Fine, dark green patina with patches of red, rough surfaces, cleaning scratches.<i>From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 37</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678802[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anonymous. 214-212 B.C. AE quadrans (28.1 mm, 19.28 g, 1 h). Sicilian mint. Head of Hercules right, wearing boar&#039;s-skin headdress; three pellets behind / ROMA, bull charging right; grain ear and three pellets above, snake below. Crawford 72/7; Sydenham 94. aVF, black patina, lightly porous. Ex RBW collection (not in previous sales).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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