ISLAMIC; Umayyad; 'Abd al-Malik CE 685-705

AE Fals; 20 mm, 3.08 g, Hims mint c. CE 690-697/AH 70-77

Album 3539

O: لعبدالله عبدالملك اميرالمؤمنين

stg caliph facing

R: لا اله الا الله وحده محمد رسول الله

transformed cross on three steps to the right  بحمص to the left  ضرب

 

ISLAMIC/Umayyad; 'Abd al-Malik CE 685-705

 AE Fals; 19 mm, 2.17 g, Qinnasrin mint c. CE 690-697/AH 70-77

Album 3530

ICV 138

Goodwin 233

O: لعبدالله عبدالملك اميرالمؤمنين

stg caliph facing

R: لا اله الا الله وحده محمد رسول الله

transformed cross on three steps to the right  واف to the left  بقنسرين

ROMAN; Julian II CE 360-363 ex: East Harptree Hoard 1887

AR Siliqua; 17 mm, 2.10 g, 12h, Lugdunum mint c. CE 361

RIC VIII 227

RSC V 163b

RCV 19122

O: diad draped bust r, unbearded, FL CL IVLIA--NVS PP AVG dotted border

R: VOTIS/V/MVLTIS/X within wreath, in ex. PLVG, dotted border

Ex: East Harptree Hoard, 1887/Robertson IRBCH 1424, cf. John Evans NC 1888 pp. 22-46 "On a hoard of Roman coins found at East Harptree, near Bristol". https://www.jstor.org/stable/42682582

Ex: Spink 16006 (27-09-2016) possibly part of one of the lots between 2966-2977

Ex: Triton XXI (08 Jan 2018) portion lot 1583

 

FRANCE; Bourbon; Louis XIII CE 1610-1643

AR 1/12th Ecu, 20 mm, 2.16 g, 6h, Paris mint 1643-A

KM 166.22

O: LVDOVICVS XIII DG FR ET NAV REX, laur, draped bust rt. 

R: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM 1643 A, coat of arms crowned.

  

BYZANTINE; Constantine VII and Zoe CE 914-919

AE Follis, 6.38 g, 26 mm, 6h.

SB 1758

O: Constantine stg on l facing, Zoe on rt facing, cross between them. +CONSTANT CE ZOHb’

R; inscription in five lines 

+Cons

tantino

CE ZOH bA

SILIS RO

MEON

RUSSIA; Romanov Dynasty; Mikhail Feodorovich CE 1613-1645

 AR Kopeck 0.46 g 13 mm, Moscow mint

O: horseman riding rt spearing, inscription MOC under horse.

R:  ЦAPb И BEЛИKИЙ KHЯЗЬ MIXAИЛ ФЕДОРОВИЧ BCEЯ PУCИ

RUSSIA; Boris Godunov CE 1598-1605

 AR Kopeck, 0.66 g 14mm, possibly minted in 1601 in Novgorod

O: horseman rt with spear

R: inscription “Tsar and Grand Duke Boris Fedorovich of all the Russias” 

BYZANTINE; Amorian Dynasty; Theophilos CE 829-842

 

AE Follis; 28 mm, 6.69 g, 6h. minted after CE 835 after a shortlived victory over the Abbasids.

SB 1667

O: three-quarter length figure facing wearing loros and crown surmounted by tufa, holding a labarum in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left.  ϴϵοfIL’ bASIL’.

R: inscription in four lines   

+ϴϵο

FILϵ AVG

OVStϵsv

nIcAs

Three Examples from the Mildenhall Hoard (Suffolk, UK) c. 1833; Robertson 726

 Postumus CE 259-268 

Bi. Antoninianus, 3.19 g, 19 x 20 mm, 12h, Cologne mint, c. CE 260-265.

RSC 215b

RCV 10966

O: rad., cuirassed bust r, IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG

R: Pax stg. l holding scepter with r. arm outstretched PAX AVG

as with all these examples the reverse die appears to exhibit more wear than the obs. die. 

Gallienus CE 253-268 (sole reign CE 260-268)

AE Antoninianus, 2.48 g, 18 x 20 mm, 12h, Roma mint, CE 262-263

RSC 265

O: rad bust r, GALLIENVS AVG

R: Fortuna stg l, holding rudder and cornucopia, FORTVNA REDVX with S in lower right field. 

Victorinus CE 269-271

AE Antoninianus, 2.44 g, 19 mm, 6h, Mainz or Trier mint, CE 270-271.

RCV 11176

O: rad cuir. bust r. IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG

R: Pietas stg l sacrificing over altar and holding box of incense, PIETAS AVG. 

a very nice portrait of Victorinus even with the adhesion from the hoard. 

Anne S. Robertson records this hoard in her "An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards" as #726 (p. 168). 

The hoard was found c. 1832 and reported by Sir Henry Bunbury in 1833. Robertson further notes that in 1953, "the coins...were cleaned, and found to comprise 1 den, and 1285 ant". 

The earliest coin in the find was a denarius of Caracalla the latest was a radiate of Aurelian, with the overwhelming majority coming from the reigns of Tetricus I & II (approximately half the remaining hoard) and then Victorinus and Claudius II (about a quarter of the hoard), with Gallienus rounding out the hoard with 182 examples as well as small numbers of rarer examples such as Marius and the like. There were a number of barbarous radiates also noted from the hoard. 

Robertson recorded the hoard in detail in the Numismatic Chronicle 1954, pp. 40-52, with a plate recording the barbarous examples. 

GREEK/Seleukid; Antiochos VIII BCE 121-96

AR Drachm; 17.5 mm, 3.77 g, 11h, Antioch mint, BCE 109-96

SC 2310b

O: diad hd of Antiochos VIII right with dotted border slightly offset.

R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY on right of tripod EΠΙΦΑNOYΣ on left. Two control marks on left outer field, PE monogram above Γ.

 

reportedly Ex: David Sellwood Collection

If from Sellwood Collection it is possible that it was sold by:

Baldwins Argentum Sale, 4 June 2016, portion of lot 30??

Though documented as reportedly Sellwood by:

Ex: CNG 498 lot 184 (18 August 2021)

Ex: Musa Numismatic Art (CA) sku #14231

 

USA 1922-D Peace Dollar

AR Dollar; 37mm, 26.62 g, Denver mint, 1922 mintage 15m; 

Peace Dollar Series 1921-1935.

Most common example of the series, and a fine circulated example that depicts a typical circulating coin from the USA of a century ago. 

It's appeal I think, is in the bust that clearly has classical inspiration.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022

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ITALY; Naples; Robert D’Anjou CE 1309-1343

AR Gigliato; 27 mm, 3.89 g.

MIR 28

 

O: Robert enthroned on a lion throne holding a fleur de lis tipped sceptre and globus cruciger,

+ROBERT DEI GRA IERL’ET SICIL REX

R: compound cross fleuronée

+HONOR REGIS IUDICIU DILIGIT

 

Ex: Ken Dorney

ROMAN; Maximianus; first reign CE 285-305

 AR Antoninianus (higher than normal silver content apparent) 

4.73 g., 1h, 22 x 25 mm. Lugdunum mint, c. 290-292 CE.

RIC 399

RCV 13155 var. 

O: radiate cuir., bust r, IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG

R: Pax stg l holding scepter and Nike, PAX AVGG/S

Ex: Warren Esty

ISLAMIC/ Mamluk; Bahri; Baybars CE 1260-1277

AR Dirham, 2.94 g, 5h, 22mm, Damascus mint, c. 13 June -28 November CE 1261

Album 883 var.

Balog Mamluk 44 type

OBS

الصالحي

السلطان الملك

الظاهر ركن الدنيا و الدين

بيبرس قسيم اميرالمومنين

 Lion or panther in lower portion of obs as symbol of Baybars

REV

امير( المومنين

الامام المستنصربالله

ابوالقاسم احمد بن

الامام الظاهر

 

On the lower left outside بدمشق

CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=964084

Lion's Gate, Jerusalem. Thought to have been constructed under the Ottomans but due to the similarity in the designs to other locales, it is thought that they likely date to CE 1273 and represent Baybars, cf the Jisr Jindas which was constructed in CE 1273 by Baybars in Lod, Israel:

By Eman - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2719217

ISLAMIC/Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk) Artuqids of Mardin, Nasir ad-Din Artuq Arslan CE 1201-1239/AH 597-637

 

Æ Dirham, 10.87 g, 29 mm, 9h. AH 606 = CE 1209-1210 mint of Mardin

Album, Checklist 1830.3

S&S Type 39

 

O: male figure riding leopard side saddle to left.  With Arabic inscription around:

الملك العالم العادل ناصرالدين ارتق ارسلان ملك دياربكر

 

R:  Marginal legend around outside:

الملك العادل سيف الدين ابوبكرابن ايوب ضرب بماردين سنة 

Inner legend:

الامام الناصر

لدين الله امير

المومنين

Outside of inner legend:

Right: ستة

Top: وستة

Left: ماءة

 

Please see Spengler/Sayles Vol. 1 pp. 127-130 for an interesting discussion of this type.

 

Ex: W. Esty

ROMAN; Marcus Aurelius CE 161-180

 

AE Sestertius; 31 mm, 22.55 g, 5h, Roma mint CE 170-171

RIC III 995

BMCRE 1387

RCV 4967

O: laureate bust r. M ANTONINVS---AVG TRP XXV

R: Roma std l on a cuirass holding victory and spear, COS---III SC

Ex: Ken Dorney (CA)

Ex: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 86, lot 1103 (8 July 2021) (UK)

Ex: Antonio Carmona Collection (ES)

According to the write up about the collection appearing in an issue of Coins Weekly, it was written that “Carmona is an active member of the Asociación Numismática Española since 1970, and a vocal advocate in the defense of legal and educational coin collecting. His collection, consisting of primarily bronze pieces from across the empire, includes many rarities and pieces of historical significance.

While unfortunately not having recorded individual provenances, it is known that 450 coins were bought from the collection of Ana Espuny in 2006, and a further 953 were acquired from Almoneda Los Remedios in Malaga, with the remainder being mostly purchased from auction houses such as Áureo & Calicó, Jesus Vico SA, José Herrero SA and others.”

Equestrian Statute of Aurelius, c. CE 175 from the Capitoline Museum, Roma seen September 2024

ISLAMIC/Artuqids of Mardin; Husam ad-din Yuluq Arslan CE 1184-1201/AH 580-597

AE Dirham, 13.27 g, 32mm, 6h, Mardin mint AH 589/CE 1193

SS 35.2

Album 1829.3

O: lamentation scene, in some schools of thought it is believed that this depicts the reaction to the “death of Saladin” who died in AH 589.

R:  Marginal Inscription:

حسام الدين ملك دياربكر يولق ارسلان بن ايل غازي بن ارتق سنة تسع و ثمنين و خمسماءة

Inner inscription:

Top: الملك العادل

Bottom: سيف الدين

Right: ابو بكر

Left:  بن ايوب

Center: 

الامام النا

صرللدين

امير المومنين