AE 3/ Reduced Follis (20 mm, 3.26 g) London mint, c. CE 317 RIC VII 117 London (R3) O : FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, laur., draped bust r. R: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI/S-P in field/ PLN in ex.
Ex: J.S. Vogelaar (1949-2010) Collection
Ex: CNG EA 204, portion lot 384 (11 Feb 2009)
not my normal interest or purchase despite the fact that I have acquired a modest collection of London mint items over the years. The big motivation for this acquisition was Lee Toone's article about Vogelaar in the May 2010 issue of the The Celator.
According to Lee Toone the following additional information was provided about this piece:
"Vogelaar only had one example of this coin. It was bought from a British dealer called Cherry (I forget his first name) on 16th October 1990 for £11 ($21.35 US at time-JG) - Vogelaar #198. One of his earlier purchases."
AR Tetradrachm; 27 mm, 14.82 g, Antioch mint, Second reign 93/2-probably c. 88 BCE
SC 2434.1, CSE 379, SNG Spaer 2788, HSC 1288 (S)
O: diad. Hd of Antiochus X r, without sideburn diadem ends falling straight behind, fillet border.
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOV in two lines on r. EVΣEBOVΣ ΦΙΛOΠATOPOΣ in two lines on the l., Zeus enthroned l., one upright shown, holding Nike and scepter, laurel wreath border.
Primary controls outer left, secondary under throne.
I haven't posted in a few weeks due to my being out of the country, though now I am back and will do my best to start posting again.
I had been in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and parts of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais States. I saw a couple nice collections of world as well as more specifically Brazilian coin collections at museums in my travels. I may post more about these later. There were a few ancients in the mix though these were just provided as examples of earlier coinage.
For now I need to relax having just come back.
The ruins of the Casa da Moeda (Mint) in Rio at the Paço Imperial. It was found during the restoration work there and dates from 1699-1814 when it was in use.
Brazil Colonial; AE 40 Reis 1753 issued during the reign of Jose I. (28.75 g., 40 mm) KM 184 ex: DPL Numismatica, Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil Colonial; 80 Reis, 1809, ND. KM290.1 Host Date 1796 ex HJB
Brazil Empire; Dom Pedro II AR 500 Reis 1865, KM 464
-->Brazil Colonial; João as Prince Regent, Rio de Janeiro mint 1816. KM 307.3, overstruck on 8 Reales of Charles IV (1788-1808) of Spain minted in Mexico City (mintmark visible at 6 o'clock on obs.)
Brazil Empire; Dom Pedro I; 1824-R on 1817 (Under type is a Spain 8 Reales of Ferdinand VII from 1817 probably KM 466.3 or 466.4 but likely the more common Madrid mint), KM 368.1, apparently struck over already holed coin (?) according to dealer.
(below) Brazil Colonial; João IV 1640-1656, AR 200 Reis c/m 250 in Brazil 1663. This piece is ex: the shipwreck of theSantíssimo Sacramento, a Portuguese galleon that ran aground and sank with the loss of 400 lives in May 1668 in theBaía de Todos os Santos, Brazil. Salvage took place in 1976.
Brazil Empire; D. Pedro II, AR 2000 Reis 1888, KM 485.
Brazil Colonial; João VI, 1820-R, 10 Reis, KM 314.1
Brazil Empire; D. Pedro II, 1000 Rs., 1878 mintage 47,000
Brazil Colonial; 40 Reis, 1809 ND, KM 278.3, Host date 1735 20 Reis
My article about the Bar Kokhba Zuz I acquired a few years ago was published in the latest issue of the Numismatist. If you'd like to see the info about the coin go directly to http://tinyurl.com/yhvrppd.
If you are not a member of the ANA and don't get to see the magazine but would like to receive a copy of the article, please email me at yofijr@hotmail.com to receive a copy by email.
If you'd like to become a member of the ANA, go here
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AE 16 mm, 3.49 g, Unattributed, perhaps Cilician issue.
SC 568, HSC 265 (R3), reference: Shown at BritishMuseum in 1995 (this example may be the second known) Appear to be same dies as BM example as illustrated in SC 1 and HSC.
Update 26-06-10: CNG is selling another more worn example ex: J.S. Wagner in EA236:331 (closing 7 July), so this appears to increase the census to three now known, which makes it still a very rare coin but rating an R2 using AH's rarity indicators.
O: Laureate hd of Apollo r., with curly sideburn, no border visible.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (above) ANTIO[XOY] below, caps of the Dioscuri, no border visible.
R: AΘΕ, Owl stg r., hd facing, olive sprig and crescent behind all within incuse square.
Dealer’s notes: Near VF, numerous test cuts and a banker’s mark on obv cheek and on reverse. Earthen encrustation.
This is the kind of Athenian Tet I have always liked. One that shows its wear, and having traveled somewhat extensively. The banker’s marks on the obv and rev both appear to indicate that this coin had traveled in the east and it is likely that is where it was found.
AE 19 mm serratus, 5.788 g, perhaps Apamea on Orontes mint (cf. pp. 458-9 in SC II)
SC 2242.3j v. (UNLISTED CONTROL in SC), SNG Spaer 2366 (this example completes the control, which is incomplete in Spaer but is exactly 2366)
O: hd of young Dionysus r., wreathed with ivy, dotted border
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., AΛΕΞΑΝΔPOY on l., winged Tyche stg l., calathus on hd, holding ship’s tiller and cornucopiae. Controls Outer l (above) EK with small Δ over the E, below wreath.
This coin was Ex: Amphora/David Hendin and likely found in Israel as many of his Seleucid bronzes have been in the past. This was also likely sold via one of his numerous eBay auctions in the past rather than through his pricelist (at least pricelists going back to #87).
A collection of Hellenistic coins dating back to the era of Alexander the Great were found near Najm Castle in the Manbej area in Aleppo governorate (northern Syria ).
The coins were found by a local man as he was preparing his land for construction, uncovering a bronze box that contained around 250 coins. He promptly delivered the coins to the authorities who in turn delivered them to Aleppo Department of Archaeology and Museum.
Director of archaeological excavations at Aleppo Department of Archaeology and Museum Yousef Kanjo said the box contained two groups of silver Hellenistic coins: 137 tetra drachma (four drachmas) coins and 115 drachma coins.
One side of the tetra drachma coins depicts Alexander the Great, while the other side depicts the Greek god Zeus sitting on a throne with an eagle on his outstretched right arm. 34 of these coins bear the inscription "King Alexander" in Greek, while 81 coins bear the inscription "Alexander" and 22 coins bear "King Phillip."
The drachma coins bear the same images as the tetra drachma, with "Alexander" inscribed on 100 of them and "Philip" on 15 of them.
Muhi id-din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir I (1658-1707 CE)
AR Rupee, 24 mm 11.47 g , Khanbayat mint AH 1118 Regnal 51 (April 1706-March 1707)
KM 300.51
O: Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1118)
Shah
Zad chobadr munir
Sikka
Dar Jahan
R: Manus
Maymanat
Sannah 51 jalus
Duriba
khanbayat
Ex: Stephen Album Rare Coins item #807797
Ex William F. Spengler (1923-2005) Collection
Ex: William B. Warden Jr (1947-2000) Numismatist stock # 89006815
Ex Virgil M Brand (1862-1926) Collection
Likely sold by Spink 50 (6-7 Mar 1986)
With Brand’s own cabinet card (see below)
Virgil Brand a very successful brewer in Chicago, amassed an immense collection of over 300,000 coins...Reclusive in his habits, he would study the coins he loved so well in his apartment above the brewery, notating descriptions and prices paid in his volumes of ledgers. From before the turn of the century until his death in 1926, he added, on an average, about 10,000 coins each year, including many important coins of antiquity as well as of the United States, medieval times and of the world in general. (p. 123 of Bromberg I catalog, 1991)
Virgil Brand
Ex: William Theobald (1829-1908) Sale, 1901 (per Brand card) the sale was held by Sotheby, 15 July 1901, William Theobald of Budleigh Salterton; Oriental, 231 lots. thanks to Curtis Clay for providing this information. (cf. wikipedia entry for Wm. Theobald English Naturalist) According to Prof. T.V. Buttrey who was kind enough to provide the following information: "However on the title page the collection comprised 'Many fine and rare Specimens of the Durrani, Monguls of Delhi, Taimurids, Monguls of Hindustan, Rajas of Assam, White Huns, Kings of Arrakan, Khalsa Confederacy, Guptas, Indo-Scythians, Pathan Sultans of Hindustan, Pathans of Bengal, Bactrian, Sassanian, and other Dynasties.'"
Geological Survey of India in late 19th Century
Brand Cabinet Card illustrated below:
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INDIA, MUGHAL, Shah Jahan, 1628-59, AR rupee (11.3g/26mm) 1039 AH year 2 month of Bahman (1630-1631 CE) Patna mint, K222.13
O: Shihab ed-din Muhammad Shah Jahan badshah ghazi sahib quiran sani R: Kalima / zarb patna sanah 2 ilahi mah bahman (minting of patna year 2 divine month Bahman).
AR Drachm, 18 mm, 4.21 g, Soli mint BCE 197-187
SC 1023.1, WSM 1283 (same dies), HSC 452a (R2), CSE 514 (this coin), CSE II, 230 (same dies)
cf. Houghton, A. "The Royal Seleucid Mint of Soli" NC 1989, page 16. This coin noted as #5 from Series I, Group A of which there are three examples listed in Drachm denomination. #4 appears to be CSE II, 230 now, #5 is as noted, and #6 is Newell's example at the ANS.
O: diad. hd in advanced middle age, diad ends falling straight behind. R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [A]NTIOXOY, Apollo slight drapery on r thigh, std l, on omphalos, testing arrow and resting l hand on grounded bow. controls on outer r and l.
