20110719
ROMAN/Vespasian CE 69-79 Ex: North Suffolk Hoard (UK) 2009
AR Denarius, 18 mm, 3.2 g Rome mint CE 70-71
RIC 46, RCV 2312, RSC 561
O: [IMP] CAES VESP AVG PM, laur bust r.
R: TRI POT, Vesta std l. holding simpulum.
Ex: North Suffolk Hoard (UK), 2009 PAS SF-413CE5 (deposit sometime after CE 83)
http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/255180
Coin #201
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/roman_coin_hoard_found_in_north_suffolk_to_be_auctioned_1_818458
Ex: Morton & Eden Auction 49 (9 June 2011) portion of lot 348
“This hoard of 206 Roman silver coins was discovered by metal detector users John Halles and Norman Howard in April and May 2009. The coins appear to have been concealed in a small pit in the ground with no evidence of a container present. The earliest coins date to the 2nd century BC and the latest to the reign of Domitian, around AD 82-83. Of special interest are denarii of the Imperatorial period including issues of Pompey, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony as well as Imperial denarii of Augustus, Caligula, Claudius, Nero and the emperors of the Civil War of AD 68-69, Galba, Otho and Vitellius.
Nine coins have been purchased by the British Museum and the remainder are offered here. A synopsis of the hoard has been published in the 2010 edition of The Numismatic Chronicle, p. 409 no. 8. The coins are mainly offered in the condition in which they were discovered although some of the better preserved examples have been lightly cleaned to remove encrustation. All coins are identified in paper envelopes.” – from the Auction catalogue
20110705
Greece/Macedon; Alexander III BCE 336-323 (Posthumous)
AR Drachm, 18 mm, 4.2 g, 12h, Magnesia ad Meandrum mint c. BCE 282-225
Price 2009, Müller 1130
O: Hd of young Herakles r in lion skin hddress, 5 mm test cut diag at one o’clock
R: [A]ΛEΞANΔPOY on r, Zeus enthroned l., holding eagle and scepter .
Meander in ex, control to outer l field.
Greece/Seleucid; Seleucus I Nicator BCE 312-281
AR Drachm, 17mm, 3.96 g, 11h, Seleucia II mint c. BCE 296-295
SC 140.3 , HSC 29g (R1 though more likely an R2 due to ltd sources), ESM----
O: Hd of young Herakles r in lion skin hddress, dotted border
R: [Σ]EΛEYKOY on r, Zeus enthroned l., holding eagle and scepter, dotted border. Anchor with inverted flukes to outer left. Controls: Θ before Zeus’ legs and monogram under throne.
Roman Egypt; Numerian, as Caesar CE 282-283
Potin Tetradrachm; 19 mm, 7.62 g, 12h, Yr. 2=CE CE 282-283
RCV 12272, Emmett 4013 (4)
RPC 75845
O: laur, dr bust r., A K M A NOVMЄPIANOC KC
R: L B, Athena std l on throne , holds Nike and spear
O: laur, dr bust r., A K M A NOVMЄPIANOC KC
R: L B, Athena std l on throne , holds Nike and spear
20110701
Roman/Diocletian CE 284-305
AE Follis, 10.01 g, 26 mm, 6 h, London mint c. CE 300-305
RIC VI, 6a, RCV 12760 var.
O: laur, cuir bust r. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG
R: Genius stg l holding cornucopia and patera, [GENI]O P[O-]P ROMANI (visible but lightly struck and gouge in Genius’ midriff)
Ex: A.G. & S. Gillis, S. Yorkshire, England, purchased by Vogelaar 14 August 1992 for ₤ 11
Ex: J.S. Vogelaar (1949-2010) Collection #635
Ex: CNG EA 204 (11 Feb 2009) lot 295.2
Ex: Warren Esty (MT)
20110624
Greek/Seleucid; Antiochus VII Sidetes BCE 138-129
AR Drachm, 18 mm, 3.97 g, Uncertain Mint 103, probably in Syria (though the celator for the reverse die appears to have a relationship of some sort with Cilicia and Antioch proper due to similarities noted in other coins from those locations).
SC 2082.2 variety, SNG Spaer 1991 variety, CSE 2.609 (obs die match with this example), HSC 1080e (R3) variety. Unpublished. Upper control is clearly different from published examples.
O: diad. Hd of king r.
R: Nike adv. L holding wreath and palm branch. Control marks on outer left. [BA]ΣIΛΕΩΣ [A]NTIOXOY in two lines on right, [E]YE-PΓETOY on left
ex: HJ Berk stock
This is an example of the same coin from the same dies that was recently offered at auction by Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 5, lot 447 (8 Feb 2014) estimate was 30 GBP and it realized 110 GBP. 3.79 g, 18mm, 12h. This example was misidentified in the auction description.
20110620
20110611
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus III BCE 223-187
AE 22 mm, (4mm thick) 13.38 g, 12h, Soli mint, BCE 197-187
SC 1024.1, HSC 465 (R2)O: Hd of Apollo r, hair rolled around face, krobylos behind, two long spiral curls falling forward over shldr, dotted border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r. ANTIOXOY on l., Athena enthroned l, holding Nike and resting l elbow on shield, dotted border.
no controls.
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus I Soter BCE 280-261
AE 15 mm, 3.46g, 9h, Seleucia on the Tigris mint, c. BCE 270-267 per Newell
SC 386c, Suse 248, HSC 176 (R1), ESM 156 var.O: laur hd of Apollo r with short curly hair dotted border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r. ANTIOXOY on l., Athena Promachos advancing r., brandishing spear and shield, dotted border. Contols inner left and outer right.
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IX Philopator (Cyzicenus) BCE 114/3-95
AE 17 x 18 mm, 4.12 g, 12h,Tarsus (“civic”) mint, BCE 114/3-112
CSE 501 var, SC 2353.1 var, SNG Spaer 2729 var, CSE 2, 762 var
O: diademed hd of Antiochus IX r, with short, curly beard, diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border.
R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., ΦΙΛΟΠATPOPOΣ on l., Athena advancing r., spear on shoulder, holding shield. Control E in inner l., field.
20110531
Greece; Seleucid; Antiochus VIII Grypus BCE 121/0-96
AR Tetradrachm, 29 x 30 mm, 16.36 g, Uncertain mint 116 in Cilicia or N. Syria c. after 112 BCE.
SC 2294.3, SNG Spaer 2569, HSC 1197c (R2)
O: diad hd r, diad ends falling straight behind, fillet border.
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on rt EΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ on left, Zeus Uranios standing left, crescent above head, holding scepter in left hand, star above extended right hand, slightly double struck. Controls on outer left monogram above A, and N in ex.
Katz Auction 42 (18/04/2021) Lot 1393; 16.32 g, SC 2294.3, same mint, different dies. According to acsearch.info, this example had previously been sold by Gorny & Mosch in March 2018 Auction 253 lot 245. The same auction house had this at auction in 2015 as well. acsearch notes three different examples sold on six different occasions between 2015 and 2021. It appears that the census is approximately 4 extant examples inclusive of the two illustrated above.
20110524
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus IV Epiphanes BCE 175-164
SC 1499d, CSE 894, HSC 672 (R1-2)
O: rad, diad, hd r. one diad end flying up behind and the other falling forward over shlder, fillet border (not dotted as described in SC)
R: [AN]TIOXEΩN on right, TΩN [E]ΠI KAΛΛIPOHI in two lines on left. Control on outer left.
20110521
20110518
Greece/Seleucid; Antiochus VII Sidetes BCE 138-129
AR Drachm, 4.1 g, 18 mm, 12h, Antioch mint
SC 2062.2d, SMA 307
O: diad hd of king r. diadem ends falling straight behind, fillet border
R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on r., EYEPΓETOY on l., Nike adv l holding wreath
Primary control outer l monogram ΔI
Secondary control inner r beneath wings: Π
Ex: HJB stock
20110516
Greece/Seleucid; Alexander II Zabinas BCE 128-122
AR Tetradrachm 29 mm, 16.54 g Antioch mint
SC 2219.2d, SMA 341, NY 1944.100.76738, CH VIII, plate LXVII #3 (this coin)
O: diad hd of Alexander II r diad ends falling behind in gentle waves, fillet border
R: [B]AΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., AΛΕΞΑΝΔPOY on l., Zeus enthroned l. resting l hand on scepter, extending r hand beyond legend and holding Nike facing l extending wreath toward edge of coin.
Controls outer l and AI under throne
EX: Tartous Hoard 1987 (CH VIII, 471 & CH X, 322)
cf. example in Berlin with same reverse die
20110513
Roman Egypt; Carinus CE 283-285
Potin Tetradrachm; 19 mm, 8.5 g, 12h, Yr. 3=CE Aug. 284- Spring 285
RCV 12382, Emmett 4009 (2), Dattari 5583, Milne 4737
O: laur, dr bust r., A K M A KAPINOC CЄB
R: ЄTOVC Γ, Homonoia stg l r hand extended holding double cornucopiae in l
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