Hercules

Cilicia, Uncertain Mint

AR Obol, 0.72g. 10.5mm.  4th cent. B.C. Veiled and draped female bust facing. Rev.  Head of Herakles to left wearing lion's skin.  SNG Levante 220.  SNG France 480.   Attractive dark toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Bankhaus Aufhaüser, Munich, Auction 13, 1997, lot 226.
Ex: Dr. Kaya Sayar( 1933-2024) collection, Munich

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Extremely Fine $850.

Q. Metellus Pius Scipio, 47-46 B.C.

AR Denarius, 3.77g. 17mm. Military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa. Q METELL SCIPIO IMP. Laureate head of Africa to right wearing elephant headdress; plow below; corn in field to right. Rev. EPPIVS LEG F C. Hercules standing and facing resting arm on large club draped with lion's skin. CR 461/1. Sydenham 1051. Sear, Imperators 44. Attractive light toning.

Provenance/Pedigrees

Ex: Tkalec, Zurich, Auction, February 29, 2008, lot 244.

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about Extremely Fine $1,700.

Dn. Domitius Calvinus, 39 B.C.

AR Denarius, 3.44g. 19mm. Osca, Spain. OSCA. Head of Hercules to right. Rv. DOM COS ITER IMP. Simpulum, aspergillum, axe, and apex. CR 532/1. Syd. 1358. Lovely iridescent toning with underlying luster.

Provenance/Pedigrees

Ex: Auctiones, Basel, Auction: 10, June 12, 1979, lot 444.

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about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $2,500.