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54549
Add to Cart Celtic, Northwest Gaul, Uncertain mint
AE 15, 2.97g. 1st century B.C. Stylized Celtic head to right. Rev. Man-headed Pegasus; two serpents and torque around. Scheers_. De LaTour_ Castelin_. Delestree/Tache 2357. Superb green patina and an exceptional type. Provenance/Pedigree: Extremely Fine $2,750. |
56225
Add to Cart Italy, Bruttium, Kroton; ex: Naville 1926
AR Stater, 7.64g. 28mm. c.530-500 B.C. Tripod on ornamented base with feet terminating in lion's feet; three handles; two snakes rising from bowl. Rev. Incuse tripod with the snakes, handles, and base rendered in relief. SNG ANS 233. HN, Italy 2075. Antike Kunst , 1967, pl. 52,450 (this coin). Fine old collection toning. Provenance/Pedigrees: good Very Fine/Extremely Fine $7,500. |
57034
New Add to Cart Achaean League, Epidauros
AR Hemidrachm, 2.38g. 14mm. late 2nd-early 1st cents. B.C. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Monogram and coiled snake within wreath. BMC 1268var. Clerk 162. BCD_ Nice dark toning and high relief.
Provenance/Pedigree:
See more detailed imageEx: LHS, Zurich, Auction 102, 2008, lot 240. Extremely Fine $1,500. |
56358
Add to Cart Pisidia, Sagalassos, Gordian III, 2nd known
AE 36 Large bronze, 28.76g. Gordian III, 238-244 A.D. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian to right. Rev. Demeter driving biga of winged serpents to right over waves; she holds a long torch. RPC on-line VII.2, 20406 (this coin illustrated). Dark green and brown patina. Very rare; only one other considerably inferior example in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston is listed by RPC. Provenance/Pedigrees: good Very Fine $7,500. |
54284
Add to Cart Cilicia, Irenopolis, Septimius Severus, 193-211
AE 26, 10.36g. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius to right. Rev. Draped bust of Hygeia to right holding serpent; BMC 7. SNG Levante_. SNG Paris_ a few light cleaning marks. Dark bluish-green patina. Provenance/Pedigrees: Ex: Leu Numismatik, Zurich, Auction 2, May 11, 2018, lot 520 See more detailed imageabout Extremely Fine $650. |
55466
Add to Cart Alexandria, Hadrian, 117-138 A.D. Ex: Dattari
AE Drachm, 25.56g. 34mm. Dated year 18=133/134 A.D. Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian to right. Rev. Triptolemos wearing elephant headdress driving biga of winged serpents to right; he holds grain for sowing in the fold of his chiton. Köln 1143. RPC 5920.10(this coin). Dattari-Savio, pl. 91, 1849(this coin). Brown patina. The details on the reverse including the grain and the elephant headdress are unusually clear. Provenance/Pedigrees Ex: Dattari collection, 1849. See more detailed imageVery Fine/good Very Fine $3,750. |
56966
New Add to Cart Hadrian, 117-138 A.D.
AR Denarius, 3.16g. 18mm. Rome, 121 A.D. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG. Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian to right. Rev. P M TR P COS III SAL AVG. Salus seated to left feeding snake rising from altar. RIC II.3.378. BMC 316. Toned with underlying luster. Provenance/Pedigree: Mint State $3,350. |
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