Auktion Nr. 146

Münzen der Griechen
★ Ex Markov 2003 ★
THRACE. Abdera. Oktadrachm (500-475 BC).

Obv: Griffin seated left, raising left foreleg; grape bunch and Δ to left.
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.

May, Abdera, Period II, Group XVIII, 38 (A32/P36); AMNG II 13; HGC 3.2, 1126.

Very rare.

Ex Dmitry Markov 11, 3 September 2003, lot 40

Condition: Very fine.

Weight: 28.51 g.
Diameter: 26 mm.

Münzen der Griechen
★ Ex Hauck & Aufhäusser 1998 ★
IONIA. Phokaia. EL Hekte (Circa 625/0-522 BC).

Obv: Ibex recumbent left; above, small seal left.
Rev: Rough incuse square.

Bodenstedt Em. 19.1-2; Boston MFA 1903; Warren 1680.

Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 14 (1998), lot 185; from the collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 19 (2006), lot 132

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 2.64 g.
Diameter: 10 mm.

Münzen der Griechen
ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. Time of Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II (420-375 BC). GOLD Daric. Sardes.

Obv: Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, with quiver over shoulder.
Rev: Rectangular incuse punch.

Carradice Type IIIb; GRPC G67-8; Sunrise 28.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 8.33 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
★ Caligula with Germanicus ★
CALIGULA, with Germanicus (37-41). Denarius. Lugdunum.

Obv: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT.
Laureate head of Caligula right.
Rev: GERMANICVS CAES P C CAES AVG GERM.
Bare head of Germanicus right.

RIC² 12.

Condition: Very fine.

Weight: 3.03 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
VESPASIAN (69-79). GOLD Aureus. Rome.

Obv: CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG.
Laureate head right.
Rev: ANNONA AVG.
Annona seated left on throne, feet on footstool, holding corn-ears.

RIC² 963; Calicó 590a.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 7.10 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
★ Attractive Aureus with NGC Grading ★
MARCUS AURELIUS (161-180). Gold Aureus. Rome.

Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIIII.
Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: FELICITAS AVG COS III.
Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and sceptre.

RIC 217a var. (bust type); Calicó 1856.

Very rare.

NGC 6157907-015 (NGC grade AU: Strike: 5/5; Surface: 4/5, edge scuff)

Condition: Near extremely fine.

Weight: 7.23 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS (193-211). Gold Aureus. Laodicea ad Mare(?).

Obv: L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: MONETA AVGG.
Moneta seated left on throne, holding scales and cornucopia.

RIC 510b; Calicó 2486 var. (bust seen from front); Mazzini -.

Extremely rare.

Condition: Extremely fine, minor scratches and faults.

Weight: 7.25 g.
Diameter: 21 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
GORDIAN III (238-244). Aureus. Rome.

Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI.
Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre; to left, small figure of emperor standing left, holding globe.

RIC 8; Calicó 3199.

Born to a daughter of Gordian I, sister of Gordian II, because of the young age at which he came to occupy the throne (13), Gordian did not rule directly, but the Senate did so for him. Gordian had become prince because the Senate needed to placate an uprising of the traditionalist urban plebs, bound to the dynastic ideal, and in order to take advantage of his family’s wealth. Moreover, the praetorians had acclaimed him emperor just to show the Senate that they were the ones who decided who to put on the throne. Among the first moves was the dismissal of the legion in Africa because it had supported Capellianus and led to the deaths of Gordian I and II, who were deified. During his relatively long tenure there were several problems to deal with. In 240 Sabinianus, elected caesar in Carthage, prepared to make war on him, but was stopped by the governor of Mauretania. In the north the barbarians were making constant raids and sacking villages and towns. Gordian was too young to face these problems, but fortunately for him he could count on the diplomatic and military skill of Timesitheus, who had become prefect of the praetorium and granted him his daughter, Tranquillina, in marriage in 241. Rome succeeded in repelling the Persians of Shapur I in 243 thanks to Timesitheus, but on his death he was replaced as prefect of the praetorium by Marcus Julius Philip known as ‚the Arab‘. The latter, however, was not satisfied with this title but aimed at the throne, and he convinced the army that they needed an adult prince and not a boy. Gordian showed maturity and offered to cede the throne to Philip and become his caesar, but he was killed in 244. The Senate was informed that he had died of wounds sustained in a battle against the Persians. His body was sent to Rome where he was deified.

Condition: Near extremely fine.

Weight: 5.02 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
MAXIMIANUS HERCULIUS (First reign, 286-305). GOLD Aureus. Cyzicus.

Obv: MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS.
Laureate head right.
Rev: CONSVL III P P PROCOS.
Emperor standing left, in consular robes, holding globe.

RIC 609 (Antioch); Depeyrot 11/6; Calicó 4621.

Condition: Near extremely fine.

Weight: 5.49 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
★ No Example on Acsearch ★
CONSTANTINE I ‚THE GREAT‘ (307/10-337). GOLD Solidus. Constantinople.

Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG.
Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG / CONS.
Victory advancing left, holding trophy and palm.

RIC 114.

Extremely rare.

It was Constantine I who introduced this new gold coin, the solidus. In the years between 309 and 311 AD, after reducing the weight of the nummus and eliminating the production of the lower denominations, the emperor implanted the entire system on this new real-value gold denomination, which remained from then on the only stable element in imperial coinage, cut at 1/72 of a pound (c. 4.5g), while the silver and copper coinage was continually modified, in an attempt to maintain the precise value ratios with the more precious metal. Together with the solidus, gold fractions and two new silver denominations were coined, miliarense and siliqua, while the emission of silvered bronze coinage, the centenionalis, remained, replacing the old nummus. The substantial difference with respect to Diocletian’s reform, which was also based on gold, is that with Constantine the desire to forcibly link the value of precious metal denominations to those of base metal was removed, assigning the latter to a completely marginal role in circulation. Initially the rules introduced applied only in the regions directly controlled by Constantine, but with the defeat of Licinius in 324, the solidus spread throughout the empire

Condition: Extremely fine; restored bend.

Weight: 4.66 g.
Diameter: 21 mm.

Münzen des Byzantinischen Reichs
★ Outstanding Anastasius II ★
ANASTASIUS II ARTEMIUS (713-715). GOLD Solidus. Constantinople.

Obv: D N ARTЄMIЧS ANASTASIЧS MЧL.
Crowned and draped facing bust, holding globus cruciger and akakia.
Rev: VICTORIA AVςЧ A / CONOB.
Cross potent set upon three steps.

MIB 2; DOC 2a; Sear 1463.

Artemius was an imperial secretary during the reign of Philippicus before overthrowing him in 713, ascending the throne as Anastasius II. He immediately took an oath of orthodoxy to move away from the religious views of his predecessor, of monothete faith, in order to realign with tradition. Foreign policy posed a greater danger, as the Arabs were expanding into Asia Minor in the absence of a solid Byzantine dynasty. Anastasius thus organised a great naval expedition to Rhodes, but an internal betrayal led to his defeat and the rebels appointed a new emperor, a tax collector named Theodosius. Anastasius then faced a civil war, which ended after six months when the rebels prevailed with the help of the Ostrogoths. The emperor was forced to become a monk, but continued to plot to regain his throne, trying to gain the help of the Bulgarian Khan. His attempt came to an end with his assassination in 720, during the reign of Leo III, Theodosius‘ successor

Condition: Good extremely fine.

Weight: 4.47 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.

Münzen des Neuzeit
PORTUGAL. Sancho I (1185-1211). GOLD Morabitino.

Obv: SANCIVS REX PORTVGALI.
Sancho on horseback right, holding sword and cruciform sceptre.
Rev: IN NE PTRIS I FILII SPS SCIA.
Cross composed of five shields; four stars around.

Gomes S1; Fr. 1.

NGC: UNC DETAILS (6774341-001)

Condition: Mint State.

Weight: g.
Diameter: mm.

Newsletter

Mit unserem Newsletter werden Sie stets über Neuigkeiten informiert. Verpassen Sie keine wichtige Nachricht mehr! Tragen Sie dafür nur die E-Mail Adresse ein, an die der Newsletter versendet werden soll. Natürlich können Sie den Newsletter jederzeit wieder abbestellen.

Nach Absenden des Formulars erhalten Sie von uns eine Email zur Bestätigung.