Auktion Nr. 148

Münzen der Griechen
★ Ex Peus 1970 ★
LUCANIA. Velia. Nomos – Didrachm (Circa 300-280 BC).

Obv: Head of Athena left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet, decorated with griffin, scrolls on neck-guard; Θ behind.
Rev: YEΛHTΩN.
Lion crouching right, devouring prey; above, cicada between Φ – I.

Williams 420u (this coin); HN Italy 1305; HGC 1, 1322.

Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 274 (1970), lot 1519

Condition: Near extremely fine.

Weight: 7.56 g.
Diameter: 22 mm.

Münzen der Griechen
SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny (485-466 BC). Tetradrachm.

Obv: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, crowning Nike flying right.
Rev: ΣVRAKOΣION.
Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around.

Boehringer 150 (V66/R103); SNG ANS 42; HGC 2, 1306.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 17.40 g.
Diameter: 25 mm.

Münzen der Griechen
★ Superb Tetradrachm ★
THRACE. Byzantion. Tetradrachm (Circa 240-220 BC). Meniskos, magistrate.

Obv: Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right.
Rev: EΠI ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΥ.
Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident and aphlaston; two monograms to right.

Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 980-94; SNG BM Black Sea 59; HGC 3.2, 1408.

Rare.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 13.14 g.
Diameter: 28 mm.

Münzen der Griechen
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‚the Great‘ (336-323 BC). GOLD Stater. Magnesia ad Maeandrum.

Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent.
Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY.
Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Controls: Monogram in left field and below right wing.

Price 1969.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 8.69 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.

Münzen der Griechen
★ Attractive Collection Toning ★
KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes IV Philopator (94-74 BC). Tetradrachm. Dated BE 208 (91/0 BC).

Obv: Diademed head right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ.
Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre. Controls: To inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram and HΣ (date).

RG 40; Callataÿ p. 63; HGC 7, 646.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Weight: 14.33 g.
Diameter: 32 mm.

Münzen der Griechen
SELEUKID KINGDOM. Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). GOLD Stater. Babylon I. Struck in the name and types of Alexander III ‚the Great‘ of Macedon.

Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent.
Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ.
Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Controls: ΘE below left wing, monogram in wreath below right.

Price 3710.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 8.68 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
★ Fantastic River Patina ★
DOMITIAN (Caesar, 69-81). Dupondius or As. Uncertain Thracian mint.

Obv: CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIAN COS VII.
Laureate head right.
Rev: CERES AVGVST / S – C.
Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and long torch.

RIC² 512 (Titus); RPC II 508.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Weight: 12.90 g.
Diameter: 30 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
★ Unique Medusa Type ★
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS (193-211). Denarius. Rome.

Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG.
Laureate head right.
Rev: PROVIDENTIA.
Head of Medusa facing on outspread aegis.

RIC 286.

Very rare.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 2.66 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
★ Mother Earth ★
JULIA DOMNA (Augusta, 193-217). Denarius. Rome.

Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA.
Draped bust right.
Rev: FECVNDITAS.
Terra reclining left below tree, elbow resting on basket of fruits; right hand resting on globus with three stars; behind, the four seasons as children.

RIC 549 (Septimius Severus).

The theme is meant to celebrate ‚fecunditas‘ and Julia Domna’s role as mother. Terra or Tellus for the Romans is Mother Earth, the source of nourishment for all living things. In the cult she was associated with Ceres, goddess of the harvest, and both were recognized as having a role in human generation and thus in controlling population growth. For this reason she was honored in marriages. Terra saw everything that happened on her surface and was called to witness in oaths. These attributes are well represented by the reverse of this coin, with the presence of the orb, children and the legend recalling fertility. Usually Terra is depicted as a woman lying on the ground, holding a cornucopia.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 3.48 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.

Münzen der Römischen Kaiser
★ Sacred Stone of Emesa ★
ELAGABALUS (218-222). Denarius. Antioch.

Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SANCT DEO SOLI ELAGABAL.
Quadriga right bearing stone of Emesa upon which is an eagle; four parasols around.

RIC 195.

Varus Avitus Bassianus, son of Julia Soemia, besides being emperor was a priest of the sun god El-Gabal of Emesa, current Homs in Syria. In 218, thanks to the clever machinations of his grandmother Julia Maesa and the large sums of money she paid to the soldiers, Bassianus was appointed emperor under the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, the same as Caracalla. This was not a random choice, for the late prince was very dear to the hearts of his soldiers and, more generally, the Antonine name was well liked by the Romans. Of course, Bassianus would have had no right to bear it if the wily Mesa had not spread the false rumor that he was Caracalla’s son. According to the senatorial literature, ill-disposed toward authoritarian rulers, Bassianus was the worst emperor Rome had ever had. His biography, written by Aelius Lampridius, which describes him as the most vicious and perverse emperor ever, is certainly exaggerated. Bassianus, however, was unable to integrate himself into Rome and imposed his lifestyle and absolutist conception of power. As high priest of the god El-Gabal, he tried to impose his cult on Rome, claiming to put him in the place of Jupiter and going so far as to celebrate the divine wedding between the god and Minerva. El-Gabal was represented as a black cone, most likely a meteorite. Rome was forced to accommodate that cult and build for El-Gabal a sumptuous temple on the Palatine, the Elagabalium. It was because of this inconvenient cult that Bassianus was called „Elagabalus“ by all. According to the historian Herodian, during the festival in honor of El-Gabal, the emperor as a priest had the statue of the god placed on a chariot of gold and precious stones and, with the help of white horses, led it forward on foot and holding the reins, as if the god himself were driving the chariot. The chariot was preceded by horsemen and soldiers during the procession, while the people threw garlands and flowers.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Weight: 2.94 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.

Münzen der Neuzeit
★ Rare Kuttenberg Taler ★
BOHEMIA. Rudolph II (1576-1611). 1 Thaler (1604). Kuttenberg.

Obv: RVDOLPHVS II D G R I S A G H BO REX.
Armored bust right, wearing ruffled collar.
Rev: ARCHID AVSTRI DVX BVRG MAR MOR.
Crowned imperial double-eagle, with coat-of-arms.

Davenport 3028; KM 26.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 29.19 g.
Diameter: 40 mm.

Münzen der Neuzeit
★ Desirable Transylvanian Taler ★
TRANSYLVANIA. Sigismund Báthory (1581-1602). Thaler (1589). Baia Mare.

Obv: SIGISMVNDVS BATHORI.
Half-length armored bust right, holding sceptre and sword pommel.
Rev: PRINCEPS TRANSSYLVANIÆ.
Crowned coat of arms with supporters.

Davenport 8802.

Condition: Near extremely fine.

Weight: 28.79 g.
Diameter: 40 mm.

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