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Thracian Dynasts / Geto-Dacians. Koson, with Marcus Junius Brutus, AR Drachm.
Unknown mint (Skythia, Olbia?), circa 44 – 42 BC.
Obv: Roman consul accompanied by two lictors; BR monogram to left; KOΣΩΝ in exergue.
Rev: Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath in talon.
Ref: Fischer-Bossert (2016) Type B. cf. RPC I 1701 (AV Stater). For Drachm, see W. Fischer-Bossert (2016) “ΚΟΣΩΝ ΔΡΟΥΕΙΣ” in Festschrift Salzmann.
Pedigree: Ex-Silver City Auctions (Findlay, OH USA), 17 Dec 2019, Lot 228 (same coin previously unsold or unpaid at prior Silver City auctions). ANACS Certification # 6001074 (click for ANACS lookup)

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Categories: Greek Coins Provincial Roman Coins

Tags: #Animals #Celts & Imitatives #Greek #Historic #Imperatorial #J & J Family Collection #Rare #Republican #Roman #Showcase #Silver

Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm (16.9g, 24mm, 2h). Circa 454 – 404 BCE.

Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll.

Reverse: AΘE. Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square.

References: Sear GCV 2526; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31-40; Kroll 8.

Provenance: Jackson & Jacobs Family Collection, purchased with my mother & father circa Aug. 1986 (to 1988?) at a Paris coin shop on la Rue Vivienne. (I could try to guess which, based on photos and trying to remember, but there are so many it’s hard to be sure. Back then we didn’t know how important it would become to record provenance. Just for fun, try: https://www.google.com/search?q=La+Rue+Vivienne+numismatique.)

Although both of my parents would take me to the coin shops while traveling (and to museums and bookstores and everywhere else), it was really my father who “collected” along with me. I’m sure my mother enjoyed it, and she still appreciates Greek coins (or seems to), but only my father was interested in building a coin collection and library.

Numis. Notes: Attractive, fine style Athena w/ subtle smile, well-centered on a compact flan (rev. slightly off-center). Nicely toned. Punch mark & scuff on reverse.

Categories: Greek Coins

Tags: #Animals #Classic #Greek #Historic #J & J Family Collection #Large #Showcase #Silver

Pedigree: Ex-Auctiones GmbH Auction e-27, Lot 35 (Bern, 15 June 2014)

Album: Sold Coins

Categories: Roman Coins

Tags: #Classic #Historic #Roman #Showcase #Silver #Sold

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Roman Republican/Imperatorial. Julius Caesar (Dictator, 49-44 BCE). AR Denarius (3.70g, 20mm, 12h). Military mint moving with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BCE.
Obv: Head of Venus to right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder
Rev: Trophy of Gallic arms, composed of helmet and cuirass, oval shield and two carnyxes. Two Gallic captives seated at base, to left, a female (Gallia) in posture of mourning, head resting in r. hand; to right, a bearded male (Vercingetorix) with hands bound behind him, looking l. CAESAR in exergue.
Reference: Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; Sydenham 1014.
Provenance: Ex-Tauler y Fau Substastas Auction 70, Lot 79 (Madrid, 24 Nov 2020), with export license from Spain.

Video of this coin is available here.

Numismatic Notes: The figures on the reverse of this coin are traditionally identified as the same as those portrayed on the obverses of the pair of Hostilius Saserna AR Denarii, c. 48 BCE, depicting Gallia (left) and Vercingetorix (right).
This coin became the archetype for Roman numismatic depictions of captives for the next 400 years (gallery of selected Barbarians, Captives, Enemies). The trophy with two captives beneath was used frequently in the 3rd century (e.g., by Septimius Severus and Caracalla) and became a popular type on 4th century small bronze coinage (see, e.g., the Constantine AE3s). Even those depicting a single captive borrowed from this imagery; e.g., Judaea (under Vespasian et al.), Armenia (L. Verus et al.), and Dacia (Trajan et al.), among others, were depicted as female personifications in the same attitude of dejection/posture of mourning.

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Categories: Roman Coins

Tags: #Captives & Enemies #Classic #Historic #Imperatorial #Republican #Roman #Showcase #Silver

NGC #3761188-001 VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, “core visible” (NGC Website certification lookup)

For more information on this type, see our writeup on the Julius Caesar Elephant Denarius

Sold 3 April 2014 (JJFN Ebay store, item # 231120578927)

Julius Caesar (Dictator, 49 – 44 BC) Fourrée / Plated Denarius
Mobile military mint traveling with Caesar in Northern Italy, 49 BC.
Obv: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent or carnyx (Gallic war trumpet). CAESAR in exergue.
Rev: Pontifical emblems – ladle (simpulum), sprinkler (aspergillum), axe (securis) surmounted by a wolf head, and priest’s hat (apex).
Ref: For prototype: RSC 49; Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006; Sear CRI 9; Babelon 1885, p10, Julia 9.
Pedigree: Ex-Jackson & Jacobs Family Numismatics (3 Apr 2014, Ebay item #231120578927; 1 Sep 2013, [Unslabbed] #330983650815); Lucernae Numismatica / Antonio Hinojosa Pareja (Alcala la Real, Spain, 20 March 2013)

Notes: Fourrées (or Subaeratus) are silver plated denarii with base cores. As NGC indicates, these were “ancient forgeries,” also known as contemporary counterfeits. (As Mattingly (1928/1960: 24) noted, though, there were times when the State officially struck plated denarii.)

Album: Sold Coins

Categories: Roman Coins

Tags: #AE & Billon #Animals #Classic #Historic #Imperatorial #Republican #Roman #Silver #Sold

For more information on this type, see our writeup on the Julius Caesar Elephant Denarius

Julius Caesar (Dictator, 49 – 44 BC) AR Denarius (3.8g, 19mm, 11h). Mobile military mint traveling with Caesar in Northern Italy, 49 BC.
Obv: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent or carnyx (Gallic war trumpet). CAESAR in exergue.

Rev: Pontifical emblems – ladle (simpulum), sprinkler (aspergillum), axe (securis) surmounted by a wolf head, and priest’s hat (apex).

Ref: RSC 49; Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006; Sear CRI 9; Babelon 1885, p10, Julia 9.

Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics E-Sale 9, Lot 393 (London, 28 June 2014)

Album: Sold Coins

Categories: Roman Coins

Tags: #Animals #Classic #Historic #Imperatorial #Republican #Roman #Silver #Sold

For more information on this type, see our writeup on the Julius Caesar Elephant Denarius

Julius Caesar (Dictator, 49 – 44 BC) AR Denarius (3.85g, 18mm, 4h). Mobile military mint traveling with Caesar in Northern Italy, 49 BC.
Obv: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent or carnyx (Gallic war trumpet). CAESAR in exergue.

Rev: Pontifical emblems – ladle (simpulum), sprinkler (aspergillum), axe (securis) surmounted by a wolf head, and priest’s hat (apex).

Ref: RSC 49; Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006; Sear CRI 9; Babelon 1885, p10, Julia 9.

Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics E-Sale 9, Lot 392 (London, 28 June 2014)

Album: Sold Coins

Categories: Roman Coins

Tags: #Animals #Classic #Historic #Imperatorial #Republican #Roman #Showcase #Silver #Sold

For more information on this type, see our writeup on the Julius Caesar Elephant Denarius

Julius Caesar (Dictator, 49 – 44 BC) AR Denarius. Mobile military mint traveling with Caesar in Northern Italy, 49 BC.
Obv: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent or carnyx (Gallic war trumpet). CAESAR in exergue.

Rev: Pontifical emblems – ladle (simpulum), sprinkler (aspergillum), axe (securis) surmounted by a wolf head, and priest’s hat (apex).

Ref: RSC 49; Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006; Sear CRI 9; Babelon 1885, p10, Julia 9.

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Album: Sold Coins

Categories: Roman Coins

Tags: #Animals #Classic #Historic #Imperatorial #Republican #Roman #Silver #Sold

Privately purchased from Gitbud & Naumann, 10 Feb 2013.

Struck in high relief from dies of considerable artistic merit. A beautiful coin.

Album: Sold Coins

Categories: Greek Coins

Tags: #Classic #Greek #Historic #Large #Showcase #Silver #Sold

Pedigree: Ex-First Numismatic GmbH/Matthias Niederzoll (Lünen, Germany, 5 September 2012; VCoins Purchase, SKU 61-2220)

Album: Sold Coins

Categories: Greek Coins

Tags: #Classic #Greek #Historic #Large #Showcase #Silver #Sold