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Alexander III (336-323 BC) AR Tetradrachm (17.20 gm; 23 mm; 6h). Amphipolis mint, temp. Philip III Arrhidaios, circa 323-320 BC.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress
Rev: Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram before.
Ref: MJ Price 115 (corr. by CNG; misidentified by JJFN & Pars). (PELLA Entry here)

Pedigree: Ex-Pars Coins (Parviz Ahghari, La Jolla, CA; purchased 25 Oct 2012, VCoins Shop SKU: PCW-G3692)

Sold to the José Miguel Márquez del Prado (Madrid, Spain) Collection (28 April 2013 by private treaty from our JJFN), eventually auctioned by CNG e-421, #65 (Lancaster, PA, 30 May 2018).
Usually one doesn’t get to say who bought one’s coins, but this collection was sold at CNG Feature Auction 108 and e-Auction 421, he had a fantastic collection of Greek AR Tetradrachms, particularly of Alexander III & other Macedonian Kings, as well as those of successor kingdoms/Diadochi, and related types (e.g., the Punic Sicily).
Sadly, CNG chose not mention us in the pedigree! 🙂

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Purchased in the late 1980’s from a Paris coin shop. Sold circa 2011-15 by private treaty from our JJFN

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Categories: Greek Coins

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Album: Sold Coins

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Sold: Jackson & Jacobs Family Numismatic eBay Shop (#331266363271), 16 Jan 15

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Acq. from Roma Numis. (UK), 2014. Sold 29 January 2015, from our JJFN eBay shop (#331375681160)

Kings of Macedon. Alexander III “The Great” AR Tetradrachm (17.1g, 26mm, 2h). “Lifetime Issue” of Amphipolis, circa 325-322 BC.

Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress

Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left. Kerykeion in left field.

References: Price 99; Troxell E9.

Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics Auction e-9, Lot 117 (London, 28 June 2014)

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Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I Nikator (BC 312 – 281), in the name and type of Alexander III (BC 336 – 323). AR Tetradrachm (17.12g, 26mm, 2h). Babylon Mint, BC 311 – 305.

Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, below & right. Zeus Aëtophoros seated l. MI above upright club of Hercules in l. field. HYP (?) monogram in wreath below throne (see notes).

References: Price 3765; Müller 739; SC 82.3i. http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3765.

Pedigree: Ex-Roma Numismatics e-Sale 9, Lot 241 (28 June 2014)

Notes: Obv die match: CNG Triton XIII, 1333. Both dies match (including rev, re-engraved club): CNG 72, 874. CNG: “The club was apparently engraved in the die over a previous symbol (perhaps the bipennis, SC 82.3m)”

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Justinian I “The Great” (527 – 565 CE) AE Follis (23.8g, 39mm, 6h). Struck in Constantinople, 1 Aug 540 – 31 Jul 541 (Regnal Year 14).
Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVI. Diademed, helmeted & cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in r. hand & shield over l. shoulder decorated w/ equestrian motif; in field to r., cross.
Rev: Large M, ANNO – X/II/II to either side. Cross above. A below. CON in exergue.
References: SB 163; DOC 39a.
Provenance: Ex-Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada Auction 2, Lot 274 (9 Nov 2019); Ex-“TheRed” Collection; Ex-FORVM Ancient Coins, with tag.

Video w/ numismatic & Historical writeup here

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Categories: Byzantine Roman Coins

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Julius Caesar (Dictator, 49 – 44 BC) AR Denarius (3.49g, 17mm, 1h). 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 (ref. in error in K. Davis 74); Babelon 1885, p10, Julia 9.

Pedigree: Ex-Kirk Davis Catalog #74, Lot 65 (12 Nov 2019); VAuctions Triskeles Sale 28, Lot 260 (21 Jun 2019).

Please see available video with writeup (incl. Historical & Numismatic Notes & additional references) for this coin!

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Categories: Roman Coins

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Attica, Aegina (Saronic Gulf Islands) AR Stater (12.19g, 21.5mm, 7h). Circa 480-457 BC
Obverse: Sea turtle, head turned sideways in profile, with trefoil collar and ‘T-back’ design, column of pellets on shell. Banker’s mark: Incuse circle with cross and four sunken compartments.
Reverse: Large incuse skew pattern with five sunken compartments.
References: HGC 6, 435; Meadows Aegina Group IIIa; Milbank period III, pl. 1, 14-15 (cf. 13); SNG Copenhagen 507; SNG Lockett 1970. Banker’s Mark: Milbank Counterstamp 15.
Pedigree: Ex-Nomos AG Obolos 16, Lot 772 (Zurich, 11 Oct 2020)

Numis. & Hist. Notes: Aegina’s classic archaic turtle Staters, probably first struck about 550 BC, were the earliest coins of Europe. They were influenced by the newly developed technology of coinage in Lydia, an ally with whom Aegina had extensive trading experience. The present coin shows a later, distinctively 5th century design.

Date ranges given vary by source (470/65-445/40 BC given by Nomos AG; see also Sheedy 2015). Milbank (1924) and others use 480-457, bracketed by the Battle of Salamis at the end of the Persian Wars, until Athens’ Siege of Aegina, during the Peloponnesian War. (See also Sheedy [2015] for a recent introductory review.)

The Banker’s Mark on this example (Milbank Counterstamp 15) is an interesting complement to the incuse square imagery on the reverse of this series (see additional examples in Leu e-13, 241 [15 Aug 2020] & Elsen 138, 79 [8 Sep 2018]).

See also our later Land Tortoise coinage of Aegina

[Alternate spelling: Aigina.]

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Categories: Greek Coins

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