56026
Add to Cart Ionian Island, Samos
AR Diobol, 1.12g. 10mm. c.398-365 B.C. Facing lion's scalp. Rev. Prow of ship (Samaina) to right. Barron, pl. XXII, 1. Weber 6307. The Samaina is a bireme ship designed and employed by Samos that is distinguished by an upturned ram in the shape of a boar's head, abbreviated here. Rare with lovely toning and among the best known examples.
Provenance/Pedigree: Ex: Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Auction 196, 2011, lot 1717. See more detailed imageExtremely Fine $6,500. |
57688
New Add to Cart Rome, Struck Triens
AE Triens, 8.50g. 20mm. c.169-158 B.C. PT or TP Series. Helmeted head of Minerva to right; four pellets as mark of value above. Rev. ROMA in exergue. Prow of ship to right. PT monogram above. CR 177/3. Syd. 353b. RBW 749. Light brown patina. Provenance/Pedigree: Very Fine $1,450. |
56453
Add to Cart Struck As, D. Iunius Silanus, 91 B.C.
AE As, 10.65g. 27mm. Janus head. Rev. D SILANVS. Prow of ship to right. CR 337/5. Syd. 649. RBW 1235. Green patina.
Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction XXVI, 1992, lot 240. Ex: EJW, Ltd. private purchase, June 11, 1993 with old ticket
Ex: RBW collection, CNG, Auction 326, 2014, lot 394.
Very Fine $1,200. |
56458
Add to Cart C. Marcius Censorinus, 88 B.C. ex: Hamburger 1932
AE As, 13.56g. 26.5mm. NVMA POMPILI ANCVS MARCI. Jugate heads of Numa Pompilius, bearded, and Ancus Marcius, beardless, to right; both wearing diadems. Rev. C CENSO ROMA. Ship sheds at Ostia depicted as two arches; one containing a spiral column with Victory holding a wreath and one with a ship’s prow. CR 346/3. Syd. 716. BMC RR 2419. Banti, Marcia 72/1(this coin). Brown and green patina. Scarce with an impressive pedigree and among the finest known examples.
The obverse portrays the founder of the Marcia family Ancus Marcius and his purported grandfather Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome. The reverse with its depiction of ship enclosures is the earliest numismatic reference to the port of Ostia. It relates to the mythical founding of the port by Ancus Marcius, a claimed ancestor of the moneyer.
Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Leo Hamburger, Frankfurt, Auction 95, 1932, lot 179. Ex: Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 2, 1972, lot 332.
Ex: Goodman collection, Trition, NY, Auction 1, 1997, lot 1157.
See more detailed image good Very Fine $7,500. |
52651
Add to Cart Antoninus Pius, 138-161 A.D. Rev. ASIA
AE Sestertius, 26.28g. 31mm. Rome, c.139 A.D. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. COS II S C; ASIA below. Personification of Asia standing to left wearing a mural crown; she holds wreath in right hand and a long anchor with left hand; prow of ship below to left. BMC 1184. RIC 579. Cohen 65(40 Fr). Scarce reverse type and with a lovely reddish-brown patina. Provenance/Pedigrees Ex: Bankhaus Aufhauser, Munich, Auction 9, October 7, 1992, lot 324. See more detailed imagegood Very Fine $3,750. |
