Abd al-Malik bin Marwan, AV Solidus
‘Abd al-Malik bin Marwan. Gold Solidus. The importance of this coin lies in the appearance, for the very first time on a gold coin, of the Shahada, the Islamic profession of faith inscribed in kufic script on the reverse.
Antiochos III – Elephant
Lot 161. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos III ‘the Great’. 222-187 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 4.14 g, 12h). Apameia on the Orontes mint(?). Struck circa 212 BC. Diademed head right / Elephant standing right; monogram to right. SC 1065.6; Houghton, Elephants, Type B, obv. die...
Antiochos VI Dionysos – Elephant
Lot 167. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. Serrate Æ (20.5mm, 6.90 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck mid 143(?)-circa 142 BC. Radiate and wreathed head right / Elephant standing left, holding torch with trunk; to right, ΣTA above palm...
Commodus British Victory Issue
Commodus 177-192,Æ Sestertius, 29mm, 22.28g, 11h, Rome, AD 185-186, British Victory issue; Obv: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate and draped bust right; Rev: P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Victory seated right on shields, cradling palm frond in right arm,...
Carausius II
Lot 23. "Carausius II" Æ 19mm. Uncertain (British?) mint, circa AD 354-358. Overstruck on GLORIA EXERCITVS type BI Nummus. DOMNO C[ARAVSIVS], diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CON[...]IVS CEN, warrior spearing fallen horseman; unclear mintmark in...
Tasciovanos Rings
Images copyright Chris Rudd Tasciovanos Rings. Sills class 5, Rings, Horse Left, dies 31/28. c.25BC-AD10. Gold quarter stater. 10mm. 1.37g. Two solid crescents in centre of four-armed whorl cross, ringed-pellet on end of each arm, pellets in angles. /...
Waveney Diadem
Images copyright Chris Rudd Waveney Diadem. Talbot Bury H, new dies. c.50-40 BC. Silver unit. 15mm. 1.44g. Well styled, comparatively naturalistic, female head right, wearing lunar diadem, S-shaped serpent in front has ram-horned head at each end. / Naturalistic horse...
Zickzackgruppe
MIDDLE DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 11.93 g, 4 h), 'Zickzackgruppe'. Stylized laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left. Rev. ▢ΛΛΛΛ Stylized horseman to left, rider devoled into hook; before, annulet-in-square; above, annulet....
Dumnocoveros Tigirseno
In the upcoming Chris Rudd AUCTION 182 May 14, 2022 copyright Chris Rudd Lot 27.Dumnocoveros Tigirseno. c.AD 25-35. Gold stater. 18mm. 5.30g. Cruciform design comprising DVM[N] between two lines, crossed by wreath motif of large brick-like leaves facing inwards,...
APOLLO, GODDESS OF THE MOON AND SUN
Apollo Horse and Charioteer Gallo Belgic Broad Flan. Left Type with an Ornamented Reverse. Sills G-B Ab1, class 3b, fig 33e. Bellovaci. c.150-125 BC. Gold stater. 26mm. 7.07g. Draped bust of Apollo left with elaborate hairstyle./ Stylised horse left, charioteer above,...
APOLLO AND CHARIOTEER EVOLVING
Illustration of the devolving bust of Apollo and the reverse Charioteer from the gold Philipp II Stater to the Durotriges Stater: Thank you CGB Monnaies XV for this illustration https://cgb.fr Apollo to a fixed Durotriges abstraction, hallowed by tradition Philip II...
Spiral Cheek, Wangenschnecke
Starting price: 8.000 EUR Estimate: 10.000 EUR Result: 18.000 EUR Lot 6535.KELTEN GELD - MÜNZEN DER KELTEN UND ANGRENZENDER NICHTGRIECHISCHER VÖLKERSCHAFTEN DIE SAMMLUNG CHRISTIAN FLESCHE. PANNONIA. AR-Tetradrachme, Typ mit Wangenschnecke,...
Charioteer Type, Gold Stater
Starting price: 6.000 EUR Estimate: 7.500 EUR Result: 14.000 EUR Lot 6125.KELTEN GELD - MÜNZEN DER KELTEN UND ANGRENZENDER NICHTGRIECHISCHER VÖLKERSCHAFTEN DIE SAMMLUNG CHRISTIAN FLESCHE. GALLIA. ANONYM. AV-Stater (Philippeier), Typ "Pons...
Silver Denar, Araos, Hispania
Starting price: 160 EUR Estimate: 200 EUR Result: 850 EUR Lot 6078.KELTEN GELD - MÜNZEN DER KELTEN UND ANGRENZENDER NICHTGRIECHISCHER VÖLKERSCHAFTEN DIE SAMMLUNG CHRISTIAN FLESCHE. HISPANIA. ARSAOS. AR-Denar, 150/100 v. Chr.; 3,78 g. Kopf r., dahinter Pflug, davor...
Middle Whaddon Chase
Starting price: 1.600 EUR Estimate: 2.000 EUR Result: 5.000 EUR Lot 6007.KELTEN GELD - MÜNZEN DER KELTEN UND ANGRENZENDER NICHTGRIECHISCHER VÖLKERSCHAFTEN DIE SAMMLUNG CHRISTIAN FLESCHE. BRITANNIA. CATUVELLAUNI. AV-Stater, Typ "Middle Whaddon Chase", 60/20 v. Chr.;...
Addedomarus Spiral
Starting price: 600 EUR Estimate: 750 EUR Result: 4.000 EUR Lot 6010 Addedomarus, 45-25 v. Chr. AV-Stater, Typ "Spiral"; 5,56 g. Kranzspirale//Pferd r., darunter Füllhorn. Rudd, Ancient British Coins 2517; Slg. Flesche 44 (dies Exemplar);...
Carausius Renovatio
Carausius AR 'Denarius' or Argenteus. London, circa AD 286-293. IMP CARAVSIVS P F A, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RENOVATIO AVG, she-wolf standing to right, head reverted, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; RSR in exergue. Unpublished in the...
Constantine the Great, Chitry Hoard
Constantine I, as Augustus, 307-337;Æ Nummus (22.5mm, 4.39 g, 6h),London, 309-311, third reduction;CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right /SOL INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing left, looking left, chlamys across left shoulder, right hand raised, left hand...
Licinius, Chitry Hoard
Licinius, as Augustus, 308-324;Æ Nummus (21mm, 3.5 g, 6h),London, c. 314;IMP LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right /GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right hand holding a patera, left cornucopiae ,...
Chitry Hoard, 2007
Exemplaire n°732 du trésor de Chitry CHITRY HOARD ” The Chitry Hoard (Yonne) was discovered in 2007. It is made up of about 2 500 coins of the late Third and the early Fourth Century. Except for a single coin struck at the London mint in 323/4 which determines its...
Freie Samobor Type from East Noricum
Central Europe, East Noricum AR Tetradrachm. Freie Samobor Type C. Circa 2nd – 1st century BC. Celticised male head wearing three-strand pearl diadem to right / Horse prancing to left; pellet in crescent on body. Göbl, TKN pl. 43, SC 20, 1; Lanz 213 (this coin)....
The earliest Anglo-Saxon gold Shillings
The Gold Coinage c. 600–70Britain was unusual among the former provinces of the Western Roman Empire in not maintaining a substantial coinage after the end of central imperial rule in the early fifth century. A small trickle of coins issued by the Franks, Visigoths...
Coins Along the Silk Road
Camel standing in front of Pamir Mountains II (Lake Karakul, Karakorum Highway, Xinjiang, China)By Chris Redan Julian Ticehurst is presenting “Coins Along the Silk Road” on Zoom Vancouver Wednesday 2nd December at 7pm PSTPlease contact julian@coins.earth for...
Caratacus Gold Stater
[C]V NOImage copyright Chris Rudd CAR A TImage copyright Chris Rudd It was only found in November last year by a metal detectorist and it turned out to be the first and only gold stater of Caratacus, British resistance fighter against the Romans. On Sunday (15th Nov...
Carausius, Galley, Rotomagus
Carausius, mintmark OPA - Rotomagus Carausius nummus,Die-axis: 1 o’clock Weight: 2.99 grammes Rotomagus IMP C CARAVSIVS, laureate cuirassed bust LAETITIA, Galley mintmark OPA Thank you British Museum for images and text...
Carausius, Britannia
Die-axis: 1 o’clockDiameter: 20 millimetresWeight: 3.58 grammes IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, Laureate bust of Carausius, right, draped and cuirassed. (obverse) EXPECTATE VENI, Britannia and emperor standing clasping hands. (reverse)...
Carausius, Britannia, Forgery
Forgery. Probable core of plated denarius. Alternatively, it could be a smaller denomination struck in bronze. Die-axis: 6 o’clock Weight: 3.09 grammes IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Carausius, right. (obverse)...
Half a Dub from British India, 1794
In 1766 the territory known as the Northern Circars was ceded to the British East India Company by the Nizam of Hyderabad The coins being used there were gold Pagodas, silver Rupees and copper Dubs. The Company fixed a rate of 48 dubs to the silver Rupee. However in...