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Roman Cilicia, Aigeai. Time of Domitian, AD 81-96. Æ 18mm (3.50g, 1h). Dated year 135 (AD 88/89). Obv: Veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. Rev: ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ/[Η]ΡΑΚΛΕΩΝΟϹ; Head of horse left; ЄΛ[Ρ] (date) in right field. Ref: SNG Levante 1705 (this coin); RPC II 1779 (4 examples, this coin is 1779.1). Very Fine, green-brown patina, edge flaw. Ex CNG e134 (1 Mar 2006), Lot 87. Next: More horses.

Link: Apollo Gaul, Massalia. Circa 220-121 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.60g, 7h). Obv: Bare head of Apollo left. Rev: M-A, Wheel with four-spokes. Ref: SNG Cop 723-728.

Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.42g, 1h). Rome mint, struck AD 165. Obv: L VERVS ΛVG ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX; Laureate head right. Rev: TR P V IMP III COS II; Parthia, draped, wearing breeches to ankles and peaked cap on head, seated right on ground, hands tied behind back; to right, quiver, bow, and shield. Ref: RIC III 540 (Marcus Aurelius); MIR 18, 112-14/30; RSC 273; BMCRE 385. Good Very Fine, good metal, strike and detail. Ex Berk, Mar 2000.

British Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia). St. Edmund memorial coinage. Circa AD 895-918. AR Penny (xmm, xg, xh). Uncertain Mint in East Anglia; Ofbert, moneyer. Obv: +SC EΛIDN (S horizontal); Large A with chevron-shaped crossbar. Rev: +OFBERT; Small cross. Ref: SCBC 960; North 483. PCGS MS-64. Ex Stacks and Bowers Summer 2022 (24 Aug 2022), Lot 32161.

Corinthian helmet Akarnania. Anaktorion. Circa 345-300 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.66g, 9h). Obv: Pegasos flying to left; ANA monogram below. Rev: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; ANA monogram on helmet. Ref: Imhoof-Blumer "The Coins of Acarnania" p. 64, 20.

Campania, Neapolis. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.33g, 6h). Circa 300-275 BC. Obv: Head of nymph right; behind, Artemis running right. Rev: ΝΕΟΠΟΛ[ΙTΩΝ]; Man-headed bull walking right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head. Ref: Sambon -; HN Italy 579; SNG ANS 352-4; SNG France 791; HGC 1, 451.

Roman Syria. Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Geta. AD 209-211. Billon Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.56g, 6h). Struck circa AD 211-212. Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: Eagle standing facing on ground line, head right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star above each wing. Ref: McAlee 720; Prieur 213. Good Very Fine. Ex CNG e256 (25 May 2011), Lot 253. Ex Goldberg Pre-Long Beach (30 Jun 2022), Lot 2380. Next: Caracalla, Roman Provincial

Tourist fakes. The Domitian looks ok but isn't worth much in that condition.

Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. Æ Hemilitron (21mm, 6.75g, 12h). Struck circa 275-269 BC. Obv: [ΣΥPAKOΣIΩN]; Wreathed head of Kore left. Rev: Bull butting left; above, club above monogram (AΓ?); IE in exergue. Ref: CNS II 191-192; HGC 2, 1469. About Very Fine, obverse double struck with die rotation, nice green patina, perhaps overstuck on something else?

Gaul, Vienna. Octavian, with Divus Julius Caesar. 30 BC. Æ Dupondius (31mm, 17.46g, 12h). Obv: •IMP• above, CAESAR below, DIVI•IVLI• to left, •DIVI•F to right; Bare heads of Julius Caesar and Octavian, back-to-back. Rev: C•I• V; Prows of colliding quinquiremes at the battle of Actium. Ref: Unpublished, deserving of further research! For your collecting pleasure, PutridRatingHighPrice offers an absolutely unique and unresearched historic coin depicting ships battling during Octavian's victory at Actium over Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The coin also honors his adopted father, Julius Caesar. No other ancient coin known depicts ships ramming each other in battle. This is a truly unique item and comes with our lifetime guarantee of authenticity. This gem can be yours for not a billion USD, not 750 million USD, but for the low, low price of only $454 million USD. Shipping and insurance in the continental US for only $50 extra, or you may pick this coin up yourself in our stall in the Lekki Market in Lagos, Nigeria. Open seven days a week from 9am to 6pm. COA can be provided for another $150 USD.

Link: Elephant skin headdress. Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Nero, AD 54-68. Billon Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.93g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 65/66). Obv: NЄPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄP; Radiate bust right, wearing Aegis. Rev: AYTO-KPA; Draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; L-IB (date) to right. Ref: Köln 172-4; Dattari (Savio) 204; K&G 14.88; RPC I 5289; Emmett 109.12 (R1). Very Fine, nice gunmetal patina. Ex WCNC, Jan 2005.

Celtic Tribes. Eastern Europe. Imitating Philip III, 3th-2nd centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (30x28mm, 15.41g, 1h). Obv: Head of Herakles. Rev: Zeus seated, monogram to left. Ref: CCCBM 98. Ex Triskeles Auction 23, Lot 29 (part). Next: Celtic

Anyone a member of the "Royal Society of Roman Coins", established in 1770?

Sicily, Syracuse, under Roman rule after 212 BC, Æ20 (8.54g, 2h). Obv: Head of Ares right in Attic helmet. Rev: ΣΥ-ΡΑ-ΚΟ-ΣΙΩΝ, Nike standing facing, raising sword to sacrifice recumbent bull. Ref: Calciati II, 233; SNG Cop 910; SGCV 1230; HGC 1475. Next: Bull

Link: Green patina, Macedon, Roman Provincial. Macedon, Stobi. Julia Domna, Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ (22mm, 7.80g). Obv: IVLIA-AVGVS-TA; Draped bust right. Rev: MVNICI-STOB; Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Ref: Varbanov 3891 (or thereabouts). About Very Fine, nice green patina. Don't have Varbanov and can't find the exact legend match online. It appears that there are many slight variations of the legend and legend placement. Waiting on RPC V.

Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter, 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.67g, 1h). Alexandria mint. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Obv: Diademed head right. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMOY; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Ref: CPE 168; Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70–1. Several interesting countermarks. Next: Another well-travelled coin.

I am going to pretend that it's April 1st. So perhaps the orb and circle were the emblems of the Legionary Ski Corps serving in the Alps.

Cilicia, Nagidos. Circa 400-380 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.83g, 6h). Obv: Head of Aphrodite left. Rev: NAΓI; Bearded head of Dionysos left. Ref: SNG France II, 11; SNG Levante 3 var. (heads right). Very Fine, steel grey toning. Ex Ralph DeMarco, Apr 2000.

Cilicia, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.69g, 4h). Obv: Youthful male head left, wearing wreath of grain ears. Rev: Eagle, with spread wings, standing left on the back of lion recumbent left; all within dotted square. Ref: SNG France 474; SNG Levante 230; Göktürk 43 var.

Pisidia, Selge. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.62g, 6h). Obv: Facing gorgoneion. Rev: Helmeted head of Athena right; astralagos behind. Ref: SNG France 1931-1934; SNG Cop 252; SNG Von Aulock 5278; SNG Von Post 349; Dewing 2476.

Bithynia. Kalchedon. Circa 367/6-340 BC. AR Trihemiobol or Quarter-Siglos (11mm, 1.24g) Obv: ΚΑ; Bull standing left on grain ear. Rev: Mill-sail incuse. Ref: Hoover HGC 7, 519; SNG BMC Black Sea 124-6; SNG von Aulock 485.

Kings of Macedon. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.50g, 6h). Uncertain eastern mint, possibly imitative. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion's skin. Rev: AΛΕΞNAR (sic); Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter. Ref: Cf. Price 4009 (similar style and fabric). Very Fine. Ex CNG 79, Lot 20.

Persia, Achaemenids. 4th century BC. AR 1/24 Siglos (5mm, 0.19g, 12h). Obv: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger and bow. Rev: Head of Satrap wearing tiara left, in incuse square. Very Rare. Ref: Small -; Sunrise Collection -; Troxell / Kagan -. See Kunker Auction 304 (19 Mar 2018) Lot 711. See Giessener Münzhandlung 200, Munich 2011, No. 1969.

More Seleucid. Seleucid Empire. Demetrios II Nicator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. Æ17 (6.45g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ/ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ; Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; Ξ to inner left, cornucopia to outer left. Ref: SC 2170.1c; HGC 9, 1133. About Very Fine, nice dark patina with highlights.

Link: Another Severus. Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Billon Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.79g, 11h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 6 (AD 226/227). Obv: A KAI MAP AVP CEV AΛEΞANΔPOC EΥC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear. Rev: Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae; L-Ϛ (date) in left field. Ref: Geissen 2440; Emmett 3096.6 (R1); Dattari (Savio) 4294; RPC VI online 10335 (temporary, 40 specimens).