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ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Carinus (283-285), Aureus, c. 283-4, Siscia, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, imp c carinvs p f avg, rev. victoria avg, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, 4.30g/5h (RIC 312; C 133). Light scuffing in field by chin, otherwise extremely fine, rare (£3,500-4,500)
Hammer Price: £4,500
Romanus II (959-963), Solidus, c. 959 [continuing the last type of Constantine VII], facing bust of Christ, raising hand in blessing and holding Gospels, nimbus with three pellets in arms of cross, +ihs xp rex regnantinm, rev. illegible re-cut legend, crowned facing busts of Constantine, with short beard, and Romanus, beardless, holding patriarchal cross between them, 4.38g/6h (Füeg pl.4, B4; DOC – [cf. DOC Constantine VII 15]; Sear –). Extremely fine and very rare (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £2,300
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Gordian II Africanus (238), Denarius, 238, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. providentia avgg, Providentia standing left, holding wand over a globe and cornucopiæ, left elbow resting on short column, legs crossed at ankles, 3.32g/5h (RIC 1; RSC 5). Extremely fine and very rare (£1,000-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,700
Sicily, Tetradrachm, c. 430-420, laureate head of Apollo left, rev. lion's head with protruding tongue left, surrounded by three barley grains and a laurel leaf, 17.84g/9h (SNG ANS 257, same dies; Rizzo pl.24, 4, same dies). Extremely fine and attractively toned (£1,200-1,500)
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Augustus (27 BC - AD 14), P. Petronius Turpilianus, Denarius, c. 19 BC, bare head of Augustus right, rev. tvrpilianvs iii vir, six-rayed star above crescent, 3.67g/2h (RIC 300; CBN 165; RSC 495). Extremely fine (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,600
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Nero (54-68), Aureus, c. 64-5, laureate head right, rev. ivppiter cvstos, Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, 7.28g/11h (RIC 52; CBN 213; C 118). Good very fine (£1,500-2,000)
Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Stater, Biga type, camvl in beaded panel across wreath pattern, rev. two conjoined horses running left, pellet and leaf above, wheel below, [cvnobelin] in exergue, 5.53g/6h (BMC 1769-71; VA 1910; S 280). Minor spademark in centre of obverse, otherwise extremely fine and as struck, very rare (£1,000-1,200)
Northern Greece, Neapolis, Stater, c. 500, gorgoneion, rev. quadripartite incuse square, 9.25g (SNG ANS 416; ACGC 524). Fine archaic style, good very fine (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,000
Italy, ‘Capua’ issue, electrum Three-Eighths Shekel, c. 216-211, janiform female heads, rev. Jupiter in quadriga with Victory right, 2.63g/12h (Robinson, NC 1964, p.40; SNG Copenhagen 357; HN Italy 2013). Very fine, rare (£900-1,200)
Anna of Savoy (1351-1365), Assarion, Thessalonika, c. 1352-65, Anna holding sceptre and model of city, rev. John standing facing, holding sceptre and akakia, 1.98g/6h (cf. DOC 1229, cf. PCPC 309-16; Sear –). Very fine or better, extremely rare, the variety believed unpublished (£900-1,200)
Hammer Price: £820
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Galba (68-69), Sestertius, 68, laureate and draped bust right, rev. s p q r ob civ ser within wreath, 26.71g/6h (Kraay A48/P29; cf. RIC 271; cf. BMC 112). Very fine with a vigorous portrait, green-brown patina (£900-1,200)
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Vespasian (69-79), Aureus, c. 72-3, laureate head right, rev. vic avg, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath and palm, 6.96g/6h (RIC 51; BMC 72; C 586). Good fine (£800-1,000)
Northern Greece, Maroneia, Stater, c. 386-347, magistrate Kallikrateos, horse galloping left, dog below, rev. vine-branch with grapes in linear square, 11.40g/6h (Schönert-Geiss 489). Harshly cleaned, otherwise extremely fine and well-struck (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £800
Sicily, Deinomenid Tyranny, Tetradrachm, c. 485-480, similar, 17.22g/8h (Boehringer 324). Extremely fine, toned (£900-1,200)
Hammer Price: £780
Asia Minor, Skepsis, Drachm, c. 450-400, forepart of Pegasus right, rev. fir tree enclosed within linear and dotted borders, all within shallow incuse square, 3.60g/5h (cf. BMC 4; cf. SNG von Aulock 1575; cf. Traité II, 2352, pl.115, 8). Extremely fine and rare, the reverse die apparently unrecorded (£900-1,200)
Sicily, Didrachm, c. 470, similar, rev., crab, Corinthian helmet below, 8.59g/12h (SNG ANS 909). Extremely fine, toned (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £720
Carthaginian Sicily and North Africa, Electrum Stater, c. 350-270, wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing necklace and triple-pendant ear-ring, rev. horse standing right, 7.58g/12h (Jenkins & Lewis Gp V, cf. 247-250). Scratch in reverse field, otherwise about very fine (£300-350)
Hammer Price: £650
Greek coins, Gaul, Magna Graecia and Sicily: Massalia, Obols (3); Nomoi (14), of Taras (4), Neapolis, Velia (2), Metapontum (3), Kaulonia, Poseidonia, Thurium and Gela; Thurium, Obol; Rhegium, Æ; Leontini, Litra [20]. Varied state (£300-400)
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British H [North-East Coast type], devolved head of Apollo right, rev. horse right, pellets and ornaments above, four pointed radiant star below neck, eight pointed star in front, rosette of pellets and chequered exergue below, 5.96g/3h (cf. BMC 187; cf. VA 800-7; S 28). Good very fine, very rare (£700-800)
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Hadrian (117-138), Sestertius, c. 117, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. dac parthico p m tr p cos p p s c, Concordia seated left, holding patera, resting left elbow on statuette of Spes set on base, 26.69g/6h (RIC 535a; BMC 1102; C 259). Good very fine, sage-green and brown patina (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £620
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Valentinian III (425-455), Solidus, c. 430-445, Ravenna, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. victoria avggg r v, Valentinian standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe, right foot on head of human-headed serpent, 4.40g/1h (RIC 2019; Ranieri 98). Extremely fine (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £600
Sicily, Agathokles (317-289), Dekadrachm, c. 317-310, laureate head of Apollo left, rev. charioteer driving biga right, triskeles below, 4.48g/3h (SNG ANS 551; Gulbenkian 327). Removed from a mount, otherwise very fine, rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £580
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Claudius (41-54), Denarius, c. 46-7, laureate head right, rev. spqr p p ob c s within oak-wreath, 3.83g/11h (RIC 41; CBN 59; RSC 87). Very fine, rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £550
Northern Greece, Demetrios I Poliorketes, Tetradrachm, c. 294-293, Pella, Nike on prow of galley left, blowing trumpet, rev. Poseidon Pelagaios advancing left, monogram at left, dolphin above star at right, 17.13g/1h (Newell 68, obv. die LVII). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine, grey tone (£300-350)
Hammer Price: £520
Northern Greece, Demetrios I Poliorketes, Tetradrachm, c. 289/8, Amphipolis, diademed and horned head right, rev. Poseidon standing left, foot on rock, holding trident, 17.22g/6h (Newell 121, dies CXX/231). Good very fine, attractive (£350-400)
Roman coins, Denarii (14), all of Tiberius [14]. Fine to very fine (£150-200)
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Hadrian (117-138), Sestertius, c. 136, laureate and draped bust right, rev. restitvtori achaiae s c, Achæa kneeling right, extending hand and being raised by Hadrian standing left, holding roll, vase with palm between them, 25.45g/12h (RIC 938; BMC 1782; C 1218). Good fine, green patina, rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £500
Spain, Arse-Saguntum, Drachm, c. 218-195, male head left, club over shoulder, rev. bearded male-headed bull walking right, 2.97g/9h (Ripollès/Llorens 61a; CNH 11). Fine to very fine, very rare (£200-250)
Carthaginian Sicily and North Africa, Tetradrachm, c. 340-320, wreathed head of Kore left, wearing single-pendant ear-ring and necklace, rev. horse standing left before palm tree, 17.00g/8h (Jenkins 61). Very fine (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £460
Roman coins, Denarii (18), all of Augustus [18]. Varied state (£200-250)
The East, Tyre, Half-Shekel, AD 33/4, similar, 6.33g/12h (RPC 4693; BMC –). Almost very fine (£90-120)
The East, Eukratides I (c. 171-145), Tetradrachm, diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, rev. the Dioskouroi on rearing horses right, holding palms and spears, monogram in lower right field, 15.94g/12h (Mitchiner 177i; Bopearachchi série 6T; SNG ANS 468). Very fine (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £450
Northern Greece, Tomi, time of the First Mithradatic War, 88-86, Stater in the name of Lysimachos, similar, 8.26g/12h (SNG Copenhagen 1091). Extremely fine (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £430
Northern Greece, Kallatis, time of the First Mithradatic War, 88-86, Stater in the name of Lysimachos, similar, 8.24g/12h (SNG Copenhagen 1089). Good very fine (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £420
Asia Minor, Magnesia ad Mæandrum, Tetradrachm, c. 160-150, ‘magistrate’ Euphemos Pausaniou (Euphemos, son of Pausanios), diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, rev. Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod, mæander pattern below, all within laurel wreath, 16.82g/1h (Jones dies 12/a; BMC 36). Extremely fine, attractively toned (£300-350)
Trinovantes, Addedomaros, Quarter-Stater, cruciform leaf pattern, lobes in angles, pellet-in-annulet in centre, rev. horse running right, ornaments around, 7.35g/12h (BMC 2417-21; VA 1623; S 204). Good very fine (£300-350)
Northern Greece, Kallatis, time of the First Mithradatic War, 88-86, Stater in the name of Lysimachos, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, shield and spear, trident in exergue, 8.26g/12h (SNG Copenhagen 1089). Good very fine (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £400
Illyria and Central Greece, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-404, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig and crescent behind, all within incuse square, 16.97g/9h (ACGC 198; SNG Copenhagen 31). Good very fine, toned (£100-150)
Northern Greece, The Orrescii (?), Stater, c. 500-480, centaur abducting nymph right, rev. four-part incuse square, 9.01g (Svoronos pl.5, 17-21; SNG ANS 978-9; 18 Asyut 84-9). Harshly cleaned, otherwise very fine and rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £390
Sicily, C. Iulius C f Longus II vir, Æ 20, c. 44-36 BC, two pilei with stars, rev. dolphin right, ex above, dd below, 7.71g/12h (RPC 649; CNS I p.83, 28 [Tyndaris]). Very fine with good brown tone, rare (£180-220)
Hammer Price: £380
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