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Antoninus Pius (138-161), Aureus, c. 145, bare head right, rev. tr pot cos iiii, Roma seated left on shield, holding palladium in right hand and sceptre in left, 7.04g/6h (RIC 147a; C 936). Extremely fine, attractive (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £3,500
Jotapian (248-249), Antoninianus, 249, Nicopolis in Seleucia, radiate and cuirassed bust right, rev. victoria avg, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm, 3.52g/6h (RIC 2b; Bland, ‘The Coinage of Jotapian’, in Essays Carson & Jenkins, –). Metal somewhat crystallised, otherwise about fine or better and the portrait clear, extremely rare (£1,500-1,800)
Faustina Senior (Augusta 139-141), Aureus, c. 141, draped bust of Diva Faustina right, hair coiled on top of head and encircled with quadruple rope of pearls, rev. aeternitas, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and rudder on globe, 7.19g/6h (RIC 349a; C 5). Extremely fine (£2,000-2,500)
Hammer Price: £3,000
Early Uninscribed issues, Quarter-Stater, Southern (?), wheel in centre across wreath pattern, cog above and below, floral scroll between annulets in angles, rev. horse right, star and three annulets above, triangle of pellets in front, 0.97g/8h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Nearly extremely fine, excessively rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £1,950
Caligula (37-41), Denarius, c. 37-8, Lugdunum, laureate head right, rev. agrippina mat c caes avg germ, draped bust of Agrippina right, 3.69g/11h (RIC 8; CBN 12; RSC 4). Reverse legend partly weak, otherwise good fine, very rare (£1,200-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,500
Claudius (41-54), Denarius, c. 51-2, Lugdunum, laureate head right, rev. paci avgvstae, Nemesis walking right, spitting into peplos and pointing winged caduceus down at serpent, 3.64g/9h (RIC 62; CBN 71; RSC 68). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise good very fine, toned, very rare (£1,200-1,500)
Northern Greece, Kings of Macedon, Alexander III (336-323), Stater, Magnesia ad Maendrum, c. 325-323, helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on helmet, rev. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylus, ram-head and griffin in left field, 8.58g/12h (Price 1925). Extremely fine, retaining brilliance in fields (£1,500-1,800)
Julia Titi (Augusta 79-81), Denarius, c. 80-1, diademed and draped bust right, hair falling down neck in a plait, rev. venvs avgvst, Venus, naked to waist, standing right, elbow resting on column, holding sceptre in left hand and helmet in right hand, 3.25g/6h (RIC 56; CBN 106; RSC 14). About extremely fine, rare (£900-1,200)
Hammer Price: £1,400
Pupienus (238), Sestertius, 238, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. concordia avgg s c, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiæ, 20.53g/12h (RIC 20; C 7). Good very fine, with fine green-brown patina and an impressive portrait (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,200
Early Uninscribed issues, Quarter-Stater, Southern (?), crescents and annulets in angle of wreath pattern, rev. horse with ‘ladder’ mane right, symbol above, pellets and annulets around, 1.10g/12h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Extremely fine and excessively rare, the type apparently unrecorded (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £820
Greek coins, Coins in silver (44), including issues of Taras, Corinth, Ægina, Kroisos, Cilicia, Lycia, Phoenicia, Syria, Parthia, Arabia, etc [44]. Varied state; an interesting study group (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £800
Miscellaneous, Bronzes (424), Greek, Roman Imperial and provincial [424]. Varied state (£200-250)
Italy, Southern Apulia, Taras, Nomos, c. 380, naked ephebos holding shield and leaping from galloping horse left, rev. dolphin rider left, holding akrostolion, 7.89g/4h (Vlasto 311). Extremely fine and attractively toned, of exquisite classical style (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £750
Roman Republic, Anonymous, Didrachm, c. 269-266, diademed head of Hercules right, club at shoulder, lion skin tied at neck, rev. wolf suckling twins, romano in exergue, 7.30g/6h (Crawford 20/1; RSC 8). Very fine (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £720
Otho (69), Denarius, 69, bare head right, rev. secvritas p r, Securitas standing left, holding wreath and sceptre, 3.36g/6h (RIC 10; CBN 11; RSC 15). Good very fine, grey tone (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £700
The East, Achaemenid Kings of Persia, Time of Darios I-Xerxes II (485-420), Daric, Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow, rev. same type incuse, 8.24g (Carradice type IIIb, Gp A/B, and pl. 13, 27-31). Good very fine and well-struck (£500-600)
Divus Nigrinianus (†284), Antoninianus, c. 284-5, radiate, half-length bust of Divus Nigrinianus right, rev. consecratio, eagle standing facing, head left, 3.36g/12h (RIC 472; C 3). Good very fine with an excellent portrait and traces of silvering, extremely rare (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £680
Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, Stater, wreath pattern with crescents, rev. horseman with carnyx right, tasc around, 5.41g/12h (BMC 1617; VA 1732-9; S 217). A few hairlines, otherwise very fine (£600-700)
Valentinian III (425-455), Solidus, c. 430-55, Mediolanum, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. victoria avggg, Valentinian standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe, foot on human-headed coiled serpent, m d in field, comob in exergue, 4.39g/6h (RIC 202). Extremely fine (£700-800)
Hammer Price: £620
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British Mb [Savernake Forest type], blank, rev. horse right, wheel below, symbols around, 4.42g (BMC 361-4; VA 1526; S 37). Good very fine (£350-400)
Roman Republic, As, c. 280-276, janiform head of Dioskouri on raised disk, i above, rev. head of Mercury left wearing winged petasus on raised disk, i above, 346.14g/12h (Crawford 14/1; TV 1). Fine to very fine for issue, dark grey-green patina (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £600
Roman Republic, Semis, c. 275-270, Pegasus flying right on raised disk, s below, rev. Pegasus flying left on raised disk, s below, 149.02g/12h (Crawford 18/2; TV 9). Very fine, green-brown patina (£400-500)
Poole, R.S., and others, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, 29 vols, complete, the Forni reprint, 1963-5, extensively illustrated [29]. Publishers’ blue cloth; a very fine set, scarcely used (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £580
Laelianus (269), Antoninianus, 269, Morguntiacum, radiate bust right, rev. victoria avg, Victory advancing right, 2.60g/6h (RIC 9; C 4). Good very fine, very rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £500
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British D [Cheriton type], degraded head of Apollo right, rev., tall horse left, crab-like object and pellets below, zig-zag pattern in exergue, 5.05g/7h (BMC 86-128; VA 1215; S 24). Very fine (£300-350)
Roman coins, Denarii (18), Republic to Augustus, including Julius Caesar [18]. Varied state (£200-250)
Northern Greece, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Koson (mid 1st century BC), Stater, Consul between two lectors walking left, monogram at left, rev. eagle standing left on sceptre, holding wreath, 8.69g/12h (RIC I, 1701; SNG Copenhagen 123). Extremely fine (£400-450)
Gratian (367-383), Solidus, c. 367-75, Trier, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. victoria avggg, two Emperors enthroned, holding globe, Victory behind them, trobs in exergue, 4.12g/12h (RIC 17g). Very fine (£350-400)
Hammer Price: £480
Anastasius I (491-518), Solidus, c. 502-7, helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarters right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy, rev. victoria avgggi, Victory standing left, holding long voided cross, star in right field, 4.49g/6h (MIB 4; Sear 3). Extremely fine (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £450
Early Uninscribed issues, Unit, Southern (?), degraded head of Apollo, four pellets and sun across, rev. horse left, pellet-in-annulet within ring of pellets in front, pellet-in-annulet above and below, 0.98g/10h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Very fine and excessively rare, the type apparently unrecorded (£200-300)
Atrebates and Regni, Verica, Stater, com fi on tablet, rev. lancer right, vir above, rex below, 5.35g/4h (BMC 1155-8; VA 500; S 120). A little off-centre on a slightly irregular flan, otherwise nearly very fine (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £410
Northern Greece, Macedon, Neapolis, Hemidrachm, 4th century BC, gorgoneion, rev. laureate head of nymph right, 1.91g/6h (SNG 429). About extremely fine, attractively toned (£200-250)
Nero (54-68), Denarius, c. 56-7, bare head right, rev. pontif max tr p iii p p around wreath, ex sc in centre, 3.71g/12h (RIC 12; CBN 19; RSC 207). About very fine (£300-350)
Hammer Price: £400
Roman Republic, Triens, c. 275-270, horse’s head right, four pellets below, rev. horse’s head left, four pellets below, 95.42g/12h (Crawford 18/3; TV 10). Very fine, green-brown patina (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £390
Heraclius (610-641), Solidus, c. 613-16, facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, both wearing chlamys and elaborate crown with cross, cross in upper field, rev. victoria avgus, cross potent on three steps, 4.51g/6h (MIB 8a; Sear 734). Extremely fine, retaining brilliance (£350-400)
Hammer Price: £380
Ahenobarbus, Denarius, c. 41, Rome, bare head right, ahenobar at right, rev. cn domitivs imp, trophy on prow right, 3.28g/12h (Crawford 519/2; RSC Domitia 21). A little off-centre, otherwise very fine, rare (£250-300)
The East, Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I (312-280), Tetradrachm, Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris, c. 296/5, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. Athena holding spear and shield, in chariot drawn by four horned elephants, anchor above, 17.12g/12h (SC 159). Good very fine (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £370
Leo I (457-474), Solidus, c. 462-6, Constantinople, helmeted, diademed and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, spear over shoulder and shield on arm, rev. victoria avggge, Victory standing left holding long cross, star in right field, conob in exergue, 4.49g/6h (RIC 605). Extremely fine (£350-400)
Hammer Price: £360
Phocas (602-610), Solidus, c. 602-3, bust facing, wearing crown with pendilia and holding globus cruciger, rev. victoria avgge, Victory holding long staff surmounted by Christogram, 4.50g/6h (MIB 4; Sear 617b). One side weak, otherwise extremely fine (£250-300)
India, Kushans, Huvishka (c. 260-292), Stater, half-length bust of King left, holding sceptre, rev. Miiro standing, 7.80g/12h (Göbl 140, and pl. 11, 7, this coin). About very fine, very rare (£400-450)
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