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Byzantine coins, Bronzes (74), various reigns [74]. Varied state (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £320
Otho (69), Denarius, 69, bare head right, rev. pont max, Æquitas standing left, holding scales and sceptre, 3.22g/6h (RIC 19; CBN 22; RSC 9). Fine to very fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £330
Sicily, Siculo-Punic, Tetradrachm, c. 320-300, head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin, rev. horse’s head left, palm tree at right, 16.45g/10h (Jenkins 403). Very fine, toned (£250-300)
Justinian I (527-565), Solidus, c. 538-45, helmeted bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy, rev. victoria avgggb, Victory standing facing, holding jewelled cross and globus cruciger, star in right field, 4.45g/6h (MIB 6; Sear 139). Extremely fine (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £350
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)
Roman coins, Augustus, Denarii (11), various types [11]. Varied state (£200-250)
Roman coins, Allectus, Quinarius, c. 293-6, London, 3.07g/12h (RIC 1; C 5); together with Denarii (4), of Plautilla, Geta, etc; Philip I, Antoninianus; Theodosius I, Siliqua; Roman bronzes (63), various Emperors [70]. First very fine and attractively patinated, others in varied state (£100-150)
Roman coins, Denarii (8), of the Republic, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony [8]. Varied state (£100-150)
Roman coins, Denarii (8), Republic to Augustus; Vespasian, Syrian Tetradrachm; Justin II, Tremisses (2) [11]. Varied state (£150-200)
Italy, Etruria, Populonia, 10 Asses, c. 211, laureate head of Aplu right, rev. blank, 4.21g (Vecchi SNR 71, 11). Very fine, toned (£150-200)
Tiberius (14-37), As, c. 31-7, radiate head of Divus Augustus left, rev. provident s c, altar-enclosure with double panelled doors, 12.10g/6h (RIC 81; CBN 131; C 228). About extremely fine, attractive olive-brown patina (£200-250)
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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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