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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246), Mnaieion or Octadrachm, Alexandria, c. 253-246, in the name of Arsinoe II, veiled head right, lotus sceptre behind head, wearing diadem, stephane and ram’s horn, q behind, rev. double cornucopiæ bound with royal diadem, 27.75g/11h (Troxell, Arsinoe, Gp 3, p.44 and pl.7, 3; Svoronos 475; SNG Copenhagen 134; BMC 9). About extremely fine (£5,000-6,000)
Hammer Price: £4,000
East Celts and Balkans, Celtic coinages, The Helvetii, base gold/silver Stater, 1st century BC, Celticised laureate head of Apollo right, rev. horse prancing right, drawing chariot with driver right, lyre below, 6.77g/3h (cf. D. Allen, The Phillipus in Switzerland and the Rhine Land, SNR 53, 1974, pl.10, 75; cf. SLM 940-1 and Wien 339). Very fine; an apparently unpublished variant (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £3,500
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Tetradrachm, c. 460-440, charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins, Nike flying above, crowning horses, ketos in exergue, rev. diademed head of Arethusa right with hair rolled and dressed in waves, wearing crescent and pendant ear-ring and necklace, four dolphins swimming clockwise around, 17.20g/1h (Boehringer 535.2, this coin; Evans, NC 1894, pl.vii, 2, this coin; Head, Coinage of Syracuse, pl.2, 9, this coin). Very fine and nicely...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Sicily, Sicily, Messana, Tetradrachm, c. 425-421, nymph standing in biga of mules walking to right, rev. hare springing to right, dolphin swimming to right below, 17.35g/11h (Caltabiano 517 [D199/R198]; SNG ANS 358; SNG Lloyd 1095). Extremely fine and attractively toned (£2,500-3,000)
Hammer Price: £2,600
Lesbos, Mytilene, electrum Hekte, c. 521-478, head of roaring lion right, rev. incuse head of calf right, 2.55g/9h (Bodenstedt 13; SNG von Aulock 7722). Extremely fine (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £1,550
Didius Julianus (193), Didius Julianus (193), Denarius, 193, Rome, laureate bust right, rev. concordia [milit], Concordia with two standards, 2.63g/12h (RIC 1). Very fine, rare (£900-1,200)
Hammer Price: £1,150
Sicily, Sicily, Selinos, Tetradrachm, c. 440-430, similar, 16.82g/2h (SNG ANS 696). Very fine, a fine composition in good classical style (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £1,050
Hadrian (117-138), Hadrian (117-138), Aureus, c. 118, laureate bust right, rev. fort red p m tr p cos ii, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiæ, 7.01g/7h (RIC 41; C 745). Fine (£700-800)
Hammer Price: £1,000
Sicily, Sicily, Selinos, Tetradrachm, c. 440-430, Apollo and Artemis in slow quadriga left, Apollo drawing bow and arrow, Artemis holding reins, barley-corn in exergue, rev. river-god Selinos standing to left clad in himation, sacrificing with patera over altar, in front of which is a cock, bull standing to left in right field, selinon leaf above, 16.27g/5h (SNG ANS 690). Very fine, a fine composition in good classical style (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £980
Islands off Caria, Knidos, Drachm, c. 465-449, forepart of roaring lion right, rev. archaic head of Aphrodite within incuse square, 6.14g/9h (Cahn 82; SNG Lockett 2883). Good very fine, attractively toned (£900-1,200)
Hammer Price: £900
Sicily, Sicily, Leontini, Tetradrachm, c. 425, laureate head of Apollo right, hair rolled behind neck, rev. lion's head right with open jaws, 16.85g/6h (SNG ANS 230). Very fine (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £750
Kings of Macedon, Kings of Macedon, Philip II, posthumous Stater, c. 323/2-315, Pella, head of Apollo right, rev. charioteer driving biga right, kantharos below, 8.55g/3h (Le Rider pl.67, 443ff; SNG ANS 173-6). Removed from a mount, otherwise very fine (£700-800)
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius, c. 17 BC, youthful bust right within oak wreath, rev. avgvst, candelabrum ornamented with rams' heads within wreath entwined with bucrania and pateræ, 3.73g/6h (RIC 540; CBN 1013; RSC 2 [Caius Caesar]). Stain on upper reverse, otherwise extremely fine, light iridescent tone (£600-800)
Roman Solidii (4), of Valens (2), Valentinian I, Leo I [4]. Fine to very fine (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £720
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Tetradrachm, c. 480-475, charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins, Nike flying above, crowning horses, rev. diademed head of Arethusa right, four dolphins swimming clockwise around, 17.26g/9h (Boehringer 244). Extremely fine (£600-700)
Hammer Price: £700
Thrace, Ainos, Tetradrachm, c. 374-372, head of Hermes facing, wearing petasos, rev. goat standing right, wreath to right, all within incuse square, 15.09g/1h (May 401). Some porosity on reverse, otherwise very fine, toned (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £680
Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025), Basil II (976-1025), Histamenon Nomisma, c. 1005-25, nimbate bust of Christ facing, rev. busts of Basil II and Constantine VIII holding cross between them, 4.42g/6h (DOC 6; BN 15; Sear 1800). Extremely fine (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £650
Robertson, Anne S., Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, University of Glasgow, I, Augustus to Nerva; II, Trajan to Commodus; III, Pertinax to Aemilian; IV, Valerian I to Allectus; V, Dicoletian (Reform) to Zeno, Glasgow, 1970-82, clxxi + 391pp, clxviii + 534pp, cxiv + 325pp, ccxvi + 340pp, xlviii + 529pp, 432 plates, djs [5]. A very fine and clean set of this important work (£180-220)
Bruttium, Kroton, Stater, c. 280, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right, rev. tripod, kerykeion in field, 6.73g/4h (SNG ANS 411; HN Italy 2179). Extremely fine, toned (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £600
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Agathocles (295-289), Tetradrachm, head of Kore-Persephone right, wearing barley wreath, ear-ring and necklace, rev. Nike, naked to hips, standing right, holding nail and hammer, preparing to affix conical helmet on top of trophy, triskeles in right field, 17.01g/5h (SNG ANS 668; Ierardi, The Tetradrachms of Agathocles of Syracuse: a Preliminary Study, ANS AJN 7-8, 129). Very fine, toned (£600-800)
Etruria, Populonia, 10 Asses, 3rd century BC, laureate young male head left, rev. blank, 4.09g (Vecchi 70.114, this coin; HN Italy 184). Extremely fine (£600-800)
Sicily, Sicily, Himera, Tetradrachm, c. 450-420, charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins, Nike flying left above, crowning charioteer, rev. Himera, standing front, head turned left, holding patera over altar, left hand raised, satyr bathing in fountain beneath lion-headed spout at right, barley-grain in upper left field, 16.91g/7h (Arnold-Biucchi, La Monetazione D'Argento Di Himera, QT 17 [1988], 17; Gutmann & Schwabacher 14; SNG ANS 165, same dies). Fine to very fine...
Hammer Price: £520
Maximinus I (235-238), Maximinus I (235-238), Denarii (24), RIC 1 (2), 3, 12 (9), 13 (6, two base metal), 14 (2), 18a (2), 20, uncertain [24]. Mostly very fine to extremely fine (£350-400)
Sicily, Sicily, Katane, Tetradrachm, c. 425, charioteer driving quadriga right, Nike above crowning auriga, rev. laureate head of Apollo right, 17.12g/4h (SNG ANS 1252; Rizzo pl.11, 3). Very fine, rare (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £500
Sicily, Sicily, Segesta, Didrachm, c. 440, hound standing left, rev. head of Segesta right, 8.08g/11h (SNG ANS 621; McClean 2543). Very fine (£400-500)
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Tetradrachm, c. 480-475, similar, 16.85g/2h (cf. Boehringer 244). Good very fine (£400-500)
Caracalla (198-217), Caracalla (198-217), Denarii (27), RIC 226, 227, 231, 240, 246, 254 (2), 255 (2), 266, 280, 281 (2), 285 (2), 293d, 302, 307, 308, 311b (2), 312d, Eastern mint 338b (4), 354). Mostly very fine or better (£400-450)
Galba (AD 68-69), Galba (68-69), Denarius, 68, Gaul, laureate bust right, rev. victoria p r, draped Victory standing facing on globe, head left, holding wreath and palm-branch, 3.75g/7h (CBN –; RIC 111; C 322). Slightly weak on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and sharply struck, attractively toned, very rare (£500-600)
Bruttium, Kroton, Third-Stater, 4th century, head of river-god Æsarus right, rev. owl standing left on ear of wheat, 3.03g/1h (SNG ANS 421; SNG Copenhagen 1309). Good very fine, rare (£450-500)
Hammer Price: £440
Julia Mamaea (d. 235), Julia Mamaea (Augusta 222-235), Denarii (23), RIC 331 (2), 332 (3), 335 (3), 337, 341 (4), 343 (10) [23]. Mostly very fine and better (£350-400)
Roman and Byzantine coins, etc (approx. 250), mostly bronzes, including a few copies [Lot]. Varied state (£100-200)
Hammer Price: £430
Geta (209-212), Geta, Denarii (25), RIC 3, 4, 9a, 13a, 18 (6), 20 (4), 38a, 51 (4), 59b (2), 69a, 88; Eastern mint 96, 98 [25]. Mostly very fine (£350-400)
Maurice Tiberius (582-602), Maurice Tiberius (582-602), Solidus, c. 590/1, Carthage, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger, rev. Victory standing facing, holding staff surmounted by Christogram and globus cruciger, officina q, 4.40g/5h (MIB 25; Sear 548). Extremely fine, rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £420
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Tetradrachm, c. 482-480, charioteer driving walking quadriga left, holding kentron and reins, Nike flying above, crowning horses, rev. diademed head of Arethusa right, four dolphins swimming clockwise around, 16.23g/8h (Boehringer 75). Fine early style, very fine and toned (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £410
Constantine III (407-411), Constantine III (407-411), Siliqua, c. 410, Treveri, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. victoria aavggg, Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe and reversed spear, 1.43g/6h (RIC 1533; RSC 4a). Very fine, toned (£300-400)
Italy, Calabria, Taras, Nomos, c. 280-272, warrior, holding shield, on horse prancing left, restrained by Nike standing right, holding rein, rev. dolphin rider left, holding shield inscribed with e, waves below, 7.01g/8h (Vlasto 679, this coin; HN Italy 963). Very fine, rare (£300-400)
Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Lysimachus, posthumous Tetradrachm, c. 150-120, Byzantion, diademed head of the deified Alexander right, rev. Athena Nikephoros seated left, crowning royal name, monogram to inner left, by on throne, ornamented trident in exergue, 15.96g/1h (Marinescu issue 139; Müller 219). Extremely fine (£300-350)
Hammer Price: £400
Ionia, Ephesos, Drachm, c. 202-150, magistrate Antiphilos, bee, rev. stag standing right, palm behind, 4.18g/11h (Kinns, NC 1999, p.84; BMC Ionia 124-5). Extremely fine, toned (£400-450)
Elagabalus (218-222), Elagabalus (218-222), Denarii (19), RIC 40 (5), 42 (2), 45 (4), 49, 52 (7) [19]. Mostly very fine (£300-350)
Severus Alexander (222-235), Severus Alexander (222-235), Denarii (24), RIC 61 (14), 64 (4), 67 (6) [24]. Mostly very fine (£300-350)
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