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Diadumenian (Caesar 217-218), Diadumenian (Caesar 217-218), Aureus, c. 217-18, M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PRINC IVVENTVTIs AVG, Diadumenian standing facing, head to right, holding signum and sceptre, two signa to right, 7.36g/12h (RIC 101; Calicó 2983; C 2). Extremely fine and well-struck, very rare (£20,000-25,000)
Hammer Price: £75,000
Tetricus I and II (c. 274), Tetricus I and II (c. 274), Aureus, c. 274, Cologne or Trier, IMPP TERICI PII AVGG, conjoined draped busts of Tetricus I and II right, laureate and bare headed respectively, rev. VIRTVS MILITVM, Virtus standing right with spear and Victory about to crown Tetricus I, standing left in military dress, holding globe and spear, 4.39g/6h (Schulte, Die Goldprägung der gallischen Kaisaer von Postumus bis Tetricus, 58a, this coin; RIC 211; Elmer 866; Calicó 3928)....
Hammer Price: £70,000
Arab-Byzantine, Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwan, fifth Caliph of the Umayyad Dynasty (685-705), Solidus, Damascus, yr. 11 [AH 75/6; AD 696/7], figures of Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas standing facing, wearing crowns without crosses and holding globes without crosses, rev. VICTORIA AVGYB, transformed cross potent on steps without transverse arm of cross, i a in field, CONOB in exergue, 4.24g/5h (cf. Goodwin, Arab-Byzantine Coinage [2005], p.23, fig.4 [Kahalili collection], for year;...
Hammer Price: £32,000
Justinian II and Tiberius (705-711), Justinian II (Second reign, 705-711), Solidus, Ravenna, DN IYSTINIANYS ET TIBERIYS PPA, half-length facing figures of Justinian II and Tiberius, wearing crown, division and chlamys, both holding patriarchal cross on globe inscribed PAX, rev. VICTORIA AVGY, cross potent on three steps, conob below, 4.08g/6h (MIB 32; DOC 22; Ranieri –; Sear 1440). Extremely fine, fine style and extremely rare; only four examples recorded by MIB (£8,000-10,000)
Hammer Price: £13,000
Islands off Troas, Islands off Troas, Tenedos, Stephanephoric Tetradrachm, c. 160, janiform head of bearded and laureate male left and diademed female right, rev. tenediwn, double axe between bunch of grapes and standing owl, monogram to left, 15.96g/1h (BMC 28; SNG von Aulock 1590; Lampson Locker 277, same dies). Extremely fine and evenly toned (£2,000-2,500)
Hammer Price: £5,800
Roman Republic, Æ, Naples, c. 330-320, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. ROMAIWN, forepart of man-headed bull right, star on flank, 3.46g/3h (Craw. 1/1; Syd. 51; HN Italy 251). Very fine, earthy green patina, very rare (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £5,500
Southern Apulia, Southern Apulia, Taras, Nomos, c. 240-228, kallik[ra] t[hs], strategos in military dress turned to front, raising right hand in salutation and riding cantering horse right, Nike flying to right above about to crown him, rev. Taras seated on dolphin swimming left, holding ornamental trident and Nike about to crown him, monogram to right, 6.41g/10h (Vlaso 963; HN Italy 1059). Extremely fine with attractive iridescent tone (£700-800)
Hammer Price: £5,200
Miscellaneous, Magical Amulet, 6th century, King Solomon enthroned facing, holding scroll and an uncertain object, feet on footstool decorated with zzz, coiled serpent Ourobouros with its tail in its mouth around, eFpaGiS xoLomWnox above, ethna oxaLamazaba meaza ovc to left, abo vac mohe nete kene hhe aab k to right, rev. snake-legged, cock-headed Abraxas, with the body and arms of a man, holding a sword and shield, three stars in field, the whole enclosed within the coiled serpent...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Ptolemaic Kings 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, wearing diadem, stephane and ram’s horn, rev. double cornucopiæ bound with royal diadem, 27.88g/11h (Troxell, Arsinoe’s Non-Era, ANSMN 28, 1983, Gp 2, p.42 and pl.3, 1; Svoronos 408 and pl.15, 6; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC p.42, 1 and pl. 8, 1). Good very fine, rare (£4,000-5,000)
Hammer Price: £4,500
Southern Apulia, Southern Apulia, Taras, temp. Pyrrhos, Nomos, c. 280-272, ari sti p, tall slim naked older ephebos standing half-right, knee bent, turning to unbridle horse stepping left, ridden by younger ephebos, hands holding mane, rev. taras, naked heroic Taras seated right on dolphin swimming right, about to dismount, holding bow and arrow, Indian elephant to right below, 6.39g/8h (Vlasto 736; SNG ANS 1103-4; HN Italy 1000). Extremely fine and attractively toned; a masterly example of...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Antoninus, called Caracalla (198-217), Antoninus, called Caracalla (198-217), Aureus, c. 213-17, laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, Providentia standing left, holding sceptre and wand over globe, 7.34g/6h (RIC 309b; Calicó 2803; C –). Small scrape on neck, otherwise extremely fine and well-struck, very rare (£3,500-4,000)
Hammer Price: £3,500
Kings of Baktria, Kings of Baktria, Menander, rectangular Diobol (16 Chalkoi), Pushkavati, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. ‘Maharajasa tratarasa Menadrasa’ in Kharoshthi characters around horse prancing right, 39.52g/12h (Mitchiner 231; Bopearachchi 159-60; SNG ANS 912-13). Extremely fine, fine reddish-brown patina; the finest known specimen of this rare issue (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £3,400
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II (275-215), Æ, c. 217-215, diademed bust left, rev. Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving galloping biga right, n below, 33.63g/9h (Carroccio type 74; CNS II, p.196, R1 4; Laffaille 89; Virzi 1841, this coin; Sear 1220). Obverse good very fine, reverse nearly so, fine dark green patina but surface with slight roughness, very rare (£2,000-2,500)
Hammer Price: £2,900
Visigoths, Visigoths, In the name of Justinian I (527-65), Solidus, DNSTID NSP PAV, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding spear and shield, trefoil on helmet, rev. VICTOI[—]CCCIV CONOB, Victory standing front, holding long cross and globus cruciger, star in right field, 4.38g/6h (cf. MIB 6 for prototype and MEC 190-1 for style; cf. Sear 139 for prototype). As struck, an exceptional specimen; unpublished in the standard references (£3,000-3,500)
Hammer Price: £2,800
Roman Republic, silver (23, including Julius Cæsar), bronzes (8) [31]. Varied state (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £2,400
Claudius (41-54), Claudius (41-54), Aureus, c. 46-7, Lugdunum, TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate bust right, rev. S P Q R P P OB C S within oak-wreath, 7.56g/6h (CBN 58; RIC 40 [Rome]; Calicó 379; C 86). A few small nicks on obverse, otherwise very fine (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £2,200
Seleucid Kings of Syria, Seleucid Kings of Syria, Antiochos XII (87/6-84/3), Tetradrachm, yr. 226 [87/86], diademed bust right, rev. cult statue of Hadad standing facing on stepped base, flanked by two bull foreparts, holding grain stalk in right hand, all within a laurel wreath, 15.97g/12h (LSM 132; SNG Spaer –; Houghton Coll. 864 var). Very fine and extremely rare (£2,000-2,500)
Hammer Price: £2,100
Roman Republic and Imperial, a collection, viz. Republican silver (11), Imperial silver (73), Asses and Dupondii (29), Antoninianii (13), Folles (11), other Imperial bronzes (53), imitations, etc (8) [198]. Mostly better than fine, with little or no duplication; housed in an 8-tray Lincoln drop-front cabinet (£2,000-2,500)
Hammer Price: £2,000
Kings of Macedon, Kings of Macedon, Alexander III, Stater, Lampsakos, c. 328-323, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. Nike standing left, holding wreath and mast, foreparts of conjoined horse and monogram to left, 8.59g/11h (Price 1358). Good very fine (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £1,900
Kings of Macedon, Kings of Macedon, Alexander III, posthumous Tetradrachm, Klazomenai, c. 200, head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin head-dress, rev. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram and winged boar-forepart flying left in left field, 16.80g/11h (Price 1747, this coin listed). Superb extremely fine and evenly toned, only two examples cited by Price (£1,000-1,500)
Sicily, Sicily, Leontini, Tetradrachm, c. 425, laureate head of Apollo left, hair in straggling locks to nape of neck, rev. lion's head left with open jaws, 16.86g/6h (SNG ANS 256; Rizzo pl.24, 4). Extremely fine (£2,000-2,500)
The Helvetii, The Helvetii, Electrum Quarter-Stater, 2nd-1st cent. BC, Central Switzerland-Jura-Franche Comté, celticised laureate head of Apollo right, rev. horse prancing left, drawing chariot with driver holding kentron, pellet at centre of four rays and pellet between two rays below, branch in left field, 1.70g/6h (Allen, The Phillipus in Switzerland and the Rhineland, SNR 53, 1974, pl.15, 170; SLM 851-2; von Roten, Gold der Helvetier, 173; Coll. Wüthrich 343; D-T series 830, 3062)....
Hammer Price: £1,800
Constans II [641-648], Constans II (641-668), 40 Nummi, yr. 3 [643/4], Ravenna, crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger, rev. M, ANNO IiI, Q below, overstruck on Syracuse countermarked 40 Nummi (MIB pl.18, KM 6), 4.96g/5h (MIB 224b; cf. Ranieri 686-7; cf. Sear 1137a). Very fine, good green patina, extremely rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £1,600
Constantine V and Leo IV (751-775), Constantine V and Leo IV (741-775), Solidus, Syracuse, crowned busts of Constantine V and Leo IV facing, both wearing chlamys, cross in upper field, rev. crowned bust of Leo III facing, holding cross potent, 3.90g/6h (DOC 15; Sear 1565). Extremely fine and very rare (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,500
Constantine V and Leo IV (751-775), Constantine V and Leo IV (741-775), Solidus, c. 751-75, uncertain Italian mint, garbled fragments of legend, facing crowned busts of Constantine V and Leo IV, wearing chlamys, cross between heads, rev. garbled legend, facing crowned bust of Leo III, wearing loros and holding cross potent on base, 3.19g/7h (cf. DOC 21 for type; cf. Sear 1565 for type). Extremely fine; unpublished in the standard references (£1,000-1,500)
Sicily, Sicily, SYRACUSE, Agathokles, Stater, c. 317-310, helmeted head of Athena right, griffin on helmet, rev. Pegasos flying left, triskeles below, 8.68g/2h (Calciati II, p. 613, 13; SNG ANS 555). Extremely fine, most attractive iridescent toning (£500-600)
Kings of Macedon, Kings of Macedon, Antigonos III Doson (229-221), Tetradrachm, wreathed head of Poseidon right, rev. Apollo seated on prow left, holding bow in outstretched hand, sword on ram monogram below, 17.14g/11h (SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3263). Extremely fine and lightly toned, of fine Hellenistic style (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,400
Antoninus, called Caracalla (198-217), Antoninus, called Caracalla (198-217), Aureus, c. 213, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG bRIT, laureate bust right, rev. PM TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Liberalitas standing left, holding pileus and rod, 7.33g/12h (RIC –; BMC V, p.440, 57, note; Calicó 2708; C –). Very fine and very rare (£1,000-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,300
Roman Republic, Cn. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maxsumus, Denarius, c. 76, head of Cupid right, bow and quiver over shoulder, rev. distyle temple, within which stand Jupiter and Libertas facing, 3.81g/5h (Craw. 391/2; RSC Egnatia 3). Extremely fine and toned, rare, an exceptional specimen (£700-800)
Attica, Attica, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 460, head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves over the visor and spiral palmette on the bowl, hair waved over forehead, rev. owl standing right, head facing, olive spray and crescent moon behind, 16.85g/8h (Starr Gp IV, 120ff; ACGC 189). Extremely fine, rare (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £1,200
Roman Imperial, Sestertii (20), Nero to Gordian III, including Clodius Albinus and Ælius [20]. Varied state (£400-500)
Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Denarius, c. 32-31, Eastern mint, bust of Antony right, Armenian tiara behind, antoni armenia devicta, rev. CLEOPATRAE REGINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM, draped and diademed bust of Cleopatra right, prow in front, 2.92g/12h (Craw. 543/1; RSC 1). Harshly cleaned, otherwise fine, very rare (£700-800)
Leo III and Constantine V (720-741), Leo III and Constantine V (720-741), 40 Nummi, c. 721-30, Ravenna, crowned bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger, rev. bust of Constantine IV facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger and akakia above m between [r] and v, 1.45g/6h (DOC –; Ranieri 819; Sear –). Very fine, green patina, extremely rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £1,100
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Agathokles (317-289), electrum 25 Litrai, c. 310-305, head of Apollo left, horse's head at right, rev. tripod, 3.59g/10h (Jenkins O18/R34; SNG ANS 631). Extremely fine (£1,200-1,500)
Sicily, Sicily, Syracuse, Philistis (wife of Hieron II), 16 Litrai, c. 216-215, diademed and veiled bust left, grain-ear behind, rev. Nike driving quadriga right, ki above grain-ear below, 13.07g/7h (Burnett, RSN 62 [1983], 43). Bright appearance, extremely fine and well-struck (£800-900)
Carthaginian coinage, Carthaginian coinage, CARTHAGE, electrum Stater, c. 290-270, head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of three corn-sprays, triple-pendant ear-ring and necklace with pendants, rev. horse standing right, six pellets on ground line to right, 7.52g/12h (Jenkins & Lewis Gp VI, 339). Very fine (£1,200-1,500)
Cyrenaica, Cyrenaica, Kyrene, Stater, c. 322-313, magistrate Jason, Nike, holding reins in both hands, driving quadriga left, rev. Zeus-Ammon in himation seated right, holding lotus-tipped sceptre, 8.64g/7h (Naville 18; BMC 109). Removed from a mount, otherwise very fine and very rare (£1,000-1,200)
Kings of Macedon, Kings of Macedon, Philip II (359-336), Stater, Pella, c. 340-328, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. charioteer driving biga right, holding kentron and reins, thunderbolt below, 8.57g/11h (cf. Le Rider 60-91; SNG ANS 134). Very fine (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,050
Mark Antony, Mark Antony, Legionary Denarius, c. 32-31, Eastern mint, Prætorian galley right, rev. LEG V, legionary eagle between two standards, 3.76g/7h (Craw. 544/18; RSC 32). Extremely fine and well-struck, toned (£700-800)
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemaic Kingdom, CLEOPATRA VII, Æ, yr. 280 [33/32], diademed bust right, rev. Tyche seated left holding cornucopiæ, river-god swimming below, all within wreath, 6.73g/12h (RPC 4783; de Saulcy p.34, 3-4). Very fine, green-brown patina, very rare (£1,000-1,200)
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