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Macrinus (217-18), Aureus, Rome, c. 218, IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, wearing long beard, seen from behind, rev. LIBERALITAS AVG, Macrinus and Diadumenian, laureate and togate, seated left on platform, each extending right hand to small figure climbing stairs and holding out fold of toga to receive donation, Liberalitas standing at left, holding abacus and cornucopiæ, lictor holding fasces standing behind imperial couple, 7.21g/11h (RIC 79; Clay...
Hammer Price: £36,000
Helena (Augusta, 324-30), Solidus, Ticinum, c. 324-5, FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust right, wearing double-strand pearl necklace, rev. SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE SMT, Empress as Securitas standing left, lowering branch and lifting robe, 4.45g/5h (RIC 183; C 11). Small dent on cheek, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £20,000-25,000
Hammer Price: £20,000
Aelius (Caesar, 136-8), Aureus, Rome, c. 137, bust left, draped on left shoulder, rev. CONCORD TR POT COS II, Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left elbow on cornucopiæ set on base, 7.42g/6h (RIC 436c; Calicó 1441; C 3). Fine style, extremely fine, rare £8,000-10,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Stater, Trefoil type, three leaves extending from a central rosette of seven points within annulet, rev. disjointed horse left, devolved ‘anchor’ shape above, small torc in front, seven-pointed star below, 5.50g/12h (BMC –; VA 821; S 394). Struck from pink gold, very fine or better, extremely rare; only three specimens known £4,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £8,200
Commodus (177-92), Aureus, Rome, c. 189, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. FORTVNAE DVCI, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiæ, 7.31g/6h (RIC –; Calicó 2253; C –). Extremely fine and very rare £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
Marcus Aurelius (161-80), Aureus, Rome, c. 163-4, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. ARMEN TR P XVIII IMP II COS III, Armenia seated left, supporting head with right hand, left hand rests on bow, trophy behind, 7.17g/6h (RIC 86; Calicó 1813; C 11). Extremely fine, rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £6,200
Diva Faustina I (Consecrated 141), Aureus, Rome, c. 141, draped bust right, hair waved and coiled on top of head, rev. AVGVSTA, Ceres veiled, standing left, holding torch and sceptre, 7.56g/5h (RIC 356a; Calicó 1763; C 95). Extremely fine £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £4,500
Carinus (283-5), Aureus, c. 284, Siscia, IMP C CARINVS P F AVG, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, 4.30g/5h (RIC 312; Calicó 4379; C 133). Light scuffing in field by chin, otherwise extremely fine £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £4,300
Severus Alexander (222-35), Aureus, Rome, c. 233, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. LIBERALITAS AVG V, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopiæ, 5.73g/12h (RIC 242d; Calicó 3070; C 141). Extremely fine, rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Gaius called Caligula (37-41), Denarius, Lugdunum, c. 37, bust right, rev. DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate bust of Divus Augustus right, 3.81g/4h (CBN 9; RIC 12; RSC 3). Good very fine, toned £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,700
Galba (68-9), Denarius, Rome, 68-9, bust right, rev. S P Q R OB C S within oak-wreath, 3.50g/6h (CBN 76; RIC 167; RSC 287). Extremely fine, toned £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Julius Cæsar (†44 BC), Denarius, Rome, January-February 44, M. Mettius, laureate bust right, lituus and simpulum at left, rev. M METTIVS, Venus standing left, holding Victory and sceptre, shield set on globe below, G at left, 3.56g/9h (Craw. 480/3; RSC 34). Good very fine, toned £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,700
Hadrian (117-38), Aureus, Rome, 129, tall laureate bust right, rev. COS III, Emperor on horse pacing right, right hand raised, 7.13g/6h (RIC 348; Calicó 1214). Good fine, scarce £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,600
Thrace, Abdera, Octadrachm, c. 500, muscular griffin of sturdy proportions seated left, head turned back, right foreleg raised, rev. four-part incuse square, 29.33g (May 39). Very fine and extremely rare, powerful and vigorous late archaic style; only one example cited by May £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
Otho (69), Denarius, Rome, 69, bust left, rev. SECVRITAS P R, Securitas standing left, holding wreath and sceptre, 3.24g/5h (CBN 17; RIC 12; RSC 15). Extremely fine, toned £1,200-1,500
Basiliscus (475-6), Solidus, Rome, Milan or Ravenna, D N BASILISCVS VV AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman, rev. VICTORIA AVGGG S CONOR, Victory standing left, holding long cross, star in right field, 4.40g/5h (RIC –; MEC –; Lacam –, but for similar issue in the name of Zeno cf. p.857 type 2, 1 and pl.54, 4). Faint scratching in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine; unpublished in the standard...
Corieltauvi, Vep Corf, Stater, cruciform wreath design with rosettes in angles, rev. disjointed horse left, vep above, o behind, corf below, 5.16g/12h (BMC 3298; cf. VA 940.1; S 410). Some slight surface pitting, otherwise good very fine, very rare £1,800-2,200
Kingdom of Jerusalem, Pilgrim Denier, 12th-13th century, TVRRIS DAVIT, Tower of David, projections each side, rev. + SEPVLChRVM DOMINI, Holy Sepulchre with representation of guardian angel behind and arched tower above, all within circle, 1.02g/3h (CCS pl.82, 51; Quesne-Bird, SNC May 1965, p.109; Sabine, NC 1979, pl.17, 1-4). Very fine and very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Thrace, Abdera, Tetradrachm, c. 473-449, griffin springing left, forelegs raised, amphora above wing, rev. ΕΠ ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΔΕΩ in shallow incuse around four-part linear square, 13.68g/3h (May 167). Good very fine and very rare, fine early classical style £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British I [North East Coast type], devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, pellets and horseshoe above, ‘coffee-bean’ in front and behind, crescent and pellet below, crescent and torcs in exergue, 6.15g/3h (BMC 199; VA 804.5; S 29; BNJ Coin Register 2004, p.203 and pl.14, 18, this coin). Good very fine £500-700
Isaac Comnenus (Usurper in Cyprus, 1184-91), Tetarteron, Secondary mint, 1187-91, Christ bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, standing on dais, holding Gospels, rev. standing facing figures of the Theotokos, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion over chiton, crowning Isaac, wearing stemma and loros, holding sceptre, cruciger and akakia, 2.45g/7h (DOC 8.1, this coin; Sear –). Very fine and extremely rare £1,500-1,800
Etruria, Populonia, 20 Asses, c. 211, head of Menvra three-quarters left, wearing necklace and triple-crested helmet, rev. PVPLVNA around star of four rays and crescent, 7.75g (HN Italy 158; Vecchi II, 79). Weakly struck, very fine, toned £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,100
Kings of Macedon, Alexander III (336-323), Stater, ‘Amphipolis’, c. 330-320, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis, thunderbolt in left field, 8.56g/5h (Price 164). Very fine £500-600
Kings of Macedon, Alexander III, Stater, Abydos (?), c. 323-317, similar, corn-ear and monogram in left field, 8.63g/1h (Price 1518). Very fine £500-600
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, Nike flying right below, 8.52g/7h (Le Rider 355-8; SNG ANS 157-9). Very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,000
Visigoths, Tremissis, Narbonne or Barcelona, in the name of Justinian I (527-65), crude diademed bust right, cross on breast, rev. crude Victory right, ono in exergue, 1.40g/11h (Tomasini 275; MEC 195). Slightly crimped, otherwise about very fine, rare £400-500
Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Stater, Kite type, devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, ‘kite’ shape containing four pellets above, wheel [?] in front, anti-clockwise four-legged spiral below, 5.48g/4h (cf. BMC 3181; cf. VA 825.1; S 392). A little weak in one place, otherwise attractive, very fine or better, very rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £950
Constantine the Great (306-37), Argenteus, Trier, c. 326, diademed bust right, looking upwards to heaven, rev. CONSTANTINVS AVG TR, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, 3.00g/6h (RIC –, but p.211, 498 [Solidus]; RSC –). Extremely fine and toned; unpublished in the standard references £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £900
Corieltauvi, Dvmno Tigir Seno, Unit, dvmnoc between two lines across wreath, rev. horse right, tigir above, trefoil below head, [s]eno around, 1.11g/9h (BMC 3328; VA 974.1; S 415). Good very fine, attractively toned, very rare £600-800
Dynasts of Lycia, Kherei, Stater, c. 410-390, helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and spiral, rev. forepart of winged bull right within incuse square, 8.57g/8h (Mørkholm & Zahle II, –; Falghera –; cf. Traité pl.94, 14 [Obol]; BMC Lycia –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock –; Triton VII, 2004, 285, same dies). Good very fine but typical soft obverse, very rare; only the third recorded specimen £700-800
Hammer Price: £880
Kings of Baktria, Artemidoros (c. 85 BC), Tetradrachm, diademed and draped bust right, rev. ‘Maharajasa apadihatasa Artemitorasa’ in Karosthi, Artemis standing left, drawing bow, two monograms in lower fields, 9.63g/11h (Mitchiner 398a; Bopearachchi series 2A; SNG ANS –). Good very fine and toned, very rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £820
Iceni, Uninscribed issues, Stater [late Freckenham type], trefoil in circle, all within voided cross, rev. horse right, six-spoked wheel above, rosette below, 5.38g/2h (BMC 3406-9; VA 626-9; S 428). Obverse good fine, reverse very fine, the horse clear and well-centred, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £800
Kings of Macedon, Philip II, Stater, Amphipolis, c. 340-328, similar, thunderbolt below horse’s hooves, 8.53g/6h (Le Rider pl.88, 153; SNG ANS 262). Very fine £500-600
Corieltauvi, Avn Cost, Unit, anas nmm between three lines, pellets below, rev. horse left, avn and pellet above, trefoil below, 1.27g/4h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Good silver, about very fine, dark tone, extremely rare £700-900
Cilicia, MALLOS, Autophradates (c. 380-330), Stater, head of Aphrodite right, wearing sakkos, ear-ring and necklace, rev. head of Satrap right, wearing Persian head-dress, 9.48g/12h (SNG Levante 152; SNG France 394). Good very fine, toned, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £780
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius, Cæsaraugusta, c. 19-18 BC, bust right, wearing oak wreath, rev. DIVVS IVLIVS either side of eight-rayed comet with tail upwards, 3.67g/6h (CBN 1292; RIC 37a; RSC 98). Good very fine, toned £700-900
Corieltauvi, Avn Cost, Unit, cvtas cnavg between three lines, ear of barley below, rev. horse left, avns and pellet above, annulet behind, trefoil below, 1.09g/10h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Nearly very fine, reverse better, extremely rare £700-900
Claudius (41-54), Denarius, Lugdunum, c. 46-7, laureate bust right, rev. S P Q R P P OB C S within oak-wreath, 3.84g/11h (CBN 59; RIC 41; RSC 87). Good very fine £800-900
Hammer Price: £750
Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Scyphate Quarter-Stater, type 1, stylised boar left, rev. large S symbol separating pellets-in-annulets, crescents and pellets in field, 1.42g/3h (BMC –; VA –; S 395). Very fine or better, very rare £700-900
Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Unit, Boar/Horse type, boar right, spear in back, large pellet-and-ring motif and spiral above, S symbol below, rev. horse left, with flowing mane and plaited tail, large pellet-and-ring motif above, pellet-in-annulet below, 1.43g/9h (BMC 3195; cf. VA 855.3; S 396). Of very accomplished style, better than very fine and toned, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £720
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