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ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Didius Julianus (193), Aureus, Rome, 193, IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. CONCORD MILIT, Concordia standing front, head left, holding legionary eagle and standard, 6.66g/6h (RIC 1; BMC 1; Calicó 2393; C –). Extremely fine with brilliant fields, very rare £50,000-60,000
Hammer Price: £55,000
GREEK COINAGES, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy IV (221-205) Oktadrachm, Alexandria, commemorative issue, bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and ægis, trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial, rev. BAΣΙΛΙΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, radiate and filleted cornucopiæ, 27.90g/11h (Svoronos 1117; SNG Copenhagen 196; BMC 103; Boston MFA 2283). Superb extremely fine, well-struck and of fine Hellenistic style £10,000-15,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, Merovingians, Tremissis, Clémont (dép. Cher), c. 620-40, bust left, S in front, two small pellets behind, large pellet at base of neck, CLIMONE VICO E retrograde, rev. Calvary cross potent and pellet, VINOVALODIMO X retrograde, 1.29g/1h (cf. Depeyrot III, p.40, 3; cf. Belfort 1579; cf. Prou 1685ff). Of quite extraordinary style and quality, better than extremely fine and as struck, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £5,800
GREEK COINAGES, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Kavaros (c. 225-218), Tetradrachm, Kabyle, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne holding eagle and sceptre, Phosoros facing with two torches in left field, 16.65g/12h (Draganov, The Coinage of Cybyle, 1993, 867-73, same dies; Youroukova 107). About extremely fine and extremely rare; only eight recorded specimens, four of which are in museums £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
GREEK COINAGES, Carthaginian Empire, Siculo-Punic, Tetradrachm, c. 400, Nike crowning forepart of bridled horse right, grain kernel to right, rev. qrthdst (New City) in Punic characters below palm tree in fruit, 16.67g/5h (Jenkins II, p.37, 21). Fine style, extremely fine and attractively toned, very rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,300
THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, Merovingians, Tremissis, Meaux (dép. Seine-et-Marne), c. 585-675, diademed bust left, MELDVS CIV retrograde, rev. cross, pellet in two lower angles, BETTONEM retrograde, 1.27g/11h (cf. Depeyrot II, p.141, 8; cf. Belfort 2865; cf. Prou 889). Extremely fine and very rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,100
ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS, Brutus and L. Plætorius Cestianus, Denarius, Eastern mint, 43-42, L PLAET CEST, laureate, draped and veiled bust of Ceres right, surmounted by modius, rev. BRVT IMP, axe and culullus, 3.76g/1h (Crawford 508/2; RSC 2). Extremely fine and very rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Macedon, Philip II (359-336), posthumous Stater, Amphipolis, c. 323-315, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. galloping quadriga driven right by charioteer holding goad, ivy leaf below, 8.62g/7h (Le Rider 71 [O34/R56]; SNG ANS 250-4). Good very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
BYZANTINE COINS, Constans II (641-668), Solidus, Syracuse, CIKY, c. 647-64, 4.45g/7h (MIB 95.5; Spahr 156; Sear 1086A). Good very fine, very rare £1,500-2,000
GREEK COINAGES, Sicily, HERBESSOS, Dilitron, c. 356-340, head of Sikelia right, wearing myrtle wreath, rev. eagle standing right, head reverted, holding serpent in beak, 9.74g/1h (CNS I, p.255, 6; Rizzo pl. 59, 17). Overstruck on a Syracuse type depicting Zeus Eleutherios and a horse; extremely fine, good dark green patina, very rare and of fine style £600-800
ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS, Brutus and Lentulus Spinther, Denarius, military mint, c. 42, tripod with cauldron, rev. jug and lituus, 3.85g/6h (Crawford 500/1; RSC I, 7). Extremely fine and well-struck £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Constans (337-350), Solidus, Trier, 345, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG TR, two Victories holding wreath around VOT V MVLT XX, 4.53g/6h (RIC 129; D 6/3). Extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,100
Ancient Coins – Lots, Roman coins, Denarii, Dupondii, Asses, Folles and minor bronzes [117]. Varied state £400-500
GREEK COINAGES, Sicily, HIMERA, Hexas, c. 420-407, IMERAION, Gorgoneion, rev. two pellets within H, 3.67g/11h (cf. CNS I, p.26, 4; cf. SNG Morcom 594). Very fine, green-brown patina, very rare, apparently an unpublished variant £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,000
ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS, Brutus and L. Sestius, Denarius, c. 43-42, Eastern mint, veiled and draped bust of Libertas right, rev. tripod between axe and simpulum, 3.54g/12h (Crawford 502/2; RSC 11). Extremely fine £900-1,200
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Nero (54-68), Sestertius, Rome, c. 63, laureate bust left, rev. ADLOCVT COH, Nero standing left on low platform with prætorian prefect at his side, raising right hand in address to three soldiers, of whom the two in front carry standards; in the background, the prætorian camp, 31.99g/7h (CBN 264, same dies; RIC 95; MacDowall 81). Very fine, grainy light green patina £600-800
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Galba (68-69), Denarius, Gaul, c. 68, laureate bust right, rev. victoria p r, draped Victory standing facing on globe, head left, holding wreath and palm-branch, 3.42g/6h (CBN –; RIC 111; C 322). Extremely fine, well-struck and attractively toned, very rare £1,000-1,500
Ancient Coins – Lots, Roman coins, Denarii (36), including Mark Antony, Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vitellius, Galba, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Ælius, Sabina, Commodus, Clodius Albinus, Septimus Severus, Aquilia Severa, Elagabalus, Caracalla, Julia Soæmias, Orbiana; Siliquæ (2), of Gratian and Valens [38]. Varied state £600-700
Hammer Price: £980
ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS, Roma monogram series, Uncia, S.E. Italy, c. 211-210, helmeted head of Roma right, pellet behind, rev. prow right, monogram Roma at right, 4.01g/3h (cf. Crawford 84; Russo collection, Essays Hersh 43). Very fine, dark green patina’ believed only the second example recorded £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £950
Ancient Coins – Lots, Roman coins, Sestertii (54), including Claudius, Drusus, Nero, Nerva, Hadrian, Sabina, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina I and II, Lucilla, Commodus, Julia Domna, Balbinus, Trajan Decius, Postumus, Maximinus and Gordian III [54]. Varied state £500-600
Hammer Price: £920
ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS, Brutus and Lentulus Spinther, Denarius, military mint, c. 42, brvtvs, simpulum between sacrificial axe and knife, rev. lentvlvs spint, jug and lituus, 3.76g/12h (Crawford 500/7; RSC 16). Extremely fine £1,200-1,500
Gaul, The Aulerci Cenomani, Stater, laureate head right, rev. human-headed horse galloping right trampling fallen warrior, 7.53g/12h (DT series 290, 2141C; LT 6847; de Jersey pp.58-63, fig 23). About very fine, very rare £900-1,200
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Constantius II (337-361), Solidus, Antioch, c. 337-47, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM SMANΓ, Victory seated right on pile of arms inscribing VOT XXX on shield borne by Cupid, 4.54g/4h (RIC 18; D 3/1). Good very fine, very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £880
Southern Lucania, Metapontum, Stater, c. 290-280, diademed head of Herakles left, lion-skin tied around neck, club over shoulder, rev. barley-ear of eleven grains, leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, BI below, 7.66g/6h (Johnson D 4.1, this coin; HN Italy 1621). Very fine and toned, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £820
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Didius Julianus (193), Denarius, Rome, 193, laureate bust right, rev. RECTOR ORBIS, Emperor standing left, holding globe and roll, 3.11g/6h (RIC 3; RSC 15). Very fine and very rare £800-900
GREEK COINAGES, Sicily, LEONTINOI, Tetradrachm, c. 425, laureate head of Apollo left, hair in straggling locks to nape of neck, rev. lion's head left with open jaws, 17.25g/3h (SNG ANS 256; Rizzo pl.24, 4). Good very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £800
GREEK COINAGES, 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, 17.00g/11h (SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3263). Extremely fine and toned, of fine Hellenistic style £800-1,000
GREEK COINAGES, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Koson (early 1st cent. BC), Stater, ΚΟΣΩΝ, Roman consul advancing left accompanied by two lictors, monogram to left, rev. eagle standing left on sceptre, holding wreath in beak, 8.38g/12h (RPC I, 1701; MC Thrace 1). Extremely fine and well-struck £700-800
BYZANTINE COINS, Constans II (641-668), 40 Nummi, Carthage, c. 641/2, 9.18g/6h (MIB 191; S 1053). Some erosion, otherwise extremely fine, fine green patina, very rare £600-800
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Vitellius (69), Denarius, Rome, 69, laureate bust right, rev. L VITELLIVS COS III CENSOR, laureate and draped bust of Lucius Vittelius, scipio in front, 2.98g/5h (CBN 58; RIC 99; RSC Lucius Vitellius 2). Fine, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £780
Etruria, Populonia, 20 Asses, 3rd cent. BC, head of Metus facing, rev. blank, 8.23g (Vecchi II, 58, 13-89; HN Italy 152). Good very fine £600-800
ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS, Carausius (286-293), Argenteus, uncertain British mint, IMP CARAVSIVS AV, laureate and draped bust right, rev. FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing left, holding cornucopiæ and rudder over globe, 2.91g/6h (cf. Webb 619; RIC –; Casey –; Shiel –; Williams –; RSC –; Hunter –). Very fine; apparently unpublished £600-700
Hammer Price: £720
GREEK COINAGES, Ionia, Magnesia-ad-Mæander, Stephanephoric Tetradrachm, c. 155-145, diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, rev. ΕΡΑΣΙΠΠΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΟΥ, Apollo Delphios standing left, elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding branch tied with fillet in right hand, 16.68g/12h (Jones, MN 24, obv. die 28; SNG von Aulock 2042; BMC 37). Extremely fine, toned £400-500
GREEK COINAGES, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II (c. 123-88), Tetradrachm, Seleukeia, diademed bust left, rev. archer seated right on omphalos, holding bow, palm branch at right, 15.54g/1h (Sellwood 24.4; Shore 67). Extremely fine £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £700
ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE, Tiberius (14-37), Tarraconensis, Cæsaraugusta, M. Catus L. Vettiacus IIviri, Dupondius, c. 31-2, Tiberius seated left on curule chair, rev. c c a m cato l vettiacvs ii vir leg iv leg vi leg x, vexillum between two radiate phalaræ, each on base, 21.12g/7h (RPC 346; AB 344). Very fine, glossy green patina, rare £800-1,000
Ancient Coins – Lots, Roman coins, Asses (11), Provincial issues (5), Antoninianii (37), late Roman bronzes (45), Byzantine bronzes (35), British silver (2) [135]. Varied state £300-350
Celtic Central Europe, The Vindelici, Rainbow-cup, ‘Rolltier’ type Stater, c. 100-60, curled serpent with beaded mane, rev. three pellets within torque, 7.83g/12h (Kellner, Manching, pl. 44, 1107-8; LMZ 1061; Lanz 2-3; Forrer 396). Struck slightly off-centre on a scyphate flan, very fine or better, very rare £800-1,000
Ancient Coins – Lots, Roman coins, Sestertii (39), including Claudius, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina I and II, Commodus, Crispina, Pupienus, Alexander Severus, Philip I, Trebonianus Gallus, Volusian, Valerian and Gallienus [39]. Varied state £600-700
Hammer Price: £680
THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, Romano-British, Kings of Dumnonia, cast Potin, c. 420-60, diademed and bearded head left, traces of legend in front, rev. standing figure holding curved staff in right hand and uncertain object in left, chamfered rim, 7.77g/1h (cf. Mitchener, Jetons, Medalets and Tokens I, p.7 [citing an example found at Billingsgate, London in deposits c. 420-60]; cf. BMC Bronze Coins of Gaul 338-69 obv., 482-506 rev.). Extremely fine and extremely rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £660
GREEK COINAGES, Arsacid Kings of Parthia, Phraates III (70-57), Drachm, c. 63-6, diademed bust facing, rev. Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow, monogram below, 4.09g/12h (Sellwood 35.21 [Darios?)]; Shore 165, legend var.). Extremely fine with a sharp facing portrait, very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £650
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