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Roman Imperial coins, Honorius (393-423), Solidus, Milan, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Emperor standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe, trampling on captive, M D in field, COMOB in exergue, 4.41g/6h (RIC 35c; Sear 4244). A few minor marks on reverse at 9 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £600
Corieltauvi, Esuprasu, Base gold Stater, cruciform wreath design with rosettes in angles, rev. disjointed horse left, iisvp retrograde above, [r]asv below, 4.60g/10h (ABC 1917; BMC 3269; VA 920; S 405). About very fine, reverse better, rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £580
Armorica, Abrincatui, Silver Stater, 1st cent. BC, lunar head right, cheek decorated with lyre or comet motif, rev. disjointed horse right with remains of charioteer above, class III, 6.37g/6h (D-T series 347, 2274; LT J6ff). Nearly very fine £150-200
Greek coinage, Kushan Kingdom, Vasu Deva II (c. 280-320), Stater, King standing left sacrificing over altar, rev. Siva standing facing, holding trident and wreath, bull standing left behind, 8.05g/12h (Göbl 596; Mitchiner 3588; F 44). Extremely fine £250-300
Roman Imperial coins, Theodosius II (402-450), Solidus, Constantinople, 441-50, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield, rev. Constantinopolis enthroned left, holding cross on globe and sceptre, star in field to left, COMOB in exergue, 4.37g/6h (RIC 293; Sear 4288). About extremely fine £250-300
Roman Imperial coins, Miscellaneous, Denarii (24), of Septimius Severus, Elagabalus, Geta, Severus Alexander, etc [24]. Many very fine, some better £300-350
Artefacts, Roman, Bronze brooches of various types, all 2nd cent. BC (8), zoomorphic and skeumorphic, axe brooch (Mills RB 161), running dog, leopard, dog chasing hare, lion bow type with a bull’s head between its paws (Mills RB 101), T-shaped with animal seated on bow, openwork plate and a knee variant with tendrils on each side (Mills RB 96) [8]. Fine to very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £550
Artefacts, Romano-British, Bronze figure of Mercury, 2nd-3rd cents. AD, naked with a cloak over his left arm, holding caduceus and purse, petasos on his head,torc of coiled gold wire loosely tied around his neck, both feet missing, 5.2cm. About very fine with simplistic features and a heavy green patina £80-100
Greek coinage, Cilicia, Tarsos, temp. Pharnabazos and Datames (c. 380-361/0), Obol, head of female (Arethusa?) facing slightly left, rev. draped head of Aphrodite right, wearing tænia, ear-ring and necklace, 0.69g/8h (SNG France 310-11; SNG Levante 217-18 [uncertain mint]). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £520
Artefacts, Celtic, Bronze horse brooch (forepart only, rear missing), early 1st cent. AD, hollowed out eyes, high arched mane and decorated body, loop at bottom, probably for a bar acting as a chatelaine for toilet implements, heavy duty construction, 45 x 37mm. Fine or better, extremely rare of this size and quality even though it is broken £70-90
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British I [North East Coast type], DEVOLVED head of Apollo, rev. DISJOINTED horse left, pellets and crescent above, large pellet below, zig-zag pattern with pellets in exergue, 6.15g/7h (ABC 1722; BMC 193; VA 804-1; S 29). Good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £500
Corieltauvi, Volisios Cartivellaunos, Stater [bronze core], inscription in three lines across wreath, rev. horse left, cart[illavnos] around, 4.12g/12h (cf. ABC 1989; BMC –; VA 993; S 420A). Fair to fine, excessively rare £100-150
Greek coinage, Lokris, Lokris Opuntii, Quarter-Stater, c. 369-338, head of Persephone right, rev. Ajax advancing right, holding sword and shield decorated with serpent (SNG Copenhagen 53; Sear 2330 var); Epeirote Republic (238-168), Drachm, head of Zeus Bodonaios right wreathed with oak, EK monogram behind, rev. AΠEI/PΩTAN either side of eagle standing right on thunderbolt, all within oak wreath (SNG Copenhagen 114; Sear 1996) [2]. Very fine or better £120-150
Hammer Price: £480
Artefacts, Celtic, Brigantian, enamelled bronze dragonesque brooch, 1st-2nd cents. AD, flat plate with body richly enamelled in yellow, green and red cells with blue cells on the head, large petal-shaped ears and curved snout, pin intact and looped around the neck, tail detached, 50mm. Very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £460
Artefacts, Roman, enamelled bronze brooches (6), all 2nd cent. AD, hinge-headed type with flat bow of triangular shape with orange and green enamel (Hattatt 992); two enamelled plate brooches, one with a triskele; a sandal with orange enamel (Hattatt 1139); crescent shape (Mills RC 116); chatelaine brooch of umbonate form with traces of enamel [6]. Fine to very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £450
Greek coinage, Greek Multiple Lots, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy III, Æ 42 (Sear 7814 var); together with other bronzes (5), including one of Cleopatra VII [6]. Varied state £80-100
Artefacts, Celtic and Roman, a collection of bronze brooches (60), 7th cent BC-5th cent. AD, many varieties of dolphin, t-shape, plate, disc, headstud and continental types, including a Phrygian D-shape; a number with pins, some fragmentary [60]. Varied condition; housed in a wooden box £100-150
Byzantine coins, Anastasius, Solidus, Constantinople, c. 507-18, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield, rev. Victory standing left, holding long cross surmounted by inverted p, star in left field, officina z, CONOB in exergue, 4.44g/6h (MIB 6; Sear 5). Extremely fine £250-300
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British I [North East Coast type], DEVOLVED head of Apollo, rev. DISJOINTED horse left, pellets and crescent above, coffee-bean behind, large pellet below, zig-zag pattern with pellets in exergue, 6.06g/1h (ABC 1722; BMC 193; VA 804-1; S 29). Good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £440
Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Stater, South Ferriby type, devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, ‘anchor’ shape above, pellet below tail, eight-pointed star below, 5.84g/6h (ABC 1743; BMC 3148ff; VA 811; S 390). Good very fine £350-400
Greek coinage, Corinthia, Corinth, Stater, c. 350-306, Pegasos flying left, koppa below, rev. head of Athena left wearing Corinthian helmet, e and rose behind (Sear 2626 var); Drachm, Pegasus left, rev. head of Aphrodite left (Sear 2634 variety) [2]. Both very fine £120-150
Greek coinage, Miscellaneous, Greek silver (17), including Lydia, Phoenicia, etc [17]. Fine to very fine £150-200
Greek coinage, Southern Lucania, Thurium, Stater, c. 443-400, head of Athena right wearing crested helmet bound with olive leaves, rev. bull butting right, ΘOYPIΩN above, 7.81g/12h (SNG Ashmolean 905; HN Italy 1775). Good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £420
Greek coinage, Sicily, Syracuse, Tetradrachm, c. 485-479, slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer, Nike flying right, rev. ΣYPAKOΣION, head of Artemis-Arethusa right with diadem of beads, four dolphins around, 17.08g/12h (Boehringer 324). About very fine £150-200
Greek coinage, Ionia, Phokaia, c. 625/0-522 BC, Electrum Twenty-Fourth Stater, head of seal left, rev. rough incuse square, 0.15g (Bodenstedt Em. 2.2 (dies -/β [unlisted obv. die]); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 9; Boston MFA –; Pozzi 2494; Weber 6066). Good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £410
Artefacts, Roman, Key handle, 1st cent. AD, bronze socketed in the form of a recumbent lion emerging from a lotus bud devouring a boar’s head, lion with finely detailed mane and face, part of the iron key shank remains, 90 x 20mm (Mills RB 248). Very fine with green patina, iron encrusted £150-200
Greek coinage, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy I (305-283), Tetradrachm, head of Alexander the Great right, clad in elephant-skin, rev. Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield, small eagle on thunderbolt to right, AAEΞANΔPOY on left (SNG Copenhagen 18; Sear 7749); together with another Ptolemy Tetradrachm [2]. First with a few small areas of corrosion, otherwise both very fine £120-150
Artefacts, Roman, Silver brooches (6), all 1st-4th cents. AD, P-shaped bow type; crossbow with onion shaped terminals and decorated with silver beading; triple dolphin Pannonian type; small dolphin missing the foot; Kraftig profilierte types (2) (Hattatt 336, 760 760) [6]. Fine to very fine £150-200
Greek coinage, Greek Multiple Lots, Thessaly, Larissa, Drachm, c. 400-360 (Sear 2111 var); together with other silver coins of Thessaly and Pæonia (2) [3]. Very fine £120-150
Artefacts, Roman, Enamelled bronze lunular plate brooch, 2nd cent. AD, central strip of yellow and red cells, blue and red panels each side (Mills RC 115; Hattatt 605). Very fine with green patina; complete with pin and head loop £120-150
Roman Imperial coins, Valentinian II, Solidus, Trier, c. 388-92, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Valentinian II and Gratian seated facing, holding globe, Victory and palm-branch between them, 4.48g/12h (RIC 90). Edge cut and numerous surface marks, otherwise very fine £250-300
Gallo-Belgic issues, Stater, series E [Ambiani], trace of design, rev. disjointed horse right, pellets and ornament above, eye in front, pellet below, 6.33g (ABC 16; VA 52; S 11). Good very fine £300-350
Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Stater, Kite type, devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, ‘kite’ shape containing four pellets above, wheel containing cross and four pellets in front, spiral below, 5.40g/8h (ABC 1761; BMC 3183; VA 825.1; S 392). Coppery gold, about very fine or better £400-600
Hammer Price: £400
Greek coinage, Kings and Dynasts of Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281), Tetradrachm, Kios, c. 288-282, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield, 17.06g/12h (Thompson 180). Good very fine, scarce £200-250
Artefacts, Roman, Bronze plate brooches (5), all 2nd cent. AD, including swimming duck (Mills RB 148; Hattatt 1166), bird in flight (Mills RB 149), etc [5]. Average fine; traces of enamel survive, one with pin £100-150
Greek coinage, Sicily, Syracuse, Tetradrachm, c. 474-450, slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer, Nike flying right above, rev. ΣVRAKOΣION, head of Artemis-Arethusa right, hair bound with cord, four dolphins around, 16.79g/9h (Boehringer 534). Obverse with scratches in field, otherwise very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £390
Artefacts, Romano-British, Enamelled bronze running dog plate brooch, 2nd cent. AD, extended mouth and upturned tail, body with a long single cell with green enamel, orange eye, complete except for pin (Mills RC 133; Hattatt 1188). Very fine with green patina, scarce £100-150
Roman bronzes (85), of Carausius, Allectus, Maxentius, Maximinus II, Constantine I, Helena, Theodora, Constans, Constantius II, Constantius Gallus, Theodosius I, Arcadius, Honorius, etc [85]. Varied state £70-90
Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Stater, South Ferriby type, devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, ‘anchor’ shape above, pellet below tail, star below, 5.42g/10h (ABC 1743; BMC 3148ff ; VA 811; S 390). Good very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £380
Greek coinage, Attica, Athens, ‘new style’, Tetradrachm, 143-142, magistrates Phanokles, Apollonios and Philinos, head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with Pegasos, rev. owl standing right on prostrate amphora, Artemis with torch in field, all within olive wreath, 16.58g/12h (Thompson 702k). Good very fine £150-200
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