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Greek coinage, Kyrenaica, Kyrenaica, Barke, Tetradrachm, magistrate Akesios, c. 360, B - A / P - K / A - 1, Silphium plant, rev. AKE - ΣIOΣ, head of Zeus-Ammon facing with curly hair, pupil and iris of eyes clearly shown; all within dotted border between two linear circles, 12.70g/6h (BMC 32, pl. 36, 8 [same obverse die] and BMC clxxvii 32 c, pl. 47, 8 [same reverse die]; Ashburnham collection, Sotheby sale 1895, 246 [same dies]; Jameson III 2137; Traité III 270; ACGC 1076). Minor obverse sc...
Hammer Price: £330,000
Greek coinage, Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion, Gold Stater, c. 380-370, Head of bearded Pan with goat’s ear and straight hair swept back, rev. horned griffin, with its head facing and a spear in its mouth, standing to left on stalk of wheat, 9.09g/7h (MacDonald 31; Gulbenkian 580. Jameson 2144; K.Regling, Der griechische Goldschatz von Prinkipo, ZfN XLI (1931), 166; SNG BM 855; ACGC 911). Head of Pan of remarkably fine style and delicacy, extremely fine with lustre, extremely rare £80,000-...
Hammer Price: £185,000
Greek coinage, Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian, Uncertain mint, Electrum Stater c. 500-480, forepart of rampant lion right, rev. rectangular incuse square, 14.04g (cf. Tkalec AG sale 23 October 1992, 112). Very fine, very rare £20,000-25,000
Hammer Price: £140,000
Roman Imperial coins, Vespasian (69-79), Aureus, Rome c. 69-70, IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right, rev. IUDAEA, Judaea seated right in mourning, hands bound behind back; palm tree to left, 7.17g/5h (RIC 3; BMC -; CBN -; Calicó 644 [this coin]; Hendin 1465). Metal flaw on back of neck, otherwise extremely fine with lustre £20,000-25,000
Hammer Price: £125,000
Roman Imperial coins, Hadrian (117-138), Aureus, Rome c. 134-138, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, draped bust left, rev. Nilus, naked to waist, reclining right, holding cornucopiae and reed; below in water, crocodile right; to right, hippopotamus right, two reeds hehind, 7.27g/6h (RIC 314; BMC 866 note; Kent-Hirmer 284 [this coin]; Calicó 1165; Cohen 863). Extremely fine with lustre £10,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £92,000
Roman Imperial coins, Caracalla, Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, Aureus, Rome c. 201, ANTONIVS PIVS AVGPON TR P IIII, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. CONCORDIAE AETERNAE, laureate bust to right of Severus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, and Julia, diademed, draped, on crescent, 7.35g/12h (RIC 52; Hill 464; BMC 260; Kent-Hirmer 388; Calicó 2849). Extremely fine with lustre £20,000-25,000
Roman Imperial coins, Septimius Severus (193-211), Aureus, Rome c. 207, SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right, rev. IOVI VICTORI, bust of Jupiter-Ammon three-quarter facing right, 6.23g/6h (RIC 272; Hill 893; BMC p. 219 note *; Calicó 2468 [this coin]). Good very fine, very rare £10,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £80,000
Greek coinage, Islands off Thrace, Thasos, Gold Hemidrachm, c. 380, bearded head of Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath, rev. Herakles, wearing lion-skin headdress, kneeling to right, shooting arrow from bow; to right, K, 3.94g/2h (A. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS NNM 40, 1929, pl. 4, 30 var. [same obverse die, but reverse letter, Θ]). Of splendid classical style; perfectly struck and centred, sharp extremely fine with lustre £15,000-20,000
Hammer Price: £70,000
Greek coinage, Mysia, Kyzikos, Elektrum Stater c. 410, Persian archer seated right, rev. incuse square, 15.95g (Von Fritze 116, pl. 5, 14; Traité II 2639 pl. 174, 14; Regling, Prinkipo, 32). Very fine, fourth known example, extremely rare £20,000-25,000
Hammer Price: £65,000
Roman Imperial coins, Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, Aureus, Rome c. 202, SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P X, laureate head of Severus right, rev. FELICITAS SAECVLI, busts of Julia Domna, draped, facing, between busts of Caracalla, laureate, draped and cuirassed right, and Geta, head bare, draped left, 7.06g/5h (RIC 181b; Hill 542; BMC 379; Kent-Hirmer 389; Calicó 2468 2590). Extremely fine with lustre £15,000-20,000
Hammer Price: £55,000
Greek coinage, Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III (336-323), Gold Stater, Uncertain Eastern mint, c. 325-300, Head of Athena right in triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with snake on; below, branch (?). rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOY, Nike standing half-left, holding crown and mast, 8.60g/9h (Price 3993A [this coin] ). Extremely fine with lustre, very rare £6,000-8,000
Hammer Price: £46,000
Greek coinage, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy I (305-285), Stater, Kyrene, c. 300-298, diademed bust right, wearing aegis, rev. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, deified Alexander in elephant quadriga left; monogram in exergue, 7.11g/12h (Svoronos 103, pl. 4, 7; Mionnet VI, 2; Naville –). Extremely fine with lustre, very rare, only three examples cited by Svoronos £10,000-15,000
Roman Imperial coins, Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, Aureus, Rome c. 201, SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head of Severus right, rev. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Julia right, 7.36g/5h (RIC 161a; Hill 463; BMC 192; Calicó 2588). Attractive reddish tone, extremely fine £10,000-12,000
Roman Imperial coins, Hadrian (117-138), Aureus, Rome c. 134-138, HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, draped bust right, rev. IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter, naked to waist, enthroned left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, 7.16g/6h (RIC 251; BMC 659; Calicó 1277). Extremely fine with lustre £7,500-8,000
Hammer Price: £34,000
Roman Imperial coins, Elagabalus (218-222), Aureus, uncertain Eastern mint, Nicomedia (?), c. 218, IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of right, rev. SANCT DEO SOLI ELAGABAL, slow quadriga right, bearing the sacred stone of Emesa surmounted by eagle, surrounded by four parasols, 7014g/11h (RIC 143b [Rome]; BMC 273 [Antioch]; Kent-Hirmer 414 [Nicomedia]; Calicó 3033 [Antioch]). Extremely fine with lustre £15,000-20,000
Roman Imperial coins, Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta, Aureus, Rome c. 210, SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head of Severus right, rev. VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM, Severus, Caracalla and Geta, all in military attire, on horses prancing left; all with right hands raised, 7.21g/12h (RIC 305; Hill 1075; BMC 374; Calicó 2578). Extremely fine with lustre £10,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £30,000
Greek coinage, Sicily, Syracuse, gold 100 Litrai, c. 405-400, ΣΥΡΑΚ[ΟΣΙΩΝ], head of Arethusa left, wearing triple pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair confined by ampyx and sphendone ornamented with stars, wavy locks swept back over ampyx and above ear, eight-rayed star behind neck, rev. Young Heracles kneeling right on rocky ground, resting on right knee, left leg thrown forward, wrestling Nemean lion, 5.80g/4h (D. Berend, ‘Les monnayages d'or de Syracuse sous Denys I’, Atti del VIII Con...
Hammer Price: £28,000
Roman Imperial coins, Lucius Verus (161-169), Aureus, Rome, c. 164, L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, bust right, rev. TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Verus seated left on platform between two officers, placing crown on head of the King of Armenia, REX ARMEN DAT in exergue, 7.33g/11h (RIC 512; BMC 300; Kent-Hirmer 342; Calicó 2154, this coin). Sharply struck extremely fine with lustre £9,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £17,000
Roman Imperial coins, Nero (54-68), Aureus, Rome c. 64-5, NERO CAESAR, laureate head right, rev. AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, Nero, radiate and togate, standing facing , left knee bent. Holding branch and Victory on globe, 7.35g/5h (RIC 46; BMC 56; Mac Dowall, Nero 22; CBN 202; Calicó 402). Extremely fine £4,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £14,000
Greek coinage, Sicily, Naxos, Drachm, c. 450, bearded head of Dionysos right, rev. NAXION, squatting Silenos holding kantharos and thyrsos, 4.35g/9h (Cahn 56, 3 [this coin]; Rizzo pl. 28, 14 Hoberman pp. 48 and 57). Extremely fine, toned and very rare £10,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Greek Coinage, Mysia, Kyzikos, Electrum Stater, c. 550-500, head of a goat with long beard to left; behind truncation, tunny fish upwards, rev. quadripartite incuse square, 16.06g/2h (Von Fritze 48; Boston, MFA 1421; Rosen 438; SNG BnF 186). Very fine, well centred and very rare £6,500-7,000
Hammer Price: £8,200
Greek coinage, Judæa, Bar Kokhba War (132-136 CE), Sela (Tetradrachm), undated attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE), (Simon), façade of the Temple at Jerusalem, showbread table (?) within, wavy line above, rev. (for the freedom of Israel), lulav with etrog, 14.35g/11h (Mildenberg 92; TJC 269; Hendin 1413; Hoberman pp. 86 and 129). Extremely fine, toned £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £4,700
Greek coinage, Judæa, Jewish War (66-70 CE), Half-Shekel year 3 (68/9 CE), (half of a shekel), ritual chalice with pearled rim, rev. (Jerusalem the holy), sprig of three pomegranate buds, 6.70g/11h (TJC 203; Hendin 1362). Extremely fine, toned £3,000-3,500
Hammer Price: £4,000
Greek coinage, Judæa, Jewish War (66-70 CE), Shekel, year 2, (67/8 CE), (shekel of Israel), ritual chalice with pearled rim, rev. (Jerusalem the holy), sprig of three pomegranate buds, 14.05g/10h (TJC 207; Hendin 1358; Hoberman p. 75; Hoberman pp. 75 and 132-133). Extremely fine, toned £3,000-3,500
Hammer Price: £3,500
Greek Coinage, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246), Gold Tetradrachm, Alexandreia, c. 265-246 , conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, Gallic shield behind, rev. conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above, 13.86g/12h (Svoronos 604; SNG Copenhagen 133; Boston MFA 2275; Dewing 2753-4). Very fine £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,400
Greek coinage, Judæa, Bar Kokhba War (132-136 CE), Zuz (Denarius), undated attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE), (Simon), within wreath, rev. (for the freedom of Jerusalem), fluted jug with willow branch, 3.29g/11h (Mildenberg 134; TJC 283a; Hendin 1427; Hoberman pp. 87 and 136). Extremely fine, toned £300-400
Hammer Price: £2,300
Greek coinage, Judæa, Bar Kokhba War (132-136 CE), Zuz (Denarius), undated, attributed to year 3 (134/135 CE), (Simon), bunch of grapes, rev. (for the freedom of Jerusalem), two upright trumpets, 3.28g/11h (Mildenberg 167; TJC 277; Hendin 1431). Extremely fine, toned £350-400
Hammer Price: £2,200
Roman Imperial coins, Gordian II Africanus (238), Denarius, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, rev. PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae, leaning on column, 3.37g (RIC 1; RSC 5). Almost extremely fine, rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,100
Greek coinage, Judæa, Bar Kokhba War (132-136 CE), Zuz (Denarius), year 2 (133/134), sm’ within wreath, rev. two upright trumpets, 3.42g/11h (Mildenberg 19; TJC 243; Hendin 1392). Extremely fine, toned £500-600
Hammer Price: £2,000
Greek Coinage, Uncertain Ionian Mints, 1/3 Electrum Stater, c. 600-550, ram’s head left, rev. square incuse, 4.21g. (cf. Rosen collection, 1/3 stater with two incuse squares and 1/12 stater = MM sale 72, 1987, 15 and 41 = Mitchiner 130-131 [attributed to Ephesus]). Very fine, apparently unpublished £2,000-2,500
Roman Imperial coins, Probus (276-282), Medallion, c. 280, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear forward and shield decorated with scene of profectio, IMP PROBVS P F AVG, rev. moneta avg, three Monetæ standing facing, heads left, each holding a scale in their right hands above a stack of coins at their feet and cornucopiæ in their left hands, 21.14g/5h (Gnecchi II, p.118, 24 and pl. 120, 5; C 376). Good very fine with good dark sage-green patina, rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £1,950
Roman Imperial coins, Didius Julianus (193), Denarius, laureate head right, rev. Concordia Militum standing left, holding standard in each hand, 2.78g (RIC 1; RSC 2). Good very fine, rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Roman Imperial coins, Nero, Caesar (50-54), Aureus, Rome, under Claudius, 51, bareheaded, draped bust of young Nero left, rev. SACERD COOPT IN OMN CONL SVPRA NVM EX S C, simpulum and lituus over tripod and patera, 7.25g/6h (RIC 76; BMC 84; C. 311). Almost very fine, rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,500
Roman Imperial coins, Constantius II (337-361), Solidus, Antioch, c. 347-355, pearl and rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma seated facing and Constantinopolis seated half-left, foot on prow, each holding scepter, supporting shield between them inscribed VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX in four lines; in exergue, SMANE, 4.53g/6h (RIC VIII 83; Depeyrot 6/3). Extremely fine £1,000-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,400
Isaac I (1057-1059), Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, Christ enthroned facing, rev. Isaac standing facing, holding labarum and sword in scabbard, 4.37g/6h (DOC III 1; Sear 1844). Extremely fine, rare £800-900
Hammer Price: £1,300
Greek Coinage, Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III (336-323). Gold Stater, Salamis, c. 332-323, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, rev. standing left, holding wreath and stylis, 8.56g/1h (Price 3129). Very fine £800-1,000
Roman Imperial coins, Caligula (37-41), Denarius, Rome, 40, laureate head right, rev. S P Q R / P P / OB C.S in oak wreath, 3.61g (RIC 28; BMC p.150 note; RSC 21). Good fine to almost very fine, rare £900-1,000
Greek Coinage, Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III (336-323), posthumous Gold Stater, ‘Babylon’, c. 317-311, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, rev. standing left, holding wreath and stylis, 8.58g/1h (Price 3129). Very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
Roman Imperial coins, Manlia Scantilla, Denarius, draped bust right, rev. IVNO REGINA, Juno standing left, peacock at feet, 2.56g (RIC 7a; RSC 2). Very fine, very rare £1,000-1,200
Greek Coinage, Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III (336-323), posthumous Gold Stater, ‘Babylon’, c. 311-305, head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, rev. standing left, holding wreath and stylis, 8.55g/1h (Price 3775). Very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,100
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