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Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Denarius, 148-149, laureate head right, rev. Annona standing left (RIC 175; RSC 284), another, rev. Felicitas standing left (RIC 178; RSC 252), and another, rev. Salus standing left, feeding snake coiled round altar (RIC 181; RSC 281) [3]. Very fine to good very fine £150-250
£150–£250
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Denarius, 151-152, laureate head right, rev. TRANQ in ex., Tranquillitas standing right, holding rudder and corn-ears, 3.62g (RIC 218; RSC 826). About as struck £150-200
£150–£200
Roman Imperial coins, Maximianus (286-310), Follis, Lugdunum, c.301-303, laureate, cuirassed bust right, rev. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar (RIC 108b), and another, Ticinum, c.300-303, laureate head right, rev. SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left (RIC 43b) [2]. Good very fine £80-100
£80–£100
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Denarius, 158-159, laureate head right, rev. Fortuna standing left (RIC 286a; RSC 390a), another the same, another, rev. Antoninus standing left, sacrificing over tripod (RIC 294; RSC 1126a), and another, 154-155, rev. Annona standing left, her left hand on modius set on ship (RIC 239; RSC 292) [4]. The first fine, the rest very fine £150-200
Diocletian, Folles (2) [2]. Very fine £70-80
£70–£80
Folles (3) of Diocletian, Maximianus and Galerius, all London [3]. Very fine £100-150
£100–£150
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 139, laureate head right, rev. Fides standing right, holding corn-ears and basket of fruits, 25.75g (RIC 546; C. 846). Very fine £150-200
Folles (5) of Constantine I, Constantine II and Crispus, of London (3) (RIC 159, 225, 297), Trier (RIC 320) and Lugdunum [5]. Very fine to extremely fine £200-250
£200–£250
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 140-144, laureate head right, rev. IOVI STATORI, S–C, Jupiter standing facing, naked, holding sceptre and thunderbolt, 24.89g (RIC 607; C. 460). Brown tone, very fine £350-450
£350–£450
Greek Coinage, Southern Lucania, Thurium, Stater, signed Molossos c. 400-350, head of Athena right, wearing helmet decorated with Scylla scanning, rev. bull charging right; on ground line, ΜΟΛΟΣΣΟΣ, 7.80g/7h (SNG Asmolean 940-2; HN Italy 1784). Metal flaw on helmet, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £450-500
£450–£500
Greek Coinage, Sicily, Syracuse, Temp. Dionysios I (405-367), Tetradrachm, c.405-395, auriga driving quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, dolphin left, rev. head of Arethusa l., hair in ampyx and sphendone and drawn upwards in long waving curls; she wears double hook earring and necklace; around, four dolphins, 17.33g/9h. (Tudeer 89 [V33/R61]; SNG ANS 296). Toned, good very fine £2,500-3,000
£2,500–£3,000
Roman Imperial coins, Jovian (363-364), Æ 3, Sirmium, diademed, draped bust right, rev. VOT/ MVLT/X in wreath, HSIRM below (RIC 118), another the same from Siscia, an Æ 3 of Valentinian I, rev. GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor dragging captive right, two Æ 3s of Valens, rev. SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, and an Æ 3 of Gratian, rev. GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI, emperor standing right [6]. Good fine to very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Greek Coinage, Macedonia, Sermyle, Tetradrachm, early 5th century, horseman galloping right, brandishing spear, rev. four-part incuse square, 12.90g (cf. SNG ANS 723). Very rare, very fine £1,500-2,000
£1,500–£2,000
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 145-161, laureate head right, rev. PAX–AVG, COS IIII, S–C, Pax standing left, setting pile of arms on fire with torch and holding cornucopiae, 25.34g (RIC 777; C. 594). Good very fine £200-300
£200–£300
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 152-153, laureate head right, rev. Salus standing left, feeding snake coiled round altar from patera and holding sceptre, 24.64g (RIC 906; C. 732). Good very fine £250-350
£250–£350
Greek Coinage, Kings of Macedonia, Demetrios I Poliorketes, Tetradrachm, Pella, c. 289-288, diademed and horned head right, rev. Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident, 17.04g/2h (Newell 80). Very fine £700-800
£700–£800
Greek Coinage, Kings of Macedonia, Alexander II (370/69-368/7). Æ 16mm, male head right, wearing tainia, rev. ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟ, horse galloping right, trident below, 3.38g/10h (Westermark, Remarks on the regal Macedonian coinage, Eassays Kraay-Mørrkholm, pl. 70, 43; cf. SNG ANS 110-1 and SNG Alpha Bank 236). Very fine, earthy green patina £100-150
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Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), As, 140-144, laureate head right, rev. Janus standing “facing”, 12.96g (RIC 693a; C. 882). Scarce, green patina, good very fine £250-300
£250–£300
Greek Coinage, Kings of Macedonia, Philip II (359-336), Æ Double unit, Macedonia, head of Apollo right, wearing taenia, rev. youth on horseback right, holding palm and rein: to right, E, 7.91g/5h (SNG ANS 833-836). Very fine, dark green patina £100-150
Roman Imperial coins, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Dupondius, 139, radiate head right, rev. Pax standing left (BMC 1154), another, 145-161, rev. Honos standing left (RIC 802; C. 415), and an imitation British As, laureate head right, rev. Libertas left [3]. Good fine, almost very fine, and fair £100-150
Greek Coinage, Attica, Athens, Tetradrachm, c. 449-404, head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, rev. owl standing right, head facing, 16.95g/9h (Starr Gp V; ACGC 198). Extremely fine, fine classical style £1,000-1,200
£1,000–£1,200
Roman Imperial coins, Marcus Aurelius (161-180), Denarius, 162-163, laureate head right, rev. Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopiae, 2.90g (RIC 71; RSC 526). Extremely fine £100-150
Roman Imperial coins, Marcus Aurelius (161-180), Denarius, 176, laureate head right, rev. lighted square altar of Fortuna Redux inscribed FORT/REDV/CI, 3.21g (RIC 360; RSC 939). Very fine, very rare £400-500
£400–£500
Roman Imperial coins, Divus Marcus Aurelius (Consecrated 180), Denarius, 180, bare head right, rev. eagle standing right on bar, head left (RIC 264; RSC 78a), and another, rev. eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left (RIC 264; RSC 78a) [2]. Very fine and almost extremely fine £120-150
£120–£150
Roman Imperial coins, Germanicus, father of Caligula (d. AD 19), Commemorative As, Rome, c. 37-8, bust left, rev. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around large S C, 11.28g/7h (CBN 73; RIC 35; C Germanicus 1). Very fine, dark brown patina £120-150
Greek Coinage, The Hekatonessoi, Nasos Pordosilene, Hemidrachm 450-400, young male right, wearing tainia, rev. panther standing right within incuse square, 1.82g/6h (HGC 6, 1097; SNG BnF –; SNG München –; SNG von Aulock –; BMC –). Very fine, porous, very rare £500-600
£500–£600
Roman Imperial coins, Claudius (41-54), Sestertius, contemporary Balkan imitative, laureate head right, rev. SPES AVGVTA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of dress, 26.79g/7h (cf. RIC 99. Very fine, fine green patina £400-450
£400–£450
Greek Coinage, Islands off Caria, Rhodes, Didrachm, c. 304-275, head of Helios three-quarter facing, rev. rose with two buds, 6.51g/12h (SNG Keckman 455). Very fine £200-250
Greek Coinage, Islands off Caria, Rhodes, Didrachm, c. 275-250, head of Helios three-quarter facing, rev. rose with bud, 6.51g/12h (SNG Keckman 487). Very fine £200-250
Roman Imperial coins, Clodius Albinus (Caesar 193-195), Sestertius, 194, bare head right, rev. [FORT RE]DVCI COS II, [S C], Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, wheel below seat, 15.18g (RIC 53a; C. 16 var.). Green patina, good fine, rare £250-300
Greek Coinage, Kings of Lydia, Kroisos (c. 560-546), Silver Stater (Double Siglos), Sardes, c. 550-546, confronted foreparts of lion, right, and bull, left, rev. two square punches of unequal size, 10.25g (Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018). Very fine £1,000-1,200
Roman Imperial coins, Clodius Albinus (195-197), As, as Caesar under Septimius Severus, 194, bare head right, rev. SAECVLO FRVGIFERO, S–C, Saeculum Frugiferum standing left, holding caduceus and trident, 12.39g (RIC 61a; C. 72). Smoothing of obverse field, some reverse surface corrosion, otherwise good very fine, rare £200-250
Roman Imperial coins, Septimius Severus (193-211), Denarius, 201, laureate head right, rev. RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Severus standing left, sacrificing over tripod, holding reversed spear, 3.33g (RIC 167a; RSC 599). About extremely fine £80-100
Roman Imperial coins, Julia Domna (Augusta 193-217), Denarius, Laodicea, 196, draped bust right, rev. DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing left, holding torch, 3.32g (RIC 638; RSC 27). Particularly well defined rev., good very fine £80-100
Roman Imperial coins, Julia Domna (Augusta 193-217), Denarius, 201, draped bust right, rev. AETERNIT IMPERI, laureate head of young Caracalla facing bare head of his brother Geta, 2.81g (RIC 541 var.; RSC 3 var.). Even, dark deposit, metal flaw in obv. field under tone, not noted with undraped busts of the children, good fine, very rare £140-180
£140–£180
Roman Imperial coins, Julia Domna (Augusta 193-217), Denarius, 211, draped bust right, rev. MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR, Julia seated left, holding olive branch and sceptre, 3.08g (RIC 381; RSC 111). Toned, extremely fine £90-120
£90–£120
Roman Imperial coins, Caracalla (198-217), Denarius, as Caesar under Septimius Severus, 196, bare-headed, draped bust right, rev. SEVERI AVG PII FIL, priestly emblems (RIC 4; RSC 587), another the same, another, rev. Spes advancing left (RIC 5; RSC 587) [3]. Very fine £100-150
Roman Imperial coins, Caracalla (198-217), Denarius, 204, laureate, draped bust right, rev. VICTORIA PARTH MAX, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, 3.57g (RIC 145; RSC 661). Extremely fine, rare £120-150
Roman Imperial coins, Caracalla (198-217), Denarius, laureate, draped bust right, rev. RECTOR ORBIS, Sol standing facing, head left, holding globe and spear, 3.58g (RIC 141; RSC 545). Extremely fine £80-100
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