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Assorted gaming counters / weights (13), including bone, flat square shape with dotted M in centre and quatrefoil in each corner; flat rectangular shaped lead with six ring and dot punches on one side and three on the other; bronze cubes (6), two punched with 5 and 4 dots, rest 2, 3 and 4 dots; Byzantine/Islamic multifaceted weight [13] Varied state £40-£60
£40–£60
GERMANIA, Vindelici, gold Stater, Rainbow Cup type [Regenbogenschüsselchen], bird’s head with pellet eye to left within wreath, rev. three large pellets within torque, 7.41g/11h (DLT 9430; Felsche 294-5). Very fine and well-centred for issue, toned and rare £2,000-£2,600
£2,000–£2,600
CORIELTAUVI, Uninscribed issues, Stater, Domino type, worn wreath pattern, rev. stylised horse left, box containing four pellets above, four-armed spiral below, 5.33g (ABC 1758; BMC 3185-6; S 393). Very fine, softly struck £600-£800
£600–£800
NORTHERN GAUL, Aulerci Eburovices, gold Hemistater, 1st century BC, diademed head left with large, heavy cheek and wing-like hair, bristled boar attached to the underside of jaw, rev. triple-tailed horse bounding right, bird-headed charioteer above, bristled boar below, rosette in field, 2.86g/11h (Scheers Eburovices 34; DLT 7018; Nash 157). Well-centred on a flan of attractive coppery gold, struck from dies of pleasing Gallic style, good very fine £1,500-£1,800
£1,500–£1,800
ATREBATES and REGNI, Uninscribed issues, Quarter-Stater, Local Derivative [Essex Wheels type], devolved head of Apollo, trace of wheel visible, rev. horse right with pelleted mane, wheel below, ‘onion’ motif above, 1.41g (ABC 2231; BMC 485; S 48). Struck from flawed dies, otherwise very fine, rare £340-£400
£340–£400
Roman Imperial Coinage, Marcus Aurelius (161-180), Sestertius, 162-3, laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder, rev. Salus standing left, feeding serpent rising from altar, 27.35g (RIC 844). Tooled in fields, otherwise very fine, broad flan £200-£260
£200–£260
Roman Republican Coinage, Anonymous, Æ Quadrans, V series, 211-10, Southeast Italian mint, head of Hercules right, wearing lion skin, rev. prow right, V to right, three pellets below, 7.48g (Craw. 87/4). Good fine, very rare £90-£120
£90–£120
CANTII, Flat Linear Potin, Crescent Bull type, crude head right, eye ring, rev. lines representing bull, 1.85g (Holman Gp B 2/4-1b; ABC 150 var.; S 63). Good very fine with olive green patina £60-£80
£60–£80
Greek Coinages, LUCANIA, Poseidonia, Diobol, c. 410-350, Poseidon standing right, casting trident, rev. bull standing right, 1.17g (HN Italy 1145); together with other Ancient coins in base metal (2) [3]. Fine £60-£80
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 145-61, laureate head right, rev. emperor seated left on curule chair on raised platform, Liberalitas standing beside him holding accounting board and cornucopia, citizen standing below to left, 24.23g (RIC 775; BMC 1694). About very fine, brown patina £120-£150
£120–£150
Medieval / Tudor, hollow bone die, 25mm diameter, an oblong of three dice joined; another, rectangular, marked with 4, 3, 2 and 1 double rings; together with a solid bone example [3]. Varied state £40-£60
Greek Coinages, SKYTHIA, Olbia, Æ Units (2), 330-300, head of Pan left, rev. axe and bowcase, 9.29g, 9.96g (SNG BM 467); together with a bronze of Amasos [3]. Fine to very fine, one smoothed £60-£80
Roman, bronze Skeumorphic Axe brooch, 2nd century AD, 5cm x 2cm, sturdy continental type with a straight shaft and knobbed terminals with a deep catch plate (cf. Hattatt 1630). Some encrustation, otherwise fine £60-£80
ROMAN REPUBLICAN, a 20th-century electrotype copy of a Roman Didrachm (after a coin in the British Museum), head of Hercules right, rev. she-wolf suckling twins, 5.23g. Edge seam clear, no initials visible, good very fine £80-£100
£80–£100
Romano-British, bronze trumpet brooch, late 1st century AD, large oval trumpet surmounted with a chain loop, acanthus leaf decorated central collar, straight leg with spring and pin intact, 80mm x 27mm (cf. Hattatt 959); together with a disc brooch with four kidney-shaped perforations (cf. Hattatt 1135). Both fine with a green patina, chipped in a few places £100-£120
£100–£120
Roman Imperial Coinage, Titus (79-81), As Caesar, Sestertius, Lugdunum, 77-8, laureate head right, rev. Mars advancing right, holding trophy and spear, 27.20g (RIC Vespasian 1250; BMC –; Spink Auction 68, 291). Good fine and very rare £120-£150
ROMAN IMPERIAL, Claudius, a cast Æ ‘Sestertius’, after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), laureate bust right, rev. Spes greeting soldiers, 17.42g (Johnson & Martini 1376-83). A later cast; very fine £60-£80
ROMAN IMPERIAL, Tiberius, a cast Æ ‘Sestertius’, after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), bearded bust left, rev. altar of Lugdunum, 20.88g (Johnson & Martini 1295-1312). A later cast; filed on edge, very fine, brown patina £60-£80
Celtic, bronze and iron linch pin, c. 1st century AD, 137mm x 24mm; remains of iron central shank which is fitted at the top with a bronze open ring or terret with a bulbous collar; at the bottom is a bronze lip-type foot. Northern Britain type. Bronze very fine with a green patina, iron rusted but still intact. £400-£600
£400–£600
ARMORICA, Namnetes, base gold Stater, Phase III (1st century BC), stylised head right, hair pulled back, rev. horse bounding right, charioteer above, génie hippophore (degraded) below, 6.68g (DT 2202; PdJ p.79). Softly struck, good fine, reverse better £300-£400
£300–£400
13th-14th century, heraldic/decorative pendants (3), including quatrefoil-shape with pierced sexfoil in red with fleur-de-lis in the angles; slightly bowed scallop shape with six billets on two bends in red with three lions between; rectangular, gilded with octofoil in a circular frame with tendrils at the side [3]. Varied state, but all details visible £260-£300
£260–£300
Roman Provincial Coinage, SYRIA, Antioch, Elagabalus, Tetradrachm, 219, laureate bust right, rev. eagle standing left, wreath in beak, 12.16g (McAlee 758; Prieur 250). Very fine £60-£80
ROMAN IMPERIAL, a reproduction Denarius by C. Becker (1772-1837), after Tranquillina, draped bust right on crescent, rev. Concordia seated left, holding double-cornucopia and patera, 5.80g (Becker 203). Extremely fine and toned; an attractive object £150-£180
£150–£180
Roman Imperial Coinage, Gordian III (238-244), Antoninianus, 243-4, radiate and draped bust right, rev. secvrit pvrp, Securitas standing left, holding sceptre and leaning on column, 4.71g (cf. RIC 151]). Very fine and toned; with an unusual engraver’s error on the reverse £60-£80
Roman Provincial Coinage, MYSIA, Hadriani, Plautilla, Æ unit, draped bust right, rev. Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopia, 6.72g. Rough green patina, very fine £60-£80
Byzantine Coinage, Justinian I, Follis, Constantinople, 18.43g (DOC 28; Sear 158); Tiberius II Constantine, Follis, Nikomedia, yr 7 [580-1], 12.79g (DOC 30a; Sear 441); Phocas, Follis, Constantinople, yr 5 [606-7], 10.02g (DOC 29a; Sear 640) [3]. About very fine £80-£100
Roman Provincial Coinage, PAMPHYLIA, Side, Orbiana, Æ 23, draped bust right, rev. Athena standing left, holding patera and transverse sceptre, 10.16g. Very fine, extremely rare £70-£80
£70–£80
Egypt, 26th-30th Dynasty (7th-4th century BC), wooden funerary mask of a young male, 9cm x 4.2cm, facial details slightly worn with remains of white gesso, while the headdress has traces of brown umber. Fine but evidence of woodworm to the underside £180-£200
£180–£200
Oriental Greek Coinage, SASANIAN, Khusraw I (531-579), Drachms (4): aw (Ahwaz), yr 17, 3.07g/3h, ay (Susa), yrs 19 & 20, 4.17g/3h, 4.18g/3h, yz (Yazd), yr 14, 4.17g/3h (NMI –, 637, –, 943; Göbl II/2) [4]. Good very fine and toned £100-£150
£100–£150
Greek Coinages, SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA, Antiochos VII, Æ Double Unit, Antioch on the Orontes, yr 174 [139-8], ship prow right, caps of Dioskouroi above, rev. ornamental trident, date below, 11.19g (SC 2064.5). Very fine, brown patina £80-£100
Roman Imperial Coinage, Julian II (Caesar 355-360), Siliqua, Arles, c. 355-60, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. votis v mvltis x within wreath, officina p, 2.07g (RIC 263; RSC 154). Surface crack, very fine or better, dark tone £120-£150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 140-144, laureate head right, rev. victoria avg, Victory driving fast quadriga right, 26.19g (RIC 653; BMC 1326; RCV 4258). Some smoothing, almost very fine, brown patina £200-£260
ROMAN IMPERIAL, Caligula, a cast Æ ‘Sestertius’, after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), laureate bust left, rev. Gaius’ sisters standing, each with divine attributes, identifying legend around, 22.69g (Johnson & Martini 1333-43). A later cast; worked on edge, very fine, brown patina £80-£100
Roman Republican Coinage, Anonymous, Æ Litra, c. 235, second series, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. horse rearing left, roma below, 3.91g (Craw. 26/3; HN 308). Good very fine, green patina with trace of porosity £150-£180
Roman Republican Coinage, Anonymous, Æ Semuncia, c. 217-15, draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus, rev. ship prow right, roma above, 5.44g (Craw. 38/7; BMCRR 129-68). A few surface deposits, good very fine, green patina £90-£120
Roman Imperial Coinage, Honorius (393-423), Siliqua, Milan, c. 402-23, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. votis v mvls x within wreath, mdps below, 1.24g (RIC 1226; RSC 154). Irregular flan, good very fine but scored in front of face £80-£100
Oriental Greek Coinage, BUKHARA, Turkic Khanate, Drachm, 7th century AD, bust right, rev. fire altar and attendants, 3.20g/2h (Mitchiner ACW 1548, this coin; Mitchiner NIC 72, this coin). Weak in parts, small edge split, otherwise good very fine £100-£120
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, 143, laureate head right, rev. rex armeniis datvs, emperor standing left, crowning diminutive Armenian king, 26.90g (RIC 619; BMC 1272; RCV 4209). Good fine, dark patina; a scarce and historically interesting type £300-£400
Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, Rome, after 145, laureate head right, rev. emperor seated on raised platform, officer behind, Liberalitas in front, holding account-board and cornucopia; citizen standing below, holding fold of toga, 29.01g (RIC 774; BMC 1688; RCV 4187). Some tooling in obverse fields, very fine, rare £150-£200
£150–£200
Roman Republican Coinage, M. Porcius Cato, c. 89, wreathed head of Liber right, m cato behind, rev. Victory seated left, holding patera in right hand and palm frond in left, victrix in exergue, 2.14g (Craw. 343/2b; BMCRR Italy 662; RSC Porcia 7). Minor roughness on obverse, otherwise good very fine £90-£120
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