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E-Auction 6 Or by Mail, Email, Phone, Or Fax Closing Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Starting at 10Am CDT Bid online at davcoin.com E-Auction 6 or by mail, email, phone, or fax Closing Wednesday, August 27, 2014 starting at 10am CDT It doesn’t need to be expensive to be interesting 13 Athens. 150/49 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 16.61 gm. 29 mm. New Style coinage. elcome to Davissons Ltd’s sixth E-Auction. In this sale we are pleased to offer Ammonios, Kallias, and Themisto magistrates. Helmeted head of Athena Wa wide selection of uncommon and attractive coins, estimated reasonably. right / Owl standing on an amphora, head facing forward; two torches Enlargements of all photos are available to view and bids can be placed online at to right; A - ΘE above, ΑΜΜ / ΩΝΙ / ΟΣ | ΚΑΛ / ΛΙΑΣ | ΘΕΜ / ΙΣΤΟ www.davcoin.com. And as always, we are available to discuss lots or place bids, via (magistrates names) in fields; Z on amphora, ME below. Thompson 588a. email, phone, or fax. Thank you for your interest! Near Very Fine; mild porosity; light toning. Well centered. $150 Allan, Marnie & Lief Davisson 7-25-14 14 CORINTHIA. Corinth. Fifth period, 345-307 B.C. AR stater. 8.59 gm. Email: [email protected] • Phone: (320) 685-3835 • FAX: (320) 685-8636 22 mm. Pegasus flying left, koppa below / Head of Athena left wearing ______________________________________ Corinthian helmet with wreath; A - P; to right, eagle standing left with head reverted. Calciati 426. Very Fine; good style; attractive rich old tone; not fully 1 BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Anastasius I. 491-518. AV tremissis. 1.43 gm. 16 struck on high points; well centered with the eagle symbol clear. Interesting mm. Constantinople mint. His diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / die anamoly (?) on Pegasus. $250 Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star 15 Corinth. Circa 350-300 B.C. AR drachm. 2.29 gm. 14 mm. Pegasus right, to right; CONOB in exergue. SB 8. Near Very Fine; scratched on obverse in koppa below / Head of Aphrodite right, wearing sakkos. SNG Cop 131. Very front of portrait, overall well centered. $150 Fine; good style, attractively toned; obverse struck off center, reverse well 2 Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV solidus. 4.34 gm. 20 centered. $100 mm. Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels / Facing busts of Basil on left and Constantine on right, holding patriarchal cross between. SB 1704. Near Very Fine; a bit of verdigris on Constantine. $300 3 CELTIC BRITAIN. Southern Region. Atrebates. First Century B.C. AV 16 quarter stater. 1.36 gm. 13 mm. Wreath design with hidden face (cf ABC, p 48 for demonstration) / Horse leaping right, sun above, cogwheel image below. 16 SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos. 261-246 B.C. Æ VA 228. ABC 509 (Bognor Cartwheel). S. —. Good Very Fine. $600 18 mm. 3.7 gm. Sardes mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod; anchor 4 BRITISH HAMMERED. James I. 1603-1625. AV Britain crown. 2.45 gm. to right below; Σ to left, ΔΙ to right. Houghton-Lorber 522.2. Very Fine; rich 21 mm. Second Coinage. Tower i.m. (1612-1613). His third bust right / Arms. dark green patina. $75 S. 2625. N 2091. Very Fine; sharp strike. $750 17 INDO-SCYTHIAN. Apracharajas of Bajaur. Vijayamitra. Circa 12 B.C.- 5 AUSTRIA. Franz Josef I, Emperor. 1848-1916. AV dukaten, proof restrike. A.D. 15. Billon tetradrachm. 9.8 gm. 23 mm. Posthumous in the name of 13.9 gm. 39 mm. .4226 AGW. 1915. His laureate bust right, in military attire / Azes. The king mounted on a horse right, kharosthi Va before / Pallas Athena Crowned double-headed eagle facing, wings spread. KM 2276. FDC. standing right holding spear and shield; nandipada to left, monogram to right. $700 Senior 175.205T. HGC 12, 716. Good Very Fine; unusual variety. $100 6 CELTIC GAUL. Quinarius coinage of Gaul. Allobroges horseman series. 18 ROMAN REPUBLICAN. C. Porcius Cato. 123 B.C. AR denarius. 3.70 2nd-1st Century B.C. AR quinarius. 2.23 gm. Imitative of Roman Republican gm. 19 mm. Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind / Victory issues. Helmeted head of Roma right; BRI in front / Horseman galloping driving galloping biga right, holding reins and whip; C CATO below horses, right; [C]O[MA]. Cf. BMC Celtic III: S233 (very similar die). De la Tour ROMA in exergue. Crawford 274/1. Sydenham 417. RSC Porcia 1. Very Fine; 5820. SGC 100. Very Fine; nicely toned. $100 toned, minor roughness. $100 7 The quinarius coinage of Gaul. Sequani inscribed series. Circa 100 B.C. AR 19 Q. Antonius Balbus. 83-82 B.C. AR serrate denarius. 3.88 gm. 19 mm. Rome quinarius. 1.93 gm. 12 mm. Imitative of Roman Republican denarii. Helmeted mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right, S•C behind / Victory in quadriga right, head (Roma?) left / Horse galloping left; Q. DOC[I] above. BMC Celtic II: holding wreath and palm branch, X below; Q ANTO BALB PR (ligate) 346ff. Very Fine. $100 in exergue. Crawford 364/1d. Sydenham 742b. RSC Antonia 1. Very Fine; 8 CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 332-302 B.C. AR nomos. 7.53 gm. 21 mm. attractive old toning. $150 Naked boy holding whip, riding galloping horse right; ΣΑ below / Taras 20 P. Accoleius Lariscolus. 43 B.C. AR denarius. 3.31 gm. 18 mm. Rome mint. astride dolphin left, holding kantharos; ΤΑΡΑΣ and caduceus behind, (archaic Draped bust of Diana Nemorensis right, P ACCOLEIVS LARISCOLVS heta) H below. Vlasto 665. HN Italy 947. Good Very Fine; well centered around / Triple cult statue of Diana Nemorensis (Diana-Hecate-Selene) and attractively toned; small scratch behind the boy’s head; good metal. The facing, supporting beam on their shoulders which holds five cypress trees; the reverse with Taras on the dolphin is particularly fresh. $400 figure on the left holds a poppy, the figure on the right holds a lily. Crawford 9 THRACE. Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 B.C. AR hemidrachm. 2.36 gm. 12 486/1. RSC Accoleia 1. CRI 172. Good Fine; pleasingly toned, some obverse mm. Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square, palm marks, short hairline flan crack at 11. Scarce. $150 branch in one quarter, opposite quarter partly off flan showing part of a pellet. 21 ROMAN IMPERIAL. Claudius. A.D. 41-54. Æ as. 10.69 gm. 28 mm. Rome McClean 4081. SNG Copenhagen -. Very Fine; lightly toned, fresh surfaces. mint. Struck circa A.D. 50-54. His bare head left; TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR $100 AVG P M TR P IMP P P around / Minerva helmeted and draped advancing 10 ISLANDS OFF THRACE. Thasos. After 148 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 15.42 right, holding shield and hurling javelin; S - C to either side. RIC I 116. Near gm. 30 mm. Imitative type. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath and Very Fine; attractive red-brown patina. $100 taenia / Herakles standing left holding club and lion skin, M monogram to 22 Nero. A.D. 54-68. Æ as. 10.95 gm. 27 mm. Rome mint. Struck circa A.D. 67. left. Lukanc 421. Prokopov Class CC-CA. HGC 6, 359. Good Very Fine; His laureate head right; IMP NERO CAESAR AVG GERMANIC / The lustrous tone; some minor scattered pitting; scratch before face on obverse. A Temple of Janus, garland hung across closed doors to left, latticed windows well struck and statuesque representation of Herakles. $150 on right; PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT around; S C to 11 ILLYRIA. Apollonia. Circa 200-80 B.C. AR drachm. 3.65 gm. 17 mm. either side. RIC I 367. Very Fine; bold portrait; brown patina with bits of ΝΙΚΩΝ, magistrate. Cow left, suckling calf right; ΝΙΚΩΝ above, caduceus stable verdigris; old peck marks on bust. Some flaws on the head make the below / Double stellate pattern within square; ΑΠΟΛ ΑΡΙ ... ΟΥ around. Cf. bust at first appear radiate. An interesting type. $200 SNG Cop 380. BMC 56, 7. Very Fine; nicely toned. $100 The doors of the Temple of Janus were only closed during times of peace throughout the 12 ATTICA. Athens. Circa 454-404 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 16.99 gm. 22 mm. Roman Empire. This was not a frequent occurrence. Nero was the only emperor to depict the temple on coins, and the fact that the doors are shown as closed is most likely a political Helmeted head of Athena right, with archaic eye / Owl standing right, statement, not a factual one. head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; ΑΘΕ before. Kroll 8. SNG 23 Vespasian. A.D. 69-79. AR denarius. 3.31 gm. 17.5 mm. Rome mint. Struck Copenhagen 31. Near Very Fine; toned; minor porosity; full face visible and on July - December A.D. 71. His laureate head right; IMP CAES VESP AVG flan—a good style example of an Athenian owl at a modest price. $350 P M / Vesta veiled, seated left holding simpulum; TRI - PO[T] across field. RIC II.1 46. RSC 561. Near Very Fine; bold and well struck on a broad flan. A charming type. $150 BOX 323. COLD SPRING, MN. 56320. TEL: 320-685-3835. FAX 320-685-8636 24 Titus. A.D. 79-81. Æ. 12.25 gm. 23 mm. “Judea Capta” issue. Caesarea Maritama mint. Laureate head of Titus right; AVTOKP [TIT OS KAISAP] / Trophy, Judea sitting on the ground left, mourning. Hendin 1449. Fine to near Very Fine; attractive green patina; minor porosity; main images clear. $150 25 SYRIA. Seleucia. Reign of Titus. A.D. 79-81.
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