Ancient, British, Islamic, Italian and World Coins Historical and Commemorative Medals
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Ancient, British, Islamic, Italian and World Coins Historical and Commemorative Medals To be sold by auction at: Sotheby’s, in the Upper Grosvenor Gallery The Aeolian Hall, Bloomfield Place New Bond Street London W1 Days of Sale: Tuesday 28 November 2006 10.30 am and 2.00 pm Wednesday 29 November 2006 2.00 pm Public viewing: 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Thursday 23 November 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Friday 24 November 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Monday 27 November 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Or by previous appointment Catalogue no. 23 Price £10 Enquiries: James Morton, Tom Eden, Paul Wood or Stephen Lloyd Cover illustrations: Lot 494 (front); Lot 108 (back); Lot 459 (inside front and back covers) in association with 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Tel.: +44 (0)20 7493 5344 Fax: +44 (0)20 7495 6325 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mortonandeden.com This auction is conducted by Morton & Eden Ltd. in accordance with our Conditions of Business printed at the back of this catalogue. 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Order of Sale Tuesday 28 November 2006 Starting at 10.30 am Ancient Coins lots 1-25 Islamic Coins lots 26-239 Indian Coins lots 240-258 Starting at 2.00 pm British and Irish Coins from the Leslie Sanders Collection lots 259-336 British and Irish Coins and Tokens from Other Properties lots 337-389 Foreign Gold Coins lots 390-399 Spanish, Spanish American and Dutch Coins from the Leslie Sanders Collection lots 400-426 Foreign Silver and Bronze Coins lots 427-449 British and World Historical Medals lots 450-481 Wednesday 29 November 2006 Starting at 10.30 am Russian Military Badges and Jetons see separate catalogue Starting at 2.00 pm A Collection of Italian Coins lots 482-830 The condition of most of the coins and medals in this catalogue is described by the use of conventional numismatic terms. For an explanation of these expressions or for any further information, clients are invited to contact us directly. Tuesday 28 November 2006 starting at 10.30 am ANCIENT COINS 1 Kings of Macedon, Alexander III (336-323 BC), gold stater, Callatis, helmeted head of Athena right, rev., Nike left with wreath and stylis; to left, K and monogram, 8.51g (Price 915), some obverse scratches, otherwise about extremely fine £800-1,000 5 Parthia, Phraates II (132-126 BC), tetradrachm, Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed head right, rev., bearded male deity 2 seated left, holding cornucopia and crowned by Nike; below, Kings of Macedon, Alexander III, posthumous tetradrachms two monograms, 16.37g (Sellwood 17.1), slight reverse (4) of Aspendus (3, one tooled) and Phaselis, all with Seleucid corrosion, very fine and rare £1,500-1,700 countermarks; with new style tetradrachm of Athens and miscellaneous drachms (6, one plated), some fine to very fine (11) £180-220 3 Pamphylia, Side, tetradrachm, head of Athena, rev., Nike (obv. scratched); together with tetradrachms of Alexander III, Antiochus I, Ptolemy II, XI and XII, fine to very fine (6) £300-400 6 Parthia, Artabanus I (126-122 BC), tetradrachm, Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed bust right, rev., Demeter seated left, holding cornucopia and crowned by Nike; to left, small horse’s head; two monograms below, 16.08g (Sellwood 21.4 var), very fine and rare £1,500-1,700 4 Kings of Syria, Antiochus V (164-162 BC), tetradrachm, Ake- Ptolemais mint, struck on the Phoenician weight standard, diademed head right; ΑΒ monogram behind, rev., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; in front, palm branch; ΡΗ monogram between eagle’s legs, 13.21g (cf. Brett, A.B., Seleucid Coins of Ake-Ptolemais in Phoenicia, ANS MN 1, p. 26, 16-17 and pl. IX, 17; Le Rider, G, in BCH 119, 1995, pp. 391- 404; Mørkholm, in Proceedings of the Numismatic Commission, 7 Jerusalem, 1963, pl. XV, 4), area of horn silver on reverse, Parthia, Mithradates II (c. 122-91 BC), tetradrachm, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £2,500-3,000 Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed bust left, rev., archer seated right; palm branch in field right; TY below, 15.86g (Sellwood Tetradrachms of this type are known with two different monograms 24.6), extremely fine £1,000-1,200 between the eagle’s legs; this example is interesting in that previously only two plated coins were known with the PH monogram 8 Phoenician tetradrachms existed in Ake-Ptolemais (Acre) alongside Parthia, tetradrachms (5) and drachms (14); with Sasanian the heavier Attic weight tetradrachms of Antiochus V (as Houghton drachms (19) and copies (7), some fine to very fine (45) £200-250 794-795 and see note 1 on p. 77). Both heavy and light weight coins share the same AB monogram behind Antiochus’s portrait. 9 Sasanian, drachms (51) of Shapur I (1), Peroz (20), Kavad I (12), Khusraw I (1), Hormazd IV (1) and Khusraw II (16), mainly very fine (51) £200-300 10 Egypt, Ptolemy VI (180-145 BC), tetradrachm, Paphos, year 5 (176/5 BC); Indo-Scythian, Azes I (c. 57-35 BC), tetradrachm (Mitchiner 752b); Sasanian drachm of Khusraw II and Roman denarius of Faustina I, mainly very fine; and dupondius of Germanicus with “VII” countermark, good (5) £100-150 11 19 Julius Caesar, denarius, head of Venus, rev., Aeneas carrying Antoniniani (100), mainly eastern mint issues of Probus, Anchises (S. 1402); with denarii (3) of Vespasian, rev., sacrificial Numerian, Carinus, Diocletian and Maximian, mainly fine or implements (S. 2282), Divus Vespasian, rev., Victory placing shield better (100) £250-350 on trophy, at foot of which mourning Jewess (S. 2565; Hendin 772a) and Domitian, rev., Minerva, fine to very fine (4) £150-200 20 Miscellaneous, Greek, Greek Imperial, Roman and Byzantine coins (about 200), mainly bronze but including Syrian tetradrachm of Vespasian (Sear 736), fair to fine, some better, identified in envelopes (about 200) £300-400 21 Miscellaneous, a large group of ancient bronze coins 12 contained in four albums and a plastic cabinet, mainly late Vespasian (69-79), aureus, 75, laureate head right, rev., COS Roman and Byzantine, mainly poor to fine, a few better (about VI, bull butting to right, 6.97g (RIC 87; C.