Two Day Auction of Coins and Antiquities Including the Douglas Rose Collection Day 1 Thursday 04 October 2012 10:00
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Two Day Auction of Coins and Antiquities including The Douglas Rose Collection Day 1 Thursday 04 October 2012 10:00 Timeline Auctions Limited The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH Timeline Auctions Limited (Two Day Auction of Coins and Antiquities including The Douglas Rose Collection Day 1 ) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 1 Lot: 5 Greek Macedonia - Philip II - Greek Macedonia - Alexander III - Zeus Tetradrachm Circa 323-315 Hercules Tetradrachm 316-311 BC, posthumous issue, BC, Susa mint. Obv: head of Amphipolis mint. Obv: laureate Hercules right, wearing lionskin. head of Zeus right. Rev: FILIP- Rev: ALEXANDROU legend to POU legend, youth on horseback right, BASILEWS below with right, holding long palm branch; Zeus seated left, holding eagle upright palm branch beneath and sceptre; wreath in left field, horse, dot and P beneath horse's PR monogram beneath throne. foreleg. LeRider 46.12; SNG Price 3853; see Sear 6724; see ANS 736; Sear 6680 ff; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). 17.05 Wildwinds.com (this coin) 14.18 grams. grams. Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00 Estimate: £600.00 - £700.00 Lot: 6 Lot: 2 Greek Macedonia - Alexander III - Greek Macedonia - Alexander III - Hercules Drachm 290-275 BC, Athena Gold Stater 330-320 BC. Chios mint. Obv: head of Abydos mint. Obv: head of Hercules right, wearing lionskin Athena right in a crested headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROU Corinthian helmet decorated with legend, Zeus seated left, holding a serpent. Rev: ALEXANDROU eagle and sceptre, PYR legend with Nike standing left, monogram above bunch of holding wreath and stylis, AR grapes in left field. Price 2319; monogram in left field. Price Mueller 1533; SNG Copenhagen 3423; Mueller 1374; Sear 6702. 902; Sear 6728ff. 3.71 grams. 8.56 grams. Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00 Estimate: £1,800.00 - £2,400.00 Lot: 7 Lot: 3 Greek Alexander III - Hercules Greek Macedonia - Philip III - Drachms [4] Circa 290-275 BC, Hercules Drachm 323-317 BC, group of four drachms. Obvs: Side mint. Obv: head of Hercules head of Hercules right, wearing right, wearing lionskin. Rev: lionskin headdress. Revs: FILIPPOY legend, Zeus seated ALEXANDROU legend, Zeus left, holding eagle and sceptre, A seated left, holding eagle and beneath throne. Price P123: sceptre. See Sear 6728ff. 15.31 Mueller P122; SNG Oxford 3240; grams (total). [4] Sear 6750; see Wildwinds.com Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00 (this coin). 3.79 grams. [No Reserve] Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00 Lot: 8 Greek Kroton - Stork and Tripod - Stater Circa 530-480 BC. Obv: Lot: 4 QPO legend, tripod; stork Greek Macedonia - Philip III - standing left in right field. Rev: Athena Gold Stater 323-317 BC, QPO legend, incuse tripod, stork Abydos mint. Obv: helmeted standing left in right field, incuse head of Athena right, serpent on border of radiating lines. BMC 9; helmet. Rev: FILIPPOU legend Sear 255-257 variant; see with Nike standing left, holding Wildwinds.com (this coin). 7.79 wreath and stylis in left; MTR grams. monogram in left field, coiled Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 serpent with head right beneath wing. Price P33; Mueller P67; see Sear 6746; see Lot: 9 Wildwinds.com (this coin). 8.55 Greek Bruttium - Lokroi - Athena grams. and Pegasus Stater 317-310 BC. Estimate: £1,600.00 - £2,000.00 Obv: head of Athena left, wearing necklace and leather cap beneath a Corinthian helmet, a z- shaped curl of her hair escaping from the leather cap. Rev: 1 of 71 Timeline Auctions Limited (Two Day Auction of Coins and Antiquities including The Douglas Rose Collection Day 1 ) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Pegasus left, thunderbolt below. Lot: 14 Pegasi 2-13; Sear 483 variant -; Greek Istros - Double Face and see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Fish Eagle - Stater 400-350 BC. 8.44 grams. The thunderbolt Obv: two young male heads beneath Pegasus on these facing, side by side, the one on staters was only used on Lokroi, the right inverted. Rev: ISTRIH Bruttium coins and not in Corinth. legend, sea-eagle with wings Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 closed, standing left, grasping a dolphin with its talons; AG monogram beneath dolphin. Lot: 10 AMNG 417; SNG Munich 236, Greek Sicily - Second SNG Copenhagen 192, BMC Democracy - Arethusa Litra Circa Black Sea 246; Sear 1669. 5.08 450 BC, Syracuse. Obv: SYRA grams. legend, head of Arethusa right, Estimate: £120.00 - £180.00 wearing earring, necklace and pearl diadem, hair bound behind head. Rev: cuttlefish. BMC 49; Lot: 15 Bohringer 421; Sear 929; see Greek Corinth - Pegasus and Wildwinds.com (this coin). 0.70 Athena Drachm Circa 510-480 grams. [No Reserve] BC. Obv: Pegasus, bridled, with Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00 curled wing, flying right, koppa below. Rev: incuse square within which is a linear square, Lot: 11 enclosing the head of Athena left Greek Thasos - Satyr and Nymph of archaic style, wearing - Stater Circa 500 BC. Obv: no necklace and Corinthian helmet legend, satyr with horse's feet without crest. BMC 90; Sear -; and tail, running right in a see Wildwinds.com (this coin). crouching posture with nymph 2.79 grams. [No Reserve] who is raising right arm. Rev: no Estimate: £70.00 - £90.00 legend, irregular, quadripartite incuse square. Sear 1357. 8.86 grams. Lot: 16 Estimate: £350.00 - £500.00 Greek Larissa - Naked Youth with Horse Drachm 430-400 BC. Obv: youth, naked except for Lot: 12 chlamys, his petasos flying out Greek Abdera - Griffin Tetrobol behind him, restraining unruly 411-386 BC, Magistrate Protes. bull right. Rev: LAR-I-S-[IA] Obv: ABD legend beneath wing legend, horse prancing right, rein of griffin springing left, both flying loose, within incuse square. forelegs raised, the comb thin BMC 37; de Luynes 1836; Sear and spiky. Rev: EPI P-RWT-(E)W 2106 variant (horse left); see legend, three stalks of grain, Wildwinds.com (this coin) 5.75 each separate, within linear grams. border. May 373 (same reverse Estimate: £350.00 - £500.00 die); Traité 1374; BMC 45; Sear 1546; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). 2.80 grams. Lot: 17 Estimate: £240.00 - £360.00 Greek Larissa - Horse Drachm Circa 344-321 BC. Obv: head of nymph Larissa, facing slightly Lot: 13 left. Rev: LARIS-AIWN legend Greek Thrace - Apollonia Pontika above and beneath horse grazing - Gorgon Drachm Circa 450 BC. right; left forefoot raised, plant Obv: head of Gorgoneion facing, between legs. Sear 2120. 6.74 tongue protruding, head grams. surrounded by serpents. Rev: Estimate: £900.00 - £1,100.00 anchor, crayfish to left, A to right. Traité 1626; BMC (Mysia) 5; Sear 1655; see Wildwinds.com (this coin) 2.79 grams. [No Reserve] Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00 2 of 71 Timeline Auctions Limited (Two Day Auction of Coins and Antiquities including The Douglas Rose Collection Day 1 ) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 18 Lot: 22 Greek Larissa - Horse Drachm Greek Athens - Owl Tetradrachm Circa 356-342 BC. Obv: head of After 393 BC. Obv: no legend, the nymph Larissa facing slightly head of Athena right, in crested left, wearing necklace. Rev: Attic helmet, with frontal eye and LARIS legend above, AIWN wavy hair above forehead, below, horse grazing right. ornamented with three olive Lorber, phase L-III, 50; SNG leaves above visor and spiral Copenhagen 120; Sear Greek palmette on bowl, wearing round 2120. 5.92 grams. earring. Rev: AQE legend, owl Estimate: £350.00 - £500.00 standing right, head facing; olive- sprig and crescent above. Sear 2526-2528; SNG Copenhagen Lot: 19 63. 17.03 grams. Greek Thessaly - Thessalian Estimate: £550.00 - £700.00 League - Apollo and Athena Itonia Drachm 196-146 BC. Obv: GAYANA legend, laureate head Lot: 23 of Apollo right. Rev: QESSA- Greek Athens - Owl Tetradrachm LWN legend, Athena Itonia After 393 BC. Obv: no legend, advancing right, brandishing head of Athena right, in crested javelin and holding shield, bunch Attic helmet, with frontal eye and of grapes in upper right field, P-O wavy hair above forehead, L-Y across lower fields. BMC 36; ornamented with three olive cf Sear 2234; see Wildwinds.com leaves above visor and spiral (this coin) 3.84 grams. [No palmette on bowl, wearing round Reserve] earring. Rev: AQE legend, owl Estimate: £40.00 - £60.00 standing right, head facing; olive- sprig and crescent above. Sear 2526-2528; SNG Copenhagen Lot: 20 63. 17.12 grams. Greek Thessaly - Thessalian Estimate: £550.00 - £700.00 League - Apollo and Athena Itonia Drachm 196-146 BC. Obv: [GAYANA] legend (off flan), Lot: 24 laureate head of Apollo right. Greek Athens - Owl Tetradrachm Rev: QESSA-LWN legend, After 393 BC. Obv: no legend, Athena Itonia advancing right, head of Athena right, in crested brandishing javelin and holding Attic helmet, with frontal eye and shield, bunch of grapes in upper wavy hair above forehead, right field, P-O L-Y across lower ornamented with three olive fields. BMC 36; cf Sear 2234. leaves above visor and spiral 3.77 grams. [No Reserve] palmette on bowl, wearing round Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00 earring. Rev: AQE legend, owl standing right, head facing; olive- sprig and crescent above. Sear Lot: 21 2526-2528; SNG Copenhagen Greek Athens - Owl Tetradrachm 63. 16.89 grams. After 393 BC. Obv: no legend, Estimate: £500.00 - £700.00 head of Athena right, in crested Attic helmet, with frontal eye and wavy hair above forehead, Lot: 25 ornamented with three olive Greek Sykion - Dove Drachm leaves above visor and spiral 400-300 BC. Obv: dove alighting palmette on bowl, wearing round left, dividing S-I. Rev: Dove flying earring. Rev: AQE legend, owl left in wreath, E beneath wing. standing right, head facing; olive- BMC 107; De Luynes 2222; see sprig and crescent above.