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E-Auction 26 E-AUCTION 26 Closing August 29th, 2018 E-AUCTION 26 Closing Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 Live online bidding! Lots begin closing online at 10 AM CDT Phone, fax, and email bids accepted until 9 AM CDT NO BUYER’S FEE ___________ y the time this sale closes the mid-August ANA Convention will be over. Lief and Allan will be Bthere for a couple of days. Mid-August would have been the logical time for this sale to close but the additional couple of weeks allows you a bit more time to consider the wide variety of things we have pulled together. The gold section is a bit longer, with a choice double crown of Charles I from the historic Brooker collection anchoring these opening lots. The Edward VI half sovereign is the first of a small number of “re-runs” at lower estimates than we assigned when they were first offered. (Sometimes it takes a bit of time for a piece to find its level.) The very limited number of repeats we included in this auction form a bit of a “summer sale” of coins that struck us as particularly worthwhile issues deserving of a second chance with the added bonus of more appealing price points. ur ancient section once again offers a mix of issues chosen for their interest—historic and aesthetic. OThe section offers good value at affordable levels. A “lifetime” Alexander III tetradrachm, somewhat well used by its passage through history, a gleaming bronze of Krannon with the heads of a horse and a hero side by side, a well centered horse crouching to roll on a scarce Larissa bronze, a rare stater with a cow-calf combination obverse from Euboia, wrestlers from Aspendos, a portrait of Nero looking a bit smug, an elegant Byzantine silver piece—some breadth and intrigue make up this part of the catalog. he key piece in the British section (lot 67—The sword of St. Peter Viking penny) is a re-offering of a Trarity that I had never seen offered until a small hoard came on the market in 2015. There were eight reasonably decent examples in the sale. While I cannot know for sure where they all are now I am pretty certain that at least three of the best will not be on the market again. This piece deserves both a second look and a place of prominence in a serious collection. A William the Conqueror penny with a bold portrait, a few choice Maundy sets, scarce sixpences, some “slabbed” shillings and a continuation of a listing of the beautiful Victorian Gothic florin (the Frank Robinson collection has a nice run of these) fill out the English section. A smattering of Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Gallic, a few tokens including “The Muffin Man,” one of the great rarities of the series (see the cover), a bit of obscure early US, including a pleasing early US dollar, a short US half dollar type set, some unusual and historic medals including a fascinating conjunction of World War I ending and WW II beginning, two dramatic Karl Goetz medals including a grim-faced Martin Luther—eclectic, unusual, historic—we tried to touch a lot of keys. We hope you enjoy our selection. Allan Davisson June 21, 2018 Or by: Mail: Davissons Bid online at PO Box 323 Cold Spring MN 56320 www.davcoin.com Email: [email protected] Phone: (320) 685-3835 Fax: (320) 685-8636 2 1 3 GOLD 1 INDIA. Kalachuris of Kalyan. Period of Bijjala Kalachuri. Circa 1156-1168 A.D. AV pagoda. 3.61 gm. 23 mm. Stylized punch in center of Garuda running right, holding object; various Devanagari punchmarks (sri, lion, “Suba”) around / Blank. Friedberg 326. Mitchiner South I, 279. Good Very Fine; attractive red-gold toning. Well struck on a broad flan. $500 2 —. INDEPENDENT STATES. Vijayanagar. Krishna Devaraya. 1509-1529. AV half pagoda. 1.7 gm. 11 mm. Balakrishna type. Balakrishna seated facing, chakra and conch symbols flanking / Devanagari script. Mitchiner Non-Islamic 899-900. Extremely Fine. $150 3 BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Justinian I. 527-565. AV solidus. 4.48 gm. 20 mm. Constantinople mint. Struck 542-552. His helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB in exergue. SB 140. Lustrous Extremely Fine; a few minor hairline scratches in obverse field. $400 4 5 4 GREAT BRITAIN. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AV half sovereign. 6.25 gm. 29 mm. 96.5 grains (full weight). Posthumous issue, Henry VIII. Southwark mint. King on a throne, facing / Shield of arms supported by leopards; letter E below shield. S. 2394. N. 1866. SCBI 47 (Schneider). Good Fine to About Very Fine; typical irregular strike, though with clear representation of king seated on throne; crimp mark to left (obverse); chipped flan at 6 (though coin is full weight); fresh surfaces and pleasing light golden toning; appealing example of this difficult issue. $1000 5 —. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV double crown. Group B. 4.49 gm. 22 mm. Castle over negro’s head/ Castle i.m. King’s bust left, bust 2A / Square topped shield; no inner circle. S. 2699. N. 2161. SCBI Brooker 142 (this coin). Good Extremely Fine; full flan; x lightly scratched in field behind king; otherwise fresh coin with a bold portrait. $2250 Ex Brooker (SCBI 33:142). 6 7 8 6 —. Victoria. 1837-1901. AV sovereign. 7.97 gm. 22 mm. London. 1864, die 48. Her young head left; W W incuse on truncation / Shield. S. 3853. Near Very Fine; red-gold tone; pleasing. $350 7 —. Victoria. 1837-1901. AV sovereign. 7.9 gm. 22 mm. 1872. Her young head left; W W on truncation / St. George and the dragon. S. 3856 A. Very Fine. $350 8 —. Edward VII. 1901-1910. AV sovereign. 8 gm. 22 mm. London. 1909. His bare head right / St. George and the dragon. S. 3969. Extremely Fine; substantial luster. $350 1 9 10 11 12 9 FRANCE. Gold 20 francs .1867 AGW. 6.45 gm. 21 mm. Paris mint. 1892. Standing Genius writing the Constitution, rooster at right / 20 Francs in a wreath; LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE around. KM 825. Near Extremely Fine; lustrous; pretty coin. $300 10 ITALY. Gold 20 lire .1867 AGW. 6.46 gm. 21 mm. 1882. Head left of Umberto I / Crowned shield in wreath; L — 20 on sides. KM 21. Lustrous Uncirculated; slight marks. $300 11 NETHERLANDS. Gold ducat .1104 AGW, proof. 3.49 gm. 20 mm. 1986. Knight with sword and arrows / Inscription in a decorated square. KM 190.2. FDC. $200 12 SWEDEN. Gold 20 kronor .2593 AGW. 8.97 gm. 22.5 mm. 1889. Bearded bust right, OSCAR II / Mantled arms, crowned, 20 KRONOR below. KM 748. Lustrous Uncirculated. $350 14 15 13 GREEK 13 SPAIN. Castulo. Late 2nd century B.C. Æ unit. 12.04 gm. 25 mm. Diademed male head right; hand to right / Sphinx right, raising foreleg. Burgos 544. SNG BM 1323ff. Very Fine; handsome dark green patina with earthen highlights. $150 14 SICILY. Kamarina. Circa 420-410 B.C. Æ tetras. 3.14 gm. 14 mm. Facing Gorgon / Owl standing right, head facing, clutching lizard in talons; KAMA retrograde downwards to left, three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. HGC 2, 546. CNS III p. 47, 1. Jenkins 181. SNG ANS 1222-1224. Good Very Fine; lightly tooled; well centered; attractive dark red and green patina. $100 15 —. Syracuse. Dionysios I. 409-395 B.C. Æ litra. 8.15 gm. 17 mm. Head of Athena left, wearing olive- wreathed Corinthian helmet; ΣΥΡΑ to left, pellet to right / Hippocamp, bridled, swimming left. HGC 2, 1456. CNS II p. 86, 41. Good Fine; fields lightly smoothed; glossy green and red patina. $65 16 17 16 —. Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 B.C. Æ. 17.15 gm. 27 mm. Diademed head of Hieron left / Helmeted horseman with spear on prancing horse right; ΙΕΡΟΝΟΣ below; Σ under foreleg. CNS II: 195. HGC 2, 1548. Near Very Fine; well centered; glossy green patina; bit of minor roughness. Good style attractive example of this classic. $150 2 17 KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great.’ 336-323 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 17.01 gm. 25 mm. Lifetime issue. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 332-326 B.C. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter; ivy leaf in left field. Price 23. Very Fine; rich old iridescent tone; some tidy test punches/cuts; some graffiti beneath tone on reverse. Good style; struck on a broad flan. Photo bottom of previous page. $200 18 19 20 21 18 THRACE. Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 B.C. AR hemidrachm. 2.38 gm. 13 mm. Forepart of lion right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and E, and grain ear in opposing sunken quarters. HGC 3.2 1437. McClean 4101. Good Very Fine; lustrous, lightly toned, wonderful style; small test cut, as is typical on this issue. $150 Ex Nomos (“Rare variety.”). 19 THESSALY. Krannon. Circa 400-350 B.C. Æ chalkous. 1.98 gm. 14 mm. Heads of the hero Thessalos (wearing petasos) and a horse right / Bull butting right; above, trident left; flower below; KPAN in exergue. HGC 4, 388. BCD Thessaly II 115.3. Good Very Fine; good style, unusual, artistic, attractive; beautiful glossy black and red patina; well centered and struck. Exceptional for issue. Rare. $200 Ex BCD. 20 —. Larissa. Circa 356-337 B.C. Æ tetrachalkon. 8.14 gm. 20 mm. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx / Bridled horse prancing right; boukranion below, ΛΑΡΙ-Σ-[Α]ΙΩΝ (partially retrograde) around.
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