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Ancient Coins Ancient Coins 6 Selection of Greek silver and bronze coins, including: Alexander the Great, silver drachm; Crete, Cydonia, silver obol; Phrygia, Apameia, Æ 22; Israel Æ lepton (‘Widow’s mite’), fine to very fine (4) £80-120 , Kroisos (560-546 BC), silver 1 Lydian Kingdom 7 Selection of Roman Republican silver coins, half-stater/siglos, Sardes mint, confronted foreparts including denarii (7): C. Mamilius Limetanus; C. of a lion and a bull, rev. two incuse squares, one Memmius C. f.; C. Valerius Flaccus; L. Flaminius larger than the other, wt. 5.15gms. (Rosen 664; SNG Chilo; L. Philippus; L. Titurius L. f. Sabinus (2), von Aulock 2877), fine £200-250 including quinarius; C. Egnatuleius C. f., including sestertius; anonymous issue (Roma, IIS behind hd., rev. the Dioscuri), fair to fine (9) £200-300 8 Vespasian (69-70 AD), silver denarius, IMP 2 Lycia, uncertain dynasty (500-470 BC), silver CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laur. hd. r., rev. stater, forepart of boar left, rev. irregular incuse Judea seated r., hands tied before, trophy of punch, wt. 9.02gms. (approx. S. 3577; approx. captured arms behind, IVDAEA in ex., wt. SNG von Aulock 8460), fine £100-150 3.11gms. (RIC.2), good fine £100-120 9 Selection of Roman Imperial denarii of Flavian Dynasty (69-96 AD), including: Vespasian (2); Titus 3 Thrace, Chersonesos (386-338 BC), silver (2); Domitian (1), generally fine (5) £100-150 hemidrachms, forepart of a lion to r., his hd. l., rev. quadripartite incuse square with two raised and two sunken squares. (McClean 4057, McClean 4076–7), fine to very fine (8) £160-180 10 Hadrian (132-133 AD), siliver tetradrachm, Cilicia, AYTOKΡ KAIΣ TΡAIA AΔΡIANO ΣEB ΠΠ (fragmented), laur., dr. and cuir. bust r., seen from front, fold of cloak on front shoulder, rev. AIΓEAIΩN ETOYΣ ΘOP, eagle standing facing on harp, head r., goat kneeling right in ex., wt. 13.41gms. (Prieur 720), very fine £80-100 4 Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great (336- 323 BC), silver drachms, various mints, hd. of young Herakles r., clad in lion’s skin, rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 11 Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (161-169), Zeus enthroned l., holding eagle and sceptre. silver denarius, restitution issue for Mark Antony, (S.6730-6731), fine to very fine (6) £180-220 ANTONINVS AVGVR III VIR R P C, galley l., rev. ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST, LEG VI in the field, Aquila between two signa, wt. 3.16gms. (RIC.443), good fine £50-60 5 Greek silver coins, including: Mysia, Pergamon Ar. tetradrachm (1), Rhodes, Caria Ar. didrachm 12 Septimius Severus (193 – 211), silver denarius; (1), Rhodes, Caria Ar. drachm (1), Mysia, Parion and Roman AE; English hammered coins (4), Ar. drachm (1), Mysia, Parion Ar. hemidrachms long cross cut halfpenny; farthing; Henry VII, cut (3), Teos, Ionia Ar. hemidrachm (1), other misc. Sovereign penny; Charles I, half-groat, mm star; and Greek silver lots (6), generally fine (14) £250-300 Nuremburg jeton, poor, fair and fine (7) £40-50 13 Trajan Decius (249-251 AD), antoninianus, IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped 21 Roman Imperial coins, Roman silver denarii: and cuirassed bust r., rev. PANNONIAE, the two including Julius Caesar (1), Trajan (1), Hadrian Pannoniae standing front holding standards; wt. (1), Caracalla (2); Roman bronzes: including 3.82gms. (RIC.21b, RSC.86), extremely fine £25-30 Philip I Ae. sestertius (1), Hadrian Ae. as (1), Roman provincial bronze coins of Antioch (9), Greek bronze coins (2), Greek Imperial 14 A group of silvered antoniniani of Postumus bronzes (2), generally fine (20) £200-250 and Quintillus, probably from a hoard, including: Postumus billon antoninianus (25) 22 A group of Late Roman bronze antoniniani, and Quintillus billon antoninianus (1), very fine to including: Gallienus (6), Marius (4), Victorinus (20), extremely fine (26) £400-450 Tetricus I (4), fine to extremely fine (34) £400-600 15 Bronze antoniniani of Carausius (286-293 AD), legionary types, revs. LEG PARTH and LEG IIXX PRIMIG. (RIC 60 and 80), fair (2) £100-150 23 Group of Greek and Roman silver coins, comprising: Paeonia tetradrachm (1); Danubian 16 A selection of bronze coins of Carausius Celts stater (1); Greek silver drachms and and Allectus, including: Carausius (9), Allectus fractions (16); Roman didrachms (2); Roman (6), fair to fine, a few better (15) £300-350 denarii (4), including some cast copies, generally fair to fine (24) £300-400 17 A selection of bronze coins of Carausius 24 Group of Greek and Roman bronze coins, and Allectus, including: Carausius (9), Allectus comprising: Greek bronzes (10); Greek Imperial (6), fair to fine, a few better (15) £300-350 bronzes (28); late Roman bronzes (6); Roman cast copies (4); Byzantine bronzes (3); bronze fractions (4); miscellaneous token (1), including some cast 18 A selection of bronze coins of Carausius copies, generally fair or better (56) £200-300 and Allectus, including: Carausius (9), Allectus , (6), fair to fine, a few better (15) £300-350 25 Selection of Late Roman bronze coins including: Victorinus Æ antoninianus, Hatfield hoard (1); Tacitus billon antoninianus (1), Probus billon antoninianus (1); Carausius Æ antoninianus 19 A selection of bronze coins of Carausius (1); Allectus Æ antoninianus and quinarius (2); and Allectus, including: Carausius (7), Allectus (6), fair to fine, a few better (13) £250-300 Constantine the Great, Æ 3 (2); Crispus, billon Æ 3 (1), fine to very fine (9) £150-200 26 Roman provincial coins, including: Nero (65-66 AD), Æ tetradrachm of Alexandria, NЄPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣЄB ΓЄP, rad. hd. r., rev. AYTOKPA, dr. bust of Alexandria r., wearing elephant skin headdress, LIB (date) in right field, wt. 13.07gms. (Emmett 109; Dattari 204; RPC 5289); Marcus Aurelius (161- 180 AD), silver didrachm, Caesarea, Cappadocia, AVTOKP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB, laur. hd. r., rev. 20 Roman Imperial bronze sestertii, including: YΠATOC Γ, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by Helios Severus Alexander, Faustina II and Julia Mamaea, holding globe and sceptre, wt. 6.38gms. (RPC 6942; generally fine (3) £40-50 Sydenham 321), fine to very fine (2) £50-100 29 Anthemius (AD 467-472), gold solidus, Rome mint, D N ANTHEMIVS P F AVG, helmeted and dr. bust facing, holding spear and shield, rev. SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Anthemius and Leo I stg. 27 Group of Greek and Roman coins, including: facing side by side, holding between them cross mixed lot of Roman denarii (4), Roman sestertii and on globe and each holding spear, RM mintmark ases (9), Roman aes (5), Greek bronzes (3), Paduan above pellet in field, in ex.COMOB , wt. 3.93gms. copy of Vitellius sestertius (1), other misc. Indian (RIC.2831), fine £300-400 and foreign coins (14), modern copy of a Greek silver coin (1). generally fair (37) £100-£150 30 Group of Byzantine coins, comprising gold solidi (3), of Maurice Tiberius (AD 582-602), pierced; Constantine IV (AD 668-685) and Tiberius III (AD 698-705); a gold semissis of Maurice Tiberius (AD 582-602) and gold tremisses (2) of Constans II (AD 641-668) and Justinian II (AD 685-695) (S.478/1360/1157/4 85/1123/1255), fine or better (6) £500-600 28 Valens (AD 364-378), gold solidus, Thessalonica mint, D N VALENS P F AVG, diad. bust l., wearing consular robes and holding mappa and sceptre, rev. SALVS REI P, Valens, in military attire, stg. facing, hd. r., holding labarum and Victory on globe, his r. foot set on kneeling captive, star in 31 Group of Byzantine coins, comprising: electrum r. field, in ex. mintmark SMTES, wt. 4.26gms. histamenon nomisma of Nicephorus III (AD (RCV.19568; RIC.3b), pierced, otherwise fine; Valens 1078-1081); electrum aspron trachy of Alexius (364-378 AD), gold 1.5-scripulum, Nicomedia I (AD 1081-1092); gold hyperpyrons (2) of mint, D N VALENS P F AVG, diad. dr. and cuir. Andronicus II and Michael IX (AD 1295-1320) bust r., rev. RESTITVTOR REI P, Valens, in (S.1881/1915/2396), fine or better (4) £500-600 military attire, stg. facing, hd. l., holding labarum in r. hand, long cloak hanging from l. shoulder, in ex. mintmark SMN, wt. 1.35gms. (RCV.19608), very scarce, pierced, plugged and mounted; Valentinian III (AD 425-455), gold solidus, Ravenna mint, D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diad. dr. and cuir. bust r., rev. VICTORIA AVGGG, Valentinian, 32 Group of ancient coins and forgeries, in military attire, stg. facing, holding long cross comprising: gilt Republican denarius mounted in and Victory on globe, his r. foot set on hd. of silver frame; gilded Victorian copy of Augustus human-headed serpent, mintmark R V in field, in denarius; contemporary forgery of a Venetian ex. COMOB, wt. 4.31gms. (RCV.21265), generally ducat; Kushan gold stater; Celtic quarter stater, fine or better (3) £400-500 fine or better (5) £200-300 Islamic Coins 33 Arab Sasanian, Yazdigird III type, silver drachm (4), SK= Sistan, 20 YE =31h, wt. 3.90gm, 3.26gm, 3.11gm, 3.05gm, (Walker p. 4:3, A. 1), very fine (4) £200-250 The drachm is the earliest date Islamic coin 34 Arab Sasanian, Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, silver drachm, DA=Darabjird 43h, wt. 4.02gm; ‘Umar b. ‘Ubayd Allah, silver drachm (4), BYSh , silver dirham (2), Ifriqiya, 103H, = Bishapur 68h, 70h (2), ST =Istakhr 70h, 39 Umayyad al-Andalus 106H, 2.87gms., 2.79gms., extremely wt. 3.89gm, 4.07gm, 4.06gm, 3.85gm (A. 21); fine and about very fine respectively, the second coin together with Arab-Khwarazm, al-Fadl b. Sahl rare (2) £250-300 (166-171h), silver ½ drachm without mint or date, wt. 1.77gm, (Artuk 21 var.), the first four coins good very fine, the fifth, very fine and the last polished, fair (6) £150-200 35 Arab Sasanian, ‘Ubayd Allah b.
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