Ancient, Islamic, British and World Coins War Medals and Decorations Historical Medals Banknotes To be sold by auction at: The Conduit Street Gallery Sotheby’s 34-35 New Bond Street London W1A 2AA Days of Sale: Tuesday 20th May 2003 10.00 am and 2.30 pm Wednesday 21st May 2003 10.00 am and 12.00 noon Public viewing: 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Thursday 15th May 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Friday 16th May 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Monday 19th May 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Or by previous appointment Catalogue no. 3 Price £10 Enquiries: James Morton, Tom Eden, Paul Wood or Stephen Lloyd Cover illustrations: Lot 9 (front); Lot 1005 (back) 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] 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 20th May 2003 Starting at 10.00 am Ancient Coins lots 1-179 Islamic Coins lot 180-390 Starting at 2.30 pm British Coins lots 391-558 Coin Cabinet lot 559 Foreign Coins lots 560-634 British and World Banknotes lots 635-661 Bonds and Share Certificates lots 662-697 Wednesday 21st May 2003 Starting at 10.00 am Commemorative and Historical Medals lots 698-924 Starting at 12.00 noon War Medals, Orders and Decorations lots 925-1026 Starting at 2.00 pm An Important Collection of British Historical Medals (see separate catalogue) GREEK COINS 1 Danubian Celts, tetradrachms (10) imitating Philip II of barley corns, 17.11 g. (Rizzo pl. 22, 24, same dies), toned, Macedon types, comprising early barbarous (Göbl 14), test good very fine £1,000-1,500 marked issues (3, cf. Göbl pl. 5), beardless type (Göbl 69- chisel mark on rev), type with wheel countermark (4, Göbl Ex Bourgey auction, Dec. 1932, lot 78 and Leu 7, 1973, lot 62. 72) and a plated issue (cf. Göbl 13), some fine or better, the last pierced and cut (10) £400-600 2 7 Italy, Bruttium, Croton, stater, c. 480 BC, tripod; stalk to Sicily, Leontini, tetradrachm, c. 425 BC, laureate head of left, rev., tripod in incuse, 6.90 g. (SNG ANS 264, same Apollo right, rev., lion’s head right with four barley corns dies), very fine £150-200 around, 17.06 g. (SNG ANS 248; Boston 284; SNG Lockett 804, same dies), edge cracks, almost very fine and rare £400-600 Ex Münzen und Medaillen 37, 1968, lot 77. 3 Italy, Bruttium, Croton, didrachm, c. 280 BC, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking back; above, ĭ – ǿ, rev., tripod; to right, caduceus, 6.72 g. (SNG ANS 411, same obverse die), toned, about extremely fine £300-400 4 8 Italy, didrachms of Tarentum (2), fine to very fine; others of Sicily, Syracuse, tetradrachm, c. 450 BC, quadriga driven Hyria (pierced, off centre), Thurium, Corinth; and stater of right, rev., head of Arethusa right, wearing diadem and Thebes, some fine (6) £200-300 necklace, surrounded by four dolphins, 17.32 g. (Boehringer 574; Boston 377, same dies), slight reverse corrosion, good very fine £500-700 5 Sicily, Katane, litra, c. 460 BC, bearded and horned head of Silenus right, rev., Ȁǹȉ - ǹȃ, winged thunderbolt; uncertain object in left field, 0.87 g. (Jameson 1892, this piece; cf. Rizzo, pl. 9, 10; McClean 2116, pl. 69, 9), extremely fine and very rare £2,000-2,500 Ex Th. Prowe collection, Moscow, Egger 46, 1914, lot 60, R. Jameson 9 collection, Paris, catalogue no. 1892 and Kunstfreund (Gillet) Sicily, Syracuse, decadrachm, by Euainetos, c. 400 BC, collection, Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 1974, lot 86. quadriga driven left with Nike flying above to crown the charioteer; below on steps, shield, cuirass between greaves and helmet, rev., head of Arethusa left, her hair wreathed with barley, wearing triple-drop earring and bead necklace; four dolphins swimming around; below Arethusa’s chin, ǻ, 43.53 g. (Gallatin DII/RIX, 31, this piece; BMC 173, SNG Lloyd 1413, Kraay/Hirmer pl. 36, 106, from the same dies), one small edge knock and some die rust evident on the obverse, otherwise extremely fine and beautifully toned £8,000-12,000 6 Ex Egger, Vienna, 7 January 1908, lot 102 and 26 November 1909, Sicily, Leontini, tetradrachm, c. 460 BC, laureate head of lot 239, Ratto, Lugano, 4 April 1927, lot 430 and Helbing, 24th Apollo right, rev., lion’s head right surrounded by four October 1927, lot 2686. 10 12 Sicily, Syracuse, Agathocles, 317-289 BC, electrum 50 litrae, Sicily, Siculo-Punic coinage, tetradrachm, c. 320 BC, c. 310-300 BC, laureate head of Apollo left, wreath behind, wreathed head of Tanit left with four dolphins around, rev., rev., ȈȊȇǹȀ - ȅȈǿȍȃ, tripod-lebes, Ȇ between left and horse’s head to left with palm tree behind; Punic mmhnt central legs, 3.49 g. (SNG ANS 630), good very fine £300-400 below, 17.20 g. (Jenkins 186; Boston 496, same dies), good very fine £700-1,000 11 Sicily, Siculo-Punic coinage, tetradrachm, c. 350 BC, 13 wreathed head of Tanit left with four dolphins around, rev., Sicily, Siculo-Punic coinage, tetradrachm, c. 300 BC, horse’s head to left with palm tree behind; Punic mmhnt Heracles head right, rev., horse’s head left and palm tree, below, 16.90 g. (Jenkins 145, listing this coin), reverse 17.30 g. (Jenkins O.119), very fine £300-400 scratch, toned, about extremely fine, from an obverse die of fine classical Greek style £1,000-1,500 Ex Ars Classica XVI, 1933, lot 920. 14 Thraco-Macedonian, uncertain mint, electrum stater, c. 500-480 BC, two rampant lions, confronted and with their heads turned back; between them, a lotus flower, rev., incuse square, 14.05 g. (Price, Coin Hoards II, fig. 1, 5 = ACNAC 5, Rosen collection, 149, this piece; cf. PCG pl. 1, 13, different dies), good very fine and extremely rare, only one other example known (in the British Museum) £10,000-15,000 Ex Bank Leu 13, 1975, lot 221; J. P. Rosen collection, New York; Münzen und Medaillen 72, 1987, lot 71. 15 17 Thrace, Byzantium, siglos, c. 340-320 BC, bull on dolphin Thrace, Dikaia, didrachm, c. 490 BC, bearded head of left, rev., mill sail incuse, 5.09 g. (SNG BM 21ff.), about Herakles right wearing lion’s skin headdress, rev., ǻ-ǿ-Ȁ extremely fine £200-250 (retrograde), bull’s head left within incuse square, 7.39 g.