CNG CNR 2017-07

Classical Numismatic

REVIEW Volume XLII, No. 3 • Summer 2017 • Lancaster Pennsylvania, London England

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Contents Editorial................................................................................................................................ 1 Terms of Sale....................................................................................................................... 2 How to Order....................................................................................................................... 2 Calendar............................................................................................................................... 3 Coins for Sale....................................................................................................................... 5 CNG 106 Preview.............................................................................................................. 60 Dated Coins of Antiquity. Shekels of Tyre (Release 2) Information............................. 62 The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series Information.................................................... 63

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Classical Numismatic Review Volume XLII, No. 3 Summer 2017

In numismatics, summer is traditionally a time to reflect on the business that has transpired over the past season.

January through May is one of the busiest times of the year and these past months were no exception. As cultural property regulations evolve, there are calls on all of us to be as transparent in our business operations as possible.

At CNG we pride ourselves on our transparency. The CNG web site is visited daily by many thousands of people, and a recent analysis of our records has shown that we have had over 5 million individual user sessions in the last 5 years. The research carried out by our numismatists is enjoyed and utilized by people from around the world.

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Our transparency and research recently led to CNG facilitating the return of a rare Greek gold piece to its rightful home at the Staatliche Museum in Berlin. The piece had disappeared from the museum in the late interwar period, and had since been sold three times in public auction. But it wasn’t until we actually tracked down, through extensive research, a very early pedigree, that the coin’s acquisition by the Museum prior to WWI was noticed.

With the full history was established, we were then able to work with our consignor, and successfully effected return of this important piece to its rightful owner.

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As numismatists, we owe a debt to the compilers of numismatic material that has passed through the auction market. Besides our own database, WildWinds maintains some of the earliest digital records available, and we periodically consult it to verify pieces that passed through our first e-sales, as well as for pieces from our “web auctions” sold in the early days of eBay. Auction aggregators, such as CoinArchives, provide an invaluable research tool as well. Numerous organizations are in the initial stages of converting pre-digital catalogues to a digital format, and several robust efforts are under way. As these efforts proceed, our access to the work of past cataloguers will continue to improve. Recently, a useful tool has been developed using facial recognition technology as a way to identify coins in scans of pre-digital catalogues. As this tool gets more sophisticated and as more catalogues are scanned, responsible dealers’ efforts to find earlier pedigrees will only get better.

We are now in the final stages of production for CNG 106, and have just sent off photographs of some 150 pieces to have checked against the aforementioned service. We expect to pick up some 20-30 pedigrees that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. Not only does this work add to our knowledge of the coins’ past – it adds value as well.

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Review, and we hope to see many of you in Denver at the ANA convention in early August.

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Show Schedule Coinex 22-23 September 2017 The Ballroom, Millennium Hotel London Mayfair Grosvenor Square London W1K 2HP

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460202. IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (14mm, 1.86 g, 12h). Laureate male head left; club over shoulder / Elephant standing right. MHC 45–58; ACIP 555; SNG BM Spain 102. EF, toned. Good metal for issue.

($4750) In 241 BC, the Carthaginians, under Hamilcar Barca, were defeated in a naval battle off Lilybaeum, effectively ending the First Punic War. The peace terms Barca negotiated with Rome allowed him to withdraw his troops to Africa on the agreement that Carthage abandon all claims to Sardinia and Sicily, refrain from sailing her warships in Italian waters, and pay an indemnity of 3,200 talents. In response, the Carthaginian oligarchy redirected its expansionist policies toward Africa and Spain, and reappointed Hamilcar as commander of Carthaginian forces.

In 237 BC, after putting down the revolts of Spendius and Matho in northern Africa, he was sent to Spain with his young son, Hannibal.

Based at Gades, he conquered southern and eastern Spain, advanced the frontier to Cape Nao, and built a fortress at Acra Leuce (Alicante).

The Carthaginians spent the next twenty years solidifying their rule in Iberia, during which time, in 228 BC, Hamilcar fell while battling the defenders of Helice (Elche). The leadership then passed to Hasdrubal the Fair, who was married to Hamilcar’s second daughter. Unlike his father-in-law, Hasdrubal preferred to consolidate the areas that had been conquered rather than continue an expansionist policy. This led him to conclude a treaty with Rome that established the boundary of the two powers at the Ebro River (Livy XXI, 14). Hasdrubal proved far more diplomatic than Hamilcar, pursuing negotiated settlements with native populations, rather than subjugating them. Unfortunately, he was assassinated in 221 BC, whereupon power shifted to his brother-in-law, Hannibal. Hannibal, more in line with his father, returned to a policy of conquest, which led to war with Rome. In an attempt to check the rising power of Carthage in Spain, Rome made an alliance with Saguntum, a city on Rome’s side of the Ebro River. Within the city there were factions supporting a pro-Carthaginian policy, while another favored Rome, and tensions between the two led to a massacre of the Carthaginian supporters in 218 BC. Outraged, Hannibal and the Carthaginians laid siege to the city, which fell after a few months time. Effectively breaking the treaty forged by Hasdrubal the Fair, this act precipitated the Second Punic War. While most popular histories concentrate on the actions of Hannibal in Italy, there were continuous Roman campaigns against the Carthaginians in Iberia, most famously those led by Scipio Africanus. By 209 BC, the Romans had captured the Carthaginian capital and most of Iberia east of Lusitania. While the war continued on, the Carthaginians had lost all of their access to mints in Iberia by this time.

In the wake of her defeat in the First Punic War, the coinage of Carthage had been greatly changed, with its extensive gold and electrum series mostly replaced by debased silver and bronze. In contrast, the Carthaginians in Iberia enjoyed access to the rich gold and silver mines on the peninsula, which allowed the Barcids to develop a coinage that served their military and political needs. The obverse and reverse types chosen for this coinage were purely Carthaginian in character, often featuring Tanit on the obverse and a horse, often with palm tree or uraeus, on the reverse. In addition to these traditional types, some new, albeit Punic, types were introduced: an elephant, sometimes with mahout, and a ship’s prow were placed on the reverse, while the god Melkart, laureate, sometimes bearded, and with club, was added to the obverse.

Perhaps the most controversial new types, though, were those that featured a beardless male portrait, sometimes wearing a royal diadem. The initial tendency of numismatists was to view these portraits as being those of the Barcids, but the modern consensus is that the bareheaded portrait is almost certainly a rendition of a young Melkart. A comparison of three different varieties of Melkart in SNG BM Spain (nos. 97, 98, and 103) is demonstrative of their nearly identical features. The diademed portrait, though, is still an enigma, for, unlike depictions of Melkart, these have a distinct aspect of realism to their features, and the diadem itself is difficult to reconcile with the traditional depictions of Carthaginian deities. Although there are numerous series of Punic coinage in Spain, their specific chronology is uncertain, typically being placed in the period circa 237-209 BC. Likewise, the place of their minting is also unknown, although some, if not most, must be from the capital at Carthago Nova.

461560. IBERIA, Kelse. Circa 45-44 BC. Æ As (30mm, 18.09 g, 8h). Bare male head right; two dolphins before, CeL behind / Horseman right, holding palm frond over right shoulder; ᚲΛᛇᛓ (Iberian KELSE) below. ACIP 1490; SNG BM Spain 810-3.

Good VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights. ($595) Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 723092 (2000).

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468725. IBERIA, Malaka. 2nd century BC. Æ Unit (25mm, 14.19 g, 11h). Bearded head of Hephaistos left, wearing conical cap; tongs to right; all within laurel wreath / Radiate facing head of Helios. ACIP 790; SNG BM Spain 374–7. EF, dark green patina with light earthen dusting. ($695)

460981. ETRURIA, Populonia. 3rd century BC. AR 20 Asses (18mm, 8.36 g). Diademed facing head of Metus; c ≈ (mark of value) below / Blank. EC Group XII, Series 59.12 (O36) = Vecchi II, 59.21 (this coin); HN Italy 152; SNG Gale 6 (same die). EF, toned, irregular flan, minor die break on obverse, light scratches under tone on reverse. ($5750) Ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich Collection (Triton XVIII, 5 January 2015), lot 308; Numismatica Ars Classica 7 (1 March 1994), lot 70; Tkalec (26 March 1991), lot 16; Athos D. Moretti Collection.

466360. ETRURIA, Uncertain inland mint. Circa 300-250 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 4.29 g, 6h). African head right / Elephant standing right; P below. Vicar 235; Baglione 1b; HN Italy 69. VF, attractive dark green patina. Rare in this condition.

($2450) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection.

Pedigreed to 1933

460982. CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 315-302 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.95 g, 12h). Warrior, preparing to cast spear held aloft in right hand, holding two spears and shield with left hand, on horse rearing right; sA below / Phalanthos, nude, holding kantharos in extended right hand and cradling trident in left arm, riding dolphin left; to left, k below arm; tÅrÅs to right; below, small dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert Group 72, 869c (V342/R637; this coin); HN Italy 937; SNG Copenhagen 849 (same dies); McClean 609 (same dies). Good VF, toned. ($1650) Ex Ars Classica XVI (3 July 1933), lot 84.

460200. LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 300-250 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.50 g, 1h). Eagle standing left, wings spread; wreath to left / Barley ear; thunderbolt to right; ;EtA. Johnston Bronze 39; HN Italy 1674; SNG ANS 603. EF, brown surfaces.

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468673. BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 356-351 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.39 g, 2h). Head of Apollo left, with long hair, wearing laurel wreath; [r]˙˝5nos upward to right / Facing lion’s head. Herzfelder 115bis (D71/R97a); HN Italy 2501; SNG ANS 676 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 700 (same dies); BMC 36 (same dies); Basel 229 (same obv. die); Jameson 460A (same dies); Ira & Larry Goldberg, Money of the World (Atlanta, 2007), p. 18-19, no. 14 (this coin illustrated). Superb EF, faint golden toning around devices.

(POR) From the Collection of Sheik Saud al-Thani. Ex Patrick Tan Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 73 (hammer $130,000); Millenia Collection (Part I, Goldberg, 28 May 2008), lot 6.

Dionysios I, after concluding a peace with the Carthaginians, went about securing his power in the island of Sicily. His troops, however, rebelled against him and sought help from, among others, the city of Rhegion (Diod. Sic. 14.8.2). In the ensuing campaigns, Dionyios I proceeded to enslave the citizens of Naxos and Katane, with whom the Rhegians shared a common history and identity (Diod. Sic. 14.40.1).

This association was a source of anger and fear for the inhabitants of Rhegion. The Syracusan exiles living there also encouraged the Rhegians to go to war with Syracuse (Diod. Sic. 14.40.3). The overarching strategy of Dionysios I included extending his power into Italy by using Rhegion as a stepping stone to the rest of the peninsula. In 387 BC, after a siege that lasted eleven months, the Rhegians, on the brink of starvation, surrendered to Dionysus. Indeed, we are told that by the end of the siege, a medimnos of wheat cost about five minai (Diod. Sic. 14.111.2). Strabo remarks that, following Dionysios’ capture of the city, the Syracusan “destroyed the illustrious city” (Strabo 6.1.6).

The next decade or so of the history of Rhegion is unclear, but sometime during his reign, Dionysios II, who succeeded his father in 367 BC, rebuilt the city, giving it the new name of Phoibia (Strabo 6.1.6). Herzfelder argues that this issue was struck by Dionysios II of Syracuse after he rebuilt the city, and dates it to the period that Dionysios II is thought to have lived in the city. Due to civil strife at Syracuse, Dionysios II was forced to garrison Region, but was ejected from the city by two of his rivals circa 351 BC (Diod. Sic. 16.45.9).

The coin types of Rhegion, founded as a colony of Chalcis, are related to its founding mythology. Some of the earliest tetradrachms of the city, from the mid-5th century BC, depict a lion’s head on the obverse, and a seated figure on the reverse. J.P. Six (in NC 1898, pp. 281-5) identified the figure as Iokastos, the oikistes (founder) of Rhegion (Diod. Sic. 5.8.1; Callimachus fr. 202). Head (in HN), suggested Aristaios, son of Apollo. Iokastos was one of six sons of Aiolos, ruler of the Aeolian Islands. All of the sons of Aiolos secured their own realms in Italy and Sicily, with Iokastos taking the region around Rhegion. Aristaios, born in Libya, discovered the silphium plant, and was the patron of beekeepers (mentioned by Virgil), shepherds, vintners, and olive growers. He also protected Dionysos as a child, and was the lover of Eurydike. The replacement of the seated figure type with the head of Apollo circa 420 BC also suggests the figure could be Aristaios. An anecdote from the first-century BC geographer Strabo (6.1.6 and 6.1.9), which connects Rhegion’s founding to the orders of the Delphic Oracle and Apollo, as the reason for the advent of the new type could be simply serendipitous.

Different theories exist for the lion’s head on the coins of Rhegion. The lion’s head (or mask as it is sometimes described) first appeared on the coinage of Rhegion at the start of the reign of Anaxilas, in about 494 BC. E.S.G. Robinson, in his article “Rhegion, Zankle-Messana and the Samians” (JHS vol. 66, 1946) argues that the lion was a symbol of Apollo. He makes a comparison to the coinage of the nearby city of Kaulonia, “At Kaulonia Apollo’s animal was the deer; if at Rhegion it was the lion, the early appearance and persistence of that type is explained. The lion is a certain, though infrequent, associate of Apollo at all periods.” The link, he suggests, is that the lion was associated with the sun, as was Apollo himself.

The lion’s head could also relate to the exploits of Herakles, who had some significance for the city. The extant sources tell us that Herakles stopped at southern Italy near Rhegion on his return with the cattle of Geryon (Diod. Sic. 4.22.5). It was here that supposedly a bull broke away from the rest of the herd and swam to Sicily (Apollod. 2.5.10). Though but a passing reference in Apollodorus, it is very possible that the Rhegians venerated Herakles. Indeed, Herakles was a very important figure throughout the entire area. Dionysios of Halicarnassus says that “in many other places also in Italy [besides Rome] precincts are dedicated to this god [Herakles] and altars erected to him, both in cities and along highways; and one could scarcely find any place in Italy in which the god is not honoured” (I.40.6). As the skin of the Nemean Lion was one of the main attributes of Herakles, the lion’s head may refer to him through metonymic association.

These tetradrachms of Rhegion exemplify the high aesthetic standard of the Classical Period that is common to the coins of Magna Graecia at this time. The facing lion head is rendered in a bold, detailed manner, as is the head of Apollo, carefully depicted as a serene deity. What separates these coins from their contemporaries is the depth of the relief, which was extraordinarily high. The effect is particularly striking on the reverse, where the lion head has an exceptional, unsurpassed three-dimensional quality.

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460201. ITALY or SICILY, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Litra or Obol (9mm, 0.49 g). Open mussel shell / Wheel with four spokes. HN Italy –; HGC 2, –; SNG Lloyd 1031 (Himera[?]) = Weber 1354 (Kamarina[?]); Manganaro, mikrà pl. 3, 34 (Cumae). EF. Good metal. Very rare, only three in CoinArchives. ($695) Ex ArtCoins Roma 12 (29 October 2014), lot 105.

In addition to the possible issuers listed above, see Vlasto 93 for a nomos of Tarentum with an open mussel shell as a subsidiary symbol on the obverse and a wheel as the reverse type.

Exceptional Quality Akragas

442107. SICILY, Akragas. Circa 460-450/46 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.30 g, 5h). Sea eagle standing left; Å˚∞Å1-Å-@ tos around / Crab; floral design below; all within shallow incuse circle. Lee Group II; HGC 2, 79; SNG ANS 983 (same dies); SNG Lloyd –; Basel –; Dewing –; Gulbenkian –; Rizzo pl. I, 6/12 (for obv./rev. dies). EF, underlying luster, lightly toned. ($17,500) Akragas, Roman Agrigentum, was situated close to the southern coastline of Sicily midway between Gela and Selinos. Founded by colonists from Gela circa 580 BC, Akragas grew to become the second most important city on the island after Syracuse, deriving much of its wealth from the export of agricultural produce to Carthage which lay about 200 miles to the west. Its coinage commenced in the closing years of the 6th century and consisted in the main of silver didrachms down to about 472 BC, after which the tetradrachm became the principal denomination. The types down to circa 420 comprised a stationary eagle on the obverse and a crab on the reverse, presumably symbolic of land and sea. Thereafter, the designs became more complex with one or two eagles shown devouring a hare and a galloping quadriga ultimately replacing the crab. In the final decade of the 5th century, Akragas suffered the same fate as many of the other Greek cities of Sicily when it was stormed and sacked by the invading Carthaginians (406 BC).

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Masterpiece from the Moretti Collection

439924. SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.27 g, 12h). Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding torch in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in her extended hands; in exergue, grain ear left / Head of Arethousa right, hair gathered behind in knot held with band, wearing triple-pendant earring and linear necklace with frontal pendant; sU-rÅ-kos5W˜ and four dolphins swimming around. Tudeer 62 (V21/R40); HGC 2, 1338 (this coin illustrated); Basel 466 (this coin); BMC 224; Gulbenkian 284; McClean 2716; Rizzo pl. XLVII, 8 (all from the same dies). Choice EF, toned. Exceptional. ($77,500)

Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 466.

By the middle of the 5th century BC, the situation in Sicily prefigured much later developments in Renaissance Italy, when local princes engaged in continual warfare among themselves, while employing the services of the finest contemporary artists and craftsmen. Wars required significant amounts of coinage to hire mercenaries, and the increasing cultural sophistication of the courts encouraged artistic experimentation – the result was the patronizing of some of the most talented coin engravers in history. In Syracuse and surrounding cities, the anonymous “Demareteion Master” and the “Maestro della foglia” were followed by their students and successors – Choirion, Euainetos, Eumenos, Exakestidas, Herakleidas – all of whom proudly signed their works. These masters developed new ways of viewing the world through art, breaking the static forms developed in Archaic and early Classical art, thereby developing new methods of portraying motion and life in miniature. The silver tetradrachm was the preferred denomination for such expression, providing a sufficient canvas upon which these artists had free-range to create. At Syracuse, these artists infused the standard typology – the victorious charioteer and the head of Arethousa – with a vigorous lifelike quality that places these coins among the finest works of numismatic art. The chariot scene was transformed from a twodimensional view to a dynamic three-dimensional perspective, with the horses arrayed in such a manner as to give the viewer the impression that the horses are emerging from the field. On the reverse, the previously stoic and sedate profile of Arethousa was now imbued with a certain individuality. Although her adornments varied in the way her hair was kept and the kind of earrings she wore, the vitality of her countenance now offered a radiant immortality.

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412413 466469 412413. SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.89 g, 4h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath / Diademed head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl necklace; s¨‰A-ko-s5o-˜ and four dolphins around.

Boehringer 189 (V85/R129); HGC 2, 1306; Boston MFA 348 (same dies); SNG ANS 60 (same dies). Good VF, toned.

($3750) Ex Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 219; Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 47.

466469. CARTHAGE. Circa 400-350 BC. Æ (16mm, 2.59 g, 7h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background, three pellets to right. MAA 18j var. (no pellet on obv.); SNG Copenhagen 119 var. (same). EF, brown patina. A superb example. ($395)

From the Hanbery and Knoepke Collections

457738. MACEDON, Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.35 g, 3h). Inebriated Dionysos, wearing chiton draped from his waist, holding in right hand a kantharos propped on his right knee, reclining left on the back of an ass standing right; to right, crow perched right on bush with two flowers / µE@-dÅ-5-o@ around vine of five grape clusters; all within shallow incuse square. Noe, Mende 74 (same dies); cf. AMNG III/2 21; SNG ANS 340-3; HGC 3.1, 545. EF, toned.

($35,000) Ex Hanbery Collection; Leu 52 (16 May 1991), lot 51; Olga Knoepke (Glendining’s, 10 December 1986), lot 140; Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 124.

The city of Mende, located on the Pallene Peninsula the eastern shore of the Thermaic Gulf was, according to Thucydides (4.123.1), founded

by Eretria in the 8th century. It later founded colonies of its own: Neapolis on the eastern coast of Pallene, and Eion at the mouth of the river Strymon near Amphipols. Mende’s wealth is indicated by the high amounts of tribute paid to the Delian Confederacy: eight talents until 451-450 BC, and then amounts ranging form five to nine talents after 438-437 BC. During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) Mende originally sided with Athens, but then, on the urging of the oligarchs, went over to the Spartan general Brasidas. It eventually returned to the Athenian side, but is not mentioned in connection with the Peace of Nicias. From 415-414 BC Mende again appears in the Athenian Tribute Lists, but by the fourth century the city was only minting copper coins.The Dionysiac types of Mende proclaim it as a famous wine producing city, as attested by its amphoras that have been found throughout the Mediterranean. On this delightful coin Dionysos, who rules wine and winemaking, is shown being carried home drunken from a symposium, a type of careless joy which links the world of men with the Olympians--at least until the morning.

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442153. KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.48 g, 1h). Pella mint. Struck circa 342/1-337/6 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / f5¬5π-πoU, nude youth, holding palm frond in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; thunderbolt below, @ in exergue. Le Rider 239 (D133/R193); SNG ANS 384–95; SNG Alpha Bank 272; SNG Fitzwilliam 2047; SNG Saroglos 49–50; Boston MFA 649 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 816. EF, attractive light cabinet tone, faint mark on cheek, minor die shift on reverse. Beautifully centered and struck on a broad flan. ($9750)

468734 460876 460899 468734. KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AV Quarter Stater (10.5mm, 2.12 g, 6h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow and club; kantharos above, f5¬5ππoU below. Le Rider 67 (D47/R35); SNG ANS 221–3; Boston MFA 645 (same dies). VF. ($875) 460876. KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.23 g, 8h). Tarsos mint. Struck under Menes or Philotas, circa 327-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; upright plow in left field; below throne, pellet above strut, grape bunch below. Price 3026; Newell, Tarsos 35 (obv. die XXXIV); SNG München 698; SNG Saroglos 510. Good VF, light golden toning. ($650) 460899. KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip III – Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Circa 323-310 BC. Æ Unit (19mm, 5.91 g, 3h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ∫Å%5¬EW%, bow in case and club; race torch below. Price 2800; SNG Alpha Bank –; SNG München 919; SNG Saroglos 857. EF, attractive olive-green patina. ($365) Ex Nomos FPL 4 (Winter-Spring 2011), no. 30.

Le Rider Plate Coin – Ex Niggeler Collection

464109. KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 11h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 317/6-315/4 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / charioteer driving biga right; below horses, thunderbolt above s; f5¬5ππoU in exergue. Le Rider 555a (D233/R401 – this coin); SNG Alpha Bank –; SNG ANS 185 (same dies); SNG Saroglos –. Near EF, small scratch in field on reverse. ($5950) Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 174; LHS 103 (5 May 2009), lot 71; Leu 13 (29 April 1975), lot 114; Walter Niggeler Collection (Part 1, Leu & Münzen und Medaillen AG, 3 December 1965), lot 228.

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917987. ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion. Circa 340-280 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.52 g, 10h). Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below / Vertical double stellate pattern divided by line, in double linear square border; below, club right; dUr around. Meadows, CH (Forthcoming), 40 (this coin); Maier 1; SNG Copenhagen 421; BMC 1-2. VF.

($495)

442081. THESSALY, Larissa. Circa 356-342 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 12.36 g, 6h). Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace / Bridled horse prancing right; ¬År5-s-Å5W@ around. L-S Type 2, Series A, dies O4/R1; BCD Thessaly 311 (same obv. die); Lorber, Hoard 64–6; HGC 4, 409; SNG Stockholm 1216 (same dies); Triton VIII, lot 282 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, typical die wear. ($4250) Ex Gorny & Mosch 199 (10 October 2011), lot 239; G. Hirsch 246 (21 September 2006), lot 1949.

463862 463863 463862. THESSALY, Perrhaiboi. 4th century BC. Æ Trichalkon (20mm, 8.35 g, 12h). Veiled head of Hera facing slightly left / PErr~5-BWn, Zeus standing left, holding long scepter in left hand and thunderbolt in right. Rogers 438, fig. 238; cf. BCD Thessaly I 1244 (arrangement of ethnic; star to inner right on rev. [not noted]); BCD Thessaly II 556; HGC 4, 156. Good VF, dark green patina. ($295) Ex BCD Collection.

463863. THESSALY, Thessalian League. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Stater (25mm, 5.38 g, 12h). Polyxenos and Eukolos, magistrates. Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / OEssÅ-2W@, Athena Itonia right; [π]o2U-$E@[oU] above; E¨Ko2osin exergue. BCD Thessaly I –; BCD Thessaly II 878.2; HGC 4, 210. Good VF, toned. ($245) Ex BCD Collection.

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From the Norman Davis Collection

442082. LOKRIS, Lokri Opuntii. Circa 360-350 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 12.18 g, 11h). Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace, hair held by dotted band at nape of neck / Ajax, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, holding sword in right hand, shield decorated with palmette and griffin on left arm, advancing right on rocks; oπo@t5W@ to left; broken spear below. H&D Group 17, 134f (O15A/R47) = Davis 131 (this coin); BCD Lokris 456.5; HGC 4, 990; SNG Copenhagen 44; Athena Fund II 522 = Hunt Sale IV 256; Dewing 1477 (all from the same dies). EF, toned, slight die shift on reverse. ($6500) Ex Texas Numismatic Association 3 (12 January 1985), lot 86; Norman Davis Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XI, 8 December 1982), lot 114.

The staters of Lokris stand among the finest artistic creations of Classical Greek coinage. The head of Persephone on the obverse is directly influenced by the famous depiction of the same deity by the artist Euainetos on the dekadrachms and tetradrachms of Syracuse. It has been suggested that Lokrian mercenaries served in the wars in Sicily undertaken by Dionysios I of Syracuse, and these warriors returned home with a quantity of Syracusan coins that served as the model. The reverse displays the famous warrior Ajax, who was the leader of the Lokrians in the Trojan War. The refined nature of this coinage seems out of place at such a relatively insubstantial city as Lokris. It has been suggested that these staters began as a monetary contribution, in lieu of soldiers, to Sparta during the latter’s military exploits following the Corinthian War, while Kraay argued that the coinage was produced for military needs during the Sacred War. Regardless of the purpose, this coinage was produced from dies executed by exceptionally skilled engravers, and exemplifies the high art of Classical Greece.

417114. ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 17.18 g, 10h). Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–8; HGC 4, 1597. Superb EF, lustrous. ($2750)

Published in the AJN

463388. ATTICA, Athens. Circa 353-294 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 16.63 g, 8h). Contemporary imitation. Head of Athena right, with profile eye, wearing crested Corinthian helmet with pi-style palmette / Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; AQE. Cf. Kroll 15a-g ; cf. HGC 4, 1599 (for official issue); Van Alfen, “A New Athenian ‘Owl’ and Bullion Hoard,” in AJN16-17 (2004-2005), 70 (this coin). Near EF, toned. ($675) Ex 2004 “Owl” and Bullion Hoard.

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458269. SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 335-330 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 12.12 g, 8h). Chimaera standing left; wreath above, sE below / Dove flying left; @ to left; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 218 (same dies); HGC 5, 201; BMC 57; Traité III 776. EF, bright surfaces. Well centered. ($5750) Ex Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.

The Chimaera was introduced as a design type on the coinage of Sikyon sometime in the fifth century BC. While the real reason will remain a mystery, the curious choice of this mythological beast (Sikyon – apart from some isolated and extremely rare issues from Macedon and Asia Minor – was one of only three cities to use the type as a design on their coinage) may derive from Sikyon’s association with Corinth, a city which also struck an issue featuring the Chimaera in connection with Bellerophon, the grandson of Sisyphos and the son of the Glaukos, king of Corinth. According to the myth related by Homer (Il. VI.155-203), Bellerophon was sent by Iobates, king of Lycia, to slay the Chimaera – a fire-breathing beast composed of the body of a lioness with a tail that terminated in a snake’s head and the head of a fire-breathing goat that arose from its back. To accomplish this, Bellerophon captured the winged horse, Pegasos. Flying high overhead to avoid the creature’s fire, Bellerophon slew the Chimaera by thrusting a spear, tipped with a block of lead, down its throat. The lead melted, suffocating the Chimaera, and Bellerophon returned victorious to Iobates.

463861. ACHAIA, Patrai. Circa 31 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.42 g, 12h). Agys, son of Aischrion, magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus right / Å˝¨1>Å5-1cr5>w@o1 in three lines around , monogram; all within elaborately bound laurel wreath with ties above and two rostra below. BCD Peloponnesos 534–6; HGC 5, 58; BMC 1; McClean 6322-4; SNG Copenhagen 152-3. VF, toned, struck from worn dies. ($265) Ex J. Cohen Collection; BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 346, 11 March 2015), lot 101; Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 7, Sotheby’s, 25 October 1984), lot 88 (part of).

The Myth of Europa and the Bull

459982. CRETE, Gortyna. Circa 330-270 BC. AR Stater (24mm, 11.37 g, 4h). Europa seated right in tree, head left, lifting chiton with left hand / Bull standing right, head reverted. Svoronos, Numismatique 98; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 26. Good VF, toned. ($5750) Ex Hanbery Collection; Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Stack’s, 14 January 2008), lot 2077; Edward J. Waddell II (12 September 1987), lot 188.

While the myth of Europa as one of Zeus’ numerous trysts is well-known and has been the subject of literature and art since at least the fifth century BC, certain portions of the entire episode received more attention than others. What occurred when Zeus brought Europa to Crete is one such part. According to the later authors Theophrastos (371-ca. 287 BC) and Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79), Zeus consummated his abduction of Europa in a plane-tree (ἡ πλάτανος), an event commemorated on a series of silver and bronze issues from the Cretan city of Gortyna, the site of that event.

According to the traditional account, Europa was the daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre, the sister of Kadmos, the legendary founder of Corinth, and Kilix, for whom Cilicia was named, and was a descendant of Io, one of Zeus’ numerous other mortal female trysts. Europa, too, attracted the eye of Zeus, who, transforming himself into a white bull, seduced the young girl, carrying her across the Aegean Sea to the region of Gortyna on Crete, where she was made the first queen of Crete. Gortyna’s special involvement in this myth – it was claimed the plane-tree was still extant centuries after the event – made its depiction on the civic coinage an important reminder of the city’s role in Crete’s early history.

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Unpublished Cycladic Stater

460978. CYCLADES, Keos. Karthaia. Circa 510-490/80 BC. AR Stater (17mm, 11.73 g). Amphora / Quadripartite incuse square. Sheedy 20-2 var. (dolphin); Papageorgiadou-Banis 15-6 var. (dolphin); HGC 6, 540 var. (same); Lanz 162, lot 67 (same dies). VF, some granularity. Extremely rare and unpublished variant. ($3950)

1.5:1 463898. MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.66 g). Tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald III 26.1; Von Fritze I 17; Boston MFA –; SNG BN –; SNG von Aulock 1168; Rosen 410. Good VF. Well centered. Very rare. ($575)

463899. MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (17.5mm, 16.02 g). Double-bodied sphinx with one head facing, wearing ouraios; both atop tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 128 (unlisted denomination); cf. Greenwell 101 (same); Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 280 (hekte); BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Myrmekion –; Rosen –; Weber –; Triton XX, lot 224. VF. Well centered. Very rare as a stater. ($8750)

460926. MYSIA, Kyzikos. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (24mm, 9.83 g, 12h). Bull butting right / ˚¨z5- ˚˙˚@W@, torch; Ì to left, ú to right. Von Fritze III 30 var. (rev. monogram); SNG BN 489-99 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 79-82 (same); BM 161-4 var. (same); SNG von Aulock 1239 var. (same); M&M 17, lot 768. Good VF, brown patina. ($295)

468736. IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Head of female left, wearing sphendone; small seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 100; Boston MFA 1912; BMC 62. VF, toned.

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462298. KINGS of LYDIA. temp. Cyrus – Darios I. Circa 550/39-520 BC. AR Siglos – Half Stater (16mm, 5.32 g).

Kroiseid type. Sardes mint. Confronted foreparts of lion right and bull left / Two incuse squares. Berk 22; Traité I 409–11 SNG Kayhan 1025; SNG Ashmolean 762–71; SNG von Aulock 2877-9. Good VF, some granularity. Good metal for issue.

($895)

460979. DYNASTS of LYCIA. Teththiweibi. Circa 450-430/20 BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.75 g, 12h). Facing head of Silenos / Tetraskeles; E´EjVEt tjt around. Müseler –; Falghera –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. –; SNG Berry 1164 (same dies); BM 88 (same dies). VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare. ($1250)

Superb Year 3 Shekel

467070. JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (22mm, 14.33 g, 11h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE).

Omer cup; Gc (“Y[ear] 3” in Hebrew = date) above, L!Rc¥ LQc (“Shekel of Israel” in Hebrew) around / Sprig of three pomegranates; YcurQY 2¥Lcur¥ (“Jerusalem the holy” in Hebrew) around. Meshorer 202; Kadman 20; Hendin 1361; Bromberg 68 (same dies); Shoshana I 20207-8; Spaer 174. Superb EF, clear pellets on rim of cup. ($12,500) Struck during the Jewish War against Rome, which lasted for at least part of five calendar years, these silver Shekels demonstrate a separation from Roman authority. Unlike Roman coins, they bore no human portrait, in order to keep the commandment that “thou shalt not make a graven image....” Legends were written in the language of Jews, Hebrew. Important religious imagery was the central design on either side; namely, the Omer cup, which held the “first fruits,” the measure of barley during Passover, and the sprig of three pomegranates, used as decoration on many religiously significant items.

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467071. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.68 g, 1h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, star above, 3∑o2C (“Shim‘on” in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, L!RC¥ RHL @C (“Y[ear] 2 of the Freedom of Israel” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 16 (O4/R10); Meshorer 230a; Hendin 1387; Bromberg 83 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20261 (same dies); Spaer 190. EF, toned. Rare die combination, only the Shoshana specimen cited by Mildenberg. ($9750)

467073

467072

467072. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17.5mm, 3.05 g, 2h). Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). ∑3o2c (“Shim‘on” in Hebrew) irregularly distributed in two lines within wreath / Palm frond, 2LC∑R¥ ¡∑RHL (“For the Freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 122 (O18/R80); Meshorer 279; Hendin 1420; Bromberg 176 (same dies); Shoshana II 20233 (same dies); Spaer –. EF, lightly toned. ($1250) 467073. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19.5mm, 2.94 g, 7h). Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Bunch of grapes; ∑3o2c (“Shim‘on” in Hebrew) around / Palm frond, 2LC∑R¥ ¡∑RHL (“For the Freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 190 (O22/R103’); Meshorer 281; Hendin 1430; Bromberg 197 (same rev. die); Shoshana II 20253 (same dies); Spaer –. Choice EF, lightly toned. Overstruck on a denarius of Trajan, with traces of legend and portrait visible. ($1450)

Choice Achaemenid Type IIIb, Group C Daric

463901. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.37 g).

Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneelingrunning stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Near EF, underlying luster. Well centered and struck. ($3250) 17

Special Offer The Achaemenid series began in the mid-late sixth century BC, contemporary with the famous Kroisid coinage, and lasted until the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great in the 330s BC. The term “daric” dates from the fifth century BC, and was used by the Greeks as a term for Persian coinage, particularly the gold (see Herodotos 7. 28). Its name derives from that of the Persian king Darios I, under whom the Persian coinage began. Ian Carradice’s study, “The ‘Regal’ Coinage of the Persian Empire” (in Coinage and Administration in the Athenian and Persian Empires [Oxford: BAR, 1987]) forms the modern basis for our understanding of this interesting coinage.

The Persians did not traditionally use coinage; instead, they employed the age-old systems of barter and trade-in-kind. Their eventual adoption of coinage was related first to their conquests of Lydia and then to their conflicts with the Greek city states in the sixth through fourth centuries BC. During these wars, the Persians employed Greek mercenaries, who, unlike their eastern counterparts, were accustomed to receiving payment in coinage.

Type III coinage was struck during the reigns from Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II, a period in which Persia suffered internal divisions and rebellion, events recorded by the Greek soldier-author, Xenophon, in his work, the Anabasis (The March Upcountry). The reign of Artaxerxes II was notable also for Persia’s increased involvement in the affairs of Sparta, an unsuccessful expedition against Egypt, and the Revolt of the Satraps (272-362 BC).

453511. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.32 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458771. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14.5mm, 8.33 g).

Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneelingrunning stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458754. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.41 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458760. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.40 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458766. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.41 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458770. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.41 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458775. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.32 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458757. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.35 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458776. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14.5mm, 8.36 g).

Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneelingrunning stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458772. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (16mm, 8.37 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795)

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458765

458777

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458758

458753 458765. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.38 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458777. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Darios I to Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.42 g). LydoMilesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 453496. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. n/a. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14.5mm, 8.34 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458758. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (15mm, 8.40 g).

Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneelingrunning stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 458753. PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. temp. Xerxes II to Artaxerxes II. Circa 420-375 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.36 g).

Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneelingrunning stance right, holding spear and bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group C (pl. XIV, 42); cf. Meadows, Administration 323; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 12; Sunrise 28. Good VF, underlying luster. ($1795) 20

459985. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285246 BC. AV Half Mnaieion – ‘Tetradrachm’ (20mm, 13.93 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 272-261/0 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; ÅdE¬fW@ above, shield to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; QEW@ above. Svoronos 604; Olivier & Lorber obv. die 22; SNG Copenhagen 133; Noeske 38; Boston MFA 2275; Dewing 2753-4. EF. ($12,500)

466361. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (34mm, 31.53 g, 11h).

Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 245-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / ∫Å%5¬EW% ∏to¬EÂÅ5oU, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, ^ between legs. Svoronos 965; Weiser 72; Noeske 120-2; SNG Copenhagen 173-5. EF, dark brown surfaces.

($595)

Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection.

466363. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 217-215/0 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / ∫Å%5¬EW% ∏to¬EÂÅ5oU, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, d5 between legs. Svoronos 1124; Landvatter 1-27 (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284; SNG Berry 1488; Dewing 2760. EF, toned, minor flan crack. ($7950) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection.

This type is thought to have been issued in celebration of the Ptolemaic victory over the Seleukids at the battle of Raphia during the Fourth Syrian War. Official propaganda proclaimed that these two deities, Serapis and Isis, had intervened on the behalf of the Egyptians, saving them from defeat (see C. Lorber, “The Ptolemaic Era Coinage Revisited,” NC 2007, p. 116, and L. Bricault, “Serapis et Isis, Sauveurs de Ptolémé IV à Raphia,” Chronique d’Égypte LXXIV (1999), pp. 334-43).

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466364. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 29 (152/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / ∫Å%5¬EW% ∏to¬EÂÅ5oU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; l˚Q (date) to left, ∏Å to right. Svoronos 1141; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; Boston MFA –; SNG Berry –; Dewing –. EF, attractive iridescent toning, minor flan crack, slight die rust in fields. Excellent metal and strike. ($1950) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection.

460977. KINGS of NUMIDIA. Juba I. Circa 60-46 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.80 g, 1h). Utica mint. REX · IVBA ·, draped bust right; scepter over right shouler / Octastyle temple; IOBAI HMMLKT in neo-Punic to either side. MAA 29; Mazard 84; Müller, Afrique 50; SNG Copenhagen 523. Choice EF. ($875)

CELTIC

955882. EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.08 g, 4h). Kinnlos (Chinless) type. Mint in the central Carpathian region. Celticized head of Zeus right, without chin / Celticized horseman riding right; line with central pellet below. OTA 244; CCCBM I 47; Flesche 720–1; KMW 1142; Lanz 554; Zürich 1287. Good VF, lightly toned. ($795) The issues of Philip II of Macedon were one of the primary coinages circulating in the Thraco-Macedonian region from the late 4th century BC. It was such an integral coinage to the area that official Macedonian issues of Philip II type continued for decades after his death in 336.

Naturally, this coinage was imitated by various tribes in the Danube region, probably to facilitate trade with cities where the type was a recognized medium of exchange, down to the first century BC. The earliest types were reasonably faithful copies of the obverse and reverse types, but over time the various tribes “morphed” them, often into abstract designs that only vaguely resembled the originals.

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CENTRAL ASIAN

468733 468732 468733. INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.95 g, 11h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. saO˜a˜OsaO OOIs˚i ˚Osa˜O, diademed, and crowned half-length bust left on clouds or mountain, holding mace-scepter and goad / ardOxsO up left, Ardoxsho standing facing, head left, holding laurel branch and cradling cornucopia; tamgha to rightArdoxsho, radiate and nimbate, standing facing, head right, extending cornucopia with both hands; & to right. MK 154/3 (O10/R7); ANS Kushan 721. Good VF. ($1450) 468732. INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva II. Circa AD 267-300. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.90 g, 12h). Main mint in Mathura/ Gandhara. Vasudeva standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; T (tra in Brahmi) to right of altar; 1 (ta in Brahmi) below Vasudeva’s left arm; 2 (vasu in Brahmi) to outer right / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; : to upper left to left. MK 577 (O14/R–; unlisted rev. die); ANS Kushan 1649. Near EF, lightly toned. ($895)

ROMAN PROVINCIAL Lucius Aelius Sejanus Archer M. Huntington Collection

466869. SPAIN, Bilbilis. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Semis (20mm, 5.58 g, 3h). L. Aelius Sejanus, praefectus praetorio and consul. Struck AD 31. · TI · CAESAR · · AVGVSTI · F ·, laureate head right / · (AV)G · BIBILIS · TI CÆSARE V L · ÆLIO [S]EIANO, COS within wreath. RPC 399; ACIP 3025. Good VF, brown surfaces. Very rare. ($2750) Ex Jesus Vico 131 (9 October 2012), lot 498; Archer M. Huntington Collection, 1001.1.11853.

Lucius Aelius Sejanus came from an up-and-coming equestrian family. Early in his career, Sejanus served with Augustus’ grandson Gaius in the east, and may have accompanied Drusus Caesar north to quell the mutinies that broke out upon Augustus’ death. Initially he had been his father’s colleague as praefectus praetorio, but when Strabo was promoted to the more prestigious post of praefectus Aegypti, Sejanus retained sole command of the Guard, a post which, according to later historians, he used to his advantage. Consolidating the Praetorians in a permanent encampment at the eastern edge of the city, he used the Guard to increase his power and influence over Tiberius. In AD 23, upon the death of Drusus Caesar, Sejanus proposed marrying Drusus’ widow Livilla, with whom he was allegedly having an affair. So indispensable had he become in maintaining order in the capital that Tiberius called him “the partner of my labors,” a position that Sejanus carefully built upon following the emperor’s retirement to Capri in AD 26. Using the emperor’s absence to his advantage, Sejanus imprisoned Germanicus’ widow, Agrippina Senior, her sons Nero and Drusus Caesars, and their supporters on charges of treason. In AD 31, Sejanus served as consul with Tiberius – the first step, he hoped, to acquiring tribunician power and becoming the imperial heir. At the height of this power, however, Tiberius, made aware of Sejanus’ machinations, condemned his consular colleague in a letter to the Senate. Harsh reprisals against Sejanus and his adherents followed, including the removal of his name from public monuments and on certain coins of this type.

468739. THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Tetrassarion (34mm, 22.98 g, 6h). Laouchos, strategos.

Struck AD 66/7-67/8. ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΣΑΡ ΘEΣΣΑΛΩΝ, laureate head right / ΛΑΟVΧΟV Σ ΤΡΑ ΤΗΓΟV, horse standing right, with reins held by Thessalia standing facing to right, holding grain ear and poppy. Burrer Em. 2, 43 (A15/R31); BCD Thessaly I 1404; BCD Thessaly II 933 (same obv. die); RPC I 1442. Good Fine, dark green-brown surfaces. ($475) From the BCD Collection.

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A Selection of Rare Peloponnesos Provincial Bronzes

462007 462008 461642 462008. SICYONIA, Sicyon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Diassarion (23mm, 5.19 g, 2h). Struck circa AD 198-205. [...]

ANT ωNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CI KYω [NI]ω[N], Tyche standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; altar to lower right. BCD Peloponnesos 373.2 (same dies); NCP p. 28, 2 var. (ruler). VF, dark brown surfaces, minor cleaning marks. ($295) Ex Helios 4 (14 October 2009), lot 573.

461642. MESSENIA, Asine. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Assarion (22mm, 4.41 g, 8h). Struck circa AD 198-205. [...] CЄ VHPOC Π, laureate head right / ACI N AIΩN, Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin in right hand, trident in left.

BCD Peloponnesos 774.2 (this coin). VF, red and green patina. ($600) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 774.2 (since professionally conserved), purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, December 1980.

462007. MESSENIA, Cyparissa. Plautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. Æ Assarion (21mm, 3.91 g, 10h). [... Π]ΛAYTIΛΛA CЄBA, draped bust right / K[YΠAPIC] CIEΩN, Aesculapius standing facing, holding serpent-entwined staff. BCD Peloponnesos 791.10 (this coin). VF, dark green patina, some roughness. ($575) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 791.10 (since professionally conserved).

462006. MESSENIA, Pylus. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (22mm, 5.27 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 198-205. A[...]

CЄ ΓETA CЄB, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΠVΛI ωN, draped facing female figure in terminal form. BCD Peloponnesos 822 (this coin); NCP pl. P, XVI = SNG Copenhagen 541 (same dies). VF, dark green patina. Very rare. ($875) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 822 (since professionally conserved).

461994 461634 461994. ARGOLIS, Argos. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diassarion (24mm, 8.28 g, 7h). Struck circa AD 198-208.

[AVT KAI Λ] CЄ CЄBHPOC ΠЄP Є, laureate head right / APΓЄ IωN, female deity standing left, holding patera in right hand and logn scepter in left. BCD Peloponnesos 1206 (this coin); cf. NCP pl. GG, IV (for same rev. die on an issue of Julia Domna). VF, brown and green surfaces. Very rare. ($365) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1206.

461634. ARGOLIS, Troezen. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diassarion (23.5mm, 7.52 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 198208. [ΛOY CЄΠT] CЄB HPOC Π[ЄPT], laureate head right / [TPOIZ] HNωN, Hippolytos standing left, holding folding of drapery in right hand and long scepter in left. BCD Peloponnesos 1345.2 (this coin); NCP p. 162, 7 (this coin cited?). VF, brown surfaces, some porosity. ($375) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1345.2; A. Rhousopoulos Collection (not in J. Hirsch sale).

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462005 462004 461991 462004. ARCADIA, Cleitor. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (22.5mm, 6.19 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 198-209. M AY ANTΩ NINON, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KΛЄITO PIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; altar to lower right. BCD Peloponnesos 1444 (this coin). VF, pale blue-green patina, minor roughness and pitting. Extremely rare. ($325) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1444.

462005. ARCADIA, Mantinea. Plautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. Æ Assarion (21.5mm, 7.01 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 198-205. ΦOVΛ ΠAVTIΛΛA, draped bust right / MANTI NEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; altar to lower right. BCD Peloponnesos 1506 (this coin); NCP p. 95, 9. VF, green and brown patina. Very rare. ($475) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1506.

461991. ARCADIA, Megalopolis. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diassarion (24mm, 7.32 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 198-209. AVT [...]HPROC ΠЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MЄ[ΓAΛOΠ]OΛЄITωN, male figure standing facing, head right, holding long spear in right hand. BCD Peloponnesos 1571.1 (this coin); NCP p. 95, 9. VF, rough brown surfaces. ($275) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1571.1; A. Rhousopoulos Collection (not in J. Hirsch sale).

461646 462910 460843 461646. ARCADIA, Pheneus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (22.5mm, 7.03 g, 7h). Struck circa AD 198-205. M AVP ANT[ ONЄINOC...], laureate head right / ΦЄNЄ T ΩN, nude, baearded satyr (Marysas?) standing right, raising right hand, with left arm outstretched. BCD Peloponnesos 1638 (this coin); NCP pl. T, VIII. VF, dark green patina. Very rare. ($365) Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1638; A. Rhousopoulos Collection (not in J. Hirsch sale).

462910. TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. Æ (23mm, 5.21 g, 12h). IVL VE MAXIMINVS C, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Horse grazing right; COL AVG above, TRO below. Bellinger A377; SNG München –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 173. Near EF, black-green patina with dusty green overtones, small flan crack. Very rare. ($275) Ex Group CEM (Classical Numismatic Group 88, 14 September 2011), lot 890.

460843. CILICIA, Irenopolis-Neronias. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ 1/6 Assarion(?) (13mm, 1.88 g, 12h). Dated CY 42 (AD 92/3). KAICAP, laureate head of Domitian right / Wreathed head of Dionysus right, with thrysus over shoulder; BM (date) to right. RPC II 1736; Karbach, Augusta 47; Lindgren 1462 (all references for Augusta in Cilicia). Good VF, green patina.

Extremely rare – only two recorded in RPC. ($375) The authors of RPC raise some doubt regarding the attribution of this issue to Augusta. The present coin is clear enough to demonstrate that the obverse legend of KAICAP is complete, with no additional lettering behind the bust, and that the reverse date is BM. This matches the smaller denominations of Ireneopolis, particularly RPC 1767, which bear the same date and legend with a reverse bust of Aesculapeius. The weight on the present specimen is half of the smallest otherwise recorded denomination at Ireneopolis, given as a 1/3 Assarion in RPC, suggesting this piece may be a 1/6 Assarion.

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460920

468723

460920. CILICIA, Mopsouestia-Mopsos. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Claudius, AD 41-54. Æ (13mm, 1.65 g, 12h).

Dated CY 119 (AD 51/2). Laureate head of Apollo right; ΘIP (date) to right / Altar; downwards to left and right, [MO] ΨEATΩ[N]/ THX IEPAC/ KAI AVTO/NOMOY. RPC I supp. 4058; von Aulock, Mopsos 15 corr. (rev. legend); SNG Levante –; SNG Paris –; ANS 1944.100.75445. EF, attractive pale green patina. Extremely rare – only one example in RPC and supplements. ($295) Ex Gorny & Mosch 204 (5 March 2012), lot 1842.

Achilles and the Centaur Chiron Ex Dattari Collection 468723. EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32mm, 20.98 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/142).

[Illegible legend], laureate head right / Achilles and the Centaur Chiron: the Centaur Chiron standing right, right foreleg raised, head left with his upper human torso turned facing, holding a helmet in his left hand, his right arm leading the young Achilles; Achilles is standing right, holding a spear with his right hand and a shield with his left; [L] Є (date) to either side. Köln 1873 var. (Achilles holding spear in raised position, and placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 8370 (this coin) = RPC IV Online 16249; K&G –; Emmett 1485.5 (R5). Fair, brown surfaces. Extremely rare. ($895) Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 8370.

One of the great rarities of the Antoninus Pius mythological series from the Alexandria mint, and only the second that this cataloguer can recall being offered for sale, with the first being the Wetterstrom example (CNA XIII, lot 218). The Wetterstrom coin graded VF, and was one of the highlights of the 1990 auction, realizing $3250 on the hammer. Dattari owned three examples, including this piece (his nos. 2505, 8369, and 8370), and all three are equally worn. There are also examples in the Köln (cited above) and Paris collections (Mionnet 1949). Emmett cited two examples: the Wetterstrom coin and possibly an example in the ANS collection (1944.100.60963), but the ANS coin is actually ”Hercules with the Centaur Pholos” (cf. Köln 1428).

“The wise and benevolent centaur Chiron, as tutor and guide, was given the custody of the sons of many ancient princes” and heroes (including Hercules). Another such pupil was Achilles, of Trojan War fame, who spent his formative years with Chiron. The reverse type on the present coin depicts Chiron leading the young Achilles, who carries a spear and shield, while Chiron holds his helmet.

Rare Zodiac Drachm of Antoninus Pius Jupiter in Sagittarius

461680. EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 20.64 g, 1h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/145). AVT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / Jupiter in Sagittarius: Centaur galloping right, drawing bow and arrow; above centaur, bust of Jupiter (Zeus) right with slight drapery; L H (date) below. Köln 1502 var. (obv. legend and star above centaur’s head); Dattari (Savio) 2974 var. (star above centaur’s head); K&G 35.262 var. (same); Emmett 1693.8. Good VF, attractive reddish-brown patina with touches of green. Rare. One of the finest known examples for the type. The star that usually appears on the reverse above the centaur’s head (indicating that this type represents the constellation) appears to have been left off of this die by the celator. ($4950) Alexandria saw an immense output of coinage during the eighth year of Antoninus Pius’s reign. The Zodiac drachms, mythological types, and a host of issues for the nomes appeared that year. One explanation for this activity centers on the celebration of the renewal of the Great Sothic cycle, the point when the star Sothis (Sirius) rises on the same point on the horizon as the sun. This cycle of 1461 years began early in the reign of Pius in AD 139, and apparently prompted a renewal in the ancient Egyptian religion, while the coin types also stressed the connections to the Greco-Roman Pantheon.

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468724. EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.95 g, 11h). Dated RY 21 (AD 157/158). ANTωNINO[C] CЄB ЄVCЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery / Isis Pharia advancing right, head left, holding billowing sail and sistrum; L/K/A (date) upward to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2266 (this coin); RPC IV Online 14331; K&G 35.736; Emmett 1404.21 (R3). Near EF. Nice silver quality. Rare in this condition. ($475) Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 2266.

463903. EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.58 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K M AN ΓOP∆IANOC CЄM AΦP ЄVCЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak; L A (date) across field. Köln 2598; Dattari (Savio) 4665; K&G 68.1; Emmett 3342.1. Good VF, dark brown surfaces.

Rare. ($1450)

463905 462862 463905. EGYPT, Alexandria. Balbinus. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.52 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K ΔЄΚ KAN (sic) BAΛBINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena Nikephorus enthroned left, holding spear; shield at side of throne, L A (date) to left. Köln 2610 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4681 var. (same); K&G 70.6 var. (same); Emmet 3372.1. VF, dark brown surfaces. An interesting engraver’s error for the obverse legend, where KAIΛ has been mis-engraved as KAN. ($795) 462862. EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II. AD 247-249. Potin Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.35 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 of Philip I (AD 248/249). A K M IOV ΦIΛ IΠΠOC ЄVC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Laureate head of Zeus right; L ς (date) across field. Köln 2804; Dattari (Savio) 10469 (this coin); K&G 76.63; Emmett 3612.6. Near EF, some silvering, minor flan flaw on Philip’s neck. ($395) Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 883562 (November 2010); Giovanni Dattari Collection, 10469.

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ROMAN REPUBLICAN

460943 460942 460942. Anonymous. Circa 235 BC. Æ Litra (14mm, 2.36 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Bridled horse leaping left; rOÂA below. Crawford 26/3; Sydenham 29; HN Italy 308; RBW 50; BMCRR 70-4 (Half Litra); Kestner 56-65.

VF, green patina. ($495) Ex RBW Collection (not in the NAC sale); Aes Rude (19 September 1987), lot 86.

460943. Anonymous. Circa 235 BC. Æ Litra (16mm, 3.36 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Mars right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet atop head; club behind / Horse leaping right; club above, rOÂA below. Crawford 27/2; Sydenham 23a; HN Italy 315; RBW 53; BMCRR 53-5 (Half Litra); Kestner 77-80. VF, green patina, minor roughness. ($365) Ex RBW Collection (not in the NAC sale); Superior (11 December 1992), lot 2269.

Choice Post-Semilibral As

466365. Anonymous. Circa 215-212 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (38.5mm, 70.52 g, 12h). Post-semilibral series. Rome mint.

Bearded head of Janus on raised disk / Prow left; i above. Crawford 41/5a; Sydenham 101; ICC 105; RBW 114. EF, green patina. ($3500) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen Basel.

460123 460122 460123. L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. 90 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; i behind, D below chin / Horseman galloping right, holding palm frond and reins; L RiÍO FruÇi over B below. Crawford 340/1; Sydenham 665a; Calpurnia 11; cf. RBW 1260 (for type); cf. BMCRR 2070-2084 (same); cf, Kestner 2899 (same). Superb EF, lightly toned, underlying luster. ($495) Ex Triton XIII (4 January 2010), lot 1408.

460122. L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. 90 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; T behind, e below chin / Horseman galloping right, holding palm frond and reins; D above, L RiÍO FruÇi over C below.

Crawford 340/1; Sydenham 665a; Calpurnia 11; cf. RBW 1260 (for type); cf. BMCRR 2119-22 (same); cf, Kestner 2899 (same). Choice EF, toned, traces of deposits. ($395) Ex Triton XIII (4 January 2010), lot 1407.

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467153 460124 467153. C. Mamilius Limetanus. 82 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; to left, Â above caduceus / Ulysses, wearing pileus and mariner’s dress, walking right, leaning on staff in left hand and extending his right hand toward his dog, Argus, who advances toward him; C • ÂAÂiL downward to left, LiÂeëN upward to right. Crawford 362/1; Sydenham 741; Mamilia 6; RBW 1370 var. (letter); BMCRR 2722-3; Kestner 3150-3 var. (same). Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck. ($395) 460124. C. Piso L.f. Frugi. 61 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Apollo right, hair bound with taenia; ladder behind / Horseman galloping right, holding palm frond and reins; horizontal Í above. Crawford 408/1b (O126/ R152); Hersh, Piso 383 (O291/R2130); Sydenham 851b; Calpurnia 24; cf. RBW 1460 (for type); BMCRR 3708; cf, Kestner 3334-49 (for type). Superb EF, toned, obverse struck slightly off center. ($450) Ex Triton XIII (4 January 2010), lot 1414.

463906. The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.00 g, 3h). Apollonia mint in Illyricum. Head of Apollo right, wearing long hair; COÍ upward to left, L • Le¸ • C • VrC downward to right / Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in extended right hand and in extended left, eagle right, head left, with wings displayed; star of eight rays above œ to left, garlanded altar to right. Crawford 445/2; CRI 5; Sydenham 1030; Cornelia 65; RBW 1563; BMCRR East 21-2; Kestner 3530-1. Good VF, deep iridescent toning. ($795)

466366. The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.06 g, 6h). Corduba mint; M Poblicius, legatus pro praetore. Helmeted head of Roma right; Â • ROBLiCi • Leg • RrO Rr around / Hispania standing right, shield on her back, holding two spears and presenting large palm frond to Pompeian soldier standing left on prow, armed with sword; CN • ÂAgNuÍ • iÂR around lower right. Crawford 469/1a; CRI 48; Sydenham 1035; RSC 1 (Pompey the Great); cf. RBW1641; BMCRR Spain 72-3; Kestner 3645-6. EF, toned. ($1450) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection .

463908. The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAeÍAr in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; RBW 1557; BMCRR Gaul 27; Kestner 3515-19. EF, toned. ($1950) 29

463909. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Late summer-autumn 43 BC. AR Quinarius (13mm, 2.11 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Winged bust of Victory right, with the likeness of Fulvia / Lion walking right; iN¬Î above, Lugu in exergue, Lugu; A to left, x[L] to right (= 40, Antony’s age at time of issue). Crawford 489/5; Lyon 2; King 75; CRI 122; Sydenham 1160; Fulvia 4; RBW 1712; BMCRR Gaul 40-5; Kestner 3717. VF, toned, struck slightly off-center. ($295) Ex Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection; Karl Sifferman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 171, 22 August 2007), lot 288.

463910. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.69 g, 6h). Legionary Issue.

Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT Aug above, iii uir r p C below / Aquila between two signa; Leg iii across lower field. Crawford 544/15; CRI 350; Sydenham 1217; RSC 28; RBW 1839; BMCRR East 193; Kestner 3844. EF, toned, lacquer residue. ($2250) Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 432; Sternberg XII (18 November 1982), lot 512.

463912. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Legionary Issue.

Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT Aug above, iii uir r p C below / Aquila between two signa; Leg xii across lower field. Crawford 544/26; CRI 365; Sydenham 1230; RSC 41; RBW 1844; BMCRR East 204; Kestner 3855. VF, toned, a few light scratches under toning. ($495) Ex Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr. Collection; Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 605; Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1746.

Published in CNR

462909. The Triumvirs. Octavian. 29-28 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 1.88 g, 9h). Italian (Rome?) mint. CAeÍAr iÂR • uii, bare head right / Victory, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left over left shoulder on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes with heads erect; AÍiA to right, reCeRTA to left. CRI 429; RIC I 276; CNR 260/5 (this coin); King 1; RSC 14; BMCRE 647-9 = BMCRR East 240-2. VF, toned. ($675) Ex Classical Numismatic Group Elelctronic Auction 291 (21 November 2012), lot 345; Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 317.

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ROMAN IMPERIAL From the Bement Collection Published in Sutherland

466367. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.04 g, 1h). Ephesos mint. Struck circa 25 BC. IMP CAE SAR, bare head right / AVGVSTVS, garlanded and filleted altar decorated with two stags facing one another. RIC I 479; Sutherland Group VIγ, 404a (O148/R57 – this coin); RPC I 2215; RSC 33; BMCRE 694 = BMCRR East 262; BN 922-6.

Near EF, toned, small scratch in reverse field, minor flan flaw on obverse. ($2750) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection; C. S. Bement Collection (Naville VIII, 25 June 1924), lot 446.

466368. Gaius (Caligula), with Agrippina Senior. AD 37-41. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint.

2nd emission, 2nd phase, late AD 37-early AD 38. C · CAESAR · AVG · GERM · P · M · TR · POT, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) right / AGRIPPINA · MAT · C · CAES · AVG · GERM ·, draped bust of Agrippina right, wearing hair in waves from brow downward and knotted in a long plait at the back, one lock falls loose down the neck. RIC I 14 (Rome); Lyon 169; RSC 2; BMCRE 15; BN 24-6. Good VF, toned. Good metal. ($5750) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection .

463913. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (36.5mm, 29.42 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-3. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right / EX • S • C•/ P • P/ OB • CIVES/ SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath.

RIC I 112; von Kaenel Type 69; BMCRE 185; BN 209. Good VF, tan river coin, slightly rough surfaces. Handsome portrait. ($1950) Ex Collection of a Director.

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Exceptional Vitellius Denarius

460777. Vitellius. AD 69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa April-December AD 69. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes surmounted by dolphin right; below, raven perched right.. RIC I 109; RSC 111; BMCRE 39-40; BN 77. Superb EF, beautiful iridescent tone. Rare in this condition. ($5750)

463915. Titus. AD 79-81. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 24.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 80-81. IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head left / Spes advancing left, holding flower in extended right hand and raising hem of skirt in left; S C across field. RIC II 170; BMCRE 183-5; BN 174-5. VF, handsome river patina, a small scrape below the portrait, traces of green deposits on the reverse. ($1250) Ex White Mountain Collection (Triton XII, 6 January 2009), lot 583 .

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection

468726. Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81.

CAESΛR DIVI F DOMITIΛNVS COS VII, laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, garlanded and lighted altar. RIC II 266 (Titus); RSC 397a; BMCRE 92-6 (Titus); BN 76-7 (Titus). EF, deep iridescent toning, light deposits in the devices. Fine style portrait. Great metal. ($1250) Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12932.

461080. Anonymous issues. temp. Hadrian–Antoninus Pius, AD 117-161. Æ Quadrans (15mm, 2.50 g, 7h). Rome mint.

Head of Minerva right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet atop head / Owl standing left, head facing; S C flanking. RIC II 7; Weigel fig. 4; Kestner, Tesseren 30-1; Cohen 7. VF, green and brown patina. ($265) 32

453277. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD January–February 168.

M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PATH MAX, laureate head right / TR P XXII IMP IIII COS III, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC II 178; MIR 18, 158-4/30; RSC 892; BMCRE 453-4. Superb EF, toned. ($365)

466370. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck February–December AD 168. laureate head right / TR P XXII · IMP V COS III, Aequitas seated left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left.

RIC III 189; MIR 18, 165-14/30; Calicó 2005; BMCRE 465; Biaggi 900 (same dies). EF, attractive cabinet toning.

($14,500) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection.

466371. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 147-150.

FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing band of pearls around head / V E NVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. RIC III 517c (Antoninus Pius); Calicó 2097c; BMCRE 1063 var. (obv. legend punctuation); Biaggi 944. Near EF, underlying luster. ($14,500) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection, purchased from Florange, Paris.

461544. Commodus. AD 177-192. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 2.76 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck August–December AD 192. L AEL AVREL C OMM AVG P FEL, head right, wearing lion skin headdress / Club facing downward; HER CVL/RO MAN/AV GV in three lines across field; all within laurel wreath with central jewel. RIC III 251; MIR 18, 853-4/72; BMCRE 339; RSC 190. Good VF, toned. ($595) Ex Coin Galleries (18 April 2001), lot 346.

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Two Caracalla Denarii Illustrated in Roman Silver Coins

463360 463361 463360. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.31 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 200-201. ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RECTOR ORBIS, Sol standing facing, head left, holding globe in right hand and inverted spear in left. RIC IV 39a; BMCRE 165; RSC 542 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, toned. ($495) Ex Collection RW (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 241, 29 September 2010), lot 401; Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 1698 (part of); G.R. Arnold Collection (Glendining’s, 21 November 1984), lot 172.

463361. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.11 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 212-213. ANTONINVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / FIDEI EXERCITVS, Fides standing left, holding signum in right hand and aquila in left; a second signum to right. RIC IV 213; BMCRE 71 var. (rev. legend break); RSC 76 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, toned, minor deposits. ($495) Ex Collection RW (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 241, 29 September 2010), lot 401; Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 1698 (part of); G.R. Arnold Collection (Glendining’s, 21 November 1984), lot 138.

453279. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 211. P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right / LIBERALI TAS AVG V, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia; globe at feet. RIC IV 89; BMCRE 65 note; RSC 68a. Near EF, toned. Unusual late reign portrait in the style of his father, Septimius Severus (note especially the forked beard). ($375)

Pedigreed to 1933 From the Laughlin Collection

466372. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.20 g, 1h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, late AD 236-237.

MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding signum in each hand; S C flanking. RIC IV 78; BMCRE 139; Banti 4. EF, attractive brown patina. ($2750) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection; R. Laughlin Collection (A. Hess, 18 December 1933), lot 825.

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463916 466373 463916. Diva Paulina. Died before AD 235. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.59 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. DIVA PAVLINA, veiled and draped bust right / CONSECRATIO, peacock standing facing, head left, tail spread. RIC IV 1 (Maximinus); BMCRE 135 (Maximinus); RSC 1. Near EF, underlying luster. ($875) Ex Collection of a Director.

466373. Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. 3rd emission of Maximinus I, late AD 236-237. MAXIMVS CAES GERM, draped bust right / PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Maximus standing left, holding baton in right hand and transverse spear in left; two signa to right. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 211-2; RSC 10. EF, lightly toned. Struck on a broad flan. ($795) Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin Collection.

1000th Anniversary of Rome

453402. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 4.61 g, 6h). Secular Games issue. Commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. Rome mint, 4th officina. 9th emission of Philip I, AD 248. OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set upon crescent / SAECVLARES AVGG, hippopotamus advancing right; IIII. RIC IV 116b (Philip I); RSC 63. VF, toned. ($265) From the RJM Collection.

460203. Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 3.42 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. 5th emission, 1st phase, AD 268. POSTVMVS AVG, radiate bust left, wearing lion skin on left shoulder, holding club over right / PA X AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC V 319; Mairat 148; AGK 52b; RSC 218; Cunetio 2446. EF, green patina. Fine style portrait. Rare. ($1650) Ex H.J. Lücker Collection.

460889. Marius. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 269. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 3.59 g, 6h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 2nd emission. IMP C M AVR MARIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VCT ORI A AVG, Victory standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond in left. RIC V 17; Mairat 238; AGK 8a; Cunetio 2509. Good VF, brown patina. ($465) Ex American Numismatic Society Collection, Estate of Dr. John F, Lhotka Jr. (not in Gemini sale).

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463917. Aurelian. AD 270-275. Æ Denarius (18.5mm, 2.21 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 11th emission, AD 275. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICT O RI A AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond in left; to left, bound captive seated left, head reverted; B. RIC V 73; RIC V Online temp. no. 1853; BN 250-7, 259-64. EF, brown surfaces. ($245) Ex Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection; CNG Inventory 846680 (March 2009).

Superb Artistic Carinus Aureus

460204. Carinus. As Caesar, AD 282-283. AV Aureus (19mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Siscia mint. 1st emission, November AD 282. M AVR CARINV S NOV CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VICTO RIA AVG, wingless Victory standing left on glove, holding wreath in extended right hand, trophy in left. RIC V 190; Pink VI/2, p. 42; Calicó 4372; Hunter –. Superb EF, light red in devices with faint blue toning in fields. ($45,000) Ex Triton VII (12 January 2004), lot 1033.

When the emperor Carus assumed the purple, he elevated his sons, Carinus and Numerian to the rank of Caesar. Carus left Carinus in command of the western half of the empire while he and Numerian travelled east to campaign against the Sasanian Persians. During this time, Carinus successfully led campaigns against the Germans and Britons, who tried to take advantage of the emperor’s absence. These elaborately detailed aureii, both dateable to 282 AD, with their overt military and Victory types, respectively, were likely issued in conjunction with these successful campaigns.

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Amonst the Finest Known Licinius I Facing Aureus

466374. Licinius I. AD 308-324. AV Aureus (21.5mm, 5.33 g, 11h). Decennalia issue. Nicomedia mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 321-322. LICINIVS AVG OB D V FILII SVI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed facing bust / IOVI CONS LICINI AVG, Jupiter, holding Victory on globe in right hand and scepter in left, seated facing on high-backed throne set on platform inscribed SIC •X•/SIC •XX• in two lines; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; SMNΔ. RIC VII 41; Depeyrot 31/1; Calicó 5094; Hunter –. Superb EF, fully lustrous. Exquisitely detailed and artistically important facing portrait struck in high relief, paired with an equally skilled and evocative Jupiter. Among the finest known. (POR) Ex Tkalec (24 October 2003), lot 412.

Earlier facing head portraits can be found on aurei of Postumus, Carausius, Maxentius, and Constantine I, but the excessive rarity of these issues today suggests they were only struck in very limited quantities for special occasions or were experiments that failed to gain traction.

The facing head aurei of Licinius I and II, struck for their tenth and fifth anniversaries, respectively, thus mark the first effort to put facing-head aurei into general circulation in somewhat sizeable numbers and set a precedent for what will eventually become the norm for later Roman and Byzantine issues.

It is often remarked that while earlier portraits of emperors attempt to capture individuality (not necessarily reality), late Roman portraits subsume individuality in favor of a quasi-divine image. While the Licianian issues are not devoid of individualized features (see for example, NAC 62, lot 2093, which carries a mature portrait of Licinius II wearing long sideburns), through their rigid frontality and intense gaze they transfix the viewer in a startlingly bold and immediate way. They are, like religious icons of their time, both didactic and devotional.

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463311. Magnentius. AD 350-353. Æ Double Centenionalis (36.5mm, 10.29 g, 7h). Ambianum (Amiens) mint. 7th phase, struck January-August 353. D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SALVS D D N N AVG ET CAES, large Christogram; A ω flanking; AMB. RIC VIII 34; LRBC 19; Bastien 135. EF, green and brown patina. ($975)

463372. Magnentius. AD 350-353. Æ Centenionalis (23mm, 3.97 g, 5h). Ambianum (Amiens) mint. 7th phase, 2nd reduction, struck January-August 353. D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SALVS D D N N AVG ET CAES, large Christogram; A ω flanking; (pellet-in-crescent)AMBQ. Cf. RIC VIII 45; cf. LRBC 24; cf.

Bastien 147 (all with star in upper left field of rev.). EF, attractive emerald green patina. Apparently unpublished variety. ($795) Includes ticket indicating the coin was found in “E5 SQ3, rubble layer” at the Roman villa near Warren’s Farm, Great Tey, 13 September 1966.

BYZANTINE

468738. Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. 610-641. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck circa 613-616. ∂∂ NN ҺЄRACLIЧS ЄT ҺЄRA CONST P P AV, crowned, draped, and cuirassed busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine facing; cross above / VICTORIA AVςЧ, cross potent set upon three steps; N to right; Є// CONOB. DOC 9a; MIB 9; SB 736. Near EF, a couple of scrapes on the reverse. ($395) From the Kallman Collection.

468735. Justinian II. Second reign, 705-711. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 705. ∂ N IҺS CҺS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, cross behind head, raising hand in benediction and holding book of the Gospels / ∂ N IVS τINIA NVS MЧLTЧS AN, crowned bust of Justinian facing, wearing loros, holding cross potent set on three steps and globus cruciger inscribed PA[X]. DOC 1; MIB 1; SB 1413. Good VF, some peripheral striking weakness, mainly in the legends. ($2450) 38

462932. Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (27mm, 10.11 g, 6h). Class A2.

Constantinople mint. + ЄMMA [NOVHΛ], facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, with two pellets in arms of nimbus; IC XC flanking / + IhSЧS/ XPISTЧS/ bASILЄЧ’/ bASILЄ’; floral scrolls above and below. DOC A2.24a; SB 1818. EF, green patina, a few cleaning marks. Attractive portrait of Christ. ($575) Ex Gorny & Mosch 208 (16 October 2012), lot 2472.

941528. John VIII Palaeologus. 1425-1448. AR Stavraton (23mm, 7.05 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; barred IC XC across field; sigla: lis | ΓK monogram / Crowned facing bust of John; sigla: pellet | pellet. DOC 1636-8; Bendall 348.1, sigla 1; SB 2563. Near EF. ($695)

EARLY MEDIEVAL

460205 460212 460205. OSTROGOTHS. temp. Theoderic. 493-526. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (24mm, 11.34 g, 1h). Municipal issue, light series. Rome mint, 4th officina. INVICT A ROMA, helmeted and draped bust of Roma right / Eagle standing left, head right, wings spread; L/X to left; • Δ • in exergue. COI 76b; MIB 74a; MEC 1, 101 (same obv. die). VF, brown patina. ($675) 460212. OSTROGOTHS. temp. Theoderic. 493-526. Æ Decanummium (16mm, 2.97 g, 7h). Municipal issue. Ravenna mint. Struck circa 493-518. FELIX R AVENNA, Mantled bust of Ravenna right, wearing mural crown / Monogram of Ravenna with central pellet; all within wreath. COI 78a; Ranieri 260; MIB 72a (Rome); MEC 1, 145-9. Good VF, dark green patina. ($575) Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 20110, lot 1740; J.P. Righetti Collection, 253.

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463860. MEROVINGIANS, Metz. Circa 620-640. AV Tremissis (14mm, 1.32 g, 12h). Ansoaldus, moneyer. M⍟˶˶Ʃ˞ ⍛ƩV⍟˶¬˶Ʃ, diademed and draped bust right / ม ¬n⌽⌴¬ǮĆV˞ M⌴n⍟˶, Greek cross with pellets at ends; ⍛ © across field; all within wreath. NM 10; Stahl, Metz A6s (same dies); Belfort 2924 (same dies); MEC 1, –. Good VF, hint of deposits. Rare. ($4500) Ex Elsen 127 (5 December 2015), lot 595.

WORLD

461808 459999 461808. FRANCE, Royal. Philippe VI de Valois (of Valois). 1328-1350. AR Gros à la couronne (24mm, 2.47 g, 2h). 1st emission, authorized 1 January 1337. ๘ BHዝዢ⌐˶⎍ ḧ ˨ዢ˶ ḧ Hɭ⍴ģ ḧ ዝHዢ ḧ nያዢ ḧ ዝዞዢ/ Pƌዢ ǭዢP P⎍˨ (lis in L), cross pattée / fያ¥Ⱥ⌐Ⱥɭያӎ⍴, châtel tournois decorated with three pellets; all within border of twelve lis. Duplessy 262; Ciani 97; Lafaurie 266. Good VF. ($295) 459999. GERMANY, Trier (Erzbistum). Werner von Falkenstein. 1388-1418. AR Weißpfennig – Groschen (25.5mm, 4.70 g, 11h). Struck 1402-1404. Ѿĩˆɀĩˆ= ¥ˆýĩዩ⎡ Ϳˆ=, half-length bust of St. Peter facing, holding key in right hand and Gospel in left; two coats-of-arms above, rosette to lower right, crossed keys below; all within arched Gothic canopy / ⍲ɨɀĩͿ¥ Ḻ ɀɨѝ¥ Ḻ Ϳˆĩѝĩˆĩɀ˫, coat-of-arms within angled trilobe. W&N 381. Good VF, toned. With old Spink and Baldwin’s tickets. ($575) Ex A. Thompson Collection.

460208. ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR Cinquina (16.5mm, 0.65 g, 2h). Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1548-1554. PLVS VLTRA, crowned pillars of Hercules set on waves; (IBR) monogram between / R ARAGO VTRIV SI ·, Golden Fleece. MIR 151/7; Pannuti-Riccio 39g. VF, lightly toned.

Well struck on good metal. ($195)

From Artstic Dies

460209. ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Tarì (25.5mm, 5.88 g, 3h). Second period. Germano Ravaschieri, mintmaster and Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Dated 1572 GR VP. ·:· 1572 · PHLIPP · DEI · GR · REX · AR · VTR ·, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; (GR)/ (VP) to left / · SICILIÆ · ET · HIERVSAL ·, crowned coat-of-arms.

MIR 176/4; Pannuti-Riccio 26. EF, lightly toned, minor double strike on reverse. Very rare. Artistic dies. ($2450) 40

460210 460206 460210. ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo III di Spagna. 1598-1621. AR Carlino (20mm, 1.97 g, 6h). Giovanni Francesco Citarella, mintmaster and Michele Cavo, trial master. Dated 1621 FC C. + PHILIPP · III · REX ·, radiate, darped, and armored bust right, wearing ruff; FC/C behind / IN HOC · SIGNO · VINCES, voided Jerusalem cross; · 1621 · below. MIR 211/3; Pannuti-Riccio 19a. VF, spots of dark toning. ($175) 460206. ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I d’Angiò. 1266-1282. AR Saluti d’argento – Carlino (24mm, 3.15 g, 12h). Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck 1278-1282. ๘ ǖªˆɭ⌦=/ ƱĿˆ⌦=/ Ŀ˶ / SƱæƱ⌦ / ˆĿᛸ, coat-of-arms / ๘ ªчĿ / ŷˆª / ʓ⌦Ŀɀª / dɀS / ˶Ŀæч⍴, the Annunciation: Archangel Gabriel standing right, gesturing towards Virgin Mary, standing left, lilies in vase between. Pannuti-Riccio 3; MIR 20; MEC 14, 677-8. VF, toned. ($365)

BRITISH

459536. ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-725. AR Sceatt (11.5mm, 0.78 g). Series J, type 37. Mint in Northumbria (prob. York). Two confronted diademed heads; between, long cross with trident end; double border / Cross, at each end a bird right; double border. Abramson 19.30; SCBI 63 (BM), 481-4; North 135; SCBC 802A. VF, toned, minor porosity. Well struck. ($425)

Attractive Æthelwulf

458294. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 12h). Canterbury mint.

Manna, moneyer. Struck 844-849. ส ⌓T⌓ዢєєƺ⌓ ʽĺม, diademed bust right / ຝ ⍵©⎴⎴© ዢዢɯH⌓˶©, cross-crosslet. Naismith C115.3l (this coin); SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 543; BMA 427; North 610; SCBC 1047. Good VF, toned. Very rare. ($5750) Ex Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection; J. Hall Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 71, 20 September 2006), lot 35; Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 395; F. Knobloch Collection (Coin Galleries, 12 November 1986), lot 992; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 22 January 1952), lot 698.

461715. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (21mm, 1.39 g, 6h). Horizontal-Rosette 1 (HR 1) type (BMC i). Uncertain mint; Agtardes, moneyer. ม ዞ©ዝʼዞዝ ʼዞҟ Ӳ, small cross pattée / ©ű˶©ʼ/ዝዞӲ ⍵∂˶ in two lines; ม ม ม between, rosettes above and below. CTCE 112; SCBI 34 (BM), 596-7 var. (obv. legend); North 707; SCBC 1113. EF, toned, small flan flaw on reverse. Rare with this obverse legend. ($2600) 41

463874. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Eadgar. 959-975. AR Penny (21.5mm, 1.46 g, 11h). Circumscription Cross (CC) type (BMC iii). Winchester mint; Man, moneyer. Struck circa 959/60-973. ม e/©/Āű/©/ʼ ʼeҟ ©ዧ, small cross pattée / ม H©ዧ Hɭዧe˶©, small cross pattée. Harvey 38B (A/a – this coin); CTCE –; SCBI 34 (BM), –; North 749; SCBC 1135. VF, toned, slightly wavy flan. Rare. ($1950) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection (Part 5, Spink, 28 April 2017), lot 1913, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 1995; 1993 ‘Hampshire’ Hoard.

Bust Right Variety

416776. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (18mm, 1.26 g, 9h). Last Small Cross type variety (BMC ia, Hild. Aa). Canterbury mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1009-1017. Diademed and draped bust right / + LEΘFSTΛN ΘN CΛNT:, small cross pattée. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 447 (same dies); North 780; SCBC 1154A. Good VF, slight wave in flan, a couple peck marks, surface crack. Very rare bust right variety. ($975)

Ex Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection; Marie Karlsson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 85, 15 September 2010), lot 1492.

463878. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (17mm, 1.02 g, 6h).

Facing Bust/Small Cross type (BMC xiii, Hild. Ac). Northampton mint; Sæwine, moneyer. Struck 1062-1065. ዞ©ዝʼ²ʼዝ ʼዞҟ ©, crowned facing bust / ˞®Pዢnዞ ɭዧ ዡ²⍵, short cross pattée. Wells, “The Northampton and Southampton Mints, Part II,” in BNJ XIX (1927-1928), pl. IV, 15 (this coin illustrated); Freeman 49; SCBI –; BMC –; North 830; SCBC 1183. Near EF, toned. ($1650) Ex William C. Wells Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin’s, 1949).

459875 463880 459875. NORMAN. William I ‘the Conqueror’. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 3h). Paxs type (BMC viii).

Gloucester mint; Seolcwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. ม ዩዢ⌦⌦ዞ⌦ዦ ʽዞҟ, crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter; trefoil on shoulder / ม ˨ዢ⌦ዢዞüዩዢዧዞ ∂ዧ Ż⌦ዞ, cross pattée; letters of ዩ a ҟ ˨ in annulets within quarters. SCBI 19 (Bristol and Gloucester Museums), 129 (same dies); BMC 685; North 848; SCBC 1257. Good VF, toned. Rare. ($1950) 463880. NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 7h). Watford type (BMC i). Northampton mint; Paien, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. ม ˨Ϳ[ዢōne ʽeҟ], crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter in right hand / ม ዩ[¥en Ḧ ɭ]n Ḧ nɭʽƌ[¥n], cross moline. Mack 23; SCBI 17 (Midlands), 764; North 873; SCBC 1278. VF, toned, usual areas of flat strike. ($495) 42

453285. PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AR Penny (18.5mm, 0.99 g, 8h). Fourth coinage, Pre-treaty period, series E. York (Royal) mint; im: cross pattée (cross 2). Struck circa 1354-1355. ๘ ĚĕѾaʼĕѝ⎄ ი ʼĚҞ ი aɀŷǮƱ ი Ԥ, crowned facing bust / ýƱѝƱ ˶a⎄ ĚBɭ ʼaýƱ, long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. Stewartby p. 264; North 1168; SCBC 1603.

VF, toned, some ghosting on obverse.

($225) From the Lord Stewartby Collection. Ex Gordon V. Doubleday Collection (Glendining, 7 June 1972), lot 451 (part of); L. A. Lawrence Collection (English Part IV, Glendining, 28 November 1951), lot 1136 (part of).

459538. PLANTAGENET. Edward III. 1327-1377. AV Quarter Noble (19mm, 1.91 g, 6h). Treaty period, Group b. Calais mint. Struck 1361-1369. ๘ ĚĕѾaʼĕ Ḻ ĕĚƱ Ḻ ŷʼa Ḻ ʼĚҞ, coat-of-arms; cross-in-circle above; all with double polylobe / ๘ ĚҞaǮ˶aBƱ˶ѝʼ Ḻ Ʊɀ Ḻ ŷǮɭʼƱa, cross fleurée, with annulet at center; in each angle, lion passant above lis; all within double polylobe. Lawrence 3; Schneider 100 (same dies); North 1246; SCBC 1513. Good VF. Well struck. ($1950)

Rare ‘Porcine’ Noble of Calais

461833. PLANTAGENET. Richard II. 1377-1399. AV Noble (40mm, 7.73 g, 10h). Type IIC, ‘porcine’ style. Calais mint. ˆƱý ¨ˆĕ Ḻ ĕĚƱ Ḻ ŷˆ¨ Ḻ ˆĚҞ Ḻ ¨ɀŷǮ Ḻ ĕɀ˫ Ḻ ƌӎB Ḻ Ԥ Ḻ ¨ʠѝƱ˶, Richard standing facing in ship; flag at stern, voided quatrefoil over sail, ornaments 1-1-1-1, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 4/4 / ๘ ƱƌĚ Ḻ ¨ѝ˶Ěȶ Ḻ ˶ˆ¨ɀ˫ƱĚɀ˫ Ḻ PĚˆ Ḻ ȶĚĕƱѝȶ Ḻ ƱǮǮɨˆѝȶ Ḻ ƱB¨˶, ornate cross with lis at ends and small ˆ in center; crowned lion over trefoil in each quarter. Schneider 155 (same dies); North 1307(1); SCBC 1661. Good VF, small mark on obverse. Struck from an obverse die first used at London, then alterred for use at Calais with the addition of a flag. An excellent example of this very rare and distinctive ‘porcine’ type. ($12,750)

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453289

Henry V/IV Mule

453304

453289. LANCASTER. Henry V. 1413-1422. AR Groat (26mm, 3.26 g, 8h). Type B, muled with reverse of Henry IV. London (Tower) mint. [๘ ƌĚ]ɀˆƱý ᚤ ĕƱ=ᛆ ŷˆ¨=ᛆ ˆĚҞ ᛆ ¨ɀŷǮƱĚ Ḻ ⎜ Ḻfˆ¨ɀýƱĚ=, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with lis at cusps / ʁɨ˫ѝƱ Ḷ [ĕĚѝ]ȶ ᛆ ¨ ĕƱѝ˶ ɨˆ Ěȶ ᛆ ȶĚѝȶ / ýƱѝƱ ˶¨˫ Ḷ ǮɨɃ ĕɨɃ, long cross pattée, three pellets with annulets in quarters. Potter class IIIb, die 3 (for obv. die); Stewartby p. 324, PIII/B2a; North 1386/1359 (obv./rev.); SCBC 1763. Fine, toned, flan chipped. Very rare. ($1250) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; John Scaife Collection (Spink 175, 28 September 2005), lot 1179.

453304. YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Penny (16mm, 0.76 g, 8h). Heavy coinage. Durham mint, under Bishop Laurence Booth; im: plain initial cross. Struck circa 1462-1464. ม ĚĕѾaʼĕ ᛆ ʼĚҢ ¨ɀŷǭƱ=, crowned facing bust; pellet to right of crown / ýƱѝƱ [˶¨˫ ĕѝɀ ]ɭǭƱ, long cross pattée with central quadrilobe, triple pellets in quarters. Blunt & Whitton –; Stewartby p. 334; North 1544; SCBC 1988A. VF, toned, area of die fill. Struck from local dies. ($295) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Glendining, 11 October 1956), lot 1600; Frederick A. Walters Collection (Sotheby & Co., 24 Ocrober 1932), lot 325 (part of).

Unsent Coventry Mint Die Used at London

463868. YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Groat (25.5mm, 3.15 g, 10h). Light coinage, type VI/V mule.

London (Tower) mint; im: rose/sun. Struck 1465(?). შ ĚĕѾaʼĕ⎡ ĕƱ⎡ ŷˆ¨ ᛆ ˆĚҞ ᛆ ¨ɀŷǭ ᛆ ⎜ ᛆ fˆ¨ɀý=, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with lis at cusps, quatrefoils flanking, lis over ý on breast / მ ʁɨ˫ѝƱ ĕĚѝȶ Ḻ ¨ ĕƱѝ˶ ɨˆ Ě= ȶĚѝȶ / ýƱѝƱ ˶¨˫ ǭɨɀ ĕɨɀ, long cross pattée, three pellets in quarters. Buck p. 36 (same dies; see also p. 26 for discussion); Blunt & Whitton –; North 1581/1566-8; SCBC 2008/2001-3. VF, toned. ($625) Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 695 (July 1976), no. E34.

This unusual mule was produced when a Type VI die prepared for Coventry, featuring the C on the king’s breast, was combined with a Class V reverse bearing the London mint signature. The C on the obverse die was apparently canceled by the die engraver with a lis punch.

Very Rare Edward IV Half Angel

467899. YORK (Restored). Edward IV. Second reign, 1471-1483. AV Half Angel (20mm, 2.58 g, 7h). Tower (London) mint; im: cross-in-circle. Struck 1473-1477. (cross in circle) ĚĕѾaʼĕ ᛆ ĕĚƱ ŷˆ¨= ˆĚҢ ᛆ ¨ɀŷǭĚ=, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon / (cross in circle) Ḻ ɭ Ḻ ýˆѝҢ ¨ѝĚ შ ˫PĚ˫ ᛆ ѝɀƱý¨, ship bearing shield and cross; Ě and rose flanking cross. Blunt & Whitton type XVI; Schneider 476 (same obv. die); North 1630; SCBC 2093. Good VF, slight double strike on reverse. Struck on a broad flan. Very rare. ($5750) 44

459535. YORK (Restored). Richard III. 1483-1485. AR Groat (23.5mm, 2.84 g, 4h). Type 2b. London (Tower) mint; im: boar’s head 2. Riý¨RD ⎡ Di ⎡ ŷR¨ ⎡ REҢ ¨NŷȄ ⎡ ⎖ fR¨Ný, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches / ʖɨSѝi DEѝM ⎡ ¨ DiѝͿɨR E ⎡ MEѝM/ ýiѝi Ϳ¨S ǣɨN DɨN, long cross; three pellets in quarters. Winstanley 8; North 1679; SCBC 2156. EF, toned, slightly double struck. ($6500)

467898. TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AV Angel (26.5mm, 5.19 g, 7h). Type II. Tower (London) mint; im: cinquefoil/–.

Struck 1489-1493. ᚨ ƌENriý $ Di $ ŷr¨=$ rEҞ $ Ԥ $ fr¨Ný= $ Ԥ $, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon / ʁEr ýrѝý $ ˶ѝa $ Saǭѝa $ NɨS $ Ҟʁý=$ rEDE=˶ɨr, ship bearing shield and cross; ƌ and rose flanking cross. P&W dies 1/2 = Schneider 514 (same dies); SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 9; North 1695; SCBC 2181. EF. Very rare, particularly in this grade. ($12,750)

460001 460002 460002. TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (25mm, 2.76 g, 10h). Facing bust issue, class IIIc. London (Tower) mint; im: lis issuant from rose/anchor. Struck 1499. (lis issuant from rose) ƌENriý ⎡ Di ⎡ ŷr¨ ⎡ rEҞ ᚤ ¨NŷȄ ⎡ Z ᚤ fr=, rowned facing bust; broken quatrefoils flanking neck / (anchor) ʁɭSѝƩ ĕĚѝ ⎡ a ĕƩѝ˶ɨ r ⎡ ⍴Ěѝ/ ᛆ ýƱѝƱ ˶¨˫ ǭɨɀ ĕɨɀ, long cross pattée, with pellets in quarters. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 347 (same dies); Stewartby p. 436; North 1705c; SCBC 2199. VF, toned. Very rare mule of initial marks. ($475) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; W.J. Potter Collection.

460001. TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (26.5mm, 2.84 g, 11h). Facing bust issue, class IIIc. London (Tower) mint; im: anchor/lis issuant from rose. Struck 1499. (anchor) ƌENriý ⎡ Di ⎡ ŷr¨ ⎡ rEҞ ᚤ ¨NŷȄ ⎡ Z ᚤ fr=, rowned facing bust; broken quatrefoils flanking neck / (lis issuant from rose) ʁɭSѝƩ ĕĚѝ ⎡ a ĕƩѝ˶ɨ rE ⎡ ⍴Ěѝ⍴/ ýƱѝƱ ˶¨˫ ᛆ ǭɨɀ ĕɨɀ, long cross pattée, with pellets in quarters. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 349 var. (legend stops); Stewartby p. 436; North 1705c; SCBC 2199. Good VF, toned, band of toning. Very rare mule of initial marks. ($925) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIII.3 (March 1975), no. 2042.

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458295. TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AR Groat (26mm, 3.03 g, 2h). Tentative profile issue. Tower (London) mint; mm: cross-crosslet. Struck 1504-1505. ๔ ƇĚɀˆƩý⎡ ѝ/Ʃ/Ʃ/⎡ ĕƩ⎡ ŷˆ¨⎡ ˆEҢ ᚤ ¨ŷȄ⎡ ә ᚤ f=Ḻ, crowned and draped bust right / ๔ ʁɭSѝƩ ĕĚѝ= Ḻ a ĕƩѝ˶ɭ E= Ḻ ⍴Ěѝ, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 783; North 1743; SCBC 2254. Near EF, toned. Excellent portrait. ($2750) Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 877864 (August 2010); Spink 203 (24 June 2010), lot 79.

460003 460004 460003. TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Halfgroat (20mm, 1.54 g, 11h). First coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: portcullis (without chains)/–. Struck 1509-1526. (portcullis) ƌENriý⎡ Di ⎡ ŷr¨ rEҞ ¨ŷǭ ᚤ Ԥ, crowned bust right / PɨSѝƩ ĕĚѝ ⎡ a ĕƩѝ˶ɨ Ě ⎡ ⍴Ěѝ, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Whitton i; North 1763; SCBC 2318. VF, toned. ($625) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; C.E. Blunt Collection; J. Shirley-Fox Bequest, 1939.

460004. TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Groat (25.5mm, 2.75 g, 4h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: sunburst. Struck 1526-1544. խ ƌENrƱý ⎡ ⎍ƱƱƱ ⎡ D ⎡ ᚤ ŷ ᚤ r ⎡ ¨ŷǭ ⎡ Z Ḻ fr¨=, crowned and draped bust right (Laker D) / խ PɨSѝƩ ĕĚѝ ⎡ ᚤ a ĕƩѝ˶ɨr Ě ⎡ ᚤ ⍴Ěѝ⎡, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Whitton v.1; Stewartby p. 471; North 1797; SCBC 2337E. VF, deeply toned. Rare sunburst mintmark thought to commemorates the birth of Henry’s son and heir Edward, born to Jane Seymour on the 12th of October 1537 at Hampton Court Palace. ($1250) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; C.J. Martin FPL XXII.2 (May 1995), no. H142.

Handsome HIB REX Groat

460006. TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Groat (26mm, 2.72 g, 10h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: pheon. Struck 1526-1544. ሌ ƌENrƱý ⎡ ₊ Ḻ D ⎡ ŷ Ḻ ¨ŷǭ=Ḻ fr¨ Ḻ Z Ḻ ƌƱB ⎡ rEҢ Ḻ, crowned and draped bust right (Laker D) / ሌ PɨSѝƩ ĕĚѝ ⎡ ᚤ a ĕƩѝ˶ɨr Ě ⎡ ᚤ ⍴Ěѝ⎡, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Whitton xii.2; Stewartby p. 471; North 1798; SCBC 2338. Good VF, toned. Very rare. ($2750) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; C.E. Blunt Collection; J. Shirley-Fox Bequest, 1939.

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460005. TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Groat (25.5mm, 2.70 g, 7h). Second coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: pheon/lis. Struck 1526-1544. ሌ ƌENrƱý ⎡ ₊ ᚤ D Ḻ ŷ Ḻ ¨ŷǭ ⎡ fr¨ Ḻ Z Ḻ ƌƱB ⎡ rEҢ, crowned and draped bust right (Laker D) / ჭ PɨSѝƩ ĕĚѝ ⎡ ᚤ a ĕƩѝ˶ɨr Ě ⎡ ᚤ ⍴Ěѝ=, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. Whitton xiii; Stewartby p. 471; North 1798; SCBC 2338. VF, toned. Very rare. ($1950) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection, purchased from A.H. Baldwin, 1972; L.A. Lawrence Collection (Part III, Glendining, 11 July 1951), lot 707; W. Talbot Ready Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 November 1920), lot 533 (part of).

460007

460008

460007. TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Halfgroat (19mm, 1.27 g, 2h). Second coinage. Canterbury mint, under Archbishop William Warham; im: cross patonce. Struck 1526-1532. ນ ƌENrƱý ⎡ ⎍ƱƱƱ ⎡ D ᚤ ŷ ᚤ r ᚤ ¨ŷǭ ᚤ Z ᚤ f=, crowned and draped bust right / ນ ýƱ⎍Ʊ ˶¨˫ ᚤ Ḻ ý¨N ˶ɨr Ḻ, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; Ѿ ¨ flanking. Whitton iii; Stewartby p. 472; North 1802; SCBC 2343. Good VF, toned. ($450) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection, purchased from A.H. Baldwin, 1958.

460008. TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Halfgroat (18mm, 1.25 g, 16h). Second coinage. Canterbury mint, under Archbishop William Warham; im: t. Struck 1526-1532. ˶ ƌENrƱý ⎡ ⎍ƱƱƱ ⎡ D ᚤ ŷ ᚤ r ᚤ ¨ŷǭ ᚤ Z ᚤ fr=, crowned and draped bust right / ˶ ýƱ⎍Ʊ ˶¨˫ ᚤ Ḻ ý¨N ˶ɨr Ḻ, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; Ѿ ¨ flanking. Whitton v; Stewartby p. 472; North 1802; SCBC 2343. VF, toned. ($295) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; C.E. Blunt Collection; J. Shirley-Fox Bequest, 1939.

463882. TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AR Shilling (30mm, 5.26 g, 2h). Third period, very base silver issue. Tower (London) mint; im: lion. Dated 1551 (in Roman numerals). Թ EDWARD’· VI : D : G : AGL’· FRA’· [ET HIB’·] REX, crowned and mantled bust right / Թ TIMOR : DOMINI : ONE : VITE : M : D : LI, coat-of-arms; E R flanking. Potter, Coinage Type 3; North 1944/1; SCBC 2473. VF, toned, excellent surfacs for this base issue. ($1450)

454065. TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AV Angel (29mm, 5.14 g, 9h). Class II/I mule. Tower (London) mint; im: pomegranate. ȶ¨ˆƱ¨ • ტ • ĕ= • ŷ= ი ¨ɀŷ= • Ŗˆ¨= • Ӳ Ḧ ƌƱB= • ˆĚŷƱɀ¨ •, Archangel Michael slaying dragon / ¨ ი ĕɀɭ=ი Ŗ¨ý˶⎍=ი ƱS˶⎍ĕ ტ ә Ḽ ĚS˶ Ḽ ȶƱˆ¨BI=ი č, ship bearing shield and cross, ዦ and rose flanking cross. Schneider 722/713 (obv./rev.; same obv. die); North 1958; SCBC 2490A/2490. Good VF, minor marks on edge. ($6250) 47

463869. TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AR Groat (24mm, 1.92 g, 2h). Tower (London) mint; im: pomegranate. Ȏ~ˆƟ~ ი (pomegranate) ĕ= ი ŷ= ი ~ɇŷ= ი fˆ~= ი Z Ḽ ƌƟB= ი ˆĚŷƟ=, crowned bust left / ѝĚˆƟ;~ ˴ (pomegranate) ;ĚȎ ʖɨˆƟ˴ fƟǭƟ~, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. North 1960; SCBC 2492. VF, toned, slightly wavy flan. Excellent portrait. ($750)

467900. TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Quarter Angel (17mm, 1.18 g, 4h). Sixth issue. Tower (London) mint; im: tun.

Struck 1592-1595. (tun) ELIZABETH : D’· G’· ANG’· FRANCIE, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon / ET · HIBERNIE ·REGINA · FIDEI, ship bearing shield and cross; E and rose flanking cross. Brown & Comber E19; Schneider 796; North 2007; SCBC 2533. EF, toned. A charming example of this very rare issue. ($6250) Ex Spink 208 (22 June 2011), lot 695; R. Duncan Beresford-Jones Collection (Part I, Spink 29, 2 June 1983), lot 72.

460015. TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 15.01 g, 9h). Seventh issue. London (Tower) mint; im: 1. Struck 1601-1602. : 1 : ELIZABETH : D’· G’· ANG’· FRA’· ET : HIBER’· REGINA, crowned and mantled bust left, wearing ruff and holding lis-tipped scepter / : 1 : POSVI : DEVM : AD IVTORE M : MEVM :, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. BCW 1-1/1-a2; North 2013; SCBC 2583. Near VF, toned, even wear, some light old scratches. ($2750) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; C.E. Blunt Collection; J. Shirley-Fox Bequest, 1939.

460009 460010 460009. TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Halfgroat (17mm, 1.03 g, 7h). Seventh issue. London (Tower) mint; im: 1.

Struck 1601-1602. · 1 · E’· D’· G’· ROSA SINE SPINA, crowned and mantled bust left, wearing ruff; •• (mark of value) behind / CIVI TAS LON DON, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. BCW 1-2/1-a; North 2016; SCBC 2586. Good VF, toned. ($395) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; C.E. Blunt Collection; J. Shirley-Fox Bequest, 1939.

460010. TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AR Halfgroat (16mm, 0.93 g, 11h). Seventh issue. London (Tower) mint; im: 2.

Struck 1602. · 2 · E’· D’· G’· ROSA · SINE · SPINA, crowned and mantled bust left, wearing ruff; •• (mark of value) behind / CIVI TAS LON DON, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée. BCW 2-1/2-a; North 2016; SCBC 2586. VF, toned. ($350) Ex Lord Stewartby Collection; C.E. Blunt Collection; J. Shirley-Fox Bequest, 1939.

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466448. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (36mm, 14.96 g, 6h). Group I, Type 1a1. Tower (London) mint; im: lis. Struck 1625. Ⴀ CA ROLVS · D · G · MAG · BRI · FR · ET HI · REX, Charles on horseback left, raising sword over right shoulder, on plumed and caparisoned horse / CHRIS TO · AVS PICE R EGNO Ⴀ, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée.

Brooker 277 (this coin); North 2200; SCBC 2763. Good VF, toned. Well struck. ($5250)

Ex Colin Adams Collection (Spink 177, 1 December 2005), lot 65; John G. Brooker Collection, 277 (purchased en bloc by Spink, 1986); A.J. West Collection (purchased en bloc by Spink, 1961).

447032. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. Pattern AR Halfcrown – Medal (36mm, 14.78 g, 6h). Possibly Commemorating the La Rochelle Expedition. Tower (London) mint. Dies by N. Briot. Dated 1628. (rosette) O REX DA · FAC · ILEM · CVRSVM, Charles on horseback left, reins in left hand and resting sword on right shoulder; · N·BRIOT · F · in exergue / ATQVE · AVDACIBVS · ANNVE · CŒPTIS ·, crowned coat-of-arms; 16 28 · across fields. Brooker 1258; North 2673; SCBC –; MI 252/32; Eimer –. Fine, toned. Very rare. ($1650)

This pattern may have been created to commemorate the La Rochelle Expedition of 1628, the third attempt by English forces to aid the embattled Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle.

Fine Work Unite

467916. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (35mm, 9.07 g, 5h). Group C, ‘Fine work’. Tower (London) mint; im: plume. Struck 1630-1631. · (plume) · CAROLVS’· D : G : MAG’· BRIT’· FR’· ET · HIB’· REX, crowned and mantled bust (3a) left, wearing ruff; XX (mark of value) to right / FLORENT · CONCORDIA · REGNA · (plume) ·, crowned coat-of-arms.

Brooker 67; Schneider 137; North 2150; SCBC 2690. Good VF, richly toned. A piece of ‘fine work,’ struck on a specially prepared full, round flan. Very rare. ($15,000) Ex Sotheby’s (2 February 1986), lot 90; Spink 4 (22 Fenruary 1979), lot 803.

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463883. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfgroat (17mm, 1.06 g, 12h). Group C. Tower (London) mint; im: plume.

Struck 1630-1631. (plume) CARO D’ G’ MA’ BR’ FR’ ET · HI’ REX, crowned and mantled bust left, wearing ruff; II (mark of value) behind / (plume) IVSTITIA · THRONVM · FIRMAT, coat-of-arms. Brooker 665; North 2252; SCBC 2826. EF, toned, minor peripheral weakness. ($575)

Three Exquisite Stuart Halfcrowns

457685. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (34mm, 14.78 g, 12h). Type 5. York mint; im: lion. Struck 16431644. (lion) · CAROLVS · D : G · MAG · BRIT · FRAN · ET · HIB · REX · (lozenge stops), Charles on horseback left, holding sword in right hand; EBOR below / CHRISTO (sprig of flowers) AVSPICE (sprig of flowers) REGNO (lion), crowned coatof-arms; crowned C R flanking. Brooker 1081; North 2313; SCBC 2867. Near EF, dappled toning, small flan flaw on reverse.

Rare. ($4950) Ex Elderton Collection (Spink 182, 29 June 2006), lot 370.

Ex Brooker, Ryan, Hamilton-Smith and Talbot Ready

457688. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (35mm, 14.53 g, 10h). Oxford mint; im: plume (without bands).

Dated 1643. (plume) CAROLVS · D : G: MAG : BR : FR : ET · HIB : REX, Charles on horseback left, holding sword in left hand; Oxford plume to upper right / * EXVRGAT * DEVS * DISSIPENTVR * INIMICI :, RELI · PRO · LE/ ANG · LIB · PAR in two lines between parallel lines; above, three Oxford plumes; below, 1643 over OX. Morrieson, Oxford I/24; Brooker 898 (this coin); North 2416; SCBC 2957. Near EF, toned. Well struck on a round flan. Rare. ($6500) Ex Colin Adams Collection (Spink 177, 1 December 2005), lot 180; John G. Brooker Collection, 898 (purchased en bloc by Spink, 1986); V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Glendining, 28 June 1950), lot 1242; George Hamilton-Smith (23 May 1927), lot 339c; W. Talbot Ready Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 November 1920), lot 687c.

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Very Rare 1644 Exeter Halfcrown

457690. STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Halfcrown (37mm, 14.67 g, 7h). Exeter mint; im: rose. Dated 1644. შ CAROLVS · D : G : MAG : BR : FR : ET · HI : REX ·, Charles on horseback left, holding sword in right hand / შ CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO · 1644, coat-of-arms. Besly K/– (unlisted rev. die) Brooker 1048-50 (same obv. die); North 2566; SCBC 3070. Near EF, toned. Well struck on a broad flan. By far the finest of four know for this type. ($7950)

Choice 1652 Crown

467902. COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. AR Crown (44mm, 30.16 g, 2h). Tower (London) mint; im: sun. Dated 1652. (sun) · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND ·, coat-of-arms within wreath / · GOD · WITH · VS · I652, conjoined coats-of-arms; · V · (mark of value) above. ESC 4; North 2721; SCBC 3214. Choice EF, toned, tiny collector’s marks on obverse. ($12,750) Ex Hess-Divo 296 (7 May 2003), lot 327.

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1656 Cromwell Halfcrown

461711. COMMONWEALTH. Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector, 1653-1658. AR Halfcrown (34mm, 14.78 g, 6h). Dies by Simon. Blondeau’s mint, Drury House, London. Dated 1656. OLIVAR · D · G · R · P · ANG · SCO · ET · HIB &c PRO, laureate and draped bust left / PAX · QVÆRITVR · BELLO 16 56, crowned and garnished coat-of-arms. Lessen H25; ESC 446; North 2746; SCBC 3227. Near VF, toned, scratch in reverse field. Very rare. ($11,000) Ex Clarendon Collection (Part II, Bonham’s, 17 October 2006), lot 1569; Spink 55 (8 October 1986), lot 99.

In the summer 1656, after years of petitioning, Pierre Blondeau was authorised by Parliament to strike coins using his own milling machinery.

In response he produced some of the most celebrated coins in the entire English series. Initially a small issue of gold Broads and silver Halfcrowns dated 1656 were struck using dies engraved by Thomas Simon. Bearing an imposing effigy of the Lord Protector, legends in Latin and in case of the Halfcrown, a lettered edge, the 1656 issue represented a radical departure from the puritanical simplicity of the coinage of the Commonwealth which had been crudely struck by hand. Lessen has suggested that the 1656 Halfcrowns were ‘circulated in the sense that they were distributed on a high social level (Parliament?), possibly as an experiment for general circulation.’ (M. Lessen, A Summary of the Cromwell Coinage, BNJ XXXV (1966), pp. 163–72). A much larger issue of silver followed dated 1658, the Crown, Halfcrown and Shilling of which are commonly available.

417727. STUART. James II. 1685-1688. AR Shilling (25mm, 5.74 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1687/6. IACOBVS · II · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / MAG · BR · FRA · ET · HIB REX · 16 87, crowned cruciform coat-of-arms around central rayed Garter Star. ESC 1072/1072A (obv./rev.); SCBC 3410. EF, attractively toned, a couple of minor adjustment marks. Rare. ($4650)

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Two Jacobite Touch Piece Medalets

463872 463871 463871. STUART. James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender). As James III in pretence, 1701-1766. AR Touch Piece Medalet (21mm, 3.49 g, 12h). Of Italian Manufacture, by O. or E. Hamerani. JAC · III · D · G · [M] · B · F · ET · H · R ·, The Prince under sail right / SOLI · DEO · GLORIA ·, archangel Michael slaying the Dragon. Woolf, Sovereign dies O1/R1; Woolf 35; Hawkins 140. Good VF, toned, usual piercing. ($750)

The association of disease with evil and the employment of the laying-on of hands to cure that disease/evil has been a part of human belief since at least the time of Jesus and the miracles associated with him. Among the numerous diseases that existed in medieval and modern Europe, one of the most heinous and virulent was the so-called morbium regis, or, as it was known in French, mal de roi – the King’s Evil.

A form of scrofula, a tubercular infection of the lymph nodes that left untreated turned into suppurating sores. While various home remedies were known, the one perceived certain cure was the laying-on of hands by the king in his role as the anointed representative of Christ.

Beginning in France under Robert II (996-1017) and in England under Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), this ritual became an important part of kingship and also a crucial test of royal legitimacy. So popular did the ritual become that by the seventeenth century (under Edward the Confessor only one touch by him was ever recorded) a process was instituted in order to keep the crowds of sufferers at a manageable number.

As a part of the ritual, the afflicted would receive a coin as alms. Because of its association with this ritual, the coin would be kept to act as a talisman for the sufferer. By the time of Edward IV, the coin used was a gold denomination, the angel, that was perfectly suited for the ceremony as it bore a depiction of the Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon on the obverse and the royal ship-of-state – an allusion to the monarch – on the reverse. Under Henry VII (1485-1509), the practice was ritualized into a Divine Service and the coins themselves were a central part of the ceremony, retaining their relative intrinsic purity. Having first been threaded with a ribbon for suspension, the coin would be passed over the affected areas by the monarch, who would sometimes make the sign of the cross with the coin as well. Even after England had become a Protestant country, Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) continued to do the latter.

Under the Stuarts, the ceremony took on special significance since they viewed it as an important component of their increasingly absolutist view of the divine right of kingship. While James I (1603-1625), owing to his Protestant background and the lack of such a ritual in Scotland, initially balked at performing the ritual, he soon acquiesced, although he removed everything in the ritual that remotely smacked of papism and invoked God in the actual healing. Under James I and Charles I (1625-1649), the coin itself underwent significant design changes to the reverse, including under Charles the replacement of the traditional legend with a more ironic one – AMOR POPVLI PRAESIDIVM REGIS (The People’s Love is the King’s Safeguard). Like his father, Charles I performed the ceremony only on Easter and Michaelmas, as well as on Progresses. In 1633, a few days after his Scottish Coronation, Charles touched about 100 people. To commemorate this event, special angels designed and struck by Nicholas Briot were used. During his captivity following the end of the Civil War, Charles continued to perform touchings; the coins and ribbons were supplied by those wanting to be touched.

Under the Commonwealth, both the denomination and the ceremony ceased. When the ritual was reintroduced during the Restoration of Charles II (1660-1685) and his successors, a gold medalet, now specifically a touch-piece, was created to replace the angel. Designed solely for the touching ceremony and not meant to be used as currency, this medalet continued to employ the designs of the former angel (although now the ship was now modernized by depicting the Sovereign of the Seas accompanied by the legend SOLI DEO GLORIA (Alone to God the glory). The last reigning monarch to touch on British soil was Anne (1702-1714), who did so three months before her death. The Hanoverians refused to participate at all and the ritual died out in England, although in France it did so until the execution of Louis XVI (1774-1793), and was continued by the Stuart Pretenders until the death of Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart, Henry IX to the Jacobites, in 1807.

463872. STUART. Charles Edward Stuart ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie (the Young Pretender)’. As Charles III in pretence, 1720-1788. AR Touch Piece Medalet (21mm, 1.87 g, 12h). Of Italian Manufacture, possibly by F. Hamerani. CAR · III · D · G · M · B · F · ET · H · R ·, The Prince under sail right / SOLI DEO GLORIA, archangel Michael slaying the Dragon. Woolf, Sovereign dies O2/R2; Woolf 68; cf. Hawkins 140 (James III). VF, toned, usual piercing. Very rare. ($975)

468022. IRELAND. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Groat (25.5mm, 2.78 g, 1h). Class V, ‘Cross and Pellets’ coinage. Dublin mint; im: pierced cross double fichée. Struck 1465. 2 ĚĕѾaʽĕ⎍S Ḻ ĕĚƩ Ḻ ŷʽa Ḻ ĕNS Ḻ ƌӎBĚʽNƩĚ, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with lis at cusps, pellet in lower spandrel / 2 PɨS⎍Ʃ ĕĚ⎍ȶ Ḻ ¨ ĕƩ⎍˶ ɨʽ Ě= ȶĚ⎍ȶ/ ýƩѝƩ ˶¨S Ḻ ĕ⎍Bǭ ƩNƩĚ Ḻ, long cross pattée, three pellets in quarters. SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), –; D&F 122; SCBC 6291. Good VF, toned. ($1200) 53

461857. IRELAND. James II. 1685-1691. Æ Crown (33mm, 12.67 g, 12h). ‘Gunmoney’ coinage. Dublin mint. Dated 1690.

IAC · II · DEI · GRA · MAG · BRI · FRA · ET · HIB · REX, James on horseback left, holding sword in right hand and reigns in left / CHRIS TO · VICT ORE · TRU · VMPHO, crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around central crown; ANO DOM/ 16 90 across field. D&F 366; SCBC 6578. Good VF, light porosity. Well struck. ($495)

461812 461811 461812. ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward III. 1327-1377. BI Double au léopard sous couronne (18.5mm, 1.03 g, 8h). [๘ ģዝ= ˌዞҢ Ḧ ¥ɔŷȄƱģ]Ң Ḧ ¥ɔŷȄƱģ, large crown above leopard passant left; rosette below / ๘ ȶɭɔዞ⎉¥ ዝ⎍P⌦ዞҢ Ⴛ, short cross pattée; crowns in first and fourth quarters. AGC 100E, 2/a; SCBC 8080; Elias 92c; Duplessy, Féodales 1092A; Elias Collection 167a; Boudeau 500; Poey d’Avant 2895. Near EF, toned, minor ghosting. ($245) 461811. ANGLO-GALLIC. Richard II. 1377-1399. AR Hardi d’argent (19mm, 0.94 g, 4h). ˌƱæ⌃ˌĕ= ˆ / ⌃gȄƱĚ, crowned half-length facing bust of Richard in arch / /fˌ⌃ æƱĚ ĕɔ˨ ⌃⍾Ʊ, long cross pattée; leopard in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third. AGC 275B, 7/a; SCBC 8143; Elias 228; Duplessy, Féodales 1136; Elias Collection 338; Boudeau 515; Poey d’Avant 3105. VF. ($345)

461813 461809 461813. ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry V. 1413-1422. AR Florette (22mm, 2.58 g, 4h). Rouen mint; im: leopard, annulets under first letters. Fourth issue, authorized 16 June 1420. Ի ƌ ḧ ʽ[Ի ƌ ḧ ʽĿҞ ḧ ¥ɃŵȄƱ]Ŀ ḧ ⎖ ḧ ƌĿʽĿS ḧ fʽ¥ɃýƱĿ, crown over three lis flanked by rampant lions / Ի SƱ˶ ḧ ɔ[ɭȝĿ ḧ]ĕɔƱ ḧ BĿɃĿĕƱý˶⎍, cross fleurée; crown in first quarter, leopard in fourth. AGC 365B, 2/a; SCBC 8159; Elias 249a; Elias Collection 362 var. (legends); Duplessey 435C; Ciani 591; Lafaurie 439 var. (leopards). Good Fine, toned. ($395) 461809. ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry V. 1413-1422. BI Niquet ou léopard (22.5mm, 2.11 g, 8h). Saint-Lô mint; im: pellets under second letters. Authorized 30 November 1421. ม ƌ ḧ ʽĿҞ ḧ ¥ɃŵȄ ḧ ƌĿʽĿS ḧ fʽ¥Ƀý, crowned leopard passant left; fleur-de-lis above / ม SƱ˶ ḧ ɔɭȎĿ ḧ ĕɔƱ ḧ BĿɃĿĕƱý˶⎍, large cross pattée; ƌ at center; trefoils in angles. AGC 373, 1/a; SCBC 8162; Elias 261; Elias Collection 370; Duplessey 441; Ciani 593; Lafaurie 445. VF, irregular flan shape. Rare mint for issue. ($295)

461810. ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry VI. 1422-1461. AR Petit blanc aux écus (21.5mm, 1.54 g, 12h). Rouen mint; im: leopard. Authorized 4 June 1423. Ի ƌĿɃ ˆƱý⎍S ḧ ˆĿҞ, two coats-of-arms / Ի SƱ˶ ḧ ɔɭȎĿ ḧ ĕɔƱ ḧ BĿɃĿĕƱý˶⎍, latin cross; ƌ ˆ flanking. AGC 415, 1/a; SCBC 8167; Elias 297a; Elias Collection 429; Duplessey 446; Ciani 603; Lafaurie 450.

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BRITISH MEDALS

967357. temp. STUART. AR Jeton (29mm, 9.39 g, 12h). Alliance of England, France, and the United Provinces. Of uncertain Dutch manufacture. Dated 1609. · A · DOMINO · FACTVM · EST · ISTVD ·, crowned coats-of-arms of France and Great Britain, coat-of-arms of the United Provinces below; all attached to cords held by manus Dei / ORD · FŒD ·/ BELG · A · REG ·/ HISP · ET · ARCHID/ LIBERI · AGNITI ·/ POST · BEL · CONT 42/ AN · INDVCI · PACISC/ INTERV REG GAL ·/ ET · MAG · BRIT · ET/ CVM · IISD · FŒD/ RENOVANT/ 1609 (The United States of Belgium, acknowledged to be independent b the King of Spain and the Archduke, after an uninterrupted war of forty-two years, conclude a truce by the intervention of the Kings of France and Great Britain, and renew with those powers a treaty of alliance). Eimer 87a; MI 198/23; Van Loon II 50. Good VF, toned, flan flaws. Struck on a thick flan. ($585)

975103. temp. HANOVER. Martin Folkes, freemason, numismatist, and mathemtician. 1690-1754. Æ Medal (37mm, 24.49 g, 12h). Rome mint. By O. Hamerani?. Dated 5742 Anno Lucis (1738 or 1742 AD). MARTINVS FOLKES, bare head right / SVA SIDERA NORVNT (his own constellations have acknowledged him), view of the tomb of Gaius Cestus and the Aurelian wall of Rome; before, sphinx seated right; radiant sun above; in exergue, ROMÆ · A · L/ S742. Eimer 572; MI 571/206. EF, light marks. Impressive portrait. ($375) Martin Folkes was elected to the Royal Society in recognition for his achievements in mathematics at the tender age of twenty-three, but today he is remember for his contributions to the study of antiquity and numismatics, having authored number of works on Roman and British coins.

In addition to his work for the Society, of which he was eventually elected president, Folkes served as Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic lodge. This medal is believed by Hawkins to have been in Rome to demonstrate the great respect held for this man of letters.

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Photos reduced 442710. HANOVER. George III, with Franz II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia, and Wilhelm III of Prussia. 17601820. Electrotype CU Medal (140mm, 730.0 g, 12h). The Battle of Waterloo. By B. Pistrucci. Manufactured 1849. Conjoined laureate and draped busts left of the allied sovereigns: George III, King of Great Britain, Franz II, Emperor of Austria, Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, and Wilhelm III, King of Prussia; around, allegorical and mythological allusions to the Treaty of Peace, which resulted from the Battle of Waterloo: above, Apollo driving quadriga left, restoring the day; to upper right, the rainbow Zephyr and Iris following to right; to upper left, Gemini indicating the month in which the battle occurred; to right, Hercules seated right upon rock, suppressing the Furies within the Cimmerian caverns below; to left, Themis, the protector of the Just, seated left; to lower left, the Fates spinning the future, indicating that human actions will be governed by Justice alone; below, Night, the mother of the Fates, receding into darkness / Two equestrian figures, in classical attire and with the features of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard von Blücher, being guided to the battle by Victory; around, the Battle of the Giants, being silenced from above by the thunder of Jupiter, driving facing quadriga. Bramsen 2317; BHM 870; Eimer 1067a; Julius 3368. EF, attractive brown surfaces, some scattered spotting. An impressive and imposing piece set in a copper bezel.

Rarely encountered as a complete medal rather than separate obverse and reverse pieces. Of the highest artistic and historical importance. In damaged custom black wood case. ($2950) From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex J. Henri Ripstra Collection (William O. Coats Auction, 14 February 1975), lot 1295. This medal mentioned in the 23 March 1975 New York Times Numismatics column reporting on the auction.

The night of the 16th/17th of June saw the hurried retreat of Wellington’s forces from Quatre Bras to the ridge at Waterloo, which the Duke had noted during his inspection of the countryside in the autumn of 1814. The French forces were by this move forced into a frontal attack up the slopes toward a line of fortified farms. The allies numbered some 63,000 men and 156 guns. Late in the morning of the 18th, the French attacked the flanks of the allied position, the Chateau of Hougoumont on the right and the fortified farm of La Haye Sainte in the middle. The allies were outnumbered in both men and guns, and in the face of a fierce artillery barrage, Wellington moved his troops further back over the ridge. Marshal Ney advanced his troops and fully expected to overrun the British lines but such was the fierceness of the allied musket fire that virtually none of the enemy came within bayonet distance. By six o’clock in the evening, Ney’s efforts were too late, since the Prussians under Field-Marshal von Blücher had arrived and were harassing the flanks of the French troops. After a final, ineffectual attack by Ney, Wellington ordered his cavalry to attack and utterly routed the French; the final pursuit was left to the Prussians who harried the fleeing French throughout the night. By Blücher’s timely appearance on the field of battle, Wellington’s victory was the more complete and the Prussian Field-Marshal became popular in England as a result of it. The City of London conferred the freedom of the city on him and Oxford made him a D. C. L. In 1816, Pistrucci was invited to submit designs for this medal, which it was intended to strike in gold and give to the allied sovereigns, their ministers and generals. In August 1819, Treasury authority was given for the work to begin on the preparation of models. Unfortunately, due to a disagreement between Pistrucci and the Master of the Mint over the office of the Chief Engraver, the work proceeded very slowly. Pistrucci thought that the office, which had been given to William Wyon (who had been performing those duties for some time) should have gone to him. Pistrucci held the office of Chief Medallist to the King for which he received a salary of £300 a year plus another £50 for the instruction of a pupil, but nevertheless felt disgruntled at not being given the more senior position. In 1832, Lord Auckland, the then Master of the Mint, remonstrated with Pistrucci over the delay in producing the medal and Pistrucci requested an assurance that if he completed the medal his connections with the Mint would not be terminated. Lord Auckland would not give such an undertaking and once more the work lapsed. To make matters worse, the additional £50 that Pistrucci had been receiving as part of his salary was withdrawn. Further queries were raised with Pistrucci in 1842, but again, arguments over the matter of salary delayed work. It was not until August 1844 that agreement over the salary was reached, whereby it was raised from £300 to £350 a year and work upon the medal was resumed. In 1849, the Master of the Mint was able to report that the dies were complete, but by this time each of the four allied sovereigns depicted on the obverse (and no doubt many of the other intended recipients of the medal) were dead.

Because of the difficulty of hardening dies of the size required to strike the medal, Pistrucci made each die in two parts, an outer ring which was fitted around a central die of 71mm diameter. Each of these was to be hardened separately. Despite his suggestions, the dies were never hardened and only gutta-percha impressions and electrotypes were made. These sometimes occur joined together and the gutta-percha impressions are found in a black japanned metal case. The wax model for the medal is in the Mint Museum in Rome and the dies are in the Royal Mint Museum, London. (from BHM)

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Photos reduced 466307. temp. WINDSOR. British Art Medals Society. Æ Medal (95mm, 300 g, 12h). Homage to Collectors. By John Lobbam. Struck 1990. H/OM/AGE surrounded by squirrel, to right, hiding coin, and magpie, to left, holding Pisanello’s medal of John VIII Palaeologus in his beak / Collector running left, wearing deerstalker cap, carrying specimen bag, and holding a large butterfly net while attempting to catch a coin to upper left; to left, TO/ COLLECT-/ORS. EF. A humorous depiction of the ‘Hobby of Kings.’ ($325)

MEDALS Superb Struck Cavino IVDAEA CAPTA

459983. ANCIENT THEMES. Titus. AD 79-81. Æ “Sestertius” (35mm, 19.38 g, 6h). Paduan type. By Giovanni da Cavino, 1500-1570. IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head left / IVDAEA CAPTA, Judaea Capta type: Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning; to left, captive Jew standing right, hands bound behind back; arms scattered around. Johnson & Martini 1582-96; Klawans 3. EF-Superb EF, deep mahogany color, minor die shift. Very rare struck example. ($4500) 57

Two Zeppelin Medals LZ126 – USS Los Angeles

460000. GERMANY, Weimarer Republik. 1918-1933. AR Medal (40mm, 25.68 g, 12h). The Flight of Zeppelin LZ126 to America. By A. Holl. Dated 1924 (though struck 1963). FERDINAND GRAF VON ZEPPELIN, uniformed bust of Ferdinand von Zeppelin right / LZ126 in flight left over Manhattan; Z.R.III above, 1924 below. Kaiser 459. EF, toned. ($225) As part of their reparations payments for the First World War, Germany was required to give its remaining military zeppelins to the victorious Allied powers. This did not sit well with the crews of the ships who, only a week before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, destroyed many of the airships, following the example of their brothers-in-arms at Scapa Flow, who scuttled the German navy earlier that year. Germany was thus required to construct new zeppelins to replace those lost. Among these was LZ126, destined for service in the United States Navy. The zeppelin was delivered to the US Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey on 12 October 1924, and was commissioned into the US Navy as ZR-3, the USS Los Angeles on 25 November. She would be the first of the Navy’s brief foray into light-than-air vessels, to be followed by the Shenandoah, Macon, and Akron, and was the only vessel of her class to not succumb to disaster. Zeppelins, always particularly susceptible to the vagaries of winds and weather, were soon overshadowed by the development of vastly more reliable airplanes of the 1930s. The USS Los Angeles was decommissioned in 1932 and was dismantled in 1939.

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LZ127 – Graf Zeppelin 466309. GERMANY, Drittes Reich. 1933-1945. Cast FE Plaquette (150x92mm, 170.75 g). Around-the-World Flight of the Graf Zeppelin or Die Deutschlandfahrt (The German Trip). By Erberhard Ferdinand Encke. Cast by the Lauchhammer Art Foundry. Dated 1929, reissued 1936. Graf Zeppelin in flight right, with swastikas on fins; constellation Ursa Major and the North Star in bcakground; to lower left, coat-of-arms of Count Zeppelin; to lower right, mark of the foundry / Blank, but stamped WELTFLUG [1929] GRAF ZEPPELIN/ Eberhard Encke-Berlin. Kaiser 501 var. (no swastikas, intact date on reverse). EF, minor spotting. ($375) In the years following the First World War, it seemed that the future of commercial aviation lay in the rigid lighter-than-air zeppelins. The most famous of these promising passenger airships was LZ127, the Graf Zeppelin. Completed in 1928, the airship operated on a number of routes, including a regular Germany to Brazil run, and various individual flights around Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as to the United States. In 1929, with financial backing of American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hurst, the Graf Zeppelin became the zeppelin to circumnavigate the globe, starting at the US Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey, crossing the Atlantic, western Europe, Russia, the Pacific ocean, and the continental United States before returning again to New Jersey.

Curiously, the other published examples all bear plain fins, lacking any sort of livery. The present specimen has swastikas on the fins and an obliterated date on the reverse, indicating that it is a later, Nazi-era reissue. One occasion in the later service record of the airship provides a suitable occasion. From 26-30 March 1936, as a part of the propaganda blitz to approve annexation of the newly occupied Rhineland to Germany, the Nazi party dispatched its two most famous airships, LZ-127, the Graf Zeppelin, and LZ-129, the Hindenburg, to drop leaflets and blast military music. Known as Die Deutschlandfahrt (The German Trip), this operation helped secure the power of the ascendant Nazi Party among the German people, and is also celebrated in medals issued by Karl Goetz (Kienast 516).

446661. ITALY, Regno delle Due Sicilie. temp. Ferdinando II. 1830-1859. Æ Medal (41mm, 41.54 g, 12h). Roman series, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC). By V. Catenacci. L. Taglioni, publisher. Struck 1830. MARCVS TVLLIVS CICERO, bare head of Cicero left / ARPINI NAT AN V C ICXLVII NECATVS AD CATETAM ICCX, shrub with entwined vine bent to left toward tripod; to right, two scroll cylinders inscribed ORATIONIAS and QVÆSTIONES/ TVSCVLANA. D’Auria 167 (this medal illustrated). Superb EF, attractive iridescent toning, thin flan cracks. ($465) Ex RBW Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 364, 2 December 2015), lot 367; Numismatica Ars Classica 47 (3 June 2008), lot 488.

446662. ITALY, Regno delle Due Sicilie. temp. Ferdinando II. 1830-1859. Æ Medal (41mm, 41.85 g, 12h). Roman series, Gaius Marius (157-86 BC). By V. Catenacci and A. Arnaud. L. Taglioni, publisher. Struck 1832. CAIVS MARIVS DVX SVMMVS SERTIES CONSVL, bare head of Gaius Marius left / ARPINI NATVS AN A C CLVI OBIIT ROMAE LXXXVI, ornate trophy consisting of arms, armor, and standards. D’Auria 175. Superb EF, thin flan cracks. ($465) Ex RBW Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 364, 2 December 2015), lot 368; Numismatica Ars Classica 47 (3 June 2008), lot 495.

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Limited Hardcover Edition 90 Copies Only

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551 pp. with nearly 1000 photos illustrating the text. (GR). (GR357) $135 Among the more popular sections of Dated Coins of Antiquity (DCA) (pages 501 to 515) has been the date and its rarity listing for the silver shekels of Tyre and the smaller half, quarter and eighth shekels bearing the local god Melkart. These coins were struck nearly continuously for 191 years, from 126 BC to 66 AD. In addition to the date written with Greek letters, most of these coins also carry a monogram (usually also in Greek letters) and a Phoenician letter - alef or bet. This first photographic supplement encompasses more than 500 different varieties of these coins, defined by their varying dates, monograms, Phoenician letters and the four denominations in silver. With the rarity listing of dates in DCA, this supplement presents the most comprehensive catalog of the reported dates, monograms and varieties for the shekels of Tyre and its minor silver denominations.

CNG is pleased to publish a limited hardcover edition of Dated Coins of Antiquity. Shekels of Tyre - Supplemental Photographs (Release 2). Release 2 nearly doubles the coverage contained in the prior release. This volume does not duplicate the material in the original Dated Coins of Antiquity (DCA), which catalogs over 6000 coins of the ancient world dated before the millennium divide, 1 BC / AD 1. Release 2 encompasses the most extensive date listing and photographic evidence for these dated coins struck nearly annually for 191 years, 126 BC through AD 65.

Release 2 has a chapter for each denomination and date that the author has confirmed in museums, private collections and the market. It includes full-size photos and an enlargement of the date, monogram and Phoenician letter (alef or bet). Nearly 1,000 photos are contained in 551 pages. Tables and graphs report the aggregate counts in museums of shekels and half shekels by year. Additional tables summarize the varieties of the shekels and half shekels and monograms each year that are contained in DCA-Tyre. Illustrations depict all the different forms of the monograms and Phoenician letters.

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Advance Orders Now Being Taken Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors, Part II

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 3]. 2017. lxxii and 338 numbered pp. and two maps.

Hardbound. (GR358) $65 More than three decades have passed since David Sear published Greek Coins & Their Values, his revision of Gilbert Askew’s A Catalogue of Greek Coins published by B. A. Seaby in 1951. Since then, the field of ancient numismatics and the hobby of collecting ancient coins have changed so much that now Greek Coins & Their Values would require a complete revision to include all of the most current numismatic information available, list the many new types and varieties unknown to Sear, and determine an approximate sense of rarity for all of these issues.

In order to encompass this new material and create a viable reference for the beginning and specialized collector, such a handbook would have to be more than the two volumes which Sear found necessary. As a result, Classical Numismatic Group is publishing The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, written by Oliver D. Hoover, in a series of 13 volumes, each covering a specified area of Greek coinage with the first being The Handbook of Syrian Coins: Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First Centuries BC (Volume 9 in the series). This series is designed to aid the user in the quick, accurate, and relatively painless identification of Greek coins, while providing a cross-reference for each entry to a major work, which will allow the inquirer to pursue more in-depth research on the subject. The subject-matter of each volume is arranged chronologically for royal issues, and regionally for the civic issues; within each region, cities are listed directionally, depending on the region.

For those rulers or cities that issued coins concurrently in all three metals, these issues will be arranged in the catalog with gold first, followed by silver, and then bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest. Known mints for the royal coinage are listed below the appropriate type, making an easy search for a specific mint. Each entry will include a rarity rating based on the frequency with which they appear in publications, public and private collections, the market, and/or are estimated to exist in public or private hands. No valuations are listed, since such values are generally out of date by the time of publication. An online valuation guide at will allow interested individuals the opportunity to gauge the market, and reduce the need for repeated updates of this series. Whether one purchases the entire set for their reference library, or the individual volume pertaining to one’s area of specialization, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series should provide a useful staging-point from which collectors and interested scholars can pursue their research and interests.

The tenth published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC (the second part of Volume 3 in the series). This volume, picking up where Part I leaves off, is arranged first with the cities, beginning with Thrace, followed by Skythia and Taurike. These issues are then followed by dynastic and royal coinage, beginning with Thrace, followed by Skythia and Taurike. Civic coinage is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Archaic issues and continuing through the later civic issues. Where rulers or cities issued coins concurrently in all three metals, these issues will be arranged in the catalog with gold first, followed by silver, and then bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest.

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Also in the Series Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Sicilian Coins (Inlcuding Lipara): Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2]. 2012. lxxxii and 300 numbered pp. (GR 331) $65 The sixth published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC (Volume 2 in the series). Beginning with Abakion, the catalog covers all the mints of Sicily, as well as the royal issues of Syracuse, and the Siculo-Punic coinage. The mints within each region are arranged alphabetically. The coinage within each city is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Archaic issues and continuing through the later civic issues. Issues in this catalog arranged in the catalog with silver first, followed by bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest. Both civic and royal coinages of these areas are covered.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 3]. 2016. lxxviii and 431 numbered pp. Hardbound. (GR332) $65 The ninth published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC (Volume 3 in the series). This volume is arranged geographically from the Adriatic Sea, beginning with Illyria, through Paionia and Epeiros, eastward to eastern Macedon. Civic and tribal issues of each area are followed by dynastic and royal coinage, Civic coinage is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Archaic issues and continuing through the later civic issues. Where rulers or cities issued coins concurrently in all three metals, these issues will be arranged in the catalog with gold first, followed by silver, and then bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of of Coins of Northern and Central Greece: Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia. [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 4]. 2014. lxxvii + 563 numbered pages (GR333) $65 The eighth published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece: Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia, Sixth to First Centuries BC (Volume 5 in the series). Beginning in central Thessaly with Achaia Phthiotis, this volume moves clockwise around that region, covering the various tribal issues, followed by the coins of the Thessalian League and the region’s various cities. From Akarnania the catalog moves eastward along the Corinthian Gulf to the heart of Central Greece and the Isthmus of Corinth, ending with Tenea. The coinage within each region and city is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Archaic issues and continuing through the later civic issues in the name of Alexander.

Coins are arranged in the catalog with gold first, followed by silver and bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 5]. 2011. lxxiv and 293 numbered pp. (GR 334) $65 The fourth published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC (Volume 5 in the series). Beginning in the northern Peloponessos with Achaia, this volume is arranged southward around the coast, and then northward, ending with Arkadia in the central Peloponessos. The mints within each region are arranged alphabetically. The coinage within each city is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Archaic issues and continuing through the later civic issues in the name of Alexander. Issues in this catalog arranged in the catalog with silver first, followed by bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest. Also included in this catalog are the issues of the Achaian and Arkadian Leagues.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 6]. 2010. lxxiii and 358 numbered pp. Hardbound. (GR335) $65 The third published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC (Volume 6 in the series). This volume contains not only many extreme rarities and issues of some of the more obscure islands, but it also includes most of the major island mints like Thasos, Aegina, Rhodes, Kos, and Samos. This volume is arranged geographically from the Adriatic Sea eastward to the Carpathian Sea, from north to south, and with each island entry within each sea in alphabetical order. The coinage within each city is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Archaic issues and continuing through the later civic issues in the name of Alexander. Where rulers or cities issued coins concurrently in all three metals, these issues will be arranged in the catalog with gold first, followed by silver, and then bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), Fifth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7]. 2012. lxxxii and 352 numbered pp.

Hardbound. (GR) (GR 336) The fifth published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), Fifth to First Centuries BC (Volume 7 in the series). The catalog covers the territories of the Black Sea coast, beginning with the Kimmerian Bosporos and ending with Bithynia. The catalog then moves to the contiguous regions of the interior - Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia. The mints within each region are arranged alphabetically. The coinage within each city is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Archaic issues and continuing through the later civic issues in the name of Alexander. Issues in this catalog arranged in the catalog with silver first, followed by bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest. Both civic and royal coinages of these areas are covered.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Syrian Coins: Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 9]. 2009. lxxviii and 332 numbered pp. (GR338) $65 The first published volume in the series is Handbook of Syrian Coins: Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First Centuries BC (Volume 9 in the series). This series is designed to aid the user in the quick, accurate, and relatively painless identification of Greek coins, while providing a cross-reference for each entry to a major work, which will allow the inquirer to pursue more in-depth research on the subject. The subject-matter of each volume is arranged chronologically for royal issues, and regionally for the civic issues; within each region, cities are listed directionally, depending on the region. For those rulers or cities that issued coins concurrently in all three metals, these issues will be arranged in the catalog with gold first, followed by silver, and then bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest.

Known mints for the royal coinage are listed below the appropriate type, making an easy search for a specific mint.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant: Phoenicia, Southern Koile Syria (Including Judaea), and Arabia, Fifth to First Centuries BC [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 10]. 2010. lxxix and 201 numbered pp. (GR339) $65 The second published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant: Phoenicia, Southern Koile Syria (Including Judaea), and Arabia, Fifth to First Centuries BC (Volume 10 in the series). This volume is arranged geographically from north to south with each region’s city entries in alphabetical order. The coinage within each city is arranged chronologically and begin with the royal issues during the Persian Empire (as is the case with the cities of Phoenicia), through the issues of Alexander the Great (both lifetime issues and those later civic issues in his name). Where rulers or cities issued coins concurrently in all three metals, these issues will be arranged in the catalog with gold first, followed by silver, and then bronze; each metal is arranged by denomination, largest to smallest.

Hoover, Oliver D. Handbook of Coins of Baktria and Ancient India Including Sogdiana, Margiana, Areia, and the Indo-Greek, Indo-Skythian, and Native Indian States South of the Hindu Kush. Fifth Century BC to First Century AD. [The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 12]. 2013. lxxxiv + 389 numbered pages. (GR341) $65 The seventh published volume in the series is Handbook of Coins of Baktria and Ancient India, Including Sogdiana, Margiana, Areia, and the Indo-Greek, Indo-Skythian, and Native Indian States South of the Hindu Kush, Fifth Century Centuries BC to First Century AD (Volume 12 in the series). Beginning with the Kingdom of Baktria, the catalog covers all the Graeco-Bacrian and Indo-Greek kings. This volume includes the Indo-Skythian rulers and satraps, as well as the local coinages of the region.

The Indian coinages south of the Hindu Kush are also included. While not obviously Greek coinage, these issues were struck in the context of their Greek neighbors and will add further evidence to the complex monetary systems of the region.

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