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P. Cornelius P. f. Lentulus Spinther AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Kastoros, son of Apollodoros, magistrate. Apamea, 57-56 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; P LENTVLVS [P F] IMPERATOR in two lines above, A?A to left, two flutes to right, KA?TOPO? A?O??O??POY below. Stumpf 73; BMC 26 = Bunbury, CN 1883, 45; Waddington 7011. 12.11g, 26mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare - two examples recorded by Stumpf. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

Cyprus, Kition AR Stater. Azbaal, circa 449-425 BC. Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand; monogram or ankh to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) above; all inside dotted border within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5-6; Tziambazis 17; BMC 16-8. 11.04g, 22mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.

Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; Key symbol below horse / Nergal of Tarsos standing to left, holding lotus flower in right hand and spear in left, bow in bowcase and lion skin over shoulder; Tree of Life behind, Aramaic legend 'LNRGL' (to/for Nergal) to left. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -; SNG Levante -; Traité -; Casabonne -; MIMAA -; for obv. type cf. SNG France 213 = Casabonne pl. 2, 10; for rev. type cf. MIMAA type D4, pl. V, 7. 10.66g, 20mm, 10h. Extremely Fine. Unique and unpublished; of great numismatic interest. From a private North American collection. 'Syennesis' was the title held by the local Tarsiote dynasts of Cilicia, at least three of whom figured prominently in Near-Eastern history. The first, an independent monarch in his own right, joined with Nebuchadnezzar in mediating between Cyaxares of Media and Alyattes of Lydia in circa 610 BC. The second appears as a vassal of the Achaemenid king Darius I, and whose daughter was married to Pixodaros, son of Maussolos. He was perhaps the same man whom Herodotos mentioned as one of the most distinguished of the subordinate commanders in the fleet of Xerxes I. The last recorded Syennesis participated in the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II as described in detail in Xenophon's Anabasis. The lack of any further mention of this dynasty following the events of Cyrus' rebellion has long been taken as meaning that the syennesis was forcibly retired and a satrapy established in his place; the general and long-held acceptance by numismatists such as J. P. Six, E. Babelon and C. M Kraay of the obverse horseman portraying the Tarsiote syennesis has therefore complicated the dating of such issues (for an in-depth discussion see Casabonne, Le syennésis cilicien et Cyrus : l'apport des sources numismatiques, 1995). Casabonne does not refute the identification of the obverse figure as the syennesis, but he cautions against attempting to identify particular individuals within the series, rather suggesting the type should be considered in a less literal manner, and, viewed as evidence that the "Tarsiote monetary iconography attests to a certain continuity of relations between the central and local powers", he accepts the type as being certainly "charged with political significance". This being the case, and despite the fact that numismatists and historians alike have long seen the Tarsiote coinage as probably struck (at least in part) for the payment of such tribute to the Achaemenid king as is attested in several sources (see, for example Strabo XV.3.21), it should nonetheless be viewed primarily as a civic and not military coinage, regardless of what it may eventually have been used to finance. This is amply demonstrated by the reverse of this remarkable coin, which employs a highly intriguing design. The standing figure wearing a Persian kandys and carrying both bow and spear is named by the inscription as Nergal, the Babylonian-Assyrian god of the hunt, of war, pestilence and death. Cults at Hatra in Mesopotamia and much later, at Palmyra, have shown that Nergal was equated with the Hellenic Herakles, an assimilation probably begun by the Assyrians who seem to have equated Nergal to Melqart (see Jenkins, Two New Tarsos Coins 1973). Mary Boyce (A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume II: Under the Achaemenians pp. 272) notes that the cult of Nergal "appears to have been well established in Tarsus... there would appear to be a deliberate attempt here at religious syncretism of a sort, in the interests of secular power"; the unique addition of what appears to be a lion-skin hanging from behind Nergal would seem to support this notion. However, Seyrig (Cylinder Seals, 1939) in tracing the existence of the cult of Nergal also to Palestine, Syria and Cyprus, renders his appearance at Tarsos less surprising, and his depiction, while helping to bridge the gap between older periods and the Greco-Roman times, may not simply be a casual attempt at religious conflation but may reflect some deeper metaphor. Nergal, apart from being a god of war and death, was also a god of vegetation and rebirth, attributes that the Greeks associated with Kore-Persephone. The manner of Nergal's depiction here - specifically, holding a lotus flower - together with the placement of a sacred tree or 'tree of life' (which had ancient, but now poorly understood significance in Assyrian religion) behind him, may be indicative of the reason for his appearance. While the tree may also potentially have roots in the Epic of Gilgamesh, wherein Etana searches for a 'plant of birth' to provide him with a son, its meaning is less clear than that of the the lotus flower. The lotus appears only sporadically in Greek and near-Eastern mythology, though it has a well attested use in Egyptian art and legend, where it was taken as a symbolic representation of the sun on account of its physical behaviour: it closes at night time and descends into the water, rising and flowering again at dawn, thus also becoming by extension a symbol of the eternal cycle of death and rebirth. A potential interpretation of Nergal in this context could therefore indicate his favour being sought for a transition of some sort, to preside over a death and a rebirth, an ending and a beginning, past and future.

Ionia, Ephesos AV Stater. Circa 155-140 BC. Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, and with bow and quiver over shoulder / Cult statue of the Artemis of Ephesos facing, a fillet hanging from each hand; thymiaterion in inner right field, ?-? across fields. G. K. Jenkins, Hellenistic Gold Coins of Ephesos, in Festschrift Akurgal, Ankara, 1987, p. 134, pl. B, 6 (BM) = R Fleuscher I, Artemis von Ephesos und der erwandte Kultstatue von Anatolien und Syrien, EPRO 35, 1973, pl. 53b; LIMC II, pl. 565, 23. 8.43g, 21mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the A.F. Collection, Germany. The Hellenistic era gold coinage struck at Ephesos is extremely rare and rarely well preserved. Previously thought to have all been struck during the Mithradatic wars, this is now known not to be the case. Some seem to be dated by the era of the Province of Asia and the dates they bear are too early for them to be Mithradatic War issues. Certain other issues such as the present example appear to be part of an extraordinary issue of gold struck in conjunction with an extremely rare gold stater type of Magnesia in the mid-second century. The style and fabric of both issues seem consistent with an emergency issue struck to meet an immediate expense. The reverse of this coin depicts the famous cult statue of Ephesian Artemis, housed in the great temple of Artemis that is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The original image of the goddess was a wooden xoanon that had represented a pre-Hellenic goddess who the Greeks later equated with Artemis. This first image, which was kept decorated with jewellery, was possibly lost in a flood in the 8th or 7th century which destroyed the temple; excavations have discovered the tear-shaped amber drops of elliptical cross-section which must have dressed it. In circa 550 BC, when reconstruction of the temple was begun (partly financed by Kroisos), it was undertaken in grand style and was supposedly the first Greek temple to be built of marble. The wooden xoanon was replaced by a new ebony or grapewood statue sculpted by Enoidos, which presumably survived until the temple was again destroyed, this time by an act of arson on the part of one Herostratos. The second destruction of the temple coincided with the birth of Alexander the Great; Plutarch later noted that Artemis was too preoccupied with Alexander's delivery to save her burning temple. The form of the goddess is distinctly near-eastern in appearance; characteristics such as her legs being enclosed in a tapering pillar-like term are closely related to Egyptian and Hittite images, and the curious feature of the many protuberances on her chest (usually described as breasts or eggs) are decidedly non-Greek in origin, and indeed have defied explanation or identification for centuries, though an association with fertility seems implicit.

C. Poblicius Q. f. AR Serrate Denarius. Rome, 80 BC. Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right; T above, ROMA downwards behind / Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean lion; club at his feet, bow and arrows in bowcase to lower left, T to upper left, C•POBLICI•Q•F upwards to right. Crawford 380/1; RSC Poblicia 9. 3.95g, 19mm, 4h. Fleur De Coin. Purchased from Numismatics Varesi, May 1994.

Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AV Stater. Uncertain western mint, circa 246-225 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo, nude, standing to left and examining arrow held in right hand, left hand resting on grounded bow; BA?I?E?? to right, ?E?EYKOY to left. SC 720; HGC 9, 299f; CSE 1158; Arthur Houghton, The Tarik Derreh (Kangavar) Hoard in ANSMN 25, 1980, 25-27 and plate 5, 26 (same obv. die). 8.52g, 19mm, 2h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; one of only four known examples. Originally attributed to Ekbatana by Houghton (ANSMN 25, 1980, pp. 43), this issue has recently been reassessed by Houghton and Lorber in Seleukid Coins and assigned to an unknown western mint. The difficulty in attribution, besides the obvious lack of mintmarks, seems to concern both the style of the portrait and the reliance upon the location of the hoard that contained most of the known examples as a reflection of whence the coins originated. The closest parallel to the portrait of this coin is SC 719, attributed to Laodikeia by the Sea, being particularly similar in the breaks and modelling of the hair. However, Houghton and Lorber separate these two issues by arguing that it cannot be securely attributed to the same mint, given differences of style. Why then can it not be attributed to Ekbatana as Houghton originally suggested? Within the hoard there were three coins of the type, struck from identical obverse dies, all in mint condition. Houghton argued that the proximity of their find-spot to the ancient city of Ekbatana, coupled with a stater identified by Newell as from Ekbatana which similarly lacks identifying marks, is evidence enough to assign this type to Ekbatana. However, it is noted that this is problematic, especially considering the vertical die axes of the coins, and instead decides an unknown mint to be the best option. Seleukos II was born in circa 265 BC, the first son of Antiochos II and his first wife Laodike. In 252 BC Antiochos II repudiated Laodike and sent her to Ephesos in order to marry the daughter of his enemy Ptolemy II and seal a peace treaty that ended the Second Syrian War. In 246 BC, Ptolemy II died, shortly followed by Antiochos II, leaving the dynastic succession in a state of confusion. Antiochos II had begot a son with Ptolemy's daughter, Berenike, and named him Antiochos, however there were rumours that before his death he had returned to Laodike and declared Seleukos II his rightful heir. With his father’s death, Seleukos II became king with his younger brother Antiochos Hierax named joint-ruler in Sardis. Their mother Laodike had Berenike and her son murdered to avoid any competition for the throne, thus sparking the Third Syrian War, also known as the Laodikean War, which saw Berenike’s brother Ptolemy III invade the Seleukid Empire to avenge his sister. This was not the end of Seleukos’ troubles, as his younger brother Antiochos Hierax soon launched a rebellion against him aided by their mother. However, after a victory for Antiochos Hierax at the Battle of Ankyra in circa 239 BC, his usurpation was ultimately unsuccessful and Seleukos II would eventually be succeeded by his eldest son, Seleukos III Soter.

C. Septimius T. f. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Poseidonios, magistrate. Pergamum, 57-55 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; C•SEPTVMI•T•F PRO•COS in two lines above, monogram of Pergamum to left, staff of Asclepius to right, ?OC?I??NIOC below. Stumpf 41. 12.52g, 28mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare - two examples recorded by Stumpf, a further two on CoinArchives. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; Key symbol below horse / Two Persian soldiers, standing vis-a-vis, each holding spear, with bow in bowcase over shoulder; Aramaic legend 'TRZ' between, letters 'L R' before right hand figure. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -; SNG Levante -; Traité II, 526, pl. CVI, 6 = Casabonne Type D1, pl. 2, 9 = Hunterian p. 546, 3 and pl. LX, 6; MIMAA -. 10.72g, 22mm, 9h. Extremely Fine. Of the greatest rarity, apparently only the second known example, and the only one in private hands. From the collection of P.R., United Kingdom. Babelon considered the two figures on the reverse of this coin to be "deux rois de Perse", noting that J. P. Six (NumChron 1884, p. 155) identified them as soldiers, but countering this description with the observation that they both wear 'le costume royal'. In fact, as shown on the 'Relief of the Immortals' at the Apadana Palace, Persepolis, their attire may be considered to be generic, and not necessarily indicative of any special status. While probably not simply representing the frontier guards of Syria and Cilicia as suggested by Six, the type likely does hold some military significance. Certainly, the Syrian Gates (the Belen pass) were of great strategic importance, as attested first-hand by both Xenophon and Alexander the Great, however garrison of this natural choke-point would logically fall not to Cilicia whose territory one would have to pass through before reaching the gates, but to the forces of the satrapy beyond. Indeed Xenophon informs us that they were guarded by a garrison of the King's troops. The Cilician Gates (a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau) which were of no less importance were guarded by the Cilician troops of the Syennesis, local ruler of Cilicia, and could well be represented here, but in this case it is quite an oblique reference. The paucity of surviving specimens suggests that this issue, along with the other related types of the period, was perhaps either a payment for the services of a small group of mercenary Greek soldiers (for the native Cilician troops would not themselves be paid by their overlords) or part of a tribute which was then melted down into bullion again almost in its entirety, leaving only a couple of surviving specimens.

P. Cornelius P. f. Lentulus Spinther AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Erophantos, son of Erophantos, magistrate. Laodicea, 56-54 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; P LENTVLVS P F IMP in two lines above, ?AO to left, winged caduceus to right, KPATI??O? below. Stumpf 78; BMC 16. 12.73g, 27mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare - only one example recorded by Stumpf; apparently the second known example. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

C. Fabius M. f. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Demetrios, magistrate. Pergamum, 57-56 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; C•FABI•M•F PRO•COS in two lines above, monogram of Pergamum to left, staff of Asclepius to right, ????TPIOC below. Stumpf 29. 12.62g, 30mm, 12h. Near Mint State. Extremely Rare - only one example recorded by Stumpf; apparently the second known example. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

Lucania, Herakleia AR Stater. Circa 330-280 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; [|-HRAKLHIWN] above, small K behind / Herakles standing facing, holding club, bow, and arrow, lion's skin draped over arm; AQA to left of club, |-HRAKLHIWN to right; aryballos above. HN Italy 1384; van Keuren 84f; Work 66 (this coin). 7.92g, 20mm, 2h. Near Extremely Fine; pleasant old cabinet tone. This coin published in E. Work, The Earlier Staters of Heraclea Lucaniae (ANSNNM 91, 1940); Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker 262, 13 March 2015, lot 7032; Ex Ars Classica XII, 18 October 1926, lot 369.

C. Septimius T. f. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Menogenes, magistrate. Pergamum, 57-55 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; C•SEPTVMI•T•F PRO•COS in two lines above, monogram of Pergamum to left, staff of Asclepius to right, MHNO??NHC below. Stumpf 38. 12.46g, 28mm, 1h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare - two examples recorded by Stumpf. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Horseman (Syennesis?) riding to left, wearing kyrbasia, holding lotus flower in right hand and reins in left, bow in bowcase on saddle; Key symbol below horse, [Aramaic 'TRZ'] in exergue / Archer in kneeling-running stance to right, quiver over shoulder, drawing bow; Key symbol behind, all within dotted border within incuse square. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Levante -; SNG France -; Casabonne -; MIMAA -; Traité II, 521, and pl. CVI, 1 = Hunterian, p. 546, 4 and pl. LX, 7. 10.64g, 24mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. From the collection of P.R., United Kingdom.

Augustus AV Aureus. Spanish mint (Colonia Patricia?), 18-17 BC. S•P•Q•R•IMP•CAESARI•AVG•COS•X•TR•POT•VI, bare head of Augustus right / CIVIB•ET•SIGN•MILIT•A•PART•RECVPER, triple triumphal arch, central arch surmounted by statue of Augustus driving a facing quadriga; figure on left arch holding a standard, figure on right arch holding an aquila and bow. RIC 133; C. -; BMCRE -; Calicó 194 (same dies); Thesaurus nummorum romanorum et byzantinorum iii (Vienna, 1980), 682; Banti & Simonetti IV, 58. 7.91g, 20mm, 7h. Near Extremely Fine. Of the greatest rarity - a very rare variety of an extremely rare type; only one example identified by Banti, and the only example present on CoinArchives. This coin depicts the now ruined arch of Augustus which originally stood in the Forum Romanum, spanning the road between the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Caesar. According to the literary evidence, two arches were erected in honour of Augustus in the Forum: one in 29 BC to commemorate his victory at Actium (see Cassius Dio 49.15), the other in 19 BC to celebrate the return of the legionary standards lost by Crassus to the Parthians in 53 BC (see Cassius Dio 51.19). This latter coup was of great importance to Augustus and was also commemorated on the famed Prima Porta statue found at the villa of Livia. It seems that Augustus belatedly understood that commemoration of his victory over fellow Romans at the battle at Actium was not well received by the people, but a victory over a foreign enemy which restored soldiers and standards lost in a disastrous stain upon the Roman military record would be a perfect opportunity for cementing his position as saviour of the nation. Indeed, in 1546/7 an inscription dated to 29 BC and dedicated to Augustus was found at the site of the ruins and has been linked to this triumphal arch; inscribed upon it is a clear message that Augustus through this victory was able to save the Republic - perhaps a highly exaggerated statement since the sources seem to suggest that the Parthians reacted meekly to Augustus’ show of force and chose to return the standards and captives rather than risk open war. The appearance of this arch is preserved solely through the numismatic record, as seen on this coin, without which the identification of the archaeological ruins found in the Forum would be uncertain. The remains indicate the presence of a triple arch at the spot where the ancient sources say there was an arch to Augustus, therefore this could not be the Actian Arch which was similarly preserved through numismatic representations (see RIC 267, CRI 422) as a single span arch. Since no remains of a second arch of Augustus have been found in the Forum, this has led many to conclude that this 'Parthian Arch' was an expansion or replacement of the old Actian Arch. This theory is problematic to some scholars since Augustus does not mention either arch in his Res Gestae, a list of his achievements which certainly did not withhold from self-aggrandizement, however the archaeological evidence seems clear. The present type is thus an important archaeological document, allowing for the reconstruction of an early Imperial monument which is otherwise survived only by partial travertine foundations and some marble fragments which have been set atop them in modern brick beds. The choice of imagery on the coin itself highlights the political position of Augustus at this time. He does not appear as a ruler, but bare-headed and without drapery or military attire, whereas the reverse depicts the monument dedicated to his glory with the statues atop the arch of equal height to the structure itself, allowing the recovered standards to be seen clearly and in detail as the pretext for this laudatory monument. The standards were later placed in the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus which was inaugurated in 2 BC.

Kingdom of Mauretania, Juba II AR Denarius. Caesarea, dated year 42 = 17/18 AD. REX IVBA, head of Juba II in the guise of Hercules, wearing lion skin headdress; club behind / Club draped with lion's skin, bow to right; arrow and RXXXXII to left. SNG Copenhagen 585 var. (Year 41); Mazard 182 var. (same). 2.96g, 18mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From a private British collection.

Kingdom of Pergamon, Philetairos I AR Tetradrachm. Circa 270-265 BC. Diademed head of the deified Seleukos I to right / Athena, helmeted and wearing long robes, seated to left on low throne with lion’s feet, resting her left elbow on support in the form of a sphinx, holding a transverse downward pointing spear in her left hand and resting her right on the edge of a round shield adorned with a gorgoneion standing before her; above, ivy leaf; to right, bow. BMC 28; De Hirsch 1459; Kraay/Hirmer 736; Newell 14, XVI-36a (same dies); SNG Lockett 2718 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 7451 (same dies). 17.03g, 28mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics XI, 7 April 2016, lot 426. Philetairos began his career serving under Antigonos Monophthalmos, but after the Battle of Ipsos in 301 BC where Antigonos was killed, he shifted his allegiance to Lysimachos, who entrusted him with command of the fortress of Pergamon, and a treasury of nine thousand talents of silver (234 metric tonnes). Philetairos served Lysimachos until 282 BC, when perhaps because of conflicts involving the court intrigues of Arsinoe, Lysimachos' third wife, Philetairos deserted Lysimachos, offering himself and the important fortress of Pergamon, along with its treasury to Seleukos, who subsequently defeated and killed Lysimachos at the Battle of Korupedion in 281 BC. Seleukos himself was murdered by Ptolemy Keraunos, a brother of Arsinoe, a few months later at Lysimacheia. After the death of Seleukos, though he and Pergamon remained nominally under Seleukid dominion, Philetairos had considerable autonomy and with the help of his considerable wealth was able to increase his power and influence beyond Pergamon. His first coinage was struck under the reign of Antiochos I, the son of Seleukos, and though it proclaims his loyalty to Seleukos, the presence of his name upon the reverse must have inevitably raised suspicions about his ambitions. Nevertheless, Philetairos never went so far as to proclaim himself king, and remained loyal to the Seleukids until his death in 263. Having no children of his own, Philetairos passed the rule of Pergamon to his nephew Eumenes, who almost immediately revolted against Antiochos, defeating the Seleukid king near Sardes in 261. Eumenes was thus able to free Pergamon, and greatly increased the territory under his control. In his new possessions, he established garrison posts in the north at the foot of Mount Ida called Philetaireia after his adoptive father, and in the east, north-east of Thyatira near the sources of the river Lykos, called Attaleia after his grandfather, and he extended his control south of the river Caïcus to the Gulf of Kyme as well. Demonstrating his independence, he began to strike coins as his predecessor had done, only now the obverse portrait was that of his uncle and adoptive father Philetairos.

Arsacid Empire, Mithradates II AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Tigris, circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / ???????? ??????? ??????? ?????????, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand; palm to outer right; monogram to inner left. Sellwood 24.5 corr. (monogram behind archer); Sunrise 282; Shore 68. 16.02g, 31mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; well centred and with pleasant old cabinet tone. Ex Nomisma s.p.a. 48, 26 October 2013, lot 66.

P. Cornelius P. f. Lentulus Spinther AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Artemidoros, son of Damokrates, magistrate. Laodicea, 56-54 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; P LENTVLVS P F IMP in two lines above, [?]AO to left, ornate winged caduceus to right, APTEMI?OPO? ?AMOKPATOY in two lines below. Stumpf 77. 12.63g, 27mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

C. Hosidius C. f. Geta AR Denarius. Rome, 68 BC. Draped bust of Diana right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace with bow and quiver over shoulder; III VIR downwards to left, GETA downwards to right/ The Calydonian boar standing right, its front legs thrust forward, pierced through by a spear and harried by a hound below; C•HOSIDI•C•F in exergue. Crawford 407/2; RSC Hosidia 1. 3.97g, 17mm, 4h. Good Extremely Fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch 249, 11 October 2017, lot 475; Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 15, 27 April 2015, lot 417.

P. Cornelius P. f. Lentulus Spinther AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Attalos, son of Bianoros, magistrate. Apamea, 57-56 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; P LENTVLVS P F IMPERATOR in two lines above, A?A to left, two flutes to right, ?TTA??? BIANOPO? below. Stumpf 71. 12.21g, 27mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare - only one example recorded by Stumpf. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

P. Cornelius P. f. Lentulus Spinther AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Kratippos, magistrate. Laodicea, 56-54 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; P LENTVLVS P F IMP in two lines above, ?AO to left, winged caduceus to right, KPATI??O? below. Stumpf 79; BMC 17 = Bunbury, NC 1883, 4m; SNG Copenhagen 494. 12.49g, 26mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare - two examples recorded by Stumpf, a further three on CoinArchives. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

C. Claudius A. P. f. Pulcher AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Menophantos, magistrate. Pergamum, 55-53 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents standing by decorated bow case; C•PVLCHER PRO•COS in two lines above, monogram of Pergamum to left, staff of Asclepius to right, MHNO?ANTOC below. Stumpf 54. 12.32g, 28mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.

Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes I AR Tetradrachm. Circa 263-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena seated left, left elbow resting on shield, spear behind, crowning ?I?ETAI?OY with wreath held in her extended right hand; ivy leaf in outer left field, A in inner left field, bow in right field. SNG France 1612. 17.12g, 31mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. From a private German collection; Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 37, 24 June 2017, lot 202.

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AV Stater. Aï Khanoum, 261-246 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos I right / Apollo Delphinios seated to left on omphalos, holding arrow and resting left hand upon bow set on ground; ???????? to right, ???????? to left, monogram in left field. SC 435.1; ESM 695. 8.50g, 18mm, 5h. Good Very Fine, minor scuff on neck. Extremely Rare. Ex private German collection. Recent scholarship has reattributed a series of gold, silver and bronze coins with the mint mark of a delta within a circle, or close variants, from the ancient capital of Baktria, Baktra to previously unknown the city of Aï Khanoum in northeast Afghanistan. The history of this Hellenistic city is unclear - it was possibly founded by Alexander the Great as one of the military settlements left in this region, and could have been the settlement of Alexandeia Oxeiana. Another theory is that it was founded by Antiochos I in the early third century BC as a royal residence while Baktria was under Seleukid rule. Either way, the archaeological evidence clearly demonstrates that during the Hellenistic era Aï Khanoum was a major city. The excavations reveal that the city had a palace complex as well as a treasury, gymnasium, mausoleums and temples in addition to the discovery of unstruck bronze flans, highly suggestive that a mint was active here, although its dates of operation are not clear. Baktra had been suggested as the mint location only because, as Newell (Newell The Coinage of the Eastern Seleucid Mints. From Seleucus I to Antiochus III. 1938 pp. 229) wrote, the “only logical location for a large and active royal mint…[was] at Baktra, the political, commercial and geographical centre of the entire province.” However, a variant of the mintmark seen on this coin was found on bricks at one of the oldest parts of the ancient city of Aï Khanoum, a factor which led Kritt in his 2016 work ‘The Seleucid Mint of Aï Khanoum’ (Classical Numismatic Studies No. 9) to reattribute coins bearing this mintmark to this city. This was supported by Houghton and Lorber in ‘Seleukid Coins: a Comprehensive Catalogue’ who reassigned this whole series to Aï Khanoum and further argue that Baktra could not have issued these coins as a newly discovered bronze coin (catalogue number 283A) depicted the river god of the Oxus, which flowed by the city of Aï Khanoum, not Baktra.

Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AV Stater. Circa 155-140 BC. Euphemos, son of Pausanias, magistrate. Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane, and with bow and quiver over shoulder / Nike, holding kentron and reins, driving fast biga to right; MA?NHT?N (of the Magnesians) above, EY?HMO? ?AY?ANIOY below. Heritage 3056, 30066 (same dies); unpublished in the standard references, but for the magistrate Euphemos son of Pausanias and dating of the stephanophoric tetradrachms of Magnesia, cf. N. F. Jones, The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Magnesia-on-Maeander", ANSMN 24, 1979, pp. 63-109, especially nos. 8-25; for the obverse Artemis bust type cf. B. Head, History of the Coinage of Ephesus, London 1880, p. 69, 1-7, pl. 5 and Mørkholm, Early Hellenistic Coinage, Cambridge 1991, 657 = Gulbenkian 985. 8.43g, 19mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. A coin of extreme rarity and great numismatic importance. From the A.F. Collection, Germany. The discovery of this totally new reverse type for a gold stater on the Attic weight standard of about 8.5g, fortunately signed by a very well known Magnesian magistrate, solves two long standing numismatic problems. Firstly, it allows for the dating of the Ephesian gold staters with which it is associated, and it confirms the mid second century dating of the Ionian stephanophoric coinage. Euphemos, son of Pausanias, was one of the eight magistrates who were responsible for the substantial silver stephanophoric 'wreath-bearer' tetradrachm issues, beautifully engraved and struck on broad flans on the Attic silver standard of about 17.2 grams. It is notable that Magnesia had in the late 4th and early 3rd centuries produced very high quality Attic standard gold staters with polished dies in the names of Philip, Alexander and Lysimachos. The obverse bust of Artemis is of exactly the same style as the well known Ephesos gold staters which depict on their reverse the Ephesian cult figure of Artemis. Until now those Ephesian staters have defied proper dating, having been given a chronological range by various authors from 150 to 88 BC (cf. Gilbert K. Jenkins, 'Hellenistic gold coins of Ephesus', in Festschrift E. Akurgal, Anadolu-Anatolia 21, 1978/80, Ankara, 1987, pp. 183-8, pls. A-B). Though of course it does not preclude the possibility that they were struck over an extended period of time, we may now at least say with some certainty that they were already being struck by around 150-140 BC. The evidence from the seven extant stephanophoric tetradrachm hoards from the contemporary territory of the Seleukid Empire, found together with dated Seleukid coins, points to a secure narrow chronological range for all these issues of 150-138 BC. Significantly the Magnesian coinage has often been found in close association with similar wreathed issues from Aigai, Kyme, Myrina, Herakleia, Lebedos and Smyrna in what must have been an unattested 'entente' by cities that had been guaranteed their autonomy following the imposition by Rome of the Treaty of Apameia between the Republic and Antiochos III in 188 BC - an attempt to stop the constant quarrelling between the Greeks. For the numismatic history of the period cf. Jones 1979, pp. 90-100 and Ch. Boehringer, Zur Chronologie Mittelhellenistischer Münzserien 220-160 v. Chr., Berlin 1972, pp. 49f."

A restored rocking horse, the dapple grey painted horse on green painted bow rocker, 75cms high.

Madonna 'Take a bow' maxi single, mint condition, import

A SELECTION OF BUCKLES, to include a pair of mother of pearl buckles, plastic buckles, one designed as a bow, paste buckles, etc

A BOXED LIMITED EDITION STEIFF YEAR BEAR 2010, made for QVC, No.15/1500, No.663390, light blond mohair, wearing green ribbon bow, growler, jointed limbs, height 30cm (certificate)

TWO STEIFF FYNN BEARS, one as a doctor with case and accessories, No 111808, approximate height 27cm, the other with red bow No 111327, approximate height 29cm, together with boxed Merrythought 'Hope' Bear, special edition, No 37,479 for This Morning America Appeal from 11th September 2001 Terrorist Attack (3)

A VIOLIN MANUFACTURED BY ANDREAS ZEUER, with bow and soft carry case

NINTEENTH CENTURY CONTINENTAL ENAMELLED FOB WATCH, the round white dial with Arabic numerals in black, dot outer seconds track, 27mm case enamelled in turquoise and with a figural scene to the caseback, suspended from a turquoise enamelled bow brooch

A contemporary 'Happy Diamonds' pendant, Chopardthe pendant of circular outline set with a border of round brilliant-cut diamonds, containing five 'loose' diamonds, surmounted by a diamond set bow-motif, to an integral ball-link chainLength of pendant: 22mm

A collection of brooches and pendantsto include a large Victorian agate and filigree set brooch; an Edwardian seed pearl, ruby and peridot set pendant, of pierced scrolling design; a pair of matched earrings, each a converted Edwardian gem set circular bow pendant, a pearl set bar brooch (4)

A violin in fitted, flame mahogany case with bow CONDITION REPORT: This is not an antique violin. Surface wear to the varnish on the body. Otherwise generally good condition. Weight 540g.

A late 19th century violin and bow in coffin case CONDITION REPORT: Surface wear, nicks and scratches to the varnish on the body. Otherwise generally good condition. Weight 386g.

A Stentor child's violin and bow in fitted case

A Victorian bow-fronted five drawer painted chest with sign writer's advertising

A CHILD'S VINTAGE SCHOOL DESK, a standing towel rail, a bow back armchair and a single splatback side chair (a parcel), 76 cms high, 61.5 cms wide, 46 cms deep the desk

A 19th CENTURY VIOLIN & BOW in a fitted case, interior label reads 'Copy of John Baptiste Schweitzer', 59.5 cms long, 72.5 cms long the bow

A late-19th century mahogany bow-fronted chest of two short and three long cockbeaded drawers, on turned legs, 101cm wide, 105cm high.

A Mcculloch 838 petrol chain saw together with two bow saws (3)

An Edwardian mahogany shallow bow fronted display cabinet, freestanding and enclosed by a pair of glazed panelled doors, with lancet shaped mouldings and raised on claw and ball supports, 4ft wide approx

A Victorian mahogany veneered davenport with raised hinged stationery box over a slightly bow fronted inset panelled slope with vacant interior over the usual arrangement of real and dummy drawers, raised on a platform base with shaped and chamfered brackets

A Regency mahogany side table fitted with an arrangement of two short and one long shallow frieze drawers raised on four square tapered legs, together with a 19th century mahogany toilet mirror of rectangular form with partial ring turned column supports over a bow fronted box base fitted with three frieze drawers with turned bun feet (2)

A Georgian style kneehole twin pedestal partners desk, each side fitted with an arrangement of six drawers and a bow fronted cupboard with mock three drawer elevation/facade, and raised on moulded plinths, 5ft long x 4ft wide approx

A 19th century smokers bow armchair, principally in elm, with turned spindle back over a saddle shaped seat raised on turned supports and stretchers

An Edwardian mahogany display cabinet in the Sheraton manner, the lower section enclosed by two shallow bow fronted frieze drawers, with under gallery, raised on square tapered and swept supports, the upper section with astragal glazed panelled doors, with swan necked pediment, with overall trailing and floral ribboned garland detail, 85cm wide

A good quality Edwardian mahogany bow fronted chest of five long graduated drawers raised on swept supports, 60cm wide

A Georgian mahogany toilet mirror, the box base of bow fronted outline supporting an oval mirror plate, with rosewood and other banded detail

A good quality mid-19th century mahogany bow-fronted chest of three long drawers, together with a brush slide, raised on swept supports, 90cm wide x 89cm high

A good quality panelled oak cradle in the 18th century manner, the canopy with arched and shaped outline, with deep fielded panels to all sides, raised on a pair of bow shaped rockers, 98cm long

A 19th century Windsor child's elbow chair to a smokers bow design, in mixed woods, the seat to accommodate a commode

Early 20th century school - Bust portrait of a gentleman in bow tie and suit, work on ivory, oval mount, 8.5 x 6.75cm, framed

A diamond and pearl hinged sweetheart bangle with pearl set double hearts and bow surmount, in unmarked gold and silver, in original fitted case for Hunt & Roskell, 10.5g

Costume jewellery to include a paste set silver bow brooch, 9ct Edwardian paste set bar brooch and a monogrammed locket with turquoise, seed pearl and coral decoration, etc***THISTLE BROOCH WITHDRAWN FROM THIS LOT***

Early 20th century wrought iron bow shaped stick stand containing a collection of sticks and umbrellas to include a parasol with dog head handle, a further antique parasol with carved ivory parakeet head handle and others

19th century continental violin and nickel mounted bow, together with five carved wooden decoy ducks

Pair 18th century Bow blue and white octagonal plates, circa 1765, with fan-shaped and circular chinoiserie landscape and floral reserves on powder-blue ground - faux Chinese marks, 22cm CONDITION REPORT Plate 1 - Five small chips / flea bites to edge and some fritting, star crack visible to centre of plate, some crazing to glaze. Plate 2 - Some fritting / nibbles / chips to rim, overall crazing to glaze, one metal staple through underside of plate, although not obviously a repair

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), gold Ship Ryal of fifteen shillings, Continental issue struck contemporaneously with the English for circulation and use in the Low Countries, Queen Elizabeth standing in Tudor warship sailing left, holding orb and sceptre, rose on hull, E on banner at bow, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, ELI ZAB; D; G; ANG; FR; ET. h IB REGInA., rev. rose on sun with sixteen rays at centre, cruciform cross fleury ends with lis terminal surrounding, crown over lion in each angle, all within a tressure of eight arcs, small trefoils in spandrels, initial mark escallop (1584-86), IhS; AVT; TRAnSIEnS. PER. mEDIV; ILLORVm. IBAT., weight 7.57g (cf.Thompson 7A/9C; Schneider -; N.2004 note; S.2530 note). Flan a little undulating, some surface scuffs on obverse perhaps from excavation, subsequently weak in parts, and a little double struck on obverse, otherwise a bold very fine and extremely rare. Provenance:Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, List 22, Winter 2011, item 55 offered at £40,000. The English versions were minted for trade specifically with Europe, issued as a direct result of the struggle of the Low Countries against Spain, and for financing an English presence governed under the Earl of Leicester, and for military involvement as agreed by Queen Elizabeth I in the Treaty of Nonsuch of 1585. Apart from a flurry of mint activity at the Tower of London from 1 August 1585 to 30 April 1586 where 628lb and 8oz of gold was made into coin, the whole project was shortly afterwards abandoned due to the difficulty in running the scheme through the controlled flow of bullion. This was magnified by the fact that the Dutch were producing their own Continental Rose Nobles in at least two rival schemes, an example of which we have offered here for sale. The other scheme was for the Rose Noble imitations, being produced in Gorcum (Gorinchem). Consequently, the English scheme, apart from some limited circulation, did not succeed, and the gold Ryal of fifteen shillings is subsequently one of the rarest denominations for the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, whether as an English original or the contemporary Continental issue like the coin above. For further reading about such coins see Elizabethan Ryals and their Dutch Imitations 1584-92 by J D A Thompson, Numismatic Chronicle, sixth series, volume I, 1941, pages 139-168 with plates. See also The Tudor Coinage by C E Challis, specifically pages 263-268 regarding these issues, and Gold Coinage of Elizabeth I by I D Brown and C H Comber, British Numismatic Journal, volume 59, 1989, pages 91-119 and plates.