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Lot 1050
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.04 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 69-70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IVD?E? C?PT?, palm tree; to right, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right; shield to right; helmet, shield, and spear to left of palm. RIC II 1357 = Calicó 646a = BMCRE, p. 7, * and note corr. (Jewess described as sitting at foot of trophy) = Santamaria (25 May 1926), lot 236 (same dies); Hendin –; BN –; Biaggi –. Good Fine. Extremely rare, the second known. This piece confirms the authenticity of the previously known example. Future Hendin plate coin. Citing the singular Santamaria specimen as the only example of the type then known, the authors of BMCRE expressed doubt about its authenticity. This doubt was noted by the authors of the revised RIC volume, who went further, calling it “possibly a modern forgery with rev based on bronze IVDAEA CAPTA types.” None of the authors, however, detailed any specific criteria to support their allegations, or even noted that they examined the piece in hand. Nonetheless, the present coin, struck from the same dies as the Santamaria piece, is clearly authentic, thus rendering the doubts of the authors of RIC and BMCRE moot. This coin will be illustrated in the forthcoming 6th edition of David Hendin’s Guide to Biblical Coins.
Lot 1183
Diva Paulina. Died before AD 235. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 22.22 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. DIVA PAVLINA, veiled and draped bust right / C ONSECR ATIO, S C across field, Paulina, raising right hand and holding scepter in left, seated left on peacock flying right. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 132 (Maximinus); Banti 1. Near EF, choice olive-green patina, areas of minor roughness, traces of earthen deposits. From the RAM Collection. Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 1578.Although Paulina’s name is not mentioned by any of the ancient writers, the numismatic evidence is quite sufficient to prove that she was the wife of Maximinus I (235-238 AD) and probably the mother of the Caesar Maximus. A provincial bronze issue in her name from the Cilician mint of Anazarbus actually bears a date corresponding to the year 235/6 AD. Like her Roman issues this coin is posthumous, but it does accord her the imperial title of Augusta suggesting that she was still alive at the time of her husband`s accession but died shortly afterward. The single surviving stone inscription in which she is mentioned (CIL x. 5054) gives a fuller version of her name and titles, Diva Caecilia Paulina Pia Augusta.
Lot 1600
ITALY, Venezia (Venice). Francesco Morosini. 1688-1694. AR Osella (35mm, 9.81 g, 6h). Commemorating the Lifetime Awarding of a Bronze Bust of the Doge by the Venetian Senate and Erected in the Sala d’Armi del Consiglio dei Dieci. Dated RY 4 (1691). · S · M · FRANC · MAVROCE · DVX ·, S. Marco enthroned right, blessing Doge, who kneels left, holding banner; (rosette) ANNO · IV (rosette)/· I · B · in two lines in exergue / MAVROCE · PELOPON ESIACO · VIVENTI · S · C · , half-length facing bust of Francesco Morisini, dressed as admiral and holding baton in right hand, set on coat-of-arms and military equipment; all set on ornate base with additional arms and banners behind. CNI VIII 119; Paolucci, Zecca 174; Werdnig 171. Good VF, attractive cabinet toning, minor die shift on obverse.
Lot 1769
IRELAND, Saorstát Éireann (Irish Free State). 1922-1937. Pattern Æ Reul – Sixpence (21mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Lorioli Castelli’s (Milan) mint. Dies by Morbiducci. Dated 1927. · saorstát éIrean ·, harp; · 1927 · below, PROVA to lower right / Hound standing left, head reverted; · ReuL ·/ 6 in exergue; above, F. MOR=/BIDVCCI. Brady, Gerard, “The Morbiducci Patterns, An Enquiry,” in NumCirc LXXXIV.6 (June 1976), p. 236-8, 28-31; SCBC –; D&F –; cf. KM Pr5 (nickel). EF, some spotting. Rare – Brady knew of only four specimens in bronze. The Irish Free State was established in 1926, formally ending centuries of British rule. The new nation, desiring a coinage distinct from that of their previous leaders, soon formed a committee with the aim of selecting new and uniquely Irish coin designs. With the poet W.B. Yeats as the chair, committee members reviewed submissions from Irish, English, and continental artists. Eventually, in an attempt to avoid inflammatory political or religious messages, the group decided on an agricultural theme, highlighting the natural bounty of Ireland.
Lot 1899
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. All coins: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantine I from various mints, mostly eastern. Lot also includes folles of Licinius I (10) and Licinius II (4). Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1900
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. All coins: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantine I from various mints, mostly eastern. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1901
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. All coins: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantine I from various mints, mostly eastern. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1902
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. Includes: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantine I and Constantine II from various mints, mostly eastern. Lot also includes thirty-three (33) folles of Delmatius. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1903
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. Includes: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantine II and Constans from various mints, mostly eastern. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1904
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. All coins: Æ Reduced Folles of Constans from various mints, mostly eastern. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1905
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. Includes: Æ Reduced Folles of Constans and Constantius II from various mints, mostly eastern. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1906
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. All coins: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantius II from various mints, mostly eastern. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1907
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. Includes: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantius II from various mints, mostly eastern, as well as a large number of unidentified contemporary issues. Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 1908
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of seven hundred forty-three (743) Constantinian Era Æ. All coins: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantius II from various mints, mostly eastern, as well as a large number of unidentified contemporary issues. Lot also includes three Alexandria mint provincial Æ (dichalkon of Domtian ad one tetradrachm each of Philip I and Claudius II Gothicus, as well as a Mamluk dirham (not part of the hoard). Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Seven hundred forty-three (747) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
Lot 317
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-228 BC. Lot of four (4) AR diobols. All coins: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Herakles standing, strangling the Nemean lion with both arms. HN Italy 1061. Includes the following varieties: (a) (9mm, 1.14 g, 12h) Athena with plain helmet; on reverse, club to left, owl between legs of Herakles. Vlasto 1405; SNG ANS – // (b) (12mm, 1.26 g, 9h) Helmet of Athena adorned with hippocamp; on reverse, owl to left, Z between legs of Herakles. Vlasto 1399; SNG ANS 1450–1 // (c) (11mm, 1.08 g, 5h) Same as last // (d) (11mm, 1.25 g, 3h) Athena wears single-pendant earring, helmet adorned with three pellets on bowl and Z on neck guard; on reverse, aphlaston to left. Vlasto 1376–80; SNG ANS –. Lot also includes a small bronze box, 53mm wide, 42mm in depth, 28mm high, dating to late 4th century BC. The bottom part stands on four legs outlined by vertical lines engraved on the body surface, thus delineating the two ends of the box and its front and back. The sides and back are further decorated by two parallel horizontal engraved lines approximately one third up from the bottom. The lid, detached, has a rolled hinge and a flat top with remains of solder, presumably for attaching a decorative repoussé relief now lost. Cf. M. True and K. Hamma, eds., A Passion for Antiquities. Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman (Malibu, 1994), 29, for a very similar box, slightly larger and with its original repoussé decoration intact. All coins in Near EF condition, with underlying luster, typically a little off center on compact flans. The box has been professionally cleaned and restored. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Nomos 1 (6 May 2009), lot 6.From the Nomos catalog: According to the information that was supplied by Dr. Leo Mildenberg, this box was found in a river and when the deposits that filled it were cleaned out, these four silver coins were found within it. This is by no means improbable: the box itself is probably slightly earlier than the coins, but the idea that it contained them seems perfectly reasonable. Its small size implies it was meant to be used to hold relatively precious items. Given the kind of people who still brought things to Dr. Mildenberg in his later years, and this was brought to him a year or two before he died, it is very unlikely that anyone would have thought it worth while to create a fictitious history for the object (especially since the coins themselves were then of relatively minor value). It was undoubtedly shown to him because it was the kind of curiosity everyone knew he enjoyed seeing. In any event, being able to have the actual container in which the present coins were found is both exciting and romantic. The box is so close in form to the Fleischman example, now Getty 96.AC 87 (dated to 350-310 BC), that one wonders whether it could have been made in the same atelier. While its cataloguers pointed out its resemblance to the cinerary urns used in Macedonian tombs (especially that of Philip II), the fact that this one surely came from Magna Graecia makes one wonder whether the Fleischman piece came from there as well.
Lot 352
SICILY, Himera. Circa 425-409 BC. Æ Hexas or Dionkion (13mm, 1.88 g, 12h). Pan, blowing into conch shell in his right hand and cradling lagobolon in left arm, riding goat springing left; below, fish left / Nike flying left, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, left hand holding hem of chiton; •• (mark of value) to left, IMERA-[I]ON below. Kraay, Bronze, p. 44, 2c; CNS 34; HGC 2, 478 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS –; SNG Copenhagen 319; SNG Lloyd –; Virzi 1043. EF, dark green patina, obverse a little off center. Very rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 48 (21 October 2008), lot 31.
Lot 353
SICILY, Himera. Circa 405-383/2 BC. Æ Hemilitron or Hexonkion (13mm, 1.60 g, 3h). Head of female facing slightly left, wearing tainia / Crawfish left; •••••• (mark of value) above, IME below. Kraay, Bronze, p. 31, 4a; CNS 36; HGC 2, 482; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; Basel 308; Kampmann p. 119, top = Laffaille 151 (this coin); Virzi –. EF, dark green patina. Rare. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 90 (14 June 2000), lot 213; Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 76, 19 September 1991), lot 151; Sternberg XVII (9 May 1986), lot 51.
Lot 601
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Tiribazos. Satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. Æ (11.5mm, 1.73 g, 12h). Klazomenai mint. Head right, wearing kyrbasia / Tripod; K?A to right. Unpublished. VF, dark brown patina. Apparently unique. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 278 (25 April 2012), lot 102.While the satrapal portrait on this coin cannot be identified as an exact representation of Tiribazos, the extreme stylistic similarity between satrapal issues of Cilicia struck during the time of Tiribazos’ rule there (cf. Casabonne pl. 4, 4–6), a contemporary bronze issue from Sardis (cf. Klein 254), and the portrait here suggests that this coin was an issue struck under Tiribazos.Initially the satrap of Western Armenia, which was one of the main Persian satrapies, the Persian general, Tiribazos, was a highly regarded ally of Artaxerxes II, who granted him a number of additional satrapies during the course of his career. During the civil war with Cyrus the Younger, as related in The Anabasis of Xenophon, Tiribazos sided with Artaxerxes II, a move for which he was richly rewarded. When the vassal-king of Cilicia sided with Cyrus the Younger and was thereby dethroned because of it, the territory became an ordinary satrapy under the sphere of influence of the satrap of Western Armenia. Shortly thereafter, Tiribazos was appointed satrap of Western Asia (with its capital at Sardis), which was another of the main satrapies of the Persian Empire. It too counted a number of smaller regional districts under its sphere of influence. Among these smaller districts were the cities of Ionia, including Klazomenai. The influence of this satrapy and of Tiribazos in particular was such that he personally brokered negotiations between the the belligerent Greek states during the Corinthian War (395-387 BC). Although Tiribazos was briefly replaced by the satrap Struthas in punishment for his actions, Artaxerxes soon returned the ex-satrap to his post in 387/6 BC. This time, he was granted command of the Persian fleet against Evagoras of Salamis. Again, Tiribazos was punished for his actions, and again restored to favor. The subsequent reneging by Artaxerxes of favors on Tiribazos turned the satrap against his king. In the end, Artaxerxes caught wind of a plot by Tirbazos and had his once-esteemed courtier slain.
Lot 902
PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.06 g, 6h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). AVT KAI N?POVA TRAIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right / C?B T?P (sic) ?KI (sic) ?HM ?? V? ?, laureate bust of Melqart-Hercules right, with lion’s skin tied around neck; L IB (date) below. Prieur 1524 var. (rev. legend); McAlee 456 var. (same). EF, toned, small scuff below Melqart’s chin. Rare and of exceptional style. There is good evidence that Rome and Alexandria were involved in the production of the Tyrian silver coinage under Trajan. This and a related issue (Prieur 1523; McAlee 457) are not only Alexandrian in style but use a form of dating that is characteristically Egyptian. Discussing these coins, McAlee (p. 191) notes: “Given the die link between a Group 1 tetradrachm and a bronze coin of Alexandria at the beginning of Trajan’s reign, it seems likely that Alexandria also produced dies or struck coins for Tyre in this instance. The reason on this occasion was probably that the tetradrachm mint at Tyre lacked the skilled engravers necessary to produce the dies, since it had been dependent on Rome for producing dies (and perhaps for striking as well) for its preceding issues.”
Lot 903
JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.64 g, 2h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI ANT–?NINOC C?, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ?HMAPX ?? V?ATOC TO ? ·, heifer (Io) standing left below symbol of Marnas; all within diadem being supported by eagle standing facing, head and [tail] left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1684 corr. (rev. legend) = Bellinger 377, pl. XXVI, 1 corr. (obv. and rev. legends; same dies); Sofaer –. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only two cited by Prieur, better than the illustrated specimen. The heifer refers to Io, a nymph who was seduced by Zeus and transformed into the beast to escape the detection of his wife Hera. Io appears in anthropomorphic form fairly frequently on the bronze coinage of Gaza, although the city’s connection to the myth is unclear.
Lot 973
Collection of Imperial silver and bronze coins of Nerva. AD 96-97. Various denominations. Rome mint. Includes the following: 6 AR denarii and 6 Æ, comprising 3 asses, 1 dupondius, and 2 sestertii. Twelve (12) coins in lot. Coins Fair to Good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online at http://provincial.cngcoins.com.
Lot 977
Collection of Provincial silver, billion, and bronze coins of Alexandria of Trajan. AD 97-117. Various denominations. Includes the following: 6 silver and billon tetradrachms, mostly from Egypt and 15 bronze, comprising 8 drachms, 1 hemidrachm, 1 dichalkon, and 5 chalkoi. Twenty-one (21) coins in lot. Coins Fine to VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online at http://provincial.cngcoins.com.
Lot 982
Collection of Imperial silver and bronze coins of Sabina and Aelius. AD 128-136/7 and AD 137-138. Various denominations. Includes the following: 6 silver denarii of Sabina and one of Aelius, 3 asses of Sabina, and two Æ of Aelius, consisting of one sestertius and one as. Twelve (12) coins in lot. Coins Fine to VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online at http://provincial.cngcoins.com.
Lot 983
Collection of Provincial billon and bronze coins of Alexandria of Hadrian and Aelius. AD 117-138. Various denominations. Includes the following: 24 billon tetradrachms of Hadrian and one of Aelius, 15 bronze, comprising 8 drachms, 1 hemidrachm, 1 diobol, 7 dichalka, and 5 chalkoi. Forty-eight (48) coins in lot. Coins Fair to Good VF. Photos and detailed descriptions available online at http://provincial.cngcoins.com.
Lot 102
6 various embroidered French naval cap badges, 3 similar metal on cloth; 6 WM “Fusilier Marins” cap badges, enamelled shield centres; 4 airforce embroidered wings, one with no “121”, another with lyre above; 2 heavy bronze shield with dagger/sinking ship and scroll “Commandos Marine”; sundry other similar badges. GC to VGC
Lot 106
5 various Netherlands army officer’s gilt embroidered cap badges, crowned lion in wreath on blue cloth backing; a similar WO1 with short wreath and WOII without wreath; 8 GM versions of the same; 4 WWII Free Netherlands forces lion on title caps: embroidered on khaki and on blue, officer’s bronze with blades and OR’s; 11 various cloth and metal crown/wings etc air force badges; 3 naval crown/anchor, in brass, blackened and staybrite; sundry similar items. GC to VGC
Lot 11
Boer War: A bronze Tribute Medal for the London suburb of Hammersmith. Obv “Hammersmith is Grateful & Proud of You” engraved within a struck laurel wreath, the reverse plain. The ribbon bearing a pin back brooch bar picked out with silver “South Africa”. The edge engraved “Pte F.G. Haynes”, VF, in a J.F Hone, Hammersmith presentation case (part AF). Plate 2 Note Probably Pte F.G. Haynes of the City Imperial Volunteers who was entitled to the QSA bearing the clasps CC, OFS.
Lot 14
Pair: BWM, Victory (2096 Pte P Boness RAMC), VF and pinned to an armband bearing Red Cross and stamped “Army Medical Service”, 3 MOP button fixing, GC. Nursing awards: Serbia Red Cross medal, reverse with Maiden of Kosovo, without the 1912-1913 dates and from a bow ribbon, VF and scarce, and a Serbian Cross of Charity or Mercy 1912 in bronze gilt and enamel. VF
Lot 220
A WWII officer’s khaki beret of the Women’s Transport Service (FANY), bronze badge on maroon flash, tailor’s label inside; an RN Flag Officer’s WBC (non matching clasp); 7 sweetheart badges, including R Sussex, KSLI, WAAC, etc; a Camerons glengarry (brooch pin); 2 blue and white enamelled War Service, 1915, lapels for Stern & Bell, Camden Drive; a miniature pickelhaube; a darkwood box, made from a single block, lid carved with R Fusiliers badge, 11” x 7” x 2½”; sundry other items. Generally GC
Lot 23
Five: Royal Humane Society bronze medal for saving life (Sergt John Thomas McGowan RA 28th July 1949), 1939-45 star, France and Germany star, War, GSM 1918 1 clasp Palestine 1945-48, (14718961 Sjt J McGowan RA), VF, mounted court style in above order. Note: Sjt McGowan of the 49th Anti Tank Regt awarded RHS bronze for incident at Porthcawl
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