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Lot 465
Licinius I and II (308-324), Æ follis, Antioch, busts face to face holding trophy, rev., Jupiter and captives (RIC VII, Heraclea, 50; S. 15386), fine and rare; another similar but from mint of Cyzicus (RIC 13), pierced, tooled, fine; Licinius I, billon follis, Thessalonica, rev., X-shaped plan of camp surmounted by Sol (RIC 68; S. 15364), good very fine; another similar and issues of Constantine I, Crispus and Constantine II Caesar (RIC 67 note, 68, 69, 71), fine to very fine; Constantine I, base silver follis/argenteus, Trier, helmeted bust left, rev., two Victories holding shield (RIC VII, 208A; S. 15859), flan crack, good very fine; Helena, Æ folles (2), rev., star in wreath (RIC Thessalonica 48; S. 16583), good fine; and similar issue of Fausta; Crispus, Æ follis, an obverse brockage, about very fine; Hanniballianus, Æ reduced follis (RIC 147; S. 16905), fine (13)
Lot 1182
Russia, Lazarevsky Institute of Eastern Languages, Moscow, 1815, bronze prize medal by A.A. Caque, conjoined bust of Ivan and Ioakim Lazarev, rev., view of approach to the Lavarevsky Insitiute, Russian and Armenian legends both sides, 51mm (Diakov 400), good very fine and rare; together with coins (3), Germany, Prussia, 5 marks 1907; Mexico, Carlos IV, 8 reales, 1805 th, Turkey, Abdul Hamid II, 20 piastres 1293 year 1, very fine or better and a Crimea medal 1854-56, suspension lacking (5)
Lot 579
Lycia, Kandyba, Tranquillina (238-244), Æ 29mm, draped bust right, rev., ????????-? ?????????, Deukalion standing facing, wearing polos and holding sceptre, 16.33g (SNG von Aulock 4294; H. von Aulock, Die Münzprägung des Gordian III und der Tranquillina in Lykien (1974), 63; Robert, Hellenica X (1955), 221, pl. III, 2, all referring to this coin), fine and the only recorded example so evidently unique. Ex Hans von Aulock collection and Auctiones, Basel, October 1976, lot 245. A foundation of considerable antiquity, Pliny refers to Kandyba as a city which was then well-known for a sacred grove which lay nearby. It claimed to take its name from the mythical Kandybos, one of six children of Deukalion, son of Prometheus. In Greek mythology Deukalion (the “Greek Noah”) and his wife Pyrrha were the only survivors when Zeus unleashed a deluge to obliterate humanity for its evil ways. In earlier versions of the story it seems that only the two humans survived, but by the second century AD the writer Lucian of Samosata related that Deukalion ‘…placed his children and his wives in an ark of great size [and] when he had gone on board there came to him wild boars and horses, lions and serpents, and all the other creatures which walk on the earth, all in pairs’ – hence his association with the biblical story of Noah and the Ark and with other religions. A bronze coin of Tranquillina’s husband, Gordian III, with a Deukalion reverse from a different die to the present coin exists in a private collection.
Lot 787
U.S.A., John Paul Jones (1747-1792), The Capture of the British Frigate H.M.S. Serapis by the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard off Flamborough Head, 23 September 1779, in silver, Paris Mint, made for the ‘Comitia Americana’ series of medals by Augustin Dupré; bust of John Paul Jones right [after Houdon] in naval uniform, signed dupré. f. on truncation, JOANNI PAVLO JONES CLASSIS PRAEFECTO, COMITIA AMERICANA; rev., the naval action in progress showing the crew of U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard boarding H.M.S. Serapis behind, HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS, AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII SEPT M DCCLXXVIIII, 56.25mm (Betts 568; Adams & Bentley, Ch. 8; B.H.M. 222, R2; MH 580; CP 105/22; Ford XIV 203.), with evidence of die flaws in extremely early stage indicating an original or very early striking, lightly polished in the past so with hairlines and a few tiny marks, extremely fine and very rare. On 23 September 1779 the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard, under the command of Captain John Paul Jones, led a combined Franco-American fleet of 5 ships against a large Baltic merchant fleet being escorted by the British ships H.M.S. Serapis and the smaller Countess of Scarborough. The fighting took place off the Yorkshire coast near Flamborough Head and the coastal town of Bridlington, when the experienced French Captain Landais of the Alliance engaged and drew away the Countess of Scarborough, leaving Serapis to battle against the 4 remaining American and French ships. Initially the Serapis inflicted considerable damage to the hull and rigging of the Bonhomme Richard and the American flag fell, prompting Captain Richard Pearson of the Serapis to ask Jones if he had intentionally struck his colour in surrender. Jones defiantly replied: “I have not yet begun to fight!” and after a further three hours of bitter exchange it was indeed the Serapis and Countess of Scarborough which were forced to surrender. The Americans boarded and transferred across to the Serapis following a close, hard-fought victory, with the critically-damaged Bonhomme Richard sinking on the following day. which duly sank the following day. The victory made John Paul Jones a national hero and this piece from the Comitia Americana series holds the distinction of being the only naval medal authorized by the Continental Congress.
Lot 477
Anonymous, Æ 3, radiate bust of Serapis right, rev., Isis in chariot drawn by two mules left, 1.93g (Alföldi pl. 4, 38; Vagi 3371), pierced, flan crack, fine; another, bust of Isis right, rev., Anubis standing left holding sistrum and caduceus, 2.24g (cf. Alföldi pl. 15, 51-52; Vagi 3397), pierced, flan crack, about very fine, both rare (2)
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Lot 454
‘Carausius II’, Æ nummus, struck over a Constantine I reduced follis, bust right, with legend domno c[aravsivs ces?], rev., warrior spearing fallen horseman, 1.35g (P.J. Casey, Carausius and Allectus: British Usurpers, pl. 9, 4, this piece), very fine and very rare. For Casey’s discussion on this issue see op. cit. chapter 13, pp. 163-167. This type of coin was first published by Sutherland in “Carausius II, Censeris and the Barbarous Fel Temp Reparatio Overstrikes”, NC 1945.
Lot 449
Carausius (286-293), denarius, attributed to London, 287, laureate bust left wearing consular robes and holding sceptre, rev., felicita avg, galley left; in ex., rsr, 3.81g (RIC 560 var.; Shiel 54, this piece; P.J. Casey, Carausius and Allectus: The British Usurpers, pl. 2, 7, this piece), some pitting, very fine and very rare. Ex W.C. Wells collection (purchased by Baldwin’s in 1949) and from the A.H.F. (“Fred”) Baldwin collection, Glendining’s, 20-21 November 1969, lot 324 (£62).
Lot 916
Miscellaneous Hammered issues (6), Richard II, halfpenny, London (S. 1699); Henry V, Class F, penny, York, mullet and trefoil by crown (S. 1788); Edward IV, First reign, Heavy Coinage, halfpenny, quatrefoils by neck (S. 1990); James I, Third coinage, shilling, Sixth bust, and halfgroat both m.m. thistle; Charles I, Group 3, halfcrown, m.m. crown, generally fine (6)
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