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Click here to subscribeWORLD COINS, Italy, Papal States, Innocent XII (1691-1700), Silver ½-Piastra, ANNO VI, capped and draped bust right, rev the Pope praying at altar, the Dove issuing from clouds above, FIAT PAX IN VIRTVTE TVA (cf Munt 30; Berman 2237, only ANNO V listed for this type). Mount removed from top, about very fine and extremely rare, this date unlisted.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Leo I (AD 457-474), Gold Solidus, minted at Constantinople, struck AD 462 or 466, D N LEO PE-RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing, slightly inclined to right, holding a spear and shield, rev VICTORI-A AVGGG Θ, Victory standing left, supporting a long jewelled cross, a star in right field, CONOB in exergue, 4.35g, 6h (RIC 605; Depeyrot 93/1). Good very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, A Georgian Engraved Brass Badge or Medal, 1755, a Caesar-like laureate bust left, J D D & M R, rev King crowned and enthroned on rocks holding sceptre and orb, before him a crowd of people, W X & ????? (the second set of initials obliterated), date below exergual line, border around, 39mm. Small piercing at top, obverse very fine, reverse nearly so. The cataloguers are unable to offer any explanation for this curious piece.
BRITISH COINS, Aethelred II, Silver Penny, Long Cross type (c.997-1003), York mint, moneyer Leofstan, draped bust left, .+.ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, rev voided long cross with pellet at centre, +LEOFSTAN MO EOFR, 1.63g (BMC type IVa; N 774; S 1151). Attractive dark tone, nearly extremely fine. ex Lockett Collection, with his ticket (not from the sale)
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Anastasius I (AD 491-518), Gold Solidus, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, slightly inclined to right, with a spear and shield, rev VICTORIA AVGGG Θ, Victory standing left, holding a long staff surmounted by a reversed rho, a star on left, CINOM in exergue, 4.42g, 6h (S 5). Extremely fine.
BRITISH COINS, William I, the Conqueror (1066-1087), Silver Penny, Two Stars type (1074-1077), BMC type 5, Northampton mint, moneyer Saewine, crowned facing bust, star to each side, within linear circle, legend commences at top, +PILLEM REXI ΛN, rev cross bottonnée with annulet centre, over quadrilateral with pellets on angles, +SÆPIN ON HΛMTVI, 1.34g (cf BMC 369; N 845; S 1254). Weak at top, attractively toned, bold very fine and very rare.
BRITISH COINS, Henry VIII, Silver Halfgroat, second coinage (1526-1544), Canterbury, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, crowned bust right within inner-circle, initial mark Catherine wheel both sides, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, T C at sides, CIVITAS CANTOR, 1.21g (N 1804; S 2345). Good portrait, ragged flan, otherwise very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Macedon under Roman Rule (c.167-149 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Amphipolis, diademed and draped bust of Artemis facing right, a bow and quiver over shoulder, at the centre of a Macedonian shield, rev club, monogram above; all within an oak-wreath, thunderbolt on left, 16.67g, 9h (SNG Ashmolean 3392). Cabinet toning, well-centred, good very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Papal Medals, Clement X (1670-1676), Copper Annual Medal, Year 4, 1673, by Giovanni Hamerani, bust right, rev the Roman Charity, Pero offers her breast to her imprisoned father, Cimon, VIVIFICAT ET BEAT, 34mm (Linc 1318). Extremely fine, die break in front of portrait thus presumed an early restrike.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Lord Nelson (1758-1805), The Battle of The Nile, White Metal Medal, 1798, by J G Hancock and P Kempson, uniformed bust three-quarters left, wearing Badge and Star of the Order of the Bath, rev the River God of the Nile reclines and watches the action, legend in concentric lines above, 47mm (BHM 448; Eimer 889; MH 475). Nearly extremely fine, the reverse with usual die flaw expanding, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Valentinian I (AD 364-375), Silver Siliqua, mint of Thessalonica, struck AD 364-7, D N VALENITNI-AMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev RESTITV-TOR REIP, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding a labarum and Victory on globe, TES in exergue, 2.02g, 11h (RIC 12a; C 19). Cabinet tone, about extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 10th Anniversary of his Death, Early Trial Striking in Copper of G F Pidgeon’s Memorial Medal, 1819, by G F Pidgeon, bust right wearing frock coat, after Peter Rouw, MATTHEVS BOULTON, rev legend within wreath, INVENTAS AVT QVI VITAM EXCOLVERE PER ARTES, plain edge, 63.5mm (BHM 976; Eimer 1114; Pollard pp.316-318). Extremely fine. This is a curious striking with the obverse and reverse not perfectly aligned, leaving the edge with an un-matched swelling. The obverse appears to be on a slightly concave flan, the reverse slightly convex. This medal was issued by Boulton’s son and successor, Matthew Robinson Boulton, and Pollard records the history of the delays surrounding its production. The reverse legend (from Virgil, Aen. VI, 663), ends ARTIS on the final medal, not ARTES as here. Another example with the ARTES legend (not recognised at that time by the cataloguer), and plain edge, was sold at Baldwin’s Auction 81, 10 May 2013, lot 3124.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Arcadius (AD 383-408), Silver Siliqua, mint of Treveri, struck AD 392-5, D N ARCAPI-VS P F AVG (sic), pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev VIRT[VS RO]-MANORVM, Roma seated left on a cuirass, holding Victory on a globe and a spear, TRPS in exergue, 1.63g, 6h (RIC 106c). Very light crack in flan, iridescent cabinet toning, good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Constantine X (AD 1042-1055), Gold Tetarteron Nomisma, nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels, rev bust of emperor facing, wearing a crown and a jewelled chlamys, holding a sceptre with a trefoil and a globus surmounted by a pelleted cross, 4.05g, 6h (DO 5; S 1832). Extremely fine.
BRITISH COINS, Stephen, Silver Penny, Cross Moline “Watford” type (c.1136-1145), Chester mint, moneyer Ravenspert, crowned bust right, +STIEFNE REX, rev cross moline with a fleur in each angle, +R----SPERT: ON CEST, 1.27g (BMC 22, type I; N 873; S 1278). Flat area in strike, otherwise remaining detail good and clear, toned, very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus II (127-126 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and long bearded bust right, reel-and-pellet border, rev Demeter enthroned left, holding wreath carrying Nike and cornucopia in right and left hands respectively, two line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY, letter Θ in field left, year ΖΠΡ = 187 SEM (126/5 BC) in exergue, 15.99g, 1h (S 18.1 var, Inter-regnal issue, dated variety with controller’s mark). Good fine / about very fine and extremely rare, one of only six known examples. Justin (42.2.1) intimates that the successor of Phraates II was his paternal uncle, Artabanus. He went to war with the Tocharian nomads and lost his life soon after a poisoned arrow wounded him in the arm. According to Sellwood, the S18 output was issued during an inter-regnum in Parthia when the mint authorities in Seleucia, “unsure of the political outcome, temporised by using a fictitious portrait of the recently dead king (Mithradates I)”. However, a small number of fragmentary cuneiform records register a “King Arsaces” at Babylon during March - July 126 BC who minted the undated S18.1 Tetradrachms, corresponding to year 186 SEM (autumn 127 BC to autumn 126 BC). This Arsacid prince was previously identified with Bagāyāsh/Bagasis, brother of Mithradates I and his appointed governor of Media Magna and Atropatene in 148 BC. However, further studies have revealed that Bagasis never ascended the Parthian throne as king and died shortly before the demise of Phraates II about autumn 127 BC. Hence the attribution to Artabanus (II) of the S18.1 (undated) and S18.1var. (dated 187 SEM) Tetradrachms who, according to Justin (42.2.1), succeeded Phraates II in late 127 BC - early 126 BC. On the historical significance of this issue see: Assar G.R.F., “Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part II”, The Celator. Journal of Ancient and Medieval Coinage 15.1 (2001), 17-27 and 41 (attributed to Bagasis); Assar G.R.F. “Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part III”, The Celator. Journal of Ancient and Medieval Coinage 15.2 (2001), 17-22 (attributed to Bagasis); Assar G.R.F., “A Revised Parthian Chronology of the Period 165-91 B.C.”, Electrum 11 (2006), 87-158 (at 114-116, attributed to Bagasis).
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Allectus (AD 293-296), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Camulodunum, S-P issue, AD 293-5, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev LAET[IT]IA AVG, Laetitia standing left, holding a wreath and an anchor, S-P in field, C in exergue, 4.80g, 6h (RIC 79; Webb 119); with Antoniniani (3), all S-P issue, rev Jupiter, rev Laetitia, rev Moneta. First very fine, the others fair. (4)
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Nikias (c.90-85 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / NIKIOY, diademed, helmeted and draped bust facing right, rev Athena Alkidemos standing facing, monogram on left, 8.39g, 12h (Bopearachchi 1A var (bust); SNG ANS 1263 var (bust); cf CNG 70, 2005, lot 479 (these dies)). Very fine and extremely rare, very few examples known.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Anonymous (temp. Domitian to Antoninus Pius), Æ Quadrans, bust of a child (Autumn?) facing right, crowned with vine-leaves and grapes, rev S C, within a wreath of vine-leaves and grapes, 2.13g, 2h (RIC 34; C 31). Dark brown patina, good very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), The Capture of St Eustatius, Bronze Medal, 1781, bust right in tricorn hat, looking upwards, rev ships sail for port, within rope border, 33.5mm (BHM 236; MH 236). Very fine, corrosion spot on ships, rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Gordian III (AD 238-244), Æ 38mm, minted at Tarsus, Cilicia, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev Tyche Panthea, winged, holding a rudder and a cornucopiae, 19.36g, 1h (SNG Levante 1136; SNG Cop 382 var). Dark patina, with some earthen highlights, very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Vologases II (c. AD 78-79), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, short bearded bust of Vologases left, wearing double banded diadem and tiara decorated with “hooks” round the crest, ear and ear-ring visible, spiral torque, sequential letter Δ (engraved over Γ) behind head, rev King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕШC ΒΑCΙΛΕШΝ ΑΡCΑΚΟY OΛAΓACOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, year QΤ = 390 SEM between king and Tyche, traces of intercalary month EΠBOΛIΠOY (Embolimos) in exergue, Mar./Apr. AD 79, 14.19g, 12h (S 72.7 = Sinisi, SNP 7, 765 (this coin)); Pacorus I (c. AD 78-120), Silver Tetradrachm, beardless bust of Pacorus left, wearing double banded diadem, spiral torque, sequential letter Δ behind head, rev King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕШΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕШΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΠAKOPΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, year QΤ = 390 SEM (AD 78/9) between king and Tyche, month off the flan, 14.10g, 12h (S 73.9 var (Pacorus II) = Sinisi, SNP 7, 739 (this coin)). Both good fine, rare. (2)
BRITISH COINS, James I, Gold Quarter-Laurel of Five Shillings, third coinage (1619-1625), laureate and draped bust left, two loose tie ends to laurel wreath, value in field behind, initial mark lis (1623-1624), IACOBVS D: G: MAG: BRI. FRA. ET HI: REX, rev crowned quartered shield of arms, upon long cross fourchée, no inner circle, no reverse punctuation, HENRIC 9 ROSAS REGNA IACOB9, initial mark after third word, 2.28g (cf Schneider II-97-98; N 2118; cf S 2642B). Well centred and fully round, a little weakly struck at centre, otherwise very fine, reverse bolder, the lack of reverse inner circle unusual.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Valentinian I (AD 364-375), Gold Solidus, mint of Antioch, struck AD 364-7, D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Emperor standing right, holding a labarum and Victory on globe, ANTΓ and a star in exergue, 4.02g, 6h (RIC 2b; C 28). Light scratches on reverse, good fine.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Shilling, York mint (1643-1644), type 5, crowned bust left, initial mark lion both sides, rev crowned oval quartered shield of arms within lion’s skin garniture, EBOR below, 6.34g (Brooker 1096-98; N 2320; S 2874). Flan flaw by face, nearly very fine, light tone.
BRITISH COINS, Henry I, Silver Penny, Double Inscription type (c.1115), Thetford mint, moneyer Achetil, large profile bust left with sceptre, two quatrefoils in field, +hENR REX, rev small cross pattée in circle at centre, double inscription surrounding, four quatrefoils in annulets in outer circle, reading from outer to inner circle, AS C----L O- +TETI---DV, 1.32g (BMC type XI -; N 867; S 1272). With usual edge nick, flat in one large portion but other details very clear, decent upper portrait, very rare. ex Pimprez Hoard, Spink auction 170, 6 October 2004, lot 399
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus V (AD 79/80-100), Silver Drachms (2), one altered, minted at Ecbatana, bust left with long and rectangular beard, hair almost straight, ear-ring visible, wearing double banded diadem with double loop and three pendent ends, spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised, 3.81g, 12h, and 3.74g, 12h (S 74.6 (Artabanus III) = Sinisi, SNP 7, 885 (this coin), S 74.7 (beard cut away to rectangular shape on coin) = Sinisi, SNP 7, 902 (this coin)). About very fine, scarce to very rare. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Theodosius (AD 379-395), Silver Siliqua, mint of Treveri, struck AD 388-92, D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left on a cuirass, holding Victory on a globe and a spear, TRPS in exergue, 1.74g, 6h (RIC 94b; C 57). Cabinet toning, extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Phraates IV (38/7-2 BC), Silver Drachms (20), medium bearded bust left, wearing double banded diadem, segmented necklet, wart on forehead, wreath carrying eagle behind head, star/rosette or star-over-crescent in front of forehead, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised (S 52.10 (Ecbatana), 52.12 (Rhagae), 52.13 (Court at Rhagae), 52.16 (Laodicea) (3), 52.17 (Nisa), 52.17 var (NI below bow, Nisa), 52.19 (Margiane, as S91.12, Countermarked), 52.20 (Susa), 52.23 (Susa), 52.25 var (Susa), 52.32 var (B behind throne, Mithradatkart), 52.33 (Mithradatkart), 52 var (Court at uncertain place), 53.15 (Susa), 54.7 (Ecbatana) (2), 54.8 (Mithradatkart), 54.11 (Mithradatkart)). Generally good fine to very fine, some rare examples. (20)
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Vardanes I (c. AD 40-46), Silver Tetradrachms (4), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed bust with short pointed beard left, wart on brow, spiral torque, rev King enthroned right, receiving palm from Tyche holding cornucopia, seven line inscription ΒΑCΙΛΕШC ΒΑCΙΛΕШΝ ΑΡCΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYC ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC, year ΓΝΤ = 353 SEM between king and Tyche, month ΓOPΠIAIOY (Gorpiaios) = Sep./Oct. AD 42, 14.49g, 12h; year ΔΝΤ = 354 SEM (AD 42/3), month unintelligible, 10.28g, 12h; year ENT = 355 SEM, month [A]ΠEΛAIOY (Apellaios) = Nov./Dec. AD 43, 13.75g, 12h; year ϚNT = 356 SEM (AD 44/5), month off the flan, 13.63g, 12h (S 64.9, 64.11-19 var, 64.21, 64.28-30 var). Generally good fine. (4)
ANCIENT COINS, BYZANTINE COINS, Theophilus (AD 829-842), Gold Solidus (thick flan), mint of Syracuse, ΘE-OFILOS, bust of emperor facing, wearing a crown and a loros, and holding a cross potent, rev ΘEO-FILOS, bust of emperor facing, wearing a chlamys and holding a globus cruciger, 3.63g, 6h (DO 24; S 1670). Good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Arsaces XVI (78/7-62/1 BC), Silver Tetradrachms (2), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and short bearded bust left, wearing spiral torque, rev archer enthroned right, controller’s monogram above bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 15.62g, 1h, and 15.55g, 12h (S 30.2 (Unknown King), 30.9 var (different monogram)). Good fine to about very fine. (2)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Edouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768-1835), President of the Conseils des Ministres Français and Minister of War, Copper Medal, 1835, by Jean-Pierre Montagny, his (chinless) bust left (“D’après nature”), LE MARÉCHAL MORTIER DUC DE TREVISE, rev legend in six lines, … TUÉ AUPRÈS DU ROI …, 51mm. Extremely fine. Mortier was part of the procession heading to review the National Guard when the assassin, Guiseppe Fieschi, fired off his “infernal machine”, a home-made multi-barelled gun, aimed at King Louis-Philippe. Mortier was one of 18 dead and 42 wounded.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Threepence, Aberystwyth mint (1638/9-1642), crowned larger bust left, plumelet before, initial mark book both sides, rev oval garnished quartered shield of arms, plume above, 1.41g (Brooker 776-78; N 2340; S 2895). Weakness at centres, very fine, pleasing tone.
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Regini and Atrebates, Epaticcus (c. AD 20-40), Silver Minim, 0.26g, bull right, rev eagle left (ABC 1358; VA 512-1; S 165); another, 0.26g, helmeted bust right, pellet in circle to right, rev dog right, tree behind, E below (ABC 1364; VA -; S 362); another, 0.28g, EPATI, pellets in circles above and below, rev boar’s head right, TA below (ABC 1370; VA 585; S 360). Very fine or better. (3) second ex DNW auction, June 2006 third found in Chichester, October 1999, CCI 00.1047
BRITISH COINS, Edward VI, Silver Shilling, 1549, second period (January 1549 - April 1550), Durham House mint, 60 grain weight standard at a reduced fineness of 8oz 2dwt, crowned bust right, bust 1 style, transposed legends, initial mark bow both sides, rev quartered arms upon frame, E to left, R to right, 3.78g (Bispham 3B; N 1923; S 2465C). Light scratches on both sides, weak centre both sides, slightly uneven shape, otherwise fine for issue, toned and very rare. ex Alfred Bole Collection, Sixpences (Part III), DNW auction, 16 March 2011, lot 1
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Vologases VI (AD 207/8-221/2), Silver Drachm (early issue), minted at Ecbatana c. AD 207/8-211/12, bust left with long pointed beard, wearing single banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps, decorated with pearls on stalk around crest and vertically on side, two Aramaic letters wl (for Wlgšy = Vologases) behind head, two pendent ends to diadem, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic Wlgšy MLK’ (King Vologases,) followed by a four line stylised and totally blundered “Greek” inscription, 3.68g, 12h (S 88.18). Extremely fine. It had been assumed that the presence of the abbreviated personal name “wl” (Vologases) on the obverse of this and similar specimens attested to the conflict between Vologases VI and his brother Artabanus VI (see lots 424-425). However, the recent discovery of a new Parthian king (probably also called Vologases) who briefly reigned in Iran before the revolt of Artabanus VI in AD 211/12 has overturned this hypothesis. We may now postulate that this new Arsacid prince disputed the succession to the throne of Vologases VI after the death of Vologases V around AD 207. The above and other early drachms of Vologases VI may thus be taken as having been minted during the c. AD 207/8-211/12 period of internal strife in Parthia.
ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS (PART FOUR), Artabanus VI (AD 212-224/7), Billon Drachms (2), minted at Ecbatana, bust left with forked beard, wearing single banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps, decorated with pearls on stalk around crest and vertically on side, two Aramaic letters ’r (for ‘rtbnw = Artabanus) behind head, two pendent ends to diadem, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic ’rtbnw MLK’ (King Artabanus) followed by a four line stylised and totally blundered “Greek” inscription, 3.57g, 1h, and 3.83g, 12h (S 89.1 (Artabanus IV), 89.3). Both extremely fine, very rare. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Allectus (AD 293-296), Æ Antoninianus, mint of Londinium, IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev ORIENS AVG, Sol standing left, raising right hand and holding a glob, S-A in field, ML in exergue, 4.36g, 6h (RIC 26; Webb 33). Dark green-brown patina, nearly very fine and very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Faustina Snr (wife of Antoninus Pius), Æ Sestertius, struck AD 138-41, FAVSTIVA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P, draped bust facing right, rev VENERI AVGVSTAE, S-C-, Venus standing right, drawing-up robe and holding an apple, 26.13g, 6h (RIC 1081; C 282). Dark patina, very fine, scarce.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Macrinus (AD 217-218), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Boroea, Cyrrhestica, struck AD 217-8, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev eagle standing facing, head left, a wreath in its beak, a winged animal below, 12.89g, 7h (Prieur 896). Extremely fine.
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