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Lot 2730
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Naumburg, Gilt-silver Anti-Papal Medal (Bischofsstreit), 1546, by Peter Flotner, mid-19th Century electrotype copy, bust of Christ right adorned by angel, rev bust of Pope left, the devil pulls at his tiara, 41mm. Museum quality, good very fine.
Lot 2732
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Augsburg, Religious Box Medal (Schraubmedaille), c.1720, containing 23 hand-coloured roundels, by P P Werner, bust of Christ to right, nimbate and by drapery, rev the angels climb Jacob’s ladder, WANN IACOB IM HERREN RVHT. IST VBER IHN DER ENGEL HUT, 43.5mm, roundels of King Augustus II of Saxony, the Electress Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, a cleric and 20 of biblical scenes, the text marked on each (see Goppel 1151 for reverse; Koch -; Whiting -). Medal and contents very fine, very rare. The roundels probably all designed by Gottfried Rogg and engraved by Abraham Reinshart, though their separate signatures appear on one roundel each.
Lot 2733
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Courland, Maurice, Duke of Saxony and Courland (1696-1750), Construction of his Tomb, White Metal Medal (1777), by Jean Conrad Müller, armoured bust left, rev depiction of his tomb, 55mm (Mers 4549). Very fine. The monumental tomb, the work of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, was completed in 1777 and is found in the Church of St Thomas in Strassburg.
Lot 2736
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Josef Hilarius Eckhel (1737-1798), Jesuit priest and numismatist, Uniface Portrait Medal in Berlin Iron, by or after Leonhard Posch, bust right, name behind, IOSEPHUS ECKHEL, 73mm. Extremely fine. Echkel was admitted to the Jesuit Order at the age of fourteen, where he was to devote himself to the study of antiquities and numismatics. He was appointed keeper of the cabinet of coins at the Jesuits’ College, Vienna in 1772 and after the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773, was appointed professor of antiquities and numismatics at the University of Vienna and keeper of the imperial cabinet of coins.
Lot 2754
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Crete, Prince George of Greece (1869-1957), High Commissioner, the Visit of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Silver Medal, 1898, bust of each to right, either side, with Greek legend, 33.5mm (Diakov 1281.1; Spink Auction 5, 391). Struck with a matt surface and smokey grey tone, virtually mint state. In 1898 Prince George of Greece was made the High Commissioner of Crete under the suzerainty of the Sultan. Prince George was friendly with his cousin Nicholas, later Nicholas II. In 1891 he accompanied him on his voyage to Asia where, in Japan on 11 May, he was to save him from an assassination attempt in Japan in what became known as the Otsu Incident.
Lot 2755
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Crete, Prince George of Greece (1869-1957), High Commissioner, the Visit of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Silver Medal, 1898, bust of each to right, either side, with Cyrillic legend, 33.5mm (Diakov 1281.2; Spink Auction 5, 391). Struck with a matt surface and smokey grey tone, virtually mint state. In 1898 Prince George of Greece was made the High Commissioner of Crete under the suzerainty of the Sultan. Prince George was friendly with his cousin Nicholas, later Nicholas II. In 1891 he accompanied him on his voyage to Asia where, in Japan on 11 May, he was to save him from an assassination attempt in Japan in what became known as the Otsu Incident.
Lot 2757
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913), The First Balkan War, small Gold Pendant Medal, 1912-1913, signed SAMTI, uniformed bust three-quarters right, wreath below, rev symbolic naked warriors stand before battle-action, 9.13g, 28.5mm x 24mm, integral suspension loop and ring. Matt surface, extremely fine.
Lot 2758
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913), The First Balkan War, small Gold Medal, 1912-1913, signed (but not clear), uniformed bust three-quarters right, rev winged Godess Nike, 6.3g, 20mm. Matt surface, about very fine, reverse showing six attacment points for jewellery.
Lot 2767
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Alexander I (1893-1917-1920), Gold Medallic Coinage, 4-Ducats, 1917, by Brulat, bust of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos right, rev shield of arms on eagle, dates to either side, 1909-1917, milled edge, 12.05g (KM X -). Much as struck, though double-striking to reverse, choice extremely fine and without any sign of having been mounted, variety unlisted by Bruce. During this very turbulent period of modern Greece, the country was divided between Royalists and Republicans and supporters of both factions commissioned the striking of medallic 4-Ducat “coins”, which were intended to be worn by the lady-supporters of either faction. In this condition and having never been mounted, they are exceptionally rare.
Lot 2769
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Alexander I (1893-1917-1920), Gold Medallic Coinage, 4-Ducats, 1919, by Brulat, bust of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos left, wreath behind head, rev crowned shield of arms on eagle, dates 1909-1919 and “K22” below, milled edge, 11.85g (KM X M4; Spink Auction 5, 400). Much as struck, choice extremely fine and without any sign of having been mounted.
Lot 2770
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Alexander I (1893-1917-1920), Gold Medallic Coinage, 2-Ducats, 1917, by Brulat, bust of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos right, wreath behind head, rev shield of arms on eagle, dates to either side, 1909-1917, milled edge, 5.70g (KM X M5; Spink Auction 5, 401). Much as struck, choice extremely fine though small piercing at top.
Lot 2771
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Alexander I (1893-1917-1920), Gold Medallic Coinage, 2-Ducats, 1919, by Brulat, bust of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos right, rev shield of arms on eagle, dates below, 1909-1917, milled edge, 5.70g (KM X M1). Much as struck, extremely fine though small mount-mark neatly removed from top.
Lot 2772
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Prime Minister and his Return to Power, 1928-1932, modern Gold Medal, bust right wearing cap, before Parliament building, rev legend and dates, 24ct, 11.89g, 28mm, prooflike surface, virtually mint state; with contemporary Silvered-Bronze ‘Souvenir’ Medalet of Venizelos, facing bust, rev anchor and flag, 23.5mm, suspension loop and ring, very fine. (2)
Lot 2774
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Patriarch and Archbishop Athenagoras I (1886-1972), Meets with Pope Paul VI, 1964, Italian Gold Medal of John XXIII, bust of the Pope left, rev Athenagoras and Paul VI embrace, 26mm, 10g, stamped 900. Extremely fine. The Greek born Athenagoras I became Patriarch in 1948 and met Paul VI on the Mount of Olives on 5 January, 1964, for him “To say ‘Good Morning’ to my beloved brother the Pope. You must remember that it is five hundred years since we have spoken to each other!”.
Lot 2777
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, India, Lt Col W G R Cordue, RE, “Mint Master Bombay”, Silver Ingot-shaped Pendant, 1913, by the Bombay Mint, bust right with spray of flowers behind, signed KW in monogram, rev legend, 29mm x 21mm, suspension ring (Pudd 913.6, R3). Extremely fine and rare. William George Ranger Cordue (born 1863), appointed Assay Master in 1905.
Lot 2779
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Iran (Persia), Louis Coetermans, Persian Consul-General in Paris, Rectangular Bronze Plaquette, 1905, with arched top, by Godefroid Devreese, bust left in uniform and wearing sheepskin hat, legend in exergue, rev legend in seven lines, 77.5mm x 52.5mm (BDM VI, 319; ANS New York, 1910, Devreese 30). Extremely fine. The medal commissioned by his friend
Lot 2780
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Matteo di Andrea de’ Pasti (active from 1441, died 1467/8), Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (1417-1432-1468), Bronze Medal, bust of Sigismondo left, wearing cuirass and surcoat, SIGISMONDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS S RO ECLESIE C GENERALIS, rev view of the Castle of Rimini, CATELLVM SISMONDVM ARIMINENSE M CCCC XLVI, 82mm (Hill, Corpus 174; Kress 60; Pollard 27). A high quality contemporary cast, nearly extremely fine. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010 lot 36
Lot 2782
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Gianfrancesco Enzola (active 1455-1478), Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan and Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476), 5th Duke of Milan, cast Bronze Medal, 1459, bust of Francesco, rev bust of Galeazzo Maria, 42mm (Hill, Corpus 284; Arm I, 44/7; Kress 93; Pollard 136). A very fine contemporary cast with traces of acquisition number on obverse. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010, lot 76
Lot 2788
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570), Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, struck Bronze Medal, c. mid-1550s, bust right, FAVSTINA.AVG.ANTONINI.AVG.PII.FIL., rev the six Vestal Virgins, one accompanied by a child, sacrificing at an altar in front of the Temple of Vesta, SC, 30.46g, 36mm (Klawans 2; Kress 407; Lawrence 59; Johnson/Martini 1729ff). An original striking, extremely fine and very rare. ex Morton & Eden auction, 27 June 2006, lot 395 (part)
Lot 2791
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Giovanni I Cornaro (1551-1625-1629), 96th Doge of Venice, cast Lead Memorial Medal, 1647, by Gioacchino Francesco Travani (active 1634-1675), bust left, wearing ermine cope and Doge’s cap, IO CORNELIVS DVX VENET OBIIT A D MDCXXIX, below truncation ÆT S 78, rev legend in nine lines, ÆTERNAE IN PATREM OPTIMVM …, 47.5mm (Voltolina 937; Serenissima II, lot 39; V&T, Bargello, II/501). Good fine. The medal was commissioned by the Doge’s son, Cardinal (1626) Federico Corner (1579-1653), who was to be the Patriarch of Venice from 1631-1644; his brother was Francesco Corner, who had the shortest rule of any Doge (19 days, 17 May to 5 June 1656).
Lot 2792
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Francesco Redi (1626-1696), physician to the Grand Dukes, entomologist and poet, cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1684, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), draped bust right with long hair, wearing gown and open shirt, rev Minerva, a spear in her left hand, uncovering Nature, before a temple, FRANCISCVS REDI PATRITIVS ARETINVS, 88mm (V&T 37; Bargello 7838; Clifford 298 Johnson 140, fig.127; Lankheit 121; M&E Lankheit 711). Good very fine with dark patination.
Lot 2793
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Francesco Redi (1626-1696), physician to the Grand Dukes, entomologist and poet, cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1684, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), draped bust right with long hair, wearing gown and open shirt, rev Eternity, seated with foot on a globe, welcomes Minerva into temple, Time lies between columns from which hangs a snake swallowing its own tail, ÆRE PEREMNIVS, 87.5mm (V&T 38; Johnson 140, fig.128; Clifford 299; Lankheit 121; M&E, Lankheit 712). Good very fine with dark patination.
Lot 2794
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Vittoria Della Rovere (1622-1694), uniface Florentine cast Bronze Portrait Medal, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, 1685, bust right, in the costume of an oblate of the Congregazione di Montalve, with a pendant cross, VICTORIA MAG DVC ETR, 87mm (V&T 43). Sharply cast, extremely fine with light patination, rare. ex Benjamin Weiss Collection ex Baldwin’s Auction 63, 30 September 2009, lot 1347 Vittoria della Rovere was the daughter of Claudia de’ Medici and Federico Ubaldo of Rovere. She was promised at the age of one to her cousin Ferdinand II de’ Medici and the promise was formalised in 1634. She was married three years later in 1637 and widowed in 1670. She became patroness of the Congregazione di Montalve in 1680
Lot 2795
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Vicenzo da Filicaia (1642-1707), poet and politician, Florentine cast Bronze Medal, by Antonio Montauti (? - c.1740), bewigged bust right, VICENTIVS A FILICAIA SENATOR FLORENTIVS, rev eagle flying above the clouds, SPERNIT HVMVM, 91mm (V&T 93). Good very fine, dark patination, pierced and two minor flaws to outer rim, rare. ex Michael Hall Collection (Part I), Baldwin’s Auction 64, 4 May 2010, lot 466
Lot 2796
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Caterina Sansedoni Marsili (wife of Alfonso Marsili, married 1707), Florentine cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1720, by Giovanni Francesco Pieri (1699-1773), bust right in high relief, her hair tied up, rev Time, watched by winged Victory, brandishes staff over anguished figures, 92mm (V&T 115). Good very fine, minute piercing in the outer rim, rare.
Lot 2801
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), Political activist for the Unification of Italy, uniface circular Bronze Portrait Plaque, c.1849, bearded bust left, name around, 137mm, suspension ring. The style somewhat elementary, extremely fine and rare. Guiseppe Mazzini – “The beating heart of Italy”, joined with Garibaldi during the revolts of 1848-1849. He was exiled in London on several occasions. The cataloguers know of no other medallic portraits of Mazzini.
Lot 2802
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, World War I, Peace, Gilt-bronze Medal, 1920, by S Johnson (Milan), Italia stands proud on prow of a boat, supported by naked figures and fames, CMXV MCMXX, rev bust of Peace right, placed before a field of grazing sheep, below lines by Giovanni Bertacchi, PAX PER QVANTI EROI S’IMMOLARONO ..., 69.5mm. A handsome medal, a little marked, otherwise about extremely fine.
Lot 2808
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Sviatoslav I, Igorevich (945-972 AD), the Visit of (Saint) Olga to Greece, 955 AD, large Copper Medal, number 60 from the Historical Series, by T Ivanov and (reverse) I C Jaeger, struck during the reign of Catherine II, armoured bust of Sviatoslav right, holding shield before him, rev Olga, with three male attendants about to board a ship, 79mmm (Diakov 1727; Smirnov 122). Slightest of edge bruises, extremely fine. Olga (or Helga), born in about 890 AD, was the wife of Prince Igor of Russia and after his death in 945 AD she was regent for their son. In 957 AD (not 955 AD as on the medal) she visited Constantinople. She either then, or earlier, became a Christian though she did not succeed in converting her son.
Lot 2809
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Count M Platov, Bronze Medal, by Joseph Mainèrt(?), uniformed bust left, HETMAN PLATOFF, rev ACRI MILITIA VEXAVIT GALLOS EQUES METUENDUS HASTA, 48mm (Diakov -). About extremely fine and very rare. Count Matvei Ivanovich Platoff, Ataman of the Don Cossacks and a Russian commander in the Napoleonic wars
Lot 2812
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Nicholas I, Imperial St Petersburg Academy of Arts, Silver Award Medal for Success in Drawing, 1830, by P Utkin, lyre atop column, palette behind at right, classical male bust at left, signed below exergue at right, rev four line legend on raised medallion within wreath, 46.3mm (Diakov 492.5 (R1); Reichel -; Sm -). About extremely fine, toned over contact marks.
Lot 2815
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, South Africa, President Paul Kruger, the Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, Bronze Medal, by J P M Menger, bust of Kruger left, rev winged wheel within legend, 44mm. (Hern 16; Moyaux 52; BM Acq 1983-1987, pl 107, 3; Swan 405-406; BDM IV, 26). Extremely fine.
Lot 2823
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, England, Anne (1665-1702-1714), Battle of Vigo Bay, Brass Jeton, 1702, by J G Lauffer, copying Croker’s medal, bust left, rev view of Vigo with ships attacking, ANGLOR ET BATAV VIRTVTE, 25mm (MI 239/23; Betts 95; Ford XIII, 793-98, second bust type). An unusually sharp specimen, good very fine.
Lot 2826
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, The Rev. George Whitfield (1714-1770), one of the founders of Methodism, instigator of the First Great Awakening in the American Colonies, Death at Newburyport, Massachusetts, Copper Medal, 1770, unsigned, bewigged bust three-quarters right, GEORGE WHITEFIELD, rev Faith, holding cross, mourns at his tomb, A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST – AN ISRAELITE INDEED, 32.6mm (BHM 151; Betts 526; Ford XIV, 487-489). Slight curvature of flan, from breaking dies, otherwise virtually mint state with glossy tone. There are two varieties of Betts 526, with and, as here, without the title REV in the obverse legend.
Lot 2829
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, George Washington (1732-1799), President and General, Oval Portrait in White Glass Paste, in the style of William Tassie, his be-wigged bust left, the reverse incised “GW”, 39mm x 30mm, in plain gilt-metal frame with suspension loop. Much as made, good very fine and rare. Believed to be a memorial piece contemporary with Washington’s death.
Lot 2830
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, France / USA, The Statue of Liberty Inaugurated, large Copper Medal, 1886, by Louis-Oscar Roty (1846-1911), for the Union Franco-Americaine, and the Centenary of Ameican Independence, 1876, winged female figure rows the figures of France and America towards the statue, rev medallic bust of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), on shields and olive branch, legends below and around, 100mm, in leather case of issue (with adhesive tape repairs) (Maier 92; Baxter 30, 68mm). A handsome medal, extremely fine and this larger diameter very rare. The Union Franco-Americaine was established to oversee the gift of the Statue of Liberty, which was sculpted by Bartholdi and engineered by Gustave Eiffel. The opening ceremony was held on the 28 October 1886.
Lot 2831
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, Christopher Columbus, the Columbian Exposition and the 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America, large Lead Medal, 1892, by Stefano Johnson (Milan), medallic bust of Columbus supported by Indian and European Princesses, rev winged Victory with cherubs hover above the defeated Indian warriors, 101mm, in fitted case (MH 522; Rulau-B10). Very fine, rare.
Lot 2833
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, Naval Interest, The Great White Fleet, Circumnavigation of the World in 1907, Bronze Plaque, by William Barber, bust of Theodore Roosevelt left, rev a classical figure bids farewell to the fleet, 80mm x 60mm maximum. Extremely fine. In 1907 a US Navy Fleet embarked on a circumnavigation of the globe which was completed in 1909. The fleet comprised 16 battle ships, along with escorts, all of which had their hulls painted white, the US Navy’s peacetime colour. It was a display of goodwill which also served to prove the seaworthiness of the navy, enforce treaties and protect overseas holdings.
Lot 2846
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Education, Cornwall, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic, instituted 1833, Silver Watt Medal, by W Wyon, 1835, bust of Watt left, rev legend in wreath, 45.5mm, named on edge, “Davies Gilbert Vice Patron”. Nearly extremely fine, an important association item. Davies Gilbert (born Davies Giddy, 1767-1839), engineer, author, and politician, President of the Royal Society (1827-1830). He served Cornwall as High Sheriff and MP for Helston, then Bodmin. It was Gilbert who obtained William IV’s Royal Patronage in 1835, no doubt the reason he received the medal which shows the Society’s name with the Royal prefix.
Lot 2854
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, Norway, Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), Journey to the South Pole, Silver Medal, 1911, by Lauer, well muffled bust three-quarters right, rev the mound and flag placed at the Pole, edge stamped SILBER 990, 33mm (Würz 257). Extremely fine.
Lot 2855
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, Russia, Alexander I (1777-1801-1825), Admiral Bellingshausen’s Southern Circumnavigation and Antarctic Expedition, on the sloops Orient and Pacific, Bronze Medal, 1819, bust right, rev legend in five lines, 42mm (Diakov 417). Nearly very fine, rare. The expedition saw the first recording of Antarctica. Purchased from Liverpool Medals, February 2000 (F2550)
Lot 2856
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, Russia, Alexander I (1777-1801-1825), Admiral Bellingshausen’s Southern Circumnavigation and Antarctic Expedition, on the sloops Orient and Pacific, Bronze Medal, 1819, bust right, rev legend in five lines, 42mm (Diakov 417). Only about fine, two edge nicks.
Lot 2872
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Sport, Olympic Games, Italy, the Italian National Olympic Committee, pair of large Silvered-bronze Medals, 1949, issued by Stabilimenti Artistici Fiorentini, obv helmeted bust of Victory to right, rev Olympic rings, COMITATO OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO, engraved “FIDAL – ROMA 22 maggio 1949”, and signed Maneti(?), obv semi-naked athlete held aloft on a shield, TRIVMPHVS, rev as first but not engraved, both 94mm, each in leather fitted case of issue. Much as made, extremely fine, some slight discolouration, very rare. (2) FIDAL = Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera, Roma.
Lot 3096
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Kingdom of Parthia, Phraates I (168-164 BC) through to Mithradates I (164-132 BC), Period 165-148 BC, Silver Drachm, 3.81g, 12h, minted at Hekatompylos(?), diademed bust left in bashlyk, wearing single turn torque, dotted border, rev archer seated right on omphalos (S 10.17 (probably an issue of Phraates II); Sunrise 256). About very fine and very rare. ex David Sellwood Collection, The New York Sale XXXIV, Markov / Baldwin / M&M / Goldberg, January 2015, lot 337 Sellwood tentatively assigned this issue to Phraates II. However, given that Phriapatius had already been divinised around 170 BC (see lot 333 with ΘΕΟY) and that the final beardless and bashlyk type Drachms were minted around 148/7 BC, it is likely that one of the two sons of Phriapatius, Phraates I or Mithradates I, minted the S 10.17 Drachms with “Son of a Divine Father”.
Lot 3097
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Kingdom of Parthia, Phraates III (70/69-58/7 BC), Silver Drachm, mint of Mithradatkart, c.62 BC, diademed and short bearded bust facing, wearing spiral torque with a central medallion, rev BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY [ΘE]OΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY EΠIΦANOYΣ [K]AI ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, 4.20g, 12h (Sellwood 35.4; Sunrise 328). Attractive cabinet tone, struck in high relief, extremely fine and scarce. ex Spink Numismatic Circular, December 2010, vol CXVIII, no.5, item GK3008
Lot 3108
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Mithradates I (164-132 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and bearded bust right, reel-and-pellet border, rev naked Heracles standing left, wine-cup and club in right and left hands respectively, lion’s skin over left arm, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, monogram in exergue, 14.35g, 12h (S 13.1). Good fine. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3109
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, 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 Nike and cornucopia in right and left hands respectively, two line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY, 16.14g, 1h (S 18.1 (Interregnal Issue)). Good fine, rare. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3110
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Artabanus III (126-122 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and medium bearded bust right, wearing spiral torque, reel-and-pellet border, rev Demeter enthroned left, holding Nike and cornucopiae in right and left hands respectively, two line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY, monogram in field left, ΘE before Demeter, date HΠP (188 SEM = 125/4 BC) in exergue, 16.07g, 1h (S 21.3 (Artabanus I)). Good fine, rare. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3111
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Mithradates II (121-91 BC), Silver Tetradrachms (2), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and medium bearded bust left, wearing spiral torque, dotted border, rev archer seated right on omphalos, four line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ, 15.67g, 12h, and 17.26g, 12h (S 24.1 var (ΔΙ behind archer), 24.3 (palm branch in field right)). Good fine and about very fine, chipped edge. (2) The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3112
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Mithradates III (87-80 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and medium bearded bust left in tiara, decorated with a star on side, spiral torque, dotted border, rev archer enthroned right, letter A below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY AYTOKPATOPOΣ ΦΙΛOΠATOPOΣ ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 15.90g, 12h (S 31.2 (Orodes I)). About very fine and very rare. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3113
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Arsaces XVI (78/7-62/1 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and short bearded bust left, wearing spiral torque, dotted border, rev archer enthroned right, monogram engraved over AΠO above bow, AΠO below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 14.19g, 12h (S 30.5 (Unknown King)). Good fine, extremely rare variety. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3114
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Phraates III (70/69-58/7 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and short bearded bust left, wearing spiral torque, dotted border, rev archer enthroned right, monograms BA and Z respectively above and below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 14.54g, 12h (S 36.3 (Darius)). Good fine, very rare. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3115
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Orodes II (57-38 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and lightly bearded bust left, wearing griffin ended spiral torque, dotted border, rev king enthroned right, before him, Tyche kneeling left with sceptre in left hand, extending to king her right hand in submission, monogram above Tyche’s head, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 15.58g, 12h (S 45.1). Good fine, very rare. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3116
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Orodes II (57-38 BC), Silver Tetradrachms (2), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and lightly bearded bust left, wart on brow, wearing griffin ended spiral torque, dotted border, rev king enthroned right, Tyche standing left, palm branch and cornucopia in right and left hands respectively, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 12.02g, 12h (S 46.3 var (month ΔYΣ (Dystros) and monogram in exergue), 14.10g, 12h (S 46.1 var (nothing in exergue, crescent between king’s head and palm)). Both good fine. (2) from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3117
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Orodes II (57-38 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed and lightly bearded bust left, wart on brow, wearing griffin ended spiral torque, dotted border, rev king enthroned left, holding sceptre and Nike with laurel wreath in right and left hands respectively, letter Γ below Nike, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, 11.37g, 12h (S 48.2). About very fine, scarce. from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
Lot 3118
ANCIENT COINS, PARTHIAN COINS, Phraates IV (38/7-2 BC), Silver Tetradrachms (5), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed bust left with medium and tapering beard, wart on brow, wearing griffin ended or plain spiral torque, dotted border, rev king enthroned right, Tyche standing left, palm branch/diadem and cornucopiae in right and left hands respectively, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (S 51.x var, 51.19, 51.23, 51.25, 51.30). Generally good fine. (5) from The David Sellwood Collection of Parthian Coins
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