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Lot 265
A SET OF FIVE LATE VICTORIAN GRAINGER WORCESTER PORCELAIN CABINET PLATES, having moulded acanthus leaf borders, hand painted central scenes to include "Worcester Cathedral", "Avon", "Old Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon", "Shakespeare's Birthplace" and "H oly Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon", printed factory marks verso, circa 1893, some hand painted titles, 22cm diameter
Lot 511
Good Victorian oak stationery cabinet, the hinge lid revealing a green leather inset for pens and rules over pigeon holes and three small drawers, hinged to reveal a pen tray, ink bottles and a writing slope with green tooled leather inset, the case with brass side carrying handles, width 15.5'
Lot 337
Pamphylia, Perge AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great' of Macedon. Dated CY 20 (circa 202/1 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; K (date) in left field, retrograde ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right. Price 2932; DCA 314. 16.69g, 27mm, 12h. Very Fine. Scattered marks, old cabinet tone with lustre. Interesting example with die engravers error of a retrograde ethnic. From the G.J.P. Collection, purchased c. 1920s.
Lot 1061
Magnus Maximus AR Siliqua. Treveri, AD 383-388. D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding globe and spear; TRPS in exergue. RIC 84b. 1.73g, 18mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Well centred and extremely well preserved, with a pleasant old cabinet tone.
Lot 65
Sicily, uncertain Punic military mint AR Tetradrachm. Circa 320-310 BC. Head of 'Dido-Tanit' to left, wearing Phrygian cap encircled with plain diadem tied above forehead / Lion walking to left, head facing; behind, a palm tree with three clusters of dates; S'MMHNT (People of the Camp) in Punic characters in exergue. Rizzo pl. LXVI, 6; Jameson 911; SNG Lloyd 1628; Kraay-Hirmer pl. 73, 209; Jenkins SNR 56, 1977, pl. 61, 270 (all same dies). 17.10g, 25mm, 3h. Extremely Fine. In remarkable state of preservation for the type; sound and lustrous metal, with a light grey cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; one of the very finest surviving specimens. From the B.R.H. Collection, privately purchased c.1980s in Munich. Carthage, at the head of considerable commercial empire in the western Mediterranean, like Etruria and Phoenicia, did not adopt the Greek practice of coining until the last decade of the 5th century BC when she came into direct contact with the Greek city states of Sicily such as Naxos, Syracuse and Messana, which had started to produce coins of the highest technical quality in the artistic style of the late archaic Greek school in the last quarter of the 6th century BC. The origin of the so-called Siculo-Punic coinage, often of rather crude style mostly imitating contemporary Syracusan tetradrachms produced at Rash Melkarth (= ‘Promontory of Herakles’, possibly Kephaloidion), Panormos (Ziz, ‘the splendid’), Motya (the ‘spinning factory’) and the ‘people of the camp’ and ‘pay master’ military mint (generally considered that of Entella) for the payment of the army including many Italian and Greek mercenaries, is dated to about 410 BC and the Carthaginian military operations in Sicily. Hannibal, grandson of Hamilcar, taking the opportunity presented by the quarrels of the Greek cities in Sicily and of the mutual exhaustion of Athens and Syracuse, invaded western Sicily with a strong military force and defeated the Greeks at Himera in 409. This remarkable rarity belongs to a very small and isolated issue produced from three pairs of dies and is an undisputed masterpiece of Siculo-Punic coinage. Aspects of the engraving style led Jenkins to conclude that they belonged at the end of his series 2d (head of Kore/horse animated before palm tree) or the beginning of his series 3 (dolphins around the head of Arethusa/horse head and palm tree). This being the case, this coinage may well be associated with the Carthaginian invasion of Sicily in their war against Agathokles. Indeed, Jenkins goes so far as to suggest they may have been specially minted for the 2,000 elite citizens who headed the new Carthaginian armada led by Hamilcar Gisgo. The obverse female figure is wearing an oriental tiara in the form of a Phrygian cap, which in Greek iconography generally denotes personages of oriental origin, including Amazons, Trojans, Phrygians, Persians and the great Anatolian mother goddess Kybele and her youthful lover Attis, as seen on the coinage of Amastris (cf. SNG BM Black Sea 1304). 19th and 20th century numismatists poetically described this head as that of Dido (Virgil) or historically, Elissa (Timaeus), the sister of Pymalion, king of Tyre, who fled Phoenicia to found Carthage in 814 BC (cf. Pierre Straus in Münzen und Medaillon sale 43, 1970, 33-4). However, a realistically more convincing interpretation is that it is the portrait of a goddess also represented in certain terracotta figurines of the latter 4th century found at the archeological sites of Selinous and Gela, both within the Punic sphere of influence by this time. These terracottas depict a female in a Phrygian cap, sometimes accompanied by a lion and a palm tree. This goddess has been called Artemis-Astarte by some authorities and Kybele by others, but the only certainty is that she was one of the great Asian nature-deities, who were subject to syncretic amalgamation in the Hellenistic period (cf. P. Orlandini, ‘Typologia e cronologia del Materiale archeologico di Gela della nuova fondazione di Timoleonte all’atà di Ierone II,’ in Archeologia classica 9, 1957, pl. 14, 2). The reverse type combines two of her symbolic attributes. The palm tree is an ancient Semitic fertility symbol, recalling the Carthaginian homeland in Phoenicia. The lion is associated with the Asian mother goddess in her aspect as mistress of wild beasts. The lion is also a solar symbol as is the horse, which appears regularly on Punic coinage. The die engraving of both sides of this coin is of exceptional and restrained classical Greek workmanship, rarely found on 4th century Greek coins. The obverse is graced with a portrait of serene divinity, realistic curly hair below a convincingly soft headdress, reminiscent of the finest 5th century sculpture. The reverse is no less of a masterpiece, depicting a majestic lion with a muscular body, protruding veins, luxuriant mane and emphasis on the power of the animal reminiscent of 4th century funerary lions found in the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens.
Lot 30
Lucania, Sybaris AR Stater. Circa 530-510 BC. Bull standing left, head right; VM in exergue / Incuse bull standing right, head left. HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 828-44. 7.47g, 30mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone with hints of old red-blue iridescence. From the B.R.H. Collection, privately purchased c.1980s in Munich.
Lot 385
Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Susa, circa 305-298/7 BC. Deified head of Alexander right, wearing Dionysian helmet, covered with panther's skin, with bull's ear and horns / BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Nike standing right, crowning trophy; on left, M; at centre, AX. SC 173.12; Kraay-Hirmer pl. 204, 720. 16.83g, 28mm, 9h. Extremely Fine. Rare, bold portrait, old cabinet tone.
Lot 892
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 221. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing over tripod, holding patera and branch; star in left field. RIC 146b. 2.73g, 18mm, 12h. Mint State. Minor flan crack. Attractive light old cabinet tone, lustrous surfaces.
Lot 20
A Victorian walnut, marquetry, line inlaid and gilt brass mounted breakfront display cabinet, the top over oval glazed central door flanked by two glazed doors on shaped plinth, h. 106 cm, w. 178 cm, d. 35 cm CONDITION REPORT: Small amounts of veneer missing. dents and marks to top. General wear and tear
Lot 44
A late 18th century mahogany travelling medicine cabinet, the two cupboard doors opening to reveal two banks of six bottles flanking a row of five bottles over one long drawer above four smaller drawers with a sliding door to rear revealing four glass bottle. Contents include scales, mixing bowls, measuring jug, knife and twenty four glass bottles etc. h. 26 cm, w. 28 cm, d. 19 cm CONDITION REPORT: Back loose. Split and missing piece of wood to slide on back. Split to base. Key bent but working. One late hinge. Two later knobs. Splitting to carcass where bottle holders join. Marks to surface. General wear and tear.
Lot 46
A 19th century French king wood and marble topped bedside cabinet with single drawer and single cupboard door on cabriole legs. h. 75 cm, w. 37 cm, d. 37 cm CONDITION REPORT: Later cupboard interior. Some splitting to veneer. Legs cut down. Evidence of of old wood worm activity. Some replacement moulding. General wear and tear
Lot 830
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate bust right / LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison. RIC 274; BMC 343. 3.43g, 20mm, 6h. Very Fine, attractive deep old cabinet tone. Very Rare. Ex Gemini Auction IV, 8 January 2008, lot 441; Ex CNG Mail Bid 73, 13 September 2006, lot 634; Ex Alexandre de Barros Ship Collection, CNG 47, 16 September 1998, lot 1776; Ex Classical Numismatic Review 23, January 1998, lot 89.
Lot 890
Elagabalus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 218-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned and draped bust right / SACERD DEI SOLIS ELAGAB, Elagabalus standing right, sacrificing over lighted altar, holding patera and club; star in right field. RIC 131. 3.72g, 19mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone.
![Marc Antony and L. Pinarius Scarpus AR Denarius. Cyrene, 31 BC. M•ANTO•COS•III•IMP•[IIII], head of Jupiter Ammon right / Vict](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d9008806-462a-482f-ab33-a66d00b8f8fa/7ac38e1a-f2ed-4d5e-e129-4ed941b59b1f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 592
Marc Antony and L. Pinarius Scarpus AR Denarius. Cyrene, 31 BC. M•ANTO•COS•III•IMP•[IIII], head of Jupiter Ammon right / Victory standing right, holding wreath and palm; ANTONIO AVG before, SCARPVS IMP behind. Crawford 546/2a; RSC 1. 3.40g, 19mm, 12h. Good Very Fine, banker's mark on reverse, attractive deep old cabinet tone. Ex Marc Poncin Collection, CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1354; Ex William C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin's 42, 26 September 2005, lot 130; Purchased from W.S. Lincoln, July 1905. Lucius Pinarius Scarpus was the grandson of a sister of Julius Caesar, and a general for Antony in the war against Brutus and Cassius. Shortly before the battle of Actium he was placed in charge of Cyrene with the command of four legions. The obverse type refers to his new position as Jupiter was the chief deity of Cyrene and featured prominently on their old coinage. This is the last issue struck in Marc Antony's name before his defeat at Actium and subsequent suicide.
Lot 52
Bruttium, Rhegion AR Tetradrachm. Circa 435-425 BC. Facing lion's head; dotted border / RECINOS (retrograde), Apollo Iocastos enthroned left, holding long staff; laurel wreath around. Herzfelder 52 (same dies); HN Italy 2491; SNG Copenhagen -, cf. 1929; SNG ANS 640. 17.05g, 27mm, 1h. Good Very Fine. Obv. of particularly fine style. Old cabinet tone. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 9, 16-17 April 1996, lot 118; Ex Astarte 2, 5 March 1999, lot 50; Ex Italo Vecchi 8, 04 December 1997, lot 17. The lion on the obverse of Rhegion’s coinage is the sacred animal of Apollo, patron god of colonisation. The seated figure on the reverse has no distinctive attributes that aid identification, however current interpretations attribute him as being Iocastos, son of Aiolos, and who was king over much of the toe of Italy. That he died from the effects of a snake-bite we learn from Heraklides, a pupil of Plato: “Rhegion was founded by Chalkidians who had left Euripas on account of a pestilence; they were aided by Messenians, who settled down first near the grave of Iocastos, one of the sons of Aiolos, whom they say died from the bite of a snake.” The fact that his brothers Pheraimon and Agathurnos were commemorated on coins of Messana and Tyndaris renders it likely that Iocastos should likewise be made the subject of a type.
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