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Click here to subscribeA Collection of Predominately G.B. Pre-Decimal Base Metal Coins, all from circulation including farthings 1825, 1888, 1893, George III two pence 1797, worn with edge damage, Royal Mint 1989 BU Bill of Rights £2 coin, coin collectors folder Great Britain halfpennies 1915-1967 (missing 1915 observe coin), The Coinage of Great Britain 1967 (six coin set).
Thirteen Westminster Mint Crown Sized Medallions Honouring the British Army - Commemorative Collection, sometimes with certificates, a Westminster cased The William and Kate Diamond Tour Photographic four coin set - (2012 Cook Islands one dollar coins), other crown sized coins including cased Cook Islands one dollar coin 2013 'Piedfort', Cook Islands one dollar 2013 'Treasures of Ancient Egypt, a Westminster 2012 Remembrance Sunday Commemorative silver coin cover.
Five Westminster Issue Numismatic and Philatelic Cover Sets, including the world's first ever Union Jack coin cover, the outbreak of the WWI silver half crown cover, the 100th Anniversary of Gallipoli silver proof coin cover, the Flown Dambusters Anniversary silver coin cover, the 70th Anniversary of VE Day silver proof coin cover.
Royal Mint Victorian Anniversary Gold Coin Collection, comprising of the 2001 five pounds gold proof crown, four Queen Victoria sovereigns, shield back 1871 (YH), 1880 'M' (YH), 1889 (JH), 1899 (VH), encapsulated and presented within a circular case, certified No. 243, accompanied by literature.
A 1737 Mexico Mint Silver Eight Reals Coin (A Piece of Eight), recovered from the Hollandia Dutch East India Company Trading Vessel which sank of the Isles of Scilly, 1743, set in a pendant mount with chain, inscribed 'Treasure from Hollandia sunk 1743 sterling silver', accompanied by original receipt.
Seven Encapsulated Silver Coins, including U.S. Silver Eagle one Dollar 2011, Canadian Maple Leaf five Dollar 2011, Turks and Caicos Islands twenty Crowns 1999, Canada Dollar 2000, Cook Islands one Dollar 1997, G.B. five Pounds 1977, Barbados five Dollars 1994, presented in a twelve slot Westminster coin box.
An Interesting Collection of Numismatic Items, including change checker 2017 Isle of Man coin collector pack, States of Jersey two pounds 1987, Isle of Man decimal coin set 1976, Central Bank of Cyprus BU coin collection 1983, South Africa 1999 four coin set, Gibraltar one crown 1968, 1970, 1971, plus other oddments.
Five Cased Silver Coins, including Royal Australian mint Royal visit 2000 fifty cent silver proof coin, the Perth Mint Cook Islands 2002, one dollar coin 'HM The Queen Mother 1900-2002', HRH Prince Louis of Cambridge 'The Royal Baby Silver 102 Medal', certified No. 424, Monnaie De Paris Silver 100 Francs coin - 1994 'Winston Churchill', certified No. 13677, Falkands Islands fifty pence, 1977.
A Quantity of Predominantly G.B. Base Metal Pre-Decimal Coins, Royal British Legion D-Day One Crown coin presentation pack (1944-2004) Guernsey 2008 encapsulated five pound coin 'History of the RAF', a small quantity of G.B pre 1947 silver coins including florins 1921,1929, Macniven and Camerons Waverley pens, spade guinea brass token, plus other numismatic oddments.
A Queen Victoria Crown 1893 (OH), worn, Maria Theresa Thaler, 1780 (re-strike), twelve banknotes including eighteen United States Dollars (redeemable), 20 Reichsmark, British Armed Forces special voucher one shilling, a coin on a pendant mount, a 1953 G.B. nine coin set; together with other numismatic oddments.
Royal Mint United Kingdom BU Coin Sets, 2000, 2006, 2007, Royal Mint Coins of the Year 2011, London 2012 Sports Collection Set of 5 fifty pence coins, The Annual Royal Shield collector pack, 1994 UK (BU) £2 coin, The Change Checker 2018 Commemorative coin set including £2 coin R.A.F Centenary.
A Collection of First Day Covers and Presentation Packs in Album, included the Queens Golden Jubilee coin cover. First day covers between 2003 and 2006, the presentation packs include Golden Anniversary of the Introduction of Machin stamps including gold £1 stamp, Rugby World Cup 2015. Face value of mint stamps over £40. A good valuable lot.
Four Boxed Royal Mint Silver Proof Two Pounds Coins, including 2018 UK £2 R.A.F Centenary Spitfire, The 2011 UK Mary Rose £2 silver proof coin, The 2008 UK Olympic Games Handover Ceremony silver proof £2 coin, 1995 UK WWII silver proof two pound coins, all encapsulated and with certification.
Troas, Abydos Æ20. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Overstruck on an earlier coin of Abydos with a laureate head of Apollo on the obverse. Bust of Artemis right, wearing mural crown / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with head left and wings closed; grain ear to right. SNG Copenhagen 39; cf. BMC 38. 6.43g, 20mm, 11h. Very Fine. Overstruck. From a private German collection.
Etruria, Populonia Æ Triens of 10 Units. Late 3rd century BC. Bust of Sethlans right, wearing pileus decorated with laurel-wreath, X behind / Etruscan legend 'pvplvna' below hammer and tongs, •••• between. ECI, 140.67 (this coin, overstruck on Menvra/Owl sextans, type EC I, 135); HN Italy 195; Sambon 119. 10.69g, 29mm, 9h. Good Fine - Very Fine. Very Rare. From a private European collection; Ex VCV Collection, Roma Numismatics X, 27 September 2015, lot 93.
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. Circa 455-400 BC. The walls of Tarsos, with three turrets visible, each turret surmounted by three merlons / Forepart of bull to right, Key symbol to right; all within incuse square. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France -; SNG Levante -; Traité -; Casabonne -; MIMAA -; CNG 109, 190 corr. (Asia Minor, uncertain mint). 10.37g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. The stylistically simple designs of both obverse and reverse of this rare type point to it being one of the very earliest issue of Tarsos. We may of course identify this as a coin of Tarsos based on the use of the 'Key' symbol, as Casabonne calls it, that he argues should be considered as the emblem of the local dynastic power, i.e. that of the syennesis (see Casabonne, Le syennésis cilicien et Cyrus : l'apport des sources numismatiques pp.164). This, together with a rendering of the walls of Tarsos which appear in a more complete form on the later satrapal coinage of Mazaios (the towers always with three merlons) makes the identification certain. That the bull type does not appear ever again at Tarsos is surprising, however we could possibly infer that this is a symbolic representation of wealth, and chosen as an appropriate motif for what was likely a tribute payment made to the city's Achaemenid overlords.
Persia, Achaemenid Empire Æ14. Time of Artaxerxes III to Darios III. Uncertain mint (Ephesos?), circa 350-333 BC. Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and drawing bow; BA behind, c/m: eight-rayed star within circular incuse / Incuse punch with pattern depicting 'map of the hinterland of Ephesos (?)'. A. Johnston, 'The earliest preserved Greek map: New Ionian coin type', JHS (1967), 1-4; B; BMC Ionia 7; Traité II 79, pl. LXXXIX, 13; Klein 366. 2.15g, 14mm. Very Fine. Of considerable interest. From a private German collection. The relief areas of the incuse reverse type found on the reverse of this coin have been interpreted by Johnston (see references) as a relief map depicting the hinterland of Ephesos. If this interpretation is correct, this reverse type remarkably represents the earliest physical relief map known. The upper part of the incuse reverse depicts the Tmoulus and Messogis ranges divided by the valley of Caÿster. The rivers Hermus and Maeander are visible above and below the two ranges respectively. The lower part shows the two tributaries of the Maeander, the Harpasus and Morsynas, dividing the southern mountain block into three ridges.
Baktria, Sophytes AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246/5-235 BC. Attic standard. Head of Seleukos(?) right, wearing laurel wreathed Attic helmet decorated with spiral pattern on crest and eagle wings on cheek-guard, tied under chin; no letters on bust truncation / Cockerel standing right; kerykeion behind, ???Y??? to right. Cf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 3A, pl. I, 1; for type cf. SNG ANS 21-23 (drachm); Mitchiner 29 (drachm); Whitehead NC 1943, pp. 64, 1 and pl. III, 7-8 (drachm); Roma XIV, 365. 16.72g, 28mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Only the fifth known example of an issue of considerable numismatic interest. A bold and expressive portrait engraved in the finest Hellenistic style. From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA. This portrait, which has all too often been simply assumed to be that of Sophytes himself, is eminently worthy of further scrutiny. It is the work of a highly talented individual, and depicts what should by any account be a great general, helmeted in Attic style and wearing the laurel wreath of a conqueror. Unfortunately the actions of Sophytes, whatever they might have been, were either not recorded or have long since been lost. We cannot therefore determine whether this individual may indeed have performed such deeds as to be worthy of commemoration in such a fashion. In examining the features of the individual depicted on this coin however, it becomes immediately apparent that there are distinct similarities with certain idealised portraits of Seleukos I. It is conceivable that we should see in this portrait not an image of the unknown ruler Sophytes, but an idealised image of the deified Seleukos, as can be found on the somewhat earlier coinage of Philetairos. Those images (cf. in particular Gulbenkian 966) have nearly identical features - in particular the heavy brow, aquiline nose, down-turned mouth and prominent chin. The historical sources offer us few clues as to the dating of Sophytes' rule. They tell us that Stasanor was satrap of Baktria until at least 316 BC, and that Seleukos reintegrated Baktria into his empire on his eastern anabasis in c. 305. An early date therefore seems highly unlikely. Turning to the evidence of the coin itself, numismatists have correctly observed that the obverse portrait is derived from the similar type of Seleukos on his trophy tetradrachms (SC 174), which should be dated to after c. 301 BC; the presence of the somewhat worn elephant-quadriga tetradrachm in the present group pushes the date even further to the right, and into the third century. Now, the presence of this type in this group along with coins of Andragoras indicates a considerably later date than previously supposed. We have already proposed with good reason that the coinage of Andragoras should be dated to c.246/5-239/8 BC and that given the patterns of wear that may be observed upon them, there is sufficient justification to argue for the dating of Sophytes' named coinage to c. 246/5-235, after Andragoras had begun coining but before Diodotos II would have been free to dispose of any lesser regional powers. This turbulent time period has already afforded us a plausible reason for the striking of Andragoras' coinage. It is possible that Sophytes too was prompted to look to the security of his own territory following the effective withdrawal of the central government's influence in that area. Diodotos I too struck his own coinage in Baktria, which while bearing his own portrait on the obverse nevertheless maintained the name 'Antiochos' on the reverse as a token symbol of loyalty. Does Sophytes coinage, with a distinctly 'local' reverse type, seek to achieve the same veneer of loyalty as that of Philetairos and Diodotos by placing the image of Seleukos I, the founder of the Seleukid empire, on his obverse?
Roman Gaming Token (?), designed and elaborately cut from a Caracalla Æ Semis of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217. [AVTOK M A ANT?N?INOC C?B, laureate head right / Large S•C, ? below; all within laurel wreath. McAlee 695. 4.47g, 16mm, 6h. Condition as seen. A rare and interesting gaming token cut from a very rare coin type. From a private North American collection.
Valerian I Æ27 of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260. IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG HEL FEL, agonistic urn, containing two palms, between two urns, each containing a palm; CERT SACR CAP OECV ISE HEL in three lines in exergue. Sawaya 788-810; BMC 28; De Saulcy 10; SNG Copenhagen 440. 13.95g, 27mm, 6h. Very Fine. The reverse of this coin commemorates the games, referred to as "Sacred Capitoline Ecumenical Iselastic Games", held at Heliopolis during the third century AD. The games held by many cities throughout the eastern part of the Roman Empire were modelled on the four international Panhellenic Games of Greece - the Pythian, Olympic, Nemean and Isthmian. Like their Greek prototypes, the games consisted of music and poetry competitions, as well as athletic games, and were held in close association with the civic cults of the city. A huge temple complex stood at Heliopolis, the remains of which can still be seen today, dedicated to Jupiter, Venus and Bacchus. The main structure of the temple complex was dedicated to Jupiter, as were the games commemorated on this coin.
L. Julius L. f. Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, 103 BC. Helmeted head of Mars right; CAESAR upwards behind, control-mark above / Venus Genetrix in biga of Cupids left, holding sceptre in right hand and reins in left hand; lyre in lower left field, [L•]IVLI•L•[F] in exergue. Crawford 320/1; RSC Julia 3; Sydenham 583; Savoca Blue Auction 1, lot 959 (same dies). 3.06g, 18mm, 5h. Very Fine. Old cabinet tone. Both Crawford and Sydenham insist that the controls on the denarii of L. Julius Caesar are the same on both the obverse and reverse of each pair of dies, however the present coin bears no trace of there having been a control mark on the reverse in the field above the biga, as does the example from the same dies sold by Savoca Numismatik in their Blue Auction 1 (23 September 2017, lot 959).
C. Antius C. f. Restio AR Denarius. Rome, 47 BC. Bare head of the tribune Antius Restio right; RESTIO behind / Hercules Triumphalis nude, walking right, head left, holding club and trophy, with cloak over left arm; C•ANTIVS•C•F• downwards before. Crawford 455/1a; RSC Antia 1. 3.81g, 18mm, 3h. Very Fine, scattered marks under light toning. Scarce. From a private UK collection. In 'Roman Historical Portraits' (1978), J.M.C. Toynbee writes that "the coin portrait of Caius Antius Restio, tribune of the plebs in c. 72 BC which appears on the obverses of the denarii struck by the moneyer C. Antius Restio in 47 BC, represents the acme of the Roman veristic portrait style. The head facing right is round, the hair lank, the long narrow face is almost grotesque, with its prominent cheekbones, two deeply cut vertical folds of flesh on the cheeks, long pointed thin nose thickening at the tip, thick lips, protruding chin and a scraggy neck with 'Adam's Apple'. The origin of this portrait must have been a portrait made during Restio's lifetime".
Marc Antony AR Denarius. Athens, Summer 32 BC. Bare head of Marc Antony right; in hair below ear, small P; [ANTON•AVG•IMP•III•COS•DES]•III•III•V•R•P•C• around / ANTONIVS AVG•IMP•III in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; RSC 2. 3.37g, 15mm, 8h. Very Fine. Porous. Though difficult to discern on this example, the small P on the obverse represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.
North Africa, Carthage AR Shekel. Time of Hannibal. Carthago Nova, circa 218-206 BC. Bare male head (Hannibal?) left / Horse right, palm tree behind. CNH 74; ACIP 614. 5.96g, 21mm, 12h. Very Fine. Very Rare. From a private German collection. This coin is conventionally believed to carry the portrait of Hannibal on the obverse. In 237 BC Hamilcar Barca, after having lost the First Punic War against Rome, but having won the Mercenary War against the Libyans, disembarked at Gadir with a Carthaginian expedition with the purpose of "re-establishing Carthaginian authority in Iberia" (Polybios, Histories, 2.1.6), and within 9 years he had expanded the territory of Carthage well into the Iberian peninsula, securing control of the southern mining district of Baetica and Sierra Morena, before dying in battle in 228. Hamilcar was succeeded by his son-in-law Hasdrubal the Fair who expanded the new province by skilful diplomacy and consolidated it with the foundation of Akra Leuka, Mahon and finally in 227, Qart Hadasht (Latin: Carthago Nova) as his capital. After his untimely death in 221 he was succeeded by Hannibal (247-182), oldest son of Hamilcar Barca, and Hamilcar's second son Hasdrubal (245-207 BC). The Barcids now wielded control over much of the mineral rich Mediterranean side of the peninsula until 219 when Hannibal made the fateful move of taking and sacking Saguntum, a well established Roman ally. The wholesale slaughter of this Roman ally's population, and the arrogance with which the Roman ambassadors sent to Carthage to seek redress were met, led directly to the Second Punic War: the great statesman Quintus Fabius, speaking to the Carthaginian senate, gathered a fold of his toga to his chest and held it out, saying "Here, we bring you peace and war. Take which you will." The Carthaginians replied "Whichever you please - we do not care." Fabius let the fold drop and proclaimed "We give you war."
Phocas Æ Decanummium. Antioch(?), dated RY 8(?) = AD 609/10. O N FOCA ERP AVG, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding globus cruciger and mappa / Large X; cross above, [ANNO] to left(?), [?III] to right(?). Cf. Sear 676; cf. DOC 104. 2.40g, 16mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. From a private North American collection. It is unclear whether the reverse die used to strike this coin included the regnal year or not. Antioch was the only mint to strike this reverse type with an obverse bust type depicting the emperor in consular robes and holding a mappa, with surviving examples all dated regnal year 8. An undated version of this reverse type was struck at the mint of Constantinople (see Sear 645-6).
Fatimid, al-Mansur billah (AH 334-341 / AD 946-953) AV 1/4 Dinar. Siqilliya mint, al-Muharram AH 338 = Month of Muharram AD 950. "The Imam, there's no God except Him, al-Mansur billah" in four lines across field; Qur'an IX, 33 around / "Isma'il, Muhammd is the Messenger of God, Commander of the Faithful", in four lines across field; Mint and date formula around. Nicol Type A1, 206. 1.03g, 15mm, 3h. Near Very Fine; lightly clipped with areas of flatness. Very Rare, only 2 specimens cited by Nicol. In general in Islamic coinage it is very rare to find an indication of the month in which the coin is minted. The month of Muharram is the first month of the Muslim calendar and is one of the most important of the year, especially for the Shiites. The word "haram" from which it is derived means "forbidden". This appellation refers to the prohibition of war that characterises the four sacred months of the year (the others being Dhu al-Qi'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah and Rajab). It also recalls the austerity and privations forced on the Shiites in memory of the massacre of Husayn ibn Ali's supporters at the Battle of Karbala by the Umayyads of Caliph Yazid I in AH 61 (AD 680).
Fatimid, al-Mu'izz li-din Allah (AH 341-365 / AD 953-975) AV 1/4 Dinar. al-Mahdiya mint, AH 350 = AD 952. Mint and date formula in outer margin; Shiite kalima in inner margin / "The Imam Ma'ad called for the unification of the eternal God", in outer margin; "al-Mu'izz li-din Allah Commander of the faithful", in inner margin. Cf. Nicol type C; Baldwin's, Islamic Coin 22, 3379. 1.04g, 15mm. Near Very Fine. An unpublished date for this mint.
Almoravids, 'Alì b. Yusuf (AH 500-537 / AD 1106-1143) AV Dinar. Nul Lamta, AH 517 = AD 1123. Kalima, "Commander of the Muslims 'Alì bin Yusuf" in four lines across field; Qur'an III, 85 around / "The Imam Abd Allah Commander of the faithful" in four lines across field; "In the name of God was struck this dinar in Nul Lamta year (sanat) 7 and 10 and 500" around. CMA -; Hazard -; Vives -. 4.08g, 26mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Wavy flan. Unpublished; the discovery of this coin bearing the year AH 517 leaves only AH 514 as the remaining year left to complete the decade AH512-522.
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