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Lot 1694
A 'Markie' model of a fairground showman's traction engine 'Trowbridge Coin Machines', built by Tony Pearce in 1983. The boiler being spirit fired with open crank and single cylinder having fitted pressure gauge, regulator, disc flywheel, worm and chain steering, generator, brake to back wheel having fitted road tyres. The canopy with extension chimney mounted on brass olives. Finished in red and white livery. Boiler: appears never fired. with original receipt. Measurements: Canopy 52cm x 20cm. Total height 30cm.
Lot 496A
A 9ct yellow gold padlock clasp faceted curb link charm bracelet comprising thirteen charms to include South African pound coin 1898, 1910 full sovereign, 1907 and 1908 half sovereigns, George III shield back Guinea 1794, an amethyst seal fob, a peridot set charm with applied lion detail, five medallions and a St Christopher, combined gross weight approximately 147.5 gramsCondition: Overall good, note soldered scroll mounts to 1 pond and shield back guinea, otherwise wear and tear only
Lot 105
c. 475-450 BC. Dodecadrachm, 34.70gg (7h). Obv: Ox cart with basket-weave sides driven right by bearded man with whip, Corinthian helmet above, Π between ox's legs, I to right, Ǝ above. Rx: Triskeles of human legs. Unpublished, but several from the same dies have appeared in trade in recent years. Purchased from Apollo Numismatics in 2006. Svoronos knew the inscriptions Euergetes , Xe…, and Ekco… on dodecadrachms of the Derrones (pl. ii, 5-7), and surmised that they might be the names of tribal chieftains. Our unpublished coin adds the new name ΠΕΙ… to this short list. This is only the second time we have had a mint state Derrones. Fully lustrous and struck on a broad flan. Mint State.
Lot 115
336-323 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.20g (4h). , "Amphipolis," c. 323-320 BC. Obv: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛ - ΕΩΣ - AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left holding eagle and scepter; Phrygian helmet in left field. Price 112. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Calgary Coin, March 1999. Flan crack at 6:00 on reverse. Mint State..
Lot 141
158-146 BC, or later. Tetradrachm, 16.92gg (12h). Obv: Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath. Rx: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ - ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ - ΘΑΣΙΩΝ Heracles standing left, holding club that rests on ground and lion's skin; in inner left field, monogram. SNG Copenhagen 1040. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Acquired in July 1999. This issue goes all the way from Hellenistic beauty to Celtic imitations. This coin is near the middle, leaning toward Hellenistic. Somewhat odd obverse struck in high relief with Hercules in Greek style on reverse. Lustrous Mint State/VF.
Lot 151
c. 400-380 BC. Drachm, 6.15gg (4h). Obv. Three-quarter facing head of nymph Larissa, with ampyx and floating hair, signed ΣIMO above (weak). Rx: ΛΑΡI Horse grazing right. Lorber pp. 265 and 276, 8.2a (this coin), obv. die 8. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 115. Beautifully centered and struck, lustrous drachm of Larissa. This coin is one of the experimental issues catalogued by Lorber. Slight iridescent toning. Mint State.
Lot 183
c. 350 BC. Stater, 11.85gg (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Artemis right, hair tied in knot at top of head, wearing pearl necklace and earring comprised of rosette, crescent, and five pendants. Rx: [ΣΤΥΜ]ΦΑΛΙΩΝ Heracles striding left, nude but for lionskin wrapped around his left arm, club in his right hand raised above his head; between his legs magistrate's initials TY. Cf. BCD 1704-5. Cf. Boston 1269. Cf. Kraay-Hirmer 514. Cf. Kraay 320. (All with ΣO on reverse rather than TY). Ex New York Sale II, 2 December 1999, lot 91. Ex Burgan Mail Bid 16, Paris, 1983, lot 214. Ex Hess-Leu 45, 12-13 May 1970, lot 207 (described as "äusserst selten" = "extremely rare"; hammer price 7250 CH). Extremely rare issue; apparently unique with this magistrate. This coin is extremely rare with probably less than ten tetradrachms recorded, mostly in this grade or slightly better. VF.
Lot 196
c. 155-145 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.78gg (1h). Obv: Head of Amazon Cyme right, wearing taenia. Rx: ΚYMAIΩN ΚAΛΛIAΣ Horse prancing right; below, one-handled cup; all within laurel wreath. J.H. Oakley, ANSMN 27 (1982), p. 4, obverse die 22. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 139, 4 August 2004, lot 161. Although these coins have become rather common since the 1970s, it is hard to find this early issue in better than VF. This coin is not only exceptionally beautiful, but extremely high grade. Mint State.
Lot 199
c. 550 BC. EL 1/48 Milesian standard stater, 0.22gg (6h). Obv: Bee or wasp with open wings. Rx: Pellet between two crescents or horns; all within shallow incuse. Unpublished in standard references; apparently unique. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. While this coin is virtually no bigger than a grain of rice, it is struck in relatively high relief from a slightly worn obverse die and a very sharp reverse die. VF/EF.
Lot 204
c. 370-360 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.31gg (11h). Obv: Ε-Φ Bee with straight wings. Rx: Forepart of stag right, head turned back; palm tree to left, ΘΡΑΣΥΜΗΔΗΣ to right. Kinns, Pixodaros Hoard (CH IX), O51. SNG Kayhan-. SNG Copenhagen-. SNG Munchen-. Sotheby, 6 December 1907, lot 81 (same obverse die). NGC 4625019-020. These tetradrachms are very beautiful and highly desired by collectors. A coin this well centered is extremely desirable. Good EF.
Lot 230
c. 88-43 BC. AE 32-36, 20.35gg (12h). Obv: Radiate head of Helios facing. Rx: PO above, rose viewed from above, moneyer’s name ΖΗΝΩΝ below, all within oak wreath. SNG Aulock 2842. BMC 343 (see also 342, pl. xli, 3). Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Gemini V, 6 January 2009, lot 643. These broad flan bronze coins of Rhodes are very desirable, though not rare. This particular coin is beautifully centered and very pleasant. VF.
Lot 233
42 BC, under BRUTUS. Hemidrachm, 1.86gg (12h). Obv: Head of Apollo right, Λ - Y across lower field. Rx: M - A across field, Lyre, filleted branch in lower right field. Troxell 92 (11 spec.). RPC 3302. Sear 5295 var. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 125, 27 February 2002, lot 347. For the attribution of this issue to Brutus after his conquest of Lycia, see Troxell, Coinage of the Lycian League, pp. 179-180 and pl. 16. Two denarii of Brutus are closely connected to our coin: Crawford 503/1 uses an exactly similar head of Apollo as obverse type, and Crawford 501/1 shows a lyre and a filleted branch on reverse, like the Lycian hemidrachm. After conquering Lycia, then, Brutus struck there not only Lycian League hemidrachms like our coin, but also Roman denarii using the same or similar coin types and in one case the same engravers. Toned aEF.
Lot 239
3rd-2nd cent. BC. Tetradrachm, 16.78gg (12h). Obv: Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet. Rx: Victory advancing left, holding out wreath; to left, pomegranate and ΔI, the Δ divided by a vertical stroke. SNG Paris 670. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Copper Penny, Wethersfield, Connecticut, October 2006. Though these coins can be rather plain and uninteresting, this particular coin is exceptionally beautiful. Mint State.
Lot 240
3rd-2nd cent. BC. Tetradrachm, 16.92gg (12h). Obv: Head of Athena right wearing Corinthian helmet. Rx: Victory advancing left, holding out wreath; to left, pomegranate; across lower field, ΔEI - NO. SNG Paris 677. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Colonial Trading Co., Boston, November 2000. This coin is exceptional, like the previous lot, though not as perfectly centered. Mint State.
Lot 246
Year 18 = 30/29 BC (?). Tetradrachm, 14.58gg (10h). Obv: Veiled and turreted head of city goddess right. Rx: Athena standing left, holding with right hand Nike who crowns her with wreath, and with left hand shield and spear resting on ground behind her; AIΓEAIΩN to right, ΔI and club in lower left field, Δ in lower right field, date IH in exergue. Arnold-Biucchi, Aigeai, Travaux…Le Rider, pl. 2, 128 (D4/R16). Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. A rare coin type, known in only four specimens up to 1979 and 16 specimens up to 1999, but now well documented because of the 187 additional hoard specimens published by Arnold-Biucchi in that latter year. This Aegeaen tetradrachm is recorded with only four dates, Year 4 and Years 16-18, and the known specimens were produced from only four obverse and nineteen reverse dies. Our coin will have been struck in 30/29 BC if the era used was the Caesarian era starting in 47 BC, but a considerably earlier date for the series, with an era starting c. 105 BC, has also been proposed. Near Mint State.
Lot 249
361-334 BC. Stater, 10.94gg (1h). Cilicia, TarsusObv: BLTRZ Baal of Tarsus enthroned to left, head front, holding eagle, ear of wheat, and bunch of grapes in right hand, dotted vertical scepter in left; in lower left field, R (in Aramaic); beneath throne, M (in Aramaic); dotted border. Rx: MZDY Lion stepping left, attacking bull; monogram below; dotted border. SNG Levante 106. The head of Zeus extremely sharp and complete. Wonderful Mint State coin..
Lot 251
281-261 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.23gg (8h). EcbatanaObv: Diademed head of Antiochus I right. Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo, slight drapery on right thigh, seated left on omphalos, holding three arrows and resting left hand on grounded bow; by his legs forepart of horse grazing left (mintmark); monograms in inner left field above and below arrows. SC 409.2e. Houghton Coll. 1139 (same dies). Rare with the two monograms on the reverse in mirror-image form: our coin is from the same dies as Houghton Collection 1139, the only example of this variety cited by Seleucid Coins. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Calgary Coins, May 1998. "At Ecbatana, the Apollo on omphalos reverse has the local peculiarity that the god holds three arrows" (SC p. 147). EF.
Lot 268
Year 159 = 33/4 AD. Half Shekel, 7.06gg (12h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYPOY IEPAΣ - KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date PNΘ and club in left field; KP / A / N in right field. RPC 4693 (1 spec.). Prieur 1463 (1 spec.). Y. Meshorer thought that all Tyrian shekels and half shekels from Year 109 on, when the letters KP were added to their reverse design, were struck at Jerusalem rather than Tyre, but the authors of RPC I, pp. 655-6, do not accept this hypothesis. This coin was struck on one of the two dates, 31 and 33 AD, thought to be the date of Christ's crucifixion. VF.
Lot 271
Year 6 = 121/120 BC. Quarter Shekel, 3.20gg (1h). Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right. Rx: TYPOY IEPAΣ - KAI AΣYΛOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date LC (apparently) and club in left field. Dated Coins of Antiquity p. 514, Coin 323. NGC 4625019-008. Purchased from Amphora Coins in 2011. A very rare fractional denomination at Tyre, listed by Dated Coins of Antiquity with only three dates, namely Year 2 (two citations), Year 6 (one citation: "in trade", perhaps our coin), and Year 9 (three citations). The extremely rare smallest deomination in this famous Tyrian series which usually included only shekels and half shekels. Toned EF/VF.
Lot 272
c. 380-332 BC. Obol, 0.63gg (11h). Obv: Galley left, at stern standard topped by crescent and globe, Samarian inscription above, double line of waves below. Rx: Persian king standing right, holding dagger in right hand, about to stab lion which he holds up before him by its head. Samarian Coinage 96. Sofaer pl. 167, 38. Hendin 1039. Well struck. This coin includes a virtually complete legend above the galley. EF.
Lot 273
Persian Period, before 333 BCE. Hemiobol, 0.37gg (4h). Obv: Lily flower. Rx: Falcon standing front, head right, wings spread, to right Hebrew inscription YHD. Sofaer 10, p. 241, pl. 193. Hendin 1060. NGC 4625017-003. Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, 6 March 2011. Of this series of hemiobols of Judaea, this coin has always been considered the most desirable. It is so rare that Hendin has only owned this issue once. While the head of the eagle is off flan, the legend is complete. EF.
Lot 277
40-4 BCE. Double Prutah, 4.39gg (12h). . , Year 3=40 BCE. Obv: Poppy pod on stem with leaves. Rx: HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ Winged caduceus upright, date LΓ to left, TP monogram to right. Hendin 1171. Sofaer 12, p. 257, pl. 207. Rare: only three obverse and three reverse dies attested by Menorah Coin Project up to 2010. EF.
Lot 279
40-4 BCE. Prutah, 2.13g (12h). . , Year 3=40 BCE. Obv: HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ Aphlaston upright, date LΓ to left, TP monogram to right. Rx: Palm branch with fillet. Hendin 1172. Sofaer 15, p. 258, pl. 207. Rare: only three obverse and one reverse dies attested by Menorah Coin Project up to 2010. EF.
Lot 285
4 BCE -39 CE. Quarter Unit, 3.42gg (12h). . , Year 43=39/40 CE. Obv: ΓAI / Ω KA / ICAP in three lines in wreath. Rx: HPΩΔHC TETPAPXHC Cluster of dates hanging downward, date L - MΓ across field at top. Hendin 1217. Sofaer 115, p. 261, pl. 210. Rare: only three obverse and four reverse dies attested by Menorah Coin Project up to 2010. VF.
Lot 293
66-70 CE. Prutah, 3.26gg (5h). Jerusalem, Year 2 = 67/8 CE. Obv: Paleo-Hebrew "year two", Amphora with broad rim and two handles. Rx: Paleo-Hebrew "the freedom of Zion", Vine leaf on small branch with tendril. Hendin 1360. Sofaer 11, p. 273, pl. 222. NGC 4625163-001. Again not a rare coin, but an exceptionally fine and complete specimen. EF.
Lot 297
Shekel, 13.95gg (11h). . , Year 5 = 70 CE. Obv: Chalice with pearled rim, base is raised by projections on ends; Hebrew "Shekel of Israel" around, date (Year 5) above chalice. Rx: Stem with pearled bottom and three pomegranate buds; around Hebrew "Jerusalem the Holy". Hendin 1370a. From the Baldwin's group of thirteen Year 5 shekels, all from the same dies as the previously unique example in BM: see Hendin's note to his no. 1370. This is one of the rarest coins in the Jewish series and one of the most highly desired. Several of these coins have come up recently, all declared as the "finest known", but they don't compare in any way to this exquisite coin. Perfectly struck and centered. Virtually Mint State..
Lot 298
132-135 AD. Zuz or Drachm, 3.37gg (6h). . , Year 2 = 133/4 AD. Obv: Paleo-Hebrew "Simon", Bunch of grapes in three lobes hanging from branch, which has a leaf to the left and a tendril to the right. Rx: Paleo-Hebrew "year two of the freedom of Israel", Palm branch. Hendin 1394. Mildenberg 40 (O7/R12'). Sofaer 53, p. 279, pl. 229. Overstruck: parts of the legend of the undertype survive to the left of the grape bunch on the obverse. NGC 4625018-009. Said to be from the W. Bick Collection, the coin cited by Mildenberg 40.6. Mint State.
Lot 303
132-135 AD. Zuz or Drachm, 3.09gg (6h). . , Undated = 134/135 AD. Obv: Paleo-Hebrew "Simon", Bunch of grapes in three lobes hanging from branch, which has a tendril to the left and a leaf to the right. Rx: Paleo-Hebrew "for the freedom of Jerusalem", Two trumpets with dot between. Hendin 1431. Mildenberg 199 (O24/R86, 28 spec.). Sofaer 139, p. 282, pl. 234. Overstruck on a denarius of Titus as Caesar: face of prince and end of obverse legend ESPASIAN[VS] from undertype visible on reverse. NGC 4625018-011. This coin is quite entertaining. Near Mint State.
![70-79 CE. AE 21.5-23, 12.73gg (11h). Judaea, Caesarea Maritima. Obv: A[YTOKP] TITO - Σ KAΙΣAP Head laureate right. Rx: IOYΔA](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d18086ee-2a2e-4b57-8755-a8ab01121a14/c67508f0-346b-4c23-8070-4ea4384a934a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 311
70-79 CE. AE 21.5-23, 12.73gg (11h). Judaea, Caesarea Maritima. Obv: A[YTOKP] TITO - Σ KAΙΣAP Head laureate right. Rx: IOYΔAIAΣ E[AΛWKYIAΣ] Trophy, at base of which are, on left, captive seated left with hands tied behind back, and on right, large pelta-shaped shield. Sofaer 13 var., p. 275, pl. 224. RPC 2313 (41 spec.) var. The captive on reverse is seated on our coin, rather than kneeling as on Sofaer 13, pl. 224, and in the RPC description ("crouching"). VF.
Lot 333
285-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.21gg (1h). Sidon, c. 265/4-262/1 BC. Obv: Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, aegis (off flan) knotted around neck. Rx: ΠTOΛEMAIOY - BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, in left field mintmark ΣI above encircled N, these marks engraved over an earlier mintmark ΣI. Meydancikkale pl. 141, 4665. Svoronos 718. A reverse die with the field marks similarly re-engraved, proving that the issue with marks ΣI above encircled N followed that with just ΣI, was first noticed by Davesne and Le Rider, Le trésor de Meydancikkale, Paris 1989, p. 268. At least three reverse dies underwent this alteration: (a) Meydancikkale 4664-5; (b) our coin and Freeman & Sear, MBS 15, 27 June 2008, lot 222; (c) Argenor 5, 29 April 2002, lot 126. Two further specimens, BM 35 and in trade (Rollin & Feuardent), were listed but not illustrated by Svoronos 718, who wrongly interpreted the recut field marks as deriving from double-striking. VF.
Lot 337
c. 435-331 BC. Tetradrachm, 12.93gg (6h). Obv: Silphium plant with six leaves, K - V / P - A across field at corners of plant. Rx: Head of Ammon wearing ram's horn with short curly hair and scraggly beard. Porous surfaces but an impressive piece nonetheless. The obverse of this coin shows a very complete and elegant silphium plant. The reverse is very well struck with a sharp shadowing of an undertype that doesn't interfere with the image of the deity Ammon. BMC 73. Ex Frank L. Kovacs. Ex Nilus Coins. Ex G. Hirsch 275, 22 September 2011, lot 4150. Ex Schweizer Bankverein Zurich 33, September 1993, lot 463. Ex Christie's, 22 April 1986, lot 48. The Greek cities of Cyrenaica, namely Cyrene and Barce, were one of the main suppliers of grain for the Mediterranean (in one instance, they even saved mainland Greece from starvation). As long as the grain trade flourished, Cyrenaica enjoyed prosperity. The revenues from the silphium trade were also important. Silphium, a plant that is likely to be extinct since antiquity, was used as medicine; its importance to the ancient economy of the Cyrenaica is underlined by the fact that both Barce and Cyrene used it as a badge on their coins. The other side of their coins displays a head of Zeus in a version specific to North Africa, with the horns of a ram, thus equivalent to the Egyptian god Amun. Zeus-Ammon, as the Greeks called him, was introduced to the Greek pantheon as early as the early fifth century BC. According to ancient sources the Boeotian poet Pindar who wrote victory odes for Cyrenian aristocrats donated a statue of Zeus-Ammon to a sanctuary (c. 450 BC). Its head might have been reminiscent of the relevant type of Cyrenian coins, and it is fun to imagine what Pindar’s unsophisticated fellow-citizens might have thought about a statue of Zeus with the horns of a ram!. The silphium plant is beautifully struck and absolutely complete. With some traces of an earlier overstruck type on the reverse. About EF.
Lot 361
Denarius, 3.88gg (6h). Rome, 113-112 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA in monogram behind, * below. Rx: Two soldiers fighting, one attacking with whip, the other defending with sword; T DEIDI in exergue. Crawford 294/1. Sydenham 550. RSC Didia 2. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 194, 9 July 2015, lot 141. Ex SC Collection. Marvin Tameanko has persuasively argued that this coin depicts a "bloodless 'warm up' act of mock fighters called 'paegniarii," rather than an actual battle or gladiatorial combat. Nice VF; toned.
Lot 373
Denarius, 3.89gg (3h). . , 100 BC. Obv: Bust of young Hercules right, wearing lionskin over shoulders and holding club, ROMA below; to left, shield and control mark B with dot above. Rx: Roma wearing triple-crested helmet standing facing, about to be crowned by half-nude Genius of the Roman People standing beside her; between the figures, control mark Y with dot above; in exergue, LENT MAR F (NT and MAR ligate); all within laurel wreath. Haeberlin 1119 = Banti 39 (same dies). Control mark variant of Crawford 329/1a, Sydenham 604, and RSC Cornelia 25. Possibly only the second recorded specimen of this denarius with a different control mark on the reverse than on the obverse. According to Crawford, "the control-mark on the reverse is invariably the same as on the obverse"; he apparently overlooked the Haeberlin coin contradicting this rule, which is from the same dies as ours. Banti 44/1 shows a coin with mark dot above Y on both obverse and reverse, as expected; this coin may be, but is not certainly, from the same reverse die as ours. Toned aEF.
Lot 383
84 BC. Denarius, 4.58gg (7h). . Obv: Head of Cybele right wearing turreted crown, AED CVR and deformed foot behind. Rx: Curule chair inscribed P FOVRIVS; in exergue, CRASSIPE[S]. Crawford 356/1a. Sydenham 735. RSC Furia 20. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 180, 16 August 2012, lot 457 ("Ex Kay Coin Company, 1960s"). Choice VF; nicely toned.
Lot 440
Denarius, 3.73gg (12h). , 42-41 BC. Obv: Head of Neptune ight., with trident over shoulder. Rx: Male figure on right, with right hand raising kneeling female figure on left; behind, trophy; in exergue, [MV]RCVS IMP. Crawford 510/1. Sydenham 1315 (R8). RSC Statia 1. Sear, Imperators 337. Lucius Staius Murcus began his political career as a legate of Caesar in Gaul and Africa from 48-46 BC. After Caesar's murder, he was appointed proconsul of Syria by the Senate. When Cassius arrived in the province in 43 BC, Murcus promptly transferred his allegiance and legions to the Liberator and was rewarded with command of a fleet. He demonstrated considerable skill as a naval tactician and in uneasy partnership with Ahenobarbus achieved complete control of the Adriatic and the seas around Greece. After the Republican disaster at Philippi, the two admirals waited developments in the Ionian Sea in support of no cause but their own, pirates in all but name. Murcus eventually made the ill-fated decision to throw in his lot with Sextus Pompey in Sicily. Pompey no doubt welcomed the arrival of Murcus' ships and well-seasoned crews, but Murcus himself was inconveniently accustomed to his own independent command. The two men soon quarreled; Pompey accused Murcus of conspiracy and ordered his execution in 40/39 BC. The rare coinage of Staius Murcus has never received the careful examination it merits. The depiction of Neptune on the obverse is an exact echo of an issue struck by Brutus in the previous year (Crawford 507/2), perhaps an indication of Murcus' lingering allegiance to the Republican cause. The type and legend of the reverse is more difficult to explain. For what victory did Murcus justify the adoption of the title IMP for Imperator? Sear in "Imperators" suggests the successful siege of Bassus in Apamaea in 43 BC as a suitable occasion, but Republican commanders didn't typically claim the title imperator for victory over their fellow Romans. Nor would that land siege two years earlier resonate with the sailors under Murcus' command in 41 BC, presumably the intended targets of the message. How does the title relate to the scene depicted? Is the standing male figure Murcus? Is the kneeling figure Roma, as suggested by Crawford? Again, what battle is represented by the trophy? An attractive example of an extremely rare coin, without the porosity, poor centering and double-striking that notoriously plague this issue. It's been plausibly suggested that the endemic double-striking indicates that these coins were actually struck aboard a ship in Murcus' fleet!. Bold Fine.
![54-68 AD. Fourrée Denarius, 2.95gg (6h). Lugdunum, 54-5 AD. Obv: [AGRIPP AVG DI]VI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER Head bare of Ner](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d18086ee-2a2e-4b57-8755-a8ab01121a14/42bf0dcd-511c-443e-be08-9628313e4f2b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 467
54-68 AD. Fourrée Denarius, 2.95gg (6h). Lugdunum, 54-5 AD. Obv: [AGRIPP AVG DI]VI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER Head bare of Nero right facing draped bust of Agrippina left. Rx: NERONI CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P around oak wreath enclosing EX S C. BM 3. Paris 8. Cohen 7 (30 Fr.). RIC 2 (R2). Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Spartan Numismatics, September 2006. Agrippina's rapid loss of influence after successfully engineering Claudius' death and Nero's accession to the throne, culminating in her expulsion from the palace by Nero, is reflected in the gold and silver coinage of Nero's first regnal year. Agrippina is prominent in Nero's first coin type as emperor, shown by our denarius: her titles occupy the obverse, relegating Nero's titles to the reverse, and her portrait faces Nero's, though in the subordinate right-hand position. In the second type, the titles changed places, Nero's now occupying the obverse, and the portraits became jugate, with Agrippina behind Nero. Thereafter, Agrippina was entirely excluded from the coinage. Excellent vis-á-vis portraits of Nero and his mother. Planchet break on Agrippina's head. aEF.
Lot 476
68-69 AD. Sestertius, 23.28gg (6h). Rome. Obv: IMP.SER.GALBA.C - AES AVG TR P Bust laureate, draped right., seen from side. Rx: S - C across field, Victory advancing left holding Palladium and palm.. BM 107. Paris 174 (same obv. die). Cohen 261 (6 Fr.). RIC 352 (S). Ex Bertolami 37, 19-20 September 2017, lot 578. Ex NAC 78, 26-27 May 2014, lot 2148. Ex M. Ratto, Milan, 19 January 1956, lot 80. Ex M. Ratto, Milan, 26-29 January 1955, Dr. G. Giorgi Collection, lot 366. Ex M & M Basel VI, 6-7 December 1946, lot 796. Ex R. Ratto, Lugano, 8 February 1928, Morcom - Hands - Wertheim, lot 2213. Ex Naville II, 12-14 June 1922, Vautier - Collignon, lot 394. Kraay 73, Officina B, obverse die A1, reverse die P105, cited only our single coin for this die combination, though Kraay mistakenly made one of its auction appearances into a different, second, specimen; Kraay's specimens a and b are actually one and the same coin. The reverse type is interesting, conveying the idea that it was within Victory's power to bestow control over Rome (the Palladium); such a type occurred only on sestertii of the two successive emperors Nero and Galba, under Nero on a very rare coin of late in his reign showing Victory advancing right (BMC pl. 48.1), then under Galba on scarce sestertii showing her advancing either left or right, found by Kraay in a total of nineteen reverse dies (p. 56). Extremely sharp and complete, showing even the details of the leaves in Galba's wreath which are usually lost to flat striking or wear. Struck on an exceptionally broad flan and perfectly centered; probably one of the finest Galba sestertii in existence. Magnificent EF.
![69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.36gg (12h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: [IMP] CAES VESP AVG P M CO[S IIII] Head laureate right. Rx: Incuse mir](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d18086ee-2a2e-4b57-8755-a8ab01121a14/97aafe37-e89b-4910-9324-dae1f4820b68/468x382.jpg)
Lot 485
69-79 AD. Denarius, 3.36gg (12h). Rome, 72-3 AD. Obv: [IMP] CAES VESP AVG P M CO[S IIII] Head laureate right. Rx: Incuse mirror image of the same obverse portrait and legend. Cf. RIC p. 83 (with the intended reverse types, eliminated on our coin by the brockage). Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 148, 29 March 2006, lot 250. EF.
Lot 489
69-79 AD. Sestertius, 27.57gg (6h). Rome, 71 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III Bust laureate, draped right. Rx: PAX - AVGVSTI S - C Pax standing left holding branch and cornucopia. RIC 98 (R2). Bust variety of BM 772, pl. 34.3. Ex Glendining, 2 April 1952, V.J.E. Ryan Coll., Part 5, lot 2351 Ex Naville XI, 18-20 June 1925, H.C. Levis Coll., lot 445. Colin Kraay in his unpublished die catalogue of Vespasian's sestertii of 70-71 AD, no. 97, cited for this die combination our coin only, from the Ryan and Levis collections. This coin is part of Vespasian's earliest sestertius issue of 71 AD, with CAESAR VESPASIANVS...COS III in the obverse legend, which is characterized by a large and interesting variety of imperial portraits, bust types, and reverse types, for example the unusual laureate, draped bust on our coin, rather than the normal head laureate right. This draped bust type may be seen from the back as on our coin, or seen from the side as on BMC pl. 34.3, a distinction that is overlooked in the new RIC. Struck on a broad flan, this small flawless portrait of Vespasian is surrounded by an extremely long legend. The quality of this coin can be seen by the two exceptional collectors who owned it. Choice EF.
Lot 496
96-98 AD. Denarius, 3.68gg (7h). Rome, 96 AD. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG - P M TR P COS II P P Head laureate right. Rx: CONCORDIA -EXERCITVVM Clasped hands before legionary eagle set on prow. BM 8. Paris 6. Cohen 25 (2 Fr.). RIC 3. Scarce: eight specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 126, 23 April 2002, lot 287. The eagle and the prow on the reverse of this coin face right, not left as usual. Paris 109-110 has the same variant on a dupondius reverse die in 97; all other coins with this reverse type illustrated in BMC, the Paris catalogue, and Berk photofile show eagle and prow facing left. Mint State.
Lot 499
96-98 AD. Tetradrachm, 14.44gg (12h). Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem, Year 1=96/7 AD. Obv: AVT NEPOVΣ - KAIΣ ΣEB Bust laureate right, aegis with Medusa head and snakes on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: ETOVΣ. - NEOV.IEPOV. - A Eagle with wings raised standing right on thunderbolt, palm branch in right field. McAlee 419. Prieur 149 (87 spec.). RPC 3476. Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Calgary Coin, April 1999. EF.
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