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Lot 156
Box of assorted coins to include: various GB and foreign loose coins; £1 note; Britain's First Decimal Coin Set; wallets; old 5p; pearls etc. together with albums of old pennies and other GB coins, early 20th Century; Coins of Great Britain. Also box of assorted reference books to include: 'English Country Furniture', David Knell; price guides; dictionaries; medal and coin books etc. (3) (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
Lot 237
Coin box containing assorted GB and foreign coinage to include: 1875 Belgian coin together with commemorative crowns; 1951 Festival of Britain coin; military and royal cards, together with Roman type coin with bird of prey and the letters: LZ to one side and a head facing right to the other.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
Lot 1149
George IV (1820-30), Proof bronzed copper Halfpenny, 1826. Laureate head left, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA rev. struck en medaille, Britannia seated right with trident and shield, raised line on arms of saltire cross, emblems in exergue, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF: (Peck 1437 reverse B; S 3824; KM 692a). Toned practically as struck, dark spot in rear of hair, has been graded and slabbed by Coin Grading Service UK as UNC85. Estimated Value $800 CGS UK certification 21069-HD.G4.1826.05 London Coin Grading Service as it is now termed, claim that grade 85 in their 100 point system is a traditional "choice UNC-Brilliant UNC" and equates to an American Sheldon scale of 65. This estimation is only one point out from when this coin was formerly physically graded by ANACS as PF64.
Lot 1164
Edward VIII (Jan-Dec 1936), half-silver matte Proof Threepence, 1937. Bare head left, HP below for designer T Humphrey Paget, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, EDWARDVS VIII D: G: BR: OMN: REX, rev. struck en medaille, three interlinked rings of St Edmund, lower legend THREEPENCE, upper legend :FID: DEF: : IND: IMP: 1937, edge plain (Giordano P5b; cf Bull 4015 R7; ESC -; S.p.512 note; cf KM.Pn125). Toned with some light flecks and spots, practically as struck, the only known example with a matt finish, in NGC holder graded PF 61, of the highest rarity thus. Estimated Value $55,000 Ex Dr Alfred Globus, Stacks, New York Coin Convention Auction, 1st December 1999, lot 1003.Ex Portraits of a Prince, collection of Joseph S Giordano, Spink Auction 206, 21st October 2010, lot 186. NGC certification 696286-002. The matte proof coins of this period are of the highest rarity as they were only produced for photographic purposes for internal use within the Mint to go toward promoting the eventual coins to the press when released. As Edward VIII's coinage was never issued it seems only a few individual matte proofs of the smaller denominations, had been produced by the time of the abdication. This coin is therefore unique at the current time and was last sold publicly at auction in Stacks of New York in the late 1990s. For further reading of how the proposed coinage progressed from start till the King's abdication please see "The Proposed Coinage of Edward VIII" by G P Dyer, published by HMSO 1973. Maurice Bull did not list the matte proof for the silver threepence.
Lot 45
Sicily, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Silver Tetradrachm (17.45 g), 485-466 BC. Struck under Gelon I, ca. 480/78-475 BC. Charioteer, holding reigns and kentron, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right crowning horses with wreath. rev. ΣVRAKOΣI-ON, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl necklace; around, four dolphins clockwise. Boehringer - (V45/R-; rev. die not recorded); Randazzo 257 (same dies). A splendid example of fine archaic style. Boldly struck and well centered. Underlying luster present, all delicately toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 From the Dionysus Collection. Despite the legend naming the Syracusans as the issuing authority, this gem of early Classical Syracusan coinage was struck while the city was controlled by the Deinomenid dynasty of tyrants. The dynasty was founded by Gelon, who first assumed power as tyrant in Gela in 491 BC before seizing Syracuse in 485 BC. The expansion of the territory under his control and a great victory over the Carthaginians in 480 BC were instrumental in raising Syracuse to the status of preeminent city in Greek Sicily. The greatness of Syracuse only increased under Gelon's successor, Hieron I. Hieron defeated a combined Carthaginian and Etruscan army at Cumae in 474 BC and won the chariot race events at both the Pythian Games in 470 BC and the Olympic Games in 468 BC, one or both of which might be commemorated by the obverse type of this coin. Unfortunately, the Deinomenid tyranny also became increasingly oppressive under Hieron I and not long after his death in 466 BC, a series of revolutions at Syracuse and other cities overthrew the Deinomenids in favor of new democratic constitutions.
Lot 298
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.64 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, star. rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1411; Mildenberg 60.1 (O14/R45; this coin); TJC 267. The Mildenberg plate coin. Boldly struck and nicely toned. Removed from an NGC slab where graded Ch AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $3,000 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
Lot 1080
Edward VI (1547-53), gold Sovereign. Third period (15th December 1550-6th July 1553), second coinage (from 5th October 1551) struck in crown gold of 22 carat at Twenty Shillings face value, Tower Mint I and II, crowned armored half-length figure of King right, holding orb and scepter, linear and beaded circles surrounding with Latin legend both sides, initial mark tun, EDWARD': VI: D; G; AGL': FRA; Z: h IBER; REX: rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, crowned lion supporter to left, dragon supporter to right, ER on banner below.IhS; AVTE; TranCI; PER: mEDIV; ILLOR; IBAT. Weight 10.82g (SCH 691; N 1927; S 2450; Fr 186). Well struck on a broad flan, some tiny surface marks and striations in obverse field, small scratch on reverse, in PCGS holder graded EF 45, Pop 4; only 1 graded finer in AU-50 at PCGS. The only other example graded higher is an NGC AU-50 piece, and better than usually encountered, rare as such and very desirable. Estimated Value $32,500 Ex Glendining, 27th November 1974, lot 553.Ex Collection of a Continental Collector, Spink Coin Auction 38, 10th October 1984, lot 7.Ex Clarendon Collection, part I, Bonhams, February 2006, lot 920. PCGS certification 34313463.
Lot 321
M. Licinius Crassus. Æ (8.09 g), Proconsul, 54-53 BC. Nysa-Scythopolis CY 10 (54 BC). Head of the proconsul Crassus right. rev. [ΓAB NY] in two lines in left field, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding kantharos and thyrsus; in left field, date ([L I]); in exergue, [Λ]. Cf. Barkay 5; cf. Rosenberger 3; cf. RPC 4827 cf. Meshorer City-Coins of Eretz-Israel 103. Apparently unpublished. Extremely Rare. About Fine. Estimated Value $500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. This interesting coin was struck shortly before Crassus' fateful campaign against the Parthians where he was killed, losing nearly the entirety of the Roman forces he had taken with him. RPC identifies the portrait of Crassus' predecessor, Gabinius, but Barkay argues for Crassus based on the dissimilarity of the portrait on this coin to that on the coins of Gabinius.
Lot 1106
James II (1685-88), gold Guinea, 1685. Struck from 22 carat gold supplied by the African Company, elephant and castle below first laureate head left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, emblematic scepters in angles, four interlinked Cs at center, date either side of top crown.MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX. weight 8.41g (Schneider 456; MCE 124 VR; S 3401; Fr 296; KM 453.2). Light red copper tone, some dark blemishes on reverse, in PCGS holder graded AU 55 and very rare. Estimated Value $17,500 Ex A H Baldwin and Sons, purchased 1944 for £15.Ex Slaney Collection, part I, Spink Coin Auction, 15th May 2003, lot 72. PCGS certification 34313077.
Lot 183
Ionia, Ephesos. Silver Tetradrachm (14.79 g), ca. 405-390 BC. Namertes, magistrate. E-Φ, bee. rev. Forepart of stag right, head turned to look back; in left field, palm tree; in right field, magistrate's name: NAMEPTH[Σ]. Knns 49c (this coin); SNG Copenhagen -. Lovely light golden toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dionysus CollectionEx Monetarium FPL 53 (Spring 1990), lot 85ex Rauch 43 (5 June 1989), lot 360ex Hekatomnos Hoard, 1977.
Lot 378
Sasanian Kingdom. Varhran II. Silver Drachm (4.35 g), AD 276-293. Bust of Varhran II right, wearing winged crown with korymbos; trefoil of pellets behind korymbos. rev. Fire altar; flanked by two attendants, the one on left wearing winged crown with korymbos, the other wearing mural crown; pellet-inverted crescent-pellet on tier of altar. SNS type I/1; Göbl type I/1; Paruck -; Saeedi -; Sunrise 768 (this coin). Lightly toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500
Lot 384
Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur II. Gold Dinar (7.21 g), AD 309-379. Mint IV ("Western" mint), ca. AD 309-320. Bust of Shapur II right, wearing mural crown with korymbos. rev. Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by two attendants, each wearing mural crown with korymbos; symbols flanking flames. SNS type Ia/1a2; MK -; Göbl type Ib/1; cf. Paruck 206 (uncertain mint); cf. Saeedi AV41 (uncertain mint); Saeedi -; Sunrise 833 (this coin). Rare. Signs of old cleaning and some file marks on edge. Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 From the Sunrise Collection: "There are no published gold issues for mint IV. Attribution is based on stylistic considerations and comparison with published drachms from this mint."
Lot 1139
George III (1760-1820), Pattern silver Halfcrown, 1817. Small laureate head right, top right leaf points to upright of E, date below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA, rev. struck en medaille, crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover at center of crowned quartered shield of arms with garnished frame, WWP incuse on left garnish for Mint Master William Wellesley Pole, W incuse on right garnish for engraver Thomas Wyon Jnr., buckled garter motto surrounding in French, HONI. SOIT. Q MAL. Y. PENSE. Latin legend and toothed border surrounding commences bottom left, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF: edge milled, weight 14.12g (Bull 2108 R4; ESC 627 R4; Davies 65; cf KM 672). Attractively toned, a few tiny spots, practically as struck, extremely rare, in NGC holder graded PF 63, Pop 1; the only example graded at both services. Estimated Value $6,750 Ex Harrington E Manville, collection of patterns and proofs, purchased by Spink and Son Ltd 1984.Ex Herman Selig Collection, part II, Coins of George III, Spink Coin Auction 131, 2nd March 1999, lot 1214.Ex Nihon Coin Auction, Tokyo, Japan, March 2009, lot 2047. NGC certification 2722100-009.
Lot 440
Claudius. Fourrée Denarius (2.81 g), AD 41-54. Roman-British imitation. Copying Rome, ca. AD 46/7. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head of Claudius right. rev. S P Q R/P P/OB CS in three lines within wreath. Cf. RIC 41; North Suffolk 20-32 (dies C/3); cf. BN 59-60; cf. BMC 46-7; cf. RSC 87. Fantastic detailed portrait. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Core visible. Estimated Value $2,500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection Purchased privately from CNG. This fouree denarius was struck in Britannia in imitation of an issue apparently produced to emphasize Claudius' somewhat distant family relationship with Augustus, the great first Roman Emperor. The oak wreath on the reverse is the corona civica traditionally awarded to a Roman citizen who saved another citizen in battle. This wreath was awarded to Augustus in 27 BC for saving the entirety of the Roman state from further civil war. Under Claudius this type first appears at the beginning of his reign, suggesting a possible claim that the emperor had averted a new civil war by his placation of the Praetorian Guard after the assassination of Caligula. Claudius sometimes appears wearing this wreath in his sculptural depictions. The fact that the coin is a fourrée produced in Britannia is also notable since it was under Claudius that the Romans invaded the island in force in AD 43 and established a permanent presence. Roman coin certainly came to Britannia with the invaders, but may have been in short supply at times, which may have encouraged the local production of imitations and contemporary counterfeits.
Lot 1157
Victoria (1837-1901), silver Florin, 1849, "Godless" type. Crowned Gothic type bust left, WW in field behind clear of linear circle, for engraver William Wyon, Latin legend with linear and beaded border surrounding both sides, date in legend, VICTORIA REGINA 1849, rev. crowned cruciform shields, emblems in alternate angles, rose at center, denomination legend, +ONE FLORIN+ in upper half, ONE TENTH OF A POUND in lower half, weight 11.30g (Bull 2815; Davies 681; ESC 802; S 3890; KM 745). Attractively toned, in PCGS holder graded MS 65. Estimated Value $550 Ex: Bonhams, London, 29-30th April 2004. The Latin legend translates merely as "Victoria, Queen," and was seen as almost on the point of blasphemy to the Victorian mind as the traditional "Dei Gratia" for by the grace of God was not included. Public opinion won the day making this coin a one year only type with a new Gothic Florin issued from 1851 onwards.
Lot 262
Judaea, Herodian Kingdom. Herod IV Philip. Æ (6.94 g), 4 BCE-34 CE. Caesarea Paneas (as Caesarea Philippi). KAICAP [CE]BACTOY, bare head of Augustus right. rev. [ΦIΛIÎ Î OY] TETPAPXOY, bare head of Herod IV Philip right; across field, date (L [E]). Hendin 1219; TJC 95; RPC 4938. Very Rare. The first Jewish coin with the portrait of a Jewish king. Earthen-brown patina. Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. Although it was a violation of the Mosaic Law against 'graven images', Philip IV issued this coin with his own portrait.
Lot 390
Sasanian Kingdom. Shapur III. Gold Dinar (7.31 g), AD 383-388. Sind. Bust of Shapur III right, wearing flat-topped crown with korymbos. rev. Fire altar with ribbon and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants, each wearing diadem with korymbos. SNS III pl. 145, C9 (same dies); Paruck -; Sunrise 878 (this coin). Bold strike with a golden-orange tone. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,000 Ex Peus 392 (May 2007), lot 4406.
Lot 1212
Authority of November 1758, silver Dollar (Six Shillings and Eightpence). Floriated GR raised countermarked within circular indent on both sides of Mexico, Mexico City 8-Reales, 1758 MM, 26.88g (Prid 4; KM 8.3, host coin KM 104.2). Coin and countermark toned, in PCGS holder graded EF 40, Pop 1; the finest example graded at PCGS. Estimated Value $2,500 PCGS certification 34313329.
Lot 432
Augustus. Silver Denarius (3.72 g), 27 BC-AD 14. Superb EF. Caesaraugusta (?), ca. 19/8 BC. Head of Augustus right, wreathed with oak-leaves.rev. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, two laurel branches. RIC 33a; BMC 352; RSC 47. Lovely old cabinet toning with hints of iridescense. A fantastic portrait of great style struck on an exceptionally large flan. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $7,500 Ex Alberto Campana Collection (NAC 64, 17-18 May 2012), 1033;Ex Rauch 82 (23 April 2008), 203Ex Exceptional Roman Denarii Coll. #3104. When Octavian was awarded the honorary title of Augustus in 27 BC investing him with supreme power, he was also given the right to decorate his door posts with laurel branches, a sign of martial victory, and the corona civica, an oak-wreath symbolizing the saving of a Roman life. In the case of Augustus, the laurel branches signified his victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, and the corona civica was awarded for saving the life of not one citizen but of many thousands when he successfully ending the civil wars. On this coin Augustus is portraying wearing the oak wreath crown - which occurs only occasionally on Roman coins - which by law he was required to do at every public gathering.
Lot 2023
Jefimok Rouble 1655. "Horseman" and "1655" counterstamped on the obverse of a Netherlands, Zeeland Rijksdaalder, 1629 (Del. 911). 28.42 gm. Spassky 302 – this coin. Deep gray. Good Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 Ex "Russian Coins from the Fuchs Collection (Part III," Sotheby’s, London, April 24-25, 1997, lot 20.
Lot 18
Bruttium, Kaulonia. Silver Nomos (7.63 g), ca. 500-480 BC. KAVΛO (retrograde), Apollo advancing right, holding branch; small daimon running right on Apollo's outstretched arm; to right, stag standing right, head turned back. rev. Incuse of obverse, but daimon and ethnic in relief and palm branch to right. Noe grp. D, 53 (same obv. die); HN Italy 2038. Rare. Underlying luster present. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $2,000 From the Dionysus Collection. This issue of Kaulonia belongs to a remarkable class of coins struck by Greek cities in southern Italy in the late sixth century BC and characterized by incuse reverse designs replicating the raised designs of the obverse. The reason for the development of this peculiar and technologically complex method of coining (obverse and reverse dies needed to be produced with precision so that the raised and incuse designs would line up properly on the finished coin) remains unclear. It has been suggested, a little implausibly, that the incuse reverses were employed to facilitate the easy stacking of coins. Perhaps somewhat more likely are the suggestions that the incuse reverses might have been intended to thwart counterfeiting or that they represent the influence of local tradtions of repoussé work in Magna Graecia. Whatever the case, the coins are impressive in the technological skill required to create them and charming in their Archaic style.
Lot 313
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.10 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), elongated lyre with three strings. Hendin 1435; Mildenberg 182 (O22/R116); TJC 274. Overtsruck on a denarius of Trajan. Removed from an NGC slab where graded AU; Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $600 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The grape bunch and kinnor combination of this undated zuz continue types first introduced for the silver denomination in the second year of the Bar Kokhba War. Although this specimen is complete, some examples appear to have been cut in antiquity. Some commentators have considered the cutting to have been a means of invalidating the coins after the disastrous conclusion of the war while others have suggested that they simply represent an expedient for making change. Problematic for the invalidation theory is the fact that so few cut coins are known, but at the same time cut fractional coinage is also a great rarity in the ancient world once coin usage became firmly established.
Lot 466
Maximianus. Gold Aureus (4.97 g), second reign, AD 307-308. Rome, AD 307. MAXIMIA-NVS P F AVG, laureate head of Maximianus right. rev. CONCORD MILIT FELIC ROMANOR, Concordia, veiled, standing right, holding scepter, clasping hands with Hercules standing left, leaning on club; PR. RIC 176 (this coin cited); Depeyrot 14/1 (this coin cited); Calicó 4608 (this coin). Extremely Rare. Faint file marks on edge. About Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 Ex Maison Palombo 10 (27 November 2011), 39;Ex Hess-Leu (4 April 1963), 247.
Lot 1115
Anne (1702-14), gold Half-Guinea, 1712. Post-Union, draped bust left, legend surrounding, ANNA.DEI. GRATIA. toothed border around rim both sides, rev. Post-Union crowned cruciform shields, scepters in angles, garter star at center, date either side of top crown.MAG BRI. FR ET. HIB REG. weight 4.21g (Schneider -; MCE 235; S 3575; Fr 323; KM 527). Brilliant, one red spot at G of obverse legend, otherwise a pleasing example, in PCGS holder graded AU 58, Pop 1; the only finest example graded at both services. The only other slabbed example is an NGC EF 45. Estimated Value $5,000 Ex Spink Coin Auction, 12th November 2003, lot 44.Ex F R Kuenker, Germany, Auction 100, 21st June 2005, lot 158. PCGS certification 34313082.
Lot 1076
Henry IV (1399-1413), gold Noble of six shillings and eight pence. Light coinage (1412-13), type V, armored King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, trefoil on second line of hull, Latin legend and beaded borders surrounding, annulet before and double saltire stops in legend, hEn RIC'x Dixx Graxx Rexxx AnGL'x Zx FRAC'x DnSxx hIB'x Z A Q, rev.h at center of ornate cross with lis terminals, crown over lion in each angle, slipped trefoil by lion's head in first quarter, all within a tressure of eight arcs, fleurs in spandrels, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, initial mark cross pattee IhCxx AVtemxx TranSienSxx Perxx mEDivmxx ILLOrvxx IBAT, weight 6.90g (Schneider 208/206; N.1355; S.1715; Fr.106). Quite double struck on reverse, better struck than usual on obverse with a decent portrait of the King with most of the face visible, full weight, lightly toned, in PCGS holder graded AU 55, very rare as such. Estimated Value $11,500 Ex: Spink Coin Auction 81, 19th November 1990, lot 9.Privately transacted by Spink and Son, April 1995.Ex Spink Coin Auction 1012, 2nd December 2010, lot 883. PCGS certification 34312655. The lighter weight gold Noble was the later issue of the reign of Henry IV which seems to be extant from Easter of 1412, when reduced to 108 grains (6.998g) from the 120 grain (7.776g) earlier standard.
Lot 1166
George VI (1936-52), Proof four coin gold Set, 1937, Coronation year, gold Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign. All with plain edges, with original Royal Mint case with gold block crest and lettering (S.PS15). A few tiny marks and hairlines, toned practically as struck, in NGC holders graded £5=PF62Cameo, £2=PF64, Sovereign=PF65, Half-Sovereign=PF64. Estimated Value $19,000 NGC Certification: £5=2703374-002, £2=2703374-003, £1=2703374-006, £1/2=2703374-007. These plain edge Proof coins were produced to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI on the 12th May 1937, with a mintage of 5,501 pieces, they were technically patterns as they did not have milled edges.
Lot 373
Sasanian Kingdom. Ardashir I. Silver Obol (0.69 g), AD 223/4-240. Mint B ('Hamadam'), phase 3, ca. AD 233/4-238/9. Bust of Ardashir I right, wearing diadem (type R) and close-fitting headdress with korymbos and earflaps. rev. Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type R). SNS type IIib(4a)/3a(2b) (pl. 15, A42 - same rev. die); Göbl type III/1/2; Paruck -; Saeedi -; Sunrise 705 (this coin). Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $250
Lot 1137
George III (1760-1820), silver Pattern Garter Dollar, 1804. Struck by the Soho Mint entirely over a Spanish Empire Eight Reales, engraved by C H Kuchler, laureate and draped bust right.:C.H.K on truncation, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS III. DEI GRATIA ., top leaf points to upright of letter D, undertype of Eight Reales visible both sides, rev. struck en medaille, quartered shield of arms with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, within crowned Order of the garter, with French motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE., date either side of crown, DOLLAR below garter, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, edge showing decoration from the Eight Reales (ESC 182 dies I/3; Bull 1963; L&S 31; KM Pn66). Attractively toned, practically as struck, very rare, in NGC holder graded PF 65, Pop 2; tied for the finest examples graded at both services. Estimated Value $10,000 NGC certification 2724337-001 -their label shows die variety incorrectly as J/3. Enough of the undertype of the Eight Reales is apparent to see that this is an 1803 dated Mexico City Mint piece, when such details are visible it can only enhance the interest in such a proof striking. This coin ties for the highest graded example of this pattern (as labelled as of October 2017) on the NGC Census. The Bank of England Dollar was the successor to the emergency countermarked coins that were struck in relation to a crisis with the silver coinage at the end of the 18th Century, where the supply of silver in commerce and for the Mint had dwindled partly due to the Wars in France after the Revolution in 1797, but mainly because the Mint was saddled with a maximum price they were allowed to pay for silver by a law of 1601, which 175 plus years later was not adequate for purpose. Therefore, from March 1797 the Bank of England released stocks of its Spanish dollars and halves each with an oval countermark. They did not really alleviate the problem of smaller change and were issued on an off with the oval countermark, until a more complex larger octagonal mark replaced them from January to May 1804, as the oval pieces were being counterfeited. Eventually the octagonal replacements were also copied widely and the ultimate solution was to have the Soho Mint totally overstrike the remaining stocks of Spanish Dollars with a new Bank of England design. This piece was one of the proposed pattern designs for this overstrike of the dollar that was not ultimately adopted, and was a similar design to that just introduced on the gold Half-Guinea of 1804-13 and the later Military Guinea of 1813.
Lot 1029
Edward III, as King of France and England (1327-60), gold Ecu D'Or a la Chaise. Issued from 1344, seated figure of King on Gothic throne facing holding sword, within tressure of nine arcs with trefoils in spandrels, trefoils on cusps, beaded circle and legends surrounding, pellet and quatrefoil stops, +EDWARDVS: DEI*GRA* AGL': FranCIE: REX, rev. pierced quatrefoil at center of cross with pierced quatrefoil terminals, each terminal with three pierced stalked trefoils, within beaded and line quatrefoil tressure, with leaf trefoils on cusps, pierced trefoils in spandrels, beaded circle and legends surrounding, +XP*C: VinCIT: XPC: REGNAT: XPC: IMPERAT, weight 4.42g (Schneider 3; Beresford-Jones 13/17; Elias 33; Fr 2; Duplessy 236; AGC 38A dies 2/a; S. 8035). A nice full coin, a trifle weak in parts, in PCGS holder graded MS 62, Pop 1; the only example graded at PCGS. The only other slabbed example is an NGC AU 58. very rare. Estimated Value $13,500 PCGS certification 34312614. In March 1344 King Edward III wrote a letter to the Seneschal and the Constable giving information about the first gold coinage in England and suggested that the production of gold coins for the Duchy might be advantageous. Gold Ecus D'Or were then produced up until about 1352 though the only surviving report of the coinage is one from the Constable Walter de Weston for period 31st March to 15th September of 1348.
Lot 437
Nero Claudius Drusus. Silver Denarius (3.80 g), AD 41-54. Rome, under Claudius, ca. AD 41-45. NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, laureate head of Nero Claudius Drusus left. rev. Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue left between two trophies, DE GERMANIS on architrave. RIC 72; BMC 101; RSC 4. Well struck on a large wide flan with every letter complete. A superb portrait of Nero Claudius Drusus and delicately toned. Very rare and among the finest specimens known. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $10,000 Ex NAC 62 (6 October 2011), 2018;Ex NAC 29 (11 May 2005), 466;Ex Tkalec (29 February 2000), 234;Ex Exceptional Roman Denarii Coll. #3043. Nero Claudius Drusus was the son of Livia and the senator Tiberius Claudius Nero. Before he was born his parents divorced so that Augustus could marry his mother. Unlike his older brother, the future emperor Tiberius whom Augustus disliked, the emperor doted on his younger stepson. In 13 BC Drusus was sent to govern Gaul, and while there he repelled an attack by a tribe of Germans who had invaded the province. Most of the following years until his death were spent on campaigns in German territory. First, he crossed the Rhine frontier and penetrated as far as the North Sea, subduing the Frisii. The following years saw him engaged against various confederations of the Chatti, Sicambri and Marcomanni. He died tragically in 9 BC from injuries he sustained when he fell from his horse while on campaign fighting the Marcomanni.The Arch of Drusus that appears on the reverse of this coin and which commemorated his campaigns in Germania has not survived. Its precise location is not known, but it was on the Appian way.
Lot 1028
Cyprus, James II (1460-73), silver "Coronation" Gros. King seated on throne, holding sword and orb, panel with small cross to the left, shield with lion of Cyprus to the right, +IACOBVS+ DEI+ GRAIA+ XX+ REX+ IHE, rev. cross of Jerusalem with four incuse pellets in central square, +RUSALEM. CIPRI. E D. ARMENIE, 3.70g. (Schlumberger -; S Georgiades, Numismatic Circular 1975, p.148; Metcalf, Corpus of Lusignan Coinage Vol. 3, p.221, plate 20.2 (this coin); Malloy 150). The lower part of the obverse legend slightly off flan, in PCGS holder graded EF 45, well defined with an attractive light tone and exceedingly rare, one of only four known examples. Estimated Value $25,000 Ex Stavrokono hoard (Paphos) 1946, Cyprus (see Ashmolean, Coinage of the Crusaders and Latin East p.332 for details of the hoard).Ex J. R. Stewart Collection. Purchased from Münzen und Medallien, Basle, 1st September 1981.Ex John J. Slocum Collection of Coins of the Crusades, Sotheby's, 6th-7th March 1997, lot 727 (illustrated). PCGS certification 34313449. With Slocum's hand-written envelope and Sotheby's Lot No.727 auction envelope.This is assumed to be a coronation issue and, given its rarity, was perhaps handed-out to just a small number of attendees at the coronation. Of the four known examples, one resides in the Melbourne University Museum. The obverse legend refers to James II's claim to be the 20th King of Cyprus ("XX REX"). Also known as "James II the Bastard of Cyprus" (James II was the illegitimate son of John II by his mistress, Mary of Patras), James II had challenged his younger half-sister's right to the throne (she became Queen of Cyprus aged 14 in 1458), blockading her in the castle of Kyrena in 1460 before her escape to Rome in 1463.
Lot 282
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Æ Medium Bronze (12.99 g), 132-135 CE. Year 1 (132/3 CE). 'Sma' (abbreviating Simon; Paleo-Hebrew), seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates. rev. 'Year one of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), vine leaf on tendril. Hendin 1379; Mildenberg 47 (O2/R12); TJC 258. Nice sandy-brown patina. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The obverse die of this middle bronze coin from the first year of the Bar Kokhba War was also used to strike year 2 middle bronzes.
Lot 405
Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I Soter. Silver Tetradrachm (15.75 g), as Satrap, 323-305 BC. Alexandria, in the name of Alexander III, ca. 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress. rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, wielding javelin and holding forth shield; in left field, ΘE monogram; in right field, Corinthian helmet right above ΔI and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 177; Zervos issue 33, dies 534/d (this coin cited); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lockett 3394 (this coin). A superb specimen. Removed from an NGC slab where graded Ch AU*; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Fine style. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan CollectionEx R. C. Lockett Collection (Glendining, 21 February 1961), lot 2781;Ex Cartwright Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 4, 1 October 1935), lot 950.
Lot 1143
George IV (1820-30), silver Pattern Halfcrown, 1824. Bare head facing left, date below in small figures, small letter Latin legend and toothed border surrounding. GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA ., rev. inverted die axis, crowned and crested helmet over quartered shield of arms, heavily garnished, with a crowned escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, French language motto on banner below DIEU ET MON DROIT, small letter Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF: edge obliquely grained, weight 14.17g (Bull 2391 R7; ESC -; Davies 195; cf KM695). Attractively toned, practically as struck, and the only known example, of the highest rarity, in NGC holder graded PF 63. We feel this coin is a little undergraded. Estimated Value $30,000 Ex Glendining, 4th October 1962, lot 173. Subsequently sold privately through Spink and Son in 1977 and 1997.Ex Colin Adams, Collection of Halfcrowns, 1st December 2005, lot 625. NGC certification 2722101-002.
Lot 109
Aitolia, Aitolian League. Silver Triobol (2.46 g), ca. 225-170 BC. Head of the huntress Atalanta right, wearing kausia. rev. AITΩΛΩN above, the Kalydonian boar charging right; below K; in exergue, [A] and spearhead right. Tsangari 606b = Norman Davis Collection 130 (this coin); BCD Akarnania 470; Agrinion Hoard 611b (same obv. die). Toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $250 Ex Gemini VII (9 January 2011), lot 330;Ex Norman Davis Collection.
Lot 456
Hadrian, AD 117-138. Gold Aureus (7.40 g). Mint of Rome, struck A.D. 124-8. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust facing right, with slight drapery on left shoulder. rev. COS III, Hadrian on horse prancing left, raising his right head and holding a spear. RIC 188 var.; Calicó 1229 (this reverse die); Biaggi 596 var.; BMC p. 294, note 439. Attractively toned over luster, a very rare reverse type of Hadrian riding left, an impressive coin. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $20,000
Lot 62
Macedonia, Mende. Silver Tetradrachm (17.15 g), ca. 460-423 BC. Dionysos, inebriated, holding kantharos, reclining left on back of ass standing right. rev. MEN-ΔA-I-ON, vine with five grape bunches. SNG ANS 336; Gulbenkian 410 (same dies). Boldly struck and well centered. Very Rare. One of the finest known. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $20,000 From the Dionysus CollectionEx E. Waddell inventory, April 1999. Founded by Eretrian colonists in the Chalkidike in the ninth century BC, Mende is said to have derived its name from a corruption of minthe, the Greek name for the mint plants that grew in the region. The city grew wealthy from its access to lumber, silver, and gold from the Thraco-Macedonian interior, but owed much of its fame to local wine production. Mendean wine was so renowned and sought after that the fourth-century BC sculptor Lysippos reportedly designed a special form of amphora specifically for the transport of this vintage. Thus it is not surprising that a large vine heavy with succulent grapes was chosen as the badge for the reverse of this tetradrachm, while the obverse depicts the god of the vine, Dionysos or, perhaps, Selinos. The latter was a rustic deity, the father or grandfather of both the satyrs and the nymphs and spent most of his time completely drunk. Indeed, he was usually so drunk that he needed to be supported by satyrs or, as on this coin, by an ass. When the wine god Dionysos was born from the thigh of Zeus, Hermes placed the infant in the care of Silenos - after all, who else more suited to raising the god of wine than a drunken satyr - who became his tutor and was a prominent figure in the Dionysiac thiasos (retinue).
Lot 1147
George IV (1820-30), silver Proof Shilling, 1826. Second bare head left, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA, rev. inverted die axis, crowned lion standing left on large crown over emblems, legend commences lower left, BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR, edge milled (Bull 2411; Davies 232; ESC 1258; KM 694). Darker tone, a little patchy in places, otherwise practically as struck, has been graded and slabbed by Coin Grading Service UK as UNC88. Estimated Value $1,350 CGS UK certification 13538-SH.G4.1826.03 London Coin Grading Service as it is now termed, claim that grade 88 in their 100 point system is a traditional "Brilliant UNC to near FDC" and equates to an American Sheldon scale of 65-66. This estimation is only one point out from when this coin was formerly physically graded by NGC as PF64.
Lot 24
Sicily, Entella. Silver Tetradrachm (16.97 g), ca. 300-289 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. rev. Horse's head right; behind, palm tree. Jenkins 317 (O101/R261); SNG Lloyd 1642; Basel 564; de Luynes 1449. Boldly struck with luster still present. A superb example. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dionysus Collection. The Punic inscription on this coin names "the People of the Camp" and leaves no doubt about its use to pay the numerous foreign (primarily Italic) mercenaries that swelled the armies of Carthage during its conflict with the Greek cities for dominance on Sicily. "People of the Camp" issues are usually attributed to Entella, a frequent stronghold of Campanian mercenaries in the fourth and third centuries BC. The obverse of the coin features a depiction of Herakles drawn from the popular tetradrachms of Alexnder the Great - a type widely accepted by foreign mercenaries throughout the Mediterranean world - while the reverse features the head of a horse and a palm tree. The palm tree (phoinix in greek) alludes to the Phoenician origin of the Punic peoples of North Africa while the horse refers to the somewhat bizarre tradition that Carthage was founded by the Tyrian queen Dido on a hill where the head of a horse was unearthed.
Lot 172
Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.57 g), ca. 412-378 BC. Forepart of winged lion left. rev. Sphinx seated right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt 63; HGC 6, 989 correction. (lion, not boar). Rare. Mint luster present, delicately toned and unusually well centered. The seated sphinx is fantastic! Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 From the Dionysus Collection. According to Greek mythology, the sphinx was a monstrous creature composed of a woman's head and the body of a lion that was sent to punish Boiotian Thebes. It would ask passersby a riddle, and if they could not give the correct answer the sphinx (from the Greek verb sphingo, "to throttle") would kill them. At last the tragic hero Oedipus answered the riddle and freed the city from the terror of the sphinx. The sphinx on this coin, however, is male, and therefore somewhat closer to the sphinxes of Egypt, the model from which the Greeks ultimately derived their sphinx tradition. Indeed, even in the Oedipus myth, the Greeks recalled that Hera had sent the sphinx to Thebes from its homeland in Aethiopia, not far from Egypt.
Lot 93
Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. Gold Stater (8.51 g), as King, 306-281 BC. Byzantion (later Constantinople), ca. 230s BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAΧOY, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting elbow on shield at side, spear leaning against far shoulder; in outer left field, monogram; in exergue, trident left. Marinescu 119 (dies 44/114); Seyrig pl. 23, 7 = SNG Berry 456 (same dies). Lustrous. Fine style and struck in high relief on a nice large flan. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $4,000 From the Dionysus Collection. After the death of Alexander the Great, his former bodyguard Lysimachos managed to parlay his position as strategos (military governor) of Thrace into kingship in Thrace (306 BC) and then into a great kingdom that encompassed Thrace, Macedonia, and much of western Asia Minor (301 BC). Unfortunately, family intrigues ultimately led Lysimachos to execute his popular son Agathokles in 282 BC. This sparked a revolt in Asia Minor that drew in the forces of Seleukos I and resulted in the battle of Koroupedion (281 BC). Lysimachos was killed in the fighting and his kingdom disintegrated amid war and barbarian invasion. Nevertheless, Lysimachos achieved near immortality through his coin types depicting the deified Alexander and Athena Nikephoros. These types had made such a strong impression on the peoples of Thrace and regions further to the north that they continued to be demanded as payment by mercenaries and as protection money well into the first century BC. This impressive demand was met by numerous posthumous issues struck by cities up and down the western littoral of the Black Sea and the Propontis. They are perhaps best known from Byzantion, which struck posthumous Lysimachi not only to retain domination in the Black Sea grain trade but also to pay the exorbitant tributes demanded by the Galatians of Tylis in the third century BC.
Lot 1113
Anne (1702-14), gold Guinea, 1709. Post-Union, second draped bust left, legend surrounding, ANNA.DEI. GRATIA. toothed border around rim both sides, rev. Post-Union crowned cruciform shields, scepters in angles, garter star at center, date either side of top crown, MAG. BRI. FR ET. HIB REG. (Schneider -; MCE 220; S 3572; Fr 320; KM 529.1). Raised die flaw in hair otherwise with an attractive red tone, in PCGS holder graded AU 58, Pop 2; tied for the finest examples graded at both services. Estimated Value $11,000 Ex Spink Coin Auction 210, 6th October 2011, lot 388. PCGS certification 34313080.
Lot 303
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.40 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, with a medallion at top and tendrils at bottom. rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), upright palm branch. Hendin 1416; Mildenberg 65 (O14/R37); TJC 279c. Overstruck on a coin of Trajan. A very choice example. Removed from an NGC slab where graded Ch AU; Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $700 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The zuzim attributed to the third year of the Bar Kokhba War continue the wreathed name of Simon [bar Kokhba] and palm branch types of the second year even though by this time the hope of victory, as symbolized by the palm, was quickly slipping away as Roman forces massed against Judaea and prepared for the final onslaught.
Lot 1154
Victoria (1837-1901), silver Crown, 1845. Young filleted head left, date below, legend and toothed surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms within wreath, emblems below, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: edge inscribed with incuse lettering and cinquefoil stops, DECUS ET TUTAMEN* ANNO REGNI VIII* (Bull 2562; Davies 433; ESC 281; S 3882; KM 741). With a few light nicks and surface marks, short curved scratch behind ear, otherwise toned, in PCGS holder graded AU 55, Pop 1; the finest example graded at PCGS. Only 2 examples graded higher at NGC, 1 in AU-58, 1 in MS-61. Estimated Value $2,500 Ex Spink Coin Auction, 28th September 2005, lot 1490. PCGS certification 34312697.
Lot 1102
Charles II (1660-85), gold Guinea, 1663. Struck from 22 carat gold supplied by the African Company, elephant below first laureate head right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding both sides, CAROLVS. II.DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, emblematic scepters in angles, four interlinked Cs at center, date either side of top crown.MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. edge milled, weight 8.32g (Schneider 438; MCE 53 ER; S 3339; Fr 288; KM 420.2). Tiny surface marks and hairlines both sides, old dig on neck with a couple of other superficial marks, otherwise extremely fine, in PCGS holder graded AU Details, Cleaned, extremely rare. Estimated Value $40,000 Ex W W Brest Collection. Ex George Hamilton-Smith, Glendining, 23rd May 1927.Ex William Luard Raynes, Glendining, 15th February 1950.Ex Sharps Pixley Collection, Spink Coin Auction 72, 1989. PCGS certification 34313461. The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles the Second, by the Grace of God," and abbreviated on the reverse as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland."
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