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Click here to subscribe336-311 BC. Group including lifetime and posthumous issues: second, Amphipolis mint (theta beneath throne); fourth, Babylon mint, struck by Seleukos I (MYR monogram in wreath in left field, AH monogram beneath throne). Price 214; Mueller 197; SNG Cop 710; Demanhur hoard 1597-1598/Price 3719; Waggoner, Babylon 465g. Ssee Wildwinds.com (second coin). 66.83 grams total. [4, No Reserve] Fine and better.
92-83 BC. Syria mint. Obv: diademed head of Philip right. Rev: BASILEWS FILIPPOU EPIFANOUS FILADELFOU legend to right and left of Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; XAT monogram in left field, LI monogram below. SC 2463; Hoover HGC 1319; BMC 6. See Wildwinds.com (first coin). 70.16 grams total. [5, No Reserve] Fine to near very fine.
200-100 BC. Obv: stylised head of Herakles right, with lionskin headdress. Rev: partial, garbled legend, greatly stylised Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, MA monogram in left field. Imitating coinage of Alexander III (Price 1494, Pergamum mint). See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 15.16 grams. Very fine.
Ca. 50-10 BC. Obv: head of Dionysos left, the ivy wreath resembling a radiate crown. Rev: legend degraded to dots, Herakles, naked, standing facing as a stick figure with sun-like head and two fingers on each hand representing him standing left, holding club and lion skin. Gobl Class V; similar to Propokov The Imitations Of Late Thasian Tetradrachms, Pl. V, 22; cf. CCCBM I, 236 for obverse. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 16.02 grams. Near as struck.
50-5 BC. Horse left type, NE5-6. Obv: wreath, cloak and crescents. Rev: horse left with pellet below, 'eye' above head and pellets before and above with zig-zag and pellets exergue line. S. 29; BMC 193-199; ABC 1722; see CCI 12.0829 (same reverse die, sold Bonhams, 12 October 2011, lot 66). See Celtic Coin Index, Oxford, reference CCI 15.0092 (this coin). 6.21 grams. Found Near Bawtry, Nottinghamshire, UK, 2015. Good very fine. Rare; only one other specimen recorded from the dies.
50-50 BC. Obv: traces of 'men in boat' design. Rev: central bar with symbols above and below. S. -; BMC -; VA -; M. -; Evans -; Al. -; ABC 1764 (the only published reference); see Rudd list 93, number 29 (May 2007) for another example (printout of entry included). A Corieltauvi coin derived from the Gallo-Belgic Dc/Scheers series 13 quarter staters; one of the earliest British issues. 1.42 grams. "Good very fine; about as struck. Extremely rare, very few recorded."
Dated Year 29 of the local era and COS XIII = 2 BC.. Obv: KAISAROS SEBASTOU legend with laureate head right. Rev: ETOYS QK NIKHS legend with Tyche seated right, holding palm branch, river-god Orontes swimming right below, YPA monogram and IG and YPA monogram in upper right field, TXA in lower right field. RPC 4155; Wruck 6; Butcher Julio-Claudians, 16. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 13.82 grams. [No Reserve] Good very fine.
111 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP legend with laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. Rev: COS V PP SQPR OPTIMO PRINC legend with Victory standing right, foot on rock, inscribing DA-CI-CA on a shield set on a palm stump. RIC 130; RSC 80; Strack 131; BMC 322; Sear 3128. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 3.41 grams. Extremely fine.
222-235 AD. Wife of Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). Obv: IOYLIAN MAMEA CEB legend with draped bust right. Rev: LAERTEITWN legend with Demeter standing left, holding patera and torch. See CNG 310, lot 250 for the only other known example (same dies); see Wildwinds.com (for the CNG coin); unpublished in the standard references (SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG Levante Supp. –; SNG Pfälzer –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –; Ziegler –). 6.61 grams. Property of an American gentleman, Massachusetts, USA. [No Reserve] "Very fine. Extremely rare; one other specimen recorded, unpublished;"
216 AD. Military mint along the Danube border. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM legend with radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII PP legend with Diana, crescent on head, driving biga of bulls left. Limes version of RIC 274b. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). This is a Limes bronze antoninianus, struck on the Danube border at a temporary military mint, which struck official coins in bronze because of a lack of silver, using official dies. 3.92 grams. Near extremely fine. Rare.
198-211 AD. Obv: AYK H LYI ANTANINOC KAI L CE GETAC KAIC legend (A of name engraved as a w) with jugate busts right of Caracalla, radiate and draped, and Geta, bare-headed and draped. Rev: OYLPIAC PAYTALIAC legend with Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff with right hand, left hand on his hip. Varbanov 5289; Moushmov 4310; Ruzicka 5289. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 15.29 grams. Near extremely fine. Rare.
250-251 AD. Obv: ERENNE TROY ME KY DEKIOC KECAR legend with bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, three dots beneath bust (= officina 3). Rev: DHMARX EXOYCIAC legend with eagle standing right on palm branch, head right, tail left, wreath in beak; SC in exergue. Prieur 633. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 12.49 grams. [No Reserve] Good very fine.
287-293 AD. London mint. Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG legend with laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS SAEC C legend with radiate lion walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws; mintmark RSR in exergue. RIC V-2 591 variant (reverse legend); Sear -; Webb -; Cohen -; RSC -; Akerman -; etc.; see Christies, sale 1283, lot 157A (different dies, with lot printout included); see TimeLine Auctions, 19 June 2013, lot 97 (different reverse legend, realised £12,705 including buyers premium, with lot printout included); possibly unpublished. See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference BM-B49CF4 (this coin, with a printout of the PAS record); see Wildwinds.com (this coin). 3.95 grams. Found near Andover, Hampshire, UK, 2015; recorded PAS (reference BM-B49CF4). "Extremely fine; thin striking split to flan; few minor scuffs. Extremely rare, possibly unpublished, important."
310-313 AD or later. Alexandria mint (?). Obv: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES legend with laureate head right. Rev: GENIO CAESARIS legend with Genius, wearing modius, standing left holding patera and cornucopia with P - K to fields and officina mark S to right field above; mintmark absent but probably ALE in exergue. See Sear 14730 for host coin. This is one piece from what would have been a row of similar moulds to receive molten metal in a single pour, hence it shows both an obverse and a reverse impression; on cooling, the complete mould is broken open to extract the multiple coin casts. 5.91 grams. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with ticket (wrongly identifying coin issue as Constantius I). [No Reserve] Fine condition; small loss at edge where removed from the cast coins.
313-314 AD. Lyons mint. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. Rev: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI legend with Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; S-F across fields, mintmark PLG in exergue. RIC VII Lyons 1; Sear 16066. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 4.90 grams. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with envelope. [No Reserve] Near extremely fine. Scarce.
324-325 AD. Cyzicus mint. Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG legend with laureate head right. Rev: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG legend with campgate, seven layers, two beacons, star above, no doors; mintmark SMK epsilon below. RIC VII Cyzicus 24; Sear 16261. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 2.84 grams. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with envelope. Very rare officina (R4). [No Reserve] Extremely fine; near fully silvered.
367-375 AD. Trier mint. Obv: DN VALEN-S PF AVG legend with pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: VIRTVS-EXERCITVS legend with emperor standing facing, looking left, holding standard in right hand and resting left hand on shield; mintmark TRPS· in exergue. RIC IX Trier 26b2 and 42a1; RSC 71+c. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 4.03 grams. [No Reserve] Very fine; striking split to flan and chip at edge. Rare.
54-253 AD. Mixed group from Antioch, Syria and Alexandria, including: billon tetradrachm of Caracalla, Antioch; Philip II, Antioch; Nero, Alexandria; Elagabalus, Antioch, linear wings type; Trebonianus Gallus, Antioch. Prieur 444, SNG Cop 1211/RPC 5289, Milne 238, Sear 2004/Prieur 270/Prieur 679. See Wildwinds.com (last coin). 61.44 grams total. [5, No Reserve] Fine to good very fine.
545-565 AD. Imitative, Constantinople mint, lightweight issue. Obv: D N IVSTINI-AVS P P AVG legend with pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding cross on globe in right hand and shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy on left arm. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter I, legend with angel standing facing, holding long, P-headed staff and a cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark (OB XX or similar) in exergue (off flan). MIB 16; Sear 142A. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 2.17 grams. Very fine; clipped flan.
565-578 AD. Unofficially struck from the dies for a gold tremissis (from stolen dies?), Constantinople mint. Obv: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG legend with pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM legend with Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. Cf. DO 13-14; Sear 353 (gold tremissis); not an official issue, struck possibly using stolen dies. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). An interesting coin with the wide flan around the edge typical of a tremissis; in addition the mintmark CONOB shows that the dies were planned for a gold coin, not silver (CON = Constantinopolis or its weight standard, OB = obryzum = refined or pure gold) and was never used on silver coins. Worthy of further research. 1.20 grams. [No Reserve] Very fine. Very rare and interesting.
527-565 AD. In the name of Justinian, barbarous style. Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG legend with diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIA AVCCC legend with Victory seated right, inscribing numerals on shield; eight-pointed star in left field, rudimentary chi-rho (reversed) in right field; mintmark CONOB (or CONOR?). Cf. BMC Athalaric 7-8; imitating MIB 17-18 and Sear 143. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 2.14 grams. Near extremely fine.
789-796 AD. Second reign. Obv: small cross with +AEDILRED R legend. Rev: small cross with +CVDHEARD legend for the moneyer Cudheard. S. 856; N. 185/1; see Pirie, pp.34-35. See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2006.0324 (this coin). 1.11 grams. Found Torksey, Lincolnshire, UK, 2006. "Very fine; reverse better, good silver. Scarce thus."
939-941 AD. Obv: raven with wings spread and +A[NLA]F CVNCRI legend with first A inverted and line of triple pellets at end. Rev: small cross with +PER[ ]D MONETA legend with NE ligated for a moneyer Wer....d at York. S. 1019; N. 537 variant (moneyer). See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2014.0015 (this coin). This type is recorded from a number of specimens for a moneyer Aethelferd but the moneyer on this coin is clearly different and is previously unrecorded. 1.06 grams. Very fine but chipped and broken. Extremely rare; the moneyer unrecorded.
924-939 AD. Bust crowned type, with mint name, local die variant. Obv: profile bust right with small cross at each side and +ÆÐELSTA[N REX] TO BR legend with line of four pellets at end. Rev: small cross with [+]ÆÐELERD MO E[FEC?] legend for the moneyer Athelerd at York mint. S. 1095 variant; N. 675 variant. See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference 2015.0014 (this coin). 1.06 grams. Found near Selby, Yorkshire, UK, 2014. "Extremely fine, near as struck but chipped. Variant possibly not previously recorded."
1017-1023 AD. BMC type VIII variant. Obv: profile bust left within quatrefoil, small cross behind and +CNVT REX ANGLOR legend. Rev: long voided cross with quatrefoil with pellet in two quarters and +SPRVNT M.: ÐEO legend for the moneyer Sprunt at Thetford mint. S. 1157 variant; N. 781 variant; see EMC 1015.3803 for same type/mint. See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 1201.0008 (this coin). 1.04 grams. Near extremely fine; about as struck.
1165-1168 AD. Class D2. Obv: facing bust with sceptre and [+H]ENR[IC REX] legend. Rev: cross potent with cross potent in angles with +WIL[AME]:ON:[CA:] legend for the moneyer William at Carlisle mint. S. 1340; N. 958/2; BMC 223 (same dies). See Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2014.0365 (this coin, printout included). 1.48 grams. Found near Doncaster, UK, 2014. Very fine for issue. Scarce.
Dated 1731 and 1746 AD. Young bust. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform arms with roses/plumes in angles with M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A ET E legend and date. Old bust. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA legend with LIMA below. Rev: cruciform arms with M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A ET E legend. S. 3707; ESC1607/S. 3710A; ESC 1618; see Nesmith, R. I., The LIMA Pieces of George II, Coin Collector's Journal, July-August 1954 for background information on LIMA issues. The silver bullion from which the English silver coins marked LIMA below the bust were struck was captured from Spanish and French ships in 1744-1745. 2.91, 2.95 grams. [No Reserve] Good fine and near very fine.
Dated 1797 AD. A Georgian patchbox formed from two cartwheel twopence coins with centre hollowed out. Obv: profile bust with incuse GEORGIUS III D G REX legend. Rev: seated Britannia with incuse BRITANNIA legend and date; the lid with lugs to hold in place and secured by twisting. S. 3776 (coin). 32.62 grams. Very fine.
1816-1822 AD. A pair of coin weighing scales with brass pans, green cords and steel beam with red silk suspender, including matched and marked knobbed weights for the gold sovereign, half sovereign, guinea, half guinea and third guinea, each marked with the denomination and some with a 'lion' verification punch; the set contained in a black ornamented japanned steel oval case with hinged lid, fabric lined, the weights held in two drilled wood blocks. See S&M 115 for a similar set (dated to 1817). 113 grams total, 12.5cm (case). (5"). Scales and weights very fine condition; case scuffed externally. Rare set and weight combination.
Dated 1876. Type A6. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR REG F D legend. Rev: crown over ONE SHILLING within wreath with date below and small die number 5 above. S. 3906A; ESC 1328; BSC 905. This lot has been authenticated and graded by a specialist independent coin grading service and is encapsulated with a unique reference number that is traceable through the records of that organisation. (33.47 grams with capsule). "CGS graded AU 75 (= almost uncirculated), very light gold tone. Scarce."
Dated 1734 AD. A Mexico mint silver 8 reals coin (a 'piece of eight'), with silver mount inscribed TREASURE FROM 'HOLLANDIA' SUNK 1743 sterling silver around the edge, with ornate suspension loop. KM# 94. The Hollandia was a Dutch East India Company trading vessel of 40 guns, sailing on her maiden voyage from Texel, captained by Jan Kelder, with 30 passengers, a crew of 276 and a heavy cargo of silver and other trading goods. She was sailing to Batavia in the East Indies and strayed off course at night in the Engish Channel before colliding with Gunner Rock off the Isles of Scilly on 3rd July 1743. Attempts were made by the Dutch East India Company to salvage the silver but this was unsuccessful due to the depth of water and limited diving capabilities then possible. The wreck site was re-discovered in 1971 and a major sale of the coins and artefacts recovered was held in Penzance, Cornwall on 21st September 1973. 26.31 grams. Recovered from Hollandia shipwreck, Scilly Isles, 1971. [No Reserve] Fine condition; coin with sea salvage surfaces.
Dated 1737 AD. Pillar dollar. Obv: crowned arms with moneyer initial M over F left and mark of value 8 (reales) to right and PHILIP V D G HISPAN ET IND REX legend. Rev: crowned double globe between crowned pillars with VTRAQUE VNUM legend, date and 'o over M' mintmark for Mexico mint. KM# 103. The Rooswijk was a Dutch East Indiaman which sank with the loss of all hands on the notorious Goodwind Sands, off the east coast of Kent, in December 1739; she carried silver ingots and coin with other cargo while sailing to the East Indies; following shifting of the sands, she was discovered and excavated in 2005. 26.15 grams. Recovered Rooswijk shipwreck, off Goodwin Sands, Kent, 2005 (with Certificate and ticket) [No Reserve] "Near as struck, with sea salvage surfaces."
Dated 1864 AD. A 19th century patch box formed from two Austrian copper 4 kreuzer coins with the obverse providing the base and the reverse the lid. Obv: crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast with K K OESTERREICHISCHE SCHEIDEMUNZE legend. Rev: value, date and mint letter B (for Kremnitz) within wreath. KM# 2194. 11.15 grams. [No Reserve] "Coin fine, box very fine."
Coin dated 527-538 AD. A gold coin pendant consisting of a solidus coin of Constantinople mint; coin details: Obv: D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG legend with helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield. Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter B, legend with angel standing facing, holding linear, P-headed cross and cross on globe; star in right field; mintmark CONOB in exergue. Coin references: DOC 9; MIB 7; Metvalf 358 ff.; Sear 140. 4.52 grams, 23.59mm (1"). From an important North London collection formed before 1980. Fine condition.
6th-10th century AD. A rectangular bronze seal box face panel with inlaid silver christogram, alpha and omega flanking; three holes to the underside. For a coin weight with similar design see Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009, p.53. 8.97 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Fine condition. Rare.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze disc brooch formed from a contemporary or earlier bronze coin by the addition of pin-lugs and catchplate; the coin with short-cross centre to the reverse, bearded bust to the obverse. Cf. coin-brooch in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, item 1.1.1-t. 9.70 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve] "Fine condition, usage wear to obverse."
20th century AD. Two small circular silver trinket bowls, the base of the first set with a British Trade Dollar coin (minted in Bombay and dated 1900) and the second with a Chinese Hu-Peh Province Dollar (undated but struck 1909-1911 AD). Coin references KM# T5/KM# Y# 131. 100 grams total, 80mm (3 1/4"). Property of a Swindon collector; acquired by purchase, 1980s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
19th century AD. A miniature candlestick with a halfcrown coin of Anne (dated 1707 SEXTO, Edinburgh mint, after the Act of Union) as the base, affixed tubular candle holder with heart-shaped rim and twisted circular handle. Coin references S. 3605; ESC 575. 17 grams, 24mm tall (1"). Property of a Kent gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
20th century AD. A silver bracelet formed of a Spanish coin of the Provisional Government (1870), another of Amadeo I and three of Alfonso XII, three with backgrounds cut away to show the bust (obverse) side and two to show the arms (reverse) side; coins slightly curved to fit the wrist and linked, with a 'hook-and-eye' fastener. Coin references KM# 655/KM# 666/KM# 688. 87 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). Property of a Kent gentleman. Very fine condition; excellent workmanship and wearable.
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