There are 172550 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribeSELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.25 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 161 (152/1 BC). Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ?HMHTPIOY SOTHPOS, cornucopia; below, two monograms above A?P (date). SC 1642.3d; SMA 120; HGC 9, 806; DCA 111; Sunrise 199 (this coin). Good VF, toned. From the Sunrise Collection.
ITALY, Papale (Stato Pontificio-Senato Romano). Anonymous issues. 14th century. AV Ducat (20mm, 3.52 g, 3h). Second period. Rome mint. S/·/M/P/C/T/R/V/S/· to left, n/C/S and ATOR · VRBIS · to right, S. Pietro standing right and Senator kneeling left, holding banner between them / · (crossed keys) ROII? CAPVT · IIVDI, S/P/Q/R/(facing head of Christ)/·, Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by mandorla containing nine stars. CNI XV 557/563 (obv./rev.); cf. Ives, pl. VII (for type); Gamberini 391; Berman 150. Good VF, toned. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Coin Galleries (12 April 1994), lot 575.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.02 g, 10h). Ekbatana mint. Series 2. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ?HMHT[PIOY SOTHPOS], Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; no control marks. SC 1735.3b; Le Rider, Suse, p. 336, C 23; HGC 9, 803a; Sunrise 200 (this coin). EF, toned, a little die wear on obverse. From the Sunrise Collection.
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Circa 350-333 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.94 g). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse rectangle, containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos. Johnston, Earliest 12 = BMC Ionia p. 324, 3 (same obv. die); Meadows, Administration 328 var. (legend on obv.); Mildenberg, Münzwesen, Group 6.2; Traité II 77–8 (Memnon of Rhodes); Jameson 1787; Pozzi 3138; Sunrise 70 (this coin). EF, toned, light cleaning marks on obverse. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 125 (13 October 2003), lot 260.Johnston has interpreted this remarkable reverse design as a relief map of the hinterland of Ephesos, which would make it the earliest Greek map and first physical relief map known. On the right (north) are the mountains Tmolos and Messogis between the river valleys of the Caÿster and Maeander, to the left of which are three mountain ridges (Madranbaba Dagi, Karincali Dagi, and Akaba Tepesi). Johnston follows Six in suggesting that the coins were probably struck under the Persian general Memnon at Ephesos, circa 336-334 BC, in order to pay his army after he had captured the city, but before his defeat by Alexander at the Battle of Granicus in 334. However, Johnston’s theory has been the subject of some doubt, most recently by Leo Mildenberg.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.02 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck SE 162/3 (151-149 BC). Diademed head right / [B]ASI?EOS A?E?AN?POY [T]EO?ATOPOS [E]YEPGETOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram in exergue. SC 1785.1a; SMA 178; HGC 9, 887a; Sunrise 201 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, a little off center. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.11 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Diademed head right / [BAS]I?E[OS] [A]?E?AN?POY TEO?ATOPOS EYEPGETOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; to outer left, cornucopia above monogram; G?P (date) in exergue. SC 1785.3a; SMA 140; HGC 9, 887a; DCA 127; Sunrise 202 (this coin). Near EF, toned, a little off center. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Alexander I Balas. 152-145 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.12 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Radiate and diademed head right / BASI?EO[S] A?E?AN?POY, Apollo standing left, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; grain ear to outer left, F to inner left. SC 1786.2; SMA –; HGC 9, 891; Sunrise 203 (this coin). VF. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Peus 393 (31 October 2007), lot 292 (conserved since).
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.38 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ?HMHTPIOY TEOY FI?A?-E?FOY NIKA-TOPOS, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; palm frond to outer left, monogram to inner left, Z?P (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1906.5a; SMA –; De Clercq 142; HGC 9, 957d; DCA 146 corr. (monogram); Sunrise 204 (this coin). EF. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.10 g, 12h). Seleukeia in Pieria mint. Diademed head right / BASI?EO[S] ?HMHTPIOY NIKATOPOS, anchor; lotus flower to inner left. SC 1927.1; HGC 9, 982; Sunrise 205 (this coin). Near EF, toned, tiny flan flaw on obverse. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 256 (5 May 2008), lot 372.
LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company). 1602-1800. AR Zilveren rijder of dukaton (42mm, 32.55 g, 12h). Enkhuizen or Medemblik in West-Friesland mint; mm: turnip. J. Knol, muntmeester. Dated 1741. MON : FŒD : BELG : PRO : WESTF : IN USUM SOCIET : IND : ORIENT, armored knight, brandishing sword in right hand, left on galloping horse; crowned coat-of-arms below / CONCORDIA RES PARVÆ CRESCUNT 1741, crowned coat-of-arms of the Dutch Republic with crowned lion supporters; below, Dutch East India Company monogram within ornate frame. Scholten 45; Delmonte, Argent, 1064; N&C 13. VF, weakly struck at center of coin. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.83 g, 4h). Susa mint. Struck 145-144 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ?HMH-TPIOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram to outer left and outer right, [uncertain monogram in exergue]. SC 1995.2 (this coin referenced); Sunrise 206 = CSE 1083 = P. Strauss, "Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvé près de Suse," Revue Numismatique 13 (6th series, 1971), 121 (this coin); HGC 9, 960. VF, toned. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 577; Arthur Houghton Collection, 1083; Susiana, 1965 hoard (IGCH 1806).
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.79 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY E?IFANOYS ?IONYSOY, the Dioskouroi, holding reins in right hand and couched lances in left, on horses rearing left; to right, TPY above monogram above STA; OP (date) below; all within wreath of laurel, ivy, and grain ears. SC 2000.3d; SMA 242; HGC 9, 1032; DCA 178; Sunrise 208 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, a little die wear on obverse. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 350.
RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov. 1645-1676. AR Efimok (42mm, 27.68 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Dated 1655. A 3rd issue Brussel mint patagon of Albrecht en Isabella (struck 1612-1621) countermarked on reverse with two punches: horseman right, monogram below, all within circular incuse, and 1655 in rectangular incuse. For coin: cf. Vanhoudt I 408; for c/ms: Efimki 751-753; Kaim I p. 126-129. Host Coin and countermarks EF, attractive cabinet toning, marks on edge. Extremely rare, possibly unique novodel issue. Ex Maison Palombo 12 (6 December 2013), lot 707.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.19 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 170 (143/2 BC). Radiate and diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY E?IFANOYS ?IONYSOY, Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrow in his right hand, left hand on bow set on ground to right; monogram between legs, OP (date) and STA in exergue. SC 2002.2e; SMA 248; HGC 9, 1036a; DCA 182; Sunrise 207 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, usual hairline flan crack. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Jay Dawley Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 2053.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.16 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck circa 143-142 BC. Radiate and diademed head right / [B]ASI?EOS ANTIOXOY E?IFANOYS ?IONYSOY, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat’s horn above visor; TPY above helmet, monogram to lower right. SC 2003a; SMA –; HGC 9, 1037; Sunrise 209 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
WORLD COUNTERMARKS. Lot of ten (10) AR Countermarked Denominations. All coins: countermarked on other denominations for use elsewhere in Europe, Africa, America, and Asia. Lot includes the following:FOR USE IN EUROPE(a) LOW COUNTRIES, Zuidelijke Nederlanden (Southern Netherlands). Filips IV van Spanje. 1621-1665. AR “48 Stuiver” (28mm, 13.16 g, 8h). Pair of vuurijzers and vuursteens; all within round incuse on obverse of a Potosí mint 4 Reales (cf. ME 6146). Flan split. Ex Ponterio 25 (25 September 1986), lot 461.(b) RUSSIA, Tsardom of Rus. Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov. 1645-1676. AR Jefimok (42mm, 28.82 g, 1h). Dated 1655. Georgii Pobedenosets on horseback right; all within round incuse, and 1655 within rectangular incuse, both on obverse of a 1655 Nijmegen mint Nederlandse rijksdaalder (Davenport 4828). Ex Downie-Lepczyk 64 (2 December 1985), lot 590; Virgil Brand Collection (Part IV, Sotheby, 3 November 1983), lot 16.FOR USE IN AFRICA(c) MOZAMBIQUE, Colonial. Maria I. Queen of Portugal, 1786-1816. Counterfeit AR “960 Reis” (21mm, 26.76 g, 12h). Incuse MR monogram on reverse of 1764-MF Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint AR 8 Reales of Carlos III of Spain (ME 11928). Countermark is a modern copy and host coin has been chased and has had mount removed. Ex Superior 64 (30 January 1984), lot 2376.FOR USE IN AMERICA(d) NICARAGUA, Colonial. León. AR 8 Reales (39mm, 26.82 g, 12h). Crowned lion rampant left within oval incuse on obverse of 1746-MF Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint AR 8 Reales of Felipe V of Spain (ME 9464). Ex Alexander Patterson Collection (Bonham’s, 19 July 1996), lot 576.FOR USE IN ASIA(e) MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Java. AR Taler Batu (40mm, 27.42 g, 12h). Djawa in Malay-Arabic within circular incuse on obverse of 1758 Wien (Vienna) mint Taler of Maria Theresia (Davenport 1113). Ex Wyatt (7 April 1988), lot 365.(f) MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Madura. AR Real Batu (38mm, 26.77 g, 12h). “Madura Star” in lanceate incuse on reverse of 1767-MF Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint AR 8 Reales of Carlos III of Spain (ME 11950).(g) MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Sumatra. AR Quarter Real Batu (20mm, 6.37 g, 9h). Flower with incuse petals and raised carpels on obverse of 1763 Potosí mint AR 2 Reales of Carlos III of Spain (cf. ME 11475).(h) MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Sumatra. AR Dukaton Batu (42mm, 32.41 g, 12h). Flower with incuse petals and raised carpels on obverse of 1758 Hoorn mint AR Zilveren rijder of dukaton (P&W Wf32).(i) MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Sumenep. AR Real Batu (35mm, 23.29 g, 11h). Flower with incuse petals and carpels and sumenep in Malay-Arabic in rectangular incuse on reverse of Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint AR 8 Reales of Felipe V of Spain (cf. ME 9183).(j) MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Uncertain. AR Real Batu (28mm, 27.32 g, 5h). Crossed bars; two pellets, each in opposite quarters; all within circular incuse, and partial countermark, both on reverse of 1730-R Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint AR 8 Reales of Felipe V of Spain. ME 9329. Coins average VF or better, toned. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Ten (10) coins in lot. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VI Dionysos. 144-142 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.09 g, 2h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Undated issue, struck circa 143-142 BC. Radiate and diademed head right / BASI?EO[S] ANTIOXOY E?IFANOYS ?IONYSO[Y], panther standing left, holding broken spear in its mouth; STA to right. SC 2004; SMA 255; HGC 9, 1040; Sunrise 210 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Helios 2 (25 November 2008), lot 187.
ANGLO-SAXON, Primary Sceattas. Circa 685-700. AR Sceat (12mm, 1.24 g, 6h). Series BIII imitation. Copying a mint at Essex or East Anglia. Crude head right; two annulets before / Cross pattée with bird at top; pellets in quarters; blundered legend in margin. Abramson 16.90 (same dies as illustration); Coin Register 2002, 70 = EMC 2001.0979; Beowulf 25 (this coin); Metcalf –; SCBI 63 (BM), –; North –; SCBC –. Good VF, find patina. Rare. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen FPL 249 (July-September 2009), no. 326; Beowulf Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 75, 23 May 2007), lot 1325.
ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 715-720. AR Sceat (12mm, 1.19 g, 7h). Series N, type 41b. Mint in East Kent or lower Thames region. Two figures standing facing, each holding long cross pommée in outer hands, jointly holding another between themselves / Creature advancing right, head left. Abramson 52.30 var. (number of pellets on obv.); Beowulf 72 (this coin); Metcalf p. 463; SCBI 63 (BM), 585; North 98; SCBC 810. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen FPL 249 (July-September 2009), no. 329; Beowulf Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 75, 23 May 2007), lot 1414; Finn FPL (Summer 1994), no. 26.The obverse type has numerous possible prototypes in classical sources, both numismatic and non-numismatic. These diverse origins notwithstanding, there are common ideas enshrined in them that certainly were influential in the development of this type. The crosses around the figures serve the same apotropaic function as on the similar, single-figure type (see lot 1363, above), but the addition of a second figure with similar features implies concerted action among equals (Gannon, pp. 101-103). Backwards-looking animals such as that on the reverse of this coin are among the most enduring images in ancient Europe. In pre-Christian times, these creatures typically appeared as custodians of treasure. It is possible that they were assimilated in the Christian period as guardians of one’s soul (Gannon, pp. 149-150).
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.64 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS TPYFONOS AYTOKPATOPOS, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat’s horn above visor; monogram to inner left; all within oak wreath. SC 2030a; SMA 262 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 9, 1055; Sunrise 210A corr. (pedigree; this coin). EF, attractively toned, traces of deposits. Well struck from artistic dies. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 649.
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 1.31 g, 12h). Light coinage. Non-portrait type. Caentwarabyrig (Canterbury) mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. T¯F within lozenge with crosses at corners; R ? X m with pellets and trefoils around / ? O B A within angles of cross fleurée, with saltire of pellets in annulet at center. Naismith, Offa 36 (this coin); Chick –; SCBI –; BMC; North –; SCBC 904. Near VF, toned. Extremely rare – the only known example of this obverse type. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Purchased from Davissons, April 2010. Ex Spink (25 March 2010), lot 11. Found in north Yorkshire, 2009.During the eighth century AD, Mercia, under its king, Offa (757-796), was the largest and most powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom in England. As such, this kingdom maintained diplomatic and cross-cultural, and economic contacts with the Carolingian Empire on the Continent (see J. Nelson, “Carolingian Contacts,” in M.P. Brown and C.A. Farr, Mercia [London & New York, 2005]). The coinage reform begun by Pepin I and implemented by his son and successor, Charlemagne (see lot 1371) produced deniers struck on broad flans of good metal. This new coinage became the denominational standard throughout the Carolingian Empire, replacing the earlier, smaller Merovingian silver issues and the sceats found in northern Europe and across the English Channel. In Anglo-Saxon England, these earlier coin types were replaced with a new denomination, the penny. Based on the Carolingian denier, these coins first appear in two very rare issues of the Kentish kings, Heaberht and Ecgberht. It was Offa, however, who introduced the penny to a much wider audience in England, with both heavy and light issues in various portrait and non-portrait types. So successful was this new denomination that it continued to be the sole English silver denomination until the introduction of the groat, halfpenny, and farthing under Edward I in 1279.
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (19mm, 0.99 g, 11h). Lunette Type A (BMC a). Lundene (London) mint; Leofa, moneyer. Struck circa 868-874. BVRGRED REX, bust right / + LEFE : across central field; ·: MON :· ·: ETA :· in lunettes above and below. SCBI 20 (Mack), 619 = N. Heywood, "The Kingdom and Coins of Burgred," BNJ 1906, 19 (this coin); BMC –; North 423; SCBC 938. Good VF, toned, minor roughness. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 24 June 2010. Ex Heritage 3008 (3 January 2010), lot 21547; R.P. Mack Collection (Part I, Glendining 18 November 1975), lot 90; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Part I, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 17 November 1913), lot 289c; Waterloo Bridge find of 1882.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Tryphon. Circa 142-138 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.17 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS TPYFONOS AYTOKPATOP[OS], spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat’s horn above visor; monogram to inner left. SC 2033a; SMA 265; HGC 9, 1060; Sunrise 211 (this coin). EF, lightly toned. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear.
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (18mm, 1.10 g, 9h). Pacx type (BMC iv, Hild. D). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Svafi, moneyer. Struck 1042-1044. + EDPAR · D REX :, diademed bust left; quatrefoil-tipped scepter before / + SP : AFA ON L INCO, voided long cross with crescent at ends and pellet at center; P A C X in quarters. Pagan, Pacx 176.2 (dies B/a – this coin); Mossop pl. LXVII, 7 (dies B/a) = SCBC 18 (Copenhagen), 999; Freeman 251; Hild 376; BMC –; North 813; SCBC 1171. VF, toned, small stress mark on reverse. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen FPL 249 (July-September 2009), no. 497; W.C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 844, with his original ticket, purchased from G. Snelling, February 1894.
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 12h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Hæstinga (Hastings) mint; Dunning, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. + E?DP?RD REX ??GLOL, Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter in right hand and globus cruciger in left / + DV??I?C O?? H?ES ·, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 37 (this coin cited); SCBI 20 (Mack), 1232 (same dies); Hild –; BMC 511; North 827; SCBC 1181. VF, toned. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Elsen FPL 249 (July-September 2009), no. 497; Baldwin’s 55 (7 May 2008), lot 2279; Glendining’s (7 December 1983), lot 89.
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.32 g, 9h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Stænig (Steyning) mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. + E?DP?RD REX ??GLO, Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter in right hand and globus cruciger in left / +PVLFRIC O?? STÆ, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 37; SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 1108 (same dies); King, Steyning 22 = BMC 1210 (same dies); Hild –; North 827; SCBC 1181. VF, toned, areas of weak strike. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Davissons, 19 October 2009. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 707 (July 1977), no. E876.
NORMAN. William I `the Conqueror`. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 0.94 g, 12h). Two Scepters type (BMC iv). Theodford (Thetford) mint; Coenric, moneyer. Struck circa 1072-1074. + PILLEM REX IINGL, crowned facing bust; cross-tipped scepter to left, trefoil-tipped scepter right / + CENRIC ON DEOTFI, cross fleurée, with annulet at center; all over cross botonnée in saltire. SCBI –; Coin Register 2003, 230 = EMC 2003.0236; BMC 277; North 844; SCBC 1253. VF, toned. From the TJH Collection.
NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20mm, 1.32 g, 3h). Pointing Bust and Stars type (BMC vi). Lundene (London) mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1107. + hENRI RE, crowned bust facing slightly right, holding scepter over right shoulder and pointing with left hand; two stars to right / + ELPINE : ON : LVN, cross potent over cross batonnée in saltire; two stars in each quarter. SCBI –; EMC 2014.0260 (this coin); BMC –; North 862; SCBC 1267. VF, light marks, slightly crimped flan. Attractive portrait. Very rare. Found Hart, Hartlepool, 2014 (EMC 2014.0260).
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.20 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY EY-EPGET[OY], Nike advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand; monogram to outer left, ? below right wing. SC 2062.2d; SMA 307; HGC 9, 1080b; Sunrise 212 (this coin). Near EF. From the Sunrise Collection.
HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. AR Half Dollar (35mm, 13.18 g). Emergency issue. Struck 1799. Oval countermark of George III on a 1776 MI (LIMÆ) Lima mint 4 Reales of Carlos III of Spain. For countermark: ESC 611; SCBC 3767. For coin: ME 11780. Host coin Fine, countermark VF. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Joseph Lepczyk, 27 June 1983.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes). 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 183 (130/29 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / BASI?EOS ANTIOXOY, eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above G?P (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.11b; Newell, Tyre 145; Rouvier 1913; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198; Sunrise 213 (this coin). VF, toned, a few light marks under tone. From the Sunrise Collection.
SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR Testoon. (30mm, 1h). Revaluation of 1578 on a Second period, Group II issue of Mary & Francis. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1560. FRAN · ET · MA · D · G · R · R · FRANCO · SCOTOR Q, crowned coat-of-arms; cross to left, X to right / · VICIT · LEO · DE · TRIBV · IVDA · 1560 ·, crowned FM monogram; [crowned lis to left], crowned thistle to right. C/m: crowned thistle. For host coin: Burns 14; SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1093; SCBC 5418. FOR C/M: SCBC P. 70. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 50. Toned. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.The value of silver continually rose during the early years of James` reign, and soon the metal content of the Scottish coinage was considerably higher than face value. Consequently, silver coinage began to disappear from circulation, being melted down or sold abroad. In July of 1578, the Privy Council passed an act authorizing the revaluation of the coinage. Silver coins would be bought in by the Mint and released to circulate at a higher value by the addition of a crowned thistle countermark. Under this new valuation, a ryal, for example, worth 30 shillings face, would be bought in at 32s/6d, revalidated and returned to the supplier with a higher value of 36s/9d. However, the Mint collected a 4s/3d "handling fee" per ryal. In other words, the supplier would get back a value of metal exactly equal to what he put in, while the state collected a 12% surcharge. This measure was obviously very unpopular, and, in 1581, a new revalued coinage had to be introduced.
SCOTLAND, Countermarked coinage. Ayrshire, Catrine. Catrine Cotton Works. AR Four Shillings Nine Pence (40mm, 26.94 g). Countermarked circa 1800. CATRINE · COTTON · WORKS · NO 5048 around 4/9 within circle, 8 8 8 between, all countermarked on a 1793 Mo FM 8 Real of Carlos IV of Spain. Hodge, “Secret Marks on Merchant Countermarked Silver Coins,” in BNJ 79 (2009), p. 240-2 (unlisted registration number); Manville 18 (unlisted registration number); KM CC17. Host coin Fine, countermark VF, toned. Very rare. For another extremely rare countermarked issue, see lot 1763.
SCOTLAND, Countermarked coinage. Inverness-shire, Inverness. Inverness Kirk. AR Crown (38mm, 27.61 g). Two circular countermarks: INVERNESS KIRK, crown over sword and crown over sword; I S flanking. Both on an 1821 Crown of George IV. For countermark: Manville –; KM –. For coin: SCBC 3805. Host coin Fine, countermark VF. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Norman Brodie Collection (Dix, Noonan, & Webb 55, 8 October 2002), lot 228; N. Griffiths Collection (Glendining, 17 November 1977), lot 228; Glendining (22 October 1970), lot 473.
IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. 995-1036. AR Penny (17.5mm, 0.57 g, 10h). Phase II coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer. Struck circa 1018-1035. Draped bust left; E on bust; pellet-in annulet behind / +IID CN[...] OIID EINI, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; E in first quarter. Blackburn & Seaby, “The ‘Francis’ and ‘Brand’ Parcels of Hiberno-Norse Coins,” in BNJ 46 (1976), F6 (this coin); cf. O`S 14; SCBI 32 (Ulster), 121 (same dies?); D&F 23; SCBC 6126. VF, toned, obverse legend obscured by double striking. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Davissons, 22 February 2010. Ex Spink 191 (28 November 2007), lot 200; Viking Collection (Spink 150, 14 March 2001), lot 1112; G.C. Francis Collection, seen at Spink in 1973. Probably ex Dunbrody hoard, 1836.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.69 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS ?HMHTPIOY TEOY NIKATOPOS, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ? to outer left, O below throne. SC 2166.2c; SMA 320; HGC 9, 1117b; Sunrise 214 (this coin). Near EF, toned. From the Sunrise Collection.
IRELAND, Countermarked coinage. Kilkenny. Castle Comer Colliery. AR Dollar (41mm, 26.63 g). Countermarked circa 1804-1806 by Anne, Countess of Ormonde. PAYABLE · AT · CASTLE · COMER · COLLIERY · around 5s,,5d within a tuliped oval border; all within serrated oval cartouche on a 1796 Mo FM 8 Real of Carlos IV of Spain. W.A.. Seaby, “Castle Comer Tokens: An Inquiry” in BNJ 34 (1965), pl. XV, 3 (this coin); Manville 108 (this coin cited); KM 145. Host coin Fine, countermark VF, toned. Very rare. From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Ex W.E. McLaughlin (Dix, Noonan, & Webb 89, 29 September 2010), lot 1944, purchased from Baldwin’s, 1987; Glendining (14 December 1967), lot 249; Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 474 (November 1957), no. 7356; D.S. Napier Collection (Glendining, 30 May 1956), lot 299; R.F. Peltzer Collection (Glendining, 20 June 1927), lot 237.For another extremely rare countermarked issue, see lot 1747.
IRELAND, Saorstát Éireann (Irish Free State). 1922-1937. Pattern Æ Reul – Sixpence (21mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Lorioli Castelli’s (Milan) mint. Dies by Morbiducci. Dated 1927. · saorstát éIrean ·, harp; · 1927 · below, PROVA to lower right / Hound standing left, head reverted; · ReuL ·/ 6 in exergue; above, F. MOR=/BIDVCCI. Brady, Gerard, “The Morbiducci Patterns, An Enquiry,” in NumCirc LXXXIV.6 (June 1976), p. 236-8, 28-31; SCBC –; D&F –; cf. KM Pr5 (nickel). EF, some spotting. Rare – Brady knew of only four specimens in bronze. The Irish Free State was established in 1926, formally ending centuries of British rule. The new nation, desiring a coinage distinct from that of their previous leaders, soon formed a committee with the aim of selecting new and uniquely Irish coin designs. With the poet W.B. Yeats as the chair, committee members reviewed submissions from Irish, English, and continental artists. Eventually, in an attempt to avoid inflammatory political or religious messages, the group decided on an agricultural theme, highlighting the natural bounty of Ireland.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.98 g, 1h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed head right / [B]ASI?EOS ?HMHTPIOY TEOY [N]IKATOPO[S], Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ? to outer left, ? below throne. SC 2168.2; SMA 323; HGC 9, 1127a; Sunrise 214 (this coin). Good VF, hairline flan crack. Very rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry II (Henri I d’Aquitaine). 1154-1189. BI Denier (17.5mm, 0.85 g, 4h). Bordeaux mint. + hENRICVS REX (S horizontal), cross pattée / º+º/ AQVI/ TANI/ º?º in four lines. SCBC 8001; Elias 1; Duplessy, Féodales 1030; Elias Collection 6; Boudeau 468; Poey d`Avant 2756. VF, minor areas of weak strike. From the Michael Joffre Collection.My journey collecting Anglo-Gallic pieces began about 18 years ago, when my close friend and numismatic mentor Bill Whetstone offered me a nice denier of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Of course, the next purchases were the Elias catalogs, both the reference book and auction sale. With these tools in hand, I set off on a wonderful collecting journey.As a lifetime Montreal resident, the history of French and English conflict is always fresh in my mind. Being a full-time coin dealer, and owner of Carsley Whetstone, gave me many avenues to discover new Anglo-Gallic treasures. Some of the pieces did come my way via local purchases here in Canada, others from more traditional sources like auctions, mail order lists, and eBay. Many others, however, were acquired through collecting friendships I developed with people both in Europe and North America. Steve Ford and I began corresponding about 15 years ago...both of us being the “young guys” in the collecting area at the time. His passion and scientific pursuit of information for this series is astounding. I consider him to be the current world expert on the subject, and am privileged to have learned, and acquired some special pieces from him.As you will see from the listings, many of the coins are very rare or nearly unique, and putting together another grouping like this would be a formidable challenge, regardless of budget. Of particular note, there are six coins from Bergerac, an Elias 183, an Elias 217 La Rochelle, which I believe to have discovered the first example, and many rare Edward III pieces, including some not listed in Elias. Much of the collection has been displayed over the years at local coin clubs, including the Montreal Numismatic Society, and the Lakeshore Coin Club, both of which I have been the long serving President. My hope is that in new hands my collection will create the same passion I enjoyed, and it will spur yet more research into the Hundred Years War, and its coinage.– Michael JoffreAll of the following Anglo-Gallic coins are from the Joffre Collection. References to SCBC in this section refer to Standard Catalogue of British Coins, volume 2, Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands including Anglo-Gallic coins (Spink, 2015 [forthcoming]), based on the work of Steve Ford and Paul and Bente R. Withers, Anglo-Gallic Coins (Galata, 2015 [forthcoming]). Reattributions from Edward III to Edward II are also based on the latter work.Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. would like to thank Steve Ford and Dr. Gordon Andreas Singer for their assistance in the cataloging of this collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 5.45 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 185 (128/7 BC). Diademed [and draped] bust right / BASI?EOS [?HMHTPIOY], eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above E?P (date); monogram between legs. SC 2196.3b; Newell, Tyre 168; Rouvier 1935; HGC 9, 1125; DCA 232; Sunrise 216 (this coin). VF, lightly toned, compact flan. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. Second reign, 129-125 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.47 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Dated SE 187 (126/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / BASI?EOS ?HMHTPIOY, eagle standing left on prow right; palm frond in background; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, A and monogram above Z?P (date); monogram between legs. SC 2197.4; Newell, Tyre –; Rouvier –; HGC 9, 1131; DCA 235; Sunrise 217 (this coin). VF, obverse off center. Very rare denomination for issue. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from David Hendin, January 2009.
IONIA, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Circa 350-333 BC. Æ (13mm, 1.88 g). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Two concentric squares; line projecting outward from one side of the outer square. Meadows, Administration –; Mildenberg, Münzwesen –; Traité II 81 (Memnon of Rhodes); BMC Ionia p. 324, 10; Sunrise 72 (this coin). EF, dark green patina. Well centered and struck. From the Sunrise Collection.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Kleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII. 125-121 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.43 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 122-121 BC. Jugate busts right of Kleopatra, wearing diadem, veil, and stephane, and Antiochos VIII, wearing diadem / BASI?ISSHS K?EO?ATPAS KAI BASI-?EOS ANT-IOXOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; IE to outer left, ? below throne. SC 2262.1b; SMA 360; HGC 9, 1182c; Sunrise 218 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck. From the Sunrise Collection.
ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward III. 1327-1377. BI Gros au lion (27mm, 3.11 g, 5h). Bordeaux mint. Struck circa 1360. EDO V?R DVS REX/ + BnDICTV : SIT : nOM? : DnI : nRI : D?I (triple pellet stops), long cross pattée / + MOn?T? · BVRD’ (slipped trefoil stop), lion rampant left; all within tressure of twelve arches containing leaves. SCBC 8072; Elias 74 (this coin illustrated); Duplessy, Féodales 1079; Elias Collection 148 (this coin); Boudeau 494; Poey d`Avant 2816. Good VF. Rare. From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex G.W. de Wit Collection (Künker 121, 12 March 2007), lot 412; E.R. Duncan Elias Collection (Spink 77, 21 June 1990), lot 148, purchased 1977.
ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry of Lancaster. As Earl of Lancaster, 1347-1351. BI Gros tournois au léopard au-dessus (21.5mm, 1.55 g, 4h). Bergerac mint. + h?nR COm L?nC/ [+ BnDICTV :] SIT : nOm? [: DnI : nRI : D?I] (double annulet stops), short cross pattée; secret marks: pellet on L / DnS BR?G?R?CI, châtel tournois with cross on spire and crescent flanked by annulets within; above, leopard to left; all within tressure of eleven arches containing leaves. SCBC 8109; Elias 129i; Elias, Bergerac 4.10.1 = Elias Collection 234 (this coin); Duplessy, Féodales 996B; Boudeau –; Poey d`Avant –. VF, toned, areas of weak strike, some ghosting. Very rare. From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex E.R. Duncan Elias Collection (Spink 77, 21 June 1990), lot 234; John D. Brand Collection.
ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry of Lancaster. As Earl of Lancaster, 1347-1351. BI Gros à la couronne (24mm, 1.97 g, 1h). Bergerac mint. + h?n COm?S L?/ [+ Bn]DICT[V : SIT : nOm? : DnI : nRI : D?I] (double annulet stops), short cross pattée / DnS : BR?G?IR?C (double annulet stop), crown; annulet and crescent below; all within tressure of arches containing leaves. SCBC 8108; Elias 130a corr.; Elias, Bergerac 5.2.1 corr.; Duplessy, Féodales 997A; Elias Collection –; Boudeau –; Poey d`Avant 2686 corr. (legends). VF, toned, weak strike, copper stains on reverse. Very rare. From the Michael Joffre Collection, purchased from Steve Ford.In 1979, Elias was aware of only one specimen of this variety, described by Poey d’Avant in 1860, but subsequently absent from the Cabinet des Médailles. The present coin clarifies the legends for this very rare sub-variety.
ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry of Lancaster. As Duke of Lancaster, 1351-1361. BI Gros au léopard couchant (25.5mm, 1.53 g, 12h). Bergerac mint. + · ?:n DnS BR[?GIE]/ [+ BnDICTV : SIT : nOm? : DnI : nRI : D?I], cross calvary / Crowned lepard couchant left; L?nC?[I]/IE : DVX in two lines below; all within tressure of twelve arches containing leaves. SCBC 8115; Elias 136; Elias, Bergerac 10.5.1 corr. (legends as 10.4.1) = Elias Collection 239 (this coin) corr. (Elias 136); Duplessy, Féodales 1003; Boudeau –; Poey d`Avant 2690. Near VF, toned, crude and weakly struck. Extremely rare. From the Michael Joffre Collection, purchased from Steve Ford. Ex E.R. Duncan Elias Collection (Spink 77, 21 June 1990), lot 239, purchased from Peter Woodhead.On 6 of March 1351, Edward III bestowed the title of Duke on Henry. This was an exceptional honor, giving Henry powers palatine for the county of Lancaster. Prior to Henry’s elevation, only one other ducal title had existed in England. The change in title is reflected in the issues in Henry’s name from Bergerac.
SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Philip I Philadelphos. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.35 g, 12h). Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 88/7-76/5 BC. Diademed head right / BASI?EOS FI?I??OV E?IFANOVS [F]I?A?E?[FOV], Zeus Nikephoros seated left; to outer left, [F above A]; monogram below throne, M in exergue. SC 2463.3f; SMA 446; HGC 9, 1319; Sunrise 219 (this coin). Good VF, typical compact flan. From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Kirk Davis, 2006.
PHOENICIA, Arados. Uncertain king. Circa 430-410 BC. AR Third Stater – Tetrobol (12mm, 3.14 g, 4h). Marine deity right, holding fish in each hand; M[A] (in Phoenician) above / Galley right in dotted square within incuse square. Betlyon 1; Rouvier 32; HGC 10, 37; Sunrise 111 (this coin). VF, toned. Excellent metal for issue. From the Sunrise Collection.
ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry IV-VI. 1399-1461. AR Double hardi d’argent (24mm, 1.95 g, 5h). + ?nRICVS · R?X · ?nGLI? (annulet stops), crowned half-length facing bust of Henry in arch; annulet over crown / FR?nC I? · D nS · ?QI T?nI (annulet stops), long cross pattée; leopard in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third. SCBC 8146; Elias 232; Duplessy, Féodales 1139; Elias Collection 341 (this coin); Boudeau –; cf. Poey d`Avant 3115 (Henry IV). Fine/VF, toned. Very rare. From the Michael Joffre Collection, purchased from Steve Ford. Ex Finn FPL 16 (1999), no. 512; E.R. Duncan Elias Collection (Spink 77, 21 June 1990), lot 341, purchased from de Mey, 1978.
PHOENICIA, Arados. Uncertain king. Circa 380-351/0 BC. AR Twelfth Stater – Obol (9mm, 0.82 g, 7h). Head of marine deity right, wearing laurel wreath / Galley right; MA (in Phoenician) above, waves below; all in dotted square [within incuse square]. Betlyon 13; Rouvier 16–9; HGC 10, 46; Sunrise 113 (this coin). Near EF, toned. Good metal. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 15 (21 October 2004), lot 959.
ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry V. 1413-1422. AR Florette (24mm, 2.56 g, 2h). Rouen mint; im: leopard, annulets under first letters. Fourth issue, authorized 16 June 1420. (leopard) h : R?X : A?GLI? : Z : h?R?S : FRA?CI (triple pellet stops), crown over three lis flanked by rampant lions / (leopard) SIT : nOn? : DnI : B[???DICT]V (triple pellet stops, retrograde S), cross fleurée; crown in first quarter, leopard in fourth. SCBC 8159; Elias 249a; Elias Collection 362 (this coin); Duplessey 435C; Ciani 591; Lafaurie 439 var. (no leopard). Fine, toned. Rare. From the Michael Joffre Collection, purchased from Steve Ford. Ex E.R. Duncan Elias Collection (Spink 77, 21 June 1990), lot 362, purchased from Vandercammen, 1974.
PHOENICIA, Arados. Uncertain king. Circa 348/7-339/8 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 10.61 g, 10h). Head of marine deity right, wearing laurel wreath / Galley right; MAN (in Phoenician) above, waves below; [all in dotted square within incuse square]. Betlyon 26, note 104, c; Rouvier 5; HGC 10, 33; Sunrise 114 (this coin). EF, toned. Well centered and struck for issue. Rare. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 25 (25 June 2003), lot 203.
TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Political and Social Series. WM Token (32mm, 10.78 g, 12h). Struck early 1790s. A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUITS, tree bearing the legend TOMMY’S RIGHTS OF MAN, from which hangs a figure holding out open book, saying I DIE FOR THIS/ DAMN’D BOOK; church in background to left / MAY THE TREE/ OF LIBERTY EXIST TO/ BEAR TOMMY’S/ LAST FRIEND. in five lines within ornamental sprays. D&H 209 (this coin illustrated). Fine. Very rare. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Dix, Noonan, & Web (6 October 2010), lot 568.
TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Corresponding Society/Skidmore’s mule. CU Halfpenny Token (29mm, 9.05 g, 6h). Dated 1796. Hanging scene; liberty-cap on vine-entwined pole, shield emblazoned with anchor, and obelisk in foreground / Obelisk with Masonic symbols. D&H 291; Bell, Political p. 159 (this coin illustrated). EF, brown surfaes with considerable red color, minor discoloration on obverse. Extremely rare. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Dix, Noonan, & Web (6 October 2010), lot 324; W.J. Noble Collection (Noble 58B, 7 July 1998), lot 427; R.C. Bell Collection (Dix, Noonan, & Web 26, 1 October 1996), lot 75.
TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Thomas Spence’s Mules. Lot of six (6) CU Halfpenny Tokens. ‘Odd Fellows’ series. All coins: janiform head of William Pitt and Charles Fox obverse type. Reverses include: (a) Lion and rooster. Plain edge. D&H 807c // (b) Shepherd reclining. D&H 808 // (c)Shepherd reclining. Engrailed edge. D&H 808a // (d) Shepherd reclining. Plain edge. D&H 808b // (e) Storming of the Bastille. D&H 809 // (f) Boys at turnstyle. D&H 810. VF to EF. From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Dix, Noonan, & Web (6 October 2010), lot 450. (b) Ex T. McGoldrick Collection (Spink 7, 5 December 1979) lot 198 (part of). (c) Ex M.Z. Gerson Collection (Part I, Spink 53, 19 June 1986), lot 268 (part of). (d) Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 553 (June 1964), pg. 231. (e) Ex M.Z. Gerson Collection (Part I, Spink 53, 19 June 1986), lot 268 (part of); C. Orton Collection (Neale’s, 29 October 1980), lot 496.
ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of six hundred forty-five (645) Constantinian Era Æ. All coins: Æ Reduced Folles of Constantine I from various mints, mostly eastern. Lot also includes folles of Licinius I (10) and Licinius II (4). Fair-VF with brown patina. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six hundred forty-five (645) coins in lot. Sold on behalf of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ex 1903/5 Ihnasyah Hoard. Each individual coin comes in an archival flip and has its own ticket containing museum inventory number and pedigree information.Prior to the opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1912, the first Director of Archaeology, Dr. C.T. Currelly, purchased in Egypt a large hoard, or portion of a hoard, of Constantinian bronze coins, which were to form the nucleus of the Museum`s collections. Containing coins datable from the period immediately following the Battle of Chrysopolis in AD 324 all the way to AD 346, the hoard, discovered, in 1903 or shortly before its sale, was purchased in 1905 at Ihnasyah in the Fayyum. Examined by J.G. Milne, the hoard, along with Milne`s analysis, was published in 1914 in the Journal International d`Archeologie Numismatique. Totaling more than 6000 coins, the hoard included some coins from other periods, which made their way into the hoard at the time of the sale, since their patination is different from the rest of the hoard. In 1965, Frederick H. Armstrong published a revisiting of the hoard (Phoenix 19 [1965]), revising and amending the earlier work of Milne, and noting varieties missed in the earlier study prior to the publication of Late Roman Bronze Coinage.For pdfs of Milne’s original publication of the hoard and Armstrong’s supplementary study, as well as a listing of the inventory numbers of the hoard, see http://www.cngcoins/rom
IONIA, Miletos. Circa 295/0-275/0 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.29 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / A?E?AN?POY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; civic monogram in left field. Marcellesi 29; Price 2151; Sunrise 154 (this coin). Superb EF, a touch of die rust, slight die shift on reverse. From the Sunrise Collection.
PHOENICIA, Sidon. Uncertain king. Circa 435-425 BC. AR Half Shekel (17mm, 7.10 g, 12h). Phoenician galley under sail left; waves below / Persian king or hero standing right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder; behind, incuse head (of Bes?) left; before, incuse head of goat right; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group II.2, 75 var. (D-/R23 [unlisted obv. die]); Betlyon 4; Rouvier 1078; HGC 10, 213 corr. (Betlyon ref.); Sunrise 117 (this coin). EF, darkly toned. Exceptional for issue. From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 402.
Loading...
