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Lot 15
A modern Samsonite suitcase and vanity case, modern leather covered briefcase, large collection of various tea light holders and night lights, a cloth hanging organiser, a modern exterior metal candle lantern and a pair of French painted wrought iron and pine three light sconces CONDITION REPORTS All items have general signs of wear and tear, scuffs, marks etc. All items used.
Lot 211
A collection of gold coloured jewellery including a "belt" bracelet, a chain link bracelet, star hoop bracelet, paste set buckle, paste set brooch and pendant CONDITION REPORTS "Belt" bracelet weighs approx 14.5g - has various surface scratches, patination, etc throughout. Chain link bracelet weighs approx 15.5g - has several dents visible throughout especially to the back of the bracelet as well as a probable repair to the inside back. Safety chain is missing and one of the loops is broken. Star cut bracelet with heart-shaped lock weighs approx 24 g - lock is plated and tarnished, dented - no key. A couple of the loops have some heavier scratches - otherwise light scratching, dirt, etc. Areas of patination, verdigris, etc throughout. See images. Green set brooch approx 3.3 cm and weighs approx 10.4g - misshapen, has several holes to the outside, verdigris wear to the colour. Probable repair to the pin. Pendant is separate to the brooch although probably supposed to be attached to it via the holes - weighs approx 1.5g and approx 1.5 cm diameter to the main body. Two of the central stones are missing. There is damage to the jump ring / hooks attached to the chain and wear to the plating is particularly evident on the drops. "Spare" clasp stamped "Rolled gold", weighs approx 0.7g and has verdigris. All items have general wear and tear to include surface scratching, knocks, etc. See images for more details. Large buckle weighs approx. 18g, areas missing to the enamel, surface scratches, mis-shapen, patination, verdigris
Lot 22
A Chinese blue and white and gilt decorated teapot, a famille rose plate, a Doulton "Marguerite" pattern jug, two porcelain figures inscribed by hand to base "Noritake", a Zsolnay pierced dish, a Royal Chinaworks Worcester dish, Royal Crown Derby dish, six various napkin rings and a diamante style trinket box CONDITION REPORTS Teapot only - has wear to the gilding, some firing faults. Lid has crazing and chips to the external rim and the interior. Chipping to the interior of the teapot where the spout drains. Some staining, some firing floors. Wear and tear conducive with age and use to include surface scratches etc - see images for more detailsFamille-rose plate has wear to the gilt decoration and light scratches. Royal Crown Derby plate has wear to the gilt decoration and some light scratches. Royal Chinaworks Worcester plate has some chips to the rim and some wear to the gilt decoration and some light scratches. Set of four napkin rings have some rough sections round the edges and some wear to the painted decoration and some light scratches. Two napkin rings have some wear to the gilt decoration and some light scratches. Zsolnay plate has some wear to the gilt decoration in various places and some light scratches. Jug has large chip to the rim and some light scatches and marks. Two figurines have some light scratches throughout and wear to the gilt work. General signs of wear and tear on all pieces throughout.
Lot 238
A box of various objets de vertu including a guilloche enamel decorated triple light switch cover, together with note of Provenance "....Made Specially for King Feisel of Jordan who was assassinated before the order was ready for dispatch....", a pair of silver and tortoiseshell dove of peace earrings, a pair of silver duck earrings and matching cufflinks, a small quantity of various other costume jewellery, a pair of Bristol Blue glass moon flask bottles, pair of Rand No. 1 opera binoculars, etc CONDITION REPORTS One of the ends of the light switch cover is dented in resulting in an area of loss to the enamel. One of the corners on the opposite end of the cover is also dented in resulting in cracks and loss to the enamelling. Some wear to the edges of the actual light switch holes and some light scratches to the enamel on the front.. On the underside there are scuffs to the enamelling and an area of loss to the enamelling in one of the corners - see images for details. General wear and tear commensurate with age. the sides of the light switch cover are dirty
Lot 240A
An Omega gentleman's wristwatch with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, inscribed verso "W.W.W.Y 219128-10686127" CONDITION REPORTS Unknown if working. The condition of the glass is scratched and there are some marks/scratches and wear to the dial including part of the A and Arrow missing as well as numeral 4 . Wear to the arms, surface scratches etc. Replacement strap, heavily scratched to the back. Hands move when wound on. General wear & tear conducive to age and use to include light scratches etc See images for more details
Lot 25
A collection of various Oriental and English china wares to include Chinese polychrome decorated baluster vase, various tea bowls, saucers, two ginger jars, teapot etc, together with a Worcester blue and white coffee can, Salopian tea bowl, Cricklade Pottery fish decorated vase, various other items of studio pottery and cloisonné bowl CONDITION REPORTS Cloisonne pot damaged, small tea bowl with flower decoration has various cracks, small Worcester type coffee can has cracks and losses, blue and white Chinese style tea bowl has mini cracks and repairs, Continental pomander has various chips, cracks, etc, white ginger jar has a large crack and repair to lid, modern pink ginger jar is generally OK, polychrome tea bowl has various cracks, repairs, chips, losses, two polychrome plates have various cracks, chips, Chinese vase has a large loss, crazing, cracks, tea saucer decorated with roses has various cracks and repairs and breakages, blue, red and white has various repairs and cracks, polychrome teapot has various cracks and repairs, second polychrome bowl has various chips, cracks and repairs, third polychrome bowl with stapled reapairs, cracks, breakages and losses. Japanese saucer with light scratches, etc. Polychrome saucer marked "English Porcelain Minton" appears to be poorly painted, possibly re-painted. Some chips. Generally poor. Blue and white Chinese saucer split into at least 5 pieces, repairs. Miscellaneous lid has losses and breakages. Chinese teapot has scratches, scuffs and marks and some chips to the lid. Pair of studio vases have light scratches and small chips to the rims. Tall brown studio vase has chips to the rim, light scratches and some marks. Blue vase is rough to the touch in some sections to the rim and has crazing throughout and light scratches. Studio plate has some light scratches and marks. Two remaining studio bowls have light scratches and marks. All items with various general signs of wear and tear. Some in very poor condition.
Lot 259A
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Jane Fox", a miniture portrait study, watercolour, unsigned, inscribed verso "Jane Fox, the gift of Mrs Greene, Clifton, APE2 1837 together with a miniture portait study of a gentleman in blue coat and white stock CONDITION REPORTS Gentleman - roughly cut, some damage in paint around his mouth with the loss of definition. Some dark marks to the area around the right side of his head. Some blemishes to the border. He has also slipped in the mount.Lady - some blemishes to the green background. Perhaps has slightly slipped in the mount. Some dotted type marks. Both frames with various general signs of wear and tear, light scratches, etc. See images for further details.
Lot 285
ATTRIBUTED TO ARCHIBALD STANDISH HARTRICK (1864-1950) "The Rev. O. Huntley", a profile portrait study of gentleman with white beard, black cap and jacket, set on a red background, oil on canvas, unsigned, titled verso and dated "August 15 1908" CONDITION REPORTS 60 cm x 49.5 cmPossible repainting, light marks and some light scuffs, etc. Some craqueleur. Frame with various cracks, small chips and losses, scratches, etc throughout. General signs of wear and tear throughout.
Lot 31
A W Moorcroft "Pansy" pattern oval dish, onion-shaped vase and ginger jar and cover CONDITION REPORTS Dish - has some rough sections to the base where something may have been scored out - so possibly seconds. Various light scratches and scuffs and marks throughout. Vase - to the base it appears to have a thin line under the word Moorcroft and also marked with the letter "S" in green. Some light scratches and some crazing. Ginger jar - impressed mark to base letter "S" - also marked with the letter "P" in green. Some light scratches and scuffs. All items with small signs of general wear and tear throughout.
Lot 344
19th CENTURY DUTCH SCHOOL "Tall Ships in Harbour", oil on panel, a pair, unsigned CONDITION REPORTS Each picture approx 24 x 34.5 cm. Moonlit picture various light scratches and marks, some dark marks perhaps discoloured. Frame with various cracks and chips. Second picture - large build-up of white paint to the centre, possibly been re-painted. Crazing throughout, probably discoloured. Could benefit from a good clean. Frame in similar condition, various cracks and chips. Both have various general signs of wear and tear throughout
Lot 558
A circa 1900 mahogany serving table in the Adam taste, the plain top with carved edge over a plain frieze with central urn panel flanked by oval paterae, raised on square fluted tapering legs to block feet CONDITION REPORTS Various light scratches and scuffs and marks throughout. Including deeper ones to the top, a chip to the right hand edge and smaller chips to the edges throughout. The tail is wobbly and needs attention. Variosu losses and chips to the legs. Various general signs of wear and tear throughout. All in all in need of attention. 152 cm wide
Lot 593
A modern mahogany triple pillar extending dining table in the Georgian style by William Tillman(bears label to underside of end leaf) CONDITION REPORTS Table does not come with any bolts or fixings, however, we are working in trying to get them in from the Vendor but this time, being sold without. Table top with various light scrastches, scuffs and marks throughout. Various general signs of wear and tear. Two end sections length approx 91 cm each. Middle section length approx 91.5 cm length. Two leaf sections approx 46 cm long. Various general signs of wear and tear throughout.
Lot 66
A collection of four Beswick cattle figures including "Ayrshire Bull CH Whitehill Mandate", "Ayrshire Cow CH Ickham Bessie", "Jersey Bull CH Dunsley Coy.Boy." and "Highland Cow" designed by Arthur Gredlington (4) CONDITION REPORTS All ornaments with some crazing - the worst crazing on C H Dunsley Coy Boy. None appear to be seconds but please look at photos to satisfy yourself. Some light surface scratching and small general signs of wear and tear throughout. See images for further details.
Lot 87
Two pairs of baluster bodied table lamps and shades, together with six various table lamps CONDITION REPORTS There are two matching pairs of lamps - see images for details. both pairs show general wear and tear commensurate with age. Light surface scratches ecretions etc There are a couple of small dents to the wooden bases of the Chinese tle lamp bases
Lot 97
A Royal Doulton blue ground rose and gilt foliate decorated jardinier CONDITION REPORTS Approx max diameter 36 cm, approx height 29 cm. Crazing throughout especially visible to the interior. Dark marks and stains to the interior. Some wear to the gilt work. Some light body scratches. Some flowers with blue marks showing and some wear to the coloured decoration. General signs of wear and tear throughout.
Lot 891
Nigeria, P 6s, 7s, 8s and 9s, Linzmayer B205as4, 206as4, 207as5 and 208as5, Central Bank of Nigeria. Lot containing 5 and 10 Shillings, 1 and 5 Pounds, (1967), SPECIMEN. All have diagonal red SPECIMEN and De La Rue oval SPECIMEN - NO VALUE overprints and a horizontal red SPECIMEN NO 2 or 3 overprint in lower left margin on front. Punched cancelled., # A/1 C000000., UNC/UNC- with minor light residue at right on back
Lot 743
Malawi, P 12cts, Linzmayer B112t, The Reserve Bank of Malawi, 10 Kwacha, L.1971, COLOUR TRIAL. Brown and purple. Three men with fishing net in a small boat on Lake Malawi; palm tree; President Hastings Banda on front. Workers picking tea leaves with mountain in background on back. Diagonal red overprint SPECIMEN on front and back. SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE in upper margin on front and back. Black specimen number 043 in upper left corner on back. Punched cancelled., , UNC-, light residue in right margin on back
Lot 442
Medals - World War I group of three comprising: 1914-1918 War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star awarded to 13751 Private J.Gostelow Shropshire Light Infantry together with a small quantity of related ephemera including discharge certificate, dog tags and a photograph of General Lease Condition:
Lot 129
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. Circa 375-325 BC. Satyros, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / ΣΑΤYΡΟΣ, upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking, all within shallow incuse square. Roma IX, 245 (same dies); otherwise unpublished in the standard references, for general type cf. Topalov, Apollonia 50; SNG BM Black Sea 165; Traité IV 1622. 16.88g, 25mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; attractive light tone. Extremely Rare - the second known example for this magistrate. From the collection of D.G., United Kingdom; Ex Gorny & Mosch 232, 5 October 2015, lot 96.
Lot 250
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AV Stater. Heavy standard. Sardes, circa 564/53-550/39 BC. Confronted foreparts of roaring lion to right and bull to left, each with extended foreleg / Two incuse squares punches. Berk 2; Le Rider, Naissance, pl. V, 2; Traité I 396; BMC 30; Boston MFA 2068–9; Gulbenkian 756. 10.75g, 17mm. Good Very Fine. Rare. Kroisos is credited with issuing the first true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation. The series began on a 'heavy' standard, with gold and silver staters of equal weight, around 10.6-10.7 grams, which was later reduced to about 8.17 grams for the gold. Studies have shown that coins of both standards circulated together, but that the heavy standard was only used for a relatively short time compared to the light standard, which continued to be used into the Persian period. All of the coins of Kroisos feature without variation his heraldic badge, the confronted heads of a lion and a bull, both ancient symbols of power. The badge itself doubtless stems from the ubiquitous and persistent theme of the lion-bull combat scene, which may be interpreted as a metaphor for divinely inspired heroic triumph. Indeed, divinely inspired heroic triumph was exactly what Kroisos expected when, encouraged by a prediction by the Delphic Oracle that if he attacked Persia he would destroy a great empire, Kroisos made his preparations for war with Cyrus the Great. The war resulted in defeat for Kroisos; his numerically superior army was smashed, and the capital Sardes was captured along with Kroisos and his family, who were immolated on the orders of Cyrus. Lydia became a satrapy of the Persian Empire, though it continued to mint coins in the traditional types, and indeed the legendary wealth of Kroisos was used by Cyrus to form the basis of a new Persian gold standard currency.
Lot 252
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AV Stater. Light standard. Sardes, circa 564/53-550/39 BC. Confronted foreparts of roaring lion to right and bull to left, each with extended foreleg / Two incuse squares punches. Berk 3; Traité I 401–3; SNG von Aulock 2875; SNG Lockett 2983 = Pozzi 2726; Athena Fund I 60; BMC 31; Boston MFA 2073; Gulbenkian 757; Zhuyuetang 11. 8.08g, 15mm. Good Very Fine. Kroisos is credited with issuing the first true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation. His kingdom represented the last bastion against Persian expansion westwards into Greek lands; encouraged by a prediction of the Delphic Oracle that if he attacked Persia he would destroy a great empire, Kroisos made his preparations for war with Cyrus the Great. The war resulted in defeat for Kroisos; his numerically superior army was smashed, and the capital Sardes was captured along with Kroisos and his family, who were immolated on the orders of Cyrus. Lydia became a satrapy of the Persian Empire, though it continued to mint coins in the traditional types, and indeed the legendary wealth of Kroisos was used by Cyrus to form the basis of a new Persian gold standard currency.
Lot 253
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AV Stater. Light standard. Sardes, circa 564/53-550/39 BC. Confronted foreparts of roaring lion to right and bull to left, each with extended foreleg / Two incuse squares punches. Berk 3; Traité I 401–3; SNG von Aulock 2875; SNG Lockett 2983 = Pozzi 2726; Athena Fund I 60; BMC 31; Boston MFA 2073; Gulbenkian 757; Zhuyuetang 11. 8.07g, 16mm. Good Extremely Fine. From the A.F. Collection, Germany.
Lot 261
Karia, Halikarnassos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 400-387 BC. Head of Apollo facing slightly right / AΛIKAPNAΣΣEΩN, eagle standing to right, with wings spread, star to right; all within shallow incuse square. Cf. S. Hurter, ‘42 Tetradrachmen von Klazomenai’, SNR 45, 1966, p. 45, pl. VI, F = Lorber, Amphipolis, the Civic Coinage in Silver and Gold, 1990, pl. IV, fig 21 = The New York Sale XXVII, 533; Gemini XIII, 80 (same dies); Roma XIII, 328 (same dies). 15.24g, 21.5mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Of the highest rarity; one of only five known tetradrachms of Halikarnassos, and one of just three of this type. Ex Triton XX, 10 January 2017, lot 303. A single example of this important tetradrachm type was published in 1966 by S. Hurter (‘42 Tetradrachmen von Klazomenai’, SNR 45, 1966, p. 45, pl. VI, F) which for over half a century remained the only known example to have survived. Four further examples, including this coin, recently came to light, which though clearly from the same issue, bear different control marks (sunburst or serpent, not bow). Numismatists have however been aware of the coinage series as a whole for quite some time; approximately 34 drachms are known to exist, along with 3 hemidrachms (see the preceding lot), yet it is remarkable that so few of the larger denomination survived. Originally thought to have been struck after the satrap Maussolos moved the capital of the satrapy of Karia from the Hekatomnid ancestral seat of Mylasa to Halikarnassos, the dating of the Hecatomnus hoard disproves this notion. This coinage therefore most likely represents a civil issue of Halikarnassos struck prior to the King’s Peace of 387 BC, when virtually all civil coinages of the Greek states in Asia Minor ceased. Certainly, despite the city having been firmly aligned with Persia in the days of Artemisia in the early fifth century, her grandson Lygdamis II brought the city into the Delian League and the city was, for an uncertain period of time, independent of Persian rule. It is tempting therefore to view this type as a product of the turbulent early years of the fourth century, when the Athenian general Thrasyboulos, in response to renewed conflict with Sparta, began re-establishing Athenian alliances with the cities in Asia Minor that had previously been allies. If this issue, evidently intended to be a reasonably substantial one considering that at least two die pairs existed, was begun in circa 389-387 and cut short by the reassertion of Persian influence in 387, this would explain the relative rarity of this series today. That the obverse of this coinage was heavily influenced by the Rhodian facing-head coinage that had been recently introduced is clear. That it was retained by the Hekatomnid satraps as the obverse type of their coinage once the move from Mylasa to Halikarnassos was complete is also evident, but more difficult to explain. Relegating his father’s obverse of Zeus Labraundos to the reverse while doing away entirely with the lion motif may have been nothing more than political expedient aimed at cultivating goodwill, but perhaps it may also reflect the distinct thread of philhellenism that ran through the Hekatomnid family.
Lot 265
Dynasts of Lycia, Kherei AR Stater. Telmessos, circa 410-390 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with spiral palmette and three olive leaves; KH (in Lycian script) between neck guard and crest / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; KHERÊI (in Lycian script) before, TELEBEHIHE (in Lycian script) behind; all within incuse square. Mørkholm & Zahle II 52 = SNG Copenhagen Supp. 451 (same dies); Falghera -; Reuter -; SNG von Aulock 4198 (same dies). 8.45g, 20mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Light cabinet tone. From the collection of J.T.B., United States; Ex collection of the MoneyMuseum Zurich, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 682; Ex Leu 77, 11 May 2000, lot 353; Ex Auctiones 6, 30 September 1976, lot 241.
Lot 266
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC. Two wrestlers, nude, beginning to grapple with each other / Slinger standing to right, preparing to launch sling-bolt; ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙΥΣ to left, triskeles and ΒΑ:FE to right. SNG France 57; SNG von Aulock 4525. 10.80g, 27mm, 11h. Extremely Fine. Attractive light tone. Ex UBS 64, 24 January 2006, lot 82.
Lot 282
Phrygia, Gordion AR Obol. Autonomous issue, circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. Jugate busts of Artemis and Apollo, both laureate, quiver over the shoulder of Artemis / Bow and quiver, ΓOΡΔI-ANΩN vertically across fields. Paris AA.GR.10254 = Borrell, Unedited Greek Coins, p. 27 in NC 1845-1846; otherwise unpublished. 0.70g, 9mm, 7h. Extremely Fine. Of the highest rarity, only the second specimen known and the only one in private hands. From a private English collection. The only other example of this excessively rare coinage, the only known issue of Gordion, was published in the Numismatic Chronicle in 1846 by H. P. Borrell. Not a single other specimen has come to light in the intervening 172 years. It must not be confused with Gordus, or Gordus-Julia, under which entry it is incorrectly listed by the Bibliothèque nationale, who hold the Borrell specimen. Gordion was the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Phrygia, of which the quasi-legendary Midas was the most famous king. The city was destroyed c. 800-700 BC, but according to ancient tradition the knot with which Midas had tied a wagon (associated with the prophetic rise to power of Midas’ father, Gordias) to a pole in dedication to the Phrygian god Sabazios still stood on the acropolis of the city when Alexander came upon the place in 333 BC, from which comes the legendary story of Alexander and the Gordion Knot. After the death of Alexander in 323 BC, Gordion was controlled by Antigonos, the Seleukids, Celts, Attalids and finally by the Romans from 189 BC. The timing of this coin’s issue is uncertain, but we may presume that it was struck during a brief period of autonomy, perhaps under Roman suzerainty.
Lot 284
Kings of Pontos, Mithradates VI Eupator AV Stater. Pergamon, dated month 12, year 223 BE = September 74 BC. Diademed head right / Pegasos grazing left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MIΘPAΔATOY EYÎ ATOPOΣ in two lines below; to left, star-in-crescent above ΓKΣ (year); two monograms to right, IB (month) in exergue; all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit. Roma XII, lot 356 = Roma VII, lot 757; CNG 93, lot 339; CNG 94, lot 399; NAC 92, lot 184. otherwise unpublished, but cf. Callataÿ dies D52-55 for tetradrachms from the same date, certainly by the same engraver. 8.42g, 20mm, 11h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; one of six known specimens, and one of the very latest known staters from Mithradates' reign. Although some sources cite the initial battles of the Third Mithradatic War taking place in 74 BC, more recently the Battle of Chalkedon and the siege of Kyzikos have been dated to 73 BC. Cicero supports this dating, as he places Lucullus in Rome in November of 74 BC – Lucullus was only dispatched after reports of Mithradates invasion into Bithynia had reached Rome. Appian also supports the dating of hostilities to early in 73, stating that Mithradates spent 'the remainder of the summer and the whole of the winter' before the outbreak of war in building ships and augmenting his army. In this light, the present stater should be seen as part of Mithradates financial preparations for the war to come, struck on the eve of his invasion of the new Roman province of Bithynia and the start of the Third Mithradatic War (73-63 BC). This conflict, sparked when Nikomedes IV of Bithynia died without heirs in 75 and left his kingdom to Rome, was carefully timed to coincide with the outbreak of the Sertorian rebellion in Spain, thus causing the threat to become greater than its parts, and have serious potential of overturning Roman power. Despite early success, Mithradates was outclassed by the successive Roman generals Cotta, Lucullus and Pompey. Over the course of ten years, great devastation was wrought on Pontos, which eventually in 65 BC was declared by Pompey to be a Roman province. The kingdom of Armenia, which had been allied to Mithradates and fought alongside him, was subjugated and made a client state. Defeated, Mithradates fled to Colchis and from there to the Cimmerian Bosporos. Mithradates' sad end came as he sought the assistance of his son Machares, King of the Cimmerian Bosporus, in raising a new army. Machares, who had allied himself with Rome, refused to assist his father, who according to Cassius Dio, had him put to death, and took the throne of the Bosporan kingdom for himself. His younger son, Pharnakes, backed by a disgruntled and war weary populace, led a rebellion against his father. Mithradates, either despairing now for the loss of his authority or because he was forced to do so by Pharnakes, attempted to commit suicide by taking poison. However, because he had taken tiny doses of all available poisons throughout his life to guard against assassination, the attempt failed and he was forced to ask his Gallic friend and bodyguard Bituitus to kill him by sword. His body was sent to Pompey, by whose instruction it was buried with all decorum alongside those of his ancestors.
Lot 30
Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Nikodamos, Eu-, and Zor-, magistrates. Circa 281-270 BC. Horseman galloping right, holding reins with both hands; ΣY in left field, NIKOΔAMOΣ below horse / Taras astride dolphin left, holding kantharos and distaff; TAPAΣ before, IOP and gazelle below. Vlasto 704 (these dies); SNG ANS 1079; SNG France 1886. 7.87g, 24mm, 2h. Good Extremely Fine; pleasant light tone. From the collection of T.M., Germany; Ex Goldberg 87, 15 September 2015, lot 2000; Ex ACR 12, 29 October 2014, lot 22; Ex Gorny & Mosch Stuttgart 1, 22 November 2010, lot 21.
Lot 347
Baktria, Sophytes AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint in the Oxus region, circa 246/5-235 BC. Attic standard. Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Cockerel standing right; kerykeion behind, ΣΩΦYΤΟΥ to right. Bopearachchi, Sophytes -; Mitchiner -; Whitehead, NC 1943, pp. 60ff (drachm); O. Bopearachchi, Royaumes grecs en Afghanistan. Nouvelles données", in L'art d'Afghanistan de la préhistoire à nos jours, CERDAF, Actes d'une Journée d'étude, UNESCO, 11th March 2005, Paris, 2005, p. 60-2 = NAC 59, 655; Roma XIV, 364 (same dies). 17.10g, 24mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Of the greatest rarity, the third known example, and one of only 2 examples of this type in the Andragoras-Sophytes Group. From the 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes Group, present in Germany in 1975, subsequently exported to the USA. The question of who Sophytes was and when he lived is one that has confounded numismatists for a hundred and fifty one years. It should be quite clear to anyone reading this that the Sophytes of this coinage was not the Sopeithes described in classical sources as the ruler in the Punjab region between the Hydraotes and the Hyphasis who so impressed Alexander. We can say with certainty only that he was evidently Indo-Iranian by ethnicity, for Sophytes is the Hellenisation of a non-Greek name, and that he must have commanded an important region or city, most likely within Baktria, in the vicinity of the Oxus river. Though little (if any) attention has been paid to the choice of the cockerel as the reverse type, it is when considered properly, thoroughly Baktrian in character. The cockerel was a most sacred animal in Zoroastrian religion; besides its common name 'Halka' and its onomatopoeic name 'Kahrkatas', it was also referred to by a religious name, 'Parodarsh' - literally, 'foreseer' (of the dawn). It was the bird of light and hence of righteousness, scattering the darkness and the evil that dwells within. This remarkable tetradrachm provides direct evidence for a transitional phase coinage struck by Sophytes, on the obverse of which we can observe the continuation of the 'Athenian Series' using the helmeted head of Athena type, while the reverse replaces the Athenian owl for the cockerel that will remain the principal type of Sophytes on his helmeted portrait issues. The cockerel is joined by a kerykeion adjunct symbol already familiar to us from the preceding series, and the legend ΣΟΦYΤΟΥ. We have already established that the coinage of Andragoras and Sophytes should be considered roughly contemporary, with the former's probably preceding that of the latter, judging by the patterns of wear that we have encountered. It seems fair to propose therefore, that emboldened by Andragoras' placement of his own name upon the reverse of his coins, Sophytes decided to follow suit. Certainly, the hold of the Seleukid central government over its farthest eastern satrapies had been weakening since the death of Antiochos I; Houghton and Lorber (SC, p. 167) observe that "mint operations in the rich province of Baktria gradually escaped Seleukid control" throughout Antiochos II's reign, and while it was previously accepted that there was only one Baktrian mint, recent scholarship and archaeology has shown this not to be the case. "
Lot 411
Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female seated left resting head in right hand, and bearded male seated right with hands tied behind back, looking left; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; RSC 13; BMCRR Spain 86. 3.85g, 19mm, 2h.Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, with light golden toning.From a central European collection.
Lot 449
Augustus Æ Dupondius. Uncertain mint in northwestern(?) Spain, circa 27-23 BC. IMP AVG DIVI F, bare head left; palm to left, winged caduceus to right / Celt-Iberian shield. RPC I 3; SNG Copenhagen 413. 10.91g, 26mm. Extremely Fine; beautiful light green patina. Very Rare; one of the finest known examples of this issue. Ex European private collection. It is possible that the coinage listed in RPC under the title of ‘uncertain mint’ in northwestern Spain was actually a Roman Imperial coinage similar to that of the legate Publius Carisius struck in Emerita during the Cantabrian War (29-19 BC), with which this coin shares similarities in style and obverse titulature. The lack of identification with a city or dynast (besides Augustus) strengthens the case that this coin is a military issue commemorating the war and displaying a shield of the enemy on the reverse. The Cantabri fought off the Romans with guerrilla tactics and skill with light armour, requiring the strength of eight legions and auxiliary troops to finally be defeated. Augustus himself began the campaign from Segisama in 26 BC but was forced to retire due to ill-health, leaving his legates Caius Antistius Vetus and Publius Carisius to finish the job.
Lot 459
Augustus AR Denarius. Rome, 19/18 BC. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. TVRPILIANVS III•VIR FERON, draped bust of Feronia right, wearing stephane and pearl necklace / CAESAR AVGVSTVS•SIGN•RECE•, bare-headed Parthian kneeling right, extending in right hand a standard, to which is attached a vexillum marked X, and holding out left hand. RIC 288; RSC 484; BMCRE 14; BN 127-37. 3.73g, 21mm, 2h. Extremely Fine. Fine light golden tone. From a central European collection; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72, 16-17 May 2013, lot 1387.
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