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Click here to subscribeScarce Emergency Ward 10 Set, from the 1960’s Tv Series, plastic figures of Dr. Alan Dawson, Dr. Chris Anderson, and two nurses, hospital bed with patient and stethoscope, in excellent condition, complete with original box and insert, box has slight staining to one end. Unknown maker, could of been produced for Mettoy
'SAM', ILLUSTRATOR THREE CHEERS, HAND COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS, CONCERTINA BOOK, CHINESE SILK COVERED BOARDS NO 34 OF SIGNED EDITION, SHANGHAI [1945], A PRINTED INVITATION TO THE LYING IN STATE OF EDWARD VII 1910, R CRUICKSHANK - THE COMIC MAGAZINE PART I, PICTORIAL WRAPPERS WITH JIM CROW NO DUCROW ON HORSEBACK, SEVERAL SIMILAR EARLY MID 19TH C HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATED BOOKLETS INCLUDING PUNCH'S POCKET BOOK FOR 1846 IN MAROON WALLET BINDING, COMIC ALMANACS, CARTOONIST'S ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS CARDS BY S KEM, ETC
POSTAGE STAMPS. A GOOD ORIGINAL MAINLY USED (MANY FINE USED) COLLECTION IN S G CENTURY ALBUM, QV-EARLY GV, AMONGST BETTER NOTED, GB SURFACE PRINTED, 1883, 2/6d, 5s, AND 10S, JUBILEE TO 1s, EVII TO 1s AND 2/6 AND 5s, RHODESIA INC 30 DOUBLE HEADS ½d - 5s ARMS TO 5s, OVPTS AND SURCHARGES, CANADA INC CENTS, HONGKONG, INIDA AND STATES, CAPE, NATAL, TRANSVAAL, F.F.S., AUSTRALIA, WEST INDIES AND MANY OTHER TERRITORIES, THE 'FOREIGN' SECTION WITH FAR FEWER BUT SOME USA ITALY AND GERMAN STATES NOTED, SOME CONDITION ISSUES AND ADHESION BUT GENERALLY VERY CLEAN AND AN 'UNTOUCHED' OLD FINE COLLECTION OFFERED INTACT, DISCOVERED BY THE VENDOR IN THE LOFT OF A HOUSE, WITH THE PRECEDING LOT
POSTAGE STAMPS. A COLLECTION IN WELL FILLED LINCOLN ALBUM ALL QV-GV, M & U (SOME F.U.) FAIRLY EXTENSIVE RANGES INC GB FROM 1840 1D BLACK, JUBILEE, SOME OVPTS., EVII 10S, CANADA INC JUBILEE TO 50C, INDIA, AUSTRALISIA, BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, EQUALLY EXTENSIVE FOREIGN RANGES NOTED INC GERMAN STATES, JAPAN, CHINA, HONG KONG, USA, S AMERICA AND MANY OTHER TERRITORIES, SOME CONDITION ISSUES BUT MANY FINE, UNCHECKED IN DETAIL, A GOOD ORIGINAL COLLECTION FROM A PRIVATE FAMILY AND OFFERED INTACT
A large collection of mainly 19thC book illustrations and engravings, to include Lincolnshire together with Leicestershire and Rutland, ten large lithographs after Charles Wickes, Lincolnshire Churches including Stamford, copper engravings of Stamford and Boston after J.M.W.Turner, Morden's map of Rutland, 1695: The southern counties of England including Berkshire and Surrey, including Windsor Castle, c.1790; a copper engraving of Maidenhead Bridge; bird's eye views of Eton and Winchester Colleges, engravings by Van der Aa and works after Bonington and a map of Buckinghamshire, by Thomas Moule:South West England including Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, including copper engravings after J.M.W.Turner of Battle Abbey, Minehead, comb Martin, Mount Edgcomb and St Michael's Mount, etc; Cirencester after J. Kip, a watercolour of Brixham by Wallis Smith, etc: Antiquarian engravings of Oxford, including Vue d'optique Le College de la Reine de l'Universite s Oxfort, c.1780, a steel engraving of Oxford from Wytham after De Wint and four others. (a quantity)
A 19thC Simon and Halbig KR126/6 36 bisque headed doll, with tremble tongue, flirty eyes, metal eyelids, with five piece articulated composite body and early blue dress with blue suede shoes, with white socks, impressed marks verso, 43cm high. (AF) Bearing Old Thomas Mawer & Son label, early 1990's cost357
1913 LZ 9 First German Airmail at the Rhine River (S 17a). Postcard with airmail stamp sold by the Patriotic Women's Association to raise funds for the Dusseldorf orphans on the occasion of a private flight of L Z 9 Zeppelin on 20th April 1913. The cards were sold for 20pf and the special airmail stamps for 10pf. The military airship flew from Cologne, collected mail from Dusseldorf and flew back to Cologne. Mail was then forwarded by normal services.
1930 11th Nov Graf Zeppelin - Dutch Flight (S 99B). Photographic postcard depicting Count Graf von Zeppelin. Franked with two Dutch stamps and taken on board Graf Zeppelin at Venlo and flown to Friedrichshafen. Has a special acceptance flight cachet in violet and a Friedrichshafen arrival datestamp. Pristine.
1931 18th August Graf Zeppelin - England Flight (S 122Ab). Photographic postcard franked by a Dutch airmail stamp, forwarded from Arnhem and flown by Graf Zeppelin from Friedrichshafen to Hanworth, England. Has a superb special purple England flight cachet with a Friedrichshafen acceptance and Aberdeen arrival datestamps. Rare with UK arrival postmark!
1931 19th Sept Graf Zeppelin - Second 1931 South America flight (S 129D) Special Graf Zeppelin card franked witha 2 RM Zeppelin stamp, posted at Friedrichshafen and flown by Graf Zeppelin Recife, Brazil. The card was endorsed ''refuse - retour'', re-franked with two Brazilian stamps and flown on the return Graf Zeppelin flight to Germany. Has a violet outward flight cachet, a red advertising return flight cachet, a violet return flight cachet and a Friedrichshafen arrival mark.
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.02 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BA?I?E?? ?Y?IMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; torch to inner left, star on throne. Thompson 43; Müller 381; SNG France 2538?9; Sunrise 166 (this coin). Near EF, iridescent tone. From artistic dies. From the Sunrise Collection.INTRO TO SUNRISE:In 2011, Classical Numsmatic Group published The Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection. Part I: Ancient ? 650 BC to AD 650. The Sunrise Collection of the coinages of ancient Persia represents one of the finest private collections of this coinage ever compiled, covering all of the numismatically active cultures along the great Silk Road from Asia Minor to China and India. While the core of the collection comprises large sections of Parthian, Persis, and Sasanian coinage, it also incuded selections from the Achaemenids and the Hellenistic empires of Alexander the Great and Seleukos Nikator, whose issues were the first ever struck in Persia, as well as the smaller kingdoms of Charakene and Elymais. The collection also has modest, yet impressive, groups of coins from those culutres that existed on the periphery of Persia?the Kushan Empire, the Indo-Parthians, the Indo-Skythians, Khwarazmia, and the Iranian Huns. All of these cultures were influenced by, and, in turn, influenced, the indigenous Persian groups that were respectively contemporary with them. While coins of most of these series are readily available, the collective quality and rarity here are unprecedented, save for those collections in the greatest public museums. For nearly a half-century, the collector focused on acquiring exceptional specimens for this collection, and his skill in choosing the pieces is self-evident.CNG is honored to offer here the first portion of this impressive collection, comprising the Achaemenid, Macedonian, Seleukid, Baktrian, and Kushan sections of the book. The collector, ever desirous of making his collection more complete and representative, continued to acquire choice examples since his collection was published, and thus approximately twenty new pieces appear here for the first time. Also, as scholarship never ceases, new publications have resulted in some revisions to the cataloging of certain coins, and there is also the occasional correction made to the original entries in the book. A number of new pedigrees have also been identified and added. Finally, while the coins were presented in a chronological order in the book that allowed scholarly discourses on each section by prominent authorities, the coins are here presented in the traditional format of CNG?s catalogs. All of the following lots are from the Sunrise Collection.
Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As (31mm, 12.02 g, 12h). Rome mint, P. Lurius Agrippa, triumvir monetalis. Struck 7 BC. CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC P OT, bare head right / P • LVRIVS • AGRI[PPA] • F • F • P • LVRIV • A • A • A • F • F • around large S • C. RIC 427; Martini, Augustus 679-727; BMCRE 209-13 = BMCRR Rome 4703-6; BN 621-39. Good VF, green patina, double struck, which explains the reverse legend. From the RAM Collection. Ex Astarte XV (27 November 2004), lot 179.
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ As (29mm, 10.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 31-37. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left / S C across field, PROVIDENT in exergue, altar, with closed, double-panelled door; acroteria above to left and right. RIC I 81 (Tiberius); BMCRE 146-50 (Tiberius); BN 131-5 (Tiberius). Near EF, brown-gray patina, areas of minor roughness, traces of earthen deposits.
Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.49 g, 6h). Restitution issue. Rome mint. Struck under Nerva, AD 98. DIVVS • ?V GVSTVS, laureate head of Divus Augustus right / IMP • NERV? C?ESAR • AVGVSTVS • REST • around large S • C. RIC II 136 (Nerva); Komnick 4.0 (Nerva); BMCRE 149-152 (Nerva); BN 141-3 (Nerva). VF, dark green patina, some red, minor roughness and cleaning marks, traces of deposits. From the RAM Collection, purchased from Lucien Birkler, June 1989.
Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 13.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. SALVS • AVGVSTA below, bareheaded and draped bust of Julia Augusta (Livia) as Salus Augusta right, wearing waved hair and fastened in a knot at the back / TI • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • F • AVG • P M • TR • POT • XXIIII • around large S • C. RIC I 47 (Tiberius); BMCRE 81-4 (Tiberius); BN 63-7 (Tiberius). VF, green-brown patina, some red, minor roughness, earthen deposits, a few edge imperfections and an edge nick. From the RAM Collection, purchased from R. M. Smythe, November 1999.
Agrippa. Died 12 BC. Æ As (27mm, 10.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. M • AGRIPPA • L • F • COS • III, head left, wearing rostral crown / S C across field, Neptune standing left, naked except for cloak hanging over right arm, behind back and over left shoulder and upper arm, holding small dolphin in outstretched right hand, vertical trident in left. RIC I 58 (Gaius); BMCRE 161-8 (Tiberius); BN 77-97 (Caligula). EF, even, red-brown patina, some deposits. A handsome coin with an impressive portrait. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Sternberg XII (18 November 1982), lot 528.
Agrippa. Died 12 BC. Æ As (27mm, 11.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. M • AGRIPPA • L • F • COS • III, head left, wearing rostral crown / S C across field, Neptune standing left, naked except for cloak hanging over right arm, behind back and over left shoulder and upper arm, holding small dolphin in outstretched right hand, vertical trident in left. RIC I 58 (Gaius); BMCRE 161-8 (Tiberius); BN 77-97 (Caligula). Near EF, attractive dark green patina, some earthen deposits. From the RAM Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, April 1996.
Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 14.75 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 22-23. IVSTITIA below, draped bust of Justitia right, wearing stephane ornamented with floral ornaments; her hair fastened in a knot at the back / TI • CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG P M TR POT XXIIII • large S • C. RIC I 46 (Tiberius); BMCRE 79-80 (Tiberius); BN 57-61 (Tiberius); AdG p. 39 (this coin). EF, lovely Tiber patina, minor surface roughness, traces of deposits. Fine style portrait. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 279.
Drusus. Died AD 23. Æ As (28.5mm, 11.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. DRVSVS C?ESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N •, bare head left / PONTIF • TRIBVN • POTEST • ITER around large S • C. RIC I 45 (Tiberius); BMCRE 99-101 (Tiberius); BN 78-82 (Tiberius). Good VF, lovely brown patina. Attractive. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Spink Zurich 7 (8 June 1982), lot 79.
Tiberius & Germanicus Gemellus. AD 19-37/8 and 19-23/4, respectively. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.74 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Crossed cornucopias, each surmounted by bareheaded bust of a boy, vis-à-vis; vertical winged caduceus between / DRVSVS • CAESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N • PONT • TR • POT • II around large S • C. RIC I 42 (Tiberius); BMCRE 95-7 (Tiberius); BN 72-3 (Tiberius). VF, attractive mahogany surfaces, some green, traces of earthen deposits, a few areas of roughness. From the RAM Collection, purchased from R. M. Smythe, August 2001.
Antonia Minor. Augusta, AD 37 and 41. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 14.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bareheaded and draped bust right, wearing hair in long plait at back / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, S C across field, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand and resting left on his side. RIC I 92 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 59 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 166-7 (Claudius); BN 143-51 (Claudius). Near EF, brown patina, some red and green, a few minor pits. Portrait of artistic merit. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Spink Zurich 7 (8 June 1982), lot 81.
Antonia Minor. Augusta, AD 37 and 41. Æ Dupondius (29.5mm, 14.77 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bareheaded and draped bust right, wearing hair in long plait at back / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, S C across field, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand and resting left on his side. RIC I 92; von Kaenel Type 59 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 166-7; BN 204-6. VF, attractive, hard glossy green patina, small pit on reverse, traces of deposits, light cleaning marks. From the RAM Collection. Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 989.
Germanicus. Died AD 19. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 15.90 g, 8h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. GERMANICVS/CAESAR in two lines above, Germanicus, bareheaded and draped, standing right in chariot, holding eagle-tipped scepter and reins in left hand, driving triumphal quadriga right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing right, shield in front of her to right / SIGNIS RECEPT/DEVICTIS GERM/S C in three lines across field, Germanicus, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing left, right leg bent at knee and drawn back behind left, extending right hand in gesture of command, cloak over left arm, holding aquila in left hand. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula); BN 140-51 (Caligula). Near EF, hard green and brown patina, traces of deposits and porosity, minor cleaning marks. From the RAM Collection, purchased from R. M. Smythe, January 2002.
Germanicus. Died AD 19. Æ As (28mm, 11.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-38. GERMANICVS • CAESAR • TI • AVGVST • F • DIVI • AVG • N •, bare head left / C CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • PON • M • TR • POT around large S • C . RIC I 35 (Gaius); BMCRE 49-51 (Caligula); BN 73-6 (Caligula). Good VF, red-brown patina, a small spot of green, traces of earthen deposits. From the RAM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1441.
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ As (29mm, 11.61 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 37-38. C • CAESAR • AVG • GERMANICVS • PON • M • TR • POT •, bare head left / VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera in outstretched right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC I 38; BMCRE 45-8; BN 54-71. Near EF, dark gray-green patina, traces of deposits. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection, purchased from Leu, 17 October 1981.
Gaius (Caligula). AD 37-41. Æ Quadrans (18.5mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 40. C • CAESAR • DIVI • AVG • PRON • AVG •, pileus between S C / PON • M TR • P • III • P P • COS • TERT • around R • C • C •. RIC I 45; BMCRE 61-3; BN 107-8. Choice EF, dark green-brown patina, traces of earthen deposits. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Sternberg X (25 November 1980), lot 274.
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (29mm, 11.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 41-42. TI CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left / LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, S C across field, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand. RIC I 97; von Kaenel Type 62; BMCRE 145-6; BN 177-8. Good VF, attractive mahogany brown surfaces. Bold portrait. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Vecchi 13 (4 September 1998), lot 742.
Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ As (28.5mm, 12.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 42-43. TI CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG P M TR • P • IMP • P P, bare head left / LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, S C across field, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in right hand and extending left hand. RIC I 113; von Kaenel Type 77; BMCRE 202-5; BN 230-2; Kampmann p. 121, top (this coin). Near EF, dark green and brown patina, thinned to brown at highest points, some deposits. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 479.
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.79 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR • AVG • P • M • TR • P • VI • IMP • XI, laureate head right / S • P • Q • R/ P • P/OB • C • S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 41; von Kaenel Type 26 (unlisted dies); RSC 87; BMCRE 45-7; BN 59-60. Near EF, attractive dark cabinet tone. Well centered and struck. Rare. From the Michael Joffre Collection.
Britannicus. AD 41-55. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.27 g, 6h). Uncertain Balkan/Thracian mint. Struck under Claudius, circa AD 50-54. [TI CLAVD]IVS • CAESAR • AVG F BRITANNICVS [•], bareheaded and draped bust left / Mars, barefoot, but wearing full military attire, including sagum (cape), advancing left, holding spear in outstretched right hand and round shield in left; large S C across field. RIC I pg. 130, note; von Kaenel, Thrakien, Type B, 5 (same dies); BMCRE 226 (Claudius). Fine, even pale green patina. Rare. From the RAM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 79 (17 December 2003), lot 132.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 28.90 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO • CLAVD • CAESAR • AVG • GER • P • M •TR • P • IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / S C across field, Triumphal arch, hung with wreath across front and left side; above, Nero in facing quadriga escorted on right by Victory holding wreath and palm and on left by Pax holding caduceus and cornucopiae; just below the quadriga on extreme left and right, two small figures of soldiers; on left side of arch in niche, figure of Mars standing facing, holding spear and round shield; ornamental reliefs on the faces and plinths of the arch. RIC I 392; WCN 410; Lyon 70; BMCRE 329; BN 77. Good VF, marbled green and dark gray patina. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1827.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.25 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / P?CE P R TERR? M?RIQ P?RT? I?NVM CLVSIT, S C across field, Temple of Janus with latticed windows to left and garland hung across closed double doors to the right. RIC I 438; WCN 419; Lyon 109; BMCRE 319; BN 73; Kampmann 13 (this coin). Near EF, wonderful tan and olive surfaces. Great portrait. Featured in the podcast “Rom, 65 n. Chr.” on the MoneyMuseum website.. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Ars Classica XVII (3 October 1934), lot 1278; J. Hirsch XXXI (6 May 1912), lot 1136.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (28.5mm, 10.30 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, bare head right, globe at point of neck / S C across field, Victory, draped, flying left, holding in both hands shield inscribed S P Q R. RIC I 543; WCN 593; Lyon 228; BMCRE 381-6; BN 155-63. Near EF, hard, dark green patina, some earthen deposits. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 256.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 25.55 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 67. IMP NERO C?ESAR ?VG P M?X TR POT P P, Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / S C across field, DECVRSIO in exergue, Nero, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, on horse prancing right, carrying spear in rest in right hand; to left, a soldier also on horseback, carrying vexillum in right hand sloped over shoulder. RIC I 581; WCN 462; Lyon 259; BMCRE 315; BN –. Near EF, dark brown, slightly granular surfaces, some earthen deposits.
CILICIA, Uncertain. 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.76 g, 6h). Bearded head left, wearing kalathos, earring, and necklace / Bearded head facing, wearing kalathos, set on facing lion’s head. SNG France 485; SNG Levante –; Göktürk –; Mildenberg, Kleingeld 25; Troxell & Kagan –; Winzer 3.1 (Artaxerxes III); Sunrise 103 (this coin). Near EF, lightly toned, slight die wear, a few light scratches. From the Sunrise Collection.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35.5mm, 26.43 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 63. NERO • CLAVDIVS • CAESAR • AVG • GERM P M TR P IMP • P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / DECVRSIO in exergue, S C across upper field, Nero, bareheaded, wearing cuirass and short tunic, on horse prancing right, carrying spear in rest in right hand; to left, a soldier also on horseback, carrying vexillum in right hand sloped over shoulder. RIC I 104; WCN 75; BMCRE 143-4; BN 283-4. Good VF, dark gray and green patina, areas of minor roughness, some deposits. High-relief portrait. From the RAM Collection.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Dupondius (28.5mm, 13.68 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD C?ESAR • AVG GER • P M TR P IMP P P, radiate head left / VICTORI? ?VGVSTI, S C across field, Victory, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left; II (mark of value) in exergue. RIC I 197; WCN 208; BMCRE 216-8; BN 310-1. EF, natural green, brown, and red patina. Wonderful portrait. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Hess-Divo 267 (20 May 1996), lot 206.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (26.5mm, 9.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR • AVG • GERMANIC, radiate head right / PONTIF MAX TR POT IMP P P, S C across field, Nero, laureate, wearing flowing robe of Apollo Citharoedus, advancing right, playing lyre held in left hand; I (mark of value) in exergue. RIC I 211; WCN 272; BMCRE 256; BN 325-6. Good VF, brown patina, some green, a few light edge marks. In high relief on a broad flan. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1472; Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 3, Sotheby’s, 9 June 1983), lot 275.
Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 65. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AV G GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S C across field, ROMA in exergue, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on parazonium; to right, shields set on ground. RIC I 275 var. (wearing aegis); WCN 137 var. (same); BMCRE 180 var. (same); BN 364 var. (same). Near EF, mottled green and brown patina, minor cleaning marks. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Leu 7 (9 May 1973), lot 346.
Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 26.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa June-August AD 68. IMP SER GALBA AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / S P Q R/OB/CIV SER in three lines; all within oak wreath. RIC I 262; ACG 303 (A153/P230); BMCRE 116-7. EF, even dark brown river patina with areas of hard green on the reverse. An exceptional portrait coin of Galba. From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 10 (9 April 1997), lot 593.
Vitellius. AD 69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April-20 December AD 69. A • VITELLIVS • GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR • P •, laureate and draped bust right / PAX AVGVSTI, S C across field, Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive branch in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC I 118; BMCRE p. 377, †; BN 93 (same obv. die). Near VF, brown surfaces, some green, hairline flan crack, reverse has been filled and smoothed. From the RAM Collection, purchased from George Beach, February 1989.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.61 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / IVD?EA CAPT?, S C in exergue, palm tree; to left, bound male captive standing right; to right, Jewess seated right in attitude of mourning; both figures surrounded by arms. RIC II 159; BMCRE 533; BN 489-90; Hendin 1500. Near VF, attractive hard red-brown patina, areas of weak strike in legends. Attractive example of this popular type.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / S C across field, Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak around waist, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy in left over left shoulder. RIC II 199; BMCRE 777; BN 539-40. Near EF, green patina.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 77-78. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII, laureate head right / ANNONA AVGVST, S C across field, Annona, draped, seated left, holding open on her lap a bag of grain ears, the ends held in her hands. RIC II 987; BMCRE 730; BN 768. Good VF, natural, hard, red-brown patina, some green deposits. Attractive surfaces. Rare.
Vespasian. AD 69-79. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.04 g, 6h). “Judaea Capta” commemorative. Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 69-70. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IVD?E? C?PT?, palm tree; to right, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right; shield to right; helmet, shield, and spear to left of palm. RIC II 1357 = Calicó 646a = BMCRE, p. 7, * and note corr. (Jewess described as sitting at foot of trophy) = Santamaria (25 May 1926), lot 236 (same dies); Hendin –; BN –; Biaggi –. Good Fine. Extremely rare, the second known. This piece confirms the authenticity of the previously known example. Future Hendin plate coin. Citing the singular Santamaria specimen as the only example of the type then known, the authors of BMCRE expressed doubt about its authenticity. This doubt was noted by the authors of the revised RIC volume, who went further, calling it “possibly a modern forgery with rev based on bronze IVDAEA CAPTA types.” None of the authors, however, detailed any specific criteria to support their allegations, or even noted that they examined the piece in hand. Nonetheless, the present coin, struck from the same dies as the Santamaria piece, is clearly authentic, thus rendering the doubts of the authors of RIC and BMCRE moot. This coin will be illustrated in the forthcoming 6th edition of David Hendin’s Guide to Biblical Coins.
Divus Vespasian. Died AD 79. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.00 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. DIVVS ?VGVSTVS VESP?SI?NVS, laureate head right / E X across upper field, round shield, inscribed S C, set low on column, on which stands urn; laurel to left and right. RIC II 359 (Titus); RSC 149; BMCRE 127 (Titus); BN 98-9 (Titus). EF, toned, minor marks on reverse. Well centered and struck. From the D. Fagan Collection, purchased from Pegasi.
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